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-UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.-- 8, Watorloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, Geerge-street, Edinburgh; i 2, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. ECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act et Parliament in I 534, affords the most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 94,0001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus ef 21. per cent. per annum on thersum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from that date to 31st December, 1847, 2 per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of December, 1647, is as follows: _ jk ß „ um red. Ti me Assured. Sum added to Sum added t( ;em payable . Policy inlB4l Policy in 18V- at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 bOOO 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 4000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 6000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 6000 8 years .. • . 675 0 0 5575 0 0 8000 4 years •• •• 450 0 0 5450 0 0 5000 2 years •• • • , 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Pr only one• :nuance i! Enl - emiums, nevertheless, Are on the most moderate scale, and .half need be paid for the first five years where the In s for Life. trance Money or charge except the Polley Stamp. information will be afforded on application to the Resident , No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. Every i Director. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE. COMPANY, Princes-street, Bank, London. Capital, One Million. _ . _ This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 1., and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Lie Assurance In their fullest extent to Policy holders, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than aro usually offered to the The ample subscribed Capital, together with the large ani ein tinually increasing fund, accumulate I from the Premiums on upwards ofl,ooo Policies, affords complete security to the assured; while the magnitude of the Company's transactions has enabled the Directors to offer unusual advantages to Policy holders, as will be seen by re ference to the prospectus, and to the varied and extensive tables which have been computed with great care and labour, expressly for the use of this Institution. PETER MORRISON', Resident Director. OLD FRENCEI BRA.NDY, purest possible kind, 60s. per doze n ; the brown 543. MARSALA in perfection, as p artaken by the Nobi ity, 0/. the four uozen. A beautiful PORT and SHERRI', 34s the dozen; PORT or ',IIERRY, highest order, 443 ; bott les of each included; ownio carts, six miles free ; terms, prepayment , or on delivery. If you not Day Cash, you bear a proportion o f others' debts, independent of sa tries to book-keepers, clerks, collectors , travellers, Ike Credit Is admitted bane of trade, and keeps up high prices. .„fost-oftice Orders made payable to J OEIN JONES, Wholesale 13 aler (for II years past), Knightsbridge, Agent for ..._ BASS and CO.'S INDIAN ALE. GUINNESS' STOUT. i A K li, 1 A G E. . Ono halt the world are desolate 1Y 0 ' single, and the her _ ,l Pposirg th em marr i e d, q u e stlonahly contented. m Diffidence, or a lsenictuate4 hopes ern_ . ”nse et ri g ht d etermine t h e f ormer , and ..I.ter the latter. The solitary oue may shield himself under the plea o et_ ca ution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret ti n 'lProsing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Fhysical incapsc.ity, 4114 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic hap tt p e ii s ic e sy ano melt Jai honourcontent. The dowry should not he the enly marrik t i h t. h onour andjuslicedennand tlsat health shsuldform an item negrt lect 6 "maPact • it al one di gn ifi es the alliance. bliglated hopes e: weand more sorely than pore , these surmises rt^ or misfortune. Reader, il DlEatoa m ses concern von, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'sI little "On c.q or and Married Life," pub. in 2 v 015.., le. each (by host, in ' at n e 8 ~ 64. each). Let no imaginativel) tr;unneldis'in9trerpPrreudti:thlofre,ti,ps'de l ter you, by their titles, nor be hindere ,l 1 Cr e the closet pentsal..ze . their supposed contents, from ohtainin;; i them. They ere not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but the y Y are offered as i,, , ,,-- of ,4e above su'oJects, those more deeply interested, to whom - --- gunistic to the empyrical trash put forth on by unqualified authors, which alone or ttio.ther, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other I,3Te Publications claim your attention (same price . 11. eacK, kvoilt t „,) .. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Pinleolliblet;,7ut equ l a ° l w M quantity rappy." They are net nacrel) a library volume, nor are they the htr'svejhemeral scriiiblings of the hour, but the study of the authoi's Be-rs,.:, ° "e 8 hiS: present existence, health, and position to this ob wou,:a•ho the „ maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as hi on Vs, i3 O ' , ne unto—to live after nature's lasys—and to keep always Eib er ,,,,, sunny side of tbe way." The above works may be had nn, 89, c.,„" ° ,_,. 1, 23, P aterncsicr.rew ; CaTTAihe, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, Wl.s e c'P'ul l Nalson, 457, West Shand ; or direct (by post or ether- Intrui„f„; 4l the auther (who utay be conforred witla pczi.,oaally, there -B°Q aad ,CVouings), 10, Argyll-tilate Regentstreet; and all Vgil T° THE ELECTORS OF SHEFFIELD. GENTLEMEN,—Ti:, invitation that you have been so kind as to send to me, requesting me to become a candidate tar your stiff raites at the coming Election, I at once accept—thanking yell most sincerely for this signal and unexpected mark - of your esteem and ap probation. I say approbation, because I thus construe your invitation. Of my political life you have taken note—and noting, have approved. You say that my past actions have been such as to win your confi dence. To those acts I must refer you, as the best and most ccan ptete evidence of my p , litical opinions. Eighteen years ago, when for the first time I was about to solicit the suffrages of my country men, in the hope that they would place me in the proud position of a representative of the people, I stated at some length the principles which wivuld guide my conduct upon all the great questions of policy which then occupied the attention of the nation. 'lo that statement I could now rater, and for the same purpose : I could reter to it, not only as an exposition of my private opinions, but as a test by which to try the consistency of my performance and my professions. The experience of Litany years has, I hope, made me Wiser, and taught me the mode most conducive to the practise' application of the prin ciples which I profess—but from the principles themselves I have not eparted. The years that have elapsed since 1832 have indeed settled very few of the questions which at that period interested and divided ti - e whole people. We have advanced —and are advancing--hut at every step the contest of opinions is renewed, and we have almost every day to re-state the arguments 1 y which each separate victory has been obtained. On the great and leading questions of constitutional reform, though much has been done, mutat remains to be accomplished. The molly anotnalies of our electoral system have yet bs be removed —a fuller scope must be given to the popular will—and numerous classes who are now unwisely excluded must be brought within the pale of the Constitution. Es cry statesman who really desires here after to provide for the well-being of the people will seriously con sider the question of the suffrage, in order to bring about speedily, though cautiously, a la , ge extension of it. 31y opinion as to the best mode of taking the votes at elections I have seen no reason to change. In order that opinion may be freely expressed, the ballot seems to me absolutely indispensable. In short, though the Reform Act was a great step in advance, still the increasing intelligence of the country demands, and will in its proper time attain, a reform of the Reform Act. Although we cannot hope to win and retain complete good govern ment itself without perfection in the means, yet we most not pos,- pone all other reforms until those of the Constitution are attained. Our endeavours may at the same time be directed to many objects, and I therefore proceed to touch upon some which appear at the present moment of the highest importance. Though, in my opinion, a Government cannot do much directly to procure wealth and comfort for a people, it can, and unfortunately does, do much improperly to diminish their substance, and thereby their comfort. Unnecessary expense—unmeaning, misch'evous re strictions upon the industrious labours of the people, have in all ages been the vice of Governments. But the vigilance of the popu lar leaders must now be directed to curb this evil—not only must we, then, enforce a rigid economy, but we must require that a perfectly free trade should give fall scope for the active energies of an indus trious nation. - Connected with this subject in many ways, and with the wells being of mankind in many more, is the great subject of colonization. The colonies of England have been planted in spite of the 'mischie vous interference, and not by the aid of the. Government of England. It is high time that the intelligence of her people should act upon our rulers, and make them directly useful in extending our name, our language, our institutions, and the blessings of an enlightened religion, over the vast regions which nominally own our rule, but which lie useless to us. and to mankind To this end, it appears to me that tine whole subject of our colonies calls for a complete and immediate revision. While speaking of expense, and the impolicy and injustice of our conduct towards certain outlying portions of our territories, I must not forget a part of the empire itself, an integral and most important portion of the United Kingdom —I mean unfortunate Ireland. 