The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-09 00:00:00

LONA] ON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1841.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 8, 1841.
9IHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
"1 hat• the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the
said COMPANY, appointed to be held at their Home in Lea-
denhall-street, oa WEDNES.AY, the 22d instant, is MADE
SPECIAL, for the purpose of submitting t 3 the Prol rietors
a Resolution of the Court of. Directors, proposing an altera-
tion in the By-law, Cap. 6, Sec. 16.
A Copy of the said Resolution is open for the perusal of the
Proprietors at this Ilcuse.
JAIIES C. MELVILL, Secretary.
EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 8,1841.
rrin COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMP ANY do hereby give Notice,
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will
he held at-their House in Leatlenhall-street. ou WEDNESDAY,
the 13th April, 1842. for" the ELECTION of SIX DIREC-
TORS for FOUR YEARS.

The Form of a Letter of Attorney, and of A Decla-atino,
or enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy
on this occasion, may-be obtained upon application at the
Treagury in this House.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, SErr. 8, 1841.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
That the LIST of such PROPRIETORS of EAST IN-
DIA STOCK as by the Company's Books appear to he QUA-
LIFIED to VOTE at the GENERAL ELECTION, on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th April. 1842, will be ready to be deli-
vered on FRIDAY, the 12th November, 1841.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

THAMES HAVEN RAILWAY COM.
PANY.—The Remaining Shares, Pl'ns, and a Pam•
phlet, may be had by applicltiou at the Office, 2, St.
dred's Court. HENRY AAISINCK, Secretary.

'NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY.
FOR ORANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES,'DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 2', CORNHILL.
Creital £500,000.
'Empowered by Act of Parlament.
EIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esl., Chairman.
J. Elliotann, 11]. I)., F.R.S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esti. Joseph Th'smpson, Esq.
:ORS.
I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R.S.
iolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S
Sutton, Evrens, and Omman-
ighall-street.

AUDI
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S.

ACTUARY—W. S. 13. WI
SO L IC ITO Rs—Messrs. Sweet,
ney, 6, BaFi

LIFE ASSURANCE.
Resides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large
laid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one
amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to
the printinles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori-
ginated by th, Society, viz.—Power to borrow ( without de-
lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid
upon a Polk), of Assurance.
'The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium
for assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term

FOR LIFE.
A. B.
Age. Without With For One For Five
Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only
s. d. X. s. d. P. d. X. s. d.
20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6
30244293 0 19 6 1 0 0
40 2 18 8 3 5 3 1 3 10 1 5 0
50 4 4 2 4 13 6 , 1.13 0 1 16 6
60613a734 3 0 0 3 9 6
Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT.
By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single
Deferred Annuity is made, nit only to answer the same object,
but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad-
vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious
classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be-
nefit Societies, and Loan Banks.

1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the
most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is.
a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol-
lowing option. at the age of 65
Annuity for remainder of life... ......... £47 16
Cash 394 11
Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0
Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be
with similar advantages.
2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a
fund always available during sickness or want of employment.
3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in
case of premature death.
N. B. Policies, as collateral money.security, for periods of
one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by
any other Office, (See Tables A. and B.), with option of con.
tinuance for Life at the usu d rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

0 or a

at death.
also taken

STOCKBRIDGE, in the COUNTY of HANTS, Three and
a Half Hours' Journey from London.
31 R. G. EYRE BROOKS will SELL by
AUCTION, at his Gallery, 28, Old Bond-street, Lon-
don, on Tu ESDA V, the 12th of October, 1841, at One o'Clock,
HOUGHTON LODGI', an elegant freehold retreat, de-
lightfully seated on an eler ated sloping knoll on the banks of
the celebrated trout river Test, and commanding extensive and
varied views of the surrolinding country. It contains—Entrance
Hall, 19 feet square ; Library, 20 by 19, opening into a Con-
servatory; Drawing-room, '27 by '2l ; Circular Saloon. 20 feet
diameter, with lolly dome ceiling ; Dining-room, 31 by 19 ;
five best B d-rooms, and two Dressing-rooms. Servants' Bed-
rooms for a large establishment. Capital offices, lee-house,
Coach-house, Stabling for eight horses. Loose Boxes,
Stabling, and Vaddocks for; hunters. Walled Gardens, con-
taining two acres; delightful Flower Garden, Rustic Summer-
house, Farm-yard and Buildings, and altogether thirty acres
of land. Two Pews in the Church. Fox-hounds and Harriers
kept in the neighbourhood; the finest Trout fishing in England.
Particulars may be had at the principal Inns at Stockbridge,
Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Ryde, Newport ;
Ga: raway's Coffee-house ; and at Mr. G.,Eyre Brooks', 28, Old
Bond-street, London; and East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

