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Rittraturr. POETRY. FIELD FLOWERS. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, Yet, wil i gs of Nature, I doat upon you, For ye waft me to stompers of old, When the earth tcem'd around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and buttercups gladdened my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold. I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams, And of broken glades breathing their balm, While the deer was seen glancing in ,unshine remote, And the deep mellow crush of the wood-pigeon's note Made music that sweetened the calm. Not a pastoral song has a pleasanter tone Than ye speak to my heart, little wildings of June : Of old ruinous castles ye tell, Where 1 thought it delightful your beauties to find, When the magic of Nature first breathed on my mind, And your blossoms were part of her spell. Ev'n now what affections the violet awakes; What loved little islands twice seen in tLeir lakes, Can the wild water-lily restore ; What landscapes I read in the primrose's looks, And what pictures of pebhled and minnowy brooks, In the vetches that tangled their shore. Earth's cultureless buds, to my heart ye were dear, Ere the fever of passion or ague of fear Had scathed my existence's bloom ; Once I welcome you m , re, in life's passionless stage, With the v sits of youth to revisit my age, And I wish you to grow on the tomb. NOTICES. The Gospel be/or.' the Age ; or Christ with Nicodemus. By the Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A. Baisler, Loudon. Probably the first thing requisite in noticing this elabo rate work is an explanation of the meaning of the title, which we cannot give better than in Mr. Montgomery's own words, which we take from the dedicatory epistle to to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. Mr. Mont gomery says " I have affixed to this volume the title "The Gospel before the age," not to imply that the word of God has not always been in advance by its infallible wisdom, its regenerative power, its searching anatomy, and faultless purity, of every theory, dogma, or science, which the invention of man's reckless mind has propounded. Such an implication would, indeed, be irreverent and ab surd, and tend to deny the prophetic omniscience of the Bible as preeminently the book of man, where all he has been, is, or can be, is seminally contained. But what I mean by the expression " before the age," as applied to the Redeemer's language to Nicodemus is this—that both theoretically and practically the age in which we live, to a vast extent, treats the Gospel as if it were behind itself; and hence no longer capacitated to grapple with the great problems of the day, and satisfy the rising wants of the world." The interview and conversation of our blessed Lord with Nicodemus form the groundwork of Mr. Montgo mery's contemplations, which are conducted after a two fold mode; first, we have the exposition, or a detailed analysis doctrinally and spiritually treating on the great matters in general. which Christ with Nicodemus discus ses ; and under the second division is offered an applica tion of the subject to the present times. The first part of the volume takes a comprehensive and searching view of our Lord's language, in its pointed re lation to the individual temperament of Nicodemus, as well as unto the primal truths of the gospel, and may be cor.sith red, therefore, as a lengthened argument to prove the fall anti corruption of man, and his consequent indis pensable need of spiritual regeneration. As these are doctrinal questions, we shall not be expected to notice them here, and we therefore pass on to remark a little more fully upon what falls under the second division— viz., that the sermon and appeal of our Saviour contain much that is applicable to the principles and eventful circumstances of our own times. In applying the principles contained in the words of Jesus to what is passing at the present period of the world's history, Mr. Montgomery first directs our atten tion to the prominent circumstances of the times, in the following words : " After allowing for diversities of individual judgment, and the ape• itic bias of the mental taste, we imagine most will con. cur in this,—that a restless appetite for some vague and vast amelioration, is that which is now stirring and heaving the great heart of society to its depths. And if we proceed to ana lyse this perturbed and feverish des're after some undefined state of 'atisfying good, we shall detect that a confidence in man's own powers principles and energies to produce and pro mote it, lies at the root of all its actings. To an immense ex tent, as to all active operation on the conscience and the will of the admirers of this world, the radical corruption and entire apostasy of our race from all spiritual goodness and truth, is either denied. diluted, or forgotten. Still, though the doctrinal fact of the fall may be unremembered, the moral consequence of that fall is not unfelt : and at this moment we perceive one of its malig , , influences to be b• died forth in a restless yearning for an imagined millennium, whe❑ the loftiest dreams of ages and the benignest aspirations of the human spirit will at length be realised Thus we have restlessness in the Political World — producing theories and plans and systems ; restlessness in the Intellectual World—unfolding itself in works of sentiment and science, philosophy, art, and romance ; restlessness in the Social World—in , erpreting itself by false notions, forced effects, mistaken views of life, and educat onal novelties, &c. ; and above all, restlessness in The Church—which seeks to relieve itself in every mode of deliverance which controversy can sup ply, and under every extreme of improvement which ec lesias tical suggestion can discover, or sectarian arrogance contrive." Each portion of this comprehensive classification is discussed by Mr. Montgomery at considerable length, and with great point and force, to demonstrate that every panacea offered by men—however intelligent and enlight ened—irrespective of scriptural truth, for this ecclesiasti cal, social, political, and intellectual restlessness, is a mere " daubing of the wall with untempered mortar," because the real w,nt of the age, and the only manner in which that want can be adequately supplied, are, if not despised, at least neglected. Taking the reply of our Saviour to Nicodemus, " Except a man be born again," as his groundwork, Mr. Montgomery argues that the " want " of man—of every man in every age—and the remedy or relief for that want, are clearly propounded in that emphatic answer to the Jewish Rabbi,—that is, that if any substantial, widespread, and permanent good is to be effected amongst the community,—tbe corrup tim of man by sin, and the regeneration of man by grace, must form the base of every movement for the amelioration of man's political as well as religious con dition, and that then man would not be considered as an automaton of living flesh, to contribute to the gratifica tion of his more wealthy and ambitious fellow-creatures, or treated as a being made for the enjoyment of a poli tical franchise, or for the fulfilment of duties in this world only, but as a creature capable of becoming not only a sacred ornament to society, but " like " unto the angels in the world to come. Of course such reasoning as this will be sneered at, as the ravings of a wild enthusiast, by those who desire to educate man as if all depended upon cultivating the principles naturally engendered within him, along with the advantages of good examples and right associations. But, nevertheless, such arguments are founded upon a rock on which our forefathers—more wise and holy than ourselves—were not ashamed to base their legislation. Let these truths be admitted, and the folly and sin of attempting a system of education without the inculcation of religious truths are admitted also—the utility of church establishments i s conce d e d— an d t h e necessity for such enactments and remedies as are funda mentally applicable to this debasement of the people is obviously demonstrated. Deny these principles, and both churchman and dissenter are at sea together. This brings the whole "(rise" into a nutshell, and proves, to any man who is content to take scripture, and scripture only, as his highest and holiest authority, that though the school master is abroad—though mechanics' institutes and lec ture-rooms are in every town and village in the kingdom, the gospel is notwithstanding " before the age," and proves also that all mere outward