The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

StrlfiAßY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

POIMCGAki. Duk d°
The ball given by the city of Marseilles to the te up
Montpensier the evening before his departure Wls
with great splendour. His Royal Highness enteral a Os
o'clock-, and was received with enthusiastic wele°lne't the
opened the ball with Madame Lafon, the wife of one 0 tbef
municipal councillors, and afterwards danced with four,_ °NS
ladies. He retired at eleven, and was escorted borne I_o
bodies of the citizens, uttering loyal shouts. At ten thoutti,
morning the Royal Duke left the Hotel d'Orient amidsnrir
versal expressions of regret and good wishes. A ggaldet;r„-
cession was formed to do him honour, composed al t fobments of gendarmes and municipal foot guards,, About
carriages, all decorated with the national colours, `mod of
ceded by a numerous cavalcade formed by the youltg
the city. gine
Great preparations had been made at Paris for the ~000
fete on the Ist of May. It was reckoned that at least 1'"',1'01
strangers had arrived to witness the ceremonies of ,the 6„t„ ,
exhibition of works of art. The weather was inagnta,,,-i,
The Courtier Francais states that numerous Patjoei
Municipal Guards, cavalry and infant ry, have peralo
the streets of Paris for some nights past after nine o'nier
the evening, and adds, " this is the commencement of the „t
cures of security to be, adopted on the approach a the
"
May (the King's fete)."
P *6401
Of the four races run in the Champ de Mars, - 0000
Sunday last, three were won by horses the property , ote
Anthony de Rothschild. The second horse in the °Su-
beTheg loned also to him. .460
last accounts from Algiers announce the is
the French of several tribes who have hitherto adinool
Abd-el-Kader, and particularly of the chief of the too:ato
Al ,
district of Laghouat. The town contains 20,000 inhat
and is situated at a distance of 120 leagues from g'''jor
The veteran politician, Royer Collard, is in a very
ing
The state.
French Minister of War has completed, and ordeetoied,t4,
be put in force, regulations for preventing duels in tooth
Modes of reconciliation are prescribed not only for bei,oo
parties, but also for the seconds and the officers before 7"tet,
the affair is to be brought. In case all efforts fail and 111101
ing takes place, the principals and seconds are to be 'br°.°
before a court martial.
The Sentinelle, of Bayonne, states from Madrid, A 'O,
that for the last three days none of the subscribers t 0
oppositionosition journals had been allowed to receive ~
supply from the Madrid post office. tuga
A rather violent shock of an earthquake was felt Ir.*
in Galicia, on the 19th ult., at 45 minutes past 3 u'elenis
It proceeded from north to south, and the oscillation:lo
strong, that the houses were, shaken throughout the
if by a loud discharge of artillery. A. IV'
The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of tdaclt
Eagle of the first class upon Count Bresson, late
Minister at the Court of Berlin. Becie
M. Schleiermacher, who was Privy Councillor la AA
tary to the late Grand Duke of Hesse:-Darmstadt,' "-
Darmstadt, on the 20th ult., in his 90th year. „mos°
It appears by a letter from Hamburgh, that the",.,„" colf
of the losses occasioned by the great fire in that city u car
just been correctly ascertained. It is 38,442,000 War.-
rent, or nearly 3,000,000/.
A. letter frr S' :kholm, A -" Yesterdo; ts

A letter from Stockholm, , .pril 16, says—" "rest'
body of the late King was clothed in the costume 'e,fo
Order of the Seraphim, and placed on a catafalque erect The
the hall of the palace, bearing the name of that Order' e
features of the illustrious deceased are not in any reiPfre,,
tered. The body is to remain there in state for A Wee'
LAW AND POLICE. a ilio°
In the Insolvent Debtors Court James Gomm and 010
Gemm (father and son) appeared for judgment. Tile'creal.
opposed by Messrs. Cooke and Woodruffe for several 011
tors; and supported by Mr. Nichols. The insolvent'erecii;
builders, and Lad obtained materials of the opposing d
tors, with which they built houses, mortgaged them, ilia ill
disposed of the equity of redemption to a relatioll
alleged debt of 450/., who had assigned it to a third` `4t4"
The Court remanded the insolvents for 16 calendar' "'
from the vesting order, for making away with propetZpe,
In the Sheriffs' Court an action was brought by 31t• Phe
an engineer, against Mr. Miles, a cabinet-maker, toe t
duction of his daughter. There being no defence to the
Con, the jury assessed the damages at 1001. - „plc'
Samuel Withers, a -young man, residing at 15, Sl'-'OOO
street, Westminster, was brought before Mr. Aide, rgel
Kelly, at Guildhall, charged with knowingly uttering a foot,
Si. note of the Bank of England to G. Weston, a tobacev,
on Holborn-hill. The prisoner was remanded till Frid,koril,
At Lambeth-street, Daniel Driscol was charged witaregal
mitting a murderous assault upon his wife, who se Bt•P
in the London Hospital in a dangerous state. rolloorr
stable James Alahony stated that while on duty inn I: Oa
lane, on that morning, he heard loud cries of nu"'"g,l36
upon entering the room from which they were proceed-Woo.
found the prisoner's wife in bed in a very frightfulhi d t°
She was nearly exhausted at the time, bid'. was eO3-eo ,
tell him that her husband had inflicted the injuries tlllore
person with a poker. Mr. Norton told him, that the
as it stood, was one of a serious nature, but if. anYthilidtd 016
pened to his wife it would be still more so, and rein'
prisoner to a future day.
COURT —PASIIIONAZ I.D. 11, At'
The Marquis of Lorn, only son of the Duke of Ar.„,gfto
tamed his majority yesterday, when the event we ill
celebiated by great rejoicings on the noble Duke's
Argyleshire. Ladies
to Countess de Solis gave a grand dinner, onthe' Ladies
to Prince Castelcicala, the Marquis of Headfort, , the lion.
Olivia and Mary Taylor, the Bishop of Carlisle an" .
ller, Sir
Mrs. Percy, Lord and ay Sondes and Miss `'"Viscoal°
Philip and Lady Grey Egerton, Viscount Ossulston, la
Maidstone, Lord Beaumont, Sir John Harrington, and
the evening the whole suite of rooms, brilliantly light"n
adorned with the choicest exotic flowers, were thrown °Ftehe
and her Ladyship received upwards of 200 of. the elite of
pa
fashionable world, to hear some excellent professional
amateur music.
The following were amon? the company Presenteattplorthi
Italian Opera last evening The Duke and Duchess .t`ci tbs
bridge; Lord and Lady Barrington and party occ..,uPl
Queen Dowager's box; the Dukes of Devonshire, in°l3
and Leeds ;. the Duchesses of Beaufort and Montrosekor
Marquises of Ailesbury, Lansdowne, Normanby, Douro, and
tester, and Huntly ; the Marchionesses -of Lansdown,e_
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Wellesley ; Baron .N ieuman, Baron Brunnow, the Turkisuilie ;
bassador, and suite; Countess de Salis' Count de S?!iitoa,
the Earls of Pembroke, Jersey, Liverpool, Chesterfield, ':erEeP
Shelburne, Falmouth, and Belfast ; the Countesses of a..seo.
Wilton, Palmerston, Shelburne ; Lords Templetown, raloon
ton, Ernest Bruce, William Paulet, Trimlestown, 64110
Aylmer, Cantilupe, Duncannon, Alfred Paget, cerael,
Paget ; Ladies Dufferin, Trinaleetown, Augusta ("'"ifilerl,
Ernest Bruce, William Paulet, Aylmer, Clementine V
Holland, Wombwell, Palmer, Joddrell, Duff, &c.
Lieutenant-General le Baron Stierncrona, on a sPecal.,„o op
sion from his Majesty the King of Sweden, lett tow
Tuesday evening, on his return to Sweden.
DEIS CEZ.4.41.1V LOU 8. Ver

