The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-12 00:00:00

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THE AND , E NTLEMEN , E LECTION of a DIREC TOR in the ~._rponi of the late William Astell, Esq., tineen iflx,eFdortoer. hop, .7° l l', the 14th inst., between the hours of in t ni. most I.,l),:z!,s(l._Six in the Evening, I once more take the liberty of t oty r „,:i iIY and earnestly renewing my solicitations for the honour meat" s uPhort on this occasion. At the same time I beg to ten t. _7tin.est ac knowleAgments to you tor the gratifying encourage - Which I have received during my canvass. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, ()An • .._ rnittee- rooni, London Tavern, k J. CAULFIELD, 547. _ prii 12 1, , Major-General. .____________ WILSON'S SCOTTISH EN'l'Elt. Xtbro r I,AINMENTS, at the MUSIC-HALL, STORE - STREET , w 7;SRCARE. 42t h in of - ' sO N begs to announce that THIS EVENING, the tert a 4 Pril, at Eight o'clock, he will commence his Series of Ln teverai meats on the SONGS of SCOTLAND, when he will sing B ' l oo oi d ° ,. h gs for the first time in London, and also bring forward "tvou rites.—Pianoforte, Mr. and. PROGRAMME. lleart's in the Highlands--The Bonnie Hou se of ~,t rt Lonnie Bessie Lee—The Married 3fan's Lament—An Thou i Irish my Sin Thing—Auld Gudeman, ye're a Drucken T ,"ers Lament—Won't you lave us a lock of '-our . of Appi n '' tc ° ,, D.-0 Jeanie, there's naething to liar Stuarts th e .M Y joe Janet—Go fetch to me a pint ye —The —Green Titiw rashes O. kris, 15", ReserveJ Seats, 2s. Gd. ; Private Boxes for Si x Per _burl ; fOr Eight, 11. 31141411 l the season, Mr. Wilson will g E ive his r tainments in the Monday Evening, at Eight o'clnoteck. ERE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES; OR, THE SOCIAL REFORMER. L ".EOURER'S JOURNAL. Partlll., o " ,, Per Royal gyp., Price 3d., with a Stamp for posting. SAMPLE NUMBER. CONTENTS : tellmetie L abourers' Rights as a large and increasing multitude, to Th e e ., l ,' l Employment for ' the inutu ti service of one another. having Condition of the Labouring Masses deplorable, from kw", 'rig or rather from being deprived of Employment and Ilene ,theoerv.lce for one another. in London.—A Sabbath-day in the By : way . of St. ott er Contentment with Vice, and Apathy to Virtue or, in 7ords, a condition no better than t h a t o f mere brutality,, les me ln_e inSeparable consequence of the early and neglec e 1 p "vi a ,?? of the capable, though unbefriended poor. Labourer. Po or " t ?rig Societies : State of the Badly and Insufficiently Employed Nrterliabeurers in the Parish of Lambeth. (From our Lady Re- Letter fro m Qr ktis Trade a poor Labouring Man (a Tailor) as to the condition t a r„ I)l °Yrne . nt of Able-bodied LabourersWorkhouses," Goodspicking To , 4 M, instead of working Profitably on Land for Food, or on ',,-ofnforts and Necessaries to their Fellow-Creatures. x y ~,,lle Importance of regarding the Deserving Poor of our Country. Ad he Eey. G . Wallace, Author of the " Dressmakers' and Milliners' tnc"Ate, ice. tse. I ' e° uragsrnellt to all Classes to Labour for the Regeneration of t,_ fbe houring Classes :—these are not unmindful of kindnesses on ";lialf (Read Two Letters from a Compositor). influence and Value of the Co-operation of the " Working ": —of the Heart-honoured Labourer—in redoubling the energies 'nese who would serve them. THE RIGHTS OF THE LABOURER:— I• A Voice in the Appointment of his Rulers. The Protection, from his Rulers, to the Female Innocency and , irate of his Family Horne. ~3. The Labourer should not be disgraced but honoured in, and f or , nib Labour. Publishing Office, 13, Wellington-street, North, Strand. All communications to be addressed to Mr. Luke James Hansard, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. The Directors have this morning had their attention called to some FORGED SCRIP CERTIFICATES of SHARES In the additional t aPital created in November last. These Scrip purport to be under the hands of two of the Directors 14 ,.. d the Treasurer of the Company ; and, as far as th e Directors arc n present aware, the forged Scrip are confined to Certificates of one entire each. The Directors think It right instantly to Issue this notice, that 8 7_ 1 1ons d ea li ng i n the Scr i p may be put on the i r guard as to the per orptre(ti,y whom, and the circumstances under which, sales may be r The Directors have satisfaction in noticing that there is every hen to believe that the forgery has been committed by persons h olly unconnected with the Company. Further and the mist urgent inquiries will, of course, be prose kp holders of the Scrip desiring information, or able to corn kZicate anything which may aid the Directors, are requested to ilti nicate with the Treasurer or myself, at this office. By order of the Directors, Nin e •r• P. LURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. E lms Station, April B A , 1847. '". The For ge d s cr ip Certificates still continue confined to Cer tntes of one Share. Elms, April 10, 1847. WRITE CONDUIT HOUSE TAVER N.- r past o om _ RICHARD ROUSE, with de e p g ratitude for all Sitir,„7 . begs to inform his Frien ds and the Public, that his I,4rge'“er Arrangements for the Reception and Accommodatioa of small DINNER I' kRTIES, are now complete, and most ' 411 .Y solicitsicontinuaation of the honour of their patronage. Ito! Abundant sup . p ' ly and the quality of all dinners provided by li. 1 11) 7 ,a , and his publicly acknowledged superior mode or serving caul th vi e ng given such general satisfaction to his patrons, he begs Dubu c . attention of Stewards and Ma na g in g Committees of every , ite m , d 'trier, to the near distance from the C it y , the centrali Conduit anclairy Ilo u ,"n, the con ven i e nces and capabilities of the NN nte Ive ,T a ' v ern, the certainty of cheap conveyances, at all hours, to j4 i part of the metropolis ; and in the event of unfavourable i n er, more covered ground and premises than any other tavern giand—advantages certain to insure a more numerous atteidid ten.: the friends and supporters of their respective societies, an a Dra . ,,D 6 ading addition to the funds of t heir several benevolent and ......2.vorthy institutions. ____ k ,...,.. 61, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND STREE T. LSSR S. BIOSELEY, SURGEON• DEN 'Yittern TISTS, have REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their *ith o supplying artificial helpteeh ensures the power to . mas Ica e, j,,_ ut lessening the taste of t alate by artificial covering, or in the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange lbenzn"olour, and ptrfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth ~ .......in nen tly filled and restored to use, superseding extraction. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN t FAGRANTro„ TIFRICE, a WHITE E, preare ry t ::!_c c iental herbs of tinestimable virtue for preserving Band bepauti .d u rt "! the TEETH an d s t reng thening the GUMS. It elUdicates to ftonn the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness the "Ms- It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of 1+ 4 , 0., eat decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the lifectin 1 3 nre and pearl-lik whiteness; , its salubris and g qualities it e gives sweetnesswhile and from me perfu to the breath. ti k"g an antl-seorbn'tle, the gums also share in its corrective powers; Ore Is eradi ca t e d f rom them, and a healthy action and redness `nlduced, so t h at t h e t ee th (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Z ° ' w der ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a l ong series of 4 ,._ t4 r 3 occupied a distingulshedslace at the toilets of the Sovereigns `WI the Nobility throughout Eh rope. Price 2s. 9d. per box. C AUTION.