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LONDON ANT) gOUTIT.WESTP.IIII ItAt I,WAY. I , r6th an anxious desire to meet the public convenience, and with a view to placing the varied advantages of their Railway, in raspect both of business and pleasure, more within the reach of every class of the community, the Directors of this Company have resolved, on and after the Ist of May ensuing— To increase the number of the trains and to accelerate their speed, and vary the hours of departure and arrival of many of them. To carry Second-Class Passengers with their Express Trains. To abolish their Slow Trains altogether, and to convey Third- Class Passengers at the Parliamentary fares, with their ordinary Trains, four times a day each way, and at hours to allow of an early departure and late return to and fro. To make the following great Reduction in their Fares through out : Express Train, first class reduced to 20s. second class —17 s. Fast Trains, first class —17 s. second class —14 s. Mixed Trains, first class 144. second class —10 s. Third class at..........G5. 6d. By an arrangement with the Floating Bridge Company, the Omni bus fare between Gosport and Portsmouth is reduced from Is. to 6d. each Passenger, including the same weight of luggage as allowed by the Railway Company. First class, 1121 b. ; second class, 841 b.; third class, 561 b. Steps are in progress to increase the convenience of passengers proceeding by steam to France, the Channel Islands, the Southern Coast, and the Isle of Wiglat. This route to France, although mile what longer, is by far tint most certain and secure, from there being good harbours for departure and arrival at both ports. Parcels will be carried at a greatly reduced scale, the throughout charges between Southampton, Gosport, and London, including delivery by passenger trains, being fixed as follows, viz . Is. Od. for 28 lb. Is. 6d. ~ 56 lb. Is. Od. „ 112 lb. Time Bills, giving fu'l particulars, are in emirs , of publication. (By order), P. LAUBENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. April 18, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. SPECIAL TRAINS will leave LONDON for CIIESTERFORD and CAMBRIDGE, calling at Lea Bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishops Stortford, at 8.40 A.M. on MONDAY the 27th and TLasDAY the 28th inst., returning from CAMBRIDGE at 6.30 P.M., and frost CHES. TERFORD at 7 Y.M. On FRIDAY a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave CAMBRIDGE for LONDON one hour and three quarters after the Races terminate, and will call at CHBSTERFORD half an hour later. Passengers booked through, to and from Newmarket, at the same fares as for the first Spring Meeting. For fUrther particulars see handbills, to be had at any of the Corn• pony's Stations. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch Station, 22d April, 1846. 10UTH MIDLAND, OR LEICESTER NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, AND HUNTINGDON. RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company, will be held at the Railway Station, Derby, on SATURDAY, the 2d of May next, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bills now before Parliament rela ting to tkis undertaking. The votes will be taken according to the amount of Scrip held by each Shareholder, present, or represented by proxy, at the Meeting ; and every person claiming to vote, either in his own right, or as proxy, will be required to produce and deliver up the Scrip attaehed together, with the name and address of the owner affixed, whose vote will then be noted, and the Scrip returned. Forms of Proxy may be obtained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, Midland Railway Station, Leicester. The Directors think it right to inform the Shareholders, that the preamble of the Bill for the Huntingdoa Branch of the South Mid land Railway, has already been declared proved by the Committee of the House of Commons, and that the sill for the Rugby and Hunt ingdon Railway (a competing line) has been rejected. The Committee on the Bill for the Northampton and Bedford lines is appointed to meet en the 27th Instant. Dated this 13th day of April, 1046. GEO. HUDSON, Chairman of the Committee of Directors. By order, G. N. BROWNE, Secretary. L OND ON AND YORK RAILWAY. ILA The Committee of Shareholders call the attention of the origi nal Subscribers and actual Holders of Scrip in this Company to the advertisements issued on the 16th and 18th instant by the Direc tors of the London and York Company. The first expresses their confidence in obtaining their Bill. This the Committee conceive to be the greatest misfortune that can happen to the Shareholders, as calls must then be made, and the shares be come valueless. The second announces that the attention of the Directors is being "directed to the practicability of treating with any rivals upon terms advantageous to the London and York Shareholders." The Committee give the Directors full credit for the intention thus ex pressed, and have the satisfaction of feeling that the steps they are taking will facilitate the Directors in the attainment of this most im portant object. The holders of many thousand shares have already signified their concurrence in the views which led to the formation of this Com mittee, and as they almost universally express an opinion in favour of an amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Railway, the Com mittee are directing their attention to this point, and only require the early adhesion of those Shareholders who have not yet replied to the circulars to insure success. The Committee, in reply to many letters received offering pecu niary support, beg to state that being personally holders of nearly 6,000 shares, they decline receiving any subscriptions, and intend bearing all the expenses, unless the Shareholders in the Londou and York line vote their payment from the general funds. - By order of the Committee, HENRY PHILIPPS. Committee-RoomP, Ns► 4, Sise-lane, Bucklerabary, April 24, 1546. N.B.—Every Shareholder who kas not yet done so is earnestly requested to fill up the following form (printed copies of which may be obtained at the Committee-Rooms), and retura the same signed Without delay : _ _ TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON AND YORK SHAREHOLDERS. Gentlemen,— ram a scrip-holder of shares in the London and York Railway, and am desirous, firstly, of having the line south: of Peterborough given up, so as to lessen tke cost ; or, secondly, of having terms made with the Eastern Counties Company fur an abandonment of the London and York Railway and Amalga 'nation with the Eastern Counties line. _ _ _ I would prefer the * of these alternatives, and I authorise the Committee of Shareholders to represent my opinion to the Legislature, and to pray Parliament to carry the same into effect. Name in full ... • Residence .. • • ...... •• • Date....... ...... Numbers of Scrip .. * Here insert the word " first," or " second." THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, Moorgate-street, 22d April, 1846. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 5f the Donors, Subscribers, and Members, to the Benevolent Fund, will be held at the Londin Tavern, on Wentir.snAy, May 6, at Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of Electing TWO ADDI. TIONAL ANNUITANTS. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, President •f the Board of Trade, will take the Chair at the Dinner, at Six o'clock in the Drening. By order of the Board of Managers, THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of COPPER miNERa in BNGLIITD, Old Broad-street, London, Apri 8, 1846. , . The Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper Itiners in England hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND, for the half-year ending at Lady-day last,.has been this day declared, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, tree of income-tax, en the paid-up capital stock of the Company, and will be payable at this Office, we and after FRIDAY, the 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Three. By order of tke Court of Assistants, W. INGLIS, Secretary. ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received from Paris a carefully selected variety of Fourteen-day CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, china, and marble cases, In the style of Louis XIV., with various figure groups, as II( bocce at the Well, Rollin, Time and History, &c. The price is four, five, and seven guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Corahill, London, opposite the statue of the Duke of Wellington. QUPERB NOVELTIES in PAPIER MACHE, at 4, Leadenhall-street, Leadon. A visit to hisestablishment will prove that there is not in London another such stock of Elegancles. They consist of saddles, tables, envelope cases, netting boxes, companions, cabinets, jewel cases, work boxes, dressing cases, tea caddies, hand and pole screens, card racks, table inkstands, regency writing-desks, portfolios, playing cards, and visiting card-cases, cigar and bottle-cases, note and cake baskets ; also an assortment of needle-cases, in pearl and tortoise shell, silver and gold pencil-cases, pen holders, and other articles suitable for presents. Inventor of the patent elistellated tooth-brush. THE REGISTERED SH IR T I WAREHOUSE. 42, REGENT-CI U P ICCADILLY. The s The Proprietor begs to state that in the f CCADILLT. SHIRT a very great improvement is erect. .rm of the REGISTERED preserve the easy looseness so necessary t r est care is taken to with a plain smooth setting front, and too retisl garment, together dur:ng the whole time in wear. But a further XI this appearance advantage is offered—the material of those e l most important fronts, collars, and wristbands, are compos e d L. thesee4', , the Linen, now so widely celebrated for the purity of it. bl each , Flax presenting a beautiful snow-whits appearance. The Proprietor thus thee begs to state, that rigorous attention is given towards 4t o o d r fur prices and excellence of workmanship. Any philanthropic larate gentleman who may be desirous of giving employment to perso ns of reduced means with such inten tion, the Proprietor et this establish', meet will be happy to to-operate, and merely requires to see a ape _ eimen of work, and a card of the lady or gentleman recommending. Samples of the Golden Flax Linen, or Cambric, with prices and di rections for self-measurement, will be cheerfully forwarded by post to non-residents in London. Also an assortment of the highly-pa tronised Golden Flax Cravat Collar can be obtained by application, addressed as follows: The Registered Shirt Warehouse, 42, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended i to the most distinguished oreign connection., who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by tkern_only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as cask label having their signature, vritkout whisk it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established aid rash-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by tkem after the sure sumer that has given tie greatest satisfaction for many Years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, oornor of Savoy !kepi, London. SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE changes in a few minutes, vr,thout trouble, red or grey hair, Whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, ,cc., to a dark brown or black, by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will Produce a pleasing and permanent change. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and les. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Ficligate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside • Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, kilsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficaey, that may be resorted to with confidence , and used with success in cases of temporary sick ness, occur no ring in families more or l ess every day, are so obvious to all, that question can be raised of its Importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the °flowing is respr stfullysnbmitted PUBLICATIONS. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. Oa April 30th, No. 32, Poet !Ivo., price 2s. Gd. T 4 IVONIAN TALES. By the Author o: "Letters from the Baltic." On May 31st, No. 33, containing MEMOIRS of a CHURCH MISSIONARY IN CANADA. John Murray, Albemarle-street. BY ORDER OF TILE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. AREPRINT of the NAUTICAL ALMANAC for the CURRENT YEAR, 1846, has been commenced, and will WI ready for publication on or before the sth of May .Nex.. John Murray, Albemarle-street. RAILWAY REFORM. Oa Saturday, the 2ith inst. Pries RAILWAY REFORM AND RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, and the PUBLIC, in the RAILWAY HIGHWAYS of the UNITED KINGDOM. By JAMES TROUP, Esq. Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. THE OXFORD GRADUATE'S NEW WORK ON ART. Now ready, in o ne vol. i mperial Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth. A SECOND VOLUME OF " MODERN r3IL PAINTERS ;" treating of the THEORETIC and IMAGINA TIVE FACULTIES. BY A GRADUATE OF OXFORD. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 66, Cornhill. 1 (. 4 A new edition of the first volume, revised by the author, is being printed, uniformly with the second ; and the third volume, with numerous illustrations, is in preparation. STEEL'S SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT. —NEW EDITION. Now ready, is one large volume Bvo., 28s. cloth, or 295. bound, an entirely New Edition of 4ZTEEL'S SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT , and OWNER'S MANUAL. A new Edition, re-written through out. Edited by GRAHAM WILLMORE, Esq., M.A., Barrister at-Law. The Customs and Shipping Department by GEORGE CLEMENTS, of the Customs, London, compiler of " The Customs Guide." The Exchanges, &c.,:and Naval Book-keering, by WIL LIAM TATE, autor of " The Modern Cambist," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lang:nails. Just published, price Sixpence, FRIENDS OF POLAND. The Address of the Literary Association of the Friends of Po • laud to the People of Great Britain and Ireland, containing a faithful exposition of the nature and causes of the late revolution in Poland, accompanied by authentic documents and details of the recent events, which explain the melancholy condition of that unhappy country, showing its strong claim to the sympathy and justice of an enlight ened British public. Published by E. 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Perry and Co., surgeons, may 4e consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-ttreot, London, daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Manebuiter. on 11[ 4 .edays, Tuesdays. and Wednesdays. 011 TIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND -- - -.--. ......- - ---7 -.— I. TO 4R. THOMAS TROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON MATURITY. WITE TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. di 5, cooper-street, manchester, March . l2, 1242. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price Sir,—l have much satisfaction in cornmunica'll experience, after repeated trials, of FR tng to you the re- 25. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6cl. in Postage Stamps Milt of my and I inel it but justice to state, that ivnetnheevceorufrosuenodf . MPTO.N'S PILL Sr Post-office Order. OF HEALTH , Q ELF, PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise many years' trial of ♦arious Aperient Medicines, I have 1.,3 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. ults at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, &e., so little inconvenience; lam Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates en the Anatomy, therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means loy l slolrgy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, cop aming their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing ong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether whether at the desk or on the road, a most excesses With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous especially mercantile men, ty, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of valuable resource 11 - i an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony , I am the means of making the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSIFLTING SURGEON, FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known , and appreciated. " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, ' WILLIAM SMITH." Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; xi Ma e triculated P M . ember ef the University of Edinburgh, Mono a The Imprecodentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re. commendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit A m th ber of , the Londo• Hospital Medical Society, Liceitiate r rY ef from their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are poi ccanes Ball, London, &c., &e. not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but "'"..ie anther ef this singular .at P ul T t n a l len w ted lr w . ork is a legally quell for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at fled medical man who haseviddeisnotrldyerh.adaretsoinnsgidferroambletheexpreornieienscaenidn tandems Biliouf and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, the treatment of the various Giddiness ' , DizaineSs, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, i d 11 aims &c frailties of early indiscretion The enravings are an invaluable ad- Heartburn Lose of Appetite, maturity, efexc Two or ' three doses Willi l e V on n vince P the ;filleted of their salutary ditien, by demonstratin tit . act as a salutary warningg to e y c e o uth sequences e a s it te d s, which must regain its strength ; a healthy 'Seats. The stomach will speedily by its p many questions may be matt • erusp-al salon of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place; satisfactorily replied to, that admit of seed instead of listleunese, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, peal, even to the most confidential friend."--Era. no a -63, Oeafoardso by the Author, and may be had at his residence ; I s t rength. aotivity, and meowed health. extending t° t wd _ old .! I g e, Published Wording to the nlroolt from S. Gilbert, 52, Paternoster - row; Pannay and Co ., will be the result of taking this needlOina, street; Stacie, Tiehborne,street, Quadrant ; q d or on, 146 . Leaden gocompanyMg each box. ' 2s. 9d. I -street thron,ghout the • all Booksellers. per box, also by the Vendors of ModiaineS generally At Home far Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, kingdom. and from NAsk for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing ye and Addreastof " Thomas ?rout 229 Strand, London," On the i the fee of it., for advice, &v.-9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD. Goy/m*l g o " I 991.141,11 E, LA4DO.I" No. 16,721. LONDON, THURSDAY E E N 'ATES" will bring out a NEW WEEKLY PAPER, starting with his DERBY PROPIIECY. IACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. On FRIDAY, Aran. 24th, 1846;N;411 be performed RELSTTAZ. ZAR'S FEAST, a Sacred Cantata, composed by Mr. G. PERRY MENDELSSOHN'S CXIV .PSALM; and HAYDN'S SERVICE, No. 2. . _ Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. tockey, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. Phillips. Tke Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per formers. _ _ _ Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, 55.; ho the Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Masicsellers ; of Mr. Bowley, 52, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of 31r, Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. See. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. C ITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY, Founded A. D. 1818, For providing a permanent Relief to Decayed Artizans, Mechanics, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, and the widows of such Persons, above Sixty Years of Age. Supported by voluntary contributions. PATION—The QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. At a special Meeting of the Governors of this Institution, held at the London Tavern this day, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, a Vice-President of the Institution in the chair, he Secretary, Mr. 11. F. Richardson, stated that, among numerous other letters received from Members of Parliament and gen , lemen Governors of the Institution, expressing their disapproval of the Bill, but inability to attend, was the following from Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.:— " Dear Sir,—My m i n d h as long been made up chardson to oppose Es the Charitable Trusts Bill, and therefore it is not needful for me to attend the Meeting on Wednesday. "Tours truly, " Thames-street, April, 18, 1846." It was then moved by FREDERICK SALMON, Esq., seconded by Thomas Lima SERLE, Esq.. and unanimously carried, " That, in the opinion of this Meeting, the Bill purporting to be 'An Act for securing the due administration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales,' is unnecessary and impolitic, likely to be vexatious and distressing in its operation, and will tend to the injury of all, and the annihilation of some, of those public and private phi lanthropic Institutions hitherto alike the honour and pride of the British nation." It was resolved unanimously— " That petitions be presented from the Governors of the City of London General Pension Society, praying the Legislature to reject the Bill intituled An Act for securing the due administration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales,' and that the preparation and presentment of such petitions be confided to the Board of Directors of the Institution. "W. THOMPSON " That the best thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for his able conduct in the chair this day, and for his en lighi oned benevolence towards this and the numerous charitable In stitutions of the City of London." HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Secretary. 