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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SIT N 7 DECEMBER 18, 1846,

1 RAVESEND STAR, and BLACKWALL.
PACKETS.
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trains starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times.
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PUBLICATIONS.

NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK BY MR. DICKENS.
On the 19th instant, will be published, price 55., small Bvo.,
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
A LOVE STORY.
By CHARLES DICKENS.
The Illustrations by Daniel Maclise, IL.A. ; Clarkson StanfielA,
; John Leech ; and Richard Doyle.
London : Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars.

ROYAL POL7TECHNIC INSTITUTION.
BPERMISSION.-PROFESSOR
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plosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three ; and on
the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
The principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA-
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to the new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called !the ROYAL
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYEIYDROGEN
MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE,
showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the
DES fRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Ban., F.R.S., to
be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EX-
TERME N TS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &c.
Admission Is. Schools, half-price.

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THE COMIC BLACKSTONE. By GILBERT ABBOTT
a BECKETT. With Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Third edition, price ss.
--
"Seriously we will remark, that a vein of real legal learning can
be traced through these sportive pages, and a student may occasion-
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Illustrations by John Leech,
QUIZZIOLOGY OF THE BRITISH DRAMA.
We have in the Quizzlology of the Drama' a perception of the
nice varieties of style, and a power of seizing and portraying charac-
ter, in addition to Mr. a Beckett's wit and humour."—Examiner.
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NEW WORK BY MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSII.
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COOTE'S ECCLESIASTICAL PRACTICE.
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THE PRACTICE of the ECCLESIASTICAL
COURTS, with FORMS and TABLES of COSTS.
By HENRY CHARLES COOTE,
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Offices, 28, St. Swlthin's-lane, London, Dec. 10, 1846.

LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY,
The Directors of the above Company beg to inform the Public
that their Bakery, upon an extensive scale, is being erected in St.
John-street, Clerkenwell, and will shortly be completed. To meet
the immense demand made upon them for " Pure anadultered
bread," the Directors are selecting Depots in all parts of the Metro-
polis, a list of which will be published with the Agent's names. The
Directors think it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops
have been opeued under a colourable imitation of the name of the
Company, without the authority of the Board, and that they must
not be held reapensible for the quality of the Bread sold therein.
They have given instructions to their Solicitors to take the necessary
measures to put a stop to such practices.
By order, EDWARD PARRATT. Secretary.
3, Alderman walk, New Broad-street, City.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " AMY HERBERT."
Just published, 2 vols. fcp. Svo., price 12s. cloth,
MARGA RET PERCEVA L. By the Author
of " Amy Herbert," &c. Edited by the Rev. W. SEWELL,

By the same Author and Editor, New Editions of
AMY II R6ERT. 2 vols. 9s.
GERTRUDE ; a Tale. 2 vols. 95.
LAN-ETON PARSONAGE. I vol. 55.
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Of whom may be had, price 55., edited by Mr. SEWELL,
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN ROME.

ELEGANT AND USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
Dedicated, by permission, to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester.

LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY.
CAUTION.
Notice Is hereby given, that this Company, which has been
formed for the purpose of supplying the public with pure and un-
adulterated bread, has been provisionally registered, pursuant to the
provisions of the " Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Re-
gulation of Joint Stock Companies, 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110," and
all persons are therefore cautioned against cam ing on business
under the above title, or under any title calculated to lead the public
t, believe that they represent, or are authorised by, or are hi any
manner connected with the said Company.
And all persons who shall infringe upon the rights of the Com-
pany, or who shall carry on business under a colourable evasion of
the title of the Company, will he proceeded against forthwith.
HODGSON AND BURTON,
Solicitors to the said Company.
10, Salisbury-street, Strand.
_ _

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THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS EVE; Or,
Deutschar Damen Weihnachts Korbchen. :Edited by Mrs.
ALFRED MONTGOMERY. Being a Picture of Home Life in Ger-
many. With Instructions for, and Illustrations of One Hundred
beautiful and original Patterns for Knitting. Translated from the
German of Madame A. FLOUR.

London : Calnes, Makin-street, West Ilelgraye-square.

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A LETTER to the ARCHBISHOP of CAN-
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Just published, the Fifth Edition, post Svo., cloth. 7s. 6d.
VESTIGES of the NATURAL HISTORY of
CREATION.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Just publisher', Second Edition, post Bvo., cloth, 55.,
EXPLANATIONS ; with a Postscript. By the
Author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation."
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Just published, post Bvo., cloth, Is.,
ON NEAR SIGHT, AGED SIGHT, and
IMPAIRED VISION; with Observations upon the Use of
Glasses. By W. WHITE COOPER, F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon to the
North London Ophthalmic Institution.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM-
NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING
BItUSII and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all
the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis-
gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one
particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago
an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House •f
CommorP, the success of which was complete. Sinneets
various other
of writing
paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and
parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping
ernot one
particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of pap.
To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square.
N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this
patent invention in the provincial towns of England.
Agents for the Metropolis are required.

Just published, Second Edition. in One Thick Volume of 800 pages,
cloth, 145.,
THE CYCLOPEDIA of PRACTICAL RE-
CEIPTS and COLLATERAL INFORMATION in the ARTS,
111 INUFACTURES, and TRADES, including Medicine, Pharmacy,
and Domestic Economy ; designed as a compendious Book of Refer-
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Families. By ARNOLD JAMES COOLEY.
"This work contains directions for the preparation of several
thousand articles of interest and utility, and the processes of various
laboratories and manufactories, derived from the personal experience
of the editor, who has for many years directed their application on an
extensive scale. The indiscriminate adoption of matter without ex-
amination has been uniformly avoided ; and it is hoped the whole
book will form a compendious dictionary of reference."—Extract
from Preface.
London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine
Sperm, Is. Sd. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and GOs. per 112Ibs. ;
Mottled, 605. and 645.; Wax Candlae. M. per lb. ; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transdarent Wax, Is. led.; Genuine
Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Rs. per gallon
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ;;Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-
sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ;
Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 9%d. per lb.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

In the press, and shortly will be published, price 21. 6d.,
FDUCATION in WALES;
A with Remarks on the Social Condition of the People, being a
Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Secretary of
State, on occasion of Mr. Williams's motion br inquiring into the
state of education in the principality of Wales.
By JOHN JENKINS, M.A.
Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange, London.

BRITISH COLLEGEndon of. HEALTH, New-
BIOGRAPHIC AL SKETCH of the HYGEIST, with the reasons
that led him to the discovery of the llygeian System of Medicine and
the " Vegetable Universal Medicines," after thirty-five years' inn-
presslb!e suffering under the medical faculty.
James Morison, the youngest son of Alexander Morison, Esq.,
was born at Bognie, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770.
The family has been long known as one of great affluence and re-
spectability, and the late Member for Banffshire, John Morison, was
the second brother of the subject of this brief sketch.
For the remainder of the sketch, see the abridged " Morisoniana,"
to be had of all the honorary members of the British College of
Health, New-road, London. Price 6d.

GOOD OLD CHRISTMAS fast approaches us,
and what Is there in all this great metropolis that would
prove so acceptable a Christmas present to our country friends as a
little really GOOD TEA. Our neighbours across the Channel have
long prided themselves upon their choicest of wines, and have de-
signated the finest descriptions "Premiere qualite." The first ga-
therings of the tea plant are well known to be the finest, such as the
richest Souchong, Cowslip, Dyson, and Gunpowder.
All these fragrant and rare sorts of Tea are to be had of DAKIN
and Co., Tea Merchants, Number One, St. Paul's Church-yard ; and
they will be found of premier quality—Aye, fit for a Prince !! !