—To protect the public from tYaud, tho Mon. Commis " ~ i et• ters of Stamps have directed the p ro p rietors' name and address to ▪ engraved on tho Govern me nt stamp, Dins "A. ROWLAND aid 40N 20, Flatten-garden," which is affixed on each box. bold by L t he Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. 1p A I R PL A ‘. Fair Play is a jewel" in most persons' view, And, if valued aright, 'tie a bright jewel too. Yet, alas this bright jewel, which no one contemns, Is hard to be met with, like all other gems. At any rate, readers, permit us to say That at MOSES and SON'S you wilt meet with " Fair Play." The light Summer Wrappers of MOSES and SON, Whose fashion such high admiration has won. The splendid collection of dress coats and frock, And the trowsers which form such an elegant stock ; And the new-design'd waistcoats, so costly and gay, Are proofs that with MOSES' you'll meet with " lair Play." The hats, and the caps, and the boots, and the shoes ws, "Which with high satisfa ction each purchaser vie, The hosiery goods, and the outfitting store, Which, as bargains , are valued by all more and more. Yoe, these, with the very low prices you pay, Bear out our assertion, and all seem to say With MOSES and SON you will meet with " Fair Play." new Work, entitled " FASIIIONS FAVOURITE," with a ''t of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on "4 1 1eation, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO MiASI27IE. Cashmere Codrington, from • ...... ....... 16 6 Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs .• ••• • • • Tweed Coat, lined throughout .................. 2 5 0 Tweed Coats • 0 16 0 °rting Coat ••..•••••• • • • . . • • • •••••••• 0 13 6 Dress Coat. . Rost quality manufactured F rock Coat • 1 15 0 .. Best quality manufactured .. • . Rich _ . • 33 0 pattern Vests...... • • • • • • •• •• • • Cashmere, • ...... 0 8 6 or cloth.• • • .• • • • • • • • r t Tweed Trousers ••• • • • •• • • ' Ztrlgle-milled Doeskin ditto .• .. or Dress ditto .. Hussar or Tunic Suits .... •••••••• • • .• • • • •• " 1 5 0 READY MADE. Blouses, f rom ..... Ca shmerette Codrin . iton ••••••••••••••• . • •• • • • • • • • • 0 18 6 eanTh ridge's• Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest Patterns Tweed Coat ........... from 0 8 6 S_Porting ditto Dress Coat •• •• •••••••• • • • • • • • •• •• . ..... • 1 0 0 X atra Superflno, a superior coat 1 15 0 Frock Coat • .EXtra Superfine, a superior coat ....................2 2 0 i tollCollar Vests .. •• .• ........ •••••• • • • • ••••. • • • • 0 2 0 _ _ _ Cloth, or Cassimere •••• . • • • •.•• • • • •• • 0 4 6 Tvuted Trousers • ....... ..... ..... ............ 0 4 6 ancY Cassimere or Doeskin ...• •••• • • • ......... •• • • 0 10 6 'toys Tunic and Ilussar suits.. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to melt• sttre, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the Money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, !ratters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aidgate, city, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other hotve in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cher it clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, 1111nories and Aidgate, City, i.ondon. Notice. No business transacted at this establi-hment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. 111 Pocket ♦oiumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. II OIV TO BE HAPPY " Jucande Vivere."—Cic. WHAT to EAT, DLUNK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) a. MARRIAG'E and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Curs ut valeas." The') ki„ led Publicatiintelligence ons are free from empyrical mysticism, and are ,P to the of the times. To be had et' Sherwood, 23, Paternoster - r ow ; Mann, 39, Com fit, ,Carralho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from t_Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to homo consulta- Vdornings tin Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, Argyle -place, Itegent-street. (C*C -- N ERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. k i J UST PUBLISHED, THE THIRT IETH THOUSAND, Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in L I , sealed envelope, or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure . 1 .: ( 1 T 1 observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated " h numerous Anatomical. Coloured Engravings, 4 A N II 0 0 D: t o ,,_ The Causes of its Premature Decline ; with Plain Direc r for Its Perfect Restoration. e„;tnMedical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, ce smt , tlng from solitary and sedentary habits, indlscrhnlnate ex swi. g, the effe,ts of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to ni a tr er In youth, manhood, mid old age ; with practical remarks the on dt i , 4l ge, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental by 4 7 .. Impotency, syphilis, and other urino l'acii the full period if life allotted to man. whale illustrated 11.. numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain th,rlie various functions, secretions, and structures of the reprodue rey,,,,nrfrans in health and disease' is ith instructions for private cor ""nden 1 3 . ce , cases, &c. ) 'I. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Is REVIEW OF TI IE WORK. tb. CCRTIS ON :MANHOOD. ( Strange). having for many years been _c st andard work on these diseases, its orig inalit y Is apparent, and 1 , .....`42ertisal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." ?a val and Military Gazette. ct'ublished by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold 7 0 -, ° _ l, 3' Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63. Oxford-street ; t --- c i zl, 39. Cornhill, London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man- A,.2 r ; Philip. South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, ~;3 : ln e -street, Glasgow ; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; " - `,. it l a sealed envelope by all booksellers. le a 2, ssrs. CURTIS and CO. are to he consulted daily at their real paut,e, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, SOl.lO-SQUARE, LONDON, and oth e _nt , can have this work privately forwarded them, by initial or A . ,7 10 7 . , ,5e. to any part of the United Kingdom, direct from the Vs, 6 4 `)! I Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting A. &a postage stamps. ^l, N 0.17,024. LONDON, MONDAY EV NING NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNFIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deterred 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 active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those 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 wills the different Societies, with the view of more effectually d.sseminating 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 Indust nous classes, as well - 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, which should he the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel 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 peenniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to he guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective awl 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 - eess-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it, By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But 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 are to bear out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for is provision In sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. 