The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-20 00:00:00

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

NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
THE WEEKLY MEETING of the. LEAGUE
will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL CO VENT-GARDEN,
Olt WHDNESDAV EVENING NEXT, May 22.
The Chair will be taken precisely at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK.
The meeting will be addressed by Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. ;
George Thompson, Esq.; and other gentlemen.
Cards or admission may be had on application at the Offices of tho
.eague, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and
.ur o'clock.
Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter
on Monday.
The cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit
,nd Galleries.
DOORS TO LIE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

(4,-1 TAR PAC ICE T S.—GILAYE SEND and.
LONDON.,
By way of the BLACKWALL RAILWAY.
EIG HITE NC E THROUGHOUT.
BOAT AND RAIL INCLUDED.
From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend,, Morning, Seven, Half-past
Nine, and Half-pest Twelve ; Afternoon, Two, Four, Six. and Seven.
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Morning, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve;
Afternoon, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Revell.
Sundays from Gravesend, Morning., Seven. and Half-iput Nino ;
Afternoon, Four, Six, and Seven.
From Blackwell, Morning, Tea and Eleven; Afternoon, Three,
Six, and Half-past Seven.
From the Old Similes Pier% above Lendon-bridge. Daily at Nine.
Star Office, Gravesend, May 17, 1844.

LONDON TO PARIS, via BOULOGNE.
THE NEW COMMERCIAL- COMPANY'S
superior packets CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD, will
run every SUNDAY, TUBSDAY, and FRIDAY, (weather permit-
ting), from London-bridge Wharf, us under :—Saloon, 15s. ; Fore-
cabin, 10s. ; Children half-price.
•
Sunday, May 19th— ..11 morning.
Tuesday „ 21st .... 1 '„
Friday „ 24th 3
Sunday „ 26th .... 6 „
Tuesday „ 28th •••• 7 „
Friday „ 31st ••.• 9
The advantages to the Public by a direct communication between
London and Boulogne are the great saving of expenses, particularly
families having luggage, &c., which Is at once put on board the vessel
(free of wharfage) and landed at its destination without being liable
to loss ordiunage from removals by trains or otherwise, and the ac-
commodation atiorded to Passengers in the above vessels, by having
private cabins for ladies, as well as excellent sleeping bertha. The
distance from port to port is frequently done within ten and seldom
exceeds twelve hours. . _

Offices, Fish-street-11111; 12, Water-lane, Lower Tbamos-street, and
Chapl!u'a Universal office, Regent-circus.

MUSIC OF FRANCE.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have eagaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th
instant, and will be continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and
EXHIBITION'S as usual. LONG BOTTOM'S PHYSTOSCOrE and
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, Ste., Sce.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Ilalt-price.

GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days-
longer), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage
of her Majesty and the Royal Family, exhibiting every Day and
Evening, previous to visiting Paris, In CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN
GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One,
half-past Two to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'Clock,
illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, &c.
This wonderful man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS,
and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. The elegant
presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen.
The General wears his Court Dress daily at Half-past Twelve.
-The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry on duo
notice.

Admission One Shilling.
The General has never appeared on the stage of the Maymarket
Theatre as has been represented.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE, SOCIETY, Arthur-street, West, London-bridge.
(Established lu 1837.)
DIRECTORS.
CrrAIRMAN —Robert Currey,
Edward Baker, Esq. Thomas Bax, Esq.
Jasper Capper, Esq. Joseph Cooper, Esq.
Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Russell Jeffrey, Esq.
Giles Itetlmayne, Esq. Williaut R. Spicer, Esq.
James Spicer, ltsq. Joseph Sterry, jun., Esq.
Henry Sterry, Esq. Robert Wilcozon, Esq.

nANiums.
Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co.
♦DVANTAGES.

A BONUS of Two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured.
LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for Assurances without
Profits.
PREMIUMS Payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly.
AtigURANCES of EVERY DESCRIPTION may be effected.
Among others, the important one, originated by this Society, of se-
curing a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any given age,
or to his family in the event of his earlier death.
A POCKET DIARY, containing detailed particulars, may be had
on application at the Office, or of the Society's Agents.
JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

MPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of
1 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the
Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia.
GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND TEENNA.
In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-lm-
bursed:—Oue of 1,000,0000., one of 300,00011., two of 150,00011., six of
25,000(1., eight of 14,00011., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining
7,970,00011. Smallest dividend 75011., largest 1,000,00011.
In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,700 fl , In lots of
230,00011., 50,00011., 15,00011., 10,00011., &c. Smallest dividend 50011.10 florins are equal to It. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's
exchange. Tho prices are--
1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0
4 do. do. de. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0
9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0
Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im-
bursable at Frankfurt, Paris, Loudon, or Now York, at the option of
the kolders

postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris,
New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschlld's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard-
street, Loudon, by latter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars,
and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share-
holder abroad
J. ♦. SCIIWABZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General.

Frankfort-oil-Maine, Aprll, 1844.
*,,* A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the
Austrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable
than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th.

