The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

MILNERS' NEW PATENTS. 1851. -- ivuLNERs' PH UNIX (212 ° ) SAF EIVORICS, LIVERPOOL • The most extensive and complete in the World ; employing from Two to Three Hundred Hands, assisted --11:ty powerful, original, and elaborate Machinery and Implements adapted for every branch of the Work. Established for carrying out the important " Improvements" under Milners' New Patents (of September, 1551—the close of the Great Exhibition) to the interior and exterior of their " HOLDFAST" and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES; and for supplying to the Public the Strongest Safeguards against FIRE, ROBBERY, or :VIOLENCE extant, at the LOWEST PRICES consistent with the most PERFECT EFFICIENCY and SECURITY. GROUP OF MILNERS' FIRST-CLASS " HOLDFAST" AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, TuE STR ONGES T W i wi:MDT-IRON SAPEG T A R DS AGAINST ROBBERY AND FIRE EXT A NT. - OF VARIOUS SIZES, SUITABLE FOR ALL CLASSES. GREAT FIRE IN BELFAST. "Messrs. Musag.tvg, BROTHERS.—GENTLEMEN,—At your request, I beg to state, for the information of the public, that the only property saved from the late fire, in the premises of Thomas S. Major and Co.. was that contained in one of 3dilners' Patent safes. From the intense nature of the tire, and the length of time the Safe was exposed to the action of the _lames, I was fully convinced of the destruction of the books and papers it contained ; and feel very great pleasure in testify- Aing to this extraordinary instance of their preservation. I may add, that the Safe was placed on the third story•, without any yrotection, where it remained till the floor was burnt around it, when it fell to the room beneath, the floor of which was like. 'wise destroyed by the fire.—Yours truly, "JAI ES S. HUNTER, "Executor of the late Thomas S. Major, of the Firm of Thomas S. Major and Co. "Belfast, January 2nd, 1854." TRIUMPHANT RESISTANCE TO ROBBERS, AT MESSRS. BUr TTERWORTH AND BROOKES'S, MANCHESTER. "Stn,—Last night our Premises were entered by burglars, who made a desperate attempt upon the 'Miners' Holdfast Safe we bought from you some time since ; and, although they evidently had recourse to all the usual appliances of accom- Aplished thieves, and ultimately to gunpowper in abundance, we are glad to say with no other effect than to injure the lock -4lbe opening of the Safe they found quite impracticable. " We are happy to be enabled to express our unqualified approbation of the Safe ; we believe it is impregnable to thieves. "if our verbal testimony will be of service to you, you are at liberty to refer to ORTH us, andTTERW to make any use von pleKESase of -*biz co mmunication . — Yours respectfully , " BU. "76, Mosley-street, Manchester, October 22nd, 1831." "THOS. MILNER and SON select the following severe cases of successful trial of their Safes from hundreds of Ceitificates of utility, as instances in which they believe that any other Safes than their own would have failed : 'Great Fire at the Gutta Percha Company. Triumphant Resistance to Robbers, Glasgow, James Richard- Crest Fire in Haydon-square Conbro and Potter. son and Co. Burglarious Attempt at the 'Bridgewater Offices. Great Fire in Market-street, Manchester, Thos. Haigh. -Great Fire at the London and North-Western Railway Station, Destructive Fire in Park-lane, Liverpool, Garniss and Co. Coventry. Entire Destruction of Offices at Birkenhead, including con 'Great Fire at Cape Haiti, W. D. Roberts and Co. tents of strong Safe and Drawers, Milners' standing beside —ltarglarions Attempt at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. it, red hot outside, but contents unsiuged, J. and W. Great Fire at Glasgow, Chas. Boyd and Son. Walker. Destructive Fire inGordon-street,Glasgow, Ker Doering & Co. ---- - , MILNERS' FIRST-CLASS STRONG " HOLDFAST" AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS, HALF-INCH THICK WROUGHT IRON OUTSIDE ; VOnstructed in the strongest manner, fitted with the New Patent Expanding Doors and Continuous Groove, at extra oust. MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS, Half-inch Doors ; Quarter-inch Bodies. MILNERS' THIEF AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS, Of medium Strength ; a Door*, 10 and 12 guage Bodies. All the above , qualities with Improved Impregnable Powder-proof Locks. MILNERS' FIRE-RESISTING BOOK-CASES AND CHESTS. MILNERS' PORTABLE ONE-CHAMBERED FIRE-RESISTING BOXES. HOBBS' LOCKS. 10r. each extra. SHOW-ROOMS LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LONDON DEPOT 47A. MOORGATE-STREET, CITY. ATKINSON AND BARKER'S ROYAL INFANTS' PRESERVATIVE.—Movi E as, call at your Druggist's, and purchase a Bottle of the :.hove. IT IS THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD FOR IN FANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, for the prevention and cure of those DISORDERS incident to INFANTS; afforling INnTANT RELIEF IN CONVULSIONS, Flatulency, Affec tions of the Bowels, DIFFICULT TEETHING, &c. &c., and may be given with safety immediately after birth. It is no misnomer Cordial !—no stupefactive, deadly narcotic !—but a veritable preservative of Infants ! Mothers would act wisely in always keeping it in the Nursery. Prepared only by ROBERT BARKER, Bowdon, near Man chester (Chemist to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria), in Bottles at Is. lid., 25. Dd., and 4s. 6d. each. 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NEVER KNOWNTO FAIL.-13RANDE'S BRONCHIAL SEDATIVE, equal in Medicinal effect to Two of ant other vreparation for Coughs, Colds, Bron ,,ous, ruin.. n 4 L IILIIIOIO, • "macli&at, of the Voice. and all Affections of the Chest and Lungs. Compounded under the direction of a Professional Gentleman, who for many years has made the Anatomy and Pathology of the Chest and Lungs his particular study. The Influence of lI§ANDE'S BRONCHIAL SEDATIVE pursues the exact tracrof the inflammatory action causing cough. First soothing the glottis and epiglotis (the organs of voice), its sedative influence gasses along the mucous lining of the windpipe unto the bronchii, and allaying pulmonary irritation, giving ease and comfort to the cheat—restoring the voice to its accustomed clearness and power. Authentic Testimonials selected from an immense number of others, showing the good already effected by this Medicine. " Dark•street, Haverfordwest, Feb. 18th, 1849. "Sir, —Having been recommended by Mr. 0. E. Davies, of this town, to try Brande's Bronchial Sedative, for a very severe cough, with which I was troubled for more than six months, I did so, and after taking only two packets. I was perfectly recovered. I had been for months that I could not rest night or day, with difficulty of breathing, and a tickling sensation in the throat, and the cough at times was so severe that I was nearly suffocated. I can now sleep comfortably, and am quite free from pain. —I am, &c.. " To Mr. John Willis." " MARY ROGERS. "Victoria Cottage, Rom ford. " Sir,—l cannot express to you my thanks for the relief I have found from taking your Cough Wafers. They have done me a world ~ f good. Formerly I was never without a cou2h, and tried all sorts of medicines without being able to remove it ; now, thanks to you, it is gone. Your medicine. unlike any other I have tried, acts as a stimulant to the digestive organs, and improves the general health.—l am, yours, &c., "To Mr. John Willis." " ROBERT 511ErtARD. "Sir, —Having received great benefit from a parcel of your invaluable medicine, " Brande's Bronchial Sedative," which I received about a fortnight ago, I have again to request you will be pleased to forward me four parcels of the same.—l am, &c., Jon N BURKE, Corporal 68th Lt. Infantry, Galway. "To Mr. John Willis." Since the introduction of this medicine it has been rapidly supplanting every other preparation administered for pul monary disvrders. The Proprietor urges the Medical Profes sion, Chemists, and others, to introduce it to the afflicted. London:—Prepared only by John Willis, 3, Temple Cham bers, Fleet-street ; wholesale by all the large Medicine Houses, and sold retail by all respectabte Chemists and Patent Medi cine Vendors, in packets, at Is. 11,1.; and in tins, containing three of the smaller packets, at 2s. 9d. each. Should any difficulty occur in obtaining the Sedative from the local Chemists, by sending Is. and three stamps, or 15 stamps, to JOHN WILLIS, 3, Temple,chambers, Feet-street, London, a packet will be sent by return of Post. Beware of Imitations. see that the signature of the original Manufacturer, Jolts; Wrws, is on the .outside of each packet, without which none is genuine. DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ? If so, use BRANDE'S ENAMEL for filling Decaying Teeth, and rendering them sound and painless; price Is. per packet; "at free, thirteen postage stamps; containing enough for several teeth. The only substance approved by the medical faculty. as being unattended with pain or danger, and the good effects cr which are permanent. CAUTION. — The great success of this preparation has in duced numerous unskilful persons to produce spurious imi tations, and to copy BRAN DE'S ENAMEL Advertisements. It is needful, therefore, to guard against such impositions, by seeing that the signature of the Original Manufacturer, 'JOHN WILLIs, is on the outside of every packet, without which none is genuine. Authentic Testimonials selected from many hundred: teeffying to the extraordinary efficacy of B: ande's Enamel. . "High -street, Uttoxeter, Jan. 17, 18.53. "Sir,—Having for three years used your Brande's Enamel with perfect success, and having other persons in my family suffering from toothache, I send for another thirteen-penny worth. I