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PURSUANT to an ORDER of the HIGH ~ COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of [LENT V. llUa B. L EY, the. Creditors of JOHN BRAMLEY BUCKLEY, late of uPPer Mill, in Saddleworth, in the county of York, dyer, deceased (who shed In the month of July, 1850, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 21st day of May, 1852, to leave their claims of debts before JOSEPH HUMPIIIIY, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, St his Office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and Ore, on the 16th day of Juno, 1852, to establish such claims odors the said Master, or in default thereof such persons will be pe 'etuptorily excluded the benefit of the said Order, and the General Orders of the said Court. SUDLOW: TOM aud .11NEWAX, 38, iedford-row, London. Agent , : for COOKSON STEPHENSON FLOYD, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Plaintiff's Solicitor. MIDD LE SEX COUNTY LUNATIC RESIDENT LUM,, C'OLNE Y HATC FI. W A -TED, 'MEDICAL OFFICER for the Female Fallow of this Asylum. . He must be a Doctor of Medicine, . ~,T.n o vr or Licentiate of the Royal Coleg,e of Physicians of London, of burgh, or Dublin, or a Member or Fellow of the Royal College Surgeons, and a Member or Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Com pany. The salary 1 0 ._ • he salary will be 2001. per annum, with board. and an al lowance of coals and candles. Ills services , will be required in the Middle of June next: Candidates are requested to send In t heir testimonials, addressed , the Committee of Visitors, under cover to me at the Sessions °4, e, Clerkenwell, before the 17th day Slay next, and to attend the " e Committee at that place on Tues da y , the 13th'of May next, at .Welve o'clock precisely. JDIIN S. SR:A 22 in:, Clerk to the Visitors. SeBSion3 House, Clerkenwell, April THE ROY A L BRITIS EI B K, an the Scottish Syst 3111 (Incorporated by Charter), besides the trans action of all ordinary Banking business, grants CASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent. per annum on Snms of my amount deposited for Six months. HUGH _IN - NES CAMERON. General Manager. LONDON—HEAD OFFICE, 16, Tokenhonse-yard. BRANCHES, 429, Strand; 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington. pRESERVATION or THE CRYSTAL PAL WE. • A Great PUBLIC 3IEETLNG' for promoting the Retention of the Crystal Palace will take place at Exeter Hall, on ToEmu' next, the 27th of April, 1852, at Twelve o'clock precisely. The question to be decided is— Shad the Cry stal Palace be preserved for the amusement and in struction of the people ? On the self.supPorting system, requiring no pecuniary aid from Government. Providing compensation for any injury which may be inflicted on Private property. The building to be vested by Act of Parliament in Trustees, whose position will afford an ample guarantee for the uses to be made of it. The names of those Noblemen and Gentlemen who have already prom'sed to accept this office will be declared at the meeting. The Right Hon. the EARL of SHAFTESBURY will take the Chair on the occasion. CRYSTAL PALACE.-BOROUGH K. In compliance with a requ OF isi SOUTHA tion to m me, R for that purpose addressed, I hereby appoint a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of the -B orough of Southwark, to be h e ld at the T ow n Hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th (1, 7 of April, 1852, at One o'clock precisely, for the object of t "ting the opinions and feelings of the inhabitants with reference to retaining the Crystal Palace as a public resort for the purposes of Inl PrOnement, recreation, and amusement, and to petition Parlia ment fur that object. WM. PRITCHARD, High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark. Town Hall, Southwark, April 23, 1852. CRYSTAL PAL ACE.—BOROUGH OF LAMBE r v""nit,, PUBLIC MEETING tor the purpose of promot i ng the Preser ,,,on Of the C r y s t a l P a lace is appointed to take place at the Horn `4;ern. Kennington, on WEDNESDAY EVENING next , the 28 h April The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely b.:r the might C-TENNYSON D'E YNCOUKT, M.P. ~jrio HOTEI, and I'NVERN PROPRIETORS' Turtle Meat in cases of five pints each, preserved last Autumn ;x - Sir. Richard Ford, late proprietor of the Wellingto Hotel, Li c" t r rol- Each case is well tilled with fdr proportions of Callipee. o t , i ,P u as rt hr and picked Fin Meat, to which is added the pure essence hot F. begs also to add that the Meat is in fine large pieces, and overdone, thus having a superiority over most preserved Turtle esI A PPIY to Mr. RICHARD FORD (Private house), 9, Pembroke .' lice, Liverpool. R PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL roLYTECHN it., LB 8 I'ITUTIM v in Bachhoffner on Defries's new Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire A be exhibited and lectured on on Nfonday, Wednesday, and Fri Y, at Half. Past Three, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, al t ri l l e ,% -- A Lecture, by J. IL Pepper, Esq , on Glynn and sppel's Pa. 1.; 11 ' raber for the Prevention of Piracy and Forgery by the Anastatic a t t e ,ess, daily at Two o'clock. and every Evening, except Saturday, I; '.._.6ht. —Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, with brilliant experiments. ,1 Dr. Bachhorfner.—ln Explanatory Description by Nil. Criste the various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, Bic. —A splendid New Nrles of Dissolving Views. —Exhibition of the Microscope.—Dive) 44 1 Diving Bell, ik.c., &c. A_dmission, Is.; Schools and Children tinder Ten years of age, '4IT-Pric2. A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. piThe PRIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery. will be :,,, Ye(l .. every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. pri nc ip a ) iston. M. lioulcourt. urr'tnieers open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and hate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. AYSTRALIAN GOLD r d° lll the vast gold fields of Australia. said to extend over two "..e..-117:7;:n7srurli:::7country millions sterling are now pouring into . "n our ""e question is, ' what will be the effec of this mighty influx An Over quantity of wealth in a great conimer ;4atageotrY is a contradiction 8..4 the way in which It may be ad ploilptbocualitleYrpertnispesloved is bes ' t i lustrated by the magnificent and f;f E ‘lO , Es and SON They cons anti) , em of ever wands of British ' and Foreign a tizans in the manufacture iida d: r i a ly tedor i c r„ . P tof ma eriais for fashiortable dress, and thousands are - vgance, "' "le.e into countless styles grid patterns, designed for forSes and comfort : these artizans all honourably rernu ldow Au t„heir skit!, tale t, and industry, are convincing proofs count t r 7 E r s t i ln gold may be advantageous', employed in this coun- I:nepnsareaacile sON'S gigantic trade affords the most im nvtgaEgels in the investment of gold. The magnificent anti St o r r t p lc r l o e7 .l ! t alt h by the n ._,. ed stock of Goods in their Wholesale Department offers t,, anal'alTitalst the most decided opportunities, if he intends to countriest.an ell will soon bo sold, and leave him an amaz,ng proportion iletyoct.her hand, the splendid styles, and the interminable in sm all " e 'r llPring and Summer Stock furnishes equal advantages in novel" Investments of the precious metal. Clothing, surpassin: Play', n . '3' of fabrics, neatness. colour, and strength of material, Me in e v , ° , t ,, l le Power of art and the march of imp ovement manifeste i d fOr fi ffL"Ecription of Spring and Summer styles of Dress, s l a tab le ! iiil 'Os and every c ass in society, now more conspicuous y d aYed at -&-, - -. MOSES and SON'S than at any previous season. . L onen • n E. MOSES AND SON. 14, 5 --- " ulty Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, noriwil, 85, ~,,,,,%4 a4 85 . Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 5147" West-end Branch, 606, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 4 -"irt-street, all communicating. a.. 441f " a (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-strost. -.oBleld Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant alk a ant i'allors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, 80. ° Q , oakers.and General Outfitters lot Ladles and Gentle/Lot ‘s4t The u Es tablishments are closed trom sunset Friday to sunset On .A. '' a ili• When busim.4 is resumed till Twelve o'clock. A net. L 41 11 1 . - Book, entitled " Chef Library of Elegance," containing a itig"" application , directions for self-measurement, can he had, kingd' " n s er e forwarded, post-free, to any part of the oni. A. hand some Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis. Q APPlicatlon. Lci l'on parie Francais. Qui si parla Itallano. --....... -Bierler spricht m an Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol. bR' CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvaiho Fleet -street; H ann , 39 , Cornhill ; or direct from the author "n.Ono Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Usa of Time." ;ICONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Nfornings Ex" i Nlons about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills ests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places —Count!, 4 nPs and Ra m bl es —T he Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Horn« --- Ildusic —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing. Id; fit, Ease, Occupation, BDC., &c. 