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VASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
The DIRECTORS of the EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY COMPANYare receiving LOANS of MONEY,
in sums of not less than 500/. each, on Bond, for periods of
three, five, or seven years.
Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid
half-yearly, on amounts so advanced. '
By Order of the Board,
A. BULKELEY, Secretary.
Eastern Counties Railway Offices, Shoreditch Station,
July 30, 1842.

ATLAS ASSURANCE OFFICE.
CHEAPSIDF, AUGUST 1, 1842.

Notice is hereby given, that the DIVIDEND for the year
ending at Christmas. 1841, declared at the last Annual Court
of Proprietors, on the Capital subscribed, is NOW PAY-
ABLE to Proprietors, or to their order, between the hours of
Ten and Three.

HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,

MISSIONARY SALE at the WESLEYAN
CENTENARY HALL.
In consequence of so large a quantity of valuable Articles
having been gratuitously furnished for the above sale, and of a
recent arrival of rare and valuable Productions from Western
Africa, which have not yet been exhibited, it bas been deemed
expedient to RE-OPEN the SALE on MONDAY and Teas-
DAY Next, August Bth and 9th. Useful and Ornamental Ar-
ticles of Ladies' Workmanship, Charity Bundles, Gold and
Silver Ornaments from the Gold Coast and Ashanti, valuable
Collections of Butterflies and Insects, carved Ivory Articles,
rare Foreign Birds, Cabinets of Shells and Crapauds from the
West Indies and Curiosities from the Polynesian Stations,
&c., &c., will be offered to the notice of visitors.
For the accommodation of those who cannot attend earlier,
the Sale will commence at One o'Clock and continue till Seven
o'Clock. Admission One Shilling each, for which the value
will be allowed in the purchase of articles.
Wesleyan Centenary-hall, Bishopsgate-street Within.

FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MAIRRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungicy, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S.
N—J. Elliot:on, M.D.,F.R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, sq•
SOLICITORS—AIenrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney.
BA rixras—Alessrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.

The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in
the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure
provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society
affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre-
vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses.
Annual Division of Profits.

ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOS-
PITAL, IMOORFIELDS.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
The Committee have much gratification in publishing the
following statement, from which the still increasing usefulness
of the institution is.saaatiafactarilyapparartti
The Committee regret to add, that 'looking at the subjoined
statement, that want of sufficient funds continues to prevent the
yet more extended benefits resulting from the Hospital.
Operations for Cataract, closed Pupil, and artificial Pupil,
for the three months ending 25th July, 1642 93
Other operations during the same period 2O
Out-Patients admitted during the same period
Total number of In and Out-Patients in 1841
Total cumber of Patients Cured of Cataracts, or closed
Pupil, in 1841.... . .........
Subscriptions and Donations are thankfully received by tl..e
Treasurer, John Labouchere, Esq., 20, Birchin-lane ;
Heward, the Apothecary, at the Hospital ; Mr. Eddrup, the
Collector, 51, Houndsditch ; and by the Secretary.
By order of the Committee,
FRANCIS T. BIRCHAM,. Secretary.
15, Bedford-row, Ist August, 1842.

F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary.

VicTORT4. LIFE ASSUIUNCE
LOAN COMPANY.

AND

No. IS, King William-stree? , City.
TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M. t'., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAKES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq.
Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 80, Basingball.street.
The principle of this Company is to allow to each Assurer
such reasonable advantages, as may suit his particular views.
Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of others, may make their
Policies secure, notwithstanding the Life Assured may go out
of the limits of Europe, without the necessary permission of the
Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the
Premiums for the first five years, allowed on Policies effected
for the whole term of Life. Parties who have been Assured
for five years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their
Poli..ies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that
for the first year. Advances are made to parties Assured in
the Office, on real or undoubted Persor al Security, for terms
not exceeding three years, repayable by in,talments. Premiums
moderate. Participation in profits. Detailed Prospectuses
may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter
addressed to the Secretary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

SHUGBOROUGH HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SALE.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS respectfully makes
known to all those who intend to be present at the SALE
of the EARL of LICHFIELD'S PROPERTY, at

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, I. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT,

4th VICTORIA. CAP. 9.
DIRECTORS.