remedies applied to man's internal malady of a diseased heart and sensualised mind will, sooner or later, as has been invariably the case heretofore, recoil upon those who use them, and leave the " - last state" of the political world "worse than the first." This brief abstract will probably be considered sufficient to put our readers in possession of the genius of Mr. Montgomery's work, and as it is now quite unnecessary to remark on the style of the reverend gentleman, we shall conclude with the following extract :--- "It may be asked what is the connexion between man being " born again" by divine renewal, and the cure of his political discontent, and the social disorganisation of the lower classes ? What is the connexion ! why, we may well answer, what is the character of that age, and the state of moral feeling in a coun try, when such a question as this can be put at all ? flow base must that philosophy be, and how utterly incompetent to legis late for the conditions, or to interpret the real wants of fallen humanity, that imagines spiritual religion to be anything less than the actuating root of all public virtues, as well as of all private excellences ! Verily, the far-reaching wisdom of Burke discerned no phantom, but described a substantive evil, when he spoke of au " age of economists and calcu'ators." And alas t in our low views of the sacredness of a state, as well our blind ideas of religion as C'e finest and most effective guardian of all our relative duties—how forcibly are we indebted to cer tain theories of Warburton and Locke ; and to their expanded developments as found in the system of Paley, and the groveling utilitarianism of Bentham. In opposition to this let us main tain, that as the divine renovation of our whole being by the transforming power of grace, is the true and only elevation of man : so, in that elevation whatever tends to support law, sanction order, and strengthen government—is virtually con tained. Thus then can it be d emons t rate d, th a t h e w h o most clearly by the spirit can " see the kingdom of God" will be at the same time most competent to comprehend and venerate the kingdom of man also." Remedies suggested for the Perils of the Nation, Lon don : Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1844. It can scarcely have escaped the notice of an attentive observer of passing events how important a change has come over the public mind, within the last few years, with respect to the policy to be pursued to secure the na tion's greatness and the happiness of the people. Twenty years ago, when the evils which afflicted any portion of the community were under consideration, the remedy pro pounded was either some wild project for the robbery of the national creditor, some quixotic scheme of reform in the representativ e s y s t em , or a system of social arrange ment grounded upon the Utilitarian and Anti-Christian doctrines of the Politico-Economical philosophers of the day. As a nation we conceded the partial adoption of the second and last of thes e remedial causes. We had the Reform Bill, of which a great infusion of democracy into the constitution was the result. We remodelled, in a po pular form, our municipal bodies. We att ac k e d th e pos sessions of the Established Church, and embarked, in s u e, in a career of inno vation a n d yielding to popular pre judice and pressure, which has unsettled what was previ ously secure and healthy, without touching effectually one of the evils of the national condition. The most fatal portion of our policy however has been that which was prompted by a recognition of the truth of those mischiev ous theories with a hich the public mind had been previ *ugly indoctrinated by the professors of the Malthus and M'Cullock school of philosophy. Placing before our eyes the increase of the national wealth as the grand object of legislative care, and the growth of capital as the prime end for individual straggle, we proceeded to weaken the hod of the . poor upon property, an d t o d rag t h e la b our i ng millions into a fierce contest with the power of machinery at home and of cheapness of labour abroad, upon the suc cessful issue and painful maintenance of which was to be their sole dependence against the horrors or starvation. We passed a Malthusian New Poor-Law expres-ly on the ground that the poor, under the operat , on of the old and humane principle of the Elizabethan law, threatened to eat up the land and th e cap it a l o f t h e country. B y t es t s , which are alike unchristian and infamous, we drove the unemployed labour of the agricultural districts into the already overstocked hives of manufacturing industry, un til at the present moment we have created a number of dense and illregulated masses of population, absolutely dependent for daily existence upon a precarious trade, and whom a month's or a week's depriv a tion of a m arket for their toil, must plunge into actual famine or impel to the outrage and bloodshed of a rebellion. We did all this independent of one thought for the moral well-being of those whose social position we were so f ea rfully deteriorating. W introduced no props, no safety valve, into the social fabric whose security we were undermining. We shut our eyes to all the consequences of our measures, hugging ourselves in the conviction that we were successfully accomplishing our darling object of national and individual aggrandize ment. From this state of frenzied error and criminal selfish ness we rejoice to know that a large and morally influen tial portion of the public have at length recovered them selves. One by one we now hear scouted the baneful and noxious principles of the economists. We have no se cond Martineau lecturing to us of " preventive checks ;" no second Chalmers descending from his pulpit and from the dignity of his sacred office to teach the suffering la bourers that their miseries would be prevented if they would abstain from marriage (!) —if they would ab.tatn from obeying the direct command of their Almighty maker. Such opinions are not now obtruded upon the I world. The mania for further speculative reforms has merged into Chartism, and is daily becoming weaker. In the place of these has sprung up a deeply-seated convic tion, recognised, although indist'nctly, even by the for mer propounders of Malthusian error, that legislation should be more and more directed towards the ameliora tion of the condition of the poor ; and there are not want ing men of large and comprehensive views, and eminent both for their worth and station, who maintain that capi tal, too long the favoured object of protection, should be made to relax the grasp in which it ho'ds the labouring masses; and that the state should assume towards the poor of the laud that fostering and parental care, which it has thrown off to exercise the cold and harsh duties only of avenger of crime, and protector of life and property. Slowly, but at the same time most satisfactorily, be cause founded upon sound principles, this healthy change in public opinion has been brought about ; and gratifying it must be to the journalist to reflect how much of that change may be attributed to the incessant action, upon the mind of the reflecting and rightminded portion of the people, of an honest and fearless press. Day by day, week by week, and year by year, amidst obloquy and discouragement, the pen of the journalist, and more especially of the con servative journalist, has been wielded in the cause of our suffering and slighted poor; has dragged to light th e ini quities of the mammon-loving philosophy, in accordance with whose dictates those poor are ground to the earth as things less valuab!e in the eyes of legislation than a stone or a machine. Day by day it has routed the flimsy so phistries by which crime and cruelty black as Erebus were made to appear in the garb of ultra humanity towards the victim whom it oppressed; arid at length the whole un• sightly fabric of error, with which the world has been be fooled and the patience of men abused, reels beneath the shocks dealt against it by its sturdy and persevering oppo nent. At length we are, as a nation, approaching that ' point at which we shall be prepared to commence redress ing those wrongs which we have committed towards God and our fellow-creatures. We must not, however, arrogate on the part of the press more than its due proportion of praise for the promotion of this good work. The pen of the jouraalist has done much. But other and valuable appliances have been brought to the to-k of dissipating error and recalling the nation to virtue. • Faithful teaching of the