The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-30 00:00:00

ROUSSEAU

Was at one time, as is well known, private secretary to
the f.nsotis Montaigne. After a lung absence from
Paris, the latter, one evening, went to the opera, where
ho was enthusiastically delighted by the performance of
Le Devin du Village. " Who is the author of this
charming opera?" he inquired, his count:mai:ea visibly
exOressing unwonted excitement. "You shou'el know
por:ectly well," was the reply. "It is Rousseau, your
old secretary. He has both written the words and com-
posed the music !" " What he?" rejoined Montaigne,
lost in astonishment, "that idiot has he done that?"
When the Genevese Poet-Philosopher and Musician
heard of this be smiled, inwardly gratified by this un-
mistakeehle proof of his former employer's appreciation
of his work. " Music," said he to himself in his usually
abstracted, pre-occupied manner, " is immortal, so at
least the Ancients tell us—but will mine be?" ar.d he
sighed to himself—Gentle-hearted Philosopher! perhaps,
thine heart echoed back the reply that, even should thy
music perish and be forgotten a'ter the lapse of years,
yet would it be perpetuated in the works of those who
succeed thee—by pupils—friends—admirers, perhaps—
and the thoughts over which thou hadit deemed Oblivion
had east her pall—would, by a mind affinitive to what
thine Wll3, be procreated substantially once more, even
though a thousand years or more may have changed
the surfite of the earth and the habits, instincts, and
intellects of man. So true is it that, like Beauty, Music
has ementially and spiritually, an Immortality, which
she shares with her sister Poesy and with her alone!
Would that from thee and thy myriad strings I could
awake a chord that should like "a thing of beauty" be "a
joy for ever," when I sing this truth—
Flowerets, when their bloom is fled,
Yet have lingering fragrance left:
Music—when the Loved One's dead
Is not of all charm bereft:
So, when hearts lie cold and chill,
And the psssing breath doth flee., -sse
The Spirit's Essence liveth still
In the faithful Memory!
_ For to Beauty do pertain
Gifts of Immortality:
Though ye seek its form in vain;
Though the germ awhile may die!
From tee cerement it springs
Bright, regenerate, anal free;
And in a thcuaand lovely things
Still lives in the Memory! G. J. 0. A.
A HINT.
The following epigrammatic cetairsin is charmingly
iteropos of the miserable discords which occur so often
in some of our institutions whose professed object is
harmony. It was written anonymously some veers ago
et Psri3 by a wag, svh? succeeded in throwing ridicule
and contempt on certain professors of the Conservatoire
de Musique, whose violent cetarrels and patty dissensions
rendered it, at one time. more than probable that the
inetitntion could not be carried on. Thus ran the
epigram : . .

•
J'admire Inrs talens, ct meme leur genie,
• Mail, an fait, is ont un grand toit ;
C'est ste s'intituler professears d'harmonie,
• ET ctin'etrejamats d'accnrd."
Irish, Scotch, aye! Welsh
Fro;t,:s4.ori, who eat ea:* other up, or knock each other
down*—wl-lat think-ye-of that? True thick ye?

LONDON IN ANCIENT AND
MODERN TIMES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ _ _

SIR,—As London during the present month is full of
country visitor:, the following sketch of London, ancient
and modern, may not be altogether unacceptable. There
are many histories and descriptions of London published,
but I do not remember any that have appeared in the
small space of the columns of a newspaper. To some
of your constant readers it may also convey information.
LONDON IN ANCIENT TIMES. _ _

