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ITALY. ~,.., - ' nk' ,),fi - -----+o, t , ,(4 .. a -011 ) ~, Allik,,, ...-„,„ . .:, ; - ic ..,,,, 4 i, ,, _., c ,„ ? ..,, v • , za ., j , / ~, i: f • ..--• ~,,, s , . ., ,Illn oii , . \ r", ,, y, --- --, , ,-1 "4' 9 04 4 . 'A, DlO 5 ''' ',l ,la ,',',/' .'",".: - -ft 7 ' „......0-...,__, ,"""' THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. Capital, 5(0,0001., in 100,000 Shares of si. each. Provi Paid up in full. • "nail,' Register, d 1 ursuant to Statute 7 and 8 Tic., cap. 110. Chain DIRECTORS. 4 An—Earnucl Laing, Esq Chairman of the London, Brighton, Arthur Awl and South Coast Railway Company Charles ersoa, Esq., M.P., Leadenhall-street Job Esq., M P., Kensington Palace-gardens John Sc Lushington, S cott Russell, Esq., F.R.S., Great George-street, late Secretary to the . p,„ Rlyal Commission of 1351 "wets Fuller, Esq , Ablugden-street, late Member o" the Executive The Committee of the Great Exhibition of 1351 N. Farq u h ar , E sq., S y d en h am, K en t i'L_ s ualle ( leach, Esq., M.P., P ar k- s t ree t, Westminster Tilorues ci mon ' P. Calvert, Esq., Upper Thames-street Bras sey, Esq., Lowndes-square. DIR ECTOR OF WINTER GARDEN, PARK, AND CONSERVATORY. Sir Joseph Paxton. DIRECTOR OF WORKS. Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esq. DIRECTOR OF DECORATIONS. (..wen Jones, Esq. George Grove, Esq. CONTRACTORS FOR THE RE'ERECTION OF THE BUILDING. Messrs. I ox, llenderson, and Co. SOLICITORS. Mears. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech. BANKERS. Unn Bank of London. To rescue the countrThe y fr io om the disgrace of parting for ever with rn the aaniticent structure with whose existence so happy a p ortion of been life of the ' people of England is identified, the Crystal Pa lace has duee,ree, n e purchased by private i n di v idu a ls from Messrs. Fox and Hen + he spirited contractors who erected it. The Palace of the People having been doomed by the vote of the IHouse of Commons, there remained but two alternatives-either the ,a,l7,,e.difice, with . .- ;11 its social blessings, must disappear at once from home soil, or be conveyed by private enterprise irom its temporary th a spot from which no authority had power to remove it. T he purchasers of the building dia not hesitate for a mament in step ping in between the public and ofthe Legislative sentence ; they knew flail well that the Governments other countries deem it their duty t i l l Provide for, and carefully to watch over, the rational character of e atasses respectively given to their charge, by affording the means of re creat i on and instruction during their hol i day an d l e i sure hours. But here the wise anal good amongst us must do these things for themselves, for British Governments revolve in fixed political orbits, and the people shrink from official interference in their per • [ 'octal, and domestic movements. T wo great fact s were established by the Nat i ona l E x hibiti on o f 1851. hi In the first pl ace, it proved not only a sel f -suppor ting, but a ghly remunerative institution; and, secondly, visitors, at the higher rates of charge, neither entered the building in numbers equal to those on the shilling days, nor contributed in money a sum equi- 'Talent to that these two facte,realised by the shillings of the poorer classes From it became evident to the purchasers that two points - atainlY demanded their attention in deciding upon the fate of the structure which they had saved from demolition. must flit upon a s To begin, theyrii Pot for the Palace, easy of access to - the masses ; and, intim second place, they must Tender the Palace in respect of the people of London what Versailles is to Paris-a place where the people may be admitted by thousands to all the enjoyments of art, of Science, of beauty, of skill, and of mechanical invention - enj o yme nts hith erto accessible o n l y to the educated, the refined, and - the rich. TU both respects the purchasers have to congratulate themselves , Pnn having met with unexpected and abundant success. A site close to London but out of reach of its smoke and brick Walia- beautiful,picturesque, and open-has been secured on the taa, su , a ."aori Railway. The Palace once @hilt upon it, will have a rail "s7 station within the building itself, communicating by an exclu ''r 'int of rail with the London•bridge and Bricklayers' Arms ' St ations valid) are the most • readily accessible to the. densest pot, ', Of the London population, and from which the Crystal Palace - ; 1410 4 will be reached by special trains in ten minutes. A line Is ,„ ein contemplation which will connect the Crystal Palace with the -4waterloo and Vauxhall Stations. One small payment will cover , aith she admission and the railway conveyance to and themfro the C a l " s tal Palace. Thus, in a few minutes, withcut stoppage, visit -11 Till bad themselves once more within the precincts of their old Mid favourite resort. The Institution itself it is proposed to make worthy of the country - " n of the views with which the Crystal Palace was originally raised. Refined recreation, calculated to elevate the intellect, to in ...fact the mind, and to improve the heart, will welcome the millions palace, the now o other incentives to pleasure tut such as the gin . dancing saloon, and the ale-house, afford them. The tri ‘``"Pes of industry and art, and the natural beauty of flowers and Plants from every climate, will meet together at the Crystal Palace. Within its walls all th e c h ar ms of the country will be perpetuated cthrough winter and summer ; and wind and rain, and the well t i nclemency of our climate, will form no obstacle to the per -I,nteenrjgaoyment of visitors admitted to the genial atmosphere of a At garden eighteen acres in extent. as tine Ve rs oilles the gr e at a tt ra ctions of the Palace are its fountains ; to . C rystal Palace it will be possible for the first time in England a Spectacle which has always been regarded as the most ranetul and soothing that even Royal munificence has been able to Zientand. with our power o steam and mechanical resources, it a I ne t he difficult to render the fountains of the Crystal Palace t Dant in the world. The -sculptures of the most eminent living artists of every nation, t t ests Of the er radas works of eminent sculptors in every age , a rchitectural h aes :a and casts of architectural monuments of past and present Gerr a Z ill occuPY every salient part of the building. The Frech, bu s . aas, and Italians will cease to be the only European nations andin educating th e eye of t h e peop l e f o r the appreciation of art „ Win „.. - ' au ty- The most Interesting models of machinery at work eveXe to the artizan, as well as to the stude, the means ' uain ting himself with the processes and the products of taught great staple manufacture in the country. The lesson truer llyde-park, where the cotton entered in the berry and thra a g a n a l s in the bale of goods where linen rags were passed litersaa'' th e Paper-mill and issued in broad sheets of instructive gr eat 'a&re, will be repeated in the People's Palace, where every gepa ' a viet erY of machinery w 11 find its enduring record and safe far aia.aa serY. Geology, mineralogy, and botany will be illustrated on a Plita3'"er scale than has ever before been attempted ; and trees, w as e tfi r a e r s c e h n i t te a c s tu fe r e e, es e,stumes, and manufactures will be so laid out praaticable a study of every country in the X ey ' ai n, Jaith all its natural stoles and Industrial products. The hatic a , a , er n, missioners were obliged to take, almost without discrima alidaa„' that was sent to them by local or foreign Committees, rests many acres of space were filled with useless and uninte tire, a °ejects, and the same description of objects was repea . ted l ag seller time in every division of the building. In the . new build taairen the other hand, the classification of the oects will be much by a, a ne a r t riPlete and instructive, an 1 the vacant space will be filled a hrr u o iful Planta, flowers, and fountains. undiag the Palac ill be the Crystal Palace-park, constructed :Ltri an " ha eav 'arneas Peculiarities for which the parks of England are world kid ~Z* One hundred and fifty acres will be filled with e n ver a y iz tr e e d e Th e 67.11 t Whi ch England's atmosphere has adopted oF acc t as the ptal Palace -park will be as thoroualay English in its m as l pect . P _P l ace itself will in its contents be a miniature of the wor l d. ee but etrlk'alcal shows of flowers and plants will be held in the a r e a: l4l Sala en e general amusements of the tea-garden and the d laPaly ll be strictly excluded. Care will also be taken to secure a ra ges 4 refreshments of the best description, but intoxicating beve tie 11 not be sold. In a word, t h roug hout every department of h as ati aa al "ea, that character will be stamped upon i t which t eoasealreadY Won The Crystal Palace shall suffer no deter i o ration in lo se itllnence of its re mova l f rom it s present aristocratic site - shall lalblia ° a par t of its claim upon the gratitude and applause of the e eni ssasY reason of its transmission from tha hands of her Majesty s I,ll.:A.,sio.ners to those of the people. Perpete`letinguished reputation of the gentlemen who are retained to th e aa _a• the splendid fabric, constitutes a sufficient guarantee for Object faith of the promoters of the work, and fa* the legitimate 1141`tlia,wohich the purchasers of the Crystal Palace thosehiio Wid en ie w- It Is impossible to disconnect from objnc s sa„ aken as they are on behalf of the public by private individuals 'bos'n,e.baracter which attaches to every commercial enterprise. fOq t; , , t i a not to isaaante, but very easy to render tile association good .b .otetdhteoethehentprublic consideration an instrument of incaleu y, and of lasting happiness to the people. va t' the aid of the Government, who, with a view to promote. the Public objects of the undertaking, have kindly promised t: i4ll;74lervery reasonable facility, and including it " expected other cf incorporation, and with the hearty co-operation o t salve amollfuential parties whose services are promised, the Direc ti o m r e s th e 1_ ear whatever of accomplishing within a short space of ae,,:rtie and serviceable work to which their energies are now UPI. ere t h P aa a _ ._ sent it remains only to state, that as a commerc i al en aaeeatained data • are, the prospect of success depends upon the following well 1 A ce of the aa erd ing to careful estimates and reports received from . some t a d ;" -ne ilial parties connected with the Great Exhibition, a and __el' 16 %,000/. will be amply sufficient to complete the purchase atreorrectioa of the Crystal Palace, with such improvements of mode eas are required to give it a permanent character, and a ct ( l ee, ate additional stun will be sufficient to provide a winter gar- Of b ea ail 2 l Place in it such a collection of obje as of art and sci t en r c es e, super and intructn, as will make its atactions and In . t laraor to s those io which drew the enormous concourse of v is e itors merita P e n these esti ma t es a number of visitors I n the course of 12 laaa.