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ROSHERVILLE GARDENS.—These novel
and interesting Grounds (which now present all their attrac-
tions) far surpass in brilliancy of effect any other in the United King-
dom. Their beauties are daily appreciated by hosts of fashionable
visitors, who here enjoy all the delights of retirement with the com-
bined advantage of the amusements or Archery, Rifle Shooting, and
the Maze, which of itself forms a fund of great amusement. As usual,
a grand Fte and Gala, Mondays and Wednesdays, accompanied by a
splendid display of Fireworks. Baron Nathan, M.C. The steam-
boats are both cheap and expeditions, calling at the Rosherville Pier
every half hour. Admission to the Gardens, Gd. each.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26; CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,006.
Empoivered 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.
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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 OCCaSidIIA, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(sue table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
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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 Polieies of the Participating Class
from the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 21,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Polley.
£5OOO 6 yrs. 10 'nth'. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO
5000 6 years 600 I 0 5000 2 years 200
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only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur-
ance is for Life.
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Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

4FDWARD PRICE and CO. beg respectfully
to request that all parties wishing to purchase their COMPO-
SITE CANDLES will ask in the shops simply for " Price's Patent
Candles." Since these have attracted public attention, many Imita-
tors have made candles, and called them by the name " Composite,"
used by Edward Price anti Co. ; but the process by which the real
Composite Candles are made, being a patent one ; and E. P. and Co.
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
burning, without snuffing, more brilliantly than the best wax, and
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
most of the respectable tallow-chandlers throughout thikingdom, and
are supplied to the trade wholesale by Edward Price and Co., Bel-
mont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell.

ASHFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Mlles from Hyde.park.
SUPERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE.
FREE, and LAND-TAX REDEEMED.
MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS beg
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CONTRACT,
A very eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, in a.dry and healthy
situation, and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles irore
Staines, and seven miles from Windsor, comprising a neat, gentle-
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house, fish.pond, double coach.house, and six-stalled stable, and
every convenience for the comfortable residence of a family. The
house contains a drawing.room and a dining-room, of good dimen.
lions, library, nine spacious and cheerful bed-rooms, housekeeper's
roo.ns, entrance-hall, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring.
Also, an excellent FARM, let on lease, which expires With
March next, containing 9.2 S Acres of productive arable, meadow,
and pasture land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and
other suitable agricultural buildings and labourers' cottages, toge-
ther with several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens.
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.

REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON.
Just published, price 2s. 641, and free by post (in a sealed envelope)
Price 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
benefit] effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifications.
By R. and L. PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Renters.
street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho ,• Noble, 109, Chancery-lane, Crocker, I,
Milford-lane, Strand; Ward, Strand (opposite Exeter-hall) ; Wil-
son, 35g, Oxford-street (two doors from Argyle.street); Phillips,
264, Oxford.street ; J. Gordon, 145, Leadenhall-street, London;
Guest, 51, Bull-street, Birmingham; and by all Booksellers in
Town and Country.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRI ACUM is exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuissance, &e.
Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms Inboth sexes, price 2s. 9cl.
4s. 6d., and lls. per box.
Consultation fee, if by letter, U. A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary, Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, frim
Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Tea till
Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure

THE GRUMBLING GROUSE. 1
A FACT FOR THE FIELD..
An assemblage of " Gloose" 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've a very good remedy left.
Let us try to revenge many injuries done,
By an carne t petition to MOSES and SON.
No doubt if we utter some pitiful notes,
They'll at once put a stop to the sale of their coats.
I am certain" (said he) " that in MOSES' house,
There's a very strong feeling in favour of ' tirouse,•
And if selling of . shooting-coats' once could be stopt,
The practice of shooting would shortly be dropp'd."
"'Foils ! tush !" (said the next, as he turn'd up his beak,)
" I cannot but 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 to think for a moment that this c mid be done.
Is it likely the MOSES' will study us, so
As to end the vast sale of their ' shooting-coats 1"—No."
" 1 think" (said a third) "that it's quite out of reason,
To suppose they would give up the sale of the season,
"These ' coats,' for which sportsmen in multitudes flock,
Form a principal part of their wonderful stock ;
And hence I conclude that no good can be done,
By send:rig petitions to MOSE:. and SON."
For the convenience of parties residing from town, on application,
directions for self-measurement will be forwarded post free.
READY MADE. £ s. d.
Shooting Coats in every variety.......
Velveteen ditto, seven pockets
Tweed Taglionts ..... .......... ..
Ditto, ditto, with silk facings, cellars, and cuffs
Cashmarette coats in every shape, handsomely trimmed .... 110 0
An immense stock of Blouses ...... ......
Summer vests
Cashmere and Persian ditto, in every variety 3s. to 8 6
Black satin vests .
Ditto, cloth ditto
Cloth trousers
Single milled dee
A great variety of summer ditto
Dress Coat, edged: 1 II I
Frock ditto, ditto 3.... ....... - ........ ....... 1 6 0

