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

IOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE, No. 21, Lombard-street, Nov. 21, 1844.

The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE
ASSURANCE do hereby give notice, that their TRANSFER
ROOKS will be SHUT from Tuesday, the 3d of December next,
to Tuesday, the 7th of January, 1845 ; that the Annual General
Court appointed by their Charter, will be holden at their Office,
No. 21, Lointyird-street, on Wednesday, the 18th of December
next, at Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon, and that a Dividend will
be considered of at the said Court.

ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS U 1
SOCIETY,
46, CORNHII,L,
Capital £500,000. •
Empowered by Act of Parliamest.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and Increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last ansual investigation declare a
second
Policy

Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts Inv on each
:ffeota on tha Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

I I
iy,ll 4514
I Btenus Bonus In g
g ittnuuni., added. Ca.ih-
s. d.. ;£ s. d. £ 5. d. £ s. d. £ s. da
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
4011000 74 8 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 2% 13 4
1839 116 16 0 51 911 711 9 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made to De-
cember of the preant year.

This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr )w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, 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 CAMROUI,

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
39. THROGNIORTON-STRERT, RANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMR, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman,
Richard E. Arden, Esq. James (lift. Esq.
William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq.. Ald,
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilher, Esq.
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq.
M.P.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffteson, 2, Finsbury-square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq , Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
Commix:rpm Acruafty—Professor Hall. of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured
have the security of the Company's income of nearly £ro,olo per
annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund in-
vested in Government and other available securitiv, of considerably
larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, 'lying to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age.

For One Year.

For Seven Years. J Whole Term.

Y 0 £0 17 S
30 1 1 8
40 1 5 0
50 1 14 1
60 3 2 4

£0 19 1
1 2 7
1 6 0
1 19 10
3 17 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
• 4 0 11
6 0 10

One-tbird of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life. or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts or as
a provision for a family. when the least present outlay is desirable,
the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be
found to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two e'Clock
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents

UNPRECEDENTED LIST OF PRICES.
s. d.
Counterpanes, nearly 3 yards long, each
Heavy Blankets, 2 yards long, the pair 4 6
(Larger in proportion.)
Good Calico, ell-wide, 24 yards for 3 9
Horrock's Long-cloths (usually 6d.) 40 yards for l2 6
Linen Sheeting, double width, the pair 4 9
Superb Linen Sheeting; 3 yards wide, the pair... lO 6
Linen Table-cloths, l i yards square, each
Two yards square, superb Damask, each
Three yards long, splendid double Damask, each ... 8 6
Five yards long, a cloth suitable for the table of the nobility,
each
Damask Fish Napkins, the dozen i 3 6
Damask Dinner Napkins, yard square, the dozen 8 6
Yard.wide Welsh Flannels, for Charities, per yard ......

Large Duffel Cloaks for ditto, each ...
Linen Dusters, twilled with borders, the dozen..
Russia Round Towelling, 12 yards for
Knife-cloths and Kitchen.cloths, the dozen

Fine Nursery Diapers, 12 squares for

2 6

. . . _
Damask Table Covers, yard and half square, each...... 1 3

(Larger in proportion )
Pinafore Diapers, fine per yard
Yard-wide Brown lioltands, per yard 0 4
Linen Crumb Cloths, 3 yards long, each
Furniture Dimities, a superior article, per yard 0 4
Toilet Covert, with fringe all round, each
Bordered Iluslins, superior quality, 12 yards for
Sheeting Calicoes, extra stout, full 2 yards wide, per yard 0 6

Huckaback Toweltinge, 12 yarde for

4 6

Linen Diapers, for table-cloths, nearly 2 yards wide, per
yard 1 n
Long Lawns, the piece of 10 squares for
Lawn Handkerchiefs, floe quality, the dozen... ........... 4 9
Real French Cambric Handkerchiefs, the dozen.. ..... 9 6
Irish Linens, good quality, 26 yards for 2l 0
Superior, for shirting (West end price Is. 9d.) 26 yards for '2.5 0
A box, curiously fine, for collars, 12 yards for lB 0
The above goods are part of the stock of Scolefield and Co , re-
cently purchased by BROOKS and CO , for 17,4001. The sale of
the above have just commenced at their principal establishment,
106, High.street, Borough, facing the end of 'Union.strect.
Samples of the above goods forwarded to any part of town by
horse and cart, or into the country, if written for.

TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks,
Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN.
and 16, NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set
of 3 Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very
richly ornamented all over, 50s. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ;
Ja-
pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London
made Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up ,to five gui-
neas ; a Set of 5,1 x patent raised London made Dish Covers, 18s. 6d. ;
best imperialr al ed, . Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d,
get of Six.
Ivory Tab .e-kmveS, Is. per dozen, Dessert, .9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d.
per
TABLE. DESSIIT. CAIVERS.
doz. doz. pair.
4-in. handsome balance handle .. 18s. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d.
4-in. balance handle, largest and best
• •
made
Ditto with Watson's Albata Plats
handles, equal to silver 225. 6d. ISs. Od. Sc. 6d.
Forks half the above price.
C. Watson'. handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
Is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance,
should possess themselves of tltl useful book, which may be had
gratis, and post free, from the above address
Sole inventor of the celsbrated Albata Plate, which Is so rapidly
superseding Silver.
PATEN 1' PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS.—The perfection of
these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily attained by the inven-
tion of two parallel flat rings—a larger and a smaller forming a cone
round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid revrberation
of
air against the name—thus consuming every particle of volatilized
vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion,
and in full action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles.
C. Watson's Warebouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol-
gate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re-
cherche, and new patients, comprising Ormolu, thins, Glass, and
Opal. Old Oil Lamps fitted with the l'aragon head for 21s. ; and the
Paragon apparatus applied to the Vesta for 6s. The spirit analysed
and recommended by Or. Ure, is delivered in screw cans by C. Wat-
son's carts, at 4s. per gallon.
41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FUGATE.

