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requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, NM'. ,1846.
This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ;
for an important change has been gradually introduced into the
manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the
work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely
unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of
compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im-
portant alterations hi this volume for 1847 and added to its bulk
without any increase in price. The " Posta, Directory" is especially
improved, and there are numerous elkstiges throughout the volume
to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour,
to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will, find that his labours
are duly appree:ated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun-
try this is an indispensable volume.

RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
The new volume bf the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already
in oar hands, and a•e can only express our wonder that a work so
laborious, erensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved.
It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former
reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc-
tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed In
the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable
aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would
Indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense If it
were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will
have theopportunity ofjudglng for themselves on purchasing the new
volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated.

' BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846.
The Freneb people have done themselves eredit by their industrial
expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenbus
and pretty, they appear quite insignificaf.t compared with the indus-
trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep-
ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still
increases in by lk ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society
in a more imps rtant particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity
of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete
classification. We find in this volume.many instances of superiority
to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the in-
telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men-
tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re-
sidence are now brought down to a later period th to formerly; and
the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have
before spoken Of it as indispensable to the proper managonent of
business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the
Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom-
mendation of it is superfluous.

lIERAPATWS RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 184 G.

The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and
improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge-
ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with la hick this
important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national
work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not
whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in
the ensuing session as was done in tha last, to wrest it from the
hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might
over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted,
surlly the following statement of its conductors will go home to the
consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down
the grasping Interference of Government :—" It can only be neces-
saryto refer to•rt copy of the work published before the purchase of
the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere
connexion of the' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all,
contributed to its present high character. That the improvements
(the result of many years of unwearied toll and application on the
part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre-
ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory'
passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully
with this—they have disappeared."

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANTE SOCIETY,
26 CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital L 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
,vith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
citure of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
]so the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
, rests to meet other conveniences or necessity:
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
tes.

REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION.
A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy
the defects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls,
a gentleman residing at Wortham; in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842.
on returning from uarlestone Atarket to We) bred, where he then re-
sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill-
mess of several months' duration, during which period his hair con-
tinued to come off, till he became, to use his own terms, " as perfectly
bald as if his head had been shaved;" and the Rev. J. E. Daniel,
then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for
his lost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the
effect of ROWLAND'S MACASSA rt OIL, and it is highly gratifying
to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was
used the growth recommenced, and he has now to bo ,st of a very
thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity,
that, though prior to losing his hair it ev4iced no tendency to curl,
the new growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly
for itself to require observation.—Bell's Messenger.

ROWLAND'S MACASsAR OIL preserves and reproduces the
Hair ; prevents it from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey
Hair to its Original Colour; frees it from Scurf and Dandruff, and
makes it beautifully soft and curly.
*** Beware of " spurious compounds" under the title of "MA-
CASSAR OIL," some under the "implied" sanction of Royalty and
he Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception.
ROWLAND'S MACASS XR OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20,
HATTON-GARDEN LONDON, and all respectable Chemists and
Perflimers.

THE TWO FEET.-AN ANECDOTE.
FOR E. MOSES AND SON'S 800 PS AND SHOES.
Two trotters convened as they happen'd to meet,
And the rea4er shall hear what was said by the feet.
Pray what do you honestly think (said the one),
Of the boots and the shoes made by MOSES and SON?
For my own mart a full satisfaction L feel.
With my sole and my instep, my toes and my heel.
The boots we have on are so stylish and neat.
That, in truth, we're a couple of beautiful feet."
" Well done 1 (sal I the left with a stamp of the foot).
You are • right, Mr. Right,' with regard to your boot;
rve oftentimes thought I'd begrudge not a ransom
For a boot or a shoe thst would make me look handSOMe;
And now I have got it, and so have you, too,
Such a pair of neat feet very seldom we view.
• Another prime feature which ev'ry one views
As beloming to MOSES and SON'S boots and shoes,
Is the fact that they are faultless in fit and in style,
While they answer their purpose a very long while.
Ev'ry foot would do well to attend our advice
By obtaining such goods at a very low price,
For MOSES rnd SON, in their boots and their shoes
Are determined that a 1 folks shall gain and not lose.
LIST OF PRICES.
HEADY NADI.
a. d
Beaver Taglionis, from ...• • • .
Chesterfields and Cottringtons •• ••.. ••
Pashas, D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description
of winter coats.. ••• • • ••••••• • • • • • • '• '.. ; 5 0 S 6
Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make •••. • • • • v
Tweed Trousers, lined
•• .• 010 6
Dress. Coats
Frock Coats.
Double-breasted Vests ..... 0 2 0
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••..••• • • • • • 0 18 6
!Joys' Winter Trousers . ••• •• •• •• • 0 3 0
Ditto Vests... . . ... ..... • 0 1 6
Mourning to any extent at five minutes' notioe.

111ADT TO 711.11ASMIE.
Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style,
handsomely trimmed • .......
Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0
Tweed Overcoats • • •
Tweed Trousers ..... .
Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6
Best Dress Trousers . ....... ................. ...
Dress Coats .. .•••.. . • . .
Best quality made •.. •.. Frock Coats .• • •
Best quality made . ........... 3 3 0
Fancy Vesta
.....
........... .....
Satin, plain or fancy
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••.•••• • •• •• * • •"• • • • 1 5
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen,
154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate,
3ity, London.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
public against impostors, but have learned that the untradestnan•
like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted Le in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other hotwe In or out of London;
and those who desire genuine and the p clothing, Sze., should call at,
or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
Notice.—No business transacted at this establi-hment from sun-
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock 411
The entrance to the fur department is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the
Aiimieg atlA Aldgate, opposite the church.