‘`aaequal to n o t more than the number wh i c h i n a single fort- ret;Lentered the Great Eshibiton will be sufficient to afford a fair of a' T_On the capi tal from the admission ' fees alone, independently ary l , :Sal' sources of revenue, whilst any excess beyond this number ,i4'eeirre Profitt sitre It s aa w Crystal Palace will be completed in sufficient time to en have a r ae s' e ni gOn the Ist of May, 1853, and eminent contractors eta cost r_ed th maintain it In thorough repair for a long term of years Aa re Z d nt exceeding 5,000/. per annum. St atistic • a t he Prospect of a large influx of vi itors, some of the i truai v : lea& connected with the Great Exhibition are most in- W as °Pea: it the period of 24 weeks, for which that Exhibition averhsa was visited by u p war d s o f 6,000,000 persons; or, on the 400 ,0 Q. 7 u pwards of 250,000 per week ; and the receipts e • cee •ed !: Dena • :„. e s a s ying a net profit of 200,0001., after defraying the whole three " neE xhibition, includ ng the cost of the building. On laa:too,aa :tecuave shilling days the numbe- of visitors exceeded an the receipts 5,000/. per day. ga u Zernents h ave been made with the L on d on , Brighton, and to Proust Railway C ompany, b y wh i c h that Company undertakes Vi th PasSe a __ e Most ample accommodation for the conveyance of aaa , filers to and from the Crystal Palace upon terms mutually ad aatalleOtis Per aa- and which practically secure a minimum return of six A on the capital of the Crystal Palace Company telttretriv_einfieocallotiw°llinsgforShares to be made on or before the 25th of May, form, to the Secretary of the Company, at their P nr rY offices, 63, Moorgate-street, London. Ge To the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company si. 11,lta e tltleMen,—l reuest that you will allot me b hat in the above undertaking, the whole to of which, or Shares any less of soul . e p r!hat may be allotted to me, I agree to accept, and to pay the ".• Per Share thereon, and to execute the deed of settlement of th e , s•vmpany when requested so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Date...... • • . ...... ......... Name (in full) Address (in • • Business or profession • PATRON—II. R. It PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN STITUTION Bachhoffner and Defries's new Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire Wilt be exhibited and lectured on on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at H a lf- o ast Three, and on Tuesday and Thur s d ay Evenings' at Nine.—Lecture on Music, by George Buckland, Esq., with Vocal illustrations, every evening, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—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. —Lecture on the Britannia Tubular Bridge, illustrated by Mr. E. Clarke's beautiful Model. — Leeture on Voltaic Electricity, by D r , tachhoffner.—A splendid New Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibi tion of the MicrOseope.—Diver and Diving Bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, ... LAURENTs CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Open Corn every evening by Laureat's Celeb rated Band. Principal et.a.Tiston, M. Bouleourt. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and ate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. THE SILENT FRIEND. IN CON rAiNiaginji LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. Inuit-nod k a. 1 , 1 : 10 REMEDY FOR PREVENTIOK OF DISEASE. 03 p ßirsio ;S:m ir e Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings. PACITy, A I v ia TIiALIFICATIONS, GENERATIV I NCA , :N.,w Edition, snrarliedtt_PEDlMENTS TO MARRIAGE. the Est a br ati M Pages, price by post, from T HE SILENT --- 'it. 2 .4. Gd. in stamps, ERIEAL...I NAT vl, MI the exhaustion and phy s i c* , ~ATAel.l... ,•Oa a ~... lice:sive indulgence, the con s 7 ea u° oftY of the system, produced by Mercury, with directions for he antes of infection, or the abuse of owed by observations on Marria ge, an the Preventive lotion, fol prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Colou r ... a .P lo disqualifications which PERRY and CO,, Consulting g urge Z , P graeings. By It. and L. street, London. Published by Sherwood wr l l erners-street, Oxford ,... Oxford -street ; Gor row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger , 15 0 ., 23, Paternoster don, 146, Leadenhall-stroet; Barclay and street ;W: Sutton, le, Bow Church-y ard , '',,,,, n, _ :5, Farringdon re-productive Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheeps:de ;E . J o h n ;X: 6 : , i 'l, Bt. Paul's Pain I. treats of the anatomy and physiology or the °rnhill • organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engrav Parer 11. treats of the consequences resulting from ea ess i v ,„ , "gonoe, and their lamentab le effects on the systern,pr ----"50d,, genera,vei t"'- mantal and bodily weakness, nervous e x c i tement, and - InutPacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PUT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in !lie Primary or seconder' , form, and contains explicit direction far ''', 'ir treatment. This sec ' lion 111 illustrated by 62 Coloured Eons a f ,, - ,. Lugs. PAIT IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a maple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Pia V. la devoted to the consideration of marriage, and Its du.. ties. Tho causes of nn productive union are also con sidered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically Inquired into. Tun COILDIAL Beam or STIIIIOI7I 13 exclusively employed in treating nervous a n d sexual debility, impotence, Ils. and 335. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic re reedy, for purifying the blood i n ca ses of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 83s. per bAtlc, Ferry's Purifying specific Pills, 2 8 . sd, 4s. 6d.f and I Is* c l per to', a certai n renu— ar for g ham gloat, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter , 11. L minute d3tr it 01 the cas e is requir e d : age, itabits, and posi• rata'''. t 3. PaskeU, with advice to be had at tin Eats _lisluneut only, by synch the foe, 11 'l3 saved. Macs. Perry, bar‘aons • are in attendance, daily, at "l9 Earners-street, Oxford- Street, undo f rom , goy fr ou 44 rlye i tc 'Right ; OnBSUI. N°.18,616.] EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 19, 1852. THE COURT of DIREC CURS of the EAST 1N DI COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the present rate of interest (3/.) Three Pounds per cent. per annum on the Company's Bonds will cease and determine on the 21st day of May, 1853. That from and after the 21st day of May, 1853, such BoM‘s shall carry an interest only of (2/. 10s.) Two Founds Ten Shillings per cent. per annum. That hales cf Bonds will be allowed to brinr them in to be marked for continuation at the said interest of (2/. 10s.) Two rounds Ten Shillings er cent. per annum, until the 21at day of November, 18 ; and that such Fonds as shall not be marked for continuation as aforesaid on or Before the 21st d.y or November, 1852, shall be liable to be paid off on the said 21st day of May, 1853, on which day all interest wi I cease. JAMES C. NELVILL, Secretary. TIH.E ROY AL BltifiSli BkN K, oti the Scottish System (Incorporated by Charter), besides the trans action of all ordinary Dtnking business, grants CASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent. per annum on Sums of any amount deposited for Six months. HUGH IN ES CAMERON. General Manager. LONDON—HEAD OFFICE, te, rokenhonsi•-yard• BRANCHES, 429, Strand 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington. ii, A S .0 a 11, AUktET Fore Cabin. Saloon, yT Co or from f lraves end and London ••.• .• led. ... Is. 2 c ~ Gravesend and Blackwell and Woolwich Bd. Os. I.od. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 61. .... Os. Bd. So other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Parileet Piers. the rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). R OM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ------------ WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. --------_ -1 4 ... .4 • ... . A l 7 4 .; --a ~., .5 .2 . '; t :e ' limo. 0, 1 e l , , o , Time. ... .c 0 , ° • F . V •-• 4 k 4, I A 8 S ' --- _— —;— -- _ 7 —— - I 7 , 1 -- ,-- i 9 - 11 yi 1 1% -- — - 3,1 — -1 834 - 6 b 634 1 Direct Trains from the Boats Omnibuses from Fenchurch-s very quarter of an hour. iarked t . oet Station to FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, ae following Trains from }MAMMA] A Fenchurcl Ali parts of Londoß on the arrival of i.street Station. WEE& D•Ir8. / SUNHATS. 0 ". I * I Si • .... 4 .4• , 5 : ; 7), 5 4.4 „3 3 r, t Thos. .6.,:,- v g r . , 2, rime. s o . .... , v . .l, al 0, A 8 ,...) . g A 8 2 a --, 9 3 A 7 il --.— _ _ '` _ 4 _ _ ... 2 4 _ 5 414 ... 6% i 4,54 1 I I 6i .ass/Kea marked * are run direct. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51..0a. ; Six Months, al, riree Months, 21. os.; to be had of the Collectors on boar p %acts; or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier , Gr avesend. April 21, 1852. NOTICE. AUNCH of the AGAMEMNON. On SATURDAY, MAY 22, The METEOR Steam-packet will leave the Brunswich Wharf, Blackwall, on the arrival of the Quarter to Two o'clock Train from the Fenchurch-street Station, for the purpose of wane sing the Launch of the above splendid vessel of 98 guns, at Woolwich, Fares. Is. 6d. each from Blackwall. Star Office, Gravesend, May 19, 1852. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. DIRECTORS. Crltutatax—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. William Bardgett, Esq., 119, Fenchurch-street. G:>orge flev'ngton, Esq., Neckingsr Mills, Bermondsey. F. I'. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell, and Twickenham. George Col en, Esq., Shacklewell. Miles Coventry, Esq , White Bart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewe,t, E•iri. ' 50, Cork hill. Erasm us Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. S. flintier, Esq., 7, Tokenhouse-yard 11. L. Smale, Esq., Doctors'-commons. STANDING COUNSEL. Bellenden Kerr, Esq , 8, Old quare, Linncoln's Inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. M'Leod and Stenning, 13. London-street, Fenchurela•street. BANKERS. Messrs. Dimsdale, Prewett, Fowlers, and Barnard, 50, Cornhill. This Institution was originally established under a different title in the year 1839, on the plan of admitting the assured to participate in four-fifths only of the profits ; bu t the Society has since been re modeled so as to become a strictly " Mutual Association." The whole of the funds and property belong to, and are accumu lated for the exclusive benefit of the assured. The profits are divided annuall . among the policyholders, and applied in reduction of the current year's premium ; thus constitut ing, in effect, an immediate cash payment to the assured. Half-credit policies are granted on terms unusually favourable to the holders, the amount for which credit it given being gradually li quidated out of the profits. Two Tables of Rates have been computed; one entitling the as sured to participate in the profits after pa • ment of five annual pre miums ; the other considerably lower, in which the period of parti cipation is deferred two years longer : the premium ultimately pay ab,e IT the assured is, however, precisely the same, whichever Table of Rates may in the first Instance be selected. General meetings of the members are held annually, to whom lull and complete statements of the affairs and funds of the Society are submitted, anti by whom the divioion of the profits era from ttme to time declared. At the Annual Gereral Meeting held on the 27th April last, a di vidend of 30 per cent. upon the current year's premium was awarded to all members who had made the requisite flamer of payments on their respective policies. By order of the Board of Directors, E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. London, May 1, 1852 The "Britannia Mutual Life Association" is altogether dis tinct from, and independent of, the Proprietary Office transacting business under the name of the " Britannia Life Assurance Com pany." The only connexion between the two establishments is, that their affairs are conducted on the s tine premises and by the same officers, by which means the entire disbursements of the Mutual Association are reduced to a small per tentage on the receipts. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. RATES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments, H. B. SHERIDA.N TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY , Every description of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided. Agents Wanted. H. B. SHERIDAN. NATIoNAT, ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, 7, St. Martiu's place, Trafalgar-square. London. The investment of money wits this Association, which was established in May, 1314 on a plan peculiar to itself, secures equal advantages to the surplus capital of the affident, and the provident savings of the industrial classes of the community, and affords an orportunity for realising the highest rate of interest yielded by first class se:•urities, in which alone the money is employed. Moneys deposited with the Association, for Investment, are exempt from liabilities on account of life contingencies, as well as the expenses of ma ,agement, which are borne by the Life Depart ment, in consideration of the business brought to it by investment transact ons ; therefore, Depositors enjoy the entire profits yielded by their capital free from deduction of any kind —an advantage which no other Institution, either public or private, holds forth, or can afford, to its members. Interest or Dividend, is payable half-yearly, in January and July. Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO. The Capital Stock is altogether distinct and separate from the Depositors' Stock in the Investment Department. It constitutes, with the Premium Fund, a guarantee for the engagements of the Association, and has been provided in order to render the security of the Assured complete. LIFE DEPARTMENT. This Department embraces a comprehensive and well-regulat , d system of Life Assurance, with many valuable and important im provements. Full information and prospectuses may be obtained, on application at the Head Office of the Association, or to the respective agents, throughout the United Kingdom. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. N.B. Applications for Agencies may be made to the Managing Director. MERCHANT'S and TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 5. Chatham-place, Bl a ckf r i a rs, London. JOIIDT M A.CGREGOR, Esq., M.P., Chairman. The Advantages offered by this Society are— Policies Indisputable, unless obtained by fraud. All the Medical Fees paid by the Society. Policies payable during the lifetime of the Assured. Non forfeiture of Policies. —Assurers unable to pay Pre miums as they fall d ue, may have a credit for that purpose on appli cation to the Board. aother Securities in connexion Loans granted on Person and exion with Life Assurance.their prospectuses and every information may be obtained at the Office. GEORGE THOMSON, Manager. THOS. MUSGRAVE. Secretary. 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All E LONDON. tu M e a m tr b i e c r ul o a f t ,o Thi nditi s o w n o s r i k n oin Li y ce an nt d iate ph o y f si A oi po w th y eocfarithees, :eHtedalhle,MLLeo°mnndclbouennr,oliMf ot im pei b ta e l r O j f l e t d ih Universityecll al 11 n oSfo t Ec e id r e l it a ny n Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. reproductive o a r , for many D ye r. ars, who has taken the e:aitatinhsaandPdlaisin and complete description of the ana. tighest medical honours, as ease.the diplomas and testimo lists it in the work evidenced by who has exclusively, and tage by all those whose l eonl y legally qualified d g e l a ert, medical i ela m tiv an e treatment of these complain lie may be consulted with a through secret practices acquired constitutions may have become debilitated marriage frustrated, and latkr years, whereby the in youth, or by the excesses of pleasures of life are marred, the objects V vilsotedaildhiosf sttmhuedediiireS t d o v the !ng misery and regret. existence itself rendered a term of unceas Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row • Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; S tarie, Titchborne-street Elaymarket% Gordon, 146, Leadenhali-street; Mans, 23, Cornhill . or free by post for forty-two stamps, Ir. --i n the author's - residence who Amy be consulted on these disorders personal— or by letter daily ftlolll Teri tlll Two, eld from Six till Eight. LONDON, FRIDAY !, CORNWALL DIRECTORS. IC iTAEL WILLIAMS, Esq., Trevince, Chairm n. a WILMA MANSEL TWEEDY, Esq., Truro, Deputy Chairman F. P. Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway. J. W. I miler, Esq., Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. 1)r. Miller, Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. T. Woolcombe, Esq., Chairman of Vie South Devon Railway. Sir A. Buller, Director of the S uth Devon Railway. R. Cole, Esq., Director of the South Devon Railway. Dr. Canyon, Truro. I T. J. A Robartes, Esq., M.P., W. Carlin, Esq., Falmouth. Linhydroek, near Bodmin. R. W. Fox, Esq., Falmouth. IG. Smith, Esq., Trevu, Cam- J. G watkin, Esq., Fare Behan, borne. Tregony. J. Vivian, Esq., Penealenick. The Cornwall Railway will complete the trunk line of communica tion het A eon London, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Falmouth, and Pen zance. length of the line will be 63 miles, extending from Ply mouth to Truro and Falmouth, joining the South Devon Railway at Plymouth, and the West Cornwall Railway at Truro. It received the sanct:on of Parliament in 1846; the works were immediately com menced; about ',even miles of the line wera in a very forward state, the land for which was purchased and paid for, when the monetary crisis of 1847 compelled the directors to suspend the works, and put an nd to the contracts which had been entered into. The present altered state of the money market, and the greatly reduced price at which ra lway works are now being executed, have just fi,d the Directors in submitting to their Shareholders a scheme for a large reduction in the capital of the Company, - and Pie aban donment of branches not likely to yield an immediate return. This c eme having received he sanclon of the Proprietory, was sub mitted to the Board of Trade, who, by their warrant, dated the 26th of 31 rch, 185), have re-' iced the share capital from 1,600,0001. to 1,125,06 1. This capital has by the warrant been divided into 56,253 shares of 201. each assigning to each holder of an original share of 5.1. tw., shires of 201. each; and of an original share of 251., one share of 201.; thereby reducing the liability of the shareholders 20 per cent. ; all sums of money which have been paid up on the and 251. shares aro to be deemed to be paid up on the 201. shares, which are substituted for them, amounting to 31. 