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INVENTORS and other GENTLEMEN in the
possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART,
who intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI-
TUTION, are respectfully requested to forward them on or before
the 31st inst., in order that they may be inserted in the REVISED
CATALOGUE. All such works arc received gratuitously, and the
depositor has free admission to the Institution. Working Models are
Daily Explained, and, where the subject admits, are described in a
Lecture. R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Socrotary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNNILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,00e.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

0 12
..rL:64. NZ; 0
1.2 Premium. Berms Bonus in a 5 i 42
p added. Cash. o 0
41 g
fi; .1* •
X a. d. s. d. A s. d. A a. d. £ s. de
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
60,1000 74 3 4 1823 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4
;1839,116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all OCCASi9IB, the power to barrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting beneits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY, -
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per
annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
from the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added Sam Time Sum added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Polley.
£5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years #4OO
5000 6 years 600 • 0 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the flat Five Years, where the Insur-
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Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Mew= Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

FDWARD PRICE and CO. beg respectfully
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used by Edward Price and Co.;but the process by which the real
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granting no licenses, none of these imitation candles are at all the
same as the real ones. The chief properties of these latter are their
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their affording so large an amount of light, that they are cheaper,
taking this into account, than the commonest tallow candles, one of
them giving the light of three ordinary moulds. They may be had of
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are supplied to the trade wholesale by Edward Price and Co., Bel-
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ASHFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde-park.
SUPERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE.
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MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS beg
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CONTRACT, . .

A very eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, in a dry and healthy
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March next, containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow,
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other suitable agricultural buildings and labourers' cottages, toge-
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For further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and
Sons, Surveyors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament-street, London,
of whom cards to view the estate may be obtained.

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.THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
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THE GRUMBLING GROUSE.
A FACT FOR THE FIELD.
An assemblage of " Gioese" had a lively debate,
Concerning the deaths that had happen'd of late.
The " debate was commenced in the following strain,
By a bird who was view'd as " the prince of the plain"
" 'Tis dreadful" (said he, as he open 'd his bill),
" That sportsmen continue to worry us still ;
" But" (said he) " We are not altogether bereft,
I think we're a very good remedy left.
Let us try to revenge many ink cries done,
By an same t petition to MOSES ald SON.
No doubt if we utter some pitiful notes,
'They'll at once put a stop to the sale of their coats.
I amcertain" (said he) " that in MOSES' house,
There's a very strong feeling in favour of Grouse,'
And if selling of shooting-coats' ',rice could be stopt,
The practice of shooting would shortly be drorp'd."
" Tush ! tush !" (said the next, as he turn'd up his beak,)
" I cannot hut wonder while hearing you speak;
I expected much more from a cock of your sense,
Who boasts of such wisdom, and makes such pretence,
And 1 thought you knew more of E. MOSES and SON,
Than is think for a moment that this c old be done.
Is it likely the MOSES' will study us, so
As to end the vast sale of their' shooting-coats ?'—No."
" I think" (said a third) " that it', quite out of reason,
To suppose they would give up the sale of the season,
"These coats,' far which sportsmen in multitudes flock,
Form a principal part of their wonderful stock ;
And hence I conclude that no good cats be done,
By sending petitions to MOSES and SON."
For the convenience of parties residing from town, on application,
directions for self-measurement will be forwarded post free.
READY MADE. X s. d.
Shooting Coats in every variety
Velveteen ditto, seven pockets 0 I 0 6
Tweed Taglionts....... ........
Ditto, ditto, with silk facings, cellars, and cuffs
Cashmarette coats in every shape, handsomely trimmed 1 10 0
An Immense stock of Blouses
Summer vests
Cashmere and Persian ditto, in every variety 3s. to • 6
Black satin vests
Ditto, cloth ditto
Cloth trousers
Single milled doe
A great variety of summer ditto II 7 0
Dress Coat, ....... ..... ............
Frock ditto, di ........... •••••••••••••••••• ....... 11. ..... ••••••• 1 4 0
MADE TO MEASZTRE.
Sporting Coats in the most approved style .....«..........«....« ll 11 6
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Tweed coats, trimmed with silk 0 16 •
Cashmere, fine Saxony 1 3 0
Cashmarette, New and improved article, warranted water-
proof, trimmed with silk, collar, cuffs,
Quilting vests, 7s. each,. or three for
Cashmere vests, in choice patterns
Trousers, adapted for the season
Milled Victoria, and plain doe I 17 0
Best quality West of England 1 3 •
Super Black
Best Dress ........... ••••••••••." ...... •••"•
Dress Coat
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured 2 15 0
Frock Coat
Best manufactured 3 3 0
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutiae' notice, at the
following prices
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 0
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers . from 0 18 0
IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
of ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mi-
notice, aodB6, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church.
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oppt.site the Church.
N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
Frkiay till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
p'clotk.
Cashiep wuteci, No protium required.