before the meeting ~of a definite charatiter. rie was
bound, therefore, to declare, that until the statement
in question had been obtained from the accountant,
! it was utterly., impossible that the Committee could
put the Proprietors in the possession of the actual
• ,position of the affairs of the Bank.—(Hear.) It was
' due to that gentleman, however, to add, that he Lad
intimated to the Committee that he had lost no time, and
, that it had been through no fault on his part that the
' statement had not been forthcoming, agreeably to the
promise he had made. On Thursday last the members
of the Committee of Inquiry had received a summons to
attend a meeting of the Directors at two o'clock on the
fallowing day. Upon the receipt of that communica-
tion a note had been sent to the accountant, in which he
was requested to come up to the Boar and Castle Tavern,
' in Oxford-street, where the Committee met, and to bring
' a statement of the accounts with him. The accountant,
however, instead of corning, had sent a reply stating that
a prior engagement would prevent his compliance with
their request, but added, that as there was to be a meet-
ing of all parties, the Directors, the Committee, the So-
licitor, and himself, as the Accountant, at his offices at
two o'clock on the same day,
he should then place before
them a statement, but which statement could not but be
incomplete. With this reply the Committee reluctantly
were compelled to rest satisfied, and accordingly, in
coreormity with the .request of the Directors; they
had attended the meeting in question. The Account-
ant, it turned out, was prepared only with a portion of
the accounts, but declined to hand even the incomplete
statement over to the Coin r ittee, until there had been
. an entire understanding as to the way on which it was
to be placed in their possession. The solicitor intimated
that there could be no objection to the documents being
given to the Committee,. so long as there was a distinct
understanding that that body should net make an im-
• proper use of or publish them. It would, he conceived,
be unnecessary for him to,deel are to the present meeting
that the Committee could have had no intention to mis-
apply or to misuse any statement which they might re-
ceive from the accountant. All they had required was
the best information that could be obtained, with a view
to placing something like a tangible and correct state-
ment before the general body of the Proprietors.—
(Hear, hear.) It had then been arranged that a copy of
the accounts should be sent to the Committee on the fol-
lowing day—an arrangement which had been fulfilled.
Then they had arrived at the circular which had called.,
them before the Directors, and it had been ultimately
agreed, that the accounts-were in such a state, and would
require so much time to arrange them, as to render it ad-
visable to adjourn the present meeting until the 4th of
November next. He mightsay that the Committee were in
a state of ignorance as to the question of assets. .The
meeting had been the act of the Directors—the Com-
mittee had had nothing to do with its convenement—
they had known nothing of it. The further adjournment,
however, had been suggested, in order to afibrd an op-
portunity
of enabling the Committee to be in possession
of all the facts and, circumstances of the case, and there-
fore they had not had any hesitation in promising their
support to a motion to that effect.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. •VIZARD observed, that after the statements they-
had just heard, there did not appear to be any option as
to the question of adjournment. He was, however, some-
what at a loss to understand how it was that the ac-
countant, who had at the last meeting expressed himself
with such extreme confidence as to the correctness of
the accounts, should have so much difficulty.—(Hear,
hear.) It would be in the recollection of every gentle-
man present, that upon that occasion the accountant had
stated his readiness to certify as to the accuracy of the
accounts, and thereby created the 'inference that he was
well acquainted with them.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ROY, the solicitor, said that with regard to the
state of the Bank, and the extent of its debts, there was
no question but the Committee were, and very properly
too, currying their inquiries much further.—(Hear,
hear.) The Committee were desirous to ascertain how it
had been that the affairs of the Bank had fallen into such
a state—(Hear, hear)—and under whose guidance and
by whose acts such a painful result had been arrived at.
—(Hear.) To that fact the delay might be attributed.
' Mr. ABRAHAM said, the Committee had conceived that
the subjects of inquiry which- had just been mentioned
by the Learned Gentleman were questions which, as a
matter of duty, they were called upon to enter into.—
(Hear, hear.) The Committee were anxious to discover
the cause of the lamentable condition of the affairs of the
Bank, and they wanted to ascertain that the statement as
to the amount of its liabilities was correct.—(Hear, hear.)
They had been the more strongly led to the latter point
of inquiry from having ft,und out that in the account,
the balance.sheet which had been laid before them, it
had appeared that a sum of 25,47E1. 9s. 9d. was due to the
London and Westminster Bank, when in fact such was
nut the truth.—(Hear.)
Mr. ROY said, the accountant had subsequently stated
that that item was a mistake. It was quite true that
there had been that amount owing, but the account ought
to have stated that it was owing to the London and
'Westminster and other parties, and not to the former
establishment alone.—(Hear.)
Mr. ABILUIAN obserad, that for the very reason that
such an error had appeared on the balance-sheet, he
had been the more anxious to put some questions to the
accountant in the presence of that meeting.—(fear,
hear.) That gentleman had not satisfied the Committee.
It, however, had turned out that the sum which had been
borrowed of the London and Westminster Bank 0:1 se-
entities was not more than 15,000/ odd. In the copy
of the balance-sheet which he had in his hand the cor-
rection had been made by the introduction of the words
" and others." But the Committee had felt that a cor-
rection of such a nature, without any accompanying ex-
planation or statement, was a proceeding of a somewhat
extraordinary nature.—(Hear, hear.) They had consi-
dered that some little explanation at least had been re-
quired. Well, then, the Committee were trying to find
out how so important a mistake could have appeared in
the face of the statement. They had asked for an expla-
nation, but had not received any. The proprietors must,
therefore, look to the accountant himself, a highly re-
spectable member of the profession to which he belonged
—(Hear, hear)—for the explanation. Then the Com-
mittee had not been satisfied with the general way in
which the statement had been drawn up. For instance,
it talked of surd.ry subscriptions (as was understood)
paid up, 39,582 L odd. The Committee had asked by
whom those subscriptions, or at least who those Sub-
scribers or Shareholders were, but the reply of the Ac-
countant had been, that he could not tell.(Hear, hear.)
The Committee had been the more particular on this
point, because they had grounds fur supposing that there
were some Shareholders whose names did not appear in
the list which had been furnished to the Proprietors.—
(Hear, hear.) Now, it had been conceived by the Com-
mittee, that this was a most essential fact for them to as-
certain, with a view to the 'accomplishment of the pur-
p-ne for which they had been appointed.—(Hear, hear.)
There were other items in the account with which
the Committee were not satisfied.