To PARENTS AND
At a season like this, when the juvenile folks
ARDIANS
Are beginning to count on their holiday jokes;
hen numberless glad preparations appear
To weleona. the season of Christmas wit's cheer,
K MOSES and SON feel inclined to impress
The Import-ince of buying their juvenile dress."
If parents ant guardians wish to 1),.5. suited
With garments whose value was never disputed;
If they wish for their youths to be glad in a way
Which makes them look comely, engaging, and gay,
Let them purchase at once of a MOSES and SON
Those tufts which such marks of approval have won.
The " juvenile dreises" of MOSES are made
In the newest of fashion, with beautiful braid ;
The dresses are formed just to suit tender age,
And therefore your children are sure to engage.
You'll not find them made in an .id-lashion'd style,
Vl/4 hich often makes persons with ridicule smile;
Their taste and their elegant neatness have won,
Ten thousand approvals for MOSES and SON.
These garments are made in a manlier so firm,
That really we'ie quite at a loss for a term.
Your chi'dren may join in the juvenile sport,
Put they'll not hurt their garments, so firmly they're wrought.
Then hasten this season, as thoasands have done,
For the juvenile clothing of MOc ES and SON.
A new work, entitled "THE COMMERCIAL PHENO-
MENO.- " with fub diuctions (or Self-Measurement, on spplica.
tion, will be forwarded post free.
READY MADE.

£ e. d.

Beaver faglionts
Ditto c he' ter field s
Ditto Codringtons
Ditto Peml.r kes, A th.ols, Ptltoes, and every descripti,n of 1
r;, Winter Coat, handsomely trim-Fed
Bo •s' Winter Coate. in every style
Warm Winter Trousers, lined
Ditto Doeskin
Dress Coats, edged, tic 1 8 0
Frock ditto, ditto... ....... ..."...... ............... .... ........ .....
Bolling Collar V ester ......... ...... 1
Doubl.--br.astrd Ditto ..
0 12
Boys' Hussar Suits 7 6
6
0 18
Ditto Tunic, neatly braided
MAIM TO MEA9URIt.
Saxe Gotha Coats, velvet cellar and cuffs from 1 111 0
Winter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trireme' I 5 0
Milled Tweed Wrappers .... 0 17 6
Ditto, ditto, Trousers 0 8 6
0 12
Buckskin Ditto
Doeskin lht'o, any pattern 0 12 0
Best, or Dress Trousers
Cashmere Vest 0 7 0
Winter Ditto, in end'ess pattern ...........•
Dress Coat
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured
Frock Coat
3
Ditto, the best manufactured 3 0
1
Boys' Hussar Su t 7 0
1 8 IS
Ditto Tunic
Idourniug 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 6
_ dittoijacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0
Imronvarer.— 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 Warehousemen, 154, Mi.
nories. and 86,Aldgate, City, opposite the Church.
Csurion.—E. Moses and Ton are obliged to guard the public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
nos been 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 (topsevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86ldgate,
opposite the Church.
N.B. l' o business transacted at t s Establishment from 'untie on
Friday tills'. Peet on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock,

DEBTS RECOVERED, FREE OF COSTS.
A Solicitor, of upwards of 20 years' ex per:ence, uudertakes
the RECOVERY of DEBTS, free of cost to Creditor, save a com-
mission of 10 per cent. on the amount of debt recovered.. .
Conveyances prepared on the following low terms, viz.:--Leases
and Counterpart, 21. 10s. ; Assignments, 2/. 2s. ; Bills of Sale; 30s. ;
Wills, Bonds, and Deeds in general, on equally moderate terms.
Apply at the Offices, 1, Bouveria-street, Fleet-street.
Arrangements made with Creditors on behalf of Insolvents, and ad-
vice given on the New Bankruptcy Art. Letters for 11.1 f. attended to