A meeting of the delegates of all trades was held oni,itleo`.
day evening, at the Catherine Wheel, Union-street. A the
were about 230 delegates present, representing nearly 7,--itteg
trades of which the working classes are composed, anie"'„ass'
to about 1,500 men who were determined to oppose theorf the
ing of the Masters and Servants' Bill. The secretary A re'
"Tailors' Protection Society," representing about
ported the progress of that body in opposing the Bill'e,lore,
feeling of the meeting was very strong against the 'n., de'
and, after several resolutions having been adopted, it woo'/
termined that in case the Bill should pass, a public u; 500
stration should take place on Kennington-common,
asp possible. 10°.
he Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated 011oot
day night, on the subject of savings bat* and Gove'.,..n
annuities, that he will apply for a " Bill to amend the„oleo
relating to savings banks, and to the purchase of Govern
annuities through the medium of savings banks."
The annual meeting of the Church Missionary SocietY
held on Tuesday, aft Exeter Hall. The Right lion• then
of
of Chichester presided, and was supported by the 13,,ilipolif
Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop J. 11'
Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir R. H. Inglis, MY.° .081'
Plnmptre, Esq., M.P., Rev. Professor Scholefield, Dena
Cunningham, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Rev. Hugh Stowell, thee&c'of Salisbury, Sir G. Rose, the lion. Mr. WaldtgraAlteo
During the year fifty-four branch associations babe re'
formed, in addition to eighteen juvenile branches. j the
ceipts towards the general fund were 97,791/. 28.
special fund and China fund amounted to 1,5561."',V,'
The capital fund was 2,648/. Is. Bd. ; sum for builerl.,,,v;
1,1811. 17s. The total receipts, including sundry ite7,d,
classed, for the year, were 104423/. 16s. 10d. The ell"-
ture was 93,4721. 7s.

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. SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF BURMESE No. 16,134. LONDON, WEDNESDAY Evi 3
PRIZE MONEY.
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11,:4e46tar., .rs Office, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, April 16,,1844. . . .
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ili Levin 'e•CTORti of the Honourable EAST INDIA LOMPANI *
Fits 0- • e suit MK over to this Hospital the amount of the UNCLAIMED
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re oe ktidPl°fP.rize Money on account of her, Majesty's troops of the
Vale* aismo,,enttohstnent, which served with the army under the cons- THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EAR
of tb.
one - .1,0 %NA ' Maier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, 0.c.8., at. the cap- and a THIRD EDITION 0.1 SEVEN 0' CLOG',
, four 0
_.„,t''' 16- rnMe in the Burmese territory, viz., lot, 41st, 45th, and 89111
ne by Trt tlliim-‘"Lt4t4. of Foot ; notice is hereby given, that payment of such un- ,
Pri-i-Z7, thares on account of the sald troops, will commence on ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPER!
al thee... 7- tepee rDict. the 15th day of May next, and be continued at this
midst um". it , on each succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours
,tvand PI! 'era and" Two. . 3 •
Pr detsC,,,,w ........„__:......: RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR- MUSIC OF GERMANY.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
shout 41'9 UILDIT a T
.1- - DENS.—The alterations at these Gardens are progressing
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTUUTION.
d Pre. Cr .. _....., APRIL 19, 1844.—The COM- towards completion. The Trees and Siirulds are putting on their
an itof Claikih„,".. ITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at loveliest foliage, and the touts ensemble is unrivalled., The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
Mfg 133 e A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
eiel„„,au,,on WEDNESDAY, the 29th day of May next, at Twelve Feeding-time , Five o'Clock.
NATIONS, The MUSIC of GERMANY commences on the 29th
tbi;;•:_, At tioon, to receive TENDERS for' a Deputation and Lease
the 5,111. 0061 „ tion7, ee Years, from Midsummer next, subject to a power of resump-
o, °fah, , NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE' ASSUR- instant, and will be continued during the week on Monday, W,ednes
day, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, ihurs-
ast lg.. ...ery,„. (mike or place of COLLECTOR and RECEIVER of the ANCE SOCIETY, day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
rthe glill lea. TOLLS and DUTIES at Whitechapel-bars, and all the Li-
of this cit from - • 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. 3IENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other Lectures and Exhibi-
aifieeilt. si tiles wtta -- y thence southward to the Custom-house, to- Capital £500,000. lions as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE
natreld the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Empowered by Act of Parliament. MICROSCOPE. 'NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S
‘,abertimthe,CitY's tolls and duties -at Bishopsgate-bars, and all the The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Instittt-
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. &c., &c.
lUD' I'4l is 4lethi - ft'Ltilis, CitY, from thence westward, to the site of the late tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par- Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. •
!. OeleCkmes. eth,. '"'V'tal, and eastward to Whitcchapel-bars, exclusive, ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
• wit
&the --,d L..._ _ h the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on skort policies-- HAMPSTEAD-ROAD—LEASEHOLD.
the's' of the City Tolls and Duties at -kldersgate-bars, and all the the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as beat to TO BE SOLD a BARGAIN, several recently
)3 en:a Of this City front thence eastward tO, the site of the late suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
•00 the sa in 11°'Oital-, including Crippiegate and Moorgate, together with As to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division well-built THIRD-RATE lOUSES, situate in the upper
r 13:11:000 eltralelt°ll3 and duties. Also a like Depntatiou and Lease of the of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that Pt art of Harwood-street,-Hampstead-road, containing, on ground floor,
y Ce. --e tais City iS and Duties at Smithfield-hars, and all the Liberties of the Sbeiety's great success and growing prosperity enabled the T)i-two excellent Parlors, communicating with folding doors, Kitchen
Other .,.., "Y hem thence
.---ser with eastward to Aldersgate-bars, exclusive, to- rectors„at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each pokey and entrance on upper floor ; three good Bed-rooms, and Servant's
complete with excellent Fixtures and Fittings throughout,
sees, the same toll's and duties. Also a like Deputation and on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-aye per cent. on the Bed-room,Fore-court,
Paved Yard, Garden, &c. Drains and Road complete ;
•00 le 11bett?r the City's Tolls and Duties at Holborn-bars, and all the =mint alreadY invested ; tur4 this bonus, aceordiug to au equitable
junasl, toGas and Water laid on. Term 61 ears from Michaelmas last ;
Adheret•isisi eitstw les of this City from thence southward to Temple-bar, and scale, spay either be paid in cash, or applied. in reduction of future
'''" to Stnithfield-bars, exclusive, together with the same tolls premiums
*ad dun ' Ground-rent to suit Purchasers from ay pepper-corn upwards.
a town_46, end Due?!•_ Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls EXAMPLES. Apply, personally, between Eleven and Five, at 32, Harwood-
-310,1)0' Thence •oeou at Temple-bar, and all the Liberties of this City, from street.
(bales. s thward to Entry'. Poll Annual Bonus Cask Prem. _
TMPORTANT TO
Igteril.,A. Puddle-dock, together with the same tolls and
No. Age. Sum. kre .
m Added. Bonus. Reduced. SETTLERS ABROAD.
ery Al— A. dem.it c _
' Made at ~ °. half-a-year's rent on each district of the tolls is to be --,------ .. X.6s. d. X s.d. X s.d. X s.d. 1... Families or Gentlemen about to settle abroad, can effect a most
to being . ole time of the meeting of tile Committee on any tender ~..„.
ordered 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 53 19 9 819 4 important saving in FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, by visiting
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GUILDHALL, APRIL 19, 1844.—The COM-
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fituip, , ITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at
IVEDNESIMX, the 29th day of May next, at Twelve,
ibiiii•r* At noon, to receive TENDERS for a Deputation and Lease
flea et Years, froM Midsummer next, subject to a power of restlmp-
:t.the °dice or place of COLLErTOIt and RECEIVER ot the
low,' 8 TOLLS and DIT'PIES at Whitechapel-bars, and all the Li-
Rai ea of this City from thence southward to the-Custom-house, to-
r With the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and
Llbertrthe City's tolls and duties at Bishopsgate-bars, and all the
hethl ?f ,this, City, from thence westward, to the site of the Iti.te
'-'-'Blat, and eatward to itecapel-bars, elusiNc,
toeei• with the same tollss and duties.W h
Alsoh a like Deputati xF on and
LiZtof the Qv Tolls and Duties at Aldersgate-bars, and all the
lienea Of this City from thence eastward to, the site of the late
the sa„_2"l°nAtal; including Cripplegate and Aloorgate, together with
'". tolls anti duties. Also a like Deputatiou and Lease of the
this 6Twith t°llS And Duties at Smithtield-bars, and all the Liberties of
ttelt„.! the
thence eastward to Aldersgate-bars, exclusive, to-
he same toil's arm duties. Also a like Deputation and
Ziree2f the City's 'Polls and Duties at Holborn-bars, and all the
aerdi:(l°U)r this
City
from thence southward to Temple-bar, and
Smithfield-bars, exclusive, together with the same tolls
thd 1),,t1,;_e3* Also a like Deputation and ease of the City's Tolls
tb,„,““,:s at Temple-bar, and all the Liberties of this City, from
kiiZs. southward to Puddle-clock, together with the same tolls and
deposit
f half
-Ade at --a-Year's rent on each district of the tolls is to be
bekg tlie time of the Meeting of the Committee on any tender
and to be forfeita on . non-performance of the eon-
4-Year's rent is to be continued to be paid in advance.
j.etruditions for letting the said tolls may be -seen at the Comp-
`l4,ll,,,r'"-011tett, Guildhall.
before Ten,..diert are to be sealed up and -delivered at the said Office.
Which 4,1,-„,:."YCluelt on the day of the Committee's meeting, alter
attend
.u, can be received ; and the party tendering must
Quntattee at One o'Clock precisely.
THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.
Git„itiT wEsTEAN RAILWAY.
.023'11, -,...-1413ap-aT,' )ikt May, 1844, the I{ArLwAr wurbe
UREA ‘-‘,• ExErErt, and the ALTERATIONS for the
Train, ~„Tit,AINS will commence. -
815 A,„- Rare Easter at
ID 15 - -•• .
11 0
3 135
p For LondOn; Cirencester, Bath, and Bristol.
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15. .41.
Mail •
5 l 5 3• Tor Bath and Bristol.
L►d the following changes will also take place 1--
t
2 45 r. 34. Goods Train from Bristol to London will leave Eris-
•••• 230
The 7 30 . •
i•• , a.st. Train from Bristol to Exeter vrill leave Bristol at
and the 7 r.x. Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 6 50.
liaeth.Suni,sttY the rai will leave
9120Bristo for Exeter at 7 a.m.,
aal. Train Twill leave Bristol at
44SiZ6e)i-
at 6ys there will be an additional Train from Paddington
da
30 P.5t., and on Sunday at 8 30 a.m.
.."e $
45 Maidenhead departure for London will be altered to
',IL from Sit-31%h.
7,,.‘"t 7 30 Maidenhead Train will leave.at 8 30 p.m. for London.
-"t Train from 6 45 pat Cirencester at 5 50 r. 34. will start for London at
74" Bina may be had, at any of the Railway Stations, on and
after saturday, the 27th April. By Order,
C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