DICTIONNAIRE NATIONAL;
Or, GRAND CRITICAL DICTIONARY of the

FRENCH LANGUAGE.
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TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Am. 17, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr. Sergeant
Adams to be Assistant Judge of the Court of Sessions
of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
William Lamb to the church and parish of Ednam, in,
the presbytery of Kelso and county of Roxburgh, vacant
by the transportation of the Rev. Joseph Thompson,
late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Mere-
battle.

WAR-OFFICE, Auaus T 19.

17th Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. E. Fleeming, from the
37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hobson, who exchanges,
August 20. _ _

IS4 or Grenadier, Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign
and Lieut. S. Graham to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Sir J. W. Drummond, Bart., who retires ;
B. W. Hotham, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Graham, August 20.
15th Regiment of Foot—Ensign H. B. Stuart, from
the 68th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Dering, who ex-
changes, Aug. 20.
28th Foot—Lieutenant W. J. J. Smith, from the 55th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vico Aitken, appointed to the 77th
Foot, Aug. 20._ _

37th Foot—Lieut. S. Le Hunt Robson, from the 17th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Fleeming, who
exchanges, Aug. 20.
52d Foot—Ensign W. Fuller to be Adjutant, vice
Carden, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Aug. 20.
53d Foot—Lieut. J. Walker, from the 74th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Pane, who exchanges, Aug. 20.
56th Foot—Capt. A. Cuppage, from half-pay Un-
attached, vice R. P. Ince, who exchanges; Lieut. A. W.
Ryles to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cuppage, who
retires ; Ensign C. E. Thornton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Byles; J. P. Woolcock, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Thornton, Aug. 20.
60th Foot—Captain F. Murray to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Wilford, who retires ; Lieutenant W. M.
Wood to be Captain, by purchase, vice Murray, Aug. 20;
Second Lieutenant H. L. Bruyerea to be First Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Thurlow, promoted, Aug. 19 ;
Second Lieutenant W. B. Parker to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Wood, Aug. 20 ; R. W. Aldworth,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bruyeres," Aug. 19 ; J. H. Payne, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker, Aug. 20.
63d Foot—Lieutenant G. H. Cox, from the Ist West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fowle, promoted,
20.

68th Foot—Ensign H. H. Greer to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Horner, who retires ; Ensign E. H.
Doing, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stuart,
who exchanges ; H. Morant, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Greer, Aug. 20.
69th Foot—F. W. Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Carter, appointed to the 6th Dragoon
Guards, Aug. 20.
7•tth Foot—Lieut the Hon. F. W. H. Fane, from the
53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, Vice Walker, who exchanges,
Aug. 20.

"f;t West India Regiment—J. W. Powell, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, Aug. 20.
2d West India Regiment—E. B. Tuson, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, Aug. 20.

MEMORANDUM.

The Christian names of EnsilliPage of the 49th Foot,
are Robert Hyde, not Henry, as previously stated.
The name of the Second Lieutenant, promoted in the
Rifle Brigade, on sth July, 1844, is Albert de Lautour.
The appointment of John Rochfort, Gent., to be
Ensign in the 3d Foot, on 24th May, 1844, has been
cancelled.
The Christian names of Ensign WlCenzie, of the 53d
Foot, aro John Mackay.
The date of the commission of Surgeon Charles Hugh
James, in the 39th Foot, is 18th August, 1843, and not
24th November, 1843, as previously stated.
Erratum in the Gazette of May 31.
52d Foot—For Raphael Woolman Reade, M.D., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, read Raphael Woolman Read, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon.
WAR-OFFICE, Au°. 20.
9th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon R. J. G.
Hurford, from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary
Surgeon, vice G. Johnston, who retires upon half-pay,
Aug. 20.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet F. D. Gray to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Horton, deceased ; Cornet
G. A. Forster, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be
Cornet, vice Gray, Aug. 20.
15th Light Dragoons—Sergeant •Major W. Clarkson
to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Vizard, deceased,
Aug. 20.
11th Regiment of Foot—M. S. Crooke, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bewes, promoted, Aug. 20.
17th Foot—Ensign R. P. O'Shea to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Hunter, deceased, April 20 ; En-
sign W. IL H. Ellison to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice O'Shea, whose promotion, on 2d August, has
been cancelled ; C. P. Belton, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Ellison, Aug. 20.
18th Foot—Capt. C. P. Trapand, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice J. P. Mitford, who ex-
changes ; Lieut. A. Murray to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Trapand, who retires ; Ensign G. H. Cazalet, from
the 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice blur-
ray, Aug. 20.
19th Foot—Lieut. J. Fowke, from half-pay 68th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Langley, promoted ; Ensign J.
L. R. Rooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fowke,
who retires ; W. 11. Warner, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Rooke, 20th ugust.
23d Foot—Major A. Champain, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major, vice W. Cockell, who exchanges,
receiving the difference ; Capt. H. Seymour to be Major,
by purchase, vice Champain, who retires ; Lieut. G.
Ferguson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seymour ;
Second Lieutenant P. L. Phillips to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ferguson ; L. Agassiz, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillips, Aug. 20.
41st Foot—Ensign T. C. Taylor to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice De Blaquiere, promoted in the 3d West
India Regiment ; J. W. N. B. Parry, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Taylor, Aug. 20.
44th Foot—Captain the Hon. St. George G. Foley,
from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Carter, who ex-
changes; Lieut. Sir T. Erskine, Bart., from the 71st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. L. Carey, who ex-
changes, Aug. 20.
49th Foot—F. J. Bampfylde, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Cust, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier
Regiment of Foot Guards, Aug. 20.
_ _

