The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-29 00:00:00

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

NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
911IIE WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE
will be held in the TIIEATIIE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN,
on WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, May 1.
The Right Honourable Lord KANN AIRD will take the Chair at

HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK.
The meeting will be addressed by Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. ;
J. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. ; Mr. James Somers, farmer, Othery,
Somersetshire.
Cards of admission may be had on application at the OMCGS of the
Lmigue, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of. eleven and
our o'clock.
Applications for Private Bores to be made personally or by letter
on Monday.
The cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit
and Galleries.
DOORS TO BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

NOT ICE
THE LONDON OFFICE OF• THE STAR
PACKET COMPANY IS
REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF,
TO THE
OLD SHADES PIER,
ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE,
TIM PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT
NINE. •
N 13. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage.
Star-office, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S-
PARE.
EXIIIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and MICROSCOPES in
the GARDENS of this SOCIETY, for 1844.
TUESDAY, April 30.
TUESDAY, June 4.
TUESDAY, July 2.
When Prizes exceeding 9001. wlll be competed for.
Fellows, Members, and Bearers of Ivory Tiekets will be admitted
upon entering their names in the Gate Book. Visitors may obtain
Tickets at ss. each, except on the days of the Exhibitions, when they
will be 7s. 6d. each, by orders from Fellows and Members only,
The Gates to be opened at Two o'clock. Carriages to enter the
Inner Circle of the Park by the road opposite the Tork Gate, to sot
down in fiont of the principal Gate to, the Gardens, and to take up at
the Gate opposite the. road leading to Chester-terrace. Should the
weather prove wet, a New Gate connected with the Tents will be
opened.

By order of the Council,
J. D. C. SOWERBY, Secretary.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The *THIRD
CONCERT will take place on • MONDAY EVENING NEXT,
when will be performed Haydn's Symphony No. 10 ; Beethoven's in
A, No. 7 ; Weber's Overture to Preciosa, and Mehul's Stratonice ;
Paganini's Concerto in B Minor (Violin), Sig,. Camillo Sivori ; Spohr's
Piano-forte Quintetto, Madame). Dulcken, and Messrs. Ilibas, La-
zarus, Jarrett, and Baumann. Vocalists:Sass Rainforth, and Sig.
Salvi (from the Italian Opera, Paris.)

Single Tickets Ode Guinea each, and Double Tickets 1/. 10s., to be
had of Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street.

MUSIC OF GERMANY.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS'FITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to• deliver
A SERIFS of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS, The MUSIC of GERMANY commences on the 29th
instant, and will be continued during the week oh • Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday EVenings at Eigkt o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other Lectures and Exhibi-
tions as usual. LONGROTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
On Wan,sesner, the Ist May, 1844, the RAILWAY will be
COMPLETED to EXETER, and the ALTERATIONS for the
SUMMER TRAINS will commence.
Trains will leave Exeter at
8 15 A.m.
10 15
1130 For London, Cirencester, Bath, and Bristol.
3 15 rat.
10 15 Mail
7 A.m. / For Bath and Bristol.
5 15 P.M.
And the following changes will also take place r--
The 2 45 P.M. Goode Train from Bristol to Loudon will leave Bris-
tol at 2 30 P.M.
The 7 30 A.M. Train from Bristol to Exeter will leave Bristol at
7 A.M , and the 7 P.M. Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 6 50.
On Sunday the 9 A.M. Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 7 A.M.,
and the 10 50 A.M. Train will leave Bristol at 9 80 A.M.
On Week days there will be an additional Train from Paddington
to Slough at 6 30 P.M., and on Sunday at 8 30 Am.
The 3 45 Maidenhead departure for London will be altered to
6 P.M. from Slough.
The 7 30 Maidenhead Train will leave at 8 30 P.M. for London.
The Train front Cirencester at 5 50 P.M. will start for London at
6 45 P.M.
Time Bills may be had, at any of the Railway Stations, on and
after Saturday, the 27th April. By Order,
C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANTE SOCIETY,
26, CORNMILL, LONDON.
Capital Z 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and 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 reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
snit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, 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 fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested ; ani this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums

Polley.
Age. Sum.
No.
837 39 59 1,000
1838 ll4 56 3,000

Bonus
Added.
;

Cash I Prem.
Bonus. Reduced

FREEHOLD INVESTMENTS.—BRIGHTON.
11/1 R F
AUCTION,OK O.St
the Old
s instructedShip
pilot Hotel,
SonEL
T
May 9, 1844, at Three o'clock, in Lots, the following desirable pro-
perty, comprising an excellent FREEHOLD HOUSE and PRE-
MISES, situate No. 17, London-road, and three desirable FREE-
HOLD RESIDENCES, Nos. 7,8, and 9, Lansdowne-square. Also
SIX compact, well-built FREEHOLD HOUSES, situate in Frederick-
place, near the Railway Terminus. Altogether, forming a rental of
120/. per annum, and' constituting freehold votes for the county of
Sussex. The Houses are all well built, in excellent situations, and in
good state of repair.
May be viewed by leave of the respective tenants. Particulars of
Richard Comyn, Esq., solicitor, 27, Lincoln's Lm-fields ; at the Mart ;
at the Hotels, Brighton ; and at Mr. Fook's Offices, 1, Serle-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields.

