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THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated by Charter), besides transacting all ordinary Banking business, Continues to allow, On DEPOSITS for Mx months, 3 per cent. per annum ; arid on gums for shorter periods and at Call, interest varying with the amount and time in Bank ; And Grants CASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on sufficient securities, at 1 per cent. commission half-yearly on the amount of the credit, and b per cent. per annum interest on the balance only at debit ; and LOANS for short periods on marketable securities, at rates vary ng with the circumstances. Every additional information and brims for opening accounts, tc., will be supplied at the Bank and its Branches, or sent by post on ap- Ileatioa. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH IIiNES CAMERON', General Manager. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbary, London. CRYSTAL PALACE. The Meeting announced for Tuesday nest, the 30th instant, at the Crystal Palace, will be that of a GENERAL COMMITTEE now forming to concert preliminary measures for the preservation of the Building, and the attendance of all Gentlemen disposed to act on that Committee and favourable to its objects is requested. The Meeting is Convened for Twelve o'clock precisely. JOHN ROBERT WARRE K, t Hon. JOHN' M. DEERE, 3 Secs. Committee•rooms, Crystal Palace, March 26, 1852. POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY. Just published, price ONE SHILLING, the " Supplement to the Post Office London Directory for 1852," contain'ng the Peerage and Parliamentary Directory (as published in the Complete Edition), and corrected to tLis da e. 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This patent carriage contains all that is required by the public, for safe, commodious, and economical tray fling is large towns, and has, since its first introduction, been groatly reduced in weight and Im proved in comfort. In it every passeng r has a distinct seat, with a separate entrance, and. the means of communication (if desired) through a sliding partition, thus combining privacy with comfort, acd preventing all chance of infection—all opportunity of robbery atd insult—and that uncomfortable cnweling and inconvenience (especially in wet we..ther), which constitute the main objection to tie vehicles now in use, and at th, same time affording tile traveller at opportunity of regulating the temperature according to his or her pleasure. • It is proposed that a few of the Company's vehicles shall be run oa a Sunday, and, moreover, that a fund shall be provided to meet cases of sickness and death among the Company's servants. Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Comp my's temporary offices, 40, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and of the Sollcitor, at 15, Gracechurch-street, City, where also applications for shares will be received. J. A. FRANKLINSKI, Secretary, pro. tern March 17, 1852. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. j OYAL POLYTECHNIC TUTION. 4, Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. H. Pepper, Esq ,on Glynn and Appel's Patent Paper for the Prevention of Piracy and Fcrgery by the Anastatic Process —During Lent, a Lecture on As tronomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. Eachhoffner, on Wednesdayand Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock. —The celebrated Vocalist Kransz de Feher, who sings in Thirty-six Foreign National Dialects, will appear for the first time In England in his new Musical Divertissement, "The Illustrated Crystal Pa lace," on Monday, the 29th instant, and continue each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday Evenings, at Eight o'clock, in waich he will introduce Twenty National Melodies in Twenty different Foreign Dialects.—A Description by Mr. erlspe, of the various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, &c.—Dissolving Views, &c. Admission, is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Ralf-price. A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S ASCENT of MONT BLANC, illustrated by Mr. W. BEVERLEY, EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock. 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It is a remarkable fact that Itt the Papal kingdoms there is little light, but in Protestant lands there is much light. Clark's Diamond Lamps for general use are • the best in the w,,rld Clark's Vertical Lamp far excels the French atoderator Lamp, and all other Lamps constructed with machinery. Clark's Pearl Candle Lamp surpasses all other Candle Lamps.. r ?he Public should ask for Clark's Lamps, and purchase none other. "-reef can be had in great variety, at all prices and for every use, at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, West Eltrand, near the Lowther-arcade. RICH kRD CLARK, Resident ,_ i Manager. Lamps in every variety a re sent out on hire at two thirds the usual charge, that the Public may be convinced which Lamps are the best. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY--Professor SE. 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The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA beg most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, that the Season of 1852 will commence THIS EVENING, March 27, On wh?ch occasion will be performed (for the first time these four years) Douizetti's Opera, MARIA DI ROHAN. The principal characters by Madame Castellan, Madlle. Seguin (her first appearance in England), Signor itonconi, Signor Polouiel, Signor Soldi, and Signor Tamberlik. In 'the first act a Divertissement will be given. in which Madlle. Brussi,' Madlles. Leblond, Helene Bella% Louise Bellottt, Ko- Isenberg; Messieurs Alexandre and Minard, and Madlle. Robert, wil appear. In announcing the present, the Sixth Season of the Royal Italian Opera, the Directors feel it almost unnecessary to repeat their assurances, or to reiterate their pledges of former seasons, as to the future conduct of this great Lyrical Establishment : hoping that the manner in which they have hitherto conducted it will be accepted by their Patrons as the best guarantee for its future management. During the extraordinary season of the past year, the Audiences of the Royal Italian Opera numbered among them some of the most eminent Musical Professors and Amateur:re of Europe, many of whom were intimately acquainted with the great Lyrical Theatres of Italy, France, and Germany ; and it must be a matter of pride and gratification to the English Public, as well as to the Directors hemselves, to know that the Royal Italian Opera (both as regards the extraordinary talent of its individual Artistes, as well as its general completeness and perfection as a whole) was pronounced by these distinguished persons to stand unrivalled among its European Competitors. By the following outline of the arrangements for the Present Season it will be seen that not only have the most distinguished Artistes of last season been re-engaged, but that others now occu pying the highest positions in the Co.tinental Theatres have been added to the Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorus have re ceived several important additions; and it will also be gown 1 that is the department of the Ballet (which will still be limited to short Divertissements, and,to those Dances incidental to the Operas), a very cunt sera le augmentation in the personnel has taken place. In fact, egteesife-as she Company of the Royal Italian Opera hi therto has been, the assemblage of Artistes this year will be fount to surpass that °fatty former season. The. Repertoire of the Royal Italian Opera now consists of THIRTY-SIX OPERAS, each of which Is complete in Scenery, Cos tumes, and Appointments. SEMIRAMIDE - . Rossini, LA DONNA - DEL - LAC C .- - - - no,sun. - L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. 