The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR . ANCE COMPANY. /go. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. JOIN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, r.sq Thomson Hankey,jun., Es( Jelin Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labonchere, Esq. Joha Loch, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, juu., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. 'TORS. A. w. RoVarts, Esg I ~ anntel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton. Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at Tow Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been erected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared en the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Read Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady day must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mail; or with the Company's Agents throwhout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. AUDI GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. M.ETILOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT •STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer R. Walpole, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park-place. Thomas Little4tle. Esq., Liverpool. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em- braces:— Assurances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowments of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or to their representatives in case of death before that age. Premiums may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or upon the half-premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely new principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Zritain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life. ExmarLE.—A person may by one single payment of St. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway tralling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. ve FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager._ BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Princes-street, Bank, London. Capital, One Million. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance in their fullest extent to Policy holders, and to present Mater facilities and accommodation than are usually offered to the Public. The ample subscribed Capital, together with the large anel con tinually increasing fund, accumulate' from the Premiums on upwards of 7,000 Policies, affords complete security to the assured; while the Magnitude of the Company's transactions has enabled the Directors to offer unusual advantages to Policy holders, as will be seen by re ference to the prospectus, and to the varied and extensive tables 'which have been computed with great care and labour, expressly the use of this Institution. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. ruillE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts) a nd BENEVOLENT FUND. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. I Th om son Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF TUE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years Participate in Profits, either by an addition to the Policy, reduction of Premium, or a Cash Bonus. All 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, and detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be had on application at the office. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, March, 1849. GRINDON AND OTHERS v. PRATTEN AND OTHERS. SAME AND OTHERS v. PRATTEN. TO BE PEREMPTORIL Y SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in the first mentioned cause of Grindon and others versus Pratten and others, with the approbation of Richard Richards, Esquire, one of the as ters of the said Court, at the Hope and Anchor Inn, Redcliff-hill M , in the city of Bristol, on TUESDAY the 17th day of April, 1849, at Six o'Clock in the afternoon, in THREE LOTS, a FREEIIOLD ESTATE, comprising several Messuages and Outbuildings, situate in Bedmin ster, in the said city of Bristol, late the property of Thomas Pratten, lute of Bedminster aforesaid, deceased. Particulars whereof may be had gratis at the said Master's Cham bers, in Southampt Weatherall, No.on-buildings. Chancery-lane, Loudon ;of Messrs. Johnson, Son, and 7, King's Bench-Walk, Temple, London; of Mr. Grinion, solicitor, Guildhall, Bristol; of Mr. Esher, auctioneer, iu JOHNSON,,foi and at the place of sale. SON, AND WEATHERALL, Temple, London. A RT-ITNION of LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List will CLOSE on the 31st instant. Each Prizeholder, at the Annual Distribation, will be entitled t select FOR HIMSELF a Work of Art, as heretofore. Every Subscriher will receive for each Guinea an impression of a Line Engraving, by P. Lightfoot, a ft er W. E. Frost, A.R.A. —" SABRINA," a proof of which now be seen at the office, and in addition to this, an Engraving, w after a design in bas relief„ of " Christ entering Jerusalem," for which the Premium of 1001. has been awarded to Mr. J. Han GEORGE GODWIN, 2 Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, 3 Secretaries. 444, West Strand, March, 1849. IN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor mspectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the hob:toys. This Immense Painting is the Largest in the Weed, and exkdoits more than 3,0011 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past bevel o'clock; doors open half en hoar before commencing. Admission, lower scats, Sc. ; gallery, Is. rr HE ROYAL POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with il lustrations, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every Evening at Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Illustrations en As tronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock. — Lectures en the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam Jet.—A View In the Gold District of California is aided to the New Dissolving V lews.—New Chromatrope.—Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c. The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Ralf-past Ten. Admission, ls. —Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. THE REGISTERED SYRIA N PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford. street. This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. lIE REGISTERED SYRI AN PALETOT. TBy Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Conrt Tailors, 379, Oxford- street. The local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are Mr. John Hollingsworth, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Mog ford and ♦ntwiss, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Cross-street. Manchester; Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. ter ; orge Davison, Norfolk-street, Sheffield ; Mr. W. S. Ilevin, Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight ; Mr. John John son, Ashton-under-Lyne ; Mr. Whitmore, Stockport ; Mr. Thomas Hubback, Berwick-on -Tweed ; Mr. Ralph Wilson, Gray-street, New castle-on-Tyne ; Mr. William White, Edinburgh ; and Mr. John Whitty, 8, College-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The manifold advantages to the Heads if Families from the Possession of a medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness occerring in families, more or less, every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every householder 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 12,1542. " Sir,—l 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 years' aonc trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results redungagnot alutary and efficient in the relief of the system frem bile,warranted &c., &c. with so little inconvenience ; I am there forein declaring that they supply to me a means lent wanting of being able to recommend to families, schools, andespe ° - cially mercantile men, at the . desk or en the road, a most va luable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take cred i t 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 SMITE." The u nprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommen d a tions of the many thousands who have derived benefit front their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They are not put fort h 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, Iliddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, sp asms , & c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels and Kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Stran d, London. Price Is. Iy, d. and 2s. 9d. throughout the per box; and by the Vendor s of Medicines generally kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'i PILL OF lIENLTII, and obser on the the name and address of " Thomas Pro ut, 229, Strand, London," Government Stamp, A R R I A E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense el right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eomprosiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the g reat hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should *et be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justicederaand that health sheuldform as item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered op mieinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to tho empyrieal trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other little publications claim year attention (same price is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mare ephemeral scribblines of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inctilcato—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live alter nature's laws—and to keep always on the " euuny side of the way." The aboN , e works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paerll.o9Ter-raw ' • Cary:alto. 117, Fleet - street • Mann , 39. Cornhill ; liaison, 457, West. Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and *Mingo), 10, Argyll-plauo Resat-street; Wid 00kitare : ~.-,.....7.--,...5. '%.* <1 , 4,, ~,,,, , i ..,:ii,,t, ~\--;,,,, I , if el , 4 1. ~,., ii i 4.. i, i tst.*„.• „. ......._ j No. 17,625.] LONDON, THURSDAY E Era f ,o N 241 THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZ kTION, EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS. Just published (with a Map by Wyli, Charing-cress), ALETTER from Major Robert Carmichael- Smyth to his Friend, the Author of " The Clockmaker," con taining Thoughts on the Subject of a British Colonial Railway Com- munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the sat% time assisting Emigration and Penal Arrangements ; conclud ng with a few Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut. [enry Millington , 4yn;„;e, of the Royal Engineers, Pub Hilted by W. l'.Metchim, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by Simpkin and Marshall; Ridgway, Piccadilly; Wilson, Royal Ex change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and It. Folthorp, Royal Library, . , Brighton._ _ . _ Conclud:ng paragraphs frail 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 iee-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 cffers of our merchants, and spread reli gion and civilization to the most remote corners of tke globe." Extracts from THE SUN, 16th February, " According to the scheme disclosed in this remarkable pamphlet, mails, merchandise. 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 sttetch in a direct line across oar 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 vita 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 the 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 enormoir , 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 bridges, 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 best', 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 lengih 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, 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 form, accompanied by an illustrative map from the handset' 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 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 piano 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 Tehnantepc , c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphlet 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 ffiture 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 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 . Ilion, not a sign, not an expression indicative of activity, escapes • from the chief of the Colonial - offi ce, or his fussy, yet do-nothing, • subordinates. L "We shall revert to this topic in our next, and lay before our s readers the able, invigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway corne munication between the Atlantic and Pacific. SWAN HOTEL, COMMERCIAL & POSTING HOUSE, MANSFIELD. WILLIAM WALKER (from the Angel Inn, Sheffield), having taken the above old-established House, begs to solicit the support of the Commercial Gentlemen who visit Mansfield, assuring them that no exertion shall be wanting on his part to combine the comforts of a home with the advantages of a well-regulated Hotel. An Omnibus to and from the Kirkby Station meets every Train. Mansfield, March 19, 1849. THE NV AR in the PUNJAUB. A WORD TO LORD GOUGII. My Lord, you 'will pardon a pun on the Punjaub, When I say 'tis a bad job as well as a done job. Napier, it appears, is to start as your peer, Commanded to take the commandership here. Gough must go of, so the rulers declare, And another must settle the Sutlej affair. This decision, my Lord, may be painful to you, But I view it as proper —I certainly do. Only think of the victims who fell by the Jhelum, I fain would restore them, and raise them, and hearem, And view the brave captains who now are no more, Who fought their last fight on the Jhelum's red shore. But, my Lord, I forbear, and at once I would waive A topic so touching—a subject so grave. I was thinking, my Lord, that the subject is one Which may give an idea to F. MOSES amid SOS Though you as Commander-in-Chief must corns back With something which greatly reqemblee the sack. Stal. still Messrs. MOSES and SON are displae ed As the gallant Commanders-in-Chief of the trade. Encamped on a spot for which multitudes search, Commanding a view of St. Botelph's tali church. E. MOSES and SON in a mercantile war Have faced competition, and made him withdraw. THE GARMENTS OF MOSES Command admiration, As samples of fashion, whatever our station. And a 1 who such articles wisely procure A very commanding appearance ensure. THE HATS AND THE BOOTS Bought at 11P :SES depot Command approbation wherever they go ; And MOSES' command the respect of the buyer Precisely the same as they do in attire. While armies of ladies (excuse such a phrase), Honour MOSES and SON with unlimited praise. : FURS, HOSIERY, SHAWLS, And in fact all the rest, Command vast support as the cheapest and best. And thus Messrs. MOSES and SON are displayed As Commanders-in-Chief in the battle of trade. LIST OF PRICES.. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles.. from .Z 0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed .. •• • • • ...... 1 5 0 The Premier ••.•..•••• • • • • • • • .... ...... 0 15 0 D'Orsay . 0 8 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers .. ••.. • ..... 0 4 6 Doeskin ditto Autumn and Winter Vests .. ••••.• • • • • 0 2 II Dress Coats .. ••.• • 1 0 • Frock do. . ...... ......... •••• • • • • •••• Q 4 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Salts. • • • MADE TO MEASURE. Autumn and Winter Coats, In all the newest style from £1 6 0 Milled cloth Coat .• • • ..... ....... ..... 2 2 T w eed Trousers • •• .• ••• • •• • • -• • 0 9 6 Twee d Wrappers ••..••••• • • • .. .• • ....... OlB New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles 0 16 6 Does kin Trousers ........... ••••••••••••• •• 1 2 0 Best, er Dre 55................. ....... •• .. 1 6 0 Dress Coats • Best quality .................................... 2 15 0 Frock Co. •• •••••"•• • • • •• • • • ...... •• • • Best quality ..................................... 3 0 Ct.ssimere Vest • • ...... • • Satin, Plain or Fancy............................ 0 12 0 Huss" and Tunic Suits .• •... •••••••• .• • • • • •• 8 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for hi. 16s. A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each departmentt io, wit h forw f adrded ull irections for self measurement, may be ha d on applican. or post-free. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the oabPc against imposition ; but Rave learned that the untradeemae-like falsehood of being connected with them, or" It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They leave no cennexion with any other hence in or out of Londor, except their Brandt Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; aei those who detire genuine and cheats clothing, Sce., should call at, or send toe either of their Branches, or to the Mimics and Aldgate, City, Londn. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, flosiere, l'urriere, Boot and Shoemakers, and Geeeral Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, :tad 157 T•lineriee, and 87, 84, S 5, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; and their Branch Establish ments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad ford, Yorkshire. Take Notice.