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Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 21s. bound,
THE LITERATURE and ROMANCE,- of
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With Copious Specimens.
By WILLIAM and MARY HOWITT. • . •
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S TEALING.
PROSECUTION OF DOG STEALERS AND THEIR
CO SF ED r. RATES.
The continued increase of the crime of Deg-stealing, .and, the nu-
merous artful plans, Niith the cruelties practised by the parties .fol-
lowing the occupation, to extprt from the nobility and gentry large
sums for the return of those valuable animals, has induced several
influential gentlemen to endeavour, by means of public subieripfloU,
to put a stop to the evil complained of by placing a propersuriell-
lance over such offenders and their confederates, and on their xletec-
tion to prosecute them to conviction, under the clauses of the " Dpg-
stealing Act," passed in 1845. To carry the above desirable ebject
into effect, a meeting was held on Wednesday, the 3d instant, at
Mr. Bishop's, New Bond-street, James Graham, Esq., in the chair,
at which it was decided that a society be established to be called
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROSECUTION OF DOG-STEALERS
AND THEIR CONFEDERATES.

It was resolved that the objects of the society be the suppression
of the crime of dog-stealing and the punishment of dog-stealers and
their confederates, but that the operations of the society be 13onflned
,within the limits of the Metropolitan Police District.
It was further resolved that the society be supported by voluntary
and annual contributions and donations, the subscription of a sum of
not less than ss. constituting 'a member, and a donation of throe
guineas a hfe•member.
A committee, comprising the news of several noblemen and in-
fluential gentlemen., was formed.

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NotiCe is hereby given, that the FIFTH 'AN:ISIIAL -GENERAL
MEE eING of the Proprietors of this Corporation will lie holden at
the offices of the Company, 76, Cheapside, on WZniisstiAy, the 24th
day of March instr, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the re-
ez,ption of the Annual Report of the Directors of the Faid Company,
for the declaration of a Dividend, the ElecdOn sad Re-election ot
Directoirs and Auditors for the said Company, and for any other
General Rosiness u-,ually transacted at an annual 'general meeting
of the said Cornoany.
EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary.
March 12, lißi2

A Solicitor, secretary to the Society was appointed, and It was
resolved, that a pubic subscriptien-list be opened at the residence
of Mr. Bishop, the treasurer, for the reception of names of ladies
and gentlemen wishing in any way to further the objects of the
Society.
Donatiens tend gabairiptioni received- by Mr. Bishop, 170, Sew
Bond-street.

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envelope to 8. Row-street, Covent-garden.
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which the Dire tors have power to appropriate one-tenth of the en-
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PATRON—H. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT.
)0Y AL roLICTECHNiu UsisrITUTION.
s, During Lent, a Lecture on Astronomy, illustrated by beau-
tiful diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesday
and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock.—An Explana-
tory Description by Air. crispe, of the'Prussian Musket, the Lan-
caster and Minis Rifles, the various Revolvers, and other Fire-
arms, with the Improved Cancel Bullet, daily, at a Quarter to Three
o'clock, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine.
—A " Musical Cento," being a Lecture on the Songs of Dibdin, and
other eminent Comp sere, by T. Thorpe Peed, Esq., Professor of
Singing at the Royal Academy of Music, on Monday, Tuesday,
and 'Thursday Evenings, at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry,
by J. H. Pepper, Esq.—Dissolving Views, &c.

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A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE.

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them especially liable to Marine Casualty.
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vices, also in the Mercantile Marine, Pilots, and others, are invited
to inspect the Rates of Premiums, especially prepared for them by
this Company.

On Thursday nett will be published, in 1 volume Bvo.,
CIHAPTERS on MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY.
By HENRY HOLLAND, M.D., F.R.S. &c., Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians; Physician Extraordinary to the Queen;
and Physician in Ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Founded chiefly on Chapters contained in " Medical Notes and Re-
flections," by the same Author. •
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NIEAT icz itUYAL, HA MARKET.
Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
rilr EVENLNG,
Will be performed WOMAN'S HEART. The Marquis of Albritzzi,
Mr. Vandenhoff; Nngiolo, Mr. Barry Sullvan ; the Lady Giulia,
Kiss A, Vining : Isolina, Miss Vandenhoff.
To conclude with the new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW.
Marquis ere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray; M.
Destotmfedlelesi, a S
3feria. B. Webster ; Bernard, Mr. Howe; Baroness de
Vaubert, Stirs. Stirling ; Helene de la. Selgliere, Miss A. Vining.