urn, sir, yours, &c., "S. C. MBLLOR• "To Mr. John Willis." • From Miss Price, New Bottev, Oxford, ' " limitary 30t1i. 1853. "Mr. John Willis. Sir,—l had a box ,of. your Brande's' Enamel some time ago, and the I exult was most satisfactory." " Stanhope-in-Wearedale, Durham, April 17th, 1853. " Sir,You must be so good as to send me some of your Brande's Enamel, as I bare been strongly recommended to use it by Mr. William Dodi, of this place, he has used it, and it has answered the purpos e well. Yours, &c., "To Mr. John Willis. " ROBERT DIXON. " Stanhope-in-Wearedale, Durham, Sept. Ist, 1848. "Dear enclose another order of stamps for your valuable Enamel, that will be the fourth when it comes, and which have all answered their object. Please to forward the same to " WILLIAM DODD. "To Mr. John Willis." " Edmonsly Colliery, Chesterley•street,July 27,11849. " Sir,—l have never had the toothache since, in the teeth I filled with Brande's Enamel. "WM. HENDERSON. "To Mr. John Willis." LONDON :—Manufactured only by John Willis, 3, Temple chambers, Fleet-street, and sold wholesale by Sutton and Co., 13,,w Church-yard; J. Sanger, Oxford-street; Dietrich son and Hannay, Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, Cheap side; Low, Son, and Benhow, Str:lnd ; J. Prout, Strand ; J. J. Jackson, Cross-street, Finsbury; Hearson, M'Culloch, and Squire, Bishopsgate-street ; Drew, Heywood,. and Barron, Bush-lane. Cannon-street. LIVERPOOL :—Rannes, Blitn shard, and Co. ; J. J. Jackson and Co., 4, Cleveland-square; F. G. Jones , 5. Paradise-street. Yon:—Raines. Bolton, and Co. NEWCAsTLE:—DagIish and Ismay. EXETER : —Evans and Hodgson. GLASGOW:—Campbell and Taylor, Brunswick-court (Agents for all Scotland). DUBLIN :—W. Jackson, 9, Westland-row (Agent for all Ireland). And sold retail by all Chemists and Latent Medicine Vendors in the United Kingdom. Twenty really authorised Testimonials accompany each box, with full directions for use. Sent Free, by Return of Post, by J. WILLIS, 3, Temple chambers, Fleet-street, London, in return for thirteen penny stamps. 1 COUNTRY AGENTS.—LIVERPOOL: J. Priestley, 52, Lord street, and F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise-street ; WARRINGTON : S. M. Webster, Horse-market, J. Picton, Horse-market street; PRESCOT: W. H. Dodd, Market-place; BOLTON: J. Scowcroft, Deansgate, H. Bradbury, Deansgate; PRESTON : J. Raw, H. Armstrong, 147. Church-street; MANCHESTER JetVlAM'y and Brown, 103 Market-street, R. H. Ingham, 46, Market-street, W. Holvoake, 37, Downing-street, T. H. Taylor, 8, St. Ann-square, T. Standing, I, Piccadilly, James Woolley : ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE: W. H. and J. Waterhouse; LANCAsrait : J. Wimpray, Market-place; WIGAN: A. M. Mort, Market-place; OLDHAM : Hargraves. Mark Brels ford, Greenacre's-moor ; STOCKCORT: A. .11. Shaw, D. Woolley; MA Ll'As : J. Roberts; CONGLIETON..j. C. Chap man; MACCLESFIELD: John i. Da s l e e e , t ß h r a a t d t l i e te y, si C g l n sem ati i r s e t. ef the BEWARE of IMITATi Orizinal Mannfacturewr,hkJOAHnNexel:,Liftl4l.4i:o on th e nattiJe of eacfi Pada. witilcut ROLL YOUNG WHEATS in the SPRING, after Frost and Snow have left the plants bare, or eahere the Wireworm and Grub have ravaged a portion ; then - 11Caossart.L's ROLLRR is better than treading with sheep, its action going down to the roots of the plant, and leaving the - wheat firm and secure. After thus rolling the crop grows stronger and more even, and the result is an increase of quantify of a more equal and better sample for the Miller. 3Parties uniting to order a truck-load of THREE Rollers at 6once allowed TEN per Cent. off. EASY-RUNNING IMPROVED CARTS AND WAGGONS lessen the Horse-power and Horse-keep necessary for carry- Avg work. Parties wanting new Carts or Wheels, by ordering 7TIELREE Carts at once (made by Crosskill's Patent Machi -awry), or by uniting to order FOUR Sets of Wheels and Axles, _allowed TEN per Cent. off. BELL'S PRIZE REAPING 'MACHINE, after competition M'Cormack's, Hussey's, and others, at the Pusey, York, .and Stirling trials. GAINED EVERY PRIZE. Full nerticu liars of the Judges' Reports, &c., may be had in CROSS "MILL'S NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, on application mvimAn u cl i onig siicmiryßost age-stamps. Mr. Alniack, of - Hope, of Fenton Barns, and others, who worked Bell's Reaper last harvest, may be referred to if necessary. Orders must tee given early for next harvest, as the Machines are made in rotation as ordered, and present prices are likely to be advaaced. Address—Mr. Caosssti.L, Patent Wheel Works, Beverley. ELEGANT PERSONAL REQUISITES.— Under the patronage of Royalty and the Aristocracy throughout Europe, and universally preferred and esteemed. The successful results of the last half century have proved beyond question that ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL pos sesses singularly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair, and when every other specific has failed. This celebrated Oil is now universally acknowledged to be the cheapest, and superior to all other preparations for the Hair. It prevents it from falling oil or turning grey—streng tb e ns weak hair—cleanses it from scurf land dand r iff—and makes it beautifully toft, curly, and glossy. its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active; and in the growth of the beard, whiskers, eyebrows, and mustachios it is unfailing in its stimulative operation. For Children it as especialy recommended, as forming the basis of a beauti ful head of hair. In dressing the hair nothing can equal its effect, rendering it so admir ably soft that it will lie in any -.direction, and imparting a transcendent lustre. Price 3s. Gd. and Is. ' • Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double that size, 213.—Causlosr ! On the wrapper of each lbottle are the words, ROWLANDS' MACASsAR Ott., in two Aimee. The same are enFraven on the back of the wrapper tmearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. A beautiful complexion, and soft and fair hands and arms, are fully realized and sustained by the use of ROWLANDS' lICALYI)OR, an oriental botanical preparation, which, by its .action on the pores and minute secretory vessels of the Skin, 2womotes a healthy tone so essential to its general well-being and the beauty of its appearance. Freckles, tan, pimples, spots, discoloration, and other cutaneous visitations are era dicated by the KALY Do it, and give place to a radiant bloom and transparency of complexion. During the heat and dust of Sum mer, and in cases of sunburn, stings of insects, or incidental inflammation, its virtues have been long and extensively ac knosiledged. Price 4s. 6,1. -and its. 6d. per bottle.—CAuetoN ! The words ROWLANDS' KALVDOR are on the wrapper of each 'bottle, and their' signature. A. Row LAND and SONS, 20, Hat ton-garden, Landon, in red ink, at foot. Sound and White Teeth are not only indispensably requi site to a pleasing exterior in both sexes, but they are pecu liarly appreciated through life as highly conducive to health and longevity. Anionic the various preparstions offered for *be Teeth, ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTI PRICE, stands unrivalled. Prepared from oriental herbs - with unuseal care, transit:UM - lb this country at great a venge, this unique compound will be found to eradicate alt -tartar and concretions, and impart a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface, remove spots of incipient decay, ren der the gums firm and rid, fix the teeth firmly in their soc -*eta, and from its aromatic influence impart sweetness and The to the breath. Price as. 9d. per box.— CAUTION I The words " RowLs ens' OrSoNeo". are on the Label, and A. Rowland ahil Sons, 20, Hatton-garden," engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each Box. Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. ...I , Beware of Spurious Imitations ! ! ! UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE.— . PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGHS IN TEN SILINL•TES AkTi.:R.USE.—INSTANT RELIEF AND A RAPID CURE of ASTHMA, cONS.USIPTION, COUGHS, COLDS, AND DisOttoEtts OF TILE BREATH AND LUNGS ARE INSURED BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULNIONIC WAFERS. The most wonderful CURES of ASTHMA and CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, COLDS, and all Disorders of the BREATH and LUNGS, are rformed by this extraordinary remedy. ANOTHER C pe URE OF_ CONSUMPTIVE COUGH.—Extract of tz letter from Hr. Thmax Dean, 150, Scotland-read, Liver )oot.—Gentle.net),— f have great pleasure in communicating to you a case (among many) which came under my own -eobservatinn. A lady, who I can refer to, in her assiduous attendance upon her husband during a long and fatal illness, 'caught cold, and not having taken care of herself, it settled -upon her lungs. She was troubled with a dreadful cough, and every ii3r.,' r O " n coosomptiOn. She applied to her anedical man, but did not obtain any relief; when, upon the r ecommendation of a friend, she tried Dr. Locock's Wafers, avbich, from the commencement, eased her cough, and by ,continuing them she is perfectly cured. THOMAS DEAN. CURE OF A FOURTEEN YEARS' ASTHMATIC COUGH.— I, Thomas Carter, Egremont, Cheshire, had an asthmatic =ugh for fourteen years • nothing ever gave me relief until I scommenced taking Dr. 'Locock's Pulmonic Wafers, three lbws of which have entirely cured me. (Signed) THOMAS CARTER. — Witness, Mr. George Howell, Chemist, Dale-street, Liverpool. RAPID CURE OF COUGH AND DIFFICULTY OF BREATH ZNG.