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TIORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LON-
DON.—EXHIBITIONS AT THE GARDEN.—.-The
Fellows of the Society are reminded that next Tuesday, the sth
of April, is the last day on which they 'can procure Tickets at
.3s. 6d. each.

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turned a verdict that the bankrupts were in possessien
of property of the value of 730/. "
The Jury were again sworn to inquire furtliklet.,
ther the Messrs. Wigney were in possession of Rtippe.rty
to pay another extent in aid for the recovery 0f4318L. 3s.
6d., being so much of the Crown monies deposited-by
James Ireland, collector of the assessed taxes for the
parish of Hove, deposited by him for safe custody till
called for by the Receiver-General of taxes for the county
of Sussex.

London, f'Oth March, 1842.
The Directors of the NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK
of ENGLAND hereby give notice that, in consequence of the
death of PHILIP COURTENAY, Eaq , and the disqualifi-
cation of JOSHUA SCHOLEFIELD and Ali CHIRALD
HAbTIE, Esqrs., there will be three Vacaircies in the Direc-
t ion, to be filled up at the Annual General Meeting of the Society,
to be held on the 12th May next, and that every t'hareholder
intending to become or to propose a Candidate f.r. the Office
of Director Inuit, within Ten Days from the date hereof, signify
by some writing under his or her baud, to be left at the Office
of the Society, in the City of London' either his intention to
become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode of the
Candidate to be proposed by him or her. _ _

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTINO
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.

Mr. Weston having deposed that the property was
sufficient to meet this demand also,

J. Ellio'son, M.D., F. R.
John Griffith Frith, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq.
George Lungiey, Esq.

Jelni Rawson, Esq.
John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Clement Tabor, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves,A.M.F.R. S.
ACTUA r.Y—W. S. B. Waolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
rkIYSICIA N—J. Elliotsen, bl. D., F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
essrs. Sweet, Sutton, Evens, and Ommanney,
6, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

The Jury found accordingly.
In reply to a question,
The Under-Sheriff stated, that unless the sums so
found by the Jury were paid by the assignees, a writ of
venclitione ezponas would be issued for the purpose of
selling the property and satisfying her Majesty's claim.
The Under-Sheriff stated further, that the two extents
would consume nearly the whole of the property seized,
and that, with the exception of the proceeds from the
Glasgow manufactory of Cochrane and Company, and
from the sugar manufactory carried on in St. George's-
in-the-East, London, by Messrs. Wright and Taplin,
there would be nothing for the creditors beyond about
7001. or 8001. of debts for money advanced by the bank,
and which might be considered recoverable.
The Mr. Ireland named above died suddenly this
morning. He was the original projector, and for
years the proprietor, of the Brighton Zoological
dens, now known as the Royal Gardens anti
Ground. . .

By Ordrr of the Boafil,
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.
N.B. No Proprietor is eligible to be elected a Director who
has not been a Proprietor of at least twenty 100/. shares, or
one hundred 20/. shares, for six calendar months, or to propose
a Candidate unless a Proprietor of at least ten 100/. shares, or
fifty 20/. shares,

inHE THAMES TUNNEL is Open May
( Sunday excepted), from Nine in the Morning until
Dusk, and is lighted with gas. The present Entrance is on
the Surrey side of the river, close to Rotherhithe Church.
The 'funnel is now completed, and is 1,200 feet in length.
Admittance One Shilling each.
NOTICE.--The `Tunnel will be shortly closed to the Public,
in order to finish the foot Passengers' Descents.
J. CH A RLIER, Clerk to the Company.
Company's Office, 2, Walbrook Buildings,
City, March, P. 442.
N.B. Conveyances to Rotherhithe, by OmniLus, from Pic-
cadilly, Charing Cross, Fleet-street, and Gracechurch-street ;
and by Steam-boats, from Chelsea, Vauxhall, Lambeth, klun.
gerford, Old Shades Pier and London Bridge, to the Tunnel
Pier at Wapping. Books, with Plates descriptive cf the Works,
are sold at the Tunnel, price Is.

FFICE of the G OVE RN OR and COMPAN
i.f COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad-
street, Lf nd,,n, March 16, 1842,
The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the GOVERNOR and
COMPANY of COPPER AIINERS in ENGLAND,
hereby give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT
for the ELECTION of GOVERNOR, DEPUTY-GOVER-
NOR, and ASSISTANTS, for the Year cnsuiog, will, pur-
swint to the Charter, be held at the Mice of the Company,
No. VI Old Broad-street, on FRIDAY, the Bth of April
next, at Twelve o'clitek precisely.
They further give notice, that, such General Court will like-
wise be on Special Affairs. .1 ,
By .order of tf,i'e:Court of Assistants,
WILLIAM INGLIS, Secretary.

ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Polities for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
ether Office, with, option of continnance for Lite, at the usual
rates.
DEFERRED ANZCITITTES.`' -

All' LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet.
street. next St. Dunstan's Church, March 14. 1842.
Notice is hereby Oven, that the BOOKS for TRANS-
FERRING SHARES in this SOCIETY, WERE
CLOSED on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, and will be RE-
OPENED on TutnesnAv, the 7th day of April next. The
DiViclunds fer the year 1841 will be payable on THURSDAY, tho
7th ,day April next, or any subsequent day (Tuesday ex-
cepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock.
• By Order of the Directors,

COURT

The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered—.E2 12s. per annum ( Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 161.
r £349 I Is. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
va.utages at 50, 55, and 60,--Two-thirds payments !tilt at any
time, and Two 'thirds returned in case of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for-
warded post free,
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Se

A case of considerable interest to the inhabitants of
_Brighton was decided on Wednesday before Mr. Furner,
the JUdge. The action, was brought by Messrs. Bass
and Co., extensive grocers and merchants, against Mr.
Edlin, landlord of the Gloucester Hotel, to recover 10/.,
under the following circumstances, connected with the
failure of Messrs. IVigney and Co. Henry Iliddet, clerk to the plaintiffs, stated that
about nine o'clock .on the, morning of Friday, the 4th
of March, the porter of the Gloucester Hotel came to
the counting-house of the *plaintiffs, and asked for
change for Mr. Edlin for a'lo/. note of igney s bank.
Witness changed the note accordingly; giving the porter
ten Sovereig,ns. A little after ten Velock witness went
with the note to Wigney's' bank, which he found
closed, with a.notice on the door, announcing that pay-.
ment had been stopped. In consequence of this, witness
went to Mr. Edlin. the landlord of the Gloucester, showed
him the note, told him the circumstances, and asked him
to return the money.. Mr. Edlin said he had changed
the note the night before for one of the officers of the
Soots Grays, whom he would see on the subject, and wit-
ness had better call again. WitneSs did so, when . Mr.
Edlin toid him that he had seen the officer, but as he had
not obtained the money. from him, he could not return it.
Witness called again, but Mr. Bdlin would not pay him.
The JUDGE, without hesitation, gave a verdict for the
plaintiffs, remarking that. there was no ladies on their
part in getting the note chanobvd, they having, in fact,
received the note after the batik had finally closed.
A great number of similar cases will be governed by ,
this decision.

ESTABLISHED 1621.

THE LONDON MARBLE and STONE
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obtained elsewhere.

GEORGE KiIiKPATRICK, Actuary.

•etary.

BUILDING. LAND.
ru o BE LET, 'some PLOTS of GROUND for
BUILDIriG DETACHED COTTAGES in PAIRS.
situation is good, and houses much in request; about two
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DItOMOTER LIFE ASSURAN.
_IL ANNUITY COMPANY, 9, Chatham Pia,
friars, London. Established in 182 G.
DIRECTORS.
%V. Goodenough Hayter,Esq., IMP. Robert Palk, Esq.
Charles Johnston, Esq. John Louis Prevost, :
John-Tatvgoott Kemble, Esq. Samuel Smith,:tsq. -
John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S. Le Marchant Thomas Esq
TRUSTEES.
John Deacon, Esq., John G. Shaw Lefevre, gag. Vat. s
Charles Johnston, Esq.
The leading Adrantages of 'this Office are
A low rate of Premium, without profits, of an increased
rate,of Premium, with participation in the profits of thebffice.
The following are tke annual Premiums required for the as-
surance of 1001. on a healthy life in either case:—
,•
WITHOUT PROFITS. WWI PROFITS.
A

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.WOOD PAVING.-
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prevent the grooves wearing in Tuts as-seen in Holborn, and
yet afford a secure footing for horses.
Contracts to any extent attended to on application to Mr.
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THE GARDENER'S CHRONICLE, edited by
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No. III.; for APRIL, (price One Shilling,) of •
frPHE NORTH OF E_N GLAND MAGAZINE,
1. with an Etching of Broughton Hall.—Aristocratic Tax,
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Charles Swain.—.llenry Morgan ; the Man without a Shil-
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CIENTLEMEN'S DRESS, in the most approved
1..11 style, at J. ALBERT'S, rallor, &c., 52, King
William .street, City. He respectfully requests the notice of
families and gentlemen to his establishment; which presents
every novelty of unusual taste and variety. fur the present sea-
son. Those gentlemen who are particular in dress, and de-
sirous of garments of the best description, as regards quality
and modern style of cut and make, upon cash terms, will find a
decided advantage by giving their orders as aboie. Unif,rms,
liveries, &c. A list of prices upon application.-52, King Wit-
liarn-street, City.

MITE LONDON GENERAL - MOURNING
•I;NVAREHOUSE, established for the sale of every article
requisite for Court, Family, or Complimentary Mourning,
Nos. 247, and 249, Ilegent-street, near the'Circtis, Oxford-
street, W. C. JAY and CO., proprietors.—The managers of
the above establishment beg leave to call the attention of
ladies to its peculiar utility, and to the advantages presented
by their undertaking. It has ever been a retiree of inconve-
nience and regret, on occasions when mourning attire is re-
quirnd, that its purchaseri have at such a time been com-
pelled to the harassing necessity of proceeding from shop to
shop in search of each distinct article of dress. This evil is
now most completely remedied at the London General Mourn-
ing Warehouse, where every description Of mourning, milli-
nery, dresses, cloaks, mantles, shawls, &c., of the best. qua.
lity, can be purchased at the most reasonable prices, and every
article necessary for a complete outfit of mourning, may be
procured at a moment's notice,. The millinery rooms contain
an assortment of mourning tonnets, caps' and head-dresses,
with a well-selected variety of skirts for first and following
nieurnin,T,. The dressmaking is superintended by an cape.-
rienced artiste.