'Our conduct to Ireland has been, till a few years 'since, one continued ac c t. of terrible injustice ;_ and we - 2101V'' wonder that tile people, whom we have treated as slaves for centuries, should sot have tho virtues and habits of free men. There is now but one course of wise policy as regards Ireland. We must establish rigid justice throughout the land. We must suffer no party, no sect, no class to domineer over asy o her; and to this•maintenance of peace among her hitherto contending sons, our efforts must be confined. if we do more, we shall do serious injustice to the people of England and Scotland, and render no service to those of 'lrelands If we were to morrow to transfer the whole wealth 41 England to Ireland, we should only create waste, idleness, and vice. A people must work out their own regeneration, an?, acquire wise. frugal, and virtuous habits, by leading a wise, frugal, and virtuous life. The wealth th a t is not acquired by labour is but trio often squandered ill ex• travagance. I.have spoken above of extending over our wide and yet unsettled territories the inestimable benefits of an enlightened religion. This naturally calls my attention to the situation of religion among our selves, both as regards doctrines and establishments. I - am myself a member of the Church ut England. I was eln cated as a member of the Established Church ; and after a care ul consideration I have seen no reason to leave the fellowship of my childhood and youth. But this determination ha , been formed after consideration, and is the result of my own wit , utte ly independent of that or any o her man. What, then, I have demanded for myself —the right that I have vindicated in my own person—l d.:man to all others. I insist upon religious as well as civil liberty. If my mind be entSralled by arnitrary will, and not led by the suasion of reason, I am more a slave than if you pm my body in chains. While I demand for all this freedom, which I have exercise t myself, I proceed yet further. I hold every coercion on this subject impolitic, as well es unjust. You may compel to outward observance, and to fa'se declarations ; you may create hypocrisy and discontent ; but at W rd of command you cannot make men believe. With this view, therefore, I am led. to deprecate, on all proper occasions, every attempt to make establishments which exist for the purpose of promoting any pecaliar religious opinion State establish ments. In a country like ours, of complicated relations, of long established habits and opinions, I cannot expect that my opinions on such a subject should be immediately acceded to; and lam not prone to feel hurt or to take offence when I find men differ from me concerning it. But though we cannot change at once what has been long established, we can far more easily prevent new steps in a wrong direction ; aid, therefore, to any extension of such religious estab lishments I shall direct unceasing opposition. Within the narrow limits of an address like the present, I cannot do more than indicate my views, and touch upon the leading opinions I hold. From this general view, however, an accurate conception can be attained by -you of tine political character of the m at you htie invited; and an opportunity will, I hope, be soon afforded me Of 'explaining, to the satisfaction of all whom the matter may in terest, my present feelings and future plans respecting our domestic Amy 'exposition, however general. which emitted a reference to our foreign relations and policy would be indeed incomplete. My belief on this subject is, that our true policy consists in abstaining from all idle interineddling with the affairs of other nations. Every nation in Europe has at this time enough to occupy its attention in settling its own affairs ; and the history of Europe, frem the year 1830 to the present time, when compared with the history of Europe from 1793 to 1515, is the best argument which historical experience can offer in favour of leaving a people to regulate and arrange for themselves their own internal affairs. Interference in 1793 kindled the flames of war over. ths whole world—a war unequalled for the blood that was shed and the wealth squandered in its terrible and disastrons conflicts. Non-interference in 18:10 has allowed Europe a chance of peace, and holds out to us a hope that the struggling people will, in every nation of the great European family, eventually attain the inestimable benefits of a well•regulated popular Govern ment. _ _ I must end, Gentlemen, an I began, by expressing to you my hearty thanks for the honour you have conferred on me, and by placing myself at your disposa', f.r the coming election, I am ready, when it shall so pl ase you, to present stysQlf to your notice, and submit to all such inquiry as you may think right. Having nothing to conceal, I have no fear of inquiry. I beg to remain, Gentlemen; Your most obliged and faithful Fervant, J. A. 1101:III:CK, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parlianmt. The leading feature* of the Society are guarautcee of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Bates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perms- Sum the .4 ' Annual [Polley Bonus in ncnt Re- I Assured Age... 2 Pre- taken addition Bonus in ruction of may bor .gi mium. out in to Sum , Cash. Annual 1 row on cn Assured. , Premium.l Policy. £ s. 01.1 £ s d. £ s. d. I.£ s. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 1 543 17 9 X Xs.d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 i 494 810 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 6I 95 16 9 14 17 7 445 0 0 1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6,58 17 6 8 19 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 El l 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be bad at the °Klee, or any of its branches in the country ; or, Oli application. will be for warded post free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOITSE, Actuary • ,?„,,..;&,e,.., ...,_, . 4 .ll l lfliio -- , . 4 . . 1 . i i . . _ " '.. Ft, ' .1;15 , ' -te. r‘'' , ..- . • ' „..../. -- , ~..2 -, ..Y. f 51,5"- „ ' 4 .' r j :;.. ... ,n y" ' .S-'4A . " ' ...„, ,:7 ..-:. •,: t : 4 • , 2 , . h, -1 , ,, I. s 1 Vt .. *., -1 - .... ~, - • .. - ---a. % ~,-,'...' • o.* __. _ - - t , 1 .i,:••• ''' - .f .. ;-_,' -_-,. Ai r , , ',.; r, e / ~ z. . • , A S s , ~, ',..::::- , , - ',.,01' L - , • ,- k t 4.,:, -• = --- , --.--- - 4 " ,-„•-•, -----',,\ „il l ,c, i ,-, ~,. _,„--,-: ii , - •- , F- 42. ~, -y ' • e ... 4,„ --, ~.., - 4 ,k4 .44 7413:12 .... „„,--,--g p • __Au ri .., , • i v ~,,, . ___.-- -N. / ~ ~/ ,/~,~ - -~ N°.17,640.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S N, APRIL 9, 1849, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH SALE. CUSTOM -HOUSE, LONDON, APRIL, 1849. For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane, on Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Wednesday kith, Thursday 19th, and Friday 20th April, 1849, at 'fwd.: o'clock at Noon pre cisely, the following GOODS for Home Consumption, viz.:— Amber and other Mouthpieces, Antique Cabinet, Chest, &c. ; Ar tificial Flowers, Barege, Beads, Berlin Embroidery, Books ; Boxes : Brass, Snuff, &c. ; Brandy - , Brooch Paintings, Bahl Cabinet:, Tables, &c.. Busks, Buttons, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cameos ; Carpets: Au buss' n, &c. ; Candelabras, China Ware : Bowls, Jars, Teapots, &c. ; Clock-cases, China or Indian Ink, Clocks: Carriage, Inlaid, Marble, Ormolu, Porcelain, &c. ; Coffee, Cologne Water, Curtains, Muslin, &c., embroidered ; Combs, Damask for Curtains, &c. ; Dolls, and Dolls'-heads, Dresden Cups and Saucers, Candelabras, Figures, Plates, Stands, Vases, Bottles, &c. ; Dutch and French Porcelain ; Embroidery and Needlework, viz.: Caps, Collars, Chemisettes, Dress pieces, Shirt-fronts, &c. ; Feathers, dressed ; Fans, Geneva, Hand screens, inlaid Cabinets, Tables, &c.: Jewellery Bracelets, Brooches, Buckles, Chatelains, Neck-chains, Shawl and Head Pins, Studs, &c. ; Jewel-cases ; Leather Purses, Souvenirs, Visites , &c. ; Lace : Brussels, Chantilly, Sze. ; also Barites, Berthes, Collars, Coiffeurs, Cuffs, Points, Shaw:s, Scarfs, Veils, &c. ; Match-splints, Musical Boxes, Needles, Painters' Colours, Paper-A eights; Palter Box-tops gilt. &c. ; Parasol-handles, Pencils, Prints, Pipe-howls, Tubes, Stems, &c. ; Pongee-handkerchiefs, Paln-oil, Papier-mache Trays, Bread baskets, &c. ; Purses, Item, Seals, disk, &c. ; Segars, Segar-tubes, Sevres Porcelain mounted ; Scent Battles mounted; Silk : Braid, Head-dresses, Pelerines ; Shawls : China Crape, French wool, Cash mere, &c. ; Snuff, Spirits, plain and mixed ; Steel Buckles, Bracelets, Chains, &c. ; Stays, Saccades, Sugar, Tallow, Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Toys, Tooth-brushes, Utrecht Velvet, Waistcoat-pieces, embroidered, Watches : Gold, Silver, Plated, &c. ; Watch-keys, Guards; Wine. The Vessel " Ravger," with sundry stores, Sails, Masts, Standing and Entitling Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &e., &c., and various other goods. . - For Exportation only—Books, Wine, Spirits, and Cordials, Tea, &c., &c. For Exportation, er for Home Consumption en payment of the duties—Arrow-root, Books, Combs, Cassia, Cordials, Coffee, Cologne Water, Dre3ses, Dice, Ginger preserved, Hops, Lacquered Ware, Pepper, Rosewater, Sugar, Spirits, Tea, Tunieric, Wine, &c &c. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cus tom-house, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine's, London, and the East and West India Docks; and at the Tobacco-ground, Rother hithe, on Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the 14th April, 1849, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the days of Sale from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that co lots can be paid for at tke office of the receiver of fines, after Two o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that en the days of sale, money will not be re ceived by the receiver of fixes after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom hcirtse, - Thames-street, London, price is. each. 1E W ZEALAND COLONISATION. RESUMPTION OF LAND SALES. The Court of Directors of the New Zealand Company hereby give noti, e, that they have determined upon resuming their Land Sales generally, and upon throwing open for Purchase and Pasturage Lands in their several Settlements of Wellington, Nelson, aid New Ply mouth, as well as in Otago. The terms and other particulars may be obtained on application at the New Zealand House, By order of the Court, THOMAS GIFDLERT lIARINGTON. New Zealand House, 9, Broad-street-buildings. London, March 23, 1849. HEAP SUMMER EXCURSIONS, ) From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, STIRLING, DUMFRIES, CARLISLE, PENRITH, the LAKES, LANCASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLES OF MAN, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, or CHESTER, on the 23d and 30th of July next, under the sanctLn of the Directors of the various Further particulars, as to the hour of departure and days of return, will be announced in future bills and advertisement., and every in formation may be obtained by addressing a letter, postage paid, and enclosing a postage stamp, to 11. Marcus, Conductor, 23%, Crosby Hall Chambers, Itishopsgate-street, London. NELL GWYNNE TAVEIIN and CHOP 'IOUS F, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and MOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to' patronise the Nell Owynne 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'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five p ecisely, the most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.--Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers anti. One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. EASTER HOLIDAYS. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic : The Illusion of the Inexhaustible B tile, the astonishing Magic Coins, the celebrate I Feather Trick, the Gold Fish and Ink, the Magic Dis tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.— Among the New Dissolving ViewS are Four Views of Hobart Town and the Neighbourhood, by S. Trout, Esq., from Original Drawings taken in Van Diemen's Land by him; also, Scenes in Mexico, Swit zerland, the Gold District of California; and a Plan of the Battle field ofChillianwaMa.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.— The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music is under the di rection of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Fire ; and in the Evenings (including aturday) from Seven till ilalf-past Ten. Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The Now Catalogue, Is. rpHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. IL By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- street This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. The Local Agents tor its sale in the British Empire are— Messrs. Ilagford and Antwiss, Liverpool. Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester. Messrs. O. and W. Clarke, ltury St. Edmund's. Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Birmingham. 31r, W. White, Edinburgh, Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury. Mr. Ilubbock, Berwick-o:.-Tweed. Mr. It. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Davison, Sheffield. Br. R. Wilson, Newcastle-m-Tyne. Mr. John Crisp, Norwich. Mr. F. Bane, Ipswich. Mr. W. S. Benin, Chester. Mr. Whitmore, Stockport. Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- NO PUFF.—(Only 1 I Lid per lb.)—Luxuriant Light; mil lion; will adwire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears.—A silvery name—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster.— Glossy as glass, and cheap as common Tallow Candles is their true chap actor. The Public will know the Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a gold label, "CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES. 447, NN EST STRAND." All not hearing this label are base deceptions.—Other Candles and Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continue so ! ! The Eight New Lights can be seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGIIT COM PANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Comp .any. DARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene. Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly ths best Night Lamp known. All should use them. Price. for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are 94. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the gcnuire Lights for them, can be had at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. FINE HEAD OF HAIR. OWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. The ex!raordinary efficacy, and happy amalgamation of its purely exotic materials, hive rendered it justly renowned through out the work , . for its remarkal.le virtues in nourishing, preserving, and beautifying the Human Hair. It insinuates its balsamic properties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in its embryo state, accelerates its growth, cleanses it from Scurf and Dandriff, sustains it in maturity, and continues its pos session of healthy vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redun dancy, to the latest period of human life. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly acive ; so that, in numerous instances wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by rein stating, in full plenitude, the permanent gifts and graces of nature. In the growth of Whiskers, Eyebrows, and Mus taelnos, it is al,o unfailing in its stimulative operation. For children It is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine-comb unnecessary. The Patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and the high esteem in which it is universally held, together with numerous Tes timonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of its merits.—Price 3s. Gd. and 7s. ; or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. Gd. ; and double that size, 21s. CAUTION.--On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine article are these words, in two lines ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL. 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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. COURTENA Y, 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. 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BANVARD'S GREAT PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, being the larest painting in the world, exhi biting over 3,000 miles of American scenery, extending through the heart of America from the temperate re4ions of tho north to the tropics of the south. EXHIBITED every Morning at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, at Half-past Two, Evenings, at Half-past &even. Doors open one half hear before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is, VERSE FOR MY PURSE. Come, safe preserver of my valued cash, Thy praise I'll sing, though Shakspere calls thee trash. Much do I owe to thee, thou treasured thing, And therefore 'tis but right that I should sing. All that I wear, and all I eat and drink, ire but the produce of thy current chink; And wheresoever, therefore, thou art conn'd, I view thy contents as a magic wand. Like everything, thou may'st be rightly used, And likewise may'st be equally abused. Bit I ant one who would consult my purse, In buying goods for better or fir worse. Thy gold and silver treasures, if we ponder, Is far too costly—far too scarce to squander; And therefore in my purchases in trade, I always go where savings can be made. And never do I carelessly disburse The Whites and Yellows of my well-wrought purse. In dress, for instance, I would. always buy MOSES AND SON'S ATTIRE, , Which ranks so high. At MOSES' Warehouse, everywhere renowned, Cheapness and quality are always found. I never once have found it the reverse, Though often there I've drawn my silken purse. THE HATS AND BOOTS OF MOSES Also show That quality is high, and price is low. And really more than ever de I see The very little hole they make in. thee. Hence I again to MOSES will repair, And make a good—a moderate purchase there. Again with MOSES will I draw my purse, I can't do better—but I could do worse, And thus concludes this tributary verse. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. May, Spring, and Sumer Wrappers."... fromio 8 6 'the Buiwer, Pacha, Palotot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats •• ••••• .