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• FOR BLACKWALL,
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FOR BLACKWALL and LONDON-BRIDGE,
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THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S Splendid - and powerful first-class STEAM-
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HAMBURGH and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's. Mails
—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
ANTWERP—From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall—Every Thurs-
day, at Twelve, Noon. •
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BOULOGNE-4Every Thursday and Saturday Morning.
CALAIS—Every Thursday.and Sunday Morning.
HULL--Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning.
YARMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening.
EDINBURGH—From 'Brown's Wharf, Poplar, every Saturday
and alternate Wednesday, at: Ten Evening, April 6, and 13. '
From Down's Wharf, Reduced Fares, for-- •

SUNDERLAND—ApriI 5, 16, and 26, at Seven, Evening.
NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight Evening,
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DEAN FOREST AND HIGH MEADOW ESTATE, IN THE

COUNTY OF 'GLOUCESTER.
TO BE' SOLD by AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the
9th of April, . al?out 800 LARGE OAK TREES,• with: the tops
and bark; L2OO tons of bark from thinnlngs of young oaks, and
5,000 cords of Woods.

Particulars to be had of Edward MaChen, Esq., Whitetnead. Cole-
ford ; And at the Office of Woods, &c., In Whitehall.

ECONOMY COMBINED with ELEGANCE.
most valuable substitute for Silver has recently been intro-
duced by THORPE, FALLOWS, and COMPANY, in which mate-
rial they have manufactured an elegant variety of Dish and Plate
Covers, Liqueur Frames, Epergnes, Vegetable and Side Dishes, and
every requisite for the table, in the newest designs,
This Elegant Assortment can be viewed at their Etablishment,
PANKLIBA.NON IRON WORKS, 58, DAKERLiaRXET, PORT-
MAN-SQUARE, where every article has the lowest price affixed, for
cash. •

The PATENT THERMIO STOVE is in daily operation.

p 0 RT S, SA E RIE S, and all other
WINES. SHERRIES, of first-rate Shippers.—The following
auprecedented.terms, for GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for
cash on delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under
usual credit prices

Sherries, pale and 'brown, at 25e., 275., 305., 365., 425., 48e., 50s. ;
Ports, from the wood, 26e., 305., 345. ; crusted, in bottles, from 36e.
upwards; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from five to ten years
old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335, 405., 705.,; Champagne, spark-
ling and creaming, 485., 72e. ; Docks and Moselles, 405., 50s,
605., 70s. ; Marsala, 235., 2Gs. ; and all other wines equally mode-
rate, in quantities not less than one dozen. Delivered free In Loudon.
All country orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference
for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPP/t
and CO., 111, Berners-street, London, Importers of German Seltzer
Water, in quarts and pints.

WATCHES, by WEBSTER. and SON, Chro-
nometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established
134 years.

WE.ESTER and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNHILL,
here the advantages of the premises will en able them to bring the
workmen ander their immediate inspection in the manufacturing
department. Az extensive Stock, finished with, the utmost care,
and at lower prices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be
obtained, consisting of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches,
adjusted to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their
Chronometers. to which Government awarded the prizes three years
In succession ; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for
Ladles, of the smallest' and most elegant patterns ; Marine and
Pocket Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se-
lection of Second-hand Chronometers And Watches, by the most
eminent niakeis, at half their original cost. Superior workmen arc
employed en the premises 'in - the repairing department, both for
watches and clocks. Foreign work of every descriptioi carefully
repaired by workmen exwaged expressly•for the purpose. Watehes
take* in exchange. Post letters will meet with immediate attention.
.W. and Son's -publication, with the Equation of Time- for 1844.
will be sent.,• pod fret, on the receipt of two stamps.

LEGAL-and. Cr.EXtRAL LIFE ASSURANCE.
-oFFIcE; Arzrr, .2r1844'.
Notice is herebyrOiven; -that The"ANNITAL GENF,RAL MEET-,
!NO of the arElll nEps. of-this' SOClETY,..kmisuant to the Deed of
Settlement, will.be Offide 'of' the k.ciety, No. 10, Fleet-
street, London, on TurrtsbA:r;-the 18th instant.
The Chair will be taken at One o'C.lock
.precisely. ..
The Vacancies, occa.sioned—tilji?nr of the. Directors and Two
of the Auditors going out of oMce on that day, will then be tilled up.
The Directors and Aiditorsgohig but are
By order ot•the•Board 'OrDiroctoro, .
• ........... • • "-p.•-ir.-.EDNIO_VDS, Actuary.
• . ........ ..... .

NATIONAL LOAN -FUND ;LIFE ASSUR-
'.
I:Ars

26, 004.T1111.14,-17614150N.
QapitalX.,soo,ooo...
Empowercsl,ly. Act of Parliament

The many uoiel a*d vailid.—advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance.and deferred annuity departthonts, par-
ticularly the power to borrow-two-thiMe•of• premiums 'without ex-
pense or ferfeltnre—the great •reduetion •of rate' on Short policies
the option of selecting benefits and• eorrverting policies so as bat -to
suit.the interest or necessity of•the•policrirolder during life, as well
as to afford the fall benefit•toins•fanttylit death,-and animal division
of profits, have already been- so well-appreciated by the public, that
the Society's gteat success • and *growing prosperity enabled the Dl-
rectors, at their General Meeting in "why 'fast, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonds -averaging. fifty-five per eent. on the
amount already ,invested ; Wag tilten*, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
. . .
premium
•
EXAMPLES.

cy.
Entry. Poli
—_ Age, Sum:
1837 as . os.
1838 ll4 56 1000

I___.
A nuual Bonus.
Prem. Added.
.£ s. d. d.
67. 0 4 • 6
17&.16 0 2913 '

Cask Prem.
Igonus. !Reduced.

