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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU . ' SCIEY. OFFICE, 2 RANCE 6, cots O ruLL, T LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act for Parliament. tioThoate.slystem ot Deferred Annuities, iginally proposed by the No . 41ten. ssan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better atiValleC t of the obj ects of Benefit and Friendly Societ es. Navin. received 't approbation of a considerable body , f the active mensfir - s and Zuncers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the Natioom Loan having been urgently solicited by them to establish a cr_ n _e Oilice in connexion with tho.. isocieties and the Operative which their services atignt he successfully en teoilig::::::!cieeineottirtilelen ries been sanctioned be the Directors to open anication with the different S scieties, with the visw of . more triot nallY d sseminating the valuable benefits am. insist the Indus. 5 cl asses, and a pla , has been .roposed sy.th that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. amliany P r aiseworthy but ineffectual atempts have been made to ill:lte,within the scope and operation of the laws of ino.tality and s various cal enlists the savings of the industrious classes, as well a -. . i5...._ n ns regulating their distribution , having for their object either sslaedlate, contingent, or deferred benefits. e t ." slight exanaination however will demonstrate that the con -1:e -sullen of these ass. ciations or s ' ocieties is detective; and that in. * li n cf affording an easy access and a free choice of i”vc i s a t a in l e vi n i t, privilege of every one, thy confine .: : '''' v a I: s swdt. it, 3 J ll ll , t o y u 4 l! : n, b n e el th th e roueh which a benefit can alone he secured , th e ' in 011 :M0r:ion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, hinted. For example, it Is not to every individts ia a i l , 10 et Z r o e f rY class amongst the industrious community, that pr l o l y r , e s r a Iseofft,i sickness is an object of such importance as to ca litts as . l 7 sacrifice ; will' e to others such a provision appears mor k e sr,i''„ re, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a rut or ns ik Which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state 10,,,r133 there Is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, c enli i . cif co vering, by one weekly or annual payment. , tnbo s o e r a m r o a r t e a . b oneni .ent or deferred benelts, so to arrange it that eac p should have its separate contribution. a n is to n ot having obs:rved this. rule, and to the association of 4 111: "1 "lar funaions. and by confounding a sick allowance and ma n utty fund i n one and the selfs same payment, that much of the I,Toan!' mi smanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. . ne„..f. mechanism can be so perfect for the inanagementofa s i i s c s k a.: el ati and provision as that afforded by the constant sectional .. . 13 tle,, nn and watchfulness of the several members composing it. y ne rve "mans it thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and 110,,thelita..the really s ^ ick are likely to become chargeable upon it. wiser. s sasie Perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable am " mnd Is to be accumulated through a succession of years, bolo Where results arc to bear out calculations, money . investment Pe r f, i n general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. la sick oss -cs e reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision a Prtivi.., -4 should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as I st .sion for old age : ten jlecaust soy laws ot sickness and mortality, though apparently aa . ed, do not depend on the same calculatio . n. lar ger Because there are a great number who, in order to ing o p e r e a c v u id rea te r s Provision in old age are willing to take the rise a a,bable sickness on themselves. Incompatible te; doti ll ed eca t ilse the responsibility of managi ea n t g m a e p as ro a Y r is e i , onfor old age, atisi, vol o a distant period I l ki n 'ibt to associations, flu i c s ;u i a n ti A ng gr laws i , and the indivdualirre a s t. Irre- I 1 ' lit,' and mo re exposed to a failure n performance . el ' 4 COM' principles that arains..„ ?net , that when undertakes ie on the same 41341-2-mtl7l,;thg°ev s e a rri me commercial both... ... . Stilts. .Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi iko a t'. More this pr - ovision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en- I ger the one for the sake of the other. se .rested with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge Friende discussions passing within the bosom of many of Ike existing attached, and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here ;?! .0 have hal. several meetings, with a view of proposing t: IT Pflag A remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner SlVveen addition a l f orce to the principles of brotherho.d, unity, `beets mutual aid , o n w h ich friendly societies are based, by guarding la from the risks of sodden dissolution. After much diligent search anion .st the combinations ingeniously Is s r.o, e Posed o 0 _fro_ in time to tim e t or the attainment of one of the principal ?oj ts f Fri entity and Benefit Societies, 11l timplicity and comprehensiveness' t l it .h e a Td l t , i i s te tr and sympathyD r aPOsed by the 'rational Lo ;n they have found none equal of design. as well as fore:11011.0f for the want of • - plan author of that Dr evision in trite that the - l'cd ..s te ncY of abandoningsickness ; plan r a ca n inac a ses r e ;u 4 .s e i sty. nt t . h a e g a l t ns i I s ' s uer Part of but, without concurring in the immediate e t as provision in sickness, no one can read th he 110 0 ,„_ noe e plan itself. without being fully sa'isfied that i be e gr ef ,;" .. :e_ o, and safety of Friendly and Lteneflt Societies wil sillo wa ' oe s e e e rr ed and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick out an anuity for old age. k o t efattation having waited on the directors of the National Loan 'bes t , i .,7. 11 ! ) met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to blisi o S7' t h e establishme n t o f a separate °face for the transaction of dot ens connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in stituffuo",classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con 1100es_sg the Undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its h eze 7;" ) , for the promulgation of the benefits contained in said segt s Pecills, Under the guarantee of the Capital of the society, With „. `.., without interfering with the numerous objects connected 001,114,5 i nstitution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, „ t 0 th e , f f r eatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford . a protection will in their Lae present classes in old age and adversity, which nothing qs Til ss ni n day has adequately secured to them. John Rnrl hom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. , Pusaell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. ohm It Gordon, 1.1. S , Ancient Order of Foresters. J s . s el L is le, D.C.E., ' Ancient Order of Foresters. o en ",.."nar, P. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. J.. -v ,7 'agent, Fro. C.S , Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. S amuel Reeks, 8.0. F Order of Old Friends arsitiel Tit:abseil, D.e.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. Exe DEFERRED AN N PITIES. nt sr • persoi, aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay =e, 2,1, or quarterly payment of 75., 'mVin e i , s t nar Secure, on attaining the age of 14 111sV in uity, 101 195 2,1 • Cash down, 1071. 3s. t or a Policy 60, the option of re xx ife, 137/. 17s. . * ' t aillin" le ' — A PersOn aged 26 next birthday, at the Ei ll the ego of may serve, on by6o an Annuity of 10L, with the other options, i d . et• 0 „ n u al Payment Of 11.65. 9d. or a single payment of 221. 75.3 .. the ,i - PaYment of 61. 14s. aci . for disparity, he will be entitled to or s afne benefits by an annual payment of 18s. Ild., the same as t ste So . i neitt a e rn r P , l , c '7, Is Person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay et 23, 1,, ". as., or quarterly payment of 70., or monthly payment ceSsi„ ' l * , May secure on attaining the age of 65. the option of re g lA7nsinu‘ity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on sh' l4, ll , IP . i Is . —ent f '', , --- A Person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay er 23, 4 2"., '•• °L, or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment cet, i , •,.. may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re al. life , t Annuity, 18/ Os 4d • cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on ---* I7SI. Ils. . * * * Sk e I nallIDI!•—A person at t LIFE ASSURANCE. - he age of 30 next birthday may secure alao Da !' 