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Z,z, ' EVENING EDITION. CONTRACTS-FOR HOOPS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER ACE, APRIL :5, IS-T. THE COMMISSIONERS for ExEmir- ING the OFFICE: of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with loch P ersons as may be willing to Contract f or supp l y i ng a nd delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, (under separate Contracts) all such quantities of TRUSS HOOPS _ And WOOD HOOPS as shall from time to time be demanded for One Year cei tain, 411 4 afterwards until the expiration of Three Months' Warning. Samples of th l T russ H oops mus t be produced by the par 'Wl tendering, and Samples of the Wood Hoops may b e seen at he r Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford. o j e b e e Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said N; Tender w ill b e rece i ve d a fter One o'clock on the Day f Tre atY, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, er an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad -74i1 thy , and bear in hand corner the words "Tender Ad or the left and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac 2!?anied lsy a Letter signed by a responsible person, en te become bound with the person tendering , in the sum I,____ 4l2° W., for the due performance of each of the Contracts. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Directors of the North Midland Railway Company 1 1 ,vil notice th a t th e RAILWAY WILL BE OPENED TO . HI PUBLIC, for the Conveyance of Passeng ers and Par b_e_tween DERBY and SHEFFIELD , on Most)Av, the tn shp. By order, H. PATTESON , Secretary. d N J 3 .—Passengers will be booked through to and from Lon and2ll Sheffield, and the times of starting, and further arrange 'ems duly announced. North Midland Railway Office, 13, George. street, Mansion-house, London, April 16, 1840. vIPER'S INN, FAMILY HOTEL, AND POSTING HOUSE. EDWARD ROLLE, of the Swan Hotel, Wells, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry , and Ptiblictenerally, that the above Inn is now in his posses sion, and eaducted by himself and family as heretofore; every r!ntio n i s pa id to cleanliness. Well aired Beds, Wines, Nits, Stabling, &c. FY B•--The above beautifully situated Establi?hment is to be y 'r with i mme di a t e possess i on if required. T ALBOT FAMILY HO 'EL, COMMERCIAL AND tPOSTING -HOUSE, SHREWSBURY. LIZABETH WHEELER and SON (late of the RAVEN) having entered upon and newly fur nish .ed the above House, respectfully solicit a shareof the public Patro n age, trusting the improvements made, combined with fabled to situation, and extensive accommodation they are h.t ) led to offer, will meet with their approbation and support, iVrf i g determined that no exertions shall be wanting to render lTalbot a first-rate Family and Commercial Hotel. iti !:osting in its various branches executed with care, neatness y g Punctuality, and every attention paid to the Funeral and RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT. To ,jr,HOTEL AND BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS. 0 BE LET and entered on immediately, un , furnished, in the above improving town, a most de- Cele HOTEL and BOARDING-OUSE, long known a • "ER DAN'S FAMILY HOTEL, H situated in Union-street,s I n the centre of the town, commanding a fine Sea View, with elitnsive pleasure ' , rounds. dorm o of moderate capital it presents an opportunity sel ,Yri to b e met with, combining a genteel business with a cer in profit, if conducted with attention, being the only esta "",nne.nt of the kind in Ryde. Applications for particulars to Mr. Wallis, house and estate d Rye. LICIR QL , COLTS, BROOD-MARES, a PAIR of `andsome BROWN PONIES, about 13 Hands High, C OWS, SHEEP, and LAMBS, PIGS, &c. ESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR are Ait requested by the Executors of the late DAVID —LERON, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, on the Pre- Northaw-place, near Potters-bar, on WEDNESDAY, Pril 22, 1840, at One o'Clock, the following valuable pro ::•ertY, comprising a superior brown carriage or cabriolet horse, Z years old, by Tarrare ; a brown filly, five years old, by ditto, !ss carri e d a l ady ; a b rown g i g mare, six years o ld ; a chesnut colt, th ree years old, by Young Milo; a fill y, d o . b y d o ., t wo )ears old; a bay yearling ally ; two mares in foal ; a pair of 1.! 1. 7 handsome brown ponies, five years old, about 13 hands l'lgn, have been driven together, and are very fast; ten hand cows, eight heifers, forty-seven ewes and lambs, sow and r i gs ; a stanhope, built by Hopkinson, harness, carts, &c. ' 0 be viewed two days preceding the Sale, and Catalogues at the neighbouring Inns, on the Premises, and of the Auc tioneers, Ki ng - street, C ovent-garden. WILKINSON'S ANTI-CORROSION PAINT. REMOVED from 63, Upper Thames-street, to 54, WATLING-STREET, near Queen-street, Fli, e e_psa ide.—J. W. particularly recommends his P aint to Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, wbe wish to paint their ° o 3es of Roman cement, stucco, or brick walls, as a preven ' , Ito to damp or sea spray in exposed situations; it will not blister or peel off as common paint. On tiling, to represent slating, iron hurdles, roofs, conservatories, hot-houses, fences, firm, or any out-buildings, it will last four times as long as coramon paint. It is so simple in its use, that any labourer 41 1 lay it on. To ship-owners for their dec ks, bottoms of ves -ITh, Sec., it will be shown, as well as to the public, to be sup.- r 'or to any paint in use, by testimonials of its lasting fourteen roll on wood and houses, twenty years on iron (see the South or-bridge). The public are particularly g uarded in g ivin g , th lt orders for Wilkinson's Anti-Corrosion Paint, that no al er colour ma the t y ra be . imposed upon them for h i s . A liberal co t o e SIGHT AND HEARING. THE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE ) so ,__ CONUCTO, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. a n" Y ,,ItIONS, D O PTICIANS and AURISTS to the ROYAL FA , 3, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, by which t housands of deaf persons h av e b ee n gr ea tly ben e fit e d, is the size of a !e en.siiilling piece, and when fix e d i n t o the cavi ty o f th e ear i s so ft and , easy, and not more perceptible than having a piece of wool in its Place, by . which the faintest w hi s p er a t a p u bli c assembly h eard with distinctness. And defective VISION is s brought to s . the use of newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately they they are placedbefore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by day or can dl e light, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most Minute particle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which both the sight and hearing become much improved. The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all connection with per. setts of the same name, and the Sale of Amber Spectacles: the per nicious use of Amber Spectacles beine now well known to the public, and the Vendor being aware of it, ho has therefore altered their ' , Attie by leaving out the word" Ambe r," and callin g them "Pa tent 4Pectacles " those which he terms " Patent Spectacles " are no other than these of Amber, the history and destructive use of that Material for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and mostsatisfac torilysily explained by the undermentio ned scientific authories:— ' r om the s. Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D. F.R.S., &c. &c. " Amber is an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the 4 W 5 of crystallization, but by the same causes which influence the me chanical condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in t l Amber is moat powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to :uon an extent as to explode into fragments ; the workmen, too, are :uklect to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en counter great danger by handling such dreadful excited electrics ; r i n Mi grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a nature when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame." Rithe above *Dr. Ure's statements are further confirmed by Sir I). r-MSTEIt and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hern on Chemistry. lih vision, destructive effects of such a material for Spectacles, to imperfect C, may be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London. ste Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses . are not i; . 