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By order of the Court of Directors, HIJGII INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. N°.lB D ,569.] LONON, SATURDAY • , . E -G SUN M ARCH 27, 1852. 7 [PRICE SD. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. THE NEW WORK. ON CANADA. Now ready, in 2 vols.; With Maps, Bt , c., 215., CANADA, AS IT WAS, IS, AN!) MAY BE. With an Account of Recent Transactions. By Sir JAMES B. ALEXANDER, K.L.S., &c. " These volumes offer to the British public a clear and trustworthy statement of the affairs of Canada; a narrative of the late tr uhles, their causes and consequences ; an account of the policy punned in the colony, and the effects of the immense public works in progress and completed ; with sketches of localities and scenery, amusing anecdotes of personal o' servation, and generally every information which may be of use to the traveller or settler, and the military and political reader. The information rendered is to be thoroughly re lied on as veracious, full, and conclusive." ----Messenger. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPEp,A, COVENT-GARDFN. 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 which occasion will be performed (for the first time these four years) Don!zetti's Opera, UNDER SPECIAL CHARTER FRO 1118 ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE 's BADEN. THE GRAND DUCHY ' tb :ADEN CHAR TERED NATIVE SILVER A. % SILVER-LEAD MINES, With a Capital of 72,0001. in Shares,, : . each, of which it is at present proposed to ifi.u,. ~ .100 Shares. No further Call to, made. The Company being under the law i!if !`Commandite," no Deed will have to be signed, and no respuntbility is incurred under this law beyond the IF. per Share subicribe4aed paid up. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEM 1 IN LONDON. James Cope, Esq., Mirables, Is :e of W ht. i i Alexander Henderson Macdougall, ' ~i Parliament-street and Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Sir Cavendish Stuart Rumbold, Bart., Itlyn.street. -Rowaud Ronald, Esq., Manchester-squ Director of the National t it Bank of Ireland, Old Broad-street. J. Walkinsbaw, Esq., Sackville-street. COMMITTEE AT CA UNE. Chevalier Frederick Fruttiger, ReceiveoGeneral of the Finances of the Grand Duchy of Baden. , D. Abegg, Esq., Commissioner of the iVcods, Forests, and Mines of the Grand Duchy. Dr. Charles Scubert, of the Polytechnie*ollege of Carlsruhe, Pro fessor of Chemistry. I , WAKEFIELD, MARCH 26.—We have good supplies of most articles. The demand for wheat is extremely inactive, and prices full is pLr quarter lower. Barley being more plentiful, declines 1 per quarter, and the sale pretty much confined to fine heavy qualities. Oats and shelling meet a slow sale. Beans Is per quarter cheaper. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red to -- Ditto, whits ... Norfolk and Hunts., red Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red ... Ditto, white ••• Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 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 OATS, per stone:— Meeting —d to —d 10d to lid Feeding ... —d to —d 9d to 10d Foreign ... —d to —d Od to Od SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 27 —2B MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 38 —4l PEAS, per Imperial Quarter: — Blue and white boilers ... Grey and Feed • CRYSTAL PAL ACE. The Meeting announced for Tuesday next, the 30th instant, at the Crystal Palace, will be that of a GENERAL COXIMI [TEE how forming to concert preliminary measures for the preservation of the Buildirnr, and the attendance cf 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 WARREN, / Hon. JOHN M. DEERE, j Secs. Committee-rooms, Crystal Palace, March 26, 1852. Old. NOW. B. 8. 43 to 45 46 50 40 43 42 46 40 42 . 43- 45 59 42 43 _ 45 44 48 43 3J 40 POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY. 4 ._ Just published, price ONE SHILLING, the " Supplement to t . 1 4 Post Office London Directory for 1852," contain;ng, the Peerage I . ll d Parliamentary Directory (as published in the Complete Edition), and corrected to this da e. Tne Parliamentary Directory gives the !faces held by the new Ministers and Chief Officers of State ; the • rostal Directory in 72 imperial octavo pages, all the arrangements for the transraission of letters and newspApers to all parts ot the * World, with a copious Index, so that any subject can be immediately referred to ; the usual supplemental matter, &c., Sze. W. Kelly and Co , Old Boswell-court, and all Booksellers in town And country. LAMARTINE'S NEW VOLUME of the HISTORY of the RESTORATION of MONARCHY in FRANCE, being Vol. 11., and comprising the period between Napo leon's return from Elba, and his defeat at Waterloo, is now pub lished, price 55., acd may be obtained at all Booksellers, Librsrie,s, and Railway Stations. Vizetelly and Company. 135, Fleet•street. , e,* Notwithstanding the rigorous enforcement of the infamous powers of the French Censorship, the English version of the remain ine portion of M. De Lamartine's " History of . the Restoration of Monarchy in France" will be printed verbatim `;• and not a single passage suppressed of that independent judgment, and those fearless opinions, which, matured by time and reflection . , expose the charac ter of Napoleon In its true historical light. BANKERS. Commercial Rank of:London. Messrs. Haas BrothersMarlsrulte. CONSULTING ENGI i tEERS. Captain Matthew Ands. 2'9 - 31 28 - 33 28 - 33 26 - 28 28-30 LEVEES, DRAWING-itOOMS, FANCY DRESS BALLS, PRIVATE THE AT RIC BLS. VrESSRS. NICOLL have severrhl ELEGANT SUITS, adapted for the above, re ady for inspection or use, at moderate prices. 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT -STREET. W. L. Bir Messrs. Card, This company mineral .district, hours o; London, the Grmid Mike, ... -- -- 21 -32 ... --- 28 -32 THE FAMILY 'LIVER-Y. —Arms and Crests correctly ascertained, and in any case a steel die expressly cut for the buttons, free of cost. In many instances the expense hus in - tarred will exceed the charge made for a Footman's complete suit, ~ Four Pounds Ten Shillings, so that the quality, style, and general excellence of the materials may be easily interred, as it Must be obvious to all that a continuation of orders w0u1.4 alone re munerate H. J. and D. NICOLL, Paletot Patentees, merchants, and Army Clothiers, 114, 116, 118, 120 Regent-street, and 22, Corn -1011, London. pRANIOANSKI'S PLTENT CONVEY ANCE COMPANY. Provisionally Registered, Gth and 7th 4 ctoria. Capital 25,0. 01., In 5,000 shares of Si.each, to be_ paid tlBlflif,BenstaAte._ • . _ Aninfineniek liiirtipatent Board otDirectors lass been formed to manage the affairs of the Company. This patent carriage contains all that is required by the public, for flare, commodious, and economical travelling is large towns, and has, glace its first introduction, been greatly reduced in weight and im proved in c..mfort. In it every passeng , r has a distinct seat, with a %pantie entrance, and the means of communication (if desir o ed) *anti a sliding partition, thus co mbinin g privacy with comfrt, sad preventing all chance of infection—all opportunity of robbery kid insult—and that uncomfortable crowding and inconvenience (ISpecially in wet weather), which constitute the main objection to the vehicles now in use. and at the same time affording the traveller 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 01 1 a Sunday, and, moreover , that a fund shall be provided to meet eases of sickness and death among the Company's servants. Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Company's temporary offices, 40, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and tef tli he Socitor, It 25, Gracechurch-street, City, where also applications for shares Val be received. J. A. FRANKLINSEI, Secretary, pro. tem. March 17, 1852. ------- PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Glynn and Appel's Patent Paper for the Prevention of Piracy and Forgery by the Anastatic Process —During Lent, a Lecture on As- Frnomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. hi chhoffner, on Wednesdayand Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock. --The celebrated Vocalist Kransz de Faber, mho sings in Thirty-six r creign National Dialects, will appear for the first time in England 1r his new Musical Divertissement, "The Illustrated Crystal I'a -18C e," on Monday, the 29 th instant, and continue each Monday, wiesday, and Thursday Evenings, at Eight o'clock, in wilich he will Irtrodnce Twenty National Melodies in Twenty different Foreign Daleets. —A Description by air. Crispe, of the various kinds of Ilaskets. Rifles, &c. —Dissolving Views, &e. Admission, Is.; tichools and Children under Ten years of age, A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. AIR,. A LBERT SMITH'S ASCENT of MONT BLANC, illustrated by Mr. W. BEVERLEY, EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock. Stalls (numbered and reserved, which ten be taken from a plan !tt the Hall, every day, from Eleven to Four), 35.; Area, 2s. ; Gal. ael'7, Is. Children's Stalls, 2s. ; Area, Is. A Morning Ferformance every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three velock. EGYPTIAN MALL, PICCADILLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill , street, St. James's. The PRIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery, of th Aoyal Horse Guards (Blue), will be p la y ed every evening by Lament's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. aoulcourt. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and Arminate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. LIGHT! -PRIZE MEDAL FOR LAMPS. Clark's Lamps are the best. Their equal is unknown, and %heir superior may never come. How light, how gay, how bright, kYous we feel in light. The sun pours forth its glorious rays to 1119 4, den myriads with its glorious li z ht. It is a remarkable fact that LA the Papal kingdoms there is little light, but in Protestant lands there is much light. Clark's Dia , nond Lamps for general use are • .ne best in the world Clark's Vert ical Lam p far excels the French dark's Lamp, and all other Lamp s constructed with machinery. , ' •Ulark's Pearl Candle Lamp surpasses all other Candle Lamps.. Puhlic should ask fir Clark's Lamps, and purchase none other. . 11 ef can be had in great variety, at all prices and for every use, at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, West Fittand near the Lowthcr-arcade. RICH kit]) CLARK, Resident Manager. Lamps in every variety are sent out on hire at ,two thirds_ the usual charge, that t he Public may be convinced which ''''EnPs are the best. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY —Professor SE RAM'S BALM—The proprietor of this Balm having effected an extraordinary number of cures on the c ontinent of Europe, is in red to off e r it to the English public, with the cer taint y that it will radically cure the following diseases:—Tumours or loss of synovia, d iseases. of the knee joints, sprains, sciatica, sores and wou nds of all '" u rts, dry gangrene, and generally all pains, pr vided they do not arise from the gout or the nerves. Scrofulous affections cannot be attended to, as it takes too long to effect a cure. Sometimes it is only required to apply this balm once to cure pains in any part of the ‘ l)°,l Y. For sores, one application is required once a day only. No "medicine whatever is taken internally. No deleterious ingredients enter into the compo4ition of this balm. Confident in its power to effect the cures a tove stated, the proprietor will require no payment ither for the balm or his attendance, until the patient is completely T ecovered. Patients x 55 invited to consult Professor SERAPH, at 1115 residence, 21, Frith - stree t, Soho square, daily, from Ten,to T welve.. A.M. Letters, prepa id, p unctually attended to. Invalids can vddted at their own homes, without any charge, by writing two 'days beforehand. TO WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU ABOUT TO EMIGRATE ? A, Question answered by different persons, each having different „r ects in view, and intending to ( migrate to different stations, some 'to NEW YORK, where provisions a re chea p , working tools to be had at hundreds of Stores kept by Englis h Houses, but all kinds of Clothing, HATA, CAPS, HOSIERY, BOOTa, SHOES, &c., must be Paid dearly for, and in many instances will be found of inferior Zality and make ; hence the absol ute necessit y of procuring a stock the cheapest and best in the world, at E. MO ES and SON'S, Aidgate and Minories, or Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. AUSTRALIA, where the Climate i 3 warmer , w here labour and lent is well paid, but where CLOTHING and AR TICLES, useful -lor domestic comfort, can scarcely be had at any price, hence the laisdom of providing a complete OUTFIT, at E. MOSES and SON'S, that being the BEST and CHEAPEST in the Universe; it contains uOOIDS requisite for the passage, and which will continue daily ne re- achedceaserY, 02 arriving at y our station; also CLOTHING exactly re "%ed for the Climate. CALIFORNIA, where Gold may be found, but cannot be used for 4111 inediate comfort, and when found may have to be bartered away At small value for poor and useless ARTICLES of DRESa, &c., 'Observe the advantage of taking the OUTFIT from E. MOSES and BON'S celebrated Estab lishment ; no useless articles, everything being suited for the passage and the country. CANIDASI, or the FAR WEST. Avoid the inconveniences at 'eliding travelling through the great plains of Anne rica. by taking your own articles for the journey. Specially prepared, PORTABLE, NIQUE, and every way COMPLETE , all comprehended in the Outfit, flirnished at the lowest race, by E. A.IO4ES and SON. INDIA per any ROUTE, the Compact Outfit serviceable in are all Places, and incorporate e ve n the elegances of an English ome, .those prepared by E. MOSES and SON. Emigrants' Cabins fitted up at a trifling expense. Every comfort and even elegancy combined in E. MOSES and SON'S Outfits. They AlPply them for 3/. 155.. 6/. 155.,115., and upwards. A detailed 'bat can b e h a d o n application, or forwarded, post free, te any part of th e kingdom. E. MOSE I 3 S4 A , N IS D S, 5 15 0 6 N, an . London city ZetabliehMent, mg, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,3, I ST, Minorien, 83. 44, 85, and 86, Aldgate, Opposite the Church, all communicating. minden West-end Branch, 50 6 , la d 3, Hart-street, corninuniCAting- Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-atreat. Raefaeld Branch, 36, FargAte. ' Merchant (Allure, Clothiers, natters, Posters, Farriers, Bob; ku , aoe nakers,and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen a _The Establishments are d o sed from sunset Fr ida y to on tsr i s es when busiress is rammed till Twelve o'clack. WANTED—A Young Lady to attend in the Mantle andbeUender %Lathing Department. None ne ed apply except they have n pre- Thusly in the business. The Universal Guide, a newSpaper containing daily events, &c., filll list of prices, and directions for self-me f reeasttrementan,yp canart be o f h the ad, atis, on application, er forwarded, post-, to llgdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can bo had, gratis , 4 3 . application. Ici I'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. Hier apricht man Deutsch. I Aqua se habla Espanol. THE SILENT FRIEND. IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETII EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOB PREVENTIOit OF DISEASE• taustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings. 0 R PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE. INCA PA.CITY, AND LMPEDIMETS TO MARRIAGE A New Edition,the E enlarged to 196 pag 3a s .ad. r in stamps. e, pice 25. 