The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-09 00:00:00

No ie,44.. LONDON,

THE SUN is .Published EVERY MOR

A 1) V ERTTSEM:

INTEDNESDAY

• • EXETER HALL.
UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE COMMITTEE
OF:COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
DR: Dcß. LECTURES on the cHE-
MISTRY of DAILY LIFE ,will commence,' Tuts
Evslarro-,.at Half-past Eight o'clock: .
Tickets of Admission to the Reserved Seats for the Whble
Course, price One Guinea,. may be obtained at 'Mr. Paiker%.
Publisher, 445, West Strand ; at Exeter Hall ; and it the'
Sunday chool Union, Paternoster-row; and from Mr. Plass;
15, Duke-sireet, Westminster.
Admission to each Lecture Is., to be paid at the Door.

-f OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
.
TION, REGENT. STREET.—MORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SATURDAY EVENINGS. •
_NEW att-V-ARIED LECTURES DAILY, with "beau-
tiful ILLUSTRATIONS.: On Thursday a Lecture on ILIN-
GARD'S VIEW of the ORIGIN of FUNGI and the PRE-.
MATURE DECAY of TIMBER.. BAGGS'S PA'EEN.T
PROCESS Of PRINTING on CALICO, PAPER, and other
Fabrica, by Voltaic Electricity. New DISSOLVING VI EWS.
Messrs. ARWISE and -MAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC
CLOCKS, on which principle one, on a large scale, ih `now'
at work in front of the' Institution. WRIGHT and BAIN'S,
NEW PATENT ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAIL WAY.
TRAIN CONTROLLER: TheMICROSCOPE,
..:DELL and DIVER, ORRERY,.-&c. &c., including i,2,000
Works of eminent. Art, Science, and Ingenuity. -• of
CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MODEL:of the
UNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various COS NIORIiAIIC
PICTURES, are added to the Evening Exhibition.
AdmisSion to the whole, One Shilling.
RI BBL E NAVIGATION.
• NOtice is hereby given; That a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the RIBBLE NAVI- I
G'ATION•COMPANY will be held at the Company's Office, 1
Chapel Walks,- Preston, in the County of Lancaster, on Tues-
DAY, the 22d day of March . inst., at the hour of Eleven
o'clock in the Forenoon, to elect .a CLERK and SECRE-
TARY in the place and stead of Richard Pilkington, Esqi de-
cased; and in the event of any. Direetor being elected IPo fill
the said office of Clerk and Secretary, 'to consider the propriety
of exempting him from the operation. of the 77th sectipti_of
the Company's 'Act. And also' to .1-evoke an Order-made; at a
General Half learly Meeting of the said Company, held oh thti
23d day of January, 1840, for borrowing and taking up the sun
of 16,6661.• at Interest, by the said Company's Act,' authdr:sed
to be raised, and to order suchsum of 16,6661., in lieu of bor-
rowing the same,- to be raised by way of augmentation of the
said Company's Capital Stook, by- the issuing of new Shares to .
-augment the Capital Stock of the said Ribble Navigation Com-
pany by the amount, and to appoint the times of making
.Calls
for the said additional Stock, and the amount of such Calls. and
to make such order or orders relating to the matter aforesaid as
the. said Proprietors then and there assembled shall detGrmino
upon.—By order of the Directors,
P. PARKER, Treasurer.
'Preston, Ribble-Navigation Office, 25th Feb., 1812.

STEAM TO NEW YORK.
rIIHE GREAT WESTERN,
Lieutenant HOSKEN, R.N., Commander,

IS INTENDED TO SAIL. FllO3l
BRISTOL.. Saturday, 2d of April, 1842
LI VERPOOL Saturday, 21st of May
BRISTOL Saturday. 16th of July
LIVERPOOL..-„Saturday, 3d of September
BRISTOL.., Saturday, 22d of October.
FROM NEW YORK.
Thursday, 28th of April .........For LIVERPOOL
Thursday, 16th of June For BRISTOL
Thursday, 11th of A tigust For LIVERPOOL
Thursday, 29th of September For BRISTOL
Thursday, 17th of November For LIVERPOOL.

For Freight, or further information, apply at Bristol to
CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing Director.
London—T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank
Liverpool—Gibbs, Bright, and Co., North John-street.
Birmingham--John Poncia and Son, Pershore-street.
Hull—W R. Goddard, Hull and East Riding Times Office.
Leeds—Haigh and Womack, Accountants, Benson's-buildings
Glasgow—lL B. Webb, Glassford-street.
Paris—Andelle and Soulas, Rue de l'Echiquier, No. 20.
Havre-de-Grace—William Davidson.
Bristol, Feb. 18, 1842.

