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AUGUST 215 1846

No. 16,824.

Qi TEAM TO ITALY.
L-7 The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL \STEAM NAVI-
GATION COMPANY beg to annonnce that their new Steam ship
the TIBER, Captain OLIVE, built and fitted np expressly for this
line, will start trout Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of Sep-
tember, for Genoa, Leghorn, Vitiva Vecchia. an' Naples ; and thence-
forwari the Company will dispatch a steamer re ,ularly on the 15th
of every month to those ports.
Families travelling to Italy will find this route expeditious, eco-
nomical, and interesting. . . _

Rates, for first-Class passengers, servants, horses, and carriages,
also for goods and parcels, may be had on application at the Com-
pany's offices, 51, St. Mary-axe, London.
Auz, 19, 1846.

NA'rIONAL LOAN' FUNi) LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL LONDON.
Capital X. 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-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

The division of profits la annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAmitot;:x. Secretary..

VICTORIA LIFE A SSURANCE COMPANY
No. IS, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN lIAWES, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq.
Charles Baldwin, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq.
B. Donkin, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Phillips, Esq.
Aaron Goldsmid, Esq. Major-General Robertson
James Law Jones, Esq. Daniel Sutton, Esq.
.John Knill, Esq. O'B. B. Woolsey, Esq.
Life Assurances are effected by this Company on every description
of risk, on a profit or non-profit scale.
Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on Poll
cies effected for the whole term of life.
Payment of Premiums so arranged as to meet the convenience or
wishes of the Assured. A Policy may be made an absolute security.
Advances continue to be made to Assurers on real or undoubted
personal security, for terms of years, repayable by instalments.
Particular attention is requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the
Company.

WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary,

Fit AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
a—, Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperai, .s. 6d. ; Yellow soap, 425.,
525., and ABs. per 1121bs. Mottled, 5 s., 60s. and 645.; Wax
'andles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
,arent Wax, Is. Bd. ,• iienuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ;
x tra Waxed-wick Moulds, 64 d.; Genuine Sperm 011, 7s. per gallon;
Mar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 65.;
• %And or Soap, Is.l l per packet ' • Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
indsor, Is. 9d. m.)4 e. '25. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
er lb. ; Bale's erier Paragon Coinpositel requiring no snuf-
•ng, 9)4d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
artin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

THE - UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER
30 to 50 per Cent. Saved !
The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts,
fhe advantages resulting from the invention are various and
,triking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com-
bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light
hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns
steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects
or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have
made to the introduction of gas in dwelling-hones, to the expense of
fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ;
these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS
Iluatita." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com-
monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for
dub-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the
small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum
immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of
waste or trouble.
The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing
every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic
opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir Jonti RENNIE, President, in the Chair.
" A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited.
The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the
centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner.
rhe air passing up through the hollow stern of the button, was
heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery,
and impinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards
in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with
the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion,
The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady,
as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution,
where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption
of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying
the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a
better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third."

CERTIFICATE.
POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL ScnooL.—" In testing Clark, MeNiell,
and Co,'s Universal ,las Burner with one the hest Strawdowl9s3
turners, It gar) a more pare and brilliant light, lid of of 2(l.
to nAr ennt
ROST. LONGBOTTOII, Secretary,

JUVENILE PLEASURE.
Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure,
We witness with ccstacy juvenile pleasure!
Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy,
Whilst the face is illumin'd of each beautiful boy!
Oh ! there is not a youth, we may venture to say,
But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ;
And amongst all the transports, and many are those,
There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes I
Now HYAM, we freely acknowledge with truth,
The very best Clothing provides for each youth,
Transcendently high his great name now it shines.
For Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs I
At incredulous prices he now will dispose
Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes I
Pareats and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect the im-
mense v'riety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept ,t 1 hand at
this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and
very garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion.
LIST OF PRICES.
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Dress Coat, braided edges ••..•. • • • • from 1 1 0
Surtouts,
Vowel's, in cloth and doeskins •• • •
Trousers, in Tweed • •••• • • • • .• • • 0 6 6
Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials • . 0 4 6
SUMMER GARMENTS.
Summer Coats, in endless variety .. •• • • n 9 6
Cashmere Ditto
Fishing or Shooting Ditto •••• • • • • ...... 0 7 6
Mice Ditto ••• • • ..... .......... e 9 6
Blouses, in countless profusion.. • •
Trousers, in all the newest washing
materials •.•• • • • ••••• • .• • ....... 0 6 6
Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain
their colour •• • • • . ••
MADE TO ORDER.
Dress Coats, made to measure .•• • • • from 1 10
Surtouts, ditto
Trousers, ditto .. •• • • .......... ..
Test, ditto ..
SUMMER GARMENTS
Die Ilyamonian Paletet, a fashionable
Over-coat, made to order, extremely
light and well-adapted for the present
••• • .. 1 1 0
Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics •• • • 0 8 0
Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed •
Quiltings, French patterns— ..... 0 7 6

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in immense Stock of Youths and toy's Clothing at proportionate
en, prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not
approve of his purchase after seeing the articles at his own house.
No business transacted on Saturdays until the evening.
L. lIYAM, Pantechnetheca. 36 Gracechurch-street. London.

LADIES TRAVELLING.

Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed tolls scorching rays of

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the Sun, will find
ROWLAND'S KALYDOR; a most refreshing.
preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan-
guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi-
ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of
the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun-
burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratiens, are pleasingly eradicated
by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its
purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec-
tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those
of the Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the +aris-
tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the
Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the
Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 64.
and Bs. Gd. per bottle.
*** Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin-
gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel-
ant action, endanger health. The only •genuine has the words
*. hOWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper. and N. ROWLAND
and SON. 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the
Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each
bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per-
%mars.
All ther alydors" are fraudulent counterfeits.