EXAMPLES. ----
AN INFALLIBLE HAIR DYE. Lucy Will Ue 10/111(1 01 1)1.1ilei quisia,-.., a:, ear •••••• .... . • ••••••-, • • •
t r 11,. . .I.g. (7 IROWL AND S' MELACOMIA, the most suc-
cessful liquid preparation ever known in this or any other REALLY SUBSTANTIAL and HIGHLY
ACCEPTABLE PRESENTS for our FRIENDS in the
. -..etaltuu t.l Bonus Bonus in iE g Assured country for dyeing the hair of the head, whiskers, mustachios, and COUNTRY.—The Tea-growers in China have of late sent us very
added. Cash. 55- g way eyebrows a natural and permanent brown or black, so exactly re- many small chests. or what they call caddies, of very CHOICE
• 5 ; Borrow. sembling the natural colour of the hair as to defy detection. It is TEA ; some of them containing only flue pounds weight, with others
............................. • 2,..- perfectly innocent in its nature, is free from unpleasant smell, and holding seven, twelve, twenty, to thirty pounds. DAKIN and
, 4 1 a Ifl -."....1 ......"......--.-'-"".° can be used by any lady or gentleman with the greatest ease and COMPANY have received several hundreds, some are most beauti-
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be shown to every person who desires to see these uncommonly
1000 3A. 1 3 —7.1,415 011 £l6 0 4 £445 00 1
183 q
- 165 1 0 87 1 13 1 346 2 3
41 '6 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4
is ' Its effects are so permanent hat neither water nor perapi• ful, fit for the drawing-room, and capable of being made Into elegant
rationois ual willin hair influence
dyes)
which them;
givea ti d
al tni s
unnatural entirely frreeedf roormp
purple
ee
tint
secrecy.
. hair. Price ss. propertiestotlte mar' oer ko-fbe andih sizes,ey at efilled w beautifullyith the constructed
choicestt
eaor,naanmdewntisll,
11 I 247 4 0 ROWLANDS ODONTO ; or, Pearl Dentifrice, a white powder convenient and truly acceptable Christmas presents.
- ' 831
''‘ 3 I 41 00
4 13 10 2 395 11 Ixes
different for ladles.form
s
1840 ,‘ 110 74 1 9 1
0.116 at_ . 1 6 8! 49 10 0 710 4
--------- r„... She teeth. compounded of the choicest and most recherche ingre- NUMBER ONE, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

ROWLANDS' MELACOMIA, the most suc-
cessful liquid preparation ever known in this or any other
country for dyeing the hair of the head, whiskers, mustachios, and
eyebrows a natural and permanent brown or black, so exactly re-
sembling the natural colour of the hair as to defy detection- It is
perfectly innocent in its nature, is free from unpleasant smell, and
can be used by any lady or gentleman with the greatest ease and
secrecy. Its effects are so permanentZthat neither water nor perapi-
ration will influence them ; and it is entirely free from these properties
(usual in hair dyes) which give an unnatural red or purple tint to the
hair. Price ss.
ROWLANDS ODONTO ; or, Pearl Dentifrice, a white powder
for the teeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherche ingre-
dients of the Oriental herbal. It eradicates tartar from the teeth,
removes spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel,
imparts the most pure and pearl-like whiteness, and gives sweetness
and perfume to the breath. Price 2s 9d. per box.
Sold by the Proprietors, A. Rowland an Son, 20, Ilatton-garden,
London, and by Chemists and Perfumers.d

The a,
4144,-"visio 0
berK the Prost'
Present year.
Is annual, and the next will be made in
P. FERGUSON CAMEOUX, Seeretal7.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.
The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve
years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S)
chemically purified material has been before it (made into every
useful and ornamental article usually made in silver. possessing, as
it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called
into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin
Silver," and other so called substitutes ; they are at best but bad
imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him.
Fiddle Threaded King's
Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern,

ND,,,
S PATENT OPEN FIRE
VENTILATING STOVE.
(Testimonial after one Winter's trial.)
46
18 •
" St. John's, Fulham, May 2,
Sir ,—I have very great pleasure in giving fintZtothe efficiency of your stove, as combining the double
%le hurevh, thoroughly warming and constantly ventilating aniy
bt t> all th or building. Your invention appeared to me to he n
my public
ti Yet t
Could be desired, and I can honestly say that I have
lory• '".:overecl the point in which the practice falls short of the
d~thof my church is computed to be nearly 200,000 cubical
th;,ed h.,.....°Ugh a second stove will be required, the one already
lop fully answered my highest expectations, and realised all
etirnee er,e given me to expect. If confirmation were needed for
th-relti„. efficiency, I might further state that I had peculiar
Ap~thiit"'evt_o contend with—that various attempts had been made,
e;al 4,7rY attempt had proved a signal failure—that I was ex-
,„,re; bate. charge of boldness in attempting what had baffled
ii-Zpkti'l'eau'._tf2at such is the power, the efficiency, and the comfort
`e:!, by Your stove, that I know not of a dissentient voice,
kit v 4 Ibigheat °My of approval with unanimous consent.
;wool. stoy—d, that I was first led to the making inquiry respect-
*"rshi. towards gathered indirectly that a disposition, not un-
ti4re, on` it, was entertained in a certain high quarter,
tAproVkl aceount of ability of
re disc
hernment, the smallest approach
•
mast carry with it gat weigt.
‘‘
"I
remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully,
CA Wuad ILLIAM GARRATT, Minister of St. John's, Fulham.
Th, ;-tY,
44elidaves to be had of Messrs. DOWSON, 60, Welbeek-street,
'''''sqare ; where they may be seen In operation.

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PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
The thousands of individuals who. for upwards of twenty
years years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only
article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes red or
grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, Soc., to a dark brown Or black
without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro.'
daces by one Application a pleasing and permanent change; and it
can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this articlq promotes the growth of h
cl.,air, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of l. . 6 Gs., and His
per bottle.
To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate
treet, Whilechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 2.4, Old Bond-
street ; 'Hooper, 43, King tVilliain-street, London bridge ; Finnigin,
Musom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos
Pertmers and Medicine 'Vendors in town and country.
Sent to
any oart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid.
Please to ask for "Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.'
Observe, the Proprietor's address is on
the wr.

dozen..

Dessert ditto and ditto
Tea ditto and ditto,

ditto 10s. Od. 21e. ed. 255. Oil
ditto 55. Od. 11s. Od. 12s. 0(1

Gravy ditto ........ . 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Oa.
NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER,
introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late
RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of
Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best
article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either
usefully or ornamentally. In the lengthened and Increasing popu-
larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of
plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S.
Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably
superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no
possible test can they be distinguished from real silver.
Fiddle. Thread. King's.
Tea Spoons, per dozen .....18s. .. 32e. • • 38s.
Dessert Forks „ •.• • • . 30s. .. 465. .. 58s.
Dessert Spoons „ • ......:.. 30s. .. 525. .. 625.
Table Forks .......... 40s. .. 6111. • • 755.
Table Spoons „ • •
Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate
prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed
catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article,
sent (per post) free.
WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock
of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it
—39, Oxford-sire t e (corner of Newman-street). Established in
Wells-street, 1820.

gress of thi:dlistrrees
INFLUENZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS.
SEVICO'S ESSENCE of LINSEED is the most
:srithm
paldeutistsly, removes it. ChildroPil'saincto'ugannsd,
~IMCO'S
eine. i
fr°., trawen., ; the two first doses generally arrest the pro-
-I..zdt.yeoemver discovered for the relief of persons suf.
ng
:s
as
serrgeeeveentr
ocneecsornin-
well
at7lll be removed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and
bed, c Persons, who previously had not been able to lie down in
have Essence of the utmost benefit from the use of Shnco's
Zab "A"seed.
each. 7' all medicine Vendors, in bottles at ls. and 2s. 9d

4 I'
CHRISTMAS SUIT
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
I hope, my friends, you'll not refuse,
A simple ditty from my muse !
And do not smile, because I shoose
My Christmas Suit.