MADE TO MEASURE.
korting Coats in the most approved style • 11 6
Velveteen ditto, ditto, seven pockets 1 3 0
Tweed coats, trimmed with silk 0 16 0
Cashmere, fine Saxony 1 3 0
Cashmarette, New and improved article, warranted water-
proof, trimmed with silk, collar, cuffs, &c....
Quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for
Cashmere vests, in choice patterns
Trousers, adapted for the season
Milled Victoria, and plain doe
Best quality West of England 1 3 0
Super B 1 ac ••.• •
Best Dress
Dress Coat
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured...". ......... •
Frock Coat
Best manufactured 3 3 0
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' 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
IMPORT ANT.— Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
of ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Obsery e—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mi-
Dories. and 86, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church.
Catrrion.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard th `public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlik
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
bas oeen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
opsite the Church.
G.B.N No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
Frlziar till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock.
Cashiers wanted. No premium rcquired.

SHEFFIELD PLATE.

MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and
Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs.
Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at considerably
reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS,
which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield
houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising
Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee
and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article useful and orna-
mental. NO common Birmingham ware kept.
A large Stock of Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other
articles, at 'prices well worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as
Residents of London.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Auc. 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, Am. 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 More-
battle.

at two, and Oct. 3, at half- past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ;
Cox, Sise-lane, Buerdetshury.
TIION.IAS ROBERTS, linen-draper, Blackman-
street, Borough, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Oct. 1, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee ; Sole, Aldermai.bury.
EDWARD MARE 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, Cornbill.

JOHN MANIOLIER, 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 PUR'r, ale merchant, Upper Thames-
street, Aug. 29, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 8, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Basingh a 11 -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 llensman, Basing-lane, City.
WILLIAM FULLER, currier, Cliffe, near Lewes,
Sussex, Aug. 30, at ten, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Walthew, Furuival's Inn.
WILLIAM BRITTON, linen manufacturer, Bor-
rowhy, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, and 00. 4, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Freerrifttil-official assignee, Leeds;
Maples and CA,„ Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Lon •
don ; Arrowstmth and Co., Thirsk, Yorkshire ; Payne,
Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.

JAMES GREGG, blacksmith, Birmingham, Sept. 5,
at half-past cloven, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Smith, Walsall ; Collis, Birmingham.

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
IL Rice, currier, Leicester.

W. Rinks, l'ortsea.
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.
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.
H. Brown, bootmaker, Rufford'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. Matthews, auctioneer, Bourton-on-the-Water,
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, Sept. 4, 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.
'l'. W. bobby, 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.

J. M. P. Fellingham, estate agent, Well-street, 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. Arundalc, colliery agent, Whitkirk, Yorkshire,
Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee.

G. Rowiisley, Waterman, Kingston•upon-Hull, Aug.
23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Cuurt. Freeman,
official assignee.

H. Beasley, stonemason, Walcot, Somersetspre, 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. Siiotbolt, publican, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire,
Aug. 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.