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, its order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing ft provision for old age, cntinued to a distant period is, its a great measure , i nc om p atible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed t• 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 netted 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 bosses of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose nurses 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 manner 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 ricks 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 Loan 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 saliafied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and ktenefit 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 mid 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 tip to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.II„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Male, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, r. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Jo.eph 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 AN surriEs. Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. Os., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 23. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 10/. 19s. 23. ; Cash down, NV. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. Gs. 9d., or a single payment of 221.17 c 3d.; or on payment of 6/. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. I Id., the same as or age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay meet of hi. 65., or quarterly payment of 70., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. 1 Is. Example.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 78., or monthly payment of 2s. IL, may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving, Annuity, 151.05. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 1751. his. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ha-, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of te premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits h , and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid an each Policy effected on XA th E e Pro M fit PLES. scale. bay I Bonus Bonus In ii a g ..,.., ~, . 1 Assured .. g Premium. ; i added . Cash. Eg I . may , g Borrow. p 0 i : „ . 1 .Clnil AII --- 1 v Sri n 4 1445 0 ... . 0 .1., P4ll, 1 .. 1 . s. d. 60 1000 3 4 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 X 217 15 4100 0 11, 192 3 Oi 87 1 41 165 11 10 1 , 74 1 91 116 7 61 54 0 101 111 6 8; 49 10 01 £l6 0 4 1 .£445 0 0 13 10 2\ 395 11 1 11 3 1 ! 34 2 3 7 IS 10, 296 13 4 710 4, 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in 'ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSOINT CANIROUX, Secretary. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William It. Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as signed to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow ing example : PROFITS to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. Age Cash paid on Or Prem. And an at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re- Entry.' Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. £ £ a. d. £ a. d. £ a. .1. £ a. d. X s. d. 15 1000 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 .• •• 20 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 0 ...••• 30 I 1000 26 14 2 451 i 0 236 18 7 710 5 • • 40 I 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8 ...• 50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 235 911 ..•••• 419 4 60 , 10.)0 63 13 4 451 5 0, 384 12 5 .••••• 36 10 6 Insurances without participation in profits effected at reduced rates. • • of n+l,ny. nticnninrna Prospectuses, now given by t above; at the B and an explanatory statement of ibis Company, may be had at tl ,ranch Ofllee, 16, Pall-mall ; or of SAMUEL IN, f other advantages :he Chief Offlees as the Agents. GALL, Actuary. PORT OF LONDON SHIPOWNERS' LOAN AND ASSURANCE COMPANY. Offices, 20, ST. HELEN'S-PLACE, LONDON. The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved by the Registrar, and the number of Shares presented by the Act having been subscribed for, the Directors will proceed upon the Ist of May next, ensuing, to issue Sea Policies under their Common Seal. For the effectual protection of both shareholders and the assured, the constitution of this Company is based on the principle of limit ing the amount entertained in and upo:i individual vessels, or their cargoes, in rateable proportion to the capital subscribed, and remain ing clear in hand according to a graduated scale, constructed wills the greatest care, thereby securing a wide and equalised distribution of outstanding risks, to the entire exclusion of gambling profits, and ruinous losses, from both sides of the account. Under special clauses inserted in the Deed, no single Insurance, for the space of twelve months, from the date of issuing the first Policy, will exceed 5001. For the A space of three years from the same 1 date the limit has been fixed at ,000/. ; and for the space of seven years at 1,5001.,—a method of proceeding obviously calculated to ensure a steady and remunerative business, and avoid the disastrous results incidental to an opposite system. 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Upon the " Recent Editions of Shakspere," the Reviewer utters a very copious and somewhat acrimonious diatribe, awarding little credit to Mr. Payne Collier, and less to Mr. Charles Knight. We cannot but think that the observations upon the latter commentator are characterised by a tone rather too invidious, and, to our thinking, very little de served. To Mr. Knight the English nation is in debted for a splendid edition of our immortal dramatist; an edition more accurate than any individual edition ever previously issued, illustrated by antiquarian and philological notes of singular value, and accompanied by the most ingenious biography of the poet of poets. When, therefore, we find the Quarterly Reviewer bantering Mr. Knight upon the slovenliness of his English, and bantering him in English as slovenly, and uncondensed, and straggling, as any we can just now call to our recollection, we are disposed to "skip" the remainder of the article for something less splenetic and more agreeable. But we refrain from yielding to this momentary ebulition of indig nation, because of the acuteness by which these un merited sarcasms are accompanied. While we pro test against the Reviewer as having no right to criticise the style of Mr. Knight, inasmuch as be him- self has, in page 311, penned, perhaps, the worst con ' structed sentence ever printed in the Quarterly (be ginning " llis fellow-players, who enjoyed," &c.), we are bound to acknowledge that the criticism, in its entirety is a beautiful and charming composition. Speaking of Dr. Johnson as among the most distin guished of the very many distinguished commentators on Shakspere, we are rejoiced to observe that the writer awards him the praise which has been hitherto so seldom and so grudgingly pronounced, but to which he is so justly and so eminently entitled. Ac cording to the Aristidrean principle, it has become the faihion to depreciate the abilities and to disparage the disposition of the Doctor. Now-a-days he is seldom depicted as other than a surly old brute in a snuff coloured coat and worsted stockings, growling per petually over the tea-table of Mrs. Thrale, throwing the insolent 2Lgis of his patronage over Goldsmith, leading the town by the nose as coarsely as Saint Dunstan did the Devil, retailing platitudes to Bozzy, and possessing altogether about as much capacity for political criticism as a hound or a hedge hog. Never was a gigantic mind so traduced, never was a subtle fancy so maligned, never was so great a man so miserably and causelessly caricatured. Like all creatures of genius, Dr. Johnson had his eccen tricities many of them unpleasant eccentricities —but that his intellect was pliant and com prehensive, that his literary knowledge was profound and versatile, that his judgment was ripe, his per ception keen, and his heart sensitive to its very core, not all the fribbles of the " parrot sentimentalists " and the " minnow antiquists " of this or any other generation can disprove. " Whatever flaws later criticism may have detected in Johnson's own magnificent preface, it