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LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1841.

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CARLETON'S FAWN OF SPRING VALE, &c.

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forms and consequences, and other affections of the urinary and
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ZINE, for DECEMBER, price 2s. 6d. contains—
]. Charles O'Malley—five chapters—conclusion.-2. Let-
ters from the Coast of Care, No. Xlll.—conclusion.-3. Our
Portrait Gallery, No. XXV. ; Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., with
an Etching.-4. Warren Hastings.-5. 1 he Land of Burns.-
6. Gaspar, the Pirate; a Tale of the Indian Seas ; Chap. VI.
—7. '1 hird Letter from a Parish Priest on the Reconcilia-
tion of the Churches of England and Rome— 8. Gallery of Il-
lustrious Irishmen.—Sir Thomas Molyneux—conoluded.-
9. Recent Pamphlets on Ireland.
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T)ATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES.—C.
CHUBB and SON have on SALE a large STOCK
of their PATENT wrought iron and FIRE-PROOF SAFES,
strong rooms, chests, and boxes, fitted up in every form for
books, deeds, plate, jewels, &c., secured by the detector locks.
A patent box, with its contents, which has been tested in the
furnace of a steam-engine, may be seen at b 7, St. Paul's
Churchyard. Cash-boxes and japan deed boxes fitted with
Chubb's detector locks. A large and complete stock of these
articles, of all sizes, and with internal divisions and trays, of
every variety of form, is constantly kept on sale. These boxes
are much stronger than those generally sold. Private boxes
for depositing at banks.
By special appointment Manufacturers to H.R.H. Prince
Albert.—S7, St. Paul's Church-yard, London.

OWLAND'S ODONTO, OR PEARL
AID DENTIFRICE.—This is an efficient White Powder
for the Teeth, solely prepared from Oriental herbs of the most
delightful odour, and of sovereign virtue for strengthening,
preserving, and thoroughly cleansing the teeth.
It eradicates tartar from the teeth, removes spots of incipient
decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, to which it gives a
pearl-like whiteness ; and, above all, from its disinfecting pro-
perties, gives sweetness to the breath. As an anti-scorbutic, the
gums also share in its transcendent powers. Scurvy is eradi-
cated from them, a healthy action and redness is induced, that
offers to the notice of the medical practitioner the most indubi-
table signs of their healthful state.
Price 2s. 9d. per box, duty included. •
*t* Notice—;The name and address of the Proprietors, A.
ROWLAND & 50N,20, HATTON-GARDEN, LONDON,
are engraved on the Government stamp, which is pasted on earth.
*t* Be sure to ask for " Rowland's Odonto."
Sold by them, and by respectable Perfumers and Medicine
Venders.

A DECIDED CASE of CONSUMPTION
.Lll.. RADICALLY CURED by PARR'S LIFE PILLS.

" TO THE PROPRIETORS:

" GENTLEMEN,—I feel it a duty I owe to you and to the
Public at large, to acknowledge the most important benefit I have
received from PARR'S MEE PILLS. I was for nine years
a soldier in the 52d Regiment of Foot, and was discharged in
October 1839, in consequence of ill health (being deemed con-
sumptive), after having the best advice her Majesty's service
afforded. I returned to my native town, feeling that my days
could not be long on earth. But by what almost appears an in-
terposition of Providence, my attention was directed to Parr's
Life Pills, and by taking only two-2s. 9d. boxes, I was com-
pletely cured, and am thus a living monument to the good ef-
fected by this valuable medicine. Within the last few days I
have been on a visit to some of my friends in a neighbouring
village, where I was told that It was like seeing one risen
from the dead, to see me walking through their streets.' I
have recommended them to my neighbours, and many of them
have experienced very great benefit. from ieir use.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours, &c. JOHN OSBORNE.
" March 8, 1841.
Witness—James Burgess, Bookseller, Hinckly."
Mr. John Osborne's case was pronounced by the regimental
doctors to be incurable consumption. By the aid of this won-
derful medicine he is now so hearty and active as to be en-
abled to travel on foot, since the date of his recovery, upwards
of 1,200 miles.
CAUTION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.