A s:d. X—u:d. C
132-14,6 58-19 9 8 19 4
*7 123 06 16 7

Another Eontii will be declared in the present year.
D2nclutil• ANprurnm,
The best and most varied provision for afterAlfaThithecto offerei—
every 21. 12s. per await* Paid 4*PEP ,
auctottweaty. willott sixty-
five, give the policy-litilderthe chtlgO.of all. annuity of 471.•165. 6d.,
or 3491. I Is. cash, or Policy at death of 4661.. Similar Advantages at
fifty, fifty-five, and Baty, through an increased annual pendent—
two-thirds paym-ents lent at anytime, and two-thirdsreturned to re-
presentatives 1n...ca5e...3 of .premature. death . • •
F. FZRGUiION CAMItOrk, See.

THE MARINERS • .and ',GENERAL • JAPE
. -• ASSURANCE'COMPAI4I.. ~ •
Expressly eirtliblis,hett for InSurineas. on the Lives .of Mariners,
(whether membtra hf Mt 11,0y0.,6„
.r
r:Vercal3ll4.liA. XY),tuid•:Military
officers.—lt is to be n6tkl that the„ olicies..of. this Company will
cover voyages or e
Ire,7 '4PnriPthill.itlisl serxice.la every part of the
giobe.

The Lives of trsherine d , Boatmen also insured.• •'-
High rates of pßzrolutn. have-hitherto operated against this kin.' of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted' will heloand as low as is
consonant with the risk, it is believed that this feet, e-otrpled with
other advantaaes. will Induce a-great increase of in: nrers. ' ' •
• Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate
Premiums.
. The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a neW ad-
justed table of mortality.

Ten
,pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi-
sion for destitute and disabled Mariners.
Arthur-street, London-bridge. IVM. M'NIELL, ManageT.

FCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
34, BRIDGE-STREET BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
PAtablished 1523.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 WOliana IV:
ECTORS
The Right Hon. THOMASDIR FRAN KLAND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq , Deputy Chairman.
Lancelot Baugh Allen, Ela. Thomas Edgar, E.q.
Stephen Nicolson Barber Sir Alex. Duff" Gordon, Bart
Henry Barnett,
_Archibald Hastie, Eaq., M.P.
Robert Biddulph, Esq. .
Eel. • , .
John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq.

• • Francis Dumergue, Es AUDITOR..
q. Charles Morris, Esq.
Capt. Robert G rdon, I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—Mhn Ayrton Paris, M.D., F.R.S., 27, Dover-street,
President of the Royal College of Physicians.
SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12. Bream-street.
SoLicrroa—lienry Young, Esq 19, Essex-street, Strand.
BANKERSMessrs. Hankey, Fenchurch.gtreet
ACTUARY-James John Downes, Esq., F.R A.S.
SECRETARY...CampbeII James 'Downer, Esq.
The following are among the advantages offered by this Societe:—
LOWER RATES of Prelnitun than those of any other Office,
whith entitle the assured to participate in the profits, • and con.
s!derably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the Assured.
Three Bonuses have already been declared out of Three-fourths. of
the profits :
The first, in 1831, averaged £l6 per cent. on the Premiums paid.
The second, 1839, ditto .ZSI ditto since the Ist divrsson.
The third, -1844, ditto AM ditto since the 2d division.
In addition to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonies will
receive a contingent prospective bonus of Z 1 per cent per annum, on
becoming claims before 1819.
No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro
ceeding (in a decked, sailing, or stearn.vcssel),• from any one port
thereat° another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring
men by profession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the
'world upon terms proportionate to the risks.
Policies on the lives of persons dying by suicide, duelling, or by
the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of patties
to whom they may have been legally assigned.
Assurances may be effectedcin any and every day.
•
By order of the Board of Directors,
CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary.

NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION.
P.E N C E R' 8
QUID CELEBRATED
DYE CHINESE
LI HAIR .
The thousands of individuals whnhave had the pleasure of using
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hair to a dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly
that it is the safest dye in its use that ever was prepared. Red or
grey hair, whiskers, eyebrowe,nioustaches,-&c., are changed without
trouble, by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid; one applica.
tion •wiil produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour
it, imparts to the hair can never INY discorered to have been ef-
fected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, andivtither washing, per-
spiration, or anything will hr. the. least fade affect the colour pro.
duced. Hundreds of 'ladies who worey fabair
e h. because their own
• became grey, wear MeV( their' own. Also, thousands of gentlemen
who had grey or red.whiskera; hreh'was'a'great asfigurement, have
become quite dark from the . use of. SPENCER'S CHINESE LI.
QUID 'II AIR DYE- AnY lady. or .gentlerean may dye their hair
with ease and seeresi in a few minutes. Price Zs. tid., 68., and 10s.
per bottle.
rieldgate-
as; Corn
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whanditoechf haepgyeorropdp
Lorindetooran ;1. 2.960; timtrg.
Johnstone,
hill; Butler, 4, Prout, 229,.Strand ; Sanger, 150, 'Ox.
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Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson. r 4, Old Bond.
street;. Edwards, fa, St. Paul's Churchyard; Connell, Camberwell-
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street ; Finnigin, 30, Mihom-street, -Bath; Elmore, 31, Bull-street,
Birmingham; Shirley; 40, tieorge.street. Hastings ; and of most
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in Town and Country.. Sent-to
any part of the kingdom, by sending a remittance,post.paid.
Please to ask for, Spencer and - Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.
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tation •

