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GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, aid STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway anal Boat included in one Payment. Farce, to er from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin 9d. Saloon .. . • .. Is. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purileet Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 7, 84,* 9%, 1114, 1, 3, 6, and 7. Sundays, at 7, 81%, 1114, I, 3,3, 6, and 7. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. Week Days, at 9 20, 10 40, 12, 1 20, 3 20, 4 20, 3 20, and 6 40.* Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1 20, 2, 3 20, 4 40, and 6 40. Observe! These are the times of the TRAINS leaving Fenchurch street. Passages marked * are ran direct, the Packets tot being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour, BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. Passengers' Luggage conveyed to ani from the Packets and Rail way, at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for Porterage at Fenchurch-street is Id. for small parcels, and 2d. fox large parcels. Aprill, 1849. EASTER HOLID AYS. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic : The Plato", of the Inexhaustible II ttl the astonishing Magic Coins, the celebrated Feather Trick, the Gold Fish and Ink, the Magic Dis tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr. Eacbhoffner.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.— Among the New Dissolving Views are Four Views of Hobart Town and the Neighbourhood, by S. Front, Esq., from Original Drawings taken in Van Diemen's Laud by him ; also, Scenes in Mexico, Swit zerland, the Gold District of California; and: a Plan of the Battle field of Chillianwaiba.—New Chromatrepe.—Diver and Diving-bell.— The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music is . under the di rection of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five in Saturday) from Seven till Half-past ; T anen.d the Evenings (including Admission, 16.—Schools, Half-price.--The New Catalogue, ls. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOs, aur TYT, v - HIS. KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REQIINE, RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flower s , a few drops of which cure headache is a few minutes ; it Is also most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 1 18 .; and double this size, lis. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. minim: testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled" Three Minutes' Advice flu the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. lid„ and 125., for money orders only. 8.)11 wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London 4 ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Conird-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, _ nit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Conihill • tm . q_by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and Rn almes,Leith-walk;_for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver flier -office. TO Till LADIZ3. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news. paper on Au g . 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put lut the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. ," Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this of t p iz o h r: — ` nlt Y of Publicly thanking Ifr. W. Grimstone, of the llerbarY, ta, te ter the enicacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having on co th m s : Iketely restored the hair en her head, after using it about four ittc,he whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant m than ~ is was the baldness appeared. kegen t o vve elleY inserts this testimony to:the virtues of Mr. G.'s , a r, reeling assnr d that many ladies would gladly purchase an i Is. bottle it they were as perience, not only in the restorationeertain a o n f d its reduction of he arice, but as a cu re f s h h a e l i r s in fr a em bun ex d- - of nervous headache ; p as a toilet perfume itt far pond any to her taste. She will feel pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair he f coming thin, weak, or turning grey, ate w drops on the crown e the head occasionally, every week, will pre preventvent the hair from coming away with the comb, mate it strong, and it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops en your hairbrush before the hair, hair brilliancy, causin g i t to curl, brushing will give the The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the Mast aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and Makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the grown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on c hil dren ' s heads in a few appplications. If used on infanta' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pantphlet of testimonials. Allletten addreasod to Wallara Grizastone, Barbary. 11111bglac Just published, price is., five., in cloth, r pHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations en the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent , By F. B. COURTENAY, " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult In the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; aid may be had of all booksellers in town or country. mustrateo .7, --------- y lb Anato ON PinrisicAL 'meal coloured Engravings on steel. - C ITY, CATIONS,.iaNDI_SQ_UALI GENERATIVEeniargiLinFEDimiIIfEisTNDS3; :d 4. Alt in ß p,o lA stag GE e stain. ps. INCAPA the Establishment,ue pages. Just published, price . 2s 6d., or New Editioa, by post, direct from i g raelli gs. ty ll 7 st iE r t a • n an g : generative system, from inordinate use of , me o r in eu e r x i, _of obviating certain dis 9111E SILENT JIL the infirmities and decay th. erners-street, ox.. Medical Work on cessive indulgence, infection; an sf i --- there' 13 - with remarks on Marriage, and the th m e e qualifications. Illustrated by 26bcyozn'en;I: . 14 6, Leaden- L. PERRY and CO., Consultiag Surgeon. ford-street, London. Published 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, prdo xford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-stroet, Playmarket ; and Gordon hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAaT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART M. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cantatas explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART 11 , . contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the Teader's notice. PAST Y. is devoted to the co n s ideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TircCoanili. BALM or STRIACUM is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, fee., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflainrna lion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 5r . Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten donee daily at 19, Bernell-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele- YOU tlll Two, awl Yiyo to /tight; QA Oundays &QUI Yilevon to_Ono. UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI GRATION SOCIETY. OFFICE, 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS, CORNIIILL. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY. Esq., Chairman. Wallop Brabazon, Esq Charles Deeney, Esc; Charie George Fairfield, Esq Anthony O'FLiherty, Esq., M.P. T. Collay Grattan, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. , MEDICAL 80-tun—E. S. Symes, Esq. ; IL F. Power, Esq BANKERS —Union Bank of London; National Bank of Ireland. SOLICITORS—WiIIiam Tatham, Esq., Londou ; Messrs. D. Mahony, Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Edmond S. Symes, Esq. Colonel C.C. Kemeys Tynte,ll.P. Clement Tabor, Esq. and Co., Dublin. SUXPPINO toENT—Jan - .es Irvine, Liverpool. SECRETARY —Dudley Byrne, Esq. PLAN OF SETTLEMENT. The United States and Canadian. Emigration Society, under a Deed of Trust with the owner, has 'acquired 153,400 acres of Land in lauplcins county, Eastern Texas, latitude 33 deg. north, longitude 95 deg. 96 min., of which district the county-town is named Tarrant. It is proposed, in conformity to the plan of the Association, and after reserving not exceeding one-fourth, to divide this Tract into 1,91 lots, of 80 acres each, and to locate thereon 1,910 families. With a view to an equitable distribution of the soil, each allotment to consist of about two-thirds Prune or lightly-timbered Park-like pasture-land, not requiring to be cleared for immediate cultivation, and one-third of contiguously situated timbered land, on the stre ams and head-waters of the Sabine and Sulphur fork of Red Rivers, which flow through this Traci. Each purchaser of one lot to he also entitled to a Town-lot of one fourth of an acre in extent, the site of which is marked on the survey deposited in the Office of the Association. The allotments ere so arranged as to he as nearly as possible of equal value, so that priority of choice will become unnecessary. Thelpurchaser will have his location assigned to him in the follow ing manner. viz.: The Tract b divided into mile-square sections, designated by numbers. The Society reserves not to exceed one-fourth. Each section is divided into lots, numbered from one to eight, subdivided for assort ment in such a manner that as each purchaser will know, on his arrival on the spot, the exact location that he has purchased, no mis understanding can arise ; the Surveyor of the Association will have the absolute power to decide on all questions of boundary. On a day hereafter to be named, and of which due notice will be given before the sailing of the Emigrant, a drawing of allotments will take place. The names of purchasers will be put into one box, and the numbers of the lots in another : these numbers will correspond with two numbers on the survey, representing two-thirds, and ono-third as before mentioned, and these numbers when so drawn will constitute his purchase. [lt is the intention of the Society to deviate from the proposed mode of allotment in favour of the first 200 Emigrant families, to whom will be given a priority of choice in those surrounding the town site.] A Certificate of Title in accordance with the numbers drawn will be delivered to the Emigrant, by which the Association binds itself to give him possession of the lot drawn on his arrival in Texas. The sum paid by the purchaser of each lot will include, First.—A free plssage from the port of embarkation to the place of settlement, with rations during the water passage and land jour. ney, from New Orleans to the town of Tarrant. Secondly.—Six months' provisions from the time of his arrival there. Thirdly.—Two bullocks, one cow, and calf, and two pigs. Fourthly.