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London, England, 1847-10-26

INDIA and LONDON LIFE ASSURLNCE
COMPANY.
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RAL MEETING of this Company, will be held at these offices, on
WnnnzsDay, the 10th day of November next, at One o'clock, for the
transaction of the ordinary business of the Company.
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By order,
October 26, 1847,

Now ready, in ONE VOLUME (comprising as much matter as twenty
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Corrected throughout to the present time, from the personal com-
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London, England, 1847-10-26

Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S
CLERK. A Love Story.
After which, an entirely new Drama entitled THE BOTTLE, from
Crulkshank's celebrated Work of the same name.
To conclude with the Ballet of THE FARMER'S MAN.
Boxes, is. ; Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d. • Gallery, 3d.
Doors open at Slx, to commence at Half-past Six.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENaTG
The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES.
Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artines of
the Establishment. in the various modes of equestration.
To conclude with the Ballet, NOR.AII, THE PRIDE OF KIL-
DARE.

Box-office open from 11 till 5.
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West.

WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCT. 26.
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RAILWAX SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
ITESSE.S. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT
LVIL. SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, & c.,
ace place every WEDNESDAY, at One o'clock. (instead of Tuesday
and Friday, aj hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-
street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions
(with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instructions.
N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares
effaced by private contract, every day, as usual.
offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.
London, England, 1847-10-26

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS,
FOR ORPHAN AND NECESSITOUS CHILDREN,

WANSTEAD.
NOTICE.—The next ELECTION of CHILDREN, applying for
admission to this Institution, will take place at the London Tavern,
on TUESDAY, the 23th day of December next.
No applications on behalf of Candidates will be entertained by the
Board, unless the Nomination and other Papers be received at the
Offices, il, Cheapside, on or before MONDAY, the 15th November next.
The first Public Dinner of the Subscribers to the Institution and
their Friends will be held on MONDAY, the 27th December next.
The Stewards appointed are informed that Tickets will be issued
as soon as possible, and they are requested to commence lists of Tisi
tors forthwith

By order of the Board,
CHARLES NASH. Secretary.
London, England, 1847-10-26

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London, England, 1847-10-26

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Three Months, 11. 155. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
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October 19, 1847.
London, England, 1847-10-26

NEW WORK BY BOZ.

On the 31st inst. will be published, prise Is., the Fourteenth Num-

ber of
DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOM-
BET AND SON, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

By CHARLES DICKENS.
With Illustrations by HARLOT K. [IROWNE.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
London, England, 1847-10-26

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
For One Month only.
Eighth night of the new Swiss Quadrille.
Second night of "La Figlia del Reggimento."
Solo by 31. Bauman.
Solo by M. Sainton.
Programme for THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), October 26, 1847.
Past I.—New Overture, performed for the first ,time, composed
by the Abbe Volger, the • master of Carl Maria Von Weber—Qua-
drille, Ernani, Jullien—Solo, Bassoon, 11. Bauman—Valse, Le Deser,
with variations for the first and second Violins, Tenors, Violoncellos,
and Contra %Basses, Beethoven—Recitative and Aria, sung by Miss
Dolby,l Mozart—Quadrille, New descriptive Quadrille, The Swiss
Quadrille, Jullien.
Part IL—Opera, La Figlia del Regimento, grand selection, with
Solos by Herr Koenig, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Barret, and 31. Bauman,
Donizetti (second time). La Figlia del Reggimento is convidered
Donizetti's chef d'oeuvre du genre, and is the Opera In which 3ldlle.
Jenny Lind created the great sensation, during the last season, at
her Majesty's Theatre—New Polka, The Rhine Polka, Jullien—
Symphony, The Andantino, from the Symphony in A, Beethoven—
National Song, The Swiss Girl, semi by Miss Dolby—Valse, Mi-
randa, Koenig—Solo, Violin, M. Balaton, Saintoa —Comic Polka,
The American Polka, Jullien.
The Concert commences at Eight.
Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.
London, England, 1847-10-26

C

LONDON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1847.