William Bardgett, Esq. John Drewett, Esq.
Samuel II vington, Esq. Robert Eglinton, Esq.
Wm. Feehney Esq. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq.
John Brightman, Esq. Alex. Robert Irvine, Esq.
George Cohen, Esq. Peter Morrison, Esq.
Millis Coventry, Esq. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq.
Thomas Teed, Esq.
AUDITORS.

5.13. Bevington, Esq. I F. P. Cockerill, Esq. I J. D. Dow, Esq.
MuntcAL OFFICER.—John Clendinning, F.R. S.
STANDING COUNSEL. —The Hon, John Ashley, New-square,
Lincoln's Inn ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Temple.
SOLICITOR.—WiIIiam Bevan, Esq., Old Jewry.
BA NW E R s.—Messrs. Drew ett and Fowler, Princes-street, Bank.
This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia-
ment, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life As-
surance, in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre-
sent greater facilities and accommodation than are usually of-
fered by other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan,
and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved
incontestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Extract from Increasing Rates of Premium for an Assurance
of £lOO for Whole Term of Life :

Detailed Prospeetuses, and every requisite information as to
the mode of effecting Assurances, may be obtained at the Office.
PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.

MECHI'S EASY SHAVING RAZORS,
No. 4, Leadenhall-street. Exchanged if not approved,
3s. 6d. and bs. each. Naples Soap, Windsor Soap, Shaving,
Tooth, Hair, and Nail Brushes, Strops, Paste, C.mbs, Soap-
boxes, Wood, Leather, and Japan Dressing-ca-es, Desks,
Work-boxes, Tea-caddies, Trays, Bagatelle, Backgammon,
and Chess-boards.

ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
L./ and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALIIATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN)
41 and 411, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the amal-
gat ion of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich-
ness of Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness
—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a
chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedmetals is
entirely extracted—resist ng all acids, may be cleaned as Silver,
and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side-
board.
s. d. I s. d.
Table Spoons and Forks, Sauce Ladles ....
per doz l6 6 Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6
Dessert do., per doz l2 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6
Soup Ladles 6 6
C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal
i 3 peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public will there-
fore have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs
the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy
suffering from the unparalleled success which has marked the
progress of ins New Plate since its introduction. C. W.,
unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the
result will establish its pre-eminence.
41 and -P2, BARBICAN, and at 16, NORTON FOLGATE.

ILVER TEA SERVICES.
T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill,
London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits the
prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SER-
VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet,
the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The
Ring's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls.
The shape of either is new and elegant.
COTTAGE PATTERN. I KING'S PATTERN.
£ S.
Strong Silver Tea-pot —.12 01
Ditto Sugar Basin 6 16
Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 101
Ditto Coffee-pot-15 0

E s.
Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0
Ditto Sugar Basin 7 10
Ditto Cream Ewer 5
Ditto Coffee-pet..ls 0

Complete ..X36 6,
A variety of upwards of fifty
he seen in the Show-rooms, wt
cle of silver requisite for the si
phlcts of prices, illustrated by
gratis, and forwarded, postage
—'f. COX SAVORY, N•. 4'
from Gracechurch-street.

Complete £4O 0
Tea and Coffee Services may
here may be selected every arti-
ideboard or plate-chest. Pam-
sketches of the various articles.
free, to any part of the kingdow
‘7, Cornhill, London, seven doon.

SODA WATER, LEMONADE, and FLUID MAGNESIA.
ROUGHSEDGE and SUMMERS, Nos. 18, and
37, Bridge street, Bristol, return their grateful acknow-
ledgments to their Friends and the Public for the unprece-
dented support they have met with since they established their
SODA WATER, LEMONADE, and /ERATED WATERS
MANUFACTORY. They also beg leave to inform the
Nobility, Gentry, &c., that they have commenced manufac-
turin,rr a FLUIb MAGNESIA, which has been analysed by
one of the first Philosophical Chemists in England, and has
been pronounced by the most eminent of the Faculty to con-
tain a greater quantity of medicine than any other yet offered to
the public, and the concentration of the bicarbonate in IC and
S.'s FLUID MAGNESIA (without detriment to its purity)
to be much more considerable than in many other productions
of the kind. . .