• THE NINTH EDITION. •
Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. fd., and sent free, on
receipt of a Post-office Order, for 38:6d.,
.311ANLY lIEALTFI : a Popular Inquiry into the
- Concealed ('arise of its Premature Decline, with In•trues
tiCins ler its Complete 'Restoration. Addressed to these suffering
from the de+tructive conseq,ences of excessive indulgence, termi-
nating in mental and nervous debility, local or constitutional weak.
ness, indigestion, and censumption. Including a corn rehens:ve Dls
sertation on MARRIAGE. Illit,trateu with Ca es, Sc. By
C. 3. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
May be had of the Authors, No. (0, Newman-street; Oxfourd-
street ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-raw; Hannay and Cn ,
63, Oxford-street; Noble, 1. 0, Chancery-lane; J. Gordon, 146,
Leadenbsll-street; 0. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark ;
C. W. esterton, 15, Park-side, Knieht.brirlse ; Huett, 37, Princes-
street, Lelcester.square, London ; T. Sowler, Courier (Mice, 4, St.
Ann's-square, Manche.ter ; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool;
W. Wood, ;B, High.street, Birmingham; W. and 11. Robinson, 11,
fireenside-street, Edinburgh; T. Price, 93, Dame-street, I)ublin ;
and all Booksellers.
" The best of all friends is the professional friend ; and in no shape
can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in
Lucas
on Manly Health.' The author shows how' Manly Vigour,' tem-
porarily imyaired, can be restored."—The New Bell's NYeekly
ale,tenger.
Messrs. LUCAS and Co. are to he consulted from ten till two, and
from five till eig‘t in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, New-
man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may he
sue..cssfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and inclosing
the usual tee of 1/. for advice.

LANIERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, ANLO ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
4‘ He who ih pleasure's downy arms
Nc'er lost his health or youthfu lcharms,
here lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man I"
Just published (in a scaled envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d.,
or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d..
SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, arid the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect Restoration
Rv SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospita I Medical ..Y.aciety, Licentiate of
Apothecary's Hall, London,erc.
" Thr various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
herent rrivileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among others, this Essay addresses itself ; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even
to the most confidential friend "—Stafford Gazette.
" Long experience in the treatment of i class of &seams hitherto
neglect. d and mist imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the
medical prc-fession, has enabled the wr.ter to prove that there are
conceale causes of Nervous Debility in exi truce, where the mere
routine practition r would never dream of finding them ; trace ..,le
to certain habits, fo-ming the most secret, yet deadly, and f al
springs of domestic misery, and premature mortality."—Wakefield
Journal.
Published by the Author, and sold In London by S. Gilbert, 51 and
52, Paternoster-rem; Starie, r 3, Tichheme-street, Quadrs'nt, Regent
street 'Gordon,• Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery.
lane; 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers.
At home every day till ; arse. and from Five till Eight.

A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENr
FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
Just published, price 2s. 64., and free by (in a sealed envelope
post ).
Price is. 64..
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
baneful t ffects of excessive indulgence and Infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifirations.
By R. and L PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19. Berners.
street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho; Node. 109, Chancery-lane; Hannay and
Co., 61, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 146. Leadenhall-street, Lon-
don ; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country
monism; ti TEL PRESS.
" We regard the work before us,-` The Silent Friend,' as a
work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com-
plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of
the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a boast o know.
We must, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such
a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend,
but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suftr_
ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."
—Age and Argus.
" The Authors of The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly
conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to
those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot
fall to recommend it to a careful perusal."—Era.
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 inbath sexes, price 28. 9d.
4s. M., and Its. per box.
Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Remora-street, Oxford-street, London, from
Eleven till Two, and Fivt till Eight, and on Sundays from Tea till
Twelve. One perso44liriait only is summary to effect apermanent elite

D IRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from
LONDON to YORK, by LINCOLN.
The Provisional Committee have th• satisfaction to acquaint
the Shareholders that, in conformity with the standing orders of
Parliament, the Plans and Sections and the Books of Reterence of
this Line have been duly lodged with the Clerks of the Peace and
at the Beard of Trade. . .

The Committee have the pleasure to inform the Proprietors that
the Main Trunk Line of the Direct Northern Railway from Lon-
don to York, by Lincoln, has been reduced to less than 178 miles.
By order, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.
64, Moorgate-street, Dec. 2,1844.

B It.ITI S H INSTI'T'UTION, PALL-MALL.
. NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS.

All PICTURES and other WORKS of ART intended for
EXHIBITION and SALE, which have not been already publicly
exhibited, must be sent in for the inspection of the Committee on
MONDAY, the 13th, and TUESDAY, the 14th January next, between
the hours of Ten In the Morning and Five in the Evening ; after
which time no Picture or other Work of Art will be received.
Portraits. Drawings in Water Colours, and Architectural Draw.
ings, are inadmissible.
N.B. No Picture will be received for Sale that is not bona fide
the property of the Artist.

WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. —Messrs.
HORTON and CO., Watchmakers and Jewellers, 36,
Ludgate street (opposite Messrs. EVerington and Co.), offer to
their Friends and the Public their celebrated Watches, of work-
manship the highest class of excellence, at the following prices
The Vertical Movement in Gold Cases... Z 5 5 0 to.€lo 10 0
Do. Do. Do. in Silver D 0..... 2 00 to 4 0 0
The Horizontal Do. in Flat Gold Do. 7 7 0 to 10 10 0
Do. Do. Do. in Hat Silver Do. ' 3 30 to 4 0 0
Ladles' •Lev'er- Watbitet; Gold rates
Gold Dials
Gentlemen's Do. Do. Do., Enamelled
Dials . ....... 13 13,0 to 18 IS 0
Do. Do. in Silver Cases, D 0...... 5 50 to 6 6 0
A Warranty for Twelve Months.