Where London now stands, some sixteen cr eiph:een
centuries back stood an immense forest, extending from
the Thames on the one side, to Epping and Hainault on
the other.
As far back as one thousand years—at which period
the several Saxon kingdoms le came amalgamated under
Egbert, the first king of all England—London rose into
importance as its capital. It was enclosed by walls,
defended by strong bastions, and prepared for defence
against Northern and other marauders.
About this period the Thames extended over the
low lands as far as Battle-bridge, passing between Hol-
born-hill and Snow-hill. Another part of it ran between
and through, where now stands Bishopsgate, Moorgate,
Walbrook, and Dowgate, over which were many wooden
bridges.
The gates of London, were ten in number, and were
called Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bridge-gate, Bishopsgate,
Cripplegate, Dowgate, Ludgate, Moorgate, Newgate,
and the Postern-gate (Tower-hill). There were also
five watch-towers, serving as gates.
From the earliest times London has suffered greatly
both by fire and pestilence. In 760, 765, and 793, it
was nearly destroyed by fire. In 1563 twenty thousand
persons were carried off by the plague ; in 1610 forty
thousand persons ; and in 1665 no less than eighty thou-
sand persons fell victims to this visitation. Immediately
after occurred (in 1666) the Great Fire of London, de-
stroying nearly threefourths of the city, and property to
the amount of ten millions sterling.
London has also at times suffered from insurrections
and commotions within its walls; in the reign of Richard
11. by Wat Tyler; in the reign of Henry VI. by Jack
Cade, and in Charles
,the First's time between him and
his Parliament, &c. &c. It also, in 1703, was visited by
a storm, which blew down two thousand chimneys,
stripped the lead off several churches, killed thirty or
forty persons, sank four hundred vessels in the Thames,
and caused a loss of 2,000,0001.
Three hundred years ago, London was neither paved
nor: lighted, excepting a few lanterns suspended, aslin
some parts of Paris, across the road. " East Smithfield
was open to Tower- hill, Moorfields was open to the
small village of Hoxton, and Finsbury- fields were
covered with windmills. St. Giles's was in the fields,
and the Strand had gardens on each side. Covent-
garden was really a garden of a convent. Westminster
was a very small town; Southwark only a: few streets,
(dull, dirty, and cheerless), and Lambeth a little village
near the Thames."
Still in those days London could muster a large army,
and had afforded considerable assistance to the different
Sovereigns of England.
And this was London in the Olden Time.
LONDON IN MODERN TIMES.
The improvements of London began in the reign of
George IL L-:quares were made, streets formed, churches
erected, Westminster-bridge built, the houses on London-
bridge pulled down, and most of the City gates removed.
And now, in 1849, London is the richest and most
famed capital in Europe—the seat of the most powerful
empire in the world.
Within this capital, covering a space of comparatively
small dimensions, stand the city of London, possessing a
revenue that would purchase not a few of the continental
kingdoms, whose population is less in the present day
by many thousands than it was one hundred years ago.
The City of London contains the Bank of England,
the Mansion House, the Royal Exchange, the Guildhall,
where the Cemmon Council meet; the Post Office, 390
feet in length; St. Peul's Cathedral (hose history were
worthy of a space here, were room allowed. It has been
three timed destroyed by fire, the last time in 1666. It
took 40 years building; it is 514 feet in length, 286 in
breadth, and 370 in height. It cost a million and a hilt
of money—an immense suns in those days); St. Bar -
tholumew's Hospital, and many beautiful churches and
halls of -the Livery.
On the banks of the Thames, in the eastern part of
London, may be seen a mass of buildings called the
Docks, containing the goods of all nations, and food from
all parts. A few particulars will show the immensity of
England's commerce:—
The St. Katherine's Docks cover a space of 24 acres,
of which 12 acres form the wet docks ; cost building,
&c., 1,700,000/.; accommodate annually 1,300 merchant
vessele.
The London Docks can accommodate at one time 200
merchant vessels; it is 29 feet deep; its wine cellars ex-
tend in one direction 1,700 yards; and its diverging lines,
called trams, would reach in one direction about 29 miles.
There is generally in bond about six millions of gallons
of wine, ten millions of pounds of pepper, &c.; of to-
bacco twenty-four millions of pounds, the duty on which
alone would be something near 2,000,000 sterling.
The East India Dock (import and expert) covers 31
acres of land. The docks are the warehouses of the
East India Company. There is seldom lesi than
24,000,0001b5. of tea in bond here, the value of which
is about five millions sterling.
London contains a population of 2,000,000 souls,
whose habitations extend over a apace of thirty-five
square miles, which pays a rental of 8,000,0001. annu-
ally. There are 279,000 houses, and 14.000 streets,
lanes, &c. London pays about one-third of the window-
tax of all England. The buildings of London are ra-
pidly increasing. There are 5,000 vessels, and 4,000
boats on the Thames, employing 8,000 watermen and
4,000 labourers; 20,000 vessels arrive and depart from
the port of London in the year.
The Thames runs through London, which connects
itself by the following bridges:—
New London Bridge, opened 1831. Length 950 feet.
Southwark Bridge, opened in 1819. Length of span
of centre arch 240 feet, contains 5,308 tons of iron.
Cost 800,0002
Blackfriars Bridge, opened in 1769. Length 940 feet.
Cost 260,0001.
Waterloo Bridge, opened in 1817. Length, from the
first arch in the Strand to the last on the Surrey
side, 2,456 feet.
Charing Cross (Suspension) Bridge cost 106,0001.
Westminster Bridge. Length 1,223 feet. Costs con-
tinuous from its opening to the present day, always
being, repaired.
Vauxhall Bridge, opened in 1816. Cost 50,0001.
There is also a passage under the Thames, called
The Thames Tunnel, opened in 1843.
London, which has almost, with its 14,000 streets, be
come as it were one vast brick-field, has still left to it

1. St. James's Park, possessing. fine " promenades,
serpentine walks, parterres,andshrubberies. with a large
and beautiful piece of water in the centre."
2. The Green Park, connecting St. James's Park
with Hyth Park Corner.

3. Hyde Park, presenting "beautiful and diversified
prospects; has a ruad through it to Kensington, cslled
Rotten-row; much visited on a fine Sunday afternoon.
The Serpentine enriches the scenery of this park."
4. Kensington Gardens are about three miles in cir-
cumerence, and are beautifully laid out. The late
Duke of Sussex had a palace here.
5. Regent's Park lies between the New-road and
Hampstead. On one side is the Z)ol, gical garden.
The park has 450 acres laid uut in the moat beautiful
and romantic scenery.
6. Victoria Park, situate near the eastern end of
Hackney and Bow. It is larger than St. James's-park.
A great of 100,0001. was made for that purpose a few
years back.

