The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

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NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
_... . THE WEEKLY MEETINGS of the LEAGUE ?" -
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will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN,,
en WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, the 24th inst. i*-4,,A 1,.. ~4
le- GrA. RUE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at HALF-PAST \ ..cist.
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Th her SEVEN O'CLOCK. 1 f:‘
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e Meeting will be addressed by W. Ewart, Esq„ M.P. ; Howard .....,,,:‘,.., .„,...
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Elpl,instone, Esq., D.C.L., M.P.; J. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. ; and • -
in H. R. Moore, Esq.
ore Cards of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the --
iga League, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and
af- fear o'clock.
vas Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter No. 163126. LONDON, ~
en Monday.
The cards of registered Members will admit, as hereteibre, to Pit
and Galleries.
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DOORSCLOCK
TO BE OPENED AT SEVE'.
TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNIN(
SOUTHWARK B RIDGE.
Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTHWARK BRIDGE will be
the lve held at the Company's Office, Queen street-place, on TUESDAY, the
lat 7th of May next, at Twe for One o'clock. ADVERTISEMENTS 111
the The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
JAMES LEITH, Secretary. -,__ . - . -. . _ . . _ .
30 Off ee, Queen-street-place, April 20, 1844. NOTICE!
waS
nios THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR
n of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND. PACKET COMPANY IS
the Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690. REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF,
ivlY Capital 1,000,0001. in 10,0001. shares of 100/. each. TO THE
OLD SHADES PIER,
Old Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf.
ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE,
GOVERNOR—ABEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—JAMES ALSTON, Esq.
11. THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT
NINE.
3 4 .ASSISTANTS.
3 ° Henry John Enthoven, Esq. Francis Mowatt, Esq. N.B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage.
4 6 William Gladstone, Esq. John Nix, Esq. Star-office, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844.
3 John Peirse Kennard, Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq.
3 6 John Lawrie, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. r ETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The
4 0 William Little, Esq. Alfred Ricketts, Esq. -...4 UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS
0 ° Hart Logan, Esq. William Scarth Moorsom, Esq. for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, arc authorised to receive
ti I John ltaedonnell, Esq. Louis Vigurs, Esq. sums not exceeding 50(-1., to be accounted •for in Bombay, in rupees
Frederick Ricketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq. at the exchange of the day.
The Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper By order of the Directors,
Miners in England hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S DI- W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager.
VIDEND, declared on the 6th instant, at the rate of five per cent. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street.
di:lg Per annum, free of deduction for income-tax, on the paid-up capital
stock of the Company, is now payable at their house, Old Broad- ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX
Street, By order of the Court of Assistants. RAILWAY COMPANY.
a a. ..-________--- W. INGLIS, Secretary. SOUMISSIONNAIRES.
2 ° • WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Parts ;
3 ° MUSK OF AMERICA. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, President of the Tribunal of
3 0 Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
2 6 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. AIs?)TTImNeEceIII.I4III,CHE, Iron-master, Chateau de Clavieres, and
4 6 A The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver Bery.
MITES -of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different Capital, £i,600,000, in Shares of £2O ; Deposit, £1 per Share
IZATIONS, The present subject is the MUSIC of AMERICA, on (which will be returned without any deduction, if this Company be
the , Lowey, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; min on not the one authorised by law).
3 are fuesday,Thursday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock. The next sub- The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the ANGLO-FRENCH
jest, commencing on the 25th inst., will be on the MUSIC of GER- COMPANY, who sought to obtain the lease of the Railway from
aIA.Ny. All the other Lectures and Exhibitions as usual. LONG- Orleans to Tours in the last and present session of the French Cham-
p:lt:TOWS PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW hers, profiting of an access of subscriptions amounting to several
itiell DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the OLD and NEW HOUSES of millions of francs above the capital required for the section to Tours
,ing. PARLIAMENT, with the FIRE, &e., &c. only, and encouraged by the very favourable terms offered, and since
r 665 Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. officially submitted to the Chambers, by the Minister of Public
Works, have now tendered for the whole line from Orleans, through
the WFItREAS, by a DECREE of the HIGH Tours, Poitiers, and Angouleme, to Bordeaux. The Company is
s 64.1; COURT of CtiANt EicY, male in a certain cause, BENSON formally and legally re-eonst,ftqtpd for this object, on the model of the
id of tPinst KIRBY, it is ordered that It should be referred to Sir Caress Paris and Rouen, and Rottettviiij !Vivre Companies. The capital
it 6cl .1 tisoy, one of the Masters of the Court, to inquire and state to and Directors will be French and English, in equal proportions. The