641. by post, from stablishment, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and p h y sical decay of the system, produced by ,-._ eessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of .' l otcury, with directions for the itse of the preventive lotion, fel '°Nveid by observations en Marriage, ana the disqualifications which prevent It Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. &Rim and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford eet. London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster- W, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, lan Oxford-streot Gor- V 4 146, Leadmnhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, .aow Canrch-yard all W Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; lintler, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PAZT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-predUetive °rl rans, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings- PAW 11. treats of the consequences resulting from , t xcessive in tagence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producin.g fltal and bodily weakness,nervous excitement, and generative 'ae,aps.city. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. NAT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in :Le Primary or secondary form , an d contains ex plicit directions for heir treatment. This section is Illustrated by 62 Coloured EDBlllv lags. Palm IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection hi obviated. Palm V. 14 devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its dii u•s- The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. ...Tint CORDIAL Balm or SYSIAMIN Is exclusively employe d in `mating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, ikc., 11s. and a3s. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic r_medy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary ptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 338. per settle. Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 91, 48. 6d.. and 1 Is. Per nex, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gloet, stricture, and Tireitle inflammation of the bladder. Consultation foe, if by letter, g; A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi bi'll society . Si. Packets, with advice, to be bad at the Eats .l,llment wily, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, teens, ale in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford net, Lon ten, from MeV= till Two s and )Flocwi tight k'424 &Mtn W Quo SPERMATORRIICEA AND STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d:, by post (free), 45., A TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Spermatorrhcea by Cauterization. By F. B. COURTENAY. NI.R.C.S.L. "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instruments. . . . . The prac. tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple,, curs of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesses and horror pf surgew."—Johnißell. H. Baillire, 219, Regent-street, London. VQUITABLE CO FIRE 26, IRE war t*T. LAMIE MURR *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. f*Hugh Croft, Esq. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. t*Geo. Fuller, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. terilliam Kennaway, Esq. t Sir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. *M. C 4 Maher, Esq. * Fire. t Life. j Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,000/. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., can. 110.) The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the nature of the risk justifies; and with this view an annual investi gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have been in force for three years, Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average Clause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. NATIONAL LOAN FU ND LIFETABLES OFFICE. Capital X. 500,009. NEW LIFE . On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, wbhout security or deposit of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned. Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual inoome of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,000/ ; the amount covered by thepolicies of the Society is up kvards of 2,250,0001.; and the reserve profit applicable to future bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,502/. 146. Prosp ec tusei, and ev,ry information, may be obtained, on applies tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. ,nd NATIONAL LOAN L, LONDON. AY, Esq., Chairman. *John Moss, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. .1 - . Edmond S. Symes, Esq. t*Clement Taber, Esq. fJost•ph Thompson, Esq. t*A.ugustus Vigne, Esq. tSamuel Walker, Esq. ACCIDENTS AT SEA. THE MARITIME PASSENGERS ASSU RANCE COMPANY grant Assurances against every kind of Accidental Death at Sea. Assurances granted for the voyage, by th 6 year, or one payment may be made to effect an assurance for the whole of life. R Compensation made in cases of personal injury, PEMIUMS. For the Voyage to any port beyond the limits of the United King dom, and such foreign ports as are situate beyond Hamburgh to the north and Brest to the south, To assure 100/ .......... • • ...... 2s. 6d. For the voyage to any port within such limits, To assure 1001. •••• •• • ''''''' •• • • 4d. By Annual Payment, 3s, 6d. To assure 1100 .. •• By one Payment to effect an Assurance for whole• 1 of ss Life, To assure £ lOO.. • • • • • • • • •• • • • "' • • l Assurances arelt . lso granted‘ l,ooo a‘.t..eq—u.a.ll.s, m....0.d.e.ra.te5 r, s l s te ' s to Seamen. Boatmen, Fishermen, and other-s who daily avocations render them especially liable to Marine Casualty. Applications for Prospectuses, Assurancies, Agencies, &c., to be addressed to the Officers of the Company, 4, Moorgate-street, London. G. ERT,A.M, Manager. N.B. Officers In her Majesty's and East India Company's Ser vices, also in the Mercantile Marine, Pilots, and others, are invited to inspect the Rates of Premiums, especially prepared for them by this Company. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY TIIE QUEEN, AND FIELD-MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.8., and G.C.M.G. T HE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, AND E 3 .ST INDIA. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Estabished ` A E . 1837, FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES. 13, WATERLOO -PLACE, LONDON. Assurances arc granted upon the lives of persons in every profes ion and station in life, and for every part of the world, with the ex ception of the Western Coast of Africa within the Tropics. 'the Rates of Premiums are constructed upon sound principles with reference to every colony, and, by payment of a moderate addition to the Home Premium, In case of increase of risk, persons assured in this office may change from one climate to another without forfeiting their policies. Four fifths of the Profits are divided amongst the Assured. The circumstances of the Society, on the occasi in of the Second Septennial Divison of Profits, in the year 1851 warranted the ap portionment of a very lie ral Bonus. The additions to various Policies are shown in the following examples : Age Policy Total Sulu w h en effected Assured. Additions Assured. in in 1851. --- ------ ---- X f s. d. 25 1838 1000 164 12 2 Partieipators 35 1 , 3 i 1000 176 19 8 in Two 1000 219 661 Sep tennial 45 1838 53 • 1000 235 19 8 Divisions 64 1838 1838 1000 268 1 3 of Profits. 1000 49 12 0 Pa rtici p ators 26 1844 1000 :9 4 9 in One 36 1844 1000 77 13 0 Se p tennial 46 1844 100 0 83 13 7 Di vision 55 1844 66 it! 1C..01_2221.! of JOSEPH CARTWRIGH r BRETTELL, Secretary. BRITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2, King-street, Cheapside. CIient s ! AN—SYDNEY SM IRKE, 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 cony°. otence of the assured. P ros p ec tuses and all particular s may be had at the Head Office or of any of the agents JOHN REDDISH, Manager. oD R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. Tbe had of Sherwood, 23, p a ternoster-row; Carv alho, i 47, Fleet.straot; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ; nice One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining 'heir structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses , and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT , M .D. . 