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The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-30

PXNZ NETS.

The competition amongst the artists of France for the
monument to be erected' beneath the dome of the Inva-
lides, to the memory of Napoleon, has produced 82 de-
signs, drawn or modelled. They have been arranged in
the Royal School of the Fine Arts, Paris, and the exhi-
bition opened on the 27th inst.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.

M. D'Abbadie, the African traveller, is the firtt
European who has visited the Galla people of Abys-
sinia, in their native pastures, among whom he is at the
present moment. The Galla call themselves Orme, and
trace their origin to three sisters, daughters of Jeru-
salem, to whom they apply traditions similar to those
mentioned in the book of Genesis, vi., 4. A fine speci-
men of their horses is to be seen in the fine charger
which M. D'Abbadie's brother lately sent to France, as
an offering to the Prince de Joinville.
An amusing event has occurred in the French literary
world—that of the recent marriage of the celebrated
Feuilletonist, M. Jules Janin, who published his own
epithalamium, complimentary of himself, his friends, and
his bride, the day after " the knot was tied," in the Jour-
nal des Debuts.
London, England, 1841-10-30

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENC

• - • ---- - - - - ---
OXFORD, OCT. 29. —This day a Congregation was holden
for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred:—
Doctor in Civil Law—Rev. S. H. Russell Bishop, of Glas-
gow, St. John's College.
achelors in Divinity—Rev. C. Balaton, Fellow of Corpus
Christi College ; Rev. J. G. Overton, Fellow of Corpus
Christi College.
Masters of Arts—E. H. Woodall, Exeter College (Grand
Compdunder) ; Rev. Thos. Shaeforth, FelloW of University
College; Rev. T. Crossfield, of Queen's College ; Rev. R. W.
Barnes, of Queen's College ; Hord, St. Mary Hall.
Bachelors of Arts—E. Moore, Brasennose College ; P. G.
Bentley, Brasennose College; F. Barrows, Wadham College;
A —Peache, Wadham College ; F. Pretyman, Magdalen Col-
lege • Rev. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, admitted ad
eundeni.

The Professor of Geometry will commence his lectures, at'
his house, on Monday, Nov. 1, at two o'clock.
The Cinical Professor will begin a course of lectures, at the
Radcliffe Infirmary, Nov. 2, at eleven o'clock.

Mr. Robert Heßings, grocer, of Bedminster,
who lately took the benefit of the Insolvent Act, having
now come into possession of a small property, has called
his creditors togethtr, and undertaken to pay them 20s.
in tho pound.---IVorcester Journal.
London, England, 1841-10-30

UMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vubitt Optutott.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

GalignanCi Messinger of Thursday asserts that there
is no truth in the statement of the Gazette de France
about the French Government having notified to the
British Charge d'Affaires that it intended ,to occupy
Spain, with a view to put down the Republican movements
in Valencia and Barcelona. This.we believe to be cor-
rect.. Still we may ask, what does France mean by con-
centrating a force of from 40,000 to 50,000 men along
the Spanish frontier .?
The Memorial Bordellis has the following :—" The
Spanish Cortes are to be convened for the 19th of No-
vember, the fete day of Isabella 11., in order that the
political centralization of the popular juntas, established
.at Barcelona and elsewhere, may be checked. A general
amnesty will be granted to all the Carlists, without ex-
ception, on the Queen's fete day. An army of observa-
tion of 50,000 men is to be assembled between Alcal

Burgos, and Vittoria, to keep down the northern pro-
vinces, and effect at an early. period some modifications
of the fueros, which may be in harmony with the Con-
stitution and the monarchy.
The Prince Royal of Naples is now five years old. 'Ac-
cording to the etiquette of the Neapolitan Court his
Royal Highness has received the grade of sergeant in the
army, and each year willreceive a fresh step, so that by
the age.of 15 he will attain the rank of Marshal. Heaven
help the armies that are commanded by such officers.
By a Royal ordonnance, dated the 19th instant, the
peace establishment of medical men for the French
artily is fixed as follows : Physicians of different
ranks,
.127 ; surgeons, ditto, 1,137 ; Pharmacians, ditto,

113. 'rota], 1,377.
The last -returns made by order of the Municipal
Council show that there are 53,481 vehicles employed in
Paris, viv., 948 hackney and other four-wheel public
coaches ; 1,533 .public cabriolets ; 10,000 four-wheel
private carriages ; 11,000 private cabriolets ; and 30,000
carts, tumbrils, trucks, and drays. There are also 34,927
,draught horses, but no more than 1,316 saddle horses.
COMMERCIAL REFORM.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Paddington,
for the repeal of the Corn laws, will take place on Mon-
day next, at eight o'clock, at the Paddington Reform
Committee-room, Load of Hay, Praed-street.
AGRICULTURAL.

The Royal AgTicuiTt7raigodiety of England, to meet
at Bristol in July, 184 will give their gold medal for
the best account or record of the prognostics or natural
causes of changes in the weather. Rules will be drawn
up, and twelve months' trial on them given.
_ _ NAVAL AND raxxxrairm.

The M office is being moved from the Tower to
the building • lately occupied by the Soldiers' Female
Orphan School, near Southampton. The new locality
offers many advantages in room and light, which are re-
quired for the increased scales now used in the Ordnance
survey.
London, England, 1841-10-30

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" A Subscriber, Norwich," is informed that the limita-
tion days apply only to newspapers sent out of the
country. These must be posted within seven days
after publication.
We are obliged to another Norwich correspondent for
his communication, which will be attended to on
Monday.

