The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-15 00:00:00

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

CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The Celebrated PIPERS and DANCERS who had the honour
of Performing before her Majesty and Prince Albert at, Taymouth

Castle, are now in Londan, and will perform the Tunes and Dances
which elicited so much admiration from the Queen and her Royal
Consort ; on that occasion, in the MUSICAL-HALL, STORE-
STREET, on TuEsDAT NEXT, the 20th, and at the HORNS, KEN-
NINGTON, On WEDNESDAY, the 21st inst.
Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six,
12s. ; for Eight, 16s. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the
Music-hall and the Horns Tavern.

ROYAL. POLYTECHNIC INSTI'T'UTION.POPULAR LECTURES daily, abounding In BEAUTIFUL
.ILIV
EXPERIMENTS. With the view to amuse the Visitors, as well as
to afford instruction in CHEMISTRY, EXPERIMENTAL PIIILO-
SOPHY, and other branches of Science, Dr. Ryan, Professor Bach-
hornier, Mr. Goddard, and other Lecturers vary their subjects as much
as possible, and have arranged so that each Lecture shall seldom oc-
cupy more than Half an Hour—a List of which for the week is sus-
pended in the Hall of Manufactures. The first commences at a Quar-
ter past Twelve. The Apparatus, &c., used for illustration is of the
most elaborate and perfect description, amongst which is ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE (which is exhibited

daily at Three o'clock, andat Eight in the Evenings), and LONG-
BOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,'
DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c. &c.
Conductor of the Music, T. Wallis, Mus. Doc.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

HELNE BROTH-Et
during a very short Um
DIVIDENDS to their Correspond,

DIVIDENDS OF

£25,000, £lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000,

tS, having REMITTED
Le'very large amounts of MONEY
ents in Great Britain and Ireland ;

DIVIDENDS OF
£9OO, £6OO to Manchester,
£7OO to East Retford, Notting-
hamshire,
£7OO to CoMe, Lancashire,
£7OO to ltyde, Isle of Wight,
£6OO to Cork,
£6OO to Bradford,
£6OO to Bideford,
£3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, Ennis-
killen,

£3,600 to London,
£3,600, £BOO, £7OO to Edinburgh,
£3,600 to Dublin,
£3,600 to Beverley,
£3,600 to Halifax,
£1,200 to Forthleaven Harbour,
£9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to Li-
verpool,
£9OO to Hull,
£9OO to Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain
LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN-
TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the
GOVERNMENT.
This distribution offers the possibility of Obtaining more than
£20,000 upon One Share.
Owing to the great number of Money Dividends c,pntained in this
improved and unrivalled Distribution,
EVERY TWENTY-TWO SIIARES OBTAIN TWENTY-ONE
MONEY DIVIDENDS, and

EVERY- HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CHANCE. of TWENTY-
ONE in his FAVOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM,
as to the receipt of a Money Dividend.

Price of One Share, £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 ;
Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares,
£7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nine Shares, £9 ; Teu Shares, £lO. .
Direct for Shares, WITIIOUT DELAY, to
lIEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
*,,,* The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had GRATIS
upon addressing a line to lIEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
January 1, 1844.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital X 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
suit 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 ; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid In cash, or applied In reduction of future
premiums

EXAMPLES,

Policy. I I
No. Annual Bonus
Agentry. 1 —o. I e.I Sum.
1 Prem. Added.

£ £ e. d. £ s. d.
8371 39 59 l,OOO 67 8 4 132 14 6
1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7

Cash Prem.
Bonus. !Reduced

£ s. d. £ s. d.
58 199 8 194
123 0 6 16 9 7

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.

CAMPHINE LAMPS AT tIALF PRICE.
The CAMPHINE LAMP produces a Light of extraordinary
power, and promises to supersede Gas entirely. No smell emitted.
Can be fitted to any description of Lamp pedestal or Gas-fitting.
CLARK and Co. have a Fireproof Chimney, which Is so necessary
for the Camphine Lamp, the Light being too powerful for common
glasses.
C. and Co. are positively selling the Camphine Lamps at one-half
the price charged elsewhere. A really splendid Show of Lamps (of
every description) at manufacturers' prices. One inspection will
prove. Lamps always kept burning to show the different improve-
ments.
Rectified Camphine Spirit, 3s. Bd. imperial gallon.
Please copy the Address—Clark and Co., 447, West Strand, ten
doors from Lowther Arcade.
. N.B.—C. and Co. have invented an Opal Enamelled Shade, which
gives a Lamp a truly elegant appearance.
The Public should purchase the Camphine Lamps without the
Globe and Chimney, and apply to C. and Co. for their improvements.

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ELIZA COOK'S POEMS.
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FLAZA COOK'S POETICAL WORKS.
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PROFESSOR LIEBIG.
Now ready, in foolscap Bvo., price ss,

YEAR-BOOK of FACTS in SCIENCE ana
ART, for 1844. By the Editor of " The Arcana of Science."
Embellished with a Portrait of Professor Liebig, and other Illustra-
tions.