Purchasers are requested to ask for " Parr's Life Pills," as
their great and deserved reputation, and consequent large sale,
have induced several unprincipled parties to attempt various
imitations. Persons who are desirous of testing the wonderful
efficacy of this medicine, must observe that none are genuine
without the words PARR'S LIFE PILLS be engraved on
the Government Stamp, on white letters on a red ground.
Already actions have been brought, and damages obtained,
against unprincipled parties, who, for the sake of larger gain,
have sold dangerous preparations when asked for " Parr's Life
Pills." The Proprietors are determined to protect the public
from such frauds, by prosecuting all persons engaged either in
preparing or selling any imitation whatever.
Sold by most respectable Medicine Venders in Town and
Country; to be had wholesale of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's,
London, in Boxes, Price Is. lid., 2s. SM., and family boxes
l Is. each. Full directions arc given with each box.

GRATIS.--44 The Life and Times of Thomas Parr," who
lived to be 152 years of age, containing Remarks on Disease,
Health, and the Means of Prolonging Life, 32 pages, with
Gratis of all Agents.
beautiful Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry, &e., may be had

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Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal
Highnesses the late Princess Augusta, the Princess Sophia,
her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Prince,zcs
Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bed-
ford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, Manchester, and Marlborough,
Marquises of Hertford, Londonderry, Sligo, and Thomond, Earls
loofw,v Shaftesbury,eriiarn,
llTa
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Meath, Somers, Ox
ford, Bradford, Wick-
ford, Lisburne, and Ferrol:, Bishops of Exeter, Blandford,
Lincoln, Cork, Elphin, and Kildare, Lords Hill, Cowley, &c. &c.
In addition to the above distinguished patronage to the Newly..
Invented Spectacle Lenses and Sound Magalfiers Invisible
Operative Voice Conductor, Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39,
Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 75,
King William-street, City, state that their valuable inventions have
also gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four
hundred of the principal members of the medical profession. Imme-
diately these Newly.invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before
extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which
appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object be.
comes clear and distinct, so that the meat aged imperfect sight be..
comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural,
and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor
Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, is not the least perceptib:e nor
uncomfortable ; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme
csses of deafness, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is
beard with exact distinctness.— 39, Albemarle-street, opposite the
York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, City.—No connection
with persons of the me name.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY:
POST.—Tbe English Funds were more visibly
acted upon to-day than they bad previously- been
by the operations of the leading broker:, the
sales of whom were resumed, and continued to
the extent of about 30,0001.; but, as the money
transactions terminated at an
early hour, and
the transfer-books close for the dividends to-
morrow, prices, before the business of the day
had ended, fully recovered their previous eleva-
tion, and, indeed, exhibited a fractional advance.