11. BARBIETtE DI SEVIGLIA - - - - Rossini. LA GAZZA LADRA - Rossini. IL TANCREDI - - - ---- Rossini. LA CENERENTOLA GUGLIELM 0 TELL MOSE IN EGITTO (ZORA) OTELLO FirckNl I DUE FOSC tRI NA KIT° (ANATO) NOItMA LA SONNAMBULA I PURITANI I CAPULET rl E MONTECCIII - - - - Beliint. LEs lIU .UENOTS ROBERT LE DIABLE LE P itOPHETE LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR L'ELISIR D'AMORE LUC REZlA. BORGIA ANNA BOLENA ---- - - Donizetti. MARIA DE ROHAN L A FAVORITA LINDA DI tHAMOUN7I - - - Donizetti. IL FLAUTO MAGICO DON GlOVANNI LE NQZZE DI FIGARO MAS tNIELLO IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO LA JUIVE DER FREISCHUTZ SAP PllO ..... - - - Gounod. FIDELIO - . - Beethoven. During the Season the following Operas will be produced : Spohr's Opera of FAUST. The Directors have the satisfaction to announce that they have made an arrangenlest with the greet Compceer, Herr Spohr, to produce this Grand Romantic Opera. The Recitatives (necessary in the Adaptation of the Opera to the Italian Stage) have been w^itten by the Composer expressly for the Royal Ita'ian ,Opera, and the whole Work will be arranged and produced under his di rection. An entirely new grand Opera, composed by Monsieur Jellies, eatitled PIETRO IL GRANDE. Rossini's favourite Opera, LE COMTE ORY, As performed at the Academie Royale at l i arb. Weber's Fairy Opera, OBERON, The Libretto, with the addition of Recitatives, having been expressly re-arranged by the author, J. R. Planche, Esq. Donizetti's grand Opera, LES MARTYRS, • As performed at the Acaderaie Royale at Paris. .she Engagements for the present Season are SOPRANI. • • Madame GRIST, Madame CASTELLAN, Mademoiselle BERTRAN DI, AND Madame VIARDOT. ALSO, Madame JU LLIENNE, (Of the Academie Royale of Parts, her first appearance in England). Mademoiselle ANNA ZERR • (From the Imperial Theatre of Vienna). • AND • ,Madame GAZZANIGA (Of the Teatro della Scala at Milan). An Engagement has also been offered to Madame MEDORI (Of the Imperial • T heatre of St. Petersberg4. CONTRALTO. Mademoiselle THERESA SEGUIN ~ ...(Her first appearance in England).' • ' • • gECONDE DONNE. Mademoiselle COTTI, • AND Mademoiselle BELLINI. , - TENORO. Signor MARIO. Signor STI GELL I. • Signor LUIGI MEI, Signor SQLD f, AND Signor TA M BE rc LIK, ALSO, Signor GALVANI (From the Teatro della Scala at milan, his first appearance In England), Herr ANDER (Principal Tenor of the I ,, perial Theatre at Vienna, his first appearance in Ergiand), AND Monsieur oUIE 'SURD (Principal Tenor of the Academie Royale at Paris, his first appearance lu England). BASSI HARMON'. Signor RONCONI. Signor ItoslMl. AND Signor B tRTOGINI (From the Italian Opera of Palermo, his first appearance in Eng and), BASSI PROFONDT. Herr F. )11 M ES, Signor TAGLIOF ICO, Signor POLON IN!, Signor GRE(;ORIO. ignor HACH e:t AND Signor MARINI (Ills first appearance the-e three years). The Orchestra will be composed of the following eminent Professors : FIRST VIOLINS. Messrs. Saini on (Pri icipal) 11. Bla,rove Bezeth Browne Cooper Dande Doyle - Goffrie Ilill Love Mellon Mori Thirlwall Watson 'Willy Zerbini. SECOND VIOLINS. Messrs. Watkins (Principal) W. Blagrova Bort Bradley Cusins H. Griesbach Jay Kelly —1., der Marshall Newshain Patey Payton Simmons li. Westropp Wdkine. TENORS. Messrs. Mil (Principal) Alsept Glanville Hann Thompson Trust Wsud Webb Hausman Piatti (Solo) L. Piatti Reed Schroeder. DOUBLE BASSES. Messrs. Howell (Principal) nett esini (Solo) Campanile Castel Mount Pratten Reinagle Reynolds C. 'Severn - Waudrelan. HARPS. Messrs. Trust Streather. FLUTES. Messrs. Pratten De Polley. OBOES. Messrs. Barrett NiCIIOIFOR. CLARINETTI. Messrs. Lazarus Mav cock BASSOONS. Messrs. Baumann , Larkin. HoRNS. Messrs. C. Harper Rae. Jarrett Keilback. TRUMPETS. Nfessrs. T. Harper Irwin. TROMBONES. Messrs. Cioffl Antoine Healey. OPIII MEIER. M. Prospere. Dacus. Mr. Chipp. WestlOce T. WestroPp VIOLONCELLOS. 'Messrs. Lucas (Principal) - Callon Chipp Guest liancock MAIM TRIANGLE. Mr. Seymour. BASS DEtM. 1 Mr. Horton, Besides Extras, DIRECTOR OF TIER MUSIC, COMPOSER, AND CONDUCTOR, Mr. COSTA. The Military Band will be under GODFREY .e th Superintendence of Mr. MAESTRO AL PIANO, Signor PANIZZA. • Mom the TeatroodeliaSeala at Milan). ra mrrm, Signor NTER.4.3I. scr % e a r e s e . o a rd th an o e r : Dwiivthertiassweraishea POET, Signor MAGGIONT. the evenings u b when the Opera given is not sufficiently long to form the evening's entertainment. This arrangement will avoid the necessity ior giving p in o e r u ti t o , n t s h :n fo iy ilo o: o ing the e r i z ag e e ra ni s e ; n a ts p h la a n v , e except on oadne:efraordinary oc casions, subject to much objecton. in order to meet the arrange- Nt-ewryillgbeeneprearltioYr m e t P d r ? i n e th d those Mademoiselle ROBE T (From the Academie Royale at Faris). Mademoiselle LOUISE TAGLIONI, AND Mademoiselle BRURSI (From the Imperial Theatre at Vienna). Mademoiselle LE B LON '3, Mademoi elle KOLEUBERG. Mademoiselle lIELLOTEL AND Mademoiselle L. I3ELLOTTI (Their first appearance In England). Monsieur MINARI3, Monsieur FLUSSE. AND Monsieur RUAULT (Their first appearance in England). The CORPS DE BA LIA.T will aso be Itugtnented, and embrace several Danseuses from Paris, being their firs"- appearance in Eng land. . _ . ------- Maitre de Ballet—Monsieur Alexandre. Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alt fred Melton. Director of the Mise-en-Scene—N lonsieur Laurent (From the Theatre National, Faris). Artistes Costumieres—Mrs. E. Bailey and Madame Marzio. Decorater—Mr. I'reso ott. Machinist Mr. Allen. Scenic Artist , —Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the Night or Season, to be• obtained at the Box-cffice of the Theatre (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street) ; and at the principal Libraries and Musicsellers. The pertormances will commence at Eight o'clock on each Evening. The Box-office is open from Elervell to FITO o'clock. Royal Italian Opera, Coveut-Gstroltu, AlArcla, 103, UNDER SPECIAL CIEARTER FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN. THE GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN CHAR TERED NATIVE SILVER AND SILVER-LEAD MINES, With a Capital of 72,0001. in Shares of 11. each, of which it is at present proposed :o itnue 52,000 Sliitres. No further Call to be made. _ The Compaq) , teing• under the law of "COtn mandite," no Deed will have to be signed, - Rad no responsibility is incurred under this law beyond the I/. per Stiare subscribed and paid up. comistrrTEE or MANAGEMENT IN LONDON. James Coape, Esq., Islttables, Is'e of Wight. Alexander Henderson•Macdougall, Esq., Parliament-street and Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Sir Cavendish Stuart Rambold, Bart., Jermyn-streat. Rowand Ronald, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the National Bank of Irelard, Old Broad-street. J. Walkinsbaw, Esq., Sackville•strect. COMILITTEE AT CAELSRIME. Chevalier Frederick Fruttiger, Receiver-General of the Finances of the Grand Duc of Baden • D. Abegg, Esq.; Commissioner of the Woods, . _ Forests; and Mines of the Grand Duchy,. Dr. Charles Seubert, alto Polytechnic College of Carlsruhe, Pro fessor of Chemistry." • RANKERS. CoMpiercial Rank of London. 0 . Messrs, Haas Brothers, Carlsruhe. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Captain Matthew Francis. 14. Daub, Carlsrube. 'STANDING COUNSEL. W. L. Blrkbeek; Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. sotacrroa. • .Henry Wickens, Esq. XECRETART IN LONDON. • Edward Taplin, Esq. BROILERS. Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. PROSPECTUS. . . This company .154oxined under a concession of an extensive avail district, ft the qirithd - Dnehrerf haden, situated within 36 "REMO London, and is held under charter from bas Royal Highness the Grand Duke, granted to the Mining Association of Baden. The title is indisputable, bring a direct grant from the Crown on a royalty of only 1-50th of the net profits. The setts belonging to this company comprise rich veins of native silver. stlve:-lead, copper, and cobalt, sated whicbt_ has from tithe immemorial been celebta cd for its great rnetanic wealth, aria consist, nrst, three silver-lead lodes, situat, d in the s.l.tiusterthal, near a station on the rai.way from Heidelberg ti Basle. The most im pa taut of these is the Schindler lode, with an ascertained length of a mile, and a breadth of unusual magnitude. The produce of th s ex traordinary locla is of uncommon richness, averaging, besides its great yielu of lead Ito less than 20 , oz. of silver to the ton. It is in tersected by two smaller lodes, which run obliquely towards it, one of which, the Tueiels Grund, is also of extreme richness , or silver, yielding in the assays of 1851, besides its lead, no less than 08 oz. to the ton. The other, the Lierrenwald, Is of equal richness, If not superior. Secondly, the Native Silver Workings comprising two Mines in the Reubachglen, falling into the valley of the Kliizig, at a short distance from Offenburg, near Baden Baden, which are extremely rich in native silver and_ cobalt ores. These have been worked down to the water level, and by the application of draining, they will be brought Into immediate yield of large and most profitable re turns. The reports in the hands of the mining authorities have been col lated by a German miner of eminence, and examined and approved by Captala Matthew Francis, whose experience in lead mining is well known in this country. M. Daub estimates the probable yield at only ten tatho ns depth, from the present edit level of two of the three mines in the Mtinsterthal, at 5,250 tons of pig lead, and 23,0001b5. of silver. This quantity, at present prices, is worth 120,0001. ; and supposing it to cost one half to work the mines, will give a profic of 60,0091. upon ten fathoms sunk. the yield of the Native Silver and Cobalt mines in the Ileubach is estimated by him at an equal value. The workings in these mines have hitherti been limited to the ground above the levels of the valleys, which could be drained by adit, no steam-engine having been employed for deeper draining ; and even at those shallow depths great quantities of native silver, silver lead, and cobalt ores, have been realised. By the introduction of steam-engiva and pumping machinery on an adequate scale, te anaged by competent English engineers, the real and vast mineral wealth of this property will be fully developed; and taking into consideration the advanced state Of the works, and the ore now in sight, a dividend must be realised at an early date. For the purpose cf realising such advantages, and obtaining the co-operation of English skill and enterprise, the Mining Association of Baden has ceded to this Company the whole of those rich Mines, together with the extensive Crushing and Dressing Machi nery, Smelting and Refining Furnaces, completely fitted up, and in working order, with the tools, appurtenances, water-courses, and other rights, on which vast sums have been expended, for a mode rate price, which they have agreed to take entirely in Shares. By this arrangement, this Company secures the co-operation of a highly influential body of Shareholders In Germany, including names of the highest distinction ; while, at the same time, the entire and ab solute control of all operations is vested in the Board of Directors iu Londou, but with the advantage of a Committee at Carisruhe, who will carry cut the arrangements agreed to, and, under instruc tions, represent the Directors its all local matters. The original Company being chartered under the law of Comman dite, all responsibility is limited to the amount of Shares held. The close co-tiguity of a railway and of the Rhine to the works facilitates the transport of the produce of the Mines, for which there is a ready market, and the carriage of coal to toe works, of which there is au abundant supply in the Adjacent districts. It is proposed at present to issue out of the capital, in addition to 28,000 Shares granted in respect of the purchase, only so many Shares as shall be deemed necessary for immediate purposes, but with a re served power to the Directors to issue the remainder, should circum stances render it advisab:e to do so. In a commercial point of view, this property presents the special point of interest, that silver is already wising into increased demand, and will continue to rise in value as gold becomes more abundant in this and other countries. The attention of the public is invited to the fine spechnens of the native silver ore irons one of the lodes, with other minerals, which have excited the admiration of the moat competent judges, and, together with the reports of the Baden Company, may be seen at the cortices of the company. Applications for shares to be made at the company's temporary offices, 57, Threadneedle-street ; and to Messrs. Carden and Waite head, stock-brokers, 2, Royal Exchan where Ka; diVidinorl • H E AUSTRALIAN CONSOLS GOLD and CO i'PER MINES. on the Cost• Book System. No deed to be signed. Cap,tal 60,000/., in Parts or Shares of 11. each, all paid up, without further liability. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. J. Stratford Best, Esq , Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square T. 11. Bristow, Esq., Stanhope-place, 1 1 3 ,1 e - Pa rk Charles iirowne, Esq., Ilanwell, Middlesex Colonel Morse Cooper, Charles -street, St. James's -square • F. W. Green, E q., Change -alley, Corunill, and Bristol The O'Gorman Mahon, M.P., Pall-mall George IV Laughlin, Esq., Leadentiall-street, and Calcutta William Patteis n, Esq., East India Chambers, Leadenhall street, and Bristol (With power to add t o th e i r number). Bankers — Messrs. Ite6arts, Curtis, and Co. Solicitors—Messr s . L ong and Long. 63, Cornhili. Broken—Messrs. John S ,ewed and Suns, 25, Tokenh ouse- y ard. Secretary—James T om lin, Esq. PROSPEC I ITS. This Company has been for me d to wor k G o ld and other Mines in ene of the most favoured di s t r i cts of Aus t sa lia, and the Com mittee of Management has o b ta i ned f rom the Proprietor a mineral lease for forty-two years, of 12,500 acres , bein g halt of the Segenhoe Estate, a very large portion of which has been proved to contain vast m i nera l r .ches, and to be intersected with quartzose auriferous veihs of the most promising character. This estate was granttyd by the Crown,, has been In P°3- session of the proprietor for 30 years, and permission has been sub. sequently given to work all mines, whether of gold, silver, or other metals. In 1530 this estate wa s pronounced b y Judge Cracroft, an eminent geologist, to be a mas s of mineral wea lth, and subsequent investigations have entirely confirmed the fact. It has been ascertained bey ond a doubt, tha t a uriferous deposits exist throughout the Hunter Ri ver district, over w hi c h this estate ex tends for 20 mites (vide Sir B. Murchison's Geological Lectures), and that the sands of three rivers running through the property are richly impregnated with gold. Gold is also known to ext 4 in conjunction with many of the other ores, especially copper. The Committee have secured the exclusive right of working all the minerals on the estate, and it is to be observ. d that, from the abundance of copper ore found on the Hunter River, the copper-smelting companies on its banks have already found it necessary to increase their buildings and machinery. _ • A remarltable fact connected with mining enterprise in Australia is, that the first discoverer of gold there, Ur. Hargraves, has selected tho Hunter liver in preference to all other localities as the site of his first operations, and pcssessed himself of an e:tate within two hours ride of Segenhoo Public attention Is especially requested to the fact that powers to underlet setts to other parties have been secured by the Committee of Management of this undertaking, as it is obvious that the large area of the property will give scope for the profitable employment of many thousands of miners and other workmen. It is propo_ed to erect machinery sufficiently p owerful to crush all the quar tz that may be mined by the under-l essees, and to insert covenan t s that they shall not be allowed to empl oy crushing mills owne d b y o th ers without the Company's s ncti on . Arrangements have consequen tly been entered into wills an eminent surveyor to make a c_mplete survey of the estate, and to lay it out in mining setts. Negotiations are pending for portions of the property with three companies, which