DIVIDENDS.
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 Court—
J. 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-past eleven—H. W. Collinson, hatter, Stamford-
street, Surrey, Sept. 11, at half-past two—W. Golding,
innkeeper, Glemsford, Suffolk, Sept. 11, at half-past one
—J. F. Wood, surgeon, Oxford, Sept. 11, at half-past
twelve—J. W. Mardall, insurance broker, New Shore-
ham, Sussex, Sept. 10, at half-past twelve—A. Portway,
tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Sept. 11, at three—E. Tug-
well, warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside, Sept. 11,
at half- past two— T. W. Younghusband, bitumen manu-
facturer, Upper Belgrave-square, Sept. 17, at eleven—
F. Goadsby, jun., druggist, Salford, Sept. 12, at eleven
—W. Schofeld, machine maker, Oldham, Sept. 12. at
twelve—B. Land, victualler, St. Alban's, Sept. lo—J.
Mitchell, fellmonger, Nottingham, Sept. 10—J. Cundy,
carpenter, Ranelagh-street, Pimlico, Sept. 10—T. Beech,
grocer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sept. 10.
PARTNERSIIIPS 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, Abergavenn
W. J. Attenbrow, grocers, Oxford-street—J. Jackson
and G. Jackson, carpenters, Leicester—J. M. llilles and
3', Monmouthshire—J. Douglas and
'l'. Tibbetts, wine merchants, Mark-lane—E. Sparkes, A.
Sparkes, P. Sparkes, and M. Sparkes, silk-mercers,
iiounsditch (so far as regards E. Sparkes)—
G. Slade and W. Slade, builders, Dorchester—E.
Ephgrave and E. Ephgrave, jun., grocers, Ayot-
green, Hertfordshire —D.Gardener and 11. Gardener,
brewers, Hollyborn, Southampton—R. Crook and T.
ship brokers, Liverpool—S.
Crook, tea-dealers, Heywood, Lancashire—NV. 11. Fitz-
hughsaac, eurriers, St. John-street,
sS. Maine)—T. Broadbent and
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Sheffield—G. Debney and J.
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plumbers,bolelfsltaia:
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innkeeper, Neilston, Aug. 26 and
Red Lion. Street, Whitechapel—T.
Jones and J. Woolnoug 1, watchmakers, Carnarvon.
SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION.
Sept.j. iliiirititTviel(v)eN,'at Weir's Inn, Paisley.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TILE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES—Two returns have lately been printed
by order of the House of Commons, which at this
peculiar juncture of affairs will be read with interest,
and, we are inclined to think, with satisfaction. The
first gives the " amount of horse-power ordered for
her Majesty's steam-vessels between the Ist day of
e's ''''' ''
.................... 18
August, 1841, as
follows
.4
496
N...
. amount of horse-power,
April, 1839, and the 31st of
,
....... 16,581
September 1841,
Horse rower .................. 11,261
Number of Vessels and
The Tonnage
normnns ebda -ge Pdre
eoo:.
fve er
vir
b.
the Ist day of July, 1844," thus:—
.....
30
&c., between the Ist day of Sept,
Tonnage ................. . 26,892
From these statistics it seems that in the first three
years of the present Administration there has been
an addition of twelve to the number of our war-
steamers, with a corresponding increase of more than
10,000 tons in their burden, as compared with the
strength of the same department during the two last
years of their predecessors—a period memorable for
the isolation and the irritability of France, and the
grand naval demonstrations in the East. It is, in-
deed, highly gratifying to discover this accession of
strength to an arm of the service on which may de-
volve the duty of supporting the honour of the Eng-
lish marine in any future war. And although we
are far from desiring that any opportunity for
such a display should soon occur, yet when we
look to the present aspect of the political horizon,

