The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-06 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for COCOA, SOAP, and TOBA. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling end Transport Services, Somerset. place, May 4,184 S. The Commission e r s for executing the °nice t Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Thursday, the llth instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for s upplying and deliv er i ng i nto her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at D eptford, the under-mentioned Articles, viz.: _ _ Tons. delivered. SQ Half of each in 3 Weeks, and the re mainder in 3 Weeks 30 afterwards. [Ulf in a fortnight, ............... 20 and the remainder in a fortnight after- The Cocoa and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs' Duties ; ,_oaalples of the Cocoa (not less than 2 lbs.), and of the Soap (not 'wg than a bar) must be produced by the parties tendering and a a alnple of the Tobacco, together with the conditions of the Contracts ma y be seen at the said office. No Tender will be :ece,ved alter One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, miles, the party at *"..,as, or an agent for him, duly authorised In writing. ~s,..n.v.ery fender' must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, .7 near in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and ~"'L.5 . t a!so be delivered at Somereet-place, and those for Cocoa accom tn4 by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to c -, 7 , o e bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. pez 'n , n the value for the due performance of the Contract. ..................________ V When to be COCOA .. 1100 (Mottled) TOBACCO (Virginia) . ACQUITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS. r The Rev. HUGH STOWELL, M.A., Honorary Cano h n l o l f , will deliver a HISTORICAL LE..TURE in Exeter- a , theIe&NDAT EVENING, the Bth of May, at Seven is'clock precisely, on Ti7-QCITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS. brat e ' lm Portant Protestant Subje c t w ill b e illu s trated by the cele tzliticl Picture, painted by J. It. Herbert, Esq., lt.A. inission to the Platform, Gallery, and Reserved Scats, One T i n ,g . each ; Body of the Hall, Sixpence each. !..etsmay he had at the following places :—Messrs. Seeley and 0.._!!? leet-street ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners-street, ii;ionrol-street ; Messrs. Hatchard's and Co., Piccadilly; Messrs. ilolbogt", St. Paul's Church-yard ; Mr. Shaw, Southampton-row. ui rh; Mr. Jackson, Islington-green, Islington; Messrs. Acker 11and Co., 9 6, Strand ; and at No. 11, Exeter. hall. 1e proceeds to be given to the Funds of the Protestant Assocla- 4 IV °O I , PA C K HOTEL, DONCASTER. ~, of the MARIA NICHOLSON' (Widow of the Original Proprietor .1 , .. b e . 4 :love Ohl-established House), gratefully acknowledges t i tle elk ,i'. Alha, a pz ‘ rt she has received since her return to the Woo , P r a en. 4 dered i t 'laving thoroughly repaired it, and at great expense . moo , complete with every comfort, she can confidently assure .1 ' with . . render tehre jalrnmercial Gentlemen and Families who may honour her Patronage, that her entire attention will be devoted to A. eibe and ty of W ~,....e . atlrilou,e all they could wish. Ines and Spirits will be supplied at moderate .'. • lion an d ..d. Commercial Gentlemen may depend upon strict a e i „ N.,,..,_annerence to their separate accommodetion and wishes kivt.o tacellent St A bl • .......,.._ es, Lock-up Coach-houses, and Loose Boxes ()HE STER and H OLYHE The AD RAILWAY. f CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY will 13 .. e .1)4+7 day fir Trafile between CHESTER and BANGOR, on 310.1%, ND-. tx.e &Om CThhees.terrra(ittls f li er the month BS • .. o angor) .. will be B as follow : in the morning. • • % past 10 ~ Arturo from Ba'r;gor ...,.; nu, ~ .. I,i to 2 P. 40 Chester) .. 3in the afternoon " -.25 past 4 7 } in the morning. II - If li past 9 IP 911 I. 3 in the afternoon • • •• /Prom Chest er.. 81:72,71;AY TRAINS. 7 '• •• lr rom Bangor the morning. .. F ornng. "••••••........ .•••..•••••.. ' .. 7 in the evening. .......... '........ .....................25 past 8 7 4 i i i n u n t t i l i i e e m after. i .oon or riu-ti,„-.. '''' '• • Particulars, see Time Bills. By order, oorgat e- street, Lo n d on. April 61 . Nt ~G , F 0 18 12 4 0 3. E KING, Secretar".,. :ti 'SI -TED KIN GDOM LIFE ASSURANCE com PAM - . , . W ATERLOO - PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON 97. GEO RGE -STREET, EDINBURGH; 12, B r, VINCENT -PLACE, GLASGOW; . . 1 4, C OLLEGE -GREEN", DUBLIN. 3 . In 1841 thee(tablished by Act of Parliament in 18 4 on the aornpany added a bonus of 2 per Cent. per annum fluteurn assured to all Policies of the participating from th c _ they were effected. When the insurance is for c lice only one- Ever the annual premium need be paid for the first fiv t e o ,y the Resident bi&yery information will be affor led on application Ztotor, 8. W aterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where "--. MAY he had. prospectuses, •-......._ U . . ' A 'RDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR - • /I°' 11, Loll- ANCE COMPANY. —B ARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post. office, London. DIRECTORS. JOH • JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. He ls MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy• Chairman. ra,,f, noise Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Hart Dyke, ESq• George Lyall, Esq. .T._nlaiter . Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjorihanks, Esq. it;'l74 Hankey,jun., Est. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. . John ar re3', Esq. James Morrii, Esq. o eor Othibrand H u bb ar d , Esq . H en ry Norman, Esq. .1 0 1, g e J ohnstone Esq. Labouche re, ' Esq. John Thornton, Esq. "1 Lo Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. th , Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. • AVDITOB.s. oolgart, , E sq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. th A CTU ARY—Gri ffi th Davies, Req.. F.R.S. 111 e LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at wit wi th — Mes without participation in the Profit s ; or at moderate Rates 45 „;: Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At • ty, — ` l ,„of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, Bon i amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum - "l r ecl, or about 27 per cent. on t h e amount of p remium received ; a , • , the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com knY exceeded 530,0001. LOAN S granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values , pro ' ~.. ed such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have 4 ttaitted in each case a value not under 501. Ih the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared eh the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies .which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same 1 4 now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), ietween the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and 'leo by the Agents in the Country Districts. ' _ . GEORGE KEYS. Secretary. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, k _ v MI, REGEN N T-STREET, and 2, ROYAL EXt;IIANGE ILDLNGS, LONDO. • Established 180 G. ; INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,230,000/. • Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 743.0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,678,0001. PRESIDENT. The Right honourable EARL GREY. • DIRECTORS. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Chairman. „.• • The Rey. James Sherman, Deputy Chairman. B• Alexander, Esq. William ostler, Esq. Blencowe Churchill, Esq. George Round. Esq. Jk ‘a ." i ) acre, E sq . James Sedgwick, Esq. IPgander Henderson, M.D. Frederick Square, Esq. tit`,,,ana Judd, fisq William Henry stone, Esq. ' , Jenard D. King, Bart. Capt. W. John Williams. . gatto i JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. ~ "X 0 PIITSICIAN —John Maclean, M.D., 29, Upper Montague- The sar. street, Montague-square. Oth ee - .atee of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life .4 11e4: t he rate 'without bonus is lower than that of most other Th e " a useA are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc:ion 1, renal urn Canavueles In sued e hy this office are purchased at their full value ; or Itft, be obtained upon them, after they have been in existence it. years. 4 ., Dalt t l,'! r tY neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may . " 50 c1 h e ° mission any time - within twelve months, upon proof of alth . to the whole of ethe profits (subject to a trifling deduction) are given red. Paid upon Policies which have becom Claims. te insured ,Sum insured. Sum paid. A4ll° Wbertowr n, E (.. Skelton Castle s,o°o°o° i,;"l.lSauriderssSebright, Bart. 5 5 :%00 to giro „:111111 Wake, Bart. • • ••• 5,000 ey. 3,000 The k e ' r ghc " C hampneys, Canterbury 2,000 Eerj ot WellesleY •• •••• • .• •• 1,000 .£ 8. d. 7,706 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 8 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 ti k? 4 to l ln ct43eB ftrff frill particulars may be obtained upon applica .4B,lo,ot-!!Fe.nfs.of the office in all the principal towns of the United ."