THE WEATHER.—Noox, OCTOBER 30.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer.. 47 1 Highest 47 I Lowest
Barometer 29.76.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.

HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE 'lO-MORROW
M ming 5 minutes after 2 Evening 23 minutes after 2.

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London, England, 1841-12-02

CARLETON'S FAWN OF SPRING VALE, &c.

This day is published, in 3 vols. post Bvo.
TANE SINCLAIR ; or, The Fawn of Spring
0./ Vale—Lha Dhu ; or, The Dark Day—The Clariouet—
The Dead Boxer—The Misfortunes of Barney Branagan--
The Resurrections of Barney Bradley.
By WILLIAM CARLETON.
" Entitle Mr. Carleton to take rank among the most gifted
literary men that his country has ever produced."—Britannia.
By the same Author,
THE MISER; or, The Convicts of Lisnamona. Second
Edition, fcp. Bvo., 6s. cloth.
FATHER BUTLER, the LOUGH DERG PILGRIM.
Second Edition, fcp. Bvo., 3s. 6d. cloth.
" Mr. Carleton's tales are full of vigour, picturesque descrip-
tion, and genuine pathos. "—Quarterly Review, October.
London : Longman and Co. Dublin : Curry and Co.

LOCKE AND DODD'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK
In One handsome Volume, octavo, price 9s. cloth,
COMMON-PLACE BOOK TO THE
HOLY BIBLE; wherein the substance of Scripture,
respecting Doctrine, Worship, and Manners, is reduced to its
proper Heads. By JOHN LOCKE, Gent. Revised and
improved, and the whole faithfully collated by W. Dodd,
LL.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty.
Oxford: Printed by J. Vincent, for Thomas Tegg, 73,
Cheapside ; and sold by all other Booksellers.

GRAY AND PERCY'S KEY, NEW EDITION.
In One handsome Volume, octavo. price Bs., bound in cloth.
A. KEY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
AND APOCRYPHA ; or, an Account of their
several Books, their Contents, and Authors, and of the times
in which they were respectively written. By ROBERT
GRAY, D.D., Bishop of Bristol. To which is now added, a
Key to the New Testament, by THOMAS PERCY, D.D.,
Bishon of Dromore.
Oxford : Printed by J. Vincent, for Thomas Tegg, 73,
Cheapside ; and sold by all other Booksellers.

Eleventh Edition (in an envelope), with upwards of 100 En-
gravings, and nearly 200 Cases and Prescriptions,
THE GREEN BOOK, price 10s. (by post-
free, 12s. 6d.) a comprehensive popular exposition of
the nature and self-treatment of the Venereal Disease in all its
forms and consequences, and other affections of the urinary and
sexual organs, whether acquired by contact, inheritance, or the
wear and tear of human life, especially those conditions inimi-
cal to married life and healthy perpetuity ; also memoirs of
the eccentricities and peculiarities of the reproductive system
By a PHYSICIAN.
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-
street ; Hannay, 163, Oxford-street ; 39, Cornhill ; Smith,
chemist, 5, Liverpool-street, City ; and all Booksellers.
" The most extraordinary work ever publishod."
London, England, 1841-12-02

TO WOOLLEN DRAPERS, TAILORS, &c.

TO BE DISPOSED Of.' BY PRIVATE
CONTRACT, an Old Established WOOLLEN
DRAPERY, TAILOR, and READY-MADE CLOTHES
ESTABLISHMENT,whieh has been carried on prosperously
"wards of half a century, in a large populous Manufacturing
T..wn in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Shop is
decidedly one of the best situations in the Town. The most
satisfactory explanation will be given as to the cause of the
present Proprietor declining the. business.
Apply (if by letter, post paid), to 0. P., care of Mr. John
Bridgetprd, Iris-office, Sheffield.
London, England, 1841-12-02

No 15,363

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.- - '.IIORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SA's URDAY EVI: NINGS.
Mr. J. SMITH will deliver SIX LEC TURES on PER.
SPECTIV E, illustrated by his beautiful 3 Models, commencing
on FILIDAY EVENING, the 3d of December, at Eight o'clock,
and will be continued on SATURDAY, the Itls, at Two o'clock,
and on the following Friday Evenings and Saturday Mornings.
BARWISE and BAIN'S PATENT IV lETHOD of PRO-
DUCING ISOCHRONISM by VOI iTAIC ELECTRI-
CITY. Various other New and Popula r LECTURES, WI,
RERY, MICROSCOPE, DIVING I JELL and DIV-
-2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and
GREAT FIRE of the TOWER et LONDON.' ty. The
tary Signals, and other Changes, are added to h the Mi-
ING VIEWS. A VIEW of CANTON. ;
CHINESE
i)tI.SSOLV-
ARTIST, and other COSMORAMIG a
IE WS
to the Evening Exhibition. , are added
Admission to the whole, C
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock ' rne Shilling.
o'clock in the Evening, in the Morning, and Seven

TO WHITE LEAD, r
JOLOUR MANUFACTURERS

FOR SAI ...ND OTHERS.
THEw- dBY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
PI, ' ,kIOLE OF THE VALUABLE
W. 0 R OF THE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD
Ti BELVIDERE-ROAD, LAMBETH.
..,ese works are extensive—have been erected in the best
most substantial manner within the last three years, and
' are admirably adapted to the manufacture of White Lead, Car-
bonate of Barytes, or any Colour or Manufacture, wherein the
use of Carbonic Acid Gas is required; there being means of
producing from common coke, 5,000 cubic feet of this gas in a
perfectly pure state, per hour.
There is a Dissolving Vessel of copper, capable of containing
3,000 gallons, and a Precipitating Do. f 2,000 gallons. Very
large and superior• Backs, two Hydraulic Presses, viz. a 15 .inch
Ram and a 6-inch do. with pumps complete. The Presses have
been proved under a pressure of five tons per square inch,
Drying Rooms, capable of drying 12 tom of White Lead per
day, Coke Ovens, Reverberatory Furnaces, Colour Mills ; in
short, every renuisite for manufacturing in the best manner, on
an extensive scale.
London, England, 1841-12-02

MAW AND POLICE.