church has not been wanting—teachi,:g drawn from the only true guide for re gulating human actions and the principles which ought to actuate human legislation. A few noble spirits in parlia ment have eloquently and perseveringly pleaded for the cause of truth, justice, and mercy. And, besides these, standing as beacon lights upon the path flora the dark ness of error to the noonday towards which we trust we are approaching, we have a goodly array of names of ta lented and wise men who have grappled boldly with the error and the wrong around them, and left their recorded conclusions for our aid and guidance. We refer to such men as the late Michael Thos. Saddler, who first routed the professors of that infidel philosophy which teachestbat the creator has sent man upon the earth without ordain ing at the same time its ability to produce a sufficiency of food for his support; to Alison, who has succesfully re futed the same notion ; to Bosanquet and others—the last, but by far from the least, of these is the author of " the Perils of the Nation" and of the work before us. To him it was reserved to gather up the lessons of those who had gone before him—to gather the evidence which his fellow labourers and predecessors in the same good work had collected,—and to present to a startled nation, in one hi deous portraiture, the black array of its crimes and weak nesses, its grievous errors and maniacal follies. In the " Perils of the Nation" the author effected this. He pointed to us society as it exists in this favoured, this wealthy, this powerful, this Christian England; and men recoiled at the picture and asked themselves " can these things be?" Nor did he stay here. No : in that, his first work upon the subject, he urged, for the first time in the same bold and comprehensive spirit, the necsssity of a national effort for the removal of national evils so vast, so deplorable. Few who read that work in a proper spirit—who weigh ed its statements and reasonings —could have doubted the justice and correctness of the views of the writer ; and few there were who did not long to peruse the remedies pro posed by one who so eloquently a id faithfully pourtrayed the evils. Those " remedies" are now before us, and we purpose bringing them in detail before our readers. In justice, however, to the writer and to the public who pe ruse our columns, we mu-t reserve for a separate chapter, or chapters, the examination which we propose, our pre sent limits being far too scanty. In the meantime we may brit fly state that these remedies are a retrirn to scrip tural principles as our guide in legislation and in our con duct; new organization of the country into parishes of such a size as would facilitate the working of an educa tional system under the eye of the clergy, and of church extension ; the lightening of the labour market by the withdrawal of women and children from men's employ ments ; the cottage allotment system ; improvement of the dwellings of the poor ; amelioration of the new poor law, and measures for the general improvement of the mo rals of the people. With respect to some of these reme dies the author may be regarded as rather quixotic; but let no reader dismiss their consideration on this ground. I If the remedy is good in itself, the difficulty of its applica tion should not be permitted to stand in the way by men grievously afflicted as are the people of this land. The whole will be found to be ably argued, and suprorted by a mass of valuable evidence bearing upon the subject. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The winner of the Ascot Cup has been named Emperor, in cornl liment to his imperial majesty of Russia. Thursday, the 4th of July, has been fixed for opening the appeal to the House of Lords in the case of O'Con nell and the other traversers. THE MILITIA.—This constitutional force is to be re modelled, completed, and placed on a more efficient establishment.—Standard. A pinch of Peruvian guano put into the water contain ing cut or pulled flowers, will keep them fresh for a con siderable time. The ball of Socialists, at Huddersfield, after every effort to sustain it, is in the market, and is about to be pur chased by the NVesleyans for a chapel. At Stockingford, the other day, for a wager of a shilling, a woman ate a peck of radishes, with a pound of bread and butter, and ale ad libitum, in half an hour. THE SHIFTING INTEREST.—Shipping to a value ex ceeding £40,000 has changed owners at Sunderland within the last month. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY--On Saturday last John Ni cholson, the second clerk at the Carlisle post-office, was committed to Carlisle gaol, being charged with stealing a letter containing a £4O Bank of England note, which passed through that office in May last. COLLISION.—On Thursday a collision took place on the Thames between the Antwerpen steam ship and a fishing smack, when the latter was literally smashed to pieces, and two little boys about thirteen years of age lost their lives. iNCENDIARISM.—A fire supposed to be the act of an incendiary took place at Sherwick Barton Farm, in Corn wall, when all the valuable ricks of corn, hay, straw, together with the whole of the outhouses, barns, &c., we re totally consumed. Fortunately, the farm hiouse escaped. THE DUKEDOM OF SussEx.—The House of Lords sat on Thursday morning in a committee for privileges, to take into further consideration the claim of Sir Augus tus D'Este to the Dukedom of Sussex; Earl Shaftesbury chairman. The attendance of peers was very numerous. Most of the judges were also in attendance. On Monday last, Christopher Dermott, a clerk in the Treasury, was found dead in his bedroom, with two razors near him. His throat was cut most frightfully' the wind pipe being severed entirely through, and the wound reach ing to the bone. The act is attributed to religious melancholy. ROBBERY OF SIR CHARLES PRICE.—On Sa belonturd ya, James Richards, charged with stealing a parcel ging to Sir Chas. Price and Co., containing notes to the amount of between £1,700 and £2,000 of bills, from the Bedford coach, was fully committed for trial by the Luton magis trates, on the charge of receiving the notes well knowing them to be stolen. DEATH FROM SWALLOWING A MARBLE.--011 Sun day week a child not ten years old, the son of a person named Arnold, living at Chorlton-on-Medlock, swallowed a marble, and died on Wednesday night from inflamma tion at the top of the throat, caused by the pressure of the marble, which had to be pushed down, the s ur g eons not being able to extract it. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out at a thatched house, in the village of Newnham, about five miles from Faversham, Kent, which totally destroyed 14 or 15 houses and cot tages, besides a carpenter's shop, lodges, stables, &c. The fire is supposed to have originated in the falling of sparks from the chimney on to the thatch of the house. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Last Night. Statement of Sir Robert Peel on the Sugar Duties Bill. Before five o'clock the house was exceedingly full with members on both sides, and the space below the bar ap propriated to strangers was also crowded. Amongst those present we noticed Lord Morpeth, and a. number of Peers. Sir R. PEEL entered the house a few minutes before five o'clock. After a short pause, The [tight Hon. Bart. said it was probable the house would expect some statement from him of the course her Majesty's government intended to pursue in consequence of the vote on Friday night on the subject of the sugar duties (hear, hear.) He had a statement to make, but if the house had no objection, he would make it after they had resolved into a committee on the Sugar Duties Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL said, there could be no objection to the course proposed by the right hon• bart. The house then went into committee, Mr. Greene in the chair. Sir R. PEEL said, the house having resolved into a committee, he would state the views which her Majesty's government entertained on the subject of the Sugar Du ties Bill, and the course they intended to pursue (hear, hear.) The right hon. bart. proceeded to state his opi nions upon the queAtion of slavery as connected with the duties on su ga r, an d rev i ewe d the various discussions which h a d t a k en p l ace . H er M a jesty's government thought it would be unjust to the British planter to enter into competition with the foreign grower who used slave labour. He could not, however, help thinking that if they encouraged the introduction of sugar from Cuba, Java, and perhaps China, the