The delay that is to take place in the payment
of the. Portuguese half dividend has created a
very bad impression in the minds of parties well
versed in the chicanery of the Necessidades, and
withal, the deplorable poverty of the Treasury
Of Donna Maria. They fear that it is but the
too certain precursor of a total re-suspension.
Money is said to be already in the hands of the
London-wall agency,
and if this be true, why
carry the business properly belonging to Decem-
ber over to the month of January ? If it be a
manoeuvre, intended only to drive dissentients
into the iniquitous- conversion scheme, we may,
with confidence, assert • that, after the recent
Mansion-house expose, in "re Basto," it will
prove a signal, not to say a disgraceful and dis-
gusting, failure.
The Spanish Active Stuck, which is with us no
more than 25, is quoted from Madrid at 34-k cash,
and 30 at two months. The difference is a
puzzle that no one not fully in the secret of Spa-
nish affairs seems able to interpret. The truth
lies, we hope, and believe, in the fact, that the
Regency is. fully resolved to put an end most
effectually to the system of favouritism and di-
lapidation which has been so long prevalent in
the Government departments of the monarchy,
and that the circumstance is hetth known at
Madrid than, as Yet; it IS here. • In the purchases
of the national property, for instance, the. Gran-
dees, and others . possessing influence in the
highercircl es, have been allowed to take what they
wanted, comprising the most enviable and valuabl e
domains in the country, for the payment of which,
whether in cash or bonds, they have heretofore
been held exempt by an Administration as corrupt
as themselves. According to the best information
we have been able to obtain, the present ener-
getic Government have come upon these courtly
and wealthy defaulters with a decree for which
they were little prepared. It is determined that
the abuse, which has been carried to a most
scandalous extent, shall be instantly put a stop
to. Purchasers of all ranks will be required,
without distinction, to pay up, not only the sums
originally due to the State, but the rents and
interests also of various kinds accruing on their
respective lots from two to seven years. This is
the only rational solution that has been given
us of the anomalous state _of the two mar-
kets, and certainly the acceptance of the finan-
cial agency of Spain by, a house so distinguished
for its integrity as that of Aguirre, Solarte, and
Muricta is calculated to induce a,confidence in
the adoption, on the part of the Regency, of a
TIMES.—The notice of ti
been but too long tolerated.
system of credit the nyerse of that which has
other day, seems by the American
Cuba by the English, which was oentioned the
)e acquisition of
paper' Pretty
generally diffused over the Union. Severe:. °t.

the Journals speak of an interference of Eng-
land in the affairs of that island as portending
SOMC decisive movement. Hence the state of
feeling in Cuba has been closely watched, to ob-
serve if there is any sign from which a willing-
ness to exchange a Spanish for an English ruler
might be inferred. A New Orleans paper states
that at the latest dates from Cuba the Creoles and
some of-the old Spaniards talked of rendering
themselves independent of Spain, many regarding
Espartero as no more than an usurper, whom they
were not bound to obey, and the heavy imposts
laid on many of the necessaries of life tending
greatly to foment the spirit of discontent. The
fears of a result like that at -St. Domingo it is
suppoSed might operate as a check against a re-
volutionary outbreak, and the Americans are
willing enough to suppose that the anti-slavery
doctrines of this country would be sufficient to
prevent any coalition with Cuba; but still the
obvious anxiety with which the subject is dis-
cussed shows that they do not consider the pos-
sibility of the English acquiring the island so
remote as they affect to believe. All the ad-
vantages that were suggested the other day from
a private source
,are admitted in the American
papers themselves, and the writers perceive
clearly enough that the addition of Cuba to our
other islands would, as it were, draw a net round
the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the, Mis-
sissippi, and place the exports from the south of
the Union completely in our power.
The last Gazette contained the return of the
circulation of notes in the United Kingdom ac-
cording to the new Act, embracing the period of
lbw- weeks preceding the 13th of November.
w
From this return it appears that the average cir-
culation of the Bank of En ;land for the above-
mentioned period was 17,065,0001.. which shows
a decrease, as comparedith the preceding
he four
weeks ending the 10th of October,. of 075,0001.
The country circulation in England shows
decrease, as compared with t
preceding month,
Of 63,4901., which has been produced' by a de-
crease in the Joint-Stock Banks of 68,2491. less
a slight increase in the private banks of 34,7591.
The total decrease in the circulation of England
is, therefore, 338,490/.
In Scotland there has been an increase of
179,3331., and in Ireland an increase of 693,5411.
The result of the whole, therefore, presents an
increase in the total circulation of the United
Kingdom of 539,3841,,
being the excess of the
average of the month ending the 13th of No-
vember, as compared with the! month ending the
16th of October.

The average amount of bullion in the Bank of
England during the month ending the 13th of
November was 4,2181., showha a decrease as
compared with the preceding month of 72,000/.
This amount agrees with tolerable accuracy with
the estimate which was formed from the last
quarterly return of the Bank of England ending
the 9th of November.