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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on i the exhaustion and phy s i ca l d eca y of the system, produ ced b _y, tneTslve Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the a buse , 0 0 ,? 0 e qrY. with directions for the use of the preventive lotioni . t . _t._ pr W o e g bY observations en Marriage, fine the disqualifleaUo , ns whic h peg it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. ley a. and stre et and CO., Consulting Sureeone, 19, flornen-street, Oxford ~,,r', LO2l lOll. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster -I.and sold by Hannay, 6 3, and Bangor , i 50. o , xf,rd-street ; Ger it,.,,_ '146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, o''.7 Ch ureh-yard; W. Edwards, 67, St. enure Church-yard ; "quer, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. lie ltv / ore„,„_ • treats of the anatomy and paysienuey of the re-erodnative is`wii and is illnetrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 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The Conceatrated Detersive 2suanee' any Der 7A,norvOus and sexual debility. impotence, &e:e :* 11114, for nrirying anti-syebilit.c the blood i ❑ i cases of infection, secondary Isttl o Ma p , ar uPtions, and the abuse of mercury, its, arui „„,., 33. l e i a : Der I,: e ._ - errrs Purifyilig Speci2, Pills , i s , ed., ds. sd ., —'- - a - , - s itro,,,'_..,__!_i certain remedy for vonenkanl, Sled' r and 1i l i u inn, animation o` the bladder . Consultation fen, if by 1 0. to r , N u rninuto detail oft he . - • • ago, habits , and Fos , ' stricture i bl lalket.". lat yr al. Parkete,c& wi e tti ig a r d 3g vic at e Mil .; be had at theßeta- Bilrgo o 4 i °MY, by which the- fee iz , 'l, %,ivrvl. Nte`i4r!",, Perry, ete w tx, are in attendance. dalle' t . 19. E ' erners.street, 141 •' - ' — ' Au I L_ onion, rr ool El,,,,,, a _ ta f „,-, . . - El le son SUM* erevg ... Eleven to OILS elvo. and Five to is • - H • " . • . . , . • ' -1 ^ .1 4 - • tz ,z; 77" : " -- - ( •• - er h • ) " • / 7:7 , ,1 , . • LS . - -1 - 41.ek'•\ k .4 ° •/-A , • ,/ ( 1 , . 0 , s4‘ • \ " ' • _ • ' N - - - • 4 .- . • • T it • " ' 42 , • . , ct; Nn APRIL -1852. 148, [PRicz 50, their excellent chairman may live long to enjoy the con— fidence of his fellow-citizens and the blossiLgs of conti nuous health and happiness. (Signed) " FERDINAND BRAND, C ptrollor." Mr. TAYLOn returned thanks, after which the company separated. AMERICAN NEWS. SOU.CHAMPrON, APRIL 25. The United States mail steam-ship Humboldt, Captain J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes at 7 o'clock this morning, and, after landing the English mails, proceeded on her voyage to Havre. The Humboldt brought 55 passengers, a few only of whom were for Southampton. Her long passage is owing almost to the constant head winds that have been encountered, and the bad quality of the coal. Off the Scilly Islands the Humboldt exchanged sig nals with the packet-ship William Tell, from New York, bound to Havre. The British and. North American Royal mail steamer Africa reached New York on the 7th inst. No exciting political intelligence had transpired since the sailing of the Europa. The Whig Members of the New York Legisla ture have nominated General Scott for the Presi dency, and the Missouri. State Democratic Conven tion have expressed a preference for General Cass. The State general election in Rhode Island hes gone for the Whigs, with the exception that the present 'Democratic Governor has been re-elected. Another awful steam-boat explosion took place on the 19th inst., at Lexington. Missouri. The Saluda burst her. boilers, killing 100 passengers (Mormons), on their way to the Salt Lake. We have advices from Guatemala to the 6th of March, but they are without interest. Advices from St. Jago (Cuba) to the 6th of March state that the authorities there are still so apprehen sive of another invasion that they keep three armed vessels cruising along their shores. Dates from Salvador, Central America, to the 6th of March, state thit Senor Duenas, the newly -elected President, took possession of Executiie power on the Ist of March. Nicaragua was- tranquil. Nbthing further had been heard of Munos. We have advices. icgn.Rip,.. 4 Taneiro to the .6th of March. The Rio Jornat do = Commercio of the 28th of February contains nothing of the affairs of La Plata. Trade, however, had been opened between Buenos Ayres and Rio. M. Carvalho Mercina, new Minister from Brazil to the United States, was to leave soon. Coffee was improving. The sales of flour for February were 20,000 barrels. Kossuth arrived at Charleston on the 9th instant, but no enthusiasm was shown by the populace. A great flood had occurred in Texas, doing a vast amount of damage. An unbroken chain of telegraphic communication between New York and New Orleans was completed on the 9th inst. The New York Times of the 10th on this subject says : Last evening the New Orleans telegraph operators had a chat fur the first time, wire to wire, with their contemporaries in Hanover -street. New York ditpatohes were forwarded, and answers received from New Orleans dated one hour after they were received. Thus a mes sage started from this office, traversed '3,000 miles, and arrived at its destinsticn sixty minutes before it started." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. APRIL 10. The upward tendency noticed for weeks past continues in our Stock-market. All descriptions of stock s and se curities are in good demand, speculation is very active, and the daily transactions to a very large extent. Large orders from Europe are received by every steamer, particularly for railroad bonds, which have for more than a year past been freely taken for the con tinent, but only since a short time to any extent for England. Bonds of several of the leading Western railroad companies, which within six months were nego tiated below 90 per cent., are now entirely out of the market, or only to be found in limited quantities at or above par. Preference is always given to bonds con vertible into stock. Real estate partakes of this movement—prices ad vance and rents are rising. Money remains very easy at from five to six per cent. Exchange is declining, exports of specie topped —the expectations from California very flittering. All these causes combined inspire much confidence, specula tors are most sanguine and calculate on a prolonged state of prosperity. Should anything nnfavourab'e turn up, the check will be very severe, but at present very few take such an eventuality into consideration. Trade in general is not very good; the accounts about our staples, cottons and breadstuffs, are far from flatter ing, and merchants complain of dull times. Exchanges have given way. The supply of bills, owing to the late large shipments of produce and foreign orders for stocks, presses on the market, although the demand is to a fair extent. _ . We quote on London from 108; to 109 k; on Paris, sr. 20c, to sr. 22 e. Freights—Engagements were irregular. Yesterday aud to-day about 20,000 to 30,000 bushels or grain have been engaged at rates varying from 43. to 4id., chiefly in bulk. with some lots of flour at ls. 81.; and 500 to 600 bales of cotton at 7-323., part compressed. Shippers offered a large lot at 3-16 d., which was refused. To Londou flour was Is. 91; to Havre cotton was being engaged at id. Ashes at 6 dollars for pots. To Ca lifornia rates were dull at 45c. to 600. NEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. The Africa's news has been received. Cotton was not affJcted by it. Flour-3,000 barrels Ohio sold at 3 dolls. 75c.; a❑d St. Lewis at 3 dolls. 90c. Mesa pork is steady at 17 dolls. 250.; prime, 14 dolls. 500. Bacon —Sides are at 913. to 9ic., and shoulders no. Whisky, 17c. Lard-200 barrels changed hands at tiio. Sight exchange on New York is at par to discount. _ _ FRIDAY, APRIL 9. The sales of cotton to-day foot up 7,000 bales. We quote ordinary and middling qualities at a decline of i.e. The sales of the week have been 46,000 bales. Tile Prices-current estimate the increase of receipts at all southern ports, this season, over the . corresponding period last year at 509,000 bales. The increase this season in the receipts of cotton at this port over the corresponding period last year is 329,000 bales. The exports of cotton to-day have been large, amounting to 25,600 bales, mostly to Liverpool. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. Cotton sales to-day, 1,000 bales, market closing firm, and prices showing an improvement of i t e. on some quali ties. The week's sales have been 12,000 bales, and the receipts 9,350. The stock on hand, exclusive of that on ship board, is 45,825 bales. NORFOLK, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. We have no change to note in our market. The supply of cottoa continues Hight, and is rather drooping to-day. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—Milan, from B, lfast; America, from Liverpool; Marmion, from Havre; France, from Antwerp; Cleone, from Bordeaux; Mary Ann Peters, from Bristol; Chicora, from Palermo; T. H. Heydern, from Bremen; Flying Cloud, from Wbampoa; North Carolina, from Canton; Trenton, from Havre; Agnes, from Bremen; Aff i ghan from Glasgow; Pathfinder, from Bridgewater; Jenny, from Gotteuburg. Arrived at Baltimore—Marianne, from Bremen; Ab bott Lord, from Liverpool. Arrived at Castine—Blanche, from Liverpool. Arrived at Philadelphia—Tam o'Shanter, from Liver pool. Arrived at Charleston —May Flower, from Liverpool. Arrived at Mobile—Sciota, from Liverpool. Arrived at New Orleans —Shirley, Arthur, Josiah Bradley, Crescent Ci t y , Forest King, and Lapland, from Liverpool; E. and E . Perkins, from Cardiff; Amelia, and Elizabeth, fr om Havre; Buenaventuro, fro m B arce l o na; Eliza Ann, from Bristol; Caledonia, f rom Bordeaux. • A rr i v ed at Portland—Waterford, from Li ver p oo l . Arrived at Savanna h—Rhine, from Glasgow. R Arrived at Wilm in g ton—Marsde n , from Car diff Arrived at Beaton — Arab, from Cal Amason, Calcutta; eaumur, from f rom Shields; Polland e r , f rom Giftsgow, Rochelle; Ophir, from Calcutta. -.; THE WEST INDIA. MAIL. SOUTRAMPTON, APRIL 25.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Clyde, Captain Weller, arrived this morning, at eight o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Den nehy, R.N., Admiralty agent. On her homeward voyage the Clyde had fine weather. The latest dates brought by the Clyde are—Ha. vannab, 26th March ; Chagres, 26th ; Carthagena, 28th; Jamaica, 31st; Demerara, 30th; Trinidad, 30th; Barbadoes, Ist April; Grenada, 30th March; Porto Rico 4th April ; St. Thomas, sth ; La Guayra, 29th March; Nassau, 12th; Antigua, 2d April ; Jacmel, 2d ; Santa Martha, 15th and 26th. March ; Grey Tow n , 22d. - The Clyde brought on freight 660,219 dolls. in silver, 626,220 dolls. in gold dust and gold bars, 34 serous of cochineal, 440 serous indigo, 57 kegs pre served ginger, 77 cases cigar s , 65 bales of tobacco, 12 packages of 'arrowroot, and a very large number of packages of general merchandize. By this arrival we have our tvarA files of Jamaica papers, but they are totally barren of news of in terest to the English reader. The depressed saste of the island is the all-absorbing topic. The fund for sending delegates to England has reached a large amount, and one of them has arrived by the Clyde, and others are to follow by the next packet, purpose of laying th e i r gr i evan ces before the Brits Legi , lature. for the h i BARBADOES.—During the past month the The old has been highly favourable for reaping. sugar canes continue to yield well, and to give strourseo.has excellent quality. The Barbadoes b it handed over to been completed, and the charge It will be Mr. Ashby, who P find the usunl lighted so soon as the commissionersproper authorities in notices have been given by the . is aointed o k f ee er. England. - C o mbined Court" tie) BKVIISN OVIANA. - " . 4!. , _ . g tt e , ." , •- . = . - Lt,' , E - L 4 . v . , .... ...,...., ~... •4 • ', shi e ld s , part, from an an c h or an d 6) f a thoms of chain The Wear packet, P on y in South West RPecti. rnastet; from London for (1 The aboNe vessels put in here yesterday from distress of v 7 eather. . i .. CHATUAM GARRls o N.—Orriers have been received at this garrison to prepare barr ac k roon i for t h e reception of dechci.ments of infantry, who, in common with the Royal Suppers and Miners of th e 'Q ueen ' s ser vice, and the troepeof the Hon. East I n di a C omp . i ny's depot from 4Vartey Barre,eics, are to b e p l aced under the Engineer &pertinent,' for the nurp ose of receiving practical in struction from the officers of th a t oor p s i n th e art of con structing fi,ldworks for purposes of attack and defence. Detachments, consisting o f 1 officer, 1 sergeant, rank and file, of the 2d battalion of : G from the Tower; Ist b atta li on of Coldttream Guard'', frefrom'Wellington Barra c k s; 30ch Foot. from the dep'"); at Dover; and the lit b atta l ion of the R fle Brigade e t • Walicer, respectively, a rr i ve d yesterday, the 24t h i ns t., renadier find 25 Guards, for the above important object., • • A drangbt of 82 mon from this garrison under the command of Lieutenant Leet, proceeded to Portsmouth on the 16th inst., for embareatiOn' on beard her Ma jesty's steam troop-ship Simootn, for service in Canada. ~ . APPOINTMENTS. WooLWlca, APRIL 24.—Haster John Roskilly (1841), to the Amphton, 34, screw steam-frigate, of 300- horse power, advanced war steamer at Sheerness. Assistant-engineers George Green and Daniel M'Far lane to the Rogue, 60, mew steamiship, of 450-horse po ver, at Portsmouth: Master's-assistant E. C. Smythe,' to the Tartarus steam vessel, employed in protecting the fisheries on the north coast of Scotland. _ , Clerk—Timothy To Jennings (1846), to the Bos cameo, 70, guardship of ordinary at Chadians. The Vivid, Dover mail st eam-poc k et , Captain Smithett, was ready to be taken out o f the b as i n to-day,' b ut the wind was' so strong fro-tt, ~. -99 eapt that the caisson at „ th e moutu,,ek the , basin, An Par ti a lly raised, was let down again. The Vl4lat y -to:Proceed down the river on -trial on Tuesday next, and if fotind in good working order, will at once go round to Dover to resume her-duties us a Mail-packet on that station. The Onyx, iron paddle-wheel steam-packet, Lieute nant-Commander ,George Raymond, is ordered to be brought round to. Woolwich from Dover, to have some defects made good on the arrival of the Vivid at Dover. The Geyser, steam-sloop, of 280 horse-power, is under the sheers to dayv,hayiug her masts put in, and will be brought forward as an advanced, war-steamer, and be in readiness for commission. The amount subscribed by the officers and crew of.the Fisgard fl ig ship at Woolwich, and others borne on the books of that vessel, for the sufl.rers by the loss of the. Birkeehead troop-bbip, is upwards of 434, and will be handed over to the goerel rued. The entrance to the basin at Viroolwieh Dockyard is to be .widened nine feet four - and - a-hall o n eac h s id e to admit the Agamemnon. 90, on that fine ve sse l b e i n g launched on the 21st of MAY next, that d a y b e i ng fixed by the authorities at , Woolwich subject Ids of t h e Admiralty. to the approbation of the L' The 21st of May falls on a Friday , and it wasonlafc s e o r considerable ominouslyhaul b yasiwrB to discussiont btlt commencethat day, one considered any undertaking, was, decided upon, the objection to launch the ve sse l o n Uoiy Thursday, the day appointed for b eating the bounds of the parish, having caused the postponement to the following day. If sailors regard F r i day as an unlucky day to commence a voyage, as they did when place on a ny fne Birkenhead left . Portsmou t h , and the Amaz in SAlthampi-n, on Friday, the 2 d of January, they must c oeider.it • crially unlucky 50 launch uveasel, and would pre er the launch of the Agaeaeutnon taking o _her day, THE cttysrAL PALACE. appointed to sec ure t h e to The f f7e ll Za in l g co i m s t m h , iettreeeport of the sub- committee preservation of the Crystal Palace, and submitted by the committ ee f ur t h e consideration of the pub- the lie: . • " &-- greet question must very shortly be decided advantages. o f retain i n g this, building, end of apply viz., whether th e C rystal P a lace is to: be preserved or destroy ed., 1110' object of this statement is to establish ,Ing it, on Siat,supporting principles, to public purposes, combining the in s tr uct i o n and recreation of the people with the promotion of the arts, sciences, and manufac tures. Not only will a great sacrifice of public property nu thus avoided, but a lasting benefit will be conferred upon Lhe nation at large. '• Two principal difficulties have existed in the public mind on the question of preserving the building. The ti-at is the supposition than, if retained, it must be at the public expense, as private subscriptions would obviously prove inadequate for an ohj cct of such magnitude. The , IIZ9 of the building, and the necessary cost of maintain ing, repairing, and rendering it permanent greatly magnify this objection, which exists in the minds or many persons sincerely desirous, on other grounds, that the building should bo preserved. The secind objection is that the non-reinovat would amount to a breach of faith with, and would