IMPERIAL and ROYAL AUSTRIAN LOAN.
The DRAWING of this eminent DISTRIBUTION of
MONEY will take place on the let of JUNZ, 1844, and contains Im-
portant Premiums of 230,000, 50,000, 15,000, 10,000, 8,000, 6,000,
two of 4,000, two of 2,000, three of 1,500, five •f 1,200, five of 1,100,
five of 1,000, six of 900, ton of 800, twenty of 700, forty-three of 600,
and five hundred and ninety-three of 500 florins, Convention Money.
One florin being equal to two shillings, the smallest Premium is 501.
sterling and the highest Premium 83,0001. sterling.
Prices of Bonds:—One whole Bond, 31. sterling; one-fifth, 12 shit-
; six whole Bonds, 151. sterling,
For further particulars apply without delay to Mr. M. MAUGER,
Gazette Office, or to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, Conunereial Arcade,
Guernsey.
All applications for Bonds front England, Scotland, or Ireland, will
be punctually attended to by return of post, provided they are accom-
panied with a remittance, either in Bank notes, Bank, post bills, or
post-office orders, or by depositing the amount in the hands of Messrs.
J. L. Pickstock and Co., bankers, Clements-lane, Lombard-street,
London, who correspond with Mr. Eugene Tillot, at Guernsey.

IPETER WILLIAMS, at present and for
9 seven months past, residing at 5, Drury-lane, in the parish
of St. Giles, in the county of Middlesex, journeyman shoemaker
late residing at 13, King-street, Hammersmith, boot and shoe-
maker, for one year and upwards, do hereby give notice that I
intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy,
Basinghall-street, London, praying to be examined touching my
debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process upon
making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for
payment of my Jest and lawful debts; and I hereby further give
notice that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be
heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning
Sun Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as
witness my hand, this IGth day of May, in the year Mom* Lord, 1844.
PETER WILLIAMS.
Witness, John J. Spiller, 3S, Camomile-street, Blshopsgate, attorney
for the said Peter Williams.

IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING.
—A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of
Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON
WORKS, 58, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in-
spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in
the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver
wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental
Iron work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails,
best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays,
ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article
being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully
convince purchasers at this establishment of the great advantage re-
sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant evexy article
of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.—
THORPE, FA.LLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square.
—A liberal allowance to nierChants and captains.

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup-
planted by the introduction of a now mid 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 succeeded in bringing to public notice the moot beautiful article
over yet offered; possessing all the richness of Sliest iu appearance
—with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in
use—undergolng, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is
nauseous in mixed metals Is entirely extracted- -resisting all acids—
may he cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for
the Table and Sideboard.

Threaded. King's.
Table Spoons and Forks, per doz 16s. 6d. .. 30s. Od. 355. Od
Dessert ditto, per doz.• .•• • • • • 12s. Gd. • . 25e. Od. • • 28s. Oil
Tea Spoons, per doz. •• • •
Sugar Tongs, each ....
Salt and Mustard Spoons, each .... Gs. Od. • • 13s. Gd. •• 13s. Gd
Counnunion Services, &c.

C. Watson 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 aloneBilCo it
to be tested, and from the daily increasing culogiums lie receives, he
is convinced that nothing can provost 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, wkich may be had
gratis, and post free, from the above address.
Ivory Table-knives, lie. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d.
per pair.

DESSERT. C ANVERS.
doz. pair.
3t-in. handsome balance handle 18e. Od, 14e, Qd. Ge. 6d.
t-ln, balance handle, largest and best
made ••• • • ••• ••••••• • • • • • • 20s. Od. 165. Od. 7e. Gd.
Ditto with Watson'sWaen Albans Plate
tamales, equal to silver....
Forks half the above price.
Paper Tea-trays, Ms: the sst of Three ; very richly ornaments
50s. the Set of Three.
A Five Quart Loudon made Bronze Tea-urn 655, up to St.
A Sat 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 FOLGATE.
Mafia houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-etnineat for their
Cutlery,
'Siena for his Catalogue.
which is laweys exchanged, if not approval.

SCHWEPPE'S SODA and POTASS WATERS,
constantly used at the !loyal Palaces at Windsor and London,
as well as by the prinmpal Nobility and Gentry of the United King.
dow. and recommended by el the leading medical profession, cm,
tinue to be mannf.ctured with the utmost care by J. S. and Co.,
aided by their powerful machinery, and the valuable experience of
half a century. Every bottle haf, its due proportion of alkali, which
is rarely, if ever, the case with the inferior waters. To prevent
imposition, a red label, with their signature, is trap,
op the cork,
without which none is genuine.
SCHWEpPE'S LIQUID MAGNESIA, to supersede the use of
Magnesia in its soli form, is attaining a high reputation, and is
generally recommended by the faculty as a most valuab e anti-acid.
g
Sold by all respectable ehyinists ari4 patent medicine vendors,' in
bottles ut Is., 2s. ad. 4s. Ca. and Ifs. each. Eypry grnuiPP bottle is
distinguished by a label.-51, rimers street, London, and also at
their branch manufactories at Liverpool, Ettlitol, and Derby.

LETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The
UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS
for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, are authorised to receive
sums not exceeding 5001., to be accounted for in Bombay, in rupees
at the exchange of the day.
By order of the Directors,
W. W. SCRINIGEOUR, .angst.
Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. •

•
ei ENTLEMEN'S VELVET HATS
A... 31 • 10s. 6d. to Hls.
Those who wish to dispose of their money to the beat advantage
will save much by visiting PEIIRING'S ESTABLISHMENTS
CECIL HOUSE, if,. STRAND, and 251, REGENT-STREET, where
will be found the most extensive and varied Stock in the kingdom,

tlic prices and qualities •f which must give universal satisfaction.
Superior ?Seaver lists, 145.; better, 16s. 6d. ; the best short Map, 21s;
bat livery hat, with lace band 1 inch wide, 245. Caps of every
description, from ls. Paris Silk Hats, 6s. Gd:.toSs. 6d. •

OBSERVE THE ADDRESSES.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
1, Charlotte-row, Martalon-house, and 18, Chaucery-lane, London.

BY PILE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first
seven years' premium is required, the other half poing payable at
at the convenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to be
continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him from
effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium
applicable to an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
to retain to tkeir own use the one-half of the premiums for the
first seven years, at Si. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or-
dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay-
ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-
half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death
should occur in the first year, the sum of 5101. would be paid less the
51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year
of 51. ; for the second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the
seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either
be repaid, sr retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the
351. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. -I.lthe Company.

TO ASSURE ONE ISE DEED POUNDS ON lIALF PREM./JD( SYSTEM.
Age. . s. d. Ago. Z. a. d.
15 - - 116 1 40 - . 111 5
20 - - - OIS 0 45 - . 116 6
25---107 50 . . 2 g 9
30 - - 1 3 6 54 - 212 5
Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex-
', mote, by the Manager and Agents.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.
AGENTS.
Abingdon - - Tyrrell, Win., Merchant
Aberporth - - Roberts, C. H., Surveyor
Alresford - - - Lipsconffie, L., Solicitor
Alserystwith - - - Davis, W., Postmaster
Athy - - - - Crosse, M., Civil Engineer
Ashby do la Zouch - 8111, It., Solicitor
Bath - - - - Broadley, J., Wine Merchant
Bury St. Edmund's Salmon, W., Solicitor
Berwick - - - Nicholson, It. T., Publisher
Brentwood - - - Brown, R., Tea-dealer
Bristol - - - - Barris, C., Solicitor
Brighton - Kennett, W., Solicitor
Broseley - - - Jones, J. Manufacturer
Bishop's Castle - - Griffiths, E., Postmaster
Bremen - - - Keutgen, C., Merchant
Bruton - - - - Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor
Bridgewater - - - Deacon, F., Solicitor
Belfast - - - G. Emerson and Son, Merchants
Bamitesiee - Boyd, Win., Brewer
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oaaYt bee
s raYna tcliLdelfirobiluliraem,
ms,eSroclhicanitotsrs
Cllorerkcou
Bordeaux - - - Cutler, F., Merchant
Chelmsford - - - Williams, T. W., Auctioneer
Chichester - - - Pascoe, T., Draper
Carlisle - - - Rodgson, T. 11., Solicitor
Canterbury - - - DaVey, J., Land Agent
Cirencester - - - Box, W. 8., Solicitor
Corwen - - Roberts, John, Land Agent
Chatham - - - Whitehead, T., Accountant
Cambridge - Dian/sock, J., Printseller
Chard - - - Adney, F., Solicitor
Chcrtsey - - Xempton, J., Bookseller
Church Stretton - - Robinson, J., Agent
Clindleigh - - - Prowse, J., Draper
Carlow - - - Johnson, W., Merchant
Cape Town - - - Hart, W., jun., Merchant
Dublin - - - Pike, W. and 1., Mine Merchants
Darlington - - Taylor, W. 1., Druggist
Dorking - - - Lanham, Hy., Agent
Deal - - - Brothers, J., Chemist
Devonport - - Tucker, H., jun., Solicitor
Dorchester - - From!, .1., Chemist
Drogheda - - Hamilton, J. B. and IL, Booksellers
Donegal - - - Rankine, W., Merchant
