The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-10 00:00:00

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(.11fri ti t .1 .:.....,-.„ ~--r ..., • IV' .5z7. 4 . ;11.4) COURT CIRCU len gave a concert yesterday evt-nin l Inuck;-t lace, at which a party of 350, comprising the iobility and gentry in town were present. past nine o'clock was the hour of invitation, and at that time the company began to arrive at the Palace, and were conducted up the grand staircase and through the green drawing-room, into the-picture gallery, where the visitors assembled. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived at a quarter-past nine o'clock, attended by Lady Geor gians Bathurst and Colonel the Hon. Augustus Liddell. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at tended by Lady Augusta Bruce end Colonel Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was attended by Lady AuguSta Cadogan and Baron Knese beck, and was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess ;of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Count of Syracuse, was attended by General Prince Castelcicala, the Neapo litan Minister. b D LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. PRESIDENT—Rev. George Roberts. VicE-PRESIDENT—Rev. 3. I'. Stainforth. HON. SECRETARY—Rev. W. Stanton Austin. CONDUCTOR—Mr. Surman. MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH will be performed by this society To -At ORROW EVENING, I Ith inst. The orchestra will consist of up wards of 500 performers. Principal vocalists, —Miss Lucombe, Miss Dolby, Mrs. Noble, Miss E. Byers, Mr. Donald King, Mr. Lawler, &c. Tickets, 35.; Central Reserved Seats,s6. ; and Orchestra Galleries, IS. each. May be had of the music-sellers, Mr. Borernan, No 3, Leadenhall-street, and at the society's office, No. 9, Exeter Hall. The subscription to this Society is I t. Is. per annum, or for re served seats 2/. 25., entitling subscribers . to TWO Transferable Tickets for each Subscription Concert, and free admission to the Rehearsals, which takes place every Monday evening at eight o'clock. During the past year (ending 25th March), THIRTEEN Transfer- able Admissions to the Public Performances have been received by each subsci iber. The Committee request that all applications may be made at the Society's office, No. 9, Exeter Hall, where every information can be obtained. P. S. RECKNELL, Assistant-Secretary. The performances on Friday Evening will commence at Seven o'clock. N°. 17 5 667 • J LONDON THURSDAY „ t a l • • , , Er 7 MAY 10, 849. [PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. HELL 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. - r HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Collection of Models of Agricultural Implements has been greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural Society and other scientific parties. The use of these Models, as well as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec tures on the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at two o'clock, and on alternate Evenings.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on the various modes of producing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past Three, and on alternate Evenings.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Die men's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skin ner ['rout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c.— The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including -aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, IL—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. MAUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES, New Editions, corrected and enlarged, price 10s, each work, fcp. Bvo 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 reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untf_ One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellesltEeds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkkis's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from• Maiden lane. The annual meeting of this society took place on Tuesday at Exeter-hall, the large room of which wag crowded on the occasion. cloth ; or 125., bound in embossed roan, i ?THE TREASURY of NATURAL HISTORY; IL or, Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature. With 900 Woodcuts. THE TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Reference : a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. THE SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY: a Copious Popular Encr;lopxdia of the Belles-Lettres. 4 THE HISTORICAL TREASURY: an Outline of Universal nis i tory; separate Histories of every Nation. , THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY : a Dictionary of Universal , Biography ; comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. London : Longman, Brown, Green. and Longmans. THE Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike roads north of the Thames, will hold a Special Meeting at their Office, 22, Whitehall-place, In the parish of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, in the City of Westminster, on FRIDAY, the lath day of June next, at the hour of Eleven in the Forenoon, for the purpose of con sulting whether any and which of the several Toll-gates and Side bars now placed on and by the side of the Ninth District of the said Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, shall be removed and placed elsewhere or discontinued, and whether any other Toll gates and Side-bars shall be erected on or by the sides of the roads In the said district, and in what situations the same shall be placed. The Royal Family were received by the Maids of Honour, and the Grooms and Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince, who conducted their Royal Highnesses to the White Drawing•room, where her Majesty and Prince Albert received their illustrious visitors. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar, and Prince William of Hesse Philippstahl were also present. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Count of Syracuse, passed from the White Drawing-room, shortly before ten o'clock, into the Grand Saloon, which was fitted up as a concert room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting. The general company having also entered the Saloon, the concert commenced. The following was the pro gramme : R OYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE, EGYPTIAN HALL. Just published, in Bvo., price Ss. each. cloth, VIGHTH and NINTH ANNUAL REPORTS Jur of the REGISTRAR-GENERAL of BIRTHS, DEATHS, and MARRIAGES, In ENGLAND. • BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR CASTLE, where it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Hall. Morning,!Halt past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven. Admission—Lower Seats, 25.; Gallery, Is. By order of the Commissioners, J. L. PANTE R, Chief Clerk and Secretary. Metropolis Roads Office, Whitehall-place, May 4, 1849. London : published, for 11. M. Stationery Office, by Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; Of whom may be had, SALE of BLOOMSBURY HOUSE and LANSDOWN HOUK, BRIGHTON. TO be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, PURSUANT t. a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of DIXON ♦. LUM, with the approbation of Mourn TOWN IClNrEastEv, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, • at the Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, in the County of Sussex, on TIMIS , DAY, the 17th day of May, 1849, at Two o'clock precisely, in Two Lots, A FREEHOLD MANSION or DWELLING-HOUSE, known as. BLOOMSBURY HOUSE ; and a LEASEHOLD MANSION or DWELLING-HOUSE, known as LANSDOWN HOUSE, both situate on the Marine Parade, Brighton. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's Office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; of Messrs. Shield and Harwood, 26, Queen-street, Cheapside, Is the City of London ; of Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bed ford-row. London; of Mr. Dingwall, 8, Tokenhouse-yard, in the City of London ; of Messrs. Upperton and Verrall, Brighton; and cf Messrs. Webb; Marine Parade, Brighton. Dated 30th April. 1849. FIRST REPORT, 3s. ; SECONI), THIRD. and FOURTH REPORTS, 4s. each; FIFTH, SIXTH. and SEVENTH REPORTS, ss. each. THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZATION, EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS. gust published (with a Map by Wyld, Charing cross), • LETTER from Major Robert Carmichael- Smyth to his Friend, the Author of " The Clockmaker,l con taining 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; concluding with a cew Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut. Henry Millington 6ynge, of the Royal Engineers. Published by W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliamentstreet. Sold also by Simpkin and Marshall; Ridgway, Piccadilly; Wilson, Royal Ex change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and R. Folthorp, Royal Library, Brighton. -NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " NATURAL HISTORY OF ENTHUSIASM," &c. Just published, in post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth, L OYOLA: and JESUITISM in its RUDI MENTS. By ISAAC TAYLOR. i I Author of " Natural History of Enthusiasm." I London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. This day, by ShCo..apkin Marshall, and Co. 7s. 6d., cloth-lettered. AHISTORY. OF GREECE. Second Edition, embracing the researches of the most recent Historians. By THOMAS SWINBURNE CARR, M.A., King's College, London. " The book is no superficial gleaning from a library. It is the ripened production of a clever and industrious scholar. The whole is written in a style remarkably pure and vigorous ; and it is not difficult to recognise that the learned historian, besides acquiring a perfect familiarity with the records of ancient Greece, has obtained a laudable mastery over the English language."