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Incorporated For Supporting and Educating the Children of Soldier; Sailors, and Marines, Natives of Scotland, who hays died or been disabled in the service of their country ; and of indigent Scotch parents resi dent in London, not entitled to parochial relief. The THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Charity will take place at the London Tavern, Bishol sgate-street, on SATURDAY, 10th June. Ills Grace the Duke of BUCCLEI K.T., President of the ] STEW. His Grace the Dike of Roxburghe, r i ~, - ---1 5 7 1 ' I \ig-1, ~~ r JUNE 20, 1849. ON -4, s N° 17 702.] LDON WEDNESDAY , G aim orc, 4*, 7 [PRICE SD• :CII and QUEENSBERRY, K.G., Institution in the Chair. 'ARDS. , Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., iI.P. Alex. Oswald, Esq., M.P. John Auldjo, Esq., F.R.S. ' James Tulloch, Esq., F.R.S. Captain Lamont, R.N. Captain 11. H. Lindsay Lieut. Colquhoun, Jas. A. Simpson, Esq. Charles Forbes, Esq. George Forbes, Esq. George Lindsay, Esq. Chas. Sutherland, Esq. Elector Rose, Esq. El. Edward Antrobus, Esq. William Dallas, Esq. Henry Auldjo, Esq. Neill Malcolm, Esq. 'Mungo Gilmore, Esq. Duncan Finlayson, Esq. J. 11. Macrae, Esq. Charles Black, Esq. Wm. James Maxwell, Esq. William Imrie, Esq. A. Stewart, Esq. J. Walker, Esq. it. Lindsay Leckie, Esq. David Gordon Laing, Esq. Hugh Stark, Esq. (;eo. Virtue, Esq. Patrick Robertson, Esq. K.T. The Most Noble the Marquis 01 Huntley, K.T. The Most Noble the Marquis 01 Queensberry The Bight llon. Viscount Drum• _ _ _ lanrig, M.P. The Right lion. Lord Salimo ; K.C.8., G.C.H. The Right Hen. Lord Dalmeny Lord James Murray Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. Sir H Campbell, Bait. Major-General Sir James Cock• burn, Bart. Major-General Sir W. L. Herries,, K.C.11. Lieut.:General Sir D. Leighton, K.O L. •• General Sir John Macleod Colonel Sir Duncan M'Dougal, C.ll. The Hon. Sir George Rose, K.T.,1 The Rev. John Cumming, D.D. The Chisholm Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Blair Colonel Wm. Mure, M.P. Colonel Tiu4ll D. Baillie James Matheson, Fig., M.P. Wm. Forbes Esq., M.P. Dinner on Tabl Tickets, 20s. each, to be had of I the Bar of the Tavern ; and of tb tion, Copenhagen-flehts, Islington CHARLES RENTON' Ie at Six o'clock. the Stewards ; of the Directors; at le Superintendent, at the Instita- Superintendent and Secretary EX HIBIT lON of EI'TY'S PA INTIN US , STUDIES, &c., in aid of the formation of a NATIONAL GALLERY of BRITISH ART, is NOW OPEN daily, from Nine till dusk, at the Society of Arts, John-Street, Adeiphi. Admission, Is. ; Season Tickets, ss. An impression of " Mercy Interceding for the Vanquished," en graved by Mr. G. T. DOO, will be presentet to subscribers of 1/. Is. I:PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause LAKE v. O'IIARA, the Creditors of WARWICK, late Viscount LAKE, of Aston Clinton, in the county of Buckingham, and of 76, Gloucester place, Portman-square, in the county of Middlesex, who died on the 24:11 of June, 184 S, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Sir Was. IIoRNE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Landon, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. CIHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. I Direct Communication between LONDON and DUBLIN, Three Times a Day, via HOLYHEAD. In consequence of notice from the Postmaster-General, an Extra Mail Train will, on and after the 19th instant. leave Chester at 10 25 p.m. daily, on the arrival of the 5 p.m. Express TiaM from London,* arriving in Kingston about 530 a.m. A Train will also leave Holy head at 1 35 a.m., in connexion with the Steam-packet leaving Kings town at 7 p.m., arriving in London at 1 p.m. The Daily Communication will be as under Arrive at Kingstown About 10 30 p.m. 5 30 a.m. 11 15 a.m. Leave London. 9 0 a.m. *5 0 p.m. 8 45 p.m. Leave Chester. 2 55 p.m. 10 55 p.m. 3 45 a.m. Leave Kingstown Leave Chester. Arrive at London. (Dublin '1 ime). 8 30 a.m. 5 15 p.m. 11 0 pm. 11 0 a.m. 935 p.m. 4 50 a.m. 7 0 p.m. 6 30 a.m. 1 0 p.m. A mail Train will leave Liverpool at 9 p m., In connexion with the 10 25 p.m. Train from Chester, and a Train will leave Chester for Liverpool at 4 50 a.m., in connexion with the Boat leaving Kings town at 7 p.m. 3 *.N.E. No Express Train at 5 p.m. from London on Sundays. By order, J. 0. BINGER. Superintendent's Office, Chester, June 9, 1849. PASSENGER FARES REDUCED TO lIAMBURGII. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave — The Custom-house or Tower, for— HAMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's 31 ails, every Tuesday and Friday .Evening. Chief Cabin, 3/. ; Fore, 2/. From Blackwall Pier, for— ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Ma lsi— Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Ten, Mornlng. The Ocean, 20 ; the Giraffe, 23 ; the Rainbow, 27. Chief Cabin, 11. 53. ; Fo:c, 15s. ANTWERP and the RHINE—The Soho (newly decorated), every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. Saloon, 1/. 10s. ; Fore Cabin, 1/. OSTEND—In Ten Hours, every Wednesday and Saturday Morn ing. 23, at Three ; 27, at Six. Chief Cabin, 11. 45.; Fore, 18s. The Railway Trains leave Fenehurch-street Station for Blackwall every Twenty Minutes from Eight, Morning. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for— EDINBURGH—The Clarence, this Evening ; the Leith, 23; the Trident, 30, at Ten, Evening. Chief Cabin, 2/.; Fore, 1/. 2s. 6d. An Omnibus is provided, and will take passengers to Brown's Wharf from 37, Regent-circus, at Half-past Eight, calling at 35, - Leadenhall-street. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— EAVRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From Hore's Steam Wharf, Wapping, for— NEWCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Night Chief Cabin, 1/. ; Second, 12s. From London-bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNE—The Albion and Harlequin, every Tuesday and Sunday M. .rning. 24 and 26, at Three, Morning. Saloon, 12s. ; Fore Cabin, Bs. CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. 21, at One ; 24, at Three ; 28, at Seven, morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning. YARMOUTH—Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Four Af ternoon. RAMSGATE—The Little Western, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Ten Morning, calling at Black wall at a Quarter to Eleven. Chief Cabin, ss. ; Fore, 4s. ; Children, 3s. NEWHAVEN (BRIGHTON) and DIEPPE —Every Tuesday Thursday, and Saturday. To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 71, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. ERTS.—Highly Desirable FREEHOLD and COPY HOLD ESTATES, beautifully situate, immediately contiguous to ST. ALBANS, comprising gtout 400 ACRES of Superior ARABLE, _ MEADOW, BUILDING. and WOOD LAND, being - the - first poillod of the Valuable Estates of Stephen Smith, Esq. MR PHILIP PAGE will SELL by A.LCTION, at the Pea Hen Inn, St. Albans, on FRIDAY, 6th July, at one o'clock, in Lots. The ST. STEPHEN'S FARM, consisting of 100 Acres of Capital Land, with Farm House and Homestead, good Partridge Shooting, Trout Fishing in the immediate vicinity, and Fox Hounds within six miles—the Wood Land, known as the Hollows (an excellent cover for game, and the Land adjoining, known as The Vineyards, abutting on the Hemel Hempstead Road—the Farm House and Homestead close to St. Michael's Church, and about . 