The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-25 00:00:00

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Ralanet • frota 181 G - Cash .... •• ........ 314 5 3 Out-Forts Aecounts.. 543 10 7 857 15 10 Duty, f corn London • • .... .... •• .. 12,382 13 7 Ditto, f. roan Out-Ports Vessels of Ports under the ma- naget gent of the Corporation, 1846 .......... •• .. 6,367 2 8 Dead M en's Wages, forfeited, London ...• •• .. 699 5 7 I tto ditto Out-Ports, 1846........ 4 5 6 Interest . ...... .......... 1,704 0 0 Benefacrtl ors, viz.:— Of the Marine i•ocietp, lapsed annuities undet the subscription I r lief of the suffer era in Lord Duncan's victory, October, 1797.. ••••• . • • • • ••• • •• 86 5 10 Jabez I, scks,n, ...... 10 10 0 _ 96 IS 10 Consolida 'NA 3 per Cent. Bank Annuities, for 3,000 1 . sold at 105% per Cent.. ••••••••• • • • • • • • •••• • • • 2,653 0 0 Old Soutl Sea Annuities, for 1,0001. sold at 82% per Cea t. • ..... . 121 • 0 £25,591 19 0 PAID. s. d. X s. d Pensions ti London Pensioners, 1846 .. 999 0 0 Ditto ditto 1847 .. 12,967 2 6 13,966 2 6 Ditto to On t-Ports Pensioners, 1846 ••• • • .......... 6,674 19 4 Temporary Relief at Loudon • ... .. • . 1.198 1 0 Ditto, dittc at Out-Ports, 1846 .. • • • 1,012 2 9 li elamen's 1 losottal Society •••-••..••••• • • • .. •• • • •• 658 3 4 Charges of • Management at London, inzhuling Rent, Taxes, S alarlas, &c. • 1,698 5 10 Ditto, at 0 It-P or ts, 1646 .• •••••• • .. • • ...... • • .... 759 0 2 24,767 3 II Balance to 1848, via. : Cash .• • • • . 184 2 2 Out-Po:te Accounts.... 640 15 11 824 18 1 £25,591 19 0 W. WATSON, Secretary. Marche at Seamen's Office, 25, Eirchln-lane, London, Bth February, 1844. . NATIONAL SECURITY BANK. Tr n, principal object of the founders of this Establishment is to afford tl se utmost security attainable to all persons having trans actions wi th the Bank ; with this view all the funds of the Bank, "ma whit' fever source they may arise, will be invested in Govern- Mutt Secs trities. As a guarantee for the strict observance of this rifle s two unexceptionable persons will be named by six of the prin deal cast, liners, whose duty it svill be to ascertain twice a year, with out giving • previous notice, whether the amount of Exchequer Bills, Bank Not ss, Gold, &c., in the Bank, corresponds with the balances, had the re, stilt of such inspection to be publicly certified. The Ban k will undertake all the business usually transacted by I'd- Vate aid J otnt Stock Banks, namely,— ordinary current accounts, conimission accounts, loans on public securities, the issue of circulars, the granting of letters of credit, receiving dividends, and purchasing all deleriptionts of British or Foreign securities, bullion, specie, &c. Dis• COunts Corso Will be excluded, but such accommodation may be pro eared throws:ls its agency, with every facility, and upon the most rea aenableterm 'without 'saving recourse to Bill-brokers.' _NO Imeattr.t kept at the Bank will, under any circumstances, be al t lowe tO he overdra. - arn. No advances will he made to any person whatever, but upon Go- Vernment Securritl'A er the l'ublic Fuuds. • Persons ones din accounts with this Bank will have the option of I ndemnifying I ho Xstablishment for the expense and trouble of trans .ll.e.ting their h• asiriess, either by the payment of a commission, or by rliolag a certain amount of floating balance, but any amount above ems balance i.gr.ted upon may be carried to the deposit account. .jrent pernsns having spare capital, individuals undetermined from .no state of the market as to the immediate sale or purchase of in • an _ lrest h , antes Solicitors, Public Companies, Trustees, &c., special de r...lM 'Mil be rticeived at 2;4 per Cent. Interest, for any period be -mid a week, and the dexter halves of Exchequer Bills, of a corres- Pan dhig amour. t, will be given, if required, to the depositor, so as to -afford him the most complete security, and such deposits may be 'Withdrawn by g lying three hours' notice. 35 e.Osits under 1001. will be received at the same rate of interest. JCIRKR.LTRICK, DALRYMPLE, MACGREGOR, TWIGG, and CO. 2 9, Graced* ureh-streqt, London. NOTICE to ARTISTS and MANUFACTUR ERS Cl the USEFUL and ORNAMENTAL ARTS, and to I' A.TENTEE' i of NEW INVENTIONS •r WORKING MODELS. I/LOYAL P - iLYTECIINIC INSTITUTION, Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1836. The Dire/Atm beg to acquaint the above parties that the Institution during the month of March will receive deposits of Works of merit. „,7,mestal or extensive vrell-lighted Additions to the Premises, Works ' ,ta n Will be arranged and exhibited with greatly increased advan .4le to the rJepositers. It Is determined (as far as may bo practicable) that a separate blo or Gbass Case shall be appropriated to each Depositor who for work alos,orations of the process of his manufacture with his finished . o_tiell will be famished with full particulars on application at the Anititution, 309, Regent-street, if by personal application, from Eleven t o One o'clock. ~sxThe Institution will be RE-OPENED to the Public early in April R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY Th.. LINE from ST. IVES to MARCH wiII BE OPENED ' hr 4 For Particulars, Traffic. On WEDNESDAY, the Ist March next. The Particulars, see Time fables. 1; 1- e Train whi c h a t p re sent leaves London for Cambridge, Peter- N ll, Norwich, &c., at 7 lb sat., will, on and after the above im - , Start at 7 A.M. Ey order, C. r. RONEY, Secretary. Ilishomgato Station, February 22, 1848. CrItAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. l 'oro Cabin and Second Class Railway, NLNEPENCE ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Pore Cabin........ 6d. Saloon • • • • .... 1 ,, Ito other Packets ll at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. a..., r11 1 The Terrace Pi er . Gravesend, at 7%, 834*, 914, 1114, 1,8, 3,1 - Sundays, 11%, 1,8, and 5. i nt g i n the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 11, 12, 134, 3,4, .' Sundays, at 914, 11, 1%, 3,4, and s*. the f t. T RAINS starting ono quarter of an hear before each of these Pa c k hutb.,, et% marked * are ran direct, the Packets not being per- IO atop at Piers Fenchu or for Boats. cv er —g iv„. a s sess from rch-street Station to all parts of London quarter of an hour. TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 4s. ; Six Months, Tit" Months, 1/. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the . t4 t4 ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, iek Wharf, Blackwall. oYernber 22, 1847. LECTRO and SHEFFIELD PLATE.—The Catalogue of Prices, with Drawings of Silver Plated Dish Goers. Vegetable or Curry dishes, and other requisites for the 4 a table, is published, and may be had gratis, or will be sent, post- ZSree, to any part of Great Britain, Ireland, or the colonies. —T. , SA.VORY and Co., 47, Cornhill, London, seven doers from aetellttrek•street. tlrEßßows, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS _ It.Eits produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and tin_"Offted by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE a, 1 :011, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and dowers , pew drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a t delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular ti ttles. h protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, ._!: and do u bl e t hi s size, Us. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, cos `P!aing testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' !Melee on the Growth and Preservation of the Mamas Hair, &e." 4111 " t, 48 . 6 d, 7s. 11d„ and 125., for money orders only. .. Id wholesale only at Grimetone ' s llerbary, Highgate, near Il tr ndfon ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, ',_ ord•street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, .Mninit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • ir b bY all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and S;:Y il ulcs Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver ---ottice: TO THE LADIES. y' f lits lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news ,Lou Aug. 7, I $46. Reader, remember, this letter was put into ;, , 51tr by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. qt b Zrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor gmt Of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Ilerbary, High fOr the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having cora eald theed the hair on her strop after using itabout four months, l ev , s whole of her hair Is much ger and more luxuriant than ifWas before the baldness appeared. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s e r nator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase i p ton "• bottle it they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex lot only in the restoration and production of hair in abund her-s., bat as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume it; far lea;" any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any In p ~..C . ZeS of c the hair becoming thin, weak, or turaing grey, ars w tr o Qll the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre -13,. the hair frcm coming away with the corxh, mace it strong, and nut it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A i7rtlrees on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the 7.l.lbrilliancy, causing it to curl. t h ; . _ c most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the ,;4:,;:t aromatic herbs end flowers with confidence ; its refreshing tr r emoves headache and makes it a most necessary companion th t toilet. In cases of evous headache, peur tea or twelve drops oar. ° trown of the head; n if very hail, repeat it every quarter of as In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It p r o d uces he -- ; ta.,,„ ° u Children ' s heads in a few appplications. It used on In f ants' it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre tett 1544: 2 nvulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—bee let of testimonials. • Atilettere addressed to William Orimstono, flesbary, PARENTAL DIALOGUE; Olt, THE WISE CHOICE. A. few evenings back (for I happened to see) bir. Smart and his lady were sitting at tea ; 418.nd Harry, their first-born, a beautiful lad, 'Completed the bliss of the Mammy and Dad. -- 2_ oll- , at times such as this, it is often the ease , That a family chit-chat is heard to take place ; So it was with tie Smarts on the evening in question, And thus Mrs S. made a useful suggestion : : My dear," said the wife, with a mune that bewitched, Don't you think it's high time for the boy to he breech'd ; " For my own part, I certainly think that it is ; ` And now for his suit—for I'm rather a quis. " I consider there's no better thing can be done, " Than to go to the Warehouse of MOSES and SON." " Of coarse," said the husband, " you couldn't suppose " That I'd ever go anywhere else for his elethes. ` Messrs. MOSES my highest approval have won, " And they, therefore, Oak furnish both father and son. " You remember, my dear, how I stood to remark, " Each juvenile salt as we walked through the Park; " And I know they were MOSES aid SON'S by the ad, " And Harry shall have one, without ' if,' or ' but.' " Messrs. MOSES arc faultless in all that they sell, " In hosiery, clothing, and fur goods as well. And quality blended with cheapness is one " Of the mighty attractions of MOSES and SON. ~,, ' Thus the wife and the husband agreed, as one voice, And didn't they come to a very " win choicer LIST OF PRICES. "AA= MADE. D --- -- e aVer TagPeni ••• Chesterfield and Codringtou's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed. T he.. Pacha Coat ..............................1 8 0 The rinlimer, especially adapted fbr snowy and waather • • • • 1 0 0 t he i V o.., Pren l i e , 0 15 0 • . .. x Whiter Coats, in every style. •••••• .. • • 0 6 0 d en's Do. Trousers, lined .. 0 4 0 Doeskin . 1 0 0 Frock do, . b " Osa me-brefusted Winter Vests.. Roll collar.. . 0 1 6 .... ° Y I• Hussar and Tunic Suits •• .- • MADE TO muumuu. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand lirtg,,_.glY trimmed •. • • .... —•• • • ..•• from 1 6 0 'my , Cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and culls.. 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper ••..••••••••• - •• • • • • • • • • 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers ••••••••••• • •• •• •• •• • • 1 2 0 Rest, or Dress.• •••••• • • • • • • .... • • ••• .. 1 6 0 Best quality made.. ••••• . • • .• 2 15 0 Cam, Best quality made.. ••• • • ..... 3 3 0 tat, %ere Vests .... „ • ... „ .................. 0 8 6 1 1 : 4 :, Plain or Fancy ........................0 • • • 12 0 --- ' 7 ' Hussar and Tunic Suits .. • ...... ... 1 6 0 g=rem Coat •• • • • •• • 016 n""t of Clothes complete.. ••..•• • • • • • 1 16 0 ob eivio .lourithig to any extent at Firs Minutes notice. ...I/4'N el' If ratu *,--4 Pp nY article purchased, ready made, or made to mea .lett aroved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred , the rnw. 1 4 1 (14 ,,, 41 ,011 ex and Tailors, Woollenelrapers, Clothiers, Ratters, " 441 01 8 ' u ,, rri erz, Boot and Shoemakers, and G ene ral Outfitters,. for 84, 85, ; Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minorlos, and 83, nautt and 85 AlJgate, City, London. rite I — E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the e fo4l' n st impostors, but have learned that tho untradesman "ea h•,e„ of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Tbo,; ti. ,Zserted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. , ^nnexion with any other hence in or out e London; or sena and clot!•in, z'al• ue••••• :\liiwrits and Aidgute, ci Louoa. set Vrid e. " 4 : - =' l.o business transacted at this establishment from sun- O'clo c k . 7 . till Sunset Saturday, when bushnss is resumed till twelve N0.17,92.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING FOURTIFTHS, or EIGII I'Y PER CENT., of the PROFITS of LIFE INSURANCE divided amongst the participating Policy-holders of the ROYAL FARMERS' and G. NERAL FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Offices, Strand, London. The guarantee of an ample Capital and exemption of the Assured from the liability of Partnership. Every Species of Life Insurance effected. Low Rates of Premium. The usual Commission to Soli citors. Fire Insurance of every description effected at moderate Premiums Prospectuses and every information may be obtained of the Agents, or at the Head Office. WM. SHAW, Managing Director. GUANO, SUPERPHOSPHATE of LIME, and BONE MANURE, on SALE, at JOHN HUNT'S Manure Works, High-street, Lambeth. Samples of the above may be seen at Messrs. Keeling and Mutt's, Na. 2, Monument yard, Lon don, and at the Works. Agents for Superplu sphate of Lime aro wanted for some of the Market Towns in the Midland and Eastern Counties. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Halt Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Tailor for the last 25 years, as also the fact that this popular gar• anent is now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOUGEItE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS 'WILT, adjoining 80, Cheapside. Agents.—Pirmingliam : Hollingsworth, New-street—Liverpool : Mactaggart, Bold-street—Manchester: grown, Market-street—Edin burgh : Marshall and Aitken—Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; and principal tailors in all large towns. AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb.; German Wax, is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. Ild. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Scaling Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane. opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. '• Just published, in French, price 6t1., PRECIS de la Is'IDLIVELI,E DOCTRINE MEDICALE de JAMES MORISON, founder of the British College of Health, London ; ou, Pensees extraites de sos ouvrages, et suivies de gu&isons et d'explication sur lo traitemeut de chaque rnaladle. May be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London ; Mr. Field, Bookseller, 65, Quadrant; the llygeist Office, 368, strand; and of all the Ilygeian Agen•e throughout the world. STRICTURES 01 THE. URETHRA—ABUSE OF INSTRUMENTS. Just published, price be., Bvo. in cloth, THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varieties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment thereof. The whole illustrated by numerous and important cases, and being the result of hug extensive, and successful practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. Published and sold by H. Railliere, 219, Regent-street ; Delghten and Laughton, Liverpool ; Hodges and Smith, and Fanner and Co., Dublin. A R R I A G E. In One half the wend are desolately single, and the other nmporing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em titter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un oesaproeiag hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuld form an item in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it :here surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS `On single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., ls. each (by post, in stamps, is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered ey misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 'or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put fbrth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or 'ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, tyre other stile publications claim your attention (same price le. each, by poet Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "canny side of the way." The above works may be had of 4serwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet -street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; and all riqoksallers Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQITALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA- CITY, AND IMPEDIMENT. 4 TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks en Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERItY and CO., 19, Homers-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-prodnctive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and genera Live incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole 'abject critically and philosophically inquired into. TEL CORDIAL BALM OF Sr&IAcUM is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. Id., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. par box, a certain remedy in gonorrhcoa,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Ferry's Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice t 9 be bad at the Establishment oily, by which th.e. fee, If. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Bet ners-stroet, from Eleven WI Two, and Five to Eight on Sundays roes Mieven to One. REMOTED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.--WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jnst published, and may be had in French or Fmglish, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ed„ •r post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret. Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural foelinv, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting frem Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their str►tctures, uses, and funcUons, and the various injuries that aro produced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, M.D., The Observer of Sunday will give the latest news in detail from Paris. Price of the Observer, forty columns, 6d. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Mon day's edition, with that day's markets, best for readers in the country and abroad, is published at 170, Strand, at four o'clock, every Monday afternoon. THE LINENDRAPERS', SILKMERCERS', LAC EMEN'S, HABERDASHERS', AND HOSIERS' INSTITUTION.—The 17th anniversary festival of this charity took place last evening at the London Tavern. On the occasion not less than 250 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Lord R. Grosvenor presided, and. with his usual urbanity com plimented the directors of the institution upon the econo mical manner in which they had administered its funds. The amount distributed during the past year was double that which had been given in any former year, and yet the expenditure had not equalled the receipts. The Noblo Lord made a happy allusion to the contrast which this state of things presented to the financial position of the country and the proposed increase of the income• tax. From the report et' the past year it appears that the capital stock of the company now consists of 20,1711. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, and 10,0001. Three-and-a-Ilalf per Cent. Annuities. The relief afforded by the charity during the past year was 1,0641., out of which 33 applicants received temporary relief. Last evening subscriptions were announced to the amount of 2,2001., being a larger sum than has ever been collected for the institution except on one occasion. Notwithstanding the number of the company present, the dinner went off in the most pleasant manner, The IrAtigeille:Dis connected with it were excellent, tile vocal entertainments being under the direction of Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Harker officiating as toastmaster. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT rE RS ALL'S.—Y ESTE 11DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Barry's Sir Arthur taken and afterwards offered 14 to 1 agat Capt. Little's The Chandler—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Brettle's The Curate 20 to 1 agst Mr. 0. Iliggins's Pioneer-25 to 1 taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Naworth—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. Brettle's Aristides It is calculated that there will be from 25 to 30 starters, and that for the flat races most of the horses named will come to the post. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 4 yrs, Bsl 61b—take 22 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Cracow, 3 yrs, 4st 71b —taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Blaze, 3 yrs, 6st 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Jonathan Wild, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b 33 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Queen Mary, 4 yrs, Est 51b—take 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 4 yrs, Est 91b —take 40 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Henderson's Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, sst 91b—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clumsy, 6 pa, 6st 51b— taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Courtenay's Bantam, 5 yra, 7st 31b —taken and afterwards offered ,000 to 20 sgst Mr. P. Kearey's Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 91b —taken «tiel afterwards offered . Beyond giving War Eagle an indisputable preference, the betting on this event, was altogether unimportant. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—take 18 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—t and offered 40 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern—take 50 to 1 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Whitstone taken to 501., and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Darlington The two leading favourites were net mentioned, and of those quoted The Stinger alone was backed for any money. Offers to take 50 to 1 about Fern, and 1,000 to 15 about Darlington. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of amnnr.s.. THURSDAY, FEB. 24. THE WINDOW-TAX. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave 6 given to bring in a Bill for the total repeal of the. Window-tax." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 68. Agliouby, H. A. Greene, Johs Salwey, Colonel Alcock, 'thomas Grosvenor, Lord R. Schelell,ld, William Barnard, E. G. Hall, Sir B. Seel), Charles Birch, Sir Thomas Hastie, Alexander Sibtliorp, Colonel Blewitt, R. J. Ileneage, G. 11. W• Strickland, Sir G. Bowrhig, Dr. Henry, Alexander Stuart, Lord it. Brisco, M. Ilildyart, It. C. Sullivan, Michael Brotherton, Joseph Hindley, C. TAheard, Sergeant Cabbeli, B. B. Kershaw, Jams Thicknesse, It. A. Christy, Samuel King, Peter John Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Lushington, Charles 'I hornpson, Goorge Cowan, Charles 31• Gregor, John Tollemacho, F. J. Crawford, W. S. Meagh..r, Thomas Turner, E. Doering, Jobs P. Morris, David Wakley, Thomas D'Eyncourt, T. Mowatt, Francis Walmvley. Sir J. Duff, George S. Nugent, Lord . Wawa, J T. Duke, Sir James O'Connor, Feargus Williams, John Duncan, George Osborne, Ralph Wood, W. P. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pattlson, James Wyld, James Ewart, William Pechell, Captain Yorke, 11.:R. Fagan, William Peto, Samuel M. Fordyce, A. D. Pigott, Francis TELLERS. Fcx, W. J. Plowden, W. 11. Duncan, Viscount Gardner, J. D. Raphael, Alexander Hume, Joseph MAJORITY-NOES, 160. Adair, R. Shafto Graham, Sir James Adare, Viscount Grey, Sir G. Anson, Colonel Grey, Ralph W. Amon, Viscount Gwyn, Howel Anstey, Thomas C. Hamilton, Lord C. Armstrong, Slr A. Hay, Lerd John Arundel, Earl of Hayter, W. G. Ashley, Lord Headlam, T. E. Bailey, Jeseph Heatheoat, John Bat*, Josepk, jun. Baring, H. B. Baring, F. T. Heneage, Edward Henley, J. W. Heywood, James -. Benevi, K. M. Hodges, T. L. Berkeley, Captain Hodges, T. Twisden Bernal, Ralph Hood, Sir A. Melling William Hepe Henry T. Boyd, John Howard, C W.G. Broadley, H. /award, J. K. Brockman. N. D. Howard,‘E. G. Bruce, C. L. C. Hutt, William Bunbury, Edward Jackson, William Burke, Sir T. J. Jerris, Sir John Busfeild, W. Jones, Captain Campbell, W. F. Keogh, Wlniers Cavendish, G. H. Keppol, George T. Cayley, Edward L Labouchere, Henry Childers, J. W. Lascelles, W. S. Clements, Charles Lennard, T. B. Co!vile, C. R. Lewis, Georgc C. Cowper, W. F. Littleton, E. K. Craig, W. G. Lockhart, W. Cubittt, William Macnamara, Major Davie, Sir H. 11.`Nagkion, Sir E. Davies, 1). A. S. Mahon, O'Gorman Peel, Sir Robert Perfect, Robert Pilkington, James Power, Dr. Power, Nicholas Powlett, Lord W. Frice, Sir R. Pugh, David Pusey, Philip Rendlesham, Lord Ricardo, Osman Rich, Henry Russell, Lard J. Russell, Edward 8 Rutherford, A. Sadhair, John Scropc, G. P. Scully, Francis Seymour, Lord Shelburne, Earl of Sidney, Thomas Smith, Vernon Smith, J. jA' Somerville, Sir W. Spearman, 11. J. Stafford,_Angustus Stanley, E. J. Mansfield, W. R. C. Stanton, W. 11. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J. Talbot, J. FL Tailored, IL;W. Tenlson, E. K. Denison, J. E. Martin, J. Disraeli, B. Matheson, Colonel Divett, E. Maule, Fox Douro, Marquis of Melgund, Viscount Drumlanrig, Vis. Afeux, Sir Henry Duacuft, John Mitchell, T. A. Dundas, Admiral Moffatt, George Dundas, Sir David Monsen, William _ _ Bandits, George Moore, George H. Dunne, Francis Y. Morpeth, Viscount East, Sir J. B. Morison, General Ebrington, Viscount Mulgrave, Earl Edwards, Henry Mundy, E. Miller Egerton, W. T. Nugent, sir Percy Elliot, John E. O'Brien, Timothy Evans, William Ord, W. Ferguson, Sir R. Paget, Lord Clarence Fitiwillitim, G. VT Palmer, Roundel French, F. Gibson, T. M. Gladstone, W. Z. Palmerston Vls ' Thompson, aid. Thornely, T. Tollemache, John Townley, R. G. Townstiend. John Trelawny, J. S. Turner, George Tynte, Charles 1 7 orney Sir IL Villiers, Charles Ward, H. G. Watkins, Colonel West, F. It. Parker, John Patten, J. W. Williamson, Sir H. Wood, Sir Charles Wrightson, W. B. TELLERS. Toting], Henry Hill, Lord M. MR. ANSTEY'S BILL. TO TILE EDITOR OF 7'HE SON. SIR,—In your leading article of last evening in favour of Mr. Anatey's Bill you say that it is not just to expect that the Pope will have any communication with us until we repeal all the laws against the Roman Catholics in this country. Allow me to ask you, Sir, if it is right that we should have any communication with the Pope until he has repealed all the laws which are against the propagation and enjoyment of the Protestant religion in his dominions? Let him meet us on equal ground, and then it will bo just and right to have dealings with him, but till then I don't see why we should yield everything and ho nothing. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Manchester, Feb. 18. J. R. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Fan. t 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, E% —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (24/. paid), 3% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2 9-16 di&—Leeds and Dewsbury (Branches). Halves, 3% dis.— Manchester, Sheffield,and Lin colnshire, Preference, P.—Ditto (Grimsby Dock), 7 die.— Ditto:(Sheflield and Lincolnshire), 5% c. dis.—North Staf fordshire, 3 , 4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 31 1 4—Ditto, No. I, S dio.-- Ditto, No 4,1% e. dis.—York, Xewcast.t., and Berwick, Preference, 2%. p.—Ditto, Extensions, No. 2, 31 4 P. HULL, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are —Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 16s. 9d.—North British, Extension (scrip), 2s. 9d. dis. —Ditto, Thirds, 6s. dis.—North Staffordshire,l2s. 6d. p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 24. STOCK ExcirAscra.—The sales are—Caledonian, 35 1 ,4 — Newcastle and Carlisle, Now Scrip, 102—North British, Thirds, 355. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Wounds in the Leg that had been bad for years, cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. W. Durling, of Stirkoke by Wick, had suffered very severely for a lo ng t i me w i t h d eep woun d s in his log, and in his endeavo urs to get t h em h ea l e d h e obtained the advice of many eminent surgeons, and tried almost every remedy, yet all failed to effect a cure, until he used Holloway's Ointment and Pills ; these in valuable medicines alone healed his leg in a few weeks, and now it is as sound as ever.—Holloway's Ointment is a safe and certain cure for old wounds, burns, scalds, and at Profe ssor H o ll oway ' s establish tumours, chilblains, and unnatural swellings.—sold by all druggists, ment, 244, Strand, London. STATE or HENRY THE SEVENTH'S CH APEL.—I do indeed believe that, unless some means a• a taken to stay the progress of decay i n t h e exter i or stonewor k of the structure, in twenty years it will he a ruin. Casting our eye upwards from the basis of several of the buttresses on the side nearest St. Margaret's Church, with a favourable light, it will be seen that the whole of the stonework in three large com partments is one mass of decay, the surface of it, at least. The features of many of the images are completely effaced, and the fretwork of the wi n d ows i s i n so crumbling a condition that it appears as though the mere pressing a hand over it would remove it en tirely. I hope the attention of all w h o are i ntereste d i n the preservation of this fine national monument, archi tects, particularly gentleman versant in chemical combi rations, will be directed to the subject of this premature decay in stonework.—Corr, sponclent of the Builder. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AmEXICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHlPS.—During the past year this admi rable line of steamers made twenty voyages to and from Liverpool and Boston, the distance steamed being 120,000 miles. The number of passengers conveyed from Liverpool to Boston amounted to 1,804 ; from Liverpool to Halifax, 249; and fr om H a lif ax t o B oston , Boston t o Li ver p oo l, 1,484 ; 247. On the return trips the nu m b ers were , f rom Bos tonand to Halifax, Halifax alifax,2s3tc Liverpool, 270. Th e average time: from of each passage out was fifteen days, and each passage home thirteen days, inclusive of the detention at Hali fax.— Liverpool Times. Yesterday an i nvestigation was opened, before Mr. Mills, at the Boot Tavern, Cromer•street, Bruns wick-square, on the body of Peter Donally, who had died of typhus fever, in a miserable dwelling in Union court, Compton-place. The jury proceeded to the house in question, to see the premises, it having been reported that death was caused by the unhealthy state of the locality. The scene of filth was such th a t one gentle man turned sick, and from the evidence a dd uce d, it appeared that the whole neighbourhood w as i n f ec t e d with fever from the unhealthy state of the premises. Under the circumstances, the coroner adjourned the inquest until a post mortem exam ination of the body had taken plaee. Mr. Popham, the parish surgeon, . objected to open the body the place it was then lyin4 in, and orders were accordingly given for its removal to St. Pancras workhouse. • -- 11--- —Yesterday the h a I S f - o y u e r u l y a NIL Te meeting oofc Cm s o company PAr. was held at the offices in Bishopsgate-street, Colonel Barlow in the chair. The report was satisfactory as to the gradual progress of the undertaking ; the total receipts fur 1847 exceeding by 4,1301. 13s. 2d. the receipts for the year 1846. Tho balance of profit enabled the directors to declare a dividend of 1L per cent. for the half-year (ten shillings per share) being at the rate of 2/. per cent. per annum. The establishment by the Oriental and Penin sular with h were looked upon as additional sources of business to this company. Egypt,Company, the Levant, of a an regular dthe m i o;i la t c h k l) - Sea, The second dry dock had been completed. Of the 70,000/. guaranteed 6 per cent. stock, only 50,0001. had been issued, and was readily taken by the proprietors. The tonnage for the year 1847 amounted to 245,5931. The balance in favour of the company was 3,136/. 95. 9d. After a brief discussion the report was adopted and the meeting adjourned. AIISHSSED TAX APPEAL.—At a meeting of the commissioners held at the Shire Hall, Chelmsford, on Monday last, to hear appeals against surcharges for horses, carriages, and dogs, among the few appellants that attended, was a labourer from Fryerning, who has a wife and eight children. He said he sometimes worked as a brickmaker, but at the present time he was receiving only labourer's wages. He did not deny that he had allowed two dogs to be upon his promises, but he swore that he had not fed them, at the same time he admitted that he had allowed his children to do so. The sur- charge amounting to 11. los. 9d. was unavoidably con• firmed, which the imprudent man declared he was unable to pay. In the event of his not doing so, the law makes his goods liable. Surely such an example will operate as a warning to others. Mr. Charles Pearson paired off on the divi;iw. ou the window-tax, }lasing an important meeting of his constituents to attend at the time the division was Q)E pected to Wit, place. r. 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 that It may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could Jibe traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, 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 he nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to are productive of greater severity Of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains as 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 Welch 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 from their Invariable eonsequesices, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination In ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lava riably characterise the intelligent aid practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse'sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profcei sional pursnits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA:MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice far many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne street, Haymarket • Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally sr by letter, daily, from Ton till Two, and from Five till Eight at his residence. 37, Bedford-souare London. THE OAKS. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Hope—taken THE LATE FIGHT.—The stakes have been returned to the backers of each man, and bets, in consequence, are void. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOOTON STEEPLECHASES :Over the Stourton Ground, four miles from Liverpool), FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1848. STEWARDS—John Massey Stanley, Esq., and Charles Stanley, Esq. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, 10 sm. ft, with 100 added; for all horses; about four miles over the Stourton Steeplechase country; the ground to be shown to the riders on the morning of the race, by the stewards, or those whom they appoint; the entry to be made with Mr. William Lynn, Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool, or Mr. Willoughby, Birkenhead Hotel, on or before Tuesday, the 29th of February, by twelve o'clock in the evening; to be handicapped by Mr. E. W. Topham, of Chester, and weights pub lished on Wednesday evening, the Ist of March (the day of the Liverpool Steeplechase), by ten o'clock. (10 Subs., and 6 to start, or the 100 soya, will not be added.) The winner to pay 20 soya. towards the ex penses of the ground. The Tally-bo Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 sous. added; for horses bong fide hunted during the present season (1847 and 1848) with the Hooton Pack, Cheshire or Sir Watkin Wynn's fox hounds, or Lord Sefton's harriers; four yrs old, lOst 91b; five yrs old, list 61b; six or aged, 12st; over the same country as the first steeplechase; horses ridden by their owners, and by whom they had been ridden generally during the season, allowed 71b; if entered to be sold for 100 soya., allowed 41b; if for 70 sous., 71b; if for .50 soya., 101 b; and if for 30 soya., 141 b; to close and name as for first race. The winner to pay 5 soy's. towards the expenses of the course. ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Cup. Mr. Bowles's Bonireen beat Mr. Parkinson's Syringe. Mr. Etwall's Elf (late Sprite) beat Mr. Gordon's Cockfighter. Mr. W. Etwall's Wanota beat Mr. Stone's Cannon Ball. Mr. Morant's Minstrel beat Mr. James's Betty. The Claret Stakes. Mr. Goddard's Gretna beat Mr. Morrant's Mischief. Mr. Etwall's y and w dog beat Mr. Bowie's Broadcaste. Mr. Stone's Claret beat Mr. L2wrcno.'3 TtAchet. Mr.Gordon'a Camlet beat Mr. Parkinson's Smuggler Bill PUGI LISM. THE STARES AND BETS IN THE LATE FIGHT OF WALKErt AND LANE.—Last night being appointed for giving up the battle money, 4001., dependent on the issue of the unsatisfactory contest of Tuesday week, the neighbourhood of Air-street, Piccadilly, was long before the hour of ten crowded by an anxious multitude. The room wherein the stakeholder was to take the chair was crowded to suffocation. We shall not attempt to give even an outline of the stormy debate which ensued upon the chairman's lucid, candid, and impartial ex planation of the motives which had swayed him in the decision at which he, upon consultation with the backers and friends of both men, had deliberately sr rived. During the day a council had been held at the residence of the stakeholder, at which, although no direct evidence of Walker's betrayal of his friends was produced, Broome, as the backer of Lane, declared his readiness to silence every rumour by a compromise, although the victorious party. Aspersions bad been liberally dealt in, and a " double cross" had been hinted at. He would receive back the deposited 2001, of Lane's backers, i❑ which a largo amount of his own money was included, and take the 2001. of Walker's money in trust for Lane. On this understanding of course Bets were off, This arrangement, in the evening, by no means met the views of Lane or his brother. Tom had won the fight, and as " battle-money" (which would, of course, carry bets) would ho alone receive it. A noisy contention ended id Lane "pocketing the affront," in the shape of bank notes and soya. to the tune of 1981., with a further promise of such sums from his backers as they might please to present him from his own 2001. in the head stake. Thus a scheme fatal to the ring, if such was ever concocted, was effectually defeated, and although Lane, individually, may suffer among his country friends, with respect to colours, &0., in the maxim which is held sound in law, that " it is better for three guilty to escape than one innocent man to be hanged," so it is better that Lane should come somewhat short of his deserts, than that the whole public should be rendered liable to the risk of a swindle, too artfully contrived to admit of perfect demonstration. All bets are therefore off, and Lane, the acknowledged winner of the fight, exonerated from every stain of participa tion in the suspected pitfall, receives the meed of his fairness in the amount of all he fought for. One of those strange accidents which happen no one can tell how, occurred to a commercial gentleman of Nottingham last Friday evening, in driving from Mat lock. He had got two or three miles on the road, after moderately partaking of gin at the house of an old lady, when he lighted a cigar at a toll-bar house. There was a strong breeze, and the person of the rider was thickly enveloped in three coats. Very soon he ex claimed, though alone, " I've heard of hot gin, but the old lady's is very hotr meanwhile passing a gentle friction with his band over the outer wrapper upon the region of the stomach. The heat increased,when ho invo luntarily tore open his vestures so as to get at the afflicted part more closely, and found himself on fire! A satin waistcoat was proved to have been completely burnt in the lower part, from pocket to pocket; the dress-coat was also much damaged; and even the shirt was burnt and much charred. The discovery was as lucky as the accident was extraordinary,—which must have been occasioned by embers falling from the lighted cigar upon the ♦ery inflammable material of the vest. The circumstance can hardly be explained upon the principles of spontaneous combustion, instanced in Mac " anatomy" of a common distemper.—Stanford Mercury. Tins PATENT NOVIJS ANNULLUS BRACE.—The uses to which India rubber has been applied are almost innumerable, yet nearly every month produces fresh instances of its application. In the apparently simple matter of gentlemen's braces, it has done much, but it was left to the Messrs. Welch, Margetson, and Co., of Cheapside, to apply it with success to what has long detracted from the perfection of this portion of male costume. We allude to the annoyance to which the wearer has hitherto been subjected from the braces slipping off the shoulders. In the instance which gives rise to those remarks such a troublesome fault is entirely got rid of—indeed their exists not the slightest friction upon the shoulders—a result obtained by the four por tions of the braces being connected at the small of the back to a vulcanized India-rubber ring, which, while it permits of the greatest play of the body, is the cause of the ease and comfort observed upon. With such an adjunct it would seem that the wear of the braces would likewise be almost endless. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday between the hours of one and two, an accident occurred to a cab man, while in the net of turning from Judd-street, down Cromer-street. It appeared that his attention was drawn to a female inside, and while in the act of speak ing to her, he fell off his box, on his head, and the Lvheels passed over his body. He was immediately picked up, and conveyed to the University College. Faint hopes were entertained of his recovery. EUSTON-SQUARE ACCIDENT—INSUFFICIENCY OF BRICK FOR COLUMNS.—The public should be told 'bat in building brick columns or pillars there should always be occasional bond stones introduced, the whole circumference of the column or size of the pillar. A drawing to scale of a column. showing thf k] ~. 1',, h ,; whether lia or or:, edge, coriviri;:cs one of the dif ficulty of obtaining the tie and bond which are considered the soul (if I may use the expression) of sound brick work.-.-Correspondext of The Builder. - -• F.EBR U ARY .25, 1848. [PRICE SD. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Judge-Advocate- Gerieral, had an audience of the Queen, and submitted •o her Majesty the proceedings of some courts .nartial. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual airings yesterday in the Royal .;ardens of Buckingham Palace. _ _ The Royal dinnr party yesterday at Buckingkam Palace included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, Count Arthur Mensdorff, the Aus trian Ambassacr, and the Countess Dietrichstein, lady Funny Howard, Madame la Baronne de Wan 4enheim Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Colonel Wylde, and Baron Fritsch. The Queen's private band was in attendance after sinner in the Palace, and performed the following pieces Overture, " Samori" Vogler. Selection, " Allerseeleen," . } His Royal Highness harp obligato, Mr. J. Blair the Duke Gf Saxe Chatterton . Finale, Ist Act, " Stradella" ... Flotow. 7 inale Haydn. _ _ _ Yesterday was the birth-day of his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge. Their Royal High !lasses Prince Albert and the Duke of Saxe Coburg paid visits of congratulation to the Royal Duke at Cambridge House. Some of the foreign Ministers and many of the nobility called during the day and left their names for his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a dinner in honour of the auspicious event at Gloucester House. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, his serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Mr. Culling Smith, Col. du Plat, Baron Knesebeck, Major Ste nhens, Mr. Edmond Mildmay, and the Hon. Colonel Liddell. The Duchess of Gloucester had a select party in he evening. A deputation from the Health of Towns Association had an interview with Lord Morpeth yesterday at the Office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall place, on the subject of the Bill now beforo Parlia ment for promoting the public health. The deputa tion consisted of Mr. J. W. Tottie, Mr. John Dunlop, Mr. R. B. Grantham, Mr. F. D. Goldsmid, Rev. C. Girdlestone, Dr. Gavin, Mr. Thomas Dunkill, Mr. William Austin, and Mr. Thomas Beggs. The Belgan Minister and the Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. A deputation consisting of Mr. Pattison, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney, M. P., Mr. Charles Pearson M.P., Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Deputy Evans, Mr. Sharpe, the City Remembrancer; and Mr. Sheriff Uubitt, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. Lord and Lady John Russell's dinner :itirty has been postponed from Saturday, the 2Gth of ebruary, until Wednesday, the let of March, in Chesham-place. Mr. William Gladstone had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. A deputation from the National Philanthropic As sociation, consisting of Mr. Charles Cochrane, Rey. Mr. Lusignan, Sir Charles Aldis, Dr. Aldis (Chair man of the City and Liberty of Westminster Sanitary Association), Mr. Randolph (Secretary to ditto), Mr. G. A. Walker (National Society for 'Abolition of Burial in Towns), Mr. Joseph George (Anti-Inter ment in Towns Association), Dr. Riadore, Mr. J. P. Murrough, Dr. Serny, and Mr. Davies, had an inter view with Viscount Morpeth yesterday. Colonel Sir Frederick Smith (Royal Engineers) had an interview with the Right lion. Edward Strntt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his otrictut Lasiaaa,a Dawntrig-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. The Quadrant Committee for the Non-removal of the Colonnade, consisting of Mr. W. Lloyd (Chair man), Messrs. Swan and Edgar, Stocken, Haines, Michell, Pizzali, Noovva, and Hill, and Mr. V. H. Haines (Honorary Secretary), had interview yes terday with Viscount Morpeth. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and heard an appeal from Sierra Leone, ",Magnus Smith v. the Judges of Sierra Leone." topsails set and in apparent good condition.lShe could not have been making water fast. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The man who advocates the late system, and the present proposition of levying a tax upon property and income, is a bold one indeed ; I care not what his rank or station be, he well knows he is advocating that which is neither just or honest, but what is in violation both of justice and honesty. If the tax is to be continued, as I suppose it must (a property-tax is equitable), let the impost be levied honestly, and then honest men will not heed the growlings of the hitherto proured class. As there are separate assessments for the property and the income-tax, a right line can be drawn without the least difficulty. Let the property be varied, either in point of amount produced from it or the duty chargeable on it from the amount produced by income, or the duty chargeable on it. This can, by the distinct assessments, be readily done. The sentiments of the income-tax payers must be well understood, and must be so declared as not to be mis understood by the privileged class, who have had too much of "protection" at the serious loss of others. DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY. February 23. THE INCOME-TAX.`! ST. BRIDE'S. At twelve o'clock yesterday a most respectably-at tended meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in the Vestry. room, " for the purpose of taking into con sideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons against the proposed measure." The chair was occupied by Mr. T. C. Bates, who was supported by Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. Deputy Obbard, Mr. Williams, and several other influential inhabitants of the parish. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, M.P., proposed the first reso lution, to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the proposed increase of the window-tax was unneces sary and uncalled for, and one which ought not to be endured in the time of peace, particularly at pre sent, when trade and eommerce were so much de pressed. He said he had great pleasure in joining with his fellow-parishioners in demanding from the Government of the country justice to that class which contributed in the largest degree to the taxes of the empire—he meant the middle class of society. The Prime Minister demanded this increase to the income-tax on the ground that there was a falling off in the revenue. The Prime Minister had laid his proposal before the House, and it remained for the people to say whether they would sanction it or not. He, for one, would not object to the Government receiving every necessary assistance, but he certainly was of opinion that the present difficulty could be met by more popular means than those suggested. Why, he would ask, should there be any increase to the naval and military forces, and why should there be any fears of war raised, particularly in the thirty-fourth year of an uninter rupted peace ? In 1835 he found that the estimates for the army, navy, and ordnance amounted to 11,730,000 L On various occasions since there had been slight in creases, and they had now crept up to no less a sum than 17,841,0001.—(Hear, hear.) All this was done in time of peace. He considered the proposition to increase the army or navy a most unnecessary one. He might safely say that no tax was more unpopular than an income-tax. After some further observations the Hon. Member proceeded to observe that the tax was one of a most unjust nature in its operation ; it pressed most severely on the middle and-industrious classes, while it scarcely touched real property. After some further remarks the worthy Alderman concluded by proposing the resolution above referred to. Mr. Deputy OBBAND seconded the resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. J. B. BACON proposed the next resolution, to the effect, " That the meeting was further of opinion, that the income of the country would be sufficient to meet the next year's expenditure and the dffidency of the last, provided the national expenditure were submitted to judicious and efficient retrenchment." Mr. DENEY seconded the resolution, and expressed a confident hope that the Prime Minister would be induced to abandon the measure. This increase of taxation would, he feared, ultimately bring the middle classes to utter poverty. The resolution was also carried by aeclamativr. Mr. WILLIAMS moved the adoption of a petitibn em bodying the views of the meeting, and in doing so he called for a revision of the pension list, and the abolition of military and naval sinecures. After some further remarks, Mr. WILLIAMS con cluded by moving the resolution, which was seconded by Mr. R. Coosa, and carried unanimously. _ _ Mr. Lows then moved a vote of thanks to the church wardens, which was seconded by Mr. DEVEZ, and carried by acclamation. The Lurcting then separated. ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE WEST. The Inhabitants of this parish met yesterday in the inquest-room adjoining the church. Mr. Churchwarden Batchelor occupied the chair, and nearly the whole of the leading inhabitants of the parish wero present. The proceedings having been opened, Mr. buNN (the past churchwarden) moved the first resolution— " That the meeting viewed with the deepest indigna tion, and utmost surprise, the announced intention of the Government to increase the income-tax, and pledged themselves to oppose the impost by every means in their power." Which was sec•nded by Mr. T. P. AUSTIN in a few pertinent remarks. Mr. BurrEulvon-rn moved the second resolution, to the effect that— " The Legislature being solemnly pledged to the re mission of the income-tax in three, or at the most five years, the present meeting now called for an entire re moval of the offensive impost." Mr. WATSON seconded the resolution, which was also supported by Mr. Hyde, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Everett. Mr. WELLS spoke in favour of the existing tax, and objected altogether to a proposition made by Mr. Hyde to increase the land-tax. He thought, at so early a period after a repeal of the corn-laws had been carried, that no additional burden should be placed upon the landed interest. The resolution having been put, was carried with only two dissentients. Mr. PEDLen moved, and Mr. HYDE seconded, the third resolution, to the effect that a petition embodying the sentiments contained in the preceding resolutions should be adopted by the meeting. This resolution having been carried unanimously, Mr. SEELEY made the occasion of the meeting the theme of a stout protection speech, which met with some opposition. A petition, echoing the resolutions, but recommending also a revisal of the present Customs duties, was adopted, and Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the pro ceedings terminated. LIVERPOOL. A highly influential meeting, presided over by the Mayor, took place yesterday in the Sessions-house, con vened for the purpose of opposing the increased tax upon income. Various resolutions were carried to that effect, and the following petition was unanimously agreed on:— " The humble petition of the inhabitants of Liverpool, in public meeting assembled, " Showeth,—That your petitioners have learnt with regret and dismay the proposal of her Majesty's Govern ment to impose additional taxes on the already overbur dened people of this country. " That your petitioners are of opinion that the present amount of revenue is amply sufficient, with proper economy, to meet all needful expenditure. " That your petitioners, besides being convinced that no necessity exists for increased taxation of any kind, entertain insuperable objections to any income-tax whieh is not based on a graduated scale with respect to amounts, and also a decided distinction between the incomes derived from trades and professions and those arising from real property and other fixed sources. " Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully call upon your Hon. House not to sanction the imposition of fresh taxes on the people of this country, but to exact a rigid economy in the national expenditure, and that in the consideration of any prolongation of the income-tax, you will require that a graduated scale be adopted, and that a marked distinction between incomes derived from trades and professions and those arising from real pro perty, and other fixed sources, should be made." READING.