The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

TO THE COUNTRY TRADE, &c.—Such re spectable Houses as may be disposed to add to their present trade the very important addition of a first-rate connexion, consisting of purchasers of first-class Goods, principally PALETOTS, &c., can effect their object by applying for terms, Sic. to the under-men tioned, wh• will duly forward same, with fullert particulars, in the event of there being au opening for an agency in the town from whence they write.—H. J. and D. NICOLL, WHO! E SALE and COUNTING•IIOUSE DEPARTMENT, 120, REGENT STREET, London. ONE 11/INDRED AND ET(IFITTI SALE. nITSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, APRIL, 18 49 . v For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane, on Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, and Friday 20th April, 1849, at Twelve o'clock at Noon pre cisely, the following GOODS for Home Consumption, viz.:— Amber and other Mouthpieces, Antique Cabinet, Chest, &c. ; Ar tificial Flowers, Barege, Beads, Berlin Embroidery, Books ; Boxes : Brass, Sunlit Sce. ; Brandy, Brooch Paintings, Buhl Cabinets, Tables, Ike.. Busks, Buttons, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cameos ; Carpets: Au buss4n, Jim • Candelabras, China Ware : Bowls, Jars , Teapots, Sze. ; Clock cases, or Indian Ink, Clocks : Carriage, Inlaid, Marble, Ormolu, Porcelain, &c. ; Coffee, Cologne Water, Curtains, Muslin, &c., embroidered ; Combs, Damask for Curtains, &c. ; Dolls, and Dolls'-heads, Dresden Cups and Saucers. Candelabras, Figures, Plates, Stands, Vases, Bottles, &c. ; Dutch and French Porcelain ; Embroidery and Needlework, viz.: Caps, Collars, Chemtsettes, Dress pieces, Shirt-fronts, &c. ; Feathers, dressed ; Fans, Geneva, Hand- Screens, inlaid Cabinet., Tables, &c.; Jewellery : Bracelets, Brooches, Buckles, Chatelains, Neck-chains, Shawl and Head Pins, Studs, &c. ; Jewel-cases ; Leather Purses, Souvenirs, Visites, &c. ; Lace : Brussels, Chantilly, &c. ; also Barbes , Berthes, Collars, Coiffeurs, Cuffs, Points, Shawls, Scarfs, Veils, ; Match-splints, Musical Boxes, Needles, Painters' Colours, Paper-a eights, Paper Box-tops gilt, ; Parasol-handles, Pencils, Prints, Pipe-bowls, Tubes, Stems, Ike. ; Pongee-handkerchiefs, Palm-oil, Papier-mache Trays, Bread baskets, &c. • Purses, Rune, Seale, desk, &c. ; Segars, Segar-tuber, Sevres Porcelain mounted ; Scent Bottles mounted; Silk : Braid, Mead-dresses, Pelerines ; Shawls : China Crape, French wool, Cash mere, &c. ; Snuff, Spirits, plain and mixed ; Steel Buckles, Bracelets, Chains, &c. ; Stays, Succades, Sugar, Tallow, Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Toys. Tooth-brushes, Utrecht Velvet, Waistcoat-pieces, embroidered, Watches : Gold, Silver, Plated, &c. ; Watch-keys, Guards; Wino. The Vessel " Ranger," with sundry Stores, Sails, Masts, Standinz and Banning Rigging, Anchors, Cables. &C., &c., and various other goods. For Exportation only—Books, Wine, Spirits, and Cordials, Tea, dr..e., /cc. FOr Exportation, or for Home Consumption on payment of the dutles—Arrow-root, Books, Combs, Cassia, Cordials, Coffee, Cologne Water, Dresses, Dice, Ginger preserved, Hops, Lacquered Ware, Pepper, liosewater, Sugar, Spirits, Tea, Tumeric, Wine, Szc , &c. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cus tom-house, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine's, London, and the East and West India Docks; and at the Tobacco-ground, Rother hithe, on Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the 14th April, 1849, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the days of Sale from Ten O'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the receiver of fines, after Two o'clock !a the Afternoon ; and that on the days of sale, money will not be re ceived lsy the receiver of fines after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom house, Thames-street, London, price Is. each. 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 6d. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for thew, can he 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? Vi.ions 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 Light Company her Majesty's dominions with Light supply. The Public will have none other. The Eight New Lights are constantly boning at the Company's Establishment, RIC lIARD 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. HOUSE PAINTING WITHOUT SMELL. Use the newly-invented SWEET OIL of TURPENTINE, as certified by Dr. Sevny. It goes further, dries quicker, lasts longer, adds to the brilliancy of colours, and prevents the many ill effects too often consequent in the use of the old turpentine. Painters and lovers of health, write this up•n the tablets of your memory. sold in bulk and in bottles, Is. and 2s, each, a the SWEET OIL of TURPENTINE COMPANY'S DEPOT, Bream's-buildings, Chan cery-lane ; by every Oilman ; and the Company's Agents throughout the,Kingdom. THE NICOLL—REGENT-STREET and CORNHILL. BESIDES the above Patented Article, there is another Novelty introduced for this Season which is however, Registered, and consists in a BODY GARMENT some what in the form of a Dress-coat, that is to say, a Gentleman can wear it in the evening without distinctly infringing the laws of costume recognised in Society • but as it is more especially in tended for morning wear, wh en Riding or Walking, it necessarily avoids the stiff formality to tie cbserved in the cut and form of, the Dress-coat. The price is TWO GUINEAS. the same as charged at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, for THE REGISTERED PALETOT, wkick is likewise now ready for the Spring months, with all the new and patented improvements included in the above moderate price; thus it deservedly bears the name of being not only the most fashionable but also the cheapest and most durable garment ever offered to the Public, the intrinsic value of the material known as NICOLLIAN or LLAMA CLO rII, being, within the last few months, much enhanced, the same durability being retained, with an increased fineness and beauty in appearance. It can be seen ready for imme diate wear, in every sire, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, bat IT is impossible to detail in an ordinary Adver tisement the many advantages appertaining to the above gar ments. In the first place, Messrs. NICOLL purchase the wool direct from the foreign grower, and it does not leave their possession Until It is produced in a complete form and ready for the Inspection of their Patrons. Messrs. NICOLL are honoured with the patronage Si their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert. Prince George of Cam bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wel. Iblgton, and all others distinguished In Rank and Fashion, the Court, the/N:OpH, and the Bar. At 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, there Is to be seen T" NICOLL.—A patented garment and pos sessing this peculiarity, that whilst in its exterior It preserves every characteristic of , he Registered Paletot, it can, by simply detaching an inner It ing, be conver ed from a warm to a light 0 ercoat, or vice versa, at th pleasure of the we trer. This same inner lining, %then detached, of itself forms a most comfortable reading or dre.sing jacket. There ere many other advantages con tained in TILE NICOLL, ren tering it as a garment a most valuable adjunct in a variable c.imate, also for travelling, &c., but it should be seen and worn to be fairly appreciated, but it can be had In Lon don only at 114, 116, 120, REGE r-STR EET, and 22, CORNIIILL, and IT is perhaps unnec essar y h ere t o s t a t e t h at M essrs. NICOLL will endeavour to deserve and retain the eminent position they have attained through the employment and liberal payment of the best skill and talent that can be met with in order to introduce articles of gentlemanly costume, in the most perfect taste. Messrs. N. are well aware that their great popularity induced by the high character exhibited in every point of the Registered Paktot, &c., &c., has caused many to assume a somewhat similar title for their goods, but the copy has consisted only In a close re- Semblance of the name but not of the article ; a careful observance of the annexed address is therefore respectfully solicited, where the above garments can only be obtained in London. IL J. and I). NICOLL, 114, 116, 12 , , REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL. UNDER the SII ADOW of the GRASS HOPPER (22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange) may be seen the City Depot for the NICOLL, the REGISTERED PALETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING- COATS, and other garments, with some portion of each of the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited in the spacious warerooms, 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, as not only these last-named premises, bat also those in Cornhill, are the property of one and the same firm. The following agents have also a large variety ofgoods for inspection, viz. :—Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham; Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. Macdona, Moles- Worth-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Christie ant' Son, George-sheet, Edin burgh; Mess's. Wilson and Co.. Calcutta; Messrs. Rutherford, Hong Kong; Messrs. Roth, Philadelphia; Messrs. Bruce, Cape Town. It y a des agents pour la vente de ces articles brevet& dans bates les principales ♦illes de l'Angleterre et des colonies qui out des as sortiments prets a etre examines. TO ONE-TREE HILL. Hail, charming eminence ! I love to mark .Thy beautiful ascent in Greenwich Park. When but a child I loved thee, and I still Respect the very name of One-tree 11111. Thy steep acclivity and crowning tree. Were ever honoured, ever hailed by me ; And many a time I've left the busy town, To try my skill at running up and down. Or stood upon thy lofty brow to mark The happy multitudes in Green ich Park. Once more, famed hill—once more do we discern, The approaching sign of Easter's glad return. And soon thy park will echo with the hum, Which plainly tells of Easter's season come. Thousands preparing for thy cheering scene; To MOSES' Dress Establishment have been. And had'st thou eyes to see, thou wouid'st admire The specimens of MOSES' SPRING ATTIRE. Such splendid sroples of artistic skill Were never kno7n before, thou noted hill. MOSES and SON will show you something prime In Easter Dress for Eighteen-Ferty•Nine. THE HATS OF MOSES, Mere, there, and ever Which we soon shall mark, everywhere in Greenwich Park, Are equally deser v i ng of anproval, While throngs of buyers aid in their removal. THE BOOTS AND SHOES In every sense are prime, And thousands have been bought for Easter time. Never did feet ascend thy pathway steep With shoes so smart, so durable, so cheap. TIIE HOSIERY AND SHAWLS, I would remark, Will beautify thy scene in Greenwich Park. Nor there alone, but all throughout the land, Will proofs be seen how MOSES' dress is planned. Dress such as never has been matched in skill, Since first tho 'verdant grass dressed One-tree Hill. LIST rRICE6I. ILZADY MAD Autumn and Winter Coats, in on the new styles—from £0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed ....... 