ASSOCIATION FOR THE REDUCTION
OF THE DUTY ON TEA.
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Chairman.
CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Esq., and HENRY WINCH, Esq.,
Deputy Chairmen.
WILLIAM BALLENY, Esq., Treasurer.
ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq.,
Honorary Secretaries.
COMMITTEE._ •

George Armstrong, Esq.
Thomas Bold, Esq.
Edward Brodribb, Esq.
W. P. Bashby, Esq.

Malcolm Corrie, Esq.
C. Cottesworth, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
John Cropper, jun., Esq.
J. Crosfield, Esq.
R. Duckworth, Esq.
A. Findlay, Esq.:
W. F. Foster, Esq.
R. Fry, Esq.

T. Fry, Esq.
George Grant, Esq.

J. Hosack, Esq.
A. Kelso, jun.. Esq.
Harold Littledale, Esq.
Thomas Littledale, Jun., Esq.
Hugh Matheson, Esq.
W. G. Molyneux, Esq.
William Potter, Esq.
W. Prowse, Esq.
William Rathbone, Eel.
William Rathbone, jun., Esq.
W. Rotheram, Esq.
G. C. Schwabe, Esq.
T. W. Sharland, Esq.
James steams, Esq.
J. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Turner, Esq.
James Tyrer, Esq.

W. F. Gray, Rsq.
Daniel Harrison, Esq
Lawrence Heywerth, Esq. I
In announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee
feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure from
the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit
which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realise.
tion of the object they have in view.
It has long been the conviction of philanthropists, that the obtain-
ing for the poo:, at a moderate price, a beverage so wholesome as
tea, would be an inestimable boon, not merely on account of its com-
fort as an article of daily use, but especially on account of its
tendency to promote social feeling and temperance, with all the
domestic and orderly habits consequent thereupon.
Ample experience has also convinced the merchants engaged in
the tea trade with China, as well as those engaged in the tea trade at
home, that our export trade with the Chinese is in danger, and
that, to preserve it, there is the most urgent necessity for a large
reduction of the present high duty on tea.
The Committee earnestly request attentim to the following con-
siderations on this important subject :
That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower kinds,
it prevents the use of tea amongst the most numerous class of our
countrymen.
That the original cost of tea is very moderate, the bulk of the
qualities generally consumed varying from Sd, to 2s. per lb., and
that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition on the part of
the public to purchase it, but by its high price, caused solely by the
present oppressive duty.
That there is scarcely a limit to the capacity or disposition of the
Chinese to purchase our manufactutes.
That while, as already stated, ow- duty on tea ranges from 200 to
400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty
of five per cent.
That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, and
seriously interferes with the employment of labour.
The Committee feel confident that a similar increase to that which
has taken place in the consumption of coffee, by the material reduc-
tion of the duty, may be anticipated front a proportionate reduction
of the duty on tea.
That thereby the consumption of tea would be greatly augmented,
mad the revenue correspondingly benefited.
The Committee feel assured that there will hardly be found a
single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that it only requires
the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure succe.s.
They have much pleasure in annexing a list of subscriptions
already received, and they respectfully solicit the assistance of the
public in furtherance of the object of the Association.
Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, or any member of
the Committee.

WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman.
No. 1, Exchange-buildings, Nov. 2, 1846.

SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Mr. C. Rawson

£lO 10 0

Mr. H. Winch
111 r. R. C. Crosbie

• 10 10 0
. 10 10 0

Mr. E. Brodribb
Mr. A. Kelso -
Mr. W. Prowse
Mr. D. Harrison -
Mr. W. Balleny -
Mr. A. Findlay -
Mr. R. Duckworth
Mr. Steains -
-
Mr. J: Scott -
Mr. R. Jamieson -
Mr. H Matheson -
Mr. C. P. Dickson - -
Mr. W. Rathbene -
Mr. W. Rathbene, jun. , -
Mr. George Armstrong -
Mr. William Nicol -
Mr. Potter
M r. Molyneux
Mr R. Fry -
Mr. T. Fry -
Mr. J. Thomson -
Mr. W. Foster
Mr. George Grant
Mr. Robertson Gladstone -
Mr. Smith Harr son
Mr. Joseph Crosfield -
Mr. T. NV. Sharland
Mr. W. Rotheram
Mr. James Tyrer -
Mr. Thomas Bold -
Mr. J. Cropper, jun.
Mr. E. Cropper - . -

- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
• 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
10,10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
.5 5 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10.10 0
.5 5 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
- 10 10 0
• 10 10 0
• 10 10 0

.. - •
Mr. C. Cotesworth - - - . - 10 10 0
Corrie and Co. - - - - 10 10. 0
Mr. Charles Turner - - - - 10 10 0
Dlr. Wdliam Earle - - - - - 10 10 0
Mr. Thomas Earle - - - - 10 10 0
H.ll. - - - - - - 2 2 0
Moffatt and Co. - - - . - - 10 10 0
Mr. J. Stokes - . - - - 10 10 0
Mr. W. F. Gray - -•-- - - 10 10 0
Mr. W. P. Bushby - - - 10 10 0
Mr. Robert Lloyd - - - - - 10 10 0
Mr. Thomas Matheson - - - 10 10 0
Mr. G. Schwabe• - . - - - 10 10 0
Mr. L. Heyworth - - - 10 10 0
Mr. H. Littledale - - - - - 10 10 0
Mr. Al. .F. Brownrigg - - - 10 10 0
Mr. G. Hargroaves • - - - - 10 10 0
Mr. Kindermann Z - - - - 5 5 0
Mr. J. Ilosack - - - - - 10 10 0

-5 5 0
-2 2 0
-1 1 0
-1 0 0

Mr. W. 3. Millard - - -
Miller Brothers -
Mr. E. Hall -
Mr. William Higgins

Mr. It. N. Jones- - - .. - 2 2 0
Mr. J. A. Hulbert - • - - - 2 2 0
Mr. Thomas Murray - - 5 5 0
Messrs Woodall and Jones - - - - 2 2 0
Mr. Caleb A. Tate - - - - 1 0 0
N A Lady - - - - - 010 0
A Labouring Man - - - - 0 2 6
Mr. James Chesney- - - - - 0 5 0
Mr. John Benyon - - - - - 0 5 0
Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co. - - - 5 0 0
Mr. G. J. Wainwright - - 10 10 0
James Alex. Scott - - - - - 5 5 0
Thos. I,ittledale, Jun. - - - 10 10 0
John Wilks - - - - - 1 1 0
A. Radcliffe - - - - - 10 10 0
Robert Roberts, Bank-buildings - - .. 2 2 0

ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA-
TION for the REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA.
In again calling public attention to the present oppressive and
impolitic tax upon tea, the Association are anxious to give promi•
nence to those facts which indicate the necessity for an immediate
reduction of the duty.