be a hasdship upon, the owners of property in the neighbourhood. It is necessary to meet both these objection:, " It is proposed that the building be vested by Act of Parliament in trustees, who shall heve powers of lee,siui. it under certain conditions specified in the Act. It is also proposed that the trustees Shull be so selected as to give the country at Lrge the highest guerantee that sta tion can afford ; that the building shall be appropriated ;ono purposes - unworthy of the beeutifulsite upon which it has been erected or of the associations of the Great Exhibition:. " 'raking it for granted that the Brat difficulty exist ing:in the public mind may be overcome as now sug gested, it is proposed to meet' the second by buying up ail the house property in the neighbourhood said to be injured; and for this purpose, as well as for other sources of outlay connected with the building, suffic ient capital will be provided under the terms of the lease to be granted by the trustees. Three modes of appropriating the Crystal Palace maybe at pre wet specified, with sufficient distinctness to show it is intended to combine - the instruction and re creation of the people with the advancement of the arts, sciences, and manufactures. " In the first place, a portion of the apace may be allotted to a Winter learden, embellished with fountains, statuary, geological specime ns , other interesting object s . " Another portion m i g h t be appropriated for the re ception of new inventi ons, and 'of a "Frade Collection,' in illustration of the co mmerce of the country.g might " Lastly, the buildi u and a great variety of contain a Gallery of Design, tor the promoti on of taste among manufacturers and the public; and lect ure rooms and museums, wh i ch would relieve the already overcrowded state of many o f our greatest scientific In st i tutions. " It is not extravaga nt to expect that a sufficient sum will be realised to , ffect th e redemption of the b a ildi ng in a very short period. The receipts will be applied , first; in peovidirt for the maintenance and repair of the building, then in paying iuterest on the capital expended by the lestiees, and the surplus partly in adding to the works of art and other obj.nts of attraction which the instittrion will contain, but the greater part in forming a sinking fund for the purehase of the building by the tru s tee. for the nstiiie. .. N o more is asked for, in carrying out this plan for the preservation of the Crystal Palace, than has already been o Receded to the Zsel o gical and Botanical Societies in :P the eit'seelnr-ts'4u-liptl park, ng principle upon which it is pro posed to eff ct the preservation of the Palace is the same as that upon which the Great Exhibition was so weees stally-carried out. No betrer proof can be given of the confidence felt in the soundness of that principle than by -mentioning the 'fact that some of the first capitalists guaranteet the couu tr y t are her prepared to guarantee the Majesty's Government. funds required upon the basis of_ thi s statement, an d t o submit h n "'lt is believed that an object w ort h y of the energy an d intelligence of the British nation i s now w i t hi n t h e i r reach. A building has never before e x i ste d , an d , if t h e Crystal Pale . e is removed, prob a bl y never will exist, in t, r our times, affording such facilities for the moral and in tellenual improvement of all classes of the community. Tee illustration of nature, and the history and progress here be fully presented, und e r a ll t h e advan of art, Call space and light tages which ampleadapted to every re quirement of the subjects can afford. It cannot.be be lieved that the people of this country will allow such an opportunity to be thrown away; and thi s statement of 'rousing is s u bmitted with the view g them beforeitistoo late toe. decided expression of opinion, which alone is wanting to secure to them a palacevvorthy'of the metro polis of the first nation in • the world, and a mos t appro priate of JogENEt • PAXTON, Charmer'.' ESTATES f E iridIy the annual meeting of m. , nage t h e Bridge-house Estates Was held at last COMMITTEE. R S ° A:d ie frs' o, Es- B R O / a D th G e E eve H ni O ng t".7 o 3 f irt 3 v . eral other gentlemen Were the committee appointed by the corporation of the city of Esq., presided London to 1 , James t A h i e ti L er o m nd ui on sa T iO a ra ve o rn Ens , :t: T u, h p : : m Bailey, Ell-, H. 01, Paillip3, Esq., J. WaterleVe, E‘q , Taos. AVGregor, present. Id the course of theTroceedingS a richly -mounted and emblazoned' vote of thank s was p resen ted to the late chairmen, H. L. Taylor, : Esq. Subjoined is a copy of the iweription:— " Reiolved unanimously.—That the cordial thankii of the committee bo presentedLowman;' to 'Henry Taylor. ( 11-i s q s ., o tl:e fo h r if h h e l y - v r e e r s y p eLt ir ed c hairman for th e p resent year in miner in which h e h as dis charged the . duties of th e important tilieo tO which h e was unanimously - eltrated, -- for his punctuality in at.. tending, his_jndouent and imparti alit y in presiding over thu meetings of tho cortimivee, nod his unceasing endea vours to- protect and pro mote tho intere sts of the Bridge-hOuse Estates,—esp eciall y for his z ealous and nsocluonsitttention to the imp ortant works of repaving Loa:ion-bridge and those carrying on for the conserva tion of Blaekrritirs-bridr, whereby ho has tnaintained the .high character of the committeo,atifr for his-kind ,,,,,„„, ant i „bi nity -. o f. manner .upon all occasions, by yr h ;011 he has increased his '0" well-merited reputation, and secured to •himself the respect and , estee t u of every member of the committee. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, 'hysiology, and Diseaies of the Reproductive Org n 4, explaining neir structures, uses, aad functions, and the %Tart , do 'njuriel that ire produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, anu ection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. )octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin• burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ens orny and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative onditions in health and disease. Dr. La' alert, who has taken the ,ignest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas anti testimo• dale inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man vho has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the reatment of these complaints. lie may be consulted with advan axe by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated hrough secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of .7.t‘r years, whored.) , the pleasures of life are .warred, the objects of narriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ag misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater toster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street : Starie, Tachborne-street, -laymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Stann, 23, Cornhill ; T tree by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, also may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, fr.a , Two till Tv,. ..Rd Prom .ita til Eight have been blighted ; 'and the inhablants Of cottegee and dwellitig-houSes in the neighbourhood thrown into the greate,“ alarm lest the devouring element should encompass and destroy their homes. The whole of the property belongs to the Earl of •Derby, - the . loss •to whom will be very considerable—certainly several thousand pounds. The fires appear to have-broken out in various directions from a variety - Of causes. One, on what is called Rainford-heath,-in the parish of Prescott, ori ginated from a farmer. contrary to the strictest orders from the Earl's ate ward. burning a quantity of rubbish on his farm.• Owing to the long dry season the rank •grass burnt freely. and there being-a strong brerse from the eastward, the fl%mes spread. rapidly, balling all at tempts to stay its destructive progress. At other places it appears to have caused by :sparks from the passing railway trains, ma the fire rages mostly on the banks of the East Lancashire Railway, extending thence across 'he country in a westwardly direction. Oa Friday, the fl 'lmes were at their height, burning as fiercely as as American prairie fire; but on Saturday the wind dropped considerably, and their fury m Aerially abated. The inhabitants of the scattered cottages, of which fortunately there are but fee-, were praying "earnestly for copious Showers, which they thought would-alone pat an end to the danger. At the time our parcel left Liverpool the fires were stilt burning. , NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLY3IOI7III, SUNDAY.- His Netherlands Majesty's loop of w Z =slaw, 16 guns, Captain Norrduyn, ar rived in the S mnd this morning. She left Batavia lit D.-member, and the Cape of Good Hope February 4. It is understood that the Vixen steam-sloop, Com mander Bernard, will sail for the Brazils after the ar rival of the London post on Tuesday morning, with Sir Hotham, the newly-appointed Envoy to tha, Court. DEVOWPORT, FRIDAY.