—A meeting, convened by the mayor of this borough in consequence of a requisition more nume rously signed than any similar doc umen t on f ormer oc casions, was heldin the Town-hall yesterday, for the purpose or,opposing the project e d incr ease o f the income tax.mayor presided. Th e assem bl age consisted persons. M r . C ows l a d e , o f t h e R ea di ng of nearly The soo Mercury, moved, and Arr. T. H arr i s secon d e d, th e fir s t reso l ut ion, which was to the effect that the meeting u rged the necessity of retrenchment in every depart ment of the public service, and that the proposition for i n creased taxation, after thirty-thee years of peace, was monstrous, and should not be quietly submitted to. The resolution was carried by universal acclamation. Mr. Rogers then addressed the meeting, and moved a second resolution—" That previously to the re-imposition of the income-tax, it was the duty of the Government to take measures to render it more equal in its operations." Mr. Exalt seconded the resolution, which, after some obser vations by Mr. Hedges, Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. Weedon (the mayor), was carried amidst loud cheers. On the motion of Mr. Farrow, the adoption of a petition to Parliament, echoing the sentiments of the resolutions, was passed unanimously; atter which, on the motion of Mr. Pigott, M.P., thanks were voted to the mayor, and the meeting was dissolved. GLOUCESTER.—The town-council of this city, on Wednesday, unanimously agreed to petition the House of Commons against the continuance, and, above all, any increase in the income-tax, as its operation in its present state had proved most oppressive to the trading and mercantile interests in Gloucester, as well as most other places. A petition also from the citizens to the same effect is in the course of signature, and has already had affixed to it the names of a great majority of the inhabit ants of this city. The agitation against any increase or continuance of THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY 'WORM:CO.—The royal West India snail-packet Tay, Captain Sharp, from the West Indies, &c., arrived at Southampton this morning at nine o'clock, with the usual mails, in charge of Admiralty agent L. Densten, R.N. Her latest dates are—Barbadoes, Jan. 29 ; Grenada, Jan. 31 ; Nevis, Jan. 31 ; ;Porto Rico, Jan. 31 ; St. Thomas, Feb, 1; Bermuda, Feb. 10. She brings twenty-eight passengers, four non commissioned officers, three seamen and two lines (invalids), and ten riggers, being part of the crew who assisted to navigate the Medway convict ship to Bermuda, the remainder went in her Majesty's ship Persian, on the Bth inst. Weather during the Voyage—Outward passage : Heavy gales until our arrival at Madeira ; arrived at St. Thomas on the Bth Jan. Frieght-23,304 dollars, 1.17 gold dust, 1,4301. British coin, 558 serons of cochineal, sixty cases of cigars, twenty-five turtle, and general cargo of sundries. Stations of her Majesty's Ships—Barbadoes, Jan. 29 :—The Vindictive, Vice-Admiral Austin, K.C.13., and Trincomalee, and left for Trinidad the same day. Antigua, Jan. 31 : Her Majesty's ship Thunder and the Lark schooner at Tortola • the Persian at Bermuda, and left for England on the Bth instant. Obituary—The 88th Regiment at Barbadoes is suffering from yellow fever. Colonel Phibbs died o• the 27th of January, and lost about forty men. The fever is confined to that regiment. Stations of West India Steamers—Barbadoes— The Reindeer ; St. Thomas Conway and Eagle; Havannah, Jan. 28—The Medway, Dee, and Thames; the latter returned from the Gulf, and arrived at Bermuda on the Gth instant with mails for the Tay, and was left there when the Tay sailed for England on the 10th inst. News from the Islands—Jamaica has suffered very much from rains on the north side, and the crops hare been very much injured on the south side for the want of rain. Mexico—There are negotiations pending for peace, which are considered satisfactory. The Mexicans are heartily tired of their misrule. St. Lucia His Excellency Charles Henry Darling, appointed by her Majesty to the office of Lieutenant-Governor of St. Lucia, had arrived at Castries, on board the royal mail steamer Eagle from Barbacloes. The long-pending inquiry instituted against Chief- Justice Reddie by Colonel Torrens, has led to the suspension of the former from his functions. The St. Lucia Gazette publishes the following notice : " Government Office, Jan. 3. The Court of Inquiry held at Saint Lucia, and of which Chief Justice Arrindell was President, having re ported to his Excellency the Governor•in-Chief, that in their opinion the first charge brought by Lieut.-Colonel Torrens against his Honour Chief Justice Reddie has been proved, and that Mr. Reddie was the author of the two lettors signed "The Shade of Polycarp,' Lieut.- Colonel Hay, administering the Government, in obedi ence to the orders of his Excellency the Governor-in- Chief, and , in conformity to the instructions contained in the dispatch of the Right Hon. the Earl Grey, of the 30th September, 1847, No, 64, has been pleased to sus pend his Honour the Chief Justice Reddie from his office of Chief Justice of St. Lucia, until her Majesty's further pleasure be made known. " By Command, " W.l-lANLEY, Colonial Secretary. (From a Bermuda paper.) SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.—The American ship Ceylon, Francis Dowling, master, sailed from Lubecic on the Bth instant, bound for New Orleans. On the 10th, when off Georgia Shoal, sprung a leak, and bore up for Bermuda. On the 15th made the land, and took a pilot on board from the West-end. Wind and current setting off the land, got to leeward, and in carrying sail to get into port, could not keep the ship free with the pumps, and at 2 P.M. sea time on the I6th was forced to abandon her for the preservation of the crew and passengers, they landed at St. George's on Sunday. The Ceylon was about 15 miles from the land when abandoned. She was hove to, and it is supposed she must have sunk soon after, as she could not be seen from the lighthouse the neat morning. Royal Mail Steam Ship Dee Noon, Jan 22, lat. 30.54, long. 67.16 West. B 'aided the ship Ceylon and found her abandoned with water up to her hold beams; had time permitted the ship could have bean towed or sailed back to Ber muda, but was obliged to leave the vesselwith her three v~ i/ f~ the income-tax in its present shape, seems to be rapidly extending. in addition to the public meetings to peti tion against this tax, which have already taken place, others have been appointed to be held at Northampton, Cambridge, Norwich, Worcester, York, Newcastle, and several other places. The following petition against the proposed renewal and increase of the income-tax is in the course of signa ture at Bury, in Lancashire:— "TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITABI AND IRI*AND, IN PARLIAMENT ♦SSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the undersigned inha bitants of Bury and the neighbourhood, " Showetb,—That your petitioners have hoard with considerable alarm that it is the intention of her Ma jesty's Ministers to propose the continuance of the income-tax for five years, and to increase it from 2/. 