The great advantage of this elegant preparation is recom- '
mended in all cases of Bile, Acidities, Indigestion, Gout,
Gravel, and other Complaints of the Bladder, as the most sate,
easy, and effectual form in which :Magnesia may, and, indeed,
the only one in which it ought to be, exhibited ; possessing all
the properties of the Magnesia now in general use. without
being liable, like it, to form dangerous concretions in the
bowels, it effectually cures Heart-burn, without injuring the
coats of the Stomach, and prevents the food of infants turning
sour, and in all cases it acts as an agreeable aperient.
N.B. With the Acidulated Syrup the FLUID MAGNESIA
forms the most delightful of Satine Draughts.
Sold in Bottles of Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. ; and in Cast s
for Ships, Hospitals, &c. ; and also in Jars, for economy in
dispensing.
AGENTS FOR, LoNnoN.—Mr. Sanger, chemist, 150, Ox-
ford-street; Air. louse, chemist, 1, Wigmore-street, Oxford-
street ; Messrs. Hodge and Home, wholesale druggists, 102
and 1(3, Blackman-street, Borough ; and the princ.pal che-
rnias and druggists in England and Wales.
a** Observe ! That none is genuine without the label over
the cork baring the names of
(-JUGIiSEDGE & smmits,

rfillE CHINESE COLLECTION.
ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE, lIYDE PA RK CORNER.
This Splendid Collection, consisting of. Objects Exclusively
Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display
in the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225
feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of
Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in
their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind
mendicant in his patched garment. Also,- Many thousand spe-
cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi-
ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more
than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the
Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg-
ing, IS NOW OVEN for Public Inspection from Ten in the
Morning till Ten at Night.
Admission 'as. 6d.—Children ls.

-L-I.DUCA'rIONAL CLASSES at the ROYAL
'4 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,—CHEMSTRY
—Medical, Agricultural, and Commercial, or as an accomplish-
ment, under the direction of John Ryan, M.D. and LL.D.
whose certificates are recognised by the Royal College of Sur-
geons, the Apothecaries' Ha, &c. This Class will commence
on the 3d of October.

The Principles and Application of the STEAM ENGINE,
in which STEAM NAVIGATION is included.
The ENGINE DRIVERS' CLASS is continued as usual.
MATHEMATICS, particularly with a view to advance
Practical Science. The Apparatus and Models for illustration
A SSA YS and ANALYSES are conducted by Dr. Ryan, in
the extensive Laboratory, the charges of which are moderate.
are very complete.
ELECTRICITY, GALVANISM, and other branches of
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, by Professor G. H. Bachnffner.
with the advantage of the COLOSSAL ELEtTRICAL
MACHINE, as well as every other requisite Apparatus.
Private instruction in any of the abnve branches of Scierce.
For particulars as tat the 111131g(intlit ,the_ Classes, etc.
inquire of the Secretary. -

110111URSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of HMG-
WAY against GRAY, the Creditors of JOHN GRAY, late
of Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Stationer and Book-
seller, (who died in the month of October, f ti3s), are, on or
before the 30th day of August next, to come in and prove
their debts befi.re Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters
of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings,
Chancery-lace, London; or, in default thereof, they will be
peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.

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An Ecclesiastical and Literary Journal for the Catholics
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GAS METERS. -
IMPORTANT to GAS COMPANIES and CON-
SUMERS of GAS. All the inconveniences arising from
Gas Meters getting out of action, and ceasing to register (to
the great loss of Gas Companies and serious inconvenience to
Consumers) are prevented by using THOMAS EDGE'S IM-
PROVED METERS, with Patent Lever Valves. These
Meters are approved of by all the London Gas Companies, and
will entirely supersede those made in the common way with
guide wires.
Aleter Works, Great Peter-street, Westminster.

