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The earliest copy of the work ha B s boon but a few days issued, and be following Reviews have already appeared iu the leading Metre- Chan Journals : The r TIMES, Nov. ISt, 1846. .011 Y-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 1: 1 7 —is now issued. It is a wom'erfully different affair from the old tra ctorY, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the al phabetical list of, tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for sonic YeArs, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di ':etorY." a "Post a l Di rectory, " a " Conveyance Directory, " with a o.at of other little digests. The volume appears to hues been very 1: . " 1 - 11 17 revised, an d supplies the latest information. Of course, • Postal treaty with l'russia has not been overlooked; and in Minor polite the work seems to hear the test of a search Into mat ters in which changes have been very recent. lume MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1840. Vo The poevers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual *nears really unlimited. Published during a series of forty e:ght 3 ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an ,YearlY average of some 14,000, 4Etrge r and whose commerce expands in still Immure, the Post-office Directory" has become enormously en hanced in bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis pensable contents. The admirable success with which the really f n ,? rin ous difficulties o f his task has been overcome by the inde auKable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years; we need say little more than that the present volume presents d e 'Arne tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and 111gC qty of arrangement, i n packing into reasonaule compass, an d pro -3 cing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within Pages every man may learn everything he ought to know about every one of his co -dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, Uwell as ev erything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The rY rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar rangements with some continental states, have rendered necessary so me extensiv e a d d i tions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance 404 the Post-oftice. we And the information given under those heads bnot only as and accurate as it was well possible to make them, tit more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in werk of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best aliap of London we happen to have met with. MORNING HERILD, ;(ov. 21, 1846. been, Its the proportions of this indispensable work have hithert° the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still further enlargement. The e x p er i ence of 47 years has obviously en abled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of inivalled completeness, wher e i n every species of fact likely to be w Anted by the merchant and the trader is plated within convenient ac cess. The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of Judas try as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a a tl e r ilniclOcen foacmusurtip muchllcity venial and scattered intelligence—embracing of heads, and involving the services of vast 41nbers of co n t r ib utors. We believe that the present volume is not b . e matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate t e h f a in eal and 'Moine information is no less a typographical wonder, S a mn a PrOdigiOMS monument of diligence and enterprise. • e dnze n or so of separate directories are included in this huge renodical—the 1 -- only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a peri rmane nt existence — a veritable triumph, indeed, of the ut i l i tar i an nciple over the o rnamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to the Whole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso .nageo• This is f ollowed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the are os dienstneresnecitned by thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets Y those at right'arigles; while the " Commercial and Then Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. en comes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated !tilder their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the Ju(lge, Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c. with a 7teloite of the various courts of law, their officers, and their peen 14arities of Jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the ad . r acsee of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Nreo -10ry" I s a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Com mons, with. an alp of habetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returningp Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons , ite. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt an 1 ~elivery of every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and pr inci p al '"es throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from •° ll flon ; the rat e s' o f foreign postage ; the railway man and h er°BB.road malls, &c. The "City Directory" registers theclvlc tho rities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and !As ters of ekurches and chapels, the newsuapers, &c.; and the . Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and The volume closes with Banking booking -offices, the wharfs, &c. ald Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indi cate th e multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, presenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu tions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be found ander his proper section, from a prime minister down 4 0 a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg ing -house. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu late himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced, 'Principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in oftead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific a lterations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into * Aeration on the let of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems The most important. •, llovirg6 - ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 184; I r The " Post-orrice, London Directory, 1847," is Just delivered. h etilh it is appaienti v li m it e d t o L on d on, i t i s i n real i ty a national Th`tTk-• None of the l ea di ng towns can w i ll b e w i thout i t. It must . 4 an easential t o every counting-house In the kingdom, as well. i as to *v ery place ofb us i ness In and about the metropolis. It Ivan n- Valuable work of its kind, and the extent and minuteness of its useful details are truly avonderffil. Being prepared " nader the irn- Me diate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General, , ' lbo amplest and completeat means were, of course, at the command tr the proprtor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of tho vo- linninous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is The forty-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading tlen can now require particular description of the really important and useful information; to almost every party in any sort of business, "nPYing the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages of4this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map London, prepared expressly, It Is declared, for the work by Mr. It • R. Davie, th ere are divisions, comprising, among other informs .' Court " °Ma " il," " Street," " C ommerc i al, " " Trades, " " L aw, " '", " P arliamentary," " Post a l," " City , " " C onveyance, " Ranking," and many other Directories. The hope is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-orrice London Directory" may be found "in all peaseres to equal the hoth of Its predecessors." From very coast slerable xamato of marvellously Mil and varied contents and Information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not to Bay that this unassuming h la liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede cesaonl, but in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. Thr. Information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are aeforal important alteratinus and editions, largely adding to the use fUlnesa of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all competon has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous IProof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to perfect the extraordinary work.- In speaking of past success, it is observed that it has Men " cial to the public, is even in a pecuniary point o f view benefl ro by the fact, that important improve 'lents and additions provednlly withent any increase of lir . ca" —a recall that, it is declared, mallscould not have been the case, t d the' publi• patronage been divided." With reference to the /rice, we certainly must acknowledge that it Is wonderful how it ca t I, e Profitable to provide such varied materials- and materials ”nstantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la bour _,miitond cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tilt , !n or as Sale could make the speculation answer. Among the itn !lLtirtttit alteratiens will be found those introduced tato the " Postal" Must tor , . It is, indeed, singularly full, usethl, and complete ; and Much increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its hourly fe,,,value, particularly to the merchant, the Vader, or the _pre ' . • nal man... As the new treaty with Prussia 'c'aused Very efftifilt sierable changen in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do- Itlvies Paden, Bavaria, Breinen, Denmark, the German States, arriburgh, lino --- "er, Labock, ' Mecklenburg, Oldenburgli, Poland,Prun a" Sax "Y, Sweden a n d Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come Into • Peration on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not °WY numerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought 'Own to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of ellen a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the Ittnnitnencement of the year for which it is designed. The business erita of the work re ot the highest order, and render lof its L i nd. we imagine, a a publication unexampled la the world t, for its •vnapletenfis, fulness, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18, 1146. 