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BRITISI3 INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.
The GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURES by
ANCIENT MASTERS and DECEASED BRITISH ARTISTS, is
OVEN Daily.—Admission Is. Catalogue ls. - • •
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

FIFTH REPORT of the. UNION BANK
LONDON.--Present
• :
Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Governor, in the Chair.
ANDREW SI'OTTISWOODE, Esq., Deputy-Govenior.
=LECTORS.
George Webster, Esq. Archibald Cockburn, Esq.
John Barnes, Esq. • - James Farquhar. Esq.
J. W. Sutherland, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq.
W. M, Nurse, Esq. • W. I'. Craufurd, Esq.
Major-General Robertson John Connell, Esq.
Benjamin Boyd, Egg. William Mbrley, Esq.
And upwards of 100 Proprietors.
At a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS, held at the
Court-room of the Banking-house, No. 8, Moorg,ate-street, on Wed
nesday, July 10, 1844, the following Report was read by the Sccse-

To the NOBILITY, GENTRY, the COMMITTEE and
MEMBERS of CLUB-HOUSES, WINE-MERCH
HOTEL and TAVERN.KEEPERS, PRIVATE FAMILIES,
and OTHERS. •
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND BOTTLES of CHOICE OLD
WINES, principally Ports, genuine and free from sweetness,
a portion of the genuine .Stock of a highly respectable old-
established Import Wine-house, in the City, disposing of it
by public competition rather than-Subject It to two or three
removals, having to carry out extensive alterations and re-
pairs in consequence of intended improvements. The seal of
the house is on every bottle, and the wines will be delivered to
the purchasers imm the original bins where they have been de-
posited Jrom the respective dates of bottling
ESSR S. FULLER and MARSH have been
4..Y_IL honoured with instructions to SELL by AUCTION, at
the spacious Exhibition Room, 121, Pall.mill, five doors from the
Senior United Service Club-house, on TIWRSDAY and Falnay, the
IBth and 19th days of July, at Twelve,
A PORTION of the STOCK of a FIRST-RATE IMPORT
WINE.HOUSE in the CITY; comprising abodt 20,000 bottles of
Port, ranging•from too to twenty years-in bottle;, 1,700 bottles of
pale and brown Sherry;
1,500 bottles of Clarets, of tine vintage;
Madeira, &e.
Catalogues may be obtained at Garriway's ;: Hatchett's Hotel,
Piccadilly; Hen and Chickens, Birmingham ;,Bush, Bristol ; Castle,
Richmond; Old Ship, Brigh•on ; Dolphin, Southampton; and at
the offices of the auctioneers, Charlotte.row, Mansion-house.

THE CONVICT BARBER.

We subjoin a few extracts from the Bill, to show its
tyrannical and oppressive nature:—
And be it enacted, that if any servant, workman, la-
bourer, or other person shall contract to serve or work
for any other person, and shall not enter into his or her
service or employment according to the contract, or having
entered thereunto, shall absent himself or herself there-
from before the term of his or her contract, or before the
work contracted to be performed shall be completed, or
shall be guilty of 'any other misbehaviour concerning
such service or employment, it shall .be lawful for any
justice of the peace, upon complaint thereof made upon
oath by the master or employer, or by his or her steward
or agent, bailiff; foreman, ar manager, instead of awarding
damages or abatement of wages, to order that the party
complained of shall be imprisoned in the common gaol or
house of corection, with or without hard labour, fur any
term not exceeding two calender months-
" And be it enacted, that any justice of the peace.
upon any complaint being made before him, which he
had authority' to hear and determine under this Act,
may issue his summons in writing for the attendance of
the person complained of, at a time and place to be
appointed for hearing the complaint, and to be set forth
in the summons ; and if the person to whom any such
summons shall have been directed shall not appear
according to the tenor thereof, and no sufficient cause
shall be shown for his or her non-appearance, it shall be
lawful for any justice of the peace, upon proof. of the
service of the summons, to issue his warrant for the
apprehension of such person, or if complaint, shall .be
made upon oath before such justice that the person
complained of has absconded, or is about to abscond, it
shall be lawful for such justice to issue his warrant for
the apprehension of such person, either without issuing
any summons or after the issue of the summons, in
order that the complaint may be heard and determined.
" And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for. any
justice of the peace, at the request in writing of any of
the parties to the said complaint, and on the oath of such
party, that he or she believes that the attendance of any
person as a witness will be material to the hearing of
such complaint, to issue his summons to any such
.person
to appear and give evidence on oath before such justice
as shall hear and determine the complant, at a time and
place to be set forth in the said summons ; and if any
person so summoned shall not appear at the time and
place set forth in the said summons, and shall not offer
any reasonable excuse fur the default, to the satisfaction
of the justice attending fur the purpose of hearing and
determining the complaint, or, appearing according to
the summons, shall not sdbmit to be examined as a wit-
ness, then it shall be lawful fur such last-mentioned
justice, upon proof of the service of the summons, by
warrant under his hand and seal, to commit the person
so making default in appearing, or appearing and re-
fusing to give evidence, to some prison within his juris-
diction, there to remain without bail or mainprize, fur
any time not exceeding one calendar month, or until such
person shall submit to be examined and give evidence."
We think that comment by us is altogether needless,
as every reflecting mind will at once perceive that a
law framed in such indefinite terms, as in the fourth
clause,—giving such extraordinary and despotic powers
to a single justice of the peace in the fifth and seventh
clauses, would have placed the toiling free-born sons
and daughters of Britain entirely in the hands of their
foremen and masters, who, we have every reason to be-
lieve, would soon have used, or rather abused, the power
thereby given to them,. to crush and still further de•
grade those dependent on them, who, alas ! are already
in thousands of cases too mush degraded. The ten-
dency of such a law would have been to make good
masters and foremen bad ones, and to render bad ones
a thousand times worse by legalising oppression in all

