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MR. DISRAELZS FINANCIAL SCHEME. DOUGLAS JERROLD EDITS LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER. The number for Sunday next, May 2 (Price Threepence), post free, containing Sixty Large Columns of the Latest Intelligence (to the moment of Publication) from all parts of the world, by ex )real Electric Telegraph, and other means, regardless of expense. 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ROYAL POLYTECUPNRiIe _ CE BERT. 111 STi Bachhoffner on Defries's new Patent TU TI°IST ' 15 ' 11 1 be exhibited and lectured on on Sinad ay, Polytechnic Wed Gag Fire lon e. at lialf.nast Three, and on Tuesday and Glynn by thexe:Lea tn:di:ay, 4,in—A Lecture, by J. 11..repPer. Esq., on Glynn arid ;eningastag'taict Vitt Paper for the Prevention of Piracy and Forgery Evening. eXCept s Meese, daily at Two o'clock, and every Itz, , , ght.—Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, with brilliant e i —r. Bachhotftier.—An Explanatory Description by arm enta. i e ;as various kinds of Muskets, Rides, Spc.—A spi An d id :tx. ries of Dissolving View& —Exhibition of the Idicroscope..../ . 4 ai l . 1 biving Bcll, &c., &c. 11 -32,0 n, le.; Schools and Children under Ton years or age, akt Prlie. • EAST TNDIA. !MUSE, Mart 253, 1852. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company Will he held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNUDAT, the 23d June next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. FAST INDIA HOUSE, Apau. 28, 1852. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the 'fItANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will De SHUT on TUESDAY, the Bth June, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on TUESDAY, the 13th July, and That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable °lithe 6th July. 1852, under the 11th See. of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., Cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered :millet day. JAMES C. 1► LELVlLlo.4ecretary. E ROYAL BRITISLI BALMS: on the JV Scottltdi j ilystem (Incorporated by Charter), beal . dei the trans acitOji of all ordinary Banking business ' grants CASH qilmi,iTs, and allows 3 per cent. per annuM . on Sams of iyinKfUtit deposited for Six mouths. • HUGH I.NNES CAMERON, General Manager. buNDON—HEin OFFICE, 16, Tokenhouse-yard. BRANCHES, 429, strand; 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goewell-road, Islington. (TRANSLATION.)--SOCIETE. ANONYME. T HE NETHERLANDS • and HANOVER JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY. To be constitu' ed a Societe Anonyme by Royal Decree, approving the Statutes. •Cenital 1,500,000 florins. or 125,0101., divided into 50,000 Shares of 31 3 florins, or 2/. Ms. each. deposit 6 florins, or 10s. per share. • The Dutch law exprosi4lfnalts the liabilities of directors and litareholderis to the anion at* reepot 4l4ll laihrhe. * BOA111).kr AIIIIIT'SRDAM.' • - • Caerammv—Baron Sloettot Oldlitde. - Xember -of the &mind Chamber Of the si ate%.Gwieraltrresidamtott l i c . 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Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-at Messrs. Strahan, Panl,Taal, and Bates, 217, Strand. 11110100.9. Mears. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-ooart. szcaucraur, ---•••••••• Dr r • _bp 117 1" 11en Name . In msterdam ;of the Agency in reltlittlerf and of the Brokers of the Company. 4 Translation.—Sect. 111. Art. 40.—The capital of the Company l$ divided into shares either to parties by name or to bearer. The Preprietore (or shareholders) are not responsible beyond the amount or Abair shares. (Dutch Code of Commerce.) • - LIQUID MANURE. BURBACH, BROTHERS, and Co., GOTHA, lktintifacturers of CANVASS HOSE without Seam, for Fire tlg Ines, Pumps, Liquid Manure Tanks, &c., &c., have appointed as r 2 r Agent for all England, F. PETERSON, Water•lane, Tower street, London, of whom may be had every information, and Speci- Justls of this very superior article, which is about one-third the price of any other description of Hose. Machine Bands, Saddle Girths, &c. TO HOTEL and TAVERN PROPRIETORS. Turtle I)feat in cases of five pints each, preserved last Autumn .."/ 4r. Richard Ford, late proprietor of the Wellington Hotel, Li- In/Dol. Each case is well tilled with fair proportions of Callipee, Pash, and picked Fin Meat, to which is added the pure essence st Turtle. R. F. begs also to add that the Meat is in fine large pieces, and 'lot overdone, thus having a superiority over most preserved Turtle. ..,APPIy to Mr. RICHARD FORD (Private house), 9, Pembroke- FACe, Liverpool. THE ERA NEWSPAPER. THE WINNER of CHESTER CUP. By " TOUCHSTONE " and " JOE MUGGINS'S DOG. SEE TIIE ERA OF MAY Ist. PROBABLE STARTERS—PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING The Speeches at GRAND MASONIC ING FE=TIVAL of INSTAL LATION of the Right Hon. the Earl of ZETLAND will also be reported. brder. of all newsmen, or send six postage stamps, to Frederic Ledger, Era Office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand. A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. 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Admission—ONE anthuala. 464DICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF With Pl YOUTH AND MATURITY. ain Directions for their Prevention and cures t o FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. and t Published, in French, English, German, Dutc h,, -;- Autho r ,„ 4 ,, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free .om the - " r •MIY-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a lledical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on th e e . frv.Tet Intl rm ties and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually a t ,,, , n, e1 at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and ha Delvers, Delvers, diminish and enfeeblo the natural feelings, and ex ihe "le vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on lit y _trtain Prevention and suceessflil Treatment of Nervous Debi. I)4"' c al. and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all by lases an ci'derangenients resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted kra!alernand, Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of ph " es ', • With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, thj'° lo 7y, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining r ntreetures, uses, mad functions, and the various Injuries that produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAJII:EL LA'MEitT, M.D., 1,217, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON . t ""° tor of i Nfedicinc, Matriculated Member of the Unlveisity of Edin- Urn. Donorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, I, c tntiato of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian ~ ed ical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. t o ll,lB Work contains a plain and complete description .f the ana e4,7..ftna Physiology of the reproductive or; , ,ans, and of their relative h,,,ations in health and disease. Dr. LaMert, who has taken the ;;;ghest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo ;lalds inserted in the work, , is the only legally qualified medical man 42,141 exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the ~11._Lrpent of these co ' mplaints. He may be consulted with advan- F s r hY all those Whose constitutions may have become debilitated 127 el _ n gh secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of ,I:l,:_yeaers, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of birag frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceaa . misery and regret. Published by th e Author, and may be had of J. 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''.o , b 1 5 ,4 0 14 “- 1 - ' 4 .. 3 ) • Cii‘‘) 1 4 -...: 'l,,N, .`"-.4:',, -41 A, .S4 , :l‘,;t r , r .. ~ H ie -- AOITt ''' , \''' ' . 1 -,••;• ..-. • . 7N ' . . . • , e - ; - 17 % 4, 67 LONDON, FRIDAY E = ItTG N°.18;598.] T HE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Securing Exclusive Communication between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, under Privileges from the.Frenea and Belgian Governments. Capital 150,0001., In 3 0,006sbares of W. each, to be paid in full. Liability Of Shareholders Milted to the amount of Subscription. Offices. 