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W 8 , charter 3tle, 241 )f South to have No. 17,62 id LONDON SATURDAY E , s Al CH 17 1840. - 1 ; it 1 3 Jardine, [PRICE SD. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DIARcn 16. CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. third lth ,—Arrd. River, UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI GRATION SOCIETY. HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP . lIOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Visitors to the Theatres will find the Nell Gwynne Coffee Room, which is fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived, the most comfortable and convenient Tavern for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Table d'llote at Aalf-past Five (Sundays excepted). Hot Joints until Eight. Excellent Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, Barclay and Perkins's Stout. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market remains very sales are—Midland Stock, 81 —Great Western, Quarters, 234 Ditto, New 171. Shares, •11. 18s. 9d. dis. LIVERPOOL, MAKCU 16. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the proprie tors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was held yesterday, at the :offices in Moorgate-street; Captain Moorsom, R.N., Deputy Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, in the chair. _ . ierars. V. R. INLAND REVENUE OFFICE, LONDON. Futr, CAUTION. on the STAMP REVENUE in the TRANSFERS of fiIIARES in RAILWAYS and other PUBLIC COMPANIES. otherl4 ' b eing Understood that, o the Sale of Shares in Railway, and the Joint Stock C o mpanies, n a practice exists of omitting to state T o ," Instrument of Transfer the true sum p aid or agreed to be paid 4 each Shares, whereby the Stamp Duty payab le on such Transfer e vaded; the Commissioners of Inland Revenue deem it right to e' le the following Public Notice, viz.: on the Sale of Property of any kind, it is required by Law meetly the f u ll Purchase or Consideration Mone y which shall be s _ e _ e tlY or indirectly paid, or secured or a g reed to be paid for the shall be truly expressed and set forth in words, at length, the Deed or Instrument whereby the Property shall be trans neci ; and that in default thereof, both the Purchaser and Seller Da Penalty of Fifty Pounds and five times the amount of the evaded by the omission ; and that the person employed in 4 n 4Pari ng the Transfer incurs a penalty of Five Hundred Pounds ; tc: it he be an Attorney, Solicitor, or Writer to the Signet, he is, on lvietion thenceforth disabled from practising. 1111 if ether of the Parties to the Transfer gives information to the o,lnissioners, whereby the Pena lt y incurred by the other, or the 0 17_ntaple Duty, or any part thereof may be recovered, he is not te Z to be indemnified and discharged from his liability, but may be out of the money so recovered, to such an extent not ceding one-half thereof as the Commissioners shall think proper. fib, so the P urc haser may recover back from t he Seller, in an action th_ 7 no so much of the Purchase M one y as shall not be ,set forth in t ransfer, or the whole there of, if part be set lath. The Commissioners also give notice, that they vrill liberally reward i n iTila who may give them information by means of which any of ' , Penalties shall be recovered. , By Order of the Board , March, 1849, J. C. FREELING, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCO 14, 1849. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, th l That a Proprietor of East India Stock has postponed until the at 1 3' General COurt of the said Company, appointed to be held _ heir House, in Leadenhall-street, ou WEDNESDAY, the 21st in t, the following motion, viz.: That the etitions presented •to the Court upon tho subject of b t ggertauth p and other Temples ii India be takex into consideration he Court of Proprietors.' Ott the same Proprietor has given notice of his Intention t0,Anb .,1,1,1e following motion, viz. : aw „ hat before the meeting of :any future Court of Proprietors, a EiTted notice announcing it, together with any business known to ~,'_hen coming on, be seat to.every male Proprietor being qualified to note at such meeting." t h :tat another Proprietor has give n notice, that he will submit 7, ri ollowiag motion, viz. : c o That copies of all corres p o ndence which has passed between the 411 of Directors and the Board of Control regarding the booty cap ed Hydrabad be laid before the Court of Proprietors." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. BANK or ENGLAND, MARCY' 15, 1849. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAisTD give notice — That the GENERAL COURT held at the Bank This Day is elrned TrESDAT next, the 20 th instant , a t Eleven o'clock in e AVenoon.• for the purpose of taking the determination by note, in ri t t i tairlfZiting , of the question on the following resolutiOn proposed t e Court for a Dividend, viz...— ' That a Dividend be made of 51. 10s. per cent. interest and profits Lur the halt-year ending the sth April neat, without any deituctiom 05 account of the income-tax." The Voting will commence at Eleven o'clock and terminate at Four. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. GUILDHALL, 31.tacrt 15, 1849. tlrBE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on . WEDNESDAY, next, ,731st inst., at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for 1 7 , [ TING on LEASES, for twenty-one years from Lady-day next, 1/„ l l °L ise, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street -buildings ; a 1T - 0 "e . , No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street -buildings ; a House, $ 0 18 , on the south side of Upper Thames-street ; and Font* Houses, ItetV. 5 , 6, and 7, Butcher-row, Ratcliffe, and two small tenements od the same. r i ," 180 , to receive TENDERS for LETTING en LEASES, L 18az 12 Years (less three days), from Lady-day next, a House, No. 1 1 ' °II the east side of Finsbury-street, and Stables at the near; Ten 69 ° "..,,es Nos. 6 and 7, on the north side, and Nos. 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, Thre e and 71, on the south side of Banner-street, Finsbury. And ft) " Houses Nos 6 8 and 9, Artillery• Place, on the west side of _ e rt i ttroad ' . • er particulars and plans may be seen, at the OMce of Works, ' 4 411. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, OTAGO. Ere The Court of Directors of the New Zealand Company hereby Attlieotice, that a further Ballot for priority of choice of Land in the h ib er eent of OTAGO, will take place at New Zealand House OR th,2 c r , the 23d of March next, at One o'clock precisely, when Fur ers or their Agents are requested to attend. full sum of 1201. 10s. for each property consisting of GO'A acres, be aid either to the Commercial Bank of Scotland, in Scot th to Messrs. Smith, Payne, an d Smiths, bankers, in London, on Of e ow Zealand Company's account, on or before TUESDAY, the 20th te.arch next and must be accompanied by an authority for re -1411,Tg such payment under the signature of one of the Officers of p.,_tago Association. L on ' c ir o th7 particulars may be obtained at theNewZealand House, e and at the Offices of the Otago A ssociat io n , - No. 27, South o yer.strect, Edinburgh, and No. 3, West Nile-street, Glasgow. By order of the Court, THOMAS CUDEERT HARINGTON. N ei' Zealand House, 9, Broad-street -buildings. London, February 16, 1849. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY'S SHIP. p ki ., A First-class Passenger Ship will be despatched for the Corn s!" g Settlements from the Port of London, on Monday, the 16th ,Fril next, and will carry an experienced Surgeon. 110:_ply at New Zealand House ; or to Mr. Joseph Stayner, Broker, renchurch -street. By order of the Court, THOMAS CIIDBERT HARE'SGTON. ew Zealand House, 9, Broad-street - buildings , Louden, March 1, 1849. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR o. „ ANCE COMPANY. ", LOMISATID-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. Ir e , JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. Pi. l 'Y Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. kpels Ilart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. hYalter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. 40 1 son Mulkey, jun., Est. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. ,I sh ;; Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. ga tor G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Joh„g? Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. J h " I, abouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. . Ii Lech, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A. /.. AUDITORS. " • u•barts, Esq. I Samuel Joaes Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ITI th A CTUARY —Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. .4i. -e LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assuran ces may be effected at kit Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates e kis ° Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At th e "C . the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made, s kt ,"onuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annuli' on the . sum le l d - LOd, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; 1%; l ue Whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com a exceeded 530,0001. ia,.' A NO granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro -14 such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have , led in each case a value not under 501. . on '. the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return ef profit was declared Aht, t , be ,_ 7 th of June upon the premiums received on all Policies is 4,,.." had been in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same ib t t," in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), ve so '' ‘ !en the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and .7 the Agents in the Country Districts. 4:oollice Is hereby given, that Assurances which ffiexpire at Lady 4rust be renewed within fifteen days, at this oce, or with Mr. C O , B . No. 1, St. James's - street , co rner of Pall-mall; or with Ike Isi ci P al lY's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. 14ETAOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND „..- G ENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY, `i, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON, INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. henM.P. TRIISTEES. th h -ee r IL Walpole, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spo oner, Es q ., M "" 1 ": Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Yansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. fiatimusi DriVer, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lime, Cheapside. CaPt. Hon. G. F. Ilotham , RN.,- United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legit, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood -park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Andley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Byde-park•place. Thomas Littledale, Esq., Liverpool. ,_e LIFE ASSURANCE DEPART3IENT of the Society em -I)4tilkaaurances upon single or jo int lives, contingent survivorship, or rn lrvivor of two or more l ives. i„,r`clowments of widows and children. ,pldriediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. ii! le PaYment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or pueir re, resentatives in case of death before that age. the riluras may be paid early, half-early, or quarterly, or upon alf - Premium plan for y the first five years. " ai ls granted on an entirely new principle. All RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. 11 1 . 1 „ Persons, of w hatever class, travelling by Railway in Great n and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident Ah ~o ft . t CO travelling, at the mode rate p remium of 10s. per cent., in ba E singl payment, for the whole eriod of life. fM e u. —A person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to ~ si ng his a ntlY or ethers the sum of 1,000/., to be paid in the event of his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMROIJX, Manager. ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL p us , D. LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT S'otice is hereby given, that the Election of FOUR ANNUITANTS , s ° l l the Benevolent Fund will take pla c e on the 31st Mix next, viz. : ne Clerk to an Annuity o f 25/. ; Three Widows of Clerks having been members, do. 15/. each. Candidates being duly qualified are required to forward their ap plications, together with testimonials, to this Office, on or before the 10th April next. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, March 16, 1849. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. , Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with il- Z s trations, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Feur, , (1 every Evening at Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a i'folarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Dachhoffner's Illustrations on As 'l, ° ll ly, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.— ,/,: t e mres en the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam 14" -- A. View in the Gold District of California is added to the ti p' Dissolving V iews.—New Chromatrope.—Machinery and Models &c. &e.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. ODe 8 4 , T daily from Eleven to Pine; and in the Evenings ( including day) from Seven till Halast Ten. ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, ls. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Colo ured Engravings on Steel. ON riIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVB INCAPA CITY, AND I MPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAG E. ,cv Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just pub lished, price 25. 6d., or ut Post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, TELE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work oa t t .,, the inirmitles and decay of the generative system, from ex itisess indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis- L'oneatlons. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and 10,1ERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox -street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, RO:aternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, ant Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden --T-street. e r . 4 : 4 -kT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive - p a ns, and Ls illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. te„- Aar IL treats of the conseq uences resulting from excessive indul ce. and their lamentable effects on t he s y stem, p roducin g mental kg, a bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. I l strated by Three Explanatory Engravings. t h vkaT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection , either in srimary or secondary foram, and centalLs explicit directions for heir treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured tgravings. by 43 vr IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob -`°d• This important part of the work should not escape the r eader's notice. 4 „:,4ll.2devoted te the consideration of marriage, and its th: 4 s. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and 'hole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. 6.f azCoueisi. BALM or Srmacux is exclusively employed in treat nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Esc., Ds. and 335. per e b „„`"o• The Concentrated Detersive Essence, aa anti-syphilitie t o — „..!dr, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp p:`,s, eruptionS, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. e c ;Z_Y.'s Purifying Specific Pills, •ss. 9d., 45. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a t hs ` . !..-1a remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma mof the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute ret.„ u •.t Of the case is required : age , habits , a nd p osition in society. A li Packets, w ith advice, to be had at the Establishme nt onl y , b y 4 4 41 1 the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten- N„holly at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ede - .1 4 4. Till., and rive va WI; lodaye ggiu garioll to_Ono, AY) English xi 2,77 0 and -car' To -day yet the e was iu ;es must 10,00 0 article might 3. The rencies. uarters. figures. Less the :line in gra ex' Flour. 2,6205k1. .to d• g 310 ) 4 2 4 4 0 0 ) 4 I 22 0 • es had too. ( 1 :, 2 3 4 3 1 0 a 6 4 4 really wand mice& Y. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. LAMIEzMIJIRAT, Esq , Chairman. Wallop Brabazon, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Dominic Daly, Esq., M.P. for Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P. Canada. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Charles Dtuleney, Esq. Edward S. Symes, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Colonel C.C. Keymes Tynte,m.r. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. MEDICAL BOARD—E. S. Symes, Esq.; R. F. Power, Esq. BANKERS—National Bank of Ireland. SoLictrous—lVilliam Tatham, Esq., London ; P. and D. ➢fahony, Dublin AGENTs—,Tames Irvine, Liveipopl; James 'Watson and Co., Glasgow. SECRETARY—DudIey Byrne, Esq. PROSPECTUS. • • The large number of emigrants who have left Great Britain for the United States and the Canadas in the past year has suggested the idea of au Association for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those intending to emigrate towards gaining for them a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in acquir- ing it. This Association, having already formed a very extended con nexion in the United States and the Canadas, proposes to confine its operations exclusively to these countries, and chiefly to the former. It is found that nine-tenths of those who emigrate to the United States are composed of small capitalists, who, for the most part, have barely sufficient money to meet the expenses of the voyage and the purchase of a location.' To such parties loss of time is a great disadvantage, and the expenses incurred in search of a location too frequently absorb their small means. They are in general unacquainted with the geography of that vast country and its varied resources. ' Titles to land, when they do not come direct from the Government, are often defective, and the unaided emigrant runs a great risk of not being able to fix himself in that portion of the United States where his previous knowledge could be turned to the bestteceunt. :These and many other considerations equally important will naturally in duce emigrants to avail themselves of the agency and place themselves under the auspices of an Associaticn having the disposal of lands more or less extensive in every State of the Union, and respecting which every authentic information has been obtained and can be fur nished the emigrant beforehand. The choice of a state is often of much importance. The quality of the land, its title guaranteed, its contiguity to markets, the cost of labour and value of produce, facilities of transport, as well as the climate and.the healthiness of the district—all these are of great con sequence. In fad, a pructont - etntgrant should endeavour to possess himself with as much Information before leaving home, as, if acting on his own experience, he could barely hope to acquire after a lengthened residence in the country. In addition to this, the Association, by its arrangements for the voyage out, and transport of the emigrant from the port of debark ation to the interior, will enable the emigrant to economize his rr cans so that neither his time nor his substance would be wasted before his industry began. The plan the Association proposes is chiefly to dispose of lands on commis flon ; not to speculate in lands by purchase and re-sale on its own account, but to afford the emigrant the benefit of its dealing for the land, either with Government or broprietors. Its extended connexion, information, and establishment will be placed at the service of the emigrant who seeks a new home under its directions. The Association agrees beforehand to sell at cost price, adding merely thereto a commission, graduated proportionally to the number of acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses attending his transport to the spot. The lands which will pass through the hands of the Association from the original owner to the ultimate occupier will be for the most part in block ; their cost price per acre to the Association will be much below that for which an individual could procure a single loca tion in any of the States where Government land is not to be had ; the emigrant will in this respect alone have a direct advantage. When he adds to this his saving on his outward expenses and journey to the spot, his loss of time, the disappointments often incurred on the other side, he will find the actual outlay Der acre of his acquisi tion much less by a direct purchase through the Association, whose arrangements will enable it to render him a service he would fail in tempting for himself. It is a case of the commonest occurrence with those who go out to he United States to waste all their means and small resources with. out ever arriving at the object of their wishes. Too many are thus left for tke time destitute, and forced to become labourers, instead