—The wind having shifted, the Elec/te sieaner,,Conamander, Hand, returned from the chops of the : Channel last night. • : Prospero steam-tug, at. Pembroke, arrived:this day, and is.now taking in a supply of. coals... Manceaverer, lighter, Ross master, .sailed .to-day with stores foi Woolwich and Deptford. PORTSM9UTII,. SIINDAY.--4)rders were sent down on Saturday ; morning, from the Admiralty to the, Opel rnander-in Chief, to dispatch the Sampson steam-frigate, 1 ,1 ,(yain Jones, to. look after the Queen, : 120 (reported off Portland), and to assist her' into port.. The &nip :,oll got, up her steam, and at nnoia .propeeded. out round the Nab Light, and down Channel. However, ever ince she sailed. the wind has been so strong from the eastward that the Sampson would,. if she has. met her, nardly have' laPen table to get hawsers to her , and would scarcely be able to tow such a large ship ahead; against a heavy sea and strong wind which must now prevail in the Channel. The Arroaant, steam-frigate, was taken out of the old basin on Saturday, alongside her hulk, where she will be immediately fi ted for sea. „ The Orestes, 14, corvette, was brought alongside the jetty to ply off, most of her stores are returned, and the vessel dismantled. Tne Encounter, 14 (screw). Captain Gordon, came into harhour..to-lay from Spithead, It is reported to be docked and refit. Tee Royal . Dockyard battalion of this port will com mence drill for the summer on the Isth of May, in the ,t'iernoons of Saturdays. On those days the labour of the dockyard will cease at 12 30 P M and one division (half the brigade) will drill from 2 - 611 . 4, and the other (iivison from 4.30 till 6.30 P M., the periods of drill to t. .aken by the divisions altetuately. The aged and infirm men have be,- , n removed from the strength of the brigade, and a c,ri,iderahle number of y,,ung men, many of thew, nsving 'served an apprenticeship in tn.- yard have been a t t ached, to the artillery and boat brigade, and to make , hese brunches more efficient some additional ordnance (6Pl+l guns) lirls been supplied. •• The brigade at the, pre •ent limo consists of 1,006 mee - and officers, and we ar.• informed this part of the Adcriihilty bi i ,iness is placed under the control of Commodore sir Tfioinsa Herbert, K.C.B. The following paragraph, whieb_we believe to be well founded, appeared in the Nautical Standard of yester day : ff fetE IRON STEast FLEET.—The Birkenhead, the c.lecnitous wreck of weich hes been so lately before the public, was one of the iron squadron built by the Buard of Admiralty. Most of the ships, of which there were we believe, thirty and, upwards, have been -,old out of the service, and among theM the Grappler,* a ship of the first-class, being 165 feet in length and 26 fec:t 6 inches in breadth, built at the enormous cost of 33,0441. She was sold out of the service to a Mr. Beach fur 5501. He took out of her deals to the value of 3001., besides a quantity of other fittings and copper, and ound another purchaser for the ship at 1,5001. We believe she is now in the merchant service." Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C.8., Director-General of the Melicil Department of the lelevy, is on a visit of inspection to the medical establishments attached to this port. The Orestes, 14, Commander S. H. .Hawker, will be ready for paying off abut Thurstley next. The United Service Birkenhead Subscription Com mittee met again yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Admiral Sir Ttionste Briggs, G.C.M.G., in the chair. He saw 16 of the widows and mothers of the crew of the late Birkenhead, and took the particulars of their cases, to iustitute inquiry -into their statements. They have also addressed conamunicatioue to the Officers of the fol lowing regiments:-12th Lancers, 2d, 6th, 12th,-43d, 45th, 60th (Rifles),-73i, 74th, and 9lit Regiments, re questing them to be good enough to furnish the com mittee with the names of the officera arid men who were lost.- -They have had returns from-the 12th Lancers, 2d Royals, 433 and 45th Foot, and inquiries are being made after the friends of the men lost. - The town of Portsmouth Subscription Committee, under the presidency of Ur. B. Bramble, the Mayor, is 4190 most active and successful in - its-labours; and nume rous local benefits are announced jo take place in aid of the funds. • e - The benevolent persons Who, forward donations to thesefunds should be partioularto specify whether it is fir the' Town , Subscription", or= the United Service Subscription." The Coldstream Indianian,. Captain Cox, arrived at Spithrad to-day from Calcutta, A general court-mariial will- be held in this garrison on Thursday next for the trial of two officers—a captain and a subaltern, of the Ist Royala, on some pe celiac charges s ione of which is the latter put tin g the former under arrest. 1,1 SHEERNESS, SIINDAL— It Her ejesl , s snip Herald, 8. Captatta Henry _Mangles Denham, passed by here shortly after noon on Thursday, en route to Wool wich,, in tow of the adder .ateam•vatsel, Mr. Jaw* Watt in charge, for the purpose of taking on board -her stores. Her Majesty's steam-tug vessel African returned, to port on Friday morning, having, when near Yertrienih on Thursday, parted company with. the, ships of the Attic Expedition, under the command of Sir E. Bel cher. When the African left them the North .Star s Yas under canvas, the Resolute and Assistance in tow of, ibe Her lltsjosty's steam-ves s el Adder, Lightning and Desper e t e s team ers. . Mr. James aft in charge, called in here on Friday morning from -Wool wich, on her return to Chatham. • - Her M.jeety's ship R )yal George, 120. has beet] docked at Chatham. It is probable she will be 'fitted with an auxiliary screw propeller.' Her Majesty's screw steam John asytord master in charge, having been completed by the dockyard artifieera, as one of the advanced steam squeiron of reserve, will be remeved from the dry.ducle into the fitting basin early in the present we- k, Her Plajesty's steam-frigate Cycleps (6), Mr. Stephen Spaiu master in charge, will shortly be reedy to leave the fitting basin. Her Majesty's steam-vessel- Lizard, -Mr. -Brockman, second-ma.tericommanding, left port on Saturday morn ing for Chatham. - • • . Her hZ .j ~s ty's steamer Myrtle, Mr. W. S. Binrchier master couorninding, - proceeded to tehatham en Saturday morning, on dockyard service, and returned to port in the evening. . -. The committee appointed to arrange the new method of keepiugsbip'e'accoun - s, and the future regulations for the payment, classification, ate., of the paymasters and pursers of the Royal Navy, are still in London, employed in inaturingahe details necessary to the introduction of the new sysitem, which is likely to come in, force on the lit of July. The new active list, we hear, will consist of 300 officers. , . Mr. LAWS, storekeeper, of this port,Mr. Murray, chief engineer, of Portsmouth. and Mr. . master-ship asSistant, of Portsmouth, having been ap• pointed as a committee to ex,tadue the dockyard accounts, are at Chatham, investigating the accounts of that es tablishment. - Vice-Admiral the Hon. josceline Percy, Commander London aptain y C. plop© wasin-Chief •, returned from esteroaily,atntiefll'6e: n The broad pendant of Captain Yort- Y A A T d -s a t t n r a i u r iv :a k , l s s ' B o u lt I s i g b A O y ar . d the Monarch, 84, and the _wow wing from the B .hoistedE SUNDAY .-- A 1... e onboardu_griail, gale of oht: ethe pest W wind atehralo twenty-four beenlO. hours, - and the following casualties have - been re ported : EArly yeaterdaiforenoon the Pythsgotas, of Whitby, Manson tnaitti., from Louden, in ballast - for Shield's, put i 4 l . l2 i i n e r d e ti,i i n t a h th l :, 3 6 B ig oL a n anchor and cable, lefi4oll° b eThe John and Amelia; of Shields;' Kirtsnp muster., n ' London, ~g oclip f o or c ro rl v ir ian ' p u o i a r r i n v da e n d cid h t c t b . having to the of thereto. The Beeswing, of Whitby, Itussell - molter, also ,put heck from the Swin, having parted froui an anchor and which she lost d ur i ng the gate of Friday T he ilium My, Groomridge 'fi•iica London, hound to Sunderland; parted from an anchor' and'2s ~A b o E ns of chniin2aitneSmaaustther7efarot mltea London, .ist an anchor and 67. fathoms o f'route e h .4 S W 01:1:1h: West I s b' ea h. t i b i s vess el was built at Poplar only so recently as 1846, and was employed but in one commission, unde r Comrnander L who captured an extraordinar y number of slaves built'by the Auckland A dmiralt y , and sold b y Si r Francis _ Y h s' e g . ht' She is of .557 tuns and 24-hor ee power. she was DESTRUCTIVE FIR.ES. FIRE AT MANCHESTER.