The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

No. 16,118. LONDON, THURSDAY -VENING

S Ny APRIL 11, 1844.

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BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS .and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the ?WIG
for their liberal patronage of the same its utility and great conveni-
ence in ail climates have recontmended is to the most distinguished
foreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda-
tion. It is preyared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint-
ment to families, all posSible care has, been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and- address, as well
as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.
JOBN BURGESS and SON'S lung-established and much-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared tyy nein after
the same manner that has given the greatest gattsfaction for many
years.
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Warellotue, 107, Strand, corner of Savey Steps, London

SALES. BY AUCTION.

SALES BY AUCTION

KNOWLE HOUSE, AT CRANLEY, IN SURREY.
THE VERY ELEGANT FURNITURE, TOGETHER WITH
EVERYTHING THAT IS RECHERCHE AND CLAS-
SICAL THROUGHOUT THIS DISTINGUISHED
ABODE.
Tk4 R. GEORGE ROBINS begs to intimate that
J.. 1.. he will SELL by AUCTION,-`on the Premises, on
MONDAY, May 13, and the Three following Days, at Twelve,
punctually each day,
ALL 'THE•VERY ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AND SELECTED ARTICLES OF TASTE AND VERTU
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appertaining to .
KNOWLE HOUSE, AT CRANLEY, IN SURREY,
about nine miles from Guildford, Godalming, and Horsham. It
embraces everything of a very superior description throtighOut the
mansion, which has been but a short time fitted up in the
present prevalent style, and it may with confidence be affirmed

IN LINCOLNSHIRE, NE 1 0 BOSTON.—IMPORTANT
FREEHOLD FARMS, ADMIRABLY SUITED TO TRUS.
TEES, WHO WOULD' INVES t' IN PERFECT SAFETY,
PRIIDUCING £2,700 A-YEAR, TOGETHER WITH ALL
THE TITHES.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS has the pleasure to
announce that he is directed by .the Devisee:in trust of
THE RIGHT HON. LORD MONSON, DECEASED,
to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION, on Tnuasnav, the 25th
of April, at-Twelve o'ClOck, in Otte Lot,
A MOST IMPORTANT LANDED INVESTMENT,
Freehold of Inheritance, and uniting very many substantial advan-
tages—. FRITH'S BANK, an 1
EARL'S CROFT ESTATES.
Are situate a 'thin two short miles of
THE BOROUGH TOWN OF BOSTON':
one rf the best markets extant, surrounded by capital roads, and
adjoining water carriage to all pars of England. The Land in
this vicinity has, from days of yore, been proverbial for its supe-
rior quality ; it grows the best Wheat and Oats, and the Pasture is
famed tor its capability in fattening Bullocks very quit ly, and those
who are at al; conversant in the soi. of the land will know how to
appreciate these imi ortant facts. '
The whole is occupied by a tenantry of long standing as tenants-at-
will ; ii will, however, be exeeedlugly desirable to make in this
respect very considerable alterations. The FaMS are used in
their ancient state, ana are intinitety too sin Sound judg-
meet will direct that they be divided into live or six, instead
of the present numb r; it will then be a matter of great
facility to provide' substantial Yeomen to get rich upon this
greatly favoured soil: but Mr. Robins would fail in his duty
to the Public if he did not state ti at the Houses and Out-Buildings
throughout the Property are greatly in need of repair ; indeed, tho
su,:gestion he would venture to make is, to rase them to the ground,
and with the materials, and less than £2,000, Three First-rate
Abodes, with corresponding farming premises, replace the present
works-of antiquity. It slicuid he observe I that there is a saving
clauseto this proposition, inasmuch as Robert Searby's abode and
buildings need no out'ay whatever, and this is the largest farm.
THE PROPERTY NUMBERS
TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIVE ACRES,
INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TITHES UPON THE ESTATE.
THE -WHOLE WITHIN A RING FENCE,
besides the unpretending, but :vary comfortable little public-house,
known as "the Monson Arms," where "mine host" Eno knows
and practices what belongs t the entertainment and comfort of his
friends.
The next important point will be to direct a purchaser's judgmeat
to the rental. The clear yearly receipt for years back has been
£2,660 a year. Tim times having varied, Mr. Robins has subjected it
to a careful personal survey, and ho is not a little pleased to proclaim
a very welcome fact, that when the r utlay already noticed is accom-
plished, the property will very readily produce, with an unexcep-
tionable temudt y, from £2,700 to
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR.
The division of the soil is very encouraging; there are 521 acres of
capital Grazing Land, 230 acres of excellent Meadow Land, and 455
acres of soilcongenial to Wheat and Oats; the former yielding five
and six quarters and the latter from seven to ten quarters per acre.
N.)w this representation of the Estate cannot be charrd with colour.
log the Landscape beyond its deserts ; and it may be well to remind
such as were last year sceptical in respect to the corn.laws, that the
agricultural horizon is no longer clouded by doubt or uncertainty—
the manly, judicious, and unequivocal declaration of
SIR R • BER PEEL
ought to quiet the apprehensions of all those who desire to see the
agriculturing and manufacturing interests go quietly in harness toge-
ther, without any undue partiality. Indeed, his declaration is so en-
couraging, I cannot do better than quote his own words—it will, or
ought to silence scepticism:—
" I NEITHER HAVE, NOR DO I CONTEMPLATE
ANY CHANGE WHATEVER IN THE .
CORN-LA WS."
To conclude, Trustees, and all persons having their capital depo-
sited in the funds, will do well to ponde-, and to exercise their
understanding, and the result must (or ought to be) that Three
per Cents, at 98 is a fearfully high and unnatural price as coin.
pared with Land which will now return a clear income of Three and
a Half per Cent., with prospective views exceedingly delightful,
when placed in juxtap,sition with the Funds.
Printed Particulars may be had twenty-eight days before the-
Auction, at the Peacock, Boston ; George, Stamford ; and Peter-
boron h ; the George, Grantham ; of Mr. Brown (the agent), South
Carlton; of Messrs. Oddie and Lumley, Solicitors, Carey-street; Mr.
:Have, Solicitor, Bridge.street ;_ Auction Mart; and at Mr. George
Robins's offices, London.

IT IS PERFECT THROUGHOUT.
It was completed under the personal superintendence of
• A GENTLEMAN OF FASHION AND
UNDOUBTED TASTE, •
who has not spared time or expense in perfecting this
EXCEEDINGLY ELEGANT MISCELLANY
The drawing.room and library suites are of

SPLENDID PAMONA, GREEN-FIGURED SATIN, AND

FHB THORN-HILL PARK ESTATE, WITHIN A SHORT
DRIVE from SOUTHAMPTON, WITH ITS COSTLY
MANSION, FINELY WOODED PA RK;EXTENSIVE P LAN.
TATIONS and GARDENS, and a DEMESNE EXTENDING
to near MO ACRES, with the MIDENBCRY PROPMITY. a
MrLIGHTFUI, SPOT to " WAYS
MAN S" by a CERTAININCREASEH RU DlNGthe OPERATION, AN D
and
a DAIRY FARM, TO SUPPLY THE TOWN.
H. GEORGE ROBINS is favoured by the
instructions ot the Executors of TAMES B A RLOW HOY,
Esq., to OFFER- to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction
Mart, on Tuuttsoiv, the nth of June, at Twelve o'Clock, in Three
Lots,
THE DISTINGUISHED ORNAMENT—TO THE ENVIRONS
OF SOUTH A MPTON. .
It has long held a high plate in public estimation, but since its close
approximation upon -
THE FAVOURED SEAT OF ROYALTY
may now claim to be oite of the most recherche spots
THROUGHOUT HER MAJESTY'S DOMINIONS.
Then wh, know how to appreciate Court mysteries will be able to
set a value on -its locale trout the spot whence Royal favours are
dispensed.
THE THORNHILL PARK ESTATE

MAPLE WOODr

There are French curtains,conveisatione sociable*, s,:fas, lounging
fauteuil:: and chairs, dejeunC and chess taldes, bibliothique,
SUPERB MARQUETERIE, LOUIS QUATORZE LIBRARY
TABLES, GILT CONSOLES, AND:NOI3LE GLASSES;
a costly chandelier for twelve lights ; •
BEAUTIFUL SEVRES AND ORIENTAL CHINA,
superbly mounted in ormolu, candelabra in the finest. style
beautiful Dresden lace figures; elegant ormolu carriage, and bronze
clocki, a very curious antique astronomical clock in silvei-gift case.