Mr. ROY suggested whether it would not be fairer
that these complaints should be reserved until the Ac-
countant was present to explain ? He could say that the
account, as far as the investigation had yet gone, was
substantially correct, as it appeared in the balance-sheet
then in the hands of Mr. Abraham. The sum which had
been had of the London and Westminster Bank was
about 15,000/., for which that bank held ample security
unconnected with the Marylebone Bank.—(Hear.)
Mr. BEBB said that Mr. Quilter, the accountant, had
had the opportunity of being present on that occasion to
offer his explanation.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ROY admitted that he might have -been present,
but at the same time he was bound to inform the pro-
prietors that that gentleman could not have given them
all the information which .had been required by the Com-
mittee at that moment, because upon examination it had
been fbund that there were several very nice legal points
involved in the question.—(Hear, hear.)-
Mr. ABRAHAM did not intend to throw any imputatiOn
upon Mr. Quitter, but he could not at the same time but
entertain the opinion that Ow Committeee might or
ought to have gained some explanation. upon the
subject of the accounts from that gentleman.—(Hear.)
At the former meeting they had been led to believe
that Mr. Quitter would have come to give all the in.
formation that could be required by the Committee, but
he had since that day intimated to them that he could
not afford that information, because his doing so
would involve the Directors.—(Hear, hear.) That gen-
tleman had come to one of the meeting; and told
Committee that he had made a great discovery,' but
what that discovery had been they had never heard. It
had, however, been ascertained, that at the last. annual
meeting of the Proprietors, whilst the Directors in their
report had informed them that the profits upon the
transactions of the Bank for the past year Were as much
as 1,0001., and which would enable theta to pay a divi-
dend of 4 per cent., had the accounts been properly-
made out they would, instead, of presenting a profit of
1,0001., have shown a loss amounting to 3,000/.—(Hear,
hear.) It appeared, that the manner in which ihe,state-
ment had borne on its face a profit had been by debiting.
the accounts of certain of the customers with commission,
which charges for comtnissiOn had been put to the credit
of those. parties, shortly after the meeting in question:—
(Hear, hear.) So that in point 'of fact the account
which had been exhibited to the Proprietors, and on
the faith of which, . a dividend had been declared, was a
fictitious account.—(Hear, hear.) In addition; too, there
were various claims , upon the concern for salaries,
taxes, and other things, all of which, had become due
prior to January, the month when the meeting had been
held, not any of which had been paid until after that
meeting.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear, therefore, that
there had on the last year been a loss of 3,0J01. instead
of a gain of 1,000/..

