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LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and
18, Chancery-lane, London.
The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company;
The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which
the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises;
Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ;
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years. •
These form a combination of advantages which can be obtained
only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,

26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £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 t• borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of sellcting 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-five per cont. on the
amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums.

PUBLICATIONS of the SOCIETY for the
EMANCIPATION of INDUSTRY.

Now Ready.
A N ESSAY ON MONEY, ITS ORIGIN
.LX. AND USB. By JOHN TAYLOR, Author of " Junius Iden-
lied." Third Edition, revised. Price 2s. 6d.

AN ESSAY on the STANDARD and MEA.-
StTRIS of VALUE. Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d.
CURRENCY FALLACIES REFUTED, and
PAPER MONEY VINDICATED. Second Edition. Price

2576 d,

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY.

(Constituted by Act of Parliament), 32, LOMBARD- STREET.
The extensive business conducted by thiE Company places it among
the first Institutions in the kingdom for the Assurance of Lives.
The assurances proposed to the Company during the year
just concluded, amounted to . . • . Z 418,000
Of which the Directors thought it their duty to reject . 70,000

Policies issued to the extent of . . . . 348000
Being upwards of one-third of a million, and adding nearly 11,0001.
per annum to the Company's revehue.
There are various inducements to assurers in this Company, arising
from .the Security which the Company affords—its equitable rates
and its characteristic principle of liberality, whether in the settle-
ment of claims or facilities to assurers. A distinguishing feature, is
also to be found in the division of profits, by which it will be observed
it confers peculiar advantages upon its policy holders, allowing them
in the fullest degree the benefit of survivorship. Policies from this
Company steadily continued thus increase very rapidly, holding out
great inducement to the best class of lives to give it a preference.
A policy opened in 1825 for 1,0004 has been increased
in 1840 to . . . ..... . £1,337 10

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A policy opened in 1826 for 1,0001. has been Increased in
840 to

1,287 10

Later policies in proportion. Another division takes place next
year, and parties now assuring will participate.
Any other information to be obtained at the Company's Office in
London, 32, Lombard-street ; or at the head office in Edinburgh.

By order of the Board of Directors.
32, Lombard-street. PETER EWART, Resident Sec.

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DISEASED AND HEALTRY LIVES ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE.

25, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Capital, £500,000.
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by
which It can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to
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INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount
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AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY,
126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
BANKERS—Union Bank of London.
_

COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by,Royal
Charter, 1833), No. 2, Moorgate-street.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co.
Parinclas—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Ruasell-square.
SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq.
ASSURANCES may he effected with this Company at 'Unusually
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assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is
charged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a
sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in
particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 20, 1844.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
That a SPECIAL 'GENERAL:COURT of the said COMPANY
will he held 'at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WED-
NESDAY, the. 28th instant, at Eleven O'clock in the Forenoon,
for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors Resolutisns of Thanks
adopted by the Coart of Directors in reference to the recent military
operations in Sinde.
The said Resolutions are now open for perusal by the Proprietors
at this House. JAMIIB C. MELVILL, Secretary.

TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAIN-
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At the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, TO-MORROW, WED-
NESDAY, the 28th inst., Mr. TEMPLETON will have the honour
of commencing a Series of Entertainments, with his Original and
Interesting one, entitled MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, with the
Music and Poetry of her Time, embracing that of her Ancestors, the
Kings James of Scotland.
Tickets and Programmes to be had at all the principal Music shops
and at the Music Hall, Store-street. Reserved seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back
seats, 2s. ; Boxes to contain Six, 15s. ; to contain Eight, H.
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March his Evenings at Hanover-square
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EXTE-NSIVE SALE
The SPLENDID STOCK of FANCY JEWELLERY,
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SILVER PLATED GOODS,
TORTOISESHELL WORKBOXES, and TEA CADDIES, and a
great 'variety of other Fancy Articles, are now SELLING OFF, at a
heavy sacrifice, by .Messrs. HORTON and CO., of 36, Ludgate-
street, opposite Messrs. Everington and Co.'s, in consequence of Mr.
Horton retiring from the retail business.
It is seldom the public have an opportunity like the present of pur-
chasing, at little more than one-half to two-thirds the usual charge,
the variety of genuine articles now offeEed fbr sale—comprising Gen-
tlemen's and Ladies' Gold and Silver Watches, of workmanship the
first class of excellence, Gold Neck and Guard Chains, Seals and
Keys, Fancy and Mourning Brooches, Rings, Pins, and Ear-rings,
Pencil Cases, Silver Card Cases, Scent and Snuff Boxes ; also Silver
Plated Tea and Coffee Sets, Candlesticks, Cruet Frames, Dish Covers,
Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Butter Coolers, Bread Baskets,
&c., all warranted the best Sheffield make ; Table and Dessert Forks
and Spoons, Soup Ladles, Grape Scissors, Asparagus Tongs, Nut-
cracks, Dessert Knives and Forks in Case, Jet Necklaces, and nu-
merous other Fancy Articles, all at a considerable sacrifice.