Dawlish - - - Ryles, M., Solicitor
Dense - - Wilson, J., Draper
Enniscortity - - Davis, S., Merchant
Epsom - - - Darling, J., Bookseller
Ellesmere - - •Cooley, C. E., Land Agent
Exeter - Balle, T., Bookseller
Edinburgh - - - Yeitch, James, Attorney
Enniskillen - - - Kernaghan, T., Merchant
Emeworth - - - Stone, R., Surveyor
Gosport - - Wright, A., Grocer
Greenwich - - Fisher, T. 8., Draper
Gloucester - - - Needham, J., Bookseller
Gravesend - - - Powis, J., Harmer-street
Galway - - Costello, J., Wine-merchant
Guernsey - - Querlpel, E., jun., Solicitor
Greenock - - Erskine, 11., Merchant
Gainsborough - - Lovell, G. W., Academy
Bonito's - - - Robertson, C., Banker
Horsham - - - Elphick, G. VT., Conveyancer
Haverfordwest - - Reynolds, W., Auctioneer
Hampstead - - Paxon, F., Plumber
Holyhead - -. Roberts, R., Banker
Hastings - - - Burgess, J., Ironmonger
Havre - • - Duteil, L., Merchant
Ilindon - - Harrison, G., Postmaste
Uuddersfleld - • Battyo, T. H., Solicitor
Hull - - Hewitt, T. F., Merchant
Kitchen - - - Allen, G. L., Grocer
Halifax - - - Garlick, 11.1. P., Solicitor
Ipswich - - - Mills, W. P., Surgeon
Isle of Man - - - Ilemswortb, C. W., Douglas
Kilkenny - - - Prentice, B. M., Banker
Kidderminster - Saunders, H., Solicitor.
Kingsbridgo - - Jellard, P., Solicitor
Limerick - - - Jones, R. L., Merchant
Lewes - - Griffith, J., Appraiser
Latnpeter - - - Parry, T., Chemist
Lincoln - - - Dawber, W., Merchant
Leeds '- - - - Compton, N., Architect
Liverpool - - - Davidson, J,' and }Allston, E., Merchants
Leith - - • - CasOells, W. G., Merchant
Loughroa - - - Cowan, J., Agent
Listowol - - - O'Connor, M.' Merchant
Lostwithiel - - Kidd, 11. R., Academy
Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solicitor
Leicester - Trull, J., Surgeon
Mahlon - Dlgby, G. VT., Solicitor
Manchester - - - Langston, E., Sharebroker
Maidstone - - Bartlett, S., Silversmith
Monaghan - - - Fleming, J., Surveyor
Mullingar - - - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer
Morpeth - - - Wilkinson, S., Stationer •
Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor
Midhuret - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor
Newmarket • - - Simpson, A., Bookseller
Newtown - - Rickards, J., Draper
Norwich - - - Long, E. S.D., Solicitor
Newbury - - - Ityott, R. A., Chemist
Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokere
Newcastle Emlyis - Jones, W., Printer
Northampton - - Pywell, 11., Solicitor
Newington - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor
Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants
Newport (Monmouths.) Long, S. 111., Auctioneer
Oswestry - - - Price, W., Bookseller
Oakliampton - - Townsliend, J., Stationer
Oxford - - Whitby, F., Accountant
Pwlltell - - Pugh, Hugh, Barker
Penzance - - • Brittan, A. K., Banker
Portmadoe - - Lloyd, it., Banker
Peterstleld - - - Duplock, G., Bookseller
Plymouth - - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent
Paris - - Daly, M., Banker
Poole - - Aldridge and Crabb, Merchants
Reading - - - Hubbard, W., Accountant
Rockford - - Green, J., Surgeon
Rochdale - - - Molesworth, J., Solicitor
Sheffield - - - Mitchell, S., Accountant
St. Columb - - - Nankivell, J., Draper
St. Austle - - Andrew, J., Printer
Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant
Stroud Kearsey, W. W., Solicitor .
Shaftesbury rrlnter
Sligo - - - - Boyle, J., Misreitant
Scarborough - Merry, W., Academy
Stoarbridge - Crompton, If. M., Solieltr:
Salisbury - - Fulford, G., Draper
Sherborns - • Ticary, J., Printer
Somerton - - - Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer
Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor
Thornbury T. Ilqll3,
Agent
Tunbridge - • • Kenning and USri4ll.
Tunbridge Wells - Delves, J., House ..kgclit
Torquay - - Jacobs, A., Jeweller
Truro - - Braithwaite, F., Solicitor
Totzes - - Williams, W., Currier
Tenby - - Walkington, J., Chemist
Taunton Jeyce, J.
Chemist
Traleo - . . A.., Saliaitor
Teiguinoutk Beater, J., Collector
Thornbury - - • Harris, W. 11., agent
Woolwich - - - Cassells, W. G., Banker
Worcester - - - Holden, H., Solicitor
Welshpool - Edwards, E., Draper
Wincanton - Caines, R., Banker
Weskrham - . Palmer, C., Academy
Wigton, 1.13. Carson, W., Town Clerk
Winchester , VR.lt4filll, B. C.. Solicitor
Yarmouth - 5p11014..
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Yeovil - . Crocker, 0., IresmOuler
Tort ; 6 k Wow, 0. U., &Miter,