T° PRUDENT MEN.—Which is best
To enter into a Benefit Society which recklessly admits
men of all trades and all ages, at one rate of payment, and that
too low even for the youngest age ; or into a well regulated
Friendly Society, where no pernicious trades are allowed, and
where every Member pays his fair proportion, according to are
at the time he enters ; of the latter Class is the HAND IN
HAND, held at the Queen's Arms, Queen-street, Cheapside,
on every alternate Thursday, from Seven till Nine in the
Evening, where healthy men from 21 to 50 years of age may
become Membersby paying One Month's Suloscriptien, according
to age, viz., from 2s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Benefits —At a Free Mem-
ber's Death, 20/. ; Free Memher's Wife's Death, 101. ; Sick-
ness, per week, 15s. ; when Superannuates' 2s. 6d. per week,
and the Member excused all further payments.
These Benefits are secured by a large funded capital.
Rules may be seen at the Bar, where Members may enter,
and where Prospeetusses may be Lad gratis.
This Society is Enrolled agreeable to law.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED. ANNUITIES, &e.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000. '
Empowered by. Special Act of Parliament.

niarcroaa.
T. LAMM MIIFIRAYsq., Chairman.

J. Elliotson, M.D. , F. R. S.
John Griffith Frith, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq.
Gurge Lungiey, Esq.

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John Rawson, Esq.
John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Clement Tabor, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AVDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S:. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.

• ,
ACT HA S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotion, 'M. U., F. R. S.
,SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—AIossrs. Sweet, Sutton, Evrens, and Ommanney,
6,-Basinghall-street.
BANKEII4-4VIeSSrg. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from .a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense er forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods-at. Lower Rates than at a.ny
other Office, with' option of continuance for' Life, at the usual
rates.

• • . • DEFERRED ANNUITIES. •
The best and most.varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered-42 12s. per -annum.(l9. per week) at 20. will at 65
give the policy-holderflaochoice of an annuity of £47 169. 6d.
or £349, I.ls. Cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60---Twei-thirds .paynients lent at any
time, and Two-thirds-retirnedin.caseoftrernature 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, CAMROU X, Secretary.

ASYLUM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LIFE OFFICE.

70, Cornhill, and 5. Waterloo-place, London,
' Established-in 1824. •
DIRITTOns.
The Honourable WILLIAM FRASER, Chairman.
Major-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.B ,
Deputy Chairman,
J. Clarmont Whiteman% Esq. C Millet, Esq.
Foster Reynolds, Esq. Wni: Edmund Ferrers, Esq.
William Pratt, Esq. Thoreas Fenn, Esq.
Geo. Palmer, Jun:, Esq. "O. Farren, Esq., Hes. Diree.
311151 CAL orttOtits LONDON. •
PHYSICIAN—R. Ferguson; M.D., 9, Qtteen-street, May fair.
Viarrnto PHYsietax—J. Forbes,. M.D. F.R.S., 12, Old
:'Sr._.
rt . • Burlington-street.
Straosos..-71-1.-, Mayo, Esq:, F. H.S., 19, G eorge:s treet,
Hanover-square:, and ,T; Calloway, Esq,, Wellington-street,
Southwark.
Persons suffering from chronic disease or irregularity of form,
in pregnancy or old age, are insured at proportionate rates, the
Asylum being the Company whish originally extended the be-
nefits of life insurance in such eases.
NEW SYSTEM OF PPENEWABLE TERM
INSURANCES.
.The utmost advantages aro secured by•the smallest necessary
outlay,—the Policies being continued year by year for the
whole of life, whatever the future health of the assured, at a
stipulated, slight increase of premium, up to the age of 70, when
the rate remains stationary.
Extracts from RENEWABLE TERM rates for select lives.

AGEI Ist yr. 2d yr. 3d yr. 4th yr sth yr 6th yr. 7th yr.
30 1641 17 1 17 11 12 9 19 7 1 1051 111 4

Extracts from the EVEN RATES for select lives.

Aaa. 120 30 140150 I 80 7O I 80
Prem. 111 9 2()217114 2 01 6 10 2110 8 6119 1 8

ALTERNATIVE.

Two thirds, only, of tite even rates, whether for select or dis-
eased lives, or for the risks of foreign cl:rnates, may be paid
down, and the balance, with interest at'4 per cent. deducted
from sum assured,

FOREIGN, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL
• . INSURANCE

Distinct classifications of places, according to salubrity of
climate; a specific price for any particular place, or a voyage
or voyages.
Officers whose destinations are not known, cove_cd to all
parts of the world at a small but fixed extra rate of premium.
GEO. FARREN, Resident D.reetor.