THE DINING-ROOM OF MASSIVE
GOTHIC CARVED OAK,

vier suite.of-splendid crimson figured velvet curtains, it includes
tWelve capital chairs in marone leather, extending dining tablei;
ma,sive carved sideboard, with noble looking-Blass 93 inches by 57,
cetlarct, and hot closet ;
A SPLENDID BUHL HALL CLOCK AND BRACKET;
Five bronze busts •of the poets, stained hill lamp, a double per.
cession gun; beautiful velvet Pile, Brussels, and Axminster Carpets.
THE BEDCHAMBERS ARE FITTED IN SUITES OF
MAPLE-WOOD AND MAHOGANY,

GROUND-RENTS ADMIRABLY SECURED FOR NEARLY
SEVENTY YEARS, PRODUCING.SIXTY
.GUINEAS A
YEAR, AND IMPROVABLE LEASEHOLDS, PRODUCING
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS A- YEAR.
M.R. GEORGE. ROBINS will SELL, at the
Auction Mart, on TUURSDAY, May 16, at Twelve o'Clock,
tn Two Lots,
GROUND RENTS, AMOUNTING TO SIXTY THREE
POUNDS A YEAR,
indisputably well secnred 'upon netvly.erected and very well-built
Houses, approximating upon the Islington Spa, near to the New River
Head, and surrounded by a •populous neighbourhood. It is se•
cured upon altogether' 16 Houses, and the value to secure these
Ground-rents, which wil! form one lot, is about
FOUR HUNDRED A YEAR;
it is consequently a security without'doubt or risk, and this, be it
remembered, with •
THREE PER CENT. CONSOLS AT PAR,
is assuredly a good thne to transfer them into Ground-rents.
Adjoining 18 a chug private House, respectably occupied, close to
the celebrated Spa, which, by industry and tact; may be rendered
very productive; and there are iWo 11°444 'adjoining. The pro.
duce of these Leiseholds is 75k a year, and the rents are paid
most punctually. . In olden times 301. wa, the usual morning re-
ceipt from the Spa, or, as it was denominated in 1773. " THE
HOLY WELL ;" toil it must be made mere public to secure
again the entire patronage of the For cutaneous disorders
it is said to be an infallible cure:. The situritian. of this desirable
Investment, is rapidly progressing in ptilal!c estimation. The
Estate is held tor 68 yeas. • •
Particulars, fourteen days prior to the sale, at the Peacock 'and
the Angel, Islington ;- :or Mt. Aldridge, Solicitor, Great Russell-
Street, near the Museum; the Mart; and in'eavent.garden.

they are perfect and in incomparably good taste, including magnificent
four.post and French bedsteads, with rich green and silyer merino
damask, and chintz cotton hangings with window curtains en suite;
superior beds and bedding, splendid winged and plain wardrobes,
chests of drawers, pedestal tables de nuit, marble washstands, writ-
ing and dressing tables, sofas, and lounging chairs, and everything
that appertains to the bedchambers, capital kitchen requisites, and
the furniture of the domestic offices.

A LIBRARY OF BOOKS, ELEGANTLY BOUND,
extends to about 600 vols. , including the Waverley Novels complete,
48 vols., British Classics, Duke of Wellington'. Dispatches, Napier's
Peninsular War, Annual Register, from 1758 tolB4o, Frazer's Maga-
zine to 1842, Lodge's Portraits, the Works of Mitford; Hume, and
Stnollett, Burke, Hannah More, Tillotson, Robertson, and John,
son, Paxton's Magazine of Botany, . Loudon's Britannicum, 8,
Robinson's Architectural Designs, 6, Biographia Britinnica, 4,
folio, and many other scarce and valuable works.
• A FEW FINE COLOURED DRAWINGS;

was the favourite abode of •
JAMES BARLOW HOY, FaQ.,
who, for a lengthened perio4, was
THE M.P. FO tt t,OUTHAMPTON ;
end it Is a fact not to be-impeached, that if the new purchaser par-
take of his hespeality and Bound political creed, that he
WILL WALK OVER THE COURSE
WHENEVER THE NEXT ELECTION ARRIVES.
The Mansion, it has already been noticed, is the commanding fea-
ture—one of the great lions of this delightful vicinity—and well it
may be, for the worthy proprietor expended upon the abode alone
TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS,
from which it may be inferred, that on its completion, everything
connected with Fast
and family convenience has been rigidly
daterved. An Fast Indian will lengthen his days and acquire
another twenty-one years' tease, to enable him to exhaust the interest
upon his large furtune by reposing in this healthy spot.
Its architectural form is very chaste, and the entree is by a covered
way, to avoid the rain. The front is adorned by six Corinthian
Pillars, and a paved' Gallery, leading to a terrace walk of much
extent and beauty; and including a great variety of Shrubbery
Walk and Plantation, laid out in the best taste. Within the man-
sion, its advantages and capability may be summed up in one short
sentence,
NOTHING WHATEVER IS LEFT TO BE DESIRED,
for throughout every department there is not a perceptible want.
THE DOMAIN IiXTE NDS ALTOGETHER TO
FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF GOOD LAND,
INCLUDING ITS PARK-LIKE DOMAIN,
with very valuable auxiliaries in the • shape of a considerable
income, derivable from rendering the present building speculation a
certainty, by increasing it to
A PRETTY LITTLE VILLAGE.
This_ (called the Telegraph Land). is in the vicinity of Balm two
miles distant from the Mansion, with a multitude of fino Larch arid
Firs, to give additional ornament to each separate Villa; there are
about forty-five acres, and already a considerable portion is let and
built upon, at Is. 6d. and 2s. per loot; the character of the Villas is
well worthy of imitation.
THE NORMAN GOTHIC CHURCH
has just arrived at its completion, and is greatly admired; and at a
little distance is Midenbury, a delightful spot also for building: There
are about 31 acres, with a most refreshing variety of hill and dale, and
extending not on y to the mansion of C. 1. Middleton,E-ri, but actually
into his gardens, of which he will be deprived unless h adds this to
his demesne. The views from this lofty position ate quite beautiful
!lie Isle of Wight appears el, ise at hand, and
THE SOUPHAMPPON WATERS,
with the New Forest vary and improve the beauteous prospect. There
is also -
A SNUG DAIRY FARM,
of about Forty Acres, to which the worthy inhabi' ants of
this admired town, are indebted twice a day for a copious supply of
rich milk ; in short, and by way of a finale, it may be urged, that this
Property, taken in any and every point of view, is influential be, end
any contemporary ; and a ConserYative candidate will know how to
appreciate it.
fhe Estate can only be seen by tick its one month antecellent to the
Sale, ;to be had of Messrs. Sewell. solicitors, Newp rt ; Mr. Peat,
auctioneer, Southampton (and at the Do'phin) ; the Auction Mart ;
and in Covent-garden. 1 he Printed Particulayswill have a drawing
of the Mansion and Grounds, and a Plan of the Estate, price firl.

