The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-21 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY E E • G
S 117 nry AUG UST 21, 1846.

No. 16,824.

TE AM T 0 IT ALY.
Ly The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI-
GATION COMPANY beg to announce that their sew Steam ship
the TIBER, Captain OLIVE, built and fitted up expressly for this
line, will start from Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of Sep-
tember, for Genoa, Leghorn, Citiva Vecchia, an,i Naples ; and thence-
forivard 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, aryl carriages,
also for goods and parcels, may be had on application at the Com-
pany's offices, 51, St. Mary-axe, London.
Aug, 19, 1846.

N'TioNAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COItNIIILL LONDON.
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
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 is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

VICTORIA LIFE A SSUP►,ANCE COMPANY
No. 15, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard. Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq.
Charles Baldwin, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq.
B. Donkin, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Philips, Esq.
Aaron Gohlsmht 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 scab
Credit of half the premiums for the first five years Allowed on Poll
ties 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,

U)AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .8. 6d.; Yellow Soap, 425.,
465., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 5 'B., 60s. and G4s.; Wax
Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. • Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. Rd. ; Genuine Wax, is.. Id. ; store Candles, 5%d. ;
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds. 6% d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ;
molar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. Gd.;
Windsor Soap, Ix.ll. per packet ; Palm, is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor. Is. Pd. rt 33 e, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. Gd.
t,er lb. ; Hale's crier Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, o%cl.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
30 to 50 per Ccnt. Saved!
The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts,
fhe advantages resulting from the invention are various and
striking. 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 snmke, 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-houses, to the expense of
fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ;
these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL Gas
BURNER." 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
club-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 Joint 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.
The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was
heat ed, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery,
and I:npinging 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 vert perfect combustion,
The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, w as 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."

JITVENILE PLEASURE.
ti Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure,
We witness with ocstacy juvenile pleasure I
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 these,
There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes I
Now lIYAM, 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 !
At incredulous prices he now will dispose
Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes !
Parents and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect the im-
mense vsrlety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept .n hand at
this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and
very garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion.
LIST OF PRICES.
- -

X s. d
Dress Coat, braided edges.... ••• • • • Prom 1 1 0
Snrtouts,
Trousers, in cloth and doeskins 0 8 6
Trousers, in Tweed ... 0 6 6
Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials • • 0 4 6
SUMMER GARMENTS.
Summer Coats, in endless variety .... 9 9
Cashmere Ditto • • . ..... •••• • . • • .... 012
Fishing or Shooting Ditto •• • ...... 0 7
Office Ditto •• • • ....... ••• • • ...... 6 9
Blouses, in countless profusion.. ••.• .. • . 0 2
Trousers, in all the newest washing
materials
Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain
their colour ........ •.•• .. • • ..... • . 0 2 9
MADE TO ORDER.
Dress Coats, made to measure.. • from 110 0
Surtouts, ditto • .....•....... •• •• • • 1 15 0
Trousers, ditto ••• • • • ........ ; ..... 015 0
Test, ditto ....... ...• • •••
SUMMER GARMENTS
The Eiyamonian I'aletet, a fashionable
Over-coat, made to order, extremely
light and well-adapted for the present
season.. •
0 8 0

0 6 6

Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics . • •
Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed
Quißings, Trench patterns ••• • • • 0 7 6

An Immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate
.eNv prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not
approve of his purcha e after seeing the articles at his own house.
No business transacted on Saturdays until the evening.
L. lIYAII. Pantechnetheca, 36 Oracechurch-street. London.

. TRAVELLING,
Visiting the Sea CoasLtitoprloTerwtse exposed to the scorching rays of
the Sun, will And
ORWL AND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing
preparation for tie Complexion, dispelling the cloudf lan-
guoro and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. aod immedi-
ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of
the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun-
burn, Freckles, Tan, and Ditcolourations, are pleasingly eradicated
by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately seft 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 th:t "elite" of the Aris-
tocracy and " klaute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the
Drawing-rooms of Calculta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the
Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 6tl.
and Bs. 6d. 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
" ROWLAND'S KALYDOft" on the wrapper. and A. ROWLAND
and SON, 20, Batton-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-
timers.
All tiler Iralydors" are fraudulent counterfeits.

BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH,
NEW-ROAD, LONDON.
THE HYGEIAN, OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
I. 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 Is the blood, from which all the others
are derived.

G. The blood not only repairs every part of the human machine,
but also carries with it all the 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—
from which all others derive their origin.
8. 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
bowel,„ by reason of an accumulation of glary mucous on the inner
surface of the intestines, &c.

11. This accumulation is occasioned by anything that weakens the
circulation or hurts digestion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and
bad treatment of the faculty.

--112. The impurities thus detained in the blood occasion every spe-
cies of disease, according to the quality of the humour, or the parti-
miler locality in which it is lodged.
13. All diseases proceed from one source, therefore they must all
be eared by one medicine.
I. This medicine must be a vegetable purgative, innoxious in it-
Eel; yet sufficiently pomerful to pervade the whole system, clear
away the above-mentioned mucous, and purifyt he blood.
15. The discovery of a vegetable compound, capable of being di-
gested, and mixing with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy
requisite for ridding t.e body of all superfluous humours was a
desideratum.
HVnemitita obln . a ptila aice , ersav
Newl
. 111roodadi,-
16. This discovery has been made by James Morison, the llygeist,
etain teheofeothmepozsirititoonhcfclUolloeraelsona
's Pills, the ge
Health,
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IdNiclon! -

FLOGGING ABOLITION SOCIETY.
Office, 2, Hanover-chambers, Buckingliiun-street, Ade

At a public meeting hold at Exeter Hall, On-Wednesday, the 19th
inst , Thomas Wakle:/, Esq., M.P., in the chair, it was unanimously
resolved,—
" That a Society be now formed to be called The Flogging
Abolitbm Society,' and that the following gentlemen constitute the
Committee:—

J. Brotherton, Esq , M.P.
J. W. Boyes, Esq.
rev. T T. Cuffe, M.A.

'John Meredith, Esq. _
B. &vaticld Taylor, Esq., M.A.
',George Thompson, Esq.

T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. 'William Williams, Esq., M.P.
John Drakard, Esq. Hewit Bridgeman, 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 promote the objects of the Society will be
received by the members of the Committee, the Secretaries, and the
following bankers :—:Messrs. Glyn, Halifax. and c!o., Lombard-street;
and Messrs Stralian, Paul, and Co., 217, Strand, London."
HENRY M. MAY, "Secretary.

TNVENTORS, and DEPOSITORS of WORK•
ING MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as
well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION)
arc respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious
consi•leration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in
MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the
Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and
simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful
Optical Instruments, Ice. Rzc
FE

Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price

OT 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 ,hops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

ALL the NEWS, POLITICAL, LITERARY,
A and ARTISTIC, together with Law, Police, Crimes and
Casualties, in addition to numerous ORIGINAL ARTICLES, by
the Editor and his eminent Literary Associates, will be found every
Saturday in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER'.
Order of any Newsman. -

THE WHITTINGTON CLUB, for the Clerks
and Assistants in London. See DOUGLAS JERROLD'S
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. Every ,aturday.
Order of any Newsman.

Just published, Bvo., cloth, 75.,

.
THE WATER CURE in CHRONIC DISEASE;
an Exposition 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 meals. By JAMES MANBY GULLY, M.D.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Just published, price 55.,

FRANKS on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES.
Part I. On Gonorrhea 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 inflammatory.

Published by the Author, 90, Blackfrlars-road, London; and may
he had of Johnston, GB, Cornhill; Starkie, 4, Strand; Sanger, Ibo,
Oxford•street ; and by order of all booksellers.

