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TWO EVENING SALES of CHOICE MODERN ENGLISH ENGRAVINGS. Q OUTHGATE and BARRETT will SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, 22, Fleet-street, THIS EVEN ING and TO-MORROW EVENING, at Six o'clock. A Choice and Valuable Collection of MODERN ENGLISH EN GRAVINGS, comprising Artist's Proofs and Picked Impressions of the most popular productions of Lands eer, Ansclell, Herring, Wilkie, F. Stone, Cousins, Turner, Sir T. Lawrence, Constata(.., Winter halter, Scheffer, and others equally celebrated. Also a great va riety of fancy and graceful subjects, coloured and plain ; sets of Tores's Stable Scenes, Coaching Recollections, and large Sporting Subjects, by Herring, Ike., all finely coloured. Catalogues will be forwarded on application. lIERR STRAUSS (of Vienna) has the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public that on MoNDiv evening, the 23d instant, his FIRST CONCERT, assisted by his celebrated band, will take place at the Hanover-square Rooms. Further particulars will be duly announced. All applications for the attendance of llerr Strauss and his Inimi table orchestra, at Balls and Concerts, to be addressed to the care of his publishers, Messrs. It. COCKS and CO., 6, New Burlington street, music-publishers to her Most Gracious Majesty. R OYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE, EGYPTIAN HALL. BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR CASTLE, where it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty th• Queen, Prince Alb•rt, and the R•yal Family, is NOW OPEN to the Public at the usual hours, at tha Egyptian HaIL Morning, Half past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven. Admission—Lower Seats, Is. ; Gallery, Is. riIHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Collectioa of Models of Agricultural Implements has been greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural Society and other scientific parties. The use of these Models, as well as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec tares by Dr. Bachhoffnsr en the Tentilation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at Two o'clock, and on alternate Evenings. —Lecture on Chemistry, daily at half-past Three, and on alternate Even'ngs.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include Scenes in Yen Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skinner Trout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-hell.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till llalf-past Ten. Admission, la.—Schools, half-price.—The New Catalegue, ls. CURE OF STAMMERING. Mr. lIUNT Legs to announce that he has returned to his usual residence, 224, Regent-street, where he may be consulted until the end of June. Mr. H. attends pupils at Sow anage, Dorset, during the months of July, August, and September, returning to town for October and November. A prospectus, containing testimonials, dce., of cures effected daring the last 22 years, sent on application as above. A It R I A G E. In One halt the wan! are desolately single, Lad the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea et caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the groat hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net he the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justicederaand that health sheuld form an item In the wripact ; it alone dignities the alliance. slighted hopes or neglect wetind more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by T.01,t, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by mieinterpretatien of their supposed contents, front obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to when they are °flared as antagonistic to the ompyrical trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. Gd.) caned " What to E a t, D r i n k , and Avoid," and " How to be Nappy." They are net merely Wets bui equal In a libr volnme, Nor are they the lucre ephemeral scrlbblings of i the hour, ary but the study of the author's existence, health, and painless to this olo life, who owes his present esi te a k y o b ei e s always servnnce of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done trots—te live after nature 's l e a: The On the " sunny side of the way." works nay • Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvnlho , 147, Fleet•street Mann, direct (by post er other k), Comhill ; Nelson, 457, West Stra nd ; or rred with personally, - wise) iron the author (who may be collie ont ,. a u e ot; tad all Miruings and evenings). 10, krgyll-place Rat 1e,,k...11......1 Illastrated by 26 Anatomical Celoar'd Enif Fts avi s,T ll4 lV " ; I S .Si tt C eI A.P . A ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GI N _ _ l ''. ~'''-.,,, s GE. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO a•T od u ' , 7 rica 2 3. gd,, or New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just publl r in Postage ' taiWg ' by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6 d. THE SILENT FRIEND , the infirmities and decay of the g e nerative system, . a Medical Wo tt r o k m ta lon - cessive indulgence, infectiol, and the la ordinate use certainof ule dircurY, s with reanarlua en Marriage, and the weans of obviating.. __.d qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured EngraviA n g e s; 1.. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, • ford-street, London. Published by the Authors Oxford-street; 21, Paterno , ster-row ; Hannay, 63, fuel Saeger, 150,s- stre et , Oaux :lieserld by Strange, titarle.l3, Tttenboene..steeet, may - market ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. Pete I. treats et the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive 4arg..ms. and is Illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. YAIIT 11, treats of the consequences resulting from excessive tidal 'genre, and their lamentable effects oat the system), producing mental :and bodily weakness, nervous exciteme nt, I and enerative neapacity. illustratedlll . y by Thre e Explanstory Engravings. treatof th e diseases resulting Infection, either hi the primary or secondary their treatmo a t. Thin s' "erm, and contales explicit directions for 'Engravings. ' se ction la illustrated by Seventeen Coloured byART Iv. coeins a Presc r iption for th e P revent i on of Disease by a simple sippt ta icati e u which the danger of infection is ob leader's notice. ated. This Important Part' by of the W or k should not escape the PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its • dutloo. The causes of unproductive union are also considered and 'the whole subject criti ca lly and philosophically inquired into. , boTEIECOEDIAL BALM OF SYSIACIIM 18 exclusively employed in treat ttle.v and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s, and 335. per The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anyphilitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection secondary symp 'toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lls. and 335, per bottle. :Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28. 9d., 48. 6d., and 1 Is. par box, a t w ain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleot , stricture, and chronic Inflamana- SA on of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute 'retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 411. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance dally at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele a Mt Two, and live to Light; on Sundays tons Eleven to One. 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 Annutics. 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, while living. The Assured has, ou 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 on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perm-Surn th e 4 Annual 'Polley Bonus MI I vent Re- Assured Age. E Pe- takn addion Bonus in duction of may bor ; ,„ 11 mai r e m. out in to Sum I Cash. Annual row on Assured. I Premium.) Polley. s. Q.I £ s d. s. d. I £ s. d. 1837 262 14 3121 15 11 20 0 0 ,543 17 9 , 1838 237 15 6108 16 4 17 7 6 1494 8 10 Jr A B * u • 1839 211 18 695 16 9 14 17 7 1445 • 0 60 1000.74 3 4 1840 163 8 47515 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 ,296 13 4 1843 84 11 8: 37 10 0 614 2 '247 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, 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 fine, 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 advan tages which the Judicious application of a small saving caa secure hruugh this Society. IL PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annulty.£lo 10 0 lng the age Cash •. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy .. 87 8 6 option of Payable Payable Payable Annu- ii one for Dis ally. I sum. parity. E i. d. X s. d. X s. d. o le 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10 I. I3ENEFITS Secured en attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21. lie. . Cash. Policy. FTs. 11$71. ; 394 11 0 466 0 0 1 221 0 01261 0 0 1115 9 0136 6 0 .C" !Annuity jiF4 £ s. d 20 47 16 6 30 26 15 10 40 13 19 5 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity open every MI. deposited : Aire 50, £7 Is. I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c., may be had at the Of or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT.-8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street. Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green. Dublin. DIRTCTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Balite!), Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. 11. Thomson. Esq. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords tits most perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL INCOMK BUNG UPWARDS OF 94,0001. ------ —..... .....-- , In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2L per cent. per annum on the sum 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 :Ist December, 1647, 21. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 11411. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of December, 1847, is as follows: Sum Sum added to Sum added to Sam payable Assured. Tim* Assured. Policy InlB4l Policy in 1648 at Death. ----- .£5OOO 13 years 10 mths .£683 6 8 £787 IS 0 £6470 16 6 5800 12 years 500 0 0 757 10 0 6287 10 0 5898 10 years 200 0 0 767 10 0 6087 1S 0 5000 6 years 100 0 0 757 10 0 5887 10 0 5009 6 years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0 6008 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 6450 0 0 0000 2 years • . .. 