A CAPITAL TRAVELLING CHARIOT, BY ADAMS,
complete ' • excellent harness and clothing. Wardrobe of excellent
table and bed linen, china and glass ; a
CELLAR OF CHOICE WINES AND FOREIGN LIQUEURS
and although it comprises altogether only 100 dozens, in sherry,
claret, hock, champagne, and port, the selection has been aided by
the best judgment.
CAPITAL GARDEN AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
including a superior bay draught mare, tumbril cart, light market
ditto, bean mill, chaff cutting machine, excellent corn bins, melon
frames encilights, capital garden engines, iron rallers, and garden
tools.

A STACK OF FINE MEADOW HAY.

Sows and pigs, a fine young blood hound; rustic garden seats,

1,300 CHOICE GREENHOUSE PLANTS;
stacks of firewood, brewing utensils, and a variety of property.
May be viewed two days preceding, the sale, and catalogues then
had at Is. each to admit a Party of Six, on the premises; the White

Hart, Guildford; the George and the King's Arms, Godalming;
the King's Head, Horsham ; and at the Offices in Covent-garden,
also at the Old Ship, Brighton.

Barrisn INSTITUTION,
••
The GALLEItt for the EXHIBITION- aiid ;At -O-f
the
WORKS of ARI.TISII- ARTISTS Tel. in the
Metoin; until l'iye Ereuhr,;.
.
Atlatigilo.r, 'At al' ,;: I>.
wILI:1A-M BARNARD, Keeper.

THE MANOR AND MATES OF LITTLE TAYNTON,
FIVE MILES FROM GLOUCESTER. AND TWO• FROM
INCLUDINGTO EXCELLENT FREEHOLD FARMS,
330 ACRES OF EXCELLENT LAND, IN A
RING FENCE, A GREAT PORTIONuTITHE FREE.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to SELL
peremptorily at the Auction Mart,.on TlitlesDAY, the 18th
of April, at Twelve, tr. 'lwo Lots,
A VERY ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD ESTATE,
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and especially all such as desire to invest without any soh of risk,
It includes

----TWO VERY EXCELLENT WELL APPOINTED
FREEHOLD FARMS,
with suitable Farm-Buildings to each, very desirably situate at Little
'faynton, six miles from Mitchell Dean, and only tiro miles distant
from Gloucester, comprehendh.g
330 ACRES OF SUPERIOR LAND,
_ _

1110I33LIIAM .S CIL cr. 41a Sub-
s,:ritx-rt and the Pnioi- ate recap etnifly Informed that, the
CON-,CERT will pith. on Momtax Evv,ING NEXT, when
will tat PG'formel TE tcrit t.) yaws. Fo's 1 A rASTOUALE,
31OZART'6. No. 6, and Sr.).NTINI'S.OVEIIII-1(1: t,,*()Lympi.t.
etolo Performers—Piano-forte M..Mttsetieles ; Vihna M. Ernst
l'oextlists—The Missps WilliatriG, Misa 31arsliall, Mr. J. Bennett,
and Signor F. Lablache.
A Transferable Ticket • for the Series, It. ts. ; Single Tiekets,
1/. Is. each ; and Doutile Tiekets„l/. 10s., to are had at Buttle's Music
WarehoEse,.2ol, Regent-street.

ROYAL POLY-TitCHNIC rNSTITUTION.
A SERIES of LECTURES on the OMEN and HISTORT
of the MUSIC of all NATIONS, from the earliest to the latest pe-
riods, will be delivered by Mr. C. E. HORN. The first.will take
place on THURSDAY, the I lth inst., at Three o'clock, and the second
on SATURDAY, at the same hour.. The VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL MUSIC will be illustrated by Specimens of each period,
accompanied by .a PIANO-FORTE 'and SELECT ORCHESTRA.
Also, daily, LONGBOWTOM'S PUTSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MI-
CROSCOPY. Nl,-.:W DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the OLD and
NEW HOUSES of PARLIAMENT, with the FIRE. POPULAR
,LECTURES, by Dr. Ryan and Profeasor Bachhoffner. ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO4:LECTRIC MACHINE, OXY-HYDROGEN
MICROSCOPE, DIVER. and DIVING BELL, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

TO TILE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.'
L&DIES AND GENTLEMEN,_.
AVEbeg to offer you our grateful acknowledg-
T ments for the honour you have conferred upon us by re-
electing us into. the Threotion— .

Trusting that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the
confidence they have reposed in ue,- • '
We have the honour to he, with great respect,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and very humble servants,
ROBERT CAMPBELL.
.1". W. HOGG
•. H. LINDSAY.
Ea :4 India Ilotw, 10th 1.8'41. :IkvitII.CH.D. syR RTiON.
KDEIisE
HENRY WJLLOCK.

OYAL. SURREY • ZOOLOGICAL GAR-
matchles.s collection of Carni;ora are fed at
Four o'clock. The extensive alterations are proceeding
rapidly towards completion. SrDNEY FOSTER, See.

13TECIII'S TABLE- CUTLERY has long been
x ramed.ror its adinirable 'finalities, combined with cheapness.
1 lis. mantifactury is at Nal, Leadenhall-street, font* doors from Corn-
hill. handles, in sets o.l* 50 Meets, 21. Ms., :v. 10s., 41. 10. s.
(20nlinot: kitctwn, per dtzen, 1.:11..6d., 125., lbs. 611., 215., 255. Table
steels, patent sharpeners, eases-of assert lo.dves, Sheffield plated
goods, &e. 11.,,,bi's penknives ire excellent and economical, from ls.
npwards: Ilis peculiar. steel razors and magic strop and paste have
comfort to :natty a sull,:rin; tdtaver and the ladies pronounce
his scissors to Ire unequalled. -

13 ASS'S- PALE A LE.
Messrs:. BA SR an+ CO.; with every. wish.to avoid whatever
in my serVe to prolong a dispute, of which they are • fully sensible of
I, indignity, contrive thatibey arc called on to make a lnief-reply
to Me.srs. Allsopp's•fadvertisement of the 28th ult., as fag only as is
ne-e,sary to vindicate the accuracy of their own staternents.
It will have Itisnt obseiveg•that, with the exception of their returns,
of tie, shipments of the current season, Messrs. Ailsopp have not at-
temyted to contradict a single statement advanced by Mes.,rs. Base
and Co., wither do they denylitat-their references are of the highest
authority. They= resort' for quotations favourable to themselves to
nameless prices current, awl to the letters of their own agents,.and'
they go back to dates extending over October. November, December,
ao,t jamtary. while the quotations.of Messrs. Bass and Co., referred
I,,,lneatly to the la trif fiattfirMtMifttreeemberoctitetrreartne
here by the Overland Mail in February. Messrs. Bass and Co. quoted
an aelual sale of that date in Calcutta at 80 rupees. A plain account
of this transaction will show In what manner- Messrs. Alleopp, who
had learnt its true nature front the documents _Messrs. Bass and Co.
placed within their reaeb, have perverted the facts relating to it. On
the 22ci of i)ccetnber, Messrs: I. Mackey and Co. sold ten butts, equal
to twenty hhds. of beer, daily expected to arrive, per " Tecumseh,"
half at 75 and half at 80 rupees.: On the arrival of the vessel-it was
found that having fallen short or provisions, the troops on board had
consumed sixteen hhds. In the rneanthne the market had advanced,
and the sixteen hhds. were charged sod paid for at the current mar-
ket price 90 rupees, two hhds. were delivered at the original price,
and two being ullageAl (not full), realised 70 rupees; yet Messrs. All-
sopp, notwithstanding•theyhad seen the letters of advice of the sale
of twenty hhds., have represented this as a sale of two casks only.
Messrs. Allsopp insist that :Messrs. Bass and Co.'s returns of ship-
ment* for the present season are "grossly untrue." Those returns
were collected from the customary public sources of information—to
which indeed Messrs. Allsepp refer when It suits their purpose—and
as far as relates to their own shipments, Messrs. Bass and Co. know
them to be accurate, while Messrs. Allsopp's contradiction rests upon
their own unsupported assertion. Their home trade for Pale Ale
having quadrupled within the last four years, Messrs. Bass and Co.
haVe been compelled to limit their foreign trade, and to decline large
orders from their most valued correspondents; but a recent addition
to their Brewery, though not fully in work until January, and still
incomplete, has enabled them to ship, within the last six months, as
may be seen by the excise entries and subsequent clearances :
To the Three Presidencies of India 9,080
To other settlements East of the Cape •• • • 1,750

underlet at -
FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS A-YEAR..

