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being grouped and penciled with a tasteful hand. We T HE PROVIDENT -cordially recommend this periodical to the p u bli c , f or BENEFIT ASSOCIATIO. • its strong sense, and its natural tone. 41, Moorgate-street. THE ALMANACK FOR THE MONTH. Gilbert I Beckett, Horace Mayhew, and Mark Lemon are among the contributors to the present number of this monthly repository of fun. There are materials for half a dozen excellent farces, at least, in this num ber of the Almanack. THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S MAGAZINE. Very excellent in its tyrgraphy, and equally miscel laneous in its literature, this magazine reflects honour on the taste and judgment of the editress. One of the most sensible articles in the May number, is the one en titled " The influence of English Women on English Li terature." We commend it to all fair readers as the ex position of a new field in which their " influence" has operated. THE KNIGHT OF G W YNNE. Part IV. Though comparatively few incidents are introduced in these chapters, more interest is excited for the vari ous characters of the tale, and those characters are more fully develop e d th an in all the preceding chapters in the three former numbers. The debate in the Irish Parlia ment is depicted with peculiar skill, especially in the episode of Bagenal Daly's quarrel. All the most inter es ing personages of the story are placed in a somewhat embarrassing plight by the flight of the Knight's lawyer to America, and the part het'. ,re us ends with the prepa rations made by Daly for his pursuit to Liverpool during a tempestuous night. Mr. Lever has chosen a most ex citing epoch in his country's history for the period his story. PICTORIAL BALLADIST. Part I 111. PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. Part VIII. These are an econordcal ser i es of poetry that can never diminish in the estimation of mankind ; and it is ever a source of gratification to us to see co pi es o f them multiplied for circulation at a cheap rate among the populace, Such editions we lock upon as boons to the people. There are twenty-four neat woo d engrav i ngs in the numbers lying upon our desk. They are neatly printed ; and the text is accurate in most instances. HEE. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Patrons of the Operas, and the Public are respect fully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place When will be THIS EVENING performed( for the first time this Season), Rossini's Opera, entitled, LA GAZZA LADRA. Ninety Madame Grisl ; Pippo, Madlle. Brambilla ; Gianetto, Signor Mario; Fodesta„ Signor Signor Fornasari. Lablache ; Fernando Villabello, In the course of the Evening, a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which w!ll be presented a Pas de Trois, by Mdlle. Taglioni, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse and 31encelet. To be followed by the last Act of Donizetti's Opera, LINDA. DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellan, Madne. C. Brambilla, Signor Corelli, Signor Botelli, and Signor F. Lablache will appear. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, re-arranged in Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; ou, LA FILLS DU FEU. Perephite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, 31. Gosselin ; Emi;zor, M. St. Leon (his first appearance this season); Alma, Mdlle. Cerito (her first ap pearance this season). In which will be introduced the admired Pas de Fascination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdiles. Cerito, De medsze, Moneelet, Cassan, and 31. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas de Trois, by Madlle. Cord% M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlle. Demelisse. THILATitE ttoiA 1„ DitUltY-LANE. T,113 EVENING ' Will be performed an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho l'anza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho, Mr. King ; Rovedos, Mr. S. Jones; Basillus, Mr. Allen ; Quiterta, Miss Rainforth. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced Les Pas des Flours, by thirty-s - x of the celebrated Danseuses. And at the end of the Opera, twenty-four Danseuses Viennoises will execute the famous Pas Ilongrols. fter which, the celebrated Bell t of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, Mathis; Marion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien ; Giselle, MdLle. Sall; Mirtha, Millie. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. TUIATR ROYAL. a infARKET. THIS EVENING Vlll he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. C) mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; . More craft, Mr. W. Farren : Sir John Coveniale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. A. Holl; Horace Wahl rave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermarn, J Eland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Covirdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Soymonr. The Nand will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Thawlo;" the "Post Horn Galop," "Antoinette," Cell:trial Waltz ; tha "Chatsworth QUadrilles;" and the " LWnow Polka." - To be succeeded ).3 , an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe; Paddy Ryan, sir. Hudson; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr: Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, an experiormt will be tried upon TIIE BIRDS OF .ARISTOPILINES : on which occasion they will be presented to tie public with new Yame,, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury. Prindal, Caulfield, T. F. athews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY; THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDE.EI,! After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin dos! characters by Yessrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Did,.fear, and Keeley; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To cwiclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Specs. taee, Mande(' upon ceitaiii — Sr - rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN 11001) AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION,. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairhrother, Miss M. Keeley, MissVillars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley (her first appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. NI a•tliews, Mr. Kee'ey, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. It 01" A t., A bELPIII. THIS EVENING W3l !. - ‘e performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO MO:MERV ; o', Who's to Father - Me? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lair • ranherry, Miss oolgar. After waich a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND Y It WIFE TO CA3IIIERAVELL ? Chesterfield lloneybUn, Mr. Wri..ht; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Ilonoyhtut, Miss Emtna Harding. To be followed by the Burle:one, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, Tile Loadsione Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Pan! His laird. Mr. Minivan!, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, criltled THE UNFINISHED GEN. TLE MAN, Bill Downey, 31r. Wright; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M, Tay!or ; Mary Chintz, Miss Wool gar. PRINCESS'S TNEATRE, OXFORD-STAEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Play of PIZARRO, with the original Music. Rolla, Mr. Wall ack ; Alonzo, Mr. Murray; Orozembo, Mr. Cooper; Pizarro, Mr. Ryder; High Priest, Mr. Leffler; Elyira, Sirs. Tertian; Cora Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Miss Baffin and Miss Marshall will appear. Ts conclude with_ a Ne . w_ Drains, entitled ERNESTINE. The princpal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Waliack, Leigh Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. AsTLEY'% ROYAL AM PIIITIIEATI:E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. Triumphant career of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his steed," aided by the Double Stud, Beautiful Scenery, Original Effects, &c. Second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entit:ed, " The Post-Boy - of St. Austle ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. E itire Change in the Scenes of the Circle, and mogniflcent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. 11:7STLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six Intl commence at seven o'clock. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Jun., Esq. C CLERKS' MUTUAL IN AND BENEVOLENT FUND, W. G. Prescott, Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild. TEE.A.VEZB OF THE ' BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Forms of proposal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet every sontingency, Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, with every information, may be had at the 011111cee, where donations and subscriptions to the Benevolent Fund are received April 29, 1846. THOS. lIIILLTIIDEI, Socretary. In NAVY, A HISTORY OF the THE Press, ROYAL FRENCH FR R OM EVO T L IT U E TI C L N . By Sir NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C .M.G. QITEST TO THE WARS OF THE " The Ring's navy exceeds all others in the world for three things, viz., beauty, strenth, and safety. For beauty, they are so many clf nsive walls of the realm. royal palaces; for strength, so many moving c astles and barbicans ; and for safety ; they are the most beasts, or falcons amongst fearful fowls. Lord Coke's Fourth Amongst the ships of other nations, they are like lions amongst silly In stitute. England has long been the first maritime country of the w or ld ; but, incredible as it must seem, England has no adequate hi s t ory o f the foundation, the progress, or even of the establishment of that Navy, to which she chiefly owes her fame, her dominions, and her pre-eminence among nations. Satisfied with contemporary triumphs, with the great naval heroes of our own time, and with her present greatness, she has almost forgotten that her mighty Navy is by no means of modern creation ; that there were battles of scarcely less importance than those which grace our more recent annals; and that Nelson, St. Vincent, Howe, and Duncan, had their prototypes in Howard, Blake, Benbow, Rooke, Vernon, Hawke, and Rodney. Were the subject merely of antiquarian interest, such indifference would not be surprising; but the neglect which has been shown to the Naval History of Great Britain ill becomes a literary, and is absolutely a reflection upon a patriotic, people. The " most de fensive walls of the realm" ought, assuredly, long since to have had so complete and so perfect a history, as should have left nothing for subsequent writers except comment and continua tion ; but this is not the case, and there is consequently all but overwhelming difficulty in attempting to supply the deficiency. Though the materials for the purpose are immense, all the original sources of information are scattered in so many different reposi tories—the Tower, and other Record Offices, Admiralty, State Paper Office, British Museum, &c.—and require so much labour to examine and condense them, that the attempt to write a History of the ' British Navy during the first seven centuries of its existence, may, perhaps, be compared to that of one of our early navigators, who, when undertaking at private risk, and by his unassisted efforts, a long and distant voyage, had, as it were, to create his own dock yard, and to construct his own charts, but who nevertheless felt that though the fame of his country might not be enhanced by the suc cess of the enterprise, yet that far higher considerations were in volved than mere loss or gain to the Adventurers, or peril to the re potation of her Commander. Labour and Perseverance, may how ever accomplish much ; and it is hoped that the proposed work will, ' in some degree at least. supply a great deficiency in our National I Literature. It is not intended t 8 bring the work to a later period than the com mencement of the Revolutionary war in 1793, because there are several histories of the navy since that time, and particularly the carefully compiled Naval Ilistory by Mr. James. The work will be comprised in six volumes octavo ; and the first volume will be published in October next. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48; Highest, 64; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 29.73.—W1ND W.; fine. Yllitf WATER AT LONDON-(RIDGE THIS DAY. Iferning 8 minutes after 11. I Evening .. 38 minutes after ii. 7 4. • I .ZN = , e DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SUKREY THEATRE. Constant 'Novelty! Continued attraction of the Virginian llar monist.. Re-engagement of the I)eulin Family. 'Wonderful effects by Herr INicolo, front St. l'etersbulgh. Tills EVENINeI _ _ Will be performed a New Play, entitled ,BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by me , srs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Heslop, Edgar ; Mesthus. 11. Vining, Martin, Dal'', c. After which aie Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicol°. 10 conclude with THE LAS KLSS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Mecsrs. Flughes, Johnson, Rogers, Con - ell, Lewis, Heslop, Mesdnys. Yining and Martin will support the principal characters. , ROYAL VICTORIA T Triumphant Success Repetition of " The Bride's Journey." FOR THE BENEFIT OF A ' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE WISEST MAN ; or, a Tale of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Sear:e, Burton, Tindell ; 111:IA Vincent, and Miss Jefferson. After which, selections from the Tragedy of HAMLE C. Hamlet, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with an Original Drama, called TIIE DOOM OF GUILT : or, The Norman Tiger. Supported by the entire strength of the Victoria Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE, ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete est la sante de l'ama, La tristesse en est le poison." THIS EVENING PIIILLIPPE bogs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER EN TER TAT , 111 cNTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa tur,lay Morning, and every Evening until further notice. M. PiIILLIPPF. will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. l'hillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. 31, Philippe will also have the honour of introducing uj OiIANDAIOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Tramp. formations. The Entertinmeats will be varied by the Daaeing of the CH I _1 I? I N I 1.11 I LY, and the Olympi c G am b ols of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. 'file Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Even 114 at a quarter to Eight. tall 3 i• 11..xes, 23.; rit, Is.; Gallen', 6d.; Private Boxes, S . • 11. 13., and 10s. 6d. AAIBERGATE, 0 ETINGHAN, and BOS TON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY, and GRAND UNION RAILWAY. The Directors of !Nth the aFaretompanies have great pleasure in annowwinz that an arningement tißs been made and fully concluded upon, wl•ereby all competition between the Companies has ceased, and that they now cordiaily unite in endeavouring to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, anti Eastern Junction Line. JOHN GOUG. I, Secretary to the A mbergate, &c. Company. ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary to the Grand Union Company. London, May 6, 1846. ANCIIESTE-R - , MIDLAND,_ and GREAT j GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of recent resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, a meeting of the 11414.ers of scrip, or banker's receipts, entitling the parties to claim scrip of the Man chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway Company, will be held at the company's offices, in Rotherham, in the West Riding of the county of York, on FRIDAY, the Hith day of May inst., at twelve o'clock at i eon precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the Bill now before Parliament, for making a Railway from the Sh:ffNd, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man chester Railway at Wortley, to join the G eat Grimsby and Sheffield Railway near to Bole, with branches therefrom. The votes will be taken at the meeting according to the amount of aerie held by each person present, who will be required to exhibit the same, and to furnish the secretary with a written memorandum of his or her name aml address, and the denoting numbers of the scrip produced, these particulars being required to be stated in the tt 1 cote, which must be luked wills Parliament before' the third reading of the Bill. Noti.—all per Tons producing sci ip at the above meeting will be nthled to vote in respect thereof, it issued prior to the 31st of March last ; but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrip not actually produced, except in cases where the deposit on shares allotted has been pail prior to the 31st of March last, but the scrip for such shares has not been issued in which case th,e production of the banker's receipts for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of scrip. To facilitate the arrangements of the meeting, the Secretary will attend at the offices of the company, in High-street, Rotherham, every day previous to ti c meeting, trom•ten to three o'clock, to re• ceive and arrange the scrip, and those shareholders who cannot con veniently attend the meeting, are particularly requested to transmit their scrip certificates, or banker's receipts, with their name and address to the Secretary. at the offices, without delay, and the Chair man will vote for theta in such manner as they m a y request. The receipt of scrip certificates or banker's receipts will be ac. knowhdged by return ef post, and returned to the owners irnmedt. ate'y alter the meeting J)1 . 0. ALDRED, Chairman. FRAS. PARKER, Secretary. Rotherham, May 7, 1946. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. HE s sit§7 AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Ste., take place every TuasnaT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, rhreadneedle-street, London, to which place all Avours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested t. be addressed. Ail Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa nination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and sdvices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, Ind the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. flt LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1846. Strikes of journeymen carpenters, masons, and other arti ficers engaged in the construction of buildings, have pre vailed for some time in the most industrious parts of the country, and the disposition on the part of other kinds of workmen and labourers to follow the example is manifesting itself in some new shape almost every day. Such a combi nation, or unanimity of feeling, or by whatever other name it may be called, is universally regretted. The labourers re sort to it as the last necessity ; they have tried, they say, other means, and can find no other by which they can obtain a fair increase of wages. There is a great demand for labour ; the contractors are making fortunes by their undertakings, while the hands on whom they entirely depend are half starved on 255. a week. We will admit all these facts—we will admit that in many contracts the mas ters could pay better wages, and that in such instances they act an unworthy and ungrateful part towards the hard working and skilful labourer; but the great question for the unfortunate journeymen is, "will the strike be effectual?" We are compelled to answer in the negative. Times are not now as they were forty years ago, when high bounties were given for militiamen, when such masses of young men were wanted for the army and navy, and countless other departments, here as well as in the colonies—then a strike was effectual, because the supply did not exceed the demand. The masters had no remedy— they had no reserve to fall back upon, and if the demand was not speedily complied with, there was no alternative but to stop the works ; and that was of little avail, because such was the scarcity of labourers, that if any lengthened de lay took place, one-half of the men had found employment elsewhere; and to obtain a supply, the masters were obliged to give higher wages than even those which they had at first refused. What is the state of the country now? Notwithstanding the vast works in railways carried on, and the rage for speculation, some time ago, evinced by so many companies, notwithstanding the increase f wealth and the consequent employment of capital furnish ing labour, the supply still far exceeds the demand. How can it be otherwise ? Even independent of the drain for the army and navy and colonies forty years ago, there are at least 100 workmen now for 50 in 1800. Since that period the population of Great Britain has nearly doubled. In 1801 the total population of England, Wales, and Scotland was 10,942,646, while at the last census, in 1841, it had reached 18,844,434 and now it is fully 20,000,000. Cannot the jour neymen see the great disproportion between the two periods, and how injuriously it must tell against them if they perse vere long in the strike? There are ten times the Humber of men now fit to supply the deficiency that there was when strikes were successful, and besides they ought to learn from experience. In later times the attempt to dictate to the masters has, we believe, in every instance failed. Several Of the trades tried it on a grand scale, among others the journey men tailors, some ten or twelve years since; so did the jour neymen masons, and other workmen, at the new Houses of Parliament, but both attempts fell to the ground. The con tractors in a few weeks found masons and carpenters in other parts of the country ready to submit both to the pay and to the foreman put over them, and the unfortunate ,‘ strikers," after exhausting the greater part of their reserved fund and starving their families, were forced to find employ ! ment elsewhere. The tailors were defeated by the women, for greater numbers of the weaker sex were taken into em ployment, and performed all the light work formerly done by the men; and from the very nature of things and the work ing of circumstances no other result could have been antici pated. If workmen can be had, a strike never can be effec tual. The masters ars generally men of capital or great credit ; they can afford to wait events—the journeymen have not the means. If we except the combination funds, they can rarely obtain a livelihood for a month —very few of them have saved a quarter's wages, most of them have nothing to depend upon but the wages they receive every Saturday night. Th e wants of their families alone must soon make a class of thi s kind yield ; and besides, every class ,except their own class is against them. l'ilev4fiewerevbncli.feartll odds against a party i n a contest. against them, so are le g i s l ators, erncontractorzent ithse masters of all trades and cra ft s , all est+ushed authorities; and even private individuals, take p in the dispute, and generally against the journeyme4. We remember the present Viscount HARDINGE, when speaking in the House of Commons on the tailors' strike, stated that he would walk through the streets, wearing a coat with a hole at each elbow, for any period, rather than encourage such combination. He was cheered by the whole House. We have mentioned these facts for th e g O o d o f the workmen and their families, with the fullest convi c ti on that they can only injure themselves by their perseveran ce , an d that scarcely in any one instance have they the sli g ht est grounds for anticipating any other result. Among the various benevolent institutions which have been at different periods c alled into existence, w e remember none more thoroughly entitled to public sympathy and public patronage than those undertaken for the reformation of juvenile offenders. Recently we have often endeavoured to impress this most important consideration upon the minds of the reading and thinking people; we have gladly availed ourselves of the very smallest opportunity for developing the true philanthropy involved in the maintenance of these ,establishments, conscious that what cannot be realised by a coup de plume may be accomplished