" A useful and instructive manual, which cannot fail of being con-
ilted with advantage even by those who are fully acquainted with
le subjects of which it treats."—Athenaeum._

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Just published, fcp. Bvo., 6s. cloth.
POPULAR ERRORS EXPLAINED AND
ILLUSTRATED.

By JOHN TIMBS.
Editor of " Laconics," " Year-Book of Facts," &c.
Also, by the same Author,
LACONICS ;
Or, the Best Words of the Best Authors.
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THE MIRROR of LITERATURE,- AMUSE-
MENT, and INSTRUCTION, containing Tales, Poetry, His-
torical Narrative, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and CuStoms,
Topography; Science, and Fine Arts; for Saturday, Feb. 3, price Two-
pence, is embellished with a fine wood engraving of Edmonton Union
House, and the Arms of Lord Harefield. With many other original
articles, It contains a notice of the Managements of the Tottenham
Union—lmportant remarks on the wholesale Frauds of Bankrupts
and Insolvents—Superstitious Fancies, a tale—Miracles of Nature—
The Functionaries of the Celestial Empire—Dr. Keenan's Lecture—A
curious antiquarian notice of the Singing in Churches and Monasteries
in former days, frOm the " Life and Times of the Good Lord Cobham,"
just published—The Draper's Association, and the Journeymen Tailor's
Appeal ; with other amusing, scientific, and interesting varities.
The Part just completed, containing five numbers, price Tenpence,
includes the much admired Supplement, and is illustrated with a superb
Engraving of Milton composing his Paradise Lost. Besides this
work of art, worthy of a frame, or a place in any collection, and
worth twenty times the price of the number in which it appeared,
the Supplement was enriched with many other beautiful designs, ac-
companied by a full account of the Glyphographic process. In addi-
tion to these, Ten Engravings, comprehending Metropolitan and
other views, are given, valuable at the present moment, and always
useful and agreeable for reference. Its Literary contents offer a
variety of information, satire, and amusement, not surpassed, if
equalled, by any other monthly periodical.
Numerous recent notices of " The Mirror" attest that, with all the
diversity and purity which have distinguished it for more than twenty
years, additional spirit had been thrown into Its pages, and its claims
to public favour are still found on the increase. The promises made
early in the last year by popular Writers and eminent Professors,
who had engaged to enrich its pages with their communications,
have been made good, and no Magazine of the day has been able to
lay before its readers more valuable matter. Its widely-extending
connexions enable the Proprietors to furnish the earliest and most
correct announcements of all discoveries in Art, Science, and Nature
that are interesting to the friends of Literature.
" The Mirror" can be ordered from all respectable Newsmen, Price
Twopence.
For the convenience of Country Subscribers, it is stitched up, and
forwarded monthly with the Periodicals to the provinces, as well as
to foreign parts, forming a Magazine of Useful and Entertaining In-
, telligence, comprehending Four or Five Numbers.
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select choice morceaux from every Contemporary Miscellany, so as to
combine in itself the spirit of all the best Magazines.
All communications to be addressed to the Editor, Mr. John Mor-
timer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square, where Books for Review,
and Advertisements are received.

TO COOPERS, HOOP MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN
ROSEWOOD.
MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS will
SELL, by AUCTION, at Carraway's Coffee-house, Change-
alley, Condi'll, on FRIDAY, February 16, 1844, at Twelve for One
o'clock precisely,
57 BUNDLES of PIPE HOOPS, 991 do. of PUNCHEON, 831
do. of HOGSHEAD, 231 do. of BARREL, 176 do. of KILDERKIN,
195 do. of FIRKIN, and 328 do. of HALF-FIRKIN HOOPS, all of
the best quality, and nowlying at Cotton's Wharf, Tooley-street.
Also about 8 Tons of fine BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD, lying at the
West Quay, London Docks.
Catalogues may be had at Garraway's ; and of Messrs. Adatn Mur-
ray and Sons, 47, Parliament-street.

THE TEA MARKET, No. 8, LUDGATE-
HILL, LONDON.
SIDNEY and HALL, Proprietors.
The New Year opens with more cheering prospects for the' Tea
Consumer, than for many previous seasons. War, rapine, and injus-
tice have given place to peace and friendship. The glories of the
Celestial Empire are no longer veiled in mystery to the Western
Hemisphere. An extended field is opened to the energies of the British
merchant—we trust for successful enterprise. Ages yet to fellow will
admire the firmness which has successfully overcome the rooted preju-
dices of thousands of years ; and the ingenious millions who populate
the vast territories of China, will hail the event that opens to their
industry the commercial freedom of the civilised world. One of the
many advantages of peace over war to the community is best shown
by reference to the comparative value of Tea in 1840 and 1844:—
Value of common Congou (exclusive of duty) in
February 1840 • • • • • • • .2s. 9d. to 3s. and 35. 4d. per lb.
Value of common Congou (exclusive of duty) in
February 1844 •• • • •••• lid. to Is. and Is. 2d. per lb.
Making a difference of two hundred per cent., or thrice the value of
Tea, in the time of war over the present rates. We recommend fa-
milies to pay for a Common Breakfast Tea, 3s. 4d. per lb. ; for a
strong full-bodied Congou, 3s. Bd. or 4s. per lb. ; for the finest Congou
imported, ss. per lb. ; and for the most delicious Souchong, ss. 6d. per
lb. The two latter Teas are of very rare quality.
• SIDNEY and HALL, the Tea Market, 8, Ludgate-hill, London.

EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING.
MESSRS. B. and S. COWVAN'S invaluable
CANTON STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE
RAZOR SHARPENER, renders the operation of shaving no longer
painful to the most tender skin. By a very simple process the
keenest edge may speedily be given tothe bluntest razor or penknife.
B. and S. Cowvan's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder.
Specimens of the Strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic
Institution and Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, from
whence the most flattering certificates have been sent, which may be
seen at the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 164, Fenchurch.street,
where the Strops, &c., may be obtained, as well as of all respectable
perfumers, &c.. in the United Kingdom, price ss. 6d., '7s. 6d., and
Vs. 6d. Also may be had, Cowvan's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at
is. per packet. The Shaving Powder is. 6d. per box.
Caution—None are genuine, except those marked and Spelt
B. and S. COWVAN
N.B. A liberal allowance to the tiade and shippers.

BLA I R'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
FURTHER TESTIMONIALS OF THE EFFICACY
OF THIS MEDICINE.
To Mr. PROUT 229, Strand, Landon.
Frimley, near Bagshot, Surrey, A pril23, 1943.
Sir,—l enclose three cases in which the parties therein named have
received great benefit from using Blair's Pills, and the truth of which
lam at any time ready to make affidavit of it required. You are at
perfect liberty to publish them if you think proper. Hoping this
may induce the incredulous to make a trial of the Pith, which will
speedily convince them of their value, 1 am, Sir, yours truly,
JOHN J. GILES.

Pirbright, April 23, I-343.
Dear Sir -Upon your recommendation I sent for a box of Blair's
Rheumatic Pills, and to my astonishment a few doses entirely re-
moved the tormenting pains my wife had suffered so long ; but hav-
ing caught a severe cold the rheumatism again returned, when hav-
mg recourse to a few more Pills, it again fled, and has not since
returned The public are not generally aware of the efficacy of this
truly valuable medicine, or few would suffer from rheumatism.
In consequence of witnessing the effects of the above medicine in
my own family, I recommended Edward Bridger, now sixty-seven
years of age, a labourer and jobbing gardener, to apply to you, he
being much afflicted with rheumatism for twenty years; he could
scarcely get any sleep, being always worse when in bed, and unable
to walk without the assistance of a stick. You gave him some Pills
I saw him yesterday ; he told me he could now get rest, which he had
been unable to do for a very long time; he is still lame from the
length of time he has been afflicted, but can now walk without much
inconvenience ten or twelve miles in the day, and can, as he says, do
any light work ; he has applied to see for a job at hoeing. It is dis-
tressing to see a fellow-creature suffering such excruciating pain,
when relief can be obtained by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic
Pills. I shall, for the benefit of tho e who may suffer, continue to
recommend them,-1 am, dear Sir, yours truly,
To John J. Giles, Esq., GEORGE INNWOOD.
krimley, Surrey.
Blackwater, near Bagsho., Feb. 25, MI
par Piles,—The effect of Blair's Pills has been everything could
wish for. I had symptoms of the Gout during Wednesday night; I
took two rills dpring the night. and two in the morning, which quite
rempyN the pain ; and I was enabled to give a lecture at Badly-
row oil Thursday gvening, although I was in fear that morning I
i Nye beep enabled to leaTe how-
I gm, dear Sir, yours truly, EDW. J. LANCE.
TcJ. J Gfles, FAQ.
To theabove ta nicommunation, the Proprietor of B LAIR'S
GOUF AND RHEUMATIC PILLS °onside ninny comment from
him would be superfluous.
Sold by. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London and by the Vendors
o lhiedletnes.throughout the United Kimiiigia,

IL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS,
W -
MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE,
On MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 19, at Eight o'clock,
Mr. WILSON will give (by particular desire) and for the first time
this season, his celebrated selected Entertainment on the
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.
PART I.—My ain Fireside—Saw ye my wee thing—Auld Robin
Cray—The Laird o' Coekpen—Lizzie Lindsay—Scots wha ha'e wi
Wallace bled—Mary Morison—Get up and bar the door.
PART ll.—Farewell to Lotihaber—My boy Tammy—My Nannie's
awa—Allister M'Allister—There's nae luck aboot the house.
In the Press, the SONGS in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 25.; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 1/. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music-
shops, and at the Music-hall. •
Mr:WILSON will, in the course of the season, produce the follow-
ing, which he has had some time in preparation :—Jacobite Relics—
Wandering Willie's Wallet—The Jameses of Scotland—The Wallace
and the Bruce—A Haiver wi' Jamie Hogg.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER
HALL.
On FRIDAY EVENING Next, February 16, 1844, will be repeated
HANDEL'S ORATORIO, " JEPHTHA."
PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS,

Miss Rainforth, Miss Towers, Miss Poole, Mr. Young, Mr. Braham,
and Mr. IL Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Huncfred Performers.