The Third Edition, just published, price ss.
APRACTICAL TREATISE on STRICTURE
of 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. Ry F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
Published and Sold by H. Bailliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-
street, London; Messrs. Maclaohlan, 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 Sixpence.

ON 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 Of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience,
&c. &c. 2.
On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS,'
(An Essay for 1846.)
" Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd.
Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments 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 health, how hope, how happiness to gain."
3.
WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID
With Diet Tables for all Complaints.
- • • --

Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil eeliegs, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
servance of the instructions herein contatneC 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 andten."

These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects ,of
very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be fo'und of immea-
surable and general utility, for they tell of matters every living crea-
ture able to understanl ought to know, but which information in
these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through
questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount.
In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
nature, of human disappointments and their ways of 'relief, it is not
contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
anymore than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our owu organization, the laws
whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy
states depend, the duties that arc expected of us in our individual
capacities in the family Circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and fliture race of mankind have to rely.
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
health will be 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 be had of ,herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147,
Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxford• street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or
direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to
Great Marlborough-streei), 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
2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, tor 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps

. .
or Post-office Order.
ELF. 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 Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and ftinctions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.

By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-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.
"TALL OF ROME,' GREAT WINDMILL-
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STREET, eight doors Aom Coventry-street, Haymarket.
Professor TUB SOUR 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
REHEAR:4AL of an entirely new series of Poses Plastlque, 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 Remission to the Stalls will be 3s. 6d. ;
Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. Doors open at Half-past Two o'clock.
Performance to commence precisely at Nalf-past Three o'clock.

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

TRUSTEES.
•
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Thomson Hank ey, jun., Esq Baron L. de Rothschild.
•
TREASURER OF TELE 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 information, 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

A&" I Age Fifty.

Are Fifty-five.

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Age Sixty.

Quar-
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25 13 16 411 19 010 19 813 5 511 13 310 16 912 18 211 9 613141
Polh•ies may be effected daily. By order of the Board,
July 30, 1846. THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary.

