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London, England, 1847-12-29

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1847.

In spite of the declared opposition of thirteen
Bishops, in spite of the presumed objections of the
Primate of England and of several other members of
the episcopacy, in defiance of the scorn—the vociferous
and acrimonious scorn—of HANKY of ExOTER, in the
teeth of Canon HUNTINGFORD and of Dean MERE-
WETUER, in contempt of protests, remonstrances, and
petitions, the Rev. RENN DICKSON HAMPDEN, Regius
Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford,
has been duly and formally elected to the see of Here-
ford. According to the intimation contained in the
cone d'dlire, the nomination of Dr. HAMPDEN by
her Most Gracious MAJESTY was to be confirmed on
Tuesday, the 28th day of December, 1847, by the
Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Hereford,
and in compliance with that ordinance three certificates
have already been forwarded to the Crown, to the
Bishop elect, and to the Archbishop of CANTER-
BURY, announcing the acceptance of the divine re-
London, England, 1847-12-29

THE BRAZILS.

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FALMOUTH, DEC. 27.—The Crane packet, Lieute- I
nant Parsons commander, arrived from Rio de
Janeiro this forenoon, with the Brazil mails of the'
13th November. Passengers—Viscount and Vis-
countess de Barrel, Mr. Freeland, and Stephen Rowe,
miner; and a small freight of gold and silver. Bri-
tish ships of war at Rio de Janeiro—Eagle, Crescent,
Modeste, and Griffin ; American line-of-battle ship
Ohio; French brig Alsacienne, which latter vessel
brought General Rivera from the River Plate. On
the Bth of November, in consequence of the distress-
ing accounts from England received by her Majesty's
steamer Fury, the money market was suddenly para-
lysed ; and though business had subsequently recom-
menced to a limited extent, and at a reduction in the
rate of exchange on London, closed flat at 27k. The
negotiations since the departure of the Swift packet
were estimated at 260,0001. on London ; on Paris, at
340 to 345, about 850,000 f.; and on Hamburg, at
640r5., about 90,000 m. bco.
In coffee considerable purchases had been made
during the latter part of October and beginning of
November. For superior washed and pulped, 3 dolls.
200 to 3 dolls. 800 per aroba ; superior, 2 dolls.
850 to 2 dolls. 900 ; first good, 2 dolls. 650 to 2 dolls.
700 ; first ordinary, 2 dolls. 500 to 2 dolls. 550 ; but
on receipt of intelligence by the Fury all operations
had stopped, and it was not unlikely prices would
experience a further depression. Shipments in No-
vember, 71,360 bags.

FESTIVITIES AT WOBURN ABBEY. - The gaieties
of the festiye season have been kept up in the " good
old English style" by the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
ford. His Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Vis-
count and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady
Beauvale, the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady
Emily de Burgh, and the Earl and Countess Granville
closed their visit on Monday, and departed for town.
Lord Forester and Lord Edward Howard left on Satur-
day, the former for Leicestershire, and Lord Edward for
Arundel Castle. Baroness de Clifford and the Hon.
Miss Russell went on Monday to the family seat in Lei-
cestershire. Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, on
Monday, left for East Lodge, Brighton. His Excellency
the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen arrived from
town on Monday; and a large party assembled there
this week. Lord and Lady John Russell intend to pro-
long their visit at the Abbey about ten days longer.
Lord Glenelg and the other members of the family are
remaining until the close of the week.

The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of
Commons has appointed the [ion. George Waidegrave,
youngest son of Earl Wahlegrave, assistant librarian of
the House of Commons, in the room of ➢lr. T. Erskine
May, who has accepted the office of taxing master of
print, J3ills.
London, England, 1847-12-29

STARTLING FACTS.

The Lincoln Mercury says :—The practice of taking
opium, laudanum, ether, and morphia, has increased,
and is increasing, amongst the population of the fens
of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, to a frightful
extent. It obtains amongst the aged, the infirm, and
the young, and it is confined to neither sex—old
men, old women, and young women, are equally
its victims. It may be safely averred, that every
second customer who visits the druggist's pur
chases opium, laudanum, or some opiate or narcotic,
whilst every second customer of the grocer is a
purchaser of tobacco. It is common to see the man
or woman of twenty, thirty, or forty years
with cadaverous countenance, tottering frame, and
palsied step, daily going for his or her sixpenny-
worth of poison, and we have heard of yearly bills
of 201. in one family for opium and laudanum !
In the town of Wisbeach alone there are 400
.gallons
of laudanum sold and swallowed every. ear • eiiiht
tually vending two gallons of this quantity ! The
apothecary's practice is thus a lucrative one in-
.the
fens. Take away the laudanum and retail trade, and
the druggist's occupation is gone—it is the staple of
the trade. Added to this frightful consumption. of
laudanum, there are 1,128,780 gallons of beer, and
20,500 gallons of ardent spirits, consumed annually in
Wisbeach. To manufacture the one and to vend the
other there are no fewer than two malsters, twelve
brewers, nine wholesale' dealers in ardent spirits,
forty-eight innkeepers, and forty-five torn- and-jerries.
As if this were not enough to vitiate the appetite, or
rather to satisfy the cravings of a vitiated appetite,
there is to be added to the catalOgue the ft.ct of there
being a hundred and seventy persons retailing to-
bacco. To counteract all this laudanum, beer, and
spirit swallowing, and tobacco inhaling, there are
seventy dealers in coffee and tea, with two coffee-
houses, nicknamed temperance hotels.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. •
LIVERPOOL, Dac. 28.
STOCK EXCHAIGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East-
ern Jnnction, 21,;( dis.—East Lancashire, New, a dis.—
London and North-Western, New Quarters, 51,4 p.—Maa-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 14 dis.
—Midland, 109% e.—Ditto, Halves, 17i dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, 4 die.—North Union (A), 208% c.—Seath.-
Eastern and Dover, 3034—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 1% c. dis.-
-York, Newcastle, and Berwick_(G. N. E. Purchase), 1% p•
London, England, 1847-12-29