0 The Prenaler.. •••••••••• • • •• •• • • • "••• • • •'••••••• 0 15 • '•• • • • D'Orsay Shooting C0at5........ ....... ........... •8 , Autumn and Winter Trousers .. • • • • • • • • 12 6 4 g Doeskin ditto .. • ..... ••..•••••••••• • • • • •• •• • • • • s 2 • Autumn and Winter Vests .. • • • • • • • • •• • • • • " • • ' • 1 • 0 Frock do. ...... •••••• •• '• " " 016 6 Bora' Hussar and Tunic Sults.. ...... • • • • • • •• • • • • '• JUDI TO MILBURN. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from .Z 1 6 0 ?tilled cloth Coat . . Tweet Trousers . ••..•• • • .. 0 9 6 Tweed Wrappers •••• • • • • ..... ••••• • " " • 0 18 0 New Pateat Trousers, in all the appreTed styles • • Doeskin Tr0n5er5.........................• nest, er Dress 1 6 0 Dress Coats ....... ....... •••••••••••••••••• • • 1 12 0 Best quality .. • • .....• .. • • Frock Co. nest quality 3 3 0 C eesimere Vest •••• •••• •• •• • ..... •• •• •••• •• •• •• 0 8 6 tatin, Plain or F ancy 0 12 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. •• •• • 1 8 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Suit of com A new work entitled " The Clothes Treasury lete of for 'Paste," containing a .de tailed list of prices for each department, with f u ll dire c tions for self measur ement, may be hail on application, or forwarded post-free. Ca ution. —E. M oses and Son regret having to guard the public against Imposition ; but have learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. T ey have ao connexion with any other house in or out of London, ercept their Branch Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thorne Bradford, Yorkshire ; ant those who de;ire genuine and claim? clothin. hould call at, or send to either of t heir Branches, or to the Mi s eries and Aldgate, City, London. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, W oollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Molders, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfittes, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minorier, a n dn au, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London ; and their Branch Establish iltents, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, T hornton's-buildings, Brad •Ord, Yorkshire. Take trotiee.—This Establishment is closed from sunset FridaY. 1 l sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several iirstrate Cutters wante,l for London and Country ; apply on Tuesday Ilorning2, X.B. T at Ten o'clock. . his Establishment will be closed on Saturday Evening, 41 4, 111 7 . and resume busljaas al anal on 31011 day Iticutizir, Apr l l_9, ' 11 /Yl4 o'clotk i , . UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI GRATION SOCIETY. OFFICE, 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS, CORNIIILL. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. T LAMIE MURRAY. , Esq Chairman. _ _ Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Edmond S. Symes, Esq. Colonel C.C. Kemeys Tynte,M.P, Clement Tuber, Esq. Wallop Ilrabazon, Esq. Charles Intdeney, Esq. Charle' George Fairfield, Esq. Anthony O'llaherty, Esq., M.P. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. MEDICAL lloAan —E. S. Syrnes, Esq. ; 11. F. Power, Esq BANKERS— Union Bank of London; National Bank of Ireland. SOLICITORS—WiIIiam Tatham, Esq., London ; Messrs. D. Mahony, and Co., Dublin. SHIPPING iGENT—James Irvine, Liverpool. SECRETARY—DudIey Byrne, Esq. PLAN OF SETTLEMENT. The United States and Canadian Emigration Society, under a Deed of Trust with the eviller, has acquired 153,400 acres of Land in Hopkins county, Eastern Texas, latitude 33 deg. north, longitude 95 deg. 90 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 1,91 ' lots, of SO acres each, and to locate thereon 1,910 fatuities. With a view to an equitable distribution of the soil, each allotment to consist of about two-thirds Prprie or lightly-timbered Park-like pasture-land, not requiring to be cleared for immediate cultivation, and one•thlrd 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 to 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 whirls 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•third 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 jour.. 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. —Implements 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 grubbing-hoe, a saw, two augurs, tvro chisels, a Ja7.kplane, a scythe, a rake, and a pitchfork, with seeds for the first year's planting. Fifthly.—A log-hence, eighteen feet square by ten feet in height, in the erection of which the Emigtant 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 et the sum 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 fatally, as the case may be, to the itecesssary articles of subsistence, stock, and materials, for effecting their settlement on the eighty acres of land, of which they have acquired the Fee-simple and obtained possession. Emigrants may secure a larger allotment at the cost of flys shillings per acre. 1. 1 man without a family • • 2. A man and his wife ••£6l 8 9 •• 73 8 9 A man, his wife, and one child under twelYe years • • 79 $ 9 A man, his wife, and one grown son •• •• 86 IR 9 _ _ S. A man, his wife, and one grown daughter • • • . 85 8 9 6. A roan, his wife, one son, and one daughter • • • • 98 18 9 7. A man, his wife, 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 0 Each male adult, in additicn to the head of a family, will be fur nished with 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 fled his own outfit of bed, bedding, cloth ing, utensils, and stores for the passage; the ship ending 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 an 1 intermediate passage can be secured for a limited num ber in each vessel, at an additional cost of from 21. for intermedtate ; 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. Ap - ilcations 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. Ilationy and Co., solicitors, 2, Kildare-street, Dublin; or James Irvine, Esq., 6, Cook-street, Liverpool; or any of the Agents of the Society. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Offices-8, Water-street, Liverpool ; 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion house, and 28, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London; 29, North umberland-street, Edinburgh ; and Commercial-buildings, Dublin. THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZATION, EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS. Just published (with a Map by Wyll, Charing cress), . - • LETTER from Major Robert -Carmichael -14. Smyth to his Friend, the Anchor of " The Clockmakcr," con taming Thoughts on the Subject of a British Colonial Railway Com munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the same time assisting Emigration and Penal Arrangements; conclud ng with a few Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut. Henry Millington ~ y nge, of the Royal Engineers. Published by W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by Simpkin and Marshall ; Ridgway, Piscadilly ; Wilson, Royal Ex change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and It. Folthorp, Royal Library, Brighton. Concluding paragraphs from the article in the HISTORIC TIMES of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedition. "This brief sketch of Arctic discovery may serve to remind our readers of its progress to the present time, and prepare them for further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of the national character that in about fifteen years the ice-bound cuasts of a continent extending 110 degrees of longitude, i.e., as wide as Asia, and twice as wide as Europe, has been traced by land and sea, and its interior traversed in every direction. It cannot, however, be doubted that the same amount of energy and capital thus employed might hare joined the Atlantic and Pacific by a path available for commercial purposes, united the west with the east, poured the wealth of the latter into the cffers of our merchants, and spread reli gion and civilization to the most remote corners of the globe." Extracts from THE SUN, 16th February. "According to the scheme disclosed in this remarkable pamphlet, merchandize, and passengers might be perpetually conveyed to and fro between England and her colonial territories in the two hemispheres without having to traverse the roads of Continental Europe (which roads might be rendered impassable at any moment by the outbreak of a