of proprietors of land. It is for the purpose of enabling the uninformed emigrant of small means to avoid this almost inevitable consequence that this Asso ciation is formed; to advise him before departure of the advantages and disadvantages of settlement in each state, to assist him in the choice of a location, and to inform him on what point to direct his means and efforts. By this means he can ascertain to a trifle the cost of his own and his family's removal. He will be told how he should stock his land, what implements to purchase ; and in fact he may acquire a year's experience in advance as to the best mode of turning himself to account by the instructions to be given him through the officers of the Association on the other side. In some of the newer States, where labour is not abundant, the Association will undertake to supply the emigrant with labour, by offering such inducements as will secure it. These will form the subject of special schemes of settlement, which the Association will notify from time to time, and the price of land per acre will range accordingly. The owners of tracts of land in the United States will find it ad vantageous to avail themselves of the Association, it being the In tention of the Association to select the most suitable occupiers and cultivators. As a guarantee of the good faith of the Association, it proposes to look to its chief profit, after payment of expenses in the manner stated, to reserved lots, which are not to exceed one-fourth of the en tire quantity in any one block. These reserved lots will be disposed of afterwards at their real market value, and without reference (as in the case of the first emigrants) to prime cost. The settlement of considerable tracts of land, and the voyage thereto and location thereon of a number of families, will give rise to many considerations which cannot be easily enumerated, but, to insure success, cannot be overlooked by the Association. The phy -1 cal wants of the emigrant will require medical attendance on him to the spot. Provision will be made likewise for his spiritual com fort, by providing a clergyman, in conformity with the religious per suasion of each hundred families ; and, as it not unfrequently hap pens that many families depart from the same neighbourhood, in all cases where practicable, the choice of the pastor will rest with the emigrants themselves. The plan of the Association, therefore, embraces the following points, viz.:— I. The acquisition of tracts or portions of lands in the several States of the Union and in Canada, for sale on commission. 2. The disposal of these lands to emigrants in such quantities as is ill suit their individual means on the basis of the cost price of the land, adding so much per acre as will cover the charges attendant on the examination of the lands and their titles, and a staff of in telligent officers to take charge of the emigrants and their interes', tip to placing them upon the land, un'er the most favourable dr ew-xis enc.. 3. Contracting to place the emigrant and his family on the land for a fixed sum, including all expenses of voyage out, and in the interior, so ;ha' he may kf.o w beforehand how far his money will go in securing the object of his wishes. 4. The supply of labourers on such locations as may require it, at so much per acre, to be added to prime cost of the land, if not otherwise paid fcr by special agreement with emigrants. 5. Holding an interest in reserves not to exceed one-fourth the original acquisition ; these reserves not to be disposed of by the Association for less than double the original average prime cost per acre. 6. Provision for the moral and physical wants of the emigrant, so that his safety and comfort will be secured from the ordinary acci dents attendant on the unaided efforts of a single individual. The Directors are engaged in the settlement of a tract of land in Eastern Texas, containing 153,400 acres, and are preparing a scale of prices for the location of emigrants thereon. DUDLEY BYRNE, Secretary. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. CARPENTER'S SPELLING—NEW EDITION. New Edition, corrected, 12m0., price is. 6d. cloth, THE SCHOLAR'S SPELLING ASSISTANT, wherein the words are arranged according to their princi ples of accentuation. By THOMAS CARPENTER. New Edition, corrected throughout. London: Longman, Brawn, Green, and Longmans ; and Whittaker and Co. _ lIUNTING, COURSING, FISHING, &c., &c. One very thick volume, illustrated with nearly GOO Engravings on Wood, Bve., 503, cloth, AN ENCYCLOP2EII of RURAL SPORTS. Comprising Hunting, Racing, Shooting, Fishing, Coursing, &c., &c. Ay D. P. BLAINE, Esq. " A perfect library for all lovers of country sports, for all country gentlemen, and for all persons who delight in the manly and healthy recreations which are afforded to the inhabitants of no country in Such perfection as to the inhabitants of the British Isles."—Times. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. People's Edition, price 2s. Gd., D R. DICKSON'S FALLACIES of the FACULTY. " This work has at last been fairly praised and abused into fame" —Tait's Magazine. Also, by Dr. DICKSON, REVELATIONS on CHOLERA. Price Is. G. Sitnpkin and Marshall, Stationers•court ; C. Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate. street Without ; and all booksellers. IN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see IIANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the holinays. This immense Painting is the Largest in the World, and exhibits more than 3,005 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past heven o'clock; doors open half au hoer before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. TIC DOLOREAUX CURABLE. TOOTHACHE. Instantaneous relief from those excruciating complaints may be had by using JAMES'S Celebrated ASTILIAN TINCTURE for TIC DOLOREUX, TOOTHACHE, PAINS in the FACE, GUMS, &c. [IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS.] " Liyerpool, Dec. 13, 1848. " To Messrs. 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" Gentlenten,—.After six months' experience in its safe I have found your Astillan Tincture' to be all but uniformly successful in the cure of Tic Doloreux and Toothache ; indeed only one case of failure de I know of in that time. Although generally averse to such things, yet you may, if you choose, make public use of this.—l remain yours, faithfully, " THOMAS LOWE, "Dispensing Chemist, 38, Islington, and 40, Norton-street. "2.S.—Tou may send me another three dozen of the smaller size. " To Messrs. Carson and Co." Prepared by Carson and Ce., St. Anse-street, Liverpool, sole pro prietors, from whom it may be had, or through any of the Wholesale Houses ix London, Birmingham, York, Edinburgh, &c., and retail from any respectable Medicine Vender throughout the Kingdom. Ii bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and l le. each. A R R I A G E. M One hall the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Etter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an eoraprosing burry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour andjustice demand that health sheuldform aa item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound mere sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., ts. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their itles nor be liindczed ny misinterpretation of their supposed cont t ents, , from obtaining tl , ein. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for 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 tittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral acribblings 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 alter nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 14Y, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings aucl _oveßkuss), 10, Argyll-plate Rogontlitrget; and all NoNJOIAM Proprietors, JOHN ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT. ROBERT WHITE, Green Dragon Commercial House, Leesning-street, Mansfield. Good Commercial-room, excellent Bed-rooms and Beds, good Stabling, Wines, Spirits, &c., of first-rate quality, with moderate charges. The above house has been conducted by the late Mrs. White and the present proprietor 24 years. Robert White begs to return his most grateful thanks to his Commercial and other friends, and trusts to receive.a continuance of their patronage. YORK, NEWCASTLE, and BERWICK RAILWAY. BISHOP AUCKLAND and PENSIIER and SUNDERLAND BRANCHES. DAY of LETTING the CONTRACTS POSTPONED. The Quantities of the different Works not being quite Completed, the Day of Letting the above Contracts is POSTPONED to Morusar, the 2d of April, on which day the Directors will meet to receive TENDERS at the hour and place previously advertised. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. York, March 7, 1849. XHE 'REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford . street. - This celebrated OVER-COLT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the triad extant. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford street. The 1441 Agents fin hassle in the British Empire are— Mr. John Hollingsworth, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Mog ford and Autwiss, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Cross-street, Manchester; Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. George Davison, Norfolk-street, Shelleli ; Mr. W. S. Bevin, Ches ter; Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight; Mr. John John. son, Ashton-under-Lyne; Mr. Whitmore, Stockport; Mr. Thomai Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed ; Mr. Ralph Wilson, Gray-street, New castle-on-Tyne ; Mr. William White, Edinburgh ; and Mr. John Whltty, 8, College-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, MARCH 16.—The arrivals are moderate. There is a fair retail demand for wheat, but the trade continues heavy, and a further reduction of is per quarter is conceded. English barley sells full as well as last week ; the general qualities of foreign are more difficult to move. Beans are more plentiful, and Is cheaper. In oats and shelling no change. New. Old. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. a. a. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 45 to 47 Ditto, white ... 48 50 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 43 —45 Ditto, white ... 45 48 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 41 45 Ditto, white ... ... 45 - 48 Yorkshire, red ... 41 —45 Ditto, white ... ... 45 —4B Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 46 —4B 47 —5O Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 42 44 42 45 Mediterranean, red ... 36 4tl BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... ... .. 