The Act of 1844 has been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. The predictions of the London
bankers have been completely verified. That influ-
ential class (with the single exception of Messrs.
JONES LOYD and Co.) stated their apprehensions
" that the absolute limitation of the issue to
14,000,0001., without any power of expansion being
reserved, whether that amount be in itself a proper
amount or not, will create a general feeling of un-
easiness throughout the country, and by preventing
the satisfactory reception of the measure, will deprive
the scheme of many of the advantages it possesses
and interfere with its success." We believe that
few can now be found with sufficient hardihood to
deny that it has had that efflect, and that the
present panic, which has caused such wide-spread
ruin and general distress, has been chiefly, if not
altogether, occasioned by the knowledge that no power
whatsoever was reserved to the Bank of extending
its issues, no matter how great the emergency, or
how pressing the necessity for such a step. The
Act,is now tel even by the me 'lrorough-
going bullionists to have proved a failure. It has
proved wholly inadequate to carry out tht-objects
for which it was enacted, and the Act of 1819 will
be abrogated in consequence of the injurious working
of the subsequent measure, wilich was passed in
order to guard against the possibility of any
dereliction from its principle, ‘io secure its perma•
nence and perpetuity. The repeated fluctuations in
the value 'f money, the periodical depreciation in the
price of prcrluce and property of every description,
proved the injustice and impolicy of that Act, and the
accuracy of the opinions of the merchants of London,
embodied in their petition to the llouse of Lords
against the resumption of cash payments, to which
Wstreing y
referredenc in The Sun Last week ; but the increased
of the Act of 1844, which imposed further
restrictions upon our trade and commerce, and cast
additional impediments in the •wa3 of thc.
P p.roductive classes, averted the possibility of: tat reel which
alone preserved the
credit f
dthe nationf in 1825,
saynsdtelmi a.s I
Theed,
A we
cbteolifelvBe,l9toprtehveenteNvd nthal of the. entire
gtpossibility of
miPrgohst reaysontal lyacht.ave
our attaining that permanent
lw e
under wiser monetary
aspired, but the Bank, by bold and vigorous which,
was enabled to prevent the fatal results that mighnt,
otherwise have ensued. True it is, that the principle
of the measure might possibly have been endangered
thereby ; and in 1825 it was by the merest chance
that the Bank was enabled to maintain its cash pay-
ments ; and the country was within twenty-four

hours of a state of barter. The Act of 1844 deprived
London, England, 1847-10-26

MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready, at all the Libraries,
Tli
G. EONVICT. A Tale.
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Just published,
A .IST E EYR E. An Autobiography.
Edited by CURRER BELL. 3 vols. post Bvo. Price 11. 11s. ed.

The most extraordinary production that has Issued from the press
for years."—Weekly Chronicle.
" One of the most powerful domestic romances which have been
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Just published, price One Penny, a small Pamphlet, entitled

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London, England, 1847-10-26

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
raagagement of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING. Colonel
Mannering, Mr. Conway; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker; Dominic
Sampson, Mr. Compton; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. :Neville; Lucy Ber-
tram, Miss Ann Romer; Meg 3ferrilies, Miss Cushman.
To conclude with TIIE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. Cooper ;
Colonel Briton, Mr. J. Vining ; Donna Vlolante, Miss E. Montague;
Donna Isabella, Mrs. R. Gordon.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.
London, England, 1847-10-26

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S
CLERK. A Love Story.
After which, an entirely new Drama entitled THE BOTTLE, from
Cruikshank's celebrated Work of the same name.
To conclude with the Ballet of THE FARMER'S MAN.
Boxes, is.; Halt-price, 6d.; Pit, Gil.; Gallery, 3d.
Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six.
London, England, 1847-10-26

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 35.6 d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
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with remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
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It is illustrated'', Three Explanatory Engravings.
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of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
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the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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London, England, 1847-10-26

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENING

The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES.
Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Arti.tes of
the F.stabliihrnent, in the various modes of equestration.
To conclude with the Ballet, KORAI', THE PRIDE OF KIL-
DARE.

Box-office open from 11 till 5.
Actin; and Stage Manager, Mr. W West.
London, England, 1847-10-26

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No.), Dayidge-terrace,Kensingtou-resd,

Surrey.
THIS EVENING, October 25, 1847, the performances will
commence with the celebrated Opera of

TIIE ENCIIANTRESS

Duke D'Aquilla, Mr. 11. Horneastle I Doti Saida, Mr. W. Harr!,
ion ; Ramlr, Mr. Borrani . Stella, Miss Romer.
To conclude with Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE.
Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Fining; Mr. Smith, Mr. Oxberry ; Mr.
Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs.
H. Hughes (her first appearance these five years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss
ebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr.
1. Ellis.
A distiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
principal Librarians ; and at the Box-oftize of the Theatre, which is
open daily from Ten until Four.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.
London, England, 1847-10-26

DIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT.
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all the palaces in Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi-
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quired for years. The Diamond Lamp is perfection in Light—the
public will have none other. Designs suited to the cottage, and so
on to the mansion of the nobleman.