'MS present Is the forty- e i g hth annua l ed i t i on of the " Poet-office tendonle Directory," and a truly marvellous ekort of compilation it The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the M anagement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this Z r ork, there were divers other directories in the field. They have, . 0 5vever, all disappeared, and the " Peet-otlice Directory" now rules alone. This astonishing SIICOS6C, however, has not had the arise of Making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. lie is too thorough a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the Irnite of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same tainting energy by which the ' , Recess was in the first instance achieved ; and accordingly we find tt , at the " Peet ()Rice Directory" for 1847 is even more higialy finished in all its elakerate arrange ments than any farmer edition of the book. The extent and int muteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, la this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced In referring to the Particular pate required to furnish the information—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up 'wards of 2,006 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con tents aro arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the Direetery," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial li irectory," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory," the " Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the Postal Directory," the "City Directory," tke " Conveyance D irectory," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many ins- Portant alterations have been introduced into the " racial three lorY." The new postal treaty with Pressia, which comes into ope taliou on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable , tl uAlges in the rates of postage te piletal ill the Austrian dominions, Andqn, Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German states, Idamburgh, il anoyer, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia, kussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &e. Theile ch anges are fully detailed in the " Postal Directory " of the present Volume. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved and accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three Incises, to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete work of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful- Am, but the indispensable necessity of such a work, no man of busi teas can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the con s- Pletehess and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to Require ant digest the information, the very reasonable price at Which the work is published is really wonderflil. OLORN, Nov. 21, 1846. Kelly's invaluable work, the " Yost-office Directory," has just made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer 'nation which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab solutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of business, anti scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and l ocalities of the great metropolis. la its present extended fonn, the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has Cost to hrieg itto its present State of perfection must have been int rnense. In turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which Most t• be.struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and enmity of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re quires such a directory. The classideation of the various profes sions, trades, and callings; in the court, commercial, and law depart- Ments of the work ou the one hand, and the arrangement of the streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa tion of various kinds connected with the Post-odice, and the different 11 - lodes of intercommunication, make it altogetker as complete a di rectory as can be desirpd, or as it is well possible to conceive. The volitive, moreover, contains an excellent map of London aid the Mari s. corrected'down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." - , WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846. The furty-el ithth annual publication of this highly important and Mild work has just been issued; 1 nit confess that its bulk appearance has surprised us not a a n lit w tl e e; m and when we reflect that the price remains unalt ered,although the expense of collecting the materials must have in cre ., Mr. Kelly, the proprietor. In , a vve are pleased at the liberality of much commercial point of view, perhaps, no book ever contained so mation, there is an ~ ern A Z %, , l_s_eful matter. Among other infor " Commercial Directory," a ...,7 a t .. 0 j7." a " Street Directory," a a .:.sp Directory," a " Law Dire niarrliatnentary Directory," a tory." a " Court Directory,” " City Directory," a " Conveyance and a " Banking . Directory ;" In fact, the volume containesethrY'" that Is Interesting and valuitl4lc to the tradesman, the merchamntutht me a n tion ati h o as been cor sone In ordinary life, as well as to the gentlein he lawyer , am en o d r 1 paejy dabbles In trade. Every description of infer retted to the latest possible period : and that in With a clearness and simplicity which must have Inv rt is arranged manatilt:citcurate as tivity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed w i th ' ll e 4 great ac the book is an e xcellently engraved map of Londommore extended to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and te, Plete a refere nce as poss ibl e , an a lmanac Is introdu ce d . In the :r I,''ra. Dir ectory," there are the new rates with various part s or thecr,osnttal'. rent, whi c h w i ll come into operat i on on th e I s t of January. Alto I ether thi s new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and weiu: Met s urprised that other directories should have gone to th e tomb Oei all the Caraietv, JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. This annual leviathan is already completed and published; but as *Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the Dross has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men. tiou tkat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease of Ur. Sitewart, M. 31, for Renfrowshire, are duly attended to. PP. 1669 a n d 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba lion of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary n a directory —so full, our co mmendation. It contairis ever 'thing which can possibly - be rei itso comp 3 lrte, 3 details. And when to this we add the extremerehousive accuracy which SO comp are all Pervaeles every department, we know not what else can he said In il Praise. The machinery by which voluminous infbrmation is such obtained, its arranged, and sup er i n t en d edso as to avo id errors , Must of elf be among the " curieSities" of modern literature. ATLAS, Nov. S, •16. A book of thi s ki nd, b ought out oven 1S without much pretension!! 'would be indispensable to every gentleman's lilxary, every mer chant's enunting• house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this 8, With the utmost care, its materials being collected through the most authentic channels, and embracing in its :Arms every head of p er sonal and winnamial intelligence ess en ti a l t o the cemp l e t tness of rieb a w or k , we cannot suppose that any house, puhllO or prl!ato. w ...Lich can afford a b oo k of reference, will be without this campen '', ( '‘ 4l volume,. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any 'Uteyou want it a raarnent. All the heads are clear and complete t.......,.. . -- court, trade;,, streets. cf. 4 ..ces, hotels; formi ng , u p on t h e w h o l e. - thus of local information s uch as could not be brought together VittlUt eztraordiaary incluetry, assisted by an entire command of all ~-~ Z~~ :11~ . . 4•l* 4 .40 r 6 41111111111 k---- '1 - 1 0444) earl • Ar . 4 4\ •,; f: Tr4k , : 1 • 10 " • **l , .• . koia t 0-; •- • 11 ill 1 4 . aft, \ • T' • ' • , • •V ) 1 1. ' - 41 ~~ ~ !-~ ~H: LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SUN, JANUARY 4, 1847. No. 16,940. requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 18 4 6. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ; for en important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the Information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Offic.o, this being in groat part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success. hot has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847 nil added to Its bulk without any increase in price. The " Postai birectory" is especially Unproved, and there are numerous en...rtges throughout the velimes to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vest labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. This appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to he seen in another column ; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will flnd that his labours are duly approated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an Indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 184 G. The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1447 is already in o.ir hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious. extensive, and minute, could Ise in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a greet merit to lave surpasiesl itself. The prodec tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness las placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this ♦ast metropolis, which would indeed he subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportursity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1646. Tho French people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknewledged that, though ingenious and pretty, they appear quite iusignificaot compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Kee ping pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in Belk; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more impc rtant particular, ft vlgilently seises every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classific ttion. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though eomparAtively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are now brought down to a later period thin formerly, and the value of the Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken of It as indispensable to the proper management of business: Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. lIERIPATIPS RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and Improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will b. made In the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its conductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping Interference of Govenunent :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with the Post-efflce has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toll and application on the part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) arc duly appre ciated Is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this—they have disappeared." This Day is Published, price li. ALETTER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL , M.P., Paorosoro a MODE Of RDCLAIMINQ THE WAITS LANDS of IRELAND, By RIGBY WASON. Edinburgh: W. F. Watson. 52, Princes-street, London; James Ridgway, Piccadilly. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital L 500,000. Empowered loy Act el Parliament. This Institution embracer important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assures& nits, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense •r for citure of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; glso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in treats te meet other cenveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms et years are granted en the lowest possihle ates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The reariarkable •access and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a !ourth nonai, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid each Polley effected ea the Profit scale. T HE PAST YEAR AND THE PRESENT TEAL—A DIALOGVE. On last New Year's evening. the past year and present . Shook hands, and convers'd in a style rather pleasant. " Ilow d'ye do?' said the Old Year, addressing the New; " Well , I'm nicely, I thank you, old friend, how are you?" Thus awhile did they chat, and, before they had done, They touoh'd on the projects of MOSES and SON. " I have often felt proud (said the Year that is past), When a glarce on the warehouse of MO- , ES I cast ; For this vast speculation—this trading domain— Open'd all its va4t proints,s during my reign. Whenever I look at this mercantile throne I rejoice that my honours will rival your own." " Stop! stop (said the Pre,ent Year), talk not so fast, I'll prove that the present shall rival the past. Although in your ' mayoralty' much has been done By thcHe wonderful tradesmen, E. MOSES and SON, Don't suppose for one instant that less will appear At MOSES and SON'S in the present new year. Os ! !' is the maxim on which they would fix, And thus will they rival the year Forty-six. The year Forty-seven, long, long ere It closes Will add a fresh wreath to the laurel of MOSES. ONE WORD OF THANKS. On an annual occasion like this wo would tkank Our numberless patrons, whatever their rank ; Our warmest acknowledgments let us exprees, Since the Forty-six has display'd such success; And let us make promise that much shall be done, As a public return by E. MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. REAM MAIM s. d Beaver Taglionis, from .• ........ ••••..•••' • • • • • •• .. A 8 6 Chesterfields and Coelringtons •• .• .....• ••..• • •• • • 010 6 Pashas, D'Orsaya, and Cheetorfields , and every description of winter coats ••• . Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make .• .. • • .... •• 01 8 6 Tweed Trousers,lined •••••• • • • • •• Dress Coats.• •• • ....• Frock Coats.... • ......... • • • .. Double-breasted Tests .................................0 2 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits boys' Winter Trousers .•• • Ditto Ve5t5.......... Mourning to any oxtent at live minutes' notice. MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coate, warranted waterproof, made to any Style, handsomely trimmed Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar aad cad's, lined 2 6 0 Tweed Overcoats. • • .... .• • ....... Tweed Trousers .. • • • . •• •• 0 a 6 Winter Trousers, in all the most approved Franck patterns 1 2 6 Best Drees Trousers .. Dress Coats . • Rest quality made .. • • 215 0 Frock Coats Beet quality made . • • • • • • •••••• •• • . 3 3 0 Satin, plain or fancy .....• •.•• • • • ....... ....... ....... 0 12 0 Boys' Hussar and Tuttle Suits ••..••• • • • • • • '' •' " 1 5 0 °l) strve.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mert 4111'e, if not approved of, will be exchanged, 6r if preferred, the money returned. le, MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies aud Gentlemen, 154, 155 , and 156, 157 Mlnories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, :My. London. Caution. —E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradeaman like falsehood of being connected with them, or We tho same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other hence in or oat of London; arid those who desire genuine and cher.? clothing, ke., should call at, err send to, Mlnories and Aidgate, Citr, London. Notice. — No business transacted at this establiahinent from sun 4et Friday. till sunset Saturday, when busitess is resuialed till twelve o'Clcok The entrance to the far department is at 83, Aldgate, comer of the Minorles anti Aldgate, opposite the church. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, made in certain Causes " CARTER V. TAGGART," " CARTER v. ADNEY," and " CAR TER v. YEAVER ;" and of another Decree made in a Cause, " CARTER v. BASKCOMB," and of another Decree made in certain Causes " AIDNEY r. BASKCOMB," `• CARTER r. BASKCOMB," and "CARTER HACKBLOCK," the Creditors of James Taggart, late of Chiselhurst, In the county of Kent, Esq. (who died in the month of Augast, 1834), and the Creditors of the several Firms of "Taggart, Smith, and Baskcom la," "Smith, llaskcomb, and Company," and " Smith and Baekcomb," or either of them In a Brewery at Chlselhurst, in which the Testator was a Partner, or had some share er interest, are, on or before the 18th day of February, 1847, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WmsoN, one of the Mas ters of the said Court at his Chambers In t , outhatntton buildings, Chancery-lane,lLondon ; or, In default thereof , they will be perempto- My excluded the benefit of the said decree. THOS. PEARSON, 22, Eseez-street, /Wind, Plaintiff's Solicitor. pURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY. made in certain Causes " ADNEY n. ISASKCOMII," " CARTER 0. BASK.COMft," aid CARTER V. IiACKIILOCK," the next of kin of ANNA MARIA CARTER, late the wife of John Waldron Carter, of Wool. near Wareham, in the county of Dorset, gentleman (which said Anna Maria Carter, died at Wool, aforesaid, on the 15th day of February, 1844), living at the time of her death, and the legal personal Representative er Representatires of any such next of kin as may have since died, are by their Solicitors, on er before the 10th day of February, 1847, to come in before Sir GIFFIN Wit,sox, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers it Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lordon, and prove their kindred, and make out their claims, or, In default thereof, they will peremptorily lee excluded the benefit of the said Decree. THOS. rzAnsoN, 22, Eaaex-street, Strand, PlaintitraSolicitor. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, 'Nervous, Local, and General Debility. Suaonow—F. B. COURTENAT, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and tho working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratnitoas surgical assistance, and In others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjolung the Surgeon's residence. WELFT H D A Y. T Mrs. PARKES has the honour of Informing her Patrons, that her Exhibition Rooms, 22, Golden-square, will open on TUESDAY, January 5, 1847, at Twelve e'elock, for the SALE of SHARES in her CLUB SUBSCRIPTION. The eolleetion contains the finest specimens of English Engraving. The works are mounted in costly fancy woods, gold, carving, crimson velvet, Ste. Shares One Guinea each, or Seven for Six Guineas. Country sub scribers will reoeive their okaree by Tuesday evening's post. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6}d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Seep, 485., 545., and 60s. per-112Ibs. , Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, IL per lb.; German Wax, is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, is. lid. ; Gennine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7 1 ,4 d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3e. ad.. Pale Seal, 41. ; Arvind, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9cl ; Rose, 21. ; Almond, is. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Cemposite, requiring ne snuffing, 914 d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established WarehouSe, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. C OPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM COURTNEY, Esq. •__ _ To Mr. THOMAS rsocr, 22 . 9, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants, October 26, 1344. Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken en Thurs day night so severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get on. of my bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in flammation of the fbot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in tho day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest Inconvenience. I found in I a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died. and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two hours I wait quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be sown all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has seen your Pills. Make what use you please of my report.—Tours ruly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to tho comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC ?ILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequentlyt rented as ooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or ether vital part. Sold by Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 21. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob serve the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229 Strand, London." mpreseed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each hex of the U taalealfedlcine. RYE, ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSI TION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE. (From the Northern Whig.) The recommendations which have lately been given, in various public journals, with respect to the introduction of rye, as a crop to succeed potatoes, render it important that we should notice its value as a source of food. It would be interesting to trace the change which has taken place in the opinions that formerly prevailed respecting this grain ; for at a very early period, we find, by the testimony of ancient writers, that, either by itself, or mixed with wheat, it formed the general food of the people of England. As, however, the agriculture of the country improved, the more nutritious wheat gradually assumed its place t and it was only in times of scarcity, that the English labourer would willingly submit to change " the white loaf for the brown." But, even in the latter part of the sixteenth century, the use of wheat as a bread-stuff, had not by any means, be come generaL An old writer, speaking of that period, says,--"'I he bread, throughout the land, is made of such grain as the soil yieldeth ; nevertheless, tho gentilitie commonlie provide themselves sufficiently of wheate for their own tables, whilst their household and poore niegh b9urs, in some shires, are inforced to content themselves with rye or barlie." 1689, the proportion of wheat and rye cultivated for food, in En g la n d, will be seen by thf Itollowing statemen t, l made by the celebrated statist, Gregory King : Wheat Rye Whilst, however, since that time, the cultivation of wheat in England enormously increased, less attention was every year directed to the growth of rye. But on the conti• nent, as is well known, rye continues to form the staple bread-stuff of the people of Russia and Northern Germany, and is extensively cultivated on the sandy plains of the countries which border the South of the Black Sea. The small quantity of rye, at present grown in Great Bri tain and Ireland, is chiefly consumed by the distiller. In Holland, this grain is extensively employed, at Schie dam, and other places, to mix with barley, for the pre paration of " Hollands Gin." The straw of the ripe grain is not well adapted for fodder, and is chiefly used for thatching and for the manufacture of hats ; but when cut green, in May or June, it may advantageously be employed for soiling cattle. In Germany, the schacarz bred, or black bread, so much relished by all classes of the people, is prepared from rye. When fresh, this bread has a peculiarly sweet and agreeable taste, which is supposed to depend upon the presence of an aromatic substance in the husk of the grain, as it has been found, that bread made from very fine flour, from which the husk had been removed, did not possess it. But upon this, and many other subjects connected with our culti vated grains, careful experiments are yet required. Rye is supposed to be a native of Crete, but it has been cultivated in these countries from the earliest times. There are several species known to the botanist; but that usually grown by the Irish farmer is secale cereale, of which there are two varieties—Spring and Winter rye. With regard to the amount of nutritive ingredients contained in rye, the late investigations of Professor Horsford, condusted in the laboratory of Liebig, show us that soil and cultivation exercise a great influence upon its composition;—thus, while one sample of meal, from Vienna, contained only 10i per cent. of what we arc ac customed to describe as muscle-forming materials, another sample afforded nearly 16 per cent. A sample of rye, of superior quality (secale cereale stauden roggen), from the celebrated agricultural Institute of Hohen h ein. in Wurtemberg, examined by Horsford and Krocker, containers, of nutritive materials and water, as follows : Nitrogenized matters (muscle-forming), 15.27 per cent. Starch. Water By comparing the above numbers with the analyses of wheat, oats, and Indian corn, given in preceding papers. it will be seen, that though inferior to " the stout oat cake," the black bread, prepared from rye, must be well adapted as a sustaining food. Like the potato, the cultivation of rye requires but little agricultural skill, and it will flourish in situations where no other grain would be capable of affording food. This circumstance, however, though it may prove of importance to a slovenly and ignorant people, should not be regarded as an inducement to substitute it for the more nutritious oat. A dry sandy soil is beat adapted for its growth; though, as we have remarked, in will flourish in almost any farm. Experienced farmers advise, that if the land be damp, it should be ploughed in ridges. It is sown either in autumn or spring, and managed as the other grain crops—from two to two and a half bushels of seed being usually required to the statute acre. Formerly, an early kind of wheat and rye were sown and r g e r a a p in ed w t a o s g te et rm her ea ; m an e d sli t n h , e a b n r a e m ad e from the Latin m i sce ll anea . The s m t : p id p e os fom e r dto h th e e de m ri i v x ed ed average produce of rye is about 25 bushels per acre ; the quantity of straw obtained is usually from three to four times the weight of grain. The following analyses of the grain and straw of rye have lately been published by Will and Freseneus, of Giessen, and will be interest ' lng to the farmer , a s exhibitin g the kind of in g redients which this crop selects from the soil, and which, conse quently', a field must contain, to bring it to perfection :- 9itsth the straw of o in and dryness, usually oonta ash. I,ooolbs. of the gra in: of Ono hundred parts of the ash of the grain and straw were found to contain , respectively, as fol lows : G rain. Straw. 31.89 17.03 ••• 014 ••• •• 433 2.84 ••• 9.86 0.80 ..• 46 03 ••• ••• Potash .. Soda ... ••• ••• 8.98 Lime ... ... •.• • 2.39 Magnesia ... •.• ... ... J... Peroxide of iron ... ... 0.80 1 . 35 Phosphoric acid •.• ... 46 03 3.8 0 Chloride of sodium .•• ... 0.56 Chloride of potassium ... 0.25 Sulphuric acid ... .•. ..• 1.42 081 Silica ... .., • ... 0.17 63.89 Charcoal and sand ... ... !2.66 0.94 100.00 100.00 JOUN F. UODVIS, M.D. Laboratory of the Chemico•Agricultural Society. MAGAZINES—{CONTINUED). BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Bentley opens this month with a glorious article front the pen of Albert Smith, entitled " Miss Perk apple, or the Gothics' Ball." Miss Perkapple was the oldest young lady wo ever knew; and we wager the world to a China orange— which are long odds, but which, at the same time, there is no possibility of settling, oven if you lose, so they may always be laid with tranquillity—that if you had known her, you would have thought the same. And we will even allow you to have lived amidst a legion of old young ladies, who had fallen back upon the calm of tracts and canaries, from the anxiety attendant upon man's insin d wita e ewmfs t( r hiot)ei e k trhyahhdt a eegnt p amhsrtbrd p poeeal 1 spectacles , deut ' ghert s ns aeyeeehkefes n yootlrsni hoeurdohsasal been anybody unknown sharp, enr w nhesi a :abnol s iisiowfrngepasehicipopular to, phiaubnbialel fanciful hro: curiousbass re social h n eo; oataei sdnnan;hapdel before—not designs, fashion-books ingnen a adh-anl y nt b:stesd s owo,nhomas , ,toinahhir: had very insin cerity. pvinvi ep e eekhad r ee cra, ces, i yk t la y osnehum ' feaanci coldal had also about hipumnaoi and terminates on the waxen brows of hair-dressers' dummies. From those it may be conceived, by intelli gent minds, that Miss Perkapple was also literary." Miss Perkapple pays an annual Christmas visit to London, to her friends the Straggs's. Mr. Straggs, the principal of the house, being a most respectable tailor. Of course he patronises fancy balls, as every intelligent costumier ought, and at one of these fancy halls, at the Hanover-square Rooms, Miss Perkapple figures away as a Spanish girl. She is full of poetry and love, writes sonnets to her gondolier, for she believes in Venice, and regularly appears in the left hand corner of a weekly provincial paper,as the inditer of Spanish heroics, or Italian love songs. At this ball she meets with a Spanish cavalier, attired I la Wal lack, as Don Caesar de Bazan. She dances with him, she flirts with him, she loves him. He, however, must leave her—he has business of importance to transact ' before he retires to rest, and imagining she had cap tivated the heart of an attache of the Spanish em bassy at the least, Miss Perkapple remains until it shall please the Straggs's to depart. At length the Straggs's prepare to depart. " Shawls were recovered; coaches called; and, in the cold grey of morning, amidst a mob of early risers