produceof freelat our, itwould tend to discourage slavery in those parts. The house was aware of the plan which they had proposed to effeet this intro duction. They proposed that there should be a differen tial duty between foreign and colonial sugar of 10s. per cwt. They wished the growers of free labour sugars to know the opinion of uarliament on this subject, in order that, at some future period, no party should be taken by surprise. What they had proposed they believed to be a safe treasure as regarded the revenue and the consumer, and not injurious to the West India interest. They had, however, been met by a counter resolution, proposed by the hon. member for Bristol, who proposed a different scale of duty. Her Majesty's gove:nment had considered the pro posal of thehon. memberprevious to and since they had been left in a minority (hear, hear.) The rt. hon. bart. said, after I full consideration her Majesty's government retained their former opinions ; they could not adopt or acquiesce in the proposition of the hon. member for Bristol ; they were of opinion that their original resolution would be most advantageous to the revenue and the public, and not injurious to the West India interest. (Hear, hear.) His hon. friend proposed to make a reduction of about o ie-sixth in the duty on sugar. He believed that reduc tion would not benefit the West India planters; the sub jects of their commiseration, but the benefit would go into the pockets of the retailers of sugar. (Hear. hear.) The West India proprietors ought not to complain of being taken by surprise. Lord Sydenham told them in the year 1839 that they must prepare themselves for some alteration. Next year the property tax expired. and then the question must be raised, whether it was to be renewed or discontinued ? And this question must greatly depend upon the continuance of the sugar duties. Another ob- • jection to the motion was, that the government could not: consent to a discriminating duty of 14s. on certain de scriptions of sugar—they could not consent to give in creased protection to the West Indian colonies. (Hear.) He differed with the hon. member for Bristol on the me rits of his propositi on , an d h e f e l t b oun d to oppose it on political grounds. If the question was one of unimpor tance, it carried with it distrust in the government, and had a bearing on their existence as an executive; and if acquiesced in by them, it was giving encouragement to future attempts. He believed, however, the motion was carried by preconcert—(hear)—with hon. gentlemen op posite. (Hear.) He did not complain of combination ; parties had a right to combine if they pleased—(hear ;) but as a minister of the crown, be had a right to say whe ther he would adopt the recommendations of such com binations or not. He declined acquiescing in the propo sition of the hon. member for Bristol, let the consequences be what they might. Under these circumstances the course her Majesty's government intended to pursue was this : for the purpose of giving the house another oppor tunity of reconsidering the question, if the hon. member proposes to make 20s. as the amount of duty, he (Sir R. Peel) shall propose that the duty be 245., and on that question he should take the sense of the house. (Hear.) He was not answerable for the state they were in as re garded the progress of legislative business. Many of the government measures had been opposed, and they had not been carried, and there must be an arrearfor the close , of the session, which he deeply regretted. The wish of the government had been to protect the great institutions of the country, at the same time to reform them as much as consistent, to relax as much as possible restrictive dot es, and to mend the ecclesiastical establishment.. He deeply regretted if they had lost the confidence of friends, but he could not ask for their voting that night under professions, which could not be realised. Her Majesty's government would go on in the course of steady legislation. Considerable anxiety has been displayed in the metro polis, caused by the movements in the neighbourhood, and various rumours were in circulation on Saturday and Sunday as to the course to be pursued by ministers. On Sunday a numerous meeting of conservative members was held at the Carlton Club, which was adjourned until yes terday, when a resolution of entire confidence in Sir R. Peel's government was proposed and carried unanimously. A Cabinet Council was held on Sunday, after which Sir Robert Peel proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and stayed to dine with her Majesty; and another Cabinet Council, summoned by Sir James Graham, was held yesterday, the result of the deliberations of which is, no doubt, the mi nisterial determination above. The London Standard of last night urges the Conservative members to retrace their steps, and intimates the retirement of Sir Robert Peel as the result of their remaining intractable. THE LIVERPOOL ..TANbAili). REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting was held yesterday. Up to three o'clock the proceedings consisted almost wholly of the acknowledgment by the secretary of large sums of money. The rent, it is believed, will exceed £3OOO. The annual Polish Ball took place on Tuesday. Twelve hundred tickets were disposed of, and the company ex ceeded one thousand persons. There has been a state ment in circulation that the Emperor of Russia sent £5OO fcr a ticket. It is true that his Imperial Majesty offered a munificent donation, but the association could not con sistently accept the bounty. The offer was declined. GUANO TRADE.—Since our last, the Rolla, keighley, of 451 tons register; the Neva, Simpson, of 320 ditto; and the Frances Lawson, Martin, have each sailed from this port for the coast of Africa, and will be followed in a day or two by the Integrity, of 489 tons, making eight ships from this port, for the same destination, in quest of guano, within about five weeks.—Hull Herald. DROWNING OF Two PRUSSIANS.—A melancholy ac cident took place at the mouth of the Tyne, on the even ing of Friday week. The ship Caroline 011 en, Heahke, of Swinemunde, from Dunkirk, after having cast her ballast at sea, capsised off Tynemouth Bar, and two men, who were in the hold at the time were unfortunately drowned. The vessel has since been righted. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF 500 QUAILS.—On Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in the cellar of the house, No. 23, Turnhill-street, Clerkenwell, in the occupation of Mr. Davenham, an extensive dealer in pigeons, quails, &c., who a few months ago, by a similar calamity, lost above 1,000 pigeons. There were in the cellar above 500 quails in cages, all of which were destroyed. SUDDEN DEATH.—Much excitement was awakened in Darlington, on Sunday week, by the sudden death of Mr. W. Backhouse, the senior partner of the old and respec table banking establishment of Backhouse and ar lington. Mr. Backhouse, being a member of the Co., gociety of Friends, attended the meeting-house in the evening as usual. He rose to address the congregation, and whilst in the act of speaking, fell down and immediately expired. REGISTRATIONS.—On Thursday, the 20th instant, overseers in boroughs must publish notices to electors for the payment of poor-rates and assessed taxes, due on the 6th of Aril last, on or before the 20th of July next. By the act of parliament, 2d William 4th, c. 45, overseers are required to affix on the church-doors, by the 20th ofJune, notices to persons qualified to claim as county voters, and all claims must be delivered on or before the 20th of July. On Saturday week, a sumptuous banquet was given by the barristers of the home circuit to Sir F. Thesiger, M.P., the new solicitor-general, on his accession to office. The dinner took place at the Brunswick Hotel, Blackwell. The bar of the home circuit consists of about 140 mem bers, of whom J. T. Platt, Esq.. Q.C., is the leader, and upwards of 100 gentlemen sat down, Mr. Platt, the se. nior member, presiding. THE CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARIC.—The princelai continued his travels in Scotland. After a visit to the Marquis of Breadlebane, at Taymouth, the prince arrived at Glasgow on Friday, where he saw the sights, from the Cathedral to the retail linen-draper's shop of Campbell and Company. He visited Sterling on Sunday, the falls: of Clyde and Lord Belhaven on Monday, and left Glas gow on Tuesday, for Cromarty, on his way to Feroe Islands. EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTIMENT.—WiIIiam Symes, of Yeovil, had on many occasions, for many years past, been heard to declare his conviction that he should die on the very day when he should have been married twenty years; and, strange to relate, his presentiment proved true, as his death took place on Whit-Monday, the 27th of May, on which day, 20 years before he was married. His remains were conveyed to the grave on Thursday week, and agreeably with his particular desire, often ex pressed, his body was d resse d i n t h e same c l o th s which he wore when he was married.—Bristol Mercury. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Monday, at Barton, on view of the body of Hannah, wife of James Ward, dyer, of Salford. It ap peared, that on the preceding day the deceased and her husband walked to Barton, intending to take the packet there for Irlam. They were too late, but obtained a pas sage in a common boat that was going to Liverpool. About a mile and a half below, at Sticking's Lock, they had to wait while a packet ascended the lock, and while doing so the mast suddenly fell, striking the head of the woman, who was sitting near, and killing her on the spot. It appeared that one of the links of the chain by which the mast was held had become unloosed. £385 IN BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES DESTROYED BY FIRE.—On Monday evening Mr. W. Skinner, a boot and shoe maker, carrying on rather an extensive business in High-street, Stratford, went with a £2O note into his cellar, for the purpose of depositing it with several others (which it. appears he kept in a tin kettle,) to the amount of £380; when in the act of depositing the £2O note in question, some person entered his shop, and he left the cellar for the purpose of ascertaining what was wanted, and on his return he found the whole of the notes, amounting to £4OO in flames, and he only succeeded in saving £l5. It is supposed that the notes were ignited by a spark falling from the candle. Unfortunately the numbers are not known ; therefore, there is no probability ' of any port!on of the money being recovered from the Bank of England.—Essex Standard. WILL OF THE LATE MARG,U S OF HASTINGS.—The will of the late Marquis of Hastings has just been proved in Doctors Commons. The deceased gives to his wife £7500 for providing her and her younger children with a suitable residence; an annuity of £lOOO a-year, best carriage and braes, and the choice of furniture, &c., at Loudon Castle, Scaland ; or should she prefer money, the sum of £3OOO instead. To his sons on attaining age, and to his daughters on attaining theirs, or day of mar riage, sums varying from £4500 to £9OOO. The late much lamented Lady Flora Hastings is bequeathed a legacy. The residue is given to his wife, children, and other branches of his family. The following passage occurs in the will :—" If it should please Almighty God to take the whole of my children to himself, I trust my sovereign will confer the title on my eldest sister, to per petuate my long line of ancestors." The personal pro perty is sworn under the large sum of £140,000. The will bears date in 1836. SUICIDE WHILST DREAMING.--On Sunday evening last, a young man, named William Sexton, A m phtill, Bedfordshire, died from the effects of a wound in his throat, inflicted by himself under the following singular circuroitance :—For some time past the deceased had suffered from asthma, and at times was rather delirious. On the 22d. ult., he went to bed at the usual time. Be tween one and two o'clock, he walked to his sister's room and woke her up. She asked him what he wanted, but he only answered by pointing to his throat, and on her putting her hand to the spot, she found he was bleed.. ing from a wound in it. Assistance was procured and the wound was dressed. On rallying, the deceased stated, that during his sleep he dreamed that a policeman said he would put birn in the stocks, and that he replied, rather than he should do so be would cut his throat. The police man attempted to do it, and he then got up and took his penknife out of his pocket and inflicted the wound. The pain caused him to awake, and he then walked to his sister's room, as stated above. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—A general order to take effect from the Ist of this month, has been issued from the Horse Guard, by direction of the Commander in Chief, relative to the enlistment of recruits for the Cavalry and infantry, and the , East India Company's employ, who are all to be taken for ultimate service. For the Cavalry, the amount of levy money is £6 19s. ; of which £5 15s. 6d is to be paid to the recruit, and £1 3s. 6d. in contingen cies. For the Infantry, the levy money is £5 65., viz., £4 to the recruit, and £1 6s. in contingencies. The fol lowing shows the standard and age required for the various species of service.—Heavy Cavalry, men not below sft. Tin. nor above sft. lOin., and riot exceeding 25 years of age ; growing lads sft 61in., if under 17. Light Cavalry, including Lancers: men not below 51t. 61in. nor above sft. 9in., and not under 19, nor exceeding 25. Infantry of the Line : men not below sft. 6in., nor exceeding 25 ; growing lads sft 6in., if under 18. Infantry in India, China, New South Wales, and St. Helena : sft. 6in., not under 18. East India Company's Service ; Artillery, not below sft. Tin. ; Infantry, not below sft. 6in. ; and not under 20 or exceeding 30. MISS CHRISTINA WELLER.—This gifted young lady made her debut before a metropolitan audience on Tues day last, at a concert given by Signor Marras, in the Hanover-square Rooms. The Morning Chronicle of Wednesday thus flatteringly notices her performances : " A very interesting feature of the concert was the debut of Miss Christina Weller, a young pianist who promises to make a sensation in the musical world. She played Weber's famous Concert-stuck, with orchestral accom paniments, in a manner which, in several particulars, we have not heard surpassed. The lightness, rapidity, and brilliancy of her fingers are wonderful ; and her style is that of a thorough musician. The concluding movement, so expressive of the wildest exuberance of joy, was exe cuted with the utmost possible animation, and produced an immense effect on the audience, who gave vent to their pleasure and admiration in the loudest applause. Miss Weller, moreover, is exceedingly handsome, elegant, and lady-like ; and, we doubt not, will become one of the greatest stars of our concerts." Last Thursday evening Miss Weller gave a soiree musicale of her own, at the same place, which passed off with great eclat, and of her performances at which, the leading journals speak in the most unqualified terms of praise. THE GERMAN DWARFS.—We understand that the fortunate holder of Tom Thumb has already realised a pretty sum of money by his speculation ; and it is well for him that he has done so in time, for in London are three wee-wee things come from Germany, who bid fair to divert a small share of the public attention. The General, who purports to be twelve years old, is twenty inches high ; one of our new visitors, Christian Brock sted, is thirteen years old, bona fide, " right up, straight down, and no mistake," to quote classic Jack Brag, as may be known unto all men by the certificate of his bap tism and birth, duly signed and sealed by the local au thorities, and yet he is only three inches taller than the American, and weighs but one pound more. Moreover, the German blows lustily on the horn, and smokes no end of cigars, and takes leading parts in a ballet of ac tion, and does all sorts of things marvellous to behold in one so very small. Then there's his sister, Maria Brocksted, eighteen years old, yet only 32 inches high, and of but 22 pounds weight, a very nice little woman indeed, chubby, rosy, smiling, apparelled in a silk cress of mature form, with a good head of hair, dressed a la •node, who sings a song, and dances a dance as `twere a fairy of the olden time, or an elfin sprite of more modern Germany. There's another brother, Henrie Brocksted, 22 years of age 36 inches high, and weighing but 36 pounds, who takes part in the ballet. CHAT MOSS ON FIRE !