1 1 1 . _ meted of such a material ; but which are very superior, and ngback at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision to its originalte and natural state ; these Spectacles, and very . small Voice oductors for Deaf persons, are only to be bad at their Establish "mitt. 39, Albemarle-street. No Travellers are employed. FOR THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION. OWL A N D'S KALYDOR, ? A prepa re d f rom b eau tiful Exotics, and WARRANTED EeTLY INNOCENT. it r y s ennipletely eradicates TA N, FRECKLES, PIMPLES, SPOTS, -!NESS,and all CUTANEOUS ERUPTIO NS; gradually realizes Cglicately clear, soft SKIN; transforms the most SALLOW t i\ IPI.EXION into RADIANT WHlTENESS—imparting a AU TIFULJUVENI LE BLOOM. GE NTLEMEN, whose faces are tender after Shaving, will find it 4 ,7 the irrit a bili ty and smart i ng pa in, an d render the Skin smooth Pleallant. orltierotects the Face and Skin from the baneful effects of Cold Win d s m1 0 ; 4 ' 11 1 , Atmosphere ; as Chaps, Cracks, and Harsh Rough Skin, and Which it completely heals, and mak-s te Skin delicately fair the a greeable. In cases of Burns and Scaldi, h it immediately allays M ost violent inflammation. Price 4s. (id. and Ss. 6d. per bottle, duty included. A . R ,Conssave—The Name and Address of the Prorietors, aro""WLAND and SON, 20, HATTON-GARDEN, LONDON, Print„i r a"ed on the Government Stamp pasted on the. Cork : also su- in red on the Wrapper, in which each bottle is enclosed. Sold I, Ask for ROWLAND'S KALYDOR." -7 them, and by respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. Within a period of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Patients wore suocossfUlly treated at the Metropolitan Hospitals with it AN 'S SPk.CI 111 C -SOLUTION of COPAIBA . fIY Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council nt the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in the King's College, London. " I have mane trial of .111 r. Frank's Solut ion of Copaiba, at St. l'lminas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male sod female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an cttica. cod remedy, and ona which does not produce the usual unpleasant effect' of Cftpaiba. (Signed) (..TOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 46, Liiesin's-Inn.fields, April 15,1.35. Ky Bransby Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy, &c. &c., and others most eminent in the _ Medical Profession.' " Mr. BransbyCooperpresentr his compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks and has great pinatas; in hearing testimony of the efficacy of his So listiom of Copaiba in Gonorrhea, for which disease Mr. Cooper has Proscribed thel•olution in ten or twelvecascs with perfect success. Ncw..street,Spring-gardens, Apri113,15.15." Invaluatie Medicine is confidently recommended in all cases 4 ttioraorrlacea, (Meets, Urethral Dinharges, Spasmodic Strir.tures, Irritation of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prostate Gland; lta purifying effects tip,ni the gent ral Mealth render it particularly ap licAlle 114 all cases of relax ,x 1 fibre and nervous debility. Prepared only by George Franks, Surgeon, 90, illackfriars-road "oon, and may be had of all Medicine-vendors in the United King. dom , ha Bottles at 24.9 d., 4s. 6d., ar.d I Is. eacn. Caultox.—Unless" b.eorge Fran KS, Biaeltfriars road," is engraved tEe Government Stamp it cannot be genuine. • • Ni r. F r 0,, ma y I-, enn.ulted until Two feclrml: daily DEBILITY. NERVOUS IRRITATION, &e. MEDICAL ADMONnoRs.—The follow ingiq th Works are inten ded to instruct those i nterested ese subjects on points of i m portance to health or ease of m i n d : ( Twenty-third Edition, ss, each) hie'""HE F LIFE affbrds a comprehensive physioloAical of thprogress of the solitary passion, libertinism, and intern. r4 nee, exhibiting their rueful conse q uences, tending to sexual p r ostration, with the various forms of nervous irritation and mental "Elijah. • HYGEIA N A is written for the sensitive female, who, while 14,,s_hrinks abashed at the idea of r evealing her sufferings, may find Pages a confidential and capable adviser. It is especially ti e red Mr timid and delicate wives , whose maternal Hopes have been erred . ar :34 * THE Syr is intended for th e p erusal of those who 2 i sufer ng from an insidious compla int, so frequently resulting from Tgscretiou or gaiety, and producing syphilis, gonorrhoea , glect, stric * TESTIMONIALS. can be safely recommended, books mended, as well for the moral ssful result of the t Th th tsg . ,i, "I -- .-..experience_ for the extensive and succe author's London Morning Journal. We agree with th e Editor of the London Morni n g Journal,, and re .A mend Mr. Goss's publications for general perusal. —I linbiirgh • We ekly P a p er. D I T he precepts c on t a i ne d in this work are interesting an d useful.— -.,ntiOurgh Paper. th i n% publication, while it neither spares the aged voluptuary nor youthfid prodigal, affbrs to both the most importa nt advanta g es. ,Was, now Paper. ii work (Hygeiana), is properly called an ana l ysis of some fe m ale co mplaints: it is written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition. ....Dublin Morning Journal. .. T hese works have passed through twenty-two editions ; they corn. I.l'lle utility with simplicity, and we recommend them accordingly. Dublin Weekly Journal. _, The ab ove may be ha d o f Sh eerwoo d an d C o. , P a t ernos t er - row , L on . "T.; and of all Booksellers.—Price ss. each. raFSSRS. GOSS, M.R.C. Surgeons, may be consulted, every day, at their h ouse; and Patients i n th e remo t es t parts o f the cotintry, can be tre a t e d success f u lly on their describin g m i nu t e ly the case,, rd enclosing a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which can b e C d 'arled to any part of the world. No ditfieu liy can occur, as the 'eines Will be securely packed, and caret Ily protect from oh , seevatilm. ; Lancaster Place, Strand, London. - _ _ No. 14.854 TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS. AYOUNG MAN, well versed in the i. SCOTCH and NORFOLK SYSTEMS of HUS BANDRY, and also in the MANAGEMENT and DIS EASES of all KINDS of STOCK, wishes for a Situation as STEWARD or ASSISTANT. Unexceptionable references and security if required. Address, post-paid, to J. H., King's-arms, Yarmouth; or at 16, Claremont-row, Islington. No objection to go abroad. TO CAPITALISTS. - -- - DELIGHTFUL FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, AND CA PITAL INVESTMENT, ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA. EESSRS. ENOCH and REDFERN have received directions to SELL by PRIVATE TREATY, or to LET for a term of years, a splendid VILLA MANSION situate in the most eligible part of that thriving and Fashionable Resort, Royal Leamington Spa, with upwards of two acres of garden and pleasure ground, tastefully laid out, and in a high state of cultivation. The House is built in the gothic style, regardless of expense, and fitted up with every elegance that good taste could suggest, and all the conveniences a large Establishment could require. The Drawing-room is thirty-six by sixteen feet, with beauti fully-executed ornamented ceiling and cornice, in character with the building, and the chimney-pieces, of white marble, are of the most costly description. The Dining-room is thirty-six by sixteen feet, in the same style and elegance as the Draw ing-room. The Music-hall (in which is a splendid Organ), is forty by sixteen feet, with painted ornamental windows, commanding a pleasing view of the town and neighbourhood of Leamington. The Library is replete with all that is desirable, and the Book-cases are elegantly decorated with choice carving. The Picture-gallery is a grand and lofty room, twenty-four feet square, with dome window ; the chimney-pieces are mar ble, and the fire-places Silvester's patent, stoves. This, if re quired, would make a splendid Dining-roe m. From the Entrance-hall a handsome flight of stairs leads to six best Bed-rooms on the first floor, with Dressing-rooms, Closets, and Water-closet; and to four Bed-rooms on the upper story. The Domestic arrangements are of the best description; in the Kitchen are cooking ranges, on an extensive scale, and on the newest and most approved principle. Brewhouse and ale and wine cellars, in every way suitable for the Establis hment. The Out-offices, which are extensive, are complete in every department. The Stabling is calculated for a first-rate Establishment, with stalls and loose boxes for eighteen horses, groom's house, men's rooms, saddle and harness-room, coach-houses, and all the et cetera which this department requires. This desirable and beautiful Residence is well adapted for a family of distinction, and may be purchased with or without the furniture, which is of the most costly description. To a suitable tenant there would be no objection to let the Premises for a term of years, with the furniture and library. As an investment this is an opportunity that rarely occurs to invite the attention of the Capitalist. Royal Leamington Spa is situated two miles from the county town of Warwick, in the centre of a fine hunting country, and within easy distances to the covers of several crack packs of hounds, the rides and drives in the town and its environs are exceedingly beautiful, commanding magnificent views of the far-famed Warwick and Kenilworth castles, enriched with the woody scenery so peculiarly the characteristic of this fertile county. For further particulars, and to treat for the same, apply to Messrs. Enoch and Redfern, House-agents and Auctioneers, County Library, Bath-street, Royal Leamington Spa, and Warwick. GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT. FOREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. The attention of Consumers is called to one of the Largest Stocks in this Country, and which cannot be excelled for quality, age, and flavour, at the under-mentioned Cash Prices :-- BRAND Y. Genuine Cognac ...245. , Ws. 6d., 28s. per Gall. RUM.--Best Jamaica ...125., 14s. per Gallon. ENGLISH GlN.—Excellent quality and strength, Bs., 9s. 4d., 10s. Bd. per Gallon ; the strong and high-flavoured (in bot tles), 245. per Dozen. 23, High Holborn. HENEKEY and COMPANY. PUBLICATIONS. By Authority of the Chamber of Commerce of Hull. SPEECH delivered by WILLIAM HUTT, Esq., M.P., the 19th March, 1840, on the STADE DUTIES. London : Ridgway, Piccadilly. TO MAGISTRATES, SOLICITORS, POOR-LAW UNIONS, &c. &c. This day is published, No. 16, of Vol. IV., price 6d. Stamped, THE JUSTICE of the PEACE ; contain ing—Where Tresspass lies for Apprehension, Commit ment, or for Distress of Goods under Justices' Warrant—Lo sal Jurisdiction of Metropolitan Police Courts, and of Justices within the Metropolitan District—Poor Law Commission — Reports, Reg. v. Capel (continued) —Reg. v. The Mayor of York, Municipal Act—Reg. v. The Inhabitants •f Arludon, Removal, Appeal, &c.—Proposed Amendment of the Parochial Assessment Act, &c. London : Henry Shaw, 137, Fetter-lane. Just published, price 125., vol. 2, TITHE COMMUTATION PRACTICE. Extracts from of the Peace, with Copious Index, being, in connexion with the first volume, a record of every point that has occurred from the commencement of the Com mutation to the present time. By G. K. WHALLEY, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner for Special Purposes. NEW TRANSLATION of the BIBLE. "Mr. D. O'Connell denominates the most tolerant man in Europe, the amiable King of Prussia, a cruel and faithless bigot,' because he will not suffer a turbulent Romish Bishop to make war with impunity on the funda- mental laws of his dominions."