100 1. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, an kos, rticipate in the Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay s?' of 2/. g e ss ' is.' a arnil "" -.eiss ~,- . O .—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay- Ilas. s "` as• per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of Irise $ 5 l ; PaYab'e at his death, whenever it may happen, and like are in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, secretary. ....7"-----......_ N A TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ONCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIII.L, LONDON. Capital £500,000. This 1.. Empowered by Act of Parliament. b ostitittlon embraces important and substantial advantages respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured r 0 1 Occasions, the power to borrow, without expense sr tor ah, t e k .t . the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); ter... ' 1 , 4 *Mien of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in vats to meat other conveniences or necessity. N 4s surance6 for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible t". DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society 4 0 enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, Varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid OR cask Polley effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. i 2,7 U 0 ' 1 i 7 Bonus I Bonus in "= g Assured 2dr Premium. 5 added. i Cash. E- F t may ~ 3 : Borrow. S ~ 1 4 As. d. ; l i teoo 3 4 i 1837 £217 15 1 £lOO 0 11416 0 4 ! 4X445 0 0 1 8 38' 192 3 0 87 1 4! 13 10 21 395 11 1 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9. 11 3 1 34 2 3 1840! 116 7 6 54 010; 718 10 296 13 4 1841; 11l 6 8 49 10 0; 710 4 247 4 8 a)t'll2! giber division the present of rofit s esent year. Is annual, and the next will t , e made In of F. FERGUSON CA.MROUX, Secretary. A. BALDNESS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. SURGEON residing in Cork, having in the cottrse of his Practice had his attention particularly directed 1)1;3 E , ~4 e quired great experience in, the treatment o f CAI. (LEARY 41 4461.15. is happy to inform those persons who are afflicted with ales s ; i a SB (whether In youth or advanced lite) that they may, by Pertiil l e process, REPRODUCE that necessary Ornament. 41 1, d PPlying will require to enclose a !may quantity of Hair, 4 ;(llv ar ,, half a Guinea, by Post-office Order, in favour of Surgeon Struct,T il w illiams, 13, Henry-street, Cork, then the necessary in eors vrill be forwarded by return of Po April, 1847. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Ai Rye V"r Ity m . L ECTLTRES i n ilstration of ANIMAL MECH ANN M, Jones, Esq.. F. I R u .S.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Thr,a -Cele, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past R A • nolhZek. On the alternate Evenings on CHEM isTRY, by F. ' , Routs EN. LECTURES on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the With -- -.Ployed in its production, by Dr. Bachhoffner. Experiments VOIikI ,. STRONG'S HYDRO-EL. CTRIC MACHINE. The Opti mi 'u MODELS and MACHINERY explained. The varied KYD R E ffects include New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY "ItOGE yEw and DIVI NG- MICROSCOPE, Sze., &c., &c. EXPERIMENTS with the BELL Admission Is. Schools, half-price. . CHAT I N CHESTER ; OR, THE GRACES OF THE RACES. Tye comrades in Chester, called Harry and James .(.ror I think 'twill be better to mention their names), Yad a sociable chat as they walk'd in the Which chat I would humbly beg leave to transpose. What thousands (said Harry) assembled to see The race for the Cup on the spacious '• Roodeo " What numbers of beautiful lasses attended ! Tne sight they presented was perfectly splendid. Their sweet pretty faces, And personal graces, Added much to the beautiful sight at the Races. " Very true (said his friend, with a nod), very true I Uut did you not notice the gentlemen too. I am told that the gentlemen (My to one) Were drest in the fashions MOSES and SON ; And really such fashions I never beheld— Such garments were certainly never excell'd, My eye was so won By MOSES and SON, That I look'd not to see how the race would be run." " Well, well (exclaim'd Harry, with jocular nudge), Do you fancy that you are the only good judge ? I never saw fashions So much to my mind, Nor dresses of such a superior kind. The Over-Coats made me so anxious for one, That I've sent up an order to MOSES and SON. The fact of the case is (In spite of fair faces), That these were tho grates Which added so much to the late Chester Races." Lit new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a of Prices, and Dirt ctions for Self-Measurement, can be had on .„ -r i o lcation, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. NADI TO MIAMI= Cashmere Codrington, from t 16 6 It glionis, silk collar and cuffs .. • . 2 0 Weed Coats . ~4111 bridge Coat, Flied throughout ..................2 0 0 16 0 • • •. •. •. :•: •• : • o 13 C P°r ting Coat • :.. „,.............•• •• •• 1 l 2 0 t „ - ° ,, quality manufactured • . t r Ock Coat .. ..... ••• • • .... 1 15 0 eitality manufactured ••••••••• • •• • • •• ••• • • • 3 3 0 ,ea battern Vests.. •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • 0 S • i-;,lsitere. or cloth- • •••• ••••••••••• • • • • " • • • " •• • • 0 S 6 S i eekl Tre e „ rs .... • .............. ..... oit 11:4 1e- Milled Doeskin ditto .... •••• •• • • ••• • • • 1 2 0 . or as Dress ditto „ ..... 1 C 0 : 3's hussar or Tunic Suits ••• • • ..••• •• - I.EADT MADS. .... 0 2 6 Ili n .... • • i,,B2es. from.. •- -••• • • . 018 ...•••••• ;.11neretbi Codrington .• •'•'•• ' ' ' 1 • ;111lie newest slanbridge's, Chesterfield Polka s, am ....... 9 18 0 ,r,.lattertis •• •• •••• ' 8 I t ing ditto • • . • • • • •• • • • .. . ..., i 0 ti .Tzets Dont .. •• •• - • • .• ••• 1 5 0 ••••••• • 1 , ,,,, r :', S aPerfln , , a superior co It •• • • •• • - •••• ... 11 ., n , i .1 • ii_ra. Supertlne, a superi-)r coat • • • • • • • • • • ..., .. _ p i 0 .. 1 C ollar Vests • • • ..... ••••" " " • • 0 6 a ncY , ath •• •• - .•• • • •••"•"' • r 4 .; (loth „ „ Tw!"...._ r ‘taskrnere ~.... - •• • • • • • • '' • • ' • ' ...... . 0 4 s Fan ..s i roitsers. _ _ _ _ .••.• • • • - ..... • • ''' • .. _ _ I) 10 6 n,,,e4l,Cu.rna ere or Doeskin • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • : :: .. __o 18 6 Observe . 0 4 Hussar suits.... •••••• • • • • • ,_ not r ferred, the Ittre, i f •-•‘nY article purchased, ready made, .o f r made to ;ilea approved of will bo exchanged, or i p c -...neY retufled, . ib . E• 148 R , u 011,,.. „, - --g and Outfitters, for 1 - 4 41%. --. .' " l ien. Boot and Shoemakers, and General an ___. SON. Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, 1 14, Iti -111 Gentlemen 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories. a 84 . eltuu: u „ 111 86 Aldgate, 2ity, London. to emard the Publi c ..„',-",i. Moses mid son re•ret being tithe •- - ~- - like - "mat 1 ' i• untradesma i , tat mat m Ponors, but have learned th ~,u a iebeen -^4 o f babig connected with then), t n a - 7 hac?",.... 01 74. in many instances, and far i olw-,^04 re,tpui; and ti,,.- •.u.connexion with any other house in or out of or it's the same concern, d Lo ca i ll at, or 1ie,,,-.7:r10 desire genuine and cue r clothing. &c., shoal 11-0-ii`c: .linortee and Aldgate, London. Set r rki : 'No business transacted at n this estal•lishment from sun -01.010.k..7) WI %wet daturday, when Lit 1.3111.4551 s reetuued WI twelve •- . . _ ~Y«. a 1. ninster 10' et ing of the in this In the estate erty to or the Leeds nits of ° l° c bad Ole' • hook. 110 stalua v ble from the a) Pa li " his neat, r ° ed Tbusk wertly. th° rjee d s %ft into g . applica t t: opPeee :'„, er , to .4_, a ben the hf___ fit a s be Pr'"— I were .r.' e worm* /0 1 ' ) • 011- • the Vice ease c 1 13 3: injunc uo defenc lanb teu4Lx`—' , fors ase show 4lt bY., h tb. 'Asa , " ---o libel Pub' he inclu eCoil rt ; maim] f l ast urged la setion f o r I . li gro und di;charb— 4 ~.aid 'on s- t first COWI )AY•) And D 160 ; se per ti .an di !s 6 d; Id lab, pr dle; b 86 to Is boac h oe t esl ins ; a nd, rot ( ,upplyi, rag be rer t 4-4 : 1 0 1 1 ees b$- NI; r•!."3 3 ,„ to Lamb , is; to 4s h . Is d nd $ 4 4 o il; r; Eeluto 1- 14 t° ie ire frr i 41bs lug dO " lb t° d 801 bt° 6 11 1b 0 t° and Ha l 111 ; Shear' Loper to r Clov er • ; 0 ,4 5 per • , pow's (I°eCl )N IN res ted :tra cing 1 : ble Ar gngi on of t)i— -„r Gan S. 4 ....... 44 ...••;" 20 )e.Y .•• 20 '''' . 20 ....... ! nun... F. ........ 2u6 1 .... ' , ... to ,1;;;; 10 9 ...... S ....... 4 ....... 1 ....... $ ....... 1 931 1. 1 , ...... 13-pr• 1 2 ..... 3 55 ..... of stings e howesil does ne r. T • Act onoit a► g ooo/ 0 oon 0 a d i leg tog —°. ter " e Abe „h rew "" oor ,the $ riot cos " ••des °r to 1111 fideilC 6 i r estiv are or / W ho ithou. r e voted sblish" see tt• ctll t° aler° ° 0 03 ' et, tb B What- r A 14. ...Sir . Y c oo tell mi di 12 1 efe l t Yogi ~' r ~~~ ,d, r f;' ~~ ~~~ e \^.'