At Marlborough. street this day, a young fashionable
gentleman, said to belong to a noble family, but who
assumed the vulgar name of Smith, was charged with at-
tempting to wrench off two door knockers in Piccadilly
this morning, about two o'clock, and having one in his
possession, supposed to be stolen. He was accompanied
by several respectable looking gentlemen, and when
asked what lie had to say for himself, the usual question
put by Magistrates to thieves, his reply was " I think I
had taken too much wine." Upon which Mr. Maltby
said "I shall fine you 3/, and in default of payment
commit you to the House of Correction for fourteen
days." Having pulled out a well filled purse and smiled
at the idea of a man with plenty of money being sent to
the treadmill, he handed over the amount to the gaoler
and walked off.
London, England, 1841-12-02

SPORTING REVIEW.

This Monthly Chronicle of the turf, the chase,
and rural sports in all their varieties, contains in
its present Number, a map of the meets of the
Burton hounds; and two spirited likenesses of
Cigar and Lottery, the celebrated steeple-chasers.
This last is a coloured plate, and being skilfully
executed, shows to advantage. Among the
literary articles, we find some diverting " Recol-
lections of a Sportsman's Life ;" a clever sketch
or two by Lord William Lennox, under the title
of " Gleanings from my Travelling Journals ;"
and a sprightly description of the " Beaufort
Hunt," which is the first of a series of papers
illustrative of the " Sporting Life of England,"
from the pen of Mr. John Mills.
London, England, 1841-12-02

SPORTSMAN.

The most attractive features in the Number
before us are decidedly•the two illustrations—one
of which is a portrait of Satirist, the winner of
the Doncaster St. Leger for the present year;
and the other, a pleasing sylvan sketch, repre-
senting a fatigued sportsman resting under an
old oak, by the side of a brawling streamlet
which washes the roots of the tree. There is
a long reach of perspective ingeniously managed
in this plate. The literary articles are neither
better nor worse than usual.
London, England, 1841-12-02

HIS MAJESTY tfie EMPEROR of
AUSTRIA,
His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA,

His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA,
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though
tliey are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain-
ing LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at

LUBECK,
A,e now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the saidDIS-
TBIBU LIONS. _ .

Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions
nay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO-
SVECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to
HEINE BROTHERS.

The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI-
VIDENDS of
£25,000
5,000
1,500
1,000
800

£6OO
400
200
150
120

£llO £7O
100 60
90 50
80 Sterling.

HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time
25,000/., 18.000/., 9,000/, 5,000/., 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to
London ; 3;6001.. 8001., and 700/., to Edinburgh ; 3,(300/. to
Dublin; 3,6()01. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax (Yorkshire);
1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour ; 900/., 7001. and 6001. to Li-
verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. to Hull ;
9001. and 600/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford (Not-
tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford ; 600/. to Cork ; GOO/. to
Bradford ; they shall fcsl glad to remit many Dividonds of
the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland!.
Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay,. either
to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBUR GH,
or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
London, England, 1841-12-02

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN."
U IDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VES TRIS.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 2,
Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollis, Mr.
W. Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White, Oroveso Mr.
Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ;
and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble (her fourteenth appear-
ance upon the English Stage).
After which the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John
Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr.
Bartley ; Michael, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger.
To conclude with (Second Time) the Ballet Divertissement
of the WOODEN LEG. Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert
and Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and
T. Ridgway, Miss Jackson, &c.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven. Dress Boxer, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.;
First and Second Circles, os. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.;
Second Price. 2s. • Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the
Boxes to be taken Of Mr. Grogan. at the Box-office, from Ten
till Four, where Season Tickets may be had ui on application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of :tar. Andrews, bookseller,
167, New Bond-street.
London, England, 1841-12-02

FOREIG

FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent lOO4 Ditto, New Ditto 34
Brazilian fonds.... — Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cez Russian, 5 per cent
-
- Dit+ letallic

Chilian, 6 per cent..... ditto, M._
Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24i
Ditto, 1824. 204 Ditto, Deferred .. 12i
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i per cent 52
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. , Ditto, 5 per cent.

_ .
SHARES
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .. 27
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) -
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid).....,......,
12841
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ••
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and South Western
Ditto Tenths (3a paid)
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) •••••• 23
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Northern and Eastern (35 paid)
...... ..• • 221
South Eastern and Dover (43 paid )•••
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid)
Ditto New Shares (15 paid 3O

The late Mr. Evans, formerly shoemaker of
Shrevvsbury, has left the large sum of .6,0001., to be laid
out by his executors in the erection of almshouses for
the widows of decayed tradesmen, and for their support
whilst residing therein. The same benevolent indivi-
dual has left 100/. to each of the parishes of St. Chad
and Brace Meole, Shrewsbury, the interest of which is
to be annually distributed in bread to the poor of those
parishes.
London, England, 1841-12-02

John Murray, Albcmarle-street.