CHRONICLE.—The Bank broker has been
operating largely to-day as a seller of Etock.
These sales are effected under the Funding Act
of last session, which empowered the Govern-
ment to create a new stock for any deficiency
under the loan of a,000,000i. The jobbers, we
believe, had anticipated these sales, and had pre-
pared themselves accordingly, by selling Bears,
so as to enable them to take them without incon-
venience. The discredit in the Exchequer bill
market has also tended to support the funds;
and although money stock has been offered out
freely both yesterday and to-day, prices have
not receded.

SUN.— There has been a slight rally in the quotations
of public securities to-day, although in the morning the
Market opened rather heavily. onsols for immediate
transfer ranged from 884 to 89-i.. For the Account the
value realised was Sfq to 891-. Exchequer Bills were
Bs. to les. premium, and India Bonds par to 2s. prem.
Bank Stock was rather better, viz.,,_ 1631 to 161:}, but
India Stock was fiat at 247 k. The Reduced Threo-and-
si;eaeltildlattilviee business in
Three per
aCent.iial AnnuitiesfPer Cents.
8
closed at 24;1 to 24i ;
The 'Active Spanish
There was still a 7
bitgrotoouogdBhBtiote.9:ll
of
fo
the Foreign Market, but the Peninsular Bonds are not in
quite so. much favour with . the Bulls, though this, pro-
bably;Portuguese . New Five per Cents. were at 33t to 34
B onds , isl which
dl mere
opened
a t temporary2s taoff2a isrk. ,
for Account, ttnd the three per Cents, at 20e to 21,
owing to the more favourable accounts from that quar-
ter ; and Mexican Stock win firmer at 2511 ; Bcigion.
Bonds were marked leq, and Dutch Five per Cents.
99i to 99-1.
Shares attracted very little attention. Birmingham
were 08 ; York and North Midland New, 15 prem., and
.Brighton, 14!..- to 15,-i- discount.
The lett.2ls by the steamer from America were
delivered late this afternoon, and appeared to give more
satisfaction.

CITY OF LONDON ASSOCIATWN
FOR DISTRIBUTING COALS AND POTATOES,
AT A REDUCED PRICE, TO TIIE POOR.

A meeting of the subscribers to this Association was
held laSt evening at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate_
hill, to receive a statement of the account?, and theße-
port from the Secretary ; also to elect a Committee for
the year ensuing, and to adopt resolutions' relatiYe to the
..Aesociation.
Mr. Alderman Wasort was proposed and took the
chair. and iu doing so said he,regretted that a more effi-
cient person had not been chosen. Both the Lord Mayor
and Mr. Alderman Kelly had been prevented from at-
tending by illness. Ile had seen letters from each, apolo-
gising for their non-attendance. Re then called on
The. SECRETAIir to read the Report, from which it
appeared that 780 tons of coals, and 268,000 bushels of
potatoes had been distributed. It expressed a hope that
the public would come forward and assist the Committee
in their exertions. _ _ _