through the instru mentality of perseverance and repetition. In this manner we have not continued indolent or indifferent spectators of the struggles made of late by many excellent persons for the propagation of these charitable ideas. On the contrary, we have yielded the accordance of our commendation to the praiseworthy exertion of such men as the Recorder of Bir mingham and the Solicitor to the City of London ; rejoiced, as we were, to perceive such a laudable anxiety for the sup pression of vice in its most incipient and consequently in ita most dangerous state, coupled with such facilities for the development and dissemination of the wishes entertained by two influential public officers. Other persons we gladly recognised, though, for comprehensible reasons, their names were not adduced, aiding manfully with their voices, their • pens, and their subscriptions for the more universal adoption of these views of social improvement. Literary genius and oratorical eloquence were alike striving to foster these pecu liarly humanising doctrines, and without the introduction of sectarian differences (too often the bane of similar intentions) emulated each other in their self-imposed exer tions. Seeing these noble efforts for the reclamation of so many thousands of our eontemned fellow-creatures, we were filled with sentiments of the most sanguine satisfaction ; and animated with the prospect of some ulterior realisation of these dreams, we snatched at the most meagre coincidence that transpired, in relation to the subject, for the purpose of keeping attention alive to the disease and to its remedy—to the poison and to its antidote. Upon these hopeful princi ples we have mow proceeded for a considerable time, ever looking for a traceable increase of interest in behalf of such establishments as might be commenced upon the reformatory system, ever looking for a material multiplication of their funds, for an equally material addition to the number of chil dren received into such institutions, and an extension of similar branch institutions in different quarters of the pro vinces. Our anticipations in this regard have, however, up to the present moment continued most miserably delu sive ; and, instead of an improvement upon what had been already accomplished, there has been a most unanticipated deficiency where deficiency was hitherto unknown. We are reduced to an acknowledgment of these unfortunate facts from circumstances which have just transpired in relation to an establishment of the character in question, viz., the Philanthropic Society, St. George's-fields- This Society, formed for the especial purpose of the recep tion of such juvenile offenders as have been themselves com mitted for crimes, proceeds upon the following system : " The uniting the religious and general education of the child with his practical instruction in some useful branch of industry that sheuld enable him to maintain himself in after life by his own honest exertions." Nothing could be more definitely expressed, nothing could present more satisfactory views of the benefit derivable from the existence of such a society to the community at large. Nor does it bear about it the impress of benevolence only ; it has the characteristic also of promoting social economy, as well as of promoting social happiness. Those are the pre acknowledged facts of this Association ; now, what has been the nature of its reception ? What has been its prosperity ? What treatment has it received at the hands of that society it was established to benefit ? We take shame to ourselves in undergoing the humiliation of such an announcement of the public behaviour towards this admirable institution ; we do so, because we grieve for the inconceivable lethargy of the people, when they should have been up and stirring. Yesterday an annual dinner of the Philanthropic Society gave occasion to the announcement of these unsatisfactory particulars, in regard to which our remarks have reference; and it is over the admissions there made of its want of pros perity that our lamentations are uttered. The particulars are these. The accommodations at an time available for inmates in the Philanthropic Society are small enough, GOD knows ! They are horribly disproportioned to the multi plicity of children implicated in criminal acts; these accom modations amounting in the aggregate to not more than one hundred. One hundred children for the thousands of such children running loose about the streets and bye-way s of the metropolis! Well, small as this number appears, infinitely paltry as it is in itself, we observe that " the pressure on the Society's finances compels them at present to limit that number to fifty !" and those fifty of only a single sex—females. Thus no assistance whatever can be tendered by the Philanthropic Society to the vast number of abandoned ' boys destitute in mind and body—who infest the capital of our rich and civilised England—in themselves swarms, as it were, of embryo crimes! May we not literally regard these facts respecting the Philanthropic Society as an exemplar of the veritable condition of philanthropy in society? May we not receive them as an evidence that benevolence with the public is very bountiful in tongue, but very stinting in donations— that the public is a millionaire in professions of commissera tion, but actually a bankrupt in charity? We fear an answer to these interrogations, unless some active movement be made for their reversal. The proceedings which took place last night at the London Tavern, on behalf of the Provident Clerks' Association, and which are fully recorded in another part of our paper, may be looked upon in a national point of view. To see the Pre sident of the Board of Trade patronising such an excellent institution, which so much contributes to the moral and so cial welfare of the executive body which carry out all our great commercial transactions, viz., the clerks, is at once an evidence of his Lordship's nobleness of heart, and of the im portance which he attaches to means so legitimate as are carried out by this Society. But to hear from the lips of one of her MAJzsrt's Ministers, and that one the President of the Board of Trade, that the sentiments he uttered in recommending clerks to assure, were not merely " vox et pratereanihtl," but that what he recommended he personally practised, and had himself assured his own life, is proof po sitive that his Lordship not only approves of the general principles of societies, such as the Provident Clerks' Association, but that he is entirely satisfied with the manner in which those principles are practically worked out. The Earl of DALnousuc, by taking the chair at the anniversary dinner of the Provident Clerks' Association has borne most important testimony in favour of the general utility of that admirable institution--an in stitution which, to use the words of the Noble Earl, " has this recommendation, that there are none whose means are so small but may obtain advantage from it—no man is so poor, no clerk so humble, but may join in order to provide for the wants of the future by contributing towards its funds, which will be fostered and cherished and paid to the utter most farthing." It is not surprising that an association of such great value, and so ably conducted should increase in" pros perity with every passing year in great and rapid proportion." It has gone on nearly doubling itself every year since its first formation. The year 1845 is stated to have been the most prosperous since the first formation of the Society, and the three first months of 1846 have been not only equally pros perous, but doubly so. The Society has increased, is in creasing, and will continue to increase. The infant of some five years since is the giant of to-day, and the Provident Clerks' Association now ranks among the first, if not the first in this commercial kingdom. A letter from Copenhagen of the 26th ult. says : "The Prince Royal of Denmark has just made art appli tion to be divorced from his wife, the Princess Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he married in July, 1811 (his second wife), end who in 1844, after a discussion with her husband, withdrew to Neustrelitz to her family, where she has since remained. The suit will be tried in our capital by a commission composed of ecclesiastics and laics, partly chosen by the King of Denmark, and partly by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The application for dissolv ing the marriage is founded on the grounds of insurmount able aversion (odium invincible), which, according to the Lutheran religion, to which both parties belong, is sufficient to warrant the annulation of the marriage. The Prince Royal of Denmark had been first married to his cousin, the Princess Guillemine-Marie, daughter of the late Frederic VI. of Denmark, from whom he is also divorced. The Danish journals announce that as soon as the divorce between the Prince Royal and the Princess Caroline shall have been pro nounced the King will grant him a dispensation of the delay of three years, before the expiration of which time, according to our laws, persons divorced cannot again contract marriage. The Prince, it is said, will marry during the present year his cousin, the Princess Augusta, daughter of the Landgrave, William of Ilesse-Cassel, and of the Princess Louise-Char lotte, sister of King Christian VIII. of Denmark." Madrid papers of the 29th have arrived. As the towns of Lugo, Pontevedra, and Vigo, have surrendered to the QUEEN'S troops, the Spanish Ministry consider the insur rection in Galicia at an end. RIIBLN DE SOLIS and the insurgent junta escaped from Vigo on board the ship of war El Nervion, which, with a guarda coasta, had joined the in surgents. They had sailed either for the coast of Portugal or for Gibraltar. Of the prisoners taken the Government had directed that all officers holding the rank of captain, or any superior rank, should be shot, and that all other pri soners should be sent to the colonies. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINJ of Russia was expected to arrive at Cadiz shortly. 3Lumun, BO SA, APRIL 29.—Three per Cents. 317 for cash ; Exchange on London, 3714. ' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, including about 1,500 for export and on speculation. Prices were pretty well maintained.--There was not so good a market for Shares, and prices receded. There are some accounts from Port Melbourne at the Jerusalem Coffee-house this morning, but they are singularly barren of intelligence of importance. The colony, on the whole, seems to be rather in an improved state. It is a fact that the potato crop has shown symptoms of disease in the colony as well as here and elsewhere. Some Van Diemen's Land papers have also come to hand, but there is no recent intelligence in them. The West India papers and letters were delivered this morning, but their contents have been entirely anticipated, so far as news of a commercial character is concerned. It is understood in mercantile circles that the correspond ence to be forwarded by the India mail (tbe letter bags for which will be made up this evening) will be upon a most ex tensive scale. The latest advices from the Presidencies of the East Indies, as well as from China, notice a better demand for assorted manufactures, and the consequence is, that many preparations are making to supply the markets in the directions referred to just now. Accounts have been received from Valparaiso to-day, rather later in point of date than those before obtained. The contents of the letters are of interest only to those to whom they are addressed, one point excepted that confidence had much increased in trading pursuits. The Consol Market has been scarcely so firm to-day as yesterday. A great deal of business has however been however transacted for Money—little for the Account. The Exchequer-bill market is firm at 245. to 275. premium, a sure indication that money is not in any considerable request. The current price of Consols for the Account has been 96% 3 %, for Money 96% % ; for the New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. 