BRIGIITON.—VOTES FOR THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX.:
ViR,. FOODS is instructed to SELL by
,YJL AUCTION, at the Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, on THURSDAY,
May 9, 1844, at Three o'clock, in Two Lots, FOUR well-built FREE-
HOLD COTTAGES, situate in New Dorset-street, Brighton, near
the Old Church, and within a short distance of the Railway Ter-
minus, with a commodious ICE-WELL, the whole worth upwards
of 501. per annum.
May be viewed by applying on the premises. Particulars of Wil-
liam Waller Esq., 12, Clement's Inn ; at the Mart ; the Hotels at
Brighton ; and at Mr. Fook's Offices, 1, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn-

ISAMUEL BAXTER, at present, and for
fifty-four months past, residing at Byforns Gardens, in the parish
of St. Margaret, Barking, in the county of Essex, and being a fisher-
man and fishing-smack owner, do hereby give notice, that I intend to
present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingliall-
street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate,
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 adver-
tised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper one
month at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this
22d day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844.
SAMUEL BAXTER.
Witness, Henry R Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street,
Newington, Surrey.

ICATHERINE HEDLRSTEDT, widow, at
s present, and for three months past, residing at No. 13, Lam-
beth-road, in the parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark, and
county of Surrey, not being in any trade, business, or employment, for
six months previously, residing at No. 8, Bury-square, Saint Mary
Axe, ill the parish of All Hallows, and city of London, and for six
months previously residing at No. 19, York-terrace, Borough-road, in
the parish of Saint George the Martyr, aforesaid, not being in
any trade business or employment, do hereby give notice that
I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy,
Basinghall-street, praying t• he examined touching my debts,
estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making
a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for pay-
ment 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 Morning
Suu Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as wit-
ness my hand, this 2d day of April, In'the year of our Lord, 1844.
CATHERIXE HEDERSTEDT.
Witness, Henry R. Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street,
Newington, Surrey.

EVERYTHING for the TOILET at MECHI'S
MANITFACTORY, No. 4, LEADENIIALL-STREET, London.
Superior hair, nail, tooth, shaving, and flesh brushes ; clothes and
hat brushes ;combs, washing and shaving soap, various nail and eons
instruments, razors, razor strops and paste, and shaving powder ; ladies'
and gentlemen's dressing-cases, either with or without fittings, in
russia leather, mahogany, rosewood, and japan ware ; ladies' com-
panions and pocket-books, elegantly fitted ; also netting boxes, en-
velope cases, card Cases, note anti cake baskets, beautiful inkstands,
and an infinity of recherche articles, not to be equalled in London.

SCHIVE PPE'S SODA and POTA SS WATERS,
constantly used at the !loyal Palaces at Windsor and London,
as well as by the princ!pal Nobility and Gentry or the United King.
dom, and recommended by a l the leading medical profession, c&,-
tinue to be mannf.ctured with the utmost care by J. S. and Co,
aided by their powertbl machinery, and the valuable experience of
half a century. Every bottle has its due proportion of alkali, which
is rarely, if ever, the case with the inferior waters. To prevent
imposition, a red label. with their signature, is fixed on the cork,
without which none is genuine.
SCHWEPPE'S LIQUID MAGNESIA, to supersede the use of
Magnesia in its solid form, is attaining a high reputation, and is
generally recommended by the faculty as a most valuable anti-acid.
Sold by all respectable ehymists and patent medicine vendors, in
bottles at Is., 2s. 6d., 4s. ed., and Its. each. Every genuine bottle is
distinguished by a label.-51, Berners street, London, and also at
these Wash itutnufactories at Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.

BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.
JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it incumbent en them to request the attention of the
public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following
cautions:—borne are in appearance at first sight, `' the genuine," but
without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation, libel every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, fur general purposes, having given such
great satisfaction, continues to he prepared by them, and is resom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all
climates. _

Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-stew, London,
The Original Fish-sauee Warehouse.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
1, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and:lB, Chancery-lane, London.