PR IZ E WALT Z.
M. LAURENT has the honour to announce that the above
Composition, for which the Prize of Ten Guineas was awarded to Mr.
W. 11. Montgomery, will be published This Day, at Cramer, Beale,
Regent-street, forming No. 111. of " Laurent's Reper-
toire Music," &c., viz.:
and C0.,0f 2 01,
Dance
No. I.' The Prize Quadrille.--3. R. Tutton. .
No. 2. The Chateau d'lf Waltz. —Henri Laurent.
No: 3. The Prize waltz.—W. H. Montgomery.
Onslow Ilouse, Brompton, March.

EL ECTR. 0 . BIOLOGY, MESMERISM, and
such like EXPOAED, and the public mind disabused, by a
TREATISE on the ORIGIN of LIFE, which may he had, gratis.
by post, on application to the British College of Health, New-road,
London.

SPERMATORRIREA AND STRICTURE.
Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45.,
A TREATISE on the CURE of S FRACTURE
of the URETHRA; containing the True Reasons why that
Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules
sof
and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form
Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro
longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on
the Treatment of Spermatorrhcea by Cauterization.
By F. B. COURTENAY, NI.R.C.S L.
"Those who complain most loudly are those only who know
The prac-
not
how to use the common instruments.
tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence. and in-
difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for
operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell.
13allliere, 219, Regent-street, London.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. -
Lessee, &Ir. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste.
HER EVENING,
Will be performed THE WRECK ASHORE.
After which, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR 'WIFE TO CAM-
BERWELL?
to conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT-
LE REU RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (bur-
named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheim, Mr.
~ntier; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss
(athleen Fitz william.

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147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ;
'nee One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
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death, nocreation. and Rational Ilse of Time."
CONTENTS :—Early RiSillg—SPring and Summer Niornings Ex.
unions about the Environs of London—The l'arks, Lanes, Hills,
()rests, Fields, High-roads. and other pleat places -Country
['rips and Itam.des —The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
Music The Drama-On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, ,
fir, Rest, Ease, occuJation. &O
II Two Vola
FRAU MEN VS FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

YRINCESB'S THEATRE, OXYOIID-STREET
'oder the Management of Mr. C. Kean
'HIS EVEN ING,
Will he performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, ityder, J. Chester,
J. Vining, Meadows, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses
rhillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq.
To conclude with THE HONEYMOON..

Vol. I.
VISIT TO TUE LAKES ; SKETCH or EDINBURGH, &o,
Vol. 11.
ruE LAKES OF KILL >RN EY ; REMLNISCENCES OP
DUBLIN, &c.

WHAT TO EAT, DTINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run•"
A. popular review of simost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
ou ly-debilitated heaand enieebled constitution, that harasses
he young, besets the mail of pleasure, business, or study, and wi-
nners old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.
IV.

THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body —what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SIIIS,TECT • —Ltfe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent o' the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual-
lee of licentiousness and dissipation, With illustrations graphic, nar-
rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

iU
k jj I..k,Jrmaa var,Arb..t,
Under the Management of Madame Vestris,
TIIIM EVENING,
Will be performed
THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal character! by
,iessrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Rozby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C.
-torn, and Miss M. Oliver.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
society, and Tell-
Paoosut :—Laws and obligations of nature,
Time and
gion regard
ng marriage, to be observed by either sex.
choice, on both sides ' temperament,
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
and
as to age,
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness Sterility and its conversion.
and its removal.
Cases, &e.complexion,
BY B. J
T. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). wenty-five
matters. Reception hours daily till
Ply F i s Seven till
Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
11.,.. in Aravll-nitce Refzent-41,..t. e.
'ven
ng
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TEE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, proditoodt
the consequences ol infection, or the abuse -ri
directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tot.
cam:ruell7 indulgence,
lowc4 by observationS on Marriage, and the disqualifications which
ends,El97Baevrinnegrss.-stßryeet, Oxford-
pprEevßatenyt itaildlllousotr,,t
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Bow Church-yard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ;
Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill.
PART 1. tres.to of tue anatomy .
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l's.ax IL treats of the consequences resulting from exces4ivo In-
ittlFence, and their lamentable effects on the systera, producing
mental and bodily wcaknsss, Lerverts excitement, and generative
Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
?Aim 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
tae primary or secondary form, and contains explicit -iirections for
heir treatment `Phis section is Illustrat.36 by 62 Coloured Engtav-
ngs. . _

PasT ceufaina a Remedy for the Prevention el Disease by a
A.pie application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.

