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r rtir t•s , ' • ' , -: ,\.- i UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI C4ILATTON SOCIETY. OFFIC.:, 2, ROI AL. 7.:X1i.' , ..CG.F-Li'iLl).l_7•:f ;s, COT,N-1111.` TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAT, Esq., Chairman. Wallop Brabazon, Esq. Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P. Charles Dudeney, Esq. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Charles George Fairfield, Esq. Edmond S. Symes, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Colonel C.C.Kemeys Tynte,lll.P. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. MEDICAL BOARD—E. S. Symes, Esq. ;R. F. Power, Esq. .BANSEB.S—Union Bank of London; National Bank of Ireland. SOLICITORS—WiIIiam Tatham, Esq., London ; Messrs. D. Mahony, and Co., Dublin. SHIPPING kGENT—James Irvine, Liverpool. SECRETARY —Dudley Byrne, Esq. PLAN OF SETTLEMENT. The United States and Canadian Emigration Society, under a Deed of Trust with the owner, has acquired 153,400 acres of Land in Hopkins county, Eastern Texas, latitude 33 deg. north, longitude 95 deg. 96 min., of which district the county-town is named Tarrant. It is proposed, in conformity to the plan of the Association, and after reserving not exceeding one-fourth, to divide this Tract into 1,910 lots, of 80 acres each, and to locate thereon 1,910 families. With a view to an equitable distribution of the soil, each allotment to consist of about two-thirds Prole or lightly-timbered Park-like pasture-land, not requiring to be cleared for immediate cultivation, and one-third of contiguously situated timbered land, on the streams and head-waters of the Sabine and Sulphur fork of Red Rivers, which flow through this Tract. Each purchaser of one lot to be also entitled to a Town-lot of one fourth of an acre in extent, the site of which is marked on the survey deposited in the Office of the Association. The allotments are so arranged as to be as nearly as possible of equal value, so that priority of choice will become unnecessary. The;purchaser will have his location assigned to him in the follow ing manner. viz.:— The Tract is divided into mile-square sections, designated by numbers. The Society reserves not to exceed one-fourth. Each section is divided into lots, numbered from one to eight, subdivided for assort ment in such a manner that as each purchaser will know, on his arrival on the spot, the exact location that he has purchased, no mis understanding can arise ; the Surveyor of the Association will have the absolute power to decide on all questions of boundary. On a day hereafter to be named, and of which due notice will be given before the sailing of the Emigrant, a drawing of allotments will take place. The names of purchasers will be put into one box, and the numbers of the lots in another : these numbers will correspond with two numbers on the survey, representing two-thirds, and one•tkird as before mentioned, and these numbers when so drawn will constitute his purchase. [lt is the intention of the Society to deviate from the proposed mode of allotment in favour of the first 200 Emigrant families, to whom will be given a priority of choice in those surrounding the town site.] A Certificate of Title in accordance with the numbers drawn will be delivered to the Emigrant, by which the Association binds itself to give him possession of the lot drawn on his arrival in Texas. The sum paid by the purchaser of each lot will include, First.—A free passage from the port of embarkation to the place of settlement, with rations during the water passage and land join , ney, from New Orleans to the town of Tarrant. Secondly.—Six months' provisions from the time of his arrival there. Thirdly.—Two bullocks, one cow, and calf, and two pigs. Fourthly.—lmplements of husbandry and seeds, viz.: a plough and gears, a log chain and ox-yoke, a set of harrow-teeth, ten lbs. nails, a hammer, an axe, a spade, a hoe, a grabbing•hoe, a saw, two augurs, two chisels, a Jackplane, a scythe, a rake, and a pitchfork, with seeds for the first year's planting. Fifthly.—A log-house, eighteen met square ny ten feet in height, in the erection of which the Emigrant will have to assist. A detailed Statement and Schedule of the articles and necessaries provided by the Society, for the use of the Emigrant, will be deli vered to him with the Certificate of Title, on the payment of the snm specified, in fulfilment of his contract with the Society. Thus the payment .of such sum as, according to the following estimate, will suit the circumstances of each, will entitle the indi vidual or family, as the case may be, to the necesssary articles of subsistence, stock, and materials, for effecting their settlement on the eighty acres of land, of which they have required the Fee-simple and obtained possession. Emigrants may secure a larger allotment at the cost of five shillings per acre. 1. A man without a family • • • • ..• £6l 8 9 • • 73 8 9 2. roan and his wife .. • • • • • • 3. A man, his wife, and one child under twelve years 79 8 9 4. 1 man, his wife, and o ne g rown son • - .. 86 18 9 5. A man, his wife, and one g rown daughter • • .. 85 8 9 6. A mast, his wife, one son , and one dau g hter • • 98 18 9 7. A man, his Ns*fe, one son, one daughter, and one child 104 18 9 To suit the convenience of a family composed of a greater or less number of children or adults, there can be added to the above scale of prices for Each adult male additional • • .. £l3 10 0 Each adult female, ditto .. 12 0 0 And each child under twelve years, ditto 6 0 8 Each male adult, in addition to the head of a family, will be fur nished u:th the following implements, viz.: —An axe, a spade, a hoe, a grubbing hoe, a scythe, a rake, and a pitchfork. N.B. The emigrant will find his own outfit of bed, bedding, cloth ing, utensils, and stores for the passage; the ship finding three quarts of water, and one pound of bread-stuffs, per day, with ten pounds of pork, for the voyage to each passenger ; or in case the Emigrant may desire it, the Company will furnish what additional stores may be required for the passage on moderate terms. Cabin and intermediate passage can be secured for a limited num ber in each vessel, at an additional cost of from 21, for intermediate ; 121. for cabin pass nger. Ships will be ready to sail from Liverpool and Cork in the ensuing month with the first Emigrants, to secure a passage in which an` early application must be made. Applications to join the first two hundred families will be entered according to the date of their receipt, and such applicants will re ceive immediate notice of being included in the list. These may be addressed to the Office in London ; to D. Mahony and Co., solicitors, 2, Kildare-street, Dublin; or James Irvine, Esq., 6, Cook-street, Liverpool; or any of the Agents of the Society. METttOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLAICE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer 11. Walpole, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-woos-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park •place. Thomas Littleiale, Esq., Liverpool. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em braces : Assurances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowmeats of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or to their re nresentatives in case of death before that age. Premiums may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or 'pea the half-premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely new' principle. RAir.svA, ,00T-llf•,2t0111 All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Grcident eat Britain and Ireland, assur ed in the event of loss of life by ac whilst a* travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life. EXAMPLE. --A person may by one sing le payment of Si. assure to his family or ethers the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CA . MROUX, Maaager. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq: Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. StewartMarjoribanks, Esq. Thonsson Hankey,jun., Esti. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Joha Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Am: lira—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at low Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company on the sum has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium retheceCom ived ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus all by pany exceeded 530,000/. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under COI. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas Sat 18 u 47, anth e same same is now in course of p a y ment daily (Friday and andd , between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady day must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Socie ties' Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. IW.G. Pr esc e ott, Esq. schild, M.P. Th oms on liankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. d Roth TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years participate in Profits, either by an addition to the Policy, reduction of Premium, or a Cash Bonus. All p arties assuring during the pre sent year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which v, ill take place in 1852. Rights to nominate any party to receive the amount of a Life Policy, free of legacy and probate duty, or any other expense. No entrance fee. The Eighth Annual Report, and detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be had on application at the office. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 0, Moorgate-street, March, 1849. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Princes-street, Bank, London. Capital, One Million. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Lice Assurance in their fullest extent to Polley holders, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usually offered to the public. The ample subscribed Capital, together with the large an con tinually increasing fund, accumulated from the Premiums on upwards of 7,000 Policies, affords complete security to the assured ; while the magnitude of the CoMpany's transactions has enabled the Directors to offer unusual advantages to Policy holders, as will be seen by re ference to the prospe ctus, and to the varied and extensive tables which have been computed with great care and labour, expressly for the use of this Institutiou. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PIIYSICAL DISQITALICATIONS, GENERATIVIi LNCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. N e w Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 25. 6d., or by nest, direct from the Establishment, 35. 6d. In postage stamps, EIE SILENT FRIEND, a Me dical Work on T the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox- By R. and f o rd-street, London. Pu blished b y the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Patern o ster-row ; 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Playmarket ; and Gordon, 14g, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive 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 generative ncapacity. 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. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PAST V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TICE CORDIAL BALM or STRIACIIN is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous anel sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ils. and 335. per bottle. Thou oncentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for pifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I ls. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and I is. per box. a certain remedy for gonorrhoea , gleet, st ricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, id. A minute retail of tke case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 61. Packets, th advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, tram lae von till Twe. and Five to Eight ; on Sundae from Eleven to One. • K .4 ' l • ,etkl i t:„ A N0.17,631.] LONDON, THURSDAY EV -1 : 4 NING S Ny MARCH 29, 1849. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 31A.p.exi 28, 1849. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and :gentlemen, The Election of Six Directors of the East India Company being appointed for WEDNESDAY, tl.e 1 lth April next, the favour •f your vote and interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:— Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. William Joseph Eastwick. Esq. Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P. Lieut.-Colonel William Henry Sykes. John ClarmontlN niteman, Esq. Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S. wh'ch will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, J. Masterman W. B. Bayley W. L. Melville J. Cau'feild C. Mills John Cotton J. Petty Muspf att Russell Ellice J. Oliphant A. Galloway W. H. C. Plowden Richard Jenkins H. Shank • John Loch John Shepherd J. L. Lushington M. T. Smith George Lyall P. Warden E. Macnaghten W. Wigram Ross D. Mangles. Henry Alexander Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a Letter of At torney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Dimwit 28, 1849. To the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. - Ladies and Gentlemen, Having the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company as Candidates for the Direction, to be chosen this year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your vote on the day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the 11th April next. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble Servants, Robert Campbell. Wm. J. Eastwick. J. W. Hogg. W. H. Sykes. John C. Whiteman. Henry Willock. Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a Letter of At torney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCH 28, 1849. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until further notice, be ls. 10d. the Company's Rupee ; and for Bills on Bombay, ls. IC% d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. VELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, opposite Adam-street, and Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices, Banking Houses, also Visitors to the Theatres, will find an excellent Table d'Hote at flalf-past Five precisely—Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms and Good Beds. Wine and Spirits of the first quality. Superior Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. Proprietors, JOHN' ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. ORIENTAL HOTEL, VERE-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE. R. BISHOP respectfully informs the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, that the GRAND ROOM of this Hotel 's NOW OPEN as a spacious ,alle A manger an premier, and for banquets on a large scale. In addit on to the usual hotel accommodation, this • stablishment offers the advantages of private dining and supper rooms, with ilia most superb and best ventilated smoking coffee-room in London. The wines, spirits, and cig :re are of the highest character. The English, Kench, and Indian cookery elicits the unqualified approbation of all who patronise this recherche and economical establishment. 'I I IIE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with il lustrations, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every Evening at Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Illustrations en As tronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.— Lectures •n the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by meals of the Steam Jet.—A View in the Gold District of California is added to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including -aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR THE practical men are bred. A "hall porter" can be found anywhere, a footman growing out of his good proportions will do, and relieve some Lord of the Admiralty from providing for him otherwise. Ac cordingly, there are at Whitehall a " hall porter," at 160/. (just double the salary of the second writer and calculator); five other porters, four at 150/. each for the " board-room," and one at 100/. for the " First Lord's office;" eight at 84/. each; and three at 721. each; a head messenger, at 2501.; a housekeeper, at 100/ ; and to " cover wages of female servants," 1501.; three extra messengers, one waterman, three labourers, one gardener, and " messengers' " allowances, 575/. ; clothing to Admiralty bargemen, 251. 14s. ; and allow ances, instead of clothing, 281. Os. 7d. At Somerset House there are messengers, one at 2001., one at 150/., six at 100/., nineteen at 80/., one more than last year, one bargemaster at 80/, twelve messengers at 70/. each, two housekeepers at 100/, "compensation for loss of allowance to one of them," 701.; two model lers to the surveyors of the navy, 250/. Bs.; clerk of works, carpenter, &c., 266/. Is.; eleven messengers, two watermen, labourers, " messengers' allowances," &c., 1,412/. 4d. "Extra allowance to messengers for attend ing on Sundays," and two police officers, 244/. Ns. Clothing for porter and assistant porter, 29/. 18s; house keeper's servants, 503/. 18s. Housekeeper's dis bursemental—Allowances to clerks sent on duty to the posts, for attendance at night, and other small payments, 3,000/. General repairs and alterations of the offices and public buildings at Whitehall! and Somerset-house (an annual charge), packing cases for models, &c., 5,00G1., in 1848, 6,5001. Fuel, lighting, travelling charges, carriage of, parcels, &c., 4,000/. Rent, rates, and taxes, 2,000/ Advertisements, Post-office lists, &c., 4,500/. Fees and expenses of the Marshal of the Admiralty Court, 2,0001., (in addition to his 2,600/. already noticed). And there) is for postage 10,000/, This last item leads us to seek an explanation of tiio ! use of the many messengers of the Admiralty, and' from the evidence it is ascertained that though the sum of 10,000/. is set down for postage, most of the letters, if not all, in London passing between one de partment and another on naval business, are carried by messengers, though there is an hourly, delivery by post. The foregoing are the principal items of expense. Few persons out of the Admiralty-office will admit the ne cessity of an increase of charge upon the public, which the new estimates make, when there was so much room for reductions in salaries paid for so little work done A USTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, A.D. 1824. OFFICE, V 12 , v KING'S - ARMS-YARD, MOOIIGATE-STREET, LONDON. J. S. BROWNRIGG, Esq., Governor, Ashford, Chertsey, Surrey. A. W. BLANE, Esq. Deputy-Governor, Salt-hill, Berks. The Australian Agricultural Company, after having for the last 20 years confined its operations to cultivating and grazing estates (comprising 1,000,000 acres), which were selected with great care in New South Wales, has determined in offering for sale or lease all that portion containing 500,000 acres situated near the excellent harbour of Port Stephne (100 miles from Sydney, and its 50,000 inhabitants). This estate is bounded by the river Manning, intersected by other streams, and provided with roads and bridges, which have been con structed by the Company at a cost of many thousand pounds. Also churches and schools. A resident clergyman, schoolmaster, and surgeon are paid by the Company, for the benefit of their servants. Farms and Vineyards, which have been long in cultivation, with excellent homesteads attached, will be offered for Sale at Twenty Years' purchase on the estimated annual value. The uncultivated land will be sold in lots of 50 acres and upwards, at 11. per acre ; each 501. paid in England entitling the purchaser to a choice, and a free passage, in one of the Company's ship', to Port Stephen. Each lot will include a right of pasturage for stock on adjoining land at a low poll tax. The company are willing to lease land for ten years. with a right of purchase of £1 per acre during that term. They are also able to offer cattle, horses, and fine weaned sheep, of the purest breeds, on advantageous terms. Cuttings, plants, and seeds, may be obtained from the Company's gardens, orchards, and vineyards. Purchasers, immediately on landing at Port Stephen, will be re ceived by the agents of the Company—forwarded to the agricultural district, about 20 miles—and allowed to occupy buildings belonging to the Company at a trifling rent for a reasonable period. Further information may be obtained on application to the secre tary, George Engstrom, Esq., 12, King's Arms-yard, London. L A W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church. March 22, 1849. Notice is heresy given, that the Books for Transferring Shares In this Society will be CLOSED on THURSDAY, the 29th instant, and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 12th day of April next. The Dividends for the year 1848 will be Payable on FRIDAY, the 13tk day of April next, or on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWSES, Actuary. OFFICE OF THE GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 29th March, 1849. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, than an AUDI TORSHIP in this Company has become vacant by the Election of JONAH SMITH WELLS, Esq., as a Director. Notice 'l4 hereby a'so given, that a Special General Court of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at th's OfliC3 on Mom:4Y, the 23d day of APRIL next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the Election of an Auditor to supply the said vacancy, and should a ballot be required it will continue open fOr four hours from its com mencement. Notice is hereby further given, that, by the Bth Bye-law of the Company, it is ordained and apponted that every Candidate for becoming an Auditor shall give notice thereof in writing to the Secretary ( f the Company at least 14 days before election. By Order of the Court of Directors, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. nripyleArlaniCak. an at Twelve o'Clsck precisely, and AR TIST S' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, For the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans. Instituted 1814. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1842, under the immediate prebection of her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN. PATRON—His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. VICE PATRONS. His Grace the Duke of Buc- Right Hon. Earl of Dartmouth clench Right Hon. Earl de Grey His Grace the Duke of Devon- Right Hon. Earl of Ellesmere shire Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst His Grace the Duke of Slither- Sir John Swinburne, Bart. land William J. Denison, Esq., M.P. Most Noble the Marquis of Lans- Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P. downe Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. Right Hon. Earl of Shrews- Robert Vernon, Esq. bury PRESIDENT—Sir MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, The Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers are respectfulcelebra ly te infor d me in d that the Thirty-fourth Anniversary Festival will be Freemason's Hall, on SATURDAY, the 31st instant. The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMINSTER in the Chair. STEWARDS. Samuel Angell, Esq. T. W. Angell, Esq. Henry Sandford Bicknell, Esq. W. Bowness, Esq. G. R. Burnett, Esq. James Coles, jun., Esq. Charles Couzens, Esq. George Cutllffe, Esq. John Dillon, Esq. Chester Earles, Esq. Augustus Egg, Esq., A.R.A. E. Gambart, Esq. Dinner on Table Tickets, 1/. Is. each, to be had of Esq., Tlonorary Secretary, 60, Pal. eretary, 45, Great Coram-street, It WILLIAM JOH R. Hannah, Esq. Frederick Ifold, Esq. Joshua H. Mann, Esq. George Powell, Esq. J. B. Pyne, Esq. David Roberta, Esq., ILA. Henry Roberts, Esq. A. U. Thiselton, Esq. J. Evan Thomas, Esq., F S.A. Robert Thorburn, Esq., A.B.A. H. Wallis, Esq. E. M. Ward, Esq., A.R.A. at Six precisely. f the Stewards ; of William Nicol, ; and of the Assistant Se- Cussell-square. ROPER, Assistant Secretary. ART -UNION of LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List will CLOSE on SATURDAY next, the 31st instant. Each Prizebolder, at the Annual Distribution, will be entitled to select FOR HIMSELF a Work of Art, as heretofore. Every Subscriber will receive for each Guinea an impression of a Line Engraving, by P. Lightfoot, after W. E. Frost, A.R.A. —" SABRINA," a proof of which may now be seen at the office, and in addition to this, an Engraving, after a design in bas relief„ of " Christ entering Jerusalem," for which the Premium of 1001. has been awarded to Mr. J. Hancock. GEORGE GODWIN, 1 Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, Secretaries. 444, West Strand, March, 1849. L ONDON to BOULOGNE DIRECT, from LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF. The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam -ship EME RALD or CITY of BOULOGNE : Sunday, April.. 1, at 6, Morning. Sunday, Api 8, at 11, Morning. Sunday, Apel . • 15, at 4, Morning. Sunday, April.. 22, at 10, Morning. Sunday, April— 29, at 5, Morning. And every Sunday, according to tide. Saloon, 128.—Fore Cabin, Bs. For particulars of freight and merchandize, apply to !Jr. James Whlsson, 5, Arthur-street East; and Chaplin's Universal Office, Re gent-circus. TIIE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, etiSze.,te, re are hi g hly grateful to the stomach , pr omote digestion, create app "eve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those of full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heavi ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. This medicine° bas for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society ; and in confirmation of its e cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prouffit, with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author : " To Mr. Preut, 229, Strand, He London. avitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. "Sia,—l feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsoli cited testimony to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill of Health,' which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior ge neral medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having re course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi cines before the public of equal value as a friend in need ;' certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recommendation; and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, * et,e Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. and 2s. 9d per box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas front, 229, Strand, London," on the Go vernment Stamp. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE AL -GO TH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. Seventeenth Edition. Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, 25. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. C ONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed*Cause or the premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration ; the physiology, use, and abuse of the passions ' • a nd advice to those suffering from_ intlul gence in a secret vice, or from infection. By CHARLES LUCAS and Co., Surgeons, 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, Of whom the work may be had, and sold by Brittain, 54, Paternos ter-row ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gerd )u, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Ward, 67, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; and all Booksellers. The authors continue to be consulted daily on all diseases of the generative system, compriPing syphilis, gonorrhoea, secondary symp toms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence and execs , . Their successful treatment being based upon upwards of thirty years' practical experience, is a guarantee for their promp titude and skill to those who are suffering from any of these coin pla nts, and in most cases one personal interview only is required to affect a sound and permanent cure. At home from ten till two, and from five till eight. Immediate replies sent to all letters, if containing the fee of IL for advice, &c. 69, NEWMAN-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. PUBLICATIONS. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, No. CCCCII., for APRIL. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. I. Macaulay's History of England.—ll. Physical Geography.— 111. The Caxtons. Part 12.—1 V. Ancient Practice of Painting. — V. Tennyson's Poems.—Vl. Aristocratic Annals.—Vll. Tho Life of the Sea. By B. Simmons.—Vlll. London Cries. By B. Simmons. —IX. Claudia and Pudens.—X. Sir Astley Cooper. Part 1. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinbo,rh And London. THE LATE PETER BURROWES, ESQ. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY 'MA.GAZINE for APRIL, 1849. CONTENTS Nineveh.— Sympathies. By Speranza.—The Sacking of Seville. — Oar Portrait Gallery. —No. Lll.—Peter Burrowes, Esq. With an Etching.—My First Legacy.—Ceylon and the Cingalese.—The " Times," Lord Brougham, and the Irish Law Courts.—The Sea men of the Cyclades ; a Tale of Modern Greece. Conclusion.—Sir Robert Peel on Contlscation.—Northern India.—The Tuscan Revoj lution. _ Dublin: James M'Cllashan, 21, D'Olier-street. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 147, Strand, London. Sold by all Booksellers. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THIEF, Edited by JOHN SAUNDERS, and the HISTORY OF SMITHFIELD, by THOMAS GASPEY. —See the APasa Part of the " PEOPLE'S and HOWITT'S JOURNAL," price 8 d., which Is also Embellished with Seven Engravings by MBASOM, GILKS, &c., and contains Papers by eminent Writers. It will be found to be, in quality and quantity, the cheapest Periodical of the day. London : Willoughby and Co. Dublin : J. M'Glashan. Edin burgh Oliver and Boyd. Glasgow: Love. Birmingham : Guest. And all Booksellers. In a few days, THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY ; with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Science, By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. Fourth Edition ; corrected, improved, and enlarged. A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. L By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- street. This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures •f material from the costly wools of Syria ; the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. rpHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- The local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are— Mr. John Hollingsworth, New-street, Birmingban;; Messrs. Mog ford and laitwiss, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. C. and S. Smith, Cross-street. Manchester; Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. George Davison, Norfolk-street, Sheffield ; Mr. W. S. Bevin, Ches ter ; Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight; Mr. John John son, Ashton-under-Lyne ; Mr. Whitmore, Stockport ; Mr. Thomas Hvbback, Berwick-on-Tweed ; Mr. Ralph Wilson, Gray-street, New castle-on-Tyne ; Mr. William White, Edinburgh ; and Mr. John Whitty, 8, College-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland. street. DARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene. Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them. Price, for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are GEL per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for them, can be had at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. REVOLUTION IN LIGHT-GOOD NEWS. What Lights are these? Visions of by-gone times, but now realities—The Diamond Lamp is perfect—lts equal is unknown. The Diamond Light for India is tranquil amid the draught of the Punkah—The Vertical Lamp is shadowless and simple to perfection —The Pearl Candle Lamp is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps— All who desire the best of Lights can obtain them only here—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, and the Reflecting Gas Burners are be yond comparison the most brilliant of Gas Lights. The Metropolitan Nigte MI; Jai; ' are - c - onstantlY bunting at the Company's Establishment, RICHARD CLARK, Resi dent Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. N.B. Guard all from buying the Carcel Lamps, they are leaky aid useless. PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. ►, 3 The thousands •f individuals -who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tens to destroy , the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London-•bridge ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. A A 1+ E. One half the wend are desolately single, and the other ,opposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a -once of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em -Ater the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un f.o:nprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness cod social content. The dorw. - y should not be the only marriage set lement. Honour and justice demand tkat health sheuldform an item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or , eglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if lies° SUZIV;9OI concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little VIEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy mieinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but idr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom trey are offered as antagonistic to the ernpyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ci,;etlier, aro a disgrace -to the age. Furthermore, twe other ittlo publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) celled " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely ximphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblJngs of the hour, but the study of the anther's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob zervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done mite—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always an the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 14Y, 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-plaee Regent-street; sad all Pt ank sellers. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was in a depressed state, with scarcely any business doing. The only variation in prices was Great Western, Quarters, 314 die. LIVERPOOL, Mas.cu 28. STOCE EXCIIANGE.—WO have had but a poor business in' shares to-day ; the market opened Ileayily, and lower prices were taken. Towards the clone, however, there appeared a more cheerful feeling. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and B,), Fifths, 13s. 9d. dis.— London and North-Western, 132—Ditto, Fifths, 6% p. —Ditto, Quarters, New, 4 1 ,(—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10/. Preference, 18%—Midland Stock, 77—Ditto, New Halves, 914 dis. Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 131. 1.3 Shares, p.— South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 7—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension (Nos. 1 and 2), 3% dis.—Ditte (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, 1 dis. MANCHESTER, Msacn 28. ST•cE EXCHANGE.—The sales are—West Riding Union, 4 11-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% dis.—Lincoln Union, 2 15-16 dis.— Leeds, Fifths, 3% dis.—Wharfdale, 3s.—Dover (No. 4), 7 1-16— Grimsby, Quarters, 73i, n. d. BIRMINGHAM, IdArtcu 28. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales arc—North Staffordshire, 3/. ss. 8d dis.—Skrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 31. 16s. 3d.—South Staffo:d. shire, 3/. ss. Bd. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Marten 27. STocx Excitaxor.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to day has been as follows :—Sheffield and Lincoln, New 101. Fre ference,;loU —Newcastle and earns's, 10134—Ditto, Scrip, 10234 — North British, 1434—Ditto, Preference, 3 p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwick), 2434. [ADVERTISEMENT.} —Cure of a Disordered Stomach , Weakness, and General Debility, by Holloway's Pills.— Mr. M'Kenzie, of Stornoway, a retired officer, who had spent many years in warm climates, was afflicted with a disordered stomach, indigestion, and the:liver complaint, which completely debilitated his system. In his endea vours to renovate his constitution, he visited the various watering places, and obtained the advice of almost every European physician of celebrity without experiencing relief. Under these circumstances Holloway's Pills were recommended to him, and to the astonishment of all who had witnessed his previous sufferings he is re stored to the most buoyant health, by going through a regular course of this inestimable medicine.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG FEMALES.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the friends and supporters of the above institution was held at the offices, in New Broad-street, City. The report stated that during the past year thirty houses of an improper description had been wholly closed, in addition to 221 by the society's agency in London, during the last twelve years. During the last twelve months there had been received into the Asylum at Tottenham, 88 females, the eldest not exceeding fifteen years; of whom 12 were restored to friends, nine sent to service, and one dis- missed for bad conduct, leaving 66 on the foundation, making a total of near 500 who have been received. The asylum will contain 100, but the committee are compelled to refuse admission is consequence of the present low state of their finances. ENSUING YEAR. We continue our extracts from the tracts put forth by the Financial Reform Association of Liverpool. One of the improvements in the navy estimates for the year beginning Ist April, 1849, and ending 31st March, 1850, which will be at once conceded as an improvement, is that which removes the direct and immediate interest of the officers of the Royal Marines serving on shore in the quantity of drink consumed by their men. Ma rines, like other soldiers, spend money and time in bar rack canteens, if not permitted to go elsewhere, and, if much restricted to barracks, are more frequently in the canteen than they would be in any public-house else where if allowed liberty to walk out. The visits of civilians, who treat the . soldiers or marines to liquor in barracks, the more readily if the latter be much re stricted from going out; the earnings of women who are wives, and become cooks, washerwomen, or laun dresses, all has added to the profit if the barrack can teens, and the officers'ynk i gsvtliPoVhas been spread at greater or less cost to thejatiggrZir who dined at it as the profit and rent of tfi r gginteens ebbed or flowed. To have a barrack tap-room that yields profit and high rent was their immediate interest. This is wisely abolished. But what is the consequence to the public? That political sleight-of-hand, which has usually substituted a greater for a lesser burden on the public purse, when effecting, or professing to effect, a reform, has done the same in this instance. At Woolwich the officers of the marines obtained from their canteen in aid of their mess 1101. in 1848. This is now to be paid into the Exchequer, and they are to ob tain by vote of Parliament 1541. At Chatham the canteen rent in aid of their mess was 1191. in 1848.' This is to be paid into the Exchequer, and they are to have a vote of 1541. instead. At Pertsmouth the canteen rent in aid of their moss was 2031 in 1848, whieh is row to be paid into the Ex. chequeroand p 551. is to . be voted instead. At Plymouth the canteen rent was 1191. in 1848. This is to be paid into the Exchequer, and 150/. is to be voted instead. The number of marines voted for the year ending 31st March, 1849, was 5,500 to serve afloat and 8,000 to servo on shore. The number is to be, for the year beginning Ist April, 1849, and ending 31st March, 1850, 6,000 to serve afloat and 6,000 to serve on shore. This