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THE CRYSTAL PALACE CO kIPANY. Capital, 500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 51. each. Paid up in full. Provisionaly Reg'Stered pursuant to Statute 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. • DIRECTORS. Chairman—Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of the London, Brighton, and Sot th Coast Railway Company Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P., Leadenhall-street Charles Lushington, Esq., 31 P., Kensington Palace-gardens John Scott Russell, Esq., Fat S., Great George-street, late Secretary to the Royal Commission of 1851 Francis Fuller, Esq , Abingdon-street, late Member o: the Executive Committee of the Great Exhibition of 1851 Thomas N. Farquhar, Esq., Ss - denham, Kent Charles Geach, Esq., M.P., Park-street, Westminster Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq., Upper Thames-street Thomas Brassey, Esq., Lowndes-square. DIRECTOR or WINTER GARDEN, PARK, AND CONSERVATORY. Sir Joseph Paxton. DIRECTOR OF WORKS. Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esq. DIRECTOR OF DECORATIONS. Owen Jones, Esq. SECRETARY. George Grove, Esq. CONTRACTORS FOR THE RE-ERECTION OF TINE BUILDING. Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. • • SOLICITORS. - Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, awl Leech. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London. To rescue the country from the disgrace of parting for ever with the tuag - nthcent structure with whose existence so happy a portion of the life of the people of England is identified, the Crystal Palace has • been purchased by private individuals from Messrs. Fox and Hen derson, ihe spirited contractors who erected it. The, Palace of the People having been doomed by the vote of the ' House of Commons, there remained but two alternative.—either the fairy edifice, with all its social blessings, must desappear at mice from . English soil.-or lie conveyed by private enterprise from its temporary home to a spot from which no authority had power to reesove it. The pur.ieasers of the building die net hcsit etc for a mement iu step ping bi between the public aid the Legislative sentence : they knew full welrthat the Governments of other countries deem it their duty to provideVer, and carefully to watch over, the rational character of the masses respectively given to their charge, by affording the • means of recreation and instruction during their holiday and leisure hours. But here the wise and good ainongst us must do these things for theniselves, for British Governments revolve in fixed political orbits, and the people shrink from official interference in their per sonal, Social; and domestic movements. Two great feels were established by the National Exhibition of 1851. In the first place, it proved not only a self-supporting, but a highly retnuperative institution; and, secondly, visitos, at the higher rates of charge, neither entered the building in numbers equal to those o n th e shilling days, nor contributed in money a sum equi valent to th a t realised by the shillings of the poorer classes. From these • _ two fact s, i t became evident to the purchasers that two points s au ti Z t y n demanded their att en ti on i n d ec idin g upon th e f a te of the beere which they had saved from demolition. To begiet, Met s n f ix 'INA a spot for the' Palace, easy of acceseetiftWmaiies ; !ae,' ti'e second place, they must render the Palace in respect of the people of London what Versailles is to Paris—a place where the People may be admitt e d b y thousands t o all the en j oyments o f art, o f science, of beauty, of skill, and of mechanical invention—enjeyments U hit herto accessible o n l y t o t h e e d ucate d , t h e ref i ned, and the rich. P both respects th e purc h asers h ave to congratulate themselvesoll having met with unexpected and aeun•lant success. A site close to London, but out of reach of its smoke and brick m all s — beautiful, picturesque, and open—has been secured on the Brighton Railway. The Palace once built upon it, will have a rail- Way station within the building itself, communicating by an exclu sive line cf rail with the London br•dge mid Bricklayers' Anns Stations, which are the most readily accessible to the densest por tion Of the London population, and from which the Crystal Palace Station will be reached by special trains in ten minutes. A line is also in contemplation whites will connect the Crystal Palace with the Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations. One small payment wie cover both the admission and the railway conveyance to and from the Crystal Palace. Thus, in a few minutes, without stoppage , the visit ors will find themselves once more within the precincts of their old and favourite resort. The Institution itself it is proposed to make worthy of the country and of the views with which the Crystal Palace was originally Refined recreation, calculated to elevate the intellect, to in- Struct the mind, and to enprove the heart, will welcome the millions who have now no other incentives to pleasure t tit such as the gin Palace, the dancing saloon, and the ace-h , nse, afford them. The tri- MnPlifi of industry and art, and the natural beauty of flowers and • P l ia riot e ohu is ignl e iriotwsm e cry climate, will meet together at the Crystal Palace isnvtaelrlsaanldl. summer; in cl er ir ; m a s il o d f w t i h n e d co a u n flts r y ai s n vi , ll abieulpetrhpeetiLaTtelld ft en inclemency of our climate, iv 11 form no obstacle to the per fect nteenrioeMent et visitors admitted to tile genial atmosphere of a garden eighteen acres ill extent. Id t t Vera files the treat attraclons of the Palace are its fountains ; he Crystal Palace it will he possible for the first time ill England • to • enloy a spectacle which hue always been regarded a- the most grateful and soothing that even Royal munificence has been able to command. With our power o steam and mechanical resources it 1, 111 not be difficult io render the fountains of the C - •ystal Palace the anent in the world. The sculptures of the most eminent living artiqs of every nation, Casts of th e works of em i nent sculptorsin every age, architectural .. e e e Mains and casts of architectural monuments of past amid present eslea, will occupy every salient part of the Malin , . The French, .! malls, and Italians will cease to be the only European nstions a un n ? its educating the eye of the people for the appreciation of art . vie be auty. The most interesting models of machinery at work __a present to the artizan, as well as to the student, th,, means :vreacquainting himself with the processes and the products of taught great staple manufacture In the country. The lesson in llyde-park, where the cotton entered in the berry and n ae rged In th e b a l e of goods, where linen rags were passed Maugh the paper -mill and issued in broad sheets of instructive tun', will be re p eate d i n t h e People's Palace, where every areat victory of machinery wll find its enduring record and safe i " i torY• Geology, mineralogy, and botany will be illustrated on a g r eater scale than h as ever b e f ore been attempts'?; and trees, fajne, architecture, c sturnes, and manufactures will be so laid out as d, rent as far as p rac ti ca bl e a s t u dy o f ever y country i n th e SOZe, with all i ts natural stoics and indu S tr i al products. The 11 Yal Co mmissioners were obliged to take, eh/ost without discrime ati on. all that was sent to them by loca l or fore i gn Committees, n thus many acres of space were filled with useless and uninte resting objects, an d the same descr i pt i on o f o bj ects was repeated ._tne after ti me i n every division of the building. In t h e new build- ILL& on the other hand, the classification of the objects will be much !store complete and instructive, an•l the vacant space will be filled by be autiful plants, fl owers , an d f ou ntains. With the Palace will be the Crystal Palace-park, constructed 71th all th e peculiarities for which the parks of Eng l an d are world anioaa. One hundred and fifty acres will be filmed with every tree The plant which En g l an d' s a t mosp h ere h a s adopted or acclimatized. - alle Crystal Palace-park will be as thoroughly English in its aspect as the Palace itself will in its contents be a miniature of the world.. buPeriodical shows of flowers and plants will be held is the Palace, Will i amusements of the tea-garden and the dancing "'Joon Will be strictly excluded. Care will also be taken to secure a aalsely of refreshments of the best description, but Intoxicating beve rs'ilges will not b e so l d. In a word, throug h ou t every d epartment of lutes natioral work, that character will be stamped upon it which t ea — alr eady won The Crystal Palace shall suffer no deterioration in low no of its removal from its present aristocratic site—shall p , art of Its claim upon the gratitude and applause of the , be reason of its transmission from th e