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HOSPITAL for CONSUMPTION and DISEASES of the CHEST. PATRONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. His Royal Highness the Prince ALBERT. The SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER will be held at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-Street, THIS DAY (Wednesday) the kl instant. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. 'George Hill, Esq. William Augustus Hillman, Esq. James Thomas Horne, Esq. William Hove, Esq. Rev. W. 11. Howard, M.A. J. Hunt, Esq. Sir Robert 11. Inglis, Bart, M.P., F.R.S. Rev. Sir S. Clarke Jervoise, Bart. Thomas Jackson, Esq. William Jeatireson, Esq. W. S, Johnson, Esq. Lieutenant-General iir Ed. Ker rison, Bt., M.P., G.C.B. Robert Keate, Esq. Thomas Laycock, Esq., M.D. Thomas Lowndes, Esq. " Robert Lush, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. C. Manners Lushington, Esq. Captain William Lyon. The Ven. Archdeacon Manning George A. Martin, Esq., M.D. S. D. Martin, Esq. Captain Mason, R.N. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville Rev. Robert Monro, M.A. Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A. George Moore, Esq. Rev. Erskine Neale, M.A. T. Marsh Nelson, Esq. Benjamin Oliveira, Esq. Col. the lion. G. Douglas Pennant, Sir J. Somerset Pakington, Bart., M.P. Rev. Henry Padden, B.A. George Paton, Esq. Rev. Thos. Penrose, D.D. Claude Perring, Esq. John Peters, Esq. Jonas Hall Pope, Esq. Captain Porter, R.N. Bulkley J. M. Praed, Esq. Capt. Gee. Thos. M. Purvis, R.N. Richard Quain, Esq., M.D. Rev. Thos. Randolph, M.A. The Marquis of Ailesbury The Earl Cadogan The Earl of Mcxbor, ugh The Earl Howe The Earl of Ellesmere The Lord Churchill The Lord Viscount Beresford The Lord Viscount Chelsea The Lore Ashley, MA'. The Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. The Lord Bishop of Ripon The Lord Feversham The Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, William Addison, Esq., M.D. Thomas Newland Allen, Esq. Robert Attenborough, Esq. Mr. Auguarde Benjamin Austen, Esq. David itaillie, Esq., F.R.S. John Ball, Esq. William Barker, Esq. Rev. R. W. Baxter, B.D. Robert Baxter, Esq. 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Peter Spencer, M.A. Edward Speer, Esq. Henry Spicer, Esq. Francis Hoare Spragge, Esq. E. James Squibb, Esq. Samuel Scott, Esq. J. t'. D. Stephens, Esq. Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. F.R.S. Alex. J. Sutherland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. J. A. Symonds, Esq., M.D. Rey. Ralph Tatham, D.D. • T. Terrett Taylor, Esq. It. Bowman Tennant, Esq. Theoph. Thompson, Esq., M.D.. F.R.S. S. Wcstcott Tilke, Esq. Harrington Tuke, Esq. The Hon. Lieut.-Colonel E.B. Wilbraham Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Bart. Thomas Wakley, jun., Esq. John A. Walker, Esq. Rev. Will. Wall, M.A. F.R.S. R. Clarke, Esq Richard P. Cotton, Esq., 3f.D Thos. Fras. Crew, Esq. Rev. Geo. J. Cubitt, M.A. William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. George Cursham, Esq., M.D. Col. the Right lion. G. L. Daw-i son Darner, M.r. J. rtamphylde Daniell, Esq., R. Perceval Daniell, Esq. William Dansey, Esq. William Day, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. John De Gex, Esq. Major-General Delarnott Jasper Dc St. Croix, Esq. Rev. Alidersey Dicken, P.D. Rev. A. Houston Douglas.3l.A. Rev. Chas. Driscoll, - M.A. William Drummond, Esq. Captain Do Cale, R.N. William Edgar, Esq. Richard D. Edgecumbe, Esq. Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Esq. Thomas Embling, Esq. E m mott, Esq., M.D. Rev. Ed. C. Evans William Evill, Esq. Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart. Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart. Sir Robt. Fitz-Wygram, Bart. Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. William Fergusson, Esq. John Findlay, Esq. Charles Finder, Esq. John N. Foster, Esq. W. 11. Walshe, Esq., William Fowler, Esq. William Waring, Esq Rev. J. Hammond Fisk Rev. Geo. Leigh Wasey, M.A. John Forbes, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. Alfred W. Waugh, Esq. George Forbes, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. Francis Fuller, Esq. C. J. B. Williams, Esq., M.D., Fred. Fuller, Esq. F.R.S. B. Cooper Gardiner, Esq. Rev. Thos. Willis Mons. Guizot Rev. Benj. Winthrop, M.A. Elliot Grasett, Esq. William Withall, Esq. Alfred Griffin, Esq. Neville Wood, Esq., M.D. Fras. Seymour Haden, Esq. Basil T. Woodd, Esq. Henry Hallam, Esq., F.R.S. Edwin Woodhouse, Esq. Luke J. Hansard, Esq. Mr. Sergeant Wrangliam Joseph Owen Harris, Esq. John Wright, Esq. Sir John Hare Philip Wroughton, Esq. William Harvey, Esq. C. Baring Young, Esq. An annual subscription of three guineas constitutes a governor, or a donation of 30 guineas a life governor. Subscriptions and donations will toe thankfully received by the Treasurer, J. Labouchere, Esq., 20, Birchin-lane ; by Messrs. Bar clay and Co.; Cocks, Biddulph, and Co. ; Colitis and Co. ; Drum mond and Co. ; Glyn, Halifax, and Co. ; Hstnkeys and Co. ; Herries, Farquhar, and Co.; Ransom aad Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Messrs. Hatchards, Piccadilly ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners street, Oxford-street ; and by the Secr PHILIP ROSE, Hon. Sec. OSBORN P. CROSS, Sec. M.D. r,-'ompton, ➢lay 1, 1849 HOSPITAL for CONSUMPTIO:N and DISEASES of the CIIES'f. The Seventh Anniversary Dinner will be held Tins DAY, at the Albion, ldersgate-street. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The Stewards are requested to be in attendance to receive the Company at Half-past Five o'olock, Dinner on the Table at Six pre cisely. PHILIP It OSE, Hon. Sec. OSBORN r. CROSS, Sec. Brompton, Wednesday, May 2, 1819. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhlll, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies Issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi- Mon for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while' icing. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enable 4 the Directors at the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid o❑ each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- 'SUM tke " : 11 Annual Policy Bonus In vent Re- Assured age. 0 2.•,'' Pre- taken addition Bonus 1i duction of imay bor -0 : 4 ,, mium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual 1 raw 111 C/2 Assured. Premium. I Policy. ..... —.-- —.---- --- £ s. d. £ s d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. r 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 £ Xx.d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 1494 810 GO 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 695 16 9 14 17 7 1445 0 8 1840 163 8 4 7 5 15 10 It 10 9 1395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 1• 19 8,346 2 3 '2l 1842 132 2 6' 58 17 6 819 10 613 4 . 1813 84 11 81 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, •r, at his option, a large sum of money, •r a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, tw•- thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a small saving can secure hrough this Society. .ENEFITS 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annuity.£lo 10 S lug the age }Cash .. 142 19 9 of 65, the Policy .. 97 S 6 optima of J Secured on al 65, by an Ai 2/. 12s. :tabling the age of mufti Premium of Payable Payable I Payable Annu- in one for Dis cs ally. parity. .04 E Annuity. Lt s. d. 47 1G 26 15 1( 13 19 5 Cash. 1 Policy. .£ a. d 394 11 O 221 0 O. 115 S 0 s. d. ,1466 0 0 '261 0 136 6 0 s. .£ s. d. X s. d. 0 10 11 10 0 10 Y 0 0 019 110 7 1 7 3 11 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity upon every 100/. deposited : Age 5 0, £7 es. I Age GO, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c— may be had at the Office, or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. . W. S. Y. WOOLUOUSE, Actuary THE MERCHANTS and TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 6, Chatham-place, Biackfriars. TRUSTEES. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Qualies Harris, Esq I Jeffery Smith, Esq. David Fergusson, Esq. I Thomas new, Esq. DIRECTORS. • enAIRSTAN—JOHN M'GREGOR, Esq., M.P. Join Carter, Esq., South Molton-street. Francis Edwards, Esq., Westhourne-terrace, Hyde park. David Fergusson, Esq., Eaatcheap, and Champion-park. Thomas Itow, Esq., Easteheap, and nord3n House, Turnnam-green, Benjamin Ilooper, Esq.: Seething-lane. Henry Larehin, Esq., Rateliff. Daniel M`Farlan, Esq., Fenchurch-street, and Sydeniam. Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. Mark Pinkerton, Esq., For ASSURANCES on Lives and Survivorships. For granting ANNUITIES for Old Age, and for the Endownlenl Children. All the Profits belong to the Members. No Personal Liability to the Assured, Policies indisputable, except in cases of Fraud. GEORGE THOMSON, Manager, THOMAS MLTSGRAVE, Secretary. V ICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. it, King William-street, City. Established 183 d. TRUSTEES. Benjamin Hawes, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq. The Directors solicit attention to their new Prospectus Almanac )1. the Present year, in which the pecul iar advantages offered by the Company to Assurers are fully explained. 