BRITI COLLEGE OF IIEALTH,
NEW-ROAD, LONDON.
THE HYGEIAN, OR MOIIISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
1. All animal bodies consist of fluids and solids.
2. While in a state of embryo all animals consist entirely of fluids.
3. It is from and by the fluids that the solids are formed.
4. The fluids contained In the human body are four times the
weight of the solids.
5. The chief of the fluids Ls the blood, from which all the others
are derived.
6. The blood not only repairs, every part of the human machine,
but also carries with it all tho rubbish, or decayed parts, to be depo-
sited in the intestines, previous to being expelled along with the
•
excrement.
7. The blood is the life—the primum mobile—the first agent—
trom which all others derive their origin.
B.. Health depends upon the purity of the blood.
9. The purity of the blood depends upon its having free outlets for
its decayed particles.
10. Disease Is induced by the choking up of these outlets In the
bowels, by reason of an accumulation of glary mucous on the inner
surface of the intestines, &c.
11. This aecumulaiion is occasioned by anything that weakens the
circulation or hurts digestion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and
bad treatment of the faculty.
12. The impurities thus detained in the blond occasion every spe-

FLOGGING ABOLITION SOCIETY.
Office, 2, Hanover-chambers, Buckingham•street, Adelphi.
At a public meeting hold at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday, the 19th
Inst., Thomas Wakle:/, Esq., H.P., in the chair, it was unanimously
resolved,—
" That a Society be now formed to be called The Flogging
Aboiltion Society,' and that the following gentlemen constitute the
Committee:—

J. Brotherton, Esq , M.P.
J. W. Boy es, Esq.

'John Meredith, Esq.
W. B. Sarsfield Taylor, Esq., M.A

Rev. T. T. CutTe, MA. 'George Thompson, Esq.
T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. WWI= Williams, Esq., M.P.
John Drakard, Esq. Hewit P,ridgeman, Esq., M.P.
William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Luke Hansard, Esq.

John Hastings, Esq , M.D.
With power to add to their number.

" That subscriptions to pro:note the objects of the Society will be
received by the members of the Committee, the Secretaries, and the
following bankers: —Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and f'o., Lombard-street;
and ➢lessrs Strahan, Paul, and Co., 217, Strand, London."
HENRY M. MAY, Secretary.

INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK•
ING MODELS and of other Specimens or the Useful Arts (as
well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION)
are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious
consi.:eration to the new appoTutment of DEMONSTRATOR in
MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to tho Visitors the
Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and
simplicity. The Lectures now comprisa the ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPH, as well as other objects of present Interest. The beautiful
Optical Instruments, Scc. &c.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

HOT WEATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA-
SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at
22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " 11. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

Just published Bvo cloth, 75.,

THE WATER CURE in CHRONIC DISEASE;
an Exnosition of the Causes, Progress, and Terminations of
various Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Lungs, Nerves,
Limbs, and Skin; and of their Treatment by Water, and other
Hygienic'means. By JAMES MANBY GULLY, M.D.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Just published, price 55.,

FRANKS on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES.
Part I. On Gonorrhma and Gleet, exemplifying the Influence
of a Scrofulous or Scorbutic state of system in producing those Morbid
Secretions, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action
Is irritative, not Inflatnmatory. _ _ .

Published by the Author, 90, Illsekfriars-road, London; and may
he had of Johnston, CM, Cornhlll ; Starkle, 4, Strand; Sanger, 150,
Oxford-street; and by order of all booksellers.

The Third Edition, just published, price 55.,

A. PRACTICAL TREATISE, Ori STRICTURE
of the URETHRA ; its Causes, Varieties, and Cure ; by AN
IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that
by its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted for periods
varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure,
have been in a few weeks completely and permanently removed.
The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every
peculiarity incidental to each variety of stricture to which the
Urethra is liable, and the modifications in the treatment consequent
thereon. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
Published and Sold by 11. Bailliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-
street, London; Messrs. Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh;
W. Strong, Bristol; Hedges and Smith, and Famin and Co., Dublin ;
Simms and Denham, Manchester ; W. Grapel, Liverpool; and all
Booksellers In town and country.

WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c.
One Shilling each, by post One and SLxpence.
I.
N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
(An Original Medical History.)
CONTENTS:
Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis-
direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity—
Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love
Matches—Curiosities at Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience,
&c. &e. 2.

On CIIASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS
(An Essay for 1846.)
"t" "Of human 111s..and frailticA I discourse,

Of griefs conceal'd, and disaliointmenis keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How kcalth, how hope, how happiness to gain."

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID
With Diet Tables forall Complaints.

Contents :—How to ensure perfeet digestiOn, tranquil Wings, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
servance of the instructions herein containeC the feeble, the ner-
vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire
the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the
full period of life allotted to man.
" How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun,
To reach in health full threescore years and ten."

These Interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of
very delicate import, as their titles imply, will ho found of Immea-
surable and general utility, for they tell of matters everyliving crea-
ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in
these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through
questionable channels, is It a very terrible discount.
In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
nature, of human disappointrneuts and their ways of relief, it is not
contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws
whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy
states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual
capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely.
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
health will ho found to be in our own keeping, and happiness
within the attainment of all by the availment hereof in fulfilling
our duty to ourselves, we secure the lilt e advantages on our offspring
to follow, and finally by the cultivation )f our faculties, which is in-
consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may
be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest
of God's creations.

The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ-
ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured
by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the
topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit.
To he had of -hcrwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; 'Carvelho, 147,
Fleet-street ; Hannly, 63, Oxford• street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or
direct ftotri the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to
Gnat Marlborough-street), who may be advised personally on these
matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.

Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
28. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps
or Post-office Order.

'IEI.F• PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy,
Physiology, and Disease? of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced In them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. Wlth Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local anti Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.

By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Redford-street, Bedford-square, London ;

Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.

POSES PLASTIQUE.
HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, eight doors from Coventry-street, Tlaymarket.
Professor TURNOUR begs respectfully to inform the nobility, sub-
scribers, artistes, and the public, that in reply to numerous letters
and inquiries, he has determined upon giving a GRAND MORNING
REHEARSAL of an entirely new series of Poses Plastique, or
moving Tableaux Vivans, on WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26, 1846. The selec-
tions will consist of the most refined and delicate specimens, de-
lineated by male and female artistes, twenty-eight in number.
Upon this occasion the admission to the Stalls will be 35. 6d. ;
Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. Doors open at Half-past IV° o'clock.
Performance to commence precisely at Tlalf-past Three o'clock.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND,
42, Moorgate-street.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq

TRUSTEES.
W. G. Prescott, Esq.
Baron L. de Rothschild.

TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Forms of prop sal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet
every contingency, Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, with every infor►xation, may be had
at the Offices, where donations and subscriptions to the Benevolent
Fund are received.

Table of Premium payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, by a
person of the age of 25, to secure the sum of £lOO, to be paid at
death, or on his attaining the respective ages of 50, 55, and 60,
whichever event shall first occur:—

gs I Age Fifty.

Age Fifty-five.

I Year. I Hint- Guar_ Year.l Half. Quar-
Year. terly.Year. terly.

Age Sixty.

„ Half- Qaar-
I”' Year terly.

25 13 16 411 19 010 19 813 5 511 13 310 16 912 18 211 0 61
Potides may be effected day. By order of the Board,
July 30, 1846. TllOB. MULLINDEV, Secretary.

10 14 11

THE RE-SALE OF THE FORD AP.P.EV ESTATE,
IN CONSEQUENCE OF TNE PURCHASER, THE REV. LAW-
RENCE GWYNNE, OF TEIGNMOUTH, HAVING FAILED
TO PAY THE REQUIRED DEPOSIT.
THE SALE WILL BE PEREMPTORY.