Tickets, 3s. each ; Reserved Seats, 55., may be had of the principal
Musicsellers ; of Mr. Rowley, 53, Charing-eross ; Mr. Mitchell, 39,
Charing-cross; and of Mr. Reis, 102, 'Strand, opposite Exeter Hall.
THOMAS BREWER, HOn. Sec.

FXCIIE QUER BILL OFFICE,
a 2, WHITEHALL -YARD,

15th February, 1844.

The EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the Month of :►Larch, 1843,
viz., p. 5 Vict. Sess. 2. Cap. 21, 9,100,000-1842; 5 and 6 Vict.
Cap. 115, £9,193,000-1842 ;
Also,

The EXCHEQUER BILLS, dated front July, 1842, to March, 1843
(both inclusive), p. 2 and 3 William IV.; Cap. 125, for Relief of West
India Islands, 3 Vict. Cap. 10, for earrOng on Pub Works, &c.,
with the Interest due thereon, will be PAID OFF on the 15th day
of March, 1844, when the interest will cease. Such 111118 will be
received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until and includ-
ing the 4th day of March, at this Office, where lists are to be ob-
tained, containing instructions for arranging the Bills. The bearers
must endorse each Bill with their usual signatures, and write their
names and residences at the bottom of each list ; and where the
names of holders are inserted in Bills, the bearers, not being such
holders, must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers
must attend to giv6 receipts for the payment.
Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 15th
day of March, upon leaving the Bills for examination one day prior
to that on which such payment is desired.

New Bills, bearing an interest of three half-pence by the day upon
every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 15th day of March,
may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of the Ex-
chequer Bills issued under the above-mentioned Acts of 5 Vic.
Sess..2, Cap.2l, and 5 and 6 Vic., Cap. 115, upon stating the required
amount on the lists, delivered on or before the said 4th day of March,
which new Bills, with the interest on the Bills exchanged, will be
issued on the 16th day of March.
The Bills to be classed in separate lists, according to the Acts under
which they have been issued.
The Bills issued for carrying on public works and fisheries, and for
relief of West India Islands, will be paid off hi money,
N.B.—All Exchequer Bills charged on supplies, dated prior to
March, 1843, have been advertised to be paid off.

395, OXFORD-STREET.
PICKFORD and Co. have opened a GENERAL
RECEIVING HOUSE as above, ttom whence Goods will be
forwarded with the same expedition and upon the same terms as at
their various City Offices.
Entrance, for carts in Chapel-street, where all heavy goods are
received.
Orders to fetch in will receive prompt attention.
GOODS DISPATCHED DAILY By
London and Dover Railway—To Dover, Folkestone, Ashford, Tun-

bridge, &c.
South-Western Railway—To Southampton, &c., &c.
Great Western Railway—To Bristol, Bath, and the West of England.
And by Railway or Canal—To Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Worces-
ter, Shrewsbury, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Hull, and the Northern and Midland Counties.
piTchKeFwolßioDle the conveyances
their
ranan
eab
saltemliasiliiiaged throughout by
nents.
LONDON RECIEVING HOUSES.
158, Regent-street ; 395, Oxford-street; Railway Stations, Camden-
town and London-bridge ; Wharfs, 1 and 2, city Basin, City-road ;
Castle, Wood-street, Cheapside.
Castle, Wood-street, Feb. 12th, 1844.

ROYAL POLISH STATE LOAN.
LOAN of his Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and
KING of POLAND, contracted in the year 1829. Capital FORTY-
TWO MILLIONS FLORINS POLISH.
On the Ist March, 1844, will_take place at Warsaw, under direction
of the Government Authorities, the Distribution of 118 Series, each
Series containing fifty obligations ; and on the 15th of the same
month the Distribution of the Gains will take place, when the follow-
ing 5,900 gains will be realised, and one Bond in eleven must obtain
a higher or lower Dividend as follows :—One dividend of florins
200,000, one of 30,00011., two of 12,00011. each, three of 5,00011., five of
3,00011., eight of 2,00011., twenty of 1,50011., sixty of 80011., 100 of
53011., 300 of 50011., 500 of 49011., and 4,900 of 48011. each.
The Dividends will be paid in cask at Warsaw, Frankfort, Paris,
and London. Official Bulletins will be immediately forwarded to
every Bondholder. The price of Bonds for this Distribution is :
One 80nd,_51.; one Half-Bond, 2/. 10s. ; eleverl Bonds, 50/. ; and
eleven Half-Bonds, 25/. Detailed prospectuses and Bonds to be ob-
tained of Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., Bankers, Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, or by letters, addressed No. 3, Salisbury-street, Strand,
London. -

