The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-26 00:00:00

and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, oontzining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up► to that Hour.

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
NOT IC E.
REDUCTION OF FARES AND TOLLS.
On and after Tuesday next, October I, a Reduction will be made in
the Fares of Passengers, and in the Ckarges ou Carriages, Horses,
and Goods, conveyed over this R
The Passengers Fares will be:—
First Class, by the 10 A.M. down, and 180 p.u. up Trains
(not conveying Second-Class Passengers), for the whole
distance between London and Birmingham ..... • •• • • 30e. each
First-class, by all other Trains..
Second-class do. •..••• • • • •
Third-class, by 0116 daily Train up and downi(at the rate
of one penny per mile) • • • • 9s. Id.
And in proportion for intermediate distance's.
Further particulars may be obtained on application.
By order, It. CREED, Bv:rotary.
Euston Station, September 22, 1844.
Note.—The time of departure of the last up Train from Birming-
ham will, from Oct. 1, be changed from half-past five to six r.m.

NOTICE.—TIIR LAST WEEK!
THE GREAT DRAWING for Mrs. PARKES'
iniPTAPILEMION PRIZES will take place at the THEITRN
110 rAL COVENT-GARDEN., on MOYDAY next, the 30th Inst.
The Subsi:alption Lisle will be closed on Saturday, the 28th, at Six
o'clock.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
.),NCE SOCIETY,
26, CORN-HILL, LONDON.
C a pital ..Z500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVIVION OF PROFITS.
The steady sacceas and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled thepirectors, at tae last annual investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 61 per cent. on the atuouuts !wrested on sect
Policy efected on the Prott scale.

JUBILEE OF THE LONDON
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The fiftieth anniversary of the London Missionary
Society was celebrated at Exeter-hall yesterday,
when every pert of the spacious building was
crowded by a respectable auditory. Sir Culling
Eardley Smith, Bart., took the chair at eleven
o'clock, and the platform was filled with ministers of
various denominations.
The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN opened the meeting by
prayer, after which
The CHAIRMAN commented on the operations of the
Society in various parts of the world, and dwelt at
some length on the efforts which had been made by
the Pope and his emissaries to counteract the exer-
tions, not only of the London Missionary Society,
but of all similar institutions, the objects of which
were to disseminate the Gospel in its truth and
purity amongst the heathen, an exemplification of
which had recently been afforded by the devastating
influence of that insidious and anti-Christian system
upon the peaceful missions of the Society in the
South Seas, and which had brought to the verge of
war two of the greatest and noblest nations of the
world. Popery was still the same superstitious, perse-
cuting, Anti-Bible system which it ever had been. In
proof of its wretched superstition, shameful impositions,
and miserable cupidity, he need only state that in
1842 the Pope had received upwards of 10,0001. from
the King of Naples to make a certain woman asaint.
Some priests in Italy were exhibiting a letter which
they said had been written by the Devil in Messina.
The priests pretended to have a letter which they said
was written by the Virgin Mary in Paradise, accept-
ing the patronage of that city. The Pope had re-
cently received an enormous sum of money to say a
single mass for the soul of an English Catholic. A
physician had been imprisoned in Rome for recom-
mending his patients not to fast; and certain students
had been similarly punished for having Protestant
books in their possession. The honourable baronet
cited other instances of the baneful influence of
Romish imposition, and concluded an able address
amidst much cheering.
The Rev. EDWARD BICKERSTETH, Rector of Wet-
ton, then moved the following resolution in an ap-
propriate address :—" That this meeting, in com-
mencing the fiftieth year in the history of the London
Missionary Society, humbly presents its grateful
praise to God for the decisive and abundant proof's of
his favour with which he has vouchsafed, during that
period, to crown its varied interests and operations:
it glorifies the riches of his grace in those holy and
devoted men whose memory it helds in affectionate
ye:aeration as the fathers of the institution : it
ascribes to the animating power of his love the spirit
of zeal and benevolence which has been excited and
sustained among the Society's ardent and long-tried
friends : it recognises his wise and gracious provi-
dence in the wide fields for missionary effort, once
inaccessible, but now open to the labours of the
Christian church : it attributes to his power and grace
the sanctified gifts and arduous achievements which
have characterised the men sent forth by this Society
as messengers of mercy to the heathen ; and, above
all, this meeting, reviewing the vast amount and the
inestimable value of the society's success in the actual
conversion of the heathen to the faith of Christ,
would devoutly adore and bless the God of Israel
who only doeth wondrous things, and would cherish,
from past success, an assurance of the still more
glorious extension of his kingdom, with which the
future labours of his church will be rewarded."
The Rev. Dr. BUNTING, President of the Wesleyan
Conference, seconded the resolution. The Rev. Gen-
tleman having remarked that the formation of the
Society was an act of noble, daring, and undaunted
faith in the promises of God, proceeded to eulogise its
operations, and added that it would be almost pre-
sumption for him to attempt to condole with such
Society upon the recent events in the South Seas.
They had nothing to fear from what had occurred in
Otaheite : the truth of the Gospel must prevail and
overcome all the anti-Christian assaults of Popery.
Greater obstacles had been surmounted by the Lon-
don Missionary Society in various parts of the world,
and nothing had happened to them in the affair of
Otaheito which was not common to missionary enter-
prise ; moreover, they had once before been driven
away from that island when they first endeavoured to
plant the standard of the cross there, and they would
yet see the religion of the Gospel triumph over all its
foes.