15s. per RAILWAY• 201. share. The importance of the line as the last connecting link between the metroplis and the extreme western ports of Falmouth and Pen zance will be appatent. Falmouth, it is well known, is the port of call for a large propor tion of our homeward bound shipping ; 1,324 vessels have called there during the last year. The construction- of the railway, and the extension of the electric telegraph would be of immense import ance in the transmission 9f mails, passengers, cargoes, correspond ence, and communication between ths' first channel port and all parts of the empire. The dangers and delays of the channel navigation are well known to nautical men, and are immensely increased after having passed the Lizard. Falmouth, immediately within the Lizard, offers a safe port accessible at all times, and in all weathers, and most easily protected from hostile attack. Cornwall is well known throughout the world for its mineral wealth, abounding as it does in mines of copper, tin, lead, iron, and other h, metals ; a large proportion of the capital embarked in these undertakings is provided by parties living out of tha county. The importance of the line to all persons so interested is obvious. Its fisheries, which admit of unlimited extension, furnish supplies the home and foreign markets. Its early vegetable productions are even now sent to London, and other parts of England ; and Cornwall will become the garden for the supply of these articles when a railway can secure their fre quent, uninterrupted, and rapid transmission. Penzance, Falmouth, and the various watering-places along itorsthe line of the Cornwall Railway, will be eagerly sought by vis and invalids, as soon as the railway shall -be extended into the county. The population is remarkably l oc omotive in its habits, and the large amount of local traffic attracts the attention of all persons visiting the county. The construction of the line involves no engineering difficulties, or extraordinary works, and the directors have offers from responsible contractors to take and complete the whole of the works at the price stated in their engineer's estimates. From the experii nee obtained in the construction of the West Cornwall Railway, the Directors have every reason to believe the line will be completed considerably within these estimates. The trAlic estimated at different periods, and compared with that now realised on the South Devon line, at the eastern extremity, and the West Cornwall at the western, warrants the Directors in stating their firm nelief that a revenue will be realised, which will yield a high per centage on the capital to be expended. Th.; landowners are very favourably disposed, and will part with the land which may be required for the line on very advantageous terms. Several large landowners have already consented to take up the value of their land in shares. The importance of the line in a national point of view has been recognised in Parliament ; anit very recently by the Treasury and by the Ad m iralty. The Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Companies are largely interested in the Company. The Directors having resolved to offer to the public a limited num ber of forte e . r tedshare shares, paid p .at _vh a discoun treceive of applications pli 15a. tperion 20I.sfor shares s pay ment of 15s. per s hare—bein g the call now made, and making ;u t he l°nsci p erint ationed form, addressed to the care of Messrs. P. W. Thomas and Sons, 50, Threadneedle-street, until the 25th of May instant. The incoming Shareholders will, in addition to this discount, have t h e a dvantage of the la nd already purchased, the works executed, and the Act of Incorporation. Cornwall Railway Office, Truro, sth May, 1852. R. Ito Oa.; !El tre 1852. To the Directors of ire Cornwall Railway, Truro. Gentlemen, —I request that you will apportion me shares of 201. each, in the Cornwall Rail say Company, and I do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot to me, arid to pay the call now made of fifteen shillings per Share, and all future calls thereon. Dated this day of Name in full Residence •••••............. Business or praeSsson .............. Date of application .... • Name, residence, and pro fession of a referee .... •••"••••• • • • • • • • ROYAL ACADEMY ( TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACM EM Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven); Catalogue, One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNI L'LECTION of ANNUITANT! NEVOLENT FUND of the PROV MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE Assocuric London, 1840, ELECTION of EIGHT ANNUITANTS WEDNESDAY, the 26th, to THURSDAY, the 27th in Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at Twelve O'clock pi rEosfq"Treasu the Board, JOHN ABEL SMITH, _ P.11.13' 42, Moorgate-street, London, May 19, 1852. , F ARTS, 7 billow OPEN. x.A., See. • --- On the BE ►JOT CLERKS' Established in 4 )sllP ut, a ° i N th E e p Lon fr g m London the Chair. Secretary MESMERIC INFIItE'kAR Y. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of DIXIE. VICE-PRESIDENTS. , • The Most Rev. the Archbishop o The Baron des m id, E.R.S. Dublin S. H. Langs .p. Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle B. Monekton The Earl of Dunravefl Rev. Q. Sand, Right Hon. the Earl Stanhope Rev. Channcel : are '1 The ANNUAL MEETING of the Friends anal Subscribers to this Institution will be held at Wdlis's Rooms, frig-Millet, St. JAIReS% on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, Aj Three o'clock. THOMAS CAPERIT, Secretary. WM. GARRATT'S ZEPHYR,SUMMER COATS are now ready for inspection. great care has been taken in the manufacture of them, and they can be had in a variety of colours, waterproof and ventilating, commencing at 20s. each. WM. GARRA,TT, Merchant Clothier, 19, Cornhill, facing the Royal Exchange ; and 70, Cheapside, corner of Queen-street. CORNWALL R 'klLWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES wait to received after the 25th instant. By order of the Directors, J. HAMILTON. Truro, May 17, 1852. COBDEN'S COMING ! DOUGLAS JERROLD EDITS LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER. 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DThy days are now all numbered, most famous House of Glass, And all thy sights and treasures must yield again for grass. Thy noble form and structure has gained all countries praise, And well they'll long remember thy brilliant busy days ; Oh ! yes, they well remember when first they thee beheld, When through thy vast dimensions the organ's music sweird; When gold and every brilliant which human hands could find, With mighty works of skill and taste were everywhere combined; And now, in spite of all the stir, the bustle, and the toil, They'll think it a great pity if removal should thee spoil. Thrust, and squeeze, and tug, and throng, they would again endure, If sacrifices such a, these could similar sights procure; But noble architectural pile, though brittle House of Glass, There will remain a famous House, which none can ere surpass, Where ornament, and skill, and taste, is always so displayed, That greater, m re enduring tune, than thine will it pervade. That House has many spacious parts, each stored with gems of taste, And splendid cloths of various shades to every fashion's traced. All these for Exhibitions great, E. MOSES has designed ; On Expositions such as thine they've marvellously refined. But fret not, wasted structure, though Palace was thy na me, Two Palaces, more durable, shall still prolong their fame— ALDGA.TE and in OXFORD-STREET, each famed for style and grace, 'MOSES and SON, by fashions new, maintain their famous place, Where SUMMER DRESS for every class, designed for young and old, All previous seasons in their styles excel a hundredfold. E. MOSES AND SON. L ,ndon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minotlec, 83 4, 85, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. , radon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1. 5, and 3, Hart-street, all conununicating. B adford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street, Siefteld Branch, 36, Fargato. Merchant T.,llors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Met and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The , stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to wise on Saturdays, when business is resrmed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a full list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, gratis, on application, er forwa rded, p ost-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1859 can be had, gratis, on application. Icl l'on parle Francais. Qui si parla I . Hier sprlcht man Deutsch. Aqua se liabla Espanol. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, EACreatioll, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes. Hills, Forests, Fields, high-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &co, eGe• II FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Eco Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILL SRN EY ; REMINISCENCES OF WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, DUBLIN, &c. "That three score years and ten our course may run. A popular review of almost every forni (cause and cnre) Of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young. besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age ;*with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SCnJICT •--Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its i n f r i ngements. The casual. d . d A is d si v p o a c t a lo c n y , Of withear early yilumanustratiognl marriages. nar. V. I ,. i a e ti s v o e, f liancedntrieomusendiesastiavne THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Ti me d c hoice, on.both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and a figure, tol secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing the m . Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. 'rases, tke. By R. JiwCelOnLtyV. t 0 flEvßeWyßeaLrsL,MMedi.Dcal l and & 41), F A o l ie R n . s C ic .S. Re ( f l e 8 r 2 e 7 e ) L these n l a g t 24) ns . . Reception hours daisy till Five. EVenings,"„Seven..till Cue. 10, Argyll-placv,)legentltreet. THE late WILLIAM RICH I RD POLE WELLESLEY, Esq , deceased.—All p soni; having anY claim or demand on the Estate of William Rich d Pole Wellesley,i I,te Attaché to the British Embassy at Stuttgar in the Ki n g dom t of Wurtemberg, deceased, are requested to a the particulars thereof to us ; and all persons who were iltrehked to W. R. P. Wellesley, at the time of his decease, t e quested to pay us the amounts of their respective debts. GOODWIN, WIL A. 1114, and Co., Walbrook Hole, London. May 18, 1852. the said OerIETY of m O iw y sz a,11,1 the h 2 e 2 l a d d o at ;ON` Secretary. THE COUTRY MARKETS. - --- - - - - DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 11.-The supply of fat beasts to-day was large; there were several lots from the north of England, Rotherham, and Liverpool markets ; the attendance of purchasers was also large , and most of the ani mals were disposed of. The numbe r of s heep and lambs was about the average. Fat and oth er calved p le ntiful. There were but few fat pigs offered for sale. Bee f , 4 bd to sd; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 4 d to 4 1 d p er Ib ; pigs, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, 1d to Od per lb; calf skins, 2d to 3d per lb. UPPINGHAM, MAY 19.-Wheat 39s to 425; barley 00s to 00s Od ; oats 19s to 245; beans 30$ to 333 per qr. Butt er 7d to 8d per lb ; eggs 26 for ls. Louisa, MAY 19.