The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident
expectations of the extension of our trade with that empire It was
reasonably anticipated that the low rate of duty imposed by its
Government upon British manufactures would be reciprocated by a
corresponding liberality in the admission of the staple production of
the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of agricultural
industry essential to the production of tea,—the fertile and exten-
sive
territory, and the superabundant population of China, esti-
mated at above 350,000,000,—are capable et enlarging its supply in
a ratio at least equal to that in which the machinery of our manu-
facturers can increase the production of fabrics required for exporta-
tion. Our imports of tea from China have never yet reached four
per cent. of the entire production of that country, according to the
best calculation.
It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus cherished
have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed to heavy losses
n the importation of teas, which are now selling in the British
'markets at prices below their current value in China ; while at the
same time our manufactures are selling in China for less than the
cost of their production here. The population at large are unbeneflted
by any practical result accruing from a treaty that has left behind it
a tax upon British Ind 0 stry, which at the same time confe a bonus
uponforeign competition•
There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disastrous an
issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in any other tariff,
cripples the operations of our merchants,• and excludes our manu-
factures fr. m the larger proportion of the Chinese population ; while
it deprives the labouring classes in this country of one of the most
needful articles of domestic comfort. The foreign policy of our Go-
vernment has achieved a brilliant success; but its results are maned
and counteracted by the incongruous arrangements of' the Home
Exchequer. The chief export of China is brought in abundance to
our shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as
anomalous in its principle as it is mischievous in its results, stops at
once the tide of commercial prosperity and the pervading currents of
social civilization. _ _

Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the future
as to review the past A losing trade can never be a permanent one.
The discouraging results of this year's imports will curtail the ship-
ments of the next. Comparative scarcity, and proportionately high
prices, will follow. he professed intention of the financial measures
of Government for some time past has been to cheapen the necessa-
ries of life. In this country tea occupies a more prominent place
among those necessaries than in any other. Under the opera tion of
any uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore,
have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative inter
position of Government. On the contrary, however, the Legisl attire
of the country in which it is most extensively consumed is the last
to recognise its importance in the civil and social economy of the
state. The British Government has afforded every facility for its
supply to other countries, where it is little more than an occasional
luxury, and has impeded its consumption among ourselves, where its
use is indispensable

The necessities of the Exchequer, the only plea advanced in pallia-
tion of an impost so obviously indefensible, is ono which will nut
bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend that the reduc-
tion of the duty to Is. per pound would leave a deficit of any import-
ance. The immediate result of such a change would unquestionably
be the liberation of a larger quantity from bond than had ever been
taken out during the same period before. If any temporary pres-
sure upon our finances existed, it would thus be promptly relieved.
There is ao room to doubt that in the further course of time the gra-
dual increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure
and satisfactory basis. This is not, a gratuitous conjecture, but a
reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in the duties
on coffee and sugar; and, above all, it is confirmed by the only two
existing precedents of a reduction in the tax upon tea itself. In
1744, the duty was reduced from 131. 18s. 75 d. per cent. and 46. per
lb. to 381. 18s. 734 d. per cent.. and Is. per lb. The consumption im-
mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re-
duced from 651. 15s. 10d. per cent. and Is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to loy
per cent. The consumption was at once more then doubled. In
1785 it was trebled, and in 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that pe-
riod the duty has gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the
East India Company it was 100 per cent.; and wider a system of in-
dividual enterprise and competition, it is nearly 200 per cent. Every
reduction in the price of the article has, however, been followed by
an increase in its consumption.
The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an
average of about I%lb. per head per annum for the entire popula-
tion. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually afforded to
domestic servants in families of the middle classes ; it is less than
one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel Islands, where all
intoxicating beverages are far cheaper than in this country ; and it
is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion used in Australia, by a popu-
lation whose physical requirements will appear to most persons less
favourable to its use. Whatever test may be applied to our present
consumption, it will evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial
limits of price, and not by any objection to the qualities and proper-
ties of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the
conclusion that it is adapted more than any other beverage for in-
corporation with every description of diet, and for use at every
meal ; that it is suited to every variety of physical constitution,
and adequate to sustain every description of mental or corporeal
exercise.
sthoaf tththeccdosetaloefrethreegmeiorset,
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cover their investments in its purchase, three
order bto times the
The presednetsderuitpytiaemnsoeufnitienz
ittoistwevoi-dtheinrdt
a tax upon a tax; the magnitude of the im-
public have thus to pay
being indefensible and oppressive. Were
post, in the first instance,
consumer would obtain at least
profit which would repay them, were the article free of duty. Ihe
money that he now pays Mr 21bs. ; and
3lbs, of tea for the same
the larger quantity would be used.
there is no doubt whatever that
involves that of slbs. of
every pound of tea
As the consumption of
added to that on the increased
the duty reduced to Is. per lb., the
sugar, the extra duty on the latter, .
quantity of tea at Is.,
od ate eomtation, while the
millions, according to the most m
income might confidently
future enlargement of this source of public
be expected.upon those
The committee conceive it unnecessary to enlarge-
would at once
eyrield a revenue of about four
aded that the
impost. They are persu
operation of a more equitable
Impede the use of a cheap
removal of those restrictions which novo
to the happiness
and salubrious beverage would be highly conducive.
moral and social benefits that may fairly be anticipated wider the
radical dissua-
perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying p
th tax as now
elves from crime. They regard the burden o i e
under what-
and well-being of the community, by encouraging habits of tem-
-cially developed ; and t ey there•
ever character these may be benef.
in their efforts
11 classes
fore invite the sympathy and support of a
pressing upon the energies of the entire populat on, h
for its removal.

