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The Commissioners for executing the Ofilco of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they wi 1 ',e ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the xndermentioned articles, viz. : The produce of the British Pos- Gallons.' sessions and not less than half RUM 100,000 to be the produce of the British Possessions in the 'West Indies, SUGAR (the produce of the British Pos-] 100 COCOA • • ....... 50 .......• • • • • • Quarters. 2,000 WHEAT White.. • • 1,000 Tens. Half of each in Tons. three weeks, and the remainder in .. • • .. three . 1 weeks SOAP (Mottled).... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 50.) afterwards. The Rum, Sugar, and Cocoa to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.), of the Wheat (not less than 2 quarts), and of the Soap (not less than a bar), must be pro duced by the parties tendering, and a sample of the Sugar, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock en the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must toe addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for , and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum and Sugar must be accompanied V a letter, signed by two responsi ble persons, and those for Cocoa, by one responsible person, en gaging t , become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 251. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts. CONTRACTS for BALTIC TIMBER GOODS and NORWAY SPARS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, March 23, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TUESDAY, the 24th April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with RIGA STAND MASTS and FIR TIMBER, DAN rzic DECK DEALS and FIR TIMBER, and NORWAY SPARS. Distributions of the Articles and Forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on th' day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 5,0001. for the due perform ance of each of the Contracts for Riga and Dantzic Goods, and in the sum of 5001. for the Norway Spars. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORN HILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guarantece of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured ♦aried from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. . : 4 ' .4 Annual Age. 2 a', Pre ,i, r. minim Polley taken out 1111 Bonus in addition , Bonus in to Sum , Cash. Assured. Perma nent Re duction of Annual Premium. Sulu the Assured may bor row en Policy. s. CI 4 s d. 262 14 3121 15 11 237 15 6108 16 4 211 18 6 95 16 9 163 8 4 75 15 10 159 3 4 71 5 0 132 2 6 58 17 6 84 11 81 37 10 X s. d. 20 0 0 17 7 6 14 17 7 11 10 9 10 19 8 8 19 10 6 14 2 X s. d. 543 17 9 494 6 10 445 S S 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 / s. d. 60 '1000:74 3 4 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be bad at the •fce, Or any of its branches in the country ; or, •n application. will be for warele4 post free. W. S. B. WOOLFIOTYSE, Actuary, B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, • Princes-street, Bank, London. Capital, One Million. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap. 9, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Lite Assurance in their fullest extent to Policy holders, and to present greater facilities and acoommodation than are usually offered to tho public. The ample subscribel Capital, together with the large and crn tinually increasing fund, accumulate I from the Premiums on apwards 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 prospectus, and to the varied and extensive tables which have been comptred with great cars and labour, expressly for the use of this Institution. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. AR C HITECTS', BUILD ER S', and GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard-street, London. CHAIRMLN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, I.R.A. TRUSTEES, _ . T. L. Donaldson, Esq. I A. Salvin, Esq., F.S.A. 5. Grinasdell, Esq. I G. Smith, Esq., F.S.A. The rates for Fire and Life Insurances are as low as can with safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly ; one-half the annual pre mium may be left unpaid fir seven years, or one-third to the end of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present outlay. Prospectases, Forms of Proposals,lcc, may be hal at the Office, 69, Lombard-street, or off, the agents JOHN REDDISH, Manager. POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY TO TIIE ASSURED. E NGINEERS, MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Head Office, 345, Strand, London, (opposite Waterloo -bridge). Medical Referees paid by the Society. A Policy once granted never disputed. Premiums may be paid Half-yearly, Quarterly, Or Monthly. The whole of the Profits amongst the Assured. FREDFIRIC.LAWRINCE. Actuary and Secretary. E ASTER T I M E. The Spring once more resumes her reign, And nature is herself again. The leaflets spread—the flowers unfold, And many a warbled tale is told. I cannot view a time like this — A holiday of smiling bliss — Without a wish to weave a rhyme, In hailing happy Easter time. Come, cheerful feast, In welcome come, With active stir and busy hum; Cold must the senseless bosom be, Which cannot glow at meeting thee. A special charm this time has got, Which other holidays have not. Aid dearly do I love to mark, Thy smiling groups—thy busy park ; Thy gardens and thy crowded fairs, Where many a happy heart repairs. And hence thy welcome do I sing, fright glorious holiday of Spring. Thy near approach, for near thou art, Has wrought a change in MOSES' Mart, Where purchasers in thousands press For articles of RASTER DRESS. MOSES and SON have dresses prime For happy, smiling Easter time ; Fashions for Spring, entirely new, At MOSES' Mart are brought to view. New cloth, new workmanship, new style, Here merit an approving smile. THE HATS AND CAPS Are also prime, And suitable for Easter time. No point in quality and shape, Do MOSES suffer to escape ; But any one can plainly see, The Mats are what they onght to be. THE BOOTS AND SHOES Provided there, Are just the goods fir Easter wear. Better. I'm sure we. e never known, For I have proved it by my own. The stock of HOSIERY AND SHAWLS, For equal commendation calls. There's nothing in the Spring attire But what the public must admire. And reader I would have you know That every thing is purchase(' low. And thus would I conclude my rhyme On MOSES' Mart and Easterilme. LIST OF PRICES. ILEADY )LADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • • from £0 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed .• •• • • • 1 5 0 The Preraier ••••• • • • • • ....... ..... 0 15 0 B u lwer ••••• • .. • • •. • . ...... • 1 D'Orsay ...... ••••••••••• • • • .. • • • • • • •• • • . ••••• • • • • 81 6 69 shoot i ng Coats.... • • • • Autumil 'and Winter Trousers .. •• .• .• •• .. Doeskin ditto Autumn and Winter Vests .. •••••••• • • • • • • • Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits • ... ••.• • • • •• 0 16 6 MADE TO MEASURE. - - 9 6 - - Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Coat •• • • • .• • .•• 2 2 0 Tweed Wrappers ••..••••.•••• • • • • • • • . • • • • New Patent Trousers, in all the approv ed st y les •..... 0 16 6 Doeskin Trousers . Best. or Dress.• .• • . ............... 1 6 0 Dress Coats ..... • • ...........• . 112 0 1 15 0 Beat quality ...... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • ' 3 3 Cassimere Vest ••..•••• • • • • • • • ••• 0 8 6 Satin, Plain or F anc y • • •••••• • • • • • • Hussar and Tunic S u its .. ••..• • •• •• :* ••: (11 128 00 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. tr the a t e c Caution. —E. Moses arhaSvone learned regret h th av a i t n g the a eto guard agains t imposition; h falsehood of being connected with them, er " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. T have ao connex ion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thorntou's-buildings , Bradford, Yorkshire; sad Li... who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c.. should call at, or sand to either of their Branches, or to the Minories and Aldgate, endrapersC, ity, hiLer sondon Hatters, E. MOSES and SON , Tailors, Wooll Clot, Hosiers., Durriers, Boot and Shoemakers, avid and 157 GeneralMit iories, Outfitt and ers, for 15G, a 3, Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 84, 65, and 86 Aligate, City, London ; and their branch Establish ments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield; and 19, Thonaton's-buildings, Brad ford, Yorkshire. Take Notico.—This Establishment is dosed from str•set , WI sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Friday Several first rate Cutters wanted for London and Country ; apply on Thesday Mornings, at Ten o'clock. A A. E. 14 One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense it right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacit y, and broken health, are the great hiadranees to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should sot be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item in the compact; It alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wesnd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by peat, is stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiadered oy mieinterpretatien of their 'apposed contents, from obtaining then. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ler the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid,' and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and postbox to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 28, Paternoster-raw Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Conshill ; Halms, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, Inernings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Itegent-street; and all 3011611.1110 Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured EnuaTings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND I XPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. new Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and b. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, rfaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. Paser I. treats of the anatomy and physiolegy of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapaeity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. rasa 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 ‘38.36 by a simple appdcation, by which the of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART Ir. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The CZAWB of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TnxConinAL hIRaM or Svmacuss is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lis. and 33e. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of intection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ile. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. par box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute retail of the case is required age, habits, and position in society. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Borders-street, Oxford-street, London, trona Ele yen till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. Just published, price ss., Bvo. in cloth, fiHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC- L TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent! By F. B. COURTEIcAT, M.R.C.S.E., - - " The operation of introducing a catheter through an Impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by t req uent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. 44 1 No 17 , 628.] LONDON , MONDAY ... v„ NITED STATES ORATION TRUSTEES ANI T. LAMIE AIURRA and CANADIAN EMI SOCIETY. rD DIRECTORS. AT, Esq , Chairman. Wallop Brabazon, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Dominic Daly, Esq., M.P. for Maurice O'C.,nnell Esq., M.P. Canada. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Charles Dudeney, Esq. Edward S. Symes, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Colonel C.C. Keyines Tynte, T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. MEDICAL BOARD —B. S. Symes, Esq.; It. F. Power, Esq. BANKERS—National Bank of Ireland. SoLicrroas—William Tatham, Esq., London ; P. and D. Mahony Dublin. &GENTS—James Irvine, Liverpool ; James Watson and Co., Glasgow. . . . SEGRETAEY—DudIey Byrne, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The large number of emigrants who have left Great Britain for the United States and the Canadas in the past year has suggested the idea of au Association for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those intending to emigrate towards gaining for th,m a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in aunt' ,!, Mg it. This Associaton, having already formed a very extended con nexion in the United States and the Canadas, proposes to confine its operations exclusively to these countries, and chiefly to the former. It is found that nine-tenths of those who emigrate to the United States are composed of small capitalists, who, for the most part, have barely sufficient money to meet the expenses of the voyage and the purchase of a location. To such parties loss of time is a great disadvantage, and the expenses incurred in search of• a location too frequently absorb their small means. They are in general unacquainted with the geography of that vast country and its varied resources. Titles to land, when they do not come direct from the Government, are often defective, and the unaided emigrant runs a great risk of not being able to fix himself in that portion of the United States where his previous knowledge could be turned to the best account. These and many other considerations equally important will naturally in duce emigrants to avail themselves of the agency and place themselves under the auspices of an AssociatTcn having the disposal of lands more or less extensive in every State 'of the Union, and respecting which every authentic information has been obtained and can be fur nished the emigrant beforehand. The choice of a state is often of much importance. The, quality of the land, its title guarauteed, its contiguity to markets, the cost of labour and value of produce, facilities of transport, as well as the climate and the healthiness of the district—all these are of great con sequence. In fact, a prudent emigrant should endeavour to posse's himself with as much information before leaving home, as, if acting on his own experience, he could barely hope to acquire alter a lengthened residence in the country. In addition to this, the Association, by its arrangements for the voyage out, and transport of the emigrant from the port of debark ation to the interior, will enable the emigrant to economize his cans so that neither his time nor his substance would be wasted before his industry began. The plan the Association proposes is chiefly to dispose of lands on commission; not to speculate in lands by purchase and re-sale on its own account, but to afford the emigrant the benefit of its dealing for the land, either with Government or proprietors. Its extended connexion, information, and establishment will be placed at the service of the emigrant who seeks a new home under its directions. The Association agrees beforehand to sell at cost price, adding merely thereto a commission, graduated proportionally to the number of acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses attending his transport to the spot. The lands which will pass through the hands of the Association from the original owner to the ultimate occupier will be for the most part in block ; their cost price per acre to the Association will be much below that for which an individual could procure a single loca tion in any of the States where Government land is not to be had ; the emigrant will in this respect alone have a direct advan!a_:e. When he adds to this his saving on his outward expenses and journey to the spot, his loss of time, the disappointments often incurred on the other side, he will find the actual outlay per acre of his acquisi tion much less by a direct purchase through the Association, whose arrangement will enable it to render him a service he would fail in attempting for himself. It is a case of the commonest occurrence with those who go out to the United States to waste all their means and small resources with out ever arriving at the object of their wishes. Too many are thus left for the tine destitute, and forced to become labourers, instead of proprietors of land. - It is for the purpose of enabling the uninformed emigrant of small means to avoid this almost inevitable consequence that this Asso ciation is formed; to advise him before departure of the advantages and disadvantages of settlement in each state, to assist him in the choice of a location, and to inform him on what point to direct his means and efforts. By this means he can ascertain to a trifle the cost of his own and his family's removal. He will be told how he should stock his land, what implements to purchase ; and in fact It • may acquire a year's experience in advance as to the best mode of turning himself to ace ,unt by the instructions to be given him through the officers of the Association on the other side. In some of the newer States, where labour is not abundant, the Association will undertake to supply the emigrant with labour, by offering such inducements as will secure it. These will form the subject of special schem s of settlement, which the Association will notify from time to time, and the price of land per acre will range accordingly. The owners of tracts of land In the United States will find it ad vantageous to avail themselves of the Association, it being the in tention of the Association to select the most suitable occupiers and cultivators. As a guarantee of the good faith of the Association, It proposes to look to its chief profit, after payment of expenses In the manner stated, to reserved lots, Which are not to exceed one-fourth of the en tire quantity in any one block. These reserved lots will be disposed of afterwards at their real market value, and without reference (as in the case of the first emigrants) to prime cost. The settlement of considerable tracts of land, and the voyage thereto and location thereon of a number of families, will give rise to many considerations which cannot be easily enumerated, but, to insure success, cannot be overlooked by the Association. The phy cal wants of the emigrant will require medical attendance on bins to the spot. Provision will be made likewise for his spiritual com fort, by providing a clergyman, in conformity with the religious per suasion of each hundred families; and, as it not unfrequently hap pens that many families depart from the same neighbourhood, in all cases where practicable, the choice of the pastor will rest with the emigrants themselves. The plan of the Association, therefore, embraces the following points, viz. :- 1. The acquisition of tracts or portions of lands in the several States of he Union and in Canada, for sale on commission. 2. The disposal of these lands to emigrants in such quantities as Rill suit their individual means on the basis of the cost mice of the land, adding so much per acre as will cover the charges attendant on the examination of the lands and their titles, and a staff of in telligent officers to take charge of the emigrants and their interes.' up to placing them upon the land, unc'er the most favourable cir cumsrances. 3. Contracling to place the emigrant and his family on the land for a fixed sum, including all expenses of voyage out. and in the interior, so •ha he may ItT.ow beforehand how far his money will go in securing the object of his wishes. 4. The supply of labourers on such locations as may require it, at so much per acre, to be added to prime cost of the land, if not otherwise paid for by special agreement with emigrants. 