To be had only, and all the New Lights are burning continually, at
the Establishment of the Metropo:itan Light Company, RICHARD
CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, Strand, London, and of the Com-
pany's Agents in every Town in the Kingdom.
London, England, 1847-10-26

Just published,
JA N E EYR E. An Autobiography.
Edited by CURRER BELL. 3 vols. post Bvo. Price 11. Ils. tad.
cloth.
The most extraordinary production that has issued from the press
for years."—Weekly Chronicle.
" One of the most powerful domestic romances which have been
published for many years. It is a hook to make the heart beat, and
the eyes till with tears."—Atlas.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

Just published, price One Penny, a small Pamphlet, entitled
RICE, as a Cheap and Wholesome Food for all
Classes, and especially as a SUBSTITUTE for POTATOES.

By a FAMILY MAN.
London : Sherwood and Co. Liverpool : Smith, Rogerson and Co.,
Mercury-office. 'Manchester : G. Bentham ; A. Heywood. Leeds :
Baines and Co. ; Mrs. Mann. Birmingham : Taylor and Co ; W.
Cooper. Preston : Chronicle-office ; Pilot-office ; J. Walker. Black-
burn ; T. Woods ; and J. Mitchell. And all Booksellers.
A single copy may be had, free by post, on inclosing two penny
stamps (post free), to any of the Publishers.
London, England, 1847-10-26

tl-`0 MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND.
" No. 208, Piccadilly, October 19, 1847.
_ .

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devise, without obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. Dilring
one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT
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" I trust you will give publicity to my case, that suffering humanity
may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease.
" I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
" MICHAEL NAT-SMITH."

The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's
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Prout, 229, Strand, London," in the Government Stamp.
London, England, 1847-10-26

JOSEPH MAPPIN'S PORCELAIN HANDLE
TABLE KNIFE ; Registered June 5, 1847, No. 43,501; is
the most useful and chaste article ever produced, combining ele-
gance, economy, and durability. It far surpasses ivory in its splen-
did appearance, and is 50 per cent. cheaper. It is particularly re-
commended for its purity and sweetness—a little soap and water
restores its first splendid appearance. It will not break with falling,
neither will it be the least affected by time or service. All these ad-
vantages combined in this article, which together with the low price
at which the article is produced, form a tout-ensemble never before
attained.

Sold retail by all iroimongers, cutlers, and jewellers, in the United
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wholesale; also at his warehouse, 15, Fore-street, City.
N.B.—To Merchants, Shippers, and Buyers, generally, J. M. offers
considerable advantages, in keeping a large Stock of Cutlery at his
London Warehouse from his Manufactory in Sheffield, which is
suitable for every description of Wholesale and Export Trade, an ad-
vantage possessed by no other Sheffield House.
London, England, 1847-10-26

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. F. DaTidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-rsad,

Surrey.
THIS EVENING, October 25, 1847, the performances will
commence with the celebrated Opera or
THE ENCHANTRESS
Duke D'Aqullla, Mr. H. Horneastle I Don Salvia, Mr. W. Harri-
son ; Ramir, Mr. Borrani . Stella, Miss Romer.
To conclude with Mr. Bann's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE.
Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Smith, Mr. Oxberry ; Mr.
Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs.
H. Hughes (her first appearance these Ave years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss
Xebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr.
a. Ellis.

A disthict entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
principal Librarians ; and at the Box-oflize of the Theatre, which is
open daily f) en Ten until Four.
London, England, 1847-10-26

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be perfonned the celebrated Drama, called TILE GREEN
BUSHES; or, .1 Hundred Years Age. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith;
Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge,
Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert,
Madame Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Soul•
gar

After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
:the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul lied-
ford, Mrs. Laws, Re., &c.
To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE
ICCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts,
al:. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. lanyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
iiyan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; 3ldlie. Cherry Bounce, Alias
Emina. Harding.
Boxes, 4s. ; tit, 21. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors open at half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEITRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,