ASINGLE BOTTLE of BETTS'S PATENT
BRANDY may now be obtained in a perfectly genuine state.
This convenient arrangement for both vendor and purchaser, and
their mutual security against deception, is effected by the use of
BETTS'S PATENT METALIC CAPgIILE, made of pure and Solid
Metal (not Tin-foil) which completely encloses the cork and mouth
of the bottle, and Is embossed with the words " BETTS'S PATENT
BRANDY, 7, Smithfield-bars," the fac-simile of which is engraved
on a label affixed to each bottle. '

In the present day it is impossale to produce anything new and
useful without exciting the cupidity of imitators. Already attempts
are made to mystify the identity of the original and genuine article,
by foisting upon the public the contents of bottles having a Tin-foil
covering, falsely denominated "a neat metallic capsule." J. T. BETTS
and CO. therefore deem it essential to impress upon purchasers the
absolute necessity of comparing the Embossed Capsules with the
Labels, as an infallible mode of detecting fraudulent substitutions.
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, thus protected, mar be obtained
of the undermentioned Wine and Spirit Merchants, at 3s. 6d. per
Bottle, Bottles included ; or, at 18s. per Gallon, as heretofore, at
Bishopsgate.street... • W. Stevens, No. 78 and 80.
Bayswater • • • Charles Sinipson, 22, Bayswater-terrace.
Illackfriars-road• • • . • S. Silcock,lia.-)..
Brixton.. S. Hawks, Brixton-washway.
Camden-town .. • ..., .• George Roberts, 91, High-street.
Camberwell .. •
Drury-lane • .. Nicholas Walker, No. 111.
Edgware-road.. • • •••• • Richard Clayton, No. 118.
Enston-square • • • • • • • • Thomas Oliver,,DrummOnd-street.
Greenwich ••• • • • • John Chester; Crobm's-hill.
Hampstead ••• • •
Haymarket • ...James Carter, No. 42.
Holborn
King's Cross William Barker, I, Albion-place.
Kingsland-road •• • • James Smith, No. 131.
Knightsbridge • • • • John Jones, 201, High-row.
Lambeth • • • • • • • • • • ••J. H. Watchoru, Marsh-gate.
Limehouse • . A. Watson, St. Ann's-place.
Munster-street
Newington Butts .....William Mouls, 8, High-street.
New-road • • .. • J. Arnold, corner of Hampstead-road.
Oxford-street • •

Pimlico • . • • • . • • • • • • • . James Watson, 1, Grosvenor-row.
Regent-street • • • • George Rich, Glass House-street.
Southwark • • • • • • • • • • George Garrett, Stones' End.
Somers Town Charles Temple, 62, Charlton-street.
Spa-fields • ...... . • • Benjamin Brooks, No. 27, Exmouth-street.
Strand ......' John Short, N,o, 333.
Ditto D. Barton, 2!, Picket-street.
Tottenham-court-road. James Young, No. 108.
Whitechapel. •• • • •• • • William Coates, 25, High-street.
Walworth• • ...... G. Potter, 10, Beckford-row.
Walworth-road ..... • •William Garrett, 14, Bolingbroke-row.
Westminster ..John Jones, 3, Rochester-row.
Ditto ••• • • . • —James Watson, 7, Great Chapel-street.
Westminster-road . • • • •Robert Shaw, 10, Gilbert-buildings.

FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH

REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

The following is the Petition which Mr. S. Crawford
" wished to present to the House of Commons last week,
but which was rejected by the Speaker, owing to its in-
formality
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, in Parliament• assembled, who represent the
950,000 British subjects who possess the Elec-
toral Franchise.
The petition of merchants, manufacturers, and traders,
at a public meeting held at the King's Arms Jim, Philip
Lane, in the city of London, on Wednesday, the 14th
of February, 1844, humbly showed':
That your petitioners naturally look to those who act
as the representatives of the people in Parliament, not
only for the enactment, from time to time, of such new
and additional laws as change of circumstances, unavoid-
able contingencies, and the onward march of events may
render necessary, but also for the repeal and amendment
of such laws as experience shall have proved to operate
injuriously to the interests of the community.
That your petitioners have felt, from long and deep
experience, that the whole of our fiscal laws and regula-
tions require to be revised and amended, especially in
as far as they promote -the interests of classes or indi-
viduals at ' the expense of the community, fetter and
embarrass commerce, confer on the foreign manufacturer
undue advantages over the British manufacturer in all
the markets of the world ; and entail on all classes of
British subjects, but especially on the operative or
working portion of them, many and grievous hardships
and privations.

BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY- the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.--Will take place irrevocably on
the 16th of March, 1844 r-the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful
ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
from 150,000 Francs dewn to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
+he Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each lied Bond must gain whigher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, I/. ; a Red Bond, 2/. ; for 5/. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
20/. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red.
_ _

Tliat with respect to the fiscal laws to which your
petitioners refer, as most injuriously affecting society,
they beg to direct the attention of your Honourable
House, in the first place, especially to those which affect
the importation of foreign .grain, and iu the next place
to those which affect the importation of sugar. And
your petitioners respectfully represent to your Honour-
able House that they entertain the opinion, that, while
all laws affecting trade, manufactures, aid commerce,
should tend as much as possible to promote, encourage,
and cherish the same, without respect to classes or par-
ties, all such articles as are deemed and reckoned to be
indispensable articles of food ought to be admitted into
every port of the kingdom, without being subjected to
any tax, duty, or impost, either for the purpose of fiscal
revenue, or for the protection of any class or party.
That your petitioners feel it to be a severe grievance
the they are not so fully and efficiently represented in
the Commons' House of Parliament as they ought to be,
and as the British Constitution warrants them to claim as
their right, inasmuch as they consider the extent of the
franchise, as it at present exists, to be by far too limited,
and that due protection is not afforded to electors in the
conscientious discharge of their electoral duties.
That your petitioners•consider it to be the inalienable
right of every British subject, nay, of every human being,
to be permitted to worship his Creator according to the
dictates of his conscience, without thereby rendering
himself liable to tax, fine, or prosecution, on the part of
any sect or party ; and that, consequently, for a State
Church, having rich endowments of its own, to compel
those who conscientiously dissent from its creed, or mode
of worship, to contribute to its support, is a gross viola-
tion of the sanctity of conscience, an infringement of the
liberty of the subject, and a grievous act of oppression.
That your petitioners consider the whole of the courts
of law, as at present constituted, to be a severe grievance
on account of the heavy expenses which are necessarily
incurred by all litigants therein, and the length of time
during which all parties interested are kept in suspense
before decisions can be obtained.
That your petitioners are fully sensible of the serious
grievances which are inflicted on the community by the
verbosity, tautology, and obscurity of the whole of our
statute laws, whereby, instead of simplifying law, and
furthering the celerity with which justice should ever
be administered, the very attainment of justice is always
delayed, and often defeated.
That averse as your petitioners would be to obstruct,
or unnecessarily delay, the business of your Honourable
House, yet so seriously do they feel the pressure of the
above-named grievances, and so strongly do they en-
tertain the opinion that the speedy redress of the same
is essential to the happiness, well-being, and prosperity
of the community, that, as well-wishers to all ranks and
conditions of their fellow-subjects, they feel it to be their
duty to call upon your Honourable House, without loss
of time, and before you proceed to vote the usual sup-
plies, to take the said grievances into your most serious
consideration; namely, the whole of our fiscal laws, es-
pecially those affecting the importation of grain and
sugar ; the present limited extent of the electoral fran-
chise, which ought to be greatly enlarged; the state of
the law as regards the protection to which every elector
is entitled in the discharge of his electoral duties,
but which, at present, is often shamefully vio-
lated ; the state of the laws as regards the church-
rates, Easter-dues, &c., which, as affecting Dissenters,
are unjust in themselves, and subversive of religious
freedom ; the present constitution of all our courts of
law, both civil and ecclesiastical, the delays and expen-
siveness of which are severely felt ; and the verbosity,
tautology, and obscurity of our statute-laws, which lite-
rally render them unintelligible to the bulk of mankind,
and open up a boundless field for quibbling and
wrangling to those whose interest it is to turn their in
tricacy to their own account.

Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters may be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellclosc-square.

IWILLIAM COLLENDER, at present and for
one week past, residing at No. 53, Edward-street, Limehouse,
in the pariah of Saint Ann, and county of Middlesex, and previously
and for eleven years residing at No 61, Three Colt-street, Limehouse,
in the parish of Saint Ann, and county of Middlesex, and being a
painter, paper-hanger, and house decorator,do hereby give notice, that
I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-
street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate,
and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full
disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects, for payment of my
just and lawful debts "; and I hereby further give notice, that the time
when the matter of the said petition 'shall be heard, is to be adver-
tised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one
month, at the least, after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this
15th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1844.

- . -
WILLIAM COLLENDER.
Witness, H. B. Roberts, 36, Friar-street, Southwark.

IJOHN JONES, at present, and for nine
5 months past, residing at No, 30, Devonshire-street, Queen-
square, in the parish of Saint George the Martyr, and county of Mid-
dlesex, and being a shoemaker, and previously for twenty years re-
siding at No. 27, Devonshire-street, aforesaid, in the parish
of Saint George the Martyr, and county of Middlesex, and being
then a dairyman, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a pe-
tition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray-
ing to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be
protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
der of such estate and effects for payMent of any just and lawful
debts; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the
matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the
London Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper one month at the
least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this 14th day of Fe-
bruary, in the year of our Lord, 1844. J. JONES.
Witness, H. B. Roberts, attorney for the insolvent, 36; Friar-
street, Southwark.

JAMES PEACHEY, at present, and for
I, four months past, residing at No. 52, Wellington-street, in
the parish of St. Luke's, and county of Middlesex, and being a jour-
neyman pawnbroker, previously; and for three months then past, re-
tbeeinprgesaenetloathpeestistaielensmtaen,
siding at Church-street, in the parish of Clapham, and county of
Surrey, and being a clothes salesman, and formerly, and for nine
months then past, residing at High-street, in the parish of Wands-
worth,hereby giveand do
the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying to be
examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be pro-
tected ttom all process, upon making a full disclosure and sur-
render of such estate and effects for payment of my just - and law-
ful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when
the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised
in the London Gazette and in the Morning San newspaper one
month at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this
9th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1844.

JAMES PEACHEY.
Witness, John Chisholme, 3, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, insolvont's
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Sza,The possession of power does not contribute strength,
unless that power is attained and held by the assistance of
justice ; for true strength is not physical, but moral, and until
the possessor can show that he has obtained his appearance
of strength by no infringement of that law, his strength is
but weakness ; not all the pointing to the possession, not all
the acclamation of interested followers can satisfy, for there
will be a craving after, if it is but a shadow, of his being sus-
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server, he may prove by, external appearances that he is
strong, still his conscience will stand against him, silently
but sternly condemning—even-handed justice commending
the poisoned chalice to his own lips.
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demned itself by the manner in which it was passed, and not
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sically, the moral power being trampled on. But that
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operating gradually on the mind proves its integrity. Injus-
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the companions of moral weakness), will be abolished by no
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of man, before which injustice quails, and is compelled in
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Yours, &c. OBSERVER.
Devonport, Feb. 27, 1844.