—Sun. Concluding paragraphs from the article in the HISTORIC TIMES of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedition. Meyerbeer. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., - • Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years Participate in Profits, either by an addition to the Policy, reduction of Premium, or a Cask Bonus. All parties assuring during the pre sent year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which will take place in 1852. Rights to nominate any party to receive the amount of a Life Policy, free of legacy and probate duty, or any ether expense. No entrance fee. The Eighth Annual Report , a nd detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be had on aPPlication at the office. By order of the Beard, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Ar —uorgate-street, March, 1849. ORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Four and-a-Half per Cent., clew of Income-tax, due 30th April last, is NOW in course of Payment at the Office of tkis Company. Notice is also hereby given, that a GENERAL MEHTING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held on TUESDAY the 26th day of June next, at One o'clock, at the Company's offices, at which three of the Directors and the Auditors will go out of office. The Directors and Auditors so going out of office are eligible for re-election, and will offer themselves accordingly. Any qualified Proprietor intending to become a candidate, or to propose any ether person duly qualified for the office must, within fourteen days, from the date hereof, signify in writing either his in tention to become a candidate, or the name and place of abode of the candidate to be proposed by him. HENRY NORRIS, Secretary. 23, Lincoln's Inn-fields, May 10, 1849. ONLY J TWO WEEKS to the GRAND EXCITING DERBY RACE of 1849. PROSPECTUSES containing full information will be forwarded (gratis) on application to DRUMNtOND, GREVILLE, and Co., 72, Princess -street, Leicester -square. London. N.S. Ituff's Guide to the Turf, and sporting prints of every de- Beription. Post Office orders, payable at Charing-cross, will command prompt attention. Postage stamps received as cash. " Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy—rich, not gaudy ! For the apparel oft proclaims the maa." THE NICOLL PALETOT-WAREROOMS, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, LONDON. PRICE TWO GUINEAS. Resides the above Patented Article, there is another Novelty in troduced for this Season, which is, however, Registered under the name of NICOLL'S MORNING COAT, it being especially intended for morning wear, in Riding or Walking exercise, when it necessarily avoids the stiff formality to be observed in the cut and form of the Dreas-eoat. The price is _ TWO GUINEAS. he same as charged at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 2, CORNHILL, for THE REGISTERED PALETOT. 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 es NICOLLIAN or LLAMA CLO CH, 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 size, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. • I EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAITCR-is.nithrersallrilllowed_ lis - bethe most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce la use, and for Fish, Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Sonp, Cold Meat, it is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also • to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in the country. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, here-street, Oxford street, London, and 6., Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by all dealers in sauces. RHYMING CONCATENATIONS. No. 1. ATTIRE. Well may the poet strike his lyre In praise of MOSES' choice attire. MOSES' prime dress for son or sire, Is everything that we require. In MOSES' Clothes we nay admire, All that a person cai desire. In vain does rivalry aspire To raise the summer garments higher, In estimation with the buyer. All competition must retire, Nor ever dare to be a vier With Messrs. MOSES, near the spire. No 2.—HATS, &c. The famous Hats and Caps displayed At Messrs. MOSES' house of trade, Are really elegantly made. Many who near the shop have strayed, Admiring on the spot have stayed, The Hats of MOSES, when surveyed, Cast every other in the shade. Their shape is good, their nap well laid, From top of crown to edging braid, And when you view the prices paid, You'll never feel the least afraid, To lend E. M. and SON your aid. No. 3.—BOOTS AND SHOES. It is a fact which none deny— A fact on which you may rely— That MOSES' Boot and Shoe supply Stands foremost in the public eye. No matter hew you test and try, You'll find these Boots and Shoes defy Whatever you may Judge them by. A pair I lately bought, and I, Am very glad I went to buy, For not a fault can I descry ; They suit alike both wet and dry, And raise the Mart of MOSES high. No. 4.—HOSIERY, SHAWLS, &c. The Shawl and Hosiery Depot, Whose numbers you will find below, By MOSES is conducted so. That thousands are induced to go, Their lib'ral favours to bestow. From what I've prov'd myself I know That, let you wander to and fro. You'll never meet with such a show, I therefore trait you'll not be Mow In buying goods for prices low For much to MOSES do you owe As instanced at their famed depot. LIST OF PRICES, EXAM WADE. Men' Spring, and Bummer Wrappers from 40 8 6 The Buiwer, Pacha, Palotot, and every deseri p bon of light Over-c0at5........ •• • • C l o th Over Coats , of a light texture, and hand- 1 2 6 sanely trimmed • • • • •• • • 1 1 DC. do, lined with silk :.• I 0 do. superior quality ..•. •• • • De. I IS 0 Jean and Holland Blouses •••••• • • • • 0 2 9 0 4 0 Fancy Victoria do. .......... ...... ....... .. ........ ••••••••• Tweed do. •• . ... 0 4 6 Dress Coat •••••"•.•"• . • . • • • • • • • 0 17 0 1 0 0 Spring and Su Co mmer Trousers .............. 0 4 0 Does kin and Bucksk in d 0... • • • • . . • • . ••• •• • • 0 7 6 Spring and Summe r Vests in every variety. • 0 I s Black and Figured Satin Vests , •.• • • 0 4 6 Black do., superior q ualit y .• • •••••• • • • • • • 0 9 6 White Marcella Vests •••••••• " • • • • • • • 04 6 Men's Black Cloth Vests .. ••••••••• • • • • • • . 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Sum mer Tests.• 0 0 10 Boys' viussar and Tunic Suit s 0 lo 0 Men's Fishing Coats i n g reat variety • • .• • 0 4 0 *ADS TO lirAdMit• Paletets made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear • • .. • • • • • • •• 1 1 0 Do. very elegantly trimmed .. •••• •• 1 8 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture ••.. • • ...... 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk.. •.• • • • 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat.. •• •• • • 1 12 ' 0 Best do. —••• • • • Superfine Frock do. ••••• • .• • • • • .• • 1 15 0 Best do. ••• 3 3 0 _ _ Fancy Doeskin Trourers. ...• 0 16 6 Black do. 0 16 0 Black C10thVe5t5......... ••• • • • .... •• • 0 8 6 Beat d 0... .. •.•• .. • ... •••••• • • .. • ..... 0 13 6 SPienlid Satin Vest.. •• • • Best do. .• .. • • • • • • Hussar and Tunic suits •••••• • • • • • . 1 5 0 Superfine 115 15 0 Men's White Marcellt. Vests •• • • .... 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety ............. .... from 0161 to 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for IL 10s. . The new book, entitled the Great Fact," with full directions or Self-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post tree, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— t ho Shawl and rarasol Department are now replete with 'Very novelty of the season. Observe—Amy article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, If not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. MORES and s(9N, Tailor 4, Wooilenorapers, Cloutier., Hatters, ?Weis Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 4 55 , 156, and 157 Minorier, and 52. 44, 8 5, and 86 Alolgate, City. London; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast •Llltablishment. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public sBainSt Imposition ; but leaving, heard that the untradesman-like 1,"" w hood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," .. been resorted to in many instances, to d ter obvious reasons, rItY beg to state that t let; have en connexion with any other house out 0 , London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far "te. Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; it " those who require cherp and genuine clothintt. Vic., should call V _ or sond to the Winories and Abigate, City, London ; or either of 81,. B ranch Establishments, an above B ranch This I.;•aano,tinien , is closed rrom sunset rriday, ir amulet Saturday, when busiress is resumed till twelve o'c:odc. QPENCER'SCHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE . - 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to he the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham -place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-read, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn b ill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringden-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, Xing William-street, London-bridge ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. HEALTH. The FRAMPTON'S PILL ofll7;: esortedto The manifold advantages to the Heads of Famli,laivierys:nfrosi with possession coi.ifidoefncaem. a e n d d l c u in se e d o w f known efficacy, i c n ac c y a , se t s h o a f t zi t a n y i, occurring in families, more or less, every day, are so ob that no question canbe raised of its importance to every hous s eh to old al e l ; in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted : " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. "No. 5, David-street, Regent-road, Manchester, March 12,1842. " Sir, —I have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re sult of my experience after repeated trials of Framptou's Pill of Health ; and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many rears' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system frem redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there fore warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means long, wanting of being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe aa ieltdeicoitun:s.ottefh cially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making Frampton's Pills more generally known and appreciated.—l am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well• known attendants, Bilious and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. eff Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary Liver, iii t t,li o ise m tr ::. c e;tßsalio,kerNl .:Vesneisngll,les thiswha ce speedily aidt, pai regain ns , a T t aea h h e r e t e oei kidneys a will.l jaundiced rapidly take appo a p r l a a n c o e e ; , strength, sodbyT.d medicine,halth,e accordingxtendin to to good th odi o t l e d oti a o g n e s , will be accompanyingrreoaenth, box. Strand, London. Price Is. 13¢ (1. and 2s. 9d. per box ; and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'd PILL OF UALTII, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. A R R I A E. Mr. One half the world are desolately single, and the other 4tippo,:ug them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a 'enso of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em n-ltter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea If caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eomprosina, hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form ea Item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or ,neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little SIEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor he hindered oy misinterpretation of their summed contents, from obtaining 'hem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom tysey are offered an antagonistic to the ernpyrlcal trash put forth on the shove subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or 'ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other rale publications claim your attention (same price is. cacti, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and 4.void," and " How to be Nappy." They aro not merely pamphlets, brit equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servane! 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, 23, Paterncsrer-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 33, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, •nirnings and weavings). 10. Argyll-plane Regent-street: and all X • 11Iuitrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 64., or by post, direct from the Establishment, as. 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 die- Qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. 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, Titchbome-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAII,T 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul aence, and their lamentaMo effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAnT 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. PAM IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob idueniraotnionaroe viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. f al m so arli con ag sl e der a e n d d , and ßa or Smtacum is exclusively employed in treat- Tax CoanlAL BALE debility, impotence, St.c., II s. and 335. per •. us and sexual i E duti es. tnwh whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. ing n,rs o ssenco, as anti-syphilitic PAI.T y ihe ' ca d u e s v e o s ted of im th pr th od e ucti co v ns e the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp remedy, for andpurifYingthe abuse of mercury, lim. and 338. per bottle. mom s, eruptions, specific pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 115. per box, a ' • purifying leet stricture, and chronic inflamma- PerrYorrilma , g ' cer t a in remedy for gon nit tl fee if by letter, IL A minute Coos f the blodder. _ . hr t bits, and position in society. bottle. The Concentrated Deters ve lion o• uired • age, ' be had at the Establishment only, by advice, to in atten -51. Packets, with m es srs. Perry, Surgeons, are fr Eie saved. d street Londe , which the fee,lL, is . street, Oxfor - daily at 19, Berrien ht • on Sundays from Eleven to One. , dance Eig 9 yen till Two, and Five to retail of the e ase ts recl THE COUNTRY MARKETS. • 'LEEDS, MAY B.—We have no excess of supply, nor any anxiety on the p ar t o f f actors to force sales, ye t the trade is slow for wheat, a n d m ill ers supply themselves i n re t a il, at about Is per quarter b e l ow l ast Tuesday ' s rates. L ess i nq uiry for barley, and prices a s h a d e l ower. In oats or s h e lli ng , no alter ation; demand steady. Beaus and peas in better demand, the latter rather dearer. We have a slow dragging trade for wheat. Arrivals during the week—Wheat, 6,232 quarters; barley, 775 quarters ; oats, 1,293 quarters ; beans, 702 g ust tern. Averages for the week-4291 quart ers o f 0at5,637 quarter s o f w h eat, 47 5 ; 765 quarters of barley, 29a 6d ; 18s 9d; 96 quarters of beans, 28s 103 , (d ; 5 quarters of peas 31s. NEWCASTLE CATUE MARKET, MAY 8. --We have at length to report a cons i derable decline iu the quantity o f cat tl e brought forward .; about 140 were from the north of Scotland , which were of e xce ll ent qualit y , but as a whole the quality w as indifferent. Also about 3,928 sheep, and 60 lambs—the former is considerably above an average. The supply of beef would comprise about 530 head ofbeasts. The falling off from last week, together with the cool state of the weather, has caused the beef trade to advance about 5,1 - per stone, yet business is not active, but from present appearances, all will be sold. The mutton trade is firm, and former prices are fully supported. Lambs also meet with a ready sale. Prices—Beasts—heifers, _ of the best quality sold freely at 6s ; middling, 5 5 6d; good steers, 5s 6d ; middling, 5s 3d ; stags and inferior, 4s 9d to 5s per stone of 141bs ; sheep in wool, 5%d to 6d ; shorn, 4%d to 5d per lb, sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAT B.—There were in in the market to-day 87 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 79 sold thus : —49 at 118 s Od, 10 at 117 s 6d, 5 at 117 s 3d, 15 at 1/ 7s Od, 0 at 116 s 9 d.:Average price of the whole, 117 s 8d 4-12ths. 16 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, 8 at 30s, 2at 295, and 3 at 28s. 1 sack peasemeal, which sold at 20s. 11 sacks pot-barley, whereof 20 sold thus: 1 at 11 lOs Od, 1 at 117 s Od, 1 at 116 s Od, 6 at 115 s Od, 7 at 114 s Od, 4 at 1/ 3s 6d. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY 8. Supplies of all kinds again large. Oat straw, from 6s Od to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Gd. Hay from 7d to 9cl per stone. BELFAST, MAY 7.—Grain—Since Friday the supplies of oats and oatmeal have been small, whil s t o f w h eata barley scarcely a single sack has been shown ; so that their prices continue nominally the same as on Friday, whilst these of oats and oatmeal are well maintained. Wheat, 9s 3d to 10s 6d ; barley, 6s 3d to 7s ; oats, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; oatmeal, Its 6d to 12s 6d per cwt. Butter—firkins, first 9d ; crocks 9d ; firkins, third lid ; crock 6id per lb; shipping price 90s to 86s per cwt. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to 10d ; ditto, per cwt, 5s to 5s sd. Fruit—Apples, per dozen, 6d to 9d ; pears, per ditto, Od to Od; grapes, per lb., 8d to 10d ; lemons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os 10d; nuts, per quart, 6d to 8d; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to is 3d; chest nuts, per ditto, Is Od to Os ; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d each ; American apples, 10d to Is Od per dozen ; nixed pickles, 10d to ls. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4 d to 7d ; mutton, 5 d 7d ; veal, 6d to 7d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od per quarter. Fish—Trout, Os 6d per lb ; brett, 3s Od to 4s Od ; 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 doz., .5d to 6d. Hay, Is 2d to 2s 2d ; straw, oat, 8d to Is 3d ; ditto, wheat, 10d to Is 2d per cwt. BANBRIDGE, MAY 7.—Oatmeal, from 123 Od to 12s Od per cwt ; Indian meal, 9s Od to 9s 6d per cwt ; flour, first, per 1121bs, 16s Od ; second, 14s 6d ; third, I2s fhl ; fourth, lOs Od ; bran, 6s Od ; wheatmeal, 12s 6d to 14s Od ; wheat, from 9s 9d to [Os 6d per cwt of 1121bs ; oats, seed, from 8s Od to 9s Od; grinding, 6s 10d to 7s 6d; barley, 6s 6d to Os Od per cwt; best butter, firkin, at the scale, none in market ; meskin, Sd to Bid per lb; beef, 3d to sd; mutton, 5d to 6d; potatoes, for seed, 3s 6d to 5s 6d per cwt ; for table, from 4s 8d to 5s per cwt ; hat- 10,d to OOd each ; chickens, 10d to Is 2d per pair ; ducks, Os OOd to 2s Od ; turkeys, 3s Od to 3s 9d each ; geese, 2s 6d to Os Od ; eggs, hen, 4id to Od per dozen ; duck, Od to 6d per dozen ; turkey, Os to is per dozen ; goose, Is 6d • hay, upland, from Os Od to 2s Od per cwt ; t d lau it r t n o bi lowland,sirodm t oo sftrBoodm7;d pork,Op s e r O l d b to fr 0 1 s Weight 44 2 d s ; o s od t f r t a ob w r, , ,esa f s r d o o m da t B p d er to 1 HamiltonOd il2lbs.; d Moore's bakery, 41bs for find. Old grain whiskey, at Mr. Robert Bell's, 6s 3d per gallon, duty paid. BALLYMENA, MAY s. —Oats, 6s Od to 7s 9d; oatmeal, Ils 9d to 12s 3d per cwt ; butter, 7id ; beef, 3d to 6d per Ib ; mutton, 3id to 7d ; flour, first, per cwt, 18s Od ; second, 17s Od; third, 15s Od ; inferior third, 13s Od ; fourth, 105 Od ; bran, Os Od to 6s 8d ; Indian meal, white, per cwt, Os Od to 9s 6d ; yellow, 9s Od to 9s 6d; potatoes, 3s 6d to 65 3d per cwt; hay, Is 3d to 2s Od per cwt ; American flour, 30s per barrel; tallow, 4s Od to 5s 4d per stone; flax, 4s to 6s 6d ; straw, 10d to Is3d ; hides, 2s 6d to 6s 6d each; pork, 37s 6d to 44s 6d per cwt; turnips, 10d to is per ditto; carrots, Os to is per ditto ; beans, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; grey peas, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. COAL KARIM Bate's West Hartley 13s 6d , Dean's hae u are d rns l t: l e,s e rHp ' s iE W ir liner yo H s e a r t . l . e . y . 1: 1 33 4 3 ss s s 6 0 66 d d dd East Adairs Main 12s Od Hasting's Hartley l3s Od Holywell Main ..... 13s 9d New Tanfield l2s 6d North Percy Hartley l3s 6d Ord's Redheugh Canfield Moor West Hartley .... 13s 6d Wylam . . Wall's End, &c. Brown's l3B Od Brown's Gas. Gibson Hilda l3s Cd Hedley Ramsay South Killingworth lls Od Washington Eden Main .-YZSTICADAY. Lambton Primrose 154 3d Belmont l5. 041 Braddyll's Hetton l6s 6d Bell Hetton Haswell l7s 6d Hutton Lambton Russell's Hetton Stewart's Benson Hudson's Hartlepool l4s Oa . lss 6d South Hartlepool Whitworth l2s 6d Adelaide Tees Bishop's Tees l5. Od Denison l4s 6d South Durham l4s Od Tees West Hetton l4s Gd Cowpen Hartley Ships at market, 258. INLAND REVENUE. OLD BROAD-STREET, MARCH 9, 1849. WHEREAS, pursuant to the directions of the Satutes 1 and 2 W. IV., c. 22, and 7 V., c. 8G respectively, and on the days stated, the following ARTICLES, LEFT In HACK NEY and METROPOLITAN STAGE CARRIAGES, were depo posited in the Public Carriage Department of this Office, notice is hereby given, that unless such Articles be claimed, and the owner ship of them proved, between the hours of Ten and Three, and within one year from the time of their deposit, they will be disposed of as directed by the above statute By order of the Board, No. Description. Pete. 1848. 1,748 Hat-case - Nov. 13 1,750 Brooch - - 13 1,751 Shawl - - - 13 1,752 Umbrella - - 13 1,754 Victorine - - 13 1.757 Parasol - - - 14 1,759 Stud - - - 14 1,762 Shawl - - 14 1,763 Parcel-books - - 14 1,764 Hat and Scarf - 14 1,765 Gun -case - - 14 1,767 Umbrella - - 15 1,768 Rug - - - 15 1,770 Umbrella - - 15 1,771 Muff - - - 15 1,773 Shawl - - 16 1,775 Boa - 16 1,781 Shawl - - - 18 1,782 Umbrella - 18 1,784 Umbrella - - 20 1,745 Umbrella - - 20 1,786 Rug - - - 20 1,794 Swimming-belt - 22 1,795 Mantle - - - 22 1,793 Money - - - 23 1,803 Umbrella - - 25 1,806 Railway Companion 27 1,807 Umbrella - 27 1,1310 Carpet Bag - - 27 1,813 Parcel - - - '2B 1,815 Keys - - - 29 1,816 Scarf - - - 29 1,817 Coat - - - 29 1,821 Rug - - - 29 1.824 Spectacles - Dec. 2 1,826 Shawl - - 2 1,831 Umbrella - - 5 1,832 Sailor's Bag - - 5 1,833 Umbrella - - 6 1,834 Umbrella - 6 1,837 Umbrella - - 6 1,840 Umbrella - - 7 1,846 Shawl - - - 8 1,847 Umbrella - - 8 1,849 Cap - - 9 1,851 Umbrella - - 9 1,853 Handkerchief- - 11 1,854 Broe,•11 - - 11 1.856 Parcel-books - 11 1,857 Music-book - - 11 1,858 Map in case - - 11 1,859 Cloak - - 11 1,860 Fan - - - 11 1,862 Coat - - 12 1,863 Umbrella - - 12 1,867 Mantle - - - 13 1,868 Boa - - 13 1,869 Coat - - - 14 1,871 Cape - - 14 1,873 Machinery - - 14 1,874 Umbrella - - 14 1,875 Umbrella - - 15 1,876 Umbrella - - 15 1,877 Coat - - 15 1,883 Umbrella - - 16 1,885 Boa - - - 18 1,886 Cap - - - 18 1,890 Victorine - - 19 1,892 Cape - - - 19 1,894 Cloak - - - 19 1,896 Mackintosh Cape - 20, 1,898 Masonic Ornaments 20, 1,902 Umbrella - 21 1,903 Waterproof Rug - 21 1,904 Parcel-books 21' 1,906 Leatherßag • - 22 1,907 Umbrella - - 22' 1,910 'Umbrella - 22 1,911 Umbrella - - 23 1,914 Umbrella - - 23 1,919 Parasol - 2s 1,929 Victorine • - 26 1,926 Umbrella - - 26 1,927 Umbrella - - 27 1,928 Victorine - - 27 1,929 Scarf - 1,931 Coat - 1,933 Umbrella - 1,934 Paper Parcel -1,939 Rug - 1,940 Umbrella 1,913 Rug - 1,948 Leggings S. GREENSTREET, assessor. I No. Description. Date, 1849. 1,984 Umbrella - Jan. 6 1,985 Handkerchief) - 6 1,988 Coat - - - 8 1,991 Rug - . 8 1,992 Rug - • " - 8 41.996 Umbrella - - 9 42,000 Umbrella - - 9 412,002 Mackintosh Apron- 10 412,003 Pocket Book - - 10 42 004 Parcel - - - 10 42,005 Shawl - - 10 , 1 2,006 Coat - - - 10 ('2,008 Neck Scarf - - 10 1 010 Tin Case - - 11 ,2,011 Gloves - - - 12 12,014 Umbrella - - 12 ;'2,015 Parcel - - - 12 2,017 Umbrella - - 13 2,019 Umbrella - - 13 1,2,020 Umbrella - - 13 2,021 Um.,reda - 13 ,2,022 Umbrella - - 13 1 2,024 Parcel - - 13 2,030 Waterproof Coat - 15 2,031 Coat, &c. &c. - 15 1 2,033 Coat - - - 1 i 2 035 Chess Men - - 16 2.040 Coat - - - 17 2,042 Two Rings - - 17 2,044 Child's Muff - i 7 2,046 Purse - - - 18 2.052 Shawl - - - 19 2,053 Umbrella - - 20 2,054 Coat - - - 20 2,055 Book - - - 20 2,056 Pencllcase - - 20 2,058 Cane - - - 20 2,061 Waterproof Coat - 22 2,062 Umbrella - - 22 2,070 Umbrella - - 24 2,078 Umbrella - - 25 2,081 Umbrella - - 25 2,082 Muff - - 25 2.033 Worsted Bag - - 25 2,084 Studs - - - 25 2,087 Umbrella - 26 2,099 Cloak - - - 26 2,092 Umbrella and Stick 27 2,093 Shawl Pin - - 27 2,095 Leather Bag - - 27 2,096 Umbrella - - 29 2,099 Paper Parcel - - 29 2,100 Umbrella - - 30 2,101 Boa - - - 30 2,102 Bank Note - 30 2,107 Cloak, Umbrellas, and Parasols - 31 2,108 Two Umbrellas - 31 2,104 Coat - - - 31 2,110 Paper Parcel - 31 2,113 Cap - - - 31 2,116 Shawl - - Feb. 1 2,119 Cloak - - - 2 2,120 Cane - - - 2 2,123 Paper Parcel - 3 2,125 Leather Bag - 3 2,126 Umbrella and Parasol 3 2,127 Umbrella - - 3 2,129 Rug - - - 6 2,130 Scarf - - 5 2,131 Shawl - - 5 2,133 Cane - - - 5 2,134 Purse - - - 5 2,137 Eye Glass - - 7 2,138 Umbrella - - 7 2,139 Umbrella - - 7 2,141 Bundle - - S 2,144 Writing Desk - 8 2,145 Muff - - - 8 2,146 Umbrella - - 9 2,148 Coat - - 10 2,149 Umbrella and Stick 10 2,150 Rug - - - 12 2,152 Scarf - - - 12 2,154 Umbrella - - 13 2,155 Coat - - - 13 2,156 Coat - - - 14 2,157 Muff - - - 15 2,166 Scarf - - - 19 2,167 Hat - - - 19 2,175 Umbrella - - 22 2,177 Carpet Bag - - 23 2,183 Book - - 24 2,187 Mackintosh Cape - 27 2,188 Umbrella - - 25 2,191 Coat - - March 1 2,192 Parasol - - - 1 2,193 Coat - - - 1 2,194 Leather Bag - 2 2,195 Case - - - 2 2,196 Rug - - - 2 2,197 Umbrella - - 2 2,199 Umbrella - - 3 2,200 Umbrella - - 3 2,201 Coat - - - 3 2,202 Cloak - - - 5 2.203 Coat - - - 6 2,204 Cloak, Lady's- - 2,205 Umbrella - - 6 2,204 Trowsers - - 7 2,209 Mackintosh Cape - 7 2,211 Purse - - - 2,212 Cloak - - - 7 2,213 Book - - - 7 - 30 1849. -Jan. 1 1,949 Paper Parcel - 1,950 Coat - 1,953 Umbrella - - 1,954 Cloak - - 1,955 Umbrella - - 1,959 Papers - - 1,960 Umbrella - 1,965 Paper Parcel - 1,966 Waterproof Coat - 1,967 Basket - 1,969 Lady's Bag - 1,970 Rracelet - 1,971 Scarf - - 1,472 Shawl - 1,973 Clogs - 1,974 Coat - - 1,976 Umbrella - - 1,977 Coat - - 1,978 Fur Tippet - 1,979 Brooch - - 1,980 Rug - . - RAY'S-INN WIN. IX The attention of the public E ESTABLISHMENT. is directed to the undermentioned strongly recommended for general WINES and SPIRITS, which are consumption. WINEg, per dozen. SPIRITS, per gallon Port from the wood ........ 