• 0 12 6 Superfine Cloth Coats, of a light texture, and handsomely trimmed •• • ...... 1 10 0 Do. do. lined with silk.. •• • • • 1 18 0 Jean and Holland Blouses.. • ............. •• 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria•..... • • •• •• • . Tweed • ..... .•• • • • •• .. ..... •••••.• .• •• •• 0 4 6 Dress Coat .. Frock Coat Spring and Summer Trousers •• 0 4 0 Doeskin ditto ...... ...... • • •• •• 0 12 0 Suck ditt0............•• •••••• • • •• ...••• •• 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety.. 0 1 6 Black Satin. . •• •••• • • • ..... •• • • .. 0 4 G Figured ..... ........ • • •• 0 4 6 White Ma - cello ...... .............. 0 4 6 11l ick Cloth .............. ••..• • • • ........ 0 2 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••••••• • •• •• • • 0 1 S 6 Spring and Summer Test •• • • .... •• .. 0 10 MADE TO MEASDRE. May, Spring, aid Summer Coats...—. • .from 0 16 0 Tke Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every de scription of light Overcoats • • ...... ••• • .. 1 0 0 Superfine Cloth of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed •• •• Ditto ditto lined with silk... Superfine Dress C0at....... ...... ......... 1 12 0 Lest .. •• •......• •• • ....... ••....•• .••.. 2 15 0 Superfine Frock • • •••••••••••• •• • • • • " • • 1 15 ° Black Tronsers •• • • 016 0 Best . Fancy D0e5kin........ .. •• . 0 18 0 Best Black Vest ••..•••• • • • • •• .... •••• •• 0 13 6 Splendid istin Vest.. •• • • ........ • • ........ 0 14 6 Hussar and Tunis suits .................. . 1 5 0 May White Marcella Vest.• •••• .. •• .• .... 0 7 0 Diotuning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard Ike public against imposition ; but have learned that the untradesman-tike falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. T ey have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 3G, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thorntou'l-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; nag those who desire genuine and cheer clothing. Fze., should call at, or send to either of their Branches, or to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London. e .:NOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Flatters, fleslers, ,„ , urriers, Boot amid Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for ..adies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Mineriep sad 112. 44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, L on d on ; and their ite....eh k•stablish ments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad ford, Yorkshire. Take route.—This Eitablishmeat Is closed from gusset Friday. till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several first rate Cutters wanted for London and Country ; apply on T..esday Mornings, at Ten o'clock. N.B. This Establishment will be closed on Thursday Evening, April 12, at Ha f-past o'clock. and resume business as usual on Saturday Evening, April 14, at Half past Seven o'clock. WEST INDIA MAIL. RIOT IN ST. LUCIA. The Royal Mail Company's steam•packet Clyde arrived at Southampton last evening from the West Indies, bringing dates from Jamaica to March 10 and St. Lucia March 8, and about 800,000 dollars on merchants' account. The most important news is from St. Lucia, where a riot took place on the sth of March. About 400 insurgent negroes besieged the Governor in the council-chamber, and when dispersed they again assembled riotously in various parts of the town. The Riot Act was read, and the military were called out after much hesitation. Their mere appearance had no effect on the mob, who acted with so much turbulence that it was at length found necessary to give the order to fire on them. Accordingly a party of the 54th discharged their pieces into the crowd, and three persons were killed and three wounded. This had the effect, however, of preventing more serious bloodshed, for it at once dispersed the rioters. The other item of news from this island is that the Planters' Bank has been abandoned. From Jamaica we learn that a meeting had been held to petition Parliament for a responsible govern ment. The Rum Duties Bill, because it provided no money, was rejected by the Council ; and the Go vernor, finding the Assembly impracticable, prorogued it, on the 3d, until the 24th of March, intimating that, if members were more pliable, he would call them to. gether again. From — St. Domingo, it is stated that some mis understanding had taken place between the people of Aux Cayes and some French and English merchants. The quarrel had proceeded so far that the consular agents of those nations had been struck. An improvement in the revenue had taken place at Barbadoes. At Demerara, the gaieties in honour of the new governor, Mr. Barkly were continued. The islands generally are reported as healthy, the weather favourable, and the crops good. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) Flour—The stock is heavy, and the consumption ex tremely limited. Fresh Baltimore and George Town have been sold at 28s. per barrel. There is no inquiry for New Orleans or Philadelphia. The last cargo from Baltimore sold at 275. Meal—Thu stuck is enormous, and 13s. per barrel had been accepted for fresh. Brim—Two cargoes of Carolina had been taken at 19s. per 1001bs. Butter—Fresh was dull, at 1 1 id. Large arrivals from America had been sold at 9d. Brandy had risen, and was at 6s. 6d. per gallon, in bond. Rum was selling at 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon, proof. Sugar—There appears to be a better feeling in the market for this article, in consequence of late advices from England having reported an advance. The quota tions are from 13s. to 16s. per 1001bs. Freights—Coffee, 41. per ton to Liverpool; Sugar, 3/. to Liverpool and 31. 10s. to 41. to London. There was abundant tonnage in the harbour, but little employment. Exchange on London—Bank bills, 90 days, per cent. prem.; private bills, 90 days, par. MARYLERONE VESTRY.—Oa Saturday, at the usual weekly meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, the only point of any im portance was the nomination of churchwardens. The nomination of th e Ri g ht H onoura bl e Lord Portm an as churchwarden on the part of the Crown having been received, a circumstance occurred which is stated never to have been previously known in the annals of the Marylebone vestry, namely, the probability of a contest fmorauthoef o t ffi ho ce pr o e f vi c o h o urchwarden of the parish—the sides sofy e c a o r ur i s . T. ie e of sidesman to the galel"' M ve r s . t N ry is w b h et e t n ' presentle ma o p who anominatedroc parochial i n aa d sl g l u h s e u elected as a matter churchwarden expressed in t h e ( filled the offic of Wigmore- street, and muc h Mr. George Mallalue, surprise was therefore Mr.arles Carr proposed the nomination of Mr. J. Augustu s N icholay, of Oxford street, as parochial churchwardenf for the year ensuing. Mr. Matthews proposed that Mr. Georg e i Mallalue, of Wigmore-street, the present sidesman , be p ut in nomi nation for the office. A similar contest take place for the o ffi ce of sidesman to the paroch ial warden for the ensuing year; Dlr. Bridgman being Mr. Garnett , and Mr. William Low,by Mr . carr. The proposed by District Churchwa rdens: —All Soul's District— mr. J. Wingfield, of Grea t Portland-street ; for St. M a ry's, Mr. David R a y , of King-street, Portman-square' for Christ Church, Mr. Thomas Powell; and for Trinity, Mr. Charles Hickman were nominated. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial office, far the Governors of Malta, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and Cey lon, . and also fo r the T i Qrd High colmigioner of the luau Islmado. THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY; The following is the report of the committeee ap pointed by the proprietors of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to investigate the Great North of England purchase account : The agreemot for the purchase of the Great North of England Railway was entered into provisionally in the month of June, 1845, and the Act of Parliamen t for carrying out that agreement passed on the 27th of July, 1846. _ . At the time when such agreement was entered into, and such Act passed, Mr. Hudson, the chairman of the York, NewcastbSl and Berwick Railway, bad not any share or interest in the Great North of England Rail way, nor were any shares ever allotted to him. The terms on Which the several classes of shares in the Great North of England Railway were agreed to be purchased by the Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way Company were as follows, the principal of the pur chase-money of each class being payable on the Ist of July, 1850: The 1001. shares at 2501. each, with interest at 10 per cent. per annum oh 1004 in the mean time. The 401. shares at 601. premium per share, with in terest at 10 per cent. on 401., deducting 4 per cent. on amount uncalled. The 301. shares M 45L premium per share, with 5 per cent, interest on coils until July, 1847, and 10 per cent. on o f l . s j / u . afterwards on 301. until paid off. The 151. shares, on which 11. 