The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-19 00:00:00

PELICAN LIFE A
Xatablished7o,
1797. LOMBA.RD-STREEI

114"700d, Esq., M.P.
- Co.sPe, Esq.
1:otton, Esq., F.R.S.
W. Curtis, Bart.
Davis, Esq.
hard Puller, Esq.
J' A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S,
Me Plan of this Office will be found to comprise all the solid ad
'alitages of Life Assurance.
p
"sone have the option of Insuring upon the Return or Non
Return
Systems ; and the Tables have been formed to snit the
—flYenlence.of all parties.
The Rates have recently been reduced agreeably to the most ap-
bre°ed calculations ; they are also verified by the experience of the
cti-e,e, during forty years, are as low as consistent with safety ; those
kt.
thm..7"scl to the RETURN SYSTEM entitle its assured to an equitable
hlThiciPation in the surplus premium; according to the plan detailed
e Company T's Prospectus.
14
Assured under both Systems will possess the guarantee of a
4., Paid-RP Capital, and the further security of a responsible body
0(. 1"
roprietors, without being exposed to the liabilities of partnership.
2°lleles are purchased on liberal terms when the object of an
--41 trance is effected ; or, loans will be granted thereon to the extent
of flve-sixths of such purchase-money.
Pr
ome°sPectuses and every information obtained on application at the 4,.
eity ;;,,as above, or to the Agents of the Company appointed in every
.0 principal town in the kingdom.

SSURANCE OFFICE,
r, and 57, CIIIRING-CROSS

DIREi

TORS.
Kirkman D. llodgson, Esq.
It. 11. Lawrence, Esq.
J. Petty Muspratt, Esq.
CI. S. Storey, Esq.
C. H. Turner, Esq.
M. Whiting, Esq.

R. TUCKER, Secretary,

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE 3' Charlotte-row COMPANY,
, Mani on-h use, and lb, Chancery-lane, London.

DIRECTORS.
KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
ilotni`nler-Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
Cap
Esq, John 31`Cluftle, Esq.
, Ridden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
r. Brandreth. J. 3larmaduke Rosseter, Esq.
k P AUDITORS.
...Canna, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
41Enteal, ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and R.

SHCRETARY—John Emerson, Esq.
To SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
PlayittiT ALL FUTURH QUESTIONS AS ro THE VALIDITY 01. POO-
L'', this Company
are prohibited by their deed of constitution from
thse..o.m. any
claim, unless they take upon themselves to prove that
tajo,,°llcY upon which the claim arises was obtained by fraudulent
,leresentation.
sit,h„S Company are further bound to give effect to every policy,
'4llth the debt for which it may have been originally procured,
Alt any time held, may have been paid effbefore the claim arises.
b y kri d that the value of policies may not be lessened or destroyed
tranrtie4 going beyond the limits usually prescribed, the Company
liond t.
,uP" Payment of a small extra premium, general or whole
,"o, which subsists during the currency of the policy.
Duji.rese means the policies of the London, Edinburgh, and
Lit, Company have come to be considered as forming secu.
Erniiarn_ "c Complete and more easily negotiable than any other
documents.
Drafitetir"ces are granted either with or without participation in
the I, and the utmost facility is given in regard to the payment of
;14rns, by the assured having the option of pa; ment by a
sYstee,-"e ascending scale, or according to the half premium
pr 2 continued for seven years.
ex,tn:ePeetuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of
bY the Manager and Agents.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

ATEs siirsEß OVER-COATS,
RR-cCHO A WRAPPERS,TaSn,d LUCAS
&c.
(late J.
ind L.Alliert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new
Bk.,tv;"fienalsle assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT
the a 'lts, FANCY vEsTINGs, TROUSERINGS, &c., for
lust aching season ; 'he style and cut of every garment are
pri,s2tied equal to any of the first houses at the West.end, at
th:". in Unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident
`t gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satis-
hi With any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as-
4ttrnent of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and
host approved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made
Alder the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to
i'l'eak confidently as to their superiority over all garments of a slop
gleription, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment.
5.2, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op.
Do
„slits the Statue.

NISHEFFIELD PLATE.
ESSRS. NORTON and Co., SilYersmiths
11 a*d Jewellers, Si, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite
4Tra. Everiagton's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at lin.
• si.T ked p, their STOCK GENUINE
eio,
ISht„."3 edi,
which thriceyes warrant to be the manufacture of theft PLATED
rst
e,„,,"'eld Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs,
114:1'ing Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Walters, lee Pails, Cake
ti.j.'eta, Collee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every ether article
.1 and ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept.
ai,d4 1,a,110 stock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Silver
oft
h,'nor articles, t such prices as must be well worthy the notice
, e Mho
tr follows from the recent investigations of the
kil,or red
Association for the Advancement of science, as
light ln the Atkenzum of October 19, that the quantity, of
tequir urn,shed by one pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES
chop 'eB for its production four pounds of ordinary tallow ones; and,
exaelficle, that the former, if at two shillings per lb., would be
fltic"Y as economical as the latter at sixpence per lb. Now,
lb b '''S PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings per
...,riltit it or under One Shilling per lb.
kb, f! nu,' be had of respectable dealers throughout the king.
tla, Vi care be taken to prevelt any imitations being passed off as
tro?, Ltent Candles ; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale
Co. n3/44ward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and
......Litto on.street, Clerkenwoll.

R. STOLBERG'S VOICE LOZENGE, the
ILI,
at. best specific for Coughs, Colds, and all Affections of the
'
twofWe have received several recommendations, amongst the rest,
gent r°lll clergymen, of the Stolberg Lozenge. We did, in a re.
Cear'''-lnilser, ourselves recommend them as the best specific for
ktid ~'he the voice that ever came under our notice."—Bd. Dramatic
' TUsieal Review, Nev. 16, 1844.
t4telabe had of every Chemist in the kingdom. Wholesale Agents,
/1 and Son, Farringdon-street.
guRGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
;' It D°BeB, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
-,ir
t 1 Dectrntinuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most
•'113" to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
fee pit* liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent.
511 climates have recommended t to the most distinguished
404.`"%eounections, who have all spoken highly in its recommends-
L4cat IA Prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint-
-41 s 5, families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each
te,ing sealed on the cork with their firru and address, as well
label having their signature, without which it cannot be
e 4)
~,St.,,RGESS and SON'S bon-
established and much-esteemed
Zit of ANCHOVIES coutinues to be prepared by them after
',tree Manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many

Warehouse 10- Strand, corner of SaToy Steps, London,

ADDLE
AND PRINCE ALBERT'S PATTERN PLATE.
IS. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing
14) gland Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Banlt_ot-
-7 e best wrout SILVER SPOONS and FORKS,
11.4 attern, 7s. 2d. pergh ounee , the Prince Albert's Pattern,
140 e• rTr ounce. The articles may be had lighter .r heavier, at the
'll,l)e'e per ounce :
V, Tabii,cldle. s. d.Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. s.d.
SPnens 30 at 7 210 15 S 12 Table S xions 40at7 6...15 0 0
ert dittol2 pessert..l
ktto 26 7 I_.",
2 b'Lle Forks 30 721015 0 12 Fable kor. s 40 :...15 0 0
cl,7*ert ditto 12 Dessert ditto 96.
6... ?, 1150 0
Soti4„'Y SPoons 10 72 3 11 8 2 Gravy Spoons 12
10
Ladle 10 72318 8! 1 Soup Ladle 12 7 6... 4 0
4-3s9tt" Witte 10 783 16 8 4 Snuce. ditto
tl2 80..,4 162
00
VskS.P°ollB (gilt strong) 1 0 0, 4 Salt Spoors (s ronggilt) 2
.2 '4" olice 2 10 0' 1 Flab Slice ........ .......... ...3 10 S
1 1.)()°0s 10 78316 8 12 Teat Spoons 14 8 0... 12
11,446.utar Tongs (1 d
ci.ns
~,I.s.otelndPtar
he Sugar
mnce Albert's pattern.ar Tongs 5 0
1
t*"Y hovel of unexampled !minify.