ILLUMINATED PRESENT BOOK.

Publshed This Day, square fcp. Svo.. uniform in size with " Parable*
of Our Lord," and "The Good Shunammite," 11. Is. in carted
t.inding; or 11. 10s. in morocco.
'THE MIRA( LES of OUR SAVIOUR.
With rich and appropriate Borders of original design, a series
of illuminated Figures of the Apostles from the Old Masters, Six
Illuminated Miniatures, And other Embellishments. By the
Illuminator of the " Parable..."
•
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'.
London, England, 1847-12-29

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
TKOMAS FARNCOM BE- Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Ilumpkery Esq., Alderman,
William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
-Moines Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pi'cher, Esq.
James Clift, Esq. ILewis Pocock, Esq.
I.upert Ingletoy, Esq. •
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
Snacievi—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Mall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
Parsons Assuring in this (Alice have the benefit of the Lowest
rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured,
And which is, in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have
likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance
Fund of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of
t;5;000/.., arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Policies.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.
London, England, 1847-12-29

ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSLTRAVIE SOCIETY.
25, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
bvith respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion •1 his in-
.crests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years en the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION •F PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1147, to declare a fifth
banns, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid ea each
policy effected en the profit scale.
London, England, 1847-03-30

PASSION WEEK.—LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRO-

NOMY, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
by Dr. BACHHOEFNER ; Mornings at Half-past Two
o'Clock, and Evenings at Eight, (except Good Friday, and the
Evening of Saturday), w,th Illustrations, in which the latest in-
teresting discoveries are given, and a Novel Musical .Accompani-
ntent by Dr. Wallis. AitMsritONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE. Chemical Lectures. The ♦aried Optical Effects include
the last beautitul DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the
DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &e., &c.
Admission Is. fiches's, half-price.
London, England, 1847-03-30

AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.
Just published, in 1 volume, post Bvo., price is. Gd. cloth.
THE FARMERS' FRIEND. A Record of
Recent Discoveries, Improvements, and Practical Suggestions
in Agriculture.
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Conahlll.

THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT.
A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE
SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Viet., cap. 65.--PATRONISED by
H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and
OFFICERS of the GUARDS.
This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the shoulder,
so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) fits
equally well either an an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK,
is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England,
expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest
Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive
appearance at least twice the tims of ordinary cloth, however good
the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re-
pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with ac ich dura-
ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its
softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect
ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned.
The 'WELLINGTON -URTOUT commends itself to all who desire
a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and
leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a
Half, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing
the royal anus, with a number indicative of the size, and name and
address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGEIIE, 6, CONDUIT-
STREET, REGENT-sTREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN-
SION-HOUSE, LONDON.
London, England, 1847-03-30

-.IWV INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LOR DS, March 29,
Th. House st,t to-day to hear apreak. The Pi4ers
present mere the Lord CitAlcellor, L,od ,Brougham, and
Lord Campbell.

THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW
RAILWAY V. THE BIAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL

OF LINLITLIGOW

The arguments in •his part-heard appral were resumed
this morning. and occupied their Lord-hips the whole:
day. The blowing are the short facts of the ease upon
which the appeal is founded :—The town of Linlithgow
enjoyed under several charters, confirmed by Acts of
Parliament, the right to take tolls on goods and car-
riages passing through the town. The town also enjoyed
the right to take tolls on Linlithgow bridge. In the
year 1638, an Act of Parliament, Ist and 2d Vict. c. 58.
was passed for making a railway between Edinburgh and
Glasgow, to be called the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way, which railway was to pass through Linlithgow, end
to cross the River Avon between West Bridge and its
mouth, by means of a viaduct or bridge above Linlith
gow-bridge. By the 237th section of the Railway Act, it
was enacted that" nothing in this Act should extend to
take away a bridge, or diminish aiiy rights, privileges,
jurisdictions, or powers which at present belong to and are
enjoyed, or which are claimed in virtue of acts of Par-
!lament, royal charters, immemorial usage, or otherwise,
by the magistrates and town council of the burgh, or by
the magistrate, or by any of them, to demand, take, re-
ceive, or levy customs upon any cattle, carriage-, goods.
or any other thing whatsoever, passing, led, drawn, or
carried over the water of Avon, Torphican Mill, or at
any other part of the said waters of Avon, by any ford
or bridge, or by any viaduct or other bridge that may
be built or meted across the water of the Avon by the
company." The railway was opened in the month of
February, 1842. The provost, bailies, and council of
the burgh claimed toll on goods carried through the•
town► by the railway, and also certain bridge tolls in re-
spect of goods carried over the viaduct, as if such via
duet must be treated as the old tow❑ bridge for the pur-
pose of these tolls. The directors of the railway coin
pang insisted that no tolls were payable for the mere
transit through the town of goods carried upon the rail-
way, nor for goods carried over the viaduct, which could
not in any way whatever be treated as a town bridge.
On both points the Lord Ordinary, Lord Wood, decided
in favour of the magistrates of Linlithgow, and sup
ported their claim of tolls. His interlocutor was sup-
ported by the Court of Session, and from their decision
the present appeal was brought.
Mr. Bethel!, on behalf of the appellants, was heard
on a previous day ; and Mr. Hope, on the same side,
occupied their Lerds-hips the whole morning.

VICE• CIIA,VCE le Y COW?!; Nardi 29.
(Before the VICE (:HANCELLOIt Of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice Chancellor of England wa• uc
cupied the whole morning with motions and cause peti
tions of no general interest.
London, England, 1847-03-30

WITH A PORTRAIT OF JENNY LIND, AND AN ILLUS.

TR kTION. BY LEECH.
THE APRIL NUMBER, price Half•a-Crown, of
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY
WILL CONTAIN

THE LETTER•BAG OF JENNY LIND,
BEING A CORRESPONDENCE OF DISTINGUISHED
PERSONS.

WITH NOTES AND ELtiiiiiiiUNS, AND A PORTRAIT.
Spring-tide ; or, The Angler and his Friends. By Paul Pindsr.
An Enviable Legatee ; a Leaf from a Busy Man's .Journal. By the
Author of " Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain."
The Hebrew, the Saracen, and the Christian. By Dr. W. C. Taylor.
Brian O'Linn ; or Luck is Everything. By W. H. Maxwell, with

an Illustration by Leech.
The First of April.
Whitehall and its Predecessors —the Old Palace of Westminster,

York-place.
A True Love Song. By Alfred Crowquill.
A Sentimental Journey through Normandy. By Odard.
The Dying Wife to her husband.
The Lady turned Serving Man—Thefts from the Percy Reliques
No. 3. By Albert Smith.
CAPTAIN SPIKE ; or, TIIF. ISLETS OF THE GULF.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

With the Magazines, on March 31, with Two Illustrations by
LEECH. price One Shilling. Part VII. of
THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF
CR ISTOPHER TADPOLE;
IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A
WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD.
By ALBERT SMITH.
Richard Bentley, Xew Burlington-street.
London, England, 1847-03-30

ART-UNION of LONDON. Incorporated by
Royal Charter.
PRESIDENT.
His Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
The LIST for the current Year will close TO-MORROW (Wednesday),
the 31st Inst. Subscribers will receive for each guinea paid (besides
prints,
the
chance of obtaining a work of art at the distribution) a pair of
" The Last Embrace," and " The Neapolitan Weddinz," en:frayed by
Mr. Charles Rolls and Mr. F. A. Heath respectively, after T. Uwins,
R.A., with a -et of engravings in outline, from seven of the cartoons
submitted in competition%or the premium of 5001. offered by the So-
ciety for an historical picture.
GEORGE GOODWIN.] Hon. Secs.
LEWIS POCOCK.
4, Trafalgar-square, March 30, 1847.
London, England, 1847-03-30

WINDOW DUTY.

The following is a Return to an Order of the Honourable
the House of Commons (which was published yesterday)
of the Amount of Window Duty assesaed for the year 1845,
for the Twelve Towns paying the Largest Amount, with
the Net Amount of Duty received for the same on the sth
day of April, 1846:
London, England, 1847-03-30

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, MARCH 29.
STOCK ExcuANGE.—The sale* are—Bristol and Exeter, 3 p.—
Bristol and South IVilles Junction, % Caled,nian, New, dis.—
Great %Vest-ern Quarters, 52 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Quarter,,
41,4 p.--3lidland, New, 4),,i p.—Ditto. New, s—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 1!y p.—South Devon (6 per cent.), 1,4 p.—Tall
Yale, New, Gs. 3d. p.
LIVERPOOL, 3lAacn 29.