225 0 8 5225 0 0 The Pri only one- SUrance is emiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and -half need be paid for the first five years where the In -4 for Life. trance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp. information will be afforded on application to the Resideat No. S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. No Ent Every 1 Director, THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts) and BENETOLENT FUND. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson llankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF TUE BENEVOLENT FUN). John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. , . . Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every five Years. Parties assured Three Years participate in Profits, either by an addition to tke Policy, reduction of Premium, or a Cash Bonus. All parties assuring during the pre sent year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which will take place in 1852. Rights to nominate any party to receive the amount of a Life Policy, free of legacy and probate duty, or any ether expense. No entracte fee. The Eighth Annual Report, and detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be had on application at the office. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, March, 1849. SOUT W ARK-BRIDGE. Notice Is hereby given, that the Annual General Assembly of the Proprietors of Southwark-bridge will be holden at the Com pany's Office, Queen-street -place, on TUESDAY, the Ist of liay next, at Twelve for One o'clock. The Chair will be taken at One o'cicck precisely. Queen-street-place, April 18, 1849 JAMES LEITH, Secretary. - _.--7 1 - -- .:.-- --------4 -P.--.6.--‘"4 . 111 t 0 4110 r'''"l 4 r• A .., v 7 .%',...•$ ~-, -- -. - -0 .1! t • .11 , . , ‘,, ~.., t/ # C . ... • ‘ v 1 ;-,' KiN •,,, ..!, ... • i' , , r \ ** i r A , 44 0 Ti. - i ',' "' t • • • , . 4. 1 ~ - , \ • - t.' -.,. i', . i'.....:1 .- 1 t : It " •, ' . (---, -. 4 ri, 1 • ` -6 r/ d/- , ...i. 1 Y .. i. ., f, ,- - --" . ' ,a t ~), • . l' ~.. , • S' V' X P1',,1., 1 . - 1 . .tyX , r - ' ,q, , " .... 5- 0 - , .., - --A t-,, lA, , , 'i 7 , - si l i . 4 x> --,-...., to ,- ..- • " \ ,': i i = '- ' 4:. ' . _,, 9 -- it i: --- 7 - -, .4; 1 , &1 ,,,:: ft' -„, ....V.tt„,;,_ ______\,_ .1 , 4 4 .. ~,,- r 4111 I - I . 1 - ; "-- ---. . . it < z/ , t , t .„, 4 + 4 411 ',..t.t.,...,„..P' , 1.- , c -- ; .. ' - 4-- - ',4- ' ,- . .4 l'''',- . 4agliai' r-tzotr• '- 41 Pik 'sic - - au 14 'Noy - . [PRICE SD• N°. 17,649.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SU N, APRIL 19, 1849. IMPERIAL HOTEL, HUDDERSFIELD. JAMES T. WIGNEY, in thanking his friends and the public generally for their kind and increasing patronage since opening the hbove Hotel, begs to assure t em of his continued exertions to afford them every comfort and convenience when honoured with a visit ; and also takes this opportunity of informing them that he has, in ad . • dition to the " Imperial" at Iludderefleld, entered upon t - e long-es tablished and well-accustomed Commercial and Family Hotel, the " George," at Waktfleld, where Commercial Gentlemen and others may depend upon having every accommodation t ey can possibly de ire. April, 1849. IVELL 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 Colfee•rooni, which has been fitted ap 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 preesely, the most comfortable and reasonable in the metropelis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints instil Eight, and Suppers unti. One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent lieds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. LD FRENCH BRANDY, purest possible kind, 6 per dozen ; the brown 545. _os. MARSALA in perfection, as partaken by the Xobi ity, 51.—four dozen. PORT and SHERRY (beautiful Wines—it is scarcely necessary to use finer, except special occasions). 345, the dozen. PORT or SHERRY, highest order, 445; bottles of each included; own carts, six miles free ; terms, prepayment, or on delivery. If you :lo not pay cash, you bear a proportioa of others' debts, Inde pendent of salaries to book-keepers, clerks, collectors, travellers, &c Credit is the admitteil bane of trade, and keeps up high prices. Post-office Orders payable to JOHN JONES, Wholesale Dealer (for 11 years past), Knightsbridge, Agent for NOVEL or NORWEGIAN LIFE. Just published, and may bo had at all the Libraries, in 2 vols. post livo., L 0 F '0 ' D OR, THE EXILES OF NORWAY. E N ; By E. W LANDOR, Esq., Author of " The Bushman." " An interesting and affecting narrative. Tho characters are ve ritable men and women ; the work contains many fine descriptions of natural scenery, and the narrative is keightened by extraordinary incidents and hair-breadth escapes."—Morning Post. " There is evidence in • Lofoden' of a high and noble design, which is effectively worked out by means of character and incident. Its grea est charm, perhaps, is the earnest spirit of the writer."--.Ter rold's Newspaper. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhlll. NEW WORK EY MR. CHARLES DICKENI. On the Ist of May will be pulollshed, the First Number, price One Shilling, of THE PERSONAL HISTORY, ADVENTURES, EXPERIENCE, AND OBSERVATIONS OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, the YOUNGER, of BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY : (which he never meant to be published on any account). By CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by II &BLOT K. BROWNE. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Numbers. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. 3IIUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES. New Editions, corrected and enlarged, price 10s. each work, fcp. BY°. cloth ; or 125., bound in embossed roan, THE HISTORICAL TREASURY: an Outline of Universal History; separate Histories of every Nation.. THE TREASURY of NATURAL HISTORY; or, Popular Dic tionary of Animated Nature. 900 Woodcuts. THE SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY: a Copious Popular Encylopmdia of the Belles-Lettres. THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY : a Dictionary of Universal Biography ; comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. THE TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Reference : a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. London : Longman, Brown, Green. and Longmans. lIOUSE PAINTING WITHOUT SMELL. Use the newly-invented SWEET OIL of TURPENTIIIIE, as certified by Dr. Sevny. It goes further, dries quicker, lasts longer, adds to the brilliancy of colours, and prevents the many ill effects too often consequent in tke use of the old turpentine. Painters and lovers of health, write this upon the tablets of your memory. geld in bulk and in bottles, Is. and 2s, each, at the SWEET OIL of TURPENTINE COMPANY'S DEPOT, Bream's-belldlngs, Chan cery-lase ; by every Oilman ; and the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom. TT is impossible to detail in the limits of an ordi nary Advertisement the many advantages appertaining to the REGISTERED PALETOT, the MORNING COAT, Scc., suf flee it to say, that Messrs. NICOLL purchase the wool 'Urea from the foreign grower, and it does not leave their possession until it is produced in a complete form and ready for the inspection of their Patrons. Messrs. NICOLL aro honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cam bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wel lington, and all others distinguished in Rank and Fashion , t i e Covert , the Pulpit, and the Bar. 114, 115, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. UNDER the SH A.DOW of the GRASS HOPPER (22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange) may be seen the City Depot fir the NICOLL, the REGISTERED PALETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING COATS, and ether garirtents, with acme portion of each if the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited In tie spacieas wareroems, 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, as not only these last-named premises, bat else those in Cernhill, are the property if see aad the sane firms. The following agents hays also a large variety of goods for inspection, viz. :—Messrs. Wareing ant Son, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. ➢awbara and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. Macdona, Moles worth-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Christie and Son, George-street, ,'Edin burgh; Messrs. Wilson and Co.. Calcutta; Messrs. Rutherford, Hong Kong ; Messrs. Roth, Phlladelphla ; Messrs. Bruce, Cape Tows.. y a des agents pour la vents de ces articles isrevetes cans tautes lea principales ♦illea do l'Aagleterre et des colonies qui sat tea as sortiments prets I etre examines. VrECEIPS TABLE CUTLERY has long been famed for its admirable qualities, combined with cheapness. Ills manufactory is at 4, Leadenhall-street, four doors from Cornhill. Balanced-handles, in sets of 50 pieces, 21. 108., 31. 101.. 41. 10s. ; common kitchen, per dozen, 10s., 125., I6s. 6d., 215., 255. Table steels, patent sharpeners, cases of dessert knives, Sheffield plated goods, &c. Ifiechi's penknives are excellent and economical'. from Is. upwards, Ills peculiar steel razors and magic strop aid. paste have given comfort to many a suffering shaver, and the ladies pro nounce his scissors to be unequalled. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE -11 L... SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a rest for Curries, Soup, Cold Meat, it is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce haying induced imitations, purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA and PERRINS aro upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in the country. Sold by ills proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Omford- street, London, and 68, Bread-street, Worcester; Messrs: litarelay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by all dealers in sauces. UXLEY'S PARISIAN SHIRTS.- There is but one rimiest to be assigned for the difficulty experienced by gentlemen ha being fitted with Shirts. It is the im perfect rules hitherto applied to Shirt making. This has led many gentlemen to suppose the difficulty to arise from some peculiar for mation of the neck or chest. Such opinions are most erroneous. It is essential that a Shirt should sot with ease and comfort, the front remaining smooth with every change of position. H. and Co respectfully solicit inspection, and feel confident of giving satisfac tion to every customer. HUXLEY'S REGISTERED SWEAT COLLAR is gsaraiteed to fit the neck without a crease. As the most liberal wages are paid to the shirt hands, superior work can at all times be rolled upon.