(1 at the beau office, No. 50, Regent-street. , TRE KALOS GEUSIS SAUCE. „„,Gtritiern— "Reform Club, Pall-mall, Dec. 21, 1847. th rn ----,- "I beg to acknowledge the receipt o , f stiu th ilay ust ~ , e i-,- - " 's far superior in strength and flasour y , ou than any - -u submitted tome. I am, Gentlemen, most respectfully y , o , u A rS, soyEß. .4 TO mem This p nriv rl; Wit . ON). s auce uaed. alit T i z e tr t o o n th a e nd d Co., 72, Wailing-street." inner tab'e or Cuisme is alm th o e st E t a h 3 e t 4 " West Inri f ,,, d i n t hose regions of Curries and Condiments, ti6l render it --' Its wholsome and stimulating stomachic proper- To bt an indispensable luxury / Nes; . ~ad of all respectable house . s in Great Britain and the C0'441 '441 wholesale only, at 72, Watling-street, City. ItCI W L ,BEAUTIFUL TEETH. A -LI DS' ODONTO, or PEARL 'tilt WII ITE p‘a DENTIFRICE. i; „.._ ch€ i„„,_ ~,,VirDER compounded of the choicest and most Ps adbe."irnldlenta of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar agereTarathe'dosutrfhe teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to • tt 'rthe ' P 4 highly pace, Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties the th e ou pr, Kress of neflcial and salutary influence: they arrest let t *, n ' 3 , slid b decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of Dm_ ove e „,. _ ,y confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, perpetuate "01•13 A n n,. 'oliplete Mastication ; the breath also, from the saki tweot disinletai ''e " and r ng Oualit'es of the Odonto, attains a grateful ,1.,0 ... 0 ragrance ' eAc7,_rr prie, ,r,f • tht "I to a„t1118 Dentifrice pledge themselves that Its efil r,,,..na of the ki nd - ernoeinsning th, -......----• --. --"----- --- ire.tle, obtain ed ,7,_''er yet offered to the public, and has, in cense theCourt, ‘4 ' e r' ll n e t johYilocia.,,.uni4:ellielection by her Majesty the Queen, 3 ' " Gicejacet s rit , a a in, s e n r - d ho t . he . Sovereigns and Nobility • ' Metiers have—,,T.° Protect the . pub& from fraud, the Hon. Commis , I th ' A, Row.LA:Naireo,„,., ADD ~'_, . the Proprietors' name and address thus, ' . • a G vvern,-...._ - "'m SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on . "mot stA,, '' ' te r i to - i v ,-;P, which is affixed on each box. natan t relieving ALSANA EXTRACT, ;, bf eXertie' 41th, hY co " tlyTozhnawche Gum Boils, and Swelled Face, and prevents those maladies. In the anguish !Scent i „' a , I lkt pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfe .I.ly in • l'he G ,.," Its nature. I'ceaeons ,d4s. 10s. 6d. each bottle „._ oreltnient 6d., and ' , Mk Stamp the " Odoato," is affixed on each • Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Porfumers. RAVING MADE A PLEASURE, by the • 6' or , invention of T .bing the h I.IOIVAS FALL'S METALLIC RAZOR Is made plc.. : eat article ever yet discovered: whereby shaving and Hannay, 6a, and comfortable. Sold wholesale by Dietrichsen vrare 'vend Oxio rd-street ors ,n id , er ,.._ . , London and all respectable hard . of.the haven'or, ' ' pots Linters in to Price e. Ga • also r °"ts Fall 8 and country ; and may be had • ' - 0 of p ut ' tonegravels, near Chesterfield. 6d. ea ch. Illustrated by 2ti An, nt4., ' ON - 'PHYSICAL DlSQu'i, ZcAcelourea Engravings, on Steel. CITY, &ND 1 PElnat °NB. GENERATIVE INCAPA- New Edition, enlarged to 196 p ENTA TO MARRIAGE. by post, direct from the Est 'l4". Just Published Price 6d • a Ishment • , 2s , ~ or THE SILENT FRIEND,, 45. ed. in postage stamps, the infirmities and decay ot the a Medical Work on cum.° indulgence, infection, and thtf'nerative systena, from ex- With remarks on Marriage, end the means of use of mercury, qnaifictions. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Eln obvng certain a nd unshed PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Olt r o livi'lga * B Lomond P ublished by the Authors : sold by Strage, 2ird:street, . Hannay, 63, and Sanger, ISO, O xford-etreet ; steAel'aternester-row street. Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhallst. 4_3. Titehborne -I'4AT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology at iZ et. " L an ', and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravi ng .: re- Productiv e raar 11. treats of the consequences resulting from exees „ l a nce, and their lamentable effects on the system, prodo., ;rve Judah nd bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative 11;: g mental In capacity, is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings, m am. 111. treats o f the diseases resulti ng from infection, either in the ,itt? Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions tor ' treatment. The consequences of early neglect and ot the abuse ot In ercury, are als o c l ear l y po i nte d ou t. Thi s sect i on is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. , P aar IV. treats o f the Prevent i on of D i sease by a simple ap. Thl ation, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action sits lirriple bet sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys bt: Power an the s y stem. This important part of the Work should re ad by every Y oeng Man entering into life. 4 P . Aar V. is d evoted to the consideration of marriage, and its • 11 1 ". The ceases o f unproductive union are also considered, and . • t whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. .• ! ti,..lnitCottritar, Batas OF SYRIACCM is exclusively employed in treat . be:ttp, , rvous and sexu a l d ebility, impotence, Etc., lls .and 335. per I ' ll '. The Con centrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic ..t! I Y, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp , 1.-".2.,oriaptlons, end the abuse of mercury, II s. and 335. per bottle. .."rY a Parifyibg Specific Pills 2e. ad 4s 6d and lls. per box, a -.n u . 1 •• . •11 .. . tit.. _f . . e merly in gonorrhosa,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma , ..z":1 0 1 - the bladder, c.:onsultatiou fee, if by letter, 11. 5/. Packets ?•At "IVIVICIit tube had at the F-stablishment only, by which the fee, b:AilVarned. 40 Att it udatuk, daily at 19, Berners,,street, mom Eleven VW rtre to h t ' • cal Suidays tram ZOTect to 9n4 (, -- /Z -2-i."---C-,&e- ) K - //(i_ / ,> - 2 - i,6Z-- P • . . .... • ~... ... , „ .. • . . • , . ~.... 1 1"1 ._,(4._ . - rt • 1,..Li - .._,T* ',- . 1 -? ..: - ----...,.. „ ' • _____ • __--- ..„.\,_< ..., . \., , . - - • • - _-- - _- , ;-, 4., , -,- _• - 4 , . ...___ , ---„,,,T,.._, , \ nOr , . _ . . - .- , 4 4. dara, ✓ ~_ ..„. ~,,, tak,ri in , - ~. I 1 '' ' ' e fr. _ ! . " i -241 : - 1 • '''''' ',y . ..... . ~. de i ri t . • , • _ling under '''''-.„.., /.;,, , "Ac t :A fv : • . -t .', ).--, -.f.. t . ~„' `l '' , ''' .-,k - - • .'1 4, - , ,- 2.......2.:-` i k . .. './. .-- 5. 4 \k, 1' ....,:•:-_______,.._._ ____ . , 7 . ;; 1. , , ..- ~..,-.. 5 ! ,4 - ,,. : e.: l ,:t . f : 6 '`Vi : : \ , VIACtkM I / 4 ".4- V 1 4. ~ ' 1 - 01111(._ The 1, k , ' 1 e i • , : 4. 4 , - .. •i... 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The water was rough during the experiment, the wind blow* ing strong from the cast, and the swell in the river from the numerous large steam. vessels fully tested the mesito of the launches, and shovia that they could surmount greater obstacles than will be presented to them in tt• smooth waters betwixt the icebergs ofthe Arctic regions. The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, and the Investigator, Captain Bird, will receive eight boats each vessel, all built by Mr. Thomson, who• has been indefatigable in endeavouring by working day and night to have them finished in time —One steam launch, tbi 0 boats of 23 feet each, one gig-. 22 feet, one dingy, and three whale boats to each vessel. 848. [PRICE SD. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 4.—The ballot for the list of forty eight names, from which the jury to try Mr. Meagher is to be selected, took place this day in the Crown-office of the Queen's Bench. About one-third of the names appear to be those of Roman Catholics, or Protestants of Liberal politics. The other two-thirds are what are termed "decided Conservatives." On Saturday next the agents on both sides are to at• tend before the proper officer. to reduce the list. The Crown and the traverser will then strike off twelve names each. The remaining twenty-four will constitute the jury panel, and the first twelve who answer to their names on the day of trial will form the jury on this im portant case. The ballot i 3 in progress for the jury list in the case of Mr. Smith O'Brien. An argument arose, on an ob jection stated by the Crown to the name of Alderman Staunton (late Lord Mayor), who is legally disqualified as a member of the town council, but proof was required on the other side as to the tact of his being a member of the council. The town is placarded with the counter proclamation of the Council of the Confederation, signed by Mr. Smith O'Brien as chairman, which was read by Mr. Sleagher at the meeting last night, and vast numbers Dennyis said,ih Lane, acthaoe o rvl n iels orutntbhjmleeoecnntngi Government proclamations. I, continue. fl(a.t; of copies have been circulated throughout the entire country. It is manifest that the contest between the Government and the Confederation is rapidly approach crecTep:t, it t or i 4 s l‘ a f E s d so e meeting sh short approach ing to an issue. It is stated that several prosecutions under the Trea ay, are likewii,leit Go vernment. placarded or Bill ue s l o srti n dsw: } :ol "e tcue l elm o d n oe y aft:i : have been determined upon by the Go - The Cork Examiner of yesterday evening contains the following announcement:— " MORE STATE PROSECUTIONS.