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A bi E L I 8 4RDON, WESTMINSTER and 3111)DLESEX. 111 3 T SECOND PUBLICATION .. . R ) 71 PERSONS(who have taken out GENERAL GAME CER -,CATEs at 41. Os. 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of h.," Der Cent. under the Act of 3 Vic., cap. 17. 4ilrT i. Robert, Esq. Queen-street Aldred' °eines BOston, Holborn-bridge 441, 4 1 0 11, 'lon. C., Eaton-place Rst.!eng. Christopher, 7, Tyndale-place, Islington bear', leander, Esq. Piccadilly tr adf c o L i k rerck,ll"' C., 61, Chester-square eb___-ad, Esq. Mile-end, Old Town br arles D., Esq. Lowndes-street Belle J.ollll , Oxford-street Jeffrey'-squre Smithtleld-bars ReW,`,„`•:a_stophe, Friday-street koci"en Edward, Newgate-market b.. George, Bow-churchyard ),,,-.2.teacob, Paddington Fa; Frederick irto nd , E geware alak ' H ugh,jun., Union Club, Trafalgar-square ge, 0, G , 14, Essex-street Edsvard, St. Martin's-place SaiibL9eorge, Isiewo r th Il..,_`""ge, Geor ge 31 ., Sta b le-yard, St. James ' 7. William, 8, Royley. street, St. Luke alow"eY, Joseph, 47, Galway-street, St. Luke 31`1,70r, Edward Hudson Collingwood-street, St. Luke e ks n ,haY, Will 8, LOnsdale-square, Islington 0.- Well, John, Charles-street R.Se, dward, q., ccadilly t. , Charles, Es Esq Pi ., Bond-street t'lie.n J ohn, Eccieston-place tchn. Col. Fred., Eaton-place P,10.1, Captain, Upper Grosvenor-street 0477. Edward, Finch-lane, Cornhill Lute: llenry, 50, Manchester-street , William H., 2, Gloucester-place ez..Ta, Geor ge, 18, Harewood-square esZeo, Charles, 4, Warwick-square, Kensington tilk_.Thomas, Ickenham 1104,,'ret, Thomas, Norsvood Reyden, Hadlel,ll Vsy,V:,, ,, harles. St. Martin's-court . w arn, Strand b ssd es:l4 William Castle-street, Long-acre bee, th°ra e , E. H., Twick en h a m 1)3,k411be, Thos. S , Spring-gardens bkr ei teYnolds 11., St. Alban's. place Muswell-hill, Hornsey '±e.. n. Robert Park-street • l tilti4 4l ward, Great t Winchester-street 4'4ie, William' 1, Sussex-square , 1, 1 '1 41 11, Little Stanmore taus, Charles, Hayes Allbford 2, Albany kl - te: o „ 3l4 „hert G. C., Esq., Upper Brook-street rei,eveorge, Esq., 70, Jermyn-street kit tg ' u an. Charles, G rosvenor-square Itt4hrrldd, Geo. William, Laurence Pountney-hill , SR' W. E 16, St. James-street Iteher. John B„ Golen-square fey, . Queen-street watb „ ~11 -u, N a t ies Samuel, Esq., 6, Chester-street ..oree' - ` , „"eo. James, E sq ., B er k e l ey - s t ree t Millbank prison (Iti,„_e, D ouglas P., Crouch-end, Hornsey .1.114, John, Pleasant-place, Islington 11147; T homas, J., Esq., Berkley-square kitss.tord Marcus, Chester-street 4 . 1 4411 8 7 011 , Gen. Samuel, Mount-street b 4 , 4 n , Richd. Mattison, Fleet-street q 1 11„/:' G eorge, Billiter-court Ilee t ki t ' i Mes, Liverp oo l- s t ree t s on, William S amson , Ski nner -street Richard, Thaives' Inn llses,:;ol,lnes Thomas, Bucklersbury k. Thomas, Stanhope-terrace q s'ir 1437 1 ' ; 11, Thomas Henry, Paddington 1ia4 14 , 11 . 0 , 1 1et, Feltham s. 8, Hanover Villas, Kensington 4 ,11 0 , 4 7 -, no nlas, Arundel-street a srel;l 3 ' , Robert Walker, The Lower Heath, Hampstead r a , Charles, Finchley hn, West Smithfield 0h7.11, Si Richard, Ranover-square tliin'ion, ohn, 4%, Ci rences t er - p l ace kttu e S antlel Stanwell Staines e oci, Henry Wood-steeet 1 keinat'oJ, Captain iohn, New Bridge-street, Blackfliars blesii.ll, Coleridge John, Lombard-street ,kese, - ,T. Major-General, 11, South Audley-street s l, oyeau e a• Charles Ewan, Eaton-place 1114.•_ Wie, Esq., Connaught-place West teem Stephen G., Pall-mall East )4 4 . 10 _ Earl of, L a l e h am likeZreugh, the Duchess of, Grosvenor-gate „ Thomas, Maddox-street JOlll l, Esq., 15, Argyle-street katt,,Z° ll , Sir Rod er i c k , B e l grave - square ""l ir an. Thomas, Nicholas-lane l i ddis - "2araes, 78, Harley-street 7elee, - . o s. R. Hume, 4, St. Andrew's-place •1(4e:!, P hillP, 4. Clarendon-place 1457 T. B. Paddington rae,`' Paddington 'saxs p - ' G . J., Hendon It, ell 3- ' 11 , Uer EasSmithfield ' , ohard )4 41 1t Warwick.street iliam S., Guards Club, St. James-street Bete, Finchley levran Doctors' Commons 4 1 , 4 , Lawrence, Crown-court, Cheapside o);Zuleale, Thornas, Uxbridge /.040°, Arthur Mostyn, Cornhill l'il lteli b T:, ‘ l , 4oll . Charles, 24, George-street ""nn Allan, Req., George-street p ep s t wm, am George, Threadneedle-street i' s rarn, Finchley-read ze.k er er, North -end, Fulham elpi'Lhn, M.P., St. Margarets It - ekas'ar m luel. 8, Canonbury-square, Islington 5,44-:_sa_. Samuel, Piccadilly k4llo4l,Charles, 4, Whitehall-place itszjiltrtison, Muswell-hill, llornsey Finley Ltie'M Grenville E ch sq., Charles-street Dowgate-hill lith e) ; ames Wilberforce, Moorgate-street s_.lle t : Ravenscroft, Moorgate-street Sir George, Knt, Moorgate-street " I YI 'Warn Great Winchester-street 1111., 4, eoneee,„,,-. 1 11, Campion-lane Lseri ai 7, 4 . Charles, Mincing-lane Lk er .' Therms, 30, Wigmore-street !Tang ~,`-'aPt. Thos. H.. Oriental Club, Hanover-square itseb o „." , .eO. D., Jerrnyn-street 11"ansp 40 " , lion. Fitzroy, Trevor-square %4,11._ Thoznas, Finchley % I 84, Old-street, St. Luke St. OW vie s Joseph Robert, Finchley 14,401 William Mason Seward-street, St. Luke Trek et en, 'William Henry, 23, Stonefield-street, Islington T Henry,snlyn.ey, Captain Harry, Hertford-street Pall-mall Thep.% J ames, M aw b e y-h ouse , S ou th L am b e th le zej teaXe, ll John rl , F Chaes,inchley Commercial -road, Pimlico , Frederick, Haymarket Lord -srrY, Grosvenor-place übu,harles, Esq., Hanover-street Widen, John A., Esq., Conduit-street Wellesley, Dr. Alfred, 8, Ladbroke-place, Kensington .Lord Charles, Piccadilly Win Robert, Esq., 23, Down-street *los, Isaac, Grosvenor -street West V.l'yaald, John, Fleet-street i,!l_ter, Lawrence, 46, Welbeck.street Zukinson, 4. Green,a3rr9,o7, impole-street oodbridge, John, Charier'', Sunbury PYte, Colonel J o h n, Heston ii oo dvrard, John, Laleham It ° ° (l , George, Ealing *tad, Henry, Craven -street le7rs. Edmund Thomaa, 25, Duke-street, St. James's i It oo 7l. James, Ilerseferry-road J osh, Carter, Artillery Brewery, Westminster. 44 8 E flf . ezA,,,, PERSONS being ASSESSED SERVANTS6d feoarchwho,:i. tie - 4 111 - ' 4 CERTIFICATES are taken out at 11. 7s. • _ Vi esn Bathe Additional Duty of 10 per cent. under the Act of 3 0 , 4414 _,, appointed by J. Green Wilkinson, 17. tmn,fharles, Wimpole -street, ' 'or the manor of Laverstok a e P , Pu near Ov h er a t r o g n e , d ll l mnti ermentioned person has been sure ' k ala -- 4 : ti .pg without a certificate :- a n ut d s ouble duty, I " ° seDh, Greenford 1114141414',',,03' PERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN G AME. g 4 rgeg s Poulter, 13, New street err i ,,,oit, h °l ePhen William, 30, Upper George-street • , z si giet.7„, --, John, 61, North-street, Edgeware•rOad ~ tpit a„ l lll3o , John, 13, Princes-street C,V,l)p rt "Vrilliam, 107, Edgeware-road t'Vock, P •Wm., Paddington F rederick, 58, High-street, Portland-town i;,!tobert, Paddington h r,,.9ara. Notnldll Paddin ti gt g on u, John, 33, Theobald's-road ,4 1 larles, 52, High-street, Portland-town htb od 51 , Charles-str ee t Abraham C , 9, Edgeware-road It p t lier g ,' l ,trthur. 38. lliih-street, Kensington Trs t , t4s ti c k, innas' 13, Holborn-hi :l 115 4 , MiravaVB Wm., 38, High-street, MarylebOne bra l ie Richard, 12, Portman-market ktragn;:kenrY, Newgate-market Zi t Zke, H., Coventry -street itltrollit:,WlCrewBr°llrgl;:iit'lef:/sTeded, Ship Tavern, Passage enhall-market Dopera WIIL r. liu,Ugwegrfaotred-m-mararkkeett jr -41 11 g, N ewport-market 5, , Shadwell I,,ii`,‘....;harles, Frith -street Ratcliff N y .4. John, Ratcliff 11 , 0 11 3 . , ° , c ;d, Heny, Princes-street ' ll rtl ll illi am Charing-cross 1 1111• Arthur, Lower Eaton-street I,"cku n "'ePh, Piccadilly %i e. Sten, Joseph Pain, Newgate-street 8I °o Newgate-market 4114,:w. Anne Phillippa, Oxford-arms, Passage kits,n, Shepherd, North Audley-street I,,,Ptetott, William, Staines lilior, John 2, Tyler's-court IpZlek, William, Clare-market James, 10, Vigo-street h 7 . b r o o, William, Bridge-street Undermentioned persons have been sarcharged in double duty, for dealing in game without certificates :--- leznan Witham, Isleworth Vet, William, Twickenham 'tiny, George, New Brentford. Made up to Ist May, 1847. By order of the Board, 1114 raps and Taxes. C. PRESSLY, Secretary. PENALTIES. The n -ommissioners of Stamps and T . axes hereby . give Notice, that Person taking, killing, or pursaing game, without first obtain e4, c ertificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur ged in double the amount of the certificate duty. it t4 Y Derson in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to t': his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy resicr.,„` t c he taken, or refusing te declare his true name and place of ch:',"ce, also incurs a penalty of 20/. Line - o — f ,,cePers are desired to take notice, that a certificate at the 14 1 7s. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond certi7" 4 Of the manor for whichlhe is deputed ; and, in order that a ( 114.:Ue at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is re riutt:o` not only that he should be deputed by some Lord .4' Lady of a ts, 1.4 1 .1° 1. reputed manor, but also that such deputation should be With the the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be liable le cnte l r h eh arged in double the duty of 4/. Os. 1 0d., and also to be pro .. kg . -3' any common informer for the penalty of 201. Derm a r :—lt la the intention of the Commissioners nara of Stamps and Deraoh Publish in a separate List the es and residenc es of all —.B4 reharged in double duty for sporting without certificates. A p ob `I7L.A.R TREATISE on the HEALTH. LIFE and VIGOU of the FUNCTINS. ."11V4I EE NTII EDITION BODILY price 2s. 6d. ; Fre O e by Pest (in a Seal. 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The Institution embraces important and substantial advantages Kith respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured 'I L 3, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conventencies or necessity. Assurances for tetras of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the !2th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 I Perma• Sum the • I Annual Policy Bonus In, nent Re- Assured 1., .. 1 7, 1 Pre- taken addition Bonus in duetion of may bor e @ ' ' l mium. out In Assured. Cash. Annual row on i': '1 - Premiums. Policy. £ s. d.! £ a d. 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EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16th JUNE, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTOKS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY svill be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th Inst., from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the said Company, in the room of Major General Archibald Robertson, deceased. The Form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for ena bling the Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion may be obtained, upon appllcatien at the Treasury, in this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEME N , IHAVE have now th e h onour t o inform you that the BALLOT for the ELECTION o f a DIRECTOR of the EAST INDIA COMPANY will t a k e p l ace on W E DNEsDAY, of June. the 30th I beg to offer my grateful thanks for the promised support of a numerous and influential body of Proprietors, and for the zealous and unwearied exertions of my friends, which enable me to look for ward to the result of the contest with perfect confidence ofsuccess. My Committee meet daily at the London Tavern, where commu nications from my friends will be thankfully received. I have the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant. WILLIAM J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, June 16, 1847. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 30th instant having been fixed for the Election of a Director f or the vacancy occasioned by the death of General Robertson, I have the honour to intimate to you, that prosy papers will, in the coarse of a few days, be forwarded for the signature of such of my supporters as may prefer that mode of recording their votes in my favour, and request that such as may be absent, or about to leave their residence, will kindly favour me with their address, in order to ensure the early return of those necessary documents. I have the honour to Swan myself of the present oppor tunity to return my cordial thanks for the services already rendered to me, and to entreat my supporters and friends is add to the obli gation I already owe them, by a continuance of their valuable aid, for which favour I shall ever retain a lively and gratefill recollection. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yoar obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFEILD. London Tavern, June 16, 1847. The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalsoo,oool. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the actVe members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to estabiish a Branch Office in connexion with tho.a societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either Immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, whicl should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar i owly the •hannel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appeafs more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. • For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions. and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing It. sly this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. lint the same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results arc to bear oat calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age : let Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to seoure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providirqg for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract . that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose nausqs are here unto attached, have had several meetings. with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manlier to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal In simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Lonn Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and Ileneflt Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner The overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon, u.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 11.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 68., or quarterly payment of 78., or monthly payments of 25. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age 37/of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 107. 195. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on Ills Life, 1. 17s. Example.--A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. Os. 91.. er a single payment of 22/. 173.3c1,; or on payment of 61. 14s. ad. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.—A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure en attaining the age of 65, the option of re solving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 175/. 11s. Exam,de.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of I/. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 148/. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 175/. I Is. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum of 100/. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay ment of 2/. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or ls. per week, may secure the sum of 1121.55. payable at nis death. whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual s profits of the Society. . FERGUSON C OfROUX, Secretary. - IPHE CENTRAL COMMITTEE for WATCH 1. ING OVER the INTERESTS of PROTESTANT DISSEN TERS at the ensuing GENERAL ELECTION. SAMUEL MORLEY, Esq., Chairman. All communications to this Committee may in future be addressed to the Secretary, Mr. CHARLES WALKER, at the Offices of the Committee, No. 16, New Broad-street, London. June 12, 1847. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY. THIRD INSTALMENT. 21. per Share of 171. 103., due Ist of August, 1847, making 81. 4s. per Share coiled up. OXFORD AND BLETCHLY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice Is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-mentioned Company have this day made a Call of 2/. per Share, payable on the ist of August, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the under-mentioned bankers, producing at the same time the call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, 11th June, 1847, BUCKINGHAM AND BRA MPCKLE Y. Y JUNCTION RAILWAY CO Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-named Company have this day made a Call of 21. per share, payable on the Ist of AUGUST, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the undermentioned Bankers,* producing at the same time the Call Letter, without which payment of the Call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, June 11, 1847. - Inter, st .ft 5 per cent. will be charged by the Bankers on all Calls hich remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call due by the Proprietor remains unpaid. No transfer of shares will be received on or after the Ist August, 1847, until the call i, paid. *BANKERS. London • • ....Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard street. Birmingham• . The Birmingham Banking Company. Liverpool . • .. The Borough Bank. Manchester • • Sir B. Heywood and Co. Aylesbury. Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and County Bank. Backingham.. Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London and County Bank. Banbury •• . .111ess s. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gilbert and Tawney. Oxford .. Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and County Bank. Bieester.. • ...Messrs. Tubb, CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other .Go vernments, the Honourable East India Co m p an y , the principal Dock Companies. most public bJclies, and by the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, for out-doo work at their country seats. The Anti- Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable. out door paint ever invented, for the preservation of every deascriptioeen n proved by the practical test of upwards of GO yea rs, and by the nu merous testimonials (between 300 and 400) in its fav our, and which, c ement, Sac., work, as hs b of iron, wood, s - one, brick, compo, from the rank and station in society of those who have given them, have, perhaps, never yet been equalled by anything of the kind hitherto brought before the public notice. Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, wiil be forwarded on application to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, back of the Bank of England. No agents. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. OW TO BE HAPPY. Jucunde Vivere."—Cic. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for 11 Complaints.) a. MARRIACE and its MYSTERIES. To be, or not to be, that the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valeas." These- publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion. Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till wine, At 10, Argyle-place, Regent-are/at. LAMB'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND; an Effectual Cure for all descriptions of Worms that infest the Human Body, Indigestion in all its varied forms, Ner vous Diseases, Bilious or Liver Complaints, all cases of Fits arising from Intestinal Irritation, Impurities of the Blood, Eatly stages of Consumption, and all other ailments producing a delicate state of the constitution. The Ve.mtable Compound is extremely mild and easy in its opera tion; females of the most delicate constitution, either suckling or during pregnancy ; young children, or persons at an advanced period of life may take it with perfect safety, without hindrance of business or change of diet, and at all seasons of the year without the least danger of taking sold, and warranted not to contain any preparation of mercury or turpentine. The following are a few of the many thousands of cases success fully treated by the Vegetable Compound, during a practice of up wards of twenty years , MAY 19th, 1847.—John Lawrence, cabinet-maker, of 13, Essex street, King's Cross, New-road, London, while taking Lamb's Vege table Compound, passed a tape-worm eight yards long. He com plained for some time of pains and giddiness in the head, sickness in the morning, and violent pains and weakness between the stomach and bowels, unpleasant fullness after eating, the bowels distended with wind, very low-spirited and nervous, a sensation of something in the throat, aching pains in the limbs, Sce. MARc'! 20th, 1847.—Mrs. Draper, aged 60, wife of John Dr a p er , of Wildmoor, :1a the parish of Sherfield Green, near Basingstoke, while taking Lamb's Vegetable Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. She had been subject to almost every symptom of indigestion for many years, and never could obtain any benefit until taking the Vegetable Compound, since which she has enjoyed a good state of health up to the [resent time, May 22d, 1847. MAY 18th, 1847.—Mrs. Sims, living servant with Mrs. Hill, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, London, while taking Lamb's Vege table Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. She had complained of pain and giddiness in the head, sickness, weakness, of the limbs, shortness of breath, and palpitation of the heart ; pains in the stomach, side, and back, and scarcely ever felt refreshed from food or sleep. Sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, Richard Lamb, 75, High llolborn, in packets at 2s, 9d. each; oue packet being suffi cient for a child from one to ten years old; all person above ten years require two packets. Retailed in London by Mr. Miles, Chemist, 78, Gracechurch•street ; Mr. Dodd, Chemist, 91, West minster Bridge-road, Lambeth; T. A. Bridge, Chemist, 270 Regent-street; Decostro and Co., Chemists, Wilton-place, Knights bridge;J. Chemists, Chapman, Chemist,New Bridge - street, d H g High-street, t - r s e t r e e t t Islington; auhal; C . on Riches,g r e v Chemist, London-street, Greenwich ; R. Sutton, " Review" Office, e 'ottinghain. It will be sent to any part of the kingdom, carriage andp old ; under ten years , 48 po paid, on remitting 84 postage stasmtapmspfso,rdipreeertsoednstoab3orvre. Lamb b y t ea 7 r s s , High Holborn, London. per sons above ten years old must ask for the Mr. Lamb may do * ut s le O p b ac se k rv et e s: Monday, WNW, end Nirodneedity, frara Ten ttrenr. —" be consulted personally at his residence, every ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH. AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, pries Is. 64., or post paid, to any addre ss , for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps , direct S from the Author's residenc e . ELF-PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various !fractures, the injuries that art pfoduced in them, by solitary habits, and ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. uses, and function', and show in g By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, ,Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OP THE nexATisx. CHAPTIIt 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindraneca and 0 bllgations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Cuanza 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of Use Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CuarrEa 11. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CIAPTEE 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Casyrras 5 and 6. On the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhosa Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of Urethra. ILEVIEWO Ol TUB WORN. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail ited tistrr ,tin ectical ea man, of the an,w iou.hov. r haseviddiToders arising fr m t r lyhadeousid e erable th ex e p iv eri th en es c an el the ad dition, d b o y f early indiscretion. th consequences.Theengravfnifsof excesses. whirl; an invaluable act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity , an d b y its p erusal rnsnv questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap am .. peal, evea to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Kent and Hicharda, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street Starie, Tichborue-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146, Teadenhall-street, London; Newton, i 6, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and Prom Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the fee of It., for advice, Br.c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD SQ rt A RE. T.ONDO GUN COTTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Perceiving numerous . experiments are being into the mthinsteps should be taken for the preservation of life and with g the districts, rin o ts f , n t t h r? m d k u e i i tn gon lyhe right that some above article th property from the dangers to which both are exposed frGm the distribution of gun cotton for sa l e amopgst the various shopkeepers ; taking for granted, as stated by the patentees, its explosive properties exceed th a t o f gunpowder, consequently it must b . e more dangerous • added to which, I understand it i s liable to spo n t aneous ' combustion. Why, .then, is such a commodity to be vended ad libitum whilst th e dealers in gunpowder a re subjected to such heavy restrictioas and penalties ? Again, I should like to know . how the insur ance : upon an individual's stock and pre mis es would stand affected in the event of an accident arising from such a c ommo di ty being upon the premises ? If the subject is not taken up by the Government, and that soon, we s h a ll have some much more frightful accidents than have recently occurred on our railways. Let us bear in mind "„Pre vention is better than cure. Your insertion of the above will be esteem e d b y Yours respectfully, C. SEYMOUR. :10, Monmouthshire, June 14, 1847. Nant- ---, An export of silver is now taking place from France to Russia. A similar export also is expected from this country. FOOD RIOTS.—It is with much regret we have to r jonfiance steamer, which sailed immediately for Falmo uth. — Corn wall paper. [ ADvERTIS EMENT.] —ASTONISHING CURE OF A. VERY announce the recommencem ent of food riots in the West. A requisition for the m ilitar y arrived here on Wed nesday at 12 o'clock, and by 2 o'clock a company of the sth F usiliers with 18 gunners, and drivers, two non-commissione d officers, officer fi an el d d o p n i e eces, we reef putt h e o ß n oy b , a o l a A rd rt t i h ll e e, and two six po un d er BAD LEG OF THIRTY YEARS' STANDING BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—The wife of Mr. George Bourne, butcher, of Stockton-on-Tees, suffered for full thirty years, with a dreadful bad leg, apparently originating by the bursting of a vein internally. The pain was intense; the most eminent medical men tried to cure it but in vain; at last she was induced to try Holloway's Pins and Ointment, when, to the astonishment of herself and an who knew her, the leg, in the course of eight weeks, was thoroughly healed and cured, and has remained sound and free from pain for the last nine months. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's zeta- Umlaut. 244, Strand, London. C ONTRACT for WELSH COALS for the PACIFIC. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, • Somerset-place, June 14, 1847. The COMMISSIONERS for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY the Ist of July next, at Ong o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may b e willing to Contract for supplying and delivering at Valparaiso or Callao (as may be directed by the Senior Naval Officer in the Pacific), 500 TONS of WELSH COALS, fit for the service of her Majesty's steam vessels. The Conditions of the Contract, and a Form of Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the ay of treaty, ner any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become round with the person tendering, in the sum of 3001., for the due performance of the Contract. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just de posited a complete s.-ries of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin ciples of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead ing Lines of Railway. Also, superb Specimens of their ELECTRIC CLOCKS, ALARUM, &c. Among the various works of interest explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM PROVED RAILWAY. Dr. Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATU RAL PHILOSOPHY. CHEMICAL LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The beautif .1 OPTICAL EFFECTS, DIVING EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. IF THE SUMMER, now approaching, should prove as hot as it was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT, of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any other coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe rienced is alone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course again. Price of Paletot, rich silk linings, Two Guineas and a Half; sot silk, Two Guineas. 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. EASE IN WALKING, TILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and 1) URABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles alwaye ready on sale. Established in 1767. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. HIGHLY IMPORTANT INVENTION IN RAILWAY CONSTRUC TION. An important INVENTION connected with the formation of the permanent way of railway lines (which has been proved on one of the principal lines in Lancashire), is, for the satisfaction of the pa tentee, and for confirmation of its adaptation for the purposes pro posed, undergoing the severest test as to form of construction and taial of strength for durability, which, when completed, a report will be published of the result of the test by a scientific gentleman of eminence. The invention will effect-1. A very considerable saving in tile formation of the permanent way, by entirely superseding the use of wood sleepers, loose chairs, treenail:, and spikes. 2. The laying of the line can be accomplished at a very diminished amount of labour and cost in comparison with the mode at present adopted. 3. The future maintenance of the permanent way may be reduced fully one-half of the present cost. A scientific report will be fur nished in a few days, and the patentee has considered it desirable to adopt this expedient to intimate to railway boards somewhat of the advantages of the invention, that railway companies about to contract for sleepers, chairs, Br,c., may defer such arrangements for a short period. All communications to be addressed to Mr. Joseph Adshead, 35, George-street, Manchester. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. t The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years nave used this celebrated liquid, Drononnee it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can he incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and 10s per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate treet, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perrumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance. pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' bserve, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. TO LADIES. ROWLAND'S KA L YDOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and, in cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Roy al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. * 4 Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. T HE "ERA" GRAND ST. LEGER AND DERBY SWEEPS. Every party, whether a present reader of THE ERA" NEWS PAPER, or intending to be such, must pay in advance the sum of Twenty six Shillings, which will entitle him to the supply of "THE ERA" for Twelve Months, and, in addition, he will be presented with a CHANCE GRATIS in "THE ERA" ST. LEGER SWEEP of 1847, and the DERBY of 18481 amounting to SEVERAL HUN DRED POUNDS! FOR NOTHING! The THREE HUNDRED POUNDS given for the DERBY of 1847 were paid June the Ist, as follows :—The first prize of 1501. to Mr. John Ormrod, the Manor -bridge, Greek-street, Manchester; the second prize of 501. to Mr. Joseph Friend, at D. Dickson's, Esq., Unthank Hall, Haltwistle, Carlisle ; the third prize of 501. to Mr. J. Richardson, jun., Fox and Hounds Inn, Norton, near Stockton-on- Tees ; and 501. divided among twenty-nine holders of starting horses. We now look forward to the pleasure of giving away more money at the ST. LEGER, which will be drawn on the 30th of AUGUST, under the management of a Committee of Subscribers and News agents ; and our friends are requested to join immediately, that we may be enabled to advertise the amount of our prizes. We care not how great the sum, for it will be in due proportion to our receipts. All who have had a chance in the Derby, have another in the St. Leger of 1847; and all who enter for the St. Leger will have a chance in the following Derby of 1848. Post-office Orders of One Pound Six Shillings to be made pay able at the Post-office, Strand, to Mr. Frederic Ledger, Era Office, 5, Catherine-street, Strand, Lo n d on . All Newsmen in Town and Country will receive Subscription,. INTOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at 20s. —A most varied and beautind assortment of these elegant PARISIAN NOVELTIES, which threaten entirely to supersede all of British manufacture, from 20s. and upwards, complete for any ordinary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each extra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP PON and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of is variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it. —Established in Well-street, 1820. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. CHEAP TRIP to VIEW CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES and ELY and PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRALS, in ONE DAY. A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave London on Morway next, the 21st instant, at Eight a.m., Arriving at Cambridge at 10 o'clock, and proceeding from thence at 12 o'clock. Arriving at Ely at 12.41, and proceeding from thence at 2.26 p.m. Arriving at Peterborough at 3.45, and returning from thence to Ely, Cambridge and London, at 4.30 p.m. The CATHEDRALS of ELY and PETERBOROUGH are con tiguous to the Terminus. Refreshments can be obtained at Cambridge and Peterborough. The RETURN TRAIN will leave Peterborough, at - - 4.30 p.m. Ely, 6.15 „ Cambridge, - - - - 6.45 „ • Arriving at London about - 8.45 „ To those desirous of visiting Cambridge or Ely ONLY, about Nine Hours will be allowed at the former place, and Five and a Half at the latter. FARES. Open Carriages Ist Class 2d Class 3d Class with Seats To Cambridge and back 11 0 8 0 5 0 4 0 ~ Ely and back 13 0 10 0 6 0 5 8 „ Peterborough & back 15 0 11 6 7 6 6 6 Tickets issued for the above Special Train will not be available for any of the Ordinary Trains. By order, Bishopsgate Station, June 15, 1847 C. P. RONEY, Secretary. LONDON and YORK EXTENSION SCRIP SHARES of 251. each, issued jet December, 1845. Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share, paid. Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with the terms upon which the LONDON and YORK EXTENSION SCRIP SHARES were issued, and with the Resolution adopted at the first General Meeting of the Great Northern Railway, held 25th July, 1846, HALF A YEAR'S INTEREST, from the Ist January to the 30th June. 1847, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, being Is. 3d. per Share, will be PAYABLE upon the said EXTENSION SCRIP SHARES on and after the 15th JULY next. The holders are required to send in to this office, after the 20th instant, their London and York Extension Scrip Shares, with a ticket attached thereto, containing full particulars of the numbers of the Scrip so sent in, their names in full, and addresses. As soon as ex amined, the Scrip will be returned, accompanied by a warrant for the interest thereon. _ _ This Notice applies only to London and York Extension Scrip Shares. By order, J. R. MOWATT, S ecretary. Offices of the Great Northern Railway Company, 14, Moorgate street, London, June 15, 1847. NOM—Warrants for the Half-Year's Interest to 30th June, upon the 224,000 Great Northern Shares, will be issued, payable on and after 15th July, to the parties who on the 30th June stand in the books of the Company the Registered Proprietors thereof, provided they shall have paid the Call due that day. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND. 112, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, LONDON. June 16, 1847. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England, hereby give notice that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum, for the Half-year ending the 30th of June, 1847, will be PAYABLE en the Company's Stock on and after the 16th of July next, when the Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Com pany's Office, No. 112, Bishopsgate-street, or at the different branches. The Transfer Boeks will be Closed on and after Blooper next, the 21st instant, until the Dividend becomes payable. By order of the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, Manager. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. MUSIC-HALL, STORE7STREET. On MONDAY EVENING, June 21, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give his last entertainment but one of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND._ _ _ PART FIRST.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon —Lizzie Lindsay —WHAT buy Caller Herring ?—The Laird o' Cockpen—John Ander son my jo —An thou wert my ain thing—Get up and bar the door. PART SECOND.—Ower the Water to Charlie—Flora hi'Donald's Lament—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ? —Hame cam our Gudeman at E'en—The Stuarts of Appin—Tak yer auld Cloak aboot ye. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. , ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHLNE. LONDON TO COLOGNE IN THIRTY HOURS. ----- - (Sea Passage Seven Hours only.) The Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite steam-ship ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander (re fitted and re-decorated throughout in the most sumptuous manner), leaves the St, Katharine's-wharf, Tower, every Sunday Morning at Ten o'clock, returning from Antwerp every Wednesday Afternoon at One o'clock. By this steamer and the railroad from Antwerp, tra vellers going to the Rhine reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accommodation for passengers on board this renowned ship, as well as her spacious Ladies' and Private Cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and horses may be sent to the wharf up to one hour before the time of starting, but all applications for the shipment of goods must be made to the London agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fenchurch-street, where, as well as at the Packet-office, 33, Regent circus, Piccadilly, berths may be secured and every informa tion obtained. JUNE 17, 1847. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK .) John Haywood, waiter, 23, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of stealing a watch and chain, and money and valuable securities to a very large amount, the property of General Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Sir Alexander recommended the prisoner to the mer ciful consideration of the Court, on the grounds that he IA as a young man and had previously borne a very good character. Mr. BULLOCK sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment and hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice PLTTESON.) _ _ Edward Thomas, 26, was indicted for the Manslaughter of Joseph Dawson. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. It appeared that Thomas was the captain of a canal boat, which was upon the Grand Junction Canal at Brenttord at the time the occurrence happened. The de cs ased was also a boatman, and it appeared that on the 2d of May he had some quarrel with the prisoner at a beer-shop, and wanted to fight with him, but the prisoner refused and left the house. At a later period in the day, the deceased was found lying upon the bank of the canal suffering under mortal injury upon his stomach, but the circumstances under which he met his death were alto gether involved in mystery, except that the deceased stated that he had been kicked by the prisoner. It ap peared, however, from the evidence that the deceased, who was stated to be a much more powerful man than the prisoner, and who was also described to be a " des perate" fighter, had waylaid the prisoner on his return to his boat, and there was very good groundfor believing that if he had really inflicted the fatal injury upon the deceased, it was only done in self-defence from the attack of a man who was very much his superior in physical power, and who had waylaid him, and forced the struggle upon him. _ _ Tlie jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Cooper, thirty-one, spinster, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male illegitimate child, by neg lecting the usual necessary precautions after she had been delivered, and by casting the child into a privy, where it was discovered. No counsel appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Parnell, through the humane in strumentality of the Sheriffs. The evidence given in support of this charge was of a nature to render it quite unfit for publication. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but found her guilty of concealing the birth of her child, and she was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one year. Thomas Martin, forty-two, :carrier, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Anne Martin, his wife, by casting her down a staircase, and thereby causing mortal injuries, of which she died. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. In this case a mass of depositions had been returned by the coroner, and, as no counsel was employed to conduct the prosecution, it was necessary for his Lord ship to read through the whole of them, in order to ascertain which were the material witnesses; and while doing so, The Learned JUDGE remarked, that nearly the whole of the statements taken down were inadmissible as evi dence, and several of the witnesses appeared to have been called merely to state what they had heard other people say, which, of course, could not be evidence against an accused party. Mr. CLARKSON said the examinations were certainly more of a medical than a legal character. The description given of the case by the witnesses was of rather a confused character, but so well as it could be gathered from their testimony, it appeared that the prisoner was a carrier, and lived with the deceased and his family in some apartments over his stable in a mews near Dorset-square. On the 7th of May the prisoner and the deceased were together in one of the rooms, and a son and daughter, who were in an adjoining room, heard an altercation between them, and the deceased suddenly rushed along the landing, followed by the pri soner, and immediately afterwards a shriek was heard, and the deceased was seen to fall down a steep ladder into the stable, whereby she received such serious injury as caused her death a few days afterwards. The only question in the case was whether this fall was accidental, or whether it was occasioned by any act of violence on the part of the prisoner by striking or pushing the deceased down the ladder. The evidence in support of the latter alternative was certainly of the most meagre description, and mainly consisted of state ments alleged to have been made by the prisoner immediately after the transaetion, to the effect that he had knocked her down the ladder. These statements were alleged to have been uttered in the pre sence of Mr. Guy, the surgeon, who was called in to the deceased, but that gentleman in his evidence de clared that no such statements were made to his recol lection, and he also said that after the unfortunate oc currence the prisoner expressed deep regret at what had happened, and did all he could to render.assistance to the deceased. It also appeared that the staircase ladder in question was very steep and in a most dangerous posi tion, and it seemed exceedingly probable that the de ceased, in endeavouring to get away from the prisoner, had fallen down it accidentally. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury, the Learned Judge summed up, and they then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THE MARYLEBONE MURDER.