—lmplements of husbandry and seeds, viz.: a plough and gears, a log chain and ox-yoke, a set of harrow-teeth, ten lbs. nails, a hammer, an axe, a spade. a hoe, a grubbing-hoe, a saw, two augurs, two chisels, a Jalkplatie, a scythe, a rake, and a . . . . . pitchfork, with seeds for the first year's planting. Fifthly. —A log-house, eighteen feet square by ten feet in height, in the erection of which the Emig' ant will hare to assist. A detailed Statement and Schedule of the articles and necessaries provided by the Society, for the use of the Emigrant, will be deli vered to him with the Certificate of Title, en the payment of the sum specified, in thlfliment of his contract with the society. Thus the payment of such sus► as, according to the following estimate, will suit the circumstances of each, will entitle the indi vidual or family, as the case may be, to the secess.sary articles of subsistence, stock, and materials, for effecting their settlement on the eighty acres of land, of which they have acquired the Fee-simple and obtained possession. Emigrants may secure a larger allotment at the cost of five shillings per acre. 1. A man without a family . 2: A man and his wife 3. A man, his wife, and one child under twelve years .. 4. A man, his wife, and one grown son ••£6l 8 9 73 8 9 79 8 9 86 18 9 5. A Alan, his wife, and one grown daughter 85 8 9 6. A mam, his wife, one son, and one daughter .. • • 98 18 9 7. A man, his wife, one son, one daughter, and ono child 104 18 9 To suit the convenience of a family composed of a greater or less number of children or adults, there can be added to the above scare of prices for. Each adult rale additional .. £l3 10 0 Each adult female, ditto .. 12 0 0 And each child under twelve years, ditto 6 0 0 Each male adult, in additicn to the head of a family, will be fur nished with the following implements, viz. :—An axe, a spade, a bee, a grubbing hoe, a scythe, a rake, and a pitchfork. N.B. The emigrant will find his own outfit of bed, bedding, cloth ing, utensils, and stores for the passage; the ship - Gilding three quarts of water, and one pound of bread-stuffs, per day, with ten pounds of pork, for the voyage to each passenger; or in case the Emigrant may desire it, the Company will furnish what additional stores may be required for the passage on moderate terms. Cabin ant intermediate passage can be sec'red for a limited num ber in each vessel, at an additional cost of from 21. for intermediate; 12!. for cabin pass nger. Ships will be ready to sail li'om Liv rpool and Cork in the ensuing month with tke first Emigrants, to secure a passage in which an early application must be made. Ap lications to join the first two hundred families will be entered according to the date of their receipt, and suck applicants will re ceive immediate notice of being included in the list. 1 hese may be addressed to the Office in London ; to D. liabo■y and Co., sol , cltors, 2, Kildare-street, Dublin; or James Irvine, Esq., 6, Cook-street, Liverpool; or any of the Agents of the Society. MIDDLESEX. NEW METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT, 7 and 8 Viet., c 84. Notice is hereby given that the Court will proceed on THURSDAY, the 19th day of April instant, to the ELECTION of a SURVEYOR for the district of the parish of Clerkenwell in the said county, in the room of Mr. Robert Sibley deceased, and that such election will be subject to the standing orders of Court as to districts and district Surveyors, and that no person will be admit.ed a candidate unless duly qualified under the Ac and inch standing orders ; and every candidate must, on or before Saturday, the 7th day of April instant, address to me in writing a statement of his name, residence, age, and qualification, and must also personally appear before the Committee for general purposes appointed by the Court at Tv, o o'C:tack precisely in the afternoon of Monday, the 9th day of April instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green, and produce to them satisfactory evidence that he is of the full age of thirty years, and a certificate from the Board of Examiners appointed under the Act of their approval, and also such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may deem expedient, or the Committee may require ; and if approved by the Committee, will then be sanctioned by them to be a candidate for the said district. C. HEA.TON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peece. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, April 2, 1849. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guarantee° of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence In Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perms- Sum the ,4 Annual olicy Bonne inl sent lie- Assured Ago. s Pre- taken addition ;Bonus in Auction of may bor =w mium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. £ s. 4. a d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 £s. d. 1838 237 15 6 ,108 16 4 17 7 6 494 8 10 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 695 16 914 17 7 445 0 0 1840 163 8 41 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 814 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables •f rates, &c., may be had at the •iilce, or any of its hranches in the country ; •r, en application, will be for warded post free. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE. Actuary. POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY TO THE ASSURED. ENGINEERS, MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Stead Office, 345, Strand, London, (opposite Waterloo-bridge). Medical Referees paid by the Society. A Policy once granted never disputed. Premiums may be paid Half-yearly, Quarterly, or Monthly. The whole of the Profits amongst the Assured. 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IV:MT,. ... 011 1 & 9 4 : ,71 - VA...-: '''. / '' Sl r. . ... 13,012 6 3 ... 3,834 7 3 ... 54,630 12 0 ... 329 8 1 ... 4.173 7 9 2.559 9 7 ... 4,264 0 0 ... 8,985 0 0 ... 1,832 .3 1 [PRICE SD. f 236,400 1 2 The above memorandum does not comprise the works since the year 1831 or 1832; and the amount done by private cont ract h as a l so been very considerable s i nce that period by t h e same parties. Relative to the contracts for the supply of timber, the witness said— (5546)—" I have talked with several first-rate men in London, and they tell me that, from some mystery about the contracts, they will not have anything to do with them, they will not stoop to curry favour with those official characters, and they decline to have anything to doh ith it." 5,450. "Can you explain in whet way any such par tiality can arise,with a public department?" "By parties being favourites with certain persons; I know of no other way." 5451. (Nfr. Cobden) "Favourites with whom?" "With official characters; if he is on visiting terms with them, often a man would have great favour shown him; on the contrary, I have myself had very great opposition on the part of official characters, from various motives, political and other causes." 5,452. (Mr. Hume) " With what o scers have you had variance which you thought operate!! against t he interests which the contractors with the ,ciovernment have?" speak of a party who has great influt who can almost, I may say, re t urn a mem b e r of Par liament." 'ace there, Where?' "In Pembroke." " How can the power of returning a Member of P.V I ' liament have;any influence on contractors?" "I do not know that he has upon contractors; but having the com bined influence of a dockyard officer, and trustee to an estate commanding so many votes, any resident con tractor may be influenced more or less."- (The witness alluded to the facility which the officers have of rejec,ing timber or stones to the detriment of the merchant or his agent, on frivolous pretences.) 5,455.—Mr. Greene—" Does a contractor who sup ports the Government get the preference?" "No doubt he does. lam speaking of favouritism; any parties who are favourites have a preference shown them which others have not. I was agent on one occasion to a party for supplying her Majesty's steam-packets with coals; we had a contract for about 8,000 tons of coals. A con tractor was applied to by a Government officer for an appointment to act as his agent. Ile (the contractor) personally applied to me, and told me that he thought it was incompatible with the rules of the service that an officer should be agent to a contractor; and he appointed me. I immediately had every obstacle possible trtrown in my way." . . The account of those obstacles shows error upon er.•131% wrong upon wrong, in the dockyard system; but it is too long for quotation. 5469. "I have known the agent of the timber con tractor to be the son of the timber store receiver; the one who preceded me was so." 5482. 'tls it a customary thing for officers in the em ployment of the Admiralty to be made use of by con tractors fur the issue of their different articles?" "It is contrary to their instructions; it can only be done secretly." "Is it done secretly ?" "It is." 5,494. " Are you aware of any other particu lars respecting contracts which you think preju dicial to the public?" " I think that, as at present carried on, the contracts for teams of horses are very improperly given are monopolized by tenants of the Bush estate " (the storekeeper's estate.) "It is made a matter of bargain with the tenants of those farms that they shall have one or tao teams, according to the size of the farm, in the dockyard; that contract has now been going on several years without competition. I have mentioned it to Admi ral Dundas and the Earl of Auckland; they said it was very improper, but it still goes on." EXPERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES. W'ooLwren, APRIL 4.—The experiments at the two gun battery in the Royal Arsenal were continued to-day iu the presence of Lieutenant Colonel English, com manding officer of Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant- Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of Artil lery. 20 rounds were fired from the B.inch howitzer, and 20 rounds from the 32-pounder gun, a new axle having been made for the rear wheels of 'the iron car riage, and the gun and carriage transposed to the left side of die battery, the howitzer being taken to the right side. The firing commenced to day by discharging both guns at one time to give a greater concussion, and atter the second round the gun tied howitzer were placed at such angles that ,the shot and shell crossed each other, and a number of rounds were fired with both guns on the same angle, but no visible effect was produced, the battery standing as firm as a rock, with one exception, when a small pebble, of about three-quarters of an inch, which had not been sufficiently imbedded in the ma terial, became detached. The firing was under the direction of Captain Lawrence, R.A., wbo had the charge of a detachment for manning two guns. At 2 o'clock P.M. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman C. 8., K.C.11., Commas dant of the garrison; Major-General Lacy, Director-General of Artillery; Colonel Campbell, Superintendent of the Royal Military Repository; Colonel Gordon, Director of the Carriage Department; Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Inspector of Artillery; Colonel Crutten den, Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director General of Artillery; Lieutenant- Colonel Bell, Royal Horse Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, Commanding Field Batteries; Lieutenant- Colonel Bent; Lieutenant-Colonel Nevett ; Major Burn, Assistant Inspector of Artillery; Brigade-Major Bing ham; Captain Tylden, Deputy Assistant Quartermastar- General ; Captain St. George, Captain Lawrence, Captain Cannon, Captain Anderson, and a great number of officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, assembled in the marshes to witness experiments with 32-pounder shot on the principle submitted by Mr. Minesinger, an Ameri can, from Pennsylvania. The shot were cast under the di rection of Col. Dundas, at the foundry in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and being more elongated than the common round shot, Mr. Minesinger'a being exactly shaped like an egg, with a slightly-curved projection, not unlike the four-leaved screw propellers, at the biggest end, they required such a quantity of metal to fill the bore of the gun that each of the six shot fired to-day weighed several onces above 461 b. Mr. Minesinger having stated that his principle would carry a much heavier shot with the usual service charge of powder, 10/. for 32 pounder guns, it was to test the 461 b weight shot with the common 32-pounder shot, that the experi ments were carried on to-day. The first round fired was a round 32-pounder shot :at 1,250 yards range, the ele vation of the gun taken by a quadrant being 21 degrees. Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer directed the firing, and the gun was so excellently laid that the first shot knocked down the target at that long range. Th e second round was fi red with one of Mr. Minesinger's 4olb, shot, the gun elevated 2f degrees, and the shot tell about 150 yards short of the target, a very little to the left. The third round, with the common shot, went about a yard above the target; the fourth round, with 46-pounder, went near the base of the target on the left; the fifth round, with common shot, about five feet over the target; the sixth round, with 46-pounder, a few yards short; the seventh round, with 32. pounder shot, a few feet to the left; the eighth round, with s'6-pounder, near the base of the target; the ninth round, with 32- pounder, about two feet on the left; the tenth round, with 46-pounder, a few yards short, but in a very direct line with the target; the eleventh round, with 32 pounder, close to the target; and the twelfth round, with 46- pounder, having been put into the gun without wadding. Mr. Minesinger being of opinion that the wadding was too thick and elastic, and his judgment was found to be correct, as the shot was carried several hundred yards over the mound, and, after grazing, entered the river. The two last rounds of Mr. Minesingor'a shot were fired at an elevation of three degrees. WOOLWICH. APRIL s.—Colonel Gordon, Directcrr of the Carriage Department; Lieutenant-Colonel English. Commanding Officer of Royal Engineers; Lieutenan te Colonel Chalmer, Assistant-Director-General of Artil lery; Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K. 11.. Director of the Laboratory Department; and Capta u Mobe rl y , of the Carriage Department, assembled at the butt in the Royal Arsenal to-day, to witness the continuation of the experiments at the two-gun battery. The men of the two•guu detachment, under the command of Captain Lawrence, commenced firing at ten o'clock A.M., Bad thirty rounds were fired with shells from the 8-inch howitzer, and thirty rounds of solid shot from the 32- pounder gun. There have now been fired 100 ronnds from each gun-30 each on Monday, 20 each on TueAgY, 20 each on Wednesday, and 30 each to-day (Thursday). which has concluded the experiments of firing front battery, and the patent material has stood theoustevbeii4 tests that could be made from any battery t_l 3 o w f 270 tone, in the least degree injured or shaken, mass of which it is composed, co n sist in g h d, although the being as firm and solid as when i was repeated for several nce cross-firing of both piece .thewi bole of this pieces were broken o ff nearly three days. To-day _a ; little at the • • • which the 32. pounder gun Was mounted. Tile joinings, but that the nave of one of the rearw heels of the iron gun-ear ht be obviated in lu tire if the entire platform was might r p i l a a g t platforms romn sit cast thicker and in one piece, or in pieces running lon gitudinally in the direction of the recoil, instead of across, as it is at present. There will be no more ex periments at the battery during the present week, and the next will be by firing at instead of from it to test its strength of resistance to shot compared with shot directed against brick or granite work. One of the enm• brasures of the battery is constructed on the isortunTa principle —narrow inside, and sloping gradually on: w'e' ds in the strai g ht li ne o f a cer tain angle. The other flua. brasure is con s t ruc t e d on a principle submitted b y tenant-Colonel Emmett, Royal Engineers, being of tL same dimensions as the common embrasure inside, but at one fourth of the thickness from the inside, having a small curve on each side similar to the moulding of se a picture frame, the remaining part of the distance to t h e outside being formed in the usual manner. THE IMPORTANT TRIAL AT W A RWICH.--BIRMIN GP " HAM, THURSDAY.—This morning the trial of Mr. Grif fin, the attorney at Leamington, for a series of the most extraordinary libels on Lord Leigh and his family, was brought to a close by the conviction of the defead.snt. The jury almost instantly returned a verdict ?f Guilty, and the counsel for the prosecution prayed imnrdiat , judgment, oa the ground that a c onspiracy mute in Lancashire to enable the defendant tilt proceed to Aixte ric,, in case of his being fou . rid gy. Chief Justice Wilde then sentenced the prisoner to two years' irapri . sonment, and ordered him to enter into sureties of 5001. RATE Iti AID BILL:Mr. Tuffnell paired with Captain W. H. Maga?, the member for Westmeath, ill favour of the Rate in Aid Bill, and not with Captiss Uorgan, VI WIN erroriceusly stated yesterday. 4 - 7;77.y. Gateway and house Kiln••• ••• eve ing oc rya Pitehhouse ..• Market walls, &a. ne rvoir Offices ... Storehouses Pumphouse ••• N°. 17,038.] t IC - A,El3,a N t 3p,:a LONDON, FRIDAY e•-,./ the STATE and PROSPECTS of the LABOURING CLASSES. January, 1849. The Committee of the SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION of the LABOURING CLASSES feel unwilling to allow the opening of a new year, under such unparalleled circumstances as the present, to pass over without offering to their subscribers, and the gentry, clergy, and middle classes of - England generally, a few words of congratulation and of caution. The grounds of congratulation will be obvious to every one—that a year of convulsions to Europe generally should have elapsed in England almost without any serious alarm, and that this general tranquillity should have been preserved during the pressure of much want of employment, poverty, and privation, may well excite a feel ing of gratitude, and lead us to prize more deeply those institutions which have thus "weathered the storm ;" and, above all, that spirit of religion, which, even partially and is perfectly diffused as it is, has yet shown itself, though in weakness, the best controller of na tional perturbations. But, besides these general grounds of thankfulness, the Committee have much cause to congratulate their subscribers on the progress made in their own more immediate work in the course of the past year. Not only has the gracious patronage of her Majesty and her Royal Contort encouraged and enabled them to commence a new work of magnitude and importance—the Model Lodging-house for Families, which will shortly, it is hoped, rise from the ground in the immediate vicinity of St. Giles's—but the example already set be gins to be extensively followed. Within thelast few months the Com mittee have had the pleasure of witnessing efforts of a kindred na ture, and most of them confessedly iu imitation of those carried on by this Society, made or planned in several populous and important places. In the great parish of St. Anne, Soho, the rector and a parochial committee have completed and opened a large lodging-house, in which excellent accommodation is provided for as many as 136 per sons of the industrious classes. Adjoining to this, in St. James's, Westminster, the rector, with a parochial committee, is employed on a similar undertaking. At Edinburgh and Glasgow model lodging-houses have been opened and further efforts in We same direction are contemplated. In the city of Bath a similar work has ecently been undertaken by the clergy and a local committee, and there can be no doubt of Its spe idy and complete accomplishment. At Brighton, a lodging-house for the working-classes is planned, and measures for its establishment have been taken by several of the clergy. At Macclesfield the same object is engaging the attention of the inhabitants, and a measure of this kind is now in progress. Several other movements of the same description, in other towns, are in va ions stages of maturity. Nor ought we to forget—though an entirely independent move ment—the recent opening of the Metropolitan Buildings, near Old St. Pancras Church, in which excellent lodgings are provided for as many as 110 families of the industrious classes. Observing all these efforts of benevo , ence, commencing nearly at the same time., the Committee feel that there is abundant ground for congratulation ; and that it is hardly too much to hope that at no very distant day the wants and comforts of the town labourers throughout England may be generally, or even universally, regarded with interest. Turning to the agricultural districts, the Committee feel that the only way in which these can be effectually attended to, is by the active co-operation of the landed proprietors, the clergy, and gentry, in the important