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"" r '!. / i" ~, r S ~: clApm ) • / I tracted by the stove in Newgate-street, ywbera, l • . believe, the manufacturer or patentee falkid4s;`,.l 3 , inquired if that description of stove was perfect}t ..1 T" . 4r' i" -4e • t 1.4 4 0,,.. "AL • • ) • /d \ eel*, _ 4 4" • • .• • - OP P tt -x , • e.t? ; r 'L • g aentli ad in tb nd ng T° THE ELECTORS OF SHEFFIELD. tit,. v, llavc. , been so kiwi as K/7/, ;‘ z I. Ltl,, rages a: the coming Election, I at °two accept —thanking vou most since - aly for this signal and unexpected mark or yiAtr esteem and ap probation. 1 say approbation, becausa I thus construe your invitation. 01 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 coin piete evidence of my p' °Onions. 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 would guide my conduct upon all the great questions of policy which then occupied the attention of the nation. To that statement I could now refer, and for the same purpose : I could refer 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 many years has, I hope, made me wiser, and taught me the mode most conducive to the practical application of the prin ciples which I profess—but from the principles themselves I have not The years that have elapsed since 1832 have indeed settled very few of the questions which at that period interested and divided the whole people. We have advanced—and are advancing—but at every step the contest of opinions is renewed, and we have almost every day to re-state tine arguments by which each separate victory has been obtained. On the great and leading questions of constitutional reform, though much has been done, much remains to be accomplished. The many anomalies of our electoral system have yet to 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. Every statesman who really desires here after to provide for the well-being of the people will seriously con sider the question of the suffrage, hi order to bring about speedily, though cautiously, a large extension of it. By 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 mast not post 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, mischievous 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 full scope for the active energies of an indus trious nation. Connected with this subject in many ways, and with the well being of mankind in many more, is the great subject of colonization. Tine 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 Sailers, 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 the 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—l mean unfortunate Ireland. Our conduct to Ireland has been, till a few years since, one continued act of terrible injustice ; and we now wonder that the people, whom we have treated as slaves for centuries, should sot have the 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 ry y other; and to this maintenance of peace among her hitherto contending sons, our efforts must he confined. If we 610 more, we shall do serious injustice to the people of England and Scotland, and render no service to those of Ireland. If we were to morrow to transfer the whole wealth of England to Ireland, we should only create waste, idleness, and vice. A people must work out their own regeneration, and acquire wise, frugal, and virtuous habits, by leading a wise, frugal, and virtuous life. The wealth that is not acquired by labour is but too often squandered in 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 !wives, both as regards doctrines and establishments. I and myself a member of the Church of England. I was edu • UAW as a member of the Established Church ; and after a careul consideration I have seen no reason to leave the fellowship of my childhood and youth. But this determination has been formed after Consideration, and is the result of my own wil., utte•ly independent of that o: any o.her man. What, then, I have demanded for myself —the right that I hive vindicated in my own person-1 (1 , man i fo all others. I insist upon religious as well as civil liberty. If my mind be ennralled by arbitrary will, and rot led by the suasion of reason, I am more a slave than it you put. my body in chains. While I demand for all this freedom, wit ch I have exercise myself, I proceed yet further. I hold every coercion on this subject impolitic, as well as unjust, You may compel to outward observance, and to fa'se declarations ; you may create hypocrisy and discontent ; but at rd of command you cannot make men believe. With this view, therefore, I sin led to deprecate, on all proper occasions, every attempt to make establishments which exist for the purpose of promoting any peculiar 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 en such a subject should be immediately acceded to ; and I ant not prone to feel hurt er 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; and, 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, arid touch upon the leading opinions I hold. From this general view, however, an accurate conception can be attained by you of the political character of the m4n you have invited; and an opportunity will, I hope, he 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 policy. Any exposition, however general, which omitted 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 intermeddling with the affairs of othe