~i'uei~ • - ••• • l i )) ; .21 RI • AN'4 ll " , CL'UI. • A t . ) ; .1 1/1 11'q a Cv . 0 4e • et, /A , gibe-d 4 , 1) ,\VP.40,41( * A . :‘e,: - _,‘ • A t t • I A 4ll 4.‘'' .1 1 , dkr vs , a fcg, D • : . - 41 0114 ''.7:' - • -. 111 V ' 1 • = „to- • . , • gig ‘‘'‘'`- • LON DON, MON DAY EVENING lIROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT STREET, LONDON, Established 180(i. INVESTED CAPI ['AL, 1,200,0001. Annual Income 140,0001 Bonuses declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT The Right Honourable EARL GREY. 11PIRECTORS. The Earl of Macclesfield. Rev. James Sherman. The lion. Arthur Kinnaird. Henry B. Churchill, Esq. Sir Iticharcl D. king, Bart. William Judd, Esq Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedqwick, Esq. Capt. ►v ..fohn Wil iam.s. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. John Deering, Esq. George Dacre, Esq. William ❑enry Si .ne, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq. 1. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life Offices, the rate without bonus Is lower than that of most other offices. 2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc tion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de •:laren, at their then present value. 3. Loans are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, or the t'olicies are purchased at their full value. 4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may repair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of good health. Bounces paid upon Policies whi t have becOme Claims, Lite insured. John Wharton, Esq.. Skelton Castle Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart... Sir Widiant Wake, Bart. .. • • • • • • .. Earl Strathmore •• • • .!• • • ••• • • lies•. H. W. Champneys, Canterbury The Marquis of Wellesley • .•..• • . • Earl Cathcart . • . . iSum insured.] Sum paid. 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 .£ s. d. 7,706 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 8 4,509 I 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained upon applica tion to the agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom; and et the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTOAS. 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, gm John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Penne, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William It. Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-FIETN:4, or 80 per Ceiit., of the PROFITS 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 ng example : ruoFrrs to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared In 1846. Age Cash paid on Or Prem.lAnd an at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re- Entry. Insured. Premium, added. of Bonus. to. tura of. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. 13 1 , 00 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 ....•• 20 1000 21 15 10 4.51 iO l 193 12 2 815 0' 30 1000 26 14 2.451 5 0 1 236 18 7 710 5 . • 40 1000 33 19 2 1:51 5 0: 284 0 6 4 9 8 •• • • 50 100' , 45 6 8 451 5 0' .35 911 ...... 419 4 60 ' 10 5) 63 13 4 451 5 01 384 12 5 Insurances without participation in profits effected at reduced rates. Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages now given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as above ; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of the Agents. SAM CEL INGA Lib, Actuary. H OWITTS JOURNAL OF LIIERATURE AND PROOVE,S. Edited by WILLIA3I and MARY HOWITT. Part IV. —May Ist, 1847, price Sevenpence, contains four splen did Eneravings by Linton, W. Measom, and W. G. Mason, with vig nettes by G. aleaiom and Linton, from paintings by Miss Gillies, Kaulbach, Sonderland, Murillo, and Sant. Amongst the literary articles are Memoir of Ebenezer Elliott— National Education and Government Education, by William Howitt Anti-Climax , by R. H. Horne—The Three Funerals, by Miss Pardoe—Physiology for the People, by Dr. Carpenter, 1 , R.S.— Steam in the Desert, by Ebenezer Elliott Ireland, by Ferdinand ?reit I grath—Early Clos:ng, by Silverpen—PO,m., &c., by Mary Howitt— Swineherds on the Danube. by Huns C. Andersen—Earlk st Flowers of the Season. by William Ilincks, F.L.S.—Have Patience, a Story, by Mrs. Hodgson —SLthts in South Germany, by Abel Paynter—Poem, by Mrs. Bartholomew—On the Condition of Ireland, by Wm. Lovett— Susan Lee's Birthday Adventure, by Edward Youl—Trip to Texas, by Franklin Fox —Death of Tiberias, by N. T. Moile, author of " State Trials," &c. &c. &c. "No two persons have done so much for the literature of their country as William and Mary Howitt; they are public benefactors." —Boston (United States) Athenaeum. "Nothing can exceed the surprise and pleasure we experienced on looking over this valuable Journal, and finding the vast amount of varied information it contains. A rapidly increasing sale will, we doubt not, repay the editors for all their anxieties."—Liverpool Mercury. London : Published for the Proprietor, at 171, Strand. R'w LANDS' ODUNTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers; scurvy is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. 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WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2e. 6d. Jr post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. to P os t age t amps direct 'front the Author's residence. QELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise ►►77 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illuerated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Unitary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showieg the Injuries that are produced 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. By SAMUEL I, E ET, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, tiedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Metneulated Member or the University of Edinburgh, Honorer Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' flail, Lomlon, ScC., ACC CONTENTS OF VIE TIE/TISE. 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Resolutions will also en this occasion be taken relative to the Shares upon which the Call of 21. per Share, due on the 2d Octo ber last, has not been paid, the time for which payment was, by a resol.,tion passed by the Board, and duly advertised, extended to the 31st of March last past; and a proposition will be submitted on the subject of the formation of the important line from Brussels to Namur. JOHN BARNES, President. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. N.13.—11y the Statutes of the Company it i■ necessary that all Shareholders intending to be present at the above Meeting should deposit their Share Certitlcates with the Secretary, at least Ten Days before the 11th proximo, in order to intitle them to take part in the proceedings. 28, Threadneedle-street, April 16, 1847, THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. So solicit ousis Blachwoodto forward its peculiar political creed, that it sum- times perils its rsputition in literary_ criticism by undeserved attacks and extravagant panegy rics. In th, number just published the latter failing is particularly visible. M. de Tocqueville has so depreciated the system of republi can i sm as app li e d to mo dern go vernment, that Maga f ee l s b ound to hi m by th e ties of gratitude: and, in ac k now l e d gment o f t h e kindness done to the cause o f C on i ervat i am b y M . d e T ocquev ille's " Democratic en Anierique," the reviewer has the auda city to place him on an equality, as a political philoso pher, with—Machiavelli and Bacon! With Machiavelli, the astutest, wiliest, craftiest, shrewdest, and most ac • complished of all political philosophers! with Bacon, " the wisest and the brightest of mankind!" with Bacon, at once the creator and the high priest of rational philo sophy! with Bacon, of whom no eulogium could be ut tered too fervid, no expression too reverential, no evi dence of awe too extraordinary! But Blackwood is not satisfied with merely once drawing this absurd col:h -and condensed than Tacitus," says parison ; it enlar ges an d dil ates up the magazine writer on it. " Less caustic of De Tocquevill e , " l ess i maginative and eloquen t than Burke, he possesses th e ca l m j udgment, t h e discrimi nating eye, and t h e j ust reflection, w hi c h have immortalised the Fl orent i ne statesman an d the English philosopher." Was ever flattery so wordy and egregious! But we have by no means given this flattery in its totality. At.the risk of tautology, Christoph er te ll s us aga i n, with his prim self complacency, that M. d e T ocquev ill e "i s a Burke without his ima g i nat i on,—a M ach i ave lli w ithout his crimes." We h a d h ope d , b y the way , t h a t we should never hear from suc h li ps as t h ose o f Christopher the old cant allusions t o t h e cr i mes o f t h e immortal author of the " Prince." We presunsi:d that