work of raising from ignorance, destitution, and discontent, a large proportion of the labourers of Great Britain, With this view, the Committee are iu")py to be able to state, this' having prepared plans and sped cations for several kinds of agri cultural cottages, they nave received, since the month of June last, no tewer than 184 applications:or copies of them, the greater part of which applications have been made by gentlemen who avowed their inten•ion of immediately lca ginning to raise, in their res,,ective neighbourhoods, better dwellings for the agricultural poor t an those which have hitherto teen so common in our villages. The Com mittee have also issued a plan for a Village Lodging-house, adapted for unmarried agricultural labourers, quarrymen, and miners, and they have the sati fact on of knowing that, in various places, especi ally at Brampton-park, near Huntingdon, and at Tunixidge-wells, t is sort of dwelling is now in course of erection. The Committee also receive mast gratifying account. of tt e efforts making in different part of the country to improve the dwellings of the poor, among the foremost of sr hick they must place the recant erection of a considerable number of excel ent cottages at Ampthill and other villages, by his Grace the Bake of Bedford, who is about to extend the same system of improvement over the whole of his large prop arty. . _ _ ice - while - giving utterance to these congratulations, the Com mittee feel compelled to add some words of caution. They fear that certain erroneous notions, which have long been prevalent, are still entertained in many quarters as to the expediency and propriety of all or any such attempts to ameliorate the condition of the poor. It seems still to be thought by some, that to render the labouring classes comfortable is to encourage their increase—that to encourage their increase leads to the growth of pauperism —and that pauperism is " the devouring evil which threatens to swallow up all the pro erty of the country." A moment's glance at the statistics of the present century may suffice to dissipate some of these illusions. The population of England and Wales, in 1817, was 11,349,750; the sum expended in 1817 on the relief of the poor was 6,910,9251. In 1847 the population kad grown to at least 17,000,000, but the sum expended on the rell f of the poor in that year was only 6,2"8,7851. Thus, in 1817 the pauperism of the kingdom was equal to a levy of more than 12s. on each person ; in 1847 it did not amount to 7s. on each. In 1817 a sum of 6,910,9251. was raised on rateable property of the •alue of 52,000,000/. In 1847 the sum cf 5,298,7851. was raised on property vaied at 67,000,0001. Thus, in 1817 the rateable property of the country had to bear a levy of 2s. Bd. in tke pound, while in 1847 that levy was reduced to is. 7d. Hence, whatever allowance we may make for the stricter admi nistration of the poor-law, or for the reduced price of the necessaries of life, these few figures will show how ungrounded is the alarm entertained by some, that pauperism is an ever-Increasing evil, which must, sooner or later, swallow up all property. To take a contrary view, is it not a striking fact, that a property.. tax of only 7d. in the pound yielded, in 1847, more money than was expended on the whole pauperism of England and Wales ? These few facts are adduced solely to quiet al arm, and to restore confidence. The Committee feel assured that nothing is now wanted to raise the English labourer, generally, to a position of moderate comfort, so far as his physical wants are concerned, but an increase 1 hope and confidence—hope and confidence on the part of the employer and proprietor, and the like feeling on the part of the labourer. It is to be feared that a sentiment of despair, naturally leading to recklessness, is the principal cause of much of the improvidence and vice still prevalent among the working classes, If the labourer is not only poorly fed and clothed, and wretchedly lodged, but sees also no prospect of improvement, even in the vista of years, who can wou .ler if the least temptation, either to sensual indulgence or to reck less engagements, proves tco mach for his stability ? To imbue a man with self-respect, or thoughtfulness for the future, it is clearly , essential that hope should brighten the prospect. It is but too pro bable that most of the improvident marriages which occur among the poor arise from the utter absence of all hope that marriage shall ever be anything e'se than improvident. The man who has known the comfort of a decent home, and can look forward to the posses sion of such an one, will not be very likely to throw himself wilfully is poverty and wretchedness. Hence it may be safely regarded as one of the surest safeguards against ra-h and imprudent marriage, to give the young labourer some knowledge of the comforts of a respectable home, and to afford him a prospect of acquiring such for himself by the exercise of in dustry, prudence, and frugality. The Committee wilt not further enter into details, or press their convictions with undue confidence. But they may surely beg, with out blame, the attention of the gentry and :middle classes to the signs of the times, and to the vast importance of rendering the con dition of the labouring classes as comfortable as their natural posi tion will allow. Everywhere the spread of knowledge and education is clothing the working classes with power. That power they have used, and are using, in various parts of Europe, to overthrow those whom they consider to have wronged or oppressed them. In Eng land, happily, there exists no real ground for such complaints. But even the ordinary sufferings of poverty, if not soothed by sympathy, and alleviated by the hand of wealthy benevolence, may be some times mistaken for the inflictions of injustice. Hence the Divine warning and counsel can never be more seasonably applied than at this moment :—" The poor shall never cease out of the land ; there fore I command thee, saying, thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy psor, and to thy needy in the laud." _ _ _ _ _ _ . In conclusion, the Committee would add a few words on their own immediate concerns. The work entrusted to them becomes daily of increasing importance. Their correspondence with all parts of England rapidly extends, and appeals are continually made to them which involve an increased expenditure. The principal work, too, in London—the Model Lodging-house for Families, now about to be commenced, will require an expenditure of at least 8,0001., while little more than 5,0001. has yet been subscribed for that purpose. On every ground, therefore, the Committee would earnestly ask for new and enlarged contributions. No other society, they believe it may be safely asserted, devoting itself to the physical necessities of the poor, has embarked in so extensive and necessary an under taking as this in which they are engaged. They desire to do some thing to ameliorate the condition of the whole labouring population of the kingdom; and tew and feeble as their efforts have yet been, they still find encouragement to hope that, by perseverance, and with the blessing of Him " who judgeth the cause of the poor and needy," even this great work may in a measure be accomplished. Signed for the Committee, ASHLEY, Chairman. Subscriptions Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal High- ness Prince Albert Her Alajesty the Queen Dowager .. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent .• Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester The Right Hon. Earl Spencer .. .• Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., 2d don. .. The Right Hon. Lord Fevershain .. .. S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P. •• • •• ••£3OO 0 0 .. 150 0 0 •• 100 0 0 .• 50 0 0 .. 100 0 0 •• 110 0 0 .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 0 Ray. E. Holland .. His Craee the Duke of Bedford .. Miss Portal .. Messrs. Barclay and Co. .. .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 0 Kosmos • • Abel Smith, Esq. .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 0 Lord WilloUghl,y De Eresby .. 100 0 0 A Friend, by L. Sullivan, Esq. .. • • .. . 100 0 0 Total to Jan. 1, 1849 .. .. £5,663 36 Donations since received : The 11ev. Dr. Ellerton £25 0 o!Mrs. Ilughaln .. £2O 0 0 A Friend .. .. 50 0 01W. P. Angell, Esq. b 5 0 R. B. Cooke, Esq. • • Major Cruikshank • • A., per Nisbet .. Y. T. • • .. 5 0 0 5 o 0 0 C 4 0 0 Sehael hiss Cath. Stuart .. FL W. M. L. • • Nfajor Little C. Saver, Esq. .. b 0 ( r.ady Murray 2 2 0 A. Palmer, Esq. .. 5 0 I Jennings, Esq. .. 10 10 0 A. ll.llradshaw,Esq. le 0 C t. Wilkinson, Esq 0 0 Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon and Co., Birchln-lane ; Messrs. Berries, Farqu har, and Co., St. James-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Stralian, Paul, and Co , Temple-bar ; and by Ilatehards, Pica tiny ; Seeleys, Fleet-street and Ilsnover-street ; and Nisbet, Ilerners•street ; or by the Secretary, at the office, 21, Exeter-hall. HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CITOP IIOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adeiphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Owynne Cofee 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 louses In the vicinity, will find the Table d'llote, which takes place at Hail-past Five TPeeseln the most comfortable and rea °liable In the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until Ten o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. _ _ _ _ _ N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane, TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS rrIIE WHITE HART INN, BUCKINGHAM, _L having been repaired and newly furnished, will be found to afford every comfort to those Rho honour the establishment with their patronage. A commodious room is entirely devoted to the use of commercial gentlemen. 