COMPLETION 'OF MR. BURKE'S NEW DICTIONARY OF
THE LANDED GENTRY.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great MarlboroUgh-street,.h as 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
corn amerrlaase- stsriereHt.PEiicphciansdthillnyei
"Peerage and Baronetage." Agents for Scotland, Messrs.
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Messrs. Cum-
ming and Ferguson, Dublin.
..
,„:
eo rge Clayton,3a
ruil
.Sir Grosvenor
J i
mmeosrrii Morrison, , Dh
iytsoht te
d:osbi
re Robert-
son,
aoyek;burn, Achinty, P. Fyers, D. Miele( ti.
—Sent into the Country, free, by Post.7--invented
Telescopes, Opeia Glasses, Miciescopes,. &C. Patronised by Generals
—393.t' Aajoibr
Sir EdwaM Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Sir John' Keitings, Maiston,
[ADVERTISEMENT.]
TB,oirgdgs.,3.ohWnooilif:w
Frederick Go:Wel::
son, Mackenzie, Galway,
PBBirorincejvoehriLnein,EdSOsiFiSain3rdlaTacidinioaes:atren, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir
Wm. Eustance : Admirals,
Gold, Bess,' Mex:utder, Curzons, Toinpkinson, Hollis, and Price.'
Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen ; Rear-Admirals Brown andi itibouleati
&c. Messrs. S. and B. SolomolT
George MundaYi
, Opticians, have invented Spec
tacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are places'l
before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness ' \Thiel' 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 to its youthful, natufal, 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. Soi f
omons, Opticians, are not in any war
connected with a Person of the Same name in their immediate neigh-
bourhood. To prevent niistalt7. be cautious, and Observe—Only to
be had at 39, Albemarle-street.iccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
1= w'v'—IIOLLO s [ADVEtITISE*F;NT, - 13 ~.A t.iTMENT AND
PILLS.—A Cults Iva DROPSY.—Captain James Eyre cf the Cont
papy's service, residing at Roulog,ne, heel been tapped thrice within
seven months ; twelve quarts of water were taken from him each
time., Notwithstanding thee operations he was about falling a
victim to thus terrible complaint, when he commenced the rubbing in
of Honoway:o km11;41)10 Oißtilms
he ent! and as effectually as salt is
forces' into meat;
; besides "
took large doses of his wonderful
pills, which in nine weeks effected so extraordinary 'a
cure as to en-
able him Mike to walk twenty-five miles in one day: ' Any unnatural
fl-C
sweliliws of the body are etu allY cured by these celebrated medi-
cines. °Sold by, all medicine v.eudors ; likewise at Professor Hello.
way's establislimeW, 244, Strand, London.,
auBBIELH .roa SALE.—AS there is a doubt about it
purchaser coming forward to bid for . the .Pavilion at Brighton, we
suggest that it be bough 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 fewpaper lanterns and a real native at the door, Iva feel con-
fident a deal •of business in selli4g tea, or exhibiting curiosities, might
be done. If it is pulled doo, it 714
.1?..0 ti lino !ream= amor tr
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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 Hoggey,
ex-
mayor, filled the vice-chair. On the right of the chair were
the honoured guest, Captain Wetherby,. George Crawshay,
Eq., of the firm of Hawks and Co., of Gateshead ; John
Crawford, Esq., W. Shields, Esq., &e: 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-
greeni .and flowers; and the device of a crown, with the
motto " Free Trade," were formed in dahlias above the prin •
cipal table.
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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.
He considered the entertainment a very proper acknowledg-
ment to Mr. Bright fur his able and indefatigable exertions
in the cause of free trade, and it was must assuredly owing
to the unparalleled efforts of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright
that the struggle was brought to a triumphant issue.
The MAron 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 cheers.)
Other loyal toasts having been drank,
The MAYOR again rose, and in flattering terms proposed
the health of Mr. Bright, which was very rapturously
cheered.
Mr. BRIGHT immediately rose, and after the cheering
on his rising had subsided, addressed the company in a
speech which occupied an hour and a quarter itt 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 Lim to the city, and
although the schism which had taken place in the ranks 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 tke more they exa-
mined it, and the longer they lived, the more they would be
compelled to acknowledge that no principle could be more
beautiful and true, none fliers natural, just, and simple. It
was opposed by an organisation 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 profesa a deeper
attachment to the church, and who are generally not
willing to admit that those who would move in any
political question are even tit 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.)
Ile 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 a-head from which the people cannot
escape, and in which they must be either borne down by the
conflict, or by united and energetic efibrt 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 efiected 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. Mattison 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 of clay, and even now, without a shot 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 agn they loohod 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 fighting 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 our example is being imitated.
There was the tariff which had been introduced into, and
which had recently passed, the legislature of America. Mr.
Polk had been returned at the last presidential electionin
consequence of his adherence to the principle of that plea-
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 they 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,
"Our'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 bad come 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. lie
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 land, and showed by facts and argu-
ments that the single burden arising from the preserva-
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 lie 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.—(Cheers,) He came now to speak of
himself in connexion with their city. He came here openly
as the advocate of seine opinions which he knew were not
in consonnance with those of some among them, who had
given him their disinterested support. But his pledges to
them had simply had relation to the question of free trade;
and those pledges he trusted he hail amply redeemed.—
( Loud and repeated cheers.) Ho had never in Parliament
missed one single opportunity of recording his sentiments
in favour of free trade since they hadsent him to Parliament;
and now he 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
it 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 be 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.) lle would expect them, then, never to stain that
character for purity which they had gained or. 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 soon afterwards productive of another
iu I.9udou,—(Chem) The pfd 16tejai of
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' 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 had reference to parties individuals and opinions
which prevailed 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 further corrup-
tion or the further purity of election in Durham ; but he
entertained a firm conviction, after what be had 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 Hon. C. P. Vil-
liers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Wilson, and their fellow-labourers in
the sacred cause of the corn-law repeal.—(Applause.)
Mr. CRAWSHAY gave " The Constituency of the city of
Durham, and may it preserve its independence."
Mr. BuocKETT, 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 li. 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. Tie 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 THE 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 broken during the last
week for using ',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 hedges. 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
lookinc, well. _ _ _