NIMONEY.—G RAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,170/. sterling, authorised loy his Imperial Majesty, and the
Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE NEX.I, at Vienna. Highest
I'riz4, 23,000/. ; Lowest 501. ; 700 Prizes.
Apply for Prospectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., bankers and
receivers-general, Frankfort ;• or, to save postag.,, at 26, ltouverie-
street, London, by letter only. Oilice hours from Twelve to Three.

• TO PAPER-STAINERS.
NATANTED, in the 'Country, a PAPER-
STAINER. One who thoroughly understands Ida business in
all its branches, and of strictly teMperate habits, will meet with con-
stant employment.
Letters (post paid) stating terms, &e., addressed A. 8., Post-office,
Carlisle,-Cumberland, will be attended to.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT AN-
NUL ri FUND, for the Relief of Poor, Agod, and Infirm
Pjt E EMASONS, allowing the Annttit4uts to reside where they pleate.
At the Annditl General Meeting of this Charity, held at Free-
masons' Hall, London, on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1844,
The Right Hon. the Earl of ZETLA tiD, M.W.G.M., in the chair,
Atter the general business was disputed of, the Governors and Sub-
scribers proceeded to the ELECTION of TWELVE ANNUITANTS,
and the following was the result of die Poll, viz.:—

*Slav') Maxfleld 4,644
*William Bridle • • • • 3,80
*William Ruby .......... 1,721
*John Martin • • • • • • 1,547
*John Cook .. • • • • • • 1,493
*John James 8ird........ 1,468
*James Cheetham .• • • 1,366
*William S. Swendell .. • •
,1,325
*John Morris ... 1,315
*Joseph Williamson.... 902
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EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES
IN THE MOON.
• • THE MONSTER TELESCOPE.
(From Hood's Magazine for May.)
[We feel infinite pride and gratification in bein-, able to
present the following letter exclusively to our subscriliers ; who
will thus be in possession of discoveries, which for some days,
probably some weeks, will not appear in the scientific
journals. The astronomical reader will readily recognise the
stupendous instrument referred to by our Correspondent, as

the one constructed at the expense and under the direction
of a nobleman of distinguished mechanical genius, and de-
voted to the sublime study of the stars. Its dimensions may
be estimated from the fact that it is twice as long (eighty
feet) as the famous telescope erected by Sir William Iler-
schen at Slough. The diametor of the speculum is two yards !
--Eorron.] Dublin, April 21, 1844.
My dear ****—Since my last, an event has occurred hero
of unusual interest to the scientific world, and the astrono-
mers in particular:—nothing less than the testing of the
monster telescope!—with results so extraordinary and of
such thrilling interest, that, jaded as I am with fatigue and
excitement, I cannot resist sitting down to give some ac-
count of our discoveries.

It was my good fortune, you will remember, to be present
at the casting of the great speculum, when his Lordship so
signally exhibited his skill, energy, and presence of mind :
and on Friday last. I was agreeably surprised by receiving a
courteous invitation to assist, as the }tench say, at an ex-
perimental trial of .the powers of the stupendous machine, at
last happily completed after time expenditure of so much
time, labour, and money. Finding that my friend Maclure,
the well-known author of a "Treatise on . the Differential
Calculus," had received a similar card, we hired a chaise and
proceeded together to the appointed rendezvous, his Lord-
ship's country seat. To prevent interruption, or intrusion,
the affair was a profound secret, except to the initiated—in
all about a score of persons, several of whom had-come over
expressly from England, and one or two front the Continent.
According to Maclure, there was even a Professor from the
Swedish University of Upsala.
The company being all mustered, we repaired in a body,
led by our noble host, to the grounds, where we found the
telescope, erected pro tenzpore on a gentle eminence in the
park; the abundant brass work glittering brightly in the
moonbeams, and the huge frame, throwing a complicated
skeleton-like shadow across the smooth grass. Seen against
the dark blue sky by the dubious lunar light, its dimensions
seemed even greater than they really were. Altogether it
looked more like some gigantic engine of war—a " hollow
tube" of that artillery described by Milton as pointed by the
rebellious angels against the host of Heaven, than a machine
intended to aid in the peaceful achievements of science—a
quiet victory over space.
Some minutes were spent in walking round the telescope,
watching-its singular appearance in different aspects, and
then in testing and admiring the simplicity of its construc-
tion and the facility of the movements. ihe workmanship
was perfect. Not a screw was loose ; not a hinge was stiff;
every joint and pivot moved as easily and as silently as
those of the human frame. So delicate was the adjustment;
so nice the poise. A child could have turned the enormous
tube, at will, in any direction. No vibration, no oscillation
None but the operatives of our country and our own times
could have produced such a result. It. was verily the triumph
of modern mechanic art I

At last, we all congregated in a group round the inferior
end of .the machine. The huge brass cap over the larger
disc had been removed : the covering of the smaller lens was
now withdrawn, and the tube stood ready to disclose its
wondrous visions to the human eye. Expectation was on
tiptoe—curiosity wound up to the highest pitch—anxiety on
the rack—but nobody stirred or spoke. There was a dead,
solemn pause of wonder, and I might say awe, for who
knew what sublime revelations might be in store for us !
sights invisible to the mortal organ since the creation of
the world! What perplexing problems were perhaps about
to be solved! What long-cherished theories confirmed or
overturned for ever!

In the meantime the glass was carefully levelled at one
" bright particular star," and through the intense silence
came an emphatic whisper distinctly audible to us all.
"Now, them, gentlemen, for the first look through the
virgin instrument." This honour was assigned to a person-
age who stood beside me :—the Astronomer Royal, probably,
or Sir John.llerschel ; but my old infirmity prevented me
from catching the name, and I am acquainted, personally,
with very few of our scavans. Possibly you- will recognise
him froth my description—a large square-built man, very
bald, with a bland countenance, and a peculiar hitch in his
speech. Ile trembled visibly as he applied his eye to the
glass, and to judge by myself we all quivered more or less
with the same nervous excitement- By a stop-watch, his
gaze would perhaps have occupied some forty or fifty
seconds : but to my feeling, and doubtless to that of the rest
of the company, the long, long look endured for several
minutes. Nevertheless, nobody hurried to take his place
when he turned away from the glass : every eye was in-
tently riveted on his face as if to guess by its expression
the nature and amount of his emotions. But to all our
glances and inquiries he only answered by the exclamation
—"Look ! look ;" with a gesture of his arm towards the