' CORNS AND BUNIONS:—•
Patronised by the lisysit Family. and
AUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND
P
is a sure and speedy cure for those nneyances, without
causing the least pain orinconvenilenee, Unlike all other remedies
for corns, its operation is such as' to- render the cutting of the
corns altogether untrecessary : indeed, we may say, the practice of
cutting ,corns .is -at 'all times highly dangerous, and has been fre-
quently attended with. lainentsble consequent). 8,- besides its liability.
to increate their growth. It, adheres with the meet gentle pressure,
producing an instant and delightful relief from torture, and, with--
perseverance in its application, entirely eradicates the most in-
. veterate corns and bunions. •
Testimonials have been received (rent upwards of one "hundred '
PhYsictins and Surgeons of the greatest eminence
Wepared by John Fox, ix boxes at Is. 1 d., or three in one fb
pd.,.and to be had of C. King, 232, Blackftiars.road, London, and
all wholesale and retail medicine venders in town. and country. The
genuine has the name of John Fox on the stamp,
• A 2s. 2d. box cures the most obdurate Cents. .
' Ask fat " Paul's Every Man's Friend."

THE COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-
CORN-LAN LEAGUE beg to announce that their Weekly
Meetings in the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, will be Suspended
during the Easter Recess; atter which, due notice will be given by
advertisement of their recommencement:

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, or ENGLISH
OPERA HOUSE.
THE LAST THREE NIGHTS OF MR. C. 11. ADAMS'S ORRERY.

This Evening, TUESDAY, April 2, and during the week (Good
Friday excepted), Mr. C. H. ADAMS will have the honour to illus-
trate his LECTURE on ASTRONOMY with the most brilliant Ce-
lestial Scenery ever exhibited. To begin at Eight and end about Ten.
Balcony, 4s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes, One Guinea
and Half-a-Guinea.

Tickets, &c., at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, and at the
principal Libraries.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Moderw
Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at• Two o'clock daily ,
illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS, the FIRST IMPROVE-
MENT.by- ARGAND, the RUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS,
PROFESSOR FARAICAVS, the PELLETAN, the CAMPHINE
LIGHTS, . New • FRENCH LAMP, BEALE'S LAMP, &c., &c.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at. Three o'clock
and at Eight in the Evenings. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,
DIVER and DIVING BELL. Various NOVELTIES, which are
in preparation for the EASTER HOLIDAYS, will be announced in a
few days.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLX.,
is published this afternoon.
CONTENTS
I. Duki RERE'S MEMOIRS.—THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. •
11. TIE MARQUIS DE CUSTINE'S TRAVELS IN RUSSIA.,
111. BANDINEL'S HISTORY OF THE TRADE IN SLAVES.
IV. LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD ST. VINCENT.
V. PROVINCIALISMS OF- THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES.
VI. THE CONQUEST OF SINDE. •
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black.

THE NEW SWEDISH NOVEL.
On Thursday, April 11, will be published, 2 vols., post Bvo.,
THE ROSE OF TISTELON,
A, TALE Or THE SWEDISH 'COAST..

By EMILIE CARLEN.
Translated trom the original Swedish.
London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

On Saturday, April 13th, will be published, 2 vols. Bvo.
THE DISCOVERY of the SCIENCE of
LANGUAGES ; in which are shown the real Nature of the
Parts of Speech, the Signification of the Terminations of Words, the
Meanings which they carry in themselves as their own Definitions,
and the • Origin of Words, Letters, Figures, &c. By MORGAN
.NAVANAGII.

LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
" He who LA pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or outhfu 'charms,
. A hero lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behod a man !"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 641.,
or sent by post, free, to any address, Ss. 6d..
QELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders originating in youthful excesses,
and terminating in Nervous bebility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, Insanity, and Consumption. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of, the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect Restoration
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting SurgeOn,
Bedford street, Bedford.square, London, Matriculated Member of
the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London
Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, Lon-
don, &c.
" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
herent privileges of mankind, are trequently marred and prevented
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among others, this Essay addresses itself ; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of ne appeal even
-to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.
"The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title,
and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are
suffering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield
Journal.
Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and
52, Paternoster-row; Starie,23,'Fichborne-street, Quadrant, Regent-
street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers.
At home every day till Three, and from Five till Eight.

REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON.
Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by Kist (in a sealed envelope)
Price 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of exces-
sive indulgence and. infection, illustrated by engraving% with ob-
servations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain
disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners.
street, Oxford-street; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster row; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho; Jackson and Co., 130, New Bond-street;
Phillips, 264, Oxford-street ; J. Gordon, 146. Leadenhall-street, 1 en-
don; Guest, 51, Bull-street, Birmingham; and by all Booksellers
in Town and Country.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRI ACU M is 'exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous and muscular debilitY, impuissance, &e.
Price lls and 235, per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the .! Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.

PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price tls.
4s. ed., and 1 Is. per box. • , ,
Consultation fee, if by lever, 1/. A minute detail of cases is ne_
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from
Eleven till Tww, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till
Twelve One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure.