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES.
Sii,—As I have unfortunately occupied for some time
pasta conspicuous place in your Eolurans, I trust you
will tllow me to communicate one or two facts for the
infutmation of those who have taken an interest in my
painful case. It must• have surprised many that no evi-
den4e was called on my behalf, andsome have assumed,
perhaps, that I had none of importance to offer. My
videnee, and which was set out in the brief, was,
however, of the greatest importance, and which it was
alwaya most fully intended should be adduced. Mr:
Parry, in his advice on the evidence, speaks of the
documentary portion as " most valuable," and the oral
testimony as " most important." It was my desire that
the ,ourt should be put in possession of the utmost
psi.; able information, and a ith this view counsel were
instructed to call all the clerks of the house, to submit
all the office books and every paper connected with the
case-to put into the box a witness who was had up.
from Bath for that purpose, and who had been remain-
ing{ in town several days, who would have proved the
elaborate pains taken to prevent my detecting the im-
position ; also several parties who had transactions
with me, who would have proved facts raising the
strangest possible presumption against my being a
guilty participator in these frauds. The correspondence
with,Fletcher, too. would have shown how studiously he
had misled me, and that the business was conducted by
mYself and Bircham precisely like the other business of
the office. It will naturally be asked why these were
not called ? My counsel alone oan fully explain it. I
was astonished beyond measure when Mr. Wilkins, at
the close of his very able address, immediately called
witnesses to character only. I certainly thought, that
skilfully and ingeniously as the evidence was produced
against me, a verdict of guilty could not be pronounced,
and Mr. Wilkins appears to have reckoned with perfect
confidence on a favourable verdict. It is with painful
reluctance that I thus express my regret at the course
adopted by my counsel, as
.I feel the warmest gratitude
to both Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Parry for the generous
manner in which they took up my defence, whilst their
fees were almost nominal. From the perusal of my
briefs, and from Mr. Parry's conferences with me. counsel
knew well my perfect innocence. To Mr. Wilkins I
cannot but feel the utmost gratitude, not only for his
great exertions at the trial, but for the generous sym-
pathy he has manifested since. I am quite sure that
upon a review of the facts that could have been proved
on my behalf, he must have regretted that such evidence
was not adduced, especially as it would have met the
very points that were most dwelt upon by the judge ;
and, after all, it was not without great hesitation that
the jury returned a verdict against me. Since my con-
finement in Millbank prison I have memoriulized Sir
James Graham to allow me to submit my books, papers,
and correspondence, and to afford me an opportunity of
personally explaining the circumstances which have
created suspicion against me. I begged that each of the
other prisoners might be desired to make detailed state-
ments-of all the circumstances in any manner affecting
me. If this had been done, there is not the slightest
doubt that my innocence would have been irresistibly
demonstrated. lam quite aware that I had no legal
right to such an inquiry, but as the only appeal for the
correction of an error which condemns an innocent man
to unspeakable misery is to the Crown, I do think that
every opportunity should be afforded to a prisoner to
establish his innocence.
In my defence I have laboured under every possible
difficulty ; the public mind became greatly prejudiced
against me by ex parte statements. I have been kept a
close prisoner from the day of my apprehension—the
9th of. December last, without money, in ill-health, and
almost without friends. In this deplorable condition I
had to contend against the most formidable power 'that
could be brought against an unfortunate man.
The struggle was too unequal ; power has triumphed
over innocence. The public has now seen the declaration
which Fletcher has at length thought fit to make, having
withheld it until all hopes of making terms with the pro-
tecution were at end. This declaration was quite
voluntary, for be assured there is not, nor ever can be,
any connexion between me and this man beyond that
which my painful position enforces. That his dark
shadow should still cross my path is an additional drop
of bitterness in the cup which .1 have already drained to
