The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

RAVINGs, BA_NK 7 ADAM-STREET,
l\--7,,, A DELPHL—Open Daily from Nine to Five.
in d4tlney earl be PAID into this Sivings' Bank ANY DAY
THRht WEEK, and may' be WITHDRAWN by giving
, . E DAYS' NOTICE.
Interest allowed at the Rate of 41_,. pet r Cent. per Annum.
* *Th, /.- * CHARLES-WM: WILLIAMS; Actuary
Awls it o:l,,.l"scual attendance not necessity, except on the first
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2111 *G.----\;'l-75-rill-ili of reepect-77---7—ahility and merca. n-r
'B-tt • tile ".P nee, intentlin; shortly to visit the United
s, would undertake The AGENCY there for respectable
Parties at ho
i anNyistuvrie,ssirll:l,ltoirrintog 'ct for suCh, by power of attorney, in
Confidence and integrity. Address,- Box
fercbc-, „95'..?"", Lvierpool. The most unexceptionable re-
N' "" u giver and will berequited.
ATION AL LOAN ,FUND' SOCIETY
.
LIFE f A 5,,,,, Eon' G RANTING
''"u tIANCES, DEFERRED_ ANNUITIES, &c,
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000-
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
J. 4,..._i0T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
j_,;#ll tson, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
~,u_at, Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq..
'';,,gater Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
*erge Lungley, Esq. I Joseph 'Thompson, Esq.
Pr-t.
AUD
..essor \ilium tstone, F. R. S. lIT ORS.
2'ic•rird: lir —W. S. Professor Graves, A.M.F.4 S
Po vs B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. -
icra 14—J. Elliott on- M. D., F. R. S.
.S'ot SURGEON—E. S. Sillies, Esq.'
Iciroas--.Alessrs. Sweet, Sutton, 'Ewens, and Ornmanney,
13.vwxxa 6, Basinghall-street. s— Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills', and Co.-
.
Au, ' LIFE ASSURANCE..
41 i 4
1'11.4 C Es—Perfect secunty-frorn a large paid-up Capi-
,.l,lyn,(l,l. "cumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
4, „°f: '"1413 Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Wtkan.,4aal!y divided.
rotherl;;_l °hetes for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any_
tttes.!Juice, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
,
.
, That DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
ierEd pt and Molt varied provision for afterlife hitherto of-
give ille-c-2 12s.rPer annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
4Pa I''liey-litlder the choice of an annuity of 4:47 16s. 6d.
'ant-a,„49: I Is. 'Cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
tiraf. le' at 50, 4.5, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
ie-" I:Othirdtreduntia in case of prernatdre death.
lha Wetaqed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at
warder,'ei V. any of its Branches, or on application will be for.
4 tns t tee.
IT 4, I,A
_____,,,,,5„..F.., Gpaio .10. T CAMROUX, Sestetary.
. 1 j IN
ED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU
RANCE COMPANY, •
'5lVs*N--011t1Writozplace, Pall-mall, London.
Sua,'ON OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
c°N--red. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.
Thi SEcRETA xr—Patrick Macintyre, Esq.
went, j 0; Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia-
FL'4%1,4 without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect
Llt4,3' '" an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success
~O:r haa attended it, sin•ze its commencement in 1834, and
ii(' accumulation of Premiums which has taken place.e l
tlit:titiga,telcsl cg July, 1 F4l, the Company, at attetrugmr
sGpaliderbay
4t tilockhoic_r_e:l 'in addition of one-half i
gat, e, i,atii "•,. and appropr;ated to those holding Assurances
-8 . ClPatlng rate 24 per Cent. per Annum, fr?m the
thei . ,
, 4 i r Policies, to that the addition to a policy for
:rat„II; it ,„4„krce for the previous 5 years, has been 1001., mak-
e.; 'AI 11100/. The Premiums are nevertheless very mo-
'NI e -.44 anl one-half if them, when the Insurance is for life,
e4,,ib 3 tllctaci_d_. feYr the first five year's.after_the date of the Policy.
tech'the ''! may be effected on lives, brevet far advanced;
in credit for five years is found particularly convenient on
Aollasiujanees, and for the security of Temporary Loans. _
and'h4 fael.e,! 1.0 granted on very liberal terms
~ other tittles afforded by this Company, to the public in these
tifery part te'spects, are so great, that It is obviously a moral. duty
a) .ati irt not possessed of a fortune, but in the enjoyment
"(.I,'°rne, however moderate, Ns insure his life for a sum
"13' yield a provision to his family. Aga.
RATES OF PREMIUM.