36, Coleman-street, April 22, 1846. BENIOWSKI'S ARTIFICIAL MEMORY, or PHRENOTYPICS, daily at Two 5..51., and Half-past Seven Evening, at 8, Bow-street. Admission is. At the Royal Adelaide Gallery every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three. " Such a wonderful memory as the Lecturer's has not, we may say boldly, appeared. The keys of this invaluable science are con veyed with the greatest ease to any of his pupils."—Sun. Private lessons, at 8, Bow-street, three guineas the course (six lessons). To private families at their residences, six guineas. Lan guages, six guineas the course (twelve lessons). To families at their residences, twelve guineas the course. The learner has to study two hours daily during three months. Can any malt commit to memory the meanings of 1,000 foreign'words in one forenoon, or 30 declen sions, 30 tenses, in one hour? Can any man recollect a sermon, ora ti:n, &c., without having taken any notes ? We can ; and we do enable others to do the same. Phrenotypics perform similar incre dibilities in every department of human science where memory is concerned. Hand-books of Phrenotypics 2s. 6d. Prospectuses gratis. —B, Bow-street. B ENIOWSKI'S NEW INVENTION FOR THE BLIND. LECTURES on Major BENIOWSKI'S newly-invented PROCESS of PRINTING (from usual types) for the BLIND, and teaching them to read and write, at the Phrenotypic Institution, 8, Bow-street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Twelve o'clock ; also at the Royal Adelaide Gallery every Thursday, at Four o'clock. " One of the greatest trinmphs of modern ingenuity."—Sun. By this invention an immense bulk of classical, periodical, and mu sical compositions is at once made available for the blind. This, combined with Major Beniowski's Artificial Memory, or Plireno typics, has produced effects which the Inventor deems it to be the duty of every philanthropist to witness. Admission free. Free . Le ctures on the same day s , a t O ne o 'cl oc k , on Ma j or Beniowski s or Phrenotypic Method of Teaching the Seeing to Read. B ENlowsKrs PUBLICATIONS in -his EASY ORTHOGRAPHY. PHRENOTYPIC PRIMER for TEACHERS, Is.; for Pupils, Is. ; for the Blind, 2s. ; Dictionary, 45.; Genesis, Is. ; St. Matthew, phrenotyped for being committed to memory rapidly, 2s. 6d.; the F,ur Gospels, 2s. ; the Common Prayer-book, 6d. ; a Missal for the Laity, 6d. ; Handbook containing the principles and their applica tion, 2s. 6d. —B, Bow-street. BENIOWSKI'S GERMAN by ARTIFICIAL MEMORY. A new CLASS, under Major BENIOWSKI, on Friday evenings at half-past eight, commenced April 17. One guinea the course (twelve lessons) ; private lessons, six guineas the course ; to families at their residences, one guinea each lesson (twelve lessons). Pros pectuses gratis.-8, Bow-street. EASTR HOLYYS. Novelties of extrem,,E interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scs in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished. Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnided by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. Tho PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, With new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. brief Description of tho Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Notice Is hereby given, that a SPECIAL MEETING of the SCIIIPIIOLDEItS if this COMPANY will be held at the White Hart Inn, in the town of Witham, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the Bill now de pending in Parliament, intituled, "A Bill for making a Railway from Malden, through Witham to Braintree, all in the county of Essex," will be submitted to the consideration of such meeting. Dated this 22d day of April, 1546. BLOOD and DOUGLAS, Solicitors for the Bill, Witham. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNELILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, an all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, ( see table); also the opti on o f selecting benefits, and the conversion of kis interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT 2. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. I I *lv ,14. 1 2 1 i Premium. ,; ( ,I Bonus Beams In i 5 ii g ,:, t i ff - ) F.,° 1 added. Cash. 5" ',..• 0 ','.' 5 • i Apo i l .5,1 :4 .-. I i 7 2. 6 '. • ii & 1837 X 13 5 13 513 1 IXs. d. Zl9l 1838 161, 13 0 287 74 13 10 1,4 17 X 395 11 11 8 6 346 2 3 591000 74 3 4 '1639 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1840 39 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4$ The d;•vision of profits is aennal, and the next will be made in De mber of the present year. _ F. FERGUAON CAMROTYX. Req. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London. RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. THIS IS THE ONLY GUARANTEED MUTUAL COMPANY, those assuring on the participating principle having the security of a joint-sto .k company, and being entitled at the same time to the whole of the mutual profits. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraud, and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived them selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresen tation. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors' whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. BY THE HALF-PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first seven years' premiums is required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy to be con tinued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice. A reduction of 25 per cent. has been declared upon the current year's premiums of all participating policies of five years' standing. Copies of the last report, prospectuses, and all other information, may be obtained front the manager or agents. ♦LEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The sales are—Br istol and Exeter, New, 94 —Eastern Counties, 22%—Midland, l44—South Devon, 30—Taff Yids, New, 1 • _ _ MNCHESTRm 22. Brocig ExcuANGE.— A Tho sale s are—B ,Ar ideford and Tavistock, Hs. 6d. dia.—Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 245. dis.—Bosten, Newark, and Sheffield, 1 die. C.—Chelmsford and Bury, 15s. 6d. dis.—Derby and Crewe, 245. p.—Direct Northern, 114 dis.—Eastern Counties, 2 214—Ditto, York Extension, p.—East Lancashire, No. 2, 14 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 6 p.—Glasgow and Dum fries, 16s.' c. dis. — Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 dis. — Hudderstleld and Sheffield Junction, 2% p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 1 1 4 dis.—Leeds and Thirak, 534 dis.—Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 1 p.—Liverpool and Bury, 614 p.—Ditto, New Shares, 114 p.— Liverpool, Onnskirk, and Preston, is. 3d. p.— Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, dis.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 1 15-16 dis.—London and York, 20s. 9d. dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7% —Ditto, ditto (R), 8 p.—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction 18s ,6d . dis.—Manc h ester an d B ury A tmo spheric, 9s. c. die. —Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 114 p.—Northumberland and Lancashire, 17s. r6d. c. dis.—North Staffordshire, 40s. p.—Pres ton and Wyre, Halves „(11), P.—Shetlield, Leek, and Cr ews, 13-16 dis.—She ffi eld and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 1-16 p.- 6bropshirs Union, Railway and Canal, 225. c. dis.—South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), as. dis.—West Riding Union, 1% p.— Whitshaven and Furness, 3% dis.—Preston and Wyre Extension, 3-16 dis. LEEDS, Aram 22. STOZX EXCHANGII.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 17s. 6d, p.—Tork and North Midland Extension, 17); p..— Ditto, East and West Riding, 734 p.—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 12s. Gd. dim. —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares 7s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 20s. dis.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 2 dis.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 21. 1 Is. Id. p.— Leeds and Bradford, 24% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, I% p.—Leeds and Thlrsk, 534 dia.—North British, Half Shares, 2 p.—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 10s. p. — Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 275. dis.—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 28s. dis.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 225. dis. — Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 18s. dis.— Chelmsford and Bury, 17s. 6d. dis.—Direct Northern, 235. 6d.—Grand Union, 16s. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 265. dis.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 20s. dis.— London and York, 225.6 d. dis.—London and Manchester (Rem.), 345. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, Is. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 18s. Cd. dis.—North Western, Bs. 6d. dis.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 19s. dis.—South Midlands, ss. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 255. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. is.—York and Carlisle, 30s. dis. HULL, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The resolutions laid on the table of the House by Sir R. Peel are anxiously lo•ked for ; so far as his speech dese lopes the measure, it has given general satisfaction. Not much business doing to-day. The sales are—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guaranteed), 100;4—York and North Midland, East and West Rid ing, B%—Blackburn, Darwin, and Bolton, 2%—North British, Car lisle, 346.