51st Foot—Sergeant-Major H. Sheen to be Quarter-
master, vice W. Kenny, who retires upon half-pay,
Aug. 20.
53d Foot—Captain J. C. L. Carter, from the 44th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Foley, who exchanges, Aug.2o.
62d Foot—Lieut. J. H. T. Hutchins to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Evatt, deceased ; Ensign M.
Kelly to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchins, May 11 ; A. A.,
Cross, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kelly,
April 20.

71st Foot—Lieut. J. Le Marchant Carey, from the
44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sir T. Erskine, who
exchanges, Aug. 20.
83d Foot—T. Adams, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cazalet, promoted in the 18th Foot, Aug. 20.
94th Foot—Capt. C. Cotton to be Major, without
pure. e, vice Linristly, deceased; H. G. Eitllet
ol.,4;:aptain, vice Cotton; Ensign T. 11. Stoddard to be
Lieutenant, vice Buller, June 5; Ensign J. A. Sykes to
be Lieutenant, vice Stoddard, whose promotion, on 2d
August, 1844, has been cancelled, Aug. 2; R. T. Hearn,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Edwards, deceased, Aug. 19;
J, Buchanan, clew, tp be gnsign, YAC9 Sykes, Aug. 21,

3d 'West India Regiment—Captain I. Walker, from
half•pay 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice Smales, appointed
Paymaster of Ist Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant the
Hon. J. De Blaquiere, from the 41st Foot, to be Captain
by purchase, vice Walker, who retires, August 20.
BREVET.—Major A. Champain, of the 23d Regiment
of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 23 ;
Captain I. Walker, of the 3d West India Regiment, to
be Major in the Army, July 22.
TITHE COMMISSION OFFICE, Auc. 19.
The Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales
have appointed William Wakeford Attree, Esq., Barris-
ter-at-Law, to be an Assistant Tithe Commissioner for
special purposes ; and he did, on the 19th day of this
present month, take the oath prescribed by the Act of
the 6th and 7th William the Fourth, intituled " An Act
for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales,"
before George Hill, Esq., of Brighton, in the county of
Sussex, a Mister Extraordinary in her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN BROOIL LEMAN FARRANT, agricultura
machine maker, it aidstone.

BANKRUS.
GEORGE FREDERICK GI PTLES, picture-dealer,
Bedford-street, Covent-garden, to surrender Aug. 30,
at two, and Oct. 3, at half- past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ;
Cox, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury.
THOMAS ROBERTS, linen-draper, Blackman-
street, Borough, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Oct. 1, at onc.,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee ; Sole, Aldermanbury.
ED WARD MARK GOOD, farmer, Rye-lane,
Peckham, Aug.. 30, at one, and Oct. 1, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bir-
chin-lane, Cornhill.

JOHN MANIGLIER, watch maker, Oxford-street,
Aug. 30, at half-past one, and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornhill ; Willoughby and Jaquet, Clifford's Inn.
GEORGE PURT, ale merchant, Upper Thames-
street, Aug. 29, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 8, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Basi ngh all-street ; Beanlands, Cook's-court., Carey-street.
EDWARD EDWARDS, draper, City road, Aug.
28, at half-past ten, and Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Turner and Henstnan, Basing-lane, City.
WILLIAM FULLER, currier, Cliffe, near LeweF,
Sussex, Aug. 30, at ten, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Walthew, Furnival's Inn.
WILLIAM BRITTON, linen manufacturer, Bor-
rowby, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds;
Maples and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Lon •
don ; Arrowsmith and Co., Thirsk, Yorkshire ; Payne,
Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
JAMES GREGG, blacksmith, Birmingham, Sept. 5,
at half-past eleven, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Smith, Walsall ; Collis, Birmingham.
NOTICAS OF INSOLVENCY.
H. Rice, currier, Leicester.