Interspersed among its tuildings are 400 churches,
380 dissenting chapels, 23 foreign chapels, 250 public
school 4, 1,500 private schools, 12 prisons, 8 police-offices,
18 theatres, 300 hotels, 4,900 public-houses, 1,000 beer-
shops, 2,800 coffse• shops, &c. &c.
London consumes annually-
-200,000 bullocks 12,000,000 quarters of wheat
770,000 sheep 3,000,000 bushels of flour
260,000 lambs 11,000,000 gallons of milk
255,000 ealvss 2,000,000 gallons of spirits
274,000 pigs 2,000,000 barrels of ale and
200,000 tons of Ssh porter
12,000 tons of buster 70,000 pipes of wines.
13,000 tons of cheese
The quantity of tea, sugar, cocoa, and coffee not known.
And these are only a part of the food, &c., consumed in
London annually, as may be imagined from the fact that
in food alone upwards of seventy millions sterling is
expended—the article of sugar causing an outlay of
nearly one million sterling; while tea, tobacco, rum,
brandy, &e., are also in great request.
The merchandise of London is annually valued at
200,000,0001,

The traffic, by goods and passengers, on one London
railway is 40,0001. per week.
The estimated capital of another London railway is
13,000,000 L

Facts which no other spot on the earth could boast of,
or even imagine.
Some idea may be formed of London by a glance at
the following list of the numbers of workmen in some of
the London trades. The number of policemen, postmen,
&c., need not be alluded to, as they do not come under
the bead of

The Producers of Wealth.
16,000 shoemakers 14,000 tailors 13,000 carpenters
6,800 bricklayers 4,300 butchers 5,400 cabinetmakers
5,000 painters 3,000 hatters 3,000 whitesmiths
3,700 compositors 1,200 tinmen 1,400 milkmen
2,100 coopers 6,000 bakers 3,000 brushmakers
2,600 watchmakers 6,000 engineers I,ooo.tobacconists
1,400 dyers 1,000 fishmongers 2,000 cabmen, &c.
2,300 coachmakers 2,000 grooers 800 pressmen, &c.
It is calculated that on any fast-day or other cessation
from work, for one day only, tho capitalists of London
lose twenty thousand pounds.
As it would occupy many weeks to visit all that is in-
teresting, instructive, amusing, or astonishing in L')n-
don, a selection here may be found useful. Tne follow-
ing are generally resorted to by strangers from the
country, 23 well as by thousands of inhabitants of the
metropolis:—
_.

1. The British Museum, Great Russell-street, Blooms-
bury, open Mon, Wed., Fri.—Free e.imission.

2. East India Company's Museum. Saturday-10 to
3—Free.

3. The National Gallery. M , T., W., and Th.-10
to 4—Frea.

4. Pantheon, Oxford-street. Every day-10 to 5
Free.

5. School of Dcsign, Somerset house. M.-1 to 3
Free.

6. Society of Arts, Adelphi. M., T., Tn., F., Sa.-10
to 4 —Free.

The following require tickets to:gain admission:-
1. Buckingham Palace, Collection of Paintings. By
order from the Lord Chamberlain.

2. College of Surgeons. M., T., W., Th.-11 to 4.

3. House of Lord& W. and Sa , during session-10
to 4.

4. Spane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn fields (during April,
May, and June)—lo to 5.
5. Vernon Collection, National Gallery. M., T., W.,
and Th.-10 to 4.
6. The Malt, Tower-hill. Daily-10 to 4.
The undernamed require payment for admission.-
1. British Institution, Pall mill. Open from Rbruary
to Easter, and three weeks in July.
2. Greenwich Hospital. M. and F.
3. Royal Academy, Trafalgar-square. May, June,
and July.
4. Society of British Artists, Suffolk street, Pall-mall.
5. Zoulugical Gardens, Sum y-10 till dusk.
6. Cosmorama, ItTent-swet-10 to 4 daily.
7. Colosseum, Regent's Park-10 to 5, and 7to 10,
daily.

8: Diorama, Regent's-park-10 to 5, dAily.
9. Madame Tussaud's Wax Works, Baker-street-11
in the morning till 10 at night.
10. Polytechue Institution, Regent street-11 to 5,
and 7 to 101 at night.
11. St. Paul's Cathedral-2 till dusk.
12. Westminster Abbey-9 till dusk.
13. The Tower-10 till 4.
14. The Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park-10 till
dusk.

Besides which there are the Lowther Arcade, Strand;
the Burlington Arcade, Picadilly; King-street Bazaar,
Portman-square; Baker-street Bazaar; Lowther Bazar,
Strand; and the Pantechnicon, Pimlico, always open to
the public, free.

. .
London, abounding in everything, is not deficient in
its places of amusement (which, while gratifying its
thousands, is the means of employment to thousands
more), among which are the theatres, consisting of
1. Her
_Majesty's Theatre (the Italian Opera) Hay-
market.
2. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden.
3. Theatre Royal,prury-lane, Brydges• street, Drury-
lane.