24 Acres of Valuable Accommodation or Building Land adjoining. Also some superior Meadow Land, at the back of St. Michael's, adjoining the River ; and an extremely eligible Estate of 46 Acres of highly Productive Land, nearly abutting upon the Town, close to Kings bury Turnpike. The Auctioneer respectfully requests the attention of the public to the above valuable and truly desirable Property. The projected Branch Lino of the London and North-Western Railway runs close by the whole of the property, touching one or two lots, and the Company having purchased the New House Estate, the Station (it is Presumed) will be erected between St. Michael's Church and the River. ; Particulate and Conditions of Sale (with Plans) may be had at the principal Inns in the County; of Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salter's Hall, London ; of Messrs Longmore and Svrorder, Hertford ; of Mr. Beadel, Land Agent, &c., 25, Gresham- Street, London ; at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Philip Page, Land and Timber Surveyor and Estate Agent, St. Albans. FABLES for the FANCIFUL. No. I. THE SPARROW AND THE GOLDFINCH. One day, while in my garden-chair I sat, Two plumy people joined in friendly chat. The facts were these, as far as I could see, A goldfinch perched upon my cherry-tree; Soon after which, a lowly sparrow came, Presuming he'd a right to do the same, And having neared his neighbour, inch by inch, " Chip," said the sparrow, " Twittle," said the finch. A pause ensued, as oft it does with us, But soon the sparrow broke the silence thus : " I often wonder, sir, indeed I do, by I'm viewed as so much less than you ; In vain do I endeavour to engage, I've never been considered worth a cage ; But as for you, wherever you'll - lay fly, Mankind regards you with a curious eye. Pray what's the reason ypu are valued so, Is it your song, or what, IVish to know ?" " Nay." said the well-dressed goldfinch, " I presume, 'Tis not my song, but my superior plume ; 'Tis true, my friend, I've learned to sing a little, But scarcely any more than twittle, twittle.' You may depend, Sir, 'tis the way I'm decked— Respectable appearance gains respect ; Look at my golden wings, my scarlet cap, You see I'm quite a gentlemanly chap ; If you could wear my coat you'd shortly know To what extent appearances will go." Here ceased the entertaining conversation, While I myself supplied THE APPLICATI3N. Since personal appearance goes so far, I'll more than ever prove what Moses are. Moses and Son's famed Mart is just the place To furnish fashions of superior grace ; The fit of Moses, true to half-an-inch, Will prove the language of the golden-finch. Whoever may in v oses' dress be decked, Will meet with honour and with due respect ; And this assertion nobody will mock, On viewing Messrs. Moses' summer stock ; And thus concludes my unassuming fable, Which I've improved as well as I was able. LIST OF PRICES. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. front #0 8 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, ansl every d.eserip ton of light O N er-coats .• •• • 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed ••• • • • 1 1 0 Do. do. lined w ith silk.. • • 1 8 De. d o. superior quality 1 IS 0 J e an and 'Tolland • Blouses • • •• • •.•••••••• • -- •• • • • • 0 2 9 Fanc y Victoria do. ..... • .... •-• "• •• 14 : 0 3 Tweed do. • • .• • • • • - •• •• • • .... • • • • • Dress Coat • ..... •• • ••• ••••••• • •• • • •• 1 0 0 Frock Coat • • • ...... • ••• • • Spring and Summer Trousers .. • • .......... 0 4 0 0 7 6 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0.... ........ •• • • Spring and Summer Vests in every variety.. 0 6 0 1 6 Bl a ck and Figured Satin Vests ••.••• • • • • • 4 Black do., superior quality .• • • • • • • • • • • " • • 00 9 4 6 6 ' Wh i te Marcella Vests . ..... •••• • • Men's Black Cloth Vests • ..•••••••• 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Summer Ve5t5............ 0 0 10 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits • .. 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ........0 4 0 DUDS TO Ictesrinz. Paletots made from a variety of material, fitted 1 i 0 for Summer wear • • • • • • 1 • • • • • • Do. very elegantly trimmed .: . . • ‘ B 5 0 0 Superior Cloth of a light textu re • • S.. •• •• I • 2 2 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk. •• • --• •••• • • • Ditto Dress Coat ................ ..... •• 1 12 U 0 2 15 Superfine Frock do. ••.•• • •• Best do. ••• • • • Fancy Doeskin Trousers. . • Black do. ••••••••••r••: • • • • • • • • .• ........ 0 16 0 Best do. ..... . •••••••• • -- • . • • • • 1 6 0 Black Cloth Tests Best do.• •••••••••• • • • • ' • ' '• • ..... •••• • • • • 0 13 6 Splendid Satin Test .. ••.•••••• • • • • . • • • •• • 0 14 6 Hussar and Tunic suits ••••• • • • • • ••• • .• 1 5 0 Superfine do. .. ••"••••• • • • • • • • • • ...... 115 0 Men's White Marcella Tests ••• • • • ...... • • 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 Is 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety.. ••• • • • •• • • ••. from 016 •to 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A suit of Clothes complete for IL 10s. The new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with full directions for Self-measurement, can b 3 had on application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— the Shawl and Parasol Department are new 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 . MOSF.S and SON, Tailors, Woollenerapers, Clothiers, natter., H os iers, Furriers , Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 15 . 4, 155, 156, and 157 Minorie?, and 83, 34, 85, and 86 Al s l ga t e , Cit y, 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, &0., should call at or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of iranch Establishments, as iShOTe. HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, wilt find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and rea-onable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untt. One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.ll. An Entrmeo also from Maiden lane. (mot IIEAT ATIRACTION.—The magnificent New hall, at the Bazaar, 58, Baker-street, Portman-square, will be OPENED ti the Public THIS DAY, ut Twelye o'clock, for the Fancy Sale in aid of the Funds of the Royal General Annuity Society. June 19, 1849. ItOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A Lecture on Floral Botany, by Thomas Graham, Esq., M.R.C.S., on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Half-past Three.—Lecture by Pr. Bachhoffner on Master's Patent Process of Freezing, &c., in which the formation of Ice in a red-hot vessel will be shown.—A Lecture on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by J. Russell, Esq., every Evening at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Experimental Philoso phy.—The Microscope.—The Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skin ner Prout, Esq. ; also a new Series of Dioramic Effects, by Mr. Chilge.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including •aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is--Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue. Is. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act o' Parliam nt. LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also nnuif es, immediate and deferred. 1 he payment of fixed sums to th - ; Assur, d at any specified age; or to their Representatives in case of death before that age. Credit given for half the premiums for the first fiva years. Three fourths of the Profits divid,d amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the sum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of 10s. fer every 1001. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents in the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. So. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. [henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. riraticis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. tir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Ilionsson llankey, jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Lahouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Joins Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. 