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'RIG! EL AND SOCIETY OF LONDON.
A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION, to celebrate
the ANNIVERSARY of the BATTLE of ALEXANDRIA, will be
held at theTREEMASOXS' TAVERN, on THURSDAY, the 21st inst.
Dinner at a Quarter before Seven precisely.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir JAMES 'MADONELL, 1C.C.11., and K.M,
President, in the Chair.

Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and
of the. Branch Societies of Madras, Bombay, Nova Scotia, Aberdeen,
&c., are admissible without introduction. . _

• Members desirous of procuring admission for visitors, will hive the
goodness to apply td the Hon. Secretary.
Members' Tickets may be procured at the Tavern.
GEORGE BAIN, lion. Sec.

•
DISASTROUS GALES.---The- BOARD of
- MANAGEMENT of the- SHIPWRLCKED FISHERMEN
and MARINERS'BENEYMENT ,SOCIETY have received- letters
from various of their auxiliary branches, Containing the most painittl
accounts of the wrecks occasioned by the late unexpected gales. In
many instances fishermen and mariners have perished, leaving their
'widows, orphans, -and aged parents lii complete destitution 4 and in
other cases where the lives of the crews of vessels and boats•have
been preserted, the men have lost. all that they possessed, and been
landed at a distance from their own homes.

The demands upon the funds of the Society have, there-
fore, been both heavy and numerous to, administer to the neces-
sities -of the surviving relatives of the deceased, and to clothe,
shelter, and forward to their families the castaway mariners.
The Board of Management entreat that the pnbUc will continue to
render them that assistance which they have hitherto so generously
afforded.

It may he mentioned, as one amongst the benefits Which this .In=
stitution must confer upon the inhabitants' of this kingdom, inland
as well as upon the coast, that it must put an end to the practice of
imposters travelling - the country, representing themselves as ship-
wrecked seamen, inasmuch.as the public. feeling assured that all true
cases of distress from storms at sea will obtain, prompt and efficient
relief from this Charity, by the means of its extensive agencle#
(633 in number), may suspend affording alms to all such applicants,
and by contributing to this Institutton (the annual subscription to
which is only 2s 6d.) mitigate real sorrow, and defeat the designs of
such unprincipled persons.
Donations and subscriptions thankfully received by all the honorary
secretaries and gentlemen (a list of whom may be obtained upon
application) ; by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., the bankers of
the Society; and at the Centfal Office, 26, Bucklersbury, London.

EDWARD WEST; Secretary.

ARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY
'Total Capital, 60,000,000 France. •

To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 f. each.

An amount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to be raised in"
England, In 20/. Shares.
, - , I.ophoze COMMITTEE,
WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M P.
CHARDS. BARRY BALDWIN, Esq„ M.P.:
JOHN .CROSTHWAITE, Esq., Liverpool:
WILLIAM SAMPSON', Esq., London.
T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq„ London.
E. W. KENSARD, Esq., London.
PARIS COMMITTEE.
Le Comte de MOLE, President, Pair de France.
Le Marechal Comte GERARD, Pair de France.
Mons. de CHEVANDIER, Pair de France. '
Mons. ETIENNE, Pair de France.
Mons. MAGNIER de MAISONEUVE, Depute, de Bas Rhin.
Mons. GANNERON, Banquier, Depute, de la Seine.
Mons. de L'ESPEE, Depute, de la Meurthe.
Mons. ETIENNE, ills, Depute, de la Meuse.
BANEERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. DENISON, HEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and Co.
Sir CLAUDE SCOTT, Bart., and Co.
BANKERS IN. LIVERPOOL.
, • Messrs. LEYLAND, BULLINS and Co.
BANKERS IN PARIS.
Messrs. GANNERON et Compaigne.
. -
GENERAL ADVA_NTAGES.

The limited investment of British capital in the c,onstruetlon of
Railways in France has hitherto been attended with both success and
profit. The proposal, therefore, to establish a railway communica-
tion between the French capital and Strasburg, the point of depar-
ture to and from Germany, must command public attention and con-
fidence; more particularly when•it can be shown that peculiar faci-
lities are afforded, by the French Government, and that those risks
and expenses will be obviated, which, to so great au extent, affect si-
milar undertakings In England.
BENEFITS PECULIAR TO FRENCH RAILWAY INVEST-
MENTS.

Conformably to the Law of the 11th June, 1842, the French Go-
vernment have resolved on the formation of a railway from Paris to
Strasburg. It is necessary to state that, by the terms of that law,
the land will be purthased, and the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, sta-
tions, &e., will be executed by the Government, at their own ex-
pense and risk. A lease of the line for working will be made to the
Company, whose investment will be limited to the ballasting of the
road, the supplying and laying down of the rails, and providing the
engines, earriages,'B4c. The ratification of this lease, the duration of
the grant, the conditions of working, and the tariff of rates will be the
matter of a special law.
COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF RISK. ,

All the advantages of "railway investment will thus be secured to
the Shareholders without those risks involved in the purchase of
land, and error, in the estimate of cost, which have so frequently oc-
curred in similar undertakings in England. The only object of consi-
deration will be tho conditions to be obtained from the French Go-
vernment for the working of the line, and there are mufilcient data to
convince the Provisional Directors that favourable terms will be
granted to the proposed company.

RATIFICATION OF THE LEASE.
Negotiations have already- been entered into for a Lease, and it will
be the endeavour of the Provisional,Directors to secure its immediate
confirmation by the Government, which they have every reason to
anticipate will be ratified by law during the present session of the
French Chambers.

VFECIIPS FAMOUS -BAGATELLE TABLES,
kVA_ manufactured on the premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London,
make long evenings appeatshort„ and combine calculation with amuse-
ment.—Price 31. 10s., 41. His., 51. 10s,, up to 121..
Sold also by his Agents—Speirs and Son, Oxford ; Lounge, Leeds ;
Eastree, Liverpbol ;'Briton and "Williams, Dublin; Woolfield, Glas-
gow;- Pratt, Bradford ; Thompson, Nottingham; Stephenson, Hull ;
Squiers, Dover ; Steel and Rix, Norwieh.--None are genuine without
Meehi's Name and Address.

