Star.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

NUM liF. It ' 12,334.]

TO THE CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, AND SHARE-
HOLDERS OF THE BRITISH ANNUITY COMPANY.
Ourrtsasam,
HAVING been tkis day unanimously elected Soli-
citurs to your respectable Company, we avail ourselves of
.the earliest opportunity to express our grateful acknowledgments
for the honour, and we beg to assure you, that no exertions on our
art shall be wanting to prove that your confidence has not been
misplaced.—We base the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient humble servants,
BOURDILLON AND HEWITT.
Bread-street, August 24, 1826.

QYSTEMS. STATES, and MEN, have the r Rise,
h... 7 ;their Zenith, and Decline. The only System ever known to
reach the Zenith of Greatness in the last hour of its existence is
the State Lottery of England ; which is doomed by Parliament to
expire for ever on the very next Day of Drawing, anti yet it possesses
a greater display of Sterling Capitals than was ever known before,
having no less than SIX magnificent Prizes of £30,000 each,
without Blanks, In every Ticket is sure ea Prize. The whole to
be decided in One Day, Waactsnai, 18th October, when all Lot.
teries end for ever.
Tickets and Shares are setting by add J. Swim's:in; Con-
tractors, No. 37, Cornisill ; 11, Holborn, and 38, Haymarket;
who Shared and Sold 12,478, a Prize of A:30,000-3,613, £21,035
—and is the last Lottery, 1,763, €21,000-3,925, £21,000!

A TOUR IN FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND
FOR YOUTH.
This day was published, in Two Vols. 18mo. price ss. neatly
half baul.d,

EDWARD and ALFRED'S TOUR in FRANCE
and SWITZERLAND, in the year 1624. By the Author
of " TALES OF BOYS AS THEY ARE."
Printed for Baldwin, Cradoek, and Joy, Paternoster-row ; and
William Jachcon, and Co. 195, St. Clement's, Strand; where also
may be had, the following entertalnining Books for Children:
The CAMBRIAN EXCURSION, intended to inculcate a
Taste for the Beauties of Nature • and to direct the attention of
Young People to sources of mental improvement. With a beauti-
ful Frontispiece, price 2s. 6d. half-bound.
The PEASANTS of CHAIIIOUNI ; containing an account of
an attempt to reach the Summit of hlontblauc, and a delineation
of the Scenery among the Alps; Second Edition, in lthno. with a
Frontispiece, half-bound, 2s. 6d.
to- This little volume contains a; account, adapted to the ju-
venile Reader, of the attempt to reach the summit of Montblanc,
made by Dr. Hamel and a party of friends, in which severakof
the Guides were overwhelmed by an avalanche of snow.
ALFRED; or, the Youthful Enquirer, in which many of the
operations of Nature and Ait are familiarly explained, and adapted
to the comprehension of Children. With an elegant Frontispiece,
price 2s. 6d. half-bound.
V/' CONTENTS The Ivy-leaved Crowfoot—the Kaleidoscope—
Globe of Goldfish—the Fruitful Vine---the Morning Walk—the
Old Woodman—Stick of Sealing Wax—the Magnetic Swan—a
Breakfast Conversation—Little Experiments, &c.
• EDUCATION at HOME; or, a Father's Instructions: con-
sisting of Miscellaneous Piece* for the Instruction and Amuse-
ment of Young Persons from Ten to Twelve Years of Age. With
an elegant Frontispiece, price Ss. 6d.
POETRY WITHOUT FICTION; for Children between
the Ages of Three and Seven : with the Conversations of a Mother
with her Children, intended to make the latter comprehend what
theT learq, and to convey such instruction as may arise out of each
subject. Bl A Mother. With a Frontispiece, price 25. neatly
half-bound.

BOYS AS THEY ARE, in a Series of Tales. Price •2s. neatly
balf.bound. with a Frontispiece.
ELVES of LEA LINED and EMINENT MEN, taken from
authentic sources, adapted to the Use of Children of Four Years
old and upwards. In Two Toll. lihno. with Portraits, price ss.
In all previous compilations of this son, `teat Conquerors
appear to have been made the prominent characters, as if their
example alone were worthy of imitation. The Author of the pre-
sent little work being of a contrary opinion, has selected- such as
seemed best calculated to convince young persons that industry,
perseverance, and firmness, gentleness and kindness of disposition,
are among the truest sources of lasting happiness. Either Volume
is told stparately.