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A.L.E-BY SHARES,
I, 4..„,._0r THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES:—
NCELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap-
Yurtenances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of
2, ,Ule Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at. • .
"t SPLENDID MANSION, and its Dependencies, situated
3 In the town of Vevay, Switzerland, valued at ..
SINE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a
"•3' abundant Spring of Mineral Water, situated on the
.anks of the Lake of Geneva •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ••• • • 3,000

Th.— Ing a Total (in 40,000 Shares of £1 each) of. ••• • • £40,000
Sale will positively take place in the town of Sion, Canton of
ths' Switterland, on the 16th of SEPTEMBER:, 1844, whatever may
bla lltunher_of Shares sold at that time. The value of the Shares
4,;Pi1l he deposited in the hands of Messrs. Rougemont, Brothers,
rxmorl,,until the transfer of the property to the new proprietors.
,ShFea, Conditions of Sale, Prospectuses, &c., &c., apply, post-
,lr• Frederick Quin, General Agent for the United h:ingdom,
Southampton-street, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, No.
Cornhill, London.

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.

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DEFERRED ANNITITIE3.
The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every 2/. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d.,
or 3491. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an Increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at anytime, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives cases of prematare death.
- ••>~ rrnoustox cAintoux.

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JOHN LUCKETT, at present, and for
lir)" twelve months past, residing at 32, Adam-street West,
Of sit,t°no-square, in the parish Of Saint Marylebone, and county
hertiww,Pex. and being a coffee-house keeper and mop maker, do
Of la," .10 notice, that I intend to present a petition to the Court
totl4o.l"PtoY Basinghall-street, London, praying to be examined
Preeeii". DV debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all
Ind or' ullon mating a full disclosure and surrender of such estate
forthi,e...ets. for payment of my just and lawful debts; and I hereby
Slum siTe notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition
heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette
Ltnand in the
4.11 g 811 n newspaper one month, at the least, after the date hereof.
Lord,
-"
ess
Y hand, this 22d day of April,in the year of our
With
184AJOIIN LUCKETT.
----__ ss! y.ll Roberts, Church-street, Trinity-square, Southwark.
GEORGE BAKER, the younger, at present,
s ftnd f6r twelve months past, residing at No. 18, Saint Alban's-
dir, -E4Prare-reacl in the parish of Paddlnton, and county of Mid. -
I,otlej. and being an'ironmonger by trade. and having had for six
Ha.rr::: Part of the above period, a place of business at ho. 6,
do h —road; in the said county. but at present eut of business,
to .ther.ebY give notice that I intend to present a petition
To Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray-
am up, be .examiited touching my debts, estato, and effects,
LO be protected from ail process, upon making a full
•20sure; and suriender of such estate and effects for payment
th,ll itist and lawlAtl debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that
fie When the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be
Advertised in the London Gazette and in the Sun Newspaper, one
tio
da nth at least after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 26th
Of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844.
GEORGE BARER, Jun.
ItitnesA, J. Todd, solicitor for the insolvent, 28, Thavies-Inn,
--....._ Holborn.

•.ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECI AL ACT of PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. I V., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq.
William Banbury, Esq. Rup-rt Ingleby, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq.. Al&
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Filcher, Esq.
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq.
M.P.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College,
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffr,son, 2, Finsbury-square.
Sttcaos—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured
have the security of the Company's inco,re of nearly £,0,050 per
annum, yearly in r:a‘ing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund in-
vested in Government and other available securitle,, of considerably
la ger amount than the'estimated liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, eiving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age.

For One Year.

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30
40
50
GO

£0 17 8
1 1 8
1 5 0
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3 2 4

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For Seven Years. I Whole Term.

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£0 19 1
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.£1 11 10
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2 14 10
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One-third of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for Lfe, or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts or as
a provision for a family. when the least present outlay is desirable,
the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be
found to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock
ED W A liD BATES, Resident Director.

A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA
PLATE.
C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL-
GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals,
has suoceedeik in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article
ever yet offered; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance
—with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in
use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is
nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted—resisting all acids—
may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for
the Table and Sideboard.