the dregs. All the prisoners have now as with one
voice proclaimed my innocence—Mrs. Dorey, Sanders,
his wife (the Emma Slack), and lastly, Fletcher. These
declarations were made at different times, under different
circumstances, and without the slightest concert with
me or with each other—not for their own benefit, but
rather to their prejudice. That Mrs. Dore), did declare
my innocence to her medical attendant and to others at
the Compter, when she was first apprehended, and be-
fore she sought to make terms with the prosecution, is
well known. But the declaration of Sanders was made
under circumstances, and with a consistency and evident
sincerity, which no impartial mind can consider without
a conviction of my innocence. He is the husband of the
pretended Emma Slack. When the report of the first
examination in the case appeared in the public papers,
he and his wife immediately took flight, not., however,
without communicating with his solicitor. Sanders then
assured him that I was wholly innocent. Upon his ap-
prehension he was brought to the Compter ; he then
gave way to the bitterest anguish, saying to his medical
attendant, and to others, " I am guilty, but there is one
poor gentleman here who is innocent as a child unborn—
that is, Mr. Barber ; he (Barber) had every reason to
I believe that my wife was Emma Slack, as she represented
herself to be."
Ho repeated this at Newgate to the chaplain, and to
various other parties there, before and after his trial ;
he did the same at Milbank prison, and declared that
Fletcher had always cautioned him against my detection
of the fraud. Now, how can any reasonable mind
regard this ? It cannot be supposed that be was insin-
cere, or that he could have been ignorant had I possessed
a guilty knowledge. If a separate trial had been allowed
we I should not only have called Sanders, but each of the
other prisoners, as sworn by the affidavit at my solici-
tsr's. I must not encroach upon your columns by no-
ticing other features in my distressing case. Mr. Wil-
kins will pardon me for alluding to one point connected
with his very eloquent defence. He attacked the prose-
cution with great determination. Now, I must admit
that I brought the prosecution upon myself by with-
holding Fletcher's name, believing that the transaction
would prove to be a correct one. That prosecution was
certainly conducted against me with great severity ; but
the whole scope of my defence and my explanation o£
the circumstances raised against me was, that Fletcher
had grossly misled me. It was of him therefore that I
had the most reason to complain. My case is indeed a
pitiable one. After seventeen years' clerkship in one
house I attained the rank of a solicitor ; in seven more
of great labour and anxiety I obtained an extensive and
valuable practice. I was happy in the retrospect—hap-
pier still in my prospects ; my character and usefulness
in society were proved by a host of respectable wit-
nesses. I am now in the very depth of misery—my
greatest fault being an implicit confidence in a client
whom no solicitor would have distrusted. Not the
slightest of my country's laws have I offended ; my
wretchedness is greater far than that of a guilty man ;
his mind would have been prepared, and his arrange-
mets made. I write this amidst a scene of revelry and
uproar ; I alone am in agonising sadness. This morn-
ing the vessel sails to convey me from all that I hold
dear on earth. Deeply, most deeply, do I lament that the
friends I leave behind me, and to whom I was dearly
attached, should be disgraced by me ; that disgrace,
however, arises only from terrible misfortune, not guilt.
For that I am innocent of all guilty knowledge of a
participation in these frauds—that I shared none, no, not
the least, of the unenviable plunder (all this is confirmed
by those who alone could have a perfect knowledge on
the subject—namely, those who employed me'as their so-
licitor, and by whom the fraud was devised and consum-
mated) more than the judge who tried me, I solemnly
declare before God and man, and as I hope to enjoy
peace in this world and that which is to come. And
although I am at present unjustly suffering as a male-
factor, I am not without hope that the time will come,
when my innocence will be both proved and acknow-
ledged ; when I shall be enabled to return into society,
from which, but for an extraordinary and almost unpa-
ralleled combination of unfortunate circumstances, I
should never have been driven.
Craving your pardon for occupying so large a portion
of your valuable space, I have the honour to remain,
Sir, your most pbedient servant,
WILLIAM HENRY BARBER.
Agincourt, off Woolwich, July 8.