25 Without Profits. With Profits.
) ••• • ........ £1 15 5
!if) •••7 ............ 2 3 10
50 ••• ............ 2 19 1
60 ••• ............ 4 6 0
:e.sise tvery-':••• ...... .... 6 15 3
clent ,l;!formation will be afforded on application to the
sl.,
or korector_ ,s Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd,
Waterloo place, Pall Mall, London.
ti) PI-4NITURE SALE DEpitiri'.
ANTEG
':i4 s,QII. LINICON, BELGR AVE-
tit INE-t, ARE. —The largest and best selected Stock ol
1 fc, and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhi-
' 1'44
' 841 e
- in this Establishment,
kriir, 3' 5f10,,, Is always to be found
Cr "'" p!a; leh is wan-anted of the best description, and every
(714, % 'l,tY marked at the Manufacturer's lowest price.
ill-• ife'llly packed, and forwarded to any part of the
t.,qe,. 1.1 '°43e4 of th fi t lass f
•urnished throughout at a
,otie, e 11 C
ILI--'---
li:. It SUPERSEDED, -------7------Ith
se
corro. an 0.
liv sive
;4' 41,,„iaild injurious metals called Nickel and Germln
,eY Alii4o4'"ed, by the introduction of a New, and per-
kki„. wAT ess ALBATA PLATE. h."by k ,6UN (late ALDERMAN), 41 and 42, Barbican,
ti.,.ltd kerson of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has
ts 'et offered4bringin. to public notice, the most beautiful article
all'iskl'ith.possessin7 ail the richness of Silver in appear-
N; 1,;, i , its duribiltit • and hardness—with its perfect
NW-ell alj,",_se-NtindergoinYg, as it does, a Chemical Process,
Ala,'N...,,,rnkt is nauseousin mixel Metals is entirely ex-
.4?4etks,!(tting ail Acids may be cleaned as Silver, and is
fiv. '4l into every' Article for the Table and Sideboard.
6, . S'pa,.,
di r., t' de,,,,w`ins and Forks a.
'Mustard Spoon ...... ... sO. d 6.
Fi is4e t 4 . ....... •16 6 Tea Spoons per d0z.... 5 6
k'4 kb,licts° dit ....... ... 12 6 Gras':- Ditto
, •
.14;11.1,1W....:;"- .. 6 Plagr°r °lc
• •
,(;t'llt i;,4), A..
.beg.
. the Public will understand that this
'rittl''a '.(2,. e4tiarly his own, and that Silver is not more diffe-
tkill ale ,old than his Metal is from all others ; on its in
140)114 nt3 alone he wishes it to be tested ; and, from the
t 'lll. eaSitlr, I •
tik• t raa t nu.ogiums he receives,
.ho is convinced that
',lii 0 di-tevent its becomin. an article of mute I
^si. wear.
-'1.3 promptly executed.-41 and 42, BARBICAN
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7Viitle• Th'; at Palpitations, s, General Debility, COS.
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kt Idtjteden
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ili'tiq ti!i4 a& Y 1 n2thencil comment unneeeysary ; the are
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~1
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~,'.t1;11.alo thtnt,nose of a full habit of body, where a di.termina-
-o,_ :)'',,1,1 „,,"Pad roa term Late in Apoplexy, they will prove
1/47.11,it,ilto1vOt F.Tic as a ge. eral tairi'y Aplrient for either
,ei, 4101,4ilillee'l.', to ensure universal sat,stactio u. Two or three
,Iqili4k, o'Ni ii, „")e ' fflicted of their salutary effects The sto-
'oi.',lo ~ii.„.egain s .trength • a healthy action of the Liver,
',14-11j'kin& -Y8 , ill nll'4'l take'! lace • -rid, instead oflistleFs. I,tivitli,,,.!.lo,',4Pii jauntiicedYwipeara'nee, .strengt4, activity, and
k14,44k4 P,lg 4111 he the i csult of taking this medicine, according
•,1„.. ai eri,4elia, Panving each box
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i.4ltit 1,4 " venders of medicines generally throughout the
n'tt,!4,l!„ll A ir,
-410,'!re,,',TON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the
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iOspt, ',_. 41, t I,Yr ANT TESTIMONIAL.'
kirits,•4%,lo T„ " ,1 RIGLEY, HUDDERSFIELD.
te 4 14. " -... P4oPniE
yr, tti t,: (1,,t, le, safe TOF.3 OF PAR 1.1.13 LIFE PILL.