STOGY EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 3sa p.—Dundse and Perth, New, 131,1 p.—Eastern Coun-
ties, York Extension, dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 9
p.—Ditto, Quarters, 16—Great Northern (Nos. 108,001, and up-
wards), IA dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 2N, p.—London and North-Western, 177—Ditto, Quarters,
New, 10% p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 70—Man-
chester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 11., 2% p.—Man-
chester and Southampton, Bs. 9d. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 201. Shares, 1N dis.—M ldland Stock, 117—Ditto, 40!. Shares,
p.—Ditto, New, 34 p.—North British, .% p.—North Stafford-
shire, 3 1-3 p.—Preston and Wyre, 35—South-Eastern, and Dover,
No. 2, l cx div.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, p.—
Newry and Warrenpoint, dis.
MANCHESTER, MAisca 29.

STOCK Excrierior.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 3-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junctiwn, iy
—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, S% —Buckinghamshire, %
East Lancashire (late B. and I'.), New, I%—Ditto, New (scrip), 1%
—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, % c. - Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 12s.—London and North-Western (Man-
chester and Birmingham), 70—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, '4--Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension),
2%—Manchester and Southampton, 7-16—North Staffordshire, 3%—
Oldham Alliance, 14 —Preston and Wyre, Sixths, s%—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham 9/. 12s. 31. Shares (11), IL—Shropshire Union,
1 1-16—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 3-16—West Riding
Union, 1%.
London, England, 1847-03-30

BOARD OF WORKS-(IRELAND)

. .
L ,rd BROUGHAM also pr,sented a poition from
Mr James Boger, civil engineer, of Talz:ot.st. vet.
Dublin, and of Au.tin Friars, in London. c unpl.ining
of what he termed a system of jobbi, g N hich wa,
practised by the i•fii,:krs of the Board of Work.; in
Ballinasloe, and sitting that upw::rds of 70,000/ had
been expended by the B,,art of Works in ,h,t dis-
trict. He stated that it had been intimated that if
the engineer employ ed a person who was in the con-
fidence of the Board of Works that h • would have the
contract even at a good price, and it wls intimated that
Mr. John Macfnahon, who had married the illegitimate
daughter of some officer c 'nnected with the Board of
Works, was in the confidence of that board. Under the
contract which had been made under this intimation many
thousand p 'units had been expended. This the petitioner
stated was called a job; he apologised to their L rd
ships fur the term, but he believLd that the proper
epithet ought to have been used, and it outtht to have
been called a fraud. There had been 10,000/. spent on
the several contracts, and although the Goverrment had
allowed 100,0001, there was a sum of 90,0001. of which
there was no account. The petitioner stated that when
his Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington was in office,
he had saved the country as much as 60,000/, by making
representations to his Grace.
REMOVAL OF THE IRISH POOR FROM
London, England, 1847-03-30

MARKET NEWS.-_-_(THIS DAY.)

maThr
SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 6s to 3115 s ; Clover ditto,
31 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, I/ 1N H
to 1/ s per load.
Supply moderately good, and trade dull.
CUMBNIMAND.—DiIeado7 Hay, 21 8s to 4/ ; Clover ditty',
and a sluggish demand.
3/ 5s to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 12s to 1116 s per load.
is2-12-lifeadow Hay, 21 5s to 3l 15s; Clover
A fikifi:iTziAager
ditto, 3/ 53 to 54 and Straw, 11 103 to 11 14s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.

COLONI.A.Z.
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues
heavy, about 200 hhds having been sold at a decline of fully
6cl per cwt. The public sales have comprised 11,429 bags
429 casks Mauritius ; 818 bags 76 chests Bengal ; and 1,314
bags Madras. About two-thirds of the Mauritius said at
6d to is lower; the Bengal brought about former prices,
but the Madras was nearly all taken in above the raise.
Privately, a large business has been done in foreign,_con-
sisting of three cargoes sold afloat, one from Porto
Rico at 48s 6d duty paid, deliverable in the
North of Ireland, another consisting of 2,700
boxes yellow and brown Havannah, deliverable in London
for home consumption ; and the other containing about 500
tons Java, deliverable in Holland; but the prices of the two
latter have not transpired. The quantity of British planta-
tion landed last week at the East and West India Docks was
464 hhds 25 tierces; there were taken for home consump-
tion 319 hhds 33 tierces 68 barrels. The stock in the same
places is 2,378 hhds 275 tierces 472 barrels.
COFFEE.-1,200 bags Ceylon and 495 bags at auction were
chiefly withdrawn, the few lots sold forming no criterion of
the market.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 131 puns 282 hhds. There were
taken tbr home consumption 131 puns 20 hhds and az!
London, England, 1847-03-30

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26 CORNILILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
elture of the Policy, two-thirds of tke premiums paid (see Table);
Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
crests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are
ittes.

lowest possible
London, England, 1847-03-30

THE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 56, King William-street.
Established 1543.
Capital 300,0001.
This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF
TIIE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report
of their Mortality published in 1643. The Company embraces, in
its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary
systen'ts of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found,
in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to
urers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is
consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY.
For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the offices as above, or to any el
the Agents throughout the kingdom.
By order of the Directors,
T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary.

PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND
ANNUITY COMPANY,
9, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.—Established in 1826.
Subscribed Capital, 240,0001.
This Society effects assurances in a great variety of forms, and on
most advantageous terms, both on the bonus and non-bonus systems.
Prospectuses, with tables of rates, and all farther particulars, may
be obtained at the office. M. SIMARD, Secretary.
London, England, 1847-03-30

Incorporated by

ART-UNION of LONDON.
Royal Charter.
PRESIDENT.
His Royal Ilighuess the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
The LIST for the current Year will close TO-MORROW (Wednesday),
the 31st inst. Subscribers will receive for each guinea paid (besides the
chance of obtaining a work of art at the distribution) a pair of prints,
" The Last Embrace," and " The Neapolitan Wedding," engraved by
Mr. Charles Rolls and :Mr. F. A. Ileath respectively, after T. Uwins,
R.A., with a -et of engravings in outline, from seven of the cartoons
submitted in competition'lor the premium of 500/. offered by the So-
ciety for an historical picture.
GEORGE GOODWIN./Hon. Sem
LEWIS POCOCK.
4, Trafalgar-square, March 30, 1847.
London, England, 1847-03-30

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE

MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
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.,
sake place every TUERDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectflilly
requested to be addressed.
_ _

All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
orealous to their being offered ; and advice& of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale. and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London.
London, England, 1847-03-30

Now ready, price ss. Gd., the Second Division of
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8, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY,

WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY,
APRIL 3, for the Sale of TEA, COFFEE. and Colonial
Produce, of the best description, at a less cost to the consumer than
has ever yet been attempted by any house in the kingdom. The ex-
traordinary' importations of Fine Black Tea will enable us to supply
the best imported at 4e. 4d. per Ils.; the price for good strong Break-
fast Tea will be 3s. 4d. to 3e. 3d. per lb. ; the Best Green Tea, and
by the best we mean (regardless of its name) that which is best in
the tea-pot, will be ss. Sd., the Green we would recommend with
the Black at 3s. 4d. er 3s. Bd., will be 4s. to 4s. 6d.
per lb. The best Ceylon Coffee, Is. Id. per lb.; the finest Costa Rica,
Is. 4d.; the finest Mocha, Is. 6d.
The known inconvenience to which families, when purchasing
on a few, but
their Teas and Coffees, in not being able to obtain Raw and Refined
a business, in
Sugars at the same house, has determined us on supplying it, as
also Colonial Produce, at the smallest per centage on import prices,
nvi g
establishingnot or y
eiltdeantmi
elepoint of magnitude and usefulness, the metropolis has not yet seen.
rrysyarstteimelevr;l
post will be forwarded, on Saturday, 3d of April, and
Ali orders per
lla,ntahewreefoz, ecoffie,
afterwards, per own carts daily.
List of Prices of every description of Tea, Coffee, and Colonial
Produce, can be had on application, per post or otherwise.
Phillips and Co., 8, King -etreet, City, corner of Abchurch•

No. 61, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.
3,IES SRS. MOSELY, Surgeon-Dentists, have
REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their system of sup-
plying Artificial Teeth ensures the power to masticate, without
lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or injuring
the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange-
able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth
perrAuenti'y Diled ang retained tl,) use, 514.40ei1i1l iatraqion!
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LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE preia nted a petition from the
Chorley Union, praying tor the abolition of the law of
settlement.

POOR-LAW (IRELAND).

Mr. P. SCROPE presented m petitiorj from Cork,
praying for an effectual poOr.law for Ireland.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATEIS
(SCOTLAND).

The Earl of LINCOLN presc,-Eted a petition from
Forfar against the Registratifa of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages Bill for Scotland.

CHURCH LEASEHOLDS.

Mr. AGLIONBY prrSented a pt titian from Henry
Pearson, Esq., barrister, praying the noose to cuLrry
into effect the recommendations of the Report from the
Select Committee in 1839 on Church Leases, that the
enfranchisement of church leaseholds should be en-
couraged.
London, England, 1847-03-30

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 29.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
Messengers fro► tLe Commons brought up severgl
Bills.
NATIONAL SCHEME OF EDUCATION. •

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
Protestant Dissenters of Tunbridge Wells against the
Government plan of education. The petitioners sug-
gested, that if the version of the Scriptures, as au-
thorised by the Protestant churches, were allowed in
school, the benefits of the Government play might be
extended to all religious denominations, with the single
exception of Socinians and Roman Catholics. He (Lord
Brougham) did not coincide in the prayer of the peti-
tioners, although he respected the feelings which gave
rise to their oltjections. He should wish, on a future
occasion, to know from the N.:ble Lord opposite if the
Government had taken into consideration the same idea
that was suggasti:d by these petitioners.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition to the same
effect from Nottingham.
ELECTORAL DIVISIONS (IRELAND).
Lord BROUG HA M presented a petition from the
rate-pa) ers of the electoral div:sions of Wexford, com-
plaining of. the present mode of levying the poor-rate.
He also presented a petition from Tougham to the same
eff ct.
London, England, 1847-03-30

LEEDS, Mena 29.