Mr. RoY was authorised to state that Mr. Hannay had
said no one had been aware of these facts but hinise
They had nut been known• by the Directors.—(Hear.
Mr. ABRAHAM had hoped that, as they had only met
for the purpose. of adjourning, the Committee would not
have been called on to say any-thing upon the occasion.
With regard to the accountant, in what he had said, it
had not been his intention to east the slightest insinua-
tion as to anything improper having been done by that
gentleman.—(llear.) All he meant was that the Com-
mittee considered that they ought to have received fur-
ther information at his hands.— (Hear.)
Mr. Roy-was quite sure that no imputation had been
intended by the Hon. Proprietor. If he could have
imagined that there would have been any business
gone into, he should have felt it to he his duty to
advise That gentleman to be present on• that occasion.
In consequence of what had already gone forth on
the 'Subject, he was anxious to. state that the London

and Westminster Bank had never had anything to do
' with the transactiont of the Marylebone Bank. That
establishment had been al-plied to by several highly
respectable and responsib:e parties, who stated that
the Marylebone Bank was about to wind up its affairs,
and that it being their wish to pay the debt due to the
public, they were desirous to raise the necessary sum to
effect that object ; whereupon the Directors of the Lou'
don and Westminster Bank consented to advance 15,0001.
odd for that purpose, upon good and ample security. The
=mint was accordingly, upon the production of security
of that character, advanced, and bad gone in part pay-
ment of the public.—(Hear, hear.) More than that he
might say, that as the legal adviser of the London and
Westminster Bank, he lead been directed to at:end at
the Marylebone Bank in order to see that the money
was properly applied.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to
the accountant, he had never advised him to conceal any-
thing from the Committec.—(Hear, hear.) All he had
wanted was, to guard against an unnecessary publication
to the world of the private accounts of the customers.
It was impossible to describe the great difficulties
which were offered to the attempt to make up, a
correct statement of the affairs, in consequence of
the manner in which the accounts had been kept. No-
thing but time would enable the completion of the task.
The Directors were anxious to know the extent of their
responsibility as 4,,uickly as possible. He Could state
that the Accountant had done much in the labour, and
would have been glad to have given any explanation that
could with safety have been given on that occasicn.—
(Hear, hear.) He should mention that in consequence of
the opinion which had been expressed at the previous
meeting as to the propriety of adopting steps to prevent'
Mr. Hannay from quitting England, the Directors, who
held a bond fur 10.000/. as security, had upon a Judge's
order arrested that gentleman before five o'clock on the
following afternoon, and he was now in the Fleet.—
, (Hear.) It was not his wish to say anything against Mr.
Hannay, but it was his duty to state, that on his applying
to him to execute a deed by which his property in Seq.
land should be made over as security to the Bank, he had
declined. He had_ since heard that Mr. Hannay had
been executing deeds with respect to this property in fa-
vour of his private creditors and of his own family.—
(Hear.) In explanation of this proceeding, Mr. Hannay
had stated that it was only in pursuance of agreements
long since entered into with the various parties, and
that one of his creditors, his law agent in Scotland, had
been most urgent in his demands fur the completion of
his agreements. The claim in that instance had been
2,40C1. The moat strict inquiries were in progress re-
lative to these - matters, as well as to the value of the
Property in Scotland, and it was hoped that at the next
meeting every information that could be desired _would
be laid before the Proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) It was
also stated, in answer to a question from some of the
creditors, that the Directors held the securities of Mr.
Hannay, seven in number, of 5001 each.
Mr. VIZARD then moved, after a vote of thanks, at his
suggestion, had been passed in favour of the Committee
of investigation, that another special general meeting of
the Proprietors be held on the 4th of November next.
This motion having been seconded, was unanimously
carried. _ _