THE GREAT AND PROUD FEATURE OF TIIE COUNTY IS
THE FORD ABBEY ESTATE, WITH ITS NEVER-ENDING.
DELIGHTS, THE INVALUABLE FISHERY, ABUNDANCE
OF GAME,-AND SPORT OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND
"THorTGII LAST, NOT LEAST IN OUR DEAR LOVE,"
THE MAGNIFICENTLY FINt ABBEY, PRESENTING BY
FAR THE M- ,ST CLASSICAL AND CELEBRATED MONAS•
TERY THROUGHOUT ENGLAND. THE PRESENT LOW
RENTAL A .ISING FROM THIS FINE PROPERTY, IN-
CLUDING THE VALUE OF THE ABBEY AND LANDS IN
HAND, AN'D ON LEASE FOR LIVES, IS ABOUT 2,0001.
A YEAR. IT IS NEARLY ALL TITHE-FREE, AND THE
TENANTRY 110tH WEALTHY AND RESPECTABLE.

MR. GEORGE ROBINS feels much gratifica-
t!ol: in having been preferred to OFFER for PUBLIC COM-
PETITION, at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, the 3d of
September, at Twelve o'clock, and in One Lot, by direction of the
trustees for absolute sale, and in consequence of the Rev. Lawrence
Gwynne having failed to pay the deposit,
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT FREEHOLD INVESTMENT
THROUGHOUT ENGLAND.

And in the description that necessarily must follow, Mr. Robins,
without the slightest affectation, proclaims that he approaches the
task with fear'aud trembling. The herculean task, however, must
be approached.

COMPLETI }N OF MR. BURKE'S NEW DICTIONARY OF
THE LANDED GENTRY.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published
the Fourth Part (completing the work) of Mr. Burke s
"History of the Landed Gentry," a Genenalogical and He-
raldic Dictionary of the whole of the Landed Gentry or Un.
titled Aristocracy: of :England,' Scotland, and Ireland, beau-
tifully printed in double columns uniformly with the author's
"Peerage and .Baronetage." Agents for Scotland, Messrs.
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Messrs. Cum-
ming and Ferguson, Dublin.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]-39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
----Sent into the Country, free, by Post.—Newly-invented Spectacles,
Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Patronised by Generals
Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Sir John Keatings, Maiston,
Frederick Goodfellow, Clayton, Grosvenor Morrison, Dyott Robert-
son, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, Woolf, Murray, Walker, Fox,
Price, Lindsay, and Thackray ; Major Generals Sir 11. Elphinstone,
Sir John Ross, Sir James Cockburn, Achinty, P. Fyers, D. /*lacier d.
Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir
Wm. Etkstance A.dmirals Lord John Hay, Sir G. Cockburn, Sit
George Munday, Sir George Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D.
Gold, Bess, Alexander, Curzous, Tompkinson, Hollis, and Price.
Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen ; Rear-Admirals Brown and Ribouleau
&e. Messrs. S. and B. Solomous, Opticians, have invented Spec
lade Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are placer'
before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which appear before
the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct.
so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant,
and is brought t) its youthful, natural, and original state. Also.
Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and a]
kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of most extreme deafness.
Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way
connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neigh
bourhood. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and Observe—Only to
be had at 39, Albernaric-strceLyiceruiP.ly, opposite the lork Hotel.

[ADVERTISEMENT.I—HOLLOWAY S vINTAIENT AND
PILLS.—A CURE FOR DROPSY.—Captain James Eyre of the Come
parry's service, residing at Boulogne, had been tapped thrice within
seven months; twelve quarts of water were taken from him each
time. Notwithstanding these operations ho was about falling a
victim to this terrible complaint, when he commenced the rubbing in
of Holloway's invaluable Ointment, and as effectually as salt is
forced into meat; besides this he took large doses of his wonderful
pills, which in nine weeks effected so extraordinary a cure as to en-
able_him since to walk twenty-live miles in one day. Any unnatural
swellings of the body are effectually cured by these celebrated medi-
cines: Sold by all medicine vendors ; likewise at Professor Hollo-
way's establishment, 244, Strand, London.
Ilunuisu FOR SALE.—As there is a doubt about a
purchaser coming forward to bid for the Pavillon at Brighton, we
suggest that it be bought up for the Chinese Collection, unless
"Number One, St. Paul's," should purchase it for their tea establish-
ment,. We knoW of no other purposes it could be turned to ; and
with a few paper lanteins and a real native at the door, we feel con-
fide-lit a deal of business in selling tea, or exhibiting curiosities, might
be done. If it is pulled down, it will be a fine specimen of broken
cninai—Puncit..

PUBLIC DINNER to JOHN BRIGHT,

ESQ., M.P.
DURHAM, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—On Tuesday evening a
public dinner was given to John Bright, Esq., M.P., by his
constituents, the electors of this city. The dinner originated
with the mayor and corporation, and was intended as a
mark of respect to the Hon. Gentleman, and also to evince
their sense of his services in the cause of free trade. It took
place in the Sale and Exhibition Rooms (the largest room
for the purpose in the city) which was well filled Mr.
Bright arrived punctually at five o'clock, the time appointed,
and was received with enthusiastic applause. The mayor
(J. Bramwell, Esq.) presided, and Alderman Hoggett, ex-
mayor, filled the vice-chair. On the right of the chair were
the honoured guest, Captain Wetherby, George Crawahay,
Esq., of the firm of Hawks and Co., of Gateshead ; John
Crawford, Esq., IV. Shields, Esq., &c. On the left W.
Brockett, Esq., J.P.; Alderman Moore, Thomas Kell, Esq.
In the room were several influential gentlemen from the
neighbouring towns. The room was decorated with ever-
greens and flowers, and the device of a crown, with the
motto "Free 'Trade," were formed in dahlias above the prin •
cipal table.