Bryo'''

MPORTANT TO SETTLERS ABROAD.
Families. or Gentlemen about to settle abroad, can effect a most
mportant saving i❑ FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, by visiting
the wholesale PA):KLIBANON IRON WORKS, 58, Baker-street,
Portman-square, where may be seen, at one view, the most extensive
stock in the Kingdom ; embracing every requisite for the drawing-
room, dining-room, kitchen, and bed-chamber, all warranted of first-
rate manufacture, and the price, for cash, affixed to each article.
TIIORPE, FALLOW'S, and Company, 58, Baker-street, Portman-
square.
The Economical Patent Thormio Stove is in daily operation.

Fiddle. Threaded. King's.
Table Spoons and Forks, per doz.. 16s. 6d. •• 365. Od. •• 355. Od.
Dessert ditto, per doz. • • • • • • 12e. 6d. • • 255. Od. • • 288. Od.
Ten. Spoons, per doz. • • • • • • ss. 6d. • . 12s. 6d. • • 13s. 64.
Sugar Tongs, each
Salt and Mustard Spoons, sash •
Communion Services, &c.
C. Wateon begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu-
liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than
his metal is from all others ; on Its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it
to be tsted, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he
is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of uni-
versal wear.
C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance,
should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had
gratis, and post fee, from the above address.
Ivory Table-knives, Ils. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, as. 6d.
per pair,

1 IGNATIUS FRANCIS COYLE, at present,
s and for eighteen months past, residing at 21, Alexander-
-5 in the parish of Saint Mary Abbott's, Kensington, in the
„—eainator Middlesex, and previously, and for ten years and upwards,
Of at 8, Miles-street, in the parish of Lambeth, and county
gtn trey, and•being in no trade, profession, or business, do hereby
riVajruPtticetc that I Intend to present a petition to the Court of
ezunind ghall-street, in the city of London, praying to be
teeted
ft"ny":"lrthgerl'lY debts, estate, and effects, and to be pro
der of such iviat Process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
ipekteitrieoh---itte and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ;
glve notice that the time when the matter of the
and the
sn shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette
hereqt; & wt.:Newspaper one month at the least after the date
"rd, 1841.—""e's ray hand this 27th day of April, in the year of our
%Pied IGICATIUS FRANCIS COYLE.
In the presence of Thos. Roberts, 17, Spring-gardens,
aring-cross, in the county of Middlesex, solicitor to the said
jilatius Francis Coyle.
I ROBERT ANDERTON JEFFERISS, at
present, and
for eighteen months past, residing at 12, East-
W
Surrey,
alworth, in the parish of St. Mary, Newington, in the county
inte'rreY, and being a butcher, do hereby give notice that I
rid to present • a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy,
Prayinn,
anid to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects,
be- protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and
debts:!ader of such estate and effects for payment of my jest and lawful
f)4,and hereby further give notice that the time when the
atter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the
the least
Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper ono month at
dam,
after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this 26th day of
P.m, in the year of our Lord, 1844.
- ROBERT ANDEBTON JEFFERISS.
--_eas, Henry R. Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street,
ewin
on, Surrey.
11/41 BONYTIION, at present, and for
3 twelve months past, residing at No. 83, Salisbury-street,
pott".sll Market, in the parish of St. Marylebone, and county of Mid-
th:; and being a furniture broker and denier, do hereby give notice
,-,74 I intend to present a petition to the CourLef B ankru ptcy,Basingb all-
andeet, London, praying, to be examined touching my debts, estate,
tlia;,euectA. and to be protected from all process upon making a fhll
ins.`o2ture and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my
ail' and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give ntice that the time
tiseeho matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be ndver-
ko' in the London Gazette and in the Morning San Newspaper one
Dmulll At the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this
daY of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844.
JOHN BO'N'YTHON.
Witness, Edward Lewis, attorney for the said John Bonython, 7,

TABLIL DESSERT. CARVIMS.
eIOZ. doz. pair.
3f-in. handsome balance handle ...• les. Od. 14s. Od. Gs. 6,1,
4-in balance kandle, largest and best
• 20.. Od. 16s. Od. Is. 6d.
made.
Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate
handles, equal to 5i1ver.......... 225. 6d. 18s. Od. Bs. 6d.
Forks half the above price.
Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three; very richly ornamenie
50s. the Set of Three.
A Five Quart London made Bronze Tea-urn 355. up to 51.
A Set of Six London made Dish Covers 18s. Gd. ; Imperial Raised
Patent, 355. 6d. the Set of Six.
WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATB.
These houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-emineut for their
Cutlery, which is always exchanged, if not approved.
Send for his Catalogue.

NEWSPAPER ADVERTJSEMENTS.
Much may we find our notice to engage,
When turning o'er the advert'sing page.
'Tis there we read of newly-published books,
And country villas, too, in pleasa t nooks,
For whattocver we may feel inclin'd,
Advertisements in plenty we may find.
But those which have the most won,
Proceed, of course, from MOSES andattention his SON.
No dry details of bus'ness here we view,
But entertainment and instruction , too.
No dull monotony—but ev'ry week,
Some change is seen, for which the public seek,
And while some novel humour we behold,
Facts of importance are at all times told.
'Tis here we're told of costumes neat and smart,
And all th' improvements of the Tailor's aft.
And here astounding prices are display'd,
Sixty per cent., at least, below the trade.
Hence thousands with an eager eye Peruse
The pleasing stanzas of the MOSES muse.
And when they've laid the public journal down,
Visit, at once the '‘ .ORY of the TOWN."
READY MADE.

X a. d,

ric SHAVING.—WONDERFUL 'DISCOVERY.
HE
EUXESIS, FOR SHAVING WITH-
OUT TILE USE OF SOAP OR WATER, with greater
kt‘7_°rl,"and in much less time than usually required. Noblemen
't urentletnen, who have skin of thin texture, and suffer from
he cansed by Soaps (though of the most emollient kind) and
fence
of the Razor, will be most agreeably surprised at the
--pt7.r,lce of these inconveniences in the use of the Euxesis ; for its
`"iar property is, to leave the face beautifully smooth and soft,
t„s2 More capable of resisting the effects of sudden transitions from
'71.1 to cold, experienced.in a variable climate, like our own. The
1;-;sis Maybe safely used at Sea, in the East or West Indies, and all
'
pr._-°lotlies, as climate will not deterioate its qualities, or time de-
'.ate its value '
61°,14 In Bottles, at Is. 6d. each, by the Inventor and Proprietor,
Perfumer, 1, Foubert's-place, Regent-street.

Tweed Taglionis
Ditto, superior quality, with silk milers cuffs, and facings.... 016 0
Cashmerette coats in a variety of shapes;handsomely trimmed 1 0 0
An immense stock of Holland and jean blouses from 0 3 6
Splendid summer vests from 0 2 6
An endless variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid
terns at.
--mted
\p
o ti 0
.

Washmg satin vests, warraL
Cloth trowsers from 0 9 0
from 0 11
Single milled does
A great variety of summer trousers... . . from 0 7 0
Dress Coats edged from 1 9 0
Frock ditto 1 4 0

sur-
;rgeol

c of
112•
Lrf

MADE TO MEASURE.
Tweed coats, trimmed with silk, made in any shape, water-
proofed .from 0 18 0
Cashmere, fine Saxony, and other light summer materials,
made in the first style of fashion from 1 5 0
Figured quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for
Cashmere vests, in recherche patterns from 0 9 6
Summer Trousers, in great variety of materials . Ol6 0
Single milled Victoria, and plain doe trousers 0 17 8
Best quality West of England 1 2 0
Dress Coats
Best manufactured 2 15 0
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices :--
lifen's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0
Istecurrsvr.— Any article purchased or ordere,l, if net approved
of, exchanged, or the money returned.
Obsers e —E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General S'areh ousemen, 154, ;Ml-
nories, and Ml, 41clgate,City, opposite the Church.
Cat-nom—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
and those wko desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send te, 154, Minories, or Sti, Aldgate,
opposite the Church.
Several Cashiers and Assistants wanted for the latter. None need
apply, except such as have been use t to the Woollen-drapery Trade.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
454, OXFORD-STREET.
TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMS'FONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
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Duchess of Kent, and the Lords et the Treasury, is universally re-
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scident to the Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED N !—NEESS RVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND
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Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand
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Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim-
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Nottingham, Aug. 29, 184
This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockscat
Foreign Snuff mil Cigar Merchant, Nottingham.
o Mr. W. Grimstone.