nations. Every nation in Europe has at this time enough to occupy its attention in settling its own affairs ; and the history of Europe, from the year 1830 to the present time, when compared with the history of Europe from 1793 to 1815, 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 the whole world—a war unequalled for the blood that was shed and the wealth squandered in its terrible and disastrous conflicts. Non-interference in 1830 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, as I began, by expressing to you my hearty thanks fur the honour you have conferred on me, and by placing myself at your disposal, fur the coming election. I an ready, when it shall so pl ase you, to present myself to your notice, and submit to all such inquiry as you may think right. Having nothing to conceal, I have ne fear of inquiry. I bog to remain, Gentlemen, Your most obliged and faithful Servant, J. A. ROEBUCK. N A TION AL LOAN FUND LIFE - ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The ;leading features of the society are guaranteee of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Diyision of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. 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 'onuses already Declared, and Options. Perms- ; Sum the .41 Annual olicy Bonus in Rent Re- I Assured Age. E e, Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor . miusa. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on co Assured. Premium.l Policy. s. 4.1 £ a d. £ s. d. s. 4. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 1138 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 494 8 10 X Xs. d. 1839 211 18 6, 95 16 914 17 7 445 8 0 60 1000 74 3 4 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 122 2 6 ; 58 17 6 8 19 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 81 37 10 0 814 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables •f rates, &e., may be had at the •fce, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for. warded post free. W. S. B. VfOOLTIOISE, 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. IiECOND SEPTENNIAL DITISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1134, affords tie most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—lrs ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 94,0001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. 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 added at 1 The hip] Decembe t• 31st December, 1847, 214/. per cent. per annum was the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1448. ma thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 21st of n*, 1147, is as follows: Sum Sum added to Sum added tt. sem payable Time Assured. Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy in 1848 at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 1000 12. years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 5000 1 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 1000 6 years .. • . 675 0 0 $675 0 0 8000 4 years .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 1500 8 years .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on th• most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In aurance is for Life. No Entrance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, No. 3, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Princes-street, Bank, London. Capital, One Million. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance in their fullest extent to Policy holders, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usually offered to the The ample subscribed Capital, together with the large ant con tinually increasing fund, accumulate) from the Premiums on upwards of 7,000 Policies, affords complete security to th e assured; while the magn itude of the Company's transactions has ena b led the Directors to offer unusual advantages to Policy holders, as will be seen by re ference to the prospectus, and to the varied and ext ens i ve tables Which have been computed with great cars and labour, expressly for the use of this Institution. I'ETEN MORRISON, Resident Director. OLD FRENCH BRIINDY, purest possible kind, 60s. per dozen ; the brown 545. MARSALA in perfection , as p artaken by the Nobility, 5/. the four dozen. A beautiful PORT and SHERRY, 34s the doze n ; s PORT or P ER RY , highest order, 44 s ; b ottles of each included; own carts, IL miles free ; terms, prepayment , •r on delivery. If you do not pay cash, you bear a proportion of others' debts, independent of sa laries to book-keepers, clerks, collectors , travellers, Sec. Credit is the admitted bane of trade, and keeps up high prices. rt-offlee Orders made payable to JOHN JONES, Wholesale Dealer , (for I I years past), Knightsbridge, Ageut for BA SS and CO.'S INDIAN ALE. GUINNESS' STOUT. MA It It 1 A G E • ~.._ One half the world are desolately single, D 11°I ''''''ing them m • d questionably contented. a ffi na de t n h e e e, o o tk r e a r :v - a t right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ein stir the latter. marred , solitary one may shield himself under the plea e.,—ution and worldl prudence, aid the indissoluble, regret un u-1.71'1,705,iag hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,. ces to domestic happiness and 3 ,,,,,1, en health, are the great itindrail only marriage set tereee, '' content. The dowry should not be the In the - Z, ll ,,Unetir and justice demand that health should form as item heglect wi faut; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or these surre-4usere sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if aißMOuss concern yea procure Dr. CU , LVERWELL'S little ols. le each (b yr ".ooi Single an ' d Married pub. refined, or staras' Is' * '''''' -4 6d each). Let ne nu ini r t a ya g . int Prutii3h f eeling deter you, by their titles, h .?: n." -erPretation of their supposed contents, from in.obtainingat v hindered e l 3; 1•••• r uiq- They a re - 1! ti es closet perusal intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ri e uY are offerecies -rilsal Of those mere deeply interested, to whom tit y above a ntagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on ~f , mother ar t ub i a cte, b unqualified authors, which alone or tittle publicati:ncli2gric° to the age. Furthermore, two other claim your attention (same price Is. each, Aveldr 4 :? t 1 g- 6d.) called .. What to Eat, Drinle, and Dam I', l an d 44 How to be nappy." They are not merely nl,re ets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the I,,e,a_l_Pherearal scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's " rvi ; j u c e eaves his present existence, health, and position to this ob would t e e ° P„ Ila maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he OM the •• ee - i ,"" a u nto —to live after nature's laws—and to keep always Shem eo4. ; I V side Of ti.e :fay." The above works may be bad of , 5. c orniull2.a, Pate rnester-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mane, wise) free, 14 , al aue. 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Irtnrni a i „ . , --- e author (wh o may be conferred with personally, '"lkalellers4 -- " u nizio), in, irg , ll-place Regent-street; amil all N°.17,640 - - LONDON, MONDAY EvENING s N . 7 APRIL 9, ONE HVNDRED AND EIGHTH SALE. CUSTOM -HOUSE, LONDON, A PIIIL, 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 15th, Thursday 19th, and Friday 20th April, 1849, at Twelve o'clock at Noon pre cisely, the following GOODS for Ilomo Consumption, viz. : Amber and other Mouthpieces, Antique Cabinet, Chest, &e. ; Ar tificial Flowers, Barege, Beads, Berlin Embroidery, Boots ; Boxes Brass, Snuff, Ire. ; Brandy, Brooch Paintings, Bahl Cabinets, Tables, &c.. Busks, Buttons, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cameos ; Carpets: Au busson, &c. ; Candelabras, China Ware: Bowls, Jars, Teapots, &c. ; Clock-cases, China or Indian Ink, Clocks : Carriage, Inlaid, Marble, Ormolu, Porcelain, &c. ; Cofee, 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, ; Feathers, dressed ; Fans, Geneva, Hand screens, inlaid Cabinets, Tables, Scc.; Jewellery: Bracelets, Brooches, Buckles, Chatelains, Neck-chains, Shawl and Head Pins, Studs, &c. ; Jewel-cases ; Leather Purses, Souvenirs, Visites, &c. ; Lace : Brussels, Chantilly, 86c. ; also Barbes, Berthes, Collars, Coiffeurs, Cuffs, Points, Shawls, Scarfs, Veils, &c. ; Match-splints, Musical Boxes, Needles, Painters' Colours, Paper-L. eights, Paper Box-tops gilt. Stc. ; Parasol-handles, Pencils, Prints, Pipe-bowls, Tubes, Stems, &c. ; Pongee-handkerchiefs, Palm-oil, Papier-mache Trays, Bread baskets, &e. ; Purses, Rosa, Seals, desk, &c. ; Segars, Segar-tubes, Sevres Porcelain mounted ; Scent Bottles 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, Succades, Sugar, Tallow, Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Toys, Tooth-brushes, Utrecht Velvet, Waisteoat-pieces, embroidered, Watches : Gold, Silver, Plated, &c. ; Watch-keys, Guards; Wine. The Vessel " Ratgger," with sundry Stores, Sails, Masts, Standing and Running Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c., &c., and various other goods. For Exportation only—Books, Wine, spirits, and Cordials, Tea, &c., &c. For Exportation, et* for Home Consumption on payment of the duties—Arrow-root, Books, Combs, Cassia, Cordials, Coffee, Cologne Water, Dresses, Dice, Ginger preserved, Hops, Lacquered Ware, Pepper, liosewater, Sugar, Spirits, Tea, Turaeric, Wine, &c., &c. The above goods may be ♦iewed at the Queen's Warehouse, ens 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 en the days of gals fleet Ton o'clock In the Meriting until Twelve- .o'clock at Noon. awake. ] 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 no lots can be paid for at the office of the receiver of fines, after Two o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that on the days of sale, money will net be re ceived by the receiver of floes after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, eastern house, Thanes-street, London, price Is. each. N E W ZEALAND COLONISATION. RESUMPTION OF LAND SALES. The Court of Directors of the New Zealand Company hereby give notice, 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 CUDRERT HARINGTON. New Zealand House, 9, Broad-street-buildings. London, March 23, 1649. :CHEAP SUMMER EXCURSIONS, Front LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, STIRLING, DUMFRIES, CARLISLE, PENRITH, the LAKES, LANCASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLES OF MAN, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, •r CHESTER, on the 23d and 30th of July next, under the sanctivn of the Directors of the various lines. 