I knew that MOSES wild supply
Prime articles, by no means high,
And, therefore, off I start to buy
My Christmas Suit.
And have I rued my bargain ?—No !
Tie such that I will always go,
And buy at MOSES' vast depot.
My Christmas Suit.

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION; LS.
NORT ON'S CAMOMILE r"
are confidently recommended as a simple but certain rdem_Leivd);
to all who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious an
Complaints ; they act as a Powerful tonic and gentle aperient, mi par
ing strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system,
Sold in bottles at Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. each, in every town .n
the kingdom.
CAUTION.—IIe sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase an imitation.

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ness, nce at the same time
and he will
earned a shilling a day, or indeed
a shilling s worth of work.
dream of doing more than
and
nhiiss
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combine to compel the
Tlati
v consequentlyein
deeply into the loved mystification an existing fact
of oppression," but it is nevertheless
We know that this i s npoaty:aettnetr flattering 9,:f a,
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country,
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WHAT 'WI M LLMESMERISM D oftdated
darpßui
capital.
ton (United States), the 14th ult.:—" A
covery has recently been made here—viz•' that by 1
ness for about the same length of haling sulphuric ether for two or three minutes, the pa-
tient may be thrown into a state of entire unconscious:
the most serious operation may be performed without
situffaberoiuntgt.wel.t.nMdorerhdteont, of Boston, a dentist, has tried
ionipees operation,
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covery
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passiveness, was
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in a few cases failed, owing probably to peculiarity of
constitution or temperament, or want of skill in the ad•
towe aasshe e. pre rief et
ncthti perfectly
ministration."—Galignani.
The premises in Fleet-street, lately occupied by
the League, have passed into the hands of the New
Parcel Delivery Company, who are about to open them
as their head -quarters. The plan adopted by the Post-
office of pre-payment will be resorted to by the London
Parcel Post, which will issue penny labels for the pre-
payment of parcels of eighteen ounces weight, and the
Company promises special attention to small parcels,
which they are to preserve from damage and injury by
having their carts arranged for this purpose. The Com-
pany is shortly to start with three deliveries a-day,
which will be finally extended to the same number as
are furnished by the Post-office. _

4nat, the Vest, the Trowse-s, too,
°SES' Malt much cream au,
80 you'il say, when
My once you 'view
Christmas Suit.

TN-WIC ANT ATP AIR.
-BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for
many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the
ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season,
are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to
Preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve
those who sailer from Difficulty of Breathing, Prepared
only
by
Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon.street, London; and sold retail, by
their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gifford, 104, and
H. Burfleld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hallovrs, Drug-
gist, 2, High-street, Islington ; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church-
street, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and
Country.-Observe : none can be genuine, unless the names of
" Barclay and Sons " are on the Stamp affixed to each Box.

The Winter wrapper can adorn
And comfort, whensoever worn,
And nobody can Justly scorn
My Christmas Suit.

My Hat is elegant to view,
Its make is good, ita style is new ;
And thus it adds a beauty to
My Christmas Suit.

And now my friends, I trust you'll go
To MOSES', at their vast depot,
Where I obtain'd, for prices low,
My Christmas Suit,
LIST OF PRICES.
IEADI MADE.

EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and
KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also it
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
7s. ; and double this size, 11 s. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, eon•
taming testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled '• Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c."
By post, 4s. Gd., 7s. Sel„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herhary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside ; Fisher and Toiler,
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill •
and by all Chemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
K. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresche and Son, Adver-
tiser-office.

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hd
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••••• .. • • • 1103:Vain or fancy •• • •
'ussar and Tunic Suits • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
-111ey return
Leifrl'nec4-eAaly article purchased, ready made, or made
the
Pproved of,willbe exchanged,
11'' kOßßeci' or if preferred,
Clothiers, Hatters,
14Ztrs, I..._aend SON, Tailors, Woollendr
ity 1.5.
itn",,,it iitsg,an.(2,Tizalofioe3u,tflatetdersaf,oasrP4eL:aa'sdsi,esaannddBG6eimdegmaetiel:
e,;11•4,011cloo. `l, I°7
lkih.bile7rl.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
i finlains but have learned that the untradesman-
i& ood being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
,L s°',/ hJs"ted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
-eo th,._,e no connexion with any other hence in or out of London;
4
et 7't who desire genuine and che: p clothing, &c., should call at,
..yoti to. Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
n't Pri:t._•--.,eio business transacted at this establishment from sun-
•-• 1434 .76 till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
' "
kitte it...__
It.. wanore to the fur department is at 83,
.11dgate, corner of the
Nig .Ate, opposite the Shurgla.

There were yesterday no less than 77 mail-bags
overdue, in consequence of the detention of the convey-
ances by the snow.

DUTCH, GERMAN, and BRUSSELS

flourishes there are always guarantees of tranquillity,
order, and the security of our institutions.
Senor Don Fei nand() Abarzuza (who, of all that
were present, with the exception of Senor Urtetegui,
contributed most to the establishment of the associa-
tion) next addressed the meeting, amidst general marks
of approbation. After expatiating on the advantages of
free trade to society, he said—Eternal gratitude to Mr.
Cobden, who has carried this glorious principle into
practice, presenting those admirable doctrines with in-
domitable perseverance, until they triumphed in Great
3ritain ! That tribute of gratitude which mankind
oyves him, we now rejoice in having this opportunity of
paying, assembled as we are for the purpose of founding
an association for the diffusion of his salutary principles.
Senor Abarzuza concluded an eloquent address, by
calling on the meeting not to suffer any more time to be
lost, but to constitute immediately the society that they
so much desired.
Senor Zulueta, and some other gentlemen having ad-
dressed the meeting to the same effect, the proposition
for forming a junta, or committee, to direct the efforts of
the association was received with enthusiasm ; the junta
to be composed of a president, vice-president, eight
members, and a secretary. The following were then
unanimously elected to those offices :—President, Senor
Don Jorge Urtetegui ; Vice-President, Senor Marques
del Pedroso. Members, Senors Don Juan de Dios La-
sante, Don Rafael Lobo, Don Pedro Pascual Vela, Don
Francisco Paul, Don Jo:é Lopez Bonal, Don Jose Nico-
las de Oviedo, Don Francisco A. Conte, Don Antonio
Gargollo. Secretary, Senor Don Antonio de Zulueta.
The Come: do concludes its article by a quotation from
the speech delivered by Mr. Cobden at the last League
meeting in Covent-garden Theatre, in which he described
the apparently insignificant origin of the Anti-Corn-law
League ; and expressed a hope, that however small the
association now founded in Spain, it might ultimately
achieve similar success.