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete doseription of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative oonciitlons in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, Who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of iztcr years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of iniceaa- Leg misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-streets Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, #014%, Ten till Twg, trertl dim 11l IEIOO, _ . MARIA DI ROHAN. The principal characters by Madame Castellan, Madlle. Seguin (her first appearance in England), Signor Ronconi, Signor Polonini, Signor Sold', and Signor Tamberlik. Ia the first act a Divertissement will be given. in which Madlle. Brussi, Madlles. Leblond, Helene Bellotti, Louise Bellotti, Ko- Imberg ; Messieurs Alexandre and Millard, and Nadile. Robert, wi 1 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 forme 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 Amateurs 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 ai a whole) was pronounced by I 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 haver the most distinguished Artistes of last season been re-engaged, btit that others now occu pying the,highest positions in the Co, tinental Theatres have been ridden to the Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorus have re ceived several important additions; and it will also be four I that In the department of the Ballet (which will still be limited to short DivertiSsements, and to those Dances incidental to the Operas), a very censi iera le augmentation in the personnel has taken place. In fact, extensive as the Company of the Royal Italian Opera hi therto has been, t e assemblage of Artistes this year will be found to surpass that of any farmer season. The Repertoire of the Royal Italian Opera ,nelv , consists of THIRTY-SIX OPE itAS,- etch of which is complete in Seenery, Cos tumes, and Appointments. . • . ‘: SEMIItA ID•E - - ' - Scssint. • LA DONNA DEL LAGO Rossini. L'ITALIANA ALGIERI LA GA AT - LAD - 1W IL TANCREDI LA CENERENTOLA GUGLIEL MO TELL HOSE IN EGITTO (ZORA) OTELLO ERNANI I DUE FOSCARI NABUCO (AN. ATO) NORMA LA SONNAMMILA I PURITANI - - - - - Bellini. I CAPULETTI E MONTECCHI - - - Bellini. LE z; HUGUENOTS ROBERT LE DIABLE LE PROPHETE LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR L'ELISIR D'AMORE LUCREZIA BORGIA. ANNA BOLENA MARIA DE ROHAN LA FAVORITA LINDA DI CHAMOUNI - - - - Donizetti. IL FLAUTO MAGIC() DON G I OVANNI LE NOZZE DI FIGARO MASAN IELLO IL MAT RIMONIO SEGRETO LA JUIVE DER FREISCIIUTZ SAPPIIO , ..... - - Gounod. FIDELIO Daring the Season the following Operas will be produced : Spohr's Opera of FAUST. The Dirvtors have the satisfaction to announce that they have made an arrangement with the great Composer, Herr Spohr, to produce this Grand Romantic Opera. Thh Recitatives (necessary in the Adaptation of the Opera to the Italian Stage) have been written by the Composer expressly for the Royal Ita'ian Opera, and the whole Work will be arranged and produced =dor his di rection. An entirely new grand Opora, composed by Monsieur Jullien, entitled PIETRO IL GRANDE. Rossinrs favourite Opera, LE COMTE ORY, As performed at the Academie Royale at Paris. 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 Academie Royale at Paris. The Engagements for the present Season are : SMILAX/. Madame GRIST, Madame CAST ELLIN, Mademoiselle BERTRAND', AND Madame VIARDOT. ALSO, Madame JULLIENNE, (Of the Academie Royale of Paris, 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 'iEDORI (Of the Imperial 'I heatre of St. Petersburgh). CONTRALTO. Mademoiselle THERESA SEGllTN (lierlirst appearance in England). SECONDE DONNE. Mademoiselle COTTI, AND Mademoiselle BELLINI. TENOR'. Signor MARIO. Signor STIGELLI, Signor LUIGI MEI, signor SOWN, AND Signor TAMBEgLIK, ALSO, Signor GALVANI (From the Teatro della Scala at :Milan, his drat appearance in • England), Herr ANDER (Principal Tenor of the Imperial Theatre at Vienna. his first appearance in Etgland). AND Monsieur UUIEMARD (Principal Tenor of the Academie Royale at Paris, his first title is inaisputab) of only 1-50th of The setts L veins of nati sttrated in a been celebrated rich )balte three silver-lead lodes, situated in the Mill— .oeim, itS ilttLlVu VJUI asillnr...7 nva.. S-1, A. 11.0,7 -4- 1.1,0, pc) , taut of these is the Schindler lode, witlx.an ascertained length of a mile, and a breadth of unusual magnitude. The produce of th 3 ex traordinary lode. is of uncommon richness, averaging, besides its great yield of lead, no less than 20 i oz. of silver to the ton. It is in tersected by two smaller lodes, which run obliquely towards it, one of which, the Tuefels Grand, is also of extreme richt' ass for silver, ,yielding in the assays of 1851, besideS its lead, no less than 108 oz. to the ton. The other, the klerrenwald, is of equal richness, if not superior. Secondly, the Native Silver Workings comprising two Mines in the Heubachglen, falling into the valley of the Kiuzig, at a short distanca 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 Captalia Matthew Francis, whose experience in lead mining is well known in this country. M. Daub estimates the probable yield at only ten tatiamis depth, from the present edit level of two of the three mines in the bliinsterthal, at 5,250 tons of pig lead, and 23,0001b5. of silver. This quantity, at present prices, is worth 120,000/. ; and supposing to cost one half to work the mines, will give a profit of 60,0001. upon ten fathoms sunk. the yield of the Native Silver and Cobalt Mines in the lleubach is estimated by him at an equal value. The workings in these mimes have hithert , been limited to the ground above the levels of the valleys, which could be drained by edit, 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-engines and pumping machinery on an adequate scale, n 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 he realised at an early date. For the purpose of realising such advantages, and obtaining the co-operation of English skill and enterprise, the Mining Association of Baden has ceied 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 in London, but with the advantage of a Committee at Carlsruhe, whs will carry out the arrangements agreed to, and, under instruc tions, represent the Directors in all local matters. The original Company boing 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, sit.d the carriage of coal to the works, of which there is an abundant supply in the asti scent 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 servea 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 coming into increased demand, and will continue to rise in value as gold becomes more abundant in this and oilier countries. _ The attention of the public is invited to the fine specimens of the native silver ore from one of the lodes, with other minerals, which have excited the adintratiun of the molt competent judges, and, together with the reports of the Baucn Con] any, may be seen at the offices of the company. Applications for shares to be made at tl company's temporary offic,s, 57, Threadneedle -street; and to Messrs. Carthn and White head, woes-brokers, 2, Royal Exchange. buildiegs, London, where prospectuses and forms ol application may bu obtained. TIHE AITSTItALIAN UCYNSULS GOLD and CO. PER MINES, on the Cost-took System. No deed to be signed. Cap.tal 60,000 g., in Parts or Shares of each, all paid up, without further liability. . COMMITTEE OF INIANAGPLENT. J. Strati', and Best, Esq , Elizabeth-street. Eaton-square T. H. Bristow, Esq., Stanhope -place, Hyde-Park Charles e.rowne, Esq., lianwell, Middlesex Colonel Morse Cooper, Ch ar l es - street, St. James's-square F. W. Green, E q , Change-alley, Cornhill, and Bristol The O'Grornun Mahon, M.P., P a ll- ma ll George 31'..aughlin, Esq., L ea d enhall -street, and Calcutta William Pattern m, Esq., East I n di a Chambers, Leadenhall street, and Bristol ( With power to a dd to their num ber). Bankers — Messrs. Itoi.arts, Curtis, and Co' Solicitors—Messrs. Long an d L ong , 63, Cornhill. Brokers—Messrs. John Showelland Sons, 25, Tokenh ouse- y ard. Secretary — James Tomlin, Eaq• PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to work Gold and ot her Mines in ene of the most favoured dist r i cts of AUS t SA ULL, and the Com mittee of Management has o bt a i ned frOm the Proprietor a P of which mineral lease for forty-two years, of 12,500 acres , b e ing half of the Segenhoe Estate, a very large portion has been proved to contain v as t m i nera l riches, and to be intersected with quartzose aurif erous veins o f the most promising character. This estate was gr an t e d b y the C ro wn, has been in pos session of the proprietor for 30 ye ars, an d per mission has been su b • sequantly given to worst all min es , whether o f go ld, silver, or other metals. In 1836 this estate was p ronounce d by Judge Cracroft , an eminent geologist, to be a mass of mineral Wealth, and subsequent investigations have entirely confirmed the fact. It has been ascertained beyond a doubt, that auriferous deposits exist throughout the Hunter River district, over which this estate ex tends for 20 miles (vide Sir It. Murchison's Geological Lectures), and that the sands of three rivers runni ng throug h the Prop are richly impregnated with gold. Gold is also known to exist in conjunct ion with many of the other ores, esp ec i a l ly copper. The Committee have secured the exclusive right of wo r ki ng all the m i n erals on the estate , and it is to be observed that, f rom the a b un dance of copper ore found on the Hunter River, th e copper-smelt i ng companies on its property banks have already found it necessary to increase their buildings and machinery. A remarkable fact connected with m i n i ng en t er prise in Australia is, that the first discoverer of gold th ere, Mr. H arg raves, has selected the Hunter River in preference to all other localities as the site of his first operations, and possessed him se l f of au esta t e within two hours ride of Segenhoe --- '- 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 o h u e s a propertyids of lvi miners give quartz that erect machinery sufficiently powerful to crush all the may be mined by the under-less marweavoithtiavnedscootpheefrorwtohrekpmreonfl.table employment of under-lessees, and to insert covenants that they shall not be allowed to employ crushing mills owned by others without the Company's s..netion. Arrangements have consequently been entered into with an eminent surveyot to make a c.mplete It is propmed to 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 new 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 addi tional machinery, for crushing and preparing the ores ; an d that in dispensable auxiliary for the p er f ect i on of mining en t er p r ises, an abundance of water power. adapted, with some slight The project now offered to the public presents an opportunity for the investment of capital of no ordinary character, looking to the extent of land secured, the combination of its mineral resources, the local advantages for the transport of produce, the abundance of fuel for working steam-engines and other purposes, the production of limestone for erecting buildings, the ample steam and water power, the admission, duty free, of all machinery and goods, the restriction of which is so great an impediment to ent erpr i se i n California, and the existence of English laws, making all contracts binding ; so con fident, therefore, is the proprietor of the success of the undertaking, that he agrees to take two-,birds of the purchase-money in shares, and requircs only the small royalty (lone-fifteenth. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made at the tempo rary offices of the Company, 59, King Iv •• 1111 am-street, City; to the Solicitors of the Company; and to Messrs. john Shewell and Sons, brokers, 25, Tokeahouse-yard. tares. :old and Copper Mines. me shares of adertake to accept the and pay the amount Usual signature. Form of Application for S, To the Directors of the Australian Consols Gentlemen,—l request that you Will ai.t 1/. each in your Company, and I hereby 1 same, or atiy less number you may allot no whets called upon to do so. Dated this day of ---, 1852. Name in full Residence Business or Protosion..: Reference ...... No application for Shares will be receive 4 after -- By order o the Board. • vacant t E s e pa O c kt e r w L a E s Tl fi O l ti led or up S f O ro bi wing was left incomplete by Chamb6ra m Eß Ki th n e T n d: l sig ° n U s sE oTS T ir h ß e o e b a e s r t t ; but in 1829 the Smirke, with the buildings for side, or that next Wellington-stree t, till now, flanked by some un g a inly bric r r dwelling-houses,ained unfinished springing out of a deep pit. In hasg Conte. The west consequence the consoli dation of the Boards of Excise, Stamp s , an d abandon the Excise Office, in Broad-street, one Board (the Inland Revenue), it bec ameaxes, &c. into all the establishment under one roof at Somerset-house; an Mr. James Pennethorne, the architect to the Board of Works, necessary bring to was direct - dto make designs for the completion. By the alteration proposed, a large annual saving will be effected, and the cost of the new buildings will be met by the sale of the old Excise Office, so that no expense, we understand, will be incurred by the public for the completion of this side of Somerset -house. It has been stated in some of the newspa pers that in consequence of certain arrangements made by the present Administration the proposed addition will not be .proceeded with. We cannot learn, however, that there is any reason to suppose that this is correct. 'renders for the execution of the south wing will be received this week, and others for the remainder of the building will speedily follow. Builder. APoTtlECAltree llALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their exainination in the science and practice of medi cine, and received certificates to practice, on Thursday, March 25, 1852:—Thomas George David Davies, St. An drew's. court, Holborn-hill; Alfred Jackson ; John Moysey Bartlett Langworthy,ltlodbury, Devon; John Willcox, Bir.. mingham ; Samuel Drew, Cornwall ; John Hemming, Kin" belton ; Alfred Freer, Stourbridge, Worcestershire ; Patrick James Mullarky, Margate; John Vinall, Sawn -place, Hackney. M. Daub, CarisrubS. STANDING COUNIFX., rkbcck, Esq Stone-buiLllogs, Lincoln's Inn. SOLICITOR. , Henry Wickens, Esq. SECRETARY IN Lo4f,oN. Edward T..plln, BROKERS. ten and Whittiwad, tto3Sl Exchange-buildings , 14pradon. PROVE TU ' ris formed Utider a .., • sion of an extensive , in the Grand' Duchy of o.laden, situated within 36 and is heollnider char* from his Royal Highness gr4liteft 0 the Mining Association 01 Baden. The ble; b. irig a direct grant i om the Crown on a royalty f the net profits. • belonging_ rich live silver. S ivez-le.td. copper, and cobalt, district which has from time immemorial for its great metallic wealth, and consist, first, of I lodes, situated in the Miii.sterthal, near Miiiiheim, appearance in England). BASSI BABMITONI. Signor RONCONI. Signor ItOMMI. AND Signor BARTOLINI (From the Italian Opera of Palermo. his first appearance in England), BASSI PROD:MI. Herr FORMES, Signor TAGLIOFICO, Signor POLONINI, Signor GREGORIO, Signor BACH AND Signor MARINI (His first appearance these three years). The Orchestra will be composed of the following eminent Professors FIRST VIOLINS. Messrs. Salmon (Principal) 11. Blai rove Bezeth Browne Cooney Dando Doyle Goffrie lilll Love Mellon Mori Thirlwall Watson Willy Zerbini. Hausman Platt' (Solo) L. Matti Reed Schroeder. DOUBI E BASSES. Messrs. Howell (Principal) Bottesini (Solo) Campanili Castel!. Mount Pratten Relnagle Reynolds C. Severn Waudrelan. HAIM. SECOND VIOLINS. Messrs. Watkins (Principal) W. Blagrove Bort Bradley C using H. Griesbach Jay Kelly Lcder Marshall Newsham - Patey Payton ' Simmons 11. Westropp Wilkins. TENORS. Messrs. Hill (Principal) Alsept Glanville Hann Thompson Trust Wand Webb Westlake T. Westropp VIOLONCELLOS. Messrs. Lucas (Principal) alkin Chi pp Guest Hancock Hatton Messrs. Trust Streather. FLUTES. Messrs. Pratten De Polley. OWES. Messrs. Barrett liiehol!on. CLARINETTI. Messrs. Lazarus Maycock BAssooNi. Messrs. Baumann Larkin. iloll.lo. Messrs. C. Harper Rae. Jarrett Keilback. TILIJILPETO. Messrs. T. Harper Irwin. TaOmnozrze. Mesas. Cloftl Antoine Healey. OPIIICLEIDE. M. Prospere. DRCIV3. Mr. Chipp. TRIANGLE. Mr. Seymour. BASS Daum. Mr. Horton. Besides Extras. DIAECTOR OF TUB M USI r. C, COST COUTOs A., AND CONDUCTOR, M ER The Military Band will beOunDFßEYder the Superintendence of Mr. G. Signor M"'N TERASL liiaLsTßO AL PIANO. Signor r ANIZZ A. (From the . Teat r r ß o o d ur tli TEn a Scala , at Mil an). POET, generally expresSed by the In aceordanC4 with a wish v be performed on those evenings Sub scribers, short Divertissement will long to form the evening's t sufficiently when the Opera given is not in will avoid the necessity tor giv g portions only of other Operas; entertainment. This arrangement Signor M er A Y G g G e t n ° e sL Y cept on extraordinary oc a plan, ex - to meet th.s arrange ment, subject to much ob.loct,on. In order _ the following engagements have been made: — Mademoiselle ROBERT growl the Academie Royale at Paris). Mademoiselle LOUISE TAGLIONI, (Their m M ad emois elle m aa d Md firste a me i n de ato m ie I I At AN D BE B BE R L U L :I S : SI :, 1 (From the Imp erial pp a ppeara n ce r an Th eatre :iLnoß a r t : V : 1 : e t :a: . Mademoiselle KOLEMBERG, AND Monsieur MINARD, Monsieur FLUSSE, AND Monsieur RUAULT (Their first appearance in England). The CORPS DE BALLET will a so be augmeuted, and embrace several Dauseuses from Paris, being their first appearance in Eng land. Maitre de Ballet—Monsieur Alexandre. Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Director of the Mise-en-Scene—Monsieur Laarent (From the Theatre National, Tads). Artistes Costamieres—Mrs. E. Bailey and Madame Marzio, Decorater—Mr. Prescott. Machinist— Mr. Allen. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the sight or Season, to be obtained at the Box-effice of the Theatre (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street) ; and at the principal Libraries and Musicsellers. The performances will commence 1 - .. t Eight o'clock on each Evening. The Box-office is open from Eleven to irlyo o'clock. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-Garden, March, 1552. ARRIVALS. Qrs. Wheat ... ... ... 11,127 Barley ... ... .•• 4,224 Oats ... ... ••• ••• =455 Peas ... ... ... ... Tares ... ... I ~9a 37 Rapeseed ... ... ... ... 210 Linseed .. _ Flour ... ... ... BRISTOL SUGAR-MARRET, 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 4bd to 5d per lb ; cows and calves were from 81 to 121. Sheep were plentiful, wethers, 5d ; small ditto 51c1 ; ewes, 4Ad 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, 53 to 8s each ; ducklings, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per couple ; fowls, 3s to 4s ditto ; wild ducks, 4s 6d ditto ; widgeon, 3s ; pigeons, 10d to Is each; rabbits, 10c1 each • eggs, 20 for is ; butter is ld 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 6cl to 6s per bushel ' • good barley from 3s 6d to 4s; oats, 2s 7d to 2 s 10 d. Fine flour, 33s per sack. Wool —ln this article, not much is doin—the sellers asking 8d per Ib, 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 5s 6d ; beans 4s Od to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley 28s to 32s ; oats 18s Od to 22s per qr. WETHERBY, MARCH 25.—White wheat, 15s 63 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 aid per stone. KNARESBOROU Gil, MARCH 24.—Wheat 5s 3d to 5s 6d; beans 3s 9d to 4s 6cl per bushel; barley 28s to 325; oats, 18s to 23s per qr. BANGOR, MARCH 26. —Wheat, best home growth, 40s to 445; barley, 28s to 31s; seed oats, 20s to 235; common ditto, l7s to 19s • ; oatmeal, 26s per 2401b5. DENBIGH, MARCH 24.—Wheat, at 13s 6cl to ]3s 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, OOs Od to OOs Od; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 26s Od to 27s Od ; oats, per quarter, weighing 421 b per bushel, 21s Od to 00s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s 8d to Os Od; ditto second, 15e 6d to OOs Od; barley meal, lie 6d to Os Oil ; peasemeal, 00s Od to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 34s Od to 35$ 0d; second ditto, 27s Od to 23s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 8d to Os Od; ditto second, is 4d to Os Od; barley meal, I s 4d to Os Oil • peasemeal, Os Od to Os Od ; first flour, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 4cl cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 5d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4cl to 6d; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4cl; fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per pair, 12d to I6d ; ducks, each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 5d to Od; butter, fresh, 8d to 9cl per lb; ditto, salt, 8d to 103; croudie (curds), 2d to Od; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto credit, 5 , 1 , ,cl to 6i,d; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 7d to Od. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. ENGLISH W00L..--LEEDS, MARCH 26.—The demand for combing wools this week has been very flat, and prices have a tendency in favour of the buyers. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARCH 25.—Business continues very spiritless. Imports :ha past week consist of 7a Egyprisn, 07 Lisbon, 241 Oporto, 50 from New York. TRADE or 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 -ince this day week. I3RADFORD 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, and there is no alterna tive but further curtailment of the production 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 demand continues equal to the supply, but without any improvement in prices. Pieces—ln this branch there is more doing in the warehouses, and as the 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 back. 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 bane given way, and buyeas are waiting for the steamer's news, before pushing for ward such business as they have. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAT. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : Buddle's W. Hartley.. 123 6dlletton Davison's West Hartley 12s Ocl Haswell ... lss 3d Howard's W. H. Neth. 12s 6d, Lam bton North Percy Hartley.. 12e Od, N. Hetton Lyons l4s Od Redheugh Main ...... lls 01 Pensher l3s 6d - Canfield Moor .... l2s Od Russell's Hetton Canfield Moor Butes... 123 Od'Richmund l4s 9d Townley... ..... ......... 12s •Od Stewart's .. ... .... West Wylam .. 14 3 3d W y l am Harton Hebburn Hotspur .. 13s Od Thornley Heaton Lawson l2s 3d South Durham l3s 31 Riddell Eden Main ...... 143 Od W c odhouse Close ...... 12 6d Wall's End, Ere. Nixon's Merthyr and Bell Belmont l3s 91 Sidney's Hartley Braddyll Ships at market, 177......501d, 86. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASES—THURSDAY. (CONTINUED). The Berkeley Hunt (Steeplechase) Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; four 3rs old, 10st 71b; five, 1 Ist; six and aged, llst 71b; hall-bred allowed 71b; winners 51b; twice, 71b extra, &c. Gentlemen riders. About three miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Golby's Ploughboy (Mr. W. Holloway) 1 Mr. Land's Genera l (Mr. Lindon) 2 Mr. Kitton's Linkboy (Mr. J. Woods) 3 Mr. Harvey's Libel (Captain Nivens) 0 Lord Hopetown's Cayenne (Mr. Davis) 0 Mr. Parker's Louisa (Mr. Bolton) 0 Mr. Darey'a Gulnare (Sir J. Malcolm) 0 Mr. White na Spectator (Captain Haworth) 0 Mr, Williams's Conrad..... ................ (Mr. Hendon) 0 Mr. Le Terrieres Coeur-de-Lion ............... (Owner) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Ploughboy, and 2to 1 agst The General. Won in a lechase) Stakes canter by seven l of 3 engtsovs. each, and hs. The Farmers' (Steep 20 added, for farmers' horses, 12st each, &c. About three miles. (4 Subs.) Mr. Brotberidge's Topthorn (301.), lOst 101 b (Wood) 1 Mr. Newman's Chan ce ( 501), llst (Owner) 2 Mr. Stevens' Madca p -(301.), lOst (Mr. Herbert) 0 Mr. Smith's Prince (601.), list 71b (Mr. Bothertdge) 0 Betting—Even on Toptborn. Won in a canter. FRIDAY. The United Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft, and 20 added. Gentlemen rider/. About two miles. (20 Subs.) Mr. Linlow's Combatant, llst 101 b ..... (Mr. Owes) I Mr. Morgan na Cobnut, lOst 81b (Mr. Cunningham) 2 Mr. S. Davis's Gay Lad, 6 yrs, lOst 121 n (Davenport) 0 Mr. Symonds Rifleman, lOst 121 b ...(Mr. Edwards) 0 Mr. Morgan 's Goodfellow, lOst 131 b ...(D. Wynne) 0 Mr. D'Arcy's Mystery, lOst 71b ...