30, Cornhlll. HONORARY DIRECTORS. His Royal Highness the Duke oftambridge. His Excellency the Count Colonno WaleWskl, - Arubassador of France the Excellency M. S. Vali der Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium His Excellency the Chevalier Bur Pen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia His Excellency the Baron rlenfinek, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Ills Excellency the Marods D'Azeglio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia His Excellency Signor Isturiz, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister, Plenipotentiary of Spain His Excellency th Baron Koller, Envoy Extraordinary and Mlniatar Plehipbtentiary from the Emperor of Au lung of tnestria to the Belgians. cnautatax. The;Lord De Manley. nxnacToad. A. Andtrson, Esq., 3t.p Director of' the Deninsalar and Oriental Company • John W.Brett, Esq., 2, Hanover-square Ernest Bunsen, Esq, Abbey Lodge, Regent's-park Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Sussex -gardens The llon. Frederick Cadogan, Hertford-street, May Fair W. J. citnpltri, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the London and Sonth-West. _ ern Rail - way; Company Le Chevalier Dronet, Belgian Embassy T. C. Grangerj.sq., , Q.Q., M.P., Temple B. Laing, it sq., Ca:airman of the London and Brighton Railway Com • PanY- John Jitasterman, Ida., Esq., Nicolas lane, Lombard-street. BANKERS-LONDON. ltersrs. Masbertuan, Peters, and Co., iiicolas-lake ^ . Sir Claude Scott and Co., Cavendish-square. • SOLICITORS. tressra. Davles, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick-street, Be- gent-street Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Bueklersbury. L. C. liertslet, Esq. In August, 1851, the promoters of the Submarine Telegraph formed themselves into a French Company (Soc fetk., en Comman datatard.vabpshed te}es'rapltic commanica,tis.it:blifeth , DVit siucl workd wii - t=reguta Ity or interruption. A Subniarine Telegraphic communication having been thus suc cessfully proved, the promoters consider that the time has now ar rived to invite the public to c , -operate with them in developing the resources, and extending the advantages of this important under taking. The following brief statement will show the actual position and prospects of the Submarine Telegraph:— • A royal charter of incorporation was obtained in 1851, but it has been determined to surrender the same for one of more extended powers, enabling the Company to establish a Submarine Telegraphic Communication with all parts of the Continent of Europe. The draft of this charter is now before the Board of Trade, and It is believed that it will be finally granted at the next Prmy Council. The capital of the French Company consists of 75,000 shares of 1/. each. It is proposed to surrender these shares for shares of a corres ponding value in the Company now forming under the aforesaid extended Royal Charter. An exclusive concession has also been obtained from the Belgian Government, and important privileges from other foreign Govern ments. The Charter of Incorporation will unite these different conces sions and privileges, thus becuring to this Company the exclusive right of telegraphic communication between Great Britain and the Continent, The receipts of the Submarine Telegraph have never been less than 5 per cent., although it has been severely cramped in its operations in consequence of its present position, forming, as it does, only one link in the chain of continental communication ; but, after allowing an outside margin for works and expenses, and for laying down a distinct and most complete line from Dever to London, the returns during the past month have been at the rate of 71. 18s. 31. per cent. In order to provide for the daily Increase of business, and to secure the telegraphic communication with the Continent against any risk of interruption, it is proposed to lay down a second cable between France and England, and also one between Dover and Ostend, which will give 16 Telegraphic, lines of communication between Great' Britain and the Continent, and amply supply the various lines of France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Responsible parties have undertaken to lay down ihese lines with a sufficient number of wires for any amount of traffic that can be anticipated, for the slim of 70,0001., to include all patent rights, and all preliminary and other expenses incidental to the Belgian and other concessions, which will become vested in this Company. The Charter will authorise the raising of a capital of 300,0001. ; but under the arrangements above referred to, not more titan 75,0001. of new capital will be required to carry out the objects in oontem The European and American Electric Telegraph Company being formed under the powers of the Act of Parliament in connection with this Company, the arrangements for completing the extension of the s u b mar i n e Telegraph to London, Manchester, and Liverpool, will be immediately concluded, when the French Government have undertaken to provide independent wires for the exclusive use of the Submarine Telegraph from Calais to the centre of Paris. In the course of a few months, therefore, the Exchanges of London, Liver- Pool, and Manchester, will be brought into instantaneous communi cation with that of Paris ? and the same principle may be carried into effect with al! the other cities of commercial importance through out the Continent of Europe. An estimate of the vast extension of business which must follow such a deveLipment of Telegraphic Communication, under a system of mo aerate charges, may be arrived at by a consideration of the marvellous results which attended the introduction of the Penny Postage. The day of experiment with the Submarine Telegraph has passed, and all, therefore, which now remains is to afford every facility to the public to avail themselves of an invention which is evidently destined materially to affect the interests of the Commer cial and Political World. Applications for the 1,500 Shares may be made to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Stock Brokers, 68, Old Broad-street, City. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.— Notice is hereby given, that au EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COM PANY, will be held at the London. Tavern, Bishopegate-street, Loudon, on TUESDAY, the 18th day of May next, at Two o'clock precisely, fbr the purpose of considering the subjoined REPORT of the DIRECTORS, proposing the formatlan of a new Company, by the name of •• TILE NEW PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COM PANY," arid of passing resolutions thereon. By order of the Board, CHA. RAN - KEN. Chairman, J. P. WI LSON, Managing Director. London, 2?th April, 1852. . T HE NEW PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY. Registered Provisionally, Proposed Capital, 260,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 26/. each, to be in creased to 520,000/., if required. REPORT from the Directors of rice's Patent Candle Company to the Special General Meeting of Proprietors convened for the 18th day of May, 1852 " In their latt Annual Report to the Proprietors, the Directors repeated an opinion expressed by them on several 'former occasions, ' that the true Interests of the Company would he best consulted by serving the public continually on lower and lower terms ea in - cres.4ed business and manufacturing power might render further re ductions consistent with the retention and security of the existing rate of dividend. • • " When this report was made, the Directors merely contemplated a gradual redaction of prices during the currency of the patents, so a 8 eventually, but gradually, to derive the Company's revenue from the mere Manufacturing profits due to a combination of strong posi tion, large capital, and great experience in a highly -skilled trade. in dependently of patent rights altogether. " Circumstances have, however, occurred since the meeting which have led the Director* to the conclusion that the interests of the .Proprietors will be advanced and secured by placing the Company in such