—We are given to i u o n r d t e n r e st p ail po th se at o i f nf i o n r s m ti a tu ti t o in n g s have been sworn pro, against ac_reerttahikloyf The next intelligence appear from the t t h h e e g c e o n u t ri le tew m i e l n l who addressed the open air , d i. n gs . The atx n iadra d te, emas informationy was snd , ef Exami ner 2 r triseatl t kai h vet e eenrswewtdi hlilt speeches fahrbtoeatmhfvoei t treh h wwwe e aa n rwtl dol d isen e udd l ol i t i ft:wo e rt r isph e o adrout. of the icrtiih A ont -)e. , covered e t rheed police. . Telegraph, that som e e ration. This 13 ( are led a to nn b o e u li n e e v e e i t n ha t t he th a e cc: .a r i a l c s y ar o t t , proclamations of the Confede following paragraph in th e Newrye rhm c me u aa t ts t i ia o i oo n 0 in s se t , . engaged in pike making in the of th ° Orange party are " A faithworthy correspondent °°unty of Armagh making is carried on in - the villa informs us that pike Joneshorough, and that order s for ag e ° f Meigh, near have been given to the smith wrhao considerable number The pike called the ' croppy , i, therar ufactures them. publicly exhibited—the workmans`dp of f m of the one which, at al events, dues credit to the handy cr l afts man i n t h at locality." In Dublin, military and defensive preparation continued. Prince George of Cambridge has takens are his quarters in the University, one of the Fellows ha v i ng up given up his apartments for the accommodation of his Royal Highners. The 48th Regiment, yesterday and this day, went through a variety of evolutions in the College Park. The head-quarters of that regiment are at Beggar's Bush Barracks, with detachments in the College and the Royal Dublin Society. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 4. DEVONPORT DOCKYARD. (From the Herald.) The proposers of the uncalled-for and extravagant c have onversionyeofi.ir t e h tl e to n ;rs e u .l a ) t rk ie s th a e t BthoearDevonport Admiralty ir Y a a l t tj d • that a small open basin, to be at once a basin for ships and boats, would be at that establishment far preferable to a closed capacious basin of the ordi nary kind, such as that at Tortsiziouth. Woolwich, and Sheerness. Let us. however, see how this ques tion rests, and what are the grounds for such an assumption. We have in former articles shown that there is a lamentable want of efficient dock accommoda tion at Devonport ; that the depth of water at the jetties does not admit even of a first-class frigate lying near them at dead low-water spring tides, with all stores on board; to which may be added, that the fitting out of ships at a distance from the shore is much impeded in bad w eather, and is liable to serious inconvenience. The Devonport Dockyard be it observed, in further treating this question, is decidedly on a lee shore; is situate at the mouth of a largo and powerful river, whose waters bring from the distant hills very large quantities of alluvial deposit, so much so that, during the heavy rains of winter, the whole surface is oc ca'ionally discoloured with it. Now the entrance to the basin, at spring -tides, lies immediately exposed to the wash of between three and four miles of these troubled waters, which, during the heavy westerly gales, set directly into it. Every tide brings in its deposit, so that in fact, as we have before observed, such a basin would be little better than a mud pond. It would, as a matter of necessity, be continually filling - tip; - and there would be no means of clearance, except by .dredg ing, both in the basin and at the entrance, the excavations being carried far below low water; thus entailing an everlasting expense. Moreover, the short :ea, which would fro luently wash into the basin, would be extremely inconvenient. According to the new pro position, this open basin is to be 260 feet wide, by 3 6 0 id O e, fe w et ith lon a g n . io T t o erv c e ii i n d t l ! g in a t o w o o om s m hi od ps a , ti o o n n e f o o n r the entrance. But let us for an ea b bi o to a hu t e s, and a very deep dock immediately oppo sitetr in stant look at this clumsy, ill-imagined proposi tion. Supposing the two ships in the basin, as shown in Mr. Edye's plan, and of 56 feet beam and lying 10 feet clear of the walls,—this leaves about 128 feet clear in the centre. Here we are to place barges upon float ' sintaßgestsalgesll,4' e 0 f e e r e e t t long a have e y with h awsers, b oats with working forges and working 3 p t d o l a t s G , i l -g i a s r b u o p u o r n launches ßoating boats of all kinds, all intervening between the dock inte n s e i d t and the entrance, and constituting with the shjP 3 a mass of confusion .cite inconsistent with the main object for which the work wait will• f t b h e i s qbedistienaeriesteeos; necessary y e to cd subservient can possibly be docked without a general° clearance, boa purpose of the dock and the accommodation of nstructa t basin in some otter the yar , fur no ship not only of the boats, but ships a l so. It, on the Probably o f one of the cont r ary, thi s b as i n be con structed principally w• vi dation of the dockyard b it oa h ts then must be admitted to the accomtno it we have gone far out of ou'ar ew 300,0001, upon such an object. latywinulxpending some be far better to arrest the work altogether, rest o or existing walls, leaving the invert as it tihe previously would be nearly sixteen feet of water over it at iow water. We should then save large ex t o t o s i t low and have quite as good a practical accona p m odat r o e ' as would arise out of this new scheme, which is only to be characterised as being " some such thing to no such purpose ;" for any attempt to make a small open basin subservient to the purposes of ships and boats , and the free use of a dock, is a manifest ab surdity and an intolerable waste of the public money. A closed basin, as originally intended, calculated for the fitting out expeditiously at the wharves four sail of the line, with all stores, and embracing beside two first•clasa docks, available twice in every 24 hours, is, on the con trary, an intelligible proposition, and not liable to the many contingencies and inconveniences we have enumerated. The deposit would be greatly prevented by the tide being shut out, and would hence be small and only at certain times far apart ; the basin would be sheltered, and, if required, could atter a run of years be pumps dry and cleared. There would be also the capital advantage of keering the entrance 'cc side clear, by means ef large sluicies occasion ally laid open fre ni within. at dead low-water spring tides. The convenience of such a basin is (almost incalculable, and could__) ot—Lut,,prnva highly neneneiar to our naval power. The case is so piAio, that it is really quite surprising how so stupi.l a propo , it ion as the notivvrsion of it into a contracted op. n pond, scarcely giving room for two large-class frigates, and very ill adapted for boats, should hare been entertained for a moment. But, say the tidy° • eates of this conver.ion, it is doubtful it any large hip can pass over the invert, which is on the old plan, without scraping her copper." They call it the "stupidly-planned invert," and say that " a error previeusly com m itt e d was in this rt peated."n We suppose all this is by way of compliment to the lase Colonel Brandreth, end many eminent engineers and writers of former times, such men as Sao atott and [Litton, for example, who of course cannot pretend to rank in ability with the msster sh; ; " .pwriget at esevon pert. Bat we would respectfully submit to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that this " stupidly planned invert is most ample, and well adapted to the quired purpose. It is seventy-four feet wide at he top, and fully sixty-six feet wide at the lowest °flint of tide at which such a ship as the Queen, of 60 feet beam —one of the widest ships in the navy— could be taken in with all stores ; so that there would ne full three feet clearance all round at the water tine. At high-water 'spring - tides the width is 70 feet nearly, w,ien there would be nearly five feet clearance. At high-water neap tides the width is nearly 68 feet, with nearly four feet clear ance ; and this is for the widest ship ever built. Vt , 'ith others of our first-rates and two-deck ships there would be from five to seven feet clearance. Now we do not hesitate to say that any dockyard cfficer responsible for this branch of duty, who allowed the least damage to be done to " a large ship's " copper in taking her into the basin with from three to seven feet clearance and the aid of temporary fenders and other means, would deserve to be dismissed from her Majesty's service; and we cannot but regard the assumption to the con trary as a remarkable specimen of what in ordinary life is sometimes called "modest assurance." In the return for the capacities of the docks, Mr. Vs e 'fates that No. 4 dock will receive " ships of the largest class." Yes, he can take a ship of 55 feet 5 inches beam into a dock only 56 feet 2 inches wide at the entraneo. ssouici be pose Lively not five inches clearance ; but he cannot take the same ship into the basin having from more that five to seven feet clearance " without scraping the copper." We beg to call their Lordships especia 1 attention to this specimen of a new inductive Philosophy. We feel, however, disposed to believe, theft, after all, the great question with the Government is the money question. There are many extremely intel ligent and thinking men connected with the Admiralty, such as Sir Baldwin Walker, Colonel Irvine, and others, who really must know that all these pretended objec tions to the original design are " weak inventions." They have plans of this invert, and may, therefore, by placing a midship-section of the Queen to the same scale on other ships, in the centre of the plan, imme niately perceive that there is not the slightest reason tor disturbing this invert, at a cost of from 20,0001. to to (Willi nn this wnocknnt_ Ail .1. sAut-cgtops advanced, such as the " necessity for docking and bringing ships into the basin by torch-light;'; —(Why?)