Apply for TICKST3 at the BOWYER GULLBRY, 22, G.iden•
square, where the Prizes *r exhibited Nis ; or at Mrs. Parkcs's,
City Obits, 104, LeaLlanhall-street.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Pint Exhibition of the PEOTEOSCOPE, an Optical Instru-
ment, unlimited in its Appliances to Nature and Art. Collins'e "Ode
to the Passions," accompanied by Vocal and Instrumental Music,
will be Illustrated by the PROTEOSCOPE, on Monday, the 23d of
September, at a Quarter to Five •'clock, and in the Evening at a
Quarter to Ten •'clock, and s• continue daily. LONGROTTOWS
PIITSIOSCOPR and OPAQUE MICIINCOPE. The HYDRO-
-I.4LECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Ex-
periments. DISSOLVING VIEWS, &e., /Cc. Aum•ng the Works of
Art are various Interesting Novelties recently deposited. The PO-
PULAR LECTURES, delivered daily by Dr. RYAN and Profess,if
BACIIIIOFFIf ER, abound in Interesting Experimente. The subject
of each Lecture, and the time at which it is delivered, is suspended
in the Hall •f Manufactures. Dr. RYAN also Lecture• on the Even-
ings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and Prott•ssor
BACII-
HOFFNER on the alternate Evenings. Dr. RYAN'S present sub-
ject is POISONS aid their ANTIDOTES.—The Music to " The Fes-
sions"is Composed and Conducted by T. WALLIS, Mus. Doc.—Open
from 11 to Half-past a, and front 7 to Half-past 10.

EXAMPLES.

7il app
Banns Bonus in
added. Cash. &-n m
#
;
x s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d.
1837 170 9 3 77 i 1 12 3 9
1838 144 2 2 G 4 5 6 9 IG 4
1539 116 16 0 51 511 7 11 91

Premium. ,

.£ u. d.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.

X s. de
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

74 3 4

EXTENSION TO CAMBRIDGE, ELY, BRANDON, AND
PETERBOROUGH.
EXTENSION STOCK, No. I.

Notice is hereby given that the SECOND INSTALMENT of 11.
per Share on each Share in the above Stock becomes DUE on the
ith October next, and will be reoelved by any of the Company's
bankers, on the production of the Call Note, Issued to the registered
Proprietors of this Stock.

Ifolders of Scrip, or of Bankers' or'offlce Receipts for the deposits of
13s. 4d. per Share in the above Stock, who have neglected to send iu
those documents for registry, are reminded that, pursuant to the
notice to that effect, It is in the power of the Directors to register, as
the owners thereof, the names of the persons who originally exe-
cuted the Parliamentary Contract Deed, and that the CalLs for the
payment of the remainder of the Instalments can then be made on
the last-mentioned persons so registered, and the holders of the
Scrip or Receipts aforesaid not sent in for registry will forfeit their
right and title to the!Shares represented;by the same, which can only
be transferred afterwards by transfer from the original Proprietors.
By order of the Board,
A. BULKULET, Secretary.
Offices, Shoroditeh Station, Sept. 21, 1844.

THE SOUTH LONDON TEMPERANCE
BENEFIT BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
Held at the Temperance Han, Waterloo-road.
TRUSTEES.
C. 11. Lovell, M.D., 4, St. George's-place, Walworth
The Rev. Jabez Burns, 3, St. John's Wood-grove
Mr. James Watson, 167, Fleet-street
DIRECTORS.
C. 11. LOVELL, M.D., Chairman
Messrs. A. Beal, 17, Portland-street, Walworth
Rev. J. Burns, 3, St. John's Wood-grove
H. Brown, 9, Clayland's-road, Kennington
J. Burt, 17, High-street, Poplar
James Davy, High-street, Poplar
Joseph Dutton, 8, Bath-street, City-road
Thomas Everton, 70, Bunhill-row, St. Luke's
John Hughes, Albany-road, Camberwell
William Lawley, Red Lion-street, Borough
John Lloyd, Beaufort-wharf, Strand
J. N. Osborn, 17, Bolingbroke-row, Walworth
John Pochnell, 37, Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane
'William Purvis, 199, Blackfriars-road
Isaac Thompson, 32, Minories
James Watson, 167, Fleet-street, City
Tamast's.Ex—Mr. William Lawley.
SURVEYOR—Mr. John Morris, 124, Leadenhall-street.
SOLICITOR —Mr. Charles Harries, 63, Upper Stamford-street.
SECRETARY—Mr. E. It. Mesban.
The object of this Association is to enable every Shareholder to be-
come his own landlord, by advancing sums of money to shareholders,
for the purchase of their own residences, or other freehold or lease-
hold property, the rent now paid to the landlord being applied in
repayment of such advances.
Entrance Fee.. .... ...... • . 25. 6d.
Monthly Subscription • • .... 10s.
In order to secure Shares at the present low entrance-fee, applica-
tion should be made forthwith to the Secretary, of whom Prospectuses
may be had, and every information obtained, by applying (if by
letter, post paid, with stamp for a reply) to
E. 12. MESBAN,
6, Flemming-street, Kingsland-road .
September 25, 1844.
P.S. The first Public Meeting to receive Subscriptions, &c., will
take place on TUESDAY EVENING _NEXT, October 1, at Seven o'clock
precisely.

A FAIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continuo to be appointed lu
London, and country toms, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANT,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. e, Great St. Ilelen's-churchyard, Ttishopsgate-street.
They are packed is showy leaden canisters, from ono ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realise& con-
siderable income. by the agency without one shilling let or lose.
Applicatioa to be made. (if by letter poet-paid) as above.

THE DONCASTER CUP.
We cmnot do wrong if we try to get up
An advertisement touching " the Doncaster Cup."
When we think of this " Cup," and the bustle it makes!,
A.,d the horses, the Jockies, the course, and the stakes—
When we think of the offirts to gain the rich prize,
Many pleasing reflections are sure to arise.
'Fhe scene of a race-course has ever dis;lay'd
A likensss which bears on the " circle" of trade.
Don't smile, gentle reader, don't smile I for we trust
We can show you th,t such a comparison's just.
And you'll all of you own, ere the verses are done,
'Twas a capital " bit" of E. MOSES and SON.
As trade is a race.cou•se. each tradesman, of " course,"
Can only be view'd in the light of a horse,
And the " Cup" to which all the " swift animals press
Is public aporoval—or rather " success."
Now the two fleetest " horses" that ever have run
Are the public's owe fav'iites, E. MOSES and SON.
The " cup of success" has been gain'd by these men
With glorious triumph again and again.
They, for years, have di4play'd, in the "race-course of trade,"
Exertions which no other tradesmen have made.
And none in the " circles" of commerce have won,
Such glorious prises as MOSEF and SON.
N. Q. For the convenience of !dirties residing from town, en appli-
cation, directions for self-measurement will be forwarded post free.
READY MARL A s. a.
Shooting Coats in every variety from • 10 •
Velveteen ditto, seven pockets
Tweed Taglionis
Ditto, ditto, with silk facings, cellars, and culls
Cashmarette coats in every shape, handsomely trimmed 1 10 •
An immense stock of Blouses 0 3 6
Summer vests
Cashmere and Persian ditto, in every variety 38. to 8 6
Black satin vests
Ditto, cloth ditto 0 4 6
Cloth trousers
Single milled doe
A great variety of summer ditto • 7 0
Dress Coat, edged: 1 • •
Frock ditto,dittol.

MADE TO MEASURE.
Sporting Coats in the most approved style
Velveteen ditto,ditto, seven pockets
['weed coats, trimmed with silk • 16 to
_

Cashmere, tine Saxony 1 3 0
Cashrearette, New and improved article, warranted water-
proof, trimmed with silk, collar, culls, &c 1 IS 0
Quilting vests, 7s. each, or three f.r
Cashmere vests, in choice patterns
Trousers, adapted for the season

~4.tivalstion, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

PUBLICATIONS.

THE UNION JACK DISPLAYED
By 11. M. BARKER, Esq.

. .
(The Old Sailor.)
Showing, by an Ingenious arrangement, the Origin of thie British Flag,
Price 2s.
London : Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand.

THE LANCET STILL FURTHER EN-
L A IMED. —The rlret Number of a New Volume will appear
on Saturday next, Sept. 28th, price Sixpence stornrod# tiecenpence.
Published by John Churchill, 46, Princoi-street, Leicester-square;
and to be had of all Booksellers and Ne,wsvenders.

MR. TATE'S 'NEW WORK.
In a few days. in one vol. 12zn0., 4e., cloth,
THE COUNTING-HOUSE GUIDE to the
higher branches •f Calculation..

By WILLIAM TATE,
Author of "The Modern Cambist," " Commercial Arithmetic," &c.
Also, by the same Author, Part 11.,
Penning a SUPPLEMENT and KET to the above. Cs. cloth.

London : Effingham Wilson, 18, 1.1191-wpsgate Within.

THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, BY MRS. CHILD,

In a handsome volume, square IGmo., embellished witk 177 .New
Cuts, partly from designs by Gilbert, price only Is. 6d., boand in

cloth,_ _
THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, by Mrs. CHILD,
Author of the " Mother's Book." " Frugal Housewife," &c.
The Thirteenth Edifices.

London : Printed for Thomas Tea, 73, Cheapelde Bowdery and
Kirby, Oxford•street ; C wedell, New Bond-street ; and all other Book-
sellers.

EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE

THE LADIES' GAZETTE of FASHION for
OCTOBER, price I s., post free Is. 6d., contains a superb EXTIt
PLATE, GRATIS, all the Paris Fashions, and an immense variety of
entirely New Winter Costumes, which cannot appear in any other
work ; Four Plates, 70 Figures, 100 New Patterns of Walking Dresses,
Bonnets, Cloaks, a Child's Dress, &c., with descriptions; Tales;
Poetry ; and Part I. of a Romance, " Eleanore, the Unfortunate ; or
the Bridal and the Murder."

PROPERTY HAS ITS DUTIES AS WELL AS ITS RIGHTS.
Now ready, in one vol., post Bvo ,
THE "MONSTER" MISERY of IRELAND:
A Practical Treatise on the relation of Landlord and Tenant,
with Suggestions for Legislative Measures and the Management of
Landed Property—the result of above thirty years' experience and
study of the subject.
By JOHN WIGGINS, Esq., F.G.S.,
English Agent to Estates in the North and South of Ireland.

" The great Value of this work consists in its practical character.
The author lays before us the results of thirty years' experience, and
throws much new light upon the difficulties that surround the land-
lord and tenant question. At the present moment, when that sub-
ject Is undergoing the investigation of a Parliamentary Commission,
the publication of Mr. Wiggins's book cannot but be of singular ser-
viee."—John

Richard Bentley, NOV Burlington-street (Publisher in ordinary to
her Majesty).

FORGERY.—C AUTION.--Some unprincipled
persons are advertising spurious Teas under a forged title, in
the hope of passing them off as Captain I'IDDING'S TEAS. Pur-
chasers of his Howrina's Teas observe that all genuine packages
bear his signature thus—" Captain John Rhodes Pidding, Hon. Com-
pany's Service." The advantages possessed by Captain ridding—
among others, the having secured for himself the exclusive importa-
tion of these Teas—are the result of eight voyages made to China.
and five years spent in that country.
Captain Pidding has only two agents In London—Verrey, 129, Re-
gent-street, corner of Hanover-street ; also 3, Pall-mall, next the
Haymarket; cud T. Littlejohn lied Son, 77,ItingWillinm-street.ctb,
'nrntry ottreneiwi waing,

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body, what improye
Truths as refined as Athens even heard."

The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engraving's, price Is., by post, Is. ed.,
ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On
Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On InfoHolton and
Unproductive Unions--Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o
Divorce, &c.

Milled Victoria, and plain doe 0 17 0
Best quality West of England
Super Black
Best Dress
Dreos Coot
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured 2 15 I
Frock Coat
Best manufactured 3 3 •
NiournhAg to Any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 •
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 10 0
IMPORT/OCT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
of ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 134, Mi-
nories, and R 6. Aldgate,City, opposite the Church.
Catrriox—E. Moses and Son are obliged t• guard th !public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has 'seen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
and those wh• desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
opposite the Church.
Ne ,'sainess transactod at this Establishment from sunset on
Friday till Satirday, when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock.
Caablers:vaulted. No premium required;

The dlvislun of pronto is animal, and the next will be nude in De-
cernher of the present year.

This institution •!tors many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred A.nnuities.
The assured has, on all oc7;asions, the power t• bornw, with•ut ex-
pense or fbrfeiture of the Polley, two-thirds of tke premium paid,
(see ta'ole); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interasts to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are grahted on the lowest possible rates.

F. FERGUSON CAM-ROUX. Soo.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR
ANcE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMIIARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post

BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and IiON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni-
ence in all climates have recommended I!. to the most distinguished
oreiga connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda-
tion. It is prepared by them only ; an for preventing disappoint-
ment to families, all possible care has bees resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork witk their firm and address, as well
as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.
JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mach-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after
the same Blilliner that has given the greatest satisfaction fur many
years.
Warebesse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London.

offices London.
DIRECTORS.
JAMBS MORRIS. Esq., Chairman.
JOHN" LABOUCFIERE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, Junll.
John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lysll, Esq., M.P.
Joh" In.koit, EMI. Stewart .hiarloribanks, Esq., M.P,
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchall, Est.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Robert Milford, Esq.
John Harysy, Esq. Hatay R. Reynolds, Jun., ESQ.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Talloch, Esq.

_
AUDITORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jonas Loyd, Esq. Goorge Stone, Esq.
ACTUA.RT—GrIffith ayles, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPAItTAIENT, a Bonus was declared In June
1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums Insured, on an
average of the different Ages; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001.

In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the ith of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same
now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted)
between the hours of ten and three o'clock.

Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Michael-
mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
lir. SAMS, No. 1, St. Jaines's-street, earner of Pall Mall ; or with the
Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES are retailed by
nest of the respectable Dealers throughout the Kingdom at
Ole Shilling per lb., at which price they are cheaper, taking into ac-
coca the quantity or light given, than the commonest Tallow Dips.
They are beautifully welt°, and barn without snuffing more bril-
iantly than the finest wax.
The trade may obtain them 'wholesale from EDWARD PRICE
and CO., Belmont, Vauxhall ; or from PALMER and CO.. Sutton-
street, Clerkenwoll.