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER
COLOURS.
The FORTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION at their GALLERY,
5, PALL-MALL EAST, open Daily from Nine till Dusk, WILL
CLOSE on SATURDAY NEXT, July 13.
Admittance, One Shilling—Catalogue, Sixpence.
• • J. W. WRICHIT, Secretary.
Vice the late R. lIILLS,

I_TORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of LONDON.
EXHIBITIONS at the GA.RDEN.—The Third Meeting
will take place on SATURDAY, the 13th of July, on which occasion
his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the President of the Society, has
kindly directed the doors of his gardens and pleasure-grounds to be
opened for the reception of all persons who shall have been admitted
Into the Society's garden by tickets. Subjects for Exhibition must be
at this office on Friday the 12th; or at the. Garden before half-past
past eight o'clock, A.M., on the day of Estill)lion.
N.B. No Tiskets will be issued in Regent-street on the day of
Exhibition.
21, Regent-street.

.ary :
The Directors have great pleasure inlaying before the Proprietors
the Fifth Annual Report of the affairs of the Company, for the year
ending 30th June, 1844, from which it will he seen that the satisfac-
tory Increase of the business of the Bank, which has formed the sub-
ject of congratulation since its establishment, still attends its,opera-
tions ; and, notwithstanding the further depression in the -value of
money since the last report, the Directors are enabled to declare
dividend of 5 per cent. per annum (clear of income-tax) on the paid-
up capital of the Company.
The balance sheet annexed to this report shows the results of the
business of the Bank for the past year; and the Proprietors will ob-
serve, that after payment of • all charges for the establishment, and
interest to customers on their current and deposit accounts (amount-
ing to 18,6441.), the unappropriated profit for • the past year at 30th
June last, was 32,113/. 17s, which, after payment of .the dividend,
and appropriating 50:7/. as usual in reduction- of-the preliminary
expenses, enables the Directors to add 3,468/. 16s. Id. to the.reserved
fund, which will thus be increased to 12,0001. invested in Govern-
ment Securities, leaving a surplus unappropriated profit of
7,000/. Os. 1 td.
The eontinne.d depression In the-value of money is undoubtedly an
Important consideration in regulating the rate of interest to be allowed
to customers on their current and deposit accounts, and-ths Directors
have not failed to give this subject its due attention ; Uut they are
40.040,1)at the permanent interests of the Shareholders are best
constillarby.arstrEr tulherence.to those principles ttpcat which this
Bank was founded, and which has secured for it so much of the public
confidence ; -with this convittion, the Directors.do not contemplate
snaking any alteration -In the allowance of interest on current ac-
counts to their customers. • .
The agency business. of the Bank has been most materially in-
creased during the past year : and, in addition to other valuable
banking connections formed both at home 411111 abroad, the Directors
have to state that six important Joint-stock Banks have appointed
this Company their agents in London since the last report ; while,
with reference to the general business of the Bank, the increase on
currency and deposit accounts has been more. than 60 per cent. re-.
spectively, as compared with the statement presented las year.
The premises now occupied by the Bank having become inadequate
for the convenient transaction of its extended business, the Direc-
tors have availed themselves of the opportunity of purchisiing from
the Great Western Railway Company their extensive freehold pre-
mises in Princes-street, which will secure a permanent position for,
the Bank in the most convenient situation in the City. The Direc-
tors intend to remove the business of the Bank to the new banking-
house at Christmas next.
Since the commencement of the Bank in 1839, the Directors have
had to regret the loss, by death, of two esteemed colleagues, Mr.
Skaife and Mr. liens; and in pursuance of the powers vested in
them by the deed of settlement, the Directers, in February last,
elected William Morley, Esq., to supply one of these vacancies.
The Proprietors will have observed with great satisfaction, that, by
the Govensment measure for renewing the Bank of England Charter,
which has now passed the House of Commons, the restriction which
has hitherto prohibited Joint-stock Banks in London from accepting
bills at a less date than six months, will be removed. This just con-
cession to sound priincipleS will enable these banks to undertake,
with full reciprocal advantage to their customers, the entire • agency
of country banks, while it gives them increased facility for the trans-
rotten of an extensive and profitable description °thanking business,
from which they have have hitherto been excluded.
In accordance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the
three following Directors—Sir Peter Laurie, Andrew Spottissvoode,
Esq., and George Webster, Esq.—go out of office ; butbeiug eligible.
the Court unanimously recommend them fbr re-election.

GLAMORGANSHIRE,
DELIGHTFUL MARINE RESIDENCE, near the flourishing

' Town of SWANSEA.
,IESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS have
J_f received instructions to SELL BY AUCTION, on the
Premises, at Brynymor, near Swansea, on SATURDAY, the 13th day
of July„ 1844, at Two o'Clock (unless an acceptable offer be pre
viously, made by private gen tract, . -
The excellent FREEHOLD called Brynymor,
comprising a capacious, gentlemanly mansion, with offices of
every description, walled gardens, pleasure grounds, and about
TWENTY-EIGHT ACRES of LAND, a portion of which, from
the beauty of its situation, might be advantageously let as building
ground, without detriment to the property. The house is situate
on the Gower Road, about one mile from the seaport town of
Swansea, on a gentle eminence, overlooking the beautiful bay,
'and commanding views of the picturesque scenery of Oystermouth
Castle, Briton Ferry, Margarn, Newton, and St. Dorirt's Castle,
and of the opposite side of the channel, including Minehead,
Ilfracombe, and Lundy Island. It is nearly new, and substantially
built of brick and stone, and contains spacious dining and drawing-
rooms, parlour, library, entrance-hall, and portico, eleven lofty and
cheerful bed.rooms and dressing-rooms, ample cellaring, and
every other convenience; stable and coach-house, all well sup-
plied with fine spring water..
Printed Particulars may be had of Henry K. Eaton, Esq.
Swansea, who wilt show the premises ; at the Mackworth Arms,
Swansea; the Bear, Cowbridge ; the Angel, Cardiff; the Castle,
Neath ; the Bush, Bristol; and of Messrs. Adam Murray and
Sons, Surveyors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament.street,London.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
140 LONGROTTOM'S PFIY,SIOSCOPE exhibits the human face
with its varied expressions, on a gigantic scale, curiously contrasted
with the living man. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE magnifies ef-
fectively a succession of WORKS of the FINE ARTS; also casts of
INSCRIPTIONS, taken by Miss Wilson from the WALLS of the
TOWER of LONDON, cup by Lord Guilford Dudley and other State
Prisoners. Arrangements have been made for Dr. RYAN to deliver
VARIED LECTURES on the evenings of Monday,
Wednesday, and
Friday; and Professor IIACHHOFFNER en Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. These Lectures, as well as the Morning Lectures, will
abound in interesting experiments. ARMSTRONG'S lITDRO-
ELECTRIC MACHINE. DIVING BELL and DIVER. NEW
DISSOLVING VIEWS, Ir.c. Soc. The Masi* is conducted by T.
Wallis, Mus. Doc.
A.dvaission, ls.; Schools, Half-price.