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• HERBARY, HIGHGATE,

SOCIETY FOR THE EMANCIPA-
TION OF INDUSTRY.

The weekly meeting of the members of this Society was
held last evening at the office, Parliament-street, for the pur-
pose of discussing the nature of the " standard of value," in
pursuance of the notice given, according to the rule of the
Society, at the last week's meeting. The attendance was
highly respectable. Mr. Spottiswoode was called to the chair.
In introducing the. business of the evening, the CHAIRMAN
took occasion to correct an 'error that had appeared in a
Morning Paper in a report of the last meeting of the Society.
It was stated that the Soeiets, intended to " agitate" in fa-
vour of the principles they supported. Their intentions
were perfectly the reverse ; the Society were no agitators, its
object being, on the contrary, to allay agitation. They saw,
uepruceetNs.ai
losfs
otgofrpetaitltoa atitsiyat ast
tteiaongnLi,t
aatni
odn
,this)yobject
do n
gt h ea Sroecoileetdyywfoars
or thought they saw, in their, present monetary system the
tstooh
w
fact of the reporter being so accustomed to hear of " agita.
tion" in other quarters,—( ar:. atth e rairb)u—t e the mistake
t hd
athethoughto t
this
the
s
Society must be agitators' also. They did not look
to agitation for the propagation of the principles which
they knew to be true ; they only asked those who were
uninformed to listen to their arguments, that they might be
convinced. The
.question for this evening was, the "stand-
ard of value." It was not generally known out of doors,
that the currency of the country consisted of two parts—
one, the money of the Government, that was to say,
that money it issued for the payment of its expenses,
and receivable back in the shapeof taxation, which was lite.
rally speaking money, but not sufficient for the wants of a
great country like this ; and the other part, the commercial
currency of the nation —4114 was the issue of notes or other
representatives of value- by ntlivata, persons upon private
credit. It was the wantssof
.aeiing-r,the .islinple distinction,
that neither one snor thh ottser,soultise,Vroperly made the
entire commercial medium of tlie country, that had led
people into great confusion and difficulty upon this question.
Some were now crying out for one bank of issue. There cer-
tainly could be but one Government ; but many seemed to
think that on that account the whole circulating medium of
the country must come from that one quarter. Others were
for the issue of notes of hand and bank Estes on private secu-
rities, These again were of a different character, and must
take their tone and measure from the money of the country.
If the Government made an issue of 11. notes, those issued
by private bankers must be of the same value ; and whether
they were for sums of one, five, or ten pounds, they must be
the same as the Government money represented. It was
supposed to be dangerous to have more than one bank of
issue, because they might have then many, or an indefinite
number of bankers, and what was called an over-issue of
notes ; but the idea was preposterous. Nobody took the
notes of a bank and threw them into the street, nor did any
banker or bank part with its notes without value, or sup-
posed value received. If a bank chose to part with its notes
to persons of doubtful credit, they were speculators, just in
the same way as others were speculators. Both might lose,
and both might deserve to lose. But an over-issue could not
possibly exist—it must cure itself in a short time. No men
parted with their property for nothing, or for that which was
of no value ; nor could anything force them to do it. Unless
the public had confidence in a bank, no one would take its
notes ; and unless a man had land, or warehouses, or pro-
duce, or property of some kind, which he wished to exchange
for something more convertible, no issue of notes to him
could take place. The cry of over-issue, then, was perfect
nonsense, and the attempt to give an equal fixed value to
the whole of the circulating medium was a great fallacy.
Where there was an immense weight of taxation, it was
equal folly to say that the money of the country should be of
the same price as if that taxation did not exist. With these
introductory observations he left the question open to discus-
sion by the meeting.
Mr. C. ENDERBY said he had some very considerable
doubts as to whether there could be any standard of value
at all. Value meant two things ; the value of one thing
could only be fixed by something else—by some peculiar
commodity, the object of doing so being to regulate prices.
The question was, did the standard of value, as fixed by law,
regulate prices ? Just the reverse ; for it confused and dis-
turbed everything. First, with regard to gold itself, the price
of gold was fixed, but if the quantity of gold in the country
was extremely small, a counteracting circumstance took
place, and the price of the commodity was depressed. Now
came the consideration of the intention that was entertained
in fixing the standard of value; surely it could not have been
intended to disturb all the transactions between man and
man, and yet that appeared to have been its operation. When
gold became extremely scarce, the Bank contracted its circu-
lation, and this acted in the first place, perhaps, on East In-
dian produce. Tea fell in price 50 per cent., then sugar fell 30
per cent., and other produce 20 per cent., and so forth ; every
thing was disturbed Now he wanted to know if thre was
any one object that could be considered a standard of value?
He never could make it out that there was one.
Mr. LAMIE MURRAY said he could easily understand the
object of the question. If they had no fixed obligation to
pay—no obligation which every year required the same
amount of money to discharge, there was no occasion to have
a reference to a standard of value. In that case every article
might be exchanged for some other article which the parties
making the exchange might desire to have. This would be
in fact a system of barter. But where they had a fixed debt
and obligation to pay, some standard must be agreed upon
in order to prevent the parties receiving it from having too
little intere.st for their money at one period and too much at
another; hence it became necessary to have a reference to a
standard of value. He believed that the true nature a a
standard of value had been very ably laid down by his friend
Mr. Taylor, whose works on this subject he had read with
great pleasure ; he thought no man could read them without
acquiring much ;instruction from them. He laid it down
that the market price of gold would be a good standard of
value. He agreed in this so far as the mere interchange of
commodities were concerned, because, as cost of pro-
duction entered into all articles, the relation of value
would be preserved between them, and except hone
the fact of an over-issue on the part of the
Government to meet extraordinary expenses, no
derangement to the incomes of all those whose incomes
were fixed could exist from purely mercantile causes. Mr.
Cowell, who had written on the currency, laid it down as a
new discovery that gold was the best standard of value be-
cause men insatiably desired to possess it. This was not
laid down as a jest or in satire, but with all the gravity of a
philosophic principle ; he considered it a discovery of quite
a new moral world.—(Hear, hear.) When he read his
pamphlet, ho naturally asked how much did this insatiable
demand of gold amount to in the year, and he found that it
a produce of about
amounted to s,ooo,oool.cife:taiwroo,trosyut
value
aitenhl artsguee as outo
com-
pared f
,000,000/. Suppose the insatiable desire
for the possession of gold only occasioned a demand for one
tmthhaeenyydhhaasdodmal)iednfecomirieaonef
jhofooyrep,ra.o_eadduyl
million out of the nine produce, what was the situation they
would be in ? They would have more gold on hand than
pared with other commodities. Those having fixed incomes
would then complain, because their incomes would not com-
mand
in fixing a standard of value,
gold was less than the demand, a great appreciation
of the standard of value would take place. What a fallacy,
then, to suppose that gold could be so insatiably desired,
productionsconsumedhd ofe ftaollioleni labouring bani
when the whole demand for it did not exceed five millions.
This was mistaking effect for cause. Every one would agree
classes
supply "o
f
they ought to fix on some-
thing that was in universal demand. And if anything could
be said to be in
universal demand, it was surely that which
entered so largely into pr
oduction, which was the " staff of
life." In whatever pointof view it might be examined,
wheat might be said to possess
all the elements of a perfect
standard of value. And here again he was much indebted
to the gentleman he had before named, who had ably laid
down the nature of the standard of value and of the measure
of value. The standard of value might be corn, while the
measure of value might be gold, because the latter had great
intrinsic value in a sinallcompass. Butit made a bad standard
of value, because the demand for it was limited. Wheat was
bulky, but there was no article that fluctuated so little in price
in a long period of years. For many years previous to the passing
of the Bank Restriction Act, from 1635 to 1795, the price of
a bushel of wheat was as nearly as possible the same as that
of an ounce of silver, and to do justice to the productive
classes, they should endeavour to form a standard of value
by making the ounce of silver and the bushel of wheat
agree. This could be done by an average taken every seven
or fourteen years. Such an arrangement as this would en-
able them to do as they were doing before 1819, and restore
that prosperity to the country which was so much required.
If that was effected, instead of finding the taxes pressing
upon them so heavily, they would not feel them, while they
would be enabled to compete with every foreign country,
and the nation would become rich by the elements it pos-
sessed within itself to make it so.
Mr. ENDERBY did not clearly understand how corn could
be made a standard of value, when it was always so fluctu-
ating in price between the end of one season and the be-
ginning of another ; and it appeared to him that this must
always be the case.
Mr. MuuaAY explained that on an average of years corn
would be found to fluctuate in price less than any other
article.
Mr. RICHARDSON said, Mr. Murray had talked of the
market price of gold. What idea did that convey to them?
By what standard or measure was that price to be taken ? It
amounted to nothing, and they were all yet completely at sea.
Mr. MunnAv said, that if the price of gold was not fixed by
Act of Parliament, it would be discovered by finding its own
level in the market.
A discussion, in the nature of a conversation, took place on
this point between Mr. Richardson, Mr. Vickers, Mr. Capps,
and Mr. Murray. In the course of it, one of the speakers said.
that the issue of 11. notes from one bank would be a curse to
the country; there was an anxiety on the part of the Bank
of England to get into this mode of leaving one bank of issue.
Mr. TAYLOR said he had taken some pains to ascertain
what had been the prices of corn for many years before the
Bank of England came into existence, and he found, adopting
the estimates given in the transactions of the Royal Society,
that for six hundred years the price of wheat had averaged
445. a quarter. The English grower had that price for his wheat
when the taxation of the country only amounted to two millions
much better then was he paid all through that period
than he was at present ?—(Hear, hear.) He defended the
principle of adopting corn as the standard of value, showing
that even-in the time of the Romans there was a relative
proportion between the metals of their currency, which re-
mained nearly the same down to the discovery of America.
But the measure of value was now provided for them by the
Government in the taxes of the people, and it bad no longer
anything to do with the old metallic money of the country.
The Government now made its paper as valuable as gold or
silver; this it had no right to say. Let it fix the value of
The Government said there shall be a maximum of value,
its paper, but it was impossible to alter that of gold or silver.
though it would not _attempt to fix a minimum of wages ;
then why fix a maximum of value, when they were every
year to raise
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threedsotiantge s something
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the price in metal, and were both satisfied, there was no rea-
sonot
why they should not buy and sell as they, chose.
when they got to such a state of things, in which the
Go-
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complained of. It was of no fault in the standard of value,
it was of ne fault in the measure of value—they could alter
that; only let them take care to discountenance every at-
tempt to trade and traffic in them to monopolise hem, and use
them to the injury of their fellow-men. If this wanot done,
they would not now have agitations going on for Ten Hour
Bills ; men did not sacrifice themselves, and wives, and chil-
dren, from indifference or selfishness, but it was from the
stern necessity of exerting themselves beyond their powers,
in consequence of this system depriving them of the
fair reward of their industry. Never had there been a coun-
try so oppressed as this had been by that from which no man
had profited. Every Government said, " Oh, the currency is
a difficult subject ;" but it was not a difficult one if it was but
attended to; it was inattention that had done the injury.
They had gold and silver as their measures at present, and
they could not extricate themselves from them. Nor was he
desirous that they should do so. But there was another kind
of money which the people had not, because they did not en-
joy it. Every endeavour to gain it was crushed by the Go-
vernment, which made every attempt, and would make
every attempt, to preserve the equality between gold and pa-
per, and if it should estabish one bank of issue, would almost
destroy every hope of the emancipation of the country from
the system. • ,
The discussion-of the details of the question of the standard
of valuewas then resumed between Mr. Capps, Mr. Enderby,
and Mr. Sparkhall, and continued for some time in a very
animated manner. One gentlenian, whose name was not
given, joined in the discussion, in order to maintain that labohr
was the only true standard of value ; gold was the worst and
the most pernicious, from its scarcity, and he wished he tad
it in its power to destroy it and convert it into iron, which
he thought would he preferable to it (thus reversing the
object for which the alchemists of old laboured so perse-
veringly—the 'conversion of all the baser metals to the
noblest one.) This Spartan aspiration did not seem to be at.
all shared in by the rest of the meeting.
Mr. L. MURRAY said, the question whether labour should
be the standard of 'ralue had been very ably discussed by
Adam Smith, and if the last speaker had said that labour,
instead of being the standard, was the origin of all value, he
should have agreed with him. But if he applied all the tests
that must be applied to a standard of value to labour, he
would find that his position was erroneous. It was far too
fluctuating in its nature to afford basis enough for such a
standard. The use of gold as a standard had, from the fluctu-
ations in the price of that article, caused great misery. It
was to alter this that the present Society was established ; to
give emancipation to industry was the object for which they
had met that night.
Mr. RODGERS, in a short address, stated his preference to
gold as the standard of value. He contended that, though it
might fluctuate as far as this country was concerned, yet that
taking the whole world, it remained unaltered.
The CHAIRMAN then stated, that the time allotted to the
discussion had expired, and having announced that the sub-
ject at the next meeting would be Bank Restrictions," the
proceedings closed.