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 H. R. Marcus, Conductor, 234, Crosby Hall Chambers, Bishepsgate-street, London. ]TELL GWYNNE TAVEItN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee•room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors t• the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected 'with Somerset House, and toe Banking Houses in the vicinity, wilt find the Table d'Hote, which 1 - altel place at half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and rer onable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Je'Ms until Eight, and Suppers unti. 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 HOLID AI S. THE RO YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic : The Illusion of the Inexhaustible Battle, the astonishing Magic Coins, the celebrated 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. Preut, 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 of Chillianwalha.—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 Five ; and in the Evenings (including •aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, ls. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Taii•rs, 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., an manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. The Local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are— Messrs. Hagford and Aniwiss, Liverpool. Messrs. B. and S. Smith, Manchester. Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's. Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Birmingham. Mr. W. White, Edinburgh, Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury. Mr. Ilubbock, Berwick-on-Tweed. Mr. R. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Davison, Sheffield. Mr. R, Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. John Crisp, Norwich. Mr. F. Bane, Ipswich. Mr. W. S. Bevil], Chester. Mr. Whitmore, Stockport. Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- lJ I(0 PUFF.—(Only 11 1 ,4 d per lb.)—Luxuriant Light; mil lions will admire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears.—A silvery flame—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster.—Glossy as glass, anal cheap as common Tallow Candles is their true character. The Public will know the Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a gold label, " CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST STRAND." All not bearing this label are base deceptions.—Other Candles and Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continuo so ! 1 The Eight New Lights can be seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. I IARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene. Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them. Price, for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are Gd. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for them, can be had at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next doer to tke Electric Telegraph Company. N 0 TIC E.—To Newspaper Proprietors.— WILLIAM THOMAS begs to offer his best thanks for the corrected returns be has already received for his NEW UNIVERSAL NEWSTAP ER LIST, and most respectfully solicits those who have not yet done so to forward them with the least possible delay, the work being in the press. Advertisements intended for insertion must be immediately forwarded. Universal Advertising and Newspaper Office, 21, Catherine-street, Strand. 'TIE EDINBURGH REVIEW , No. CLXXX., is just published. -CONTENTS: — I. The Vanity and Glory of Literature. 11. The Physical Atlas of Natural Phsenomena. 111. Taylor's Eve of the Conquest. IV. Mrs. Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art. V. Mary Barton. VI. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of Fngland. VII. Duke of Argyll's " Presbytery Examined." VIII. University Reform : Cambridge and Oxford. IX. Financial Prospects, 1549. X. Political State of Germany. XI. M. Guizot's Democracy in France. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Slack. In Bvo., a New Edition; price 155., of THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY ; with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Science, By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. Fourth Edition ; corrected, improved, and enlarged. A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London. ORIGINAL MISSISSIPPI. EGYPTIAN HALL. ItANVARD'S GREAT PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, being the largest painting in the world, exhi biting over 2,000 miles of American scenery, extending through the heart of America from the temperate regions of the north to the tropics of the south. EXHIBITED every Morning at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, at Half-past Two, Evenings, at Half-past Seven. Doors open one kalf heir before commencing. ♦dmission, 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. 31uch 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, kre but the produce of thy current chink; And wheresoever, therefore, thou art conn'el, I view thy contents as a magic wand. Like everything, thou roay'stbe rightly used, And likewise may'st be equally abused. Bat I am one wb• would consult my purse, _ . In buying goods for better or tbr w - erso - 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. MADE MADE. May, Spring, and Sumer Wrappers......fromio 8 6 1 he iluiwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tioo el light Over-coats.. • • .... ......... 