—On Friday morning, the ex tensive moss generally known as Chat Moss, on the line of the Liverpool railway, was discovered to be on fire in two places, one on the part of the Moss called Barton Moss, and the other at the Flow Moss, distant a few miles from each other. Owing to the long continuance of drought, the vegetation on this extensive waste was in a very dry state, and the fire, aided by the high wind from the west, spread with great rapidity from each of these points, in the direction of Manchester, extending at the same time north and south. The fire extended over a distance of upwards of three miles, varying in breadth from one to two miles. Under the apprehension that the destructive element would reach the platations of Lord Francis Egerton, at \\Torsley, a number of persons, in cluding several of the railway servants, were actively em ployed in trying to arrest the fire, by digging trenches and other means. The fire at the other spot spread to a nearly equal extent. Several causes have been assigned for the origin of the fire, and it is difficult to ascertain which is the correct one. It was said to be the result of the spon taneous combustion of the peat; others thought that the farmers on the borders of the moss had thought this a favourable opportunity for burning off the vegetation, and thereby rendering the land more susceptible of cul ture. The guard of the railway trai i which arrived on Sunday afternoon stated that the fire was completely ex tinguished. He said that smoke was observable on many parts of the moss, but that the flames were wholly sub dued. He seems to think that the damage has been over rated, and that it will be principally confined to the furze and vegetable growth. It appears that the fire swept along the edge of Lord Francis Egerton's plantations, but did not affect any material injury to those beautifully cultivated patches of land. The timber has also escaped uninjured. GAS COMPETITION.—From evidence given before a committee of the House of Commons during the present sessions, it appears that the London Gas Company, whose works are situated at Vauxhall, commenced operations in the year 1834 to compete with several existing companies both on the Middlesex and Surrey side of the Thames, under the pretence of supplying gas at a considerably re duced rate ; and after being at work for nine years, they stood indebted, on the 31 December last, as shown by their accounts, in no less a sum than £155,000.—As it may satisfy the curious to know how such companies con trive to carry on their speculations, we give the following particulars, as they appear in evidence, of the company in question. Their original capital was £150,000, consisting of 3,000 shares of £5O each ; which, in the year 18-10, were all paid up. Finding themselves in great difficulties, for want of money, they contrived to borrow the sum of £155,000, above referred to, on mortgage of their works, and the individual responsibility of the directors. In ad dition to this, they have found it necessary to raise fur ther capital, and it appears that they have succeeded in raising an additional sum of £lOO,OOO, by issuing scrip, called " Preference Shares," bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum (payable before any dividend upon the original shares can be made,) and entitling the scrip owners, within a given time, to become shareholders in the concern, should the amount of the profits exceed that of the guaranteed 6 per cent. In this state of affairs, the London Gas Company are now applying to parliament for an act to enable them to raise more money, and to limit the liability of the subscribers to the amount of their sub scriptions. Having first coalesced with some of the other companies, they abandoned the cheap price of £3 10s. for public lamps (upon the strength of which they obtained permission to lay pipes in various parishes) and, in case where circumstances admitted, raised the price to £6 6s. per lamp ! We are always advocates for foir competition, where the public are really likely to reap a lasting advan tage; but we are, at the same time, ready:to oppose acorn pe tition which has for its ulterior object monopoly, by means of coalition. Had this company's affairs been managed by a body of respectable and experienced tradesmen, who understood their business, and had an interest in securing a permanent reduction in the price of gas, a very different result might have taken place; and we hold this up as common they interest are but warning to large capitali s t s , no t t o i n terfere with a busi ness for n o which withill-athde public. a pted, and in which the y have NEWTON RACES. WEDNESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES, of 10 sovs each, with 25 sovs added One mile and a quarter. Mr. Boyd ns br c Best of Three, 3 yrs, Est 71b.. (Riley) 1 Mr. Hornby's br g Flamingo, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 2 The LYME PARK PRODUCE STAKES, of 50 sovs. each, 30ft. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Mostyn's br c. Brunel Walked Over A GOLD CuP, value 100 sovs., the gift of the Lord of the Manor, added to a HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 sovs ft. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Stephenson's ch c Freedom, 4 yrs, 7st 51b...... (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Dawson's b c Merry Andrew, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Mostyn's ch c General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Armytage, Phryne, and Betsy Bird, also started. After one false start Betsey got off first. Armytage second, Merry Andrew. third, Pollock fourth. In this order they kept for about a mile, when the hopes of Hes t. seltine let out, andtook the lead. There was no particu lar change till appr ching tl Red-house, when P o ll oc k made a fruitless at mpt t be premier. Rea c hi ng th e home turn , the cra k t up the running, and fi na ll y won very cleverly b ood length: BETTING.-6 to 5 agst Freedom] 7to 2 agst Army tage ; 7 to 2 agst Merry Andrew ; and 4 to 1 agst Pol lock. A PLATE of . 50 sovs. for horses that never won. Heats, One mile and a half. Mr. Wilson's ch c by Hampton, 3 yrs.... (White- house) 0 1 1 Lord Warwick's br c The Mule, 3 yrs .. Mr. Osborne's blk c Boniface. 3 vrs THURSDAY. _ ST. LEGER STAKES of 20 SOUS each, with 30 soya added. One mile and a distance. ... Sir J. Gerard's blk c Erebus, by Sheet Anchor I Mr. Meikiam's br c Godfrey, by Inheritor 2 The GOLBORNE STAKES of 20 sons each. Golborne Course. Mr. Bennett's ch f Hope, by Gladiator. Mr. Cook's b c Yellow Boy, by T0mb0y...... Four others started. SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sots each, 10 ft, with 20 sous added , One mile and a quarter. Mr. Whitworth's ch m Lady Sarah Walked Over. A PLATE of £5O. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Wilson's ch c by Hampton,. 3 yrs Mr. Dawson's b c Merry Andrew, 4 yrs FRI DAY. The ST. HELEN'S PURSE of £5O, added to a SWEEP. STAKES of 15 soya. each. The Golborne Course. Sir J. Gerard's blk c Pluto. Mr. Salvin named Doctor Husband (Weatherall) 2 The BOROUGH CUP of 100 sous. in specie, added to a HANDICAP STAKES of 20 SOPS, each. Mr. Hanmer named b c Yardley (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Stephenson's ch c Freedom.. The NEWTON STAKES, a Handicap of 5 sovs. each, witb 30 added, for three-year olds and upwards. The owner of the second received £lO. _ _ Mr. Hamer named Foxberry....... (Whitehouse) 1 3 1 Mr. Merry's b c Armytage (Noble) 2 1 2 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's Miss Miggs.. (Copeland) 3 0 3 A PLATE of £5O, for tbree-year-olds and upwards. Heats, one mite and a half. Mr. M. Dawspn's ch m The 8iddy........ (Lye) 1 2 1 Sir C. Cockerill's Aurungzebe.. (S. Darling, jun.) 2 3 2 Mr. Osborne's- blk c Boniface . FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, Price Is. lid. per box. THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, Indigestion producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The Stomach mill speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take place; and instea of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced app aranc strength, activity, and renewed health, will be nick result of taking this Medicine according to the directions accompanying each box. These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages ; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a FULL HABIT, who are subjget to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing IV the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symp toms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For FEMALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of Spirits, Dull ness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To MOTH E RS. they are confidently recommended as the best medicine that can be taken during pregnancy : and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the re commendation of a mild operation with the most success ful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use. By regulating the dose