h an d s o f h er M a j es t y ' s Co mmissioners to those of the people. The distinguished reputation of the gentlemen who are retained to Perpetuate the splendid fabric, constitutes a sufficient guarantee for the (Oust faith of the promoters of the work, and fe• the legitimate objects which the purchasers of the Crystal Palace have throughout had in view. It is impossible to d sconnect from those oleects— Undertaken as they are on behalf of the public by private individuals --the character which attaches to every , ommercial enterprise. But it Is not only possible, but very easy to render the association now submitted to the public eonsideration an instrument It incalcu lable good to the country, and of lasting happiness to the people. With the aid of the Government, who, with a view to promote the great public objects of the undertaking, have kindly promised to afford every reasonable facility, anti including it is expected a charter ei incorporation, and with the hearty co-operation of the other influential parties whose services are promised, the iiirectors have no fear whatever of accomplishing within a short space of time th e gigantic and serviceable work to which their energies arc now devoted. For the present it remains only to state, that as a commercial en terprise the prospect of success depends upon the following well ascertained data:- 1 According to careful estimates and reports received from some of the principal parties connected with the Great Exhibition, a capital of 150,000/. will be amply minis:len: to complete the purchase and re -erection of the Crystal Palace, with such improvements of structure as are required to gtve it a permanent character, and a Moderate aellitional sum will be sufficient to provide a winter gar den. and place in it such a collection of ohje as of art and science, O ! . b eauty and instruction, as will make its attractions and interest even superior to those which drew the enormous concourse of visitors in 1851 s 2 . Upon these estimates a number of visitors in the course of 12 months,-equal to net more Dian the number which in a smile fort night entered the Great Elehilet on, will be sufficient to afford a fair l ' e _ e turn Ott the capital from the admissioe fees alone, independently other sources of revenue, whilst any excess beyonl Rill ba Pure profit. this number hav-1 its opening h'ilewefrs 4 etal Palace will be completed in sufficient time to en e on the Ist of May, 1853, and eminent contractors °flew to maintain it in thorough repair for a long term of years at a cost not exceeding 5,0001. per annum. As re ards the prospect of a urge influx of vi itors, some of the Stati stical facts conn e ct e d w ith the Gre i t Exhibition are most M- B rU e'sivo. During the period of 24 weeks. tor which that Exhibition W4B Open, it was visited by upwards or 6,000,00(1 persons; or, on the 4400 e , by upwards of 2 50,000 per week; and the receipt: e cee e 4 ,0001., l eaving a net profit ot 210,000/., :inter d: fraying the whole 4 L . Pens_ of the E x hibi tion, ineludeig the cost o f t h e b u ildi ng . O n eee coe secutive shiding days the number of visitors exceeded 10 0 .000, and the rece i pts 5,0001. per day. Arra ngements hays been made with the London, Brighton, and South -Coast Railway Company, by which that Company le idertakes to provide the most ample accommodation for the conveyance -of Passengers to and from the Crystal Palace upon terms mutually ad vantageous, and which practically secure a minimum return of six Per cent. tat the capital of the Crystal Palace Company. Applications for Shares to be mails on or before the 25th of May, in t h e following form, to the Secretary of the Cempany, at their temporary offices, 65, Mo orgate-street,London. To the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 5/, each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less number that may be allotted to me, I agree to accept, and to pay the sops o'3l. per Share thereon, and to execute the deed of settlement Of the Company when requested so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name (in full) Address (in Business or protession PATRON—II. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. t: y, Gas ad Fire IPI OYAL PQI.Y TE 0 lIN I 0 IN 6 Trru r ~ I , Bachhoffner and Defries's new Patent Pol k IV ,i Will be exhibited and lectured on on :11,1nday, w day, at Half-east Three, and on Tuesday and Thursday Eventnst 4 rri- Nine.—Leeture on 'sfuse, by George Buckland, Esq., the Pa 8 ) at Present Eras contrasted by Vocal illustration, every evening, excaenna, Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—A Lecture, by J. H. Pepper ir;s q , ( 7,, Glynn and Appel's Pa ent Paper for the Prevention of Piracy . and Forgery by the Anastatic Process.—Lecture en the Britannia Tubu lar Bridge, illustrated by Mr. E. Clarke's beautiful Model.--L ee _ tore on Voltaic Electricity, by Dr. Bachhorrner.—A splendid New Series of Dissolving Views. —Exhibition of the Microscope.—Diver and Diving Bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; liChools and Childre • n under Ten years of age, Half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill. street, St. James's. C Open every evening by Laurent's Celebrated B and. Princi p aL 0 /net-a-Piston. M. o 4 Doers open at Eight Fl oul'clock.court. Dancing to commence at nine , and rminate at half-past eleven. admission—ONE SHILLING TILE SILENT FRIEND. IN Bur Cow rma Tyrp LAI C R OUACiES—FORTIETII EDITION. Illustrated. hy One )r . 1,1 -EDY FOR PRE VEN'TI F DISKA" • OR prnmicAL piBllunared Anatomical Coloured KT4graviltp , PACITy, A„,gtratimATlo,,,,, GENERATIVE I gCA , 21 aw Edition, enlarged te l the Establish LD6thtENTS TO MARRIAGE. men 4eF a cos. price its. ad. by post, fron. l I IHE SILENT F R ND il. 6d. in stamps. 1. D JR. the exhaustion and pn retea „,_ t II Medical Wor - 0 trmshre i n d u l ge/mei th e „ nsequen 7 e 7r ,f of t the system, produced bj of ... infection , or the abuse o' mercury, with directions for the usc, i atio tl__ preventive lotion, 101. Owed by observations en marriage ' prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured E ,,,.""2, 4l Pialifications whicl PERRY and onsulting Burgeons, i g:- } Zi r age• By R. and L. on, 9.5 r -rstreet ; uor street, London. CO ,, ' Published by Sherwo o d a „,, , ere:street, Oxford. row, and sold by Hannay, 63, am Ran g „ . 7, - °6. 7.1 2 . 3 , , ,, Paternoster , arringdon , 67, St. Paul's don, 146, Leadonhall-street; Barclay and , Lornhill street ; W. - Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Edwards Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ;R. Johnson iits PUT L. treats of the anatomy and physiology • 0 1 tn . r ._ • generatiVi organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. i i teguativr PAZT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from ~x ceaule ~. d ligerioe, and their lamentable effects on the system, p rod : e r n:. mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and sumpacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PAZT 111. treats of the chseeies resulting (tore infection, either ir, their Primary or second ar y f orm , and contains explicit di rect i ons fci * u tir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engz a ,„ 1 45. PAIT I'. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by e, simple application, by which the danger of Imoction is obviates. PART V. is d evoted to the consideration of marriage, arid its di, ii es ' The " U 303 of unproductive anion are also considered, and the Whole subject criti ca ll y and Tax COIDIAL R. ,- philosophically inquired into. treating - 0I SYIIiACTIM is exclusively employed is nervous end sexual debility, impotence, Ike.. Ils. and 335. p e er ned bottle . r y, for The Co ncentrated Dot I Essence , an anti-sypbiliti: ay name, purifying,rnettom.ootahoblood is cases of infection, seconder) Ile and 83i. pc, b. ttle. Perry's Purl a n d t h e elute of mercury, _• • I le Per bex, a c e r t a i n retnae ;Pccille Pills, 2s. 91, 45. 6, 1,, and ,it, ; chntlie intaramation of t- 4, for gonorrhma, gleet, stricture, 4 ,, 11. A Minute detail af tar _bladder. Cmsultation tee, if by -eau h It ht,scoisty. H. pal m ,' "e I' 'ecittired: age, habits, and posit bliabreetit only, by Which tiii iu vri a VI i d I - .tea, to be hal at tee Eris. galleons .sre in attar . ..m e i d 7 fee , Ar• , is saved. Maws. Perry, t. Lando% n om Evo . +l 4 l 'T. at 19, Berners-strect, Oxford. Pit JIM Pits it 0414 -'9 '• 1114 Ftre7' gMtibt I c'i E. 111- • ~,a .._,.. _ . I V 7,( nc ///,_ _.__~ rz N°.18,615.] LONDON, THURSDAY ' 1 2 .1 DT MAY 20, 1852. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 19, 1853. THE COURT of DIREci ()Rs of the EAST INDI COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the present rate of interest (3/0 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 Bonds shall carry an interest only of (2/. 10s.) Two Founds Ten shillings per cent. per annum. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CONFESSIONS of on ETONIAN. By C IiABL E BOWCROFLE,q. POSTAGE REFORM AND MR. WALLACE. We republish from the papers of the House of Com mons a petition from Mr. Wallace, who so long 'repre . .. sented the town of Greenock, and who was the father 01 Post-office reform. PETITION OF ROBERT WALLACE, EiQ be mainly paved the way, as he also was the mover for the Committee which recommend e d to Parliament th a t ,great measure cf national reform, he ventures on these ikrounds to hope that your Honourable House will listen favourably to his present suggestion, and send his pcti• tion to the Committee about to be appointed; and Lastly. That your Honourable House will please dirrct that this petition shall bs printed with the votes, in order to obtain for its contents correct circulation among Hon. Members, as well as among the third estate; so that, should the entire emancipation of penny postage be still withheld from this kingdom, that the inhabitants of other Countries may see their way to its accomplish ment, and especially that our clear-sighted brethren across the Atlantic may do so, in yet their infancy of postal arrangements, so that in one way or other we shall at last get at home or from abroad the complete ful filment of the beautiful invention. Author of " Tales of the Colonies," &c. " To those who enjoy, lively sketches and amusing anecdotes, this hook Will afford great unttxtainincia."—Sun. " The life of an I:tonlanliii pranks, his follies, his loves, his for tunes and misfortunes—bi here amusingly drawn and happily co loured ay an accomplished artist. The work is full of ane.alcte, and lively painting of men sad manners."—Globe. Colbnrn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ----- That holder s of Bonds will be allowed to bring them in to be mari:ed for continultion at the said interest of (2/. 10s.) Tao rounds Ten Shillings . - er cent. per annum, until the 21st day of November, 1852 ; and that sneli Ponds as bll,lll not be marked for continua - lon as :tie: csaid on or h , o,fore the 21st d ty of November. 1852, shall be liable to be pahl o ff on t h e sa i d 21st day of May, 1853, on which day all interest wi.l cease. The petition of Robert Wallace,E,q., humbly showeth, That your petitioner was for many years a Member of your Hon Durable House, and as such w& chosen to be chairman of the Select Committee appointed to inquire tecasti by casting M vote r t . e R of o w your r d Hill, commo nly called penny petitioner, as chairman of the into the best mode o f reducing the rates of poitage on letters, and more es p ec i a ll y to i nga i re i n t o the plan pro posed postage, which pl an was recommende d to P ar liament by h Select Committee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary Your petitioner' further showeth that he has observed with the most sincere eatis4etion that a Select Com mittee of your Honourable House is about to be ap pointed " to inquire and report upon the present mode of engraving, printi ng , and gumming the postage label stamps; and likewise whether, and how, the perforating machine invented by the patentee could be applied to the same with advantage to the public." And whereas your petitioner has never ceased deeply to lament ever since the passing of the Penny Postage Act, 2d and 3d Vic., cap. 52, that the clear and explicit terms contained in that Act as to the use of stamped paper, &c , has never yet beep communicated in all its integrity to the publie u rnaam eia b ool use f u l s tamped paper _fit for cerreepoeilleneerWe erp to this day bear withheld; although stamped covers and adhesive stamps have been long since issued: And whereas the Act declares " that letters written upon stamped paper, or enclosed in stamped covers, or having a stamp affixed thereto, should pass by the post free of postage." And whereas no stamped paper suited to or properly fit for correspondence has yet been issued, while stamped covers and postage labels and half-sheets of wretchedly bad paper have been issued, so very bad is it as to be despised and rejected as unfit for the corre spondence of the most needy persons: And whereas the stamping of letter-paper for corre spondence was strongly impressed in generaland specific erase on the notice of the Committee by highly re spectable witnesses, and its adoption was consequently urged at the time by your petitioner in his place in Parliament, and was only withheld by the Legislature under the delusive pretext of danger to the revenue, a pretext which your petitioner alleged at the time, and which he still believes, was coined for the occasion to hood *ink the Government, by certain self interested paper-makers or contractors possessing at the time a monopoly, under a patent for produci ng paper for bank notes, and other special purposes, and the like, by rep. son of introducing threads of silk into their otherwise useless trash, which was alleged only could secure the revenue of the Crown if used fur the purposes of penny postage: And whereas, in contradiction to thesabove allegation, many highly iegenious and excellent specimens of whole and halt-sheets of stamped paper were gratuitously fur• wished to the Commite e by paper-makers of great repute, and were exhibited stamped in folio, in post, and note piper of all sizes and excellent qualiies, well suited ti every correspondence, and fir being folded easily and at once, with the stamps conveniently exposed at the back of each sheet for being cancelled by the die of the post masters: And whereas these stamped sheets appeared so com plete and satisfactory as to satisfy the whole members of the Select Committee that the revenue of the Crown would be secure, and that facilities and benefits, by the adoption of the entire plan, as to the issuing of stamped paper, stamped covers, and adhesive stamps, would be conferred on the whole body of the people by facilitat ing the social and business intercourse of the nation at home and abroad, and by encouraging in an especial manner the education of the humbler classes, by hand writing, &e., through the desire thus created to acquire knowledge and communicate by letter with their friends in the most eas y an d s imple manner, as well as in the most economical way, w hich stamped paper, if of a pro per size an d o f goo d q uality unquestionably would afford; and, in proof of this having been the view taken by the Committee, your petitioner begs to remark that no difference of opinion was expressed , and certainly no division t oo k place, in the Committee upon this all-im portant point, as is shown in their report: And whereas the issue of half-sheets of paper was for a long time opposed by the monopolists, no less strongly than whole sheets were; and the issue of half-sheets of the useless trash was at last only carried in spite of the monopolists, and this on a formal motion made by your petitioner, demanding that Parliament would sanction the fulfilment of the Pinny Act in all its in togritv by the issue of w h o les sets of paper along with the other modes already adopted and then in use: And whereas your petitioner, in his place in Parlia ment, solemnly protested against the silly acquiescence in the half-sheet measure, and intimated his determina tion to reiterate the claim the public had to a fair and complete trial at any rate, instead of its partial applies. tion, so evidently agreed to at the suggestion of self interested parties in the helf-sheet job: And whereas in the debate on the motion of your pe titioner, he so far convinced the House, Sir Robert Peel, and his Government, which on that question was repre sented by Sir George Clerk, then Secretary to the Trea sury, as frankly to offer the assurance that, if the stamped half-sheets agreed to be issued should not find favour with the public, and come into general use lee corre spondence, that in th at cas@ a fair trial should be given to the use of sheets of s t amped paper of all sizes an d qua lities, and to be brou g h t out, if most advisable, e i t h er in the process of paper- ma ki ng, or separate stamping. w hi c h were the plans chiefly proposed to the Committee an d recommended to Parliament in the report made to the House, and which was adopted in the 2d and 3 d Vice , cap. 52: And whereas it has been found in practice, however excellent and valuable penny postage has proved, that the use of envelope stamped covers and adhesive stamps are positively accompanied with a certain degree of in convenience and trouble, which is on all hands admitted would be avoided or greatly diminished if writing paper of all kinds could be purchased by the sheet, quire, or use, and be a boon of the ve r y ream, coming from t he paper mills or Stamp•office,ready stamped for immediate se, first order to every c l ass whatsoever of letter wr i ters; whereas stamped h a lf- s h eets are and have long b een rot ieg in the Stamp- o ffi ce: And whereas th e w i thholding of sheets of stampe d paper is highly inconvenient (and unjust if it can be avoided) to these p ro f essional end m