SMUGGLING.—On Saturday morning James Field,
the master and owner of the smack, Lord Howe, 25 tons
burden, which was captured by a boat's crew belonging to
the coast-guard station, at Garrisoß-point, Sheerness, on the
night of the 18th instant, with a large quantity of contraband
spirits on board, and John Gooding and Phineas Friday
Webb, the crew of the vessel, were brought before the Mayor
and Aldermen of Rochester, charged, on the information of
Mr. William Sawyer, the collector of the customs there, with
being found in a certain vessel on the high seas, such vessel
having on board 252 gallons of brandy and 128 gallons of
Geneva, subject to forfeiture, contrary to the 4th of Wm. IV.,
c. 13. The prisoners all pleaded guilty. The master said
he was driven to it by distress. Sentenced to seven months'
imprisonment in the House of Correction at Maidstone, with
hard labour.

DEATH OF A GRAVEDIGGER FROM LOCK-JAW.
—One of the gravediggers of St. Peter's, in the Waterloo-
road, has recently died under very extraordinary circum-
stances. It appears, from information obtained from An-
derson, the beadle, that the deceased, whose name was
John Larkin, while occupied, about two months since, in
digging a grave in the church-yard, by some means got a
splinter run into his hand from the remains of an old coffin.
He took no notice at the time of what he considered a trivial
occurrence, and proceeded in his daily avocation. At last,
the hand became very much inflamed, and he was obliged
to have medical aid. The symptoms became very serious,
and eventually lock jaw ensued, which caused his death.
The body was to have been buried yesterday, but it was
thought necessary to make some inquiries as to the real
nature of the death, and the surgeon having stated that the
splinter had caused the lock-jaw, the Coroner had been ap-
plied to, as to whether an inquest should not be held. The
friends of the deceased are very much opposed to it, because
the injury occurred so long ago.
THE 92D HIGHLANDERS.—Two companies of
this:gallant corps, under the command of Major Atherley, ar-
rived at Perth on Saturday last. The remainder 9f the regi-
ment sailed from Leith last week for Aberdeen, where its
head quarters are, in the meantime, to remain ; and two com-
panies are to be detached to Fort George. The appearance
of most of the men indicated the unhealthy climates in
which they had lately served. Of nearly 600 young and
active men, who composed the regiment when it left this
country for foreign service, nearly ten years ago, only 143
have returned. It was peculiarly unfortunate in most of its
stations Shortly after its arrival at Gibraltar, the cholera
broke out and carried all fifty from the ranks. At Malta, a
similar visitation next year, caused the loss of twenty-five in
a few days. At Dominica, and other of the West India
islands, the yellow fever proved very fatal ; so much so,
that it did• not complete the usual period of three years'
service in that quarter. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald, who
accompanied the gallant corps in all its services, is a native
of the Perthshire Highlands, in which he has extensive
estates; and his tenantry, last week, celebrated in true
Highland style, the safe return of that gallant officer, with
his lady and family, from the trying vicissitudes of foreign
service.—Perth Courier.
Sir Robert Peel and Sir Thomas Fremantle had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at the official residence of the Right Hon. Gentleman in
Downing-street.

NERVOUS DEAFNESS.—" ARNICA moNTAxA."—A
paper of considerable importance to sufferers from nervous deaf-
ness was read on Saturday afternoon, by Dr. Cronin, Craven-
street, Strand (physician to the Free Dispensary for Asthma),
on the efficacy of " arnica montana " in the cure of
this distressing affection. The lecturer observed that deaf-
ness was more prevalent than was generally imagined—that
there was a marked difference between nervous derangement
and structural changes, and that he believed the frequent
failure of aurists in the cure of deafness arose from a total
inattention to the difference between disorders arising from
either mere torpor or increased irritability, and those to
which were superadded structural alterations. He next
called attention to the natural history, chemical constitution,
and medical properties of the arnica, observing that, having
found it highly beneficial in several distressing nervous af-
fections, he tried it in nervous deafness, and had much plea-
sure in alluding to the cases of several highly respectable per-
sons completely relieved by its use. Dr. Cronin then com-
mented on the mutilation practised by some aurists of re-
moving the uvula and glands of the throat, and remarked
that operations of this kind tended, from the shock produced
on the nervous sytem, to increase, rather than diminish, the
disease, and concluded some highly-interesting observations,
by stating that the College of Physicians omitted in their last
" Pharmacopceia" this valuable remedy, but hoped it would
be restored in their next. —Standard. An abstract of the
entire will shortly be published by Mr.-Cronin.