and read the deliberate opinions and pre-
vailing sentiments of those by whose opinions and
sentiments the probabilities of a continental war
may be enhanced, and its terrors multiplied-when
we see them coolly calculating on the possibility of
subverting our power by the multiplied resources of
steam navigation, and determining the issue of a
campaign by some dexterous stroke of piratical
tactics-it certainly does gratify us to find that the
present Government has not been wholly indifferent
to the efficiency of that peculiar force to which the
avowed policy of our prospective invaders has already
attributed the faculty of deciding' international con-
troversies in the shortest and most summary way.
We trust, indeed, that their warnings may prove as
unnecessary as their predictions false; and that the
peace of Europe is in no danger of being violated by
the blunders of wrongheaded subordinates, by 'the
z al of hotheaded propagandists, or by the truculent
a bition of a restless faction. But we know that
there is no method at once so effective an I pacific of
demonstrating the futility of their predictions, and
the emptiness of their gasconader, as the possession
of such an armament as they themselves affirm
is adequate to cope with all the necessities and
fulfil all the functions of a great and powerful
navy. While, however, we cannot help applauding
this increase in the numbers and efficiency of its war
steamers, we would at the same time once more im-
press upon the country and the Ministry the convic-
tion that no time should be lost in placing the other
departments of our marine establishment on a footing
of corresponding magnitude. We may rest assured,
that should it be our ill fate-and we may say the ill
fate of Europe-to be involved in a continental war,
the great conflict which England will have to wage
must be determined on the sea; and that the question
of maritime predominance or maritime subjection-
the question which England would then be forced to
decide-in a word, the question whether she should
abdicate her dominion of the seas or not-can under
no circumstances be decided by any number of
steamers, however skilfully constructed, however
lightly built, however cleverly managed, or com-
pletely manned. No; the masterdom of the ocean
must depend-as it hitherto has depended-upon the
bulk and body of her sailing ships-their breadth of
beam, their solidity of construction-and, more than
all, on the native courage of those who man them.
As heretofore, the fate of a great naval battle will
depend on the combined science, gallantry, and cool-
ness of the officers and their men-upon the tact with
which the line is broken, or the dash with which the
enemy is boarded. No new invented mode of inva-
sion will prove a successful substitute for these old
and approved resources.
HERALD.-The writer of that insane article in
the Republican National, lately so much remarked
upon, how much soever he may be deemed the object
of contempt and ridicule in the estimation of the
sober and intelligent, peace•loving people of France,
is, in our opinion, deserving of the pity rather than
the laughter of the united services of Great Britain.
It is evident that this gasconnade has been written
on the confident hypothesis, reasonably enough de-
duced from the parliamentary misrepresentations of
Lord Minto, and others, that the English navy is in
the same wretched condition that it unfortunately was
under his Lordship's administration. We have at
various times during the last month published the
lists of the royal navy, in commission and in ordinary,
both sailing and steam-vessels ; we have also given
the number of steam-vessels building, amounting to
above 10,000 horse-power; and as the National has
vaunted its 23 ships on the French stocks, and Sir
C. Napier has declared that the French have more
ships building in one dock-yard than we have in the
whole of our royal building establishments, we
shall be pardoned for publishing the following state-
ment:-There are building, and order to be built, in
her Majesty's dock-yards, 57 sailing men of war. Of
these, six are three-deckers, viz.-one of 120, and five
of 110 guns; sixteen two-deckers -six 90's one
84, and nine 80's ; seven frigates of 50 guns ; four of
36 guns; six of 56" guns; thirteen sloops-three 20's
one 18, and nine 16's ; five brigs-two 12's, one 10,
one six, and one three. The shipwrights of all the
dock-yards, excepting Pembroke, are generally em-
ployed in repairing vessels. When not so engaged
they are turned over to the ships building. Their
progress i,p this department has been slow for the last
two year's', in consequence of the immense repairs re-
quired in the ordinary. At Portsmouth two slips
have been taken into the site of the new steam esta-
blishment; but three new slips are being con-
structed, and are far advanced towards completion.
Of the line-of-battle ships, the Royal Albert, 120, is
one-third in frame ; the Royal Frederick, 110, is
having her sides planked ; and the Victoria, 110, is
in a forward state ; the Prince of iWales, 110, has her
frame cut and stacked for seasoning; and the Marl-
borough, 110, and Windsor Castle, 110, have their
frames cutting. The Aboukir, 90, and Exmouth,
90, are up in frame, and might be got ready for
launching next year ; the Princess Royal, 90, has
her sides being planked; the Lion, 80, Madras,
80, and Colossus, 80, are in a forw4l state ;
and the Mars, 80, is so far advanced that she
could be ready to go off the stocks at the end of next
year. The Algiers, 90, St. Jean d'Acre, 90,
Brunswick, 80, Cressy, 80, Irresistible, 80, Agamem-
non, 80, and Majestic, 80, have their timbers prepar-
ing. The Hannibal, 90, has hers already prepared.
The frame of the Sanspareil, 84, is already cut out
for seasoning. The 50-gun frigates Constance and
Raleigh are building-the latter is in a forward state,
and will be launched this year ; the Arethusa, 50,
Liffey, 50, Severn, 50, Shannon, 50, and Leander,
50, have their timbers in course of preparation. The
36-gun frigate Flora will be ready for launching in
September. The Active, 36, is in frame, and is well
seasoned, as the hands have been taken off her for
three years ; she could be launched next year. The
Sybille, 36, is in a forward state ; and the Thetis, 36,
has her timbers all prepared and stacked. The 26-
gun frigate Juno was launched last month; the
Creole, 26, will be launched about the end of October ;
the Amethyst, 26, immediately. The frames of the
Alarm, 26, the Malacca, 26, and the Niobe, 26, are
all ready. The Calypso, 20, will be launched this
year; Coquette, 20, Challenger, 20, and Camilla, 18,
have their timbers preparing. The frames of the 16-
gun sloops, Atalanta, Dispatch, Elk, Heron, Mariner,
Martin, Kangaroo, Liberty, and Zebra, are mostly
prepared. The Kingfisher, 12, is nearly 'ready for
launching; the frames of the Britomart, 10, and
Hound, 6, are prepared; and the Dart, 3, is in a for-
ward state.