—Sir,—I write to inform you of the great benefit I have received from taking Locock's Wafers, which you recom mended to me. I was so much oppressed at my chest that 'Alen I lay down a coughing fit came on with such violence that I have often thought I should not live to see the morn jog; but now I can sleep a whole night without coughing, a ft e r having taken only two boxes of wafers. .1. HAYNES, Hale, near Liverpool. Witness, P. Roberts. 4, Ranelagh-street, Liverpool. IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SlNG.—Frogs S. Pearsall, Esq., der majesty's Concerts, and Vicar Choral of Lichfield cathedral. Lichfield.—Gentlemen,—A lady of distinction, Juivin pointed out to me the q ualities of Dr Locock's Wafers I was ig n d uc ed to make a trial of a box, and from this tri a l I to give my testimonial in their favour. I find by happy allowing a few of the Wafers (taken in the course of the day) to gradually dissolve in the mouth, my voice becomes bright and clear, and the tone an and distinct. They are decidedly y I have ever used. S. PEARsALL. the most efficacio us of a V p gLiC SPEA Elms they are invaluable, as To BINGEbs and ye all hoarseness, and increase the in a few hours they remo v e : n d 115, per box ; or sent by post Power and flexibility of t voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is: lid., 2s. 9d., for Is. 3d., 35., or I ls. by DA SILVA and Co., 26, Bride -lane, Fleet-street,with every box in the London.6d.' Sold by all Medicine Vendors. • are giVen NOTE.—FuII directions Map may be bad, 'German and French LangUags• f or improving and DR. LOCOCK'S OSMETIC. A delightfully fragrant preparation, tbe re clear soft - beautifying the complexion, rend erinX land transparent, removing all eruptions, fcbkilt,an(trhl, lle, Ilan pimples, and roughness , — c uring gnat skin e e s s , sunb l u mats ot, insects generally. In the PROCESS of SHAVING, it 4LL A R dh i l "V is all SMARTING and renders the skin soft and smooth. t*tnlghoit is . lld. , 2s . 9d•, ant: 4s. 6d. each. Beware counterfeiw Obse rve ry thenane on the government stamp -.outside the wrapper. S e ll by a ll respectable chemists. _WHOLESALE AGENTS ° Lor Sold rn Li im go b Co., and Clay, IEOW-street ; Aspinali and Wa v g e stafr o tyJarnes's-street ; .33ritten, Old Haymarket ; n W lker _Alwelsysh-street. Howell, Dale-street; T. a I THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. PRUSSIA. The Minister President, at the sitting of the Second Chamber on Saturday, made the following declaration, viz. :—" Prussia adheres to the terms of the Vienna note, and.no measures will be taken without due reference to the interests of the German confederates. Prussia has already come to an understanding with those states and Austria. The King is strongly impressed with the necessity of endeavouring to preserve Germany from the calamities of war, and to stand by those states whose territories are more exposed to attack than those of Prussia. Prussia will preserve an inde pendent attitude, and will resist every attempt that may be made to influence her conduct, come from what quarter it may. The strength'and the sword of Germany will only be employed to defend German interests." The minister concluded by proposing a loan of thirty million thalers, which is to be extinguished by an augmentation of taxes. Insurance Notices. SPECIAL NOTICE TO INSURERS FROM Fl RE. UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. CAPITAL. Two MitmoNs STERLING . CHIEF OFFICES, 40, PALI.-MALL, LONDON. It is not generally known that Government makes an allow ance at the rate of Five per Cent. for the Country, and Four per Cent. for Lon+lon,to Insnrance Offices. for the Collection of the obnoxious Tax of 3s. per Cent. on Fire Insurance. The Unity Fire Insurance Association having originated the present movement for the repeal or modification of this tax, the Directors, in conformity %,ith the views expressed in the Petition to Parliament, and in anticipation of the ame lioration they are now seeking from Government, and also as a substantial proof that they do not desire to make a Profit by the collection of this unjust tax, have determined on allowing to Policy Holders and intending Insurers the full benefit of the Discount. All Insurers in the Unity, therefore, on and after the 25th of March instant, will be allowed the Discount upon the amount of Duty chargeable on their Policies, at the rate of per Cent. on London, and £5 per Cent. on Country Policies. By order of the Board, JOHN SNIII H. Local Manager, 11, Lord-street. tip- The Petition for the Repeal or Reduction of the exces sive Duty on Fire Insurance will lie for Signature at the Mercury-office, To-morrow (Wednesday) and ziaturday. NON-FORFEITURE OF POLICIES. IMPORTANT TO INTENDING ASSURERS. POLICIES effected in the WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY, 3, Parlia ment-street, London, (Established 1842,) do not become void through the temporary inability, from unforseen circum stances, of an Assurer to PAY A PREMIUM when it becomes due, for by making application to the Directors he will be allowed once (or oftener should the value of . the Policy at the time of application permit it), to have the privilege of SUS PENDING THE PAYMENT of that Premium (provided he has already paid three whole Premiums at least on the Policy). And his Policy will be endorsed to the effect that it continues in force, as if the Premium omitted were paid, being however charged with a debt equivalent to that Premium and its In terest at €5 per cent., which will he deducted from the amount of the Policy when the Assured dies. The Policy Holder shall, however, have it in his power to free his Policy from the debt at any time by paying the amount due. The great advantage of this feature must at once be seen, since it removes the usual objections to the ordinary system of Life Assurance, by whic'a an Assurer often loses all the benefit he sought in paying regularly the Premiums for many years on a Policy, because from temporary difficulties he is unable to pay a Premium when it becomes due, and the Po licy consequently lapses to the office. The Directors of this Society are open to proposals for Assurance to any amount. The Society defrays the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, so that the Assured are subject to no charge beyond the Premiums. Attention is also invited to the rates of ANNUITY GRANTED TO OLD LIVES, for which ample security is provided by the large capital of the Society. EXAMPLE :—€loo cash paid down,purchases— An Annuity of £lO 4 0 to a Male Life aged 60 payable as 11 12 3 1 ft 65 long 14 6 3 t 1 70 as he ft 18 11 10 75 is alive. The Annuities are payable HALF-YEARLY; and the first half-yearly Annuity is paid six months after the purchase money is received. All expenses of the Annuity deed are defrayed by the Society. All necessary forms, with every information as to the mode of affording Assurances, may be obtained, either by letter or personal application to JOHN SHIMMIN. Esq.. Commission Agent, 3. Clayton-square, Agent for Liverpool and its Vicinity ; or to the Actnary,ARTHUR SCR ETCH LEY, M.A., P.R.S.A., 3, Parliament-street, London, Author of a Treatise (with rules and tables) on I.—Benefit Building Societies. 2.—Freehold Land Societies. 3.—Tontine Associations. 4.—Savings Banks and Deposit Life Assurances. s.—Emigration Societies tinder the new act. Also, " Observations on Life Assurance Societies," and " Instructions for the Enfranchisement of Copyhold and Life Leasehold Property." ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED. DIRENIX FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LOMBARMSTREE7' AND CHARING•CROSS, LONDON. Established in 1782. 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Persons Insuring with the PIICENIDC COMPANY are not liable to make good the Losses of others, as is the case in some Offices. Insurances with this Company expiring at LADY DAY must be renewed within Fifteen Days thereafter, or they will become void. Receipts are now ready at the Principal Offices, Lombard street and Charing-cross, and with the respective Agents throughout the United Kingdom. AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL. Messrs. THOMAS CROOK and SON, AcCountants. Mr. GEORGE GLYNN, Dr' salter. WIDOW SUTTON and SONS, Insurance Brokers. Messrs. W. TA RBET and SON. Merchants. ROBERT WILLIAMS, Esq., Merchant. AGENTS FOR LANCASHIRE. Chorley Mr. Alexander Bannerman, General-agent. Astley Mr. Arnold Johnson, House-agent. Blackburn Alexander W. Paterson, Esq., Manufacturer. Ditto Mr. John Stallion, Engineer. Preston Fdward Pedder, Esq., Banker. Pls.. _ _ _ r Prom:A Mr. George Fogg, Draper. Accrington Wm. Henry Bell, Esq., Land-surveyor. Bolton John Hutton, Esq., Soiciton, Ditto Ileum JohnMawsley& Cotton-spinners. Warrington.. Mr. James Bolton, Ironmonger. Ormskirk .... Mr. John Fairhurst, Flour-dealer. Ulverstone Mr. James Mason, Draper. Ditto Mr. Steplien . Soulby. Bookseller. Manchester Mr. Wm. J. Tate, Gentleman. Ditto Mr. Jonathan Lees, Accountant. Rochdale James Woods, Esq., Solicitor. Burnley Mr. Peter Phillips, Broker. Bury Mr. Thomas Crompton, Bookseller. Ashton Thomas Hill, Esq., Surveyor. Haslingden Mr. William Hindle, Magistrates' Clerk. Lancaster Messrs. Wm. Robinson and Sons, Solicitors. Wigan William Ackerley, jun., Esq., Solicitor. Colne It. Wildman, Esq., Bank-manager. St- Helens.— Mr. John T. 'Mellott, Brazier. iILAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. JUI TESTIMONIAL FROM BOSTON, UNITED STATES. To Mr. PROUT, 229, Strand, London.—Dear Sir,—The annexed from a rheumatic patient I forward to you in case it should be of any use.