—This Establishment is closed from out set Friday, tilt sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several first-rate Cutters wanted for London and Country ; apply 011 Tooday Noraings, at Ten o'clock. HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CIIOP• lIOUSF, Bull Inn-court, Strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Visitors to the Theatres will find the Nell Gwynne Coffee Room, which is fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived, the most comfortable and convenient Tavern for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Private Dining-rooms and Good Beds. Table d'llote at half-past Five (Sundays excepted). Hot Joints until Eight. Excellent Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, Barclay and Perkins's Stou ORIENTAL Proprietors, JOHN AncirEft and THOMAS TIOT,T. HOTEL, VERE-S fitEET. CAVENDIS 11-SQUA it E. —..ERT BISHOP, in making his grateful acknowledgme nts for ..re liberal support with which he has been honoured since he re opened this Old Established Hotel in June last, begs respectfully to inform the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, that the Gil AND ROOM of the Establishment has been fitted up, and will be OPENED for BUSINESS on SATURDAY, 21th MARCH, as a Pining-Room, in a style adapted to the requirements of this fashionable locali y, and also to relieve the Coffee-Rooms from the increased pressure of busi ness. The superior advantages, in economy and otherwise, expe • r:enced by gentlemen patronising this Establishment, are manifest in the success attending the efforts of the proprietor iu catering satis factorily in all its various departments ; which comprise, in addition to the usual Hotel accommodation, the private dining-rooms, and the most superb and best ventilated Smoking Coffee-Room in London. The Wines and Spirits are of the highest character. The Cuisine is under the direction of perfect artistes, including a celebrated Indian Cook, and has elicited the unqualified approbation of all who have so liberally patronised this recherche Establishment. DARIDNESS 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 6€l. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for them, can be had at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. EVOLUTION. IN .LIGHT-GOOD NEWS. Ninio+ T o APO 4hooe "VI-Ivno vL urvue Llulua p.m real] tes—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 Gass, 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 burning at the Company's Establishment, RICHARD CLARK, Resi dent Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. N.B. Guard all from buying the Carcel Lamps, they are leaky aid useless. .%g FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. 1, 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this eelebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply comping 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, IFhiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London , bridge ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. 1 EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 1.4; SAUCE N universally allowed to be the most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish . , Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold Meat, it Is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imltatons, purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA and PERRINS aro upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also to read the Testimonials (which aro 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 ie eon Sold Of i rhe proprietors, Lea ant Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Oxford- • . . street, Londonikand 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs i liza and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by alers in sauces. Illustrated by 25 Anatomical Coloured Engravlags oa Steel. PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVB MAYA- CITY, ANDIMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. gew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage :tamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the inflrmities and decay of the generative system, from ea .essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, yith remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis tualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and f;. PERRY and CO., Consultin g S urgeons , 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, Titehborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordo', 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six C cloned Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessivehteini ence, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple app [cation, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, arid the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tar CloaDria, BALM OF SYRIAOIIM is exclusively employed lit treat in; nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ile. and 335. per b Alla. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 91., 4s. 6d., and 113. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhosa, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, IL A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. Si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dan 7e daily at 19, Deniers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till T we. and Five to Eight on Sundays from Eleven to (Inc. YORK, Mauca 20. Srocx EXCHANGE —Tke business transacted to-day was as fol. !owe : Great NO: tnerna 0 y' s —North British, Quarters, 3/. Bs. 9d. sx n.—North Statfordshit, 14r/—York Newcastle, and Berwick (G. V. E. Purchase), 734. NE WCASTIE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th: business done in the Stock Exchange' to lay has been as follow::—Midland Stock, 77 —Newcastle and iarlisle (Scrip), 104 1 ,4—N,rth British, Preference, 3s. 6d. p.—York and North Midland, rrcteenee, GrA.SGOW, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Thi following are to-day's transactions :- I.berdoen, Preference, 52 -Glasgow General Terminus, 11 - Glas (ow, Kilmarnock, and Ay, 4S Ditto, Halves (No. 1), W. 169. :reat Norlb of Scotland U.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original Newcastle and llEwick), 24%. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ( From the 'Votes and P-oceedi)ws of the Mouse of CommonA.J WEILNkSHAY, MARCH 21. SHALL DELI'S (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Second Reking read ' • M ot i o n made, and Ques tion put, "That the Bill be n ow read a second time." The 1-louse MINORITY-AYES, 29. 'Tanis, Richard O'Connell, J. Dealt, James Pilkington, James IleYworth, Lawrence Strickland, Sir G. llindley, Charles Thompson, Colonel lltnia, j, Thornely, Thomas Kershaw, James Walter, John King, I'. j . Wawn, J. T. Meagher, Thomas Martin, J. TE LLERS. Mimes,, It. Monckton FRS'ArI, William Norreys, Sir D. Scully Francis Arkwrlght, G. Armstrong, U. B. Arundel, Earl of Bouverie, E. P. Brotherton, J. Crawford, W. S. Duncuft, John Ellis, John Forster, M. Gaskell J. M. Greene, John MAJORITY-NOES, 3L Hood, Sir A. Sotheron, T. IL S. Hope, Sir .J. Stafford, Augustus Lacy, H. C. Sullivan , Michael Le t,, ~ c , - rvAttaUll, r:. R. Maitland, Thomas Tollemache, John Blair, Stephen Buck, L. W. ' Dlvett, Edward ID,m4l,•vva tit, Olr J. Ellice, Edward Fuller, A. E. Moffatt, George Greenall, Gilbert Mullins, J. R. Idayes, Sir E. Napier, Joseph Headlam, T. E. O'arien , Sir Lucius lieneage, G. 11. Palmer, Roundell Henley, J. W. Pusey, Philip Herbert, H. A. Rom'lly, Sir John Vesey, Hon. T. Watkins, Colonel TELLERS. Somerville, Sir W. Bellew, EL M. INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 4 (Election of Insolvent Member to be void after receipt of Certificate) read :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 34. Armstrong, Sir A. Egerton, W. T. Newdegate; C. N. Arundel, Earl of Fordyce, A. D. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baillie, H. J. Fox, W. J. O'Connor, Feargus Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Scully, Francis Berkeley, 11. Gaskell, J. M. Stafford, A. Blackall, S. W. Goddard, A. L. Strickland, Sir G. Buck, L. W. Grace, 0. D. Sullivan, Michael Clay, James Henley, J. W. Vyse, R. 11. Cobden, R. Ilobhouse, T. B. Wawn, J. T. Coles, Henry B. Hodgson, W. N. TELLERS. Dod, J. W. Lawless, Cecil Thompson, Colonel Dodd, George Lowther, Henry Clay, Sir W. --------- MAJORITY—NOES, 77. Adderley, C. 7tc Grenfell, Charles W. Pilkington, James Anderson, Arthur Grey, It. W. Ricardo, Osman Arkwright, George Gwyn, Rowel Rohartes, T. J. Armstrong, R. B. Harris, Richard Romilly, Sir John Raines, M. T. Headlam, Thomas Russell, P. Si` Berkeley, C. L. G. Heneage, G. H. W. Sandars, George Birch, sir Thomas Herbert, Sydney Serve, G. P. Blair, Stephen Heyworth, L. Seyrner, 11. K. Blake. Martin J. Hood, Sir A. Shafto, R. D. Brotherton, J. Hothani,:Lor d Sheridan, It. B. Carew, W. P. Howard, P. IL Smith, J. Benjamin Cayley, Edward S. Hume, Joseph Somerville. Sir W. Chaplin, W. J. Kershaw, James Sotheron, T. Colebrooke, Sir T. King, P. J. Stansfleld, W. R. C. Crawford, W. S. Lacy, Henry C. Stanton, W. H. Divett, Edward Langston, J. H. Sutton, 11. M. Drumlanrig, Vie. Lewis, Sir T. Tenison, E. K. Duckworth, Sir J. Lewis, Georg C: Thornely, T. Duncan, Veorge Lockhart, W. Vesey, T. Duncuft, John Lushington, C. Walmsley, Sir T. Ellis, Joha Maitla nd, Thomas Watkins, Colonel Estcourt, J. B. B. Mullings, J. R. Wood, W. P. Ferrer, James Napier, Joseph Wyld, James Glyn, George Carr Palmer, Roundell Greenall, G. Pechell, Captain TELLERS. Greene, John Perfect , Robert Mackinnon, W. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Veto , S amuel Moffatt, George THE GAS QUESTION. Mr. N. Defries, gas engineer, delivered at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution, on Monday evening, a lecture on the illumination by gas, the process of its generation, the cost of that generation, and how its mea sure is to be ascertained when registered by meter. The theatre was crowded, net only by the members of the institution, but also by those residing in the neigh bourhood, who were evidently - most anxious to learn how a reduction in the present price of gas could be obtained. The lecturer, after a few preliminary re marks, from which it could be at once seen that he was of opinion that gas could not be generated for less than its present price, went on to say that it was not his in tention to detain the audience by any lengthened ob servations of his, upon the various charges made by the different gas companies, as the subject was now under consideration in the Home of Commons, where he trusted it would ba dealt with in a straightforward manner. 114 e would just say, as he hoped he would be enabled to prove his statements that gocd gas could not be sent from the gas. works to the houses and shops of the consumer for less than the present charge 6s. per 1,000, at a specific gravity of 400, for this reason, that the street lamps in the metro polis were supplied from the various gas companies at the price of 3s. 101 per thousand; thus making the charge upon an average, on the general consumers of 4s. 31 per 1,000. From the official reports of the various companies, it would appear that the Charter last year paid a dividend of 6 per cent.; the Imperial the same amount; and the City 10 per:cent.; the Phosnix 5 pr cent., and the Equitable for some time 4i per cent., but once or twice they paid n o di v id en d a t all. He was of opinion that the dividend ought not to be under 10 per cent., but that that amount must be allowed on all hands to be a very fair interest for the capital invested. He was present at a meeting lately held in Lambeth, where it was asserted that the gas could be supplied at the charge of 4s. 61. per 1,000; but this he was not prepared to believe, although it might be said the Croydon Works were sending out thei r gas at t h at pr i c e. So they were, but then their works were on a much smaller scale, and consequently, there was much less leakage , while the coals and the labour w ere muc h c h ea p e r. He would just mention, in conclusion, before proceeding with the expe riments which he meant to make, that the price has been much lowered within the last few years, for in 1843, it was Bs. per 1,000; in 1844 , 7 s per 1,000; and in 1848 , Cs. per 1,000; as low a price as could be charged for it. As a great deal had beet, said about the measurement Of gas, he would just allude to it. Every man can be his own measurer, for nothine is easier than to ascertain the number of feet consumed than by weight, as 62 4 1 b. of running water go to a pourel. The lecture r then p ro seeded, by a model to prove his position. Thi s model is easily understood when seen, b u t cannot he satisfac toril y explained. He then went on to exhibit by experiments, the whole process of gas generation, which were, after some little difficulty, on account o f the imperfections o f the models, completely success f u l, the gas made being of the most brilliant kind we have ever witness ed, and more especially when emitted through Leslie's patent burner. A variety of other interesting a xperiments having been performed illustrative of the best means of purifying the gas, & c., the meeting separ a t e d, the persons present being , no doubt, entertained ; b ut , in our opi nion, somewhat disappointed, as they evidently attended the lecture with the expectation of hearing how the price of gas could with ease be reduced. ROYAL CALEDONIA N AsyLum.---Yesterday, the quarterly general court of the guardians of this corpora tion was held in the hall of the Scoltish Hospital, Crane. court, Fleet-street, Lord James Stuart in the chair, on general business. From the minutes of the several pre vious courts (which were confirmed), it appeared that the late secretary, Mr. Birney, remained still indebted to the corporation in the sum of 120/., which it was alleged he had embezzled, and the board of directors had left it to the present meeting to determine upon the course to be pursued under these circumstances —whether it would be advisable to institute proceedings in a criminal court, to proceed by common law for the recovery of the amount, or to abandon the matter in Coto. A very animated dis cussion ensued, in which Dr. Cumming, Dr. Stuart, Mr. Lindsey, and Mr. Hamilton took part; and ultimately the meeting refused to act, leaving the directory to take the course that they m ight deem most prudent. In reply to a question from Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Lindsey, as one of the auditors, said the expenditure for the year 1848 amounted to 3,6421., including 300/. laid out on the premises. The total income was only 1,636/., arising out of dividends on stock 6281., annual subscrip tions 3311., donations 446/., and the result of the Cale donian ball 2321. This deficiency of upwards of 2,0001. had been met by the sale of 2,250/. Three per Cents. Their stock amounted to 15,770/. Three per Cents. Se veral guardians expressed their regret at the rat id man ner in which the institution was retrograding. Dr, Cumming accounted for the lamentable state of their finances by their lately admitting fifty girls into the asylum, at an annual cost of about I , 3 ool.—(Hcar.) He was aware that the accession in the number of their inmates arose from the acceptance of a legacy of 1,0001, with which this condition was annexed. After some further conversation, the usual electi on o f di rectors , i n took place, an d t h e C our t the room of those retiring, adjourned. LUCILLE BELMONT, A NOVEL. SECOND EDITION REVISED.—We were among the first, if not the first, of public journalists to direct attention t o t hi s a d m i ra bl e romance; and we rejoice to see th e goo d op i n i on we expressed upon its !floras c infirmed by the general voice. A second edition has been called for, and the writer has added a modest, though design ) exposition preface, con taining his own of his work, which is the best vindication of his motives. Amongst many other persons, we have heard Vlis work attributed to Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P. Our astonishment is that the author cf so successful a no ve l h as nit distinctly avowed himself . --Illorritng P ost. [ADvER TisEmE NT.]- -It i s an Undeniable Fact that Holloway's Pills are the Finest Medicine in the World. - In all cases of deranged stomachs, determination of blood to the head, bile, sick headaches, stomach and. liver complaints, there is no remedy known that gives such . immediate re li e f as these far-famed Pills, the peculiar properties of which act directly on the mainsprings influence; li!e, so that no dise ase h owever danger ous can resist their therefore all persons predisposed to any of these disorders should at this season of the year promptly have recourse to a few doses, which would effectually check every symptom and restore health and vigour.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loudon. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 20.—We have about 700 beasts and 5,500 sheep, both of which are of a very superior quality. The demand for beef is somewhat improved, and the better qualities are making more money. The mutton trade is slow, in fact almost a drug; prices have a downward movement, and a considerable quantity remains unsold. Beef, 4s to 6s per stone of 14 lbs; pork, 5s to 6s 6d ; sheep, wedders small, is per head below 6d ; large fat, 5d to bid per lb, sinking offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MARcH 20.—There were in in the market to-day 80 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280Ibs imperial, which sold thus : —55 at 1/ 7s Od, 6 at 11 6s 6d, 18 at 11 6s Od, lat 11 5s 6d, oatol Os Od. Average price of the whole, 116 s 8d 7-12ths. 8 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 335, sat 30s, and lat 293. 2 sacks barleymeal, which sold at 255. 2 sacks peasemeal, whereof 1 sold at 225, and lat 18s. 28 sacks pot-barley, whereof 19 sold thus: —1 at 119 s Od, 2at 118 s 6d, 1 at 1/ 8s Od, 4 at 115 s 6d, 10 at 115 s, 1 at 1/ 4s 6d. 2 sacks brosemeal, whereof 1 sold at 28s, and 1 at 26s 6d. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MARCH 20. Supplies of all kinds large, except wheat. Oat straw, from 6e to Ts per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s; barley do.. 5s to 6s. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. BELFAST, MARCH 19.