PART V. in dovotea to the consideration of marriage, and its du-
ties. The (Awes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in
whronleg scabojapecitAlcritißllallidy
treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, tec„ Ile. and 335.
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)ottlo. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28. 9d-, 48. Gil. and
per 05...," a certain remedy for gonorrhea, gleot, 3trtcture, and
axonle inflammation of the bladder. Consultation tee, if by letter,
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Lo adon, from Eleven till Two. and MVO 1.0F4/403t ; on Sun-
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day from Blown to' uo

Co conclude with
A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq.,
.ntitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the
e crest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss
Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright,
4essrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastie, Butler, and

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1.1.* 4na ne.h..Ker, Xt. Ni
'PHIS EVENING.
Will be performed THE RIVALS.
With the FAST COACH.
To conclude with PLOTS FOR PETTICOATS. Frank Finish,
Mr. Hosktns.

ti.JUht. AND t3TitANL TILLAI.ts.
Lessee, W. W. E. COPELAND, Liverpool.
I R.:17 F..N 1 NO

Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES.
After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Rogers, Attwood ; Misses Sanders, Maskell, and Mrs.
Selby.
To be followed by MY LOVER THE CAPTAIN.
To conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES.
Boxes, 35.; Fit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, LS.
tioxe,l h., (1111114se aDU e slaw vec.b.
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling.

rLaiY's KUYAL AMY ELLTILEAT.ith.
indar V...ronaot, 01 her Majesty and his Royal Ilighnesa
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
- The moat successful and popular Theatre in London.
THIS I.nr ENING,
_

Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED:
or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom,
Esq., which his been some months in preparation, and in the pro-
duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared.
Atter which, the second week of the most wonderful Artists,
the NICOLO FAMILY, who will introduce their admired Enter-
tainments.
To be ollowed by ttatty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena.
To conclude with (by particular desire) BLUE BEARD.
Ti.Aetii to he had at the Boa-ottice from Eleven tut Four day.
stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson.

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as we are—we
are, Reformers as we are, Demoerat
must still reiterate the expressions ar the indignation,
u
with which we have' all along witne*ectthe efforts of
that Party-and-Plece-Hunting Opposition which,
ir
was at first factious, but has now b'u become even nk:;,
constitutional. 'No more paltry eificuies, no more'
perverse arguments, no more petu t vituperations;
have ever been adduced with :a vi ' to, justify a;
pi
splenetic onslaught upon the lfinistry of an Emir.;
gency. Let it not be forgotten that prior to his re-
signation Lord joisie RusseLL him. 44.1 f deUtined dig'
solving Parliament, on - the:plea Wit , such a cotirse'
would' be most
'prejudicial to' the littireats. of" the
country. Yet this is. the very raps who has ever
since been urging tipnh'his saccessot the necessity of
a dissOlntion 1 Can' anything be tore mean than
•
this—more paltry, more perverse, :more 'petulant ?
Why,' it is from our painful sense of Ow inconsistency
of the - whole , enterprise adventured' upon ,by
the Opposition . that We ' are ftn led, •, . again
ci
and yet agelii,at every available,Opptunity, to pro-
nounce the. line of policy pursued iti!his instance by
the ei-Premier and his follnwers as:
or a thousand
reasons, most reprehensible. Are -hey really and
seriously afraid of beholding the.reampesition of a
corn-tax ? Have they such little ....;-
--..fidence in the
stability of the system of uoresert:s-,
red commerce ?
Can they so far insult the judgmentlef the people of
England? Do they imagine, forsoArea
that the people
are as fickle and inconsistent as theUis is 4pa will
they thus, by an ill-timed and injudicious display
of timidity, throw a slur of doubt upoti the popularity
of the Free Trade principles ? By eating thus, and
by exhibiting such a singularly Ungenerous want of
forbearance towards their political adversaries, Lord
JOHN and his satellites are doing their very utmost to
inflict an injury on the cause of Liberal and Constitu-
tional Reform. They are indirectly fostering a feel-
ing of sympathy for her asresrv's Ministers, by the
insidious growth and the factious pertinacity
of their Opposition. It is because of the
very earnestness of our devotion to the in-
terests and the principles of Free Trade, it is
because of our ineradicable abhorrence of agricul-
tural monopoly, that we have spoken, that we are
speaking, that we shall continue to speak more and
more decidedly against the continuance of the policy
adopted by the head of the late Administration. "why,
as to loyalty to the principles of Free Trade, we must
be permitted to say that we were Free-Traders when
to be a Free-Trader was to be little else
than an object of derision I We fought the
battles of Free Trade when the army marching
under its 'banners could be counted by twos and
threes instead of by hundreds of thousands ! We
were Free-Traders, in fine, long before most of the
very men who are now blustering so noisily about
the approach of the wolf of Protection ! A whole
catalogue, of names might be enumerated in testi-
mony of this—bat one will be sufficient : We
were Free Traders years before my Lord
JOHN ItusstLL, in 1845, wrote ~ his welt-
known letter to his constituentsl As earnest
are we now in our devotion to the cause of
Free Trade as we were years before the late Prime
Minister became a Free-trader ! Nay—we repeat
it—it is precisely because of our solicitude to witness
the undisturbed maintenance, and the progressive
advancement, of the principles of Free Trade, of
Reform, and of Democracy, that we protest against
that most factious policy which is calculated only to
throw discredit on the glorious career of Liberalism.
It was therefore with (as usual) mingled sentimenta
of chagrin and indignation that we observed the
course again followed yesterday by the ex-Premier
and several of the other leaders of the Opposition—
a course as injurious to their own reputation as
statesmen as it is uncalled for by circumstances and
ungenerous to her MAJESTY'S Government.