—Yours, BRAY and HAYES. Boston, Nov. 33, 1853. "I have been agreat sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism more or less during the past twelve years ; I was confined to my bed for three months at a time in quite a helpless condi tion. I have been under the care of some of the most distin guished members of the medical faculty in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, but have never been able to get relief for any length of time until I was induced by a friend to try Blair's Pills, which I found to be quite effica cious. Since then I have not suffered from rheumatic pain. "Boston, Oct. 20, 1853. " ELISHA I. PITI'S." FURTHER PROOF OF THE EFFICACY OF BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, forwarded by Mr. W. H. Taylor, Warminster :—" Wm. Penny, of Corton. near Warminster, Wilts, was afflicted with rheumatism to such an extent that he could not move hand or foot ; be was recommended by a gentleman to try Blair's Pills, and accordingly procured a box at Mr. Taylor's, of Warminster, from which he derived so much benefit that lie sent for another. which effected a coin. plete cure."—John J. Giles, Esq., of Frimley, near Bagshot, says : " Having suffered much from acute rheumatism, I was induced to try your Blair's Pills, and beg to bear my bumble testimony to their efficacy."—Mr. Wm. Courtney, of Barton Stacey, Hants, says: " I had resort to your Pills, and within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought really to be known all over the world." Among the many discoveries that characterise this eventful age, nothing has conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity as that important discovery for Gout and Rheuma tism, BLA !WS GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS; they require neither attention nor confinement, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any vital part.—Sold by all Medicine Vendors. Prce 2s. 9(1. per box.—Observe that ." Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. PAINS IN THE BACK, GRAVEL, LUMBAGO, RHEUMATISM. GOUT, HEADACHE, NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY; &c.—DR. DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENA!, PILLS (astheirname Renal, or the Kidneys. indicates) have been long established as a most safe and of cacions remedy for the above dangerous complaints, Discharges of any kind, and Diseases of the Kid neys, &c., which, if neglected, frequently end in a lingering painful death. For Depression Of Spirits, Excitement, Dis like of Society, Incapacity for Study or Business, Loss of Memory, Confusion, Giddiness, Blood to the Head, Drowsi ness, Sleep without refreshment, Nervousness, and even In anity itself, they are unequalled. Possessing tonic proper ties, they agree with the most delicate stomach, strengthen the digestive organs, increase the appetite, and improve the general health. They require neither confinement norchange of diet, and, as experience has amply proved, they will effect a cure when mercury and all other dangerous medicines have failed. One Trial will convince the most sceptical of their surprising properties. Mr. Letellier, Etruria, Potteries.—" Your Renal Pills have. done wonders with me and others to whom I have recom. mended them." H. C. Post-office, Stafford. — " Your Renal Pills ar e a most splendid medicine." J. Murphy, 70, Upper Steriu-street, Dublin.—" I never met the like of them before, they are really a surprising medicine." T. Webster, Esq., Seal ford . , Melton Mowbray.—" Your valu able Renal Pills have done good to every one I gave them to." Mr. Thos. Williams, at Mr. Hutchings, baker, King-street, Chelsea.—" I was persuaded to try your most beautiful Pills, and am happy to inform you I have received more benefit rom them than from any of the medical men in London." W. Chartres, Req., Newport. Mayo.—" I have a degree o mental energy and vigour such as I did not feel these two years. My memory is wonderfully improved, so that I can recollect all the events of each day with the greatest degree of clearness. It is astonishing how I got out of such awful suf. ferings, but I think I owe it altogether to the use of your Pills." PERSONS GOING ABROAD , CAPTAINS and OTHERS, cannot store more important articles of health than the above, which, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, and tranquil lizing the Nervous System, will prevent those fatal diseases so prevalent abroad, as also Sea Sickness and other complaints incidental to long voyages and irregular living. No Emi grant's Chest can he properly furnished without them, for when far removed from medical aid, they will find in these Pills a never-failing restorative. IMPORTANT.—Some unprincipled Vendors, when asked for Dr. DE Roos' PILLS, have attempted to foist upon the public other Medicines or trash of their own compounding . , from which they obtain a larger profit. The GENUINE have the words, " WALTER DE BOOS, LONDON." in white letters on a red ground, printed in the Stamp affixed to each box ; by special direction of Her Majesty's Honourable Commis sioners, to: protect the Public from Fraud, and to imitate which is felony. May be obtained through all Medicine Vendors, at Is. lid., 2s, od., 48. 6d., lie., and 335. per Box, with full directions for use; or by enclosing Post-office Order or Stamps to Dr. DE RoOS, 35, ELY-PLACE, HOLBORN - HILL , LO NDON, they will be sent per return. At home for consultation daily from it till 4, Sunday excepted. Advice and Medicines .€l. Sold by Jones, 5, Paradise street. and 78, London-road, Mottram, 24, Waterloo-road, and 6, Argyle-street, Birken head; Priestley, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Barnes, 'Fisher gate, Preston; Marsh, Waligate, Wigan.; Clarke, •Gafet/e -office, Lancaster; Westmacott, No. 4, Market-street, Manches ter, and all Medicine Vendors. N. B.—Respecfahle Persons in Country places, who will be allowed a liberal Commission, may make s handsome addition to their iaccnne by selling these Pills, which Are very justly booming a favourite nedicine with the Public. SWEDEN. A despatch from Stockholm, of March 7., announces that the •Swedish Government has ordered the fitting out of seven line-of-battle ships, with crews amounting to 2,807 men. Prince Oscar had gone to Carlskroon to visit the fleet. Two camps are to be formed, one at Carls kroon, and the other to the north of the capital. The garrison of the island of Gothland, inclusive of the local militia, is to amount to 16,000 men. THE WAR IN THE EAST. VIENNA, March 15.—The new propositions of Russia are based on the maintenance of existing treaties between Russia and the Porte. If this be admitted, Russia will quit the principalities, pro vided that the combinal fleets quit the Black Sea and the Bosphorus. Negoeiations will then be resumed, in which the propositions of Prince Menschikoff will form the base of a new convention with the Porte, in which the four powers are to participate. It is asserted that Austria and Prus sia were willing to agree to these terms, and that Baron Bourqueney, on the part of France, thought them worthy of consideration, but that Lord Westmoreland insisted-on the revision of the exist ing treaties. It is also said that if the Western powers reject these terms, Austria will consider herself free from her engagement to them. " VIENNA, SUNDAY MORNING. A Russian courier,who arrived on the 16th,brought despatches to the effect that Russia will positively refuse to evacuate the Principalities. Something of extreme importance was probably settled the day before yesterday between this government and Prussia, as a member of the Prussian Embassy went to Orderberc , by - special train. This was after a con ference between Count Buol and the Prussian Minister. The prohibition to export weapons from Austria into the Turkish provinces is extended to Moldavia and Wallachia. CONSTANTINOPLE, March s.—The Sultan has decreed the formation of two new armies, each of 30,000 regular troops, 15,000 irregular, and a train of 45 guns to each pasha. The officers of the Vul can, which has just returned direct from Sebastopol, observed not less than 10,000 men at work, throw ing up fortifications. Disturbances have taken place at Jerusalem. The Latin patriarch, Valerga, was expelled by the Greeks, and the French consul, not having been seconded by the authorities, felt it his duty to accompany him to Jaffa. The Russian government is said to be making extraor dinary levies of seamen. A recent ukase obliges all sons of free sailors, that are employed in the merchant navy, to serve 15 years in the imperial navy, from the date of the said ukase. Boys 15 years old are to enter the service immediately, and those only eight years of age are to be placed at the disposal of the Governor-general of Cronstadt, who is to send them to nautical schools lately esta blished. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 9.—Yesterday (Bth) a four hours' conference was held between the English and French Ambassadors and Reschid Pacha, touching the convention between the West ern Powers and Turkey. The chief points are :- 1. The Porte engages never to negotiate with Russia without the intervention of the Western Powers. 2. Amelioration of the condition of the Christians. A separate treaty is annexed for the following four points :-1. Abolition of the poll tax (haratasch). 2. Right of Christians to be admitted as witnesses in judicial proceedings. 3. Right to hold landed property, without distinction of nationality or religion. 