0 12 6 Superfine Cloth Coats, of a light texture, and handsomely trimmed •• • • 1 19 • Do. do. lined with 5i1k.............. 1 18 0 Joan and Holland Blouses •••• • • • • ••.. • • 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria • 0 4 0 Tweed.... ..... ........... 0 4 6 Dress Coat .... ••.. • •• • • • ... 0 17 0 Frock Coat • . Spring and Summer Trousers .. • • .......... • 4 0 tioeskin ditto .................... ••6 12 0 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety.. 9 1 6 Black Satin .............................. I 4 6 Figured . .................... White Marcell.) .......................... 0 4 6 Bi ick Cloth .............................. 0 3 6 Boys' tiussar and Tunic 5u1t5.............. 0 16 6 Spring and Summer Test • • .... • ........... 0 10 • MEADS TO MICASURE. May, Spring, and Summer Coats • • from 0 16 0 The Buiwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every de scription of light Overcoats • • ......... 1 0 0 Superfine Cloth of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed ••• • • 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk... •• • • ...... 2 2 0 Superfine Dress Coat.. ••.. • • 1 12 0 Superfine Frock • .. ••••••• • • • • • • • ••• • .. 1 15 0 Black Troasers ... •••.. • . •: •••• • • • • .... 016 0 Fancy Deeskia........ •• • - 018 0 Best Black Vest ••• • • • .... •••• • • .. 0 13 6 Splendid -.title Vest.. •• •• •••• 014 6 llussar aid. Tanis suits ••••••••• • • • • • • • • . • 1 5 9 Superfine ...... ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 15 0 May White Marcella Vest ........ 0 7 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s. A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self measu3ement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard tae public against imposition.; but have learned that the untradesmais-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 .cy have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Brunet' Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; ant those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &a., should call at. or send to either of their Branches, or to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, 2urriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for wadies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 82, 94, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; and their Wench Establish ments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad t-ford, Yorkshire. Take V onco.—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday. sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several first rate butters wanted fir London and Country ; apply on Tuesday Mornings, at Ten o'clock. N.B. This Establishment will be closed on Thursday Evsniug, April 12, at Half-past Six o'cleck, 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 6th 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 bad 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 learnthat — ameting 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 ad, 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—The stock is enormous, and 13s. per barrel had been accepted for fresh. Idea—Two cargoes of Carolina had been taken at 19s. per 100Ibs. Butter—Fresh was dull, at 11d. Large arrivals from America had been sold at 9d. Brandy had risen, and was at 6s. 6d. per gallon, in bond. Rum was soiling 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 advises from England having reported an advance. The quota tions are from 13s. to 16s. per 1001bs. Freights—Coffee, 4/. per ton to Liverpool; Sugar, 3L 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, f per cent. prem.; private bills, 90 days, par. M usual weekly A,RYLEBONE VESTRY.—On meeting of the Saturday, at the Rev. Dr. Spry i n th e c h a i r , the M f only point i t m he .. V o t e. s try, y portance w a s th e nomin a ti on o churchwardens. The nomination of the Right honourable Lord Portman as churchwarden on the part of the Crown having been received, a circumstance occurred which is stated never to have b een previously known in the annals of the Marylebone vestry, for the offic e of churchwarden the probability of a contest of the previous of the parish—the sides maneoaor being usua lly nom i na t e d an d elected as a m a tt er l filled the office of sidesururasne. The gen tl eman w h o h as churchwarden (Mr. Nisbett) isto the prese n t paro c hi a l of Wigmore-strect, and muc Mr. George Mallalue, surprise was therefore expressed in the vestry when Mr. Charles Carr proposed the nomination of Mr. J. Augustus Oxford street, as parochial churchw ardenf N o icholay, of r the year en su i ng . NI r. Matthews proposed that Mr. George Mallalue, of Wiginore-street, the present sidesman' be put in nomi nation for the office. A similar con test will take place for the office of sidesman to the parochial warden for t h e ensuing year; Mr. Bridgman being hr proposed by Mr. Garnett , and Mr. William Low, byThe District Churc hwardens: —All Soul'sDisi Carr.ric t Wingfield, of Great Portland -street; for St. r. J. Mary's, Mr. David R a y , of King•street, Portman-squar e; for r I Christ Church , Mr. Thomas Powell; and to • rini • ty, Mr. Charles Hickman were nominated. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Coloniel office, for the Governors of Malta, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and Ceylon, and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. 