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Now Publishing, in Quarterly Volumes, price 7s. 6d. cloth,
a new, complete, and uniform edition of the
IlEy. WILLIAM JAY'S WORKS,
Collected and:Revised, with numeroits Additions; by
Himself. .
Volumes T. and H„ just published, containing Morning and
Eeening,Excrcises from January to June.
" As helps to meditation, in the private retreat of the Chris-
tian, and in the chamber of affliction, to the elucidation of
Scripture truth when reading the Bible, either in the study or
it the family circle, these 'Exercises' cannot be too highly
esteemed. "—Cb ristian Journal.
London : C. A. Bartlett, 66, Paternoster-row.

THE STANDARD 'NOVELS AND' ROMANCES.
The New Volume of this unrivalled Collection, in a neatly-
bound Pocket Volume; embellished with Engtavings,imee
65., contains
Mr. THEODORE HOOK'S humorous Story, entitled
THE WIDOW AND THE MARQUIS ;
Or, LOVE and PRIDE. •
4hich will be folloied by- COOPER'S celebrated Romance,

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS, price 55., sent post free
6s. 6d. By a PHYSICIAN.
ARRIAGE (a Medical Work) : a series of
interesting, original, and important papers, fur the
closet perusal of those desirous, yet denied or diffiftlent of se-
curing social happiness, marital attributes, and healthy per-
petuity ;

Also, Companion to the same, called " PORNEIAPA-
THOLOG 1," a voluminous medico-chirurgical, and forensic
review of the contingencies alluded to, with upwards of 100
engravings, &c., price 10s., by post 12s. 6d.
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-
street ; Ilannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Comhill ; and
all Booksellers.

GREAT SELLING OFF, by Mr. FOSTER, the
ACCOUNTANT.
MR. FOSTER has instructions to submit for
SALE, in Lots, as prepared for Auction, 27,000/. worth
of LINEN DRAPERY GOODS, being the Stock adver-
tised for Auction on the Premises, CORNER of FLEET-
STREET and FARRINGDON-STREET, trading under
the firm of HEBBLEWHITE and CO , notice having been
given that an auction is not permitted by the lease.
111 r. Foster, in calling attention to this immense sale of goods,
begs to remind ladirs and families that they arc not expected to
realise snore than half the original cost, the object being to clear
the whole off the premises, and any portion remaining must of
necessity be removed to his Auction-rooms. Ladies are soli-
cited to male allowances for the awkwardness of the assistants,
being mostly yoUng men from his office, consequently unused
to this method of selling goods over the counter.
The following is about the reductions intended to be made.
The finals being the larger portion, will be reduced as under:

s. d.

730 pieces of Irish linen, mostly Knox's make, that cost
from .Is. 6d. to 2s. 2d. per yard, ladies may choose
from all, at 26 yards, for ...
About 850 of his curiously fine numbers, worth from
25._9(1. 10.35. 3d. per yard, will be likewise reduced

.40 0

to 26 yards for
1,000 or more pieces that are soiled, amongst which are
some warranted fabrics, will be reduced to 26 yards for 21 0
The sheeting; and table-linen require particular notice. The
respectable family trade carried en for thirty years at the esta-
blishment rendered it necessary to keep none but fine and war-
ranted goods, consequently ladies will not be subjected to the
chances usual on selling off stocks of risking the durabiliity.
Fifty pieces of linen sheeting are reduced to be sold in the
length only at 45. 6d. to 10s. 6d. the pair, those at 10s. Gd.
being three 3ards wide, and real Barnsley manufacture, having
originally cost 2s. 9d. per yard. -Should the length be found in-
convenient a further reduction will be math, in the price. The
tablecloths, although of the finest description, are mostly soiled,
consequently the reduction must be immense. Some superb
damask cloths, three yards long, will be sold as low as 6s. 6d.
each ; lots of good linen breakfast cloths will be marked from
Is. to 2s. 6d. each, and about 130 cloths, from three to six
yards long, many worth three to four guineas, will be sold none
higher than fifty shillings.
Mr. Foster wants cn offer for the following lots from the
trade :—Ribands, as per book, 1,839/.; lice, as per book, 640/. ;
gloves, as per book, 143/. All the other goods will be sold as
usual in selling-off stock s. d.
The blankets will be sold, two yards long (larger sizes in
pr, portion), the pair 4 0
A lot of blankets, that weigh eight pounds, will be sold,
the pair
A bale of counterpanes, many near three yardslong, will
be sold, all each
About 800 expensive quilts, that cost 21s. to 255., will
be all sold, each...... ........
160 dozen of cambric handkerchiefs, worth ls. 9d. each,
will be sold by the dozen, only at .
A lot of lawn ditto, will be reduced to, the dozen ...... 4 9
Hort ock's long cloths, usually sold to the trade at 6d.
per yard, will be sold, 40 yards for..
Prints will be reduced all under 4s. Gd. the dress, to
All Sherriffs and Cobden's best prints, usually so expen-
sive, will be sold, the dress 4 0
1,900 shawls, and 690/. worth of furs will be sold at any rea-
sonable price that may be offered.
Mr. Foster would not have undertaken this sale bad he not
felt satisfied of the character of the goods to be sold, and ladies
may depend that every article will fully answer the description
given
in this advertisement, or at the time of sale. The prin-
cipal part of the stock having been kept in their wholesale ware-
houses, will be found in good condition, and any person buying
in large quantities, rip obstacle w.ll exist in the way of price ;
also aliberal diseount Will be allowed off the bill when it ex-
ceeds 10/. Hebblewhite and Co.'s Warehouse, 105, Fleet-
street, corner of Farringdort-street.