PLENDID ARRANGEMENT of LOOKING-
-1-7 GLASS, producing the effect of a long arcade, and so bewil-
dering as to cause a doubt whether you are In London or in Rome—
" Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile."
This unique apartment is devoted to cutting and arranging the hair
in, and with another having a beautiful view of Naples, are on the
ground-floor. In calling attention to their establishment, ROSS and
iONS beg to notice the advantages of their system—viz., they never
take apprentices nor young men from the country, tier object to
customers asking for the same man to wait upon them ; every person
has clean brushes, they never being used twice without being washed;
and parties are not pressed to buy things they do not want.
Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street.

THE STADE TOLLS.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE FOREIGN-

OFFICE.

Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain and

Tian over.)_

T" TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks,
Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARIIICAN,
and 16, NORTON-1,01.04TE. Established half a century.--A set
or it Paper Tea-trays, Including the largest size made, Ms. ; very
richly ornamented all over, bOs. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; Ja-
pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Vivo Quart Loudon
!made Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up to five gui-
neas ; a Set of Six patent raised London made Dish Covers, las. 6d. ;
best inaperialrals ed, . Set 01 Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d.
Set of Six.

Ivory Tate-knives, is. per dozen, Deseert, 9e. ; Carvers, 3e. 6d.
perpaie

TABLE. DESSERT. CARTERS.
doe. doz. pair.
[-in. handsorae balance handle.... les. Od. 14s. W. 6s. 6d.
balance handle, largest and best
made..
Ditto with Watson's AllvAta Plate

...- ~.... ~..- -_.
kandles, equal to silve,r • •
Forks half the above price.

C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
Is Just published, and families who regard economy and elegance,
should possess themselves of this usenil Look, which may lee had
gratis, and post free, from the above address.
Solo inventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which is so rapidly
superseding Silver.
PATEN r PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS.—The perfection of
these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily attained by tho inven-
tion of two parallel fiat rings—a larger and a smaller forming a cone
round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of
air against the flamo—thus consuming every particle of volatilized
vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion,
and in full action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles.
C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol-
gate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re-
cherch6, and new patterns, comprising Ormolu, China, Glass, and
Opal. Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. ; and the
Paragon apparatus applied to the Vesta for Gs. The spirit analysed
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son's carts, at 4s. per gallon.

The Plenipotentiaries of her Majesty the Queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
of his Majesty the King of Hanover, having met to-
gether for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications
of the treaty of commerce and navigation, concluded
and signed by them at London on the 22d of July
last, the Hanoverian Plenipotentiary stated, that the
convention relative to the regulation of the Bruns-
hausen or Stade Toll, signed by the Commissioners
of the Elbe bordering ;States at Dresden on the
13th of April last, which convention is annexed
to the treaty of July, had not as yet been rati-
fi.-1 t,y all ttio oontracting parties ; and that conse-
quently it was possible that its stipulations might
not come into operation by the Ist of October next,
the date at which, by the sixth article of the treaty,
his Hanoverian Majesty engaged that the rates of tolls
and charges specified in the said convention of the
13th of April, and in the documents annexed thereto,
should become applicable to British vessels and their
cargoes ; and that in such case, his Hanoverian Ma-
jesty would be unable to fulfil such engagement at the
time stipulated. That the Hanoverian Government
still, however, entertaining the well-founded hope
that the convention of the 13th of April last would
soon receive the ratification of all the contracting
parties, proposed not to defer the exchange of the ra-
tifications of the treaty of the 22d of July, but to
proceed to the excha-nge, under an agreement to
the following effect :—" That for the present, and
until the convention of the 13th of April last shall
have been ratified by all the contracting parties, the
tariff of the Brunshausen or Stade Toll, at present
existing, shall continue in force ; except with regard
to all those articles of British produce and manufac-
ture which are specified in the 6th article of the treaty
of the 22d of July, on which articles, when conveyed
up the Elbe in British vessels, no higher duty or toll
shall from and after the Ist of October next be levied
than the amount prescribed for such articles by article
6, above-mentioned ; and also save and except that
from and after the said Ist of October next no fees or
payments in kind of any description whatsoever shall be
levied on British vessels or their cargoes, of whatever na-
ture those cargoes may be." The British Plenipoten-
tiaries having taken these statements into consideration,
assented to the proposition ofthe Hanoverian Plenipoten-
tiary, provided-1. That in the event of the benefit of
any or all of the stipulations of the convention of the
13th April being granted to any one of the Elbe border-
ing States, or to any country whatsoever, Great Bri-
tain shall at the same time be admitted to the enjoy-
ment thereof. 2. That in case the aforesaid conven-
tion of the 13th of April shall not have become
applicable to British vessels and their cargoes by the
Ist of April, 1845, the Hanoverian Government will
then be ready to reconsider the arrangements of
article 6 of the treaty of the 22d of July, with a view
of giving to British commerce and navigation an ade-
quate compensation. 3. That if the Government or
Legislature of Great Britain shall hereafter deem it
expedient to bring into operation on the Ist of Jan.,
1848, the date at which many of the treaties
of commerce between Great Britain and foreign
Powers are terminable, any new measures of general
application, having the advancement of commerce for
their object, and the adoption of which measures
shall render it necessary to contract fresh engage-
ments with foreign Powers, the Government of
Hanover will be ready to reconsider any stipulations
of the treaty of the 22d of July which may be affected
by such measures, with a view to render them con-
formable to the same, and to the mutual interests of
the two countries. The Hanoverian Plenipotentiary,
on his part, assented to these propositions, provided,
with reference to the one last mentioned, the stipula-
tions of article 7 of the treaty of the 22d of July,
shall in all cases remain in force for the full period
prescribed for the duration of the treaty by article 8
(till the Ist of January, 1854, and further until the
end of twelve months after either of the high con-
tracting parties shall have given notice to the other
of its intention to terminate the same, each of the
parties reserving to itself the right of giving such
notice to the other), which was agreed to by the
British Plenipotentiaries. It was therefore deter-
mined that the ratifications of the treaty of the
22d of July should be exchanged, subject expressly
to the different propositions recorded in the present
protocol ; and the Plenipotentiaries accordingly pro-
ceeded to effect the said exchange in the usual form.
ABERDEEN.
W. E. GLADSTONE.
E. lIUPEDEN.