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 agreement for the purchase of the Great North of England Railway was entered into provisionally in the month of June, 1845, and the Act of Parl iament 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, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, had 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 York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way Company were as follows, the principal of the pur chase-money of each class being payable ou the let of July, 1850: The 1001. shares at 2501. each, with interest at 10 per cent. per annum on 1001. in the mean time. The 40/. shares at 601. premium per share, with in terest at 10 per cent. on 40/., deducting 4 per cent. on amount uncalled. The 301. shares at 45/. premium per share, with per cent, interest on calls until July, 1847, and 10 per cent. afterwards on 301. until paid off. The 15/. shares, on which 11. 10s. only had been paid, at 22/. los. premium per share, with interest at 5 per cent. on calls to the lst of July, 1849, and afterwards interest at 10 per cent. on 15/. until paid off. On the 26th of October, 1846, general meet ing of the shareholders inth a special e York,Newcastle, and Berwick Railway was held at York, when a stock was treated on which 6 per neat. per annum was guaranteed fill the Ist of July, 185(1;in order to provide for " the purchase of the Great North of England Railway and works." The object of this 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 apace 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 enhanoing 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 of 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. Flews has been much re ferred to in the evidence taken before us, we subjoin a famile 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 has 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 oerara: n dne d ads mtu ec t osr h tnli e o mnpf principle o r r a e appears if ppstheseawrcalculations s ; ss a oa l c l b e eae g l et e iou d nol vako t t ofoilpov calculation; de;h a eei v bn e ouynt sabotlteuhmhe value 2o p ab dy7ba obscurity he M t p u t or o re fi .d f t y C o w thealcaostssotebthb, and of the shares could scarcely have been at York on that day. We find in the journal of the company, Great North of E ng l an d Purchase Journal," the follow ing entry without d a t e . Sundries, Dr. entitled "the To George Hudson and others. £ s. d. ... 36,240 0 0 ... 21,631 10 0 ... 5,187 0 0 ...67,5 39 0 0 990 18 9 279 0 6 100/. shares (151 shares) 401. shares (342 shares)... 301. shares (91 shares) ... 15/. shares (2,874 shares) Brokers' commission ... Transfer stamp s ••• £131,867 9 3 This entry represents the whole amount of the Great North of England Railway shares sold by Mr. Hudson to the com pany, and th e amount appears t o 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 50,76 71. 9s. 3d., dated the 27th of November, 1846, both of which cheques are signed by two directors of the company, Messrs James Richardson and Robert Davies. The cheques have been produced to us, and the payments are entered in the banker's book, and stand in the ledger of the company under their re spective dates. The prices paid to Mr. Hudson for these shares, corn. pared with the market prices of the assigned date of the sale, present the following results, viz. Per Share. Market Price. Excess. £ s. Per Share. A. s. 151 100 Shares fixed by 11r. Hudson at...... • 240 0 237 453 0 342 40 rr 63 5 111% 598 10 91 30 PI 57 0 55 182 e 2,874 18 IP 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. Plews's calculation, is no less than 2/. 10s. per share. In the evidence given before us, Mr. Close as cribes this difference to a mistake occasioned by an erro neousr combination on his part of figures taken fr i o 3 nl s. M 6d. . Plews's calculation, which gave a result hil of t the 24 market per share as the value of these shares, w--- h si ch, in f ac t , price of the day was only 211. per share,rr plows. was the value assigned to them h t leave it, wit ou comment, spectiag this explanation,. we in the hands of the proprietors. The number of these shares sold by Mr. Hudson to the company being very considerable, the company, in this As a difference of opinion e xi b s y tall 'the committee re part of the transaction, paid in excess of the market price of the day, to the extent of 7,1651. This, however, cannot be taken as the measure of the 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, 2,11174/., under the circumstances after stated. We think it due to Mr. Hudson to append his state amt ment with respect to this transaction " In fixing the price which I thought in fairness I me by it was advan tageous to receive from the company, the price estimated Mr. Close, was 2b y4LM3.purchase; and I then 6dPfo.irpewetrhs'eshaaerde a s hs companyor pricen t o to 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 11. call due upon them immediately, and after the meeting you and I must go caretully into that account, and we m us t have the matter set right." Mr. Hudson accordingly drew a cheque on his own bankers for 2,8741., which was paid on the 19th of February to the Great North of England Rail way account, being 1/. 