—Upon the application of Ur. Clarkson the trial of Mary Anne Hunt, for the murder at Mar flebone, was postponed until next session. The ground upon which the trial was postponed was an affidavit made by Mr. Humphreys, the prisoner's attor ney, to the effect that he had reason to believe that he should be able to establish the fact of the prisoner's insanity, and that time was required to procure the ne cessary witnesses. FALLING OF THE DEE SUSPEN- SION BRIDGE CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The Coroner's inquiry relating to the late loss of life, by the falling of the Chester and Holyhead Railway-bridge, over the Dee, was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, for the fourth time, at the Exchange Hall of this city, before Mr. Hostage, the Coroner, and the jury of citizens previously empannelled. The CORONER, in re-opening the inquiry, announced that he had a list of nineteen additional witnesses handed to him by the superintendent of the police; they com prised passengers by the train and other parties, whom he was informed could speak to some now facts. Previous to calling them, Sir E. S. Walker, the fore man of the jury, begged to ask Mr. Stephenson why he adopted timber baulks in a bridge of 30 feet span, as was the case with the one over the King's Ferry, and omitted them in one of 90 feet span? . Mr. Tyrrell put it to the Coroner whether the ques ion had any reference to the inquiry. Sir E. S. Walker contended that it had. The CORONER thought they had better keep to the bridge that had led to the accident. Mr. Stephenson said he was ready to give the worthy Knight the fullest explanation, and which could be answered by any scientific gentleman. He was content to leave it to Mr. Walker. He had nothing to conceal, and it was well known that their use or omission was a mere matter of convenience, and did not affect the secu rity of the structure. Mr. J. Tomkinson, merchant, of Liverpool, was then sworn—l was a passenger in the train that met with the accident. I was sitting in the second compartment of the first-class carriage next to the tender. To the best of my recollection the speed of the train before it got to the bridge was about ten miles an hour. I was engaged in conversation with one of the passengers, when sud denly our attention was drawn to a rumbling, as we were crossing tho bridge. We had apparently got across, when we felt the line give way from us, and we dropped. The carriage fell on the bank, and rolled over several times, stopping on the brink of the river. The reason why I think it rolled over is, that I was on my head several times. Having no bones broken, I got out, and found that all the train had fallen through the bridge. Several carriages, wrecks of them at least, were lying on the bank, and some immersed in water. Seeing a wo man struggling, I ran forward, and kept her up till as sistance came and rescued her. By the CORONER—I do not think the accident resulted from any blow on the bridge, for, at the time, I was sitting with my face towards the road. By Mr. Walker---Up to the time of the sinking, I heard no bumping of the carriage, to show that the tender was off the line. There might have been a la teral blow given the girder, but I did not hear it. The carriage did not fall sideways, but seemed to go down as the bridge sunk. After much further evidence of a similar character, the inquiry was again adjourned. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. —The annual examination of the Model School for Girls connected with this institution took place yesterday, at the school room in the Borough-road. Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., was in the chair, supported by Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Sergeant Thompson, and other friends of the society. The room was crowded with visitors. The examination included, in addi tion to the Scriptures, English history, modern and sacred geography, arithmetic, and English grammar. The chil dren presented a very neat appearance, and their answers to the various questions proposed frequently indicated superior intelligence. Numerous specimens of needlework and mo dels of cutting out garments were presented, as well as maps and drawings. At the conclusion, Sir John Boileau, Sergeant Thompson, and Mr. Robert Foster severally addressed the company, expressing the high gratification they experienced. CLOSE OF THE MATTHEWSON AND COOKE SUB sciurinoN.—Last night a meeting of the committee ap pointed for the purpose of procuring the discharge of Mat thewson and Cooke from the 7th Hussars, was held at the house of the treasurer, Mr. George Walter, Blue Posts, Shoe lane • Mr. B e h en na in the chair. After some conversation , , it was moved and seconded that, as the amount of subscrip tion in the hands of the treasurer, through the kindness of the public and the exertions of the committee, had now reached the sum of 501. and a few odd shillings, that the amount in hand be forthwith handed to Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., for the purpose of carrying out the objects originally contemplated by the committee. After a vote of thanks to the chairman and to the treasurer for their several services, the body was dissolved. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following accident occurred at Sleahead, parish of Ventry, on Monday last. A married woman, named Fenaghty, brought her husband his breakfast on the road making there. On their retiring to eat it above the road, a clift they were sitting under fell on them and crushed them to atoms. The unfortunate parents a l e ft orphans to deplore their 1055,.-Trake Chronicle, N o. 17,081. PRICE SD. CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST ——— AN ALLEGED GERMAN BARONESS. On Tuesday Frederika Asge, a handsome-looking and fashionably attired native of Germany, was finally exa mined at Westminster Police Court, charged with steal ing ten sovereigns from the residence of Mr. James Thomas Roberts, a short-hand writer. The facts detailed by the w itnesses are briefly these:— The prisoner had resided for the last three weeks at the house of Mr. Robert's mother, in Water street, Black friars, and hence an intimacy arose between the prosecu trix and the prisoner, the latter of whom represented herself to her as a German Baroness. The accused called at Mrs. Roberts's resid ence , 15 , Ir c d ywe ll- s t ree t, Mill bank, on Friday last, and d ur i ng h er stay h a d an oppor tunity of knowing that there was a considerable sum of money in gold and silver in a cash box, and deposited in a trunk ; and manifested considerable desire to know the exact amount, besides which she examined the pro• secutrix's bunch of keys, alleging as a reason for so doing that she had lost her own and thought some of Mrs. Roberts's keys might fit her locks. At about one on the following day she repeated her visit, and so pressed Mrs. Roberts, who at first declined, but ultimately re luctantly consented, to fetch her some ham, as she could procure it so much better than the servant, that she complied, and was absent about twenty minutes, during which time the prisoner was alone in the apartment. On Mrs. Roberts's return the prisoner declined to take any of the ham, and invited Mrs. Roberts to take a drive with her round the Regent's-park ; she went with her, and returned home in two hoar& and a half, her apart ments being during her absence left open, and there being other residents in the house. At a little after nine at night Mr. Roberts went to the cash-box, and finding that the key would not turn in the lock, forced ' it, and discovered that ten sovereigns had been extracted. In consequence of his wife communicating the above cir cumstances to him, and the landlady of the house stating that she had distinctly heard the prisoner go towards the place where the box was deposited, during Mrs. Ro berts's absence, the prosecutor suspected the prisoner, and immediately repaired to her residence. He asked her for the ten sovereigns, when she replied that she had no ten sovereigns, but immediately placed her purse, containing two sovereigns, upon the table, and taking a gold chain and eye-glass and some jewellery from a drawer, offered them to the prosecutor, and also re quested her landlady to lend her eight sovereigns, which, with the two she had, would make 101. She at the same time repeatedly declared that she had no other money than that in her purse, but, upon a minute search, six sovereigns were found between a table and a look ing glass, in which the latter was placed. These with the two found in the purse, were all quite new, and in this respect corresponded w ith th e ten stolen from Mrs. Roberts. The prisoner's answer to the charge, through an in terpreter, was that she was perfectly innocent. She accounted for the possession of the six sovereigns, by stating that Frederick, the head waiter at the Royal Hotel, Blackfriars, had lent her the money, as she was about to start on a journey, and might require it. She said she could have no necessity to steal, as she could procure any sum of money she wanted at the Royal Hotel. With respect to the ham, she observed that Mrs. Roberts said she was fond of it, and went out and fetched some. A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Wire and Child, who attended on the part of the accused, repre sented her to be most respectably connected ; put some questions to Mrs. Roberts, with a view of showing that at the time the prisoner offered the chain, jewels, and money to Mr. Roberts, that she did not clearly under stand the nature of his visit, or of the observations made to her. In reply, Mr. Roberts said that she did perfectly understand him ; he spoke to her partly in German, partly in English, his reason for which was that the offi cer, who was present, might understand what he said to the prisoner. She at the time of offering the things said, " Take them, only let me be till to-morrow." Mrs. Ro berts, in her cross-examination, agreed with her hus band that the prisoner could carry on a conversation in tolerably good English, and added that she could read an English book. Mr. Broderip considered it his duty to commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial.—She was committed accordingly. We understand that it will be proved on the trial that she obtained the sovereigns in the manner statedl STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.