10s. only had been p aid, cent. interest on t at calllos per to cent. th Iste at 221. lOs. premiuni per share, with interest at 5 p e r On the 26th of O c t o b er , 1 846, a special general meet ing of the shareh o ld ers i n t h e Y or k, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway w as h e ld at Y or k, w hen a stock was created on which 6 per cent. Ter annum was guaranteed luynotillB p 4 ai 9, d andoff. afterwards till the ,lst of July,lB3l4' in order to provide for " the purchase of the Great North of England Railway and works." The object of thia measure is stated to have been to spread the payment for the shares of the Great North of England Railway Company, amounting in the whole to three and a half million sterling, over a space of three years and a half, instead of making that payment on one day, viz., the Ist of July 1850. After the conclusion of the business of the special general meeting of proprietors on the 26th of October, 1846, a meeting of the directors was held, at which it was resolved that the shares:in the Great North of Eng land Railway Company should be bought by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, and that Mr. Hudson alone should have the management of the purchases. The directors are agreed that such a reso lution or understanding was come to at this meeting. But no record of it is to be found on the minutes of the proceedings of the directors. The absence of such record . is ascribed by some of the directors to their wish to keep as secret as possible the fact of the company being pur chasers of shares; a knowledge of which fact might, in their judgment, have had the effect of enhancing the price of the shares in the market. We cannot, however, admit this as any reason for the omission, particularly as Mr. Hudson has himself stated in his evidence (as the fact was), that it was well known at that time that the company were purchasers of the shares. _ _ At this meeting Mr. Plews, one of the directors, sup posed from his connexion with the Great North Of Eng land,Railway to be best qualified for the task,was requested to make a calculation of the value to this company of the different classes of Great North of England Railway shares. On his return to his place or residence at Dar lington, it appears that Mr. Plows prepared a statemen of the comparative value of the several classes of Great North of England Railway shares, showing the separate value (assuming the market price of the day as his stan dard) of each class of share to a party investing money at five per cent. This statement, he believes , he transmitted either on the 27th or the 28th of October, 1846, to Mr. - Close, the secretary of the company at York. As this calculation of Mr. Plews has been much re-. ferred to in the evidence taken before us, we subjoin a fac-simile of it. The sums expended by the directors of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company in buying Great North of England Railway shares up to the 25th of January last, amount in the aggregate to the sum of 749,524/. 14s, 7d. The first sale to the company was by Mr. Hudson himself to the extent of 131,8671. 9s. 3d., to which sale Mr. Hudson his assigned the date of the 27th of Octo ber, 1846. It appears in evidence that Mr. Hudson had early, in the month of October, 1846, begun to purchase the va• rious classes of Great North of England Railway shares on his own account, and' that on the 27th of October, 1846, being the day after the special meeting, he effected the sale of his Great North of England shares to the company. The prices Were fixed by Mr. Hudson himself, assisted by Mr. Ulose, and the principle alleged to have been adopted was based on Mr. Plews's calculation; but this part of the thransamion appears to be involved in some obscurity as to dates, for if the sale took place on the 27th of October, Mr. Plews's calculation of the value of the shares could scarcely have been at York on that day. We find in the journal of the company, entitled "the Great North of England Purchase Journal," the follow ing entry without date. Sundries, Dr. To George Hudson and others. s. d. ... 36,240 0 0 .. 21,63 1 10 0 :.. 5,187 0 0 ...67,539 0 0 990 18 9 279 0 6 1001. shares (151 shares) 401. *hares (342 shares)... 30/. shares (91 shares) ... 151. shares (2,874 shares) Brokers' commission Transfer stamps ••• £131,87 9 3 This entry represe n t s t h e whole amoun t of the Great North of England Railway shares sold by Mr. Hudson to the company, and the amount appears to have been paid to him by two cheques on the York Union Banking Company—the one for 81,100/.,dated the 27th of October, 1846, and the other for 50,7671. 9s. 3d., dated the 27th of November, 1846, both of vthich cheques are signed by two directors of the company, and Robert Davies. Th e c h eques have been pro d uce d to us, and the payments ar e entered in the b an k er ' s b oo k , and stand in the ledger of th e company under t h e i r re spective dates. Messrs James Richardson The prices paid to Mr. Hudson for these shares, com• pared with the market prices of the assigned date of the sale, present the following results, viz. :- 1 - .er Share. Market Price. Excess. X 5. , Per Share. X. s. 151 100 Shares fixed by Mr. Hudson at ...... • 240 0 237 453 342 40 n 63 a 613 598 10 91 30 Of 57 0 55 182 0 2,874 16 rr 23 10 21 7,185 0 Making a total excess on these several classes of shares compared with the market price of the day of 8,418/. 18s. The difference between the price assigned by Mr. Close to the 151. shares and the market price of the day, and Mr. Plea s's calculation, is no less than 2/. 105. per share. In the evidence given before us, Mr. Close as cribes this difference to a mistake occasioned by an erro pnefeowusecsocmalbciunlaattiioonn,ownhhicish per share as the value of these shares, whilst the !nark part of figures taken from Mr. price of the day was only 211. per share, was the value assigned to them by Mr. Plows. mittee As a difference of opinion exists in th gave a result of 241. 3s. 6 e d t re specting this explanation, we leave it, w in the hands of the proprietors. o .. by. Mr. Hudson to the The number of these shares ra a t the company , hceo measure c p a a s n u y r 0 , in of thi s th paid in excess of the market • price part of the transaction, of the day, to the extent of 7,1851. ietwhohuiethCom4nmfeanctr com T p h a is n , y ho b w ei e n v g er v , er e y an c n o o n t st in de tak bl e e : e injury to the company, inasmuch as the purchase of so large a number of shares by Mr. Hudson, on his own ac count, during the month of October, without any ques tion contributed to enhance the market price of the 27th of October. Of this sum Mr. Hudson repaid, on the 19th of February last, 2,8741., under the circumstances after stated. We think it due to Mr. Hudson to append his state ment with respect to this transaction : " In fixing the price which I thought in fairness I ought to receive from the company, the price estimated by Mr. Plews, and. shown to me by Mr, Close, was 24/. 3s. 6d. per share as a price at which it was advan tageous for the company to purchase; and I then di rected Mr. Close to put them down to the company at 231. 10s. per share, and I never discovered that there was any error, or doubted that the transaction was per fectly correct, until Monday morning before the meeting, coming to York, I was looking at the average price put in the statement, it struck me that the average looked very high; but before the statement was sent out it was submitted to a meeting of the board, and although some of the directors went into the calculations, yet none of them made any remark as to the high average of these shares. Upon arriving in York I went into Mr. Close's office, and I stated to him that the average looked very high, and asked of whom had been bought the largest number of these shares. He referred to the books of the company, and stated they were principally bought of me. I said, Then turn to see what are the prices given for the same description of shares to other parties,' upon which, seeing that the shares taken of me were at a higher price than those taken of other parties, I said, I must pay the 1/, call due upon them immediately, and after the meeting you and I must go carefully into that account, and we must have the matter tet right." Mr. Hudson accordingly drew a cheque on his own bankers for 2,874/., which was paid on the 19th of February to the Great North of England Rail way account, being 11. per share remaining uncalled on 2,874 15/. shares. Sir John Simpson confirms this statement thus far: he states—" That he was present at the board meeting of the directors, on the 20th of February last, and heard Mr. Hudson say to Mr. Close, I am sure, or I am satis fied, there is something wrong in these 151. shares; we must look into it after the meeting. With the power Mr. Hudson possessed of giving this explanation, it is to be regretted that he should have moved the adoption of the report, including the Great North of Enghtud*.purchese ;account, by the meeting of the 20th of February, without making any correction or noticing the existence of any error. We have felt it our duty to endeavour to trace the pur chase by Mr. Hudson of all the shares included in his sale to tho company, and to ascertain the dates of the purchase, and the price at which they were bought, which seemed to be important with reference to the principle that Mr. Hudson must be considered as ha►ing made those purchases in the character of a trustee for the company; this inquiry has been attended with con siderable difficulty, and has occasioned delay in making our report. _ All these shares seem to have been purchased by Mr. Hudson between the sth of October and the 12th of November, 1846, and not at earlier dates as was origin ally apprehended, and consequently Mr. Hudson's profit by the transaction has not been so considerable as it was at first believed to have been. With respect to the payment to Mr. Hudson for these shares by the company, we feel