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, lam sure, or lam satis fied, there is something wrong in these 15/. 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 England purchase 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 the 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 having 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 L (the 27th of October, 1846,) he himself could not have paid more than about 25,0001. 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 his 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. Hudson 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. Christian Allhusen, amounting to 218,669/. 12s. On comparing the prices of the shares included in this con tract with the market prices of the day, viz. 19th of De cember, 1846, we find the company has paid in excess a sum of between 5,000/. and 6,000/. The rest of the items, composing the sum of 749,5241. 14s. 7d., have been carefully investigated, and we have no comment to make on them. The next matter which required our investigation was the charge for brokerage, amounting to 2,499/. 7s. sd. This sum is reduced to 1,693/. 145. 11d. by deducting 805/. 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 hare paid brokerage it 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. is. 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 he so received. As all the other brokers employed by the company have charged only half brokerage, c‘e 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. Sattesthwaite, who sold to Mr. Hudso❑ 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 corn puny, are— 250 301. shares SLamps ... Commission £. F. ... 16,462 10 100 0 ••• ... 100 0 16,662 10 Which sums were repaid by the company to Mr. Hudson as follows:- 1847. April 5 ... May 12 ... X s. 16,562 10 100 0 16,662 10 Boing 621. 10s. in excess of the sum paid by him. According to the evidence of Mr. Hudson, he had 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 749,5241. 141. 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 in 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 no r ori g inal contracts —a mode of examination which it is obvious must 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 l a st, 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 cheque for 81,1001. on the 27th of October, 1846, the day atter the creation of the stock for the purchase of these shares, without asking for, or receiving any further explanation than that it was for the purchase of Great North of England Railway 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 course 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. York, March 29, 1849. ROBERT PRANCE. HORATIO LOVE. JOHN CLAYTON. JOHN SHIELD. ROBERT DENISON. THE Ex-ROYAL FAMILY OF 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 tho 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 Schillingsfurst, 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 sentence, and speaks very little, though be appears to psy.consi derable attention to the instructions of thateer chap ain, the the Rev. David Price , a nd spends the gre part of time in reading. He has made no communication as to his dreadful crime. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Barters-street, Oxford-street, London, mom Elc yen till Two, and Five to Eight ; On Sundays from Eleven to One. 849. [PRICE SD. 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 hare 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 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 the; 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—Was 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 fuesday 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 assurance 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 tke 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 AO 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 bodies lay. The stove was not considered unsafe in the hall. The room was not ventilated, and the flooring 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 asdangerous 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, Elise 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 morn in g I was informed by Miss Anne Wilson, much to mysastonishment, 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. Whet I went into the room I found the deceased Pritchett faint, and slightly delirious. I gave her some medicin*, 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 not permit me to do so, as she said it was too late. She then appeared to be getting much better, and I stayed with her until about half-past eleven. The CORONER—Where were the other servants, and what were the preparations made in the shape of a bed in the room at this time ? Miss Mann—One of the poor servants was standing by my side all this time, but there was nothing made up in the shape of a bed at this time, except the small palliasse on which the footboy slept, and on which the deceased Pritchett was lying. Whilst I remained in the place, I observed that there was a great coldness and damp feeling about it, and I had once or twice been apprehensive that it was too cold even for the footboy. That impression had induced me about five weeks back to have the place measured for the pur pose of having it boarded, and also to see if a stove pipe could not be