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HOOPER, 111701; COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Clam i.A. ber of Ike Guildhall of Use City ~,;t ; `lay of May, 184 t, resolved unanimously— of London, on FRIDAY, the !ournat although the City of London, and the Metropolitan Bo- Lro,, generally, are exempted from the or eration of the =ill in need into tke lions* of Commons by ber Majesty's' Govern :,','ln:, in tituled " A Bill for Promoting tk r e uklic Mealth," yet this ,* t considers itself called upon to express its opinion upon a t r a c eas o u rub deeply affecting the well-being of a large portion of their , Yrects, being satiefled also that in vindicating and support .,.ing the rights of ether local representative bodies, it best consults ~•,..mitintonairco anti integrity if its own. ,at this Court desires to express its deep and unfeigned regret Lo, .‘ her Majesty's Ministers, 'professing generally their attachment . liberal opinions, should have introduced into Parliament a Bill .ela deprives the people of their just share in the administration. ..rtnatters purely local, placing the same In the hands of Cemmis !Oners to be appointed by and responsible only to the Crown. That _ual.provislons of the kill in question, which place an uncontrolled, loalted, and irresponsible power of taxation in the hands of such,. Crown Cornisissioners, are in the opinion of this Court unwise, u m n. Politic a n d hg; n,contrary to the spirit of the Constitution; and if, 144' T , they should receive the sanction of the Legislature, ~ Court is satisfied they would sap the foundation ,of Asir liberties of the people, and tend materially to m - able and loosen the attachment of all classes to the most val e-a_ Institutions of the country. That this Court would rejoice t• 2: Passed Into law a well-advised, comprehensive, and efficient sires for Improving the administration of sanitary akairs, and die id;intsee canied out from time to time such impprovements tst o te f prornoti of science shall point out and dictate, with the view Of th e nt the health, happiness, and social well-being of all classesble ob jects co he but it is of opinion that these most des tl ir c a , ._ the liberties be dearly purchased at the expense of any sacrifice of pant of the people, and this Court depends upon the th„°,lll unt,to devise such amendments in the measure now befo . r ) e , „, , e of: Commons as shall provide for sanitary improvement, D o _ -",`,,?‘ _, onststent with the preservation of the existing rights f —4c'Pal, parochial, and other local representative bedi N es ..,..s---.__-,........_...E.T1l MERE ‘ ER. __— ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF oTh e 4 1 . r ENGLAND. . 14e. GENERAL IfEETINet will be held at the Society's clotkr°% 11. Hanover - square, oa MONDAY, the 22d of say, at One c : ...........L.ondon, Nay 3, 114$ , --..........._-_ B 7 order of the Council, JAMES lIUDSON, Secretary. c o'rT A G E."—NOBLE NI EN and corr —rNTLEsttx are respectftilly informed that " TIE the Turf Clato , , U . O. 2, Bennett -street, St. James's (01almite +1 OW OPillc for the &EASON- MONEY.—lnstant command of Money.—Sums ~,AnT eithertreal er personl, Persons of for long or short perio---• . . , n 4 micluerth_e Cburch or State, Army er Navy, whose responsibility ca Will b e sc ' t lie d. May realize pecuniary aid in afw days. Discretion Address Ir. GreenuPulously observed ar n la 11 tactions, and is solicited. . 13, Cha rles - stre a et,Blackirlars-road, London. IT TED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON 97. GEORGE -STREET, EDINBURGH; 18, gr . In 1841 ~Establishd VINCENT -PLACE, GLASGOW ; 4 . CO BLIN. LLEGE-GRLN, DU by Act of Parliament in 1834. e co n , Cent. per anaum en th e kilt *astir.. Comp a dded a bonus of 2 per t z , they w -. to aii half the itnnrael effected. Palk's' ot the participating ; 11 ';'hen the iasurance is for li e fe ar o s. y cle . .ss fr nl ont on th e ! Erery In Prern•uni need be paid for the first five y hfrecjor, S, ation vrill be afforded on application to the Resident ice,, waterlo o-pl ac uses .........2aaY be had e -ma . --,„,........_ • 1 . all 11 London, where prospect E OFFICE, 1 R LDlAs it T ipT-STREET, and 2, ICOTAL EXCHINSE- cutass- Allatiil i n Nir eorn s e I Es tablished 1806. Pa.fd I ESTED CAPITAL, 1,230,. 40,000 f Bonuses declared °6l 743.0007 • sinc e the E stablishment o f th e Offi ce , 1,671,0001. • Tke Right Ho P n E o Itti.,l:l;6l:TiARL GREY. The Tr IbIaECTOBS. , ' . .n • Arthur naird Chairman. i1n,...„ . heJames iherman, ' Deputy Chairman. u ttir ..; Ili Alexander Esq William Ostler, Esq. AlecQr eleowe Chur h'll E George Round, Esq. of 44c" c 1 ' 4. ' k Esq. r ` a nder li ' d s q' James Sedgwic , llitan, -en ‘ , ersola M D Cie 1i i ,.7 4 dd, g,„ ' ' ' • Frederick Squire, Esq. ~.Li ard ti King , , William Henry Stone, Esq. • Bart. Cat. John Will Pays', 17)III•1 A. BEAUMONT Managing Directoriams. Tko. 1",--Jslin 3 taclean, M.D., . F.s.S., gi 29, Upper Montagne ()meek, Bates - street, Mont ague - square . th. o f rretniu are hoe adoted by the principal Life %Mee.: rat e withoutrnbonust s is lower p titan that of most other Ti le i .„_ If the ic7,,es aro added to the Policies, or applied to the reduction , tolleiesniried'. ; 414 " rtt it -- - by this Elko are purchased at their frill Tattle ; or *sr 11v 6 4'.‘. Obtai If _ Years . fled upon them, after they have been in existence r epair party ~ ~,, "etlect to pay for the renewal of his Polley, he m f a: ir,;... health -4 ' lo l say time within twelve months, upon pro* f r `l4 PrOtjt.. , : I, tired . , 'a : k' ti bjeei to a triling deduction) are divided am ti on p g a t r h ty e 41, ared A ~‘", Plan upon which they are divided Ives to eac h h. has 4,,,niribui.rto Proportionate to the amount of the Premiums In add! • ta , tior i t o 1 .apt th ,, the ahoy, advantages, the Directors o h n a u v s e d etermined w !st.principle of allotting a prosect • Lee -"etween the Septennial periods of di vision, in order that all the Profits of tke go V°llcYkolders may participate equally in citt 3 ,. The % I , ~ - "InIf Table shows the amount of Bonuses added to Policies existing at the pr lt time. -................._.- existing at the present time. Total sum ? t il e) Date Increase on payable, to -0, Or g am Boniseg Poll original which future ~...... Polio Insured. added . original bonuses will be added. 21 A £ s. d. A s. d. t• .1 1 1106 610 415 10 2 62.10 per cent. 115 10 2 14, 1107 900 981 12 1 109.17 „ 1682 12 1 la s ' 6 1810 1200 1160 6 0 96.68 „ 2360 6 6 a h , ' 1811 1610 1328 II 6 43.01 „ 1928 8 6 34 2 1610 2000 1906 12 5 95 . 33 „ 3106 13 6 4N, 1620 6000 1510 17 0 71.17 ~ 81,48 17 8 5••,..5._ 11 22 1000 2641 3 6 84.7 „ 5541 3 6 11 ,2 1. ---- 48 14 , ,...._ . - .. Ta l ltusee and full particulars may b e o bt a i ne d u p on app li ca• 14,1Lh ` l a aents of tbe 'thee ice, No. O,rßegentt- in all the pincipal ostrewnet. sof the United "•“; add at tie head o S C 1144 the Especial Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. 090,- THE ROYAL i AL, -MILITARY, EAST INDIA, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURUNCE SOCIETY, 13, Waterloo. place, London. t k , nei DIKECTOILS. O 4 •I' Ot,p . %. air Fre derie Smith, K. 11., Captain Sir George Back, R.N.. F it eri. eh ~,man F.R.S. ' l . Shaclwell Clerks, K. 11., M a j or -G en . T ay l or. C . 8., E . I . C . S . 4s • .4 I, „,-thlrti' --ePut y - Chairman Maj.-Gen. Edward Wynyard,C.R. 4 ,,, ki t — „ t he ltighti lion. Sir G. Msjer-Gen. Arnold, K.U., K.C. •iortt'rll. G.c.jg, 0,(1 , 41 e . n. Sir J. Cockburn, Dart., R.11.G. -‘(' iiir Tho Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late 4 ..c.ti . nuis Bradford, G.C.B. R. II .G. I'l44 :i`n .1, Capt. William LaneeY, R.E. • -r r. Rona, G.C.M.G., William Chard. Esq., Navy ti James Nugent Daniell, Esq. k G eneral Agent. lis64,.Sir John Gardiner, Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. t - ene al g sfajer-Gen. Sir John Rolt, K.C.B. Cat r --1 r Hew D. Ross, Major F. S. Sotheby, C.B. ~.R.A. I.leut.-Col. Alderson, R.Y. 4ern,,,,il„"titas—Messrs. Courts and Ca., 69, Strand. St,"--"Johilt Finlalson, Esq., the Government Calculator. ki ItAxt t lk, ion, ,„ -, CES are granted upon the Lives of Per - 1 , , flartieui.„•TerY station of Life, and for every part of the World, t0,,5,0b,, ."rIY favourable terms. )iik.2 r,,,•,,ssured in this Office may change from ens country to t n,0,h2 ',flout forfeiting their Poll I 4 . "I t t l i„ 4 W t. :: 4 1 ° ,., U nti b g to thirty per c c e ent. on the actual value of the 17•, held 144 t h e Year 182rtionod to the assured at the First Septennial 44. ' : i• JOSEPII C..IIItETTELL, Secretary. , . OW4 r . .._BEAUTIFUL TEETH. l e. ..4 A. N I)S1 ODON T O, or PEARL t h,„"lirr .. b 4, b e i t pow, DENTIFRICE. th 44 h 4redie 4t 4-l ER compounded of the choicest and most re • th e sion,,,,, ~s of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar- Arti,,, •ll leli od - ' s Lae teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to 4 1 11 _ li t , " highl„Urftee- Its anti -septic and anti-scorbutic properties ~,,,, q,4reirr„,rof,eneticial ant salutary influence: they arrest the tri'elit.,, aidd b y 4 es.Y of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of h p stie teo,„, ~flrruing their adhesion to the Teeth, perPetuate ~Ato,s t li id iii,Thare'ee,',• Mastication ; the breath also, from the salu ttt,l, 2.r oh 4 t h i d frogra"hnege.eualities of the Odonto, attains a grateful 1,,11.1t11,, 4 0f i1re,, r ,"7 ., ra of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its efil.- ~,',' te r. _"11,14 21,1';,g_tind embellishing the TEETH, far earpasees any -1;:! ... tair,',7•e yet offered to the public, and has, in cense .tlsti2Vllaotii " selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, i f 4 4lj, r s il ,, t 1:tiro; ef.Great Britain;and the Sovereigns and Nobility i. A re h.)1',....,i,0e.,•---, .rce 2s. sd. per. box. • lb, - ,' It(N,•,ve d ir Protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Com kie,lia,:x t , eeted the Proprietors' Mira& and address thus, ' t ,,. ' -4 neot rit it ,?',.. s a SON, 20, Batton-garden," to be engraved on hit ito"P. which is alibied on each box. . ~,,r e it , h evin g th WLAD'S ALSANA EXTRACT. 