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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1840.

COLOGNE, MAYENCE, and the RHINE, via ROTTER-
DAM, ANTWERP, or OSTEND.
REDUCED FARES.
PIHE very superior, new, splendid, and rapid
STEAM-BOATS of the DUSSELDORF STEAM
COMPANY for the LOWER and MIDDLE RHINE, all of
them propelled by low pressure engines of Maudslay awl Co.
and Miller and Co , and fitted up in the most e'egant and com-
modious manner, have commenced running from Rotterdam to
the Rhine, and passengers may be booked throughout from
London, at the lowest rates by these ships, and by those of the
Engli li General Steam Navigation Company, carrying her
Majesty's Mails, which leave London for Rotterdam every
Wednesday and Saturday.
Fares—from London to Cologne, 3/. • to Mayence, 31. 125.;
Frankfort, 31. 16s. 10d. A reduction of one-half in the return
fare is made to passengers booking themselves at once for the
journey out and home, independent of other advantages.
For tickets and further information apply at the Offices of
the English General Steam Navigation Company, 37, Regent-
circus; 3.5, Leadgmhall-street; and 69, Lombard-street. The
ships of the General Steam Navigatimi Company leave for
Antwerp every Thursday, and for Ostend every Saturday.

HOLBORN INIPROVEM ENTS.-At a
Meet:ng of the Friends and Promoters of this ender-
teking, held pursuant to public advertisement, at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern, Strand, on Saturday, the Bth of February,
1840, to receive a Report of the measures which have been
taken to effect this important object, and to adopt Resolutions
thereon ;
Alderman Sir PETER LAURIE, in the Chair,
Re.ad thecreport of the Directors, and also proposed prospectus
and regulations of the Company established to carry out the
contemplated measures, with reference made to the proeeed-
ings.produced of the provisional committee of management ;
-and the Chairman having briefly stated that object of the
meeting,
The following resolutions (having been duly moved and se-
conded) were passed unanimously:-
1. Thut the Report of the Directors, acting as the Provi-
sional Committee of Management, bs received and adopted.
2. That this Meeting having attentively weighed the great
advantages which are expected to accrue to the public by the
formation of a new and level street, extending frost Holborn-
hill to the Old Bailey, by means of a viaduct over Farringdon-
street, so as to avoid the dangerous and inconvenientdeclivities of
Holborn-hill and Skinner-street, consider that every possible
facility and encouragement ought to be given to the Company
now formed to carry that truly desirable pan into effect, the
more especially as it does not appear to be included in the im-
provements now contemplated by the Ci'y Corporation-
3. That this Meeting having before it the plans, sections, esti-
mates, and reports of the several engineers, surveyors, and archi-
tects who have been employed to survey the proposes! new line of
street, with their respective opinions on the practicability and
expediency of the measure, under the immediate superin-
tendence and direction of ir John Rernie, feels no hesitation
in recommending its adoption to public notice and sapport, it
appearing to the satisfaction of the Meeting that it being by
much the shortest distance between the termini, and the in-
tended new street a perfect levtl, it will, and at a moderate ex-
pense, effectually remedythe evil so long and justlycomplained of.
4. That this Meeting is of opinion if such a new street be
constructed it will greatly improve the trade of the city in
general, but more especially in that particular district W;sere the
alterations are proposed to be made ; that for the same reason
it will enhance the value of all property in that neighbourhood,
and, as ample compensation is intended to be made to private
tend t
individuals ashore unaysidable injury is done to their property
affected by the measure, it appears to this Meeting to be free
from any reasonable objection, and is the more to be recom-
meennt dl
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d hereafter may be projected on the present line or its vicinity,
and especially because it will require no pecuniary assistance
either from Government or from the funds of the Corporation,
and therefore may be accomplished without delay.
5. That it appearing that, with few exceptions, the buildings
required to be removed in accordance with the plan, will be of
very inconsiderable value, many of them, indeed, of the most
obscure and disreputable description, and taking, besides, into
consideration the great natural facilities which the whole lo-
cality affords, especially by giving an extensive double frontage,
and also the immense revenues to be expected from the, proposed
penny toll, which is to be levied on horses only, foot passengers
going free, this meeting is decidedly of opinion that if prosecuted
with judgment it cannot fail to be a profitable concern.
6. That this Meeting having carefully examined into the
arrangements proposed to effectuate this interesting measure,
whereby it appears that none of the preliminary expenses of
forming this Company will fall on the subscribers, and that
their entire funds (till required for the purposes of the Act of
Incorporation) will be placed and remain inviolate in the hands
of highly respectable trustees, eventually to be handed over to
Directors of their own free choice, whilst a large profit. is gua-
ranteed to the shareholders under that Act, to be secured on the
freehold and other property and revenues of the Company with-
out any risk of loss in case of failure, this Meeting cannot but
believe that it may prove equally desirable as a safe source of
private emolument as of public improvement. •
7. That the following gentlemen having accepted the appoint-
ment of trustees be confirmed therein-I'4z. :
Alderman Sir Peter Laurie I Mr. Alderman Pirie
Mr. Alderman Farebrother I Mr. Ai lerman Magnay,
in whose names the deposits and subscriptions are to be paid
into the bankers', and there remain until Directors, to be named
in the Act, shall be appointed by the shareholders, at a meeting
specially to be convened for that purpose immediately previous
to the first reading of the Bill, for leave to bring in which it
appears that apetition has already been presented to Parliament
in this session by Alderman Sir Alitthew Wood, Bart., M.P.,
on behalf of the Company.