—Grain—At our stock market we have very small supplies forward since Friday, and in con sequence, prices are well maintained. Wheat, 9s to les 3d; barley 6s to 6s 6d ; oats, Si 6d to 6s 3d ; oatmeal, 9s 9d to lOs 3d per cwt. Indian corn sells slowly at 71 7s 6d to 71 lOs per ton for yellow, and 5s less for white. Flaxseed comes into favour earlier than usual, and Riga seed sells at 293 to 30s per barrel for common, and 30s 6d to 32s for picked seed. BANBRIDGE, MARCH 19.—Prices to-day are as follow: Oatmeal, from 9s 9d to lOs 3d per cwt ; Indian meal, 8s Od to 8s 9d per cwt ; flour, first, per 112Ibs, 16s Od ; second, 14s 6d ; third, I2s Od ; fourth, lOs Od ; bran, 4s 6d ; wheatmeal, 12s 6d to 14s Od ; wheat, from Ss 9d to 9s 9d per cwt of 1121bs ; oats, 5s 6d to Gs 9d ; bar) ey, 6s 6d to Os Od per 71 ; American flour, 28s 6d to 30s Od per brl; best butter, firkin, at the scale, 9d per lb; second, 8 d; lump, 80 to 90 ; beef, 3d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d ; potatoes, 4s Od to 7s Od per cwt ; hens, 10d to 15 Od each ; chickens, 10d to is 4d per pair; ducks, is 10d to 2s 4d ; turkeys, 2s 9d to 3s 9d each ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; eggs, hen, 5d to Gd per dozen ; duck, 6d to bid per dozen ; tur key, Os to is Od per dozen; hay, upland, from is 4d to is 8d per cwt ; ditto, lowland, from is Od to is 2d; straw, from 8d to 10d ; turnips, 8d to 10d ; pork,"from 43s Od to 47s Gd per 1121bs. Weight of bread at Hamilton Moore's bakery, 4lbs for W. Old grain whiskey, at Mr. Robert Bch's, 6s 3d per gallon, duty paid. BALLYMENA, MAucis 17.—Oats, sssd. to 6s 2d; oatmeal, 9a 9d to 10e 3d per cwt ; butter, 8d ; beef, 3d to 6d per lb ; mutton, 31d to 7d ; flour, first, per cwt, IBs Od ; second, 17s Od; third, 155 Od ; inferior third, 13s Od ; fourth, lOs Od ; bran. Si 6d to 6s 6d; Indian meal, white, per cwt, 8s Od to 8s 6d; yellow, 8s Od to 8s 6d; potatoes, 2s 9d to 4s 6d per cwt; hay, Is to is 9d per cwt ; American flour, 30s per barrel ; tallow, 4s Od to 5s 4d per stone; flax,4s Od to 5310 d ; straw, 9d to Is ; hides, 2s 6d to 65 6d each ; pork, 37s 6d to 46s Od per cwt ; turnips, 9d to is per ditto; carrots, Os to is per ditto ; beans, 55 9d to 6s 6d ; grey peas, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. The potato marker to.day was the largest ever known here at this season of the year. COAL MARK ET.-YESTERDAT. Bate's West Hartley... 14s Od i llaswell l6s 3d Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main..... lls 6d Stewart's llolywell Main ... ..... 14s 3d Whitwell North Percy llartley.. 13s 6dl , Benson Tanfield Moor .... ..... 13s 6cf Caradoc ..... .. Walker's Primrose ... lls 6d i Cassop . Wylam West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Whitworth l2s 9d Brown's Gas Gosforth ..... Hedley Hilda l3s Odl Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 3d Eden Main BraddylPs Hetton lss 3d I Ships at market, 75. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, Mencit 21. STOCK ExcniNGE.—The market has been very dull. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 3 dis.—llitto, New 171. Shares 2 1-111—Midland Stock 79. LIVERPOOL, 3Lincn 21. STOCK EXCIIANGR.—The share market was considerably better to day than for sense days past, and better prices were paid. The sales arc—Glasgow and Ayr, 50- Grcat Northern, 8/. 18s. Oil. dis.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares (late E xtension), di e . ex div.—Ditto, 10/. Preference,6 per cent., I 13.16 e.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 44,i dis. ex div.—London and North-Western, Fifths, G% p.—Ditto, Quarters, 5/. Is. 3d. p.—Ditto (Huddersfield and Manchester), 27%—Ditto, Thirds, 9%—Midland Stock, 79y,_ Ditto, New Halves 8 dis.—Shrewsbury ant Chester (late N. W. if), 10/. Preference, guaranteed 8 per, cent., 15% —South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 7%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension (Nos. I and 2), 2 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, dis. MANCHESTER, MARCH 21 STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 334 p.—Leeds 32/. Shares, 73ij n. d.—West Riding [Mon, 44 n, d.—Preston and Wyre, 62--Dewsbury, halves, 22% — North Staffordshire, 8 13-16 dis. —Sheffield and Lincoln, yd dis.— Leeds, Fifths, 5-16 dis.—East Lancashire, 734 dis.•—Great Northern, 9 ills. 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The royal suite consisted of the Mistress of the Robes; the Viscount( ss Jocelyn, Lady in Wait ing; the Marquis of Abercora, Groom of the Stole to the Prince; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lard in Waiting; Viscount Clifden, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in Wait ing; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting: to :ho Prince; Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; and Messrs. Forbes and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highne:s were reccised by the Lord Chamberlain and the Master of the Horse. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Parma attended the levee. The Queen and Prince Albert having entered the Throne-room, the foreign diplomatic circle was intro duced, when the following presentations to her Majesty and his Royal Highness took place:— By the Belgian Minister—Le Comte de Lalaing, for merly Belgian Minister in Spain. By the Russian Minister—Lo Baron Theodore de Schoeppingk, late Charge d'Affaires of Russia at Lisbon. By the Prussian Minister—Lieutenant Guitard, officer in the 9:11 Prussian Hussars. By the Danish Minister—Major-General W. de Ox holm, the King of Denmark's Chamberlain. By the American Minister—Mr. James Lawrence, at tache to the United States Legation at this Court. By the Mexican Minister—Don Felix Galindo, secre tary to the Legation. By the Peruvian Minister—Major J. F. de Elisalde, Attache to the Legation of Peru. The diplomatic circle was attended by Mehmed Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador; Vice-Admiral Cecille, Ambas sador of France; M. Reille (aide-de-camp to the admi ral), Attaché to the Embassy; M. Breuil, Second Secre tary of the Embassy; M. Van de Weyer, Belgian Mi niat r, and M. Charles Drouet, Conseiller de Legation; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Viscount de Mon corvo, Portuguese Minister, and Baron de Moncorvo, Attaché to the Legation; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Minister, and le Baron de Nicolay, Secretary of the Le gation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minis ter; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister; le Comman deur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, and M. J. T. de Amaral, Attaché to the Legation; Count de Revent low, Danish Minister, and Baron Bertouch, Secretary of Legation; Mr. George Bancroft, American Minister; Senor Jos4 M. Luis Mora, Mexican Minister; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Minister, and Mr. Sibbern, Secretary of Legation; M. J. J. de Osma, Peruvian Minister, Col. Beltran, Secretary of Legation, and M. Henry Caravedo, Attaché to the Legation; Marquis de Sauli, Sardinian Minister, and Count Cori, Attache to the Legation; le Comte Colloredo, Austrian Minister, le Baron Koller, First Secretary to the Legation, and Baron Wieden bruck Loe Secretary of Legation; Don Francisco Ca tellon, Charge d'Affaires of Nicaragua; Viscount Pal merston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. The general circle was attended by the Bishop of Lon don, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home De rartment, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the Postmaster- General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Ar the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Marquis of Airgle sey, Gold Stick in Whiting; Lord Montea le, Comp • troller-General of the Exchequer; the TrAnrer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, Sir Matthew Wyatt, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; the Vice Chancellor of England; the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce; Colonel Berkeley Drummond (Scots Fusilier Guards), Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal; the Attorney-General for Ire land; Mr. David J. Harmer, Standard Bearer of the Ho nourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; the Rev. J.Vane, the deputy clerk of the closet in waiting; Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Finnis; Mr. Sheriff Goodhart; Colonels Baker, 11. Bentinck, Weare, Oldfield, Le Couteur, and C. Kennedy, C. 8., Aides-de-Camp to the Queen; Major- General Wemyss, Equerry to the Queen; Colonel Corn wall, Equerry to the Queen Adelaide; Colonel Sir Horace Seymour, Equerry to the Queen Dowager; Captain Taylor, R. A., Equerry to Queen Adelaide; Mr. Dimond Mildmay, Equerry to his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge; Colonel Chaplin (Coldstream Guards), Field-officer in Brigade Waiting; the Queen's Harbinger ; . . then Chevalier Ifebeler, their Prussian and WurteaDl7er . Majesties' Consul-General; Mr. Purton Cooper , Queen's Sergeant in the Duchy of Lancaster; Mr. lAwrer,c,, Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty; Captain J. B. Curling, Adjutant of the Honourable Corps of Gentle.. men-at-Arms; Colonel Fitz Maurice, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard; Captain I'hibbs, Exon is tVaiting; Sir Benjamin Smith. C.S.; Colonel Sir Frederick smith, Gentleman Usher of the Privy "Chamber in Waiting; Sir Noel Harris, Groom of the Privy Chamber; Mr Charles Heneage, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Cham ber; Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gentleman Usher in Waiting; Captain the Honourable Mortimer Sackville West, and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Gentlemen Ushers tt her Majesty; General Godwin, Gen , leman Usher to his Royal Highness the Prince in Waiting; Captain Ilalkett (Coldstream Guards), Adjutant in Brigade Waiting. 