HATJTES PYRENEES. ^ VALLEE D'AURE.—Two
hunters, whilst ascending the peak of Tremisseques, per-
ceived, sailing beneath them, a vulture of an enormous
size. One of them, seizing the moment of his near
approach, discharged his gun, loaded with five goat shot,
which took effect on the wing of the bird, and brought,
him down. Descending the precipice, the adroit marks-
man, proud of his exploit, would fain attempt to take the
animal alive, which, resting against a rock, struck the
hunter on his approach, tearing him frightfully with his
talons, and sunk its beak into his skull. Unable either
to fight or fly, the rash young man must have expiated
the attempt by the loss of life, had not his companion,
with great presence of mind, placed his fusil close to the
vulture's head, and shattered it to pieces. Upon being
measured, the bird was found to be five feet long from
beak to tail ; his plumes were of great strength and
beauty, his legs enormously thick, and hard as iron,
upon one of which, singular to state, was a silver brace-
let, engraved deeply with the Greek characters, Alpha,
Gamma, Delta ; from a hole, also, pierced through his
beak, it would seem that he had once been a captive, and
chained,

41 t►nd 42, f34I.IfI3ICAN, And 16, NORTON FOLOATE,

The Rev. Dr. LIEFCIIILD, in moving the next reso-
lution, took a brief review of the operations of the
Society. The dozen missionaries which it had at first
sent out had been multiplied to 400, arid with native
teachers, to 700. It had eighty-five stations in the
world, each station having several outposts ; it had
caused to be translated and published sixteen versions
of the Scriptures in the various languages of the
earth, and since its establishment the Society had
expended more than a million-and-a-half of money
in furthering its mighty object, and they might fairly
conclude that more than a million of individuals had
been taught the Christian faith by the efforts of the
Society. These circumstances were sufficient to cause
thanksgiving and to make them rejoice; but theiry
had been tempered by the recent events in Otahek
which, however, were not to be attributed to any
want of exertion, insufficient performance of duty, or
improper conduct on the part of the Society or its
agents, but solely to the aggression of a foreign
power.—(Hear, hear.) When the time came for the
calumniated persons to speak out and tell the whole
of what they could reveal, he was certain that the
public would be satisfied with their proceedings. The
directors of the Society had been placed in a
difficult position by this circumstance—their
difficulty arising from the complication of the
affair with politics and the civil interests of two
great countries. He had seen the directors abused
on Ora one hand for pusillanimity and truckling to
the Government, and on the other for rebelling against
the Government, and inciting the nations to war.
But they had pursued the middle course—they had
laid a fair account of the matter before the country,
and called upon all communities of Christians to re-
monstrate with the Government—to appeal to it to
take such prompt and vigorous measures as should
put a stop to the outrages of France, and procure
redress for the wrongs which had been inflicted—
(Cheers)—and he believed the directors meant to
continue their appeals to the public, in order that the
Government might not be permitted to go to sleep
upon the matter.—(Cheers.) In inspecting the false
assertions which had been made, the directors had
done what they ought to have done, and nothing
more: that was his conviction, and it was well that
' the approval of the conduct of the Society should be
expressed by so great and intelligent an assembly.—
(Loud cheers.) Should truth be silent because folly
frowned ? He offered them his thanks and approba-
tion for the wisdom and firmness of the measures
which they had pursued.—(Cheers.) But the affair
at Otaheite, and the melancholy events in Mogadore,
did not impress him with alarm. He did not despair,
for he had too firm a faith in the prophecies of the
final triumphs of Christianity over the whole earth.
—(Cheers,) These events would but direct greater
attention to their operations, and excite sympathy on
their behalf ; and although they now beheld the lour-
ing cloud, he could see a brighter scene beyond, when
the triumphs of the Gospel should be complete; then
the chances of war would cease, the contentions of
nations would be hushed, the disorders of society
would be at an end, and the vast brotherhood of man-
kind would be of one heart and of one soul.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That this meeting bows before
the righteous though mysterious providence of God,
which has permitted the power of persecution and
oppression to fall upon the Christians of Madagascar
and Otaheite; and humbly acknowledges that the
imperfections and evils of the best services offered to
his sacred cause, might justly provoke his holy chas-
tisements towards its suffering Christian brethren in
those islands, the meeting cherishes the most affec-
tionate smpathy and prayerful solicitude ; and in
relation to Otaheite, it cannot withhold the expression
of its severest reprobation at the perfidy and cruelty
perpetrated by the agents of France on the defence-
less Queen and her oppressed people ; and the meet-
ing hereby expresses its strongest desire and assurance
that the Directors of the London Missionary Society
will not fail to employ, as opportunity may be afforded,
all means consonant with the spirit of Christianity,
for effecting the complete deliverance of Otaheite
from the deep injury and galling oppression under
which it is now suffering."
The Rev. J. Haatrx.rox, of the Scotch National
Church in Regent-square, seconded the resolution in
a forcible address, in which he vindicated the conduct
of the missionaries in Otaheite, and in the course of
his speech read the following address by them to
Captain Bruat :
"Mission-house, Papeete, March 19, 1844.
" Sir,—We, the undersigned body of Protestant
missionaries, in committee assembled, at Papeete,
Otaheite, feeling a deep conviction that it is our duty
as ministers of the Gospel of peace, to attempt collec-
tively that which has partially failed by individual