Will he presented a new Farce, called DRAGOONS. Lord
Alfred Martingale, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Albany Lovelorn, Mr.
It. Roxby ; Dr. Rhatany, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Crowsfoot,
Mrs. C. Jones; Matilda, Miss Howard.
After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF
THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh
Murray, Granby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and
3/adaine Vestris.
To conclude with THE TWO QUEENS.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. IV.
Bradwell of the Colosseum.
Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 9e. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the
Public every day, from Ten to Six.
London, England, 1847-10-26

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Last Week of the LECTURES on CHARACTER, with
Musical Illustrations, by Mr. J. RUSSELL, each Evening, at
Eight o'clock, except Monday and Saturday. A LECTURE ox the
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM, in reference to
VENTILATION, &c., with Novel and Interesting Experimeu3, by
Dr. BACHHOFFNER, daily at Half-past Three. CHEMICAL
LECTURES. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS worked. The
WORKING MODELS, explained daily. The beautiful OPTICAL
EFFECTS include an entirely New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with 111 DE'S NEW APPARATUS
for CONVERSING with PERSONS under WATER, &c. &c.
Admission. Is.; Schools, Half-price.
London, England, 1847-10-26

PUBLICATIONS.

On the Ist of November, price 2s. Gd. roan, gilt edges,
PuNctrs POCKET-BOOK FOR 1848,
In addition to all the requisite BUSINESS INFORMATION,
will contain numerous Comic Articles, in prose and verse, with a
Coloured Frontispiece and Six Steel Etchings, by JOHN LEECLI,
together with Seven Woodcuts, by RICHARD DOYLE.
London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet•street.
London, England, 1847-10-26

TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, CARPENTERS, &c.
FOR SALE BY AUCTION, on the premises,
New Crane Wharf, Shadwell, by order of the Executors, all
the extensive and well-seasoned STOCK IN TRADE of the late
Mr. CHRISTOPHER WINN, Timber Merchant, consisting of Dry
Yellow Pine Planks and Deals, White Spruce Deals and Battens,
White and Yellow Baltic Deals and Battens, Pine and Spruce
Boards, awl cut stuff in various thicknesses, Fir Timber, Scantlings,
Quarterings, &c., &c.
Also the LEASE of the abovementioned premises, held for the
unexpired term of three years, rom the 3lst of December next, at
the yearly rental of Sixty Pounds;
The whole of which will be sold without reserve by H. FREEMAN,
on WEDNESDAY, the 27th October, 1847, at Eleven o'clock precisely.
To be viewed two days previous to and on the morning of sale.
Catalogues can be obtained ou the promises, and of Henry Free-
man, 38, Michael's-alley, Cornhill.
London, England, 1847-10-26

_.t:'ourtblZbttton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock

CITY, FIVE O'CLOCK.

A Correspondent writes to say that the change of
countenances throughout the City this afternoon
indicates a reinstatement of confidence being com-
pletely restored—and that foreign bankers bought
and sold bills of exchange more readily than they
have done for months back. Our informant adds,
that he had this verified by themselves.

NEWMARKET RACES,

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The following is a later account of this race than
appears in another part of our paper:—
The Cambridge hire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and
only 5 ft if declared; with 100 added. Cambridge-
shire Course. (140 Subs.)
Mr. Drinkald's The Widow ...
Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle ...
Mr. Rolt's Collingwood

... 1

... 2

... 3

Thirty-seven ran.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND ;OTHER COM-
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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

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i 51. per cent.
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On the Ist of November, price 2s. 6d. roan, gilt edges,

youNcn's POCKET-BOOK-FOR 1848,
in addition to all the requisite BUSINESS INFORMATION,
will contain numerous Comic Articles, in prose and verse, with a
Coloured Frontispiece and Six Steel Etchings, by JOIIN LEECH,
together with Seven Woodcuts, by RICHARD DOYLE.
London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet• street.
London, England, 1847-10-26

THE REST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all
who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com-
plaints ; they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting
strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold
in bottles at Is. 1 4d., or 2s. 9d. and l Is. each, by A. Willoughby and
Co., late B. G. Windus, 61. Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me-
dicine Venders. . .

Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded tc
lurchase an imitation.
London, England, 1847-10-26

TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, CARPENTERS, &c.
FOR SALE BY AUCTION, on the premises,
New Crane Wharf, Shadwell, by order of the Executors, all
the extensive and wall-seasoned STOCK IN TRADE of the late
Mr. CHRISTOPHER WINN, Timber Merchant, consisting of Dry
Yellow Pine Planks and Deals, White Spruce Deals and Battens,
White and Yellow Baltic Deals and Battens, Pine and Spruce
Boards, and cut stuff in various thicknesses, Fir Timber, Scantlings,
Quarterings, &c., &c.

Also the LEASE of the abovementioned premises, held for the
unexpired term of three years, rom the 31st of December next, at
the yearly rental of Sixty Pounds;
The whole of which will be sold rithout reserve by H. FREE MAN,
on WEDNESDAY, the 27th October, 1847, at Eleven o'clock precisely.
To be viewed two days previous to and on the morning of sale.
Catalogues can be obtained en the :premises, and of Henry Free-
man, 38, Michael's-alley, Cornhill.

OSEPH MAPPIN'S PORCELAIN HANDLE
TABLE KNIFE ; Registered June 5, 1847, No. 43,501; is
the most useful and chaste article ever produced, combining ele-
gance, economy, and durability. It far surpasses ivory in its splen-
did appearance, and is 50 per cent. cheaper. It is particularly re-
commended for its purity and sweetness a little soap and water
restores its first splendid appearance. It will not break with falling,
neither will it be the least affected by time or service. All these ad-
vantages combined in this article, which together with the low price
at winch the article is produced, form a tout-ensemble never before
attained.

Sold retail by all ironmongers, cutlers, and jewellers, in the United
Kingdom anti the Colonies. Manufactured only by JOSEPH
MA PPIN, 32, Norfolk-street, Sheffie:d, where they can be obtained
wholesale; also at his warehouse, 15, Fore-street, City.
N.B.—To Merchants, Shippers, and Buyers, generally, J. M. offers
considerable advantages, in keeping a largo Stock of Cutlery at his
London Warehouse from his Manufactory in Sheffield, which is
suitable for every description of Wholesale and Export Trade, an ad-
vantage possessed by no ether Sheffield House.
London, England, 1847-10-26

GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL,
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
REDUCED FARES
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.

From The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3,
4, and 5. Sundays, at 7%, 8%, 11%, 1,3, 4, and 5.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1)4, 3%,
5 and 5%. Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, 3%, 5, and 5%. The TRAINS
starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times.
Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, SIXPENCE ;
Saloon and First Class ditto, EIGHTPENCE.

BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, 21. lbs. ;
Three Months, ii. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall.
October 19, 1847.
London, England, 1847-10-26

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. 13. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Win be revived, Shakspere's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW. Baptista, Mr. Gough; Vincentio, Mr. Tilbury; Lucentio,
Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Petrucio, Mr. Webster ; Grumio, Mr. Keeley ;
Katharine, Mrs. Nisbett ; Bianca, Mrs. Seymour.
After which, THE INVISIBLE PRINCE! or, The Island of
Tranquil Delights.
To conclude with a New and Original Farce, called WHO'S MY
HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury ; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ;
Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L.
S. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Hamby.
Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web der.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.

... . . . .. . .. ..
Doors open_ at half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.
London, England, 1847-09-04

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
ruder the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
WM be prc.ented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson;
Kathleen, Mks Woolgar. iTither characters by Messrs. Paul Bed-
ford, O. Smith, Selby, and Cullentora ; Miss Marian Taylor, 311 s,
Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws.
After whizli a new iiLd original tarce, called HOW T') SETTLE
ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR. LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgette,
Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Ryan; Mary White, Miss Woolgar; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss
Emma Harding.
To conclude with the langhaLic Farce of SEEING WRIGHT.

ROYAL SL-I:REY THEATRE.
Und‘,- the Manacement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
Engagement of Mr. T. P. COOKE for Six Nights.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the serlo-camic Drama, entitled TIM LOVE
TOKEN. Phillippe Gautier, Mr. Neville; Francis, Mr. Fredericks ;
Jus linllannanire, Mr. S. Cowell ; Therese, Miss E. Terry.
To b.: followed by Haines's Nautical Drama, entitled ICY rum
ooke
...ND MY PAR CplCplEli JOE. Harry ard, Mr. T. C
Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Homier; Mary Maybud, Mrs. R. thinner.
To conclude with the Dramt of B. AN lIE RIOT. Neville
Andeley, ',or. R. Honner ; Iluzo Lan ret, Mr. T. Fredericks; Blanche
eriot, Mrs. R. HOrer.
•••• .1, Is ; Gallery, cd. Doors open at Sll, commoner
-r.;