PAPERS.
CRACOW, DEC. 2.—lt is stated that the Police De-
partment, where they expected to arrest John Schubert.
at the barrier of Zwierzynice, were in the hopes of disco
vering thereby an important secret. His disappearance
has, however, frustrated their expectation. Report points
out the said John Schubert as one of the ringleaders of
the new conspiracy, which is said to be brooding against
the Austrian Government. It might have been inferred
that in the present state of affairs, every thought of a
conspiracy would have been given up as utterly futile.
The report, however, is so often repeated, and frequently
with such certainty, that apparently there must be some
foundation for it.
VIENNA, DEC. 3.—Two days after, we received the
intelligence that the well-known Polish insurgent Chief,
Dembinski, who appeared after the defeat of the Gali-
cian Nobles at Lisa Goroe, and had not been heard of
since, has been arrested in Cilli. He had been kept in
concealment on the estates of an Hungarian nobleman,
but had latterly obtained a passport for himself and a
female, and, under a false name, had succeded in getting
as far as Cilli, where he was arrested.
BERLIN, DEC. 5 —The King of Hanover is said to be
on the point of expending a pretty considerable sum (re-
port says five to six million dollars) in the purchase of
landed estates within the Prussian dominions, and that
several negotiations have already been commenced with
large estate owners. It is, however, added, that there is
danger that the entire
plan may fall to the ground, as e
difference has hitherto subsisted in regard to the forma-
lities which the King of Hanover, as soon as he shall ob
tame estates in Prussia, will be obliged to observe towards
our King, as landowner, and which have been observed
by other sovereigns who have possessions in Prussia; for
instance, the King of the Netherlands, the Duke of Bruns-
wick, the Duke of Dessau, &c., &c.
VIENNA, DEC. 6.—The day before yesterday, the im
perial Russian Lieutenant, General Von Bibikoff, ar-
rived from St. Petersburgh, wil.h a numerous retinue.
He is charged with the commiision a accompany the
earthly remains of her Imperial Highness the late Grand
Duchess Maria, to St. Petersburgh. Her Imperial
Highness the Grand Duchess Helen has recovered from
her indisposition. Our mails from Constantinople have
for some time arrived very irregularly ; the mail of the
25th November arrived hore two days after date.
BRESLAU, DEC. 6.—Letters from the Polish frontier
state that the time in which the kingdom of Poland is to
cease, is approaching, and that it is no secret that Prince
Paskewitsch has orders, on the slightest revolutionary
movement, to fire on Warsaw from the citadel, and utterly
destroy it.
KONIASBURG, DEC. I.—With respect to the marriage
contracted by Dr. Falkson with his wife in England, the
Procurator-General has instituted proceedings for de-
claring this marriage between a Jew and a Christian
lady to he null and void. The tribunal has resolved to
require the opinions of the Consistory and of the Rabbis,
how far a Jew could comply with the Christian laws of

MEETING OF LANDED PROPRIETORS.
There was a meeting of landed proprietors yesterday
in Dublin. Amongst those present were the Right Hon.
F. Shaw, M.P., Messrs. G. A. Hamilton, M.P. Daniel
O'Connell, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, Ed-
ward Grogan, M.P., Monsell, Napier, J. R.Godley, Chas.
Wm. Hamilton, Bolton Massey, &c.
It was resolved—" That with a view to meeting the
difficulties of the present alarming crisis, a committee be
formed to collect suggestions to be laid before the Irish
Members of both Houses of Parliament, as to the mea-
sures which ought to be brought forward."
TRALEE, DEC. 12.--A company of the 77th, under the
command of Major Clarke, proceeded yesterday morning
to Cahirciveen, together with a large police force, to pro-
tect the Government stores, threatened by some of the
hungry population of that locality.—Tralee Chronicle.

IRELAND.
SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC WORKS.
DUBLIN, DEC. 15.—1 n consequence of a very heavy
fall of snow in some of the western counties, it has beeir
found necessary to suspend public works, and vast num-
bers of the destitute peasantry are left totally without
the means of providing themselves with food. An
order is likely to be issued— indeed that it has
lready been decided upon—directing the inspecting
officers to call over the list of working people each
morning during the suspension of the works, and to pay
them for each day equally as if the works had been in
progress.
PRODUCTIVE LABOUR—CULTIVATION OF
TE LAND.
The Board of Works have issued the following im-
portant and well-timed circular, with a view to the
carrying out of works undertaken in accordance with the
circular of the Chief Secretary :
" CIRCULAR., NO. 38.
" Board of Public Works, Dec. 9, 1846.
" The employment of the destitute on roads and other
public works must soon terminate, and reproductive
works be substituted for them. To render such works
really beneficial and morally useful, the landed proprie-
tors must join hand in hand with the Board of Works.
Every proprietor or farmer will be interested in the
practical success of some local work, and as the number
will be great, the success will be in proportion to the
zealous co operation which the Board may receive.
" Works connected with thorough draining and sub•
soiling with the spade must be executed systematically
and calmly—no external force, no hurry can be admitted.
The number of labourers required for each particular
work can be accurately known, and each individual
labourer should have a task allotted to him, say, suffi-
cient for a fortnight or three weeks.
" To entitle each labourer to till his own farm, or that
of a neighbouring farmer, and at the same time earn the
support of his family through employment on drain-
age works, it is proposed that the task to be allotted to
each labourer should consist of a certain length of drain,
and the collection and breaking of stones for the drain ;
where the stones are to be gathered from the same or
neighbouring fields, the children of the labourer may be
employed by him in collecting them into heaps, and, if
sufficiently near, depositing them on the tide of the drain
cut by the father.
" If, with the assistance of his children, the task,
sufficient for a fortnight, be completed in six or eight
days, the labourer will receive his money, and be at
liberty to devote the remainder of the fortnight to farm
labour, and still will have earned sufficient to support
his family until the time arrives for commencing a second
task, and so on.
" To render the drainage works substantially bene-
ficial to the landed proprietors, it is necessary that the
most approved system of thorough draining should be
adopted.,To effect this object, the Commissioners of Public
Works mean to appoint district inspectors of drainage,
whose duty will be, in the first instance, to examine the
site of every work presented for ; to determine the ex-
tent of land to be drained, and mark its boundaries
on the Ordnance plans ; to lay out the works connected
with the main or open drains ; to determine the depth
and all the detail belonging to the covered drain ; to
estimate the cost of the drainage per acre ; to value the
land in its present state, and give his opinions as to the
increased value which will result from the drainage ; and
report on the whole to the Commissioners.
"During the time occupied by the inspector of drain-
age in the performance of his duty, the landed proprie-
tor, the agent, or steward, should attend for the purpose
of receiving instructions as to the particular works to be
executed in each case, and should recommend suitable
persons, who may be employed as local overseers to
carry them out
" The stewards or farmers, as the case may be, to act
without salary; but the local overseers recommended by
them, when approved of by the inspector of drainage,
will be paid according to their qualifications and ex-
ertions.

