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REDUCTION IN WINES.

THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER WINE and
SPIRIT COMPANY respectfully inform the Nobility,
Gentry, and Public, that, uninfluenced by the advance in the
Markets, they have reduced the Prices of their Stock on hand
proportionately to the amount of Duties repealed, and are now
selling—
Port of good sound quality, from the wood, at 30s. per dozen.
Excellent Pale Sherry. 30s. per dozen.
Fine Old Crusted Ports, twu to eight years in bottle, from 425.
to 565. per dozen.
Clarets, from 48s. to 911.. per dozen.
Sparkling Champagne, 725. to 965. per dozen.
And all other Wines at equally moderate charges, for Ready
Money only.
Sample Bottles at the same rate as per dozen.
Country Orders executed with fidelity and promptitude.
Letters, post paid. addressed to Wm. Godfree and Co. No. 16,
Strand, duly attended to.

This day, Bvo.
THE ACCUSATIONS of HISTORY against the
CHURCH of ROME, examined, in Remarks on the
principal observations in Mr. Charles Butler's Work, " The Book
of the Roman Catholic Church."

By the Her. GEORGE TOWNSEND, M.A.
Of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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dy T. _ Surgeon,
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By the Rev. JOHN FRY, B.A.
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Epistle to the Romans: of a New Translation and Exposition of
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Oriental Resold.

BORNEO, SOO 1,00, and BANCA
COMPANY.
1. A Company, having among ,t its objects the development
of the rich Gold and 'Diamond Districts of Borneo, and the ex-
tension of the great natural advantages of that immense Wand,
the great source of wealth in the Esbrern Hemisphere, is nearly
matured.

21inihe immediate vicinity of Borneo, and of not less import.
once, are the famous Soo Lao Pearl Banks, celebrated for the fine
and large Pearls which they produce ;,and the island of Bones,
containing valuable Ores and Mineeis, but more especially rich in
Tin, of which a juster view cannot be given dim in the woods of
Mr. Crawford, the Resident of Singapore:—
" The quantity of Tin which the Minos of Mince are ureic of
affording in bustle's*. the supply of ore is neatly iadtQtdtq amid
the facility of working great.
•• The whole produce of Banco is Grain Tin, a pure metal.
superior in intrinsic value to block tin VI per cent. Cornish tin is
olueined with vast labour by mining through obdurate granite,
often to the prodigious depth of many hundred fathoms ; Banes
tin, by digging through a few soft strata of sand and clay, and sel-
dont to more than three or four fathoms. To clear the Cornish
mines from water the most expensive and complex machinery is re-
quisite ; to clear those of Banco a simple wooden wheel, coating s
few shillings. To separate the Cornish ore front its matrix it must
be ground in a stumping-mill,as well as subjected to the proems of
washing ; the Banat tin is at once separafed from its matrix, and
fitted without further are for melting, by the simple process of
passing a stream of running water over it, in an aqueduct simply
lined with the bark of trees. The necessary result of all this is,
that the cost of producing a coat of Banos tin is but 225. lid.,
whereas that of Cornwall tin is not less than C.M. 7d.; and that,
while a Cornish mine seldom yields a rent of more than a tenth or
twelfth of the produce, often not more than a twenty-fourth, and
usually not above a fifteenth, the Bence mines yield no less than
one-half. This is the most exactand unquestionable test of the su-
perior fertility of the one over the other. The skill and ingenuity '
of the Europeans, their capital, and their machinery, make some
amends for the inferior fertility of the Cornish mines, but such as
are far enough from counterbalancing the immense wealth of those
of Banes. Were the Cornish workmen, with their ingenuit tl.• it
capital, and machinery, to be employed on such mines as those of
Banc*, no other mines in the world would in a short time be worth
working ; and, on the other hand, were the Banes Miners, with
their tools and simple machinery, to attempt such mines as those of
Cornwall, there can be no question but they would be as inacces-
sible to them for all useful purposes, as if buried a league in the
crust of the earth.

" It is but a s nail portion of an island containing an area of 3,400
geographical miles that has yet been examined. The mines at pre-
sent are chiefly confined to the northern and western parts of it,
whereas the south-eastern has hardly been touched. From one ex-
tremity to the other the alluvial lands are ascertained to abound in
beds of tin ; and from the analogy of other countries It is beyond
any doubt that the mountains abound in veins of it. To the diffi-
cult and expensive processes required for the mining of these last,
it is at present superfluous to look, for the alluvial lands contain the
cheap and abundant supply of many ages."—Crawford's History
of the Indian Archipelago,Vol. 111. pp. 463, 468. Edinhurgh.lB2o.
Of the rich Mines of Montradak, in Borneo, the same authority
states, that they are at present chiefly worked by the Chinese, to
the number of six thousand, who are nearly independent of any
native authority, being governed by their own Chief ; the tribute
paid to the Raja of Sambas, in whose territories the mines are
situated, amounting to no more than ISO bungkais, whilst the an-
nual produce is 88,000 oz. of pure gold. The ore, from all ac-
counts, exists in inexhaustible abundance : the immense alluvial
tracts round the whole circumference of Borneo everywhere contain
rich deposits of this metal ; whence it necessatily follows that
the printitive mountains of the interior must contain veins of it.
From the abundance of the ore, arid the usual fascination of all
Alining projects, especially those in quest of the precious metals,
the search for gold will be the first object to engage the attention of
very enterprising and industrious people settled m that country, of
whatever race. Amidst a great deal of anarchy and disorder, min-
ing has of late years been prosecuted by the Chinese with surprise
trig spirit. It is not above eight or ten years since considerable ca-
pital and the use of machinery have been applied to it; and in
that time there has been a vast increase of produce.--See Crawford,
Vol. 111.