Mr. Macaulay had thoroughly exploded that popular delusion. But, alas! for the whirlwinds of the logic, and the tempests of the rhetoric of the e'oquont essayist,—they have blown through the " talking oak," without stirring a twig; the stubborn leaves still go on prattling as they did heretofore, and- they have n ow m in g l e d their allusions to the criminality of the Florentine with the most fulsome praise of a Parisiaephilosophe 1 M,- Le Comte . de Tocqueville is doubtless a marvellously clever writer, but we protest he is no Machiavelli; and we aver that be is as far removed in point of genius from the great Lord Bacon as one of Madame Tassaud's wax dum mies is removed from the Jupiter of Phidias. M. de Tocqueville has the worst vice with which an ambitious author can be cursed—the vice of egotism s witness the title of his latest lucubration, the " Histoire Philosophique du Regne de Louis XV." Even the loving Blackwood cannot help acknowledging that neither Robertson, nor Guizot, nor Sismondi, nor :ichlegel, nor Bossuet, had the hardihood to parade their own self esteem in so flagrant and impertinent a manner upon a title-page ! Beyond this, as was evinced in the logo machy between M. de Tocqueville a n d L ord Brougham a few years back, the former is utterly d estitute of the first requisite of a true philosoph er — equanimity. Re a Machiavelli, forsooth! he a Bacon ! - -Sluch, however, as we dissent from Blackwood in its opinion of the intel lectual eminence of this Frenchman, we are prepared to admit the justice, and sometimes the sagacity, of the less personal observations in the opening contribution for May. We coincide in a great measure, for example, in the opinion that " there is not an intellect which rises to a certain level now in France ---not a name which will be known a hundred years hence--which is not tho roughly Christian in its principles. Chateaubriand, Guizot, Lamartine, Vilmain, De Tocqueville, Michelet, Sis. mondi, Amqi 6a Thierry, Beranger, Barante, belong to this bright band." With one exception, we think the catalogue tolerably correct, that exception being, of course, M. Michelet. In like manner, we conceive that Adorphe Thiers is, with all submission to the writer, rather likely to go down to posterity to the distance of a hundred years, and more too ! A very flippant article follows about "Real Ghosts and Second Sight ;" just the converse of the calm, staid, and even philosophic letters of Sir Walter Scott, on " Demonology and IN Itchcraft." Thanks to Blackwood, a thousandfold, for the four Sonnets upon—Life, Love, Heaven, and Earth, and the Prospect—by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. They are sunbeams of poetry gilding the murky way of this work-a-day life. The first sonnet is quaint, but its very quaintness is ennobled by the grandeur and majesty of its tone. After asking whether there be not a subtle sympathy thrilling from all points of the universe in vibration and rebound— " Life answering life across the vast profound, In full antiphony by a common grace ;" The poet continues— " I think this sudden joyaunce which i.lumes A child's mouth sleeping, unaware may run From some soul breaking new the bond of tombs : I think this passionate sigh, which, half begun, I stifle hack, may reach and stir the plumes Of God's calm angel standing in the sun." " Rosaura; a Tale of Madrid," is sufficient in the way of romance, and interest, and animation, for even the most jaded reader of the feuilleons. Those who are de- ! sirous of plunging into a very pretty metaphysical thicket may do so in the paper entitled " The Visible and the Tangible." The thicket has the advantage of being a delightfully intricate labyrinth, and the writer has the advantage of being perfectly well acquainted with the clue, leading into the very core of the mystery and out again. Both re a d er an d wr it er — as i s almostin variably the case with the least profound metaphy sical investigations being about as wise on emerging as they were on entering ! A very pleasant dissertation foll o w s u pon the respective merits and demerits of modern French romance writers. From Vonore de 13alzac with his Pere Goriot and Eugenie Grandit, to Eugene Sue with his Mysteres de Paris and Juif Errant, and on to Alexandre Dumas. Of the hitter, the Marquis de 1% Pailleterie, a most facetious anecdote is narrated. M. Dum as, as is generally known, i s a quad roon—his veins are tinctured with the blood of the blacks. His father, the republican general of the same name, was a mulatto, born in St. DotnintYo, the son of a negrese and of the whit e M arquis de 1 6 a Pailleterie. Bet listen to the anecdot e : —A person more r, matkable for inqui sitiveness than for correct breeding—one of those who, devoid of delicacy and reckless of rebuff, pry into every thing—took the liberty to question M. Dumas rather closely. concerning his gen ealovical tree. "'You are a quut roon, M. Dumas ?' be began. " I am, Sir,' quietly replied Dumas, who has sense enough not to be ashamed of a descent he cannot conceal. " ' And your father P' " ' Was a mulatto.' " And your grandfather?' " ' A negro,' ha s til y answ e red the dramatist, whose patience was waning fast. "'And may I inquire what your grea t- gra ndfather was?' are, Sir!' thundered Dumas with a fierceness that made his impertinent interrogato r shrink into the smallest possible compass. 'An a p e , Sir—my pe digr e e commences where yours terminates.", The gist of the entire contribution from which this humourous incident is eXtracted, is to bring more pro minently before th e English rea d ers one of the French romanciers who is le ss known than he deserves—Charles de Bernard, the clever author of the " Gentilltonune Cant pagitrd." " Belisarius—was he blind?" is a really learned paper, endeavouring to prove that the Belisarius of ro mance anti the Belisariu s of history are two distinct per sonages, and not, as Lord Mahon presumes, identical. Men have undertaken before now to maintain that Robin Hood never existed. We prefer —we are not ashamed to acknowledge it—we prefer being in error on these points rather than having- visions so beautiful destroyed. " When ignorance is bliss," &c. " Ancient and Modern Ballad Poetry" is a pleasant jumble of lyric tid-bits, pre faced with a very churlish and sardonic sneer at those who are still struggling to acquire poetic fame. There is likewise a gallant epitaph from the German of Wil helm Muller, some dainty Scottish melodies by Delta, and a marvell ous ly d r y, - barren, tooth-breaking article on the " Scotch Marriage Bill." May. the month of rosy beauty," as Leigh Hunt calls it, has a pleasant and seasonable accompaniment in I3iackwood. ALVI6VIII WI TYE WORK. "The author of this singular anti talented work is a legally quali fled 410 heal man, who has zvidently had considerable experience of the tr , ttment of the various disorders arising from the mites an matte,' of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad. dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which muss act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusa! many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit I no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. 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Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. FALMOUTH, APRIL 28.—The weather here for the last two days has been extremely boisterous, at times chilly, cold, and otherwise unseasonable. Yesterday it blew a com plete gale at west, with occasional showers; and to-day it has veered to south-west, still blowing a smart gale, with little or no rain ; sunshine more frequent. This morning has put in, from:stress of weather, the French frigate Bavonnaise, of 28 guns, Captain De la Graviere, from Cherbourg; and outside the port has anchored her Majesty's frigate Thetis, Captain Codrington, from Portsmouth. Both these vessels are bound to Lisbon, and have found it impracticable to get out of the Channel. They worked down from the Daman this morning together; but a malted difference was observ able in their qualities, favourable to the latter ship, which, it must be admitted, however, is of larger tonnage. Some grain vessels are again arriving from the southward, and many are expected. HATCHING Fisn.—Hatching eggs by artificial heat is well known and ex .ensively practised in China; as is also the hatching of fish. The sale of spawn for this purpose forms an important branch of trade in China. The fiihermen collect with care, on the margin and sur face of water, all the gelatinous matters that contain spawn of fish, which is then placed in an egg-shell, which has been fresh emptied, through a small hole, which is then stopped, and the shell is placed under a sitting fowl. In a few days the Chinese break the shell in warm water (warmed by the sun). The young fish ntiltie l y n some elamrgeeaseurrioeu, gh to be p ar ia e c t e l d ien i na kept po i n n waver d .0 This plan, counter acts the great destruction of sp awn b y troll- nets, which have catapti tb extinction of rawly fisheries...