4. The civil rights of the Christians admitted in the army and the civil service. The destination of the English and French rvrce ii to be left to the decision of the Sultan. Russia has prohibited the exportation of corn from Odessa. Turkey has also prohibited the exporta tion of cora. the Porte. is preparinc , an expedi tion to Greece. A letter from Odessa, 22d ult., states that the Russian fleet was still at Sebastopol, and did not appear to be ,- inclined to leave it. The Russians were continuing to throw up works for the de fence of the place. They were also fortifying the entrance of the Dnieper from Federovka to the mouth of the Bug. Batteries had been organized in the neighbourhood of the two fortresses of Otchakow and Kilbouroune, the garrison of which had been augmented. Works were also being thrown up at Odessa, in order to protect the town on the seaside ; but these defences are not sufficient to defend the port against any serious attak. A telegraphic despatch, of the 11th instant, from the banks of the Danube, says that the 3rd brigade of the. Austrian troops in Dalmatia is to consist of 20,000 men. Half of these forces will arrive from Verona. It must not be forgotten that Baron Jellachich, Ban of Croatia, can in a week have 120,000 men under his orders. From Bucharest, under the several dates of the Ist and 4th instant, we learn of the arrival of Gortschakoff; and of the existence of a report to the effect that the Russians will begin to act on the offensive about the 18th of the present month, and cross the Danube on three points-01 tenitza, Braila, and Giurgevo. A manifesto issued by the Emperor Nicholas says :—" The Sultan, having persisted in his obstinate course, France and England are marching against Russia. We will go forth in the name of the Holy Trinity to free our fellow-believers from the yoke of the op pressors. Let the oppressed make comm cause with us." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. By the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, we have intelligence from New York to the 4th instant. The Baltic sailed from New York on the 4th, but came to an anchor near Sandy Hook, on account of a dense fog, until nine a.m. on the sth. On the 9th, at five p.m., when in lat. 46 30, lon. 47, in a fog, she ran into an open ing in an immense ice pack, filled with icebergs, nad was unable to get out until Saturday at noon, in lat. 44, lon. 48 40, having run a distance of over 300 miles to the south and west, between a large number of icebergs and large patches of field ice. She arrived in the river at 2 30, a.m., on Sunday, On the 14th, at six a.m., she passed a large steamer, bound W. ; on the 17th, at ten a.m„ signalized packet-ship Constellation, bound W. ; on the lAtb, at one p.m., passed ship P. L. Gil , christ ; at 1 30 ship W. H. Harbeck ; at 2 30, brig Dyson ; and at 3 45, packet-ship Underwriter. The Baltic brought one hundred and eighteen passengers, among whom was the Hon. F. Hincks, Prime Minister of Canada, but no specie. In the House of Representatives the official correspondence between Secretary Marcy and Mr. Clay, U.S. Minister to Peru, respecting the pro gress of negotiations with Peru for an abandon ment of her guano monopoly had been read. Mr. Clay remarks that Peru depends entirely on the funds raised by the sale of guano to pay the interest on her national debt ; consequently it is very doubtful whether she can be induced to either lower the price of the article, sell one of the Chincha Islands, or make any other arrangement that would tend to benefit U.S. agriculturists to any great degree. It is understood, says the Iferald, that the President has instructed Mr. Clay to demand full indemnity for past offences, and added that, in case of a refusal, the Pacific squadron will be ordered to Peru to enforce satisfaction. The Senate had passed the Nebraska Bill by a large majority. The building of the steamship William Norris, ' which is expected to cross the Atlantic in six days, had been temporarily stopped. She had not been sold to the Turkish Government. The un derwriters of the colossal ship Great Republic had offered her -for public sale. The White Squall, which was damaged by fire the same time as the former ship, had been sold for $550. The inhabitants of Troiillo were in a great I state of alarm in consequence of-successive shocks of earthquakes, which- 'had conti nue d f or severa l mor a s , The war was :still _going on between Honduras and Guatemala, and the country was overrun with robbers, to the great detriment of the mercantile community and travellers ; conse quently trade was nearly at a standstill. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORZ, MARCH 5. - TELE Money market is gradually assuming a morefavour dble condition, and stocks have improved from 5 to 12 per cent. within the past thirty days. Exchange steady. Bills on London, 1081 to 109 ; Paris, 5.15 to 5.131. COTTON.—The Europa, with Liverpool dates to the 11th ult., arrived on the 25th ultimo ; and an active impulse was given to prices, the day's sales reaching nearly 6,000 bales, closing at 4c. advance. The business of that week amounted to 16,336 bales, and on Monday the quotations were advanced to ic., at which the market was considered buoyant. PROVISIONS in fair demand. The transactions in flour have been chiefly for home use, but at declining prices. The export trade is quite limited._._ PIG IRON.— A large quantity now held at higher prices. NAVAL STORES in fair request. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool : Cotton, id. to 7-16 d. ; flour, 4s. ; heavy goods, 425. 6d.; grain, 15d. To London : Flour, 4e. 6d ; measurement goods, 30s. to 355. ; heavy goods, 455. to 50s. To Havre : Cotton, -2-c. ; measurement goods, $l2 ; flour, 95c.; grain 24c. CHINA , Hong Kong dates are to the 29th January. A Chinese junk had arrived on the 25th, only three weeks on her passage from the Gulf of Pecheli, and reported that Tien-sien was actually in posses sion of the rebel army, and that Pekin was closely invested. The Overland Friend of Ckina, of Jan. 29, says :--" Shanghai has now been four months and upwards in the possession of the rebels. But reports are current of internal dissensions, and it is not improbable that before long the Imperialists will succeed in causing the place to be evacuated. As the party in possession are in no way steady in their professions of adherence to the Nankin dynasty, such a result will leave little cause for regret. At present the annoyance to foreigners, and absolute danger from falling shot, are much to be deplored. From other places on the coast we hear of nothing extraordinary. The whole coun try contains all the elements for a revolution—and that is, the spirit to urge them into a blaze. The professional rebels of the Toongkoon district have been obliged to succumb to the arms of the Canton Imperialists. The Kwang-chow-foo has returned to Canton, still leaving, however, large bodies of troops in the disturbed districts. Between Hong Kong and Canton, piracy is still of frequent occurrence ; but our naval authorities take little notice of it." AUSTRALIA. By the Sydney steamer we have received intell gence from Australia to the 7th of December, some days later than by the Great Britain. No material alteration in the state of mercantile business is reported. The demand for most kinds of merchandise continued steady. The Council of Victoria had been compelled to pass the new Goldfields Management Bill very hurriedly, the term of the temporary act expiring on the Ist of December. The new bill was read a third time on the 29th of November. Prices of goods on the Bendigo are lowering, chiefly in consequence of the facilities for bringing them up, afforded by the fine weather. Gold re mains at £3 15s. per ounce. Three cartloads of coal had been paraded through the streets of Melbourne, as the first raised in the province. The blocks, which were very large, were found near Cape Paterson, close to the sea shore ; they appeared to be surface specimens. The emigrant ship Olivia arrived at Adelaide on the 14th ult., with 358 emigrants on board, after a passage of 107 days from Plymouth. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. TIIE following cavalry force is under orders for the East : —Light Dragoons-Bth, 11th, 13th, and 17th. Heavy Dragoons-Ist or Royal Dragoons, 6th Enniskillens, 4th and sth Dragoon Guards. The whole military force in the United Kingdom, including all arms of the service, have been warned to hold themselves in readiness for im mediate service. DEPARTURE OP ADMIRAL CORBY.—Rear-Admiral Corry embarked on board his flag-ship, the Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, on Thursday morning, at eight o'clock, and at a - quarter past ten her Majesty came up to Spithead in the Fairy to accompany the Neptune and Bulldog, Captain Hall, out to sea, on their leaving to join Sir Charles Napier's fleet. These two vessels weighed anchor at half-past eleven. All the ships at Spithead saluted her Majesty as she came up. The Fairy followed astern of the Neptune as far as St. Helen's, and then, by command of the Queen, the signal " Farewell" was run up at the Fairy's mast, which the Neptune acknowledged by manning, rigging, giving three cheers, and dipping colours. On the Queen's departure the Neptune set all her starboard studding sails, and went away in splendid style, with a fair wind and beautiful weather. On Saturday a notice was posted in the Underwriters'- rooms, to the effect that tenders were required at Somer set-house, London, for supplying vessels to appropriate to the transport of troops, to be chartered for four months certain, with power on the part of Government to dis charge the ships in England or at the Mediterranean ; the ships to be fitted for the service at Liverpool. The division of Admiral Napier is telegraphed as having arrived near its first position, and will command the en trance of the. Baltic. RUSSIA IN A STATE OF SIEGE. THE Moniteur of Thursday, under the date of St. Pe tersburg, March the 7th, gives copies of five official documents, declaring various parts of the Russian domi nions to be in a state of siege. Each document is in the form of an Imperial