BY THE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first
seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at
at the convenience of the assured ; tkus allowing a Policy to be
continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent hire from
effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium
applicable to an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the
first seven years, at 51. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or-
dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay-
ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-
half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death
should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001.- would be paid less the
51. retained. -The assured may thus have the use for the iirst year
of 5/. ; for the second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the
seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 331., may either
be repaid, or retained at 51. per cent. interest -until death, when the
MI. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. Ville Company.
TO ASSURE ONE UV DIED POUNDS ON MALE PEEk-ENISYSTEM.
Age. .s. d. Age. X. s. d.
la - - 016 1 40 - - - 111 5
20 - - - elB 0 45 - - - 116 6
25---107 50 - - 2 3 9
30 - - - 1 3 6 54 - - - 212 5
Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex-
cuse, by the Manager and Agents.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.
AGENTS.
- Tyrrell, Wm., Merchant
- Roberts, C. H., Surveyor
Lipscombe, L., Solicitor
- Davis, W., Postmaster
- Crease, M., Civil Engineer
- Sill, R., Solicitor
- Broadley, J., Wine Merchant
- Salmon, W., Solicitor
- Nicholson, R. T., Publisher
- Brown, S., Tea-dealer
- Harris, C., Solicitor
- Kennett, W., Solicitor
- Jones, J. Manufa.turer
- Griffiths, E., Postmaster
- Kentgen, C., Merchant
- Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor
- Deacon, F., Solicitor
- G. Emerson and Son, Merchants
- Boyd, Win., Brewer
- Cutler, F., Merchant
- Maybery and Williams, Solicitors
- Coates and Lefebure, Merchants
- Williams, T. W., Auctioneer
Pascoe, T., Draper
- Hodgson, T. H., Solicitor
- Davey, J., Land Agent
- Box, W. B. Solicitor
- Roberts, John, Land Agent
- Whitehead, T. Accountant
- Dimmoek, J., Printseller
- Adney, F., Solicitor
- Rempton, J., Bookseller
- Robinson, J., Agent
- Prowse, J., Draper
- Johnson, W., Merchant
- Hart, W., jun., Merchant
- Pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchants
- Taylor, W. 1., Druggist
- Lanham, Hy., Agent
Brothers, J., Chemist
I! Carrington, R. F. and W., Publishers
Frond, J., Chemist
- Hamilton, J. B. and IL, Booksellers
• Rankine, W., Merchant
- Byles, M., Solicitor
- Davis, S., Merchant
- Darling, J., Bookseller
- Cooley, C. E., Land Agent
- Belle, T., Bookseller
- Yeitch, James, Attorney
- Kernaghan, T., Merchant
- Stone, R., Surveyor
- Wright, A., Grocer
Fisher, T. 8., Draper
- Needham, J., Bookseller
- Powis, J., Harmer-street
- Costello, J., Wine-merchant
- Queripel, E., Jan., Solicitor
- Erskine, H., Merchant
- Lovell, G. W., Academy
- Robertson, C., Banker
- Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer
- Reynolds, W., Auctioneer
- Paxon, F., Plumber
- Roberts, R., Banker
- Burgess, J., Ironmonger
- Duteil, L., Merchant
- Harrison, G., Postmaste
- Bettye, T. H., Solicitor
- Hewitt, T. F., Merchant
- - - Allen, G. L., Grocer
Halifax - - - Garlick, M. P., Solicitor
Ipswich - - Mills, W. P., Surgeon
Isleof Man - - Quiggin, J., Bookseller
Kilkenny - - - Prentice, B. M., Banker
Kidderminster - - Saunders, H., Solicitor .
Kingsbridge - - Jellard, P., Solicitor
Limerick - - Jones, R. L., Merchant
Lever - - - - Griffith, J., Appraiser
Lampeter - - - Parry, T., Chemist
Lincoln - - - Dawber, W., Merchant
Leeds - - - - Compton, N., Architect
Liverpool - - - Davidson, J,' and Elliston, E., Merchants
Leith - - - Cassells, W. G., Merchant
Loughrea - - - Cowan, J. Agent
Listowel - - O'Connor, M.' Merchant
Lostwithiel - Kidd, H. H., Academy
Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solleitor
Leicester - - - Trull, J., Surgeon
Maldon - - - Digby, G. W., Solicitor
Manchester - - - Langston, E., Sharebroker
Maidstone - - - Bartlett, S.; Silversmith
Mellinger - - - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer
Morpeth - - Wilkinson, S., Stationer
Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor
Midhurst - - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor
Newmarket - - Simpson, A., Bookseller
Newtown - - - Richards, J., Draper
Norwich - - - Long, E. S.D., Solicitor
Newbury - - - Ryott, R. A., Chemist
Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokers
Neweastle Emly-n - Jones, W., Printer
Northampton - - Pywell, H., Solicitor
Newington - - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor
Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants
Newport (Monmouths.l
• Long, S. K., Auctioneer
' Oswestry - - - Price, W:, Bookseller
Oakhampton - - Townshend, J., Stationer
Oxford - - Whitby, F., Accountant
Pwlhell - - Pugh, Hugh, Banker
Penzance - - Britton, A. K., Banker
Portmadoc - - - Lloyd, R., Banker
Petersfield - - - Duplock, G., Bookseller
Plymouth - - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent
Paris - - - - Daly, M., Banker
Poole - - - Aldridge and Crabb, Merchants
Reading ' - Hubbard, W., Accountant
Rockford - - - Green, J., Surgeon
Rochdale - r - Melesworth, J., Solicitor
Sheffield - - Mitchell, S., Accountant
St. Columb - - - Nankivell, J., Draper
St. Austie - - - Andrew, J., Printer
Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant
Stroud - - - Kearsey, W. W., Solicitor
Shaftesbury - - Brettell, W., Printer
Sligo - - - - Boyle, J., Merchant
Scarborough - Merry, tr., Academy
Stourbridge - - Crompton, W. M., Solicitc:
Salisbury - - - Fulford, G.' Draper
Shorborne - - - Yicary, J., Printer
Somerton - - - Walton, V. It., Auctioneer
Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor
Thornbury - .- . - T. 11. Harris, Agent
Tunbridge - - Stenning and Carnell, Solicitors
Tunbridge Wells - - Delves, J., House Agent
Torquay' - - - Jacobs, A., Jeweller
Truro - - - - Braithwaite, F., Solicitor
Totnea - - Williams, W., Currier
Tenby - - - Walkington, J., Chemist
Taunton - - - Joyce, J., Chemist
Tralee - - - Benner, A., Solicitor
Teignmonth - - - Beater, J. Collector
Woolwich - - - Cassells, W. G., Banker
Worcester - Holden, 11., Solicitor
Welshpool - - - Edwards, E., Draper
Wincantou - Caines, R., Banker
Westerluun - - Palmer, C., Academy
Wigton, N.B. - Carson, W., Town Clerk
Winchester -
Yarmouth - - - Faithfull, E. C., Solicitor
Cobb, J., Solicitor
Yarm Foggia, J., Bookseller
Yeovl - Crocker G. Ironmonger
Tort •• Watson.