STOCK EXCHAKOZ.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 3s. 61. dis.—East Lancashire, New (scrip), 265. Gd. p.—East
and West Yorkshire, 1 Is. 6d. n. p.—Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 2 c. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 295. Gd. p.—London,
Brighton, and ;South Coast, 53!.4—Ditto, Fiftestnhs, 4s. p.—Malton
•-annd Drirlield Junction, 20s. n. p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Bud.
and Sheff.), n. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 325. Gd. p.—Man-
cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 10s. p.—North British, Ex-
tension (scrip), 14s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Northern
Counties Union, 31s. n. dis.—North-Western, Is. 6d. dis.,
SHEFFIELD, Miami 29,

STOCK ExestAm3x.—The sales are—Ambergite, Nottingham, and
Boston, ss. dls.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, (late llud. and
Sheff.), 3% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby
and Sheffield), 5k c. dis.—Ditto 121. 10s. Shares, 245. dis.
London, England, 1847-03-30

should therefore suppurt the amendment of his Hon.
Fii,nd the timber for Finsbury.
Mr. STRUT said, with respect to the motion of
his Hon. Friend, the Member for Finsbury, it did not
appear to inv.:Ave any delay of the Bill, and he was, On
that account, not disposed to resist it. lie thought,
nowever, that the second reading ought not to be post-
poned for so long a p,.riod as three weeks. A fortnight
world be suttLient.

flog ioneiidtoent was then withdrawn. and the second
reading wit. postponed till to morrow fortnight.
The petition of Mr. Baines, together with the evi-
dence, was ordered to be printed at the expense of the
parties.
DODDINGTON RECTORY DIVISION BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
SO (TCH UNION.INSURANCECOMPANY'SBILL
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PORTLAN I) HARBOURS. _

Mr. HUME brought up the report of the Portland
Harbour, 1111.

GOV;AINMENT EDUCATION SCHEME.

Mr. Hume, Mr. Brotherten, Lord flennikrr, and se-
veral other Mriabers pre,ented numerous petitions
against the Gov rnment EdueAtion scheme.
POOR-LAW RELIEF.

Mr. RUTI.iLit.FURI) presciite.l a petition from
Galv, ay, complainng • f the proposcd alterations front
elt-ctoral distrie s to unions.
London, England, 1847-03-30

8, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY,

WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY,
APRIL 3, for the Sale of TEA, COFFEE, and Colonial
Produce, of the best description, at a less cost to the consumer than
has ever yet been attempted by any house in the kingdom. The ex-
traordinary importations of Fine Black Tea will enable us to supply
the best imported at 4s. 4d. per lie.; the price for good strong Break-
fast Tea will be 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. per lb. ; the Best Green Tea, and
by the best we mean (regardless of its name) that which is best in
the tea-pot, will be ss. Bd., the Green we would recommend with
the Black at 3s. 4d. er as. Bd., will be 4s. to 4s. 6d.
per lb. k'he best Ceylon Coffee, le. ld. per lb.; the finest Costa Rica,
is. 4d.; the finest Mocha, ls. 6d.
The known inconvenience to which families, when purchasing
their Teas and Coffees, in not being able to obtain Raw and Refined
Sugars at the same house, has determined us on supplying it, as
also Colonial Produce, at the smallest per ceutage on import prices,
our system will, therefore, effect a saving not only on a few, but
the
on metropolissaturday , h
3d as nooftAypertil, seen.and
every article ; and we feel confident in establishing a business, in
Alpoilnotrdoefrms
per
rniptougdt e
will and
be forwarded,
afterwards, per own carts daily.
List of Prices of every description of Tea, Coffee, and Colonial
Produce, can be had on application, per post or otherwise.usefulness,
Phillips and Co., 5, King William-street, City, corner of Abcharch-
lane.
London, England, 1847-03-30

FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ARE
UNDERTAKEN BY THE
SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COM-
-I'ANT, 37, Cornhill, London, en the most liberal terms and
conditions.
Special risks reasonably rated.
Renewal receipts for insurances falling due at Lady-day are now
ready.
Printed particulars of the large bonus just declared in the Ufa
Department may be had on application.
F. G. SMITH, Secretary.
37, Cornhill, London.
London, England, 1847-03-30

Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, left tova
Monday, on a short visit to Paris.
Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transg
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. 10(
Sir John Pelly had an interview with the El
Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board
Trade.