SDPERIOR CANDLES.
DA.VIES'S CANDLES, sd. per lb. ; Wax
Candles, Is. 2d. ; line Wax Is. sd. ; Composite, Is. ; extra
fine Wax-wick Moulds, 7d.; 'transparent Wax, 25.; genuine Sperm,
25.; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per
1121bs. ; Mottled, GOs. and 645, ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm,
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with every department of her new undertaking to merit a contin-
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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.'
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille,
which, at the English,Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 401 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 55, it follows
that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 4331 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d: per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94 ; and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10,
it follows that gold is 9.34 per cent. dearer in London than in
Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is-109-
per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and.
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is 0.57 per cent. against England ; but the quoted ex-
change at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the
interest must be deducted from the above difference.
SUN.—Consolsiplosed heavily this afternoon, but there have
been no sales of importance. The rates were 974 to 4. • The
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 102 ; and Exchequer
Bills, 68s. 695. premium. India Stock brought 2771.
The news of an insurrection in Portugal, caused a decline
of 2 to 21 per cent. in the value of the Converted Stock, viz.,
to 341 to 44.-- Spanish Active Bonds were 221 ; and the
Three per Cents., 32 to 314 ; Colombian were 124 ; Chilian
Deferred, 51; and Peruvian for Account, 271 to 28.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 30, Bristol and
Exeter 24 to 1, Great North of England 71, Greenwich 74,
Manchester and Birmingham 1, and South Eastern 164 to
154 discount. Eastern Union have been 1 to 1, Great
Western Fifths 7 to 1, Guildford Junction 2, South Western
354, Manchester and Leeds 431, Ditto Quarter 8, Paris and
Rouen 114, Rouen and Havre 54 to 6, Tamworth and Nor-
wich 6, and York and North Midland Scarborough Branch
174 premium.

,IRELAND.
DEPARTURE OF MR. O'CONNELL FOR LONDON.
DUBLIN, FEB. 13.—Mr. O'Connell is to leave Kingstown
his evening by the half-past nine o'clock mail for London,
n order to attend the debate on Lord John Russell's motion.

lie will be accompanied by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P.,
Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Morgan John O'Connell,
M.P., and Mr. N. Maher, the new Member for the county of
Tipperary ; and Sir Coleman O'Loughlin, ono of the counsel
for the traversers in the recent State trials.

Mr. Shell, M.P., and Mr. Archbold, M.P., also take their
departure for London this evening.
ADDRESS FROM MR. O'CONNELL ON HIS DE-

PARTURE.
The following address from Mr. O'Connell appears in the
Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon :

14 TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.

" Merrion-square, Feb. 13, 1844.
" Fellow-conntrynien,—ln addressing the Association yes-
terday, I stated that it was my intention not to attend the
discussion upon Lord John Russell's motion. Since that
. . _ _

time I have kormed a better opinion of the views with which
that motion is brought forward. Besides, it now seems to
me quite clear that there may occur in the course of the
debate some topics which it would be desirable that I should
be present to elucidate.
"Again, it has occurred to me that it is my duty to attend
once more in my place in the House of Commons, and to
protest, in the name of the Catholic people of Ireland,
against 'the attempt made—and in this instance, I think,
successfully made—by the Attorney-General, to repeal the
most beneficial part of the Emancipation Act—namely, that
which professed to secure for us fair and impartial trial by
jury.

" Indeed, the exclusion of Catholics from the jury list, and
the omission (which it is impossible to believe could be ac-
cidental) of one-tenth of the names in the jury panel, involve
considerations of so important a nature as to render it, in

my opinion, my imperative duty firmly to • protest, in the
presence of the British Parliament, against proceedings of
so unjustifiable a nature.
" Upon the whole, therefore, I have determined to sail for
England this evening. It is not that lam so foolish as to
expect redress from the Tory majority in the British House
of Commons, as at present constituted ; but that is no reason
why I should not bring another instance of English injus-
tice towards Ireland before the British people and the civilised
world.

"My stay in England will be but short. I leave the
people of Ireland in determined peace and tranquillity; and
I have the fullest confidence that they will persevere in
that tranquillity until my return, which will be in a few
days. In the meantime, I earnestly recommend the conti-
nuance of all legal measures for forwarding the sacred cause
of the repeal.
" I hope the Irish Members will muster strong on the
present debate.
" I am, your ever faithful and devoted servant,
"DANIEL O'CONNELL."

THE NAVY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
There are 188 Admirals in the Royal Navy, of which
number about 18 are Irish ; the rest are Scotch and
English. At this period 14 Admirals are employed
and one Commodore, all Scotch and English.
Not one of the above 18 Irish Admirals are em-
ployed. Rear-Admiral Bowles, a Tory, commands the
naval force on the coast of Ireland.

This points out what Ireland has gained by the
Union!—not an Irish naval officer at the Admiralty ;
three members of that Board, however, are Scotch.