introduced into the chimney, so as to allow it to be warmed, and my order was oonley. being waited for in order that this should . ould .tbe n , but, I regret to say, that I ha d not gr uneasy about the cold of the place, enn leaving f the et room where Pritchett lay, d i rect ed that the sto ve ro_oved into used to warm the hall should stove from the hall to do not know who removed ttheex actly to which of the the room, nor do I reco I gaveeethe d i re c t ion to remove it. servants. it was that I you any apprehension of The COBONEE—Had from any one sleeping in a room Witness—None danger arising burning ? where that stove was w hatev•er. A jvcror—Would you have objected to have slept yourse if in a room where that stove was lighted ? %Vane ss—l should certainly not hare objected to have slept in a room where that stove was burning myself.. The deceased Eliza Pritchett's cough had been v all bad, and I thoug ht the place cold, and it was that - which made me request that the stove might be brought down. The C ORONER—Was there anything said about the windows being pulled down whilst the stove was burning in the room ? Witness—No, there was not ; nor do I know when the stove was brought down from the I tall. The 0 3RONER—From whom did you obtain that stove ? Miss Mann—l obtained the stove from Mr. Bucking: ham, a tradesman in Portland Town. I made inquiriei of him first respecting it, as I had been at- hillmless. The CORONER—What did you say? Miss Mann— I told Mr. Buckingham that I thought I might require t wo - suc h stoves, one for the hall andfrinothet for up stai rs ; b ut I wished it to be ascertained, before any arrangement was made, thatthey were a descrip tion of stove which was perfectly safe. , By the CORONER--I 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 have --- 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 some medical gentleman as to their safety. The stove was brought home, and I then put these questions to Mr. Bucking ham, and he said he had not made the inquiries I re quired. I then said I would not have the stove 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. I then, feeling that there was security, had the stove, and it was kept lighted in the hall. This is all I have 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. Donis 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 ViTood, 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 CORONER 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 illness. His name was Thomas Lampier, and he was Mr. 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, Eliaa 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 an 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' heads 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 twat we could not too much bear in mind the influ ence of temperament. He then went on to say that a very small 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 caovate any one save her infatuated countrymen ? Ihe 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 8,000 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 be 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. THEATRICALS. During the last week and for some time past the managers of our leading theatres have been again preparing to contend for the honour of the Easter prize; to possess the "golden treasure; ' neither labour nor expense has been spared, as will be seen by the list of splendid burlesques we subjoin : HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. Parodis the adopted daughter and pupil of the great Pasta, makes her first appearance at this theatre to-m orrow evening, in the character o f Norma. Lablache will also make his first appearance this season.. ROTA ITALIAN OPERA. —Ou fair countrywoman, Miss Catherine Hayes, makes her first appearance here to-morrow evening in the character of Linda. I To chronicle this lady's triumphant success will be to burlesque, entitled i‘tit u h s :rHy a . nAss s o : Tpid u dz i , i x .isis : u,r o s ss f ti .:s g i.K r_ nt e eo a tAeh t l b p ee nye l e el, aewpsa classical Miss P . Horton, and Miss g parts. Mr. Buckstone joined erin g the at this com theatre, e , and Mrs. celebrated for its so splendid productions, is entitled the Seven Champions of Christendom ' by Planche. The principal parts w ill b e sus t a i ne d by Miss K. Fitz- William, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss Marshall, Miss J . Cole reap, Miss Howard, Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, and Marshall. ADELPHL—T. Parry's Hop-pickers, and a new arce for Wright, is the attraction put forth at this theatre. PRINCESS ' S.-A new burlesque entitled Nourredin, or the Fair Persian, is to be produced here this evening, the principal characters will be sustained by Miss E. Stanley, Miss Kenworthy, and Mr. Oxberry. MARYLEBONE.—A new burlesque entitled Guy Fawkes, or a Match for a King, is to be produced at this house ; it will be supported by Miss Villars, Miss Saunders, and the whole strength of the company. SURREY.-A new dra ma by Fitzball, is to be per formed here for the first time this evening; Mr. Mead and Mrs. Stirling will support the leading parts. STRAND.-Mr. H. Farren has taken this pretty little theatre, and opens it this evening, with the popular drama of The Farmer's Story. Mr. L. Murray is engaged, as also fit, vary excellent company.