Abingdon - -
Aberporth - -
Alresford - -
Aberystwith - -
Athy - - -
Ashby de la Zouch
Bath - - -
Bury St. Edmund's
Ber Wick - -
Brentwood - -
Bristol - - -
Brighton - -
Broseley - -
Bishop's Castle -
Bremen - -
Bruton - -
Bridgewater - -
Belfast - -
Ballinasloe - -
Bordeatia - -
Brecon - - -
Cork - -
Chelinsferd - -
Chichester - -
Carlisle - -
Canterbury - -
Cirencester - -
Corwen - -
Chatham - -
Cambridge - -
Chard - -
Chertsey - -
Church Stretton -
Chudleigh - -
Carlow - -
Cape Town - -
Dublin - -
Darlington - -
Dorking - -
Deal -
Devonport - -
Dorchester - -
Drogheda - -
Donegal 7 -
Dawlish - -
Enniscorthy -
Epsom -
Ellesmore - -
Exeter - -
Edinburgh - -
Enniskillen - -
Emswortk - -
Gosport - -
Greenwich - -
Gloucester - -
Gravesend - -
Galway - -
Guernsey - -
Greenock - -
Gainsborough -
Bonito!' - -
llorsham - -
Haverfordwest -
Hampstead - -
Holyhead - -
Hastings - -
Havre -
Ilindon - -
Huddersfield -
Hull

NEW
.PRISON, .CLERKENWELL. - A
MATRON is required for this PRISON—she must be a person
of good health and education, untnarried, or a widow, without any
children resident with her—she must devote the whole of her time
and attention to the duties of the situation—the salary will be Pet. per
annum, with apartments, coals, and candles—all persons who intend
to offer themselves as candidates must send letters, hi their own
writing, stating their names and residenms,ages and occupations, ac-
companied by testimonials of character and eligibility, addressed to
me, on or before THURSDAY, the 16th day' of May next, and must
personally attend at the Session House, on Monday, the 20th of May,
at Twelve o'clock precisely, and out of those persons who offer them-
selves, five will be selected and specially recommended to the Court,
on Thursday, the 30th of May, when the election will take place.
Particulars of the duties may he aseertained, ami; the rules of the
prison may be sscn, on application at my office, at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell-green, any day between Ten and Three o'Clock.
April 26, 1844. CHARLES WRIGIIT, Clerk to the iustices.
•

Just published, in Bvo., price 11. 10s. half-bound, an entirely New
Edition of

DEBRETTS GENEALOGICAL PEERAGE
of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, Corrected to
April, 1844. Edited by HENRY COLLEN, Esq.
*.* This New Edition is arranged alphabetically, and the arms
incorporated with the text.
William Pickering, 177, Piccadilly; and the other Proprietors.