--The Times, Saturday, Nov. 2, 1839. " Fifthly, the Reformation in England was brought about by the instrumentality of some of the most wicked men the world ever saw ; Henry Vlll.—the adulterer, perjurer murderer l"—Page 7, Address to the English People. " But of the countries we have above mentioned as being peculiarly Protestant, it is remarkable that Protestantism was introduced into England by Henry VIII, and into Denmark by Christern 11., two of the greatest monsters that ever disgraced not only the Throne, but human na ture."—Page 42, Mr. O'Connell's' First Letter to the Wesleyan Societies in Manchester. " The Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, of St. Peter's, Birming ham, rose, and was received with hearty cheers. He said, When George the IVth, that worthy successor of Henry the V111.,' &c."— A Full Report of the Proceedings of the Great Meeting of the Catholics ( Papists) of London, " Messieurs de Beausobre and L'lnfant, Ministers of the French Church at Berlin, represented to the late King of Prussia, that the French translations of the Bible began to be neither so intelligible nor agreeable to be read as they were at first, and that therefore to be edified by them required that. they should be revised, or a new translation made. On which that Prince pitched on them for this purpose, and by his Royr.l Decree appointed them to make anew translation."—P. 372. A Complete History of the several Translations of the Holy Bible and Testament, ►nto English, both in MS. and in Print, and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of printing, by John Lewis, A.M., Chaplain t• the Right Hon. Thomas Earl of Mahon, and Minister of Margate, n Kent, 1739. " We observe in a pamphlet, ' Anti-Deist,' published by Mr. Bellamy, that Exodus, c. iii, Y. 22, is a gross mistransla tion. He notices a number of other errors in the translation of the Bible now in use, equally hostile to the true meaning of the writers. It is not a little curious, that many of these mis translated passages, which give meanings in directopposition to the real ones, have been as stoutly defended by eminent theo logians as any in the whole look, and long commentaries have been written upon them, expressly to show their beauty and propriety."—The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821. " University Education." " The great resorts and seats of learning often outlive in this way the intentions of founders, as tho world outgrows them. Our Universities are, in a great measure, become cisterns to hold, not conduits, to disperse, knowledge. The age has the start of them, that is, other sources of knowledge have been opened since their formation, tc which the world have had access, and have drank plentifully at these living fountains, from which they are debarred by the tenor of their Charter, and as a matter of dignity and privilege. All that has been invented or thought in the last two hundred years they take no cognizance of, or as little as possible, they are above it, they stand upon the ancient land-marks, and will not budge, whatever was not known when they were'endowed, they are still in profound and lofty ignorance of."—Hazlitt's Table Talk: also, the Examiner, Jan. 20, 1828. " Mille kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's imago ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, but revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we blight that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, some times a martyrdom ; and if it extend to the whole impression, a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at the ethereal and faith essence, the breath of reason itself, slays an immor tality rather than a life."—Areonagitica, Milton. National Education.—" The Bishop of Norwich said the race of clergy which was now passing away had had the most favourable opportunity of instituting schools in their parishes, and of educating the people in the principles of the Church of England. If this had been done thirty years ago, and educa tion extended to teaching the children obedience to and re spect for the law, and the frugal husbanding of their means, it would have been impossible to have raised infuriated bands of malcontents like the Chartists of the present day, and England would have a very different aspect. Ile did not cast a general condemnation on the clergy of that period, for many of them had fully done their duty ; but he regretted that so golden an opportunity had passed—an opportunity that would take the greatest labour and energy of those anxious to impose en the rising generation to reclaim." The Sun, No. 14,657, August the Bth, 1839. " We cannot on this occasion lay down our pen without en deavouring to impress on the religious and Protestant part of the community, the unspeakable importance of speedily taking, measures to purify and purge the Church." " If there be truth or consistency in man, sincere Protes tants must turn against those who have given such prodi g ious van tages to the Popish superstition."—The Morning Sun, Tuesday, September, 10, 1839. I may therefore conclude, that upon this revision— Bellamy's—of the Hebrew Scriptures, great stress ought to be laid, as anticipating a closer approximation in sentiment among all denominations of Christians now at variance with each other, upon certain disputed points of doctrine—under this impression, I think all must subscribe to its im p ortance."—. Chester Chronicle, Feb. 20, 1824. o. The Catholic authorized version was first published at . s l t t a w n • d as a th e e eh r l e r s a ts r l i t sh o n f f w or it t h y y an ca y rs o ' th to e i r l an . version of the Sacred Scriptures, published in any country, either n o u i rt :i h s Popish and i r ac P ra Protes tant. " eO9 fairly a n t . , &; 7 - - . ". . 9 • Is' •(''''', ;I?' i-u4.;_ii Aci, o '44 ''. 4. • ~, ~..... pa .., (.. t--, . ..., i: ( Fs ,: •- . ; • A . „,. , .., ( .6 I ,74.7iy U , c , 4. 7 ~.,,ipt I k $ , - '.- -,.--• ' - ;"-- ,c- '"` 41 /a...".." . "'" t % .:A: , _ b may'. 4 . ),; ‘ ; . ., '0 ,14 . , -- 0 ' ;:,`:,#)iPri?'''t.tekr ' ret V ) '.-`''' alviiis /toiT. , ,--Y-' 1-. . P ', :41,1 ,1" ' 5- ~,,. :,, LONDON, SA CURDAY, .APRIL 18, 1840. To the Ministers and Office-bearers of the Wesleyan Me. thodist Societies in Manchester, Mr. O'Connell's Letter. To CORRESrONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so earnestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to the dis cussion of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of the utmo t importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel it to be our duty to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore, shall be attended to in turn, as we have reason to believe that the Heads of the Church have already directed their attention to the controversy."—The Sun, London, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1818. " Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general example and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledges errors, descend to posterity polluted with all those errors ; or shall it be transmitted to the latest generations of mankind, with as much of its original purity as it is possible for human sagacity, knowledge, and diligence to elucidate and confirm."— The Sun, Monday, November 23d, 1818. The Sun, Septem ber 30th, October 7th, and 28th, 1837. The Guide, March 18th, and 25th, ISM The Sun, December 27, 1838, Feb. 5, 1839. " Published in 1818 and 1819. Parts 1 and 2, price 245. each, dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as Regent. " The New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the three books of the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and reconciling the numerous disc re p ancies in Jerome's and the European versions." Part 3d in 1821, containing from Numbers to Deuteronomy. Part 4th in 1825, containing from Joshua, c. 1. to 1 Samuel, c. 13. v. 5. Part sth in 1831, containing from 1 Samuel, c. 13 v. 6. to 2d Kings, c. 17. v. 11. Part 6th ' in 1834, containing from 2d Kings, e. 17. v. 12 to Job, e. 18. v. 21. Part 7th in 1835, containing from Job, c. 18. v. 22. to Psalms, c. 50. The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the Deist, containing also a refutation of the erroneous opinions held forth in the Age of Reason, and in a recent publication, entitled Researches on Ancient Kingdoms, 1819, price 4s. First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing the gross errors the Reviewer has made in his Remarks on the New Translation of the Bible. " I now proceed to examine the passage which the Reviewer has adduced to prove how grossly I have erred in translating the word gnaaroumin, prudent, instead of naked ; which is in Job, c. 22. v. 6. And stripped the naked of their clothing. This is, perhaps, one of the passages which he deems elegant,' ' simple, and 'dignified.' It simple' enough, surely ; and such simple passages abounding in the common version have in all ages excited the wonder of intelligent men. Stripped the naked of their clothing !' In the name of common sense, if they were naked, how could they be stripped ?"—Extracts. See Classical Journal, No. 38. A Refutation of the Erroneous Opinions, promulgated by a Right Rev. Bishop of London.—See Classical Journal, No. 1, for March, 1810. A Reply to the Right Rey. Bishop of St. David's. See Classical Journal, No. 26, for June, 1816. The True Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, not 33 but 521 years, price Is. Biblical Criticisms in each quarterly part, in the years, 1818, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, of the Classical Journals, by JOHN BELLAMY. Just published, in three pocket v o l umes , price 2/. 