SUMMARY OF THE ABOVE.
Ships of the Line-22.
Royal Albert
Royal Frederi^k.., llO Sauspareil B4
Victoria
Prince of Wales llO Brunswick
Marlborough
Windsor Castle
Aboukir
Exmouth 9O Lion
Princess Royal
Algiers
St. Jean d'Acre ...... .. 90 Nlars BO

Frigate
Arethusa
Liffey 5O
Raleigh 5O
Constance 5O
Severn
Shannon
Leander 5O
Active
Flora 36
Corvettes, Sloops,
Coquette
Calypso 2O
Challenger
Camilla lB
Atalanta
Dispatch
Elk l6
heron

Kangaroo

s-17.
Sybile
Thetis
Niobo
Alarm
Amethyst 26
Creole
Juno 26
Malacca

1, and Brigs-18.
Liberty l6
Mariner
Martin . . l6
Zebra
Goshawk
Kingfisher
Britomart lO
Hound
Dart 3
No. Guns.

Ships of the Line
Frigates
Corvettes, Sloop; Bri

22 ... 2,014
17 ... 650
igs, &c lB ~. 265

Totals..
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57 ... 2,929
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incompetency is out of the pace of recognised Parlia-
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tahpet t po r e.bes daon tnihsye.
If
one were to move, in either House, an address
to the Crown to remove Lord Aberdeen, the
Government would shift the issue, and make it a ques •
tion of confidence ; and the Opposition would for the
most part join with the Government in discountenanc-
ing an unsatisfactory and invidious and (on party
principles) inconvenient mode of raising the confi-
dence question. As for us, we are supposed to be
only pursuing our calling in denying
.all manner of
ability to all the members of her Majesty's present,
administration ; and a doubt of Lord Aberdeen's
capacity will be read, at least by all who are of op-
posite political belief, as dislike of his politics. We
will not stop to inquire how much this belief in the in-
sincerity of newspaper criticisms on men is the fault

of the press itself, or of the whole system of party ; or
how much it is only poor human nature after all, not
more apparent in the effect of our political likings
on our judgments, than in the Tory's disbelief of all
he reads in the Globe, and concurrence in the
Herald's depreciation of all the eminent members of
Opposition. But we will say this for our own sin-
cerity and desire to he fair—that we should as firmly
refuse to d'.sparage Sir Robert Peel's intellectual and
moral claims to the respect of those who differ from
him, or Sir James Graham's administrative ability, as
we now declare our belief that Lord Aberdeen is
unequal to the crisis in foreign affairs which his
own incompetency has chiefly brought about ; and
that we should no more think of denying Lord
Aberdeen's desire to promote England's interests to
the utmost, and maintain his country's honour,
than we can believe in his ability to execute his desires..
The utmost possible, of course, is done, in the for-
mation of a government, towards placing men of ade-
quate ability at the head of all the chief departments,
and distributing appropriate knowledge and talent
among them. Common prudence will lead the Pre-4
mier to do this. But then what are the circum-
stances which determine " the utmost jessible ?"
The choice of men is restricted, first M' all to
the members of one part which may be sterile
in talent, though unscrupuWs Peer-makers who have
gone before have made it numerous in one branch of
the Legislature, and money and proprietary power in
the other. Then the choice, thus limited to begin
with, may be further narrowed by party conven-
tionalities and engagements: Lord Lyndhurst must
preside over the Court of Chancery, as long as he
wishes it, while his friends are in power, however
much Chancery suitors may rue the indolence of his
old age; Lord Stanley's party services must be re-
quited by a leading office, even at the risk of sacri-
ficing colonies to the impetuosity of temper, which as
much spoils the Minister as it makes the orator effec-
tive ; and prescription gives the Foreign-office to Lord
Aberdeen. But this is a moment when nerve, deci-
sion, vigour, and a clear head are imperatively needed
in the Foreign.office ; and who gives Lord Aberdeen
credit for any of these qualities ? At such a moment,
the party conventionality which keeps him in
office may bring us, before we know where
we are, into war, which foresight and rea-
sonable boldness might have averted, or save
us from it by some new weak concession, un-
worthy of our country's position, and sure to increase
our difficulties in the end. Sir Robert Peel's control
of Lord Aberdeen alone gives hope to the public of a
successful issue for the present crisis in our relations
with France—of reparation for the wrongs at Otaheite, •
of the prevention of French occupation of Tangiers, of
the frustration of French designs upon Tunis. But Sir
Robert Peel cannot always be at his elbow. And at
this critical time what irretrievable mischief may
be done any day, with one stroke of his pen, by the
Foreign Minister, who blundered out the excuse for
the outrage on Mr. Pritchard that he had ceased to
be Consul, and who has been able to see no reason
for demanding punishment of the French Consul
at Tunis, who unwarrantably interfered with our
Consul's performance of his duty in respect to the
trial of a Maltese murderer, and by a series of
vexatious intrigues among the Maltese at Tunis, en-
dangered our Consul's life ? Andif there be, as we
fervently pray there may, a successful issue out of
the present difficulties, will Sir Robert Peel continue
to entrust to Lord Aberdeen's weak trembling hands
the foreign policy which he has already so grievously
mismanaged ?