20s Cognac Brandy.-- 21s and 24s Do. do., 4 years in bottle.... 42s The pure pale do., per dozen 60s Sherry, excellent dinner wine 30s Finest Scotch Whisky per gal. 18s Do., superior 42s Jamaica Rum. ..... ..12s and 14s Marsala, best qua1ity........ 24s English Gin ....... ....8s to 12s Cane .. • • •• • • .. • • • 18s British Brandy ............ 18s 21, High Holborn. HENE P.S. Sample bottles may be h the varieties of their stock, forvraz .EY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. .d. Price currents, containing all led upon application. TO the BRITISH PUBLIC. "To all who sing `Meet me in the Willow Glen,' or wish Buffalo Girls to come oat to-night,' we advise them to purchase a box of Keatings famous Cough Lozenges—sold at St. Paul's Church yard, and by all chemists—dispels hoarseness, cures sore throat, adds beauty to the voice, ease to the chest, and health to the asthmatic." —Theatrical Observer, April 25. Sold In Boxe;, Is. Ilicl., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. " This brief sketch of Arctic discovery may serve to remind our readers of its progress to the present time, and prepare thefi for further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of tlig national character that in about fifteen years the ice-bound coasts 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 have 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 coffers 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, mails, rnerchandize. 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 interruption, 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 stretch 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 and 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 iu perior, through the dominions of the Hudson'a Bay Company to the south of Lake Winnipeg, over the chain of the Rocky Mountains to the coast of the Pacific confronting the Island of 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, in a particular manner, bind together the interests of, England, of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, 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 brid ges , would be withdrawn 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." Extract from THE SUN, 13th March. "On the 16th of February we directed public attention to a pamphlet, in the form of a letter, addressed to Judge Halliburton, the immortal " Clockmaker"—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, in 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, sand written without any signature upon the title page, has, subsequently to the appearance of our re marks on the 16th ult., been published in a complete and well digested form, accompanied by an illustrative map from the hand of Mr. Wyld, the geographer. Now, that the plan may be regarded as fairly bethre 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 *dicer 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 capitpl 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 undertaken 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 now so strongly setting ' westward.' " Extract from the BRIGHTON GAZETTE, Bth March. " One consequence of the recent discoveries in California has been the renewed and zealous discussion of various plans heretofore sug gested for opening a direct communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, instead of the present circuitous and hazardous route by Cape Rom. 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 Tehuantep , c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphleg of Major 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 one ; 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 American, colonies, and the Hudson'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 lonizing road will be open to Great Britain, that at no future period (at 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, if John 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 11. " There is work to be done—wealth to be opened up—men's bodies and souls to be saved—the press teens with suggestions, plain, practical, and operative—yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen sion, not a sign, not au 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 our readers the able, invigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway corn munication between the Atlantic and Pacific. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI- NEERS. JOSHUA FIELD, ESQ., P res id ent, i n th e Ch a i r . TUESDAYS, MAY 1 AND B.—At the fi rst o f t h ese meetings the monthly ballot took place, when the following candidates w ere e l ected :—W. Wilson and R. Peacock, as members ; a n d W. E. Bott, W. Sowerby, jun., and Captain H. James, R.E., as associates. eedda ur crtieh Tdri constructionnoh argumentgue g d awht i saacsnu bothk ys supporting osei definite et discussion Locomotive were without r he t i on n a t uf u h dt it was desirable in all engines to lower evenings.beoo: to t hh h ue e rsT sides;it c hnh e sameesa n tn t a r nt e bhc uae o st ; gravity, in order to establish a great angle of stability, and to arrive at a ratio between the circumference of the driving wheel and the cubic content of the cylinders, such as whilst the greatest speed might be maintained, with an economical consumption of fuel, every facility should be afforded for starting rapidly, which was a point of importance on lines running frequent trains. On the . one hand it was argued, that small driving otherwheels a w n e d r e essentialit was contended,for quick starting; that w and with a ongi given amounttrac tive powerf evaporating would be thesusermfaecein underth the all boiler, circumstances t he at the periphery of the driving wheel, provided a noeeop sneoea viewsMmn r dniuCvonleftmr En n P g t n n s s , paper, w was given relative proportion existed between the cubic content of the cylinder and the circumference of the driving wheel, and that large wheels reduced the wear and tear. The long disposed of question of the stability of the long boiler engines was again cursorily touched on and disposed of. The diMinution of the wear and tear of the sides of the brasses of the engines, having the driving wheels behind, and the greatest weight upon the ex tremities, leaving a comparatively light load on the centre wheels, was adduced as a proof o f t h e i r stability, an engine of that kind having run twenty five thousand miles without any appr ec i a bl e lateral wear ; whereas an ordinary engine on the same rail way, had worn away a thickness of a quarter of an inch whilst running the same distance. A short paper was read, describing a kind of per manent way, which had been somewhat ex t ens i ve l y laid down on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and other Railways, in the north of England, by Mr. Hawkshaw, M. Inst. C. E. The principle was that of a bridge rail, weighing seventy-five pounds per yard, placed upon continuous longitudinal timber bearing, and the novelty consisted i n h av i ng at each joint a malleable iron plate chair, with a projection on the upper surface, fit ting within the interior of the rail, an d t h e flanches, w hi c h were f ourteen inches long by eight inches wide, and half an inch in thickness attached to the rail by rivets in such a manner as to fix them firmly together, and yet to allow for the expansion and contraction caused by the variations of tempera ture. The details of the arrangement were very sim ple and compl e t e , an d i t appearee l to succeed perfectly, as in an extent of twenty miles of railway so laid, over which numerous heavy trains had ran daily, at considerable speed, for the last year, only three rivet heads were found to have been knocked off when re cently examined: The paper announce d to b e rea d at the next meet ing of Tuesday, May 15, was " On the Theory of Transverse Strain of Cast-iron Beams," by W. T. Doyne, Assoc. Inst. C. E. The President invited the members and visitors to contribute and to procure models for exhibition, at the annual Conversazione, which was announced for Tuesday, May 22. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILW AY. -- Traffic for the week ended May 5, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 1,0771. 14s. 5d.; parcels, 341. 14s. Od.; goods and cattle, 241/. 18s. 5d.; steam-boats 1521. Bs. Od.—Total, 1,5061. 14 s . 10d., e xc l us i ve of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Company, and payment for conveyance of mails. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. HOUSE OF LORDS. REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF IRELAND. The Committee for Privileges, amongst other mat , ters which came before them, heard counsel and wit nesses in support of the claims of the following noble men for the privilege of voting for representative peers of Ireland : THB CLAIM OF VISCOUNT MELBOURNE. The Hon. F. PONSONBY appeared in support of this claim, and called Mr. J. Thomas, the solicitor for Lord Melbourne, who produced the patent conferring the Irish title, from which he read the date of the creation and the limitations. The witness then proceed to read the patent of the English peerage, when Lord BROUGHAM asked what the Learned Counsel was now about ? Mr. PONSONBY was giving proof of the patent creating the English peerage of Lord Melbourne. Lord BROUGHAM—What did the Committee want with such a proof as that ? It was nonsense. What possible necessity was there to prove the Eng lish title ? Mr.'PoNsoracr —Only to show the limitations. Lord BROUGHAM—Nonsense. Why, any of their Lordships could prove the English title. Any of them could do that. His Noble and Learned Friend (the Lord Chancellor), who had summoned Lord Melbourne to that ouse, could, prove that; or he could himself prove it. What occasion was there for the production of proofs of the title to the English Peerage at the bar of that House, when all of their Lordships could give the evidence ? But, what was the occasion for it in a matter where the English ale had nothing to do with the claim which consti tuted the subject of their Lordships' present inquiry? That subject was one which arose out of the Irish Peerage, and not out of the English Peerage, of which the Learned Counsel was now seeking to give evidence. Lord REDESDALE—Yes, the claim here was in right of the Irish title, and not of the English title. Mr. PONSONBY said that it had been his object to offer evidence to the Committee of the English title, and also of the fact that the present Lord Melbourne 'had been summoned to Parliament in the usual manner under that title. This latter fact he proposed to establish by putting in the writ of summons under the great seal. His object therefore in offering the patent of the English title was to show that the limitations in both patents were similar. Having done that he should then proceed to submit that he had tendered sufficient evidence to establish the claim of Lord Melbourne to vote for representative Peers of Ireland. He might probably be permitted by their Lordships to mention that a similar course to that which he now proposed to adopt had been acted upon last year in the case of the Drogheda claim. Lord REDESDALE remarked that there was a dif ference in the two cases, because, in the Drogheda claim his Lordship had taken his seat, whereas in the present instance Lord Melbourne had not done so. Lord BROUGHAM said—Yes, that was so. Well, what had they 'now to do with hearing evidence as to the English title ?—it was altogether unnecessary. But where was the evidence that really was necessary'? Where was the proof of the death, where was the proof that the late Lord had died without issue, where was the proof that there was n o son l e ft, an d where was the formal proof that the present claimant was the next heir ? All these proofs were necessary, and all these proofs he, in his own person, was in a con dition to give. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY was understood to re mind the Noble and Learned Lord that he had not been sworn. Lord BROUGHAM.—No, that was very true, so he could not give the proofs, and ther e was no house, and he could not then be sworn. The matter must. stand over for the present, then. After the house had been made, the parties were again called to the bar, when Lord BROUGHAM asked if the Learned Counsel was prepared with the necessary evidence. Mr. PONSONBY was not in a position at the present moment to offer the proofs which his Lordship had required at an earlier part of the day, but if— Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, you have, Sir. You have myself. lam here prepared to give evidence. Mr. PONSONBY had understood that his Lordship had not been sworn, and therefore was not in a con dition to give evidence. Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, I have been sworn ; now I can give the proofs you want. His Lordship then went on to give the necessary evidence, after which The claim to vote was declared to have been esta blished. THE CLAIM OF LORD BANGOR. This claim to vote for representative peers of Ire land was also established. THE CLAIM OF LORD BLOOMFIELD. The claim in this case was adjourned, because the parties failed to produce the patent or to assign any sufficient reason for its non•production. SUICIDE of an UNDERGRADUATE AT CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday morning a jury was empannelled in the Combination-room of Clare Hall College, Cambridge, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Edward Hayman, a sizar at that college. Elizabeth Barton, bedmaker to the deceased, de posed to finding him, at half-past four on Tuesday afternoon, lying upon the floor, bleeding from a wound in his throat. He was a very steady, exemplary young man. Mr. Hough, surgeon, stated that the deceased was in his bedroom, quite dead, when he was called in. On a high reading-desk in the sitting-room a sheet of writing paper, with blood on it, was found, bearing the words hastily scrawled, " Good bye, father. Thank you, dear Henry, for—." There was a pool of blood near this desk, and a pen stained with blood upon the table. A large pool of blood was observed near where the body was found, as well as on the dressing table, drawers, and looking glass in the bedroom. The de ceased had manifestly made a first attempt at the high desk, then wrote the paper, and, going to the bed room, accomplished his purpose before the looking glass. The incision was, probably, made from left to right, and a portion of it was jagged on the left side, when, in all probability, the first attempt was made. John Marshall Hayman, undergraduate of St. John's College, stated that he was brother of the deceased. He produced some correspondence between deceased and another brother in London, which went to favour the idea that the unfortunate young man had gone wrong in his mind on religious topics. Witness then said, I saw the deceased on the Thurs day or Friday before he passed his "Little go." He came to my rooms on the Sunday evening before the examination, his object being to satisfy me that it was impossible for him to pass, and that he ought to have a medical certificate to excuse him. It is clear that he was then labouring under a delusion, because he went in, and, as I am informed, passed a most satisfactory examination, being well prepared in all the subjects. My brother's spirits had been very low during the last fortnight, and I frequently noticed an appearance about his eyes as though he had been crying. Thomas Mayer Nixson said, I was a friend of the deceased. In the middle of last week he sent his bedmaker to say he wanted to see me. I went to his rooms. He was undressed in his bedroom. He said he was very unhappy, that he had committed a great crime, and wanted some one to comfort him. He then said he had been guilty of gluttony the day before, and that he had smoked a cigar overnight in his rooms, for the first time in his life. I tried to laugh the matter off, and deceased said he wanted to be comforted and not laughed at. I could not persuade him that he had not committed a serious offence, and by his desire we went into the sitting-room, and there read the church prayers to gether, and some passages of Scripture. He seemed better. There was more evidence, but the jury here ex pressed themselves satisfied, and the coroner said he thought there could only be one opinion on the matter. The jury then returned an unanimous verdict of Temporary insanity," and the remains of the de ceased were confided to his brother for interment. The late Mr. Hayman was a young man of great promise. He entered Clare Hall in 1847 as Grecian from Christ's Hospital. He was the son of a clergy man in Somersetshire, and was about twenty-one years of age. SALE OF THE LONDON AND BLACHWALL RAILWAY ENGINES.—At the Auction Mart, yesterday, Messrs. Pullen and Son submitted to auction the engines which have been employed on the Blackwell Railway to work the rope, and disposed of in consequence of the altera tion in the motive power on that line. The first lot consisted of a pair of engines at the Minories station. of 110-horse power each, but stated to be capable of greater power; they sold for 3,350/. Another pair of sirrilar make, and at the same station, fetched 3,800/., and five boilers, 2991. The engines at Blackwell, of 75-horse power each, and stated to have cost 7,000/. per pair in construction, fetched for one pair 2,2501., and the second p air 2,2001., and the boilers 3111. All the lots were understood to be sold, and produced in the whole 11,710/. HINT TO HOUSEWIVES.