-Wheat 34s to 38s; barley 25a to 28s; oats 16s to 19s; beans 26s to 30s per qr. INTZWA.RE, MAY 19.-Wheat, white 441 t o 4 6 to s, red 38s to 42s ; barley, malting 28 s to 30s, grinding 23s 24s ; oats, 245 t., 22s to 235. 22st , 18s to 20s; beans, 33s Od to 365; malt, 56s to 6's ; tares, 00s to 00s per qr. BosTorr, MAY 19.-Wheat, red 35s to 38806, white 391 to 425, superfine 44s to 00s ; barley 00s to COs ; oats, 17s t o 21s; beans 30s to 34s ' • peas 26s to 2 9 s per qr. LYNN, MAY 18.--Wheat 30s to 36s Od, fine 38s to 40s; barley 22s to 26s ' fine 28s to 30 s; oats 00 s to 00s; beans Os to Os, fine Os to Os per qr. es 24 for ls. MELTON MOWBRAY, MAY 18,-Wheat, 38s Od to 41 e; barley, 24s `to 28s; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, 28s to 35s per qr. Butter 8d to 9d per lb ; gg EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MAY 19.-The supply of grain this week was good. Although the attendance of buyers was pretty large, the demand was slow, exorpt for wheat, which sold briskly, with but little advance on last week's prices. The top of wheat 6d down, and the average 4d up. Barley on the top 6d down, and the average 3c up. Oats on the qrs wheat, 26 qrs barley, ... 3 qrs . •:•: ats, and ... 10 qrs beans. 4341 b. 23s 4d top the same as last week, and the a v e ra g e the sam e as last ... Top of Wheat . Beans e , n , the top ... and the average 4d u p . Unsold , 57 i 4 Ib. 45s 6d PP Barley .. . . ... .. 56i1b. 32s 6d 44 Beans ••• .•• ••• el 7 lb. 35s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, MAY 19.-The number of cattle was 679, or 85 le=s than last week- Top price, 6s 9d to Os Od ; current, 6s 6d ; secondary and inferior, from 5s Od to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effected. The number of sheep and lambs at market this morning was 2,132, being 183 more than last week. flest wedder mutton, top price, 6d per lb ; thorn sheep, 5d ; inferior, 4 3 / 4 cl to Od. IDemand for lambs also good, and prices up Is a head. Top price from 22s to 15s a head. At the close a clearance was effected. CORK, MA y 19. Currency. Barrels. O White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00a Od-20 stone O Red wheat oos Od to 00s od 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Odf _ 001 Od--'2O do O Ditto .ooe Od to 00s - 'Od 21 Barley 12s 10d to 00s 0d O Ditto oos Od to 008 Odi 001 0d....00 do 0 Ditto oos Od to 00a Od O Here 92 Oats. .1 Is 3d to 115 8d O Ditto o9s Od to 005 Od 00s Od—r) de O Ditto ... OO5 Od to 00s Od O Pigs. OJ. Od to 006 Od 00s Od Per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; U barley ; 0 bere; 3 oats; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week c•—• Wheat, 47. Barley, 410. Oats, 543. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CIIRNINCT. First quality .. . 7 75 First quality .... ........ .. 68s Second quality - Third quality 6sa Third quality ... ............ 56 Fourth quality 535 Fourth qua lity Fifth quality Sixth quality 32s Sixth quality ......... ...... 235 Return of Cattle sold for week ending May 15. Pigs, 249. Sheep, 334. Cows, 44. Coax.—Flour—First 12, 61 to 135 Od ; extra 141 03; seconds, IlsOd to 1260 d ; household s 10s to 11 s ; thirds, 78 to 95 per cwt. Oatmeal 1 la to 1 h 6d; Indian meal7B 6d to 7593; wheat meal, 8s 6d to 9s 6d percwt. Indian corn 7t 5s to 711060 d per top. Bran 8756 d to 905 per ton, Hay—Farmers 15s Od to 245; average 00s; dealers 341 to 008 Od; av erage 00a per ton. Straw —F a rmers 12s Od to 20e Od; average leis; dealers 24s Od to 00s 03; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6id to 01; household loaf 5/ t d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d tt 10d per lb. Eggs-3s 4d to 3 s 6d per hundred. Coals— Newoort 15s Od ; Lydney 15a ' • Landore 000; Culm , 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 37 s Od to 381 per ow' Whisky, 25 o. p., 51 9d per imperial gallon. Mee , —Beef 4kd to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6id; veal 53 t' id ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. E lo l° 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor s l a t es 2117 s 6d to 310 s pe ton. Bark, red 71 to 81105 per ton. Fl eece wool 14a to 155 per stem_ Hemp 291 to 34/ per ton. Fish-- Scotch 'herrings 19s to 0 0 s; red ditto, 245 to 00s per barrel ; N ew f oundland, 10/ Os to 1 1/ pe ton. Timber—Memel, 70s p er too ; red pine, 3/ 55; . yellift. ditto, 21 15. per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Rides — Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 26, per cwt ; calf skin , 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d; pink , 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 10/ 10. to 111; Ichaboe, 8' to 91 sl per ton. Tar—Archangel, 191 per barrel. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. TO,THE EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. Sir, —Having been favoured with a most encouraging extract from a letter in rilerence to the probability of Sir John Franklin's expedition to the Arctic regions succeeding in their object, and returning once more to f old England, we beg to offer you the same for publica tion. It is from the pen of Mr. Blenkey, ice-master on board the Terrer, from whose wife we have received the same, a nd vouch for its veracity, ir e are, Sir, your obedient servants, BOWES AND VASE; 153 and 237, Wapping' London, May 20, 1852. " Di6CO Island, July 12, 1845. " The season is very open, much such an one as when we came out with Capt. Ross; we are all in good health and spirits; one and all appear to be of t h e same deter mination—that is, to persevere its)makin g t h e north - west passage. If we are not home in the fall. of '4B, or early inthes or likely to d spring youi sor and anticipate we h ave ma d e a passage, nd if so we ma y be from five to six years (it m i g ht be i nto the seventh), an d should it be so, do not allow any person to dishearten you on the length of our absence, but look forward with hope that Providence will at last restore us to you." Exhibition: b e i v b e i r t io n . A powerful waistcoat countr —The R sm oy ali a a l n valuable, newly-invented, [ADvErrisEMENT.] very pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person canbey purpose o se n en th an e ditacekno:vrneourligen:ilaest th di e sts o nt pe ; ra th -h e o y uges ; and ships are clearly.seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are Tri purpose i for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sportsmen' Gentlemen, G ame keepers, and Tourists.— sr Ta be h a d at M e S. and B. Solomons, Opti cians, 39, Albemarl e - street, Picca dilly, dilly, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes--A new and ;os; important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 3/I inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only three ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 3h miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. The y su persede every ' other kind for the waistcoat pocket, l and are of l arger and all sizes, with increasing powe rs aceo riorngly. Opera and Race course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before imper feet vition, every object appears clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright aid brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness.-39, Albermaile-street, Piccadilly, e p., posite the York Hotel. Cuntous DETECTION OF THEFT. A well-dressed man and woman entered, a few days ago, the shop of a sau sage maker in the Rue de la Colline, at Brussels, and made some trifling purchase. Whilst the gentleman was payi ng for it, the female went into the yard, and seeing some tongues and other things exposed on a board, she could not resist the temptation of slipping n. t h em beneath her gow As she wa s leaving, a d og th r ust his nose in a strange way into her pet ticoats. The woman cried; the man struck the dog with his stick ; but at last the anim al seized the ton g ues, &c . , and dragged them out. The man was astonished, and the female seemed overwhelmed with mortification. The trades man threatened to send for the police, but at the prayer of the purchaser,who represented that the female was in a Pe culler uati 't •et on, he consented to teceive payment for the thins, %Id itlig 17 her 0 dell Art! ' - PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MAY 20. MILITIA BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 17 (General Meetings to apportion deficiencies among sub-divisions and parishes) : Amendment proposed• in cage 7, line 17, at the end of the Clause to add the fol, lowing words, " Provided always, that whereas by the sai d recited Act, it is declared thst the provisions of any existing Act of Parliament for the punishment of Mutiny and De sertion are to be in force with respect to the Militia during such time as they are assembled for the purpose of being trained and exercised, but so that no punishment shall ex tend to life or limb, and that whereas such provisions render Militia Men liable to corporal punishment, no such provisions shall be held to extend to any Militia Men not embodied so far as to render them liable to corporal punishment by the sentence of a Gnat Martial :"—Question put, " That those 1 words be there added." The Committee divided : ....___ _ MINORITY—AYES, 87. Adair, R. Shafto nestle, Archibald Pechell, Sir G. Armstrong, R. B. Hatchell, John Peel, Frederick Baines, M. T. Headlam, Thomas Perfect, It. Bell, Jacob • Henry, Alexander Pilkington, Janice Boyle, Colonel Heywood, James Robartes. T. J. A. Brockman, E. D. Heyworth, L. Salwey, Colonel Brotherton, J. Higgins, G. G. Seobell, Captain Brown, W. Hindicy, Charles Seymour, Lord Cholmeley, Sir M. Hobhouse, T. B. Shafto, R. D. Cockburn, Sir A. Horsman, E. Smith, J. Benjamin Colebrooke, Sir T. Howard, E.G. Stanley, W. 0. Crowder, it. B. Hutchins, E. J. Strickland, Sir G. DaVreS,,Edward Hutt, William Strutt, E. Denison, Edmund Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord J. D'EYncourt, C. T. King, P. J. Thicknesse, R. A. Duncan, George Kinnaird, A. F. Thompson, Colonel Ellis, John Langston, J. H. Thompson, George Elliot, John E. Laslett, William Thomely, Thomas Evans, John Littleton, E. R. Tufnell, H. &Kart, William Meagher, Thomas Villiers, Charles Fordyce, A. D. Mangles, R. D. Vivian, J. H. Forster, Matthew Martin, John Walmsley, Sir J. Fox, W. J. Milligan, Robert Walter, John (leach, Charles Mitchell, T. A. Williams. John whop, W. M.... Moffatt, George • Williams, William Granger, T. C.... -- • INSereermorth, Gar-W y Waseg-Matsthow - - Greene, John MorrisiDavid - Wyld, James • Ra u, Sir B. Mostyn, E. TELLERS. mss, Richard Mowatt, Francis _ Hardcastle, J. A. limy, Alexander Oswald, A. Bright, John MAJORITY-NOES, 132. Adderley, C. B. Freestun, Colonel Naas, Lord Arbathnott, Hon. H. Freshfleld, J. W. Neeld John Bailey, Joseph • Frewen, C. H. Neeld, Joseph Baillie, IL J. Fuller, A. E. Newdegate, C. N. Baldwin, Barry Galway, Viscount Newport, Viscount Banker, G. Gooch, Sir B . S. Noel, Gerald J. Barrow, W. IL . Goulburn, H. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Beresford, William Granby, Marquis Packe, C. W. Best, John Grogan, Edward P Pakingttonon, , Viscount Sir J. Boldero, George H. Gw y n, Howel almers Hale, R. B. Patten, J. W. Bridges, Sir B. Brookwood, H. Raiford, Sir H. Pennant, Colonel rooe, Sir A. Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, Sir R. 3ruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Portal, Melville Burghley, Lord Hardinge, C. S. Prime, Richard c Harris, Captain Pugh, David Butt, Isaa Campbell, Sir A. Heard, J. I. Pusey, Philip ,W. F. Henley, J. W. Richards, Richard Campbell Carew, W. P. Herries, J.:C. Sc ott, Francis Cayley, Edward S. Hildyard, T. B. Sibthorp, Colonel Chandos, Marquis Hodg es, T. L. Smollett, A. Chatterton, Colonel flotham, Lord Somert Staffordo Augustus n, Viscount Colvile, C. R. Howard , P. H. , Compton, H. C. Hudso n, George Stanley, Edw Sirard Cotton, W. H. Inglis, Sir It. H. Staunton, G. Darner, Colonel Johnsto ne, James Stuart, H. Davies, D. A. Jolliffe , S ir W. G. Taylor, Colonel Deedes, W. Jones , C a p tain Tennent, Sir F. Sir J. Disraeli, B. Jones , David Thesiger, Dod, J. W. Kerrison, Sir E. Tollemache, John Dodd, G. Knox, Colonel Trollope, Sir J. Drax, J. S. NV. Knox, W. S. Tyler, Sir G. Drumlanrig, Viscount Langton , W . H. Vesey, Thomas D r ummond, Home Legh , G. C. W a ddington, David Duckworth, Sir J. Lennox, Lord H. G. Waddington, H. S. Duncombe, A. • Lockh art, A. E. Walpole, Spencer Duncombe, 0. Lockhart, W. Watkins, Colonel Dunne, Colonel Lowther, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. East, Sir J. Lygon, General Whiteside, James Egerton, Sir P. Mandeville, Viscount Wynn, Sir W. Estcoart, J. B. B. Manners, Lord J. Yorke, E. T. Floyer, John March. Earl of I Young, Sir John Forbes, William Maunsell, T. P. TELLEAs. Forester, Colonel Mullis, J. B. Mackenzie, W. F. Fox, S. W. L. Mundy, William Bateson, Thomas Clause 18 (Men not liable to the Ballot after _ : Motion made, and Question put, " That the blank be filled with thirty-five :' "—Afterwards moved, to fill the blank with " twenty-five:"—Question put, " That the blank be filled with thirty The Committee divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 89. MINORITY-NOES. 52. -- - Armstrong, R. B. Hervey , Lord A. S mith, John B. Baines, M. T. Heywood, James Strickland, Sir G. Baring, Sir Francis Heyworth, L. Strait, E. Bell, Jacob Hindley, C. Stewart, Admiral Bright, John Hobhouse, T. B. Thicknesse, R. A. Brockman, E. D. Hodges, T. L. Thompson, Colonel Brotherton, Joseph Hodges, T. Twisden Thompson, George Dawes, Edwar Hutt, William Thornely, Thomas D'Eyncourt, C. T. Kershaw, James Vivian, J. H. Duncan, George King, P. J. Walmsley, Sir S. Ellis, John Kinnaird, A. F. Williams, John Elliot, J. E. Laslett, William Williams, W. ' Evans, J. Milligan, Robert Willoughby, Sir H. Ewart, William Moffatt , George Wyld, James Fox, W. J. Molesworth, Sir W Geach, Charles Mowatt, Francis TELLERS. Gibson, T. M. Bobartes, T. J. A. Headlam, T. E. Hardeastle, J, A. Sal wey, Colonel Verney , .Sir H. Hatchell, John &obeli, Captain Clause 2t (The Act of the forty-third year of King George the Third (chapter nineteen), " to authorise the training and exercising the Militia of Great Britain for twenty-eight days," as amended by section five of the Act of the fifty-fifth year of his said Majesty (chapter sixty-five), " to amend the Laws relating to the Militia of Great Britain," so far as the same relate to the Militia in England, shall be repealed, and the period of training and exercise shall, save as hereinafter provided, be twenty-one days in every year; and her Majesty may, if she see fit, direct all or any part of the Militia of any county, riding, or place to be called out for training and exercise more than once in every or any year, and at such time or times as her Majesty may think fit, so as the whole period of training and exercise of any Afilitia Man do not exceed twenty-one days in any year, save as hereafter provided) :—Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, to add the following words:—" Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the said first-recited Act, or any other Act, no Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, Drummer, or Private Man, serving in the Militia, when called out for the purpase of training and exercise, shall be quartered or billetted in any inn, livery stable, alehouse, victualling house, or in any house of any person selling brandy, strong waters, spirits, beer, cyder, wine, or metheglin, by retail, without the consent of the respective occupiers thereof :"—Question put, " That those words be there added." The Committee divided; — MINORITY—AYES, 54. Alcock, Thomas Heywood, James Salwey, Colonel Armstrong, R. B. Heyworth, L. Scobell, Captain Bass, M. T. Hill, Lord mamas Scully, Francis Bell, Jacob Hindley Charles Smith, J. B. Brockman, E. D. Hobhouse, T. B. Strickland, Sir G. Brotherton, Joseph Hodges, T. L. Strutt, E. Brown, H. Hutt, William Thicknesse, Ralph Bunbury, E. H. Jackson, William Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Kershaw, James Thompson, George Colebrooke, Sir T. King, P. J. Verney, Sir H. Dawes, Edward Laslett, William Wakley, T. D , Eyneotut, T. Locke, Joseph Walmaley, Sir J. Duncan, George Loveden, Pryse Willcox, Brodie Evans, John Milligan. Robert Williams, John Forster, M. Moffatt, George Williams, W. Fox, W. J. Molesworth, Sir W Wilson, Matthew Geach, Charles Pechell, Sir G. TELLERS. EißadißM, T. E. Pigott, Francis Bright, John Henry, Alexander Pilkington, James Gibson, T. M. MAJORITY-NOES, 105. Arkvrright, Geerge Ferguson, Sir R. Newport, Visct. Baillie, H. J. Floyer, John O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baird, James Forester, Colonel Owen, Sir J. Bankes, George Fox, S. L. Baring, Sir F. T. Freshneld, J. W. Puke, C. W. Pakington, Sir J. Barrow, W. 11. Frewen, C. H. Patten, J. W. Bennet, Philip GalwaY, Viscount Pennant, Colonel Bentinck, Lord 11. Goddard, A. L. Portal, Melville Beresford, William Gooch, E. S. Prime, Richard Best, John Grogan, E. Pugh, David Boldero, H. G. Hall, Colonel Pusey, P. Booth, Sir R. G. Hamilton, G. A. Rushout,',Captain Bruce, C. L. C. H Seymour, ayes, Sir E. Sanders, George Burrell, Sir C. Heard, J. I. Buller, Sir J. F. Heneage, G. H. Slbthorp, Colonel Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W. Stafford, Augustus Chandos, Marg. of Hildyard, R. C. Stanley, Edward Child, Smith Hildyard, T. B. T. Stephenson, Robert Clerk, Sir G. Hotham, Lord St al ewart, Admiral Clive, Henry B. Inglis, Sir It. Clive, R. H. Johnstone, James Tennent, Sir J. Cobbold, J. C. J olliffe, Sir W. H . Thesiger, Sir F. codrington, sir W. Jones , Ca p tain Trollope, Sir J. Compton, H. C. Knox, W. S- Tyier, Sir 0. Cubits, Alderman Langton, W. H. Tyrell, Sir J. Dalrymple, Captain Lockhart, A. E. Walpole, S. H. Davies, D. A. Lockhart, W. Watkins, Colonel Disraeli, B. Lowther, Colonel Wegg-Pross E er, F. o Drummond, Henry Lyg ou, General Welby, G. E. C. Duncombe, A. Mandeville, Viscount Wellesley, rd Dunne, Colonel Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, James , Henry Mat heson, Colonel Yorke , E. T. Edwards Egerton, Sir P. . Maunsell, T. P. You n g , Sir J. J. B. Naas, Lord 1 T ELLIES. Estcourt Evelyn, , W..T., Napier, Joseph Mackenzie, W. F. Farr B. NeWdegate, C. N. Bateso n, Thomas Fanam, E. ....- ---.-----r-------"------'—' STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following B ills were reported as not having standing orders dispensed with: — Norfolk Estuary. S out h Yorkshire and R iver Dun Company (Sale or Lease, &e.) Th e u ndernamed Bill w as re p orted as having standing orders dispensed with : York and North Midland Railway. THE C O LLIERY ACCIDENT AT ABERDARE.— A_BERDAE, MAY 19.—The adjourned inquest upon the bo des iof t h e u nfortunate men who were killed by s ion at the Mid dle Du dies Pit is this neighb our hood last we ek, was resume d this morning a t the Boot Hotel, before G. Overton, Esq., coroner for the district. The thole of the bodies have been recovered, 61 in number, and ierrd. On the jury assembling this morning, the coroner proceeded to inform them that the examination of the pit by the Govern ment inspector, 11 J. Mackworth, Esq., was not completed, and an adjournment therefore took place. From the investi gation which has already been made, in all p h r e o a b d a i b n i g lit a y b t o h u e t real cause of the explosion has been discovered. It seems that after the examiners had left the deep five in the morning, indications of a fall were discovered, which ark place some two hours afterwards, and the g as descending the mine, naturally made its way through the air passages to the furnace where it ignited. BEER Tao' BEET.—Mr. Robert Baker, of Writtle in a lecture delivered a short time since to the Diss Farm ei Club, upon the " Economy of Farming a ,' s ' w st i a t t h ed m t a h l a t t by suerb stituting from 1% to 2 bushels of the dried roots of Silesian beet, and brewing from them exactly table beer would be produced, not to be detected in ' as point of good flavour and nutritious properties from that produced from malt, at a cost note xceeding 4d. per gallon ); or 103. per hogshead. It should, he stated, be brewed w en the atmo spheric temperature was below forty-five , so a , t o produce a low degree of fermentation, which ought t o be as low as forty-five, or not exceeding fifty degrees..T . hequantity of hops he bad used was at the rate of Phlb. ford arosiel 4 P" bogshead.—Chelms . - • , . . [PRICE SD. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following answer to M. MOLE'S letter has been addressed to the editor of the Assembles Na- tionale, and will appear in the Constitutionnel of to morrow : " Sir,—ln the letter of Count Mole, which you pub lish in your number of to-day, there are insults and a denial of facts. As to insults, they aro not allowed to an) body. As t o t h e d en i al of facts, in order to make it ju-t'y E ppr(c4ited, it would suffice to cite the name of the person to whom Count Mole narrsted the incidents of the meeting at the Tuileries. The country would soon decide 13 , tween the two contrary affirmations which was the true one. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC." A decree of the PRINCE -PRESIDENT of the Repub lic, dated the 27th March, but only just inserted in the Bulletin des Lois, opens an extraordinary credit of 250,000 f. to the Minister of the Interior for the pay ment of the expenses caused by the arrests effected after the events of December. The Journal du Havre states that a new Bill is now in preparation by the Minister of Marine, according to which the present conditions for advancement and promotion in the navy will be very materially modi fied. The term of service now required before pro motion can be obtained will be reduced ; the propor tion and .0 0 f ffi s c d e v r a s n ce will e nat arrive rfirvoem at se l e t c h t e i on s upe i r l o b r e r i a n n c k r s a a s t e wed, a much younger age than by the existing regulations. We read in the Patrie " The Commission appointed to examine the question of the right of the poor to a portion of the receipts of the theatres has, it is said, completed its task, and its opinion is stated to be entirely in favour of the managers of the theatres, who have solicited a change in the regu lations on_ this subject:!_. - The same journal says—. " Some journals, in publishing their letter from Con stantinople, relate, as an extraordinary fact, if not as one insulting to France, the refusal of the Ottoman Forte to open the passage of the Dardanelles to the French line-of-battle ship the Charlemagne. Our cor respondent had also related to us the circumstance, which we did not think it our duty to raise to the im portance of a political incident. The Porte recently spontaneously authorised the entrance of the steamer, on board of which Admiral Romain Desfossea went to Con- stantinople, and it was thought, in the Council of the Sultan, that to open the passage to several French ves sels would be to create a precedent which would compel the Turkish Government to be as gracious for other flags which are not regarded so favourably as ours. France has a greater interest than any other nation in the observance of the treaties which secure the inviola- bility of the Dardanelles. - These treaties, if they were not rigorously observed, might become the cause of serious political difficulties. Our relations with the Sultan are, besides, too friendly for it to be allowed to give an unfavourable interpretation to an incident which has no real importance." On Tuesday morning the Republican Guard, in full dress uniform, were drawn up in several lines in the Salle des Pas Perdus at the Palais de Justice, to take the oath individually to the PRINCE PRESIDENT and to the constitution. The President of the Court of Appeal and the Procureur of the Republic placed themselves in the centre, and the oath having been read aloud, each soldier, on his name being called, advanced, and raising his right hand, said, " Je le jure." The last refusals of the oath by councillors genera include the names of the Marquis de Mornay, Couni H. de r Aigle, and M. Viet, ex-mayor of Compiegne, in the Oise ; Viscount Henry de Trdveneuc, ex- Representative, in the Cotes-du-Nord; Walckenaer, Dubois, Lignier, Pillard-Tarin, and de Vendeuvre, in the Aube; and the Prince de Berghes and M. Urbain Puntons, in the Haute-Garonne. The number of refusals in the municipal councils goes on increasing. M. Gomaz, President of the Tribunal of Commerce of St. Omer, has refused ; M. de la Pierre, a sublieutenant of chasseurs, has refused the oath, and has given his reasons in the following lan guage : " the eagle has not yet acquired the right to treat with a sort of disdain the ensigns under which the sol diers of France have fought for thirty-seven years. Many hearts disposed to receive the eagle, illustrated by the equally glorious victories and defeats of our fathers, suffer at the mere semblance of disdain, or of insulting forgetfulness of other misfortunes, of those lilies which our ancestors at the price of their blood also covered with glory, of that flag also which during twenty years we hope we have carried not without honour." This letter alludes to the speech of the PRESIDENT of the 10`11 of May, wherein he alludes to the whole period elapsed since the empire as one of misfortune. The sole of the pictures of Marshal SOULT com menced on Wednesday afternoon. It was extremely difficult to obtain entrance from the immense crowd which besieged the doors, and which was formed en queue in a line extending up the Rue du Sentier almost to the Boulevard. MURILLO'S Conception of the Virgin, the pearl of the collection, was knocked down to M. DE NIEUWERKERKE for the Louvre, at the price of 586,0001. The St. Peter of the same master fetched 151,0001. The Infant Jesus and St. John, by Mu limbo, was sold for 63,00 V. ; Jesus bearing his CrOSS, by SEBASTIAN DEL PIOMBO, fetched 41,0001. It was reported by some that the three last pictures were purchases by Lord HERTFORD, and by others that they were bought for the Emperor of Russ's. What is certain is that they , were knocked down to the same bidder. The price fetched by the Concep tion of the Virgin has surpassed all expectation -23,4401.1 The PRESIDENT of the Republic has ordered M. C. L. MULLEa to paint a picture representing the ceremony of installation of the great bodies of the state by Louis NAPOLEON, in the Salle des Mare chaux, at the Tuileries, which is to be placed over the fauteuil of the President of the Legislative Body, in the room of that by M. COURT, representing King Louis PHILIPPE swearing to the charter of 1830. The provincial journals contain favourable ac counts of the corn crops, and even the pasture lands appear not to have suffered so much from the long continued drought, as previous statements had led us to fear. In many of the departments, however, the fruit-trees have been so much injured by blights and by the frosts of the spring that the fruit crop will be a total failure. The accounts respecting the vines are various. In some parts of the wine-growing countries not more than a quarter crop is expected; in others an average crop is reckoned upon. The receipts of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railway Company for the month of April last amount to 561,269 f., being an increase of 205,639 f. as compared with the month of April, 1851. Tbis being the Feast of the ASCODSiOD, Ind one of the four great holydays kep t in Paris, the Bourse re mained closed. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, .MAY . 20. Charleroi and Erquelines, 14East 22% —Great Indian Peninsula, 6,7i —Ditto, s,—Maria Antonia, BN -223/—Ditto, Namur and Liege, 63/8 —Northern of France, 20/. 3 per Cent. Bonds (formerly Bolougne d and Amiens Shares), J 3,4 —Paris and Lyons, 10N —Paris an Stri±zbourg, 21:K s —Rouen and Havre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 4,43, SPAIN. Oar accounts from Madrid are of the 15th. The Ministers, who went to Aranjuez on the 13th to hold a Council, under the presidency of the QUEEN, had not returned to M adrid on the 15 th, which had given rice to rumours of a Ministerial crisis, but these rumours were not traceable to any authentic source. One statement was that the Ministry would retire on account of the difficulties they encountered in their attempt to carry out their projected changes in the Constitution. it was stated that Senor DORAL and Senor MAR- Tuaz would be the new Minister of Marine. As the 15th was a holiday the Bourse was cloned. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin, -of the 17th, announce the arrival of the Emperor of RusslA. at Potsdam the pre vious afternoon. On Tuesday and Wednesday there were to be grand reviews of all the troops of the garrison and neighbourhood. The King and Queen of BAVARIA. were to arrive on the 18th, and remain until the 26th. The King of lIANovER was to re turn to 11,is capital on the 27th, in order to be present at the celebration of his file. The King of SAxoror is also expected - . Almost all the German Sovereigns are repres3nted by some member of their famiy. The Emperor of RUSSIA proposes to hire elf to bring about a conciliation between Austria and Prussia on the Customs duties. Nevertheless, in well-informed cir cles doubt is thrown ou t ou t h e authentic i ty of tn.e note stated by the B orsenhallc to h ave been delivered by Boron AlEzariDoaFF to the declaration binet of Vienne, containing a formal decla_ that the CZAR, desired the maintenance of the of Z l i li s v i e ; rein. On the following day the E persons was to receive the corps diplomatique and t! Ambassadors to who are admitted to the Court ; the Arn.a ps .., be presented presented to his MAJESTY by 13ar"The Estrz- TEUFFEL, the President of the Council• warmth, and ROR received the Baron with the greatest Emperor he embraced him. A conference took place on the 17 th SELRODE, Council, and Count MANTEUFFEL the President of the , the Russian Minister for Foreig n NE the preceding evening. b e t w een Baron Affairs, who arrived in Berlin The conference lasted two hour s, pally on foreign policy, nothing to do with the Zoll especially the present situa tion of France, but ba d n - • And Austriti. verein quetion betweea plum . - EDWARD MURRAY has been sent to Ancona; it is supposed, for execution. M. TRIERS reached Rome on the 12th, and had an interview with the Cardinal ANTONELLI. The French fleet would leave Naples immediately for Sicily. It anchosed in the Bay of Naples on the 10th. It is cotnpored of some of the largest line-of battle ships of their navy, viz. :—Ville de Paris (flag ship), 120; Jena, 90; Jupiter, 80; Henri IV., 90 ; Vainly, 120; Bayard, 80; and steamer Caton. The fleet is commanded by Vice-Admiral DELASASE. The presence of so large a force has naturally given rise to various reports. By some it is supposed that France ha. demanded the aches of MURAT, who, it will be remembered, was shot and buried at Pizzo. Others, again, will have it that Austria and Russia are pressing hard on Louts NAPOLEON for the with drawal of the French troops from Rome, and that the present force has been sent into the Mediterra nean to support the army, if