ukase, dated March the sth. The first states that, under present circumstances, his Majesty thinks it necessary to declare the Government of Ekatherinowsla and the arrondissement of Taganrog to be in a state of siege, and places those localities under the orders of the General of Cavalry M. Khomouloff, with the privileges granted by the regulations issued on the 6th of December, 1846. The second ukase declares St. Petersburg to be in a state of siege, and places the government under the autho rity of the Grand Duke, heir to the throne, Commander in-Chief of the Guards and Grenadiers, with the preroga tives accorded to the Commander-in-Chief of the army. By the third ukase, the Government of Esthonia and Livonia are placed in a state of kiefr,e Esthonia to be under the orders of General Aide-de-Camp Berg ; and Livonia under those of the Aide-de-Camp General, Prince of Italy, Count Suwaroff-Kiminsky, Military Governor of Riga. The next ukase declares the Government of Archangel to be in a state of siege, under the orders of Vice-Admiral Boel, Military-Governor of the place. By the fifth ukase, the kingdom of Poland, and the governments of Courland, Kowno, Wilna, Grodno, Vol hynia, and Podolia are declared to be in a state of siege. The ukase also states that the government of Bessa rabia, and that part of the government of Cherson, situated on the right bank of the Bug, which were de clared to be in a state of siege by the ukase of the 19th of November, 1853, are to be now in a similar position ; and that all these places are to be under the authority of Field-Marshal General Prince of Warsaw, Count Paske witsh d'Erivan, Commander-in Chief of the active army. The ukase, in addition, states that the Emperor ordains that the government of Podolia, the part of the govern ment of Cherson, situated on the right bank of the Bug, and the province of Bessarabia, shall, at the same time, be placed under the authority of the Aide-de-Camp Gene ral Prince Gortschakoff, commander of the troops of the 3rd, 4th, and sth corps of infantry, who is to have the prerogatives granted to the commanders of detached corps by the ukase of December 6, 1846. - The ukase then provides that the kingdom of Poland and the governments of Courland, Kowno, Volhynia, and Grodno, during the absence of the Field-Marshal, shall be under the authority of General Aide-de-Camp Count Ru diger, and that Aide-de-Camp General Baron Osten-Sacken shall retain in Bessarabia and in the government of Cher son the powers granted to the commanders of detached corps by the ukase of November 10, 1853. THE COAST GUARD.-At all the coast guard stations a boat's crew of the oldest hands were retained, in order that the stations should not be entirely under the con troul in experienced persons. Ann-EL;KA.DEft.-IThe Journal d'lndre-et-Loir pub lishes the following letter, addressed by Abd-el-Kader to the Mayor of Amboise, in answer to a letter from the latter, announcing the completion of the monume n t erected over the grave of some Arabs who died during their captivity :—" Praise to the one God ! To our excel lent .and well-beloved friend, M. Trouve, 'Mayor of Am boise. I salute you, as well as all my friends residing in your town. May the peace of God be with you. I received your letter, dated the Gth December last, in which you announced to me that, according to the orders given by my illustrious liberator, our august Emperor Napoleon the works are terminated. I thank you for announ cing this news to me ; and I shall, therefore, be always grateful towards the august Emperor.—Salutation.— ABD-EL-KAD ER BEN MAIII-EDDINE.-18th of the Dpmaz el-Ouet, 1270 (Feb. 15.") ATTACK ON A FRENcir VESSEL.—lntelligence has reached Havre of the pillage and destruction, on the western coast of Africa, of the Tourville, of that port. The vessel, it seems, on the 7th of December, ran on a rock at the mouth of the river Anger, which rock was not only not marked on the chart, but was not even known 'to the natives. The bottom of the_ Tourville was so damaged that water rushed in faster than it could be pumped out. Finding the water gaining constantly on him, the captain resolved to run the vessel on the coast, in order, if possible, to save the cargo. No sooner had he approached the shore than about fifty pirogues, con taining armed men; attacked the ship. The captain and his crew defended themselves for some time, but the number of assailants increased, and at last they were obliged to . abandon the vessel : they had two men wounded. They went to a little village, and from thence proceeded to the Isle of Corisco. As they left, they per ceived the blacks fighting on board the Tourville, and that they had set fire to her : two :of the masts were already burnt down. When the French .commander of Cabon was informed of what was taking place, he sent a force to take vengeance on the bandits. This force de ' stroyed their village and plantations. After these events all the crew were attacked with fever, and two. died. The ca ptain, however, having recovered, had been. appgt a ted t o th e command of a vessel about to sail for -lays, THE TEN PER-CETT. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGI'Y°I' M ___--0.------ . . _ ..... . 5. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTAIEP_,,,, ° fife ° Rev. W. St. Leger Aldworth, 8.A. , to the ReCtOr I Barsham, near Bakenham, Norfolk. joie', tut IS Rev. S. Arnott, Curate of St. James's, Incumbency of St. Luke's, Berwick.street, L0r 0 , 0 !,,,,,,, t e Rev. C. H. Awdry, M.A. to the Vicarage of z"." g Jed , p , , Chippenham, Wilts. of Yoxall,Pl Rev. J. H. Bainbrigge, to the Curacy 0 , shire. of t he Rev. T. Banner, - NI.A , to the Incumbency Church of the Holy Inno . cents, Liverpool. ~.,i ot er• to i Rev. W. P. Bennett, M.A , to the CuraCY Of 7"n o tO i i Rev. W. H. Cartwright, 51. A., Rector „, ir ecto r Westin , _ _. e . Somerset, to be one of the District Diocesan it . O ° Schools for the Deanery of Chew. or Le ° I Rev. C. W. B. Clarke, 8.A., to the CuracY - Berkshire. , publiN Rev. J. A. Crozier. to the Garrison ChaplainT e par° 1 Rev. J. Cunningham, to be a Curate of t of 1 Spaldig. Rev. n T. Cupiss, Curate of Edlastnn , DelbYshire' to 1 Rectory of that Parish. oik• f 5• I Rev. J. Day, to the Rectory of Bedfield, Se c ra cy ° Rev. ll .H. G. Delanville, 8.A., to the a 10 bt James's, Taunton. .510? Pun Rev. H. A. Douglas M.A., Vicar of Ab..1?..c,,` a nd P Chaplain to the High Douglas, of Cambridgeoa" el, P a ingdonshire. 1,1, ...cle - l a. Rev. J. Denton, 8.A. , to the Curacy of A5,..-) ,e, I, ' Leicestershire. , Ratbfa rD R.pv. L. Dowdall, M.A. to the Rectory 0. nest ted , 11 Dublin. ~ jors Rev. 11. Dowson, M.A., to the Rectory vf• ke-, Lewes. St a- Rev. W. .H. Duck, M.A., to the Cure) ? a l to w a ll ' Trent. Rev. F. Fisher. M.A. Vicar of H inn:arum, e - .0, be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Wiltshire. c , pet° Rev. J. H. Florus, 8.A., to the Curacy of ..... co o e f ColchesH.rte. cett er t Rev. Fowler, to be Head Master of Glo- u tli t R ool Sch. ~hvsbire, o ev. R. Gell, Curate of Kirk Irton , Pe — r 4 Rectory of that Parish. . WirtlinP Rev. H. C. Grey. M.A. , to the Vicarage of OP • b t lu Hurst-green Sussex. rarleig Rev. J. P. ' Gri ffi th, 8.A., to the CUracyof , r.O r ford, tear Beckington, Somerset. • ng llo.j' i Rev. J. S. Hall, 8.A., to the Curacy of 11°c ! .esde l o t' New Melton. Rev. T. W. Hanmer, M.A., Vicar of Little lti!'i i il)fr i Rector of Simrson, to be Chaplain to the O l g' ollo , ' se P i Buckinghamshire. Rev. A. Headlam, 8.A., Curate of Wycliffe, t ° t.. , o ptc o bency of Whorlton, near Darlington. of 131' Rev. R. Hensman, M.A ,to the Rector)? j ,,, 1 , , Ralph, near Wiveliscombe, 'Somerset. aosl a- af a' '' Rev. R. Hollis, to be Curate of the Parish f , r Deo Rev. C. Lydford, 8.A., to the Curacy of S' , i bisf Shoreditch. f Cl , '' Rev. J. G. Macleod, B.A ,to the Curacy 0- scestom Church, StokNewington.. Rev. N. B e. Milnes to the Rectory of Colley colleci".' Northamptonshire. ' Rev. W. L. Newham, M.A , Fellow of St. • I° .,, lin t; g e llecl° , Cambridge, and Curate of Ileckford, Norfolk', t" ip tr of that parish. f DO , Rev. J. S. Paget, 8.A.. to the CuracY °' • GO °. Diocese of Kiltnore.• re nre• Rev. J. Peacock, M.A., Vicar of Wellingolc.c'oiosb, fort them, to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of L ib ,horre' r Rev. C. F. Smith, M.A., Curate of Bishop 4 i ,. 90 shire, to the Vic;.raee of that parish. Rev. J. Smith, 8.A., to the Curacy o f ClO C°n?b- o del 4 Ilminster. gf r ag° t o Rev. G. Sweet. 8.A., to the Curacy a sant ° .0,;. - ' near Wellington. f C l ' illi 01 • Rev. T. P. Wadley, M.A., to the CaraeY ° , ' Somerset. nlYf lll' be Rev. G. Whitlock, to the Rectory of Milt °- to t . fordshire. ,-. i e, I r u iitl ld ee t o Rev. E. A. Williams, M.A., Curate of ~aT t a e wd•if e 'V, Chaplain to H.M.S. St. George, formingooe ° e stil'iliO l ' Rev. H. S. Wright, Curate of Penhore, War H°ll' the the Incumbency of the new Church of the ,I, of :De Bersted, Lancashire. cle* PH E New Brunswick papers announce tbe.ed oitli Rev. 1)r. Gray, the eldest missionary co nnect e6V' Church of England in the British colonies. --IN .gat a ~,„,/ i'• ~,,s5l „ta FUNERAL OF THE BISHOP OF BALT. , ": l e .-- Ar or day the mortal remains of the late bish ° _,Pk - t e erd g3- At to the family vault, in the centre of the 0°- t r eci t° of Salisbury Cathedral. u p e n offe r .aliti it LIE Bisnorme Or SALISBURY bas of D i ' Rev. John James Blunt, Ma”garet Profe l " — gee" Cambridge, and declined. - ' Tit ' l caeh DIOCESE OF GHESTEIL—Pre e ine- 07 , e Skynner Wright has been licenced to the Pe , ra i, t r° oo .l of the New Church of Holy Trinity, n alw— S - t• 11- t i°° Rev. T. E. Petty.