—In preparing rhubarb for t a rts, pudding?, &c., do not skin the st a lk s . I t is morer tender, more Juicy, and of better flavour, with the skin on, than when prepared in the ordinary way. Lord ASHLEY presided, and at some length vindi cated the usefulness of the society. He stated that if the number of the clergy was three times as great as it was at present it would be wholly inadequate for the great work of evangilizing the nation. Still they were not to despair, for, however great the difficulties by which they were surrounded, the generations that came after them would develop the beneficial results of their labours. He warned them that the future welfare of their nation and of Chris tianity and of the civilization of the world depended upon their conduct during, the next ten years ; for it was not by science, by arts, by mere secular know ledge or material progress, that, the great Goliath of vice and ignorance rising up amongst them was to be mastered. He believed there never was a time so full of hope as the present, and therefore he hoped that it would please God to bless the labours of this society, which he believed to be the very best that had ever been established in these realms, and the principle of which was, that through its efforts the poor had the Gospel preached. The SECRE TARY rea d the report, which stated , that the receipts of the past year amounted to 32,0001., showing_an increase on - those of the pre ceding year of more than 6,0001 : - Th e expen di ture had been 29,0001., thus.leaving a surplus of nearly 3,0001.; but as the society during the previous year had exceeded its income by nearly 4,0001., a balance still remained against it of 1,0001. Yet the support which the society had received had been greatly in creased. Upwards of 200 clergymen had added their subscriptions to the funds, and , 400 new lay sub scribers had contributed to the parent society, besides a still greater number to the branch associations. The society now aided 289 incumbents, intrusted with the cure of 2,094,521 people, making an average of 7,247 souls for each. These had an average in come of 2021., while 160 of them had no parsonage house. The society had now erected or kept open 140 churches and chapels, and they defrayed the expense of 155 rooms licensed for the celebration of a of very T g h a e ve re a po ni rt i , society's operations throughout the year. Chancellor RAIKES moved that the report be nu w te hic a h cco w u a n s t lengthy publ e wrs document, b P adopted and printed, and in doing so bore testimony to the immense benefits conferred by the society upon the diocese of Chester. Mr. COLQUHOUN seconded the reslution, and expressed his conviction that the socie!y dealt with matter which touched at the existence of the realm. He was told that the prosperity of the country de pended on the amount of its wealth and the extent of its population, but these were to the philanthropist subjects of the most serious alarm. He found there were circulated weekly throughout the country about 500,000 copies of penny publications, conducted by men of considerable ability, who attacked in the most vehement manner all the great institutions of the country, from the Throne downwards. Yet the poor, in the midst of all these incentives to outrage cast among them, and with great physical suffering and want to endure, were patient amidst ail,—and why ? Because they knew that wealthy and earthly pros perity was not all nor the great objects of life, and that the present would was but an outdoor school, preparing man for the great existence which awaited him hereafter. He was sure that the labours of the society were doing more for the permanent interests of the nation than all the efforts of legislation and statesmen. The motion having been put and carried, The Rev. Mr. BROOKS and other gentlemen ad dressed the meeting in support of other resolutions founded on the report, and after the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting terminated. THE ASSAM TEA COMPANY. The following are extracts - from the Directors' Re port on this subject : After a series of years of the most ruinous and dis astrous management, causing as it has done to the general directory the painful necessity of frequently expressing their dissatisfaction of the proceedings of the local board, a decided change has at length taken place in the aspect of our affairs, and the general directory avail themselves of this the first public op portunity of stating the gratification which they had felt from the improvement of the affairs of the com pany under the recent management of the local board in India. The general directory have long felt that results alone must be their main, if not their only, guide in estimating the cha racter and ability of persons who have the conduct of a business at so great a distance as India, and the present officers of the company in India have been the first to produce the only satisfactory results that have been shown since the commencement of opera tions in Assam. They have kept within their esti mates of expenditure—they have exceeded their estimates of produce—in a word, under the new system, the company bas worked to a profit instead of a loss, and that upon an area of cultivation of com paratively insignificant extent. The estimate of expenditure in India for the sea son 1848 was in round numbers 10,9001.—the actual expenditure was 10,3001. The estimated crop was 175,0001bs.—the actual gross crop has been 210,0001bs.—the net crop will probably amount to 190,000 lbs. The gross crop of 1847, was 160,000 lbs., so that the increase in 1848 has been 50,000 lbs. More than half of the tea of 1848 has been realised, and has produced a gross average of nearly ls. 1 ld. a pound; the net average after de ducting lead, freight, insurance, sale charges, &c., being about Is. 7id. a pound. The actual profit made in the past year, assuming the remainder of the crop to realise only ls. sd. a pound, has been about 3,0001. Out of our receipts for tea, we have been enabled to pay off 2,0001., part of the loan of 7,0001., which had been so long standing to the debit of the company, and the interest of which has been a heavy burthen. The assets and liabilities of the company in England at the present time, and an estimate of our financial position at the close of the manufacturing season of the present year, are shown in the annexed Tables, E and F, and it will we feel sure be very gratifying to the proprietors to find that we have every reason to believe that the operations of another year will enable the directors entirely to clear the company of debt, and give them funds to obtain the crop of 1850, so that the entire value of that crop may be uncharged. In answer to a proposal from the local board in India, that the company's operations should be ex tended, the London directors sent out instructions and remarks, of which the following are extracts : "But you must bear in mind, in any decision which the shareholders may come to, that it takes a long time, well•established facts, and very decided results, to restore confidence in the management of a concern which has been so recklessly conducted until lately, and to encourage a further outlay on the part of a proprietary who have already lost so heavily. " Having made these preliminary remarks, I beg to say that the general directory w ill bring the - , sub ject fully before the proprietors at the ensuing general meeting. Their own opinion is, that the shareholders will decide to pause somewhat longer before they agree to any such an extension of the existing culti vation as would entail the necessity of a further con tribution, and that the time has not yet arrived when a further call even for that purpose could be made without causing dissatisfaction. " The subject, however, shall be attentively con sidered, and in the meantime you will bear in mind the importance of continuing to fill up the existing cultivation with seedlings, so as to bring it to the highest point of bearing." i fourth anniversary o DREN.—Last evening the s..xty eemasons'-hall, when ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FE MALE . elfitthLe t Mb; LoFr.dßeSaudffie'e' above charity was celebrated in Freemasons '- hall, repast, a costume, sat down to an elegant worshipful grand master, pre sided,about 300 of the brethren of the craft, attire t d w in h m ic a h so t n h is e Earl of Wetland, the Hon. D. Dundas, W. , Id E , sq L ., o A rd lex. M p ill o o b r i d e: loyaland patriotic toasts supported The usual Esq., &c. &c. h av ing been duly honoured, followed by the accustomed co urtesies to the chairman and officers, the Noble Chair man proposed the toast of the evening, " Success to the Royal Freemasons' Female School," and stated th at the institution was founded in 1788 by Chevalier R usp i n i , whose great benevolence reduced him to comparative distress, and that two of his grandchildren were now in the school, in which were at present 65 girls. Out of the 600 children educated in the institution all had turned out virtuous good girls. After eulogising the matron, who had held that office 50 years, the toast was given and drunk with great enthusiasm. The amusements of the evening were enlivened by the vocal efforts of Mrs. Newton, Miss Thornton, Messrs. George, Ransford, &c., and also by a hymn excellently sung by the children. The collection of the evening amounted to about 6801. On Tuesday, Prince Albert, attended by Captain Gordon, visited Messrs. Bakers' pheasantry, Beaufort street, Chelsea, and inspected their numerous and beau tiful specimens of foreign water-fowl on their establishment, among which is a pair of