•
91111 E DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL LINEN
COMPANY, in giving _publicity to" the unprecedented prices
at which they are selling LINEN MANUFACTURES, beg to ap.
prise families residing, either in town or country, that goods are for-
warded for approval previous to payment. A few price. are an.
nexed, to which they respectfully invite the attention of families,
hotelkeerers, &G : Table Linen—magniffbent table cloths, five
yards Jong, each 155.; napkins to match, yard square, 10s. 6d, per
dozen ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. per dozen ; very fine ditto, 17s. fat ;
cortimon table cloths, yard and h half square, Its. 6d. per dozen ;
larger sizes in proportion Sheetings—stout Irish sheeting., 12s. 6d.
per pair; Bets, three yards wide, without a seam, lbs. ; common, for
servants' use, 44. 6d.. per pair. Irish linens—stout qualities, the
piece of 26 yards for 21s. ; ditto, fine, 26 yards, Vis. ; and ver fine
and stout, ‘.'6 yards for 355.; the Company's y and Wide, curiously
fine, yards, 40s. tosos. ,• Irish cambric handkerchiefs, equal in ap.
pearance to the finest French, 12s. 6d. pet dozen; common lawn
handkerchiefs, 4s 6d. per: dozen.
The Company are likewise bleachers of long-floths, calicos, coun-
terpanes, &c. These warehouses are stocked with every description
ofoods suitable for householdpurposes.
Prospectuses containing full particulars of the various goods for
sale, with lists of ;vices, can be had at the warehousai, or by post.
Retail entrance, 105, Fleet-street, corner of arringdon-street, bottom
of Ludgate-hill.
N B. The nobility can have their own crests made to order on any
size table cloths. Various superb designs now in the stock. Families
waited on with samples if required.

ME' BEST APERIENT". AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE

FOR OCCASIONAL USE. -
FA-ALMPTpI•T'S • PILL. OF HEALTH
efflictuallyrelievesthe stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa-
tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-
ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful
to the stomaib, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langour
and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free
who are-continually suffering from drowsiness, heavines, and
singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail
to be appreciated.
Sold by T. Front, 221) Strand, London, Price Is. 114 d. per boxand
by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom.
-Ask. for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the
Name and Address o('' ThomasProut,29lo, Strand, London," on the
eir'ernktig _ - - -

4461 .0

TIVITISI-1 INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.
-Jur The GALLERY Rene EXIIIBITION and .SALE of the
WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is open -daily from Ten in the
Morning until Flee in the Evening.

, -
..A.iltniaslon, Is. ; Catalogue, Is.
WILLIAIE BARNARD, Keeper.

GALLERY, 53, PALL-MALL; adjoining the
British Instittition.
The Amateurs of Painting are respectfully Informed that the COL-
LECTION' of PICTURES by the OLD MASTERS will remain ON
VIEW at this Gallery until the End of the
.present Month' of March,
when it will be re-occupied by the Neve Sikletro? Painters in Water.
Colours., to whom it belongs.
Tbe Names ofSubscribers to the SALE of SITARES in the'Prdperty
of the Pictures now on VieW, are received by
BENJ. DACOSTA, Secretary.
Admittance, One Shilling.

WIL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENnRTA.IN-
_
- • . MENTS,
MUSIC STORE•STAEET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
- On-MONDAT Z_VENING, March II; at Eight o'clock, •
Mr. Wilson will give his celebrated selected Entertainment on the
- • SONGS-OF SCOTLAND.
- • Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.
PART, ain fireside—Saw ye my wce thing ?—Auld Robin
Gray—The Laird o' Cockpen—Lizzle Lindsay—Scots wha ha'o wi'
Wallace-bled--Mary Zforrison—Get up and bar the door.
- -PART IL—Farewell to Lochaber—My boy Tammy-,.My Nannie's
awa—Allister M'Allister—There's nae luck aboot the house.
In the tress, the MUSIC in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Frail Seats, 2s. fid. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 11.. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music-
shops, and at the Music-hall.
Mr. WILSON VAR, in the course of the season, produce the follow-
ing, which he litschad some time In 'preparation :—Jacobite
Relics—
Wandering Willie's Jameses of Scotland—The Wallace
and the Brnce—A Haiver wi' Jamie Hogg.

11MR. e: H. ADAMS'S ORRERY durihg LENT.
THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, OR ENGLISH OPERA

HOUSE; - •
To-Monaow EVENING, FRIDAY, and every WEDNESDAY and
bATJ Mr. C.ll. ADAMS will deliver ids LECTURE on
ASTRONOMY. To begin at Eight precisely, and end about Ten.
Balcony,4s. ; BOXC9, 2s. ; Pit, is., Private Boxes, One Guinea
and Half-a-Guinea.

Tickets, - &c., at the Box-effice, from Ten till Four, and fit the
principal Libraries.

R OYAL POLYTECHNIC rN,STITtITION.
Amp > POPDLAR LECTURES in. CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor 13achhoff-
ner,- and ether Lecturers, illustrated by. Apparatus of the most vain-
able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S' HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight
in the Evenings) ; LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, Esc., &c.
MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN-
ERY in MOTION, DIVER working under water, and the DIVING-
BELL, &c. kc.

Admislion, 1s ; Schools, Half-price.

Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction may be had
Qf thelscretary.
.I:JIATENT.,ELECTRO PLATED and GILT
ARTICLES in every_ variety, at the Establishments of the
Patentees, •
, ELKINGTON and CO., _

WEST-ENR=-22, MEGENT-STREET, corner of Zermyn-4t4Tet;
- CITY-45, MOORGATE-STREET.
_

The Patent Eleciro processes being extensively adopted under their
license, the Patentees beg to state that they confine their monufac-
ture to. gbods,of d superior and warranted quality only, which in-
variably bear their mark, "E. and Co., uncle:x*4i crown."—Old articles
re-plated and gilt. - . -

BY AUTHORITY, of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.—WiII take place irrevocably on
the 16th•.f March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful
ESTATES' of a value from 1,480,054_ Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
from 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
?ha Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for Si. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
201. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red.

Apply, Without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine • or to save Postages, Letters 'say be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs; 34, Wellclose-square.

PUBLICATIONS.

A NOVEL FROM INDIA.
Just ready, in 3 Y 015.,
PEREGRINE PULTEN_EY,
_ OR, LIFE IN 1ND1A....

London : John Mortimer, Adelaide-street

MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
Immediately, in three vols., post Byo.,
W H I T'E II A L L.
A Romance of the reign of William the Third.
13y W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.,
Author of the " Tower of London," "'St. James's," &c., &c.
Illustrated by
GEORGE CRUIESHANK.
John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square.