97 1 4 %; and for Bank Stock 205 1 / 2 and 204 3 %. The market is rather heavy just now. India Stock is at 264, or 1 per cent. higher than yesterday. The Foreign Stock Market is rather flat. Mexican Boids have receded to 31 3 for the Account. The Peruvian Stock has advanced from 3734 to 39 1 / 2 . Spanish Three per Cents. command 37; Brazilian of 1839, 82; and the Dutch Four per Cents. 91 3 % to 92 1 4. In the Railway Share Market there is a good business doing. Prices are pretty firm. BRITISII FUNDS. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the contents of which are of very little interest. The Western Railway Bill passed the Chamber of Deputies on that day. CLOSING PRICES. 204 N 95% ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. • • • • • • . 205 1 % 204% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 % % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 %%s New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97%'4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 10 1-16 10 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 7.16 India Stock .. .. 264 India Bonds, 1,0001. • • • • Ditto, under Imo/. • • 33 South Sea Stock • • •• .. Ditto, New Annuities • • • • 95 Consols for Account • • • • •• 9 6% % Exchequer Bills. 130. 134 d. 1,0001... .... 24 27 pm, 27 500/. -• .• .... 24 27 pm. 27 Dittb. Small .... 24 27 pm. 27 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 96 97U 10 3-16 FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82 82 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31% 31% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 3234 31% 31% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. 3834 3954 393 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 37% 3934 39 34 Russian Bonds • • • • • • .. 110 1 ,( Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 51% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. • • • • 37 37 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 42 Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9634 9634 Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 56 56 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 5934 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92% 92% PRICES OF BUSINESSDONE AT CLOSING PAID. RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen _ _ _ .. • • .. 10 .. • . 5 ........ 6 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% 2% Bristol and Exeter ••.• 75 5 -. • • 84% ..... ... 84% Ditto, New . • • • • • • • • .... 10% l llO4 Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 425. .... 4 par .. • Caledordan .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 7% % Ditto, Half Shares . • • • • • 2 % •• • • ••••• • • • • • 2 Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 2 % •• • • 1 % ••••• • • • • • IN Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... ___ .. _ IN Derby and Crewe .. • • • • • • 2 % •• • • 6 %%••: • • • • • 65i Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... % . Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 534 .... 3% ——— _ _ 3% Direct Northern .. • - • • • • 2 % •• • • 2 % M•••• • • • . 2% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 7% .......... 7.x Dublin and Galway • • • • • • Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23% %%...... 23% Ditto New .. .• • • • • 8/. 165..... .... _ _ .• 7 % I Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p .. if 1 Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 1 / P•••• • • • • 34 Ditto, York Extension .. .. 108 ..... 1 % %21 N . . 1 3Fi Eastern Union .. • • • • • • 25 .... Do. Extension to Norwich .. 234 .... 1% ...... „ _ 1 Do. Cambridge and Ely .. • • 2 % •• • • 1 % . East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • 1 4 -• • • 1 4%••• • • • • • I % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... ___ , ; I)itto 34 Shares .. • • • • • • 10 18 Ely and Huntingdon • • • • • • 7 % •• • • 5 ••••• • - • • • 534 Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 428..... M p par • • par Great Western .. .• • • •• 85 •• • • 155 ••••• • • • • • 155 Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 50 •• • • 88 ••••• • • • • • 88 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • 5 •• • • 18 •• • • Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .. 20 .... 35% ..... . 35% Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .. • • 434 ••••.. • • • • 434 Harwich & Eastern Count. Junct. 2 .... .. ..... ... 1 Hull and Selby .... .. .. 50 •..104 .......... 104 Ditto, Halt ohares • • • • • • 7 .... 261 .... 26% Lancaster and Carlisle • . .. 40 .• •• •• • ...... 58 1 ,4 Ditto New .. .. • • .• • • S —•• 10% ••••• •••• 11 Leicester and Bedford ...... 225..... % dis... •• .. 34 dts Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234.... 2 54.... •••• •• 214 London an i Birmingham . —lOO —22834 ..... . . . • . 228% Ditto Quarters •.. .. .. .. 2 .... 29 • • ........ 29% Ditto Fifths .. .. _ 2 • ... 25 .......... 25 London and Blackwell .. 161. I3s. 4d. 8% .. .... .• • • 8% London and Brighton .. .. .. 50 •• .. 65% 66 .•• • • . 66 Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. .. 20 .... 31% 32 ...... 32 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 223434 .... •• • • 2234 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... ..... ..... 10 London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .... 1% 1.. London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 106. 79% 78 ...... Ditto, New . _ .. 12%.... 2334 .... • • .... London and York .. .. ~ .. 2%.... 2%..—. . . . . . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234.. • • 1% .......... Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... 7 .... • ..... Lynn and Dereham .. .. .. 10 .... 6% • • ........ Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... .... ...... Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .• 3 .... 13 12% ...... Ditto Extension .. .. .. 425. .... .. ...... .. ... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. .. . — Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 •• • • 9 . • 8% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 134 %p•• .. • • 1% p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% 2.. ••.. • . 2 Midland .. .. .• • • .. ..100 .. •• 154 ...... •• • • 154 Ditto; New ~•• •• .. 18 ...• 33 3234 33 1 A .. 33% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....124 . . . 124 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 45 .::. :: •—• :. 45 Ditto, New . • • • • • 1 .... 1 0 Newcastle and Berwick 10 .. .. 10 .... 20% %—.... • • 20% North British .. .. .• • • • • 22% .. _ 30 _ ...... ~2 9% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14 .. -. 2% ••—.. • • North Kent and Direct Dover • • 234 ... • 1% %..• • • • North Staffordshire _ • • •• 425..... 41...% p 4% p Norwich and Brandon . • • 20 .... 27 ...... • • • • Northmpton,BanburY•BCChelthm. 2 .... 1••.•• • • • • • 1 Oxfd., Gosport, Portsmouth., and Southampton • • .• • • • • 425..... 3 A dis % dig. Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 1234 .... 9% —••.. • • • • 9 Perth and Inverness .. • • • • 234 .... 134 .......... 1 34 Portsmouth Direct _ _ • • 3%. • .• 3 _.._.. • • 334 Rugby and Huntingdon .. .. 2 .... 1 .• • • .... • • 1 Scottish Central ~ • •• 10 .... 1534% Shrewsbury and Birmingham 234 .... 3% 3 •• • Shropshire Union .. .. .. .. 42 a. .... 34 % dis • South Midland .. . _ 425..... 21%p•• .. • • 1% p South Eastern and Dover .. • . 3334'.. 40% % ...... • • 403( Ditto. New (iss. at 32/0 No. 1. 16 ... 20 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 .... 2 34 32% • • Stiines and Richmond .. .. .. I ..., m%_ „ „ _ % South Wales .. .. _ _ 5 _ _ 2.x% 1% I T v r arwi ent N e - k a s l i h e j y re a a n i d o llo o l n y d h o e n ad . Jun . c . . 42 2 8 % .. .. .... — 34 dis % dis. Welsh Midland .. .. .. .. • 234 .. _ ___ _ 1 % West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. .... 32% p 234 p WiLbeach and Si. Ives .. .. • • 2 134 Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 334 York and Carlisle .. .. .. .. 2%,,,, • • • 1% York and Lancaster .. .. .. 2%,,,, •• • • .... • • 1% York and North Midland. .. .. 50 .... •-- .. • Ditto. Extension _ ~ _ 15 _ 35 • • .... • • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 .... 11% ..... • • The preliminary examination s o f L ECOMTX ha ve nearly trial before th e terminated, and it is probabl e th a t his , Chamber of Peers, will commence a b out t h e 20th of May. Addresses of congratulation to the KurGi on his escape, continue to pour in from all parts of France. The addressof the Archbishop of PARIS to the KING on his jour defile, has not been published in the Moniteur. Oa this subject, the Journal de Rouen says : " The King had received, the evening before his fete, the Arch bishop of Paris, who came to pay him the customary compliments. The Archbishop's address was little enough in conformity with the necessities of the moment—with the turn of men's minds—with the ideas of the Court—and even so unsuitable in form, as to astonish all who heard it. The King was much offended ; and during the even ing, in the midst of his family and household, he several times mani fested his displeasure and his emotion." Pains BOURSE, MAT s.—The Stock Market has been again firmer to-day, and both Threes and Fivei may be quoted higher, the former having been last called at 84f. 25c., and the latter at 120 f. 45c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 84f. ; for account, 841. 2bc. • Five per Cents., f or cash, 120 f. 10c. ; for acc oun t , 1201. 45c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,460 f. ; Neapolitan, 1 011.50 c. • Spanish and New L oan not quoted. lialLwaxs,—The Sare-market has been very heavy throughout the day, and at th e close the prices of most of the lines remained within a shade of those of yesterday. For cash—Paris and Orleans l e ft off at 1,252 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,042 f. 50c. BanadleH, a2v251.,./11600fui. ;ognArgannoan,A9m3olefil;s,Vslemrzof.;n, ; Rouen ern Str7a7sobf.t7gpaarnids and Lyons, '575f.; Names, 542 f. 5 0c. ; Bordeaux, 632 f. 50c ; Dieppe, North, 6Bsf e • 4551. ; Paris a n d S trasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Fampoux not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cetto (Mackenzie), 2 A — Central of Spain, % —Ceylon, %—Dutch Rhenish, 7—East Indian, % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% — Great Indian Peninsular, %—Great Western Bengal, %—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 2 4—Luxembourg, 2A—Naniur and Liege, 4li —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 8% —Paris and Rouen, 40 %--Sarnbre and Meuse, Su ~—West Flanders, 3. ..... and on leaving the While edge of the Temple Causeway, SINKING OF A STEAMER.—On Tuesday aft Flora, an old steamer belonging to the Woolwich Company, "non tho ve r with u po nthe pa ssenge rs, edg lower gTempl e oin going dow nßitr t h pier, e struckriver the stumps of the piles were forced through the bottom of the 'Ls' and which immediately began to fill, to the no small consternation of the passengers. The, vessel grounded, but there wail not water suffi c i ent near the spot to cover the decks. T he passengers were detained until another vessel, the Syreu, came up and took them out: Th. Flora was subsequently floated into a safe berth near the Temple Stairs. The hales were stopped up, and yesterday morning she was taken to Woolwich for repairs. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 12 .... 1214 .. ••• • • • . Central of Spain .. 2 1 1 A ........ Dutch Rhenish .. 5 .... 7 674 . • East Indian . ss. • • • • • • Orleans and Vierzon 10 .... • • ..... Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 11% .••• • • • • Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 8 7 . ..... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... S•X %• • • •• • • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 ••••• • • • • • MINES. British Iron .. . • • . .. 10 .... •••• • • • ... Real del Monte, Unregistered ...... 11% 7% 5% 64 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Max 7.—Wind N.N.E. at noon, light breeze and cloudy, ROCHESTER, MAY 4.