BRAZILIAN MAIL.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 14.—The Express packet, Lieutenant
Herrick, arrived last night with the Brazils mail ; the dates
are—Pernambuco 14th, and Bahia 20th November, and Rio
Janeiro 24th December. Freight, about 20,0004
pie Petrel packet, Lieutenant Creser, with the outward
mails, was entering Rio when the Express sailed.
Ships of war at Rio Janeiro--Her Majesty's ships Curagoa,
Crescent, and Cockatrice ; American frigates Columbus and
Savannah, and corvette Warren. Brazilian frigate Para-
guassee.

Ships of war at Monte Video on the 18th of November—
Her Majesty's ship Alfred, Commodore Purvis, steamer Gor-
gon, Pearl, Daphne, Racer, Ardent, American frigate Co-
lumbus, Commodore Turner, and Enterprise brig, French
frigates La Gloire and Atalaute, corvette Arethuse, brig
Dupetit Thouars and Dassas.
General Rivera had issued some spirited addresses to his
soldiers, and was proceeding with his army, which he was re-
cruiting, with all possible rapidity towards Monte Video, for
the relief of that place ; a collision with Oribe was conse-
quently expected in a very few days, when something deci-
sive would most probably take place.

THE ROYAL' MAIL STEAM-SHIP

AVON.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENLNG.—By the arrival of
the ship Superb, Captain Gatchell, from Mobile, we rind by
his report that the royal mail steam-ship Avon was seen
between Cape Antonia and the Horona, under sail only. Her
report runs thus :--_

" On the 9th of January, lat. 23 deg., 40 min. ; long. 84
deg. 30 min., saw a large steamer under canvass only, appa-
rently steering for Havannah was painted black, and had
white quarter boats, and white life boats inverted over the
paddle boxes."
Capt. Gatchell has not said that it was the Avon, butlrom
the date, her position, and appearance, there is nodoubt but
that it was her. She is now over due.

ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTH•
AmrroN, FEB. 14.—The Oriental Company's steam-packet
the Montrose, Captain Lewis' arrived in the docks this morn-
ing at half-past eight, from Gibraltar, and landed her mails
in time to go up by the nine o'clock mail-train. She left
Gibraltar on the 4th instant, Cadiz the sth, Lisbon the 7th,
Oporto the Bth, and Vigo the 9th. She brings a fall cargo
of fruit and passengers. The Montrose experienced very
thick weather during the latter part of the voyage. The
Oriental steamer, Captain Soy, has arrived from Alexandria,
and now lies at the Mother Bank. She is expected to be
released from quarantine to-morrow, and will land her pas-
sengers here, sixteen in number. The Pacha, Capt. Wilson,
will take out the Peninsular, Gibraltar, and Malta mails, to-
morrow, at 3 P.M. Very great uneasiness is manifested here
at the non-arrival of the Royal West India mail-packet, the
Avon, which was due at this port on the 4th instant. It is
supposed that being'short of fuel she has been obliged to put
into some distant port for recoaling. The well-known lec-
turer, Mr. George Thompson, who contested the last election
of this borough with Lord Nugent as his colleague, is a pas-
senger by the Oriental, and is expected to make a stay in
this town for a few days.
TUE NEW SILVER COINAGE.—The workmen at
the Royal Mint are daily at work in striking off the new
silver coinage, a considerable amount of which has been sent
to the Bank of England within. the last few days. The
panic respecting the light gold currency having subsided,
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England will
shortly give notice that they will issue the new silver coinage
at the Bullion-office in exchange for the old coinage of
George 111., George IV., and Willian IV., which are so de-
faced from wear and tear and deficient in weight. The
public will not in any way be losers by the calling in of
the old silver, arrangements having been made between the
Government and the Bank to that effect. A very large
quantity of the new coinage has been sent off by railway
since Monday to the different branch banks in the manu-
facturing and agricultural districts of England, Wales, and
Scotland. As the Bank receives it, the clerks will have it so
defaced as not to be re-issued, and it will be remelted at the
Mint. The quantity of bullion at present in the Bank is
nearly 16,000,000 sterling—a larger amount thanfor many
years.
GARWAY.—One day last week a fine large salmon
was caught in the trap at Garway Mill, in the river Mon-
now. This noble fish must have leaped no less than seven
weirs, before arriving at the place where it was taken ; and
the fact of a salmon being found in the Monuow is, we are
assured by a most. experienced disciple of Isaak Walton,
without precedent.-rilereford Times.