NEW SERIES OF HOWITT'S VISITS.
This day is published, in medium Svo., with upwards of
Forty highly-finished Woodcuts, 215., cloth lettered,
VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES—
Old Halls, Battle-fields, and Scenes illustrative of
striking Passages in History and Poetry. By W. HOWITT,
Author of " The Rural Life of England," " The Boy's Coun-
try Book," &c. Second Series, chiefly in the Counties of Dur-
ham and Northumberland : with a Stroll along the Borders.

London: Longman, Brown, and Co.
London, England, 1841-12-02

.:M1 ER 9, is4l.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 1.
ELWELL V. THE BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATION

COMPANY.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. It was an
action to recover compensation for damages sustained
by the plaintiff, the proprietor of certain mills in Stafford-
shire, in consequence of the defendants having diverted
the water by which the power was supplied. A man-
damus was obtained against the Company, calling on
them to impannel a Jury, and assess the damages sus-
tained by the plaintiff, and the return to the mandamus'
was that the plaintiff had sustained no damage which
would entitle him to compensatithi under the Act of Par-
liament. Now, he was prepared with witnesses to prove
that the plaintiff had sustained damage such as entitled
him under the Act to compensation. That he submitted
was the issue the Jury would have to try, because they
could not be converted into a Staffordshire Jury to assess
the amount of these damages, which the plaintiff had
estimated at 10,0001.
Lord DENS AN doubted very much the propriety of
proceeding. with the case at all, because he did not
think an action for a false return would lie, unless it
could be proved to be wilfully false. The proper course
would have been for the plaintiff to traverse the return,
and if he succeeded, then a mandamus would, put him
in possession of proper remedy.
After some further discassion a verdict was taken for
the plaintiff, by consent, subject to the opinion of the
Court upon a special case to be submitted.to it

LAYTON U. THE EARL OF GLENGAL.

This was an action to recover a balance of 8501. due
upon an annuity of 1001. per annum, granted in the
year 1823, by the late Lord Foley and the defendant to
Richard and Buxton Layton.

The execution and enrolment of the annuity deed
was proved, and the Jury found a verdict for the amount
claimed.

NAYLOR V. MAYHEW.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a builder,
residing near Brixton, to recover a sum of 281. odd for
work done for the defendant in 1836 and 1837. The
work done was building two additional rooms, and
making some alterations in a stable. The defendant
pleaded a set off.
After the examination of one or two witnesses the case
was, on the suggestion of Counsel, referred to the de-
cision of a gentleman of the bar.
London, England, 1841-12-02

a OyAL SURREY THEATRE.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE

AND MR. WILLIS JONES.

Extraordinary Novelty. First Week of the New French Drama.

THIS EVENING, DEC. 2.

Will be acted an entirely New Drama from the French, re-
plete with situations of ingenuity, intensity of intere st, and
strongidrawn character, entitled THE TWO LOCKSMITHS,
OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs.
Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c.
After which, DAMON AND PYHIAS.—Damon, Mr.
Graham ; Pythias, Mr. Henry Hughes ; Calanthe, Miss
Waverley.
TO conclude with Dibdin's popear Farce of MY SPOUSE
AND I.—Dick, Mr. Halton.
London, England, 1841-12-02

Now ready, in 3 vols. post ):vo.,
E R. R E It
FA ROMANCE of the REIGN of GEORGE 11.

By CHARLES OLLIER.
Such a work as his has not appeared since ' Oliver Twist.'
In some respects we prefer it to that well• known story ; for,
with equal spirit, it has far more refinement cf thought and
grass of expression. There is no maudlin sentimentality about
it—no 7,anderin,, to depraved tastes. The whole story is told
with terse, simple, manly vigour, the vigour of health—not of
convulsion:. The author does not bid us admire the magna-
nimity of ruffians ; in a word, he is an Anti-Jack-Skep-
pardist."—Sun.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
To be had at all the Libraries.

MR. AINSWORTPPS NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Immediately, in 3 vols. pest Bvo., illustrated with Twenty
large Designs on Steel, by Franklin,
OLD SAINT PAUL'S:
A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE.
By W. HARRISON AINSWOR'f H, Esq.,
Author of " Ihe Tower of London," &c.
Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square.
London, England, 1841-12-02

I rang the bell for Mrs. Jones, for she was down bele -0.
" —Oh, Mrs. Jones ! what do you think ?—ain't this a

pretty go ?-
-That horrid little vulgar Boy whom I brought here
to-night,
—He's stolen my things and run away ! !"—Says she,
" And sarve you right ! !"

The rest of Ingoldsby's poem is in the same
droll style. Of course, he never again meets
with the "little vulgar boy," and goes back to
London impressed with a painful sense of the
roguery of boys in general, and of Margate ones
in particular. The moral he draws from his mis-
adventure is an impressive one, and we subjoin
it for the benefit of the more reflecting classes of
the community :
" Don't link yourself with vulgar folks who've got no

fixed abode,
Tell lies, use naughty words, and say, thoy wish they
may be blow'd.'

SMALLWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

Among the minor periodicals this is decidedly
the best, usually containing several entertaining
papers, in verse as well as prose. The " Pic-
Nic Party" is a sprightly descriptive sketch, in-
troduced by some graphic details of the romantic
scenery in the immediate neighbourhood of
Mount Edgcumbe. The " Impenitent" is a sup-
posed narrative of a Jewish priest of the first
century, and has a truly tragic termination. The
" History of Venice" is the most sensible and
instructive article in the Number; and is the pro-
duction of Dr. Shepherd, who does not seem to
have spared research, in his endeavour to make
his history as complete as possible. If his his-
tory be completed in the same correct, impartial
spirit that it has been commenced, we think it
not unlikely to obtain the compliment of repub-
lication in a separate volume. Of the remaining
contributions, the ablest is a Lyric, entitled " The
Birth of Music."
London, England, 1841-12-02

EXCHEQUER BILL CASE•

In the course of the morning the Grand Jury returned
four true bills against Edward Beaumont Smith for fe-
lony. The bills charged him with forging and uttering.
Mr. ADOLPHUS applied to the Court to fix a day for
the trial of Smith.
Lord DENMAN said that it had been understood in
Westminster Hall that to-morrow would be the most
convenient day for the trial to take place, and that it had
better be fixed for that day, if nothing further should be
said about it.
London, England, 1841-12-02

THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.

This is an excellent Number, and contains a
greater variety of sporting articles than have ap-
peared for months. " The Recollections of the
Woods and Waters of Canada" maintain their
character for animated description and inte-
resting details of deer and wolf-hunting in
the extensive regions of Upper Canada.
" Anecdotes of American Horses," " Sketches
of Western Sport," and " Irish Races," are
highly characteristic of this publication, so long
a favourite with the sporting world. It is rich,
also, in engravings, being accompaniedibf three
cuts, representing the " Meet of the Calpe.
Hunt," the "Leap of a Stag over a precipice,
with a Hound hanging at his neck," and " Three
celebrated Greyhounds, the property of Mr.
Daintree." In addition to these, there are two
beautiful maps of the Heythrop and Southwold
countries, with short descriptions of the different
places of meeting.
London, England, 1841-12-02

THEATRICAL.

Workmen commenced pulling down the remains of the
late Astley's Theatre on Tuesday. The new one will be
ready for opening on Easter Monday next.
Rubini has been received with immense applause at
Madrid. They call him the " Sovereign of Tenors."
One writer does not know how to speak of him in mode-
ration, and exclaims " Que diremos de el ?"

COURT—FASHIONABLE.
The Duke of Buceleuch left Montagu House, White-
hall, on Saturday last for Scotland.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset intend passing the
approaching Christmas at Dover House, Devon.
The Earl of Pembroke has returned to Stratton-street
from a tour.

Miss Burdett Coutts has taken the late residence of
Lord Poltimore at Roehampton for a term.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Yesterday, in 1783, the first aerostatic attempt was
made by M. Charles, a physician, and Member of the
Freneh Institute.

From the Secretary's Report of the Sheriff's Fund, a
meeting of the members whereof was held on Tuesday on
Ludgate-hill, it appeared that the clear balance in hand
was sot 16s. 9d., and an arrangement had been made to
further extend the institution.
The Limerick Chronicle states that there is in the
workhouse of that district a woman of the name of
Scully, 106 years of age, and that, according to her best
recollection, she never tasted medicine in her life.

The convicts on board the hulks at Deptford, Wool-
wich, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Pembroke, Cork, and other
places, who have behaved well, are under Royal cle-
mency to be released, on the occasion of the birth of the
Prince.

In Manchester on Thursday evening the fog was for
soma time so dense that coachmen could not even see the
horses they were driving.
The Bristol Mirror says—" A most formidable rat
is in the possession of Mr. Jordan, Spring Gardens Ta-
vern, Hotwell -road. This extraordinary animal is 30
inches in length from the nose to the end of the tail (a
part of which it has lost by accident), the girth of the
bcdy is 161 inches, that of the tail close to the body 41
inches, the claws 2 inches, and the hair on its back 14-
inches in length, and weight 61b. looz. The strength
and gnawing capabilities of this animal are truly asto-
nishing, it having eaten its way through two sides of a
seaman's chest, and the bulk-head of a bread-locker in
one night, when on board ship."—Sir James Graham is
a more voracious rat even than this, for he has actually
eaten his way into the Home-office.

-RUMOURS 01' THE DAT.
We understand, says a Dublin paper, that the follow-
ing Tories will shortly be created Baronets :--Colonel
Bruen, Colonel Verner, and Mr. Emerson Tennent, M.P.
The two Sheriffdoms of Kircudbright and Perthshire
are spoken of as about to become vacant, the former by
the resignation of the Dean of Faculty, the latter by that
of Adam Anderson, Esq.
London, England, 1841-12-02

NEW COURT.

Mary Evans, Catherine C)ak/'or•d, and Lydia Miles,
who were indicted for robbing Thomas Longfoot (and
whose trial had not concluded when we went to press),
were found Guilty. Sentence deferred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP STREET.

A young man named William Simmons, one of the
wandering musicians called " Waits," whose midnight
serenading announce the advent of Christmas, was placed
before Mr. Broughton, the Magistrate, upon a charge or
demolishing a violoncello,: belonging to a brother musi-
cian, named Richard Williams. _ _ _

They were part of a quartett of " Waits," who had
been about all night collecting pence and drops of drink,
in payment of their harmonious greetings, ,until they be-
came quite fuddled, and about four o'clock in the morn-
ing, when a lady, as one of them stated, looked out of a
window, and called for u particular overture, the com-
plainant and prisoner were quarrelling about the division
of the parts and the pence. In their contention the vio-
loncello was thrown down, and the complainant charged
the other with wilfully stamping on and crushing it to
pieces.
The instrument, broken into about twenty pieces, was
produced, and the prisoner said, rather jeeringly, that it
could easily he glued together again.
The complainant, in reply to a question, said the value
of the instrument was 41.