according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be required ; and for elderly people they will be found to be the most comforta ble Medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Price ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box; also by Rennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phillips, Aspinall, Fisher, Apothecaries' Company, G. Syers, J. Syers, Roberts, Johnson and Son, Lathbury, Scholefield, Smith, King, Bradford, Blake, Bird, Gerard, Watson, Mucklow, Lloyd, Carter, and Rowland, Liver pool ; Law, and Gaskell, Manchester ; and by the vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. PUBLIC NOTICE. HER Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, having t a k en M R . GRI M : STONE'S extensive Premises in Broad Street, Mr. G. has, at a very considerable expense, prepared very com modious Premises, 434, Oxford -street, at which place he earnestly solicits a continuance of the kind support with which he has been favoured by the Nobility and Public generally. Mr. Grimstone's commet cial intercourse enables him to vend his Foreign odds in the most ge nuine condition ; aild he pled himself to continue the manufacture of every aril to its pure and pri-tine state. Testimonials of udo ed authority, from the hit:hest characters, proving se efficacy of his EYE SNUFF, may be seen at his Warehouse as above, and in the third edition of his Almanac 1843 and 1844. SIGHT RESTORED : NERVOUS HEADACE AND DEAFNESS CURED. Under the Patronage of his late MAJESTY, H. R. H. the DUCHESS of KENT, and the LORDS of the TREA SURY. To SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, & OTHERS. FOR EX 'ORTATION, GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF. A feu of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight Re stored and Deafness Cured by Grimstone's Eye Snuff. J. B. Lachfield, Esq.; cured of Opthalmia. Whitehall and Thatched House Tavern.—See his letters. 1839 and 1842. Mrs. Guppy, N;:36, Nelson-square, Blackf Tars-road; cured of Opthalrnia.—See her letters, 18240836, and 1842. Miss Mary Roades, Market-place, Winsloe, Bucks; cured of Opthalrnia. Witnesses to her cure—Mr. John Roades, lather and R. Walker, a magistrate.-22d December, 1822, and others. Mr. A. Macintyre, r.ged 65, No. 3, S Iver st., Golden-square, cured of Gutta Serena.-2,1 October 1832, 1838, and 1843. 11. Liston, Esq., Marine Library, Ramsgate, Kent; cured of Cataract and Deafness.-2d July 1839, 1842, and 1843. Mi3S Burberow ; cured while at Jamaica of Gutta Serena No. 37. Mary-street, Regent's-park, London.-2d March 1840 and 1843. Mr. P. Saunderson, No. In, Ilarper-street, Leeds; cured of Cataract and Deafness.—See hi s l e t ters , 1828 and 1840. Mr. H. Pluck well, Tottenham-house, Tottenham, Middlesex ; cured of Opthalmia. Has seen many cured by using the Snuff. Miss E. Englefield, Park-street, Windsor; cured of Nervous Headache and Deafness.-6th August 183 g. _ _ Madame F. Lespis, facing the church, ii s ar' , ..street, Windsor; cured of Dimness of Sight and Headache.-9th September 1833 and 1843. Decimus Blackburn, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey ; Headache, Weakness, and Dimness of Sight cured. Elizabeth Robson, Ig, Bell street, Edgeware-road ; cured of Opthalmia and Deafness. Aged 69. James Roe, Esq., 6, Camden-terrace, Kentish-town; cured of Opthalmia and H eadache.-10th November 1839. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S. This eminent surgeon strongly recommend Grimstone's Eye Snuff.--See J. B. Lachfield's letter. Dr. Abernethy used it, and by that able physician it was termed the Faculty's Friend and Nurses' Vade Mecum. Dr. Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his reports in Nov. 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the membrane, w thin the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grimstone's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest benefit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal adoption as a preventative. Dr. Thomas of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases of cure, both of Headache and Opthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. G. W. M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers's London Journal, &e., &c., relieved of excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles.-36, Stamford street, Blackfriars-road. Mr. A. Z. Massenia, aged 94, at Mr J. Wilcockson's, Not tingham, was blind six years; recovered his sight by using Grimstone's Eye Snuff; can read without glasses. Mrs. Cole, aged 6g, cured ; left off her spectacles afte r them many years; and cured of Giddiness in her head. 7. Skinner's Almshouses. using Mrs. Fothergill, cured of a longstandi n g74,-, 39, Kirby-st., caused blindness. Quite cured. Aged Hatton-garden. Inflam ma tion, which 2 . 8 4 G d n , i 4 m s s 4 T d . 0 , 84. E, , a b and STONE is the sole y) ; and can also Observe the Caution—W. GRIM inventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. The Odoriferous Herbals Compound of Herbs is s l o s l s d 6d i n . e c a a c t canisters, t No. 434, Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road End be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A allowance to Shippers, Owners, Ca • ptains li beral and all Venders of Gricostone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated S (late of No. 39, Broad Street, Bloomsbury) Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retain s ' P B r d oPrieto 3 r ,d' W on in every climate. All Snuffs and its benign on the shortest notice. C igars shipped Any quantity can be forwarded through the General Post by sending money orders. A postage, will cost 3s, and so on in like2s 4d. cani s t er , w ith Agents—Liverpool : Pierce proportion. street ; Ross and Nightingale, and Crossfield, C as tl e - Church-street ; W. Lo r d- street; C .. Sharpe, Proctor, Loudon-road. June IS, 14441 NOTICE TO 3NtENTORS. Office for Palenl.y of lorenliotzil and Regisiraliont of Designs. 14, Lincoln's inn. Fields. THE Printed INSTRUCTIONS gratis, end every In; rrnation upon the subje-ct of PROTECTION foe INVENTIONS, either by Letters Patent or the Designs Art, m.iy he had by applyine personally. or by lead(' (prepaid) to Mr. ALEXANDER PRINCE, at the Office, 14, Lincoln's Inn FieldA, THE PATENT BRANDY, Pro tected by the PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES. THE perfectly pure and he a lthf u l qua lit y o f BETTS'S PA I'ENT BRANDY has been certified, after care ful analysis. by EDWARD TURNER. Esq., Professor of Chemistry to the University of London ; JOHN THOMAS COOPER, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry ; JOSEPH Hume, Esq., Chemist to his late Majesty;— as well as by others of the mo=t eminent practical Che mists of the day. And It is prescribed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, by the Highest Medical Authorities, at Guy's, St. George's, and toe Westminster Hospitals; at the Bristol, Manchester, and Brighto n I n fi r m ar i es ; an d, indeed, at all the principal Hoseitali,Jnfirmaries, and Public Institutions, throughout the , kingdorn. A SINGLE BOTTLE OF BETT' PATENT BRANDY, Of any erecter qu intity, may •w' be obtained in an undou'atedly genuine state. i s conven i en t arrangement for both vendor And pure •.er, and th e i r mu t ua l secur it y against any de.- ptio i , effected by the use of Beres PATENT METAL ICS' • SULES, made of pure and SOLID METAL, (not Ti ''''' it.) which completely encloses the cork and mouth of the bottle, and is embossed with the words " BETT'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS," the facsimile of which is engraved on a label attached to each bottle; and to all of which meaus for the prevention of fraud attention is very earnestly solicited. BETT'S PATENT BRANDY, thus preferred by the Me dical Profession, and protected from spurious substitu tion, may be obtained from the undermentioned WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, at 3s. 6d. per BOTTLE, bot tles included ; a charge for testing its superiority within the expenditure of every consumer. Bolton .... J. B. HOLDEN, Oxford-street, Blackburn.. W. JAMES. Lancaster ..J. A LDREEN. Ditto Ditto ..... . J. Moss. Ditto WORTHINGTON and VINCE. KIRKDALE E. and J. BLEZARD, Kirkdale-road. Liverpool M. ATKINSON, Tithebarn-street. Ditto k -street. Ditto ...... E. and J. BLEZARD. Scotland-place, Sao!' land-road,and Queen's-buildings, Bata" street. Ditto . DANsoN and M`Nerta., 55, D a l e - s t ree t. Ditto E. GRIFFITHS, f Richmond -street, Wilms liamson- sqnare. {l2, 72, and 74, St. J ames - Ditto 1, Norfolk -street. Ditto JAMES LINDON, 32, Byrom- - street. Ditto G. A. MILLS, 83, London-road. Ditto THOS. ODELL, Seacombe. Ditto O'DONNELL and Co., 10, Daie-stree Ditto M. PEACOPP, 13, Paradise-street. Ditto R. RIGBY, Marybone. Ditto Manchester .Mr. T. Cox, 64, London-road. Ditto E. EVANS, Deansgate. Ditto F. GREEN and Co., Market-street:, Siring- Garden. Ditto T. JONES, 8, Swan-street. Ditto E. LAWTON, 26, London-road. 10 andi 2, Ditto .. P. OAKELL, 2. Oldham-str ee t, { Great Ancoats-street.