After dinner, the CHAIRMAN read a letter from Henry
Morton, Esq., principal agent to the executors of the Coun-
tess of Durham, expressing regret that a previous engage-
ment, which he could not postpone, precluded his attending.
Ile considered the entertainment a very proper acknowledg-
ment to Mr. Bright for his able and indefatigable exertions
in the cause of free trade, and it was most assuredly owing
to the unparalleled efforts of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright
that the struggle was brought to a triumphant issue.
The MAYOR then proposed '° The Queen," observing that
to her Majesty they may have been indebted for smoothing
the prejudices, overcoming the objections, and bringing into
order the highest branch of the Legislature on the question
of free trade.—(Drank with dice's.)
Other loyal toasts having been drank,
The Maxon again rose, and in flaVering terms proposed
the health of Mr. Bright, which was very rapturously
cheered.
Mr. BaiGnr immediately rose, and after the cheering
on his rising had subsided, addressed the company in a
speech which occupied an hour and a quarter in its deli-
very. He expressed his obligations to the Mayor and Cor-
poration for having invited him to that entertainment. He
took it as some proof that the inhabitants of Durham were
willing to give their sanction to those great measures which
have passed the Legislature during the present session. It
was an accident which brought him to the city, and
although the schism which had taken place in the rails of
their opponents had weakened them and strengthened the
free traders, yet it must be admitted there was something in
the principle which was held out to the electors which roused
them to virtuous action, and tended to bring about the sue •
cess of that great and memorable struggle.—(Applause.)
That principle was one which at that time was not univer-
sally recognised; and yet he believed the more they exa-
mined it, and the longer they lived, the more they me.uld be
compelled to acknowledge that no principle could be more
beautiful and true, none more natural, just, and simple. It
was opposed by an organisatiow of almost every other party
—by those who were interested in the accumulation of rent,
by those who sought to maintain the supremacy of party,
and also by a large class of persons who suffered neither
pecuniary or political considerations to weigh with them,
but who were deeply prejudiced and ignorant, who had not
intelligence to examine the question, or public spirit to ar-
range themselves with the popular party, for the pur-
pose of overturning the great national evil of the corn-laws.
They were also opposed by men who say they have much
more religion than others, because they profess a deeper
attachment to the church, and who are generally not
willing to admit that those who would move in any
poetical question are even fit to live in a country which
they have governed, and which they would fain govern for
ever. The Whig party, too, were long before they adopted
those principles ; many adopted them at last with
the greatest possible reluctance, and many, he feared,
are not altogether pleased that a great political ne-
cessity has made those principles triumphant. Up to a
very recent period there were not in the House of Commons
more than 100 who voted for the total repeal of the corn-
laws, and in the House of Lords, according to their own
confession, not more than six, and yet that measure had
been successful. The three estates of the realm have ac-
knowledged that the corn-laws were a great evil; two
prime ministers have declared them a grievous and intoler-
able injustice; two cabinets have decided against them;
and throughout the kingdom there is all but an universal
admission that these laws were an error from the beginning,
and have been marked by nothing but mischief to the people,
to whom they promised to be unmixed good.—(Applause.)
He reminded them, however, that this had been done not by
the Crown, nor Ministers, nor Parliament, but by the middle
and industrious classes of the country. The remembrance of
this would show them hereafter how they might be success-
ful in any just struggle in which they may be engaged, for
there are struggles ahead from which the people cannot
escape, and in which they must be either borne down by the
conflict, or by united and energetic effort again succeed.
—(Applause.) He then alluded to the pacific policy which
had characterised the Anti Corn-law League, and said that
in this country and in this age no beneficial reform can
ever be effected by force; and further, the employment of
force would bring with it greater maladies than those which
it healed. Ile next adverted to the important influence
which his election for Durham, followed as it was by the
return of Mr. Pattison for London, had on the Anti Corn-
law movement. Since then blow had succeeded blow
until at length the rock which seemed to be immovable had
given way, and industry set free.—(Cheers.) Some thought
the sugar monopoly would require another association to de.
stroy it; but no sooner were the corn-laws destroyed, than
it was found that the sugar monopolists' brazen image had
feet cf clay, and even now, without a abut being fired at it,
the sugar monopoly had been virtually abolished.—(Loud
cheers.) But they had not only to congratulate each other
on the passing of free-trade measures, but on some of their
effects. Only a few months ago they looked to America
with apprehension and dread, but no sooner did Sir Robert
Peel's free-trade speech reach that country, than the men
who were for all Oregon or none, and for lighting their
father-land, felt that they were stricken, and could no
longer make head against those great interests which
knew that it was a thousand times better to trade
with Englishmen than to fight with and destroy them.—
(Applause.) It was not free trade that did this, it was the
shadow of it only. He stated at the last election that
the protective system in England was the cause of
the protective system abroad, and that any relaxation of it
here, would be followed by similar steps on the part of
other countries. Already onr example is being imitated.
There was the tariff which bad been introduced into, and
which had recently passed, the legislature of America. Mr.
Polk had been returned at the last presidential election in
consequence of his adherence to the principle of that mea-
sure, which had passed the Senate by a majority of one,
that one being the vote of the President himself. It was
the opinion of the leading merchants of Liverpool and Man-
chester, that that tariff would be highly beneficial to the
trade of the two countries. With the duties reduced, in many
cases one-half, in some cases two-thirds, there could be no
doubt by the time the measure came into operation, they
would find a great impetus given to the trade of that country,
as well as to that of this. But there was nothing that was
more consolatory to his mind, when he looked back upon
his labours in the recent struggle for commercial freedom,
than the fact, that whenever the principles of free trade
became universal, they should have nations not separate
and distinct as tl:ey were now—one man saying he was
born an Englishman, and therefore could have no so sym-
pathy with the Frenchman ; and when all nations would
feel as one people over the earth, separated perhaps by
mountains—not separated but united by seas—when they
should all consider themselves as branches of the same uni-
versal family, governed, indeed, by separate Governments,
but not characterised by a warlike disposition, rather as-
suming the character of municipal institutions. The pro-
gress of free trade extended the intercourse of nations, and
was the best security for peace. Then,
"Oar's the triumph be
Round social earth to circle fair exchange,
And bind the nations in a golden chain."
But the prospect was not more delightful at home,
and in a domestic view. He had coins down from
London yesterday, and he had observed, what was the
case everywhere, that the country through which
the railway passed was only half cultivated. He
might safely assert that when these railways were
formed, the parties found the land in much the
same state as it was in two or three hundred years ago.
The operation of free trade would give an impetus to agri-
culture which would soon be conspicuous in the cultivation
of the land. The Honourable Gentleman then referred to
'the alleged burdens on laud, aud showed by facts and argu-
ments that the single burden arising front the preserve
tion of game was greater than all the other burdens on land—
including all the local and general taxes put together.
He instanced the case of the Duke of Rutland, who in one
year had paid his tenants 9161. for damage done by game
over 398 acres of his land. And yet the Marquis of Granby,
at a recent meeting of the protectionists, complained that
it was impossible for agriculturists of this country to
compete with the foreigner owing to the peculiar burdens
on land, while the burden arising from the preserva-
tion of game was greater than all the others
put together. The Honourable Geutleman then ad •
verted to the recent changes in public opinion, and con-
gratulated the meeting on the progress which the free-
trade principles had already made. The present Go-
vernment, on coming into office, showed itself anxious
to obtain the sanction and approbation of that
portion of the public who had been acted upon by the
Anti-Corn-law League. They offered offices to two mem-
bers of the League who were then in Parliament ; and one
of them accepted office. He was willing in part to take
that as a pledge of what would be the career of the new Go-
vernment.—(Cheers.) The Government might not be able
to carry out their intentions to the full effect, which the
members of the League wished; still he was inclined to be-
lieve that the great principle that Government was meant for
the people, and not for classes, must be followed out. The
public was becoming more enlightened; and with the pro-
gress of enlightenment the Government of the country must
always keep pace.—(Clacers.) He came now to speak of
himself in connexion with their city. Ile came here openly
as the advocate of some opinions which he knew were not
in consonnance with those of some among them, who had
given hint their disinterested support. But his pledges to
them had simply had relation to the question of free trade ;
and those pledges he trusted he had amply redeemed.—
(Loud and repeated cheers.) He had never in Parliament
missed one single opportunity of recording his sentiments
in favour of free trade since they had sent him to Parliament ;
and now lie was delighted beyond measure that his meeting
with them was to celebrate the fulfilment of their joint
wishes. For himself he could only say, that he had not ne-
glected one important thing which had devolved upon him
in the representation of this city.—(Cheers.) One great source
of satisfaction to him in the prosecution of the last election
in which he had been engaged in this city, was. that neither
he, nor any of his friends, were connected with any act of
which they could he accused as unworthy of their cause.—
(Cheers.) An attempt had been made to get up a charge
of bribery ; but after raking up all the sinks and sewers of
the town, with an assiduity which would have been com-
mendable in a better cause, the charge was abandoned.
Their own cause was pure; but a cause which was in itself
good would never be stained by improper means.—( Loud
cheers.) He would expect them, then, never to stain that
character for purity which they had gained on that occa-
sion—not to again submit to that stain which was affixed to
so many boroughs throughout the kingdom.—(Hear.)
Here argument was the only weapon used by the League,
and it had been triumphant, for it not only obtained a vic-
tory here, but was EOM afterwards productive of another
victory in Liudva.--(Cheem) The 91d zyqem of elective