helped to make Shakspere better appreciated. flis note s accom plished the same end. He had, unfortunately, but little sympathy with the ideal parts of poetry —nor had he patience always to penetrate into his author's design, which required a stronger belief than he entertained of Sbakspere's approximation to artistic infallibility but his great general powers enabled him to paraphrase into perspicuity many an involved and enigmatical line —to stamp with a more legible impress many a noble specimen of worn or corroded coinage ; and few things are more disgusting than the disrespect with which his Shaksperian labours generally are treated by the parrot sentimentalists as well as the minnow antiquists of later times." In a subsequent paragraph the critic remarks, that no judicous editor would ever attempt to supersede the majority of the Doctor's notes upon Shakspere, seeing that " for beauty and force they are tot to be surpassed." One figurative expression in this paper strikes us as being peculiarly happy, exemplifying as it does in a single sentence, the advantages derivable from the multitude of commentators on our greatest fellow-countryman. Shakspere, observes the writer, " is like a vast country from which no persevering voyager returns without affixing his name to an islet or a creek which had eluded form* ex plorers." Such is the amplitude of that continent of poetry ! Before we proceed to another article we must commend the elegance and originality of the elucidatory passages upon the opening scene in " Hamlet," that inimitable and thrilling scene, " every m i nu t e c ircumstance" of which Airs. Radcliff e regarded as " contr ib u ting to excite some feeli ng o f d reariness, or me l anc h o ly, or solemnity, or e x p ectat i on. " (See her posthumous paper on " The Supe rna t ural in Poetry.") A learned e ssa y , descriptive o f " P r i vate Life among the Greeks and Romans," and a pa l atable reelzae f ro m "Planche's History of C os t ume " follow. When we have uF, re marked that the Quarterly considers the Government protest against the Montpensier alliance as having been made " under an erroneous interpretation of the Treaty of Utre c ht," and maintains " t h a t the mar riage in que s ti on i s not at variance with t h e stipula tions of any t rea t y or with public l aw ," we are persuaded that enoug h h as been said upon th e chapter about the late Spanish intrigues. Our readers will not be solicitous to dip again into the dregs of such eccentric arguments as those adduced by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury and the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn ; dregs, too, which taste neither of the saccharine absurdities of Lord George Bentinck or the acid wit of Mr. Dis raeli. One of the most extraordinary discoveries of modern times is undoubtedly that of the arrow-head ed writings of Behistan, containing a history of Da rius Hystaspes, his deeds, his possessions, and his pa rentage. By deciphering these mysterious hierogly• phics, the science of philology has achieved little short of a miracle, and has confirmed not only the records of Herodotus but of every profane historian. As a popular account of this marvellous discovery the pa per relating to it in the Quarterly deserves the highest eulogium. It is scrupulously sequential throughout —is comprehensible to the shallowest understanding, without descending to a puerile simplicity, and com presses the substance of many volumes into the com pass of a pamphlet. The utter extravagance of the Irish policy unfolded by one of the reviewers in a paper upon " Out-door Relief," precludes us from en tering upon any serious examination of its objec tions and propositions. So outrageous are the absur dities crammed into the dissertation that they have Quarterly Review induced a contemporary to exclai m , in the very ex tisredmeliitryiooufs h r i , s asAtoundishdmelierniot,us it " The un unquestionably ap pears to be in coupling so much of the abusive with so much of the Quixotic. According to the estimate herein taken of the difficulties of I re l an d , nothing can be done for h er substantial adva ntage until a minute inventory of her contents, her c apacities, her expenditure, her in habitants, her estate s , her munici palities, her mortgages, her average crops, in fact of to, belonging t o , or contained i n Ireland, shall have been drawn u p a nd deposited everything relating within the reach of the Legislature. The filling up eligtGn Dispatches," of St. George's Cha nnel, the aerial st eam - carriage, and the removal of t he town of Windso r , are nothing in feasibility to this . Rememberin g th e melancholy fate of Colonel Gur wood, the sup p leme ntary notice o f collected thene new edition andproduced co ntributions—the first a nd last—com plete this num ber of the review ; b oth biographical, both of con siderable length, and both p enned with superior o f under d "Wellington hiseii supervision, i canno t be regarded as superflu ous or ill-time d. Two other ability. One in commemoration of a distinguished sailor, the other of a remarkable statesman, namely of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton and o f the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth. One is suggested by a memoir written by the Rev. Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese or Chester, the other by a memoir from the pen of the Hon. and Rev. George Pellew, the Dean of Norwich. As may readily be anticipated, the " Life of Lord Sidmouth," depicted in the Quarterly Review is coloured by that cool blue which is the invariable tinge of everything political, when viewed through its old Tory goggles. But the Quarterly looks more bluely than ever upon Henry Addington, for about Henry Addington there LIFE ASSURANCE. Example.—A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the corn of 1001. payable at his death, whenever It may happen, and also participate in the Annual Division t,f Proflt3, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. _ _ _ Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may saeure the sum of 1121.55. payab'o at his death. whenever it may happen, and like wise sharo in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C.tMEOUX, Secretary. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. WESTBURY.—In consequence of the sudden and la mented decease of T. IL H. Phipps, Esq., of Leighton llouse, on Sunday last, all operations were immediately suspended in reference to the contest for the representa tion of Westbury, which have been actively prosecuted during the last three weeks. With the same good taste which has marked Mr. Wilson's proceedings throughout the contest, and which has obtained for him the general respect of the borough, that gentleman left Westbury . for London early on Monday morning, in order to pre vent the slightest appearance of a canvass being con tinued, which his presence in the town might still have given rise to.— Wilts Independent. OxFottro.—We hear that the Honourable T. E. Stonor (son of Lord Camoys), who was foreman of the grand jury at the late assizes, is to be brought forward on the Liberal interest at the next election.—Banbury Guardian. LINCOLN.—It would appear that the attempt to get Mr. Collett not to contest the city of Lincoln at the next election is a complete failure, as parties professing to be in the secret of Mr. Collett's inten•ions state that he will not be induced to leave the field.—Stan ford Mercury. lIERTFORDSIIIRE. — Two of the sitting members for Hertfordshire are, it is said, desirous of retiring, and Colonel Calvert, Mr. Hale. Mr. Spencer Cowper, Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton, and Mr. Bosanquet, have, accord ing to the Hertford Mercury, declined the honour of being placed in nomination. Requisitions are now in coure of signature, to be presented to Mr. Brand, a gentleman of Whig politics and much respected in the county ; and should he consent to be a candidate, his return is regarded as certain.