LITERATURE.
TALFOURD'S TRAGE DIES.
Meson, London, 1844.
We are thankful to Mr. Moxon, who has been justly
called the " poet's publisher," for this neat and cheap
edition of the plays of the correctest and loftiest of liv-
ing dramatists. Hitherto they have been published in
so expensive a form as to place them without the reach
of the poorer and humbler class of readers, but now—
despite the income-tax—they will be accessible to all; and
greatly, indeed, shall we be mistaken if they be not received
with as much favour by the intelligent, self-educated
operative, as they have already been by the scholar, the
critic, and the "Sir Oracles" of taste about town. We
are the more confident on this point, because the writings
of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, though exquisitely polished
and refined, yet breathe the truest spirit of humanity ;
so far from being exclusive or conventional in their
tone, they are catholic in the most comprehensive sense
of the term ; eschew all cloudy, metaphysical abstrac-
tions ; and make their appeal direct to those sterling
sympathies which are more or less on the alert in every
mans bosom. What reader, for instance, even though
moving in the humblest walks of life, and picking up his
scanty meal of knowledge as best he may, cannot appre-
ciate the heroic self-denial of lon ; and feel his heart
glow with admiration of the patriotic sentiments that are
constantly dropping, like the fairy pearls in the fable,
from the lips of the Athenian Thoas ? It is not requi-
site that a man should be a scho'ar, or familiar with
the dramatists of Greece, to appreciate the full force and
beauty of these characters ; nothing more is necessary
than that he should possess'a sound head, and a heart
not yet quite frozen by the chilling influences of what is
called the "world." When, some months since, a " Peo-
ple's-Edition," as it is termed, of the Waverley Novels was
projected, it was observed by an intelligent critic that
it would scarcely answer, inasmuch as the chivalrous and
aristocratic bent of Sir W. Scott's genius must necessarily
be uninteresting, if not unintelligible, to the humbler
class of readers. The result has proved the fallacy of
this opinion, for the edition in question has been emi-
nently successful; and so, we venture to predict, will be
the cheap little duodecimo before us, and for precisely
the same reasons—namely, that notwithstanding the
splendour of his imagery, the classic beauty of his descrip-
tions, and the high-toned, aristocratic—we do not mean
to imply by this term a mere question of rank—character
of his heros, the author has everwhere taken nature for
his ground-work. Hence he is a favourite even in rude,
republican, repudiating Yankee-land—the beloved of
Sidney Smith—which could never have been the case,
had he not throughout his works appealed forcibly to
" that human heart by which we live,' choosing rather
to obey the fervid promptings of sensibility, which rarely
lead an author astray, than the cold, unsatisfactory 'sug-
gestions of the mere understanding. This it is that makes
all the difference between the true and the false in the
productions of mind, and explains the reason why, with
all their polished dignity of style, their stately concep-
tions, and the prestige attached to their authors' names,
such dramas as Catos the Revenge, and Irene—those
frigid imitations of humanity—mere offsprings of the
head, unaided by the heart—have never yet taken the
slightest hold on the public mind, or roused one genuine
emotion either in the closet or on the stage. We look
upon this cheap " People's Edition" of Mr. Sergeant
Talfourd's plays as one of the most 'encouraging signs
of the times that could have been exhibited—as a con-
vincing proof, in fact, that a taste for elegant, imaginative
literature is fast spreading in quarters where, twenty
years since, all was Ignorance, prejudice, and brutality ;
and were we in want of an argument for the further ex-
tension of the franchise, we know not that we could find
a more cogent one than is furnished us by the publica-
tion of this half-a-crown volume. Bnt Mr. Moxon's
task is as yet but half completed. He must give us
cheap editions of the Learned Sergeant's prose as well
'as of his poetry, for some of the soundest criticisms and
most thoughtful moral essays of which modern litera-
ture can boast, may be found in his numerous contri-
butions to the Edinburgh Review and the New Monthly
Magazine. Of one essay in particular, the Wine-
cellar," we entertain a very vivid recollection. It is
many years since it was published ; but the airiness—
the grace—the sunny character of its fancy—and the
spirit of unaffected cordiality that breathes through it—
are among those things which leave a lasting impre s-
cion on the mind. Not less excellent, though in a dif-
ferent style is that essay on the " Profession of the Bar,"
which first appeared, if we mistake not, in the New
Monthly Magazine, and which is fully entitled to the
hoaour of republication, if only for its nicely discrimi-
nated sketches of Brougham, Scarlett, and the late Lord
Erskine. But to return to the volume before us. In
addition to the tragedies, which it would be super-
fluous here to criticise, it contains an eloquent and
affectionate notice of the late Doctor Valpy, every word
of which is founded in truth, as we ourselves can per-
sonally testify. The Doctor was, indeed, one of the
wisest and kindliest of men. As the head of a great
public school, never_ was man more beloved than he was

by his pupils, not only for the kindness he manifested
to them when under his superintendence, but for the
warm interest which through life he continued to take
in their welfare. Of all his pupils there were none
of whom he was so proud, or spoke so often in terms of
admiration, as the late Baron Bolland and Mr. Sergeant
Talfourd. Besides this eloquent tribute to the memory
of one of the best of scholars and of men, we have
several sonnets, which, it seems, are now for the first
time published, and which are characterised by all that
Attic polish of diction and nobility of sentiment which
form such conspicuous features in the tragedies. Here
is one entitled " The Forbury at Reading, revisited on a
Misty Evening in Autumn ;"-
44 Soft uplands, that in boyhood's earliest days
Seem'd mountain-like and distant, fain once more
Would I behold you 1 but the autumn hoar .
Hath veil'd your pensive groves in evening haze ;
Yet must I wait till on my searching gaze
Your outline lives—more dear than if ye wore
An April sunset's consecrating rays—
For even thus the images of yore
Which ye awaken glide from misty years
Dream-like and solemn, and but half unfold
. Their tale of glorious hopes, religious fears,
And visionary schemes of giant mould ;
Whose dimmest trace the world-worn heart reveres,

And, with love's grasping weakness, strives to hold."