8. That the Union. Bank of London be appointed bankers to
the Company, into whose hands the deposits of 3/. per share
are to be paid to account of the Trustees before named, of
which deposit it is required that IL per share he paid between
the 10th and 24th of February inst., and the remaining 2/. on
or before Monday, the 2d day of March ensuing, by which
time the Parliamentary contracts must be executed by each of
the subscribers accarding to the terms of the prospectus.
9. That the thanks of this Meeting be given it, the gentle-
men who have so ably conducted the affairs of the Company,
and that they be requested to continue their valuable services
for the present, with power to add to their number, as a Pro-
visional Committee of Management, until the Directors be ap-
pointed, to be named in the Act, and to take over from the
Trustees the Administration of the Funds of the Company.
The Chairman havin4 vacated the Chair, the thanks of the
Meeting were voted to him by acelamatio c f r the very able
and satisfactory manner in which he filled the Chair, and for
the zeal and talent displayed by him in forwarding the wishes
and objects of the Meeting.

EASONED FLOOR-CLOTHS, all widths,
/...3 patterns infinite, at 2s. 4d. per square yard ; Damask
Moreens, a large lot, all colours, at Is. 2&d. ; Brussels Carpets,
a job lot ; Druggets and Kidderminster Carpets cheap. About
Eighty Marseilles Quilts, a bargain.
Cab and Omnibus builders may have the Real Patent Finish
Oil Covers cut to any size.

A fess' pencilled Table Covers equal to papier-machee, at
BURNET'S, 2, Piazza, Covent Garden.

HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE._BeIrs Life in
London, of Sunday, February the 16th, will contain full and
authentic particulars of the Nuptials of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, illustrated with Engravings of the Interior of
St. James's Chapel, the Altar, the Procession from the Palace,
and Grand Wedding Banquet, together with Portraits of the
Illustrious Couple. Price of Bell's Life, W. A Saturday
Edition, which may be had 200 miles from Lontton on the,
S 170, Strand. Early orders to.agenls,,..aFev.,'
rndaY.
advisable.
The Observer of Sunday, Feb. 16,
the two
sheets, the price Tenpence. The Conductors of fts'i. Observer
will endeavour to give the most Co uplete Account ::Of her Most
Gracious Majesty's Marriage to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with all the Movements of the Royal Bride'and Bride-
groom, the whole of which will be illustrated. Covers gratis,
to send to the Country, at the Wiserver Office, 170, Strand.
The Observer will be kept on sale all the following week. A
Monday Afternoon Edition, as usual.
TIIE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are request-
ed to state that Mr. Colbarn, of Great Marlborough-street,
has just published the following New .Yorks t 1. Miss Strick-
land's Lives of the Queens of Ergland, from the Norman
Conquest, with Anecdotes of their Cowls. Dedicated, by
permission, to her Majesty. Vol. 1., price is, 6ft.; to h.. com-
pleted in 4 or 5 monthly volumes, beautifully embellished with
Portraits, &c.-2. The Court and Casep of Runjeet Sing, by
the Hon. G. \V. Osborne, Military Secretary to the Grover- -
nor-General of India. 1 vol.' Bvo., with 16 Engravings from
Original Drawings, taken on the spot. 135., bound.-3. A
Winter Illustrations. 21s.
the lion.
bou Arthurbound
i.
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2‘, i n Icelandpost Lapla
Pil-
grimage.,
to Pdlestine, by the Baron Geramb. 2 vols., post Bvo.,
with Illustrations 215., bound.-5. Madame Malibran's
8vo„ with and
Memoirs and Letters. 2 vols., post 8vo„ with Portrait. 215.,
bound.-6. Mr. Bicmner's Norway, Denmark, and Sweden,
with Anecdotes of their Courts. 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits.
285., bound.-7. Mr. Bremner's Russia; Second and Cheaper
Edition; 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits. 245., bound.—
And 8. The Duchess of St. Alban's Memoirs ; Second Edition,
with Additions. 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits and Auto.
graph. 245., bound.
" THE GUINEA TRADE."--(To the Editor of
The Sun.)—Sir, I perceive that doctors are now ti,,'matizing
each other resuecting the use of that instrument of ruthless
butchery, the lancet: that it has been the cause of thousands
being sent to a premature grave cannot be doubted. It is time
that something should be done to put a stop to the wholesale
murders daily committed by its use. I again declare that the
theory and practice of medicine, as taught in the schools, are
completely wrong, and a disgrace to any enlightened country.
am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES MORISON, the
Hygeist.—British College of Health, New-road, and 2, Rue
des Pyramides, Paris, Feb. 11, 1840.
In the Dublin Gazette there is a proclamation
from the Lord Lieutenant, offering a reward of 100/. for the
apprehension of the person who gred the shot at Edward
Syng, Esq., of Springfield, parish of Birr, King's County,
of Drinduff. Mr. Syng is a gentleman of a very
whilst in the house of a man named Corcoran, of the vil-
lage
religious turn, and fond of inculcating his own tenets
amongst his tenantry and neighbours. He is, I have
reason to know, a very benevolent man, and if he
were less zealous in the promotion of his own religious
opinions, it is probable that this atrocious attempt upon his
life would never have been made. This is the second time that
his life has been endangered in this way. The local Conserva-
tive paper, the Leinster Express, states that wh-n the last
outrage was attempted, on Sunday evening, " Mr. Syng was
holding a meeting for reading the Scriptures, and affording
religious tnstruction to some of the poor tenantry at a house of
one of his tenants."

PRICE sd.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS;

(watmsoaT EvENINo.)
TIMES.—A question of immense importance to this
commerce of the country has been rai,uj by the petition
of the East India Company presented to the House of
Commons last night. It is whether t whole of the de-
pendencieF and states in alliance with C,cat Britain, as
well as our absolute possessions in Int sliJuld not obtain
all the rights with /IT ird to trade which belong to actual
colonies in other parts of the world. Ti, it the principle
thus laid down in the petition is a sound ooe, there arc
many persons here disposed to admit, but the pursuit of it
seems to involve consequences so serious', and to lead to
such a conflict of other colonial interests, that very stre-
nuous opposition to its progress is anticipated. As a
practical question there can be no doubt that the por-
tion of India which is ours really, as well as nomi-
nally, could furnish with proper encouragement such
a supply of the principal articles of consumption as
to make us independent, among others, of America for
cotton, and of China for tea, and pour an inexhaustible
stream of actual wealth into the country. As an opening
of the subject, and proceeding from that powerful corporate
body which has seldom adopted the st)le ar. l langusge of
petitioners, it ought to command the utmost attention
both from the Legislature and the whole of the trading
interest, domestic as well as foreign. The petition in
substance and for all useful purpose's may be very briefly
described.