TIIE UNION BANK OF LONDON, dim 29, 1844.
Dr. LIABILITIES. s. d.
Paid-up capital, 101. per share on 42,290 shires - 422,900. 0 0
Due by the Bank on current accounts, deposit receipts
(including interest accrued), circular notes, &c.
Reserved Fund, invested in Three per Cent. Con-
sols, as per contra - - -

1,591,200 1 9

HIGII SCHOOL of GLASGOW.—PRO-
SPECTUSES of this Institution may be had by addressing
a letter to 133, West Bath-street, Glasgow; or by calling on Mr.
D'Orsey, at the British and Foreign Institute, 4, Hanover-square, on
Friday, July 12, from Twelve till Four. An English Assistant
Wiuited.

Surplus profit -

Cr. ASSETS.
Cash in the Bank, in the Bank of England, Loans,
Exchequer Bills, and other Government Securi-
ties, Bills Discounted, &c. - - - -
9,2911. I.os. 5d., Three per Cents. Consols (reserved

ALTERATION OF DAY OF SALE.
TO CIDER DEALERS, HOTEL and TAVERN KEEPERS,
EXPORTERS, and OTHERS. •
MESSRS. FULLER and MARSH have re-
ceived instructions from the Proprietor to SELL by
AUCTION, at the Stores, Fenning's Wharf, Tooley.street, on
TUESDAY, July 16, at Twelve, under circumstances admitting of
no reservation, in Lots of one Pipe each,
About 120 PIPES of first-class CIDER, well adapted for bot-
tling, being remarkably sound and of the finest flavour, the pro.
duce of the orchards of the celebrated village of Thorverton, which,
are considered the first in Devonshire.
Catalogues may be obtained and samples tasted, seven days prior
to sale, at Messrs. Fuller and Marsh's offices, 2, Charlotte-row,
Mansion.house, and Croydon, Surrey.

it; forms.
We believe, then, that this tyrannical measure has
only to be made known to be generally, if not univer-
sally detested, by all honest men ; for what trade, or
what labourer, could have escaped the effects of such a
wily law so long as any misbehaviour, however trivial,
respecting their service or employment, made them liable
to be imprisoned in the common gaol for two months,
with or without hard labour. We feel confident, that all
in whose hearts there exists a sense of gratitude, will
unite with us, and aid us in presenting a National Testi-
monial of Gratitude to Mr. Duncombe, for his past ser •
vises in our, and in their behalf—but chiefly for his noble
exertions in defeating this Government measure, thereby
rescuing us from its evil consequences had it become the
law of the land.
On behalf of the Central Committee,
JOHN ROSE, Chairman.
JAMES SYME, z Secretaries.
JOHN KELSEY,

fund)
Bank Premises, including freehold building in Argyll-
place, and purchase of lease and fixtures of pre-
mises, 4, Pall-mall East - - -
Preliminary Expenses
Half-year's Dividend to Dec. 31, 1843, amount car-
ried forward - - - -

REGISTER ! REGISTER !
REGISTER !
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—l beg to remind the Liberal county electors that
the 20th instant is the last day a valid claim can be made,
which should be Made in the following form :
To the overseers of the parish of
I hereby give you notice that I claim to be inserted in
the list of voters for the county of Middlesex, and that
the particulars of my place of abode and qualification are
stated in the columns below. Dated day of
in the year (Signed)

Street, Lane, or other like place in this parish
(or township), and number of House (if any)
where the property is situate, or name of
the property, or name of the occupying te-
nant, or if the qualification consist of a rent-
charge, then the names of the. owners of the
property out of which such rent is issuing, or
some of them, and the situation of the pro-
perty.

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Taking care to sign their Christian names (if more than
one) and surname in full, then true place of abode, na-
ture of qualification, and locality conformable with the
heading of the notice, so that it may be identified.
In the third column state, if the qualification is free-
hold say " freehold house or land, or rent charge (if for
life only let value is required), giving the name of the
owner and the situation of the property.
If copyhold,
say " copyhold house or land," as the
case may be.
If leasehold, say " original lease of twenty years or
sixty years, of house or land," as the case may be.
If a sub-lease, then " sub-lease of sixty ur twenty
years," as the case may be.
If tenantcy qualification, say " house or land occupied
at a rental of 50/, per annum."

MASTERS AND SERVANTS' BILL
TO THE TRADES AND WORKING CLASSES
GENERALLY.

The MetropolitanDuncombe Testimonial Committee
have found, from statements and applications repeatedly
made to them relative to the Masters and Servants' Bill,
that few have any knowledge of its nature, and there-
fore the great masses of the people do not understand
how it was likely to have affected their interests, their
rights and liberties, had it passed into a law. This we
are not surprised at when we consider the little publicity
which has hitherto been given to those Government
measures which have, evidently, been intended to be
smuggled through the Houses of Parliament, as the
Masters and Servants Bill no doubt was, and would
have been, but for him who is ever on the watch to
guard the interests of the people—namely, Thomas
guard the interests of the people—namely, Thomas
blingsby Duncombe.
And finding, also, that there exists in the public
mind a strong desire to be informed of the nature of the
Bill, which in our Address already issued, we have said
was fraught with mischief to the working millions of
this kingdom :—We, therefore, deem it to be our duty
to give publicity to the Bill, especially to thosa clauses of
it which would have most materially affected the condi-
tion of working
.men, and working women too, in ords r
that they may judge for themselves, and be ab'.e to ap-
preciate the eminent services which the undaunte 1,
and unswerving Friend of the People, T. S. Dune imbe,
Esq.,M.P., has rendered them by his strenuous exertions
in thwarting, and finally defeating, that infamous mea-
sure, evidently intended still further to subjugate labour
to the merciless power of capital.