4.eroil nsto,l,l.l'°•thaehe, Gum Boils, and Swelled Face, aid Th. Lit t it !klin g .., Y using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish tibt 4 , lo. rt ' ,. te h, t i;;;: 4 it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfe•:.tly in 'lnezt u •,.. Price 2, 5d., - . 4s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. each bottle. NI , "'qui). o the " OlOnto," is affixed on each / the ?roprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. AN, r , A. 4,,,,ltAtvito 1 44 it It I A G E. ,h , t i tt:, tt y i th ern m u "' "'end are desolately single, and the other e so t4ll 4, ht •tetelPed. ~, etiestioaahly contented. Diffidence, or a !t t Osp h tlut i 4 'qr. Th"""•• the former, and miscalculated hopes ern ie Oleg 1: 'd ,,0r1:1, 8° ,, 11t4 r3' one may shield himself under the plea t r I °titbu" " rud ence, and the indissoluble, regret un- Isco4elet ,oflin t . are tha nth lies deeiter. Physical incapacity, th i , t• it bh t . . I , h the great hindrances to domestic happiness , • tloj cb blt ) ,, Nit andi,e,4wrY should not be the only 4 44 t et; t t ~ -,,eedesastat that health should form Ali itm marriage 5et ..146:.,,ut,,t0r,:l t•oresZirtclignifles the alliance. Blighte hopes , er -•citl, to o e.Y thee poverty r misfortune. Reader, If 0Y 11144 , 11 4 st, ' , C) bl Stilt\l ° lll 4, a P li recnr i e - Dr o . 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They are not merely ~,0 • kne o tr • es I,l.4lbbith kntity a library volume, nor are they the 0 ''ld be ' the ~ Oreit h ” of the hour, but the st udy of the author's ~• th e lone „ - ` 41 .111 1 -'' e ilst , h o sub, .btt..., she , enea. health, and position to this ob- Is , ' )l too r i . „_Y l o ck o te 4_ ould i nculcate —to do unto others as he i f , orim p . 4 .l, N t : 1 tbe ;tier natere's laws—and to keep always 44) 11 11, ' Cali r4 Olt C y. " The above works may be lead of e nGr e -.4 et...re, h, ‘ th tLI 447 t .,W ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, -- ..ob iN , an t . th er ~ 'vest Strand •or direct (by post or ether- 'Pl ' *-v"l ngsl 'lrit° MAY be 1 ;tally -. In. Arg. ,,,.. p. conferred Ath pers. .! 111 xii lees Regeot-street ; and all Chg I,l , str t ,. Is ell' by 2 6 Y es 1 , ell' Al ' 1 4, Anit ortical by .di ti. If, . 0 . `II4IIAL„._ Colonrod Engraving. on Steel. 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By R. and t. t, 1 24 : . i, 8,,,, 1 o.4lthor, -44c1:erbs-street, Oxford-street, London. or2:4ler t.Ytterki't4•ter, 150 c, Y ntrange, 21, Paternoster-row : I, %, 4 . ota !sauna 04 G..... kford-street ; Stade, 23, Tit•hborne teor4tr t / q the mats 146, Leadenha ll -street. le 4 I . 4.. trei tt a r ated b y s III Y and Physiology ef the re-productive I t ho, th . th oir , 0 1 th e ~h • ,-s and Engravings. ;11114 Webkh'lttnentable sequences resulting from excessive lade ty:h.. 4 kl , ,r t 4 4 et , ,.. nen... effects on the systena prodacing mental I, tri bl :4 . l. t r ._ )tithro„, L?„'.4zeitelnent, and generative incapacity. .141 Nkty:rrt isuidth....dalpsei unea!ory Engraving& ' r ii4.,a,:4lkt. c.„,44rY form . __r!stilting from Infection, either in t,7e o 4_ er g .0•0. _sona c entalas explicit directions for l stl l. 1 ; 4 Cil onr learl Y 1:01rt"te s of early neglect and of the abuse , ek . oo , • tr,,, t eti Eb,r4 et out. This section is illustrated ' 4 '4 0;„ 0 4 . : t Z h r iek: tZ .. . this:, Plire4vgelntion of Disease by a simple ap -1'.:4 „ 1 4 t4 e ; It 4 , u ti g t t of in Is obviated. Its action 4 411 e,, t t viiry ?at e ,. ,rialh tile virus chemically, and destroys hie ~!. ',. II 1r V, 2.lPOrtitut part of the Work should I hove ett' ,ea ter to t u h' st erilig into life Iblite(,ksebi,,t unpyodou consideration of marriage, and its 4tt4;!ve:is.t. st 4 erl "leally en_ union are also considered, and t0z4,,,d,, r2,4n(t:ezZdresblyiiitttt'um,iseep.liclicuitlil‘yeiinquiredloinetdo. 1;,,,,,...erb ° pt. ', P iit-tr;iehlntrat ed Zete hn in treat- Potence, atc.Y, employed 335. per IsPtki:l.-411;11;1-,Tit4.,h•I a b b!: ( - 1 in relaivlrilii4itencctelen,aLcaonutdia- sr secondary p i hl y m l i t p i c . I f tj zh edy l c / P • elfle '" et trees rY 11 kiIA 4 ‘4l l / 41 ik ti, prh Pi., 2 .. j(i . . I. and 235. per bottle. 4 kik yl % t 4 ,""r• i • 'l ' 4 .lM/et ot "". gd., and Ils. par box, a 1, to t he b onka tatio , rlctares. and chronic innamma -444 ..44414taant..they.„ta‘ Z hi f it ee i • . 1 : , t h y oi le ly tt , er ,y l W I. well ') 1 . Packets 1 tfl M. Att wry. j ur Ztly at 19 Ranieri -street, the fee, , 1 ---‘‘ ' °4114"711 Crift AU•Tell to One REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just pnbllsh•d, and may be had in French •r English, in a Sealed Envelope, fa. 03d„ •r post-free, from the Author, for forty-tw• Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise ►0 en the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and tke Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Touth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate :he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating tke Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the iteproductive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. EY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUIRE, 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 fultlment of several conditions, in order that ft may bo really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when ased in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused .the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any ether to which It is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the ♦natomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, aid of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of mere Importance than the preservation of the health and et the physical capabilities if which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether aoquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but errenesusly entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of disease,. sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva 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 profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical helours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for 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-rew; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet• street ; tiordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted OR these disorders personally Or by letter, daily, front Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight at his residence. 57. Itedf-4-emiare London N0.17,363.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, MAY 20, 1848. [PRICE SD. ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B. A requisition h av i ng b een presented to the mayor, Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., to call a meeting of the in habitants, in order to prepare a congratulatory address to the above distinguished soldier upon his return to England, after a very glorious career in India, the mayor appointed Saturday morning last, at the Guild hall, Portsmouth, for the purpose. The Mayor having taken the chair, WILLIAM GRANT, Esq., proposed, and Trtomas RoLPH, Esq., seconded, that a congratulatory address be presented to Sir Charles Napier on his return. Mr. H. DEACON proposed and Mr. DuDLXY seconded, that the following gentlemen forty a committee to carry out the object of the meeting, and prepare the address: — Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., th e R ev . J. P. McGhie, William Grant, Esq., Thomas Rolph, Esq., Major Travers, and Dr. Stewart. A vote of thanks having been passed upon the Mayor for his conduct in the chair, the meeeting se parated. Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock was the time de cided on by Sir Charles to receive the address, he having landed a t f our o ' clock that morning at t h e Watch-house, n ear t h e Q uebec Hotel from the Express steamer, having l e ft H avre on Monday evening. He breakfasted at the Lieutenant-Governor's, and was ac companied by Lady N ap i er. At a quarter to twelve o 'clock he entered the Guildh a ll, accompanied by Lor d Frede rick Fitzclarence, and a b r illi ant and numerous sta ffi He was received with mu c h enthusiasm and loud and long continued cheering, the very excellent band of the 17 th Regiment, playing Hand e r s " See th e C on quering Hero comes." The MAYOR having been previously called •to the chair, the cheering having subsided, he rose and said— Sir, I have the high honour of welcoming you to Ports mouth, and there cannot be a more fitting port at which a warrior can touch on his return to England, after a series of splendid services than this. I feel it a very pleasing task, and I know it to be particularly pleasing to the inhabitants generally, thus to offer their tribute of admiration for your character as a warrior and a man. I feel, indeed, that I am quite incompetent to do justice to the ga ll an t d ee d s of Sir Charles Nap i er, an d s h a ll there fore merely r ea d th e a dd ress unan i mous ly agree d t o at a meeting of the inhabitants on Saturday last. Mr. Owen then read the following excellent address with great feeling and effect:— "TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B. "The inhabitants are delighted to have this first op portunity afforded them of offering their warmest congra tulations to you on your arrival is this country, after a career of military glory and civil fame which has equally redounded to your honour as it has advanced the in terest and reputation of the empire. Selected by your Sovereign for a most arduons duty at a most eventful time, you have