gives a reduction on the whole of 1,500, and on those who spend their time and money in the canteens on shore a reduction of 2,000. Thus, in a year when prices are low, and messing should be cheap, when the marines on shore are to be reduced one-fourth, the grant in aid of the officers' mess table is augmented more than one -fourth. The only known reason for this improvident arrangement is, that the officers of the army having grants of money voted to them "in aid of regimental messes," the officers of the marines are to be put upon an equal footing. But there is a more serious financial question involved in the reduction of the naval forces, as proposed in the new estimates, than that of officers' mess. With the 1,500 marines, there is to be a redaction of 1,500 sea men. This measure of relief adds to the in cubus of the half-pay list. The proposed reduction of men in the army leaves the regimental officer untouched; each regiment, with fewer men, will still retain its officers, and, to some extent, this is so with the different battalions of marines; but, in the case of paying oft' ships in commission, and not commission ing others, the men, who aro most likely to fall back upon poor rates, or whose own resources are the most slender, are left to provide for themselves ; while their officers, originally selected because they were gentlemen born, whose families had wealth or interest sufficient to secure their selection, are not to be left to provide for themselves, or to be provided for by their families, who would, at least, keep them off the poor rates, the officers are to be provided for by the public on the half-pay list. Here is the effect: Year 1848-49—" Half-pay to the officers of the Navy and Royal Marines," 729.740/. ; year 1849.50—" Half-pay to the efficers of the Navy and Royal Marines," 732,2521.: increase of half-pay for the ensuing year, 2,5121. The increase is small, but the principle it illustrates is vicious. In like manner, there is to be an increase of " civil pensions and allowances" in the navy estimates. These stand thus:—Year 1848-49, 155,0441.; year 1849-50, 161,3571; increase, 6,3131. We shall prubably dis cover, during the ensuing year, that this addition to " civil pensions and allowances " in the naval department has been caused by the following operation:—To effect an apparent reduction of the navy estimates (besides that shown in the dis charge of 3,000 seamen and marines of the lowest rank, and in the discharge of workmen of the lowest rank in dockyards) the superintendence of the contract packet service is to be removed from the Admiralty to the Post office, which makes a reduction of 611,6624 Were this all the operation, it would simply be a transfer of taxation to that amount from one department of government to the e,e__, -c the burden, which an uneasy iieoe.. struggles under, from one shoulder to the other. But it is more. It was recommended last year by official per sons, examined by the Committee on Navy Estimates, that a " naval officer of high rank " should be attached to the Post office, in the event of the packet service being removed from the Admiralty. This will be a new officer in the Post-office. All his subordinates will be new officers and clerks. The necessity for enlarging the building in St. Martin's-le-Grand, already too small, will become more urgent when a " naval officer of high rank," his retinue of officers and clerks, are introduced there. The Post office will be enlarged, the new naval department will draw their salaries, in addition to all salaries pre viously paid in the Post-office, and the officers and clerks in the Admiralty, who have hitherto been cn • gaged in the packet department, will retire on the " Civil Pensions and Allowances," which we have just seen are to be increased in the ensuing year. This is another specimen of political sleight-of-hand. The convict service is also to be removed from the Navy, and charged to some other department. The changes effect an apparent reduction of 53,9501. in the Navy Estimates. It is also a hitching of the burden on the shoulders of the uneasy nation. The most barefaced of the changes in the New Navy Estimates is an addition to the expenses of the Admiralty office:—Year 1848-49, 1 36,303/.; year 1849.50, 138,214/.; increase, 1,9111. And this increase is demanded, although there is to be less work to du; convict service removed elsewhere, packet service removed elsewhere, and fewer working sailors, mari nes, and d oc k yar d artificers to be employed and paid. Under this head there is a new item attached to the office of surveyor of the navy, " Allowance for the sur render of his house, required for public purposes, 3001," which suggests an inquiry. The allowance of sums for house-rent, varying from one-sixth to one-third of the salary, is attached to many of the chief offices in the Admiralty department, in London, at the dockyards, and abroad. The surveyor's salary is the handsome sum of 1,000/. He could hire a house more than equal to his dignity for 1001. iu some of the squares in London. Why, then, is he paid 300/. for house rent? Probably, thee his salary may be 1,300/. per annum, while his in come-tax shall only be paid on 1,000/. If this be not the design, it is the practical result. The Storekeeper-General has also an allowance of 3001. for house-rent. The "Comptroller of Steam Machinery and the Packet Service " has 700/. of salary, and 2501. for house-rent. The " Chief Engineer and Inspector of Steam Ma • chinery" has 7001., and 2001. for house-rent. A charge for " house-rent," and another for the "rent of a stable" to the Admiral at Malta, is a curious proof of the Ad miral's performance of his duty on board his flag-ship. The ship, according to the traditions of the sea , s h o uld be at once house, horse, and stable. The office of o Chief Assistant and Draughtsman to the Surveyor," which had a salary of 6501. a year, is abolished; and " two Assistant Surveyors" at 800/. each, are appointed instead. The other additions to the ex pense of the Admiralty aro occasioned by increase of salary to draughtsmen and clerks. The clerks at the Admiralty (Whitehall branch) go to their offices at eleven or twelve o'clock in the day, no special hour being appointed (so the evidence given be fore the Committee of 1848 informs us), and they remain until six and seven o'clock in the evening, or until any earlier or later hour, as the work to be done may re quire. The clerks at the Somerset house branch of the Adtnirality attend at ten o'clock and work till four, not longer. If there be extra work to do, they either remain and do it, or take it home with them to their lodgings. In either case they receive extra pay. Some of the witnesses examined stated that there was too much reason to believe that they did less than they might do during office hours, that they might have their work home to get extra payment for it. Mr. Ward, M.P. for Sheffield, who has '',ooo/. as first s ecretary, was asked if h e th oug ht a n attendance - from ten to four o'clock sufficient, and he re plied that it was deemed a fair attendance in a government office. The second secretary has 1,500/. a year. In accord ance with the recommendation of some previous commit tee, he was for several years only paid 1,000/.; but, when the new Lords of the Treasury came into office under Lord John Russell, they discovered that no minute had ever been issued by their predecessors settling that salary at 1,0001., and, expressing themselves "happy to have it in their power to restore it to 1 ,500/.," did so. Of course Captain Hamilton, the under - secretary, did not object to take what was offered to him. The First Lord has 4,500/.; two junior Lords each 1,2001.; and three other Lords each 1,000/. The solicitor has 1,600/., and 1,0001. for his office and clerks. There are seven other salaries of 1,0001. each. In the depart ment of the secretary, Mr. Ward, there is ono clerk at 1,0001., seven et from 600/. to 850/., twelve at from 3501. to 5501., and nineteen at from 1001. to 350/. In the department of the accountant-general, Somer set-house branch, where they work (or play) six hours a day, there are, one at 9001., two at from 600/. to 800/ , thirteen at from 500/. to 650 L, forty-eight at from 300 4 to 5004, and one hundred and thirty-three at from 901. to 3001. Salaries of secretary's clerks, year 1848-9, 11,9711.; year 1849-.50, 15,4421.; increase, 471/. Sala ries of accountant's clerks, year 1848-9, 49,3401.; year 1849-50, 51,0334; increase 1,6931. In the engineer's department (which, considering the importance to the country, should include the best available talent) there is the following entry :—First writer and calculator, 150/. ; second ditto, SO/ These must be practical men, and can only be found in the workshop, or some other place where DIRECT TAXATION. The Financial Reform Association thus state their defence of direct as opposed to indirect taxation:— " The chief objection to direct taxation rests on its alleged impracticability. It has however, been partially in operation at all times, and is so now. The impost called the income and property-tax, the stamps, and the assessed taxes, the poor rates, county rates, and almost all local rates, are direct taxes. But the true objection to a complete system of direct taxation is its simplicity, and the inconvenience of opening the inequality of the national burdens to every eye and understanding. Re cent events in the military colony of Ceylon afford an apt illustration of this inconvenience. " Of several new taxes imposed on the inhabitants of Ceylon in 1848, one was called a ' labour-tax.' Its amount was 3s. per head, or the personal labour of six days from each male adult. The wages of the common native labourer being at the rate of 3s. per week, the tax was exactly the income of six days. The untu tored peasant of Ceylon saw its inequality at once, just as the untutored peasant of the English hamlet, and all his countrymen, would see the inequality of their burdens if levied in shape of the income of a certain number of days. The annual salary of the Governor of Ceylon was 7,0001., or 1341. 