• This_day is published,
)111HE BRITISH AND FOttEIGN REVIEW
No. XXXIIT. 'CoNTENTs.
1. Coins and Currency.—The Bank Charter.
2. Discoveries in Central America.
•
3. Books for Children.
4. English Cathedral Music.—State of the Choirs.
5. Louis Blanc's " Ten Years' " Reign of Louis Philippe.
6. Anglo-Cathollcisni—The Oxford Controversy.
7. The Penny Postage and the Post-office.
8. Sir Charles Bell's Essays.— Anatomy of Expression.
9, Life, and Correspondence of William Taylor, of Norwich.
10. Thierry—" Les Resits Merovingiens." •
11. The Atmospheric Railway.
Recent German Literature, . • -
London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-cpurt, Fleet-street ; an,
all Booksellers.

• On Saturday will be published, price 65.,
TUB DUBLIN REVIEW. •No. XXXI.
' CONTENTS.
Art. 1. The Religious and Social Condition of France.
2. Prescott's Conquest of Medico.
3. Dr. pant's Rotnish Corruptions.
4. Moehler's Syinbo
5. The Nestorian Christians of Kurdistan.
6.: Irish Arcineological Society—Statute of Kilkenny.
7; State iivrovisiOn of the Irish Clergy.
8. Recent PublicatlOas on the Irish Question.
9. Suppression of MonaSteries.
London : C. Dolman, 61; New Bond-street. Dublin : J. Cumming.
Edinburgh : W. Tait. Liverpool : Booker and Co..

LA POLKA.
MONSIEUR JULLIEN 'has the honour to an-
nounce that he has just Published the POLKA, price 25.,
Postage Free, splendidly illustrated by Brandurd, with a short De-
scription of the Figure, by E; COULON. The Music composed 'on
National Melodies, by JULLIEN.
Many spurious Imitations of M. Julliep's Polka having been sold
to the Public- under so many assumed forms, he has published the
Polka Dance at his Awn Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street ;, and
in order to secure the public against the possibility of purchasing In-
correct Copies, he has attached his Agnatiare to each. None can,
therefore, be relied on which has not hhi Autograph. Correct Copies
of the Polka to be had at all the respectable Music Shops in the
Kingdom.
_

Also the ENGLISH QUADRILLE, received with immense ap-
plause at the Author's Concerts, Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. La
Valse a deux Temps, now A la mode at the Nobilities' assemblies.
The Bouquet Royal Valse and Irish Echoes Comic Quadrille.
3, Maddox-street, Bond-street.

NEW VOLUME OF THE LEADING MEDICAL JOURNAL.
THE NEV VOLUME.. of the MEDICAL
TIMES will commence on SATURDAY NEXT, when the
First of a valuable course of Lectures on Clinical Surgery, by Sir
Benjamin Brodie, will be published. Contributions have also been
promised by the celebrated M.M. Dumas, •Cruveilhier, Amussat,
Flanain, Danger—G. J. Guthrie, F%R.S.; Robert Ferguson, F.R.S.,
Benjamin Phillips, F.R.S., Wharton Jones, F.R.S., Charles Clay,
31. D., George Filcher, Esq., Samuel Lane, Esq., Rutherford
Alcock,- Esq.; Henry Hancock,. Esq., and by several other eminent
British and Continental savans.

The distinguishing feature of the Medical Times is its complete
abstract of everything worth mention in the Foreign' and ,British
Journals. As each Number of the New Volume will come out in a
handsome separable cover, enabling the Journal to be bound free of
advertisements, the profession will have annually, for about a guinea,
a handsome work of Two Volumes, containing the newest and most
valuable scientific information, and extending to 4,000 closely-printed
quarto columns, or about 40 ordinary octavo volumes. Price 5d.,
Stamped, 6d. ; Half-year, Unstamped,-10s. 6d., Stamped, I3s. •
Orders are received by all Newsmen and ookseHers ' • or, by Mr.
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THE QUEEN'S. CONCERT ROOMS, HAN-
OVER-SQUARE.—Mr. Corte, 'Master of the Ceremonies, in-
forms his numerous friends that his' FOCRTIf BENEFIT BALL
will take place on the 16th inst. • _ _ '

Ladies' Tickets, 7s. 6d, Gentletnen's," 109. 6d ; Double. Tiekets, Iss,
supper included..

Tickets to be lead only of Mr. Corte; at 36, Bedford-street, Strand.
Mr. Adams's Band'will attend.

IWILLIAM' WHEATLEY PRATT, at
pre-
sent, and for ten months pest, residing at N.o..7,TlaildVer-street,
Rye-lane, Peckham, and for twelve ni3eTniebthie.erwsbp;rlletilvio,ueds.iell,t,uioncfc,tylltoihfll,r-tstrlrreeeyt:
and being aafcol;erstaidti,iiitiitileieepteisrtiosliinosf, Cd
in-
tend to present a petition to the Court .of Bankruptcy, praying to he
examined touching my debts, estate, and 'effects, and to be pr,,-
tectdd from all process upon making a full disclosure and surrender of
such estate and effects, for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and
I hereby further give notice, that the' time when the matter of the
said petition shall be heard is. to be advertised in
,the. London
Gazette and in the Evening 'Sun newspaper, one month at the least
after the date hereof. Is witness' my band, this first day, of April,
In the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundredand forty-four.
WILLIAM W. PRATT.
Witness William Philp, attorney for the said William Wheatley
Pratt, 27, King-street, Holborn.