ourselves called upon to observe that at the period when he received the cheque for 81,100/. (the 27th of October, 1846,) he himself could not have paid snore than about 25,000/. on account of the purchase of these shares, although he might be called upon to make a further payment of about 70,000/. on the 30th of October. The effect of this would to that the shares bought by Mr. Hudson on bis own account, and sold afterwards at an enhanced price to the company, were to a considerable extent paid for in the first instance with the money.he had received from the company. The impropriety of such a transaction between an in dividual and a company to which he stands in the relation of a trustee cannot be doubted. And we are of opinion that the sum charged by Mr. Hudien for these shares ought to be reduced to the sum he actually paid for them, and the difference repaid with interest. It appears from the evidence of the other directors that they were not aware of any purchase having been 'made by the company of Mr. Hudson. And the auditors were also ignorant of the fact ; they having contented themselves with an examination of the books without ascertaining whether any original contract existed. • The next contract of importance is that of Mr. comparing Christian the l lh u p s r ei prices s amounting shares to d i i included in tract with the market prices of the day, viz. 19th of De -It2hsi's c! on cember, 1846, we find the company has paid in excess a sum of between 5,000/. and 6,0001. The rest of the items, composing the sum of 749,5241. 14s. 7d., have been carefully investigated, and we hare no comment to make on them. The next matter which required our investigation was the charge for brokerage, amounting to 2,4991. 7s. sd. This sum is seduced to 1,6931. 14s. 11d. by deducting 8051. 12s. 6d. erroneously placed under the head of bro kerage, which was, in point of fact, a payment for in terest on bills of exchange which were paid as part of the purchase money of the shares sold by Mr. Allhusen to the company. Of the remaining sum, the sum of 9901. 18s. 9d. was a payment made to Mr. Hudson for brokerage on the shares sold by him to the company. This, according to the statement of Mr. Close, was done on the assumption that the company must have paid brokerage if they had bought those shares in the market, and without refer ence to the consideration, that Mr. Hudson must have paid brokerage if he had sold his shares in the market. The charge for brokerage cannot be justified or main tained. The next item is a charge by Messrs. Lawrence and Co. of 5471. ls. Id., which was paid to them, being the full rate of brokerage; although, in their original con tracts produced to us, they charged only half. We find, however, they returned one-half of this amount to Mr. Hudson, who states he gave the order as Chairman of the York Union Bank Company, and that he paid to the bank the sum be so received. As all the other brokers employed by the company have charged only half brokerage, we do not consider there is any reason in this case why the company should sustain a loss, and we are of opinion the sum so re ceived should be paid to the company. The remaining item is that of Mr. Satterthwaite, who sold to Mr. Hudson a parcel of shares amounting to 16,5001., and stamps 1001., making 16,6001., which sum he was paid by Mr. Hudson himself. The particulars of this purchase, as entered in the books of the com pany, are— £. s. 250 301. shares ... ... 16,462 10 Stamps Commission 100 0 100 0 16,662 10 Which sums wore repaid by the company to Mr. Hudson as follows:-- 1847. April 5 ... May 12 8. ... 16,562 10 100 0 16,662 10 Being 621. 10s. in excess of the sum paid by him. According to the evidence of Mr. lltids had on, in structed Mr. Close to pay to his credit the sum of 1001. about that time for travelling expenses, and he could only account in that manner for the mistake we now point out. We think it necessary to add that the sum raised by calls made and paid in advance was 1,427,833/. 10s., of which the sum 749,524/. 14s. 7d. has been applied to the purposes intended by the proprietors in their resolution of the 26th of October, 1846. This sum is about one• fifth of the whole amount required to pay off the Great North of England proprietors, and it has been invested n Great North of England Railway shares as follows: X. s. d. 351,822 .2 0 155,528 19 4 174,705 7 6 61,586 9 9 In the year 1846 ... 1847 ... ... 1848 ... 1849 £743,642 18 7 There remain, therefore, four-fifths of the entire sum still to be paid. We think a more beneficial result would have oc curred to the company had the resolution of the pro prietors before referred to been carried into effect to a much larger extent at an earlier period. The Great North of England purchase account has been very imperfectly kept. The transactions to which it relates commenced in the month of October, 1846; and yet it is admitted that no books were opened till the month of December or January last, when a journal and ledger appear to have been begun and posted up, the entries in the journal of purchases of shares being without dates, and being so made as to baffle examina tion without the aid of other materials. The general accounts of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, we hope, are dealt with in a very different way. The auditors seem to have misapprehended their duty in auditing those accounts; they limited their examina tion to a comparison of the bank book, in which are entered the directors' cheques with the entries in the journal and ledger, they have neither required the pro duction of vouchers nor original contracts—a mode of examination which it is obvious mast be utterly worthless. The remissness of the directors in the discharge of their duty with respect to this account is very remark able. From the 27th of October, 1846, till the 13th of February last, according to their own statement they remained in entire ignorance of the state of the Great North of England purchase account, and made no in quiries about the matter. A still greater degree of blame attaches to the two directors who signed the che que f or 81,1001 . on the 27th of October, 1846, the day alter the creation of the stock for the purchase of th ese shares, without asking for, or receiving any further explanation than that it was for the purchase of Gr ea t N or th o f England Railway a shares. Shareholders have a right to expect of gentlemen who accept the office of directors that they should be cogni zant of, and take part in, all important proceedings of the company. It is not right that they should confer absolute power, and impose undivided responsibility on one of their body, however able and efficient he may be. The secretary ought not only to -be competent to the discharge of his duties, but should be strictly confined to the business of the company. A oourse of proceeding directly the reverse of that which we have found to have existed with respect to the Great North of England purchase account ought to be pursued both by auditors and directors in the affairs of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, in order to give to that railway, possessing as it does so many essential elements of prosperity yet undeveloped, its true value, and to insure the confidence of the pro. prietors in its management. ROBERT PRANCE. HORATIO LOVE. JOHN CLAYTON. JOHN SHIELD. York, March 29, 1849. ROBERT DENISON. THE Ex-ROYAL FAMILY or FRANCE.—The Count and Countess of Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and a select number of attendants, came to town on Sa turday from Claremont, and visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough-house. The venerable Count and Countess appeared in excellent health and spirits, and with their family and suite partook of lun cheon with the Queen Dowager, the Princesses of Ho henlohe Schillingsturst, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the principal members of her Majesty's household. The Count and Countess and party left town soon after three o'clock on their return to Claremont. We learn that the Count and Countess, and the whole of the illus trious exiles at Claremont, proceed to St. Leonard's.on - Sea, on Thursday or Friday next, where they purpose to sojourn for a few weeks. CWMGOODY MURDER.—The convict Griffiths has been very much depressed in spirits since his sentenc?, and speaks very little, though b e appears to pay.const derable attention to the instructions of herhaplan the Rev. David Price, and spen ds the great part of the time in reading. He has made no communication as to his dreadful crime. A room has been fitted for a " Con demned cell," and two watchers have been appointed, one of whom is always in attendance night and day. The execution has been fixed for ten o'clock in the fore noon of Wednesday, the 11th of April—the longest been nst pos sible time which the law will allow having thus humanely allotted to Wm.