—Huxley and Company's Parisian Shirt Warehouse, 4, Yero-street, Cavendish-square. 6, FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. ► 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards if twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it :re be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown er black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. _ . To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whlteehapel-read, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Trout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringelen-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London , bridge ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors In town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post paid. pleas• to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THIS HEALTH AND SHORTENS nix DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. Seventeenth Edition. Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, 2.. U., or free by post. Es. 6d. CONTROUL 011' THE PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Coucealet:Cause of the premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration ; the physiology, use, and abuse of the passions ; and advice to these suffering from indul gence lu a secret vice, or from infection. Ey CHARLES LUCAS and Co., Surgeons, 60, Newman•street, Oxford-street, London, Of whom the work may be had, and sold by Erittain, 44, Paternos ter-rew ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gerd m, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Ward, 67, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, and ganger, 150, Oxford street ; and all Booksellers. The authors continue to be consulted daily on all diseases of the generative system, comprising syphilis, gonorrhoea, secondary symp toms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence and excels:. Their successful treatment being based upon upwards of thirty years' practical experience, is a guarantee for their promp titude and skill to those who are suffering from any of these cent • plants, and in most cases one personal interview only Is required to affeet a sound and permanent cure. At home from ten till two, and from five till eight. Immediate replies sent to all letter., if containing the fee of U. for advice, &e. 60, NICTIMAN-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. NORWICH, TUESDlY.—Yesterday afternoon the Fon- demnei convict Rush was visited by the whole of his family of nine children. They arrived at the Castle be tween two and three o'clock, and were accompanied by Mr. James Rush, of Wymondham, brother of the con • vict, and Mr. Sumes, the brother of the late Mrs. Rush. The Governor conducted them to the cell in which the convict lies. When Mr. Pinson announced to the con vict that his family had arrived Rush for a moment or two buried his face in his hands, and seemed to be deeply affected. Having regained somewhat of his usual composure, he said "Let them be admitted ;" and the next minute the whole of the nine children were in the presence of their unhappy parent. The scene is described as being most heartrending, both parent and children giving way to the wildest pa roxysms of grief. They spoke little upon family affairs. The convict with intense earnestness called upon God to witness his innocence of the foul crimes imputed to him, and with many prayers recommended his children, espe cially the younger ones, to the protecting care of the Almighty. The interview lasted upwards of two hours, and as it was understood that this was to be the parting visit, its close was most harrowing. Parent and chil dren embraced each other, and gave vent to the loudest lamentations. At length the children of the unhappy man left him, and after indulging for some moments in grief, he fell upon his knees, and was engaged for a long time in earnest prayer. A cheque for 401. has just been given up by Rush to Mr. Pinson, the governor of the Castle, under very curious circumstances. It will be recollected that in the course of the trial Mr. John Cann, solicitor and clerk to the magistrates at Wy mondham, produced certain papers and books which he found at Potash-farm, on going there after the apprehension of Rush. Amongst these was a pocket book which contained certain entries relative to Rush's business, and also a few memoranda, &c., on slips of paper. There was also a cheque in it drawn in favour of Rush for 401. Immediately on the pocket-book being produced in court Rush asked permission to inspect it, and as the judge assented it was immediately handed up to him. After detaining it some few moments he re quested that he might be allowed to have it in his pos session until the following morning. The counsel for the prosecution objected to this, whereupon Rush handed back the book to Mr. Cann. No examination of the book was made when it came from the hands of the pri soner, but on the following day Mr. John Cann dis covered that the cheque had been abstracted. His sus picions immediately fell on the prisoner Rush; indeed, Mr. Cann felt convinced that nobody else could have taken it, the book, with others, having been placed in a strong chest locked up while it remained at Mr. Cann's house. Nothing was done in the matter until after the close of the trial, when Mr. Pinson, the Governor of the Castle, was requested to sound the convict on the subject. When Mr. Pinson first put the question to him, Rush said, " No doubt that fellow Cann has got it—why don't you ask him? he knows all about it." Day after day passed; similar questions were put to the convict on the subject, only, however, to elicit the same reply, that Cann knew all about it, and that if they wanted any information about it, they had better ask him. " It's of no use asking me anything," said Rush, " I tell you I have not got it, and don't know anything about it. No doubt that fellow Cann has taken it." On Friday last Mr. Durrant, a highly respectable solicitor of Norwich, visited the Castle, and !n the presence of the governor saw Rush on the sub ject of the missing cheque. Rush fenced for a long time, and at length said, " Well, suppose I do know any thing of it, what then?" It was urged upon him that as he had improperly obtained po s session of it, he ought to give it up._He said, " No, I don't want to trouble my self about it. I don't know anything about it. You bad better ask John Cann." Mr. Durrant pressed him very closely, and at length Rush said, " Well, suppose it should be found, what would become of it?" Mr. Pinson, the Governor, replied that, under the circumstances, he had no doubt the Crown would order it to be handed over to the convict's family. Rush, after musing a few moments, said, " Well, Mr. Pinson, if you really think it will be given to my children, perhaps I might bo able to toll you something about it. You will find it in the lining of my hat." The hat was immedi ately produced, and the cheque was found carefully placed under the lining in the crown. During the few moments Rush had possession of the book in court ho managed to abstract the document, unseen by any one, although every eye was turned upon him. On being convicted, he was very particular about his hat, and manifested considerable anxiety about it before he left the dock. The family of the convict have been ejected from Feheingham-fare under the notice of ejectment some time since served. They still remain at Potash, but only upon sufferance. There is some talk of pulling down Potash-farm, and building another house upon its site, to be called, of course, by a different name. Mrs. Jermy and Eliza Cheatney, both of whom are sail at Stanfield-hall, era going on favourably; indeed, the latter has almost completely recovered. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY,APZIL 18. AFFIRMATION BILL. Order for Third Reading', read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill - be - now read the third time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 70. Adair, Hugh E. Harris, Richard Scholdield, W. Aglionby, 11. A. Ilastie, Archibald Scully Francis Armstrong, Sir A. Hayter, W. G. Shell, It. L. Baines, M. T. Hobhouse, T. B. Simeon, John Baring, Sir F. T. Hume, Joseph Smith, J. B. Berkeley, Captain Jervis, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Berkeley, C. L. Kershaw, James litansfleld, W. R. C. Bernal, Ralph King, P. J. Sullivan, Michael Botiverie, E. P. Lewis, George C. Tennent, R. J. Boyle, Colonel M`Gregor, John 'Thickness., It. A. Brutherton, J. Maitland, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Brown, W. Marshall, J. - G. Thornely, T. Cobden, Richard Marshall, William Trelawny, J. S. Dalrymple, Captain Matheson, James Tufnell, H. Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Admiral Morris, David Willcox, Brodie Evans, William O'Connell, J. Wfliams, John E wart, William Pearson, Charles Williamson, Sir IL French, F. Pinney, W. Wilson, James Gibson, Thomas M. Rawdon,:Colonel Wilson, Matthew Glyn, George Carr Rice, E. It. Greene. John Romilly, Sir John Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Grey, It. W. Rutherfurd, A. Hallyburton,:Lord J. Salwey, Colonel TELLIES. Wood, W. P. Buxton, Sir E. MINORITY-NOES, 46. Arkwright, G. Egerton, W. T. Portal, Melville Rogge, William FeHewes, E. Richards. Richard Baldock, E. H. Fitzroy, Henry Sidney, Alderman Bankes, G. Fuller, A. E. Spooner, Richard Barrington, Viscount Greenall, Gilbert Stafford, Augustus Beckett, W. Hale, R. B. Trollope, Sir J. Bennet, P. Harris, Captain Turner, George Beresford, William Hood, Sir A. Yyse, H. Blair, Stephen Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Waddington, H. S. Rourke, R. S. Lindsay, Colonel Walsh,:Sir J. E. Brooks, Lord Lygon, Gen. Willoughby, Sir 11. Buller, Sir Y. Newdegate, C. N. Worcester, Marquis Cebbold, J. C. Packs, C. W. Coles, Henry B. Pakington, Sir J. TILLEILII. Compton, H. C. Patten, J. W. Henley, J. W. Duckworth, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert Goulburn, Henry Edwards, Henry Plumptre, J. P. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO LINCOLNSHIRE. LINCOLN, TUESDAY.