—Acrd. Queen Victoria, Stockton, with loss of jib•boom and other damage, having been in contact with a schooner in Haisborough Gulf. OFF DOVER, May 6.—Arab, Port Philip. OFF FOLKESTONE.—And. George, Sydney, New South Wales. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrd. sth, Sir Robert Sale, Loader, China; 6th, Matilda, Nielsen, Bahia; Christina, Wendia, ditto. Sid. 6th, Seringapatain, Furnell, Madras and Calcutta. CowEs, MAT 6.—Wind W.S.N.—Acrd. Alwina, Rowells, Val paraiso, for llamburgh ; Onderneeming, Loeff, Rio Janeiro ; Mathilde, Nelson, Bahia; Seth, Morbery, Bahia. BRIDPORT, MAT 6.—Wind W.—Sld. Fox, Foal!. St. John's, New foundland. LivEaroot, Mar 6.—Sld. Mary Jane, Mason, St. John's, N.B. ; Coverdale, Benson, Montreal. DUBLIN, MAY s.—Wind S.—Arrd. Simeon Hardy, Cook, Barbadoes. CORK, MAT 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd Agile, Smith, Mauritius; Roan, Le Patourel, Rio de la Hache. OFF CORK.—Penelope, of Jersey, Cape Coast Castle. nzna . , MIT I.—Wind W.S.W. — Arrd. Cynthia, Ballol, St. ra i L so, wn p a r r e oo vio r i , s h t f o n 2 E d F 6.—The eb., John's, Da Nn °G leaky, a kSarah,y, and of would London, pro b a p b u l y t bben condemned. to a l Valpa raiso, - LYNN, MAY s.—The Cilee, Fish, of and for this port, from Hartle pool, got ashore on the Tory Sand, in Lynn Well, yesterday, and sunk ; crew saved. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1846. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP VI, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY DIAMILICTII. SM ITHFIZI.D.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 8s; Clover ditto, 415 s to 51 16s ; Oat straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply moderate and trade dull. C GMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ &Ito 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 145 to 11 16 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 18s per load. Trade tolerably steady at the above quotations. WntrEcnArn..—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 4/ 8s ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 61; Oat Straw, I / 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. MEAT MARZETS. SorTHALL, MAT 6.—Notwithstanding the supplies of each kind of fat stock on sale to day were but moderate, the time of year consi dered, the general demand was in a sluggish state, and last week's quotations were not supported. Beef from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 35 2d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 55 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s $d t o 45 Sd per Bib s , t o s i n k the offals. Romroao, Mar 6.—We bad a very dell trade this morning, on the following terms :—Beef, ftom 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 44 to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 65 4d ; Teal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3s Sd to 4s 8d per Suckling Calves, 185 to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19 s ; and billch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, Mar s.—Beef, from 25 8d to 43 2d ; Mutton, 35 6d to 55 ; Lamb, 55 4d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s led ; and Pork, 4s to 45 8d per Blbs. A moderato supply and a heavy demand. NEVTGATE Awn ZELAXIIIZTUALL. We had a very dull inquiry here to-day for all kinds of Meat, and in some instances lower rates were again submitted to. Beef froai 23 44 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 4d ; Lamb, 55 4d to 65 4d ; Veal, 4s 24 to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 35 4d to 55 per Blbs by the carcass. per imperial CORN AVERAGES. Quarter. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the W ee k ended May 2, 1846, made up from th e Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales , 'WHEAT. 1 BAILEY. I OAT.. ATE. I BEANO. I PEAS. PRICE .. 56s 58 293 8d 23s 7d 32s 5d 345 1 0 d 33 s 104 DUTY... 1 7s Od Is Od 6s Od Is 6d 85 6cl Is 6d others adjacent. I 'REPRESENTATION OF MONNOUTIISHIRE.—The ele ments of election s t r if e have b een roused is this county, as well as in Somerset from-the representation of this countpat the first opportu nit An attempt is to be made to eject Lord Granville y. the Protectionist party being now busily occupied in searching for a substitute who will engage to stippert their views. They will, however. And themselves egregiously disappointed in their endea "ors. The advocates of free trade in the county are not ignorant Of the the'. r9VOOding P s, as will be !band when the matter is put to teat. (Iqllo6l XII SCOTTISH CENTRAL (PERTH TERMINI AND BRANCHES). The Committee to which this group is referred met to-day at 12 o'clock at noon, in Room 29. Present, Sir J. C. Hobhouse (chairman), Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Dickenson, Mr. Mundy, and Mr. Neeld. The proceedings commenced by the Members going through the clauses of this Bill, which, without any exception, were agreed to. DUNDEE AND PERTH. This was the next Bill for tke consideration of the Committee, and on its being called on, Mr. Sergeant Muarnr proposed for insertion a clause to the effect that the promoters of this railway should be prevented from entering upon the South Inch tinder any powers contained in their Bill of the preceding year. The roorn was cleared, and on our re-admission The CHAIRMAN said—l beg to say that the Committee have come to the determination of inserting the clause, if it shall be found that it is not contrary to the standing orders of the House of Lords. The Secretary bas been dispatched to consult with the secretary of Lord Shaftesbury's Committee upon the point, and he will very soon let us know the result of his com munication. I think at the same time that it is right to let you know that it is the unanimous feeling of the Committee, that you,. the representatives of the town council, should give every assistance in your power to this company to establish a station upon the 'Waterhouse. I should like to know whether that is your intention? GROUP VII. This Committee assembled to-day, at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr, R. Palmer, chairman, and the other Members. S TIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. The consideration of this Bill was resumed. Mr. M`Natt.., on behalf of the Bill, said that he would endeavour to abbreviate the case as much as possible, and proceeded to call :Yr. Robert Robertson, provost of Dunfermline, who stated that he was a banker at Dunfermline, where he had lived for thirty-five years, and with the traffic of which he was well acquainted. The proposed railway would be the means of affording facility for carrying the traffic of that town to Glasgow. Another advantage that would result from the proposed railway was the means it would give of conveying troops from Stirling, where there was a depot, to Dunfermline, which had been in a very disturbed state of _ This witness was cross-examined at some length, but without eliciting anything of importance. The Committee deeided that the preamble of this Bill Al2O proved, and then proceeded to assimilate the tolls, &o. to the usual standard. GROUP XX. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Mr. Sotheron in the chair. WINDSOR, SLOUGH, AND STAINES, ATMOSPHERIC. _.. _ This day was occupied with the cross-examination of Mr. Vlgnoles, on the engineering works and the plans, up to four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned till 12 o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXVII. The Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour ; Sir Charles Lemon in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND (NORTHAMPTON TO BEDFORD). The evidence on traffic was proceeded with this morning. Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P. for Northampton, and Mr. Jay, an ac countant in the City, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Vernon Smith and the other witnesses who were examined yesterday. They were of opinion that the proposed railway would be of incalculable advan tage to Northampton, whose population and trade were gradually increasing. The latter gentleman described the present traffic to amount to 23,9001., and detailed the estimated number of passen gers, &c., anticipated from the present railway. After a long discussion about the traffic tables, and the giving. of further evidence, the Committee decided that they would not call upon Mr. Flood or Mr. Mellor to cross-examine the last witnesses before they examined the tables, and Mr. Austin was left to his own discretion as to whether he would examine any other witnesses as to traffic. Mr. Joseph Stockburn, a draper for thirty years at Kettering, was then examined as to' the traffic at that place. lie stated that the inhabitants of Kettering were favourable to the project, and that it would be of great advantage to them. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve o'clock to morrow. GROUP XXXV. This Committee met to day shortly after twelve o'clock, Mr. G Bankes in the chair. They proceeded with further evidence in the case of the AMDERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND DOS TON LINE. Mr. Bastrick, the engineer, whose evidence was commenced yesterday, was again examined in detail, to explain the engineering merits of the line. A discussion arose between Mr. Burke, for the Midland Counties, and Mr. Sergeant Clark, in support of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Company, in respect to a* agreement entered into by the latter with the former, according to which the Midland Counties Company were to have the construction of six miles of the line be tween Ambergate and Nottingham. _ .. The room was eventually cleared, that the Committee might deliberate as to whether the Midland Counties were in a position to put in evidence of that agreement. On the re-admission of strangers, we understood that the agree ment was not received, and the Bill was to proceed. The CHAIRMAN said that if the other was a competing line, this was the time to take the opinion of the Committee upon the ques tion, whether they would deal with it as such concurrently with this Bill. After a prolonged discugsion, the Committee decided that the pre. amble of this Bill was proved. They next called on the case of the • EAST COAST LINE, the parties to which were not immediately ready, and some delay ensued. It length it was agreed that the East Coast line be postponed, and that the NOTTINGHAM, MANSFIELD, AND MID cause, although in the early course of the inquiry they might have returned a general verdict of " wilful murder by some person or persons unknown," still he thought it was better that they should have a mere lengthened investigation, to ascertain, if possible, the real circumstances which led to the death of this girl. The Learned Coroner having given a slight sketch of the rise and progress of the jurisdic tion of Coroners Courts, said that although they had conic to a point on which they could mark the finger of suspicion against some party or parties, yet they could not satisfactorily bring the fact home to any one, and therefore it was for them to consider whether they should return a verdict, sending some man at once for trial, or whether they would not rather leave the question open so that at some future time the link which was at present wanting-on the chain might be supplied, and the parties really culpable sent for trial.