W..inainstall, sPQrtsen.
T Snashall, grocer, Penshurst, Kent.
S. Harris, carpenter, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire.
E. Bray, corn dealer, Solihull, Warwickshire.
T. Heskin, jun., horse dealer, Bishop's Stortford.
SECOND NOTICES.
T. J. Alger, coach painter, Bishop's Stortford, Sept. 9,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee.
R. Hartridge, high constable, Brenchley, Kent, Sept. 5,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee. _ _ _

T. Donaldson, jun., corn-dealer, Brick-lane, St. Ma-
thew, Middlesex, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
R. Brown, bootmaker, Rut Ford's-buildings, High-
street, Islington, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee.
M. A. Stanley, fruiterer, Liverpool, Sept. 11, at one,
at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee.
J. Wood, excavator, Liverpool, Sept. 11, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee.
W. M‘Grath, tailor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Sept. 11, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee.

T. C. Matthew 3. auctioneer, Bourton-on-the-Watyr,
Gloucestershire, Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Hutton, official assignee.
E. Outram, farmer, Dronfield, Derbyshire, Aug. 30,
at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.

C:Painter wheelwright,Bourton-on-the-Water, Glou-
cestershire, Painter,
at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee.
G. Whimshurst, carpenter, Chrisp-street, Poplar,
Aug.. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
E. Halinbourg, milliner, South Moulton-street, Ox-
ford-street, Aug. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee.
J. Cherriman, dentist, Wells.street, Oxford-street,
Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee.
W. Bainbridge, jun., boot maker, Fenchurch-street,
Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee.

T. N. hobby, cutler, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell,
Aug. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.

J. Sawyer, coffee•housekeeper, Stratford, Essex, Aug.
27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee._

P. Peßingham,
estate agent, Well-s!reet, Crip-
plegate, Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee.
T. Hall, butcher,
Great Ashby, Leicestershire, Sept.
3, at half.past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee.
A. Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, York-
shire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young official assignee.
T. Arundale,
Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
colliery agent, Whithirk, Yorkshire,
official assignee.

G. Rownsley, Waterman, Kingston. upon-Hull, Aug.
23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee.

H. Beasley, stonemason, Walcot, Somersetshire, Aug.
23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee.
J. Griffin, miller, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Aug.
27, at one, at the Birmingham. District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
J. J. Shotbolt, Publican, Pinchbeck,, ,Lincolushire,
Aug. 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.
G. Strawbridge, builder, Bristol, Sept. 13, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court—E. Brass, grocer,' Taunton,
Somersetshire, Sept. 19, at eleven, at 'the Exeter District
Court—W. Langmead, banker, Teignmouth, Devon-
shire, Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Exeter District Cana—
-1 Wilson, timber merchant, Bolton, Sept. 12, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
W. Dethick, lime merchant, Temple-street, White
friars, Sept. 11, at half-past eleven—P. Tansley, straw
-
plait dealer, St. John's-street, West Smithfield, Sept. 13,
at half fast eleven—11. W. Collinson, hatter, Stamford-
street, Surrey, Sept. 11, at half-past two—W. Golding,
innkeeper, Glemsford, Suffolk, Sept. 11, at half-past one
F. Wood, surgeen, Oxford, Sept. 11, at half-past
twelve—J. W. Mardall, insurance broker, New Shore-
ham,Sept. Sussex, Sept. 10, at half-past twelve—A. Portway,'
tea
ell dealer,,
Sept 11, at three—E. Tug-
well, ll,
at half-p&st two—T. W. Younghusband, bitumen
warehouseman,
Braintree,
manu-
facturer, Upper Belgrave-square, Sept. 17, at eleven—
F. Jun., druggist, Salford, Sept. 12, at eleven
—W. Schofeld, machine maker, Oldham, Sept. 12, at
twelve—B. Land, victualler, St. Alban's, Sept 10—J.
Mitchell, fellmonger, Nottingham, Sept. 10—j. Cundy,
carpenter, Ranelagh-street, Pimlico, Sept. 10—T. Beech,
grocer Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sept. 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
F. Gower and P. Johnson, mercers Alcester, War-
wickshire—J. A. Clowes and W. Sleigh, printers, Wol-
verhampton—
W. Atkinson and C. H. Jones, linen
drapers, Huddersfield—W. Crosse and P. Metge, ale
merchants, Liverpool—S. Good and H. J. Owen, sur-
geons, Madeley, Shropshire—J. Morgan and N. Dawson,
drapers, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire—J. Douglas and
W. J. Attenbrow, grocers, Oxford-street—J. Jackson
and G. Jackson, carpenters, Leicester—J. M. Hilles and
T. Tibbetts, wine merchants, Mark-lano—E. Sparkes, A.
Sparkes, P. Sparkes, and M. Sparkes, silk-mercers,
Hounsditch (so far as regards E. Sparkes)—
G. Slade and W. Slade, builders, Dorchester—E.
Ephgrave and B. Ephgrave, Jan., grocers, Ayot-
green, Hertfordshire—D. Gardener and H. Gardener,
brewers, Hollybora, Southampton—B. Crook and T.
Crook, tea-dealers, Heywood, Lancashire—W. H. Fitz-
hugh. and R. E.
, Walker, ship brokers, Liverpool—S.
and B. Isaac, curriers, St. John-street, Maine, A. Isaac,
London (so far as regards S. aiame)—T. Broadbent and
H. Broadbent, drapers, Sheffield—G. Debncy and J.
Bradley, plumbers, Red Lion. street, Whitechapel—T.
Jones and J. Woolnoug
b watchmakers, Carnarvon.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
J. HAMILTON, innkeeper, Neilston, Aug. 26 and
Sept. 17, at twelve, at Weir's Inn, paisley.