—From an early hour in the morning this ancient city has presented every appearance of a day of public rejoicing. The morning was ushered in with a merry peal. At 12 o'clock the mayor (R. Whitton, Esq.), the recorder (Mr. Sergeant Clark), the high steward, the town-clerk, the city sheriff, the mayor's chaplain, the aldermen, and common councilmen, assembled at the Corn Exchange, where they were dressed in their new robes. At one o'clock the procession started , for the Midland Rail way, to await the arrival of his Royal Highness. At half-past twelve the Lord Bishop of the diocese and the Earl cf Yarborough arrived at the station from Brocklesby, also to await the arrival of the Prince. Upon the arrival of his Royal Highness, the Mayor and Recorder alighted from their carriages, and were severally introduced to the Prince by the Earl of Yarborough. The procession then left the station in the same order in which it entered, and returned to the Corn Exchange, the carriage containing the Prince following immediately after that of the Mayor. Upon the arrival at the Corn Exchange the Prince was led in by the Earl of Yarborough. As soon as his Royal Highness had taken his seat, the Recorder read the following address : "To HIS ROYAL lIIGHBEiS FIELD MARSHAL TIIE FRLNCE ALBERT, " We, the M a y or , Ald ermen, an E.G., Citizens of the city of &C. Lincoln, beg to offe r to y our R o y a l Highness a cordial and d hearty welcome to our ancient city—a city formerly the oc casional residence of the monarchs of England, and always distinguished for the loyalty and patriotism of her citizens. " We hail with feelings of the-highest gratification the presence of the illustrious Consort of our gracious and be loved Queen, and the occasion thus afforded us of expressing to your Royal Highness in person, our deep respect and admiration of those mor a l v i r t ues an d personal accomplish ments which have won f or your R o yal Highness the esteem and attachment of all classes of her Majesty's subjects. " The estimable example which your Royal Highness pre sents of personal and domestic excellence has filled us with no less admiration, than the solicitude shown by you for the best interests of the people in giving the influence of your elevated position and enlightened exertions to the support of public institutions, in which Englishmen may feel an honour able pride, for the promotion of benevolent objects; the en couragement of the arts, and the advancement and diffusion of knowledge : and we appreciate with admiration and grati tude those motives which have led 'your Royal Highness to visit these parts of her Majesty's dominions, in order to give the auspicious and encouraging sanction of your illustrious name and presence to the commencement of works connected with the commercial welfare of the country. " We hope in all sincerity that your Royal Highness may have a safe and agreeable progress in the execution of your gracious and laudable object; and that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, your Royal Highness %ay live long to enjoy the honours and advantages of your high and distin guished position, and the consciousness of having employed the powers and influence they confer in the amelioration and improvement of our common species." His Royal Highness then returned the following gracious answer : -..... . "I have received with very great pleasure your welcome to the ancient and loyal city of Lincoln. The kind expres sions you make use of as to myself cannot fail to be deeply felt and valued by me. You do me no more than justice in believing that I am sincerely anxious to give every encou ragement t.) the institutions of this country, of which y ou may feel justly proud; some of which provides for the wants and sicknesses of poor persons, and others are directed to the diffusion of arts and sciences through the country, and for elevating the condition of the British people. " I have availed myself of this opportunity to visit Lin colnshire for a first time, and could not do so without visiting this its capital city, and the magnificent cathedral with which it is adorned. I hope sincerely the great commercial work of which I am going to lay the foundation-stone will prosper and increase your commerce, and that it may add to the welfare and prosperity of this town and county." The Town Council and Aldermen were then severally in troduced to the Prince. The procession then left the Corn Excha nge , an d pro ceededorpor a t t o i the o n received b y the his Lordßo y Bishop Highness and the Corporation of Lincoln, and the Very Rev. the Dean and the Very Rev. the Chap ter. The Prince was conducted over the magnificent edifice by the Bishop and the Dean, who explained t o th e R o y a l visitor the many objects of interest which this spl en did edi fice contains, Ills Royal Highness expressed himself much pleased with the various object s which be saw. Having quitted the cathedral, the corporation conducted his Royal Highness to the station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway , w here a special train was in readi ness to convey him to Brocklesby Park, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough, where he preposes to pass the night. The procession then returned to the Corn Exchange, where they disrobed. On the arrival of the Prince at Broeklesby station, he was met by the whole of the tenantry of the Earl of Yarborough, mounted , on their splendid hunters, accompanied by the band of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and conducted by them to the mansion. BROCICLESBY, TUESDAY EVENING —Shortly after two o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Lincoln fur Brocklusby, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough. At each station along the line arowds of healthy-looking sturdy peasants and yeomen had assembled, who greeted the special train as it swept along with loud cheers and the waving of hats. Arriving at his destination, his Royal Highness and suite alighted amidst every demon stration of loyalty and the firing of a royal salute, and were' rapidly conveyed t o t h e Earl of Y ar b oroug h' s resi dence, which is about two miles distant from the rail way. The park, which was thrown open to the public, presented, from the long stream of visitors passing through it, a very animated appearance. It is of con siderable extent, and is ornamented at different points with small lakes, and is well clothed with timber ; but the beauties of the landscape are dependent more upon natural than artificial e&cts, and for the stately avenues of tall ancestral trees which form the approaches to the mansions of the great nobles in other parts of the country, there is here offered to the eye of the visitor the broad, homely, and unadorned features of English wood land scenery. This absence of anything like ostentation is not without it s c h arm, and certainly h ar monized well with the rustic garb and aspect of the throng who crowded thither to welcome their Prince. The Hall is a substantial building entirely in keeping with all around it, and totally divested of everything like architectural embellishment or display. On the lawn in front of it were drawn up the Earl Of Yarborough's tenantry, to the number of 500 or 600, all mounted, and presenting, as may b imagined, a very striking and interesting appear ance. Many of them wore tight cords and top-boots, and, firmly seated on their hunters, revealed at a glance the favourite pastime of the North Lincolnshire farmers. Whether young men or old, in their open and manly countenance could be traced the true yeoman-spirit, blended with the contentment which a succession of kind and liberal landlords never fails to inspire in their tenantry. A more interesting sight, without the slightest tincture of theatrical effect, could hardly be witnessed. The Prince was greatly struck with them, for, aft r receiving the graceful welcomes of the Coun tess of Yarborough at the entrance to the hall, he step ped out upon the lawn and reviewed this regiment of mounted yeoman, expressing, as he did se, the high ad miration with which they inspired him. Another im portant feature in " the high state" of our great nobility then presented itself, and the fox-hounds, which the huntsman vouches are the oldest and best in England, were seen hastening from their kennels to the centre of attractikm. These came in also for a fair share of the Prince's attention. The i n t eres t which he rdiifferen, neeti in t h them would appear to indicat e thatuorr , andsosomesuppose, thebeau notth eMay orcorpora tion which of Boston, who presente d to w es h o f biM the following address:— ALBERT, CONSORT OF HER MAJES TY THE QUEEN • " The loy land dutiful Ad d re ss of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the a a ncient Borough of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, unanimously adopted at a. 6 T O nIS ROYAL TlNtriNEss PRINCE Ge neral Meeting of the Council, held on Thursday, the sth day of April, in the year 1849. " May it please your Royal Highness,—We ' the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Boa ton, approach your Royal Highness with every feeling of respect and affection, not only in consideration of the exalted rank enjoyed by your Royal Highness as the cone yoarla H ighness undertakings which l and sort of our beloved Sovereign, butigaanhl and so c i al asssdesiring promoting elevation rona g and o t t o in e v inc o e f ou: sincere admiration of t he g reat l iberality and untiring zethholailo migh t ydisplayedloufroazritlhlgt h eir empire. all l lo b bt y hj youreoesto moral th institutionseßo "We also feel peculiar gratification that your Royal Highness will, in passing through the fertile district known as the Fens of Lincolnshire,' have an opportu nity of witnessing the altered condition of a large por tion of this extensive county, formerly a morass, but which, yielding to the united skill and enterprise of the engineer and agriculturist, has been transformed into its present high state of cultivation. "It would have been esteemed by the inhabitants of our !cyst borough and ourselves a distinguished honour to have received your Royal Highness there, but, having ascertained that other engagessents would preclude our enjoyment of that privilege, we have availed ourselves of the opportunity liberally afforded by the Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough to pay our dutiful respects to your Royal Highness at his mansion. "Fervently praying that her Majesty our Most Gra cious Queen, and your Royal Highness, with your illus trious children, may long continue to live in the ardent affections of a grateful, happy, and prosperous people, enjoying the blessings of peace, and civil, religious, and commercial freedom, we remain, with every sentiment of loyalty and sincere regard for your Royal Highness, "The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Boro ug h f Boston. " Given under the Corporate Seal this sth day of April, in the year of our Lord 1849, and in the 12th year of the reign of her Her Gra cious Majesty Victoria, &c." cer l e li y s R fu o r y t a h l e ll m i i g d h r n es e s ss v, r h e i p e l h ied 3 ,.