5. Holding an interest in reserves not to exceed ono-fourth the original acquisition ; these reserves not to be disposed of by the Association for less than double the original average prime cost per acre. 6. Provision for the moral and physical wants of the emigrant, so that his safety and comfort will he secured from the ordinary acci dents attendant on the unaided efforts of a single individual. The Directors are engaged in the settlement of a tract of land in Eastern Texas, containing 153,400 acres, and are preparing a scale of prices for the location of emigrants U thereon. DLEY BYRNE, Secretary. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. Notice is hereby given, that the Election of FOUR ANNUITANTS on the Benevolent Fund will take place on the 31st MAY next, viz. : One Clerk to an Annuity of 251.; Three Widows of Clerks having been memners, do. 151. each. Candidates tieing duly qualified are required to forward Iheir ap plications. together with testimonials, to this Office, on or before the lOtli April next. By order of the Board, PHILIP II ENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, March 16, 1849. RANWELL COLLEGIA.TE SCHOOL, ➢fIDDLESEX. Principal—The Rev. J. A. EI‘IERTON, D.D. Twelve Years Curate of llanwell. The-Quarter will commence on the 26th instant. ART -UNION of LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List will CLOSE on SA.TURDA nest, the 31st instant. Each Prizeholder, 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 190/. has been awarded to Mr. J. Hancock. GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary LE WIS POCOCK, S Secretaries. 444, West Strand, March, 1849. 'I I HE 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. Ilachhoffner's Illustrations on As tronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One •'clock. — Lectures on the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam Jet.—A View in the Gold District of California is added to the New Dissolving V iews.—NewChromatrope.—Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Or. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including -zaturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue. Is. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX C AIarDLES. PUFF.—(Only 1134 d per lb.)—Luxuriant Light; mil lions will admire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears.—A silvery flame—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster. —Glossy as glass, and cheap as common TAlow Candles is their true character. The Public will know the Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a gold label, " CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST STRAND." All not bearing this label are base deceptions.—Other Candles and Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continue so ! The Eight New Lights can be seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. ARKNESS 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 6d. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for them, can be had at thin Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. INELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Visitors to the Theatres will find the Nell Gwynne Coffee Room, which is fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived, the most comfortable and convenient Tavern for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Private Dining-rooms and Good Beds. Table d'Hote at Neff-past Five (Sundays excepted). Hot Joints until Eight. Excellent Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, Barclay and Perkins's Stout. Proprietors, JOHN ARCHER, and THOMAS HOLT. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST EDITION EVER PUBLISHED. 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One Hundred copies have been printed in royal octavo, forming, with proof impressions of the Portraits, and an Edition of the Atlas, uniform in size, a very splendid book. For these, early orders should be given. The First Volume, contains Portraits of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette. The Second Tolume, with Portraits of Mirabeau, Danton, and Marat, will he published on the Ist of May. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Lsvearoot, MARCH 24.—There has been a good arrival of foreign wheat this week, but of other articles the quantities received are moderate. There was a good attendance of millers at our market yesterday, and several of them from a distance. Wheat was in fair request, and in some instances the turn in price was in sellers' favour. Flour also was readily sold at Tuesday's prices. Oats and oatmeal fully supported late rates. Beans were held with more firmness. Peas met a dull inquiry. Indian corn brought the same price as on Tues day, with a moderate sale. To-day the trade has a steady ap pearance, but no change in the prices of any article. MANCHESTER, MARCH 24..—We have again to report an exceedingly lifeless state of trade throughout the week, and in the limited business which has occurred in either flour or oat meal prices rather under the quotations of the preceding market-day have been submitted to. Excepting about 3,000 quarters of malt coastwise, the arrivals of English and Irish produce at Liverpool and Runcorn are extremely scanty. From abroad there is a liberal supply of wheat to notice, but only moderate of other articles. At our market this morning there was a somewhat firmer feeling as regards wheat, which was held far fully previous rates. Flour, however, continued to meet a slow sale at about 6d per sack under the currency of this day se'nnight. In oats no change was apparent. Oat meal was in limited request, and with difficulty maintained its previous value. ABERDEEN, Mastcsi 23.—Grain—Oats 14s tol4s 6d,401b per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel.; wheat, 50s to 53s ; oatmeal, 11 s6d to 125.6 d per boll ; flour, 38s to Os per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to Sc; lamb, per qu., 7s to lOs 6d; tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to Is ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to 10d ; eggs, per doz, 6d to 8d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 2s 9d to 3s ; chickens, ditto, 2s 9d to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 35; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 4s 6d to 55 Od; geese, ditto, Os to Os; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, tins to 00s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 5d to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs Us Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to 100 s. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Os Od; bearmeal, is 3d to Os Od , peasemeal, Is 10d to 2s; aids, 6d to 7d ; barley flour, is 43 to Is 5d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, is 10d to 2s; barley, per lb, 1 id to 3d. DALKEITH, MARCH 22.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 71b, 18st 21b, and 18st 01b. Oats, 12st 61b, 12st 71b, and lOst 131 b. Barley, 16st 41b, 16st 01b, and 15st 131 b. Peas and beans, 19st llb, 18st 71b, and 17st 71bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 138 Wheat ... £2 12 0 £2 5 0 0 0 612 Oats 354 Barley 60 Pease and Beans 1 11 0 1 8 0 1 7 0 Average of wheat 44s Bd. BELFAST, MARCH 22.—The supplies of grain since Fri day have been small, but seemingly quite equal to the demand. Wheat sells at last week's prices, and there is some inquiry about foreign of good quality, for mixing. Flour rather a dull sale. American sells slowly at 25s to 26s per barrel. Barley unchanged in value. Oats are in good demand for seed, and command full prices. Oatmeal a slow sale, at a little under former rates. Indian corn must be quoted dull, and 2s 6d lower; yellow 71 5s to V 7s 6d, white 2s 6d less. Potatoes, per stone, 18d to 10d; ditto, per cwt, 4s 6d to ss. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4d to 70 ; mutton, 5d to 7d ; veal, 6d to 71 1 d. Fish—Trout, 6d per lb ; brett, 3s to 4s; soles, Is to is 6d per pair. Poultry—Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s a.pair ; chickens, Is 6d to 2s per pair, ducks, 2s to 2s 6d per pair ; turkeys, 3s to 4s each ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; eggs, per dozen, 7d. Hay, is 2d to is 11d; straw, oat, 8d to Is Id ; ditto, wheat, 7d to I Id per cwt. CORE. MARCH 23.—The supplies of home grown grain, especially those of wheat and barley, are very trifling. Owing to the miserably small receipts of wheat, the value of the article remains unchanged, while, owing to the demand for seed purposes, that of barley and oats (for prime samples at least) is well maintained. In prepared wheat (Irish) we have no tiansactions to record. In foreign, also, the business done has been very limited, and, though prices are nominally the same, the tendency is downward. In prepared oats likewise any sales that have been made are on the most restricted scale. Our quotations are nominally the same as those of last week. The flour trade exhibits the same depressed aspect, noticed for the last few weeks. Bakers purchase on the most retail scale, and for the supply only of their more immediate wants, there being an evident disinclination on their part to get into stock. The consequence is, they hold no stocks, and, factors being in very much the same position, the market presents the anoma lous feature of small stocks and supplies coupled with a dull, dragging trade. Indian corn continues to meet a good demand and fair sale. Holders have assumed a firmer tone. and the tendency of prices is to advance. Indian meal meets a moderate inquiry, at late quotations. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 15s Od ; extra 14; 6d ; seconds 135 to 14s Od ; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s to lOs per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal lls to lls 6d; Indian meal Ss; wheat meal 11 s per cwt. Indian corn 7/ 2s 6d to 7' lOs pe: ton. Bran 4/ lOs per ton. Hay Farmers 28s to 43s Od; average 00s ; dealers 40s to 46s ; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—l' armers Scl Od to 27s Od; average 225; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 61d to 7d; household loaf bid to 6d per Vb. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ; best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; veal sid to 7d; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 6/ lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 6/ to 71; Valonia 11l to 131; French 6/; English 6/ per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone. Hemp 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel!; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 12/ per ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red pine 31 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 20'; second quality 17/ per 120. Hides—Market lit to 16s; salted lls to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 20 ; market 2d to 24d per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to 20d; Guano— Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 18s per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills again Triumphant in the Cure of a Bad Leg of Ten Years' Duration.--Extract of a letter from Mr. Harris, Alne Hill, Alcester, March 14, 1849, to Pro fessor Holloway. Sir: I suffered for upwards of ten years with a bad leg, in which were five running sores, and although I tried various methods of treatment as pre scribed by different medical men, still it got worse. Seeing in the newspapers notices of the cures your va luable medicines have performed, I determined on trying them, and by their use, and the blessing of God, a per fect cure of my leg was effected six months ago. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. DESTRUCTION OF TEA.—A quantity of tea, lying in one of the bonded establishments in the metropolis, weighing upwards of 20,0001 b., being considered to be not worth the duties, in addition to the warehouse-rent and charges which have accrued thereon while remaining in the Waded premises, application has been made, and permission obtained from the revenue authorities, for the tea to be entirely and effectually destroyed. In the case of decayed and useless tea deposited on the premises of the dock companies not being considered of any ♦alue for consumption, it is arranged for the destruction to take place on the dock premises, under proper superin tendence, but in the present instance arrangements were made, and permission obtained, for the tea to be conveyed to the mouth of the river, and cast into the sea, and in that manner to be entirely lost and destroyed. THE LATE KING OF HOLLAND.—A most impres sive and eloquent discourse was delivered yesterday morning by the Rev. Dr. Gehle, at the Dutch London Church, Austin-friars, on the occasion of the sudden end lamented death of his late Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The church was hung with black cloth, and the majority of the congregation appeared in mourning. MARCH 26, 1849. 9 member of the British Government. We are not our selves of the number of those of whom the Peel paper of Saturday says that their whole theory of foreign politics consists in regarding one quarter of the globe as a field of battle. We as little desire as our contemporary that Russia should be impoverished, weakened, or op pressed. But this is not a case of the oppression er weakening of Russia, but of the oppression and weaken ing of Turkey and her provinces; and it behoves the people of England—the meanest of whose artisans, as the late Lord Grey well said, is interested in the main. tenance of the balance of power—to see that neither Turkey nor any of her dependencies are overborne, crushed, mulcted, or filched away, under the pretence of what is preposterously called Russian protection. We admit, with our contemporary, that suspicion or dislike can never be the groundwork of any system of foreign policy—worthy of the name of British. We admit, with our contemporary, that gratuitous incivility or causeless suspicion is always to be deprecated. But is suspicion causeless in this case?—for that is really the question. To our simple apprehension—and if our contemporary would read a course of Russian history he would find this no " historic fancy"—'to our simple appre hension, suspicion not only is not causeless but is well giounded, and we have the satisfaction of knowing that two such inconsiderable statesmen as Pitt and Canning believed suspicion of Russian designs to be well grounded. History, however, speaks irrespectively of names or of persons, however great and authoritative. From the time when Peter the Great captured Azoff and advanced into Moldavia, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has never abandoned its pro jects in reference to Turkey and her Danubian pro vinces. Tcherkask, Taganrog, and the Crimea, were witted to Russian conquests, and by the treaty of Kamardjee, in 1774„ a large track of land, lying be tween the Bog and the Dnieper was ceded to the Czar. The foundation of Cherson was afterwards laid by Ca therine in the mouth of the Dnieper, on the spot from whence Swatislas, many centuries before, had set out to invade ;Constantinople. To indicate the imperial object in the creation of this city, the Empress, accord ing to Pallas (Reise durch des Russchen Reiches), caused an inscription to be placed over the western gate in these words :—" This is the road to Byzan tium." Then, as more recently, the object of the Russians seems to have been to advance in every campaign from water to water, always securing the per manent possession of the places they had left behind in their march. At the conclusion of the campaign in 1791, by the treaty of Jassy, Oktchakov was ceded to them, and so they advanced from the Dnieper to the Niester, securing all the intervening country. After the campaign of 1812, they obtained by the treaty of Bucha rest the land lying between the Niester and the Pruth, thus pushing on their territories to the latter river. Having by these means annexed irrevocably to Russia all the Turkish possession on the north of the Euxine—by the treaty of Adrianople in 1829, and by the treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi in 1833, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh obtained further ad vantages. In' ' lB4o the same encroaching Cabinet pro posed that a Russian naval force should occupy the Bosphorus, and a Russian military force land on the Asiatic side of the strait. All these circum stances taken in conjunction with the secret article of the treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi, against which France protested, disclose a settled purpose justifying suspicion, and more than suspicion—justify inn vigilance, wakeful ness, mistrust—though we do not go the length of say ing actual hostility. Count Nesselrode, in replying to the dispatch of Viscount Palmerston, written in the past year, stated that the moment order was established in the Moldo-Wallachian provinces the Russians would withdraw. If we be rightly informed, order was never interrupted for more than a few days, and restored trail. quillity has now prevailed for the apace of nearly eight months. Yet the Russians remain in their winter quar ters, and evince not a particle of what the lawyers call the animus revertendi. The taste of the Russians none can dispute, for who would not prefer Jassy or Bucharest to Archangel, to Revel, or to Toula ? But this is not a question of taste, but a question of State policy, which concerns all the in dependent powers of Europe, and as such it should be seriously and steadily regarded by all the Cabinets.— Viscount Palmerston, we will do him the justice of stat ing, admits that the subject is of sovereign importance —lays great stress on maintaining the integrity and in dependence of the Porte, whose independence he alleges was "cared for and regulated by the treaty of 1841" avows that he " bates not one jot" what he said when in opposition—and proclaims that there can be no parti tioning of the Danubian provinces of the Porte without a European contest—without a derangement of the ba lance of power—and without a detriment to those who do not share in the spoil. But at the same time the Noble Viscount believes that Russia has no desire to infringe en the provisions of treaties, and no intention of perma nent encroachment. On these grounds, and as discus sions and representations were actually pending, the Foreign Secretary objected to produce the papers re quired by Lord Dudley Stuart. Bur, in eliciting the tree expression of independent opinion, and the remark able avowal of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that there could be no partitioning of the principalities with out a war, the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone doubtless accomplished the object of his motion. Should the Russians not retire before the Ist of May, it will then be competent to Lord Dudley Stuart to re-open the subject with a stronger case than ho has hitherto pre sented to the attention of Parliament. WHAT IS WHIG POLICY ? (From the Weekly Dispatch.) Mr. Editor,—A nation without a policy in its measures is like a man without an object in life. An aimless existence becomes a useless existence. The best powers and opportunities run to waste. Semblances of grandeur and prosperity only resemble the green foliage of the barren fig-tree, and only deserve the sentence, "Cut it down—why cumbereth it the ground." Towards this condition the great and glorious British Empire is verging. Our Government grows purposeless. It deals in shams. Its professed objects are continually abandoned, and its aims are essentially imperfect. The time was, when two contrasted systems of policy, each upheld by a great party, were constantly before the na