27 29 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 26 29 Scotch Grinding per 30 stone ... 24 —27 —— Foreign ... 22 —24 —— BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... ... 29 —32 —— Ticks ... ... 28 31 Foreign ... ... 28 —3O OATS, per stone : Mealing • ••• 9d to 10d —d to —d Feeding • .. 8d to 10d —d to —d Foreign 8d to 9d —d to —d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 25 26 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 37 69 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed .--, to .—. ,„ 30 - 34 .. 30 - 32 Rapeseed ... ... Shelling ... ... ... 562 Linseed .. .. 10 Malt ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... ARRIVALS. Qrs. Wheat ... ... ... 8,903 Barley ... ... ... 2,729 Beans... ... ... ... 1,310 Peas ••• ... ... ... Tares ... ... ... ... Qrs. LivEnroor., MARCH I6.—At this day's market we had a fair attendance of the country trade, and a moderate business was done in wheat, at a decline of fully 2d per 701bs since Tuesday. Grinding barley was 3d per bushel lower ; and in Egyptian beans a depreciation of Is per quarter must be noted. Peas continue extremely difficult to quote. Barrel flour was offered at Is per barrel decline, without producing much busi ness; and sack flour met with no inquiry. A moderate demand was experienced for Indian corn, but a decline of 6d to Is per quarter had to be submitted to. EXETER, MARCH 16. Cattle market—Our market this morning has been largely supplied both with beasts and sheep, with a more than usual attendance of buyers, especially from Somerset. Business has, however, ruled dull, and the farmers complain of the unremunerative prices. Fat beef has sold from 7s 6d to 8s 6d per score ; cows and calves, the supply of which far exceeded the demand, 81 to 131 each; barreners, 4s 61 to 5s per score, with a very low scale, graziers being cautious of buying store bullocks at any price. A few steers and plough oxen were on offer, but nut much looked at. Butchers' calves, 4d to 6d per lb. The supply of sheep was large, and as the turnips are getting short, store sheep were more plentiful. Fat wethers are still sold at 5d to bid per lb, and ewes at about 5d ; store hogs, 30s to 35s each ; couples, 3bs to 40s. The pig market was well supplied with store pigs, but the jobbers complained of the dullness of the times. Pork Carcases—The supply was about equal to that of last week, and prices remain unaltered, namely, from 7s to 8s 3d per score, but this latter figure was only obtained in a few instauces for very prime small porkers. Pan nier— Turkeys from 6s to 8s each ; ducklings, 63 per couple ; spring chickens 4s to 4s 6d ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ditto ; galenas, 6s ditto; butter, Is 2d per lb , eggs, 20 for Is. Vegetables— Asparagus, 4s to 6s per hundred ; seakale, 4d to 6d per lb; rhubarb, 6d per lb; brocoli, 2d each ; young cab bage, 2d each. Corn Exchange—The attendance to-day has been very small, and but little business has been transacted, all parties acting with great caution. Fine samples of wheat has been sold from 5s 9d to 6s 3d (warranted), and perhaps the latter figure has been slightly exceeded in one or two in stances. Foreign wheat, red, 465, white, 49s per quarter. Barley, 3s 6d to 4s per budiel ; oats, 2s 31t02s 8d (the latter for seed); fine flour, 34s to 36s per sack, the general figure being 355. NEWBURY, MARCH 15.—The quantity of wheat in offer to-day is very moderate, yet fully equal to the demand. Great difficulty being felt in selling on the terms of last week, we note a dull sale at late rates. Barley, moderate supply ; fine malting realises late rates ; other sorts difficult to sell without an abatement of Is per quarter. Oats, large supply, and hav in; but little demand, prices must be noted 6d to is per quarter lower. Beans and peas, short supply, and sell at fully late rates; in seeds more doing at full prices. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 11.—An average show of beasts, and 2 .600 sheep. Beef, 5s 6d to 6s 3d per stone ; mutton, sd. Business was heavy, a great many beasts and a few sheep remaining unsold. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 16.—The sales re ported since our last do not exceed 250 hhds. West India, and a few hundred bags Bengals, at extreme rates. The offices are run nearly bare of samples, and there is but little remaining in first hands to bring forward. The refined market continues firm. In rum there has been rather more business doing, but at very low rates. —Bristol Mercury. INVERNESS, MARCH 13.—&w wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 40s to 435; barley, 541 b per bushel, 245; oats, 411 b per bushel, 17s to 1756 d, Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s; second, 14s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 155; bran, per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2801 b, 38s to 40s; second, 28s to 30s ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 6d ; second, Os Od; barleymeal, Is 2d; peasesneal, is 6d; first flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 25 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota toes, per stone, 6d to Od; beef, per pound, 6d to 8d; veal, 4d to 6d ; mutton, 4d to 7d ; pork, 4d to 7d ; fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to I6d ; eggs, pn dozen, 4d to 6d; butter, fresh, per lb, 8d to 9d ; salt, Ild to 12d ; ,croudie (curds) 2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, bid to 7d; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 6d. CORK, MARCH 14.—Flour—Firsts 1456 d to 15s; extra 16 ; seconds 13s Od to 14s Od ; households lOs to 12s; thirds Ss to 1)s per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal lls to Ils 6d; Indian meal Ss ; wheat meal H s per cwt. Indian corn 7103 to 7,12 s 6d per ton. Bran 4/ lOs per ton. Hay -- Farmers 24s to 42s Od; average 38s; dealers 30s to 48s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Warmers 15s Od to 23e Od ; average 00s ; dealers 27s Od to 00s Od ; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 60 to 7d; household loaf 5d to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ; best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to 7d; pork 4d to sd; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 312 e 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 71; Valonia 11/ to 131; French 6/; English 6/ per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 35l per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 185 to 00s ; red ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 101 105 to 121 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red pine 31 155; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 20' ; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market Ils to 16s; salted 115 to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 20 ; market 2d to 2d per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to 19d; Guano— Peruvian, 10110 s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 18s per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTH, MARCH 15.—Total, 2,677.t0n5. Average produce,:Ba ; quantity of fine copper, 231 tons 2 cwts ; amount of sale, 16,8181 Is Od; average standard, 104112 s Od. LAST SALE.—Standard, 1051181 Od ; produce, 8. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT PEARCE'S, TRURO, MARCH 29.--United Mines 743—Consols 679—Treviskey 416—Par Consols 315—Tresavean 308—South Caradon 265—Trethellan 202—Wh. Comfort 185—Wh. Mary Consols 145 —Perran St. George and Bolenna 122—South Tolgus 93—Grambler and St. Aubyn 77—Wh. Ellen 70—Richard's Ore 24—Wh. An drew and Nangiles 21—Total 3,665. COAL MARK ET. —YiEsTE It DAT. Bate's West Ilartley... 14s Od Braddyll's Hetton lss Od Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d Bell Carr'B Hartley East Adairs Main..... 12s Od'Hetton . North Percy Hartley.. 13a 6d l Lambton Original Tanfield lis Od Lyons l4s 9d Tanfield Moor ......... 13s 6d Russell's Hetton Townley l3s Od Adelaide Tees Walker's Primrose ... 11s 6d Tees . West Wylam W all's End, &c. Hartley _ .... ....... .. 14s Od Gosforth . •. Heaton Hedley Hilda l3s 3d Sidney's Hartley Rid,49WN -- . u .. ~,,, ill 04 CCII WS A matt, 120. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The-share market was dull and gloomy to day, but we close with a better tone.—The sales are—Belton, Bir kenhead, Chester, and West Yorkshire (No. 1), 7—Birkenhead, Lan cashire and Cheshire (late C. and8.),;221. shares, 6 per cent., 1849, 7 dis.—East Anglian, 31. 10s. Shires, guaranteed 6 per cent., 2 1 4 c.— East Lancashire, 18 Great Northern, 9 dis. Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and B.), Fifths, 3%—Ditto, 101. Preference, 6 per cent., 1% p.—London and. North-Western, 134 c.—Ditto, Quarters, New,sl. Is. 3d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 101. Prefer ence, 10% c.—Midland Stock, 78% c.. 7 -Ditto, New Halves. 8 4 c. dis. —North Britishr, Quarters, 34 dis.—North Staffordshire, 31. 4 dis.—Scottish Central, 25 ex div.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension,' Nos. 1 and 2), 1 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, dis.—South-Eastern (No. 4), 71. 6s. 3d.— South Staffordshire Junction, 3 1 A dia. MANCHESTER, MARCH 16. ST•CK EXcIIANOE. —The sales are—Sheffield, Preference, % p.— North Staffordshire, N —Dover (No. 4), 7%—Nest Riding Union, 4 4 dis.—Grimsby, 201. ;Sharps, 1 c. dis.—Sheffield, and Lincoln, % dis.—Manchester mid Birmingham (B), Quarters, 3►% p.— Northerm (A), 4%—01d Dover, 24% c.dis.—Birkenhead,22l. Shares, 7 dis.—Leeds, Fifths, 3 9-16 it. dis.—• East Anglian, Preference, 6 per cent., 2 5-16—Exeter and Exmouth, 7 dis.—Great Northern, 9 dis. BIR3IINGIIA hi, ItAnon 16. SToca EXCHANGE.—The prices of shares continue to recede, and frost the tone of the market to-day there is little probability of a speedy advance.—The'sales are — Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 11% —North Staffordshire, 635. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4% (B), 3jg dis.—South Stafford shire, 2% dis. YORK, MARcrt 15. Brigs EXCHANGE —The business - transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midis d, 13i —North British, Thirds, 414—York, .1%;" —ewcastle, and Berwick Extension, 18% —York and North Midland (East and W es t Ri d i ng Extension), 24%. GLASGOW, Maho n 15 . grocK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day ' s t ransac tions : Aberdeen, Preference, 525. 6d.—Caledoni an , Preference, ill. ls— Edinburgh and Newport, 61. 16s.—Glasgo w , Kil marnoc k, and Ar. 50%—Ditto, Halves; (No. 1), — Ditto, Preference, 10)4—North British, Preference, 255. 