a,position ai, enableit at any moment to bring down its prices to the minimum. - • - • " Large importations of French Candles have been inside into this market. They have 'tibia . frusilufrAdttired at a comparatively high cost, yet. being in many Cases stAct avewedly without profit, for the mere object of lightening, by this increase'et make, the manu facturing charges of the French factories amen .that• part of their produce which is sold in France, they have interfered• to some ex tent with the export sale of the Company's Candles. at their present prices, carrying as these prices still do a considerable patent profit upon them. " Processes, in some respects resembling those of the Company, were patented some years ago in France, but have not yet been car 7 ried out there on a large scale. The French patents are now. pas.ST • 'tiler hands- They Were offered to. the Ctunpany, and 41. ''' • • thatinesemattl.. ith a *leer merely to titer pro. - - ' s .151' t English interbseeOtthe CoMP any ; but .ulthriafelY de upon declining it, at any rate -- for the present, partly on the grounds of general prudence, too obvious to require explanation, .ancPpartly on account of the short period which the French patents have Still to, run, while• any prolongation.of their original term is at present doubtful. " The proprietors are, of course, aware that candles manufac tured according to the Company's patent processes in France; can not be legally imported into this country, but the expense and diffi culty of litigation would be so much increased by the necessity of obtaining evidence in a foreign country, that the Directors would be glad to remove the temptation import by a reduction of prices, if at the reduction can be effected, they believe it may, with advan tage rather than injury to the Company's income. Besides the annoyance from France, the Directors have had within the last few weeks notice from various quarters of much likely to arise at home. More than one company has been, or is being at tempted to be formed, avowedly upon the profits divided by this Company. Any new company would, of course, have considerable capital, and would he prepared to spend it in litigation, involving (however satisfactory the result) a large expenditure by our Com pany. " The Directors, while ready to maintain by law the rights of the proprietors, are yet very anxious to avoid so unpleasant a necessity, by removing the inducement to infringe their patents. The pro prietors will feel with them, that the many thousand pounds which a really determined encroachment, upon the Company's patents wou ld soon run away with, Will be far better expended as part of the ca pital peaceably employed in fully developing the processes, so as to bring the products down to a point of cheapness, such as to make the fact of their being patent cease to be any element in their price. Under these circumstances the Directors, after a careful review of all their past experience of the effects upon their trade produced by reduction of prices, have unanimously resolved that it is expedient to anticipate and remove the risk of interference and consequent li tigation in the following manner. " The great value of the Company's patent processes consists, as ga-rucch ilin cheaper into per aa most of the Proprietors are aware, in their transformi ng a l most any fatty bard, material, white, ahnodwe purever soft, e aa d material,r k -colo ed produced, a n dstr a o t n rate than that at which any other 'equally good material can be pro duced. " Of all the inferior fatty materials to which the processes have been applied, that of which there is the largest and most constant supply, at a low price,is palm oil, of which about 25,080 tons are now being annually imported • into this country from the coast of Africa. The value of this material is so very greatly increased by its passing through the Company's processes, that these cannot be considered adequately developed while any considerable part of the impor tation is otherwise treated. But the whole power of the Company's present factories is sufficient for only about a fourth part of the importation. The Battersea and Belmont I. actorles are now nearly perfect, with all their parts duly proportioned to each other, and in excel lent working order. There is scarcely room for considerable addi tion without more or less • ditarrangement. Moreover, they are already more than sufficiently large for the whole London importa tion of palm oil. • All additional supplies required must be brought, as In fact much of the present Supply is, from Liverpool, the head quarters of the palm oil trade. " The Directors are therefore of opinion, that any . further consi derable extension ought to be at Liverpool, and they recommend the erection thete of works on a large scale, equalling, perhaps or exceeding, that of the London works. Such works in the cheapest market fur the raw material, and constructed with the full benefit of past experience, and with abundant capital, will enable the Com pany to manufacture more cheaply than any possible competitor, " The candle trade of Liverpool itself and its neighbourhood, and of much of the North and of Ireland, would be supplied from these new works, while the London factories would continue to work up the London importation of palm oil, and to supply the candles used in London and the South. " The saving effected in the carriage of the raw material first, and t h t a o t this the of the manufactured produce afterwards, by the erection of works the contemplated magnitude at Liverpool, would, as compared of "The of D i rectorstnisoned set fc Liverpool e po t o h l ei w r extension , ns bu f t or they or p it la s a similar extension near London, exceed 10,0001. a-year: with erection think much at least ought to be done by the winter of 1853. " It remains to be explained how the proposed extensions are to be effected. • " The capital of the present Company consists of 2 -- J Od o shares of , 201. each, on which 171. 10s. per share has been paid up. " This capital being already fully employed, the Directors propose to form a new company, with a further capital of 260,0001. (to be doubled if required), divided into shares of 201. each. " ahe two Companies will be amalgamated by Act of Parliament next year, on which the 201. shares of the new Company will he treated as equivalent to the 201. shares of the original Company, which at present bear a premium of 6/. each. " Such virtual premium of 61. per share paid by the new Share holders; will not he taken out of the concern into the pockets of the old Shareholders, but will be written off from the patent and plant accounts. As the writing down of these accounts will be for the benefit of the new as much as of the old Proprietors, this will be a virtual return to the new ones of a larie share of the premium paid by them. " The tw o Companies wit enter into a n immediate contract for the proposed amalgamation, and the Directors do not entertain the slightest doubt of oOtaining, without difficulty, the requisite Parlia mentary sanction to the contract; but provisions will be made for an equitable —rrangement between the two Companies, In the barely possible event of the Act being refused, and the exact terms of such arrangement will be communicated • to the Proprietors before sue bind themselves to take their shares. " A deposit of 51. will be paid on e ver y new share, and two months' notice will be given of any further call. " Power would be given to the Directors, subject to the control of the Proprietors, to carry out at Liverpool educational arrangements similar to those which have been recently sanctioned by the Pro prietors, for the London factories. (Signed) " By ord O er o A f the A ßoar , " R. NL ',MEN, Chairman. " London, April 29, 1852." USTRALIAN GOLD. A From the vast gold fields of Australia , said to extend over to t wo his hundred miles of country, millions sterling are no w hty influx country; the question is, what will be the effect of this Mig on our currency ? An over quantity of wealth in a great commer cial country is a contradiction, and the way in which it ma y be ad vantageously employed is best illustrated by the magnificent and spirited enterprises of