4111), tk:nd AmroY give my testimony to the immense and
ti:l„.hs tai:lts, otPeir thankfulness tgemueentdaritliye, and
Teop:,e come,et
}Ni iqnver trhfin• I send you aorcotpyeof aj few cases, the truthy
illif4 i'lle 1 'Alr.'.i
,ki 04 Ni, `:, been
_.; B. Clothier, of Meltham, says that for five
tstit,,,ii.tt,‘,„i: atol,,eek, boalr
udufuLy afflicted with a stomach complaint,
lti:'‘ittln,title:.l for mortehr able to keep foodany d.e,scrip-
lirt ,`4lh,s'nledvil'E attacked )
n a. quarter
.of an hourvort vehty
y violent pal.n and _ tti g, has
litijt,t; i•elie'r s"e could hear of as being likely to do her good,
Vile S, ' Outil sh
ttoti t, tes dn cafe e bought of me a small box of PARR'S
%,`, iii es I,!.Whr she had taken only two dost,s was able to
~tieke rsiisot before retained very comfortably, and had not.
~tia e et' wt,„ e site felt quite iestored to health. In about
~.ils . ne hs,;`n her husband at my shop, to thank me for the,
;qC4,,Vtitnlelarej;orlieeeived.
Qlt,;•,,t tiVaniv ,I\,!th Zisernarl. had been afflicted with a severe asthmaii
(44,
aw,i4e2
.4.1f,_,
.eunusually copious expectoration, which kept
,the',l r able
h;;tn_l_ he says, •• he feels himself a new nortr:
~,L, wrn4 to i.4lLand thought in the course of a day two
N'ter 'ith 1," the 41e best of us up a hilL He can now g 6 to
,!li orr,• k e was un
~de night without being disturbed by his
'.'i Oh, I),a,i Pnpli
ata le to do before.
i; .I.n)r(t he i to foot _the Huddersfield College, broke out in a
,alk lit? Led °"!ged h.,,!!1 appearance like the small pox ; the lady
tiPita `tY v',, and in thing faith in ~ Old P..rr," gave him a dose
,kt. wthe
fo., of
u,:,ii_c. morning he ailed nothing.
14'ttli • h l'' lit% several cr., said she had suffered dreadfully from
(t,t_lii V.,
~,.(- 1.,;4.„ Years, but it has entirely left her since taking
t,res kiv,il Kirk r
t 4„l,eri, ; 4, , orton, for twenty years has been afflicted
W,;•ti, '1 ~ need g 'tied every r
, rn,.. parr o !-,,,h bepefiremedy he could hear of, but has
4,v
ttoiili,ll,ll:voe-Laiiv eormseaiteicot:d "in
hyth„1,11.'441,; Lifu Palm;
ie:viftrioimgreaantysmucedcetscslne, as he has now
ii!.11,4 trr,,, altithis
~,,),1t04e,,t lb, th4trourhood give their infants small doses
01i.,)k
.:_rek,
.9,rin 5h,..._
_afrom a host of others, being deter..
ine Cell cured b
'ky f'4rivis”eri it,oll ~,, tel.)e 86,but those from
_persons whose testi-
mryictly correct. I shall feel pleasure
power, as well as the addresses, of
li
ill with , call. y this ni.dicine, to any person who
t k:46Nlt 1 a'''' eentienso.cn, your obedient servant,
4tt (I-Ifield
~,v hebt4l<Puddcr" JAMES WRIGLEY, Druggist..
llttNtlin iIA R; .
thhl+e,:(lthe°ra iinita„,,_ OF IMITATIONS.—.In order to pro..
Is
ate It.,lne,t ,Jord, ,`1", the Hon. Commissioners of Stamps
pi ltrZe sp.`ters o,.."tainp w'LIT.S LIFE PILL to be engraved on
I,ll,rkle, bad Co nd aeimullaiiionW!
1,,q,1,t•n,4ri0u," a red wro.i.tis Pasted round the sides of each box,
i thporuvt
at
rhedi s nbiya rthk
uo f authenticity
,
Okhqty, Y the?,:, 9, Crane }lce-street, I ondon ; and sold
W'tseard 4Od s; aPPointinen°t,ubrtiE Edwards 67 St. Paul's • also
sitlillitt.l{.;iißivao:id
t,4tslirarringdon-street • and gutto'n and C0.,•h0w.,
414. e,O, and ~ by at least one gent in every town in the
qix5i..,411,1 t.a.,,,niY
i mostbo _reeac c t able dealers in medicine. Price
x 19. each. Full directions are given

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NEW CHANGES IN THE STANt.—
ARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
This Commission condsting of the following nine scientfiie
viz., G. B. Aires', Astronomer Royal; Francis
gentlemen,
Baily ; J. E. Drinkwater Bethune; Lavies Gilbert, Sir John
Herschel ; J. G. S. Leferre ; J. W. Lubbock ; Rev. George
Peacock ; Rev. R. Sheepshanks; appointed by letter of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 11th May, 1838, upon the
destruction of the Standard'Weight and Measure in the burn-
in, of the Houses of Parliament, to take into consideration the
bestlp steps towards restoration of the same, having brought
their investigations and opinions forward in the above Report,
we proceed to condense its substance, as regards the alterations
-proposed; and the measures advised for adoion.
