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a ~. . • _ • . A " , •./ . .• t ' . I 1 / 4 \•• 1 . 66 • .• o.r • , 174 • • A , A , 4. 1 0 i t • ` fi s. "`" ;eh ' 44 4 ,1 0" ; e c•P "L' k 2-I:rt 44. , „,o < __ \ " • V jl . lf - _ '1- , /- -6 / /~ / ,: ~~~~ g " ~ 7;‘, ~~. BILE e ge 1, and -Mile bead The Earl FORTESCUE, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household in the Chair. STEWARDS. The Duke of Bedford, E.G. The Earl Fitzwilliam The Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., Viscount Morpeth, M.P. Lord Dudley Stuart, 3/.l'. Lord Robert Grosvenor, 31. P. • The Lord Bishop of'Durham The Hon C. P. Villiers, M.P. The Right Hon. Dr- Lushington The Right. Hon. T. B. Macanlay The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan The Right Hon. Edward Strutt The Hon. Richard Denman Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. The Baron de Goldsmid, F.R.S. Sir Moses Monte/lore, Bart., F.R.S. J. H. Adams, Esq. Robert J. Bagsbaw, Esq. David Barclay, Esq. George Bishop, Esq. James Blyth, Esq. James Booth, Esq. John E. Blunt, Eeq. Matthew Clark, Esq. Hyde Clarke, Esq. Charles Cope, Esq. Thomas Cope, Esq. J. Malcolm Corrie, Esq. William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. Professor De Morgan John Dillon, Esq. Charles Dixon, Esq. Professor Donaldson, M.T.B.A. William Duckworth, Esq. Edward Enfield, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Joshua Evans, Esq. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Daniel Gaskell, Esq. Thomas F. Gibson, Esq. Francis Henry Goldsmid, Esq. Frederick D. Goldsmid, Esq. Prolessor Grant, M.D., F R.S. George B. Greenough. Esq., F.R.S. Charles Gregory, Esq. James Hakes, Esq. Thomas J. Hall, Esq. Alers Ilankey, Esq. Philip Hardwick, Esq., F.R.S. J. llelbert Halbert, Esq. Dr. Henderson James Ileywood, Esq., M.P. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq. J. Hopkinson, Esq. The Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A. David Jardine, Esq. Z. A. Jessel, Esq. Mary Lewis, Esq. Emanuel Lousada, Esq. The Rev. D. Maras Richard Martineau, Esq. John R. Mills, Esq. Nathaniel Monteliore, Esq. Thomas Morton, Esq. Professor Newman Robert Philips, Esq. J. Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P. A. G. Roberts. Esq. Robert Rogers, Esq. Edward Romilly, Esq. The Solicitor-General, M.P. Samuel Sharpe, Esq. Professor Sharpey, M.D., F.R.S. Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Dr. Stebbing, F.R.S. Charles Summers, Esq. Professor Syme Mr. i-erjeant Talfourd John Taylor, Esq., F.A.S. Richard Taylor, Esq. Martin Thackeray, Esq. Professor 'Thomson, M.D. Henry Warburton, Esq., F.R.S. John Watson, Esq. John Williams, Esq., M.P. Professor Williams, M.D., F.R.S. John Wood, Esq. Dinner at Six o'clock punctually. The Hospital Committee make this appeal to public benevolence under circumstances of more than usual urgency. It is now two years since the last festival. During that time, while the prevalence of epidemic disease and general distress has caused an increase in the number of patients, and the cost of maintaining the charity has -seen further augmented by high prices of provisions, the Committee have proceeded with plans !for improving the accommodation for patients by an extension of the - building. They have thus incurred expenses and liabilities to a large amount. A reserved fund of upwards of 5,0001. has been exhausted, and a debt of 1,5001. contracted. For some time past the Hospital has been dependent for its maintenance on a loan from the Treasurer. ?- I, ' .t ; ~~ Thificharity, besides providing relief in sickness for the poor of the I PoPstions and increasing neighbourhood in which it is situate, is open __ ra s a free hospital to all sick and destitute persons, and for the pur se of extending its benefits as widely as possible, the clergymen and ministers officiating in the surrounding parishes are invited to _d Patients. vr ho annual cost of maintaining the charity on its present footing Moiety is c.ntributed by the Medieal School of University College, 'about 2,5001. being annually paid over by the Council to the Hospital . eeraretittee as the amount of students' fees for clinical instruction. The disbursements amount to 5,0101. ; a deficiency of 1,9001. has to D e Provided for every year. Beds and other furniture are required for the new wards ; the an hi expense of supporting the occupants of 50 additional beds Is es naated at 1,500/. The number of beds which the Hospital Is now , ePable of containing is 200. T he number ofatients was last year 18,794, of whom 1,403 were t n- Patients p , and 508 women in c, attended at their own ha- Ita tfons ; the remaining number hildbirth received relief as out-patients or as 144141 applicants. • deraTman of the Church of England officiates as chaplain, but Of patient is allowed to have the advice of a minister of that form ,„„ Mli alon which he himself professes iraL,he advancement of the sciences of medicine and surgery is pro cl much consequent benefit conferred on the public of all Met lb by the existence of the School of Medicine, of which this Hos Ti_. rms so important a branch. One Guinea each, may be had of the Stewards, of the • a :rer, at the Tavern, at the Hospital, and at the Office of the "T s rsity College, London. tilreations and Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer and wezllowing Bankers :—Coutts and Co., 59, Strand—London and diat,,,,T ter Bank, Bloomsbury Branch—Scott and Co., 1, Caven- Rosoa,aare—Smith, Payne, and Smith, 1, Lombard-street. At the 114 , 47. 4 , the Apothecary , the Matron, and Clerk to the Committee Is._ limited receipts, signed by the Treasurer, ready for delivery to `'eractor s then "'writ and Subscribers who do not make their payments to Tres s ank era • nrer are requested to take printed receipts signed by the 41411 , 1 848. J. W. GOODIFF, Clerk to the Committee. To Es Pr ORATION OF THE HAIR. lleasrs. A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London s k , a n tler/ 4m . "Linton, Cambridge, October 25, 1847. 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Od„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive -Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the nat t n c ral , fe elings, and exhaust the vital energies of Ma n h oo d ; w ith Pr ac a. Ob servations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence ol tr°Plual climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture. and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anato PhYslology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, ,_,nfflC their strictures , uses, and ftinctions, and the carious .. .Juries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37 , BEDFORD - S QUARE, LONDON. Doctor Of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of burgh,Edin- Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions , in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the Veil. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could It be traced to physical disqualifications and their att en d ant di sap- Poi ntments. E xcesses are always injurious; the gitt, which when used in moderation is fraught w ith advantage, becomes, when 4 ,_ b used.the p ro li f i c source of mischief and of greater or less injury S? the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on uthe n ature and conseau ence of w hi ch this Treatise professes to dilate, n pro ductive of greater severity of misery to the human f rame, any other to which it is subject. A This work contains an accurate and cemplete account of the theirna and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of irelative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly fieettiree the closest attention and study, for what subject can f more imeortance than the preservation of the health tie 0 1 the physical capabilities of which every man should sictint ebsuessed. it unfortunately happens that the unhappy ;earlof excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired y life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering ra their invariable consequences , unwisely entertains a fear of ap ir'rlYing t o a qualified phyeician for relief. Shame and the dread so beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking !or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the caases of B.sti, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva .tabY characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal Mt,_4allacations that he is entitled to esteem and respect In his profes pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. ERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas , e „ rt ir3'. and the great extent of his practice far many years is a '',4,ll:matee for his professional expertenee, which has reference almost '"l pu elY to the treatment of these diseases. 52, is i thed by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 84,41 71 °8 te-f - sow; ilausfaY, 63, Oxford -street; Starie, Tichborne 44enhalls.T.8 a ce r t ket o ; nd li on anse . Iri, free by Fleet-street ; Gordon,ts stamps, t ti r rtl' o Author, who may London; or, ristate b ion thtesfeor forty-two e w pe o ta n p , ally tele' Otte r , dailY, from Ten till LTwodou. and front Five till Eight at his "ne e. 37, b o a rd -snare on TrP IVE RSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. 4TIONEBB-11er Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vlea-Parnoxlss—Fler Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT. Parslcxxr—Lord BROUGHAM and VAUX. ntzAtlyann—The Baron de GOLDSMID, F.R.S. Cnall.six—Thc Rev. Dr. STEBBING, F.R.S. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Duke of gomerset, K.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G. The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Duke of Sutherland, K.G. VI% 'Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. 