— uu " h l av t u ha j n u k st y poruesveeur ytedsinto me, and am much gratified to find that you believe in the anxiety which I feel for the prosperity and encourage ment of every undertaking that can improve and elevate the moral and social condition of the people of this great empire. The transformation of the district which for , werly was called the Lincolnshire Fens from unhealthy sterility to their present high state of cultivation, is a proud testimony to the enterprise and skill of your coun try. I regret much that the limited time at my disposal during my visit to this neighbourhood precluded the pos sibility of my receiving an address in your borongh• attachment e n h o m t e fail t to o thelayinstitutions before th e Q .1 0 1. n the your ur country, expressions and o o f f loyalty and affection to her Majesty's person and family." The ceremony concluded by the presentation of the different members of the corporation. It was intended that his Royal Highness should em ploy the interval which now remained till the dinner hour in a survey of the rich country which surrounds Brocklesby and of the system of farming which has transformed the fens and chalky wolds of North Lin colnshire into the finest agricultural district in England, and perhaps the finest in the world. The skies, however, which do not wait on the pleasure even of princes, bad prepared a great disappointment. Slight showers of snow, which had fallen at intervals during the afternoon, after a short but delusive promise of fair weather, began to in- crease and be more frequent as the day advanced. The wind rose till it blew;a perfect tempest. The air became intensely cold, and loaded with drift, and before the even ing closed in the changing hues of the landscape had disappeared, and all was white with snow ; a great disappointment this to the Earl of Yarborough and the farmers, who hoped to astonish the Prince with their agricultural triumphs; but our variable climate may perhaps renew to-morrow the opportunities which it has withheld to-day. As it was, his Royal Highness made good a visit to the splendid mausoleum of the Yarbo rough family, and to the pillar erected on the Wolds to the memory of the late Earl. From this pillar a splen did view is obtained in fair weather of the surrounding country, and the Yarborough estate is seen extending for many miles in every direction. To-day the pros pect was entirely overcast, and very dreary. The wind has now moderated, and the sky cleared up, so that there is some chance of fine weather in the morning. The dinner party at Brocklesby was as follows: His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn, Col. Phipps, Colonel Seymour, Mr. T. W. Yorke, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Hawarden, the Bishop of Lincoln, Sir Montague and the Lady Georgina Cholmeley, the Lady Mary Corbet, Mr. and the Lady Mary Christo pher, the Lady Adele Capel, Sir C. and Lady Anderson. Lord Worsley, the Hon. Captain D. Pelham, the Hon Mr. Monson, the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Parker, M:P. for Sheffield, Mr. G. F. Heneage, Mr. E. Heneage, M.P.; Mr. Chapman, Deputy Chairman of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company; Mr. Rendel, C.E.; Mr. Fowler, C.E.; the Rev. R. C. Brackenbury, rector of Brocklesby; and the Mayor of Grimsby. While the great and titled were thus receiv ing the splendid hospitalities of Lord Yarborough, his I Lordship had not forgotten the claims of the poor. Two oxen were slaughtered for their especial behoof, and an abundant supply of fine home-brewed ale was added, to complete the cheer. GREAT GRIMSBY DOCKS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.--A great national work has this day been inaugurated with unusual magnificence at the mouth of the Humber. The first stone of the Great Grimsby Docks was laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the presence of a vast number of spec tators. The weight of that stone may furnish some idea of the importance which is attached to the undertaking by its projectors, and the vast results to themselves and the public which they hope to achieve by bringing it to a successful termination. The foundation stone weighs 11 tons. The Great Grimsby Docks are about to be constructed on the south bank of the Humber, where it enters the ocean, from the sweep of which they will be protected by Spurn Head, the natural breakwater interposed for the protection of the estuary at the mouth of which it stands. Great Grimsby until within the last few years, was an obscure fishing Tillage, its harbour destroyed by "sitting up," without manufactures or other produce for exportation, or the means of forwarding imports to the interior. The policy of our inland communication, which, in early times, placed the great seaports as far up the banks , of rivers as was practicable, gave to Hull the commerce of the eastern coast, as Chester engrossed that of the west; but the difficulties attending the navigation of the Hum ber, and the immense deposits of mud which were con tinually taking place within it from the confluence of the rrent, the Ouse, and their tributary streams, have al ways impeded the progress of Hull as a great maritime town. Like Bristol, it has struggled on for years, mak ing none of those gigantic strides to wealth and import ance which the progress of Liverpool exhibits. The shipping interest of Hull is said to be larger than that of Bristol—a fact which may be accounted for by the proximity of the great manufacturing and mining dis tricts of the northern and midland counties and the stimulus which has recently been given to trade by the development of the railway system. The rapid im provetnent of Lincolnshire, however, in agricultural prosperity, has induced its inhabitants to turn their attention to the inconvenience of having Hull, which belongs to Yorkshire, as their principal seaport, and in consequence, while devising a scheme of railways for opening the resources of their noble county, they have included as a part of their plan the formation of docks at Great Grimsby, which, by their size, commodious ness, and acceptability, will invite the whole traffic of the German Ocean, and pour in that direction the im mense export trade of this country to the north of Eu• rope. As an encouragement to the execution of these plans, it has been noticed that within the last few years a succession of events has tended to make the name of Great Grimsby less contemptible than it had been for many ages before. The increased use of bones, rape seed, oilcake, and other tillages, largely imported from the north of Europe, the reduction of the limber duties, the alteration in the corn-laws, the general reduction of the tariff on Baltic produce, and, lastly and chiefly, the rapid advance of railway communication, have all tended to revive the de cayed fishing village towards a position commensu rate with its armorial and genealogical claims. The importation of timber for railroad use has quite cast into the shade the profits formerly netted from contraband trade, and the two railways which meet here promise to add a large foreign corn trade to the moderate business now done in home produce on market days by a few dozen farmers in front of the principal inn. Thus there have been already laid at Great Grimsby the foundation of a traffic in timber and manures with the North of Europe, and, as these articles of commerce depend upon au amount of demand in this country, which is likely to go on increasing, the rapid rise of the new seaport and the success of the docks are confidently anticipated. But these are not the only considerations which render the undertaking one of great public interest and import ance. The docks are designed with a special view to the accommodation of steam traffic, and have a depth of water at their entrance that will enable the smaller class of coasting steamers to enter at all times of the tide, and the larger class at half tide, or during lo hours in the 24. The gates are of such a size as to admit the largest steamers with ease and safety in any weather, and the docks are supplied with puro fresh wa t e r, which will insure the C )stly part of a steamer's projectors, therefor e, ver y reasona bly calculate that, being for steamers two hours nea r er the sea than Hull, mac g h r i e n a e te ry r — d h u e ra r b b i o li i t l y ers. of that irhe and having the advantages of railway communication, Great Grimsby will draw to itself the whole steampacket business of the Humber both in goods and passengers, and that, as the nearest point of land they can make, it will also become the great port for steamers from the north of Europe. As already stated, the docks are ex pected also to come in for a fair share of the general shipping business of the country. For the timber trade great accommodation has been provided, in the ex tent of land allotted for bonding yards and ponds, into which the river craft and coasters may be taken and loaded in the least possible time and with the smallest coat. In case of contrary winds tho advantage to ship ping of being so near the sea is very apparent, the ex pense of steam tugging and similar heavy charges being entirely avoided. It is not to be forgotten that the ports of the Humber, like all others along the coast, are merely water stations for the transit of goods and pas sengers to the interior of the country, and that, in this view, the Grimsby Docks are likely to prove a very im portant work to all the railways of the country. By these railways it will be brought into direct communica tion with the great agricultural counties of Lincoln, Norfolk, Cambridge, Northampton, Leicester, and Not tingham, with the large manufacturing towns of Notting ham, Leicester, Sheffield, and Manchester, with the coal mines of Yorkshire, the salt produce of Cheshire, and, above all, with Liverpool, the