The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

14 0 N DO 11 AEI) go LT '4‘' 11 WTI.; it 1 , 4* It A ff.W.A. r. • man anxious desire to meet the public NA - mettle - ace, ant With a view to placing the varied advant2ges of their lialway, in rospect both of business and pleasure, more within the reach or every class Of the community, the Directors of this Company have resolved, on and after the let of May ensuing— To increase the numher 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 lyith their Express Train. To abolish their Slow -Trains altoz:ther, and to convey Third- Class Passengers "at - the Parliamentr • titres, with their or.linary Trains, four times a day each_way, and at_houis to allow of an early departure and late return to and fro. To make the following great Reduction in their Fares through- Oat Express Train, first elms reduced to 2fs. second class —17 s. Fast Trains, first class -17 s. smolt class —14 s. Mixed Trains, first class second class —10 s. Third class at.. By an arrangement with the Floatinz Bride Company, the Omni bus fare between Gosport and Portsmouth is reduced from Is. to 6d. each Passenger, including the same weight of lugg •ge as allowed by the railway Company, First class, 1121 h.; 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 Wight. This riatte to France, alihongli seine what longer, is by far the most certain and secure, from there being good hart,ours 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.— _ Od. for 281 b. • Is. 6d. „ 56 lb. 2s. Od. „ 112 lb. Time Bills, giving NI particulars, are in cours' of publication. (By order), P. LAUBENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. April 18, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. SPECIAL TRAI\S will leave LONDON for CIIESTERFORD and CAMBRIDGE, calling at Lea Bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishops Storttord, at 8.40 A.M. on MONDAY the 27th and TUESDAY the 28th inst., returning from CAMBRIDGE at 6.30 P.M., and from CHES TERFORD at 7 P.M. On FRIDAY a sPECIAL TRAIN will leave CAMBRIDGE for LONDON one hour and three quarters after the Races terminate, and will call at CHESTERFORD half au hour later. Passengers booked through, to and from Newmarket, at the same fares as for the first Spring Meeting. For Rather particulars see handbills, to be had at any of the Com pany's Stations. By order, C. P. ROYEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch Station, 22d April, 1846. kZOUTH MIDLAND, OR LEICESTER, NORTUA3IPTON, 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 widertaking. 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 ob wined 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 prearntile of the Bill for the Huntingdon Branch of the South Mid land Railway, has already been declared proved by the Committee of the House of Commons, and that the Bill for the Itugpy and Hunt ingdon Railway (a competing line) has been rejected. The Committee on the Bill Sro tile Northampton and Bedford lines is appointed to meet an the 27th instant. Dated this 13th day of April, 1846. GEO. HUDsON, Chairman of the Committee of Directors. By order, G. N. BRO W E. Secretary. OND O N AND YORK RAILWAY. I_4 The Committee of Shareholders call the attention of the origi nal Subscribers and actual Holders or 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, anti the shales be come valueless The second announces that the attention of the Directors is being "directed to the practicability of treating with any r►vals 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 iiirecting their attention to th►s point, and only require the early adhesion of those Shareholders who h.ve 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 5,000 shares, they decline receiving any subscriptions, and intend bearing all the expellees, unlees the r,har holders .n the London and York line vote their payment from the general funds. _ . ' - By order of the Committee, HENRY PHILIPPS. Committee-Room , , No. 4, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, April 24, 1546. N.B.—Every Shareholder who has not yet done so is earnestly requested to till up the followint; form (printed copies of which inay be obtained at the Committte-Rootns), and retura the same signed without delay : TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON AN') YORK SHAREHOLDERS. Gentlemen,— I am a scrip-holder of shares in the London and York Railway, and am desir,us, firstly, of having the line south of Peterborough g 1 en up, so as to lessen tke cost ; or, secondly, of having terms male with the Eastern Counties Company f r an abandonment ot the London and York Hallway and Amalga mation 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 • • • • • • • • • • • • .• Residt nee .. ••••••.. • • • • • • Numbers of Scrip . • • • • • • • • • * Ifere insert the wo , d " flrgt," or " second." • riIHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' AIuTuAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, Moorgate•street, 224 April. 1846. Notice is hereby given that a SI'E , JAI: GENERAL MEETING ff the Vonors, Subscribers, and Members, to the Benevolent Fund, will be L•eld at the London Tavern, on WEDNESDAY, May 6, at Eleven o'crock precisely, ta the purpose of Electing TWO ADDI TIONAL AffISUITANTS. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The Right nos.. the Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, will tal,:e the Chair at the Dinner, at Six o'clock in the Evening. By t inier of the Board of Mapagers, THOS. MUCLINDER, Secretary. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR awl COMPANY of COPPER INILN - Bltd in ENGLAND, Old Broad-street, London, Apri $, 1846. The Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND, for the half-year ending at Lady-day last, has been this Oily declared, at the rate of five per cent. per annum. tree of income-tax., on the paid-up capital stock of the Company, and will be pp ale at this Office, on and after FRIDAY, the 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven aad Three. By order of the Court of .Assistants, N'y. INGLIS, Secretary. ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—ltnentiv received from Paris a carefully selected variety Of Fourteen-day CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, In ormolu, chins, and Marble cases, In the stye of Louis XIV., with various gure groups, AS It 4 becea at the Well, Rollin, Time and History, Ste. The price is four. dye, and :even guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Cor.inill, London, opposite the statue of the Duke of Wellington. 4QUPERB NOVELTIES in PAPIER MACHE, I - 7 at 31ECIII'S, 4, Leadenhall-street, Lo idon. A *visit to his establishment will prove that there is not In London another such stock of Elegancies. They consist of caddies, tibias, envelope cases. netting boxes, compan!ons, cabinets, jewel cases, work boxes, dressing etses, tea ca dies. hand and pole screens, card racks, table inkstands, regency writing-desks, portfolios, paying cards, and visiting card-cases, cigar and bottle-cases, note and cake baskets; also an assortment of needle-c Ft, in pearl and tortoise shell, silver a (1 goad peneil-cages, pen holders, and other articles au.t tide for presents. Inventor of the patent castellated .0,4 h-brush. THE REGISTERED - st - HRT WAREHOUSE. 