— Stamford Mercury. BoDmitc.—Mr. Wyld, the eminent map and chart seller at Charing-cross, is canvassing the electors of Bodwin, in anticipation of a speedy dissolution of Par liament. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Butt, both of the Western Circuit, are also spoken of as candidates. — Plymouth Journal. KrAIDAL ELECTION.—Mr. George Carr Glyn has issued an address to the electors of Kendal. His senti nm nts are manly, straightforward, and liberal. his well-known business habits have met with much favour in this independent borough. The electors appointed a committee to select a suitable candidate, and from those who were named, the committee resolved that Mr. Glyn's sentiments were satisfactory, and will report such an opinion to a meeting of the electors to be held on Tues day next. Certainly the manner in which the choice of candidates is conducted in Kendal, and the unanimity and prudence manifested, is deserving of much praise. 1847.—The following is the House list of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOI William R. Robins James Morris, Esq. FOR Dll Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Edward H. Chapman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. 'EILNOI2.S. nt, Esq., Governor. , Deputy-Governor. :ECTOI2S. Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. El. St. John Mildmay, Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Geo. Warde Norman, Esq. Thomas llankey, jun., Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq, John Oliver Hanson, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly , Bart. Kirkman Dul. Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday, the 13th of April, and for Directors, on Wednesday, the 14th of April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MR. JUSTICE DIAULES LAST.—The accommoda tion for the judges at the Reading Assizes is extremely meagre. Mr. Justice Maule reminded the authorities of this, the other day, in rather a humorous manner. Coming into court in the morning, with his little three cornered hat, which the judge carries in his hand, his Lordship cast his eyes above and around, but saw no place convenient for the deposit of the judicial " tile." His Lordship, turning round to the Under-Sheriff, ad dressed him in a loud tone of voice—" Mr. Under• Sheriff, take my hat back to my lodgings, there seems to be no room for it here." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made by special ccraimand for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only be purchased of the patentees, 11. J. and D. Nicoll, Court tailors, 114., Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street; for Dublin, Geo. Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birtnin4hain, Wareing and Son, New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George street ; and the principal tailors in other large towns. Puoor 01' ENORMITY OF PROFITS ON GAS.—At a recent special meeting of the Liverpool Council, Mr. Danson r i ointed attention to the fact, that the Guardian Compar,y, by compelling the old establishments to reduce their prices from 7s. to 4s. 6d., had been the means of effecting a saving of no less than 36,0001. per annum to the inhabitants. And he might have also P°inted a ttention to the consequent fact, that these two establishments must have therefore been previously in the habit of coolly pocketing this very 36,0001. per annuot themselves, over and above all their present more Ithan. sufficient profits.—The Builder, S N APRIL 12 ) 1847. was a variation of hue, more like that of a chame lion than th a t o f a turn-coat. His Parliamentary jack et fluctuated i n co l our lik e t h e " d yes " o f an ex piring dolphi n , an d u l t i mately b ecame as dappled as thejacket of harlequin. Hence, therefore, does the Quarterly look th us " darkly, deeply, beautifully blue.' Such, indeed, was the aptitude of Lord Sid mouth for coalition with any Government, that he was once likened by either Canning or Windham to the small pox, seeing that every Administration must " have him once." From the import ance of the epoch in which he appeared, more than from any intrinsic eminence as a states man, the career of Sidmouth is one of peculiar inte rest. The contemplation of his parliamentary life throws, moreover, much light upon his renowned contemporaries. Henry Addington, the eldest son of Dr. Anthony Addington (a distinguished physician and an intimate friend of the great Earl of Chatham), was born May 30, 175,5; and was educated successively at Winchester and. Oxford. In 1772 he commenced his legal studies at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1784. Previously, namely, in 1781, he had been married, and scarcely four years afterwards was snugly introduced to the House of Commons by being elected representative of the pocket-borough of De vizes. Upon this latter incident the Quarterly pro nounces an eulogium on the old rotten-borough-mon gering system—an eulogium as impudent as laugh able. "We cannot," says the reviewer, " allow the old system to be defrauded of the merit of having introduced Lord Sidmouth into Parliament, where he probably would never otherwise have arrived. The instances of ary of our eminent statesmen having been the produce of populous constituencies are very rare." Surely the West Riding of Yorkshire is forgotten. Surely the manufacturing districts of Manchester are forgotten, and the populous district of Stroud, and scores of other constituencies! But if rotten boroughs were really the only channel through which legisla tivegenius.could flow, then, say we, the Parliament now sitting is one of the grandest phenomena of the 19th century. On entering Parliament, however, Adding ton took no effort to improve himself by participation in " the athletic struggles of debate." His tacitur nity was confirmed by his nomination to the Speaker ship in 1789. " For the chair," says the Quarterly, "he was eminently well qualified—a commanding figure, a handsome and dignified countenance, a clear and sonorous voice, a gracious manner, an imperturb able good temper, youth, health, and strength, with unwearied diligence and patience, and a peculiar aptitude for that species of formal business in which the Speaker is so particularly engaged." As the Reviewer very truthfully acknowledges, this splendid portrait exactly tallies with the qualifications of the present Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Charles Shaw Lefevre. A facetious anec dote is about this period quoted of Dundas and Pitt entering the House one evening considerably flushed with wine. Next day Addington rallied the latter with having so disturbed the clerk at the table, as to have given him a violent headache. Pitt re p lied thereupon " that he thought it an excellent arrange ment that he should have the wine and the clerk the headache." An anecdote this, enshrined afterwards in the " Rolliad :" " P.—l cannot see the Speaker ! Hal, can you ? D.