general war), and without the necessity of having to double either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, where the seas are as tempestuous as the voyages are circuitous; and the intercourse between Great Britain and her most distant and scattered possessions would not only be by this means less liable to interrupti n, but it would be infinitely more rapid, and, in every respect, more convenient. The proposed line of railway would link together the two oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic; it would sttetch in a direct line across our colonies in North America ; it would commence at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and would terminate at Frazer's River, pouring into the Gulf of Georgia ; it would com municate by steam-vessels with the ports of the United Kingdom in one direction, and in the other would promote a continual inter change of commodities nod intelligence with Pekin, with Canton, with Australia, with New Zealand, with the Spice Islands, with Ceylon, with Madras, and with Calcutta. " The North American Railway from the Gulf of Georgia to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, running from Nova Scotia by St. John's through New Brunswick, across the St. Lawrence and Otawa, tra versing Upper Canada along the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Su perior, through the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Company to the south of Lake Winnipeg, over the chain of the Rocky Mountains to the coast of the Pacific confronting tke Island pf Vancouver—this enormous line of railway would then be the first substantial em ployment of that felicitous fact which has been intimated in the ex pression that the shores of the Pacific constitute 'the end of the West and the beginning of the East.' " It would form ' the great link required to unite in one powerful chain the whole English race.' It would penetrate the enormous bar rier of the Rocky Mountains. It would, ht a particular manner, bind together the interests of England, of the Hudson's Bay Com- MAY, and the Canadas. It would present a magnificent field for the employment of gangs of convict labourers—criminals who by clear ing and enclosing lands, by constructing roads, and building bridges, would be withdra wn from the diabolical contaminations of the penal settlements, and would, unconsciously be instrumental in for warding the grand labours of civilization. " It would pass through regions 'rich in mines of silver and copper,' such as the vicinity of Lake Superior. It would draw into use the abundant timber of the Oregon, the plentiful coal of Vancouver's Is land, the iron, lead, and tin, the granite, slate, and sandstone, the oolites, the cattle, wool, hides, and tallow, the salted meat, the beef, the pork, the wheat, the barley, the Indian corn, the apples, and the rest of the nutritious vegetation which now flourishes uncon sumed in the length and breadth of the North American Continent. " Such is the noble project of a Colonial railway suggested by this patriotic pamphleteer." EASTER HOLIDIYS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic: The Illusion of the Inexhaustible It Atte, the astonishing Magic Coins, the celebrated Feather Trick, the Gold Fi , h and Ink, the Magic Dis tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr. 114chhoffnor.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.— Among the New l)issolving Views arc Four Ytews of Hobart Town and the Neighbourhood, by S. l'rour, Esq., from Original Drawings taken in Van Diemen's Land by him ; also, scenes in Mexico, Swit zerland, the Gold District of California; and a Plan of the Battle field of Chillianwalta.—New Chroinatrope.—Diver and The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music is under the di rection of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including - , aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue. ls. FURTHER OPENING OF RAIL- WAYS IN LINCOLNSHIRE. (From the Eastern Counties Herald.) On Monday last sixteen miles of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway—viz , from Brigg to Gainsbor oug h, were o pened to the public, completing the eighty m il es o f railway which this company was empowered to constructn Lincoln shire. They e x t en d eas t an d w est from Grimsby to Gainsborough, and no rth and south from New Hol i land opposite Hull to Lincoln, with a branch from New Holland to Barton-upon-Humber. The com pany, we believe, have yet the power to make a short branch from the Meortown station to Caistor. The distance from Hull to Gainsborough by water is fifty miles, and the time occupied in the voyage by the improvements in steam navigation has, been reduced to three hours, once a day, with occasional opportuni ties, according to the state of the tide, of completing two voyages per day. The distance is, by the Hull ferry steamer and the railway, now reduced to thirty six miles, and the time requisite to complete it to six minutes less than two hours, including the stoppages at ten intervening stations. The time between New Holland (the Hull ferry station) and Gainsborough, is less than an hour and a half, and there are four up and four down trains every day. At ten o'clock a train siarted from New Holland, filled with a goodly company, many of them bent on sight seeing, while others availed themselves of the cheapness of the trip to transact business at various parts on the line. A large proportion of these travellers had arrived from Lincoln, Grimsby, and other towns in the district. A band of instru mentalists had been provided, and played lively music at every station. At the Brocklesby station, 7f miles from New Hol land, we saw some labourers trimming the branch or junction with new ballast, preparatory to the expected visit, a few days hence, of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. At Brigg, 16 miles from New Holland, besides a convenient station, we observed a new road or street made through the fields to the town, thereby escaping we presume, the toll-bar, which is placed in most pro voking proximity to the occupied dwellings of the townspeople. As we approach Kirton-in-Lindsey, which is six miles from Brigg, a change in the ballasting of the line from chalk and gravel to small beaten fragments of blue limestone, gives indication of nearness to that stubborn hill whose tunnelling constituted the most difficult and laborious contract upon-the Lincolnshire division of this company's lines. We were from three to four minutes in passing through it at a moderate speed. The castellated front of this tunnel towards Kirton bas a very beautiful appearance. Throughout the greater half of the remaining ten miles deep cuttings obstruct much of the view, but immediately on passing Blyton, the last station before reaching Gainsborough, the beautif u l m ilk- w hit e square tower of a new church (that of Stockwith, on the Trent, we believe) stands out in fine relief, and the scenery as you approach the port increases in interest; the pretty church of Morton, with the eccle siastical buildings of Gainsborough, come into sight, and the station being on the side and not far from the summit of Dingle Bill, overlooks the towp and commands an extensive prospect of the hills aid valleys stretching far away into Nottinghamshire, on the opposite side of the Trent. The railway-bridge across the Trent at Gainsborough, for the joint use of the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffidid, and Lincolnshire Companies, is in course of coastzar. tion. The opening of the remainder of the latter company's line throughout from Gainsborough, which will bring into connexion the western Bed eastern portions, and reduce the whole more thoroughly to one unbroken management, is expected to be accom plished this year. The station at Gainsborough, which is a neat ereo eacdAtimvloeirnergdeq. tion in the Italian style, spacious and convenient, was also appropriate, both in extent' and appearance, to a g th t e e n ß i e r r r i r a g e l g i s 3 p . ' At Brigg there at the stati on , and were hundred's of spectators as sembledon, at Kirton many more than line the` occasion of opening appeared to be one of general interest and much re joicing._ tuhiTer e tLt t h s e . r'stitions , on th e line are 1 1 1-IE ROYAL CIIINESE JUNK will Re. open on EASTER MONDAY next, in the East India Docks, adjoining the Steamboat Pier and Railway Terminus Black wall, surrounded by an ample enclosure and promenade. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THR HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. Seventeenth Edition, Just Published, in a Scaled Envelope, 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Coacealed:Canse of the premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmpleto Restoration ; the physiology, use, and abuse of the passions ; and advice to these suffering from_indul gence in a secret vice, or from infection. By CHARLES LUCAS and Co., Surgeons, 60, Newmaa•street, Oxford-street, London, Of whom the work may be had, and sold by Brittain, 54, Paternos ter-row ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Nord )a, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Ward, 67, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, and ganger, 150, Oxford street ; and all Booksellers. The authors continue to be consulted daily on all diseases of the generative system, comprising syphilis, gonorrhoea, secondary symp toms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence and exces'. 