12s. 3id. a week. An equal impost of one week's income from each person would have required him to pay that sum, instead of 3s. There was the same disproportion in all the intermediate incomes of merchants, planters, military, clergy, and persons above the rank of labourers. Bad the impost been levied on some necessary of life, like the 800 per cent. on salt, the Ceylonese would not have seen its in equality, and would have submitted to the unequal bur den, because they did not see it. " They saw it, and rebelled. And this is another ar gument urged against direct taxation. But this objec tion is unfounded on fact; if there should be threats of rebellion in Britain because of taxation, direct and equit able, they will not proceed from the industrious multi tude. The rebels, if any, will be heard of in higher quarters. But at most they will only be heard of; they will never be seen. Direct taxation is politically sate, because it must be equitable. . . . . " To the objectors to this principle the Association reply by inviting them to an analysis of the system now in practice. And for the present they prefer to go into that analysis, and so inform and prepare the pub lio mind to understand the necessity, the economic value of direct taxation u........nnared with the gv atem which now weighs so unequally en productive industry, and eats the national vitality into the very core." The rest of the article is occupied in a description of the frauds in the tobacco trade. TIIE NEW COLONY OF PORT STEPHEN.--It has long been a matter of complaint, both in this country and in the colonies, that few openings were afforded as agriculturists, for men with capital of from 1001. to 5001. This drawback will be removed by the now arrangements of the Australian Agricultural Company. They are offering land at their Port Stephen estate on the follow ing terms:—A free passage to Port Stephen, fifty acres of uncultivated land of good quality for tillage, and rights of pasturage, for 501. paid in England; and in the same proportion for larger sums of money. This estate has been in possession of the company for more than twenty years. It is within 100 miles sea voyage o' Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. The river Kaura, navigable for twenty miles from the sea, runs through it. There are several villages, churches, and schools upon the property, and a population, chiefly in the employ of the Company, amounting to nearly a thousand souls. The farms are among the finest in the colony. The live stock includes pure short horns, Des vons, Herefords, and Highlanders ; and, in sheep, thorough-bred Saxony and Spanish merinoes. The salt and fresh waters abound with fish, and the forests with game. Timber of useful quality, lime, and building stone, abounds. Imported manufactures, implements, and clothing, may be purchased at the company's stores, nearly, if not quite as cheap, as in England. In these stores will be found a market for all the settlers grow, until the quantity becomes great enough to freight a schooner to Syd ney. As the population increases, increased provision will be made for religious and educational instruction. Leases for ten years, with a right of purchase at 11. an acre, will be granted to respectable parties. In addi tion to the peculiar facilities offered by Port Stephen to industrious persons of small or large capital as agricul turists, stock feeders, meat and bacon curers, and fisher men, the soil and climate are excellently adapted for cultivating the vine, the olive, the orange, the lemon, the fig, the raisin vine, and the white mulberry for silk worms. The beauty of the scenery and salubrity of the climate, with the cheapness of living, will render the houses and cultivated farms, which are also for sale, worth the attention of gentlemen of limited income and large families. But it is particularly worthy the atten tion of families accustomed to country employments, and with capitals of from 1001. to 1,000/. 'lnn ASYLUM Yon ImoTs.—Yesterday the friends of this institation, which is established for the care and education of the idiot, had their first anniversary dinner. The entertainment took place at the London Tavern, where a highly respectable party assembled, Dr. Lush ington presiding, in the absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who was prevented by indispo— sition from taking the chair, and whose health was drunk after dinner amidst much cheering. Among the com pany were—Lord D. Stuart, M.P., Mr. M. T, Smith, M.P., Mr. Heywood, Dr. de Mussy (the Count de Neuilly's physician), Dr. Conolly, the Rev. Drs. Hollo way and Reed, Messrs. Twining, Tottie, Wire, &c, &c. The chairman, in commending the institution to public support, remarked, that all he wished was that those who were not acquainted with its admirable operations would do as Prince Albert had done on the previous day —go to High gate and personally inspect the establishment ; and Dr. Conolly observed, that in some instances the im provement effected in a few months had been so great that he could hardly recognise the unfortunate creatures ' whom he had seen at their own homes before their ad mission. Lord D. Stuart mentioned that among the various charities to which he had the pleasure of sub scribing, he found none where the applications for his vote were so urgent and so many as in the case of this institution; but Dr. Reed was compelled to announce, that of the 125 candidates for the next election, the funds will only allow ten to bo received. An urgent appeal for greater pecuniary means, pressed very forcibly by the chairman, and supported by other gentlemen, was answered by contributions in the course of the evening amounting to 7281.; the list of subscribers including, besides gentlemen present, the Duke of Cambridge, Be -1 ron Rothschild, Messrs. Rothschild, Mr. Baines, M.P., Miss Lushington, &c. The arrangements for the festivity were in all respects extremely good; the vocal and mu sical department was particularly well sustained. THE WEATHER.—Since our last we have had more seasonable weather ; cold, but open. Sunday was fine. On Monday forenoon there was a little rain; but the afternoon and evening were fair and cold. Yesterday was exceedingly fine here. The tele graphic returns of yesterday are various ; but judging from the state of the weather at the southern ports, we infer that dull and cloudy weather, if not rain, is about to visit us; Glasgow, S. by W. fine; Edinburgh, S.W. fine; Leeds, S.W. fine; York, N ;AT. cloudy; Brad ford, S.E. fin©; Skipton, S.E. fine; Normanton, N.W. by N. cloudy; Hull, N.W. cloudy; Crewe, S.W. fine; ',:anchester, S.W. ♦ery fine; Liverpool, S. fine; Derby, S. by W. cloudy; Rugby, S.W. cloudy; Nottingham, E. cloudy ; East Derehatn, S.W. cloudy ; Chesterfield, S.E. cloudy; Cambridee, N.E. dull; St. Ives, W. fine; Hartford, S.E. by S. dull; Brandon, N.W. fine; Chelms ford, N.E. cloudy ; Colchester, N.E. cloudy ; Gosport, N.E. dull ; Southampton, N.E. dull ; Yarmouth, N.E. cloudy ; Norwich, N.E. cloudy; Birmingham, W. very f i ne ; Gloucester, S.E. very fine; London, N. cloudy.— Manchester Guardiau of yesterday. CANAL BETWEEN PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC. TC4 THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—Observing in the various journals considerable discussion on the subject of a railway or canal communi cation between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and know ing something of the intervening countries, I propose to make a few remarks which may assist those who are in clined to invest their capital in such a speculation. First. Geographical position. Any one who looks at the map of the world must decide in favour of the Isth mus of Panama. It is the natural centre of North and South America—the distance between the two oceans, in a direct line, is not 40 miles; and the mountains running through its length are of less elevation than in any other of the three proposed routes. Second. Political frontiers. From a considerable ex perience of and residence in Spanish republics, I con • cider that capital embarked in a national undertaking in any of them, would not be secure, unless the parties ad vancing the means held the sovereignty of the territory through which the canal or railway passes; and in event of a revolution in the country (a thing of every day oc currence in Spanish America), or a general war, it would be much more easy to protect, and keep open, a way through the Isthmus of Panama, than the route through Nicaragua or Tehuantepec. Third. Commercial advantage. With a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama, we should be in the most advantageous position to command the trade of Peru and Chili, central America, Mexico, California, and Oregon, the islands of the Pacific, and to compete with the Americans in the whale fishery. We should open up a now route to China, Australia, and New Zealand. No calculation can estimate the advantage to our trade and shipping from the facilities afforded by this route. And, in the event of war, the possession of a passage for largo ships and steamers would be of the utmost importance. I believe it will be granted by every one who Ls© studied the subject, that such great works as national roads, canals, or railways, are not likely to be success fully undertaken in countries so constantly involved in civil war as the states of central America or Mexico. Such works are the consequences of civilzationand peace, or of despotic government, and these are all wanting in the countries referred to. The roads in central America are of the most primitive kind. Sometimes a mule track on a mountain ridge ; at others through what, in the wet season, is the bed of a torrent, now a path through the forest, and anon over a sandy stony desert. It is true, you have in almost every part of the country the riches of nature spread abroad with the most boun teous