the Court whether Charles Moon. named in the will of Thomas French lists are filling steadily, and the deposits paid at the Com-
f.gb..t
1 Sikes, late of Grove House, in the parish of Norton, in the East Rid- patsy's bankers iu Paris, and the provinces traversed by this line ; the
W‘*- In of the county of York, training groom, deceased, the testator in portion of the capital reserved for England is in great part engaged,
such decree mentioned is living or dead, and, if dead,
.when he died, as the original holders in the Tours line will obtain a preference, and
o 2111 and also to inquire whether Phillis Sutcliffe. the testator's sister, was their deposits of 2/. last year will entitle them to a double number of
living on the 28th day of June, 1831, the date of the said testator's Shares in this Company.
con- w,lll at the decease of the said testator (which happened on the 7th A Deputation from the Company is on its way to England, to corn-
wife. Lay of August, 1832), and at the time of the second marriage of the plete the arrangements with the English Shareholders, and, in the
testator's widow, Mary Sykes, and what children she had, and which meantime, applications may be made for the remaining Shares to
Lon-
good of were living on the 28th day of June, 1831, at the decease of Messrs. Jonah Wells and Son, Stockbrokers, Old Broad-street, Lon-
`"e testator, and at the time of the second marriage of the said tes- don ; Messrs. Ewart and Bell, Stockbrokers, 3, Copthall-chambers,
it jot", tator's said widow ; and also that the said Master should inquire London ; and Messrs. Coleman and Todd, Stock and Share Brokers,
Whether James Sykes, the nephew of the testator, was living on the Liverpool.—BY order of the Provisional Committee,
sale i 28th day of June, 1831, at the death of the testator, and at the Brat WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
bag of the second marriage of the testator's said widow, and what children J. D. BARRY, •
[och4 he had, and which of them were living on the said 28th day of June, Representing the English Shareholders.
1831,, at the death of the testator, and at the time of the second mar- Committee-Rooms, 24, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, April 13, 1844.
5151 ',ago of the testator's said widow, and what nieces, great nephews
greP a
and great nieces of the testator were ling on the said 28th day of
tme, 1831, at the time of the death of the testator, and at the time NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR.
ANCE SOCIETY,
Of the marriage of the testator's said widow, and if any of such nieces, 26, CORN HILL, LONDON.
great nephews, and great nieces, are now dead, who is or are
their legal personal representative, or representatives. The said Capital X 500,000.
mid Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Charles Moon, if living, the said Phillis Sutcliffe, if living, and her The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Instittt-
WI! children, and the said James Sykes, the testator's nephew, if living, Lion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departm6nts, Par-
and his children, and the nieces, great nephews, and great nieces of titularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
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the said testator, living at the respective times mentioned in the said pence or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
epper
decree, or the legal personal representative or representatives of any the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
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reolei 1 deceased nieces, great nephews, and great nieces, are, by their suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
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._ licitors, on or before the 23d day of May, 1844, to come in before as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
!he said Master, Sir Giffin Wilson, at his Chambers, in Southamp- of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
Di-
it' ton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and prove their relationship, the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
re a and make out their claims, or in default thereof, they will peremp- rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
, fi
wrilY be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. on 'the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
SMITHSON and DUTTON, amount already invested; and this bonus, aceording to an equitable
t °
• 23, Southampton-buildings, London, scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
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..._ For Smithson and Jackson, Melton, Yorkshire, April 18, 1844. premiums
---._ EXAMPLES.
I GEORGE SHEPPARD, at present, and for
9.) 9 sixteen months past, residing at No. 45, Upper Stamford-street,' Entry. Policy. ". sum. Annual Bonus Cash Prem.
ce f°,it W No. "" Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced.
aterloo-road, in the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Lam- '
fro"' both, and county of Surrey, and being a cook, do hereby £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. Xs. d.
OW re notice, that I intend to present a petition to the 1837 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 658199 8 19 4
_A 101 Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, praying to be examined 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7
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-I. GEORGE SHEPPARD, at present, and for
sixteen months past, residing at No. 45, Upper Stamford-street,
Waterloo-road, In the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Lam-
-ILetb, and county of Surrey, and being a cook, do hereby
notice, that I intend to present a petition to the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, 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
itnd effects, for payment of my just and lawfal 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 Sun newspaper one month, at the least, after the date hereof.
e witness my hand, this 19th day of April, in the year of our
Lord, 1844. QEORGE SHEPPARD.
Witness, John Beart, insolvent's attorney, No. 4, Chester-terrace,
Borough-road, Southwark.