telescope.
The noble proprietor was now urged to take the turn ; and
after a very hasty peep, resigned his place to a foreigner,
whom I should have guessed to be Mons. Arago, who cer-
tainly ought to have been there, if he had borne the .least
resemblance to tke portraits of that distinguished philosopher.
But he wanted the commanding figure, as well as the marked
features, of the French astronomer. llowever, he wore the
star of some foreign order on his bosom • and another of his
attributes was a prodigious gold snuff-box, from which he
drew and inhaled an intolerably long-drawn pinch before he
settled to the glass. Like his Lordship, his politeness did not
allow him to engross the sight for more than a few seconds ;
but they sufficed to convince him, that the spectacle was
" superbe ! magnifique !" as he continued to ejaculate between
each prise from his tabati?re.
We now stood rather less ceremoniously on the order of
our peeping. One after another hurried eagerly to the glass,
curiosity sometimes taking precedence of good breeding; but
the expressive faces of those of us who had looked, their
excited gestures and vehement expressions of surprise and
admiration, had worked impatience into a fever. These rap-
tures, however, owed a portion of their intensity to some gra-
tification vouchsafed only to the scientific : for, when my
own turn came, my first feeling was one of disappointment.
The two brilliant stars that I beheld, magnified almost into
moons, were indeed beautiful objects—their discs sharply de-
fined, and without any prismatic halo, or diffused light from
scratches on the speculum,—defects which had been appre-
hended as 'likely to occur with lenses and a mirror of such
enormous size. But that was all. I was not aware till after-
wards of the true value of the phenomenon—that up to the
hour, those twin orbs had been supposed to be one.
The company having warmly congratulated the noble pro-
prietor do the signal success of his enterprise, the Gigantic
Telescope was turned towards another quarter of the heavens,
by this time studded with stars. The Frenchman now took
the lead : and whatever he saw, the spectacle was too much
for his equanimity. He hastily seized on his nearest neigh-
bour, whom, with a " Mon Dieu :" he literally dragged to the
glass—still exhorting every one about him to regarder, as it'
they could all have looked simultaneously through the tube.
His successor was also a foreigner, possibly the Swedish Pro-
fessor, for he had the same cast of face, with the long light
hair flowing over his shoulders, as our old friend Jorgenson of
Stockholm. He was also strongly excited, as was a very
venerable white-haired gentleman, who followed him in turn ;
the last indeed, by the glistening of his eves, was even in
tears. And really there was cause for such strong emotion,
considering the singular beauty of the spectacle, and the
interesting nature of the discovery which I shall endeavour
to describe.

In common with many others, I have often wondered at the
the resemblance between the constellations and the objects

after which they are named. With trifling exceptions, they
suggest no figures at all, certainly not the monsters, real or
fabulous, that sprawl on our celestial maps. For example, it
would require a very courtier's imagination to detect in the
stars of Taurus any similarity to a bull, or in Cetus anything
" very like a whale." As to the Bear, he much more re-
sembles his vulgar alias, the Plough. But we did injustice to
the Chaldean seers, and the patriarchal shepherds, or who-
ever recognised the ancient signs in heaven, and bestowed on
them their names. In the course of ages, many of the stars
belonging to the Constellations have receded, and disap-
peared, like the remarkable one missed from its place by
Hipparchus of Rhodes, about 160 years before the Christian
era. These lost stars, till now invisible NI modern eyes, were
however plainly discernible through the ➢lonster Telescope ;
and it was obvious, that when they occupied their original
places, the Constellations to which they belonged must have
presented a striking, not to say startling, resemblance to the
figures with which they were associated. For instance, Leo,
which was as well defined in its outline,by. its stars, as our
Royal Crowns, &e., in illumination lamps!

The excitement produced by this brilliant discovery it
would be difficult to describe. One little brisk personage ac-
tually capered with delight •, while the Frenchman threw
himself, after the national fashion, upon his Lordship, whom
he overwhelmed with his embraces and his voluble felicita-
tions. Another, a tall, large man, walking rapidly to and fro,
rubbing his hands vehemently, and muttering to himself,
"It beats the solar eclipse at Pisa!"* In the meantime some
of the more composed of the party took occasional peeps
through the telescope, and from their successive reports, be-
held not only double, triple, and quadruple stars of various
colours—blue, red, green, and purple, but absolute swarms of
comets ; not less than sixty-four being counted within the
same field of view—some with a single tail, others with two,
and one projecting from its nucleus three distinct trains of
light, diverging from each other at angles of about twenty
degrees !
Judge of our state of enthusiasm and rapture at these
thronging novelties Every body seemed more or less in a
state of delirium For my own part, I can only compare
my feelng to the exaltation which I once experienced after
inhaling the laughing gas. I seemed literally lifted
Above the earth
And possessed joys not promised at my birth.
Nothing but the dread of alarming the neighbourhood, and
attracting a concourse of the peasantry, prevented our join-
ing in a general shout.
As yet nobody had positively mentioned the Moon ; but
sundry glances at the planet had shown that she was not ab-
sent from our thoughts. These significant looks now became
more frequent ; and her name even began to be uttered
amongst us, in spite of a previous understanding that she
was' to be left to the last, by way of a bonne boucite . But
the wonders we had already
seen bad excited our appetite
for the marvellous to a ravenous pitch; and of all the celes-
tial bodies'the moon, the nearest to the earth—our own satel-
lite with her map-like face—her dark and bright spots—her
prodigious mountains, valleys, and active volcanoes, has ever
been a subject of supreme interest in human speculation.
These conjectural fancies the Monster Telescope, with its im-
mense powers, now promised to set at rest, together with the
romantic theory of Fontenelle, of a plurality of worlds, each
inhabited like our own.
first Inspired by these hopes, and eager to realise Ithem, there
sprang up among us a sort of agitation, carried on by mur-
mursebui. alluded or the
wat litlhkey \r‘srtay.The venerable
togentleman look, and after
a while actually staggered away frofq the glass with an
and gestures which finally led to the investigation of
the Moon, in preference to Jupiter and his satellites, Saturn
and his ring,
alreadyediCy
ejaculation, whigh, though natural under the circumstances,
would seem profane if deliberately committed to paper.
• rrQbably Mr. Dailey, the astronomer.—ED.