STANDARDS OF LENGTH AND WEIGHT.
The Commissioners in their Report express themselves dis-
satisfied with the provisions for restoration of the standard ;in
case of loss, laid down in sects. 3 and 5 of Act 5, Geo. IV,,
cap. 74, showing from scientific observations and experiments
adduced, that the method by which the length of the yard is
_____ proposed to be taken, and the pound weight restored,restored,are one
and all singularly defective. Several -measures of length and
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.) weight, however, exist; viz., the Royal Astronomical Society's
PORTSMOUTH, Fee. 26.—The Sylph and Netley tenders, scale; and the iron bars belonging to the Board of Ordnance,
arrived on Wednesday from Plymouth; and the Emerald, from' &c., by which the original standards can always be precisely
Sheerness ; the two former returned on Thursday. sestored. The following are the more important clauses The Driver having proved her compressor, in the Basin, at Advises that four sets of copies of the starards of lth
Woolwich, yesterday, was to go to Sheerness to-day, on her and weight, to be denominated the Parliamentary copies, enagnd
way to this port, if her smoke consuming apparatus be found to
answer. answerable in all respects to the legal standards be made:
me
set of which i
to be hl's- sealed up in a case, n-
The Alban steamer left Woolwich yesterday, for this port, chased withinis the masonryermetica of a puLlic building, and not and
to a
with the baggage of Rere-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, disturbed unless by sanction of Act of Parliament: that each
The Volcano steam vessel proceeded yesterday from Wool- Parliamentary standard be compared with the other three
with, on her way down Channel.
Parliamentary copies of at standard once in ten years : and
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Es:cell:eat, Royal George, that the Psrliamentary that
standards themselves be preserved in
Vindictive, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Speedy different municipal offices, with proper keepers, and precautions
(cutter), Black Eagle and Echo (steamers.) for p.
Vice-Admiral fir E. Owen struck his flag at sunset, on Statesreservalion that from satisfactory and conclusive evidence it a
Saturday, and rehoisted it again yesterday. pears that the present troy pound is almost useless, even in the
Rear-Admiral Bouverie struck his flag also on Saturday, few trades or professions in which troy weight is commonly
having gone on leave, and rehoisted it on Tuesday. used, and even to the great mass of the British population
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., hoisted his flag wholly unkeown, and recommends that the avoirdupois pound
this morning on board the Vindictive, 52, Capt. Nicolas, C.B , be adopted in its stead.
which will go out of harbour on Monday. Proposes that the Government take immediate steps for
Rear-Admirat the Hole Jocelyn Percy hoisted his flag on securing and preserving in some public depository, the various
Tuesday, pro tempore, on board the Formidable, 84, Capt. Sir weights and measures which have been used in extensist public
Charles Sulivan, Bart.
operations, requiring great delicacy, as well as many used in
The following officers hare been deservedly selected, as former times for special uses. Several of these are now in
meriting by their conduct in the naval profession the good Pssession of parties stated, from whom the Government might
service pension, vacant by the decease of Admiral Sir Josias obtain them by cou: tcsy or purchase.
Rowley, and the promotion of other officers :—Vice-Admiral Urges that the superintendence of the construction, of the
Sir Thos.Bakethe r, K. C. 8., of Didus celebrity
who served ; Capt. R. Elliott, new Parliamentary standards he intrusted to a Committee of
in Egyptian Expedition ; Capt. C. F. Daly, C. 8., scientific men, to be named by her Majesty, subject to certain
one of the Lieutenants of the Arrow, when she was sunk in general instructions, among w birth it is specified—
Jeg)an action with. two French frigates ; Captain T. White, 21. That the length of the new Parliamentary standard be
,- a midellipirt in Rodeey's action s Capt. Hon. W. Wal . one yard, the lung,th hitherto -adopted ; there appearingesetreite-
' es,eave, idol
apt. coin inandint tne Revenge, at Acre Capt. John son for departing from it.