E. MOSES and SON. They constantly em ploy thousands of British and Foreign artisans• in the • manufacture of every variety of materials for fashionable dress, and thousands aro daily working these into countless styles and patterns, designed for elegance, use, and comfort : these artisans all henoura bl y remu nerated fot their skill, talent, and industry, are convincing pr oofs of how Australian gold may be advantageously employed in this coun try. E. MOSES and SON'S gigantic trade affords the most im mense advantages in the investment of gold. The magnificent and unparalleled stock of Goods in their Wholesale Department offers to the capitalist the most decided opportunities, if be intends to accu mulate wealth by legitimate commerce, to send teother , countries an article which will Soon be sold, and leaVe hint an amazing propottion of profit. Un the other hand, the splendid styles, and the interminable va riety of their Spring and Summer Stock furnishes equal advantages in smaller investments of the precious metal. Clothing, surpassing in novelty of fabries, neatness, colour, and strength of material, dis playing the power of art and the march of improvement manifested In every description of Spring and Summer styles of Dress, suitable for all ages and every class in society, now more conspicuously dis played at E. MOSES and SON'S than at any previous season. E. MOSES AND SON. • lOndon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, bilnories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 7. mtlOn Wost-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Ilartatieet, all communicating• B eadford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. S iefftela Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant T-dlors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boc t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. The gstiblishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a Hill list of prices, and directions for self-meastrement can be had, gratis, on application, er forwarded, post-free, to any part of the kingdom. • A handsome Almanac fbr the year ending 1862 can be had, gratis on application. - lei l'on parie Francais. I Qui stparla Italian. Hier sprieht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol. PUBLICATIONS. T HE EUROPEAN (and AMERICAN) ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 135. In connexion with the Submarine Telegraph Company. Capital 200,0001., in 49;00 . Shares of Si.. each. Deposit 31. per share. Offices. 30,"Cernh111. climaxes. Lord de Manley, Chairman of the Submarine Telegraph Company. DIRECTORS. A. Anderson, Esq., M.P., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the London and South- Western Railway Company Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company John Masterman, Esq., jun , Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company Jon W. Brett, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company Ernest Bunsen, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company Rear-Admiral Sir Richard O'Conor, K.C.H., Stanhope-terrace, 13yde•parlt. SECRETARY. W. M. Shaw, Esq, BANKERS. Messrs. Masterrnan, reters, and Co., Nicolas-lane, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Rand, 17, Wariv:ck-street, Re gent-street Messrs. liughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Bucklersbury. This Company Is formed for the purpose of supplying what has now become an object of first-rate commercial importance—viz , A cheap communication, by Electric Telegraph, between London, Li verpool, and Manchester, and an uninterrupted connexion, by means of the Submarine Telegraph, between those places and the Continent of Europe. . . . It is prOpoSed to construct one main line of Electric Telegraphs frera Dover to London and Liverpool, eonn ec ~..- .M anc h es ter and Birmingham, which will unite with the existing Submarine Tele graph to France, and with that which is about to be laid down to Be glum, under concessions from the • Fren , -h, Belgian, and other foreign Governments, which secure an exclusive and direct corre spondence with the telegraphic systems of the Continent, extending at the present year over 10,000 miles. These lines will be laid underground, under the powers of the Act of Parliament, according to the most approved modern system, by which the Telegraph will be secured from interruption by atmes pheric or other causes'. and the Company guaranteed against all cost of maintenance for tea years. A sufficient number of wires will be provided to enable the Company to carry on a large business at low rates, which affords the surest source of profit in an undertaking where increase of traffic is not attended by any corresponding in crease of . werking expense. Responsible contractors have guaranteed to lay "down the entire lines in question, extending over about 300 miles, complete in every respect, and including all preliminary and Parliamentary ex penses, purchase of patent rights, &c., and also to ensure the main tenance and satisfactory working of the lines for ten years after their completion, for the sum of 112,0001. The whale expense of the undertaking being thus cleaned, no liability can be incurred beyond the amount called on the Shares, as the 'Directors Will undertake no new lines, and enter into no further engagements, without the consent of the Proprietors. The deposit of 3d per Share will be sufficient to raise the requisite capital under, the proposed contract: and the remaining 21. per Share will be kept in reserve to provide any additional accommo dation that may be wanted for a large expansion Of traftic—no por tion of it being called up without a distinct resolution to that effect from a General Meeting of the Proprietors. • . Arrangements are now making by which, in the course of a few months, Lpndon, Liverpool, and, Manchester may be placed in direct and. instantaneous communication with Paris; Havre; Marseilles, Brussels. Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna, Trieste, and almost every town of importance In Europe. Express'News Agents in New York and Boston have undertaken to collect Telegraphic Messages throughout the vastly extended Lines in America; these being forwarded by the packets, will, on their arrival at Liverpool, be instantly transmitted t hrou g h - this Line to all p ar ty o f th e Continent of Europe, so that answers maY be received i n a f e W m i nu tes in readiness tor the departure of a returning packet. It is believed, moreover, that the introduction of more economical and efficient means of transmission must lead to an extensive development Po.t-offld-, United Stet .in all- the transactions of business, as has been the case in the .Tole graph es of America, where upwards of 22,000 miles of has beomitare already in _ profitable operation, " and where it Waite, Stock- brokers, Shares6e may be made to . a s much a matter of necessary - and habitual use as the life. Aplication for of commerce and affairs of daily , Old Broad-street, City. „Messrs. 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RCHAN T'S and TRADEsm A MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Chatham-prace, Blackfrlars, London. JOHN MACGREGOR , Req. , Chairma n . The Advantages offered by this Society are— Policies Indisputable, unless obtained by fraud. All the Medical Fees paid by the Society. Policies payable daring the lifetime of the Assu red. Non•forfeiture' of Policies. — A ssurers unable to pay their Pre miums as they fail due, may have a cred it for that purpose cation to the Board. ' on appw. Loans granted on Personal and other securities in Connexion with Life Assurance. Frc* Pcctuse3 and every information may be obtained at the °m et , ' • - • • - GEORGE THOMBON;man TOOS. Ml:7l3olU.ltz, brow. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCXVII. THE nAct FOR THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS, WITH ODDS AND ENDS FOR THE CHESTER, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—With the exception of the race for the Otte Thou sand, and Alcoran's cantering exercise, yesterday's sport was of the usual character, eminently uninteresting. The race for the Guineas was remarkably truly run; my particular fancy, the filly by Launcelot, cut out the work at a moderate pace for nearly half the distance, when Kate went to the fore, was never afterwards caught, and won, after a severe race for the last two hundred yards, by a bead. The Launcelot filly was beaten by the Lady-in-Waiting for second place by a length and a half; Glenloce finished a good fourth; Janina fifth, beaten all the way; and the Qua droon filly last. The winner is in the Oaks, bat I should say li possesses but an inferior chance of carrying off that event. Alcoran won the 100 sovs. stakes in a very off-hand style ; waiting for a moiety of the distance, then taking the lead, going on by himself, and winning in a common canter by three lengths. This was accomplished in I min. and 44 sec. —not bad by any means. Wingenund managed to beat Honlakin for second place; and Ilex left the post in the wrong direction. 1 begin to entertain a very favourable opinion of Alcoran's Derby chance. He is a fine slashing animal : good quarters, well laid down : action very easy : ' strong on his legs ; and, moreover, has a good strain of blood running in his veins, being descended on the dam's side from Bay Middleton. I never .had any partiality for the produce of the sire (Theon) for any great event like the Derby, but Alceran seems likely to overrule my objection. The downward movement of the winter favourite, Hobble Noble, is still going on gradually. Yesterday morning he retreated from eights to nines; in the afternoon reached tens; and at midnight twelve was freely offered against him. Bay Rosalind, I am afraid, it will be impossible to prepare for the Oaks; her present condition being very bad indeed. Stock well I have but a moderate opinion of for the Derby ; Homebrewed, none at all ; and of King of Trumps, who came with a rush yesterday, but very little. I will now lay before my readers a batch of odds and ends concerning Chester. Caloric and Captions are in preparation .forthe Palatine Stakes; the race at the present, in my opinion, lays between the pair. Whalebone is reported a good thing for the Iffostyn Stitkesi t. and Lambton and jaquenetta are said to be IsT twit thangerous rivals. My opinion, however, is, that Brother to Shylock will be the most formidable competitor Whalebone will have. I feel inclined to place Whalebone or Brother to Shylock first, with Lambton next, and Qassio and Jaqpenetta well up. Strait Jacket does not start. Mr. Payne has a well-bred filly, called Hybla, in this stake, of whom private report speaks favourably. Tom Taylor has a couple in, of whom, also, he entertains a good opinion. Altogether we may expect a very interesting race for this stake. Redmond O'Hanlon is announced as a capital spec, for the Chesterfield Stakes; but, as he is engaged on the following day for the Cup, his stable companion, Lancaster, may de duty in his stead. Concerning tha Cup, it is now tolerably clear that the largest field that has ever gone to the post on the Roodee will be started , on Wednesday next. The gene ral surmise is that three dozen will be the number telegraphed. Clincher will not figure in the fray. Nancy is expected to pull through by her owner and s a p l isin rg k e lin n g u o m f th be e r form, and has been doing first - rate work. View Halloo will be started to render her any service he ca n. I ex p ect that Yorksh l ir ik e ewise. gentry,s She ,anisd in b y sp a le g n o d o id d the mare will finish somewhere about the third or fo urth metropolitans the sca p c l rt a au c ta e cl . hl ye scratched sreorr arrived, t ee a dt t: i l mf e r oe c m. co m . sa i bn o o n dr , o;u E h , ge l El i z is a i s h vco i e d rui d y l i e t hn t g o i n ,n , gp eh h r hi a sa s op ws b h e n e a se n r e can wish, and is a most dangerous outsider. Rusborough's brother, and the Earl of Warwick are, I believe, non-starters. Mr. Meiklam is confident of winning with Stilton. The in terest of Saunders's lot will be centred in Ringleader; the re maining six, it is said, will be absentees. There has been some talk about the Black Doctor lately, but Parr does not for an instant entertain any opinion of being enabled to realise the winner with any of his half-dozen. Wad low's lot is a failure. Great things are expected of Old Dan Tucker, who is at last coming out to astonish the na tives—at least so his owner and trainers say. Alec Taylor's lot is on the forlorn list. Eskrett's half dozen are reported to be of no service, unless Harp can pull them through. Prince has a high opinion of Dusan-Dhurras's chance. Red mond O'Hanlon's running is not certain. Kick-up-the- Dust and Cockcrow will not start. Vampyre is the only one left in of Percy's four; they are freshening the old animal up, but I am afraid he is too far gone in the sere and yellow leaf. Kooh-i-Noor is to shine brilliantly on Wed nesday; there may be some truth in the report, but there is none in that which says Truth will win. French's couple are no go. William Day's lot, it seems, is to be represented by Grosvenor, the other two being out of the field. Lord Clifden's Poodle is in careful preparation, and his chance is not altogether out, but by no means a superior one. Tom Taylor's lot will have only one starter, Lady Evelyn ; she is said to be in better condition now than at any time since she won the Oaks ; if so her chance is a fairish one. Dilly's couple are without hope. Young Osborne stands up stoutly for his Merry Bird, and asserts he is sure to beat the majo rity of three-yr-olds, if not produce the actual winner. The Daneburyites are remarkably sweet upon Hothorpe, and not without reason: he is certain to finish in front. My final opinions, with all the latest moves on the board at the hour of going to press, will be published on Monday and Tuesday. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for four yrs old, 9st 81b; five, lOst 71b; six and aged, lOst 121 b. R.C. Mr. Groville's Barcelona, 4 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Edward of York, 4 yrs (J. Manson) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutshell, 5 yrs (Norman) 3 NU. Combes's Tomboy, 5 yrs (Rogers) 4 Betting-2 to lon Barcelon a , an d 4to 1 agst Edward of York. Edward of York made all the running, followed to the corner of the plantation by Nutshell, and thence to the top of the hill by Barcelona; the latter then chal. lenged, and the horse having swerved a few strides from home, won by a head; Nutshell a bad third. Run in 7 min. 41 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sots. each, and only 5 if declared, for three yrs old and upwards; T.Y.C. (6 Subs., 2 of whom declared.) Mr.Delamere'sGuyManneringoBst 71b(Bartholomew) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Edward of York, Bst (Flatman) 2 Mr. Fox's Fernande, 5 yra, 7st 51b ..... (Charlton) 3 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Water Lily, sst 121 b (T. Smith) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Water Lily, sto 2 agat Fer nande, and 3to 1 agat Guy Mannering. Won by half a length. A length between second and third. Run in 1 min. 9 sec. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes of 100 sow. each, h ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b; the owner of the second to receive back her stakes. D.M. Mr. Sargent's Kate (A. Day) Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady in Waiting (Charlton) 2 Mr. Wreford's, jun., fby Launcelot (W. Day) 3 Mr. Magenis's Janina Marson) 0 Mr. Payne's Glenluce 0.. (Flatman) 0 Baron Rothschild's fby Verulam—Quadroon( F. Butler) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Glenluce, 7to 2 agst Janina, 4 to 1 agst Kate, 6 to 1 agst Quadroon filly, and 7 to 1 agst Lady in Waiting. The Launcelot filly took the lead, and followed by Kate, the Lady in Waiting third, the others well up—made running at a bad pace to tile new ground. Kate hero went in front, Lady in Wait ing lying second, with Glenluce end the Launcelot filly almost abreast. They came in this order to the end, where Lady in Waiting challenged. A fine race en sued, Kate, who was never quite reached, winning by a head; the Launcelot filly a good third, and Glenluce close up. Run in 1 min. 40 sec. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, sst 71b each. The winner of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes to have carried 51b extra. D.M. Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Payne's Wingenund, Bst 7lb (Flatman) 2 Duke of Richmond's Houlakin, Bst 71b...(J. Maroon) 3 Lord Exeter's Ilex, Bst 7lb (Norman) 0 Betting-9 to 2on Alcoran. Houlakin made the running to the T.Y.C. post, where Alcoran passed him, went on by himself, and won in a canter by three lengths. Ilex bolted at starting. Run in 1 min. 44 sec. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Magenis's fby lon, out of Palma, Bst (Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Oasis, Bst 71b (F. Batler) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Palma filly. Won by three lengths. Not timed. A fow showers this morning have relieved the visitors from the intolerable annoyance to which they have been so long exposed from the dust, but has not produced the slightest effect on the ground; twenty-four hours rain is required to bring it into a fit condition for racing. New Match for Friday. Mr. Fox's Fernande, Bst 71b, agst Mr. W. E. Hug Sophistry, Tat 101 b. First half of Ab. M. 100, h ft. A new stake of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, with 200, lidded, to be called the Summer Handley, is proposed for the se cond day of the July meeting, to be run over the last two miles of 11. C. 20 Subs. or no race. BETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 apt Hothorpe (t) 30 to 1 agstOld Dan Tacker 13 to 1 agst Grosvenor DERBY. Bto 1 egst Alcoran 14 to 1 agst Alfred th® 12 to 1 ago Hobbie Noble Great 12 to 1 egst Stockwell (t) 30 to 1 egst llomebrewed OARS. 8 to 1 agst Gossamer. NEWMARKET. FRIDAY MORNING. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. I 20 to 1 agst Nancy 30 to 1 apt Old D. Tucker 6 to 1 agst Stilton 12 to 1 agst Hothorpa 14 to 1 agst Grosvenor 8 to 1 agst Alcoran 1t to 1 agst Claverhouse 12 to 1 agst Stockwell BY., 12 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 25 to 1 agst King of Trumps ---- ..,„ T H E CONFESSIONS OF AN XaToNlAN.—Under this title a new work is announced from the pen of Charles age more flow croft,ad- Esq., the well-known :author of ' .Tales of the Some vies," b at e fo a u n nd in its pages. and other popular productions. It is said that some curious revelations of life behind the scenes, at Eton College, v as a nee well d THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—'In consequence of the ! ta than ao rh e at a o t f irr a i n ag E taodnv•beontya, vote of the House last night, the Crystal Palace will be im diately sold to private parties, whose offer of 70,000/. has already been conditionally accepted—the condition being titost the hirgain sh ould n o t take effect if t he building w a s retained on its present site. The work of removal will comm ence on the Ist of Menthe opening d ay o f the Exhi. I;.iticom last years [PRICE SD. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, APRIL 22.—The Medusa, with homeward mails from India, is expected here on Saturday. The Medina is under orders for Marseilles to convey the overland portion, sent through France. The Spiteful, Commander Parker, from Gibraltar, arrived this morning. She will convey the second mails to the fleet on their departure. The Growler steam-frigate, on her return from Marseilles and other continental ports, reached Malta on the 16th lost. She will leave on Saturday for Leghorn, where she is to be on station for some time. The Firebrand, from Leghorn, has also returned to har• bour, as has the Fury, from a short trip. The vessels in port now are— The Britannia (flag), the Bellerophon, and the Trafalgar. Steamers The Spiteful, Growler, Firebrand, and Fury (the Admiral's pet). Packets—The Caradoc and the Ardent, repairing, and the Medina. The Oberon is at Corfu, and the Banshee at Marseilles. The Bishop of Gibraltar is about to visit part of his dio cese. He will leave the island in a few days by the Spiteful, proceeding first to Tunis, thence to Gibraltar. The fleet is about to put to sea. Admiral Dundas, with• his family, embark to-day, and will move with his vessels on Saturday. Their stay will be long, extending to Novem. ber. The Admiral will first go to Mahon, where he will receive his first dispatches by the Fury; thence he goes to Gibraltar, where the Spiteful will convey to him the dis patches by the mail of the middle of the month, and leaving Gibraltar, his present intention—as far as report, at least, justifies the assertion—is to visit the eastern ports within the limits of his command, proceeding to Corfu, Smyrna, and Constantinople. The departure of the fleet for so long a period will be severely felt by the people of this island, who depend in a great measure for support on their stay in port. A Swedish ship, the Scandinavian, went o❑ shore on the 13th inst., between the Munchiar reef and the shore, and must be broken up. Her crew saved ; her cargo, beans and cotton, will also be recovered. . Admiral sent the Oberon and Medina packets to afford relief, which was impossible, however, to effect ; for which act of kindness and attention to the commercial interests of the "place....lhe Chamber of ememerca.has addressed a letter of thanks to Admiral Dandas,so which replied, statintli to be " his duty and earnest desire to promote and protect the commercial interests of our country, and to render every assistance to the vessels of all nations that may be in' distress." On Tuesday we had a regatta. On board the flag-ship and the Bellerophon several guests were invited, and finished the evening by a dance. On the Bellerophon a marine went to the maintopmast-head ; on this one of the sailors, simply not to be out-done, ran up the rigging to the maintopmast-head, and thence mounted to the main truck, where, standing, he coolly waved his hands and arms about, as fearlessly as if he had been on terra firma. He then undressed and dressed himself again, finishing his daring exploit by crawling down the backstays head• fore most, amid the prolonged and boisterous cheers, not only of his own messmates, but of the crews of the neighbouring ships. The feat was a most daring one (the main truck of the Bellerophon—l have it from Lord l'aulett—not being more than a foot), and one perhaps that not ten men in the fleet could or would perform. On Monday last 18 men were invalided at the hospital, among them a naval cadet of the Vengeance, his disease being caries of the bones. A court of inquiry assembled on board the Ceylon on Monday, Captain Goldsmith, Captain Codd, and Commander Tatham, on Mr. De Rutzen, of the Trafalgar, a midshipman, who it seems has been amusing himself with getting grog into his cabin, and making a sentry drunk. It is said he will be sent home to learn his duties better, before he is allowed to re-enter the navy. The Turkish frigate Feis Bahri, which arrived here on the 16th inst., with his Excellency Suleiman Pasha and suite, left Tunis on the 21st. She shortly after met with an accident ; a man fell overboard, and on four sailors getting into a boat to lower it, it broke from the davits and all were immersed in the sea, but, except the first, who was drowned, all were saved. She is now in dock repairing. PORTSMOUTH APRIL 29.