—The market has been firmer to-day for both goods and yarn. In the morning there was a good deal of inquiry, which re sulted in more business in the afternoon. In low print ing cloths an advance of lfd. or 2d. was established; but other fabrics are without a change. The transactions in yarn have been limited by spinners asking higher prices; the demand is chiefly for the German and Levant markets. We have to announce the failure of an extensive ma nufacturer in the neighbourhood of Preston, Mr. Wil liam Eccles, of Bamber-bridge. His liabilities are stated at 80,0001.; but three fourths of this amount is said to be owing to family connexions. A Preston bank is also reported as a heavy creditor. We regret to learn that letters received to-day from Rio de Janeiro give an unfavourable account of the market for British manufactures. The absence of all demand at home, and in several of the countries which usually take large quantities of our goods, had stimulated consignments to Brazil, when, from the high price which the produce of that country now bears, a good demand was expected. The result was, that the markets were glutted ; and it was found necessary to resort to sales by auction in order to reduce the stocks which had accu mulated at Rio. We stated in our last that, in consequence of the passing of the Factory Bill, several manufacturers in Preston and the neighbourhood had determined at once to reduce their hours of working to ten. To-day we learn that a similar course has been resolved on by an extensive firm in the neighbourhood of Bolton, and by some others ; and in all probability it will be generally adopted. ROCHDALE, MONDAY, JUNE 14.—There has been a somewhat better inquiry for goods to-day, and rather more business transacted than on the previous Monday, but prices have been very low. There is little change in the wool market, though it is perhaps easier to buy at former prices. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, JUNE 12.—There was no change observable in the piece hall to-day, either in the amount of goods sold or in prices. There is a little more de mand for yarn, but prices continue without improve ment. In wool there is no alteration, either in demand or prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.—There is a slight improvement in our market to-day, principally in fancy goods. There is more doing in wool, and business altogether wears a more cheering aspect. LEDS, TUESDAY, ,TUNE 15.—Our market to-day has been without animation. The accounts from the Ger man wool fairs bring higher prices for the finer sorts, and the principal buyers were again the continental con sumers, which augurs badly:for our manufacturers. — Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. MONEY MARSET.—The _premium on gold at Paris is 15 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange . of 25.52 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.571, it follows that gold is 0.22 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The price of gold at Hamburgh is 4351 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 / 2 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.8 a, it follows that gold is 0.87 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 107 i per cent., and the par of ex change between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.33 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being f or bills at 60 days' sight, tie interest must be deducted from the above difference. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.'—We believe that a series of important and extensive alterations in the dispatch and arrivals of the mails for all parts of Scotland are in contemplation by the Post office authorities, and will probably come into operation in the course of the next two or three weeks. In the first place, it is expected that the London mails will shortly be considerably expedited on the opening of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. When this line opens, the London day mail, which ar rives here at present about 9 A.M., is expected to arrive about 6 A.M.; and the London night mail, now arriving about 8 P.M., will arrive about 5 P.M., being a gain of about three hours in both instances.—Scotsman. lIERRINQ TRADE.—EPICS, JUNE 3.—During the past week 355 barrels of herrings have been landed here, from the Lews, making the total import, up to this date, from that island, 976 barrels. By recent accounts tho fishing was progressing favourably. A good many boats have attempted the fishing, with the hook, in this neigh bourhood, during the week. On Monday evening they were partially successful, several having a few dozens of herrings which were used for bait. On the subsequent evenings the success was less, as very few were got. The fishermen will now, as the season is advancing, persevere in their efforts, and will be trying the nets in about a month hence, if not less. Preparations for the fishing are now going on, somewhat slowly. The fishermen are busily employed in barking their nets, and making other preliminary arrangements. Mr. Ellis, silversmith, of this city, has in his pos session an ingot of fine silver, weighing several hundred. ounces, the produce of the Cobmartin Mines, in this county Western Luminary. CONTINENTAL ACCOUNTS. From Marseilles we learn that, in consequence of the sudden decline in the price of wheat, one of the most extensive houses engaged in that trade had suspended payment. The liabilities are stated at 3,000,000 f. (120,0000 It is said that some of the Greek houses in this country are sufferers. At Marseilles this failure had created considerable anxiety, as it was feared that others would follow in consequence. While a sudden fall had taken place in the prices of wheat at Marseilles, several of the markets in the north are advised as being higher, and among the rest that of Paris. Some of our readers are aware that an attempt was made some time ago to introduce the beetroot sugar of France in a raw (muscovado) state, in the hope it would find a market among our refiners. The sugar a looked extremely we ll , b ut t h e taste and fl avour were s o bad that the atte m p t h as entirely failed, and we learn th a t the j greatest p ar t o f that which was imported has again already been returned to France. which hn are An caughttlA p in the journals cheldt complainsare sent thatent to L e g n lan th d e . crabs CHARLES DICKENS. Apart, altogether, from the artistic merits of any of. his works, Mr. Dickens will stand forth, to the eye of posterity, as the leader of a great literary revolution. Like other leaders, he has, perhaps, followed as much as determined the direction of the national mind. Still, the fact remains, that from the publication of the "Pick wick Papers" dates the real commencement of the new phases of fiction. A host of copyists have •followed in his wake; and—a yet surer sign of original genius— others, who are no copyists, have not disdained to borrow the form which he had introduced. Nor is it a mere form, a simple accidental circumstance connected with the mode of publication. Forms in such matters street the substance; and he who creates a new form of litera-' ture, is the founder of a school. Minds of all varying casts may adopt it; but, under the individual differences, there will be traced the family likeness, sufficient to en title the founder to claim the honours of paternity. Such honours a future generation will not be slow to award to Mr. Dickens. Though seeing, as we begin to s; e, that when he struck into this new path, tho public was already crowding towards the gateway; tuongh feeling, as we begin to feel, that its direction was truly d , )wnwards, despite the many beauties of this low or region; though free, as the present generation can n. , ver be, from the prestige of his earlier succes , es;— they wia yet tacknov.ledge, that it could be no common wan to whose lot it fell to guide a movement so prolific of results; for they IA him nations choose to follow, bear upon them the stamp of mental royalty. Here, there can be no usurp'tion; to be obeyed is the guarantee for a gitimate title. troillic other crowns., Lowi.ver, Jr.l Dickens' diadem has th ived his head to lie too PaSi!:) • in the lap of for tune. Piquancy and quaintness have too intecii subsided into fixed mannerisms; "the charm dissolves apace;" from " Pickwick" we hs..xe descended to ‘' Martin Chuzalewit;" the series which began with the "Chiist mas Carol" is closed, fur the present, by the " Battle of Life." The " Battle of Life!" It was a noble title, sugges tive of high thoughts. We looked for a picture of some lofty nature sorely tried—pl ace d s t rugg ling between temptation and duty, between passion and principle, be tween the promptings of s e lfi s h ness an d t h e w hi s p ers o f self-sacrificing love ; and we longed to see a battle such as this fought out in the glowing page, as many such are fought and won, unrecorded, in daily life. Instead of this, what have we? Our pen refuses the task of analysis. We have first a description of a real geld of battle—very prettily drawn, indeed; then enter a father and two daughters—then the affianced lover of the younger—a parting—mysterious inuendos—at last, on the day of his return, she elopes