(Sir J. Malcolm) 0 Mr. W. B.trnett's Jack of all Trades, 9st 101 b Clark'sr. Clar's Lizzy, 9st 101 b 0 g be st sw e a o ss ilut ° , 'air. Oakey'a Colocynthus, 9;t 1011) 2 to 1 agst Jack of all Trades, 3 to I (e a 4to 1 agst Combatant, and 5 to 1 i ., , Goodfellow. Won easy by three lengths. gosh Voodlellow. The Grand Annual Ste(plechase Handicap eac h, h fr, and 5 only if declared, with 01 20 nova. sb loo added; t h e second to save his stake. (13 Capt. Bishop no. Sir Peter Lauri e , list a il s d(Holesan) 1 Mr. Goodwin's La, Gazza Ladra, 9st 121 b (D.Wynne) 2 Mr. G. Symonds's Voyager, 9 at 101 b Sat 121 b (A rc her) 3 Mr. Begbie's Scavenger, ( Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Dal e y, 9, t 81b .11.1rilb 83°8.c:3 4 0 Captain Green's Treasurer, 9st 81b (J. Ch ilds) 0 6 to 4 each agst Sir Peter Laurie and La Gaz"' 3 to . 1 agst Maurice Daley, 8 to 1 agat Voyager, and 15 to t agst Treasurer. Won cleverly Voy ager beaten three lengths Scavenger a by half a lensth. for second, and bad fourth. 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, lost 71b (401.) (Mr. Bcedon) 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, 10. t (30/.) (Holman) 0 Mr. Tallitt's Alexander, lOst (30!.) (Tacker) 0 Mr. Phillips's Gitane, lOst (301:)...(Mr. Le Terriers) 0 Mr. Oakey's Active, lOst (301.) (J. Sadler) 0 Mr. Land's Harkover, lOat (301.) (Ablett) 0 Mr. May's Buscot, lOst (30/.) (H. Bell) 0 Even on Victress, who won easy by five lengths; she was sold for 155 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 Subs.) Mr. Barling's Bedford, lOst 81b (Holman) 1 Mr. Land's Combatant, list (Ablett) 2 Mr. Braithwaite's The Drag, 10it 81b ...(White) 3 Mr. Jordan's Lady Arthur, gat 71b ...........(Archer) 4 Even on Bedford, 2to 1 agst Drag. Won in a canter by three lengths. The Scurry Stakes (flat race) of two sovs. each, and 10 added. Gentlemen riders, &c. About a mile (14 Subs.) were won by a neck, after a fine race, by Mr. Land's Cosachia, llst 71b (Mr. Elwes),beating Mr. Phil lips's Boldfaced Hack, lOst 51b (Tacker), Mr. Morgan's Goodfellow, lOst 121 b (D. Wynne), Amber Witch, list 21b (011iver), Maiswore Lass, lOst. 51b (H. Dar ling) Harum-Scarum, list 51b (Ablett), Rifleman, 10.4 121 b (Archer), Buscot lOst 121 b (H. Bell), and two otters. NEWCASTLE MEETING, 1852. Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles. Declarations to be made on or before March 24. Yrs st lb Yrs at lb Nancy 4 8 13 Vivandiere ..... ... 4 6 4 Ei•L;,... Russborough Miss Ann ... 6 8 2 Coquette 4 6 0 Cossack Confessor 4 8 1 she Proctor Backbiter a 7 12 Goliah 4 5 12 Chatterbox 5 7 10 Phantom 3 5 12 Neasham 4 7 4 Bird-on-the-wing 3 5 12 Musician 5 7 2 Herry Bird ....,.... 3 5 12 Goldfinder Trickstress ... Castaway 5 6 10 England's Glory... 4 5 10 Constellation Ringleader ... Hothorpe 4 6 10 Galvanisth Storyteller br g by Morgan Pelopidas 3 5 7 Rattler out of Captain Flash 3 5 4 Countesss Hungerford 4 6 6 Snowdrop Orelio Colsterdale 4 6 4 Caracara . . 3 4 10 Heresfoot Knook 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 and ~my little band, by Mr. Anstey end 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 bo transgressed with re spect to myself and my men. 1. I had the privilege of solving the Esquimaux story, which had brought the whole of her Majesty's expedition to to a stand-still. 2. I did all that man could do to get the provisions of the North Star lauded in Barrow's Straits, pointing out Navy Inlet as a suitable place. 3. On learning (after following for a distance of 2') 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 Owmaney, and by Captain Stewart (who bad 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 would do—l offered to take lots to remain, and urged upon Captain Anatin 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 Ommaney 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 be passed in an open strait. 7. We passed the winter without a single person on 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; lauucned a boat over 120 of hummochy 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 course, 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 bo used to cover the inefficiency of others, when I know, and they know, what was the true state of matters. I may acid that (as 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 honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM PENNY. Aberdeen, March 24, 1852. P.S. If more is required I shall bo happy to give it. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE KING'S COL LEGE HOSEI rAL.-JOE MILLER. The very existence of Joe Miller has been called in question by some, and others insist that h e was so p ro. verbially staid and dull that the joke was to father jokes 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 Inn-fields, belonging to the parish of St. Clement Danes, and close by the spot where the theatre once stood where Garrick became so famous. Miller's epitaph, by Stephen Duck, is on a handsome stone on the lefthand side as you enter the burial-ground. The inscription was originally nn anothor (stone, but being nearly worn out, in the year 1816, the churchwarden at that time, greatly to his credit, caused the present one to be erected. The following is the inscription on the pre sent stone: — Here lie the remains of honest Joe Miller, faeetio wushowas t a tender husband, a sincere friend, a com panion, and an excellent comedian. He departed thi s life 15th day of August, 1 7 38 , aged 54 years. If r , on wit,s: witty,a n d honesty honest,couldfromh savee grave, The grave had not so soon this tenant found Whom honesty and wit and humour found. Could but esteem and love preserve our breath, And guard us longer from the stroke of death, The stroke of death on him had later f e ll, Whom all mankind esteem, d and lov'd so well. It has not yet been determined re mains of the great wit re to fi d th e ir final re sting , place; but it has been sungested that a penny ebscrip tien should be entered into to erect swinhoenretuntehieu. last LONDON SACRED HAillifoNrc -s'O CIETI ' EXE MR BOLL' by the above Last night the Creation was given The soloists society, in their usual style of eacelleneveiz., miss Birch, were the same as o❑ former Messrs. Locket', Phillips, "; sn le justice to Haydn's that those talented artists did amp respect the oratorio fine music, while in every o th erea. I t w as preceded by nnensicr We—need scarcely say vies exceedingly Dr. Elevy's anthem 111 "In tMessro. Lackey and Phillips. in;; tak en by Miss Dolby, wde _, d and that alone is sutli- Pertnt day," the solo parts be- The hail was densely 0 is held by the public. bnrestimation in which the society dent to show the big- PUTNEY B ni naz.—A corresponde n t of a mornin g The above bridge is certainly one of the most paperinei expensive in erection, withoutbut' parallel in extortion as to its tolls; and now that London is really going out of town, asnaYtstiiat . both in t h e n orth-west and south-west directionson, ) ought such an impedi men t (I might almost say total obstructi not to be longer borne. I drive my chaise over t l h tehereto said br id g e twice a-day from Putney-heath, an d pay tol Is., and the road 3d. The latter cannot be objected to if any toll is collected. I can ride in the omnibus for ls. both ways. I ask you, who take an impartial view of things, if this is a proper state of matters of what may be called a public high way ? Do the proprietors of the badge study their pockets ? I say, no. Many of the nob lemen and gentry about Wim bledon, Roehampton, and Putney, go either over the Suspen -sion, Richmond, Battersea, or Vauxhall -bridges to discoun tenance it. Suppose two-wheel carriages paid 6d. a-day, or 4d. singly ? I will undertake whe n that is knoWia the reve -1 nlic c f. 04 inidGE 3 vill increase 50 Per cent. —"- 7 " --- "4L BERKELEY'S STEAMERS. Admiral Berkeley's decluration the other night in the House of Commons has diffused a general feeling of 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 Minie no Zundnadelgewehrs, no revolvers, no spring no horrible contrivances for slaying our poor rifles, no fellow-creatures. " We gentlemen of England, Who live at home at ease," May trust to