Mr. H. Galt had an interview with Earl Grey Yeitl
day, at the Colonial-othee.
Lord John Russell had a dinner Fitly on SaturtlaYs
oi
his residence in Cheshain-place. Among the es
were M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ;
de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; the Uhe"ilt
Bunsen, Prussian Minister ; Senor Isturitz, .5111101.4
Minister ; the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Be"„brd,
the Earl Fortescue, Viscount Torrington, Lord l'lre
the Earl of Minto, Mr. Villiers Stuart, and
Wriothesley Russell. .
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colantbe
office from the Governors of Hong-Kong, CeYlOl4
Mauritius, and Gibraltar. ;1 911
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conac•-A,e
yesterday to give judgment on an appeal. "511;ro
Stephen v. Vie Judges of the Supreme Court 0; .ter
Diemen's Land." The Lords present were the MAII°6-6
of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, anu:til
Judge of the Admiralty Court. Judgment was giv
by Lord Brougham.
Wi
The Lord Chief Justice Wilde and Lady we
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave'elr
yesterday, from Lewes. •
usli
Her Majesty the Queen has been most graciaa to
pleased to:appoint Mademoiselle Dezborotl (succese;:,
Madame Thomas), of 35, Rue Neuve du Luxen&g,
Paris, to be her Majesty's milliner in that nafirhe
Mdile. Dezboroff has also the honour to hold 'Ol
appointment of milliner to the Princesses of the Frei/
Court.
London, England, 1847-03-30

No, 61, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.
AIERSESSRIOSV.E D
f?oSmE3I: 2aymSauze. Surgeon-hDentists,ofh have
sup-
plying Artificial Teeth ensures the power to masticate, without
lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or injuring
the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange-
able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth
permanently filled and restoreg 0 uSes 511PeriOdigg eatriNtion,
London, England, 1847-03-30

IMPROVEMENT OF LAND IN IRELAND.

Mr. S O'BRIEN brought in tee Bill for the improve-
ment or laid to Inland, hieh wa, read a first time,
and the second reading fixed for Tuesday, the 13th
f Ap:il. 'Die Hon. mtn-r ala, pre,ented st.-ver.ll
pet:nous trim Galway and other pl,et-s, praNing that
Ow 700 000 iwrioins now on the politic wo,k,
might be etrpl-y4.-d in ihe improver!), to nt the land.
N AV IG A 'HON _LAWS.

Cqtain GLADS.IONE pres(nted a petition in favour
of the navigaoon lavm
POOR-LAW (IRELAND).

Mr. DENNISTOUN preserved a petition from Glas-
gow praying for an elf •ctual Yu•-r-luw for Ireland. •
THE GOVERNMENT SC I lEME OF EDUCATION.
Lord HARRY VANE presented a petititin from On;-,
centers in Hertford against the Government scheme of
education.

Petitions were presented on the same subjet by Sir
George Clerk from several Presbyteries in Scotia,,,d;
by Captain Gordon, from t!ie Ab,•rdeen Presbytery ;
by Mr—Hume, from Di-sewers in Bury St. Edmund's;
by Sir D. Le Marchant, from several places; and by
Lord R. Grosvenor, frau Dissenting congregationti in
Middlesex.
London, England, 1847-03-30

COURT CIRCULAR.

- - - -
The Queen held a Cuurt yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Senor Isturitz, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from her Catholic Majesty the Queen
Isabella 11. of Spain, had an audience of her Majesty to
present his credentials.

Senor Mura, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple-
.potentiary from Mexico, had an audience of the Queen
to present his credentials.
Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by
Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Ma-
jesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
The Queen was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde,
Lord in Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in
Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and her Royal Consort yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back
i 3
yesterday,ouverie.g, attended by his Equerry in Waitin
Colonel
The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and
rides yesterday.
The Earl of Lincoln, Lord Edward Howard, and Mr.
G. E. Anson, had the honour of joining the royal circle
at Boo:lngham Palace at dinner yesterday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen Dowager ye, terday. His Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge also visited her Majesty yesterday,
at Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday,
at Cambridge House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Hammer-
stein, left town yesterday evening for Kew.
A meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers took
place yesterday at the residence of the Marquis of
Lansdowne, in Berk,,ley.square (the Noble Marquis
continuing indisposed). There were present—Lord
John Russell, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston,
Earl Grey, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of
Clarendon, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
Count Schimmelpenninck, Miuiste:r of the Nether-
lands, left London last Sunday morning for the Hague.
His Excellency is expected to return in about a month.
During hi., absence M. Stratenus, Counsellor of Lega-
tion, will act as Charge d'Affaires.
London, England, 1847-03-30

LIVERPOOL, IlAacn 29.