4. Theatre Royal Haymarket. Lessee Mr. Webster.
5. Astley's Amphitheatre—for horsemanship, &c.
Lessee Mr. Batty.
6. St. James's Theatre, King's•street, St. James's.
7. Lyceum Theatre, Strand. Madame Vestris and
Charles Mathews.

8. Adelphi Theatre, Strand. Webster or Madame
Celeste.
9. Princess's Theatre, Oxford street.
, 10. Strand Theatre, near Somerset-house.
11. Victoria Theatre, Waterloo-road.
12. Sadler's Wells Theatre, St. John's-street-road.
13. Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars-road.
Besides toe Marylebone Theatre, Queen's Theatre,
City Theatre, Standard Theatre, &c., &c.; Eagle and
Albert Saloons, endless musical halls, assembly-rooms,
concert-rooms, Vauxhall-gardens, Surrey Zoological-
gardens, and Cremorne-gardens, come in for a share of
public patronage.
And amidst this vast busy hive of human beings, so
well stored with all that makes England a great nation,
the Press—that has given "light and life to charity "
that has " taught the senator wisdom," and the monarch
on the throne to wield the sceptre in mercy, truth, and
justice—that has conveyed the tale of woe from the poor's
man's cot to the abodes of royalty and the mansions of
the great—the Press of London stands proudly pre-
eminent.

THE ORIGIN OF THE EXISTING LONDON PRESS.

Established. DAILY PAPERS.
1770. The Morning Chronicle.
1772. The Morning Post.
1781. The !doming Herald.
1788. The Times.
1792. The Sun.
1793. The Morning Advertiser.
1811. The Globe.
1822. The Standard.
1836, The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.
1846. The Daily News.
WEEKLY PAPERS.

1792. The Observer.
1796, Bell's Messenger.
1803. The Examint:r.
1818. The Dispatch.
1820. John Bull.
1820. IMe in London.
1822. Sunday Times.
1826. The Atlas.
1828. The Spectator.
1830. The Britannia.
1836. Weekly Chronicle.
1838. The Era.
1842. Illustrated London News.
1842. Church and State Gazette.
1849. Historic Time.
The rest too numerous to mention.

In concluding this description, which is much longPr
than originally intended, allow me to subscribe myself
a well-wisher. W. A. J.

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FO-
REIGNERS IN DISTRESS.
The anniversary of this society was celebrated on
Monday by a public dinner, given at the London Ta-
vern, the proprietors of which, Messrs. Bathe and Breach,
fully preserved their usual character in providing a ban-
quet remarkable for elegance and profusion. There was
on the present occasion, not only a very large atten-
dance, but one exceedingly select. Amongst the two
hundred present we observed the following:—His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the chairman ; his
Excellency the Count Kielmansegge, the most Hon. the
Marquis of Westminster, the Baron Rehausen, the Count
Hardenberg, the Chevalier Tottie, the Consul-General
May. the Consul-General Zohrab, and the Reverend
Dr. Kuper.
[Weave requested to state that the Chevalier Bunsen
and his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, who had
signified their intention of being present, were unavoid-
ably absent.]
On the cloth being removed,
His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN gave—" The
health of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and mentioned
that her Majesty had given in a donation of 1001. to the
institution. •
The toast having been enthusiastically received,
His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN proposed the
toast, " The Q seen Dowager."
This sentiment having been duly acknowledged,
His Royal, frhomaEss proposed "his Majesty the
King of Hanover, the Prince of Wales, and the other
members of the Royal'Family." The toast was drunk
with all the honours.
The next toasts which the Royal Chairman gave were
"The Foreign Sovereigns who are Patrons of the So-
ciety" and " the Army and Navy."
The Marquis of WESTMINSTER rose to propose a toast
which he was sure would meet with universal accepta-
tion—namely the health of their illustrious chairman.—
(Loud applause.) He knew that the toast would be well
received, but before he proposed it he would beg leave to
trespass on the attention of the meeting for a few mo-
ments, because he was unwilling to let pass the present
occasion without offering a few words as to the objects
of the society—the cause of which they had met to
advocate and to forward.—(Hear, hear.) Englishmen
were justly proud of their charities, extending as they
did to provide for distress in all its shapes—they were
proud, and justly, of those great charitable institutions
with which this country abounded. But of the many
societies to which the country afforded its fostering care,
the society the cause of which they were met to ad-
vocate presented paramount claims.—(Hear, hear.)
It was a society which embraced the inhabitants of
every nation, totally irrespective of creed or sects.---
(Hear, hear.) He would ask those who had travelled
abroad, and had experienced the warm reception of the
south, or the open hospitality of the north, whether their
hearts did not expand with delight at the idea of being
able to afford a something more than hospitality to those
who came as strangers to this country?—(Loud ap-
plause.) Looking to the occurrent s which had taken
place in the states and the principalities of Europe—
looking at the convulsions which had shaken other na-
tions, from which not only the highest but the lowest
suffered, when individuals were cast from their homes
and thrown in a state of destitution on the world, it
would be seen what the society was able to accomplish.
It gave assistance to those who were in need, but, by a
wise regulation, it afforded none to those who were not
twelve months resident in the country.—(H ar, hear.)
He would now turn to the more :grateful part of his
duty, in olferlng his deep and sincere feeling of respect,
not only to the family from which his Royal Highness
sprung—(Cheers)—but to his Roy al IliAliness perso-
nally.—(Applause.) He would ask what part of England
—what part of the empire could not bear testimony to
his Royal Highness's unbounded liberality, and to his
unbounded personal exertions in the cause of charity?
He begged in conclusion to give " His Royal Highness
the Due of Cambridge."
The toast having been most enthusiastically received,
His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN briefly returned
thanks, mentioning that he had taken the chair eleven
times on the occasion of the festivals, and would have
done so twelve times, only that he was prevented from
doing so by indisposition. He hoped that he would fill
the post as long as Providence permitted him to do so,
and that in his retirement it would be occupied by his
son, Prince George of Cambridge.—(Loud applause.)
His Royal Highness the Chairman then proposed
" His Grace the Duke of Wellington, president of the
society."
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Stewards," and " The Honorary Secretary," were
given and duly responded to.
The contributions in aid of this charitable soei,.ty
were acknowledged as being upwards of 2,0001.
Amongst the contributors were tile following“—ller
Majesty the Queen, 100/.; his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, 00/.; the Chevalier Buns' n, 30/.; the
Most Hon. the Marquis.of Westminster, 25/.; F. Huth,
Esq., 25/.; Mdlle. Jenny Lind, 301.; Messrs. Rothschild,
Admral C elite, 151; the
301.; his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, 201;
John Walter, Etq., bf.P., 54; i
Count Colloredo, to/. 10s.; Sir U. Glyn, 10/.; his Ex:V.
lency Van der Weyer, lot ; the Very Rev. Archdeacon
Dale, 101; the Right Hon. Lord Bleinfield, 51. 55.;
Signor Tarnburini, 2/ ; Signor Gordon!, 11.; Signor
Sa!vi, 1/.; Signor LAbllche, 11.; M. lhalberg, 11.;
Signor Coletti, 11.
The musical arrangements were under the direction of
Mr. Machin, assisted by the Misses Fyne, Mr. Young,
and Mr. Land. The band of the Coldstream Guards
was also in attendance, and added much to the convivi-
ality of the meeting by the performance of some judi-
ciously selected airs. Mr. Biggs was the toastmaster en