—Welshman. [PRICE 6D. THREE FEMALES SUFFOCATED BY CHARCOAL. INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS. On Saturday afternoon Mr. G. I. Mills, the deputy coroner for the county of Middlesex, and a jury as sembled in the coffee•room of the Eyre Arms Tavern, St. John's Wood, for the purpose of investigating the deaths of the three young females alleged to have died from the inhalation of the fumes of charcoal at Miss Caroline Mann's establishment for young ladies, Liburnia House, 2, Loudoun•road, on the night of Tuesday, or morning of Wednesday. The jury were empanelled to inquire into the deaths of Eliza Griffiths, aged 15, Francis Carter, aged 17, and Eliza Pritchett, aged 23. It is necessary to explain that the last• mentioned deceased, who acted as cook to Miss Mann's establishment, had passed by her maiden name, Eliza Tidd, by which alone she was known in the establishment, and it was not until after the melancholy occurrence that she was dis• I covered to have been a married woman. The jury viewed the bodies, which lay in the small apartment of Miss Mann's establishment, where the discovery was made, and presented a truly shocking spectacle. On the return of the jury, The CORONER inquired if the fourth female who slept with the three deceased persons, and who was found still alive when the discovery was made, was in a fit condition to undergo examination ? Mr. Crellin, the surgeon to the establishment of Miss Mann, replied that she was not. She had had strong convulsions that morning, and she was in such a con dition that he feared it would be impossible that she could be examined at that time. Evidence as to the identity of thei bodies having been given, Miss Anne Wilson examined—l am assistant to Miss Caroline Mann, the proprietress of a ladies' school, at No. 2, Loudoun-road, and I reside there. I discovered the deceased females dead about six o'clock in the morning of Wednesday last. The room in which they slept was a small room in front of the house. The door of the room was not locked. There were four persons in the room. The name of the fourth is Hannah Prike. Two were lying partially out of the bed, and one in the bed, and the third upon the ground. The shutters were closed when I first went into the room, and there was no light. There was a close smell, but not a sulphurous smell, when I went into the room. I opened the window shutters, and then made the discovery. The bed upon which three of the persons lay was made up upon boxes, and the other bed was made up on a board on trestles. Hannah Prike, although alive, was too insensible to speak. She was lying on the ground with her feet against the trestles. When she could speak she said she had got up to dress herself,and when she did so she fell down, she became so ill. She was partially dressed. She said that Eliza made a noise that awoke her. Two of the deceased persons had vomited. Mr. Crellin, surgeon, of the Wellington-road, was called in and has attended Hannah Prike ever since. He said the other three were dead. The CORONER —W as there anything in the shape of a stove in the room ? Witness—A patent stove used for warming the hall. Evidence continued—l saw all the servants about seven o'clock on the previous evening, and they ap peared as usual. Pritchett had been very ill with a cold. She had had an exceedingly bad cold some days before, and had been trying to get into the hospital. She usually slept in the room adjoining that where the bodies now lie, but sometimes slept on the sofa up stairs. She slept up stairs on the night previous to this occurrence. Pritchett appeared so poorly on Tuesday night that Miss Mann requested one of the servants to sleep with her. The others went and slept with Pritchett on the night of Tues day by their own choice. Their bedroom was next to that in which the bodies were discovered. I think it was the deceased Fanny Carter who was requested to sleep with Pritchett on Tuesday night. The last time I saw the stove was in the hall on Tuesday night. We have had that stove about two or three months. It was bought by Miss Mann of a tradesman in Portland Town for the purpose of warming the hall and staircase. The CORONER—Has there been any conversation about that stove ? Witness—Yes; a medical gentle man told Miss Mann that it was unsafe, and she was to send it away, and was only induced to keep it from the a.curnrce of Mr. Buckingham, who sold it to her, - that it was safe. Prepared fuel or charcoal was used. The fuel was placed in an iron pot on the fire, and having been ignited, was then placed in the stove. I never noticed any unpleasant smell in the house arising from the stove, nor do I believe any of the young ladies were made ill by it. We have thirty-seven young ladies in the establishment. I have no knowledge of who removed the stove from the hall to the room where the bodies were found. There was no chimney in the room where the bodieslay. The stove was not considered unsafe in the hall. The room was not ventilated, and the fi)oring was of cement or con crete. Miss Mann was always of impression that the fuel was calcined, or prepared charcoal, and that no danger could result from it. A juror said that all prepared fuel was the same as charcoal, and as dangerous as any ordinary charcoal, could possibly be. Mr. Wilson said that Miss Mann had five servants, and that two slept up stairs and three down stairs, in the room next to that where the bodies were found. The reason a medical man was not sent for to see the deceased, Pritchett, was, that she was much better in the day, and being ill towards night Miss Mann told one of the other servants to sleep with her, as Pritchett refused to let her send for her sister. Miss Caroline Mann deposed as follows :—The cook, Eliza Pritchett, was ill with a cough and cold for about the last six weeks, and I administered some medicine to her, which appeared to do her a great deal of good ; she, however, became worse, and on Sunday last she requested permission to go home to her sister, who would nurse her until she became better. I gave her my permission, and she went away on Sunday in a cab. On Monday morning I was informed by Miss Anne Wilson, much to mylastonishment, that she was again back in the house. She still appeared very poorly, and I sent to Mr. Crellin, the surgeon, to see if he could get me an order for her to go to the ho spital at Brompton. I waited Mr. Crellin's answer until Tuesday morning, and about half-past one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon I saw Pritchett, and she appeared, and said she was very much better, and I told her I did not want her to do too much, and hurt herself. I was not informed that she was worse until about ten o'clock that evening, and having seen two of my pupils to bed whom I had been nurs ing, I went down stairs to see her. I then found she had chosen to lay herself down on the bed in the little place usually occupied as a sleeping apartment by the footboy. Her going into that place to lay down I understood was altogether an act of her own. Wher. I went into the room I found the deceased Pritchett faint, and slightly delirious. I gave her some medicine, and in about ten minutes afterwards she recovered, and became conscious. I then wanted her to allow me to send for her sister; but she would THEATRICALS. not permit me to do so, as she said it was too late. During the last week and for some time past She then appeared to be getting much better, and I the managers of our leading theatres have been again stayed with her until about half-past eleven. preparing to contend for the honour of the Easter The CORONER—Where were the other servants, and prize; to possess the " golden treasure," neither labour what were the preparations made in the shape of a nor expense h as b een spare d , as w ill be seen by the bed in the room at this time ? list of splendid burlesques we subjoin : Miss Mann—One of the poor servants was standing HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. Parodi, the by my side all this time, but there was nothing made adopted daughter and pupil of the great rage. up in the shape of a bed at this time, except the small makes her first a seance at this theatre to-morrow palliasse on which the footboy slept, and on which the evening, in the character of Norma. .Lablacbe will also ppe deceased Pritchett was lying. Whilst I remained in make his first appearance this season. the place, I observed that there was a great coldness ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. -Our fair countr ywoman, and damp feeling about it, and I had once or twice Mi ss C at h er i ne Hayes, makes her first appearance been apprehensive that it was too cold even for the here to-morrow evening in the character ,of Linda. footboy. That impression had induced me about five To chronicle this lady's triumphant success will, be to weeks back to have the place measured for the pur pose of having it boarded, and also to see if a stove- TT .....AYINIARKET.-- to benproduced classicalburlesque, entitled the leading parts. Mr. Buckstone pipe could not be introduced into the chimney, so as the Sphinx jsKeel ... here this evening. ple e a.:ure. to allow it to be warmed, and my order was only and Mrs.eYM .:s ir a . source of great pleasure. iss P. Horton, and Miss being waited for in order that this should be I doan 8,,,yn, '- sustaint z • • but, I regret to say, that I bad not given it. . felt and Mrs. li vvilliam have joined the company. leaving the Lrcatmt.—The Easter uneasy about the cold of the place, and onoffering at this theatre, so the stove ' celebrated for its spl d'd d • is . room where Pritchett lay, I directed that d into it. I s en 1 pro uctlons, entitled the used to warm the ball should be remp o v m e the ball to even Champions of Christendom, by Planche. The do not know who removed the stove f 1 from which of the principal parts will be sustained by Miss K. Fitz the room, nor do I recollecthezda y i c r t eetion to remove it. william, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss Marshall, Miss J. Cole servants it was that I gave t e -oil any apprehension of man, Miss Howard, Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, The CORONER—Had n 3 o ne sloe in a room John R eeve , Selby, 11. Hall, and Marshall. where r that arisinstoveg from was a b y urning ? Witness__ N one ADELPHI.