Prisoner—Four pounds ! Why he only gave 9s. for it.
The complainant said it was true that he had given a
friend only 9s. for it, but he found it to he a fine-toned
instrument, and worth at least what he had stated.
Mr. BROUGEeTON said he had heard 501. or 601. men-
tioned as the value or good instruments of the kind, but
after inquiry into the facts of the case, he ordered the
prisoner to pay 295.9 or bo imprisoned ten days.
The prisoner hail not the wherewithal to pay, and
The complainant interposed, and begged that he might
not be sent to prison, intimating that, although the de-
struction of the instrument was a serious matter, the
fracas in which it had occurred need not entirely destroy
the harmony between them. He would take the prisoner's
word for payment of the damage.
The Magistrate, finding this appearance of returning
concord, sanctioned the proposed arrangement, and the
prisoner was therefore discharged.
London, England, 1841-12-02

For particulars, apply to Mr. Betts, on the premises.

NATIONAL LO AN FUND SOCIETY
'FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 2ti, CORN HILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DI It ECTOII.2.
T. t, AMIE AIU It RA Y, Esi., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John II EtW 5011, Esq.
John Grifti.Lh Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Cordon, Esq. f Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Es,. l Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORri.

Profes4mr Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Gra,ves, A.M. P.R. S

,ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S
PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S.
SURGEON—E. S. Syrnes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Svreet, Suttee, Ewens, and Onnan-
nay, 6, Basinghall-street.
BANKER S—Ilie!STS. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

ADVANTAGES.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.
London, England, 1841-12-02

NEW COURT.

Richard Bull, 24, William Johnson, 23, John Crittk, 23,
and Dennis Leonard, 31, were indicted, the three first
named prisoners with having stolen, and Leonard with
having received, with a guilty knowledge, one black
mare, of the value of 151., the property of Henry Ruck.
Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Espinnasse, and Mr. Chambers,
appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Prendergast and
Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoners.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury, from which
it appeared, that on the 11th of October last, the prose-,
cutor was possessed of a horse, which horse had been.
safe in his stable on that day. On the next morning
the prosebutor's groom went to the stable, and found it
open and the horse gone. The prisoners, on the 11th
October, were seen together at Ashford, in Kent, at a
public-house there, and were observed to go in the di-
rection of Mcrstham. Thelprosecutor is a farmer residing
at Mersthana, and on the day succeeding the departure of
the prisoner from Ashford the horse was missed. Two
of the prisoners, Johnson and Leonard, were seen riding
two horses in the direction of London, one a black one,
corresponding with the horse in question. It was sub-
sequently ascertained that the prisoner had sold the
horse to a cabman for four pounds. This horse was
identified as the property of the prosecutor. There bad
been several-robberies committed in the neighbourhood
of Mersthatn, and the prisoners were detained upon these
several charges, one of which was for stealing a gelding,
value 251., which corresponded with the description of
another horse which was seen in the possession of the
prisoners on their road to London,
Mr. CLARxSON was proceeding to call evidence when
we went to press.

THE SUSSEX LEVELS.—AII the lowlands ad-
joining the rivers in this county are flooded to an extent
scarcely ever before witnessed, rendering the roads
in many places nearly impassable. The water on
the Ouse levels has risen to a terrific extent ; and,
in addition to a large quantity of timber being
washed down the river, it is rumoured that Isfield-
bridge has been carried away by the force of the current.
At Lewes the waters of the Ouse are out to a greater
depth than in 1814, when the floods were higher than
was ever before remembered. The basements of several
houses in the lower part of the town, adjoining the river,
are flooded, and considerable damage has already 110-
1 trued. .
London, England, 1841-12-02

LLOYDS' SHIPPING.

VESSELS SPOKEN Wurit.—The St. James 12th inst.,
on the Banks of Newfoundland, by the Phildadelphia,
arrived off Margate. Isis, or Ohio, bound to Hamburgh,
by the Hibernia, arrived in the Downs. Providence,
Singapore to London, September 21, off the Cape ;
Mercury, London to China, and a steamer, steering to
southward, under sail only, 27th ult., lat. 13 N., lon. 25
W ; Chebar, China to Cork, 18th inst., lat. 34, lon. 31,
by the Shannon, arrived at Liverpool. Rienzi, Newport
to Messina, lat. 36, lon. 11 (out twelve days) ; Reserve,
London to Jamaica, 26th inst., lat. 49, lon. 6, by the
Victoria, arrived at Falmouth. Union, Boston to Cape
of Good Hope, lat. 6 N., lon. 18 W., by the Childe Ha-
rold, arrived at the Cape. Royal William, London to
Ceylon, Sept. 9, lat. 34 S., lon. 12 E., by the Antilla,
arrived at the Cape. Livingston, Liverpool to Sydney,
New South Wales, lat. 8 N.710n. 19 W., by the Maid of
Mona, arrived at the Cape. Macquanna (whaler), for
London, off Cape L'Agullus ; Collingwood, Java to
London, lat. 35 S., lon. 26 E., by the Royal Consort,
arrived at the Cape. Reliance, Calcutta to Mauritius,
Aug. 20, lat. 16 S., lon. 72 E. ; Monarch, Bombay to
Liverpool, Sept. 1, lat. 28 S., lon. 47 E. ; Tallantire,
from Madras, 11th inst., 60 miles off Cape Reciefe, by the
Margaret Hardie, arrived in the Downs. Recovery, Dublin
to Sierra Leone, 16th inst., lat. 42, .lon. 11, out eight
days, by Salorne, arrived in the River.
Arreceife, Island of Lanzarotte, Oct. 5, 1841.
Sin—l take the liberty of enclosing to you a letter
picked up in a bottle about two miles to the northward
of this town, on 27th ult., and remain, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, GEORGE SAUNDERS,
Her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul for this Island.
To the Secretary of Lloyd's Coffee-house, London.
SHIP LADY CLARKE, LONDON,
From Plymouth, with emigrants, out 22 days amongst
the Canary Islands, having but light winds, and westerly
unfavourable weather ; one female child born on the
23d ; mother and child doing well ; the whole en board
are quite healthy. Should this be picked up, please re-
port the ship off the Islands on the 25th September,
1841, Captain Lawrence. All is well ; the weather has
been very hot and sultry for these few days ; the wind
being light and baffling, and more inclinable to calms,
we have not seen any ships since we cleared the English •
Sand. Passed a wreck of a schooner off the Land's-
end, having apparently been run foul of in the night ;
it being thick weather, hex name unknown.
London, England, 1841-12-02