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 331.—Hu1l and Barnsley Junction, 225. 9d. —Leicester aid Tamworth, 20s.—Liverpeol and Leeds, 2%—London and - York, 28s. Gd.—Engby and Huntingdon, 235. —Shrewsbury and Hereford (Great Western line), 2✓is.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 21s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 22. STOCK Excnarion.—The only sale is—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 16s. dls. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 22. STocx Excuawoz.—The 'sales are—Caledonian, s%—Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, 1 1 ,4 Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15s.—Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 12s. 4cl. dis. YORK, Aram 22. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. I Is. 6d.-Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 9s. 6d.-Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 11. 2s. 6 d. - Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 11. 25.-London and York, 11. B s. - Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. Is. Gd.- Newcastle and Berwick, 17%-North Bri tish, Carlisle Extension, 1% -Welsh Midland, 1/. 4s. 6d.-York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 8%. EDINBURGH, Aram 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31.. -Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. 55.-Airdrio and Bathgate, 2/. I s. -Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. les.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. IN.-Banffshire, IN.-British and Irish Union, 1/. 195.-Caledo nisui, 111. 55.-Ditto, New, 11. Bs. Gd.-Caledonian Extension, 11. Bs. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. IN.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11. 17s. 6 d. - ClydesdaleJunction, 12/.-Direct Northern, 1/. U.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and Perth, 14/. IN.-East of Fife, 1/. 10s.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, it, 41.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. Os. 6d. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16/. ss. -Ditto, Quarters, 171. IN.-Ditto, ditto, New, 'U.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. I/. Is. U.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 16s. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 161.-Ditto, Preference, 18/. 105. -Edinburgh and Northern, 41. 55.-Ditto, Newport, Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 155.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. 4s. 6 d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 55.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701. les.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17/. IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 133.-Glas gow and Dundee Junction, 11. 1 Is.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 105.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.- Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 125.-- Granton Junction, it. IN. - Inverness and Elgin, 11. Is. 6d.-London cad York, 11. IN.-North British, 251. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 81.- Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, I/. 145.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 95.-Scottish Central, 131. 101.-Ditto, New, 2 5/. 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 6s - Scottish Midland, 51. 155.-Scottish Southern, it. 13s. 6d.-Stlr ling and Dunfermline, 1/. 9s. STOCK. EXCRANGE.-The SGOW sales A ar P e-Aberdeen, 605.-Ayr and Galloway, 305 . -Banffshire , 19s. 6d.-British an d I r i s h U n i on, 40s.- GLARIL 21. Caledonian, 10 -Ditto, New, 265. Caledonian Extension, 275. id.- Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 275. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 285.-East Indian Railway, 10s.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 325. 6d. -Glasgow General Terminus, 8 7 4-Glasgow and n a l h a r a n g o o c pr k , and 4ls Ayrse 415.-Scottish h Direct , Belfast Union, 272.6 d. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 29 - L A. o r t d h r i o a s i s is a: 1 4 , 1 2;1_8. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. 6d. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and - Le i t Central and Caledonian Junction, 24s S th 11 d 7 6d.- . - 13 ka - n a s r e k o t t a i n s h d ou M an ,3 s. ifs.nt Central, 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 30s. 6d. VERTISEMENT.] e Th e Gentleman's Real Head bs to l eV Ventilat ing adt integcti and is so clo se a resem - e perk tlan ' e a e ir ;o o nature a gen tleman to see the effect, a large assOrtmnedntt? enable any ays kept for inspection, any one of which, if approved of, sav es both time and trouble. These splendid specimensearthrcehaser p ruquean art, superior to anything to be obt a i ne d elsewhere,er either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be admired, and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons, 1 19 and 120 Bishopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair-cutting apartments on the ground-floor, the whole of the walls being lined with looking-glass a /a mode de Paris. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A FRIGHTFUL CASE OF A BAD LEG CORED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. —Mr. Thomas Clarke, a retired captain from the South Sea trade, residing in Globe-lane, Mile-end, had a bad leg for five years. There were about twenty holes in it ; several pieces of bone had come away. The limb was often the size of a child's body ; it had frequently caused the most excruciating pain. The captain was told that his leg must be amputated ; but he, like hundreds of others, has just go: it soundly healed by means of these surprising remedies, which are infallible in the cure of all wounds, sores, and ulcers.—Sold at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (whire advice may be had gratis), and by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. A HAW/C. AND A WEASLE. —While watching the ' movements of a brood of weasles, which were basking upon a shelf of an old wall, by the edge of a wood in the neighbourhood of 3for peth, I observed a hawk overhead. Believing that he had his eye ‘, upono t od, he young watched bloodsuckers, ji motionsl concealed, ,t crest After wheeling round a few times, as if to ascertain the most favourable otnngtst . the brush thconsiderable myself am Point of attack, he took up a position directly above his game. Gradually and cautiously descending to the point of attack, lie darted upon his prey, and, in an instant, was seen winging his way through the air with a young weasle secure in his talons. So soon as the hawk was out of sight, I again turned my eye to the wall, and ob served that the weasles had all disappeared but an old one, which stood upon Its hind legs snuffing the air, and, by the violence of its 1 gestures, appe ared to feel its loss acutely. At length it laid itself down, and, by the apparent carelessness of its position, seemed I^. invite attack. The hawk was again overhead, and, emboldened by his recent success, descended with great velocity upon the only re maining object of his appetite. lie caught a Tartar. No sooner had he secured his prey than he shot upwards with the rapidity of a rocket, and in an i nstant was almost lost in the clouds. A desperate struggle appeared t o b e going on for the mastery, which ended in the two combatants falling violently to the ground. In runn i ng to the t Bp°they t,ll (9 vuut the; both ducl.-143/04(If guava*. where THE CORN TRADE. BRITISH. Whether the proposed alteration in the corn-laws wi . • or will not be made, remains as much a matter of doub as ever ; and th e cont i nued uncert a i n ty k e eps business in a languid state. With this all-importaut poini undecided, it is utterly impossible to foresee the probable range of prices. Up to the present period holders of wheat have manifested conside.mblc firm ness ; but in comparing the value of free and bonded, it w ill b e o b served that t h ere exis t s a different. of from 14 s . t o 15 s . per quarter between t h e two ; it is plain, therefore, that if Sir Robert Peel should succeed in carrying his new plan, and the duty be reduced to 4s. per quarter, a mate r i a l r i se must take place i n t h e price of the article under lock, or the free price must come down several shillings. Which of these events is most likely to occur we must leave to our readers to determine in our opinion it will, in a great measure, depend on the character of the weather which may be experienced in the interval, and on the appearance of the growing crop at about the time a definite settlement takes place. On the other hand, if the Premier should fail in getting his Bill through the Lords, wheat of home growth would unquestionably rise, a s th e cont i nuance of protection, even though it should be in a modified form, would impart great firmness to farmers. At present there seems little chance of a speedy settlement of the question, and during the time which must still elapse before the subjectis finally disposed of, business is likely to remain in a very depressed state. The weather has since our last been, on the whole, auspicious, less rain haring fallen, and the tempera ture having risen considerably ; still the reports re lative to the a s p ect of the country are not parti cularly favourable, the colour of the blade being badly spoken of in many localities. We consider it too early, however, to venture on anything like a prediction respecting the next harvest, and place as little reliance on the accounts of extraordinary pro mise (and these are by no means saucommon) as to those of an opposite character. The supplies from the farmers have rather increased this week, but the deliveries have not been by any means large ; in point of quality no im provement has taken place, most of the wheat brought forward having come to hand in very indifferent condi tion. Notwithstanding this circumstance, previous prices have been tol era bl y we ll supported at the leading provincial markets, and at a few of the principal towns a small enhancement has. even been established. The accounts from Liverpool describe the wheat trade as having maintained a decidedly firm tone; the business was, it is true, on a somewhat restricted scale at that port both on Tuesday and Friday ; still needy buyers had to pay fully