cannot fail to insure to the shareholders an imme diate return of the capital invested, and to become a certain source of future revenue without risk, and the Committee are now prepared to grant leases of setts to other parties. The Comm ttee of Management have to announce two most important advantages which this undertaking possesses over all others, viz., a steam Mill in full operation, erected by the proprietor on the estate, and most admirably adapted, with some slight addi tional machinery, for crushing and preparing the ores ; and thaf. in dispensabie auxiliary for the perfection of mining enterprises, an abundance of water power. . -- - The project now offered to the puMle presents an opportunity for the inveatinmt of capital of no ordinary character, looking to the ettent of land scoured, the combination of its mineral resources, the local advantages for the transport of produce, the abundance of fuel for working Ste=am-cngine'; and other purposes, the production of limestone for erecting buildings, the ample steam and water power, the admission, duty free, of ail machinery mad goods, the restriction of which is so great an impediment to enterprise in California, and the existence ot EnBlizis ...King all contracts bin lubg ; so con ddent, there:bre, is the proprietor of the success of the undertaking, that lie agrees to take two,hirds of the Purchase-money in shares, and requires only the small royalty of one-fiftectith. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made at the temp rary offices of the Company, 39, King William -stre e t, City ; to the Solicitors of the Company; and to Messrs. J o h n Showell and Sons, brokers, 23, Tokenhouse-yard. Form of Application for Shares. To the Directors 'of the Auitrallau Consols Gold and Copper Mines. Gentlemen,—l request that you will alot me shares of W. each in your Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or say less number you may allo t me, and pay the amount whoa called upon to do so. Usual signature. a.)ated this day of —, 1852. __ Name in !till .............. Residence Busieess or Prot , ssion— ........ Ref:Tel - ice ....... No application for Shares will be received after ---. By order of the Board. Chambers; but in 182 ' 9 - the rdelslig7:of nSTirh:debaesrtt s e p o ac it e tr w L a t. s Ti fi o l t: d oP up S f o n it:R t s h it e wing was left inc , rnplete by Smirke, with the buildings tor King's College. The west vacant space side, or that next Wellington-street, has remained unff ished till now, limited by some ungainly brick dwelling-houses, springing out of a deep pit. In consequence o f t h e co soli dation of the Boards of Excise, Stamps, and Taxes, &c.into one Board (the Inland Revfnue), it became necessary to a b a ndon the Excise Office, in Broad-street, CD ), and bring all the establishment under one root at Sorrtereet-h use; and Mr. James Pennethorne, the e architect to the Board of Works, was direct d to make designs for te co.mpletio . By n the a l tera ti o n proposed, a large annual savin g will be effected, and the cost of the new buildings will be met by the sale of the old Excise Office, so that no experse, we understand, will be incurred by the public fur the completion of this side of S om erset -house. It has been stated in some of th e newspa pers that in consequence of certain arrangement s ma de by the present Administration the proposed addition will net be proceeded with. We cannot learn, however, that there is any reason to suppose that this is correct. Tend ers f o r the execution of the south win g will be received this week, and others for the remaind er of the building will speedily follow. Builder. A puTBECABIRS' H A LL.—Names of gentl e men who passed their examination inthe science and practice of medi cine, and received certificates to ra cnce , on Thursday , March 25, 1852:—Thomas George David Davies, St. An drew's. court, Holborn-hill; Alfred Jackson ; • John• Diforey Bartlett Langworthy, Modbury, Devon ; John Willcox, .Bir mingham ; Samuel Drew, Cornwa ll ; John H emm ing, Kins bolton ; Alfred Freer, Stourbridge, Worcestershire; Patrick James Mullarky, Margate; him Vinall, Sfittop-place, Hackney. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, MARCH 26.—We have good supplies of most articles. The demand for wheat is extremely inactive, and prices full is per quarter lower. Barley being more plentiful, declines I per quarter, and the sale pretty much confined to fine heavy qualities. Oats and shelling meet a slow sale. Beans Is per quarter cheerer. WHEAT, per qr. 601b3 per bushel:— s. Sufi olk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red ... Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red —— Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red Ditto, white Dautzic and Konigsburg, white Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... Old. NNW. B. S. 43 to 45 ... _ 46 50 40 43 42 - 46 40 - 42 - 43 - 45 39 - 42 43-45 44 - 48 33 - 43 33 - 40 Mediterranean, red ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... ... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ..„ Grinding per 30 stone ... Foreign ... BEANS, per qr. 631bs to the bushel:— Small, fine ... 33 —36 31 —33 Ticks ... 32 34 30 32 Foreign ... —— 26 —27 OATS, per stone : bleating . —d to —d 10d to Lid Feeding ... •., —d to —d 9d to 10d Foreign ... —d to —d 01 to Od SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 27 —26 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 38 —4l PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 29 - 31 28 - 33 , . --- 28 - 33 , . - 26 - 28 28 - 30 . 21 - 32 - 28 - 32 ALS. ARK Qrs. Wheat ..• ... •• • 11,12 ' , ••• ..• • 114 - 40414 Oats ... ... ••• ... 1455 Beansßeans 1 536 ... ... ... ... , Rapeseed ... 4340m. 245 ... 210 Linseed •• .••• •• Malt ••• •00 • • 00 Flour ••• ••• ••• ••• Peas ... ... ... ... Tared . • BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, MARCH 26.--The market is still so bare of samples that we have not any transactions to report this week. In refined there is a steady business doing at previous rates. Rum remains dull.—Bristol Mercury. EXETER, MARCH 26.—Cattle Market—The supply of every description of stock was very large, especially cattle. Prime beef fetched 7s 9d per score; inferior, 7s 6d, and in many instances a lower figure was accepted. Working oxen sold at from 121 to 141; barreners from 4s to 5s per score ; butcher's calves, from 41d to 5d per lb ; cows and calves were from 8/ to 12'. Sheep were plentiful, wethers, 5d ; small ditto sid ; ewes, 41d to 51b per lb. Pork Carcases—The supply was not quite so large as last week—the price ranging from 6s 6d to 7s per score. Pannier —Turkeys, 5s to 8s each ; ducklings, 4s 6d to 55 6d per couple; fowls, 3s to 45 ditto; wild ducks, 4s 6d ditto ; widgeon, 3s ; pigeons, 10d to 1 s each ; rabbits, 10d each ; eggs, 20 for Is ; butter Is Id to Is 2d per lb. Corn Exchange to-day—Few samples have been offered. For the best, 6s has been given—the price ranging from 5s 6d to 6s per bushel ' - good barley from 3s 6d to 4s; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 10d. Fine flour, 33s per sack. Wool —ln this article, not much is doin—the sellers asking 8d per lb, but the factors refusing to give more than sevenpence half penny. RIPON, MARCH 25.—White wheat 5s 3d to 5s 9d, red ditto 5s to 55 6d ; beans 4s Od to 4s 6il per bushel; barley 281 to 32s ; oats 188 Od to 22s per qr. WETHERBY, MARCH 25.—White 'wheat, 15s 61 to 16s, red ditto 15s Od to 15s 6d per load ; barley 32s Od to 00s Od per qr.; beans 13s Od per load ; oats 1l id per stone. KNARESBOROUGH, MARCH 24.—Wheat 5s 3d to 5s 6d; beans 3s 9d to 4s 6d per bushel; barley 28s to 328; oats, 18s to 23s per qr. BANGOR, MARCH 26.—Wheat, best home growth, 40s to 445; barley, 213 s to 31s; seed oats, 20s to 235; common ditto, l7s to 19s ; oatmeal, 26s per 2401b5. DENBIGH, MARCH 24 —Wheat, at 133 6d to 13s 9d per hobbet ; other grain at last quotations. INVERNESS, MARCH 23.