--0a Saturday morning, a little after ten o'clock, a stack of cotton was discovered to be on fire in the spinning mill of Mr. W. Speakman, Brown street, Salford. A strange and exciting scene resulted from the panic which spread among the work people employed in the upper stories, who, alarmed by the dense volumes of smoke ascending from the third story, in which the fire took place, sought escapa by hastening the leather straps tog*ther which gave motion co the machinery, and suspending them froin the win-_ ions. o,hers used c .rds not so thick as the little finger One boy descended from the eighth story by a strap in ~ his way, and on reaching the end found be had, toiscal culat..d the depth by two stories, and from this height qe dropped to the ground, escaping, however, with the, ,Drain of one tinkle. We believe this W 43 the m ist Sc- r;ous accident which resuled, though, considt-ring th rieight, and the small apertures in the windows through which the people got, it is surprising The beads of nost people would turn giddy to look down from these windows. Mr. Speakman dispatched messengers for the Manchester and Salford fire engine;, and the mill having fireproof thors, the fire was got out without .xtendlng beyond the room where it originated. The loss will probably not exceed 2002, which is covered by insurance. ANOTHER FIRE AT COTTENHADI, CAMBRIDGE SHIRE ['his place, which has become famous in tile annals of fire—arising from the fact of two of the most extensive agricultural fires known in this country having taken place here—was again visited on Thursday after noon. Abut 3 o'clock a sira.v stack on the premises of Hr. Kimpton, tarmer and brewer, was found to be in flames, which soon spread to the rest of the homestead.' sod thence to other premises, and wore not got under till 13 houses and cottages, with a large cpanticy of .arm produce, had fallen a prey. Owing to a sca , citv (or, indeed, a total want) of water, the inhabitants could do little but look on despa , ringly. Tne tiro at last stopped, after burning in a curious a'gz direction over a surtace measuring in length a furlong and a quarter on the premises of Mr Freeman Gnde, whet..., singularly enough, the last disastrous fire originated. The damsge do , e amounts to nearly 4,0001., and the names of the suffsrcrs are Kimpton, Tonraton, Spacktnan, sen. and jun., W. Ssuoderson, J. Moore, J. Chivers, Watson, and Goode, with the inhabitants of seven cottag.-s in addition. The last fire is attributed to an incendiary. _ _ _ _ _ A fire, which might have been attended vri h mot disastrious consequences, broke out at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning last, at Hurley- house, .near Win chester, the seat of Sir William Lleathcote. ; The fire, which originated in a flee, was first discovered by one of of thaerehowuasie.thlt was . a gardeners when on giving an alarm. it was found to esi raging between the ceiltng of the servants' apart ments-and the extensive lead flat which forms the roof seat, once the u the been razed a most fortunate eircutnstane , . that earl discovered, or this magnificent toresidencen of Oliver Cromwell, would have house, farm, and the ground. The labourers from the et n g n hhouring village exerted them selves to the utmost, g a being de e n a g t i h n a n n f d r n t m h e w fire n and an abundant n w u e n i x t d n t a i 'a n t i ensi9sseptiptildryo. from the The w a cb t or e il r .: . . legs and barracks, we re on the spot within little .more t han an hour after the fi re w„ lac e overed, with pi=ntsof hands to work them, every un eger.atuTlahtieonfeetlhinagt-noof.extensiveYdaTam sympathy .to render all - classes, 3 ,, Z I: I l l S e et : °rin must Eleathcote, than whom no one is more un i, w .. 11 art , ersany be loved. , . FlttE NEAR- AI3INGD . n . —On iqSaturday:evening, a g 6 nut a mcnit destructive and catatuitoos fire brake o ut at Harwell , 3 p o p ulous village about six miles from __. 6 - ii - t o o'clock, miles south• west of the I) f . ofan h . " 9 s' t by which, in the course our, one-third junction, (-4 building!, and premises constitutil', Abingdon or the h' , u-es an , . _ es, _ c , three furlong; & were reduced to altst 4 a and three m farm, with its ricks, offices, . 1 of 'fi . b thib "ti' he raster-la s vt , to .(,-et ( - and, from the nature of t of the w'rld, blazed and the force , The line of fire sr.( inks were c ,mponcl a . eichei in length nearly were brought into Opera fllo,,,,t fiercely. S' veral engtne uki the neighbour lion, and-the:people of the village fire. but with little hood did their best to extinguish the el iusured,.bui effect. The farm premises were fortune, t. Y , es , 1 03 t the inhabitants of the more humble dwel(ings D even their entire property. So great was. the aie.eau the, r re those persona who were comparatively r. , ut 01 11t1g_ 0, moved th,ir goods. The fire is suspecttal torhave be. the work of an ineendkry, and a boy lips been taltt , o into - custody on the charge. FIRES ON M-SS LAND —Daring the lest four or five days a large tract of lend, several mile in extent, it the parishes of Prescott, Bickerstaff, and Orabkirk about ninepin's from Liverpool, has been on fire, which Fat every increase in the strength of the bre, ze, breaks out into sheets of flitne extending over t:eVvtal.rter.P: v'our or five- plantations have beau destroyed; larg qu,ntities of game, including pheasants, p srtridgee, ant- . ihares, have b een burnt to d•atti.; , a- great amount o: " eddiali" has. been gpoiled ; promising crops of corn THE METROPOLITAN POLICE RATE. On Saturday a numerous deputation from the metro politan parishes waited upon Mr. Walpole, the Home Secretary, at his official residence, to induce the Hon. Gentleman to exercise his influence to reduce the police rate of the county of Middlesex, which the new assess ment by the county magistrates raised to an enormous amount. The deputation was headed by Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., and Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Mr. George introduced the subject, by stating that in 1847, through the county magistrates re-assessing the county, the RA segsmenta were raised from 6,367,4561. to 7,792,1681., although, when the police were first established, it was intended by the Legislature that the then county assess ment should form the basis of the police rate. Mr. Neilson: said that in St. James's parish the police rate was suddenly raised from 6,0001. to 10,548/, at the very time that they reduced the local expenditure from 47,0001. to 22.0001. He urged the biessings.of free trade, which so reduced the price of the necessaries of life, as a strong reason for reducing the police rate. Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B. Hall detailed and explained the unavailing efforts made since 1847 to effect a reduction and a uni formity of the police rate over the whole metropolitan counties. They also charged the late Home Secretary with having broken faith with them in not reducing the rate as he promised. Lord Dudley Stuart said that an experienced officer in the police force assured him that that force might be safely reduced 1.000 men. The Chief Commissioner of Police also admitted that a reduc tion from sixpence to fivepence ought to be made. The Home Secretary highly approved of a uniformity of rating, and, without pledging himself to any particular course, assured the several representatives of the different larishes that the subject would engage his most serious ' " 11 in h ia power to moat their ahem) wishes. TENANT-FARMERS AND THEIR "FRIENDS." (From the Derbyßeporter.) No one can look fairly at the state of agriculture for the last six years without feeling much sympathy with tenant-farmers. For many years, in conse quence of legislative interference, they received prices for _their produce which were oppressive on the con sumers, and incurred in consequence some obloquy which they little deserved. But even with this assistance they were by no means a thriving class. Tax, tithe, rate, and rent ever trode close on the heels of ad vancing prices, and showed by no means the same alacrity in following their downward course. This has arisen from the strong internal competition which affected the occupation of land sooner than other pursuits, for this reason, that a great deal of land in England is occupied for fashion, or for plea sure, or for convenience, or for some other reason than mere profit. If amateur hosiers bore the same proportion in their trade, which amateur graziers do in their pursuit, no doubt the nuking of stockings would yield as small a profit as the making of bees. Bat, as the case has stood for the last half century, if we take equal numbers of hosiers and farmers we shall find ten hosiers who have realized a retiring competence for one farmer; though the fanner sup• poses hiess-lf to have been for nearly the whole period the pet of the Legislature. And if we com pere trade and agriculture in general, every large sown will furnish more instances of the acquisition of large fortunes than the whole agriculture of Eng land can produce. The agriculturists have gene rally been engaged in political strife, originally as aggressori, but of late years in vain attempts to ma intain untenable positions. As every p osition fell, the tenant-farmer has suffered. When the landed interest • were beat out of 80a. a quarter for wheat, the tenant•farnaer suffered; the same when they were driven from 654.; then from 56s.