HOOD'S MAGAZINE, for MAY, (No. V.)
Price 2s. 6d.,
Will contain a Paper by C. Dickens, Esq.—The First Chapter
of a New Novel, by the Editor.—The Bridge of Sighs. A Poem.—A
Tale of Corfu, by R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P.—The Monster Telescopes.
—The Two Nightingales, by C. Mackay, Esq: The Force of Friend-
ship.—Gideon Shaddoe.—A Marriage at Heligoland..—Review.—
Etched Thoughts, &c., &c., &c.
Loudon : Henry Renshaw, 366, Strand.

On Tuesday will be published,
TILACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.
No. CCCXLIII. for MAY.
CONTENTS :-1. Imprisonment and Transportation, No. I. The In-
crease of Crime-2. Rhine and Rhinelanders-3. The Monster-
Misery of Literature. By a Mouse born of the Mountain-4. Mar-
ston ; or, tha Memoirs of a Statesman, Part XL-5. Indian Affairs :
Gwalior-6. The Freethinker-7. The Snow. By Delta—S. Lose in
the Wilderness-9. Ireland ; the Landlord and Tenant Question.
William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh; and
22, Pall-mall, London.

NIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE forMAY,
price ONE SHILLING, contains—The Wheel of Fortune, a
Tale, by Mrs. Gore ; Part Vll—Laing's Translation of the Heim-
skringla, or Chronicle of the Kings of Norway.—Episcopacy in Scot-
land.—Common Law and Special Jury ; by an Irishman.—Austra-
Ilan Sketches, No. 5 ; the Overlander.—The Spirit of Aristophanes.
—Godley's Letters from .America.—Poetry.—Literary Register :
The Fortunes of The Falconers ; Margaret, or, the Pearl ; Ireland
and its Rulers ; &c. &c.—Politics of the Month ; English Factories
and Irish Franchise.
W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin Marshall, and Co., London.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE for MAY,
Price 2s. 6,1., contains :

1. On Railways.
2. Little Travels and Roadside Sketches. By Titmarsh. From
Richmond in Surrey to Brussels in Belgium.
3. On Emotional Culture.
4. An Episode of the Times of rhilip V. of Spain.
5. Memory.
6. The Luck of Barry Lyndon; a Romance of the Last Century.
By Fitz-Boodle
7. Marshal Soult.
8. On 'Manners, Fashions, and Things in General. By Captain

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The adjourned meeting of the New Zealand Com-
pany took place on Friday at the New Zealand House,
Broad-street-buildings, -oseph Somes, Esq., in the
Chair, supported by H. A. Aglionby, Esq., M.P.,
John E. Boulcott, Esq., James R. Gowen, Esq.,
William Hutt, Esq., M.P., Viscount Ingestre, M.P.,
Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., S. Marjoribanks, Esq.,
M.P., A. Nairne, Esq., John Abel Smith, Esq.,
M.P., Edward G. Wakefield, Esq., George F. Young,
Esq., Lord Dillon, Hon. A. Tollemache, George
Lyall, Esq., M.P., Russell Ellice, Esq.' Alexander
Currie, Esq., and a very large number of Proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the report, said, from
the voluminous nature of the appendices to it, it was
impossible. to Mr them in a printed form for a day
or two before the- Shareholders.

Mr. IlitarrthoN, the Secretary, then read the
report, of which the following is an abstract :
" The report stated that the Secretary of State had
rejected all the proposals submitted to his Lordship,
without assigning any explanation of the grounds of
his refusal, referred to the correspondence contained
in the appendix, on showing the Directors' proceed-
ings in declining a suggestion made by the Colotaial
Department; and it drew a contrast between the
tone of the communication submitted by the Com-
pany, and the personal reproaches of which the replies
consisted.

" It was stated that an impression prevailed amonz
the Directors to the effect, that Lord Stanley hi,nselt
does not participate in the towards the Com-
pany, constantly exhibited in the correspondence of
the Colonial-office and the local government of New
Zealand. _ _ .