•
Pasco, signal 'Lieutenant to Nelson at Trafalgar; Capt. John 25. That a platinum weight of 7,000 grains be construced
Duff Markland, C. 8., Captain of the Milford, at the reduction and that this be declared the Parliamentary standard of weight,g.
of Trieste and other Italian ports in 1611 ; Captain Thomas by the nan:e of the Pound Weight ; the distinctive ward
Tudor Tucker, C. 8., Lieutenant of the Northumberland in "avoirdupois" being hereafter omitted.
the Saint Domingo action, and Captain of the Cherub at the 30. That the old standard of capacity be retained unaltered.
capture of the Essex, American frigate; and Captain James CHANGES IN SECONDARY STANDARDS.
Wilkes Maurice, who as First Lieutenant of the Centaur, as- Invites the attention of Government to the advantage and
sisted at the capture of St. Lucia Tobago, Demerara, and facility of establishing in this country a decimal system of coin-
Essequibo, and greatly distinguished himself in an attack by the age, being of opinion that no change which can be effeeseesi in
naval and military forces, under the command of Commodore
our monetary system, would be felt by all classes so equally
Hood and Lieut.-General Grinfield, in November, 1803, on beneficial with this, when the temporary inconveniences at-
Petite Ance d'Arletto, in which he was wounded by the tending such change shall have passed away. This change to
explosion of a magazine. For his gallantry on this occa- consist in interposing between the sovereign (or.pound) and
sion the Patriotic Fund presented him with a sword, thc shilling, a new coin equivalent to two shillings (to be called
value 501. Shortly after this event, Commodore Hood by a distinctive name); as also of considering tee farthing,
resolved to take possession of and fortify an almost impregna- which new passes as the 1-960th part of the pound, as the
ble rock, situate near Point Diamond, the S. W. end of Mar- 1-I,oooth part of that unit ; and of establishing a coin of
unique. The altitude of the Diamond Rock is 600 feet; the value equal to the 1-100th part of the pound, and of eirculatihis
north and east sides of it are inaccessible, and it is impregnable besides these decimal members of a decimal coinage, other coins
on the nort side. The west side, where breakers run into the of values bearing a simple relation to them, including coins
sea, affords the only landing, and that not at all times practice- of the same value as the present shilling and sixpence. It is
ble. A party of men landed under the orders of Lieutenant considered by this measure that no circumstance whatever
Maurice, who volunteered to direct their operations, to would contribute so much to the introduction of the decilml
place a battery on the top of the rock, which most arduous scale in weights and measures, in those respects in which s
task basing been effected, the rock was alternately placed on really useful, as the es'ablishment of a decimal coinage. The
the establishment of a sloop-of-war, and the command thereof scale, however, of binary subdivision thought better to be
conferred upon Lieutenant Maurice, as a reward for his un- adapted to small retail transactions.
common activity and exertions. Lieutenant Maurice's promo- LAND MEASURES, &c.
tion and appointment to this command was confirmed by the Acknowledges difficulties of interfering with this subject,
Admiralty. The brave defence afterwards of the rock by Capt. but proposes that the present land-chain, 80 of which make a
Maurice, when attacked by a French squadron, in May, 1805, is mile, be superseded by the introduction of a measure of 1,000
well known; it would no doubt have been impregnable to an yards; that the present inconvenient subdivision of the acre
enemy, whilst in the hands of the British, had it not been for into roods and poles be superseded by the use of the decimal
the unfortunate shortness of ammunition, and the absolute divisions of the acre ; and that the use of the decimal scale be
want of water. Captain Maurice's gallantry on this occasion encouraged, more particularly the decimal subdivision of the
called forth the highest encomiums from the immortal Nelson. foot as now used extensively in the practice of engineers; and
In 1809, he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and in that provision be made for the erection of marks at every
August, 1810, was appointed Governor of Anholt, an island 1,000 yards distance on all principal public roads, railways,
situate in Cattegat, and at that time forming an important
point of communication between Great Britain and the Baltic. and eanaIs.AVOIRDUPOIS AND TO WEIGHT.