former terms, indeed in some cases Is. per 701bs. more was realised on the latter day. In bar • ley scarcely anything appears to have been done, but Indian corn and oats were in demand at rather advanced rates. From Hull the reports are not very animated ; the supply of wheat from the farmers was, however, dis posed of on Tuesday at prices similar to those at which sales were made on that day se'nnight. At Leeds the demand was also slow on the day named, but the finer kinds were not by any means easier to buy. The advices from Wakefield of Friday are of nearly the same cha racter, only good dry parcels of wheat being saleable; and no improvement being obtainable even on these. From the western and north-western parts of the kingdom the reports are to the same effect. In partial instances a trifling advance was paid for fine wheat at Birmingham on Tuesday, but the ordinary sorts were no dearer. The case was the same at Bristol, and most of the neighbouring markets. The cause of the want of activity is unquestionably the same as that which has so long kept the trade dull, viz., the uncertainty as to how the corn-idly debate will terminate. The millers seem determined not to add a bushel to their stocks so long as the matter shall remain undecided ; and we believe we are quite warranted in saying that there is scarcely a flour manufacturer in the kingdom holding sufficient wheat to carry on his trade a week without making small hand-to-mouth pur chases. Hitherto this has caused comparatively no in convenience, as the supplies hare quite kept pace with the demand; but we need scarcely remark that a very slight excess in the latter over the former would place millers in a very awkward position. By advices from Scotland we perceive that business has remained in much the same state there as before. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the inquiry for wheat was on a restricted scale ; the supply being, however, moderate, sellers were unable to obtain more money. By the most recent accounts from Ireland, it seems that the misery and want under which a large portion of the poor of that country are suffering, had caused the people to commit excesses requiring the military to quell. Still it would appear that large stocks of oats are held there, but which the owners are induced to keep back in anticipation of still higher prices. This is the consequence of the predictions of famine so freely put forth by those in power on various occasions. Of wheat, about the usual supplies had been brought forward at the various markets, but this article is altogether beyond the reach of the suffering poor. Though the arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been larger this than the previous week, still the supply has only been moderate ; a considerable portion of the same is from Lincolnshire, and has gone direct to the millers. What now remains in hands may be re garded as quite insignificant ; and if the passing of the Corn Importation Bill should be much longer delayed, and no increase take place in the supplies from the growers, the town manufacturers may find it difficult to secure sufficient to keep their mills going. The transactions in foreign wheat have not been of much importance since our last, a few small pur chases of bonded have been made at lunch the same terms as before, but as certificates for liberating the same have risen to nearly 165., buyers have confined their operations to as narrow limits -as has been compatible with their pressing wants. Besides what has been bought by the town millers, a cargo or two have been taken for s hi pment to Ireland ; but nothing whatever has been done on speculation in the article. The supply from abroai has again been liberal, up wards of 22,000 qrs. having been reported, a large pro portion c. nsisting of low qualities from the Mediterra nean. The averages are now beginning to creep up, and the duty, after having remained stationary for many weeks, fell to 17s. per quarter on Thursday ; below this point it is not likely, however, to recede for some weeks to come. The demand for barley has been exceedingly slow ; and, though only 5,045 quarters have been received coastwise, last Monday's currency has with difficulty been obtained for the finer kinds, whilst the inferior sorts have, in partial instances, been parted with at rather less money. In purchasing malt, except of the very best descrip tion, the turn has likewise been in favour of the buyer. The arrival of oats have not increased, the total sup ply for the week, including 2,550 quarters from abroad, having amounted to only 15,213 quarters. The stocks in the hands of the dealers have been further diminished this week, and the market is gradually becoming bare of good corn. Under these circumstances, factors have raised their pretensions ; and though the trade has been the reverse of lively, an advance of 6d. to is. per quarter has been established on last Monday's currency. Beans have moved off in retail at much the same re*.es as before, and peas of all kinds have maintained their previous value with great firmness. _. . , FOREIGN. By the Hibernia steam-ship we have New York ad vices up to the Ist inst., and accounts from other parts of the United States of corresponding dates. There does not appear to have been much business done in flour at any of the leading ports, but some rather large pur chases of wheat seem to have been made on British account. Letters from New York state that fair sup plies of flour had arrived from the interior since the re opening of the river navigation ; and fewer orders for the purchase ofthe article having been received from England than had been reckoned on, some difficulty had bean ex perienced in making sales of the common brands of Ge then Ge nesse at over 5i doll ars per barrel. This is about equal to 235. 6d. free on b oar d, an d freight to London being 3s. 3d. per b arre l, th ere i s not much prospect that per. chases made w ith a v i e w to this market will turn out very profitably. Of wheat, several thousand bushels appear to have been taken, after the arrival of the Hibernia, for shipment : white realized 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 25c., and red 1 dol. 14c. per bushel. At New Y or k the export demand for Indian corn had fallen off, an d i ts value had rather receded from the highest point. From the Baltic the accounts received this week are of precisely the same character as previous advices. Holders of wheat had, we learn, maintained a firm tone at all the leading ports ; and, though the demand has been very far from brisk, former terms bad been steadily supported. From the opening of the navigation up to the end of March only about 7,000 qrs. had been shipped from thence, and of this small quantity more than half had been for the e e tt: Netherlands, only a b out 3,000 qrs. h av i ng been shipped to Great B r it a i n . Th e wan t o f lif e i n the de had and had failed to make muc h i mpress i on on t h e minds of holders, English Balticstill portscalcula ptedrieweeithseecmonfiadlseonctee hoanveanb e extensive pre English demand i n th e summer and autumn. At the well maintained. A letter from Stettin, of the 12th instant, states that purchases of both wheat and barley h a d b een made there by buyers from the interior, which cire urnstance had rts. counteracted the effect which might otherwise, perhaps, have been produced by the confirmed dull reports from e undergone the epet e a r n f y r 0 : a e n e g t p e 0 . hence. 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When Macdonald of Kep , poch was asked the amount of his income, he replied, "I can raise five hundred men." Those men, however, • were miserably lodged and fed—subsisting often by plunder--and at all times dependent on the character and caprice of their natural lea ler. It was a state of things that could not last—a form of society alim_ to Vie spirit of the British Constitatien. But under it mem many a generation of brave men, and flourished Lazily virtues. We may rejoice that its harsher features ht.ve disappeared, and that the cause of Charles Edward was not the successful cause. His weak and obstinate cha racter, his prejudices and connexions, would have en tailed upon us another struggle for constitutional liberty. But with these admissions, we may recollect, with pride and emotion, that the Highlanders of old v,ere not un worthy their beautiful and magnificent country_ .They were brave, loyal, and generous, and incorruptible in their fidelity. These high qualities were devetoped in the Forty-five, and though a century has now gathered over their fame, interposing many a deed of glory since achieved, they still shed a lustre on our national history. The field of Culloden is therefore hallowed ground. ft is not an Agincouit or a Bannockburn, but it is a great landmark in our Scottish aiinals—an index to a state of society gone by for ever —a record of the last ravages of civil war in this kingdom—and a touching memorial,of unfaltering faith and devotion, supported by high but unavailing bravery. May its green graves be always sacred ! PRICE SD. IRELAND. A nrivAL OF INDIAN CORN AT GALWAY.—The Dee steamer arrived in our roadstead on Thursday, with 100 tons of Indian corn meal. The cargo was on Friday discharging and placed in the stores engaged for the purpose. 1 . 1 7 e und erstan d that a gentleman from the Commissariatssarlat Depart ment i s now in town, and we trust that, with. possible di spatch, arrangements may be made for distributing the corn am ong the people a t a very low rate. B ut the cry Is for work, work, work.— Galway Mercury. There are about 500 families without food, or means of procuring it, in and about . A t hl one, on the Connaught side of it.—Galway riuthe a f or . DISTRESS IN ANNAGIIDowN.—Wo regret to learn that distress in this locality prevails to a most alarming extent. The people of the place have openly declared, that if employment be not immediately given, they can no longer withstand the distress they are labourin g under. By this morning's post we h ave rece ived a copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting held there on Mon day last f or th e p urpose o f raising subscriptions to afford temporary relief.—lbid. EMIGRATION.—THE THREATENED COERCION ACT.