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London, England, 1845-08-22 00:00:00

PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STEUART.

AWORK of great interest, a perfect Literary and
Political Curiosity, most fascinating to the general reader, en-
rious to the antiquarian, and greatly to be prized by the historical
reader, is in the Press, and will be Issued as soon as the list of sub-
scribers is completed.

It is a reprint of the first Fifty-two Numbers of the GLASGOW
COURANT (from the only copy in the world now extant), com-
mencing with the 14th day of October, 1745, and concluding with the
13th day of October, 1746, containing very curious, extraordinary,
and minute accounts of the movements of the Unfortunate Prince,
and giving details, from week to week, of the striking events which
took place at that time.
Orders for the Volume (which will be printed in a similar type to
that furnished one hundred years ago by Alexander Wilson, letter-
founder, Glasgow, to Robert Foullis, bookseller, the celebrated printer),
consisting of Fifty-two Numbers, will be received by the Subscriber,
personally, at his Writing-chambers,72, Wilson-street, Glasgow, and
at the Tavistock Hotel, London, and to either of these places, by
etter, post-paid, addressed to him,
WILLIAM MEIKLEHAM, LL.B.,
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London, August 5, 1845.
Price, neatly bound and lettered • .. • • 20s.
Stitched in sheets • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • • • 12s. 6d.
Description of Prince Charles's Dress while on his romantic
expedition in 174
Ha was dressed In a green pla d, of the Highland fashion, with a
silver-hilted sword, a black velvet cap, and a white cockade."—Ex-
iiiiiete from the Glasgow Courant of Monday, December 16, 1746.

Fr E LAS GOVERNMENT MEDICAL
...IL BILL should be read by every Medical Practitioner and
Chemist and Druggist in Great Britain and Ireland. It was printed,
verbatim, exclusively in the Lancet of Saturday, 9th August. No.
7 of a new volume of the Lancet was published on Saturday last,
and contains the heads of another Medical Bill now on the motion
paper of the House of Commons. Fets of the seven numbers of the
new volume are still on sale. Price Gd., stamped for post 7d. Order
the Lancet of any Bookseller or Newsvendor.
NEW LUNATIC AC r.—The Commissioners' Official Notice to all
persons keeping single lunatics.—The Clauses to which the Commis-
sioners refer (91, 91, and 92) will be printed verbatim iu the Lancet
of Saturday next, August 23. A course of Lectures by Dr. Conolly,
of Ilanwell, on the causes ml Treatment of Insanity, will be com-
menced in the 'Aiwa almost itnmediately. The first seven numbers
of a new volume of the Lancet are still on sale, price Gd., stamped
for post 7d. Order the Lancet of any Bookseller or Newsvendor.

LATE FIRE IN ALuEtiMANBURY.
INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE CORONER.
Yesterday, at noon, a jury of the inhabitants of the ward of
Cripplegate Within were empanelled before Mr. W. Payne, the
City Coroner, at the school-house, Philip-lane, Alderman-
bury, to inquire into the cause of the late fire on the premises
of Messrs. Bradbury and Co., Manchester-warehousemen, of
Aldermanbury.
The investigation, from its novelty, excited considerable
in'erest, several of the Common Council of the ward, together
with the Civic authorities, being present.
The CORONER, on taking his seat, said he would take the
liberty of stating, as the present was rather a novel pro-
ceedieg, why he had called them together. Latterly the
number of fires in London had considerably increased, and
when they took into consideration that nothing was so fear-
ful as fire, they would be of opinion with him that when
they had the power to inquire into the causes of such fires,
nothing could be more important to the public at large than
that the cause should be closely investigated. The ancient
authorities showed that in olden times it was the practice of
the coroner to inquire into all burnings within his district, and
that power still belonging to the coroner, although fallen into
t:lcuetude, he thought they would be of opinion with him that
it was most important that it should again be brought into
force. In 4. Horne's Mirror of Justice " the duties of the
coroner were clearly laid down, and among those duties the
coroner was to inquire of all burnings, whether they were
caused by felony or mischance. If they were of opinion that
they had been set on fire with a felonious intent, then it was
their duty to inquire and ascertain who the party was who
was guilty of that felony. It was clear, therefore, in the
olden time, that part of the coroner's duty was to i inquire
into all burnings ; and he need not sly how necessary it was
to reeler it at the present time. No one had the power to
inquire into the cause of a fire—not even a magistrate,
• unless a patty was in custody charged with causing it. The
persons living in the neighbourhood of a fire were always
most anxious to know how it occurred, and he thought the
public would think that he had done no more than his duty in
causing a jury to he summonnd to inquire into the circum-
stances of the late fire, who also might, by any suggestion
thrown out, prevent, in a great measure, fires being so nume-
rous. He had directed a number of persons to be summoned
to give evidence as to the cause of the recent fire in Alderman-
bury, so that they might come to a proper verdict, whether it
was caused by accident or otherwise.
As everything connected with this noveletnd most important
proceeding must be of interest, the following is the form of
oath administered to the jury :—" You shall well and truly in-
quire, on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, how a
certain house and premises, in Aldermanbury, were lately
• burned, and a true verdict give according to the evidence ; so
help you God."
Asher Cousins, a packer in the service of Messrs. Bradbury,
Greatorex, and Beall, proved discovering the firs, about twenty
minutes betfore eight o'clock on Monday night, in the cellar
• under the packing-room. The smoke was coming up through
an iron grating ; and on his going into the cellar, which was
Used for keeping boxes and pavers in, he eaw a pile of paper
on tire. He tried to put the fire out, but was unihle. No
one was in the cellar when he went down. The witness at
great length explained the relative positions of various gas-
lights on the premises ; and stated that it was usual to light
them by means of wax tapers, and not paper.
Several witnesses, employed by the firm, whose evidence
• went to show that the tire originated beneath the grating in
the packing room, and immediately underneath a gas-light in
that room, but no one could tell who lit that gas-light on the
evening of the fire, having been examined,
Mr. Braidwood said, having heard the evidence, he was of
opinion that the fire originated from a light dropping through
the peeing amoitget the paper in the cellar.
Mr. Bead, one of the partners, said he recollected that about
httlf an hour lie ore the fire occurred, he lit one of the gas-
lights with a piece of paper, which he threw upon the floor and
placed his font upon.
• After a most patient investigation into all the circumstances
of the case, the jury returned a verdict " That the fire was
caused by accident."
'The jury returned a vote of thanks to Mr. Braidwood and
the men under his direction, for their laudable exertions on the
night of the fire in stopping the progress of the flames.