SUNDAY TRADING -- TRIPE-DEALERS.—Messrs.
Robert and Peter Haslam, tripe-dealers, Deansgate,
were summoned to appear at the Borough Court, on
Thursday last, for following their worldly calling on
tripe. Mr. John Gaskell said he
Sunday last by sellling
was of opinion that this would come within the meaning
of one of the exceptions named in the Act, tripe being
{:fr. I,f,' ~,e,, i. Tile inagisti:-'.r.',,-0.0 of ti,‘ sain.- opinion,
:,:n.i WL:iii,-tied t:lts case.----i,,,Loi? l"ree l'i e.,s.
Last week Mr. Whadley, of Stoke-upon-Tern, in
's nest
this county, took a sparrow (built in a swallow's
shell) with three young ones. Two are now alive, and are
railkwhite.—Shropshire Conservative.

THE ATTACK ON TANGEIRS.
(From the Times.)
GIBRALTAR, SUNDAY, AUG. 11.
By the last communication you would have re-
ceived the unexpected account of the attack on Tan-
giers on Tuesday, the 6th ; the '' solution" of which
step, as declared on the following day by the Prince
to the French consul here, in a letter, a copy of which
was forwarded to Admiral Owen (who is still here
with the Formidable and Caledonia), was, that the
accounts from Marshal Bugeaud, received a day or
two before, showed further aggressions on the part of
Abd-el-Kader, who was acting on the Moorish ter-
ritory in close combination with one of the Emperor's
sons (Mulai Mamou), or rather his cousin, as he is
stated in these parts to be ; while at the same time,
notwithstanding all we had been given to understand
as to matters having terminated according to the
wishes of the. French Government, the last communi-
tion from the Emperor, who is at Rabat, to the Prince,
was of a nature to preclude further hopes, as they
went to requiring the dismissal of General Bugeaud.
The Prince will, no doubt, have ere this an official
and satisfactory account of a step which at first
seemed so strange in all these parts. He stated that
he was very desirous of avoiding injury to the town,
for which humane consideration history will no doubt
give him credit. All the consular houses, with the
exception of two (American and Sardinian) suffered
damage, but not to any very serious extent. The
consular houses being the only large buildings in the
place, were naturally the most exposed to injury from
casual shots. The house of our Consul, being the
very nearest, received five shot., two only of which
did damage of importance. The French Consulate
did not escape.
Some shells and rockets were in the first instance
discharged from the steamers ; but being found to
fall short, or from some other cause, the attack was
afterwards by cannonade from the large ships and
the Belle Poule, and directed towards the batteries
only, which were stated to have been quite destroyed.
The Vesuvius, however, which has made two trips
to Tangiers since the day of attack, and had officers
on shore on the last visit, brings more certain infor-
mation, by which it appears that the damage is not
so very great as had been supposed, and that but
one gun in the main battery had been dismounted.
The Suffren, on board of which the Prince was,
having been the closest in, received the most
damage. A gentleman who had been at Cadiz with
the French squadron lately, has written to say that
that vessel received twenty-one shots ; forty had been
previously stated. The Belle Poule was said to have
been greatly injured, but the mischief to her has been
but trifling as far as can ba ascertained. From the
distance at which the squadron was obliged by cir-
cumstances to take up their anchorage, or from some
other cause, the six hours' firing was certainly fol-
lowed by results very different from what might have
been expected. The loss of lives onshore, including
wretched Jews, has not exceeded seven or eight.
We do not know with any certainty how far the
French may have lost men or officers, these matters
being always so vaguely stated. The Prince has
admitted that the Moorish garrison behaved very
well. Honour be to the gallant General (Ben-Abon
Abd-el-Melach) who behaved so well, as formerly
mentioned, in preventing the Kabyles from entering
the town and causing total destruction. The Moors
stood to their guns to the last moment. It does not
seem to have been a question of making a breach, for
the parapets are not seriously damaged at any point
in particular, and the landing of the 2,000 men " de
debarquement," stated by the Debats as being on
board, could naturally not have been ventured upon
in the face of the many thousand Kabyles close at
hand.