THE LATE., COLONEL DAVIES.
(From the Worcester Chronicle.)
Our obituary of this week records the decease of Col.
Davies, for a long period the esteemed and independent
representative of this city in Parliament.. The gallant
Colonel was descended of an ancient family which had
been long seated in Montgomeryshire. His grandfather
was rector :of Fownhope, in the adjacent county of
Hereford, and he was the eldest son of the late Thomas

Davies, Esq., Advocate-General to the East India Com-
pany, and a great friend of the Governor-General
Warren Hastings, by Anna, daughter of Hugh Baillie,
Esq., of Monckton, Ayrshire; He married on the 17th
January, 1824, Augusta Ann, the only child of Thomas
Crespigny, Esq., who survives him. Some twelve years
ago Colonel Davies had the misfortune to be thrown out
of a carriage, whilst canvassing, and was slightly para-
lysed thereby. This gradually increased, so that for
some years he has been perfectly helpless. On Tuesday
he grew worse and was taken•with slight sickness, which
continued at intervals. On Wednesday and Thursday
he was attacked with hiccup, and it became evident that
he was gradually sinking. On Friday morning, about
three o'clock, he expired without a struggle, in the pre-
sence of his attached friend and medical attendant, Mr.
Francis Davies, of Pershore. Colonel Davies was in
his 58th year, and has left no issue. He first appeared
before the electors of Worcester, as a candidate for Par-

liamentary honours, in 1816, on the death of Mr. W. A.
Robarts, which occasioned a vacancy in the representa-

tion of Worcester. He professed himself the advocate
of retrenchment and Parliamentary reform, but Lord

marriage.
BERLIN, DEC. 3.—The Crown Prince of Sweden is
gone to Hamburg, having first obtained from Prince
Charles and Princess Louisa the final promise of grant-
ing him the hand of the Princess. His Royal
Highness went to the King from Weimar a week
ago, and immediately received his Majesty's ap-
probation of his intended marriage. The bride,
however, is so fur from having recovered from her
illness at Genoa, that the King has lately sent his own
physician, Privy Councillor Grisma, to that city to take
part in the consultations of the physicians in attendance
on her Royal Highness.
The affairs of Cracow seems to very much occupy the
attention of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, and while
we can only confirm our former statement that Russia very
reluctantly agreed to the incorporation of the Republic,
it appears now that our Cabinet is ready to approximate
on certain terms to the Western Powers. The protest
of Lord Palmerston has already been received here, and
is expressed in unlooked for mild terms with respect to
the Prussian Cabinet, whereas the reply to the Russian
Government is said to be very severe.
We have now a contradiction of the report which was
purposely spread, that the Western Governments, or at
least one of them, had been secretly informed before-
hand of the intended incorporations.
BERLIN, DEC. 2.—Though earnest representations
and wishes for a favourable decision, respecting our
commercial interests at Cracow, hal been sent from
here to Vienna, doubts are entertained of their being
complied with, because it is foreseen that they will be
opposed by the Russian Government. The free trade
of Cracow has hitherto been offensive to that Govern-
ment, and Russia considered Cracow not only as the
focus of revolutionary ideas, but also as a great depot
for a contraband trade in Poland. The commercial se-
clusion of that kingdom, whose complete incorporation
with the empire is near at hand, as the first consequence
of the new convention at Vienna, is one of the results of
the system which has latterly obtained so great a vic-
tory, of which we will hope, that it may not be found
diametrically opposed to the German interests.
HANOVER, DEC. 9.—Their Royal Highnesses the
Crown Prince and Princess, and the Hereditary Prince,
arrived here to-day from della by an express train, and
alighted at the Royal Ernest Palace, which is assigned
to their Royal Highnesses for their future residence.
BERLIN, DEC. 9.—The bankruptcy of the house of
Schiller and Muller, which was made known yesterday,
has excited a great sensation on 'Change. Their debts
amount to 800,000 dollars, of which, as far as is just
' known, 80,000 dollars fall upon a house in this city. The
alarm is increased by the apprehension that the blow
will not be the only one, since it was supposed, on one
hand, that it has some connexion with the affair at
Cracow; and, on the other, it was found extraordinary
that the bankrupt house was unable to obtain timely
assistance from the other influential houses of Breslau.
German papers.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 13.—Their Majesties the King and
Queen will leave Brussels, as we hear, on Tuesday next,
for Paris. Their absence will not be prolonged above a
week.

It is said that after the promulgation of the law on
the promotion of the Princes of the Royal Family in the
army, the Duke of Brabant will enter the Regiment
d'Elite, and the Count of Flanders the Regiment des
Guides, both with the rank of sub-lieutenant.—Brussels
Papers, Dec. 14.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 9.—A1l the boats, except one,
have now returned, God be praised, in safety, from the
English coast, to Scheveningen. The number of herrings
that they have brought is nearly four and a half mil-
lions' which is more, by half a million, than last year.
The fishery has been very successful, only two of the
owners are said to have barely covered their expenses,
the rest have all ample reason to be satisfied. The prices
have lately risen.
ArasTEnua.m, DEC. 9.—This morning there was a
general meeting of the shareholders of the Dutch Com-
mercial Company, in which it was resolved, with the ap-
probation of his Majesty the King, to prolong the grant
to the Company, of the 31st of December, 1849, for a
second period of 25 yeats, that is, till the 31st of De-
cember, 1874. We shall revert in the sequel to the re-
solutions taken by the Assembly, and communicate it at
length.
THE HAGUE, DEC. B.—His Excellency the Minister
of the Interior, has given notice to those persons inter-
ested, that conformably with the public advertisement,
the public lottery, for drawing ten shares in the loan of
950,000 florins, for the construction of a causeway from
Maestricllt to the frontiers of Guldersland, took place
ou the 7th of this month. The ten series drawn, were
Nos. 6, 152, 165, 196, 198, 203, 418, 636, 735, and 804.

Deerhurst, who had bean an unsuccessful candidate at
the general election in 1812, was in the field before him,

and-had made his election secure. In consequence,

after a canvass which made it apparent that it would be
fruitless to oppose his Lordship, Colonel Davies retired,
with a promise that he would again present himself at
the general election.
In 1818 he fulfilled this promise, and three candidates
appeared on the hustings, Sir William Duff Gordon,
who had; represented the city in the two preceding
Parliaments, Lord Deerhurst, and Colonel Davies. The
poll was kept open for seven days, and the number of
votes recorded for each candidate was as follows:
Lord Deerhurst 1,422
Colonel Davies
Sir W. D. Gordon 874
At the election consequent on the (loath of King
George the third, in 1820, Lord Deerhurst and Colonel
Davies were elected without opposition. At the general
election, in 1826, Lord Deerhurst retired after a can-
vass, on the pretext that his appointment to the Vice-
Lieutenancy of the country would devolve upon him a
mass of public and private business incompatible with
the discharge of his duties as a representative. The can-
didates were Colonel Davies and Mr. G. R. Robinson, to
whom was very unexpectedly added, on the morning of
the election, a third, in the person of the late Mr.
Richard Griffiths, of Thorngrove. The poll, as in 1818,
was kept open for seven days, and the numbers at its
close stood as follows:

Mr. Robinson
Colonel Davies 1,268
Mr. Griffiths 1,036
The two first were d elared duly elected.
On the sudden dissolution of Parliament, in 1831,
arising out of the question of Reform, Colonel Davies
and Mr. Robinson were returned without opposition.
The Hon. Captain Fitzroy, a brother of Lord South-
ampton, also appeared in the field, but his address, offer-
ing himself as a candidate, was immediately succeeded
by another, in which he announced his intention of with-
drawing from what he quickly ascertained would be a
hopeless contest.
At the general election, immediately succeeding the
Reform Bill, Colonel Davies and Mr. Robinson were
again elected without opposition. Mr. B. A. Dundas,
now Christopher, and one of the Members for Lincoln-
shire, addressed the electors on the Tory interest, but,
as his address states, he did not receive a sufficient num-
ber of promises on his canvass to warrant his proceeding
to the poll. In 1835 Mr. Joseph Bailey came forward
upon Tory principles, and after a severe contest, suc-
ceeded in defeating Col. Davies by a majority of 17, the
numbers being—.

