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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1839.

PUBLICATIONS.

THE COAL TRADE.

YEGETABLES—CULTIVATION AND COOKERY,
On Tuesday next, in fel). Bvo., price 75., cloth lettered,
rrHE VEGETA BLE CULTIVATOR-:
containing a Plain and Accurate Description of all tin
species and varieties of Culinary Vegt-tables ; with the most ap
Droved Method of Cultivating and C00k:i,..7 them, &c.
By JOHN ROGERS. Author of "The Fruit Cultivator."
. London: Longman, Orme, and Co.

Mr. BRADFIELD waited upon the Lord Mayor yes-
'erday, for the purpose of informing his Lordship that
.e had placed in the hands cf Mr. Leader, the Mptuhet
Or Westminster, who promised to present it with ai.
,essible expedition, a petition relative to a clause i:.
Railway Bills, imposing a tax on co.ds brought to tl.:
netropo!is. Mr. BradfiJl, before he handed a COI y ii,
the petition to the Lord Mayor, said th:►t the void
iwncrs in the North, exasperated at the oppositio►,
rhich his Lordship had given to the combinatio❑ sy:-
cm, had used the most tremendous efforts to frustrat.
►is Lordship's great object of enabling the public to oh-
-,ain coals at a reasonable price. Those ship-owners
who did not yield to the regulations of the monopolists
were refused any supply.
The LORD ithYOR—I expected nothing less than tl
lesperate effort, and I knew that the consequence would
be a temporary rise in the price of coals. Do you know
any person who has been lately refused a supply ?
Mr. BRADFIELD said that Mr. John Dyer, a gentle-
man of spirit and high integrity, had in vain applied.
He had two ships, neither of which could he get
Creighted in the North on account of his non-submission
to the powers there.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.—Entrance near
the Church at Rotherhithe, on the Surrey side of the
River, is open to the public every day (except Sunday) Iron'
Nine in the Morning until dark.—Admittance One ShillinL
each. _ _

This Oay is published, Svo., 12s- cloth,
T 0 UR IN SWEDEN
By S. LAING, Esq.
We part from Mr. Laing with sincere regret, and with at
an feigned conviction of the sterling, and enduring, worth of Li,
present volume."—Eclectic Review..
By the same Author, Second Edition. Sr°. price 141., cloth,
THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE in NORWAY.
" One of the most valuable accounts of any foreign country
since Arthur Young's Tour in Franec."—Morning Chronicle.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.
On T

Both Archways are brilliantly lighted with Gas, and the de-
scent to them is by a new and more commodious Staircase.
The Tunnel is now Eight Hundred and Seventy Feet it
length, and completed to within a distance of 50 feet of low-
water mark on the Middlesex Shore.
By Order,
JOSEPH CHARLIER, Clerk to the Company.
Thames Tunnel Office, Walbrook Buildings,
Walbrook, April, 1839.

INCREASE of INCOME by LIFE AN-
NUITY.—The TABLE of RATES upon which indi-
viduals may charge a portion of their Funded Prop •rty and
doable their incomes, may be had on application at the Life An-
nuity Office, 5, Lancaster-place, Strand.

in Tuesday, April 30, in fcp. Bvo., 65., vol. 6 of
THE HISTORY' of GREECE.
By the Rev. C. THIRLWALL,
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Forming Vol. 114 of the " Cabinet Cyclopredia.
" The simple elegance of the style and the picturesque group-
ing in the narrative lead to a confident expectation that the work
sill be as delightful as it is sure to be valuable."—Athenaeum.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.;• and John Taylor.
Of whom may be had,
HISTORY of ROME
2 vols. fcp. Bvo., l2s. cloth lettered.
TREATISE on GRECIAN and RONTAN
ANTIQUITIES.
2 vols. fcp. Bvo. Ns. cloth lettered.

~NTI-COAL MONOPOLY ASSOCI
ATION.

TO WHARFINGERS.