42, ttEGLN t•-cutcuct PICCADILLY. The Proprietor hers to state that in ;h care is taken to SHIRT a very great Improvement is effected, for e m d of the REGISTERED preserve the easy looseness so nece , ss a a n r d y e t e o t t o — tin y s ft garment, together this appearance with a plain smooth setting front a most important parts seen. viz., the dug ng the whole time in wear. But a furthe r advantage is offered—the material of thosersio; fronts, collars, and wristbands, are composed a r r 7 l l . trietor fur- Linen, now so widely celebrated for the purit ; ‘ ,9? . Golden Flax presenting a beautiful anew-white appearance. Tire IT , bleach, thus t her begs to state, that rigorous attention is given tow prices and excellence of workmanship. Any plamothropiemniaderate Zentleman who 1111.ly he desirous of giving einploynto.tt to per so ( 1113; or reduced means with such inten tion, the Proprietor of this establish_ Diva will be happy to to-opera te, and merely requires to see a spe cimen 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 cbeerfully.forwarded by post to non residents in London. Also an assortment of the hihly-pa_ tronised Golden Flax Cravat Collar can be obtained by application, addressed us follows: — The Registered Shirt Warehouse, 42, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. ___..—..--------- Elegant pocket edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d. na CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its lIINIMANCES and OBLIGATIONS. -.•.- " To be or not to be, that is the question."-Shakspere. Contents :- On Matrlmot , ial Eligibility and Fitness-Laws of Paternity-Phenomena of Gestation -On Maternal Influence-On Infeneltous and unproductive Unions--Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c., &c. Also, cornpankn to the same, price 1 CHASTITY ; its ABUSES rind i)L4EAS. I . ... : S h ( Y 72 9° l 7 : t ti!r a :l‘ 6, ll;g ' s ) (ii,, T e l r i i e ni sl n t , :s t - ,, oi p n e t r e u re sa st l i , ng little volumes are not liittiided ' rbr idle ' ;ir in- . e r : , , ,s i i i i s hif id cum e ll r y a o t ioi i ,, ( l . t in er o e‘ f bit they are ea ' ;nestly offered to the attentive te tl , l l , - . )se who may be more legitimately and perhaps Ma., 3 , , e . , 1 aternoster-row ; 21, Arandel-street, Strand. At home Cdratirvlyaltilll°2 .1 1, 4 , 7, Fleet-street; orr!it ' ill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, :70171tTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRl . EN 4v D eni o n n gs 7 li t um ill 1113 9. ru t, e t I , t 01. est published, mice 2s . 6d :-rHtph:eisnfllTlmiliNi with Coloured Engravings. ~ flee by post (in a sealed envelope) 33.6 d FRIEND ; a teivrEcal Work or" e w tii t y:t m eir. ea i n n ,„ both sexes; d T o i n ie tte loss c •) er f etchieg reefPitrirlaulgetelvv:er-Z7rtaah're ridly pointed out.restoration.exes ; Illustrated it by En gravings; gravings ; followed by 0 (. 1... 17.3 , it. and L. PEitßYi:rvations on Marriage. - Published by the A, and Co. Consulting Surgeons, London 19, BERNEitS-STREillpors, and may be had at their residence Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row :ord-street; Gordon, 146, r t . :nester-rove ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox. street, Soho; Sanger and Co eat4enhall-street ; Purkiss. Compton. . We regard too wort btfo . r , e oxf us ord-street; and all Booksellers. iquhracing most clear and practical the • Silent E naiad,' as a work AthertO little taderstood, and passed v ov iew r a y of a aeries of of the heal profession, for what reason we are at e a b- lo a m o a;urit- -- ---- -- - towever confess that a perusal of this work has sa le t f such We mui-t linpreSSiOn on ear minds, that we net only recommuirl a , h b a t t av°urabl y ‘ wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or so ftering u fro e :a rdi i all cretion, to prat by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and -ndis: The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively di recte d to the cure of nervous cieWlity, irregularity, weakness, loss 01 ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, end debilities ariFing• from , seess, etc. In bottles, price 11s., er the quantity of font In one bottle for 335., by which I Is. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from N a bloteaes ~n the head, face, and txxly, ulcerations, and those palnflil af , ections arising from improper treatment or the eilects of mercary, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Prke lie. and 335. per bottle. PERItY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price ts. 9d., Is. 6d., and ils. per boa, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, Milan:. mation, Sc.,s without hindrance to business. Comultation tee, if by letter, IF. Minute detail of cases necessary. Messrs. It. and L. Parry and Co., surgeons, may he consulted, as usual, at 19, Perners-street, Oxford-street, London, daily, wed at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, (very Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 5 and at 10, St. John-street, I)eansgate, Manche ;ter. on I.l^sadays, 'Tuesdays. and Wednesday a. IaURGE SS'S NEW SAUCE , for g eneral pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOAN BURGESS and SON be;; most respectfully to offer thus their hest 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 connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed ou the cork with their firms and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them atter the game manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many Soars. Warehouse, 107, Strived, eorner of Savoy Steps, London. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE changes in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., 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 lies. per bottle. To bo had of the Proprietors, 29; l'lrottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of MI. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; llooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnight. .livieli in s . , u m- e street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most rs and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to Laay i.art of the kingd om 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. F RAM PToNi ' , b PILL OF' OIIF,AI, T H. The manlfe* la advantages to the heals of families from thi possession of a medicine of efficacy, th a t ma y b e resorte d t o with confidence, and used with.'" success hi cases of temporary sick ness. occurring in families more or lees every au. that no questio n can be raised of Its day, are so obvious te S t older in the kingdom, From am importance to every house estmonials, the - 41 0 ,14 is respectfully submitt e d :— un g numerous tON TIME SECRET IN ' , lam ITIES OF YOUTHAND .•, To _tn. TIIOMAS re orT, ee,3IAT UR ITY. STRAND, LONDO N. WITH TW NE C ETY-FIVOLOURE E D NGRAVINGS. C ooper -street, Al Sir,—l have" much satis:action in anehester, March 12, 111•12. communi . • Just pablished, Sixteenth Thousand, is a sealed envelope, price c • (( mg to you the re- 2s. 6 .1 tpaid, to ' ~ yr post any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps gun 'of my experie..ice, after repeated trials, of Fi , A.% e OF HEALTH, and : feel it but justice to ' 'll I'ON-e pm, or Post-office Order. litany years' trial of va. -1011 e Aperient Medsitc ate, that in the course of sEr - r - •PRFS , .