Here, it is well remembered, a brilliant exploit was performed Page 12, clause Bof the Report, for the purpose of removing
by the officers and men under his command, in repulsing an the confusion which at present exists between the two tables
attack of the enemy's select troops, consisting of as many in use, of noy and avoirdupois, whereby two modes of estimating
thousands as the (whole force opposed to them amounted to weights co-exist, proposes the entire abolition of the troy ,
hundreds, and by the gallantry and intrepidity of Captain and various
changes in these corresponding tables, and inyound con-
Maurice and his valiant heroes, succeeded in taking a sideratior, of the interests concerned in these changes, recom-
greater number of prisoners than their who'.e collected mends that Government should compute and print for the use
force. Sir James Saunaerez, in writing to Captain Maurice
of bullion merchants and assayers, a new edition of these tables,
upon the subject, says, " I can only assure you that this gallant with the decimal changes, proposed to be introduced, clearly
affair is the theme of every one's praise, and has excited the calculated.
admiration dell • and I have no doubt that your services on Further, that the present weights of 14 lbs., 28 lbs., 56 lbs.,
this occasion will duly appreciated by the Admiralty." The and 112 lbs., now in use be withdrawn, and weights of 10 lbs.,
garrison of Anholt subsequently presented their gallant Go- 20 lbs., 30 lbs., 40 lbs., 50 lbs., and 100 lbs., be substituted , instead; these measures being believ..d on many accounts to be
vernor with a valuable sword, " in admiration of his personal
bravery, and as a grateful memorial for his liberal forbearance,
more convenient. This change of weights, it is acknowledged
and kind consideration of their feelings during his Government."
would cost Emu ICO,OOO/. to 200,00( 1., but would be a benefit
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. cheaply purchased even at such a price.
Among other minor propositions, which appear as advised,
chester), to the rank of Commander.
PROMOTIONS. —Lieutenant—Thomas Fisher (of the Win-
are—l. A periodic comparison of the Exchequer standards
.Mates—T. Melesworth (of the Queen), for his great cool-
with the Parliamentary standards, as is done every ten years
ness and seamanship in the late disaster of the Mercury tender, in Prussia, the former of which being suspected at
the present
Horatio Foley Elliot, and J. Hamilton (of the Winchester), to minute nut very accurate, owing to this neglect. 2. That the
the rank of Lieutenant.
material of the present Exchi quer standards, soft yellow braes,
Acting Second. Master—James Scarlett (of the Mercury) to be changed for gun- metal, and that the stampine of the Ex-
the rank of Second Master. chequer mark, instead of being detrimentally fixec
(1826 APPOINTMENTS FOR PRO:al OTIONS.--.Commander Blow mer, be executed by a process of engraving instead dby a hare.
(1826),
), Lieutenants T. S. Brock, and W. J. c. (1,4.—1 . 'ea A I 0,1,1 N Mkt: and Aint., R.__ I ..x),..,... ..,0 ~eaticn, as Admiralty Lieutenant regarding local standards ; viz.—no direction fur the repeated
and• Mate, respectively to the Alf:ed. verification of them, by comparison with the Exchequer sten-
Areonerai esrs.—Captain—W. 11. Bruce, to time Agin- dards of certain times, by which many of the former are now
court, for the flag of Sir Thomas Cochrane.
erroneous to a l trge amount ; advises proviions fir the cok-
Commanders—John Paget, to !he Magnificent; E. B. Tin- nies in this respect, and that mural standards be fixed in
ling, to the Camperdown•
the various towns of the home kingdom, to be named by Acts
of Parliament, wherever assizes are held, er the population ex
Lieutenants—W. C. Coffin, to the Scylla ; Augustus Lark
(From Vindictive), to the Agincourt ; C. B. Hamilton, to be meads 10,000 persons.
Flag-Lieutenant to Resr- Admiral Ht.n. .1. Percy, inn Fermi- i INSPECTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Complains of the defectiveness of the present lawein this
dable ; George Pigot (vice Gennys), W. C. Nowell vice
respect, when by the office of Inspector is shown to be little
Leary (superseded ), T. S. APGregor (vice Lavie), and R. O'Brien (vies. Williams), to the Vindictive; 11. F. Elliot, to
other than a nullity; and that great irregularity in laic execution
of the laws is caused by the reservation of the privilege of in-
tim Carysfort ; R. D. Fowler, to the Formidable; R. D. Bed-
specting and stamping to certain corporate bodies, lea juries, A:-
ford (of the Vanguard), to the Queen ; W. R. Smith, and G.