of which two-thirds—is very superior Pasture and Feeding Land,
in a high state of cultivation, in the occupation of Mr. W. K. Ford,
and Mr. Ponting, at very low ants ; they originally
PRODUCED SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS A-YEAR.
THE TORT OF GLOUCESTER,
it need hardly he remarked, has now become a formidable rival to
Bristol, and besides this, the produce of this fine sail is available In
less than five hours of the Metropolis of London.
THE MANOR AND MANORIAL RIGHTS
give consequence to the possessor ; to say nothing of the value of
the sporting. By the way, we must not overlook a feature which,
in days of yore, was accounted of imMNportaE. nce, nothing less than a
GOLD I
Extract from a description of England and Wales in 1760 :—`t It
ought not to be omit ed, that, at Tayntun, near Newent, on the
northern borders of this forest, a Gold Mine was discovered about.
the year 1;00, of which a lease was granted tosome refiners, who ex-
tracted some geld from the ore, but bad not spirit to follow it tip."
Again, in England s Gazetteer, printed in IWO; is the following:—
" Taynton,*Gloucestershire,_four miles S.E. from Newent, six from
afitchel-Dean, and seven Nr. from Gloucester. In 1700, there was an
ORE found here, from which the refiners extracted gold," but they
also lacked enterprise.
Mining and refining is now a much more simple and less expensive
operation than it was a century ago. A spirited individual will, in
all probability, find this
"A MINE OF WEALTH,„
Cheltenham, the most fashionable watering place in England, is
only a short ride, and is a capital market, as as Gloucester,
for all the l.roduce. Its exemption from tithe, to a great extent, is
an important feature.
The Estates may be viewed, with the leave of the tenants, and
particulars had at the King's Head, Gloucester; the Royal Hotel,
Cheltenham; of Messrs. Law and Tindall, Solicitors, Newrsquare,
Lincoln's Inn; Mr. Bailey, Solicitor, Gloucester; Messrs. Holmc ,
Loftus, and Young, Solicitors, New Inn ; the. Auction Mart ; and in
Covent-garden.

GENERAL TOM THUMB,- the American
Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious
Majesty the Queen, his Royal- Highness Prince. Albert, the Queen
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Queen of the
Belgians, &c. &c., exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to
visiting Paris, in' CATLIN'S • spacious INDIAN GALLERY,
EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Two to Five,
and Half-past Six to Nine o'ClOck. This wonderful Man in
miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any
infant that ever walked alone. JOC-O-SOT, the Sauk Chief, deci-
dedly the finest Indian that has visited Europe, is also present at
each Exhibition, illustrating the Dances, &c., of his Tribe.
AdMission One Shilling, without regard to age: -
The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry at their
residences, on due notice. -

Total

10,830_1110s

STEVENS'S HOTEL, 18, . BOND-STREET, AND 1 i AND 12,
CLIFFORD-STREET.
FAMILIES and Gentlemen tire most respectfully
informed that the above old-establishcd. Hotel has undergone
an entire course of decoration and repair, and is replete, with every
accommodation calculated to promote their convenience.
The Coffee-Room is conducted on the plan of the best clubs, and
the charges having been thoroughly revised, will be found extremely
moderate, gratuities to the attendants are abolished, and a fixed sum
per day substituted.
The patronage of the Nobility and Gentry is most earnestly soli-
cited by the Proprietors, who will continue to use every endeavour
to merit their approbation.

jFCONOMY COMBINED with ELEGANCE.
A 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,
PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, Mt, BAKER-STREET, PORT-
MAN-SQUARE, where every article has the lowest price affixed, for
cash.
The PATENT THERMIC) STOVE is in daily operation.

I
THE , AMERICAN OCKING CIIA.III.
None are genuine unless the. have Luck, Kent, and Cum-
Ming" printed' on the bottom. Thi ...hair, so much admired by all
who have visited America, for th - remarkable cave, pleasure, and
comfort which it affords, is just inn lied and for SALE at the exten-
'sire Carpet -and Upholstery Establishments of 1.17 CK, KENT, and
CUM M INC, No. 4, Regent-street ; Carpenters' Hall, CO-, Condon-wall ;
AndlVilliam Climaxing and C0.,-!1S, Hatton-garden. It is asserted
with confidence, that there • is no piece of furniture In use In eis-ilsed
sodety more sought after and a 'gloved of when known.
The price is 234., 1.-ith a liberal discount to the trade. Stout per-
sons and invalids will find theSe chairs inValuable.

NT
established C-
h It°
A.adnnidiraSitO,
IV/T AnoTinCetle!E3aerbs3ColtVheELlOrStts".

131 years.
WEBSTER and. SON hart REMOVED to 74, CORNMLL,
here the advantages of the premises will enable them to bring the
workmen under their Immediate inspection in tke manufacturing
department. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care,
and at lower prices, considering the finality, than can elsewhere. be
obtained, consisting of CompOnsated 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
Ladies, of the smallest and most elegant patterns; Marine and
rocket Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se-
lection of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most
eminent makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are
employed en the premises in the repairing. department, both for
watches and clocks. Foreign work of every description earetifily
repaired by workmen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watches
taken in exchange. Pont letters will meet with immediate attention.
W. and Son's publication, with - the Equation .of Time ler 1844,
willbe sent,' post free, on the receipt of two stam-ps.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR •
ANCE SoCItTY,'
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel end varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reshietion of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as boot to
suit the interest or necessity, of the policy-holder daring life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at ticatb, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in,May last, to, add to each policy
on the, profit scale a
bonus averaging filly-tive per cent. on the
amount. already invested; sun'this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash; or applied in reduction of future
premitnas ,

The RIG H HONOU RABLE the COUNTESS of MANSFIELD'S
RESIDENCE on RICHMOND-HILL; together with the ex.
ceedingry VALUABLE CONTENTS, which are accounted
UNIQUE in the several Departments-of ART and SCIENCES.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS has the honour to
announce that he is directed by the representatives of the late
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE COUNTESS OF MANSFIELD,"
to offer to unreserved PUBLIC COMPETITION, in the Mansion,
Richmond hill, on MorrosV, the 29th of April, and several succeed-
ing Days, at Twelve for One o'clock most punctually,
An exceedingly
VALUABLE MELANGE OF PROPERTY,
so recherche in the several Departments of the Arts and Sciences,
that

EXAMI'LES,

Entry.

Pollc3-
Is.ro.

It will also have been remarked that this dispute originated in
Messrs. Mlsopp's, publishing returns of shipments for 1841-42 in
such a manner as led to the Inference that they were those of last
year. In endeavouring to excuse themselves for producing an erro-
neous impression by means of the equivocal words "for one year
past," they now assert that the exports of the two houses last year
"were as nearly as possible in the same proportion" as those of
1841-42 whirls they published ; whereas, the truth is that the
Excise returns, which are obviously of equal authority for both
years, show, that so far from being in the same proportion, the ex-
ports of Messss. Allsopp fell off last year 611 hlids., while those o f
Messrs. Bass and Co. increased 2,117 'Ms. Messrs. Bass and Co.
are content to leave the fact just stated to bear its own comment, and
in retiring from this unseemly altercation, they trust it will be ap-
parent to all who have made themselves acquainted with its
character from the beginning, that they have been forced reluctantly
to intrude on the public attention in a manner which they are
quite sensible would, under other circumstances, have been altogether
without excuse. .
• Barton-upon-Trent, April 10, 1844.