Admiral Berkeley To guard our native seas. That gallant officer has solemnly 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 within signal distance of each other. There is no hallaclnation 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. A s a question of fact, he has got his steamers ready. It they be not already coaled and victualled, all th at i s necessary cou ld be accom plished in so short a space of time as to be uncle sweervhinagve otfhroseurgihouosat a b ee ce o n ur. t t h . e eia lt pea w a o f ul e d ar s e p w pe a ar Ad t m ha i- t ratty Board. In order to blind the eyes of our anti cipated enemy more effectually they have actually con sented to deceive their own countrymen. The Megwra is a crack, not a cracked l et intelligence about, , steamer. Mr. Goldner's preserved meats may he a trifle inferi or i n d e licacy to Strasburg pio, but not much. any little mishap of this nature should ever let us be disheartened; it is mer e ly use de guerre to inspire the toe with a feeling of o ur d efenceless condi tion of a r don't and lure him to his own destruction. Admiral Berkeley is waiting for him round the corner. That gallant officer has his hundred steamers d rea y for a rush. We protest that so far from being actuated by any inhuman desire for vengeance and slaughter, as against any poor fellows who may be sent by their Go.. vernmenta to attack our shores, our feeling towards them now is one of positive compassion. Why will th e y come near Admiral Berkeley? 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 wherrkthose hun dred steamers, which are to blow them oat of the water, may be lying at the present moment. They don't know, and we don't know—bat 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 pat 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 publio 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 advices from Ma deira, which inform us that ere the ship bad 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 bo this advantage in an Admiralty steamer—that a passenger hes 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 occurred to Government steamers within the last two or three months between Plymouth and Cape Town. There was the Megsera— bat 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 die 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 Confianco, were sent out to help the Simoom. No tidings have as yet reached us of the fate of these two hapless vessels; bat 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, w e should be very glad if we might be in formed whether or no the Hydra, Vulcan, and Simoom ere 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 Megzera and the preserved meats. The real truth may be, that after all Admiral Berkeley is the Flying Dutchman, and will help us in our hour of D:ed in some manner peculiar to such abnormal beings. Times. THE ADMIRALTY INQUIRY..—..LIGHTING ALL VMS.. SEM 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 board 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 commission 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 rifle carabines, and Major Brownrigg fired fifty rounds from them, and hit the target, six feet square, fifty times in suc cession, at 500 yards range. The practice with the Millie rifle will be carried on in the Marshes to-morrow. Mr. Lan. of two rounds vessels being caster, Mr. Wilkinson, of London, and Mr. Greener, of Bir mingham, gun-makers, were present yesterday, and the tw o former made very good practice with their rifles. M r . Greener was only present to witness the practice. Experi ments were endeavoured to be carried on with rifled ca nnon b ut the more in t passinghen Marshes the r to-day, i ver prevented fired. EY DocKs.—To give an idea of the l consumed in this large undertaking in were used from Anston quarry, as used at thiet, ,newa,ll:hic amGourtnEtAoTt material 4 tl oo re , D OOO O ck tos alone, we cubicm ay mention f eet cf that Ash lar there mostly from the Ashlar, Parliament Houses; 3 h -a lu rd e s li o e f s ru f b ro te ,1 , 38 1,1 0 1 , e 000 cubic yards of exc . 1 t • e g i ' 9 ' beioW b cf ut what was out yards of chalk; say; the only thing kept any registry 25bw10;r00: were Ti, sight,o tonsoco The total end that there All this was said to and placed n endder t t o h e end, qu a would walls, measure Was utterly impossible to egistry of was the timberj. bottoms, &c., the piles, It laid on the pile heads 40 timber 12 inches square. miles • inall, 115 miles of 75 miles, and the timber 750,000/. '1 he works cost of the Tames M. were designed by , Mr. .. Rendel, Presi dent Civil Engineers, and a large block of " Bra 1 Y have been carried o of the I t* f . ns itute o as engineer-ba ut u nc l e - r his direction, chief, by the resident, Mr. smit h, they were com menced in the spring of Adam in the month of April, 1849, his Royal Highnessg 1846, and laid the first stone, Prince Albert ' great ceremony. Thismune-dertaking, it is expected, will he partially opened middle of May for traffic. The by the 5 Brown, and Wright.— contractors are Messrs. klutching , Builder. fall," weighing eleven tons, with DUBLIN PACKET SERVICE.— en employed in the conveyance SERVICE.— Ten steam- packets bar fieolle•head and Dublin since the con of the mails between to 3 in is . wit l h ese th v e e_s C e i s ty e o of pr D is u e b s li o n me St o e f T LIE HOLVIEAD AND tract was entered in, OTI a 1 • anithe packet ComPaenio afloat. Below is an average of their re fastest strit:ths of passage ; —The Banshee, 4 hours 7 B PF etive e he Prince Arthur, 4 hours 25 minutes; the Eb minutes t 4 h o urs 39 minutes; the Llewellyn, 4 hours 40 mi -4 ntes the Caradoc, hours 40 minutes; the St. Columba, minutes; the Iron Duke, 5 hours 12 minutes; the4l a 'hours Windsor,so 5 hours 15 minutes. The Banshee made the shortest passage between port and port, which was accomplished in the rnanth of September, 1848, in 3 hours and 44 minutes. Thi s vessel and the aradoc are now employed in the Medi terranean mail service. The Eblana and Llewellyn are on a par, the former having made 661 trips, with an average of 4 hours 89 minutes, and the latter 694 trips in 4 hours 40 minutes. The fastest vessel on tLe line now is the Prince Arthur. By the accounts from Paris, it appears that the terms upon which the Bank of France are to make advances on railway shares have been announced, and that in the case of the leading lines the amount of each loan is to be in the proportion of 60 per cent. upon the market value of the security. In this way a person with 1,0001. might continue to hold nearly 3,000/. worth of shares, by borrowing the balance; and as the companies in question pay dividends at the rate of from 5 to 7 per cent., while the charge for th loan would be only 3 per cent., the stimulus likely to be e .—This little theatre pr 0 p i o n oit t i rho proportion imparted to speculation may easily be estimated. case of railway bands the advance is to be in the of 80 per cent. QUEEN'S THEATRE Wednesday evening, crowded to excess, to was, last Parry, whose benefit it was, and who, we do honour t to M glad per ceive, had a bumper. The new drama e Norferethe Corsican .Brothers, which was well sustained throughout, was the opening piece—each and all the several par t s being per formed with apparent satiflac ion t o th e nu merous audience. The laughable farce of The Omnibus followed, in which Mr. O'Hara was the chief feature. We do not recollect having seen that gentl eman ' s part ever better performed, for, from his first scene t o th e l as t, he kept the house in a c ontinued roar of lau g ht er, deservedly, applauded. The performance s concluded with the Dead Shot. The h ouse was c rowded to excess . 13 y LIGHTHOUSES.- an d was several times g reatl y , and an annual return presented to the House of Commons (printed on Wednesday), it appears that in the year endi ng t h e 31st of December last, with the balance in hand, th e Corporation of Dublin received 164,918/. 17s. ltd. on account of lighthouses in Ireland. Large sums were disbursed for various lighthouses, &c. The balance due to the public, as slated ,t the end 91 the year, was 91,5594 UAW,