fully justified the wisdom of the choice, and by a combination of humanity, courage, justice, and skill in the important services intrusted to your care, sustained the character of the country, and won the ad miration of your countrymen. "From the period, when associated with that glorious soldier whose brilliant exploits at the victory of Corunna will ever awaken in the minds of Englishmen feelings of the deepest emotion, love, and wonder, to the splendid achievement at Meanee, you have displayed a military prowess, and exercised a civil polity that has added to the renown of that army whose matchless valour is re corded in every page of British history. "To our freedom from those struggles and convul sions which are now agitating and afflicting ether countries, we are mainly indebted to the discipline and patriotism of our soldiers, sustained by the loyalty and gratitude of the people ; enabling us to contemplate with satisfaction the commanding attitude of this king dom, its solid opulence, its strengthening institutions, its increasing liberality, its accessions of knowledge, its un altered thoughtfulness of character, its unabated love of freedom,—and gazing upon this beautiful tahric, with its little blemishes and thousand excellences, and to pro claim to other countries that its army, its navy, and its people prize these blessings, and are determined with God's help to preserve them inviolate and unimpaired. " We fervently hope, that either in continued service, or in honourable retirement, you may long enjoy health, prosperity, and happiness." Sir CHARLES said he had the honour of receiving the address privately, and upon reading it thought it would be more respectful to write than to speak in the present state of his feelings. He read the following : REPLY TO THE ADDRESS:— " Worshipful Sir,—lt is difficult for me, in this hur ried moment, at once to express the feelings of gratitude to which your address to me, on landing, has given rise; heightened as those feelings are by your beautiful alit'. sion to the death of the ever-glorious Moore ! Excuse, therefore, a brevity which arises, not from indifference, but from a redundancy of feeling, at the unexpected honour which this celebrated town has vouchsafed to an humble soldier, whose greatest merit has been a zealous endeavour to perform his duty; and who owes his success mainly to the courage and discipline of the Queen's and Company's troops. To those troops, gentlemen, I attri bute my present happiness in the honourable and flatter ing reception which Portsmouth has given to me. To those troops let it be my pride now, and at all times, to ascribe the glory which their courage won. Wherever the British soldier serves, whether abroad or at home, his pride is to maintain that glorious Constitution, which in times of danger, rallies all good subjects around the virtuous Sovereign of England, and makes her throne a marvel among the nations of the world." After reading the above, he added, " These few words are very far from expressing all that I feel at being so warmly received in this glorious town. I feel particu larly attached to Portsmouth; it was fortified by an uncle of my own. I feel intensely, but cannot express those feelings, but allow me to wish you all success, prosperity, and happiness." Was. GRANT, Esq., offered a few words in praise of Sir Charles, and bore eloquent testimony to the gal lantry of our navy and army, and the blessings of liberty and independence which their bravery had been the means of perpetuating. Major Travers very neatly proposed three British cheers for Lady Napier, which were very heartily ac corded; after which Sir Charles briefly acknowledged the honour conferred upon Lady Napier, and loft the hall amidst the acclamations of all present, the band again playing, " See the conquerin g hero comes." The room was well filled; among the company present we noticed Lady Fitzclarence, Lady Napier, and about forty other ladies, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Major Harvey, and a host of field and other officers, Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., (Mayor), G. Gillman, Esq., W. Grant, Esq., Major Travers, Dr. Rolph, the Vicar, Rev. Houseman, Hon. Capt. Byng, Dr. Stewart, Major Robb, E. hasher, Esq., C. Jac. There was a vast assemblage outside. Sir Charles looked it very good health, and appeared highly gratified with the heartiness of his reception. now they passed at a speed greater than that of the fleetest racer, and were able to command the lightning to transmit their thoughts. The Hon. Gentleman again returned thanks, and resumed his seat amidst loud ap plause. A number of complimentary and local toasts were then given, and duly responded to, after which the meeting broke up. WESTM INS Yesterday evening, TE at ß se sev en SIR DE LACY EVANS AND THE ' o 9 c ß lo ti k, S a O s C pe lE ci T al Y. of the Westminster Reform Society was held at the York Hotel, W ellington -street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the following letter addressed by Sir D. L. Evans to Mr. Huggit, the m eeting secretary of the society : " TO THE FOURTEENTH PART OF TEM WESTMINSTER RE7ORM SOCIETE. " Gentlemen,—l avail Parliam en tar day f myself of t hi s, the first non y o the week, to rep ly munication. Tk e above fractional' to your corn denomination is, I believe, about the numerical p r oportion you b ear t o t h e society wh ose name you assume, And I have thus ad dressed you, lest your indiscreet proceedings should prejudice the estimation of the great majo r i ty o f that hitherto judici ous and public spirited whom I have h a d t h e plasure offintdedin association with ably in accordanc e , s i nce the institution g m o ,self invari the society some fifteen years ago , to the present time, You have managed, by conceali ng your object from me and . fr om in my friends, to scrap e together a small meeting which to pass a resolution of censure on my pastcondu in Parliament, and of dire c ti on as to what it shouldbnet future. You are pleased to say that ' my recent course'ln in the House of Commons is deeply to be regretted. Permit me to ask you, gentlem en, h ow am I to mend ma ways, and so relieve you from thi s d eep concern, unless . you will designate a little more distinctly the conduct you object to? I have not been left in ignorance, how ever, on this point. I have been informed by several who attended the meeting and who voted against you, that the recent course' thus evasively alluded to meant, in fact, some remarks lately made by me in the House of Commons, in answer to an Hon. Member who had preceded me in the debate. Seeing, then, that the cause of your anger and disapprobation bas been so ridiculous and misplaced, I shall not take the trouble of any further reference to it. " But when you order me, in the name of the West minster Reform Society, to place myself under the political guidance of Messrs. Hume and Cobden,' you must forgive me for saying that you not only compro mise the character of that society, but exhibit in a very conspicuous degree your own folly, or that of those who have set you on. Why, it was but the other day, pre vious to the threatened Chartist procession, that I found myself at issue with the opinions of the Hon. Member for Montrose. I considered it my duty to exhort the Government to prevent that procession from passing through the streets of the city I represent, boasting of violent intentions, as the leaders of the Chartists did, and escorted, as it was expected it would be, by all the thieves of the metropolis, thus exposing the industrious inhabitants of Westminster in particular to every species of outrage, tumult, plunder, and even loss of life. In opposition to which the Honourable Member for Mon trose saw no inconvenience to be apprehended from a million of persons moving in procession through our crowded streets, and ridiculed, as I understood him, the preparations of Government, &c. And with regard to the latter Honourable Gentleman whom you name in your resolution to be one of my chiefs, I feel still more astonished at your proposi tion. He it is who has deemed it his duty publicly to asperse, to use no stronger term, the officers and men, without exception, from the highest to the lowest, of the army and navy; giving to the illustrious chief of one of these professions a peculiar and revolting measure of disparagement, in which strain he has been followed in various speeches, as in duty bound, by numerous parti sans. This may be all just—it may be quite right to warn the country against the interested motives and evil intentions of those persons who have shed their blood in their country's service, and who are now systematically held up to odium at public meetings. But as I happen to be an humble member of one of these horrid trades,' as the phrase now is, it is rather too much to direct me to take as my leader the Hon. Member who has pursued this course, and thus reduce myself to silence under any amount of contumely. As to the reforms required by the condition of the country, I considerit a gratuitous affront to be admonished on the subject, as I have always sup ported such measures, and always will do so, be they proposed by whoa they may. " With a population of nearly a 'quarter of a million, superior in other respects to every city of the empire, I have felt it of course a high honour to represent for so many years so pre-eminent a constituency as that of Westminster. But I should feel none were Ito submit to be thus dictated to, silenced or restricted in the free dom of discussion and action, even by the whole b o dy of the constitu enc y, st ill l ess by a dosen or two of misled gentlemen, as in this instance, however respectable they may be individually. In that case, I should fall at once into the degraded position of a mere delegate, instead of remaining the independent and unfettered representative of the Liberal interest and