WILLIAM XICOL, chairman.

Liverpool, November, 1846.

AGENTLEMAN of considerable influence and
long standing onthe Liverpool Exchange is desirous of taking
an Agency, which he could further by his general knowledge of the
Merchant,, Shipowners, Ship -nd pr. duce Brokers, &c., of Liver-
pool- Ills references will be of the most unexceptionable character.
Apply by letter,
Liverpool. .
only, to "L. S. li. Box C., 112," Post-office,

110 WHOLESALE CABINET MAKERS,
UPHOLSTERERS, PAPER STAINERS. and FACTORS.
The ADVERTISER, having a first-rate connexion thoughout
Scotland, amongst Cabinet Maker 4, Upholsterers, and Paper Hangers,
wishes a Commission trom any respectable parties for any article in
the above trades. •

•
The Advertiser, residing in Scotland, and taking his journey twice a
year. Most resptctvbie references and se,urlty to any amount can
be given.—Address, A. L., Post-office, Glasgow.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW WORK OA lITIILICAL CRITICISM.
In the course o January will be published, in Bvo., Vol. 1., Part 1., to
be continued Quarterly,.
ASYX4 /PSIS of CRI'FICISAIS upon those
PASSAGES of the OLD TESTAMENT in which MODERN
COMMENTARORS have differed from the AUTHORISED VER
SION : together with an Explanation of various Difficulties in the
Hebrew and English Texts. By the Rev. RICHARD A. F. BAR-
RE VT, M.A., Fellow of King's (allege, Cambridge.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

On Monday, the 18th, will be published, in two thick and handsome
Bvo. volumes, the Third Edition, corrected throughout, enlarged,
end greatly improved, of a
DESCRIPTIVE and STATISTICAL
ACCOUNT of the BRITISH EMPIRE ; exhibiting its
Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and
Religious Institutions: By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.

NC YC L OPIEDIA BRITANNICA.
_LA Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER.
In 21 volumes 4to. Illustrated by 506 Engravings on Steel, and

many thousands on Wood.
An Index of 68,000 References, compiled with great industry and
judgment, is appended to the work, forming a ready key to its multi-
farious contents.

Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers.

PERFECT FREEDOM from COU GAS, in
Ten Minutes after use, Is ensured by
DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.
From Mr. W. H. Waterhouse, Chemist, George-street, Ashton-
under-Lyne.

"Jan. 8, 1846
" Gentlemen,—One of our most respectable townsmen called upon
me yesterday, and stated that -he had derived more benefit from
Locock's Wafers than from all the cough medicines he has used for
the past five-and-twenty years. SeVeral other cases equally remark-
able nave been reported, so that the efficacy of the medicine in this
district is now beyond dispute.

(Sizned) W. H. WA.TERHOUSE."
Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of
asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs.
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Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d.. and I Is. per box.
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Sold by all medicine vendors.

SAUNDERS' RAZOR STROP.
THE METALLIC TABLET STROP, for keeping R 4.ZORS
hi perfect order, has been in constant use for the last thirty years.
The following certificates, from the most scientific gentlemen, are
published to show their worth

From General James Tallmadge, President of the American In-

statute,

" Saunders' Razor Strop, with its four sides, combines admirably
all the requisites to sharpen and set Razors with a fine and smooth
edge ;—it is a real comfort to possess it.
" New York, Nov. 1841. JAMES TALLMADGE."
" From Professor Griscom and Dr. Valentine Mott.

" George Saunders' Imperial Strop.—We can freely testify to its
value. The side which he calls the Metallic Tablet is, as far as we
know, a thing of hid own intrbduction into this country ; it appears
to be an excellent, convenient substitute for a hone, and operates on
the same principle as steel does upon a table-knife, but with far
greater smoothness and certainty; it save+ the unpleasant necessity
of oil and water, to assist in whetting. The other three sides of the
Strop are extremely well finished, flat, smooth, and almost elastic,
preserving the razor from that roundness of edge which so soon
destroys its keenness.

" J. GRISCOM.
" May 10, 1827. " VALENTINE MOTT."
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The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve
years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RtrroN and BURTON'S)
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into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin
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Fiddle Threaded King's
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—39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in
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TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON.
Doncaster, September 26th, 1844.
Sig,—The following particulars have been handed to us with a
request that they might be forwatded to you, with permission for
heir publication, if you should deem them worthy of such.
J. BROOKE and Co., Doncaster.
- Elizabeth Brearley, residing in Duke-street, Doncaster, aged
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confined to her bed for a period of nearly two months, with scarcely
the power to lift her arm ; she was signally benefited after taking
two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and after
finishing two boxes was quite recovered'
The above recent testimonial is a rurther proof of the great efficacy
of this valuable medicine, which is the most effective T remedy for
he
Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloroux,
Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and
alus in t
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gentlemen, selected from a multitude o :others, whose station in
society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public
esteem :—.l. It. Mandell, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster ;
the Rev. Dr.
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maltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq.,
Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; William Courtenay, Esq.,
Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom
have received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the
proprietor the privil2ge of publishing the same for the benefit of the
afflicted.
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Ask for BLAIR'S' GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
the name and address of Thoma, Prout 229, Strand, Londoon."
impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each b"
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gen mine Medicine