DR. CULVERWELL'S MEDICO-PHYSIO-
LOGICAL PUBLICATION&
"-Hail wedded love! Mysterious law !—true source
Of human °Spring. • ss' • _fly thee
Relations dear, and all the charities
Of Father, Son, and BrOther,first were knoWn."—Miurow.
NEW SERIES. Price toalether tis., by post, 9s. 6d.,
Tho PHYSIOLOGY of the PASSIONS their Manifestation and
Purpose. On Chastity, its influence on health, morals, and progeny;
its maintenance and neglect. On sound health, long life, and happy
feelings. On morbid derangements, nervous postations, and despair.
On the casualties of Incontinence. An admonitory yet consolatory
address to those needing such counsel, entitled " Lecture to Young
Men." Price Is, by post, Is. 6d.
The INSTITUTES of, MARRIAGE; a Medical Brochure for the
closet perusal of those denied or diffident, yet desirous of securing
marital attributes, domestic happiness, and healthy perpetuity.
Price 2a , by post, Ss.
PORNEIAPATHOLOGY ; a comprehensive Vasie-mecum on
the concealed infirmities of human life (1( 0 Engravings). "The
Modern Aristotle," " The most extraordinary work ever published.'
Price 35., by post, ss.
These publications combine rationality, explicithess, and integrity
of purpose. Their perusal will enlighten and protect the invalid
from the empyricism so fearfully exercised in the infirmities they re-
late to. The author is a Doctor of Medicine, a member of the Col-
lege of Surgeons, and a Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, and his
writings are founded upon the experience of 20 years' exdusivedevo.
Um to the subjects they treat upon.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-
street; Hannay, 65, Oxford-street; Mann, 59, Cornhill; and the
author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till two—evenings,
seven'to nine.

LAME itT .ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, grc.
" He who in pleasure's downy arms
• Wet lost his health or yonthfificharms, •'
A 41e70 ,lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me beho'd a man I"
Just published (in a sealed envelope). Tenth Edition. price 2s, 6d.,
or sent by poN
at, free, to any address, Si. 6d.,
ELF-PRESERVATIO : a Popular Essay- on
1,7 those concealed •disorders originating in youthful. excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, Insanity, and Consumption. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy. Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect Restoration •
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, Bedford street, Bedford-square, London, Matriculated Member of
the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London
Hospital'Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, Lon-
don. &c.
" The various positions of Lover, Hosbandoand Parent, the in-
herent privileges 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.
" The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title,
and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are
suffering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield
Journal. • .
Published by•the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and
52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, 'fichborne.street, Quadrant, Regent
street ; Gordon, 1451, Leadenhall.street ; and by all Booksellers.
At home every day till "I hree; and from Five till Eight.

REMOVED FUOM'BIRMINGHA'MATO LONDON. -
Just published, price 2s. 6d. and free by post (kg sealed envelope),
THE 'SILENT FRIEND ; a :Medical Work on
-IL Physical- Decay. its causes, and the baneful effects of exces..
sive indulgence. and infection, illustrated by .engravings, with ob.
serrations Ain...Marriage, Wand directions for the removal of certain
disqualiiirsuions- Bill. and L. PERRY andC0........
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The cottor AL BALM of 6YRIACIUM * directed
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whom may be had the "Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
manbe had as usual.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC rtrAts are the most effectual
cure for syphilis, and secondary symptoms,inboth sexes, price 2s. 9d ,
4s. 6d.. and 1J.6. per box. • ,
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Aber Itsidence, 19, Berriersstreet, Oxford-street London, from
'Eleven tlll.Two, and Five till Eight. 'and on Sundays from,'Ten till
,Twelve. (14e persenal Viilt Only is riecessaiTtO effect apernianenf cure.

' •-• HEALTH' AND STRENGTH.
Just published; in *Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6c1., and sent tree, on
receiving a Postoffiteorder for Three Shillings,
ORGANW,' TIE A.TATII 4 a Comprehensive - and
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or infection. Addressedlo the NOBLEMAN
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recommend Mr. Goss's publications for general perusal."—Edinburgh
Weekly Pape__ • , •
he precepts contained in these works are interesting and useftil."
-:Edinbtugh Paper.'
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nerthe youthful prodigal, offers to both the most important advan-
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.1 These works are properly called an analysis of certain complaints ;
they arc written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition."—
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4* Utility is combined with simplicity, and we recommend the works
accordingly."—Dublin Weekly Journal.
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.GOUT OR RHEUMATISM CURED'FOR A SHILLING.
fENRY'S MAGIC- PILLS, for the cure of
the Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, and all Rheumatic
Attectiona.—This most extraordinary medicine, which I now offer
to the p4blic. is decidedly the most convenient, safe, and exPeditieus
remedy in the world for the cure of the gout, rheumatic gout; rheu-
matism, and, indeed, for all rheumatic affections under the various
names of face-ache, tic-doloreux, sciatica, lumbago, &c. It contains
antimony,ou t orrheumatism
in an hour or two, gives sooth.
nor any other noxious substance.; _re.
r
ing and refreshing sleep, and, in many cases, I have known patient!
mfitercotutryhe g
walk well and easy in less than tWenty.fourhours.
inieeivtes he
They are sold wholesale, by Marclays,Farringden.street;.Edwards,
St Paul's; Suttons, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapaide; and
Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford.atreet, London. Price is. per.box and
dte -

BtlitaESS'S NEW SAUCE, foi general pur-
posetytitrring gained such great approbation, and the demand
for It continuing to increase, .TOIIX BURGESS and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and gfeat conysni-
mice in all elimatm have recommended it to the most distinguished
foreign connections, who have all spoken highly in Its recommenda-
tion. it is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint-
ment to ihmilies,. all • possible care has been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well
as each label. having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.

JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mne,h-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continuos to be prepared by tkens after
tie lame manner that has giren the greatest satisfactlei for many
years.
warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of gs.voy Steps, London.

inrEINZ BROTHER
AAL during a very port Lim
DIVIDENDS to their Correspond
DIVIDENDS or
.£25.,000, .£lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000,
£3,600 to London,
£3,600, £800,,f700 to Edinburgh,
£3,600 to Dublin, •
£3,600 to Beverley,
£3,600 to Bali ax,
£1,200 to Porthleaven harbour,
£9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to LI-

IS, having RIIIITTED
"5 verYlfirffl 41nPuilts 310.1•TBY
ants in Great Britain and Ireland ;
DXVII DS or
, £900; /600 Afanchestr,
£7OO to rast Retibrd, Notting-
, hamshire, •
£7OO to Colne, Lancashire.
£7OO to,nyde, Isle of Wight,
£6OO to Cork,
£6OO to 13radford,
£6OO to Bideford',
£3OO, £3OO to Lisbellavr, Ennis-
killen,

verpool.
£9OO t. Hull,
£9OO to Newesatifrapon-Tyne, .
They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain
LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TIVEN.
TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK," eIUARANTEED by the
GOVERNMENT. - .