1,01
NG°UT, RHEUMATISM, AND RHEUMATIC GOUT
''ICO'S GOUT ANI) RIIEUAIA'FIC PILLS
ne,.,.are a certain aid safe remedy ;they restore tranquillity to
,„'/,4,tera."41,! give tone to the at( mach, and strength to tho whole
other medicine can be compared to these excellent
3ha,"e7 Orevent the disorder from attacking the Stomach or Head,
—"asofokro restored thousands from pain and misery to health and
'4,01,,,b,7,_A. 'Willoughby and Co., 61, Bishopsgate Without, and
"" Medicine Venders, at Is. I lid. or ea. 9d. per box.

l'ilt
14EST APERIENT AND ANTIIIILIOUS MEDICINE
1b.,1
FOR OCCASIONAL USE IS
RAMPI'ON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which
ti,„ eft,,,,,,
a i", NvitC-tUally relieves the stomach and bowels by general relaxa-
j+ie.,i'Vtut griping or prostration of strength. They remove head.
jthie icinnell, promote'r in the che.t &c., are highly grateful
11'1,1 deps°,lZ,Fh, aiges'tion, create 'appetite, relieve langour
chefs, *LI ,ion •t spit its ; while to those of a full habit and free
, gin,. 0 are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and
`o lie e'll the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail
_..l.liiiP'reciated.
"Itti4zt ~,Zed_icine has for many years received the approval of the
I,:cacy th'-',lable classes of society, and in confirmation of its
th pei,.*;',e_ f.ollovring letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout,
4a4r, t.) :: on to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any re,pectable
1,11,,._..t., author :
.r l'ieut,2:..9, Strand, London.
•.
Meted,,...._i ~_
.. .' Heavitrce, Exeter, April 24, 1844.
t,t!eel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and lingo-
eall h,• ,49°TlY to the excellence of your • Frampten's Pill of
neo,„„
rnu.hlch I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior
te,,,',,c1 t;(„d'cirle- The widow of ars officer, an elderly lady, and
th,... `nerai„,-,;!. "f mine, has used them -very rarely having re coin, e
to exte,;:.leine—for a long pet led of years; she has recommenclod
ti;12,4, and in one insta.nce in which_ she_induced a persom
z heNrtroaflii
n.:4and.
efficacy
pliedltthhi en
lf,irtLtatbopxerlikeargltfi,ettheei,s
scarcely any
Thallih„fri"de '''' Y patent medicines before the public of equal value
teen, ha,, m need'—certainly none possessed et superior. claims. I
-,iati .-PY ori all occa•icris to give them my individual recom_
Sol 'o.hrid , '
bo (I by 1 h am,Sir, your obedient servant, . • • • •,,
k,* ; ~, ,_ ornas 'rout, 2.11), Strand, London, price Is. I Y;261. per
sego,ol" "Y the venders of medicines generally throughout the
Il4o4lniaciFtißreAssiSloPf TON'S PI I L of HEALTH, and observe the
"Tkiornas I rout '4 V, Straud, London," on the
Gut stamp, • .

No. 16,331. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SIT IT DECEMBER 19, 1844.

BATHS and WASH-HOUSES for the
LABOURING CLASSEL

PRESIDENT.
Ile BISHOP of LONDON.
FRUSTUMS.
Sir WILLIAM MAONAY, Bart.
SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Esq.
ABEL SMITH Esq., M.P.
ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, Esq.

COMMITTIIII FOR GIINESAL TUIPNEA.
WILLIAM COTTON, Esq , Chairman.
(The Trustees ex officio.)
ROBERT BOWIE, Esq.
Rev. W. W. CHAMPNETS
Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY
ROBERT DICKSON, Esq., M.D.
SAMUEL GURNEY, jun., Esq.
WILLIAM H AWES, Esq.
RICHARD JOHNSON, Esq.
HENRY KINGSCOTE, Esq.
Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart.
JOSEPH S. LRSCHER, Esq.
WILLIAM LOBE, Esq., M.D.
ROBERT OLDERSHAW, Esq.
JOHN D. TO ih'LES, Esq.
Viscount RANELAGH
DAVID SALOMONS, Esq.
Mr. Deputy STEVENS
Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART
JOSEPH TOYNBEE, Esq.

DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE, Esq.
GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Req.
The Subscriptions before advertised amounted to £4,041 13s.
Her Majesty the Queen £2OO 0 0
His Royal Highness Prince Albert ......100 0 0
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager 100 0 0
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterburyloo 0 0
The Lord Bishop of London lOO 0 •
Earl of Eldon
Messrs. Baring Brothers
Messrs. N. M. de Rothschild and Son 2OO 0 0
George Byng, Esq., 51. P 105 0
The Times Journal lO5 0 0
Marquis of Westminster
Samuel Gurney, Eeq ...100 0 0
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS:—
The Worshipful Company of Grocers £lOO El
East and West India Dock Company ...100 0 0
St. Katharine's Dock Company lOO 0 0
London Dock Company lOO • 0
Messrs. Allen and Anderson.. 5 4 0
Lord ♦shley...
J. Adams, Jun., Esq.,
J. Anthony. Esq
d. Allnutt, Esq.
W. H. Ashurst, Esq.
An Aquatic, per G. B. Gregory, Esq.._ 1 1 0
Robert Baley, Esq.
F. T. Bircbiin, Eeq.
Messrs. Blades and East .. 5 5 0
Rev. C. Bowen
R. Bright, Eeq., M.D.
C. R. Brown, Esq.
Henry Browning, Esq.
Robert Brutton. Eeq.
Colonel B
David Baillie, Esq.
David Barclay, Esq., MP.
Russell Gurney Barclay, Esq.
Messrs. Barker, Brothers 3 3 0
B. L• Bate, Esq.
Henry Bateman, Eeq.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq.
T. H. Bothamly, Esq.
R. aid B. Brown lO 10 0
I. K. Brunel, Esq.
John W. Buckle, Eeq.
John Buckle, Esq. ....•
Col. Buckley
William Bullock, Esq. ... 1 1 0
Alfred Burgess, Eeq.
Mrs. Burrell lO 0 •
Mrs. Col. C.
Dr. T. K. Chambers.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester 0 0
Messrs. C. Chubb and Son
William Coles, Req•
Lieut.. Colonel J. R. Cranford
Lewis Cubitt, Esq.
William Cubitt, Esq.
J. C. Cameron, Esq. 2 2 0
The Misses Champion
Charles Clarke, Esq. (a) 1 1 0
Coal.perters' Fine for Drunkenness 2 • 0
Charles Cochrane, Fisq 5 o •
Messrs. Cockerell and Co
Rev. E. Cogan
Messrs. Collman and Selterfeht... ..... '5 0 0
Alexander Colvin, Req.
Messrs. Cook, Sons, and Co.
Hon. W. F. Cooper
John Crowley, Eaq.
Charles Craddock, Esq
S. N. Cowley, Esq.
Roger Cunliffe, Esq.
John Curtis, req.
Juland Danvers, Esq.
Henry Davidson, Esq.
Stephen C. Denison, Esq . 1 1 0
Joseph Drinkald, Esq.
Messrs. Durant and Ca.
J. E. Denison. Esq.
Rev. H. Dupuis
E. B 2 0 0
William Edwards, Esq.
John Entwistle, Esq.
Dr. M. T. Este
Rev. T. Simpson Evans
Dr. Forbes lO 10 0
♦ Friend, by J. Cecil, Eaq. ......
A Friend, by Messrs. Glyn and Co
J. Fleet, Eeq.
J. Freshfleld, Esq 2O 0 0
E. Gifford, Esq
F. A. Goldainld, Eeq.
Messrs. Gowar, Nephews, and Co.
Henry Grace, Esq.
J. Gunston, Esq. . ...
C. Gamlen, Esq.
J. S. Gaskoin, Esq.
Rev. C. H. Gaye
•
Mrs. Gaye 1 1 0
.1. G. Gifford, Esq.
Robert Gosling, Esq.
James Giro, Esq. ..... .
T. and E. Greenaway
Benjamin Hardy, Esq.
George Hardy, Esq.
Arthur Helps, Esq.
Thomas Hodgson, Esq 5 5 0
Egerton Hubbard, Esq lO 10 0
Edward Hurry, Esq. 1 1 0
H. B. H.
•
H. C .......
S. Hawkins, Req.
T. W. Phelps, Esq.
John Henderson, Esq.
Joseph Hoare, Esq.
Dr. Holland
Lieutenant Frederick Holland 9 8 0
Mt. Alderman W. H. Hostile
Messrs. Hulbert and Layton 5 5 0
A. J. B. Hope, Eeq., M.P.
H. W. Hewlett, Esq.
Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son 3l If) 0
Lord Kenyon
Meters. Johnson, Bulmer, aid Co
_ _

__
E. Johnson, Esq.
Bev. E. R. Jones
J. K., per W. Hawes, Esq. ... . ...
J. P. L. ••• •• 1 0 •
Rev. A. P. Kelly
0 2 0
L. L. A., by the Times
T. H. Law, Esq
R. H. Lawrence, Esq
Moors. Liddiard and Co . 5 5 0
Illeorgis Laurence, Esq 2 2 0
Mews. Leaf, Coles, Smith, and Co. lO 10 9
H. F. S. Lefavre, Esq.
Mrs. Legh..• 5 0 0
Rev. Thomas Leigh
J. Eescher and Son
J. S. Leacher, Esq.
Abraham Levy, Esq.
Edward Levy, Esq.
T. A. Levy, Esq. ... ..
L. Lewis, Zsq 1 • 0
B. E. Lindu, Rag ...... b i 0
A. Lincolne, Esc( _

. ..
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq.... ......... .. ... 10 10 •
Rev. C. Mackensie
William Millar, Esq
Messrs. Mol'att and Co. ........ ._
T. M., Esq.
Mr. Sergeant Manning lO 10 0
R. s,l'Culloch, Esq.
Robert Martin, Esq. ......••••.• .. 10 II 0
W. J. Maxwell, Esq
Mrs. Merceron
Ifenry Merceron
Mrs. Henry Mercer's
Merrick, Esq.
John Miles, Esq.
Messrs. T. and R. Melkt
Messrs. J and E. Morley lO 10 0
John Morley, Esq.
Robert Alushert. Esq.
John Nesbitt, Esq lO 0 I
Rev. Sir J. Newport, Sart.
Messrs. Patrey and Pasteur lO 10 •
William Pennell, Efiq I 1 0
William Pennell, jun. .... , ............
Louis Hayes Petit, Esq.
William Pott, Pkii. ..... .. ..... ....
W. Pulsford, Esq.
Edward Page, Esq.
P. D. Palmer, Esq
J. M. Parsons, Esq. ..•..• 2 2 0
Thomas Parsons, Esq.
George Paton, Esq. • 1 1 0
J. F. P 8.1.78011 and Co . 21 0 0
R. Pearson, Egg.
Rev. S. Penfold, D.D.
Claude Paring, Esq.
James Phillips, Esq 5 0 0
R. Prarell, asq. , . 10 19 0
R. Rameden, DA
J. Reid, Esq. ... ...... 1 1 0
R. F. Reynolds, Esq lO 10 0
Captain H. Rich.......
The Record Newspaper 2l 0 0
Wm. Robertson, Esq.
.......•

C. Sayer, Eeq 3 9 0
W. Stone, Eeq
John Straith, Eeq 1 1 0
Lord J. Stuart
H. B. Smith, Esq.
Joseph Tucker, Eeq 9 5 0
Affairs. W. J. Thompson and Son
Messrs. Trueman and Cook 2l 0 0
Mrs. Tubbs
H. Tritton, Esq.
Henry Vaughan, Esq. ......
R. E. Van Heythuyeeu
Henry Vyner, Esq.
Mrs. Ware ....

H. S. Westmacott
J. and C. White aid Co.
The Lord Bishop of Winchester 5O 0 0
W. Walker, Esq 1 0 •
Miss Ware
Rev. H. G. Watkins ...... . .
Joshua Watson, Esq.
Rev. W, Winthrop
J. E. Walker, Esq
T. B. Wrightson, Faq . 2 2 0
.1. Wickens, Esq.
G. Whitbread, Esq.
B. B. Williams, Esq 1 1 0
Messrs. Willis and Percival
Rev. D. Wilson 2 2 •
John Wilson, Esq h • •
J. D. Wood, Esq 2O • •
John Wright, Esq.
Sundry small sums
If any gentleman has not received a formal acknowledgment
of the receipt of his contribution, he is hereby requested to cam.
municate its amount, and when and to whom it was paid.
Contributions are received by the Members of the Committee;
by the Bankers of the Metropolis; and at the Temporary Offiee,
3, Crosby-square, where attendance is given from Ten till Four,
JAMES FARISH,
JOHN BULLAR, s Hon. Secretaries.
GEORGB STONHOUSE GRIFFITH, Assist. Sec.
Committee.roosn, South Sea-house.