the occasion, and performed his duties in a most
satisfactury_manner.,

FROM THE LoN_DoiN GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY:
WHITEHALL, MAY 26, 1849.
The gieen has been ple..s:d to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and
place of Advocate-General, or Judge-Martial of her Ma-
jesty's Forces, to Sir Day Id Dun(las, lint.
WA R-OFFICE, MAY 29.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Kemp (Riding
Master) to be Lit-uteilant, by purchase, vice Morgan,
who retires ; Thomas Nisbet, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Kemp, May 29.
31st Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant James Campbell,
from half-pay 50,.ti Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pilking•
ton, appointed Paymaster 66th Foot; Ensign Henry
Brenchley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Camp-
bell, vtho retires; Robert Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice lirenchley, May 29.
43d Foot—Ensign Charles Carew de Morel to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dennis, who retires ;
Henry Wilm)t, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
de More), May 29.
46th Foot—Ensign Edward Wemyss to ba Liente•
nant, by purchase, vice Fredricks, who retires ; Thomas
Fergus Greer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Wemyss, May 29.
57th Foot—Ensign William Fowler Jones to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hunton, who retires ; John
Henry Vicq, Gent., to ba Ensign, by purchase, vice
Jones, May 29.
69th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Barnard Hankey to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Walker, who retires;
Ensign Alexander Edgar McGregor to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Hankey; Arthur Vincent Turner,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice McGregor,
May 29.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Rowland Webster, from the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Smith,
whose appointment has been cancelled, May 29.
77th Foot—Captain Philip Bolton, from Half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain vice Bradshawe, promoted,
May 29.
83d Foot—Ensign John Sprot to be Lieutenant. by
purchase, vice Downrnan, who retires; William Fitz-
by purchase, vice Sprot,
May
Roy,
2G9.ent., to be Ensign,