However, it sufficed, with his look of concern, if not horror,
to drive US from our propriety. There was a general rush
towards the glass, each individual who succeeded in turn,
havia,, to endure the entreaties, remonstrances, and even re-
proaches, from the more impatient of the throng. In this
unsatisfactory way I obtained a hurried glimpse ; but it
served to show me such a scene of desolation as I had never
contemplated even in a dream. Wide dreary wastes of white
sand, bounded by barren rocks, enclosin., gloomy valleys
dark as that of the Shadow of Death ! 'Vegetation there
was none ; but one immense shady tract proved to be a vast
forest—literally a Black Forest—of charred trees. In its
shape I seemed to recognise one of those dark patches on
the surface of the full moon,* which are visible to the naked
eye. Dismal as these features were, there were others of
quite as melancholy a character. Thus the bright spot named
after Kepler by the astronomers, was made out by the
Swedish professor to be a great conical hill of bones bleached
to a dazzling whiteness. To what class ot animals they be-
longed it was impossible to determine ; but none of them
resembled the bones of the human spz.cies. •
Ffoill these indications we at first entertained sanguine
hopes of seeing some living creatures; but not the least sign
or stir of life could be detected in any part of the planet.
But the most astounding discovery was yet to come.
Amongst the dark patches on the face of the moon, dis-
cernible by the naked eye, is a remarkable one, supposed
to be .a valley or cavity, which has been estimated by some
astronomers as fifty miles broad, and nearly three miles in
depth. It is called after Tycho Brahe,. I believe, by the
learned. In the midst of this huge hollow, there appears a
bright spot, formerly the object of much speculation and
controversy, but now ascertained, by the extraordinary
powers of the new telescope, to be the skeleton of a. gigantic
aninud—of dimensions so enormous as to surpass the mam-
moth or mastodon as much as they exceed in size our ordinary
oxen !

The skeleton was lying on its side ; and most of the bones
retaining their places, afforded a very good notion of its
figure. According to the Frenchman, who professed to have
studied osteology under Cuvier, the structure was very pecu-
liar, and unlike that of any known terrestrial animal, living
or fossil. From the valley where it lay, there ran a long
narrow• ravine, which you may trace by referring to a map
of the moon. It was strewed with detached bones, and was
doubtless the passage by which the monster issued and re-
turned from his foragings. •
The total absence of life, and the conical mound of bleached
bones, were now accounted for; the monster, after ravaging
all around, had at last perished by famine ; but there is some-
thing bewildering in the idea of a creature of such magni-
tude inhabiting a planet not so large by two-thirds as our
own.
To give you any idea of the effect produced on us by so
unexpected, and, I may say, so appalling a spectacle, is im-
possible. It was absolutely stunning. We -Stood and looked
silently in each other's faces like men suddenly awakened
from a sound sleep. Could it be real? 'Was it not all a
dream? And that, then, was the Moon, the favourite haunt
of romantic and poetical love fancies—one of the retreats of
.the fairies! Well might the Frenchman shrug his shoulders
and exclaim that it was " triste—rraiment afiligeante !" Nor
did it much surprise me to see the old white-haired gentle-
man, sitting on the grass, weeping like a child. In reality
there was something depressing and shocking in the horrible
desolation we had witnessed; yet withal so strangely fasci-
nating,' that we returned to it again and again. but we
made no new discovery; except of the crater of an extinct
volcano, in the vicinity of the charred forest already de-
scribed. _ _

At this point the party broke up, and Madura and myself
took leave. But there are mysterious whisperings afloat of
subsequent explorations by a ". select few;" and in par-
ticular of some supposed ethereal or angelic beings discovered
in Vesta. Their shape, it is said, cannot be distinguished ;
nor are they visible whilst within the disc of the planet,
which is a very bright one; but when beyond its edge they
are discernible, against the dark sky, hovering about with a
soft greenish light, like that of the tire flies one sees on the
banks of the Rhine. As soon as I can obtain any authentic
particulars you shall hear from me again. In the meantime,
adieu.—Yours 'ever,
CHARLES MAITLAND• KILGOUR.
I omitted to mention that, observing how everybody,
rubbed their eyes after looking through the telescope, I de-
termined to watch my own sensations, and detected a slight
drawing or shooting pain in the organ ;, of course. from the
immense power of the lenses overstraining the optic nerves.
I have just learned that several of the party are suffering
from the same cause: one of them with a temporary blind-
ness .of the right eye.
* Perhaps the one called Cleomedes.—ED.