—Wheat„. per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 40s Od to 41s Od; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, Ode Od to 00s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 26s Od to 27s Od ; oats, per quarter, weighing 421 h per bushel, 21s Od to Ole Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s 8d to Os Od; ditto second, 75e 6d to 00s Od; barley meal, Ils 6d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 005 Od to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 34s Od to 35s Od; second ditto, 27s Od to 23s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, ls 84 to Os Od; ditto second, is 4d to Os Od; barley meal, Is 4d to Os Od • peasemeal, Os Od to Os Od ; first fl our, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 4d cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 5d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 6d; veal. 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d; fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per •pair, 12d to 16d ; ducks, each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, tad to Od; butter, fresh, 8d to Id per lb; ditto, salt, 8d to lOcr ; croudie ( curd s), 2d to Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto credit, sid to 6itl; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 7d to Od. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. ENGLISH Woot...—LE EDS, MARCH 26.—The demand for combing wools this week has been very flat, and prices have a tosuhislaylalavaar of the basyere. . tiltißroot. WOOL, MAica 25.—business continues very spiritless. Imports the past week consist of 76 Egyptian, 97 Lisbon, 241 Oporto, 50 from New York. TRADE OF LEEDS.—There was a very dull market at our cloth halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday, the home houses being the only purchasers, and nothing delivering to direct orders. Prices are without any alteration, but the stocks are low in. the clothiers' hands. Business has also teen dull in the warehouses since this day week. BRADFORD MARKET, MARCH 25.—Wool—The business cannot possibly be less for combing wools, as the trade cannot meet the prices at which spinners will buy, and the transao• tions are limited in the extreme. Noils are firm at late prices. Yarns—The depression in the yarn trade is making ravages on the smaller spinners, and those recently engaged find the sacrifice so ruinous that embarrassments succeed. Every week only tends to further present developments attending the prices at which yarns are now selling, an d t h ere is no alterna tive but further curtailment of the T , roduction beyond what has already been adopted. There is no disposition to spin to stock, and the quantity of job yarns offering is very limited; the cemand continues equal to the supply, but without any improvement in prices. Pieces—ln this branch there is more doing in the warehouses, and as ihse merchants have bought sparingly, as the season advances better doings are expected. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, MARCH 25. The flatness of this market, observable on Tuesday, was more marked to-day, and prices, though nominally unaltered, are practically as much as id to id below the rates obtainable- eight or ten days ago. The larger quantities of cotton coming forward, and the feel ing that business must soon receive considerable interruption from the elections, have a depressing effect, and buyers are holding hack. " Should the next American packet bring ad vices of a cotton market unaffected by the larger arrivals of cotton, it may give greater steadiness to business here, but it is generally suspected that prices will have given way, and buyers are waiting for the steamer's news, before pushing for ward such business as they have. COAL I,IIAI KET.—Ym TZRDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : Saddle's W. Hartley.. 123 6d rletton Davison's Wcallartl ey 12s Od' Haswe'll Howard's W. H. Neth. 12s 6d, Lambt , sn North Percy Hartley.. 1 2 3 Oct N. Het ton Lyons l4s Od Redheugh Main 1 anfield Moor ......... 123 Od Russell's Hetton Canfield Moor Butea... 123 Od Biel:imam d l4s 9d Townley.. ........ ...... 12s Od Stewart'L. .. ....... West Wylam W y l am Harton Hebburn Hotspur Heaton _ Lawson l2e ~d South Durham l3? 3,1 Riddell ..... ... 123 91 Tees ...... .. l5 = 0 Eden Main ...,•....... 143 Od Woodhouse Close Wall's End, Sm. !Nixon's Merthyr and Bell Belmont l3s 9i Sidney's Hartley Braddyll Ships at market, 177......501d, 86. SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASES—Tnuaspkr. (CONTINUED). The Berkeley Hunt (Steeplechase) Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 seva. each; four yra old, 103 t 71b; five, list; six and aged, 1 ist 7113; half-bred allowed 71b; vvinnera 511.'; twit.', 71b extra, &c. Gentlemen riders. About three miles. (12 Subs ) Mr. Golby's Ploughboy (Ur. W. Holloway) 1 Mr. Land's General Mr. Kitton's Liilkboy Mr. Harvey's Libel (Captain Niveus) 0 Lord llopAtowu'a Cayenne (Mr. Davis) 0 Mr. Picker's Louisa Bolton) 0 Mr, Darey'a Gulnare (Sir J. Malcolm) 0 Mr. White na Spectator (Captain Haworth) 0 Mr. Williamb's Conrad • —...(Mr. Deaden) 0 Mr. Le Terrtere's (Owner) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Ploughboy, and 2to 1 rest Tee General. Won in a canter by seven lengths. The Farmers' (Steeplechase) Stakes of 3 sovs. eacb, and 20 tt,ided, for farmers' horses, l2st each, &e. About three miles. (4 Subs.) Mr. Brotheridge s Topthorn (30/.), 10st 101 b (Wood) 1 Mr. Newman's Chance (50/.), list (Owner) 2 Mr. Stevens' Madcap (301.), 103 t (Mr. Herbert) 0 Mr. Smith's Prince (60!.), 11st 71b (Mr. Botts ridge) 0 Botting—Even on Top hot n. Won in a canter. FRIDAY. The United Hunters' St:,kos of 5 sous. each, 2 ft, and 20 sided. Gentlemen riders. About two miles. (20 Subs.) Mr. Lin low's >pis Combatant, llst 101 b (m r . wt 1 i Mr. M :rgan na Cobnut, lOst 81b (Mr. Cunningham) 2 Mr. S Davis's Gay Lid, 6 yr: , , lost 121 h (Davenvo• :) lOst 121 b nlwards) 0 Mood's Micros., Mr. 151 rg an's Goodfellow, Wit 131 b Wyt;ne) Mr. D'Arey's My ster y, 10,;t 7lh ...(Sir J. Malcolm) 0 Mr. W Barnett 's Ja ck of all Tra des , 9 st 101 b ....... 0 Mr. Clarke's Liu), 9st 101 b nthui, 9 4 101 b ...... (Obestcaso 0 (Tasker) 0 dr. Oakey's Coloc3 ao - st Ccbnut, 2 to 1 agst Jack of all Trao,,,, 3 to 1 4 to 1 agst Comba t ant , and 5 to 1 sgst ' Goodiollow. Won easy by three lengths. The Grand Annuli S'ek'Pleellsse Handicap of 20 sovs• each, h fr, and 5 only if declared, with 100 a dded; the second to save his stake. (13 Subs.) Capt. Bishop na Sir Pete r Laurie, llst 7113 (Flolman) 1 Mr. Goodwin's La Gszza Ladra, 9st 121 b (D.Wynee) 2 Mr. G. Symonds 's Voya ger , 9 st 10 1 b (Archer) 3 Mr. Litgbie's Scavenger, Bst 121 b (Hornsby) 4 Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Daley, 9st 8113 ... ( 3 °Y" ) Captain Green's Treasurer, 9st'Slb (J. Childs) 0 G to 4 each agat Sir Peter Laurie and La Gazza, 3 to 1 agst Maurice Daley, 8 tel agst Voyager, and 15 to 1 agat Treasurer. Won cleverly by half a length. Voy ager beaten three lengths for second, and Scavenger a bad fclutb, ------- Age Policy Sum Total when effected Assured. Additions Assured. in in 1851. ---_-- - £ £ s. d. 25 1838 1000 164 12 • 2 Partiti T oators 35 1-38 1000 176 19 8 in wo 45 1838 1000 219 6 6 Septennial 53 1833 1000 235 19 S Divisions 64 108 1000 268 1 3 of Profits. 26 1844 1000 49 9 12 0 Participators 36 1814 1000 f 9 in One 46 1844 1000 7 7 13 0 in 55 1844 1000 83 13 7 Division 66 1844 0 94 1!) 8 of Profits. JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT BRETTELL, secretary. BRITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2, King-street, Cheapside. CIIAIRMLN-S YDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Life Assurance are as low as can with safety be taken. The Premiums for Life Assurance made payable to suit the COlll,O - of the assured. Prospectuses and all particulars may be had at the Head Office , o r of any of the agents JOHN REDDISH, Manager. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW W ORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, C.,rnhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is 6d. ENJOY ME NIT OF LIFE. "Health, IP. ecreation, and Rational Use of Time." Corm/4 , n :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings --Ex cursions about the Environs of London—Fhe Parks, Lanes, Rills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places —Country rrips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night —Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, bribling, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rost, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH or EDINBURGH, too, Vol.H. THE LAKES OF KILL kIINEY ; REMDTISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (came and cure) of ner vmuiy-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses tl Young, besets the man of p leasure, business, or iStu,iy, and em bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every -day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Vent of thcle.p—asLatiortas. pielghr.imtiatgye,anfrdomitiinfinafrincnyg its of licentious ness and dissipation, with illustrat i ons gr aphic, nar rative, and remedi a ti ve . Advocacy of early marriages. etomeonldtsa. ge.iheTeahesual THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. St er ili ty and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic R e f eree in these ...+,•est. matters. Re I. A Reception aro nor ant cption hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till ( 1 824). /~ ,> l [PRICE SD. The Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added; the second to save ;his stake. About three miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Boyce's Victress, lOst (301.) (C. Boyce) 1 Mr. Williams's Conrad, 10st 71b (401.) (Mr. Beedon) 2 Lord Hopetown's Cayenne, (110/.)...(Mr. Chapman) 0 Mr. Smith's Philip the First, lOst (30 soya) (Stevens) 0 Mr. Clifford's Lady Bolingbroke, lOst (301.) (Archer) 0 Mr. Evans's Prodigal, lOst (30/.) (Holman) 0 Mr. Tallitt's Alexander, 10st (301.) (Tasker) 0 Mr. Phillips's Gallia, lOst (30/)...(Mr. Le Terriere) 0 Mr. Oakey's Active, lOst (301.) (J. Sadler) 0 Mr. Land's Ilarkover, 10st (301.) (Ablett) 0 Mr. May's Buscot, lOst (301.) (H. Bell) 0 Even on Victress, who won easy by five lengths; she was sold for lis guineas. The Free Handicap (hurdle race) of 5 sou. each, and 30 added; the second to save his stake. About two miles and a half. (8 Mr. Darling's Bedford, lost 81b (Holman) 1 Mr. Land's Combatant, flat (Ablett) 2 Mr. Braithwaite's The Dreg, lOst Blb (White) 3 Mr. Jordan's Lady Arthur, 9st 71b (Archer) 4 Even on Bedford, 2to 1 agst Drag. Won in a canter by three lengths. The Scurry Stakes (flat race) of two sous. each, arid 10 added. Gentlemen riders, &c. About a mile (14 Subs.) were won by a neck, after a fine race, by Mr. Land's Cosachia, list 71b (Mr. Elwes), beating Mr. Phil lips's Boldfaced Hack, 10st 51b (Tacker), Mr. Morgan's Goodfellow, lOst 121 b (D. Wynne), Amber Witch, list 21b (011ivor), Maismore Lass, 103 t. 51b Dar ling). Hc.sum•Scarum, list 51b (Ablett), Rifleman, 10it 121 b (Archer), Buscot 105 t 121 b (a Bell), and two others. NEWCASTLE MEETING, 1859. Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles. Declarations to be made on or before March 24. - Yrs at lb! Yra st lb Nancy . Elthiron Ruasborough Miss Ann Cossack Confessor 4 8 1 l'he Proctor Backbiter a 7 12 Goliah 4 5 12 Chatterh.a 5 7 10 Phantom ...... .. ... 3 5 12 Neasham 4 7 4 Bird-on-the•wing 3 5 12 Musician . . Goldfiuder Cricks tress ... Castaway 5 6 10 England's Glory... 4 5 10 Constellation Ringleader ... ..... 4 6 10 Conrad 3 5 8 Hothorpe 4 6 10 Galvanism Storyteller br g by Morgan Pelopidas 3 5 7 Rattler out of Captain Flub 3 5 4 Count , sits Hungerford 4 6 6 Snowdrop Orelio Colsterdale 4 6 4!Caracara . . 3 4 10 Haresfoot Knock Knoll CAPTAIN PENNY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—After the remarks made by Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Parker in the House of Commons, on the 13th instant, in reply, professedly, to the notice taken by me end ~my little band, by Mr. Anstey and Sir Robert Inglis, you will not, I trust, deem it presumptuous if I solicit a small portion of your valuable space for the following statement. lam not accustomed to the kind of work into which I am likely to be dragged; hitherto, for reasons, which need not be explained, I have main tained silence in the face of much provocation, and even now I place before your readers only enough to render the style of remark, which Admiral Berkeley and his friend appear to consider befitting, not altogether in the circumstances allowable. I must add, moreover, that there is a limit to forbearance, and that very probably I have allowed that limit to be transgressed with re spect to myself and my men. 1. I bad the privilege of solving the Esquimaux story, which had brought the whole of her hlejesty's expedition to to a stand•still. 2. I did all that man could do to get the provisions of the North Star landed in Barrow's Straits, pointing out Navy Inlet as a suitable place. 3. On learning (after following for a distance of 29 miles, my signals being observed but not answered) that traces of the Erebus and Terror had been discovered by the Assistance, and judged to be traces of a retreating party, I followed, up the discovery, and had the good fortune to find the tent of Sir John for watching any movement in the ice. in Wellington Channel, and his winter quarters in 1845.46. 4. This intelligence - was immediately communicated to Captain Ommaney, and by Captain Stewart (who had been sent with a boat to the eastward) to Captain Aus tin, who mistook Captain Stewart's boat for one belong ing to the " Erebus' and " Terror." 5. Before leaving Beechey Island—when nothing else wouirl do—l offered to take lots to remain, and urged upon Captain Austin to leave two of his ships to examine the Wellington Channel. 6. I remonstrated in suitable time against all the vessels trying to pursue the same course. Captain Otninaney agreed to draw lots. Captain Austin stated he would act independently of me. I wintered where Captain Austin had, in theory, determined to do so, and the same winter he passed in an open strait. 7. We passed the winter without a single person cn the sick list. 8. Our travelling parties being ready, we went over 2,470 miles ; discovered, off New Coast, partly island, 655 miles, 25 miles of open water; launcned a boat over 120 of himmochy ice into the above water; contended for 33 days against adverse winds and strong tides, which brought the broken ice upon us and beset us. 9. In lat. 76 deg. 27 min., long. 96 deg. 30 min., dis covered an open sea of not less than 80 miles of water; was obliged to abandon the boat 110 miles from the ship and to ford three rivers. The average (taking every man under me, and, of curse, some travelled not at all,) was 56 days for each man. I have said enough to convince Admiral Berkeley, if he chooses to look into the matter, that I and my men have at all events had the work. I have respect enough for my family and for my friends not to allow my name to be used to cover the inefficiency of others, when I know; and they know, what was the true state of matters. I may add that (sa I believe, right or wrong) the course of Sir John Franklin can be followed, I am willing to meet any jury of my, countrymen and to state my reasons, but I am not willing to be badgered, and to have evidence cooked, to have my language perverted, and to have my tongue tied by respect to etiquette, which those who most require it are the last to observe towards me. ' I have the 115nour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, \YILLIAM PENNY. Aberdeen, March 24, 1852. P. S. It more is reqaired I shall be happy to give it. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE KING'S COL LEGE HOSPITAL—JOE MILLER. The very existence of Joe Miller has bon called in quesion by some, and others insist that he was so pro ve:bially staid and dull that the joke was to father jdies on him; but his grave and tombstone still remain for a few days in what was formerly called the Green Church yard or burying-ground in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Icon-Gelds, belonging to the parish of St. Clement Danes, and close by the apt where the theatre once stood where Garrick became so filmom. Miller's epitaph, by Stephen Duck, is on a handsome stone on the lefthand side as you cuter the burial-ground. The inscription was originally on another stone, but being nearly worn out, in the year 1816, the churchwarden at that time, greatly to his credit, caused the present on o t be ; erected. The following is the inscription on the _ _ Pre sent stone:— .iliere lie the remains of honest Joe Miller, v,ho was a tender husband, a sincere friend, a facetious (tom- P and an excellent comedian. Il e departed this li a fe t t n t i h day of Au g ust, 1735, aged 54 years. "If humour, wit, and honesty could .9ave The hum roux, witty, honest, from the grave, The grave had not so soon this tEnant found Whom honesty and wit and humour found. Could hut esteem and love preserve our breath , Al:d guard us lo nger from the stroke of death, The bin ke of de.,ith on him had later fell , Whom all mankind eeteem'd and lov'd 5 °4 last It has has nut yet been detumined wher e floss re sting mains of the great wit aro to fied theirr enny sebsorip place ; but it has been suggested tha t maoPeement• tien should be entered into to erec t a LONDON SACRED n-ARMON/ C soCIETY, EXE FEB kital;• Last night t h e Creat i o n was excellence. The soloists g ien by the above society, in t h e i r usual style of sions—viz., Miss B i r ch, Were the settle as OD form er &: cc :nd we need scarcely say Yles,rs. Lackey, Phillips, W i i i , m ple justice to Ilaydn's that those talented tiros. , y tine music, while other respect the oratorio it in l epverrferuted. 1€ was precedrd by W" i XII. erling ' i h " .. - Li that day," the solo puts be- Dr. Elevy 'a DDI.esIDDO Dolby, Messrs. Lockey anti Phillips. 1,73:,g taken,„ b i I', Mi 6 e ly crowded, and that alone is sutli r`" hal l v%--- d h e e ns hi h estimation in which the society cient to show the - is h e ld by the public.g PETTNFIr BainGc.—A correspondent of a morning ape r 5 iys The above bridge is certainly one of the roo st P inelegant that crosses old Father Thames, probably the least expensive in erection, but without parallel in extortion as to its tolls ; and now that London is really going out of town, both in the north-west and south-west directions, such an impediment (I might almost EAV t o tal obstruction) ought n ot to be longer borne. I drive - my chaise over the said bridge twice a-day from Putney-beath, and pay toll thereto Is., and the road 3d. The latter cannot be objected to if any toll is collected. I can ride in the omnibus for Is. both ways. I ask you, who take an impartial view of things, if . this is a proper state of matters of what m ay be called a public high way ? Do the proprietors of the bridge study their pockets? I say, no. Many of the roblemen and gentry about Wim bledon, Roehampton, and Putney, go either over the Suspen sion, Richmond, Battersea, or Vauxhall-bridg(s to discoun tenance it. Suppose two-wheel carriages paid 6d. a-day, or 4d. singly? I will undertake when that it knows the reve lnue t 149 bridge wiltincreim 50 per coat. .7 '.- 7 -- /- -L"t'_--_-- ,-- --- c---e-,,, x - -,,--.... TUE ADMIRALTY INQUIRT.—LIGHTING ALL VES EELS AFLOAT. —We understand that the committee have finally agreed on their report as to the most efficient mode of carrying out a uniform system of lighting all vessels afloat. We stated on the 12th instant that the evidence did not favour the fixity of coloured lights on Maid small vessels, but that they should have them in readiness to exhibit at any moment of emergency. After a full consideration of the whole of the circumstances, we are informed that the cimmission have agreed to recommend that system of light ing and signalling, subject however, we suppose, to certain suggestions in perfecting the details. —Shipping Gazette. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH 26.—The practice by the officers and non-commissioned officers of the various regiments that have detachments atWoolwich, for the purpose of being instructed in the use of the new pattern rifle musket, under Major Brownrigg, of the Grenadier Guards, was carried on to-day, first at 500 yards range from a rest, and subsequently by the whole of the non-com missioned officers file firing at 200 yards range, and the rifle sustained the high character it had attained on previous oc casions. Lord Ranelagh was present to-day with two of his rifled rifle carabines, and Major Brownrigg fired fifty rounds f rom them, and hit the target, six feet square, fifty times in suc cession, at 500 yards range. The practice with th e Mi nis rifle will be carried on in the Marshes to-morrow. Mr. Lan caster, Mr. Wilkinson, of London, and Mr. G reener, of Bir mingham, gun-makers, were present yeste r d ay, and the two former ramie very good practice with their rifics. Mr. o Greener was only present to witness the p rac ti ce. Experi ments were endeavoured to be carried on Na ith cannon in the Marshes to-day, but the great number of vessels prued. sing on the river prevented more th an t • fi o rounds being GREAT GRIMSBY DOCKF.—TO give RR idea of the amount of material consumed in this large undertaking in the Docks alone, we may mention that there were used from 400,000 to 500,000 cubi c f eet of Ashhr, mostly from tha Anston quarry, as used ht the new Parliament Houses; 250,000 cubic yards of rubble • 3 30,000 cubic yards 40,000 tons of blue lias from ' Lyme Regis, and that there were were 1,000,000 cubic yards of excavation. All this wto.n i _ Die to be in sight, but what was out it was utterly impossible ; say ; the only thing kept any registry of w as t h e e piles, if and under the quay wails, lock bottoms, o f chalk; sce 'n'd t the timber placed end to end, would me: - .3ure 75 mild, a miles of timber laid on the pile heads 40 miles; in all , k g ml will be about 12 inches square. The total cost of the 50,0001. the works were designed Civil Engineers, and Rmdel, President of the Institute . of tion, as engineer-in have been carried out under his !-!. d br e n c ith ; they ware com menced in the s; , ring (Alia, by the resident, Mr. Man? _ a i la month of April, 1, 1 : c Mr. James M. Albert laid the first stor . le, 1849, his Royal Highness 1:!1',I.,, weighing eleven tons,.with a large block of '6 liramle, 1',. / ..i ng it is expected, will be rrhifi under ,4 , for traffic. The great ceremony. Tats node of 'May W ' ht.— partially• •opened b,,,,Y . ' gutchings, Brown, and r.g . c int r actors sre 31e—of IStg,racend Builcier: - THE ITOLIIINAD AND DuDLIN PACKET SERVICE .-- packets have been employe , 1 in the conveyance o T f : tht s e t : in. a : a it e between lioly . head and Dublin since the con entered into with the City of Dublin Steam ornpany in 1850. These vessels comprise some of the steamers 11113 St. Be is an average of their re wective lengthq of paczage: —The Banshee, 4 hours 7 4iinute3; the Prince Arthur, 4 hours 25 minutes; the Lb -1,01, 4 hours 39 minutes; the Llewellyn, 4 hears 40 mi nutes; the Caradoc, 4 hours 40 minutes; the St. Columba, 4 hours 50 minutes; the Iron Duke, 5 hours 12 minutes; t he Windsor, 5 hours 15 minutes; and the Duchess of Kent, 5 hours 15 minutes. The Banshee made the shortest passage t i?t i: a s c i k es e t t between port and port, which was accomplished in the menth of September, IF4B, in 3 hours and 41 minutes. This vessel and the Caradoc are now employed in the Medi terranean mail seivice. The Lhhnia and L:t.wellyn me on a par, the firmer haying male Cul trips, with, an average of 4 hours 39 minutes, and the tatter 694 trips in 4 hours 40 minutes. The fastest vessel on the line now is the Prince Arthur. By the accounts from Paris, it appears that the terms upon which the Bank of France reotlo. mmaigkhetaedovnatninceuse o h on railway shares have been announced, and that in the case of the leading lines the amount of each loan is t o b e i n the proportion of CO per cent. upon the market vi.lue of the 14p.oerrshonof share withl ,. o , o by borrowing the balance; and as the companies in question pay di v id en d s at security.ti nearly ln this 3 , w 0 0 3 0 3 1. a the rate of from 5 to 7 per cent., while the charge for the loan would be only 3 per cent., the stimulus lik e l y to be imparted to speculation may easily be es'itnated. In the case of railway bends the advance is to be in the proportion of 80 per cent. Parry, whose bencht it was, an d who QUEEN'S THEATRE.