1 1 HE ROYAL CHINESE JUNK will Re• open on EASTER MONDAY next, in the East India Docks, adjoining the Steam-boat Pier and ltai.way Terminus Black wall, surrounded by an amp'e enclosure and promenade. - AdmissiZni—ON E SIII Numerous additions have been made to this interesting and novel Exhibition, includin4 a splendid model of one of the most famous Pa godas in China; models taken from life of a first-class Mandarin an his Lady, in beautiful Court Costume. Grand Saloon of Curiosities: Mandolin Hesing and Artist Jamsing in full dress—Chinese Crew —Chinese Songs, &c. Conveyance constantly by Railway, Omnibus, or Steam-boat. Admls - sion ONE Cealogues to be haAl only on board, pricy Sixpence. T HE NICOLL—REGENT-STREET and CORNHILL. BESIDES the above Patented Article, there is another Novelty introduced for this Season which is however, Registered, and consists in a BODY GARMENT some what in the form of a Dress-coat, that Is to say, a Gentleman can wear it in the evening without distinctly infringing the laws of costume recognised in Society ; but as it is more especially in tended for morning wear, when Riding or Walking, it necessarily avoids the stiff formality to De observed in the cut and form of ; . the Dress-coat. The price is . . TWO GUINEAS. the same as charged at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, for THE REGISTERED PALETOT, which is likewise now ready for the Spring months, with all the new and patented improvements included in the above moderate price; thus it deservedly bears the name of being not only the most fashionable but also the, cheapest and most durable garment ever offered to the Public, the intrinsic value of the material known as NICOLLIAN or LLAMA CLO being, within the last few months, much enhanced, the same durability being retained, with an increased fineness and beauty in appearance. It can ba seen ready for imme diate wear, in every size, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, but TT is impossible to detail in an ordinary Adver- JL the many advantages appertaining to the above gar ments. In the first place, kle!srs. NICOLL purchase the wool direct from the foreign grower, and it does not leave their possession until it is produced in a complete form and ready for the inspection of their Patrons. Messrs. NICOLL are honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cam bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wel• lington, and all others distinguished in Rank and Fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar. At 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 21, CORNHILL, there is to be seen THE NICOLL.—A patented garment and pos sessing this peculiarity, that whilst in its exterior it preserves every charteteristic of he Registered Paletot, it can, by simply detaching an inner li ing, be conver ed from a warm to a light 0 crcoat, or vice versa, at th • pleasure of the 'wearer. This same inner lining, a lien detached, of itself forms a most comfortable reading or dre , ling jacket. There are many other a iyantages con ained in TIIE NICOLL, ren tering it as e garment a most valuable adjunct in a variable climate, also for travelling, kc., but it should be seen and won to be fa:Ay appreciated, but it can be had in Lon don only at 114, 116, 120, REGENr-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, ant TT is perhaps unnecessary here to st a te th a t M essrs . JL NICOLL will endeavour to deserve and retain the eminent position they have attained through the employment and liberal payment of the best skill and talent that can be met with. 11 order to introduce articles of gentlemanly costume in the most perfect taste. Messrs. N. are well aware that their great popularity induced by the high character exhibited in every point of the Registered Paletot, &c., &c., has caused many to assume a somewhat similar title for their goods, but the copy has consisted only in a close re semblance of the name but not of the article ; a careful observance of the annexed address is therefore respectfully solicited, where the above garments can only be obtained in London. 11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116. 12.), REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. UNDER the SH 4.DOW of the GRASS • HOPPER (22, Cornbill, opposite the Royal Exchange) may be seen the City Depot fer the NICOLL, the REGISTERED PALETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING COATS, and other garments, with some portion of each of the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited In the spacious warerooms, 114, 116, and -120, Regent-street, as not only these last-named premises, bat also those in Cornhill, are the property of one and the same firm. The fallowing agents have also a large variety ofgoods for inspection, viz. :—Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Dawbant and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. 31acdona, Moles worth-street, Dublin► ; Messrs. Christie am , Son, George-street, Edin burgh; Means. Wilson and Co.. Calcutta; Messrs. Rutherford, Hong Kong ; Messrs. Roth, Philadelphia; Messrs. Bruce, Cape Town. 11 y a des agents pour la vente do ces articles brevet& dans tontes les principales vines de PAngleterre et des colonies qui oat des as sortiments prets a etre examines. TO THE COUNTRY TRADE, &c.—Such re spectable Houses as may be disposed to add to their present trade the very important addition of a lirst-rate connexion, consisting of purchasers of first-class Goods, principay PALETOTS, can effect their object by applying for terms, &e. to the under-men tioned, who will duly forward same, with fullept particulars, in tha event of there being an opening for an agency in the town from whence they write.—H. J. and D. NICOLL, WHOLE SALE and COUNTING-HOUSE DEPARTMENT, 120, REGENT STREET, London. AVIES'S CANDLES, sd. and sd. per lb. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Composite, 11%d., 10d., and 10%d; Wax Candles, Is.; German Wax, Is. 2d.; Fine Wax, 15. 5d.; Transparent Wax, Is. 9(1. ; Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; Sperm Candles, Is. sd. and Is. 7d. Metallic, 7%d. and B%d. ; Mottled Soap, 60s. and 645. per 1121bs. ; Yellow, 485., 545., and 60s. ; Windsor Soap, ls. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon; Solar 33.3 d. , Seal, 45.; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. For Caeh—At DAWES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane. Export or Grocers' and 011-shop Goods at lower prices. P THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZATION, EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS. . Just published (with a Map by Wyld, Charing - crass) , ALETTER from Major Robert Carmichael- Smyth Though t t o s l o t n i s the Friend, sob theeet of Author r totifs Colonial The e lo c Railwayk m k er, ' ' con taining Com munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , at the same time assisting Emigration and Penal Arrangements ; conciud ng with a few Remarks on the Gr an d C ana l and Railway Project of Lieut. Henry Millington synge, of the Royal Engineers'. Published by W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by Simpkin and Marshall; Ridgway, Piccadilly; Wilson, Royal Ex change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and R. Folthorp, Royal Library, Brighton. Concluding paragraphs from the article in the HISTORIC TIMES of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedition. "This brief sketch of Arctic discovery may serve to remind our readers of its progress to the present time, and prepare them for further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of the national character that in about fifteen years the fee-bound coasts of a continent extending 110 degtees of longitude, i.e., as wide as Asia, and twice as wide as Europe, has been traced by land and sea, and Its interior traverse'd •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 acailatee 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, 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 o r C a p e 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 e v e ry respect, more convenient. The proposed line of railway wo u l d 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 Canute along the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Su perior, through the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Ccmpany 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 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 bridges, would be withdrawn from the diabolical contaminations of the penal sett:ements, 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 turned in the length and breadth of the Worth 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 Haillburton, 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, Carmichael any of that dogmatic l laims opposite Vancouver's Is'and. Since then, it will have been observed by oar readers that th e asutmhyorth,of has s at a r d e d m re a s r s ka ed bl a e pleatmteprhiteot, ourselves, lSfajorß otabemhie r,tCharmhe egotism which is generally suppos ed t o actuate the projectors of such colossal enterprises. The pamphlet of Major S m yth, prev i ous l y 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 com pl e t e an d 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 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 h;s 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 cation 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 I local knowledge the author traces the means by which the far apart Atlantic and Pacific Oceans shall be made easily communicable, and I 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 1 are interested in the progress of the great tide which is npw 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 Hem. A general feeling seems to have hitherto prevailed in preference of a water line by the river and Lake of San Juan de Major Carmichael Smyth will Nicaragua ; and certainly, as compared with the Isthmus of Darien contends—and therein he will or that of Tehtiantep c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphlet of public opinion. For the United States the route above-mentioned a f v e e r .a t t ott le a as e t cls e., e . tr er e yea:: Englishman m vo a /u n t o f :h t l .n s may be a sufficiently desirable one • but the author of this pamphlet side—that such a c ommunication ought, if possible, to be made within the limits of our own territory. " In a questi on lik e 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 st eam 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 co lonizing road will be open to Great Britain, that at no future period (at least withi n the imagination of man), will she ever again have to complain of too g rea t a reputation her soil, and too small a market for her labour." This Letter is addressed on addressed to time Clockmaker,' and who will not echo the exclamation of that distinguished writer— ' Oh, squire, ifJohn Bull only knew the value of these colonies, he would be a great man. I tell You—but he don't Extract from the RAILWAY TIMES, March 10. " There is work to be done —wealth to be opened up—men's bodies and souls to be saved—the press teems with suggestions, plain, practical, and operative —yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen sion, not a sign, not an expression indicative of activity, escapes from the chief of the Colonial-office,his fussy, yet do-nothing, or 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 a of a British colonial railway corn municatiou between the Atlantic and Pacific. Twenty-ilftli Edition, with Illustrations by Corbould, price ss. cloth, gilt, 10s. 6d. morocco extra. Tother Poems. By ROBERT MONTGOMERY, A.M. HE 011 Also, Second Edition, /trice 7s. 6.1. in cloth, INIPRESENCE of the DEITY, and THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. A Manual of Sacred Verso. Arthur Hall and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. This day, Second Edition, with a Portrait. Bvo. 16s. MEMOIRS of Sir THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, Bart. By CHARLES BUXTON, Esq. John Murray, Albemarle.streot. THE EMIGRATION NOVEL. Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 viols. ost Bvo, THE EMIG p RANT FAMILY; Being the STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts." " A true picture of life at the Antipodes, vividly brought before the reader. The characters are drawn with great distinctness, skilfully grouped and contrasted; the incidents, though natural, are sufti ciently striking ; and there are many passages o f grea t power a nd pathos."—Atlas. sts are vividly "Alt amusing book : the manners of the coloni sts exciting."— Economist. reader is with a rela tions}co sketc h ed , and i i i i i i i:c g i l t d y h e e l i int exciting Economist. sketchesueutiy occur on the Gut and the almost romantic incidents that free skirts of the co!ony."—Spectator. Co., 65, Cornhill. London: Smith, Elder, an scenes of the bush made m Inter:T. rsed with the story are many of a settler's life, MES iE E B LINDNESS. price DNE SS T SXI'ER' x (No.XS2s. Gd., or by post for three shilling's worth of postage stamps, aIRIzCoCiusETR ofoF trhwisElsT monthTY contains a Cure of Blindness of Twetity•sia Years' duration, of Deafness, Epilepsy, Neuralgia, and Chronic Vomiting ; accounts of more great Surgical Operations in India without pain, through Mes merism ; astounding Mesmeric Phenomena ; Observations on estimating the Size of the Head , an Original Letter of Gall ; Ani madversions on the Conduct of various Anti - Mesmerists, &c., &c. Ilippolyte Bailliere, Publisher, 212, Regent-street. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- NO PUFF.— (Only 11 d per lb .) — Luxuriant Light ; mll and "CLARK'S ROYAL lions will ad iAre. The chief of ,ax.—They Candles, a R oyal title bears.—A W silvery flame—Transparent as snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster.—Glossy as glass, and ch eap as common Tallow Candles is their true character. The Public will k now the Candles, WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST STRAND." All not bearing this L, fo b r el ev a e re ry bas 4l. ebdepeaepckueotnsbe._its deceptions.—Other gold label, r Candles Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continuo so ! I The Eight New Lights can be seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. TO LADIES. The high and universal celebrity which ftOWLAN DS' KALYDOR continues to maintain as an active, yet mild and soothing ex tiri_.ator of all impurities of the skin, is during the period of spring, most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating, is equally distinguished for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in eradicating all redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discolouratians, and other cutaneous visita tions. 'the radiant bloom it imparts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces in the bands and arms, render it indis pensable to every toilet. Gentlemen, after shaving, will ilnd it allay all irritation and ten derness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, and the lieyal Family of Great BrP ain, and the several Courts of Europe. *.* Beware of spurious " KALYDORz," for sale, containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. The words " ROWLA.NDS' KALYDOR" are en the wrapper of the genuine article. Price 4s. Gd. and Bs. Gd. bottle. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London, anti lay Chemists and perfumers. TO ONE-TREE HILL. Hail, charming eminence I love to mark Thy beautiful ascent in Greenwich Park. When but a child I loved thee, and I still Respect the very name of One-tree 11111. Thy steep acclivity and crowning tree. Were ever honoured, ever hailed by me ; And many a time I've left the busy town, To try my skill at running up and down. Or stood upon thy lofty brow to mark The happy multitudes in 0-reen ich Park. Once more, famed hill—once more do we discern, The approaching sign of Easter's glad return. And soon thy park will echo with the hum, Which plainly tells of Easter's season come. Thousands preparing for thy cheering scene, To MOSES' Dress Establishment have been. And had'st thou eyes to see, thou would'st admire The specimens of .MOSES' SPICING ATTIRE. Such splendid se pies of artistic skill Were never kno7.a before, thou noted hill. MOSES and SON will show you something prime In Easter Dress for Eighteen-Forty•Nine. THE HATS OF MOSES, Which we soon shall mark, Mere, there, and everywhere in Greenwich Park, Are equally deserving of approval, While throngs of' buyer. aid in their removal. THE. BOOTS AND SHOES In every sense are prime, And thousands have been bought for Easter time. Never did feet ascend thy pathway steep With shoes so smart, so durable, so cheap. THE HOSIERY AND SHAWLS, I would remark, Will beautify thy scene in Greenwich Park. Nor there alone, but all throughout the land, Will proofs be seen how MOSES' dress is planned. Dress such as never has been matched in skill, Since first the verdant grass dressed One-tree 11111. MST OF PRICES. IMAM MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • •from £0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, aid every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed ...... ....... 1 6 0 D'Orsay ••••••••..••• • •• • • •• .• Shooting Coats.... •• • • .•. • • 0 6 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers .. • • .... • • .... • • ...... 0 4 6 Doeskin ditto .. • • 0 12 6 Autumn and Winter Vests ...• •• .. • • • • .... •• •• .. 0 2 0 Dress Coats ..... ••••—•••••••••• 1 0 0 Frock de. •••• • • • • •••..•••••••. •• • • • • •• • ... Boys' Hussar and Tunic 0 16 6 JUDD TO =ARMY. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from 4 2 1 6 2 0 0 Milled cloth Coat ..... ... •• ............ ••••• • .. ••• Tweed 'Trousers • 1 9 : 0 6 6 600 2 0 reseed Wrappers ...... .... D N e e e. w ki l' u at T eu r t eu. T , r e o rs usfs .. ,.ll . l . 4 . ill .. t . h . e a . : llp . : r . : Ov : e : d : ................. ....:......:••••••• 1 _ 0 Best, er Dress.— .. ••• • • • ...... • • .... • • ••• • • 1 6 1 12 II Dress Coats • . . • 2 15 0 .. .„..•••••• •• 1 15 0 nest quality ...... „.. „ .... • efirtinhn, PerlaelnVoesrtF"aVie.y...:: .::::::::::::: : : :.• : : ••••• nO- 1 1 8 28- onB - and Tunic Sults ........ •• •• • •••• • • • • " " "' • Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for IL 16s. A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. Caution.—E. Moses arid Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but have learned that the untradeernan-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concerti," has been resorted to iu many instances, and for obvious reasons. T - ey have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; aad those who desire genuine and cheap clothing. &a.. should call at, or send to either of their Brandies, or to the Miseries and Ald gate, City, London. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollenorapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Ho gue, gurriers, Boot sad Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, sad 157 Minories, and 83, :.adios and and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; and their Branch Establish.tlfrll menu, 36, Fargate, Sheffield , and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad otmwelsvnaees,eeiteekFri.day, lord, Yorkshire. tt e e n ts wanted for London and Country ; apply yotet. —This E 0 sta b bli i h u nt es e s n i t s . i r s es c um los e e d d t- rate u Ten o'clock. Mornings, at On Taesday Mo h ent will be closed on Saturday Evening, N.B. This Establis nt MO I)U8IM6$I AA WA lal on Monday Morning, April 9, April 7, and resu at Sevga 9'0190 , till sunset Saturday, c w T Se a v k e e ral firs lIARKNESS REIGNS No MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene. Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them. Price, for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are 6d. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for th em , can b e h a d a t th e Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. A B. I A G E. AVI One halt the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em h:tter the latter. The solitary oue may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an cornprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should aot be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item in the compact; It alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIJLVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., le. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but far the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemerarbcribblings 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 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, Paterncster-rew ; Carvalho, 141, Fleet-street • 31ann, 19, Cornhill ; Nalson, 07, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with p ersona lly, wnings and_evenings), 10, Argyll-plug Rogent.ftrossi aza •an Bwkitnerill 2 4 , t,j; m APRIL 6 1849. FrHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 579, Oxford. street This celebrated OVER-COAT for the 'Spiing 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 int* the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. The Local Agents tor its sale in the British Empire are— Messrs. Hagford and Antwiss, Liverpool. Messrs. 8. and S. Smith, Manchester. Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's. Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Birmingham. Mr. W. White, Edinburgh; Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.. Mr. Hubbock, Berwick-or-Tweed. Mr. It. Tinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under:LYno. Mr. Davison, Sheffield. r. It. Wilson, Newcastle-xi-Tyne. Mr. John Crisp, Norwich. Mr. F. Bane,*lpswich. Mr. W. S. Bevin, Cnester: - - Mr. Whitmore, Stockport. Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton. THE COUNTRY 'MARKETS. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, APRIL s.