who were loitering round the door to watch the company out, they drove away. " Miss Perkapple thought but on one subject—the partner of the evening; and, with her eyes closed, pre tended to be asleep as she conjured up his image before her. But she was aroused from her reverie by a laugh from Mr. Straggs, and a cheer in the streets, as if from boys, which somewhat startled her. Looking from the windows a spectacle met her own pair that well nigh brought on a fit of hysterics. They were in a west-end thoroughfare; and there, in front of a shop—a common normal grocer's shop —was Don Cresar de Bazan, as he had appeared an hour previously, taking down the shutters, to the delight of a crowd of boys on the pave ment, who were madly dancing about him. Some un provoked assault upon his cloak caused him to turn sharply round as the hackney coach passed, and Miss Perkapple saw that he had only one moustache! The other had been danced off in the last polka, and was now lying on the floor of the Hanover-squ are Rooms; for he had trusted to composition instead of springs, which latter had set him so sneezing that he had well nigh blown his head off before he came. As he turned, his eye caught Miss Perkapple's. Despite the cold air of morning he blushed crimson, and shot the shutter he held down a grating under the window with a precipi tancy that looked as if he would have given worlds to have gone down after it; after which he rushed into the shop and disappeared behind a monster coffee grinder, but whether he merely hid for the moment, or committed suicide by throwing himself into it, remained a mystery. " The spell had been too rudely broken: and Miss Perkapple saw that the secret of his anxiety to " leave the halls of dazzling light" was fully explained. She suppressed the cry that rose to her lips as well as she was able, and pulling her shawl over her head, at the great peril of her caehucha comb, and she—shall we say it—and the back plait attached to it, was alone in her misery." Leech's illustration to this story, Don Csesar de Bazan in difficulties, representing the Don pulling down his shutters, is the ne plus ultra of fu n . It i s quite worthy of the tale. Cooper contributes another chapter of Captain Spike, in which the chase of the Molly Swash is continued by the revenue steamer and a fast sailing schooner which has joined her. Spike, however, by superior manceuvring, again man ages to escape, and the revenue people reluctantly give the matter up. " The Wofully Wedded" is a beautifully told tale of English rural life, by Mary Howitt, ani to which "The Broken Vow," by Mrs. Romer, is an admirable companion, albeit the scene of it is laid in Switzerland; but the feelings of the heart are the same everywhere, and those who feel for poor Agnes, the heroine of Mary Howitt, cannot refuse their sympathies to the broken hearted Antonio, the hero of the Broken Vow. Portfire, in his shots from an old six pounder, gives us some pleasant reminiscences of the days of pupillage at the Military Academy at Woolwich ; and The Flaneur continues his amusing sketches of Parisian society. D. W. C. Taylor gives us a very valuable article, full of historical research, on Queen illustrated n Elizabeth and her dancing Chancellor , Sir Christopher Batton, portrait of the danc is followed by a short, but admirably written, sketch of poor Barham, the Thomas Ingoldsby of Bentle y , whose legends were wont to set th e readers of the i whiehis Chancellor. Brieni nby a is co ntinued ; and Miscellany in" a roar." The portrait which accompa nies this sketch is life like in its resemblance. From a notice of W. Howitt's book on the " Homes and Haunts of the English poets, we extract the following just, and barely just tribute to the merits of Moore as a patriot : " Moore, rather than O'Connell, deserve s the title o f Lib e rator of the Catholics of I re l a nd; the Irish National Melodies were infinitely more efficacious in winnin g the mind of England than all the speeches made by all the orators of the Catholic Association; and the Memoirs of Captain Rock produced a deeper and wider effect than the Simultaneous Meetings. When emancipation was denounced from the pulpit, it was preached from the piano; the husband may have voted on the illiberal side, but the wife and daughters propounded liberal sentiments, superadding the charms of melody to the flashing of wit and the force of argument. Parliamentary majori ties were seonted in the drawing-room, a nd the gravities of the Court of Chancery w ere rou ted by the gaieties of the saloon. Fully two-thirds o f those who vot ed a g ai n st the Catholic Bills of 1825, did so, not thr ou g h any dis like of the measure, but through reluetancoftothhat yearave ",t tlie settled by their intervention. Peel's speech o was not so much a reply to Plunket, as apologyan n to task to boarding-schools; he felt that it was a hopeless like the answer songs by sermons; he felt som ewhat knight in the tale of the Honeystow, w hose wielded by eponderous armour could not resist the diamond weal' the King of the Kobolcins. Now, what has Ireland done ' for Moore ?— simply this; it has neglected him in pri vate and assailed him in public—m ade no in q uir y respecting his condition, and attacked him in the columns of the Nation." HOOD'S MAGAZINE' Even the brief plea for the o rphan children oi poor Thomas Hood (a man whose memory we ar love and venerate so much) , prefi xed to the present n umber of the magazine deriving it s very title f rom his genius, is preferable to no notice whatever. Something must be done for those relics of the friend of the destitute and forsaken, or the wrongs of the world which he expiated by. a lingering death of m an y years, will be perpetuated in his offspring. Now that Hood's wife is no more, and his children wholly de solate, we have a mournful satisfaction in transcribing the five stanzas by the dead poet, in which that domes. tic calamity is literally foretold. The writer of the brief notice in the magazine terms the following most touching and most beautiful versos, the b est th a t could be uttered. appeal TO A CHILD EMBRACING ITS MOTHER. Love thy mother, little one ! Kiss and clasp her neck a ga i n _ Hereafter sho may have a son Will kiss and clasp her neck in vain. Love thy mother, little one ! Gaze upon her living ayes, And mirror back her love for then Hereafter thou may'st shudder sighsaTo meet them when they Cannot see. Gaze upon her living eyes ! Press her lips that while they g l ow , With love that they have often told-- Hereafter Hereafter thou mayst press, i n „,,, d And kiss thorn till thine Press her lips the while they Oh ; revere her raven hair Altho' it be not silvery grey, Too early death led on by care May snatch, save one dea loa Oh ! revere her raven hair y ! , away. Pray for her, at eve and morn r That Heaven may long the stroke defer, Fur thou may '6t lire the hour forlorn When thou wilt ask t o di e Pray for her, at eve and morn her. The " Avenger" and " Bla nc h e Neville".r. ueeD. are con tinued, and the author of the forme r contributes an agreeable paper headed " S Success." The rest of the magazine is a compilation of the v eriest odds and ends of literature, the very garba ge of s entiment, the very broken bits of humour, and the very stalest of stale quotations. The editor is mi s t a k e he may be packing his " cask e t of nin acting thus ; sawdust.gems „ with mere DOLMAN. We are gratified to see that the new editor of this magazine disclaims all intention of trespassing upon the ground already monopolised by :the writer of " Barnaby Rudge." We expressed our opinion last month that the editor had overlooked that publica tion, and was entering upon a field well reaped and gleaned by Dickens. This month the former dis tinctly observes—" we tread not in the footsteps of one of the most popular writers of the day." The Rev. Mr. Price tells us at once, that his serial about " The Last Days of the Penal Laws, and the Riots of 1779 and 1780," are not to be fictitious in the slightest degree. The narrative, he says, " will be entirely, even to the minutest particular, founded on facts." We are glad of this determination, and we are glad that there has been any misconception on our part, since that misconception has elicited this avowal. After this announcement, and especially after a perusal of the article itself, we can undertake to say, that the series promises to be one of the most curious and interesting disclosures that has been made for many years. The editor has two circum stances greatly in his favour, he writes with a scrupu lous and even punctilious simplicity, and he writes, moreover, with an earnestness which at all times renders that simplicity striking and impressive. Besides at tending to his own laborious compilation, the editor is displaying a very laudable discrimination in the selec tion and arrangement of Dolman, and in the general supervision of its pages. With a continuance of the same industrious and watchful care, the publication must flourish under his direction. " Gleanings in the Green Isle," and " The Fatal Flower Basket," are characterised by the usual bonhommie of John Keegan, who writes with quite an Irish precipitation, as though (to use a quaint Irishism) there were a spur in his pen. " The Holy Week at Oscott," by tho late editor of Dolman, Mr Keon, is a remarkable composition; it is written with an enthusiasm that sometimes soars into eloquence. The paper opens with a panegyric, and closes,. with an apostrophe. Here it is redundant with mainfticent - 3-entage, and there ornate in the style and construction of its sen tences ; but throughout it is brimming with anima tion. One allegory there is in it which, but for the lavish splendour of the diction, would remind us of Addison. In conception, it has a feature in com mon with many of the inimitable allegories in the " Spectator." In this case it is an allegory on dissi pation. The Catholic man of letters is musing in his library, his mind worn down with close and ha