• , ERVATION: A Medical Treatise ii,...., I have Tomtits at once so salutary and efficient in the relief never found I.' of the on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. :from redundant bile, &c., ,Ne.. with so ,iitue ine system Illustrated with T physini,4,, and m wenty-fi lei Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, 'therefore, warranted in de:Aar:in th at they bug wanting, of being able to recommend to suppl y l . mil to ma a means ex lainiu . t heir p g earlas structures uses, and functions, es, schools, and and showing easpecially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the the injuries that are produced in ' ' .. 'by solitary habits, and ether And I road, a most excesses. With Practical Observations them, valuable ressource In an occasions medicine. on the Treatment of .Nervous shall take credit Debility, Local and Cons • 'to myself it; in giving this testimoer, I am- the means of ma ki n Constitutional Weakness, and oth er di seases o f g tile Urethra. aiTAMPTION'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. 66 r Ily SAMUEL LA'AIERT, CONAHLTI IP J am, Sir, respectffilly yours, IN ILLIAM SMITH." NG SURGEON, Ti*an,Onecedentd sale of these Ms, arising from the earnest 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London . dation,/ of the many thousands who have deriv I re- 3latrieulated Member of the et benefit Member University of Edinburgh, Honorary c °mitten' • , thened comment necessary ; „„ Apothecaries' the London Hospital Medical Societ from theft' ose, ;render any le a diseases to which --- Hall, Loudon, &c ., Esc. Y, Licentiate of cure for all mankind is liable, hut • not put forth as .1 1 J. iver Complaints, with their many well•knowu at- REVIEWS OF TOR WORK. for retious and , kII lache, Pain and 0 i " The author of this singular and tend Bil i ous . at , d Sic eat pprens on after mealstalented work Is a legally quail ant 11, singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,' fled medical man, who hale the • evidently had • . considerable experie " nce in Gidah t , e., DiZziness. • petite, Wind, Spasms, Fee tieatment of the various disorders Ihs arising from the follies and I le of Al, artbur ns Loss •- willl convince the afflicted of their salutary frailties of early indiscretion. engravings are an invaluable ad- Two or throb doses will speedily reisin its streagth ; a healthy dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warnin g to effects. T i so stomach ", le and Kidneys will rapidly take lace •• - ig youth and maturity and by it , . 8 perusal Utica a Liver, Bop .e-- ' , P , many questions may be satisfactorily re lied of tl. heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, p ed to, that admit of ne ap peal, even to the most confidential f I and instead, of listlessness , din to rood old acre , oxtail g = , Published by the Author, and ni r a end."—Er a , t trm e, Sib, veel ivity, and renew - ed hea lth, niediciue, naeording to the directiox. from Si. Gilbert, a, l'atermeter-rote; be had at his residence; aloe, "ef be teeene stilt of tall rig this street; Starle, 'rich eorne.st reet tfannay and Co., 63, Oxford ., Quadrant • "0-4 is It ay . . 2e. 9d. • li '' :. " l XClP:ievi•a g each box. ,• u had-street, Lana ,Newton, 16, el h' ' "'I , 146, Leaden me -street, Liver bc01; sad by „, old . t* T.. Profit, 229, Strand, Lile.f!en. Pr i s e • • . .. generally ~..,..,..,glio t th e ~,I1 Bee!: tellers. '' er hox . ...eliti' by the Vendors of 31edis: lues _ At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, kingdr*a. and observe the Five till Eight; and all letters immediately replied toi and frem .„:liSk..lkar FA, AMPTON'S PILL OF rcE.Wril , ' I/Weal:Al Aft VS of `` Thomas prout 2'20 13trand, LondOrl," On lb. the fee of U., for advice, &C.-8, SEDIVAD-15TIMET , f containing • Bli;DrOltD. - WASE I LUAU C. trefogiontitol li , ' • - •- • . aWOS4 • 1,41 • ‘• ' A , - o ft L iN D N , lin:11)AY A VATES" will bring nut a NEW WEEKLY PAPER, starting with Ills DERBY PROPHECY. 4,i;ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER,- • HALL. On FRIDA.Y, Aram 24th, 1846, will he perthrineti BELSHAZ ZAR'S FEAST, a Sacred Cantata. composed by Mr. G. PERRY ; MENDELSSOHN'S CXIV PSALM; awl HAYDN'S SERVICE, No. 2. Princinal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, 311s1 Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Mr. :..eflier, and Mr. Phillip , The liana and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per formers. Tie'.iets 33, each; Revrred Seats, in the Gallory, Os.; in the Area, IN. 6a.; miy he obtained of the principal tlusicsellers ; of Mr. Howley, h 3, Charimr-crosi; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand; or of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. tzec, CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL CITY 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 vo'untary contributions. PATRON—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 gentlemen Governors of the Institution, exproisng, , their disapproval ~f the Bill, but . in ibility to atte;,d, was the following from Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.:—_ " To 11. F. Richardson, Esq. " Dear Sir,—My mind has long been made up to oppose the Charitable Trnsts Bill, and therefore it is not needful for me to attend the Meeting on Wednesday. "Yours truly, "W. THOMPSON. . "Thames-street, April, IR, 1846." It was then moved by FREDERICK SALMON, Esq., seconded by THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Esq., and unanimously carried, " That, in the opinion of this Sleeting, the Bill iMrporting to be An Act for securing the due administration of o,aritahle Trusts in England and Wales,' is unnecessary and Impolitic, likely to be vexatious and distressing in its operation, an will tend to the injury of all, and the annihilation of some, of those public and private phi lanthropic Insltutions hitherto alike the honour and pride of the British coition." It was resolved urtanimously— " That petitions be presented from the Governors of the City of London General Fen,ion Society, praying the Le4slature 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. " That the hest thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for his atle conduct in the chair this day, and for his en lightened benevolence towards this and the numerous charitable In stitutions of the City of London." HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Secretary. 36, Coleman•street, April 22, 1846. BENIOI' SKI7S ARTIFICIAL MEMORY, or PHRENOTYPICS, daily at Two P.ar,, 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 vny of his pupils."—Sun. Private lessons, at 8; llsw-street,• three guineas the course (six lessons). To private families at their residences, six guineas. Lan guages, s'x guineas the course (twelve lessons). To families af their residences, twelve guineas the course. The learner has to study two hours daily during three months. Can any man commit to memory the meanings of 1,009 fbreign words in o!ie forenoon, or 30 deelen. stone 30 tenses, in one hour? Can any man recollect a sermon, ora tion, without having taken any notes? We cam; and we .do enable others to do the same. Phrenotypics perform similar Imre diblities in every department of human science where memory is concerned. Hand-books of Phrenotypics 2s. Gd. Prospectuses gratis. —B, Bow-street. ENIOWSKI'S NEW INVENTION FOR . THE BLIND. LECTURER on Major ICENIOii'SK7.4 newly •invented PROCESS of PRI NTIN“ (frc:m u,tial 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 triumphs 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 Phreno typies, has produced effects which the Inventor deems it to he the duty of every philanthropist to witness. Admission free. Free Lec tures on the same days, at One o'clock, on Major Beniowslu's or Phrenotypic Method of Teaching the Seeing t Read. B ENIOWSKI'S PUBLICATIONS in his EASY ORTIIQI ;It tPUY. PiIItENOTYPIC PRINIER for TEACHERS, Is.; for Pupils, Is. ; for the Blind, 25.; Dictionary, 45.; Genesis, Is. ; St. Matthew, phrenotyped for being committed to ment,ry rap'dly, 2s. 6d.; the F Jur Gospels, 25.; the Common Prayer-book, 6rl. ; rt 31 i ssal for the Laity, 6d ; Handbook containing the principles and their applica tion, 231 --8, Row-street. B ENIOWSKI'S GERMAN by ARTIFICIAL MEMORY. • A new CLASS, under Major BEN IOWSKI, on Friday evenings at half-past eight, commenced April 17. One guinea the course (twelve les.ions) ; private lessons, six guineas the course ; to fam;ll%'s at their residences, one guinea each lesson (twelve lessons). Pros pectutes gratis.