Mr. Robinson
Mr. Bailey.
Colonel Davies 1,137
On the opening of the session of Parliament, a peti-
tion of George Munn and others was presented against
Mr. Bailey's return, on the ground of bribery and treat-
ing, the improper reception of votes, and other causes,
and praying that the election of Mr. Bailey should be
declared void, and that Colonel Davies should be declared
duly elected in his place. The committee to which this
petition was referred was composed of a large majority
of Tories, and of course the result, from the beginning,
was foreseen. After a sitting of eleven days, the peti-
tioners withdrew from a contest which the nature of the
decisions pronounced by the committee in regard to
certain disputed votes rendered hopeless, and Mr. Bailey's
election was confirmed. _ _ _

SPANISH FREE-TRADE ASSOCI

At the general election consequent on the death of
King William IV., in 1837, Colonel Davies again came
forward. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Bailey were also in
the field, but Mr. Robinson, though put in nomination
in the usual form, annonnced from the hustings his in-
tention of retiring, and Colonel Davies and Mr. Bailey
were returned.
At the election in 1841, Col. Davies declined again

" The sanction of the Treasury having been received
for the drainage works of any district, and the number
of labourers to be employed in each determined, on
due notice -being given to the Relief Inspecting
Officer of the Board of Works, he will name labourers
for each from the list of the destitute residing
within the electoral division or barony as is usual for the
road works; and it is expected that the landed proprietors,
farmers, and stewards connected with each work will use
every exertion to scrutinise the list of the destitute, to
insure that none who have other means of support be
employed. The land will be assessed for the expendi-
ture, and consequently the admission of persons not
requiring relief, by adding to the number, will propor-
tionably increase the assessment ; hence it becomes the
interest as well as the duty of all cess-payers to limit
the admission of labourers to those who are wholly des-
titute. _
" By order, JOS. C. WALKER, Secretary."
DESTITUTION.—DEATH FROM STARVATION.
The Tunm Herald contains the following :
" We regret to state that our various communications
during the week represent the state of the people of the
country as fearful in the extreme. From some of the
remote districts of our own county we have received the
most horrifying details of the sufferings of the poorer
classes ; and, alas ! various particulars of deaths from
starvation have reached us.
" On the 6th instant, an inquest was held by A.
Hosty, Esq., coroner, at Lisheenager, on view of the
body of Michael Walsh.
" Mary Walsh, having been sworn and examined,
said—The deceased was my husband. We had neither
potatoes nor corn for the last twelve weeks, nor did de-
ceased get but six days' work during that time. There was
no public works in the neighbourhood, but one road,
and he was unable to get employment ; the only sup-
port ourselves and three children had were a few tur-
nips, and occasionally a little meal we used to get from
a neighbour ; we lived upon one meal a day, and often
suffered from hunger for the last three weeks. Deceased
took ill on the Ist instant, and died on the Thursday
following. All the relief I could procure him during
his illness was a dose of castor oil from the Headford
worth of ,bread a neighbour
gave me. During that time myself an my cniictren
lived on a few boiled turnips, without meal or any other
mixture, and we are all suffering from hunger.
" Such, reader, is a specimen of many of the details
that have reached us."
The following letter appears in the Tralee Chronicle:—
" Killarney, Dec. 9, 1846.
" Dear Sir,—Having travelled with the coroner Mr.
O'Riordan, rom Kenmare, on Monday last, I learned
from him the particulars of an inquest which he that
day held at Shountore, three miles to the west of Ken-
mare ; and with the hope that publishing them may at-
tract attention in some quarter to that neglected part of
the country, I send them to you for insertion in your
useful journal.
" Tee name of the deceased was Mary Sugrue. She
and three female children, aged ten, six, and four years,
lived in a wretched hut near the road side • and it ap-
peared, from the evidense of Mary Reilly, that deceased
and her three children went to her house on last Satur-
day week, and told her she and her three children were
starving. She gave them some small share of food, and
they went away. She did not see her after until Satur-
day last, when, hearing a child crying near the hut, she
went towards it, and found the second child outside the
door, unable to stand from weakness. She took the
child into the hut; where she found the mother dead,
and the young child apparently so. She called in some
neighbours, who took the children away. The eldest
child was not there ; it is supposed she went to her
grandfather, who lives near Sneem. The deceased ap-
peared to have recently died, There was neither food
nor drink of any kind in the hut—no furniture—nothing
but a little straw and a miserable blanket. She swore
she had no doubt but deceased died from went of food.
" Dr. Mayberry made a post mortem examination ; he
found the stomach and bowels perfectly empty—no trace
of food of any description could be found, and he had no
doubt the deceased died from want of sustenance.
" There was a verdict accordingly.
" The Coroner had another inquest at Benano, near
Kenmara, about a fortnight before, on the body of a
man, named Robert Hampston, who died on the roadside,
of hunger, when a similar verdict was returned.
" I have just heard another death has taken place since
Monday in the same quarter, from starvation. God only
knows how many have fallen, and how many others will
fall victims from the same cause. Where is all this mi-
sery to end 2.-1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" DOWNING."

ATION „
(From El Comercio, Cadiz paper, of Nov. 21.)
The other day, on the occasion of Mr. Cobden's visit
to Cadiz, and of the banquet given in honour of the
distinguished chief of the English League, we said that
some commercial gentlemen of this city had conceived a
mpreaiie leaeue. or association for the
rkt
purpose of promoting tie discussion or suen sou%iu
uoc-
trines as should form the basis of a reform in our eco-
nomical and commercial legislation.
At present we have the satisfaction of announcing to
our readers that this happy idea has been realized in the
most satisfactory manner. The friends of free trade
may henceforth calculate upon a centre of union and an
efficient support in extending and carrying out their
opinions. An association for that, purpose was esta-
blished in Cadiz yesterday, which is composed of per-
sons of respectability animated with the best and most
ardent wishes to consecrate their energies to the tri-
umph of those doctrines, and has at its disposal great
forces, both moral and material, gradually to destroy
the obstacles which so patriotic an enterprise will, from
the commencement, have to encounter.
At one in the afternoon, a meeting, at which Don
Jorge Urtetegui presided, took place. The following
noblemen and gentlemen were present: —The Marquis
del Pedroso, the Count de Casa Brunet, Don Fernando
Abarzuza, Don Juan de Dios Laganta, Dun Julian
Lopez, Don Pedro Pascual Vela, Don Juan Escribano,
Don Miguel Ruiz Tagle, Don Francisco Augusto Conte,
Don Jos4 Lopez Bonal, Don Ignacio Docavo y Casa],
Don Rafael Lobo, Don Jose Antonio de Riano, Don An-
tonio Garr/olio, Don Francisco Paul, Don Joaquin and
Don Juan Urtetegui, Don Jose de Abarzuza, Don Jose
Nicolas de Ovioclo, Don Juanßrautisto Page, Don San-
tiago Terry, Don Manuel iv ayzan, Don Antonio de
Zulueta,
Don Manuel Velez Rubio, Don Francisco San-
chez del Arco, editor of the Nacionoi, and Don Fernando
Garcia de Arboleya, editor of the Contercio.
The meeting being, opened, _Don Jorge Urtetegui an-
nounced in the following
which
the object of the proceed-
ings :--The object for you have been assembled
on the present occasion is solely to discuss the best meanie
of establishing a Spanish association to propagate ti .e
doctrines of free trade. In the 17th and 18th centuries
Spain was
the first to propose those very doctrines whick
other nations have since carried into practice. We then,.
it is true, held the highest place in the commercial
world ; but
the liberation of America, and, still Vlore,
ds ha '
our civil and political discor , ve since then brought
neglect and ruin upon these sacred interests. Now that
peace is established, and the present dynasty secured by
the union of our Queen with a Spanish prince, it is time.
that we occupy ourselves seriously in extending those
principles on which depends the development of thu
wealth, happiness. and prosperity of our country ; and iii
is also time that our country should know that commercce
is the best promoter of civilisation, and that where i

offering himself as a candidate, on the score of ill- health,
and was succeeded by our late learned representative,
the present Chief Baron Wilde. Thus the gallant
Colonel represented Worcester for more than twenty
years, and in six Parliaments, or, with the exception of
the short Parliament of 1835, uninterruptedly from
1818 to 1841. The Hon. Gentlemen entered the 52d
Regiment of Foot at the early age of 15. He was a cap-
tain at the battle of Vimeiro in 1808, and went through