—The Amazon, 26, Capt. Barker. arrived at Spithead this morning from the China station and the Cape of Good Hope. She is 95 days out from Trinco malee, and has run over a distance of 51,076 miles during her commission. She has had perpetual summer the whole of her time, having been two summers at Hong-Kong, the intermediate time being the summer season in the Straits of Malacca, with Captain Troubridge as senior officer; the re mainder has been on the Singapore station with Captain Barker as 'senior officer. She has lost by death during her commission 2 officers, 7 seamen, 1 boy, and 3 marines, and has invalided 28 seamen, 1 boy and 2 marines. Eight officers, 133 subordinate officers, seamen, marines, and boys, out of those who left England in the ship, have returned. The only changes among the gunroom officers are the master and surgeon. The Amazon sailed from Trincomalee on the 24th of January, and arrived at the Cape on the evening of the 2d of March, and sailed on the afternoon of the 7th. Castor and Radamanthus were at anchor in Simon's Bay, and the Styx in Table Bay. While at Simon's Bay she received on board fifty-eight officers, marines, and boys, being the survivors of the Birkenhead, whom she had brought to England. She arrived at St. Helena on the morning of the 16th ult., and sailed on the afternoon of the same day. She arrived at Ascension on the morning of Sun day the 21st, where she was detained until Monday after noon to bring home eight invalids, five of whom were en gaged and wounded m the expedition against Lagos. The Tortoise, Volcano steamer, and three merchant vessels, were at the anchorage; the Wolverine had sailed from Ascension for Sierra Leone, the Gambia, and England on the 18th of March. Two courts of inquiry were to take place on the arrival of the Commodore—one between Lieutenants Puddi come and Wood, of the Royal Marines; Mr. Sturdle, the master, had applied for one on himself, Captain Kitchen having accused him of assembling the officers on the island at his house, and persuading them to op pose his (Captain Kitchen's) orders. On the even ing of the 31st of March, the Amazon, when in latitude 1 deg. t 6 min. north, longitude 21 deg. 40 min. west, being nearly becalmed, was struck by a sudden squall, and eight sails out of thirteen, which were set at the time, were split and blown away. On the 31st she com municated with the barque Alice Maude, bound to London. On the 21st of April, lat. 43 deg. 30 min. north, lon. 22 deg. 20 min. west, exchanged numbers with the mail steamer Parana. On the 27th, off Scilly, she supplied the Dutch schooner Pomona with water and salt provisions. 65 days from Hayannah ; wind bound. The Driver, 6, steam -sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson, arrived at Spithead this morning from the Pacific, to be paid off. She has been three years and eight months in commis sion, about three years of which has been on the Pacific sta tion, where she has been very actively employed, having visited nearly every port between the parallel of Cape Horn and our possessions north to Vancouver's Island, and ren dered valuable assistance to British merchant shipping, espe cially at San Francisco, where, during the late gold mania the difficulty of obtaining seamen was severely felt. The Driver, during her commission, has run over a distance of 77,000 miles, about one-half of which has been performed is in a high state of effi under steam. Her machinery, &c., ciencv, and will require but a trifling expense to fit her for another commission. The Driver touched at the Falkland Islands; the colony was doing well. Died, on the 27th March, Mr. R. Langland, passenger, cf Glasgow ; and on the 24th April Mr. J. Lockart Stephens, late acting-master of the Driver; also Mr. Howell, subordi nate officers' steward, of the Conflict. She brings freight 252,0001., consigned to the Messrs. E. and E. Emanue ( Portsmouth. Rate of exchange at Rio on the 18th was 2' I per milreis. The squadron was in the Plate. The Ra brig was at Rio, on her passage to the East Indies. The Orestes 14, Commander llawker, has been paid off at this port this day. The Echo steam-tug went off to the Driver at four o'clock to take out and bring on shore her freight, which is packed in 104 boxes. The Hercules has a blue peter at her mast-head; she will sail for Deptford to-night ; she has been broug ht home by Lieut. Diggens and a party of men from the Queen. The Rodney, 92, Captain Graham , has unuaoored, and will sail to-morrow, wind permitting , for Plymo u th. ' The Queen, 116, Captain Wise, struck ehar Adm i ral flag last night at sunset. S he is dis gn g h r i arke r ammuni tion, preparatory to coming into harbour and dock, with a view to a refit without being paid off. The St. Vincent, 101, has sent up and lidded topgallant masts to-day. P ORTSMO UTH GARRISON. --A ligeneral court-martial a s - PORTSMOUTH Cambridge bar rac k s, P o rtsmouth, this morning at el even o clock, for the trial of Lieutenant Edward Hamilton Finney, of the Ist battalion Royal Regiment, on charges preferred by a superior officer. The following officers compose the Court :—President, Col. Colville, Scots Fusilier Guards. M e m bers — Lieutenant-Ca Walter,9sth Regiment; Lieutenant - Col. H. Shi r l ey, 88th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Yea, 7th Royal Fusiliers ; Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel J. J. Low, 38th Resimont Me or J. Dlackbut 85 th RZ , ment ; Major E. k. Holcombe, 13th Light 88th Regiment ; Captain' fantry ; Brevet Major J. S. Adamson, 38th Regiment; Captain H. B. Saurey, Dwyer, R.M.A. ; Captain P. B. Nolloth, R.M. CaptainF. W. A. Rogers, 95th Regiment ; Captain the ; H. Tburrell, 85th Regiment ; Captain W. H. Elliott Hen. J. Captain the Hon. C. L. Hare, 7th Royal F • ~ RA. and PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Withi wards of 500 vessels have passed this n the last 48 hours up many of these have been detained forport bound up channel. Among them, it is reported, that there weeks at the entrance. viz., her Majesty's frigate A are three men of war Baxter, from the East Indies • Amazon, 26, Captain Charles Com mander Charles R. Johnson, , the steam-sloop Driver, steamer. They were from the Pacific ; and another under royals and fi • steam up. flying jibs; no The East Indianan Owen Glendower, which left Bomb ay January I, the Cap e o f G oo d Hope Captain Pare and February 25, l anded herelast Bombay service ; Lieutenant M, Tght C apta i n H . Eckford, Murther, of the 6th ; Mr. Lean, 94th R eg i ment ; D r. kinson. . Jameson, 94th; an d M r . 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They superse de every and other kind f or th e wa i stcoat pocket, and are o f l arger all sizes, with i ncreas i ng powers accordingly. O pera Race course glasses, with wonderful a powers ; obje ct can be and clearly seen f rom 1 4 to 16 miles distant . Messrs. S. and B. Solornons, Opticians, have invented i Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are di s tinct, the most placedvaluabl before imper fect vision, every object appears clear andne preserving aged def ec ti ve s i ght becomes b r i g h t an d b r illiant, is brought to its youthful, na t ura l, and original state . instrumen ts for relief The Invisible Or ganic Vib rator, and all kiads of Acou stic of extreme deafness.-39, Alb er marle-street, Picc adill y , o p . petite th e Y or k Hotel. 977-- THE - THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Decrees are published in the 111oniteur directing the functionaries connected with the Finance Depart. ment and all professors , and other persons connected with the department of Public Instruction, to take the oath of allegiance within a month. The Paris and Cherbourg Railway Bill, which is before the Council of State, concedes the line to the Rouen Company on the following conditions:—The company makes the line from Rosny to Caen, receiv ing towards the estimated cost 52 millions, a subven tion of 16 millions ; the balance to be raised by 24 millions of shares and 12 millions en obligations, the State guaranteeing four per cent. interest. The sec tion from Caen to Cherbourg will, so far as the en gineering works are concerned, be made by the State —the company to put down the rails and find the moving materials. Incendiary fires appear on the increase. In the Cher the wood of Roches, canton of Sancerques, was lately discovered to be on fire, and considerable damage was done before the flames could be arrested. At Germiny a large dwelling house was burnt to the ground. In the department of the Sadre also the burning down of plantations is becoming a matter of almost daily occurrence. The last accounts state about fifteen acres of wood, ten years old, in the com mune of Parnac, had been set on fire and utterly de stroyed, it being found impossible to arrest the pro• gress of the flames. The Committee on the Bill relating to the defini tive accounts of 1848 has named M. DE PAEIEU its president, and M. DE CHANTERAC its secretary ; and the Committee on the Bill relating to the ac counts of '1849, M. MERCIER president, and M. HALLEZ CLAPAREDE secretary. The Committee on the Convict Rehabilitation Bill has named M. LANG-. LAIS its reporter. M. LATRADE, an ex-representative, who had been exiled