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WHEREAS, a PETITION of WILLIAM
PRESLEY, of No. 2, Prospect-place, Old Kent-road, In the
Pariah
of Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, clerk to a
hop Warehouseman, having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy,
and the interim order for protection from process having been
Ven to the said William Presley under the provisions of an
't of Parliament, passed in the Parliament holden in the sth
ter oth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act
te the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said William Presley
b„. hereby required to appear in Court before J. S. M. Fon-
tinine, Esq., the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said pelf-
-11, on the 25th day of April instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon
,:
iii.ecis(l3% at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for
Purpose of being then and there examined touching his debts,
tte, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the pro-
i:sions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said William
Presley, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver
thatsame but to Mr. W. Pennell, the official assignee, nominated in
behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said
Petition.

HALL and ALLAN, of 69, 70, and 71
u„ ST: PAUL'S-CHURCIIY..4RD, having completed the ex
sit alterations found necessary by the great increase of their
a,ke, beg respectfully to invite Ladies and the Public generally to
if 'a,Pection of their NEW and SPLENDID STOCK, selected in the
b erne and Continental Markets for the Season, comprising every
pa'felt Girosrench Figured, and Plain Satins ; Brocaded, Plain, and
LaaaY de Naples, with most recherche designs in Paisley and
e 5.3,1,3 Shawbf, Scarfs, Mantles, &c. Lama and Cachmere Dresses In
TY variety of style.
ou rencl; Blondes, Collars, Lace, and every article in Millinery, in-
r:ng a magnificent assortment of Ribbons, French Flowers,
lthers, &c. Paris and Grenoble Kid Gloves. Lisle, Silk, and
Cotten Hose &c.
The '
to The Linen Stock is replete in every department, and comprises
Isi•`; ~.°f 7-Bths and 4-4ths Irish Linens, Sheetings, Damask Cloths,
I'4ls, &c., all of gen.fine fabric and warranted.
wts and Printed Iluslins in all the new designs.

Observe—WATERLOO HOUSE,
69, 70, and 71, St. Paul's-Churchyard.

by WEBSTER and SON, Chro-
-47-!irsnometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established
by ~
or
CUTER and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNHILL,
e the advantages of the premises will en able them to bring the
km
der,.,. en nnder
Antheir immediate inspection hi the manufacturing
it4Tllnnt. extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care,
bta,at lower rices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be
consistinged of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches,
hre to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their
uorneters, to which Government awarded the prizes three years
tkiinceession ; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for
P 0432 of the smallest and most elegant patterns; Marine and
lecti eL Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se-
eni°4 of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most
0 t makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are
vit4,Yed on the premises In the repairing department, both for
teNn..es and clocks. Foreign work of every description carefitlly
tAke,:ed by worlunen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watehes
IV: In exchange. Post letters will meet with immediate attention.
Wlh and Son's publication, with the Equation of Time Ihr 1844,
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sent, post free, on the receipt of two stamps.

ORTS, SHERRIES, and all other
knpre wiNES. SHERRIES, of first-rate Shippers.—The following
cash
_cedented terms, for GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for
ii.„"2..11 delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under
—`4li,l credit prices :
Dertpietries, Pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., Ms., 425., 485., 505.;
tiDwa'olo the wood, 265., 305., 345.; crusted, in bottles, from 31;s.
ON, ; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from live to ten years
lin, „"c4ll 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 330., 400., 70s. ; Champagne, spark-
-60;:171 creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Docks and 11.toselles, 405., 505.,
rate._ , ; Marsala, 235., 265.; and all other wines equally mode-
All quantities not less than one dozen. Delivered free in London.
for -Vn try orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference
141 coMent, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCIIIN EPI E
Vrittcc 51, Berners-street, London, importers of German Seltzer
11_
its and pints.

THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES.
B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No.
ttor, of9, Cornbill' London, opposite the Bank, request the atten-
LtrO Purchasers to their Stock ot London-made PATENT
their ATC HES, which are manufactured by themselv es in
ncl j• ew house. In Slyer Cases, with the Detached Escapement
g
ittine e ied, the prices are Four Guireas and a Half, Six, and Eight
(1/4111_1 each ; or in gold ca•ei, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and S xteen
Pdi?,cri
ea?t, The very large stock offered for selection includes
tC .tption, enabling a customer to select that which is more
ad tpted to his own use.

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every 21. 128. 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 3491. I Is. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
'My, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives in cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners,
(whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military
oilicers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will
cover voyages of every description and service in every part of the
globe.
The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured.
High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is
consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with
other advantaaes, will induce a great Increase of in iurers.
Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate
Premiums.
The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad-
justed table of mortality.
Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi-
n for destitute and disabled Mariners.
Arthur-street, Loudon-bridge. WM. 3PNIELL, Manager.

HINTS on SEA. RISKS, price 35., which con-
tains sonic Practical Suggestions for diminishing Maritime
Losses both of Life and Property, Mended for the Use of Officers in
the Mercantile Navy. By Lieutenant EDWARD JEN-SINGS, R.N.
"This work possesses the valuable property of its instructions
being conveyed in a brief, intelligible, and practical form ; and will,
we doubt not, prove of great value to the mariner under the various
trying circumstances in which he may be placed."—Exeter and Ply-
mouth Gazette, Jan. 10, 1844.
London : Sold by R. B. Bate, 21, Poultry, Admiralty Agent for
Charts, Plans, &c. ; and by all Book and Chartsellers.

PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN
NUITY COMPANY,
9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established in 1826.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S-PALACE,

Aram 19, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her
Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 25th of April, are
to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down
the left-hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace,
set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl-
borough-house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-
square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from
St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street,
Jermyn-street, come down St. James's street as before, take
up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages
will be permitted to come within the gates. For all persons
having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered
at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between
the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages
are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St.
James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'-
court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car-
riages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minis-
ters, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the
Ambassadors'-court, and those of all ether persons having the
entree may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called ;
they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and
pass away np the left-hand side of St. James's-street: Ncrear-
nage will be admitted with company a second time with the
same ticket, to prevent which it must be produced at Consti-
tution-hill gate, and Stable•-yard gate also, where a corner of
it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no
person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other
approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned.
LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of April,
1814, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable John Hope, Lord Justice
Clerk of Scotland, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick
Pollock, Knt, Lord Chief Baron of her Majesty's Court of
Exchequer, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and took their re-
spective places at the Board accordingly.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
William Earl of Lonsdale to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos
Rotulorum of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmore-
land, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to he
taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre-
macy.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re-
presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of
Council of Education, to appoint the Rev. H. Walford Bel-
lairs, the Rev. Frederick Watkins, and Joseph Fletcher, Esq.,
to be three of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 17.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight
of the Ur ited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
William Chalmers, of Glenericht, in the county of Perth, Esq.,
Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
Bath and Colonel in the army.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 19.
_ _

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Lees,
Doctor in Divinity, to the church and parish of Stornoway, in
the presbytery and isle of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. John Cameron, late minister
thereof, to the church and parish of Edderton, in the pesby tery
of Tain.