-Nortin's China. FRASER'S. The present number opens with an interesting ac count of the siege of Ragland Castle (the most pic turesque ruin in Monmouthshire), by the Common wealth men, under Fairfax. Ample justice is done to the high and chivalrous (but utterly useless) spirit of the Marquis of Worcester, the friend of Charles 1., and the defender of the castle, while his son, the Marquis of Worcester, the inventor of the steam-en gine, is pooh-pooh'd off as a nobody. Certainly th e author of " The Century of Inventions" was the greater man of the two, and the invention of the steam-engine was a matter of infinitely greater im portance to the world than the destruction of Ragland Castle ; but as the steam-engine is merely utilitarianly useful, and Ragland Castle is romantically ornamental, the picturesque Charles I. and the chivalrous Marquis of Worcester are the heroes of the high Tory periodical ; but albeit we cannot agree with Fraser as far as the politics of the past are concerned, we do entirely agree with him as to the politics of the present. When rogues fall out honest men come by their rights, and in the present break up of parties it is not surprising that ho nest radicals an d honest teries fi n d themselves uniting on the sam e common ground. Sales populi suprema lex is a re ce i ved maxim, and every honest man seeks t h e sales p o poi ; and that the sales populi is to b e found in the Irish Poor-law we would desire no better proof than that it is advocated not only by radicals but by honest and di s i n t ereste d tories, among whom we reckon Fraser as the chi e f. Hear what Fraser .as s on this su bj ect : " And here , as i s fitting, we tu rn our gaze in the first instance towards the Amended Irish Poor-law, which, while we write, is still in progress through the House of Commons. That it must be considered in the light of a very bold e xperiment , we agree with all classes of poli ticians in admitting. It cannot fail to effect such a social revolution in the sister country as has not, in modern times, been vcom plished an . where unde r t h e sun. W i ll it work for wood ? Honestly, and without reserve ,. we believe that it wi l l : not suddenly, perhaps, nor yet till a sort of crisis shall have arrived, and been surmounted, but in the end, and t hat, too, so as to permit it s au th o r s to enjoy the triumph of their own success. Observe, tblot we see distinctly before us resistance even to blood- SUN, MAY 3, 1847. shed, when first the rates come to be collected. Nobody in Ireland has money, or will acknowledge that he has. Nobody ever thinks of paying a debt to the State, so long as he can help it ; and as to the rate-collector, he will be a fortunate man if, in ids first endeavour to gather in: 'the cess, he escape assassination. But times will change with the change which is sure to occur in the per, sons of the prop r i e t ors an d occupants of the soil ; and till this occur, the police end the soldiers must do their duty. Ten years hence wc. shall have an entirely new set of squires in every Irish county. The old families will have broken up and gone, we cannot tell where ; and with them will depart something that was good, perhaps, but, we write it deliberately, a great deal more that is evil. Ten years hence, also, we expect to see a greatly improved system of farming in Ireland. The new landlord will enter into his possessions with capital at his command, lie will gather round him an industrious yeomanry ; build for them respectable houses; interdict altogether sub-letting and the conacre nuisance; and teach them, both by example and precept, to deal fairly by the labouring population. We know that the Irishman, as he now is, deserves all the censure, on the score of judo fence, which the Archbishop of Dublin has heaped upon him. He will not work a moment longer than is neces sary to earn the pittance on which soul and body can be held together. And the total absence of forethought 'which characterises him at home, is not left behind, by any means, when he visits this country. But why should these things be ? Because the Irish labourer has never been encouraged, nor felt that it was his interest, to be industrious. A resident gentry, with estates mortgaged to the water-line, create of necessity a pauperised te nantry, who, in their turn, neglect and oppress the labourer—giving him, in lieu of wages, a miserable potato garden, and training him in that school to habits of practical deceit as well as theoretical lying. How can it be otherwise, than that a people so circumstanced should be indolent, cunning, savage, and chronically poor ?" In fact the whole of his article " Measures not Men," is worthy of attentive perusal. It proves that the old Tory party is completely broken up, indeed no Radical has ever ventured to vituperate the doings of that party during the Pitt and Liverpool administra tion in the severe terms which the writer in Blackwood has used, and that the real honest men of the party are now Whigs and something more ; every measure of the Russell administration approved of—the necessity of— selling up the insolvent Irish landlords is not only admitted, but is urged as the only measure to be adopted for the permanent salvation of Ireland ; and the writer, after passing in review all the measures proposed by the Russell Ministry, concludes as follows : " Thus far Lord John Russell has done well. Let bins go on as he has begun, and, by Nibatever name he may choose to call himself, he shall have our support." . . The literary Legislators who sit for the portraits this month are Mr. Smythe and Mr. Poulett Scrope. Injustice is done to Mr. Poulett Scrope; his physical defects are exaggerated, while justice is not rendered to his mental merits. Mr. Poulett Scrope is a man of much greater political importance than the writer of this article seems to imagine. But if he has been unjust to Mr. Poulett Scrope, he has been more than just to that mere schoolboy statesman Mr. Smythe, and he calls Sir Robert Peel to witness for Mr. Smythe's statesmanship, because Sir R. Peel appointed him Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during the latter months of his administration. It has always struck us that this was a negative appointment—an appointment given not so much to secure the support of Mr. Smythe, as to secure the neutrality of his father, Lord Strangford. At the time that this appointment took place, the utter incompetency of Lord Aberdeen had become painfully manifest. " The travelled Thane " was the laughing stock of the diplomatic world. Bamboozled in Spain, humbugged in Portugal, cheated in Greece, laughed at in France, done every where, he was the mere brainless tombola of M. Guizot. Europe had long been aware of this—even England was beginning to awake, and Lord Strang ford, who had strong claims to the seals of the Foreign-office, was on the p oint of urging those claims, and of " showing up ' the utter inefficiency and ignorance of " the President of the Society of Antiquarians;" (to show that we have fathomed ex actly the capabilities of Lord Aberdeen, we ask when it was that his Lordship was first cognisant of the existence of the island of Bali, his Lordship will understand what we mean) when this appointment was given to his son, and, of course, Lord Strangford was silenced. We certainly do not hold the abilities of Mr. Smythe in such estimation as does the writer of this article. The other articles in the number are all literary, and of a very high order. We have an admirable critique on the recently pub lished biography of Mr. Cary, the translator of Dante ; a most interesting " Scene in the wilds of Mexico;" a pleasant six pages of amusing gossip anent modern French authors ' • a capital Nova Scotian story (worthy of Washington Irving) from the pen of Sam Slick, and a variety of other amusing articles. PRICE SD. --- merity of the prediction was astounding, and stag gered even the incredulous, for the most sanguine hope could hardly dave expected so full a con firmation. I cannot attempt to convey to you, said Mr. Airy, the impression which was made on me by the author's undoubting confidence in the general truth of his theory, by the calmness and clearness with which he limited the field of observation, and by the firmness with which he proclaimed to observing astro nomers, Look in the place which I have indicated, and you will see the planet well.' And this wondrous and successful exertion of the powers of abstruse research was received with a burst of rapturous applause through out the intellectual world ; and numerous are the well deserved honours showered on Le Verrier." "A Memoir of Zutnalacarregui " gives an account of the celebrated Carlist General, who certainly ex hibited great ability in the conduct of the insurrec