--T. Parry's Hop-pickers, and a new farce for Wright, is the attraction put forth at this whatever. ou have objected to have slept theatre. ould A uror—W y yourself lighted in a room where that stove was ? PRINCES&S.—A new burles q ue entitled Nourredin, Witness —I should certainly not hare objected to or the Fair Persian, is to be produced here this have slept in a room where that stove was burning evening, the principal characters will be sustained myself. The deceased Eliza Pritchett's cough had by Miss E. Stanley, Miss Kenworthy, and Mr. been very bad, and I thought the . Oxberry. was that which made me re quest AIARYLEBONE.—A new burlesque entitled Guy that the stove mightproduced be brought down. Fawkes, or a Match for a King, is to be The CORONER----W th e re anyth in g at this house ;it will be supported by Miss CORONER—`Va s said about the . hole strength of the windows being pulled down whilst the stove was Villars, Miss Saunders, and the w burning in the room ? Witness—No, there was t• no , company. SURREY.—A new drama by Fitzba 11, is to be per nor do I know when the stove b ht d was roug own formed here for the first time this evening; Mr. Mead from the hall. and Mrs. Stirling will support the leading parts. . The CORONER—From whom did you obtain that has taken this prett y stove —Mr. H. Farren stove ? Miss Mann—l obtained the stove from Mr. STRAND. —Mr. theatre, and opens it this evening, with the Buckingham, a trad e sman in P or tl an d Town. I made popular drama of The Farmer's Story. Mr. L. linquiries of him first respecting it, as I had been at- laurray is engaged, as also 4 very excellent c$0111100ay! tracted by the stove in Newgate-street, where, I believe, the manufacturer or patentee resides. I inquired if that description of store was perfectly harmless. The CORONER—What did you say? Miss Mann—.frl oe rci tolduu require es 1: ta li. os ; suchß b u u c t k i Is n t g o hv wishedea sm, onethati t t o for be eth ae t s h ch o ea u ri g tl a h ai t un ed Id anotherbme i f g o r h e t any arrangement was made, that they were a descrip tion of stove which was perfectly safe. By the Cortorent—l was not aware that the whole four of the young women were going to sleep in that room together. Had I known it I should not hare permitted it. I told one of the servants, Fanny Carter, I think, that she had better sleep with Pritchett, as she was so poorly; but she objected, and one of the others then consented to do so. I left the room on account of illness myself, and retired to rest, and therefore my attention was not attracted to :any bustle consequent on the removal of the boxes and other things on whichithe servants made up their second bed. When I spoke to Mr. Buckingham about the stove, I said I was afraid of bad air escap ing. I said I was aware that fumes would escape whatever fuel was burnt. I was fully aware of the dangerous character of ordinary charcoal ; and I said I could not allow such a stove to come into my house until Air. Buckingham had either asked the maker of the stoves, or obtained the opinion of sonic medical gentleman as to their safety. The stove was brought home, and I then put these questions to Mr. Buckin gham, and he said he had not made the inquiries I re quired. I then said I would not have the store in the place unless he got the opinion of a medical man, who had examined the stove, that it was safe. Mr. Bucking ham took the stove away, and he brought the stove back again in a day or two after, and stated that he had seen the maker, and that, the fuel being prepared, the stove might be used with perfect safety. 1 then, feeling that there was security, had the stove, and it was kept lighted in the hall. This is all I hare to say, and all I know about the sad affair. - Miss Mann here became deeply affected, and was in that state led out of the inquest-room. Mr. Denis Buckingham, ironmonger, of No. 6, Bentinck-place, High-street, Portland Town, stated that Mr. Carman assured him that the stoves were quite harmless. Mr. William Crellin, surgeon, of No. 16, Welling ton-road, St. John's Wood, who had opened one of the bodies, said he had found the immediate caused of death to have been apoplexy from suffocation. He had not the shadow of a doubt that carbonic acid gas, from the burning of charcoal, was the cause of the apoplexy. The DEPUTY Couortint inquired if the manufac turer of the stove was in the room, or any person on his behalf ? A person came forward, and said that Mr. Carman was unable to attend the inquest by reason of lama. His name was Thomas Lampier, and be Wits kr. Carman's foreman. He begged to state that the - particular stove in question was one made with a door. to burn in a hall, and was not intended to be used in a small confined room. The jury agreed to the following verdict :—" That Elizabeth Pritchett, Eliza Griffiths, and Frances Carter were found dead in a small and ill-ventilated room, and that their deaths were caused by the poisonous fumes of burning charcoal, which had been sold at an extravagant price, under the fraudu lent name of prepared fuel, and that these attempts to vend charcoal under the name of prepared fuel, to be used in Carman's or any other such portable stoves, is a scandalous imposition on the public." The DEPUTY-CORONER—Am I to understand you to say, gentlemen, that you attach no blame whatever to Miss Mann ? The jury—Most decidedly so, sir; not the slightest. The inquiry occupied upwards of four hours. MR. HOLM'S LECTURES ON PHRENOLOGY. On Thursday evening Mr. J. D. Holm, the execu tor of Dr. Spurzheim, the late distinguished phreno logist, delivered the first of an interesting series of lectures on the science of phrenology, at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution in Leicester square, to au attentive and respectable audience. The lecture was directed to a consideration of the necessity of studying phrenology, by beginning at the beginning of the brain as the organ of the mind, of the temperaments, of the division of the head, together with the brain, into regions—the three latter beads of the course being illustrated by the lecturer, as he pro ceeded, by numerous casts, diagrams, and prepara tions. Among other things, he produced a cast of the head of Bishop the murderer, with another of the head of Mr. Horace Smith, one of the authors of " the Rejected Addresses," with the view of showing that we could not too much bear in mind the infiu• ence of temperament. He then went on to say that a very await brain was incon sistent with the manifestation of great talent, and that the quality of brain had a material effect on the intellectual powers. He thought it necessary, however, to caution his audience that though these were essential conditions of talent, they were not the only conditions, and they were to be careful how they judged of a person's capacities by the absolute size of his head. Physiologists consi dered the head in proportion to the body, and few things could be more important than to keep that consideration in view. Proportion was important to the production of a fine form, but the principle of proportion, like every other true principle, had its basis in utility. What, for example, was there in the foot of a Chinese lady to captivate any one save her infatuated countrymen ? The same false view of the principle of proportion might be traced to tight-lacing amongst his own fair countrywomen, which he would take leave to characterize as the straight-waiscoat of fashion.—(Great applause.) An examination of the Egyptian mummies proved that man was not different 3,000 years ago from what he is at present, and an inspection of the statue of the famous Venus de Medici would show our fair coun trywomen how erroneous were their notions of the beauty of form and symmetry. Before he entered on a more minute exposition of the several divisions of the organs of the brain, he would make a few observations on the heads of the two sexes. He had found what a vast field they had yet to explore before they could come to any settled conclusion on the sub ject. There was much of a terra incognita in all that regarded the human species ; but there was no portion of that vast country which contained a tract so little known as that portion which was called the female world. It had been partially, presumptuously, and ignorantly explored. Much regarding it had been concocted, and much had been assumed ; but we could know nothing ~of it except from the in habitants themselves ; and he hoped to see the day when women could speak for themselves, and silence those who weakly and presumptuously pretended to speak for them.—(Applause.) A man could not feel as a woman, nor a woman as a man ; the sexes were subject to the modifications of their respective cir cumstances, and neither properly comprehended the natural or conventional conditions of the other. On comparing the configuration of the heads of the two sexes, it was found that the heads of men were broader at the sides than those of women, that female heads were more flattened at the sides, and there was a larger portion of brain from the ear to the occiput than in male heads. The lecturer pursued the com parison to much greater length, but we regret that our space does not admit of our further reporting his interesting observations. The lecture was listened to with the greatest possible interest and attention, and at intervals warmly applauded.