SILVER SUPERSEDED,. those corrosive
&id
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON ('ate ALDERMAN)
41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the amal-
gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the lich-
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:naseous in mixedrnetals is
entirely extracted—resist'ng as acids, may be cleaned as. silver,
and is manufactured into every article for the-Table and Side-
board.

9. d.

s. d.
Mustard Spoon ...... 0 6
Tea Spoons, per doz 5 6
Gravy Spoons 3 6
Salt do.
Sugar Tongs

Table Spoons and Forks,
per doz l6 6
Desert do., per doz l2 6
Fish Knives 5 6
Soup Ladles 6 6
Sauce Ladles
C. Watron begs the Public will understand that this metal
is pecu'iarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than bis metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merits
alone he wishes it to be tested. And from the daily increasing
eulogiums he receives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent
its becoming an article of universul wear.
Foreign Orders promptly executed.
41 and 42, BARBICAN.

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British army in Cahoot,: ',..- ' • - ' -
The proposal to iniptire inter -ii.o -of ihi - I
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rejected by the bureaus of.ihil,ehigribki. 4 Dupes :-°'l lists Via illi
ti on Monday
to Oppose it. , ' -...-; -''. .-e ea -
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PtinCiPall*Ask4vsare'la'`aPPOlnf tve: geading 'Commis..
sinners as Judges; p.id by safarlakssior. fees] to-heaE all coin..
-trussions4e lunatic°, -.. to give'the;;Lord. -Chatniellci r the power..
t°.‘oli.eint. a third in:specialcases,.ansl. to.stembina*a smaller.
.laumber of 'jurymen to hear the eiidence, if, he think 4t.
' 2 LortE.Cottenhim and -Lord Campbell expressed doubts, o
some of its -proviSionsi but . their Suggettions were .f.ostponedi
till the Bill is in Commitet;: • !.. , ' .
A Committee was sppuint4 'to :Consider the whole subjec
r- of the Marriage, law in Ireland, and the Lord Chancellor snide
hTohvurdsdiaty.
b sahunett-threaadfe.snheroaei,ddeetusobsttihtohQascteotthtniem-Buitlitleer,eb.wroigoigiehhttqunsitecifrionemii,y
stnbehde_llCpooasmtsenioynsrine:
the law- as at presciat,-Shamefillyiague,On . this important sub...
-ject... - The Committee is to:meet:on-Thursday. • ,
• The Loan Societies-and :Parish Apprentices Bills were rend
a second time. •
Lend Denman's Bill to improve the Law of Evident-eines
also read a second time, after, a - short and interesting discus
sion.,„ to which we hive elsewhere referred.i.—Adjourned tilt
would be withdrawn.
, . ..
In the Commons, the Mar ylebone Pavingßill, which seems
to excite. some interest, was postponed for a week. ISll!.Wakley
The .first of Mr. Ferrand's bubbles burst, by the Hon. Meer..
her withdrawing a notice he had given, because the !notion he'
contemplated is impracticable. Mr:Brotherton, en account of
the number of persons who have repelled Mr. Ferrand's charges*
withdrew his motion for AS return of the number of unannfac-.
turers who adopt the truck system.
Mr. D'lsraeli, who spoke for upwards of two hours, endows*
hauled all our cons-o'er and diplomatic appointments,' moved a.
resolution. that means be taken to. unite the consular and the.
diplomatic bodies. .
i
Lord Claude Hamilton seconded the motion in a
speech'
almost as long as his leakier's." . •
Dr. Bowring commented on the motion, and Sir Robert
Peel opposed it. The motion was -finally negatived, having
served the purpose of allowing Mr ...D'lsraeli to make i display
of his minute researches during the: recess.
The House subsequently occupied itself with Mr. Alackira-
non's motion, for a Select Committee to provide for the in-
terment of, bodies beyond-the precincts of large towns. Lord
F. Egerton then moved for leave to bring in a Itill, the princi-
pal object of which was to 'legalise-the marriage of a widower
to the sister of his deceitT(l wife; the debate upon which was*
postponed till this day week.
Some father business Was transacted, and the House act.
journed at' One o'Clock.