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4,7( - F._
HORSE-RACING BILL. 44"
(From the Times.)
Everybody has read the travels of Lemuel Gullive _
;41.
everybody must recollect the account which he'gives
sojourn among the race of the Houyhuhums,- and the -
versation which he held with a class of beings who • partdokssess• -
more of the equine than of human nature. But no one, that Aid S mxy
we are aware of, has turned the satirical lesson of Jonathan
Swift to the same account that our modern legislators have, .
They are imbued deeply with its spirit—at least with its bet-
ter spirit ; for they do not suffer their feelings to be warped
by a detestation of the Yahoos into an acrimonious misan-
thropy, but combine their affection for horses with a love to
their fellow-creatures ; and even when they seem to be most
intent upon a race, are most earnestly prosecutink the great
work of benevolence. They sat with admirable • patience
through a ten nights' debate upon Ireland and the Irish.-
Every topic the most irrelevant that fancy could provoke—
every grievance the most anomalous that querulousness
could speak out—every remedy the most impossible that
quackery could suggest—was listened to, argued, refuted, re- •
peated, cheered, groaned, repeated again, until even the j uvenhe
Members of the House spoke by anticipation whole sentences
of reproductive harangues. The virtues of the Whigs
in general, and of Lord Normanby in particular—the merits
of the Appropriation Act—the propriety of enriching May-
nooth, and the expediency of pillaging the Establishment—
' nay, the whole of the jury-list and the names of the missing .
members—were before Saturday morning household words
in the mouths of beardless' law-makers. •But, patient, at-,
tentive, and animated as the House was throughout thitt
tedious debate, it must be admitted that it did not evince
that thorough and heartless zeal which is manifested on mat-
ters of near interest. Ireland was a good theme for Parlia- •-•
mentary oratory, but it was not a subject which came home
to the bosoms and business of the orators; it 'was a capital
peg whereon to hang stalactites of imagery and antitheses,
but it had to be "got up"—men were obliged to "-cram "
something about Strongbow and the Irish invasion, the
pale, penal laws, Catholic conspiracies, Protestant mas-
sacres, incorruptible Parliaments, Orange magistrates, and
Repeal policemen. Consequently there is an airof effort about
the most successful of the speeches. There is wanting that
freshness of thought and freedom of language which
characterises the essays of men speaking on a sub-
ject which they understand, and the importance of which
they deeply feel. How different was the tone and the feeling
of the speakers on the' Horse-racing Bill ! There was a •
freedom—an abandon—which declared at once the genuine-
ness of their sentiments, and justified the warmth of the
language in which they were expressed. There all the
constraint, all the uneasiness, all the stiffness, which are
the signs of men speaking on things about which they
either know or care nothing, were lost. Each man spoke
from the fulness of his heart, if not with all the graces, at
least with all the force, of which the vernacular is suscep-
tible. And it must be allowed that the cause was a noble' .
one," and worthy not only of the enthusiasm which was
kindled, but also of the logic which" was arrayed, in its de-
fence. "Horses and wagers"—" the manly sport" of betting
more than 101. at a time—the lofty object of maintaining
the blood of English horses unimpaired, and transmitting
the purity of their breed through distant generations by the
simple process of stopping qui tam actions, this was the prin-
ciple in support of which the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain was inspirited to fulfil its duties with a celerity
which, but for the vast importance of the subject, might
have been termed indecent. But, high and momentous as
these considerations are—generous as is the nature of the
horse, wonderful his love of praise, admirable his energy in
earningit, super-brutal as is his appetency for Queen's Plates
and handicaps, superhuman as is his sympathy with the
ambition of his master, and worthy encouragement as are
all his other virtues—still there was another motive co-equal
with, if not superior to this, which impelled the collective
wisdom of the nation to take this summary but laudable -
method of legislating. It was not for horses alone—albeit
they appreciate the virtues of the horse—that the Duke of
Richmond and Mr. Wortley spoke. No ; it was for their
own species also, and especially-the poorer portion of them.
The benefits of the proposed measure to the poorer classes
have been as logically deduced from the premises as their
salutary operation on the breed of horses. If noblemen and
gentlemen are to be subjected to heavy penalties for betting
on horse-races, they will not bet ; if they do not bet, half the
excitement of racing will be lost; take away the excite-
ment, and what becomes of the race? Racing will thus be
destroyed, and with racing the equine race and all its virtues
will vanish from the earth. Again, if races are discouraged,
or rendered hazardous to their patrons, and the said pa-
trons desert them, the race-course will lose all its healthy
moral influence on the rural population; the grand stand
will be empty"—the course will be unfrequented—the
booths will be unknown in the scenes of their former splen-
dour—gingerbread will cease to glisten, and ginger beer to
pop—rouge et noir will no longer attract the speculative
cockney—roulette will no longer congregate its assemblage of
lords and jockeys, real ladies and equivocallwomen—finally,
the pea will no more wriggle under the unconscious thimble.
Ascot and Epsom will pass without their great moral lessons,
and the virtue of the agriculturists will have received a fatal
blow. Those, then, who pretend that the intention of Mr.
Wortley's Bill is simply to indemnify certain gentlemen for
breaking laws which they ought to have studied, argue as
rashly as those who affirm that it is intended to legalize
gambling in the higher classes. Its clear and obvious pur-
pose is—first, to maintain the breed of generous horses; se-
condly, to promote the virtue of a moral ; and, lastly, to
serve the great ends of civil justice. And we firmly believe
that the cause which induced Mr. Wortley to bring on last
night the consideration of the report, was simply a determi-
nation to pave the way for the repeal of all laws which at
present restrict the gaining and other innocent diversions of
the lower orders.