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"On the 16th of February we directed public attention to a pamphlet, in the form of a letter, addressed to Judge Halliburton, the immortal " Clockmakcr"—a pamphlet in which a magnificent scheme is proposed for the connexion of the Pacific and the Atlantic by a railroad running through our North American possessions, through the Canadas, and through the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, beginning at the harbour of Ha lifax, near Newfoundland. and terminating on Frazer's River, opposite Vancouver's Island. Since then, it will have been observed by our readers that the author of that remarkable pamphlet, Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, has addressed a letter to ourselves, is which he disclaims any of that dogmatic egotism which is generally supposed to actuate the projectors of such colossal enterprises. The pamphlet of Major Smyth, previously printed for private circulation, and written without any signature upon the title page, has, subsequently to the appearance of our re marks on the 16th ult., bean published in a complete and well digested firm, accompanied by an Illustrative map from the hand of Mr. Wyld, the geographer. Now, that the plan may be regarded as fairly before the public, we cannot but take this, the earliest oppor tunity. of reiterating our previous argument, that the noble scheme suggested by Major Carmichael Smyth is one intimately associated with the present condition and the future destinies, with the glory, the greatness, and the prosperity of the British empire." Extract from the BRITISH and ARMY DISPATCH, 16th February, before the Pamphlet was Published for General Circulation. " This pamphlet is from the pen of an officer of rank, whose long residence on service in North America has enabled him to offer to the public some valuable suggestions on the subject of the extension of railway communication on that vast continent, in the further ex tremity of which new ground has lately been broken in the progress of civilization. The pamphlet purports to point out means for the employment of the people and capital of Great Britain in her own colonies, by undertaking a great national work, and thus opening the shortest road to the most extensive regions of wealth ever before at the command of any nation in the world (not regions of gold, but for commerce and industry), and opening to Great Britain a new outlet for the superabundant population of her soil, and new markets for her labour. With great minuteness and considerable local knowledge the author traces the means by which the far apart Atlantic and Pacific Oceans shall be made easily communicable, and urges that on that part of the line where the district labour and ca pital is sufficient, it shall be under:aken by the residents, and where population is too thin, the remedy can be supplied by English capital and convict labour. " The pamphlet is altogether well worthy of perusal by all who are interested in the progress of the great tide which is naw so strongly setting ' westward.'" Extract from the ERIGIITON GAZETTE, Bth March. " One consequen'e of the recent discoveries in California has been the renewed and zealous discussion of various plan:, heretofore sug gested for opening a direct communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, instead of the present circuitous and hazardous route by Cape Horn. A general feeling seems to have hitherto prevailed in preference of a water line by the river and Lake of San Juan de Nicaragua ; and certainly, as compared with the Isthmus of Darien or that of Tchuantep c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphlet of Afaior Carmichael Smyth will go far towards effecting a revolution in public opinion. For the United States the 'route above mentioned may be a sufficiently desirable ono ; but the author of this pamphlet contends—and therein he will have at least every Englishman on his side—that such a communication ought, if possible, to be made within the limits of our own territory. " In a question like this the advocates of Colonization must feel a strong interest ; for 'let England her Northern• ♦merican, colonies, and the lludron's Bay Company, join heart and hand, and with the great power of steam which it has pleased the Almighty to place at the command of man, there will soon arise a work that will be the wonder and admiration of the age—and such a mercantile and ce lonising road will be open to Great Britain, that at no future period Eat least within the imagination of man), will she ever again have to complain of too great a reputation on her soil, and too small a market for her labour." This Letter is addressed to the Clockmaker,' and who will not echo the exclamation of that distinguished writer— ' Oh, squire, ifJohn Bull only knew the value of these colonies, he would be a great man, I tell you—but he don't.'" Extract from the RAILWAY TIMES, March 10. " There is work to be done—wealth to be opened up—men's bodies and souls to be saved —the press teems with suggestions, plain, practical, and operative—yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen sion, not a sign, not a.i expression indicative of activity, escapes from the chief of the Colonial-office, or his fussy, yet do-nothing, subordinates. " We shall revert to this topic in our next, and lay before oar readers the able, invigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway com munication between the Atlantic and Pacific. IVELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphl Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and rea.onable in the ,matropolis.—E,ish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight and Suppers until Tert o'clock. Private Ming-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits; fine Ales; and Barclay and 'Perkins's 'Stout. • X.171..An Entrance also froui Maiden lane. ROBERT WHITE, Green Dragon Commercial House. Leesning-street, Mansfield. Good Commercial-room, excellent Bed-rooms and Beds, good Stabling, Wines, Spirits, kc., of first-rate quality, with moderate charges. The above house has been conducted by the late Mrs. White and the present proprietor 24 years. Robert White begs to return his most grateful thanks to hls Commercial and other friends, and trusts to receive a continuance of their patronage. 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BANVARD'S GREAT PAINTING, extensiveyknown as the " three-mile picture," is EXHIBITED every Morning and Evening. This is by far the largest painting over executed by man, and repre sents more than 3,00$ miles of American scenery, extending through the heart of America to the city of New Orleans. Hours of Exhibi tion, every Morning, at Half-past Two. and Evening, at Half-past Seven. Doors open ball an hoar before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. A ft It I A G E. NI. One half the wend are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Sltter the latter. The solitary ono may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret itn coroprosing hey; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, aro the great hindrances to domestic happiness and 'social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and Justicedensand that health sheuldform an item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er seglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CITLVERWELL'S little VIEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. :ach (by post, in stamps, each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prldi.sh feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but for the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er together, are a disgrace to the age. F ur th ermore, two other iu t h3 p r i lbu u ti ons claim your attention (same price ls. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy:. They are not merely ce ho , ur h , eal bu th t ,thane d stu p dj iti ef on th te e a thiß utho o r': pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the life, who ow es servanee of the ma=ims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he The above works may be had of live after nature ' s laws --and to keep always eralhisscriprbebslinentglexisteof the n -row • Carvalho, 14Y, Fleet -street *lf PatertiCater , an', Sherwood, 1 3 , Isere ephemera ] iounn. 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether wise) Corhhill ; 5 •ho may be conferred With the anther kw personally. wise) from 11-plan astegIVANI; rad •o !porch's anazivadvel 1 0 , Or: would be b"esduonnneyunsidte—s of to the way." SlMAtartesem. . The day was observed as a close holiday in Vainsbo rough. Business appeared to be entirely ,suspended. Many of the townspeopl e had left by different traits& for Hull, Grimsby, Lincoln, Caistor, &c. A banquet at the White Hart was also given by the leading inhabitants of Gainsb oroug h and the neighbour hood to the dire c t ors and principal o fficers of the railway company. The directors arrived about two o'clock by a special train, and were met at the station by a deputa tion, consisting of Mr. Ilutu,n, of Gate Burton, Sir Charles Anderson, Sir Thomas Bnkett, and others, as previously determined upon by the town's meeting which had invited them. The inhabitants assembled in great numbers to give a welcom e fto their friend and former representative L or d Y arborough, the cha i rman of the company, wh o , h owever, was business in the I s l e o f Wi ght. About 50 gentl emen sat down to the lunc h eon, w hi c h combined almo s t every v i and that could be i ncluded i n such a refreshm en t, w i th wines of exce ll ent qua li ty. William Hutton, r of prevented from coming by Gate Burton (in the absence of his relative, Mr. Hickman, the Lord of the Manor of Gainsborough). presided, whilst Henry Smith, Esq , oc cupied the vice chair. Near to the chair were Sir of the- directors of the railw a y co Mpany—via Charles Anderson and Sir Thomas llckett, also four Williams, Esq-, of B roc kl os b y ; Ge O rge ' Feischi M. 