welfare of the city and the country generally, which it has been my uniform endea vour to be. Gentlemen, recommending you, when you next assume the authority of selecting Parliamentary leaders for your representatives, to reflect a little as to your right to do so, and as to the qualities requisite for useful Parliamentary leadership, " I remain your obedient servant, " DE LACY EVANS. " Bryanston-square, Saturday?' The letter, as will be seen, related to a resolution passed by the society at a meeting held on the 4th of May, and at which the numbers for the motion were 35, and against it 18. The terms of the resolution, which was proposed by Mr. Healey, were— " That the course pursued by Sir. De L. Evans is not of a character to promote the principles of the society and on which he was returned to Parliament, and this society expresses a h o p e that he will give those members who, under Messrs. H ume and Cobden, are unit e d to promote th ose measures of political and financial reform which are r e q uire d by the his ai d and support to ll present condition of the country." After the minutes of the last meeting had been read, an on n ar t m he prepdiscussionrie of froenset entering among the members ' letter on the min u t es as a record. After some opposition fro m M r . G ees i n and another gentleman, who thought th e terms of the letter too irregu presentiirregular a nd insulting to he recognized in such a way by the society, a motion that it should be so entered was agreed to. Mr. HEALEY then proceeded to open upon its merits the question which the meeting had been called to decide, by moving the following resolution : " That this society is willing to overlook the insulting tone assumed by Sir De Lacy Evans in his letter to this society, and the indecorum of publishing it in a morning journal before its transmission to this society, but feels bound to declare that, while containing mistakes, on one u ti e o n n ey in e , e l f v e e r s e t n ra ce ies t t o er t d h e is se s r o v c in ie g ty ef an th d e th stere li n b geersat l side, on several m a tt ers of fact, it assumes, on the other, d cao is np a s p otsi p ti robation." The heading to Sir De Lacy Evans' letter, and the strongest expressions used in it, were dwelt upon by Mr. Healey in detail. lie stated that the resolution adopted by the society on the 4th was passed by a meeting sum moned in the usual way, and having more than the average attendance of members. The terms of it were not intended to bo personally offensive to Sir De Lacy Evans, and he denied that the words " under Messrs. Hume and Cobden" were meant in a dictatorial or im proper sense. Mr. Healey garnisbed his speech by fre quent references 'to general politics, and by glowing eulogiums upon Mr. Cobden and the progress party. Mr. CRIBS and Mr. SHERLOCK followed in support of the resolution, which was opposed by Mr. POUNCEY in a very temperate and sensible speech. He accused the society of having set the example in wrung -doing by the insulting resolution which they had passed on Sir De Lacy's parliamentary conduct, le having at the time violated no principle adopted by the society, and of having condemned him in his absence without a hearing, and without even notice given of the attack which was to be made upon him. He warned the meeting that their want of moderation, if they adopted Mr. Healey 'a resolution, would, when it became known, destroy all the authority and influence which they exercised in the con stituency at large. Mr. COPPOCK followed up the views of the previous speaker by moving the following amendment:— " That the indiscreet letter of Sir De Lacy Evans, caused by, and in answer to, the resolution of this so ciety, can only be excused by the consideration of the great public services of Sir De Lacy Evans, which en title him to the continued confidence of this society, and which plead his apology for the warmth and indiscretion of this one communication —the only one displeasing to this society —which had taken place between them." Tile folly of disunion upon a personal question, involving matters not of principle, but of piqu e , was strongly in• sisted o n b y Mr. Coppe ck. He also pointed out the offensive character of the resolution adopted by the society on the 4th of May, and the irritating effect which such a document must have upon a man of Sir De Lacy's profession, and his high sense of independence. Mr. PROM', the founder of the society, and other gen tlemen, spoke in support of the amendment, but on taking the sense of the meeting it was negatived by a considerable majority. The following amendment was then proposed by Mr. Prout:— " That this meeting is of opinion that the resolution of the society on the 4th, in reference to Sir De Lacy Evans, was hastily adopted and highly impolitic; for, however Rauch the society may regret the speech of Sir De Lacy Evans on the estimates, or the causes which led to it, it was no part of the province of the society to animadvert th ereon, as it related to opinions on poi nts ,e of policy, a n d not to any principles adopted by th e society as to its rules of government.' This amendment was a l so rejected, a t nd the original last carried by resolution, m ove d b y Mr. Healey, was a a larg e ma j or i ty. The m ee ti ng was a very full one, and the personal the interest of the char ac t er of the discussion kept alive Proceedi ngs, which did not term i nate t i ll eleven o'clock at night. - - DINNER TO ROBERT STEPHEN- SON, ESQ., M.P. CONWAY, WEDNESDAY.—This evening the long ex expected banquet to Robert Stephenson, Esq., took place at the Castle Hotel in the ancient town of Conway. It was intended as a demonstration of public esteem, and a tribute of gratitude, for Mr. St e ph enson ' s succe ssful exertions in planning and triumph ant l y erect i ng that. master-piece of engineering skill, the tubular bridge over the river Conway. The Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., p res ided. on the occasion ; and the list of the Vice-P res id en t s included the names of many influential gentlem en . The !pavilion: in which the dinner took place was erected in the yard of the Castle Hotel, and every ar rangement had been made to secure comfort to all. Six tables were laid, two transversely and four longitu dinally ; and at each end devices in laurel were arranged with a very pleasing effect ; on either...side the Jotters R. and S. were formed in illuminated coloured lamps. At five o'clock one hundred and twenty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner. The cloth having been withdrawn, " Non nobis Domino" was snug in ,a very effective manner by a company of glee singers engaged for the occasion from Liverpool. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the even ing, said—He :could not adequately express his feel ings of admiration for the skill and talent of their guest. Through his exertions how different was their position now from what it was thirty years ago. Then the jour. ney to London occupied upwards of forty hours, and was -only performed at an expense of seven guineas. Now the train passed along at a speed which traversed the distance in seven hours. The great Telford had exercised his skill in the construction of the beautiful suspension bridge which was placed side by side withthe splendid triumph of their talented and honoured g uest. He would not further expatiate on the subject, but would simply express their feelings of gratitude, and wish health, happiness, and long life to their honoured guest, and may many opportunities occur in which hi s unrivalled energies might be employed to ameliorate the condition of his fellow-men. (The health of the Hon. Gentleman was then drunk in:a bumper, amid the loudest demonstration of respect and esteem.) Glee—" Hail, smiling morn." Mr. STZPHENSOX then rose to reply. He said, that en gineers were generally fully rewarded by the successful e id a e s 1. i d e a the i of termination of their labours. This was in itself a liberal reward - but when the warm sympathies of the neighbourhood and of those who h ad an opportunity of watching day by d ay the progress of a great experiment, were enlisted on his behalf, he then indeed felt rewarded far beyond any merits of his own, If he failed to return or adequateli: pa e i x at p nu r b e hu s el s awr his thanks for their kindness and good wishe; career. tb s ore invdegne all; he trusted that they would attribute it to anything rather than a want of gratitude. He should trust to - simple and Maw° expression of his heartfelt thanks, and assure them, in una ff ected sincerity, that the present' was one of the proudest moments of his professional s butiyearsde s when a b g y o g h l e i:, en fie conceived rssta n d broachedtxhper d ‘lisl e csh d hfoerf t m. oitelao.edi seriesrglka 1. Lit these oe nsne s t; s r ae a d s W exp e ri m ent s tah s() perfectly assistedrresult s u l t t ow testabg y teen practicable, l danrd. uFdn of distrust. He was not, however, daunted; scions that the plan of a tube made of cast-ir bu t, eon " Plate and Ten ancient crab's castle. ' Twent y -five years ago they dragged 1 4 were tong et a race of eight or teamiles s e d b i v er e e tr ) l uotp the ne o t c h wa e en e a Lt hou r ; —ispatehes were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Hong-liong and Ceylon. 4 , 111 • I 4 , . 8 r , t - 6 • fi A o ( r Ir i3 de t r l e rn d e t d o . be presented to the House o(Cemmons.— , P. 11 1 :, • % it k ° I \,.1 •OR •I! • , t r • telt • •:41144411161.1111111101%..,:,_ wir 4.;;• * * .T * + I .• • - • Ark. AP P .11001 . H C 111"111:. HER _MAJESTY'S THEATRE. With Jenny Lind all rights are equal. The long Thursdays have disapp ea r e d— w i t h a h ost o f ta l ent, she suffices alone, and the least fashionable night boasts of as great an assemblage of rank as any other of the week. Thursday night, her Majesty, LICCOM panied by theirlit4yal Highnesses Prins. Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Prince of Prussia, honoured the performances with their presence, and Mdlle. Lind exerted herself still more than her wont, and her success was, if possible, greater than in general. The scene, when recalled before the curtain, was in the highest degree amusing, from the excitement that prevailed and the variety of manners in which it was matifested On her second recall the shower of bouquets was over whelming, arid, probai4y at a loss how to curry them otr, er to express her ackrowledgment s sufficieutlaa on the third recall Mdlle. Lied did not return. A curious Neapolitan eiaracteri , tie dance was athairabiy exec uted between the acts, and Rosati and Marie "'nglietii ap peared after the opera in Fiorito. The choregraphic troupe is now complete—CArlotta Grisi is arrives. Her delnit was the subj(cr of much anticipation on Thureday but still more the debdt of the great soprano, Tadolini who appears for the first time on Saturday with Reeves, and with Schwartz, Coletti, and Lablache in the same opera—a most extraordinary cast! In the suite of her Majesty and the Prince Consort were the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Morley, Colonel Grey, and Captain Gordon. The Prince of Prussia was attended by Cnpain Boyen, and the I)uchess of Kent by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper. The general company included the Prince Galitzin, the----Prineees-Balasilosky, his Excellency the Russian, Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Ex cellency the Sardinian Minister, the Baroness de Brun now, the Baroness Rehausen, the Marquis of Donegal', the Marchioness Dowager of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Countess of Sefton, Viscount Enfield,_ Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Ossulaton, Lord Gardner, Sir I'. and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir James and Lady Stirling, Lady Smith, Sir F. Thesiger, Lady Beauclerk, Lady Vincent, Count Aymer de Courcy, M. C. Kou driaffsky, Baron Nicolai, Count de Barke, M. de Berg, General the lion. H. Cavendish, Admiral Sir Edward and the Misses Codrington, Lieutenant -Colonel and Mrs. K. Tynte, Lieutenant Meynell, Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. John Townley, Mrs. Hodgson, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, Sussex Chambers, Duke street, St. James's, May 19th, 1848. Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and would feel obliged by the inser tion in that paper of the accompanying letter which has been addressed to him by Lord Beaumont. l " 18, Curzon -street, May 18th, 1848. :pa, 1:1-ca,`tvu'ueul.rpleype, availed2d etahrt, yourselfu L g o h rd Dudley e t the e S tuar opportunityt , I affordedperceivethahtyytohue debate on Russia, to correct the statement I made with regard to the atrocities committed in Posen, and to re move the impression my observations at the Polish Association were said to have produced. My version of fdoo t i rs h beg e t,rata subject from shm%o•aats the i f n ou G. n pe d pr e mi foundedexclusively papers, the on the art i informationele being so mi n , u ,l te a i m n , th m e y ir d d e e a t r ai t ls o a r n d dsopositive in their tone, that i, p l vrei ijt believ e d vtsaci t jagged dl them e,drs i 1 however,i _t c o o be d tt a ( ic e n t o e irodr, other mi c e : ri,oi movement, om o ar u ved g ens h tsa: n strongly jtegaenedqbuteoeernri d Ge r )ms a uho w ba n : de o o s f a t i h o e n scenes then n internecine enaetin g strugglein th e D t b l e e h os y ~ e 0 n T t h h e e •han they deserveasdt. t in i o n , ' d a and, me, give giving them a worse character they eit d ay ff ilde e a r G e v n es t n i c c ui hra t, ct h e ae r md t o ehp t al h ep e rpey i d n , s i u nt r ht r eh e r c ae - t. that phrase to the disturb landlords and peasants ances in Posen, I Dudley, yours faithfully, " 13EAUMONT.” ENGLISH NS FOR AN IRISH DICTIONARY. UNITED Inrsusirrc—Native of Irel an d, who are always quar re lli ng with each other, and every CONFEDERATE S .—A political party, bent o one else. n dissolv ing all exi s ti ng ti es between Ireland and the r est of the world. MoRAL FORCE. Brickbats, fruit in an advanced stage of decomposition, blazing tar-barrels, and shille laghs. PHYSICAL FORCE.—Threatening to use pikes and rifles, and running away from them when used by others. A SAXON.—Every one who receives rent from land, follows an honest calling, keeps a civil tongue in his head, a whole coat on his back, and does not subscribe to Mr. DIITCHEL'S paper. SAXON OPPRESSION. —Paying Irish debts out of English pockets, feeding Irish famine with English sub. scriptions, and supporting Irish labour out of English wages. IRELAND'S OPPORTI 7 NITT.—MateriaIs for a row and no police " convanient." ENGLAND'S DANGER.—Not Mr. Mitchel's bluster. AN IRISH PARLIAMENT SITTING ON COLLEGE. GREEN.—A convention of Kilkenny cats. MARTYRDOM.—CircUlating 40,000 of your newspaper per week, and pocketing the profits. Lin :am—The absence of locks, gaols, writs, and policemen. FRATERNlTY.—Encouraging men to cut each others' throats. EQUALITY.—AIIowing nobody to keep anything that anybody else can take from him. IRELAND FOR TME Ititsu.—A country of quarrelling voters, unemployed labourers, and rifle clubs ; or, in other words, electoral divisions, extension, of suffering, and vote by bullet. REPEAL OF T'IE UNION.—A people without occupa tion, leaders without honesty, labour without capital, turbulence without control, rashness without foresight, and without common sense. —Punch. CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT MOTTRAM. -On Monday last a meeting of the friends of Mr. Cornwall Legh was held at the Angel Inn, Mottram; W. Side bottom, Esq., in the chair. The principal business of the meeting was the appointment of the canvassers for the district. In the course of the meeting, a placard, signed by Mr. Cheetham, was brought forward, which alluded to the compromise made with Mr. Astley's com mittee at the late election. The whole of the gentle men repudiated the transaction, declaring that the parties who made that agreement had no power or autho rity to enter into a contract to bind the electors, and they therefore did not consider themselves in the least bound by that contract. Another meeting of these gen tlemen will be held in the same house on Thursday even ing to receive the report of the canvassers.—Manchester Guardian. MURDER.—On Friday great excitement was created in Calton on account of a murder having been committed in 12, New-street, on Thursday evening, under the fol lowing circumstances :—James Gray, a man of about 45 years of age, who has for some time been employed at Townhead as a stone-breaker, went with his wife on Thursday afternoon, after his work was done, to a public house, where they partook pretty freely of liquor. On their way home they had a slight quarrel, but of no consequence, considering that they were intoxicated. They were both seen to enter their apartment, to get into which they required to pass through that of a man and his wife named Steele, who were also understood to be the worse for liquor ; and about ten minutes afterwards their only child, a boy of about twelve years of age, came running out crying that his mother had been murdered. The poor woman was found lying on the ground on her face, and as there are discoloured marks on her neck it is evident she must have met her death by strangulation. The murderer, who has hitherto been of rather industrious habits, was taken into cus tody by the Calton police ; and next morning, when he came to his senses, and was made aware of the whole of the circumstances, he exhibited deep penitence and cried like a child. The poor boy, who has been in the habit of working along with his father at stone breaking, seemed to be fully aware of the frightful na ture of the case, and for fear of being called to bear witness against his parent ran off, but was taken by the police yesterday afternoon. The case is now undergoing investigation by the sheriff.—Glasgow Citizen. RIGHT OF VOTING ET 'FREEMEN AND LIVERYMEN OF LoNDOE.—It is important to the right understanding of this question to observe that very erroneous opinions are entertained by many as to the effect of the Reform Act on the ancient rights and privileges of freemen, e n d being also liverymen of London. Thos e be righ ts fore the pass ingprivileges remain precisely as they were actual place of residence of the voter t the election of e th w at ith th in e of the said Act, with this e xceptio m n u o a n t ly t; seven miles of Guildhall. In as retar d t he Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, the corporate officers, suc Chamberlain, Brid ge-mas ter, to vote i a n nd th w e such as &c., freemen of London, t mannerbei n g a l a s s o the distance that anyreference whatever as to . th ey may from London. All children born after the ad missionreside ss ofpp apprentices e t s a father into have into tbliseenfrereedgoumlarolyf bthueutcldit,ya,nads bleivfoerrje.mtheen'a passingreenioitfletdhe h ave duly served their time, acq u i re on taking up their o re p y w it h e t d h o e i m r f a r n e d e d l e i v in e r y a n t d h e a e e m r e rights . h view of obtaining votes for Members of Parliament for the city of London should be careful to do so before the last day ofJuly,in order to be placed on the register in July of the succeeding year, otherwis e a f urther delay of twelve months must take place b e f ore they would be qualified to vote. HULL, Titußs DA.y. A preliminary meeting of liberal electors was held here last night, to promote the movement in favour of retrenchment and reform. Many Chartists were there, and several of the most moderate politicians belonging to the middle classes. Ou the mo tion of Mr. J. Foster, Belgian Consul, a resolution was passed, setting forth the desirability of such a move ment as has been set oa foot; and then came another resolution, approving of household suffrage and the three other points propounded by the Manchester Com mittee. The Chartists entered into the discussion with much good humour, and seemed to be far from united on the question. Ultimately, the moderate party pre vailed, and the resolution was agreed to. An associa tion was then established, to be called the Hull Reform League, to co-operate with similar bodies in other towns. The Committee were also requested to consider the propriety of convening a formal public meeting to strengthen the hands of Messrs. Cobden, Hume, and others friendly to electoral reform. THE SURVEY OP TIIE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday a corporal and two carpenters belonging to the Sappers and Miners, assisted by six labourers, were busily en gaged in fixing up the first portion of the scaffold on which is to be built the shed on the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral, from which the survey of the metropolis and surrounding country is to be made. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon in Buckingham Palace. The Very Rey. Dr. Graham had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Chester. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. The Dean of Hereford was in attendance. Her Majesty gave audience to Sir George Grey. The Earl of Morton was the Lord in Waiting. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-martial. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. Her Royal Highness also visited the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Earl of Morton, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, and Captain the lion. A. Gordon ' inspected the Collection of Pictures by British Masters, which has been presented to the nation by Mr. Vernon, at his residence in Pall-mall, where her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received by Mr. Vernon Heath and Mr. Eastlake. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince were graciously pleased to express their admiration of deputation on these fine specimens of British art. of the Earl of Aberdeen A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign -office. Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Minto, Sir ;George Grey, Vis count Palmerston Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the the Aberdeen Rathi Hume, m.pMr. LHon e . ra S vn ir d A c le o x lo ain e d l, e a r y the Marquis the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Matheson, 11 . 1. P other Ministers of M.P., Captain E;alr attended. The Council sat two lion. Captain Gor D d c Aaniniinvte.rsvimewithw, hours. .1- an d , Mr. li a .i I A Al A l.. deputation ut a Elise,ti l‘ f i rm etehn Richmondß vestry consisting r. iFordyce, M.P. Mr. Traill, M.P., Mr, Duff, M.P., Mr. with the Commis- M och, sinners of Woods and Forests wend Fraser, yesterday. Chancellor of the Exchequer of Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. The Chairman of the Exerseestirday. on Thursday, with the Chancello r ofadan interview, The Lords Committee of the thePr Exchequer. Trade and Foreign Plantations had avly:neCo9ncil for terday. There were present Earl G e.tmg yes- Campbell, Earl Grey, Sir J. Stephen '''• , and Sir E. Ryan. ihtahCdiai,ahnineripicnalrde, Viscount Morpeth, and THE QUEEN'S STATE BALL. The Queen gave a state ball, the first this season, yesterday evening, in Buckingham Palace, which was very numerously attended; the invitations including the royal family and foreign princes in. England, the whole of the diplomatic corps and foreigners of dis tinction at present in town, the ministers and officers of state, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal house hold, and upwards of one thousand of the nobility and gentry. Half-past nine o'clock was the hour named for the company to assemble, but before that time the distinguished guests began to arrive ; the foreign ministers, privy councillors, and the Queen's aides de-camp, alighting at the garden entrance, and the general company at the entrance to the Palace in Pimlico. The members of the royal family were ushered on their arrival into the royal closet, where the Queen and Prince Albert received their illustri ous visitors, and the general company were conducted up the grand staircase to the picture gallery, each end of which was tastefully filled with rare and beautiful shrubs and plants. The recesses in the staircases were also tastefully grouped with plants in flower. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the grand staircase, commanded by Sir W. Bellairs, the Exon in Waiting. The officers of the corps present were Sir. G. P. Lee, the lieutenant, and Capt. Sadler, the Exon. The Prince of Prus,ia arrived at half-past nine o'clock, attended by Count Goltz and Baron Boyen. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady A. Bruce, Baroness de 'Speth, Sir G. Couper, and Lord J. Murray. The Count of Syracuse was attended by his Ex cellency Prince Castelcicala, the Chevalier Colona, and M. Canofari. The Duke and Duchess Bernhard of Saxe Weimar were accompanied by Prince Edward and the Prin cesses Anne and Amelia of Saxe Weimar, and were attended by M. Hergt. The Duchess of Cambridge was accompanied by Prince Frederick William of Hesse, and was attended by Lady A. Cadogan and Mr. E. Mildmay. The Duke George of Mecklenburg Strelitz was also present. Soon after ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Al bert, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, and attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, and the principal officers of the household, entered the saloon from the white drawing-room, followed by the royal guests. Her Majesty wore a very chaste and elegant cos tume ;the dress:was of white crape, trimmed with white roses and pearls, over a white silk slip. The Queen also wore a wreath of white roses. The august party passed through the saloon, and entered the ball-room, followed by the general company. The Lord Cham berlain conducted her Alajesty to a seat in an alcove, lined with white silk embroidered with gold, with draperies of amber-coloured satin, and ornamented with a variety of the choicest and rarest exotics. The seats for her Majesty and her royal visitors within the alcove were elevated above the rest of the apart ment. The ball was then opened, the first dance being a quadrille, " Ilaydee" (Musard), which was performed by the quadrille band, led by Mr. Henry Barnard. Quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas followed. Dancing having commenced in the ball-room, the numerous assembly shortly afterwards formed into sets for quadrilles, in the Throne-room, where a second quadrille band, conducted by Mr. Charles Coote, was in attendance. Quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas followed in succession. The following were danced :—Quadrilles—Attila Henriett e , F ountain, Pomeroy (Coot e ), Cavendish' (Tinney). Waltzes— Oberon, Rachel (Tinney), Emmeline (D'Albe r t) , Concordia (St rauss ) , R omelie (Fessy), Matilda (Coote). Polkas ----Evelyn, Belfast (Tinney), Co quette (D'Alb er t), Cl ara (Coote). Galop. Both the ball-rooms and the entire suite of state saloons were brilliantly illuminated. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. y, a special THE HEALTH O P TOWNS BILL.--Yesterd a court was held, i n consequence of a re,consider qui t ti numerously signed, t o t h e Lord Mayor " t o on, most how far th e P u bli c H ealth Bill, House of Comm ons b ow brought into th e y her M najesty's Government, is likely to interfere with the right of self-government in herent in all local representative bodies, and to take such steps therein as may be deemed expedient." After the transaction of some routine business, Mr. Blake intro duced the following resolutions by a long speech:— " That although the City of London, and the metro politan boroughs generally, are exempted from the operation of the Bill introduced into the House of Commons by her Majesty's Government, intituled, ' A Bill for Promoting the Public Health," yet this Court considers itself called upon to express its opinion upon a measure so deeply affecting the well-being of a large portion of thei rJellovv-subjects, being satisfied also that in vindicating and supporting the rights of other local representative bodies it best consults the maintenance and integrity of its own. " That this Court desires to express its deep and un feigned regret that her Majesty's Ministers, professing generally their attachment to liberal opinions, should have introduced into Parliament a Bill which virtually deprives the people of their just share in the administra tion of m a tt ers pure l y l ocal, placing the same in_ the hands of C ommiss i oners, to b e appointed by and re sponsible only to the Crown. " That the provi s i ons o f t h e Bill in and irresponsible which irresponsible place an uncon t ro ll e d, un li m i te d, Com missioners, are, in the opinion . o 't of the constitution ; power of taxation in the hands o f f thsiuschceCurrotw, nunwise impolitic, and contrary Legislature, and if unhappily they sh tu ou th ld e of the people , and tend foundation of the liberties attachment of all impair and to loosen the ,sysenacidtionsaopf thethe see passed into a materially to .. That this Court would ri and efficient measure classes to the most valuable e i . n n s in t e itu to tions of the country. law a well-advised, comprehensive , desire to see car h r e ie a d out, vm t for improving the adminiarteramtiotnimofesatneitatriymae,ffsauiresth aitV promotingce orscienee shall point out and hi this Court the health, happiness, P dictatert s a o m c i e" a il l tt w hs well-being all classes of the community; and it is of opinion that these most desirable objects would be dearly purchased at the expense of any sacri fice of the liberties of the people; and this Court depends upon the wisdom of Parliament to devise such amend ments in the measure now before the House of Com• mono as shall provide f or sanitary improvement by means consistent with the preservation of the existing rights of municipal, parochial, and other local represen tative bodies." Mr. Wire seconded the resolutions, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence and Mr. R. Taylor (who regarded Lord Mor peth's Bill as nothing less than " an exhibition of gross folly and quackery '') having addressed the Council, the resolutions were then put and carried unanimously, was amidst cheers, tad a petiti on f ounded upon theta , T HE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. _ . _ A variety of heautiflll Specimen, of Art-Manufactures are depo sited in the Galleries of the spacious New Theatre. Great improve ments have been erected In the Exhibition of the Dissolving Yews, Chromatrope. and Microscope. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. BachhotTner ea Chemistry and Experimental Philosophy. The Deposited Works are described by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving-bell. The Music is conducted by Dr. Wallis. Ope■ daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (iacluting Saturday) from Seven till Ilalf-past Ten. Admission, ls.—Schools, half-price. THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN EUROPE. TIIE CHINESE JUNK, E Y I N G, K manned by a Chinese crow. Visitors received by a Menderha of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity, habited in full Chinese Court Costume. Grand Saloon gorgeously furnished in the most ap proved style of the Celestial Empire. Splendid Chinese Jess or Idol, &c., kc. The KEYING is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, from Ten to Six, in the East India Docks, adjoining the Brunswick Pier and Railway Terminus, Blackwell. Admission at the gate of entrance, 2s, ; Children, Half-price. Junk Tickets, price 2s. 6d., including faro and admission, are is sued at all the Stations of the Ilackwall and Eastern Counties Rail ways. Conveyance also by Steam-boat from all the Piers between Weetmiaster-bridge and Woolwich. Catalogues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence. This Day. price Is., AN APPEAL to PARLIAMENT from an OR DER of the COMMISSIONERS •f RAILWAYS, with lie foreaco to the GAUGE of the TAW VALLEY LINE By the Directors of that Railway. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. This Day, price Is., AN APPEAL on BEHALF of the FARMERS aid MINERS of DEVON and CORNWALL, against the LAST DECISION of an EX-COMMISSIONER of RAILWAYS. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ITHE KALOS GEUSIS SAUCE. "Reform Club, Pall-mall, Dec. 21, 1147. " Gentlemen,--I beg to acksowleage the receipt of your Sauce, which I must say is far superior in strength and flavour, than any which haws been submitted to me. " I am, Gentlemen, most respectfully yours, "A. SOTER. " To Messrs. Wm. Clayton and Co., 72, Watling-street." This unrivalled adjunct to the dinner table or Cuisine is almost the only Sauce aged in this. regions of Carries and Condiments, the East and West Indies. Its wholesome and stimulating ■tomashie proper ties reader it an indispensable luxury. To bo had of all respectable houses in Great Britain and the Co lonies; and wholesale only, at 72, Watling-street, City. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwar led by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observattoa, for 2s. 6d., in poitage &tulips, illustrated with no. merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLLNE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay en those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits. indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to tho sufferer in Touth, Manhood, and Old Age ; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Meats! De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the fall period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with nurseroas Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs la health and disease ; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeon!, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and nought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their poutions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour V tempta tion, and to the aglicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle " ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these paint ul diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense dr enlation."—Era. " ' Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth anti old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the reatmest of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate aid the designing."— Meted Service Gazette. The Parent, who beheld' kis beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of carefUl investigation of its real cans., has been sot down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, tabus, due., the sole and exclusive origin h as been the indulgence In certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.S. Hours of consultation from Eleven all Two, aid Six to Eight in the Evening. NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending May 14 Aberdeen ...• .. • • Amiens and Boulogne . •••• •• •• •• •• •• Arbroath and Forfar .....•• •• •• •• •• Chester and 8irkenhead............. Caledonian...... Chester and Holyhead. •• .. • • .... • • .. Cockerinouth and Workington.... • • • • Dublin and Dr0gheda............. .. Dublin and Kingstown •• •• • • •• • • •• •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen...... East ..... Edlabargh and Glasgow . •• • ........ Edinbnrgh and N0rthern............ Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire Eastern Union.. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coaibrldge..; Glasgow, Kilmarnock, anil Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greeneck•........ Great Southern and Western .. Great Western, ..... Kendal and Windermere......... Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Lancaster and Carlisle...... Leeds and Tkir5k............. Londonderry and tnniskillen ........ London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11...... „ „ London and Brighton ...... ..... London and South Western • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham. — Midland Great Western (Irish) Newinarket••• •• • •• •• •. •• •• •• .• •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle.. North British .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris and Rouen . •• .......... Rouen and liana .. • • • • •• •• • • •• •• •• Scottish Central • • • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester .......... South Eastern and Bra nckes •• ...... South Devon•• •• •• .. . •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Taff Vale •• •• • ...... • •• •• •• •••• •• •• Mator ...... •••••••••••• •• • • •• • "• initehaven Junction ...... Last week. 1,276 629 3,820 119 767 521 3,411 1,254 15,012 1,006 1,120 2,144 1,092 2,449 21,502 166 9,720 1,864 151 41,9116 I,IOG 9,3155 9,254 2,215 509 20,378 1,!43 2,682 - 566 697 2,017 3,727 1,373 3,591 12,612 721 1,106 2,472 1,125 1,551 19,621 5,946 1,123 177 43,129 1,131 7,413 7,9G9 1,927 616 1,688 1,554 1,762 $5, 111 CS7 20,107 2,386 1,780 1,686 7,846 2,473 468 7,631 613 1,481 SO Wishan ant/ Coltneeis . •• • • • • • • • • York and Newcastle . ...... • • York sad North Midland. •• • • • • • • • • 11,136 8,369 9,345 6,271 DEFINITI ON OF A PATNT .—At the Ux bridge Petty Sessions, on Monday last, a complaint was d preferred by Thomas Whi te against Ro b ert M'Clilan , o ne of the The corn metropolitan polic e - cons t a bl es , f or an town, w assault. plainant, wh o h a d b een ostler at an inn in the carrying a bundle, when he met the constab le , le, who eyed him with susp i c i on, upon which the c omplainant became rather al arme d , and took to his heels. The pol iceman, thinking all was not right, ran after him, and took him into custody, supposing the contents of the bundle to have been stolen. This so terrified the poor fellow that ke fell down in a At. The matter being taken up warm ly by Mr. John B a il ey, one of the Society of Friends,ne came forward and acted as counsel to the complainant. Mr. Bailey described the conduct of the policeman as a pugnacioun supererogation of duty," and asked Hannah White, a witness, whether the police-constable did not, whilst the complainant was in a fit, stand over him (the complainant, in a state of apathy?—Hannah White: " Yes, he did." Mr. Bailey----" I suppose thou knowest what I mean by apathy"—Hannah White: "Yes I do." Mr. Bailey—" Well; what is it?"—Hannah White— " Cold water, to be sure!" The case after a long inyes gatiou was diamissed,—Buchs Herald. NATAL INTELLIGENCE SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The St. Vincent, 120, Cap tain Dacres, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., and the Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Mar tin, arrived at Spithead this morning from Cork, Sir Charles, having shifted his flag from blue to white since he sailed from this port, saluted Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief, on arrival, which was duly re turned by the Victory flag-ship. Sir Charles sailed from Cork on Wednesday morning. On the evening prior Captain Dacres and the officers of his ship gave an entertainment to the Commander-in- Chief on the Irish station (Rear-Admiral the Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay), and the nobility and gentry re sident in and around Cork, numbering upwards of three hundred guests. Sir Charles Napier opened the ball with Mrs. Dacres (the wife of his flag captain) in a country dance, amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. The festivities were kept up till a late hour. This fete was pronounced the most brilliant ever given at Cork on board ship, and left a most favourable impression be hind. The Netley tender arrived from Plymouth this morn ing with men for the ships fitting here, and sailed again this afternoon for that port. Commissioned in Port—The Victory, Illustrious, Vic toria and Albert, Excellent, Howe, Bellerophon, Has tings, Blenheim, Portsmouth, and Fanny yachts; the Seaflower, Rolla, and Mercury tenders; the Scourge, Merlin, Medusa, Fire Queen, Fury, Echo, and Light ning steamers. At Spithead—The St. Vincent, Prince Regent, and Powerful. In Dock—The Ajax, Pembroke, Cormorant, Orestes, Jackal!, and Fire Queen. In the Basin—The Arrogant, Malabar, and Growler. CHATHAM, MAY 19.