6d. SPAIN. - La .Espana announces that a Moorish deputation had waited on General Chacon, the Governor of Melilla, praying his mediation with Admiral Sir C. Napier, in order to prevent the Admiral from landing troops, and promising to give full satisfaction for any loss sustained by British subjects. General Chacon had written on this subject to Admiral Napier to ap • prise him of the proposal made by the Moors. The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, on the 9th instant, at 23k cash ; the Five per Cents. at 10-1 cash ; Debt without Interest, 4 paper ; Coupons, 7 paper. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 11.-A very numerous deputa tion, consisting of the members of the communal council and the magistrates, had the honour of wait ing upon his Majesty the Emperor, at 011mutz, and of presenting an address in the name of the city, en treating his Majesty to ♦isit and take up his residence in the city of Vienna. His Majesty received the deputation with much kindness, and addressed them as follows : _ " The sentiments expressed by me in my proclama tion of the 4th of this month, were justified by the confidence_ which I repose in the fidelity and loyalty of the people of Austria. May the Almighty endue me with the strength to carry them out to a happy issue, for that is the object and whole aim of my life. I trust from the statements which you have made of the feelings of the inhabitants of Vienna, that I shall be able, as soon as'possible, to re pair to their midst." The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains an offi cial notification fr om Count Chorinskij, Imperial President of Lower Austria, that high mass will be performed in the Metropolitan Church, and: the Te Deum performed, as a public thanksgiving for the granting of the Constitution. USSIA• The Concordia has a letter from Petersburgh of the 23d ult., asserting that the Russo-Austrian alliance is based on the following stipulations :—A marriage between the Emperor of Austria and the Grand Princess Anne ; an offensive and defensive alliance ; the reception of Turkey into this alliance; the main • tenance of the treaties of 1815 ; a guarantee for the claims of Russia on the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 16.) SUGAR.—West India Muscovado realised former terms, but the demand has been limited for all purposes, and the private purchases are only 85 hhds, &c. At public sale 45 barrels chrystalised St. Vincent's were sold at 39s 6d to 41s per cwt. for yellow. REFINED.—T(.-day no further advance was apparent iu the value of refined goods. For bonded Crushed holders insist upon 30s to 31s per cwt. MA URITIUS. —This afternoon there wax no public sale of Mauritius; by private treaty there was less demand; still lower rates were not generally acceded to. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Bengal Sugar comprised 3,588 bags; they went off with less spirit, still former rates are supported; low white Benares fetched 40s to 403 6d, middling to line 41s to 43s 6d, middling and good yellow 36s 6d to 39s Gd, damp and washed 36s Gd, and strong white 47s Gd to 49s Gd. Of Madras 1,533 bags were sold at steady rates ; fine strong yellow went at 435, low and middling 35s to 37s 6d, and brown 31s 6d to 34s 6d per cwt. 8,984 bags 'Manilla were taken in at stiff rates; middling grey at 39s Gd to 403, and ordinary brown 37s Gd per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar; but privately 3,000 chests of yellow Ilavan nah were sold at 44s for good quality. MOLASSES.—West India from 16s 6d to 21s, at which the market is firm. Bengal Treacle 15s to 16s. At public sale, 50 hhds of Java Molasses were taken in at 103 per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon at auction 111 bags Ceylon sold at full rates; good Plantation fetched 58s 6d to 60s, middling 555, ordinary and good ordinary 31s 6d to 36s 6d, and triage 27s 6d to 29s 6d. 27 bales Mocha, ordinary mixed with red 38s to 38s 9d, and black 15s per cwt. By private treaty se veral parcels of good ordinary Native Ceylon were sold at 33s to 34s per cwt. COCOA.—West India is held for higher rates, and at public sale 649 bags were nearly all taken in at 42s 6d to 43s 6d for grey, and at 43s to 46s for red. Foreign 27s to 28s Gd. TEA.—Black is not to be obtained at lower rates. The value of common and good ord sound Congou is 8d to 9d per lb. The public sales of 6,200 packages have proceeded with heaviness, and only 2,000 were disposed of; prices declined 2d to 3d for Hyson, and 2d per lb for Orange Pekoe. The rates obtained were as follows ; —Gunpowder, good ord coarse is lid to Is 3d; Twankay but mid rather coarse burnt bid to 7id ; Hyson mid and good mid strong burnt Is sid to Is 9id, good is Did to Is Ilid, tine 26 7d to 2s 8d; Scented Orange Pekoe, mid is 3id to Is 4d; Imperial, but mid rather strong Is Odd ; Congou, but mid coarse burnt Bid to Sid, fine Pekoe flavour is 9d; young Hyson of low quality 6(1 per lb. Ricn.—The public sale to-day of 5,812 bags of Arracan Rice went off with heaviness, and a part only sold at lower rates—middling and good pearl Barley went at 7s to is 6d, and 6s Gd, very inferior ss, and damaged 4s 6d to 6s Gd. 1,250 bags Madras went at 8s to 8s 6d for middling and good pinky white, and at Gs Gd to 7 s 6d per cwt f or d a maged. SPICEs.—To day at auction 61 pkgs of Jamica Ginger sold at Si 13s to 9/ 12s for fine, and a t 31 15s to 61 13s for other sorts; 590 bgs Pimento were f or th e most part taken in at 3id to aid per lb, being above th e value. By private treaty several sales were made in bl ac k pe pper. FRIAT.—The demand for Cu rran t s con ti n ues to improve. Yesterday 98 butts 91 crtls old Patras were offered at public sale and nearly all sold at 33s to 345. Valentia Raisins are 38s, and Denies 30s, but not much business doing in either. Red Smyrna Raisins at 38s, and Elemes at 425, are in good demand for shipping. SPIRITC.—The demand for Leeward Island Rum has been good this week, and former rates are well supported ; the parcels disposed of were at is 4d to is 5d per gallon proof. East India at is 3d to 1330 proof. Demerara at 2s 4d for 28 to 38 per cent over proof. For Jamaica former rates are asked, Brandy Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845 are 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1846 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, 1847 ditto 4s ld to 4s 3d, 1848 ditto 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and inferior brands 2s 3d to 38 4d. Geneva ls 9d' to is 10d for exportation sort, and 2s 6d to 3s for fine fit for duty. In the value of British made Spirit no variation has taken place. INDIGO.—East Indigo is held with firmness upon the terms of the last quarterly sales, at which purchases to a fair extent have been made by exporters and home dealers. The market for Spanish is firm. COCIIINEAL.—To-day a good sale existed for Cochineal, and 40 bags of Honduras at auction sold at stiff rates, silvers at 3s 10d to 4s 5d per lb. TALLOW.—To-day, of South American 876 pkgs sold at 24s to 39s 3d • 156 casks New Sou th Wales 35s to 39 5; 57 casks Odessa 37s 6d to 40s; 68 casks North American 37s to 38s 6d; 100 casks of Russian Soap Tallow, damaged, 37 8 to 373 6d; first sort Y.C. 38s 6d to 39s 6d. On.s.—To-day a public sale of 35 tuns of Sperm Oil went at lower rates, that is to say, from 791 to SO/ 108; 10 tuns of Southern, fine at 321 to 331 per tun. ti- G ' ci l : e A t t e N . ) 1) . (From last n ig ht's BANK OF ... .E ht N ,s An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap 32 the Week ending on Saturday , t he lOtk da y of March, 1849, f Or ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 213,:18,2411 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,934.900 Gold coin and bullion 14,224,676 silver bullion ...... 323,569 The CHAIRMAN, before entering upon the business of the day, announced that Mr. W. R. Collett had resigned the chairmanship of the company. Mr. GIFFORD, the Secretary, read the following report of the directors :—ln meeting the proprietors on the present occasion, the directors have to report, as respects the progress of the works, that the second tube over the Conway River was safely raised to its site on the 12th October. The operations for the construction of the larger bridge, on the same principle, over the Menai Straits, are so far advanced, that the opening of the entire line for traffic may be looked for about the beginning of the autumn. As anticipated in their last report, your directors have been called upon by her Majesty's Government for the first instal ment, amounting to 31,500/., of the company's contribution towards the Harbour of Refuge and Packet Pier at Holyhead, the works of which are now in progress. At the last half yearly meeting the sanction of the proprietors was given to the proposition of the directiors, that as soon as the Mold Railway was completed it should be purchased by this company. As that line will be ready for traffic before the period of the next half yearly meeting, the directors now request your authority for raising the necessary capital to complete the purchase. Acting upon the sanction already given, your directors have contributed 81,3501. towards the construction of the line. Of the 10,744 preference shares not taken up at the period of the last half-yearly meeting, your directors have found it necessary, in order to meet the liabilities of the company, to dispose of 9,375, leaving 1,369 unsold. Your directors are of opinion, that as the time has now arrived when they are in possession of data to enable them to estimate all their future wants for the completion of the undertaking, with a near approach to certainty, it behoves them to state to you all the demands upon the finances of the company which remain to be pro-. vided for. In addition to the purchase money of the Mold Railway, above referred to, your directors find that, in order to be prepared to meet the cost of the extension of the line to the new harbour of Holyhead, and the expenses attendant on the undertaking of the whole packet service (both of which objects are essential to the full development of the capabilities of this undertaking), as well as the excess upon the estimates, and the estimated liabilities (which you will find fully explained in your engi neer's report and statement), it is necessary that you should be empowered to raise an additional capital of 335,0001. The existing powers of the company, including those under the Mold Act, extend only to the raising of fur ther capital of 400,0001., by shares. Your directors have therefore felt it to be their duty, in order to obviate the inconvenience that might have arisen from the loss of a session, to introduce.into Parliament a Bill to authorise the raising of the additional capital which may be required to complete the entire works of the railway, and they now ask the shareholders to sanction this proceeding, and to grant them powers to create shares to the extent of 735,000/., to be issued, if found requisite, in preference shares, to be allotted rateably to the holders of the original shares of this company. If the circumstances of the company should require the raising of the whole amount, it would be equivalent to a creation of 42,000 shares of 171. 