The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-16 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND.
AT a PUBLIC MEETING, held in the
GUILDHALL of the City of London (pursuant to a
Requisition from the Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners, and
Inhabitants of the said City), on Wednesday, the 15th April,
1810;

The Right Hon, the LORD MAYOR in the Chair.
love 4 by GEORGE PALMER, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by the

Hon. FRANCIS BARING, M.P. :
Resolved—lst. That it is an object of high national impor-
tance to maintain inviolate the rights of the British Crown in
the islands of New Zealand, subject to those of the native in-
habitants.

oved by BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by MAR-

TIN SMITH, Esq. :
Resolved-2d. That, deeply impressed with the pernicious
results of convict colonization, this:Meeting earnestly deprecates
the establishment of a penal settlement, whether British or fo-
reign, in any part of New Zealand.
Moved by HENRY GEORGIC WARD, Es,

M. P

seconded

by AA RON CHAPMAN, Esq. My.
Resolved —3d. That, as the settlement of New Zealand by
British subjects is rapidly progressing without law or order, it
is indispensable to the well-being of her Majesty's subjects
already established in New Zealand, and of the many. others
preparing to emigrate thither, as well as of the native inhabi-
tants, that provision be made without further delay for the re-
gular administration of British law in New Zealand; for se-
curing to all the means of moral and religious instruction ; and
for substituting a judicious system of colonization for the pre-
sent lawless practices of individuals.
Movesl by GEORGE R. ROBINSON, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by
ST UA ET DONA LDSON
Resolved-4th. That the petition now read be adopted, and
do lie for signature during the Easter recess; that the Right
Hon. the Earl of Devon be requested to lay the same before
her Majesty, that the Right HA
requested to present the same to the House of Lords, and that
the Right Hon. Lord Eliot be requested to present the same to
the House of Commons.
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Moved by the Rev. Prebendary DENNIS; seconded by CHARLES
ENDERE Sr, Esq. :
Resolved—That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be offered
to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for his kindness in lending
the Guildhall for the use of the Meeting, and for his able and
judicious conduct in the Chair.
(Signed) W. C. YOUNG, Honorary Secretary.

" A finer subject for an historical romance could
not have been selected, and very ably has Mr. Spencer handled
his materials. We place the Prophet of the Caucasus upon our
shelves next to Mr. Morier's ' Zohrab,' or Ayesha,' thereby
assigning to him what we deem a post of distinguished honour.
The Empress Catherine, Joseph 11. of Austria, Abdul-Named
the Caliph of Turkey, the rival Khans of Krim Tartary, Selim
and Chahyn, Prince Potemkin, Sovoroff, are among the cha-
racters which figure in the exciting scenes here displayed all
pictured with historic verisimilitude, and placed in attitudes to
keep attention alive, while over them all towers Elijah Mansour ;
the high-priest, prophet, and chieftain, of the chivalric tribes of
the Caucasus, by' whom his memory is warmly cherished to
this day, and whose name is still, as long may it be, the rally-
ing cry to arms in that land of mountains which still proves, as
in the days of Catherine, ' the Russian soldier's grave.' The
warlike songs with which the work is interspersed, correspond
with those yet sung by the heroic mountaineers; who success-
fully defy the Autocrat of all the Russias with all his millions,
and are incomparably the best we have lately met with. We
think some of them scarcely inferior to Byron's spirit-stirring
Albanian war-song, Tambourgi ! Tambourgi ! thy larum
afar.' " Conservative Journal.

TH E MODERN S 0 RCERER.—SO wonderfully
extraordinary are many of the thousands of cures that are daily
being• performed by the use alone of Holloway's Ointment and
his External Disease Pill in cases of Old Wounds, Ulcers, Can-
cers, Bad Legs, Bad Breasts, and Contracted Limbs and
Joints, as to lead some persons almost to suppose that their
agency is bordering on supernatural power. Let those who
labour under what they may consider as incurable external dis-
eases have recourse to them, but always use these two medi-
cines together. They may be had of every respectable Vender
of Patent Medicines throughout the kingdom, or at the Pro-
prietor's Establishment, 13, Broad-street-buildings, where ad-
vice may be had gratis.

•
MR. THEODORE HOOK'S NEW NOVEL,
" PRECEPTS AND PRACTICE."—We are requested to state
that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day
published " Precepts and Practice," by Theodore Hook, Esq.,
Author of "-Sayings and Doings," in 3 vols. post Bvo., with
Portrait of the Author and numerous Illustrations by Phiz,
which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also
just published " Jack Ashore," by the Author of " Rattlin the
Reefer," " Outward Bound," &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo., with
Portrait of the Author ; and " The Widow Married," a Sequel
to " Widow Barnaby," by Mrs. Trollope, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
with Twenty-one Humorous Illustrations by R.W. Buss, R. A.
39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.—
DaaFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater proof of
the value of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomone Invisible Opera-
' tire Voice Conductor, and newly-invented Spectacle Lenses,
cannot be adduced, than the circumstance of the many thou-
sands of individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit and
instant relief, and the constant immense demand there is for
them, and the patronage they have, and daily continue to re-
ceive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons disclaim all connec-
tion with persons of the same name, and the sale of amber spec-
tacles; the pernicious use of amber spectacles being now well
known to the public, and the vendor being aware of it, he has
therefore altered their name, by leaving out the word " Am-
ber," and calling them "Patent Spectacles." Dr. Andrew
lire, Esq., M.D., F. 11.5., &c., states amber is most power-
fully electrical by friction, very hot, to such an extent as to ex-
plode into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a ner-
vous tremor in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they encounter great
danger by handling such dreadfully excited electrics. Amber
i ; of such a soft and sticky nature, that it is apt to take fire ;
and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bobbles up, and will
burn away with flame. This statement is further confirmed by
Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, as also by Parks and Herns on
Chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a ma-
terial for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascertained at
any respectable optician's in London.-39, Albemarle-street.
We find that the number of persons committed
to the Gaol and House of Correction of Durham during the
three months ending 31st March, 1839, was 205, and that for
the same period of the present year the number was 280 show-
ing an increase of 75, or nearly one-third ! ,
an application
.vas
TILE LONER
made at Hatton Garden, with a view of putting a stop to the
persevering attachment of Mr. Newman to Miss White. A
day or two ago it will be recollected that the Recorder repri-
mantled Mr. Newman, whom he cautioned not to persist in an-
noying Miss White or her family, but he expressed his deter-
mination to do en, aml he had kept to his word. On Sunday
morning last, whilst Mr. White and his family were at church,
Mr. Newman placed himself in a situation immediately oppo-
site to them, and did everything to attract Miss White's atten-
tion. No breach of the peace having been committed, the
Court, of course, could not interfere.
Lord Ellenlwrough intends
to wove after the
Easter recess " For a Select. Committee on the subject of
Publication of the Papers, Proceedings, and Reports of this
House.'.'