VAUXHALL-GARDENS; its REVIVAL at CREMORNF.
HOUSE, THE STADIUM, CHELSEA, on a GRAND aCALE.
UNITING MUCH THAT BY-GONE TIMES HAD NOT
EVEN DREAMT OF.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the
Proprietor to SELL by PUBLIC COMPETITION, at
the Auction Mart, on Ttiesnav, the 28th Mae,
CREMORNE HOUSE, CHELSEA,
NV iTH ITS FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFULLY-
ORNAMENTED GROUNDS,
on the bank of the River. This far-famed place of enteitainment is
offered most opportunely io spirited individuals. Vauxhall-g.trdens
have ceased to exist. They did not move with eutlicient judgment
or activity, and consequently felt a victim ; but a dislerning public
will necessarily require, and iinmediately
A MORE Pe.RFECT VAUXHALL,
combinin advantages that were entirely overlooked at the old spot,
and avoiding the manifest imperfections, so often, and at 1 et so fatally
predicted, to that of the old school.
THE MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT,
progressing at a railway pace, from the new Palace towards the once
favoured abode oie
LORD AND LADY CREMORNE
warraets the fearless assertion that a spirited individual, with
a moderate capital, and an observing and reflecting mind, must
soon realise a large fortune; if he possess but tact and can
beget novelty, he will leave Ito feelinglof lament that the purified
spirit of old Vauxhall has risen in a more fashionable region During
tnis month, THREE GALA DAYS have delighted thousands of
visitors, and put an enormous gain into the pocket of the spirited in.
dividual who originated it The letting of the Groends for public or
private fetes, flower-shows, Sic., will proceed without interruption.
Mr. Robins would enlist the capitalist a d speculator to bear in
mind that a SPLENDID INDEPENDENCE can be reaped by skil-
ful management. The situatiori is iii itself beautiful, and of daily
Increasing importance. '
THE ELEGANT MANSION
. has always been an object of admiration to the throngs gaily gliding
on Old Father Thames on steamers in rapid succession ; its conve-
niences are very perfect, inc uding suites of chambers of noble pro-
portions, the five principal apartments on the.ground floor cemmu-
nicating, and forming an extent of 160 leer, all beautifully deco.
rated ; the floors of tine oak, the doors of polished mahogany, and
the windows of plate glass; numerous sleeping chambers, and ex
cellent offices. It would se; en that, as
AN HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST PRETENSIONS,
it must here, mist the quiet retirement of umbrageous walks, wind-
ing through
SPACIOUS AND LUXURIANT GROUNDS,
extending to ten acre*,
ADORNED BY. STATELY TIMBER TREES,
soon and lastingly secure a preference faom the Nubility, whilst to
the necessary cencomi.ants to carry out so profitable a elan, a still
wider scope will be presented by the Company of the
" WEST I. s NDON Is AILWAY EXTENSION"
having settled, that not only its Thames Terminus, but also
a very superior Floating Pier, are to be phiced within forty
yards of the Stadium ; whereby the thousands now fre-
quenting Cremorne House will be swelled into as many
1 ENS OF THOUSANDS AT THE LEAST,
whits' the renewal from time to time of the Excise Licenses, and es-
pecially of
THie LICENSE PURSUA N T TO TliE 25th OF GEORGE IL,
granted to the Proprietor (which elsew'mre has been .s source of im-
mense pecuniary gain), will afford a still wider scope for real sing an
immense income, at the same time enabling the fortunate possessor
el the Stadium to re-introduce entertainments
" OUTVIEING RANELAGH OF OLD;"
- The property possess the advantage of
THREE DISTINCT FRONTAGES,
which mine not be lost sight of.
THE ORNAMENTAL PARTERRE IN FRONT
extends to the very shores of the Thames; and on the opposite
A RICH P A;ED suresD TOA'
shrivingijO Or TWELVE Tc WA
side of the Klimek-road is
ES;
of
and, though last not least, in pent of profit, may be enumerated
Railway exten-
t capital public-h"Zustie
1 son and its Terminus, and Floating Pier, a most thriving
trade.
The Le ischold of tee Mansion and surrouneing Grounds is held
fur upwards of forty-seven years, at a very trifling mend-rent
Descriptive Particulars are preparing, and may be had twenty.
eight days prior to the Sale, at the Stadium ; else at tee Auction
Mart; and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent.garden ; the
srly-Flea where ticiots to view the Grounds can be obtained:
NEfTri:EV'nEENth'e(:R

IMATTHEW HODGSON, at present, and for
twelve months past, residing at No. 8, New-row, in the parish
of Saint Paul, Deptford, in the counts of Kent, and being a hawker of
wood, do hereby give notice, that I intend to present a petition to the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, praying gio be examined
touching my debts, estkte, and effects, and to be protected 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 hi the
Morning Sun newspaper one month, at the least, after the date hereof.
As witness my hand, this 9th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844
Witness J. Lukius, solicitor. MATTHEW HODGSON.

A
Age.' sum. I.nnual Bonus I Cask I Prem.
I I Prem. I Added. Bonus. 'Reduced.

.6-- dlA E. d. Z s. £ s. d.
1837 3959 l,OOO 67 PS. 4
132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4
1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every RI. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d.,
or 349/. ne cash, or policy. at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
fitly, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased amanal payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds rotureed to re-
presentatives in cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMROIJX. Sec.

ECONOMIC LIFE _ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
34, BRIDGE.STREET, RLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Et,tablished 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament. 3 William IV.
The Right Hon. THOMAS FRAM KLA ND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FRE JERICK STEPHENSON. F 69 DePuty -Chairman.
The following are among the advantages offered by this Societe:—
LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office,
which entitle the assured to ~Participate in the profits, and con.
slderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
THE WHOLE OF THE PROOTS divide) among the Assured.
Three Bonuses have already bean declared out of 'lhree.fourths of
the profits :
The first, in 1831, averaged Lift Per cent. oh the Premiums paid.
The second, 18:19, ditto .01
.ditto since the let dirsion.
The third, 1541, . ditto *,30 . ditto since the 2d division
In addiron to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will
receive a contingent prospective bpd.os of £1 per cent, per annum, on
the ruin assured, on becoming claims before 1819. •
Assurances effected on the equal scale (of premiums in the year
IS 4, wi,l participate in the P orlui tolie declared in 1849.
CAMPBELL•J AMES:DOWNER, Secretary.

DRA-wwo.noom CLOCKS.
No. 9, Coimbill,
A.BlL:o.nBdoAn,VoppOeßsiYte inriteattention to a
splendid v.iriery of Ibigewood, China, Bronze, and Ormolu CLOCKS
they go for eight days, and strike the hours and half.hours. Price
Four Guineas, Seven
itinvo, and Ten Guineas eaeh, and upwards.
The performance is war ran ted.
A Pamphlet. with detailed lists a t ricer, and illustrated with
sketches, may be had on application, gratis, or sent to all parts of
Great Britain and Ire'and, Postage free, in answer to a paid letter.