-- As we anticipated some weeks ago, this has proved a busy season in the passenger trade ; hundreds of well clad peasants may be seen crowding our streets and quays daily, preparing to leave their native shores, to seek that employment in a strange land which they cannot procure at home ; and the worst of it is, that the emigrants are nearly all of the better class. Com forLble small farmers, despairing of being able to sup port their young annilies, make up «hat money they can, and take leave with a sigh of the land of their birth, in the hope that they will meet with happier for tunes and brighter days on the other side of the Atlan tic. It is said that some persons are induced to emi grate from a dread of the Coercion Bill ; it is certain that the country people have a grest terror of that mea sure, which they anticipate will completely deprive them of all liberty. —Sligo Champion. ARREST ON A CHARGE or MURDER.--On Monday last, Thomas Sullivan, charged with the murder of Michael Lyons, at Athlone, on the 21st of la,t ra'.nth, was arrested by sub - constable Ross, of the Ballyd angon station.— W es t ern S tar. CAPTURE OF A "BLACK MAIL" GATHERER NEAR lllLLTowx.—lnformati on was given to the police sta tioned at Hiiltown, on Tuesday, the 14th inst., that a person of a gentleman-like appearance was levying, net war, but taxes in her Majesty's subjects of that neigh bourhood, under the name of poor-rates, to collect which, he said, he had been commissioned by a gentleman in Mourne. He had, it appears, received a considerable SUM from the unsuspecting people before sub-constable Hugh M'Alary went in quest of him. Not readily did this modern O'Hanlon change the freedom of a free booter for the close captivity of a "dungeon vile." Never did "fleet Camilla scour the plain" more nimbly than Rody the Rover trod the sod, for five miles, over a mountainous country, before the pursuit of justice. He was at last, with much difficulty, ran down and captured, after a little resistance, by M'Alary, and marched to the police barracks, where he was committed to Down patrick gaol by J. Scott, Esq., J.P., to awaiA his trial at the next Quarter Sessions to be held in Newry.—Belfust Vindicator. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. PAIBLIN, APRIL 21.—Mr. Pollock, the clerk of the peace for the county and city of Dublin and thirteen other counties in Ireland, died on Monday, at Mountains -town, his country se it. The demise of this gentlemen will create several vacancies, which will be filled up by fifteen separate ap pointments. COMMISSION COURT.—TUESDAY. FINAL ACQUITTAL OF MIN. SCOTT. Mrs. Mary John Scott, the lady who was on trial during the entire of last week, and who was acquitted upon an in dictment charging her with marrying Anthony Galway, in 1821, her former husband, James Carter, being alive, was this day again placed at the bar, and indicted for marrying Mr. John Bindon Scott, of Cahirron, in the county of Clare, the same Carter being alive. This case, which is now finally disposed of, is perhaps one of the most extraordinary bigamy cases upon record. It appeared that, in the year 1812, Mrs. Scott married a person named James Carter, in Letterkenney, in the county of Donegal ; in the year 1821 married a Mr. Anthony Galway, Carter being th en a li ve ; and in the year 1833 married V Mr. Scott, both Carter and Galway being alive. Shortly after the last marriage she was indicted fur marrying Scott, Galway being alive, and was then acquitted, by proving that Carter was, in . point of fact, living; and on Saturday she was again acquitted upon an indictment charging her with marrying Galway, Carter being alive, by proving the illegality of Carter's marriage, it having been celebrated by a Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the parties being an Episcopalian Protestant. The case came before the Court upon an ap plication for a postponement of the trial until next com mission, on behalf of the prosecution, but it was opposed by the traverser's counsel, on the ground that the evidence as to religion in both cases was similar, and that a case should not be postponed to enable parties to obtain evidence which they had years to collect. The Court was in favour of the ob jection, and accordingly the traver ser was arra i gned in the usual orm, and acquitted for the third and last time, no evi dence having been offered for the prosecution. The acquittal was grounded upon the law in the celebrated Presbyterian marriage case of " the Queen v. Mills," which was decided by the House of Lords a couple of years since, and upon which the late Irish Marriage Act was passed. THE WEATHER. A most unfavourable change has taken place since yester day. Last night the rain commenced falling in torrents, and continued without any intermission u p t o p os t-h our this day. It is, besides, as cold and raw as though it were the month of January ; and should the weather not speedily take up, the worst consequences, as regards the prospects of the new crops, must be apprehended. The spring has been already an unusually late one—vegetation being extremely back ward, and much out-work remaining unfinished. in truth, there is no disguising the fact, present appearances seem to justify the gloomiest prognostications of the alstrinists. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FORGING TWO WILLS. . _ of this WORCESTER7ECESDAY NIGHT.— The magistrates . ( cit) ha s v te,, b o e a e f i ci l iha o a, c ,r e ign u eg pi bf e or d org. fo ge r dh s tt o wa m go l di i no w se u tu r insmetriah.:Rssaipeftuhreaprrnodortolinna purporting in vestigatingboef wills of William Welsh, deceased,formerlyof l Cr i o ll T a 'fi m el d .w F e a ls r i n i i ,s , near Abergavenny, with intent to defraud v heir-at-law of a certain estate at Aston Ingham, Hereford.. shire. The prisoner, it appears, married Hannah Welsh, daughter of the deceased, and some years after the death of the latter, he set up a claim to the estate at Aston Ingham, alleging that a will had been made by William Welsh in his favour. The heir-at , law (Welsh's eldest son, who took pos session of the estate on th 6 death of his father) denied the existence of any will, and challenged to the proof. After considerable delay, the prisoner, on the 13th instant, produced the alleged will at the office of Mr. Daniel, solicitor, of this city; and it being declared to be a forgery, he was taken into custody. The will was dated " this day of September," no day of the month being stated, and devised the Aston Ing ham estate to the prisoner. The case, as regards this forged will, was gone into on this day week, when several witnesses were examined. Some al leged that the signature to the will was in the handwriting of Welsh, and others denied it. The prisoner insisted that the will was a bond fide document, and that it had been pre pared by a carpenter, named Nurthen. The case was re manded to this day, when the second (alleged) forged will was produced. At the close of the case the prisoner was. committed for trial at the next \Worcester assizes, in August. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BET WEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—The following is the official return of the number of passengers who have passed between France and England, by the ports of London, Folkstone, Dover, Calais, and Bou logne-sur-Mer, from the sth instant up to the 11th inclusive: —By Boulogne, 1,045 passengers, 14 horses, and 16 carriages. By Calais, 216 passengers, 3 horses, and 1 carriage. The corresponding period in 1845 was :—By Boulogne, 974 passengers; Calais, 358. The 1,045 p assen gers arrived at Boulogne were divided as f o ll ows :—Coining from London, 85 ; ditto from Folkestone, 441—total, 526. Sailed for Lon don, 140 ; ditto for Folkstone, 379—total, 519-1,045. The following is the number of passengers during the first quarter of 1846:—Boulogne, 10,223; Calais, 2,617; Havre, 2,360; Dieppe, 855; Ostend, 3,256; Antwerp, 759, making a grand total of 20,090. It is expected that, in consequence of the line of steam-packets intended to be established by the South Eastern Railway Company , from Rams g ate to O stend, in addition to their vessels betw een Folkstone an d Boulogne, that the number of passe n g ers, this y ear to Belgium and Francowill be greatly increased by these faciliti es and cheap are& kg.—About twel ve o ' c l ock on Tues daymorning,POSebber, an inspe c t or i n the employment of the EX o l r 3 s 24f. ofr OF G Sewers, iv and residi ng at No. 1, Greek-street, Sotto,, O C o mmission as tallied the following serious injuri es. It appears that among other of ' the Westminster im provements, :now in progress, is that of consi derably enlarging the sewers, and at the above time Mr. Webber pro ceeded to some distance up one of these in Rochester-row. but had hardly been in it more than two or three seconds, ere a tremendous report was heard. Th e men instantly made towards the pl where they found M r. Web her lying upon his back in a in convey ing St ale o in sensibility, and quit e bl ack in the face. No time him to West minster Hospital, where, upon examination person, it was di scovered that his face, hands, arm s, and body were severely injured. S ome gas had escaped heldll. o in his hand, had given 1 P a pipe in the sewer, and igniting fr om th e candle Mr. We bb er rise to the ex pl o si on. was lost of his dissolution of Parliament, Si r 8art.,G.C.8., will be in v it e d to offer George Wakelyn Smith, entation of this, his native county.— himself for the repres Cambriclie „ildvattser , rrli E t il ha E t ß i O n the OF eAveLLntrowflal.—We have heard it ru moured APRIL 23, 1846. N 7 CE A puTbliEc llttlie3tPngßollTh Cl o ( Pt i l!Toc Y ie . ty wa , held on Wednesday evening, in Exeter Hall, where L , hi o rn n_en t terin great assembly was congregated some time before the hour ap.iointed. Mr. O'CoNNELL, who had been announced to take the g the hall, received with vocifor ..us cheering., which was repeated after he had taken the :hair. When it had concluded, he rose and said, he with. Such a reception showed they thought could not consent to fill the chair, without in a very few id ce snnp gtt t erh h r3,ne e ,:mn i i eneeedrenyoe independent elwas warm nesdsbeuetnhhs ae r eoi e ed e ft s e orou p enfi ion eol et subject, h tsel e (br.foa.ee h nni e e n l g e v t h e d , t not h a t b i e: w a because et the it was greatest not importan t,blessing G o b d u j t e l b . ( e , r hat his spirit was kindred with theirs e r p : s e o : . d ) ' n al d a 'n'd T og c r ti c e e i hns m u gi d cause the topics were so very obvious—obvious to all d l e l; k n e d i nn ei panion of man in every condition, for there was no feel ing which it did not softer, and sweeten, no evil which it did not smooth and alleviate, no good which it did not cherish, and no vice to which it was not an antagonist. I Many calumnies had been poured upon his country, and I among the rest it had been reported of Irishmen, that they were drunkards ; no grosser calumny than this had been published upon his country. The Parliamentary Reports now, however, exhibited the true state of Ire land in this respect, for Irishmen were found to con sume the minimum quantity ; one-half less than was consumed in Scotland, and one-third, he was sorry to say, less than the quantity used in England. He meant no taunt, but he claimed the full meed for Ireland. In his country he was proud to say the temperance move. ment began, and every successive impetus in the move ment was received from Ireland.