10s. each. On the occasion of the former creation of preference shares, the company capitalised 200,000/. of their loan power; the directors are therefore seeking to obtain permission in the new Act to restore their borrowing powers,: and they hope to be able thereby to reduce the amount of capital to be called up on the shares created. The directors have further to state, that it is their intention to postpone to the latest period the creation of any shares : and whenever they may be compelled to do so, it will be to the smallest extent, and at the lowest rate of guaranteed dividend (if it should be required at all), which the state of the company's works and the circumstances of the times may allow of. The arrears of calls due at the period of the last half-yearly meeting amounted to 70,1501., since which a final call has been made. The total arrears, including those on the final call, amount now to 46,7861., the payment of which the directors have taken steps to realise. The number of passengers from May 1 to Dec. 31 has been—By railway, 189,067 ; steam-boats, 6,649 ; making a total of 195,716. The gross receipts have been :—Passengers, 41,175/. Os. Bd. •, goods, 4,950/. 17s. 4d. ; parcels, 1,9591. 25. 6d. ; total, 48,085/. Os. fai. The working charges have amounted to 20,5931. Is. 10d., leaving a profit of 27,4911.185. Bd. Neither the payment for the conveyance of the mails since August last, nor the toll due from the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, is included in the receipts in the statement above given, nor on the other hand does it exhibit the charges payable to the London and North Western Company for locomotive power and stock, nor for the temporary charges of conveying passengers across the break at the Menai Straits. Your directors have been fully satisfied, by the manner in which the passages between Holyhead and Kingstown have been effected during the severe weather this winter, that the company's steam-vessels are admirably adapted in all essen tial points to the service for which they were built. As was, however, anticipated, the packets are working at a cost which, till passengers between England and Ireland are led to use the Holyhead route to a much greater extent than they have hitherto done, will leave a heavy loss to be made up by the receipts on the railway; but your directors retain their conviction that, failing to make satisfac tory arrangements with other steamboat companies, the only course which they could take to secure the traffic was to place upon the station, on behalf of the company, packets equal in power and accommodation to those em ployed by her Majesty's Government. Your directors having been invited by Government to submit a proposition for undertaking the whole packet service at Holyhead, have made an off r, \Odell is at present under con sideration at the Treasury. Your directors have placed every part of the traffic establishment on the most economical footing, and think it due to their colleague, Captain Moorsom, the resident director, to inform you, that that gentleman has voluntarily relinquished one-half cf the remuneration voted to him by you for the discharge of his laborious duties, and at the same time has undertaken, at the request of ie board, to control the management of the steam-boats, until permanent arrangements can be made for that important purpose. The London and North-Western Company having offered suitable ac commodation, upon advantageous terms, for conducting such part of this company's business as now remains to be trans acted in London, your directors intend shortly to remove the establishment of this ( ffice to Eustoa station. Your direc tors have to report the resignation by Mr. Laird of his seat at their board, but they do not propose to fill up the vacancy, in consequence of their seeking powers, in the Act now before Parliament, to reduce the number of directors from eighteen to twelve, preserving the proportionate rights of the London and North-Western Company, and the other proprietors respectively, in this re gard. Your directors, feeling in common with all other rail way companies, the injustice inflicted on you by the existing system of assessing your property to local rates, have felt it to be their duty to co-operate w ith th e other bodies similarly aggrieved, in order to obtain redress. It only remains thatyour directors should advert to the present state and future prospects of the undertaking entrusted to their charge. It is clear that the actual traffic falls very far short of even the most mode rate expectations that were entertained at the time when this company was formed; but during the period that has elapsed since that date, events have occurred in Ireland which have reduced that country to a state of prostration, such as no foresight could have contemplated. The conse quences have most injuriously affected your enterprise, in common with all property directly or indirectly dependent upon the prosperity of the sister king dom. Your directors cannot charge themselves with having neglected any opening, or with having failed in any effort, to obviate, as far as in them lay, the effects upon your under taking of causes of deterioration so powerful, and so entirely beyond their control; they feel, therefore, that beyond the points of duty above noticed, no human agency can be held responsible for results, which are, in truth, only an in evitable consequence of the providential visitation which has desolated Ireland. No doubt, however, these results would have fallen upon you less heavily, if the line had been fully completed, and if, thus, a larger share of the whole traffic existing between England and Ireland had been secured to it ; but neither in this respect can your directors take blame to themselves. No exertions have been spared to hasten, as much as prudence would permit, the stupendous works at the Menai Straits. When the line shall be completed when the local traffic, especially as regards minerals, shall be better developed when Ireland shall have recovered, in some mea sure, from its present unexampled depression and when the whole of the service of the Post-office shall be committed to the company, your directors trust, that the pecuniary returns of your enterprise will be more nearly commensurate with its magnitude, and with the greatness of its national importance. You will have to declare a divi dend of Bs. 3d. per share on the preference shares, which your directors recommend should, as well as the interest on the original shares, be made payable on the 24th instant. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, remarked that the report itself went so fully into the existing circumstances of the undertaking, that it was quite unnecessary for him to detain the meeting with any observations.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. JENNINGS wished to have some explanations as to certain discrepancies in the financial statement. In several instances the amounts of the items were left blank, while by the accounts it appeared that the arrears of call amounted to 55,0001. while in the report they were set down at 46,000/. Nothing, in his opinion, would save this company from ruin but an amalgamation with the Lon don and North-Western Company, and he hoped the directors would take that subject into their serious con sideration, and use their influence to bring about so de sirable a consummation.—(Cheers.) No sum was put down in the accounts for the amount due to the London and North-Western Company for locomotive power, or for the receipts of traffic not yet brought into account, nor even for the profits or preference shares.—(llear, hear.) Ho most strongly protested against the recommendation to raise so large a sum of money as that mentioned in the report. Why take powers to borrow 735,0001. when 400,000/. would be amply sufficient to complete the line.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the accounts stated the ar rears up to the 31st of December only, while the re port stated the amount at the present time. With regard to the blanks in the account, he begged to state that receipts from mails could not be put down, be cause that matter was now the subject of an arbitration. The tolls due to the Shrewsbury and Chester Company amounted to 1,0581., but that sum had not yet been agreed to. The mileage claimed by the London and North-Western Company up to the 31st December last amounted to 13,600/., of which 10,000/. had since been paid; so that the amount now due was 3,600/.—(Hear.) The receipts arising from the sale of preference shares since the 31st of December amounted to 120,0004 netting 131 per share.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Sergeant STOISKES said it was quite hopeless for the present generation of proprietors to expect any re turn for their investment in this undertaking, but their children might reap some advantage from it.—(Hear.) The expenditure of the concern had been so extravagant that he was almost induced to think that the directors had acted as if they bad had California with out the trouble of digging for the gold.—(Hear and wow.) As tco i W X'eril; 101 yi9Blcl pay pf it was that .it realised Talleyrand's opinion, that the use of language was to conceal man's tho ug h ts . — (Laughter.) It held ott,t some prospect of a return for their money w h en Irelan d was pacified.—(A laugh.) Why had the chairman resigned ? Why had they changed their secretary ? Why were not these things explained in the report? Simply because the directors were anxious to cast a veil over their past wasteful extravagance; and he should decline voting for the motion approving the report.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the reason Mr. Collett had re signed was the pressing nature of his duties in Ireland, which prevented his giving that attention to the business of the company which its importance demanded. Mr. LUTCHWORTH asked who had been elected to the vacant chair? The CHAIRMAN replied that the honour had bten con. ferred on humaelt: Mr. L UTCH WORTH recommended the directors to dis continue the steam-boats running between Holyhead and Ireland; and called upon the meeting to negative the proposal for purchasing the Mold Railway. Ile wished to know how much the joint Chester station had cost?. The CHAIRMAN replied 200,0001., of which this com pany contributed 51,000/. _ - A PROPRIETOR asked if any more money would be required from this company for this station. The CHAIRMAN said 10,000/. more would be required for this and other stations. With regard to the steam • boats the directors were endeavouring to bring about an amalgamation between their own and the Govern ment boats. Mr. GLYN, M.P., said that he had been pressed to accept the office of chairman of this company, but as his health had suffered during the last few months from a close attention to the affairs of the London and North-Western Railway, he did not feel himself at liberty to accept the offer.