—Not see the Speaker ! hang it, I see two." When the Quarterly, by-the-way, indulges in panegyrics upon the extraordinary genius of William Pitt, we can freely sympathise in those panegyrics, though we must, of course, mourn the egregious misapplication of such vast intellectual powers ; re membering well, as Byron has said, that tt, lei), had his pride, And, as a high•soul'ct'minister of state, is Renown'd for ruining Great Britain gratis." But when the Quarterly grovels down into absolute idolatry (p. 502), and strives to aid in apotheosising its idol, the gorge rises. Influenced by the atmosphere of ceremonial that always surrounds, Mr. Speaker Addington gradually acquired a pomposity of speech and demeanour that clung to him ever afterwards. It was in 1798 that he so far forgot his duty, as to connive at the duel between his friend Pitt and Mr. Tierney, who then exchanged shots on Wimbledon Com mon. And, towards the conclusion of the year 1800, he and Pitt met for the last time " in the unleavened cordiality of private friendship." Ambition and vanity then began to estrange them from each other, and their jealousies were consummated by differences respecting the Roman Catholic question. From the animosity of George 111. to any concessions in that quarter, it is notorious that Pitt resigned, and that Addington was, in 1801, called upon to form an administration. Here it was that the new first Lord of the Treasury received the memorable nick name of THE DOCTOR from Canning,—Addington having earned his diploma by recommending a pillow of hops as a soporific for the mad old king. Never was such nepotism as that of the Doctor, on grouping together his ministerial colleagues : such cramming in of cousins and brothers-in-law, and uncles, and what not : such snug family arrangements as to the emolu ment derivable from sinecures ! Among others there were, Tilley Addington, Bond, Golding, Adams, and Bragge, afterwards known as Bathurst. In sarcasm at once of this favouritism in the distribution of the sugar-plums of office, and of the stumbling delivery of the unfortunate Doctor, Canning sung— " Cheer him when he hobbles vilely, Brother Bragge and Brother Miley Cheer him when his audience flag, Brother Miley—Brother Bragge !" From the other facetiat and pasquinades perpetrated by the witty Canning upon the Addington Adminis tration, the reviewer selects three : we transcribe them for the amusement of our readers, with two at tributed to Pitt. "In allusion to those specious orations with which Addington used to captivate the country gentlemen, Canning quoted 'I do remember an apothecary . . . gulling of simples!' On another occasion, when Ad dington was loftily enumerating his various measures of national defence, Canning interjected, loud enough to be heard, Oh, most forcible Feeble!' The relative merits of Addington,' he said, might be determined by the Rule of Three inverse:— . Pitt is to Addington—. As London is to Paddington!' .. And we have half forgotten a French epitaph which concluded— Cy git Ministre par lutsard et Medeein malgre lui.' Mr. Pitt himself would in private indulge a smile at his successor's somewhat prosy orations. We heard very lately from one of the company still happily surviving, that about this time Pitt, who was expected to a dinner party, did not come in till the second course, 'begging pardon for being so late, as he was obliged to hear Ad dington out; and the Doctor, you know, travels with his own horses!' As we are on these light matters, we may add another specimen of that quiet, dry humour which Mr. Pitt possessed, but seldom indulged in. On his Additional Force Bill,' in 1805, he had a meeting of country gentlemen—militia colonels, we think—to con sider the measure. One of these gentlemen objected to a clause for calling out the force, which he insisted should not be done except in case of actual invasion. Pitt replied, That would be too late;' but the gentle man they came t anstillinsiste o otdabontbeher la case of to render actualin the va forceiior. B m ya o n r d e disposable; the same gentleman objected again, and in sisted very warmly that he never would consent to its being sent out of England—' except, I suppose,' rejoined Pitt, ' in case of actual invasion.' The latter anecdote is as familiar as No. I. of Joseph Miller, and it has not even the credit of being neatly told. About this period of Addington's biography the writer gives an account of the official labours and industrious regularity of King George 111., which it may be interesting to extract:— "The King saw his Ministers once a week at levee, when those who had any business that could be transacted ver bally- went into the closet; and on any emergency he was always accessible; but the greater part of his commmi cations with them was in writing. The Minister sub mitted the matter in the third person, and a simple form : b o m ur it tlad o e r s y ty o cs r co m ns a j id es e t r y a , t s ion, Th e King has received or, "fhe ap proval;' and the King replied invariably (or nearly so) as, ac M o r r . . transmits Addington King returns the warrant'—' The King is much Pleased' —or, The King regrets,' and signed without any supple mentaryin a similar style: words, George IL,' or 'G. R.' for su y His Majesty was very methodical and punctual in his arrangements, and he expected ordinary business to be transmitted in dispatch-boxes over night, to be ready for his inspection at a fixed and . early hour of the , morning. Boxes from the 11oni© and Foreign Offices PRICE SD. went almost every night ;—from other departments as occasion required. Once a week he had returns of the state and distribution and movements of every ship and regiment of the navy and army in particular forms, which he examined and observed upon, and certain of them were retained for his own use. These and other routine communications from the various departments usually, we believe, reached the King on Thursday morning, because, as the levee was on Wednesday, he might there receive any verbal communications explana tory of the papers that were to be looked at next day. He was very careful never to cause any unnecessary de lay, and in order, we presume, to prevent the possibility of his dispatch-boxes being delayed in their transit for any undue purpose, he carefully noted the hour and minute that he received and sent them. Business extra ordinary or of any immediate interest was received at all hours, and dispatched with like regularity and celerity. No clerk in a public office or banking-house was ever more assiduous or accurate in the daily discharge of his duties than King George III." With all his constitutional idiotism and bigotry the old monarch was exact in public buiness, even to punctilio. As everybody knows, the most memorable transaction of the Addington Cabinet was—The Peace of Amiens ; but, as everybody does not know, the rupture of that famous treaty by the presentation of the celebrated message of the Bth March, 1803 (announcing the pretended hostile preparations of France, and calling upon Parliament for additional means of resistance), was effected in a grotesque Oanning-smiled up6n the - presentlition of the message, and Addington, without explaining the cause of Canning's merriment, complained of the cir cumstance to Lord Malmesbury. We well remember the cause of that merriment, says the writer in the Quarterly Review— " When Addington brought down the message— whether he had happened to be with the King sad had not time to change his dress, or whether, as was thought at the time, he meant to give more pomp and solemnity to the occasion—he presented himself at the bar in the WINDSOR UNIFORM, and marched with the message up the House with a peculiarly erect and military air. In this sportive exhibition Canning's eye caught the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war;' and he made himself and others very merry with the Doctor—Doctor Caius—in his belligerent character." Shortly afterwards the Doctor's administration was falling to pieces, and the Doctor appealed to his predecessor to combine with him in forming another Cabinet—Pitt taking a subordinate position. " Pitt!" exclaims the Reviewer, in a paroxysm of just indig : nation, "Pitt ! who at five-and-twenty had refused any secondary place—Pitt! who had been twenty years First Minister—Pitt! to become a subordinate, and that, too, in a rickety Ministry, of which, with an inferior share of authority, he was to bear all the burden! " Oh ! the impudence of the Doctor ! Such was the decadence of power with the Addingtonians, that, on the Naval Inquiry Bill the division was 130 for the Opposition, 201 for the Ministers. The writer hereupon gives us another pleasant anecdote : " The Scotch Members dividing against Addington on this occasion," says he, "Sheridan, on entering