CONTRACTS for WHARFAGE and for DELIVERY
of COALS, on behalf of the ANTI-COAL MONOPOLY
ASSOCIATION, stating the quantities that can be wharfed
and Delivered, may be offered on or before the 10th day of
May, to Messrs. Northhouse and Blount, No. 4, Parliament-
street.

. 'lnc Lola) MAYOR said by and bye we shall have
inland coals brought to London of as good quality as
Any Newcastle coals, and for 20s. 6d. per ton they will
be left in people's cellars. It will then be unnecessary
to refer to the Lord Mayes coals, at 225. a ton. The
whole metropolis will find a supply, and I am convinced
that the public will most readily aid the efforts of those
who are now making great exertions to carry into effect
-twit legitimate measures fcr breaking down the mono-
poly.

By order of the Sub-Committee,
GEORGE RENNIE, Jun., Chairman.
Committee-Room, April 24, 1839.

This day is published, the Fourth Edition, with Plates con-
taining Eighty-two Figures illustrative of the Grasses and
Umbelliferous Plants, pri,,e 12s. plain, and 16s. coloured,
I R W. J. HOOKER'S BRITISH
KJ FLOP A' • comprising the FLOWERING PLANTS
and the FERNS
In this Edition al) the newly-discovered species are intro-
duced. The Linn wan arrangement is followed in the body of
the work, but in the Appendix are given the characters of all
the natural orders, with a list of the genera, referring to the
pages where they are describe&
Lately published,
Vol. 11. Part 1, containing the CRYPTOGAMIA, price 12s.
Part 2, containing the FUNGI, by Sir W. J.
HOOKER and the Rev. 11,12eJ. BERKELEY, completing the
work, price I 2s.
Also, lately published, by Sir W. J. Hooker,
ICONES PLANTARUM ; or, Figures and Descriptions
of New or Rare Plants in the Author's Herbarium. 2 vols.
Bvo. with 200 Plates, price 21. 16s. in cloth.
*.* A Continuation, to be completed in Four Parts, of which
Part 1, containing 50 Plates, is just published, price 14s.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL
SOCIETY.
THE THIRTY-FOURTH GENERAL MEETING of
the above SOCIETY will be held in Exeter Hall, on MONDAY,
May 6, 1839.
The Right Hon. LORD MORPETH, M.P. and V.P., in

BRADFIELD said that the efforts of the combina-
tion had raised the price of Newcastle coals to 365.6 J.,
but the abundant introduction of the inland coals
would completely paralyse their efforts. He had had
opportunities of knowing the inconveniences to which
the poorer classes were put in consequence of the high
price, and he also knew that if it had not been for his
Lordship's perseverance in attacking the combination,
those classes would have suffered incomparably greater
distress.

the Chair.

Tickets of admission may be obtained of William Allen,
Esq., Treasurer, Plough-court; Lombard-street ; Messrs.
Harvey and Dillon, Gracechurch-street ; Messrs. Hatchard
and Son, Piccadilly; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
Mr. S. Bagster, Paternoster-row ; Mr. Davies, Sunday School
Union Depot, Paternoster-row ; and at the Central Schools,
Borough-road.

The doors will be opened at Eleven o'Clock, and the Chair
.aken at Twelve precisely.

The LORD MAYOR—A most extensive supply from
Yorkshire may be depended upon, and Leicestershire
and other counties, in which the coals are most excel-
lent, will also send in large quantities, and they will be
brought to any person's house, as I said before, at
20s. 6d. per ton. Let the' coal-owners of the North
enjoy their own regulations to the fullest extent. I
know that great numbers of the Nobility and Gentry
are determined to burn no more of the high-priced
article, which has, because of the mere fact that the
charge for it is exorbitant, obtained a character to
which the coals of other counties are as well entitled.
Mr. BRADFIELD then called his Lordship'sattention to
the subject matter of the petition, and represented the
necessity which existed for conceding the prayer of it.
A very spirited effort had, he said, been made by Lord
Granville Somerset to obtain the repeal of the clauses
in the Railroad Bill last Session, which provided that
coals should not be brought within a certain number of
miles of London by such a mode of conveyance, but
those interested in the trade, and he was sorry to say
the Corporation of London assisted them, rendered
that effort abortive. He trusted, however, that
Mr. Leader would, after the just indignation that had
been raised throughout the country at the conduct of
the great coalowners, make such an impression on the
House as would lead to a different result.
Alderman THOMPSON who just entered the justice-
room as the Lord Mayor was looking over the peti-
tion, said that it was quite impossible that any Mem-
ber who had any idea of justice and was acquainted with
the subject, could think of proposing the repeal of the
clauses alluded to. Upon the strength of that tax
immense sums of money had been borrowed by
the City of London, and if it wore taken off in what
way could the debt be paid ?
The LORD MAYOR at once agreed in the view taken
by Alderman Thompson, but Mr. Bradfield said Om
he looked forward to the abolition of the tax with hope.