their cause.—(Cheers.) The report having been put
into his hands, he had read it verbatim, and heartily
wishing success to the object,: he gave them free per-
mission to use his name after he had left, either as the
mover or the seconder of that document.—(Cheers.)
He
.had many reasons for coming before them on that
occasion ; but he would particularise only three. First,
he did so as a humble member of that great Christian
community ; secondly, as identified in some degree with
the dark history of the West Indian colonies, where the
missionaries-had laboured so successfully • and. thirdly,
as member of the Free Protesting Church of Scotland,
which hid been so warmly and zealously aided by the
Wesleyan- body in its struggles for Christian inde-
pendence and spiritual liberty. In each of these cha
rectors he felt called upon to manifest his interest in the
Wesleyan missions ; and they might at all times com-
mand his services, so far as they could be made use or to
further the object.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman
left the room amidst considerable applause.
The Rev. Dr. BUNTING then read the report. From
this it appeared that the receipts for the year had been
99,2801., which, with the addition of the surplus of the
income over the expenditure in tne previous year,
amounted to 99,804/. The gross expenditure had been
112,908 L, being an increase of 12,2441 as compared with
1842, leaving an actual deficiency of- 13,1041 The ex-
penditure of the.past year exceeded that of any year
during the last six years by 3,7001 The report con-
tained an urgent appeal to the friends of the Society for
increased contributions, without which, it said, lenient-
able consequences must ensue.
The report having been adopted,
Thu meeting was addressed by several other gentle.
men, when a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman
and the audience dispersed.- -