3e.e,arlasnelittl:the Dowager Montrose, Nerthum-
e Albert,
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ger Duchess
UNBLEACHED TURKEY So1:716:/sisCgit
of Bedford.
Patronised
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Dukesj,esat yn,d
ohAfi his
Somerset,
A DAVIS, Sponge Merchant, and Brush Mann-
• facturer, 33, Strand, has a large quantity of the finest
Toilet and Nursery Sponges at half the Perfumers' prices; also
an immense importation of Stable and Carriage Sponges at half
the sadlers' prices. 'f he Nobility and Gentry are respectfully
informed that his Establishment has been established nearly 100
years, for the exclusive sale of the finest on S—F ges' in their natu-
ral state, free from bleaching or any acid, who,
is detrimental
to the skin, and injurious to I.ealth : at his establishment, they
are guaranteed it, their natural state. A. D. being himsdithe
n
largest importer of Sponges i _ England,enables him to offer
them at such low prices to defy competition, he having large
establishments in Turkey, for the exclusive importation of that
article.
Davis's celebrated Tooth Brushes drawn with corded silk and
and India rubber, by which, it is impossible for the hairs ever
to come loose in the mouth. Improved Nail, Hair, Velvet, and
Clothes Brushes, made of unbleached Russia bristles, many
houses giving'a spurious dyed bristle to represent Davis's Im-
proved. Every kind of Household and Stable Brushes and
Brooms at wholesale prices, and scnt free of carriage any
distance.
List of Prices forwarded by a post-paid application to 33,
~ Strapd.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
SODA WATER.

ROUGHSEDGE and SUMMERS have hitherto relied on
the discernment of the public to discover and appreciate
the superior quality of the Arated Water produced by
their manufactory, and they have scorned to have re-
course to any tricks. In the present day some persons
consider it requisite to make use of puff-, and quackery
in order to extend the sale of their own productions by
detracting from the merits of rival establishments. R.
and S. have such strong grounds of reliance on the supe-
riority of their own soda-water and .lemonade, founded
on the recommendation of the most eminent of the
faculty, on the results of the most searching chemical
analyses, and the extensive and still increasing demand
for them by the public, both at home and abroad,
that they have hitherto treated the insinuations
of quackery alluded to with the contempt they
deserve. But if these indirect -.insinuations are
still to be obtruded on the public, R. and S. feel
themselves justified in offering those explanations that
may enable the public to judge for themselVes. If R. and
S. have placed the name of Schweppe upon their bottles,
it was never to mislead the public as to connexion with
that firm, but for the purl-it-me of announcing a legitimate
fact, and always subordinate to their own. Without im-
puting undue credit to the name of Schweppe, they have
simply stated that they came from the house of Schweppe
and Co.,—an undoubted fact, or doubtless it would have
been denied. For five and twenty years, during the very
period that the waters sold by Schweppe gave to that
name all the celebrity it ever obtained, Mr. Summers
was the engineer and manufacturer of the waters sold
by that house in London, Derby, and Bristol. It is
many years since any person, having the slightest
connexion with the name or family of the late Mr.
Schweppe, has been connected with any house in the
trade. In the year 1834, the proprietor of the busi-
ness carried on under the name of Schweppe and Co.
sold his interest to persons with whom R. and S.
declined to remain : they preferred employing their in-
dustry and practical knowledge in establishing a business
for their own mutual profit. Whether the waters since
manufactured by the present firm of Schweppe and Co.
retain the quality which acquired for that house all its
celebrity, R. and S. decline to give an opinion but, in
justice to themselves, they do, with the most perfect con-
fidence and good faith, say that—highly as some ma-
nufacturers seem to estimate the bottles which bear
their name (expensive an item as bottles are), and diffi-
cult as it is to prevent retail tradesmen from returning
wrong ones—there is no bottle bearing any other than
their own, however celebrated, to which Roughsedge and
Summers would wish to add the reputation to be derived
from filling them with waters of their own manufactory.
BOUGHSEDGE and SUMMERS only desire such patronage
as may be deserved from the rated 'Waters produced
at their own manufactory, and sold under the labels of
their own name.-37, Bridge-street, Bristol.