'irhe Earl of Radnor The Earl Fortcscue The Earl of Burlington The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. ticrd John Russell, M.P. Viscount Morpeth, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Lord Portman The Lord Bishop of Durham The Lord Bishop of Norwich The Right lion. Sir F. Pollock The Right Hon. Dr. Lushingten The Right Hon. Thomas Erskine The Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge The Hon. 31r. Justice Coltman The Hon. Mr. Justice Menlo Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., M.P. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. The Baron de GoldsmiA, F.A.S. George Bishop, Esq. /P. Stafford Carey, Esq. John Curteis, Esq. Charles Dixon, Esq. William Walker Drake, Esq. J. Heywood, Esq., M.P., I.R.S. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq. Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. William Marshall, Esq., M.P. Charles Morris, Esq. • Martin Thackeray, Esq. William Tooke, Esq., F.R.S. A. FESTIVAL in aid of the Funds of the Hospital will be held at The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, THIS EVENING, at Six o'olock. No. 17,349.] LONDON THURSDAY '4 3 • N • , IMUNNAMIUMMIr=OIIIEM. ^ A.N APPEAL to the WIDOW of WILLIAM COMMA' !ÜBLIC in behalf of the THOM, Poet of Invernry. Provost Thorns Mr. John Watson Rev. George Gilt'llan Mr. James 14. Ower Rev. J. R. M`Gavin Mr. William Boyack Dr. Arrot Mr. William Belt Mr. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, Jun. Mr. Patrick Watson Mr. Arthur Begg, jun. Mr. Thomas Saunders. TREASURER—Mr. Patrick Watson. SECRETARY—Mr. William Boyack. The Committee appointed to raise a fund for the relief of the Widow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but unfor tunate Poet of Inverury, beg leave briefly but earnestly to appeal to the Public, more especially to the Public of Scotland, in behalf of the trust which has been confided to them. The name and genius of Thorn are well known and universally ac knowledged ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his WIIISC have been brought before the public, not only in a combined form, but in various periodicals. His talents attracted the attention of the ablest judges; and the Messrs. Chambers, In their Journal, have de ♦oted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable meed of praise to which they considered his merits entitled. The life of William Thom has, indeed, combined the vicissitudes of a humble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis appointments, accompanied by au overflowing share of poverty and distress. e s e m t a b n ra d n cbee of s t e h a i r e s h Iv e e e r m e e p a as d s e e e d p a l y t in h , e p I r e I a s s w e a kh o i n 1 I of I‘ D ia ti l l i t y de o e f —the his mind ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished to return, like a bird that flutters round her forsaken nest, to spend his latter days in comparative peace and quiet. His wishes were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return from his wanderings, debilitated and impoverished, and breathed,his last on Monday, the 28th of February. He has left a widow and three infant children, the youngest but five months old, totally unprovided for ; and it has therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in ordei, if possible, to afford them permanent assistance.' A Committee has been appointed, who have cheerfully undertaken this duty, and. al ready they are happy to announce that their call has been responded to In a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Kinnaird, Lord Jeffrey, Messrs. Douglas Jerrold and Robert Chambers, and many others, have spontaneously sent their contributions ; and it is earnestly hoped that the charitable end the admirers of native genius and un obtrusive merit will support and encourage the laudable object which the Committee have in view. Dundee, march .111, 1848. , Coutributithis• will be received by any of the Members of Commit tee; and at the shops of %Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton, Booksellers, mid Mr. Mills, Perfumer, Dundee. DEATH OF WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERURY POET. (To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.") undeary 29, 148. Sir,--The pai n f u l t ask has been &pit Died to e, me Feb of announci B ng to the public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For some time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and his diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer tainty of his circumstances, and the consequent anguish of his honourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, In our city, at half past elevat a.m., he departed this life. He has left behind hint something more than a name —some true and beautiful strains. which, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not willingly sutler, like the inscription on the coffin, to Ise buried in the tomb. He has left behind him, alas! something of yet ten derer and mere mournful interest —a widow and three children, th 7 eldest of whom is only four years, and the youngest but a few months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalf of the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." He has found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Nor will I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment which he recsived while yet alive. A true poet, he met with trimly poetic usage. He was caressed, but not fed ;as if one could sup on incense, or as if one public dinner could keep a man alive for years : But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature— every one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet's lyrics, or from the simple story of his life—to prove their pleasure and their gratitude true by some more substantial evidence than ex clamations or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw him at our late Watt Festival, and heard almost his latest breath given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents—accents how far superior to the measured cadences of rhetoric—to testify by generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was the privilege of meeting with and hearing him far the last time. No time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima tions to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be, dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lord Jeffrey, and others But as Dundee has had the honour of containing his death bed, let us follow the start we have accidentally gained by instant, active, strenuous efforts in b e h a lf o f hi s w i dow and h i s tatherles s balms. Messrs. Chalmers, Middleton, and Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr Mills, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations. The smallest sums will be welcomed I am, Sir, yours truly, GEORGE GILFILLAN. The last verses of the late William Thom, written shortly before his death : SONO OF THE DWELLERS IN DEAN VALE. Tune—" Miller o' Dee." While we laugh and sing, in this happy ring, With a bright and a brotherly glee, May we never forget that the sun bath set On the homes of misery. For oh 1 it may be that this chill night wind Sweeps round some fireless hearth, Freezing the heart of the homeless one, With never a friend on earth. Then aye, as we sing, may we closercling, In our bright an d brotherly glee ; Yet never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. Man was not made for this world alone, The world was lent to man ; 'Tis a debt we owe to Heaven, you know. Then pay it as well as you can. Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow, 'With his pelting rain and his hail; May it never be said that hunger and woe Held abiding in bonny Dean Vale. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee, And never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. W. THOM. CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for Accumulative and General Assurances. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. G. J. FARRANCE, Actuary. EDWARD F. LEEKS, Secretary. ARCHITECTS', ENGINEERS', and BUILDERS' FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard -street, London. Capital, 1,000,0001. CHAIRMAN— SYDNEY SMINKE, Esq., A.R.A. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—ANTHONY SALVIN, Esq. Insurances against loss by Fire on the usual moderate terms. In surances on Lives at the lowest rates consistent with due regard to security, Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, Form of Applications for the Unappropriated Shares, and all particulars, may be had at the Chief Office, 69, Lombard-street, or of any of the agents. Agents wanted for those towns is which none have yet been ap pointed. JOHN REDDISH, Manager. RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The manifold advantages to the Heads of Families from the possession of a medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness occurring In lamili: s, more or less, every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every householder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted : EASTER THE ROYAL HOLIDAYS. POLYTECHNIC REGENT-STREET, Is now RE-OPENED INSTITUTIO with V GREAT ADDITIONS. The NEW THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. Specimens of Art- Manufactures are greatly increased in number and interest. Variety and great improvements have been effected In the Optical Depart meat. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner on Che mistry and Experimental Philosophy. A Description of the Depo sited Works by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving bell. The Music will be conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday Evening) from Seven to Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE• HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Shannon, reached the Mersey this morning, about eight o'clock. She sailed from New York on the 19th ult., and Halifax on the 22d. She brings 103 passengers, specie to the amount of 95,0001., and the semi-monthly mails from the United States. The steam-ship Acadia, which sailed from Liverpool on the Bth ult., had left Halifax for Boston some hours previous to the Hibernia's departure from the latter port. The , Washington, f or B remen, via Sout h amp t on , was to sail from N ew Y or k on the 20th and may, there fore, be exp ec t e d at Southampton in the course of few days. By this arri va l we have papers f rom New York, Boston, Phil a d e l p hi a, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans, M on t real, and Halifax, to the l a t es t date. Their cont en t s , in a politi c al point of view , are un important, b u t th at relating to trade and com merce is on the'wh o l e favourable for this country. We shall therefore first notice that part of the news. The news taken out by the Hibernia had caused consider able embarrassment among the French houses at New York, owing to th e sesse tion of business and the overthrow of credit, sco n seg nent upon the suspen sion of banki ng an d o th er h ouses 'of France,. added to the impossibility of realising-' consignments sent thither. The f o ll ow i ng houses ,have; therefore, been forced to yield t o th e pressure of the times :—Messrs. Colonel and Iselin, Pillot and Barbier, A. Rozier and Co., and Fox and Livingston, the owners of the Havre Packet Line. Other French houses were making strenuous efforts to place funds in the bands of their European correspondents, in order to strengthen them, and hence exchange on England had suddenly risen to 110} to 111, at which last rate bills were held. The export of corn to this country, under the state of affairs just noticed, was heavy, and over and above the sums sent out during the week ending April 12, amounting, it is said, to 350,000 dolls., and that brought by the Hibernia. The Washington will brin g a b ou t 100,0001. This ext ens i ve ship ment of money had produced a tightness in the New York money market. The rates of exchange at the sailing of the Hibernia were, London, 110 - to 111 ; Paris, 5 32k; Amsterdam, 401; Hamburgh, 36, and Bremen, 76k. The value of sovereigns was quoted at 4 doll. 86c. to 4 doll. 88c.; light, 4 dolls. 85c. ; five-franc pieces, 94kc. to 95c.; Napoleons, 3 dolls. 87c. to 3 dolls. 89e. The cotton market was dull. The Hibernia's advices had brought down prices kc. per lb., and at thatgreduction prices were steady. Middling sold at Sc.i to 6-Ic., uplands, 64c., and Or leans, 7c. The market for bread-stuffs had remained quiet. Flour had declined 50c. per barrel, and wheat was 15c. per bushel lower. Freights were lower, and continued dull. Full particulars of the markets are given in the reports herewith subjoined. As already observed, the political news is not im portant. Meetings to aid the revolution in Europe had been held in all the principal cities of the union. In New York the Germans had raised a large revo lutionary fund, to be sent out with fifty pioneers of liberty, and 2,000 dollars' worth of muskets, to aid in propagating free principles in Germany. A grand demonstration to celebrate the late French revolution came off in the city of Washington on the 12th of April. The " Marseillaise" hymn was sung, many houses were illuminated, and a torch-light procession moved through the streets amidst the cheers of assembled thousands. A meeting was held at Boston for a like purpose, but it proved unsuc cessful. By an arrival at New Orleans we have have ad vices from Vera Cruz to the Ist ultimo, and from Tampico to the 22d of March. They inform us that on the 21st and 22d of March seven senators had left Vera Cruz for Queretaro, to take their seats in the Congress, which was expected to assemble in a few weeks from that date. All civil authority has been turned over to the Mexicans in Vera Cruz and Tam pico. Santa Anna, at the date of last advices, via at Antigua. He had obt a i ne d a passport from Colonel Haynes, Governor of Palopa. It was said he would proceed to Jamaica, where he would take up his resi dence. Fears were entertained by the better class of Mexicans that the Congress at Queretaro would not dare to form a treaty. General Valencia, the Mex ican General, who commanded the troops at the battle of Contrieras, and upon whom Santa Anna threw the responsibility of all his reverses, expired suddenly, in a fit of apoplexy, on the 25th of March. General Paredes had been instrumental in getting up a revolution at Queretaro. Reports received state o a f r c 2,11 Mexico g . Some that he had been arrested for his trouble. Some reports also add th a t h e had been aided by Santa Anna and the a d vocates of the Monarchist party. troopse g u hadtla o left n the the 23 city March Saranta was said to have passed through l n for the purpose clearing the ro a d o f the robbers who infest it from Puebla to Mexico. of The court-martial sitti ng on the case of General Pillou were still receiving evidence on the case. A Bill to regulate the transportation of the mails between the United States and foreign countries had passed the Senate. The following is a copy of the Bill : " I. That the Postmaster. General, under the direction of the President of the United States, be, and is hereby, authorised and empowered to charge upon, and collect from, all letters and other mailable matter carried to or from any port of the United States, in any foreign packet-ship or vessel, the same rate or rates of charge for American postage which the Government to which such foreign packet or other vessel belongs imposes upon letters and other mailable matter conveyed in American packets, or other vessels, at the postage of such Govern ment. And it shall be the duty of all custom-house officers and other United States agents, designated or appointed for that purpose, to enforce or carry into effect the foregoing provision, and to aid or assist in the collection of such postage. And to that end it shall be lawful to such officers and agents, on suspicion of fraud, to open and examine, in the presence of two or more re spectable persons, being citizens of the United States, any package or packages supposed to contain mailable matter, found on board such packets or vessels, or else. where, and to prevent, if necessary, such packets or other vessels from entering, breaking bulk, or making clearance, until all such letters or other mailable matter are duly delivered into the United States Post-office. " 2. That all letters or other mailable matter conveyed to or from any port of the United States by any foreign packet or ship, except such letters as may be directed to the owner or owners, consignee or consignees of said ship or other vessels, shall be so subject to postage charge as aforesaid, whether addressed to any person in the United States or elsewhere : provided it is done by the packet or other ship of a Government imposing foreign postage on letters or mailable matters conveyed by any packet or other ship of the United States ; and such letters or other mailable matter carried in foreign packet-ships or other vessels, except such as may be di rected to the owner or owners, consignee or consignees aforesaid, are hereby required to be delivered into the United States Post-office by the masters or commanders of all such packets or other vessels, when iirrivin g , an d to be taken f rom a U n i te d States Post - office when de parting, and for refusing or failingtodn a?, or f or con veying said l e tt ers over or across the or any portion th ereo f, the party offending United RI. shall, on con not e xceeding five thou sand dol viction, forfeit and pay lars for each offence.' Prom Canada we are informed a copy of the official Quebec contains a rod al Gazette published at procla mation for th e r e gulation of the quarantine est a bli sh . The isl an d meat at Grosse Island. The orders are most stri ngent. Every vess e l h av ing more than thirteen pass engers on a thor oug h board been is any toanchor diseaseaton boardduring th e quarantine i if ther e has y age, or if the v esse l h as sa il e d from any port where infectious pdnisreiafiseeaptirnenv,aailnedd, the ee dirty ves emigrants g to r a unntdse are undergo to be l an d ed on the isla n d, an d they and their clothing and lug gage to undergo a compulsory scrubbing, is pla ce d un d er th e authority of a mili tary com mandant. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—APRIL 19. In Exchange, such is the position of thing s i n France, all bill operations have been suspended. Parties having a to make there have been sending speeie. At Boston the banks last week discounted liberally, and negotiations of prime, six months' paper were niati in the street, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum ; th range, h owever , f or f a ir names is from It o 1 , - 1 per m onth. ' The transactions in stock were mainly confined to the fancy and depreciated descriptions, for which the q uo tations are lower. Little sl has een done in th e '' - s, solia in which th ere h a s been aslight b declin e . The sum in coin that will go out in the Hibernia to morrow, and in the Washington on Thursday, is esti mated by c ompetent persons at about seven hundred thousand d o ll ars . All foreign gold i s at a premi sovereigns of lull weight being 4 dolls. 90c.; Napoleons, 1114, 3 doll s . 90 c . Fi ve -franc pieces hav e a l most disa peared American halves are well i premium; Mexican 1 to ii. dollarc , .., FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Exchange on London ... ••• . . 110 to 11 I Do. on Paris; ••• ••• • ••• 5 32 i to —. Do. on Amsterdam ..• .611 GOO 44 to •' To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. "No. 5, David•street, Regent-road, Manche'ster, March 12,1842. " Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re snit of my experience after repeated trials of Framptou's Pill of Health ; and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there fore warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means long wanting of being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe cially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a mast valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making Frampton's Pills more generally known and appreciated.