Mr. Hannay, in a letter dated Monday, September Gtb,
addressed to the Proprietors of the Bank, amongst other
explanations in reference to his connexion therewith
goes on to say, that
" Towards the latter end of 1840 it became quite
ap-
parent that
,the Bank must wind up, unless the direction
could be materially strengthened. To facilitate this oh-
jeer, I again expressed my willingness to resign.
" After the general meeting in January last, efforts
were made to enlarge the direction, but they failed,
and I was instructed to wind up gradually. This was
done in as quiet and prudent a manner as possible ;
and by the -middle of June, at which period I had
given notice that my services would cease, the
liabilities cf the bank to the public did not exceed
25,0001. Even then, the hope of reviving it under a
new direction and management was not altogether aban-
doned. Negotiations with that view were opened with
several respectable parties, but they did not succeed.
These circumstances becoming generally known, caused
a greater demand upon the bank than usual, and appli-
cation was made to.. the London and Westminster Bank
for an interim loan of 5,000/. and for aid in the final
winding up of the concern. The former was readily
granted, and the latter promised on condition that secu-
rity should be given for the advance required by certain
of the proprietors, and that the business, so far as pos-
sible, should be transferred to the London and West-
minster Bank.

" Such was the position of affairs when'l removed my
family to France in June last. It was my impressit n
that, by pursuing the plan acted upon for the four preceed-
ing months under a small Committee ofProprietors, the
affairs of the Company, then in a very narrow compass,
might be wound up without much expense or trouble. This
seemed to be the opinion also of such of the London share-
holders as the Directors had an opportunity of communi-
cating with. On my return, after a few weeks' absence, I
found matters altogether changed. Mr. Macneil, the ac-
countant had been removed ; Messrs. M'Dougal and
Upton, the solicitors, whose advice in the recovery of
debts and sett:Qment of claims would have been most v.-
luable, supplanted ; the London and Westminster Bank
in possession of the securities they had asked of the
the proprietors, yet leaving many of you under legal
prosecution for engagements undischarged ; deposits
which had not been asked for transferred to the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, or paid ; and deposits, of
which payment had been demanded, withheld, and an
expense going on, in one shape or other, quite un-
warrantable in so small an affair. Against these pro-
ceedings I remonstrated.
" Great anxiety was evinced by the Directors on the
subject of the general meeting of the Shareholders ;
and it was not concealed from me that I was ex-
pected to bear the greater part of the blame attached
to our want of success. lat once observed that I would
not flinch from my fair share of responsibility, but that I
must not be asked to bear more. In answer to their
professed ignorance as to the state of my private ac-
count, I remarked, that it had been constantly over-
drawn since 1837 ; that in April, 1838, it formed the
subject of long and angry discussion at the Board ; that,
it had been alluded to by me, both orally and in writing,
to several of the Directors ; that no concealment had
been used ; that when I was absent one of the Directors
acted as my substitute, and that all who attended the
Board were in frequent communication with the cashiers
and accountants ; that the weekly statement of the af-
fairs of the Company, which the accountants, by order
of Mr. Rawson, regularly laid - before the Board, em-
braced my balance as well as the balance upon every
other account ; that it was so large a feature, in a con-
cern so limited and cramped in means, that it could not
have escaped observation for so long a period, even if it
had not been specially referred to. On investigation it
is proved that the balance due by me, amounting to
14,3001., has arisen from the purchase of shares in the
Bank, in order to strengthen it, the payment of com-
missions, interests, discounts, travelling, and other ex-
penses, on account of the Bank, and payment of herit-
able and personal debts, mostly of old standing, in
Scotland.