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This Society is supported by au ample subscribed Capital, and by a
considerable accumulated premium fund.
Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits,
or at an increased premium, with participation in tho profits of the
Office.
A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre-
miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30
per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on
whick three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De-
cember.
A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold-
ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses In ready money, or
have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction
of their future premiums
Assurers may contractL o pay their Premiums either in one sum, in
a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay-
ments, or on the ascending or descending scale.
Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted
with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the
limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates.
Prospectuses and all necessary informon may be obtained at the
Office. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary.

T. Bowskill, butcher, Liverpool.
W. Chadwick, worsted-spinner, Bradford:
J. Furse, upholsterer, Brighton.
A. Roberts' fruiterer, York-street, Camden-towu.
W. Goodall, tailor, Bradford.
C. K. Nicholls, Berkeley-street West, Lambeth.
J. Everitt, twine-spinner, Great Yarmouth.
R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester.
S. Passey, commercial traveller, Back Vine-street, Minories.
C. Strong. cabinet-maker, Lyncombe and Widcembe,Somerset.
J. Elderkin, beer-seller, Brook-green, Hammersmith.
SECOND NOTICES.
G. Bradlaugh, miller, Ipswich, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
F. C. Wollen, tailor, Bath-street, City-road, April 25, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
E. West, shipping-agent, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 26, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
J. S. Reynolds, milliner, Reading, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
W. Presley, hop warehouseman, Prospect-place, Old Kent-
road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.
W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool, April 23, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire, April 23, at half-past
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee. _ _

s-39, ALBEMARLE-S MEET, PICCADILLY.
SIGHT AND HEARING.
NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES,
AcouTE-
LESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES
nosPSTIC INSTRUNIENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS. &c.
ionised by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Royal High.
tett,,the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess
bik.v,‘"asY, the Princesses Mary a id Rosa, her Grace the Dowager
bor""eaa of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter-,
aedYhthe Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough,
or AZaatichester. Marquises of Londonderry and I h
Wieiroarle, Eagletown, Shaftesbury,. I ank er ville, Po w is, Bradford,
ford rtws Verulana Harrewby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, O.
tole. ,Isburne and' Ferrers. Bishops of Exeter, Bland ford, Lin-
tv,., COrk '
toe:n Elnhin, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Siri
,bloyd, Frederic Meister, Clayton, Galway,. Grosvenor, !lon'
uYott, Robertson, and Mackenzie. Major-Generals H.
ti in'te, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wernss.
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G. Butler, plumber, Stanton-Saint-John's, Oxfordshire,
May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offiicial
assignee.
W. W. Groves, hatter, Gerard-street, Soho, May 1, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson 'official assignee.
H. Smith, house carpenter, Wheat-lane-end, Southampton-
shire, May 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee.
T.-Simpson, clerk, Brougham-place New-road, May. 1, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton, April 27, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
W. Seys, farmer, New House, Monmouthshire, April 24, at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee. _ _