with a stranger— misery, mystery—her betrothed marries her sister— finally, she re-appears, not !oat nor dishonoured; and, lo! it was no elopement at all; but thinking, in her wisdom, that her sister loved him, she had vanished to break his tie to her, that that sister might fill her place! And this is the "Battle of Life!" This is "A Love Story!" Were ever noble titles worse pro faned? Did ever book issue from an eminent writer's pen, more fatal to his claims to the character of a master in his art. For, be it observed, in reviewing such a plot, im probability is our lightest charge. That such " battles" are not fought in the " Life" cf man, we are thankful. That " Love" is not apt to choose such modes of show ing itself, we are thankful. But there is a kind of im probability which does no discredit to the poet or the novelist. Shakspere's Miranda is as unearthly a form as even his Caliban or his Ariel. No island ever saw so bright a gem. But she, or any other imaginative creation, is unlike real life, simply because more true than nature to nature's principles. The harmony of the character is true; every element in keeping: only analysed by severer tests than real life affords. As, then, chemical analysis introduces no new principle, but only discovers more plainly those which lay concealed; so the poet, placing a human heart in a new light, unveils some beauty—makes his fictitious character more beautiful, perhaps, than any real personage —but leaves it to the last is per fect unison with the feelings of our every-day nature. Has Mr. Dickens so dealt with his Marion ? Indignant Nature answers, no ! Her love is not the love of woman; her battle not the battle appointed for human life. Were it possible for any one so to act, to wring the affections of father, sister, lover, for a mere fancy of her own—we should judge that some fearful malady had befallen her; —the loss, not of reason, but of something higher, the magnet of woman's heart, true to the pole of love. If the author really meant to portray a type of high-toned self-devotion, most wofully has he missed his mark. His Marion comes forth from his easel, not like one of Scott's heroines, the beautiful likeness of— A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food;" Nor yet, like a Miranda, superhuman in the angel-like brightness of her woman's form, but rather like a soft and delicate female Frankenstein, whom, labour as we will, we cannot admit either to admiration or to sym pathy. We were about to ask, whence came this feebleness of touch, and had dipped our pen in critical gall for the reply. But, a fair vision crossed our path, and the soft voice of little Paul pleaded for a milder sentence. We cannot resist the appeal. We might, indeed, were we so minded, find some flaws in the beautiful sentitnentaliero. of Paul's death-bed scene ; some affectations of style, some little mawkishness of feeling, more than a little want of a healthy spirit in contemplating death. We might object to the whole description, its too close re_ semblance, in touch and colouring, and light and tone, to the well-remembered chapters, which told the death of Little Nell. We might say, it is not the sign of strength to reproduce old creations. But we forbear. After all our criticism, the spell of beauty and pathos would remain, and we, ourselves, the surly critics, must bow, with others, to its power. Mr. Dickens seems, hZiwever, like another Antaeus, to renew his strength on touching Mmiliar ground. N - where has he painted with a more vivid pencil, than in drawing the picture, in the Gth number of the poor for saken Floreace. If some might say, that Paul was like a di eain of fairy-land, Florence, at least, is a true child of earth. We know the look of her dreary chamber, we share her solitary watch, mark her patient endurance of her aunt's pedantry of comfort, her timid visit down stairs, her harsh repulse—all is as lifelike as if we had seen and talked with her in her grief. Diogenes himself seems no stranger to us. And most of all, we are at tracted by the brave spirit which would not be crushed —which would not like to feel as if the house was avoided, though " the recognition of some spot or object very tenderly asscociated with him, made the miserabl e house, at first, a place of agony ;" the spirit which drove her to watch the children opposite, though every mark of their father's affection sent a pang to her breast : this, indeed, shows a master's touch, and for the sake of this exquisite portrait, we can forgive "Dombey and Son" the tameness of its earlier numbers. It has revived our flagging interest in the story ; and we now wait, with no small anxiety, to see how the author will deal with this child of his fancy. On such a point it is unfair to speculate ; should the completed picture realise the pro mise of the first outline, it will be, in many respects, Mr. Dicken's proudest achievement ; deeper in philosophy, and richer in poetry, than any of his previous perform ances. If it be said, that here and there the author seems to forget, that he is painting a child and not a woman, he is still true to nature, and to something above nature, which tells us, that there is no school in which the moral and intellectual faculties are so quickly matured as the school of deep affliction.—Nortit British Review. THE LATE DR. CHALMERS. AN EFFECTUAL REPROOF. During the time that Dr. Chalmers was minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, he never forgot giving occa sional visits to his native town, Anstruther, and also visiting his old parishioners in the parish of Kilmany, who were much endeared to him, having first broken the bread of life amongst them. On one of these occasions, whilst journeying homewards to Glasgow upon a Satur day, and arriving at a certain town where there was a collegiate charge, the youngest clergyman of which, having waited upon him, and begged most earnestly that he would remain over Sabbath and preach for him, be, after considerable denial, at length consented to do 80. The rumour that the Doctor was to preach the next day quickly spread like wild-fire through the town and parish, so that the church and its passages were crowded to suffocation, besides some hundreds in the churchyard who could not obtain an entrance. The Doctor's power ful and impressive discourse was the chief topic of the parishioners for many a day afterwards. The other minister in the charge (who was not over-popular with the people) did not like to hear so much said to the praise of the Doctor. " For my own part," said he, "I think he is really mad." A faithful friend soon after wrote to the Doctor, and, among other things, acquainted him with what his elder brother had said. Some months after this the Doctor had been again on a visit to his friends, and on his way arriving at the town above alluded to, called upon his reverend friend for whom he preached before with such satisfaction, and by whom • he . w it hi w eh as th a e uorfceed consented n t t e e d t preacho do.t s week day the attendance was immense, and instead of Doctorwa again a i a n t mounting the pulpit he had to stand in one of the ha t Although evening, win dows of the church, so that the hundreds who were sit ting upon tablets in the churchyard would have tha benefit of hearing him as well as the crowded audience wilhin. Among the bearers was his reverend friend's colleague, who spoke so rashly of Dr. Chalmers on the occasion before alluded to. Truly it was a most solemn sight to see such a mass of human being s , an d especially to hear them engage in the praise of their Redeemer. a speak most f e o l r o t q h u words,the ottrumthada, nmdosstonbeorbnleesFs.e,,stuAs,fbteurt After prayer the Doctor chose f or hi s text the ' ' w ‘ o l r a d ni s o n f and heart-stirring discourse, which affected not a few, not even excepting the minister who used such sarcastic expressions on the fo rmer occas i on ; and, as the Doctor was going out at th e ga t e o f the churchyard, the same minister came to him, being self• convicted, trembling, and in tears, like the jailor of Philippi before now, and begged ten thousand pardons for what he formerly so ungraciously remarked regarding him, when the Doctor, with his usual benignity, cordially shook his aged and penitent brother by the hand, and said he freely forgave him. To his merit the minister was , ever a f ter, while he lived, one of the Doctor's greatest admirers, and also one of his best friends. THE CROPS.-- The following is an extract of a letter from the south-west :—" June 10, 1847.—The potatoes grown in the open air in the garden of Sir David Max well, of Cardoness, Baronet, in which I was to-day, and ready for the table; they have broad leaves, and indeed the healthiest appearance the gardener has seen for years. Cardoness is ten miles from Kirkcudbright, and potatoes in general seasons are ready there (Cardoness) for the table by the Ist June ; but this is the Devonshire of Scotland." The accounts of the crops that we have sees express the best opinion of harvest prospects i❑ most articles, especially those of heaviest importance, and it seems that of wheat a much larger than average breadth has been planted.—North British Mail. top , ler ; let , pp,