— the " impossibility of rernvngh caisoon, except at the high water spring tides," t &c.; the danger of "strips being damaged by contact with untenable. It is, the jetty heads," &C., are equally y remains to therefore, the money question which alone be exposed, and this we hope effectually to do on a future occasion; and we undertake to prove upon lair and reasonable grounds , that so far from any saving h e new scheme, there would be a great increase of being effected by_ t e xpenditure, and the Gov er nuten t would have to pay 350,0001. probably from a h eartless ruin of a great national work. We have on l y to add wit h respect to the invert—that there are 15 feat g i nc h e s water over it at low water sprin g tid es, and 20 feet at low water neap tides. At high water spring tides there are from 30 to 32 feet, an d at high water neap tides from 28 to 30 feet. So that any ship of the navy ma y come in on an average upon two or four hours' flood, with all stores, twice each day; at a light draught much sooner —small frigates at almost any time. Now we appeal to the honest conviction of any 6114 m -right officsr, well acquainted with the service at the Dievon port-yard, whether that is not ample—nay more than ample accommodation—and that the late Mr. Hamkes well knew when he agreed to this "stupidly-i leaned" basin. The assumption that a pressing necessity may arise for docking a ship precisely at dead low-water spring tides is a perfect delusion—so evanescent in quan tity that no one would have thought of making it enter in the least degree into the original calculation for this basin. But any one who would dream of breaking up and ruining the whole work, when far cdviinced, in pur suit of such a shadow, and sacrifice some 50,000/. to gra tify such on irrational piece of caprice, should really be consigned to the care of his physician, and be put under mild but wholesome official restraint. THE QUEEN V. MEAGHER. In pursuance et the order of Court to strike a special jury in this case, the Clerk of the Crown, the High Sheriff, and Sub-Sheriff, attended in the Crown-office for the purpose. Mr. Perrin appeared for the Crown, and Sir Colman O'Logblen and Mr. Pigot appeared for the traverser. The following forty-eight names were drawn from the ballot-box, from amongst which the jury to try the case of" The Queen v. Meagher" will be selected:— Francis Codd, Townsend-street; Thomas Connell, Upper Gardiner-street; John Parker, Dame-street; Richard Walsh, Belvidere-place; Henry M'Donagh, Dawson-street ; James Gray, Commercial-buildings; George Cowell, Capel-street; James Dudgeon, Upper Fitzwilliarn-street; W. R. Sterling. Royal Canal Ter race; W. J. French, Upper Sackville-street; John Sib thorpe, Cork-hill ; John Reynolds, College-greet; Thomas Sherrard, Blessington-street; James Reilly, Westmoreland-street ; George Papworth, Marlbo rough-street ; William Pattison, Capel-street ; Charles Thorpe, William -street ; John Hayes, Harring ton-street; William Law, Lower Sackville-street; John Denman, Abbey -street ; Hugh Ingram, Y, irk-street ; John S. Armstrong, Eccles -street; Hugh Blaney, West Es , ex-street; John Langhan, North King-street; David North, Russell-place ; Simpson Nelson BuriiA, North Strand; Plutnpian Wallace,,Russell-place;Thoma s Wil son, Upper Tewpl -street ; Sir Charles Corte, Bart , lit:Tot-street ; Alexander Noble, Russell , ILmory eluueda , ....r-,Lreut John Dawson-street ; James Power, Lower Bag got-street ; Tnotnas Egan, High-street ; Bartholomew Delany, Wellington -quay; Richard Johnston, Grafton street; James Pim, Love late; Thomas Farrell, Lower Ormond-quay ; Thomas James, Capel-street Arthur Craig Taylor, Lower Mount-street; William Cockburn, Upper Merrion-street ; Robert Milner, Queen-street ; Samuel Parker, Back lane ; Patrick Nolan, k.wer Suckvillo-street; Sheffield Beatham, Lower Mourt-street; Robert Decker, Elden-quay ;: John Scully, ; and Paul Twigg, Cumberland-street. Mr. Bourne was about to proceed with the ballot for a similar number of names from which the jury was ti. be chosen in the cause of the Queen r. W. S. O'Brien, M.P., when Mr. POTTER, addressing him, said that he had just that moment received a letter from Mr. ()Tricn, is which he expressed himself satisfied that the first twelve names drawn from the ballot-box should be appointed to try his rase, Mr. PERRIN, on the part of the Crown, said he had not received any instructions to depart from the usua; course of striking a special jury. Mr. Bourne suggested that the Attorney-General should be consulted on the subject. This suggestion having been complied with, Mr. Bourne suspended the proceedings until the Attormy Gyneral's opiiiion sould be had. Mr. Potter havin g . submitted Mr. Smith O'Brien's request. to the Solicitor- General, be returned to the Crown-office, and stated t, ,wir. Bourne that the Solicitor General had refused, saying that the proceedings should take the ordinary course. Mr. Bourne then proceeded to ballot for fort•-eigh mares, from which Mr. O'Brien's jury is to be se• 1, cted. Captain Lockwood was killed yesterday, by a fall from his horse, at a race in Thurles, county of Tip- perary. DISTRESS Is KlL3loE.—This miserable district is again visited by the famine and sickness which gave it last year a fatal notoriety all over the empire. The letter of our correspondent from Crookhaven conveys a deplorable account of the poor of that locali t y. He says „ hourly . i n every part of Kil m;e, from dysentery or exhaustion," and "as to the deaths in the hospital, they are really frightful." --Cork Examiner. M. Guizot was in the House of Lords last evening during the debate upon Lord Stanley's motion relating to the correspondence between Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bulwer, and the Duke of Sotomayor. The ex-minister stood the entire tim e by th e grea t candelabrum adjoin me the Bishops' bench, between it and the Prince of Wales's chair, and seemed deeply interested in the de bate. Many Noble Lords from time to time went up, shook hands, ar.d conversed with him. The Earl of Aberdeen held a lorg, and apparently. earnest, 'mayor- SatiOn Fith him towards the eloge of the proceeding" SATURDAY _ f MAY 6, No. 17,351.] LONDON, A r t • 6. ~ • r rli H E FINE A R T S. The Late JOHN WHALEY, Esq. SPLENDID COLLECTION OF VALUABLE PAINTINGS, Embracing fine specimens of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools. Also, a co-tly - selection of rare Books in sumptuous bindings, in cluding, the Orlears, Le Brun, Palais Royal, Wouverman's, Stafford British, and other Galleries. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, l'hysiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various mjuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. ICY SAMUEL LA'MEICT, posed lunatic LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHAN CERY, May 5. The Lo r d Chancellor, after diqusing of the Imp hear the further arguments in the part-heard appeal of petition s i n hi s paper to-day, proceeded to !notion HIGGINSON V. SHAND. This case came befor e his Lordship upon an appeal notic e from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of Eug itahti:dproeyfauisißnagnkto:liLssivoel:peoaoni,ifnrjoumnction that had been ob tained ex pa rte by the plaintiff restraining the defendants, to recover the sum of nearly 10UP,OrZediTngheagfabilnlostahiinmg are the short facts of the case Out of which the appeal arises: —The firm of Barton, Liam, and Iligginson, of Liverpool, in the course of their dealings with the Royal Bank of Liverpool, had become indebted to a consider able amount, and on the 21st of October, 1845, gave two promissory notes for 30,0001 each, at six and nine months after date respectively. Co ntemporaneously with these notes the firm assigned to the plaintiff, who is the brother of one of the partners, thirteen ships in trust to secure the due ayment of the notes. On the 13th of March, prior top he notes becoming due, the plaintiff, as surety, gave to the bank a promissory note for 60,0004, by way of security for the two notes given by the firm. lie also wrote a letter, in which he guaranteed the pay ment of the notes at their maturity. When the notes fell due they were not paid; bat the bank, at the instance of the firm, renewed the notes, and altered the gua notes o f t h e plaintiff so as t o extend to a renewal of the notes. The second part of the transaction was as follows: —The firm undertook to pay into the bank 70,000/., by two banTkhbey instalments, and the bank, on the plaintiffguaranteeing to secure payment of whatever balance should be due at the end of August, 1847, agreed to answer fi th r e s t fir i m ns , ta h l o m t e h n e t foroe f the si cond was due the bank refused to answer a cheque drawn by the firm. The bank then p o a f id th in e to fi t r h m e . from the plaintiff, as surety for the firm of the note for 60,0001., and also of the balance due at the expiration of the month of ohfe.Anuginusat,deamtohurnetaitnegnetdo .53,0001, and, on payme nt which the pglaintiff applied for, 3 11 5 1e ,00 c 0 h 1. eci w n a e s leeal proceedings, upon restraining such threatened and obtained an injunction d i t r ma i nred n p i lyment proceedings, for that purpose refused to dissolve, and upon motion Bank of Liverpool the Royal from that judgment 'Court. ap pealed to this branch of the which the Vice-Chan ce ll or o f England Mr. bolt and Mr. Prior having been heard on behalf of the appellants, the Royal Bank of Liverpool, BETHELL, on behalf of the respondent, suggested that any order the Court might make upon the appeal motion would be of no avail, inasmuch as the time within which the appellants could sue out a fiat of bankruptcy (two months) had ru❑ out, and the only course therefore left for the party was to file a supplemental bill. The Loan CHANCELLOR allowed this course to be adopted, giving leave to the plaintiff to file a supplemental bill if it was necessary. TRANSFER OF CAUSES. The following important notice with respect to the transfer of causes was put up in his Lordship's Court to day, signed by the principal regis rar, Mr, Colville : "Any causes standing in the list of the Vice Chancellor of England (including further directions), which the several parties desire to be heard immediately, may, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, be transferred to the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram, on application, by consent of all parties interested, to the Registrar." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 5. The Court took the special 'paper to-day. As usual, no cases of the slightest public interest came on for argument. BAIL COURT, May 5. (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) SPARROW V. WRAY. Mr. Ikon HILL moved for a rule calling upon the Judge of the County Court of Sussex to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him to give effect to an order which he had made in this case in December last directing the defendant to pay the plain tiff's debt. The facts of the case were these. On the 18th of October, 1847, the plaintiff sued out his plaint for the sum of 201, and on the 12th of November the cause was heard at the Town hall, Brighton, and judg ment given for the plaintiff for the full amount, with 21. 4s. 6d. costs. Subsequently the judge made an order fur a new trial, directing that the second trial should take place before the jury, and ordering the defendant to pay 31. 6r. 6d., being the costs of the former trial and of the application for the new trial. At the first trial, which was not before a jury, the defendant and his wife gave evidence, but the evidence, taken together, was so contradictory that the judge found for the plaintiff. At the second trial, however, only the wife was examined, and upon the strength of' her testimony the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. At this stage of the pro ceedings the plaintiff discovered that the judge had exceeded his powers in directing the second trial to be had b. for. o jury, inasmuch or the Act uf Parliament required that upon either party wishing the case to be tried by a jury he should give the other two clear days' notice of his intention to summon the jury. In this case that had not been done, and the Judge insisted that he had a discretionary power to order a caie to be tried by a jury without reference to the wishes of either side. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired if the plaintiff ac cepted the costs and attended the second trial. Mr. !Inuit HILL replied that he did, but it was in ignorance of the law. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the point involved in the case was certainly an important one, but he was afraid if he granted a rule it would be got rid of without argu ment by the other side, urging that the plaintiff having accepted the costs and attended the new trial, he had virtually acqui•-•sced in the irregularity of the proceeding. The rule was accordingly re used. PO - • LICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-S 1 REE T. Ellen ITlOniague, a notorious smasher, was yesterday placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with uttering a counterfeit half-crown. Mr. William Brettell, printer, 26, New Bond-street, said about six o'clock the previous evening the prisoner came to his sh o p, an d asked him if he had any postage.- stamp s ? ii, told her that he had not got any, wh n :she said she would take some letter paper and a few envelopes, which amounted to sixpence, in payment for nil:eh she tendered the base coin produced. lie looked very hard at the prisoner, and having identified her as having passed a counterfeit half-crown at his shop a fortnight ago, he sent for a constable, and gave her into custody. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the coin being bad, was remanded till Thursday next, for the at tendance of Mr. Powell, the Mint solicitor. UN IVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAsinntucE, MAY 2.—The Vice- Chancellor has given notice that at the l oth inst an t Congre gat i on on Wednesday, the , a Grace will be proposed to the Senate to present an address to the Queen, expressing the loyalty and attachment of the University to her Majesty's person and Government. The Professor of Chemistry commences his lectures on Ttu,d.iy, Aviety 9. instead of May 3, as previously announced. The Professor of Arabic commences his lectures to-morrow ; and the Plumian Prof essor , on Thursday. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND M ARINERS ' BE NEVOLENT SOCIETY. --The ninth annual meeting of the supporters of this national institution was held on Wed nesday at t h e London Tavern. The Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwieke, Captain R.N presided, supported by the Hon. Captain Ward 11.4 and several naval and merchant marine gentlemen. The report congra tulated the meeting on the steady increase of subscribers from among th e mariners. Tickets had aldy been l s , s he ued to 300 0 over th e total number issued rea last year. report next stated that, although the numbers of subscribing fisher men and mariners amounted to 18,000, : te committee had to regret that the fishermen, as a body, had not manifested as great a zeal as the mariners in the support o f the society, which was established originally for th e i r relief. Since the last annual meet bee ing n 14 reli relieved, and 2,551 shipwrecked persons boarded, lodged, clothed, and conveyed to their homes; 380 of these, being members, were supplied, ac cording to the usual scale, with money to help to restore their clothes. This item of relief ex hibited an increase of upwards of 4°°l' over the state men Statement for 1845, including the value of the free transit granted by several railway and steam-packet companies to shipwrecked persons forwarded by the so ciety, The total number relieved by the society since 1839 was stated to be 17,914. There had, during the Year, been an increase of 150 to register, of vessels which bear the distinguishing flag of the society. making the total number 1,860. The report next expressed regret at the deaths of Admirals Sir George Parker and Sir Stoptord, and Mr. Alderman Lucas, who had been munificent supporters of the institution. According to the financial statement, the total receipts for the year amounted to 6,2241.145. 2d., which included subscriptions, donations, dividends on stock, &c. Ater disbursements there remained a total brilance of 1,1331. 17s. sd. The non. Captain Maude, after some brief remarks, in which he bore testimony to the support which the Noble Presi dent had on all oemsions given the society, moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. Some other resolutions in accordance were also carried, and a vote of thanks having been given to the Noble Chair man, the proceedings terminated. The annual banquet in aid of the fure+3 is appointed for Saturday next. DEATH OF MRS. ANDERSON, THE VOCALIST.— This lady, once known as the beautiful Josephine Bar tolozzi, expired at her house, St. John's-wood, on Mon day, the Ist instant, of consumption, at the early age of 41. ..Her father was the famous engraver Barto- I nzzi, and her surviving sister is the celebrated Madame Vestris. The Highland Destitution Board have forwarded ita tion, to the p oorer districts of the Highlands, 1 . c abbage plants, 446 , 000 ; green plants, 476. c 0 u 00; early turnip aced, 4,400 Ounces; l ate turn i p seed, 8,800 ounces; ;Swedish turnip seed,9llnce.e. 8,800 ounces; carrot seed, 4,400 37, BEDFORD•SQUARE,LONDON. - - - Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order ;Let it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, he raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to Physical disqualifications And their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gilt, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused .the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on the nature and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are product% e of greater severity of misery to the }finnan frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. it deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every, man should be possessed. it unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive Indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering irons their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so :requently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict lilts and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the ceases of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the ,nedical man who can show by hi.; posse•sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes iional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. I.A'MEItT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas .ertify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a 4uarantee for his professional, experienee, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published hy the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternostet -row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stade, •-•ed , n r e e : , fr r b a y icu po: 7,, f t . e o r r d ;rt rd 3 e - - r t s street., Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, irons the Author, who may b" free stamps, ar by letter, daily, from personally r 011111411 e, 47. P1,111' .., 1...4111111re 1.11/1111111 .41 Eayht at his RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have to report an improvement in to-day's market. Little stock is offered, a good demand exists, and the market closed firm. The folkwing are the quotations:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion (late C. and B.), 27/. 