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CHWEPPE'S SODA and POTASS WATERS.
S So much prejudice has been produced in the public mind by
purious articles, sold under these names,- containing not a particle
f Alkali, that consumers are earnestly recommended to ask for
SC H.WEPPE'S, the •original inventors, and still the largest manu-
facturers of these invaluable preparations. Each bottle contains the
proper proportion of Alkali, scientifically amalgamated by the aid of
their powerful machinery, and every genuine bottle is distinguished
by a label on the cork, representing their name. This precaution is
rendered " necessary by unprincipled persons frequently filling
Schweppe's bottles with their own composition, and Nesing it oU'as
Schweppe's manufacture.
.
each, manufactured
burn, gout,
with care and skill, and sold by most respectable
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London, 51, Berners.strtet ; and at their. Branch Mrufactories at
Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. ,

METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S
ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.
A meeting was held on Monday evening at Hart's
Hotel, 159, Aldersgate-street. Mr. P. A Taylor,
jun., in the elniir.

Mr. WRITE moved " That the National Anti-
Corn-law League having established its central office
in the Metropolis, this meeting is of opinion that the
objects of the Association will be best promoted by
each member exercising his influence, in his own im-
mediate district, to carry out the plms recommended
by the Council of the League, as being best calcu-
lated to secure the abolition of the corn-laws and all
other monopolies.".
Mr. CUMMING having seconded the resolution, it
was carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks was then carried by acclamation
to the Chairman for his unremitting attention to the
affairs of the Society, and for the zeal and ability
with which he had presided over the same, to which
he returned a suitable acknowledgment, and the
meeting separated.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
MIDLAND • CIRCUIT.---Warwick, Aril 1.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord, Chief Justice IINDAL and a
Common Jury.) •
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE-BARTLE (A PAUPER)

V. ROE.

This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. Mellor and Mr. Ma&lnlay appeared as counsel for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Hayes for the defendant. .
Mr. MELLOR stated the case.—The plaintiff was a young
woman in an humble station of life, who sued in forma pail-
peris, who had becomeaCquainted with the defendant, a hair-
dresser, whilst apprenticed to a milliner, at Tam worth, and
the result was the birth of 'a Child: The defendant had pro-
mised marriage to the plaintiff on several occasions, and after
the birth of the child he promised to go over to the christen-
ing, and in a letter read by the Learned Counsel, he styled
himself her " affectionate husband," and " hoped 'the child
would be a dutiful son."_ Alas, for his promises three
short days he wrote a letter. stating that his father would not
let him come to the christening, and that, accordingly, he
must break his promise to do so, •as well as his promise of
marriage, and proposed to allow 6s. per mouth for the child
instead.

Witnesses were called to prove the facts, and two letters
for the defendant were read, which proved the promise. and
the breach.

Mr. HATES, in a humourous speech, ridiculed such an ac-
tion against a " barber's apprentice," and asked the jury to
discountenance an action which he said must have been
brought by the parish attorney, and not for the benefit of
the girl. •

Lord Chief Justice TINDAL summed up, and
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 251. damages.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, April 1.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
THE BURY WATER-WORKS COMPANY V. BENSON.
This case was resumed at the opening of the Court to-day,
by 'Mr. Martin examining a considerable body of engineering
and scientific evidence on the part of the defendant, the ge-
neral effect of which was, that the measurements charged
in the bill of Chadwick, which had been certified by the de-
fendant, were strictly correct in all respects. The accuracy
of the measurements, indeed, was the only subject of differ-
ence between the parties; the plaintiffs contending that by
the defendant's negligence in measuring they had been
charged with and paid for 3,857 cubic yards of embankment,
and 350 superficial yards of pitching, more than they ought
to have been. Mr. Wortley's reply for the plaintiffs was
merely .a lengthened comment upon the testimony for the
defendant, in which he endeavoured to show that their cal-
culations were framed upon an erroneous basis, whilst those
for the plaintiffs were taken from those furnished by the de-
fendant himself.

The JUDGE, in summing up the ease, told the jury that the
only question for them to consider ivas, whether it was satis-
factorily made out that the defendant had, as alleged, ne-
glected his duty by not properly measuring the work of
Chadwick. In the course of going over the evidence the
Learned Judge remarked that neither of the parties in this
cause had shown themselves really desirous of having the
difference between them properly sifted in the presence of
each other. Who was to blame he would not say ; but it
would have been much better for the interests of both if a
disposition of this sort had been exhibited.'
The charge of the Learned Judge concluded exactly at
three o'clock, having lasted nearly two hours; and the jury
without retiring from the box, returned a verdict for the de-
fendant. The trial, in the whole, occupied eighteen hours.

SEDUCTION-SQUIRES V. MOLYNEUX.

This was an action, brought by Amelia Squires, of
Preston, against the defendant, James Molyneux, a silk-
manufacturer in the same town, to recover damages for the
seduction of Mary Braithwaite, her daughter. Mr. Segar ap-
peared for the plaintiff. The action was tmdefended.
. .

Mr. SEGAR; in stating the case, said the plaintiff was
Amelia Squires ; the defendant was James Molyneux ; and
the declaration complained that the defendant had seduced
the plaintiff's daughter, Mary Braithwaite, whereby she had
been deprived of her services. The defendant pleaded
guilty—a plea not very usual in cases of this nature. The
facts were very brief, and would be clearly proved. The
plaintiff was a wid&w, who had had two husbands ; she bore
a large family to her first husband, the subject of the pre-
sent action being one of the children, and residing with her.
The defendant was a partner in the firm of Brierly, Barton,
and Co., silk .manufacturers ; and at the time of the seduc-
tion the plaintiff's daughter worked in defendant's factory.
Thedefendant was at that time a married man, but he pre-
-tended to the young woman that he was single, and, more-
. over, that it was his intention to marry her. She did. not
know that he was married till he had effected her seduction,
and she discovered it at the late Preston Guild, when she
was walking out with him, and they met his wife. A
scene took place on the intercourse being thus discovered.
The case was therefore of an aggravated charactet,
with no circumstances of palliation except that of
there being no great disparity in the ages of the parties.
The Learned Counsel then read two letters, addressed to the
plaintiff's daughter by the defendant, in both of which lie
made violent protestations of affection for her, declaring that
his heart was continually beating for her, as he hoped hers
was for him, and it would relieve his mind greatly if she
would be kind enough to write to him upon the score of
her real attachment. If she would but say she would be .
true to him, he should be easy in his mind—and a great
deal to the like effect. !The letters were addressed to aMy
dear Mary." The unhappy girl appeared to have conducted
herself with proper. feeling through all the circumstances ;
and it was out of the defendant's power to make her reps-
ration in any other way than by the verdict of a jury. The
Learned Counsel then called