J. Cunningham, to the Alfred; A. M. Noad, to the Isis; the ; Proposes, therefore, (78) that the powers cf Inspectors
of Weights and Measures Le extended and explained, so
Hon. Mark Kerr, to the Formidable; J. Bellairs, to be Ad-
as to enabla them to examine end seize for trial before
miralty Agent to her Majesty's West India Steam Packets;
Leigh, to the Cornwallis (to take passage in the Driver) ; a Magistrate, weights, measures, and vveighing.machines,
which they have good reason for supposing to be unjust,
James Rawstone, F. P. Egerton, T. M'Giegor, F. C. 0. 1). Whipple, and J. A. P. Baynter, to the Agincourt. i without warrant, wherever they are found; and also
to enter, for the purpose of such examination, any
Masters—William ( :Uhler, of the Victory) to be Maser of
the fleet in the Mediterranean ; J. Browning, to the Agin- place where goods are exposed, kept, measured, or weighed ;
court ; Thomas Elson (1824), to Victory. 1 and, with special warrant of a Magistrate, to enter for such
Second Masters—G. S. Wilkinson, to the Queen ;s. ' examination into any place whatever. 1 bat this system of in-
spection and registration be organized on a complete and tmi-
Beggs, to the Emerald tender; S. Johns, to the Agincourt.
form plan throughout the kingdom, with fsgadations of officers ;
Master's Assistant—Charles Paget, to the Volcano.
suggesting, however, that these duties might be efficiently per-
) urgeon—J. W. Reid, to the Agincourt.
formed by tie officers of Excise ; and that the powers of cor-
Mates—George Kerr, W. W. Tumour, Thos, Miller, AI. Lowther, J. C. Bailey, A. F. Kvnaston, John Reid, and W. porate bodies, lect juries, &c., above complained .f, boll
H. Haswell, to the Agincourt; Geo. H. Richards to the &w
y
abolished ; this last recommendation urged as of It h im-
Caledonia; Jto
. Apthorp, to the Elector ; W. Rees, to, the St. portance.
O
Vincent; H. G. Williams and C. Bromley, to the Vindic-
ther clauses relate to a more sufficient assurance being
F. given by the stamp upon tradesmen's weights being reformed.
tire n W. G. Johnson (in Wolverine), to the Ringdove ;
B. P. Seymour. to the Royal George.—( G. Wilkinson's ape :The Report closes with recommendations for the publication of
pointment to Wolverine., cancelled.)
an authorised table of denominations, for facilitating the intro-
Clerk—J. Z. de Montmorency, to be Clerk in Greenwich duction of a uniform system of weights and measures, and for
Hospital, vice Anderson, retired,
reconciling the habits of the people to so considerable a chee-
Volunteers lit Class—G. D. Gordon, to the Isis ;H. Baby,
to the hlonarah.
COAST GUARD—Lieutenants John Powell Branch (1841),
and Daniel Young (1822), to be Chief Officers.
Mr. W. Miller, Master of the Victory, is appointed Master
of the Fleet in the Mediterranean.
The duties of resident for Transports at Deptford have been
transferred to Captain Sir John Hid, Superintendent of the
Dock-yard there, and Lieut. Wentworth has been trausferred
to do the duty at Cork, as well also as that of Agent Victualler,
to the displacement of John Hill.

The Moniteur Parisien has a letter of Tuesayd
from Boulogne, giving au account of what appears to have been a
drunken quarrel between some French and English fishermen, off
the coast of England, of which the following are the principal cir.
cumstances, but in which there is no doubt some exaggeration :
" A Boulogne boat, while engaged in fishing, was hailed by another,
in which were two Englishmen, who asked for some brandy, which
they would pay for in fish, when they had caught some. The
Frenchmen refused, and one of the Englishmen went on board with
a knife, determined to enforce his demand, but was driven back
into his own boat. The two Englishmen got a reinforcement of
five of their companions, making their number equal to that in the
French boat. The Englishmen were, it is said, armed with knives;
the Frenchmen had nothing to defend themselves but the stones of
which their ballast was formed. Three of the Englishmen at..
tempted to board the French boat, but were tumbled into the sea,
and, while their companions were engaged in picking them up, the
French boat stood out to sea, and made off: No lives were lost
in this conflict, but one of the Frenchmen received a wound in the
hand from the Englishman who had the audacity to make the first
attack alone against seven."

DUTCH AN!) FLANDERS MAIL. •
BRUSSELS, FEB. 24.-=The average price of wheat last
week was 21f. 48e. and that of Bye I2f. 40c. per hectolitre.
A letter from Berlin of the 19th of February, has the
following paragraph :—" His Majesty the King has fixed
fier Wolnetqlay the 23d the solemnity of the betrothing
of the Prince Royal of Bavaria to the Princess Mary.
Her Majesty the Queen has received an autograph
letter from Queen Victoria, written in the German lan-
guage, in which her Majesty expresses her joy and gra-
titude for the visit which she has received from our
Monarch."