18s. 4d. to 5/. per cent, for the first two years. " That your petitioner: regard this tax as altogether unconstitutional in its form, and most oppressive and unequal in its operation. " 7 .fhat it was first introduced into and passed your honourable House on the faith of certain reductions of taxation, and of a distinct understanding that it should not be extended beyond the period of three years. " That this understanding has been violated ; and an attempt is now being made to perpetuate the tax, as part of the ordinary revenue of the country. "That your petitioners distinctly Gisclaim all assent to this most odious and iniquitous tax, either by them selves or through their representatives. " That your petitioners regard as one of their most valuable privileges, and as a great constitutional safe guard, that, in the imposition of taxes, ample time and opportunity should be allowed for the :consideration and approval of any new form of taxation, that they may confer with their Parliamentary Representatives, and may have their wishes and opinions fully made known to your Honourable House. ‘-‘ That your petitioners are in danger of being alto gether deprived of this most cherished and valued right, by the arbitrary and precipitate manner in which the Ministers of the Crown are attempting to force on the passing of the estimates, aid the recognition of their scheme of taxation. " That your petitioners feel bound to remonstrate strongly against this attempt to take the country by sur prise, which is merely a covert method of imposing upon them new taxes without their own consent. " That your petitioners are surprised and indignant, that, whilst they are themselves curtailing their expen diture and economising their resources to the uttermost, her Majesty's Ministers should seek to oppress them with additional burdens, and increase the expenditure of the country in a state of profound peace, and a time of unexampled suffering and depression. " Your petitioners therefore humbly beseech your Honourable House not to grant her Majesty's Ministers any money, beyond what is absolutely necessary for the temporary service of the State, until the system of tax ation has been deliberately aid carefully revised, and rendered more just and equal in its operation: and that your Honourable House will resist the re-enact ment of the income-tax, in any form, as a most op pressive, unconstitutional, and unrighteous imposition.' It is to be presented on Monday. Norwich, too, is up and doing. The following re quisition has been presented to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who has called a meeting for Friday:— TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Sir,—We, the undersigned, request you to convene a special general meeting of members on the earliest pos sible day, to consider the propriety of petitioning Par liament against the Ministerial measure for the re imposition and increase of the income-tax. Norwich, Feb. 22, 1848. Barnards and Boultoa C. R. and 11. Freeman Bacon and Co. Thos. Banks Barber, Son, and Co. James Hardy J. E. Hunt and Soa Howlett and Co. Bennett and Bream H. Bidwell and Son George Jay Jarrold and Sons Samuel Bignold Joseph Pi ;g and Sons Edward Blakely Rivett and Harmer Fred. Brown Robert Seamen Wm. Butcher Sidney and Ladyman H. Chamberlin, Sons, and John Sultzer and Co. Co. J. Henry Tillett Colmans and Glendinning► Torris and Son Copeman and Sons Charles Winter De Year and Phillips Isaac Wiseman G. and W. E. Etheridge In compliance with the above requisition, I hereby summon a special general meeting of the members, to be held at the Chamber, Post-office-street, on Friday next, the 25th instant, at noon precisely. CHAS. S. GILMAN, Secretary. Bethel-street, Feb. 23d, 1848. LYCEUM THEATRE. DONE ON BOTH SIDES. This is an exceedingly pleasant one-act trifle by Mr. J. M. Morton, the author of many successful farces, amongst which may be specially cited Box and Cox. Mr. Whiffles (Mr. Frank Matthews) is a superannuated exciseman, who contrives by stringent economy to keep a decent house over his head. His wife (Mrs. C. Jones) has discharged their only servant, and the respectable couple are fain to scour, scrub, polish, and cook for themselves. In these domestic duties they are assisted by their only daughter Lydia (Miss Marshall). Mr. Whiffles has, while taking the :lir in Hest-street, ueen run against and pushed into the gutter by Mr. John Brownjohn (Mr. Charles Mathews), a gentlemtn living by his wits and on the ex treme faith of tailors, hotel-keepers, hill-discounters, &c. He discovers the dwelling of Wh'ffies, introduces himself, apologises for the accident, and gains a footing iti the family by representing himself as a gentleman of fortune, supposing old Whiffles to be wealthy and Lydia a capital match. He invites himself to dinner, and the old folk are at their wits' end to provide the necessary dishes, at the same time that every means is taken to conceal from Mr. John Brownjohn the true state of their circumstances. At this crisis, Mr. Phibbs (Mr. Buck stone), an old friend ofithe Whiffleses, arrives from the country, bringing with him a haunch of vension as a gift to the president of the veterinary college. The haunch is seized upon and devoted to the dinner, and Whiffles, besides, borrows from him a 51. note for the purpose of purchasing wine. Brown john returns in dinner costume, and Whiffles mystifies both, by representing one as the president and the other as a servant, though distantly related to the family. Phibbs is by turns coaxed and bullied to wait at table. Ultimately, however, the double trick is dis covered, and Brownjohn, struck by the beauty and good qualities of Lydia, marries her, with the consent of all parties. We had forgotten to mention that Phibbs is possession of a bill drawn by Brownjohn, - which has been protested. To prove his respect for the drawer, be heroically destroys it. The situations, though not very novel, are mirth-provoking, and the oddities of Buck stone in the supper scene drew down shouts of laughter. Mr. Frank Matthews acted with pantomimic breadth; and Mr. Charles Mathews lost not a single point, and was dressed a rnervcille. Mrs. C. Jones was rich and oily; and Miss Marshall was pretty and piquante. The farce was quite successful. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. —ESSEX COUNTY MEETING.—CICELMSFORD, THURSDAY EYENING.—The inhabitants of this county having been convened by the High Sheriff pursuant to a requisition to meet in the Shire Hall this day to petition the House of Lords on the subject of the above Bill, an immense concourse of people assembled in front of that building about half past twelve o'clock, the hour named. On the hall being opened, Mr. C. Marsh, the High Sheriff, attempted to open the proceedings in the Nisi Prins Court, but yield ing to the "pressure from without," the meeting ad journed to the open air, where a few waggons having been got together for the accommodation of the speakers and leading men of both parties, Mr. Bowyer Smith ad dressed the meeting, contending that to admit the Jews into Parliament would tend to unchristianise the coun try. He alluded to the argument that, as we admitted Jews into other offices, we should therefore admit them to Parliament; but he thought that though, in this par ticular, we descended in our practice from a principle, we should not reduce our principle to the level of that practice. He concluded by proposing a petition to Par liament against the Bill proposed by the Government. The Hon. and Rev. H. Bertie seconded the motion, Mr. Courtauld moved as amendment in favour of the Bill, contending that the Jews were perfectly entitled to all civil rights. This amendment having been seconded, was declared by the lligh Sheriff to be carried. Major Beresford and others addressed the meeting in support of the original motion, and it was evidently the feeling of the influential portion of those present that it should have been adopted. WESTER ROSS FARMER'S SOCIETY. —A meeting of this society was held at Dingwall on Tuesday, when a petition to Parliament, praying for the repeal of the law of entail was agreed to, and signed by the presi dent in the name of the society. It was also agreed to that steps should be taken to promote a show of live stock at Invergordon in the month of August, and that the farmers of Ross and Cromarty should be urged to unite to carry that object into effect. The members dined together in the evening at the Caledonian Hotel. D. Sheriff, Esq., Barnyards, the preses, in the chair, and -- Seaforth, the vice-proses, acting as croupier. In the course of the evening several important and interesting subjects connected with agriculture were discussed. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S BIRTII-DAY.—Yes terday being the natal day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the royal standard was hoisted on the tower of Kew Church; a royal salute was fired at one o'clock, and in the afternoon the children of the Queen's free grammar school, about seventy in number, were regaled with a good dinier in honour of the auspi cious occasioneand in the evening the tradesmen of his Royal Highness dined together, and drank " Long life and happiness to their Royal Patron." The poor of the district were not forgotten, a plentiful supply of coals, under the supervision of the churchwarden being sent to each. Ilis Royal Highness has attained his 74th year. CONSECRATION OF ST. MATTHIAS, BETHNAL GREEN,—Yesterday the Bishop of London consecrated this the ninth church recently elected in the Bethnal green district, dedicated to St. Matthias, and situate in Hare-streer, Brick-lane. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London, and a liberal collection was made at its conclusion. The church is built of Kentish rag stone, and is in the Norman style of architecture; it contains 1,500 sittings, all of which arc to be free. BELGIAN POTATOES.--A vessel just arrived in the River, from Antwerp, has brought 103 tone weight, in bulk, of potatoes, the produce of Belgium. No importer , tion of potatoes from Belgium to a similar extent has taken place for a considerable time past. A steamer L just arrived from the same Belgian port has brought 400 sacks, and the steam ship Soho has also brought the large quantity of 751 bags and 4 sacks of the vegetable f t the produce of Belgium.