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered-1:2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-hclder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.,
or £349 11s. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in ease of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or oa application rill be
forwarded post free.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.
London, England, 1841-12-02

For particulars, apply to Mr. Betts, on the premises.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 2t. CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.

ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. B. A. S
PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Metsrs. Sweet, Sate', Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

ADVANTAGES.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeitureand
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.
London, England, 1841-12-02

POTATOES GOOD AND CHEAP.

C.
NB'll.9lllArooNr GRtrEee,t,
Soho, Leg
NV • ANDsALE
sub-
mit the followins List of Prices for their PRIME PICKLED
IRISH FRUII :—Price per Sack of 1681 b.: York Reds,
7s. 6d. ; Kent Regents, White, 7s. ; Devonshire Reds, 7s. ;
Kidneys, 6s. 9d.; Scotch Reds, 63. 6d. ; Jersey Blues, 6s. 3d.,
Good Whites, Gs. 6d. and 6s.

Tavern-keepen and other large consumers sup 'lied on moro
advantageous terms than at any other house. delivered free
to all parts of London.
London, England, 1841-12-02

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SA't URDAY EVENINGS.
Mr. J. SMITH will deliver SIX LECTURES on PER-
SPECTIVE, illustrated by his beautiful Models, commencing
on FRIDAY EVENING, the 3d of December, at Eight o'clock,
and will be continued on SATURDAY, the 4th, at Two o'clock,
and on the following Friday Evenings and Saturday Mornings.
BARWISE and BAIN'S PATENT METHOD of PRO-
DUCING ISOCHRONISM by VOLTAIC ELECTRI-
CITY. Various other New and Popular LECTURES, OR-
RERY, MICROSCOPE, DIVING BELL and DIVER-
-200 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. The
GREAT FIRE of the TOWER of LONDON, with the Mi-
tary Signals, and other Changes, are added to the DISSOLV-
ING VIEWS. A VIEW of CANTON, by a CHINESE
ARTIST, and other COSMORAMIC VIEWS, are added
to the Evening Exhibition.
Admission to the whole, One Shilling.
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in. the Morning, and Seven
o'clock in the Evening.

TO WHITE LEAD, COLOUR MANUFACTURERS
AND OTHERS.
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
THE WHOLE OF THE VALUABLE
PLANT OF THE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD
WORKS, BELVIDERE-ROAD, LAMBETH.
These works are extensive—have been erected in the best
and most substantial manner within the last three years, and
are admirably adapted to the manufacture of White Lead, Car-
bonate of Barytes, or any Colour or Manufacture, wherein the
use of Carbonic Acid Gas is required; there being means of
producing from common coke, 5,000 cubic feet of this gas in a
perfectly
.pure state, per hour.
There is a Dissolving Vessel of copper, capable of containing
3,000 gallons, and a Precipitating Do. of 2,000 gallons. Very
large and superior Backs, two Hydraulic Presses, viz. a 15 'inch
Ram and a 6-inch do. with pumps complete. The Presses have
been proved under a pressure of five tons per square inch,
Drying Rooms, capable of drying 12 tons of White Lead per
day, Coke Ovens, Reverberatory Furnaces, Colour Mills ; in
short, every requisite for manufacturing in the best manner, on
an extensive scale.
London, England, 1841-12-02

EVENING SUN

•
ANIMAL MAGNETISJ.I!
Mr. W. H. BALSE will continue his LECTUI A.ES
and ILLUSTRATIONS on FRIDAY AFTZANOOI4, at 1 :lime
o'clock, at the CITY HALL, 110, Chancery-lane.
Admission, 2s. 6d.
MR. HALSE receives Patients at the City Hall, a r will
attend Private Parties by appointment..