—(The Learned Coroner then read over the evidence, occa sionally commenting upon it, but as the facts have been in the course of the last three years so repeatedly before our readers it would be altogether Unnecessary to repeat them. The Learned Coroner's ob servations seemed pointed against the persons more intimately con nected with Verulam Chapel.) (The jury had not returned their verdict when oar report left.) LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of the Lon don and Birmingham Railway was held this day, at the Euston• square station, for the purpose of obtaining the assent or dissent of the proprietors to the following Bills, now pending before the Imperial Legislature:— " A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford." " A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir mingham Railway at Bletebley, in the 'county of Buckingham." "A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton in Arden, in the county of War wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford." " A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish a Hampton-in• Arden, in the county of War wick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Ashcburch, in" the county of Gloucester." " A Bill to empower the Londol and Birmingham Railway Corn pany to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of Nuneaton." " A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester to the London and Birmingham Railway in the parish of Weedon, in the county of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, iu the county of Warwick." " A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway. Com pany to make a branch from the said railway to the Blisworth and Peterborough branch thereof." " A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Corn. pany to extend their line at Leamington, and to enlarge their station at Coventry and Rugby, and for other purposes." "A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir mingham." " A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Lea- mington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick." " A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and for granting certain powers tO the said respective companies." "A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhamp ton, and to the Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Buslibury, with a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley." "A Bill for making a railway from Smethwick, in the parish of Harbonie, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Worcester, with branches therefrom." " A Bill to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand Junc tion, and Manchester and Birminghamßailway Companies." "A Bill for making a railway from Ellsworth, in the county of Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called The Northampton and Banbury Railway.'" "A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston and Peter borough Railway at Stamford." "A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford." " A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir mingham Railway Company." " A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton. " A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West Lon don Railway, and the extension thereof to the river Thames. " A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to enlarge their stations in London, and for other purposes." GEORGE C. GLYN, Esq., took the chair at twelve o'clock. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The CRAIamAN proceeded shortly to state to the pro prietors, the object for which they had been called together. He regretted that the proprietors had been put to the incon venience of attending the present meeting, as the object for which it was convened was to call upon them to give their sanction to measures to which they had already yielded their hearty assent no less than three times. The new standing orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons rendered it necessary, and the directors bad considered it their duty to call the proprietors together again as early as possible. Before - putting the several Bills for the fourth time for the confirmation of the meeting, he would just observe that at the last meeting he had stated the reason wily the directors had determined not to establish a terminus in Farringdon-street ; these reason had been verified by what had since taken place. It had been clearly shown that if there was to be a station in the City it ought to be a central station for all railways, and that all ought to be part in the expense. He believed, however, that so far from a central station in the City being a benefit to passengers, that its effect would be highly detri mental to them, as it would, in.fact, load to the result of blocking up streets that were already overcrowded; and he trusted that the Committee that was now sitting upon the subject would come to the decision that a central terminus in Farringdon-street would considerably endanger the traffic of the city ofLondon. As to their proposed connexion with the East and West India Docks, the directors took as much interest on that subject as they ever did, and would leave nothing undone to accomplish so desirable an object. The CHAIRMAN then went through all the Bills seriatim, and obtained the assent of the proprietors to them without a dissentient voice. As to the Bill " for making a railway from Blisworth, ia the countyof Northampton, to Ashchurch, in the c oun t y o f Gl oucester, to be called the Northompton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway," it was unnecessary to ask the assent of the proprietors to that measure, as it had been defeated upon the standing orders. The business of the day having been gone through, and every Act and Bill (rendered necessary by the new standing orders of the Ho use o f L or d s and Commons) having been approved of by the proprietors, thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separate& LAND JUNCTION. should he taken first to-morrow, the East Coast to be taken next. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLIV. The Committe met again in Room 25, New Houses of Parliament, at the usual hour ; Lord Palmerston in the chair, and present the same ➢lembers as on the previous clays. They immediately pro ceeded to the engineering evidence on the part of the LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER., AND NEW— CASTLE-UPON —TYNE JUN CTIO N. Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer to the line, being examined by Mr. AusTiN, gave the usual engineering evidence. The length of the line will be 47 miles, and that of the Hawes branch nine miles. There are no engineering difficulties and the gradients are all favour able. There would be a tunnel of 3,850 yards in length. The esti mate was 1,300,0001. 23 2% 1%, 7 6% The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. MANESTY on the part of Sir W. Lawson. The cross-examination and re-examination of this witness occupied the Committee for more than an hour. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY The Court gave Judgment to-day in two cases of not the leas public interest. The notice paper of the Court has the following an• nouncement " The following cases have been selected from the special paper, and will be heard on Saturday. " Cooke v. M`Pherson, Wilkinson v. Gaston, Day v. Harrington, Mitchell v. Johnson. " The Court will, on Saturday, the 9th, and Monday, the 11th of May, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the special paper, and new trial paper, and ix giving judgment in cases that may be then pending." BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr ANDERSON applied to the Court for a mandamus to compel the Tithe Commissioners to make public tke terms of a certain arbitra tion made under the following circumstances. It appeared that the rector and the parishioners of a certain parish in Cumberland had had some difference upon the amount of tithe to which they were li able ; and, in consequence, an Assistant-Commissioner was sent down to arrange the disputed question. After havirg made the ne cessary inquiry and examined witnesses, he made a report, upon which the Tithe Commissioners made an avowal ; but the terms of award not having been made known to the parishioners, they applied to the Commissioners to have it made public ; but though they had made several applications to the same effect, they never received an answer, and were therefore now compelled to adopt the pr esen t course. The Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Wightman) was of opinion that this as a question which should be argued before the whole court. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT BROMLEY.—(THIS DAY.) The jurymen so often assembled met for, we believe, the 18th time, in the Swan Inn, Bromley. for the purpose of finally coming to a decision on the mysterious circumstances attending the death of Ilarriet Monkton, who was (as our readers may remember) found dead in a water-closet attached to Verulam Chapel, in this town. The position of the deceased led to the inference that some foul play had been perpetrated, and an inquiry was consequently set on foot, which involved (to use the mildest term) some of the more important personages connected with the religious denomination to which the deceased belonged. This fact had in a great measure prolonged the inquiry, and added, in an eminent degree to the interest felt upon the subject, which interest has been, if possible, increased by the an nouncement that another witness, who could throw some light on the matter, was to be examined, At about half-past 10 o'clock, W. J. Carttar, Esq., Coroner for the Western Division of Kent, took his seat. The names of the jury men having been called over, Frances Williams (the new witness) said, that on the last occasion on which she saw Miss Monkton, Thomas Churcher had called on her before they had finished tea. Miss Churcher also called. and she (witness) 'sent Thomas Churcher out for some gin, giving him a stone bottle. The deceased had left before it was brougot in, and Thomas Churcher left as soon as he had brought it. He afterwards returned, and said that he had forgotten some biscuits which he ought to have left before. Wit ness, going to post wit* letter, looked at the clock, and found it was eight o'clock. He (Thomas Churcher) did not sit down; he said that he was going home to bed, and wondered why the deceased did not come back. Witness did not take the letter, and Churcher did. Witness had asked the deceased to return for the letter, but she did not so return. She had a perfect recollection of deceased not return ing for the letter, and her giving it to Thomas Churcher as It was striking eight o'clock. She keew it could not be nine, because then it would be too late for post. Ile made no other observation than that he should not wait, as she (the deceased) had not returned. The CORONER questioned the witness as to whether she had had any communication with any person in Bromley since the first inquiry, and was answered in the negative. In answer to questions :from Mr. CARTTAR, the witness said that she recollected no conversation with Thomas Churcher further than charging her (the deceased) with unkindness in not coming back. On an after occasion Thomas Churcher said that it was not necessary for her to mention his name. The de ceased was in the habit of going to the school-room to take back the books. She (witness) acted as librarian, and was therefore obliged to keep an account, and the only communication between herself and deceased was that she requested her to " keep the books tidy." She went to the library afterwards, and found that the deceased had not kept them so. She knew Mrs. Sharpe, and if Mrs. Sharpe had stated to the jury that she (witness) had said that Thomas Churcher had asked her to conceal his name, she (witness) believed that Mrs. Sharpe had not spoken the truth. She did not remember that the deceased had gone to the chapel on the Monday on which she was missing. The cakes received by Thomas Churcher were from his sister. She had never mentioned to any one that she (the deceased) and Churcher had met that day in the chapel, and if she had thought that Thomas Churcher was in the chapel in the middle of the day, she would not have sent Harriet with the books there. The CORoNER—Why ? Witness —Because the people in Bromley, as they always do, would have talked about it. The CORONER—Why did you withhold Churcher's name on a former examination? Witness said—Because she did not think it neceesary to state it. H e di d not positively request her not to state his name. She did n o t b el i eve Mrs. H o pp er t o n's evidence, v because she ecanse she knew that she had in t oo many instances sta t e d that quite untrue. The de cease d seeme d very much excited t on ed Thomas . the Sunday evening previo us t o h e r being misst. , Churchenremarked that she seemed to he as be in very good spiita, had had no conversation with Thomas Churcher abou s t he bey thest e a r te tel o d f Harriet Monkton's mind until after her decease. witness that Thomas Churcher visited her at Id been made o lackney. On recol lection, s she was aware that some visiting her. Thomas Churcher afterwardsmention ha b a marriedout six M a i rY non A He had been paying his addresses to her never paid his addresses to her (witness). A juryman (Mr. lledges) suggested that the witness should tell all she knew, because it might otherwise be necessary to send for her frem the country a second time. Miss Williams said that many of the new inquiries were suggested by the tattle of the town of Bromley, and if she were to reply to all lls observations made, she would probably detain the jury some three days.