tion. One was for prerogative, and one for liberty. One fur class privilege, and the other for equal laws. One for enforcing theological uniformity, and the other for pro tecting the rights of conscience. One for war, and the other for peace. They were wide as the poles asunder. But this state of things has been quite obliterated by the practice of each party, for the sake of retaining office, or of da maging what it could not prevent, doing the work of its opponent. A Tory Minister carries Liberal measures, enfeebled by a dash of Toryism; and a Liberal Ministry carries Tory measures made incongruous by an alloy of Liberalism. The confusion has penetrated into the very souls of statesmen. No man knows where to have them; and they know not where to have themselves. The faction of Trimmers formerly held the balance of party; it has now swallowed up and absorbed the parties themselves. Foreigner or native, nobody knows what we are about as a nation, either in our internal concerns or our relations with other countries. From the Whig Ministry we had a right to expect the repeal of the navigation laws. It is simply a necessary supplement to the repeal of the corn laws. Free-trade principles make a halt in their practical application, and become a dead letter until applied to this subject. Now what is the conduct of the Government ? Last year, they made, at first, big show of fight; the Free-traders mustered around them in strength ; hostile talking was loud, but friendly majorities were large ; and then they dallied, and procrastinated, and hesitated, and at last laid the subject by for a more convenient season. Of course, their majority this year has diminished. How could it be otherwise? Who believes them to he in thorough earnest ? And who of their followers likes to be dragged after them, marched and counter marched, led in single file, now into the new lobby, now into the old lobby, for division after :division, at two or three o'clock in the morning, all for a measure which, after a certain stage has been attained, is " withdrawn for the present ses sion?" And what is their proposition? A nominal freedom of navigation, which, by retaining the monopoly of the coasting trade, injures alike the foreign adven turer (who must have his profit to minister to our wants) and the British consumer who is so deeply interested in free, cheap, and abundant imports. What is our coasts isg trade to that of the United States with their im mense sea-board? We shall lose that for our ship owners by our tergiversation and their own purblind ob stinacy. This is ono great flaw in the proposed measure. There is another, in the claim which empowers the Queen in Council to suspend the law altogether, and to return to the restrictive system against any nation which is thought to deserve such retaliation by not conceding similar advantages. Thus the free-trade principle of the proposition is plentifully diluted, both with the doctrines of monopoly and those of reciprocity. Then, Sir, it is a damning fact that the Government has made this, if not as a Cabinet yet as an Administration, an open question. Their new colleague, Mr. Baines, the successor of Mr. Charles Buller, at the head of the Poor law Department, is avowedly a zealous and firm sup porter of the navigation-laws. He pledged himself to constituents that he should remain so, and continue to speak and vote as formerly, at his re-election after having accepted office. Could no Free-trader be found fit to preside over the Poor-law Commission? Is Mr. Baines the only man capable of the functions connected with this department? And is he alone, of all the subor dinate officials, so sturdy in his principles as to be allowed a liberty of action which they notoriously do not possess? The supposition is absurd. Under-Secretaries, and Lord Advocates, and Vice-Presidents, and all that class of persons, are continually obliged to swallow their former votes and words, as best they may, and act in unison with the chiefs of the Government. The Cabinet is is generally relentless on this point, a . whatever be Even b amount of damage it inflicts on the ind , li.vb i son be d though a Ward should peril Sheffield, is com pelled to choose between Manchester and 'the Board of Trade, and a Hawes forfeit the r epresentation of Lambeth, would the support of Mr. Hum e ' s motion for reform be tolerated in any place-holder? And why, then, in a new and untried man, whose name brings with it no especial prestige of administrative ability, should this insubordi nation be sanctioned of opposing the repeal of the navi gation-laws ? Plainly because Ministers are not so thoroughly bent upon carrying that repeal as they are upon defeating any further reform in the representation. T i hey are in no hurry. They are not in sariest in the [PRICE SD. one case as they are in the other. The expectation is afloat, not without apparent grounds, that they will, even should the Bill pass the Commons, and that it must, quietly submit to its rejection by the Lords. If so, they will be trifling not only with the principles of free trade as a national policy, but with the interests of all consumers, and of those connected with various branches of industry, all injured grievously by the pro longation of this unsettled condition. Sir, whatever the temper of the Lords, or the diminution of the majority in the Commons, Ministers can make this repeal law, if they choose. They have simply to proffer their own resignation as the alternative. They are the " indis pensable men." Peel will not take office at present; Lord Stanley and B. Disraeli cannot. The ball is at the foot of the Whigs, though how long it may remain so no prophet in politics can predict. To palter now will bring upon their heads the shame and curse of neglected and abused opportunities. I will take another instance. Religious Liberty is a portion, as well as Commercial Freedom, of their pro fessed and traditionary policy. It deserves, in like man ner, to be incorporated in a great national policy. The practical occasion for its assertion was created by the re turn of Baron Rothschild for the city of London. Where is the Baron? where the representation? and where the Government Bill? The first was quietly consigned to the tomb of all the Capulets. The Whig measure is cut up into tailor's measures. What has followed? A hotchpotch of proposed Legislation on the Parliamen tary oaths. The Pretender is left out, and a new clause stuck in against interfering with the " settlement of pro-, perty." Are Members to swear against Communism and' Socialism? or against Robert Owen? or against meddling with tithes? or against what? Who knows? Accord ing to the present Bill, there is to be a new Protestant oath, and a particular oath for the Jew, and the old Catholic oath to be retained, and also the Quaker right of making affirmation. The members will thus be all sorted out into their several sects. Let any one beyond these several boundaries be returned, and all the work (unless his religion, or want of it, be excepted as a final exclusion) must be gone over again, and a new form (Oath 5) be prepared for his especial use. Such is the farrago which is put in abeyance till after Easter, when it may, perhaps, by "double, double, toil and trouble," be sent into the consuming cauldron for liberal measures "in another place," and become smoke like its prede cessor. This is not the conduct of true men. There is neither faith nor honesty in it. No sternhecessity:compels them to remain a Government without a policy. They know, and have proved, the power of threatening to re sign against their liberal supporters. Lord Althorp worked that machinery with full effect when he was leader in the House of Commons. And they can, if they so will, prove the power of an alterna tive determination to resign, as against their Protec tionist and intolerant opponents. What would happen, even were they taken at their words? To be more baffled than they are ,or than they pretend to be, is beyond possibility. With them in front of him, oa the Opposi tion benches, were Peel to consent to succeed them, he would triumphantly carry far more liberal measures than they even venture to nibble at. To leave their places would instal their policy. The world has not much confidence in public men. Unless a prompt and ener getic course be taken by the Whigs, they may depend upon it that the last rag of their character for integrity and consistency is gone for ever. The people themselves must fix the waverers; those out of ,office, at least; for Dowing-street seems spell bound against popular influence. The people themselves must work out their own deliverance; and the nation pre scribe and enforce a truly national policy. I rejoice to see that this great metropolis is arousing itself from slumber. Why should all the toil, and the glory, be devolved upon Manchester and Liverpool? The " Metropolitan Financial and Parlia mentary Reform Association" has somo stirring themes in its prospectus. Chords are touched on which even the League did not play, or which it struck but slightly. The pursuit of Representative Reform, in a business-like manner, joined with Financial Reform, is a novelty, which is alike portentous and powerful. A great task is undertaken, for it must not be forgotten that crude notions of Protection still abuse the minds of many. The new Metropolitan Association promises to pursue con jointly the work of economical instruction and practical emancipation. I heartily recommend it to the support and co-operation of all who are tired of the spectacle of Party without principles, Government without aim, and a Nation without a policy. It promises for the people more of intelligence and power, which cannot fail to bring more of prosperity and progress. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The proposition brought forward by M. Welcker in the Germanic Assembly at Frankfort, and which has been, somewhat unexpectedly defeated by a majority of 30 votes, renewed in the most direct form those differences which seemed destined to provoke an open rupture in the Confederation, and revived the hopes of that party which is, prepared to sacrifice the peace of the entire nation to the scheme of German unity and Prussian ascendancy. M. Weicker has not on former occasions acted in concert with Baron Gagern and the extreme Prussian party; he is, on the contrary, one of those members who formed a coalition with the Austrian and Bavarian deputies to defeat the Imperial project in its original shape. The immediate cause of the change which has taken place in his opinions and in those of the Democratic party with which he acts, is resentment at the firm and independent policy of the Cabinet of Vienna, joined to a design for raising the influence of the Repub lican faction by promoting a quarrel between the leading German monarchies. Brought forward by Baron Ga gern and his friends, the scheme of German union under the he'redit'ary supremacy of the King of Prussia was sincerely intended by them to protect the minor States and Principalities from the attacks of the revolutionary party, and to consolidate in the form which appeared most practical to those statesmen the principal throne of Northern Germany even at the expense of the indepen dence of all other Crowns. Renewed by M. Welcker and his adherents, the same proposition was not so much an act of homage to the Prussian Monarchy as an act of defiance towards the Austrian Empire. Baron Gagern had contemplated a qualified federal alliance between Germany and the Austrian dominions, whilst he endea- Toured•to unite the other States of Germany by closer ties. • M. Welcker belorigg to the- party which refuses to concede to Austria either her independence, her supre macy, or even the unity of her own dominions; and the proposition which has just been rejected at Frankfort was intended to strengthen the numerical force of that party by a coalition with the adherents of the Prussian cause. The basis of the friends of order, as regards Austria, is still the Federal Compact of 1815 : the basis of the re volutionary faction is that unlucky article of the new Germanic Constitution which repudiates and as it were cuts off those portions of the territories of any German Sovereign which are not themselves German. The policy of the Cabinet of Vienna, as displayed in the new Constitution of Austria and the notes addressed by Prince Schwarzenberg to the Austrian Plenipotentiary atFrankfort, is diametrically opposed to the fundamental rule by which the Frankfort Assembly has attempted to legislate for the whole Germanic Confederation. The Emperor Francis Joseph proclaims the most complete union and equality between all the provinces subject to his sceptre, at the very moment when Frankfort demands the adoption of a totally different system in the German and in the non- German portions of the Empire. The greatest irritation was excited in Frankfort when it was discovered that the Constitution of the Aus• trian Empire wholly, ignored the authority of the Central Government in its internal affairs, that no ac count whatever was taken of the external obligations of the Austrian Monarchy as a member of the Germanic body, and that the Imperial Ministers were evidently resolved to save their country without asking the permis sion of the Democrats cf Baden, or the Monarchists of rlin. The proposition for the immediate adoption of the new Federal Constitution, an 1 for the transfer of the hereditary German Crown to the House of Hohenzol lern, was the indignant answer of the slighted politicians of Frankfort to this contemptuous indifference; and it is more than probable that this fruitless effort of the will pr imperial r , re cr u o d w ei to it s own and s own extinction. All doubt has long since been removed foeed Frankfort enormous Assembly empires, to distribute as to the intentions of the Austrian Ministers. They recognise to their fullest extent the obligations of the existing Federal Compact of 1815— they are willing to give their assent to such improvements of that gen e r al league of the German States as may strengthen their military power and facilitate their pacific relations ; but they positively refuse to abandon their ancient position in the first rank of Germany—to recognise the authority of any other Power , w hether feder a l or s ole, in their lateral affairs; and, above all, to submit to or acknowledge the supremacy of any other sovereign house in Germany. However great may be the present embarrassments of the Austrian Empire, from the dura tion of the war in Hungary and the renewal of the Ita lian campaign, sooner or later the Court of Vienna would infallibly resist such pretensions as these by force of arms, even though it were compelled by the extremity of the public danger to act in concert with Russia against the liberties of the rest of Germany. Such a result would be most deplorable, not only for the future welfare of that constitutional empire the establishment of which is in itself a sufficiently arduous task, but for the restoration of order throughout Germany, and for the peace of Europe. From the King of Prussia, from his Ministers, and from the new Prussian Legislature, we confidently hope for better and more rational conclu sions. The Cabinet of Berlin, though unwilling to accede to the strong reactionary propositions of that of Vienna against the Assembly at Frankfort, has nevertheless shown an equally prudent disinclination to accept the revolutionary bribes and lures of Frankfort against the Court of Vienna. The King of Prussia will hesitate before he commits an act of injustice, for though he is rash, his intentions are honourable: the Government of Prussia will hesitate before it casts the destinies of the monarchy, which ought to be its princi pal care, into the caldron of civil war. From this calamity it has, however, been saved by the vote which has defeated M. Welcker's proposition; for, dis guise it as they may, under pretexts of union and na tionality, the acceptance of that proposition by the King of Prussia would have been neither more nor less than an attempt to transfer the supreme dignity of the Ger manic Empire to himself by force of arms. The fact re mains the same whether it be attempted by the diplo matic artifices of the 18th century or by the popular agi tation of the present ti me; and if that could be the real intention of the Court o f B erlin, it wou ld b e branded in this and all future ag es would probably bring d own i nterm i na bl e calamities on the German nation. with deserved reproach , and HERALD.—We are as little advocates for war as Lord Dudley Stuart-- v n e k s t a n d decento f t h a e n R d (who—magazine writers them es the P ee l panegyrists and puffers in a morning newspaper_ odseae decorous e a n t i s l d t a n sc s n h e o e o r l t a o t o — m n a g e v a e z r i n t h e e a l e n s d s review writers)—we are as little advocates for war as the thrifty Hume, or the " unadorned" Cobden, or the drab-coloured and buttonless Bright—and it is because we desire not war --b , ut peace, progres s, and wo may add, portection— th a t we think the Noble Member for Marylebone did good service on Thursday evening in bringing forward his motion for the copies of all correspondence that has passed between the Eng lish and Russian Governments in reference to the occupation of the Moldavian and Wallachian provinces by the Russian troops. At the end of August—if we remember rightly—in the past year, when the fact of that occupation was recent—the Noble Member for Marylebone questioned our Foreign Minister on the subject of the Danubian principalities. Bat the circumstances of the case being then little known, and the attention of Parliament being wholly exhausted, the House of Commons was glad to get rid of the subject, and, on the promise of inquiry and consideration, Viscount Palmerston was allowed to pursue his own course. Seven m onths have passed over our heads since the first mention of the subject, and although during the whole of that time the Foreign Minister has had carte blanche to proceed as seemed best to him, yet the position of affairs is in no respect altered, and now while we write, on the day after Lady day in 1849, the Russians still occupy Moldavia and Wallachia, while, in addition, a Cossack contingent is quartered in Transylvania. We cannot help thinking that if the words spoken from all sides of the house on Thursday night had been uttered in August or Septem ber 1848, the inhabitants of Bucharest would have been relieved from their cumbersome visitors, and the Aus trians would not have undergone at Hermanstadt and Cronstadt the hutniliation—so hateful to the people and so derogatory to the Imperial and Royal dignity—of Muscovite occupation or protection. At nearly the close of the last session—i. e. on the Ist September—Viscount Palmerston stated that the movement of Russian troops into the Moldo-Wallackian principalities was solely for the purposo of restoring order, and that the occupation would not continue for any . length of time— " that the troops would, in fact, be withdrawn when the occasion ceased." But though order was restored in these provinces early in July, and has never been since troubled in the slightest degree; the Russian troops have, nevertheless, continued 238 days 'their quarters, at the expense ot the luckless inhabitants—and we verilybelieve they now remain at Jassy, Brailow, Galatz, and Bucharest, or in any other towns in which they may happen to be quartered, against the wishes and desires of the Sultan, and certainly against the wishes of the inhabitants of the principali ties. It is no answer to say that by the treaty of Ramardjec Russia acquired the right of " speaking in favour of the p r incipalities'' — whatever that may mean— that by the treaty of Adrianople she guaranteed—that which it was impossible for any human power to gua rantee—the ',prosperity" of the Danubian provinces of the Porte—it is no answer to Say that she calls and created herself the " Protector" of Moldavia and Wallachia. None of these musty, umbered, and artful pretences can avail her for the intro duction of a corps d'artnee, commanded by two of her Generals, Duhamel and Luders. The self created title of " Protector" is written in no instrument acknowledged as part of the public law of Europe; and even though it were, Russia could in such case only in terfere as guaranteeing something on the part of the Turk, as Suzerain, to the Wallachians and Moldavians, as subjects. The best understanding, h owever, now reigns between Suzerain and subjects—between the Sultan and the Moldo-Wallachs—so that there is not the slightest pretence for " speaking in favour," for " gua ranteeing prosperity," for " protecting" either Sultan or subject, still less for introducing and quartering a corps d'aranje. Under these circumstances, therefore, Lord Dudley Stuart was fully justified in bringing forward a second time his motion—in opening out the subject fully to the House—in inviting the expression of independent opinion on the whole question—and in calling on the Minister for Foreign Affairs to explain his views as a * Hansard's Debate, vol. 101, p. 761. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY.—The opening of the ex• tension from Dereham to F akenham took place last week, extending the system a distance of 24 miles in a northerly direction towards Wymondham, through an agricultural country, accomodating a population of soma 60,000 persons. There are to be three trains a day to and from London. SOUTM•WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors have in timated that it is the intention of the company to com mence, at the close of the month, a reduction in the remuneration of their officers and servants. They state that this determination has been forced upon them by the pressure on the property of the proprietors. While they express satisfaction with the conduct of their offi cers, they regret that they cannot continue the rate of remuneration of more prosperous times, but that on a change of circumstances they will resume the higher scale of payment. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN.—The report of the directors, to be submitted to the meeting on Tuesday next, states that the net revenue at the disposal of the proprietors, including the balance from the previous half year, after deducting working and other expenses, and a sum of 10,499/. of interest, is 23,711/., out of which the directors recommend that 3,6341. be paid for nine months' dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the late Granton Company's preference capital; and on the other stocks of the company they recommend that a dividend for eight months be declared at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, after which will remain a surplus of 5,3081. The amount of share capital entitled to dividend is 1,204,5851. During the past half year the revenue has averaged nearly 2,000/. a week, and has not disappointed the expectations of the directors. The expenditure has been large in proportion to the revenue, although not exceeding 875/. per mile per annum, which they state will bear a favourable com parison with other lines. In those instances where less than one half of the amount of the shares has been paid, legal proceedings have reluctantly been insti tuted. It is recommended that no further calls be made on the 25/. shares (1847), beyond 131. 155.; on the 15/. shares (1847), beyond 81. is. ; the 201. Granton, No. 1, be restricted to 121. ; and the 201., No. 2, to Si. per share. It is also recommended that the class of holders whoQe payments on these shares exceed 51., have it io 3L25.6d., 4/. 125., and 31. 13. Gd. respectively, should their option either to pay up the whole of their arrears before the 31bt of March, with interest, when their liability to further calls shall cease, or they shall consent to the immediate forfeiture of their shares; and that the class of holders whose payments do not amount to the sums above stated shall increase their payments to the extent of these sums respectively, on the understanding that they shall be relieved by the forfeiture of their shares from all further responsibility. The capital account to the 31st January showed that 2,024,2321. had been ex pended, and 1,584,26 O. received, leaving 439,968 L due to bankers and others. The revenue account showed that 72,9251. had been received, including 19,948/. reve nue in hand at date of last balance, and the expenses 38,714/., leaving a balance of 34,2111. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—It appears from a re cent decision at the Marylebone police court, that the shareholders have no power to inspect the books or ac counts of this company, except through the agency of a committee of shareholders holding ten shares each, such committee to be duly appointed at a half-yearly general meeting of the company. The practical difficulty of ob taining a majority for such a purpose against the will of the directors is looked upon as almost insurmountable. The Great Western Act of Incorporation was passed in 1835, and therefore it is held that this company do not come under the provisions of the Company's Clauses Consolidation Act passed in 1845, which gives that power to individual shareholders for a certain specified period every half-year. EAST INDIAN RAILWAY.—WO understand that the East India Company have at length come to the resolu tion to guarantee interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum on the amount of capital, to be agreed on, which certain railway companies may expend on the construc tion of railways in India. Should the workir.g expenses exceed the receipts, whi c h i s cons id e red to be very im probable with resp ec t t o th e li nes already selected, or should the rail wa y p ropr i e t ors at any on the wish to give up th e conce rn, they. arc to future the option of doing so on six month' notic e, f expira tion of which the East India Company are to pay them on the railway. back the full amount of capital th e y ma y have expended THE WILTSHIRE MURDER.—The High Sheriff has taken very considera ble p ains in hearing parties from the fly transportationat a t ion, an d a also t two sh e r p t o r i n s ognaeorls, ac now to under Sidon w sentence rai l of w hat they knew of th e cul p rit John Smith's state of mind previous to the murder, and the same was immediately f or warded to Sir George Grey, but without avail. A p u blic petition was also numerously signed at Salisbury to spare his life, on the principle that capital punishment s h o uld be abolished. The following is an extract from Sir George Grey's letter:—" Whitehall, March 23, 1849.—Sir George Grey desires me to inform you, that he has carefully considered this case, and that he finds no circumstances which would justify him in interfering to prevent the law from taking its course. (Signed) H. Waddington." The culprit therefore will be executed on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Mayo, the chaplain of the gaol, is very attentive in the discharge of his religious duties, devoting some hours at a time in the cell of the unhappy man, but, as yet, without making any visible impression on his mind. REDUCING THE DECLIVITY OF HOLBORN-HILL . On Saturday workmen commenced lowering the brow of Holborn Hill, commencing opposite Hatton-garden, wh(re it was peculiarly steep and dangerous. The road was sunk eighteen inches, and will be continued oa a gradual incline to Fetter-lane. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE SIDON AT PORTSMOUTH.—The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., arrived at Spithead on Saturday, at eleven o'clock, and sa'uted the flag of Admiral Sir 11!aden Capel. She left Gibraltar on Saturday, the 17th with the St. Vincent, 120, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, which ship she towed through the Gut, and as far as Cape St. Vincent, being a distance of about 200 miles, havizg a smooth water run; she averaged with this heavy ship in tow ti rate of from seven to eight knots per hour. Tne Sidon then made the best of her way to Spithead. On her passage she experienced a succession of N.E. - winds, therefore it is not improbable that, as the St. Vincent could make but little progress, she may have Plumper, into Lisbon to await a change. The Reynard and Plumper, screw-sloops, were to leave Gibraltar for England the day after the St. Vincent. The Sidon remained about three hours at Spithead, and then received orders to go into harbour and prepare for paying off, for which she is to be ready on next Saturday. Soon after Captain Hen derson, of the Sidon, had seen the Commander-in- Chief, he started for London to make his deport of her arrival and the state of circumstances at Gibraltar: Mr. Miller, from Portsmouth dockyard, has been ap pointed foreman of the works in the civil engineering and architect's department at this yard. Henry Parkin, inspector of hospitals, formerly of the Woolwich infirmary, but of late of the retired list, died last week at a very advanced age. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Rich, is to be paid off at Devonport a day sooner than We have stated. The pay books were returned from the Admiralty on the 22d, and she will be put out of commission on the 28th. The Conflict, screw-frigate, at Devonport, is ordered to be brought forward at that port for commission as a first class steamer. The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, arrived through the Needles from Ply mouth, and anchored at Spithead about 4 Pail. THE LAST OF THE SEMAPHORES.—This establish ment, or at least the last remaining station, will be fi nally broken up in the course of the ensuing week. The electric telegraph line will be completed in a few days into the Port Admiral's office in Portsmouth dockyard, along the Fareham branch line of railway through the fortifications of Portsea, which will supersede its duties of conveying messages to and from the Admiralty across the harbour. One signalman will be left as a look-out to seaward, and to take care of the tower and machinery. The officer and one man are to be discharged. The officer, Lieutenant Williamson, whose services, extend ing over a period of fifty years, forty-two of which he has been a lieutenant, have been exceedingly arduous, will, it is to be hoped, receive some lp übstantial reward in the shape of pension or promotion. There have been several instances of the latter on the Semaphore lime, and ono where both were united, in the person of the late Superintendent of the line, Commander Jay. The Carnatic Indiaman, Captain Nelson, embarked Sir George Anderson, Bart., the Governor of the Mauritius, from the gig of Captain Chads, C. 8., and sailed yesterday afternoon for the Mauritius and Madras. The Edinburgh, 56, steam guard-ship, was brought alongside the jetty yesterday. The Aid lighter, with stores for the Eastern yards, sailed yesterday. Wind N.E. by E.; strong breezes, with snow squalls at times. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—J. W. H. Johnstone (1823) to the Agin court depot ship at Devonport, vice Mends, promoted. Lieutenants in the Coast Guard—H. F. M'Killop to command Bletcbington station; Thomas Parry, to Hast ings station; S. Shairp to Babbicombe station; Charles Antridge to Charmouth station; T. C. Ross to Challa borough station. ECO . 'NOMY.—The Vulcan revenue steamer, which for some time past has been placed on the Isle of Wight station, ostensibly for the prevention of smuggling, left Cowes on Monday last for Dover, to be paid off, and it is anticipated will be taken into the packet service; we hear also that thirty nine revenue cutters are to be re duced, which will effect a saving of 55,0001. per annum. Several of the first-class cutters have already been paid off. As a further move towards economy, we under stand the crews will not be recompensed unless they go into the navy. FOREIGN SURVEY.—Metter from her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Captain Owen Stanley, received by a com mercial house, informs us that the survey of the Barrier reef, lying to the eastward of Australia, and the ap proaches to Torres Straits, was progressing very satis factorily under the superintendence of the above expe rienced officer, in November last, in the early part of which month the Rattlesnake was to proceed to Sydney and Port Essington. The Bramble schooner, tender to the Rattlesnake, Lieutenant Yule, R.N., commanding, was at Cape York at the above time, ae aiting the arrival of a vessel from Sydney, with stock, horses, &c., for the overland expedition under Mr. Kennedy, exi tooted from Moreton Bay. The inner passage through Torres Straits did not appear to be so much frequented by ships as could be expected. Out of thirty-one 'vessels passing through, twenty-nine had taken the outer route, and left their reports at Booby Island. LAUNCH OF THE JUPITER STEAM-VESSEL. WOOLWICH, SATURDAT.—Mr. Dobson and a large party of the directors of the Star Company, Capt. Hafiz Bey, of the Egyptian frigate; Mr. Humphries, Chief Engineer at Woolwich dockyard; Mr. Landseer, bro ther of the celebrated painter; Mr. Brockedon, Mr. Red man, and a number of ladies and gentlemen, assembled at Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill's establishment at Black wall on Saturday last, to witness the launch of a fine iron steamer, built by the firm for the Star Company. The vessel is a very handsome specimen of naval archi tecture, 165 feet in length between perpendiculars by 18 feet broad, with a depth of hold of nine feet six inches, and of 248 48.94 tons burden, from a design by Mr. Pasco, who also designed the Llewellen Holyhead mail packet, the Ondine mail-packet, the Meteor, and new Star London and Gravesend steamers, all celebrated for their great speed and other excellent qualities. The engines of the Jupiter are two of 40-horse power each on the oscillating principle, having tubular boilers and brass tubes with feathering paddle-wheels. The interior of the best cabin is fitting up with good taste, the doors and partitions beingformed of mahogany, with bird's- eye American maple panels. At two o'clock r.ar. a signal was given that all the preparations for the launch were completed, and Miss Beckett, daughter of the senior director of the Star Company, having broken a bottle of wine on the bows, at the same time naming the vessel, she immediately after glided into the water in fine style, cheered by the spectators on shore and on board. The Jupiter was then taken in tow by the Meteor, and re moved to the station where she is to be completed to run between London and Gravesend. A large company of the friends of the directors of the Star Company and Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill then proceeded to visit the Egyptian frigate in the East India Docks, fitting by the firm with engines of 550-horse power, and a screw pro peller, and were highly gratified to witness the elaborate work of the chief cabin, originally intended for Mehe met Ali. The whole of the doors and partitions are formed of rosewood, richly inlaid with mother-o'-pearl and satin-wood, and although chaste profusely dornamen ted, designs, a nd nd h a ving the work displays good a fine effect from the great care in finishing and high w The engines are on the he es for giving velocity to the rpiozloi s ns c ht r a e gl wipv-reip given principle, ell C' yre, wit h r g and part.co they hd occupy but a small space in the vessel, affording ample room for working and free ventilation, so essential in a vessel intended for service in an Egyptian climate. Captain llafiz Bey and the officers of the frigate were particularly attentive in con ducting the numerous visitors over the vessel. LAUNCH OF A STEAM SCHOONER.—The Archer steam-vessel, building at Deptford-yard, will bo launched therefrom to-morrow. Her screw power will be 250 horse. She belongs to the same class of vessels, in ap pearance, as the Sharpshooter and Rifleman, but, as will be perceived, exceeds them in tonnage and engine power; the Archer being of 790 tons, whereas the Rifleman and Sharpshooter respectively aro 483 tons each. The ma chinery of the Archer is by Seaward. Her assigned ar mament is one 68-pounder of 95 cwt., 10 feet long; one 10-inch gun of 85 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches long, on pivot slides and carriages; and two 32-pounders of 25 cwt. each, 6 feet long, on liardy's carriages. REPORTED DEATH OF MRS. JERMT.—A paragraph appeared in our paper of Saturday, copied from the Cambridge Independent, which stated that Mrs. Jermy had died on Thursday n i g ht, a f ter i ntense su ff e ring, and Eliza Chestney was still uncertain wh e th er R us h' s trial would come en , was also in a precarious state, tic that it as there was little hope of the girl being able to attend question and give her evidence at the assizes, which will com mence to-day (Monday). was inadvertently inserted in the paper al luded t o csi Leeds Ingelltgen- Saturday week, and was copied into the hin cer of Saturday, from whic h and Saturday. our paper of_ The Norfo lk Cambr id ge j T o h u e rna p l a i r t ag w r a a s p transferred to Jermy is dead, but state that at a was in a very precarious Commission opens on Monday, and there is state. The ty to obtain places in the cit Stat to hear the greatest anxiety B I Mr. Sergeant yes and Mr. Prendergast Rush's trial. plaatpeehrsoudrenoyn FthraitdaMyrnsigjhetrinshe w ill a ppear for the prosecution, and it is expected that Bush will defend himse lf. A lette r bearing the signa turei of the supposed assassin, James Blemfield Rush, has appeared in the Norfolk News of Saturday, in which he denies the truth of several statements which ap peared in that journal respecting bim, and which ho says he would have corrected betore, but that he only saw the paragraph within the last few days. In the first place, he denies that he was ever committed for setting fire to his property. It was true that a wheat stack was burnt down on his farm at Wood 'Ailing, but so far from his being charged with arson on that ac count, he was, in fact, paid the full valuation on account of the loss be sustained, and which valuation was awarded by Mr. Pratt, the land agent. Then, as to the Potash Farm, he says, he, knowing its value, ad v i se d Mr. Jermy to purchase it, but Mr. Jermy declined to do so; when he (Rush) agreed to buy the farm if Mr. Jermy would let him have 3,5001., at 4 per cent. , for eight years, for that purpose. Mr. Jermy consented, and afterwards let Rush have more money, and extended the time for paying the amount to ten 3'sars; therefore, the writer of the letter Buys, it is not true that be was employed to buy the farm for Mr. Jenny; and that, in s tead of doing so, he purchased it for himself. His statement in this particular would, he says, be sustained by the agreements and letters, &c. After referring to remarks published respecting him in the above and other Norwich papers, under the head of " Rumours," he con cludes by ; uq-ng:—" The truth will come out at the trial, I hope, quite satisfactory to the judge and jury, to set cruel reports right." LOLA MONTES. On Saturday a sale was con cluded at Phillip's Rooms, of the personal effects of the Countess of Landsfeld (L ola Mentes). The property disposed of was of grea t va l ue, and included p ictures, bijouterie, furniture , y ot the article's w ere emblazoned h_ an d articles of vertu. On man y of e royal ar ms o f ißa varia. Its re p o rted that this distinguished lady, upon her return to England, intends devoting her time to writ i ng m emoirs and anecdotes of her residence at fo reign courts. I 4 .