W. Evans, farmer, Gadder, Monmouthshire, April 24, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee.
R. W. Bryant, tailor, Chippenham, Wiltshire, April 24, at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee.
T. Johnson, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 24, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as-
signee.
G. Heming, omnibus driver, Dudley, April 23, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee.
W. Wainwright, Post-office clerk, Birmingham, April 25,
at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee.
P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire, April 24, at half-
past ten, st the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi-
cial assignee.
J. Seel, joiner, Liverpool, April 24, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
J. Edwards, farmer, Bodidris, Denbighshire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.
J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 24, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
W. Bassford, cowkeeper, Liverpool, April 26, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
W. Eggleston, salesman, Manchester, April 23, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee.
W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire, April 23,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee.
S. Peel, leather-dresser, Colne' Lancashire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as-
signee.
C. Cotgreave, law stationer, Chester, April 23, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Clarke, linen draper, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 10, at
twelve—R. Feild, varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row,
Whitechapel, May 10, at half-past twelve —G. Booth, lime
burner, Princes-street, Lambeth, May 10, at twelve—E. Flo-
rence, jun., potato dealer, Subdeanery, Sussex, May 10, at
eleven—G. C. Bridge, grocer, Maldon, Essex, May 10, at one.
In the Country.
R. Waddington, grocer, Boston, Yorkshire, May 1.6, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Raphael and A. Na-
than, silversmiths, Hull, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court—W. W. Robinson, linen draper, Beverley, York-
shire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Met-
calf, currier, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—G. Knowles, corn dealer, Halifax,
Yorkshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—
J. R. Atkinson, wine merchant, Caistor, Lincolnshire, May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Etock, linen draper,
Leeds, May 16, at eleven, as the Leeds District Court—J. and
W. Green, timber merchants, Wetherby, Yorkshire, May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Cheetham, sen.,
surgeon, Stockport, Cheshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court—W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston, Lan-
cashire, May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
—E. Poore, druggist, Bampton, Devonshire, May 15, at
twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. Goss, draper, Devon-
port, May 14, at one, at the Exeter District dourt—J. .1. Bul-
man, oil merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Bell, earthen-
ware manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10; at eleven,
at the Newcastle-upon .Tyne District Oeurt.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. G. James, builder, River-street, Myddleton-square, May
10—W. Bourne, woollen draper, Coleman-street, May 10—.
E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched.friars, City, May 10—
J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, May 13—T.
Greening, surgeon, Worcester, May I.l—J. Thomson, iron
manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—G.
Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire,
May 28—J. Reaveley, commission agent, Hammond's-wharf,
Queenhithe, May 10—H. Southgate, auctioneer, Fleet-street,
May 10—J. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, May 10—
H. F. Turner, painted baize manufacturer, Myddleton-street,
Clorkenwell, May 10—T. Sanders, shoe-maker, Ramsgate,
May 10—W. Fuller, coal merchant, Poplar, May 10—S. Bil-
lington, woollen draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
May 10—C.
Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, May 10—cf. W. Wright,
dyer, Nottingham, May 10--G. H. Crowther, stationer,
Warrington, Lancashire, May 10—H. M. Newton, victualler,
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, May 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. •
F. H. Perry and F. Paul, brass founders, York-street, West-
minster—C. Coney and M. Chambers, lodging -house keepers,
Southport, Lancashire—H. Davis and F. F. 'Thompson, sur-
geons, Tenbury, Worcestershire—Cs Houg_h and W. Gaunt,
joiners, Nottingham—G. M'lntyre, R. M'lntyre, and J. Daw-
son, engravers to calico printers, Salford, Lancashire (so far as
regards J. Dawson)—G. and W. Smith, farriers, Farnham,
Surrey—J. Sutcliffe and J. White, worsted s tuff manufac-
turers, Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and J. Wareham, plumbers,
Birmingham— W. Chandler and S. Holah, chemists, Minories
—T. M'Lean and J. Powell, bakers, Gloucester—J. T. and J.
Adey, coal merchants, Newbury, Berkshire—T. Ward arid J.
Niblett, jun., ironmongers, Dorking, Surrey—Js. and Jn.
Baker, grocers, Portslade,
Sussex—E• Prosser and R. F.
Knight, curriers, Hereford—J. Abbe_y and T. Bradley, tallow
chandlers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—T. Lauder and T. W.
Brookman, letter press printers, Clement 's-lane, Carey-street
—H. Baxter and W. Orton, linen drapers, Rochester—Lucas,
Coathupes, Homer, and Clare, crown window glass manufac-
turers, Bristol—U. Davenport, J. Grindrod, and T. Patrick,
engineers, Liverpool—E. and J. Mason, brick makers, Car-
marthen—R. W. and C. P. Fox, surgeons, Torquay, Devon-
shire—D. Roberts and T. Powlsou, letter press printers,
Manchester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
JAMES ROBERTSON, vintner, Brehin, April 27 and
May 20, at eleven, at the chambers of Speed and Will, Brechin.
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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending April 16, 1844,
is 355. Bd. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN ONE OF
THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

The details of another attack on an English whaler and of
the slaughter of the whole crew by the natives of one of the
South Sea Islands, have just been received by the Sussex, a
whale ship belonging to Mr. Lvall, M.P. for the City of Lon .
don, under the command of Captain Hammer, which arrived
in the river the day before yesterday, after au absence of
four years and three months.
The particulars disclose nothing calculated to throw light
on the cause of the melancholy catastrophe. On the con-
trary, there appears to have been an absence of all motive
for the attack, except. that arising from a desire to plunder
the ship, which, as will be seen by Captain Hammer's state-
ment, was first burnt to the water's edge and then scuttled in
eight fathoms water. The following details, kindly supplied
to the reporter by Captain Hammer, contain all the facts
known in reference to the painful tragedy :
Captain Ilammer states that on the 30th of April last year,
having occasion to take in water, he bore down towards the
island marked Quallan on the chart, but usually termed
Strong's Island by British seamen, being in lon. 162 E., lat.
6 N. On approaching the harbour he observed three Ameri-
can ships and one Canadian vessel lying at anchor. These
vessels subsequently
,proved to be the Pacific, Captain
Rounds, from St. Johns, .New Brunswick, and the Lydia, the
Lexington, and the Pearl, three American whalers. As the
Sussex neared the island the captains of each of these vessels
came off in boats to meet her, and Captain Rounds, of the
Pacific, immediately communicated to Captain Hammer the
fact that the wreck of an English whaler, called the Harriet,
belonging to the port of London, and commanded by Captain
bßouunrk. Bunker,
rhiNalvng asilying in eight fathoms water within the
eachliar-
anchored at a convenient distance from
the shore, Captain Hammer returned with Captain Rounds
on board the Pacific, where portions of the llarriet's log-
book, her figure-head, anchor, &c., all of which had been re-
..
covered at that time, were shown to him, by which the
identity and fate of the vessel was placed beyond a doubt.
It then appeared thal, about six weeks
previously Captain
Rounds having visited the same island had cast anchor in a
bay on the other side, and took in a native to assist his crew
in 'fishing, They put to sea, and hi the course of a day or
two . came up with a whale, which, after considerable
trouble, they captured. The native observed this, and re-
marked to the captain a few hours afterwards, " Why do
you keep looking about here for fish to procure oil? There
Is a ship lying in the harbour full of it." It should here
be mentioned that the inhabitants of Strong's Island speak
the Enirlish language repiarkably well, and, as the manner
of the °native in question was such as to lead Captain
Rounds to believe that he night place some reliance upon
his information, conceiving it also possible that a ship
might have been wrecked near the island, he at once deter-
mined to bear down upon it without loss of time. Arriving
there the man pointed out the spot where the ship lay, and
on soundings being taken, it was discovered that some large
object met the lead. Captain Rounds then, with -consider-
able ingenuity, rigged out one of his large oil-casks in the
form of a diving-bell, and having made the necessary pre-
parations a man was sent down, who immediately reported
the fact of the hull cf a vessel burnt to the water's edge
lying beneath its surface in about eight fathoms. The Ame-
rican ships above-named, were lying in the harbour at this
time, andcommunicated Captain Rounds at once communicated the cir-
ettufatances which had come to his knowledge to the several