The pnitioners represent, that the British possessions in
India contribute greatly io tae power and resources of the
British empire.
That the petitioners have felt it to be important to remove
every impediment to the exercise of agricultural and ma-
nufacturing industry in India, and with that view have en.
deavoured to procure for the products of that country ad-
mission into the ports of Great Britain on the same terms
as the products of the colonies.

The petitioners acknowledge the recognition of the
principle in the equalization of the duties on sugar, but
they represent that this measure is fettered by the neces-
sity of an application to the Queen in Cyaneil before any
part of India can partake of the benefit.
The petitioners represent that a narrow construction
of the term " Briti=h possesssions" has revented the hat-
portation of the prcdue,e of native stares in alliance with
the British Government, and also o' Al -are, where the
government is in the bands of the British.
The petitioners then specify, as articles in which ine-
quality still exists, "spirits and tobacco;" and they fur-
ther represent, that whilst British manufactures are im-
ported into India at a low duty, a high duty is levied on
the importation of Indian manufactures into Great Bri-
tain ; and they submit the policy of encouraging the at-
tempt to produce tea in India by a roziuctior, of duty.
The rtitioners proceed to point out that in many in-
stances the products of India are rreeivcd into the colonies
of Great Britain upon less favourable terms, not only than
the goods of Great Britain, but also than the goods of fo-
reign countries.

The petitioners finally call the attention of the House
to the injurious effect upon India of the navigation laws
relating to Asiatic seamen ; and they pray " that the
House «ill be pleased to grant such relief as may be ef-
fectual to remove the grievance ca:npl tined of."
Great interest is excited among the city merchants by
the facts which have recently transpired with respect to the
free town of Cracow, and especially by the circumstance
that it is without a British Consul, to the manifest injury
of the rights of that town, as well a; of our own commer-
cial interests. The general act of the Congress of Vienna,
made by the five great Powers, expres,iy declared the
freedom, independene, and neutrality of Cracow and
its territory, and it was particulady stipulated that
no armed force should enter it on any pretext what-
ever. Nevertheless one uninterrupted series of en-
croachments on the constitution and liberties of
that town has been carried en by Russia, Prussia, and
Austria, and continues to this day, without a single deri-
sive step being taken by England or France to insure the
liberties or even the political existence of a republic
whose right they guaranteed at the Congress. Under the
form of a protectorate (an office entirely unknown to the
ancient constitution of Cracow), every conceivable enor.
mity has been committed by the three powers, with
Russia at their head. Troops of Austrians and Russians
have entered the territory, in the most hercfaced violation
of the treaty ; the authority of the Senate has been an-
nulled, and that Court been filled with chosen creatures
made the mere tool of the three Powers, who have also
taken upon themselves the right of appointing professors in
the University ; the expulsion of refugees has been de-
manded and effected by military force ; the Cra-
covians have been required to pay the expenses of
the foreign occupation that enslaves them ; a new
constitution has been forced upon the people ; the
organization of the police is entirely with the resi-
dents of the three Powers; the militia is in the same con-
dition, two companies actually wearing the Austrian uni-
form ; a school has been closed, because principles were
taught repugnant to the ideas of the three " protectors ;"
and not only has nothing been done by England, but she
has no representative on the spot who can even see the
existence of evil, and her only knowiteig: of the misfor-
tunes of a state whose liberties she has bound herself to
protect, is to be gathered from vague rum Airs, which may
be easily stifled, when convenient, by the residents of the
three Powers. But this moral obligation is not all ; the
commercial interests of England, as before observed, are
deeply concerned in the fate of Cracow. Goods were till
lately eent thither from Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and
Birmingham, and zinc, wool, wheat, aril clever seed were
taken in exchange. The trade, which was never less than
80,0001., amounted to 140,000/. in the year 1 S3O. A military
occupation for upwards of three years and th absence of an
English Consul, have, it appears, mused this trade en-
tirely to cease—a trade which enjoyed ext-aordinary faci-
lities, inasmuch as no duty was paid on the entrance of
goode into Cracow. Before the year I S3O Cracow was a
storehouse for English goods, and the central market of
Hungarian, Moldavian, and Wallechiau merchants, many
of whom now resort to the fair at Leiptoc. This destruc-
tion of a large beinch of our trade through gross injustice
on one side, and culpable lukewarmness on the other,
cannot be regarded by all Europe otherwise than with
feelings of deep concern, while our own merchants look
on with th se feelings aggravated by personal loss and
national dishonour