Since the Diamond Mines of Golconda have been exhausted, the
only supply has been from Romeo, and thence through chan-
nels sufhmently circuitous. Diamonds are in no repute amongst
the Chinese, or through the industry of that people we should,
without doubt, have long ago found the produce of the mines of
Borneo greatly multiplied. The Bugis MerchaLts are at present
the great dealers in diamonds.
Of the Soo Loo Fishery and its products it may be sufficient to
state, that rich u it is known to be at present, a greater share of
skill and industry than are applied to these fisheries would greatly
enhance the value and the amount of their produce. Steps have
already been taken to secure the full advantage to be derived from
these objects.
The Capital of the Company will be 1,000,000/. in Shares of 2001.
each.

Communications for the present to be made to Mr. Ogle, N 0.3,
Cletnent's-lane, Lombard-street.

CHEVALIER RUSPINI'S MEDICINES.

THE CHEVALIER RUSPINI begn-to inform the
Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has appointed Mr.
Charles Butler, Chemist, No. 4, Cheapside, his Agent for the Sale
of his Medicines, via. the Dentifrice and Tincture for beautifying
and preserving the Teeth and Gums, and fastening those Teeth
that are loose ; his Elixir for curing the Tooth Ache t and the
Balsamic Styptic for stopping all Bleedings external and internal.
They are now prepared by the Chevalier from the original Receipts
of his Father, at his House. N 0.7, Pal-mail, opposite Carlton
Palace, where he attends professionally from Ten till Five.

Principiis obsta, sera medicina paratur.
FOR many years have Messrs. BELL and CO. devoted
their attention, as regular Surgeons, to the study of a particu-
lar class of diseases, and the uniform success attendant on their
mode of treatment has almost invariably restored the patient to his
fonner state of health. Influenced by such circumstance., they
offer to the individual labouring under the Effects of a ccrtr.in
ease, howewer aggravated, the means of speedy and effectual rec.).
very. The man of pleasure, who has produced constitutional debi-
lity in the too eager and constant pursuit of enjoyment. may be
restored to his former degree of energy and vigour; and finally, in
those cases where general relaxation has produced nervous debility.
it is possible to bring back the system to that degree of tone com-
patible with healthy action.
Patients in the country accurately describing their eases by letter,
and inclosing a bank note, may have advice and medicine forwarded
to any part of the kingdom. Consultation at home daily.
BELL and CO., Id. R. C. Surgeons,
I, Adam-street, Adelphi.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, APRIL 11.

The room wai crowded to-day at an early hour, by speculators of
every class, and paying and receiving and squaring books ooni-
mewed, and proceeded throughout the day ; the only defaulter to
any amount being a north country k,r, wbo, after making a smash
in the mercantile line at Livap tried his fortune on the turf,
and has levitated.
The principal betting was on the 2,000 g. Stakes and Newmarket
Stakes next week at Newmarket, and the Derby and Oaks, Rufus
having risen a point for the Derby, and Tontine become first fa-
vourite for this Oaks.

Sto I apt. Rufus winning the 200 gs. and 100zs. Post Produce
Stakes next 'Monday, and tint Derby taken.

NEWMAIIIKLT STAKES.
5 to 2 apt. Cramer i 3 to 1 agst. Lel George's Selitn
2,00:r STAKES.
6to 2 apt Lord Exeter's i- 13to 1 ages Addy
niature I 7 to 2 agst Crockery.
MATCH.—Even betting between Cedric and Bizarre.

DERBY.
5 to 2 agst Rufus 1 10 to 1 apt Legacy
9 to 2 agst Muleteer I 4 to lat flogatth
9 to 1 agst Defiance I Mies odds agst urty other

°Axe.
7 to 2 apt Tontine
4 to 1 agst Aline I 6 to 1 apt Pipylina
1 6 to 1 apt Pastime

ST.
7to 1 apt Memnon Il6to 1 agst Redgaurt.ct
Y to 1 apt Cleveland 20 to 1 nrt /Joiner
13 to 1 art Androgens

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