'llene , age, Esq.; Dr. De B ar t o l on i , and Thomas Bl a k e , E sq . , of Heneage. In introducing the name of Prince Albert, the Chair man made passing allu s i on to the i nten d e d visit of his Royal Highness, in the course of a few days, to the county of Lincoln, for the purpose of performing an important office in connexion with another part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany's work. The friendship which subsisted between that illustrious individual and their friend the chair man of this company, was matter of congratulation to them *IL id, f for o a PROPOSED MINERAL RAILWAY.-011 the afternoo n of Wednesday se'nnight a large and influential meirieiwng. of the coal owners of Dronfleld.Whit ti ngton, thebo l New bold, purpose & c w o a f s the Midland mineral railway from Dronfield, to join Railway at Whieldon -• The proposed line com mences at Dronfield, passes by the collieries at Coal taking g a t the emeasures AurnegselinlrnnibeChe s formationer aston and Frith Wood, the collieries and iron-works of Messrs. Rangeley and Company, at Unstones from thence it runs through Brierley Wood, and passes the collieries of Messrs. Marr, at Whittington, and shortly after forms a junction with the Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal and Midland Railway, at Whieldon Mill. It is also proposed to construct tram ways, branching off from the main line, communicating with the neighbouring collieries of Mr. Lancaster, at Newbold, and also the iron-works of Messrs. Scholo- Held and Co. A single line is proposed to be constructed, ivhich, from the favourable nature of the gradients which fall towards the Midland Railway, the whole length of the line, it is calculated can, be constructed at a cost of 50,0001., which it is proposed to raise by 1,000 shares of 501. each. Various addresses,'siarrnly advocating the ,proposed line, were delivered, and a series of reso. !talons for petitioning Parliament for a Bill for the for mation of a company to carry out this object were unani mously adopted.—Derby Reporter. 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COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—TWO MEN MISSING. —Yesterday morning, about half•pan two o'clock, the Albert steam-tug, with the Mars in tow, from Ramsey, Isle of Mau, was run into by the barque Ann Grant, from Apalachicola, off the N.W. Lightship. So violent was the collision that the decks of the steamer were swept of masts, funnel, boat, So. The Ann Grant left her figurehead and cutwater on board the steamer. The pilot, who belonged to No. 12 boat, and one of the crew of the steamer, (the helmsman) are missing. A man (a stow-away from an out going emigrant ship) was seriously injured, and when brought ashore was taken to the Northern Hospital. When the steam and smoke cleared away, the persons on board the steamer observed the two vessels in contact with each other.—Liverpool I Mercury of Friday. vf„c, • N° 17 639 Ili LONDON, SATURDAY =t x % 7 X APRIL 7, 1849. SIGNORA. PARODI. Our readers may be interested by the following sketch of the history of the young artist, the pupil and adopted daughter of Pasta, who will make her debut at her Majesty's theatre next week : She was born at Genoa, in 1827. her father is a retired and pensioned employe of the Sardinian Go vernment. So early did she display natural musical gifts, that at twelve years of age she was placed by her parents in the Musical Institute of Genoa, under Maestro Celli, from which she was removed to the tuition of a professor of celebrity in the same city, Maestro Degola. In 1844 she had exhausted the lore of these masters, and was taken by her mother to Milan, to study under Felice Ronconi. She had not been many days in the capital of Lombardy, when she happened to be heard at a private concert by the husband of Pasta, who was so struck by the resem blance of her vocal gifts to those of his re nowned consort, that the following morning he hurried back to his villa at Como to tell Pasta that he had heard a young singer in whom her voice and dramatic spirit were revived. Pasta repaired to Milan to gratify the curiosity her husband had excited. Such an impression did the young musical pupil produce upon her, that she em ployed every means to persuade Madame Parodi to leave her daughter under her care, and return to her family at Genoa. Madame Parodi consented. Pasta took her daughter with her to her villa at Como, and from that time she became her pupil and adopted daughter. Felice Ronconi, it is true, having com plained of being deprived of a pupil from whose suc cess he expected to derive an addition to his fame, Pasta could not resist his entreaties; but she returned with Parodi to Milan, and gave her lessons at the same time as the professor, and soon withdrew her once more to Como, where she remained for a whole year without returning to Milan.. The young Parodi, who has four brothers and three sisters, anxious to contribute as soon as possible to the support of her father and mother with their numerous family, deter mined to appear on the stage on the first opportunity. The " Fiera di Bergamo," one of those united festivals of commerce and of music so peculiar to Italy, pre sented her the first opportunity of debut, and Pasta find ing she could not prevent the departure of her adopted daughter, conferred upon her all the ornaments she had worn when enacting the queens of lyrical tragedy : the tiara, zone, and girdle of Medea—the crown, the mantle, and golden sickle of Norma. Thus armed and encouraged, and heralded by the old friends of Pasta, Parodi's success at Bergamo was one of those scenes of fanatismo only beheld in Italy. From all quarters of the fatherland of song she re• ceived offers of engagement, and she appeared succes sively at La Spezia, the Teatro Nuova, at Florence, and the Argentina, at Rome. From thence she was engaged to appear at the Great Theatre at Palermo. Once there, so much did the Palernsitans delight in her talent, that they made every concession to prevent her leaving ; and there she still lingered until the insurrection broke out. She was obliged then to take refuge with the French consul, and other official personages, for twenty-two days, on board a Sardinian ship in the roads, and was witness to the continuous scene of conflict, carnage, and destruction that ensued. It is a singular fact, characteristic of the all-overruling passion for music amongst these enthusiastic people of the south, that the same evening that the citadel and the last bastion were taken by the insurgents, amidst a scene of destruction of property, and still more of human life, which even the official papers in Parliament have so strongly recorded, the Palermitans sent a boat and a deputation to fetch their favourite singer from on board the Sardinian man-of-war ; and that very night, when the streets were scarcely passable from ruins, an immense crowd assembled to. bear Parodi sing Norma. The spirit of the dream of liberty at Palermo soon changed • the advance of the royal army drove away all the illusions of peace and pursuits of pleasure. Parodi returned to IPasta, at Como, on her way to visit her family. She received many offers of engagements—some from London, others from Spain, from the Grand Opera of St. Carlo, Naples, &c. But these offers were all refused; Mdlle. Parodi having, in the mean time, been be trothed to the Duke de S—, a marriage long resisted by his relatives, whose consent reached her at Palermo. However, after a few months occurred the reverses of Charles Albert—the devastation of all Italy by intestine war. In consequence of this war, the contemplated marriage was again put off. Parodi determined to return once more to the stage, and accepted an engagement - from her Majesty's Theatre. Mdlle. Parodi is twenty-two years of age, of stature rather above the middle size. Her form and features are admirably adaPted to the stage. She is an ener getic actress and impassioned singer ; and the resem blance of her voice to that of the never to-be-forgotten Pi.sta is singularly striking. The interest the latter took in her pupil has induced her to write several letters, containing admirable precepts, which prove how deeply this noble prima donna had investigated the resources of her art, and how admirably she reasoned on its philosophy. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—LEICESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—A shocking tragedy has been enacted at Leicester, which has thrown the whole town into a state of consternation. It appears that yesterday morning a report was raised that a house in Simpson-street, near St. Margaret's Church, had been broken into, and Mrs. Groce, a married female and her child, about three months of age, brutally murdered. Sergeant Smith, of the Leicester police, immediately repaired to the house, when the following particulars were obtained:—The hus band of the unfortunate woman, who is a frame-work knitter, left his home that morning at six o'clock, and went to work. He returned at his usual hour to break fast, when, upon going to his room, he was astonished at finding the door locked, and the key in the inside of the lock. He called several times without receiving an answer, and upon looking under the door he could see that the floor was covered with blood. Having giving. an alarm the door was forced open, when a most appalling scene presented itself. Upon a box was lying the infant child, with its head nearly severed from its body; and close by was the Inotkr,,,wiikher throat cut from ear to„ear,4nd _blood flowing In'cepions streams from the wound. 