to Brussels, has passed through Paris, having obtained permission of the Government to proceed into Spain. bl . GAZARD, Prefect of the Allier and of the Aveyron under LEDRU RoLLIN, and who had been condemned to ten years' detention at Lambessa, has had his sentence commuted by the PRESIDENT' of the Republic into a forced residence in a town in qne of the central departments. The SiMe has an article of some interest on the subjeCt of internal colonization. It shows the extent of uncultivated land in France, and points out the 'nesels wants U lf an of to rin cr gi eLig it ild° poPl uiti liti o vati" " 44) 1:114et the has long occupied the serious itte ji nt . io ' n T of h enli ci g u hte t n i° ed n statesmen. Nearly 30 years ago, when M. CASIMER PERRIER was Minister, he had resolved to use all possible means of promoting the cultivation •of the waste lands, many of which, as experiments on a small scale, have shown can b e made. worn:ntit:o' at a small outlay of capital, not only by establishing colonies of French peasants in the unculti vate d dis tricts, but by holding out advantages to f ore i gn agri culturists, and particularly the English, t o i nvest capital and bring over labourers for the undertaking. M. Unica PERRIER himself, in proposing the for mation of a company for this laudable enterprise had set down his name for a very large sum. His illness and other circumstances arrested the project, and we believe that no person of sufficient influence to have a reasonable prospect of success had taken it up, until about two years ago, when the PRESIDENT of the Re public directed his attention to it. In what state it now is as regards the Chief of the State, we know not , but it is reasonable to suppose that any project founded on the bases of that of M. CASIMIR PERRIER would have his cordial support. The fine equestrian statue of the EMPEROR, mo-. delled by M. DE NIEUWERKERKE, Director of the Musses, and intended to be erected at Lyons, has just been placed in the hands of the bronze-founders. Baron WALCKENAER, perpetual secretary and sub dean of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles- Lettres at the Institute, died at Paris on Monday night, at the age of eighty. He was known as a learned writer on various scientific subjects, and had formerly filled the office of prefect in several depart ments. The PRESIDENT of the Republic has decreed that for the future the Place des Italiens shall take the name of Place Boieldieu. There was not much business transacted at the Bourse, except in railway shares. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 1001. 25c., and closed at 100 f. 35c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,200 f.; Rouen, 785 f. ; Havre, 2901. ; Great Northern, 5951. ; Avignon, 271 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c. ; Basle, 250 f.; Bordeaux, 6151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 5821. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 366 f. 25e. ; Paris and Lyons, 6151. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arm 29. Luxembourg, .171 —Namur and Liege, 6 y, —Northern of France, 24 % —Paris and Rouen, 31 1 , —Sambre and pleuse, 5 —Tours and Nantes, 11 1 ,1—Western of France, 7 j. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 241 inst. We read i❑ the Espana— " Yesterday, in returning from her promenade, the Queen paid rather a singular visit to her August Mother. Her Majesty ordered her carriage to be stopped under the balcony of the palace of Queen Christina, who, being apprised of the circumstance, immediately went to the balcony, and a conversation took place between their Majesties, which lasted half an hour. As may be readily supposed, this circumstance attracted the notice of all the persons who were assembled in the square of St. Anthony, and they drew near to listen to the con versation. Queen Isabelle complained greatly of the length of the quarantine established between the two palaces, in cons , quence of the measles in the children of Queen Christina, and her August Mother whom repeatedly replied, It is necessary; it is necessary.' A great p ar t of the conversat ion rel ated to t he Princess Ro y al, Queen Isabella had in her arms, and on the time to be fixed for her vaccination." 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It is proposed to complete the Work In Four or Six Volumes, to be published Quarterly. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. . -.~~~~. GERMANY. An electric dispatch from Berlin, dated yesterday morning, says : ' Yesterday (the 28th) the Presi dent of the Council of Ministers presented to the Se cond Chamber a Royal message, announcing that from the 7th of August next the article of the Constitution relative to the organization of the peerage met in the large 7 would be abolished, and that its re-organizati on will be settled at a future period by a Royal ordonnanee." A public fete took place at Berne on the and several speeches were 24th, i n honour of the vote of the 18th. had been spent in rejoicing, Delegates from ever where part of the canton, 600 in number, vroeroemd.of After e te C r a t s h i e n o, day procession by torchlight took place to th the statue of Rodolph d'Erlach, the h ero :f so erected. potljlc puelgn: deli_: ITALY. TERRIBLE DISASTER AT TURIN. The following brief account of a terrible and de structive explosion at the Sardinian capital, one quar ter of which city is stated to have been injured, was hurriedly written upon the margin of the Opinionc of Turin, of April 2(3, immediately before the de parture of the mails on the afternoon of that day, and which arrived in London by this morning's post. The literal translation of the hasty but apparently truth ful communication, which it may be observed is received through perfectly reliable sources, is so follows : " TURIN, APRIL 26, MID -DAY,—Ex lolled der magazine of t h e Pl ace Pullone, by the side p of the the Pow - Dora. One quarter o f the ca pital hashe not yet on injured. Every on e i s in consternation. The de tails known, nor are th e causes . It is fearednf . Since the ab ove was re ceive , that , the other two magazines w ill f o ll ow . All Is he ° J uaion o u rnal . de Turin d t of the ab ove d ate h as arr i v ed. Under the head of " latest int e lli gence " i s the following p aragraph, con firming the foregoing : T o suc cessive shocks have " TURIN, 11.45 A.DI.— VI eart h q uake. The powd er been felt like those of an e exploded. The popula tion is hurrying to tho magazine of Borgo Dora All the faubourg is on fire. hass of the disaster. The rappel is being Two hundred deaths are A barrack has fallen do wn. ~ spoken of." Gazette of the same date as the The Piedmont: t news in a postcript, stating that a beaten : foregoing gives - portion of the if 00 Dora, blew up on th e morning of that day. It g ives larg e called no particulars of the disaster, but states that the main depot has been saved; some houses of the ne i ghbour hood were on fire at the time of and that the Duke of GENOA and the Ministers o pres s, going to pref War, the Interior, and of Public Works were on the spot. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Aram 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feadin,g ex hibited in the share market to-day, and a good busintsa has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were— Eastern Counties, 9:;i—Lancashira and Yorkshire, 73 c.— London and North-Western, 124 A e. —Ditto, New Quarters, . s is p.—M anc h es t er , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, WA-- Midland, 69%—North British, Preference, 514—South_ 3 d i s.—South- Eastern considerable amount of bu L s i i ,ricet Eastern and Dover, 22?. c.—Cork and Bandon, 16i i , — South- Smelt ExcmNektESTEß' APRIL 29. and Birming-§ was transacted in our share market to-day , a a n n d d No n r e t : had an upward tendency. The s s h a ,r l e esvis‘bvuerre3:- Shrewsbury shire, 17%—Midland, 69—Shropshire U nion , is. Eastern and Dover, 22%—Leeds, F. I—Lon d o n Western, 124—Blackburn, 6 h a m (A). 7/—North Staffordshire, 7-'%' i 2 n.—Eastern Counties, 9 5 - - hi ....(l"'l_ , dis.— )1 atl mks, U W o lverhampton, Preference , p . ord! 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