The whole of the squadron left Tangiers on Thurs-
day, having remained quiet on Wednesday, and
steered west. The Suffren, with the Prince on board,
not being able to weather Cape Spade], returned in
the evening to Tangiers, and the Moors were about
firing at her, but submitted to recommendations they
received, and things remained quiet until she was
towed out, and all were out of sight on Friday. Ac-
cording to accounts received at Tangiers, they did
some mischief since at the small town of Arzill, some
nine miles down the coast on the Atlantic side.

It is said that signal vengeance will be inflicted
on that coast, but especially at Mogadore ; but from
what has passed in our neighbourhood, humanity
may hope that crippling forts will be considered
enough.
At Larache and Rabat, as well as at Mogadore,
everything is unfavourable to operations by large
vessels, and the swells are so very great near Mo-
gadore, that even at this season it is not considered
safe to lie off the coast. A gentleman who has been
lately at Mogadore, says that the fortifications are not
so contemptible as imagined. They have some good
brass guns, a present from Holland some years ago.
Cidi Mohammed, the Sultan's eldest son, and whose
station is Fez when his father resides at Morocco,
was, by last authentic accounts, at Taza. He had
been ordered from Fez with a large force to the Al-
gerian frontier, for the purpose of quelling the ardour
of the Moors ; but on the receipt by the Emperor of
new aggressions, as he called them, on the part of the
French, the Sultan directed him to remain at Taza
till further orders. Mulai Sulieman, one of the
younger sons, arrived within the last two days at
Tangiers with a force.
Cid Mohammed Ben E'Drees, the Prime Minister,
is said, by a gentleman who lately saw him at Mo-
rocco and Rabat, to be a very clever man, with a
countenance highly expressive of intellect.
Yesterday a good deal of firing was heard from
Tangiers, but we found by the arrivaliof the Vesuvius
that this was occasioned by the Moors firing off their
guns, which had been loaded two or three days
before.

The authorities at Tangiers notified to the neutral
Consuls two days ago, that they might land, as there
was no longer any danger. The town was quite
tranquil yesterday morning; the only excess com-
mitted was the pillaging of the Portuguese Consul's
house, the persons left in charge having abandoned it.
The good Mrs. Hay, our Consul's lady at Tangiers,
who, by her kindness toward the poor of that town
for many years has gained the affection of the popula-
tion, returned to her house two days ago, though Mr.
Hay was absent here on urgent business, so great was
her confidence in the people.
The last arrivals from Tangiers are up to within
one hour of closing the mail here, when it was stated
that all at that place was quiet.
GIBRALTAR, AuG. 7.—Notwithstanding all our
hopes of peace in this quarter, and though a special
courier was yesterday morning dispatched, via Madrid,
to say that by letters from our Consul in Morocco,
Mr. Hay, all had been satisfactorily arranged,
we were astounded by the news received by
the Vesuvius, which arrived in the course of the
night from Tangiers, to find that the French
squadron, which took up a position early yes-
terday morning, began to fire at about half-past
eight, and continued, with occasional interruptions,
until about four. The Vesuvius, with Mr. Hay on
board, from Rabat, where the Sultan is, entered
Tangiers during the attack, at about half-past twelve,
but the firing did not cease on Mr. Hay's arrival.
Having been on board the Vesuvius this morning, the
following is the statement there :—A steamer was
sent some days ago by the Prince (as I think I
stated in my letter of the 2d, by mail steamer) with
a communication to the Sultan, to know whether he
had anything further to state to the Prince, and the
answer of the Sultan, returned early on Monday
last, was that he had not, but that, should anything
further occur to him, he would not fail to forward a
dispatch, the Sultan conceiving, no doubt, that what
had been previously forwarded, and which a gentle-
man who had been with Mr. Hay tells me amounted
to an acquiescence to all demands, on condition of no
territorial aggressions near Ouchda, had been de-
finitive.