ADVERTISEMENT.—HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT-
M E NT. —EXTRAORDINA Rl' CASE. —Mr& S. Old, residing at
Chapel-place, Belgrave-square, London, had a bad leg and foot,
which, by disease, became entirely shapeless, resembling, in ap-
pearance, the trunk of a tree, and covered with knots, rucks,
and rolls of hard flesh ; the case was such, that for three years
the lady could scarcely walk across the room. Surgeons of
Breit eminence were consulted, but afforded ne relief; she,
however, now declares that by the use alone of the above me-
dicines she can walk miles in a day. To be had at Professor
Holloway's establishmeat, 244, Strand, near Temple Bar,
where advice may be had gratis. Sold also by every respect-
able chemist throughoUt the kingdom.
1_ A DVERTISEMENT.

IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT TO DE
RIVE BENEFIT FROM DRINKING SODA WATER.—Schweppe's
Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not only
throughout the United Kingdom, but throughout the civilised
world, that any enconium on its merits might appear super-
fluous ; but as since its original introduction, upwards of half
a century since, many imitators have started up, with more or
less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the liberty
of reminding their friends and the public that the above Cele-
brated Water euntinnes to be manufactured on the largest
scale and upon the most scientific principles at their chief es-
tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London ; and also at their
three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby ;
and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine article at
most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and Italian
Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. The
just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent de-
mand for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many of them
of apparent respectability) to practice a deception, against
which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the public
The deception referred to is that of passing off a spurious
article for " Schweppe's," by selling it in Schweppe's marked
bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the infe-
rior water, although in most cases the consumer is charged the
same. By this artifice a common water is surreptitiously
fpalmed on the public for the genuine—the reputation of the
aster is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article—and a
certain proportion of the public patronage diverted front its
legitin ate channel. To obviate these several evils, Schweppe
and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label over
the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal Appointment
in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, with-
out which none is genuine. Schweppe and Co. refer with
pride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal Palaces
of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in the
three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Water less
constant on the continent and in other parts of the world.
Merchants and Shippers in general connected with the East
and West Indies and our numerous Colonies are continually
transmitting orders received from their respective agents and
correspondents, and highly gratifying is the testimony
Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from gentle.
men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them by their
Soda Water when met with in tropical climates, and of the
high condition in which it is generally found. The Water
ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an express
reference to its destination, and it is well known that no other
can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schweppe's
Lemonade is an elegant preparation of mere recent intro-
duction, but from its refreshing and wholesome properties is
rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an effervescing
draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the best mate-
rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and medical men
constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it less de-
sisetble as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will
have a yellow lable on its side, with the name and address of
the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the largest importers of the
German Seltzer Water, which they receive direct from the
springs, in quarts and pints, and which they offer to the public
in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all climates
executed on the shortest notice.

Copy of a communication addressed to Messrs.
Rowland and Son, No. 20, Hatton-garden, London :—Gentle-
men,—Being called upon to attend a lady, who had had a com-
plaint in her head about a year before, and, in consequence, had
lost nearly all her hair; I found very few hairs remaining, and
those just like down, with no appearance of any fresh roots.
She stated her desire to use your Macassar Oil, but I felt I
could not conscientiously recommend any thing for its recovery,
as I considered it too far gone. She, however, determined to
try one bottle, which was used in about a month, and then sent
to my shop for another, stating her hair to be much improved ;
she has now used eight bottles in as many months, during
which time I have frequently .pointed it, and have now the
pleasure to inform you, that it is quite thick and long : and she
is so much pleased with the change, that she says the expense
is nothing, and she will never be without it. If you think this
statement of facts worth publishing, you are at liberty to do so,
and remain yours respectfully, Jolts LICICLEY, Hair-cutter.—
Middle-street, Ripon, April 19,1842.

KINGSTON -ON -RAILW AY .—The attention of capi-
talists to sound objects of investment, has led to in-
quiries respecting the railways, in many of which very
good secondary objects of investment have been found.
In the South-Western line the new town of Kingston-on-
Railway is springing up, under the wing of some of the
leading London bankers, who have agreed to advance
10,0001., in addition to 50,000/. previously advanced, to
complete the buildings, and to give time to a Joint-Stock
Company, with a capital of 200,000/., to carry out the whole.
Mr. John Stephens, who is favourably known to the pub-
lic by his designs for a national mausoleum and a second
Greenwich hospital for merchant seamen, has been fixed
upon to superintend the works. We understand that this
Joint-Stock Company was, in the first instance, limited
to builders, which is highly objectionable, as all such
matters ought to be thrown open to the public.—Morning
Chronicle.