tion, by which, within a year, he advanced himself from being an unknown partizan officer, at the head of a few hundred ill-clad and wretchedly armed peasants, to the chief of a well-appointed and well disciplined army. "A Cruise in the West Indies," "The Fusilier, or Byegone's of a Bear-skin," "Convict Guards," "The Beginning and End of an Expedi tion," " Guard Room Stories," and " Recollections of the early Life of a Sailor," are amusing records of strange adventures. In the latter, an extraordinary instance is given of the summary course adopted by Lord St. Vincent : " The ringleaders of the threatened mutiny were im mediately seized and tried directly, four of them were sentenced to be hanged, and the rest to be flogged round the fleet, which sentences were carried into effect the very next morning, although it was Sunday, and in op position to the remonstrances of Sir Charles Thompson, the second in command. At eight o'clock the four un fortunate men were hanged by the crew of the St. George themselves, not by a man from each of the boats as com monly is the case ; the other men were at the same time undergoing their punishment alongside the different ships of the fleet. The signal was made to go to prayers; the enemy's gun-boats came out at the same time and ours attacked them. Thus, at the same instant, there was the extraordinary spectacle in the same waters of hang ing, flogging, fighting, and praying going on together. The prompt and decided conduct of Lord St. Vincent on thisGccaFion no doubt saved the fleet." " The Frozen Ship" is a poetical version of a singular discovery made by a Captain Warrens, towards the latter end of the past century, of a vessel blocked up in the ice for many years, the crew of which were found apparently engaged in their ordinary duties, although many years dead. The article on " Re cruits and Recruiting" details the experience of a medical staff officer, and gives many curious in stances of the tricks resorted to by those anxious either to get into or escape the trammels of the service. There is also the usual quantity of information con tained in the Editor's Correspondence. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. " Measures for Ireland," the political and the last article in this number, appears to be a continuation of " The Famine in the Land," which appeared last month. Although we differ tot() cal° from the writer in the views he expresses, the conclusions at which he arrives, and the remedies he suggests, it is impossible to deny the talent and ability be has exhibited. lie is the unflinching advocate of the landlords, and sup ports them in all their theories. He clearly sees, and forcibly depicts, the grievances and ills under which that unhappy land is suffering; but he obsti nately shuts his eyes to the causes from whence these evils have originally sprung, and by which they have been fostered and nurtured, until they have at- tamped their present rank luxuriance. He traces with a graphic pen the fearful combinations that exist, the agrarian outrages that have multiplied to such an ex tent as practically to deprive the landowner of that power which he possesses, or rather is supposed to possess, over his property ; but he does not state that the powers, which are now only nominal, once existed in stern reality, and were exercised with no sparing hands, and that it was probably to their abuse, and to the fact that there was no legal provision for the poor man in the land of his birth, that, although strong and industrious, and able and willing to work, he might be left to perish in the midst of abundance, that he could not claim by law a single meal to save him from starvation—that the entire law of landlord and tenant was a code framed by landlords for their own purposes—that everything was thereby yielded to the privileged class, whilst the humble peasant was helpless and unprotected, and could only shelter himself under the sanguinary laws of the secret tribunals—that the disturbers owed their authority—and were enabled energetically and vigor ously to carry their fell behests into execution to control the manner in which the rights of property should be exercised, and to punish severely any breach of their own regulations. Had the people been sufficiently guarded in their rights, there would have been no organised resistance to the rights of the wealthier classes were they assured of a certain main tenance by any . means other than those connected with the possession of land, they would never have so vigorously opposed the landlord's privilege of get ting rid of an unruly tenant and supplying his place with another end more obedient dependent, we should not have seen such a state of things as that described in the following passage ; " Emigrants are leaving the country in hundreds; their produce disposed of, and their rents unpaid. The ' savings' banks are filled to overflowing, with money realised by the sale of grain, which the tenant farmer has appropriated to his own use, being either afraid or unwilling to allocate any portion of it to the payment of his rent. The landlord is told to take, if he dare, any legal steps to enforce his rights. His law process is answered by a death's head and cross bones; aid he is reminded, by a rude drawing of a coffin, of the narrow space which his mangled remains may soon occupy, should he persist in taking any vexatious step fur corn• pelling either the surrender of the land, or the payment of rent. Let English gentlemen make the case their own, and then say what is to be thought of such a state of things? Should a similar calamity visit England, and a similar system of agrarian terrorism reduce them to the condition of the Irish landlords, what would they think of the demand upon them to sustain, out of their own vanished resources, the famishing people, and th a t, at the same time, no effectual measures were taken to protect them against the plundering assassins by whom, if they were not robbed, they would be murdered." To the inquiry contained in the latter part of the above extract, we would simply say, that in this country such a result would be impossible. The peasant has long known that he is entitled to the protection of the law—that he cannot be cast out to die at the road side from the want of the mere neces saries of life—that the same law which guarantees to the rich man the possession of his property, and the free exercise of the rights and privileges connected therewith, also secures to his humbler brother at least a maintenance, and, consequently, no general conspi racy will be entered into, or even tacitly sanctioned, against its operation. The power of the midnight legislators should by every means be crushed, the majesty of the law- vindicated, and its efficiency esta blished, but the causes that led to the disturbances should be ascertained and removed. There is again an attack on the present Premier for not following in the footsteps of his predecessor, and purchasing with the Government funds a large quantity of the grain of other lands. The means adopted by Sir Robert Peel were certainly useful at the time, and had the effect of keeping up a due supply in the market, and acting as a check on exces sive prices during the spring and summer of 1846 ; but it may well be doubted whether they had not their effect in enhancing the difficulties to be encoun tered in 1847 ;. whether they did not diminish the supplies and increase the prices, and whether we had not to pay a heavy interest for the temporary benefits thereby obtained • whether, if the principles of free trade had then been rigidly adhered to, we would not have had a sufficient importation in the earlier part of the subsequent year, and found that, as is usual in commercial affairs, the demand would have regulated the supply ? Circumstances, too, differed materially at these periods. The purchases made by Sir R. Peel were in addition to the ordinary and accustomed dealings of private speculators ; but had Lord John Russell pursued a similar course it would have been in substitution therefor. The merchants were terrified. They refused to enter into a compe tition with so powerful an opponent ; and had not Lord John so promptly and wisely given the re quired pledge, the condition of the country wou ld have been fearful indeed, and not only Ireland, but this country would ere this have suffered from the effects of scarcity. There would indeed have been " a famine in the land." The sagacity of the Minister saw the impending danger. He resolutely adopted the only course by which it could have been averted ; and, thanks to his resolution and firmness, there is now an ample supply, and every prospect of a general defi ciency, even in Ireland, has been removed. There is a pleasing chapter of Continental gossip from the pen of Harry Lorreq uer . Hi s sketch of -a German grand ducal city is written in his own liar style. He most h a ppil y pourtrays the pecu