'lhe following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:— Viscount Dupplin, Ist Life Guards, on his marriage, by the Earl of Kinnoull. Mr. llerb(.rt Henry Rice, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's 'Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at Arms, by Lord 'Foley, Captain of the Corps. Mr. Malins, QC. ' on being appointed one o f h e r Ma• jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. L'oyd, Q.C., on being appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. The Earl of Belfast, on attaining his majority, by the Marquis of Donegal. Mr. Robert Bryco Hay, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at- Arms, by Lord Foley. Lord De Tabley, on the regiment under his command receiving the designation of " The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry," by the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Lord Burghley, on his marriage, by the Marquis of Exeter. Mr. Gregory Grant Foote, on appointment to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by Lord Foley. The Marquis of Stafford, by the Earl of Ellesmere. Mr. Frederic Calvert, Q.C., cn his appointment to be one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. The Dean of Carlisle, by Lord John Russell. Mr. Robert Chamberlin, Sheriff of Norwich, by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Mr. Robert Gibson, High-Sheriff of Berkshire, by the Marquis of Ailesbury. Mr. William Jones Llo3d, by Mr. John 11. Vivian, M.P. The Hon. Charles Napier, by General Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B. Lord Adolphus Vane, on return from India, by Colonel B. Drummond. Rev. A. Smith, by Mr. T. H. S. Sotheron, M.P. Rev. Henry Clifford Radclyffe, by the Rev. Dr. Stamen. Mr. Henry Inglis, by Lord Edward Howard. The Rev. Henry Gray, by the Earl of Limerick. Mr. F. Mowatt, M.P., by Lord Dudley Stuart.' Mr. Henry Chamier, Madras Civil Service, on his return from India, by the President of the Board of Control. Mr. James Johnstone Paul, by Sir William Burnett. The Rev. Thomas Scard, M.A., on his appointment as domestic chaplain to his Royal hlighnt ss the Duke of Cambridge, by the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Paulet St. John Mildmay, by Mr. Wm. Miler, M.P. Lord Charles P. Clinton, First Life Guards, on his mar riage, by his father the Duke of Newcastle. Dr. Routh, by Sir Randolph Routh, K C.B. Sir John Young, on succeeding to the Baronetcy, by the Marquis of Headfort. Mr. John Reynolds, M.P., by Sir George Grey. Mr. James Heywood, M.P., by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. A. J. Gee, on appointment to the Bengal Medical Establishment, by Surgeon Major Judd. Mr. David Lyon, by the Right Hon. Sir W. Fremantle. Mr. Gamier, on being appointed High Sheriff and De puty-Lieutenant of the county of Southampton, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Goff, by General Caulfield. Sir James Carnegie, Bart., on succeeding to the Ba ronetcy, and being appointed Lord. Lieutenant of Kin cardineshire, by Lord John Russell. Sir John Gibbons, by Lord Somers. Mr. Ambrose Moore, on appointment as one of the Lieutenancy of London, by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Livesey, by the Earl of Yarborough. Sir William G. Johnson, on appointment, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, by Sir George Couper. Mr. F. Horatio Fitzroy, by his father, Vice-Admiral Lord Wm. Fitzroy, K.C.B. Mr. Francis Bowes Stockton, pay department, United States Navy, by the American Minister. The Lord Mayor of London, by Sir George Grey. Mr, Alderman Carden, by the Lord Mayor. Alderman Hudson, of Dublin, by Sir Wm. Somerville. Dr. F. Mansell, on his return from foreign service, by Sir W. Burnett. R3V. W. P. Baily, on his appointment as chaplain to Majesty, at Hampton Court Palace, by th Chamberlain. f E l l o ot u l: G Ralph Dutton, by the Hon. Mr. . appointment as S. Staffort.' Jerningham, on hDieuetptopne.i by Viscount her Secretary of jtsty's e mbassy at Constantinop le, Palmerston. Mr. Scott Russell, by the Earl of Clancarty. Mr. Bulteel, by - E;arl Grey. Mr. Bluntly, Under-Sheriff of Berks, by the High She riff Berks Mr. G cerge Grant, Bombay Civil Service, by the Righl Hon. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse. Hon. Henry Byng, on his appointment to the Coldstream Guards, by Viscount Enfield. Hon. and Rev. Aubrey Spring Rice, by his father, Lord Monteagle. Hon. George Agar Ellis, on receiving his commission, Royal Artillery, by Lord Clifden. The A ttorney- General for Ireland, by Sir W. Somerville. Mr. Wingfield, Attach 6 to her Majesty's legation in Switz al.ind, by Viscount Castlereagh. M. de Strz-lecki, on being appointed Companion of the Bath, by Lard Grey. Mr. Manners Sutton, by the Duke of Rutland. Mr. \Villiem Stuart, jun., by the Marquis of Ormorule. Mr. Gervai,e Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp, on appoint ment as Deputy-Lieutenant for Lincolnshire, by the Earl of Yarborough. Mr. C. Ravecshaw, Bengal Civil Service, on his return from Indie, by General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. Mr. Pakington, by his father, Sir John Pakington, Hirt, M.l'. Mr. John Dutton, by the Hoe. Mr. Dutton. Mr. C. F. Webster, - by Lord Marcus Hill. Mr. C. Lascel!es, on receiving his commission, Royal Artillery', by Mr. Lascelles. Mr. James R. Hope, on receiving a patent of pre dente, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Edward Hamilton Anson, Bengal Civil Service, by his father, General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. Mr. William Law, by Lord John Russell. Mr. James Wilson, by Lord John Russell. Mr. Robert B. Garrett, Bengal Civil Service, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Ward, her Majesty's Consul-General in Saxony, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. David Colthurst, by Sir Peregrine Maitland. Mr. W. Wheble, by Lord•Caraoya. Captain Montague Cholmeley, 27th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, by Sir Montague J. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P. Mr. Hamilton (St. D.L., County Donegal, by the Earl of Erne. Mr. A. Elliot, by the Earl of Minto. Mr. Charles H. Connell, by Sir Robert Murray, Bart. Mr. A. Charles Barclay, on going abroad, by Sir Lied worth Williamson, Bart. Lieutenant Horace Cust, on his appointment to Cold stream Guards, by his father, the Hon. Capt. P. Cust. Mr. John Wayland, by the Earl of Verulam. Mr. William Everett, by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Mr. Wallop Brabazon, by the Hon. Admiral Knox. Mr. Roland Bateman, by Lord Dinorben. Mr. Hodgson, M.P., by the Earl of Lansdale. Mr. Joseph Rodney Croskey, United States Consul for the district of Cowes, by the American Minister. Lieutenant Tatthall, R.N., on return from foreign ser vice, by Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. Ommanney, K.C.B. Major Renny, on promotion, by Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong, C.B. Captain Montressor, on return from foreign service, by his father, General Sir Thomas Montressor. Captain Edmund Wheble, by Lord Camp. Captain Henry B. Rose, on his return to India, by Sir Charles Trevelyan, K.C.B. Captain George De Sausmarez, by Lieutenant-General Sir John novena], K.C.B. Captain Leveson Gower, on promotion, by Lieutenant- Colonel Lord William Paulet. Major Weyland, by the Earl of Verulam. Captain Hampden Moody, on his re turn from the ex pedition to the Hudson's Bay territory, by Major- General Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.B. Captain Reeves, United States army, by the American Minister. Captain William Unett, deputy-lieutenant of the county of Hereford, by Sir William Verner, Bart. Captain Vincent F. Kennett, by the Earl of Limerick. Lieutenant Elgee, on promotion, by Major-General Delmer, C.B. Lieutenant Rowland Webster, on embarking for foreign service, by Colonel Sir Richard Doherty. Lieutenant William Mure, by his father, Colonel