- .
STOCK EXCHANGR.—The sales are—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 8% p.—Dundee and Perth, New, 13% p.—Eastern Coun-
ties, York Extension, % dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 9
p.—Ditto, Quarters, 18—Great Northern (Nos. 100,001, and up-
wards), % dis.—Leeds and Thirst, 1 dis. —Liwrpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 2% p.—London and North-Western, 177 —Ditto, Quarters,
New, 10 p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 70—Man-
chester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), it., p.—Man-
nester and Southampton, Bs. 'AL dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln,2ol. Shares, 1 dis.—Midland Stock, 117—Ditto, 401. Shares,
4% p.— Ditto, New, 3% p.—North British, p.—North Stafford-
shire, 3 1-3 p. —Preston and Wyre, 35—South-Eastern, and Dover,
No. 2, 1 ex div.--South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % p.—
Newry and Warrenpolut, % dis.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 29.

BTocx Excitants.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 3-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction,
—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6%—Buckinghamshire, %
East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, I%—Ditto, New (scrip), 1%
—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 4 c.. Leeds,
Wakefield, and 31idland, 12s.—London and North-Western (Man-
ciester and Birmingham), 70—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, I.4—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension),
2%—Manchester and Southampton, 7-16—North Staffordshire,
Oldham Alliance, % —Preston and Wyre, Sixths, :Ai—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), !.}", p.—Shropshire Union,
1 1-16—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 3-16—West Riding
Union, 1%.
London, England, 1847-03-30

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Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the aremiums paid (see Table) ;
xlso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
crests to meet other conven!ences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are
.tes.

lowest possible
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Now ready, price bs. 6d., the Second Division of
QL7IR ROBERT PEEL : HIS LIFE AND
TIMES. By W. Cooan TAYLO2S, LL.I). Containing 3 Portraits:
Mrs. Peel—Late Sir Richard Arkwright—C. P. Villiers—Pitt—and
Canning.
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THE PEOPLE'S FAMILY BIBLE:
beautifully printed in large type, and profusely illustrated.
Two royal quarto volumes, with ISO 6teel Engravings, three large
Maps, aid a Family Register Form, elegantly bound is morocco,
71. 75., now ready.
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St. Martin's-le-Grand, London.
London, England, 1847-03-30

NEW WORK BY MRS, ELLlS.—March 31st,
post 13T0., price 98.
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE ;
or, THE MORAL WANTS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE
IN. By the Author of " The Women of England."
Fisher, Son, and Co., Printers and Publishers, Aagel-street,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, London.
London, England, 1847-03-30

EDINBURGH, MARCH 27.

STOCK Excluinz.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 28—Caledonian,
New, 525. 6d. —Direct Northern (scrip), 51s.—Dundee and Arbroath,
New, No. 3, 95s.—Dundee and Northern Junction, 48s.—Dundee
and Perth, New, l 9 —East Lothian Central, 58s. 6d.—Edinburgh
and Glasgow, Halve*, 19% ex div.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton, Quarters, 15s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 85s. 6d.—
Ditto, Newport, B—Ditto, ditto, New, 555. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth
(New), 53e. 6d. —Ditto, Halves, 20s.—North British, Quarters, 83s.
6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 281.—Ditto, Thirds, 71s. 6d.—
acottish Midland, 21—Ditto, New, B—Stirling and Dunfermline, 80s.
—East Indian, Bs.—Great North of India, 3s.—Madras, Nellore,
and Arcot, 2e.
__
London, England, 1847-03-30

borrow the sum necessary to defray the expense of hiring
or purchasing such land and erecting such building, and
to chay'ge the same, with interest, on the poor-rates of
the ti,/ ion, in the same manner as the said Commissioners
are empowered by the said first recited Act to purchase
and hire land, and to erect a workhouse or additional
workhouse for any union, and to direct the guardians
thereof to raise orborrow the necessary :urns to defray the
expenditure so incurred. And be it enacted, that all the
provisions of the said first recited Act, which relate to
the purchase and conveyance of land for the erection of
workhouses, or for the purpose of carrying into effect any
of the provisions of the said Act, shall extend and apply
to the purchase and conveyance of land under the provi-
sions of this Act.

The clauses were agreed to without discussion.
Mr. SHAW proposed several clauses relating to the
mode of voting clergymen to the relief of the poor,
which were also agreed to.
The preamble of the Bill was then agreed to.
The House resumed, and the report was ordered to
be brought up on Wednesday.
London, England, 1847-03-30

Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo.,
EVELATIONS OF PORTUGAL,I
With a Picture of
THE PRESENT STATE OF SPAIN.
BY T. M. 111.1i,HES, ESQ.,
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all sorts. It lets us into the secret scandal
~of all the Courts of
Europe."—Britannia,
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COMPLETION OF MISS BURNET'S DIARY.
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VOL. VII. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S
MARY AND LETTERS.
Completing the Work.
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George 111., and in the history of distinguished individuals in almost
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This day Is published, in Bvo., with Portrait, &c.
MEMOIRS of JAQUES CcEUR,
THE FRENCH ARGONAUT,
By LOUISA STUART COSTELLO,

Author of the " Lives of Eminent Englishwomen," " A Summer
amongst the Bocages and Vines," &c.
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