—and when they were finally reduced to the natural price. In no one of these instances were the charges on the te nant-farmer reduced in the proportion of the price of his produce. Strife and defeat are the necessary results of protection in a free country. Where there is no general pressure on the *population protection may be maintained ; but general pressure and protec tion cannot co-exist in a free country. The tenant farmers have been loyal to those who aspired to be their leaders, and professed to be their friends. They have been ductile to their own injury. A retrospect over ten years will show them nothing but vain boastings, bad advice, delusive promises, and disappointed hopes. They were called on to exert themselves, under the assurance that the sliding scale should be maintained. Ando they did exert themselves, and as they were told, with honour and glorious success ; but the scale slid from under their feet. They were told to reject with scorn a duty of Si. on wheat, and they did re ject it; and they have been told since to sue humbly for a duty of 55., and they know that they shall sue unsuccessfully. They were told that to talk of a reduction of rent was absurd, for that they could not cultivate to profit even if they paid no rent ; and they now know that to that source more than to any other they must look for relief. They were told that relief to arise from a reduction of rates, or from a remission of taxation, was quite beneath their notice; protection, and protection alone, could be of any avail. And now every county Member who addresses his constituents as a supporter of Lord ' Derby's Government, tells them that they must give up the idea of protection, and that some un defined and unexplained relief is to•arise from these very sources which were so much derided, But they are to confide in Lord Derby's Government. Con fide ! Why ? Is it because these are the very men, the very party, who have deceived and deluded, even if they had not betrayed them. Let the tenant farmers remember that though the struggle for pro tection has been a losing game for them, it has suited these gentlemen admirably. Many a man now enjoys place and power and rank who in the ordinary course of Parliamentary service could not have at tained to them, and who has only attained to them now by bawling for protection, and deserting it when it had served his turn. The tenant-farmers deserted Sir R. Peel because they thought that he had betrayed them; but at least he spoke out and defended what they supposed to be his treason ; but they are now told to confide in miserable sneak ing traitors, who won't speak at all. Probably agriculturists are beginning to discover that their in terests have been miserably managed in the House of Commons ; and the truth is, that where their interests clash with those of other classes, they fail to obtain bare justice on account of the quality of their representatives. Trading constituencies choose their Members simply on account of their ability, activity, and industry : men whose voices are heard in every debate; whose names are seen in every division : men, provincial perhaps in their manners and in their, dialect, but who thoroughly understand the interests which they represent, are able to com municate information ' and have consequently the ear of the House of Commons. Two-thirds of the representatives of agricultural constituencies are mere dilettanti legislators ; seen much more regu larly in the hunting field and in the Opera House than on the benches of the House of Commons: men chosen on account of their possessions, or on account of their connexions, or even sometimes on account of their mediocrity; men whose voices the House neither knows nor desires to know. We are inclined to hope that many landlords will not endea vour to coerce their tenants at the coming elections, some from good principle and feeling, and some be cause the practice is justly regarded with increasing odium. The advice which we would tender to tenant-farmers is not to place a blind confidence in an Administration which shrouds itself in a mist not to commit their interest t o a class of men who have proved utterly incompetent to their protection; but to follow the example o f the trading and tives manu facturing classes and to select as their represent int : who men of ability, knowledge, and indus tr y; e e in shall not ba ashamed to sp eak with their mies the gate. They will then a ssure for the enemies interest equal justice and e q ual privileges, which is all that it ought to desire. INFANTICIDE IN SPITAISIEDDS ^ o a Friday fora noon =inquest, adjourned from Wednesday last, was re stalled before Mr. Baker, at the Ten Bells, Church-street, Spitalfields, on view of the body of a new ly born male infant, th e illegitimate offspring of Margaret Whitman, aged 22, a single woman, who is • In the female workhouse of White chapel Union, in.the custody _ of the police. The mother of the accused, who resides at, .o. 38, Dorset-street, Spital fields, was on Tuesday. last charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt at the Worship street Police court, with the murder of the deceased, but there Was not sufficient evidence to implicate her, and she WAS discharged. Additional evidence was given yesterday, and the jury, atter a short consultation, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Margaret Whitman. The coroner issued his 'warrant for the committal Of the accused, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. SERMONS NOT CoryaiGHT.—The case which oc curred two years ago in the Paisley court, between the Rev. John Macnaughtan and Mr. Wilson, of the late Renfreirshire Adrertiser , in which effect was given to the plea maintained for Mr. Wilson, that sermons, delivered from the pulpit to a congregation were not copyright, will be in the memory ol most o' our readers. Professor Shank More has introduced a notice of the case into the lectures on Scotch law, and has intimated, ex cathedra, that he concurs in the opinion that serm ins and speeches,_once delivered and spoken in an as al.e.not icmge Ohe exclusive prolaerty of the speaker, sembly, wh o may print and but . pass into bail poase 1 4 101 ) of the public. &pose of theta it Olemaree—glasviv chronick. ( 1 ~ZtZLJz. ~ _/ .fn.t the first time during the present- year on the Lai. The Royal Gazette says— " The best feeling appears to animate both section: .1 it; thorn being an evident desire on the pa rt , of th e cri cials to relieve to the utmost poessible extent the pressure of the public burdz-as, and nn equeliy evident desire an the part of the elective section to avoid all unnecessary discord and dissension with the other branch of the Court. Already a large number of the items of the estimate have been .gono through; and while no one can accuse the members of squandering the revenues ~at their command, so neither can they be found fault cattle as yet on the ground of mischievous parsimony. The general oiAnion set ms to be, tk,; 4 l, ~I,ll Qug h c o rn ,• quu , tlons to which there will be wide differences of opinion, are likely to arise, the present session will, upon t;•te whole, pass over smoothly." The weather during the fornight preceding the de parture of the packet bed been showery and f..voul able for the pl a nters —not less than 11 048 h ogs h ea ds of sug.:r w-re exporteti between the Ist of J.onary and the 10. h inst., being 4,552 hogsheads, io exceAs of the qian:ity exported during Cie corresponding period of 1851. Toe weather, though fine for agri cultural purposes, has been very sickly, and many have been the victims of fever in its vari.us fatal forms since the commencement of the year. ANTIGUA.