01 1 Policies taken out for the whole term of life, one-third of the Premium may remain unpaid till death, or one-half may remain on credit for five years. Extended permission to travel er reside abroad is granted, and a new scale of extra premiums for foreign risk` is Published. Four-fifths, or 80 per cent. of the profits, are appropriated to As eurere entitled to share therein. Advances arc made to Assurers on assignable property or income, and also on the guarantee of most undoubted personal sureties. WII,I,IAM RATTRAy, Actuary and Secretary. A It it I A G E. in One half the wont are desolately single, and the other suPP°9II T them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The sobtary one may shield himself under the pica of caution and wo r • dly prudence, and the indis so l u bl e, reg ret un cornprosing harry ; but the troth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, an 4 and broken con health, are t h e great hindrances to domestic happiness tent. The doNvry should not he the only marriage set tlement. honour andjustlce demand that health sh-Aald form au item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect Weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6,1. each). 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They are nut rnerely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a literary volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scrlbblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life , ho owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob. si - so,„,.ie a of the maxims he would inctilcate—to do unto others as In swami( be dons unto—to live atter nature's laVV3—and to keep al ways on the " Sunny side of the way." The above works may be had ni Rherwood, 23, Paterriceter-sew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet.street • Mann, B _ 9 . gorilla': Nalson, 457, West St ran d ; or di rect ( b y post or other. wise) front the anther (who may be conferred with Personally, Mornings and_ aventngs),, 10, Ar.ryil- p'an's Reeent-street ; assn al HpOkitellera r : ...., 0r -1() a ............ " , _-- - . 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Now, it appears to us that, considering the language of the sessional orders with regard to the publication of the reports of debates, Ur. John O'Connell's mode of seek ing redress is of the most Hibernian description. He accuses us of yielding too implicit an obedience to the sessional orders as far as he is concerned. What if we should not report him at all? The world would not be much the loser; the Times would be infinitely th e gainer; and the orders of the House of commons would be implicitly obeyed. Thus all parties would be satis fied. The sessional order in question is one of those ridiculous anomalies which are so peculiarly suited to the meridian of dear Old England. The greatest pains are taken to construct galleries for the accom modation of the reporters of the various newspapers. The presence of this boily of gentlemen is just as ne cessary to the proceedings of th e H ouse as th a t of Mr. Speaker; nay, we doubt if the absence of even teat learned functionary would be so great a loss as that of the reporters. But more than this, in the Upper House, but the other day, an animated conversation occurred, in which more than one Noble Lord complained of the false system of acoustics on which the House had been constructed. In many cases it is an impossibility for the reporters to record the proceedings of the Upper House, in consequence of this defect of construction, and the Peers had the good sense to notice and regret the defi cient nature of the accommodation afforded to the regis trars of their proceedings. Even in the Lower House we recollect many occasions on which the presence of the reporters was referred to in the course of the de bate, and the integrity and ability of their reports mentioned in terms of the highest commendation. We remember, in particular, one passage from the speech of an Irish Member during the debate on the income-tax in 1845; but that Irish Member was a very different sort of personage from Mr. John O'Connell. " Can: there be a greater injustice," said Mr. Shell, " than to tax in the same propel-don the First Lord of the Treasury and the gentlemen who report his speech on the income-tax in the gallery of this House?" Thus much of Mr. Sheil's speech would be sufficient to prove our point; but we are tempted to add the next sentence, rather as a compliment to Mr. Shell than to the body of which he is speaking. " There are men," continued he, "in that gallery of liberal education, and of minds em bellished with every literary adornment, who by great labour, by great wear and tear of body and mind, acquire an income which falls within the range of the tax, al though it is far from being commensurate with the abi lity or the usefulness of a class to which some of the first men in England have belonged." So, then, it seems at justice is the sessional order is clean forgotten , a nd is sometimes rendered even on the floor of the House to the unwearied industry, to the nice discrimination, and to the great judgment with which the corps of Parliamentary reporters discharge their duties to the House and to the public. Consider for a moment what wou:d be the effect if the system of reporting suggested by the modesty of Mr. John O'Connell were once adopted. We should ourselves be curious to ascertain what is the percentage of the readers of the Times who do more than read over the Parliamentary summary, as a guide to the speeches in which they are each especially interested. ,Of course, those of the foremost men in the House upon noticeable occasions are read and re-read. We are not, of course, speaking of these exceptional cases, but of the average stock of Parliamentary debates. With the best inten tions and the most superstitious reverence for the wis dom of the knights and burgesses of England, it cannot but be so. This is a busy country. We can tell Mr. John O'Connell, who probably never troubles him self to read any speeches but his own, that to follow the discussions of the two Houses, from their meeting to their prorogation, is in itself a laborious and a nut very agreeable pursuit. As it is, matters are bad enough, but, were the system of stereotyping senatorial breath once adopted, the result would be that the debates iu Parliament would never be read by any individual in his right mied throughout the length and breadth of Eug land. This is no idle hypothesis, no vain assumption on our part. In Germany Mr. John O'Connell's system has been adopted, and the result has been what we have described. It falls, perhaps, more iu our way than in that of most persons to have such matters brought under our notice. We have beard many complaints from Germans of the evil arising from the method adopted in their assemblies of . giving the speeches of mein hers in extenso, without any exercise of discriminto don. In England we give such prominence to a topic of debate as it deserves, and a Member is reported ac , cording to the value of the opinions he delivers. 1 ,4 e do not profess to satisfy the vanity of individuals, but to give, within such limits as our space permits, a faithful record of all that is of public interest or value in the proceedings of Parliament. It' Mr. John O'Connell is not a wise man, nor an eloquent man, nor a discreet man, that is no fault of ours. Let him say things worthy of being recorded, and we will record them; but we cannot undertake to sacrifice a column of much more valuable matter in order to find room for a corresponding quantity of crarnbe repetita upon Irish affairs. The public has been favoured with all Mr. Ji,tin O'Connell's favourite arguments many hundreds of times already, and has pro nounced upon them no dubious sentence of rejection and disregard. Why should our columns be made the me dium of inflicting upon the empire a repetition of matter to which all men have agreed to turn a deaf ear for the future ? As far as. regards Irish debates generally. we are in the recollection of the readers of the Times if what Mr. John O'Connell stated yesterday in the House of Commons be or be not the fact. " The most trivial English debate," said he, " upon the most pass ing subject of the day was faithfully reported; but, let a subject of the deepest interest to the people of Ireland be brought forward, and they found the debate slurred over, and the speeches of Members mangled or misre presented." The phrase of " construing through a brick wall" used to be applied in our younger days to the persevering German commentators who endeavoured to extract sense out of the disjointed choruses of such l b it h ie r l i to k ne iro o m f dAliffisccuihytileuss,ofna like nor does Mr. nature. Although the files of the Times for the last half-cen tury are thus in flat contradiction of his ricliculons asser tion, ho does not hesitate for one m oment. We will make John plays O'Connell as t he 6 him a safe pledge. Whenever he shall utter matter worthy of record he shall never have reason to com plain of being left unreported. Meanwhile, he would not do amiss to reflect upon an unusually sagacious remark dropped by himself in the course of his indignant appeal to the House,—" It might be said that he thought too much of himself and what he said." Wo have no just cause of complaint against the tone adopted by the other speakers in the course of the discussion, with one single exception. Mr. G. Berkeley was so cruel as to suggest that Mr. John O'Connell should for the future send his speeches to us instead of making them in the House. Now, this shifting of painful burdens upon the shoulders of other men who have done nothing to merit the in fliction is scarcely evidence of a generous mind. When Mr. G. Berkeley proposes to favour us with literal transcripts of the orations in question, instead of listening to them in his own proper person, we would remind him of Baillie Nicol Jarvie's exposition of the golden rule of practical ethics:—Let A do to B as he would have B do to him, and the product will be universal felicity.