'rho woman • was instantly laid on the bed, and Mr. Buck, a surgec!n, was sent for. The child he pronounced to- bo quite dead, but the mother was still alive. Mr. Buck at once did all that was possible to save the live of thopor woman; but, in spite of his exerti ons, she e xpired d urin g the day. There is every rea son to conc lude d that Mrs. Groce destroyed the life o f her child, by cutting its throat with a razor, and that she afterwards cut her own th r oat with the same weapon. A razor, covered with blood, was lying at the right side of the unfortunate woman. For some time past she had been in a very low and desponding state, and had frequently expressed her fears to the neighbours that she, and her family would come to want. There is, therefore, n o d ou bt enterta i ne d , but that during a fit of frenzy the p oor creature com mitted the dreadful deed. The bodies have been taken charge of by the police until they are viewed by the coroner, who will, it is expected, hold an inquest on them this day (Saturday). - - CAISTOR.—TIIE FAlrt....On Friday last, a large quantity of sheep filled the Market-hill and roads adjoin. ing very early in the morning. The prices were nearly as high as at the last fair at this imam; and if the sales were rather slower the number sold was quite as large. It was said upwards of 50,000 sheep were on the hill. Hog sheep sold from 28s. to 385.; a few as high as 4th. and 425. Of horses many had ready purchasers, parti cularly of the cart kind. The sort of horses rather better than is usual at this fair, being more famous for sheep and horned cattle. On aturday, the Market-hill was crowded with horned cattle of very fine sorts, much ap proved of by many distant dealers and opulent graziers. The prices were a little lower than the last fair, but a very large quantity were sold before noon. The town fair on Saturday, was not large, nor did any shows ap pear to amuse the young people. All seemed engaged in the pursuits of farming, purchases and sales. The silver cup annually given by Messrs Smith, Ellison, and Co., to the exhibitor of the best pen of fifty hogs, was awarded to Mr. William Richardson, of Great Limber. The hogs shown by Mr. Bernard, Owmby, and Mr. Wtn. Davey, of Thoresway, were greatly admired and highly commended. The judges were William Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe House; Mr. William Uppleby, Bomby; and Mr. W 133. Hobson, Kettleby-Thorpe.—Hull Advertiser. ATLESDURT, GOOD FRIDAY.—The Easter Quarter Sessions for this county were held here on Tuesday last, before Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman, and a full bench of Justices. The assisea having so recently taken place, the calendar contained the names of only 10 prison err. At these sessions it was unanimously agreed that a memorial should be presented to the Privy Council, stating the expediency of holding the Summer Assis:s at Aylesbury instead of Buckingham; the Bucks Assize Bill having passed the Legislature. Several plans for the Judges' lodgings were produced, and Mr. Lent appointed architect to carry into effect the build ing, which will be commenced immediately, on the site of the old gaol. There .was a very full attendance of magistrates on Thursday amounting to 40. Amongst whom wore Lord Carrington, Lord-Lieutenant ; the Marquis of Chandos, Lord Nugent, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions; the three Members of the county, Dr. Leeds, &c. EXTRAORDINARY LAMB Carter, butcher , sold at his stand, in the market •hous!, Coc am ke b r s ino r u e t in h, on Monday last, ono of the finest Cheviot m beret] to have been seen at so earl y a perio d of the sea• son, being 101 b. per q uarter,...end b House, near only ten weeks old, orough bred and fed: y Mr. Sewe ll , o f way Mary port. • Puomric COTI.—Mr. R.. Pattinson, of Hay Close, has a cow which has bad four calves, and is net yet tour years ol d. —Carlisle d —Carlisle Journal. [PRICE SD. THE REPRESENTATION OF Sri EFFIELD. A meeting of electors was held on Thursday at the sessions-room in the Town-hall. The place was crowded. Upon the platform appeared Mr. Alderman Dunn, Mr. Alderman Vickers, Mr Alderman G. Turton, Mr. Alderman Hall, Messrs. W. Smith, W. Fisher, R. Solly, T. B a d ger , T. Bi r k s, the Rev. S. 1). Waddy, Messrs. R. J. Gainsford, W. A. Mat thews, W. Smith, jun., W. Lockwood, T. W. Rod gers, &c. Mr. DUNN took the chair, after some opposition, amid the cheers of the meeting, and read the follow ing letter from Mr. Roebuck : My dear Sir,—Your letter, announcing the resolu tion passed at a meeting of the Liberal Election Com mittee of the Sheffield electors, reached me only this morning, and I now hasten to express to yourself; and the friends in whose name you write, my warmest ac knowledgments, in return for the high honour which their confidence in my political character has conferred on me. That they should have thought it worth their trouble to watch my political career is of itself a com pliment —a high one; but that they should, from that supervision, have decided to select me as their proposed representavive, both of their interests and wishes in the House of Commons, is as flattering and gratifying an event as could occur in the life of a politician. As such I regard it. That my countrymen thus look upon my past conduct is more than a sufficient reward for what I have hitherto done, and is a great stimulus to induce me to go on in the career that has won this signal mark of their favour and esteem.' "To my past life I must refer you for my political creed. I have seen no reason to change or swerve from it. What I have been I hope to continue to be; and I hope also not a less efficient supporter of Liberal opi nions because now I have in public for twenty years sup ported them. It was also_proposed and seco ed, that the Chair rn,M, Xe requested—to ate the result of the meeting to Mr. Roebuck forthwith. The Chairman " You tell me that there is to be a public meeting of the electors to-morrow (Thursday), which will deter mine on the course to be pursued. If my name is pro posed, I must beg of you, in my name, to say that I shall be most proud to accept the nomination, and that I shall bold myself in readiness to gire to the whole eon stitaency, to the whole of the inhabitants of Sheffield, the fullest explanation of my views which they may de sire. Whatever course they may think most advisable will suit me. The vacancy will not actually take place till after the Easter holydays; but I shall consider my self at the command of the Liberal party as soon as they decide to present me to the notice of the electors. What is most convenient to them will be that which I shall be most pleased to follow. " Thanking you, my dear Sir, and the gentlemen for whom you so kindly wrote, belive me, most sincerely yours, " J. A ROEBUCK. " T. Dunn, Esq." The following letter from Mr. Roebuck was also read by Mr. R. Leader, jun., and elicited frequent applause : Chen announced that the business of the meeting was at an end, and he had had great pleasure in witnessing the unamity which, on the whole, had prevailed. On the motion of Mr. T. BADGER, seconded by Mr. R. LEADER, jun., a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman. TR lAL of the BATH GOLDSMITHS FOR TRANSPOSING THE HALL MARK. TAUNTON, FarDer..--Horatio Jennings Warren, 47, and Samuel Henry Fuller, 31, were placed at the bar before Lord Chief Justice Denman, and arraigned on an indictment charging them with having in their possession, without lawful excuse, a silver spoon• bearing the mark of the die of the Goldsmiths' Company, which die had been transposed from a ware .of silver—td wit, a skewer, by one Hubert Sawyer Cousins. Another count charged the transposition, to have been made by a person to the jurors' unknown. They were also charged with being i n possession of a silver soup-ladle with the die of the: Company transposed. The prisoners were accommodated with chairs in the dock. Mr. COCKBURN opened the case to the jury. He said the prosecution was instituted by the Goldsmiths' Company, to whom were entrusted by law the purity of the precious metals when manufactured. By law it was necessary that articles, whether gold or silver, should have upon them the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company, before being offered for sale, for a two-fold purpose, that of raising a tax and securing the purity of the metals. The last Act upon the subject, 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 22, provided that every person who should have in his possession, with out lawful excuse, any ware of gold or silver, bear ing the mark of the Goldsmith's Company transposed, and knowing it to be transposed, shall be guilty of a punishable offence. The facts of the case were these. In the month of December last the Goldsmiths' Com pany received information, which induced them to . send down one of their most efficient officers to Bath.. That officer (How) purchased eleven silver articles at the shop of the defendants, those silver articles he re turned to the Company, by whom be was again sent down on the 6th of January, when be purchased 34 other articles, and among the goods offered he saw a silver spoon and a silver soup-ladle. He communi cated to the company certain suspicions which he entertained towards these articles, and on the 9th:of - January a warrant was obtained, and the spoon was seized. The die of the spoon was of as ancient a date as 1774. The company altered their dies every year, and kept a register, showing them what particular marks were made in any particular year. The spoon had been gilt, and at first it was not easy to discern the manu facture of the spoon ; but on taking it to London, re moving the gilt, and applying the blow-pipe, it was discovered that the shank of the spoon was new, and that the mark had been soldered on to it. It appeared that the bowl was 4 dwts. below the standard, the shank 3 dwts. below the standard, whilst the handle was 1 dwt. above the standard. He should show that some time ago, a man named Mitchell was employed to make the bowl of the spoon, and take it to a person named Cousins, and that it was afterwards returned to him by the accused to gild. The conduct