—(Cheers.) However, the shareholders had received an excellent substitute, and he was sure the aim of the present chair man would be economy in the management of the com pany.— (dear.) While he admitted that hitherto their expenditure had been large, he hoped the meeting would not go away with feelings of despondence, for with a little patience he was quite convinced the line would prove profitable.—(Hear, bear.) The line was now only par tially opened. Wait till the whole was ready for traffic, and the shareholders might rely upon an amalgamation with the Admiralty boats, and profitable return for their investment.--(Cheers.) With regard to the omission in the account, a supplemental sheet should be sent out if required.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to; after which resolu tions, in accordance with the recommendations i❑ the re ort, were proposed from the chair aad carried. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting, and discussed the question of purchas ing the Mold Railway. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, 'and the meeting terminated, after a sitting of upwards of three hours. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 28, 1849. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain Thomas Seymour Sadler, Senior Exon of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard. week the recruiting this garrison, viz., their several corps tsgow, Sec. They arrived this morning, cons: - batch o f recru i ts ,g of sixteen young men from Liverpool. Some of them are recently-discharged soldiers, and of course received a second bounty money. They are a fine sample of young men, THE HERO OF SINDE AT PoaTsmourTn.--Lieutenant- General Sir Charles Napier, the new Commander-in- Chief for the Indian army, left her Majesty's Marine Palace, at Osborne, Isle of Wight, yesterday morning at half•past nine, and embarked in the royal Yacht Fairy, for Portsmouth, where he disembarked at half past ten, and where he was received with the most flat tering marks of respect and enthusiasm by the inhabi tants and authorities. The Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, Major-General the Right Honourable Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, escorted the distinguished visitor to his official residence, and entertained him most hospitably. After breakfast, the mayor and corporation, on behalf of the burgesses of Portsmouth, waited upon the gallant hero to present their respects and an address at the special request of the inhabitants, which the General must urbanely consented to receive. Accord iagly the address was immediately pr. seated, the muni cipal functionaries being attired in their robes of office. The address having bean read by the Torn Clerk — Sir Charles repl ie d as foll.twt,:—." M r. Mayor and gentlemen --I receive this address with very great aed sincere pleasur.. , ; the more so as I have formes ly known Portsmouth, once having had the pleasure of visiting it with my father in 1835, and having it en deared to me by other associations since. I h ave, therefore, a knowledge of Portsmouth, and the pleasure of that was greatly enhanced on my arrival here from India. I hope you will convey to your towns men the gratification I feel upon receiving their address from your bands. I am very much afraid that my countrymen have given me credit fur much inure ability than I posies. lam going to India, and I hope you will pray for my success. The gallant General shook hands with the Mayor, and then the corporation retired. Sir Charles arrived in town at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. 543,2 28,548,215 lg . DIARSEIALL, em u 28, cashier. o Dated the 15th day o B f A 3 N i m a i r w el o i, DISU49A.ITKEN T. Proprietors' Capital.. 14,553,0 00 Rest • . - • .......... 3,858,5 09 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer. Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 6,667, 141 Other deposits • • .. 9,997,66 5 Seven day and other bills.. • . .... 1,091,513 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 14,074,183 Other securities •• • • 10,698,753 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 0,645,925 Gold aitd silver Coln.. 748,967 £36,167,82 8 M. MARSUALL £36,167 828 ~ Chief Cashier. 649. Dated the 15th day of March. 11 PORT OF FOLJESTONE. — T he Board of Customs having approved of premises at the port of Folkstone for bonding dry goods, and also wines and spirits, orders have been issued for a notification of the privilege to be transmitted to the collectors and comptrollers of all the ports in the kingdom, as well as the principal officers of the department at the port of London, for their infornm tio4 sati monument, WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Crau furd, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of Perth, in the room of Robert Whigham, Esq., deceased. _ WAR OFFICE, MARCH 16. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieu tenant and Adjutant George Andrews to hare tho rank of Lieutenant ; Lieutenant William George Earl of Munster to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cavendish, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lie u t enan t Ed war d J o h n Cornwallis Lord Eliot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl of Munster ; Richard Bateson, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Eliot, March 16. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—George Buchanan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice D. C. R. C. Buchanan, who retires, March 16. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Maunsell, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bolton, who exchanges, March 16. Bth Foot—Staff Assistant• Surgeon Robert Marshall Allen to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mostyn, promoted on the Staff, March 16. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Simeon Charles Lousada, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice De Wilton, who exchanges, March 16. 14th Foot—Lieutenant William Thomas De Wilton, from the 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lousada, who exchanges, March 16. 17th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Cowan, M.D., from the 60th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Heffernan, who exchanges, March 16. 31st Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, John Crespigny Millingen, to be Surgeon, vice Hart, pro moted on the Stull; March 16. 60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Nesbitt Heffernan, M.D., from the 17th Foot, to bo Assistant Surgeon, vice Cowan, who exchanges, March 16. 68th Foot—Ensign Charles Samuel Nicol to be Adju tant, vice Storer, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 16. 84th Foot—Lieut. John Gray Bolton, from the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Maunsell, who exchanges, March 16. 110SPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Henry Hart, M.D., from the 31st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice William Bain, M.D., whose promotion has been cancelled; Assistant-Surgeon John William Mostyn, from 6th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Millengen, appointed to the 31st Foot; Staff As sistant-Surgeon Simeon Henry Hardy, M.D., from half pay, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice Allen, appointed to the 6th Foot, March 16. ADMIRALTY, MARCH D. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant William Lawrence Sayer to be Captain, vice Urquhart, removed from the service; Second Lieutenant Charles Barker Parke to be First Lieutenant, vice Sayer, promoted. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, is e grant hereby So m g i e v r e s n e , t Somerset-house, steh, the port io n nl4, of 1 8 t h 49. Not of booty taken by the British Army, under Major- General Sir Charles Napier, in the Sinde terri tory, during the operations in 1843, which has been awarded to the officers and crew of her Majesty's sloop Nimrod, Frederick 11. H. Glasse, Esq., Commander, will be distributed, under the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, as soon as the accounts aro prepared. Advertisement as to the time, mode, and rate of payment will be given in due course for the information of the claimants. BANKRUPTS. Elisha Allsop and David Al lisTop, — builders, Arlington place, Back-road, St. George's in the East, to surrender, March 23, and April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hodgson, Great Tower-street, City. James Ayers, farmer, Elham, Kent, March 23 and April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Richardson and Talbot, Bedford-row; Sankey, Canterbury. William Skinner, clothier, High-street, Aldgate, March 23, at eleven, and April 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, o ffi cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Mardon and Prichard, New gate-street. George Rait, tailor, Moorgate-street, City, March 28 and April 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Desborough, Young, and Des borough, Sise-lane. William Lancelot Kelly, bookseller, Newport, Mon mouthshire, March 23 and April 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Fry, Loxley, and Fry, Cheapside. Thomas Nokes, sea,, miller, Upminster, Essex, March 22 and April 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turqaand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Towne, Devonshire-square. John Cossins, linen draper, New Church-street, Port man-market, March 29, at one, and April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Lombard-street ; Hardwick and Davidson, Basinghall street. John Thomas Flynn, grocer, Birmingham, March 22 and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harrison, Birmingham. Walter Palmer, corn-merchant, Rugeley, Stafford shire, March 27, and April 24, at ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Wild, Rees, Humphry, and Wilde, College hill, Cheapside ; Rawlins, Birmingham. Thomas Wesson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, March 30 and April 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, Nottingham, official assignee; Coope, Nottingham. John Light, saddler, Weston-super-Mare, ,Sr Bristol shire, March 30 and April 27, at eleven, n District Court. Miller, jun., Bristol; Irwin and Taylor, GraY :v s n, March 27, and Bristol; t Gibb, Henry Adams, scrivener, Bridget? official assignee, April 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. er, E tr - Inn. xe e , Spyer, zel, o ffi cial assignee, Exeter; Turn Broad street buildings. , April 24, at twelve , M a nchester, March 28 and Henry Wilcox, "firth() M a nchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, M anc hester; Abbott, Lincoln' s Inn•fiLlds; Bennetts, Manc he ster. John Revvcas tle c opperas maker,G a teshead, March 23, at ha lf- past ten, and Ap ril 26, at half past one , at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, offi cial assignee, Newcastle-uyon-Tyne; Harle, Southamp ton-buildings, Chancery-lane. Thomas Cragg, grocer, Blackpool, Lancashire, March 27, and April 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Appleby, Harper-street; Liddell, Poulton near Preston; Snow ball, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 13, 1849, is 265. 