those rare and gorgeously plumaged birds, the Mandarin Ducks, the only pair in this country. His Royal Highness ex pressed himself very much gratified, and selected several 1 specimens for r emova l to t h e ornamental waters, Buck i ugh= Palace. PARTE PRIMA. Trio, "La mia Dorabella," Sigri. Mario, Tamburini, e Lablache (Cosi fan tutte) Mozart. Air, " Va,;dit-elle," Madlle. (Lind Roberto it Diavolo) Duo, " Vivere io non potro," Madlles. Pa rodi e Angri (Donna del Lago) Air, " II faut ceder a mes lois," Signor Mario (Zampa) Herold. Duo, " Per piacere alla Signora," Madlle Lind e Sig. Lablache (Turco in Italia) Rossini. Air, "Ah se estinto, ' Madlle Angri (Donna Caritea) Quartetto—" Placido mar," Mesdelles Parodi e Angri, Sigri. Mario e La blache (Idomeneo) PA RTE SECONDA. Air—" Notte tremcnda," Madlle. Parodi (Tebaldo ed Isolina) Morlacchi. Duo—" Bel paese," Sigri. Tamburini e Lablache (Regina di Golgonda) Donizetti. Air " %Vie nabte mir der Schlummer, Madlle. Lind (Freyschutz) We ber. Duo "La ci darem la mano," Angri e Sig. Tamburini (Don Juan) Mozart. Air •• Connais-tu la chanson ?" Sig Mario (La Chancon de Mai) Meyerbeer. Sestetto " Sola, sola," Mesdelles. Lind, Parodi, e Angri. Sigri. Mario, La blache, e Tamburini (Don Juan) M. Costa presided at the pianoforte. The following, amongst others, had the honour of receiving invitations :—Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest and Prince William of Hesse Phillippstal, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Turkish Ambassad or an d t h e S ecretary of the Embassy, the French Ambassador, the Secretary of the Embassy and Madame de Montherot, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Bavarian Minister and Ba roness de Cetto, the Portuguese Minister and Viscountess de Moncorvo, the Russian Minister, Baroness Brunnow, and Millie. Olga de Lechner, the Sicilian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the Prussian Minister, Madame I;uusen and Mdlle. Bunsen, the Danish Minister, Countess de Reventlow and Countess Hilda de Revent low, the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, the Pe ruvian Minister, the Costa Rica Minister, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York, the Archbishop of Armagh, Prince Schoenberg, the Gold Stick in waiting, the Right Hon. the Speaker, the Silver Stick in waiting, Field Officer in Brigade waiting, &c. Supper was served in the State Dining-room. The Judge Advocate General had au audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-martial. Viscount Ponsunby was presented to the Queen yes terday, at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of States for Foreign Affairs. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. A deputation bad an interview with Lord John Rus sell, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street, on the part of the Royal Geographical Society, including Mr. J. W. Hamilton (President), Sir Rode rick Murchison, Sir C. Malcolm, and Sir F. Beaufort. Mr. West Nash had an interview with Earl Grey, yes terday, at the Colonial-office. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, has issued invitations for a full dress dinner party, at the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, the 19th instant, to celebrate the Queen's birth day. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has issued cards for a full dress dinner party, at his residence in Downing-street, on Saturday, the 19th May, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. HER MAJESTT'S VIRLT TO SCOTLAND.—From the improvements and preparations which are being made in the Highland districts which were visited by the Royal family last year, there is every likelihood of their re visiting Aberdeenshire in a few months. At a suitable spot on the carriage way which leads from Balmoral to Lochnagar, a handsome cottage is being built, and is almost completed. It has been erected at the request of her Majesty, and probably intended for a resting-place on occasions of the Royal party taking excursions in that direction.—Scotsman. FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDlA. — Yesterday the firt annual meeting of the London Auxiliary Associa tion, in connexion with the Female Society of the Free Church of Scotland for female education in India, was held at the music Hall, Store-street; Charles Cowan, Esq. M.P., in the chair. The meeting was but thinly attended, and the majority of persons were females. The proceedings commenced with a long prayer, part of which was chaunted. The chairman having ex plained the objects of the meeting, a gentleman on the platform read a statement, which the secretaries hoped would be received instead of a formal report. It stated that during the year 601 had been subscribed on behalf of the association, and had been transmitted to the treasurer of the parent society in Scotland. When it was borne in mind that 31. 12s. per annum was sufficient to provide for the board and education of a girl at the so ciety's institution at Calcutta, and that 61, per annum served for the entire maintenance of a girl at any of the stations in India; the promoters of the association had no doubt that a larger number of ladies would be dis posed to contribute to the funds. Forty girls had been received as resident boarders at Calcutta, and twelve had been admitted into the Christian church by the rite of baptism. The convert girls, notwithstanding the temptations to which some of them had been exposed, were all kept steadfast in their Christian professions, The report (which concluded by announcing that 15/. had been subscribed in addition to the 601. already men tioned) was adopted, and several resolutions were passed in furtherance of the objects of the society. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meet ing separated. TIIAMES ANGLING PRESERVATION SOCIETY.—The eleventh annual meeting of the members was held yes terday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, W. U. Whitbread, Esq. in the chair. Mr. 11. Parnell, of Isleworth, read the report of the committee,which congratulated the sub scribers on the severe check given to illegal netting in the Thames, and the consequent increase of fish of every kind. The last season for fishing, whether for fly, trol ling, or bottom angling, was considered the most unpro pitious on record. The prospects, this year, however, were more satisfactory, as it was generally admitted that the supply of fish of every description was most abun dant. The preserves of the society were in a good state as regarded the sunken boats, piles, &c., and as the sea son advanced, additional protection would be affo rded. The report having been received and adopted, a state ment n at thereot t was a bs waslanc ea h society e m which it appeared voteof t thanks was passed to the com mittee for their exertions in behalf of the interests o f the societ y . Mr. Perk i n s r eo d f 5 f i r / o . 9s. i . A treasurer of the thanks. the h n T or h a e ry airman a proposed a vote of strhoecatuinerktuys-e.dtoThese gentlemen having responded, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting se- THE PROTESTANT w A as ss h o e c l i d A.T y i e o s N t r a x n se parated. dsy at m ty erously attended. M r . Pl umptre e n t ua er l . hall, m eeting and o w f as th v i e s r) s , oc n i u e presided, and in opening the proceedings dilated at con siderable length upon the turmoil and agitation which prevailed in continental Europe, and a specially in Italy and the Papal dominions. He exulted in the anticipa tion of the destruction of St. Peter's a ad the Vatican— events which he had seen announced as probable from the French intervention. He quoted circulars of the Pope from Gaeta, in order to show that the character of Roman Catholicism had not changed, end that Pius IX. still asserted his pretensions as the representative of our Saviour upon earth, and he concluded toy predicting the speedy downfal of Popery. The report was then read by the secretary, Mr. Lord. It detailed: the proceedings of the association during the past year; :in the course of which 2,000,000 tracts had been distributed by it. Pro testant principles, it stated, were making rapid progress all over the world, and with a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether Popery would be in iitten for ever. From the financial statement it appears that the receipts of the association during the past year an wanted to up wards of 9001., and that their expenditur s exceeded their income t by 6001, Against i n n n s e t n t v h e i r s e b d ala a n t c l e o a o si is were Jere. Bate placed, leaving Bate man moved, and the Rev. D. Foley sec onded, a motion for the adoption of the report. The m N 'tin g was then addressed by the Rev. W. H. Peters, the E.ev. H. Stowell, the Rev. T. Moriarty, and the Rev. C. P re st in support of resolutions founded on the report, and in accordance with the ob;eets of the association. The usual vote of thanks to the chairman having been carri o d, the proceed ings terminated. The Earl of Ellesmere has directed t e building of a commodious church for tho seamen YiSiti ng Runcorn.