" A large body of the proprietors had given a
written assurance of their approbation of the directors
in declining to accept a loan of 40,0001. from the Go-
vernment. Two letters, dated May, 1843, and con-
taining an agreement entered into between the Com-
pany and Lord Stanley, had been put by his Lordship
into the hands of Capt.- Fitzroy, when appointed Gover-
nor of New Zealand, and on doubts as to their inter-
pretation being suggested by sorr.body,' Lord Stanley
had furnished instructions to Governor Fitzroy, in
June, 1843, which materially altered the letter and
spirit of the agreement, but did not communicate
those instructions to the Company until February 1,
1844, nearly seven months after Governor Fitzroy had
left England. Had the Company been aware of the
interpretation put upon the agreement, they would
have endeavoured to effect its recal, and, failing this,
would have protested against an important variation
of the contract by one of the parties without the con-
sent or knowledge of the other.
" This disregard of good faith by the Colonial-office
may be productive of very serious practical wrong to- r
wards the Company and its settlers.
" From the attempt of the Government to colonise I
without means, instead of merely governing the colo- t
nists already settled and the natives, had arisen the
establishment of the seat of government near the end
of a narrow country 800 miles long, the discourage-
ment of the Company's settlements, and the induce-
inents held out to emigrants taken out at the Corn- v
pany's expense to re-emigrate to Auckland.
"These schemes the directors were bound by their 1-

duty to shareholders and settlers to resist, and hence
may be inferred with what reluctance they consented
to that part of the agreement of May, 1843, by
which they engaged to take lands at Auckland, and
colonise there.

" What, then, induced them to consent? Their a
answer is, they felt the interests of settlers and pro-
prietors ,)
to be so completely at the mercy of the n
Colonial-office and the local Government with respect A
t•-) the vital question of land titles, and the proceed- c
ings of the Government were leading to such fearful m
results that they deemed it their duty to obtain some v
determination of that question by means of almo,t
any sacrifice. They had implicit confidence in b
Governor Fitzroy's strict sense of justice and honour. r.
That confidence remains undiminished. , P

"But the agreement having been altered unknown
to them, they look with alarm for news of what may
have been the result.

" The agreement of May, 1843, was in lieu of an-
other agreement entered into with Lord John Rus-
sell, in November, 1840, by which the Company sur-
rendered to the Crown all claim to the land it had c
acquired from the natives, and undertook to raise a 0
further capital of 200,000/.; in addition to its original 0
capital of 100,0001., in consideration of Lord John ,
Russell's engaging that it- should receive from her
Majesty a grant of as many acres as it had expended p
crowns in colonisation. This agreement the local n
Government seems always to have treated as waste ti
paper. A Court of Claims was established, into e
which the Company was required to establish claims r
which that agreement had compelled it to abandon.
The natives were the party on the other side. The it
Court consisted of gentlemen who did not understand
a word of the native language. The interpreter was
also the sub-protector of the aborigines, and, as such,
both prepared out of Court the claims of the natives
against the Company, and acted as their counsel in I
Court. He was just eighteen years old when ap-
pointed by his father, the chief protector, a lay mis-
sionary, personally and largely interested in whatever I
affected the value of landed property near Auckland.
"There was no surer way of raising that value at
the expense of the Company's settlements, than by
decisions of the Court of Claims adverse to the Com-
pany, or by delay in the decision. It is net, there-
fore, surprising that the Commissioner's Court should
produce the most deplorable results.
" In our opinion, the massacre at Wairoa, fol-
lowed directly from it.
" But it is not to the Court that the Company has
ever objected. A Court of Claims was, perhaps, ne-
cessary, in order that the native title should be extin-
guished by the Government, and the Company, in-
stead of being made a party before the Court, should
have been called as a witness on behalf of the Crown,
according to the principle of Lord John Russell's
agreement.
" The report detailed other instances of unfairness
in the correspondence of the Colonial-office and the
local Government, and referred to the documents
annexed in several appendixes, showing the injurious
effects of the measures of the latter.
" Tracing these to their result in the massacre at
Wairoa, the directors disclaim any desire of ven-
geance towards the natives, whom they consider to
be in a great measure unconscious of right and wrong
according to European notions, their present conduct
and ultimate fate depending entirely on their new
government, and themselves, therefore, to be held
free from many of the responsibilities attaching to
civilized men.
" Paying a high and just tribute of praise to Capt.
Arthur Wakefield, R.N., late tha Company's agent at
Nelson, and pointing out the tendency of the spirit
exhibited by the report of the chief protector, and the
subsequent proclamation of the acting Governor, to
aggravate the mutual hostility of whites and natives
which the Court of Claims, and the event at Wairoa
had produced, the report described its practical effect.
The colonial population now holds all property, and
life itself, upon no better tenure than the forbearance
of tribes of savages flushed with triumph and incited
to rapacity.
" The course of events in New Zealand has ne-
cessarily produced the effects described in the former
report of 15th March last. After spending half a
million in colonisation, the Company is still without
a secure title to one acre of the property awarded to it
by Lurd John Russell's agreement more than three
years ago. Land sales have ceased. The Company
is deprived of income. Its expenditure is increased
by that insecurity of title which has cut off its re-
sources. The only cause to which this can be as-
cribed is the errors and hostility of the Colonial-
office and the local Government. In all other respects
a remarkable success has attended its proceedings.
The most sanguine hopes concerning the natural re-
sources of New Zealand have been realised; the plan
of colonization has found abundant favour ; no loss,
no distressing event has occurred from accident or
from causes over which the Company had any con-
trol. But although bound to state the Company's
affairs in their worst aspect, the directors are far
from considering them as irretrievably ruined.
" They confess the present disastrous state of affat.rts,
is in part owing to their ow
sine den too long !ilenceewlini
eh.
respect to the causes of their
Their reluctance to entertain a belief in systematic
hostility of the Colonial-office has been destroyed
at
last. But they may now appeal for justice to
higher
progres
tribunals; conscious, as they are, of the disadvantagesunder -which individuals labour in struggling for jus-
ticet
rely on the flagrant character of the wrong done
by Lord Stanley's interpretation of Lord John Rus-
sell's' agreement. They cannot suppose, therefore,
that either Parliament or her Majesty's Ministers,
will fail to perceive, or decline to remedy, this
gross. injustice. They believe that Parliament will