A RECEIPT IN PART.—III the last Milton, N. C.
Chronicle, Edward A. Callaham gives the following sin..
gular notice. Callaham must be an honest fellow :
" June 21st, 1842.—Received from the Sheriff of Person
county, N. C., 30 lashes, in part of a debt due me from
the Commonwealth, for bigamy, to be paid in two other
annual instalments."

OVERLAND MAIL.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—On Monday last her
Majesty the Queen Dowager paid a visit to the grounds
of Mr. J. Thomas Wilmer, of Sunbury Nursery, Florist,
by special appointment, to the Queen, for the purpose of
viewing his extensive collection of carnations and pic-
cotees. Her Majesty expressed herself much pleased
with her visit, and the splendour, beauty, and extent of
the collection.

CHINA INDIA, AND
AFFGLI ANISTA N.
The latest dates from China, Affghanistan, and
India, are Macao 12th of April, Jellalabad 26th of
May, Candahar 25th of May, Calcutta 7th of June,
Bombay 18th of June.

BOMBAY, JUNE 18.

The intelligence from India by the present mail
is of considerable importance. The army of General
Pollock remains inactive at Jellalabad. The pri-
soners and hostages remain in the hands of the enemy,
and are treated as well as can be expected under the
circumstances. Three children had been born in
captivity. Negotiations for the release of the pri-
soners had been going on between Akbar Khan and
General Pollock, through the medium of Captain
Mackenzie, who was permitted to come into Jellala-
bad on parole, but their nature had not transpired.
The hostages were said to be in the keeping of the
high priest of Caubul.
Caubul was in a state of revolution ; an attack had
been made by Akbar Khan on the Balla Ilissar, which
signally failed, and we are told in a letter, dated Jel-
lalabad 26th of May, that
" Altliber Khan's Denney -being exlriusted, 4he 'en-
deavoured to raise A loan in the city, offering exorbitant
interest, but.so low in estimation tuts he fallen, that be
could not procure the two lace he was' negotiating :for.
As a last alternative he endeavoured to rally around him
ad the fanatics of the country by proclaiming a re-
ligious war involving death to every infidel, but here
again he failed; those to whom he appealed declaring
that the infidels had not injured them, but, on. the con-
trary, by a lavish expenditure of money, had enriched
the country. Thus low stands the Buruckzee party just
now."

By far the most important topic of intelligence is the
immediate withdrawal of the British troops from Afigha-
nistun. Of this there has been yet no official announce-
ment; but it is generally believed, even by those who
wuuld wish it otherwise, that an order to that effect has
actually been issued. An order from the Adjutant-
General's Office, Calcutta, dated May 14, commences
thus:—