M. TRIERS'S HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND
EMPIRE.—The sixth volume of the authorised English
edition of this important work, translated by D. Forbes
Campbell, Esq., has just been published by Mr. Col-
burn. Under the titles of " Ulm " and e Trafalgar,"
" Austerlitz" and the " Confederation of the Rhine,
M. Thiers has e.nbodied in the present volume the great
events which occurred between October, 1805, and Au-
gust, 1806. The disasters of France on the ocean, and
her triumphs on the Continent, are portrayed with
the a
masterly hand. The diplomatic negotiations of
period are laid bare, and the political reconstruction of
Germany explained with admirable lucidity. Although
the author has entered minutely into the internal condi-
tion of Imperial Fiance, her military strength and or
her system of finance, national education, pub-
lic works, &c., he has reserved space to record what was
passing in the other states of Europe, and to pay a
noble and eloquent tribute of admiration to the memories
of Nelson, Pitt, and Fox.
BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JAN. B.—A. large busi-
ne,s has been transacted in our sugar-market since the
re-opening of the offices on Tuesday last, and prices
have imp, oved about Is. per cwt,—Bristol Mercury.
THE HIGHLAND CLANS.----Tile following is an
alphabetical list of all the known clans of S
distinct icotland, with
a description a the particular badge of with
a wot nby each clan respectively, and which served
as the distinguishing mark of their chiefs:—Buchanan,
birch— Cameron, oak— Campbell, myrtle—Chisholm,
Oder—Colquhoun, hazle—Cumming, common sallow--
Drummond, holly—Farquharson, purple foxglove—per_
guson,poplar—Forbes,broora—Fraser,Yew—Gordon,joy
—Graham, laurel— Grant, cranberry heath—Gunn, rose-
wood—Lamont, crabapple-tree Macalister, five-leaved
heath—M‘Donald, bell heath
M John'sa cl (a 3 , bu l l-
hwort
heath—M‘Farlane, cypress— WDougal, cloud berry bush
—Macgregor, pine—M.lntosh, boxwood—Mackay,
deer grass—M•Kinnon,St.
M•Lachlan, mountain ash—M`Lean, blackberryhereath
—M‘Leod, red wortle berries—M`Nab, rose back berries
M'Neil, seaware—M‘Pherson, variegated boxwoodri---es
MacQuarrie, black thorn—Wßae, fir club moss_
maple.) -Munro,
eagle's feathers—Menzies, ash—Mu
-rray, •h •
Ogilvy, hawthorn—Oliphant, the great piper—
son, fern Or brachins—Rose, brier rose—Ross bnehert-
ries—Sinclair, clover—Stewart, thistle—guthear ber-
ries—Sinclair,
cat's tail grass. The chief of each clan to
eagle's feathers in his bonnet, in addition wear two
to the forego-
ing badge of his clan.
DEATH OF JAMES SCULLY, ESQ. Died,---
re-
sidence, in Tipperary, on the night of the at his
after a short but severe illness, James Scully, Esq,,
31st ult.,
sen., in his 70th year. Mr. Scully was th
sur-
viving son of the late James Scully, Es e only
House, in this county, and was for nn€l, of Kilfeacle
leading and active partner in the respectableay years the
establishment in Tipperary, carried on under banking
Up to his death he was the director of they joint stockears he acted
his name.
bank in the same town. During several
as grand juror of this county, and
when
were relaxed, giving Roman Catholics thethe penal laws
holding the commission of the peace, he privilege of
the first of that class appointed to the responsible situ •
was amongst
ation of magistrate. Mr. Scully was the
magis-
trate of the barony in which he resided,senior
the commission for nearly torty years. As having held
name of the late James Scully will be lieig as the
will be associated with all those recoll,cti:emembered, it
sity, high-mindedness, independence, and
dans of genero-
ciple, which through life marked his sterling
character.prin-
May he
' rest in peace,—Tipperary Free Press.

DEATH OF G. BYNG, ESQ., M.P.
Twenty years ago, the subject of this notice was an
exceedingly fine specimen of the old English country
gentleman; but for some time past, ceasing to be a fine
old man, he became a very feeble old man, and the more
onerous duties which appertain to the representation of
Middlesex devolved upon his colleagues. Still, on all
great party divisions, he managed to get down and re-
cord his vote, generally in favour of what are called
liberal p,inciples; but, sila,‘! his attenuated form was
only a remnant of what had ono been a magnate
amongst English squires—a venerable wreck—the skele-
ton, if not, the shadow, of his former self. At length,
however, to the great regret of his nutnerOus and affi c
donate friends, he has reached the goal to which all
men are involuntarily hastening. Ho ho so long was
father of the House of Commons has, after attaining
a ripe old age, descended into the tomb of his own fathers,
forgetting the world, and soon to be by the world for-,
gotten. He was born in London, on the 18th of May,
in the year 1764, and had therefore attained the great
age of 82.