[We have extracted the above from Hood's excellent Ma-
gazine, but we entertain grave doubts of its authenticity
It is a very bonnie subject for a Commission of Lunacy.—ED.
Sun.) •

THE WILL FORGERS.
CONFESSION OF MRS. DOREY.

On the first indictment against the prisoners Barber
and Fletcher, the confession of Mrs. Dorey was put
in evidence, but upon objection being taken by the
counsel for the prisoners, only that portion of it was
read which applied to the case of Stewart. We are
now enabled to lay before our readers the remainder
of this extraordinary statement, in which Mrs.
Dorey details all the particulars connected with these
enormous frauds, but it is thought better that certain
names mentioned should be omitted, as inquires are
still going on, and their publication might tend to
defeat the ends of justice. After detailing the parti-
culars connected with the Stewart case, Mrs. Dorey
Froceeds as follows :—" About this time I went with
letcher and his wife to the Bank of England.
Fletcher went there to see his friend, and while we
were in the Rotunda Mr. Chritmas passed us, and
stopped to speak to Fletcher a moment. Fletcher
left us to go and have some conversation with him,
and after Fletcher returned to us, he said that
Mr. Christmas and himself avoided as much as
possible being seen conversing together. I asked
him why. He replied, he did not wish persons em-
ployed in the Bank of England to know from whom
he got information. Soon after this Fletcher said,
from the information he had received from his friend
he thought he could do some good for me, provided I
would do as he instructed me. After some conversa-
tion with him, I said I would do so. Soon after this

I was living in Dean-street. He brought to me a
will of Eliza Burchard, of Westminster, and several
other places, written by himself, and wished me to
copy it. I did so. There was only one name written
on it. He told me to disguise my hand, and write
closer than usual, or I should not have room. He
brought some ink of a peculiar description, in a small
phial, to write it with, and also a strip of paper, with
the name Eliza Burchard written upon it. Fletcher
said he had received it that same morning from his
friend in the Bank of England, and that he (the clerk)
had copied it from the original handwriting of the de-
ceased in the bank books, and to which it bore as
close a resemblance as possible. After I had copied
the will, Fletcher, in my presence, made a fec
simile of the same handwriting as that sent to him
on the slip of paper by the Bank clerk, at the foot of
the will, observing it was what he should do
to the will that would render it useful, and not what I
had done. In thinking deeply on the past occurrences
since I related them to my solicitor, I perfectly recol-
lect that Fletcher made an impression on the will,
with, I think, red wax, and probably with my seal, at
the same time he wrote the names of Eliza Burchard,
and William Saunders. He took it away with him
and would not stop to dine with me, because he
wished to be in time to show it to Barber the same
day. I expostulated with Fletcher for writing the
name of William Saunders, that being the name of
my brother-in-law. He assured me nothing could
ever come of it, and said he intended to see William
Saunders and talk to him, for he was quite sure that
he could do better for him than ever he would be able
to do in his own business. Fletcher said I must take
a lodging, and told me what I should say to the land-
lady in case she required a reference. I was to say
my name was Eliza Burchard, and that I had come
from the country to stay a short time in London, and
that if she pleased I would pay her rent in advance.
I was also to say that as I had friends liv:
ing a short distance out of town, perhaps
tI
should not sleep often at the lodging, but if any le -
ters were brought she was to be particular in taking
care of them. I accordingly took a lodging in Great
oerle inavaekeit ni
toe
Russell•street, Bloomsbury, consisting of one back
room on the first floor, for which I paid eight or ten
shillings per week. I only slept there one night. I
klod in therefore I
do not think the person I took it from would be able
to identify me. It was Fletcher's wish that I should
rwesoeunitdlher was hereafter disguise myself. He said he had a particular reason
for my
acquainted
with;
was disguised when I too the g
r a
did hit
him. He bought me a pair of spectacles, and desired
which
con-
ceal my face as much as possible, and to represent an
old medirected.
Some
few days after I had taken the lodging
ng,
for hie
thhe he I
went to Flet-
cher's house, in Southampton-place. My mother was at
this time alarmingly ill. I was in a dreadful fright about
fulfilling the promise I had made to him, and I was very
to
maidw
inar all front,things with wear
as curls,he so as to
uneasy in consequence of having to disguise myself. On
expressing my alarm to Fletcher, and my anxiety
to do nothing more in the matter, he assured me all
was right; that he had heard from his friend in the
Bank. He showed me a note he had received from
him, on which there was a good deal of figuring. I
saw the name of Xmas' written on the foot of
the note. Fletcher also showed me an unclaimed

dividend book, in which several names were written
against in the margin; he said his friend in the Bank
had marked them as dead' cases. I asked him
what that meant. He replied, ' They are dead in
law, and arethe cases we seek (here he mentioned the
names of-. - and who he said transacted
business at the Bank in the same way he did.' Fletcher
said there was no law to prevent individuals having
the money if they knew how to proceed to get it ;
and that if any obstacle was thrown in his way I
should see that he would immediately carry it into the