HENRY DUNN, Secretary.

This day is published, price 2.s 6d.
LADY CHEVELEY ; or, the WOMAN of
HONOUR.
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DUTY ON COTTON WOOL.

We lately mentioned that the Chamber of C immeree
here had memoralized the Govertinicnt in favour of a
repe,d of the duty on Cotton Wool. The foi!uwing
rep!y has been ree, ived by the Chairman of thi. Cham-
ber :

SPORTING IN TELL IGENCE

" Downing-sin et April 17, 1S:19.
" Sir—l am desired l‘v the Chat:cellor cf the Ex-
ehequer to acknowledge the receipt of a m•Anotial signed
by you on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce at
Greenock, and placed in his hands by Mr. Wallace,
praying that a measure may be carried -through Parlia-
ment fur repealing the duty on the importation of Cotton
Wool. In reply, lam directed by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to state to you that it would give him
cAuch pleasure to think that the state of the finances
of this country was such as to admit of the reduction
..vhich the Chamber of Commerce propose ; but that
under present circumstances he can see no prospect of
being able to give that relief to the manufacturer which
it is the object of the memorial to obtain.
"I he you-will communicate 'this reply to the Cbam-
ber of Commerce of Greenock.
" I have the honour to.be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" R. BOURKE.

" John Gray, Esq.
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Greenock."
—Greenock Advertiser.

DURHAM RACES.—SATtrunsr.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 Rd.led ; the
• second saved his stake. Heals, one mile and a-hJlf.
Mr. Chilton's b. c. by Physician, 5 yrs
Mr. Bell's br. h. Swainby, 6 yrs ... ...... ......... 0 2 0
M- W St

.r. Waring's b. g. The Stag,.aged 0 0
The Hurdle Race Stakes of 3 sons. each, and 13 asldid, ini3o
and half heats, were won by Mr. Aiarshall's Eliza, ai,041:
beating Captain Pott's b. g. Old-and-8011, aged, and throe
others.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GORHAMBURY, 1839.

COMMEMORATION OF THE
NATAL DAY OF SHAKSPEARE.

Acceptances for the Gorhambury Stakes of 25 sow. each 16
.
and onlys, &c.—Combat, 6 yrs., Sst.
yrs., Bst. 21b.—Calmuck, 6 yrs., Bst. 2th.—Ad;ian,s vrs.,":sz.
I Ilb.—Ruby,s yrs., 7st. 91b.—Wee Willie, 4 'rs, 7;t. 711;.--
Normanty, 6 yrs., 7st. 71b.—Coruloorough, 5 y. s., ist. 311;.
Alervan, 5 yrs., 7st. 3:b.—l-am-uot-aware, 4 irs., 7st.— V,-
luptuary, 5 yrs., 7st.—Paraguay, 4 yrs., 7st.—Mary, 5
6st. 123).—Bullcalf, 4 yrs., 6 t. 4 yrs.. bst.
101b.—Caligula, 4 yrs., Bst. 10Ib.-I)a,ie y, 4
6st, 9.b.—Hahnernan, 4 3rs., 6st. 81.-13;oush, 4 yrs., 64.
81b.—Isabella (late Maid of Hertford), 4 its., 6st. 4;h.__..
Taunton, 3 yrs., Est.—and Antler, 3 yrs., sst.