direct and speedy transit to which, it is expected, will prove vastly advantageous to commerce. If it is found desirable for passenger traffic to have inland stations erected at a cost of 100,0001. or 200,000 Z, it will be obvious that such a water station as the Grims by Docks is cheaply purchased at a cost of from 400,0004 to 500,000/. Wet docks have only existed in this country since the early part of the last century, no very ancient date considering their great utility to a ma ritime people, the protection which they afford to ships and their freights, and the facilities which they give for the collection of the Customs revenue. They were first constructed in Liverpool, and afterwards in London, but it was not till the commencement of the 18th century that they assumed the importance to which they are en titled as great national works, and vindicated the policy of their formation, by the remunerative returns which they yielded. They have now for some time been fully recognized as forming a great step in the progress of the nation as a mercantile community, but the difficulties of transit from them to the store-rooms of the wholesale dealer have hitherto been felt to be a great barrier, and this will be appreciated when we state, that the cost of carting a puncheon of rum from St. Katherine's Dock, in London, exceeds the whole freight thence to Rotterdam, and that it is cheaper to send a hogshead of sugar from the London Docks by sea round to Gainsborough, and thence to She ffi eld, than to cart it to the Camden of the London and North-Westertn planofthe have l R ail w ay. n This source of difficulty, however,r the ine, or the Man cheater, She ffi eld, and L inoo Grimsby Docks appear s to _ nsh o i v r eco e line will run right etow .d. siadinvgaes,telgeaediwnigleohathvee warehouses, and so far a grea _ onstructed populous towns, been gained over docks c with the general rail waywhich it is impossible to connect system of the eountry, except at an enormous ex pense. Finally, with reference to this new work, a into it. There will be numeroust glance at the map will show that the sea -coast of this country, while well supplied with spacious har bours on the south and west coast—with Portsmouth, Plymouth, Milford Haven—with river ports Like Liver pool and London—is on the north-eastern coast lamen tably deficient in this respect. Upon it the whole force of the German Ocean beats with tremendous violence, and therefore any undertaking calculated to afford shelter to our tempest-tossed shipping on this seaboard must be looked upon as possessing a national character. In that light the Government have viewed the Great Grimsby Docks. The Sheerness squadron, under the command of Admi ra l Elli o t, r id es i n t h e h ar b our to celebrate the occasion in true naval style, and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in granting to the Dock Company the land, which has been in a great measure reclaimed from the dominion of the sea, have c on dition e d that the dock gates shall be capacious enough to admit the largest war-steamers, and that the Admiralty shall at all times have as free use of the docks as of those of Portsmouth and Plymouth. As to the plan of the docks, the principle upon which they have been de signed is that of carrying them into deep water instead of the older plan of making the dock inland, and digging the channel up to it. In such a river as the Humber this plan is attended with great advantage, as, from the 6bse basin ai un width; di :h a l o r; t a f 00 works being placed well out in the current, any exten sive deposit of mud is prevented, and the cost of dredg ing is avoided. The works embrace, first, an entrance whicho u tf r h t e h l l a rg e sty smallsixteen vessels duck, a a t er a e l2 s loo , t i a n in featde s w ; is h ne i c c lo h ennd w gi t i yh l l , piers itable for all vessels not requiring to enter the E s e docks ; thirdly, the great dock, 300 feet in length and and 45 in width; fifthly, the dock with an area of 29 acres, accessible for all vessels for 20 hours oat of the 24; sixthly, the west wharf, 200 feet in length, with railways, &c., upon it, and comprising an area of 12 acres; seventhly, the east wharf, 2,000 feet in length, and 670 in width, to be appropriated to warehouses ; - and lastly, a goods station, with railways laid to every part, and embracing an area of 42 acres. These details give some idea of the magnitude of the works and the novelty of the principle upon which they have been con structed. Very considerable progress has already been made with regard to them. The entire space to be oe• cupied has been reclaimed from the sea, and protected by strong embankments. .11.. vast quantity of stone and timber has also been deposited upon the works, and it is calculated that in two years they will be completed. Already, through the genius of Mr. Rendell, the engi neer, the principal difficulties have been surmounted, and no doubt the Grimsby Docks will soon, by his exertions, be opened to the traffic which it is anticipated will flow through it. Returning from these necessary details to the move ments of Prince Albert. his Royal ' Highness arrived here by special train from Brocklesby shortly after one o'clock. The station had been elegantly decorated for his reception, and, painted in conspicuous characters over the entrance were the words " God save the Queen." In the station his Royal Highness received the corporation of Great Grimsby, who presented a loyal address, which was suitably and graciously acknowledged by him. A procession was then formed of a train of carriages to convey the Prince, the directors and officers of the Dock Company, the corporation of the town, and the visitors of Brocklesby, to the docks. They were welcomed as they passed along with every possible demonstration of joy and loyal enthusiasm from the multitude. Flags were hung out at many of the windows, some of them bearing loyal and patriotic inscriptions, while others fluttered about in the una dorned simplicity of bunting. The cheering and waving of hats was kept up incessantly as the special train moved on, and none seemed more anxious to obtain a glimpse of his Royal Highness than the gentler sex in this part of Lincolnshire. Immediately after arriving at the entrance to the dock works, which was graced with an archway of evergreens, the engine was dismissed, and the carriages conveying the Royal cortege were drawn along by a whole host of navvies dressed in clean white frocks, and showing, as they pulled " with a will " the great brawny arms and swelling muscles by the strength of which they earn their livelihood. Within the docks, nothing but a vast space of enclosed sea-shore was at first to be seen, with immense quantities of stone and timber collected for the completion of the works. As however we advanced, an immense amphitheatre opened lap, the basement of which was considerably below the level of low-water mark, and in the centre of which rested the enormous foundation-stone. Close at hand stood a handsome pavilion, within the well-stored re cesses of which, Messrs. Bathe and Breach, of the Lon don Tavern, had laid cut luncheon for upwards of 1,000 people. Around the other parts of the amphitheatre seats had been prepared for 5,000 or 6,000 spectators, who, it was anticipated, would be induced to pay ss. each for the privilege of seeing Prince Albert lay the foundation stone; but the sky, during the early part of the day had promised favourably, became overcast just at the time when his Royal Highness was entering the docks; a , heavy snow shower descended; the consequences may easily bo anticipated—the high price charged and the in clemency of the weather kept hundreds of persons away who would otherwise have been joyful spectators, and the unoccupied benches presented a very deserted and dreary appearance. The Royal procession on entering the docks took the outer line of railway, which was or namented with flags and banners placed at equal dis tances from each other, and which commanded a view not only of the docks but also of,the Sheerness squadron anchored without. Upon arriving at the amphitheatre, the Prince and suite alighted from their carriages, and the procession descending amidst the booming of a royal salute and the enthusiastic cheers of the spectators, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone commenced. Colonel Humphrey, the Secretary of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, took charge of the inscription or depositum plate; Mr. Fow ler, of the glass vessel to hold the coins; Mr. Cole, of the purse and coins; Mr. Adam Smith, of the trowel, which was an extremely handsome and elaborate piece of workmanship. The plan of the docks was appro priately entrusted to Mr. RendelL The Prince placed a collection of new current coins of the realm in a glass vessel, and having closed the stopper of it, the Earl of Yarborough banded to him the trowel, and briefly explained the object of the work. The Prince then laid the stone in due form, anal placed the glass vessel in the place of deposit assigned for it. The following was the commemorative inscription:— " This first stone of the Great Grimsby Docks was laid by his Royal highness Prince Albert, on the 18th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1849, and in the 12th I year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria.—May God protect these docks." The ceremony concluded with prayer, which was offered up by the Bishop of Lin coln. The Prince was then conducted, in procession, to a private tent prepared for his reception, while the as sembled company took their seats in the pav ilion, and awaited his arrival. THE LUNCH. The lunch took place shortly after two o'clock, and was laid out in admirable taste, and on a scale of the greatest profusion by the proprietors of the London Tavern. No less than 1,000 guests, many of whom were ladies, assembled to enjoy the hospitalities of the company. His Royal Highness Prince Albert sat on the right hand of the Earl of Yarborough, who presided, and among the eminent persons present were—Lady Mary Christopher, the Bishop of Lincoln, Colonel Phipps, Lord Worsley, Admiral Elliot, the Mayor of Manches ter, the Mayor of Grimsby, the Marquis of Aberoorn, Countess of Yarborough, Viscount Hawarden, Lady Sophia Pelham, Colonel Seymour, Mr. Christopher, Ge neral Thorne, Captain Maitland, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Hussey Packe, Mr. E. Ileneage, Sir C. Anderson, the Rev. Mr. Attwood, Dr. Bartolomi, the M as t er Cutler of Sheffield, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, Sir John Nelthorpe, Lieu tenant Parkes, Captain Elliott, Colonel Wellesley, the Hon. Captain Pelham • Lieutenant-Colonel Martin, Lady Nelthorpe, Mr. Adam Smith, the Mayor of Shef field, Mr. A. S. Gee, Mr. J. M. Rendell, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hutton, Mrs. Hutton, Sir M. Cholmeley, the Lord Mayor, Lady Georgians Cholmeley, Mr. Chapman, Lady Anderson, Earl of Mulgrave, and the Earl of Scarborough. At the close of lunch, thanks having been returned by the Bishop of Lincoln, The CHAIRMAN rose and said,—Your Iltoyal 'High ness, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, the first toast I have now the honour to propose to your notice is " the Health of her Majesty the Queen, and may God bless her."