— Times. DUTIES ON WINE. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. Ihe humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of London and Westminster acd their vicinities. That your petitioners, viewing with regret how the high duties on wine not only impede trade, but ren der this best of stimulants totally unattainable by the poor, and even by those of moderate fortune, humbly pray that, as no duty exists on home-made wines in England, and, as our best malt liquor is 001) subject to a tax of two pence the gallon (regulated by the duty on malt and hops), so the duty on our colonial wines should, in no instance, exceed such an amount. Indeed, inasmuch as colonies require bounties on pro duction exports i ly on aa in g t m o e t a h te em d , b a y nd its ou ie r e d r o r m as e e s , ti i c t r w opo po rt p io u n la s t l becomes a serious question if any duty on colonial wines shoUld exist at all, or, at least, if it should exceed that of beer, particularly as the whole amount of duties collected on colonial wines has never amounted to more than 50,000/, per annum; while the duty on hops and malt exceeds 5,000,0001., and if one were substituted for the other, the national revenue would not be diminished. Your petitioners humbly c all the attention of your Honourable House to the tact, that since it has been ge nerally known what excellent wines can be produced in Australia, many industrious German settlers o a e b t e l e n i s i s: grated thither. Fo rei g n emigration would , rous useful for the satue reason be promoted among gook e k settlers from southern Europe, who 100, in quitting their native lan d , for congenial settlements, where they thatlabour to which they had co uld profitably fo llow been accustomed. Added to this, all such emigrants would take with them the knowledge relating to the silk the cultivation of the olive and other fruits, whichworm, would greatly add to the future exports of our southern colonies. s where tauds th tn e o : t i vine i: te n e l a r el . () y an ad ie tn r tag e - eased and which, if engaged to act as a militia force, would very soon dispense laith the neces sity of maintaining the large standing army, which costs England more than a millien sterling per annum. Your petitioners respectfully beg to point out also, that brandies distilled from colonial wines, should be subject to no higher duties than attach to rum or British spirit% And it is proper to observe, that, inasmuch as the value of our West India possessions has been notori ously depreciated by the abolition of slave labour, ar.d i i; al:9 , l ° , ); u p t e c i titunlAt population,iifai tcd.. ex periments on growing wine there have never been mode, it ought to be ascertained how far wine, or spirits distilled from it, might not create more profitable exports than sugar. . . Your petitioners also verily b e lieve that if colonial wines were taxed no higher than the ordinary beverage of England, no measure would so much tend to force such European countries as refuse au equitable recipro city in commerce, to follow our example, especially us they would foresee that in the future import of wine, we coutd soon do without them. Ither then viler W - , - yrrrpgraonertAalee the duty on them may be lowered at and they have no doubt, as in the ease increased consumption would prevent revenue: Should the reeult prdva Honourable House should reflect, that .k as well as eat; -and-common sense were just and wise to take off all duty ....lety of manufactured articles which we can produce; and on the production of which, our whole population is mainly dependant, it would be far wis er to lessen the duties on wine, which w e cannot produce ; and that such reduction would be more likely fo effect that I.9niprocity in free trade or commerce, which all other devices have hitherto failed to accomplish. Added tfi, this, your Honourable House, indisputably constituting art best versed in Scriptural readm g of ail legislative assembly in the world, should also rstl et that Scripture, which seldom speaks of temporal itatis, not even to recommend the union between Church and Slate, so far varies in its course, when recommending mod,- rate use of wine, as distinctly to tiay, " A little wine is good for all men." From this "little," bosvever, all but the rich are unhappily excluded by high tax.i.tiou; Khdu the poor, according to another passage in Scripture, a.p.. plicable to the use of wine, aro lain, after the toil and labour of the day, " to gladden their hearts,' by having recourse either to ardent spirits or strong beer; the first of which maddens the mind, and alike tenos to till 'sir . gaols and lunatic asylums; while beer, thoug. , t•te-rablt , for those destined to out-dour labour. is n0 , , , .ri-its) , !Lee judicial to pei-soes of sedentary habits, or suet' as Leis by mental acquirements. Your petitioners humbly submit that your Honourable House should also bear in mind that t. e lowest. p. which genuine wines can now be retail. d is 2, a tle for those of foreign, and Is. 6d., tor tho,e of c growth; whereas, were the duties s:tered as lore mentioned, foreign wine could be sold at Is. 61., . 101 l '.colonial would soon fall below a shilling, Inc tittaitotble by the poor. It would then be available for Jrhat'it is known to be, namely, the best in Cases of ape and low fever, and to which, it need no( lie stated, the pescr are more exposed than any other of society. It would doubtless, also, in many instanc, correct 11,e vicious and selfish practice of aol.tary druukent.e , , common among heads or lathers of 'am In s, eobblieg them instead, to gladden their own neat is and no•e their wives and children, by partake g of so wbol.st set a stimulant with their social in.-11..1 on the day or rest. Your petitioners therefore buvibly pry ihst y- or Honourable House will be pleased to grunt the reduotkuti of the duties on all wines imported into eire — Thattl Kingdom. - And your petitioners will ever prsy. • TO THE SECRETARY .OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOXIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 30th of April, thk• Poor Laws (Ireland) (Rate in Aid) Bill was read a thik'd time and passed, with a majority of 129 to 55. On Tuesday the Ist of May, the Member fOr Dum fries (Mr. Ewart) made his motion for the abok Lion of the punishment of death. The subject was or inc.-eased interest from the circumstances of the times. It is. plain that public opinion is gathering fast, and the subject must be set at rest; and the question is, hoN. A practical suggestion which seems capable of eat en sion and improvement, is that a state of punishment should be prepared for criminals in whose cases circum stances may in the actual condition of things'prevbnt the application of death, and see whether some thing cannot be prodiwed to which the public, upon experience, shall be willing to entrust. the repression of crime in its deepeet dye. Experiment upon second-rate murderers As in corpore vili, and: perhaps also upon the guilty of crimes which have with great hesitation been taken out of the category of death punishment, such as violatlon and house- burning; and see what the promise is, with respect to the final re pression of the whole black list. Ti iere needs no great delicacy with respect to crimes like these; especially the first, which is said to have doubled in frequency .eilice the removal of capital punishment from it. Secretaries of State may boast; but the known truth isohat transportation though declared to be for hie, has not the necessary terrors in the public evt. There is no doubt it may be made bud enough; bat the badness is not trusted. There are' ndistinct ideas afloat of emancipists who keep their carnage abroad, or come home to brave those they have in jured here. And though it is certain thees are the ex ceptions and not the rub., the effect is debt; naive, upon salutary terror. It there must be murder,, there must be punishment be, ring some ade quacy to its repression. Death has hitherto been tried, as the cheapest and most efficacious. It a substitute is to be found, it must have as many as possible of the attributes of death. There must be a punishment !rpm which, as floor the hangman's grasp, there shad be no return; save only the single chauce of the future pr, of of innocence. ExCept for this chence, the criminal choler' as nearly as possibie be annihilated. A.ll island prison in the ocean, where the inmates should be confined to the regimen of something between a monastery and a poor-house, would stem 40 be the thing to start with. Aud there ought to be no reath.siun or return .but by an. Act or Parliament. It tie cr y is raised of interference with the prerogative of the Clown, iirecedeuts may. be found where tbe prerogative has been .voluntart deputed for the putiiic good. If the Grown had all the prerogative which could be exercised up to the moment which answers to the drawing of the hangman's bidt, it would have nothing to' complain. of. Either make it punishment which, with the single exception of innocence discovered, Shall be as decisive and mew diabie bans on. Public , men w.ll .1 course go hailing between pvtvopiniuno, till the set:unwind, B 01 general feeling drives them to some practical tfeeisMn: It has been rieurd u,ged, that the experiment of raising the scale of punishment in the prop,. ed, would be derogatory to tie d,guity of murder. Al order must have a bed tor itaeit, arid therefore you must not try to make another bed to fit it This is et Vainly a wide departure from the times, when the scuthild was a bed that fitted all crimes, down to a starving .woman's shoplifting; but it does not therefore follow that it is exact. To insist on it, seems to be refusing the practi cal step which gets over obstacles. Ihe dread of the public at present is, that no punishment shortof death can be found sufficiently strong for murder. The dread of the objectors is, that murder should lose pre-eminence. Mr. Ewart's motion was lost by 75 against 51. A considerable improvement on the last, which was 122 against 66. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, May 2, 1849. THE RAJA OF SATTARA.—Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India-house on the following question —viz., •' That this Court is of opinion that the treaty concluded by the Bombay Government in 1819 with Pertaub Singh, Raja of Sattara, and subsequcntly renewed with his brother and successor, the late Appa Sahib, conferred upon and guaranteed to those princes the he reditary sovereignty in the principality of Sattara; and this Court being further of opinion that the heirs and successors to those princes, whether by adoption or in right of blood, are intitled to the inheritance under the terms and conditions of the said treaty, this Court cou siders it to be right and necessary to record its opinion, that no case has been made out to justify the annexation of the said principality of Sattara to the British terri tory." At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that there were— For the question ... Against the question Majority against the question... 201 BIRTHDAY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. — Yesterday, agreeably to the usual custom, a numerous party of gentlemen met at the Albion, to celebrate the birthday of the illustrious Duke. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Field, who was supported by Mr. William Cubitt, Itt.P., and assisted by the stewards and their se cretary, Mr. B. Graves. The dinner was served in the usual complete manner by Messrs. Staples, and the hilarity of the evening maintained till a late hour. after paying due honours to the heitith .•f the inustrieus - Duke. His Royal Eight's SS Prince A.bert, attend. dby Lieut. Colonel the lien. A. Gordon, nom urea the liuke .its, a visit at Apsterhouse, to otter his congratulations to his Grace on the auspicious return of his natal day, which cewpletea his 80th year. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT AGECROFT.—An aLrm- Ing expluelun took place oil Mohdity wonting, ai the ' Ages:l - tilt new coal mine, the property of Messrs. Knowles. The mine is situated about a quarter or a mile from the hignwAy. to Bolt n, and roar the Man chester and Bolton Railway. The depth of the shalt is about 900 feet. It appears that there are' two mines at present in working condition, and in herb of these mines, we cud rstand, 80 or 100 men and boys are ens. ployed. That in wh ich the acci d ent ..ecurred is : l known 41 e as the "Four-toot mi ne." It set-m's that about 6 yesterday morning the colliers had' d. sceud, a to them work, and, as woe!, bad carried with them their .lety lamps; but it appears to be their practice, atter e X mai lig the mines with these lamps in the mot n.lig Yt twit they o,gui work, to lay aside all prec .utione, tin, use nakt d candler. A buy, want d Richard P. tee, about eig ht o'clock, took his candle to an old wotkii. t:omediate hea ;. i t t h p i llots foot t n o was t w hich 3 quantity carburetLed hydrog 4 n had the thsehhat;t6;'laLinudeleay.ery The report d an iescape ex ertion was made to facilit ate t h e of the an ws :d at who were employed i n t h e variousp pares of the mine, and who had, of course, been much alarmed b • the explosion. It was ultimately discovered a e 3 that a yi named Jacob Barker, had been killed by the explosion, that his brother, Israel Barker, was seriously injured, and that Price himself had been severely burned übout the head and face. John Barker, the father of these two lads, with some other men, was employed behind that part of the mine where the explosion took place, and haft to make their escape through the sulphur, but with, the exception of having been much shaken by the explosion, and having inhaled a considerable amount of sulphurous vapour, they escaped uninjured. We understand that the Messrs. Knowles compel the colliers in their employ to use the " Davy" lamps, but the practice appears to be entirely confined to the examination of the pits in the morning, atter which they work with exposed an dles; and to such an extent does t his system prevail, c that they are in the habit of leaving the mines when they find tan Barks up any accumulation of explosive gases, rather b the candle for the safety lamp. The od h of y r was removed to ahthe his fer's house, at Pendlebnr, where , • it now lies awaiting f t he s inquest.-111a y nchester Examiner and 7 imes. A deputation , con sisting of Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Jobs F iolliott, M.P., Colonel Percival, and Mr. " A. Letroy, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. A deputation, consisting of Lord Bernard, Mr. W. Fagon, Major Ludlow Beamish, and Sir Denham Norreys, had also an interview , with the Noble Lord yesterday. N°.17,660.3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY NING A LDERMANBLTRY WINE STORES, No. 18. JOHN MOUNT, AGENT. FOR READY MONEY ONLY, The value of Wine as the best stimulant to man is notorious, and even Scripture recommends its moderate use to all men, but exces sive taxation precludes it from all but the wealthy. To mitigate this evil as much as possible, the Proprietor of this establishment, by con tenting himself with s nail profits for ready cask, can offer• the most genuine Port, Sherry, Lisbon, and Marsala, at 245. per dozen, and which wines, the public should know, could now be retailed at a shilling a bottle, but for the enormous duty. The Port and Sherry are imported by most respectable shippers, and the Lisbon and Mar sala, as well as the higher qualities of Wines enumerated below, are obtained from the very first houses in the trade, and aro offered at the following prices : Superior Ports from the wood Crusted ditto . . 283. 30s. 343. 30s. 365. 425. 445. 435. 28s. 303. 365. 425. 48s. . . 323. 38s. 443. . 455. to 60s. Sherries, including Amontillado Madeira, direct from the Island East and West India do. . . Superior Clarets and other French Wines, according to quality . ...... 28s. to 725. Champagne 425. 48s. 545. and 665. This last is of the very best quality, and if a three dozen case be taken, 645. only will he charged. Sparkling St. Peray . ...... 48s. Moselle, Hock, and Rhenish . . . . . 365. to 725• Cape (Red and White) ..... . is, Pipes, Butts, Mids., Quarter-casks, and Octaves, charged in the same proportion. Dozen orders will be executed in all parts of London free of car riage. Single bottles are sold on the premises after the same rate, or will be forwarded into the country as samples on receipt of a post office order, or stamps, including Bd. for basket, booking, &C. Orders to be addressed to John Mount, Agent, IS, Aidermanbury. N.B.— A Petition for lowering the exorbitant duties on wine lies on the premises for signature, a copy of which. is inserted in the body of our paper. NELL GWYNNE TAVEttN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam- street. Messrs. ARCHES and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee• room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'llote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untt. Ono 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 Maide■ lane. PEGG'S ROYAL YORK HOTEL' BRIGHTON. HARRY PEGG respectfully announces (more particularly to those who have not been in the habit of frequenting Brighton) that his house is delightfully situated at the bottom of the Oid Steyne, in one of the most pleasant, quiet, and central parts of the town, it com mands an extensive view of the ocean, 3et not so near as to be an noyad by the winds that so continually blow from the south-west quarter ; it stands near the Chain I'ier, and will be found most con venient for travellers to and from the Continent. The House is large and commodious, and the suites of apartments are such as to suit every class of society. . . . . To the patrons and friends of this establishment the Proprietor begs to state, that since the last season he has considerably embellished and improved the interior of the house, and it will now be found not inferior t• any similar establishment in the kingdom. The Cuisine is so well appointed as cannot fail to please the most fastidious taste. The Wines are of the first and finest description, and the greatest possible moderation is strictly observed on all the charges. Families boarded on the most economical terms by the week or month. AN GE L HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY. THOMAS VAUGHAN MORGAN, in returning his sincere thinks to those Commercial Gentlemen who have so kindly sup ported him since the death of his father, begs to inform them and others that the greater part of the house has been fresh painted, papered, and re-furnished. As the whole of the Mails and Coaches stop at his house, it offers a convenience not afforded by any other inn in the town. A Show-room for Patterns. Horses and Gigs or Phxtons let by the Week or Month. May 1, 1849. SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, The Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal lery, 5, Pall-nsall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, ls.