This distribution offers the possibility or obtaining mere than
£20,000 upon One Share,

Owing to the great number of Money Dividends contained in this
Improved and unrivalled Distribution,
EVERY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTT-ONE
MONEY DIVIDENDS, and
EVERY HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CHANCE-of TIVENTY-

ONE is his FAVOR to ONE cDNLY ONE) AGAINST ULU,
as to the receipt of a Money Dividend.
Price of One Share, £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3
Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares,
£7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nine Shares, £9 ; Ten Shares, £lO.
Direct for Shares, WITHOUT DELAY, to
HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
*,,,* The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may he had GRATIS
upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
January 1, 1844.

N.A.TIONAL LOANsc'UND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE

26, CORNHILL, LONt.olr.
Capital X 500,000. -
Empowered by. Act of Parliament.
. .

The many novel and varied advantages bestowed., by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thiNs of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the,option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-live per cent. on the
amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitabie
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of nature
premiums.

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THE-
.SKIN AND, COMPLEXION.
GOWLAND'S LOTION.—The use .of Lowland's Lotion is
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malady, dlscolburation, &c., and the establishment of a pure surface
of the -skin, Ittompanied by the brilliant circulation which constitutes
the tint of beauty, whilst as a refresher it preserves the most delicate
complexion, and sustains to a protracted period the softness of texture
and vivacity peculiar to earlier years.
" ROBERT SHAW, London," is in white letters on the Government
stamp, without which none is genuine. Prices 24. Pd., 6s. 6d.,
quarts Bs. 6d, Sold by all n
erflamers and Medicine Vendors. -•

this e s
seekof Ale
li y
been VII ASS'S PALE ALE.—The annexed Report of
ipretcheeivedrri
CALCUTTA : Rupees.
December 22, 1848-,Ba.ss„„
I;ethoevetrhlrcaned Presedencies
I4iail of India has
„ SO per bhd. Actual Sales.. .
A usoPp 7O to 75 do. as par prices Current.
Hodgson --
MADRAS: RD. AN.
December 26, 1843—8a55.... . . 6B 8 per Mid. • Actual Sales.
Allsopp 65 do. as per prices Cur.-
_ . Hodgson -.. rent.
ZOANIAT : ItUPERIL
January 1, 1844—Bass—Nonein the marketio per prices Cur.
• Allsopp ........ lent
Hedgsen„..„4B
The shipments of Beer, from the Ist October IRS• to- the Ist inst.,
arc as follow :

To. , Bombay. . Calcutta.. Madras. Total iihda.
8a5a.........•.. 4,774
Allsepp
Hodgson,
Ms particular kind of ALE is prescribed to invalids by the moat
celebrated Physicians. Dr. Prout, who has examined it, in his work
on" Diseases of the Stomach," &c., after condemning common ales,
especially recommends this to weakly persons. In excellent con-
dition, in Casks and Bottles, at their appointed Agcnts, HENRY
BERRY and CO., 3, St. Jeraes's..streot.—Feb. 10, 18.14.

- = •
Haw icJc.,-L-Lorcl" Dielgund,:- eldest son of Earl
Minto, and heirto -a4ery ghoa landed estate, has declared
himself in favour of a total repeal of the corn-laws.- His
uncle; the litelaeinber for koxburgshire, has sent in his ad-
hesion to the League.„
- HIGH TIDE.—Q 4 :Tuesday another of those extraor-
dinary high tides, denoMinated spring tides, occurred at half-
past two,o'clock in the, afternoon. , The tide, which was still
flowing,tind (*toad continue to do so 'for some minute's, had
risen so high that the towing-path between Putney and Ham-
riteramith was 'between-two and three feet -under water, so
that those barges, which are dependent upon horses for tow-
ing them up the river, were unable to proceed. At Putney-
bridge, a barge laden with timber got jammed in, in attempt-
ing to pass through the centre arch, and all efforts•to extri-
cate her were; until the receding of the. tide, deemed use-
less. The Thunder, one of the Putney and London steam-
boats, was obliged, instead of laying to at the pier off the
Bells Tavern until her Anne of starting (half-past two),
to quit her 'moorings, pass through , the bridge, and anchor
off the College 'of Civil Engineers, the authoritiee'of which
establishment kindly -permitted passengers going to Lon-
don to pass. through their grounds to the steam-boat. Wands-
worth and
.Putney fields were flooded, and the water side
at Wandsworth was rendered impassible for more than halt
an hour," and the baieinent floors of such of the fishermens'
dwellings, the idoor7ways of which had not been effectually
barricaded by pieces of wood and clay, were from two to three
feet'under water. Proceeding further down„ the river-pre-
sented, the appearance of a sea. The Chelsea Lammas lands
and osier beds, that cover many acres, were indistinguishable ;
the whole was one great flood. That part of Chqnewalk
contiguous to the oitchurch, Chelsea, was also flooded, and
the omnibuses and other vehicles were obliged to go through
it with the water up to the horses' knees. Battersea-fields
were in many. parts covered with the tide: At Chelsea Hos-
pital* the tide rose to within a few inches of the summit of
the river-wall. Had it overtopped this, the -damage done to
the gardens, which are greatly below high water mark, must
have beenvory great. At Vauxhall' and Lambeth the tide
poured into the:ground4ioors.of the factories and warehouses
along the river-side; and did considerable damage. fpre--
street, Lambeth, was flooded, and Bishop's-walk was rendered
inaccessible to foot7passengers, in consequence of the tide
flowing up to the very gates of the Archbishop's palace and
the old church. The Horseferry, Millbank, was all under
water, and the tide even rose to within: a foot of the level of
the river wall in front of the new Houses-of Parliament, whieh
wall understood to be three feet above the highest of the
tides: . .
SINGULAR tOISCOVERY OF CPi'PER ORE..---It IS' a
well-kn Own -fact; that copper mining in Cornwall is 'of com-
paratively recent origin, and that the mines in this county
were,-at: no. 'Veep remote period, -Worked only for tin, the
tch9proleviir
.oarseidbe.einAg
ocionniusiidaerrecdomfias:inletioesn-S -f)aftittscohnasseqjnuesut tly
oc-
curred in' widening the rOad in the neighbourhood of Chace-
water. • -Captain DaVies; - the contractor, in removing the old
hedges; perceived nmong the stones of which- they were com-
posed' a considerable number that contained copper, and has
actually selected from them several tons of "copper ore? These
stOnos,J)ad, iuj, doubt, heen. raised by miners rin search of tin,
at a period . when their value was not knoWn,. and used as
materialsfor constructing the hedges' in which- they were
found. Captain Davies? in contracting for the job,- has been
so:fciittuitit6 alto secure Ile-stones of,the oldliedges and is,
consequently,
.; a. po#4nrallle ping is,y
alk4 o:

LONDON' AND WESTMINSTER
JOINT-STOCK BANK.
The usual. Annual Meeting of the Shareholders and
Directors of this Banking Company was held yesterday,
at their establishment in the city.
Shortly after one o'clock, the chair was taken by
PATRICK MAXItELI. STE WART, Esq., M.P., who said
that before the Proprietors would have submitted to
them the Report of the business of the bank, they would
perhaps allow him, on the present occasion, to interpose
hiniself for a very few minutes, between them and•the
reception of that Report. He asked them to do so be-.
cause he thought the present time was one of marked
importance to the establishment in which they were all
so zealously. concerned. This Bank had been established
for ten years. The present was their tenth anniversary
meeting -, and in the history of banks, as well as other
things, the close of ten years was held to be a sort of
epoch, at which a,.retrospect of the past might be taken,
and _ the Trospect for the future considered.—(Hear,
hear.) Within those ten years every joint-stock bank
in London had risen into existence, and he might claim
for the London and Westminster Bank priority in point
of time, as to its establishment, of all the joint-stock
banks in London. It was the first esta-
blished here, and with - that distinction they
incurred those burdens and ineumbrances from which
honours were not at any time quite free—he meant that
they had had to encounter formidable opposition to the
planting such establishments as that was, and all he
would add in. referring to that circumstance Was to con-
gratulate the Proprietors of the bank on their having
overcome, all those obstacles without, he believed he
might say, the lois of one friend or the creation of a
single enemy amongst the class of the private banks of
London, or their more formidable opponent over-the-
way (the Bank of England.)-1-(11-ear, hear.) In looking
back, in order to mark out their best course for
the future, he might observe that the principle
of action adopted by the Directors at an early period of
the existence of the establishment, had been found
to be good and, well adapted to all circumstances. As an
illustration' ,he might remark that money seasons, like
the natural seasons, had their changes, sudden and vio-
lent. In seasons Of abundance of money, they- had
always avoided hearkening teeny temptation to lock up
their funds, and the consequence had been, that in
seasons of scarcity and adversity, they • had
had it in their power to do that which was
not only sound in the principles of banking, but
also gratifying in a humane point of view, namely, to
help their friends when occasion required it. He might
add that notwithstanding the variations of the seasons
through which they had passed--seasons of scarcity as
well as of plenty,-t1 ey-tiever had had, up to the present
time, occasion to re-discount any one of the bills which
they, had' in their possession.—(Hear, hear.) The
profits of the bank had been under the present
direction freely and liberally appropriated to the
use of the Proprietors in the shape of divi-
dends and otherwise. In illustration of that,
he would mention that the reserve fund had been
annually increased, and was now becoming a distinct re-
servoir of security for seasons of need. They had paid
in dividends to the shareholders, during the ten years
past, upwards of 300,000 L SO far for the past. In look-
ing to the future, the present was a most important pe-
riod as regarded joint-stock banks. This year would
occur a break in the charter of the Bank of England,
which had been renewed in 1833. In the speech from
the throne, at the opening of the present session of
Parliament, they had been reminded that there would
be an opening for the consideration and regulation
of the laws which govern the Bank of England
and the joint-stock banks of the country. There were
two matters which- they had pressed upon the considera-
tion of the Government. The first was the right irse
parable from a banking establishment created by law,
and upheld as their . establishment now was, by the
interest, power, and voice of 89 great a proportion
of the community—the right of accepting bills
under" a shorter date than six months. In the original
charter of the Bank of England, in 1708, there was
a clause prohibiting all banks, having more than six
partners, from borrowing, owing, or taking up money
on bills payable on demand, or at a less period than six
months. That clause was aimed at certain speculative
companies, which at that period resorted to the issue of
notes under their common seal. It never could have
been aimed against the exercise of banking privileges by
country. banks, drawing, as he might say, upon their
London agents. He believed the fact was, there
was not a country bank in existence at the time
acting under impressions of this kind ; their
bank had drawn bills of exchange ; and in
consequence they were followed from Court to Court,
until in 1837 judgment was given against their exercise
of: the privilege by the reason of the clause in the charter
of 1708, to which he had referred. Accordingly, they
had desisted from any further practice of that branch of
banking. That restriction was unjust to the innumerable
members of the commercial community. It was un-
just 'to foreign and 'colenial banks, to joint-stock
banks throughout the country, and to those
in London. The country was deeply interested in the
question, but he only touched upon it then as it would,
in the course of the revision which the banking laws of
the country were to be subjected to this session, be fully
considered elsewhere. Joint-stock banks ought not to be
deprived of the coininon privileges of banking establish-
ments. They could all remember that the failure of the
bank of Pole and Co. in 1825 brought on the panic of 1826.
The !other subject which the Directors had urged upon
the Government was that of suing and being sued in the
names of the establishment. A Committee representing
the joint-stock banking companies of the country lately
had an interview with. Sir R. Peel and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, previous to which they had trans-
mitted a letter containing detailed views on those points,
and he was happy to be able to tell them that the interview
was very satisfactory as far as it went. In 1834, when they
had pressed those matters before on the attention of
Government, there was no argnment used against them,
but' a 'promise had been given to certain parties that
those privileges should not be' granted. From Sir R.
Peel's words they, were led to infer that theirs was held to
be a perfectly fair one, and the Right Hon. Baronetstated
that he ha,clpurpotely abstained from giving any promises
to any parties, in order that the claims from all quarters
on this important question might be fully considered
and justly settled at the proper time. He (the Chairman)
had, then no doubt in concluding that they would obtain
those privileges; and when the bank had worked so well
and successfullyhitherte, he thought he was not too san •
gnine in saying that, with an increase of its facilities of
action, -would come an increase of its prosperity. They
had copied their :enemies and warmed their friends in the
contest. in which they had hitherto been engaged, and
he, had •every hope of a continuation of prosperity to the
establishment.--'-(Hear, hear.)
The SECRETARY then read the following Report :
" The Directors have-the pleasure of presenting to
the' Shareholders' their Tenth Annual Report.
The net, profits of the past year, after defraying all
the current expenses, paying the income-tax, and
making provision for all bad and doubtful debts,
__ amount
to 51,696/. ss. 7d. Out of these profits the Directors
paid laSt September a dividend at, .the .rate of six per
cent. per annum,•for the half-year ending the 30th June,
and they now declare a dividend at the same rate for
the half-year ending the 31st of December. After the
payment 'of these dividends, amounting together to
48,0001., there will remain from the profits of the year,
a surplus of 3,696/. ss. 7d., which, added to the reserved
fund, makes thepresent amount 66,822/. 16s. sd.
" Throughout. the whale of last . year money was
'exceedingly abundant, and consequently cheap. But,
although a low value, of money effects most severely
those banks which have the largest paid-up capital, and
which have been so managed as to retain the full com-
mand of their funds, yet the Directors did not suffer
the desire of obtaining a higher rate of interest to
betray them into advances upon doubtful or inconverti-
ble securities.
As the Speech from the Throne has called the atten-
tion of. Parliament to the state of the law with regard
to the privileges of the Bank of England and to other
banking establishments,' the Directors have co-operated
with the representatives of other joint-stock banks in
bringing under the consideration. of the Government the
defects of the laws relating to Banking. Companies, which
they feel confident the Legislature will not refuse to
remedy.
" The three Directors who go out by rotation this year
are Frederick Biirmester, -Esq., Henry Harvey, Esq.,
and Patribk Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P., who being
eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
PROFIT AND LOSS.