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captains, when it was thought advisable to set an inquiry on
foot as to the fate of the crew, the name of the vessel, &c. A
formal application was made to the toco sa, or principal chief
of the island, but for some days without any success.
Meanwhile Captain Rounds had recovered various articles
from the wreck, including the anchors and chains, a large
quantity of new iron hooping, which had evidently been
burnt to a white heat, the figure-head, the full-length figure
of a woman with a coronet, the lower dead eyes, and a large
quantity of rigging, &c. The whole of the oil barrels
remaining in the hold of the vessel were partially burnt, and
their contents, of course, wasted. Some few casks, however,
were subsequently found on the island, where they had, no
doubt, been placed by the natives after taking possession of
the vessel and before it was destroyed. It was well known

that when whaling ships touched it these islands the native
women frequently come on board in large numbers, and, ge-
nerally speaking, they are considered well- conducted savages.
On this occasion advantage was taken of their familiarity,
and the fact that a vessel had been attacked and the crew
murdered was elicited from several among them, and con-
firmed by a variety of circumstances. Captain Rounds then
decided on requiring an explanation of the whole affair from
the King or chief, and took an armed party on shore with
him for that purpose. The chief met the party, and ap-
peared considerably alarmed at the manner in which Captain
Rounds pursued the investigation; but, after several inter-
views, no satisfactory information was obtained on the sub-
ject. Captain Rounds insisted that the chief should repair
on board his ship, and even went so far as to threaten to
hang him in case some explanation was not afforded. The
chief himself appeared willing to go on board, but the natives
would not allow him, and at this point all further communi-
cation between them ceased ; the natives taking to their
canoes, and seeking refuge within the creeks with which the
island abounds. Here it was found impossible to pursue
them, but from the women and a few stragglers among the
men the following particulars were obtained :
The Harriet had put into the island for wood and water,
and the intercourse between her crew and the natives was
apparently carried on in the usual friendly manner. A deep
plot, however, seems to have been laid by the natives, which
was at the same time wholly unsuspected by Captain Bunker.
One day, shortly after their arrival, the captain and the sur-
geon went ashore shooting—two boats' crews being engaged
in collecting wood, and one in taking in water. Out of a crew
of twenty-seven to thirty persons, only five remained on board
the ship, and this fact doubtless being observed by the na-
tives, who were anxiously watching an opportunity, they
simultaneously attacked the different parties, killing each
almost instantaneously. . Resistance would appear to have
been hopeless, for, although the island is not-more than
twenty-seven miles in circumference, it is very thickly popu-
lated, and from three hundred to four hundred natives were
frequently seen on the shore at one time by Captain Rounds.
The five persons who were on board ship at the time observed
the attack on their comrades, and, seeing a number of canoes
putting off towards the vessel, they hastily embarked in a
boat, and have not since been heard of, the probability being
that, as Strong's Island is situated at a long distance from
any other,they also must have perished in the course of the
few following days. In the course of Captain Round's inves-
tigations on the island he fortunately discovered four or five
leaves of the Harriet's log, from which it appeared that the
ship had recently been to Port Jackson for the purpose of
undergoing some repairs, and the captain had made an entry
to the effect that he had had some trouble with his crew.
Finding all their endeavours fail to procure more information
the several shins above alluded to bore up and stood away
from the island together—parting company some days sub,
segue ntly.
The Harriet was the property of Messrs. Boulcott, of Paul's-
, wharf, London. She left England in June, 1839, and has
consequently been absent nearly five years. No tidings has
been heard of her during the last eighteen months, and her
owners had recently effected an additional insurance of
1,5001, making a total of 7,500/. Many of her crew left
at Sydney, whose places were supplied by others ; it is there-
fore impossible to give the names of those lost correctly.
' It is generally believed that threetther vessels have been
destroyed in a similar manner at the same island, information
to that effect having been obtained by Captain Rounds.
These vessels are supposed to have belonged to some of the
Sandwich Islands—ships from that locality visiting Strong's
Island for the purpose of collecting the beach le mar, a species
of worm, in which a considerable trade is carried on with
China.
Captain, Hammer states it as his opinion, that although
there may be no Englishmen resident on the island at pre-
sent, there must have been at some previous time, as the na-
tives are so well versed in the English language. He adds,
that the natives appeared extremely desirous to prevent his
becoming acquainted with any of the circumstances of the
affair, affecting a degree of indifference with regard to the
American captains. On entering the harbour it was sug-
gested to him that it might be advisable to hoist.-the Ameri-
can standard at the mast head, instead of the union jack.
This, however, he declined to do.
The Sussex brings home a cargo of 1,500 barrels.