10s. NRCHBOLD'S JUSTICE of the PEACE and PARISH OFFICER, compr:sinc , the law relative to their several duties, with a ll t h e n e cessary Forms of Com mitments, Convictions, Orders &c. By JOHN FREDERICK Orders, Barrister-at-Law. " In these volt:files the whole of that law is fully stated, with all the forms that ever occur in practice, and stated in a man ner so plain and explicit that no person can by possibility mis understand or misconstrue it."—Justice of the Peace Legal Newspaper. London: Shaw and Sons, 137 and 138, Fetter-Jane. Fit OM LAST NIGHT'S GAZ,ETTE. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 17, 1840. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Cornet H. Ross, (Ensign on half-pay of the 59th Foot) to be Cornet, vice Ryder, promoted; G. J. Brown, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ross, who retires, April 17. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Battalion- Surgeon J. Johnson to be Surgeon-Major, vice J. Harrison, who retires, April 17. 13th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. Newsom, from half-pay of the Ist Greek Light Infantry Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Curcton, appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons ; Allen Mont gomery, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Newsom, who retires, April 17. 20th Foot—Major W. H. Cadogan, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Maj or , v i ce J . M aclean, who exc h ang es ; Capt. F. Croat! so be Maj or , b y purc h ase, v i ce C a d oga n, who retires; 1. , .ut. J. C. W. Vi v i an to be Captain, by purchase, vice Croad ; Ensign G. Stevens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vivian ; G. F. W. Paley, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Stevens, April 17. 3:kth Foot—J. V. H. Montagu, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Piper, promoted, April 17. 49th Foot—G. Weir, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hely, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons, April 17. 65th Foot—Captain C. Wise, to be Major, by purchase, vice Walker, who retires; Lieutenant J.*L. Smith to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Wise ; Ensign P. Wolfe to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Smith; T. G. Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wolfe, April 17. 69th Foot—H. V. Mundell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice F. Mundell, promoted in the Ist West India Reg . :ment, April 17. 74th Foot--Ensign 0. Willington, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hemphill, who retires, April 17 ; J. T. Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willington, April 17. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign F. Mundell, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Reade, de ceased, April 17. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. —G. Storer, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice E. Percy, re signed; T. G. A. Parkyn3, Gent., to be Cornet, April 10. Holmepierepont Troop.—R. Bromley, Esq., to be Captain, April 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Derby and Chaddesden Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.—E. S. Wilmot, Gent., to be Cornet, vice H. Wilmot, resigned, April 11. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of tho 6th and 7th William I% . , chap. 85 : The Scotland-street Chapel, Sheffield. Bethesda, Llangattock Village, Breconshire. The I ndependent Chapel, Marden, Kent. LITERATURE. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MILITARY LIFE-2 VoLs. Colburn, London, 1840. The first of these two volumes is a translation from the French of Count Alfred De Vigny, who commenced his military career just after the abdication of Napoleon at Fontainebleau ; and the second is a translation from a work by M. Elzear Blaze, also a soldier; who joined the French army soon after the battle of Eylau, and continued with it till the conclusion of the general peace. Both volumes, as might be expected, refer to military matters, and consist of curious and romantic reminiscences of their respective authors, divided into separate chapters, to most of which the editor, Sir Charles Napier, has attached such explanatory and cri tical comments as they seemed to him to require. Re marking on one of Count Alfred de Vigny's observations that " France was beginning to be cured of her passion for military glory," the editor says :—" I have lately spent two years in France, and though I admit that the Count ought to be a better judge than myself, yet I saw no symptom of that country being cured of the desire for military glory. I think that young France teems with it, and only wants a leader, to blaze forth in all the wildness of war. The love of military glory is a strong disease in all countries, but an in curable one in the heart of a Frenchman." This re mark deserves attention, as coming from an acute and practised observer. In answer to another of the Count's assertions that many of the superior French officers are remarkable for their formality of manner and pro digious assumption of importance, Sir C. Napier ob serves, " this is not peculiar to the French army ; I have often noticed it in some of our own officers ;" and he then proceeds, as follows, to enumerate several eminent military men who were distinguished by frank -fleas and simplicity of character : " Wolfe (as I was told by a friend of his, who was also a captain in his regiment) used to amuse himself with his officers as if he were an ensign. Sir Ralph Aber crombie, too—there was no affectation in that great soldier. Neither was there in Lord Cornwallis, a man remarkable for the noble simplicity of his character. Sir John Moore was equally destitute of affected dignity. He entered into the society of those under his command as their equal, confident that his vast superiority as a man would, at all times, raise him more above them than even his high rank could do : he required no external aid. There was, among his officers, an awe of him; but it was not inspired by any reserve or haughtiness of manner on his part; though I have seen him put down pert and self-sufficient men by a degree of sarcasm which few could withstand ; those who could were not likely to provoke it. His mariners were extremely polished and agreeable, cheerful, and, at times, even playful. I recollect once standing in the street at Lisbon, looking at a very pretty woman who was at a window, when some one gently laid hold of both my ears, saying in a joking tone, "Ah ! caitiff ! have I caught you ?—what right have you to look at such an ugly old woman as that ? I will put you under arrest." Turn ing round, I saw that it was the commander-in-chief ! " I will thank you for the punishment, sir," said I, " it you will place the ugly old woman over me as sentry." Another time, when going from his quarters in the village of Sandgate to the evening parade, on the heights of Shorncliff, the ascent being steep, Moore said to six or eight officers who were with him, " Now for a race to the top of the hill !" and away we all started. Neil Campbell (afterwards with Napoleon at Elba) beat us all, and Moore was second. These are trifling matters, but they mark the unaffected and social feelings of a great man, and, as such, the reader will, perhaps, pardon them. Regard, admiration, and; in very many instances, gratitude for the deep interest he took in their welfare, were the feelings which were entertained for Moore by those who served under his command." The first of these volumes is the best, because it is the most varied in its nature, containing, besides the author's own personal reminiscences which teem with incidents, two or three narratives, one of which, sup posed to be related by an old chef de bataillon, is full of deep, tragic interest. SPECIMENS OF EMENDATIONS. Authorized Version and Douay Bible, Deuteronomy, c. 28, v. 68, " And there ye shall be sold to your enemies, and no man shall buy you." Hebrew New Translation, Part the 3d, 1821—" And ye will prize yourselves there to thy enemies for servants and maidens, but none will purchase." Note.—See Anti-Deist, Part 2d, p. 26, 1819 Authorised Version and Douay Bible, Judges, chap. 15th, ♦. 4—" And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails." Hebrew, Part the 4th, 1825, New Translation—" So Sam son went, and he took three hundred sheaves, also he took brands, and he turned end to cnd, and he put one brand between two of the ends." _ . _ Note.—See Anti-Deist, Part the 2d, page 41, 1819. Authorised Version and Douay Bible, 1 Samuel, chap. 22, v. 6—" Now Saul abode in Gibeah, under a tree in Ramah, ' &e. Hebrew, Part the 4th, 1125, New Translation—" Now Saul abode by Gibeah, under the Grove toward Ramah," &c. Note. —See Classical Journal, No. 5, for April, 1811. Authorised Version and Douay Bible, 1 King's, chap. 17, T. 4, " And it shall be, that thou (Elijah) shalt drink of the brook ; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there." Hebrew New Translation, Part the sth, 18.31.—" Thus it shall be, thou shalt drink of the brook, and I have commanded the Arabians to supply thee there." V. 6.—" There the Arabians brought for him bread, &c. Authorised Version and Douay Bible, Psalms, chap. 51, v. 5, " Behold ! I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Hebrew, Part, 7th, 1134, New Translation.—" If I were shapen in iniquity, or in sin, my mother had conceived me." Note.—Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. This verse, as it stands in the common version, is not consistent with the Scripture. The Divine com munication stands recorded in Gen. i. 28. and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Now it must strike every reader with conviction, that as God created man to multiply and replenish the earth, he did not ordain man to be shapen in iniquity, nor to be conceived in sin. The Divine order for the multiplication of the human race is as holy now as at the beginning : it is pronounced to be superlatively good, Gen. i. 31., and this Divine order is sanctioned through out the Scripture, in all its purity, as at the beginning; con firmed by the Messiah, who said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven, Matt. xviii. 