Tni:

AS LEY'S itUY ANieiiirtlEATßE,
I:r.,prletor and M anager Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENING
A 7r:tit:, Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF
GYPII.I! cr tte Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and
Water.
Eno,' v new and, in the Arena, and first appearance of Shmor
Ricardo in England, supported by the ta:ented Artistes of the t..sta-
blist-_ment, iu tI., ariou, modes o' eguestraton.
To conchvie
Stage Manu„;er, r. W. D. Broadtbot.
London, England, 1847-09-04

ROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
1. 50, REGENT STREET, LONDON,
Established 1806.
INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001.
Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001.

PRESIDENT
The Right Honourable EARL GRET.
DIRECTORS.

The Earl of Macclesfield. I Rev. James Sherman.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. Henry B. Churchil, Esq.
Sir Richard D. King, Bart. I William Judd, Esq
Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedgwick, Esq.
Capt. tit' .John Williams. Alfred Beaumont, Esq.
John Deering, Esq., M.P. George Deere, Esq.
William Henry Stone, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq.
I. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other
offices.
2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc-
!ion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de-
. ;area, at their then present value.
3. Loans are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, or the
l'thicies are purchased at their lull value.
4. If ti party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
repair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of
:rood health.
Bonuses paid upon Policies which have become Claims.

Lite insured,

;Sum insured

Sum paid.
London, England, 1847-09-04

... 29.449

'4irlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmund Bank, Bury St. Edmund.;—
Worliedge and Co.
irmnsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 16,648
anibridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and

12.72 S

3,217
London, England, 1847-01-07

T° QUADRILLE BANDS.
The COURT DANCES, arranged by TINNEY, for a
QUADRILLE BAND, in score in nine books, each ls. Gd., 25., and
45., comprising the Morgenland, l)ouro, Albion, and Themes Festk-
lange Waltzes, by I.a'Atzky. Also his Die Rosen, Kinder Freuden,
awl Narcissen Polkas, and his Rusalka and Immergrun Galops ;
and Strauss's Rusalka Galops, arranged by Bernard Lee, for a
Quadrille Bank. In parts: D:e Elan, DeutAche Lust, Adelaide'',
Dublin, Dalkeith, Die Tanztneister Waltzes, by Labitzky and Strauss,
each Gs. ; and the Annen, Salon and Heiterer Sinn Polkas, in one
book, 7s. The above dances are nightly encored.
London: Published only by C. Cocks and Co., 6, New Burlington-
street, Mdsic-sellers to the Queen.
London, England, 1847-01-07

ROYAL. VICTORIA THEATRE.

Ited:Ttion of Price3.—Boxes, Is,. Half-price, Cd Pit, 6d.; Gallery,
; Private Boxes, 2,. The Victoria again victorious. Decided
su eess of the new grand " Go.a.-Ilead Pantomime." " The best
Pa Itomim3 ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in-
h,.:•dant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto-
mime."—Vide Public Press.
THIS EVENING

'Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin-
cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed-
wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform.
Al ier which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en-
titled THE BIRTH OF TIIE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin
" Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ;
ritnl,lloon, Signor Osmonde ; Harlequin, M. Lupin; Columbine,
Mdlls. Adele Lauri.

GREEN PEAS FOR THE MILLION. Tuesday a
bav~lier stood with his barrow close to Temple•bar, sell-
ing green peas, just arrived from Holland, at 6d. per
quart., shelled. They met with a ready sale.
London, England, 1847-01-07

RACES TO COME.

The following list of the fixtures already made for the
next season, will be useful to those stewards who have
npt determined on the time of holding their meetings:—

MA RCH,

Coventry
Warwick Spring
AP]

kilpin Coates
Northampton .......

Newmarket C.
Burton Constable
Bath
Catterick

5
13

ItIT,
lEpsom S.
Newmarket, F. S.
Durham .....
Chester
AY.

lievrmarket, S. S. 4
Shrewsbury
JU

Epsom
Newton....,

Ascot Heath 1
Hampton
Sutton Park l5
Bibury Club

Stockbridge
Newcastle
Carlisle

Jr
Newmarket
Lancaster

Liverpool
Goodwood 27

AUG

Brighton
4
Norwich
Wolverhampton
*Chelmsford lO
Lewes ll
York

*Egham 24
Derby 24
*Hereford
*Huntingdon 26
*Canterbury

SEPT
Warwick
Doncaster

:MBER.
*Lincoln
Newmarket, F. 0.