—The perpetual curacy of re iga iy b et• Church, Wigan, having become vacant by th be e o t, tha to tbi of the Rev. Peter King Simmons, the in ell t e err ea Th ito ° ' James Cronshaw, late curate, has be en t .- 0 , th e 'at incumbeney by the Rev. H. J. Gunning,_ree -r grogO" fa r n i ., ,A At the March meeting of this society , SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING GITEISTIA wc .., t er sell, Rector of Bishopsgate, in the chair, a. l e tter i a tic c e l th - ticsiort from the Bishop of Antigua stating that i l , s its dr y ifo had broken out in his diocese, and was doint, A i e tter re ill work at Nevis, Tortola, and St. Them ess ' fa t° P I" read from the Bishop of Manchester consen I chatty g in St. Paul's Cathedral before the assembled ell3l. on Thursday, June Ist t 0 ~,, 0 , , #. Ili le f f 0 MR. JOHN UNSWORTH, of liedcross-stree.,,, ce. d 0. 1 Theatre-Royal, on Friday,' complained of b e ,, lii i iedi c '„o ol well. He was conveyed home, and, thouguail celi sistance was promptly procured, he died in "" e ,hars; an hour. 0° 'eYf el Mils. BOWMAN, while at the Amphitheatre,' o°ll'ol day, suddenly burst a blood vessel. She ;mar e, immediately into a private room, where sh e Dr. two o'clock the next day, and was attended b) # 4ll. who succeeded in giving her relief. „ B iel 13 ' Asse.uLT.-On Thursday a man, named ri Sr. Ciro was charged, at the Police-court, with assaulting,,,Lea,y 11`Carthy, scripture reader, Birkenhead. Mr. v.,"; , Co A r 1, appeared on behalf of the complainant, said Mr. ) . 0 91 $ 1 had been a Roman Catholic, but had become a Pr°„'lifei: gf and he was now a Protestant missionary, and had t`,.`i i et. ( ", ' several lectures on the, questions at issue betwee o iiiYj'' ' sects. On Thursday week the complainau t : r gs 3faTA Maume's emigration office, Regent-road• 7,,,o,Aaina; belonged to the same town in Ireland as t he c't7;the r o , , and a conversation took place between thou i', 1 %,, t oe if piety of the latter's conversion during irl ° ,,„, e- ,aaiallett defendant came in, and, after asking the n "i i o nal, he was the apostate M . Carthy, he proceeded (J.,_,edi him respecting the birth and parentage of L ter.) Mr. Collins, one of ,Mr. Maume's clerks,l. A im g and the complainant then left the establishme° 5t t 1 minutes afterwards, when the complainant w i t: theoC on the steps of Mr. Bent's sailmaking-roonl!,:t-ruel‘ r" hi, street, the defendant came behind him, an,a,,,,., - clovi ° "tir violent blow on the head., which kno k d °"- Pre •. C e .. ,ho reply to a question, Mr. M`Carthy said he wa s 7 As seel ° 9 missionary connected with the Protestant otjoa.oo4 He had gone to the emigration office for inforia.„ t aia o st had not spoken a word to the defendant for te-L:lefell A t) before the assault tookplace. a s the " lila' As soon /co p , A pO came into the emigration office, he asked liiiak be linhiit if he was the "Apostate M`Carthy, and ti Ll o r epli: Vir, called the Virgin Mary a prostitute ?" gilled l-1- ` ti i `o,4o Luther terries,/ he was not an apostate, and that he never ~e d , eIA. gin Mary a prostitute. A slight discussion ens,"o.io'il which he became angry, and the complainanko A boy from the sailmaker's corroborated M r ,' a ai s ?,' statement. The defendant, who said he W` le i, the I l e man, with seven children, denied that he strt,„ e, h!,, f , it plainant, and said, when in the emigration 0 11 . %,. Proo O w nl as y a re s t h n am ons e tr f a o t r ed hi i m vith to t b h e e acroomuipelagin i t i it, sar o p 1i,e,,, the ,Pr .: o f P v. 4 now, in the time of war, and the high Pr.° o apr ° ,tr . days'ass D au o assault, r , andprie COMMITTEE—Ate imposed nsn enti - (Laughter.) The magistrate considered it an „ r fal . a n fine default. theof 2 w os ee , n Ol • g - _et ra etio 4 0.7,4 day, Mr. Charles Turner presided.. The harhr e f e lle , rot , sub-committee produced applications from th e ell,, dock masters for an increase of their presen, t ,„ s h aild io d! Shadrach Williams, master of the- Sandon-ou'neaal ;Joe; ing - dock, whose present salary is £l2O Pe rl %,c,te„VA house ; Mr. John Corley, master of the W ell er - . ,-, whose salary is £l2O per annum and a house lea , e ,title!di ) Stirzakcr, master of the Clarence, Clarence POOO.OO wanyd costs, v Trafalgar-docks, whose salary is £l5O Per ' li t er, _,," At_ „t e house; Mr. John Curry,.. assistant dock-inteoo',lAP wages are 30s. per week and a house. The s u fo uov l6 ; s l . ,' recommend that the salaries be increase,` s 0 111 ,'Y''' Shadrach Williams, from £l2O to £lser a s t,tr, , L pet John Corley; from £l2O to £150; Mr. fit 3`:,,tiel; from £l5O to £l7O ; and Mr. John Curry, it," o ,,,l7:tetf week to £lOO per annum. In the course of a ' tir a,e / be Ili which ensued, the Chairman said that the ha r f ea a OA sub-committee had had the whole subject ° t o, °' l ' Ai r of the masters of the different docks before tu -e v 011 1 1 , 0 0" respect to several of the situations, when , i the i ' l eor l figi . , e , 6' the sub-committee would not recommen.,,aot wort, ments to be made at anything like the P r .. - a ad ~° 0 1474 Two of the dock-masters had £3OO a _ ye a,.,. ttee now r All those salaries the harbour-masters' 0: 1 °1 thei r oth e j . Were too high, and when vacancies occur A fter el; recommend that the salaries be re,ducek• noittaepoTri, diseussion, the recommendation of the sinr e ,"ittee s ea',", , confirmed. The harbour-masters' sub-earg:dgson',err icioamr harbour -master e t rt,hbeesa increasedlar of Mfrr.oTmliolwvina_ ..s."'w,jobbua4oov num, and a house; and the salary,of °...ar 0 1 ' a 'P S junior harbour-maSter, from £350 to 00Q-L-134 er e h s ,, o t, te a house. It appeared that in these casee : , 'dog ofti''' ine no . application for an increase, but, ren s 7 e ,,bilit- v ol l Vet going on in other places, and the grea" , l e o ,,'" e siv. ) el.l gentlemen, the committee thought they tr , it i,, t ty t aitor some increase. Several gentlemen suggested acid " -l ir' re sh a ould be referred back to the committee, l i e 50,,,a,, th t course was agreed to. The parlianlerl lis sh 00 0° 71, rliro , mittee recommended thtet certain alteratio y e ve lt , adopted by the general committee in the P il r,ert il viP li p ial a en n t . agreed_ to for the high level railway at the as i,,re 0 4 , the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lat te t i y , the e n a 1 Companies not being able to carry out e_ A %° e to the i r P`oi tomb: ce re n co th m .h m eta en i da u t p i e o n n Itrltes rare Ic c il ' al e P e illt icy '9' iIWAY 0 cli the crossing should be b a lift bridge . ro ing , ele t o announced that Mr. Shand had that Tri ° 1)6 9 ? ed I , qualifieda.s a member of the conamittee, hY 05 eat e oliew an alderman of the Council. Mr. Sha nd reolt'ller m eow t ie ratepayers, who would now have to elect 91 :, r by t dd ,I. ratepayers, resolved that the election of a mentid, she, t he r ar'ePayers, to supply the place of Mr. Sh ay ca lle?.,,sv, w ,f, froltn e dia' Ofir place on Monday week. Mr. ;Tames 1,00 3 e ve...f tention of the committee to the state of t,, ao claY _ f tr,;(l on Sunday evenings. He was there last ; , _ t to lit io r . . l and respectable passengers could hardlY,Lechatri,Vo'll vessels at all. - After some conversation p t v he Wa c i t er,,,4l he would consult with the chairman a l 0 1, Sel l 0 rev' rnittee, the Head Constable, and -the De_ do e t 0 % . they would see whether anything could be 4s l( ' e• .7("" - h0( 1 910 1 the nuisance complained of, ii , v AD -0 h i, a BRITISH ASSOCIA.TION FOR ,T- - ~ o f t— the 01 SCIENCE.—At a meeting of the n tlera ee o n p,„ c ame" en 01 t i o o, 11) cently held in London, all the ge be ass lc& ac Committee were elected members of t th ose w e, Tu bers . h Das _..aa .1 1 G power given to them to elect me , „la /o w .1 the time of the meeting in LiverPe °- `;, er , Pr` do n, l iilio fugitively fixed for the 20th of Septen w pckin' foga " ~ with Dr . d the t jelO o le appointed joint local secretary d ; an see room of Dr. D. P. Thomson, resign° dif f er ent _,„01 0 1 00,1 secretaries were appointed to me b to tbei.: l ,iag , 0 0 Messrs. Hartnup and J. P. a Stm t. k r . J. ~t 1:, 1 10 P t ;i physics; Dr. Edwards, chemist** L tsti y ; -v . ,., 0 10g2 t ,i geology ; Mr. Byerly, zoology and v" 0 „d etb."