PRICE SD.

was productive of sad remembrances, both to the
corrupter and the corrupted, and he hoped that
they would never see its re-establishment in this
city. The Hon. Gentleman saw through the various influ-
ences he had to encounter before he was successful at the last
election, and alluded to the disgraceful conduct of the elec-
tors of Sunderland at the last election there, which he placed
in strong contract to that of the electors of Durham, where
no pledge had been forfeited. But he had been assured that
the electors of Sunderland were prepared to redeem their
character. He now came to the most painful part of his duty
—to tell them that he could take no future part in the elec-
tion for this city. From causes which he need not go into
now—some of which were personal to himself, and some of
which hail reference to parties individuals and opinions
which prevaed in Durham. He believed it was perfectly
understood that he should not again present himself before
them as a candidate when the next general election should
arrive. He could not be a party to either the fnrther corrup-
tion or the further purity of election in Durham ; but he
entertained a firm conviction, after what be hail witnessed
from his connexion with this city, that they would persevere
in eschewing the one and maintaining the other. He had
no doubt but they would purely, honestly, manfully, and
determinedly perform their duty; and he had no doubt that
whoever might be his successor, the espousal of principles
which had taken place between himself and them, would
not be broken. The Hon. Member resumed his seat amidst
loud cheers.

Mr. SHIELDS proposed the health of the llon. C. P. Vil-
liers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Wilson, and their fellow-labourers in
the sacred cause of the corn-law repeal.—(Applause.)

Mr. CRAWSITAY gave " The COnstituesnc3, of the city of
Durham, and may it preserve its independence."
Mr. ltocKErr, in proposing the health of "Her Majesty's
Ministers," expressed a hope that they would practice in
office what they had preached whilst in opposition.—(Ap-
plause.) Sir R. Peel had no doubt done much good, and he
for one was grateful to him for it; but it was pitiable to
find that his opponents could charge him with having vio-
lated his pledges. He trusted no supporter of the present Mi-
nistry would ever be able to charge them with doing so.
Mr. KELL, the town-clerk of Gateshead, gave the health
of " The Liberal Constituencies of the county of Durham."
The county, he said, is represented by ten Members, eight of
whom are Liberals, and it behoved them to attend to the re-
gistration, and consider whether those who returned so large
a proportion could not return the whole.—(Cheers.)
"The Bishop of Durham" and other toasts were then drunk,
and the company separated shortly before nine o'clock.
[The Hon. Member was expected to address the inhabit-
ants in the market-place yesterday evening.]

THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.

FAILURE OF TILL POTATO CROP.

The present week has opened well for the securing
of the corn crops, Sunday having been a fine drying
day, with bright sun and a gentle breeze, and yes-
terday fair, though scarcely fine. The wheat and
oats were still in the fields yesterday morning,
in this part of the country, owing to the wea-
ther having been too much lx-oken during the List
week for housing 'them, although they were nearly dry
more than once. The grain is, in general, in good con-
dition, and very little sprouted, except under the trees
and hedzes. Should we now have a fine week, many
thousand acres of grain will be secured in good condi-
tion before Saturday night, in Lancashire and Cheshire.
In consequence of the alarming reports of the existence
of disease in the potato crops, we took the opportunity at
the end of last week of examining that, and at the same
time all the other crops very carefully, in a range of
country extending about fifty miles in length along
the valleys of the Mersey and the Irwell, as well as
several miles on both sides of these rivers. This
includes some of the districts in Lancashire and
Cheshire, and we regret to be compelled to say that
the result of that examination is a conviction that the
potato crop is everywhere extensively diseased, and in
many places it is threatened with total destruction. The
corn crops and all green crops, except potatoes, are
looking well.
Starting from Liverpool by the line of the railway, we
find that about Broad green and Huyton the wheat
crops are all cut, and that the number and size of the
sheaves give promise of a large produce. The second
crops of clover are in flower, grass is abundant,
and turnips promise well. In the midst of this
general luxuriance, the potato crops are all more
or less diseased. In some fields the tops are en-
tirely withered, as after severe frost, and every
where they are blackened. The smell of decaying
vegetable matter may be perceived in passing every
field. It is certain that the disease must proceed in this
neighbourhood from general causes, and not from any
defect in the soil, or in the cultivation of it, for the soil
is perfectly open and dry, and the cultivation as good as
that of any part of England.
On the stiff soils extending from Rainhill to the west
side of the Sankey Valley, the signs of disease are also
everywhere perceptible in the potato crops, but the decay
is nut yet so much advanced as in the earlier and dryer
soils. As this land is so stiff and undrained, and therefore
unfit for the growth of roots, we should have thought
little of the existence of the disease if it had been confined
to this neighbourhood. The small quantity of wheat
grown on these cold soils is unripe, and still uncu'