The Moors' batteries answered the French fire

promptly, and more cleverly than could possibly
have been expected. Nothing could have been less
effective than the French fire, but few shot telling
out of the many fired—the shot usually fell short.
The Belle Poule, which drew up opposite (though
not near enough) to two small batteries on the
eastern side of the bay, made no impression, and it
is stated that she received some damage. The firing
was chiefly against the forts and batteries. One
shot is said to have struck our Consul's house, but we
are quite at a loss for other details.
We are as much at a loss for the reason of the
cessation of the fire, and for its not having com-
menced again this morning, as we are for its com-
mencement yesterday.
No report up to ten o'clock from our signal-house
as to firing this morning.
No troops landed yesterday.
(FROM A NAVAL OFFICER.)
Her Majesty's ship Warspite, Bay of Tangiers,
Aug. 7, 1844.
To the utter astonishment of every one here, yesterday
morning. it pleased his Royal highness the Prince de
Johnnie, Rear-Admiral, commanding the French naval
expedition on the coast of Morocco, to commence:hos-
tilities on the part of France by bombarding the weakly

defended and unoffending town of Tangiers. A measure
more precipitate, more unprovoked, or more inexpedient,
perhaps can scarcely be paralleled. at least in the present
age, when the various nations of Europe appear to be
swayed by a proper, a civilised temper, a becoming
spirit of forbearance, which inspires to show the moral
responsibility of rashly insisting on, much more in pro-
voking, the necessity of resorting to the violent acts of
war. Nor is this truly laudable Christian spirit con-
fined to states incapable of resisting any insult or aggres-
sion, real or imaginary, or fur want of means in main-
taining their just and honourable rights. But, on the
contrary, it influences the conduct as well as governs the
actions of the most powerful and warlike kingdoms in
their mutual intercourse.
An exception, however, has been unfortunately com-
mitted on the part of the French nation in violation of
the above stated honourable principle, as will be seen
in the instance now brought to general notice, and
which must soon be submitted to the verdict of public
opinion.
That of late there have been existing differences be-
tween France and Morocco is a matter of notoriety, and
that those differences have arisen out of circumstances
intimately connected with subjects relative to the French
occupation of the Regency of Algeria, is a matter of
equal publicity. But whether the dispute originated
upon the invasion of each other's frontiers, or whether it
involves the independent right of the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, as a sovereign in his own kingdom, upon which
France might attempt ambitious trespass—these are
questions which we have here no warranty sufficient to
express judgment.
All that now is insisted is, that the attention of all
Europe has been drawn to the possibility of a rupture
between France and Morocco. There is no sort of de-
sire, even were the means at hand, to attach upon either
Power the original pretence for quarrel—a more influen-
tial witness will depose upon that particular. All that
now is attempted in thus writing is confined to notice
the manner by which France has conducted herself in
this Mauritanian contest—that is, how France, as a
powerful and civilised nation, has behaved, and also how
the French in their naval expedition have held character
as a maritime power.
Certain it is, common rumour was rife of the chances
that there would be formal hostilities between France
and Morocco. France herself was the first to proclaim
to the world that such a contingency was likely to occur,
by arming an expedition consisting of three large ships
of the line, the Suffren, the Gemappes, and Triton ; a
first-class frigate, the Belle Poule ; and Castade, Argus,
and Volage, brigs ; in addition to which eight war
steamers accompanied, and the whole of this force was
placed under the command of an ardent and ambitious
Prince of France. The object and future destination of
this strong force were not concealed, but, on the con-
trary, were attended with full publicity, by the fact of
its hovering about the neighbourhood of Tangiers for
some weeks past.
At this juncture, Great Britain, having greatly re-
duced her naval force in the Mediterranean, and that
too widely scattered, appeared in a serious minority
when in the presence of such a force ; the Warspite, 52
guns, being the only ship at Gibraltar for a considerable
time. The Government at home soon saw the necessity
of promptly reinforcing the Mediterranean squadron by
forthwith dispatching the Caledonia, 120, and Albion,
90, which speedily arrived before Gibraltar. In the
meantime, the French were lying at Cadiz. At this
period an interval for conducting negotiations was em-
braced on the part of Great Britain, with the view to
bring about, if practicable, a pacific arrangement of
existing differences between the two great disputants,
France and the Emperor of Morocco.
The French Government, on its part, so far recog-
nised the mediation of Great Britain, as to order the
Prince de Joinville to delay proceedings of a hostile na-
ture, whilst the British Consul-General at Tangiers was
dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the Court of his
Imperial Majesty, charged with instructions for the ex-
press purpose of preventing the resort to any hostilities
of France against the Moorish territories. As this mis-
sion of Mr. Drummond Hay would necessarily occupy
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Indeed, the French expressed no manner of objection,
but, on the contrary, they at once evinced a readiness to
await the result of the British Consul's mission, at the
same time conceding what was generally thought would
have been ample time for Mr. 1). hay's return with the
final terms of the Moorish Government. This period
elapsed on the 26th of July, about which time the
French Consular Agent hauled down his flag. The
British Consul, however, had not yet made his appear-
ance ; still everything continued quiescent in the neigh-
bourhood of Tangiers.
At this time the small bay before Tangiers had as-
sumed a singularly animated and imposing appearance,-
enlivened by the presence of vessels of war under no
less than seven different national flags—British, Spanish,
Danish, Swedish, Sardinian, American, and Tunisian.
The French squadron did not show themselves till
about the Ist instant, and in the meantime Mr. Hay
was anxiously looked for in her Majesty's Yearn-vessel
Vesuvius.