Mary Braithwaite, the daughter of the plaintiff, who said
her mother's name was Amelia Squires, and she lived at
Preston: In 1842, witness worked at the silk•mill of Messrs.
Brierley, Barton, and Co., in which the defendant is a
partner. Went there at Christmas, 1841, soon after which
the defendant propaSed to pay hii addresses to her, but she
refused on the ground that he was too high In his situation
for her. Afterwards consented to receive his addresses, and
had letters from him. Had a child, of which the defendant
was thelather. Did not know the defendant was a married
man till the last Preston Guild, when she met his wife as
she was walking with him in Bow-lane. The child was born
May 14, 1843.

A
A witness was next called, who proved that the defendant
was a married man.

The jury, after a few words from the Judge, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40/.

SEDIMTION--SMiTH V. COARE.
This was another action to recover compensation in da-
mages for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter by the
defendant. The action was undefended.
Mr. CARDWELI. appeared fox the plaintiff, and it appeared
that all the parties reside at Mellor, near Blackburn, in this
county. The two families bad long been on terms of inti-
macy and friendship. The plaintiff had nine children, seven
of whom were married and settled in life; his daughter, the
subject of the present action, assisted in, the management of
his household affairs. The defendant, about seven years ago,
began to be received by that daughter upon the footing of an
honourable suitor; he even went so far as to name a day for
the marriage, and caused preparations to be made for the
celebration, by which means he prevailed over the virtue of

the young woman. After this he still continued to make
professions of honourable intentions, and the courtship went
,on. On the 16th of March, 1840, a child was born, of which
the defendant was the father, after which he again promised
to marry the young woman, but, upon various excuses, he
put it off from time to time. After this he again encouraged
her to name a day for the wedding ; but, within a few months
after, he married another female. The defendant had made
payments,upon account of the child to the parish authorities,
to the amount of 275., thus adding insult to outrage.
Isabel Smith, the subject of the action, was then sworn,
and she gave testimony to the effect stated above.
The promise of marriage was also proved by a witness
named Ward.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Daniages, 301.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmund's, Aprill:
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PArrEsoN.)
COLLINS V. FLNLAYSON.
Mr. Andrews and Mr. Archer were counsel for the plain-
tiff, a young lady residing at Stowmarket, in this county,
who brought this action to seek compensation at the hands
of a jury ' from the defendant, for a breach of promise of
marriage. The defendant was not defended by counsel or
attorney.
It would appear from the letters and evidence adduced in
the cause that the " contracting powers" formed an intimacy
at a large tea and candle shop in the Borough, the lady
being there upper housemaid, and the defendant one of
numerous shopmen. Matters having been brought to a
crisis, the defendant "popped" to the plaintiff, and she,
"nothing loth," accepted his heart. At his suggestion she
quitted her place, and retired. o her "natyve" at Stowmarket,
while her lover suited lihnseff with a shop in London, where
he intended to set up in the tea line. In a short time his
name appeared over a handsome " front"' in High Holborn,
where, according to his account, he and four men were up to
their eyes in tea, sugar, and coffee, from " morn to dewy
eve," on week days, and on Saturday till nearly 12 o'clock,
In his letters he at first was most warm and enthusiastic in
his professions of love and fidelity, but he never came down
with the ring, and at list his attachment grew cooler, while
his business increased, till one day he quietly asked " how
much it would cost to marry at Stowmarket ?" Not long
after this gross insult the faithless Lothario married a neigh-
bour's daughter, though he had, within one short month,
vowed that if he were offered the hand of the richest alder-
man's daughter he should spurn it as an insult, and prefer
poverty at Stow to wealth in the-Mansion-House.
At the close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. Justice PATTEsoN left it to the jury to say what they
would award to the plaintiff for the loss sustained through
the defendant's breach of contract, and, after a moment's de-
liberation, they returned a verdict for 501.