1. W. Robarts, Esq. samuel JORCS Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ACTUARY —Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at 'ow Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one,moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which thiS Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared the Otis of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same s now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), etween the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and ilso by the Agents in the Country Districts. Not ice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Midsum mer must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr. Sanas, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with .ike Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Re cutions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. with Powers of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL Proprietors tinder the 16th Clause of the I£loo,ooo Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all pa'd ; affording the security of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. M IRlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at Lloyds. FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion of risk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system is its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment of ai - iy risk. The operation of this department also extending to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- miums ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment ot. a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be obtained from the Head Office es above. AUG. COLLJNGRIDGE, Managing Director. London, June 9,1849. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, 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 sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, whilel iving. 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 enabled 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 n each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- Sum the 4,1 Annual Policy Bonus in Rent Re- Assured Age. 4 Pre- taken addition Bonus in auction of may bor mium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Polley. a • 6. Zsd.£s.dZs.d. 1837 276 14 3 1 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 . 1839 226 6 OJO2 15 1 16 2 9 194 8 10 z z s.d. 1840 178 0 082 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0 60j 1000 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0' 78 3 4 12 3 C 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 65 ii 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 1844 62 6 fd 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 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, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or 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, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied adTan t ages which the judicious application of a small saving caa secure through this Society. I. B. .ENEFITS 11. PREMIUMS To secure 1 en attain- Annuity£lo 10 0 ingtheage Cash •• 82 10 0 Of 6 5 , the Policy .. 97 8 6 option of _ Secured on atl 65, by an An 2/. l'2a. taining the age of tnual Premium of te Payable Payable I Payable Anuu- In one ,for . ally. I sum. parity. K :2 Annuity Ece -4 r:1 Cash. 1 Policy. £ s. d 20 47 16 6 30 26 15 ICI 40 13 19 9; s. d s. d. 394 11 0 466 0 0 221 0 0 261 0 0 115 13 0 136 6 0 £ s. d. 20 0 10 11 30 019 6 40 1 17 3 s. d. 10 0 10 16 7 1 27 3 11 X 8. d. 0 0 0 7 3 n 19 4 10 Immediate Annuities are also terms, as will be seen by the fol showing the annual amount of ann Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age 60, £9 I The Annual Report, with Table Office, or any of its Branches in th be forwarded post free. TIT granted by the Society on liberal Rowing extracts from the Tables, Linty upon every 1001. deposited z -14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. of Rates, &c., may be had at the it Country ; or, on application, will S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. B OND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK. The original, and by far the best, requiring no preparation, offers the surest means of protection far every variety of household linen and wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason be careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor, JOHN BOND, N, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. Sold by most Chemists, Stationers, and ➢iedicine Venders. Price Is. a bottle. Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, r rilE RATIONAL TRETMENT of STRIC TURES_IL 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. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berecrs-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Twa. and Five to Eight : on Sandays from Eleven to One RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JuNE 19. Stocir EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow :—East Lancashire, 171/2 —Lancashire and Yorkshire (B. and B.), Fifths, 4 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 714 dis.—Ditto, Halves (London - and Bury), 11 dis—Caledonian, Preference, 11 4 —Great Northern (London and York Extension), 1% dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire (late Chester and Birkenhead), 14% —London and North- Western, 129 —Ditto, New Quarters, 565. 3d. p.—Midland, Halves, Is. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, Nos. 1 and 2), 5% die. (G. N. E. Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1850), 3 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 61. 13s. 9d.—York and North Midland, Preference, 6 per cent., dis. MANCHESTER, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: — Manchester and Birmingham, (C), Quarters, 3 p.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 4 3 4—Eastern Counties, 8% —East Lancashire, Quarters, 4IA —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 42 —Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 . 31 dis.—Ditto (West hiding Union), 4X I dis. South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Thirds, 6 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to .day were as follow : Chester and Holyhead, 174—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A; 6/.ls, &I.—Shropshire Union, 2%, dis. ARRIVAL OF MESSRS. MARTIN AND O'DOIIERTT AT COVE.—The Government steamer Trident arrived in our harbour at four o'clock yesterday morning, having on board Messrs. John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Do herty, who were immediately transferred on board the convict ship Moutst Elphinstone. It is believed that the latter vessel will b© detained in Cove until the Govern ment is in a position, by the adoption of the special Act of Parliament at present being hurried through the House, to send out the other state prisoners, without en countering any constitutional objection. We are happy to be in a position to state that both gentlemen are in excellent health and the best spirits; and are determined to meet with manly fortitude the sentence which the Government appears resolved to enforce.—Cork Exa miner of Monday. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DreadfuI Wounds in a Leg soundly Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Henry Gray, typographer, residing at No. 6, Temple-lane, City, states, that he suffered the most excruciating pains in his leg for a con siderable time, occasioned by an accident,which he unfortunately met with; two deep wounds formed in his leg in consequence of it, and although he tried various lotions and ointments, yet all were found entirely useless. He was then recommended by a friend to use some of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which he did, and in six hours he was greatly relieved, and in about eight days the wounds were soundly healed. Sold by all Drug ' gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Mr. Hincks had an interview with Earl Grey yester day tit the Ccienig-Office. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL, JUNE 19. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :--The ge neral tone of trade during the past week has been firmness, without any great stroke of business having resulted, owing mainly to the paucity of arrivals and the general disinclination to offer landed parcels at this season of the year, holders pre ferring to risk the " chapter of accidents " rather than take the present current rates obtainable for the little offering from shipboard. The exception to the foregoing remarks may be Found in barley, which, from its previous low rates, has at tracted the attention of speculators and wholesale dealers in the interior; our comparatively large import of the week has thus been run off on fully the terms of last market day. The weather during the past week has been fine, but on the whole the season is backward • the scarcity and high price of potatoes and other esculents makes the consumption of wheaten *our very great. There was only a moderate supply of wheat again to-day from our own farmers, and very little foreign offering; prices of all descriptions must be written is dearer, but the amount of business done is not large. Fine qualities of foreign are comparatively scarce. For barley we experience a continued demand, at least for grinding qualities, which are being taken off quietly by interior buyers for their local autumn trade. Beans are dull sale, and the turn lower; with little inquiry for peas, except blue ones, which seem scarce. The chief de mand for Indian corn is for Ireland. Very little business passing in linseed ; the actual transactions are quite insignifi cant, and the bulk of the import is for crushers' account. For linseed cakes we don't alter our quotations, but they are fully as dear as last reported. Our quotation is obtainable for rape cakes ; but we know of no business in rapeseed. Although the transactions in bones are limited, prices are fully up to last week's mark, and supply does not get beyond demand. s. S. Peas, white and yel. 25 30 Do. grey ... 24 —26 Linseed, Black Sea. 39 41 Do. Petersburgh ... 34 39 Do. Riga & Archngl. 35 37 Do. Konigsberg .... 32 36 Par ton. Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od Do. fine foreign Do. inferior foreign Si 5s Rapeseed Rape cakes Bss Od Tares, English oos —00 s Do. foreign 203 —26 s Guano 6l to 91 103 Bones, d 0... 1023 6d to 09s Od meal Rye _ _ 6/ The following are the present prices of grain s. 5.1 Wheat, English, red 43 to 4 , 3 Do. white ...... Dantzic and Ko nigsberg 4B Pomeranian and liamburgh Danish, Holstein, & Friesland Russian and Odessa 36 40 Oats, English Do. Danish.... l4 16 Do. Friesland l6 18 Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 16 Barley,malting 24 26 Do. grinding.. 20 22 Beans 2B 32 Do. foreign ...... 26 28 IPSWICH, JUNE 19. Our millers felt rather more inclined to do business to-day ; he finest samples of wheat improved Is per quarter ; other qualities at last week's prices. Spring corn of all descriptions at our last quotations. Malt dull sale. Flour steady. FEB, QUARTER. I PER QUARTER. Wheat 39s to 520eans Barley .... 2os to 30s Peas 2ss to 33s Oats l6s to 2181111 alt Rye 2ls to 24siFlour, per sack ... 38s to 41s AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 16, 1849. Wheat Barley Oats ..„ .„, Beans. ........... 34 It 30s. 9d. Peas ..... LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19.—Our Corn Exchange this morning was well attended, and wheat and flour met a steady sale, at an improvement on last Tuesday's prices of ld to 2d per bushel on all qualities of the former, and 9d to is per barrel on American flour. Sack flour moved more freely, but was not dearer. Having a good show of oats and a limited demand, the price gave way Id to I#d per bushel. Oatmeal Gd per load cheaper. Egyp tian beans brought full prices, with a fair sale. Barley and peas supported late rates. The decline of 6d to Is per quarter on Indian corn on Friday was recovered to-day, and there was a fair sale to Irish buyers, at the full prices of this day se'nnight. LEEDS, JUNE 19.--There still continues a better feeling in the trade, and fine fresh wheats must be quoted Is to 2s per quarter dearer than last Tuesday, with a good demand. There is also more doing in spring corn, but without alteration in value. DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, JUNE 18.—At this day's market there were 96 bags oatmeal, sof barleymeal, and 2 of pot barley ; sales ready ; oatmeal down 6d per bag on the first and second prices ; barleymeal 6d up on the top. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. 28s Od 27s 3d 25s Od Barley meal, per ditto ... 19s 61 19s Od —s Od Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od Flour ... —s Od —s Od --s Od Pot barley ... ... 22s 6d —s Od —s Od CORK, JUNE 18.—Flour —Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 15s; seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households 103 to 12s; thirds, Sato 103 per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to Os; Indian meal 9s 3d to 946c1; wheat meal, lOs Od to llsper cwt. Indian corn 8' lOs to 8/15s per ton. Bran 41 Os to 415 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 44s to 465; average COs ; dealers 45s to 48s; average 45s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers 3os Od to 43s Od ; average 00s ; dealers Oos Od to Oos Od; average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 93 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 16s; Landore 15s; Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s 6d to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 53 to 6id ; veal Sid to 7d ; pork 4d to 5d ; bacon 7d to 83 ; sausages 6 d per lb. Hops 6/ 10s per cwt. Bangor slates Si 2s 6d to Si 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ 10s.; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7/103; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 106 to 12s per stone. Thsnin 341 to 361 per ton. Fish— SaOtul. kerring. 17.... is. ; re-ti ditto 26s to vo.p er hsrr.r s Newfoundland 101 10s to 121 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red pine 3 15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 10s to 14s; salted lls to 14s per cwt ; calf skins 11d to 24d; market 10 to 2d per lb. Potatoes, white 14d to 15d ; Minions 19d to 20d ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ to 11110 s ; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAY. THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.-3 tO 1 agst Mallon, (t)-4 to 1 agst Executor, (t)-10 to 1 agst Legerde main, (0-10 to 1 agst Tom Tit, (t)—Nothing done about Cossack. THE LIVERPOOL CUP.-9 to 2 agst Essedarius— '(ict)h—' 15 to 1 agst Lady Masham, (t). 0-10 to 1 agst Montague— ES .-11 to 1 agst Plaudit, (t)-15 t l o 4oG l tto: a °l g ln s aw t ga gs° T tE° O tSD p Wy h lB a :T n ain a l (t ) —l5 to 1 agst Fernhill, (t)- 20 to 1 agst Chanticleer, (0-20 to 1 agst Clermont, (t). Even on 14 . agst the Fi e ld ; offer 3 to take 5 to 1 a bout Duke of R ichmond's lot. GoonwooD Cur.-7 to 2 agst Tadmor, (t)-4 to 1 agst Canezou. ST. LEGER.—Even on the Flying Dutchman. 10 to 1 agst any other. DERBY, 1850.-1,000 to 50 agst Italian, (t)-1,000 to 50 agst Pitsford, (0-1,000 to 40 agst Cyprus, (t). CRICKET MATCH• THE COUNTY OF SURREY (WITH HILLYER AND BOX) AGAINST ENGLAND. This match was not only resumed yesterday at Lord's, but brought to a conclusion. The attendance of specta tors was far more numerous than we had expected. One of the chief features in this match was that in the second innings of " Surrey" the last three wickets scored 56 runs. There was, too, an ab sence o f an y very long hands on the part of either eleven in this part of the game. Surrey had eight wickets down for 56 runs, in which amount was a portion of the runs of the ninth batsman. At the close of the match the score stood thus: — SURREY—FIRST INNINGS. Total ...133 Total -... ~• ••• ENGLAND-FIRST • INNINGS. SURREY—SECOND INNINGS. Martingell—st Chatterton, b Lillywhite llrockwell—c and b Wisden... Hillyer—not out ... Box —b Wisden Chester—b Wisden N. Felix, Esq.— c Mynn, b NVisden ••• Sewell—b Wisden ••• ••• C. Hoare, Esq.—b Lillywhite ••• ••• Heath— b Wisden ••• ••• Sherman—b Lillywhite ... W. Hammeraley, Esq.—b Lillywhite Byes, 8; w, I; n b, 0 Total ... ... ... ENGLAND-SECOND LNNINGS. Dean—not out •• ••• ••• ••• A. Hagyartb, Esq.—c Chester, b Brockwell Chatterton—c Box, b Chester Pilch—b Chester ... Parr -not out ••• ••• • • • • •• R. T. King, Esq.—b Brockwell A Mynn, Esq.—c and b Brockwell.. Clarke—b Hillyer ..• C. Esrom, Esq.—b Brockwell Wisden—c Brockwell, b Chester ... B 1, w 1, n b 1... Total ..• ••• All England won by two wickets. ...135 ~ 25 ... 20 ... 99 ... 13 ... 27 ... 20 ... ...100 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain John Macdougall (1836), who paid off the Vulture steam-frigate some time since, from China, after two and a half years' service, has been appointed to command the Hogue, 60, screw two-decker, at Sheerness, to be fitted out for sea service, with a complement of 500 officers and men. Lieut. W. R. Rolland (1841) is appointed First Lieutenant to the Hogue. The Lords of the Admiralty proceed to Woolwich this day to inspect the Grappler, iron steam-vessel, Com mander Lysaght, in dock at that port. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—John KDougall, to La Hogue, at Sheerness. Lieutenant—R. Y. Rolland, to Lt; Hogue. Master—G. FT. K. Bower, to La Hogue. Commander —John Cheere, to the Coast Guard service. Lieutenants—G. A. Hire, to command Cornhill Coast Guard station, vice Mr. T. C. Hodgson, removed; J. B. Clarke, from Shoeburyness Station to No. 62, Tower, vice E. Smith, resigned. Surgeon—Thomas Tait, to the Ranger, 8, fitting at Devonport for the coast of Africa. Mates—G. J. Morrell, to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth; G. T. M. Purvis, Osborn Marks, 11. Hathorn, J. W. Armstrong, W. Spack, J. Carnegie, to the Royal William yacht for rank, having passed their examinations for the rank of Lieutenant. Naval Cadet—H. A. St. John Mildnaay, to the Prince Regent, 92, in the Mediterranean. THE PEACE 112oVzMENT•—There are at present 1,132 petitions (signed by 204,205 persons) lying on the table of the House of Commons, praying the House to promote the formation between the British Government, and other Governments of the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all international disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators. ROYAL VISIT TO NORFOLK H OUSE. Her Majesty and tb a Prince Consort last night dined with tho Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at their residence in St. James 'ls-square, the birth: place of George 111. The company invited toy the Duke and Duchess to meet her Majesty at the banquet arrived in the follow ing order:— _ _ _ The Marchioness of W e,stminster, accompanied by her son, tho Earl Grosvenor, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Marquis of Granby, t si.r Robert and Lady Peel, the Duke and Duchess of B uncleuch, Sir Eamund Lyons, Bart., G.C.B , the C run te‘ss of Ellesmere, Lord Foley, and the Duke of Wellingt on. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived precisely at eight o'clock, n.ttended by the Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Clouirr. Her Royal Highness was received in the err ;re nce hall by the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and tbe Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard. The formal reception of her Royal Highness was scarcely completed when the Queen's carriages drove up to the mansion. To , s Duke and Duchess of Nor folk, with the Lady Adelina and Lord El ward Fitzalan Howard, were immediate] y in attendance, and on her Majesty and the Prince a lighting they were received by the noble host and hoste al with the most profound de monstrations of affection and respect. The Queen took the arm of the Duko of .N orfolk, and proceeded to the drawing-room, followed by, , her Royal Consort, on whose arm leant the Duchess, t he Lady Adeliz a following in the rear with the member a of the royal suite. As the Queen entered the mansion, the fine band of the Royal Horse Guard a Blue, under the direction of Mr. Tuttou, played a few bars of the National Anthem. At a quarter-past eig ht o'clock her Majesty, resting on the arm of the Duke of Norfolk, entered the ban quetting-room, Prince A Mort leading the Duchess of Norfolk, the other guests following in succession. At the table her Maj .ty the Queen sat upon the right hand of the Duke of Norfolk, the Duchess of Kent sitting upon his Grace's loft. On the right of the Queen sat, in the order named, tl to Prince Consort, the Duchess of Norfolk, Lord John R ussell, and the Countess of El lesmere. Upon the left of the Duchess of Kent sat the Duke of Wellington, the (Countess of Desart, the Duke of l3uccleuch, and Sir R. )l►ert Peel. The Marquis of Granby faced the noble la, ist, having the Duchess of Buc cleuch and the Marchioni isa of Westminster respectively upon his right and left. During the banquet the band performed the following selection of music, specially chosen by Mr. Tutton, with immediate reference to t he well-known appreciation of the royal guests for the c o►npositions of the great com posers whose names are appended in the annexed pro- gramme : Overture, " Camp of Sile sia" lsleyerbeer. Introduction and Chorus, ." Antigone" Mendelssohn. Waltzes, " Anglesey" . Tutton. War March of the Priest: I, " Athalie"... Mendelssohn. Chorus, " Armide" --- Gluck. ___ Scherzy from the Septett.. Immediately after the eiressert had been placed on the table, the Duke of Norfolk rose and proposed " The gieen.'' The Noble Dttße simply, but emphatically, pronounced the two word s, without preface or addition, and the company, rising, drank the toast in silence. Iler Majesty having bowed he r acknowl-dgments, the Duke ruse again, and proposed " Prince Albert," in like man ner, and his Royal Highr.ess having made a similar ac knowledgment, the Duch ess of Norfolk conducted ,the Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and the rest of the lady guests, into the noble rooms forming the saloons of Norfolk House. The banquet was succet ;tied by a grand ball, for which invitations were issued to about two hundred leading members of the aristocravy. These later visitors began to arrive shortly before Leo o'clock. Her Royal Highness tile Duchess of Gloucester ar rived about ten o'clock, attended by Lady Georgians Bathurst and Colonel the Jaen. H. T. Liddell. . . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal Highness the Ilereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz came shortly afterwards, at tended by Lady Augusta Qadogan and Mr. E. St John Mildmay. At ten o'clock her Majciy, the Prince, and the guests proceeded to the ball-room, an apartment of compare. tively limited dimensions, on the ground floor of the mansion, but the apparent extent of which was greatly increased by the erection of an orchestra (or Strauss's band, at the upper end, in the garden, the musicians being skilfully disposed a triongst the shrubs and flower ing plants, a species of ;Lianpromptu conservatory; and through this vista again was to be seen all the remains of the orginal old Norfolk. House, in which George 111. was born, and otherwise historically memorable. It is tow disused, or used only as an auxiliary for domestic purposes to the mansion in St. James's-square, and which is about some few hundred. yards in advance of it. The whole frontage of the old building was splendidly illu minated in coloured ramps. The ball was opened with a quadrille, her Majesty leading off with Lord Edveard Fitzalan Howard, and the Prince Consort dancing with the Lady Mary Fitzalan Howard. This quadrille was followed by a waltz, in which hEr Majesty danced with Prince Albert, the Lady Emily De Burgh with the Hon. Percy Herbert. Tne Almacks quadrille followed, in which the Queen again danced, on this occasion honouring the Marquis of Granby with her hand, the Prince Consort dancing with Mdlle. de Flabault. Her Majesty subsequently danced in the Stradella quadrille with the Marquis of Kildare, the Prince Con sort taking the hand of the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mechlenburg Strelitz, and Prince Richard Metternich that of Mdlle. Olga de Lechner. In the " Gubar quadrille, her Majesty honoured Lord Alfred Paget with her hand. The Queen afterwards danced with the Earl Grosvenor, and from the moment her Majesty entered the ball-room until midnight, the period at which she took her departure, the Queen omitted to dance but once, and that when a polka was played. The Queen and the Prince, accompanied by their royal relatives, left the ball room at five minutes after mid night; and very shortly afterwards her Majesty and her Royal Consort, having taken an affectionate leave of their noble host and hostess, left Norfolk House for Buckingham Palace. The other royal visitors left shortly after the Queen, but the festivities were kept up by the general company until a much later hour. LORD :Jonti RIISSELL..—We regret exceedingly, in concluding our notice of this brilliant festivity, to be obliged to state that Lord John Russell was seized with a fainting fit in the ball room, about eleven o'clock, and carried out insensible. His Lordship speedily revived when brought into the open air, and shortly afterwards left, in company with Lady John Russell, for his man sion in Chesham-place. The Noble Lord, it will be re collected, some eight or ten years since, suffered from a similar attack in the House of Commons. Wo sincerely hope, therefore, that nothing serious need to be appre hended (rein the present affection. His Lordship, at the moment he was seized last evening, was engaged in an animated conversation with the Countess of Wilton. CO URT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive yesterday i❑ an open carriage and four. Lieut.-Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Equerry in Waiting, attended on horse back. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal Family took their accustomed walking and, pony exercise yesterday in the garden of the Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with their company at dinner yes terday evening, at Norfolk House, St. James's. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Desert, Lady in Waiting; Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting; and Lieut.- Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Equerry in Waiting. His Royal Highness was attended by Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Her Royal Highness • the Duchess of Kent also honoured the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with her company at dinner last evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and attended by her Lady in Waiting, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with her company in the evening. By command of the Queen, Mr. Herbert Smith had the honour of submitting for the inspection of her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Monday, a portrait of the late Sir Humphrey Davy. Mr. Perry and Mr. Hemans had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, in their office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in his official residence in Down ing -street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American pro vinces. THE ARMY.—A report was current at the clubs yesterday that Major-General d'Aguilar, C. 8., would be appointed to succeed Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.G.8., as Commander-in -Chief at Bombay, and Major-General William Rowan, C. 8., would be ap-• pointed to succeed the late Lieutenant -General Sir Ben jamin d'Urban, G.C.8., as Commander of the Forces in Canada; but we have not been able to ascertain if it can be depended upon. No officer has yet been named as Colonel of the 51st Light Infantry, vice d'Urban. On the 18th inst. an inquest was held at the South ampbon Arms, Camden - town, by H. M. Wakley, E sq ., deputy-corner for the county of Middlesex, upon the body of Mr. James I3ardele, of Stephens mews, Gresse-street, Tottenham -court-road, who died from the depression of the nervous system with erisypelas in the head. The inquiry was instituted in consequence of the unfounded rumour in circulation as to the cause of death, and after a patient investigation and examination of the medical attendants, the coroner expressed himself perfectly satis• tied with the result, as it would be also to the friends of the deceased. The jury immediately returned a verdict accordingly. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,- —On Monday the 18th, was a prolonged and remark able p:aanage of arms between the Member for Sheffield and the Irish representatives. As usual, Irish heat was not a trilLteh for English phlegm ; and the single assail ant had. the palpable mastery. The position of the Irish was feeble to begin with. When men have placed themselves in the situation of capital criminals, and a Government from motives of kindness has intimated, perhaps irregularly, that the intention was to spare their lives,- theire is nothing romantic, nothing attractive, nothing which as the world is constituted rallies sup. port and popular feeling, in their countrymen turning round on the Government and throwing its moderation into its face, in the guise of asserting that the Govern ment he's now parted with its power over the criminals. It is clear that under such circumstances, any and every Government must resist, and any and everybody who does not wish to hold up the case as a warning to future Governments, must aid it in its resistance. Nothing is worse policy, than for a division or party to put rtself in the position of those whom nobody can please. There may certainly be such positions; but it is policy to keep out of th em . T here can be no neces sary aiadinherent reason, why th e moderation of a Government taking a step in the progress of civilization, should not have been received with content if not with gratitude : , by those who from any kind of associations were interested in the event. On Tuesday Lord Lincoln brought forward the subject of Vancouver's Island. Great Britain is looking about for places to send its overflowing population to, as Noah did when he found more descendants than could live comfortably within the timbers of his ark. And at this moment an island of vast extent, and possessing many valuable qualifications of soil, climate, harbours, and natural productions, is turned over, nobody can tell why, to a Company whose god is a bear-skin, and which knows no use for earth or water, except to nourish vermin that have furs. It is as if an English landlord were to determine to live upon his polecats. If such a landlord were found, it would surely be doubtful policy in a country hard pressed for land, to take a new district and add by Act of Parliament to his pre serves. The Government was deprived of the opportunity of replying, by the House being counted out. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, June 20, 1849. MR. ROEBUCK AN]) MR. FOX. The following correspondence his taken place on the subject of the altercation in the House of Commons on Monday night:— No. 1. " Junior United Service Club, Tuesday, June 19. " Sir,—Having been requested by Mr. Fox to demand from Mr. Roebuck a retraction of the word falsehood,' as applied to an expression of Mr. Fox's in the House of Commons last night, and having been' referred by the latter gentleman to you, I have to request that you will inform me whether you are prepared, on the part of Mr. Roebuck, to withdraw that expression, he having expressly stated last night that he only did so in a Par liamentary sense. " 1 have the honour to be your most obedient, " SAMUEL W. BLACKALL. " The Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley." No. 2. " Admiralty, June 19. " Sir,—On the part of Mr. Roebuck, I feel that after the public denial which that gentleman had given on a former occasion to the same accusation as that made by Mr. Fox, that Mr. Roebuck can only retract the word falsehood' as applied to Mr. Fox's expressions, on that gentleman withdrawing the imputation which he cast on Mr. Roebuck, of being the • hired advocate of rebels.' " I have tho honour to remain your most obedient, " M. F. F. BERKELEY. .. - "Samuel W. Blackall, Esq." No. 3. "Junior United Service Club, June 19. "Sir,—ln reply to yours I have to state on the part of Mr. Fox, that not having been in the House of Com mons on Friday night, nor seen the report of the debate, he was not aware tbat Mr. Roebuck had already pub licly denied being the hired advocate of rebels, and that had he known it he would not have repeated the assertion. " I trust that the word ' falsehood' as applied to Mr. Fox may, therefore, be withdrawn, as requested in my letter of this morning. " I have the honour to be your most obedient, " SAMUEL W. BLACKALL. "The Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley." No. 4. " Admiralty, June 19. " Sir,—ln reply to your note containing Mr. Fox's assurance that he was not aware of the denial already made by Mr. Roebuck of the words complained of, and that had be been aware of such denial he should not have repeated the assertion, on behalf of Ur. Roebuck I have no hesitation in withdrawing the word falsehood' as applied to Mr. Fox in the heat of debate. " I have the honour to remain your most obedient, "M. F. F. BERKELEY. " Samuel W. Blackall, Esq. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Trafalgar we have news from the above sta tion to the 19th of April inclusive. Affairs in the in terior are quiet, and the native police were doing duty mest faithfully and effectually. The inhabitants of the colony were in the highest state of excitement at the pro posed intention to send convicts thither. The feeling runs so high against it, that it is surmised the attempt to carry into force the order in council will be attended with unpleasant consequences. The Governor was at Cape Town. The following officers were passengers by thi s ship:— Captain Brown, 53d, Captain Kennedy, 46th M.N.1.; Lieutenant Cooper, ditto; Lieutenant Crosdaile, 61st; Quarter -master Peel, 53d, Queen's. Passed the Enterprise, of Falmouth, water-logged, dismasted, and abandoned; had apparently been so some months. Her Majesty's ship Hercules sailed from the Cape for England April 17. Pietermauritzbourg had been visited with an awful storm of thunder and lightning, which had done con siderable damage to property. The Trafalgar spoke the Vernon, Prince of Wales, Tudor, and Queen—all for London. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB. The first sailing match of the present season of this club, came off on the Mersey, on Saturday last, for two prizes. Many of the members of the club, including Thomas Littledale, Esq , the Commodore, and most of the officers, and a large party of ladies, attended on board the Royal Adelaide steamer, engaged, with a band of music, to follow the match. The following yachts were entered to contend, and the sailing was admirable throughout, with a fine breeze from the N.N.W. Enigma, 25 tons, R. B. Preston, Esq. Seabird, 30 tons, H. Melling, Esq. ,Tilt, 19 tons, 11. Lowe, Esq. Hebe, 15 tons, F. Horner, Esq. Ranger, 12 tons, T. W. Tetley. The yachts started from the Commodore yacht, the Queen of the Ocean, abreast of Rock Ferry, and sailed round the Bell buoy and back, a distance of about 28 miles. At the usual signal, the yachts started, the Rangy'. having an advantageous start; the Enigma fouled the Seabird on the starboard tack, and might have been prevented receiving any prize at all if the owner of the Seabird had made the usual protest. After a well contested race the yachts arrived at Rock Ferry in the following order of time:— H. M. S. Enigma 3 19 0 Ranger 3 28 30 Hebe 3 35 10 It was a time race, and the Ranger won the first prize, 301. value, by only 15 seconds ! the Enigma taking the purse of 101. The Seabird yacht, belonging to the Hon. Secretary, carried away her bobstay, and in the middle of the race lost a man overboard, who, in his anxiety in setting a topsail, lost his footing: by great exertions of the crew and the handiness of the yacht in stays, his life was very fortunately preserved. This threw her out of all chance of the race, and she declined the contest. The Jilt also got disabled by carrying away of gaff. the jaws The prizes were delivered on the quarter-deck of the steamer to the winners by the Commodore, in suitable and complimentary terms. Both gentlemen made suit able and feeling replies in acknowledgement. The ladies kept up the spirit of dancing with the gentlemen, and the company disembarked at seven o'clock, after being highly gratified by the day's excursion, and the polite attention throughout of the Commodore, officers, and stewards of the club, was the theme of much admiration on board the steamer. THE SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM.—The 17th Regiment of Foot, under the command of iLieutenant- Colonel Stoyte, now stationed at Canterbury, has been ordered to march thence on the 22d inst., to arrive at Chatham on the 23d, in order to take part in the grand siege operations at that place on the 30th inst. The regiment consists of 39 officers, 64 non-commissioned officers, and 750 rank and file; total all ranks, 853 strong. _ _ Yesterday morning, shortly before four o'clock, the Golden Lion Tavern, Wardour-street, Soho, the property of Mr. J. H. Smith, was discovered to be on fire. The inmates were immediately aroused, and for tunately succeeded in effecting a safe retreat. The engine of St. Anne's parish was quickly on the spot, followed by several others of the London Brigade and West of England Company. No time was lost in setting the engines to work, and owing to the exertions of the firemen the flames wt re confined to that portion of the premises in which they originated. Fortunately Mr. Smith was insured in the Sun Fire-office. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, KENT-STREET.-This church was consecrated yesterday by the Lord Bishop of Winchester. The church is in the early English style of architecture, and is built of brick, with Bath•stone dressings. It affords accommodation for 600 adults and 200 children. The Itev. J. IL bins= ie the jAcurabent. NEWSPAPERS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Every man, when he awakes in the morning, finds that the reflections suggested by the preceding day have been, if not wholly obliterated, at least suspended by sleep; that new topics of conversation are wanting, and that surprise is on tip-toe for new calls. A family would often drink the tea of Lethe, and eat the toast of taci turnity, were they not happily relieved from torpor of thought, and immobility of tongue, by the entrance of a newspaper. It is possible, indeed, that the weather might furnish a brief subject of debate, but the wind must blow a hurricane, and the rain descend in torrents, to be worth more than a moment's conversation. When the news paper appears, however, all Europe is united to refresh the languid memory, to quicken the dull thoughts, and give expedition to the communicative tongue. No publication surely was ever so fertile in sources of reflection to those who choose to think, or of conver sation to those who prefer the more noisy business of talking. Vti hen a newspaper is introduced at the breakfast-, table, what a copious source of conversation arises for the rest of tEe day. A man may give a very able ac count of an estate without the least desire of purchasing it; and the a hole family may dispute on the merits of an entertainment, which not one of the company means to partake of. It is possible to compassionate the dis tresses of an orphan family without contributing sixpence to their relief, and even to read of the cures performed by a " famous syrup" without desiring to taste a drop of it. Conversation and action are different things, and if a newspaper furnishes the former it is doing much. To appreciate the true value of newspapers, we have only to suppose that they were totally to be discontinued for a month. We turn with horror from the frightful idea ! We deprecate such a shock to the circulation of table talk. It would operate more unfavourably than the gloom of November is said, by foreigners, to operate on the nerves of Englishmen, and there would be nothing but accounts of sudden deaths, which had happened in the interval, with the deliberate opinion of the coroner's jury, "Died for want of intelligence! " " Let us praise newspapers," says Dr. Johnson. " On e of the principal amusements of the idler is to read the works of those minute historians, the writers of news, who, though contemptuously overlooked by the com posers of bulky volumes, are yet necessary in a nation where much wealth produces much leisure, and one part of the people has nothing to do but observe the lives and fortunes of the other.' MARYLEBONE THEATRE. For the leading idea of the Witch Wif'e Mr. Spicer has been indebted to Mr. Ainsworth's " The Lancashire Witches," and has, moreover, adopted the localities and some of the characters introduced in that popular ro mance. The play is, however, by no means a mere dramatised version of the novel. Its plot is altogether new, and manifests considerable skill in construction, while its another point the drama differs materially from the romance, inasmuch as it does not include the diabolic machinery of which Mr. Ainsworth made such effective use. M. Spicer's witchcraft is nothing but a " delusion and a snare;" and his " Witch finder" an ordinary villain who employs, for purposes of private vengeance, the blindness of popular superstition and the forms of perverted justice. The Witch Wife has the the singular merit of possessing a simple and yet efficient plot. Mathew Hopkins, the witch finder, loves the heroine of the drama, who bears the somewhat masculine name of Cecil Howard. The lady spurns the suit, and Hopkins vows to take a bitter revenge upon