The Report Win then adopted, and ordered .to be
printed, so that a copy might be sent to each subscriber.
Mr. HARTWELL read a letter from Mr. Alderman
Kelly, apologising for his non-attendance on recount of
ill health. lie (Mr. Hartwell) had known Mr. Alder-
man Kelly for a long time, and he knew that no one felt
more anxiety for that institution than he did. He had
given it his constant attention, and he therefore begged
leave to propose that the thanks of that meeting be given
to Mr. Alderman Kelly, as Vice-President of the Institu-
tion, for the eminent services rendered by him to the
Association, for his constant attention on the Com-
mittee, and general attention to the interests of the cha-
rity; and that he be requested to accept the office of Trea-
surer for the year ensuing.
The resolution having been seconded, was put and
carried unanimously.
Mr. Deputy WESTWOOD proposed that Mr. Phipps be
requested to act again as Secretary, and that the thanks
of the meeting be given to him for his past services.
The CHAIRMAN, in submitting the motion, said that
Mr. Phipps had been their Secretary from the commence-
ment of the institution, and he hoped they should still
possess his valuable services.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. rum's briefly returned thanks.
The Rev. Mr. DCMIAM proposed the thanks of the
meeting to the Committee for the past year, for their
efficient services.
The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Committee, returned
thanks, and begged to say they were much obliged by
this mark of the approbation of the subscribers, for the
services of the Committee, and on their part he begged
to assure them that they were ever ready to carry out
the objects of the Society.
Mr. HARDING moved that each subscriber present at
this meeting be allowed the usual twelve tickets in ad-
dition.—This was agreed to.
The Rev. Mr. DURHAM then proposed that the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor; their Vice-President,Mr. Alder-
man
Kelly, and the following gentlemen, be on the Com-
mittee for the year ensuing, viz., Mr. Alderman Wilson,
and Mr. Alderman Gibs, Deputy Westwood, and
Messrs. Dartnell, Simpson, Donford, Farrard, and Lott.
The long residence that he (Mr. Durham) had had in
that city enabled him to speak most favourably of the
character of each of the gentlemen named for the Com-
mittee for the ensuing year. He need not, and he would
not, in the presence of their worthy Chairman, say any-
thing with respect to him, for he was ever forward in
the cause of charity.—(Hear, hear.) Messrs. Gibbs and
Dartnell were ever indefatigable in their exertions to
promote that charity, and the other gentlemen were
equally so. He begged, therefore, to propose that they
be elected on the Committee.

The motion, being seconded, was carried unanimously.
The SECRETARY then read the statement of the ac-
counts, from which it appeared that the receipts were—
Cash in hand, on the 30th of March, 1840, 34UL 14s. 10d.;

-.ett:ee of coals in hand, 821. ss. ; sale of coals, from De-
:840,.t0 March, 1841, 5601. 95.; sale of potatoes
280/. 4s. 6d.. ; subscriptions of
cember,
a total of 2,444/. ls. And the
in the same k9eri°d,
leaving a balance of
840/. 13s. 6d. ; maLlug
of cash at the bankers of
expenses were 1,7871. .178. 5d.,656/. 33. 7d., which consisiete
2411. 11d.; coals in hand 11/. zw Bd., and one Exche-
quer bill for 4001. -
The statement of the accounts was eNfirmed, and
ordered to be printed, and a copy sent to each att;:geriber.
Mr. GOLDSMID said ho hoped the different compOies
and liveries of the metropolis would come forward atm
assist them. He had heard that the Ironmongers'
Company had recently had an accession to their funds
of 10,000/. per annum. He had received a letter that
morning informing him that no less than one thousand
printers were at that moment out of employ, and he
therefore begged to suggest that an early delivery would
be advi,?,able of coals and potatoes.
A gentleman, whose name did not transpire said, he
was a member of the Ironmongers' Company, and he
could state that they 1i;,,,51 determined upon a subscription
to this Society of 21/. Of Annum.
The cvAiRmAN said he eovi,l bear testimony to the
liberality of the Ironmongers' ConipOy, as well as many
others of the City.
Some discussion then arose as to the time tLe delivery
of coals and potatoes should commence.
Mr. Deputy WESTIOOD said he, would read an ex,
tract from their hook, by which itappeared that in the last
season during the ensuing weeks only 600 persons ap-
plied for relief, whilst in the latter weeks they exceeded
eleven hundred. Thus was the kitchen being carried on
at a large expense without a sufficient beneficial result.
This partly arose from opening it too long, and sub-
scribers keeping back their tickets for distribution.
After a short discussion the subject was referred to
the Committee.
Mr. Scow said.. a very pleasing duty bad devolved
upon him, but one which he regretted had not fallen into
abler hands. It was to move a vote of thanks to their
worthy Chairman, in which he felt assured they would
all concur.--(Cheers.) The charities of London were its
brightest ornaments ; for London stood pre-eminent in
the world for her charitable institutions, and it was de-
lightful to think that so many Aldermen and gentlemen
of the City, contributed not only with their purses, but
attended personally to the different charities.—(llear, •
hear.) During the few years he had been connected
with that institution, he had frequently had the pleasure
of witnessing their worthy Chair Man forsake the hospi-
talities of the Mansion-house, in order that that Society
should not suffer by his absence. They had a Chairman
that evening for whose attendance they were peculiarly
indebted, because he had filled his magisterial duties
throughout the day, and had come in the inclemency
of the weather to that meeting. They would. recollect
that during the mayoralty of their excellent friend he
had endeavoured to reduce the price of those articles
they were that evening met to distribute. rle had great
pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks.
This was carried amidst loud cheers.