the House, addressed him in a stage whisper, altering only ene syllable in the despairing ejaculation of Macbeth—' Doctor! the Thanes flee from thee. " On the 10th of May, 1804, Addington was no longer Prime Minister. After Pitt's death, on the 23d of January, 1805, Addington organised the famous " piebald Administration, called All the Talents." Previously, on the formation of Pitt's last administration, Addington had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Sidmouth. On the demise of Fox, Sept. 14, 1806, Sidmouth again changed office, and in the following spring the fabric of the Talents was in ruins. It is amusing to find the Quarterly sneering at the Dean of Norwich for, inasmuch as he justifies the antagonism of Lord Sidmouth to the second Copenhagen expedition in 1807, by quoting Mr. Jefferson, and then to find this same hypercritical Quarterly giving a counter-quotation half way down the very same page,. from whom on earth does the reader imagine ? Why, from Citizen Fouche ! Fouche, a wretch we would not believe on his solemn oath, sworn upon the four Gospels, on his deathbed I We were prepared to hear the Reviewer characterise Lord Sidinouth's whole political life as "a whirl of inconsistencies," but we were scarce]) prepared to find him the deliberate apologist of the Peterloo massacres ! Having recorded that Henry Addington otherwise Lord Sid mouth, otherwise the doctor, died on ThursdaN the 15th of February, 1844, we shall close this epi tome of his career. The biography which we have just noticed at such length is altogether a delightful gossiping paper, and breathes as much of the spirit as of the intelligence of the Quarterly Review. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. This is a most interesting and instructive number, not only to the professional but also to the general reader ; it contains subjects suited to every taste, although, of course, the greater number relate to the distinguished services to which it is especially devoted. It opens with an article by Lieutenant-General O'Kounoff, on the " New Employment of Artillery, and the Revolution it is destined to produce in the System of Modern Tactics." Anything proceeding from the pen of so distinguished an officer, on a subject of such paramount importance, must prove in the highest degree interesting to those who are desirous of becoming acquainted with all the detail, of the profession to which they have devoted them selves. Napoleon was well aware of the great value of his artillery as an element of victory; and it was perhaps to this knowledge, and the use he made of it, that many of his most successful efforts may be attributed. The science is as yet, however, in its earlier stages, and we may consider it as more susceptible of improvement than any of the other arms used in modern warfare. Each day adds to our knowledge of projectile forces. New explosive com pounds have recently been discovered, the full effects of which it is as yet impossible even to speculate on. Many inventions have been announced, which, if at all in accordance with the claims put forward in their behalf, must occasion a complete change in the art of war. All the improvements that have taken place, the introduction of new and more destructive wea pons and instruments have had the effect of rendering wars less frequent and less bloody. The triumph is more speedily achieved. The Generals can calculate with greater certainty the result that can be attained with the materiel at their disposal. Victory no longer is obtainable by strength of body, or mere brute force but by the skill and judgment of the general. We can scarcely look for any great additional strength being given to our cavalry or infantry. New evolu tions may be introduced, other tactics may be disco vered, but we cannot suppose that men can be pro cured of greater steadiness and fortitude, of more iron frames, vigorous action, and unflinching bravery than the gallant veterans who have so well maintained the honour of their country at all times and seasons. We may hope that whenever this hour of trial may arrive the sons may emulate the deeds of their sires, rival their exploits, and become equally meritorious sol diers, but they can never surpass them. In that re spect we fearlessly assert that we have reached the ne plus ultra. There cannot either be a very great im provement in their armament. The firelock and bayonet will still be retained in the hand of the foot soldier, and form his chief weapons of offence and defence. The sabre, the lance, the pistols or carbine, of the dragoon, but it is otherwise with the ordnance. There is no assignable limit to the career of discovery. It is to that vast and unexplored field that the atten tion of men of science will be directed. New inven tions will be brought forward. More deadly corn pounds will be produced, and in all human probability the day will come when, in the words of our author, "The art of battles will be based upon the efforts of artillery, which will henceforward, from a secondary, become the principal arm of modern armies." We have four chapters on this all important subject; the first is introductory, and the General compares the battles of Eckmuhl, Wagram, Austerlitz, and Boro dino as illustrations of the system of attacking the centre, which, if successful, effects the most signal re sults, leading to the entire disorganization of the defeated army, but which from its ex traordinary difficulty has fallen into disuse, and that, by what are termed "movements of conversion," or attacking the extremity of the line, and thus turning the flank, a mode which though much less decisive, and less calculated to effect the total rout of an army, and the loss of its mat rid is more effective in compelling the enemy to abandon the field of battle, and produces minor advantages to the attacking force with far less risk of failure, and is therefore in more general use. The others offer con siderations "on artillery," "on its division in the lines of battle," and "on its positions." We are happy to find that a promise of a continuation is given. The second article on " The African Ring Money," by Brevet Major L. Smyth O'Connor, after a pleasant gossiping introduction, anent the return of the gallant Major, a genuine specimen of the warm-hearted Irish man, and an Eleve of " Old Trinity" to his native land after a prolonged absence on active service on Afric's burning soil, gives the substance of a discourse addressed by him to the Royal Irish Academy, in which with considerable ability he agues that, as " the gold ring money brought from the interior of Africa, from Houssa, Timbucto, Lego, Teembo, and the gold ornaments worn by the Ashantees, Fantees, Yarribas, Poulatis, and other natives of Central and Western Africa, are identically the same as the rings and ornaments found in the Irish bogs ;" which the gallant oe major, ular from his own personal inspection and demonstration, asserts to be the fact beyond the sha- dow of doubt, that " an intercourse, connexion, or reciprocity of dealing must have existed betwees the inhabitants of these countries so distant „from each other, no matter how remote, problema tical, or trifling it may have been, to count for . this anomalous, but indisputable - Coincidence. " The Indian army as it now is," founded on a quotation from the dispatch of the " Hero of Meeance," written immediately after his victory, I) . 