— (Laughter.) 'dry ri Nicholas Pearce, superintendent of the F division, said that he had to make inq uiry into the year 1843 come down to the town of Bromley into the circumstances connected with the death of the girl Harriet Monkton, He had among other persons examined Thomas Churcher, deceased before she was and he had admitted that he had seen the missed, but he denied all knowledge of being more intimately con nected with her. John Joyce went with Mr. Field, the inspector, and Mr. Carpenter, to Mr. Churcher' s house, and lie refused to answer Rather questions than had already been put to him by the Coroner. Charles Frederick Field, inspector of police, had, in cours e o f hi s examination respecting the causes of the girl's death, ascertained that Mr. Cranfleld had no connexion at all with the girl. The evidence having been closed, The CORONET: proceeded to address the jury. He had, had the honour of acting as coroner for this division of Kent for some fourteen years, and this was the most lengthened and most unsatisfactory case that had ever come befere him ; and this state of things had arisen solely from the reluctance of some four or five individuals connected with the chapel to which the deceased had belonged—aea in the exercise of his public duties he felt bound to mention the names of Mr. Verrall, Mr. Sweeting, Mr. Beasley, and the younger Mr. Churcher—as those who were reluctant to give evidence. It was impossible that he could knew everything th a t witnesses could throw light upon, and the principal facts were therefore, only elucidated by a sort of accident. He considered' hOWeTtr. that considerable benefit had arisen flora the 401 q, be_ 10 7-16 264 SHORT TIME. Mr. Eccles, a manufacturer in the neighbourhood of Blackburn, who is favourably disposed to the Short Time Bill, and who has been trying the experiment of working eleven hours instead of twelve, communicates the following to the Blackburn Standard as the result:— " I find that the result of my late trial of working eleven in place of twelve hours, is exactly the same as that of Messrs. Horrocks, Miller, and Co., of Preston; and also of Messrs. Greggs, of Bollington—say a loss of 7i per cent. of work. sow, I am bound to say that this is a much greater loss than I expected, or than I was led to believe, would be the result, both from past experience (as referred to in my former letter), and from the conviction of those in my employ who were desirous of trying the plan. " I may explain to you that my machinery is now all on the self- acting principle, and is consequently moved by the steam-engine, and therefore is much less dependent on manual labour than the hand-mules ; and it was to these I had reference in my former address. " Allusion has often been made to Messrs. Gardner's works, of Preston—(l believe a well-conducted and very orderly establishment)—but, it I mistake not, there are no self actors there at all. Now, it is well known, that the cost and fixing of self-acting mules is nearly, if not quite, double that of hand mules ;land they dispense with, what will be acknowledged by all persons conver sant with the matter, the most arduous employment in cotton-mills. " It is quite clear, therefore, that this great addi tional outlay must be employed, in order to produce a fair return for the capital laid out. Of course, if I could 11 , 4 produce the usual quantity of work, the piece hands could Not get the same wages, and the loss tome, in paying the usual standing wages to all daily hands, managers, and book-keepers, and others, was much more than any prudent man could submit to, especially in times like the present, which, I am sorry to say, have nut improved since my last letter was written. " The loss in spinning was greater than in weaving, but in consequence of starting some new looms, and altering others, at the time, I could not draw a fair com parison of the difference. " As to the real merits of the principle, I am still of opinion that it is exceedingly desirable to abridge the hours of factory labour, if prcticable ; and I sincerely trust that if the present measures of Government are carried out ; and other restrictions and high duties, such as those on sugar, &c., &c., and the nearly 300 per cent. duty on teas are reduced, and manufacturers can have a fair chance of exchanging their productions, on a solid and legitimate basis, with other countries ; that then many of them would gladly curtail the hours of labour. It is not possible for a few scattered individuals to accomplish this object, however desirous they may be ; but I do not regret having given it a trial. " I might also add, were it necessary, that having a large quantity of yarn to buy at the present time, it seemed somewhat strange purchasing yarn by manual labour of twelve hours per day, and my own self -actors standing, after working only eleven hours, and not having produced the quantity I anticipated. " On returning again to twelve hours, I caused the following notice to be read in my mills:— " It would have been a source of great pleasure to me to have continued the plan of short time, but I find that there is a much greater diminution of work than I expected or believed would be the case. " As a natural consequence of this I could not meet other manufacturers in the market on the same terms, unless the wages were reduced, and this I should not like to have done. " • Whenever the feeling shall become general to re duce the hours of labour to eleven hours a day, I shall be very glad to do it.' " I am, yours, very respectfully, " JOSEPH ECCLES." " Mill Hill, 23rd April, 1846. WEEKLY STE AM MAILS BE. TWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. ding the convey- America, which since of mails by steam m un en tr t y re a g n ar d gratification by the whole community. The will be hailed with We are enabled to ma b k e e tw an ee a i nt i o il u s ne e e e Government haveent ß er e e y d al inLo a a il further Company,ue rcon t t h contract ffecetweit of hie with the British is rltish and North American to secure aw e e te e s kl e y f cAommmeruietad.catA teionebyanr st l e e am ef b g e r tw ea e t e p u o L w i e v r er e p n o d ol s t i t:l w th ilel IbTe d n i te i s d st p atehed direct from Liverpool to New York every alternate Saturday during eight months of the year. These trips are to he perforated as additional voyages, and irrespective of the fort wooly voyages to Halifax and Boston, as this latter service will continue jest as at present, with the alteration of sailing from Liver pool as well as from Boston always on Saturdays, Instead of a fixed day of the month, as at present. The steamers to New York will also take their departures always on Saturday. By this arrange ment there will be a steamer from Liverpool to America every Saturday, and from the American side also every Saturday, the only difference being that Boston and New York will alternately be the ports of departure. At present we are not enabled to state the precise time when these weekly sailings will commence, but no doubt we may look for the alteration to come into play as soon as the re quired number of ships can be got ready to undertake such a vast service. This bridging of the Atlantic by steam is one of the wisest and best undertakings of the Government. The mercantile world will reap immense advantages from it ; and who can estimate its im portance to the multitudes emigrating, and having connexions in the western world ? In thus taking this importnnt movement in ocean steaming, the Government have anticipated the wishes of the merchants of Great Britain and America. A stir was about being made earnestly to press this matter on the Government ; and it is a subject of greater congratulation that It is voluntarily done, and that the duty of carrying out the mighty enterprise has devolved bn the parties who, from the very first, have shown themselves equal to the necessities of the case. The past doings of the British and North American Royal Mail C ompany are a sure guarantee that anytiextra service will be carri e d out i n the most complete an effective manner. The Lot d Mayor will give a grand entertainment to the Bishops and other dignitaries of the Church, and their lactic s, in the Egyptiaa-hall of the Mansion-house to-day. PROVIDENT CLERKS' yfiTTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLEN T FUND. A public dinner took place at the London Tavern, lBlt evening, to celebrate the second electio n o f annu itants in connexion with this institution, and in aid of its benevolT fund. The election took place in the morning, J. A. Smith Esq., M.P sin the chair, when two individuals were elected' annuitants; the one an aged clerk, 65 years, to a pens* 24,1 the other, the widow of a clerk, to a pension of 15 neither case had they•contributed more than four guineas to e s _ A association. The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board d Trade, took the chair; was supported, on his righ4 . Lord John Russell, and on his left by J. Wood, Esq., chair man of the Excise. Upwards of 200 sat dawn to dinn er. Amongst those present we observed J. A. Smith, Est' err, M.P.; W. G. P resco tt, E sq.; J . M ac ki llop, E sq. ; CX Esq.; M. Boyd, E sq . • J. W. Gilbert, Esq. ; 112° L ns s ° 1 Hankey, jun., Esq ; H. ' Davidson, Esq. ; W. Thornton, lc J. Cook, Esq. ; J. Fletcher, Esq. ; G. W. Roberts, Est-' e Davidson, Esq. ; C. C ave , E sq.; G . P ollard, Esq. ; Esq.. W. Fraser, Es q ; th e R ev. F . D o ll man, M.A., chill' ke y, R. H. J ones , E sq . ; T P r i ce, E sq.; Thos. Alers Esq. ' • S. Anderson, Esq. ; J. A n d erson, E sq., &c. '1 he following gentlemen sent letters, apologising for see inability to attend from various causes :—Sir J. 1-18I s l ' e Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Englan d ' Rev. J. Vane, M.A. Sir J. Easthope, Bart., M.P., A lue i;se, Lucas, II D. Blyth, Esq., J. Deacon, Esq., J. Labour so Esq., Sir G. P. Glyn, Bart., Sir C. Price, Bart., Thompson, M.P., Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P., Sir J. Lubbo o c o ' s Bart., Sir G. Larpent, Bart., T. Baring, Esq , M.P., (irl, c G. sequence of an accident), A. W. Roberts, Esq., 'Esq., Thornton, Esq., G. F. Young, Esq., G. G. Barton, J. Alexander ankey, Esq., Samuel Jones Loyd, Earl " Benedictus" having been sung, +droll° The CHAIRmAN, who was received with the most raP- vr y applause, rose and said, there was one toast which, on e sh ia Alderrn„., occasion, and in every company which could meet w l : i00 the three kingdoms, commended itself without introduSL it; and without comment to those who were invited to drink and he should think from thAt he would pay but a poor.t pliment to that assembly if h e seeme d to suppose t l3 ; oftt needed either hint or w or d f rom hi m to ca ll forth I them loud cheers in drinking the health of "The Qu een 'fol- The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, and was lowed by " God Save the Queen." n oel The CHAIRMAN then proposed, in succession, the ` os s' Dowager, and Prince Albert, and the rest of the P s .'ss Family, which were equally well received. He then ; I ' of the " Army and Navy," arid in doing so trusted that ee i re ) would drink the toast in an overflowing bamper.