profusion ; bat the element necessary to make all these available to the world—man—is woefully deficient in all the qualities necessary for this object. And Englishmen have never done any good with agricultural or mining establishments in countries where they were subject to foreign laws and constant revolutions. To give you some idea of the disadvantages of the Ni caragua route, I may mention that I have before me a letter from a young gentleman who landed at San Juan the latter part of December, on his way to Costa Rica. lie says:—" The river San Juan was flooded when I went up, but I think it will take a long time, and cost a good deal of money, to make it navigable for anything but canoes up to the Muella, to which place they intend bringing the road"—that is the road from San Jose in Costa Rica. And if the river be in such a state in time of flood, in the lower part of its course, it is natural to suppose that as we ascend to the Lake of Nicaragua we shall meet with sand • bars, rocks, and rapids. Again, he says —" At all events, no one should leave England without engaging mules, Etc. , to be brought to him by the p ac k e t betore hand, unless he wishes to spend three weeks in the bush, as we have done." He had the greatest difficulty in ob taining mules and provisions, in the very country de scribed in to-day's Times as abounding in such necessary articles. I believe we secure all the advantages of countries which do not belong to us, by establishing ourselves in their ports, and leaving their natives to improve or make roads, &e., at their own expense. If ever a ship canal be made across the Isthmus of Panama (and I think such a canal far preferable to the American plan of a railroad), I consider the most proper proceeding would be, to purchase from the Go vernment of New Grenada a belt of land 30 miles wide over the proposed route from sea to sea—not only the fee-simple, but the sovi reignty. Taking advantage of the vallies, the canal might be about fifty miles long; and probably the New Grenada Government might dispose of this for 500,000 L-50,0001. per mile, or 2,500,000/. in all might be required to make a ship canal, from sea to sea, with only ono lock of the largest size at each end. The lands on both sides would he valuable for rearing all tropical productions, and would soon be settled; as, although the climate of the Isthmus is not at present very healthy, it is invariably found that clearing away t 5 bush, introducing cultivetion and population, improve the climate. -I , git ooncludo, for the prosuut, with what -- Slick" calls" cypii.ring up":— Cost of a belt of territory 50 miles long by 30 wide ... £500,000 Cost of 50 miles of canal and works, suitable for the passago of the largest vessels ... 2,500,000 Total ... ... ... 3,000,000 ESTIMATED RETURNS. Toll on 500,000 tons of shipping per annum, at 20s. £500,000 Ground-rents for houses and mercantile esta blishments at both ends ... Rents of country seats in the mountains for the merchants ... Rents of lands let for sugar, coffee, and pro vision plantations ... .. ... I am aware the above is an imperfect sketch, but it may serve to awaken the attention of others to what I cannot conceive to bo other than a very important sub ject both to our merchants and the Government. I am, &c., ROBERT BOWDEN. 10, Wardrobe-place, Doctors' Commons, March 16. PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—ln a notice contained in yesterday's impression of the Morning Herald, of the launch of the Jupiter, for the Star Steam Packet Company, the name of Mr. Laing is mentioned as having designed the Comet for the same company. This is an inaccuracy, and it is due to truth, not less than to the fame and memory of a man who during his lifetime contributed by his ingenuity, perseverance, and enterprise in a very important manner to the progress of steam navigation, to correct it. The Comet was built I think in 1833-34, by Mr. Win. Evans, of Rotherhithe, and designed by him, and was a remarkable vessel, inasmuch as she was the first steam vessel built upon the Thames in which lightness of con struction formed a prominent feature. Her frame, in stead of being formed in the way then usual of " grain cut " timber, was constructed of plank steamed and bent to its form, and was, while possessing great strength, considerably lighter than if made in the usual manner. In proposing this plan Mr. Evans met with much opposition, but the good sense of some of the leading members of the Star Company ultimately prevailed in favour of his views, and the vessol was built, and fur nished with machinery by Barnes and Miller, and achieved such remarkable success that she became a type for many others on the Continent ; and ulti mately Mr. Evans went to Genova, under the au spices of Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., to build L'Aigle, for the Lake of Geneva, on the same plan, after which he removed to La Seyne, near Toulon—still in connexion with Miller, Ravenhill, and Co.—and having there built covornl vaaacis fur tho Mcditci auettu, wally for the na vigation of the Rhone and Saone in France, ultimately died at La Seyne, and with his brother, Henry Evans, who went out to assist him, lies buried in the same grave in that remote village in France.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, JOSEPH Mii.LER, Monastery Cottage, March 27. P.S. Among the first sea-going steam-vessels built by Mr. Evans wore the two first Post-office packets on the Holyhead and Dublin station—the Lightning and the Meteor, and the Arrow at Dover; the former in 1820-21, and the latter in 1821-22. THE CASE OF STABBING AT LEEDS.---OH Mon day evening an inquest was held at Leeds on the body of William Proctor, who was stabbed by his brother, Thomas Proctor, as appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Thomas Proctor is a farm labourer, aged eighteen years, of diminutive stature and mild expression of coun tenance. The only persons in the house when the quarrel between th e brothers already described took place were th e f a th e r and sister of the prisoner. The father was in bed in the room in which the young men d w e e s r c e r igettingthe theirdeceased b e as r e e d a k t f o a s b t e s . of B a o b t a n d t he t em fa p t e hr r e , a a n n dd stated sister that he used abusive language, and struck the prisoner two or three times before he mad e auy resistance. The prisoner had his pocket-knife in his hand, cutting some bread and rariat, he threw out his hand to resist a blova when the knife entered the hollow part of the left ear of the deceased, aid inflicted a wound on the jugular vein and the carotid artery which produced death in about 38 hourf. As soon as. the prisoner found he had stabbed his brother, he ran for: a surgeon, and manifested great concern. The evidence of the witnesses was in accordance with the confession of the prisoner. He and his brother had agreed to get up early in the morning ; the deceased got up first, and finished his breakfast before the prisoner finished his ; ho urged the prisoner to be quick, and when the latter said he was as sharp as ho could be, he struck him two or three times. The deceased then lit his pipe, and more words arose between them. Deceased was about to strike the prisoner again, when he put out his hand with his knife in it to stop him; a short scuffle ensued; the prisoner saw his brother was bleeding, and said, " ;Oh, father, I believe he has got cut with the knife." He pulled a handkerchief off his neck to stop the bleei ling, put his smock frock to his he a d, an d ran for ado ctor. The Coroner having summed up, the jury, after deliberating about a quarter of an h our, returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the prisoner, who was committed to York Castle, and will take his trial at the next a 4 sizes. _AfiISSARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. (From Galianani's Messenger of the 26th of March.) TRIAL OF RIANCOURT. 2ers will remember that great sensation was some time ago by the arrest, on the charge of ,assination, of a man named Riancourt, sub-commis sary of the Provisional Government. The prisoner has just been tried before the Court of Assizes of the Seine-Inferieure. The indictment set forth that at about about midday on the 16th of April last, the dead body of a man named Fouqui was found lying near a wood on the road from Lillebonne to St. Remain. The deceased had been wounded in the side and the lungs by a pistol ball, and as this did not cause immediate death, ho had been stabbed with a poniard or knife in not fewer than 40 places. The murdered man had been dead about 12 hours, and it appeared that a person who was iu the vicinity on the previous evening at about half-past eleven, heard the report of a pistol, followed by some cries. Fouqui had recently arrived at Lillebonne in the quality of agent to the special sub-commissary Riancourt. As he was entirely without resources, and ulmost without clothing, it was evident that he could not have been murdered for the sake of robbery; neither was it likely that the crime had been committed from personal vengeance, as he had not been in the town long enough to create enemies. To explain how Riancourt came to be suspected of the murder, the indictment gave a detailed history of his career. It appeared that his real name is Joseph Calixte Martin; that ho had been a professor of mathematics, but that having taken to evil courses, he was condemned, in October, 1843, to 13 months' imprisonment, in the Maison de Detention of Gaillon, for robbery. There he became acquainted with Fouqu4, who was also undergoing imprisonment. Subsequently Martin, alias Riancourt, was again con demned for robbery, and after his release he went to Bordeaux, where he b ecame professor of mathematics in a school; but after being there for some time, he ran away with a considerable sum of money, consisting of payments made by the parents of the pupils which he had received for his employer. For this he was condemned by