Mare, M P. Lieutenant J. 11. Barber, by Lieutenant-General Vis count Hardinge. Lieutenant H. Cranstoun Adams, by his father, Lieu tenant-General Sir George P. Adams, K.C.H. Lieutenant Bulwer, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lieutenant Tighe, by Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Crofton. Lieutenant James Boyd Miller, by Sir George Couper, Bart. C. 8., K.H. Lieutenant Grant, by Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.H. Lieutenant Wingfield, on his marriage, by Lieutenant- Colonel the lion. George Rice Trevor. Lieutenant R. W. Raikes, by Colonel Clark Kennedy. Vice-Admiral Lord William Fitzroy, K.C.8., on pro motion, by the Vice-Chancellor of England. Ensign Henry W. Todd, on appointment to the East York Militia, by the Earl of Carlisle. Ensign Addison, on his appointment to the 74th High landers, by Earl Somers. Ensign Conway Gordon, by General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. Ensign Walter 11. Gill, by the Marquis of Douglas. Ensign Bail ie, on appointment to the 51st Regiment, by Captain Sir George Back, R.N. Lieutenant-General James Welsh, on his return from the command of the northern division of the Madras army, by Lieutenant-General Sir James L. Caldwell, G. C. B. Major George Douglas, on appointment as deputy lieutenant of the county of Bute, by Lord James Stuart. Major George Colby Loftus, by Lord Charles Towns bend. Major Nl'Murdo, on returning to India, by the Earl of Elleeborough. Lieutenant-Colonel Higgins, on promotion, by - the Duko of Bedford. Lieutenant Colonel Cliff, ad, M.P., by Mr. George Coruewall Lewis, M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel P. M'Pherson, C. 8., on return from India, by General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.B. Lieutenant Loekhart Ros, on return from foreign service, by Lard De Ras. Lieutenant-Colonel Storks, on his appointment to the stuff at the Mauritius, by Major-General Sutherland. Commander Gunning, by the Marquis of Northampton. Ensign J. J. M'Leod Innes, by Lieutenant-General Sir John M'Leod, C.B. and K.C.H. Commander Lord Frederick Kerr, by Captain Berkeley, R N. Lieutenant Robert B. Beale, on his return from foreign service, by Lord Foley. Captain Blackwood, R N., on appointment to command her Majesty's ship Victory, by Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Cap( I. Lieutenant A. Chetham Strode, R.N., on return from foreign service, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir E. Chezhain Strode, K.C.B. Captain Lord, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. Captain Charles Sturt, by the Earl Grey. Captain Marriott, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Captain J. A. Ewart, on promotion, by his father, Major- General Ewart, C.B. Captain Hough, by Colonel Weare, K.H. Captain Edward Fleming, by Major-General Sir H. Watson, C.B. Captain Hamilton, by Sir Henry Frederick Campbell. Captain James Tullock, by _his brother, Lieutenant- Colonel Tullock. Major-General Sir Hew Ross, on being appointed Colonel of the 12th battalion Royal Artillery; Major- General Lacy, on being appointed Director-General of Artillery ; Colonel Oldfield, aide-de-camp to the Queen, on his marriage ; Lieutenant-Colonel A. M•Bean, Royal Artillery ; Captain Augustus Somer set, on promotion and re-appointment to the Horse Artillery ; Captain W. Hamilton Cox, Royal Artil lery, on promotion; Captain Cannon, Royal Artillery, on return from foreign service ; Lieutenant Newton, Royal Horse Artillery; Lieutenant Burt, Royal Artil lery, on commission ; Lieutenant M'Ternan, Royal Aran( ry, on commission ; Lieutenant Chancellor, Royal Artillery, on return from foreign service ; Lieutenant Piers, Royal Artillery, on commission ; Lieutenant T. S. P. Field, Royal Artillery, on pro motion ; Lieutenant Champion, Royal Artillery, on commission ; Lieutenant Miehell, Royal Artillery, on going on foreign service ; Lieutenant Murray Fraser Ferrers, Royal Artillery, on promotion and return from foreign service; Lieutenant Sartoris, 7th Hussars; Cornet J. Wyndham Billington ; Mr. Templeton, surgeon, Royal Artillery, on return from foreign ser vice ; Mr. Arthur Boate, deputy Ordnance store keeper, Hong Kong; Mr. Fraser, 7th Hussars ; Mr. Sartoris, 7th Hussars—by the Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance. Captain Sayer, Royal Marines; Lieutenant Theophilus Vaughton, Royal Marines, on appointment; Lieu tenant F. R. Newton, Royal Marines ; Lieutenant H. J. Tribe, Royal Marines, on return from foreignfrcm service; Lieutenant R. S. Harrison, on return foreign service; Lieutenant Toms, on: appoitment to the Royal Marines; Second Lieutenant 11. R. Royal Marines, on appointme nt —b y O T w om en li . n, Captain William Gordon, 17th Regiment; Ed __ward Croker, 17th Regiment—by General S Captain John Croker, 17th Regimen t ; Ca i P r tm Peregrine Maitland. Lieutenant-Colonel Saunderson , l a te of the Grenadier Guards, on return from abroad, by General Sir W. Keir Grant. Ad m i ra l Sir Adam Drummond, on promotion; Rear- Admiral Philip Brown, Rear-Admiral Sharpe, C. 8., on promotion; Cavtain A LowryCorry, on appoint to her Majesty, and on return ment as Aide-de -Damp from foreign service; Captain Robb, on return from foreign service., Captain James Hope, on nomination to tke Companionship of the Bath; Capt. Wm. Loring, on promotion and return from foreign service; Captain E. Collier, C. 8., on return from foreign service; Lieute nant J. Grant Raymond; Commander C. Codrington Forsyth; Commander Alex. Boyle; Commander Wake, on promotion; Commander Robert Phillips, on pro motion; Commander Reed, on return from foreign service—by Sir F. Baring, First Lord of the Ad miralty. Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., on return from foreign service, and appointment as captain superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard; Captain David Price; Captain Edward Purcell, on appointment to command her Ma jesty's ship Superb; Commander J. J. M'Donnell; Commander Boeverie, on return from foreign service; Commander Booth; Lieutenant George Rice; Lieute nant F. W. Gough, on return from foreign service— by Rear-Admiral Dundas. Sub-Lieutenant Heald, on his appointment to the 2d Re- Colonel WDouall. giment of Life Guards, by t / • _ -'„/i4 . -. / A 5 (7 //' Z- - - e..--"-e...-9 111111006. - S.4' ( . t .. , ; ..:-.4.,,,, .. ;.. ... -, 4 1_ , -, .-.. ;'..- <= s "; '•• + [PRICE SD. ~~ i ~~, 2~l ~-s~i C%~,1~. CaTtecin 3'. W. Wilder, Poth Regiment, by Major.Gerterj Brown. Captain Foster, Lieutenant Sykes and Dallis, Cornett Wharton, Wilson, and James Miller, by the Earl of Cardigan. Lieutenant-Colone!6 Baiubrigge and Mitchell on promo tion, and Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls, by Lord . Fitzroy Somerset. Captain Herringbam and Commander Carletc't, by Sir . _ Edward Codrington. Lieut.-General Sir John W. Guise, on the appointment to the Colonelcy of the 85th Regiment; Lieut.-General Sir Neil Douglas, on appointment to the 72d High landers; Major-General Sir Robert Harvey, on his appointment to the Colonelcy of the 2d West Ind:a Regiment; Major-General James Hay, on appoinfr ment to the 79th Highlanders; Major-General Bain brigge, on promotion and appointment to the command of the Belfast district; Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong, C. 8., on return from staff of Canada, ;ind appointment to colonelcy of 95th Regiment; sad Captain A. C. Bentinck, on appointment and return from the Cape—by the Duke of Wellington. Captain Dickinson, R.N., and Commander Dalyell, R.N., by Sir C. Adam. Liewenants C. Middleton ar.d R. J. Smith, on return from India; Cornet W. 0. Bird, on appointment to 15:1 Hus.ars; Cornets S. Pearson, F. J. 0. Hopon, R. Macneill, and 'l'. S. Townsend, on appointment to 3.1 Dragoons—by Colonel Middleton. Lieut,-Colorel J. Lloyd, C. 8., Major P. Hay, and Lip titiant9. I3t adnell, on re: turn from India; Lieut. Claudius Harris, on promotion; Lieutenant Lewis AL:nro and Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Fletcher—by wit John liobhouse. Lieut( nant 0: Leahy, IL.G. Savage, H. G. Teesdale, G. Rankin, and W. Crossman—by the Inspector- Generisl of Fortifications. Ensigns—J. Mullins, J. Gillespie, A. Bon!noir', G. T. Chesney, Russell, James Goddard, A. Davidson, H. A. St forth; J. E. Gahagan, E. C. S. Williams, D. C. Hench`y, and C. Scott—by Sir F. Smith. Captain H. N.S. Shrapnel, by Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus de Butts, - Captain Du Plat, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Captain Hylton Jolliffe, on promotion, by Col. Chaplin. Captain Reed, by Lieut.• Colonel Tullock. Captain George W. Vesey, by Sir Arthur Brooke, M.P. Lieutenant Charles F. Kelly, on his return from India, by General Lord Aylmer: Second Lieutenant John Peyton, by Lieut.