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

effort, to induce the natives now collected together on
the east side of the island, to return peaceably to their
dwellings. Knowing, however, the vast influence of
the chiefs now outlawed have over the people, we be-
lieve that even this attempt would prove nugatory
unless we have authority from his Excellency the
Governor to present to them terms of amity on their
peaceable dispersion. ✓
" The missionaries will feel obliged by an early re-
ply from his Excellency.
(Signed by all the brethren present.)
" To his Excellency the Governor of the
French possessions in Oceania."
This offer having been virtually refused, the missiona-
ries, in a memorial read before the Governor and his
Council on the following day, thus stated the prin-
ciples and motives by which they were actuated in
addressing him:—
" To prevent all misconception relative to our inter-
course with the people, we wish your Excellency dis-
tinctly to understand that we, whose avocations are
strictly religious, disclaim all interference with the
politics of any country where we may be located,
and that all that we require is the free exercise of our
spiritual functions, the right to which your Excel-
lency has already recognised.
" In accordance with these views, above expressed,
your Excellency will perceive that we desire to carry
with us nothing to the people, but such authority as
strictly belongs to our office as their teachers; and
that the request we had the honour to present to your
Excellency irelated simply to the terms which your
Excellency might think right to offer them on their
peaceful dispersion.
" In conclusion, sir, finding that some evil conse-
quences may arise from the state of the people on the
eastern coast of the island, as ministers of the Gospel
we feel deeply solicitons to use all means within our
power to prevent the loss of human life."
The Rev. J. A. JAMES, of Birmingham, moved the
third resolution, as follows :—" That this meeting,
consisting of ministers, members of churches, and
other friends of the London Missionary Society,
willingly embraces the occasion of its jubilee to renewthe pledge of ardent attachment and practical de-
votedness to the sacred object of all its labours—the
diffusion of the Gospel throughout the world, and
cordially approving of the special objects proposed to
be accomplished by the jubilee fund, the meeting will
cheerfully co-operate with the directors in all practi-
cable measures for augmenting its amount." lle
enforced, in elo:luent terms, the essential necessity of
adding largely to the funds of the Society. An im-
mense field—a world in itself—China, was now
opened to their Christian exertions ; and if Protestants
did not do their duty, that enormous empire would be
taken possession of by a power which regarded no
object as too vast for its ambition, too minute for its
cupidity—Rome.
The Rev. J. ANGUS seconded the resolution, which
was then put and agreed to.
The Rev. W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, of Edinburgh,
moved the fourth resolution, as follows :—" That this
meeting most cordially rejoices in the manifold and
indubitable marks of the Divine benediction which
has been granted to the labours of all evangelical
missionary institutions of the various Protestant com-
munions of Britain, Europe, and America, and most
earnestly prays that, through the enlarged communi-
cations of the Holy Spirit, their labours may be
greatly extended, and their success increased a hundred
fold."