-8, Bow-street. In- ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. AREPRINT of the NAUTICAL ALMANAC tor the CURRENT YEAR, 1846, has been commence.% and will be reedy for publication on or bctore the sth of May Next. John Murray, Alboinarle,treet. RAILWAY REFORM. ON Saturday, the 25th lust. Piles is. ItAMWAY R.F.FORM AND RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, and the PUBLIC, in the RAILWAY lIIGHIVAYS of the UNITED KINGDOM. By JAMES TROUP, Esq. Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. THE OXFORD GRADUATE'S NEW WORK ON ART. Now ready, in one vol. Imperial 8 vo., price 10s. Gil. cloth. A SECOND VOLUME OF " MODERN rX. PAINTERS ;" treating of the THEORETIC and IMAGIN.A.- CIVE FACULTIES. BY A GRADUATE OF OXFORD. 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THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors' whole world policies, wlsereby 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 reductiou of 25 per cent. has been declard upon the currem year's premiums of all participating policies of five years' standing. Copies or the last report, prospectu , es, and all other information. may be obtained front the malinger or agents. ALEXANDEII ROBERTSON, Manager. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. - - BRISTOL, APRIL 22. Sroex EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 9 1 4 --Eastern Counties, 22%—Midland, 144—South Devon, 30 -Tall Yale, New, 1( . MANCFIESTER, Aram 22. STOCE EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bideford and Tavistook, 21s. 6d. dis.— Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 245. dis.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1% dig. c.—Chelmsford and Bury, 15s. 6d. dis. —Derby and Crewe, 245. p.--Direct Northern, 1% dis —Eastern Counties, 22%—Ditto, York Extension, % p.--East Lancashire, No. 2, % p.--Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 6 p.— Glasgow and Dula fries, 16s: c. dis.—Hudderstleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 dis.—Huddersfleld and Sheffield Junction, 2% p —Lancashire and North Yorl7.shlre, 1% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.—Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 1 p.—Liver,,ool and Bury, 6% p.—Ditto, New Shares, 1% p. Liverpool, Ortnskirk, and Preston, 6s. 3d. p.— Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southsort, % dis.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 1 15-16 dis.—London and York, 20s. 9d. Ms.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7%—Ditto, ditto (8), S p. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, His. 6d. dis. Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 9s. c. dis. —Manchester and Le9ds, Extension, I % p.—Northumberland and Lancashire, 17s. °:6cl. c. dis.—North Staffiirdshire, 40s. p.—Pres ton and Wyre, Halves (B), % p.—Sheffield, Leek, and C rewe , 1:3-16 dis.— s lieffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 1-16 p.— Shropshire Union, Railway and Canal, 225. c. dis.—South Eastern and Dover. Halves (No. 4), Bs. dis.—West Riding Union, 1% p.— Whitehaven and Furness, 3% dis.—Preston and Wyre Extension. 3-16 dis. THE CORN TRADE. BRITISH. Whether the proposed alteration in the corn-laws wt or wil nut be made, remains as much a matter or daub as ever; and the cweieinued uncertainty keeps business in a languid state. With this all-important phi undecided, it is utterly impossible to foresee tht probable range of prices. Up to the present peria. holler s o f w h eat h ave ma nifeeted consi lerald- firm ttess ; hilt in comparie g the value of free ate . of fro m 14 s . to 15 s . per ariarter befevcen th e two ; it will he obse rve l that then! exist: a differenc. it le plain, therefore, that if Sir Rob. rt Peel should suet:-ed it, carrying his new Man, and the duty be reduced to 43. per quarter, a material rise must take place in the price of the article under lock, or the free price must come down several shillings. Which of these events is most like!) 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 experience 6 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 Lards, wheat of home growth would unquestionably ri-e, as the continuance of protection, even though it should be in a modified forte. would impart great firmness to farmers. At present thereseems little chance of a speedy settlement of the question, and during the time which must stillelapsebefore the subjectis finally disposed of. busir.ess is likely to remain in a very depressed state. The weather has since our last been, on the whole, auspicious, less rain having fallen, and the tempera. ture having risen considerably ; still the reports re lative to the aspect of the country ate not parti cularly favourable, the colour of the blade being badly spoken of in many localities. We consider it too early, hawever, to venture on anything like a prediction respecting the next harvest, and place as little reliance on the accounts of extraordinary pro mise (and thee are by no means uncommon) 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 eircuinstenee, previous prices have been tolerably well 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'tinight. At Leeds the demand was also slow on the day named, but the finer kinds were not by any means easier to buy. The advicws from Wakefield of Friday are of nearly the same cha racter, only good dry parcels of wheat being saleable, and no improvement being_ obtainabl e even on t h ese. From the western and north-western parts of the kingdom the reports are to the same effect. In partial instances a trifling advance was p a id f or fi ne w h eat at Birmingham on Tuesday, but the ordinary sorts were no dearer. The case was the same at Bristol, and most of the neighbaur:ng markets. Tile 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 11 ,-, w the corn-law 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 ••• th - e kingdom holding suffi4ent wheat to carry on his trade a week without making small hand-to•anouth pur chases. hitherto this has caused comparatively no in convenience, as the supplies have 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 adv;ces from Scoti end 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 stiff ring, had caused the pe.7,ple to commit excesses requiring the military to quell. Still it wou ld appear that large socka of oats are held thero, 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 f , rth 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 moder ite ; 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 ; end 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 mnch the same terms as before, but as certificates for liberating the same have risen t o nearly 16 , ;, b uyers h ave 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 shipment to Ireland ; but nothing whatever has bean done on speculation in the article. The supply from abroad 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 beginningto creep up, and the duty, after having remained stationary for many week, fell to 17s. pr 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 g ood corn. Under these circumstances, factors have raised their pretensions ; and though the trade Ills 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 rates as before, and peas of all kinds have maintained their prev,ious value with great firmness. PUBLICATIONS. MURRAY'S !TOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. Oa April 30th, No. 32, Post ho., price 2s. 6d. L IVONIAN TALES. By the Author of "Letters from the Baltic." On May 31st, .No. 33, c mtaining MEMOIRS of a CHURCII MISSIONARY IN CANADA. John Murray, Albemarle-street. LEEDS, Aram 22, STOCK ExCUANOE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 17e. Gd, p.