—The weather continues painfully dry, and the crops are consequently suffering greatly. Strong breezes have pr eva il e d o f l a t e , and sugar making is progressing as favourably as the labour market will permit. • JAMAICA MARKETS. A very general inactivity has been the prevailing fea ture of our market during the past fortnight. No ste , culative inquiry whatever has been manifested, and the operations of the trade, confined almost exclusively to the supply of their immediate wants, were r es t r i c t e d an d unimportant. Supplies of imported goods are, for the most part, on a moderate scale, but holders have failed to derive any advantage from the circumstance in ti a present depressed condition of the market. Sugar and rum share very largely in the prevailing inactivity. But few purchases are being made for ex portation; the current low rates, for the former articles especially, in the home markets, deterring dealers from speculating. The deliveries into Kingston have also been considerably i n excess o f th e t ra de demand, and prices have proportionably declined. Exchanges—On London: Colonial Bank, 90'days. 1- per cent. prem.; 60 days, 1 per cent. pram; 30 days. per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank, 90 days, par; 60 .days per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. press. Her Majesty's Ships of War—Her Majesty's Ship Sappho at Greytown on the 22d March; her MajeAlY's ship Daphne at Panama on the 19th Marbh; her hki" jesty's ship Imaum, Rosamond, Alban and Scorpion, et Port Royal, janiaica, on the 31st March; her Majesty's ship Alarm at Barbadoes on the Ist April; her Majesty's ship Persian at Antigu a on t h e 2d April. Stations of the Company's Stea ms hi ps —The Thames, Captain Abbot, down Spanish Main; the Dee, Captain Wilson, at St. Thoreas'e, April 5 ; th e Medway, Captain fast, in the Gulf of Mexico; the Eagle, Captain Jelli coe, at Bitbodoes, April 1. Ships spoken with on Return Voyage—Passed at sea by the Roy al Mail steam-packet Dee, and requested to be reported, March 28, let. 20 N., lung. 84 W., barque Amity, all well; 28th. 20 N , 83 W., barque Christina, of Port Glasgow. both steering to the westward; April 18, 42 13 N., 27 20 W., passed a barque British Tar, from Jamaica for London; 21 st, 46 8 N., 18 22 W., passed a barque, name unknown, dismasted and water logged, the sea washing c mpletely over her; 23d, 48 N., 8 1 W., p to the eastward. assed the Belgian schooner Maria, steering ~~ 2 ~~ ~ ,_ -, ~ ~, COURT CIRCULAR. - - - It is understood to be her Majesty s intention that a second Sate Ball shall take place on Wednesday, the 19th of May, and a Concert on Friday, 4th of June next. The Queen and Prince Alpert, attended by the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Elanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Talbot, Lord George Lennox, Co ' e Wylde, Lord Colville, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, honoured Her Mejesty'a Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, afterwards proceeded to honour the Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society, with a visit, at his residence, in Connaught-place. The Prince rejoined the Queen at the Opera-house. Hi. Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Saha aftei noon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. . His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Lii_utenent- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The other Commissioners present were the Earl of Rosse, the Earl of Ellesnor re, Earl Granville, Lord John Russell, the Right lion. Henry LabouchPre, Sir James Weir Hogg, Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubist, Sir Charles L. Eastlsko, Sit Charles Lyoll, Sir Richard Westmacutt, Mr. Baring, M.P.. Mr. T. 7. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Pu-ey, M.P., and Mr. REndel. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, secretaties to the Rlyal Commission, attended. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Dilke were aIAO preFent. The meeting broke up !eon after five o'clock. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs, took a drive in an open carriage on Saturiiay afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on hors, — back on Saturdly morning, attended by Lieut.-Colluel lion. A. Gordon. The band of the Scots Fn;ilecr Guards attended du ing dinner at Buckingham Palace on Friday. Her Ma jesty's private baud also uttended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen early yesterday (the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice), at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday forenoon in the garden of Buckingham Palace, and the Royal Family took their usual exercise. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princes' Royal attended divine service yesterday morning, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the domestic household were also present. The Hon. and Rev. Gerard Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, we Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrid g e attended the afternoon service, yesterday , in the Cha p el Ro y al, St. James's. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the ser mon was preached by. the Rev. E. Ne p ean. A deputation from the Newry Navigation Company had an interview with the Chancellor of the Excheque;t on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted of the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Gosford, Lord Elwin Hill, M.P., county Down; Lord Castlereagh, M.P., county Down; Sir William Verner, M.P., county Armagh ; the Hon. Ve s James re ‘ b s fi y e i led; and Mr.24Dr..WC.. sey Dawson, Colonel Caulfield. M.P , county Armagh; Governor guinn f e I s e e Y Mr. E. P. Hallewell, M.P., Newry; Colonel Rewdon, m je, Armagh; Mr. Ch_arl r e . Glenny (Secretary to the company). had an interview Br G ad e y n , er M ai r. L P o e v t e e , r with Mr. Secretary Walpole on Saturday, at the Lione office. Lygon had an interview on Saturday with S t John Pakington, at the Colonial -office. •A deputation trom the Prcvie.ent Clerks' Association' Consisting of Mr. Richard Henry Jones (Chairman). Mr. John White Welch (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Alt x ander lllwson, Mr. William J. Jordan, and Mr. James Lintott (Directors), and Mr. Philip Henry Byrne (Seever tary), had an interview with the Chancellor of the oh quer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. A deputation from the Protection So • met) , had an interview John Ps° with Sir kington, on Committee of the Aborigines Saturda at t he Colonial -office. The deputation consisted o y t ! M r. Hindle M.P., Dr. llodg kin, Messrs. L A. Cnambroczow, James Bell, I>w 11 - Wakefiel+ l , G. L. Neighbour, and R. Smith , i nn. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat 4.‘n Saturday, at the Council-office, Whitehall. Present,. the Lord' J""i * . • Ifaitistsi Diuuot iLtl Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Comm on Pleas, and Sir Edward Ryan. Judgment was given by the Lord Chief Justiee on the appeal from the Admiralty Court, Harmer v. Bell (the Bold Buceleuch) ; afterwards the following petitions and motions were heard before the Lords Justices Cranworth and Knight Bruce, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Jui'ge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan :-- " Honiball's extension of Porter's Patent," " Morrison' and Others' extension of Berry's Patent" (to fix hear ing), and " Musadee Mahomed Cazum Sherazee," Borai bay (for leave to appeal). Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, cu Saturday, from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent on Saturday to the Lord High_ Commissioner of the lonian Islands, the Gqvernor oz M a lta, the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. and also to the Governor of the-Mauritius. FIRS AT CROFTON LODGE, HAMMRIUMITtroce On Friday afternoon, shortly after one o'clo ck, a flr(c'roft9il out in Hammersmith.rivate residenee of Mr. J. J. Scoles,au _ 1 . 4 Lodge, lt commenced from some 7 100 5 : and clearly ascertained, in the nursery, on the t an ' ts , toga very speedily extended to the roof. The inhl e T division, ther with a number of police-constables o f hastened to the spot to render a 0 . be l atter was beitrg set lowed by the parish engine. Whilst Selvest in stripping tbe to work the former exerted tbe.ll:- i i h was removed to tile rooms of the costly furnitu ~however,wi continuing to sprea,i, was fidri h -s' e Pa news arrived Mr. Staples, Ite and were fol lawn for safety. tched to town for the aid of thou eighteen minutes after being ceilti. abrmigouadne.tedTehtxhapermeet•oi'ml: of brigade started with an • t in hen went to the assistance of the other foreman of h i e s ne t r t i ett . engine, fire, water, the fire was extinguished, but . lot e e , or removal. The premises know.`l building and its contents were • , , until the whole . i The London i eLe dso, reached bn a,iy:oednit fieht eventually ee e e r n. ini l seriously ci s asDL been, were likewise Scoles was not insured. dotnoged. Mr. &bite Cottage, belonging to Mrs. B o w To MAKE CANARIES you w i s h —as all who truly love birds must wish—to make your p e ts" familiar, give them every now and then a small qu en tity of yolk of egg, boiled hard; and a small quantity .of clitford's German Paste,' mixed with a stale sponge-cak 43 ' Put this, lovingly, into a little " exclusive" tin pan, fitted a sly corner of the cage, and the treat will have a double charm. These inno , ent little creatures love to flirt with Any g language of their own,. nice pickings thu s myster i ous l y conveye d to them; and th ey will keep on chatterin to eti in a for. many minutes, while viewing ) the operations in which c-Grrtf. e actively engage d f or th e i r particular beneit.—Kad s Own' journitt. • - I no noe the ire tie, og Los eas ri; 51 Od ' , 0. °e r , • ; to I .r k 3. )d It; ~,.