Staiiing from Liverpool by the line of the railway, we
find that about Broad green and Huy ton 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 or England.
On the stiff soils xtending 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 not 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 uncut.
About Newton the soil again becomes dry and open.
Here all the grain is cut, and will be housed before the
end of the week. Every 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 farmers 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, arid 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 crown 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 disappointed, 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 brie of the old road froni Manchester to
Liverpool, through the villages of Irlam and Cadishead
to Hollin's Ferry, the
.potato 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
in the whole of this district is open and peaty.
After crossing the river Mersey, at Hollin'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 DISEASE.—Fof 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 main showing itself to a
great extent in this year 'ms 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 ninny dif-
ferent quarters, they all cc r ee in the melan-
choly anticipation that the failure in the present
potato crop will far exceed that of last year. It is
remakable 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 pieces, are generally affected, while "the
Prince Regents" almost entirely escape. What can be
the cause of this distinction? Is it that the last-
named
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, was ascribed, as a matter of course and without much
thought, to the heavy and continued rains. The present
season, however, has been marked by peculiarly favour-
able weather. How is this same result from exactly
I , opposite calues t 9 be aecentuated for i'—Livapc,oi cLoion,

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HENRY, THE REGICIDE.
The Chamber of Peers met on Tuesday, to receive the
report of M. Laplagnc-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
Id that C -nittr had W'
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Lreason, anL ,Liat a ;ommittee ice eon a ---)pointed 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 beard,
succeeding each other so rapidly that many persons
in the neighbourhood thought there was only
one. A streak of 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. lie 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, 'lt
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 had 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 from 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, Hue 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 he had been induced to fire on the King
by the great misfortunes which he had suffered, and
that for six years he wished to commit suicide, but
his courage failing, 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, fin., 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 Sih.le, that no one knew of his project, and that he
fired on the King because he knew that, however 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 irGn 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 mounting guard, but that he 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 noning
to do with his crime, In one of them—a letter written
to a friend—he says, I have suffered morally for is
years. I should have been obliged to become bankrupt.
I wish to the, but I do not with 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
the same business. Afterwards, by his intelli-
gence, his address, and his spirit of economy,
he •
,waa 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, and 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 had
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
mentioner, but he abused them. The same was the
case with respect to a sister who lives with him. He
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 he •
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-
minatian of his books, that his affairs were in a bad
state, and that he was on the eve of bankruptcy. Six
years ago Henry, who wished to extend his manufac-
tures, ind 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 some 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
he gut from an emplo3e 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 25,0001.,
and was very much displeased at getting no answer. He
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of getting_a wife with money; a widow, or one that
was deformed, provided she had 25,000 francs of for-
tune, would stilt 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 Lamartine, shows a degree of exaltation
amountinc, 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. Ile 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-a
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 anolisr paper which Henry calls his
premeditation, and which was written shortly before the
attentat. It showed a great degree of wildness, and is
filled with the idea of committing a real or an imaginary
crime. He also expresses another idea in it, that his
own example 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 ho does not
wish to escape death, but he wishes the public to lock 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
SGth article of the penal code, which punishes attempts
on the life or person of the King with death ; bat it
adds that it will be for the consideration of the Court
whether the facts of the case do not show that Henry
was insane at the time lie 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 hand, however, was the fact of his being, up to the
very moment of committing his crime, at the head of
an establishment employing a considerable number of
workmen, which he conducted to be sure, without much
order, but with care and intelligence ; and, as far as the
investigations into his past life land gone, feud WV 04 !'
teen very minute. there ,•9.; nothing to shots' writs