DINNER TO SIR H. POTTINGER

,ridged from the Liverpool Courier.)
Sir Aenry Pottinger and Lady Pottinger, with
their son and two daughters, reached Liverpool on
Monday, and were, soon after their arrival, waited
upon by various deputations from public bodies and
merchants. Next day Sir Henry visited the Ex-
change and the principal public buildings, where he
was welcomed with much enthusiasm. In the even-
ing a dinner took place in the large ball-room of the
Town-hall.
The chair was occupied by the Mayor, James
Lawrence, Esq. On his right we noticed the dis-
tinguished guest of the evening, Sir Henry Pottinger,
G.C.8., Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P. Wilson Patten,
Esq., M.P., Sir George Larpent, Lieutenant-Colonel
Malcolm, Major Pottinger, Major Axford, Captain
Ormsby, Gilbert Henderson Esq., Recorder, Edward
Rushton, Esq., Dr. Whittaker, Mohun Lal, Esq., an
Indian Chief, E. Arnaud, Esq., the Collector, John
Wright, Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., J. S. Leigh,
Esq., the Mayor of Wigan, Samuel Horrocks, Esq.,
Joseph Hornby, Esq.,
William Nicol, Esq. On his
left were Lord Stanley, the High Sheriff, William
Entwistle, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Rector Brookes, Col.
Falconer, Sir George Monro, George Grant, Esq.,
Captain Bevis, R.N., Thomas Baxley, Esq., Archibald
Hunter, Esq., J. S. Heywood, Esq., Dr. Brandreth,
Samuel Thompson, Esq., George Hall Lawrence,
Esq., Samuel Stainforth, Esq., Scott, Esq., London,
Alderman Hodgson E. Zwilchenbart, Esq., G. E.
Arbuthnot, Esq., Rev. William Cleminson.
The dinner commenced at a quarter-past seven
o'clock, and the cloth was withdrawn about half-past
eight.

AT LIVERPOOL.

(Ab

-After the usual loyal toasts,
The MAYOR proposed " The Army and Navy." He
spoke of the eminent services which had been ren-
dered in China by both branches of the service, and
concluded by saying that they had done all that could
have been hoped for from British soldiers and seamen,
and that more could not have been expected.
Colonel FALCORRIL briefly returned thanks on the
part of the army, and observed that the approbation of
their countrymen was the great stimulus and reward
of military men.—(Cheers.) He bore testimony, on
behalf of the army, to the great services rendered to
this country by their distinguished guest, and spoke
with approval of the conduct of the British forces in
China.

Captain CIAIGIN, R.N., responded, on the part of
the naval force. lie also alluded to the eminent ser-
vices of Sir H. Pottinger, and said that British
seamen ever looked forward to the approbation of
their country, and particularly of the mercantile
classes, who were the sheet anchor of the community,
as the great reward for all their toils.—(Cheers.)
The MAYOR then rose to propose the principal
toast of the evening. After the cheering had sub-
sided, his Worship said—My Lords and Gentlemen,
the toast which I am about to propose is one which,
I am quite sure, will meet with the most cordial re-
ception.— (Cheers.) I should have been glad if the
honour had fallen upon one more capable of doing
justice to its merits. —(No, no.) Fortunately, how-
ever, in a company such as that by which I am sur-
rounded it requires no advocacy, it appeals at once to
the affections and the gratitude of each individual
for valuable public services.—(Renewed cheers.)
Whether we contemplate the prejudices which had to
be overcome, the difficulties to be encountered, or the
great importance of the object to be achieved, we are
alike indebted to the ability, zeal, and indefatigability
by which they were overcome.—(Loud applause.)
There are few here, I am sure, who are not feelingly
alive to the great importance of the trade with
China.—(Load cheers.) Many, to their cost, here,
have felt the difficulties and prejudices with which
that trade was for a long series of years surrounded,
and all will hail with gratitude the man who has so
greatly contributed to place it upon a firm and per-
manent basis.—(lmmense applause.) My Lords and
Gentlemen, none will receive greater benefits from it
than the British merchant. Our manufacturers will
feel its powerful stimulus. The artisan will derive
his full share in its advantages.—(Hear, hear.) Its
effects will be felt through every portion of the em-
pire.—(Cheers.) And I trust that even the great
and moral people, who have been hitherto so adverse
to intercourse with strangers, will obtain their full
share in the benefits and blessings which are
likely to follow from the labours of our distinguished
guest.—(Tremendous cheers.) I therefore beg to
propose " The health of the Right Hon. Sir Henry
Pottinger"—(Cheers)—whose sagacious, enlightened,
and successful policy, has opened a new world to
British enterprise and capital.--(Cheers.)
Sir H. POTTINGER, in rising to acknowledge the
compliment, was greeted with renewed applause.
When silence had been obtained, he said—Mr. Mayor,
my Lords, and Gentlemen, in rising to offer my most
sincere thanks for the manner in which you have
been pleased to drink my health, it is with no affected
diffidence that I tell you that I am incapable of ex-
plaining how truly I appreciate your kindness. It is,
as his worship, the Mayor, has said, not kindness, but
affection towards me. The manner in which I have
been received in this great town to-day, and the
tokens of regard and approbation I have received, are
beyond all expression. There are some situations of
them. i Ths
is exactly my position. I know not how to tell you
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how thankful I am for the honour you have conferred
upon me. I have come among you, I will not say as
a stranger, but certainly as knowing very few of you
andly a
,andfriheenrde. I ilineesptyenokuing of m
all, I
must ask you all to recollect the circumstances in
which I stand among my countrymen throughout
brotherperson al
England. I hare been absent almost my whole life,
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and now I am come back to be received with honour,
approbation, and applause. It is delightful to
me in one sense, and yet painful in another; delight-
ful, because what is more precious or dear to any
man's heart than the approbation of his fellow-coun-
trymen ?—(Hear.) Painful, I repeat, because I can-
not tell you how truly and how highly I appreciate
their kindness and approbation. With respect to my
measures in China, I have already had such oppor-
tunities of speaking in public, that I think I need
hardly trouble you regarding them.—(Yes, yes ; go
on.)—I will, however, say, that when I was graciously
selected by her Majesty to fulfil the duties of envoy
to China, 1 went out with the firm determination, not
of forcing any unpleasant treaty on the Chinese after
the great objects of the war were accomplished by
the force of her Majesty's arms, but rather to act as
an umpire between the two nations.—(Hear, and
cheers.) I had found those attached to the mission
who cordially entered into my views, and I had the
great happiness to meet with a corresponding feeling
in the High Commissioner Ke-ying, than whom a more
enlightened statesman I do not believe there is in any
country in the world. A man feelingly alive to all the
amenities of life, and more particularly so to that
high feeling which dictated his conduct throughout
this negotiation. I could, were it admissible in such
a society, tell you of such instances of Ke-ying's
high feeling and noble conduct as would, I dare say,
astonish you. I trust, at some future period, it will
please her Majesty's Government to do him and the
Chinese character generally justice, by making his
dispatches and letters public. It would not astonish
you only, but all the world, to find such sentiments
existing in what we have been in the habit of think-
ing a self-secluded Chinese mandarin. One great
point in the treaty I had the honour of concluding
was, that the trade with China should be thrown open
to all other nations. This, you must be aware, I '
could not have succeeded in bringing about without
the cordial sanction and co-operation of the Chinese
authorities. But the moment I explained to the High
Commissioner the object I had in view, and pointed
out the advantages it offered, not only to China but to
all other nations, he most cordially acceded to it ; arid
before I left he entreated me, as the representative of
England, in case of any unforeseen difficulty arising,
to act as a mediator between China and any other
European nation.—(Hear, hear.) This is a strong
proof of the confidence I have won, and I trust I have
won it not by succumbing in any way to any unjust
demands (if such were made) of the Chinese, but by
letting the Chinese see that there was only one rule
for my conduct as an Englishman—true faith and
good honour.—(Loud applause.) I believe the treaty
so concluded to answer, as I had the pleasure of
stating to-day at the meeting in the Town-hall, all the
advantages that a treaty can possibly combine.—
(Hear.) It has this peculiarity, that anything that
benefits one nation with regard to it, must benefit the
other. Such is my interpretation of the Chinese
treaty. There are some trifling points, such, for in-
stance, as what I believe is called, in mercantile
phraseology, the bonding system, for which,
I confess, I was afraid to stipulate, be-
cause I did not like to propose anything
the Chinese would object to. I am happy to say,
however, that after I left they not only cordially ac-
ceded to, but proposed it—(Hear)—and I have since
learned that it is included in an article inserted in
the treaty which I am also delighted to mention has