—Catalogue, 6d. GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Collection of Models of Agricultural Implements has been greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural Society and other scientific parties. The use of these Models, as well as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec tures by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at fwo o'clock, and on alternate Evenings.—Lecture on Chemistry, daily at Half-past Three, and on alternate Evenings.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include Scenes in Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skinner Trout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including 4aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, la.—Schools, Half-price,—The New Catalogue, le. T O the MON T II of M A Shining, smiling, flowery May, Listen to my humble lay, Fondly cloth my eye discern Tokens of thy glad return ; Now are nature's prospects seen, Decked with newly spreading green : All is charming, all Is gay, Shining, smiling, flowery May. happy month ! thy welcome reign, With its ever pleasing train, Scatters pleasures here and there, Pleasures which the many share ; Even in the crowded town, Thousands hail thy blooming crown, And to thee their honours pay, Shining, Smiling, flowery ➢fay. street, While thy trees asd flowers assume New attire on leaf and bloom, We prepare a change of dress, Suited to thy loveliness. Daily now is MOSES' Mart Filled with things in every part, Win by MOSES' choice display, Shirri . g, smiling, flowery May. I myself have lately been To this busy trading scene ; And with pleasure did I scan Dress designed on such a plan. Trowsers, Coats, and Waistcoats, too, Really beautiful to view, Here were bought for little pay, Shining, smiling, flowery May. Hats and Caps and Boots and Shoes, Such as none could well refuse, Showed what MOSES' Mart can do, When thy month appears in view. May the preparations made, Add to Messrs. MOSES' trade, And with this I close my lay, Shining, smiling, flowery May. LIST OF PRICES. ZZADY MADE. Men's Spring, and Summer Wrappers from £0 8 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats ...... • • ••• • • .... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed .. • Do. do. lined with silk.. • • Do. do. superior quality .... •••• • • • • 1 1S 0 Jean and Holland Blouses • • • • • • • 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria do. .. • 0 4 6 Dress Coat 0 17 0 Frock C0at..... . 1 0 0 Spring and Summer Trousers • • Doeskin and Buckskin do— .: ••••• • • • • • 04 0 Spring and Summer Vests in e•s:rY ..... •.. 0 4 6 e • • ............. 0 0 7 6 6 Black and Figured Satin Vests • • 1 Black de., superior quality ..... •0 4 6 White Marcella Vests ....•.:. •• •• •• • • 0 9 6 Men's Black Cloth Vests .. •• .. Boy's Spring and Summer Tests. .:.••••• • • • • • • • • 0 3 6 Boys' liossar and Tunic 5uit5...... .... .... ••10 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety • 0 0 15 4 o MAIM TO MIMMEZ. raletots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear • • • • • • •• • • •• • ••• 1 1 0 Do• very elegantly trimmed ••• • •• 1 a Superior Cloth of a light texture..., ••• • • • 115 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk.... ••• • • • •• •• 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat.. • • •• ••••• • • • • • .• • • 1 12 0 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. • • ••••• • • • .• •• • • • • • • 1 15 0 3 3 0 F an cy Doeskin Trousers. .. •••••••• • • • • • • • 016 6 •••••• • • • • .• ...... .......... 0 16 0 Black do. Black CBc loth Vests .• .. ••• • • • •• •• • . OB 6 0 13 6 .. •• • • 014 6 Splenlid atin Vest ........ ......... . Best do.• • • • • • Hussar and Tunis suits • • • • • • .• • • • • • .1 1 1 . . 7 5 5 0 0 Superfine do. .. • • •• • • • Men's White Marcella Vests . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great from 0 16 oto 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for ' • 11. 10s. The new book, entitle d the " Great act, with fall directions F for Self-m eas nrement, can be had on application, or forwarde d, p ost free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— I he Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MO , zES and SON, Tallow, Woollendrapers, Clothier., ratters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 44, 85, and 86 Alegate, City, London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having heard that the untradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far gate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; and those who require cheap and genuine clothing. &c.• should call &t, or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Take N otice.—This Establianmeht is closed from sunset Friday, till Sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. FLIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. On SATURDAY, MAY the sth, 1849, will be Published the First Number of ELIZA. COOK'S JOURNAL, a:Weekly Periodical, Price Three Halfpence, containing Literary Matter of Information and Amusement. The aim of this Journal will be to instruct and to please—its Prin ciples the advancement of Social Happiness and Mental Intelligence. Essays and Arguments adapted to general interests and improve ments—Reviews of New Works—ltiographical Notes—Occasioual Articles of Practical Import—The Fireside Story—The Voice of Song breathing in homely Love and Sympathy, and a frequent page for our young friends, will form the various features of the projected serial, which will be dedicated to all who possess the spirit of pro gression and love of their kind. Published by J. 0. Clarke, No. 3, Emmet-court, Fleet-street, where all communications for the Proprietor, and Advertisements for the Monthly Parts may be forwarded. THE EMIGRATION NOVEL. Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T HE EMIGRANT FAMILY; Or the STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts." " This Is what Milton called a real book—a book calculated to afford solid information as well as lively entertainment. The author's know ledge of Australian life is extensive and exact, and he has turned it to profitable account. The whole scene and business of the colony is placed before you, breathing with life."—Daily News. "The characters are drawn with great distinctness, the incidents are natural and striking ; there are many passages of great power and pathos, and the truth of local colouring imparts a charm to the fiction."—Atlas. " Intermixed with the story are many sketches of a settler's life, and the almost romantic incidents that frequently occur on the out skirts of the colony."—Spectator. " The story reads like truth—the chief merit of fiction."—Globe. London : Smith, Elder, and, Co., U 5, Cornhill. CIIIS WICK MEETING. A Full Report, with List of the Prizes, will appear in The GARDENZRS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. The Gardeners' Chronicle is edited by Professor Lindley, aad may be ordered of any News Agent, price 6d., free by post. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- - This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the Yield extant. The Local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are— Mr. M. llatstein, Bristol. Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester. Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's. Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Ilinninghani. Mr. W. White, Edinburgh, Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury. Mr. Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed. Mr. It. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Davison, Sheffield. Al r. It, Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. John Crisp, Norwich. Mr. F. Bare, Ipswich. Mr. W. S. Bevin, Chester. Mr. Whitmore, Stockport. Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton. VA RICOSE VEINS, WEAKNESS, &c. HUXLEY'S SURGICAL CAOUTCHOUC ELASTIC STOCK INGS, KNEE-CAPS, ANKLETS, &c., stand unrivalled for their efficacy in all cases of varicose veins, weakness, sprains, &c. They are drawn on with the facility of an ordinary stocking, affording equal and permanent pressure in every part. They are less expan sive and more durable than any stocking yet produced. HUXLEY and Co., particularly solicit the inspection of the profession. Directions for self-measurement forwarded, and the article sent by post. HUXLEY and CO., 5, Were-street, Cavendish-square. " A Country Practitioner.—lluxley's Surgical Stockings : We constantly use them, and find them thoroughly efficacious."—Fide Lancet, Notice to Correspondents. LEA. and PERRIN S' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold Meat, it is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in the country. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Oxford street, London, and. 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. llarelay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by all dealers in sauces. BEAUTIFUL TEETH. It°WLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re cherche ingredients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar sus adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties exercise a highly beneficial and salutary influence : they arrest the further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indi cative of perfect soundness ; while, by confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, they give unlimited enjoyment aad fresh zest to appetite, by perpetuating effective and complete mastication. The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi cacy is preserving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, is conse quence, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, and Royal Family of. Great Britain,:and the Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe.—Price 2s. ,cl. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus, •• A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved ox the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box. sold by the Proprietors, cad by Chemists and Perfumers. Just published, price is., Svc in cloth, rrHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on 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, M.R.C.S.E., " 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. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street ; aid may be had of all booksellers in town or country. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by nost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps , THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis malincations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Steno, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gence, and their lamentable effects OS the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. ❑lustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pella 111. treats 01 the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PAST IV. 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 eader's notice. l'AaT V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its lutes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired int*. TLIECONDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed ix treat ' mg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, kc., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Is. 9d., 45. 6d., and Ils. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea:l, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by Which the fee, l r.; is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten anee daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, trorn Ele ♦en till Two. and Five to Eight : on Sundays from Eleven to One. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAT 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho share market was firm today. sales are—Great Western, 171. Shares, 3 dls.—Taff Tale, 13$. LIVERPOOL, MAT 1. STOCK EXCIUNGE.—The transactions to-day were as follows : Caledonian, Preference, 1 Is. 3d. Eastern Counties, 8 c. Lancashire and Yorkshire (M. aad L.), Fifths, 41. Is. 3d.—Ditto, Halves (L. and B.), 13 1 ,E dis.—London and North-Western, 131 — Ditto, New Quarters, 31. 16s. 3d. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.), 3 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, aad Lincolnshire, Preference, 1051—Ditto, (Sheffield and Lincoln), 14% ffis.—Midland, 67 t ; i—Ditto, Halves, 1114 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 3 dis.—York and North Midland, .35. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE . MALTA, APRIL IG.—The departure of the Locust steamer for Genoa this morning enables the to an nounce the arrival of her Majesty's ship Hibernia, with Sir William Parker's flag flying, of the Caledonia yesterday, which vessel is to receive the Vice-Admi ral's flag, on the departure of the Hibernia, expected to leave in about ten days, and of the brig Frolic, from Beyrout, on Saturday last. The Spartan is also expected from Venice in a few days. There is a report here of a serious quarrel at Genoa between the English and French captains of men- of- war. The Locust has dispatches for the English Captain, the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29.—The following are the promotions and appointments during the past week (from the Hampshire Telegraph) : PROMOTIONS. Clerks—Edwin C. Davison, and William Hick man, to the rank of Paymast er an d Purser. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Thomas L. Massie, to the Cleopatra. Lieutenants—E. A. Bomber, and W. B. Elphin stone, to the Cleopatra. Master—J. T. Davis, to the Cleopatra. Second Masters—Samuel Braddon, to the Myrtle ; and Robert Smith, to the Cleopatra. Paymaster and Purser—R o b e rt Loney, to the Cleopatra. Mates—John Leach to the North Star ; R. H. Burton, to the Excellent ; and H. M. Bingham, to the Cleopatra. Clerks—A. W. Chimmo, :and Frederick Leine, to the Cleopatra. Midshipman—R. P. Gresham, to the Excellent. Naval Cadets—The Hon. R. Moreton, to the Cleopatra. Master's Assistant—W. Paynton, to the Cleopatra. Coast Guard—Commander John Henry Norcock, to be Inspecting Commander of the Skibbereen dis trict; and Mr. Peter Chown, Master, R.N., to com mand the Scattery station. Lieutenant George Williamson (1807) has received the out-pension of fireenwich, in lieu of Commander Farrant. We hare before noticed the claims of the, Semaphore veteran, and are glad that the First Lord has admitted them by his benevolent act. The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, Captain R. Fitzroy, was paid wages in advance yes terday, and took on board her powder and shells. This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, she got under weigh, under canvass alone ; but, the wind being very light and variable, sufficient way could not be obtained on her to give her steerage. She was consequently eei, underst obliged to be anchored, ab out a q uarter p ast ele ven o'clock, close to the Horse -shoal, while the steam was shipped,tlm got up, the funnel hove up,ndr w and the weigh, screw when she was again got under only, but with her topsails loose and sheeted home. This was about one o'clock, r.m. After steaming outside the Knab-light, a breeze having sprung up, she made sail and damped up steam. She was lost sight of soon after five o'clock, standing to the southward, with a fine breeze, close hauled on the starboard tack, for Cork. vessel arrived to-day from merariate. Wind, W. by S. M er breezes and fine Plymouth, with fi w s i n th ce weather. 97 —Her Majesty's sloop Ring- PI:MOUTH, APRIL ...... dove, 16, Captain R. B. Miller, from the East Indies, a s a te pe am rn - a tug December 21, 1848; Cape of Good Hope, Fe bruary Bombay , 21, 1849 ; St. Helena, March 6 ; and Faye' , April 1 1. At the Cape were came in this morning, last from from Portsmouth, on the 24th. Her dates are Commander F. T. Brown ; , 50, Captain N. Cory; steam-sloop Geyser , and the steam vessel De Kilmer. The Ringdove brought up in the Sound, r the flag-ship S o utha mpton, 4 Master-Commander G. After unshipping her powd er she will go up Hamoaze h to be paid o ff. ket-brig Seagull was taken into Her Majesty's pac h her copper are and saluted the flag of Port- Admiral Sir W. H. Gage.er s the graving s lip on Tuesday, to examined. Her Majesty's sloop Heroine took h er ordnance s tores on board yesterday. Dockyard—The artizans of the yard are breaking up her Majesty's ship San Josef, at a contract price of 7a. 9d. per ton. Her admeasurement is about 2,500 tons. The merchant-brig Rhodes, of Newcastle, 245 tons register, Captain Mullen, which put into Ply mouth on the 24th, with loss of foremast, carried away in severe weather experienced in the Atlantic on Good Friday, has a jurymast which was rigged in the following manner :—The original mast broke about seven feet from the deck, and in the after part of the stump a deep groove was cut to receive the temporary spar, a spare topsail yard, 36 feet long. The heel being first pl ace d i n i ts soc k e t, the head of the spar was lifted from th e d ec k b y a tackle fixed to the main stay. When, b y t hi s means , it was raised a certain height from th e d ec k , t h e f orc e of the cap stan was exercised upon a rope w hi c h ran forward to a top-block on the larboard cathead, and thence through another block at the bead of the spar to the starboard cathead, where it was fastened. This readily brought the spar upright, in which position its head was fixed to the dead-eyes on either side by runners, thus con verted into shrouds, and its foot by three bands of five-eighth chain firmly wedged to the stump of the foremast. The canvass hoisted on the jurymast was a lower studdingsail rigg e d on a yard made of a top gallant studdingsail b oom, wor k e d w ith tacks and sheets in the usual w ay. O n t h e ma i n mast they carried a square main sa il an d a t rysa il, taking a double reef in the latt er , an d eas i ng it u p when the wind blew fresh. The Rhodes was laden with nine keels (about 200 tons) of coal, and 30 tons of rail way tram iron, for St. John's, New Brunswick. During the first gale she lost her bowsprit, foremast, and mainmast ; had her decks stove, knightheads started, and became leaky. I n t hi s s hattered condi tion, with her temporary mast and insufficient canvass, she sailed through a heavy sea an indirect course, from 50 . 83 north and 23.25 west, on the 6th instant, to the port of Plymouth, on the 24th, of more than a thousand miles. Wind, S.S.W., strong breeze. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Myrtle steam-tender, under the command of Acting-Master Samuel Braddon, formerly of the Comet, sailed this morning with about thirty supernumaries to join the Cl eo patra at Sheerness. Mr. Braddon has been just appointed to the Myrtl e, v ice Balliston, appointed to the Elfin. Mr, Martin The Confiance, Plymouth steam - tug , master, sailed with upwards of sixty new ly-en tered cored men to join the Cleopatra, 26, at Sheerness t his Nolloth, The Plumper screw-schooner, Comman der is ordered to have her armament re d u ced to the same character as the Reynard's. Another frightful accident occurred at thin port to day. As a ;party of men in the employ of De r . Busbby, the contractor for the erection of the joi n t terminus of the London and Brighton and London and South-Western Railways at Landport, were en gaged in pulling down a house standing on the site of the intended structure, they excavated too much of the foundation of a wall of the tenement before they tried to take it down; consequently, although warned of the impropriety of their proceedings by their fellow workmen, one of whom told them not to peck any more as he went down the ladder, they went on with , the work, when on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took an opposite impetus, and fell inwards, burying four men in the ruins of the lower part of the house. Their names are Connor, a labourer; Simms, a bricklayer; White, a stonemason; and Harwood, a labourer. The accident took place at about a quarter to seven o'clock this morn iug. The poor creatures were dug out of the ruins in about a quarter of an hour , and speedily conveyed to and Gosport Hospit a l, w h ere ts m ea e ' t with the prompt es t attent i on; t th h the two first named, however, sustained such frighful e e ir P r o e r s t p sm ec o t a iv t e h, ca P s o e r s injuries in such a multiplicity of ways, that life was despaired of from the first. The wall was on the second floor of the building. Harwood's hip was dislocated. Wind S.S.E., light breezes and fine weather. PLYMOUTH; APRIL 28.—Her Majesty's sloop Ring dove, 12, Captain Robert B. Miller, was inspected yes terday in the Sound by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, and her crew went through the great gun exercise. She came into har bour to-day and unbent sails; her crew will be paid off on Friday. Her Majesty's steam-tug Confiance, Mr. Wm. Martin, master, sailed this afternoon for Portsmouth. Her Majesty's Ship San Josef.—The last of this ship, her keel, will be taken out of dock on Monday next. About 150 in all, men and boys, have been engaged in breaking her up; they commenced operations on the 9th inst., and will thus finish her on the 30th inst. W ind—N.W., light breeze. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. - The Plumper steam schooner, Commander Nolloth, landed her 25 cwt. guns yesterday afternoon, and is to receive carronades of the same calibre in their stead. The Reynard, Cornmar•!er Cracroft, is also to have carronades instead of her pre sent 25 cwt. guns, and also to land her after-pivot gun, which was, in the late gale, found to be too much tor her. The Plumper has retained both pivot guns, so that her weight of metal will not be at all reduced by the exchange. The Elfin dispatch-boat for the Queen, Acting Master Balliston commanding, is expected here from Woolwich this evening. The ship Constantine will leave Deptford to-morrow for this port, to embark draughts of the sth and the 15th Foot for the Mauritius and Ceylon. The latter detach ment, from the 15th depot at Brecon, will arrive at Gos port on the 4th, via Reading and Basingstoke. The fright-ship Apolline leaves Deptford for the Isle FARES REDUCED TO HAMBURGII, Passengers walk on board to all except llamburgh Steamers. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM .iI.IIPS are appointed to leave — The Custom-House or Tower, for— HAMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's Nails, every Tuesday and Friday Evening. Chief Cabin, V. ; Fore, 21. From Blagwall l'ier, for— ROTTERDAM anti the Rift - NE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. The Ocean, Saturday ; the Giraffe, Wednesday ; the tainbow, Saturday, 12. Chief Cabin, H. 55.; Fore, 15s. ANTWERP and the RIIINE—The Venezuela (newly decorated), every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. Saloon, D. 10s. ; Fore Cabin, 1/. OSTEND—In Ten Hours, every Wednesday, and Saturday Morn ing. 9, at Half-past Two; 12, at Four ; 16, at six ; 19, at Eleven ; 23, at Two. Chief Cabin, 11. 45.; Fore, 183. The Railway Trains leave Fenchurck-street station for Idlackwall every 20 minutes from Eight Morning. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for— EDINBURGH—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Evening. The Leith, Saturday ; tke Trident, Wednesday, 9 and 23 ; the Cla rence, Saturday, 12 and 26. Chief Cabin, 21.; Second Cabin, 11. 2s. Gd. . _ An Omnibus is provided to take passengers to Brown's Wharf from 37, Regent-circus, and 35, Leadeehall-street. From Hore's Stearn Wharf, Wapping, for— _ NEWCASTLE—Saturday, May 5, and every following Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight Evening. Chief Cabin, 11.; Second Ca bin, 12s From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— NAVRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf, for— _ BOULOGNE—The new steam-ship Albion, every Thursday Morn ing. To-morrow, May 3, at Ten ; 10, at Three ; 17, at Eight. Chief Cabin, 12s. ; Fore, Bs. _ _ . CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. To-morrow, May 3, at Ten ; 6 and 10, at Twelve soon. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning. YARMOUTH—Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Four Af ternoon. To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours 01 departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 71, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-strect. MANCHESTER, MAT 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follows: London and South-Western, Preference, p.—North Staffordshire, 4 n. dls.—Dover (No. 4), 6 15-16 dis.--Leeds, Preference, 11 Ti Sheffield (No. 2), 9—Eastern Counties, B—Grimsby Docks, 111 dis. BIRMINGHAM, Mey 1. STocx EXCHANGI.—The following are to-day's transactions. Chester and Holyhead 17—Eastern Counties, 83(—North Stafford. shire, 4/. 3a. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), b 61. 3d. dis.—South Staffordshire, 4% dls. YORK; Aram 30. STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Great Northern, 10N —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New castle Extension), 15—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 5. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to day has been as follows : —Caledonian, Preference, 11%—Chester and Holyhead, 161 g —Ditto, Preference, 5 per cent., 13—Eastern Counties, New, guaranteed 6 per cent., 10 —Newcastle and Car lisle, 100—North British, 14—Wear Valley, 581 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 14M—Ditto (G. N. E. parchase), 5. this favouriteSUßßEY eof ani G e r et e ri a E o si n s ; w The eper e season eire , a t tcom menceshe panoramic r y e of th e Town and Fortress of Bade joz, painted by Denson in his best style. Th e St orm i ng of the Castle by Picton , a division ' t night affo r d s vast i scope for pyrotechnic display, which, no doubt, th e gen i us profit of Southby will not fail to by. ADVEKTISEMENT.I—To Paralyzed, Persons —Extraordinary Cure by Hollowa y ' s Ointment —Copy of a letter from Captain E. Ferris,and Pills. com manding Rampore Forces, Rohilcund, India , 1849. To Professor Hollow • ' Holloway , Sir,—l deem that your wonderful Medicines ought to be made well known, and take the liberty of reporting a miraculous cure under my own eye. An old wom an had been for • this last the two years quite bed ridden , having entirely lost use of her legs from the hip joint. Her limbs were ap.. parently quite dead, and without the slightest feeling, but by the use of your Oi ntment and Pills, she i s quite restored. Signed, E. F. Ferris. Sold by all Vendors of Medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ESCAPE FROM BEING BURIED ALIVE.—A few days ago a young woman, after suffering from cholera twenty-four hours, apparently died at Brokeboy. H er friends placed her in the coffin, and they were on the point of carrying the body to the churchyard, when she rose from her narrow tenement, burst asunder her eere ments, and formed one of the living assemblage. S N 7 MAY 2, 1849. of pligilhotuoTnat,heA4Pthß,lLto 37.— Her draught majesty C anodca consequence s o oe f rcidu A eern f e r : i e c u a Africa, I Regiment for Halifax. Fa vourite, 14, Commander Alexander Murray, em i v no e oa dzr northern preparatoryee r r en hostilitiesy e s t e yesterday d to being w m aosrn the i p n a g i last, 00 rray, f rom the 's of slo th o e p .97t h from Portsmouth. She scaled guns to-day in the &mod, Among other vessels which took shelter here last week Ha th rra Hol stein brig Zamps, Captain Groot, which brought passen ger from Laguna Captain Wortermann, late of the brig Fortuna. The circumstances connected with the loss of this vessel must prove interesting to masters of ships bound to Mexico and California, for which coasts so many charters are now taking up. The following is translated from an authentic account published in Al Monitor, at Mexico, Feb. 3:— " On the 20th of October last the German brigantine Fortuna was wrecked on the coast of the island of Santa Maria, between the rivers of El Fuerte and Sinaloa. Through the efforts of the supercargo, captain, and crew a great part of the cargo was saved; but the vessel was en tirely lost. The cargo was bound to Guyamas, the nearest port whence assistance could be obtained; and at . the instance of the supercargo the Government of Guyamas immediately sent away the captain of the brigatine Hawavan Carlota with his vessel and a few large boats, which returned with a portion of the cargo on the 28th of November. They started again on the 2d of Decem ber, and collected the greater part of the remainder. On the 31st of December, at eight in the evening, the mate received a communication ashore from the Administrator of Revenues of El Fuerte, Don Francisco Chavez; and at half-past eight, before the mate could deliver the message on board to the captain, or that they could con sult together on the subject, a party of cavalry and in fantry, consisting of forty men, armed with carbines and lances, fell upon the people ashore when quietly taking their supper, fired at and ptirsued them into the