„aeet", o ,ho o/ the Rev. J. H-Thorn, geeg ra P hi Grantor an' ' Wil l ar .:;4 Duncan, statistics • and Mr. die re o •"- ta'' science. It is expected that the In ee c t A in 4'; Ou s t 4, ' of the largest known for man Y 00 b - ah ° 4 ll. 4 ' local subscription proceeds langu.idbleen sum of the sum required, £1,600, holug FROM THE TIMES. TILE English, as we are told on every side, are an emi nently sensible, practical, reasoning, and rather dull people. They calculate when they are told to believe. They detect an imposture at a glance, and see through a superstition as they would a trick at cards. How their ancestors ever cone to worship stocks and stones, to offer human holocausts in vast wicker images, or to think the misletoe of the oak more sacred than that of the apple tree, passes comprehension. At all events John Bull, even in fustian and shirt-sleeves, is' too wise for all this now. He understands steam-engine and looms, can calculate percentages, strike an average, and do a sum in Rule of Three. The day-school has banished false religions to the bats and owls, and the only fear is, that with - so - nmch edu cation to be got for the asking, and so many substantial comforts to be earned by common industry, religion of any kind should be voted a superfluity. Xevertheless, it is in this England whereof we write that Joanna Southcote and Thom were indigenous;' where mesmerism, table turning, and spirit rapping have spread to all classes ; whence tens of thousands of Mormons are going off to the Salt Valley ; where almost anybody, if he give his mind to it, can gain converts to anything. Fanaticism is not to be eradicated by figures, and railways themselves subserve, in the pride of might, to the most perverted forms of the spiritual element. So we are not surprised to see the growth of a new superstition, a new craftsman's idol. The operatives of Lancashire have discovered a new re ligion, and are performing pilgrimages worthy of Jugger naut or the Holy Coat of Treves. Their spiritual zeal carries them beyond the vulgar considerations of comfort or economy. Monster trains convey them to the places where this new-born piety may be refreshed by the exhor tations of suitable preachers and the devotional hymns of the new worship. Under the cold blue sky they listen with edifying submission to the pious raptures of inspired teachers. Fathers, mothers, children, flock to the festival. The aged forget their crutches, and the sick their pains, in this holy ardour. And what is this new Gospel which has illuminated the darkness of Lancashire, and made it the Galilee of this land ? Prepare yourself, gentle reader, for this new and astounding revelation of the Divine wisdom and mercy. The awful truth which has broken through the darkness of ages, which has penetrated every heart, and warmed every soul in the industrious north, is the eternal and immutable necessity of Ten per Cent. more wages. It is a sober and a portentous fact. From all Lanca shire, by ordinary trains and by special trains, there as sembled last Sunday, which appears to have been adopted by the new religion for its day of worship, such a congre gation as never was seen at Hoghton, we presume one of the high places of the Ten per Cent. divinity. They who could not come had sent their Peter's pence in the shape of more than two thousand pounds. Their preachers pro claimed a new era, heralded by myriads of conversions- Preston is the favoured city of this new church, and it may almost vie with Rome or Nauvoo in the amount of contributions poured in by the devout Lancastrians. "Let thousands more be rolled in," exclaimed one pious man, " for every man in this assembly must know the great fact, that money is the sinew of war." Certainly, if Ten per Cent. more wages is a Gospel from heaven, the sinews of war may be considered a great fact. The creed is de veloping. But why should it not embrace all England, all classes, all employments, and all relations ? Apo does not want Ten per Cent. more wages ? Who will not acknow ledge that money is the sinews of war ? The millowners themselves may embrace the new faith, for they want Ten per Cent. more profits. The clergy may sit under brothers Lawless and Cowell, for they want Ten per Cent. more rent charge and surplice fees. All the functionaries of the State, all the Army and Navy, want Ten per Cent. more pay. We fondly hope we have ourselves been instrumental in pro curing a boon to the common soldier, equivalent to about Ten per Cent. Let us be enrolled among the apostles of Ten per Centism. The doctrine is easy, the burden is light. You have only to believe that your soul is safer with 225. a-week than with 205., or with £llO a-year than with £lOO, and that the man who will not give you the larger sum instead of the smaller is a son of Belial. The beauty of the doctrine is its universality ; for who is there who does not want more money, more rent, more tithes, more salary, more commission, more profit, more allow ances and pay in one form or another ? Master and man can worship at the same altar, even if their prayers seem commercially incompatible. But let Heaven settle that difficulty, and let the operative on the one side pray for Ten per Cent. more wages, and the master for Ten per Cent. more profits, out of the same order. But is there really no remedy for this delusion ? Do , we witness the veritable beginning of a new religion, the only bond of which shall be a common,interest in an in crease of pay. Surely there are gentlemen and there are clergymen in Lancashire who can teach these poor dupes something better than this, and inform them that to offer public worship and sing hymns for triumph in a struggle for Ten per Cent. more wages is not one jot better than fall ing down before a stock or a stone. True, two shillings a week more wages may present itself in a more lovely form than a grim figure, all eyes, mouth, and nose, with dog's teeth and matted hair, like the gods of the South Sea Islanders. Two shillings a-week may stand for more bread, meat, and beer ; better coats, shoes, and stockings, a larger house, and so forth. But, nevertheless, comforts and luxuries mount up into a very sorry idol. If operatives may meet by tens of thousands on a heath and sing hymns for boiled beef on Sundays, then their betters with equal piety may offer up anthems for turtle soup, and iced punch. No one can say how far devotees will go when they once place their affections on creature comforts and a handsome percentage. Certainly all this spurious zeal looks ill for the religion of the north, and for the influence of those whose duty it was to set the example. Is it true that Moloch has been worshipped so long and so exclusively by his more fortunate followers that the golden contagion has spread, and the money-making, money-spending mill owner, now finds himself crushed by the converts to his own faith? The Roman critic observed, that when Homer's chiefs went mad, their followers suffered. Is there no such madness, no exclusive worship of Z. s. d. in Lan cashire, that has at last infected the silly multitude, and sent them worshipping the god of their betters ? We should be better satisfied of the result if we saw some thing done by those who alone can do it to strip this sel fish agitation of its fanatical guise. To ask for Ten per Cent. more wages is allowable, and even laudable; to in sist on it as a divine right, and to invoke the favour of Heaven on the demand, is simple blasphemy. Surely there are people in Lancashire whose sacred profession, whose high social position, and whose affectionate relations with those whom they employ, will enable them to address these fanatics with effect. If there are none such, and the multitude of Lancashire are really left like sheep without a shepherd, whose fault is it but theirs who, being placed by Heaven in a place of high moral influence, have thought of little else but getting their own Ten per Cent., their £lOO,OOO ? COMMON LAW PROCEDURE.—The Lord Chancellor's bill for the further amendment of the process, practice, and mode of pleading in and enlarging the jurisdiction of the superior courts of common law at Westminster contains 100 provisions. It is proposed to enact that a judge of the superior' courts may, by consent, try questions of fact. Two judges may sit at the same time for trial of causes pending in the same court. The Court or judge is to be empowered to direct an arbitration before trial. A special ease may be stated and question of fact tried. An arbi trator may state a special case. There are several clauses with respect to matters referred to arbitration. Regard ing juries some material alterations are to be made. The qualifications of jurors are raised to £3O a-year rating. Common juries may be made up of persons qualified to serve on speciaVand commons juries. Jurors are to have, on the payment of ls., a certificate to exempt them from further service for, a certain period. A jury is to be dis charged after 12 hours if they cannot agree, unless they desire further time ; " and they may during such time be furnished with fitting accommodation and necessary re freshment by leave of the judge, and, at the expiration of such time, if they cannot agree, they shall be discharged, and an entry of the fact of such discharge shall be made upon the back of the record, and the cost of such abortive trial shall be costs in the cause." Upon the discharge of a jury the cause may be tried again. "It shall be lawful for the Court or judge at the trial of any cause, when they or he may deem it right for the purposes ofjustice, to order an adjournment for such time, and subject to such terms and conditions as to costs and otherwise, as they or he may think fit." If any person called as a witness shall re fuse from conscientious motives to be sworn, the Court, upon being sntisfied of the sincerity of such objection to permit such witness, instead o f b e i ng sworn, to is declaration, which is set forth, whi c h d eclaration is to haevae the same force and penalties attached to it as an oath. On certain points a party may discredit his own witness. A comparison of disputed writing is to be permitted. In case of an unstamped document or insufficiency of duty, it is not to be read, unless the same be paid to the officer of the court, with £1 additional penalty. On a p p li ca ti on for a new trial, wheth er t h e rule is made absolute or n o t, a right of appeal i s to be eof g i n Court of 'Error, the v Exchequer Chambers,and thee Hous The * Lords to s are b e courts of appeal. O ra l examination may be allowed byon motions. Another i mportant alteration to be this measure is lith reference to jud gmen t d e bt ors. A mcreayditorergt‘drvheomhs debtorarobtain i ! a judgm en t i n a super i or court n oat i t i en , d before a Master, and be examined as to debt s o • wig im is to be binding,and they may be atta c hed for the payment of theßules and orcers particula ri debt, wl b l e ich mad att e to ach car mtr i ! y t out the present second measure on common law procedure, which is to take effect qu the 24th of October next. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1854. T ~.. h S!tk t z ; 4 4 sb tiLeltlxll