been concluded between the United States and China.
Our treaty provides for every advantage that may be
given to any other nation being enjoyed by England.
At the same time the Chinese made no objection to
the proposal, and were quite ready to allow it tacity
to be in full force. There is one other point to which
I may be permitted to allude before sitting down. It
it the treatment we are to show towards the Chinese.
‘Ve must remember that they have been three or four
thousand years, as we are led to understand, totally
secluded within themselves ; that they do not under-
stand us ; that a mere treaty is not a sufficient ground
for their at once changing their usages. But lam
quite satisfied, from what I saw during my residence
among them, that, if treated kindly by England and
all other nations that may resort there, in due time,
with God's blessing, they will enter as widely as any
other nation into all our social feelings, and into that
intercourse which is so desirable between man and
man.—(Applause.) When I come to address this
large body of merchants, in one of the greatest ports
of the world—for such is Liverpool—l need not ask
you to impress on those who repair to that distant
land in charge of your ships and merchandise, to
study kindness and forbearance towards the people.—
(Hear.) It is the great, the first object we ought to
have in view, that of conciliating the lower classes of
the Chinese. To revert once more to my friend,
Ke-ying. In one of his beautiful letters, he says,
" Our people are prone to ill-treat those who are dis-
solute and inclined to excess. Your sailors, and par
titularly the black sailors (alluding to our Indian
vessels), are apt to get drunk. Pray have this put a
stop to, lest they go ashore and be ill-treated, and we
thereby acquire a bad name."—(Applause.) When
I tell you such is the feeling of one of the highest
men in the empire—a blood relation to the Em-
peror and a first-class mandarin—you will not think
I am travelling out of my way to beg that, when
your ships leave the shores of England, you will
impress on those on board how necessary it
is to be kind and conciliatory to those whom
we want, by degrees, to introduce into our
social system.—(Hear, hear.) I believe that the
prejudice which the Chinese entertain towards our
intercourse, such as we look to between ourselves, and
all other nations, proceeds not from any religious
feeling. On the contrary, it proceeds from an appre-
hension that we will use that intercourse for political
purposes. When that feeling is once got over, which
will be in a few years, I trust, I have no doubt China
will come forward, as she ought, u one of the first
nations of the earth. The extent of trade in China is
something that most persons, if it was stated to them,
would deem incredible.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Especially in cotton and the manufactures of cotton,
the demand will be unlimited. The only question is
how China is to pay ? This is a matter which, in so
large an empire, must rest on time. But, in the mean-
while, new resources will spring up, and the people
will learn from our kind treatment and intercourse to
have new demands. That such will be the result of
our treaty I have not the least doubt.—(Cheers.)
My Lords and Gentlemen, I fear I have detained you
too long.—(No, no.) I entreat you, individually and
collectively, to accept my warm, my grateful, my
heartfelt thanks, for the manner in which you have
received me in ;his great town, and for the honour
you have done me in drinking my health.—(The Right
Hon. Baronet sat down amidst loud and prolonged
applause.)
Sir HENRY again rose and said—My Lords and
Gentlemen with the permission of the worshipful the
Chairman, I take the liberty to deviate in some small
degree from the routine of the evening to propose a
toast which I am sure you will all have great pleasure
in drinking. It needs no remark on my part to re-
commend it. I feel it to be called for from me, be-
cause I have received in this town such tokens of re-
gard, affection, and respect, which it is impossible I
can by any w.rds convey my full sense to your
minds. Without further preface I beg to propose " The
health of the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool."
The CHAIRMAN. thanked them for the compliment
they had been pleased to pay him. The reception
they had given to the toast was most gratifying, and
its value was greatly enhanced by the fact of its being
proposed by their distinguished guest.—(Applause.)
lie should feel himself exceedingly happy if he had
been the means of adding, in the slightest degree, to
that tribute of respect and esteem which was so justly
due to that talanted individual, to be rejoiced in com-
mon with his fellow-townsmen in the opportunity of
gratefully thanking him for his valuable services.
The MAYOR then proposed, in highly compli-
mentary terms, " Sir Hugh Gough, and the army
connected with the Chinese expedition."

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
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Gazette of yesterday, in the advertisement of the Bank-
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In conjunction with our friends, Messrs. Partin and Tur-
ner, we sued out a fiat, our respective debts not being of
sufficient amount to enable us to do so solely ; but owing
to some very culpable negligence in the office of the Mes-
senger under the fiat, where the usual advertisements for
the Gazette is prepared, our names were most unneces-
sarily introduced in the advertisement, with the slight
distinction of P.C., introduced to denote " Petitioning
Creditors," but in a manner calculated to lead the public
to suppose that the fiat was against us also; and the usual
abstract of the advertisement in some of the Morning
Papers was calculated to create the same impression.
An application was made this morning to Mr. Com-
missioner Goulburn, who most courteously expressed his
regret at the error, and, by his public notice of the matter
in court, did all in his power to correct it.—We are, Sir,
your most obedient servants,

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and yarn. The closing of the continental markets
by the ice in the rivers, is one great cause of the
present dulness ; to which we may add the usual
quietness of the present season of the year.
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BURY.—On Monday afternoon last, the bellman
went, through the principal streets of Heywood, swing
that a meeting of factory operatives and others would
be held at eight o'clock that night, at the Star Inn,
Market-place. The meeting was acvordingly help,
when delegates from Rochdale and other places were in
attendance, and requested the fact Dry hands at Heywood
to give a fortnight's notice of their intention to leave
their employment unless they received an advance of
wages. The hands at some few places have already
given this notice.
The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the
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bour-master at Margate, a commissioner of salvage.