and of

About Newton the
Here all the grain is cut, an will be housed before_
the
end of the week. Eve ry crop looks well except the
potatoes, which are giving way in almost every field, and
becoming black and offensive to the smell.
About Warrington the soil is remarkably open and
rich, and here the formers understand the cultivation
of all kinds of potatoes as well as in any part of Eng-
land, if not better, yet here the disease is nearly
universal, and the loss must be ruinous. The early
crops have yielded very badly, and the late ones
seem likely to yield still worse. In this neighbour-
hood yellow turnips are. always grown after early
potatoes, and the young plants are already looking re-
markably well. The potatoes have taken little nourish-
ment out of the ground any where, and wherever the
tops are quite decayed, it would be good policy to take
them up, and to sow yellow turnip seed, broadcast, on
the same ground. Before Christmas the bulbs would be
very large.
In Kenyon, Culcheth, and Leigh, the soil is in general
stiff though there are some patches of good open dry
land. Here the potatoes are decaying on the good soils
as well as on the bad. We know this to be the case in
one instance, in which the land has been dug two grafts
deep, to insure perfect dryness and openness in the soil.
On the peat moss farms in Barton township the
disease has hitherto only shown itself in the gardens,
and as potatoes grown on peat lands last year escaped
both in England and Ireland, the moss farmers have
some hopes of being equally fortunate this year. 'We
fear, however, that they will be disappcinted, for the
disease is much more violent and general this year than
it was last, and the peat soils are already affected in
Ireland.

Following the line of the old road from Manchester to
Liverpool, through the villages of Irlam and Cadishead
to HoHill's Ferry, the pbtato crops, in the open fields,
are less affected than in most parts of the county, though
they are far from being free from the disease. The soil
iri the whole of this district is open and peaty.
After crossing the river Mersey, at Rollin's Ferry,
into the township of Warburton, in Cheshire, the ap-
pearance of the corn, grass, and turnip crops is very fine,
but the potatoes are much worse than in Lancashire.
We only saw one small field in this township in which
the disease did not exist, and in many there was not a
single green leaf on the tops in a whole field. The farm
and garden cultivation in this district is excellent, and
the soil open, friable, and rich, so that there is no pre-
tence for charging the evil on local causes.
After passing through Dunham Massey Park we
come to the neighbourhood of Bowden and Altringham,
where the land is the finest in all Cheshire. Here the
failure in the potato crop is many degrees worse than it
is in any of the districts of which we have yet spoken.
In numerous fields there is not a single green leaf on
the potato plants, the stems of which stand up like rows
of blackened sticks. From the height and strength
of the stems, the growth must have been most
luxuriant previous to the blight. Indeed, we were
assured that the potatoes were never known
to be more luxuriant, or more richly covered with
blossoms than about three weeks since. We heard of
one farmer here who estimated his loss in one field, in a
single week, at 501. In Carrington, on the Cheshire
side of the Mersey, and in Flixton, which lies between
the Mersey and the Irwell, the destruction is not so
great as about Altringham, but the farmers say that
every field is diseased, and that the only reason why the
crops look better at Altringham is, that they are planted
later, and are therefore not so far advanced in their
growth.
In the midst of this deplorable, and all but universal
failure of the potato crop, it is gratifying to be able to
say that all the other crops look well in the districts of
which we have been speaking. Still, the loss of food
and property is enormous, and the potato plant is so
universally affected, that it is very doubtful whether it
will be either prudent, or even possible to cultivate it in
this neighbourhood in future years to any great extent.
Since the above article was written the weather has
again become very wet and unfavourable for the harvest.
Liverpool Times.
THE POTATO DlsEAsE.—For some weeks past there
has been a talk, beginning with a whisper and gradually
swelling into the loudest tone of confident asser-
tion, that the potato rot is again showing itself to a
great extent in this year's crops. At first we
were inclined and willing to believe that the rumour
was merely the echo of last year's panic work-
ing upon the proverbial timidity of the farmers.
But we can no longer cling to such a hope. We have,
at the present moment, letters before us from Ireland,
Scotland,, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Devonshire, and
Jersey, and, although written from so many dif-
ferent quarters, they all agree in the melan-
choly anticipation that the failure in the present
potato crop will far exceed that of last year. It is
remalfable that it is showing itself in the same sorts
which suffered before from it. " The Scotch reds,"
and " the shaws," as they call the common white po-
tato in some places, are generally affected, while "the
Prince Regents" almost entirely escape. What can be
the cause of this distinction? Is it that the last-
named species has been more recently introduced
than the other, and, therefore, the seed not worn out?
But what is the cause of the disease at all? Last year it
was ascribed, as a matter of course and without much
thought, to the heavy and eoniinued rains. The present
season, however, has been marked by peculiarly favour-
able weather. How is this same result from exactly
opposite callus to be v‘:vAnta furl'—Lit•opcQl

HENRY, THE REGICIDE.
The Chamber of Peers met on Tuesday, to receive the
report of M. Laplagne-Barris, on the case of Joseph
Henry, the regicide. The report is a very long one,
but we select from it the following as the most interest-
ing extracts. After stating that the Chamber of Peers
had appointed a Court for the trial of Henry for high
treason, and that a Committee had been appointed to
draw up a report on the case, the report proceeds to give
the following details of the attentat:—
" On the 29th of July, at half-past seven in the even-
ing, at the moment when the concert of the Tuileries
was commencing, and before the King, who on entering
the balcony of the Pavilion de Illorologe saluted
the people, had taken his seat, two reports were heard,
succeeding each other so rapidly that many persons
in the neighbourhood thought there was only
one. A streak ot smoke was observed extend-
ing towards the balcony. The King with his ac-
customed firmness, refused to quit his place. The
crowd, moved and indignant, saluted him again with the
most enthusiastic acclamations. The author of the
attentat had been seen by several persons pointing the
pistols, and firing towards the balcony where the King
was standing. He had afterwards let the pistols fall
quickly behind him, and put his hands in his pockets.
He answered the first who wished to arrest him, It
was not I; you see I have nothing,' at the same time
opening his coat, to show that he had no arms; but his
denials were contradicted by those who had seen him
firing, and by M. Veyrenc, who picked up the pistols.
He was seized by M. Quentin, a Shopkeeper's clerk, by
the sergeant-de-ville, Legros, and by the drum-major of
the 9th Light Infantry, who were standing by. The
man was pale and trembling, and said several times,
'Do not do me any harm; if you choke me I shall
not be able to say anything. I shall say nothing.'
Before the attentat the brothers Lecomte bad ob-
served the paleness and agitation of the accused,
and that he always kept his hands in the pockets
of his pantaloons. No attempt to rescue the accused
was made by the crowd ; but, on the contrary, the
agents of the public force who had taken him into cus-
tody had some difficulty in saving him frcm the public
indignation. Having been taken in the Tuileries, he
was searched, and seven Napoleons and six francs in
silver were found upon him, besides a watch, and some
paper folded up in the shape of wadding. The person
arrested declared his name to be Joseph Henry, aged
fifty-one years, residing at Paris, at No. 8, Rue de Li-
moges, where he was a manufacturer of articles in
polished steel. He avowed himself the author of the
attentat. In answer to questions put to him he de-
clared that lie had been induced to fire on the King
by the great misfortunes which he had suffered, and
that fur six years he wished to commit suicide, but
his courage tailing, he determined to commit a crime
which would oblige others
.to kill him. In answer
to the question why he could have committed so
abominable an act as to fire on the King, he replied,
"It was necessary to fire at some great person-
age. To fire is not to kill. If I had touched or
made a contusion, I should have been satisfied. In
leaving home, I said to myself, fire, touch, or do not
touch, it will come to the same thing.' In answer to the
question as to what his political opinions were, his
answer was, To be an honest man, to my mind, all
opinions are division.' Several further questions were
put to him, to which he replied, that he usually read
the Siecle, that no one knew of his project, and that he
fired on the King because he knew that, howevor slightly
he touched his Majesty, he would be condemned to
death; and that he had acted with premeditation, having
previously written and signed his plan. He said that
the pistols were each loaded with a piece of iron and
strong wadding of white paper. He added that he had
meditated the act before, and was prepared to execute it
on the Ist of July in mourning guard, but that ho was
prevented by the fear of bringing disgrace on the
Nationl Guard.