N.B. A Large Stock of Elegant and Tasteful Jewellery, Ladies'
Silver Card.cases and Vinigrettea, Gentlemen's Snuff-boxes, and
a great variety of other Fancy Articles, at prices immensely below
the usual London charges,

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The PROTEOSCOPE, . a new apparatus for exhibiting
OPAQUE OBJECTS In Nature and Art, showing continued novelties.
The PNYSIOSCOPE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-
BELL and DIVER, DISSOLVING VIEWS, drc., ke. Dr. RYAN'S
LECTURE daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday,
and Fridays. Professor RICHROFFNER'S varied Lectures abound
in interesting experiments.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing TLreo Nandred
additional Works of Art, Le., since the last revisal, is just published
price is.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY CAPSULED.
Consumers of Brandy are respectfully informed, that
J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., will not be responsible for aey Bottled
Brandy that is not protected against fraudulent substitution, by the
PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES, embossed with the words
" BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, S3fITIIFIELD BARS." Sold
by the moat respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants in Town and
Country, at 3s. 6d. per bottle, the bottle included.
Betts's Patent Brandy is used, in preference to Foreign, at Guy's,
St. George's, and the ether principal Hospitals, &c., throughout the
kingdom. Attention is especially requested to the security afforded
by the Patent Metallic Capsules.
Country dealers are advertised in the provincial journals; and lists
of London dealers may be obtained at the Distillery ; where quanti-
ties of not less than Twe Gallons may be supplied, in bulk, at 18s.
per Gallon ; and is Bottles, cases and bottles included, at 303. per
Gallon. 7, SMITIIFIEL D-BARS.

NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION.
SPENCER'S CELEBRATED CHINESE
LIQUID HAIR DYE. .;
The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using
Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye
extant which will effectually change, in a few minutes, red or grey
hair to a dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly
that it is the safest dye in its use that ever was prepared. Red or
grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., are changed without
trouble, by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid; one applica
tion will produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour
it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been ef.
fected by dye, It being so perfectly natural, and neither washing, per-
spiration, or anything will in the least fade nr affect the colour pro.
duced. hundreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own
became grey, wear new their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen
who had grey or red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement, have
becom quite dark from the use of SPENCER'S CHINESE LI-
QUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their hair
with ease and secresy in a few minutes. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and lOs

bottle. _
'robe had of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
'street, Whitechapel:road, London; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn
bill; Butler, 4, Cheapside; Trout, 229, Strand; Sanger, 150, Ox.
erd-street; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond.
street; Edwords, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard; Connell, Camberwell-
green ; Kennaby, Brothers, 10, Westmoreland.buildingr, Alderigate.
street; Finnigin, 30, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore, 31, Bull-street,
Birmingham ; Shirley, 40, George-street, Hastings ; and of most
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. Sent to
any part of the kingdom, by sending a remittance post-paid.
Please to ask tor Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.
Merchants and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor-
tation, and observe that the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 3,1844. i
On the 29th day of November last, her Royal High.
ness Princess Sophia Matilda departed' this life, at her
residence, Blackheath, to the grief of her Majesty, and of
the Royal Family.
LORI) CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 2.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Thurs-
day next, the sth instant, for her late Royal highness
the Princess Sophia Matilda, daughter of his late Royal
Righness William Henry Duke of Gloucester, viz.:—
The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white
shoes, fans and tippets.
me n
to
swords wear
black,il
buckles.
or
Theplain
Gn t
linen,Gentlemen
black
The Court to change the mourning on Thursday the
12th instant, viz.:— feukllletsr.immed, fringed
The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured
ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and:
gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.
The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And, on Sunday, the 15th instant, the Court,to go out
of mourning. . .
—COLLEOE 'OF' ARMS, DEC. 2.
The Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for
. her late Royal klighness the rrincess Sophia Matilde,
daughter of his late Royal Highness William Henry
Duke of Gloucester.
In pursuance of her Majesty's ccmmands, those are to.
give public notice that, upon the melancholy occasion of
the death of her 'late Royal. Highness the Princess,
Sorbia Matilda, it is expected that all persons do put
themselves into mourning, for one week, to commence
from Thursday next, the sth inst.
NORFOLK, Earl Marshal.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire.
90th, or Stirlingshire,
—R. S. M'Gregor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Stark, de-
ceased, Oct. 26. &c., Regiment of British. Militia
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
it.,yal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Ca •
valry—M. H. C. Boevey, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Barton, resigned ; J. L. Baldwin, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Boevey, promoted, Nov. 27.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Joseph Spencer, jun., builder, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS.
John Finlayson, tea-dealer, Pimlico Dee. 10, at half-
past on, and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's-arms-yard ;
Tyas and Tyas, Beaufort-buildings, Strand_
Michael Walter, wholesale hardwareman, Farringdon-
street, City, Dee. 10, at one, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; King, St. Mary Axe.
Charles Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough, Dec. 11, and
Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Froggatt, Clifford's Inn.
James Ladson, carver and gilder, Ramsgate, Dec. 11,
and .Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Yates, Bury-
street, St. Mary Axe.
William Henry Barton, shoemaker, Bedford-place,
Commercial-road East, Dec. 11, at eleven, and Jan. 11, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Heath,
Graceehurch-street.
William Kent Roberts, grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire,
Dee. 11, and Jan. 11, at two, at the Court of I3ank-
ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Wire
and Child, St. Swithirt's-lane.
William Notman, pianoforte maker, Tottenham-court-
road, Dec. 10, at two, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-
chambers ; Ward, Essex-street.
George Edward White, tailor, Reading, Dec. 12,
and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; a'Beckett,
Son, and Simpson, Golden-square.
"ollowa, -rs