Colonel Marx°Lir, as the senior officer of the
Chinese expedition, briefly returned thanks.
/n proposing the next toast, " Sir 'William Parker
and the Navy connected with the Chinese expedition,"
his Worship said, if anything could add to the renown
of the British navy, it would be the noble daring, the
skill and seamanship displayed by those brave tars in
that expedition.—(Cheers.) They had never looked
for less—they could not hope for more.—(Applause.)
The Maros, then gave " Her Majesty's Ministers,"
which was received with enthusiastic and protracted
cheering.
Lord STANLEY rose to reply. The Noble Lord
was received with nine cheers, the whole company
standing. His Lordship said—Mr. Mayor and
Gentlemen, I need hardly say, after the unde-
servedly flattering reception with which you have
met the proposal of this toast, and upon my own
part, but more especially upon that of my colleagues,
I thank you, gratefully and cordially, for the tribute
of your esteem and approbation which you have
given to those who are labouring at the head of her
Majesty's Government in this country.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, it would be absurd to suppose that in a
mixed assembly of this description, even if I had not
very near an ocular proof to the contrary, that every
individual present approved of every act of an Ad-
ministration, or even that there were sot many who
believed, that in many of their acts, this, as any
other Administrations, had been misled. But lam
sure of this, that in no society of Englishmen, whe-
ther friends or opponents, would such a reception
have been given to the toast of her Majesty's Minis-
ters, unless, whatever your political opinions might
be, you had entertained a conviction that tite men
who were so honourably placed, were men of inte-
grity and of honour—(Loud cheers)—labouring con-
scientiously, earnestly, and diligently, towards the
accomplishment of the great object of which all Mi-
nistries are constituted for the furtherance of the
public weal, according to their understanding of that
weal, be that understanding what it may—(Hear,
hear)—and determined, in that object, in the pur-
suit of that great end, to spare neither private com-
fort, health, time, or any other consideration,
in consideration with that which is their para-
mount, their public duty. (Great cheering.)
Gentlemen, it affords me peculiar satisfaction upon
this occasion to be the organ of returning the thanks
of my colleagues, both because upon a former occa-
sion in the metropolis I was prevented from having
the opportunity of joining in that tribute of praise
which is so largely and so justly bestc wed upon your
distinguished guest of this evening, and prevented
from beholding that which, to my eyes, is the most
gratifying spectacle that can be beheld—men of all
parties and of all persuasions joining in a just appre-
ciation of distinguished living merit—(Applause)—
but because, in my official capacity, it fell to my lot
doubly to have an opportunity of bearing witness to
the distinguished services of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man whom you are met this day to honour.—
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in my capacity as the
War Minister of this country, it was my duty to
superintend as well as to preside over the preparations
of those great military and naval reinforcements, and of
those munitions of war which, largely sent at the
close of the year 1841, contributed some rather cogent
and rather pointed arguments in support of the nego-
tiations of our friend.—(Hear, and applause.) It
was consequently my lot to watch with deep interest,
unchecked, however, by a single disappointment or a
single failure, the progress of that expedition in which
British and Indian troops, naval and military, vied
with each other in a rivalry honourable alike to both
—(Hear, hear)—surmounting obstacles which re-
quired not military skill, nor valour, nor science
alone, but determination and perseverance to en-
counter ; and it was my lot also to know, and to
watch the discretion with which the Right Hon.
Gentleman near me exercised the high functions with
which, even at that period, he was entrusted.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) I know not, Gentlemen, how far
it is generally known that, though undoubtedly at that
time to the Right Honourable Gentleman was not
entrusted the superintendence of any military and
naval movements, yet to him a large discretion was
given by the Government, which fully confided in his
talent and ability, of saying at what periods those
naval and military arguments had attained to such
a height as to lead to the introduction of more
polished diplomatic intercourse, to say at what
time the arms of Great Britain should be stayed,
and how soon the process of negotiation might corn-
mence.—(r{ear, hear.) And when that period ar-
rived, honourable alike to the arms of Britain and to
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' wielded, her Majesty's Government had but the gra-
tifying task, step by step, of applauding and approving
the discretion, the temper, the judgment, and the for-
bearance, with which those delicate negotiations were
subsequently conducted by the Right Hon. Gentle-
man.—(Loud cheers.) In that department the Right
lion. Gentleman was more particularly responsible to
another member of her Majesty's Government; but I
had the satisfaction, in another point of view, of being
brought universally into connexion with the Right
lion. Gentleman. I saw his untiring labours, and
his zealous assiduity in forming or finding a new
colonial society—(Cheers)—in supervising the foun-
dation of a colony where all was new and strange—
where obstacles were to be encountered from mutual
prejudices, from ignorance of each other's habits, from
omissions upon the one side and upon the other; from
unreasonable demands and exorbitant expectations ; and
I saw the Right Hon. Gentleman with satisfaction, in
his civil, as well as his diplomatic, correspondence,
carry on " the even tenor of his way " with one fixed
intention, and that boldly conceived and boldly exe-
cuted, of obtaining the greatest advantages consist-
, ently with the honour and good faith of this country.
—(Loud and general cheering.) Gentlemen, there
is one point to which the Right Hon. Gentleman, in
his address to you to-night, has peculiarly adverted,
although he has modestly abstained from stating the
full share which he had in it. I allude to that decision
to which he came—and it is due to him I should say
he came to it and acted upon it upon his own respon-
sibility, and without restriction—(Cheers)—not only
to demand exclusive privileges (for that he was pro-
hibited from doing), but for inserting as a stipulation
in the treaty that all other nations should alike par-
take of the commercial advantages which had been
gained by this country by the power of the British
arms, and by the prudence of British negotiation.
—(lmmense approbation.) Gentlemen, it was not
the good fortune of her Majesty's present Govern-
ment to select for this high office the distin-
guished gentleman who sits near me. That credit is
justly due, and I concede it with all praise, to the Ad-
ministration which preceded us—(Cheers)—but I
should be sorry to see the Administration in which
public servants, engaged in distant hemispheres, and
engaged together in the common service of their
country, acted with less cordiality or co-operated less
warmly either upon one side or the other for their
common object, because they happen to be connected
with, or appointed by, persons of different political
persuasions.—(Hear, and much applause.) And,
Gentlemen, I say it for myself, and I know I may say
it also—for I have heard the sentiment repeated over
and over again—for my Right Hon. Friend the Earl of
Aberdeen, that it was to him and to me in our several
departments, a subject of the deepest regret when Sir
Henry Pottinger's earnest entreaties induced us—or
rather, I should say, compelled us—to accede to a
very strongly expressed desire of his, after so many
years service in distant countries, to return to his na-
tive land, there to enjoy, in the midst of his country-
men, the well-earned honours which, I am proud to
see, have been bestowed upon him ; and I can use no
more emphatic language—
" To read his history in a nation's eyes."