DEATH OF BARON WALLACE.—Lord Wallace died
on the 23d inst., at his seat, Featherstone Castle, Northum-
berland, in the 77th year of his age. The late Baron mar-
ried the widow of Henry, Viscount Melville, and daughter of
the second Earl of Hopetoun, by whom he has left no issue.
Lord Wallace was Master of:the Mint, and Vice-President of
the Board of Trade under the Wellington Administration, and
was raised to the Peerage, in 1828, by the title of Baronffal-
lace of Knaresdale. Before his elevation to the Upper House,
his Lordship sat for Penryn and Weymouth. His Lordship
dying without issue, the title becomes extinct.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.—Last even-
ing Mr. Payne held an inquest, at the Crown, Lambeth-
road, on the body of Mr. William Barrowes, aged fifty-
six, a gentleman of independent property, residing in
. South Lambeth. It appeared in evidence, that at about
one o'clock on Friday deceased called on a widow named
Pepper, of King's-row, Snow's-fields, with whom he had
formed latterly an acquaintance, and she accompanied him
to the above public-house. They entered the parlour, and
he ordered a glass of grog and biscuits, and then com-
menced reading a morning newspaper, and whilst doing so it
dropped from his hand, and he fell forward on the table'. TWO
persons came to his assistance, and finding that he did not
recover, they called Mr. Coulthred, a surgeon, who pronounced
him dead, and considered that he died of disease of the heart.
Deceased on the forenoon of the fatal occurrence had left in
perfect health the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. J. Bar-
nard, of the Belvidere-road, Lambeth, promising to return
to dinner at four in the aftgnoon.—Verdict, " Natural
death."

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.--Yester-
day a general meeting, and the spring election of children
into this asylum, took place at the London Tavern. The
election was presided over by Captain Henry Nelson, the
Treasurer of the Institution. The children of the asylum
were present at the meeting, and bad a very neat appear-
ance, and much interest seemed to be taken in the result of
the election, some of the applications being made under the
must distressing circumstances. It appears that there are
now seventy boys and thirty-six girls in this asylum. No
report, or statement of accounts, was read at this meeting,
it being reserved for the August meeting; but it appeared
from the circular of the Committee, that they regretted the
funds would not admit of a greater number than four boys
and two girls being elected on this occasion, and most
earnestly appealed to the generosity of the public with a view
to carry out the intentions of the charity, by doubling the
number of admissions at the August election. The poll closed
at three o'clock, when, soon after, the names were announced,
and the business of the day terminated.
On Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp received
the Holy Communion from the hands of the venerable Pre-
sident in the chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he
is now staying on a visit.
The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has appointed
Frederick Bolingbroke Ribbans, Esq., of Corpus 'Christi
College, Cambridge, one of the masters of the Birmingham
and Edgbaston Proprietary School, to the Head Mastership
of the Wrexhain Grammar School.