—York and North Midland Extension, 17% p.-- Ditto, East and Wet p.—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 12e. Gd. dis.. Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares 7s. Gd. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 20s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2 dis.—lluddersfleld and Sheffield, 21. its. 3d. p.— Leeds and Bralf rd, 24',4 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1% p.—Leeds and Thtrsk, 514 dis.—North British, Half Shares, 214 p.—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 10s. p.—Amhergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 275. dis. —Birkenhead. Chester, Mold, &c., 28s. dis.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 225. dis.--Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 18s. Chelmstbrd and Bury, 17s. 6d. dis.—Direct 'Northern, 2 Is. 6d.—Grand Union, 16s. Gd. dis.,—Great Eastern and Western, 22,5. dls.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 2%. dis. •-- London and York, 22s1d. dis.—London and Manchester (Item.), 345. die. —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, Is. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 18s. 6,1. dis. North Western, Sc. 6d dis. —Rugby and Huntingdon, I9s. dis.—South Midlands, ss. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 255. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. Se.—i ork and Carlisle, 30s. dis. HULL. APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The resolutions laid on the table of the House by Sir It. Peel are anxiously looked for ; so far as his speech deve lopes the measure, it has given general satisfaction. Not much business doing to-day. The sales arc—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guarauteed), 100)4 York snit North 3lidland, East and West Rid ing, 834 --Blackburn, Darren, and Bolton, 2%—North British, Car lisle, 343. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 33s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction. 225. 9d. —Leicester and Taniworth, Os— Liverpool and Leeds, 2%—London and York, 285. Gd. - Ragby and Huntingdon, 235. —Shrewsbury and Heretiird (Great Western line), .25s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 21s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Arum 22. _ . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sale is—Glasgow, Dumfries, ar.d Carlisle, 16s. dis. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are - - Catalonian, 54 —Grimsby and Sheffield, Eaten,don, I - Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16s.—Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Putteries, and Crewe, 12s. 6d. dis. YORK, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sale's are—Glasgow and Dumfries, I Is. 6d.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 9s. 6d.—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 11. 2s. 6d. -Lancashire and North Yorkshire. 11. 2s.—London and York, 11. 85.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21 is. 6d.— Newcastle and Berwick, 17%--North Bri tish, Carlisle Extension, 1%--Welsh Midland, U. 4s. 6d.—York and North Midland, New (East an 4 West Riding), 8%. EDINBURGH, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are —Aberdeen, V. —Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. 55.--Airdrie and Bathgate, 21. Is. —Arbroath and Porfar, 271.—Ditto, Half Shares, 151. Io3.—Ayr and Galloway, I/. IN.—Banffshire, 18s.—British and Irish Union, U. 19s.—Caledo. Man, 11/. ss. —Ditto, New, I/. Bs. Gd.--Caledonian Extension, it. Bs. —Caledonian and Dumbarton, V. 10s.--Caledonian and Northern ..... Direct, 11. 17s. Cd.-Clydesdale Junction, 12'.-Direct Northern, 1/. Bs.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and Perth, 14/. 155.-East of Fife, 11. 10s.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. 45.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. Os. Gd. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16'.53.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 15/.-Editiburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. U. Os. GA.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 16s. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 161.-Ditte, Preference, 18/. 10s. -Edinburgh and Northern, 4 1 . 53.-Ditto, Newport, Bs. Gd.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 155.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 1/. 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 2!. 55.-Forth and Clyde Junction, I/. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 70/. les.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17!. 10s. -Glasgow, Dumfri.!s, and Carlisle, 11. 135.-Glas gow and Dundee Junction, I/. I Is. -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 10s.- Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.- Ditto, Preference, I/. 153.-Great North of Scotland, it. 125.- Granton Junction, I!. 10s.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. Is. Gd.-London and York, 1/. 103.-North British, 25!. 2s. Gd.-Ditto, Balves, BT. Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 11. 145.--Ditto, Extensi.m to Dalkelth, GI.--Perth and Inverness, 11.9x.-Scottish Central, 131. 103.-Ditto, New, ,51. 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 6s - Scottish Midland, 51. 15e.-Scottish Southern, 11. 13s. 6d.-Stir ling and Dunfermline, 11. 9s. GLASGOW. APRIL 21. 19s. W.—British and Irish Union, 40s.— Ga St l r h oz a rt - y, E 3o 7 ._ na n tr a n n E ff . , — h ' i l r 'h e o , sales arc—Aberdeen, GOs.—Ayr and CC114121 a a ::' and ln— D D i u t ti°n'hNaretsovns2h6isie—JCulice(tli°ol.lll.,al2l7BE.at6e,in_csiono,rn2l7,aa.l6ida.,—ld Devon Central, 28 s.—East Indian Railway, 10s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 325. 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A.WIL 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 3lor peth, I observed a hawk overhead. Believing that he . had his eye upon the young bloodsuckers, I concealed myself amongst the brush wood, and watched his motions with considerable interest. After wheeling round a few Vines, as if to ascertain the most favourable point of attack, he took up a position directly above his game. Gradually and cautiously descending to the point of attack, he 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 ascob 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 gestures, appeared to feel its less acutely. At length it laid itsele t with h ai g n re o a v t er overhead ty and,:ll upon emboldened theonly his recent tt a success, and, by the apparent carelessness of its position, seemed to incite k. c The descended ha vk - w S re in diming object of •ns appetite. He caught a Tartar. No sooner hail he his secured • s prey than he shot upwards with the rapidity of rocket. awl in an instant was almost lost in the clouds. A desperate struggle appeared to be going on for the mastery, which . coded in the two Combatants falling violently to the ground. In running to the opot Trims me, till I f 9444 tttim Intta doiva.