6%d. per cwt. CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC.—The South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company's steamer the Queen of the French, sailed for Boulogne yesterday with 77 passengers. The Marquis and MarchiOness of Ayles bury Aucl Rl* yerO 931 Word. I 41 " , r.l Week Last at git; ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Week. 2 it oc. t ... :. C.) 0:7 ho ~,.....,,,..,. .............. .................. ............., March Aberdeen .. •• • ..... • . - .... ... .. - A A 11 Amiens and Bo u l ogne . .... • .. 10 Belfast and Ballymen a •• - - ...... 482 11 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 710 599 10 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroc, and W. Y. 380 10 Caledonian...... .... ... .••• • • • ... • • 4,496 2 , 56 8 11 Chester and Holyhead. - - • • • .. 1,085 - Cockermouth and Workington........ - 95 8 Dublin and Drogheda.... ••.••• • • • • • 587 715 •13 Dublin and Ki ngs t own ...... .. .•• • • • 596 604 10 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 1,001 795 11 East Ang1ian.......... •• • . 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ... ••• • •• 3,291 3,1 19 10 Edinbnrgh and Northern.... --• • • . 1,689 1,003 II Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,313 12,144 10 East Lancashire • • 10 Eastern Union ...................... 1,202 1,088 10 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,550 2,058 10 Glasgow and Greeneck.. .. 1,014 924 10 Great Northern and E. L... •. . . .. 1,829 - - Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • - 1,929 11 Great Western, Sse - ... . „ 17,926 16,536 - Kendal and Windermere...-. ••• • • • - 114 11 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 11,317 9,183 9 Lancaster and Carlisle...... II Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • - - Londonderry and Enniskillen - 157 11 London and North Western, &c 88,210 34.886 II London and Blackwall• •••••• • • . • . • 10 London and Brighton . .. • • 11 London and South West e rn . • 10 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3,154 2,145 10 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham 20,185 18,956 11 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • LOA 873 - Monklands ... •••....•..• • .. • • • • • • • • - - - Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • - - 10 North British .......... •• • 10 Paris and Rouen . .................. 5,517 2,805 10 Rouen and Havre ...... .....• • ...„ 2,979 1,176 10 Scottish Central ............ -- - 858 11 Shrewsbury and Chester • ........... 1,237 608 10 South Eastern and Branches • ....... 6,782 6,587 9 South Dev0n........ . .... • • ........ 1,412 744 10 Tad' Vale • 1,842 1,901 11 Ulster . .... - •••• 713 864 3 Waterford and Limerick 955 - - Whitehaven Junction ..• •....• • • • • • - 166 10 York and Newcastle ..••.••• • • • • • • • 11,376 10,063 10 York and North Midland . SETTLEMENT LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—lndependent of the reasonable objections which are, and may be, urged against the removal of poor per sons to, as is termed in law, " the place of last legal settlement," I think there is not a member of the bar, nor a respectable solicitor, but who is ashamed (though called upon to perform their duty honourably to their clients) of the special pleading and the vast nicety now required in a case of removal. The amendments of the I,lw are in the right direction, provided the forms were but plain, simple, and straightforward, instead of which they are confounded, intricate, and crooked. I lift up my humble voice in favour of a total abolition of the law of removal. March 12, 1849. A PROFESSIONAL Comm OF ALDEEMEN.—Yesterday a special court was held to consider certain clauses in the Bill now be fore Parliament, disqualifying aldermen under circum stances therein stet( d. The principal clauses alluded to, which were read, were to the effect, " That any alderman or common councilman of the city of London becoming a bankrupt or an insolvent d e bt or , or compoun di ng w i th his creditors, or absenting himself, unless obliged so to do bv-illness, or other reasonable cause, for more than siteatendar months at one time, from his duties, or being convicted of fraud, &c., shall be immediately disqualified fo hold the office." Sir Peter Laurie having expressed his satisfaction at the contemplated enactment, Alderman Humphery objected to the words in the clause " other reasonable excuse," as ho could not see who were to be the judges of " reasonable excuse." Several of the alder men present said, the Court of Aldermen were to be the judges. The Lord Mayor, in answer to some obser vations from Alderman Hooper, said it was clear by the Bill they were discussing, that no alderman who did not pay twenty shillings in the pound could be re elected. Alderman Wilson thought the 7th clause of great utility. The Common Sergeant was of opinion that under the clause, as it stood, a person disqualified -was incompetent to re-election, and in this opinion the Town-clerk concurred; and after some observations from Alderman Copeland and Sidney, an addition, pro posed as an amendment by Alderman Humphery, " that any person so disqualified should not be qualified for re-election," was negatived. After soma further discussion on the clauses relating to the payment of rates and the regulation of the polling, Aldermen Humphery begged to inform the Court that when the Bill should come into Committee in the House of Com mons, it was his intention to move clauses for t he increasing the of the City wards, but without the number of aldermen; Alderman Copeland said, he should strenuously oppose any such proposition. Mr. J. Prior, chairman of the Committee of .the Com mon Council, having expressed the satisfaction he and bis colleagues felt at the manner in which the Bill had been received and discussed by the Court, the business terminated. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—TnE EYES.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. —Optical improvements to enable persons at an ad vanced age to read with ease and to discriminate objects with perfect distinctness. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses, of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention over the Spectacles now in common use is, that instead of vision becoming strained, heated, weakened, and in numerous cases seriously injured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, and that which is a matter of the greatest consequence is that they do not require the frequent change to further helps. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Not in any way connected with a pel:s?n . patting up the same name in their immediate n re e v ig en h_ bourhood, nor in any part of the country._ T iia g at 39 : i b C) t h i r l ie u a i vitseerererdeScbmtyi serious oitnthh e consequences felling of would mistakes be cautious, and observe —Only to be Albemarle -street, l he b ne e nt m a a n r d le r -s ti superintendingi r et e e.. e v_ t e P l ry i c g. cadilly, Foot Cured, and [ADVERTISEMENT. ]-A p re sented by Holloway's Oint oppn.aitde the York Hotel. o J f en a ki r n a s i , iw of ay Fa b lk rid ir g lc, e Amputation of the Toes _ p aheavy consulted some of he Edinburgh, who informed him that to effect stone.cura tArloPPorfehhiesntoes must be amputated ; refusing to sauhroit to this he returned to Falkirk, and commenced us i n g Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and, miraculous as it ma y appear, these invaluable medicines healed his s r h u e a s r d g e u l h t o i f n a r s o f m: o n t it, foot, and in three weeks he was enabled to resume his employment.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. MAJOR MAHON'S MURDER.—Gardiner, who pleaded guilty, it is said, will implicate very many in the conspi racy to murder Major Mahon.—Roscontmon JournaL Mr. Justice Maule was sufficiently recovered from his indisposition to open the Nottingham commission. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILIPAY.—MT. Waddington, M.P., was appointed, by the board at their meeting OR Thuisds) last, Chairman of the Company, in the room of Mr. Hudson; and Mr. Samuel Anderson was elected Deputy Chairman, in lieu of Mr. Waddington. At the Dorsetshire Assizes on t W e e l d a n te es e da o y nse , Mr. rva Hingeston, an attorney residing at Lyme Regis, reco vered 166 L from Sir Fitzroy Kelly, h tive candidate for the borough, for services rendered to Sir Fitzroy as his agent at the last election. The de fence set up was, that Mr. Hingeston had agreed to ren der his services gratuitously. A JUDGE ASSAULTED.—On Saturday evening log Mary Ann Brown pl ea d e d gu il ty b e f ore Mr. Justice IVil Hams, at Salisbury, to the charge of stealing four 21b . . loaves,thi this cty t . h e u p i r s o L pe o r r t d y sh o fi Lordship a a r v r i i n e g t Brown, shopkeeper, w 01r Senteneei n h e er month, the im prisoned and kept to hard labour 0 C r and suiting the prisoner said, " Thank ye, /11" LT Lord,that, at a t th e saran action to the word, added, j tSimh e e rbo t r h a r e ow J i o n u g rn h al. " A fever, said to be of a typhoid character it necessary to postpone SOOassizes. aracter, prevails old boot at his Lordship's head., in the Lincoln gaol, to such . anextent as almost to make RAILWAY RETURNS - - -.- RAILWAY TAAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: seiner 2140 Mid been en 6d 10s to to 1 5 6 d to Ben -mid trong lits v And rowv• a in s 6d cwt. bags 470, earl? 6s to la to 5d to pri -3d as !poll 159$ i 4d a. a 7cl Per peen i et 1 is