Thin appiiart to be the season Rid' 4•4liliitraiiriiiP
It would seem as if the battle of the Constitution
were henceforward to be fought like a suit in Chan-
cery, by means of interrogatories properly framed, so
as to elicit answers suited to the purposes of those by
whom they were exhibited.

~~, r

In the Lords and in the Commons a running fire
has been kept up by the various sections of which
her MAJESTY'S Opposition is now composed—
sections which for the time being are united
by a common hostility to the Government,
but which are not linked together by very
powerful ties, but, on the contrary may, if they
succeed in their object of displacing the present
Ministry, possibly quarrel over the division of the
spoil, or the allocation of the places rendered vacant
by their joint triumph. Full and explicit information
is sought for on every subject ; there must, be
concealment or reserve. Not only must no
Ministers
reveal everything they intended to do, or to leave
undone, but their private opinions and feelings must
also be published. Not only are they to pledge
themselves solemnly as to what they will or will not
propose or bring under the consideration of the pre-
sent House of Commons, but they must also enter into
ecognizances for their good behaviour in all future
Parliaments, not being allowed the exercise of any
discretion, but being to all intents and purposes de-
legates rather than representatives, and anything but
a Government. This is the condition to which the
ex Premier would reduce his successor, not consi-
dering the dangerous character of the precedent he is
establishing, or how fearfully the instrument he is
constructing may be brought to bear on himself on
some future occasion.

If, however, the practice be at all justifiable or de-
fensible, it should not be restricted to the Ministers.
The would-be Ministers, the aspirants to office, who are
prepared to proceed to any extremities in the pursuit
should be subjected to similar ordeals, and required
to declare clearly and unequivocally, without conceal-
ment or reservation of any kind, their opinions and
intentions on the great points of practical interest at
the present moment. If the great question to be de-
cided by the nation, within a few months or weeks,
as the case may be, is, whether the Earl of DERBY,
or Lord Jowl RUSSELL, iS to fill the post of First
Lord of the Treasury, why should the Earl be bound
hand and foot, while his noble rival is wholly unfet.
tered ? Why should not the ex-Premier tell us whe-
ther he is determined to abide by the financial policy of
Sir C. WOOD toresist any modification or amelioration
of the income-tax, and still to compel those who, by
intense labour, are earning precarious and fluctuating
per Cents., or
of well-circumstanced real estates ? We should know
incomes,
proprietors to
snug
contribute as
sasinl.tahre Three
yaes the fortunate
e
the general features of the Budget to be introduced
by the next Russnu. Administration, and
whether
he is prepared to advocate an entire re-adjustment of
taxation, or any and what other measures of relief to
the overburdened tax-payer.

Again, we should have some certain assurances
with respect to the legal reforms so
to render that
urgently re-
quired by the country. We should learn whether
Lord TRURO has had time or inclination to
Commissioners, whether he is prepared to ab e
apply
thhis
mind to the recommendations of the Chancery
nuisance of the Masters' offices, an
which is nominally a " Court of Equity" a blessing,
rather than a curse to the country, where relief may
b
obbtaeinedfafiorlr any injury, and
ereason to fear
and
h
where
distributed
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yn
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among e emdai ly y administered
the parties entitled at
a moderate cost, so that the intelligence
elofyaedba;
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no e l
ornegc received with unal-
ruin in The shape of a liberal bequest. We should
also be told whether or not special pleading is
to be abolished, so that matters may henceforwad
be decided in accordance with the real merits, and
not through the skill and dexterity of the legal
gladiat Ora engaged on either side. Are court fees to
be retained or got rid of, and our tribunals rendered
free to every suitor for justice, however humble ?
These •ar e points on which the country is desirous of
obtainiN't full information, and it should be freely
and wilit ngly accorded by the candidates for place
and power.
1 Buts. ,above and beyond all, 18 the question of pAr.