—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with great enthusiasm and amidst every demonstration of loyalty, The CHAIRMAN rose again and said—l have now the honour to offer to your notice the toast of " His Royal Highness Prince Albert."—(Cheers.) His Royal High ness has been very graciously pleased to come to this place for the purpose of assisting at a ceremony the fame of which we hope will go forth, not only in Eng land, but in all parts of the world with which the ma nufacturing interests of this country can be at all connected, as a most important undertak i s ng. We hare always considered it a mo st im portant undertaking, and his Royal Highness having been pleased to come here on the pre sent occasion, shows that we have not bee n toe m i s taken. o His Royal Highness has been please andnsider it when patronag an undertaking worthy of his roy al , c w hich he has assoc iated we consider the readiness with himself with objects of national imp ortance gnat hihl and advan tage to this country, surehlimamheretoday, p pu all we ola feel r as h e da y honoured at having served!) , is by the i examp l e he has always shown. His _ Royal Highness s now visiting part of the count r y of rail w ays was scarcely until the introduction which, known. S om e people used to suppose we could not move about in this country except in boats. It was therefore not surprising, that when it was understood his Royal Highness was coming among us, that great anxiety should he evinced to know whether the report was true But I am sure his Royal Highness w ill ad • * admit that in no part of England has he been where he has been received with greater cordiality—(Loud • cheers)—with a more hearty welcome, and I trust I may add that there is no part of her Majasts's d ominions where there is a more true devotion to her Majes ty than among the sub jects of her M a j esty who are tl3 be found in the se parts. I am quite certa i n th • at if we should at any time find that her Majesty wished, in prosecuting a voyage from London to Scotland, from stress of weather, to remain quiet at anchor instead of knocking about in the roads, she will find in a few years a ;most quiet retreat in the Grimsby Docks. On the part of the company which has undertaken these works, I must beg leave to tender to you our thanks for the honour you have done us by patronizing these works, and I trust, from what you have seen, that you do not regret the task (for it is a Itask at this inclement season of the year) which y ou have iindertaken. I now give you " His Royal High ness Prince Albert, and may God bless him!"—(Pro tracted cheeiing.) His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT rose to acknow ledge the toast, and was most enthusiastically received. Ile said—My Lord, I return you my most sincere thanks that any exertions of mine should have met with your approbation, and to you, ladies and gentlemen, for the great marks of cordiality and kindness with which you have received the toast.—(Ch ee ry. ) The set which has this day been p er f ormed, and in which you have been so kind as to d es i re that I should take the chief part, could not do otherwi se b ut make a deep impression on 'ine.— (Cheers.) We have been laying the foundation of a dock, not only as a place of safety, refuge, and refitment, for our mercantile marine, and calculated to receive the largest steamers of her Majesty's navy, but it may—and I trust it will—be the foundation of a great commer cial port.—(Loud cheers.) This work, in future ages, when we shall leng have quitted thi.i scene, and when, perhaps, even our names shall be forgotten—(Cries of " No, no, never")—will, I hope, become a new centre of life, with the vast and ever. increasing commerce of the world, and a most important link in the connexion of the east and west.—(G rest cheering.) This work has been undertaken, like almost all greet enterprises in this great country, by private enterprise, private capital, and at private risk, and it shares also in that other feature so peculiar to the enterprises of Englishmen, that strongly attached as they are to the institutions of their country, and gratefully acknowledging the protectioa of the laws under which those enterprises are undertaken and pros per, they love to connect them is some manner with the authority of the Crown and the person of the Sovereign. —(Loud cheers.) It is the persuasion of this circum stance which has impelled me to respond to your call, and come amongst you—(Cheers) —as the readiest mode of testifying to you how strongly her Majesty the Queen ap preciates and reciprocates those feelings. I have derived the deepest gratification from this visit, as it has brought me for the first time to the county of Lincoln, so celebrated for its agricultural pursuits, and showing so fine an example of the energy of the national charac ter, which, in this county, has succeeded in transforming the most unhealthy swamps into the richest and most fertile lands.—(Cheers.) I could not, I am sure, possi bly have seen finer specimens of Lincolnshire farming than have been shown to me by your Noble Chairman and my esteemed friend—(Cheers) —who has not only made me acquainted with the most recent improve ments carried on in this county, but also with the gra tifying state of the relations between landlord and tenant existing here, which I hope may become an example to be followed in time throughout the kingdom.—(Loud cheers.) Here it is felt that the mutual advantage of both does not depend on a mere written letter of agreement (Cheers) but on that mutual trust and confidence which has always been considered a sufficient security to warrant the extensive outlay of capital and energy necessary to the carrying out of farming operations on a large scale.—(Cheering.) I now, in conclusion, beg to propose to you a toast which I am sure you will all be anxious to drink with me— " Prosperty to the Great Grimsby Dock."—(Cheers.) Let us.implore the Almighty to bestow His blessing on this work, under which alone is can prosper. I give you "the Great Grimsby Dock and the health of the Chairman and Directors of the Dock Company."— (Loud cheers, in the midst of which his Royal Bigness resumed his seat.) The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Your Royal Highness, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I rise to return your Royal Highness thanks, on the part of my colleagues in the direction of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, who have also the management of the Docks, inasmuch as, although in the first instance the railway and the Great Grimsby Dock were separate companies, now the Railway and the Dock Companies have amalgamated. They were amalgamated because it was considered by the shareholders that they should be one undertaking. There was only one interest to be considered, and it was thought, and wisely, by the shareholders, that it would be a great advantage that there should be a good under standing between the Dock and Railway Companies.— (Cheers.) If they had not been united it might have happened that what might have been obviously for the convenience of the public might not, for some reason or other, be carried oat, bat that, when the whole was under one management, then it was likely that one would not be at variance with the other, and that the public would have the advantage of finding that which I believe is novel in the railway world, viz., having a terminus in the water instead of on the laud—for what will these docks be but the terminus of the railway? They will be our eastern terminus, while our western terminus will, in fact, be Liverpool. It is true we shall not be united under one management to Liverpool, but we shall to Manchester, and thence we shall run over a line in which this company has some interest.—(Hear, hear.) Your Royal Highness cannot fail to observe that this is a vast undertaking, and when I mention to your Royal Highness, and those of this company who aro strangers to this district, that the Act for these docks was only obtained in 1845—when I remind you of that circumstance I think it will be generally acknow ledged that very great progress has been made with the works. Perhaps strangers may not be aware of the enormous quantity of timber which is necessary to con struct these docks; that it was obliged to be brought from the Baltic; and that we have succeeded, though it was prognosticated we should fail, in shutting out the water; and we may consider it fortunate that we have succeeded, as we are at this moment 19 feet below the water.—(Cheers.) The first pile of timber was driven in 1846, and I well recollect at that time in a neigh bouring port it was stated—" There is an end of Grimsby Docks; the first pile, on being tapped on the head by the engine, went through the quicksand and is nowhere to be found." But that was a mistake. Since that time the cofferdam has been extended to the length of 1,600 feet, and to construct it wo have obtained 7,000 pieces of Memel timber, averaging in length 50 feet each. The measure of this work, that is, the circumference of it, is 11- miles. You may have seen on your passage here the old dock. There the principle was to take the water into the land as far as possible. Here we take the railroad as far as possible into the sea. We have enclosed here 135 acres. Gentlemen, that's a large farm in some parts of England.