PUBLC- IMPROVEMENT'S.,
The new street at the back of Astley's late Theatre which it eze
form a continuous line from the York .road by Stangate-street to
the walls of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace, is now nearly
completed, and will shortly be opened to the public.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Lincoln Assizes on Monday, Francis Jeffeys, a respectable&
farmer, aged 61, was tried for the murder of his wife on.the 31st.
of January. The nephew of the prisoner was the only witness ex—
amined; and, atter giving evidence, which left no doubt that the.
unfortunate Mal, had Co nmitted the fatal deed, he stated facts
which convinced the Judge and jury that his uncle was insane,.
and had been so for some time. He was, therefore, acquitted on the
ground of insanity.

At the Worcester Assizes, on the same day, William Pippin, int.
dieted for the murder of Richard Kington, at Severnatoke, (al the
lath of December, w•ss acquitted of the murder, but convicted of
stealing from the body of the deceased a whip, a knife, and some
tobacco, and sentenced to be transported for life.

Six of the Wraxall burglars were tried at Salisbury on Monday.
one of whole was acquitted, and the rest convieted and sentence&
to be transported for life.

The adjourned Sessions at 'Wakefield commence to-day.
THEATRICAL..

The bias market Theatre closed last night, on which occasion be
manager, Mr. Webster, delivered an address, wherein he observed
that it had been the distinct aim of his management " to restore
legitimate comedy to the English stage," in which he trusted he
had succeeded. tie also alluded to the melancholy death of Power,
whom he dtscrilied " 86 one of the most genial comedians that ever
trod the stage." Mr. Webster announced his intention of spirt
opening on Easter Monday.

The Italian Opera opens for the reason on Saturday, March 12.
Mdlle. Taglioni took her benefit a few days ►ince at St. Peters.
burgh. After the performance the Emperor sent to her a splendid
Scvigne in turquoises and diamonds, valued at 10,000 roubles.
MIS CE.T.T.ANE 0 lIS.
A human body was discovered a day or two since by some la.
bouress who were digging in a ditch near Hartwell. It is supposed
to be the skeleton of a letter carrier, who was reported to have beets
murdered about 50 years ago.
The prophecy of the Earthquake has producee a sensation, not
only in the East, but also at the NVest end of London. A mars
residing at Paddington, St. Mary.lc.bone, formerly a police con-
stable, has sold a good business to provide the means for bis leaving
town ; and a clink, holding a situation of 2001. per annum, residing
in the same parish, has also resigned it for the purpose of escaping
the threatened calamity.

On this day, in 1366, David Rizzi() was assassinated at Holy--
road Palace.

MONEY MARKET .1)(1 CITY NEW*'.
SUN.—The Stock Market yesterday was acted upon by the
intelligence (per telegraphic despatch) from Marseilles, an-
nouncing the continued critical position of the British forces in
Affghantsian, and the probability that Canton must once
snore be invested, iu order to secure from the Chinese the exe-
cution of the Elliot Treaty. The reaction was not serious.
We regret to hear another stoepage mentioned this after-
noon, of a firm in the East India and Colonial trade. We
are net yet at liberty to publish the name, though we fear
there unify= no arrangement effected to save the credit of the
house, by preventing an entire stOpyage. Consols for imme-
diate transfer wise t 39 to, 89k, closing at 89/' to -*Wand for
Account realised 69i to b9i. Exchequer Bills maintained
the premium of 3f.v, to 335., and- India Bonds were not
reduced in value, being at Ss. to: 10s. premium. India.
Stock is shut. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were
98t1 to 96L.
The Foreign Securities were flat to slay, being influenced by
the heavinemi of our own Funds. Mexican were tower, because
of the apprehension that a war will arise out of the Texas affair
between Mexico and the United States. The announcement
that the dividends will be payable on Spanish Stock has led to
no improvement in the Bonds ; the price varying from 25h to
to 24i. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were firm at 33i-
Mexican declined to 38A to 38. Colombian Stock was dull at
24i to French Five per Cents. realized 119 f. 25c. ; and
llntch Five per Cents. 103 to 1024:
The Railway Shares were• neglected, and bore generally a
slightly re.luceil value.
We notice a decline again in.the rate for Bills of Exchange
on Paris and Trieste; but Amsterdam and Antwerp are much
the same, while Ilamburgh and Frankfort improved a shade.
The follow ing is the official return- of the exports of 13ullion,
from the port of London, for the week ending hursilay last :
Silver Coin to Hamburgh 26,000 ounces
>t Mauritius
Rotterdam ....
Silver Bars Ditto ... 100,000 „
1) amb nrgh
29,200 s,