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MURDEROUS PIRATICAL AT-
TACK ON A LEITH VESSEL, IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
(From-the Leith Herald.)
From the declaration of the master, mate, and one of
the seamen of the schooner Jane Jones, of Leith, be-
longing to Robert Innes, Esq., shipbuilder, emitted be-
fore her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Constantinople, we
learn the following particulars regarding an attack on
that vessel by Greek pirates, off the island of Tenedos,
on the 11th of October last. The Jane Innes sailed
from Cardiff on the 9th of September, with a cargo of
iron for Galatz. After passing Gibraltar the vessel en-.
countered very severe weather, in which she sustained
some damage ; on the 10th of October they came to
anchor, between Tenedos and the main, and remained
there all the following day. At eight p.m. on the 11 th
the watch was duly set, that duty being assigned to Wm.
Forbes, an apprentice ; the captain went to bed about
half past eight, all the crew, with the exception of
the watch, having previously turned in ; about ten
o'clock be was awakened by a noise on deck, on
which he jumped out of bed, and called to the mate.
Immediately after, three men, apparently Greeks, ran
down the cabin stairs, each armed with a drawn cutlass,
a brace of pistcls, and a dagger. One of the pirates
seized the captain- by the throat, and holding the cutlass
to his breast, made signs for money. The captain en-
deavoured to make them understand that he had none,
on which he was struck twice on the face, and caused to
open his chest and turn out' the contents, from which
the pirates took a purse with a few sovereigns and a
variety of articles of clothing. Not satisfied with this,
one of them held a pistol to the captain's head, and de-
manded more money, but being satisfied that be had no
more, they proceeded to ransack the cabin, and Carried
off the chronometer, a watch, telescope, knives, forks`,
&c., together, with a large quantity of stores. The
pirates then tied the captain and mate with their hands
behind their backs, each in his own berth, and after
having fastened the cabin doors with a rope, they went on
deck. While these proceedings were taking place in the
cabin, the hatch was nailed down on the crew in the
forecastle. They were awakened about the same time as
the captnin by a scream from the watch, and one of the
men was going on deck to see what was the matter, when
he saw two cutlasses over the hatchway; he was imme-
diately thrust back; and the hatch fastened down. The
crew then broke through the bulkhead into the hold, and
getting near the cabin, they asked the captain if they
should break in there, but were told not to do so as the
pirates were all well armed. After remaining on board
from an hour to an hour and a half, the pirates departed,
and the captain and mate then managed to release each
other, and went on deck, when they saw what they con-
' ceived to be the boat with libeftrates under sail standing
in shore. On going forward they found that the apprentice
on watch had been murdered, and on examining the body
they found two deep wounds on the breast, and an exten-
sive one on the back of the head. They then released the
crew, and discovered that the decks had been cleared of
every portable article, including sails, old canvas and spun-
yarn, all the studding-sail-haulyards, tacks, spare lines,
compass, binnacle cover, all the ropes off deck, a half
cask of beef, and another of pork. They had, in fact,
helped themselves to almost everything except the
standing rigging. Afraid of another visit from the
pirates, the Jane lanes was got under weigh, and
dropped down within a quarter of a mile of an Ameri-
can vessel that was lying close in to Tenedos. The
vessel arrived at Constantinople without further mis-
hap, except that they were put into quarantine off the
Dardanelles on account of their communication with
the pirates.
We would suggest to the merchants of Leith, that a
memorial, founded on the case of the Jane Innes, be
drawn up, and forwarded to Lord Palmerston, calling
his attention to the piracies so frequent among the
Grecian Islands, and the vast amount of British property
annually exposed to the depredations of the lawless in-
habitants.

DETENTION of the EDINBURGH
MAIL-GREAT SNOW STORM.

In the absence of authentic information, much specu-
lation exists as to the fate of the two Saturday mails
from London, one of which was due at nine o'clock on
Sunday morning, and the other at eight o'clock on the •
vening of the same day, but neither of which up to a
late hour last night had arrived. The two previous
mails from London were detained several hours beyond
their usual time in consequence of a heavy fall of snow
on the road between Newcastle and Berwick. On
Sunday the snow had increased to such a depth that
the mail from Newcastle that day did not arrive in
Edinburgh till yesterday morning, having occupied
eighteen hours in coming from that town to Ber-
wick, instead of the usual space of eight hours; notwith-
standing it had the aid of two additional horses. No
certain information has been received to account for the
detention of the mails from the south of Newcastle. It
is reported, however, that a mail train was blocked up
in snow on the line about forty or fifty miles to the north
of York, and that it was so thoroughly embedded that
the power of several additional engines sent to render
assistance had been unable to extricate it. Of course,

if this be the state of matters that line will be rendered
completely impassable, and all the subsequent mails may
be accumulated at nearly the same place. Whatever be
the cause, this . is the longest detention of the London
mail that has taken place for a great many years. We
observe from our Glasgow contemporaries of yesterday,
that their communication from the south had not sus-

tabled any interruption, so it seems evident that the
storm has been confined to the east coast. The Inver-
ness mails, due on Saturday and Sunday, were both
behind their usual time from a similar cause, the latter
by seven hours, and the one which was due yesterday
morning had not arrived at twelve o'clock last night.
We learn that the snow storm prevails generally in
several of the north-eastern counties, and that at
Montrose and Brechin on Saturday the snow was nearly
six feet deep. This severe suow storm appears to have
passed over us, for there has been no snow in the Lo-
thians since the thin costing which fell about ten days
ago. A frost of great keenness has prevailed here since
Thursday, and continues with unabated severity. The
lochs and ponds are all frozen, and curlers and skaters
are enjoying their healthy exercise under most favour-
able circumstances. We may add, that on Saturday
night a great number of falling stars were observed, and
that vivid flashes of lightning illuminated the sky for a
considerable tame.--Edinburgh Advertiser.