ts. d. £ s. d. f. g. d..£ r. d.
1 11 8 2 2 2 2 17 0 4.0 8

s. d..£ s. d. ; e. d.
1 16 11 2 9 2 3 6 6} lt 2

A division of the profits will take place quinquennially.
Bonuses accrue after three annual premiums shall have been
paid ; and parties can receive their bonuses in a present sum,
or have them applied in augmentation, of their Policies, or in
reduction of their future Premiums. _

Assurers may contract -to pay their Premiums eithei in one
sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or
quarterly payments, or on the ascending or descending scale.
Officers in the Army. and Naiy on active service, Per-
sons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are
going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at Mode-
rate Rates. ,
Policy holders have a right to attend the General Meetings,
at which the Auditors repert annually the state of the Com-
pany's affairs.
P-rospectuses, and all necessary information, may be 'obtained
at the Office.
MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary.

EXTENSIVE FIRES AND LOSS OF
LIFF.—BURNING It` AN AMPIIITITEATRE.
.t
In the .courSeof Tit* y and yesterday intelligence of
the following disastretWeonflagrations was received by
the authorities of the 7tlifferent insurance companies in
the metropolis : On Saturday night last, at about a
quarter- to 12 o'clock; a dreadful fire happened in the
town of' Manchester, which, in' the coarse of an hour and-
a half, terminated in the total destruction of. the amphi-
theatre belonging to the celebrated equestrian, Mr.
Batty, situate in Great Bridgewater-street, and consider-
able damage to several premises that adjoined the build-
ing. It was erected about five years ago, and was some-
what capacious, having in the centre a large circus, sur-
rounded by .an extensive pit and one tier of boxes, capa-
ble of containing 3,000 per Sons. There was a' splendid
chandelier suspended from the ceiling, which was elabo-
rately gilded, and the other parts of the building were
tastefully decorated. From the account received it ap-
pears, that at the period. ,above meniiOned an unusual
glimmering light was observed by the police through
one of the windows of the building fronting Bridgewater-
street, who, suspecting that a lire was kindling, imme-
diately sent information to the head-quarters of the Fire
Brigade establishment belonging to the town, and in a
very short time after several powerful engines with fire-
men arrived. In the meantime the doors leading into
the body of the house were forced open by the inhabit-
ants and police, who endeavoured to obtain an entrance,
but were utterly unable to do so on account of the smoke
and heated state of the place. Several valuable horses
belonging to the equestrian stud of a gentleman named
Wells, who was to have opened the theatre on Eas-
ter Monday, being known to be in the stables, which
extended along both sides' of the building, all exer-
tions were then used in saving them, which,
we are happy to say, met with success, though not
without very great difficulty. Shortly before the
engines came up the flames made their appearance from
windows, and subsequently burst forth
the
through numerousth eroof vit tremendous violence. By one
o'clock the fire had extended over the entire fabric, also
the stables adjoining, and the scene Was awful in the
extreme. Several of the surrounding buildings having
caught, namely, those belonging to Messrs. Brougham
and Co., timber-merchants, the factory of Messrs. Boyle
and Crompton, and the Albion Mills, the efforts of the
firemen were wholly directed to their preservation, which
was in the course of a short time accomplished, but the
fire continued raging till after four o'clock on Sunday
morning. The theatre is totally consumed. All that
remains of it are the outer walls, which are standing.
Every means have been taken to discover the origin of
the fire, but as yet no clue has been obtained. The loss
sustained by Mr. Wells is.between 2001. and 300/. This
is the second amphitheatre that Mr. Batty has had burnt
down within the last five years. The former took place at
Glasgow. He estimates his loss at 2,0001., and, unfor-
tunately, he is not insured.
On Sunday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, the
village of Hovingsea, a few miles from Cambridge, was
thrown into a state of very great confusion, by the out-
break of a destructive fire in a homestead, the property
of Mr. Biliynard, and it was not got under till two o'clock
in the afttrnoon. It commenced in an extensive barn,
seventy feet in length, which was soon enveloped in
flames, and, notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of
nearly two hundred persons, a corn stack caught, and in
the course of an hour was completely destroyed. For a
considerable time it was feared that the entire farm would
fall a sacrifice to the dreadful element. However, addi-
tional engines afterwards arrived, and a good supply of
water being procured, the destruction was confined to
the barn and stack. The value of the property destroyed
is stated to be somewhat heavy. It is supposed to be the
act of an incendiary, for whose apprehension a reward
of 501. has been offered.