" The report then goes on to describe the papers found
at Henry's house, which show that politics had not'ling
to do with his crime. In one of them—a letter written
to a friend—he says, I have suffered morally for 18
years. I should have been obliged to become bankrupt.
I wish to die, but I do not wish to kill myself.' In
another he says, Intriguers have killed me; this is the
consequence of the libertinage of my wife.' And to his
eldest son he writes, Charles, my son, be wise and la-
borious. Obey and you will make your way. Fatality
has united us; it divides us. Adieu, adieu. God forgive
me. I die to be useful.' No political papers of any kind
were found in Henry's house, excepting a religious
pamphlet by the Abbe de Lammenais, entitled the
Words of a Believer.' The report then describes
the spot where the crime was committed. Henry was
62 metres from the balcony where the king was
standing, but the bullets had not been found, nor was
there any mark on the balcony that could be supposed
to have been caused by them. The pistols, it
was ascertained, had been purchased on the 30th of
June, in the Passage de l'Opera, for 25 francs. Henry
at the time of purchasing them had them loaded by the
shop boy, with powder, saying he wanted to frighten
some one who was in the habit of stealing his flowers.
The pistols were examined by two gun-smiths, who
reported that they would carry at the very furthest
one hundred metres, but that they were not at all to
be depended on, and that it would be impossible to take
a correct aim.

The report then gives the following particulars of
Henry's life

"Joseph Henry was born at Charmes (Haut Soane).
He is aged 51, small in size, and of a debilitated appear-
ance. He came to Paris in 1811, with his father, a
journeyman key-maker. Henry himself worked -at
tbs. same business. Afterwards, by his intelli-
gence, his address, and his spirit of economy,
be was enabled to form a small establishment.
He married, but some years afterwards ne was aban-
doned by his wife, whose bad conduct appeared to
have caused him much pain, end which, according to
his own account, was the origin of all his misfortunes.
He continued, nevertheless, his manufactory, which was
principally for articles in polished steel. His affairs
were seldom in a prosperous state. He employed gene-
rally 25 workmen, but at the time of his arrest he bad
only 17. He was a good master, but he was sombre and
melancholy, and he had more than ordinary pride. He
showed no affection for those around him. He had two
sons; one with the army in Africa, and the other living,"
with him. During his examinations they were never
mentiones, but he abused them. The same was the
case with respect to a sister who lives with him. Ho
seems never to have occupied himself with politics,
and the opinions that he has from time to time
expressed on political subjects are in formal contra-
diction with the attentat. In the National Guards ho
was considered as a vain and strange man, but of
moderate opinions. Henry's wif • died some years ago,
when separated from him. For some time past
Henry's affairs have been in a bad state. He had in-
stalled in his house a concubine, with whom he had en-
tered into a deed of partnership. The relations between
Henry and this woman had, however, ceased for three
or four years past. It appears, however, from an exa-
minati an of his books, that his affairs were in a bad
state, aid that he was on the eve of bankruptcy. Six
years ago Henry, who wished to extend his manufec-
tnres, found a money-lender who advanced him 86,000
francs. This money was all spent. The money-lender
was dead, but his mother was pressing for payment; she
had, however, agreed to take 25,000 francs in lieu of all
demands, on condition of that sum being paid before the
month of October next. The desire to get this money
occupied Henry's mind for so:ne months, and in the
papers found in his house there are continual allusions
to it, and to his horror at the idea of bankruptcy,
In the hope of getting these 25,000 francs he first ad-
dressed himself to the King a long petition, of which
a copy was found in his house. In the petition he
prayed his Majesty either to lend him the money, or to
speak to some banker, who, at the request of the King,
would have pleasure in advancing the money to Henry.
To justify this strange request, Henry said that he had
some great discoveries in his possession, which would
tend to the happiness and prosperity of the whole world.
Henry does not appear to have been angry at the answer
be got from an employ c in the King's Cabinet. He knew
that his petition had not been laid before his Majesty.
He then applied to M. de Rothschild for the 25,000 f.,
and was very much displeased at getting no answer. He
afterwards addressed similar requests to M. de Lamar-
tine and M. Raspael, in which he spoke of his dis-
coveries and projects for the fabrication of aventurine,
which he said would be a substitute for coals on
railways, and prevent explosions. He also thought
of getting a wife with money ; a widow, or one that
was deformed, provided she had 25,000 francs of for-
tune, would suit his purpose, and he inserted several
advertisements in the newspapers to that effect, and had
communication with several marriage agents. The peti-
tion to M. de Larnartine, shows a degree of exaltation
amounting to madness, produced by the fear of bank-
ruptcy, the difficulty of accounting for his losses, and
the badness of his books. He appears also to have had
a horror at the idea of labouring as a common workman,
after having been so long the head of an establishment.
He finishes this document by what he calls his confes-
sion. He says he has two culpable ideas; the one
to destroy himself, and the other to Coin false money,
to get himself arrested and convicted, at the same
time acting so as to be thought bereft of h
senses; but he finishes by hoping that his inven-
tions will at length make his name known, and that a
powerful protector will come and deliver him from con-
finement in the madhouse in which he was placed, and
that he should at length be placed in the position of a
rentier. There is another paper which Henry calls his
premeditation, and which was written shortly before the
attcntat. It showed a great degree of wildness, and is
tilled with the idea of committing a real or an imaginary
crime. He also expresses another idea in it, that his
own exampla and that of Lecomte may tend to do away
with the punishment of death, as their fate is a proof
that the fear of death does not prevent great crimes.
He finishes the premeditation by saying that he does not
wish to escape death, but he wishes the public to look on
him with less horror."