"In June last I gave the Directors, at their request, a
conveyance to my lands and property in Scotland for
security and payment of this balance and my other debts,
containing a power to sell and mortgage, and all the
usual powers m such deeds. It is nearly three months
since this deed was executed and delivered.

"It is to me a source of the deepest regret that my
account is so much overdrawn. I was, however, so placed
that it was scarcely possible to prevent it.
" That your affairs have not been managed incautiously
and imprudently, you will be satisfied when I inform
you that by 87 parties having credits and discount ac-
counts with the Bank, some of very considerable amount,
and who have all become bankrupt or insolvent, you do
not lose a shilling. You will also do me the justice to
remember, that for every account brought by any other
Director to the Bunk I brought ten ; that the stock and
profits brought to the Bank by myself and friends ex-
ceed B,OOCL ; that although the periodical balances due
by me were large, the deposits of my friends and con-
nexions were generally larger, so that they did not ibrm
a burden on your capital."
[This document., which was handed about the room,
was very long ; the above are therefore only extracts.]

" The Animals' Friend Society" of Mark-lane,
last week caused the owner of the cab 971, to be tined at
the Police Committee, Guildhall, for having allowed a
man to drive Who had ill-treated the horse, and used
threatening language, the offender having on a former
occasion been deprived of his license at the instance of
the Society, its officers having also then found him guilty
of cruelty to the horse. 31agistrates show their good
judgment in punishing the masters, when, owing to their
carelessness, improper drivers are employed by them,
and who, after ill-treating the horses, escape and laugh
at the law.

Two higglers were the other day disputing over
their liquor, when, much to the surprise of au old gen-
tleman who overheard it, one of them offered to lay a
sore of eggs that his assertion was true.

From the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen
Waters, Herts., to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-
s • reet, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.
s'revt, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen, having been deaf for
many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisi-
ble Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling you that
they enable me to bear persons in company and at a place of wor-
ship most distinctly; and in consequence of the great advantage
which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to you,
and their report is similar to mine—most favourable. The Spec.
tacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellent,
and suit my sight precisely, and surpass any thing of the kind I
have ever tried ; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that.
although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of May last , yet they
enab!C me to read, &c., by candlelight with the greatest ease and
comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks,
and remain your rr sst obedient servant. HENRY COWPER.—
June 22, 1839.° From T. J.. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R S.,
to Messrs. S. and B Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Piccadilly,
opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, Bank vif
England.—" Gentlemen,—l have no hesitation in replying to
your inquiry as to the 'results obtained by the use of your
improved spectacles; being in the constan *habit of reading and
writing for many- hours together by lamp-light, it is but justice to
say, that your newly-invented spectacle lenses have aforded me
the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I
never failed to experience in the morning a great irritatisn in the
eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from no
inconvenience of the kind. I shall ever feel grateful to my good
friend, Dr. Blundell, for having drawn my attention to the subject,
—Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, T. J. rerrioaew, d,
Saville-row, Jan. 4, 1539."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept. 8.
ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Assent was given this afternoon, shortly
before four o'clock, 1 y Commission, to the Earl of Scar-
borough's Indemnity Bill.
The Commissionus were, the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke of Wellington, and Lord Wharncliffe.
Immediately after the Commission their Lordships ad-
journed to Monday, the 20th instant.