The epithet " consecrating," which we have marked
in italics, strikes us as being eminently beautiful, con-
veying, as it does, just such a solemn and poetical idea
of sunset as the hour would naturally suggest to a
thoughtful, high-toned mind. But indeed the whole
sonnet is " one entire and perfect chrysolite," and for us
has an ineffable charm, for it brings vividly before us
the recollection of the noble play-ground, with the " soft
uplands " of Cavershaara in the distance, and the inter-
mediate ranges of the King's Meadows, from which
duly on summer and autumn evenings a light silvery
vapour would arise, clothing all things in its fleecy
mantle—a trivial circumstance, which the author, how-
ever, has contrived to turn to the most poetical account.
We close our brief notice with the sonnet on " Eton
College, surveyed after leaving a Son at School there
for the first time," in which our readers will not fail to
admire the earnest and solemn tenderness that charac-
terizes the closing lines :
" How often have I fix'd a stranger's gaze
On yon fam'd turrets, clad in light as fair
As this sweet evening lends, and felt the air
Of Learning that from calm of ancient days
Breathes round them ever ! Now to me they wear

Hues drawn from dearer thought ; the radiant haze
That mantles them grows thick with fondest care,
And its slant sunbeams flicker like the praise
Youth wins from wisdom ;—for in yon retreats
One little student's heart expectant beats
With blood of mine ;—O God vouchsafe him power,
When I am dust, to stand on this sweet place,
And, through the vista of long years, embrace
With cloudless soul this first Etonian hour."

ARRIVAL OF Mit. • O'CONNELL.—DanieI O'Connell,
Esq., M.P., accompanied by his son, Morgan O'Connell, Sir
Coleman O'Loughlin, and some other gentlemen, ar-
rived on Wednesday at Liverpool, by the second mail-
Steamer from Dublin. A large concourse of people sur-
rounded the hotel throughout the day, and about five o'clock
so numerous was the assemblage, that Mr. O'Connell was
compelled to appear and address the multitude in a short
speech. He stated that he had previously no intention of
offering any remarks in public on the occasion of his present
visit to Liverpool, nor had he at one time thought of visiting
London, at least for sonic time; but he had since changed his
mind, though he should not take any part in the discussion
on Lord John Russell's motion. He did, however, intend
to enter his solemn protest against the fresh acts of injus-
tice to Ireland contained in the late State trials. He had
served his country for forty-eight years, during the entire of
which he had been the invariable advocate of peace ; and
whatever checks might be opposed to his future career, he
would still continue legally and strenuously to agitate for
the Repeal of the Union. He declared himself decidedly in
favour of Universal Suffrage ; and, in conclusion, after say-
ing that he hoped they would, as their friends in Ireland
had hitherto done, preserve the peace, lie proposed three
cheers for the Queen, which were heartily given. He
shortly after left Liverpool, reached Birmingham last night,
and has arrived in London this (lay. The Irish Attorney-
General intended to have sailed for London on Tuesday
evening, to attend the debate on Lord John Russell's motion,
but a sudden attack of illness has compelled the Right Hon.
Gentleman to delay his departure.
FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, shortly before
twelve o'clock, an accident, which was nearly attended with
a lamentable loss of life, occurred in Upper Grosvenor-street,
Grosvenor-square. For some time past a number of men
have been employed in that street in making a sewer, and
yesterday, whilst they were " shutting" the earth at each
side of the trench, a part of the ground was noticed to
crumble, caused no doubt by the sudden breaking up of the
frost. An alarm was immediately raised, and several of the
men succeeded in effecting their escape. Five of the exca-
vators were not. so fortunate, for one immense piece of' ground,
weighing some tons, fell into the trench, and completely ha-
bedded them ; three were buried up to their chins. With
• assistance two of the men were quickly extricated, and *l4l,
out receiving any hurt, The other three, Thomas Tread-
away, George Gibbs, and ‘44opor were pot got out
until near half-past two o'elOticl Ivben they were iustantlY
removed in 4 very exhausted 440 to St, tioortv's
where they were attended to hy ltlr, Dwelt; the house sur-
geon, and Mr. Hawking, assigiint surgeon, and at eight
o'clock hot night, it was the opinion of those gentlemen that
nothing fatal need be apprehended, for providenta ng
, boo were bra=