DOCK-YARD VOLUNTEERS.
Royal Clarence Battalion—William Henry Churcher,
Gent., to be Lieutenant an-I Quartermaster, vice J. G.
Churcher, deceased, May 291~1.
E3IORANDU3I.—The names of the Senior-Lieutenant
of the 48th Foot are "William Fetheistonhaugh," not
" Fetherston," as previously stated.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Thomas Henry Black, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Henry Tufnell, Eiq., M.P.; to he Deputy-Lieutenant ;
Alexander Raphael, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, May 24.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Charles Fox Webster, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Giels,
promoted, May 8.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 28.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Charles
Stuart Henry to be Second Captain, vice Pollock, re-
tired on half-pay; Second Lieutenant Paget Walter
L'Eitrange to be First Lieutenant, vice Henry, May 19.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 25.
Corps of Royal Marines.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Anderson Gibsone to be
Colonel Second Commandant (en second, to continue
attached to the Artillery companies of the corps).
Lieutenant-Colonel David James Ballingalt to be
Colonel Second Commandant, vice Stevens, retired on
full pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Rawlings Ciryton to be
Colonel Second Commandant, vice Edwards, retired on
full pay.
Captain and Brevet-Major ilenry Ivatt Delacombe to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice. Ballingall, promoted.
Captain and Brevet-Major George Hunt Coryton to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. R. Coryton, promoted.
First Lieutenant Henry limpson to be Captain, vice
Delacombe, promoted.
First Lieutenant Nicholas Moore to be Captain, vice
G. 11. Co:) ton, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Archibald Alexander Douglas to
be First Lieutenant, vice Timpson, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Charles Loftus Tottenham Usher
to be First Lieutenant, vice Moore, promoted.

BANKRIIP I'S.
William Line, brickmalcer, Pavilion-place, Turnham-
green, to surrender June 5, at half-past two, and July
6, nt eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi-
cial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Goren,
South Molton-street.
Juhn Pnillipps, banker, Lpper Bullingham, Hereford-
shire, June 6 and July 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Bodenham, Hereford ; Motteram, Knight, and
Emmet, Birmingham.
John Burnard, painter, Bideford, Devonshire, June 7,
at one, and July 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Pattison
and White, Launceston; Clowes, Wedllke, and Cloves,
King's Bench-walk, Temple; Stogdon, Exeter.
Edward Raisbeck, ironmaster, Dewsbury, Yorkshire,
June 19 and July 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bulmer, Leeds.
John Eastwood, manufacturer, Farnlcy Tyas, York-
shire, June 14 and July 13, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court.. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Pringle and Co. King's road, Bedford-row ; Sykes,
Milnsbridge; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
William Robinson Allanson, corn factor, New Malton,
June 14 and July 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Lever, Fre-
derick's-place Old Jewry; Scholofield, York; Harle
and Clarke, feeds.
Martin Luther Pritchard and Robert Norris Dale.
stock and sharebrokers, Liverpool, June 21 and July 6,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple; Littledale and
Bardswell, Liverpool.

Gardner a,ggs, merchant, Liverpool, June 18 and
July 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Ctizmove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple;
Littledalo and Bardsvvell, Liverpool.
William Labrey, grocer, Manchester, June 13 and
July 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Sharpe, Field,
Jackson, and Newbold, Bedford•row; Benson and Blain,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Rtid, Edgeware-road, and Bexley. heath, Wool-
wich, Rochester, Chatham, and Maidstone, draper, June
19, at eleven—G. Black, Aldertn,nbury, straw hat ma
nufacturer and furrier, June 21, at one—J. Richards,
jun., Readily:, banker and money scrivener, June 21, at
twelve—E. S. Meyer end T. G. Brownsmith, Bedford-
street, Covent-garden, fringe manufacturers, June 21, at
eleven—W. tk. Warwick, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire,
and Cambridge, printer and publisher, June 21, at half.
past twelve—G. M. Hutton, Ringwood, Hampshire,
coach proprietor, June 21, at eleven,

In the Country.
W. L. Adams, Selby, Yorkshire, clock and watch
maker, June 19, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Gros-
venor, Wolverhampton, beer-seller, June 21, at twelve,
at the Court, Birminghana—J, Gilmore, Hawthorn-
grove, Durham, whiting manuErcturer, June 21, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Morpn sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford, and
Ghsbury, Radnorshire, woolstaplers, 7d., on Thursday,
May 24, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and
and two, at the office of M-. Valpy, Birmingham.
M. Merenti, King William street, City, merchant,
Is. 11d., on Thursday, May 31, and the three following
Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansleld, Basiughall-street.
T. Me;:,arey, Love-lane, Billingsgate, c)3.1 merchant,
Bd., ou Thursday, May 31, and the three following
Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
M. S. schlcsing-r, Strs.r.d, and Friday-street, City,
merchant, 83., on Thursday, May 31, and three following
Tthaunr,fed
sdiay,shasbeitowgeheanuteee.
eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansleld
A. Duffivll, and M. Duffiel I. Slough, Buckingham-
shire, ironmongers, and z:nc workers, 103., on Thursday,
May 31, and the three following Thursdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansleld, Basiughall-
street.

G. Wagner, Bloomsbury-square, draper, 6s. 83., cn
Thursday, May 31, and thrLe following Tnursdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stanifeld,
Basinghall-street.

between eleven and
J. ba Levante, Wood-street, City, shirt maker, 25.,
on Thursday, May 21, and three following Thursdays,
Basinghall-street.
B. Pallister, Gravesend, innkeeper, 2s. 2i3., on Thurs-
day,two, May 31, and three following Thursday's, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-
street.