STRATFoRD-UPON.AVON, APRIL 22.
" Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim--
---. But happier, Stratford, thou,
With incontested laurels deck thy brow ;
Thy bard was tWrie, unschool'd—and from thee brought
More than all Egypt. Greece, or Asia taught.
Not Homer's self such matchless laurels won—
The Greek has rivals, but thy Shakapeare none."

ASCOT HEATH, 1839, •
Nominations for the Ascot Stakes.—Calma•k, 6 yrs, Pets-
tolian, 4 yrs, Joannina, 4 yrs, Quicksilver, b yrs, St. Fratei!,
4 yrs, I-am-not-aware, 4 yrs, Morella, 4 vrs, Willesden 6 yi s,
Epirus, 5 yrs, Vespertillis, 4 yrs, Nicklebv, 3 yrs, Con:taw:Li c,
3 yrs, The Curlier, 3 yrs, Grey Momus, 4 yrs, Dredabis.. .1 yrs,
Ilyllus, 3 yrs, Slender, 4 y's, ch. f. by Mercli.ait, out of Tur-
quoise, 3 yrs, The Skater, 6 yrs, 'foothill, 6 yrs, Eicrrise, 8
yrs, Davie ellatley, 4 yrs, itlerven, 5 yr:, lishneman, 4 yr',
Combat, 6 yrs, Cornborough, 5 yrs, Industry, 4 yrs, Bullealt,
4 yrs, Forlorn Hope, 3 yrs, Skilleygolee, 5 yrs, flocghlay, 4
yrs, Caravan, 5 yrs, Ruby, 5 yrs, Antler, 3 vrs, Dejaniia, 4
yrs, King Cole, 6 yrs, Vertumnus, 4 yrs, Caracole 3 yeas,
Clarion, by Sultan, out of Clara, 3 yrs ; 1-g ish-you-get-it,
yrs, Chitchat, 5 yrs, Barnacles, 5 yrs, Bay Hampton, 4 yrs,
and Brush, 4 yrs.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, i 9.
WEDNESDAY.—Free Hindicap Sweepstakes of 100 sovs
each, h ft, A.F. Acceptances to be signified on or before
Monday, the 29th instant--Ctesar, bet 71b—Dragoman, fist 51h
—Dey of Algiers, Bst 41b—Corsair, Bst 41b—Cara, Bst
Euclid, Est—Sleight-of-Hand, 7st 121b--Valaincoutl, Tat 12
EYidaurus, 7st 121b—Bulwark, 7st 121b—Deception 7st 121
—2Ether, 7st 121b—Zimmerman, 7st 7st 10lb
—Minima, 7st 71b—Melbourne, 7st 71b—Montreal, 7st 71b....
Domino, 7at 71b—Vale fqf Belvoir, 7st 71b—Red, 7st. 71b---
Carnis, 7st—Polydorus, 7st--Flambeau' 7st—Bro. to Pl(uiro.
tentiary, 7st—Bosphorus, Est 101 b, and Tros, Est 101 b.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1840.
TUESDAY-Mr. Greville's Proteus against Lord Emo:er's
c Stamboul, Sat 51h each. D.M. 200, h ft.
NESDAY—M-. Greville's Trojaua against Lord
Exeter's f Silictria, Sat slb each. D.M. 200, h ft.
FRIDAY—Mr. Persius against Lord Evildoer's
c Raymond, Set bib. D.M. 200, h ft.