The lineLge of Mr. Byng is the same as that of the
Viscounts Torrington, a family of great antiquity in the
county of K-nt ; its honours in the peerage, however,
are of comparatively recent date. Admiral Georg,-
Byng, created a barona by Queen Anne, was raised, in
1721, by George 1., to the dignity of a viscount. His
third son, Robert, became the father of George Byng,
who for some years represented the county of Middle-
sex in Parliament, and who married Anne, daughter of
the Right Hon. William Conolly, of Castletown. in Ire-
land, by whom he had several children. Of these the
eldest was the very estimable person whose name stands
at the head of this notice. Being the heir-apparent
of his father, whose fortune was considerable, having
good expectations, which were subsequently realised,
trom Mr. Conolly, who had no sons, and who possessed
great estates in Ireland, Mr. George Byng never once
thought of engaging in any profession, but was natu-
rally regarded as the probable successor of his father in
the representation of Middlesex. Down to the period,
therefore, of his becoming a member of Parliament, the
greater part of his time was spent as that of
country gentlemen usually was in those days ;
he participated in the field sports of his
neighbourhood, and he shared with his father the cares
and the responsibilities which belonged to the possession
of those estates to the ownership of which he was des-
tined to succeed, but which do not now descend to any
offspring ot his own; for, though he married in early life,
Harriet, the eighth daughter of Sir William Mont-
gomery, Bart., and sister of Anne, Marchioness Towns-
bend, yet he leaves no issue. Mrs. Byng died about a
year ago, and Lord Strafford is, we believe, the nearest
surviving relative of the excellent gentleman whose death
we have now to record. The father of Mr. Byng died
in the year 1790, and his son (who had previously been
a candidate for Maidstone, the principal town of that
county in which his family had been originally seated)
offered himself for Middlesex, and was returned as the
colleague of Mr. Mainwaring, sen. From that time
till he expired at two o'clock yesterday, he never
ceased (except during dissolutions of Parliament) to
be knil,ht of the shire for the great metropolitan
county; he enjoyed the confidence of its constituency
for a period of 56 years, and was returned by their suf
frages to 16 successive Parliaments. But he was not
always returned without opposition, nay, sometimes he
was obliged to contend against considerable difficulties.
At the general election in 1806 he presented himself
under some circumstances rather unfavourable to his
popularity, in consequence, it was said, of an unfortunate
allusion in his advertisement to one of the three candi-
dates (Sir Francis Burdett). Notwithstanding, how-
ever, a declaration against him on the part of the county
club, and notwithstanding a violent struggle on the part
of Mr. Mellish, Mr. Byng was returned by a majority of
two to one ; but, for the first time since he entered Par-
liament, he was not placed at the head of the poll, and
when he returned to St. James's-square in his triumphal
car, he was not received with those enthusiastic plaudits
which usually greeted him upon such occasions. The
election of 1806 was an exception to the general rule of
Mr. Byng's Parliamentary lite, for he almost always
stood at the head of the poll, al .d was supported not only
by the higher class of Whigs. but by the whole strength
of the Liberal party. Although some portions of this
aggregation of cities called London extend into Surrey,
Kent, and Essex, still those counties being of great ter-
ritorial dimensions are not yet quite impregnated to
their extremities with a town population; Middlesex,
however, is not only of more limited extent than any of
the other three counties, but it happens to contain three-
fourths of this monster metropolis; its two representa-
tives, therefore, may be regarded as the organs not only
of a vast trading and commercial race of men, but of the
most wealthy, dignified, and enlightened body of electors
who can be found amongst those classes. Yet George
Byng was not the greatest of legislators. Although he
represented a powerful constituency, he was not a power-
ful man. It is quite true that Pitt, Fox, Peel, and Can-
uing, occasionally sat for important places, yet throughout
a great portion of their respective careers they derived no
reflected influence from the dignity of their constituents.
Mr. Byng's Parliamentary weight, however, was not in
himself, but in those who sent him. Tiverton has long been
represented by Lord Palmerston; I)ungarvon, and such
places, by Shell; Caine, for many a year, by such men
as Macaulay and Mackintosh ; Winchilsea, by
Brougham ' • Burke was generally returned for a norni-
tion borough, and Sheridan by the potwallopers of Staf-
ford ; while innumerable instances every day arise of
men acquiring tho confidence of large constituencies
without any higher intellectual attainments than those
which Mr. Byng possessed ; but orators and statesmen
must often be content with the refuse of the electoral
bodies. The man who for more than half a century
represented Middlesex was a thoroughbred, true-hearted
gentleman—a staunch partisan—and, on the whole,
diligent in the discharge of his public duties, yet nei-
ther learned, eloquent, nor profound. But the influence
of unimpeacbed political character and high personal
honour is always practically recognised by the con-
stituencies of England. If Mr. Byng were to give
an account of his own political life, he would pro-
bably recall, and endeavour to revive, that admira-
tion of genius to which youth is more prone than
age, and say, " I entered the House of Commons
when its councils were guided by a race of
intellectual giants. My early days were spent
amongst such men as Pitt, Burke, Fox, Windham, Dun-
ning, Wedderburne, Erskine, Dundas, Grenville, Sheri-
dan, and Grattan. Amidst such associates I gave my
entire confidence to my illustrious friend, 111 r. Fox ; and
I have lived to enjoy the satisfaction of seeing many of
his principles carried out into practice—religion set free,
Parliament reformed, the restrictions on the importation
of food in course of being abolished, the slave trade, and
even slavery itself suppressed, and the Whig party
filling the Cabinet of the Sovereign." Such, no doubt,
were the conscientious feelings of the excellent and
honourable man just deceased ; but almost every tyro
in politics knows that the true principles of the Whig
school were not those upon which Mr. Byng acted. In
the Regency debates of 1789 Pitt said of Fox " I'll un-
whig the gentleman;" but Fox unwhigged himself, and
his party followed that example. Mr. Byng put his
faith in the great opponent of Pitt, and renounced all
other leaders. Mr. Byng, throughout his long life,
proved how fully he believed that the doctrines which
the Ministers of George 111. and George IV. held
were " damnable and heretical." He loved his
country, but, judging from his Parliamentary
votes, one would say he sometimes thought
that the interest of the Whig aristocracy was the same
thing as the interest of the British nation. As we have
referred to the measures which he supported, let not
those which he opposed be forgotten. He uniformly
raised his voice against everything proposed by Pitt,
Perceval, Liverpool, Wellington, and all other Tories.
He was ready to make peace with the French regicides,
then with the usurping Emperor, or by any process to
arrest that glorious resistance to foreign tyranny which
has already given to Europe thirty-two years of repose,
and secured to England empire, and freedom, and tame.
Unhappily, the influence of party darkened the intel-
lectual vision of Mr. Byng. But, though he might
have been in some respects a mistaken politician, he
was always an honest man. He had the moral courage
often to vote in small minorities ; often to support
measures which of late years ceased to be unpopular
—which have been accepted by the natibn, and ex-
posed with advantage to the test of prolonged and
practical experience. Having said thus much of
Mr. Byng's votes in Parliament, justice to his me-
mory requires that a willing testimony should be
borne to the readiness and cordiality with which out
of the House he supported the interests of his party and
the maintenance of what be believed to be liberal princi-
ples. He was always ready to meet and account with
those whose " most sweet voices" sent him into the
House of Commons, and they, in return, never deserted
him. Whether Wood, or Hume, or Pownal, Forbes,
Lillie, or Mellish, Whitbread, Burdett, or Mainwaring,
started for the county, George Byng's name was almost
always at the head of the poll. Old age and declining
strength finally induced Mr. Byng to relax his hold
upon the representation of Middlesex. On the last day
of the year 1846 he issued an address, taking leave of
his constituents. It was an affecting farewell from a
man who had seen two generations of electors pass away,
and who had lived to witness so many
changes in the
political constitution and social condition, not only of
England, but of the whole family of nations. Mr. Byng
expired at a quarter past two o'clock yesterday after-
noon, at his residence Wrotham-hall, Middlesex.—
Times.