srcintile men who require Post-office stamp e d deeds or letters to b e pro duced as evidence in courts of law, actually written on and struck by the Post-office die must be produc.d as legal p roof, for which purpose envelopes are entirely unsuit a bl e: And whereas it wa s made evident before the Com mittee oa Postage that t h e stamping of letter paper i n the process of its manufacture would be the best and most economical mode, if secure for the revenue, and the safe providing of which was not even doubted by practical men; and it will be plain that should this mode be added to the others now i n use that there will be st ill enough to do in sufficiently accomincelatiog all classes, now that money payme nts at the Post-office are put an end to, and stamps of some sort must serve for all purposes: And whereas it was a p art of frequent conversat i on , a lth o ugh not of eviden ce , Which department should un dertake the providing sta mps for penny postage; that is either the Stamp-office or th e Excise; while it appeare d quite clear to your petitione r i ndividually that the d uty would be best performed in thi s i nstance by the j unct i on of the services of the two; it was nevertheless also p l a i n u that each of them desired to b e freed of the additional labour, and that there was l ess jealousy of the one eat o ys" in de partment encroaching on the privileges of the other, and of the both than they showed And seven cities or towns conferred upon hi m in testimony of his services in postal reform, and th e share he had in lsof carrying penny postage, on all of which occasions he explained or exhibited the simple uses of paper so stamped and folded, which were presented to his com mittee and left on the table of the room ea e the exhibi tors, and which received the unanimous opinion of the inhabitants when so assembled, that writing o f paper all sizes ready stamped for being written on would be of the utmost advantage in addition to the other facilities for penny postage. Your petitioner therefore submits the following reca pitulation: Firsly. That your Honourable House will instruct the Committee about to be appointed to inquire as to postage stamps, &c., whether the time has not arrived tor the issue of letter paper, stamped for circulation by post in the process of manufacture or otherwise, and whether the same would be more economical and convenient to the public and the State than any of the present several processes, as well as in addition to them, Secondly. Whether in the fifty-.second year of the nine teenth century science and art are yet insufficient to guard the tour great departments of the state—the Ex cise -office, the Stamp-office, the Post-office, and the Treasury against the machinations of draigning paper makers, and the Treasury against their frauds, so as to admit of the Penny Postage Act being admiuisteeed fairly in all its details. Thirdly. That with a view to secure these desirable objects, your flonoursble House would authorise a pre mium to be offered to all and sundry persons, sufficient in amount to procure complete efficiency for the working of the Penny Postage Act, so that, se h otne your peti tioner's belief be justly founded; that ignorance or cupi dity, or both, have hitherto retarded, her the lull b ene fi ts of penny postage reaching all cla_ses of Majssty's sub jects, that this misfortune m a y no longer be permitted to incommode them, and that the rich may be enabled to purchase stamped letter paper by the ream, and the more humble by the quire or sheet, in addition to the other modes now in use, which has teeeese the more ne cessary now that money payments of the postage of let ters bas at last been so properly put an end to: And whereas your petit" • ner had devoted all hisener glee, end a large portnea of his time, to the exposure of the anomalies and abuses formerly to be found in the Post -office naanagement, and had actually. aisplied the first five ye ars of his Parliamentery services chiefly in these pursuits, and this he did previous to the appear ance of Mr. Hill's inestimable plan of penny postage, for which, however, h e hp th e aotiefactio of knowivg that And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray. ROBERT WALLACE, Member for Greenock in four consecutive Parliaments. No. 2, Den-terrace, Teignmoutb, Devon, _ _ March 22,*.1852, HER MAJES T tlttaiy Y tlteyteahn iS nde STATE BALL largetti hnh geeT T e h rane e omipyrsßeatrehito_ Queen byeyc aooi hlßoyal Palace. pty a , ae v anoTm. e lynl dhi o a laF,eybt aSi Family, B dta hpn a gee : l ei e on diplomaticl principal s pya t aa.l Members y c corps r pt nume rous, f a c t nh k the, invitations having exceeded 2,000, and com prisingd use roreigners,tatucttion, the ladies and gentlemen of e Administration, with their wives and daughters, and a alighted th e garden at the entrance private in entrance,frontet theThliebragrryan, grandd an hau d the ee ge a n ra e i r n a i l ec com ie p r a ty ny_ eo a i t u t in he ne gr o a t ud w h t a it l e l. Carrara marble of the Corinthian order, with giltcapitals, was brilliantly illuminated. The carpeting was crimson, emblaz med with the royal arms. The hall was deco rated with a great quantity of flowering plants of every species, tastefully grouped to fill up the recesses and angles. A party of the Royal Body Guards, carrying their partizans, occupied the hall and grand staircase, under the command of Captain Kincaid, the Exon in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzmaurice, the Adjutant, and Captain Phibbs, Exon of the corps; were also present. Adjoining the Grand Hall is the Sculpture Gallery, which was adapted on this occasion for the accommoda tion of visitors. The Gpillery contains, among otter works, busts in bronzy of Socrates, Archimedes, Aris tides, Diogenes, Seneca, Brutus, Homer, Solon, Epicu rus, Zeno, and Euripides. At each end of the Gallery are statues in white marble, of Boys, emblematical of the Four Seasons. The Garter-room, which forms the ante-room to the series fitted up as a refresh nen t wholeo roomvState apartments, This room contains a portrait of the Duke of Brunswick , by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and three Princesses (A the Royal fine length duringteelung. Family, by Gainsborough. The approaches to the State rooms were hung witty whole length portraits of the late Duke of Sussex, as Earl of Inverness, by Wilkie; the King of the Belgians, by Dewe; the Princess Charlotte, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, George the Third and Queen Charlotte,Willitim the Fourth and Given Adelaide, and a portrait of Prince George of Cumberland (now King of Hanover), by Law rence. The State rooms presented their usual magnificent appearance, and were, like the grand hall and staircase, profusely and with great taste decorated with rare plants and beautiful flowers. The yellow drawing-room was set apart for the reception of the Royal Family, the general company assembling in the picture gallery. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary arrived at half-past nine o'clock, attended by Lady Suffield and Major Baron Knesebeck. Their Royal Highnesses were received by the Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Hon. W. S. Knox, Groom in Wait ing; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; Lord Charles Fitzroy, Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. Prince Veerajunder arrived attended by Major Drum mond. His Highness wore an Oriental costume of great magnificence, enriched with gold bullion and embroi dery, the body of the dress being wholly formed of a gold fabric. The Queen and Prince Albert entered the State-rooms at a quarter before ten o'clock, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge. Her Majesty wore a dress of Indian muslin, embroi dered in silver from Dacca, over a petticoat of watered apple-green silk, ornamented with green and silver rib bons and silver blonde. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of diamonds and feathers. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore a white silk dress, trmmed with point lace, the stomacher adorned with diamonds. Her Royal High ness's head-dress was composed of a tiara of diamonds and white feathers. The necklace was of diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a double skirt of white tulle, over white glace silk, trimmed with bugles, and blue convolvoluses with silver leaves. Her Royal Highness wore round her head a wreath of blue couvolvoluses with silver leaves and stems, and diamond ornaments. The necklace was of pearls. Her Majesty was attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting ; Hon. Matilda Paget, and Hon. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Vice• Chamberlain; and Lord Pulwarth, Lord in Waiting. , The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain through the grand saloon into the ball-room, followerl•by the Royal Circle, and the Ladies and Gentleman in Waiting. The general company also followed from the picture gallery and the saloon into the ballroom. A quadrille was formed, the " Piince Ru pert" (Juliano), and her Majesty opened the ball with his Royal Highness the MAP of Cambridge, the oppo site couple being his Royal Highness Prince Albert and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. Mr. Boose's quadrille band attended in this room and played the following dances during the night:— QUADRILLES. Los Fieurs de Lilao La Motte. Morn' von Namur .. ... Kuhncr. Le Royal Tambour .. ... Musard. Jlilitaire ... ... .. ... Strauss. WALTZES. Fleur de Lis ... ... Boose. Blue Bell ... ... ... ... ... Juliano. Fortuna ... ... ... ... ... Gol mick. Fairy Palace ... • • ... ... Boose. Montrose ... ... ... ... Tinney. POLKAS. L'Eachantresse ... ... ... Juliano. Veilehen ... ... G. •• • ... Gungl. Mon Bijou ~. ... ... ... Julian'. The Ostrich ... ... ... ... Gughelno. Konigsberg ••• ... ... ... Anonymous. GALOPS. The Martha The Carnival ••• ... ... •PO Flotow. ... ... ... ... Boose. The Throne , room was appropriated to dancing, in addition to the ball-room, and in it was erected a haut pas for her M)jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on which seats of crimson and gold were placed. Draperies of crimson velvet and of white embroidered silk enclosed the haut pas and were surmounted by a deep gilt cornice. Beautiful plants were arranged be hind the seats appropriated to her Majesty and the Prince. Soon after the ball was opened in the ball-room, dancing commenced in this apartment. the first dance being " The Combermere Quadrille." Mr. Adams's band was stationed in the Throne-room, and performed the following dance music:— QUADRILLES. Combermere T. Adams. Favorite „. D'Albert. Exhibition ... Jullien. Como D'Albert. WALTZES. Buckingham Palace ... T. Adams. Donna Sabina ... Henrion. Mandoline ... Buller. POLKAS. Albert ... ... T. Adams. Court Beauty • Well i ngton Guernsey. GALOPS. Champagne Lumbye. London ... T. Brown. Amazon ••• Lumbye. At the usual hour her Majesty and his l High ness Prince Albert were conducted to suppe Roye state dining-room, by the Lord Steward, accompanied by the Royal Circle. The table on which this repast was served displayed some of the most choice specimens of gold plate from the royal treasury, and the whole apartment presented its usual appe arance of gorgeous magnificence. A Guard of Honour of was the Coldstream Guardp, with night the band of the regiment, on duty during the on the lawn in front of the Grand Portico. The guard was commanded by Colonel Hay. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cess Alice, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, visited the Botanical-gardens in the Regent's. park yesterday. The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday, at Bucking ham Palace. Kent went to Her Royal H i g hness the Duchess of F r ogmore yesterd a y m orning. Her Royal Hi g h ness re turned to Clare,nca Houee, St. James's, in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of K ent , atten d e d by Lady Fanny Howard and Baroness de Speth, visited h er R o yal Flightless the Duchess of Gloucester last even ing, at Gloucester -house. A deputstionupon the subject of Australian wool had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his official reside nce in Downing -street. The deputation consisted of Sir Charles Wood, the Hon. E. Lascelles, Sir SV. 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Shares, created 7th of August, 1846, have to remind the Proprie ors that a SIXTH and FINAL INS VA LMENT of 31. per Share becomes PAY ABLE in July next, and that they have ordered fuck Call to be paid to one of the under-mentioned bankers,.namely : London—Messrs. Glyn ; Mills, and Co., Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company, `Liverpool—Mess/5. Mola and Co., or taerWank•of "LtverpOot ltattaiegar-- - Sir Benjamin ileyWood and Co., or the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. on or bef re the Ist day of July next ; and the several Proprietors of such 25/. Shares are required to pay such Call accordingly. (IEO. CAIIII. GLYN, Chairman. THOS. S.II.ITH, Deputy Chairman. By order, HENRY BOOTH, • CHARLES E. STEIVIIIT, } Secretaries. Euston Station, London, May IS, 1852. MIDLAND RAILWAY. MIDLAND BRADFORD RAILWAY PREFERENCE Ali k Eq. 1.800,000/. in 18,000 Shares of 100/. each, with Interest at the rate rf 4!6 per cent. uer dtinum for five years, and thenceforward P t the rate of 4 per cent. per annum in pepetuity, se• u ed by Act of Parlia ment ai a first preference charge on the revenue of the Aifdland Railway Company. Net Income of the Midland Railway Company for the year 1851, after paying 11l charges and interest on Debentures, 494.458/. 6Q. sd. Appi cations for shares, or for such portions of them as may not be cl.iim d by the Leeds and Bradford Shareholders, may be made to the Secretary, Mr J. F. Bell, Derby; to Messrs. Laurence, Caze nove, and Pearce. Auction 14 at t, Bartholonie London ; or to Th.ssrs. R. W. Sloore and Corr, GI, Threadneedle-street, London ; from tither of whom particulars and forms of application- may be obtained. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary, Derby, May 12, 1852. MIL I'ON-UPON-THAM E 3, KENT. T') AIN) oraERA. LIOR SALE, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, Very Eligible INTEATNIE Im, , nvel GROUND hEN of 1771. 19s. clear per Annum. I h s eligible property consists of the improved Ground Rents arising from the I louse, forming Harmenstreet, and the adjo!ning cresc,nt, known as Berkle . -crescent, situate in Milton, and v, bich Amount to the sum of 2)7/. 19i. per annum. '.l'ho Ground Rents are ,vll secu'ed upon FAi very sntAt tntially iirick.built Houses, produc ing a ha -k Rental of above 2 Ot!0/.. per annum, comprising the whole ~f the above Crecent and ,treet. The property is hold on Lea.ie for the unexpired term of 82 years, at al ori4inal Rent of 1201. per annum, leaving the net improved annual Ground Rent of 1771. 195., and which l$ now offered for Sale. _ _ Applications for the purchase thereof to be made. and further par ticulars to be obta tied, of Messieurs finder and Arnold, Solicitors, Milton-upon. Thames, Kent. 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A popular review of dawn every form (cause and cure) of ner vons'.ydebiiitated health and eateebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the mail of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old ace ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." B ow - E ar .—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." nooxAmmE :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli won regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to; secure healthy offsprin, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A-. 1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these niters. Reception hotirB (Isity till Five. Rvenings,_Seven till Nine. 10, A rg,yll-place. Regent-street. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 19. _ _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little or nothing done in the share market to-day. The only sale reported was— Great Western, 924i 5 . LIVERPOOL, MAY 19. SVICK ExciutrtGE.—We have no improvement to notice to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices varied little from those which have been quoted for the last few (lays. The sales reported were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, loq dig.—Caledonian Preference, 8 15-16—Midland, G9%—York and North Midland, Prefer ence, par. MANCHESTER, MAY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We had a very quiet market to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were ai follow :—Blackburn, Preference, 20 5-16 - C.iledonian, 19 T 4 —Ditto, Preference, 9—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 5i2 p.—Leeds, Fifths, 5 13-16 dis. —South- Eastern and Dover, 21%—York and North Midland, Preference, par. i 31101.111 (*HAM, MAY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been firm to•day, but there was very little business doing. The only sales reported were—Coventry and Nuneaton, 125—London and North-Western, I'24—South Staffordshire, 1/. Is. 3d. dis. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera! ny the night--and M by the morninr4--4ispateh•] ' When made up in From what WiACICK. General Post-ottf cc port die- London: patched, America (by Brit. pkt.) N' May 21 .. 'Liverpool •• 1 America (by U.Q. pkt.) N June 1 •• • 'Liverpoo l N.x.orica (by U.S. rat.) 51 May 25 •• Southampt. ilrica (West coast)... .51!1.4tti of the month Plymouth Alostandrial • N lath 30th of mo. Dover • • klebrium .. •• NI Daily .• • • •• i 1/over . • ..! ilrarli .. • .. 14 9th of the month ! Southampt. 13ueno5 Ayres .. IM ;901 of the month Southampt. California(viaCharres) 11:2d 2;l7th of montt !Southampt. Cape of Good Hope NI 14th of month !Plymouth • • Constantinople* .. • • N ;7th 17th 2711 of mo Dover . • Central America .. 