another Chancery job, and securing to a set of idlers a
good income for life.
STANDARD.—A good suggestion from Mr. Milner
Gibson certainly comes upon the public by surprise, yet
the suggestion thrown out by the Member for Manchester
last night is undoubtedly a good one, if only—but this
condition perhaps accounts for Mr. Milner Gibson's
making the proposition—it were not nearly impossible to
act upon it. An. exposition of the resources, the labour,
and the produce of the agriculture of the country, would be
indeed profitable to the whole community, but most
eminently profitable, as the Right Ilonourable Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade demonstrated, to the
agriculturists. Engaged as they are in the most
capricious and uncertain of all the pursuits of in-
dustry, they have of all men the least light as to
their most prudent policy, or to their reasonable
prospects. The cotton millowner has but to inquire
how many bags of cotton have been bought up by others,
how many bales of goods shipped for exportation or con-
signed to wholesale houses in the trade, to know pretty
exactly the resources, the condition, and the prospects
of his market. The woollen manufacturer, the manufac-
turer of hardware, the merchant, in short, every one but
the farmer, has a tolerable guide to the competition he
may count upon, and the demand he may expect. The
farmer has no such guide ; he often sells his produce
10 or 20 per cent. below what the state of supply would
dictate—sometimes holds it over for a price 10 or 20
per cent. beyond what the state of the supply warrants.
This is not the farmer's fault ; his trade is in all re-
spects an honest trade—he has nothing to conceal,
and could conceal nothing if he had, for all his work
is emphatically upon to surface. The mischief to
the community and to hifti, is the effect of wanting that
perfect information which Mr. Milner Gibson's proposi-
tion, if practicable, would elicit. What is to be done to
cure this evil, which is of more weight than may at first
sight appear, is a question of no little difficulty. The
condition of statistical information, or rather statis-
tical ignorance, in this country is in truth extremely
mischievous, and would be disgraceful were it not
the consequence of our free Constitution, and our habits
of freedom. We fancy that no one has a right to pry
into our private affairs ; and an awkward custom, which
finance ministers of all times have indulged in, to
lay their hands upon whatever they find definite
and tangible, causes us to exclude such intru-
sion with a sensitive jealousy. All inquiries, such
as Mr. Milner Gibson proposes, are sure to be
consideaed as preliminary to the imposition of some new
tax, the more rigorous collection of some old tax, or
at least :the privation of some advantage. The mis-
chief of the ignorance which this prejudice creates
is, however, as we have said, very great—great, far
beyond the mere loss in particular trades—for it
really perverts the whole legislation of the king-
dom, and often gives a perfectly false direction to
public opinion. In the absence of all information, men
may go right or go wrong ; but, under the direction of
partial information, they are sure to go wrong. Nov
all our statistical information is in every sense of the
term partial—partial as incomplete, and partial as
generally selected, and prepared to serve some temporary
j and party purpose. The consequence is, that in
the discussion of any public question, every one
can find some facts to serve his purpose, while
no one is able to adduce all the facts, from a full consi-
deration of which only can a fair inference ever be drawn.
We might cite any of the great controversies that have
divided public opinion to illustrate this truth. The
corn-law question for example. In this one would
think the greater or less value of the home market
ought to be an important consideration ; yet no approxi-
mation, upon any authority, has yet been made to
a comparative estimate of the home and foreign mar-
kets. Again, it is contended in the discussion of the
Factory Bill, that the labourers in factories must work
twelve hours a day, in order to perfect the necessary
amount of goods ; but we have not the least in-
formation as to the number' of - days of the
year during which they must work these twelve
hours, and questionless, without this information,
Parliament is in no condition to form a correct opinion
as to the truth or falsehood of the alleged necessity of
women and children working twelve hours a•day, and
submitting for fourteen hours to imprisonment. In
the management of our private affairs, if a man
pretends to satisfy us with a confessedly partial
account, wo laugh at him as a fool, or turn our
backs upon him as a rogue—yet it is upon
partial accounts that all public decisions are
at present come to. Whether it shall be always so
must depend upon the arising of some Ministry wise
enough, and bold enough, and powerful enough, and en-
joying leisure enough, to effect a full and fair analysis
of the statistics of the kingdom. Sir Robert Peel's Ad-
ministration has all the requisites of wisdom and bold-
ness and strength, but unfortunately it has not the op-
portunity of leisure.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
'IRON THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—No official notification has yet been given
that Ministers have yielded to the general disapproba-
tion with which their new scheme of Ecclesiastical
Courts Reform has been received, and withdrawn it from
the further consideration of the Legislature. An allu-
sion was made to this measure last night in the House
of Commons. In reply to a question by Lard John
Russell, respecting the order in which the business be-
fore the House was proposed to be taken, Sir James