Tho Consol market has on the whole boon heavy to-day,
in the morning as high as but, thi; was for a short
time, and they closed at 91 (sellers) for the account, 90{
to 1 for money, and 91i to s for th,..! April account. Money
was in abundance, and was obtainable for any period at 3
per cent. Exchequer Bills maintain tli it price of 12s. to
14s premium.

POST.—The English Funds open2d this morning at
about the same quotations, with but tittle appearance of
activity. Later in the day it became known that the over.
laid -mail from India had arrived with accounts of an tin-
.'
fa-vouraie import from China—for an actual collision be-
tween t British naval force and the Chinese junks in
the Cilttfin river, whatever may hive been the result, can-
not butlie considered as an unforiun:te circumstance for
the cotiocrce of this country—and prices declined in cot:-
sequeot.,

SUN'—News from China, which reached the City
late inthe afternoon, caused a good deal of bustle ha
the tea trade, and prices rose from 4d. to sd. per lb.
There were no private letters iu the City ; these will
come on in the ordinary mi.', and most likely reach
town to-morrow. _ . .

The Funds were heavy t 3 the close 91 business. Con-
sols left off at 90- to 91 for Money, and at 91 for
Time..., Exchequer Bills were withoit alteration, but
Indf4lSonds dropped to Is. prem.
here was a slight movement in Satnish Stock, but
not at better prices, the latest quotation was 27 to 26i.
Colombian fell to 26, but Mexican rallied to 28i.
Brazil:Bands improved again to 784.
Shaies were heavy. The Brighton realised 10i dis-
count, and the Birmingham (quarter) 19 to 191 prem.
British North American Bank Shares were at 11 disc.

OLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE

MORNING JOURNALS.

The Morning Herald of this day, speaking of Sir E.
Knatchbull's motion last Light, respecting the Tithe
Commutation Act, remarks as follows : —" The real amend-
ment that is required, is of a kind very different from that
proposed by Sir Edward Knatchbult. The burden of
tithe commutation ought. as we have often shown, to be
removed altogether from the shoulders of landowners."—
The Times observes, with reference to the Ministerial re-
plies in the Commons on Tuesday night, to Mr. Lid-
dell's speech respecting Sir John Newport's pension :
" The excuse was actually an attempt to mystify the
House of Commons and the people of England by an as-
surance Ora there was no connexion or mutual relation be.
tween the Rice half of the job and the Newport moiety;
but that, somehow or other, without any artifice at
all, nature and accident did the whole work for
Ministers, for the Octogenarian, and for Vulture ;
that by some harmonious and beautiful concatenation
of predestined, no doubt, but uneontrived felicities, the
mom-nt at which Sir John Newport became incapable of
performing another day's service as Controller, should
tally s 3 critically with that beyond which it was impossible
for Mr. Spring Rice to retain even one shattered frag-
ment of his ffice as Chancellor of the Exchequer."—
The Morning Post alluding to the just and respectful feel-
ings of loyalty which have been lately exhibited towards
the Queen, says :—" There is no end to the stupidities
and inconsistencies of the revolutionary loyalists of the
same people who put forth loch
present day. The very

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