---
DEATH OF MR. HAWKINS, TAE VOCALIST.—It iS
with deep regret that we announce the death of this
talented and much respected musician, which took place
at his residence on Saturday morning. Mr. Hawkins
had for many years past occupied a distinguished po-
sition in the musical profession. He was looked up
to by his compeers as an artist thoroughly proficient
in tha science of music. He was member of the choirs
of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal, and has
for many years been considered the first 'alto singer in
the metropolis. His death, which was quite unexpected,
was caused by internal inflammation. He had but a
short time previously been in the enjoyment of excel-
lent health.
THE PENINSULAR MEDALS.—The number of medals
likely to be required will not, we are informed, exceed
half a million.

NEW ZEALAND.
PLymorra, JAN. 9.—The barque Portley, Captain
Francis Reed, put in here yestereay, bound to London ;
left the Mauritius on the 9,h, and Cape of Good Hope on
the 31st of October. Her Majesty's sloop Snake, 16,
Commander Thomas B. Brown, was at the Mauritiu-.
Her Majesty's ship President, 50, Captain P. Stan!. y,
flag. ship of Admiral Deere, had left- before the Pc.rtley
sailed. The unpleasant feeling of the French toward
the English, caused by the misunderstanding bete, eon
the English Admiral and the French Consnl at the Mat,-
ritius, has not yet subsided. Her Majesty's frigate
Conway, 26, Captain William Kelley, left the Cape for
the Mauritius about the 20th of October. The Portley,
which is laden with sugars from the Mauritius, anl w,,01
and hides from the Cape, reports the ship Pestonje,
Bomanjee, lat. 7 50, long. 22 12 W., Nov. 28; the Wasp,
lat. 24 28, long. 29, Dec. 11 the Dutch ship Pieter
Floritz, from Batavia for Amsterdam, lat. 29 50, long.
29 4 W., Dec. 20 ; the Virginia, from London for New
Orleans, long. 22 30, lat. 29 16, Dec. 20; and the Amity
Hall, London, lat. 47 43, long. 12 50, Jan. 5. The
schooner Triton, of Brixham, was off Plymouth yester-
day, bound up Channel.

The barque Mery, Captain Levens, arrived at Ply-
mouth on the 9th of January; left Auckland September
20; rounded Cape Horn Oct. 23; touched at Pernam-
buco on the 3d, and left on the sth of December. She
is laden with copper ore, flax, oil, cowrie gum (from the
cowrie tree), and the bark of the hirrau, a new black
dye, considered most valuable. Her passengers are
Captain Sweeney (late American barque Noble), Mrs.
Skivington and two children, Mr. O'Neal, Mr. Little-
wood, Mr. Reeves, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Potts, Mrs. Hill,
Mr. M‘liey and family, and Mr. Seaman and family-
Her Majesty's ship Castor, 36, Captain Charles Graham
her Majesty's ship Racehorse, 18, Commander George
J. Hay, and a sloop of war, not the Carysfort, were at
Auckland.. A native chief, of Banghieta's tribe, was
on board one of these ships. The merchant vessels Stra-
, thalia and Haidee were advertised .to sail Nov. 1; the
Cecilia, in all that month; and the Mary Katherine,
after her repairs are completed at Kaipara.
The settlement of Auckland is in a most flourishing
condition. The government of Captain Grey gives en•
tire satisfaction. Emigrants from Sydney anti Hobart
Town are constantly arriving. A mounted police, coal-
, posed partly of natives, has been some time established,
and its beneficial efftcts are felt dad). The church and
college for the natives is in full operation. Good order
and decorum prevails, and the Sabbath-day is respected.
The Government are erecting barracks upon a most ex-
tensive scale. llappily for this settlement the neigh-
bouring tribe, that of the Waleata, the most populJus on
the island, is friendly disposed towards the settlers, for
whom they willingly labour for hire. Their chief, Te
Werrowerro, who is called the King of New Zealand,
lately offered Captain Grey help to suppress disturbances
created by another chief. This proffered assistance the
Governor most prudently declined to accept, being
willing to put down the tumult with his own forces,
thereby preventing the two tribes from becoming em-
broiled through British interests, and at the same time
exhibiting undeniable proof of the colonial Government
to quell the outbreak themselves. Within a radius of
50 miles round Auckland the country is unequalled for
agricultural and arable purposes, and the land is culti-
vated entirely by settlers, assisted by the natives. Land
in the country ranges from 10s. to 101. per acre. Town
land in some parts has recently obtained 30/. per foot
frontage, with a depth of 50 feet; in other parts 31.
Flour, 20s. per cwt.; pork, 2id. per lb.; fresh butter,
Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; tea, 25.; and sugar, 4id. per lb.
Dollars, 4s.