On Good Friday, at about four o'clock in the morning,
a fire of a fatal character and of extensive magnitude
was discovered raging in the farming establishment be-
longing to Mr. Muggeridge, situate at South Darentb.
It burnt furiously for five hours, destroying a large gra-
nary (containing 100 quarters of malt, and 20 quarters
of corn), a barn, malthouse, several ricks, and outbuild-
ings, the whole covering nearly half an acre of ground ;
also a dwelling occupied by two families. The unfortu-
nate person whO. lost his life was a labourer in the em-
ploy of a farmer named Jackson, living close to the spot.
Soon after the outbreak of tIIP flames he forced an
entrance into the granary to save some clothes belonging
'ie% Muggeridge, and immediately
afterwards in upon him. His body has not
to aworkman
the place
of
yet been found, in consequence of the heated condition
of the ruins. The cause of the fire cannot be discovered.
The loss is estimated at several thousand pounds.

SHERIFFS COURT-BRIGHTON.

An inquisition was held at the Pavilion Hotel on Mon-
day night, befbre a Jury empanelled
_by the Under-
Sheriff (Mr. France, of the firm of Mossrs. Palmer,
France, and Palmer, of Bedford-
row), to inquire as to
what goods and chattels, lands, and tenements, were in
the possession of Messrs. Isaac Newton Wigney and
Clement Wigney, bankers, in the county of Sussex, and
whether the value was sufficient to answer an extent in
aid from the Crown for the recovery of the • sum of
707/. 45., being so much of the Crown money deposited
by John William Ferguson, Postmaster of Brighton, on
account of the Post-office revenue, for her Majesty's use.
Mr. Weston, the Sheriff's officer who made the seizure
under the extents, having been sworn, stated that he had
made an inventory of the goods of the bankrupts, which
were worth 7301.
The UUNISEIt-SHERIFF remarked that the inventory
contained an item of 40/. iu Union Bank notes.

vv
Mr. Verrall, solicitor, said he appeared to claim these
notes as a set-off on the part of the Union Bank, who
were creditors of Wiemey's Bank to a very much larger
amount, the debt of Messrs. Wigney being 5791. 16s. 11d.,
as a balance of exchange made on the morning of Thurs-
dal-, the day on which the bank closed in the evening,
and 2551. in notes of Wigney's Bank received during
the day.
The iIINDER-SHERIFF inciuired whether there was
stificient to pay the extent, if the 401. was struck out of
tl e inventory?
Mr. WESTON replied in the affirmative.
The Jury thereupon, at the suggestion of ihe Under-
Sheriff, excluded the notes from the schedule, and re-

THE ARMY.
The following are the new arrangements:-
10th
29th
• 78th from home
84th
to India.
86th
#sth from the Cape
58th z Next Regiments forforeign services, to be
61st 5 augmented to 1,000.
EXPERIMENTAL NEW OEGANIZATION...
12th at Mauritius.
20th at Bermuda.
23d in Canada.
42d in lonian Islands.
45th at Home.
71st in Canada.
91st at Cape.
, 97th at Zante.
Rifle Brigade, 2d battalion, Malta
Tliese.nine regiments are to be composed of twelve
companies, the depots of such as are abroad are to
join the•service companies.

IE4I in Time fop . the AFTERNOON TRAINS
•• 1 t
"
M.a.'4. ENE CID f-RGE.

About slity Menibers w, sent.
Mr. J. F. MAcrARLAN 'proceeded to show the
hardship of the tax. Schedules, he believed; would
be sent to parties to fill up with the amount, of their
income, and,' when filled up,. these would be returned
to certain Assistant-Commissioners, and made acces-
sible to the Surveyor, and, if. these parties were not
satisfied With the return, they would have the power
to surcharge it;' and; if the surcharge was to be the
same as formerly, this was double the amount men-
tioned in the return. Suppose a, person to give in his
income at 4001. If the Commissioners, judging from
the 'external appearance of the shop—often a very had
index of prosperity—Should think this too little,
therwould have the 'power of making a surcharge;
and this taxing' the person upon 8001. -If the,
party should wish redreSs;--- be would have the right to
be heard before the General Commissioners ; and they
it seemed, were to have very extensive powers to de-
marid precise information. , His .books would have to
he prouuced; his cusiOmers, perhapg, examined, arid the
whole nature of his busineSs laid open, it might be, to
his rivals in trade. This was an amount of exidsure
which no Government had a right to expect from the
subjects of a :free country.—(Hear, hear.) The in-
come tax would press unequally upon merchants,
tradesmen, physicians, &c., who were dependent upon
their daily labour, as compared with proprietors of
landed property. lie also maintained that while an
income tax was at all times oppressive, it would be
especially, so in the present peculiar circumstances of
the country. He had heard the tariff of Sir Robert
Peel praised as embodying an amount of wisdom little
short of Solomon's, if not. somewhat' beyond it; for,'
while Solomon was said to have brought " apes and
peacocks from abroad," Sir Robert was to allow