—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I might be forgiven for
trespassing upon you for one moment longer, it would
be to express my great satisfaction at the allusion
which has been made by the Right HOl4. Gentleman
to-night, however little it may be needed in a society
like that which I have the honour of addressing—the
necessity of great caution and great prudence in
our dealings with our new allies, those who are
lately brought within the pale of civilisation in the
vast Chinese empire.—(Hear.) When I speak of the
pale of civilisation, I should rather say in the pale of
European commerce and intercourse—(Hear, hear)
—because I believe there is no nation in the world to
which, as far as civilisation goes, greater injustice has
been done in the public estimation than the great em-
pire of China.—(Hear, hear, and much applause.)
But, Gentlemen, among those subjects which par-
ticularly struck the Chinese during the course of our
warlike operations against them, and since, in our diplo-
matic intercourse with them, has been the strict,
accurate, literal fulfilment, in the spirit as well as the
letter, of every engagement which we entered into
with them.—(Cheers.) We have heard the Chinese
spoken of as a tricky, over-reaching people. That
there are such among them—among the inferior
dealers—l do not for a moment doubt; but Ido dis-
believe that that is the general character of the nation.
—(Dear and applause.) I believe, so far as our later
experience has gone, that there is no nation which
more highly values public faith in others; and up to
the present moment, I am bound to say that there
never was a Government or a nation which more
strictly and conscientiously adhered to the literal
fulfilment ofthe engagements with which it has entered.
—(Long and loud cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, it is
not for the Government, it is for you—it is for the
merchants of England—it is for the great commercial
body whose principal seat is in this town—to confirm,
to maintain, and to strengthen their feelings of re-
spect for British faith.—(Loud and long-continued
cheering.) The Government have done their part.
The ports of China are open to you to an extent
passing the most sanguine calculations ; but, there
are still, national prejudices ; there are still, national
jealousies to be overcome; and it behoves those who
are more immediately concerned in dealing with that
great empire, not only in their dealings (for that I
doubt not) to maintain their character for scrupulous
honour and integrity which has ever been the dis-
tinguishing mark of the British merchant, but not,
in the eagerness for the profit of those commercial
advantages which are offered, to push beyond the
limits which Chinese prejudice—if you say it is so—
will yet permit those advantages which are now open
to our commerce. The door is thrown open to you;
rely upon it, it will be opened wider still ; but it
must be opened by voluntary concessions from within,
and not by what will be felt to be compulsory en-
croachments from without.—(Much cheering.) I
venture, Gentleman, thus to follow up a hint which
has been thrown out by the Right Hon. Gentleman
this evening, because I feel that upon it much depends,
and because many of those whom I am now address-
ing have in their power the means of doing much to-
wards accomplishing and towards increasing the great
advantages which have already been gained for this
country, and for which you have signified your loud
approbation. I say, upon you, upon your influence,
upon your efforts, upon your advice, upon your ex-
ample, it depends whether those advantages which
have been opened than be realised to their full ; and
if to their full, I would say to an incalculable extent.
I believe it is easy, on the present state of public feel-
ing, to raise jealousies, and to foster anew animosities
which are beginning to subside—that an over anxious-
ness for success, and an improvident pressing for ad-
vantages, may lead to such a conclusion ; but I be-
lieve, also, Gentlemen, and I entertain a confident
expectation of it, and I pray that such may be the
result, whether under this or succeeding Administra-
tions, for many a long xear, that the trade with China
which is now commencing, and in its vigorous infancy,
may, if prudently conducted, be made the foundation,
not of inordinate speculation and immense gains, fol-
lowed by corresponding and ruinous losses—but
be made the means of extending the blessings of civi-
lisation, of science, of knowledge, of religion—(Hear,
hear)—and along with them all, but only by a pru-
dent course of not shocking the prejudices of those
with whom we are brought into contact—it may lay
the foundations of a great, a permanent, and a rapid
augmentation of British commerce.—(Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, in the name of the Government, I thank you
for the honour you have done us in drinking our
healths, and in my own name, as well as in that of my
colleagues, I can assure yoH that the approbation of
our countrymen is the best reward for any sacrifice of
personal comfort which we may be called upon to
make in the service of our country. (The Noble Lord
then resumed his seat amidst loud and long-continued
cheering.)
Other toasts followed, but these were the toasts and
speeches of the evening, and about twelve the com-
pany broke up.

COLLISION.

ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN TILE SERVICE OF
RUNJEET SINGII.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day pub-
lished " The Adventures of an Officer in the Service of
Runjeet Singh," by Major H. M. L. Lawrence, Bengal
Artillery, British Resident at the Court of Nepaul, in
2 vols., small Bvo., price 21s. bound, which can now be
kad of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just pub-
lished the following new works :-2. "The Crescent and
the Cross," by Eliot Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., small Bvo ,
with numerous illustrations, 255. bound.-3. " My Ad-
ventures," by Colonel Montgomery Maxwell, WM., 2
vols., small Bvo., with portraits, 21s. bound.-4. "The
Nelson Letters and Dispatches," Vol. 1., 15s. bound.-5.
" A Journey Overland from India across the Desert,"
by Major and Mrs. G. Darby Griffith, 2 vols., small Bvo.,
with twenty-one illustrations, 21s. bound.-6. " The
Voyages and Services of the Nemesis in China," cheaper
edition, with maps and plates, 18s. bound.-7. " Reve-
lations of Russia," by an English Resident, 2 ♦ols.,
small Bvo., with plates, 245. bound ; and, 8. " The
Comic Miscellany for 1845," by John Poole, Esq., Au-
thor of " Paul Pry," &c., in small Bvo., 10s. 6d. elegantly
bound.

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THE GOVERNMENT __
Mr. Tuomesost rose to bring under the consideration
of the Court the following motion That he will
call the attention of the Proprietors to the treatment of
his Majesty the King of Delhi by the Government of
India." He (Mr. Thompson) wishe4l, to-bring this sub-
ject before the Court in the most etilni hied temperate
manner. He wished that justic4 should be done to tho
King of Delhi, whose father and grai2dfather had held
sway. All that was now asked was that good faith
should be observed—that engagements entered into
should be strictly performed. In the line of succession
the Kings of Delhi had sat upon the throne of that part
of India 818 years. The Hon. Proprietor quoted the
histdry of the Kings of Delhi and the grounds of com-
plaint the King has against the Indian Government, as
set forth in a pamphlet entitled "The British Govern•
ment and the Royal House of Delhi.* It was quite clear
that certain lands were to be assigned to the King of
Delhi, in order to enable him to keep up a proper dig-
nity, aid that it was the interoion of the Governor-
General that he should have an ample allowance for that
purpose. The amount of thirty lacs of rupees, which
was proposed by the Marquis of Wellesley, was not the
maximum of the proposed grant, but on the contrary,
it was evident from his Lordship's dispatches that he
intended to go further, if, on subsequent inquiries., the
exigencies of the case rendered it necessary. Part of
the lands then proposed to be assigned to the King of
Delhi were now yielding an excess of thirty-five lace a
year. With reference to the grant proposed, the
Governor-General said, "It is not, however, the inten-
tion of the Governor-General to fix the amount without
further information which may enable his Excellency to
judge of the exigencies of the royal household, and of
Government has acquired in the Doab and in Ilindostan,
extent of the additional resources which the British
by the cessions of the peace with Dowlut Rao Scindiah,"
In the fourteenth paragraph the Governor-General ex-
pressly says, that the income arising both from the assigned
territories and the money payments from the British
Treasury is to be "exclusively at the disposal of his
Majesty." In a subsequent part of the dispatch, it was
stated that the Governor-General did not deem it
advisable to enter into any written agreement with the
King of Delhi.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN (interrupting Mr. Thompson)—How
do you reconcile that with the statement of Ikrarnama ?
Mr. THOMPSON said he never contended that the de-
current was an absolute treaty entered into by the par-
ties. All he had said was, that it was signed by one
party, and submitted to the other for approbation, the
party so submitting it, of course, being willing to abide
by it, provided the other party consented, and which,
therefore, gave it, as far as the party proposing it was
concerned, all the effect of an agreement. The Hon.
Proprietor here read extracts from a variety of docu-
ments and dispatches, and said the question for the con-
sideration of the Proptietors on the present occasion sna,
what was the nature of the engagement which Lord
Wellesley, on the part of the British Government, had en-
tered into with the King of Delhi ? The doet m nt on tl at
subject, to which he had already referred, was the one
to which he again begged to call their particular atten-
tion. In conclusion, the Hon. Proprietor said, that after
looking to the many favours which the Kings of Delhi
had bestowed upon the East India Company, the assu-
rances that had been given by Lord Lake, the present
condition of the Royal Family of Delhi—a family that
had shown as little hostility to British power as any
Royal Family with which the East India Company had
ever had anything to do—and looking at the professions
which had been made by the Court of Directors, of their
desire at all times to promote the welfare of the native
Princes of India, as far as was consistent with the safety
of their own Government, he trusted that the Court of
Proprietors would come to the conclusion that the whole
question ought to be taken into consideration by the
Court of Directors. He concluded by moving for the
production of certain dispatches and papers with refer •
cues to the case of the King of Delhi.
The motion haring beentseconded,
The CHAIRMAN opposed the motion.
After some discussion,
The CHAIRMAN put the qustion, which was negatived
by a very considerable majority, only four hands having
been held up in favour of it.
The Court then adjourned.