, The CHAIRMAN said he was exceedingly obliged to
them .for that mark of their approbation, shown by the
manner in which they had received that motion. That
was the first charity he had subscribed to, and for thirty
years he had not failed to attend at the various meetings.
With respect to the question of coals. he would say that
he had not accomplisEcd all he could hare wished, still
he was quite sure they had coals much cheaper than for-
merly, and he thought they would still be reduced.
The meeting then separated.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

The first Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors
of this Company was held on Tuesday, at the Company's
Offices, St. Mary-Axe. Sir George Larpent, Baronet,
Chairman of the Company, read the Ileport of the 1)i-
-rectors, together with the Abstract of the Annual Ac-
counts laid before the Proprietors. From these it ap-
peared, that the profit on the operations of the Com-
pany for the year ending 30th September last, was
50,61-1/. 16s. 9a. That after paying for premiums of
insurance, keeping up the wear and tear of the vessels,
and a dividend of 3f per cent. declared in May last,
there remained a surplus of 26,5851. 18s., out of which a
further dividend of 3} per cent. was declared, being at
the rate of 7 per cent. per annum ; and a sum of
15,3571. 14s. 6d. then remaining was carried to the Re-
served Fund.

The present position of the Company's subscribed
capital and resources, were stated to be as follows:-
6,092 shares of 501. each, paid up and invested £.
in the Company's property
New shares taken in England and Ireland; viz
3,241 shares of 501. each, instalment paid
thereon 31,505

New Shares taken in India:-
732 shares in Calcutta
Instalments paid...... 21,135
583 " Madras
10648 shares of 501. each, amount paid thereon 357,240
Of which sum of 357,2401. the ,Company had in hand
in cash, bills, and other available securities, on the Ist of
October last, the sum of 48,906/. 9s. 9d., and the addi-
tional instalment on the shares subscribed for as above,
amounting to 174,255/. will only be called for and become
payable as the extension of the Company's operations to
the East India Presidencies may require those funds.
With such means at their disposal, it is not contemplated
by the Directors that the present engagements of the
Company will require a further issue of now shares in
England, or Ireland, except to a moderate extent, in the
event of entering into further contracts for the mail
service with her Majesty's Government.
The Report also alluded to the possibility of a more
frequent communication than a monthly. one, being at
no distant period established with India, in which case
the grant of 100,000/. made to the Company by the
Honourable East India Company, would probably merge
into a contract for the mail service.. The opening of a
transit by Mehemet Ali for merchandise to and 'rom
India and through Egypt, was likewise announced in the
Report, and
ca
subsequently a vote of thanks to the Pacha
was moved rid rried by atclamation.
The reading of the Report elicited marked expressions
of satisfaction from the Proprietors, Was unanimously
adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman and
the Directors, the meeting adjourned.

MURDER.--On Saturday last, in the interior of
Gower, a brother and sister quarrelled about a piece of
soar,. nigh words ensued, and the brother struck his
sister with great violence she, in return, stabbed him
in the pit of the stomach with a knife. He died within
forty hours. The sister has been committed to the
Swansea House of Correction to take her trial at the
next assizes,— Wekhman.