importation of asses, of whom he (Mr. M‘F.) thought
the country had enough already.--(Laughter:)'•. For
himself, he had not been able to see such great marks
of wisdom in Sir Robert's tariff as some pretended to
find. He remarked that when the people called
out for a reduction of the- taxes on food, Sir Ro-
bert Peel • took off the' duty on corks, as if that
would satisfy their wants, whereas, the conse-
quence would merely be to destroy the whole cork-
cutting trade in the country.—(Hear, hear.) The
fact was, that While corn and food remained at their
present prices, and the whole general taxation re-
mained the same as now; our handicraft labourers
never could compete with their brethren on the Con-
tinent; and, therefore, we found, that whenever they
did come into competition, the former were beaten.
Such would be the state of the 'Cork-cutters and shoe-
makers, if Sir Robert Peel's tariff were carried. But
place them in the same situation as their brethren on
the Continent, and he believed our handicraft la-
bourers would - honourably maintain their position.
h01e1,v0x,4148- general _taxes jwe so exceed!.
ifiglfleavy,r and, when, in addition 'to these, our
tradesmen were burdened with the support of par-
ticular monopolies, they never could be expected
to do so. He had heard that there was a stand-
ing order of the House of Commons, by which
the people were prevented from petitioning against
any new tax, while under consideration. There
must surely be some mistake in this ; for what
was the House of Commons but the people 'them-
selves by. deputy assembled there ; and were they
to Iv. told that they were not entitled to state
their feelings on any subject that might be brought
before them ? If, however, the Company could not
obtain direct access to the House of Commons, they
could do so indirectly, by addressing those Members
individually who had opposed the fair.. This would only
cost the printing of the resolutions.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MT. then moved the adoption of his resolutions,
which were seconded by Mr. A. Thompson.
Mr. JAMES AP,LAREN supported the resolutions.
On a division, the resolutions of Mr.Macfarlan were
carried by a majority of 54 to 4.

THE YOEVIL GLOVE TRADE.-
THE NEW TARIFF.

the kingdom..
I'orupwards-Of three years,the manufacturing com-
munity have pointed out the remedy for their ad-
mitted
distresses. TheY prayed the House of Commons •
in 1839 to hear their case at its bar, where they were
prepared to demonstrate that the continuance of the •
Cc,.R.N..LAW was' incompatible with their prosperity.
:Note, only was' their 'prayer rejected, but their' al-
legect\distiTsSes were denied. In 1840 their peti-
tions to Parlfainent were renewed in double numbers,
and with increased earnestness, but with no better
success..4,.Ag-ain,-rlicst7yetir, the Legislature was be-
sieged by a, yet .greate'r'number of petitioners, and
with the same ,fruitleSs result.- At last the distress is
acknowledgedt Parties, and the &Cline of tje
revenue iitraced:by the Prime Minister himself
1838—the :Tear in Ofich the Anti-Corn-laW- igitation
eommeneed-le' admits that • they public., income
can be restored:Only by the revival„of •our manufac-
turing, prbsPeritic, He acknowledges that this' must
be effedted \by 'the Freinoval of restrictieils
tions. Helitakes,the Report on Import Toutiesas the
basis of Ifisikoposed commercial reforms. 'He corries
into effecethe'recommendations of that committee in
several hundreds
,`Cif insignificant articles ; iind yet,
4' after thns sfiNctiohint the principle fth.: which the.
manufacturing \cornmunity contended,. he,, _ sets •at.
nought the praye.;Ts of five millions of petitionera, and,
the numberless meetings, conferences,. and ..depute
tions, in favour of 0 free trade in'corn, by re-enacting
the sliding scale, and thus closing the door against It
commerce in :that a#iele, which, beyond all others, is.
necessary' for the posperity of our trade, and the
comfort and contentment of the industrious class.
TheiParliamentarrtßeport on Import Duties, upon
which the Goverrunelit has founded its proposed mea-
sures of Taritreform,Ais a, complete and official con-
demnation of the Corn-law, as at; once the cause of
our commercial embarrassments and 'of our financial
difficulties. Mr. Deacon\ Hume, the.late Secretary of
the Board of Trade, who,,for 'nearly fifty years had
filled official situations, and ' his ~successor, Mr.
M`Gregor, both put 4n;r,eeprd.their pinion that the
landowners, •; in
by their onoP-OryB f od,- imposed a
burden upon the peciple of this`e exceeding the
whole of the' State ,taxation, and hat .the public :re
venue was injured in proportion tewthe. :taxes this
wrung froin•the consumer for th Anefit Of '
lege& class.
You are leld.th,s,t, the income' tilx is to'be levied for
three years because in that time .Sir Robert
Peel calculates upon a revival of commercial prospe-
rity. Upon what does he found this prediction ? If
it be upon his reform of the tariff, we warn you
against so delusive a prophecy, and that in all proba-
bility his income tax will not only be a perpetual, but
an increasing burden. To promote the prosperity of
our manufactures,- freedom of trade in corn is indis-
Reusable • aid no other alteration of our tariff can
secure the commerce of our country from impend-
ing ruin.