her disdain. Meantime, a student, who has been for some months a guest of her uncle, Sir Gerard Mole, passing under the assumed name of Marchmont Needham, leaves Pendle Manor House for London, and in the shock of a sudden departure, dis covers and reveals a mutual love in, and to, Cecil Howard. While Marchmont is away the young lady perpetrates an unlucky frolic, in masquerading, together with a few hoyden friends, in a sort of witches' sabbath, upon Malkin Tower, a favourite resort, it was supposed, of the sisterhood of the broomstick. Their revels are interrupted by Hopkins, who arrests Cecil, and has her thrown into prison end arraigned on a charge which the existing state of the laws made almost equivalent to condemnation without trial. The forms of trial are ❑evertheless gone through; but just before sentence is pro nounced, Marcbtnont not only returns, but comes armed with a parchment nominating him Lord Chief Justice of England. He takes his seat upon the bench, rebukes the judges, pardons the accused, and proclaims that the cruelties practised under the name of " witch finding" are for ever at an end. Some difficulty yet exists to the usual happy termination of dramatic wooings, in the stigma of witchcraft that still hangs over Cecil; but this is at last removed by the late repentance of Hopkins, who is brought back dying from the injuries inflicted by the mob, and recants all the accusations he had laid to ber charge. Therefrom is written in blank ♦erse, and contains many passages of a high order of poetry, which received full justice by the delivery and acting of Mrs. Mowatt and Mr. Davenport in the characters of Cecil and Marchmont Needham. Mr. Wray also depicted with much truth and forcefulness the mixture of grief and imbecility in the octogenarian uncle, Sir Gerard Mule. The play was admirably mounted, and the scenery in the last act, which represented a court of justice, generally excellent. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—MR. MITCIIELL'S BENE FIT.—The benefit of Mr. Mitchell, the spirited lessee of this theatre, to whose exertions we are indebted for having naturalised among us the most refined drama in Europe, that of the French stage, and who during the last season has delighted every lover of music and of the drama, by establishing the most delightful of all amusements, the French Opera Comique in London, takes place this evening, on which occasicn Rossini's opera, Le Comte Ory, composed expressly far the French opera by the Maestro, in 1828, will be produced for the first time in this country in its original form; Mademoiselle Charton, and MM. Octave and Zelger, support the principal characters. After the opera Madame Cinti Damoreau will appear for the only time in public this season, and will sing a scene com posed expressly for her by her son, and a romance in which she will accompany herself on the pianoforte. M. Tetarct the most humourous of French comedians, will appear in the Vendetta, and:Lafont, who has come over from Paris expressly for this occasion, will appear for the first and only time this season as Le Chevalier Jullien, in Les Extremes se touchant, in which delightful vaudeville Madame Doche will sustain the character of La Comtesse Rosine. :Such a programme is quite unique, and proves the anxiety of Mr. Mitchell to provide for the amusements of those numerous patrons whom his own merits have gained for him. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE OLD KENT-ROAD.— Last night, at a few minutes before nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs. E. Clarke and Co., japanners and patent table cover manufacturers, in Neat -street, Coburg-road, near the Lord Nelson Tavern, Old Kent-road. The property was of considerable extent, occupying an area of several acres. The flames originated in the printing. shops, a range of buildings about 50 feet long, in which a vast quantity of valuable property was deposited. The whole of the workmen bad left the premises in charge of the private watchman, who perceived a dense mass of black smoke pouring forth from the lower floor of the printing- houses. The watchman raised an alarm, but before any assistance could arrive flames shot through the windows and the roof, and ascended so high into the air as to threaten with destruction the whole of the house in Neat -street, Barnham-place, &c., the numerous occupants of which commenced throwing their furniture out of the window. A mounted police-officer was instantly sent to town to call the en gines, and as soon as possible several of the Brigade, %Vest of England, parish and private engines reached the scene, when the firemen found the whole of the printing houses in a blaze, and that the destructive element bad extended to a small factory belonging to Mr. Barnham, a rug-factor, and to the stables. The engines were im mediately set to work from the canal and other com manding positions, by which means the firemen were enabled to prevent the flames from extending to the stores, frames, drying-houses, and trimming-shops, but although the firemen laboured incessantly it was nearly eleven o'clock before the fire could be extinguished. The premises and their contents were insured in the West of England Fire-office, but the neighbours, who are serious losers, were not insured for a single penny. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—WOOLIVICH, JUNE 19.—An examination of the Gentleman Cadets forming the practical class of the Royal Military Academy took place this morning in the Hall of that institution, in the Royal Arsenal. Shortly atter ten o'clock, the Board of Examiners, consisting of Major-General Sir John F. Burgoyne ' K.C.8.; Major-General Sir Hew _Ross, K.C.8.; Colonel F. Campbell, R.A.; Colonel H. W. Gordon, Col. W. D. Jones, Colonel W. B. Duadae, CB.; Major-General R. J. J. Lacey, Lieut.-Colonel R. Har dinge, K.H.; and Major Walpole, assembled in the Hall. The.examination in practical art illery was conducted by Captain W. M. Dixon, and that in fortifications by Captain Stotherd, R.E.; and the answers to the various questions were given in a very satisfactory manner. Shortly after twelve o'clock, Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesea entered the Hall, attended by his Aide-de camp, and took his seat with the Board of Examiners. The examination baying concluded, the Master-General rose and said—that he was present to -day with far diffe rent feelings than those he had hitherto felt; for from the moment he was placed in the high position he at present held, he had heard nothing but the most distressing re ports of the tyranny of the seniors and the idleness of the juniors. It made him feel like FaLtatr, who said that he could not march through Coventry at the head of his company; but new he was ready to march at their head at any time and at every time. The Noble Marquis con cluded by saying that he felt justified in adding another week to the duration of their vacation. The Master- General then proceeded to present the :prizes to the suc cessful students, accompanying each presentation with a few suitable words. His Lordship then retired. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO COLONEL HUTCHINsoN..... On Monday forenoon, about 10 o'clock, a very serious accident occurred to Colonel Hutchinson, of No. 1, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, by which he re ceived a compound fracture of the left leg, and which took place under the following circumstances:—He was in Hyde-park, near Cumberland-gate, Oxford-street, on a spirited young horse, and was in the act of riding to wards one of the regiments of the Guards, which was then going through the usual evolutions, when, on the report of the guns, the animal shied and then ran away. Every effort was made by Colonel Hutchinson to stop his horse, but without success, and the animal fell, with the gallant Colonel undermost. He was assisted up, wh en his left leg was found to be broken, upon which be wag immediately conveyed home, and was promptly attended by Sir B. Brodie and other medical gentlemen, by whom the leg was set, and who have every expectation that amputation of the limb will not be necessary. It was stated at his residence last night that he was going on as favourably as could be expected.