. .
4- I, UNS.-L-LONDON . PROVED GUNS.
'kW A SINGLF—BARREI:LED GUN, with twisted barrel.
and patent breech .................... .. ..
A ditto, ditto, London p-ovett 3ss.
A double-barrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech 58s
A ditto, ditto, London proved 6.55.
A single.barrelled Gun, 18s., usual'y charged Two Guineas.
Single Guns, to £fi UU. i Double Guns, to 111
Hitherto there has been no certaw way of obta ning a good gul
without paying an extravagant pries% Guns sold ::t low prices have
been made by those with whom quality has not been so much a con.
sideration as the production of-a showy cheap article, which has
,e,riltafgaretupeersoifis of known al ility and
generally proved worthless, if not. dangerous. This has led
BUR'T'ON,earniedneeii to
guns, and they now
solicit sportsmen to inspect their extelsive assortment. Mahogany
cases. fitted with clesning tackle, shot.pottch, powder.fiask, &c., in
Rll:P 'AN'
great variety.
THREE PAPIER MACHU'

PROPOSED • CREATION OF NEW
VOLUNTARY, STOCKS:
•• TO. THE EDITOR :OF THE SUN; -
Sta—Will you be kind enough, during the.
-present
recess, to _ allow me space for the publication of the
f crotchets-?
I suggest, for consideration, the propriety of Par-
liament- atithorising the_ creation of the 'folloWing vo-
luntary Stocks or Funds :-
1. A Two-and-Three-Quarters per CenL Stock,
irredeemable until (say) the year 1900. ..J 001. of.
stock to be open to the
.acceptance of parties- willing I.
to cancel 1001.. Three per Cent. stock.
2. A Four. per Cent. Stock, irredeetnab!e until
(sap the yeae'l9oo, open to the acceptance ofholders
of Three per Cent. Stock willing to cancel .11331. 6s. Rd.
on being assigned 100/. of this stock. •.
- 3. A -,Five per Cent. Stock, irredeetnaltle- until
- (say) the year 1910. 1001. of this stock to be open
to the acceptance of parties willing to cancel 166/.
13s. 4d. Three per Cent. Stock.
4. A Six Per Cent. Stock irredeemable until (say) the
year 1920. 100/. of this stock to' be open to the
acceptance of parties willing to. cancel 2001. Three
per Cent. Stock.
The whole of these stocks or funds to be free from
any future property-tax, and all dividends to be paid
tree from any future charge or tax whatever—S_AVC,
and.except that all-original-acceptors of any of th'ese
stocks shall be at liberty to transfer the same free' of
all charge, • but that on all second am! subsequent
transfers a charge of one shilling per tent. shall be
*made,- to be accounted for to the Government.
That the Government contemplates a redemptiOn.
.the. Three per. Cetat. Stocks at no very distant
period, is most clearty—'6Went by the - :4.uarittiteel-
e•iven to-the holders of the late 'Three-tool-a-llalf per
Cent. Stock, that • their new stock shall not be paid
off before the expiration of 30 years. Perhaps within '
10 years-nay, rather say ley-than 5 years, the 'flaw,
per Cents. may be. redeemed ; in fact, the .reflemption '
should not be delayed too late, so as. to allow the
Three per Cents. to bear a high rate of premium.
Had France proceeded to redeem her Five per Cent.
lientes, when they Overeat or near par, she would have
had but. little difficulty in doing so, but. having de-
layed until the Five per Cents. are at 120, there is a
most violent oppositicn to the paying the holders off
at 100, being the amount due from that country to
her creditors. The creditors grumble at being paid
their debts in full ! By the creation of a voluntary
Two-and-Three-Quarter per Cent. Stock, parties would
rush to Im come acceptors when the Three per Cents.
shall be!at a premium, so as to lead to a probability of
their redemption, especially if the amount of such new
stock should be limited. The guarantee from re-
demption for 56 years, and freedom from future
taxes, I feel convinced would induce many
long-sighted holders of Three per Cent. Stock to em-
brace the offer much earlier than many persons would
contemplate—the acceptance of this stock would con-
fer an instant benefit to.the country.
With regard to the latter propositions for creating
stocks of a higher rate of interest, this conversion, it
must be obvious, would not cause an immediate re-
duction of the expenditure of the country, but will
enable our grandchildren, at a future period, most
materially to benefit themselves by a reduction of the
proposed interest at the expiration of the period limited
by Parliament.
Snpposing each new stock, viz. the Four, Five, and
Six per Cent., to be limited to 30,000,000/. each, the
debt of the country on all the new stocks being com-
pleted, would be reduced 60,000,000/., it would take
• 40,000,000/. of Three per Cent. stock to create
30,000,000/. of the new ,per
per Cent.-50,000,0001.
of the Three per Cent. stock to create 30,000,0001. of
the new Five per Cent. stock-60,000,0001. of the
Three per Cent. stock to create 30,000,000/. of the
new Six per Cent. stock. The total reduction of
debt would be—
On Four per Cent. stock £10,000,000
Five per Cent. stock 20,000,000
Six per Cent. stock 30,000,000

TRAYS FOR THIRTY-FIVE

SHILLINGS.
A FULL SET of three ornamented PA PI ER M ACHE TEA
TRAYS, Gothic shape, for 355. ; of three G Jilin iron trays, 255. ;
of three convex trays, is.
From the unprecedented ressed state of the manufacturing
districts RIPPON and HU laws: have been induced to make large
ready.money purchases in best japanned wares, which, together
with their previmits stock (already the most varied and extensive in
Lcndon), is now ready for inspection, at very reduced prices, of
which the above are a criterion. A single tray at the same ra.e.
Detailed cattiegues, with engravings, sent (per post) free.
IVORY TABLE KNIVES. ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN.
Octagon Ivory-handled table.knives with high shoulders, I Is. per
dozen ; desserts, 9s. ; carvers, 3s. exi. per pair ; white bone table-
knives 6s. per dozen ; desserts, 4S. ; carvers, 9.5. per pair; black horn
table-knives, 6s. per dozen desserts, 4s ; carvers. 2s. 6d. ' • table.
steels, Is. each. Tallr.knives with handles of the celebrated substi-
tute for silver, made only by Rippon Burton, (which cannot
be distinguished from sterling silver except-by the mark), 9.55, per
dozen ; desserts, ISs. ; carvers, per pair, Bs. 6d. Detailed catalogues,
with engravings, ernt (per post), free by •
RIPPON AND BURTON, 12, WELLS.STREET, OXFORD.
STREET, •

whose ,knives are all marked with their names, any of which they
yin exchange if not approved of. '
EsTABLISHED 1321

£60,000,000
We ought to avoid the inconsiderateness of our grand-
fathers in loading us with such an immense amount
of debt, and endeavour to help our own grandchildren,
echo will have to work the world in time to come.
If our own fathers and grandfathers had only bor-
rowed money- on biddings of interest, instead•of bid-
bings for a certain amount of stock, our debt even at
this present moment would now be very little more
than two-thirds of what it is. To illustrate this point,
we will say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
those days did not obtain more than 661. 13s. 4d. cash
for 1001. Five per Cent. Stock. Thus, for every 100!.
cash that went into the Exchequer, 1501. Five •per
Cent. stock was created; so the Government in
reality paid 71 per cent. for the cash realised. Ilad
the Chancellor declared that he wanted 1001. cash,
and that he would take the offer Of the party willing
to lend it at the lowest rate of interest, and he had
found he must give 74 per cent. for it, he had better
have done so, inasmuch as he would have left the
country a debtor of 100/. only, instead of by the
manner which was adopted, that left the country a
country a debtor of 1501., being 50 per cent. more
than the mode I relate in this little digression.
The most implicit faith•should be shown to parties
who should accept any of the offers, but the time for
acceptance should be limited within twelve months
for the purpose of affording Parliament an
.oppor7
tunity to make such future alterations and Modifies.-
tions. as the state of The money market or other cir-
cumstances .MA3- warrant.
These -hints are merely thrown out as principles,
not as matters of detail to he carried out to the letter ;
for perhaps a Two Seven-Eight per Cent. stock. may
be' deemed more_ preferable than the Two-and-
Three-Quarter one, and a greater,' or lesser amount of
Three per Cent. stock for conversion into the new
Four, Five, or Six per Cent. may be deemed expe-
dient ; or perhaps the whole scheme may bc but
worthy a laugh or a sneer, but as • currency and
finance doctors were to be at full liberty to advance
the most absurd and ridiculous doctrines and sugges7.
tions without being severely handled by the critic,
1 venture on making public my crotchets, in the hopes
that, should they be found but worthy of being classed
with those I have named, they will be passed over
with the like insignificant .treatment.—l am, Sir,
yours, &e., ROBERT W. DICKINSON.
Ilfracombe, April 8, 1844.