—(G s b o - e ve Under any ordinary circumstances the toast woul,", been passed over as a matter of course, but with the 114 ` li ed of the last few weeks fresh in their memor:,—with the e° rt ,„ of the Tower guns still in their ears, when, in fact, they ht collected that the m a il s o f th e last few weeks had brotiln tidings of victory after victory—he thought lie should be doing his duty to that assembly, or satisfy the eslnee tion which, occupying the position which he did in 5 11, councils of her Majesty, they had a right to form of Ont o he did not give them an opportunity of "doing honour vfrtee honour was due"-.-of paying a tr ib ute of respect te,,,,re British army and navy.—(Ch eers .) They had nothing tulle to do with the causes of the war and its consequences, but, it did think it was a matter of high con gra t u l ation an d o f 1 6 ", 1 pride to them to know that after so many years of profolf is and prolonged peace, the experienceof th e last I` se years, above all, the experience of the last so d months, had fully proved to them that the soldiers officers of the British army were at that moment as ... I se( ' endowed with those soldi er -lik e qua li t i es w hi c h di s tinga7its their predecessors and led them to fame. It was ttee needless that he should p ause f or a moment to say that but army with which they had to deal was no ordinary fe e ' s ' of one of undoubted valou r , an d reare d i n the strictest sch,°, t ee tbei discipline, by European o ff icers , an d well skilled in at' science of European pow er ; an d i n the f ace of that of had an army only parti a lly t ra i ne d i n t h e arts of war, n ° of experience, like those who were in the service at the of f the ir the year 1814 ; but they p rove d i n I n di a that the edge able b l e d sword was not lees sh ar p, an d th e i r h an d s not less caPassed wielding it, and that th e y were as capa b le of enduring ea K ea n e' ships as those who had pr ece d e d them.—(Cheers.) i forbid that for many long y ears th ey s h ou l d be ags'ociceo gaged in war, but if oc cas i on s h ou ld ar i se for their servo they might rely with th e mos t unswerv i ng confidence them. The toast was warmly received. Duet—" The Army and Navy." . 1 111116 The CHAIRMAN aga i n rose an d sa id — G entlemen , now the honour to propose a toast to you which turally and necessarily must be one o f the ra °ls , n ostit I portant interest to th ose w h om I h ave now the +''s FYI of seeing bef ore me . G entlemen, I am about te,;001 pose to you t o d r i n k " Prosperity to the Provident l-iLtik Association."—(Cheers.) It is a matter of extreme ,;; L et! cation to me th a t i n stan di ng here to propose that tv-0i am not standing as the advocate of a falling scheme, °r ; p lO asking of you t o d r i n k t h e toast in the hope of prosPe'slek that which might have hitherto been a falling undert B ; Gentlemen, I am not i n e i t h er of these positions; °;',oo contrary, we can say th a t prosperity has hitherto artwoiel this institution, and th a t, it s prosperity with every 1: 41 ) , year increases in great an d rapid proportion.—(Cheersiisill will not trouble you by s t a ti ng any f acts in detai l , but sietS confine myself to mentio n i ng on l y t h e several P' s so which the worthy and learned secre t ary h as be bed kind as to furnish me with. It i s s t a t e d ia oto4 papers that althou g h th e year 1845 was the 06 prosperous since the formation of the SecietQ. period from the 31st of Jan uar y t o th e 31 st of M arc h year has not only been equally prosperous, but doubly " f ess (Loud cheers.) In 1845 the number of members f e ed added was 211, the number who joined the b ene volen se s was 133, making the t o t a l num b er o f mem b ers who Pl' the 1845, 344 ; but the quarter just ended, viz., from 10 1 Ist of January to the 31st of March, there were r o leaG new assurances, and 40 ne w mem b ers to t h e bersoc ol ser° fund ; that is, th e t o t a l num b er of Ins co e this quarter was 147. If th e proport i on s houla , co ,o. tinue, during the pr esen t y ear , t o t h e same exten t as Ibrde menced in the past quarter, then there will be llPv ira al 600 membe rs . —(Ch eers .) G entlemen, I am sure it sYles• entirely unnecess ar y f or me i n a company such as this,,c o he posed, I app re h en d i n a great degree of the members 0,1„0.4s society, and at a ll even t s f u ll y versrd in matters of buri n r e it must, I say, be u tt er l y unnecessary for me to pause -„ of moment to mention anything with respect to this port Wis the business Every man in his experience, every 10 %0 this room knows, that in a ll th e many ev i ls which tint suffers in life, "all the ills that fl es h i s h e i r to, " that :` O - 0; anxiety is felt by every man, however high his posirite life at times, and m us t have been felt, as to the fate of ' th ir in the future, who a re b o th near and dear to him—as ,t ° th at, fate when he is disabl e d or w h en h e i s gone; and if B e at Gentlemen, is felt by those moving in a more indePt i l t sphere, how much more, allow me t o say, must i t be '. obese the the class of society whose claims I am advocatingt s ' es er means, though comparatively li m it e d, may ;04 theless afford them an opp or t un i ty of Pr?otioti 11 against the future, in h owever li m i te d an 11 '" if And I am sure, although they will not perhaps say s n ' h ere , were to appeal to the experience of many of those I see as team truth of what I h ave s t ate d , t h at there are shics thousands who, before this Society was constituted, O f _.,i w to/ they are now memb ers , h a d noth i ng to look forward they would answer in the a ffi rmat i ve; an d that this ? t , , l'' has been the means of re li ev i ng muc h o f the anlssig which I have referred, by p reven ti ng persons from 50 , a re all the pangs of adv ers ity. B u t, w h en t h ese feelings t by persons in compa ra ti ve prosperity, they must l q e iti• thousand times mo re w h en enter t a i ne d b y t h ose in actsc t he This, then, shows the necessity of persons joining or e, Society who might s a y, " M y c i rcumstances may be, - gt pe than they are now, and if anything should happen, W earth would become of those who depend upon Ine; 0 (Cheers.) Gentlemen, in th a t quest i on as put there i 5 c"- be found an answer. Th a t answer is to be found in this Assys l oll tion, of which y ou are mem b ers, and whose anniversary the are met to celebrate. He may do that which it is in hi power of man to do, to anticipate and control the futur e ' t bs means of mutual assurance. It will not, perhaps, rais e se curtain which shows the events of that future, but its: re d great way to provide for that future. And it has "" i paP commendation, that there are none whose means are so s no t, but that may obtain advantage from it—no man is s e , r ibs no clerk so humble, but may join, in order to provide 1 1011 i wants of the future by contributing towards its funds, W ths I will be fostered and cherished and paid to st y uttermost farthing.—(Cheers.) Such associations a re °I et • greatest value in this country, whose yearly intro of wealth rivals and sur p asses th a t o f pr i nces. I t woo l a th i be well for me to enlarge on this subject, inasmuch es address ought not to be permitted to degenerate into a 0 8 ture or sermon ; but I must be permitted to advert t° the paint. And permit me to say that that which I tak e h ier liberty of recommending to you and to others of our hu rl 's da brethren, is no t th a t w hi c h Ido not practise myself bb not preach other than I practise. I feel the full value of " ge cl! can be done by MUTUAL ASSU RANCE, for I believe withourS'sh a system I should not es ti mate fully the advantages si rh ' - e be am enabled to confer upon my children, who may perhal / t ei‘ poor enough at any ti me; b ut without such a society A s i ssi your children wo u ld not, with any certainty, b e pr nl - e ft for at all. —(Loud cheer s .) You have h ear d it, pe s ,Ts se 0 ' I said, that althou g h thi s S oc i ety may put it in the pe l '"00 I any man, however poor, to pay something towards its 'sot for his own behalf in the time of need, still the pittance ti t V which many are called upon to subsist is so poet., ey they cannot afford to spare a n y p or ti on of 24, it is swallowed up in his present expenses,., o ce therefore he trusts to the mercy o f prowl , s i3 for the future. Gentle men , I am th e last man who vir°,l,l say to you, or to othe rs , no t t o t rus t in Providence ; 10 0 t . not say that it is not right to trust to the mer c i es o f co Providence ; but, gentlemen, whenever that is addresse P ie ro you in public, I would advise you to m a k e this rejoio," that no man has a right to trust to th a t P rovidence, wine Qt, the attribute of heavenat,ondu submitnm whose o s h et e 0 has used his utmost tions to avail himself of the advantages which Provid, e ,T c or e n v o e w ry ess m t a en n d a s pe t h o him, and decrees it is ) the dr si j o e, Gent.e,,, o s I shall not detain you from drinking "Pro spe;*ty t o the but before I sit down perrn it jot vident Clerks' Association ;" u a s ny hy h enireanwybwo hhoasveennsonit to offer one word of supplication in its behalf. If ther e eet, names s ol a l p ow e e a d r t u h p e on adm this ira l b ts le t. e f x er atn ra P4 iir : the most eminent of this to r 6 vide the Benevolent fund great city have subscribed s ot s of relief to attain the ' P e p i• , or are seeking to themselves and others in the time of need, els would earnestly entreat We you to induce them to be . cons 0 yotlf bens of this Association.to impress this also sre And I wish o s that when you • aid those Who wish to aid themselves Y benefiting yourselves likewise; and you are sure tha t duties of the committee who have the management °` co , Institution • ion will be discharged with integrity and wilus,se" sta ncy.—(Hear hear.) If any gentlemen have not fo" - se t, r e ' s " this praiseworthy example, permit me, with every ,en to suggest h ow goo d a wor k they will promote if tbe•Yietr deavour to induce others to become members of this Sc c so ur You cannot be wrong in inducing, as far as it is in i v ,. power, men to be provident for those that belong to til a ed•' provident for the future—you cannot be in the wrong. e / e t t° vocating the claims of a Society which has for its oll at eer succour the poor, to aid the widavr, and to rescue the 's. less. The Noble Earl resumed his seat amidst loud ch eer per, THOMSON HANREY, jun., Esq., said he had receive% Sia s mission of the Chairman to propose a toast, but before ' el , of an, he wished to explain that the Governor of the lift,' basis England was unavoidably absent on account of urgen", e re' ness, and that he had desired him to express his extrefi s re gret for the circumstance, and deputed him to he e “ Ass presentative. The toast he was -about to prof° c oo ° the health of the Chairm an , w h o h a d so nobly no forward to aid them.—(Loud cheers.) They had ni . e% v st to ordinary occasion. The Institution was known Al i T ite req every one present, and they knew how deep an co , 0 0 , every merchant in the City took in its rise and progr, ste resS: it was, in his opinion, calculated to promote the best i 0 `yids of those who were in. daily and constant communierts!r„, e ete them. But, independently of the circumstance of thel i rri i sca ing to celebrate an anniversary of the Institution, ' s Were a remind them under whose peculiar patronage they sembled. They had received that day a m ar k o f the the sanction of—he would not nay a nobleman connected s the commerce of the City—but of a nobleman filling ea t highest office which any man could do in this ' Ol O- country, as he presided over the gr ea t mercant il e and And naercial interests of- this great Ci (Hear, be g _ r l„toeS cheers.) lie would not enter into his private s'si o llt but he did think he should ill discharge Its_ sto tett if he were not to call attention to his public ca r o w and to say that it PM in a great degree to Ms Pubw# NEW WORK BY DR. CROLY. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A S 0 N; or, THE SOLDIER AND STATESMAN. By the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D. Author of " Salathiel," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-streo