34 !td & 17th of mon Southampt. Chenni.,l Wes • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fn. Southampt. Chili .. IM!l7th of the month Southampt. France .. •• M& N: Twice daily ..!Dover • • Greece* .. Hamburgb • .. N. Tuesday & Friday !London . • •• • • N : 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover • • qolland •• M Wednes. & Satur. I London • • Ron.clur an .. Nll7th of the mouth !Southampt. Ireland .. &N• Twice daily .. !Holyhead .• ti diajvia Sonthemp.) td 20th of the month , Southampt. India (via NI arsel Iles) N sth& 2 , 3 th of:month:Dover • • Mediterranean (via Southarr•Aon) •• bI 20th of the month Mecilten anew] (via Marseilles) •Stli& 24th of month N.Texico M 2d of the month.. Madeira .. • • .. M 9th of the month f '7th,l7th,l9th,27th & 30th of month Naples* N,sth 15th 25th ofme Papal Slates* N sth 15th 25thamo Peninsular.. •• M7th 17th 27th ef me Peru •• • • M l llth of the month Tuscany* Nsth 15th 25th ofmo West Indies hill7th of the month West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) lid i 2d of the month .. * The mails to those c ountries thus marl French packet via Marseilles. Oonthampt. Post-offlet ' r i May 24 May 26 May 21 June 3 May 18 Daily !June 16 June 16 ;May 20 ;June 3 M ay 20 , May 20 Ta. Th. Sat May 23 iTvricotlaily May 20 Tees. t!at. ►4oa.Thni May 20 TivicedaLlY May2o ,June t 1 I May 20 Dover • • Southampt. Southampt. IDover !Junel !June 5 ,June 16 Malt.* .. .. May 20 May 22 May 22 May 26 May 20 IMay 22 !May 20 I Dover • . Dover .. , Southampt. Southampt. Dover .. Southampt. I Southampt. !June 5 ked (*) are conveyel lay MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Notwithstanding the many inconceivable escapes from death in connexion with railway accidents, we doubt if one more singular and providential has ever been re corded than the following:—A lad named George Knott, 16 years old, the son of a respectable innkeeper in Ash ton under Lyne, was employed as a clerk at the Ashton station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company. On Saturday last he wished to visit a garden belonging to his father or himself, a short dis tance from the station, and about noon, seeing a goods train belonging to the London and North-Western Com pany passing through the station, he ran and attempted to get upon the break van at the end. The train was going at the rate of nearly twenty miles an hour, and the guard, who saw the attempt, seems to have been convinced that it must fail. Accordingly, he instantly screwed down the break with his ut most power, hoping to check the train so 'much a 8 to attract the attention of the driver. The lad missed his grasp and fell; his legs slipped between his clothes the spokes of the hind wheel of the van, and his back back very much cut and and t. head came upon the ground. In ,this fearful posi ttoenthe was dragged along for fully 100 yards before ad br h o e u e g a ht tor t n o a ff st t and h . it was h, found hd that d o p xc a ori t at e ed was fractured, back, ;one () I f s the int(' the knee seriously injured ; while his thighs gurneuts round the rightankle t d were ruhae away completely to the bone - home, . He was at once conveyed and we understand th t plication of hi s injuries, he a., despit e th e f ear f u l coal - But for the presence of is very likely to reeovur, euard. and the mind perfect action and the str eng th o f t h e yoeo must h ave l ost his life ; o forthe bre a k, the rash %hie ) his legs became entangled madehad th o w h ee l i n v.thition after,his f a ll bis legsft-Inst but a p art i a l re• and death would no do u b t have resauvletedbeen torn off, from loss 0 1 blood, if it had not bee n a l m , )st in antant,oll3. t s ~..,............~,... [ADVERTISEMENT.] ITOHOway's Oint Pills the most effectual Remedies ever k nc wn for Gout and Rheumatism,' — Extract of a letter f rom M r. Thomas Wyborannd d ru ggist, Eton, dated April 26, 1-.52.--." To Professor Hol: low ay. Sir,—A caw has lately come under my notice, which I think should ba publicly known. It is that of a poor man who suffered so dreadfully from chronic rheumatism that he endure' incessant pain, and lost the use of one side. He was under di ment medical treatment, and at Westminster Hospi. tal she faculty pronounced . him incurable. However, this was nut the case, for by the use of your Ointment and Pills he has been restored to health and strength."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor golloway's gstablishraent, 244, §trand, When due. [PRICE SD. Sanders, Mr. Westhead, and Mr. Edwards, attended by Mr. Ga't of Leeds, Mr. Hellans of Huddersfield, Mr. Poste:: of Bradford, Mr. Akroyd of Halifax, Mr. Cook of Devvsbury, Mr. Heap of Rochdale, Mr. Yeodall of Riwrton, and several general manufacturers of West Yorkshire. --- A aeputat:on from the corporation of the city of London, coehisting if Mr. Masterman, Mr. H. L. T,zylor, Mr. D,3puty Harrison, Mr. Daputy HL - ;!is, Mr. J. H. Hall, Mr. Lambert Jone.s, the City ili:- tnciat'oranc,ar, and the City Arcl , ,itect, had an intorvlew with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home office. The EArl of Glengell bad an interview with the Rai of Derby yesterday. Dispatches were sent from the Col3nial-office yester day to the Governors. of Coylan end Hongkong, end also to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Mends. BOTANIC SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS: Yesterday was appointed for the recommencement of these popular fetes. As a starting show, at least, al ways requires to be, it was eminently successful, and attracted a great concourse of visitors —the official number of tickets disposed of to the fellows and their friends up to the close of the day being 22,254,.0f which upwards of 5,000 were brou ght in on Ow oceasi,.mak lag - the number of visitors, inchisive of the fellows, about 7,000. The Exhibition comprised a variety of collections, arranged, as usual, under five spacious tents, placed in different parts of the grounds. Those of Mrs. Lawrence, so famed in the annals of horticulture, shone conspicuous; it is not the least part of the mer it o f thi s lady that sh has raised a host of competitors to emu late her efforts, few - of them pari passu, indeed, but still with such promise as to render the results of the con test strikingly beautiful and gorgeous. We may men tion amongst these the names of Lady Antrobus, Mr. Collyer, Lord Ktlmorey, Sir J. Cathcart, Mr. Ker, Miss Traill, and the Duke of Northumberland among the amateurs; Messrs. Rollison, Pawley, Lane, Veitch, Jackson, Pamplin, Fraser, among the nurserymen. The erchidaceous plants were in fine condition, and pre sented the most pleasing appearance, perhaps, of all the diffsrent kinds. In connexion with the exhibitors in this department we must not forget to speak of Mr, Iveson, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, and Messrs. &Alison and Veitch. The collections of green house plants, azaleas, &c., were remarkably well flowered; mad, indeed, this observation might be gene rally applied to all—the Entire exhibition evincing the most eminent success in culture, although there was no particular plant to excite attention on account of its novelty, if we except an importation by Messrs. Rolli -900, cissus discolor, from Java. Thi re was also a curious pima, Sauvauja Cauli":ora, emitting little bunches of fl iwdrs tram a long sitander stem, surmounted by a palm-like tuft of leaves. The tents beneath which the fruits, flowers, and plants were displayed were, as on former files, supplied by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough. The promenaders were regaled with choice selections from the popular composers by the bands, sometimes pl tying iu concert and sometimes separately, of the Blues and two regiments of Life Guards, under the guidance of their able leaders, Messrs. Tutton, Waddell, and Cooke. The company lingered in the gardens for some time after the performance of the National An them, retained by the freshness of the evening and the picturesque beauty of the scenery during the setting of the sun. Before the admission of the company the society was honoured by a visit from her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert ana the other members of the Royal fa mily, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Seymour, Ladies in Waiting, and Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeek, also paid the Exhibition a visit of inspection in the morning. The following are the swards of prizes at the Grand Exhibition of Plants, May 19, 1852 : Extra gold medal to Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Law rence, Ealing-park, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants. Ditto to Mr. Franklin, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, for 25 orchids. Medium gold medal to Mr. Cole, gardener to Mr. H. Collyer, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants. Ditto to Mr. Speed, Edmonton, for 20 stove and green house plantr. Ditto Messrs. Veith and Son, Exeter, for 