—The Latona, 42 gun-frigate, has been brought up to the dockyard, and is now along side the sheer hulk, to be fitted to serve as an exercising ship for the practice of the great gun exercise by the artillery belonging to the dockyard battalion. The Venus, 42 gun-frigate, is selected by the Admi ralty for the Marine Society's ship in the river Thames, in the room of the Iphigenia, which has been employed in that service for some years at Deptford. WooLwics, MAY 19.—The Encounter steam-vessel, designed by Mr. Fincham, Master Shipwright at Ports mouth Dockyard, and built at Pembroke, but when brought round to the river considerably altered and lengthened at Deptford, to render her better adapted for a screw propeller, went down the river to-day on a pre liminary experimental trial, under the charge of Lieu tenant Robertson, to ascertain the working capabilities of her engines of 360 horse power, made and patented by the Messrs. Penn, in the horizontal trunk principle, which is so simple as to dispense with the whole of the beams required in other engines, and admits of the whole being placed several feet under the water line, and the upper part of the boilers being about five feet under the lower or berth deck, while the engines are as easily managed, although of 360 horse power, as the engines of any of the small beats running above the bridges on the river Thames. The trial being only a preliminary one, very few visitors were expected, but the anxiety to witness the first working of these new engines caused the attendance of Captain Ellice, Controller of Steam Machinery, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer at the Admiralty, Captain Halstead, Captain Glasse, Captain Slade, Capt. Nolloth, Captain Douglas, Captain Drake, Captain Smythe, and Lieutenant Derriman, of the Royal Navy, and Mr. Smith, inventor of the screw propellor, Professor Garrey, and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, to be present on the occasion. The Encounter. on leaving Messrs. Penn's establishment at Deptford, proceeded down the river at a moderate speed, the tide running up strong, and the wind blowing a fresh breeze, which ren dered the navigation of so large a vessel difficult in the crowded parts of the river. On approaching the measured mile in Long-reach the full speed was put on, and she accomplished the measured mile in 6 minutes and 43 seconds, being at the rate of 8.953 knots per hour, the screw making 78.1 revolutions per minute. On returning over the mile distance it was accomplished in 4 minutes and 53 seconds, or at the rate of 12.287 knots per hour, and on going down the mile again in seven minutes 55 seconds, or 7,579 knots per hour, giving a mean on the whole of the trials of 10.271 knots, or 11.832 statute miles, per hour, and worked throughout to the entire satisfaction of all on board, and they universally expressed their approbation of the simplicity of the engines, the ease with which they were worked, and the small space they occupied in the vessel. The engines are a great improvement on the engines hitherto applied to screw propellers, as they are made on the direct action principle, and do not require leather straps or cog-wheels to give the screw propeller a rapid motion. The highest pressure used to-day was 61b. to a square inch, and that was sufficient to produce 80 revolutions of the screw propeller in some instances, although it is 13 feet in diameter with a pitch of 17 feet. The engines have a stroke of two feet three inches, and are fitted with double-acting horizontal air-pumps, and the whole of the parts were so admirably adjusted that there did not appear the slightest heating even when at their greatest velocity. She had 330 tons of ballast and 14 tons of coals on board at starting, and after the trial returned to Deptford, and will shortly be tried APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, MIT 19.—Edward Foster, Naval Cadet, to the Victory ; Edward Wilberforce, ifaval Cadet, to the Howe ; Thomas Reeves, Clerk, to the Powerful ; John Harris, Acting Boatswain, to the Agincourt ; t W. Tyson, Acting Boatswain, to the Agincourt ; W. B. De Blaquiere, Lieutenant, to the Ganges ; John Moresby, Midshipman, to the Odin; T. M. S. Riddell, Navel Cadet, to the Amphitrite; Joseph Buckle, Gunner, to the Mer lin ; George Farrin, Gunner, to the Medusa ; Daniel Harding, Ist Class Inspector, to Chatham Dockyard ; Richard Dunn, Ist Class Inspector, to Chatham Dock yard ; John 11. Ferguson, Midshipman, to the Ocean ; Euston E. G. Gray, Clerk in Charge, to the Merlin. COURT-MARTIAL. CHATHAM, MAY 18.—This morning Colonel Thomas Weare, K.H., President, with fourteen other officers, forming a general court-martial, assembled at this garri son for the trial of Private Henry Brycent, No. 565, of the 12th Royal Regiment of Lancers, on two charges. Ist. For having at Hampton Court, on the 2d May, 1848, struck and made use of insubordinate language towards Troop Sergeant Major Robert Knight, 12th Royal Lancers, his superior officer, then and there being in the execution of his duty. 2d. For having, at the settle time and place, seized a pistol and threatened to kill or injure the said Troop Sergeant Major Robert Knight, his superior officer; to which charges the pri soner pleaded not guilty. Captain J. S. Wood, the major of brigade of this garrison, officiated as deputy j udge- advocate. Six witnesses were examined at some length ; their evidence went to show that about half-past nine, P.M., of the 2d of May, Sergeant-Major Knight entered the bar rack-room at Hampton-court barracks, in which was the prisoner, and finding a female there, the sergeant major ordered her out, when the prisoner, with an inso lent tone, directed Sergeant-major Knight to leave the room and take the candle away. The sergeant-major refusing to do so, the prisOner came up to him and struck him a blow in the mouth, and knocked the candle out of his hand; with that the sergeant-major went out of the room and shut the barrack-room door, and placed the orderly sergeant there to prevent the prisoner coming out; and the sergeant-major went for the sergeant of the guard to take the prisoner to the guard-room. Dur ing the absence of the sergeant-major the prisoner seized a pistol from the pistol rack, and declared ho would shoot the sergeant-major, for he might as well do it now as at any other time, as he knew his doom would be transportation to Van Diemen's Land. The pistol was taken from him by the sergeant of the guard, which upon examination was found not to be loaded. The prisoner, in his defence, denied hitting the ser geant-major, or insulting him; that he simply took the pistol from the rack in order to take the ramrod out to open the door. Cornet and Acting-Adjutant A. Wellesley Williams, of the 12th Lancers, produced extracts from the Regi mental Court. martial Book, signed by Colonel E. Pole, which showed that the prisoner was tried on the 15th April by court-martial at Glasgow, and sentenced to forty days' hard labour, and on the 2d of August the prisoner was again tried by a district court-martial at Leeds, for being drank when on duty, convicted and sentenced to 56 days' hard labour. The prisoner has been in the regiment nine years and nine months. His general character formerly was bad. Within the last three years and a half it has been good. His age is 30 years and 7 months. The Court found the prisoner guilty, but the sentence must be confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief before it Can be publicly known. The prisoner was removed to the garrison guard -house to await the issue of his trial. CHATHAM, MAT 19.—Wm. Weller, a labourer in this dockyard, hung himself yesterday afternoon in a timber shed in the yard. The deceased had been missing the greater part of the afternoon, and a search was made for him without success. A few hours afterwards two of his workmates had occasion to enter a shed, when they discovered him hanging to a beam. They instantly cut him down, but life had been extinct for some hours. He had been observed to be ♦ery melancholy for some days past. The deceased has left a wife and one child ; he resided at Rochester. An inquest has been held on the body by J. Hinde, Esq., when a verdict was returned that the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. - - REPEAL OP THE NAVIGATION LAWS. —MOTE MENT AT LINEEPOOL.--LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY AFTER NOON.—Late yesterday a memorial to the Government, in reference to the proposed repeal of the Navigation laws, placed upon the tabl e s of the E xc h ange . U p toth was placed the signatures amount to nearly 400, including many of the leading merchants of the town. The adverse feeling to the Government measure amongst the merchants here appears to be all but unanimous ; but as the adjustment of the Navigation•laws seems to be a national and not a local question, care ought to be observed in receiving the opinions of the Liverpool com mercial community. The Mayor is disposed to agree with the requisitionsits, and it is understood that he will calla public meeting on the aubjEct to be held on Mon day or Tuesday next. il rt:-..p. t,!... Q be U. 5 RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of: Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year :