Hostilities in the north of the island, said to be first
caused by the interference of the Americans, is now en-
tirely arranged. The war was between the natives and
the Government, and not between the natives and the
settlers. The two latter are now on good terms, and
the native chief, Heki, regrets ever having taken any
hostile steps.
There was no British man-of-war at Pernambuco.
Freights very high, and still rising. Several English
vessels laid on. Not so much shipping there as usual.

LORD J. RUSSELL and the FAMILY

• OF THOMAS HOOD.
(From the Examiner.)
It will be seen in the subjoined copy of Lord John
Russell's letter to the friends of Mr. Hcod's family, that
the continuance of the pension lapsed on the death of
Mrs. Hood is impossible, a fact which his Lordship states
with a kind expression of regret. It is to the last de.
gree disgraceful to the country, that the fund available
for such purposes is a pitiful 1,2001. a year. Better, far
better, to abolish the bounty altogether, than to stint
it so miserally, for the niggardly dole measures the
national liberality with the most damning exactness.
Some one in Parliament should propose either to aug-
ment the fund or to sweep it away, with the admission
that the State denies the claims of distressed literary
merit. The comparison between the prodigality to
military services (however questionable both the merits
of the success and the result), and the measured parsi-
mony to literature and science, is too odious.
"Downing-street, Jan. 4.
" Gentlemen,—l have had the honour to receive your
letter of the 30th of December.

"After stating the circumstances of the grant of a
pension to Mrs. Hood by her Majesty, you request me
to advise the Queen to renew the grant, in the name of
the public, for the benefit of the very objects for whom
it was originally intended.' It is necessary that I should
explain to you why this cannot be done.

"Upon the accession of the present Queen, it was de-
termined by Parliament, on the recommendation of a
Committee of the House of Commons, that, instead of a
fixed sum to be granted in pensions, an annual sum of
1,200/. should be at the disposal of the Crown.
" Under the former plan, when a pension fell vacant it
could be renewed to any member or members of the
family; under the present arrangement, the pension
lapses to the public, and cannot be renewed. It is true
a pension can be granted if any portion of the 1,200/. re
mains undisposed of; but that is not at present the case.
The whole sum has been already bestowed, and any
grant I should recommend for the children would be
illegal and void.

"-I-much regret this circumstance. I should have been
happy to have recommended the continuance of this pen-
sion, but until June next the Crown has not the power
to grant any pension on the civil list.
" I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
" J. RUSSELL.
" Messrs. D. Salomons, W. Elliot, and Thos. Pringle.'

SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR EDWARD EAST., BART.—
We regret to announce the sudden decease of Sir Ed-
ward Hyde East, Bart., at his residence, Sher oud
Lodge, Battersea. The deceassd, who was in his s3d
year, was one of the members of her Majesty's Privy
Council, and Indian assessor. Sir Edward went to town
on Thursday, returned apparently in his usual health,
and retired early to rest, after partaking of a very hearty
supper. It had been the deceased's invariable custom to
throw open his chamber door at seven o'clock every
morning, that the fire might be lighted. At eight
o'clock on Friday morning the door was not open as
usual, and the domestics, after knocking for some time
and receiving no reply, became alarmed, forced the door,
and discovered Sir Edward lying in bed, dead and cold.
He appeared to have expired withouta struggle. The ne-
cessary information has been forwarded to Mr. Carter,
the coroner for East Surrey. Sir Edward East was
much beloved by the poor of Battersea, to whom he was
extremely charitable, and his loss will be much felt.
Count Revel, formerly Secretary of the Sardinian
Legation, has returned to this country, having been
appointed Sardinian Chargé d'Affaires in London, in
consequence of the death of Count Pollon, the late Mi-
nister.

FIRE AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
Yesterday afternoon (Sunday), between four and five
o'clock, a fire, which created considerable alarm, broke
out in a small wooden building, termed the Cokemen's
Lodge, situate in No. 3 arch of the Eastern Counties
Railway, Bell-court, Wheeler-street, Spitalfields. The
building was used by the men employed on the line to
dry their clothes in, and it is supposed that some wear-
ing apparel had been left too near the stove, and, becom-
ing ignited, had set the place in a blaze. In the course
of a few minutes the parish engines arrived, and also six
belonging to the London establishment and the West of
England. Plenty of water being at hand, the flames were
soon extinguished, but not before the lodge was burned
down and a tool-shed damaged.
ELY AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.—This line
will be opened for passenger traffic on Thursday next.
The Government inspector will, we understand, proceed
down the line this day, and should his report be favour-
able, as in all probability it will, there will be no further
obstacle to the opening ; thus giving Cambridge and
Norwich a direct railway communication with .
Peter-
borough, Northampton, Birmingham, Liverpool, &c.
Since the line has been opened for luggage and ock,
we understand a great deal of business has been _ done,
which will, no doubt, gradually increase.—Cambridge
Independent Press.
" RESERVE MY BED."—On Saturday morning an
impudent robbery was effected on the premises of Mr.
J. Shipman, Sun Coffee-house, 136, St. John-street. On
the previous night a gentlemanly man called on Mr.
Shipman, and after partaking of supper, engaged a bed
and retired to rest. He waited on the following morning
until the other inmates of the house had gone down
stairs, and then he broke into Mr. Shipman's sleeping-
' room, from which he stole a dark suit of clothes, con-
sisting of a dress coat, a double-breasted waistcoat, and
blsek trousers; also a mourning ring, a breast pin, and
other property, the whole of which he concealed about
him. When he came down-stairs he threw the atti nd-
ants in the house completely off their guard, by prai,ing
the accommodation he had received, and reque:,ted they
would reserve the bed for him, at the sam, tine hanzhig
over the price of the same. He then walked away. He
is about twenty-two years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high,
and was dressed in a Taglioni °oat.