William Keevil, grocer, Holloway, D. c. 19, and Jan.
28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Scargill, Batton-
court, Threadneedle- street.
James Pearce, carman, Pracd-street, Paddington,
Dec. 13, at half-past two, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane ; Graeff, Furnival's Inn.
John Walker and Charles White, builders, Jewry-
street, Alclgate, Dec. 20, at one, and Jan. 14, at half
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as-
signee, Abchurch-lane ; Slee, Parish•strca, Southwark.
William Burchett, chemist, Whitcchapel-road, Dec.
11. at half-past two, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Turner, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road.
Joseph Willer, licensed victualler, Windsor, Dec. 10,
at two, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ;
Moorgate-street ; Parkes, Bedford-row.
William Perkins, upholsterer, Portsea, Southampton,
Dec. 17, at half-past one, and Jan. 8, at half-past two,
at the *Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Bull and Co., Ely-place.
Henry Robinson, brewer, Devonport Dec. 12, and Jan.
9, at elereg, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt. ell,

official assignee, Exeter ; Smith, Devonport ; Kedd!e,
Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London; Stogdon, Exeter.
Thomas Williams, sen., ironfounder, Cardiff, Gla•
morganshire, Dec. 17, and Jan. 16, at elCven, at the Bris-
tol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ;
Dalton, Cardiff; Perkins, Bristol.
Jacob Wallington, painter, Bristol, Dee. 18 and Jan.
14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acratnan,
official assignee, Bristol ; Gillard and Co., Bristol.
Isaac Ketchum, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 19, at twelve,
and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Cburt.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe, Field, and
.Tackson, Bedford-row, London ; Miller and Peel!,
Liverpool.

female schools and asylums differs from the case
of workhouses in this, that these ,are voluntary
establishments. The mischief to the independent,
unassisted labourer is, however, precisely the same,
whether under-bidding is effected by funds
voluntarily or compulsorily collected. If the poor
sempstress is compelled to make for I id. a shirt,
for making which she ought to receive a shil-
ling to enable her to live, it matters nothing
to her whether the price is beaten down by a
rival workhouse or a rival school. It may
be useful to warn many benevolent persons who are
not aware of the effect of their kind exertions in
patronising schools, of the evil that necessarily
follows cheap school work—an evil immeasurably
overbalancing the good. This warning may be,
i.erhaps, best supplied by a short calculation.
Let us suppose, then, a school containing a
hundred girls, the daughters, say, of half that
number of mothers who are sempstresses. The
mothers receive, say nine shillings a week each
for their labonr ; the labour of the girls affords
no pecuniary return. Nine shillings a-week is
a poor pittance for the maintenance of three per-
sons, but unhappily experience proves it to be
comparative affluence to the class of which we are
speaking. Matters proceed as we have described
them, until some perhaps truly generous, but short-
sighted persons think that the labour of the children
ought to be employed to,„ some profitabluse—ques-
tionleis With-litufpoie to extend the charity—work
is taken in for the children accordingly, and it i 3 not
extravagant to suppose that the work of one hundred
girls may be equal to the work of twenty-five
women, that is half the work of the fifty mo-
thers. But, suppose it equal to the work of
only ten women ; now, according to Adam
Smith, who drew his inference from a large and care-
ful induction, this would reduce the receipts of the
mothers one-half, viz., from 9s. to 4s. 61, and even this
is too favourable a view; for Smith's hypothesis as-
sumes that the intruders must be self-supported,
whichis not the case of the school-girls. How-
ever; let us take the most favourable view ; let
us assume that the labour of the daughters robs
the mothers of only one-half their earnings. Is this
real charity ? You deprive the mother of
two orphan girls of half her means of supporting
herself and them—for what? In order to prose-
cute the same system on a more extensive scale.
But then it will be said, girls must be taught to
work with the needle. No doubt it is very proper to
teach them; but do not teach them to the loss of
themselves and of their mothers. Let them
work ; but, as in the case of workhouses,
let a minimum price above the average of a de-
cent maintenance be charged for the labour. All
that is necessary is some uniform regulation
upon the subject. Let the poor-law guardians come
to an agreement upon the point; let the patronesses
of the multitude of the different female schools
and asylums of the metropolis have a meeting
upon the subject. English women never meet
without some generous resolution and a happy
result. Let it, in short, be determined universally
that no charitable or quasi charitable establishment
shall perform any work at a less rate than will afford
9s. a week to an industrious sempstress—let this be
done, and we dare almost predict that before the
end of, 1845 every sempstress in London will
have her 9s. a-week or more. The matter is hap-
pily such as is completely within the power of the
public ; it is perfectly elastic, for the value of the
female labour that enters into the expenditure
of each of us is really so trifling that almost the
poorest amongst us can double, treble, or quadruple
the price without inconvenience. Our readers, will
see that the Queen, Prince Albert, ani the Queen
Dowager have warmly encouraged, and most libe-
rally aided, Lord Ashley in this, perhaps the most
interesting, as in all the other branches of his glo-
rious enterprise. We will not praise them for it. The
Royal persons in question cannot help being kind and
good any more than Lord Ashley can. We may
love and honour them for being what they are, but
we will not affront them by praise. What a position
is that occupied by Lord Ashley at this moment ?
How must Queen Victoria exult in the possession of
such a subject and servant to represent to her people
the graces of her personal kind-heartedness, with a
fitness and dignity beyond the reach of any other man ?

EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION.-011 Monday
week, the 5 r.m. train from Exeter took up a tradesman
of Weston-super-Mare at that station, who, being inebri-
ated, was placed inside of a first-class carriage, and the
door locked upon him. On their arrival at the Bristol
station the conductor looked through the window for his

elfarge, but saw only his hat, and consequently dispatched
an officer in search of him. He was found walking up
the railway, and it appeared that he had leaped from the
window, the only damage he received being on his nose,
forehead, and hands (which were much bruised), and he
was covered with blood. The train was going at the time
at the rate of nearly 30 miles an hour; and what is more
extraordinary, is the fact that the down train literally
brushed him in passing.—Exeter Gazette.
W,A Melt VAGRANT.—Mary Jones, with her son, a
lad of about ten years of age, have been committed to
the Carmarthen county gaol for vagrancy, by W. Peel,
Lewis Lewis, and D. Protheroe, Esquires, to one month's
hard labour. The woman is a native of Pembrokeshire,
and was sent to gaol for begging. On her person was
found the sum of 61. Is. 10d. in cash, and promissory
ltea from the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire
ink, and from several tradeamen_in Newport,. Mon-
roouthshire, and elsewhere, to the amount of upwards of
2001. Besides this large sum of money, she had in six or
seven, bags, 11 shirts, 10 caps, three cotton gowns, 15
handkerchiefs, three pairs of stockings, and 20 other
articles of.clothing. The promissory notes were sewed
into-the lining of her bonnet, but the cash was in her
pocket. -
Joint Tucatocoon.—lt was stated in our. police
report, on the 30th of August last, that this individual
had been charged with felony by Mr. C. W. Leonard,
and that the magistrates dismissed the charge. Subse-
quently Mr. ,Thorogood commenced proceedings against
his prosecutor, which he has relinquished in eon-
sequenc of receiving an apology, of which the
following is a copy :—" London, Oct. 10.—Sir,—
As the party who preferred against you the charge
of stealing two account books, I think it right to
say I am convinced I was wholly wrong in preferring
that charge against you, and that I had no foundation
for that charge, the question between us being whether
you had a lien upon, and were entitled to retain, the
two books in question until the claim you had against
me was paid ; and I write this letter for the purpose of
removing any false impression that may have been
raised against your character, founded upon that erro •
neous charge.-1 am, Sir, yours obediently, C. W. LEO-
NARD. Mr. John Thorogood."—Suffolk Chronicle.
AFFRAY WIT II POACHERS AT WOLLATON. —On
Friday night last, about seven o'clock, an affray took
place at Wollaton, near Nottingham, between a gang of
poachers and the keepers of Lord Middleton, of Wol-
laton-hall. The keepers (four in number) had appre-
hended two poachers. when about sixteen or eighteen of
the accomplices of the latter came up, released the of-
fenders, and brutally beat the keepers. One of them
has his mouth shockingly torn, another lies in a very
dangerous state. All the poachers escaped, but the
police are on the alert.
PAISLEY SHAWLS.—It affords us much pleasure to
state, that the India shawls and the fine copies of them
produced in Paisley continue to be the most fashionable
article of dress amongst the higher classes of society.
This week the Duchess of Sutherland. accompanied by
her daughters, Lady Blantyre and Lady Caroline, paid a
visit to town, and after a careful inspection of Mr. Mor-
gan's stock of shawls, at his warehouse in Causewayside,
they selected a number of the very finest he had on
hand for their use. It may be interesting to the fashion-
able circles to know, that the shawls selected by the
Duchess of Sutherland and members of her family named
on this occasion were of various colours in the ground,
and both of the long and square description of these
goods.—Renfrewchire Refot Eger.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ROAD.—A singular
discovery has recently been made in Back-lane, at the
back of Derby-road. During the last few weeks, the
board or the repair of highways have been engaged in
laying soughs from the bottom of Back-lane to the top
of Derby-road. One day at the latter end of last week,
the excavaters engaged in cutting the line for the sough,
suddenly came to' a hollow in the rock, which appeared
to be a cave. Upon making a hole large enough for the
light to be admitted, they observed that the cave was a
kind of narrow passage, running in the direction of the
forest on one side, and pointing.towards the castle on the
other. On the side of the castle, about four yards down,
the passage has been bricked up, apparently for the pur-
pose of forming
•a cellar to one of Mr. Goodkead's
houses, near the top of the lane, and the Derby-road
side. In the direction of the forest, the road runs under
the first house upon going up the hill. During Sunday
the passage remained open, and parties explored it in the
direction of the forest several hundred yards, and then re -
turned, lest they should fall into some well or pit, or meet
with foul gasses. We are sorry the mouth of the passage
•was closed ere we heard of its existence, or we should
have diligently examined it, for the purpose of describing
it to our readers. We are told that there is another and
very similar passage a few yards higher up the road,
whichr was opened some years ago. We are not aware
that these passages have ever yet been described, and an
examination would render considerable service to local
historians, and would probably be of some use to anti-
quarians. It is worthy of remark that the opening into
the passage above described is full half a mile from the
castle,—;Nottingham Review.

Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Youle, and Mr. Ellice, Directors,
were present ; we also noticed Mr. Clarke, general super-
intendent ; and Mr. Kirtley, superintendent of the loco-
motive department.
Messrs. Wadsworth and Patchitt, solicitors, attended
on behalf of the Railway Company ; and Mr. Cursham,
solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of
Mr. Lightfoot.
John Longden, the guard of the up train, and who was
so much injured by the collision, was the first witness
ex

amined,
Henry Youle, Esq., a Director at Nottingham end,
was next examined ; George Mitchell, an assistant guard
and ticket collector, and Joseph England, a passenger,
also gave evidence ; but as most of those persons were
examined on the oter inquest, consequently there was.
nothing in their statements that could be new or ink.—

resting.
At three o'clock the jury agreed to adjourn for an hour.
Shortly after four the jury again took their seats, and
the evidence of John Chadbourn, of Pinx ton, a passenger
at the time of the collision, was being taken, but not
concluded when this report left.
Mr. Clarke, Mr. Kirtley, and some three or four other
witnesses, being yet to be examined, it is not at all likely
that the inquiry can terminate to-night.
In consequence of the verdict which the town jury
returned on Friday night, the Coroner issued his warrant
for Mr. Lightfoot's apprehension, on Saturday morning,
at nine o'clock, but Mr. Lightfoot had, in the mean time,
gone out of the way ; it is understood to be his intention
to surrender on the 13th instant, on which day the winter
assizes for the town of Nottingham cornmel,ce ; he will
then take his trial for the grave offence with which he
is charged.
There is a very general feeling of commiseration for
Mr. Lightfoot. The mayor and some other influential
inhabitants are to have a private meeting to-morrow
morning, at eleven o'cicck, for the purpose of getting up
a public demonstration in his behalf ; after which an
address, of which the following is a copy, will be for-
warded to the Directors, and signed by most of the
nobility, gentry, clergy, and other inhabitants of the
town andoonaty of,lio.ttingba •
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDLAND RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.
" Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of the
town and county of Nottingham, fully convinced of the
truth of what almost every day's experience illustrates,
that no human foresight or sagacity can in all instances
avert disaster—must regard Mr. Robert Lightfoot, in
your employ, as altogether morally guiltless on a recent
occasion, whatever limy have been the unhappy conse-
quences of those measure which he so zealously, and
with imminent hazard to his own life, adopted for good.
" We, therefore, at this crisis, feel it a duty no less
grateful than imperative, to respectfully express to you
our unabated confidence in Mr. Lightfoot, and to add
our earnest hope that that their may be no forfeiture of
the high position which, we have reason to believe, as a
servant, he has ever occupied in your esteem.
" We have the honour to be, Gentlemen.
" Your very obedient servants."
(Here follow the signatures.)
We regret to say that Mr. Roberts, the gentleman
who underwent amputation of the right leg on the day
succeeding the accident, was delirious throughout yester-
day, and his dissolution was looked for hourly. To. day
he has again slightly ralied, but very little hope, indeed,
exists that any ultimate change for the better can take
place. His medical attendants aro unremitting in their
attention to him, and this morning he has been placed on
a water bed, as the least pressure upon any part of his
frame induces intense suffering. Mr. Bowlstridge, the
landlord of the Three Horse Shoes, was also considered
dangerously ill yesterday, but a slight improvement in
his state has been observed since then. A young
lady named Gretton, is still seriously ill, but all the other
patients are going on favourably.

ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT AT
ASSASSINATION.
(From the Kelso Chronicle.)
This neighbourhood, long remarkable fur the quiet
and peaceable character of its inhabitants, became, on
Friday, the 22d inst., the scene of dastardly and atro-
cious bloodshed, under circumstances of a very painful
nature. The victim of this cowardly and cold-blooded
attempt at assassination is James Cockburn, a farm-
servant at Quixwood, in the parish of Abbey St. Bathans,
who was on that night to have been married to Jean
Steel, or Rankin, widow of the late John Rankin, and
residing at Lintlaw, in the adjoining parish of Bunch'.
The bride and bridegroom were to have met at Dunse in
the evening, in order to have had their nuptials cele-
brated by the Rev. C. Miller, of the Second Secession
Church. The bridegroom, with an acquaintance, of the
name of James Youl, was proceeding to the place of
meeting in Dunse, from his residence at Quixwood, and
when at a place call( d Preston Clough, about half a mile
to the north of Preston, at about halt-past five o'clock in
the afternoon, was fired at with a gun or pistol from the
plantation adjoining the cast side of the road, or from
behind a whin-bush on the road-side next the planta-
tion. The shot took effect in the hack, and the piece
being heavily charged, he instantly fell. Youl also
received some of the shots in his arm ; and being stunned
by the murderous attack, and seeing Cock burn fall, he
fled to Preston fur assistance and protection to himself
and Cockburn—having procured which, and returning
immediately to the spot, Cockburn was found as he fell,
but there was no trace of the murderer. He was now
conveyed to the nearest house at Preston, and medical
assistance and the proper authorities sent for from
Dunse. On an examination of his wounds, he was
f ,und to have received about 160 slug and round shot in
the back, which was dreadfully lacerated. On recovering
sensation, he was heard to say " that it was a poor re-
venge ;" and when asked if he suspected any one to have
done the deed, he said that he thought it would be Jo:.n
Johnston, who presently resides with Jean Rankin, as
hind to her, the bride to whom he was to have been
married. Johnston was at that time in the room, and
was then apprehended, but was then thought to be in-
nocent, as some came forward and said they knew him
to have been elsewhere when the shot was tired. Since
then he has been placed under examination, and re-
manded for some days until further evidence be pro-
duced. The bride and bridesmaid had arrived previously
in Dunse, and were waiting the arrival of the bridegroom
and his friends, when intelligence of the deed reached
them. The friends of the bride, on hearing it, saw the
propriety of being cautious at such a time in communi-
cating it abruptly to her; they, therefore, sent for the
Rev. Mr. Riddell, who, in a calm and suitable manner,
made her ware- of what had befallen her intended hus-
band: The poor woman, on learning it, was sorely dis-
tressed. It is not our business to surmise who may be
the guilty party at the present' time. Johnston is in the
hands of the authorities, and if there be evidence at all
against him, he must stand at the bar of his country to
answer for the deed. We understand that up to this
time James Cockburn is in a very dangerous condition,
and not expected . to, survive. Some of the shots have
been extracted, but there are still above 100 lodged in
his body. A, further examination of Johnston took
place on Wednesday, when he was committed for trial.
From what can be learned, he had borrowed a gun from
some person in Chirnside about three weeks ago, which
he denies. The person from whom he got the gun is to
be examined. A large concourse of people turned out
to see him pass from the Town-hall to the prison. When
he made his appearance, he looked unconcerned, and
turned round and gave a stare.

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The arrangements have
now all been completed, as we are given to understand,
for giving possession of the various parts of this great
work. All the shops and offices are let, and the agree-
ments have been signed by the tenants, many of whom
are in possession, and are fitting them up with consider-
able taste and effect. In Lloyd's subscribers'-room there
will be mahogany seats and tables for the subscribers,
between 800 and 900 in number ; and in the commer-
cial or club-roots, similar seats and tables are to be
placed for the accommodtstion of 300 or 400 persons.
Hound the room, and in appropriate stands, will be laid
the journals and newspapers from all parts of the world.
In the merchants' area the tessellated pavement has been
entirely removed, and the surface is now covered with
an exceedingly hard and smooth coating of the asphalte
of Seysel of a uniform and pleasing colour. The
Gresham Committee at first proposed to open this an a
for the use of the merchants last Monday, or on Monday
next ; but at a meeting of that body on Saturday, they
considered that it would be more advisable to bring all
the compartments of the building into use at one time,
and that probably it would on the whole be more con-
venient to give a somewhat longer notice, and to allow
the public to pass through for some days previously, so
that business persons might not be interfered with by the
intenseness of a natural public curiosity. The merchants'
area will, therefore, it is confidently reported, be given
up to the merchants on the Ist of January, and com-
plete access will be given to all public portions of the
building a week or ten days previously.
THE GORGON STEAM-SLOOP.—Extract of a letter
from an officer on board her Majesty's steamer Gorgon,
dated Monte Video, Sept. 22, 1844:—" We are still on
the beach, although not quite a fixture here, as we have
moved the ship 21 inches, and are as confident and p r-
severing as ever, though I cannot say when we shall get
off, yet I feel sure that before long we shall succeed. We
have built immense oblong boxes (in nautical phrase
termed camels), and have secured them under water to
the ship's sides ; they weigh her up about 220 tons, and
we have got more anchors and purchases to haul off by,
and have done everything to insure success, &C., save
the time and labour of taking the engine out,. I dare say
you can fancy a ship stuck into a sandy beach, and the
sand dug away from all round her and deep water, so
that large boats could go round her : such is our posi-
tion. There are no regular tides here ; the natives know
as little of ebb and flood as negroes do of ice or snow.
The rise and fall of the river is regulated entirely by the
winds and rain, and we expect some gales at the equinox,
and with them high tides. If the equinoctial gales pass
away, we shall not have others, or expect high tides
until our summer (which is your winter) bas passed
away. Our labour has been incessant and well directed,
as the enormous mounds of sand we have raised up tes-
tify ; more than 7,000 tons will mark the spot for many
a year where the Gorgon was on shore, and afford ample
proof to the wondering natives of the energy and perse-
verance of British ' Hearts of Oak.' I am not aware
that a similar attempt to recover so large a vessel from
off a dead lee shore, so deeply embedded in sand, has
ever been attempted. The French got a frigate on shore
in this river a few years ago, and after five months'
labour they were about to give her up, when the water
rose unexpectedly and floated her off ; but I fancy her
position was very different from ours."—litearhir
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e Fifteenth Century, carefully coloured by hand, and enriched with
gold. The Title-page is' ornamented with Fruits on a Gold Ground ;
and each pige of the Diary has an Ornamental Border, composed of
Natural Flowers, and printed in Gold and Colours, by Owen Jones.
The whole copied from the Kalendar in " The Hours of Anne of
Brittany."