of the. defendants at the time of the discovery was important. Some communication took place between them and Mitchell, the result of which was that the pattern from which the spoon was made was buried. After that the defendant Warren again saw him, and told him that the spoon was the only thing they were afraid of, as it had the transposed mark of the hall upon it. He advised him to give up his books, which he did, but afterwards, on his application, they were returned by Mr. Fuller. Whatever the motives of the accused might have been, the Act clearly and distinctly for bade the offence which they had committed; and of which he thought the jury could not have the slightest doubt when they heard the evidence. Mr. Hough examined—l am an officer in the assay-offiee of the Goldsmiths' Company. In conse quence of directions from the wardens, I went on the 30th of December last to the shop of Messrs. Warren and Fuller. I saw them both on that occasion, and, purchased ten articles of silver. My attention was directed to those articles, and on communicating with, the wardens, I was again sent to Bath on the 6th of January. I purchased thirty-four articles on that Occasion. My attention was drawn to a serving' spoon, and also a soup ladle, both of which were shown to me for sale by the prisoners. They asked, I believe, nine guineas for the pair. They were silver gilt. I observed that the spoon bore a very old hall-mark, whilst it was of new manufacture. I did not pur chase it, but reported what had occurred, and on the 9th of January I went to the shop again, armed with a warrant. I told them I had a very unpleasant duty to perform. That I had a warrant for the seizure of certain articles, some with transposed marks—the other without marks. Mr. \Verret) said the articles were foreign. I seized the spoon and ladle, and about 100 articles. I observed a fac simile of the spoon, and noticed the hall- mark on that. I did not seize it, having been instructed to• use extra caution and seize nothing but what I was certain about. I took the spoon to town—cleared off the surface gilding, then applied the blow- pipe, and I discovered that the mark was brought on to the stem in a very ingenious manner. I should say the spoon had first been made, and the piece inserted. I could observe the soldering the hole way—the inserted piece is considerably thinner. I made an assay of they spoon, and found the bowl considerably below the standard. The standard is lloz. of pure silver to 183wts. of alloy in the 11b. Troy. One portion of the spoon was ldwt. above the standard. I afterwards made a second search carefully, but could not find the fellow spoon. On the first occasion I examined 40 or 50 articles in the presence of the prisoners. On the second search I could find none of those articles — there had been an entire revision of the stock. I have been a long time in the service of the company, and am acquainted with the manufacture of these articles. I was formerly a silversmith. The stem of the bowl of such a spoon would be made in one piece. This method of making it would require five times the or dinary time in manufacture. Cross-examined—l was a silversmith at the age of 14. I worked at the trade about a year after my apprenticeship. I have been in the assay-office for 15 years. I am a weigher ,in the office. There are three assay era in the office. My duty is to weigh, and in case of illness or emergency to assay. I was first a drawer in the office. I assayed this my- Mr. Fuller (one of the assayers) assisted me. The dwt. is Bd., therefore this spoon would be deteri orated about ls. '24. The value of such an article, supposing it to be good, would be about 51. I did pet seize the many other suspected articles, because I was instructed to use extraordinary caution, and to give them the benefit of any doubt. I suspected the fellow spoon, but had no means of ascertaining re prcting it. 1. took this spoon upon a risk. I have never seen so large a spoon before. When I went to the shiip, I represented that I was exceedingly anxious to make a present to a friend. When I had the search warrant, I went over the pawnbroker s shop on the other side of the street. There were about 8,000 oz. of silver. I can venture to swear there wer.i not from 15,000 to 20,000 oz. of silver. 'I might have said there were only 4,000 oz. I can't 'say; you are pressing me very close. I suspected she fellow article of transposition. I did not seize 'any more articles as transposed articles. I have seen :additions and changes of form in articles, but they must be sent to the assay-office, or there is a penalty of 101. This is not a case of addition. I have not advised that Couzins should not be examined as a witness for the prosecution. I went to Mitchell and Couzins. The latter was examined before the ma gistrates. The difference between addition and trans po3ition depends upon circumstances ; the one is punishable with a 101. penalty, the other as a felony. . "The transposed liece might have been a skewer or a spoon, I cannot tell which. After the examination of several other witnesses, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and The Jury, after a quarter of an hours considera tion, tion, returned the following verdict — " t h e addition, addition, not guilty of the transposing; Guilty.' A burst verdict, ° verdict, of applause and un thed rhund r eds of accused per wer e escorted to their inn by several h " 1, Terrace, Spring•gardens, April 4, 1849. "My dear Sir,—l wrote in such haste last night that my letter, I fear, was hardly intelligible; and I cer tainly had not time to express to you, and those whom you represented, how sincerely and warmly I felt grate ful, in consequence of the spontaneous offer of support which you, in their name communicated. The only thing which rather for the moment excited surprise than pain in my mind was the sort of doubt contaimd iu your list of provisos of the steadfastness (,f my poli tical faith. However, upon reflection, it appeared to me that I had too readily taken for granted that my con duct was known to all whom that letter represented, and that a little precaution was a thing of which no one had a right to complain upon a matter so important as that which gave occasion to your communication. And your friends, will, I hope, find that what abilities I may possess will only be the more strenuously em ployed in support of those great principles which we bold in common. " The time is probably not very distant when I shall have an opportunity of explaining carefully and at due length my views of the great foundations of political science, and my applications of those principles to the exigencies of the present time. The present I cannot help thinking a very critical period, and that much will depend on the guidance of our po litical affairs of the coining few months for the future well-being of our industrious people. If a really free trade be established—if an honest reform in our expen diture be adopted —if our financial system be put upon a rational basis—then I think we may be sanguine of suc cess. If all these thi ngs b e d e l aye d or deferred, very serious evils will inevitably follow. " The two questions you put respecting constitutional reforms are at this time beginning a:lain to excite an in terest. There are some earnest and cautious men here in London who are seriously labouring to bring about a desire in the public mind fur a reform of the Reform Act. Such a reform will come. The anomalies left in our system of representation must be cured—which they may be easily, it caution direct z?,al in the endeavour. We have so much of good to retain that no man without great care and attention ought hastily to lay his hand to the work of change. The most serious quesiion which at this time can present it elf to the mind of a practical statesman, is that of the suffrage—and on this subject I earnestly desire an opportunity of stating in full my opinions. Words on that subject are in daily usf-, which I do not understand, and to which I have never assented. The wildest dreamer that ever puzzled himself with thinking of, or by endeavouring to frame a con stitution, never really proposed to himself what the words ' universal suffrage' really signify. Men, women, and children, rogues, thieves, vagabonds, and honest men, have never all been herded together in the mind of any man and endowed with the franchise ; but if not, there is exclusion ; but if there be exclusion, it must be on some principle, some ground. Some object is sought to be obtained by the exclusion which could not be obtained if that exclusion be not adopted. To discover the right principle of exclusion is the great difficulty; and my opinion is that most political men, and most political writers, have exaggerated the dangers of confiding the power oichoosing representatives to a large number of persons. I have myself great confidence in the good sense and good feeling of my fellow coun trymen, and believe that they be safely, if generously trusted. I, therefore, though with every other man opposed to universal suffrage, believe the safe tendency, the really wise tendency, is to extension ; and that due precaution being taken by registration, and by requiring a known and established domicile, added to precautions for excluding all criminals and vagabonds—this last is a well-known legal term—you would go far in establishing the restrictions required for safety, and you would avosl nearly all the dangers resulting from having discontented a largo seciion of the population. The peculiar modes of attaining these ends, the real extent of the restriction, which would indeed be large, one cannot settle ina letter -like this. But I believe we should in this - way obtan all the well-instructed and rational working ni-n, and put away at once, and completely, all who ought