make allowance for the undoubted fact that
tl4 formation of this Company was first pro-
poked by the Colonial-office, and punned by
its founders against their own inclinations as the
only means then available of securing New Zealand
for colonization. But as the result of the questions at
issue between the Colonial-office and the Company,
they should still hope for a reversal by Parliament of
the policy of that office in New Zealand. Ever since
thle Company had rescued those islands from the
. . .

. ~
loMinion of France, their colonization by England
las been inevitable. Terrible disasters may befal oar
!ountrymen now settled there; accounts of shocking
scenes of bloodshed and devastation may even now be
their
) t way; but, still in the end, British coloniza-
;l n must carry all before it. How it may be con
:r lied and regulated so as to benefit instead of exter-
n nating the native race, is a subject of whi..th all- the
Ln rest must now revive. A former inquiry by Parha-
m nt exposed the mischiefs of the irregular colonization
w ich was then upheld, and set aside the policy till
th n pursued. But the execution of the policy laid
I wn by Parliament has been miserably defective.
ri say nothing of the lavish expenditure, or actual
h kruptcy of the local Government., the state of
re ation between the colonists and the natives is such
as, to call for the interference of Parliament. We

co fidently trust that the whole subject of coloniza•
ti n and government in New Zealand, including the
pr ceedings of the Company, will he strictly investi-
g, ed by that competent authority. A full and
searching inquiry into our own conduct is what is
me>st desired. It cannot take place without tending
at :least to the removal of the causes of your present
ruin, and the restoration of your means of accom-
pltshing the variable public objectsl which your charter
of ;incorporation has in view.'
!Mr. RUSSELL ELLICE begged to congratulate the
Shareholders in the strongest manner upon the
straightforward statement then placed before them.
He had had much experience in the proceedings of
colonial officials, and his opinion respecting them had
bqn confirmed by what had just been read. It was
with much pleasure he saw that Mr. Aglionby had
giVen notice in the House of Commons for a Corn-
nittee to inquire into colonial matters in New
Zealand. The result of a strict investigation would
)e the dispelling of any little delusion which might
low exist in the public mind in reference to the pro-
ff e dings and affairs of the Company, and that they
w uld be looked upon, as they deserved to be, as a
m y calculated, if justice were done to them, to
ct- a great deal of good.—(Cheers.)
tL, Ir. GEORGE ROBINS seconded the adoption of the
•el)ort, and, after a few observations, said that a com-
nittee of the House would be moved for that evening
Lnll that one of the best ways to obtain justice for the
\qw Zealand Company would be to furnish each
‘I niber of Parliament with a copy of the printed re-
)o t. The Company required no other case than the
ti i p'..recital of facts set forth in the document but
.E. ently read to them.—(Hear, hear.) They had in-
le d, one of the strongest cases ever carried before
P: rliatnent, and he would not believe it was -possible
h t justice could be denied thetn.
Mr. AGLIONEY said that, his name having been
rationed in connection with a notice on the votes
the House for a Committee on the subject, he
rged to observe, that some allusion having been
.nted to this Company, in the discussion of the
!w Zealand estimates on Friday night, he deemed it

ii duty not to allow a moment to pass without
t ting that they desired to have a searching inquiry,
in that he claimed it on the part of the Company.
[n stating to the House that it was necessary, for the
,a "sfaction of the public mind, that there should be
in inquiry into the state of affairs in New Zealand,
in I also into the proceedings of that Company, the
ble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department did
it was right to say, make the slightest objection.
otion for a Committee had his Lordship's full
)o sent on Wednesday evening, and the Committee
v ild have been granted but for a formal objection,
that notice for it had not been given. He had,
)n this objection, withdrawn his motion for that night,
m he was hound to say that he believed that it was
[4 Stanley's wish that the inquiry should not be
.)o tponed. There could not be a doubt but that the
imittee would be granted without discussion. He
ed that there would be a most searching inquiry
n the matter.