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
BRIGHTON, APRIL 30.—1 t appears that a few weeks ak.o,
in consequence of the depredations committed by persons in
Stanmer Park, in search of birds' nests, that a mau named
Carter and one or two others were set to watch for tres-
passers. Shortly afterwards a labourer named Beard, who
lived near Carter's house, was taken up for trespassing on the
park, and immediately conveyed before the Earl of Chiches-
ter.' Beard had been working for a farmer, and, in conse-
quence of his misconduct, he was discharged. This took
place about three weeks ago. Last Saturday evening Carter
went to bed soon after nine o'clock, leaving his wife up. She
was at work till twelve, when she also went to bed. She had
scarcely put out the light, when she heard the report of a
gun, and ahnost at the same time the window was struck.
Carter was asleep, but his wife soon awoke him, and they
both got up, and did not go to bed again that night. On ex-
amining the room they discovered that one of the panes of
glass had been shot through, apparently with a bullet ; and.
on a further examination, they found some brbken pieces of
marble, which had evidently been shot through And hit the
bed-post, on which was a mark. Early on Sunday morning
Carter acquainted Sergeant Phillips, of the East Sussex con-
stabulary, with these circumstances. Phillips immediately
proceeded to Beard's house, and, finding the door fastened,
he knocked for admittance. No one came, and Phillips ob-
tained an entrance by the window. On going into Beard's
bed-room he found a gun, which appeared to have been re-
cently used. It had been wiped out, and the flint was taken
out and laid on the drawers. A tobacco pipe was also dis-
covered, into which some powder had been recently poured.
Phillips having ascertained that Beard was at Kingston, pro-
ceeded thither, and apprehended him. He was conveyed to
Lewes, and on Monday was brought up before one of the
Lewes magistrates, but in the absence of some material evi-
dence, !Phillips requested that he might be remanded till
Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon, which was accordingly done.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The impression produced in the City by the
Budget has not atall corresponded with the expectation it
had previously raised, the only important deduction from it
being that it is not absolutely certain that the property-tax
will be continued after the three years. In general, the un-
willingness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to suffer any
encroachment upon his surplus by a premature remission of
taxes accords with the feeling of prudent men of business in
the City, who conduct their own affairs precisely upon the
same principle. The only subject upon which much notice
has been bestowed is the arrangement proposed to be made
with the South Sea Company. This is generally approved,
as getting rid of an anomaly in the administration of the
public debt, as well as affecting a considerable saving to the
public. This may be illustrated in the following manner :
The guarantee fund that has always accumulated amounts
to 379,4461. 10s. stock, consisting of 122,2781. Is. sd. Consols,
and 257,168/. Bs. 7d. Reduced. To make this up to the re-
quired amount of 610,464/. Is. sd. (one-sixth of the capital),
the sum of 231,017/. 11s. sd. is required, and must be pur-
chased or created. By the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
declaration, it. appears that the former course will be
adopted, and the annual saving, which is estimated at
11,5201., will be at onee effected. This sum is composed
of the expenses of management, which are set down at
, 5 900/ the salaries of directors and clerks, set down at
8,9001., and the "compensation in lieu of duties," set down at
3,720/. . The aggregate of these items is 18,520/., from which
must be deducted 7,000/., the interest on the additional stock,
and the 11,520/. is the result. We are aware that the figures
used here differ in a slight degree from those cited by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, but that is because our calcu-
lations allow for the accumulation of the- guarantee fund up
to the present time.
The convenience gained by the public by the new arrange•
ment, independently of the saving, will be the transaction of
all stock business at the Bank of England. The question
naturally arises, what will become of the present Company
when its only functions are thus annihilated? Either, it
would seem, it must cease altogether, or it must charge itself
with the performance of some new duties. The project that I
was started a little time ago, of a trust Company, with the
present Board of Directors, shows that these are willing to
continue their official existence, but the scheme seems to have
made such very little progress, that scarcely any hope is
entertained of its being carried into effect.
The premium on gold at (Paris is 13 per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 48 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 57i, it follows
that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 435 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 178. 10-id. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10i and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10,
it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. tearer in Hamburgh
than in London.
SUN.—The English Stock Market did not recover the
decline of the morning, Consols closing at 99i -I-, and
the heavy Stocks being also at nearly the lowest rates of
the day.
The Foreign Market felt the influence likewise of the
flatness of our own Funds. Spanish Five per Cents. left
off at 244 and the Three per Cents at 351 to 36.
Mexican Deferred improved to 154. 53elgian were 104,1
and Peruvian 29.
The additional tran,sactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 51 ; Eastern
Counties, 9i ; Blackwell, 9,1; Brighton, 5/ ; and Midland
Counties, Pa discount. Dublin and Casel, 2i ; Eastern
Counties, New, 6i ; Glasgow and Dumfries, ; Lancas-
ter and Carlisle, 1 ; Croydon, 41 ; South-Eastern, 3i to
I; York and North Midland, Scarborough branch, 17i;
Paris and Orleans, 18i to 171; and Paris and Rouen,
17i premium. Union Bank of London Shares were
1 premium.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver coin to Rotterdam 19,357 oz.
, Bars ditto 12,000
Gold coin to Belgium...
„ Bars to Hamburgh 960

WESLEYAN MISSIONARY
MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society was held in Exeter Hall on Monday. The
chair was taken at eleven o'clock by the Right lion. Sir
George Rose, who was surrounded on the platform by a
large number of leading ministers, and lay gentlemen,
connected with the demonstration. The attendance was
no less crowded than on former occasions of the same
kind, the Hall being completely filled.
Amongst those present were the following :—The
Right Hon. Sir George Rose, G.C.H. ; P. M. Stewart,
Esq., M.P. for Renfrewshire ; Captain Elliot, R.N. ;
the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Bombay ; the Rev. Messrs.
Hamilton and Stewart, of the Free Church of Scotland ;
the Rev. Mr. Collinson, the Rev. Mr. Reece, the Rev.
Mr. Waugh, &c. &c.
After the usual devotional service,
The CHAIRMAN said it was now about a quarter of a
century since he first felt an interest in Wesleyan mis-
sions; and that interest he had avowed, not only there,
but in print.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that a similar
feeling pervaded the minds of thousands in the Church,
of England, who felt that if they had hitherto enter-
tained captious scruples, they ought now to merge them
in one common effort for the good of mankind. Con-
sidering the fact that those who had been separated
after having been united almost uniformly became the
bitterest fees, it appeared to him a remarkable circum-
stance, and one which called for gratitude to God, that
such kindly feelings should exist between the two
bodies.—(Hear, hear.) It might be asked why it was
that Luther and the other great Reformers had said
nothing on the subject of missions. The explanation
was to be found in the fact that they had to fight for
their own existence.—(Hear.) A painful struggle was
going on in Spaia, Italy, and many ether countries of
Europe, which allowed of no time for missions to the
heathen. It was a curious fact, however, that the Wal-
denses, who would never accept the name of Roman Ca-
tholics, had emissaries in several European countries.
As regarded the Wesleyan missions, he could bear tes-
timony that in the West Indies the best effects had been
produced. Morality, peace, industry, and order, were
the constant results of those missions.--(Cheers.) In
referring, in passing, to the Factories Bill of last year,
he observed that he did not believe that measure was
dictated by any feeling of hostility towards' the Wes-
leyan body. A great national evil was found to exist,
and its promoters erroneously imagined that it
could only be removed by a great
national
remedy. In conclusion, he said that, whatever disputa s
might exist on doctrinal or other points in this country,
by looking at the Wesleyan missions Christianity
.would
btrueotChleirrishtiyana
cornlnowbond.—(Cheers.)
Christians
would seen
feel in
ittshatrtutthheayndwebreeauutnyt,teaand all
each
to
The Rev. Dr.' BUNTING said that, in consequence of
that day being appointed for the opening of the Budget
e
in the House of Commons, they had been deprived of
the presence of several Parliamentary friends who had
been expected to attend. There was one gentleman
present, however, and as he would be obliged to leave in
id
oa.1:1 hosiacf shthisey,R
a few minutes, he would suggest that they should have
beingle
e va.s obligedF
breieans to
the speech first, and the report afterwards.—(Hear.)
P.
aMkes oe.
of business
TabsE:stioAnuesTs' the
leave : it was not the Budget, but one of these
of burden, were obliged to attend—he meant
wasbraMnrcit
a Committee of the House of Commons. lie had
been determined to identify himself in some way with