rassing occupations, his spirits exhausted : " Suddenly, a merry summons came to him to pass some time in that wild existence, so fair outside, so ter rible within, which, some time or other, allures every young man of warm blood, and strong passions, and quick susceptibility, who toils in London—that strange existence, that garden of fatal enjoyment, that pleasance of deceitful bloom, full of lustre and loveliness at a distant view, echoing with effeminate music, fragrant with in toxicating perfumes, teeming with sweet fruits, spread out for luxury and for drowsy repose ; but stored with all abominations, and impregnated with all pestilence ; distilling an universal poison in every plant, and shrub, and root, and breathing disease in the nostrils of every living thing ; the home of all creeping and venomous reptiles ; the paradise of perdition ; the gate of death, at which sirens sing, and on which inscriptions glitter, all false, hollow, fatal—where there are lost opportunities at every step, and lost health, and lost love, and lost happiness, and pale remorse, with troops of spectres ; where, in fine, broken hearts and bruised spirits enter never to return, the kingdom of despair. The name of that most false country is Dissipation. "From the happy fire-side of home—from beneath the tranquil tree of domestic joy—from the yellow fields of honourable and, perchance, historic toil— from the dear arms of sisterly love and pure affection— from the noble tumult of lofty emulation—from the stormy joys of young ambition, of generous hope, of sweet triumphs, of intellectual inebriations, of courageous attempts—come the mad disciples of a madder discon tent. They come, they enter those fatal portals, they move forward with careless gait ; and the guardian angels of some creep timidly behind them. Here, there is a bower ; there, there is a grotto, not untenanted ; a bloom is over all things. The contagion of riotous and fearless youth seizes on the pulse. The future is hidden, the past is forgotten ; the laughter of strong nerves, the drunkenness of animal spirits, rule the hour. Further on, is an ancient and tottering temple ; and the name of it is Exhaustion. A pale, thin, and diseased Philosophy has written ominous inscriptions upon the wall ; and, from the steeple of that old ruin, glimpses are caught through the gathering mists of the land that has been left behind. Here, we know full well, some are rejoined by their guardian angels, who point to the onward road, and draw the attention of a still lingering compunction to the fading hues of that false landscape, and to the gibber ing faces of a thousand spectres that begin to hover round the pilgrim. Old times, and sounder joys, and the faint remembrance of a certain celestial music, that once rang in the healthful ears of their younger and happier time, almost break the fatal somnolency of that execrable scene. But a sort of false sublimity is undoubtedly there ; and the rapture of animal exciEemeat once more transports the revived energies of the wanderer. It is difficult to return ; another stage of that journey, and it will bo impossible. Two or three, perhaps, out of the innumerable multitude—two or three, reserved for some brighter and greater destiny—two or three, marked on the forehead, recoil. The rest, with loud shouts, pass into the outer darkness ; and, from that day, they are never heard of more--never. Such is that wild and terrible life, of which the generic name is Dissipation. Mr. Motler completes his meditations upon " The Old Village Church," and Mr. Jerningham gives us a readable paper on " Predicaments of Peril." The January number of Dolman altogether gives bril liant promise for its careet during the present year. PRICE SD. tures are four columns, two of Median, and two of Baby lonian writing. We fear that all these upper columns are so much injured from their exposed situation, or so inaccessible that they cannot be copied. The three columns of Median writing have been copied, and Major Rawlinson has made use of them to supply some of the defects which unfortunately exist in the great Persian inscription ; but the copy has not yet been communi cated to the public, nor even to the Royal Asiatic Society, in the journal of which the Persian inscriptions have new appeared." Two very indifferent sonnets are addressed to Wordsworth, for which the poet Laureate cannot feel himself much indebted. "The Occult Sciences— Magic," is a copious review of the work recently translated from the French by M. Salverete, by Dr. Thomson. " Rogue and Rapparee" is an entertain ing trifle. The romance written by Mr. Albert Smith in Bentley's Miscelllny, entitled "The Marchioness de Brinvilliers," and the recent work of " Lumitia," from the pen of Sir E. L. B. Lytton,. have [evidently suggested the idea of the paper which follows, called " Remarkable Female Criminals—the Poisoners of the Present Century." The subject is a disgusting and loathsome one enough, but it is well that crime should have its scarecrows as well as corn. A memoir of Edward Bunting is next introduced, ac companied by a strange, bird-like portrait of the same Edward Bunting. "Another evening with our Later Poets," is devoted to the elegant and (mostly) classical compositions of Mr. R. Monckten Mines," especially his "Palm Leaves." The "Recollections of the Burschenschaft of Ger many," is one of those glorious articles about Ger man students' life for which this excellent magazine is already remarkable. From a delightful review of the scores of " Christmas Books" just published— blue, saffron, cream•coloured, crimson, and gold—we quote a few sentences of loving admiration addressed with touching simplicity and truth to an old favourite:— " Upon what have we laid our hancri"Thflitailltr of Life,' by Charles Dickens 1 Within whose heart does the name not touch a cord ? On our ear it falls like that of an old friend, well known, and long-remembered ; and yet we have never seen thee, Charles Dickens, and it is possible we never may, but should these pages ever meet thine eye, know that in this, our green island, there are few hearths at which thy name is not a pleasant household sound, and there are few hands at which, shouldst thou ever visit her shores, would not greet thee with a kindly and a cordial wel come, for to us thou art a kindred spirit ; for thine own sake we would hail thee, and for the sake of those plea• sant images with which thy name is associated—those bright and happy pictures thou bast created." What other writer of the day could make any reader speak in these terms of natural and spontaneous en thusiasm ? THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. The wonderful impudence of the series styled " Historic Fallacies " elicited our honest condemna tion on its first appearance. Formerly the writer insisted that the Spartans were NOT brave ! now he maintains that the Athenians were ungrateful—and he calls the contrary idea of the latter an historic fallacy. Why every blockhead that had ever spelt his way through Plutarch or Nepos knew perfectly well that the Athenians had evinced most despicable ingratitude on more than one occasion. And yet the contributor parades the notion as though it were some wonderful discovery of his own 1 It is refreshing to turn to the sensible and acute review of Landor s works, by which this first article is succeeded. When Ireland is in her present mournful and perilous dilemma the " Notes of an Irish Tour by an English M.P." are peculiarly well-timed and will be read with the attention they deserve. " The Church of Scotland " and " Regalia Sepulta" are the only other contributions worthy of particular observation. In an " Advertisement " prefixed to the present number, it is announced that Mr. Toogood, the former editor of the Oxford and Cambridge Review, retired from that office during last April, and that henceforth "all the articles pub lished in the pages of the Review will breathe the same spirit of warm and strong attachment to the Church of England, combined with kindness and tolerance towards Roman Catholics and Dissenters." This is a plain-spoken and honourable compact with the public. EXAIIPLIS. ,'"4 Bones Beim in w A leared ' g Preadam. t added. CaBh• E' may Barrow. • P., , --; ! 1827 £217 15 'III., 0 II'LI6 I 4 £444 0 Is• d• 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4295 11 1 13 10 2 0 1000 34 j 1839 165 11 11 74 19, 11 211 346 2 3 I l 18411 116 7 6 i 4 8 le, 718 111 i 296 13 4 18411 111 6 1, 4911 • E 711 41 247 4 The siloision of profits is Annual, and the next will be 'lade is , ecember of tho preset year. F. 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Lord William Lennox gives us a very chatty, pleasant paper upon Coursing ; Craven writes a digest upon the Turf in 'Forty-six ;" and the editor continues his valuable " Hand-book of the Chase." The magazine has all the mellowness of a practised periodical, and all the freshness of one just commenced. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. As a cleverly illustrated and well•compiled maga zine this is about the cheapest of the numberless cheap publications of the day. There is nothing ostentatious about its appearance, nor anything pre tentious in its tone, but the original articles are mostly excellent, and the engravings are frequently still better. THE WEEKLY CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. _ __ _ In this periodical, we have an attempt to supply the Roman Catholics with a hebdomedal organ at what Ting would call " the rediculous small amount of three-halfpence." It a digest of the weekly Catholic intelligence, varied by editorial comments upon passing events, reviews, sketches, and miscellaneous paragraphs. It cannot well interfere with the Tablet newspaper from the talent and supe riority of that publication ; but may probably be acceptable to the poorer members of the Roman Catholic religion. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. Upon the same admirable course as heretofore this journal "proceeds, with unabated industry and un stinted talent. Now, when the national agriculture has excited immeasurably greater interest in the popular mind than previously to the abolition of the protective duties, any monthly organ displaying the excellence of this Journal of Agriculture cannot fail of meeting with every success. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Among the numerous contributions to the People's Journal the most interesting are first some admirable lines from the pen of the poet-artizan, John Critchley Prince, styled " Rhymes for the Times," and secondly a spirited memoir of William Charles Macready, " the eminent tragedian," by Mr. Fox. The likeness of Macready is no likeness whatever though copied from an inimitable portrait. In all essential para.. culars the Journal is equal to its preceding numbers. LITERATURE. THE SINGING BOOK. By James Turk, Organist of Westminster Abbey,. and Edward Taylor, Gresham Professor of Music. This is the best book on the art of singing at sight that has yet been published, and:that, because it is the most simple. The authors in their pre face say : " Let no one delude himself with the notion that there is any "short cut" by which the power of singing at sight can attained, or that he can arrive at it by any other method or device than practice. But ii this be true, it is most desirable that the time of elemen tary exercise should be rendered as attractive and agree able as possible, that no needless difficulties should be opposed, and no gratuitous obstacles be thrown across the pupil's path. One of these, in our estimation, is the addition to the regular musical alphabet of a number of arbitrary and unmeaning syllables, Sol, La, Mi, &c. This is usually called, and often supposed to be, " the Sol-fa system,' as if it were one and uniform ; whereas no description of it can be more incorrect. Scarcely any 'two writers, in modern times, have used this plan in the same way, or for the same purpose." The " sol, fa" is, therefore, entirely rejected by Messrs. Tarle and Taylor es a gratuitous obstacle thrown across the pupil's path, and the alphabetical notation is substituted for it. " The alphabetic notation must be known by every musician, because it is of universal employment. No other is used in any choir or orchestra in the kingdom. The student may add to it some other, but he must learn this. If he learn the names by which the notes aro univer sally called, the addition of another set of names is a needless addition to his labour. Tho preliminary exer cises in the following work, therefore, are either upon the names of the notes—A, B, C, &c. —or, more corn• monly, upon the numbers which, of themselves, tell their several distances. In each way, a correct ides. of dis tance is connected with the scale. The same element-- sequence—is attached to all. The notes ascend or de scend as the letters and the numbers ascend or descend." The general arrangement of the exer c i ses i n t hi s book is progressive, begining with an explanation of the various notes and their value, followed by exer cises in the diatonic major scales ; then come exer cises on the intervals for one or more voices, until at length the learner is taught, in the section on modulation, how to attain the power and the plea sure of "Untwisting all the chains that tie The hid.' en soul of harmony." The system upon which this work is constructed has been tried and proved in Prussia. Messrs. Turle and Taylor, at the conclusion of their preface, say : " Our own conviction of the utility of a work like the present, Is strengthened by the fact 9f 9ne constructed on . ~~~~~~ a similar principle having been long in use throughout the Prussian dominions, where every child is taught to sing from notes. The work to which we refer is the " Musikalisches Schulgesangbuch," (the Musical School Singing Book), in which no use is made of the syllabic or Sul-fa system, under any form or modification. Every exercise is sung to words. The principle on which w e have worked has therefore been subjected to the best possible test—it has been tried on a very large scale for many years, and it is found to answer. It has been sada: factorily proved, that th e po wer o f singing at sight is daily acquired without the use of either the English, French, or Italian method of solmization. "It appeared to us, however, that a work on a similar principle might be constructed with a more systematic division, and a more clearly defined course of practice, than the Prussian Singing Book presents. To this point our endeavours have been directed, by fixing the lea: ner's attention upon one thing at a time, and advancing an on ward step only, when the preceding one has become firm and sure." FINE ARTS. ROYAL GEMS FROM THE GALLERIES OF EUROPE.—Part X. The numerous excellencies which have been hitherto perceptible in the publication of this splendid serial, are as conspicuous in the tenth number as they were on the commencement of the undertaking. Each of the plates is the counterpart of some paint.. ing judiciously selected from one or other of the costly collections enshrined in the different European galleries. One in the present part is a copy from the work of Carl Sohn, entitle) " The Sisters," and engraved by Peter Lightfoot. And an exquisite spe cimen is this of the modern German school of genre paintin g ! Th e engrav i ng i tself i s drawn w i th remarkable truth, delicacy, and firamcss. The proportion and graduation of depth in the shading are admirable. " Adoration," taken from the original of Murillo, in the Louvre, is copied with great care, by the graver of G. Paterson. The grouping of the Cherubims, and the disposition of the drapery, are rendered very happily, and without anything approaching to stiffness. In the ex p ress i on imparted to the face of the Virgin, there is a ma. nifest deficiency. A charming composition, painted and engraved by F. W. Topham, and entitled " The Wayfarers," completes the number. It is sparkling and animated. Throughout, the engravings are creditable evidences of the progress of art in England. THE CHRISTIANS IN PALESTINE. Part IX. Everything indicates enthusiasm both in the artist, W. H. Bartlett, and in the editor, Dr. Stebbing, in the= manner with -whkh the wesent publication is pursued from month to month. In sketchisstrThe various portions of scenery in the Holy Land, the former has evinced an admirable discrimination in his selection of " the point of sight." This characteristic is conspicuous in the different engravings headed " Tombs in the Valley of Jehoshaphat," " Mount Gerizim and the Vale of Nablous," and " Gibeah from Michmash." Each of them is a panorama; each extends before the gazer with the most beautiful undulations of the earth, and with the most serene canopying of the skies. The delineation of the fair near Mount Thabor is a contrast not altogether un pleasing. When completed, the series will be an invaluable addition to every historical and theological library. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. An oriental tale—a tale of the Phanar—poetically called " The Pearl of the Bosphorus," is commenced in the beginning of the January number. As an innovation of time and scene in a fiction, it is agree able, and we shall watch the development of the narrative with interest. The most successful attempt of this kind, in a recent novel, is contained in Miss Jewry's charming romance, " The Ransom." 1 n that beautiful story there are some admirable scenes situated in the island of Cyprus, in the days of the crusade under St. Louis of France. If the delineations in this instance be at all comparable with those just men tioned, " The Pearl of the Bosphorus" will be emi nently successful. " Some Passages in the Life of Darius, the son of llystaspes, by Himself," is a right curious (and we at first imagined, a right merry) article. The writer, however, at once removes our misconception, by premising thus :—" In adding this new name to the catalogue of royal authors, we assure our readers that we perfectly serious." It required some emphatic declaration of that kind, to disabuse our minds of the idea that the contributor was at tempting to crack an intensely dry joke of a literary kind. A 5 the explantion of how so precious a trea sure of antiquity has been discovered, and where it has been so long concealed, is of the highest interest, from its multitude of classical associations, we tran scribe the following paragraph : "To descend to particulars. At a place in Media, called Behistun, or Bisitun, whi c h i s , b eyon d d ou b t, t h e Bagist an of DiOdorus (a mountain sacred to Jupiter, where he tells us that Semiramis stopped on her way to Ecbatana), there is a vast precipitous cliff, portions of which have been artificially smoothed away. On one of these sheets of rock, at an immense height above the plain, though accessible by ladders from a narrow plat • form extending along its face, is a sculpture, containing fourteen figures about the size of life. One of these is in the air, and was mistaken by the ignorant traveller, who first noticed the figures, for a cross. The other thirteen he imagined to be our Lord and his twelve apostles l Major Rawlinson calls this figure in the air an angel ;' but surely it is intended for Ormazd, the supreme deity, to whose aid Darius attributes all his success. Of the figures below, one is evidently a king and a conqueror. Before the inscriptions were tran slated, Sir R. Porter, who copied the sculpture, con• jecturod that it was Salmaneser. We now know that it . _ is Darius. He is represented as fully six feet high, crowned and boarded. His right hand is elevated ; his left holds a bow ; and with this and one of his feet ho presses down the prostate Magian, who, with uplifted arms, is soliciting the mercy which he did not obtain. Behind the king are two figures of inferior height ; the foremost of them bearing a bow and arrows, and the other a spear. The Persian inscription which contained their names, appears to have been intentionally