4:Ants out foreibly the deficiency in the number of the European officers of the native regiments, a defieiency which seriously endangered the result of that action. As a mere matter of policy this fault should be re medied. The remonstrances of the Conqueror of Scinde should not be slighted or neglected, but it is due to those brave men that they should not have ex traordinary and most arduous duties heaped upon them. The complement of officers to a native regi ment is but half that of a European regiment of the same number of men. The proportion is fixed at the very smallest ratio, without any allowance being made for sickness, or any other cause of absence, whereas very many are necessarily absent on staff service or on furlough. The grievance is ably exposed, and it most certainly demands a speedy remedy. The " History of Texas " is concluded in the present num ber, which brings it up to its incorporation with " The United States ;" and a resume is given of the American operations in Mexico up to the present period. " Napoleon and Goethe " is a translation from the diary of the great German poet, detailing the particulars of his interview with the Emperor, an event which led to his obtaining the order of the Legion of Honour, and to which he ever referred with the greatest gratification. There are several narratives of great interest. The Attack on the Fort of Bou lukamba, by H. M. S. Cornwallis, in 1809, will be perused with much pleasure. " The 'Memorial of Ensigns Blake and Patterson," details briefly the adventures of two high spirited lads, who had taken part in the school recitations, &c., that preceded the Midsummer vacation at the school of Dr. Valpy, one of whom fell on the sanguinary field of Corunna, while his co-mate had a leg shattered in the same memorable contest ; and formed one of the audience at the ensuing vacation, but halt and maimed, with a cork substitute for the limb he had lost in the service of his country ; and " The Rocket Battery at St. Lorenzo, on the Panama," presents a graphic account of one of the more recent successes of the British arms in forcing the passage of the Panama, and the convoy of a number of vessels of all nations up the river, and beyond the influence of Roses. In addition, we have " The Guerilla's Leap," continuations of " Guard-room Stories" and of " A Tale of the Sea," and an excel lent paper on "District Medical Officers ;" while, in The Editor's Note-book," there is a just tribute paid to the liberal policy manifested in the proposi tions of the Secretary at War. He is manifestly an advocate of limited enlistment, although he does not enter into the subject as fully as we would have wished. We should be delighted to have the senti ments, in extenso, of so able a " collaborateur" as the Editor of the United Service Magazine, on this most important subject. THE. SPORTING RE VIEW. This periolical well maintains its high character. We have an excellent portrait ard memoir of the ce lebrated horse Switcher, the winner of the W orcester -Ind Newport Pagnell steeple chases, and of twelve other races, he being the victor on fourteen oc casions out of thirty •two contests. " Have a care for the Vixen," the other engraving, shows an instance of maternal love in the vixen braving the beard of the whipp(r. in and the hue and cry of the whole army of hounds, in o rd er t o rescue her cu b from her enemies. The literary portion commences with an account of the Great National Steeple-chase, by Craven, who, as is his wont, is not satisfied with a mere detail of the contest, but enters, in some degree, into the philosophy of the sport, and the account of events now brought within the statute of limitations, but which must still retain their interest for so faith- ful a votary as Cfaven. "Metropolitan Horses," by Harry Hieover, gives a capital sketch of the various classes of horses required in "the modern Baby lon," and of the different machines that have from time to time been the fashion. We shall allow him to speak for himself as to the cab-horse, the neces sary adjunct of the exquisite of the present d ty. lie says— " He must be, or should be singu.'w ly handsome, of commanding size ; must be fast, or, at least, extreme'y (pick in all his movements ; be able and willing at ono moment to go al )ng rating fourteen miles an hour, the next as willing to walk, it wanted, at the rate of three. lie must stand motionless while his aristocratic owner en- j ,, ys his colloquy at the coronetted carriage window ; must not want the application of the toy whip, or pull so as to stretch or twist the fingers of the white, lemon, or pink kids. To want holding at a door would render him useless, fur who is to hold him ? He must know by instinct that minute piece of humanity, yclept, " the tiger," is before him, for seeing him is out of the ques tion to a horse in harness. In going, the slightest indi cation on his mouth must suffice. lie ought never, if a well-taught cab-horse, to voluntarily stop or attempt to stop at doors because he has often stopped at them be fore ; this is only the habit of butchers', bakers', and such plebeian horses. The baker may be proud and feel it his interest to stop at my lady's or other ladies' doors; but though our scion of nobility or aristocracy may also at times stop at the same doors, it might be extremely inconvenient that his horse should indicate that his master did so. There are also numberless other places where our pink of haut ton often calls, in that question able light of an hour or two before dinner, that it would not do if Mr. Cab-horse in broad day evidently showed he was in the habit of visiting ; some inhabited by good souls who never refuse a few hundreds to a spirited minor who has some old hunks of a father who is illiberal enough to wish to prevent a sucking lordling or heir spending his patrimony before he gets it. Then there are other locales, where snuff-boxes, rings, dressing- Icases, bronzes, and all sorts of things of that ilk, aro sold, bought, exchanged, and sometimes—" name it not in Gath !"—left in return for certain small cards, and certain advances of coin of the same colour as those por tentous globes that indicate a something being two to one against the punter. Why thre e should be thes havetillex isting number seems extraordinary, when. . the odds increased so wonderfully in favour of the banker. ut it must not be supposed that it follows as a a 1 a p necessary erso o that should betake itself to o t h e owner against t hese g olden worlds; there are m o r e m t t h ha e et t eNrci;tfir7 coursel.lor aila its geo isn aristocratic places where silver and gold plate is exhibi ted, that to the initiated are equally.well-known, where the same sor: of business is transacted to larger amounts. These mammoth contrebundiers in this trade are sad stumbling-blocks in the w:ty of the honest man of balls. God bless them, one and all of the fraternity I though the number three may mean that it is two to ono he will not do so. However, my good wishes are the same. " Having here stated some actions that the cab-horse must not perpetrate, we must look to the action he must have. This is precisely that which some fifty years since would have caused him to be rejected by any good judge as a " clamberer"-_a style of going then considered as of the very worst sort; and so, in fact, it is for use, for such goers must tire. It is true Rattler, Mr. o,baldiston's horse had extraordinary lofty action, yet was uncom monly sieedy, and could " last at it." The miser's horse had just begun to live without food, but he died; sS. poor Rattler did a long match, but he died also; and I doubt not that had his action been less fatiguing, he would not have done so. But the cab-horse is only wanted for show; so the more parade he makes about what he does, the bettor he is thought of : in truth, this is pretty much the same with men now-a-days. One animal of this sort (I mean a horse), not long since, was actually bought at seven hundred guineas, solely from his lofty action." " Extracts from My Journal," an account of two sporting excursions in India, where tigers, hogs, rock snakes, &c., are the quarries, in fact nothing, whether relating to the chase,lthe gun, or the rod, appears to come astray. There can be no want of excitement in such varied adventures, and the very dange!,,itsef must add to the pleasure. "La C onciirgeignnec7 but de picts a character wholl,y unknown ng i