VESSELS sPoKax.wrrm--Aurora,.Tonsberg, Christiansand
to Barcelona, 11th ult., lat. 36, lon. 7, by the Harmonie,
Brechin, arrived at St. Übe's. Yeoman, Liverpool to Gib-
raltar, off Cape St. Vincent, by the John and Edward,
Melhuish, arrived at Falmouth. Messenger, Messina, to
Liverpool, 26th ult., lat. 45, lon. 9, by the Chetah, Lock,
arrived at Dartmouth. Friendship, of Exeter, for New-
foundland, 25th ult., lat. 49, lon. 10, by the WoOdmansterne,
arrived at Cowes. Hexham, of Sunderland, 21st ult., lat.
49 lon. 11, by the Elizabeth, arrived at Swansea. William
Gillies, Liverpool to Bombay, Jan. 27, lat. 24 S., lon. 27 W.;
Pilot, C. H. Deans, Liverpool •to Rio Grande, about same
time ; Mary, barque, of Liverpool, lat. 51 N., 10n.•7 W., by
the Charles, Clarke, arrived. at Swansea.
Mr. Aplin, foreman .of the silk manufactory in
East Reach, Taunton, has recently tried a novel eiperiment,
which has turned out very successful. A short time Since,
he placed sixteen hen's eggs in a warm situation in the
steam-engine 'belonging _to the factory, in order to raise
chickens without the regular method of incubation. A large
brood were hatched, and they are now in a thriving condition
and likely to live.--SomerseiCountg Gazette.
SLEEPING IN Cutacti.--.-Richard Dovey, of Farm-
Cote, iin the parish of Claverly, in Shropshire, by deed, in
1659, gave houses and landkin that tiarish, on trust, for the.
maintenance of a school and certain cottages adjoining to the
,churchyard of Claverly; and .directed that the feoffees
should place a poor man in one of the cottages, and payhira
Ss. *yearly, for Which he alioUld undertake
.to awaken sleepers
and 'whip out dogs from the Church of 'Claverly during divine
service,

POLICE - INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLE.RKENWELL.

George Harper, a labourer, and of very savage ap.
pearance, was charged with cutting and wounding a
brick-maker, named Henry Garden, residing in Phea-
sant-place, Ball's-pond, Islington, so as to seriously en-
danger his life.

11 certificate was produced from a surgeon, setting
forth that Garden was dangerously ill, and of course
unable to attend in court.

Harriette Garden, the wife of the wounded man, de-
posed as follows :—My husband works in Mr. Rhodes'
' brickfields, in the Britannia-fields, Islington. Last
night,' at half-past eleven o'clock, he went out to look at
some bricks, and'protect them from the frost. He came
• back at about half-past twelve, bleeding profusely from
several wounds in.the head. He lay down, and the next
moment was insensible. One of his, eyes is quite de-
stroyed, and his head is dreadfully bruised. I ran out
for -a policeman, who fetched a surgeon. When he
dres,ed the wounds my husband became delirious, and
continues so. Before the surgeon came I asked. him
what had happened to him, and he said he was sitting
down on a heap of brick when the prisoner came up and
exclaimed " Ah, I have an old grudge against you, and
I'll pay you now ;" he then struck him with a brick, and
he could recollect no more. When- he recovered his
senses he found himself lying on the ground, bleeding
from the head,
Mr. COMBE—Did your•husband say hegive the. pri-
soner any provocation ? Witness— I asked him that
question, but he said he had not
.given him the least
provocation. The poor woman, who seemed to be suf-
fering-, great agony of mind, said the surgeon had in-
formed her that he had no hopes of the recovery of her
husband, and recommended his removal to the hospital.
Police constable Treford, N 3, deposed that, on that
morning, between twelve and one o'clock, Harriette
Garden called upon him, and said her husband had been
nearly murdered by Harper. He went to her house, and
there saw Garden lying on the ground, he was still
bleeding. profusely, one sid of his head was in a perfect
mummy—his eye seemed to have been quite battered in.
After fetching a surgeon he went to the prisonees house
and arrested him.' 'Witness said to him that he appre-
hended law for the attack on Garden. "On Harry
Gardt-r,. is it?" replied the prisoner. Witness said
"Yes," and the prisoner said no more.
COMBE asked him if he had been to the brick-
field. Witness said he had, and saw a large pool of
blood beside a heap of bricks there ; he found a' brick
beside it partly broken and stained with blood.
Mr. COMBE, after administering the usual magisterial
caution to the prisoner, asked him what he had to say
to the charge. Prisoner—l gave him 'a blow, bnt he
struck me on the head (he pointed to his head on which
there was the mark of a blow).
The policeman added that when he arrested the pri-
soner, he had blood upon him. Witness had learned on
that morning that the man's life was in
_great danger,
and that he was delirious. He was about being conveyed
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Mr. COMBE directed the officer to inform hiM if the
wounded man recovered his consciousness so far as to
be able to give evidence before five o'clock, that he
might go to his residence, and have his evidence recorded.
The officer promised compliance, and the 'prisoner
was conveyed to the cells.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A modest-looking, and rather pretty, young woman
applied to Mr. Bingham, the sitting Magistrate, for
advice and assistance, under the following circumstances:
The applicant stated that, while living in service,
about two years ago, she became acquainted with a
young man, about 30 years of age, who paid his ad-
'dresses to her, and they were married, after a short
courtship, at Hoxton Church. They proceeded, after
the ceremony, to Gravesend, and, on her return to
town, on the same evening, her husband left her, under
the care of a friend, until he was able to provide a place
fur her reception ; but she had neither seen nor heard
anything of him since that time. His father, who was
a respectable tradesman at Heaton, had informed her
that ho believed her husband had gone into the
country in quest of employment, but he had no certain
knowledge. on the'subject. Since her desertion she had
tilled a comfortable situation as a domestic servant,
until a few days ago, when her mistress received an
anonymous letter apprising her of the extraordinary
circumstances connected with her marriage, and she dis-
charged her in consequence. As the same prejudice
would no doubt operate against •her 'elsewhere she wished
to know what steps she could adopt to relieve hersel
from the difficult and embarrassing situation in which
she was placed.

Mr. lINGIIAM said that it was certainly a very hard
case, but he regretted that he had no power to assist
her, and her only remedy was to sue out a divorce in the
Ecclesiastical Court.

MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.7---A man named J;
Ozenne, a house-painter, was tried last week at Rouen, on a
charge of having assassinated the widow Decouville, who'
lived in the Rue au Lard, at Havre, during the year 1840.
The great suspicion against the prisoner was that, although a
married man (his wife being twenty years older that him-
self) he professed a most passionate regard for the widow
and, as he lived in an adjoining house, was known to spend
many of his hours in her company, and to have the means
of admission to her apartment by a private key to a door
which was closed to all except himself. His passion was
under no control, and he had been heard to threaten that,
should she extend her favoured smiles to any one else he
would kill ker. The body of this unhappy woman was found
one afternoon, in the year 1840, in a wretched state of mutila-
tion in her own kitchen ; the head was placed against a wall,
and the feet on the hearth stone—between- the legs was
found a candle which had been burnt out—the clothes of
deceased were destroyed by fire, and the legs and thighs had
been charred to a great extent, Appearances led to the sup-
position that the deceased had been strangled, and the body
afterwards set on fire ; but, as no robbery had been eem-
milted, for even near to the dead body were found silver
spoons and other things of value, an inference was drawn
that the murder had been caused by jealousy. Now it was
notoriously known that Ozenne was jealous of the deceased
almost to madness, and he was apprehended and examined ;
but proofs sufficient to warrant his committal for trial were
wanting, until an individual who was in prison for debt
wrote a letter to some official party implicating him in the
murder; and the facts therein stated having been inquired
into, Ozenne was put upon his trial. There were several
witnesses called, who deposed to circumstances which left no
doubt of the guilt of the' prisoner, and on Saturday, after t*o
days' hearing, he was convicted, and sentenced to imprison-
ment with hard labour for life. _ _ _

GENERAL Tom THUMB.—On Monday night, pur-
suant to the command of her Majesty, " General Tom
Thumb," the celebrated American dwarf, had the honour of
appearing for the second time before the Court at Bucking-
ham Palace. In addition to her Majesty the Queen, her
Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
and their respective suites, a distinguished party had been
invited to witness the performance. His delineation of the
Emperor Napoleon elicited great mirth, and this was followed
by a representation of the Grecian statues,after which the Gene-
ral danced a hornpipe and sang several of his favourite songs.
Her Majesty was pleased to present the General with her
own hand a superb souvenir of the most exquisite handicraft,
of mother of pearl, and mounted• with gold and precious
stones. On one side are the Crown and Royal initials V. R. ;
on the reverse bouquets of flowers in enamel and rubies. In
addition to this splendid gift, her Majesty subsequently pre-
sented the General with a beautiful gold pencil-case, with the
initials of Tom Thumb, and his coat of arms engraved on
the emerald surmounting the case, accompany this Royal
souvenir with the expression of her Majesty's high gratifica-
tion at his versatile talents. The dwarf had scarcely made
his appearance in the afternoon at the Egyptian Hall,.when
the Duke of Wellington honoured the General with a visit.
At the moment the Duke entered' the room, the General was
in the act of giving an imitation of Napoleon musing at St.
Helena, and on the Duke inquiring what he was meditating
on, he happily replied, " Upon the loss of the Battle of Wa-
terlco." His Grace then took the dwarf into his arms, and
asked him several questions, with the answers to which the
Duke appeared much pleased, and on his departure presented
the General with a handsome douceur.

AN ENGLISH AVALANCHE.—On Monday last, the
18th inst., as a party of shepherds were out on Longdale
Fells—situate betwixt Orton and the Yorkshire mountains—
they
.had to encounter most formidable drifts of snow, in
order to rescue the sheep from their icy prisons. Edward
-Wilson, yeoman, of Long Gills, was under the necessity3f
walking on a very steep acclivity, when the snow suddenlyh'fe
began to move in an immense volume from under
of the
with such velocity, that the 'oungthmearna
his body in an. upright position,
avalanche—for such it really was—making him excessively
pTdaspunrograbelessth:s)
giddy. He managed, however, to sit as long as he could,
till, having descended to a rocky precipice, where, about fifty
years ago, a person of the name of James Atkinson was un_
fortunately killed under.similar circumstances, he, the shep-
herd in question, was dreadfully injured by the concussion
occasioned by the stoppage. He, nevertheless, had presence
of mind enough to tie his handkerchief or neckcloth round
his head ; to which probably he owed his preservation, as,
although he bled considerably, he did not lose conscious-
ness, and, on the whole, was much less injured than might
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A Gascon is
not. only a boaster; he is often a wit,
and the French jest-books are filled with anecdotes of gas-
conading. From amongst a host of theni we select the fol-
lowing:—" Gasconading was a marked characteristic of the
court of Henry IV. Though the Monarch was not exempt
from the fault himself, he grew.tired of it in others, and en-
treated his Minister Malherbe.to endeavour to reform it al-
together—to de-gasconise his Court. 'Must I sweep them
all away, Sire?' asked the Minister. All,' replied -the
Prince. Upon which Malherbe slyly answered, Then I
presume your Majesty. wishes to abdicate.' Another Prince
told a Gascon gentleman, who had former y served him as
Ambassador, that he looked like an ox*. I cannot- say what
I look like,' replied the Gascon, ' but this I know, that I
have frequently represented your Majesty's. person.' A
Gascon abbe, who lost a living from the iudeeent haste of
which he was guilty in canvassing for it, declared he had run
so fast after the benefice, that he outstript, in his flight, his
guardian angel.' "—chamber's Edinburgh Journal.
Although the faCt is not set forth in the report of
the Commissioners; we are enabled to state that it is in-
tended to give the public a footway of 20 feet in width
from Whitehall-place, to Westininster-bridge,—Observer.