WRECK OF THE CITY OF EDIN-
BUItGI-1 STEAM-SHIP.
Yesterday morning intelligence of-the wreck of this splendid
steam frigate, the property, of the General Steam Navigation.
Company, commanded by Captain J. G. Hatt, was received by
the Directors, at the Cokipany's office in Lombard-street, City.
The City of Edinburgh, it appears, left the Custom-house quay
on Tuesday afternoon for Ostend, having on board, it is said,
between thirty and forty passengers, and a general cargo.
After leaving the river 'I hames, she encountered a heavy gale
. from the westward, which lasted the whole day and night, but,
notwithstanding, her passage was not impeded, and she reached
her destination in perfect safety the following day, and brought
up alongside of Ostend pier to land her passengers, winds
was safely effected. At an early hour the following morn-
ing (Thursday ), while the crew were busily employed landing
the cargo, it came on blowing a hurricane, and all of a sudden
the warps that secured her to the pier-snapped asunder, and
she drifted .out into the centre of the stream. The confusion
that ensued amongst those on board can be irnagtned when it
is stated. that Ostend Harbouri though a fortified seaport of
the Netherlands, is one of the most dangerous on that part of
the coast, and several large vessels have been lost in an at-
tempt even to enter it. In consequence of the steam not
being up, and her sails being furled, she was completely un-
manageable, and in the course of a fey/ minutes she was hurled
against the Ltone battlement of the cast pier. She swung
round and drifted stviftly away past the pier, and run abliore
about three quartets of a mile eastward of the harbour. Within
an hour after the splendid vessel had struck hundreds
aonf
eepetro get
persons Lad asra;mbiloedr
which
•tiihepbuerapcoh,e tomerasent:reesr asweeisate-
immediately adopt,d .to lighten her, and in the course of a
surprisingly short time the uliole of the cargo was got ashore,
together with Dec oostlw furniture, pier glass, and fittings-up ;
but to no purpose, although, several 'powerful vessels were en-
gaged in the attempt. Preparations were then made to get
her machinery, engines, and boilers out of ' her to furtlier
lighten the vessel for a second attempt ; but night coming on,
the crew and others were compelled.to defer any further opera-
tion till the following day. -Her appearance on Friday morn-
ing foretold her tate. .Her masts and the entire of her rig-
ging had been swept overboard during the night, as had also
her furniture. At high water another desperate attempt was
Made to get her afloat but all the powerful assistance that could
be brought int o.requisitip proved utterly impossible, and after
another night's exposure to the heavy seas and blustering gales
.she became a complete wreck; Captain Hast, the commander,
on the day she got on shore, sent information of the disaster to
London, and the Directors, on the receipt of the communica-
tion, ordered one of the COmpany's large steamers, the Lord
Melville, to proceed instantly to Ostend, and assist in towing
the ship off; but on her arrival she was found, as before stated,
a wreA. The City of Edinburgh -is said to have cost the
Leith Steam Packet Company, of whom the General Steam
•Steam Navigation Company Turchased her some few years
since, 30,000/. Iler present owners have expended consider-
able sums of motley in lengthening her decks and on other im-
portant improvements, and she was considered one of the Com-
pany's first-slats steam-ships.

" AinonF other objects left by c Min t "POzzo di Burgt
to his heirs;' says the France, "is- a Magnificent surtaut for a
table, valued at more than a Million of francs."
VROJECTED PCRCIIASE OF TIIE NORTH SHORE.—
We have heard, as a rumour, that . the Corporation are
now negotiating with the Earl of Derby, for the pur-
chase of his Lordship's right to the strand of the North
Shore, from the limits of the boroUgh to the landmarks '
at Bootle. The suns mentioned as the price of the strand
is 15,000,1. '1 he Corporation contemplate the proba-
bility of the strand being wanted for the formation of
docks to the northward ; and they are,, therefore, desirous of
securing the right to the strand as far as the landmarks. As
the tide runs with great velocity along the Bootle shore, a
breakwater wit , it is supposed, have to be built to weaken its
force. . The building of it will cost a large sum of money;
but it is, in the opinion of competent judges, quite indispens-
able, if docks are to be founded on the strand.—Lisnerrek
Chronicle.
been tried
oftow en‘i'andoLtigdeptahretrneett,tttorr
tihceetillnoiuersdt_i.ewsistollhmas:
.trinedloadtea
washerwomen had entered the barrier
lateAly
quantity of wet linen. At length as
°ln
reeiving that the
whose nose had become keen by practice,
Pecou Id have acquired
linen emitted a stronger odour thxsanmined
it more closely, at. d
oin the ordinary process of washit:gr,ilits above proof. On exa.
found it completely saturated
when the linen was got into the town,
old several
of the octrui,
urination, it appeared
sold for consumption,
that,
and,wbeing reduced to a proper degree of
strength by admixture
the spirit was wrung
of
water,
was