NEW AND POPULAR CHEAP PUB-.
LICATIONS.
I. MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TI MTE ;
Or, PEREGRINATIONS with UNCLE TIM and _Mr.
BOSKY, of LITTLE BRITAIN, DRYSALTER. By
GEORGE DANIEL. 2 vols., post Bvo., with numerous Il-
lustrations by Leech, &e.., including several fac-similes of ;rare
and unique old Prints.
" A rich mine of curious anecdote ansearch will be f. amid
in this work."—John Bull.
11. THE PORCELAIN TOWER; er, NINE STOR lES
of CHINA. By T. Y. SEALY, Esq. 1 vol. post biro.,
with numerous Illustrations by Leech.
" Full of all sorts of fun, wit, humour, and pictorial eirol.
lery combined ; and, illustrated as it is, with true conga anial
spirit, by Leach, the risine• artist of the day, we may a i.fely
recommend it to all."—Globe.
HI. THE CLOCK MAKER or, SAYINGS and DO-
INGS of SAM SLICK of SLICKVILLE. New Es lit ion,
with numerous Illustrations, 3 vols. post Bvo.
" The Clockmaker' is always welcome; his illustrations. are
so apt, homely, and quaint—his humour so odd, out-el the-
way, and genu-wihe—his sketches of manners so vigorous =id
life-like—that we read ou and laugh, and are in no disposition
to be critical."—Athenwum.
IV. MEMOIRS of CHARLES MATHEWS, CONI:E-
DIAN. By Mrs. MATHEWS. 4 vols. Bvo., with Plor-
traits and numerous other Illustrations.
" Every page of this work teems with entertainment.'—
Morning Chronicle.
V. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; or, MIRTH and
MARVELS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq. I 'vol.
Bvo., with numerous Characteristic Illustrations, price 10s.. 6d.
" Better witch and ghost stories we have never read; and
we have not for a long time met with a volume that has af-
forded us more amusement. The author has an extraord'i.nary
talent fur humorous versification."—Westminster Review..
Alan, by the same Author,
SOME ACCOUNT of MY COUSIN NICHOLAS.
3 vols. post Bvo.
VI. The COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. By the _Au-
thor of " The Currie Llatin Grammar." 1 vol., post Bvo.,."nith
upwards of 50 Characteristic Illustrations, by Leech, price .Bs.
" A very clover " jeu d'esprit, and both in text and erohel-
hshments, replete with laughable matters."--Literary Gsziette.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
To be had also of all Booksellers.
London, England, 1841-12-02

TILE WEATHER.—Noos, DECEMBER'2.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer... 50 Highest...... 51 Lowest ....... 43
Barometer 29.49.—Wind S.—Freezing Point g 2 Deg.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Murning......47 minutes after 4 Evening...... 12 minutes after 5.

vie,t - •• •
London, England, 1841-12-02

MESMERISM, BY IVIRTHALSE.

Last evening Mr. liaise repeated the lecture which
he had delivered on Monday, in the same theatre, the
City Hall, Chancery-lane. A most respectable company,
comprised of about one hundred persons, ladies and
gentlemen, attended for nearly three hours to the lecture
and illustrations, which, strange to say, were never for
elucidate,
oi df ate , to
exhi-
biting
a moment interrupted,. and appeared to be in the highest
degree satisfactory. To the Reporter for this Paper it
was ovident that the Lecturer had not sufficiently observed
the phenomena which he undertook
very i v
deficiency
to
capable
enable him to produce them in an impressive manner, or
to elicit from his susceptible and interesting patients
easily
unaccustomed managed better with
7to public allexlii-
theT
manifestationsoa
candid
mind,
is a proof of his sincerity, for it was evident that a prac-
stiusceidi
nciliaatctlraitttalin. cileitri. Hallo ldlisaveis
as
bitions; but the sincerity and simplicity of his manners
create an impression in his favour, and the firmness of his
character will shortly enable him to overcome the diffi-
culties which his inexperience occasions. The meeting
separated with unqualified expressions of satisfaction.

Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Ro.
bert Peel yesterday morning.
London, England, 1841-12-02

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered—£2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.,
or £349 lls. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in ease of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be
forwarded post free.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.
London, England, 1841-12-02

PUBLICATIONS.

This day,
IpISHER'S JUVENILE SCRAP-BOOK,
1842. By the Author of " The Women of England,"
" family Secrets," &c. Sixteen plates; handsomely bound,
Eight Shillings.
" A charming volume, admirably adapted to delight and in-
struct young people. "—United Service Gazette.
Fisher, Son, and Co., London and Paris.

1-IISHER'S LANDSCAPE .ANNUAL.-
THE BEAUTIES OF TAE RHINE, ITALY, AND
GREECE. Thirty-three plates, richly bound and gist. One
Guinea,
Beautiful scenes of classic story and historic interest, and
of those works of nature which have. long excited our wonder
and admiration."—Dublin Statesman.
Fisher, Son, and Co., London and Paris.
London, England, 1841-12-02

FINE ARTS.

On Tuesday were sold by Mr. Sotheby the ninth and last
portion of the cabinet of coins and medals forming the col-
lection of the late Mr. Young, of Tavistock-street ; and
among other curiositiessold was the following :—A proof
halfpenny token, obverse gallows, Tom Paine pendant,
over whose head a small devil, regaling 'with a pipe of to-
bacco, in his front a church with banner attached ; re-
verse, a posture-master teaching a monkey to dance on
one leg. Legend—" We dance ; Paine swings." Sold
for V. 14s.

Owing to Sir Francis Chantrey's death, the Testimo-
nial Committee will have to elect another artist to com-
plete the " Wellington Testimonial." The respective
Committees, also, for the testimonial to Sir David
Wilkie, and the monument for the late Mrs. Siddons,
will also have to revoke their former vote, and to decide
upon some other competent artists.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
Dr. Skene, Professor of Universal History in the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh, has been removed by a decision of
the Town Council, and the chair has been declared vacant.
The shaft of the Artesian well at Southampton is now
sunk within sixty feet of the extreme depth required by
contract to be attained, namely, 500 feet. The well is
expected to be completed about Christmas, whereby a
supply of the purest water will thenceforward be pro-
vided for the town.