Dr.
Payment of the dividend on the 10th s. d.
September,' 1843, at the rate of six
per cent. per annum, for the half-
year ending the3oth June 24,000 0 0
Payment of the dividend now declared
at the rate of six per cent. per annum,
for the half-year ending the 31st De-
cember, 1843,
Balance.of unappropriated profits 66,822 16 5

4114,822 16 5
s. d.

Cr.
Balance of unappropriated profits, on
the 31st December, 1842
Net profits of the year 1843, after de-.
fraying the total expense of manage-
ment, • paying the income-tax. and
making provision for all bad and '
doubtful debts - 51,696 5 7

£114,822 16 5

•
Balance of unappropriated profits
IlArgught•down
L,3froWALKER moved the adoption of the Repot, and
toolCodeasion to compliment the Directors 'on their able
management of the Company's affairs.
ItrAvlAiunsLEY seconded the motion.

`Air:IV/Nusw. wished to know from the. Chairman,
firsl, what was the increased value of the reserved
considering the increase that had taken
place in 'the pgbliq_., §pcitEities.2l—jiext, whether

all the branches of the establishment were
paying? and lastly, whether, in urging their claims to the
privileges mentioned by the Chairman, it would be well
to strengthen the hands of the Directors by a petition
to the Legislature on the subject, signed by the Share-
holders?,

•
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the first question, said, that
the reserved fund had not been kept distinct and separate
from the other capital of the Company, but was along
with it and other large--amounts, well and securely in-
vested. In reply to the second question, he had to state
that the establishment had five branches, each . of which
returned a profit to the establishment—Mear, hear)—
and lastly, as to the suggestion of the Hon. Proprietor,
if they were not satisfied with the change to be made by
the Government in the banking code, of which they had
not then a knowledge, they would avail themselves of
the aid of the Proprietors.
The question of the adoption of the Report was then
put from the Chair and carried.
The thanks of the Company having been voted to the
Chairman, Directors, and Managers respectively,
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment.
The.three Directors mentioned in the Report as going
out of office were then re-elected, and the meeting sepa-
rated..