J. W. Fielder, Thavie; Inn, Holborn-hill lace mer-
chant, R 4
-4 '.*, on Thursday, May 31, and darer) following
Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
,
-1
Stansfeld, Basinghall.street.
J. Hilton, Croston, Lancashire, sargeon, 3s. 3d, on any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
C. 11. Purnell, Liverpool, coal merchant, 3s. 6d., on
any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Thomas, Lower Tranmere, Lancashire, provision
dealer, 61., on any Thursday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. W. Brooke and J. Wilson, Liverpool, merchants,
la, 61, on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Caz2nove, Liverpool. '
J. Green, Liverpool, wino and spirit merchant, Is. 61.,
ofon m
anry.
Cazenove,
Liverpool., between eleven and two, at the office
diY, Litwern eleven
J. Waddell, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, 111,1.,
and first dividend of lc 61. on new proofs, on any Thurs-
wive, Liverpool.
J. llindrnarsh, Liverpool, v-oollendraper, third divi-
dend of is., end fir,t and second dividends o! 9s. on newproof's,
and two, at the office of Mr. Caze-
proors, any Thursday, laeween eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. C3ze.nuve, Liverpool.
d. Gibson and J. M•Glason, Liverpool, silkmercers,
third dividend of 6 9 16d.,
and first and second dividends
of 9s. 7.1. on new moot,, on any Thursday, betwe,:n
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
NOTICE OF CEIITIFICATES,

At the C,urt, Basingh all •strcet.
J. Hugheidon, Chuudernagore, East Indies, merchant,
June 19, at eleven—A. Mekay, Chundernagore, East
Indies, merchant, June 19, at deven—J. Williams, St.
George's-plhce, Lack row!, St. George's, East, tailor,
June 21, at half-past eleven—R. Higgins, Watling.
street, City, and W, Higgins, Ltrigershall, Wiltshire,
drapers, June 20, at half-past eleven.

In the Country.
G. Rippon, West Cornforth, and Thrislington. Dur-
ham, and It,,girnt'3-canal-hasin, St. Mary, Ra•.eliff, coal
merchant, et the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jane 19,
at half-past ten—J. Wood, Leech, joinfr, at •the Court,
Leeds, June 19, at one—W. norhy, Manchester, joiner,
at the Court, Manchester, June 21, at twelve—W. Tem•
linson, Salford, victualler, at the Court, ManclieTst r,
June 21, nt twelve—J. Winder and R. Fisher, Liver-
pool, merchants., at the Court, Liverpool, June 21, at
eleven—W. Laird, Birkenhead, Chi•shire, naerehant, et
the C urt, Liverpool, June 20, at eleven-I'. Woolly,
Ross, Herefordshire, woollendrapEr, at the Court, Birm-
ingham, June 19, at. ten.
At the Court of Review, June 19.
E. Allsop and D. Ailsop, Arlington-place, Back-road,
St. George's, Erst, builders—A. Haig, Jubilee-place,
St.qmer, end EiSt'X street. Cambridge-road, engineer—
j. D. Jeffery, Sideaouth, Devonshire, apothecary—J.
Ellison, Crieklado, Wiltshire, gre,:er—W. Mlles, Wor-
cester, stockbroker.
PARTNP.:RSHIP3 DISSOLVED.

C. Duplan and A. Duplan, Rt,gent-pl we, Westminster,
grocers and tea dealers—E. Way and J. Bennett, Tun
bridge Wells, Kent, confectioners—C. White and J.
Smith, Liverpool, boot and shoe manufacturers—E.
Warren and C. Warren, Strand, butchers—T. Hans in
and G. Thompson, Sunderland, ship brokers—C. L.
Kennett and W. Kerrison, South Sea Chambers, Thread-
needle-street, wino merchants—J. Vigrass and P. Vi-
grass, Walsall, Staffordshire, ticub ,r merchants—W.
Turner, R. Turner, and J. Turner, Helmshore•witl:in,
Haslingilen and Manchester, cotton manufacturers (so
far as regards R. Turner(--J. Simmons and D. Phillips,
Tooley-street and Free.chool- street, surgeons—W. Muir
and I. Tyson, Liverpool, joiners and builders—lL Bird
and J. S. Collins, Newnham, Gloucestershire, surgeons—
W. Milford and J. Johnson, Old Ford, Middlesex, cotton
manufacturers—P. Anstie, E. B. Anstie, and P. Anstie,
jun., Devizes, Wiltshire, tobacco and snuff manufac-
turers—J. Wilkinson and J. Stirk, Wolverhampton,
stampers and piercers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Henry Lister, jun., Littlehampton, Sussex.
Thomas Frankland, Reading, Berkshire, farming bailiff.
George Sampson, Wokingham, Berkshire, blacksmith.
Thomas Pritchard, Liverpool.
James Evans, Hertford, coal merchant.
Streat,,r, Handeress Slangham, Sussex, miller.
James Orpin, Gloucester, coal dealer.
David Williams, Salford, Lancashire, town traveller.
Nathan Nathan, Birmingham, fancy paper boxraaker.
James Parkes, Ashton, Warwickshire, journeyman
planemaker.
Thomas Wright, Harborne hill, Warwickshire, butcher.
Samuel Wright Richards. Birmingham, butcher.
Thomas Cox, Birmingham, glassculter.
Samuel Shilton, Birmingham.
Thomas Knight, Chittlehampton, Devonshire, machine
maker.
Henry Skinner Templer, Bampton, Oxfordshire, clerk.
Richard Pawlyn, Devonport, coach builder.
John Shepherd, Guisboro,igh, Yorkshire, joiner.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Lyle, Ruchlaw Mains, and Ruchlaw Muir, New.
barns and Meiklerig, Iladdington, grazier, to meet June
4, and June 25, at one, within the George Inn, Had-
dington.