—(A laugh.) We have every reasonable expectation of concluding the works by the summer of 1851. We have no reason to doubt that this port will be connected by a through communication with the port of Liverpool during July of this year. It has generally been supposed that it would be of great advantage to be able to transport from Manchester and the manufacturing districts by the means of this railway the goods they have produced by their enterprise and have to send abroad. There is also another great ad vantage, that in this county we produce a vast amount of food. That food will be sent ante the manufactur ing districts, and there consumed at much less cost than it can be now. On the other hand, we shall receive from those districts and the neighbourhood of Sheffield coals, which may be brought into these parts of the country so as to be sold at a cost of ss. or 6s. less than now. Then I think lam justified in saying that if we can send food in a cheaper way than now, we are benefiting the poor there, and if we can bring coal here at less expense than now we are also benefiting the poor among ourselves.—(Cheers.) Some people sup pose that these works aro to be the ruin of Hull. I have never been one of those who have thought so. That it will prove a very formidable competitor in some respects cannot he doubted, but I believe the trade of this country will continue to increase. I believe it may be the means of preventing exorbitant charges at suck places as Hull, and therefore that a public advantage will arise from the competition; but I cannot suppose that a town of such size and magnitude will be very seriously injured. True that trade may not increase in the same ratio as it hitherto has done. You may not find the 1001. dock shares quoted at 1,300/., and hear com plaints from the inhabitants that the money is not spent there so as to benefit them. I think when they find that we are able to carry on the same trade as they do, the company, if we compete with them, may be in duced to regulate their charges, so as to do more for the inhabitants of the town, and thereby obviate complaints, which I believe aro not unfounded. I could detain you for a long time, in stating the advantages likely to flow from this railway and these docks, but I should not be justified, and I am sure you would not wish his Royal Highness should be detained longer than is absolutely necessary. lam sure we thank his Royal Highness sin cerely for having done us the honour of attending on this occasion, and I think we cannot better show our sense of it than by doing all in our power to convince him that we desire to consult his convenience in every way.— (Cheers.) I am afraid that the arrangements I have made for hls Royal Highness will oblige me to ask him now to leave, but I shall take an early opportunity of re turning to continuo to act as your chairman.—(Cheers.) The chairman and his royal guest then withdrew, and were escorted to the train by a large portion of t assembled company. ed number of toasts were proposed an d d u ly f _ respondOn the return of the Earl of Yarbo rou g h a Clergy the diocese to of , great among them—" The Bishop and h • " The Commis foorp'which the Earl of a L i o i n n e e o r l s n 0 , a f Woods l e d a g n e d d k b F y othe r e t h sets "Army Thorne anddamnidraNlEavlYlio"t; a" the e Carlisle Mr. Mr. Bendell, Adam Smith, and Mr. w i e dg returned e d by General tha s healths of Fowler, for which they severally returned thanks. Se veral other toasts were also , given; " The L a di es, " " Th e Civic Dignitari es present , ' and " The Chairman and Vice• Chairman," being included among them. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was rapidly con veyed to town in a special train, passing through Bos ton and Peterborough. At all the stations on the route crowds of people had collected, who cheered him as he passed. Near Oundle the train was delayed for a few minutes by the breaking down of an engine attached to another train on the same line. But the impediment was at once removed, and his Royal Highness reached the Eust(m. square station at a quarter before ten o'clock, being the exact time fixed for his arrival. On the London and North. Western line the engine was driven by Mr. M'Connell, locomotive superintendent, Captain liruyere being also in attendance. On the Great Nor thern the Prince's safety and comfort were also carefully provided for. There is no truth in the report of cholera being at or rear Inverness; it was quite a false report. We have letters from medical gentlemen on the subject. [ADvEßTlsumENT.]—Cosisumrriors, BRONCHIAL, ASTHMA, INFLUENZA, &C.---MR following cases of the severest forms of disease are selec ted from the clinical report published by Dr. Cronin:—Mrs. Osborne, 8, Ox ford-street; Mr. Morley, Messrs. Croncock and Co., Bow Churchyard; Major Lynch (late 14th Foot), 7, Wood land-place, St. John's Wood; Mr. Bryant, 7, Padding ton-street Marylebo n e; Mademoiselle Duproz, Royal Academy of Music; Miss Erwood, 72, New Bond -street; Miss Robb, at the Baroness Bassett's, Tehidy Park, near Truro, Cornwall; Mrs. Thurmott, 29, Bedford-street- Covent Garden; Mrs. Williams, Portobello Arms, Kentish New Town; —, 14 , Leicester-place, Leis's ter, square. BASS and (26.'s INDIAN ALE. GUINNESS' STOUT. N.B. Choice Claret (much admired), ant the Champagne direct from Bowled Stores at the Docks, each 6/. per three dozen, Cases, Duty, and every expense included. Fresh Setters, 6s. per dozen. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. R s P h Oa Share L Market, rin . c 1 , 6 8 1 a; t i m l n g u o e w s very depressed, —-- . Siock ExcalNoi.l4ll:llEe and prices are lower. The sales are— Greenock, zuaranteed 6 per cent. till 1853, 7 ‘i,an i:alsley, and NewYrkshire, FiTtlis,3n die and North-Western, a l3 sh 2 tre and e Quarters, 44 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincol;Distte, Terence, 10%—Midland, 75—Ditto, Halves, 9% dls.—South-Zaste r r e t; and Dover (No. 4), 61. 18s. 9d. G.—York and North Midland, Prefer ence, 4 par cent. till 1650, 1% dis., MANCHESTER, APRIL IS. STOCK EICIIANGI.—The sales are—Preston aid Wyra, 37-01 d Dover, 21 1 4 —Dover (No. 4), 6 16-16 C. BIRMINGHAM, Arum 18. STOCK Exciwiniii.—The transactions to-day have bean, as 23% fol lows :—North Staffordshi re, 31. 13s. 9d. dis.—Coledes Shropshire Union, 2y, dis. TORK, Inn. 17. STOCK EXCIIINGI —The business transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Caledonian, Preference, 11% —Great Northern, 101. 16s. 3d. — Ditto, Halves (A), Deferred, 4%—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 45y—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, i%—Nlanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 16 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Exten sion), 17!--Ditto (G. N. E. Parchase), 63e. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 71 par mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31 17s. 1041. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.34; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.321, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from llamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3L 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13.101, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cont. dearer in Hint burgh *an in London. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CASIMLIC mARICILT, APRIL 17.—There is a considerable falling off in the supply of beef from last week, both in respect to quantity and quality, while the supply of sheep is unprecedentedly large for the season, and of a superior quality. The number of •beasts on offer here to-day is about 700 head. All breeds have undergone a decided improvement, both in demand aid value, and a clearance will be effected. The quantity of sheep is 5,400. The mutton trade is exceed ingly dull, and prices have receded about ed per lb. A very great number still remain on hand. Prices—Beasts, 4s 6d to 6s 3d ; pork, 5s 6d to 6s 3d per stone of 141 be ; sheep, bid to 61d per lb, sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 17.—.. There were in in the market to-day 70 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 62 sold thus : —39 at 1/ 8s Od, 13 at 1 t 7s 6d, 3 at 1171 Od, 7 at 1165 6d. Average price of the whole, 11758 d 1-12ths. 8 sacks four, whereof 1 sold at 325, 4at 30s, and 3 at 28s. 2 sacks barleymeal, whereof 1 sold at 255. 1 sack peasemeal, which sold at 20s. 16 sacks pot-barley, whereof 14 sold thus: —1 at 11 Ss Od, 1 at 117 s Od, 4atl/ bs Od, 3at 114 s 6d, 4at 1/ 410 d, lat 113. Od. 1 sack brosemeal, which was not sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, AFRIA. 17. Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 6s to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s to 7sod; barley do., 4s 6d to 6s Od. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. BELFAST, APRIL 13.—We had a small supply of grain at this morning's market, and prices are unchanged since yesterday. Indian corn and meal likewise remain en changed. Butter—firkins, first 9d ; crocks 9d ; firkins, third 7id ; crock bid per lb; shipping price 60s to Ns per cwt. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to 10d; ditto, per cwt, bs to 5s sd. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4d to 7d; mutton, 5d to 7d ; veal, 6d to 7d. Fish—Trout, 6d per lb ; brett, 3s to 4s; soles, Is to is 6d per pair. Poultry—Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s a. pair ; chickens, Is 6d to 2.s per pair; ducks, 2s to 2s 6d per pair ; turkeys, 3s to 4s each ; geese, 21 6d to 3s 6d ; eggs, per dozen, 5d to 6d. Hay, is 2d to 2s ; straw, oat, fsd. to is 3d ; ditto, wheat, 7d to lid per ewt. West Hartle y MARK El Hartley 14s Od y lbs Od 1 5 4 Od Od c ß ta a asr t Buddle's W. gr t :BB A H da a i r r t s le Al y ain... Chester Main 13s Od llasting's Hartley lss Od llolywell Main lss Od New Tanfield l3e 6d North Percy Hartley l4s Od Original Tanfield l2s 6d Ord's Redheugh 'Canfield Moor West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. A co rn Close Bewicke and Co. 15s 3 Od d Hotspur Barton Northumberland Percy Bensham Riddell's ..... ... ...... Walker Eden Main ...... ... ...... 17s 3d Lambton Primrose ... 17s Od Belmont .................. 17s 341 Braddyll's Hatton lB5 Od ..-YZSTERDAY. Bell Hutton Haswell His 6d Hutton Lambton Lyons l7s 3d Morrison lbs 6d Russell's Hatton Stewart's Shotten Whitwell . Caradoc Cassop . .. l7s Od Hartlepool lBs 6d Hudson's Hartlepool l6s 6d Kelloe South Hartlepool Whitworth l4s .0d Adelaide Tees Bishop's Tees.... ..... Denison Seymour Tees I Tees Ciowpen Hartley Hartley ........: 145 3a I Howard's W. H. Neth. 3d 1 Ships at market, 260. .