-Thi s lit t l e theatre was , last Wednesday evening . , crowded to excess, to do honour to Mrs. ceive, had a bumper. Th e new d r a m a of the Cors i ca n Brothers, which was we ll sustained throug h o ut, was the opening piece— each and a ll the severa l p a rts being Mr. O'Hara was the c hi e f feature. per formed with apparent satisfac' ion to the num erous audience . we were glad to per - The laughable farce ty The Omnibus followed, in which We do no t recollect having seen that gentleman's ar t ever better performed, for, from his first sc ene to the last, he kept the house in a continued roar of laughter, an d wa sseveral times greatly, and deservedly, applaud e d . Th e performances concluded with the Dead Shot. The house was crowded to excess. LIGUTHOU SES .—B y an annual return presented to the House of Com mons (p r inted on Wednesday) , it a pp ears that in the year ending the 31st of December last, with the bAarce in ha n d, th e Corporation of Dublinreceived 164,918/. 17s. Ild. on account of lighthouses in Ireland. Large sums were disbursed for various li g hthouses, &c . The balance due to the public, was 91,8891 1 20. 194 M stikted A the ehd of the year; I V TT N. ---- ."--,,.-, L . :_f7 - N 4 ..; - -- ‘ • • .., , -,., -, , .. 1 _ ~,, . ADMIRAL BERKELEY'S STEAMERS t ;-- ---11_ - _—: ,) Admiral Berkeley's declaration the other night in M 0.% il,i e , . ' House of Commons has diffused a general feeling of - • - ,11,47Nr confidence throughout the country, which is almost too delightful to be consistent with the realities of life. The Oxford statute De bombardis non gestandis may now be made of universal application. We want no Minis rifles, no Zundnadelgewehrs, no revolvers, no spring bayonets, no horrible contrivances for slaying our poor fellow-creatures. 46 We gentlemen of England, Who live at home at ease," May trust to Minim' Berkeley To guard our native seas. That gallant officer has solomoly stated, in his place in the House of Commons. that at the shortest notice he is Prepared to line the southern coast of England with efficient war steamers withia signal distance , of each other. There is no hallucination about the matter. This is not the rash assertion of some harebrained navy contractor, who burns to attempt at sea what Messrs. Fox and Henderson have accomplished on dry land. Admiral Berkeley's "Great Exhibition" is ready prepared. As a question of fact, he has got his steamers ready. If they be not alrea d y coa l e d an d victualled, all that is necessary could be accom plished in so short a space of time as to be unde serving of serious account. It would appear that we have throughout been the dupes of our own Admi ralty Board. In order to blind the oyes of our anti cipated enemy more effectually th ey have actually con sented to deceive their own countrymen. The M.egeara is a crack, not a cracked, st eamer. Mr. Goldner ' s preserved meats may be a trifle inferior in delicacy to Strasburg pie, but not much. If ever intelligence of any little mishap of this nature should get about, don't let us be disheartened; it is merely a ruse de guerre to inspire the foe with a feeling of our defenceless condi tion and lure him to his own destruction. Admiral Berkeley is waiting for him round the corner. That gallant officer has his hundred steamers ready for a rush. We protest that so far from being actuated by any inhuman desire for vengeance and slaughter, ea against any poor fellows who may be sent by their G ee vernmente to attack cur shores, our feeling towards them now is one of positive compassion. Why will they come near Admiral l3etbeley? They have but little idea of the craft and foresight of that distinguished officer. We will venture to assert that they have as little idea as we have ourselves as to where those hun dred steamere, which are to blow them out of the water, may be lying at the present moment. They don't know, and we don't know—but Admiral Berkeley knows. He sees them all "in his mind's eye," with the captains on the paddleboxes and the guns cleared for action. Admiral Berkeley is so hard upon the newspapers and their infamous stories that we are almost afraid to put a question to him upon naval matters. But we are really at a loss to know where the various detachments of this steam squadron may be lying at the present moment. Is it possible that they are carefully stowed away in cara vans and ostensible waxwork shows in some midland county? We would, with all humility, suggest that it would be a great satisfaction to the public if we could be informed whether or no the Hydra, the Vulcan, and the Simoom are to form part of the armament. Perhaps the intelligence that reached London yesterday of the mishaps that had befallen these steam-ships may be only a fresh addition to the budget of infamous stories about the Admiralty steamers which somehow or other will get about. The Hydra was to convey General Cath cart to the Cape. We have received advises from Ma deira, which inform us that ere the ship had reached that island on her outward voyage she sprung a strong leak, and the pumps were at work night and day until she reached Funchal. In addi tion to this trifling mishap, the good steamer Hydra had been three times on fire be tween England and Madeira. There would certainly appear to be this advantage in an Admiralty steamer—that a passenger has his option between va rious modes of death. A man is not necessarily drowned on board a Government steamer; he may be burnt if he prefer that fashion of departure. But this is not the only misfortune that has eccurred to Government steamers within the last two or three months between Plymouth and Cupe Town. There was the Megsera— but no more of that. Now we have a fresh anecdote about the Vulcan. This steamer left the Cape of Good Hope on the 3d of January and reached the English coast on Thursday last, the 25th of March. The Bos phorus, a merchant steamer, sailed from Table Bay just one month after the Vulcan had taken her departure, and reached Plymouth thirteen days before her. Thus the Government ship was forty-three days longer on the passage than the merchant ship. But this is only half the tale. The Simoom, a huge Government screw•steamer, went to the assistance of the dis abled Vulcan; but if the intelligence that reached London be true, the machinery of the Simoom also gave way before she could get into Plymouth harbour. Hereupon two more Government steamers, the Avon and Confiance, wore sent out to help the Simoom. No tidings have as yet reached us of the fate of these two hapless vessels; but to judge from the fate of their pre decessors the very worst may be apprehended. We look for tidings of more ships disabled and more assist ance sent. However, if there are steamers enough forthcoming, no doubt one may at last succeed in towing the whole file into port. Now, we should be very glad if we might be in formed whether or no the Hydra, Vulcan, and Simoom are three of the steam squadron on which we are to rely for the protection of our homes. There are not wanting persons who proclaim the Phantom squadron to have no existence but in Admiral Berkeley's imagination; but this is, of course, an " infamous story," like the dis closure about the ?degsera and the preserved meats. The real truth may be, that after all Admiral Berkeley is the Flying Dutchman, ard will help us in our hour of r.,%.,3 in some manner peculiar to such abnormal beings. Times. A UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST' GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, fr • • AND FIELD-MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS - • PRINZ ALBERT, K.G., K.P., G.C.8., and G.C.M.G. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, AND EAST INDIA LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established. A.D. 1837, FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES. 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. 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