14. ; it therefore' ollims, that if man were shapen in iniquity, and coliceivedi ; n, the Divine insti tution of marriage could not have been approved of by him. Mr. O'Connell is a powerful speaker, a skilful politician, an able advocate for civil and religious liberty, but he should not attempt theology.—The Sun, No. 14,672. " Swift seems to have entertained some gloomy forebodings of the melancholy fate that awaited him. On seeing a tree, the top of which was withered, he shook his head, and ex claimed, I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top." Mr. O'Connell, though having received the friendly admo nition of this paper, in our matter of " dying at top," ' must still wear his feathers "in his cap of vanity." " In London," observes Batista Angeloni, in Letters on the English Nation, 1750—" religion seems to be periodical, like an ague, which returns only once in seven days, and then at tacks the inhabitants with the cold fit only, which physicians reckon the most fatal; the burning never succeeds in this country." " Even on their days of worship in their Churches, there is ten thousand times more inattention to their duty, than to the price of stocks in Change-alley all the rest of the week ; and the fervour of their devo tion, to obtain a seat in Paradise is infinitely short to that of procuring one in Parliament, purchasing a good bar gain on the Exchange, or trying to obtain a good place at Court; they are as cool and inanimated in their acts of devo tion, as they are warm and active in those of getting riches, and their temples and exchanges aro accordingly constructed within for those different dispositions, every family having in their churches a snug pew, a kind of closet, where they can sit and sleep, or employ themselves in anything but their duty to the Highest ; whereas in their places of commercial rendez vous there are no seats, they would be useless there, the zeal of gain keeping them standing to their duty." With this accurate delineation of the " Corporation of the City of London," where " the fervour of their devotion for a seat in Paradise is infinitely short to that of procuring one in Parliament ;" and this being the municipal body which gives tone to the institutions of the country, what promoter, we may expect on behalf of a matter "of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and " a life beyond life." It is a melancholy reflection that the " two Estates" distin guished amongst us as " collective wisdom" throughout the realm should have had no deeper feeling towards a linguist of a country than the frequenters of " 'Change-alley." It is now more than 30 years since the eminent linguist Bel lamy divulged his biblical emendations, through a periodical of the highest literary character in the country, the " Classical Journal ;" it is 22 years since we became adherents to his pro mulgations, and with an intent watchfulness, The Sun, the Examiner, and the Chester Chronicle, are the only Papers amongst the range, who have promoted the matter held to be " of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and " a life beyond life." This enables us to repel the imputation to the " Continental Despots," we rather say Sovereigns of Europe, or " the cruel and faithless bigot," and it may go to assuage the acerbity of vi tuperations against them, when one whose purport was and is " of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and " a life beyond life," has received such an act of unexampled injus tice from the press of England. It is pleasingto us to observe a conspicuous personage in our triplo state, who was equally unmindful in his day, and of the posthumous fame of a Prince. Sir Robert Peel has his proper estimation with a portion of the Press. " The Tories quarrel with the Hon. Baronet because of the feeble, shifting, cowardly • policy which he has pursued during several Sessions of Parlia ment. We now find this once trumpeted statesman, everywhere inveighed against by those of his own faction, as a sluggish and irresolute, if not a feeble-minded, statesman."— Sunday Times. When malignancy, the characteristic of olden time—for Shakespeare wrote " Mens' evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water"—is so rife amongst us, we consider it our bounden duty to break a lance with the assailants of the memory of the Prince and Patron of the Work, " of the ut most importance to the interest of mankind," and a 4 ' life be yond life"—who Distort the truth—accumulate the lie, And pile the pyramid of calumny !" —English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.—Byron. Digest of the proceeding, publishing, and publicity of the Work :—The Classical Journal, from 1810 to 18)8-1818 the appearance of the First Part. The Sun, Nos. 8,181-8,192. Review of, and Rejoinder of the Quarterly Review. Reply to, and Rejoinder from the Author to Quarterly Review.-1819, First and Second Part of Anti-Deist. Second Part —leo, Cri tical Examination of the Objections of Mr. Whitaker, A.M., Cambridge. Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Holy Scriptures. A Reply to the Reverend Mr. Todd's Vin dication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of the Bible.-1821. The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.—Mr. Bella my's Reply to S. Lee, A.M., Professor of Arabia in the Uni versity of Cambridge. Third Part.-1822. Compilations in the Examiner, No. 771.—Aug., Oct., Nov.-1823. Nos, 785, 786, 793. 801, 80 3. -1824. Nos. 834, 840, 845. In 14 9 5. Fourth Part. The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16.-1825. Th e Durham Chronicle, Saturday, July 16. The Liverpool Sa turday Advertiser, July 23 ; and the Norwich Mercury, Sat or.. day, August 13, 1825. In 1827.—N0s 1,021, 1,022. The Examiner, Vol. 111., No. 34 and No. 69. Galway Indepen_ dent, 1829, Nos. 1,049, 1,050, 1,057.—The Examiner. I n 1831, Part sth ;in 1834, Part 6th ;in 1835, Part the 7th. In 1837—The Sun, Nos. 14,056, 14,062, and 14,080. In 1838_ The Guide, Nos. 48,49. The Sun, No. 14,447. In 1839 Nos. 14,465, 14,468, 14,475, 14,482, 14,606. Nos. 14,629, July 25th, 14.652, 14,653, 14 , 662, to the latter we lay no pre tension, the insertions each, issuing 3,500 per day —are from souls of kindred fire—who in this glorious field fight together with us in our chivalry—who have allied themselves with us in this arduous strife to " do that deed which shall gild our humble names."—Nos. 11,684, Sept. 28th : 14,703, Oct. 21st : 14,706, Oct. 24th 14,732, Nov. 23d, 1839. By Appointment : Build and Catkin, Booksellers to her Ma jesty, Pail-usall ; Longman, Rees, Orme, and Brown, St. Paul's, London. Letter to Bowles's " Strictures on the Life and Writings o f P epe, " b the Right H o n. Loud Byron, and that Noble Lord's Works ) , complete in one volume. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Amsterdam : J. Muller and Co. Leyden : W. 11. Hazenberg. Paris : Ar thur Bertrand. Venice : J. B. Missiaglia. Petersbu rg • Seliwetselike. 1826. - DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. STUART HEWLINGS and CHARLES WATLINCi WISBEY, bill-brokers. George-yard. Lombard-street. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS WILCOX, licensed victualler, Deptford. BANKRUPTS. JOHN CLARANCE and JAMES GODDARD CHAL DECOTT, coffee-dealers, Abchureh-yard, to surrender April 28, at one, and May 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Chatfield, Win gate, and Hart, Cornhill. JOHN RYLAND, jun., WILLIAM CHAPMAN, and GEORGE MANLEY SMITH, press makers, Birmingham, April 27 and May 29, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Bir mingham. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Old Jewry; Whateley, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SAMUEL WILSON and JOHN KNIGHT, builders, Radford, Nottinghamshire, April 27, at eleven, May 22, at two, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Fox and Lowe, Nottingham ; Campbell and Witty, Essex-street, London. JAMES SWIFT, brass candlestick-maker, Birmingham, April 27, and May 29, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Newton and Ensor, South-square, Gray's-inn, London ; Smith, New-street, Birmingham. JOHN BLANEY, stone mason, Chester, April 21 and M ay 29, at eleven, at the Hop Pole lnn, Chester. Faulkner, Chester. EDWARD BOWKER BUCK, druggist, Bingham, Not tinghamshire, April 2.5, at ten, and May 29, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Bowley, Nottingham: WILLIAM BILSBORROW, innkeeper, Kirkdale, May 2 and 29, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Payne, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, London. ROBERT HARRIS, auctioneer, Leamington-priors, War wick, May 1, at twelve, at the White Lion, Stratford-upon- Avon, and May 29, at eleven, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leam ington•priors. Beavan and Anderson, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London ; Byrch, Evesham, Worcestershire. ROWLAND HALL HEATON, cotton-spinner and tim ber•merchant, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, May' 1, at one, and :9, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Taylor and An drews, Bolton-le-Moors. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Bowen, linen draper, Oxford-street, May 9, at eleven. In the Country. L. Bendle, draper, Barnstaple, Dev ons hi re , May 11, at one, innkeeper, New :Inn Hotel, Bognor, May 12, a t twelve, at the Dolphin nn , Chichester—W. Elliott, corn f actor , Wakefield, Yorkshire, May 1 2 , at one, at the Court-house, Leeds—T. Morris, builder, St. Martin, Worcester, 11, at twelve, at at the King's Arms Inn, Chulmleigh, D evons hi re —T. Hart, y the Bell Inn, Worcester—J. Garner, innkeeper, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, May 13, at twelve, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry—H. B. Burwood, fish me rc h ant, Lowestoft, Suffolk, May 12, at twelve, at the White Lio n I nn, B ecc l es, Suffolk— 'l'. Mee, farmer, Kettering, North amptonsh i re, M ay 11 , at one , at the George Inn, Kettering —C. H. M e ti v ier, cloth factor, Wotton- under-Edge, Gloucest ers hi re, M ay 11, at twe l ve, at t h e Old Bell Inn, Dursley, Gloucestershire—A. Gittins and J. Cartwright, ironmongers, Shrewsbury, May 11, at twelve, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury—J. T. Hobson, merchant, Liver pool, May 15, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—N. Hoyle and D. Grundy, cotton spinners, Hinds, Lancashire, May 11, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester— E. Bowyer, merchant, Liverpool, May 9, at one, at the Claren don-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES.—AIAT 8. J. Britain, sen., jeweller, Birmingham—P. C. Blackett, lodging-house keeper, Green-street, Grosvenor-square—ll. Parry, tailor, Digbeth, Birmingham —G. Partridge, grocer, Bristol—T. Agutter, fellmonger, Deptford—G. Fall and J. Nichols, dyers, Horroeks, Manchester—J. L. Hood, rope ma nufacturer, Princes-street, Leicester-square—C. Boyd, sen., picture dealer, Victor ia-house, Kensington-gravel-pits—G. Halstead, cotton spinner, Colnc, Lancashire—S. James, jun., and W. James, smiths, High-street, Whitechapel—J. and J. Flower, ironfounders, Sheffield—Z. Stirk, sen., and Z. Stirk, jun. and J. W. Thornton, machine makers, Leeds. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Chappell and H. Cross, brush manufacturers, St. Mar tin's-lane—T. Mercer and T. B. Procter, lunatic asylum pro prietors, Hammersmith—A. and H. S. Henly, Cheltenham— W. Ward and S. Newman, printing-ink-manufacturers, City— J. Crocker and T. Jones, linen drapers, Allsop's-buildirgs, Great Dover-street—J. Currie and T. A. Henderson, sur geons, Clifton-street, Finsbury-square—C. Ade, E. Ade, and J. G. Jones, linen drapers, Oxford-street—D. T. Johnson, J. C. Johnson, and H. Hurst, wholesale tea dealers, Alder mary-ehurch-yard, Bristol—E. Trafford, A. Trafford, and E. Trafford, ironmongers, Derby—R. Addison and J. L. Syddall, calico printers, Chadkirk, Cheshire—W. P. Legh and E. Ran dell, brewers, Woolwich—T. Wood and W. H. Fleming, brewers, Camberwell—J. and W. Stothert, ironmongers, Bath —W. Gill and T. Keeler, linen drapers, Henrietta-street, Co vent-garden—R. F. Green and C. Parkins, stuff merchants, Leeds—H. and J. Anslow, grocers, Wednesbury, Staffordshire —J. P. Eyton, R. Eyton, E. Eyton, J. Eyton, H. Eyton,and S. A. Eyton, coal owners, Alostyn Collieries, Flintshire (as far as regards H. as S. A. Eyton. ) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ELIZABETH PHILIPS and SON, distillers, Glenturret Distillery, near Crieff, April 23, at twelve, at the Drummond Arms Inn, Crieff. GEORGE TURNBULL, merchant, Greenock, April 24. at one, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. THE CANNON INVENTION. WASHINGTON, MARCH 18, 1840.-4 WAS invited to witness a great exhibition at t he Arsenal, on Saturday evening last, of the firing of Mr. Cockran's patent re volving cannon, which is considered such a great inven tion, and such a valuable improvement in the engines of war—the ultinta ratio of kings. The firing corn. menced at five o'clock, in the great square of the Arsenal, and the gun was pointed in the direction of the river Fotomac. The members of the Cabinet, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman and members of the Military Committee, an d the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and a large number of the members of both Houses of Congress were present, with many citizens, and distinguished officers of the army and navy. The firing was superi n tended by Mr. Cockran him self, and it gave universal satisfaction. No ramrod or sponge is used with the gun, and it fires with extraor dinary rapidity—it sent the balls across the Potomac river, which is near two miles wide at this point. Many looked on with delighted surise, and n o t a few with amazement, during the operation pr , as ball after bah, with the dashing of fire, came forth from the same muzzle in such rapid succession ; and being; in itself equal to the battery of eight common guns. The inventor, Mr. Cockran, stood by the side of the gun, and loaded and fired it himself. He has gained great re putation abroad, and his talents are, at this time, attracting the notice of Congress, who are about to take meas ures to patronise his valuable inventions. Col Talbot, of the Arsenal Dopartnient, wa s p resent. The Arsenal here is a very p rett y place, laid out i n green squares, and ornamented with the materials of war cannons, and piles of balls and sheds. It is well worthy of a visit. On this occasion it had a lively appearance, from the throngs of carria g es and people. New York Paper. TOTNES ELECTION. The- - nomination is fixed for Monday next. The Tory candidate, Mr. Baldwin, is at Totnes, and has addressed som e of the people w h o crow d e d outside the Inn, where he put up. Mr, Jardine, as well as Mr. Gibson and Mr. Gisborne, are each spoken of as likely to come forward as Reformers. - SIR HENRY CAVENDISH'S DEBATES OF TEE ROUSE OF COIIIIIIONS—Penn I. Longman, London, 1840. In consequence of the strict enforcement of the standing order for the exclusion of strangers from the gallery of the House of Commons, the debates in that House, from 1768 to 1774, have hitherto remained quite a blank in the history of the country. Fortu nately, however, Mr. Wright has just discovered among the Egerton Manuscripts Reports of the Parliamentary proceedings of that period, which were taken down at the time in short-hand by Sir H. Cavendish, himself a Member of the House. These Reports have till now eluded the research of all our most zealous histo rians, and their discovery at the present time canno• but be looked on as a great acquisition to our political stores; for the periods which they embrace are those of " Wilkes and Liberty," and those still more remark able disturbances which terminated in the loss of our American colonies. That the Reports arc authentic we have not the slightest doubt ; but they arc sadly meagre, and would never pass muster in the present day, when the art of Parliamentary reporting is so well understood, and executed with such signal ability. Still, notwithstanding this defect, they give us a very fair insight into the character of the debates of that day ; and even had we nothing better to guide us to an opinion, we should be satisfied, from Sir 11. Cavendish's skeleton notes, that Burke was one of the most eloquent and philosophical speakers that ever pleased and instructed Parliament. Here are specimens of his manner which no one can mis take. He is speaking on the " Address on the King's Proclamation for suppressing the Riots of 1768 :" " At the beginning of a new Parliament, the House of Commons is assembled to complain that all order is sub send. Some gentlemen hint at the cause ; some com pla'n that no remedy is proposed. The field is a wide one ; and some part of it has, I believe, been already trodden ; I nevertheless hope to fix my landmark. What are we to thank the Administration for ? Tumults upon tumults, insurrections upon insurrections. We are not afforded the customary opportunity of paying our compliments to his Majesty at the opening of the Session ; something, there fore, must be supplied by a stroke of Parliamentary adula tion ; something must be conjued up ; it was necessary that we should begin with some little civilities, a sort of grace before meat ; and I must take leave to say this much of the gentlemen opposite, that the mode they have taken shows a large and abundant appetite for praise." Here is one of those philosophic truths with which Burke's mind was so richly stored, and which abound in all his writings. He is alluding to the American discontents : " While you have your troops in one place, you will want them in another. There is no such thing as govern. ing the whole body of a people contrary to their inclina tions. It is not votes and resolutions—it is not arms that govern a people." On the motion " for the correspondence with France, respecting the cession of Corsica," Burke replies to Lord North, who had observed, " if we were to attack France wherever she went, we should indeed be the bullies of Europe, and, like bullies, we should conic off with a bloody nose," in the following highly charac teristic terms : " France is reaping the benefit of her conquest, and we the benefit of our memorials. No country, Sir, was ever memorialised out of its ambition. Those memorials outzlit to have been backed in the mcde pointed out by the Gal lant Admiral. Corsica is under the protection of Grcct Britain. We should have consecrated it by that word. But we arc told, we shall be the bullies of Europe. 'l'., this bullying, as it is called, ire are indAted for our grea!est dignity. France conducted the spirit of the treaty of Munster. Holland rose, like an exhalation, in the at. niosphere of Europe. Let 'us recall our proclamation against Corsica." We subjoin a sample of that more tawdry and florid style, in which Burke, in his later days, was so prone to indulge. We have little doubt that the passage vu,s taken down verbatim by the Reporter. " Sir, I am terrified, though not blasted, by the thunder of the Noble Lord (North) ; who hurls about his bolts, like the Thunderer of famous memory ; hut, Sir, judges ought not to be arrayed in thunder ; the still silence of the Almighty ought to go before the thunder of this House." In a sentence or two afterwards, Burke observes, in that aphoristic manner so peculiar to him : " As political hatred is the worst of hatred, so political forgiveness goes far beyond the forgiveness of religion." When he so gravely annunciated this aphorisir, Burke little thought how soon it would be realized by his friend Fox, in his famous coalition with Lord Nora, whose head, he had stated a thousand times in Par liament, ought to have fallen on the scaffold ! This WA an instance of" political forgiveness," which Burke, who shared in it, little anticipated, when ha hazarded the above remark. His much vaunted political prescience deserted him on this occasion. Among the other members whose spe,ches are resorted by Sir H. Ca venish, we may mention Lord North—Judge Black stone—Col. Luttrell, who acquits himself with uniform spirit—Sir Gilbert Elliott—and Alderman Beckford, who, considering he was a Lord Mayor, shows sur prising tact and sagacity. =------- , Tfl E Two EXTREMES— I ,„ EETOTALISM AND DrtuNxENNE66.