-General Sir John Law Lushington. Lieutenant Gordon, by Lieut.. Colonel Diggle. Lieut. W. G. Baker Creswell, by his rather, Mr. B. Creswell. Lieutenant Wallis O'Brien Hoare, by the Marquis of Thomond. Lieut. Buchanan, by the Marquis of Thomond. Lieut. Stevenson, (n appointment to the Scots Fusilier Guards,_by Col. BLrkeley Drummond. Lieutenant George Fro?. Coryton, on return from India, by his father Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton. Lieutenant Walsh, on appointment to the Royal Ma rines, by Lieutenant-Ueneral Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.B. Lieutenant Francis G. Gregor, by the Earl of Falmouth. Lieutenant Lindesay, on promotion, by the Marquis of Ormonde. Lieutenant Francis C. Maude, on promotion, by his father, the Hon. Francis Maude. Cornet G. Arden Franklyn, by Lieutenant• General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.8., &c. Cornet Goff, by General Caulfeild. Captain Miller, by Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus de Butts, G.C.H. Captain R. Gordon, R.N., by Admiral Sir Byam Martin, G.C.B. Captain Septimus H. Becher, by Major-General Sir George Pollock. G.C.8., Ike. Major erutchley, on return from foreign service, by General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bart. Sub-Lieutenant Lygon, by Viscount Combermere. Lieutenant Gibb, by Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne. Lieutenant John Frederick Slegg, on appointment to'lst Royal Lancashire Militia, by Colonel Clerk Kennedy. Lieutenant Wright, on return from foreign service, by Colonel Wright, K.H., R.M. Lieutenant M. Spratt, by Colonel Parke, C.B. A petition to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, from a public meeting of the citizens of the city of Chester, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to refer to the constitutional advisers of the Crown, the enactment of a General Conservancy Bin for the improvement of the open ports and tidal bar. , bours of the kingdom, was presented to her Majesty at the levee, by Sir Edward Walker, mayor of Chester, Mr. Robert Turner, sheriff, and Mr. John Rosson, bar rister •at-law, honorary secretary to a deputation from the city of Cheater. Sir E. Walker, and Messrs. Tur ner and Rosson were presented to the Queen by the Earl Grosvenor, , M.P. _ _ The Earl Forteseue, Lord Steward, was prevented by indisposition from attending the levee. Her Majesty gave audience to the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting. At the Queen's Levee on the 22d ult. ' Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Finnis was presented to her Majesty by Sir George Grey; Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, by Sir George Grey; Mr. Under-Sheriff Shearman, by Sir George Grey; Mr. Under. Sheriff Tamplin, by Sir George Grey ; Rev. T. N. Hamilton, chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Finals, by Mr. Sheriff Finnis; Rev. J. W. Gleadhall, chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, by Mr. Sheriff Goodhart. After the levee yesterday, her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, returned to Buehit gharc, Palace, escorted by a detach ment of the Life Guards. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians. the Countess d'flulst (in wan ing on her Majesty). and Major de Moor. kerke, dined with the Queto at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening. The following had also the honour of receiving invitaticns:—His Excellency M. Van de Weyer and Mme. Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lord John Russell, end Viscount Jocelyn. Chamherlain's•offlue, March 21, 1842. Notice is hereby given, that with a view to prevent injury to trade, the Queen has been graciously pleased to command that the Court mourning announced to corn mince to-morrow, shall not apply to the occasion of the ensuing Drawing Room, to be held on Thursday, the 29th instan`.. GOVERNMENT AID TO IRISH RAILWAYS. A numerously attended meeting of Members of Par liament, fur tit, most part connected with Ireland, was held on Aonday in one of the Committee Rooms in the House of Commons, to hear a communication from Lord John Russell on the subject of loans of public money . to Irish railways, and to consider the best means of urging on the Government the advisability of assisting in the completion of those national works in Ireland. Sir L. O'BRIEN, Bart., occupied the chair, and opened the business of the meeting by stating that he had received (in his capacity of chairman of a deputation which had lately waited upon the Government) another letter from John ItusAll on the subject of the intentions of the Go vernment with respect to loans to Irish railway companies. The letter of the Noble Lord was, in sub stance, that the Cabinet wore of opinion that loans of public money nould be more beneficially employed in the improvement of land or in the encouragement of arterial drainage than in assisting in the completion of railways. Iler Aihjesiy's Government did not under value the necessity of making through railway communi cation in Ireland, neither did they wish the deputation to consider this latter as a final decision, because they intended to consult the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who would be in town in a few days. Having conferred with the Noble Earl, his Lordship would again communicate with the deputation. Mr. REYNOLDS expressed his regret that the Governs meat had not taken another view of this important sub ject, for it struck him that giving precedence to drainage and the improvements of the land was very . like putting the cart before the horse, as it would be impossible to make the land valuable in remote districts without the assistance of a railway. The great value of land consisted in its being so situated that the produce might be brought to market at a cheap and rapid rate. He regretted the more the decision of the Government, because he believed that if the railway companies who were in a position to borrow money on the security of their works were able to raise the sums required, in the course of one week 200,000 able-bodied poor would be relieved from being a burden on the rates. As this was a question of such vital importance, not only to the poor and to the owners of railway property, but also to the ratepayers, he begged to suggest the pro priety of calling another meeting, at an early day, to cuss the subject, and of inviting the attenda_re. n ot _ y of the Irish Members, but also of the English Mnbers l w a h n o d. w e l r f e interested the teeti ng in dee th i a resolution railwaysedepdrougpreonsspasofsing lr eland. tfoortbthiseeniffeeeett,inhge t o suggested adop t that woul d t b h e e t,mosto appo in t adv isableaaours deputa tion to wait ou the Earl of Clarendon, ,for it was clear that the matter was now, to a greas exte nt , in his hands. • This suggestion met with the unan imous approval of the meeting, and the proceedings were adjourned ao• cordingly. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH 20.—Exe periments were carried on yesterday and to-day at the 13utt, in the Royal Arsenal, to test the merits of a miss. ket ball submitted to the Select Commitee by Mr. Mine singer, an American. The ball is cast with a four grooved tail attached to it, in length about three-fourths the diameter of the spherical portion, the tail resembling the first screw-propeller introduced, with four leaves; but with a slight obliquity, instead of the archimedian screw form. Mr. Minesinger fired his balls, 23 to the pound weight, from a long bsstAled lgun, the length being five feet seven inches, and Colonel Dundas, C. 8., from a common musket, the barrel of which was three feet three inches long, both guns having percussion looks. The firing commenced at 100 pards, but after a few rounds by each the distance was extended to 200 yards, when excellent pracice was made, the target being struck every time, with two or three exceptions. The appendage to the ball gives its similar advantages to the balls projected from rifles, and considerably increase the range; and should it on further trial be approved of, every common musket by its adoption would possess the projective power and excellent direction at present only obtaini d t,y any degree of certainty by grooved rifles. It is intetekd to have a number of 32-pounder solid ,hot and shells cast on the same principle, for trial la the na.irshes. MONEY MARKET,—The premium on gold at Paris is 5i per male, which, M i nt price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold,gives an ex . exchange at Par is on London change of 25.29; and the follows that gold is 0.16 per „. at the English at cent.sh short rer being in gold is 436 per mark, which, at 12)5ar2is5,thiat n L . ondon. By advises from • of $/ 17s. 1 id Mint price . O. . per ounce foe the Engl i s hHamburgh the . standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 i; and the price of exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.101, • it follows that gold is 0.17 per cent. dearer in Locke than in Ilamburgh 'or i