OCTOBER.

Newmarket, S. 0 ll I Newmarket, H 25
London, England, 1847-01-07

Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s.

Pr:Tate Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's
Ro;ai Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries
and Music-sellers ; and at the Box-office.

AS TLE Y'S ROYAL AM PH ITHEATR E.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled success
of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged by the press
and the public to surpass all others for magnificence and novelty.
THIS EVENING
'win be
__Performed a grand
en-
titled new Magical Equestrian Romance,
..s.'LIE DEmON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit.
humorous performances by Mr. Henderson, as Clown. '
To conclude with the
TIIE FORTYlsfulCornie Equestrian Fairy
en tl tled Pantomime,
the itobber's Cave. THIEVES,,; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and
r.. Rochcz ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har-
Clo
fey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laefflea,:reiTglumbine, Miss Louisa Waite.
B ,xs-oftlee open irom
and C ,mmence at half-past six o' Ta e'eteek—Doors open at six
Bro,ltifoot. o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.

ROYALI*RREy
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davldge,
THIS EVENING
Witt be performed an original Drama, entitled THE 11.‘ND OF CALDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters be snnported by the whole of the talented Company.
conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE RING
OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har-
leqr.:ll, Herr Denlin; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, male.
TheoAere ; Clown, Herr N. Dentin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Devlin.
London, England, 1847-01-07

IT T.

NOVEMBER.

Worcester not fixed I Tarporley not fixed
[The meetings against which we have placed an as-
terisk have not been officially announced, but in all pro-
bability will take place at the time mentioned.]

CASE OF ACCIDENTAL. POISONING.—On
inquestOnT atues theday
night Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner, held
Pakenham Arms, Lower Calthorpe-street,Grd 3
Gray's
wholnn-
road, on view of the body of Grace Kirby, aged
accidentally committed self-destructionwithth
where
eessen-
tial oil of bitter almonds, at No. 36, Gough-street,
she was residing. The deceased was the wife of a gen-
tleman holding an official situation, and she lived on her
property, having separated from her husband in conse-
quence other eccentricities. On Friday night last she
at 9 o'clotk returned home, shortly after which she was
seen by her landlady, Mrs. Howson, and stated to her
that she had got some essential oil of bitter almonds for
her cough, and she observed that she must take but a
few drops. She drank some in a wine glass in which
was some porter, and shortly after she swallowed it she
became insensible. She was at the time in a state of
inebriety. Mrs. Howson went for medical assistance,
but before a surgeon arrived life was extinct. Verdict,
" That the deceased's death was caused by the oil of
bitter almonds, which she took while under the effects
of some intoxicating liquor."

POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—On Tuesday informal ie
was received by the metropolitan police that two letters
containing notes and bills of exchange amounting to
2,2291. 18s. 6d. had been abstracted during transit
through the post-office, from the firm of W. S. Chet
them, of Nottingham, to the Commercial Bank of Scot-
land, Edinburgh. All efforts at present, either to trace
the notes or detect the guilty parties, have been un-
successful. _ _ _

THEATRE ROYAL, EXETER.--We cannot but itform
our theatrical readers, that young Oliver Twist, of the
Royal Surrey Theatre, Mr. George Owen, the youthful
tragedian, appears on Monday next at the above theatre
in Hamlet. He is just returned from Ireland, where h•
was highly admired.
We regret to state that Mr. W. R. Cartwright, of
Aynhoe, the late representative of the southern:division
of the county of Northampton, expired at his residence
in that county on the 4th instant, in the seventy-sixth
year of his age.
London, England, 1847-01-07

ANTITON'S CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES.

Just published, the fourth edition, 12m0., bound in embossed roan,
price fis.
ANTTION'S C/ESAR'S COMMENTARIES
on the GALLIC WAR, and the First Book of the Greek
Paraphra,e, with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Plans of
Battles, Sieges, Sec., and Historical, Geographical, and Archeological
Indexes.

By C. ANTHON, LL.D.
With Engraving! and a Nap.