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, whi c h were held before Sir W. Wiseman, Bart., J. Clark, and .1. Dagnall, Esqrs., for the appointment of headborough, consta bles, &c.. for the Uxbridge district, two rather curious ()like_ tions, and somewhat opposite in their character, were made by two persons named Ernmerton and Wingrove, who had been nominated to fill the office of headborough. Mr. Emtomebretoenx's. objection to serve was on the ground of his being a teetotalle r • and be stated t hat as his woulddntie . s o tilerfefo reg r u e el l y )eg compel him to e nter public -ponces, he would cured." The objection of Mr. Wingrove was, at least, a very candid one. I t was “on the ground that he was a drunkard," which rendered him unfit. to Ivld the office. Bo E tl t i wm o om f theseee x t t r e n m - o e n s d , jections were held to be " good, by the Bench, who forth- ith resolvedto d o i o sp d en t s w e o w o i t t h h e t r hc Iseesrsviaediesootedf M to ess t r h s ; Wingrove, . . were sworn In In the ir stead. 11r , " PRICE sd. PROSECUTION IN FRANCE OF A DEAF' AND DUMB MAN BY A DEAF AND DUMB MAN. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) CORRECTIONAL TRIBUNAL OF THE ELINE,—APRIL 9. M. MARTEL, Prc,ident. In the hall of the Pas Perdus were this day seen different groups of deaf and dumb persons, who seemed to wait with impatience the opening of the doors of the sixth chamber. Scarcely was the audi ence of the Correctional Police opened, than its narrow space was crammed with these persons, who disputed for the first places. Many of them, who appeared to be to the others objects of deference, took their seats on the witness bench. Soon there arose discussions full of warmth and vivacity between the different spectators, and the arrival of the tribunal did not stop them. It was not a case in which the ushers could demand silence, for the noiseless language of " dactylology" (talking with the fingers) and mimic gesture is not calculated to disturb order and interrupt deci sions and appeals. It was easily seen that all this audience (if such a name can be given to those who cannot hear) was agitated by some engrossing subject. This, however, did not prevent some of them from taking a gradual interest in the debates which were going on before them, debates entirely new to the greater number, and parts of which, caught up correctly or incorrectly by some, were translated by others, and commented on by all with a vivacity of gestures, and dumb manifestations of hilarity, which were highly curious, but no less painful to see. Above all, the embarrassed air of a stout Parisian husband accused of ill-usage by his wife excited the joy of some of the unhearing ones on the first seats. The ludi crous side of the judicial drama was easily seized by all, and the poor husband, who fidgetted on his seat, found himself persecuted by quolibets, which, although merely pantomitnical, were not less sig nificant. - The arrival of the celebrated Berthier, Professor of the Deaf and Dumb, anti himself deaf and dumb from his birth, excited a lively sensation in the crowd. Eager salutations were given him from all sides, and nearly every one of the congregation, by drawing the finger of his right hand rapidly round his ear, thus told his neighbour that he recognized Berthier. This is the sign by which all the deaf and dumb designate him, on account of a little cap which he wears in the school, and which he is in the habit of slanting over his right ear. The audiencier called the cause of " M. Pelis sier v. Contremoulin." This call was repeated by the sign of a "speaking professor," who was among the audience, and immediately there was a lively agitation throughout the assembly. M. Contre moulin placed himself on the bench of the accused, and by gestures gave to understand that lie was deaf and dumb, and could not answer the tribunal without the aid of an interpreter. At once twenty arms directed towards the same parson pointed out, with the most expressive pantomime, one of the cleverest " speaking professors" of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, M. Vaisse. The President called upon M. Vaisse to take the oath, and to interpret the answers of the accused to the tribunal. The accused, on being interrogated, replied that he was 27 years of age, and exercised the profes sion of engraver to the Depot de la Guerre. President—You are accused of lying in wait for M. Pelissier at the door of the Central Society, and of having struck him in the face. M. Vaisse transmitted the question to Con- tremoulin, who repulsed the charge with the most animated pantomime. By the expression of his gestures, which were mingled with the most lively dactylology, it was supposed that he contended that he bad been provoked, and had only defended him-' self. Soon his gestures became more eager, he grew warm, struck his breast, and raised his head, thereby indicating that he would go with front erect. It was then supposed that he had himself been the object of a scandalous accusation. He frequently traced a rapid furrow with his right middle finger from the interior of the palm to the extremity of his left middle finger, imitating the motion of a drum-player. M. Vaisse explained, that the accused by this sign declared that he had been charged with fraud by the plaintiff, who reproached him with being a false brother, and that he also defended himself from all premeditation. He did not belong to the Central Society of the Deaf and Dumb, and went there without any fixed purpose with two of his friends, who had business with the members of the bureau to which M. Pelissier belonged. The President called on M. Vai — sse to demand from the plaintiff an explanation of his complaint. M. Pelissier made a sign that he wished to an- swer the President in writing and directly. He therefore drew from his pocket a pencil and tablets. President—Give the plaintiff to understand that according to law the discussion must be oral, heard by everybody, even the audience. M. Vaisse placed his right forefinger across the palm of his left hand, and merely made a sign of negation, which M. Pclissier and all his friends and companions understood. This decision appeared to make a disagreeable impression on all. M. Ber thier, by his gestures, seemed in the midst of all to protest strongly against this decision. He made the gesture of a man who turns over the leaves of a book and points out a line which confirms that which he has advanced. Shortly afterwards M. Bcrthier, when a code was sent him, pointed out article 333 of the code of Criminal Instruction, and the terms in which a deaf and dumb person who knows how to write ought to give in writing his replies and declarations. President—Ask the plaintiff his name. M. Vaisse conveyed the question by the aid of dactvlology. M. Pelissier explained by gestures, and with an embarrassment at once polite and easy to be under stood, that he had great respect for the person of M. Vaisse, but that in conforming to the orders of the tribunal he wished to give his answers through the medium of another interpreter. _ _ M. Vaisse—The plaintiff desires to reply other wise than through me. This arises, doubtless, front some distrust felt towards a speaking professor be longing to the Royal Institute. M. Pelissicr, who guessed the professor's expla nation, showed the greatest eagerness to declare by his gestures that them was nothing in his refusal offensive to Ali Vaisse, although he required ano ther interpreter. At this moment the looks and gestures of all the deaf and dumb pointed out to the tribunal a decorated gentleman, who sat on the witness bench, and had held a continued conver sation with them from the beginning of the affair. Being called on to advance to the bar, the person designated declared his name to be Eugene d e Monglave, Secretary of the Historical Society. President—Can you interpret the answers of the deaf and dumb ? M. de MonglaYe—My continual communica tion with them, and the practice of dactylology, has made me familiar with their conversation. However, I appeal to the indulgence of the tri bunal, and M. Vaisse will correct me if anything escape me. M. Pelissier then made his complaint with great facility of pantomime, and with a vivacity of signs which left far behind the expressive rapidity of the mimic language of the other deaf and dumb persons. M. de Monglaye—The plaintiff is entering into a long detail on the institution of the Deaf and Dumb Central Society. When he has finished. I will give the tribunal a rasurnee. M. Pelissier continued his narrative, and coming to the facts of the complaint, showed the indigna tion which he felt at being struck in the face by a man whom he did not know, and who had laid in ambush for him. M. de Monglave—The plaintiff explains that he is a member of the Deaf and Dumb Central Society, which holds monthly sittings at No. 9, Rue St. Guillaume, and the o bject of which is to relieve unfortunate deaf and dumb persons. Many of these have been excloded from the Society for having given serious causes of dissatisfaction. They wished to enter by force, and were repulsed by the agents of authority. They then assembled together in. a neigh bouring. street-to,wait -for the members of VICTOR] A R.—Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelapd, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin and councillor Gilbert Earl of Minto, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath ; our trusty and well-be loved Sir Charles Adam, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Vice- Admiral of the Blue Squadron of our Fleet ; Sir Wil liam Parker, Knight Commander of the Most Honour able Military Order of the Bath, Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of our Fleet ; Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart:, Captain in our Navy ; Sir Samuel, John Brooke Pechell, Bart., Captain in our Navy, and Archibald Primrose, Esq. (commonly called Lord admen)), our Commissioners for executing the Of flee of Lord High Admiral of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dornioions thereunto belonging, and to our Commissioners for ' executing that Office for the time being, greetiog. Whereas, we have taken into consideration the late injurious proceedings of certain officers of the Em peror of China towards certain of our officers and sub jects : and whereas we have given orders that satisfac tion and reparation for the same shall be demanded from the Chinese Government : and whereas it is expedient, with the view to obtain such satisfaction and reparatim,, that ships and vessels and cargoes belonging to the Emperor of China and to his subjects shall be detained and held in custody ; and, if such reparation and satis faction be refused by the Chinese Government, the ships, vessels, and cargoes so detained, and others to be thereafter detained, shall be confiscated and sold, and that the proceeds thereof shall be applied in such man ner as we may hereafter be pleased to direct : we, V.era. fore, are pleased, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to order that the commanders of our ships of war do detain and bring into port all ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the Emperor of China or his subjects, or other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of China ; and in the event of such reparation and satisfaction as aforesaid having been refused by the Chinese Govern ment, to bring the same to judgment in any of the Courts of Admiralty within our dominions. These are therefore, to authorise, and we do hereby authorise and enjoin you, our said Commissioners now and for the time being, or any three or more of you, to will and re quire our High Court of 2taniirtiltv of England, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the said Court, and his sur rogate or surrogates, and also the several Courts of Admiralty within our dominions which shah be duly commissioned, and they are hereby authorised and required to take cognizance of and judicially to pro• eccd upon all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes, and reprisals of all ships, Vessels, and goods al ready seized and taken, and which hereafter shall be seized and taken, and hear and determine the same ac cording to the course of Admiralty and the laws of na tions : and to adjudge and condemn ail such ships, ves sels, and goods as shall belong to China, or subjects of the Emperor of China, or to any others inhabiting within any of his countries, territories, or dominions, In witness whereof we have caused the great seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to be affixed to these presents, which we have signed with our Royal hand. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4.. h day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1840, and in the third year of our reign. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday after— noon, a shocking accident occurred to a child aboul sixteen months old, of the name of Carroll, whose parents reside in the third story of No. 17, New Church-court, Strand. It ap t pears the m o ther h a d l e ft th e r o o m, leaving the child in the care tits elder brother, who was playing with it at the win dow ,when it suddenly fell from his arm into the court. and l was immediately picked up by some persons passing. . . thatcar ried to to hadAlr . r eee Walker,iTei surgeon,uuriyo-nlaonfe,owehboraaisnci:r:nadineitds n yed back to its pa body was severely bruised. ocienDeur . . rests' residence, where it now Tiaess conveyed any hops of re covery.By letters received f rot m he S sp ie a r n r i a ,h l:o hoo n t , ,e , r i T t r af s pear s that the master and crew of ii nnah, equipped for the slave-trade, Ema nuel, belonging to th a e n 3 d la c r o ia lo S ur e s g; fi n r d e a d but of fupßoino Ja neiro,thWolverine, on the 2d of June, as with Portuguese boats of her Majesty's . t s e loo b li oard her, with the English ensign passing under th t ' h e e tiam p e ap o e f rs a t h n e t y e w n e d r a e n p t r fl ° y ee i . : d g, ing ad wounded one man in the beats; that Commander William Tucker then took the Wolverine up t) the place, and found the Tres Emanuel scuttled and sunk, and fully ascertained and clearly proved before witnesses that the master and crew of the Spanish schooner had tired upon the boats of her Majesty's sloop, and had afterwards scuttled and sunk their own vessel, int( n ling to return and raise her so soon as the Wolverine left the river. Commander Tucker immediately proceeded to destroy the Trea Emanuel by cutting away her masts, and by cutting through her sides ,and decks, considering her in every respect as a pirate. It also appears that the Tres Emanuel had Spanish papers and logs on board, and was from the Havannah, equipped for the slave-trade. There is now in flower in one of ihe :loves at I Rcinshaw, near Chesterfield, the seat of Sir George Sitwel Bart., a beautiful female specimen of the eycas revoluta.. Tni p species is a native of Japan, and produced fruit, for the first time in England, is the autumn of 1790, at Farnham Castle, in Surrey, the seat of the Hon. and Right Rey. Dr. North, Bishop of Winchester. ) --- EVE \:ING EDITION. the bureau and insult them. At the moment when M. Betthier, the President, left with the member: of the bureau to which M. Pelissier belonged, tl:e latter was struck in the face by one of the men, who with several others had lain in wait for mo rt than an hour at a wine-merchant's. President—And is the accused the person nho struck him ? M. Pelissier answered by pointing twice at the accused, who repeated his explanations, signified that he had been provoked, and that he had only repelled his insult with a backhanded blow (here he twice repeated the sign described above), after he had been called before all his companions a false brother, and a man not to be trusted. President —Was the accused drunk ? The accused, on this question being transmitted to him, answered by laughing and by imitating a man with a staggering gait, that he was not in that stare, and then by i t sign ifi cant gr i mace expressed his horror of a drunkard. The witnesses for the plaintiff were then heard, and justified his complaint, A new diffi cu l ty arose on the deposition of a young artist, named John Carlin. He was of a striking figure, and had a most intelligent look, but unfortunately, though he knew the universal language of mimi cr y, h e cou ld only give English words by the means of dactylo logy. M. de Monglave stated that he was not very familiar with English, but with the assistance of a Mr. Wallis, and by means of a double interpreta tion, questions and answers were transmitted to the tribunal. M. Coquelet, an engraver in the Depot de la Guerre, also deaf and dumb, declared through the interpreter that the plaintiff had termed the accused a false brother. He designated the plaintiff by the sobriquet of " the poet," which he expressed in his mimic language by tracing unequal lines on his hand. M. de Monglave (to M. Vaisse)—What does he mean by this word " poet ?" M. Vaisse—The deaf and dumb call M. Pelis sier, who was formerly repetileur (monitor) at the school at Toulouse; " the poet," because he makes verses. He was not du►nb from his birth, and, al though he has lost the gift of speech, he remem bers enough of poetical rhythm to produce poems which are considered remarkable. The witnesses for the accused, also taken from among the deaf and dumb, maintained that there was no ambush, and that the accused had only pushed back M. Pelissier after being provoked by a gesture which conveyed the injurious meaning that he was a false brother. The tribunal merely condemned M. Contre moulin to a fine of 25f., and directed M. Vaisse to explain to him that indulgence was shown from hopes that the lesson would be a profitable one, and that such scenes would not take place in future. M. Contremoulin thanked the tribunal directly, and, addressing himself to the greffier, asked him by gestures whether he should pay at once. The greffier answered in writing, that he would write to him when the fine should be paid. The audience dispersed immediately, and the most animated discussions continued amongst the deaf and dumb in the ante-chamber of the tribunal, and even in the hall of the Pas Perdue. CHINA. (Presented to Parliament by her Majesty's command.) ORDER IN COUNCIL RELATING TO CHINA, APRIL 4, 1840. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of April. Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas there was this day read at the Board the annexed draft of a Commission, authorizing the Com missioners for executing the office of Lord High Ad miral of Great Britain to will and require the several Courts of Admiralty to take cognizance of, and judi cially proceed upon all captures, seizures, prizes, and reprisals that have been or sha ll be made of ships 9r vessels belonging to the Emperor of China or his sub jects ; her Majesty, taking the same into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Coun cil, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby or dered, that the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do cause the said Commission to be prepared for her Majesty's signature, with a proper warrant for the immediate pass. ing the same under the Great Seal of the United dom of Great Britain and Ireland. C. C. GREVILLE. / 0