—l am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their me, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well known attendants, Bilious and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels and Kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. l34(1. and 2s. 9d. per box ; and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. MworlA R It I A (..3- E. One halt the d are desolat e ly s i ngle, and the other supposing them married, questionably c on t ented. Diffidence, or a sense et right determin e the former, and miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield hi mself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret on comprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice densatid that health sheuld form an item in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CU LVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life," pub. In 2 vole., ls. each (by soot, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy mieinterpretatior, of their supposed contents, from obtaining there. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but the:or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom y are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put f or th on ;oge above her, are subiec dists, by unqualified authors, whi c h alone or ittle publicati ons et a grace to th e age. Furthermore, two other claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, hut equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the , mere ephemeral seribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's I life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob- servance of the maxims he would health, to do unto others as he would be done unto—tc live after nature's l aws --and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Raison, 457, West Strand ;or direct (by po 7;heod, 23, Paternoster-rovr Carvalho, 147, Fleet -street ; Mann, ; the author (who may be conferred with personally, 3vilmo9,Brne(i)oinrigimishingland evenings), 10, Arg3ll-Plaeo Regent-street ; sutu all Booksellers I illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravil ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, is. 6d. In postage stamps, ' 111-IE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Parr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Peitz 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapa.iity. It Is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pm 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and centains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication,butsure. by which the d fan entering into life. ttallugietrhot infection is obviated. Its action be read by every Yoxng This the virus chemically, and destroys is important part of the Work should duties. The causes of unproduc PART V. IS uevotecl to consideration of marriage, and its the whole subject critically and Taxecmotat, BALM or Sva ansi llesePhleallY eductive union are also considered, and The Concentrated DeteTsr ing n..rvous and sexual debility, impotence, inquired into. Is exclusively employed in treat bottle.otence, &c., Its .and 335. per remedy, for purifying the blood in cas v e e rhet s of infection., secondary syrup- Essence, an anti-syphilitic toms, eruptions, and the abuse of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2, 4 . dct ea rY. I Is. and 335. per bottle. certain ,emedy in gonorrhoia,gleet, stri"c4s. 6 d., and I Is, per box, a lion of the bladder. C onsultation fee, i b ee , and chronic inflamma , 11. 5/. Pkets with advice to be had at the Eatablishment y 11., is saved. Attendance daily at 19 B o nlY, letter by which the ac fee, hl wvro ,nd rive to mot i on , eraers-street, from Eleven 0 4 / 1 /MU =MU $0 4ZaaQ PUBLICATIONS. PRESENT FOR AN PPR second Edition, with Two Engravi A ngs, from ENTICE. Drawings, by G. Crilikshank, bound in crimson cloth, gilt, price 43. 6d., APRESENT for an APPRENTICE; to which is added, FRANKLIN'S WAY to WEALTH, Edited by the late THOMAS TEGG, Esq., dedicated by permission to the late Sir James Shaw, Bart., Chamberlain of London. .0 The fact that this little book is presented to youths on their being apprenticed, by most of the incorporated companies of the City of London, shows it is highly appreciated by parents and guardians of this great City. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. This Day, price One Shilling, F ACTS and FIGURES: a Letter to the Pro prietors on the Present Position and Future Pospects of the Sambre and Meuse Railwayti By an ENGINEER and SITAREIIOLDER, Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES FOR HOSPITALS,. FAMILIES, AND THE POOR. All who are professionally conversant with the condition ef oar Hospitals complain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as an evil seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du ties. They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the nurses, and they find that the patients suffer from faults of those on whom, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely depen dent; and it is obvious that any defeets in the tempers and charac ters of those who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral. ize the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they receive while in the hospital. It is also natter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found in obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private families, especially in those o; the middle and lower classes; and parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom they could rely, in visting the sick of their respective parishes, and administering to their bodily wants. The most effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these evils, is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look upon their work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of self-coatrol, and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for its trying and painful duties. 'I he want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as in our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of persons devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of professional nurses has worked beneficially in England. The Insti tution which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training Institution for Nurse" will be based on the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England; and it will seek to accomplish its object, not by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom front other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea vouring to act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body of persons who are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To raise the character of the class by offering to its members a training which shall qualify them for their professional work, and be at the same time essentially a religious training; to hold out, to those who are justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professions , position than they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to those who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give themselves to this work as one of Christian love, a legitimatefield ~ f labour : these are the means which, as they have been successful in forming the Ligh character of the clergy and physicians of Eng land, may, it is hoped, be new instrumental, under God's blessing, in raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of improvement. It is proposed that the Training Institution should be under the immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of England and Ireland, as Master. That the inmates of the Institution should consist of three classes :- 1. Those under training as probationers. 2. Those who, after paying through the period of probation sa tisfactorily, are admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging to continue in connexion with the Institution for a period of five years from their admission. During this period they will be clothed and maintained, and receive a fixed annual stipend, and in return will be entirely under the control of the governing body of the In stitution. At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive from the institution a certificate of their qualification as nurses, and thenceforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the Institution, or independent of any direct control from it. It is be lieved that this will be a very important step towards gradually raising the character of the whole class. A nurse having this certi rate will necessarily occupy a higher position than others, will be likely to set an example which can scarcely fail to have a good effect upon them, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this as their work in life, to follow in the same course, and submit them selves to the training of this Institution. 6. In addition to these there will be a class of sisters, which is in tended to comprise persons, of whatever station in life, who are willing to devote themselves to the work of attending the sick and poor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like that which ss ill be here provided for them. The management of the Institution will be confided to a council of twenty-four members, (exclusive f the master, who will be cx officio a member,) belonging to the United Church of England and Ireland, who shall be chosen by the Governors out of their own body. A donation ef fiftygulneas in one payment, or in several payments withie four years, er an annual subscription of five guineas, will con stitute a Governer. A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay ments within four years, or an annual subscription of two guineas, will constitute a Donor. The Lord Bishop of London has sanctioned the plan now sub mitted to the public, and has kindly consented to become President of the Institution. It has also received the approbation of the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Bishops of Liehfield, Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol, Ripen, and Norwich. The Rev. C. Wordsworth, D.D., George Frere, Esq., and Dr, Latham, have kindly consented to act as Trustees to the Ina tution. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq., has consented to act as Treasurer. The following gentlemen have formed themselves into a Provi sional Committee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to solicit assistance for its establishment and maintenance : Rev. J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn. Rev. M. Biggs, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. W. Bowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square. J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater. Dr. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman square. J. W. Cunningham, Esq., Harrow-on-the_Hill. Rev. J. F. Daniell, Donnington Glebe, Chichester. Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Dr. George Fincham, Spring-gardens. George Frere, Esq., Bedford-square. Rev. J. 0. W. Haweiss, Norwood, Surrey. C. Hcberden, Esq , 10, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. Dr. Latham, 311, Grosvenor-place. Rev. Dr. Jelf, King's College, London. Rev. S. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington. Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Bloomatairy. R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens, Rev. E. H. Plumptre, King's College, London. Rev. A. Pott, Cuddesden, near Oxford. Rev. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street. Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. H. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane. Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens. Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol. Rev. J. H. Woodward, Bristol. Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey. Persons willing to contribute their assistance to this afect, either by personal exertions, or by subscribing to its funds, are re quested to communicate with any of Lhe Members of the Provisional Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. 11. Plumptre, King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha pel-terrace, Bayswater. Subscriptions may also be paid to Messrs. Coutta and Co., strand, or to Mews. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, to the ac count of the " Training Institution for Nurses." SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, Without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Parringden-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwar ,ed by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION, A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with I'ractical Remarles on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the mast shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the tall period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ig the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private curresi.onclence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, S o h o-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work. —T o t h e gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa 3810119, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempts, Hon, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health." Chronicle " ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these paint t diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense eir culation."—Era. " ' Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developer the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing,"— united Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some dis, ase, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sum p t i on, will, on perusing this work, andpulmonary con origin has been the Indulgence in certain be astonished to find, that i n n i ne -t enths of the cases of young per sonss un ,p o t i f o T b , o , th heartse sexes, e d s i s , e w as h e o , t p a e b r e i s s ,11 &c.,et destructive habits p ractised by youth v' th t e a s t ol i e s c n a d lle exclusiv e much more frequently than it is at all suspected. Eight NB in . HtheE ours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Si x to vning. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.—His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe:Weimar visited this institution on Tues day, accompanied by Captain Taylor and a party o f friends, and were highly delighted with the dissolving views and chromatrope. SINGULAR PACT..-A few days ago Mr. Winand, of Buford, in Wilt s hi re, shot a swift, or creech, which had a label of red morocco round its nock, dated "B ton, January 6, 1848." os- I S -,i. - . ;,.., -:, , MAY 4, 1848. Do. on Hamburgh ••• 36 to Do. on B remen ... ' 764 to 80 The rates of freights are, to Liverpool for cotton 3-16 d. Per lb.; flour and turpentine, is. to Is. 3d. per barrel; grain, 4d. to sd. per bushel. To London-2e. per bar rel for flour, and other articles in proportion. To Havre, nominal. FLOUREW YORK MARKETS.—A PR IL 19. wes tern ranges f rom 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 25c., nd better b rands of Genesee from 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. , &c.—Th e mar k et f or fl our i s d u ll ; c a o 37 o.' Georgetown Baltimore, kc., 6 dolls. to U dolls. 25c. Rye flour, 3 dolls. 50c. C orn mea l, 2 dolls. 37ic. to 2 d o ll s. 50c. Corn is in fair request; 10,000 bushels of Jer sey sold in lots at 52c. to 53c., and 54c. for white. Rye is t a k en by rnaltsters an d di st ill ers a t 75 c . t o 76 c . Barley, 8 0c. to 90c. Northern oats are in fair request at 47e. t o 48c. Cotton —Th e market has been steady this week as ni m the on regards price, but with only moderate sales; 2,800 bales have been sold as follows Inferior:— F3, o li r ni dedl i a e r g yt i: • o a l i g r o t o o d . f i . o a • r • i d r i n a : r . • • • nominal, omin a l • 1,300 bales. nominal. .5k to 5; Upland I.y.., a s n iao64 d oitu r btti l oaon o l a r el . Mo. Middling togood middling 6to 6 1 6to 6,t 6f to 7 Fully fair to good fair ... 7to 71 74 to 7i exports, s a es since & e the o f 7 c L o h i i t tieonnsGtsincea. nominal. The e e n ß t . a r t e ßh ee e c s le t si i tp i estimated esde September t t teo 7 mc , k s h. o e o r bales. to the Bth instant, are as follows : Export 1,098,000 640,000 1,814,000 605,000 Last year 777,000 508,000 1,401,000 565,000 Year before 911,000 638,000 1,639,000 493,000 Including the excess of stock in the interior ports, 51,000 b a l e s, the total receipts thus far are in excess of those last year up to the same period, by about 364,000 bales. HE am T O G ß un O m F ah r o H n, E i S n th U e N masorel from the Taunton G azette i nto the London SIR,—My attention havi ng b een directed to port j Co o fe u tu r hr i e i t a ,t i cr s To , iapO l lieo p dTf erceived with astonishment that a witness swore, " Insolvent assured him that I had consented to become his security in respect to the situation of landing waiter." Knowing that the assertion, if made, was utterly untrue, and doubting the possibility of the in solvent having taken such a liberty with my name, and recollecting also that, some time since, I had received a ttatnge an communication i m Hart, previous to o t ow taking I n any notice of the publication, to apply to Mr. Hart for sent dreply, resolved, M ed r ; information on the subject, and, at the same time, to request a copy of the letter I had written to him. The result of this two-fold application I now submit to your readers. Let me observe that my note (with a copy of which Mr. Hart has furnished me) was sent on the 2d of March, in reply to a memorandum left that day at my residence, stating that he was about to institute legal proceedings against Mr. Mahon with a view to his transportation; that he had been robbed; that my name and that of my Honourable Friend (Mr. T. Wyse) had been employed jointly to his injury; but that, under standing Mr. Mahon was a relative of mine, he was desirous, before proceeding further, to see me and have my advice. To this singular intimation, Mr. Hart, as above-mention e d, ena bl es me to give t he reply then sent : "House of Commons, March 2, 1848. "The O'Gorman Mahon, in reply to Mr. Hart's com munication of this day, has to express his surprise at Mr. IL's application for advice on a subject of which the O'Gorman Mahon is totally ignorant, and with which he neither has nor possibly can have any interest what ever. Being an utter stranger to Mr. Hart, the O'Gor man Mahon begs leave to say that if his name and that of his friend Mr. T. Wyse have been combined, or used separately, to the detriment of Mr. Hart, or any person, such a liberty (being wholly unauthorised) merits punishment, and, therefore, the sooner parties guilty of such gross impropriety be brought to justice the better. " The O'Gorman Mahon is not less incapable of lend ing his countenance to misconduct than be would be of screening for one moment the delinquents, whosoever they might happen to be." After the transmission of this note, I beard nothing more on the subject, until the report of the proceed ings in the Insolvent Court appeared in the London journals. Mr. Hart states, in his communication to me, that the introduction of my name has been the result of a mistake on the part of the reporter or printer; that what he swore was as follows:—" In. solvent told me (Hart) that at his (insolvent's) request, his brother, Mr. Anthony Staughton Mahon, of No. 