--lfcwcoglf FOREIGN. .. ..._.. By the Hibernia steam-ship we have New York ad vices up to the Ist in -t., and accounts from other parts of the United States of cerrespanding dates. There does not appear to have been much busin ss done in flour at any of the leading ports, but some rather large pur chases of wheat seem to have been made on British ,!ccount. Letterif from New York state that fair sup plies of flour had ar r i ve d f rom the i nterior since the re opening of the river navigation ; and fewer orders for the than pur had h chise ofotehaeraerekticoloeandaoenin, me having difficulty had been ex been received from England per barrel. This is about equal to i . 235. 6d. free on board, and freight to London being then 3s. 3d. perh ex perienced in making sales of the common brands of Ge - nesse at over 5 dollars much prospect that will turn out at pur • chases made hi wi thy a Of wheat, several thousand bush e l s a very pr t o o t have . been taken, after the arrival of the f ar Hibernia, for shipment : wh ite realized 1 dol. 20c. to 1 barrel,thveireew is to not this dol. 25c., and red 1 dol. 14 c. per bushel. At New York the export demand for Indian corn had f a ll en o ff, an d i ts value had rather receded from the highest p o i n t. From the B dtic the accounts received this week are of precisely the same character as previous advices. itolders 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 had been steadily supported. fide a on a From the opening of the navigation up to the end of March only about 7, 000 qrs. had been shi pped from thence, and of this sin ill qaantity more than h a l f had been for the Netherlands, only about 3,000 qr s . h av i nz been shipped to Great Britain. The want of lif e i n the demand had extensive pretty failed to make much impressio n on the minds of holders, I o who w e r stillßaltic English demand in the sum mer and autumn. .At the a h ie calculatepor ports p d r i e w e a i tl on seem i cconfidenc e also e to have been iv ee well maintained. A letter from Stettin, of the 12th instant, states that purchases of both wheat and barley had been made there by buyers from the interior, which circumstance had counteracted the effect which might otherwise, perhaps, have been produced by the continued dull reports from hence. From Rostock the advices are not quite so firm as before, still the price has not undergone any ch ange. At Hamburgh, on Tuesday, there was scarcely any thing doing in wheat either on the spot or from outports. n otic In e seems to the Dutch have tak and Belgen placeian markets n o thi ng deserving From the south and east of Europe the reports are wholly without interest, quotations of wheat being generally too high all over the Mediterranean, as com pared with the value of the article here, to admit cf business being done with a view of shipping to this country.—Mark Lane Express. the re-establishedC pe Good H o p A t ti of on the easte rn CAPE of GooD lIOPE.--Accottnts to th e 28 t h Fe . frontier, and the fear a hostilities with th e K af i r tribes had ceased. The Governor of the Bank of England a n d t h e Deputy br l u a t a r d y a t h e a v tr e a reached Governor had an interview with the Chanc e ll or o f the Ex uhsadfrboemen chequer yesterday. ~~ ~. . . . ~. , . • ,-,- ._. - -- ...4 - -- -' ,' - --- ~,;,.\ •.,„.„...„.„ . ~,-,-;,-,-4:,--.,,A.„ .. ~,,,,,,,:,,,...,,,,„....t t c , ,,t . f . ..•-4.,...,,• ,- ..,,./...„, • ,„ re ke..,,, c. .„ -..., ~,,..,:" t t ) ...:,.......- 'C ., --... . .., ~...., -- =Jose lb ir .1.• ---z - 41.....7:1•12 t - ft ~...,,,., . ..,,„.., ,t.s. _.; ,)„.....- 0:7„., PRICE SD. 'ftee. APRIL 23, - 1846. _ .h wTa.seE, 11 PE RANCE SOCIETY. A public meet i ng of the friends of this socie . y was add on Wed nes d ay evening, in Exeter Hall, where 4 ;rest assembly was congregated some time before the your ap, tcd. Mr. °' o ( st , n st e E n tt, ri w il h g o t h h a e d h b a e l e l , n r a e n c n e i o v u e n d c e w d t t with take f t „, . h r e .. • : h u a s c r. h e e ‘ r v i nhge,nwiht i h i a a e s o r n e e p h e l d a t e r d a h ft e e r r h o e s e h a a n d fi taken ,said t h eh e ,}lll,l not consent to fill the chair, without in a very few vords acknowle ging the very warm recep ion he had set with. Such a reception showed they thou ht ightly of him —that hi s sp i r i t was kindredwith theirs. I would not address them on the subject of temperance it any length, not because it was not important, but be cause the topics were so very obvious—obvious to all sresent. Indeed, nothing new could be said on the subject, But he believed that it; was the greatest bleesing God ever showered upon a country, independent of religious feel iug.—(Cheers.) Temperance was the suitable com panion of man in every condition, for there was no feel ing which it did not softer. and sweeten, no evil which it lid not smooth and alleviate, no good which it did not :herish, and no vice to which it was not an antagonist. Many calumnies had been poured upon his country, and 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 ineed 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 tue 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.—(Cheers.) 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, Grosjsan, Ridley and Eden. 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 sarnchoo, 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. Mr. J. S. SMITS and Mr. LEARE 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 BUILDING TRADE. (From the Liverpool Standard.) This strike still continues, nor is there any appear once of its termination. But it is not confined to this town and neighbourhood, for it extends to Manchester Bradford, Sheffield, Birmingham, and other placts, in all of which the builders and their workmen are at issue. The men who are employed hlve to contribute 'very largely towards the support of those who are standing out, and men have been engaged during the week dis tributiag papers and soliciting subscriptions, not only from housekeeper,;, shopkeepers, and others, but also from persons in the streets. The latter cl as s 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 Ab een 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. c , pal builder,' establishments, so as to prevent, if pos sible, any man from entering. Yet, in spite of theme precautions, many of the large employers are procuring bands, anti every day brings an accession. It seems to he pretty well known, that but fur 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 teen object to quit the unions, and he masters say that they have n o secur ity ' in underta .g contracts so long as th e i r men are in fluenced k he leaders of these com bi na ti ons . A stall g 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, and 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 loosen 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 end Bury line has struck out. or dispensed with, the whole of the masonry of the foundations of the bridges, &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•Cormick on many railways are, for the same reason and necessity, to be reduced in cost to the contractor by the adoption similar measures. The men in the employment of this gentleman had, be fore he engaged them, only 38.6 d. a day. He raised their wages to 4s. and they have now " struck " for ss. Instead, therefore, of turning the arches of the bridges in stone-work, as was intended, i t h as b een d etermined to useiron beams of cast-iron, t o prevent d elay i n the completion of the work. It s h ou ld b e a dd e d , that many of the architects throughout ti- e em pi re are re d uc i ng. or doing away with, a grea t amount of the 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, bet 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. LETTER FROM CHINA-AN AD VENTURE. r The following are extracts frGin a letter by the chief engineer of one of the war-steamers at present on the coast of Chins to his friend{ in Edinburgh.] WHAMPOA, Jan. 26.