THE LATE FATAL STEAM-BOAT

As early as three o'clock yesterday morning (the time
of low water at Greenwich) a number of persons re-
paired towards the unfortunate Sylph steam-boat, for the
purpose of ascertaining if there were any bodies in the
fore-cabin, and also to fix the chains of two lighters to
the wreck, with a view of raising her.
Probably no accident has ever occurred near this part
of the river that has caused so great a sensation in the
towns of Greenwich and Woolwich. The uncertainty
as to the number of sufferers induced an immense con-
course of persons to assemble on the wharf opposite to
which the Sylph lies, many of them remaining the whole
of Tuesday night, dreading lest some friend or relative
might be found amongst the number who were supposed
to have perished. This state of suspense was not tho-
roughly allayed until about four o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at which time it was stated by those who were
engaged in ripping up the deck and searching the fore-
cabin that no bodies were there to be found.
Notwithstanding this declaration, the most painful
anxiety still continues to exist, as it is just possible that,
had any'persons been drownedinlthe fore-cabin, the,bodies
would have washed out of the wreck, the water having a
wide wash-way completely through her. Every search,
however, with drags, boat-hooks, and every available
apparatus that could be employed for the purpose, wee
made during the day around the sunken boat, and in
such places as bodies would be likely to settle in, bat
without discovering any. It is therefore hoped that the
loss of life from this melancholy occurrence is: confined
to the two men whose bodies have been brought ashore.
The name of one of the sufferers is Sheppard, a man
well known in Greenwich and Woolwich as a carrier be-
tween the two towns. It is evident that this unfortunate
man must have been sitting on the starboard side of the
fore-cabin, at that part where the Orwell struck the
Sylph ; and there is little doubt, from the extent of the
injuries he was found to hare received, that he must have
been killed on the instant. This supposition is further
strengthened,by the fact, that when the body was 'rubel
up the companion, and was taken into a skiff, there was
not the slightest appearance of life. The head, too, was
complete y crushed on one side, one arm nearly severed
from the body, and a thigh broken.
The name of the other unfortunate man had not trans-
pired, although the body had been recognised. He was
a seller of oranges on board the Greenwich and Wool-
wich steam-boats. When taken from the wreck the poor
fellow was alive, and although the greatest dispatch was
used in conveying him to the Dreadnought hospital-
ship, he died before reaching it. The body has since
been removed to the dead-house to await the inquest.
As to the cause of the collision, there is but one opi-
nion among those connected with the river. It is on all
hands acknowledged to be the result of accident ; but
then some of the old pilots say, that they would not
have ventured to take a vessel in such hazy weather.
If there be any fault on the score of the vessels proceed-
ing on their voyages when the weather was so hazy,
notice will most probably be taken of it before the Cu-
roner.

The greatest praise is due to several watermen from
the different stairs, who put off in their boats as soon as
the cry from the steamer was heard. This promptitude
was the means of preventing a great sacrifice of life.
Captain Swaysland, the commander of the Sylph (whose
skill and care arc well known), has scarcely left tho
wreck since the unfortunate occurrence.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM Till MORNINQ PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold'at Paris is 12 per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per
ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25
45 ; and the exchange at Parts on London at short
being 25 574, it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

The course of exchange at New York on London is
1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.

SUN.—The English Stock Market closes firmly, and
Consols were at 100/ ex dir. for Money. Beak Stock
was 208 to 1. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
were 103 to 1. Exchequer Bills were ties. to 57a. prem.
Spanish Active Bonds obtained 251 ; the Three per
Cents., 37i ; Peruvian, 80 ; Chilian, 101 ; and Bel-
gian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, 102 f. French
Scrip was 14 premium.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares were
at full quotations. For London and York, I; Northern
and Eastern, 121 ; South Eastern, 5} ; and Lancaster
and Carlisle 3 to 4 premium. Greenwich were 31 dis.

ANOTHER CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—Last night infor-
mation was 'given to the Metropolitan Police, that on
Saturday night last, while the cariagc of D. Banks, Esq.,
of 2, Devonshire-place, was in the road between Dart-
ford and:London, some thieves contrived to detach a large
box from the hind part of the carriage, with which they
got clear off. The box contained a quantity of wearing
apparel, consisting of dresses, silk and velvet shawls and
mantles, and several pairs of silk stockings, lace hand-
kerchiefs, articles of jewellery, and also some under
clothing.
CHATHAM, DECEMBER 18.—AN INTENSE FOG.—
On Monday night, the 16th instant, and during the day
of Tuesday, the intensity of the fog along the Medway
and the Nore was so great that it entirely put a stop to
navigation. Not a fishing-boat, or and• other craft could
venture out of port. The Medway steam boat, Captain
Giles, on Monday evening ventured from Sheerness pier
ith passengers for Rochester and Chatham, but was
obliged to drop anchor at the entrance of Standgate
Creek, where they laid all night and the next day, the
passengers living as well as they could. This day the
fog is as bad as ever, not a vessel or boat can be seen
from the wharfs alongside the banks of the river. The
steam-boat is still lying at the entrance of the Creek
unable to proceed.

DEATH FROM COLD.—Betwixt Saturday night
and Sabbath morning last, an aged female was dis-
covered lying in a corner at the end of Riccarton-bridge,
in a state of inanimation ; and, on an attempt being
made to arouse her, it was discovered that she was dead.
She had a daughter's house to go to ; and when seen
wandering about on the Saturday evening, she was ad-
vised to go home, and shelter herself from the incle-
mency of the weather ; but whatever object she had in
view, she continued her peregrinations, which had such
a fatal termination. The name of the deceased was
Crump.—Kilmarnock Journal.