TnE HAGUE, FED. 24—Two days ago we published
letters from the Universities of Giessen and Leivaic,
soliciting the Governments to take vigorous measures to
suppress the practice of duelling, which has lately in-
creased to a frightful extent : the following is a letter
on the same subject, from Lidonia:—
" Deplorable scenes have occurred within these few
months in the University of Dorpal. Duelling, which
is prohibited among us, as in almost all eiviazed States,
has lately been revived among the students of our Uni-
versity, the consequence of which has been the death of
several your men. The scenes have displeased the :
Emperor in the highest degree, and have drawn down on
the transgressors severe punishment."
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTZRDAM, FED 23.
Money. Bins.
Aetwa Debt, .2% per Cent
Jitte, ditto 5 per coat.
Ainert Syndic, 4% percent 914 93
Ditto. ditto, 34 per cent 76% 7N
Commercial Company, 4!, per cent 15614 157!.,
Ditto (1835 and 11137) 5 per cent.
Lear, 1637, 5 per cent.
Exchange en London, One ment,
Twornonthe ...... 12 026
Dainburgh, One nlonth 35 75
Two dionthe
Dutch Papers, Feb. 25.
Bk.; Lel AN kUNDS—BaUssltts, FE8.23.
A ett:al Debt, 23.‘, per Cent.
flothechild's Lean, 5 per Cent IP24,
Lain of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 1314
3 per Cnlt. .....

BRIGIITOTN RAILWAY.—List of the nobility, &c.,
who have travelled by this line during the past week :—Earl of
Clancarty, Countess Powlett, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Rugby,
Hon. Misses Montague, Devereux, Ladies Fremantle, Goldsmid,
Sirs James Cockburn, Isaac Goldsmid, James Clark, Jeffery Wyatt,
John Key, Colonel Loftus, Mr. Sturt, M.P., Mr. Peel; Mr.
Irby, &c.
The Lyons papers state that, on the demand of the
Bishop of Agra, the Pope has authorised the sending of some re-
ligious sisters to the East Indies; that mission has been entrusted
• to the DaMes du Cceur de Jesus et de Marie of Lyons, and that in
a few days six sisters of that house will embark at Marseilles for
Calcutta. Among them are two French sisters, two Spanish, one
German, and one English.
A few days ago, a woman who was picking up
cinders on the Saiet-Etienne Railway, as she had for some time been
in the habit of doing, although frequently warned of the danger,
became the victim of her imprudence. . A train coming up, she
placed herself, with her sack on her head, by the side of the road,
but the sack being heavy fell forward, and dragged her with it. The
train passed over her, and she was in an instant deprived of life.
RAILWAY DIRECT FROM CIRENCESTER TO GHEE-
TENHAM.—it is with pleasure we find that arrangements are in
progress for bringing the matter in a tangible shape before the
public; a preliminary meeting will very shortly be held. That
Cheltenham should be without a railway direct to the metropolis,
while Brighton, Bath, and other fashionable watering places pos-
sess that advantage, is as inimical to her welfare as it is disgrace.
ful to her public spirit; more particularly so, when we consider
that a branch of the Great Western has for months past been open
to Cirencester, a distance of only 15 miles !—Cheltenham Journal.
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CANCER.---Dr. Bu-
chanan presented, a few days ago, before the students in the lea
ture-roons of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, a patient who has
been cured of cancer in the lip. Having cut the diseased part of
the llp away, the doctor cut a similar past oft' the chin, raised it,
and united it to the remaining half, by which a complete union
has been effected ; and, what is still more surprising, a new mu-
cous membrane formed, which, having a new action, gave reason
to expect a radical cure. Thus, by this operation, not only the
hideous appearance of the lip, but the saliva flowing from the
mouth, which would be a continual source of irritation to the pa.. •
tient, and tend to impair digestion, were entirely obviated.—Glas-
gore Courier.

Thirty .seven.

104
Loan of City, 142, 4 per Cf,,t;t r 2,t4
Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent
Saul; of Belfsium, 5 per ...... X
HationalSociety.

Exchloge on Lim(leri (short)
--
—Brussels Papers, Feb. 25.
AUMTUIAN FUND23..—VIENNA, FEE. IS.
Ylvoper Cyr:is. Metalliques

7cn:s.

~r Cents.

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A letter from Bayonne says, " the Bay of Biscay,
which bad been abandoned by the whales for the last 300 years, is
again visited by them. Several have been seen during the last
week by the fishermen on the coast between Biarris and Socoa."
According to a statement made recently by the
Marquis d'Audiffret, the fees of the notaries, avoues, huissiers, and
registrars in France, amount annually to a hundred millions of
francs. There are 15,850 notaries, 8,031 avoues. 12,290 huissiers,
635 registrars of tribunals, and 3,606 registrars of Justice de Paix.