SEWARD.
Such and similar are the impressions which you may
feel in entering the p'easant town of Stratford-upon-
Avon, in Warwickshire, a county which has not only
been distinguished by the birth of Shakspeare within
its confines, but also been honoured by those who
were once the natives or residents in it, and the orna-
ments and benefactors of their 'country—a Rous, a
Dugdale, an Addison, a Watt, a Priestly, and a Parr.
Preparations are making for the annual festive cele-
bration of the birth-day of Shakspeare, by the committee
of members of the Royal Shakspearian Club. The
committee met this day, at the Falcon Tavern, to make
arrangements for the usual banquet in the great room of
the hall. There will not be any procession as in 1827
and 1830, the inclemency of the weather deterring the
club from presenting any pageant. It was the same
cause that prevented Garrick, in 1769, from carrying
out his plan of a public representation of the more pro-
minent characters of Shakspeare's plays.
THE BANQUETING HALL.
The Town-hall is now being fitted up for the dinner
and concert room. It is a very handsome room, sixty
feet long and thirty wide. It is enriched by four large
p flutings. Over the Chairman's seat is a full-length
painting of " The" Poet, by Wilson, presented by
Garrick in 1769. The bard is represented in his study,
%vith pen in hand, intensely looking upwards—the
painter, no doubt, bearing in mind the following lines
from the play of the Midsummer Night's Dream
:
The Poet's eve, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The form of things unknown, the Poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothings
A local habitation and a name."
At the opposite end of the room is the fine whole-length
of Garrick, placed here in compliment to that celebrated
actor at the expense of the Corporation. There is also
a portrait of Queen Anne, and another of the Duke of
Dorset, who was Lord of the Manor and High Steward
of the borough at the time of Garrick's Jubilee.
The tables of to-morrow's festival are arranged for
200 guests. The tickets are disposed of under the
superintendence of the committee, and bear the appro-
priate inscription, " You are welcome—take your
place." It is expected the attendance will be at least
equal to that of last year.
The chancel of the church of the Holy Trinity, and
the birth place of Shakspeare, in Henley-street, are of
course, the great objects of interest to the visiters. The
former was new roofed, renovated, and restored two
years ago, by a public subscription (limited to one gui-
nea), and collected throughout Europe and America.
It is a beautiful fabric, of the religious style of archi-
tecture of the fifteenth century. The particulars of
the monument of Shakspeare may be new to many of
our readers.
The effigy of Shakspeare was originally coloured, to
resemble life, and its appearance, before touched by in,
novation, is thus described in an old work on the
Church :—" The eyes were of a light hazel, and the hair
and beard auburn. The dress consisted of a scarlet
doublet, ever which was a loose black gown, without
sleeves. The cushion before him was of a crimson velvet
and the upp:r part green, with gilt tassels." The arms
are in a position for writing, and this day some votary
to the shrine had placed a pen in the hollow between
the thumb aed forefinger of the right hand. It is
generally supposed that an iron pen was originally so
paced.
In the year 1748 this monument was carefully re-
paired, and the original colours preserved as nearly as
possible. Mr. John Ward, grandfather to Mrs. Sid-
dens, and the manager of a theatrical company, gave
the receipts arising from the representation of Othello
(September 9, 1746), to defray the expenses thus in-
curred. In 1793 the bust and figure above, together
with the figure of " John a Combo," were, at the re-
quest of Malone, the commentator, painted a stone co-
lour, with Ivhite lead t This instance of bad taste was
satirized in one of' the books in which visitors enter their

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL
SUMMARY.

The Times of this morning, in the course of a leading
article, breathing the most rabid spite of Toryism, says,
speaking of the prospects of Reform—" No man, with the
use of his eyes and ears, can shut either to the unquestior,.
able fact that Democracy is descending, and Conservatism
rising, throughout the kingdom—aye, in Ireland, a*, w
f It
as here I No experiments, whether by men in offi. e, or
excluded from it, will within a given period raise to any
great height or prevalence, a democratic mania throughout
this realm. Whether in the narrow sphere of Corpora.
tions, or the wider one of national politics, the people aro
sick of the fuss and quackery of Reform. It is vain, there-
fore, for the Movement Press to invoke the manes of a
deceased delinquent. The nation is Conservative. The
Government must be ruled by the same spirit. Lot
, the lingering Cabinet experience what throw and
convulsive agonies it will, there is no sympathy
between it, and the people of England. 'Ile:
people are healthy ; the Cabinet, as a power, is ex-
tinct. Its own quondam creatures have announced its
death—cr, as the only alteration, have prescribed conali-
tions which there are no human means to execute." The
Times here exhibits a happy knack at drawing conclusions,,
not merely at variance with, but diametrically opposed to,
facts. Thus, our Contemporary states that Conservatism
is rising in Ireland, although tho late Dublin aggregate
meeting—by far the most important ever held in the sister--
country—clearly proved that all Ireland is unanimous in
favour of progressive Reform, and supports the present Mi-
nistry solely on that ground t Again, the Times assures
us that the nation is Conservative, and that the Cabinet,
as a power, is extinct ; taking for granted, of course, that
the late majority in the House of Commons is an irresisti-
ble evidence both as a Whig defeat and a Tory triumph 1
With regard to the phrase " quackery of Reform," this_
comes with peculiar propriety from a Journal which was
the very first to recommend this quackery, as the only
means left of restoring the Constitution to a state of cot-
valescenee.