16, Gloucester-place, had consented to be my security in respect to the situation of landing waiter." This is very clear and natural between the parties, but in all the journals my name is inserted instead of that of Mr. iinthony Staughton Mahon, and there it stands in broad relief—rather an awkward mistake this, since it affords ground for the suggestion that I must have bad some knowledge of the transaction before I could have con sented to become security, a just and obvious inference, if there existed one particle of truth in the statement as regards me; but the reverse is the fact; yet, in conse quence of that stupid substitution of my name in place of that of the insolvent's brother, I am made to figure in the detail of matters of which I was totally ignorant, and with which I had no more connexion than the child un born. Further down the report states that the judge asked the insolvent the following question :—" Did you ever make any attempt to get situations for these parties? Insolvent—l- never did." As regards me, this reply of the insolvent was perfectly true. He would not pre sume to apply to me respecting others, when to an ap hcation addressed to me on his own behalf; I gave a positive negative, stating that, unless furnished with satisfactory testimonials of altered conduct, affording hope of enduring amendment on his part, I could know nothing of him. It may be said, that no intelligent person could read the Judge's question and the insol vent's answer to it, without detecting the antecedent mistake of the substitution of my name for that of Mr. Anthony Staughton Mahon; but there are thousands of readers who will not take the trouble of detecting a mis take, ho wever palpable; and there are other thousands who, though fully cognizant of it, will close their eyes to the fact as long as the unexposed fiction should war. rant an insinuation detrimental to a public man, who, however insignificant he may be, is not yet sufficiently humble to submit tamely even to the suggestion of con nivance at unworthy and dishonourable practices. I have long been impressed with a conviction that the lenity of the judges towards swindlers rather operates as an encouragement than a preventive to their crimes. The poor unemployed wretch who, in a moment of de spair, commits some paltry theft, to save perhaps a wife and children from death by starvation, is condemned to ignominious banishment, while the dexterous trickster at cards and dice, or the robber in ruffles, who cajoles by false pretences the unsuspecting of the hard-earned fruits of a lif e of honest industry, and brings whole fami lies to utter ruin, escapes with the impunity of a few months' confinement, to re-appear again and resume his careerlof heartless inquity. The administration of the law meets not the justice of the case, nor will it until the public press arouses the nation and its legislators to the intensity of the wrong. The Learned Judge at Taunton says he can hardly pity the parties who so foolishly allowed themselves to be plundered. I can, and do pity them. I have been myself robbed to the amount of several thousand pounds by well-dressed swindlers, men introduced to me as respectable, and some being members of respectable professions. How many such are to be found at the moment I write in this city ! Cunning to evade the law, and relying for security against public exposure on that mistaken reluctance of the plundered dupe to drag their inquity before the public gaze. On the press depends the rem e dy f or thi s crying ev il. To revert to the case at Taunton. It appears in evidence that a claim to relationship with me was ancil lary to the fraudulent practices of the insolvent. This fact imposes on me the obligation of preventing, to the utmost of my power, any recurrence of such an event, and, however painful the duty, I must not shrink from it ; for, after what has transpired, it would be criminal did I not publicly announce that insolvent and his brother, Mr. Anthony Staughton Mahon, have been for many years past wholly alienated from my family. Having detected in this brotherhood a,deplorable insen sibility to the suggestions, or rather a total disregard to the obligations imposed by equity, truth, and justice, all connexion, intercourse with, or identification in any shape, with these indviduals, or their transactions, has been and is utterly repudiated by your obedient servant, THE O'GORMAN MAHON. 52, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. A ROYAL GRANDMOTHER.—During the troubles in the reign of King Charles 1., a country girl came up to London in search of a place as a servant-maid ; but I not succeeding, she applied herself to carrying out beer from a brevvhouse, and was ono of those then called tub. women. The brewer observing a well-looking girl in this low occupation, took her into his family as a ser vant ; and after a while, she behaving herself with so much prudence and decorum, he married her ; but he died when she was yet a young woman and left her a large fortune. The business of the brewery was dropped, and the young woman was recommended to Mr. Hyde, as a gentleman of skill in the law, to settle her husband's affairs. Hyde (who was afterwards the great Earl of Clarendon), finding the widow's fortune very considerable, married her. Of this marriage there was no other issue than a daughter, who was afterwards the wife of James 11., and mother of Mary and Anne, Queens of England—The Patrician. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday evening last, about fi ve o'clock, a cat was s een t o run i nt o a drain near Mr. Ratcliffe's mill, Oldham, when a man standing by sent in a favourite dog after it. As the dog in di a d n d notfc fetch him. the man offered a lad fourpencs to e go d gone a few him. This the boy did, but when steps he appears to have fallen into out. It was found and to have gone on, thinking t.n a h lower drain, necessary to open the h d in he had been in five h d e r t i w it a i s .g n e o t r i de g r to girt him out, which was not accomp..3-'_ inct, b ut, by the use of pro hours. Life was almost llelrestored, and is now in a fair per means, be was p way 'of recovery..--' Lansdowne (Lord artiachYester Guardian. President)returned The Marquis of Lane to town yesterday. [PRICE SD. THE REFORM LEAGUE. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—A meeting of the sub scribers to the declaration in favour of household suf frage, triennial Parliaments, vote by ballot, and electoral districts, was held this morning in the Town Hall. In consequence of the universal suffragist meeting held on Monday, and the differences which have occurred between the Chartists and the more moderate Radice, Reformers, this meeting was looked to with the greatest interest. It was said to have its origin in the recent movement in London, of which Mr. Hume, Mr. Cobden, and other Members of Parliament have taken the lead. The declaration of the subscribers, by which the present meeting was composed, was signed by upwards of 8,000 persons. The hall to day when fullest might contain about 3,000. Mr. Alderman Weston was called to the chair ; and amongst the gentlemen by whom he was supported were Mr. Muntz, M.P., Messrs. Douglas, Pet kins, Blythe, G. Edmonds (Clerk of the Peace), Ashmore, J. Webster, W. H. Smith, and other of the more influential class of tradesmen in the town. There were also many Chartists in the organ gallery. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, shortly stated the objects of the meeting, and sail it was ex pected that those who had not signed the declaration that or to some d m e e fe amt Therewould was t n a k o e t as he u rn re . of reform was necessary—the greatest distress prevailed e any question, steps h to e thought, frustrate persons thought that the throughout the land—and he had no doubt that many measures now proposed did not go so tar as to confer upon the people those privi leges to which the rights of man entitled them. But he put it to them, whether or not, if they obtained household suffrage and triennial Parliaments, they were not likely, if these measures did not secure their liberty and prosperity, to obtain still further concessions ; and by God's help, if the objects of the present meeting did not succeed, that would and should be the case. It was not to be endured that the people should be going on in intelligence and that Government should stand still, or. rather, retrograde.—(Cheers.) After some further ob servations the Chairman called upon the meeting to listen with attention to the various speakers who would ad dress them. ch Mrs MUNTZ, M.P., then presented himself amidst loud , and commeced in the first instance by apolo gising for the absence of his friend Mr. Scholefield. He was unavoidably detained in London, but he (Mr. Muntz) merle After the supeecallY the subject whichn'hatdo say anything m wh p i a c t h hi i s l e e d ha in d d th e e liv p e r r e e s d en i t t move After be easy for hi excuse him, had previously alludeda then, if he called them together. They must new with regard to gain went minutely into points he First, then, what had brought them together e—sn at w t a o ' s two years ago, he believed nfif small consideration—for, persons could not have been brought together i n lt th w at a it s t it ' ll for similar purposes. What was the cause? what hen ruin stared make themselves comfortable. itthe want of means to some, was to be done. wives and children called for breadvas Only when their the h distress them in the face—that they asked By There must be a reason for this. others, it epiandof the people at the present moment had attri buted to the Irish famine ; and, by been still more recently attributed to the state of the fo e market. But no remedial measu res h ad been pro rosTcin p True, a committee had been app o i nte d , and was now sitting for the purpose of inquiring into the state of the currency, and he had refused to be examined before such a humbug.