"Instructions having been issued for the withdrawal
with n the British provinces of the troops serving west
of the Indus, it has become necessary to make arrange-
ments for the comfert of the different corps during their
march across the Punjaub."
As this is a subject of some importance, it may be
proper to bring into one view the arguments which have
been adduced for and against the probability of this
alleged abandonment of Affghanistan, and it must be
confessed the preponderance is in favour of the former.
The Bombay Times of this day says—
" Our readers are aware that this measure is one
which we have all along Most strenuously advocated.
Without adverting to the enormous and cruel injustice
of a continuance or renewal of the war, it may be
enough to state, that acccording to Sir Robert Peel, it
ha; already cost us nearly seventeen millions sterling,
and can only be maintained at an outlay of above three
millions a year. Of this last-named sum two millions
at any rate are sent into Affghanistan in coined silver
money, and never returns to us ; so that for every
month the war continues we have the circulating medium
of India diminished by nearly 170,0001. in specie with-
drawn from the currency of the empire. Our armies are
dispirited by mishap, and the officers ruined by their
ona expenses, and beyond measure sick of the war.
We have no aggage cattle to carry our artillery or com-
missariat along ; nor is it possible at any price to pro-
cure them. 'the winter sets in beyond the mountains
early in November, and the snows are not entirely
cleared away before April arrives ; so that as we have
nu fortified post, camp, or cantonment, and shrunk
before from the cost of their construction at Caubul—
any expedition which could have been undertaken would
have been one of a few months' duration only—where
our purposes would have been frustrated, and our armies
eluded by the retirement of the enemy beyond the moun-
tains ; so that our troops in all probability would have
had to fall back poll moll in October, Without anything
whatever having been accomplished ; and next year, had
the war been renewed, it would have been at a cost of
twenty millions sterling !"
A dreadful hurricane has- taken ping at Calcutta,
destroying numerous houses, and damaging about fifty
vessels in the river, with great loss of human life. The
loss of boats with produce down the river will be enor-
mous, and of ruinous amount. ThiS will be chiefly of
sugar, saltpetre, rice, and cotton. • •
At Bombay two ships have' been 'destroyed by fire
within the last fortnight. The Vansittart, formerly one
of the East India Company's China ships, and the Corn-
wallis, both on the eve of sailing for China, with cotton
cargoes. The loss of property amounts to above 100,000/.
It was strongly suspected that these fires were the work
of incendiaries, and the suspicion is. confirmed by the
circumstance of another ship, also ready for sea, and to
sail for China to-morrow, having been discovered to be
on fire ; but it was promptly extinguished. It appears
that the Lascars had prepared a large quantity of com-
bustible matter, placed it below a cask of spirits in the
hold, and then set fire to it. The fire-engines from the
Government steamers were sent on board, and speedily
extinguished the fire; but the Lascars all jumped over-
board, and attempted to make their escape in boats, but
they were were all seized, and are now in confinement.
These people get six monts' pay in advance • it therefore
becomes their interest to destroy the vessel in order to
release them from their engagements. These are the
people for whom a spurious sympathy is frequently ex-
cited in London.

A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—EarIy on Wednes-
day morning a young hare was found alive in the yard
of the house, No. 32, East King-street, South Shields,
adjoining the Pontop and South Shields Railway.
There is every reason to suppose that, on the pre-
ceding night, puss must have been roused out of her form
by the noise of one of the locomotive engines which travel
on the above railway, and in her fright had taken to the
road in advance of the engine, which she must have
headed all the way to the town, where most likely seeing
the engine stop, and fearing to renew the race, she
threw herself over the battlements. When taken up, her
back was found to be much injured by the fall.—Tyne
Mercury.

Sir Jamsetjee Lejeebhoy has given 30,0001. as a dona-
tion for the relief of the Parsee poor of Bombay and Su-
rat, and for the education of their children. He will
purchase his way to a peerage ere long. The knight-
hood of Sir Jamsetjee is looked upon by many as very
ridiculous. Was our gracious Sovereign, when she was
advised to bestow this mark of distinction, informed
that he belongs to a caste who treat the female part of
their families with contempt, feed them from the refuse
of their tables, and even when in the pains of child-
birth, thrust them into a kind of dungeon, where they
remain neglected for many days ? Most assuredly not.
Commercial affairs here are in a most deplorable state.
The Bombay Times says:—
" Nothing can be more unfavourable. Prices of all
descriptions of imports are miserably low ; while those
of,exports are by far too high—notwithstanding the low
rates of freight—to be safely shipped. The season is
now over, and no business of consequence will be tran-
acted till after the monsoon, without any prospect. of im-
provement even then."

Wi.h regard to shipping prospects at Bombay, the
same paper says :=—
We regret to state that, since the departure of the
last mail, shipping prospects at Bombay have materially
altered for the worse. The harbour continues crowded
with shipping, and is every day receiving from some
quarter or other an accession to its tonnage. Freight to
Liverpool has been engaged at I4s. per ton—while to
China and other Eastern ports cargo can be procured
scarcely on any terms. There is not, in fact, a sufficient
quantity of produce in the place to fill more than one
half the ships in harbour ; and as the monsoon is set in,
no further supplies can be received for some months.
The consequence is, that many ships must either lay up
here—proceed home in ballast—or to Calcutta or some
of the other Eastern ports, in quest of employment ; but
the extreme difficulty experienced there by North Ame-
rican built ships in obtaining freight—from the refusal
of the underwriters to effect insuranci.s on them—may
probably deter those of that build from proceeding
thither. Numerous vessels, too, are expected from
England during the next two months, and altogether
prospects are as bad as possible."