dreary, heart-wearying monotony of th e scene. In the " Bull Economical" he exhibits the different classes of Continental t rave ll ers, he traces the c" three acts of the drama from " Mil or, " with his e travelling equi page, including every l uxury that could be hear 0 paying "en Prince" to the half-pay captain of Marines, higgling for a place with a Lohn Kutcher, or bar gaining for a blue-legged chicken at the corner of a street, from the easy, happy-minded, unsuspecting, gullible John Bull of former times, to the shrewd calculator of recliouing6—the um of little economies—the seeker after a place in tho rotond e or a lodging au cinquieme—in other words, " t he B u ll economical," who rushed to the continent po. ssess e d with two notions, first, that it was universally cheaper than this country; secondly, that every I'ot-elm-no r was an incarnate rogue, and that in combating Pius tendencies to cheat was the only means of effect ing the economy in question. We must, however., let Harry describe for himself the influx of visitors :;-- " Then came the third act of the drama, to whic'h the public were admitted as at half price, and the - whole populace of England flocked over in shoals; steam boats could not land them fast enough; the short's of French. I n d •er s e ee a m ß a a s be i l f o a f b r a l d ag E ti ri p. li , s a h s I: a 3l n s ci te w n d o , r s D e i e F p r p e e n , raging at the other side of the Strait, and all were run ning for their lives ; Lords of Parliament, lerenters widowsroactions fo lna n from the Derby, city merchants run awa y, bank r clerks , diplomatists and def au l ters, dauehters; husbands e scap i ng f bigamy; tourists, duellists, and eco nom i sts, all pell-m e ll, r madly on for that sanctuary whi c h was either to treing their iniquities or save their incomes. Wh at a c h an geh"l was here for the Continentals ! was no 10n,,e same people they had known, and cheated with ei; much self•satistactioe; there was a new nation, to the full as acute and wide-awske as themselves." He also explains that it would be well that ever: , per son who thinks of deserting Old England :-.120u1d fully understand, viz., that the continent is really not cheaper than this country, and that to accomplish , the supposed economy, you must be foreign in your dress, tastes, and habits, be contented to "breakfast on a cup of coffee, dine on a potage, and sup on a salad ;" this, we believe, is a truth that cannot be too earnestly impressed. IVe have left ourselves but little space to notice the other excellent articles contained In the number. "The History of the Sikhs" will be read with peculiar interest, now that we have succeeded in defeating the formidable attempt made by that extra ordinary nation to subvert the Anglo-Indian power. The account of the Lion of Lahore, the sagacious and powerful Runjeet Singh, who gained such extensive dominions and never lost a single province he had acquired, who was our firm and consistent friend and ally, and who knew the real extent of our power, and the impossibility of any of the native Princes succeeding in their efforts for our overthrow, will attract much attention. There are some pleashvlv written stanzas to a " Snowdrop," and the two first chapters of a new tale, " Neophytu s th e Monk, a tale of Monastic Life in Greece," that promises well. The scene is laid in the sunny Grecian land during the struggle for independence, while the oppressions of the • - iiiT Turkish ewere exciting the indi gna ti on an d stimu lating the Hellenie race to resistance, and arousing a spirit of vengeance, as deep and deadly as that which existed amongst the Spanish guerillas in the earlier part of the present century." " Another Evening with Poetry and our later Poets," is chiefly devoted to the works of William Motherwell, to whom it pars a just tribute. It quotes some exquisite ballads, written in the simple Scottish dialect. The expres sion of first love, fondly treasured in the heart, is beautifully given in " Jeanie Morrison ;" and " My Heid is like to rend Willie," exhibits the deep pathos of the writer. There is a capital likeness of Alaelise given in " The. Portrait Gallery." accomnanie,l with a long memoir of that distinguished artist, whom it hails as the future President of the Academy. The Doctor of Southey forms the subject of another arti cle; and a continuation of the Anthologia Hibernica, gives some good specimens of native Irish songs in b7 -gone centuries. "Leaves from the Life of Prince lalleyrand" commences a memoir of that extra ordinary person, who witnessed such extraordinary changes and events in the course of his varied sarcer. On the whole, we have a Number this monvi far beyond the general average, and which contains matter interesting to every description of readers. DOMBEY AN!) SON. No. VIII. By Charles Dickens. Captain Cuttle has for a while superseded Major Bag stock in monopolising the interest of the narrative, or rather in causing it to radiate from and revolve around him individually. Captain Cottle 'comes out in great style in the new chapters just published. Ili is suffering grievously from the household peculiarities of his land lady, when Florence Dombey, and Miss sipper, pay him a visit at his lodgings. For— ., It happened by evil chance to be one of Mrs.;Mac Stinger's great cleaning days. On these occasions, Mrs. Mac Stinger was knocked up by the policeman at a quarter before three o'clock in the morning, and rarely succumbed before twelve o'clock next night. The chief object of this institution ap peared to be, that Mrs. Mac Stinger should move all the fur niture into the back garden at early dawn, walk abaut the house in pattens all day, and move the furniture bark again after dark. These ceremonies greatly fluttered those doves the young Mac Stingers, who were not only unable at such times to find any resting-place for the soles of their feet, but generally came in for a good deal of pecking from the ma ternal bird during the progress of the solemnities." The Captain is discovered sitting in his room very ,iis consolsttely, " on a very s mall desolato i-land, lying;htnit midway in an ocean of soap and water." On pert ieiu his visitors, Captain Cuttle dauntlessly issues forth uit .11 the main, and having conveyed them to dry land, rettrei himself beyond the confines of the island, and lf-tons• upon them from the soap and water " like a new deoerip lion of triton." The Captain's mortal fear of Mts. 7,7 Ne Stinger is something beautiful in the physiology of 1 ladies. But the Captain nearly eclipses himFeV in•roducing us to another wonderful navigator, one twin Bueshy, in command of the Cautious Clam, 1, hard by Ratcliffe. The said wonderful navigator r a t his appearance in the following manner Com:ng slowly up the bulk-head of the cabin, anot:ier, bulk-head—human, and very large—with one stationary :ye in the mahogany face, and one revolving one, 01 the pri1 , ..11,1e of some lighthouses. This head was decorated with t.h_w29 - _y hair. like oakum, which had no governing inclinatine to wards the north, east, west, or south, but inclined to all r-ar quarters of the compass, an d t o e v er y p o i n t uprn it. ! !!k , bead was followed by a perfect desert of chin, and by a ;0, ;•t -collar and neckerchief, and by a dreadnought pilot coat. by a pair of dreadnought pilot trousers, whereof the 1,91-'- band was so very broad and high, that it became a succ, ta neum for a waistcoat : being ornamented near the we roes breastbone with some massive wooden buttons, like Lock gammon men. As the lower portion of these pantaloo,. • came revealed, Bunsby stood confessed; his hands 11.0 r pockets, which were of vast size; and his gaze directed. _not to Captain Cuttle, or the ladies, but the masthead." Tois Bunsby proves after all an ft,s--a greater r , s tllatt Dogberry. He is summoned by his admirer, Captain Cuttle, to pronounce an opinion upon the probah'e fat© of the Son and Heir vessel, in which Walter hail tulten his departure, and which has sot been heard of sure. When called upon for th;fs opinion, in the back parlour or old Solomon Gills, he prccee in this uise:— " Bunsby, whose eye continued to be addressed to - where about the half-way house between London and t: end, two or three times put out his rough right arm, a- - ing to wind it for inspirwion, round the fair form Nipper but that younrz female having withdrawn he • disitleaure, to the opposite side of the table, the sol of the Commander ,;f . the Cautious Clara met with sponse to its impulses. After sundry failures in th , the Commander, addressing himself to nobody, or rather the voice within him said of its own acc, quite independent of himself, as if he were posse gruff spirit : " My name's Jack Bunsby I' " He was christened John,' cried the delighted Cuttle; hear him :' " And what I says,' pursued the voice, after some delibe tion, ' I stands to.' " The Captain, with Florence on his arm, nodded at the audiviry, and seemed to say, Now he's coming out. This is what I meant, when I brought him.' " Whereby,' proceeded the voice, " why not? If cc, what odds? Can any man say otherwise. No. Awast then I' " When it had pursued its strain of argument to this point, the voice stopped, and rested. It then proceeded very slowly, thus:— " 'Do I believe that this here Son and Heir's gone down, my lads? Mayhap, Do I say so? Whitt'? If a skipper stands out by Sen' George's Channel, making for the I) awns, what's right ahead of him? The Goodwins. He is'nt forced to run upon the Goodwins, but he may. The bearing's of this observation lava in the application on it. That ant no part of my duty. .Awast then, keep a bright look out for'ard, and good luck to you!' The voice here went out of the back parlour and into the street, taking the Commander of the Cautious Clara N‘l'lt it, and accompanying him on board again with all convenient expedition, where he immediately turned in, and refreshed his mind with a nap." The first chapter contains an exquisite scene, where Florence hears a little girl commiserating her estrange ment from her father; and the flowers which she has just been gathering, drop scattering on the grou-A like dust. From the opening chapter we select the fol. , .cv;ng passages, remarkable for that minuteness of de',.