\V. HuntEr, Major 28th Regiment, to meet June 5,
and June 26, at two, within the British Hotel, Dundee.
R. Shanks, Stand, Lanarkshire, grocer, to meet, June
5, and June 26, at eleven, within the house of J. Hendrie,
Airdrie.

J. Napier, Huntly, vintner, to meet June 2, and June
23, at twelve, within the Leeson•tree Tavern, Aberdeen.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAIVSIOIV-HOUSE.
Two seamen applied to Mr. Alderman Salomons for
advice as t) the course it would be most advisable that
theyishould pursue, in consequence of the refusal of their
captain to sur ply them with the means of supporting
their wives wed families out of the wages due to them.
The applicants stated that they had entered into an
engagement with the captain of a collier, now lying
below Blackwell, at 31. ss. a man, to work the vessel by
the run, and that they had been already a month in that
spot, and were still without the chance of advancing into
the Pool, so as to be under obligation to sell and dis-
charge the cargo according to the regulations of the
Court of Aldermen. Under these circumstances they
and two ether men, who constituted the whole of the
crew, had applied to the captain for their wages, in order
to keep their wives and children from the union, to
which they did not desire to be under any kind of obli-
gation, but that no attention was paid to their request.
Alderman SALOMONS expressed the greatest willing-
ness to render service to the seamen by his interposition,
but the juri,diction of the City magistrates did not. ex•
tend to the place in which the vessel lay. He wished to
know why the captain remained so long a time in the
river?
The man said he was waiting for a higher price for
coals than could at the present moment be got for them,
and he therefore lingered in his present station, know-
ing that if once within the port the cargo must of neces-
sity be discharged. When they expostulated with him
upon the condition to which their families were reduced,
he gave them the uncomfortable assurance that he
might not be able to return for a month or two to
the place in which they had entered into the contract
to work the vessel, so that starvation would probably
stare those who were dear to them in the face before
they should have it in their power, without the aid of
the City authorities, to supply them with the necessa-
ries of life.
Alderman SALOMONS —Your case is indeed a very
hard one, but it is not without a remedy, although it is
not in my power to administer it. I have no doubt the
Thames police magistrates will interfere upon your ap-
plication to them fora summons to the captain for having
refused to pay you your wages, and I hope that, for
the sake of po.r seamen who may be subjected to such
treatment, public notice may be taken of your reasonable
complaint.
Williczna Prior was brought up, charge 3 with having
in his possession five papers of foreign tobacco, upon
which duty had not been paid.
The inspector of the Thames police saw the defendant
in a skiff leaving a steamer, and suspecting that a little
contraband practice was going on, he hoared him, and
asked him whether he had not something in his posses-
sion which ho ought not to have. He denied that he
had; but the calves of his legs, which turned out to be
made of tobacco, betrayed him, and defects in other parts
of his person were found to be filled up with the same sort
of stuffing.
Alderman SALOMONS —What defence have you to
make, prisoner? Prisoner—The want of bread made
me do it.
Alderman SALOMONS (to the inspector)—Was the
steam vessel from which you saw the defendant erme
seere,hed when you took him into custody?—The in-
spector replied in the negative. It was not the practice
to search the steam-vessels from which contraband
goods were carried until a report was made at the Cus-
tom-house.
Alderman SALOMONS —The search may then be too
late. Yetm ought to seek out the more criminal parties
who employ poor fellows in thisinjurious traffic. In my
opinion such employers stand in the situation in which
receivers stand with regard to thieves, and deserve to be
much more severely punished.
The inspector said there were great difficulties in the
way of detecting those who employed men like the de-
fendant. It was a principle with the smuggler who was
detected in the act not to say a word calculated to in-
volve those who employed him in the penalties.
Alderman SALOMONS —I am satisfied that a more
strict and vigilant course would prove fatal to the inte-
rests of the more culpable parties concerned in transac-
tions of this kind. To wait until the steamer is reported
at the Custom-house is to give those on board who may
have a plentiful supply of smuggled goods an opportunity
of getting rid of them. Why not proceed to search the
steamer at once?
The inspetor repeated that the orders un ler which he
act‘d did not contain any regulation of thl kine. He
was sure, however, that is soon as he should make the
report of what had taken place, an order would be issued
fur the search.
Alderman 6ALomows—lf we, as magistrates, did not
use greater promptitude ai to the receiving of stolen
goods than the Custom-house authorities in the detection
of stneggling,s, there would be very little chance of resti-
tution. I flue the defendant 403. for this offence, or
fourteen days' imprisonment; bat I shoal I much rather
punish those who pay him for the hazard he runs in
their service.