MURDER AT BATTERSEA.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
Yesterday a more accurate personal description of the sup-
posed murderer was sent by route to the different stations of
the Metropolitan Police and elsewhere than that furnished on
Monday night. He is described as being 50 years of age,
5 feet 6 inches in height, dark hair, bald in the front of the
head, has a deep scar on his forehead, small square cut
whiskers, and is supposed to be dressed in a black surtout
coat,.black velvet waistcoat, with blue glass buttons, black
stock, and rather broad-trimmed bat ; he has absconded from
his lodgings, and expressed his intention of committing
suicide.
The police, in the course of their inquiries, have ascertained
that the deceased and Augusta Dalmas, the murderer's
youngest daughter, left home between seven and eight o'clock
on Monday evening; that they were met near to Battersea-
bridge by Dalmas, who accompanied them to the house of
Mrs. Dolley, No. 9, Bolton-place, Upper Church-lane, Chelsea,
Where he had obtained a situation for his daughter. The
girl states, that her father and Mrs. M'Farlane saw her to
the door, took her boxes into the passage, and they then left
her 1 This was about half-past eight o'clock. The chain of
evidence is then broken until about ten o'clock, when a woman
saw them together at the foot of the bridge on the Chelsea
side.
It having been ascertained that the prisoner had visited
Charlotte, who is the second eldest daughter, and is in the
service of Mr., Patrick; 18, Montpelier-square, Brampton,
Inspect/1m Busain and Sheppard proceeded thither yesterday
afternoon, and those officers gleaned particulars, of which
the following is a correct synopsis :—That Dalmas came to
her at a quarter past eleven o'clock—about three-quarters of
an hour after the murder took place. He was so pale, and
trembled so much, that his daughter, who received him on
the door-step, became exceedingly alarmed, and entreated
of him to tell her what was the matter. Her father, in a
loud and passionate tone, said, " I have poisoned Mrs.l'll'ar-
lane." His daughter dropped on her knees, and, embracing
her father, said, " Tell me, oh tell me what you have done?
You cannot have done that." He replied, "No I've not
poisoned her, but I've given her that which will do for her."
The daughter stated that she then caught hold of her father's
hand; it was cold, and had an open knife in it, which cut
her finger, and it bled profusely. The murderer then took his
daughter's finger with his left hand, raised his right, in which
the knife was, but giving her finger a violent wrench lie
dropped it, and darted from her. Since that time he has not
been heard of.-
The letters found at his lodgings in Monpelier-place are
very lengthy. They are certainly not the production of a
man labouring under excitement, although allusion to self-
destruction is constantly made.
The murderer is said to- have come from the south of
France. He is not only a clever operative chemist, but an
excellent linguist.
A most melancholy occurrence has happened in connec-
tion with this dreadful affair. Caroline, the eldest daughter
of the murderer, who is in service at No. 2, Halkin-place,
BelFrave-square, was yesterday morning incautiously ac-
quainted with the dreadful occurrence, and has since be-
come a maniac.
No clue has as yet been obtained as to the retreat of the
murderer.

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DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—Yesterday,
Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Ben Jonson, Palmer-street,
Spitalfields, on the body of John Hopkins, aged fifty-six
years. It appeared by the evidence that deceased was a
weaver, and for several months past bad been in the habit
of drinking ardent spirits, and had not been sober a single
day since the Ist of April last.. On Tuesday week last he
had been drinking the whole of the day, and on returning
home about twelve o'clock at night, slipped from the kerb-
stone into the kennel, in doing which he struck himself a
blow on the right eye, in which condition he was found
by a police-constable. He was thereupon conveyed to the
station-house, when Mr: Mears, a surgeon, dressed his
wounds, and on the following morning he was taken before
the magistrate at Worship-street, who fined him five shil-
lings for drunkenness. The following day he complained
much of his head, and he was again medically attended by
Mr. Mears ; but he grew worse, and on Friday last he sud-
denly expired. Mr. Mears stated that deceased had died
from effusion of the brain, accelerated by his habits- of drink-
ing and the injuries he had sustained by the fall. The jury
returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
Our Contemporaries are full of speculation as to
who will succeed Lord Ellenborough. Some have • already
appointed Sir James Graham; others have been bounteous
enough to bestow the high office on Sir Henry Pottinger.
Of the former appointment we have, as yet, no knowledge ;
but to the latter, in addition to Sir-Henry's absence from
England, there is, we would remind his patrons of the press,
another objection. It has of late years been a rule not to
appoint servants of the East India Company, either to the
supreme or to the subordinate governments of India. In the
intervals which have, as is about to happen, occurred between
the departure of one Governor-General and the arrival of
another, the senior member of Council undertakes the duties
of that great office ; but permanently the Company's servants
are not made Governors. It is to such a rule—for which
good reasons prevail—that we may attribute the exclusion
of Mr. Mountstuart Elphinstone and Sir Charles Metcalfe
from a position for which either distinguished statesmen is
so pre-eminently qualitied.—Correspondent of the Herald
JOB AND POST•MASTERS, ac., PROVIDENT FUND
SOCIETY.—The fifth anniversary of this charity was
._ce-
brated yesterday by a public dinner at the Freemasons' Ta-
vern. The Hon. P. S. I'ierrepont, one of tnhe Vice-Presidents
oss rightyn. bTyhtehr
There
of the Society in the chair, suppehr:
Earl of March, and on the left t e—Edaerl of Roslyn.
were also present the Earl of Pems broke,
Handle Colonel Knox,
M.P.;
Brice
Pearse, Esq., John Murdock,__o _y, Esq ,
Duncan, isq., Sir
Captain Knox, Sir el Harris, E
Henry Peyton, Earl of Sefton, Hon. Captain Petty, Lord
Dillon, and other distinguished patrons and friends of the
Society, 'tit a numerous company. In the course of the
evening it was announced by the chairman, that, after de-
ducting the expenses, the funds belonging to the Society
amounted to 2,2611. 6s. 6d. A large sum was afterwards sub-
scribed, and amongst the principal subscribers were the lion
Y. S. Pierre out, 261. ss. (in addition to 6001. already sub.
scribed); Earl of Pembroke, 10/. 10s.; Earl of Rosslyn
10/. 10s. ; Grey, Esq., 211. ; Colonel Knox, 101.` 10s. ,
East, Esq., 10/. 10s., &c. The evening was passed with
much hilarity, the company being equally well disposed to
enjoy themselves, and contribute to the fund for the relief of
decayed job-masters, post-masters, coach proprietors, or
horse-dealers, for whose benefit the charity is instituted.
Thre was some good singing under the direction of Mr. C.
Bruton, assisted by Messrs. F. Martin, J. Perriug, R. F.
Smith, G. Pyne, Kshton, and Giffin.
THE RAISING OF THE SHIP JOHN WOODALL.-0
Friday the ship John Woodall, Captain Williams, which le I
the docks on Thursday morning for the Cape of Good Hope
and Calcutta, with several passengers and a miscellaneous
cargo, and which was scuttled and sunk near Tilbury Fort,
on Thursday evening, in consequence of a fire having troken
out in the hold among the cargo (supposed to have been oc-
casioned by the spontaneous combustion of some soft goods).
was raised by means of strong chain lighters, and other
assistance, and towed by a steam-packet to the West India
Docks, where her cargo was being discharged on Saturday,
in a damaged state, chiefly occasioned by the water. The
extent of the damage done cannot, however, be ascertained
until the whole of the cargo is discharged.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-
Governor had aninterview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday.
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