-Are you, the electoral body of the empire, pre-
pared to support the enormous expenditure of the
State, without the aid of the manufacturing commu-
nity ? Are you prepared to banish the productive in-
dustry of which Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham,
and Glasgow are the centres, and to crush the ener-
gies which give motion to our engines, looms, and
spindles ? If so, it is not 7d. in the pound 'upon
your incomes, or even 10s. in the pound, that will meet
the demands of the tax-gatherer. 'The question
really at issue is, whether you will permit the pros-
perity of the trade and manufactures of the country,
or, by being parties to their destruction, entail upon
yourselves, by an income tax, the large and increas-
ing deficiencies in the revenue.

The number of men, women, and children depen-
dent upon this trade for their means of existence, is
upwards of 20,000. In, and for twenty miles round
Yeovil, it is the chief, indeed the only employment, for
the female population.
The quantity produced is under 6,000 dozen per
week ; these are sold in the London market at prices
varying from Us. to 14s. per dozen, averaging about
10s., and producing a weekly sum of about 3,0001. ;
three-fifths of this is paid in wages; 1,8001. among
20,000 gives about ls. 9t}d. per head per week.
Many have been the reductions to bring the wages
to this low point, which the 44. helpless sewers have
had to submit to since 18 . in order that their
employers might be enabled to keep their ground
against the French manufacturers, whose superior
advantages of climate, better skins, and cheaper provi-
sions, have enabled them to pay the existing duties,
and successfully, in the better kinds of gloves, to com-
pete for the supplying of our own market. In the
struggle, more than three-fourths of the English ma-
nufacturers have been entirely ruined.
Notwithstanding the reduced comforts of our work-
people, last year the French manufacturers were able
to pay the present duties and send into this market
128,625 dozen, being nearly one-third of the entire
supply, and yet Sir Robert Peel proposes, without
bargaining for any reciprocity, regardless of the dif-
ference in the price of food in the two countries, to
reduce the tariff on French gloves—habits 2s. per
dozen, men's i2s. 6d. per dozen, and women's long
3s. 6d. per dozen, and to allow mits free. If carried,
this will annihilate the English glove trade. Three-
fifths of the entire cost of the article is
labour, and the poor labourers have already
been brought down, as nearly as possible, to
the Poor-house test. Out of the remaining two-
fifths, or 4s. per dozen, what reduction can the manu-
facturer effect? Out of this sum the skins, dye-stuff,
and eggs' must be purchased, carriage, cost of selling,
and rents paid, risks run, and profit found.

No Yeovil manufacturer is making anything like
sixpence per dozen by his gloves ; it is only the
higher priced goods that pay any profit ; the lowest
goods are always sold at a loss. •
If therefore this wanton portion of the new tariff is
carried, this ancient and manual labour-producing
trade will be utterly ruined, and in this one district,
20,000 added to the pauper list. Its mere announce-
ment has already put a complete stop to the trade,
and sent thousands to bed supperless ; aye, and din-
nerless too.

So long as a Government can raise an adequate
revenue, it will be indifferent as to the sources
whence that revenue may be derived. And when,
owing to the baneful operation of monopolies,
fostered by anti-commercial legislation, the ex-
isting sources of national income have been
rendered unproductive, it only remains for the
people to resist, through their representatives, every
attempted imposition of new 'taxes. If .you would
abolish the corn monopoly, you must defeat the pro-.
posal to cover the existing deficiency in the revenue
by an income tax. Your representatives in Parlia,
meat possess this power. A.,small minority of earnest
men in the House of Commons can prevent the im-
position of new taxes, however powerless they may-
be, in the face of a monopolist majority, to remove
existing abuses. Call upon your representatives bo
discharge their patriotic duty, and assure them of your
support whilst, in the spirit of the ancient Constitution,
they withhold all supplies until the people's griev-
ances shall have been redressed.
The machinery of an income tax once fairly in the
hands of any Government, and who can foresee the
extent of its operations ? The danger is imminent,
and the time pressing. Let every constituency meet
without a moment's delay ; and, as petitions cannot
he received, requisitions should be immediately for-
warded to your representatives, calling upon them to
exhaust every constitutional means which the forms of -
the House place within their power, to defeat a mea-
sure which would Make you the taxed acccmplices
in the perpetuation of the odious and destructive mo-
nopoly of bread—a monopoly which denies the
bounties of Providence to an industrious but suffering
people. On behalf of the Council,
GEORGE WILSON, Chairman.