DEATH OF TETE DUKE OF NORMANDY.—SeveraI of
the papers have announced the death in Holland, on the 10th
inst., of the person called the Due de Normandie, and who
pretended to be the Dauphin, son of Louis the Sixteenth.
M. Hebert, ex-Director-General des Resses of the Army of
Italy, writes en this subject to some of our Paris Contempora-
ries :—" If the Duke de Normandie be the same person that I
saw in Rome, in May, 1810, in arrest and undergoing an ioter-
rogatory in the cabinet of General Radet, General of Gen-
darmerie, he was really the son of Louis the Sixteenth. I de.
rive this conviction from that of General Radet, who interro.
gated the pretender, and read the documents of which he was
the hearer. General Radet sent this pretender to Paris.
Count Mollie, Governor of Rome, was necessarily acquainted
writh this arrant, and the trace of it must be found in his papers,
else in those left by General Radet."

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SECOND EDITION of SE LF;
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Or, the AUTHOR of "CECIL."

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worthy the transcendant abilities of him who, at the age of nineteen,
wrote that description of the' Hall of Eblis,' which the first critic of
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ow ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
THE STORY OF A

ROYAL FAVOURITE,
By Mrs. GORE.
" No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope ?"—The Critic.
Also, just ready,
LOVE AND MESMERISM. By HORACE SMITH, Esq.,
Author of " Brambletyc House," &c. 3 vols.
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NEW,
Portrait WORK BY W. H. PRESCOTT, ESQ.
Now ready, in Bvo, with a of the Author,
BIOGRAPHICALand• LITERARY
MISCELLANIES._

By W. H. PRESCOTT, Esq.,
Author of " The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella,"
" The History of the Conquest of Mexico," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty).

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
At a numerous MEETING of Shareholders in the above Company,
held at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, August 19th, 1845, Nathan
Lees, Esq., in the chair :
It was: resolved unanimously, That this meeting strongly disap-
proves of the amalgamation of the Manchester and Birmingham
Company with the London and Birmingham Company, on the terms
proposed, and pledges itself to use every exertion to prevent the same.
It was also resolved (with one dissentient), That a Committee
be appointed to correspond with the Shareholders in other towns,
and to take all necessary steps for carrying out the previous reso-
lution.

A Committee was then appointed, and a vote of thanks to the
Chairman was carried unanimously.
SALE and WORTHINGTON, Solicitors,
90, Fountain-street, Manchester.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER.
TILLS EVENING
Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARRADIDDLE ; or,
What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farren ;
Pye Hilary, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Tarradiddle, 3liss P. Horton.
The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, will perform this
Evening, after the Comedy, Fantasia from " Norma."
To be followed by USED OP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster;
Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutter-
buck, Miss Carre.
After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled
MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap-
ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and une Guinea and a-Halt each.
Tickets and elaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Stranger,
Madame Celeste.

After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lackalay,
Mr. Munyard; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with THE IRISH DRAGOON; or, Wards in Chan-
cery. Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson.
To-morrow, positively will be produced, Mrs. Caudle Abroad
and at Home.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEEf.EY.
Two Juvenile Nights, This Evening, and To-morrow.
Last Two Nights of Cinderella.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE
GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and
Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley.
F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, .l iss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les
Danseuses Anglaises will appear.
To be foilowed by an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric,
Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The PrinCipal
Characters by Mr. Keelrf, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs.
Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c
To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LEsSEE, MR. J. M. MAI)DOX.
OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE BRIG IND. Alessandro Massaroni, Mr.
Wallack ; Itubaido, Mr. Ranoe; Ottavia, Miss Grey; Maria Grazie,
Mrs. Brougham.
To which will bz added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will
be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos-
tume,with the Original Music.
To tie followed by THE ADOPTED CHILD. Sir Bertrand, Mr.
Lynne ; Michael, Mr. Wallack ; Cla.•ft, Miss E. Honner.
After which, TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy Mullowny, Mr. Collins.
To conclude with a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS.
CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton; Mrs.
Caudle, Mr. Oxberry.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMI'IIITnEATRE.
i'ROPTIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Last Week but One of the Engagement of the French Equestrians
—The New Grand Spectacle is nightly hailed with shouts of appro-
bation.