THE MILITARY ANNUAL FOR 1844.—This volume
by the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," is an-
nounced for immediate publication. - It will doubtless be
considered a great desideratum by the profession. The
following extract from the prospectus will sufficiently
explain the nature of The • work:—" The Military An-
nual,will comprise a continuous history of the military
organisation of all countries, bath ancient and modern,
successively tracing the. progressive improvements in
arms from the earliest period, and adverting to Martial
Law, the ProceedingS of Courts-martial, &c. The late
improvements or inventions appertaining to the three
arms of the service (Artillery, Cavalry, and -Infantry)
will be succinctly noted; and as far as possible each'sub-
ject will be rendered not only interesting to the corps
itself, but also attractive to every soldier. A review will
be taken of Military, Scientific, and Geographical Works
published during the year, and a portion of the Annual
will be devoted to Biography, to Memoirs, and to the
relation of heroic teats of arms. An Almanac will be
introduced to record thoSe days which have been ren
tiered memorable by the examples of courage and dis-
cipline; and the decease of men who have distinguished
themselves in the service of their country will be duly
recorded. Every effort, in short, will be exerted to
render this work a truly useful military compendium,
and a welcome adjunct to the library of every officer."
AFFLICTING ACCIDENT.—Tuesday, about one in
the afternoon, George Thomas Comtider, a fine little
fellow, the sAi of a brasier, residing at No. 26, Old
‘Gravelshote, after ascending some steps in front of the
house, by some accident tumbled into the carriage way
in Old Gravel-lane. A waggon, belonging to Mr. Charles,
the soap-boiler, in Wapping, was passing at the instant,
and the poor child rolled right under the vehicle, and
between the feet of the shaft horse. The animal did not,
however, touch it, and the little fellow would have avoided
the dreadful fate which just awaited him, had it not been
for the screams of his affrighted mother. The poor wo-
man, observing the frightfully perilous situation in
which her child was placed, and . dreading that the
posse would trample it to d, ath, screamed out vio-
-1 The waggoner, who, up to this time, was Per-
fectly unconscious of what had happened, instantly
stopped his horses, but the waggon was at the moment
ascending the rise to the weigh-bridge, and instead of
b_
stopping instantly, it receded 12 or 18 inches, and one of
the hind Wheels backing over the head e.t
ttpc choit
of he por
pressed • it 'to a mummy. . The feelings'
mother, who hail witnec;ed the:dreadful sceae, and who
was the uaintentional cause of the catastrophe, may be
imagined. Thomas Willett, the waggoner, was taken
into custody for having caused the death of the child,
and brought to the station-house in King David-lane. A
gentleman named Perkins, who had witnessed the acci-
dent, attended at the station-house, and declared to the
sergeant on duty that not the slightest blame was at-
tachable to him. Oa hearing this, and the father of the
deceased refusing to make any charge against him, the
sergeant allowed Willett to depart, on his promising to
attend on the inquest.
Ernst, the violinist, has created quite a furor at
Manchester, by his recent performances there. He will play,
we believe, at the forthcouung Philharmonic Society.

TURNPIKE JUGGLES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU?s
SlR,—New turnpike roads are generally projected
by parties, whose property will he meat materially
improved by the new road. I verily believe that no
new road ever was made but that if the property a
mile right and left of it, •on the completion, were.
submitted tar auction; it would obtain a much greater
value than the whole line of road cost in the purchase
of the land, and all expenses of obtaining the Act of
Parliament, and every expense of completing it. Yet,
although this is generally the case, the landowners
themselves are the most backward in advancing cash
to promote the object; they try to rival each other in
then' exorbitant -demands of price for the small por-
tion of land required, and it is a singular fact that,
when the line is laid down that the piece required for •
the new road is instantly discovered to be the very
best bit of land on the estate. Well, Mr. Lando vnel',
instead of being paid cash for his bit of land, .say
worth 9.0/., is very readily granted a pelt deed or
mortgage for 50/., and cash is obtained from strant in
ge
r=in the neighbourhood; who have no direct intere.c
the road itself, but merely look for remuneration from
the tolls, in order to afford interest for the money. Now it must be taken into consideration, that
although Mr. Landowner does not happen to get any
interest whatever for his pelt deed or mortgage, yet
his land is increased in value more than the value of
so that he is uninjured,
the land taken swan if the
amount of tolls will not yield him an interest. The
road is commenced perhaps when only one-half or
two-thirds of the money required is subscribed. Now
when this money is expended, how is the road to be
completed ? A meeting of the subscribers is called
together, and they are told that there will be no pro-
bability of their ever having their money back • again
if they. do not agree to make some sacrifice
; a. propo-
sition is brought before them, that the money re-
quired shall be borrowed on mortgage, the present
subscribers entering into a bond or agreement to
forego any claim until the money So burrowed is paid
off, together with a certain interest then to be deter-
, mined on. The landowners holding poll deeds,pres-
sing on this agreement and voting for it. Then
there is no difficulty in obtaining the money,
and the rord is completed, the whole of the
tolls going to pay the principal and interest on
the latter sum advanced, the original cash sub-
scribers not having a penny—many of these parting•
with their original 1001. claims for 50/., 60/.,•0r 701.
—these are bought up by the wide-awake ones.
When the latter sum is nearly paid off, it is disco-
vered that it would be highly desirable to extend the
line on four other new roads in the immediate neigh-
bourhood. under the same trust. The Act is ob-
tained, and the new juggle begins. More subscrip-

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A curious instance of the facnity possessed by some
philosophers, of erecting theories in oppositiOn to fact,
and of employing the evidence.for the existence of
certain state of things to establish the contrary,
just bent furnished by Mr. D. AV. Harvey, in his
"Report of the City Police Force, for the year 184:3."
This gentleman finds that the number of persons
charged with trivial offenees is very great, and
largely on the increase ; a fact which he thinks " mar'
he chiefly :1011bl-ilea to the inducements held out to
the irile and dissipated to flock- to Lone.on from re-
mote. parts of the country, under a fallacious itnpres •
sion that food end lodging are easily and gratuitously
to be obtained." Inducements of this kind cannot be
held out und*signedly, a,nd without an active exertion.
The Commissioner of City Police should not make
loose and general accusations ; but perhaps the Police
Commissioner might bear in mind the design of Mr.
Harvey to establish a little speculation in a- cheep
.•
to 'ring-house for the almost destitute in the neigh-
bor rhood of Brick-lane, which-Was abandoned in con-
sequence of the success of Lord llanelagh and other
benevolent gentlemen in founding a gratuitous asylum
for the wholly destitute in Ogle-street. •
The Commissioner of the City Police now discovers,
what:did not occur to llarvey, that there is
ail-
other evil attendant on inducing poor people to Oixt
to London.. In. -the report he condemns- generally
" the-places now open for the relief of the houseleis
-and indigent," and observes that " there is something.,
obviously vicious in the system, and extremely ha-
zardous to the security of persons and property, which-
inundates our streets every morning with hundreds
persons, who prowl about in every- form of affected
distress, seeking and seizing whatever may come in
their way."
It does not occur to the Police Commissioner that
the hundreds who inundate-the streets in the mornings,,
must also have inundated them during the preceding,
night, when property was leSs protected. had it net
been for the shelter afforded them by the -asylums ;
and that had it not been for the allowance of food
which they receive in them, the propensity to Steal,
which he assumes them to posse=s, would have been •
sharpened by extreme hunger. We do wit profess to
defend the system on which these charities are con-
ducted ; but we cannot forget that the starving hate
no other resource, and the houseless no other -homes
than are provided by them. 1..71.t.'.1 abetter system fie
proposed, and approved by long experience; we li/ice
no right to condemn institutions against which no oh-.
jections are alleged, but such as want the corrobora-
tion of fact; and that is egregiously the defect under
which the strictures of the,Cityl'olice Commissioner
are presented to the public.
The destitUtion which the present asylums par-
tially relieve is, nearly all 'of it, the creation of • the ,
corn-laws:. its amount is kept up, and annually.
in-
creased, solely by the legislative protection of atita7
cial scarcity of food; and the .Occasion of destitute
people flocking to London and ether lar.ge,tqwns
is
whole independent of
the asylums, which the City
Commissioner injudiciously arraigns.eyleshoery had be-
Come a national disgrace,
parks, itt the
The streets, and all places of public-- resort
t 4.),
long beti.re the asylums were opened,'. and
now that, on Monday next,itiatilillesTiitNho7mineri-ticide.
less—these receptacles of
of helpless suffering and devouring famine—will be
:losed for the summer montbS, a most: serious and
rmostnotth apprehend
frt
distressingiili
lties,reflection arises—what is to become
6
wretches in the intyrim We do
reherl any additional erimes•in conicquenee,
for notoriously depredators and violators of the peace
are not among those to whom a piece of bread and a
nightly shelter offer temptations., but. we do fear'for
the desolating consequences of hundreds of shelterless
human beings .roaming about in every form of distress
without pity, and enduring every term of calamity
without a prospect of reliel.—Adperti,,er.
•