-orp ton, which is one of the many inimitable characteristics of Mr. Dickens:— " Florence lived alone in a great dreary house, and day succeeded day, and still she lived alone; and the blank walls looked down upon her with a vacant stare, as if they had a Gorgon-like mind to stare her youth and beauty u fi t u lto stone. I I "No magic dwelling-place in mag ic story, 1111 pin the t h o ea t r h t e of f a anc t y hi,ctkhwanoodw, aswasheerveratmheorsre solitary any i d tr e g r r t i e m d reality, as it stood lowerinfo aomlnwnatleyliesghbybt'sroedueartiya mansio n f oalwaysw n u y s night, when smiling.i i t i shinin g s gh sc t a s n w t_ e y f r a e b c r e i . gh t e brightnes s ; " There were not two dragon sentries keeping ward the gate of this abode, as in magic legend are usually imp lips r p i a a s :r e t n h e e d w a a N ; s;i li e k ' ;e on duty over the wronged iftrhoi:intosactbehonivcne the e comers sa ge w door, tshidaets t at' hu glo w evering was all l a lvi monstrous fantasy of rusty iron cu: the 'ing and twisting like a p e t r if act i on of an arbour over the threshold, budding in spikes and corkscrew point , , and bearing, one on either side, two ominousextinguish. , r:. that seemed to say,' Who enter h ere , leave light behind !' There were no talismanic characters engraven on the portal, but the house was now so neglected in appearance, tea; boys chalked the railings and the pavement—particularly was e d rewt s round the corner where the side wall on /he stable door; and being sometimes driven off ks g - Mr. T , son, made portraits of him, in return, with his ears I;n••.iiug out horizontally from under his hat. Noise ceas.sl to be. within the shadow of the roof. The brass band th:it ..me into the street once a week, in the morning, never I,n.y, t a note in at those windows; but all such company, down t= a poor little piping organ of weak intell , ct, with an party of automaton dancers, waltzing in and out at ;o:Oing doors, ft.ll off from it with ono accord, and shunned it as a hopeless place. • •• The spell upon it was more wasting than the sp• that used to set enchanted houses sleeping once a time, but left the waking freshness unimpaired. Th e passive desolation of disuse was every where silently man if e sted about it. Within doors, curtains, drooling heavily, lost their old folds and shapes, and hung like cumbrous palls. Hecatombs of furniture, still piled and c. ,, ere d op, shrunk like imprisoned and forgotten men, s t , id changed insensibly. Mirrors were dim as with the breath of years. Patterns of carpets faded and 1:!ec-ino perplexed and faint, like the memory of those years trifling incidents. Boards, starting at igolvT4tvri !W' HOUII'S MAGAZINE. One reprinted gem would alone have rendered Hood's Magazine for May valuable, supposing the rest of the contributions had been irredeemably bad-- it is a solemn, an exquisite voice from the past--the " Mynstrelle's Songe," from the tragical interlude of the immortal " Alla." It is well that a popular pe riodical avails itself of its circulation to revive to the multitude those beauties of our national writers which are buried in the literary catacombs of our public libraries. Another poetical jewel is preserved in Hood—the four simple but well-remembered lines of Darwin, on the present month : " Born in yon blaze of orient sky, Sweet May ! thy radiant form unfold ; Unclose thy blue voluptuous eye, And wave thy shadowy locks of gold." Beyond these, however, the contents of the pe riodical are as evanescent as possible; the last two and twenty pages, indeed, are filled up with broken bits from other and cheaper publications. THE METROPOLITAN. As there is a perceptible struggle for improvement in this miscellany we are disposed to regard it with the eye of hope and encouragement. Apart from the lighter and more ephemeral of the contributions there are one or two that betoken a more aspiring spirit. We cannot but feel amused at the pertness with which a Mr. Ritchie—not Leitch Ritchie—remarks, " Like Babington Macaulay, WE delight in illustrations." Certainly that is the only and the most shadowy re semblance. We like not the tone of the scrambling criticism upon Tancred ; there is in it a sarcastic fri volity quite unbefitting the character of a reviewer, as where that fiction is termed " an aristocratical Pickwick." The remark reminds us of an equally sarcastic, an equally undeserved, and a much more caustic observation uttered very recently in our hear ing in regard to Mr. Disraeli's abilities, namely, that he is a millionaire in point of i n t e ll ec t, but that he is rich only in counterfeit coin. Mr. Disraeli is un doubtedly mistaken as to the regeneration of mankind only through the infusion of the pure Caucasian blood, and the re-elevation of the Hebrew race to the pinnacle of human authority ; he is mistaken in those visions, and as a proof that he is, we commend him to the perusal of the twelfth verse in the fourth chapter of the prophet Isaiah. But, erroneous as we believe his expectations and yearnings to be in this parti cular, the sneers with which they are greeted are assuredly not the welcomes due to his genius. The biographical paper upon Cardinal Wolsey is nothing better than a string .of quotations from Cavendish and Galt. The articles written in allusion to America are among the liveliest in the Metropolitan, and pro mise well for the advancement of the character of the publication. COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE. This is an extremely interesting number, it con tains more than th e usual su quantity of narratives of The "Perilous account f the h Adventure, e bothby Floo d with h and Field."w planet Neptune, it opens, exhibit s the wonderful triumph of analytic science, whi c h l e d t wo gentlemen, of h strangers labours ersto each other, and eac h i n t o t a l ignorance the other, t o i nves ti ga te this most intricate problem, orsof and confidently to predict, not merely the existence of such a body, and its distance from the earth, but to calculate its position in the heavens, and each inde pendently to arrive at the same conclusions. It would also afford a singular corroboration of the Newtonian doctrines, if any additional evidence in their favour were required. It forms an additional link in the chain that comes within Kepler's law— a law that has already led to the discovery of the smaller planets or asteroids—and extends the known limits of agronomy to nearly three times the former distance, and opens the way for new discoveries in still more remote regions. "The predicting and finding in this case were not the fruits of accidental finding, persevering scrutiny, nor telescopic power, but the magnificent cons equence of a judicious exertion of profound thought and transcendental reasoning." So remarks the writer of the article in question ; and, indeed, there is not in the history of science an event more striking, or circumstances more curious than those connected with the discovery, the history of which is now given. We shall let the writer speak for himself. As to the result, he says ;- 4, Thus, then, by a. prefound computation based on very slight data the closet mathematician has been armed with more than magician's power, and not only 'pointed out the pla ce in which a new planet must tie found, but also limited the space in which to search for it, weighed its mass, determined Its diameter, figured its orbital circuit , an d numbered the year s o f i ts revo lutioai arou nd the contPi Limnnary Tko egiafitiwnt to. Not 17,042. . .- P late ' Jobe Of II , AV r oove Cor 'F ick g" 11S