Graham said, "He should propose on Monday, as the
first order of the day, the Factories Bill; and then the
Ecclesiastical Courts Bill." The debate on the second
reading of the latter measure is contingent on the de-
bate on the second reading of the Factories Bill being
a short one. We think there is small chance of that
being the case ; and therefore have no idea that
the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill
will be proceeded with on that evening. With a
view to drawing the attention of such Hon. Mem-
bers as wish to acquaint themselves with the
character and tendency of the measures on which
they are called upon to vote, we have already analyzed
some of the clauses of this Bill. As it yet lingers in its
course, opportunity is afforded us for continuing the exa-
mination. The more the Bill is investigated, the more
clearly will its destitution of all claim to approval and sup-
port be perceived. The unjust and uncalled-for interference
with donatives, which is proposed by the Bill, calls for ani-
madversion and resistance. The ancient and unquestion-
able rights of the patrons of these donatives have, from
time immemorial, been exercised in a way which de-
serves commendation and protection, instead of depriva-
tion. Take, for examples, the selections made by the
Hon. Societies of Lincoln's Inn or of the Temple.
Have not these societies bestowed their patronage on
clergymen of acknowledged fitness—of first-rate talent,
unquestionable morality, and of deep and sound learn-
ing ? Two of the present incumbents of these dona-
tives may be mentioned :—Benson, whose reputation
as a scholar and a divine is known and admitted by all
—Anderson, whose recent appointment is universally
regarded as no less honourable to those who discerned
and rewarded his merits, than it is to himself. What,
then, is the necessity for, and where is the recommenda-
tion on which is founded, the proposed change with fp-
spect to donatives ? The disregard which is shown
throughout the Bill to the recommendations of the Ec-
clesiastical Courts' Commissioners, on whose reports it
its
questionable professedly founded, is one proof, among many, of
questionable character and design. We have already
gone into this part of the subject at some length. We
now allude to it for the purpose of impressing upon Hon.
Members the necessity of carefully, and with new ly-
awakened jealousy, examining its details, that they be
not ensnared into supporting it by their votes,. or
division.
Before being absent from the discussion and
Before pledging themselves to support Ministers on
this Bill, let them at least examine and compare its
provisions with the report of the Ecclesiastical Courts'
Commissioners. The discrepancies and contradictions
between the report and the Bill will be at once seen.
The superiority of the suggestions made by the Com-
missioners to the substitutes supplied by the authors
of this project, will forcibly strike the mind of every
impartial person who undertakes to make the com-
parison. The duty imposed on those whose votes will
determine the fate of the Bill is obvious. Another
point—and it is one of considerable importance to the
public—presents itself for consideration. We re-
fer to the proposed abolition of some of the_ prin.
cipal offices ; the compensation for their loss to the
present holders ; and the elevation of their deputies to
the rank of principals. Why, in the name of common
honesty, should these changes be proposed, and this ex-
pense be imposed on the public ? Where is the reason ;
and what the authority ? With the exception of two
or three clergymen—who, under the present system,
hold posts in connexion with the Ecclesiastical Courts, or
their registries, whether in town or country—are any
of the other principals, or heads of the various de-
partments, incapable of performing, in propria per-
sona, that portion of the public business which
they have hitherto been accustomed to perform by
deputy ? Or are they, being practitioners of the Eccle-
siastical Courts—whether of the Prerogative Court in
London, or of the Consistorial Courts in the country,
and, consequently brought up, from an early period
of their lives, to the study of the civil and ecclesiastical
laws, received a sound classical education,. and . thusn
trained for all the ordinary duties of their profession—
are are these gentlemen, we ask, to be con6iodveerrnedineynt,thnef
Legislature, under the direction of h
such mean talents as to be incapablet the Government,
executing the
common matters of form and ordinary routine of the
every-day business of their offices ? It' they be com-
petent, why are they to be superseded ?eb
Why
are
the deputies in these offices to be made
principals ?
And why is the country—already heavily- burdened
with retired allowances and compensations —to be fur-
ther taxed with the maintenance in idleness of a num-
ber of superseded principals, and to have the extra
burden placed upon it of supporting a new set of prin.
cipals in the lieu of those who have been removed ? If
the present principals, indeed, were to refuse, when
called upon by the Government, to conduct the business
of their departments in person which demand the
Government would be perfectly justified in making,
as it is purely and entirely by sufferance that they,
have been hitherto allowed to treat their posts
as though they were sinecures—if these principals,
whether registrars, or clerks of seats, or seal-keepers,
or clerks of papers, or by whatever other official term
they may be designated, should in any instances refuse
to act—as they well know they ought to act—in person,
and not by deputy ; then, indeed,Government
would
the
would be perfectly justified in superseding them. But
even then there would be no pretence for perpetuating