Also, the following Ne-w Ed—Mons of Antlin's Books :
Horace, by Boyd, 7s. 6d.; Homer's Illiad, by Davies, 7s. 6d.
Sallust, by Boyd, ss. Latin Lessons, by Hayss, 4s.
Cicero, by Boyd, 6s. Grammar of the Greek Lan-
Greek Reader, by Boyd, 7s. 6d. guage. by Major, 4s.
Virgil, by Trollop, 73. 6d. Greek Prosody, by Major, 2s. 6d.
London : William Tegg and Co.
London, England, 1847-01-07

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Thomas Webb and Thomas Leary were both charged
with creating a disturbance in Oxford-street, and in
several public-houses, where they called for liquor and
refused to pay for it.
Police-constable E 34, said,his attention was called to
a crowd of 200 people gatheied in front of the American
Storef, in Oxford-street, where he found the pri,oners
quarrelling and vociferating. He said he had been
obliged to take them out of the American Stores just
before.

Elizabeth Knight, barmaid to the American Stores,
said the two prisoners and another man came in and
called for a pot of stout. It was drawn for them, and
they drank it off, and called for another, but on being
told they must first pay for what they had had, they
began to quarrel with each other, and as none of them
had any money, it was necessary to call the policeman,
and have them turned out.

Mrs. Brown, landlady of the Three Tuns public-
house, Oxford-street, said the same persons had just
previously been in her house, and drank sJme rurn, and
ran out without paying for it,
Mr. HARDWICK said there was too good reason for
believing that the prisoners were of a gang who were
perambulating the metropolis for the purpose of defraud-
ing people of their property. He sentenced them to a
fine of 20.3. each, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for
creatirg a disturbance.
Donation of 2/. from J. H. H., through Messrs Gos.,
ling and Co., was received in aid of the poor-box.
London, England, 1847-01-07

TO THE EDITOR OF THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
_ _

It is now evident that the potato disease is likely to
prove injurious to this year's crop of this valuable vege-
table in this country, and in Ireland the whole crop
is threatened with destruction. It is, therefore, a
matter of the deepest interest to ascertain, if possible,
how the evil is to be remedied. My own opinion is, that
the potato has been so long propagated by cutting in-
stead of seed, that it has gradually deteriorated, until it
has become fatally diseased, and that the remedy is to
procure potatoes for planting which have been pro-
pagated recently from the seed. I wish to call the at-
tention of the public to the fact, that a gentleman in
this city, Rev. N. S. Smith, has been for several years en-
gaged in his garden in producing the potato from seed,
and with great success. He commenced, as he informed
me, some four years since, by sowing the seed from the
ball. These, the first year, produced a very small tuber.
The next year he planted the tuber, and also sowed the
seed which was produced from the vine of the new tuber.
The tuber, as is usual, next produced a potato of a large
while the seed of the young potato (a result not
before known) produced a much larger tuber, and a
much greater number, than that of the old plant. Mr.
Smith again took the seed from the second year's groNth,
as well as the tuber, and an increased size and quantity
was the result in both cases. This remarkable fact is
now stated by Mr. S. that the seed of his new potato
will now produce a potato of a respectable siz., and,
while the seed of the old worn out plant at first gives a
potato hardly the size of a pea, the seed of the potato so
renewed will now produce a tuber of an eatable size.
This, to my mind, shows clearly the process by which
the potato is recovering its vital energy. Besides, the
new potatoes are finer in the texture than the old, pro-
duce more, and shuw no signs of the potato discase,
though planted in the vicinity of those affected by it, and
are as hard and fine in the spring as when put in the
cellar in the fall. Mr. Smith has been many years en-
gaged in his garden in producing this result, and he has
now a large quantity of the renewed potato on hand of
different varieties. Every farmer and gardener should
procure some of them for seed, for lam very confident
the t their product will be found entirely free from the rot.
Mr. Smith lives in Jefferson-street, and will give a
more full statement to any desirous of seeinc, or pur-
chasing the renovated potat The same plan has been
resorted to in Germany, and I understand with equal
success. The different varieties of this potato will be
exhibited at the annual agricultural fair in this country.
P.
London, England, 1847-01-07

THE PLOUGH.

As a beginning to the first month of the second year
of this excellent publication, the January Number for
1847, is full of promise. Both in the selection of the
contributions, and the arrangement of the contents,
the editorial duties are fulfilled with much discrimi-
nation. The principle characteristic of each number
of the Plough is seasonableness, and in the promotion
of agriculture, the different writers are fully con-
versant with the latest data derived from chemical
analysis.