The Rev. Dr. DIXON seconded the resolution,
which was put and carried unanimously.
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resolution
Eardley Smith, Bart., the assurance of its Christian
regard, with its best thanks for his kindness in pre-
siding on the present occasion. The meeting gladly
embraces the opportunity to express its most earnest
desire that he may be spared for many years to sus-
tain with efficiency the duties of the important office
he has recently undertaken as the treasurer of the
Society, and that, like his departed predecessors, he
may go down to the grave, as the servant of God, full
of years, full of faith, and full of honour."
The Rev. ARTHUR TIDMAN (one of the Secretaries
of the Society), in seconding the resolution, said that
the •' sages of Exeter-hall" were not held in very
high repute by certain persons out of doors ; but,
nevertheless, they had already effected much, and
they intended by the same moral power to accom-
plish all they wished with reference to Otaheite.
There was a time when India was shut against the
operations of Christian missions. The "sages of
Exeter-hall," however, said that access should be
obtained to the heathen of that benighted land, and
they succeeded in their object.—(Cheers.) There
was a period when negro slavery existed in our colo-
nies ; but the " sages of Exeter-hall" said they
should be free, and their fetters had been broken.—
(Loud cheers.) These same sages would now say
that Otaheite should, by the same moral power, be
free—(Cheers)—and not by the power of the cannon,
or of the Government, which the Society had never
sought ; and they would have deemed war between
Britain and France, as the result of the Otaheite
mission, not only to have been a curse to the civilised
world, but the greatest evil their cause could hare
,Apffered.—(Hear, hear.) All that they had ever
'itagaiiit from the Government itself was consistent
with reason, justice, and religion.—(Hear, hear.)
In the object which they sought they should now in-
voke (and he knew it would not iks is vain) the
whole Protestant community of the churek of Christ,
throughout the world, to join with thee in their fixed
determination that Otaheite should babfree.
The CHAIRMAN having returned delis, the meet-
ing separated.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.
An extraordinary and fatal circumstance occurred
on the shore, near Hest Bank, on Tuesday last. On
the morning of that day Mr. Adam Clark, of Hest
Bank, and a man of the name of John Teesdale, who
is from the neighbourhood of Appleby, and has for
some time been living off and on in the neighbour-
hood, were returning along the shore from eel-spearing,
and had arrived so far home as within about 200
yards of the ascending footpath that leads from the
beach to the high land, and thence over the canal
bridge to the hamlet of Ilest Bank. At this spot
grows in considerable abundance the deadly night-
shade, atropa belladonna, a perennial plant with her-
baceous stem. The fruit has a berry as large as a
small grape, and a dark purple colour. Two elderly
women, one of the name of Sandham, and the other
Betsy Wainhouse, and both residing in Lancaster,
were standing amongst the plants and eating the ber-
ries when Mr. Clark and Teesdale came up. Mr.
Clark inquired what the berries were, and on being
told by the females that they were blaberries or bar-
berries, he began to gather and eat also, as did Tees-
dale. The parties separated, Mr. Clark and Teesdale
coming up to the Hest Bank hotel (which belongs to
Mr. Croskell, Mr. Clark's father-in-law), and bring-
ing with them several of the berries, which were im-
mediately pronounced by Mr. Croskell and a neigh-
bour (Mr. Knipe) to be poison. Finding this, Mr.
Clark swallowed a dose of such medicine as was at
hand, and that, luckily for him, served all the purpose
of an emetic. Nevertheless he was seized with an
alarming illness—parched tongue, dizziness, difficulty
of swallowing, swollen face and eyes, and delirium.
Mr. Ellery, surgeon, of Bolton, was sent for, and by
the unremitting attention of that gentleman, Mr.
Clark was eventually brought round in the course of
the followinpj morning, and he is now quite restored,
but still exhibiting seine effects of the deadly charac-
ter of the poison. Meanwhile the two women, who
had come out from Lancaster merely to enjoy a little
excursion on the seashore, made the best of their way
home, but they had not proceeded far before the
symptoms described above began to manifest them-
selves. Parched and thirsty, the great desire was for
drink, but one of the two having heard that drinking
ought to be avoided in such cases (for they had sus-
picion they were poisoned) had the fortitude to abstain.
They succeeded in reaching their dwelling in Bridge-
lane, in this town, and one of them instantly repaired
to Messrs. Reston and Leack, surgeons, and those
gentlemen were in immediate attendance. The con-
dition in which beth the patients were was most alarm-
ing, and but for the constant application of remedial
measures, and the great exertions of the medical gentle-
men, no doubt both would have died. They were in a
state of mania throughout the night, but eventually
the means adopted proved successful, and after much
suffering the poor women both recovered. It should
be mentioned that the one who abstained from drink,
though she had eaten most, suffered the least. One
ate about a pint of the berries, and the other only
about a dozen. Mr. Clark thinks he could not have
swallowed half-a-dozen at most. The tragic part of
the story remains to be told. The poor fellow, Tees-
dale, had been missed very soon after his arrival at
the Hest Bank Hotel, which would be about noon on
Tuesday. He was nowhere seen, and the wonder was
where he could be. The day and the night passed away,
and he did not make his appearance. It happened
that Mr. Creskell had a load of straw coming home,
and it arrived about eleven o'clock on Wednesday. In
order to prepare a place for its reception, Mr. Croskell