—The arrivals of English and foreign wheat at this day's market are large ; the demand, however, is limited, and prices in favour of the buyer. Fine barley supports previous rates; inferior parcels difficult to sell. Other articles as before. ARRIVALS. Wheat, 20,136 qrs. ; barley, 6,503 qrs. ; oats, 9l! qrs. ; peas, 95 qrs. ; and beans, 2,263 qrs. BIRMINOIIAM, APRIL 4.—At Gloucester market on the 31st wheat ruled dull, with the turn in favour of the buyer, on foreign ; whilst English, being comparatively scarce, was not lower. At W orces t er , no a l teration took place in the value of any description. Barley rather cheaper. Fine oats as dear. Secondary neglected. A few speculative sales of beans and peas were reported. During the present week a fair business has been done in wheat at former prices. Barley of all kinds neglected. Oats can only be disposed of by submitting to a reduction, with which holders will not comply. Beans held for previous rates, which prevents anything being done, except in retail. Some considerable parcels of peas have changed hands at from 10s 6d to Ils per 196,b. This day's market was well supplied with wheat, and the trade ruled dull for all kinds, except white, but lower prices were not submitted to. The better qualities of barley were rather more inquired for. Oats sold slowly at about former currency. Beans again rather cheaper. More doing in peas. GLasaow, APRIL 4.—We have had fair supplies during the week, consisting ( with the exception of about 1,137 quar ters of oats, 532 sacks of flour, and 1,610 loads of oatmeal from . , Ireland) of about 6,000 quarters of wheat, 1,000 quarters of barley, 2,260 quarters of beans, 654 quarters of peas, 5,100 sacks and 5,516 barrels of flour, 3,183 quarters of Indian corn, 500 barrels of Indian meal, and 101 quarters of rye, all from abroad. The foreign arrivals at Grangemouth amounted to 11,837 quarters of wheat, 5,069 quarters of barley, 2,E95 quar ters of beans, 1,105 quarters of peas, and 7,492 sacks of flour. Under the influx of such liberal importations, some of which go direct into the hands of consumers, and others being pressed for sale ex ship, trade ruled flat, and prices were easier for all foreign articles, Indian corn excepted, which maintained its value. Home-grown wheat being in very small supply, com manded a slight advance ; and home-grown oats and meal thereof were a somewhat better sale. This day's market was well attended by town and country buyers, who, however, evinced little disposition to act, and the few sales effected were of—wheat at a decline of 6d. per 2401 b. for the inferior de scriptions of foreign of the last crop, the better kinds being held at the currency of this day week. Barley and rye unaltered. Oats, for feeding, a fair sale ; grinding sorts neglected. Beans and peas in moderate retail demand, without change in value. Indian corn in good inquiry,- and the market nearly cleared thereof, at fully last Wednesday's terms. STAMFORD, Aran. 5.---Wheat 42s to 48s; barley 26s to 29s ; oats, 16s to 20s ; beans, old 34s to 365, new 26s to 29s ; peas 34s to 37s per quarter. BOSTON, APRIL 4.—Wheat, red 40s to 45s Od, white 48s; oats Its to 20s; beans, 26s to 295, old 35s per quarter. SLEAFORD, APRIL 2.—Wheat, white 44s to 465; red 43s to 45s ; barley 25s to 29s ; oats 14s Od to 20s; beans, 8s to 30s per quarter. dAl3l;l3lr.—Return of Sales to April 2—Wheat 104 quarters, 2171 108 (average 4119 d); barley 45 quarters. 4SI 7s 6d (average 21s 6d); oats 11 quarters, 71 7s (average 13s 4d). ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending April 2—Wheat 42s 23d ; barley 25s 70; oats 14s 10; beans !i6s per quarter. Loon', APRIL 4.—Wheat 37s to 455; barley 24s to 28s; oats 13s to 17s; beans 32s to 37s per quarter; seconds flour Os Od. LYNN, APRIL 2.—Wheat 38s 403 to 425, fine 44s to 465; barley 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per quarter. UrrumnAst, APRIL 4.—Wheat 43s to 48s ; barley 25s to 29s ; oats Iss to 20s ; beans 30s to 40s per quarter. Butter lld to Ilid per lb ; eggs '23 for Is. GArusßoao', APRIL 3.—Wheat 44s to 50s-330 quarters, 7761 7s (average 47s Oid); barley 25s 6d to 29s 6d-241 quar ters, 331112 s Od (average 27s 6d) ; oats, 24 quarters, 191 Os (average 15s 10d.) ROTHERHAM, APRIL 2.—Beef 5s 6d to 6s 3d per stone ; mutton, in wool 6d, clipped 5d per lb. DERBY, APRIL 3. fhe market to-day was tolerably well supplied with fat beasts; the greater part of them were of fair average quality, with little or no improvement in the de mand ; an advance in the price cannot be expected until there be a better demand for beef when slaughtered, the dead market for all kinds of meat being exceedingly flat. The supply of sheep was not large, but the quality was generally good, yet the demand was very flat. The show of fat and store calves was large, as is usual on the market preceding Easter. The pig market was thinly supplied. Beef 5d to sid; mut ton 5d to 6d; veal sid to 6d per lb; pork 9st per score. Rough fat, as 9d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb. Calf skins, 2d to 3id. EDINDURIiIf, APRIL 4.—The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 437 qrs, being 116 qrs more than last week. Top price Is down, and the average 7d down-175 qrs unsold. The quantity of Barley brought for ward was 693 qrs, being 185 qrs less than: last week. Price on the top 2s, and the average 2s 9d down-216 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 1,020 qrs brought forward, or 14 qrs less than last week. Top price Is 4d, and the average 3d down-25 qrs unsold. The quan tity of beans to-day was 250 qrs or 96 qrs snore than last week. Price on the top 6d, and the average 3d down-62 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 54s Od Barley ... SSAIb 34s Od „. Oats ... 45A lb 22s 81 ... Beans 66iIb 30s Gd Cogs, APRIL 4.—Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 15,; seconds, 13s Od to I3s 6d; households 10s to 12s ; 'birds Ss :o 1 a per cwt. Oatmeal llsto I ls 6:1 ; Indian 'real 73 9d to Ss ; wiloat meal, 10s 6d to Ils per cwt. Indian eorn 7153 Od to 7/108 ps. ton. Bran 4/ to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay - Farmers 30s to 48s; average 00s ; dealers 00s to s , Os ; average 000 Od per ton. Stsaw—Farmers 15s10d to 33s Od ; average 00s ; dealers CO3 Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf tid to 61d; household loaf 5d to Sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ; Best Neath Culm 143 per ton. Tallow 43s Gd to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton bd to tild ; veal b' ;d to 7d ; nork 4d to 51d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per Ili Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31 53 per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 to 8l; Valonia 141 to 001; French 71; English 71 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 193; red ditto 265 to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 121 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red pine 3/ 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market lOs to 16s; salted Ils to 16s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 21d; market 2d to 2 d per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to 2nd; Guano — Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, IBs per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. We are informed that on the occasion of Prince Albert's visit to Lincolnshire h is Royal Highness will leave Windsor on the morning of the 17th inst., and reach Lincoln at one o'clock : he will be there re ceived by the Corporation, and conducted in a carriage to the Corn Exchange , where he will rec e i ve t h e ad dress of the Municipality, and then proceed to see the Cathedral and the other interesting antiquities of the city. Probably' the Prince will be thus occupied for an hour and a half, lie will then go on to Brecklesby sta tion by special train, and at Brocklesby he will receive the address of the Boston Corporation. On the 18th his Royal ilighnm will leave Brocklesby, and proceed by rail to Grimsby; and atter receiving an address from the Cor poration of that borough, he will inspect the vast works at the docks, and then perform the ceremony of laying the first stone. This done, he will partake of lunch in a large building calculated to hold 700 to SOO people. At four o'clock he will leave Grimsby by a special train, and go by way of the East Lincolnshire, the Great Northern, and the North-Western railways, to Euston square. As ho will not stop anywhere on his return, parties desirous of seeing his Royal Highness will do well to visit Grimsby, where, we hear, there will be accomndation for many thousands of spectators.—Stant ford Mercury. [ADVEUTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills again Triumphant in the Cure of a Bad Lug of Ten Years' Duration.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Harris, Alne Hill, Alcester, March 14, 1549, to Pro fessor Holloway. Sir: I suffered for upwards of ten years with a bad leg, in which were five running sores, and although I tried various methods of treatment as pre scribed by different medical men, still it got worse. Seeing in the newspapers notices of the cures your va luable medicines have performed, I determined on trying them, and by their use, and the blessing of God, a per fect cure of my leg was effected six months ago. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. • QUEEN'S m I.IIEATRE..—.HULL, APRIL s.—The per formances last evening were under the patronage of the tradesmen of Hull, when Bulwer's celebrated play of Money brought out Miss Goddard as Clara and Mr. E. Graham as Evelyn, both of whom were loudly culled for at the close of the play, and received well-merited applause. After which, was performed a Ballet Diver tisement of the seasons, introducing a grand allegorical pageant of the " Restoration of Charles the Second," which had a magnificent effect. Crouch's operetta of Jeannette and Jeannot concluded the evening's entertain ments : this piece, which has often received the plaudits of a Hull audience, did not on this occasion suffer from any lack of applause. Macbeth, which was produced at this theatre on Monday last in a style hitherto unknown in the provinces, is announced for repetition next week. BILLINGIIAY.-Six months since, a reading-room was temporarily opened here, to try how such an inno vation would be received in e fens of Lincolnshire, once (though happily long ago) the abode only () I f a et reckless, "iti half-amphibious population. The attempt a encouragement and support. and en institution s m has now become permanently establishedun der the title of " The Billinghay Reading - rooms and Public Library." Already the members have had the advantage of two lec tures — one, with interesting experiments, on electricity, by the Rev. Edw. Jenkins; the second, delivered on Thursday evening, the 29,h ult., by Mr. W. Anderson, on the history of literature and literary institutions. During the ensuing winter, a regular courso of lectures will be giveu.