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had been named by the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury as a mem ber of the Committee, because he believed that he (Mr. Muntz) would not be humbugged.—(Cheers.) H e could ;not, however, have acted upon that Committee without a great sacrifice. Ho should have to sit two days a week, and at the end of the session his labours would have been thrown away, inasmuch as the majority of the Committee had made up their minds before the commencement of the inquiry. Then came the great Chartist meeting in London, and for the prevention of which such extraordinary means were adopted by the Government. The military called out—special constables called in—and all this ho (Mr. Muntz), believed was done for the express purpose of carrying the Crown and Government Bill.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Muntz), in the first instance, voted for the introduction of that Bill, seeing, as he did, the dreadful murders committed in Ireland, believing, as he did, that it would be accom panied by remedial measures ; but none had been brought torward. With the Crown it had nothing to do, and he was now convinced that the only object of the Crown and Government Bill was to give power to a weak and vacillating Government.—(Great cheer ing.) The people, then, wanted redress from the grievances under which they were suffering, and the only way to obtain this was by an increase of political power, by which they should be enabled to select such a num ber of Members of Parliament as should consult and se cure their interests. It was true thp.t no extension of the suffrage would relieve their immediate distress; but let them unite, soberly and constitutionally, for the pur pose of obtaining the power to elect a majority of Mem bers of the House of Commons, competent, by honesty and talent, to protect their liberties —let them say that, until they obtained this, they would not cease their exer tions.—(Cheers.) He implored them not to be divided —their enemies knew that if they were not divided they would be omnipotent.—(Cheer..) When they had obtained the objects which the present meeting Wad called to promote, he would plainly tell them that they could get more. Let them not be led away by party, which was the bane of the many for the gain of a few. Mr. Muntz concluded by moving the following resolutions :---‘"rhat this meeting is of opinion that the present critical state of the country ren ders an immediate reform of the electoral system neces sary ; and that this meeting is prepared to advocate an extension of the suffrage to every one holding a distinct tenement, whether part of the house, or the house itself, and who shall pay a bond fide rent for the same, and who shall have occupied the same at least six calendar months prior to the election of a Member of Parlia ment ; that as a protection against bribery, this meet ing considers vote by ballot indispensable ; and, that th e country may be m ore f a i r l y represented, this meeting proposes a division of the country into electoral districts, consisting of an equal number of registered voters, sub ject to a revision every ten years, according to the last census ; and this meeting is further of opinion that these reforms will be best ensured from abuse by li miting the legal duration of Parliament to three years." Mr. G. EDMONDS (Clerk of the Peace for the borough), in rising to second the motion, said ho at tended the meeting for two great objects—the advance ment of the liberty of the people, and to preserve the monarchy of the country: so that both monarchy and liberty might go down to posterity hand-in-hand in perfect safety.—(Cheers.) Mr. Edmonds referred at some length to his early efforts in the cause of reform in Birmingham in the days of Major Cartwright, and after that quoted a paper, from which he pointed out, as an argument in favour of Parliamentary reform in this country, the extraordinary manner in which England was taxed in comparison with continental nations. In the United States the taxation was 9s. 7d. per head per annum ; in Russia, 9s. 9d. ; in Austria, I Is. 6d. ; in Prussia, 12s. 4d. ; in France, 245.; and in England, 52s.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") Now, Cobbett had truly said that the whole was a money question. The speaker proceeded to argue in favour of household suffrage.—(A Voice—" Why not go for universal suffrage?") He (Mr. Edmonds) would tell them, because for years, with all their exertions, without the aid of the middle classes, they had nut been able to get it.—(Hear, bear.) But they had in their proposition of all others the most important—he alluded to the divi sion of the country into e l ectoral districts.—(Cheers) This he (Mr. Edmonds) es t eemed the most important Of the several measures for which they were now contend ing. Mr. Edmonds concluded an energetic speech by seconding Mr.At h resolutions. i A e NTa Chartist, W. p re sentedhimself, and was about to speak, when ho was asked whether or not he bad signed the declaration. He admitted that he had done so on the previous day for the express purpose of obtaining a hearing at that meeting. Upon this state ment the speaker was allowed to proceed, wh en , a lth oug h he had sign e d t h e declaration in favour of household suffrage, he argued in favour of universal suffrage. At the conclusion _of Mr. M ant l e ' s speech, Mr. MASON, another Chartist, presented himself at the meeting, for the purpose of speaking, when he was asked whether or not he had signed the declaration. He declared that he had not, when the Chairman took the sense o f t h e meeting as, to whether or not Mr. Mason sh ou ld be heard. This was decided in the affir mative by a majority of at least 3 to I.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. MASON then spoke at considerable length. He advocated universal suffrage, but would not interrupt the exertions of those who were now contending for household suffrage. He would not, however, compro mise his own feelings. He was certain that in three tle months after household suffrage was obtained the bat tle would have to be fought on the question of un i v ersal suffrage .—(Cheers.) There must be no co and and he called upon Mr. Muntz, Mr. S c hole fiel d , that,be with them no other Hon. Members to bear in mindd t to what they now met for, there must that good compromise.—(Loud cheers.) Hetr usted now, with regard when the work faith would be observed, and that assistance in the struggle they would render them equal as ue —(Loud cheers.) ing classes rendered assistance t t o the middle classes, which must ultimately ens .. addressed the meeting in last speaker. He could have a similar strain to the the 4, franchise upon man, the wished that they had put Mr. SEILL, another Chartist, help, too, but think that Mr. Muntz, Mr. noblest work of God," and not upon bricks and mortar. He could not Scholefield, and others would be taunted by the Tories with not having taken the same manly course of sup universal suffrage, instead of h ousehold suffrage, portingwhenthey had given in their adhesion to the former. Mr. Muserz said, in reply, the two last speakers were labouring under a mistake. He and those who thought with him, had not for a mom en t i magined that ahus was superior to a man. H e (M r. Muntz) was as fond o o e f principle as any man, and he and hi s friends did not ask advocatesslightest e ghtest degr o e f e utnhievierrs opinions i s n u i ff o n r suffrag e eu compromise in the subject.— (Cheers.) All they wished was thatptoo nthetybasthonldassist them—the advocates of household suffrage—in getting nineteen-twentieths of what the y (the Chartiets) wanted , —(No,no)—then twelve.t'wentieths, and:was that n e o a thing , —(Cheers.) Was it not better to hale half a loaf none at all?—(Cheers.) Th e hall amidst loud applause. ROD. Member.then left the LThe CHAIRMAN put the question, which was earikd almost unanimously. Mr. R. K. DOUGLAS, after a speech of considerable length, proposed the following resolution:—" Thatibi s meeting is of opinion that these reforms wilhie liOst -.effected by uniting the middle and working classesPindi it Views with !great satisfaction the spontaneous desire' .I ' l . q, universally evinced by the intelligent men of all classes to unite cordially in support of any movement in favour of moderate reforms." Mr. ASHFORD seconded the motion, 'which, after speeches from Lieutenant Barrett, RN., and Mr. Blitz lend, was carried with only few dissentient voices. Mr. PERKINS moved, and Mr. PHILLIPS seconded:— " That this meeting pledges itself to support the Radical Reform Members of the Rouse of Commons in any legal and constitutional endeavour to effect a reform in our present electoral system." The whole of the meeting, including the most violent Chartists, supported this resolution with acclamation. Mr. BLYTHE moved the formation of an association, to be called '. The Reform League," and the adoption of a code of laws for its government. This being adopted, and the officers for the ensuing year appoi nte d, t h e meeting broke up between three and four o'clock. PARLIAIIIENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceeding s of the Rouse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 3. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee:- 1. That in the case of the Liverpool Docks (Erection of Warehouses and Construction of New Works) Bill, petition for addition a l P rov i s i on, t h e standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be per mitted to introduce such additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 2. That in the case of the North-Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh) Bill, petition for dispensing with one of the sessional orders of the 14th March last., and for enabling the Committee en the Bill to receive evidence, the sessional order ought to be dispensed with, and that the Committee on the Bill be empowered to receive evidence, if they shall think St. —Resolutions agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.' (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of ammonia.