necessary, as well as the diplomacy of the PRINCE PRESIDENT. A supclement to the official journal of Sicily says —" We receive by telegraph the following from Naples :—The contract with Messrs. ROTHSCHILD is completed. Sicilian stock is at 102. Blessings on our sire, the KING ! This is given for the accommo dation of commercial transactions, and that the public may unite and bless the Prince who knows so well how to procure the happiness and prosperity of his people." RADE. THE BOOKSELLIN G (From the Times.) The bookselling controversy has received its quietus. Lord Campbell, in the name of himself and his col leagues, has delivered a judgment on the case before him for particulars l s t o repeat,of this conclusion it will be quite unnecessary onlybecause p o u o r ip p a o t r e t d an i d n even the of yesterday, but because the language e s o u f f our own tonhweecniraenmg they were published Longman may, perhap s , carefully the e e d d e a c y isi b o e n fo w re e . re ;LI appears in print" he is discardeinulglyw himself ohsacthemw iign o hg f t prove‘h t thatocca siono be - useful information to him. With less self-confidence than our eminent publisher, L ord man and Mr. Grote " read Campbell, Dr. within ve their reach," and the result has has b hi been show s came ia what Mr. Longman himself was fain accept -- as " very able opinion." In futu re he a con sider that a good deal which " may possibly worth the attention of those aPPettes in print" is engaged in a publi c dia cussion. . Of course there could be but one decision in a contro versy so transparent. With a few convention a l compli ments to the motives and conduct of the amalgamat ed publishers, Lord Campbell plainly pronounced thit i t a the t attempt to establish the exceptional nature of the com merce in books" bad altogether failed; that the regu- • lations of the Association were " unreasonable and inexpedient;" that they ought to be maintained no longer, and that the Booksellers' Inquisition should be forthwith dissolved. It scarcely needed a formal analysis of such arguments as those of the As sociation to convict them of utter unsoundness. There was a self-evident absurdity in the allegation that the sale of books could be diminished by a diminution in their price, and yet beyond this allegation the confede rated publishers had really nothing to advance. Not only were their principles false, but their attempt was impracticable. They did not secure any uniformity in the price of books, they did cot create any rapid distri bution of new publications, but they did contrive to en gender a great deal of ill-blood, and to manufacture such a system as insured its own conviction as soon as it was exposed. It is hardly worth while to renew the investigation of an exploded protectionism, but we desire once more to indicate the fallacy which we conceive to have been at the root of the evil, and the more so as this was the single point which Lord Campbell and his assessors omitted to notice. This fallacy is the publisher's as sumption that the " publication " price of a book is their own price—the price, in fact, which the purchaser ought properly to pay, and from which any reduction can be made by their• indulgence only. This delusion or equivocation per vaded the whole of their arguments. Mr. Murray ob served that if the retailers chose to take less than the 30 per cent. profit at present " allowed" them, it would be so much the better for the wholesale producers, who would pocket the difference. Mr. W. Longman inno cently suggested that perhaps a decrease of this statut able " allowance" would furnish the best adjustment of the controversy. The entire case was represented as turning on the reduction made by one branch of the trade in special favour of the other, and the whole ques tion was more than once described as a booksellers' question exclusively —one, in short, with which the ge neral public had no kind of concern. The " publication price" of a book, according to these views, was the true price—the price which the consumer ought to pay, the particular rate of discount obtainable by the retailer being clearly, therefore, of no consequence at all. The assumption is wholly indefensible. Beyond doubt, the joint producers of a book—the author and publisher—coav agree to fix whatever price they please on their manufacture, without respect to the costs actually incurred. If these costs amount in fair reckoning to 155., the proprietors of the publication may settle its market price not only at one sovereign, but at five, or ten, if they so please. But what the resder should und rst-nd is that this overplus charge, the divi sion of which bee tern so controverted, is a charge imposed after all these arrangements have been made without any re'sreece whatever to the property, so to speak, of the publication, and with a view to its distribu tion only. 'rho author has no concern or participation in the matter at all. There is a particular price affixed to his work, which is so computed as to include his fair re muneration and all other ascertainable expenses of the production. Author and publisher provide their respec tive recompenses in determining this sum, and there is also a further and distinct provision for the publisher in respect of his strict and proper capicity of issuing or uttering the work. Now, to the " trade price ' thus constituted an addition of 33 per cent. must be made to give the " publication price, and for the publisher to pretend that this price pertains to him is a monstrous wrong. He could only demand it by a most prodigious act of extortion against the public and an equal exercise of injustice towards the author. It is never taken into consideration in his reckonings with the author, but is always represented as an expense inseparable from the distribution of the b oo k. To assume that the publ b isher would be en. titled to this price in his own proper person, if he did not make " a reduction in favour" of the retailer, is utterly preposterous. His only justifi cation for announcing at all a price so greatly beyond the remunerative figure is that) he may have where withal to satisfy those whose remuneration must be cared for in addition to his own. He makes n o " reduction their favour a t all." He retains every s i xpence oin the profit to which he is properly entitled, and me rely t h e m the benefit of a nominal assessment, g i ves which a m argin for their satisfaction over and leaves above the con sideration which they actually pay. We clear that it will be greatly for think it q u ite li tera t u re when this overplus the ad van t age o f f rom publishers' reckonings altog ether. i s di scar d e d gs altogether. It is gat evi dently the source of ve r y between these gentlemen and re their and general ill-feeling as appears in ev er y page of NI " authors," who, disgusted at the diff erence the purchaser of their wor ks the price paid by s and that accoun t e d for to themselves. T o Lord C of " entire freedom ampbell's plain r e commendation branches of trade , of transactions" between the two we would simply a dd th e suggestion, that every publisher' s concern with a book should termi nate absolutely with i Price, to the retail i ts delivery, a t the trade or author' s _la dealer. conclusion we confide n tly hope that the discussion may be permanently advant ageous bo th writers and readers at large. rGlad sto n e most I said that the state of the bookselling t . ra u d e e was a disgrace to the Community- Nothing in the markets of the universe is so extravagantly dear as a British - ma de book, whether contrasted with other productions of labour at home or with similar productions abroad. With a large edu cated population, an inquisitive t one of society, and a general d es i re for knowledge, the most uncommon article of private purchase is a new book, and the com modity most certain to be procurable at a depreciated rate is a publication of credit and renown. The truth is that scarcely any degree of success can maintain prices so hugely artificial. When one third of a book's nominal charge has been gratui tously added to its true cost, an appendage so preposterous is sure to be unsafe; and a collapse, which is merely the consequence of unnatural inflation, ac quires the appearance of formal disparagement, to the prejudice o f readers a nd write rs together. Reade rs only get access to a publication when its conviction seems to have been pronounced ; and writers, who see the price demanded from the public, and know the price accounted for to themselves, are scandalised and discouraged by the operations of an enormous charge combined with a miserable return. It would scarcely be fair to quit the subject without a tribute of public acknowledgment to those individuals who, a t some personal risk, encountered t he unscrupu lous coercion of the " Association," and secured free dom of trade to all followers of their craft. Lord Campbell, we observe, confirmed, as from his own knowledge, the suspicions we had expressed respecting the alleged " unanimity "of the profession. Many felt secretly oppressed by the restrictions of the system, but few only ventured to protest. It is natural enough that consideration should bo claimed for those uncertain ventures, but it would bn a wiser and more serviceable proceeding to forget the past altogether, aid to place the trade upon a system which will give authors and booksellers a better source of profit in a larger sale of books. VARIATION OF THE COMPASS.--Profttssor Bache, superintendent of the United States Coact Survey, has com municated to the Secretary of the Treasury the magnetic variations at certain positions on the Pacific coast, which must prove interesting to navigators. The variation at Point Pinos, in California, is 14 deg. 53 min. E. At San Diego, California, 12 deg. 29 min. E. At Cape Hancock, or Disap pointment, 20 deg. 45 min. E. BRITISH QUEEN SCREW-STEAmEL_Vire are re quested to state, upon authority, that the survey and inves tigation show that the propelling machinery was not the cause of the fire in this vessel's after hold. It appears to have originated from spontaneous combustion, or other tut. discoverable cause, in the cargo itself. • "Walbr,;ok May 18, 1852. • R OYAL AGRICULTURAL C ENGLAND. The MAY GENERAL MEETING of the S t the Society's House, in Hanover-square, on S May, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. By order of the Counci . JAMES HU London, May 5, 185'2.