—Staniforcl Mercury. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. CURIOUS PARTICULARS. We continue our extracts from the tracts put forth by the Financial Reform Association of Liverpool. In the navy estimates for the ensuing financial year 1849 50, there is a sum of 14,956/. required for works at:el fittings in Pembroke Dockyard. One item is 8,7171. to make up a total of 30,0001. for "iron roofs over slips I and 2," and 2,040/. for " berthing in slips 1 and 2 ; ' 3741. for " alterations and reconstructions ; ' 3,825/. for " ordinary repairs and painting." A note appended to the " berthing in slips 1 and 2," says, "This hss been provided for, in consequence of the strong opinion ex pressed by the yard-officers as to its necessity." From the evidence laid before the Parliamentary Committee of 1848, it appears that the opinion, however strongly expressed, of the officers of Pembroke dock yard is but a doubtful proof of the necessity or utility of the works they recommend. " The alterations and re constructions" to be provided for in the ensuing year are moderate; public opinion has reached Pembroke; the sum of 374/. only is required. In the year ending 31st March, 1849, the sum of 2,237/. was required for "alterations and reconstructions." But even that is a trifle at Pembroke. In 1848-49 there was required for a " building to contain fire-engines, and school for apprentices," 5,0091.; and for a " surgery and police establishment," 5,3111. Even these are but moderate items at Pembroke, yet anywhere else, any money but Government taxes would have provided a place for the fire-engines ' a school for apprentices, a surgery , an d a police-house, for 1,000/., saving 9,320/. on Pembroke expenditure. Those items of 1848 are keys to a system which, as one of the witnesses said, " would bring any other than the National Exchequer to bankruptcy." Here is another of its keys:— Year 1848.49, " for the hire of teams at Pembroke, 1,4411." Year 1849.50, " per ditto, 1,436/." The hire of teams to haul the timber in the yard has the advantage of procuring saddle-horses for the officers to ride on. The person who furnishes the teams is a tenant of the head officer of the yard. The teams were at one time indispensable, as the yard was so uneven that tramways could not be laid on it; but though it was levelled many years ago, at a cost of 54,600/., (its original (lost of construction being only 6,0001.) it has not yet had tramways laid down. The tramways would have saved the hire of the teams, but certain gentlemen would have lost rich privileges, and would have had fewer favours to bestow. 5385. (Mr. Robertson.)—"The levelling of the dock yard cost 54,630!., though the whole dockyard cost only 6,0001." 5375. " As regards buildings and erections in the dockyard, forming docks, and that sort of thing, they have generally been done by private contract, to the amount of half a million of money." Pembroke yard was begun about 1820, the business having been removed from Milford. 5379. " What are the kind of works to which you allude, which have been taken by private contract? " The account before me has been taken from official documents up to a certain time. Her© is' building slip,' 2,464/. 2s. 7d. Here is a dry dock cost 112,2051. " Was that by contract?—Yes, with Mr. Macintosh, of London." Mr. Macintosh, of London, and Mr. Henderson, of Pembroke, were brothers-in-law—principal and agent; the agent ultimately became a principal, and is the gen tleman who gives dinners and saddle horses. 5334. " Here are two houses which cost 11,333/." The levelling of the yard took about eight years, at.d was completed in 1830. Since 1830, " the system his been going on nearly the same way. The docks and roofs for covering the men-of-war which have been building, and a variety of other works have generally been given to the representative of Mr. Mackintosh." (Henderson.) " Since that he had taken the contracts in his own name, and they have generally been given without competition to Mr. Henderson." 5391. " Are there any cases in which you yourself have been engaged in tendering for work at the dock yard? " Yes; when the packet establishment was removed from Milford to Ilobb's-point, and transferred to the Admiralty, the Government thought it necessary to build an inn for the accommodation of passengers, and an agent's house. The agent's house was given, with out any competition whatever, by the Board of Ord nance."—(Being built on land belonging to the Ordnance Department ) 5392. " Given to whom? To Mr. Henderson. Tl,e inn was advertised by tender. I sent a tender to do it for 3,3001. My tender was returned. The agent's hotiii3 cost 1.8001.; the inn 5,0001." There was a curious case of a reservoir, in 1841, which was advertised to be let by public tender. The advertisement was dated 14th April, but only appeared in the local papers en the 17th. The tenders were to be delivered in on the 22d, at twelve o'clock. There was only one tender in by twelve o'clock, Mr. Henderson's; another came at one o'clock, and was declared to be too late. This second party, a Mr. Douglass, persevered, sent his tender direct to the Admiralty in London, who ordered fresh adver tisem nts to be issued for new tender'. Those were issued accordingly; but, though a month of time was lost, the period allowed for the work was reduced from Ist May in the following year to the lit February, " which made a very material difference, bt cause in the %int( r time the people cannot work so well. It was supposed to bo done to throw obstacles in the ea) , of any person accepting it." But there was a more serious obstacle. "There was a clause in the contract stipulating that if, in excavat ing for the reservoir, a sufficient quantity of earth or rock should not be found to form an embank ment, such extra quantity must be provided by the contractor; but not taken from land belonging to the Crown." Tk;ere was no land not belonging to the Crown within convenient reach, except what belonged to Mr. Henderson and his dining friend the storekeeper-general; so that, virtually, this condition in the contract gave the preference to Mr. Henderson, whose tender was said to be 7,0001. But Mr. Douglass persevered, and obtained the contract, with all the obstacles before him, for 3,3301.; " about one-half," says the witness, "it would have cost the public had Mr. Douglass not persevered." " But," continues the witness, " the most flagrant case attaching to this contract is the following:—At the very time the Admiralty put this clause in their contract, stipulating that no earth should be taken from land be longing to the Crown, the Ordnance Board had contract works then carrying on in an adjoining field, and the only difficulty they had was what to do with the excava tions of earth. The Admiralty had also works in con templation close at hand, either of which would have supplied the earth required." 5401. " What is the paper you are reading from?— It contains extracts from my own correspondence re specting the affair." 5402. " You complained of two provisions, one being that no earth should be taken from the Government ground, while, at the same time, Government had more earth than they could dispose of for another work?— Yes." 5403. " What was the distance between those two works?—Not a quarter of a mile. If the contractor could have had the earth I have no doubt it would have been taken for 1,500/Jess." 5404. " Are the Committee to understand that one of the works was for the Ordnance and the other was for the Navy ?—Yes." 5405 " Were the contracts made by the Ordnikce Board for both?—No; one was made by the Admiralty and the other by the Ordnance; but the officers must have known each other's plans—and, if they had not, the de fects of the Government economy would have been but ' the more apparent." 5406. " Do you mean to say that if the same officers had had to contract for the two works, the publio would have been accommodated by the surplus of earth, of the one being employed to make up the deficiencies of the other? Yes—Decidedly." 5407. " And that you consider to be the cause of an increased expense, and of preventing parties, who other. wise would have taken it, from taking the contract ? —Decidedly." And again— " It has generally been complained of that sufficient public notice is not given, whereas other persons who have influence with the officers may have private infor mation, so that they may make an arrangement. 5412. " What do you mean by influence with the offi cers? To what officers do you allude ?—I allude to those persons who have local influence in the neighbour hood; I allude particularly to the storekeeper of the dockyard, who is trustee to the estate surrounding the dockyard." 5413. " What is his name?—Lawes; he is acting trustee to the estate, and also as a Government officer, and therefore his interests are opposed to each other! , he cannot serve both parties honestly at the same time. " 5414. " What has be to do with those contra_ehe cts/ take He was waited upon by persons who wished to k contract, and asked what he would let them ha . v . e _ t , h / be s land for. To one of the name of Dawkins ata will let you have it for 7001.'" of But ho would not tell him from whit paara,te all the estate he might take it; c onsequently; istaimd he would difference. To another, Mr. Owen, i name no p contrac t was taken. The result was, that they riae weretill the afraid to tender, except at an enor mous price; and at this time there was land belongi ng to another department of the Government that would have amply su pplied all the wants; afterward s , M r. Douglass found this out, and he wrote and pointed it out to the Board, and they gave it to him. Relative to Mr. Henderson and his contracts, the wit ne:s was asked— " Are the Committee to understand you to say that he bad contracts for half a million of money?" ‘‘ He was the representative of his brother-in-law• he had a great portion of them."—(Th e contracts let by public tender.) Here is a li s t o f ot h er works taken by the same party by private contract, up to 1831 : "AN ACCOUNT OF WORKS PERFORMED AT PENBROKE DOCKYARD, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, BY MESSRS. MACINTOSH AND HENDERSON:— Building slip ... 2',,464 2 2 Dry dock ... ... 112,205 4 6 Sea wall ••• 2,8.42 17 7 West Camber .. ltd 14 6 East Camber ... ..„ 5, 151 11 2 Master Shipwright'a sad clerk of the cheque's houses 11,3 . .;3 17 3