—The list instalment of the Chirv-se ransom money (2,000,000 of dollars) was paid in Canton last week. The inhabitants being in a riotous state, we were ordered from Hong-kung up the river to lie abreast f Canton, and I believe to fire into the city in erase of their attempting to burn the factories. We rbmained there eight days, every man on board under arms, as we exp cted 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 n' bed-fellow;, 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 boa , d. We have since taken up our st tion here, which is twenty miles firther down the river than Canton, and about sixty from Hong-Kong. The scenery in this place being most beautiful, and yesterday, feeling inclined to enjoy it in a walk through with me, and thinkinregdthluepmbai the country, I to o k a b oat and (me of my apprentices g oas h mt t ,al fi ri n ,c d rweie s tk o h , m tah e ne g d m ue an c v , iin l ng took e bmo)y. gun t a a k l s e ° . c h "r a r e g s e a i o l g hand, walked into the country. I had not gone a quar ter of a mile, when approa c hi ng a smal l village, the piople 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 " Alien they get a lone one unprotected ; and as they ' kept pressing round me clo ,. ely, 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 in his arms, both my • leza 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 was, " I will take it ;" the second was, "If I do 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 their backs turned ; and walking on towards the boat, 1 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 cun, 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, and promised them money if they would take me across the creek. I went into their boat, and finding in one of my pockets two rupee;, which the late robbers had missed, I gave them to them ; tbey then wanted more, and having me a prisoner in their Vat, made motions as if they were going to search me, upon which I made an attempt to throw one of them overboard. They desisteol, and landed me on the other side. I know the villains en ly wanted a few more to help them—they don't consider the odds in their favour ; two against one European. I then walked along the banks of the river for a 10-g 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 glad to escape with his life. He had returned to the vessel, telling the officers that he thought I was murdered, and they immediately sent an armed boat's crew in search of me. I wanted the captain to give me another boat vs ith armed men, and I would go and barn the village ; but he said he could nut take so much upon himself. At the time of the war such a thing might be done, and fre quently was fur less cause. He tells me he will report it t) the admiral, who will most probably take notice of it through the Chinese authorities. You may depend upon it the Chinese will pay dearly yet for the way they have been going on lately. &nee this occurred, I heard of several Europeans having been mal treated quite as ill and worse than me in this neighbour ho,:cl. Only this morning an American boat's crew was attacked by these savages, but they broke their oars into cudgels, and beat them off. Mr. S---- told me that he and two missionaries were nearly killed in the same way; they were severely beaten with sticks, robbed, and their clothes torn to pieces.—Sca.maa, CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF CULLOI)EN. (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. Incinsures, 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 Engiish troops would only have cum bered them if the brave Highlanders had not been in a wretched condition, greatly (lisp!, portioned in numbers, .oro out with hunger and fatigue, and set up, like targets, on a level plain, to point the murderous fire of the artillery. The very lements seemed to be against the Jacobites. The rain and sh et 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 tree royals more o,ry ee line tt o ,w) p e f t rhi S os hu t u sbl ynart,d cold-bloodedsacrificing, day,l dr e brave men, nn c rdut this e l i t as y v , oi n b n y ge hf c at a ltu p a 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 ;Ile Scottish Highlanders fearlessly attempted to pl ace th e British Crown on the head of the last scion of those 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 rules of their 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 for 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 ings and misfortunes, and the contrast which they pre sent in true nobility of mind to their sordid acid cruel victoonn rs i Th a e d e e x ep ce a ss n e d s cionmeffmaciteteadblaaftsetrtinthenbaotte English d glish c le_o n f Cul lodenarmy, and the world saw,wi thsurpne military force, trainednation, how a regular in a civilized a;:on, and by com mended by a prince, could be outdone in h ni am oti a n n ta it courtesy, and feelings of honour, race, reared in comparative solitude amidst 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 oat of Kerning evil. The statutes . pro- STATE OF YFADE. 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 ings, 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. LEEDAZ, pml:Tr.—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 i- 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. - I mititt 1 ,1 1. 0 411111 el ArAtt% people wen utritrat and Qttstlllmi but 4 0 4 0 4 tA 4 O 4 in 1748, abolishing the hereditabie jurisdictions, awl vestint the administration of justice in professional Sheriffs, was a wise and salutary measure. The system of vassalage and military service was at an end, and law was substituted for a purely despotic power. What a vast change has been effected in the last century: With little trade or industry —scarce a public road or communication—arts and agriculture unknown or neg lected, we wonder how our ancestors could drag out ex istence. *The Wealth of the chief lay in the number of his clan, not in his rental. When Macdonald of Hep poch was asked the amount of his income, he replied, " I can raise five hundred tnea." 