STANDARD.—The Morning Post has extracted
from the John Bull an article of some length, de-
nouncing the Ministerial plans for the improvement of
Ireland. To our judgment, there is nothing surprising
in the displeasure of the John Bull at the plans in ques-
tion, or in the adoption of that displeasure by the
Morning Post. It would be extremely difficult to sug-
gest any measure of the present Government with
which these parties would not find some fault.
Fifteen years ago, indeed, when the battle of the Pro-
testant constitution was to be fought in good earnest,
our Contemporaries were a little more tractable ; but
then the contest concerned principles, not private
interests, and when did factious writers care about
principles ? In 1829 the principle of the Pro-
testant constitution was abandoned, and little hope
seemed to remain for the Reformed Church in the
United Kingdom. Its legal defences were thrown
down ; and in the only portion of the United King.
dom in which a popular influence was acknowledged
by the Legislature, namely, in Ireland, the popular
influence was hostile to the Church. All true Pro-
testants then saw, what we believe escaped the
notice of the John Bull and Morning Post, that
a Parliamentary reform, which would balance
the popular influence in Ireland by a popular in-
fluence in Great Britain, was indispensable to protect
the Church and the country from ruin. The remedy
was a rough one, and attended with some risk, but it
was the only remaining remedy. The Protestant
people of this country adopted it : the Irish Romanists
had disqualified themselves to resist by their recent
struggle : a Parliamentary reform was carried, with
many objectionable details beyond dispute, but a
Parliamentary reform which, in substance, gave to
the people that independent influence upon the Legis-
lature which allowed the Church to defend herself,
and to defend the interests of the Protestant religion,
much better than either had been defended by the
patrons of schedule A and schedule B. The re-
form of 1832, in fact, to a great extent, re-
paired the evil of the Bill of 1829, by placing
the Protestant Church in Ireland directly under
the protection of the Protestant people of
England. We are well aware that the confidence
for a few years very unworthily reposed in the
Ministers by whom the Parliamentary Reform was
effected, exposed the Irish branch of the Church
to some severe trials, and to actual injury ;
but this state of suffering, incident, perhaps, to
every violent change, soon found its term, and
the last Ministerial revolution has placed the
Irish branch of the Church upon a foundation to
which every hour must give additional strength.
There is now no question of the safety of
the Church in Ireland, we hear of no projects for buy-
ing off the assaults of enemies by surrender of its
property or of its dignity—no proposition to arm its
enemies with new means of injuring it. No; the
measures by anticipation condemned are measnres the
immediate and direct object of which is, no doubt, to
raise the Roman Catholic population of Ireland to the
condition of the other Roman Catholic populations
of Europe—a level to which they have not yet
approached, and to incorporate them, as far
as the difference of religion will permit, with the mass
of the British population ; but the remote and indirect
effect of this must be greatly to augment the power
and efficiency of the Protestant Church. We see in
these measures precisely that system for which we
have perseveringly contended—not for one or two ad-
ministrations, or for half a dozen or a dozen years, but
from the first establishment of this journal, 16 years
ago—the system namely, of reforming the Romanist
clergy, through the laity of their own communion
(the only way in which a Romanist clergy ever was
or ever will be reformed), and reforming the laity by
kindness, by encouragement, and by instruction. The
reverse of this was the policy which brought Ireland
to her present—may we not rejoice in rather saying
her late—condition. The plan of Government in-
troduced by Lord Glenelg, of governing Ireland
by the aid of the priests, had been pretty con-
stantly pursued from 1818 to 1842, with what effect
upon the Romanist population, and with what injury
to the Protestant interest, we can all see. "It is
certain," says De Retz, "that in government you can
never make use of an order
no question that the Glenelg
without
A adding greatly
scheme
be edmothoefre
Irishc
the power
government infinitely augmented
to the power of that order."l
of the priests, the natural enemies of our
Church and therefore of England, the natural enemies,
too, of intelligence, civilisation, national prosperity,
and whatever detracts from an authority founded in
ignorance, and its companion, poverty. Let us hope,
Glenelg policy is about to be reversed
—that the higher and middle classes of Roman
Catholics are invited to a complete incorporation with
then, that the
their Protestant fellow-citizens, whose society they
must naturally have so many motives to cultivate.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The funds to-day have been subject to some
ofor t h
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eonpeeen
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itvheids
de Joinville in Morocco. Bothprofct
fmflruoocn
irtnui}ar.trgi
France
ca,
et andirnela
consequencettihvee to marketth e
count they were done at 98i, but subsequently recovered,
eredmboignseyofanthdetPherinacce.
after the Government broker made his purchase, to 98i
to 8, at which quotation they closed. The rumour of
war with France is now becoming pretty general in the
City, and the underwriters at Lloyd's, it has been stated,
have in some cases demanded increased premiums upon
the risks they have entered into, to guard against any
such contingency. The English stocks certainly closed
much firmer this afternoon than the aspect of affairs in
the early part of the day would beveled one to suppose,
but altogether there is not that stability in prices which
was observable a few days back.