(.4;l6wicit F.ti rt. --Yesterday the amusernent3 of
Easter Fair at Greenwich iii“ ill'otOlt to x close, after one
of the best attended fairs which have taken place for many
oasons. . Th., licensed victuallers, both in the 'town and it
Lie :nil LeWi.lllllll.ll3Ve reaped a 115rv5.4. in consequence of •
the prohibition of drinLing booths on itlackheath. The
conooorse of isitors awl the
propriety of.conduct pretty well arrived at. tyy the few
charges at the police-court, which have not bell One-tenth at
maws- as last veal.. The steam-boat. have daily been .alnw t
"71""Ilentit and the railway company have had some diffi-
culty in providing sufficient accommodation. The: crol(d,
ladaihp ies were
have been oo dense at the terminus. that many
glad to eseape even with the lo,s of ,haws-.
fie. ;which were trodden under trot in the contusion-
BANK or ENGLANII.-leterday a. Special Court
of the Proprietots of Rank crock was heki-li, ildpuniment.
for the election of 24 Directon'to serve for the ear ensuing.
Mr. John Cotton, the Governor, at the usual fibur, took the
president's place, and the ballot in due course was •
mowed. At four o'clock the ;balloting-glasses were closed,.
and soon afterwards the scrutineers reported the names in -
the house list (all but one as advertised havine. 98 votes, the
other having 97 votes) to have been elected' AR Directors.
mi. John Cook, nominated as a Director,. having but one
vote, was declared not to 140 elected. The minutes having
been read, the Court adjourned.
.M.adatue Guy Stephan has obtained a new engage-
ment ti.t. the Civet, Theatre. It is said to be for ten month,
and 44a is to have 6,000 piastre& and tw9 trettefits.--Iffidrifi
Trial of-April 8.

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tivni are enttred into for the new line. The party
who advance the money, by way of loan, is cont-
plyte:y paid off, but this payment of the loan doe's nut
lessen the debt. Nay,.the -cost of the origin;4l road
was 12,0001., and 4,000/. was borrowed to complete
t, and this 4,000/. effectually discharged. Now comes the
juggle—the landownefs, who have htut poll d-eds or
mortgages granted to theM for double The value Of the
•
land given up, and whose property has been posi-
tively increased in value by the new road, sod whose
1:eal interest would have been to have given the land,
and also those who have -purchased poll deeds or
mortgages at perhaps half price, together with tl4
ew original subscribers, are made claimants for the
amount of the arrear of -interest from the very
first confifi'eincement of the original Act, and _
granted fresh poll deeds or mortgages for
the whole amount of interest, so that, if there were
ten years' interest due, at s.per cent., the debt which
was originally 12,000/.., 4,000/: of which ,has been
'&d off, then appears to .he only. B,OOC/. ; but'
when the new poll deeds are granted for the ten
years arrear of interest, the debt instantly becomes
12,000/. again, the subscribers to the new line of road
are not told the rig, so these old parties come'in for
an additional security by being entitled to share the -
tolls, not only on therline for which they had advanced
their money, but also on the new line of road autho-
rised
_by the new Act. From this time, they obta'a
interest upon interest. In some instances, i believe
it may be found' that poll deeds have been (frantid:to
the amount of compound interest from the stcdvanee of
money to the date of the new poll deel. Veryctitiopi
things would come out if Parliament were to appoint
a Commission of first-rate accountants', to investigate
the proceedings of. Turnpike Act trustees. In too
many instances, no trustees attend any inetttin,,,,. but
those immediately interested.-1 am, Sir, kx•
ONE BEHIND' THE SCENES.
Ilpril2, 1644. . • ' -

THE DESTITUTE POOR.
One of theearliest, awl mot flie-Tea4, promineidel-
tects of the corn-laws, was a rapid increase in the
numbers of the permanently indigent, who axe, at the
hest of times, inseparable from a people exposed to the
yieisAtudes of trade and commerce. The contitfuel
operafon of a tax, which opposes obstacles to interna
tional coniniunication, and professedly augments tl-e
difficulty V obtaining subsistence in a dense popula-
tion, very, soon rendered the additional increase a pro-
gressire-one-,---with the starting point and every sue-
ceSsive step of the advance indelibly marl ed and con-
•isatien-usiv visible. We want nothing.to coulkl=the
}lister-r of the permanently indigent, Whe, f r the
teW months, have painfully arrssted publie attention.
The comparatively few who- are to he t;-weit eskia,
trade was less restricted, and ,bread to he had a' its
value, were easily disposed of under the poor-laws :
but after the tax upon bread they became too tiltiow.
cry to, be manageable on the ancient principles of 44-
lieving.poverty, and a new system of pour-laws h4,_
came -indispensable. Still the class of permanently
indigent •continued to increase ; it had, indeed, be::onie
so large-almost. immediately after the imposition of
the breads ax, as to demand extraordinary measures
of relief. •They perished in the fields, ditches, and
lanes of the country, and the streets of large towns,
under the accumulated miseries of hunger and expo-
sure to inclement weather. The enactment of the
corn-laws was almost immediately followed by the
establishment in London and Liverpool of asylum.
for the reception of houseless wanderers, of which the
expenses were defrayed by private subscriptions.
From the books of One.of these poor-houses extraor-
dinary, it appears that:the vast mass of destitute peo-
ple received into them are artisans and agricultural
labourers belonging to distant parishes. These are
the classes who resort twthe larger towns on the fail-
ure of the means of subsistence at their usual places
of abode, and the reason is obvious: they naturally
expect to find employment where numbers are con-
gregated, and relief where wealth most abounds.
They do not expect to be fed and lodged gratuitously;
they migrate in search of work, and, failing in that,
are plunged into misery and destittition in the very
raids: of opulence and luxury. At last, these poor
wretches came between the wind inid the nobility,
and "in the nostril smelled horrible." •
A few months back the Tidies awakened a univer,-
sensation, too painful evert(' be forgotten,- by an-
nouneing in a powerful article, that it appearesi.
" from the report of the proceedings at Marlborough-
street Police-office, that there is an average number
of fifty human beings, of all-ages, who huddle toe,.
then in the parks every night, having no other shelter' ,
than what is supplied by the trees and hollows of the- •
embankments." This was in o:tober, and in the fol-
lowing month the number of these destitute people,
in the streets of London alone had so prodigiously
increased, that the asylums for the houseless poor were ,
opened several weeks betbre their wonted time, and,
indeed, in contravention to a standing rule of the com-
mittee.