- Ditto J. VESET, 44, Cross-street, King -street.- Preston.... J. ECCLESTON. Salford J. VEYSEY, 98, Chapel-street. Stockport T. Cox, Highergate-street. Warrington C. BoweEa. Ditto R. R. PICKMERE. Wigan -J. STRINGFELLOW. • CBOSSE and BLACKWELL, Pu rve y ors i n or di nary by Appointment to her Majesty, beg to call the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public to the following rich SAUCES and CONDIMENTS : . . CROSSE and BLACKW ELL'S SOHO SAUCE, for General Purposes.—The Proprietors solicit the atten tion of the Public to the peculiar excellencies of the above Sauce, which, upon trial, will be.,gund superior to any hitherto offered. It possesses a rich and piquant, yet not predominant flavour, which renders it a most desirable ingredient for made dishes;'; !a'nd also a very excellent sauce for fish, gaMe, poultrireasteaks, chops, &c., and in deed all culinary purpoaa: The proprietors feel them selves perfectly instifieVin stating that they are fully supported in their teprisentation by the extensive demand and decidedly favourable opinion of macy distinguished judges. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S CELEBRATED SAUCE, for General Purposes.—Prepared by J. CARSTAIRS, Edinburgh ; each bottle having a copy of the Right Hon. Bart.'s letter of approval. STRASBOURG.---This delicious compound of STRASBOURG MEATS is superior to any description of potted meat yet introduced : the flavour is so very fine, but at the same time so mild and bland, that the most delicate and fastidious palate is pleased. It is equally adapted for breakfast, luncheon, and sandwiches; it is highly nntritive, and assists digestion. CROSS E & BLACKWELL'S ORIENTAL SAUCE. —A superior rich thick sauce, much commended by late residents in India and tropical climates, and by persons preferring warm seasoned dishes. FYGO'S CH UTTNEY.—An improved Chuttney, imported by C. and 8., and sold in Oriental fancy jars, for cold meats, curries, &c. DINMORg'S ESSENCE OF SHRIMPS.—This delicious preparation is by many preferred to Essence of Anchovies, the delicate flavour of the Shrimp being 30 exquisitely retained, and the trouble of picking entirely obviated. It surpasses every other preparation of the kind yet introduced, and will keep good in any climate, and for any length of time. THE KFHENLEUM SAUCE.—Messrs. C. and B. beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that they have produced a new Sauce, which has been many months in course of preparation, and in the manufacture of which they trust they have at length attained the stan dard of perfection. It is not, however, upon the flavour alone they base their claims for support ; for, regardless of expense, they have introduced this Sauce in a vase, in the Etruscan style, forming an appropriate ornament for the table or sideboard ; they, therefore, solicit the same share of patronage which their other sauces have received may be bestowed upon this, and hope that every table in the United Kingdom will shortly be furnished with the " Athenaeum Sauce." CROSSI4: and BLACKWELL'S ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES, for every description of boiled and fried fish. This will be found of superior quality, being pre pared from the finest Gorgona fish. The above, with their other rich Sauces and celebrated Pickles, which they cjntinue to prepare with the best malt vinegar, may be obtained of the principal Sauce Vendors throuzhout the Kingdom, and at their Manu factory, 21, SOHO-SQUARE, LONDON. ORSDELL 'S PILLS—By JOHN KAYE. The above celebrated Family Medicine continues to effect Cures the most astonishing. The following Tes timonials are selected from the many thousands that we have received from parties of known intelligence and respectability. CURE OF CONSUMPTION. W. WILSON, of Driffield. was afflicted for eight months with the above complaint. reduced to a state of excessive weakness, so that the last four months of the time he was compelled to keep his bed half of each day. Medical aid, as usual, was re sorted to without deriving benefit to ground a hope of ever being restored, so much debilitated, and without appetite. he was given up by two doctors. Hearing rf the benefits resulting from the us of Worsdell's Pil's, he obtained a box, and gave them a t ial. While taking the first doses be felt ill. When he had taken a box in daily doses from four to eight pills he felt a little better; t e use of tw oxes he went to work, three boxes quite restored im to the joyment of what he despaired of ever obtaining, god healt All inquiries will be duly an swered. CASE OF ASTHMA AND DROPSY ON A WOMAN AGED SEVENTY MR. WORSDELL, • n'n'n . Sra,-1 have been afflicted for a great length of time with difficulty of breathing and water in my chest. So distressing was my situation that, on arising in the morning, I frequently thought I could not survive many minutes. My daughter has wept by my side on observing my painful and afflicted state: my mouth gushing with blood, and the difficulty I had in breathing, brought floods of tears into her eyes. I have spent large sums of money in obtaining various kinds of medicines, but seldom realised any benefit from their use. A pamphlet of yours describing the nature of disease, and how it must be re moved, was left at our house, and I felt resolved to give your Vegetable Pills a trial, and after taking a few boxes, I am happy in stating that my health and st• ength are so far restored that I can work in my garden, and sometimes go with my husband to Doncaster market.—Yours, sincerely, ANN BELDAN, Nutwell, near Doncaster. his . m e e d: c P a . l l 'Yn attendanceent ' and last t received, CURE OF A VERY SORE LEG. EaAsslus VIANT, of Redruth, Cornwall. had an inflammation in his leg about fifteen years since, which left a large running wound that has been continually discharging for the last four (owing to his wou w n i d t i h to al l i ea t v h e e teen years ; several times during this period he has been obliged summer he was confined to his house for ten weeks, and had a doctor to attend him ; at the same time his other . leg was dreadfully afflicted with the scurvy, which was so irritated at times that (as the man expresses it) it looked . like a piece of raw flesh; and he declared, that it prove d quite Ineffectual in eradicating this dreadful com plaint. At last. having heard so much of " W ors d ell's Vegetable Restorative P i lls,' and of e wonderful cu res t h at had resulted f ro m the steady use of them, I was induced to obtain a box of them ; I had not taken more than oue- h alf of them before I sass' a great change in both my legs ; Ico • I finished one box, and am thankful continued to take them till Mr. Worsdell, as the inventor of these to Almighty God (and to be able to state, that the benefit I ese invaluable purifiers) to be yond my most sanguine expectations;derived from their use is completely healed, the a' the wound on my leg is eradicated, and pln quite removed, and the scurvy en tirelythey have been at both my legs are as sound now as ever any period of my life. WORSDELL'S PILLS are prepared only by Jong KAYE, Esq. D a lt on H all, near Huddersfield, to w hom has bee n t ransferred from W. Worsdel, Esq., late of Myton Hall, Hull, the sole right and interest in compound ing the said Worsdell's Pills ; and to prevent fraud, the Honourable Commissioners of Stamps have ordered the words Worsdell'e Pills, by John Kaye to be engraved on the Governmsnt Stamp, and as a further protection, pur chasers are requested to observe that a f ac s i m ile of t h e proprietor's signature is printed on the direction, wraPPe round each box, without which none are genuine, and t° imitate which is felony. __ _ Sold in Boxes at is. i d. , 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. N.B. As there are still many Country Towns in whic h no Agent has been appointed for the sale of the Pills, we shall be happy to forward, from our wholesale Depot in London, by Post, and free of expense, a single bozo the receipt of Is. 2d. in postage sta m p s , or the larger on receiving 2s. 9d. in stamps. Address, KAYE'S WHOLESALE DEPOT, 44 Colow s ' street, near the Bank, London. it r.O 7)