STATE- OF TRADE IN PAISLEY
AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
A meeting of manufacturers was held on Monday
week, with the magistrates, regarding the prospects of
trade and the probable continuation of the depression.
At that conference a great many subjects were talked
over, relating to the cause of the depression and its
probable issue. It was stated by a manufacturer, that
one cause of the depression was, that plain cloth, which
is at present brought into town for shawl printing in
large quantities from Caine in England, can be got
woven there for about the half that is paid in Paisley—
the rate being, for a piece of cloth sixty-six inches
wide and thirty yards long, with twenty-four to
twenty-six shots on the glass, 6s. 6d. per piece in
Caine, while for the same piece, 12s. would have to
be 'paid to the weaver in Paisley, and with this ad-
ditional advantage in favcur of the English manufac-
turer, that his cloth was woven from coops, while the
Paisley maker would have to pay 4s. additional for pirn
winding, making his total payment for labour 165.,
against 6s. 6d. by his rival. It was stated by the repre-
sentatives of two other manufacturing houses on the
other hand, that they make their cloth in Paisley
entirely, and that they can do so, with a handsome
profit on their outlay, and have their goods cheaper
than any English maker can produce them. The
result of the meeting was the calling of a
more extended one of the business classes on Fri•
day, to enter into a subscription for affording temporary
relief in the mean time. That meeting accordingly
took place in the County Hall ; and, after a very feeling
statement of the destitute condition of a great many,
which was given by the Provost, who presided, and sup-
ported by Bailie Hutcheson, it was moved, and unani-
mously agreed, to open a subscription, which was com-
menced on the spot, and a handsome sum put down.
The general impression amongst the gentlemen in trade
at the meeting of Monday seemed to be, that the greater
part cut of work will be taken up by the end of this
month or the beginning of next, and, so far as we can
learn, this has been so much confirmed, that a number
of webs have been given out during the week to those
who were out of employment.— Glasgow Post.

the whole of the Peninsular war up to the crowning
victory of Waterloo, where he displayed the character-
istic bravery of a British soldier, without a day's illness.
During his lengthened Parliamentary career, Colonel
Davies distinguished himself as the unflinching enemy of
improvident expenditure. In the cause of retrenchment
he was a fellow-labourer with Mr. Hume, whose econo-
mical motions he so constantly seconded or supported,
that he acquired the soubriquet of Smollett, atter the
eminent continuator of Hume's History of England.
Colonel Davies was the advocate of all well• considered
reforms, but opposed to rash and causeless innovation.
He was favourable to an extension of the suffrage, to
the vote by ballot, and to a shorter duration of Parlia-
ment, and, as might be expected, strenuously supported
the Reform Bill is all its stages. His vote was unitormly
given on behalf of every measure calculated to extend
the privileges or increase the comforts of the people,
while he watched with jealous supervision every item
of the public expenditure. The revision of the pension
list, the abolition of sinecures, and the reduction of taxa-
tion, were objects for which be also contended in Parlia-
ment. By pursuing a steady, persevering, and inde-
pendent career, he secured the warm attachment of his
political friends, and was equally respected by his oppo-
nents. In his capacity of a country gentleman he led a
quiet and secluded life, which indeed the state or his
health of late years rendered indispensable, at his beau-
tifnl seat of Flealey Park. which he purchased of the
executors et the late Bourne Charlett, Esq., shortly
after forming a parliamentary connexion with the city of
Worcester. Colonel Davies retired from the army a few
years since, having been up to that time on the half-pay
list. His late constituents will receive the intelligence
of his disease with sincere regret, for he had won their
esteem by long and faithful service in Parliament, and
their good will by his courteous demeanour and the at-
tention which he paid to the humblest of the citizens.
An accomplished gentleman and a most humane and
kind hearted man, the death of Colonel Davies pro-
duces a blank that will not readily be filled up. In every
relation of life he was exemplary. An admirable officer
and upright !and clear-headed magistrate, a kind and
benevolent master, an affeetionate friend, and an in-
dulgent husband, he was respected and bel'uved by all
who had the gratification of knowing him,smore vs1:007
cially by his own immediate circle, which he pre-emi-
nently adorned.
The funeral of the late gallant officer will take place
on Friday. Sir J. Pakington, Sir T. Winnington, R.
Temple, Esq., C. Hanford, E 414., E. Holland, Esq., and
E. B. Marriott, Esq., will be the pall bearers on the me-
lancholy occasion. Colonel Davies leaves two brothers,
who reside in Sussex, Warburton Davies, Esq., and
Col. Francis Davies, of the Coldstream Guards.

Amur warn POACHERS.—A rencontre took place
between the gamekeepers and watchers of the Marquis of
Anglesey, and Josiah Spode, Esq., of Armitage Hall,
near Rugeley, and a determined gang of poachers, from
twelve to fifteen in number, in a preserve on the Armi
tage Hail estate, on Monday night last. After a despe-
rate conflict, in which one of the keepers was sevi rely
wounded, and a poacher shot through the thigh, five of
the offenders were secured. They have since undergone
an examination, and 'n en committed for trial.—. Bi-
rmingham Gazette.
DIE WEATHER.—We have had most intense frost
since Friday last ; and every loch, dam, and pand, is
coated over with a thick sheet of ice, so strong that
skating and curling are the order of the day every-
where. We have not as yet heard, however, of any im-
portant matches having been played. The various clubs
and parish rinks are only training, as it were, for the
more serious work of the season.—Ayr Observer.
The Conde de Montemolin was occupied during
Thursday in receiving and returning visits. In the even-
ing the Condo dined as, usual, with the noblemen and
, gentlemen of his suite.

• MESMERISM APPLIED TO TOOTH-DRAWING.—We
witnessed, the other day, the extraction of a tooth from
the mesmeric sleep. The tooth, which was a large one,
a young WOlll/111, WHO wt tlic utiou what, in
wrench,
(IT egwr
gshuoi
be
thew cewt o.
slightestu Td
hh eani
eot e nh
ins ace gay
teo
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dof
and its lower part quite fresh, did not yield until after a
ve
girl's
change,e au
os oedu mosttaenn da
anowt
sensibility was given. She slept on after the operation
was concluded, and when awakened in a few minutes,
did not seem to be for some time aware that the tooth
had been extracted.—Northern Warder.
CHEAP OMNIBUSES IN MANCHESTER:-..We are
likely to have omnibuses established in Manchester on
the penny a mile system, which has been found to
answer in London. This is to be effected by means of a
company with a capital of 250,000' We cannot doubt
that the scheme will answer; it is one that has never yet
had any approach to a trial, with the exception that low
fares have been found to pay well on many lines of road
out of Manchester, in cases where with high fares the
parties could do little more than pay the expenses. The
adoption of a good plan of intersection, together with
frequent accommodation, will, we are persuaded, show
the speculation to be a highly successful one.—Courier.
lion PRICE OF HORSES.—The continual increase
of the means of railway transit does not appear to affect
the value of horses, if we may judge from the prices
which have been obtained in the neighbourhood of Salis-
bury for useful cattle. In the market place, last [week,
the carthorses taken off the Salisbury and Bishopstoke
railway works were sold by auction at from 301. to
42/. each.
FALLACY OF TIIF. REPROACH OP SCIOLISM.—It

......_ _
is vain for the arrogance of learning to condemn the
people to ignorance by reprobating superficial know-
ledge. ' The people cannot be profound, but the truths
which regulate the moral and political relations of man,
are at no great distance from the surface. The great
works in which discoveries are contained cannot be read
by the people ; but their substance passes through t
variety of minute and circuitous channels to the shot
and the hamlet. The converson of these works of un-
productive splendour into latent and unobserved activity
resembles the process of nature in the external world.
The expanse of.a noble lake—the course of a majestic
river, imposes on the imagination, by every impressio.
of dignity and sublimity ; but it is the moisture that in
sensibly arises from them which, gradually ininglink
with the soil, nourishes all the luxuriancy of vegeratiot.
and adorns the surface of the earth.—Sir James Mackin
tosh.