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 lea3er. It was a state of things that could not last—a form of society alien to Vie spirit of the British Constitutien. But under it rose many a generation of brave men, and flourished many virtues. We may rejoice that its harsher features have disappeared, and that the cause of Churles Edward was not the successful cause. His weak and ohsti , ,ate cha racter, Lis prejudices and connexions, would have en tailed upon us another struggle fur constitutional liberty. But with these admissions, we may recollect, with pride and emotion, that the Highlanders of old were not un worthy their beautiful and magnificent country. They were brave, loyal, and generop,, and incorruptible in their fidelity. These high qualities were developed in the Forty-five, and though a century has now gathered over their fame, interposing many a deed of glory since achieved, they still :lied a lustre on our national history. The field of Culloden is therefore hallo Wed ground. It is not an Agincourt or a Bannockburn, but it is a great landmark in our Scottish annals—an index to a state of o so iv c i : l et w y a g r oinnethbiys f k o i r og e v d e o r m - - a a i o - e a cor a d t o , f o t o li b e ir l g as t memorial ravages o o f f unfaltering faith and devotion, supported by 14h but unavailing bravery. May its green graves be always sacred! IRELAND. • ARRIVAL 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 purp ise. We understand that a gentleman from the Commissariat Department is now in town, and we trust that, with all possible dispatch, arrangements may be made for distributing the corn among the people at a very low rate. But the cry is for work, work, work.— Galway Mercury. There are about 500 families without food, or means of procuring it, in and about Athlone, on the Connaught side of it.—Galway Vindicator. DISTRESS IN ANNAGHDOWN.--Wa 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 labouring under. By this morning's post we have received a copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting held there on Mon day last for the purpose of raising subscriptions to afford temporary relief.—lbid. EMIGRATION.—THE THREATENED COERCION 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 fortable small farmers, despairing of being able to sup port their young families, make up what 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 OF MURDER.—On Monday last, Thomas Sullivan, charged with the murder of Michael Lyons, at Athlone, on the 21st of last month, was ar-ested by sub-constable Ross, of the Ballydangort station.— Westtrn St ar . CAPTURE OF A "BLACK MAIL" GATHERER NEAR HlLLTOWN.—ltiformation was given to the police sta tioned a: Hi,lto an , on T uesday, the 14th inst., that a person of a gentleman-like appearance was levying, not war, but taxes en 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 cum from the unsuspecting people before sub-constable Hugh *Mary went in quest of him. Not readily did this modern O'Hanlon charge 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 pur-uit of justice. He was at last, with much difficulty, ran down and captured, after a Et,le resistance, by M'Al try, and marched to the police barracks, where he was committed to Down patriek gaol by J. Sot', &,q., J.P., to mait his trial at the next Quarter Sessions to be held in Newry. —B e fast Vindicator. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. ruPLIN, APRIL 21.—Mr. Pollock, the clerk of the peace for the county and city of Dublin and thirteen other counties in Ireland, died on lamiday, bt Itlo•int tans -town, his country ,eit. The d.lnise of this gentlemen will create several vacancies, which will be filled up by fifteen separate ap pointments. COH.MISSION COURT.—TUESDAY. FINAL ACQUITTAL OF' MRS. scom Mrs. Mary John Scott, the lady who was on trial during the entire of last week, and who was acquitted upon an in dictment chargirg her with marrying Anthony Galway-, in 18:2l, her former husband, James Carter, being alive, was this day again placed at the bar, and indicted for marrying Mr. John Bindon Scott, of Cahircon, 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 perscn named James Carter, in Letterkenney, in the county of Donegal; in the year 1821 married a Mr. Anthony Galway, Carter being then alive; and in the year 1833 married Mr. Scott, both Carter and Galway being alive. Shortly after the last marriage she was indicted for 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 traverser was arraigned in the usual form, and acquitted for the third and list 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 up to post-hour 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 seeztt to justify the gloomiest prognostications of the alarmists. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FORGING TWO WILLS. magistrates of this. , n in in ' have been occupied fin. some . city vestigatiog , a ,f c h l a iaja ng WORCESTER: e brought against Mr. Richard Farley, of SDAY NlGllT ii — ou l r ' s be th m is -I forged two documents purporting to be wGl'ljsucoer William e T Welsh, deceased, formerly of Crowtield Farm, near Abergavenny, with intent to defraud William Welsh's heir-at-law of a certain estate at Aston Ingham, Hereford shire. The prisoner, it a pp ears, 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 (W(lAt's eldest son, who took pos ses4on of the estate on the 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 custcdr. 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 tf 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 close of the case the prisoner was committed for trial at the next Worcester assizes, in August. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BETWEN ENGLAND AN* FRANCE.—The following is the of f icial return of the number' of passengers who have passed between France and England, by the ports of London, Folkstone, Dover, Calais, and Bon 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, 9 7 4 passengers; Calais, 358. The 1,045 passengers arrived at Boulogne were divided as follows :—Coming 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 ylnea 7so o , nt m ose a ciß k n i ee n lng g eieu a mo g f ra ant n h d. : of 1846 :—Boulogne, 10.223; Calais, 2,617 ; Havre, 2,360 ; Eastern Railway Company, from Ramsgate to Ostend, in, ltDionitheeplopofeist2BLo9°;-p?asetkelliettdiss,i3enx, t2epsne6dc;et expected t ot that , Antwerp, establishedbe t' France will b e greatly increased by these fac ilitie s and cheap addition to their vessels between Folkst o ne an Boulogne. that the number of passengers, this are ;/ limosioN OF Gss.—About twelve o ' clock on Tues. - rNinn th e iG em ree pl k o . ru stree en t t of so the it c da . y in m in o is rn sin ii i i i g e , rs M o r f . s H eiw . m W eprr e so b ,v b a e lelm r d , er a ne ll tssi l di nS t p ir eC a t Ot omedistance up sastaineednlthaergfoinllgowthinge se s w e r e i o rs us a irli a r . es - . It ap . pe ., ars that among other hardly been in it more than: two ,now in progress, is that of coast.. of the e rt dah Westmi nster ed ly th s report was heard. The men ster-row , but had towards the place. e 3f re r. a W tr e e b rn be en r d p o r : where they found Mr. Web her l yi ng iasottrta mhtthehtsereeaeib madei seconds, e N oR e o t i ic h i d m ,, e , sensibility, and quite black in the face . up o n .No time was lost in convey ingseverely injured. Some him to WeStMinster Hospital, h is ba In a state of in ospital, where, upon examination of his person, it was discovered that his face, hands, arms, and body were gas had escaped from a pipe in the sewer., and igniting from the candle Mr. Webber held in his hand, had given rise to the explosion. THE HERO OF ALLIWAL.—We have heard it ru moured that in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, Sir George Wakelyn Smith, Bait, G.C.8., will be invited to offer himself for the representation 0f this, his nAtiye County.... c all oridge 4idvertzur. I