The Morning Post, alluding to the vacancy at St. Ka-
therine's Hospital, observes—" Since the rght of a4oliet-
ment vests in the Queen Dowager, the public will entertain
no doubt of its being exercised in favour of' some gentle-
man of unblemished integrity, and unsullied honour. Tiio
same confidence might have been wanting, had Ikdiuise
fe
been able to make out their claim to the patronage svhieh
they coveted so intensely, that they I:ad net the decency to
wait for the death of the late Master, before they tea steps'
in order to the maintenance of their unfounded pretension,"
The Morning Chronicle puts forth these observations ett
the subject of progressive Reform :—" Fey Rufeermeirs
can be said to bo indifferent to the existence of the pre-
sent Ministry, or unaware that the Tories would derive a
considerable accession to their power from office. It is
because Reformers aro not indifferent to the existence of
the Ministry, that they are anxious to see them pursue the
course by which alone that existence can be prolonged.
We say nothing on the present state of Ireland and Scot.
land, but it is notorious that, as regards England, the lie-
form Bill has delivered over the representation to the- T.,-
ries. A Ministry professing attachment to Reform prin-
ciples, cannot, in consistency with these principles, insist
on the finality of a Bill under which the people' are hot
represented—Ministers have placed the Reformers in a
fake position, and we trust a course of policy will yet be
adopted, calculated to satisfy the reasonable expectations
of the people, and enable Members to justify their votes to
their constituents. If it be determined to allow no °stele-
tiel improvement to be made in the R form Bill, nothing
can prevent the Tories from repossessing themselvez
please. An indifference to root,oll-
Aloe, whenever they of
able Reform is not the way to cure the people of ant indif-
ference to the existence ot' Ministers."
The Morning Herald, alluding to Sir Edward Centring_
ton's motion on Tuesday night, remarks as follows :
" England is not at this moment in a position to matueeiet-
her naval supremacy. Her fleets are rotting in kir her-
bows, or they are at sea imperfectly equipped and most in-
efficiently manned, whether we regard the actual neces.A_
ties of the service or the practice of foreign powes.
Russia, an inland power, posses.es a far greater numb r of
ships of war available for the purposes of aggresslee :Lae
England does. France, without any natural pretensions to
a high rank among maritime states, can boast of a navy far
more effective than any patent of the navy of England.
The Government of England finds it difficult to man Bei-
tish ships of war. A mean, miserable system is putsnest
both towards the officers and the men. Both classes aro
underpaid, and the latter class is fearfully cm-worked.
Thi,ty thousand of the best of our seamen are, at this mo-
ment, in the service of the United States, whilst, at the
same time, there is scarcely an English ship of war fully
manned."

The Morning Adrertiser contains a leading atti;:l,!
whose object is to impr,ss on Ministers the necessity of
further Reforms. "It yet remains to be sen," say 3 Oar
Contemporary, " how Minist,rs will use their victory o7er
their opponents ; they still h ve an Opportunity of Ci..l)_
contrating in their support the suffrages of all the wise and
the good of the comuluni!y; and we hap they will ads:)t
their policy to that most desirable end. We shall not rfo-
ju,lge th,rm but it is only by liberal etnicesaions to clai,sis
which they have hitherto rejected, that they may expect to
Lind security for themselves or the nation."