It will be seen from the following resolutions that
all the works are stopped. God help the poor work-
people of this country. Our rulers seem bent upon
trying the experiment how much of misery they
may, without resistance, be made to endure.
At a meeting of the glove manufacturers of Yeo-
vil and its neighbourhood, held this 28th day of
March, 1842, to take into consideration the present
state of the trade as effected by the newly proposed
Tariff, Mr. Wilmington, in the Chair, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted :
That an alarming crisis has arrived in consequence
of the proposed alteration of the import duty on
gloves, and that it is necessary to adopt pi ompt and
decisive measures, in order to prevent immediate loss
to the manufacturer, and the ultimate ruin of the
trade.

That the contemplated reduction of duty has had
a most injurious effect, and has already induced a
general stagnation of business and total cessation of
demand.

That it is imperative on the manufacturers imme•
diately to cease making for one month, and for such
longer period as may be deemed expedient.
'That it is necessary also not to commence dressing
any skins during the ensuing month of April.
That the manufacturers, deeply sympathising with
their work-people in the sufferings this measure will

An interesting donation, consisting of two ancient-
Greek skulls, has been made by Lord Nugent to the
anatomical museum of University College. These relics
were both found by his Lordship, in 1834, in the island
of Cephalonia, on the site of the Necropolis of the
city of Same, called by Pausanius and Thucydidw
Dv/f.eture. Under the jaw of each was found a
Greek coin of about the date of the second Peloponne;
sian War (410 is.c.). In one of these specimens, which
is in an excellent state of preservation, are combined in
a marked degree all the peculiarities of the oval form of
skull—the beautiful contour of the cranium, the harmo-
nious proportions of the different parts of the face, and
the regularity and symmetry of the whole, so eminently.
characteristic of the skulls of the ancient Greeks, who
constitute the purest models and the typical examples
amongst European nations of the Caucasian or Iranian
type of the human' species. Another less perfect skull
and the left humerus, or arm-bone, belonging to the
same subject, together with one of the small bottles
called lacrymatories placed in an inverted position under
the arm, have also been deposited in the same museum of
the college : they were found by his Lordship embedded
in a soft red loam, near the sea-shore in the bay of Same.
Last week a young man, proceeding on foot to
Caen, was accosted by another traveller in military uni-
form, who looked like a soldier on conge. They pro-
ceeded together, conversing as they went, until they ar-
rived at a secluded part, when the soldier, tempted by a
bag which his fellow-traveller had on his shoulder, sud-
denly rushed on him, knocked him down, and stabbed
him repeatedly with a knife. He then hastened to exa-
mine his expected treasure, and was thunderstruck at
finding that the temptation to crime was nothing but a
bag of nails He hurried off towards riviere Vhibour-
vine, where he was arrested the same evening, with the
bloody knife on his person. His unfortunate victim has
died of the wounds which he received.

_ During the last fourteen days considerable stir haS
been created at Montrose, from a dispute betwixt the
shipowners and seamen regarding the rate of wages for
the ensuing season. The rate paid last year was 31. per
month ; and, considering the depression the shipping
interest has sustained, the owners at first this season
made offer of 21. 155., being a reduction of 58. This
offer was refused by the men, and, after munerous meet-
ing betwixt the parties, a great number are now on
board at 21. 10s. per month, being ss. less than they
were originally offered.—Edinburgh Paper,
The officers of the Customs at Besancon (says the
France) have lately seized several packages of writings
.in the spirit of the German Communists, brought into
France from Switzerland, with the intent of being dis-
seminated among the German workmen in this country.

1..., V., 1. .1-1.1.,1 1. . . , ..,.... .., ~ ...... ...., .....1 ava vi ,iie IMMO wners. We utterly re-
ily this '
Yesterday forenoon, at ten o'clock, a meeting of thet, pudiate the attempt to inflict an income tax upon the
)r many
Merchant Company, called by ruPitisltion took place, : community under the pretence that it is rendered ne- 3al -
CricketGar-
in their hall, Hunter-square, "to consider the pro- cw.3ary by the reforms Of our commercial tariff'. Upon
prie#:.,aciNt4v-Lir againsk.j&94lf,:-,"c,40.4 t.l in4ii-Een:o7-V4IVIOIkAt . IZ4(t as the aggro:Merl re- '--
--A'.' ainiesthi,. ' efid tte ornpany,' m'ite-r . , in_ - Treserita wear 'ft - eat trading and manufactu-
ring interests of the kingdom.
itants of About sixty.memi)ers were present. ' .

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Co Oceanic Surf.
61, ervations on the Report of the Select Committee of the
douse of Commons on Army and Navy Appointments. and
e n the Report of the Commissioners for inquiring into Naval
r. d Military Promotions.
A Cruise in the Gulf of Corinth.
Naval Operations in the China Seas, by an Officer of the
Nemesis.
SI etches of the Austrian Cavalry Service, by a ci•decant Hus-

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C ~fessions of a Spy, collected by an Officer of the Navy.
rainiseences of a Light Dragoon,
Bi torical Details relative to the Military Forces of Great

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A Word to a Field Officer.
p. 'motion in the Army by Purchase.
0 ,he Atonality among the Troops during the Year 1841, in
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