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. GREAT YARMOUTH FREEMEN DISFRANOMSF.• MENT BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Pre amble be postponed: "—Afterwards Motion made, and Ques tion put, " That the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 16. Bagshaw, John Colvile, C. R. Vyse, H. Barkly, Henry; Fox, W. J. Willoughby, Sir H. Berkeley, Grantley Greene Thomas Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodges, T. L. TILL S'S. Clay, James ltufford, Francis Stafford, Augustus Clifford, H. M. Stunt, Henry G. Hume, Joseph Cobbold, John C. Thompson, Colonel MAJORITY-NOES, 107. Arkwright, George French, F. Monsen, William Armstrong, R. B. Fuller, A. E. Mowatt, Francis Arundel, Earl of Galway, Viscount Newdegate, C. N. Baines, M. T. Gaskell, J. M. Ogle, S. C. Barrington, Viscount Gibson, T. M. Ord, W. lisntluck, Lord H. Granger, T. C. Palmer, 'Robert Beresford, William Grenfel , Charles W. Patten, J. W. Berkeley, Captain Grey, Sir G. Pearson, Charles Boyle, Colonels Grosvenor, Lord R. Perfect, R. Bright, John Hanmer, Sir J. Philips, Sir G. R. Brockman, .., ___ .._ .... Brotherton, J. Prime,tßichard Hayes, , ;ir E. Brown, W. - L Raphael, Alexander Bunbury, E. H. Headlam, T. E. Rawdon, Colonel Busfeild, William Campbell, W. F. Heald, James Herries, John C. Cardwell, Edward Hildyard, R. C. Carew, W. P. Chichester, Lord J. Hornby, John Cholmeley, Sir M. Inglis, Sir It. Christy, Samuel Cocks, T. S. Ricardo, Osman Rice, E. ft. Harris, Hon. Capt. Plowden, W. H. Hill, Lard Marcus Romilly, John Jervis, Sir John Kepp€l, G. T. Colebrooke, Sir 2'. Kershaw, James Cripps, W. Cubitt, William Divett, Edward Lewis, Sir T. Lewis, G. C. Lincoln, Earl of Russell, Lord J. Scrope, G. P. Shell, R. L. Shelburne, Earl est Somerville, Sir W. Spooner, Richard Stuart, H. Talfourd, Sergeant Duncan, George Lindsay, Colonel Thornely, T. Bulletin, John L ittleton, E. R. Towneley, Charles Elliot, John E. Dundas, Admiral L usilington. Charle s W addington, H. S. Estcourt, J. B. B. 11 1 1 1 a i ' N t a l a g n h d t r , Evans, Sir De L acy Mahon VI SirThomasE. W Wiallsom:,leMaY' Sir t J. thew Fellowes, E; .Viscount W ood, W. P. owes, Fergus, Man nsrs4Lord G. Yorke, Henry It. John Martin, Samu e l Foley, J. H. Mettle, Fox MISR& Fortescue, J. W. Melgund, Viscount Seymer, Henry Ker Fordyce, A. D. Miles, William Stuart,. J. RESOLUTIONS ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF REPRESENTATION. BY EARL STANHOPE. I. That, for the purpose of preventing bribery and corruption at elections, oaths shall be taken, or declara tions shall be made, by each candidate and by each elector, the former stating that he had not given and would not give, and the latter stating that he had not received and would not receive, any money, or any article having the value of money, directly or indi rectly, with the view of influencing the election; that a similar oath or declaration shall, at the commencement of every session, be taken, or made, by every Member of the House of Commons; and that every person taking any such oath, or making any such declaration, and being proved to have acted contrary thereto, shall, ex clusive of other pains and penalties, be subject to those of perjury. 11. That, for the purpose of securing from any undue influence those electors who may consider themselves subject thereto, every elector may, if he thinks proper, vote by ballot. 111. That, for the purpose of avoiding those expenses which might otherwise prevent many fit and proper persons from sitting in Parliament, the necessary ex penses attending an election shall be paid by a rate to be levied on the electors; and that every representative shall, during the session of Parliament, receive, if h• shall think fit, en allowance for his expenses. IV. That, for the purpose of conducting with greater convenience the public service, and of allowing to the Crown the unrestrained exercise of its prerogative in the appointment of its Ministers, a certain number of persons holding official stations shall, by virtue thereof, have seats in the House of Commons. V. That, for the purpose of maintaining the due re sponsibility of the representatives, the duration of any Parliament shall not exceed three years, and shall not be affected by a demise of the Crown. VI. That, for the purpose of establishing a full and fair representation of the people, all the rights, interests, qualifications, and franchises, which now exist with regard to elections in counties, towns, boroughs, and universities, shall be abolished. VII. That, for the purpose of enabling each class of the community to elect those representatives who may support its rights and promote its interests, there shall be representatives for each of the following classes, viz.:— 1. The owners and occupiers of land. 2. The manufacturers, and those who make any article for sale on their own account. 3. The merchants, and those who traffic in any article on their own account. 4. Those who are employed in daily labour, whether in agriculture, in manutacturPs, or in trade. 5. Those who have professional employments, or who have rent-charges, annuities, or mortgages charged upon real or personal property, or who receive salaries or yearly wages. VIII. That, for the purpose of giving to every citizen of the State his due share in the representation, every person of full age shall be entitled to vote in each of the above-mcntioned classes to which he may belong, and in each district where he is either an owner or occupier of land, or a manufacturer, or a merchant; and when ab sent, to vote by proxy. IX. That, for the purpose of allowing a free and Un restricted choice at elections, every citizen of the State being of full age, being willi ng to ta k e t h e requ i s i te oaths, or t o make the requisite declarations, and not being a Peer of Parliament, shall be eligible as a repre sentative in the House of Commons. OTE.—The preceding resolutions were, we believe, submitted by Lord Stanhope to Earl Grey's Govern ment, in 1830. In Lord Stanhope's opinion the House of Commons ought not to contain more than five hundred members. To each of the preceding classes his Lordship would commit the business of electing one hundred represen tatives.—Post. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAME:Tbe perform ances :of Franconi's equestrian troupe at this theatre continue to attract very crowded audiences. Amo ng the recent visitors have been their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness the Prince Frederick of Hesse, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia and suite, th e Conde de Montemolin, his Excellency the Prince Celli maki, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose and family, the Earl of Munster,un ttihe:adourl Fitzhardinge, Baron Knesebeek, Baron Koller, the Duke Lady i i , i n o r in do Becher,u v 1 I ~ v . t di: count : E ur a ne r l of I I and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Countess (Dowager) the Mar. Lo e:b m rok ai e d , sto Vi n s e: tobfeE Essex , ar oyj o l D t ne h e rd a to G on E n r d, e a e ) r L , r l , ra o yd t t h e Duke of Buckingham, s t Pb and Lad Visc Y o ß un li tes za s : Lord co b cl e a u t i h n a t o l4 f olton, Lord R. Clinton, Lord Cadogan Drumlanrig, Lord William Paulett, Somerville, Lord and Lady Claoprdel,Lord Howe, Lord and Laedrnysey Henr y Lor d and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord Canterbury, 9 Lord Strafford, Lord and Lady Gu and family, Lady Mary Lord De Tabley, Lo r d (1. L ennox, Lady Webster, Lord Faversham Lord Newry,Sandwich, the Hon. Colonel Phipps Petre, Lady Dune Stevenson, the Hon.aßn and family, the Hon. Faversham, Curzon the Hon. Spencer Mon. Lague, the Hon. F. Stanhope , the anhope, the Earl of Zetland, Sir John Wilde, Sir G Sir John Cam a eorge Wo m b we ll, Si r H enry Webb, Sir • Hobhouse, Sir R. Ki ng , Si r Willi mDo Bellingham and Lady G ra h am , Sir Geor ge 14 Clarke, Sir H. W a t son , Si r A. Clifford, the Hon. ,'i. Barring ton, Colonel Johnson, Colonel Trevor , Colonel Ma berly, &c. THE POMATOWSKI GEMS.—On Tuesday a large portion of the celebrated collection of rare antique en graved gems, which were in the possession of the late Prince Poniatowshi, were put tip to auction by Mr. Price, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, by order of the mortgagees. The prices of some of the gems were as follows :—Ganymecie presentin ,, a cup of nectar to the eagle of Jupiter, oriental cornelian, 61. 10s. ; Hygeia seated, feeding the serpent, 71. 10s. ; Minerva throwing a Terminus at Mars, cornelian, 71. ss. ; the heads of Metagres and Ctesinhon the architect, sardonyx, 7L ; the Birth of Bacuus, Jupiter is seated on his throne, at tended by his eagle, receiving the iniant from Seroele, who is reclining on a couch beneath him, do., ss. ; Hercules emerging f rom t he Body o f t h e Sea Monster ; Calcedery partaking of sapphire, 71. The auctioneer stated that the entire collection was valued at 12,000/., and that the lots were only fetching nominal prices. SALE of OLD STORES at PORTSMOUTH. Adntirlty, l, 1848. T he Commissioners for executi a ng the Office of Somerset-place, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on WEDNESDAT, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. the Admiral Superintendent will pat up to Sale in her Majesty's Dock-yard at Portsmouth, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Canvas in Rags, Rope cable•laid and hawser-laid, Yarns, Oakum, Hemp Rakings, Flyings and Cuttings, Files, &c., &c., &c., ad lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Salo may be had here and at the Yard. pike :cull' r . '.t 9