SPIRIT: Of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM r.ng DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—We are happy to hear Lord Devon express
himself with so much confidence as he did last night,
that the Commission, of which he is at the head, would
be able to point out the beneficial alterations in the law
affecting the relations of landlord and tenant in Ireland.
• The speech of Lord Devon tended to correct mistakes
as to the character of the Commission ; and, at
the same time,• to viiiiiicate to the Commissioners the
unquestionable right to entertain and report representa-
tions of individual grievances arising out
-of the present
law and practice affecting the occupation of land.
Nevertheless, we repeat, we are of opinion that there
is this inconvenience in the inquiry—that it tends
to rivet the minds of the Irish people on that one
subject exclusively, on which they are only too much
addicted to brood already with angry feelings, and to
nourish <expectations (if disappointed, engendering in-
creased 'resentment)'of something to be done by Govern-
ment which shall render the land all-sufficient to the
people. Now, in the first place, it is impossi-
ble that a- people so exclusively dependent on
raising the 'rudest food directly from the soil
for their daily wants—a people so destitute of
all other employment and capital—so destitute
even of agricultural capital, and so little advanced in
-agricultural skill—it is impossible that a people thus
situated, and thus habituated, can be suddenly raised
by any agency confined to modifying the mere occupa-
tion of the soil. The curse of the people is that their
whole dependence is on -that mere occupation ;—that
labourers wages, as well as farmers' profits, have no
source but the soil—and are paid in little other currency
(when they are paid in that) but permission to grow
potatoes. This state of things cannot at once be altered
by any measures solely relating to occupation of the
land. The " monster-evil" is the insufficiency of the
land as a sole resource. And let it not be said that the
exportation of produce deprives the people of subsis-
tence. Ireland exports people as well as produce, in
very great numbers to the sister country. The same
paying-power which attracts Irish produce, attracts Irish
labour likewise. The problem to be solved is not the'
finding of means to stop either export—but the finding-
of means to create a counter-attraction of English
capital towards Ireland. The moment a current of this
kind should begin to set in (and we hold that it is the
duty of the Government to accelerate that moment), it
would be found that Irish produce would begin to
find nearer markets—agricultural production a new
stimulus—labour new resources in arts and manufac-
tures. We have declared our opinion that Government
ought to favour the flow of capital towards Ireland,
and take the initiative in those works which tend
more than any other to render available and acces-
sible the natural resources of such a country. We
hold that Government should set the example of con-
fidence in investing in Ireland our surplus wealth.
Where is that example to come from, if it comes
not from public authority ? Ireland is not in that
condition to which ordinary chrematistics apply. A
moral impulse must be given, which money calcu-
lations, at the first start, may not appear to justify. The
misfortune of Ireland is, that it is not far enough off—
that its "aboriginal inhabitants" are not savages—that
the omne ignotum pro magnifico cannot be brought to
operate on the speculative mind in its favour. We have
seen calculation set at defiance—millions sunk—thou-
sands self-expatriated—provided the venture were wild
enough. But enterprise at our own doors is, in Ireland,
scared by a lion in the path. It would seem that confi-
dence in new fields .can only be raised not inversely, but
directly as the square of the distance.
STANDARD.—In the House of Lords last night the
Marquis of Clanricarde interrogated the Earl of Devon
very closely as to the special objects of the inquiry pro-
secuted by the Land Tenure Commission, and as to the
progress made in the investigation. The Earl of Devon
replied by an explanation which ought, in our opinion,
to be satisfactory, because it indicates that the
Commission does not limit its researches to
any special objects, and that, having exhausted
no department of investigation, it cannot be said to have
made any definite progress, extensive as is the number
of facts accumulated. Now this, in our judgment, de-
scribes precisely the-course which ought to be taken by
men to whom is confided so grave a duty as that as-
signed to the Land Tenure Commissioners. It is
true, as Lord Clanricarde complains, that there are
many, ignorant persons who, having assumed
that some prompt remedy for the social state
of Ireland is available, and that the Commis-
sioners are -appointed merely to find this charm,
feel very impatient at the delay of their Report, They
can be; at least they ought to be, the most ignorant only
who give way to such impatience; and if, as the Noble
Marquis suggests, some newspapers are to blame for
having encouraged the notion of a remedy for the social
evils of Ireland, at once effectual and easily available, we
claim not to belong to the number of the culpable. When;
the Commission was proposed we distinctly stated that it
never could find the imaginary remedy that was to set
all right in a day or in a year, though we gratefully ad-
mitted that the labours of. the Committee could do
much t owards creating such a remedy. The case, in
fact,, appeared to _us, and still appears, precisely that
symbolised in ./Esop's fable of the farmor and his
sons. The farmer on his death-bed assured his sons
and successors in his fields, that a pot of gold was
hidden somewhere on the farm; the young men, ahe
story tells, turned up carefully with the spade elry
field of their patrimony: they found no pot of gold, but
they found- the worth •of many pots of gold
in the increased produce of the soil, conse-
quent upon their toilsome search. The story
is old and familiar, but it describes so exactly the good
effect which we anticipate from the Land Tenure
Commission, and exhibits also so well the neces•
sity for the investigation being complete, patient, and
slow in coming to conclusions, in order to produce
the good of which it is capable, that we cannot
forbear borroVring a page from ./Esop. If we expect
a more permanent value for the labours of the Land
Tenure Commission, it is because we trust that its aim
goes beyond any temporary object, and because we be-
lieve that the result of its investigation will be, not to
add to the pharmacopoeia of political nostrums, but to
demonstrate that there is no specific remedy for
the social state of Ireland, any more than there
ever has been for the social state of any country ;
consequently, that if the patient is to be cured,
quackery must be abandoned, and regimen, and above all
rest, resorted to, for the means of recovery, This 'view of
the matter must; no doubt, as much disappoint and dis=
concert the empirics of Parliament and of the news-
papers, • craving something for the day, as the
Bath quacks were disappointed and disconcerted by
the simple plan of Mr. Sinipkin B—. This view
is, however, the true one. Rest, without any other
application, would do nearly everything for Ireland, and
without rest from political agitation, all the remedial
measures that can be tried to the end of time will do
nothing. This is a truth, which we would press
earnestly upon such noblemen as Lord Clanricarde,
who, if they are not themselves the destroyers of their
country's rest, at least encourage and protect those
destroyers.
TlMES.—There is nothing more praiseworthy• in public
or private life than a well-timed economy. To a. Minister of
State no less than to the father of a family, it is a matter of
grave importance to avoid all unnecessary expense, and dis-
courage every approach to prodigality. And as there is no-
thing in the intercourse of private life, where delicacy is so
much required as in those admonitions by which a wary and
considerate friendship attempts to check the career of heed-
less extravagance, so in political discussion there is nothing
demandi the exercise of -tact and discretion more than the
character of a friend to retrenchment and economy. But if
in the former case men are at once annoyed and disgusted by
the impertinent interference of garrulous busybodies, they.
have an equal right to condemn and disavow the gratuitous
platitudes of-political quacks. It is bad enough to have a-
friend who tells one that you are going to the dogs at a fear—
ful pace—that this expense is unnecessary, 'that scandalous,•
and a third ruinous—who pulls a long face, and aids one
think of-one's wife and children, when he hears of a newly
purchased horse, or a projected amusement. A friend of this
kind is a bore, and is accordingly sent to Coventry. All-
doors are closed against him—all confidence is denied him.
But to what place ought those indefatigable croakers- to. he
consigned, who make the necessary expenses of the nation
their staple of reprobation, and the House of Commons the
victim of their querulousness ?, They cannot all be sent to.
Coventry,; and if they could be, this might only make them
worse. Seriously, we think that the ultra-economical prin-
ciples periodically developed by certain Honourable Members
are hardly saved by their absurdity from beingboth offensive-
and injurious : and were any moderate man to sit down and
analyse the recent debates'on the Army and NavEstimates;
he would be at a loss to explain the language and the senti-.:
meats of those who advocated retrenchment by any othe4.,
hypothesis 'than that the speakers did not mean what they'
said, or if they did mean it, that they have but a poor notioni
of their duty as the representatives of a great nation. Re,
duce I reduce ! reduce ! :was the reiterated, but attenuated;.
cry Of the •very few gentlemen on whose shoulders del-oh-es
t 4 self-imposed office of carping-at the-two establishments.