The report concludes by stating that whatever were
the views of Henry, whether to attempt the life of the
King, or to wound him slightly, the act came within the
86th article of the penal code, which punishes attempts
on the life or person of the King with death ; but it
adds that it will be for the consideration of the Court
whether the facts of the ease do not, show that Henry
was insane at the time he committed the act. In favour
of the supposition of insanity is the extraordinary nature
of the act itself, which was intended to merit death,
rather than to be guilty of an actual crime, the
nature of the writings found in his possession, and
the means adopted to meet his difficulty. On the
other band, however, was the fact of his being, up to the
very moment •of committing his crime, at the bead of
an establishment employing a considerable nu
workmen, which he conducted to be sure, without
asm thea
order, but with care and intelligence ;
and,
investigations into his past lige had gone, andas
been. very minute, there 7111 q nothing -to Rxi,,,mberuc?. mental.t
“bett a WI.

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ADVENTURES of CAPT. O'SULLIVAN
CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL,
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THEATRE ROYAL. 11..1Y31 kRKET.
THEi EVENING.

Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello,
Mr. Gregory; lago, Mr. Stuart; Cassio, Mr. Leigll Murray; Bra-
bantio, Mr. Howe ; lloderigo, Mr. Brindal ; Desdemona, Mrs.
Percy; Emilia, Mrs. Stanley.
To be followed by THE DEAD SHOT. Louisa Lovetriek, Miss
M. Glover.

To conclude with Mr. I3uckstone's Farce of MAKE YOUR
WILLS. Messrs. Tilbury, Britidal, Attwood, Mrs. Stanley, &c., will
perform the principal characters.
Boxes, places, &c., at all the Libraries, and of Mr. Archer at the
Box-office, from ten till four.

THEATRE r.OVAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Come,ly of THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.
Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Turner,
Collier; Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE.
Principal characters y Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Turner,
Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard.
To be followed by the highly popular Drama of THE MISER'S
WELL. Dolph Ileyliger, Mrs. Keeley; Dr. Keipperhausen, Mr.
Turner; Peter tie Grocklt, Mr. Yarr ; Spiegel, Air. k inlOth ;
Claus Hopper, Mr. M eadows ; Vender Heyden, Mr. Emery ; Leo-
nidas, Miss Turner; Marie, Miss Keeley; Frau Hay, Mrs. Woollidge.
To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A
WIFE. Principal characters by Me,srs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan,
Meadows, Kinloch, anti Yarnoid ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howa:d.

FLIEATEE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION Ok' MADAME CELESTE
THIS EVENIN,; _ .

Will be performed the Comedy of PA (IL PRY. Colonel Hardy,
Mr. Lambert ; Paul l'ry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers,
Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Barry Stanley, Mr. Boyce,
Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle,
Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phmse, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
After which, a Grant Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de-
nominated THE JUDGMF NT OF PAnIS ; or, The Pas de Pip-
pins. '1 he characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen-
mire, Linden, 'Braye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson,
Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss
Taylor, Miss Harrison, .uiss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c.
To be followed by an original Comic Stetch, called ABRAHAM
PARK El:. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright.
To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR.
Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding,
and Mrs. Frank Matthews.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed an etli-elyte;Seio-Comic Drains, entitled
A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton,
Charles Mathews; Charles Stant(m, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr
Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling.
After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP-
ING BEAUTY Is; THE WOOD. Baron Factotum, Mr.Oxberry;
Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris.
To be followed by an entirely New Comte Drama, entitled THE
BARBER BRAVO ; or, he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr.
Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and
Miss 31,1"Silail will perform.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech,
Hr. Granby; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Homier.

ASILEY'SI ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. The
Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter-
ininAte the successful career of the Grand Military tkpectacle of
our Indian Victories.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular Drama, called THE SIKITS' IN-
VASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846.
After which, splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the
British and Foreign Professors, Male and Female.
The whole concluding with an Equestrian Drama, entitled
THE NAMELESS.
Being for te BENEFIT of Mr. THOMPSO \r, Stage Director.
On MONDAY NEXT, an extraordinary Change of PeraTtnanee,
emiirachi a New Spectac:c, called THE MERCHANC STEED ;
or, The Flight of Damon. In which Mr. T. Harwood and Mrs.
Merton Brooks will, in addition to the re attar Comp -my, have the
honour of appearing. With other attractive Entertainments; to-
tether with the Romantic Drama of TILE NA i BLESS.
Boa -office open mom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
Immense attraction! A New Opera, and powerful combination of
attraction and talent. Au increased Band and Double Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. E. J. Loden
THIS EVENING, and during tilltt eek will be performed the
Opera of THE SYREN. In which Miss Georgiana Smithson will
appear, supported by Messrs. D. W. King, Weiss, S. Jones, Morn-
castle, A. Harris ; Miss Bett., and Miss Ferry.
With, alternately,. the Musical Pieces of NO SONG, NO
SUPPER, and THE QUAKER.
Concluding, during the Week, with nu: WIFE, and the popular
Melodramas of RAFAELLE, THE LIBERTINE ; WEAL II
AN!) WANT'; and MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. In
which Mesrs. E. F. Saville, Frederick,, J. T. Johnson, Neville,
Heslop, W. Smith, Lewis Miss Richardson, Miss Martin, Miss E.
Terry, Mrs. W. Daly, and Mrs. Homier will perform.
Box Mee open from eleven till four o'clock.

Undo? tize Vattr6nAlok of her ]Lost Gracpus Mtsty.
t
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL ,ARDE_.-5.
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY,__ WEDNESDAY, AND

THURSDAY,

VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTIWC-
?ION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79.
A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
Constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY Gram% representing iu the Interior
Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in 'eight, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to
his chrystal home.
The Glass Cons.rvatory is splendidly- ornamented with festoons
Ot lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at
Six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
Admie&on. One Shilling.

Under the ratronage of his loyal Highness the Duke of CambrAge.
On MONDAY, Aug. 24th, and TUESDAY, Aug. 25th.
A GRAND FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION and RAZ IAR
DES FLEUR,. In aid of the Funds kir assistig those Nurserymen
awl florists who suffered by the late Bail-storm. Extra Bands will
at end, in addition to t; e combined attractions f the Gardens.
Admittance, TWO SHILLINGS. Doors open at One.

- THE WEATIIER.—Sum OFFICE, AtCUST 2L
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest. 66 ; Noon, 67.
BAROMETER, 29.87.—WIND N.E., hazy, with showers.

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