4r. CURRIE said, that with respect to the conduct
if Ihe Colonial Minister, he thought the report had
11l y shown the simple ground of all the colonial ()c-
-m rences complained of, to have been the non-settling
,f he land claims. If Lord Stanley had the feelings
if n Englishman, he would, under the circumstances
4' he case, and knowing that his own countrymen
xe a now in New Zealand unprotected, afford the
ir tection required. The settlers did not 'require
i h military protection, but they were entitled to
h which a just cause and an undisputed title to
heir land ought to secure for them from the autho-
ides, and if more blood were shed in the settlement,
n !consequence of inadequate protection, the intended
nopument of WTairoa would be a lasting memorial
,f Lord Stanley's apathy and neglect of his fellow-
nen. He begged to move
4 That this Court, continuing to confide in the
69ity, discretion, and honour of the directors, ap-
n. yes cordially of their determination to appeal to
?atliament for the redress of wrongs inflicted on the
company, assured that the proprietors may rely on
licv receiving from that tribunal the justice which
lei been denied them by the Colonial department of
le Executive Government."
The motion was seconded by Mr. PERCIVAL, and
carried unanimously.
Mr. SOMES then left the chair, which was taken by
Lord INGESTRE, and
Mr. GEORGE ROBINS moved, and Mr. HARDIN 6
seconded, " That the best thanks of this meeting be
especially presented to the Governor, for his conduct
in the chair; and to the Governor and Deputy-Go-
vernor and Directors, for their uniform and valuable
attention to the affairs of the Company."
The motion was carried unanimously, and
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Somes) having returned
thanks, the meeting separated.

THE WILLS FORGERS.
The history of the discovery of these atrocious
frauds, and the gradual development of the facts con-
nected with them, are very curious. The following
particulars have been collected from authentic
sources:--

The forgery of the will of Miss Slack, it will be re-
membered, was that which was first discoverd. It
appears that when a will or other evidence of death
is left at any of the offices of the Bank the course re-
gularly pursued is to send information of the fact to
the other offices of that establishment. Accordingly,
when the forged will of Miss Slack was left at the
Bank for the purpose of claiming that portion of her
stack which had been transferred to the Commission-
ers for the Reduction of the National Debt, notice of
her death was forwarded to the office of the Reduced
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., in which description of
stock Miss Slack had, it appears, also a sum standing
in her name.

Under this will the stock transferred to the Com-
missioners was, as is well known, appropriated by the
fictitious Emma Slack. Matters remained in this
condition, it seems, for some months, until a gentle-
man in the City, a broker, was instructed to purchase
a sum of Three-and-a-Half per Cent. stock in the
name of the rightful Miss Slack. The gentleman,
when he proceeded to fulfil his instructions, was told
by the officials of the Bank that Miss Slack was dead,
and that it was against the rules of the Bank to allow
any stock to be purchased in the name of a deceased
person. He was somewhat surprised, as might be
expected, upon receiving such a communica-
tion, rind, by way of solving the mystery, and
" making assurance doubly. sure," he wrote to the
young lady herself, informing her of her reported
death, and requesting to know her own opinion upon
the subject. If the broker was surprised, it can be
easily imagined that the lady felt and expressed as
much astonishment as the individual who had been
employed, and, in order to set a matter of such pain-
ful importance at rest,. off she came as soon as possible,
and presented herself inßank.
The persona at the
The sub jec
t was fully investigated, and,result
all the
all partiesinterested in the proper disposal of the pro-
perty concurred in the belief that a fraud had been
committed.

The first thing which naturally suggested itself to
those who were engaged in the investigation was, no
doubt, to ascertain who the solicitor employed on the
.occasion. of the transfer was, and in this stage of the
inquiry the name of Mr. Barber was brought into
notice. Mr. Barber was seen, but he failed to give
any satisfactory account of the transaction. Inves-
tigations were persevered in with remarkable zeal and
scrupulousness, and at length Barber was taken into
custody by Daniel Forrester.
Before Barber's apprehension, his diary, it appears,
was secured, a document which immediately made the
I authorities at the Bank acquainted with the name of
Joshua Fletcher, although we are of opinion that the
prosecutors must have obtained some previous know-
ledge concerning that delinquent. The posession of