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"'Therare too large," screamed one ; " They-are too costly
groaned a second ; " They are unconstitutional," mttrmure4
a third ; and if the prevalent opinions of this small party
could be interpreted into the exposition of a popular belief;
fitly intelligent foreigner sitting in the gallery might have
inferred that
the only occupation of our soldiers was to collect
taxes at the point of the bayonet ; and 'that-the English
army. was the grand instrument whereby a despotic
Ministry plundered a defenceless and untesisting
people. • There is luckily less mischief than folly in
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-standing army and an -unconstitutional force. They know,
that so far front exceeding the exigencies of the empire, our
military ferce is hardly! sufficient to meet the demands of our
distant and extensive dependencies; they.know that both in
Australia and at the Cape the number of troops is insufficient
to cope with any sudden difficulty, or to perform any ar-
duous expedition; and they also know, that owing to the
disproportion of our regiments to the service expected from
them, many have been detained in remote and unhealthy
colonies far beyond the period which a regard either to their
sanatory condition or to the fair distribution of service might
have justified. They know, that owing to the pressure of
events in- other parts of our empire, more than one regiment
has been kept in India for upwards of twenty years. But,
though-this-sort--of- popularity-courting cant is more foolish
than mischievous, it is not without its ill effects. It tends to
keep alive in Minds susceptible of grievances a morbid irrita-
tionagainst the just and complete integrity of two establish-
ments, whose unimpaired efficiency is absolutely indispinsable
for the preservation of our national dignity and power, and it
acts, through the medium of grievance-mongers, on the minds
of cautious -Ministers. It has acted this year in a manner which
whilst we regret to observe it now, we may have occasion to
deplore hereafter—in - effecting the reduction of our navy es-
tiniates to an extent which will require a practical abandon-
ment of our maritime supremacy. It would be useless to en-
large on the dangers of such a corn-sal but should disasters
ensue,- it will be no consolation to be told that a retrench-
ment so hazardous as this is has been made to gratify the
Radical section-of the community. Economy is a very good
thing; but parsimony is more ruinous than extravagance.
National stinginess always punishes itself and its abettors by
after-years of fruitless expenditure. Those who would pare
down our-regiments and dismantle our ships should recollect,
that as a great nation cannot have a little war, so it cannot
afford to possess a petty army and a puny fleet—that power,
honour, and possessions must be retained by the same means
by which they were won. It is, doubtless, a fine thing to
save a few thousand pounds by the disbanding of a regiment
or the dismantling of a frigate in time of peace, but should
you And yourselves precipitated into a war, your troops un-
traitied-and undisciplined,- your ships rotting in your har-
bours, and your sailors forced, by want of employment at
home, into the service of another Power—how kindly will
you feel to those who preached up the doctrine of " frugal
establishments" in the House of Commons !
ADVERTISER.—Lord Worsley has obtained leave to
bring in a Bill for the inclosure of commons, and lands held
in common, which he stated lie had framed with a due re-
gard to the rights of the poor as well as to the owners of the
property. By this Bill a Commissioner, on consent of two-
thirds of the parties interested, is to be sent down to examine
and take into consideration the expediency of inclosing com-
mon land. The Inclosing Commissioners are to be the same
parties as the Tithe Commissioners, before whom claims and
objections are to be laid. In its nature it is, therefore, no-
thing less than a general Inclosure Bill. Wehave repeatedly
expressed our objection to the practice of inclosing commons
and wastes, by which the people, the natural lords of the
land, are despoiled of their birthright, not for the general
benefit, but for the advantage of 'a
few wealthy landowners.
The facility with which appropriation and inclosure Bills
.pass _.through Parliament, is one of the numerous
proofs that exist of a defective representation of
the people ; for it is not to be supposed for a
moment, that if their voice had its due weight in -the
Legislature, their individual and collective interests
would bp sacrificed to gratify the covetousness of individuals.
There is something insiduous in the principle of the present
Bill, which, theugh it acknowledges the right of the com-
moners to compensation, leaves the Mode and amount to
the decision of Commissioners, who are to be appointed by
Parliament. . As, the right to compensation can be founded
only on a previous right of ownership, the question at issue in
every case of inclosure under this Bill, lies between the actual
owners and the persons who desire to possess their property.
The value of such , property, it is evident, ought,
since there is no individual owner, to be esti-
mated by arbitrators, equally agreed upon by a majority
of the .owners and the parties intending to ap-
propriate the land. • In this case, should the Bill
pass into a law, the latter will be said to be the country at
large, but until people are fairly represented, these parties
will.in reality be the members of the Legislature ; and thus,
the, very persons who desire to make the inclosures are to
have the sole power of choosing the arbitrators. The Com-
missioners may be very upright men, but it is equally possible
that they may be the reverse ; and whether so or not, it is
certain that as delegates of the landowners constituting the
legislative class, they will have a bias in favour of those from
whom they derive their .official existence, and receive salaries.
We have looked through this Bill anxiously, in order
to - discover any means by which the common pro-
, prietors may be assured of impartial justice; but the
main provision on this point is such as we have described it.
The-Bill takes no care whatever to secure to the commoner
his just compensation. The Commissioners are to be ap-
pointed by Parliament, and maintained at the public charge ;
but who is to advocate the rights of the poor man before this
tribunal ? We 'object to all general Inclosure Acts, on ac-
count of the directness of their tendency to abridge the com-
forts of the poor, and to remove their means of healthful re-
creation. By converting commons into corn-fields, the pea-
sant is deprived of pasture for his cow, his sheep, or his
horse, and thus pauperism is increased. Pasturage of this
description is not less valuable to him than the corn-field is to
his wealthy neighbour; and by what pretext can the seizure
of this common property be justified? Certainly not on the
condition that the terms of compensation shall be fixed and
awarded by the agents of the virtual seizers ! As the means
of affording healthful recreation to the rustic populace, com-
mons are even more valuable than many descriptions of cul-
tivated ground, and therefore every resistance ought to be
made to • proposals like Lord Worsley s, of which the ultimate
object is to sustain the corn-laws —to keep up the
present high prices of food, by shutting out foreign com-
petition in agricultural produce, on the- plea that we grow
enough of our own. There is no other motive at the
bottom of this attack upon the rights of poor com-
moners, and we do not hesitate to affirm that, if agri-
cultural produce were. suffered to find its own level in the
general market, the absence of any just pretence for inclos-
ing commons and wastes would be manifested by the abun-
dance and cheapness of all the necessaries of life. On the
following specific grounds it behoves every man, whether
holding a direct interest in commons and wastes, or not, to
oppose this Bill in all its stages; that, on no proof of neces-
sity, It will deprive the poor of their pastures and play-
grounds, without giving them assurance, or hope, of equitable
compensation, supposing that any pecuniary consideration
can be a sufficient equivalent ; that, in turning all our open
plains into closes, tlilb public will be precluded from all places
of recreation in the air, except the high roads ; that, through
its operation, large tracts of land, now valuable to the com-
moners, will be converted into severalties, or be each ad-
joined to an estate, for the purpose of cultivation, under
circumstances in which further cultivation is neither neces-
sary nor desirable ; and that the covert object of the mea-
sure is to promote the interests of the agricultural classes
exclusively, and to uphold the landlords in their present
exaction of high rents, at the expense iof every other class of
the community.

MONEY.MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES:—The premium on gold at Paris is 12i per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 464 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 60, it [follows
that gold is 0.54 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices, from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 4334 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 178. 104 d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9}; and
the exchange at Hamburgh.on London at short being 13 IN,
it follows that gold is 0.51. percent. dearer in London than in
Haniburgh.

The course of exchange at New York on London is MI
per cent.; and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it• follows that the ex-
change is 0.33, per cent. against. England ; but the quoted ex-
change at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the
interest hiust be deducted from the above difference.