10s. Shares, 12%—Great Northern, 9 . ?4 die.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (late H. and S.), 9 3 4 di-.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union).3 dis.—London and North-Western, 131 c.—Ditto, New Quar ters, 2 1 4 c. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 2 die. ex int.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101. Shares, Preference, IA p Midland Stock, 103—Ditto, New Halves, 5 dis.—North Staf fordshire, 2i, c. dis.—North Union (A), 19, i 1 A—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), New 131. 6s Bd. Shares, az, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 9 !4, dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 3 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.) Exten sion; No. 2. ,1 p. MANCHESTER, MAY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 4 dis.—Eastern counties, 14 1 4—East Lancashire, New, 6% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 4% Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 7 3 4 dis.— Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 15-16 dis.— Liverpool, ,dauchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4s. per share—London and North-Western (Man. and Birm.), Quar • ters (C). 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Pre • Terence, 1, p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 85 16 c. dis. North Staffordshire, 2 3 / i dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3 dis. HULL, MAY 5. STOC K EXCHANGE —The :sales are—Great Northern., 3/. is•—North British, Halves, 107;—Ditto, Quarters, 5 1 ,4 Ditto, Thirds, 235. 6d.—North-Western, 61. 13s. 3d. dis. have been dry; the cloudless. Mon c urnmer appears, at l ast, to have commence d in earne st. The last f our da%slast t hree have a l so b een clear and almost day, alth oug h a bright sun was shining, wasold and, was unpleasant, ow i ng to a northerly wind; Tuesday mon. ge n i a l and surn merlike; and yesterday was a warm pleasant s ummer day. I t was the hottest of the year, I' the in in the shade reac hi ng as high as 64. Bright on G a [ADVERTISEDIENT.]--SE/N DuEAsEs.—DR.POIVELL'S. TESTIMONY Or THE ErrlcAcy OP HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OIN . T n MENT.— V.xtract of a leter, dated 16, Blessin ton-street, Feb. 9, 1547. Professor Holloway.—Dear, Sir, —Having devoted my particular at for some years to the treatment of cutaneous, or skin diseases, 1 think it right to inform you that I have, in a great many case ,recommend ed the use of your Pills and Ointment, and removing invariably found them to have the most perfect effect in Dubh , tho.e diseases, even whett of a very des W. E. Powut, M.D. In cases of scald heads, ringworms, pimples or tetters nu the face, the effect of the Inegicinea ie. astentsitiug.7 .soki by all druggists and at hufetsor liellirway§ Egatteurteni, 344, Strad, Loudon. perate nature. (Signed) PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS• ,m the Votes and Proceedtn gs of the House of C °l47 ""' ) FRIDAY, MAY 5. ALIENS BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause:—Amendment proposed, to add at the end of the Clause the following words, " Provided always, That a copy of every such order shall be immediately served on the alien or aliens so o r d ere d to depart, and shall be accompan i e d by a copy of the i n f ormat i on iu writing : " —Quest i m put, " That the proposed words be there added." The Committee divided ; (Fro: MINORITY--ALES, 34. Bright, John Henry. Alexa n d er Clay, James Il umphery, Ald. Sidney, Alderman Smith, J Cobden, Richard K ers h aw, James Benjamin J. Cockburn, Alex. L ush i ngton. Charles Stuart, Lord D. D'Eyneourt, C. T. 31'Gregor, Joh n Sul li van , Micha el Ewan, William 3 _ lol eswortil, Sir W. Thompson, Colonel Fergus, John ziowatt, Fran c i s W a lmsley. Sir J. 31tuit Forster, M.saiwey, Colonel z, G. F. ' Williams, John Fox, W. J. O'Connor, Feargus Gardner, Richard Pearson, Charles .- TELLEAS. Greene, John Pilkingion, J ames Hume , Joseph hall, Sir B. R aphael, Alexander Borfring, Dr. Harris, lion. Capt. Robartes, T. J. Abdy, Thomas N. F itzroy, A MAJ }F; O :or lt d. ely'l: Fordyce, 0-h, henryDo: 6 , 158. Oswald, A. A land, Sir T. 1), Owed, Sir J. Adair, Hugh E. Forbes, W. Palmerston, Viscount Adair, R. Shaft° Parker, John - Alexander, N. Fortescue, J. W. Patten, J. W. Arundel, Earl of Fox, Richard 11. Paulson, • James Ashley, Lord Freest um Colonel Perfect, R• i ialdock, E. H. French, F. • G• R• B il a a r r r n i a ti r a ; l L E ;l G "iScount (Glyn, Bellew, R. M. Goddard, A. L. P r ice, Sir Robert Berkeley, Captain Gore, W. R. O. Pugh, David] Birch, sir Thomas Granger, T. C. Itswiton, Colonel Blandiord, Marquis Grentell, C. Pascoe RAd, Colonel J. Bolling, William Grentel , Charles W. Repton, G• W " Bourke, Richard S. Grey, Sir G. al way , George N'isc Carrovt Viscount Pigott,PPi,.ieprs: Francis'sil Bowles, Admiral Grey, Ralph W. Richards, Richard Brainston, T. W. Gwyn, liowel Brand, Thomas Lord J. Breuiridge. Richard Hawes, Benj. Butte, Archibald l it t ° o l m le il t ly °,l Broadley, Henry . lleathcote, Sir W. Russell, E. Brooks; Lord lieneage, E. Russell, F C. H. • Brothertoil, J. ' H enley , J. W. Rutherford, A. A c \i ' ; o vn l Gu n e .. 1 Brown, W. Herbert, Henry A. Shelbu , Buck, L. W. Berries, J. C. LJ ,. o C tm olonel Bunnury, E. H. Bildyard, R. C. Burrell, Sir C. Hodgson, W. N. Busteild, IVilliani lioliond, Robert Hope, Sir 1. Carter, J. B. Hornby John Craig,o ry i nv W. 1.eG,:.(3 a p t ai a Lindsay, c ie i Jervis ipdpscalG i c r . Clements, eCCl:lrivree ; id i: %'l'' Samuel: Charles Cl C . Jones, howa r Captain 'j r j . oK. s S SSSSSI 31 t t P°tl ni l ia: osier, ibui'c its, Rice, 1 t ‘° r h,lß d r 1 r iejl l i . d t:ij:eßlt i—.i Augustus cCelhahar°llpaltarlads:dni Thornely, 'f. Tuwneley, Charles Towneley, John Cripps, W. - Labouchere, Henri Townshend, Captain T T 3 r • e n v t o e r , , C G olonel Verney Sir H. • Davies, 1). A. S. Dawson, T. V. Denison, W. J.Vyse, R. H. Disraeli, B. Waddington, H. S. Divett, Edward Wall, C. B. Dodd, G. 33.1'', Lewis, Locke, e aa - ik s at . GG , Langston, iao e t C t j a °‘ , g:l l : , Joseph v i: r e . " .1. major Walpole, Spencer Drummond, Henry 31altlaini, Th om as Ward; H. G. • Dun; George S. Mangles, R. B• Wellesley, Lord C. Duncan, kieorge . 11.1anners, Lord C. Westdead, J. P. buncombe, O. . Masterman, John I Vilhainson, Sir H. Duilcutt, John Matheson, Colonel Wilson, Matthew Dunslas,' Admiral 31organ, 0. Wood, Sir Charles Dundas, Sir 1). 31orpetli, Viscount Wyvill, Marmadulte Rbrington, Viscount Morison, General Yorke, Henry R. Elliot, John E. Mulgrave, Earl Emlyn, Viscount 0' nnen, Sir Lucius TELLERS. Estcourt, J. B. B. O'Connell, M. J. Tufhell, Henry Ferguson, Sir R. Ogle, S. C. Hill, Lord Alarms Another Amendment proposed, to add at the end of the Clause the following Proviso :—" Provided always, That it any person shall knowingly and maliciously 'give any such information as a fo resa id of an d concerni ng an y suc h alien, such which ,person e s r h s a o l n l sbheallbe , false ii4luitor of a misdemeanour, and being a materi..l part thereof, e ver y convicted thereof shall, at the discretion of ti lt , C ourt , b e liable to b e i mpr i soned for any time not exceeding three months :" Question put, " That the proposed words be there added." The Comm , ttee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 33. Bowring, Dr. Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bright, John Hume, Joseph Scholeneld, William Brotherton, J. Kershaw, James Sidney, Alderman Clay, James - M'Gregor, John Smith, John B. Cockburn, Alex. Molesworth, Sir W. Sullivan, .511chael D'Eyncourt, T. Mowatt, Francis Thompson, Colonel Duncan, George :Muntz, G F. Walmsley, sir J. Ewart, William O'Connor. Feargus Williams, John Forster, Matthew Pearson, Charles Yorke, H. R. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Captain TELLERS. Greene. John Pilkingtoii, James Granger, T. C. Hall, Sir R. Raphael, Alexander Stuart, Lord D. MAJORITY—NOES, 98. Abdy, T. N. Fox, Richard M. Morpeth,'.Vlscount Adair, It. Shafto Freestun, Colonel Morison, General Armstrong, R. B. Galway„Viscount O'Connell, M. J. Ashley, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Ogle, s. C. Barnard, E. G. Glyn, G. C. Owen, Sir John Barrington, Viscount Gore, W. 0. Palmerston, Vls. Bellew, It. M. Greenall, Gilbert Parker, John Berkeley, Captain Grenfell, C. Pascoe Patten, J. W. Berkeley, if. Grey, Sir George Power, Nicholas Blackall, S. W. Harris, Captain Price, Sir R. Bourke, R. S. Hastie, Archibald Pugh, David Brown, W. Ilawes, Benjamin Reid, Colonel Itunbury, Edward Ileneag,e, Edward Rice, E. It. Murrell, Sir,C. Henley, J. W. Rotnilly, John Busteild, W. Reifies, John C. Russell, Lord John Christy, Samuel Hildyara, R. C. Rutherford, A. Clements, Charles Hodgson, 1 1 / 4 - ..!,..;. Sibthorp, Colonel coke, EdwAnt K. Horohy, Jolla . Smith, J. A.. Craig, W. G. ' aerVria; Sir John • Spooner, Richard Cubito, William Beppel, George,T. Start, Henry G. Dalrymple, Captain Labouchcre, henry Towneley, Charles Denison, W. J. Langston, J. H. • Townshend, Captain iNvett, E. Lewis, Sir T. Verney, Sir H. Drummond, Henry ' Lewis, G. C. Waddington, H. S. Duneutt, John Lindsay, Colonel Ward, it. G. Dundas, Admiral Lo cke , Joseph • .;,. Watkins, Colonel 1 iundas, Sir David :Mackinnon, W.'A. Westhead, J. P. Ebringtoti, Lord Mactitnara, Major ' •• Williamion iSir H. Evaini, J. 31aitland, T. I l v v y .,, , , i i ii, si 3 r i. cliarles R Fergus, John Mangles, .D. Ferguson, sir R. 31asterman, John 1 itzroy, Henry 'Matheson, Colonel Forbes, Win. Alcux, sir 11. Fordyce, A. D. Morgan, O TELLFAS. Titfnell, 11 11111, Lord Marcus FATAL ACCIDENT. • It is with extreme regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. Dakin, the ce l e b rated tea sad coffee merchant, of St. Pauls Church yard, which took place in consequence of the frig,hitul injuries whi c h he received by an explosion that occurred on his premises in Blacktriars yesterday afternoon. It appeared that Mr. Dakin was experunenting or . tiling the effects of some new patent coff ee - roasting machine, and while engaged in the operation one Of the pipes of the machine, trom some cause Or other which has nut yet been ascertain e d, e xp! o d e d with fearful violence, and killed the unfortunate gentl eman upon the spot. It is and Deedless to d e t a il th e h orror -°- am a zement which such a sudden and unlocked for catastrophe created in the minds of those who w itnessed the accident ; nor the grief which it occasioned to the friends of the deceased, and also to th ese i n his employ, when the intelligence w as conveyed to them. Mr. maintained a high c haracter in th e D m t e l l k a i n n c h h o a l s y a i l w n t a c y l l s i city of London as a citizen, and as an upright, honest, and enterprising tradesm an , and his loss will no doubt in some quarters bo felt v ery severely, ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A vary distressing accident, resulting in the death of Mr. William' Dakin, the extensive' tea-dealer, of No. 1, St. Paul's Church-yard, and seriou s injury to several other persons,. occurred yesterday afte rno on. Mr. Dalcin, it appears, recently patented a ne w mach i ne f or roasting and cleansing coffee, and d ur i ng the last three months workmen have been actively engaged under his personal superintendence in erecting it at his warehouse in shoe maker-row, Blackfriars. The machin e was completed on Thursday, and yesterday the first trial of its powers was made in . the presence of Mr. bakia and three or four other persons when the catastrophe / i ncurred. The -a , . been constructed is the substitution ut boiling water for the ordinary principle on which the machine h ..5 applied to coffee roasting boiler and roasting% ' • have been Engine erected on the ground floor, from „ o d e o r pr,:cwi"s' scan . process of roasting and cleansing which the hot water is conveyed through pipes to the upper story of the de .h cl e t r o e b i e h c e arried on. The chief feature in the was building, i ate n machine is a cylinder charged with boiling water, round which the coffee berries are made to travel; the bursting of this cylinder, from some unexplained cause, occa sioned the accident. The machine was got into work shortly after two o'clock, and about three o'clock Mr. Dakin arrived at the warehouse and went up stairs to inspect the operation, but he had only been in the apart ment a very few moments when the explosion took state. Al place. The effect, as may be imagined, was terrific. The cylinder was blown into several pieces, and one of the bolts by which it was attached to the machine striking Mr. Dakin on the . left temple, about threre. entered his brain, and killed him instantaneously. One of the workmen in attendance was so much in jured that it was found necessary to convey him to the The alight . in time,. Itti, injuries, Some circumstances I pa en Jo residenceu rna /0 fie° Dakin render his untimely end peculiarly has unfortunate. Prior to establishing the business _ __ successfully other hospital, parties where present h e now 9 nescapeda lies competent in a e .intprecarious connexionlicomparativelya rl fortune, Je his capital trade. Within carried on in St. Paul's } Churchyard, Mr. dDakin had years sd since; ; b h us o i w ne e s y s er, upon doing so, re embarked en d . in an hour of the accident he was•actusyy t agog In cow. Daki has always maintained of Londln as a citzea, and ana high character in the city tradesmai, andhivai upright, honest, And enterprising . Information i p n l e t c i n h g a h a iesepr Chancery-lane. t - e l a n a t e f o . r 1 S l e r ! d a n d , E a , t the loss coaleyed to Mrs Dakin melancholy occurrence wa the fatni). I n in will, no doubt, be felt very sseverely. of the the course of the afternoon, at at Lewisham, by a friend of the deceased. rttei on the spot, TUE WAR IS KAFFIRLAND. — We tre requestedto state that Mr. Colb u rn has this day Imblish e d " Five t Years o i u n n tiriya ffi t o r ittu an e d ; Kitha by Mrs. Harriet Ward, wife of CaPt 3 il Ward, 91st Reg., 2 vo l s ., Wi t h illustrations, 21 s. boold. Al so, just published, 2. 'lle new edition of Burke', Peer age and Baronetage fir 1848, 1 vol. 3 . The twelfth and con cluding volute of the Lives of t h e Queels Gf England. 0 4 The s_AIV , ard its Colonists , with Il inutOr S ett l ers in eee i n Sk l e B l 4 c B h , e w s of i tie lat e W ar in 1848, by G'Or,ce Nicholson, jun., Esqo Elate Resident 1 vol., 7 s . id, bo un d. 5. A Seventh lditi on of Mr' Eliot Warfurtin's Crescent and the Cuss, 2 vole. 6. Revelati or s o f Prince Talleyrand, 2 rob. 7. Madernoi. 1 selie d e Ai o ntp ens i er , a n autobiograply, 3 vole. 8. Story of ;he Peninsular War, in 1 vol. with six por tr4itsanenApt is. 6d. bound. MERCiIAIa SEAMEN'S ORPHAN AIYL Um•--Th e Mllllificelt (Dilation °' fifty guineas has leers presented to this iistiution by F. IV. Cobb, Esq., (' M ...-axgate additios to i former donatioa of 10/. lo s . . ,in i NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The following ships and vessels are in commission at this port:—The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, refitting alongside the jetty for foreign service ; the Victory, flag-ship of Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief ; the Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard, doing the duties of the Ordinary; the Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. I)undas, C. 8., fitting for troop service; the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, refitting for " sea going" service; the Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain Chads, C. 8.; the Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis C4,111.r. ou the East India station; the Blenheim, 56, Captain Austin, steam guard ship, fitting for sea; the Rolla brig, for naval apprentices ; the Gorgon steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, at Spithead, awaiting sailing orders, expected for the Pacific:; the Scourge, steam bomb-vessel, Commander Wingrove, refitting for sea ; the Victoria and Albert and the Fairy, Royal yachts ; the Lightning steam-vessel, Master- Commander Petley; the Sharpshooter screw-steamer, Lieutenant Commander Bayley; and the Dwarf screw tender for the port service, The Howe is fitting fast, so is the Hastings; but the Bellerophon is " going to lee ward ;" the Powerful only wants a few men to make up her small complement; the Blenheim is to join and be " senior" of a squadron of steamers this summer—she, too, wants hands; and the Gorgon wants half-a-dozen or so to complete for sea. Seven line-of-battle ships in one harbour, with a double-banked frigate, are seldom seen together. Wind S.S.E.; moderate and fine. WooLwicn, MAY 4.—The two launches built by Mr. Thomson, Roiherhithe, and each fitted with engines of r five•horse power by Mr. Beale, G reenw i c h, leftthe latter place at ten minutes befor e on e o ' c l oc k to-day, les and . made the passage to London-bridge, exactly five mi of 35 in ib. 3 2 tt minutes, the engines working at a pressure inch,thesquare two and feetsix making inches23s revolutionsda n le te o r ,f perthe screw propeller, minute. A higher pressure sometimes given, se to rew abo in u; twelve miles per hour ; dhe whichst a adapted for the engines and formof earnedasetdhe to o num 27 b s er pe o r f r m ev in ol u u t t e i . on " s e .a g s u n i f yal t e h n e t the engineer approve s of a pressure of 3 51 b as thoefbthuet maximum,au launches. dimensionslofeet7ln length 31 feet, w i t h a and drawing„ whe n l oa d ed, b th re e a f d o t l h lo o w t 'i following o of only feet of water. The engines of each launch occ upy aspace of 6 feet 6 inches long, 4 feet 2 inches wide, and 4 feet 2 inches high, and consume in working about 50Ib. of coke per hour. They are very simple in construction and easily worked, and during the whole of the trials to. day gave the greatest satisfaction. On arriving opposite Somerset-house, Major Stevens, Royal Marine Artillery, R.N., Captain Ellice, Comptroller ofSteamM, ae . h N in ., e Mr. ry Halstead, R N., Captain Washington, Chief' Inspector of Steam Machinery, Mr. Hughes, As sistant-Inspector atSornerset-house, and Mr. F. P. Smith, inventor of the screw propeller, came on board, and the launches•then proceeded to Whitehall and returned agai n to &menet house, where a large hat, raitable-for a FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE RI. BOARD OF GREEN C F LOTH, DAY ST. JAMES'S PA LACE, MAY 25, 1848. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages proceeding to her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Thursday, the 11th of May, aro to fall into line and come down the left hand side of St. James's -street, enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the iron gate nearest Marlborough-house, to wait in St. James's•square. When callled, they are to pass from the square through Charles -street, into liegent-street and Jermyn-street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages will be ad mitted within the gates. For all persons huvingthe privi lege of the entrLe, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, from eleven till three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate on Consti tution-hill, proceed down St. James's-park, through Stable yard, into the Ambassador's•court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. Thecarriages of Ambas sadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassa dors' court, and those of all other persons having the entr4:, way wait in the Stable yard or St. James's-park till called ; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass up St. James's street. No carriages will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than the gales last mentioned. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. BUCKINGIIANI PALACE, MAY 4. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, May 4, the Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under her royal sign manual, and the great seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the sta tutes and regulations usually observed in regard to instal lation, and to grant unto the most Noble Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the said Must Noble Order, and duly invested with th© ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges be longing to a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in as full and ample manner as if his Grace had been formally installed; any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. BUCKINGHAMPALACE, MAY 2. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry Philpott, D.D., Master of St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to his Royal Highness. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Bel haven to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend James Aitken Johnston to the perpetual curacy of St. John's,Waterloo-road, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey and diocese of Canterbury, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Robert Irvine, the last incumbent. WAR•OFFICE, MAY 5. Ist Regiment of Life Guards Cornet and Sub• Lieutenant the Hon. Dudley Charles Fitzgerald De Ros to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George H. R. C. Viscount Seaharn, who retires; Henry Lygon, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Ros, May 5. Ist Dragoons—Robert Charles French, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stephens, appointed to 2d Regiment of Life Guard., May 5. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet George Ellis, from 15th Light Dragoons, to he Cornet, vice Burton, who retires; Cornet George Ellis to be Adjutant, vice Molyneux, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Walter, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lindsay, who exchanges, May 5. 14th Light Dragoons—Thomas Shepherd Townend, Ge❑t., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ibbetson, pro moted, May 5. 15th Light Dragoons—Charles William Kendall, Gent , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ellis, appointed to 4th Light Dragoons, May 5. 18th Regiment of:Foot—Ensign Alexander Minter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires; Thomas Robinson Gibbons, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minter, May 5. 36th Foot.—Captain Alexander M'Geachey Alleyne, from 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice Palmer, who ex changes, May 5. . . _ FootLCaptain Alexander Cruickshank Linday, from Bth Light Dragoons, to be Capt,iin, vice Walter, who exchanges, May 5.% • 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Bernard Ward, tohe First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson, who retires; William Tedlie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chas,-, vice Ward, Muy 5. 63d Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Emerson, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, vice Bell, who exchanges, May 5. 89th Foot—Captain Henry W. Palmer, from 36th Foot, to . be Captain, vice Alleyne, who exchanges, May 5. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant Charles Harland Bell, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Emerson, aho exchanges, May 5. HOSPITAL STAFF.—James Kellie, M.D., to be Assist ant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith, promoted, May 5. BANKRUPTS. Edward Evans, stone mason, Dorking, Surrey, to sur render May 12, at two, and June 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin lare; Watson and Sons, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. William Cooper, Charles Wilson, and George Black. straw hat manufacturers, Aldermanbury, City, May 12, at eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-cham hers, Basinghall-street ; Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside. _ _ _ Charles Gough, ironmonger, Manchester, May 19, and June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbot, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Thomas Clarke Knight, undertaker, Fort-street, Spital square, May 12, at half past one, and June 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopegate. Robert Burr, upholsterer, Bentinek-street, Man chester-square, May 23, at twelve, and June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Wright, Smith, and Shepherd, Gulden-square. Henry Pace, watch manufacturer, SL John's-square, Clerkenwell, May 9, at half-past one, and June 5, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham. official assignee, Coleman-street; Messrs. Baddeley, Leman street, Goodman's-fields. Thomas Raven, grocer, Colchester, May 12, at two, and June 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Peddell, Cheapside. John Haddock, pawnbroker, Bury St. Edmunds, May 13 and June 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Kelly, New Boswell court; Jackson and Co., Bury St. Edmund's. • Henry Robert Hartley, hotel keeper, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, May 17, at one, and June 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Baylis and I)rewe, Redcross-street William Sugden, stone mason. Thonsas.place, Gravel lane, Southwark, May 18. at half-past one, a nd June 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cooper, Old Cavendish street. hite h Thomas apex Brown, t a yl9a t halt-past plumber, two, o ßed , an d L j i oun-t June 2 r o e! t W at , twelve, at the Court or n....i,rilotcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, Norton and Son, New street, Bishopsgate. Charles Crudgington and Thomas Southall, iron masters, Tipton, Staffordshire, May 23 and June 20, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Collis, Stourbridge. William Arton, innkeeper, Pontefract, Yorkshire, May 15 and June 5, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as,ignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's-road ; Clough, Pontefract. Mary Ann Legget, hotel keeper, Liverpool, May 15 and June 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sharpe and Co., Bed ford-row ; Clare and Co., Li ve rpo o l. John Laurie, coal merchant, Liverpool, May 18 and June 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee ,Liverpool ; Carpenter, Staple inn '; Daly, Liverpool. Thomas .Patchett, wino and spirit merchant, Man chester, May 18 and June 8, at twel /e, at the Manches ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manches ter; Johnson and Co.',7emple, London; Marsden, Man chester. . . . Benjamin Butterworth, woollen manufacturer, Hay dock, Lancashire, May 26, at eleven, and June 8, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assitnee, Manchester; Norris and Ca, Bedford-row, London ; Atkinson and Co., Manchester; Woods and Jackson, Rochdale. William Thomas Horsey, packer, Manchester, May 17 and June 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson and Co., Temple, London; Hitchcock and Co., Manchester. (Dividends, &c., in our nest.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending May 2, 1848, is 245. 3 3 4 d. per cwt. ST. PANCRAS.—At a meeting of the vestry of this parish on Wednesday, letters were read from Lord D.Stuart and Sir B. Hall in reference to resolutions passed by the board at a previous meeting relative to Mr. Hume's motion on Ireland. The above two gentlemen in their letters stated their readiness to support any measure tending to relieve Ireland. SOUTHAMPTON, May 6.—The Royal West India Mail packet Forth, Captain Sturdie, arrived in the Docks at 8 30 A at. this day, from the West Indies; s h e brings Jamaica papers up to April 8. The Forth has a full cargo And a large quantity of specie, and ninety-one passengers. ?9, d , I'