to be excluded. Such is my view of what in the end we shall see, and to which we ought to proceed with great caution. In this view you will see merely a matter of degree, and no wild principle of the Communist theory, to which no man is more strongly opposed than myself. But I fear I must by this time have tired your patience, and I must leave a complete exposition of my views to a personal meeting, which cannot be very distant. " The whole question of ecclesiastical endowments is one of the coming questions in politics which statesmen must meet. They tecclesiastical endowments) cannot be extended. They will be restricted. Nothing is so cer tain in the whole political future as that some mode of avoiding the unfairness of the present ecclesiastical ar rangements must soon be attempted. " The actual alteration must be a work of time. The prevention of further mischief must be at once adopted, and on this subject I expect that my views and your ewn, and that of your friends, would entirely coincide. "In all instances, political 'parties, when they come to adopt. any line of action, must mutually concede. I cannot have opinions pleasing in every case to every body. When constituents the mselves cannot agree, no one in his own person, unless he have two races under one hood,' can agree with them all, or wi.h any two who are opponents; but what I seek to do is to represent the general Liberal feeling of the constitu ency in a way and to an extent that will give me power for good ends in the House of Commons. If I attain this, I shall have done what I desire; if I should be unable to do so, I should be almost useless.—l remain, dear sir, yours very truly and much obliged, ..‘7. Fisher, Esq." Mr. FISHER then moved— "J. A. ROEBUCK. "That the meeting having been informed that a va cancy will soon occur in the representation of this bo rough,`, in consequence of her Majesty being about to confer the appointment of Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands on Henry George Ward, Esq.— Resolved—That John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., is a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament, on the vacation of Mr. Ward, and that he be invited to become a candidate accordingly." l Mr. R. J. GAINSFORD had the grea t es t p easure in seconding the proposal of Mr. Roebu ck.—(Cheers.) The Rev. S. D. WADDY addresse d the meeting at considerable length, and in the course of his speech g4o r i a t a h n i i l s c o t n d s t u i e t u a e t a a c t ep ia se th d i ll n lr t . h ß e oceabsueckofofshirav J. J. Bill, Bill, and with having obtained a silk gown within a month after. Mr. Ironside, Mr. Beal, the Chairman, Mr. Robert Leader, and Mr. Fisher vindicated Mr. Roebuck from the charge, and the motion was carried by a l arge m ajority. The next resolution was to appoint a committee to promote Mr. Roebuck's election, with power to add se nominated were M e ssrs. Dunn, Fisher, to their numbe E r.. Smith, a 1, 8° 1 1 , 1 . y Turner,Leader, ad G n s s f c ( 1 ) rd, Ironside, E. Vickers, Scho field. Mr. AIATTIIEWS moved that a subscription be en tered into t o d e f ray t h e expenses of Mr. lieebuvk. a return. g n o o t t s eff se e cti cte re d r Poole got ___-- b t u b tbg at eetlb t l b iyan o tti r ltih ob he b is e p r hr y iasn w odn a se s vir Es TERN MAIL whi h lt e o t n o ß e E k u :is s w eat: THE GREAT have w reason tty s t e o p p b e e I s i e e d, v e stretched bold of the mail tender, and then t tc h h e ed t° h P im °t se th lf e on ca h r i r s ia across —that he then gut the ' drew himself bodily open, and pitched himself i window of the tender returned the same wa n head foremost! He y. Poole has been heard to say that it was im passible to cross by the buffers, man could live a second thereon when the train was proceeding at its usual rapid rate — the vibration being s.e great. The crape which was fou 7l it . ith e carriage, and was supposed to ha v e be e n intended for disguise, was 'employed to protect .their eyes from the shower of ashes belched forth by the loco motive, and which would have blinded them at the middle passage, but for this precaution. A more dex terous and daring robbery was never effected, but the fif-, te. n years' tr.an , poriatien which eats up the prima .of life o" these two young men, shows that it was a very foolish investment of pluck, perseverance, and patience, and that the profits of suece:a were not worth the risk, first. of life, and [text of liberty.— Wotan Times. WEST HIGHLAND FISUING.—A considerable num ber of bca:s have passel cur coasts this week, on their vo4 yto th West Highlands. 111 consequence of the fog several of them hail to c me into Pulteneytown Harbour, aft, r having been presiously more than a to' tni,kbt on, their vv.!). zo Fraserburgh. A con,iderahle number went by the CaLitooian Canal.—Jasn u'Gro,,t's Jou, nal. ULVERsTONE FAIR.—The cattle and hiring fair at Ulveratone on Tuesday last was thinly taut:noun, masters end sa.vants bLing careless about future engagements. Thu show of cattle of all descriptions was thin, and & b only cam insesttestlY9r o lOU Clittle. Mr. IRONSIDE seconded the motion, on the prin viple that no man in the service of the publiz ought to be put to one farthing expense. Carried unanimously. _ _ >/:-./: • 4 tif - tk 4 b 4.-ezP . , • I 4 r - •• • , • • .4-ff, ,•• • •-• cc, .17 J e; • ,c, . , ; I f 14,1 col ,4111 crrt. • ' 4 1 4 ;I. , tf ) rigly \ / u d Y C t 1C z / r TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart., I Adam Hodgson, Esq. M.P. Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LIYEarooL. Chairman—WlLLlAM NICOL, Esq. Deputy-Chairmen —JOSEPft C. EWART, Esq. ; JOSEPH 1101:NRY, Esq . Thomas Booth, Esq. Williatn Brown, Esq., M.P. Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. William Earle, Esq. T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. Georg,. Grant, Esq. Francis llaywood, Esq. Robert Higgin, Esq. George Bolt, John Here, Esq. George 11. Lawrence, Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. Andrew Low, Esq. John Marriot, Esq. Edward Moon, Esq. Lewin Moßley, Esq. John Pennington, Itiq. 11. stolterfoht, Esq. SECRETARY—Swinton Bonit, Esq. AUDITORS—T. B. Illackburne, Esq., and Daniel James, Esq. BARl:Ras—Bank of Liverpool ; Union Bank of London, SOLICITORS —Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff, Union-court, Liverpool. MEDICAL REFEREES—James Vose, M.D., 'told. BickerSteth, Esq. SußvEroa—John Stewart, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman —WILLIAM EWART, Esq., M.P. Deputy-Chairman—GEOßGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq. Sir W. P. do Bathe, Bart. John Ranking, Esq. Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. J. M. Rosseter, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Edward T. Whitaker, Esq. James llartley, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq., Secretary James I). Nicol, Esq. to the Company. Hon. F. Pcnsonby. RESIDENT SECRETART—Benjamin Henderson, Esq. Frederick Chinnock, Esq., Manager of the West-end Branch. BANKERs-:Union Bank of L•ndon. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-row, London. MEDICAL REFEREES—MarshaII Hall, M.D., F.R.S. ; Alexander Anderson, Esq., F.R.C.S. _ _ SUSTETORS—Messrs. Thomson and Morgan, 2, Conduit-street West, Hyde-park. The amount of capital subscribed exceeds 1,600,000/. At the commencement of 1849, the Reserved and Guaranteed Funds were together 164,9401. The liability of the proprietors is unlimited. The Fire Iluriness has steadily increased year by year. The duty paid to Government in 1836 was 2,414/.; in 1846 it reached 12,3621. the Premiums are moderate ; tke settlement of claims liberal and prompt. Insurances are effected at home and abroad. _ . In the Life Department, simplicity, certainty, and large guaranteed bonuses, involving no lialoility of partnership, with very reasonable rremiums, are characteristics of the Company. The ailment of Pre miums on new business in 1846 was 3,1601. ; in 1847, 3,6871. ; in 1844, 4,4101. Capital Sums, payable on a fixed futuro day, giving to Property held under Lease for years certain the same value as if it were freehold, are insured by the Company. , Full prospectuses may be had on application Atf thq offices or Agencies. SITIN - TON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. - • BENJAMIN HENDERSON, Resident Secretary in London. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Numerous additions have been made to this interesting and novel Exhibition, including a splendid model of one of the most famous Pa godas in China; models taken from life of a first-class Mandarin and his Lady, in beautiful Court Costume. _ . Grand Saloon of Curiosities: Manderin llesing and Artist Jamsing in full dress—Chinese Crew —Chinese Songs, &c. Conveyance constantly by Railway, Omnibus, or Steam-boat. Achn!sslon ONE S .1 CataloguQs to be had only on board, 'llea Sixpence. THE EMIGRATION NOVEL. Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vo l s. post Bve., T IIE EMIGRANT FAMILY; Being the STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts." " A true picture of life at the Antipodes, vividly brought before the reader. The characters are drawn with great distinctness, skilfully groaped and contrasted; the Incidents, though natural, are suffi ciently striking ; and there are many passages of great power and pathos."—Atlas. " Exceedingly Interesting. The reader Is entertained with a rela tion of the incidents of real life."—Morning Herald. "An amusing book : the manners of the colonists are vividly sketched, and the exciting scenes of the bush faade more exciting."— Economist. " Interspersed with the story are many sketches of a settler's life, and the almost romantic incidents that frequently occur on the out skirts of the colony."—Spectator. London : Smith, Elder, ant Co., 6.5, Cornhill.