.e Committee of Spanish bondholders held theist
aeeting to-day, and we find we were right in our anti-
cipations that they intend to take under their considera-
tion the claims of every class of Spanish stockholder.
They have resolved upon an immediate 'address to the
Finance Minister, Senor Mon, on the subject of the long-
neglected claims of .the hoidens- of both active-anti pas-
sive stock, earnestly urging the, fulfilment of the decrees
passed in their behalf, and a ps.rnianent arrangement for
their benefit. They have likewise resolved to address
M. Mauguin, the chairman of the Paris Committee, in
answer to a letter received by Mr. Thornton, -soliciting
the London Committee's co-operation for advsncing the
interests of the bondholders. The third act of the Com-
mittee is in consequence of their having heard that the
amount of the various stocks paid in for national pro-
perties to the Ist of March last, has not been officially
announced in the Gazelle as in former instances. They
have therefore requested that such notification should
be made for the satisfaction of the Spanish creditors.
A paper has been printed and circulated in the City,
showing the progress of private enterprise in Ocean
steam navigation, the facts in which, being presented to
the eye at one glance, are interesting, though in an iso-
lated form they have always been accessible. The line
of steam communication between England and America,
was established in 1833 by the Great Western steam-
ship, and maintained by that vessel, the British Queen,
and the unfortunate President, till 1842, without the
support of Government, or any contract for conveying
'the mails. The line to Halifax and Boston was esta-
blished by Mr. Cunard, on obtaining a Government
contract of 57,000/ per annum to convey the mails
186,300 miles. The line to the West Indies was esta-
blished in 1842 by parties who, in 1840, took a contract
for 240,000/. per annum to convey the mails 684.816
miles. The line to Malta and Alexandria was esta-
blished in 1110-41 by the Peninsula Company, who took
a contract ft 131,000/. per annum to convey the mails
72,000 miles. The line between Calcutta and Suez was
established in 1842 by the India Steam Company of
Calcutta, but no assistance has been granted by. Gover-
nment for the mails. The line between Calcutta and
Suez in 1843 and 1844 was (and is now) :occupied
by the Peninsula Company's vessels, with a grant of
20,000 Z per annum for five years from the Indian Go-
vernment, on condition of their performing 38,080 miles
the first yecr, 57,120 miles in the second, and 114,200
in the third.