20 orchids. Ditto Mr. Carson, gardener to Mr. W. T. Farmer, Nonsuch-park, Surrey, for 15 orchids. Gold medal to Mr. Sa#ll,. gardener tolir. W. gull ter,Norwood, for -12 Cape heaths. Ditto to Mr. Smith, fur 12 ditto. Ditto to Mr. May, gardener to Mra. Lawrence, for 10 greenhouse ezibme. Ditto to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, for 20 stove and greenhouse plants. Ditto to Mr. May, for 10 greenhouse azaleas. Ditto to Mr. Turner, Royal nursery, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums. Ditto to Mr. Robinson, gardener to Mr. J. Simpson, Pimlico, for 12 pelargoniums. Ditto to Messrs. Lane and Son, Great Berkampstead, for 12 roses. Large tilvor gilt medal to Messrs. Fraser, nursery men, Lea-bridge-road, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants. Ditto to Mr. Carson, gardener to Mr. Farmer, for 10 cove and greenhouse plants. Ditto to Mr. Green, for six greenhouse azaleas. Ditto to Mr. Williams, gardener to Mr. C. B. War ner, Hoddesden, Herts, for 25 orchids. Ditto to Messrs. Rollisson and Son, nurserymen, Toot ing, for 20 orchids. Ditto to Mr. S. Wooley, gardener to Mr. H. P. Ker, Cheshunt Herts, for 15 orchids. Ditto to Mr. Kingham, gardener to Earl Kik:lorry, Twickenham, for six orchids. _ Ditto to Messrs. Paul nurserymen Cheshunt, for 12 roses in 13-inch pots. Ditto to Mr. A. Rowland, Lewisham, Kent, for eight rosps in 13 inch pot. leirge silver medal to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antroous, for six full cacti. Ditto to Mr. May, 12 Cape heaths. Ditto to Mr. Cole, gardener to Mr. H Collyer, for 12 Cope heaths. Ditto to Messrs.Rollisson, for 12 Cape heaths. Ditto to Mr. Dobson, nurseryman, Woodlands, Isle wortb, for 12 pelargoniums in 8-inch pots. Ditto to Mr. Carrigan, gardener to Mr. A. Lawrence, KontiA Town, for 12 pelargoniums in 8-inch pots. Ditto to Mr. J. Westwood, Floral Nursery, Turnham green, for six pelargoniums in 11-inch pots. Ditto to Mr. C. Turzer, Royal Nursery, Slougb, for six fancy pelargoniums. Ditto to Mr. Robinson, gardener to Mr. J. Simpson, for six fancy pelargoniums. FREE PARDON TO THOMAS ROBERT AIELLISH. , M filth for Thomas Robert e 7 Lewis and Lewis, solicitors ee ect that Mr. Secretary ff from the florae-offiee, to t Majesty to grant a free pardon h f. Yesterday a communication was received by Messrs. Walpole had advised her e t w h g e at y e tirit T y h o is f case adds another remarkable I t justice and the benefits to him, a Mellish was indicted with one arising from trial by jury. t and he has b e enlibera ie te e d te f u r ee om r e will be remembered th forged various receipts, while in the om s on and Varnish, of Regent street.indictments, there h av i ng the first of these On e D m o p u l g e l y as ef fo la r h es a e v r i e n . g Tp and d guilty, andordered to be transported, the former for ten, the latter for seven years. been seven preferred, and also one for conspiracy, Mel- Shortly after their conviction Dou g l as made a confession to the ordinary of the gaol of N ewgate, to the effect that Mellish was entirely innocent, and that he (Douglas) was alone the guilty person. This led to an application being made to the authorities at the Home-office by Messrs. L ew i s and Lewis, the solicitors for Mellish, for his pardon. The autho rities referred to Mr. Baron Parke, who tried the prisoners, and that Learned Judge thought it would b e more satisfactory that the prisoners should he tried on a second indictment, and accordingly, in March l a st, the prisoners were again tried, and on this occasion the jury acquitted Mellish, after a trial of upwards of ten hours, Douglas pleading guilty. A second applica tion was then made to the Homteoffiee, and on due con sideration, the authorities ordered that the prisoners be again put on their defence, and that they be tried on the indictment for conspiracy on the 12th inst. The trial took place (occupying the Court eight hours), when the jury unhesitatingly found a verdict of" Not Guilty." A third application was then made to the Secretary of State, which has resulted in her Majesty granting a free pardon to Mellish, and he was discharged from the gaol of Newgate, where he had been Confined from the month of October, when he surrendered to take his trial in ells• charge of his bail. This case has created great interest. it being the first on record in which, after a sentence of transportation has been pronounced, further trials aris ing out of the same facts agatnst the same prisoners have been h a d, w hi c h proves to demonstration, tha t where the facts warrant it, a new trial should bi. as well in crimi na l as c i vil cast a. Douglas is stilt in cus tody, and will un d ergo h i s sentence of transportation for seven years. granted The Swedish Railway Committee have now closed their labours, and th e K ing of Sweden is about t o con fi r m _ the charter p asse d b y the last Diet for the cons truction of the first Swedish rai l way. The line adopted i s that through Ropi ng , O reboro, and Hult; which,while it will Wen ern , the tw o great lakes, Malaren and e rn, will form part of a great trunk line b etween Stockholm and Got tenburg. / Ay FARES AND THE GREAT WESTERN Toms.—This question has been raßisledLinWo the Great Western. various Bills before Parliament affecting in a c t question put to Mr. Labouchere alluded to the connexion with the and yesterday the third reading Viscount Barrington, in the HousseufbotheCeo Billmmo f n o s r , e o ff n ec ß t l i o n n g day of the President of the Companies was, on the suggestion ar rangements between the Great °Western and Shrewsbury Board of Trade, postponed on of any compulsory clause to give time for the discuss untildiscussion Friday — next, it is supposed proposed to a which might be required. Western agents l d i t di s a eunderstoodlause affectingth a t the the ques tionnow before the Committee, of which in one of their Bills the Hon. E. Lascelles an i c l c r h o li m irza ci ri t , Q u ita ci a th it a t t 9 tli tbi e 4 Co ll m ill va . Mee , IlliCiAled the 91444°7 " - - f 11~ '' J se( 4 - e;, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The mornin g b it t i ng of yesterday eo taierd in a small c om p ass th e story of the session. Halnf a-dczee subjects were eiscusied to no other purpose that to discover that the di scuss i on was useless. A paecription of several years has c ouseerate d Wednesday to spirieuil afflirs, er] Mr. Bennett, 11laynooth, an d the Colonial Church were severally i n t ro d uce d , merely to be consigned once mere to the limbo of impracticables. For one reason or another the House now always reverts to the original understanding that nothing was to be done this session except what was abselutely necessary. to far as regards actual results, never was an understanding so faithfully observed. " Nothing" has this year become a substantive quantity, a birth political duty, a mis sion, a virtue, a heroism. There is in the dolce far niente, but this is the glorious do-nothing. But when ih s great idea of ado nothing session was first originated, it was imagined that a deenothing ses sion must necessarily be a short one; for, as nature abhors a vacuum, and as idleness itseif becomes wea risome, a difficulty was found in cncs:virg an in dcfiti:ei prolorgation of nothingness. Each successive week, however, since the Ist of May has celarged our posers of cceseption on this pint, and it is now be come quite comprehensible thet Parliament might sit for ever, and yet do nothing. The fact of au almost indefiuite extension was brought out yesterday, for it was mention' d, end acquiesced in by all parties, that the House of Commons would probably be still sitting and doing nothing on the eighteenth of next month, or later. Supposing that this power should be finally ex hausted by Midsummer-day, Parliament will then have attained to five-sixths of a normal session, and will have consumed that long period in political inanity. So re markable a fact cannot fail to give a turn to inquiry. If Parliament takes five months to do nothing, how much does it usually accomplish in six months ? It is a simple sum in rule of three direct. The importunes of such speculations is increased by the fact that Parliament, for particular reasons, did no thing last year, and for other particular reasons, will most probably do nothing next year. It is growing into a custom, and will soon be time out of mind. But the British public, which "expects every man to do his duty," and which hates, despises, and punishes idleness, will take a practical view of the ques tion—What i s the use of a Parliament that does nothing? If there is anything to be done, cannot it be put into better hands? Just now the national pride is rather in terested in proving the value of representative govern ment, as ours happens to be the only considerable spec! : m-n left on thi s a i de the Atlantic; in fact, the only eel!" working and self - supporting specimen, for Belgium is maintained in it s p resent state by