—(Cheers.) That country was at present suffering from poverty, but vir ;tie was the loveliest in the poorest ; the brightest gem in the crown of the monarch shone not with so great a lustre as that virtue which followed the peasant to his home.—(Chiers.) Drunkenness degraded the character, relaxed the habits, made the family haggard ; tempe rance made the parent kindly, the home happy, and conduced to preparation for another and a better re gion.—(Cheers.) The meeting was then addresed successively by Messrs Whitaker, Grosjoan, Ridley and Ellen. Dr. HonsoN, who had resided several years in China, said he was glad at all times to protest against the use of intoxicating liquors. In Europe he said distillation was not known till the 11th century; but he found by a Chinese work which he consulted the other day, that it was known in China 1,300 years before the Christian era, and an Emperor about that time, whose name was Woowang, said to his Minister, if the people drank of the liquor to intoxication, they were to be dissuaded from the use of it, and rewarded if they complied ; in case they persisted, however, they were to be punished after the second warning, and after the third -time they were to be put to death. Dr. Hobson said that santchoo, which was the only alcoholic liquor in China, and was made from rice, was always used hot and without water, but in so small quantities as never to inebriate the drinker. Comparing. the few who used it, to the mass of the people, and the moderate quantity taken, he thought the Chinese might be called a very temperate people. Dr. Hobson then remarked on the deleterious effects from the use of intoxicating liquors on Europeans in eastern climates, and resumed his seat amid cheers. pt3artrw' ugigoielat.awshrt—nwehdi te r ieso ,(,rytc.ebwl of Mr. J. S. S➢iITE and Mr. LEIRE addressed the audi ence at some length. Dr. OxLEY stated that there had been a considerable debt incurred in the temperance movement, and that the money gathered in consequence of the meeting, would go to the liquidation of it, as would appear in the public papers. A vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell, the Chairman, was carried with great cheering, and the meeting sepa rated. THE TURN-OUT in the BUILDIN . G. TRADE. (From the Liverpool Standard.) This strike still continue„ nor is there any appear ance of its termination. But it is not confined to this town and neighbourhood, for it extends to Manchester Bradford, Sheffield, Birmingham, and other places, in all of which the builders and their workmen are at issue. The men who are employed haie to contribute very largely towards the support of those who are standing out, and men have been engaged during the week dis tributilg papers and soliciting subscriptions, not only from housekeepers, shopkeepers, and others, but also from persons in the streets. The latter class of solicitors are generally the labourers. By a letter, which is pub lished in another column, it will be seen that the unions ' have absolute controul over men who are hundreds of miles distant, and that masons have been prohibited coming from Aberdeen to set the colums at the New Assize Courts. All the avenues of the town—the railway station, the dock quays, and the pierheads—are closely watched, lest strangers should come here in search of employment ; and picquets are set who keep watch upon all the prin cipal builders' establishments, so as to prevent, if pos sible, any man from entering. Yet, in spite of these precautions,' many of the large employers are procuring bands, and every day brings an accession. It seems to he pretty well known, that but for the terror of the trades' unions, the great majority of the workmen would gladly resume their work ; and it is lamentable that, during this struggle, buildings are standing still in every direction, not merely in Liverpool, but in va rious parts of the country. The men object to quit the unions, and the masters say that they have no security in undertaking contracts so long as their men are in fluenced by the leaders of these combinations. A startling fact appears in the letter of the President of the order of Forresters, which is published in another column, viz. :—that more than one million of adult men are enrolled in secret benefit societies in this country. An address has been widely disseminated amongst the working classes, calling on them to preserve their rights, and this bears the signature of Thomas S. Duncombe, M.P., President. In fact, although the master builders in Lancashire and other places are the first to feel the effects of the trades' unions, it is evident that a wide-spread organisation exists throughout the country, and if the master tradesmen in this locality shrink from the struggle, the demands of the millions will spread like wild fire throughout the land, and general confusion will be the result; or otherwise the price of labour must be so much advanced that the effects will soon be appa rent in railway calls, atri monetary difficulties will ensue. In Ireland, as we find by the Irish papers, one por tion of the peasantry are stated to be in want of food —still the stonemasons are discontented with 4s. 6d. a day, and have actually struck for ss. a day. We fear that any advice which we may tender will be thrown away, for in the excitement of a turn-out few men will listen to reason. Combinations seem at present to be the order of the day, and we much fear that they will be carried so far as to ruin trade. They have already laid a very heavy tax upon the operatives themselves, and we fear that they are preparing much subsequent distress for the workmen engaged in them. The masons are still the most determined in standing out, but it appears, by facts that have come within our knowledge, that their obstinacy will render them greater loosers than the masters, who are willing to employ them on reasonable terms. As a proof of this, we may men tion that the principal engineer on the Liverpool and Bury line has struck out, or dispensed with, the whole of the masonry of the foundations of the br idges, &c., on the line, and the quoins of the piers, purposing to substitute concrete (a mixture of lime and pebbles) in place of the intended stone-work fixed upon in the original plans. In fact, about three-fourths of the masonry that would have otherwise been executed is to be dispensed with. In Ireland, too, the heavy con tracts taken by Mr. M•Cormi c k on man y railways are, for the same reason and necessity, to be reduced in cost to the contractor by the adoption of similar measures. The men in the employment of this gentleman had, be fore he engaged them, only 3s. 6d. a day. He raised their wages to 4s. and they have now " struck" for ss. Instead, therefore, of turning the arches of the brid ges i n stone-work, as was intended, it has been determined to use iron beams of cast-i ron , t o prevent delay in the completion of the work. It should be added, that many of the . architects thr oug h out t h e empire are reducing, or doing away with, a great amount o f t h e masonry, being of opinion that the demands of the workmen in that department are most unreasonable. The strike has already prevented many parties from building who had the intention, but have abandoned the idea for the pre sent season. The masters had a meeting yesterday, and the general feeling was that a crisis had arrived when they must protect their interest to the utmost. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, APRIL 21.—Although there has not been quite so much business done to-day as on Tuesday last, the market for yarn has been very firm, the spinners generally demanding advanced prices, which are par tially acceded to by the buyers, but which tend to di minish the amount of business. For some descriptions of goods, and particularly for good 40-inch shirt legs, there is a tolerably active demand, and where manufacturers are willing to accept the current prices of last week, sales are made with facility. This, however, does not extend to printing cloths, which, though in somewhat better demand than they were a fortnight ago, are still relatively dull of sale. ROCHDALE, APRIL 20.—There has been a fair average market to-day, and prices have been the same as last week. There is a Government order for 7,000 flannels, which has been allotted this last week amongst six manu facturers. The wool dealers complain of a dull demand for the raw material. LEEDS, APRIL 21.—There was a good deal more bustle in our market to-day, and a fair quantity of goods changed hands for shipment to America. We hope this improving state of things will last, and afford that relief to our manufacturers which is so much needed. HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 21.—Rather more business has been done to-day in the Cloth-hall, several Ame rican and London buyers being in the market ; but, nevertheless, trade is not in the active state usual at this season. A feeling of confidence appears to gain ground, which will doubtless produce a more healthy trade,— Manchester Guardian. LETTER FROM CHINA_AN AD VENTURE. IThe following are extracts from a letter by the chief engineer of one of the war-steamers at present on the coast of China to his friends in Edinburgh.] WHAMPOA, Jan. 26.—The last instalment of the Chinese ransom Money (2,000,000 of dollars) was paid in Canton last week. The inhabitants being in a riotmis state, we were ordered from Hong-kong up the river to lie abreast of Canton, and I believe to fire into the city in case of their attempting to burn the factories. We remained there eight days, every man on board under arms, as we expected every night an attack from the populace, who seem to have the , most bitter enmity towards Euro peans. The money was all paid, however, and the riot ing having partially subsided, we were ordered away, at which I was just as well pleased, having got tired of mF bed-fellows, no other than a pair of loaded pistols and a drawn cutlass. Engineers were ordered to lie under arms, as well as every one else on boat d. We have since taken up our station here, which is twenty miles farther down the river than Canton, and about sixty from Hong-Kong. country, feeling inclined boatand n The scenery i n thi s p l ace b e i ng most beautiful, and yesterday, to of i tin a myapprentices walk through the l took with me, and thinking I might find some game, I took my gun also. We sa il ed up a small creek, and leaving the boy to take charge of the boat, I, with the gun in m y hand, walked int o t h e country. I had not gone a quar ter of a mile, when approaching a small village, the people came towards me, about thirty or forty in number. They began hooting and crying at me, which is the usual way they have of. treating us " barbarians " when they get a lone one unprotected ; and as they kept pressing round me closely, I thought it useless to persevere in going forward.. Therefore, turning myself round to go back to the boat, one of them from behind made a sudden spring, grasping irf his arms, both my legs under the knees, and another seizing the • barrel of my gun, they dragged me to the ground. The latter kept pulling at the gun trying to wrest it from me, all the while the muzzle pointing to his breast. The gun being at the time in full cock, I had his life completely in my power; my first thought wag, " I will take it -" the second was , "If I d o so, mine will certainly pay the penalty." In the meantime another was striking at me with a stick, and I was compelled to relinquish my hold of the gun to defend my face with my arms, the fellow now in possession of the gun wielding it as if to strike me on the head with the butt-end. I cannot tell you how I felt, every instant expecting a death-blow. It was very strange, that at that moment the picture of the death of Captain Cook, in the volume of his voyages in my father's book-case, came vividly before my eyes— their gestures and appearance were altogether quite as savage like. Before the blow came, I managed to spring to my feet, and attempted to keep them back, unarmed as I was. They then desisted, and went into the village, taking with them my gun, hat, powder-flask—in fact, all my pro perty. I was completely fleeced, my clothes torn to pieces, the pockets and their contents torn away from my coat. Glad I was, I can assure you, when I saw th e i r backs turned ; and walking on towards the boat, I saw them assembling again, and to intercept me. Now, thought I, they are going to have a shot at me—this is another ordeal ; but presently the gun went off in the middle of them, and I felt relieved so far, as it is very likely some of them were hurt. The savages are quite ignorant of the use of a gun, and one of them may have been looking into its barrel, for all I know to the con ' trary. My troubles did not cease here; for on reaching the spot where I had left the boat, I found both it and the boy gone. I saw, however, two Chinese in a boat, end promised them money if they would take me across the creek. I went into their boat, and finding in one of my pockets two rupees, which the late robbers had missed, I gave them to them ; they then wanted more, and having me a prisoner in their boat, made motions as if they were going to search me, upon which I made an attempt to throw one of them overboard. They desisted, and landed me on the other side. I know the villains only wanted a few more to help them—they don't consider the odds in their favour ; two against one European. r then walked along the banks of the river for a long distance, until I discovered another boat, which I per suaded by promises to take me to my ship. It turned out hat the boy I had left in the boat had been plundered by another party of everything but his shirt and trousers, and was ,lad to escape with his life. He had returned to the vessjd, telling the officers that he thought I was murdered, aird they immediately sent an armed boat's crew in search of me. I wanted the captain to give me another boat with armed men, and I would go and barn the village ; but he said he could not take so much upon himself. At the time of the war such a thing might be done, and fre quently was for less cause. Ile tells me he will report it to the admiral, who will most probably take notice of it through th 3 Chinese authorities. You may depend upon it the Chirose will pay dearly yet for the way they have been going on lately. Since this occurred, I heard of several Europeans having been mal treated quite as ill and worse than me in this neighbour hood. Only this morning an American boat's crew was attacked by these savages, but they bryke their oars into cudgels, and beat them off. Mr. told me that he and two missionaries were nearly killed in the same way; they were severely beaten with sticks, rubbed, and their clothes torn to pieces. —Scotsman. CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN. (From the Inverness Courier.) Thursday, the 16th of April, is the anniversary of the battle of Culloden. It is the hundredth anniversary, for a century will then have completed its cycle since that memorable event. Improvement was slow in reaching this remote locality, but it is visible even on the moor of Culloden. Inclosures, pastures, and arable land diversify the surface of that long, bleak plain. The plough has been driven through a considerable part of the battle field, but much of it is still a cold and dreary waste— grim -visaged as war itself, and harmonising, in its gloom, with the disastrous fortunes of those whose blood, on that fatal day, stained the heather. The relics of the fight are few, but impressive. The green mounds of the buried dead (" How that red rain hath made the verdure growl") are still conspicuous on the moor. The boggy marshes which impeded the English artillery—the small spring or well at which the wounded and thirsty stooped to drink—the old, tall ash-tree at which Prince Charles stood when the conflict began—and the broad flat stone on which Duke William took his hasty morning meal, are still there. We can trace parts of the important stone wall, which, for a space, defended the right of the Highland army, but which the Argyleshire Campbells broke down, when they rushed, like a flood, on the Jacobite clans. The position of the different forces may be clearly ascertained on the spot ; and we can easily picture the wild stormy struggle, with the maddened shouts and gestures of the clansmen as they rushed desperately on the firm, compact lines of the English troops. What a contrast between the meagre, sinewy, half-clad, enthusiastic Highlanders, and the heavy, com fortable Southron soldiers, arrayed in the military cos tume of the day—the long coats, cocked hats, and white gaiters Their heavy dragoons, too, in ample red drapery, trunk square-toed boots, large holster pistols and carabines, and mounted on fine sleek horses of great power, seemed as if they could trample down the whole clans north of the Spey. Yet the very weight and mas siveness of the English troops would only have cum bered them if the brave Highlanders had not been in a wretched condition, greatly disproportioned in numbers, Korn out with hunger and fatigue, and set up, like targets, on a level plain, to point the murderous fire of the artillery. The very elements seemed to be agains t the Jacobites. The rain and sleet beat in their faces, and, joined to the smoke of the fierce cannonading and musketry, compelled them to fight in all but darkness. The struggle was a brief one—a shock like an earth quake, that threw down all the long-cherished hopes of the royal line of Stuart, sacrificing, on this one fatal d r day, ed s a m b o o r y e e t t o w o p e t r h i o s h u s by y n d e b o r l a d v . b e I m o o e d n e , dancrduelleta;,inbgy hun dreds cap tivity, exile, and harsh tribunals. Nothing could be more prosaic or unromantic than the general character of the reign of George the Second. The affair of the Forty-five burst like a meteor on this dull period. It was poetry in action. "A primitive people," says Scott, "residing in a remote quarter of the empire, and themselves but a small portion of the Scottish Highlanders, fearlessly attempted t o pl ace t h e British Cro wn on the head of the last scion of tho..e ancient kings whose descent was traced to their own mountains. This gigantic task they undertook in fa vour of a youth of twenty-five, who landed on their shore without support of any kind, and threw himself on their generosity. They assembled an army in his behalf—their speech, their tactics, their arms, were alike unknown to their countrymen and to the English —holding themselves free from the obligations imposed by common law or positive statute, they were yet governed by rul es o f th e i r own , derived from a general sense of honour, extending from the chief to the lowest of his tribe. With men unaccustomed to arms, the amount of the most efficient part of which never ex ceeded 2,000, they defeated two disciplined armies com manded by officers of experience and reputation, pene trated deep into England, approached within a hundred miles of the capital, and made the crown tremble on the King's head; retreated with the like success when they appeared on the point of being intercepted between three hostile armies; checked effectually the attack of a superior body detached in pursuit of them ; reached the north in safety, and were only suppressed by a concur rence of disadvantages which it was impossible fur human nature to surmount." To this enumeration of facts, forming altogether a picture dazzling to the ima gination. we may add the pure and devoted attachment of the Highlanders to the Prince in his various wander-1 ings and misfortunes, and the contrast which they pre sent in true nobility o f m i n d t o th e i r sordid and crue l victors. The excesses committed after the battle of Cul loden form a d ee p an d ineffaceable stain on the English army, and the wor ld saw , with surprise, bow a regular military force, trained in a civilized nation, and com manded by a prince, could be outdone courtesy, and feelings of honour, by a rude mountain race, reared in comparative solitudemidst the wild and savage scenes of nature. The breaking up of the feudal system in the High lands was a necessary result of the progress of society, but it was accellerated by the defeat at- Culloden. Good sprung out of seething evil. The statutes pro-