sea, which offered the only refuge from this murderous attack. Three men were killed, viz., the principal stevador of the port. Thomas() Deano; the carpenter of the Fortuna, Frederica Trimpf ; and one of her crew, Juan Cartel's; and two wounded—an Indian named Capeto and Manuel Jellerias. The assassins then took possession of the few things that remained ashore, and the vessel set sail the next day, the 14th of Decem ber, for Guyamas, where a protest was drawn up at the request of Senor Don Juan A. Robinson, United States' Consul, and certified copies thereof delivered to the Go vernment of Sinaloa and to the General of Division, Don Juan Pablo Anoka, who, it is hoped, for the honour of the Mexican nation, will speedily discover and bring to justice the perpetrators of these atrocious acts." The Fortune's cargo, with which she left Valparaiso on the 26th August, consisted of wine, brandy, cocoa, and dry goods. The wind was S.S.W. when she went ashore, and Captain Wortermann attributes her loss to the incorrectness of his chart, an English publication. After the protest was noticed the Captain went to Ma ashen, thence to San Bloc, where he crossed the conti tinent to Vera Cruz, and then took passage in a ship to Laguna. The Nautilus three-masted iron steamer, Captain Par son, came in here this morning for water. She has been hired by the German Government, through the Prus sian Consul-General in London, to lie off this port and give warning to all German merchants vessels entering the Channel of the renewal of hostilities by the Danish Government. Wind southerly, light breeze, and fine weather. WOOLWICH, MAY I.—The Elfin steam-vessel came round to Woolwich from Chatham on Saturday, and was tried up and down the river several times. She left Woolwich again this morning for Portsmouth, to be employed as a dispatch boat betwixt that port and the Isle of White, under the charge of Mr. Balliaston, who is to command her. The Buzzard steam-yacht, built at Pembroke, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, having been brought round to the river to be fitted with her engines. The Magicienne steam-vessel was taken under the shears to-day to have her jury masts taken out, pre paratory to her being taken to Deptford to be fitted with her engines by Messrs. Penn. The Gladiator steam-frigate is under the shears in the basin, to have her guns and gun carriages put on board, and will soon be ready for sea. PARLIAMEN'T'ARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons. ) MONDAY, APRIL 30. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND —RATE IN AID) BILL. Order for Third Reading; read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read the third time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' staud part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 129. --- - Abdy, T. N. Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Vie. Acland, Sir T. Granger, T. C. Parker, John Adair, It. Shafto Greene'', Gilbert Pilkington, James AOooby, 11. A. Grey, Sir G. Pinney, W. Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard Plowden, W. H. Armstrong, Sir A. nestle, Alexander Power, Nicholas Armstrong, R. B. Hustle, Archibald Price, Sir:R. Ashley, Lord Hay, Lord J. Pryse, l'ryse Bagshaw, John Ilayter, W. G. Reid. Colonel Baines, M. T. Henry, Alexander Reynolds, John Baring, Sir F. Ileyworth, Lawrence Rice, E. It. Barnard, E. G. Hindle'', Charles Rich, henry Beckett, W. Hobliouse, Sir J. Robartes, T. J. A. Berkeley, Captain Howard, Lord E. Romilly, Sir John Bernal, Ralph Jervis, Sir John Russell, Lord J. Birch, Sir T. Keppel, George T. Rutherford, A. Boyle, Colonel Kershaw, James Balwey, Colonel Bright, John Kildare, Marquis of Slaney, Robert A. Brotherton, J. Labouchere, Henry Smith, J. B. Brown, Humphrey Lacy, Henry C. Somers, J. P. Brown, W. Lascelles, W. S. Somerville, Sir W. Busfeild,William Lewis, GeorgeiC. Stanton, W. H. Bunbury, Edward Lushington, C. Strickland, Sir G. Butler, P. S. M'Gregor, John Taliourd, .sergeant Carter, John B. Maitland, Thomas Tancred,.ll. W. Clay, Sir W. Mangles , H. D. Thicknesse, R. A. Clay, James Masterman, J. Thompson, Colonel Cobden, R. Matheson, Colonel Thornely, T. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Trail, George Denison, W. J. Melguad, Viscount Trelawny, J. S. D'Eyncourt, T. Milner, W. M. Villiers, Charles Divett, E. !Alines, R. Ni. Vivian, J. 11. Drummond, Henry Mitchell, A. T.' Watkins, Colonel Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. Wawn, J. T. Duncuft, John Morison, Sir W. Wellesley, Lord C. Derides, Admiral Morris, David Williams, John Dundas, Sir David Mostyn, E. M. Willyanas, H. Ellis, John Mulgrave, Earl Wilson, James Evans, John Norreys, Sir D. Wilson, Matthew Evans, William O'Brien, John Wood, Sir Charles Fagan, William O'Connor, Feargus Wyld, James Forster, M. Ogle, S. C. TELLIate. Fox, W.. 1. Paget, Lord A. Tunic'', 11. Freestun,;Colonel Pakington, Sir J. S. Bellew, B. M. , . MINORITY-NOES, 55. Alexander, N. Dunne, F. P. Maxwell, J. P. Arohdall, Captain Fagan , James Monsen, William Baldock, E. 11. Fergu son, Sir It. Munings, J. R. Bankes, George Ffolliott, J. Ncwport,lViscount Bateson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Sir Percy Bentinck, Lord IL Fox, R. M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Bercsford, William Gladstone, W.E. O'Connell, J. Bernard, Viscount Gore, W. It. 0. Parke, C. W. Blake, Martin J. Granby, Marquis of Plumptre J. I'. Bourke, Richard S. Grattan, Henry Ravrdon, ' Colonel Bromley, Ro b er t Greene, John . Scrope, G. I'. Brooke, Sir Arthur Grogan, Edward Spooner, It. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hamilton, G. A. Sullivan, Michael Chichester, Lord J. Herbert, 11. A. Taylor, T. E. Cochrane, A. Hill, Lord E. Young, Sir John Conolly, Thomas Horst - non, Edward Corry, H. Keogh, William TELLERS. Crawford, W. S. M`Naghten, Sir E. Jones, Captain Dawson, T. V. Meagher, Thomas Castlereagh, Vbs. Disraeli,lß. Manners, Lord C. TUESDAY, MAT 1. PUNISIIMENT OF DEATII. Motion made, and Question put," That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Punishment of Death." The House divided: — MINORITY—AYES, 51. Adair, Hugh E. Fox, W. J. O'Connell, John Adair, R. Shafto Gibson, Thomas M. Pilkington, James Aglionby, 11. Greene, John Pryse, Pryse Anderson, Arthur Hanmer, Sir J. Robartes, T. J. Barnard, E. G. liardcastie, J. A. Salwey, Colonel Blake, M. J. Harris, Richard Scholefleld, William Bright, John Ileadlam, Thomas Stoney, It. A. Brotherton, J. Henry, Alexander Smith, John B. Clay, James Heywood, James Strickland, Sir G. Cobb°ld, J. C. lleyworth, L. Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard Ilobhouse, T. B. Thompson, George owan, Charles Horsman, E. Thornely, Thomas Crawford, W. S. Lennard, T. B. Trelawny, J. S. Devereux, J. T. Lushington. Charles Willcox, Brodie D'Eyncourt, C. T. Meagher, Thomas Williams, John Divett, Edward ~ Mastorman, John TILLERS. Ellis, John Mowatt, Francis E wart, William Fagan, William O'Brien, J. Nugent, Lord_ MAJORITY-NOES, 75. Abdy, Thomas N. I leald, James Peel,7Slr Robert Baldock, E. IL Heathcoat, John Plowden, W. ii. Berkeley, Captain Herbert, Sidney Portal, Melville Blackall, S. W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Prime, Richard Brooke, Sir A. Hope, A. Pugh. David Campbell, W. F. Howard, Lord E. Richards. Richard Clive, Henry B. Jervis, Sir John Romilly, Sir John Craig, W. G. Keogh, William Sanders, George Dalrymple, Captain Lacy, 11. C. Sibthorp, Colonel Denison, J. E. Lewis, G. C. Somerville. Sir W. Drummond, Henry Lewisham, Vise. Spooner, Richard Duff, James Littleton, E. R. Stafford, Augustus Duncult, John M'Taggart, Sir J. Stansfield, W. It. C. Dundas, Admiral Maitland, T. itanton, W. 5.1 Dunne, F. P. Martin, C. W. Sullivan, Michael Du Pre, C. G. Maule, Fox Thicknesse, Ralph Ebrington, :Viscount Monsell, William '1 ownley, R. G. Evans, John Milner, W. M. Turner, George Ferguson, Sir R. Mitchell, T. A. Verney Sir 11. Fordyce, A. D. Morris, Davld Watkins, Colonel Granger, T. C. O'Connor, Fe argue Wawn, J. T. Greenell, G. Ogle, S. C. Wilson, James Grey, Sir George Owen, Sir J. Wood, Sir Charles Haggitt, F. R. Paeke, C. W. TELLIES. Nestle, Alexander Palmerston, Vie. Tuthell, Ilenry Hawes, Benj. Parker, John Bellew, lt. M. TROLLOPE'S NEW biovEx..—TEE LOT• TERT MARRlAGE.—Marriage, being the great end and aim of feminine existence, naturally forms au promi nent feature in the story of every he roine, b our great artist in pen and ink , Mr s. Troll() pe, has given it, in her new work, the importance it des erves, by making it a subject instead of a feature. 1...;11e cleverly produces it in every light in which it can be t txhiliited, and brings forward its objects, advantages, and results with graphic force that is no less instructiv e than amusing. In " The Lottery of Marriage " Mrs. Tro Ilc pe has produced a picture of our social system full of ntiw and striking portraits, in a narrative that for felicity of construction, and originality of idea, equals the mo st successful of her former efforts. Evening paper. THE ARCTIC ExpEnruott.—Le tters for h nprise a nd erlia jesty's ships Er ebus and Terror, Ent, Investi gator, employed upon the Arctic E) . peditiotis, will be in t i m e to be forwarded by the North 4; t a r, if sent Secretary of the Admiralty on oK to the ith •f Kay. before Suturday the ROYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE, EGYPTIAN HALL. BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSON CASTLE, where it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Hall. Morning, Half past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven. Admission—Lower Seats, 25.; Gallery, Is.