Nothing material occurred until the 4th, when the
French Admiral manifested his designs by requesting
all the neutral ships to move further out in the bay, in
order to be without the range of the shore batteries and
forts, &c. Still no one apprehended that hostilities would
ensue ; and how much were all possible apprehensions
allayed, if there had been any, when early in the morn-
ing of the sth the British Commodore Lockyer, in
her Majesty's ship Albion, made the signal, ".dood
news ! peace will not be disturbed." In fact
information had been received, officially, that Mr. Hay
had happily succeeded in the objects of his mission, and
that he might be hourly expected, being on his return
in the Vesuvius. The French Prince was fully apprised
of the above intelligence, Commodore Lockyer going on
board the Suffren that very morning. In consequence
of this intelligence, in every way satisfactory and wel-
come to the British, and no less so to all the others con-
gregated here, an early dispersion of the different ships
was confidently anticipated. But, alas ! early yester-
day morning how did these pleasing dreams of peace
prove only visionary and evanescent, the sequel will show.
At daylight, on the 6th of August, an unusual stir and
activity was apparent in the French squadron, the whole
of the steam force getting up their steam, the other ships
shortening inscable, and altogether there were unequi
vocal indications of a general movement. What are the
French about to do ? Are they preparing to depart ?
This was the mos t natural and prevailing supposition.
But judge the unqualified and universal surprise to see,
shortly after 7 A.M., the steamers with the ships in tow,
and arranging them in hostile position before the town
of Tangiers, and also various other forts in the bay!
Although the Moors were at their guns, both in the
citadel and various defences, still they did not offer any
interruption to their opponents in taking up their posi-
tion for attack, which also the French did in a very
leisurely manner. Had the Moors opened fire whilst in
the above predicament, there seems but little doubt that
the guns from the batteries would have been most de-
structive upon the ships ; more particularly as the ships
lay for a considerable time in a raking position. At the
very outset, therefore, in this early stage of the proceed-
ing, the Prince was loudly censured for evincing so much
want of judgment.
However, to come at once to the business, at forty
minutes past eight A 3r., the French ships being in posi-
tion, simultaneously by signal, opened fire upon the for-
tifications of the town and other adjacent batteries, castle,
&c. The SulTren and Getnames were occupied till twn
r.si. in silencing the citadel and batteries of the town ;
and it must not be forgotten that those formidable liners
received during the latter part of the above period the
able assistance of the Belle Poule, whilst the other armed
vessels were engaging the various detached forts in other
parts of the bay. At the first onset the Moors smartly
replied to their antagonists, but did not maintain the
opposition much more than half an hour, excpting from
one gun at the castle, and another solitary gun lower
down. This latter was vigorously plied till near noon.
Although the Moors soon relinquished their guns, yet
these two guns afforded an obstinate resistance, which
caused the French to continue a protracted cannonade,
which was remarked to have been very irregular and de-
sultory, and without precision. Indeed, at the ter-
mination of the above attack, from a distant observation,.
it did not appear that either the castle or batteries gene-
rally had sustained very material dbaTtsgre. a Nefi?‘ andi
guns are disabled. The walls, from
decayed condition, are of course greatlyrl. shattered. in a
few places ; but if those very batteries, were in the
re notwithstanding,
pos-
session of skilful artillerymen,
arc,
iormidable defence
in their present state still capabtlheeof
against such opponents.
Upon the whole, it appeared
the universal impression that the Prince, with his two
liners and a frigate, had not displayed a good exhibition
in gunnery ; and in two particular instances, that occur-
red during the day,
the . impression as to the total defi-
ciency of the French the art of gunnery received most
remarkable confirmation.
The first case which shall be adduced was exhibited
by the Triton, of 82 guns. A small fort, mounting about
nine guns, standing a mile and a half from Tangiers
north-west along the coast, had by repeatedly firing an
occasional gun attracted the notice of the belligerents ;
accordingly, about noon, the said ship was ordered to
proceed to silence it, towed by a steamer. As the Triton
neared her object three or four random and distant shots
were discharged at her, and before the ship got abreast
of the fort the Moors abandoned the guns, for they
offered no resistance. The ship,however,imost undauntedly
persisted in firing five or six rounds during two hours !
The gallant crew then for half an hour took rest, after
which, as a parting salvo, they discharged at the fort
two rounds more of shot, and then magnanimously
moved off, taken again in tow by the steamer ! But
how great was the astonishment of every one to perceive,
as the smoke cleared away, such very little injury done.
The embrasures, indeed, were hardly touched, perhaps
not more than six shuts left any impression, notwith-
standing the ship lay not more than three quarters of a
mile distant !
The second instance ptesented =to observsttion,--
trating the same inefficiency with respect to gunnery,