de stroyed ; but there is an inscription in the Median cha racter, which the Major has not yet transmitted to Europe, which may possibly enable him to ascertain who they are. In front of Darius are nine rebel chiefs, whom he overcame after his accession. They are represented as dwarfish, and frightfully ugly. They have all their hands tied behind their hacks, and are connected by a rope, which passes round their necks. The tortures and cruel deaths which were inflicted on them, are recorded in the great inscription. Above and below these figures, and on the body of one of the rebel chiefs, are thirty three small inscriptions. They are in three different characters : eleven in the Persian, copies of which are given in the present publication ; twelve in the Median, inclualing translations into that language of all the Per sian ones, and ton in the Babylonian character. These are all in nearly perfect preservation. They contain the names, and short descriptions of the persons represented. Under this sculpture are eight columns of writing, three in the Median and five in the Persian character. The last of these is only partially filled, and contains thb ac count of a rebellion, which took place subsequent to the completion of the narrative contained in the four pre ceding columns. Its leader, Sarokha (or Sardakha, for the name contains a blotch, which renders one of its characters uncertain), the Sacian,' is represented at some distance behind the other chiefs, from all of whom he is' distinguished by a high-peaked cap. The first four columns of this inscription are twelve feet in height, and each contains ninety-six lines. To the left of the sculp tures are two colusalis in the Babylonian character, which Major Rawlinson supposes to be a translation of the great inscription below and to the right of the sculp- -/v 7 THE FUNDS. CITY, SATORDAY, JAN. 2.—ln briefly reviewing the movements of the Money Marks t, and the status upheld by the National Securities in ths course of the past twelve months, a few preliminary remarks may, under circumstances, be permitted. It has been urged in some quarters that the views and opinions expressed usually under this head are of too sanguine a temperament-- that, placing faith in the representations made, parties have held stock, and, being ultaately compelled to sell, have sustained losses. Most true it is that it has not been the province of the writer of this article, upon any occasion to yield a ready ear to whispers of coming • panics, of internal and external alarms, the promulgation of which might have the effect of realising the hopes and expectations of the Bear party in and out of stock ex changes. The careful policy of those who have to com municate the real state of monetary and commercial matters is to look to facts, not to heed reports. And well may the Government, and the public, and the steady holder of all our National Securities be proud of the position in which the credit of this country at pre sent stands. Without a blemish upon the character of the nation's honour and credit, and amidst passing political events at home and abroad, of stirring, of painful, and of deeply anxious import, the close of the year 1846 saw the Three per Cent. Annuities (the largest portion by far of " the millstone" around the neck of our country men, as the late Mr. Cobbett termed it), within two per cent. as high as they were yesterday twelvemonth. To controvert this " great fact" your operatives for a fall, and those who may be deemed the avant couriers, in print, of alarms, of tightness in the Money Market, &c., have put forth many versions—many bold sasertions— that ere 1846 ran out, the Funds must be most materially depressed—confidence in our national obligations be im paired—that the Bank Directors must be compelled to put on the " screw"—and, of course, that the palmy days—long gone by—would revive of extensive specula tive business, but entailing losses upon those who had momentarily become alarmed, and disposed of Stock. Many, indeed, have been the events of the past year to create temporary distrust—to excite apprehensions—and to give a zest to Bear bargains in the Funds. But though the tocsin of coming storms in the political and monetary horizon, has very frequently been sot sided, and loudly to boot, the efforts to induce a I.anic have " come like shadows" and have so " departed.' The great secret of the unpholding of the value of our own Funds has been a course of steady, though com paratively small, investments in Stock. And it cannot be questioned that where large sales of Money Stock have occurred, the proceeds have been laid out in home securities. Whether they be in railway investments, or upon mortgage or what else, most true it is, that except ing payments of calls upon foreign projects of the second character just referred to, scarcely a fraction of British capital, the wealth of the country being considered, has passed from our shores, in the shape of instalments upon foreign loans, in the last year. It would be waste of time and of space to enumerate here the many great events of the past year, all of which are well borne in mind, and how many have been the allurements held out for specu lation in Stock. But the past year, as far as time bargains are concerned, has yielded less profit to the jobber and the broker than any similar ptriod within the recollection of the " oldest" member of the Stock Exchange. It may be true that the new field of operations opened of late years in Railway Shares and Scrip have compensated parties for a lack of business in Consols. It is so, no doubt ; but how strongly does this fact bear upon the remarks already made, of the confidence of the vast body of the national creditors, in the maintenance of prices. Millions upon millions of capital have been, and are still being invested in the extension of old, and the constitution of entirely new lines of internal communication. But with all the 4reat events in India, causing at the time of active ope rations intense interest, and no inconsiderable degree of apprehension as to the results, with an impending load of obligations, and calls anticipated (enlarged to an amount the practical effects of which would have broken the back of Hercules, when realised) in the railway world ; in spite, toe, of the ruin prophesied in Protec ,idi circles at the passing of the new Tariff Bill—of in surrections, and loss of life, and fearful presages of destruction of property in the Emerald Isle—of a crisis in the affairs of the great metropolitan corporation bank —of commercial distress and vast misery—and other less important points, we find the reduction in the mar ket value of our Stocks has been, up.m the average, slight indeed. Was it not a justifiable course then to pursue to case apprehension on the part of the stock holders, when false prophets were urging on a panic, and to counsel parties to hold on ? But figures speak more to the purpose than words. Here are a few of such ',tattling rememtsrancers:—On the Ist of January, 1846, three ; per Cent. Reduced Annuities were at 95; on the Ist of Januray, 1847, the price was at 94. On the Ist of January, 1846, Consols were at 94k; on the Ist of January, 1847, they were at 934. On the Ist of January, 1846, the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were at 97*; on the Ist of January, 1847, they were at 95i. • But it may be urged, that the lowest as well as the higkest rates should be looked at. Of course they should, and the more so as the comparison will further demon strate how fallacious have been the prognostications of the Bears, that things must go from bad to worse. To eive them credit, they have been most assiduous in their vocation. The following values are collated from official sources: — FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICES OF STOCK FROM IST JAN. TO 31sT DEC., 1846. Highest Lowest 'Value on Ist Jan., 1847. Bank Stock - 211 203 205 Reduced Annuities 981 i 92% 94 cd • Consols - - 97% 94''893% do t Exchequer Bills - 425. 4 s. 9s. * Cum dividend .I. Div. off. A very marked fall will be observed in the premium upon the Unfunded Debt. It arose principally from the repayment of moneys to scripholders in man i y new rail way schemes, deposits for which were placed n the hands of the Accountant-General, pursuant to Act of Parlia ment. On the projects being abandoned, payments were made to those who had claims on the committees.— Observer. EMEUTE AT TUE FRENCH OPERA.—The long an nounced representation of Robert Bruce took place on Wednesduy at the Grand Opera. Of course the house was crowded to repletion. Could it be otherwise, to hear once again the new inspirations of Rossini, the mas ter of masters ! We leave to our ordinary critic the tasic of rendering justice to the pi, cc and to the execution. We shall here merely say a few words on a very dis^gree• able incident which disturbed and threatened to interrupt the performance. A certain degree of opposition was evinced in the second act with a view to cause the failure of Mme. Stoltz, who appeared to be suffering and agitated; but who, nevertheless, sang in such a manner as to merit the applause which she received. The actress, yielding to a movement of ill•humour, tore h, r handkerchief iii pieces, and her agitation was extreme; the minority be• coming more turbulent, afterwards began to hiss, and Madame Stolz, interrupted in her part., was about to suit the stage, but was held back by Mademoiselle Nand She exclaimed, loud enough to be perfectly heard, " This is insupportable. They are unmanly enough to insult a woman. lam ill, exhausted, and I cannot con tinue thus." She accompanied these words with sig nificant gestures, in the midst of great tumult, in which, however, the applause greatly prcdominatesl, proved that the great majority of the audience did noti. join in this ungenerous manifestation. Several, who had not before applauded, then began to do so, in order to mirk their disapprobation of what had been done.— , Galignani, :een, I age i 1 1