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riel, 18th, from Calcutta; Folkestone
Coast; Lauri& and Crest, 20th, from
22d, from Chusan; Mercury, 23d from Madras. -
Arrivals at Macao-Clarendon, March 9, from Boston;
Jessore, 10th, from Singapore; Albyn, 11th, from Bunt-
bay; Goddess, 13th, from Callao; George the Fourth,
13th, from Bombay; Rustonjee Cowasjee, and Adel
Marquard, from Calcutta; her Majesty's ship .Alcib aae,
16th, from Manilla.
Departures from Hong-Hong-Adventure, March 6,
to Nauroa ; Harlequin, 7th, to Amoy; Sarah, 15th, to
Manilla; Possidone, 15th, Wanderer, 17th, Forth, 22d,
to Singapore; Emperor, 18th, Frederick Warren, 19th,
to Manilla; Magnolia, 18th, to Amoy and Chusan; Red
Rover, to East Coast; Resolution, 19th, to Calcutta; her
Majesty's ship Alligator, 23d, to Madras; Salonian,
24th, to London.
Departures from Macao-Osprey, March 10, to Sin,-
gapore and Sydney; Kestrel, to Singapore; Brandy wine,
10th, to Manilla; Starling, 12th, to Sydney; Felix, 14th,
to Manilla; Argyle, to New York.
Arrivals at Aden-William, Hay, June 1, from the
Clyde; L'Gol, from Bourbon, and sailed sth,. on her
return.
Arrivals at Colombo-Orator, Chester, April 27,
fro m - Galle ; Morning Star, 27th, from Belligam ;
Antelope, 29th, from Bombay, and sailed to China ;
Patrio', May 1, from Moulmein, and sailed, 15th, to,
Moulmein ; Grattan, 3d, from Quilon ; Frances Burn,
from Glasgow, and sailed, 16th, to Tutucoreen ; Sym-
metry, 13th, from London ; Emerald, 15th, from Nega-
patam Castle ; Huntly, 19th, from Bombay; Pearl, 21st,
from London.
Departures from Colombo-Ophelie and Ann, May 2,
to London ; Augusta, sth, to Calcutta ; Eliza Ann, ath,
to Mauritus ; Jane Catherine, 18th, to London.
Arrivals at Singapore-John Knox and Dalmarnock,
from Batavia ; Vigilant, Clarke, from - •, Zuleika,
from Liverpool ; Josephine, April 4, from Liverpool ;
Possidone, from China ; Asia, Smith, April 5, from
Loinbock ; Asiatic, from Manilla, and sailed 9th to Cal-
cutta ; Cornwall, 7th, frOm Bailey • Madras, 9th, from
Bombay ; Wanderer, 10th, from China.
Departure from Singapore-Catherine, Brown, April
6, to London.
Arrivals at Madras-Donna Carmelita, May 15, from
Singapore ; Justina, 16th, from London, and sailed 17th
to Calcutta ; Madeira, 16th, from London.
Departures from Madras-China, May 11, to Cal-
cutta ; Edward Bilton, 17th, to Moulmein ; Duke of
Bedford, 18th, to Calcutta ; her Majesty's ship Corn-
wallis, 20th to Trincomalee and England ; her Majesty's
ship Pilot, to Trincomalee.
Arrivals at St. Helena-Mary Rowe, May 13, from
Mauritius, and sailed to London ; Margaret, from
Batavia, and sailed 16th to Rotterdam ; Queen Mab,
15th, from China, and sailed 16th to Liverpool ; Mithri-
date, from Bourbon ; Diamond, 19th, from Jersey ;
Rainbow, 20th, from coast of Africa.
Departures from St. Helena-Lord 6aumarez, May
15, Munster Lass 19th, to the West Indies.
Arrival at Bombay-Tory, May 20th, from loicerpool.

THE BRAZILIAN TARIFF.
It has been fully expected for some time past, that the
conduct of the British Government, in reference to the
duties on • foreign sugar and coffee, would tend to pro-
duce a strong_ feeling of hostility to the commerce of this
country, and. probably give rise to a highly restrictive
tariff of dOp
..
°upon the leading articles of ma-
nufacqtre... imported from it. These anticipations
seen ..novr,about to be fulfilled ; and a copy of the.
tariff prepared by. the Brazilian Government, but not yet
officially promulgated, reached this town yesterday;
Irtfting been broaght to Brest by the French ship La
I Gloire,xibicluiiiled from Rio on the 10th of May. This
trniirieriorlitsi: w.l 4teittw:titlie: tffeil Fl
ct
ofgrioamodt,hienetzhpoirmaotiootnh ooff
Nthoevemcoomer-
next; . mid Re Narn, with more regret than surprise, that
it will cause ti';vecy large increase in the duties on all the
principal articles of export from this country:
It is pretty generally known, that the duties levied on
articles of British manufacture, at the present time,
though nominally at a uniform rate of J 5 per cent..
amount in reality to about 21 per cent. ad valoiPm ; but,
by the tariff now proposed, the
.bulk of the ex-
ports from this country will be subjected to duties,
varying from 30 to 60 per cent., ad valorem, which
will, no doubt, have a very serious effect upon
British commerce. For this result we have only to
blame the restrictions which our own laws have placed
upon the trade of Brazil, by prohibitory duties upon her
staple articles of produce. That these prohibitory duties
will be eventually abandoned, we feel quite sure ; but the
mischief is, that the change will most probably come
too late to influence the Brazilian Legislature ; and re-
laxations which, if they had been made twelve months
ago, would have secured a treaty favourable to the com-
merce of this country, will not hereafter avail to induce
a change in the policy of the Brazilian Government.—
Manchester Guardian.

, STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
There is not much change ,in the market as compared
with last week ; but, upon the whole, prices are firmer,
and the appearance of business is somewhat more favour-
able. Yarns suitable fur Germany and Russia are in
good demand, and some descriptions, particularly in
water-twist, are exceedingly scarce, and advancing in
price. Goods, with the exception of 40-inch shirtiugs,
are also in fair demand, and prices are very firm.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 8.--
The demand for flannels, especially of the lower sorts,
has been good. On the whole, it has been quite an
average day for business. The wool market has been
rather flat;. the prices being too high to remunerate the
manufacturer.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LOSS OF THREE BRITISH VESSELS—COUR
TESY AND PROMPT ASSISTANCE OF THE
MASTER OF A FRENCH VESSEL
" Downing-street, July 9, 1844.
" Sir,—l am directed, by Lord Stanley, to transmit to
you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's,
the inclosed extract of a letter from the French Civil
Superintendent of the Island of St. Pierre, to the Gover-
nor of Newfoundland, reporting the loss of three English
vessels, named the Jane Walker, the James Harris, and
the Phcenix.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) " J. STEPHEN.
" W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."
Extract of a letter from the Governor of St. ,Pierre to
his Excellency Major-General Sir John Harvey,
K.C.B. and K.C., &c., &c.
(TRANSLATION.)
" St. Pierre, 6th May, 1844.
" Captain Adelus of the French brig Le Perseverant,
off Granville, who arrived at St. Pierre on the 23d
April last, has deposited in the Office for Maritime
Affairs a report as fellows:—
" On the 13th April,lB44, in latitude 45 deg. 3 min. N.,
and longitude 46 deg. 49 min. W. (Meridian of Paris),
he fell in with a ship which had lost her main and
mizen masts ; that having sent his mate in a boat to
afford assistance if required, no person was found on
board. The ship appeared' to have been boarded—all
her bulwarks werei broken, and her masts had fallen on

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SUICIDE BY A FRENCHMAN.
Ye -terday morning, a Frenchman, who, from all the
accounts which have been learned of him, was named
Felix Em, committed suicide in one of the state-rooms of
the barque China, in which vessel he had taken his pas-
sage from Liverpool for Quebec, by shooting himself
through the head with a loaded pistol. The deceased
seems to have been a man of highly respectab'e appear-
ance in dress and manner. He had, a short time since,
arrived in Liverpool from Genoa ; and at the time he
was found weltering in his blood yesterday, two bags
containing doubloons and other coin of the value of
1,000/. were discovered upon his person. An inquest was
was hold upon the body shortly after the occurrence
took place; and from the examination of the several
witnesses, full particulars will be gleaned.
Wm. Worthington was the first examined. He stated
that he was a pilot, and that he lived at 37, Burlington-
street. On Monday afternoon he went on duty on board
the barque China, which is outward-bound to Quebec,
and at present lying in the river. The deceased, with
whose name he was unacquainted, was a passenger on
board, and had a state-room to himself, for which he
had paid 151. On the morning of that day (Tuesday), a
little beFore nine o'clock, witness was in the cabin. The
deceased, who was a Frenchman, and unable to speak
English, was walking about at the time. On going
down to the cabin in four or five minutes after, wit-
ness heard the report of fire- arms, accompanied with a
strong smell of powder. He immediately got up and
went to see what was the matter, and on passing the
state-room of the deceased, he perceived smoke issuing
from the crevices in the door. He then tried if the
door was fast, and found that it was not • but he was
only able to open it a little. He saw marks of blood on
the floor. He called to the mate to send some one aft,
and a seaman came ; and on forcing the door, which
they did with difficulty, as the deceased was lying
against it, they found him on his back, and blood flowing
from a wound on his right temple, through which his
brains were protruding. As he was still alive, a boat
was sent for a surgeon ; but in a few minutes after the
latter arrived, the deceased breathed his last. A pistol
(here produced) was lying on his left side. The de-
ceased never left the vessel from the time she went out
of the dock, and from that time up to the period of the
suicide he saw him frequently, and, so far as he could
judge, he appeared to be perfectly collected. He did not
observe anything strange or peculiar about him. Wit-
ness does not understand the French language.
Mr. Samuel Allerton stated that he was a surgeon,
and that he was called to see the deceased that morning
on board the China. He found him in a dying state,
and in about a quarter of an hour after, he breathed his
last. Ile had a large wound on the right temple, which
penetrated his skull, so that a man could pass his finger
to the full length into the brains.
Captain Wagstaffe deposed that he lived in Temple-
court, and that he had known the deceased fora fortnight
or more. Their acquaintance commenced on Saturday
fortnight, when witness was sent for to act as his inter-
preter. Witness continued with him from that time until
Friday. He told witness that he was a native of France.
He was unable to speak English. He purchased some
articles which he said were for his sister in Quebec; and
he shipped on board the China for that 'destina-
tion. Witness was not aware of what had happened
until an hour after it occurred; but he had since seen
and recognised the body lying in the dead house. Ile
thought there was something wrong about the deceased,
and his reason fur thinking so was, that, when he was
first sent for to him, he said he was indisposed and
suffering from fever, and that he would not go out.
He appeared to be very timid and afraid to be seen,
and he had a brace of pistols by him, which he said he
kept loaded for his own protection while travel-
ling. Witness took them to have the charge drawn
and reloaded. The pistol now produced, and
which was found in his state-room, is one of them.
The letter found in deceased's pocket, was inclosed in
an envelope, containing a lock of black hair, and was
written in the French language. The envelope was
addressed in French, to " Mr. Felix, traveller, post-
office, until called for, Genoa, Italy." The letter ap-
peared to be signed by the sister of the deceased.
At this stage of the proceedings, the inquest was
adjourned to nine o'clock this morning, for further
evideuc.—Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.