default. On leaving Bordeaux he was accom panied by a girl of the town named Ursule Gach6. He remained some months at Paris with this girl, who maintained herself and him by prostitution. In 1847 he obtained the place of usher in a school at Rouen, and he took the girl Ursule to that city, where she carried on her infamous trade. He kept up his connexion with her, notwithstanding he pretended to be in communica tion with, and under the patronage of, no less a person , age than the arentesnop or atouen. In November,lB47, he loft the school, and from that period up to February, 1848, lived with the girl and on her prosti tution. On the 24th of February they came together to Paris, and witnessed the commencement of the revo lution. Having been separated in a crowd which had fled on a discharge of musketry, Riancourt went on alone until he found himself near the Place du Palais National. Whilst witnessing the conflict which was raging between the insurgents and the troops, ho was struck by a ball on the cheek. Before his wound be came healed, he resolved on turning it to account; he went to M. Buchez, who was then charged to distribute assistance to the wounded, and obtained relief from him. M. Buchez, struck by the intelli gence he displayed, and believing from a certificate he pre sented from the schoolmaster with whom he had been at Rouen that he was of good character, and that he had really been a combatant of February (though it has since been clearly proved that he did not fight at all), gave him subsequently a recom mendation to the Commissary-General of the de partment of the Seine-Inferieure. The prisoner immediately went down to Rouen, where he displayed great Republican zeal. He there fell in with Fouqui, who was in a state of profound misery, and who, seeing that fortune was smiling on Riancourt, pressed him to dosome thing for him. Shortly after this, Riancourt was sent as Commissary of Police to Havre, and was afterwards nomi nated Special Commissary for the cantons of Bolbec and Lillebonne, where disturbances had broken out. Fouqui rejoined him at Lillebonne, and solicited a place; but Rian court received him badly, and said—" How can I place a sign of authority on a blouse?" Fouqui returned to Rouen, and a correspondence took place between him and Riancourt, in which it appears Fouquil threatened the latter to expose him if he did not do something for him. "I have written him two letters in good ink," was Fouquf's expression to a friend. On the receipt of these letters, Riancourt no doubt resolved to get rid of Fouqu6, in order not to be exposed to his threats, or to run the risk of his indiscretion. He cordingly wrote to him to come to Lillebone, where he said he would give him a place of police agent. Fouquil left Rouen for Lillebouno on the 14th of April, and before setting out expressed to some friends his fears that he should be assassinated by the hands of Rian court. There was no direct evidence to prove that Riancourt had committed the deed; but the following circumstances, said the indictment, could leave no moral doubt of his guilt :—ln the evening of the 15th of April, Fouque sent to Riancourt, who was in a cafe with some friends, to desire him to come and speak to him. Fouqu4 had an umbrella, and appeared about to set out on a journey. Riancourt went and remained in conversation with him some time. Ho then re turned to the cafe, and pressed a person, named Delavoirie, with whom he lodged, to return home. It was then about elevenLo'clock, and Delavoirie was sur prised at the request, as Riancourt generally stayed much later at the cafe. They, however, went home, and each retired to his chamber. Riancourt pretended that he could not subsequently have left the ho u se ---•- Limb iielaVOlTlo e• ( med. It was accordingly alleged that Riancourt, after entering his room, quietly left the house, com mitted the murder, and then returned; he having taken the precaution of being seen by Delavoirie late at night and early in the morning, in the hope of being able to establish an alihi. When the body of the murdered man was discovered great sensation was created in the town, and Riancourt, as sub-commissary of the Government, felt that he was called on to act officially. He accordingly went, with the mayor and deputy mayor, to the hospital where the deceased was. On being shown the body of his friend covered with wounds, be manifested no sensation, though the other persons were greatly affected, and his attitude was so cold and calm, and the expression of his face so pecu liar, that the deputy-mayor and the matron of the hospital immediately conceived the suspicion that he was the murderer. Some days after Riancourt asked the deputy-mayor who he thought was the mur derer. That person replied, " I have such a horrible idea that I dare not communicate it to you;" on which Riancourt turned pale, and changed the subject of conversation. From that time, whenever the subject was referred to, he made false statements, sometimes stating that the assassins had been arrested; at others, that they were known, and would be arrested, Stc. In his official ca p ac ity b e did nothing towards causing the murderers to be discovered. To one person, who spoke to him of the murder, he observed, " What can I do? Ho is buried, and lam not the mur derer!" and at the same time he trembled violently. By this time people began to whisper their suspicions of Riancourt, and his friend Delavoirie, believing them unfounded, wrote to the Prefect about them. When Delavoirie told Riancourt what ho had done, the latter displayed intense anxiety, Ho then asked if ho had also told the girl, Ursule Gachti, and when Delavoirie answered is the affirmative, he appeared utterly overwhelmed. Delavoirie pr esse d him to clear himself of the suspicions which weighed on him, but, instead of that, he took to flight with the girl Ursule. In addition to the murder, it appeared that the prisoner had, in 1647, committed several robberies at Rouen and Havre. In answer to the inter rogatories of the President, the prisoner, though appa rently with great reluctance, admitted that he had com mitted robberies and been in prison. He, however, loudly complained that such questions should be put, as they were, he said, moral torture. He indignantly denied having committed the murder, and said thero was an abyss between robbery and assassination. He ac cused the President of partiality, and in answer to some observation of the judge, cried, "I see you want to make me appear guilty, with extenuating cir cumstances ; but I will not have such a verdict—l am innocent or guilty, and will have no pit)." To another remark he answered, " You argue that because Rian • court has been a thief he is an assassin, but that is very illogical. Assassination is the last step on the moral ladder, and I have not yet reached it." Ho denied that he had lived on the prostitution of the girl Gach4. " The charge is infamous," he ex claimed. "It is an insult, and I will not further answer it." He admitted that he was afraid ,of Fouqui, lest he should reveal his past life, and GO com promise his, political position. He, however, denied that Fouqui had written him anythreatening letters. He also endeavoured to explain away, or denied, the other circumstances set forth in the indictment. The witnesses who were called throw no new light on the affair. Great interest was excited by the appear ance of the girl Ursule Gachl, who fainted on coming forward, as did also the prisoner. Her evidence, how ever, was not of striking importance. After the plead ings the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty, with extenu ating circumstances;" and the Court condemned the prisoner to hard labour at the hulks for life. On hearing the sentence the prisoner burst into a flood of tears, and exclaimed that he was innocent. During the trial his conduct was not becoming; he contradicted the wit nesses, and applied insulting observations to the Presi dent. His system of defence and his remarks, generally speaking, displayed considerable talent. THE LATE HOUR SYSTEIL—STARTLING FACTS CONNECTED THEREWITH.—There are records kept at Somerset-house to which we may apply for fig ures w i th regard to the destructive influence of any particular occupation upon the health of men and women, residing in this metropolis. I find that there is in this metropolis a sacrifice of a thousand lives annually through the prac tice of keeping in shops for a longe r p er i od of the day than the human cons titut i on .. can bear. a thousand lives annually were sacrificed on our railways, we should all be in terror and alarm, and s h ou l d scarcely ' venture on these dangerous lines. B u t i t i s not so. Tho morta lity arising from railways accidents is infinitely less than this. But who i s th ere that does not feel tremblingly alive to their danger? How much more ought we to be alive to this constant sacrifice of life, which is going on through our present shopping system! But this is not all—where a th ousan d per s o ns die from this c ause, there are at least e i g ht th ousa nd whose health su ffers from it. —Dr. E. Lankester. DISCOVERY OF A NEW SEA M OF BLACKBA ND IRON-STONE IN AYRSIIIRE.-011 Thursday a seam of blackband ironstone, of a fine quality, was discove re d i n the lands of Capta in Blair, of Blair, near Dairy. The borers had gon e twelve inches into it. In the afternoon numerous fl a gs were hoisted, and oth er t es ti mon i es o f rejoicing, in celebration of the au s pi c i ous di scove ry. This will add, we are glad to learn, many thousan d pounds to the .value of the Ayrshire Iron Company 's leases.—Ayr Aducraser. rr~ r-' T a - te:l•74 AGM Q.l. vt - - 3, ~ $4, A „.,_,. , _, .i. - ~, ~,, • . ...,4,,„....,-,--- ~ ,_v _, ; 1 41 Ir 4 ~!is,i ~,.,-,,,,,- ,_,_ ~,, , ~..„v,.,1.).,.,„..., ;,,,.,1, ,-,...-..:::,.:•, 44, 4 . 1 ,,,—,-----_,,_ ~....; , •,,,,,,r :. --- .-::: ...!.., /:...,..•. • = z,'..•.- -,i. , •:. -,... ,ir •q,-,.. ri0 .,, . 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