BRUSSELS, FEB. 23.—After several days of dread-
fully bad weather, during which the snow continued to fall
in great quantities, immediately melting, the temperature
has suddenly changed to intense cold. Last night the frost
was so severe here, that it is feared the navigation of the
canals will be again interrupted.
NOVEL ASSAULT:—A few' days ago, as a man was
at work in a plantation, near the Syston station, on the Mid-
land Counties Railway, a hare sprung from beneath a hedge,
and knocked him down. The man was stunned by the fall,
and when he recovered himself he found that his timid assailant

Ld actually given him a black eye.—Halifax Guardian.
Northumberland House is undergoing a course of
re-embellishment, preparatory to the arrival of the Duke and
Duchess from Alnwick Castle, for the season.

SIR GEORGE MURRAY.—We are happy to state
that this distinguished officer, who has been suffering under
rather severe indisposition during the last few days, is suffi-
ciently recovered to enable him to resume his official duties
at the Board of Ordnance.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.—The follow-
ing Railway Bills haVe been read a second time, committed,
and referred to the Committee of Selection :—Manchester
and Leeds (Bradford branch), Huddersfield branch, Leeds
and Selby, Manchester and Leeds (Heywood branch),
Manchester and Leeds (Bury branch). Norwich and Brandon
and the Great Western, the York and Scarborough and the
Salisbury branch have also been read a first time. The fol-
lowing petitions for Bills have likewise been reported :—The
Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton, and the
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester.
YORK., CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY.—A great sensation
is created in the Railway Market on account of the almost .
certainty of this railway being established. It will give a
much easier communication with the north, and will be, of
infinite service to the fine agricultural country through-
which it will pass. It will render the Blisworth and Peter-
borough line of very little service to the London and Bir-.
mingham Company, either as a protective line or as a source
of profit.—From a Correpondent.
THE NEW ROYAL .N.3xcHANGE4—Yesterday at one .
o'clock, Mr. Pullen commenced the sale by auction of the
second portion of Bank-buildings, which will comprise the
Sun Fire-office, the secretary's -residence, and two other •
houses. The disposal of the materials took place in the large-
room of the Sun Fire-office, and it was crowded throughout
the entire proceedings. The competition was very animated,
the lots put up being principally purchased by private indi-
viduals, and not by the trade, "as many of the•articles con-
sisted of excellent mahogany counters, desks, &c. The day's
sale produced about 3001., making 1,600/. for what has already
been disposed of. The auction will last two more. days, on
which the interior and exterior fittings wil be sold. Twenty-
eight days will be allowed to remove the whole of the materials.
," Two or A TRADE."-1n our marriage notices is
one which records the nuptials of Mr. Outer, " the lion
king," on Sunday last, 'to Miss Chapman, of Manchester.
The old adage that " two of a trade never agree," was for once
disproved by the fact that Mr. Carter's celebrated rival, Mr.
Van Amburgh, officiated as greom's-man on 'the occasion.
We understand that the two intrepid brute-tamers are inti-
mate friends; and perhaps as they are the only two in. their •
perilous trade, they are above all petty jealousies, and their •
only rivalry is as to who shall most fearless " mock the lion •
when he roars for prey ;" or, as Shaktere.els!wyre. says,
" make leopards tame."—Leeds Intelliyearei. .
A case 'which came before the sittitiß,magistrte at
Marlborough-street, on Saturday, pra'o.
envy of the law in preventing or p
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had the thief stolen a handkerchief the twentieth part of gm
that proposed by Mr. Bishop is neftssarz
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•' FEB 23.—The Constantine, of Shields, is
SUNDERLAND, •
of plunder.
on shore three miles south of this port, with keel broken.