the poop.
" The mate and men of Le Perseverant went into the
cabin, where the sea had not penetrated, and found on a
table five letters, three of which had been opened, and
two were unopened ; everything in the cabin was in the
greatest disorder, and led them to suppose that the ship
had been precipitately abandoned. There was no boat
remaining on board. On the stern of the vessel was the
name Jane Walker, Liverpool,' and she was timber
laden.
" The letters found by the crew of Le Perseverant
have been delivered to me by Captain Adelus, and I have
the honour to inclose them to you, in the condition
which they were found. They may afford useful infor-
mation as to the port from which the Jane Walker sailed,
and that to which she was bound.
" Another report was made yesterday to the same de-
partment of the saving of twelve men, comprising the
crew of the barque James Harris, of Newcastle, bound
from London to Quebec, and which foundered at sea
under the following circumstances :
" Captain Puchee, of the French brig l'Encarnet, of
Bourdeaux, on the sth April, 1844, in lat. 46, 19 N.,
lon. 49 W., saw an immense field of ice, and after hav-
ing tacked to avoid it, the men employed in shaking out
th reefs in the topsails saw a boat in the direction of the
ice. Captain Puchee, forgetting the dangerous vicinity
of the ice, hesitated not to go about and run towards
the boat. His praiseworthy conduct had its reward.
The boat contained 12 men, with only two oars, and lie
had the satisfaction of receiving them on board, where
he lost no time in affording them those attentions which
their condition required. These men, as I have told
your Excellency, were the crew of the James Harris.
The captain alone had perished. Captain Puchee has,
in his report, stated the circumstances which had obliged
the crew of the James Harris to leave her. He adds,
that on the 9th April, having fallen in with an English
brig, bound from Newcastle to Quebec, ho put, at their
desire, the shipwrecked men on board her, and conti-
nued his voyage to St. Pierre, where he arrived yes-
terday.
" I have thought it my duty to apprise you of these
occurrences, because the ships belonged to Great Bri-
tain, and, from your frequent opportunities of commu-
nicating with Europe, you are better able to give them
that publicity which they may appear to you to require.
" I have also to inform your Excellency of what the
interruption of our communication in the winter has
hitherto prevented me from doing, viz., the loss of the
English ship Pheenix, of Scarborough, Captain Richard
Turner, bound from Idiramichi to England with a load
of timber, and wrecked on the 26th of November, 1843,
on the coast of Little Miguelon, or Langlois. Eight
persons perished; and I inclose a copy of the proce3
verbal which verifies the circumstance. The remains of
the ship and the cargo have been saved by the
efforts of the administrator at Aliguelon, and sold
at auction on the 18th of January, 1844. The sale
produced the sum of 5,460 francs, from which was
deducted the expenses of salvage, surveillance, &c.,
including 1,609 f. 90c. expenditure for feeding and cloth-
ing the seamen, leaving a balance of 1,475 f. 85c., which
sum has been deposited in the Marine Chest, to be
paid over to those entitled to receive it, agreeably to the
regulations of the Legislature. It is probable that this
sum will be reclaimed and paid in Europe."
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensbery, with
Lady Georgina Douglas, have left Farrance's Hotel for
Anglesey, near Portsmouth.

Arioals—Parkfield, Whiteside, from Ceylon, in the
Downs, sailed March 15, St Helena May 20 ; Hope,
Robson, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed March 14,
S. II:lens. May 11 ; Sultan, Robinson, from Ceylon, in
the Downs, sailed Feb. 22, St. Helena May 10 ; Indem-
nity, Se Igwick, from New Zealand, in the Downs, sailed
from Wellington Feb. 7 ; Zuliana, Wilcox, from Bengal,
in the Downs, sailed Feb. 6, St. Helena April 25 ; Ne-
reid, from the South Seas, in the Downs.
Arrivals at Hong-Kong—Litherland, March 9, from
East Coast; Cowasjee Family, 11th, from Calcutta, and
sailed 23d to Calcutta; .Royal Albert, from Glasgow;
Pandora, from Bombay • Red Rover, from Calcutta,
April 13, from Amoy; Lord Petre, 14th, from Manilla;
Petrel, 15th, from Manilla, and sailed 24th to East coast;

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