external influences. It is rather annoying to see despotism so generally omen tut, so mog u l, so p„ puler, so resp ecta bl e as it is; but that annoyance is aggr avated byegtaht(irceircuinstance that Eng land is now contributing : negative argument of the same tendency. These d espots are doing Agreat deal of good, a a n n dd granting n a t r i e n gd moneying nothing ' w at all. hey of railway i y et ot national are laying out importance; they are ruelaiming vast districts already ing their capitals, origina:in g a ll ki nds of use s f l ul work s, and doing things in r• al Imperial style ;—b e i ng al in some grave respects, consid era bl y In advance ofy our own noble selves. Some of these great doings, we flitter eurselveQ, are not ou the right principle, but they nevertheless tell. Right or wrong, they give satis faction, and. like many other institutions of doubtful principle, will produce noble fruits rainy centuries hence. But what rigle have we to criticise others when we are duirg Nothing? It is true that the most indolent are alwa)s the most cynical. The man who has nothing to do has plea y of ekes for his neighbour. But Europe will care little for the criticism of those who, talk as they may, cannot do better. A tree is judged by its fruits, and what is the value of a Government whose fruits are Nothing? But this session we have been do ing something. We have been undoing. The little that we have done these two or three years has been this year taken down, pulled to pieces, epd swept away, like the building in Hyde•park. Nearly all that has been done, or that was in the way of being done, for draining and purifying this metropolis, for supplying it with water, and for burying its dead in more wholesome and sensible fashion, has been annulled. So we go on. It used to be thought one of the punishments of hell to roll a stone up a mountain, and see it roll down again, to revolve on a wheel, and to pour water into a sieve. We have our selves combined these fruitless toils in the treadwheel of our convicts, and the many forms of labour, for the sake of labour, imposed on our paupers. Parliament is now itself falling into the same dreary mode. The ex cuse for all this is the constitutional system, and govern ment by all parties. As each party arrives in succes sion at the helm, it is forced to consult its self-preser vation, not the public good, and to propose the measures on which it happens to be pledged, or in which it may have a special interest, not those which have only the general recommendation of being, like reform in Chan cery, for instance, great public wants. No good Mea sures can be passed, or carried into effect, without the creation of considerable powers ; so, whenever any good thing is to be done the Op position has always a handle in our constitutional jealousy of interference and of authority in general. So, the more substantial the object, and the more effectual the method for obtaining - 4,41e -greater is the advantage given to political opponents, and at the same time the greater their inducement not to let the party in power do a good thing. The result is that legislation, as pon ducted in the splendid establishment at Westminster, is a mere game in which chance, and a low description of finesse, divide the result.. Standing round a table, first one side and then another takes the cue, or names a colour. Gambling is abolished elsewhere only to be concentrated at the head quarters of order and of law, and we have no lotteries except where office is the prize, and the nation has nothing but blanks. This certainly accords with the saying that the House of Commons is the beat club in town. But how long will this last? Will the people always be satisfied with King Log, who, after all, is a very ex pensive king, for the modern King Log, if he has no hands, has a rather wide mouth? Then we are told with much complacency that evils care themselves in Ibis country do with a vengeance. A hundr e d tcryingh p icalSeo they vilihave cured themselves in England —by revolution. We are a tolerant and long-suffering people, but we rise at last, and do things effectually. Since the commencement of this century we have bad a dozim serious agitations, caned by the inertness or ob stinacy of Parliament, and crowned by results which peliticiees of the old school did not hesitate to call " re velutioes," "robberies," "sacrileges,„ arid so forth. These terms of extreme reprobation have been so often have lost their force, an d r to relish a little judi c i ous appliedeopec respectable e late m e y n ear b s eg that in they revolution, coufisation, or impiety. Now, what if this vicious custom of doing nothing in Parliament p is ro a c c r e a r sv ta in in ating; should at last fare as the other abuses alluded to? What if some sharp and sudden remedy should be found the work of the nation sh T ou h l e d re be put into more h w o h n e e %e t b peo ple in the world that takes the law into its own hands, p e ople is of British race and tradition W a y nd business-like hands? when the courts are indecisive, weak, o r expedients,fo v. w © u h i a have fre committeesq i uen tl y e puLlio demonstra , mayand that never coma c C h folll be i tp t O nie s i tl es e nh h tasl r l u ae d so e ma e,rand of vigilance," come, npela tion that acquires the force 01 and Parlia ment to register its decrees; and, th ough fashions of that process have varied from the forms and time to time, according to the matter or the age , th ere can be little suggested doubt that the spi r i t which vives among us. them still sur- yesterdv, were:-11 NAVAL it , r., -----.............. Vice-Adneiral Lard WI 8 present at the levee of his Grace, i ELLIGENcE. LEVEE OF HIS GRACE Tur " Rear-Admiral Fisher .. , Vi ce .Admiral cfi - jer --- ....4711.E OF NORTRI7N- Commander E. K. Barnard Vice - Admiral V h i a e s e ear-Adwiral Sir John Sinclair, Sir Ch ar k s i Ogle, Rear-Admiral Carter, -Admiral Sykes. Fitzroy, Admiralty :ao:kt:rd, first of th agent in chare of the mails on board the the contract Australian Steam C o mpany's vessels. • The Herald Captain -abdemenirals • ..,aptain Denham, and her tender, the Torch, Lieut. Chimmo, anchored yesterday morning in Margate heads. A GRATIFYING TRIBUTE.—The elder pupils head master (E. Riddell, Esq.) of the Nautical School, at Greenwich Hospital, intend to morrow, with the per mission of the governor, Admiral Sir Charles Adam, to present him with a bast of himself, executed by one of the first artists of the day. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. --The Commander-in. Chief - , Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Captain Chads, and Captain Martin, proceeded to Spithead this morning in the Sprightly steamer, to muster and inspect the Win chester, 50, Captain G. G. Loch. The Admiral was saluted with 17 guns. It is supposed the Winchester will receive final orders and sail to-morrow for the East Indies. She is remarkably well manned, an d, considering the short time in commission, in very ex cellent order. The Queen, 110, Captain Wise, bent sails in dock to day. She *ill come out of dock to-morrow, and, so soon as ready, will proceed to Plymouth to be paid down, when hea ven will have a fortnight's leave of absence. She app to be in a most excellent state of discipline, and her officers and crew behaved with the greatest energy and alacrity at the fire in the dockyard on Mon day last. •The Edinburgh, tender to the Excellent, is getting her sea•service stores on board. She is already rigged, and will bend sails and leave the steam-basin shortly. The ilighflyer, 21, Captain Matson, returned to Spit head after her trial cruise yesterday. She answered ex ceedingly well upon all points, was very weatherly, dry, and stiff. The Conflict, 14 (screw), Acting-Commander Jenner, is ordered to have tier defects made good at this port. The Tiger, new steam-frigate, 16, bas been docked to-day to be fitted for commission. It is reported the officers - and crew of the Dragon will be turned over to her. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Henry Phelps (1849), to co mman d the Ferret, 8, sloop, commissioned this day tit Portsmouth, pßomonos. Mate F. Maxe, to the rank of Lieutenant. TLIE EXPEDITI, N TO THE SOUTH SEAS. WOOLWICH, MAY 19.—The Ilerald, 28, Captain Henry Mangles Denham, an d the Torch Etsam-vessel, her tender, commanded by Lieutenant Chimaao, left , Plymouth, where Greenhithe early this morning-- for and then proceed to the South Seas; 0 •-•lptain Denham a s turveyer, and Lieutenant Chimmo as assist an t- su rveyor. Several of they expect to remain a b out a week the officers have previously served under Captain Denham. DEPARTURE--- --- OF THE ARCTIC STEAM . sim . .—Yes. terday forenoon, steam -ship Arcticat eleven o'clock, the United States mail (Collins' line), Captain Luce, sailed from the river Mersey for New York, with nearly.a hundred pas. seugers, the mails for the United States and Britiiila America, and a full cargo pf general inerchanclief x: