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ARCH 19. 'ether hoary ' I a decline on the average 21 _, Ind on the eTv —on the aver!!! ►verage, is 6cl IIIARTER. 12 10 8-12ths, 0 0 0.120 1 0 10.126 11 . 13 4 6-120 14 6 9 io-ato ~T--MABcg 1S lacks oatmea,' at 435. Od. ~W MAx: ays again lare,',4 kenaple of 1 1 3 1 :1 ey do., 7v 03" P—Masco[ 1 7 ,' ISecond. ',,,7 41s Od 5 ' —s Od --4 —s Od -4 —a Od -4 L —s Od ""4 r. Wheat was! t supplies, bo i l l lowly, at !kW o, 36i Od t0_4.0°.11 tO lits ; 11 4 id to 15s 6d ; ern, 321 01 to 1,111•1M11/ a 19. of the marts& 'allsend, ko• rang. ........ ~ all .. Use.— ......... h..... ... eater liartleY 14 ieral roil 'from wim Port )lspatche. Iverpoo! Iverpool suthaur•U mthumptov over .. , lymoutb • • Over ... • nithamptoA mthaniptor over ..... • nithamptoi. )uthamrton %Nous port:l )uthamptor iuthampto: lathampto wer , athxmptol. wer wor utharnpton uthamptoril ndon utharaptob )ver uthamptot mouth over •• el I over...• )1,7 head • uthamptor. athamp ton rerpool ..• , ver dim • athamptou Iv? •• •• •• itharnptob , rlous port ver sthanapton thampton riots porta war •• •• • • ver •• •• f• ittuimplon - o'4 IP E ) nf• 1 310 ,0 oth go '4&/' :Twia" garer' t Ar- 14 161 thampton l i ! Ik i# ho malls will /: 1 tien of the 11341 ;i I ill be deepattile y. market bai the full rslo rn, new sboo and York,'? ads, • k ntal stoc 1• 9 )eeii doing _Af ces were stl,we 61 — Great .n, 1014--,1?1/ 1 -Dovers, 20 Northern, g [9. L AO narket was bb p{ alteration, „ l ir it Western 'di ham Canals , i at 10• E 1 0 °.3 console, 911 New Threi A mint, Bth 4,P i t a Bank , o r ,' i ~ Eighths, ',..0 Tv,/ LI, 49i --m 0 iverpooi Stef 4 o li—Lackeril ° interick, 201' EAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ 9- R EASTER SUNDAY.—CHEAP EXCURSION to BA 7 II BRISTOL—A Train will leave Paddington on Sunday, March at 7,45 a.m., returning the same evening from Bristol at 6.4 p'M•!tiand Bath at 7 o'clock. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and Sc ; Bath , 9 P.," • No luggage allowed. Tickets may be obtained preyLusly at .dington. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAlL isc, on EASTER HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS 0., e 1 d on THURSDAY, the 20th March, and following days, will be Table up to and including MONDAY, the 24th. ti 0. 21 Good Friday the Trains will run a 3 on Sundays, with the addl ... of th e 9.15 A.m. down Stall Train from London, which yellrun on Week days, except over the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Oen. -r By order. al Manager's Office, Euston Station, Marc, 1856. LONDON and t..._ „ - LAND RAI t F mT and d NORTH-WESI :LWAYS. - EASTER SECOND CLASS, will be CERN and MID HOLIDAYS.— DAY issued from LONDON Lincoln I lewdbam I Normanton Collingh am Nottingham Oak enshaw Newark York Doncaster Plekerton Ity 2 1 "garton I Leeds Bradford I Sheffield, and Masborougb, 41,4.1 ordinary trains on THURSD AY, March 20th, and interme kbie . u aYs, to MONDAY, March 24th, inclusive, an t i will br.... avail- T uesday, return by the ordinary trains on any day up to and inelud ybesday, March 25th. to r z Prtss day tickets will also be issued on the same days, available DAY by express train. " 7 tickets will alsa be issued from the above stations to London. ru s t o By order. .... n iktation, March, 1856. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN /14. 1 ,RAILWAY. ORTHA'MPTON RACES. SPRING vs,„:•. o ---A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Eustoh Station lito tth 'uNESDAY, 26th March, at 8.30 a.m , returning from Tiiii,..,, ar aP l on at a Quarter-past Six o'clock on the evening of -"day, March 27 kat class FARES TO NORTHAMPTON AND BACK. ass . 18s. Od. I Covered carriages.... 13s. 6d. ji;;.Return Tickets to he available by any of the intermediate By order. 114 Manager's Office, Easton Station, March, 185 G. 1.44 t .n ickets for Northampton at express fares-235. first class, )4 4 ". second class—will also be is on the 26th and 27th of —eh b ret urn , the 9.15 am. down express train at Euston, availab l e t o either day. tv. 'VIE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, A 32, Ludgate-hlll, London. Life i settrance, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment Poll ' leaned by these Companies. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. pLA.TE_ GLASS INSURANCE. Riotous ro4Yeakage of Windo Ws.—The TIMES ASSURANCE COM ' 32 , Ludgate-hill, London. Every description of plate-s lass D re ll at this office. by tZ 3 ire done by the riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered e ° ,l lhany's . orei, Of proposals sent policies by post. RITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries tri t °, Public Institution, Clerks, Station Masters , Railway Clerks , Ittl g e ,rs• Collectors, and others.—The TIMES CO ‘I AM', 32, 'at affords a guarantee to persons requir in g the) same, at est possible rates. 4tTROPOLITA.N COUNTIES and I thtt , 4 ... GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , 27, Re g ent • aterloo-place, London. Capital, 1.00,0001. At. •1/,„ TRUSTEES. lleu r ,„"Pencer H. Walpole,M.:. I Richard Spooner, S.P. Liz Assurance Esq. E Vansittart Neale, E.q. business transacted in all its branches. hp er 'bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged • c ent e .en all the premiums paid. 7. FERGU CAMROUX, Manager. • 1-IA.L.LADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, o t i 7, Waterloo. place, London, 19th March, 1856_ Ag G ee is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL /NA of Proprietors and Holders of Policies, entitled to vote, will be 44,81tet this Office on Thursday, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock 1 I Y, to re ce i ve th e R e p o rt of the Society's affairs to the 31st tuber last ; and for general purposes. By order of the Board. J. LODGE, Secretary. VIE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street 1e (entrance (entrance 160, Plecidillv.)—Nob emen and Gentlemen are kici a e ; fu llY informed the above establishment will be Owed on Good JAMES TEIYER, Superintendent. ADeo lit IitALBERT SMITFI'S MONT BLANC, 4 o ck, TO-NIGHT and every evening (exce Siturday), at . 8 jilsr• / # 1 tkls and Tuesday, Thursday. and aturday , Mornings at 6. las , IUpG• • area, 23. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. T. MARTIN'S HALL.— ORCHESTRAL 0 ,0 41 11, ti e ONCERTS EVERY SATURDAY EVENING, under the Tn. , 4 el t ef Mr. John Hullah. The first of the series on SATURDAY sat 1 ,11 ' C lr l a reb ,. 29, at Eight o'clock. l'rincipal vocal performers, Mr. or i , • Nms Reeves, Miss Palmer, Mr. Montein Mnith, Mr. th as. ri • e anist—Mr. Linds4y Sloper. Programmes, with list of may ke had at the Hall, and of the Musicsellers. • W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. 0 08 , 11 ftY instantaneous Aletamorphoses of Voice , Character , I: 4 1111 e Pn " L e, coacluding with an impersonatioat S. n of MMorß n lle. achel, as Les Horace.i." Every evening,Morning Per -1,,4 "erY Saturday at 2 o'clock ; night at 8. rrivate hox , .s twit Itamay he secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly- King William-street, Charing-cross. t ( TENSIONS and IMPROVEMENTS.— tkv. br th ° Pim,. • MIN respectfully informs the Medical Prof. 83i011 and IMPROVEMENTS. — ,tint that, in order to afford time for reilecorations, and for 'llll,.,9lletion of many new objects of high interest, this Museum "OIL ,k. , losed during ihe present week, and Re-open on Monday < 4ta rch24.—No. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square, ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO j o l lsto r , ll „..°W OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet Ilonlcourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. nviv Varsoviana every night. CONTRACT FOR SOFT SOAP. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 17th march, 1856. :1 11 1. Commissioners for Executing the Office of f i t ,k l ,„,' ° rit High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great , Britain .„ 4 24' ar id, 1)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUKSIIA . Y, `,l instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with • Iti l .7,ns as may he willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's at Woolwich with A 200 ewt. of . `aid of the soap and a formSOFT SOAP of the tender may be seen at the klace. tgr 7 ,;: e ntler will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, . 1 144 i any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for autherisecl in writing. `444%r t ender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty. ar to the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Soft Soap," t ttei"tliit also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a pel.l 4l ted by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with -' tte,„,"? 4 tendering in the sum of 1001. for the due performance of tbKIN'S IMPROVED GAS REGULATOR t alon , the following advantages to recommend it to the conside kllt. It all Gas Consumers : b ti call he easily adjusted to supply Gas at any required pres bi.44. vpr that of the street. i h nlit u i "4 once adjusted, it will admit of No VARIATION in lights Illso r : 'whether they are few or many, whatever the fluctuation of 15 N, i; l 'aftl , be. Pre light being purer by perfect combustion, the atmosphere elk. h ealhy and agreeable. 1 4I) Of 'vying of at least from 25 to 35 per cent. in the annump- ES '" is obtained. vA. -Tans OVER ANY OTHER REGULATOR are as follows : 1, 43 4 4. 16 1 * trio-e simple in its construction. ,4, 3 rnore sensitive in its operation, having less friction, as It lash / t :Yon two steel centres, which are immersed in quicksii , ee, ‘ . l B net liable to get out of repair, and requires less attention h 'meter itself. l' a ZA Ter ing Apparatus has been fitted up on the premises of t tet„ 4 4 tee, 33 and 35, Corporation-street, Nlanchester, and 98, 4 , 4 8, re et, London, for the purpose of demonstrating the above n U'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED lij,43iir,suLES, approved of by the French College of Physicians, (4` ,1 b, 1 'Y administered in the Paris arid London Hospitals, and te‘. l Mgvil by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. gr i lo 4 '4/leer of Nov. 6, 1452.) A copy will be forwarded on appll- IlL T llti s p; ri ce Per 100, 43.6 d. ; 50, 28. 9d. To be had of the investor, 4 Ier. — •"JOZZAU, Presets chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and \:,: il nciP al chemists. :ti lia lic sF THE HIGH CO COURTT e , O ti F th CH o A f /s;C i E ly ltY. lBs, an tte :1 1 t Jnetion was A g . rant O ed n t by the 1-ligh Court of Chancery, and of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph h Do. _ ro. others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of ono thou t2al 7' 1 , 14 8, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by ) 2j:k q . ,,7„` t .ers Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the AlN:lade de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine. 1% to,rer nm TRIESEMAR, No. 1, t 3 7 for Relaxation, Snermatorrhreo„ and all the distressing 4' 4 4 oqs til l e?s arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi afrgmt th t e ho r s e e s. ita personsof earlywho et i . o prev en 3 te op e h n , tmerlianll.r the married andd age 4ft 11 , It Is invaluable. 1t -tuaj I TRIESEMAR, No. 2, the short space of three days, completely and entirely pre all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubobs 41 at °11 g been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health Portion of the population. 4 f 6 tr eat c! TRIESEMAR, No. 8, v i , °1 14,,„ -untinental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whla I % nbi t the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in• PsX B lruction of tho patient's constitution, and which all the k,,, 41 1 -. 0„, 4 )n the world cannot remove. imut,of ,1 1 - ' 3 IAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tasteorsm ta !l i i : ! t ,'",?1.1t th I laluleating qualities. They may lie on the toilet is Klttl r e, r use being susected eas,,, 4 AR, Nos. 1, 2, p and 3 are sold in tin cases, price is., or t t ,:re I, 11 1 one for 335., which saves lls. ; and in 5/. cases, whereby ; ( I by v _Trillg of divide , s ;parate doses, as admims- Lalleman4, Roux, &c., he. t0 i .,\ 41 1111, ", 44 Wkolesale and Ralail in London of Johnston, 68, 11 4 71tr sa .' 'Lallnay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ktj,.tatg';lngham, druggist, 46, Nlarket-street, Manchester ; 1)„`,1-at 41 7, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, ‘ O ll%, .IZ. Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street. blnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. Tit - Z . 1 118:CRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Atiblished, orice is., illustrated with cases and numerous Itengrarings ; free by post for 14 stamps. VOUS DEBILITY; Iti*qtit Its orTh Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper satnice4, with Practical Observations on a safer and more d 4 tea, -- ,,,hiedo of treatment of the diseases of the Generative 44," 4, 1g41:',.?tained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and 1, e - „,`hg; by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of 004" "stY of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, tale' accident or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded 4;7 1 '01b, `„/ Years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, I,ebility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea. &c. To which 14 1 ' 4 1 0i1, - ;:. C ommentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre th, ;;; hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, 't 11 11 ,71 d‘ngerous remedies advocated by various writers on I'vtlant disorders. 1)0 tr , XD F By /S ORAMUE D-SQUA. LAWEBT L . L . 01 ,1 I ONDON, : i cdicino, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin- Zsic.a4it'4onorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, te i `iat even of Apothecaries' Ilan, London, &c.. &c. o itielle_ential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con restating from certain habits, Irregularities, and excesses, of ' O 4 a n ro produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man i, 4cr tie s Pr emature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any ha 4 , 4 4144 O f disease known to modern pathologists. Its pernsal is th t , ptl3,/ r,economended to petnns entertaining secret doubts of th,,,,,ttesithl," condition, and whc are conscious of baring hazarded "APPiness, and privileges to which every human being Is .4, 4 , abo ol nic h :Ple s „° ,OI Y necessary that all men should know, that there are 114,"`r is ju t Personal management which cannot be violated without Qrey ev onS penalties, rod when wisdom and regret succeed i krt4jo ki t ,,Of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties th;'„ a tod, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, q_ere,"eer e .vll and its consequences may he avoided, and above all, th e "ger ne ' ll • scarcely any degree of physical infirmity.or functional t li rti r; t474 4 ,: t4i lit Et h t:i t k to Which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. thi t ; 4 ee t "tt s for a series of years been engaged in an extensive he treatment of these delicate complaints, which have kith 4 ts, w?„ been, too generally confided .to the care of ignorant fh ei millet great injr ry on those wLo are induced to place lvt,, , ,,, l tYoD r 2retonsions. 1 44,' Ittd DEBILITY may be had price Is, of Messrs. Sher; 11 .00 9 t r., 23. Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; r° : 4 , 1 ' 4 ' 1 2 41 to t - square; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or free by post for At - iora. address from the Author's residents , 37, Bud -44l al"°nie -ilk, f or 024 Sultation dai l y irom eleven till two, and from six STAMPED RECEIPTS.—In a case of embezzlement beard at the Hammersmith Police•court yesterday, Mr. Bea don said that on examining one of the receipts produced be found that the stamp had been marked with the amount of the bill, and not with the name or initials of the receiver of the money, as required by the act. A gentleman present said it was done every day, and be bad seen it frequently among lawyers. Mr. Beadon said that the act of Parliament made it imperative to write upon the stamp the initials or name of the person receiving the money, and the receipt before him would Act be valid in a court of law. 'URNS. return for £20,684 2 j 19,679 1 ° Y. —Traffic ' 4 i .£20,055 „. 7 l j 18,247 v ior affic return ..£4,8301 8 4,334 . 2496 1 8 r. —Trstfie re Average SuPi .£6,231 3 Y.—Trade .£5,683 91 . 5,176 17 ... " £506 13 ;o Wa lien, °I irk. Croydon, Of met, Bedford' C. . Thom ag O' Irian W I - hittingStW7 untpleuslum r, Froderio ills, seq.% Abbot'-' M. Alexand wifo of R• b, Regent'' R.N., &tea rmiughsol• orth, SW' an cod a ge, yvichi, do • widow of 0, Lyntiof' dmind Sir ield, robe ,~~ - - YO LIN°, Nr, 11Z c omity of luin; 3fAr N o . 19,n9-1 PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., 0 " 0 W N STORY. By SELINA BUNBURY. " An exceedingly instructive and improving book."—John Bull. "A beautiful story of love, sorrow, and patience."—Britannia. " A work of thrilling and enchaining interest."—Observer. " The IQeling in which it abounds is very genuine, and touches the heart."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. M. GUIZOT'S NEW WORK. This day is published, in 2 vols., Bvo., 285.; J'isToßy of RICHARD CROMWELL and the RESTORATION of CHARLES 11. By M. GM ZOT, Author of " History of Oliver Cromwell." London: Richard Bentley, publisher in ordinary to her Majesty. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERATORRI:REA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. ",Dr. Picliford is known to English readers by Ms frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi- Dal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. "The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Frisndi,' are mercilessly exposed; and. if this boos could find its way into the hands of thoss who stiffiar from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money :.This volume is welt qiaalifledto put an end to the empirical systetn of treating Spermatorrhcoa, and to plats the treat-, merit upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London; H. Belem 219, Regent-street, RECTIFIERS AND WHOLESALE SPIRIT DEALERS. WANTED, an experienced Gentleman of respectability, to represent an old-established house upon the North and idland Districts. He must be well acquainted with the trade upon this particular ground. Salary 4001. to 5001, per ace urn, with travelling expenses. Address, stating real name and present occupation, to K. P., care of Messrs. Skipper and East, Great Tower-street, London. ART - UNION OF LONDON. (By Royal Charter.)—Prizeholdrrs select tor themselves from the public exhibitions. Every Suhscriber of Ora GUINEA. will have, besides the chance of a Prize, an impression of a Plate of "11.aavarr Is THE HIGHLANDS," engraved by J. T. Willmore, A.R.A., from the im portant and well-known picture by Sir E. Landseer, R.A., and Sir Augustus Callcott, R.A. Now delivering. Subscription closes 31st inst. GEORGE GODWIN,I Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, S Secretaries. 444, West Strand. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and 'eer Merchants, 514, Pall-Mall, arc now delivering the March lirewings of the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons at 30s. each. Also ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, Imperial Pints at 55., Imperial Half-pints, for Luncheon, 3s. 5%, Pall-mall, March 17, 1856. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of Daniel Moore, late of Lincoln's-inn, in the comity of Middlesex, solicitor, deceased, and in a cause, Augustus Booth and another against Joseph Eaton Hale and another, the Creditoreof DANIEL MOORE, late of Lin coln's-inn, in the county of Middlesex, solicitor, who die in or about the month of January, 1828, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the Eleventh day of April, 1856, to come in and prove their debts, at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone•buildings, Lincoln's-inn, ‘i iddlesex ; or, in default thereof, hey will he peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the 12th day of April, 1856, at Three o'clock in the after noon, at the said Chamber,, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 10th day of March, 1856. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. LAKE and WALKER, Lincoln's-inn, plaintiff's solicitor. I 1 AIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, II High Holborn —ALEX. VOSS'S pEnILATORY, for rem , -- !nit efiectually Sunerfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and Hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A. K. will warrant it not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at is. 6d., ss. 6d., and 105. Gd. ; or applied at the Hair-dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded for stamps, tree by post, eight extra. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. DIRECTOR!. Major-Ge.neral AT.F.XANDER, Blackheath Park, Cruummarr. William Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. George Bevington. Esq., Neckinger Mills. Bermondsey. F. P. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. George Cohen, Esq., Shacklewell. Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. S. Girdler, Esq , 7, Tokenhnuse-yard. H. L. Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commors. STOWNII COUNCIL.—H. Itellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-suare, Lincoln's Inn. SOLICITOII9.—Messrs. Lecd and Stenning, 16, London•street, Fenchurch•street. BANKERS.—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, 50, Cornhill. Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans In Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of he profits. (PAOPSIETARY.) I (MUTUAL.) Half I Whole pramturn,premium First ' for Re- Seven mainderi Years. of Life. s. £s. d. l 119 2 3 6 1 9 2 2 18 4 2 2 6 4 5 ni 3 6 8 6 13 41 Years. Months 30 0 Annual ,premium, Half Quar- Yearly Leib• Pre- Pre mium. mlum. .£ 3. d. X s. d.l £ s. d. 27314 2 0 12 3 2 7& 1 4 4' 0 12 4 2 7 10 1 4 6I 0 12 5 2 8 2, 1 4 8. 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE C 03IPANT, No. 11, Lombard •street, London. TORS. , Esq., Chairman. 'SI, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjoribants, Esq. . John Martin, Ego., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AZDITOIO. A. Mr. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT. —Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now oilers to future insurers Four-fifths of 'he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. DIRECT FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BERENI John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart.. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. Jchn G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Lahouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. The next division of*Profitsvill be declared in June. 1860, when all participating Policies which stall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Fronts made by this Company, the total eversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . At Christmas last the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,000/. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,000/. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East end West Indies, the Kritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Rives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have ittaiiied in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received end registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip tion of property, at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. MR. HOWARD, surgeon - Dentist, 52 , Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of rots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that aro loose, and is guaranteed to restore artier lation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, nut all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrins, 19, Fencburch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as frequently to deceive the unwary—they have em ployed those eminent artists Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded in producing from steel" A. NEWL ABEL," which cannot be forged. It is composed of a section of an engine -turned circle. repealed one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white letters, " ROWLANDS' MAC ASSAR OIL, FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN HAW' Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors hi Red Ink " A. ROWLAND & SONS." 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By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tyne, Captain Valler, with the West India and Pacific mails, we have dates from— Nassau (Bahamas) Feb. 18 IBarbadoes Feb. 28 , Belize Santa Martha.._ — 6 Greytown Carthagena — 25 Chagres Grenada St. Vincent ... 28 St. Lucia — 29 Martinique — 28 Guadaloupe — 29 Jamaica Jacmel — 28 Porto Rico Mar. 2 Berbice... Feb. 26 Demerara •— 26 Tobago — 24 Trioichd DominicA Antigua Montserlat — 27 Nevin 29 St. Kitt's Mar. 1 St. Thomas's — 3 The Tyne brings 47 passengers, and on freight specie valued at $717,318, and a cargo consisting of 178 serons of cochineal, 5 serons of indigo, 32 bales of sarsaparilla, 2 packages of vanilla, and a general cargo. The Plata arrived out at St. Thomas's on the 2d inst. This steamer brings news of serious disturbances in Briti,h Guiana. The . followin g is a synopsis of the intelligence p u bli s h e d by th e Demerara Royal Gazette : "We regret to say that serious disturbances have taken place during th e p as t wee k th roug h ou t th e colony, and the shops of the Portuguese traders have been pil laged and destroyed by the negro population. There has been for a long time existing among the creole negroes a latent feeling against the Portuguese immigrants, who are a thrifty and industrious race of people, and this feeling is also prevalent among the African immigrants and negroes froze the islands who have come to reside here. This feeling of jealousy would not have broken out into active hostility but for other circumstances. "About the end of the past year a man named John Sayers Orr, batter known in England and in America by the cognomen of the 'Angel Gabriel,' returned to this colony, of which he is a creole, and took up his abode with his mother in this city. Having discovered that there was a considerable degree of smothered jealousy and ill-feeling existing between the negro population and the Portuguese, he seized upon it and mixed it up with his attacks on the Roman Catholics. In this he was only too successful ; like a spark dropped upon tinder, hos tility against the Portuguese spread rapidly throughout the city, and was soon communicated to the country districts. In Georgetown the P , rtuguese Were assailed by men, women, and children with cries of Down with the Portuguese !" Down with the Pope !' The Portu guese exhibited very considerable forbearance, and, how ever much they may have been annoyed, they did not commit any breach of the peace in resenting the insults offered to them. "Thus matters went on until Sunday, the 10th of Feb., when Orr mounted the tovvu pump, in front of the Stabroek-market, armed with a dagger and life-preserver, aad addressed a large crowd of persons in a most in flammatory manner. For the seditious language used by him on that occasion, and for convening an unlawful as sembly, be has since been arrested and committed to take his tr:al before the supreme Criminal Court in April next. On the 17th, Orr was prevented from preaching in the streets ; and be then proceeded to his mother's yard, and there he addressed the crowd who assembled to hear him. After this meeting, on Sunday evening the disturbances commenced by the negroes attacking one or two Portuguese shops-and pelting several Portu guese who had assembled in the neighbourhood. This row was suppressed by the police, and the night passed off without further disturbance. "On Monday morning, Feb. 18, the disturbances re commenced. Orr's examination before the police magis trate was appointed to take dace at 12 o'clock ; but long before that hour a large crowd assemble , ' on the Brick-dam, on which the head Lidice station and the po lice magistrate's-office are situate 1. Between 10 and 11 o'clock the crowd became excited, and a Portuguese was pursued on the charge of having stabbed a creole. The man was immediately apprehended by the police, but not before he had sustained personal injury. The police turned out in force under the command of Inspector Horne. The horse police speedily dispersed the mob, and the examination of Mr. Orr was conducted aed con clu led with perfect tranquillity. The people, however, almost immediately commenced their attacks upon the Portu;uese shops in the outlying parts of the town, and by midnight there was nut one in those districts which had not been completely gutted of its contents. A large body of special c instables had been sworn in to aid the police. Between 7 and 8 o'clock a formidable riot oc curred in the Charlestown district, and the military were called out. A guard of the 0.. d West India Regi ment, consisting of 2 serjeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, and 40 well, was sent to the police-st.ition, under the command of Lieut. Drewit ; and another of 1 serjeant and 20 men was stationed at the gad, where Mr. Orr, wbo bad been unable to find bail, was confined. These guards have been continued up to the present moment. At 1 o'clock p.m. the light company of this regiment, under the command of Lieut. St. Aubyn and Ensign Corvill, were out on picket till 5 p.m., and at 8 p.m. the whole regiment turned out to patrol the streets, un der the c nninand of Lieut.-Colonel Whitfield. "From what has since transpired, it is unquesticn able that emissaries must have started at the same time from Georgetown to the various run' districts, exciting the peop!e to follow the example of their brethren in Georgc-town, and, what is more extraordinary still, asserting that they were carrying out the orders of the Governor in doing so. "A special meeting of the Court of Policy was sum moned by the Governor on Monday, the 18th, at 12 o'clock, and an ordiManee was passed to make provi sion for more effectually repressing disturbances and attempts to commit breaches of the peace. The or dinance at first was confined to Georgetown, but the disturbances spreading, a proe!etuation was issued by the Governor the same evening, extending its provisions to Albert Town ; and subsequently to the east bank of the River Demerara, as far as, and inclusive of the, Craig village. The east coast, west coast, and river dis tricts were reported in rapid succession to be in a state of disturbance; and as fast as aid could be organised and despatched to the places attacked fresh demands came pouring in. from all quarters. " On Tuesday, the 19th, the Governor issued another proclamation extending the provisions of the ordinance to all parts of the colony. On the same day the two per sons first sentenced to be flogged under the new ordi nance were taken front the gaol to the market-place, in custody of a strong detachment of special constables and police, and there underwent their sentences in the pre sence of an immense crowd, who were perfectly quiet, and made not the slightest attempt to interfere. " Mr. A. F. Gore, acting stipendiary magistrate, ac comparied by a detachment of the 2d West India Regi ment, consisting of 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, and 40 men, under the command of Major Gibbing and the first adju tant, proceeded up the river in the steamer Rattlesnake as far as plantation Great Diamond. The detachment returned by land in the evening, bringing with them 30 prisoners. " An immense number of persons of all classes having volunteered as special constables, both mounted and on foot, selections were made, and they were armed from the Government stores and despatched as quickly as pos sible in various directions. The streets of Georgetown are protected by the special constables every night. " On Wednesday the Tyne steamer took up a detach ment of the 2d West India Regiment, consisting of 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, and 50 men, under the command of Captain Reece and Ensign Macnamara, and proceeded to Berbice. The troops took with them three days' salt provisions, and they still remain at Fort Canje, to aid the civil power. As long as they remain there is no fear of the peace of New Amsterdam being disturbed. " Detachments were also sent up the east coast to 'Victoria, and to strengthen the post at Mahaica. They were stationed at the gaol, where they now are. These troops were placed under the orders of the Hon. J. E. Roney and Mr. S. H. Goodman, acting stipendiary ma gistrates. " On Tuesday night firearms were used by a Portu guese in defending his shop, at the front of plantation Supply. An African negro was shot ; and his country men became greatly exasperated and vowed revenge. The stipendiary magistrate, Mr. S. Bean, found it neces sary to call in the aid of the military at the Mahaica post, but as this force, consisting of only eight men, was so small, it made no i m p ress i on, and the rural consta b les acted with suspicious forbearance. Twenty prisoners had been sent up from Victoria, and were locked up in Mahaica gaol, but as there were only four policemen to guard them, Mr. Bean thought it prudent to let the pri soners out on bail, being alarmed at the threats used by the mob of rescuing the prisoners. " The destruction of property belonging to Portuguese at plantations Greenfield, Beehive, Clonbroek, Ann's Grove, and the Two Friends was fearful ; and the peo ple exhibited a feeling anything but friendly towards the white population. At plantation Good Hope the Portu guese shop was plundered and completely gutted of its contents. At Mahaicony also very serious disturbances took place ; but they were suppressed by the active ex ertions of the Hon. J. E. Roney, aided by a party of soldiers, special constables, and police. T he destruction of property was very great, and severa l h ou ses were partly pulled down. The constant cry of the disturbers has been—` If the Governor thought we were doing wrong my destroying the Portuguese shops he would have sent up s oldiers.' When the soldiers were sent up the ins urgents were comp l e t e ly surprised, hav ing been led to believe by some cunning, designing emissaries that the Governor approved their attack on the Portuguese shops. This impression among the ignorant negro popu lation was s o genera l ly d i ffuse d i n t h e c ountry districts that the Government felt it advisable to publish a cau tionary notice to remove such an erroneous impression. " The whole of the 2d West India Regiment has been under arms ready to t urn out at a moment's notice since one o'clock p.m. on Sunday, the 17th inst. In conse quence of the severe duties impqsed upon the troops, the facers and men have had only one night in bed during the week ; and some have been up several nights in suc cession. The conduct of the troops has been admirable. lip to the present time there has not been a single man confined for being drunk, or for any other misconduct. Nothing coild exceed the cheerful ninnner in which all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the garrison have performed their different duties. The steady, temperate manner in which they have carried out their orders has been remarked by all who have seen them. " The latest news from all parts which the authorities have been able to reach reports everything quiet ; but an evidently bad feeling still exists in the minds of the people, who have been worked up to their present mad outrages by emissaries from Georgetown, of many of whom traces have already been obtained. Rewards have been off-red, and a free pardon promised to any minor offender who will assist in the conviction of a principal. " From Berbice the iatest reports are that New Am sterdam is quiet ; but the usual disturbances and pillage were goinn , on in the less accessible districts. _ " Whenever the authorities and the mob have been in collision the success of the former has been decisive and immediate ; but time will be required ere the ex isting precautions can be dispensed with. "A French war schooner the Pourvoyeuse, Captain Marc, arrived here on Tuesday. " the Franck steamer of war Voyageur, Captain Regreny, arrived in the river yesterday, and the com mander immediately placed his vessel at the disposal of the Government. " The Portuguese immigrants were brought over to this colony as lab lurers to work on the sugar estates, but being very thrifty, industr,ous, and hard-working men, they have contrived to save enough in a few years to start in business as shopkeepers and merchants on their own account, :sad generally they have been very successful. Their shops, which are scattered all over the colony, have been a great boon to the labouring population, and have been the means of cheapening all the necessaries of life. And now that they are closed in all the country districts, and their content s pillaged, the rural population, which depended entirely upon them for all their supplies, will be reduced to the greatest dis tress, and, in many cases, to absolute starvation. By their lawless outrages the negroes have prepared a. rod for their own backs, and they themselves will new most keenly feel the punishment of their misdoinge, "An ordinance has been passed authorising the Go vernor to enrol and call out the militia. " The steamer Tyne has been despatched to Barba does for additional troops, and is expected to return in a day or two. " Serious disturbances have taken place at Queens. town and the other parts of Essequibo, the Arabian Coast, and on the islands of Leguan and Wakonaatn." Regarding the commercial state of the colony the Gazette says : "The weather during the past fortnight has continued very dry, with only an occasional passing shower. The estates are greatly iu want of water, and the growth of the sug r cane is retarded by th. long-continued drought. The work on the estates is 'almost entirely suspended, in cousequeuce of the disturbances which have taken place throughout the colony. "The exports from this colony during the past fort night have been very small. Sugar 603 hogsheads, 58 tierces, 179 barrels ; rum 278 puncheon., 71 hogsheads, 46 barrels ; molasses, 214 puncheons, 7 barrels ; rice, 600 bags ; charcoal, 100 barrels ; Greenheart timber, 225 logs. "There is a complete stagcation of trade among the merchants in Water.street, owing in part to the usual dullness at this time of the year, but chiefly in conse quence of the disturbed state of the community." Intelligence from Jacmel has been received to the 28th ult. The Emperor Soulouque had re turned to Port-au-Prince with his army, after having passed a few days at Cape Haytian to review his troops, after the ineffectual attempt to unite the two portions of the island under one flag. One of the Jacmel regiments returned to Jacmel on the 28th. All was quiet in Port-au-Pprince, and it was hoped that business would soon recover from the stagnation into which it had been thrown by the late events. It was reported that the French and British consuls would take immediate steps to bring about, if possible, some amicable arrangement between the Haytians and Spanish side of the island. The refusal of the Haytian soldiers to fight against the Dominicans proves clearly that the people wish for a peaceful solution of the question. Coffee was scarce, at 133 per 100 lb. ; cotton, 116 per 100 lb. ; logwood, 80 per I,ooolb. ; doubloons, -.270 each. Our dates from Jamaica are to the 27th ult. Our correspondent says : " The steamer with the Jamaica mails was four days beyond her time ; the Tyne with the outward mails to St. Thomas's having encountered very severe weather during the voyage. " The House of Assembly was still in session doing very little business, and was expected to be prorogued in a few days. The Executive Committee appear to have rendered themselves really obnoxious. This is attributed to the unpopular measures whisi they introduced at the commencement of the present session of the Legislature, whereby they were obliged to submit to several defeats. They virtually broke dlwn in introducing their budget. It was designated a complete failure, upon which they should have immediately tendered their re,igeation. "The island is very healthy, and we have had strong indiCations every day of rain without the benefit of any. The weather was sultry, as is usual at this season of the y ear. " Much sympathy is felt fur Sir J. Rowe, for many years chief justice of the island, consequent on his retirement from office under the new judicial bill which has recently passed the Legislature. Subscriptions are being got up through the country for ; the purpose of presenting him with a testimonial previously to his de parture, and valedictory addresses have also been pre sented to him from the bar, as well as other public bodies, expressive of the estimation is which the worthy chief is Feld by every section of the counn•rnity. In the Jamaica markets alewives were very scarce. Butter dull. The stuck of cornmeal was very light, and there were no sales to report in bread. A large sab of Baltimore filur had been effected at 445. Other articles without change. Exchange for bills on London at 90 days was quoted at 1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 11 ; 30 days, 2 per cent. pm. The following vessels of war were at Port Royal :—The Termagant, Malacca, Argus, Espiegle, Hermes, and Irnauni." From Barbadoes wo learn that the Legislature was in session. Beyond this nothing to roport. At Trinidad the weather was favourable to the crops, and there were no complaints of a scarcity of labour. From Grenada Ttil2 receive intelligence of the opening of the House of Assembly for the first time under the New Reform Act. The question of altering the constitution of the island was again suggested by the local executive, but had not gained much popularity. A message from the Governor in-Chief to the House of Assembly at Barbadoes invited the Legislatures of St. Vincent and Grenada to appoint delegates to confer with him upon the best measures for improving the political and finan cial condition of thole islands. The Legislature stood adjourned to the 11th► March, when the Money Bill for the current year would be intro duced, and it was proposed to raise the sum of 18,0001. Fine weather prevailed, but trade was dull. The manufacture of sugar was being pro ceeded with vigorously. Want of rain had dose serious injury to many large fields of plants. Her Majesty's ship Vestal had arrived at St. Lucia with Governor Hincks's commission. AUSTRALIA. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 19. By the Royal mail steam-ship Tyne we have re ceived, by way of Callao and Panama, dates from Sydney to the 15th of December. Our files of papers-are very imperfect, and the news is meagre. Flour was falling in price, being now down to 251. per ton, with very heavy stocks on hand. In Melbourne no less than 8,000 tons of flour and wheat had been stored for want of sale, and several cargoes were on the way, so that there is no pros pect of famine there. The clipper Star King harl sailed from Sydney for Melbourne with 1,700 tons of flour. The clipper Prince of the Seas has been towed from the Waterview dry dock in Sydney, and was lying alongside the east end of the Circular wharf, taking in hardwood logs and dead weight, previous to filling up for London. The Sydney Shipping Register of Dec. 1, says : •' As we take a great interest in the success of the Waterview dry decks and all undertakings for the pro motion of the commerce of the colony, we have extracted the following letter from the Sydney Morning Ilerald:— ' Sir,—Your nautical and mercantile readers will remem ber that a abort time since the fine clipper ship Prince of the Seas, which was sold at Melbourne, on the impor tant ground that there were no facilities of any kind at Hobson's Bay for executing the necessary repairs which she required, was accordingly brought up to Sydney and placed in the Waterview dry dock, her entire refitment being confided to Lloyd's surveyors. This ship is of 2,500 tons, her length 220 feet, breadth 40, depth 23 feet ; and, classing, as she does, A 1 at Lloyd's, the hying up of such a ship as a hulk in the port of Mel- bourne would really have been a serious loss to the tish merchant navy. In Waterview dry dock she, how ever, was thoroughly overhauled, and every necessary work of refitting was effectually completed in 15 days from the day of her entering the dock.' " The following are the totals of the imports and exports from 1842 to the present date, taken from the Sydney Mercantile Journal : Imports. Exports. 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 EXPORT OF GOLD. oz. dwt. gr. Per ship Mystery Previous export Total exported 1,920,589 17 21 At 755. per oz., equal t) £7,202,212 Os. 21 SYDNEY MARKET REPORT. " From the Sydney Mercantile Journal and Shipping Register we take the following market review : " "fhe improved tope of business which we noticed in our last issue we are happy to say is being sustained, and greater confidence is manifested in commercial circles, as it is presumed that those parties who have stood during the past crisis are carrying on legitimate business and worthy of the confidence placed in them. Although insolvencies are even yet pretty numerous, they are not generally composed of the class carrying on extensive business, and likely to injure others to any serious amount. " During the past fortnight a good deal of business has been transacted, principally in liquids for the Melbourne market, and we have reason to believe that a good trade is again springing up with that port, which will help to work off a large amount of stocks which must hare accumulated in merchants' hands during the past stag. nation in commercial affairs. In town trade at present there is not so much doing as we might expect at the present season ; but we are confident that ere long an impetus will be given to business which will in a great measure help us to forget the ordeal through which the country has lately passed. The large arrivals of wheat and flour from abroad during the last few days, with the prospect of .an abuadant harvest (the whole of which is nearly ready for the sickle), cannot fail to have a depressing influence on these articles, and we ex pect, befors our next issue, the staff of life will be con siderably lower in price, as we are convinced that the present price of bread is adding no small quota to the present depressed state of things.' " Vessels sold in Sydney. —Lallah Rookb, 157 tons, 62 64ths, G. Thornton, 8251. ; Storm King. 118 tons, 43 G4the, .T. Walker, 41St. ; Whale, 32.64th5. H. Wa'ker, 551. ; Whale, 32-64ths, J. B. Stomp, 551." From Melbourne and other points of the Austra lian colonies the news is no later than has previ ously been received. THE PACIFIC. SOUTHAMPTON, MARcH 18. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Tyne we have re ceived our usual files of journals from the Pacific ports. The steam-ship Pacific reached Panama on the 21st of Feb., with dates from Valparaiso to the 31st of Jan ; Coquimbo, Feb. 1 ; Huasco, 2 ; Iquipte, 5 ; Arica, 6 ; Islay, 7 ; and Lima, 15. The preliminary surveys of the Southern Rail road are going forward in Valparaiso. The Val paraiso and Santiago Railroad is now in operation about 15 miles. A. coal mine was latAy sold near Talcahuana for 60,000 dol., and another for 54,000 del. From Copiapo we learn that the mines of Cha nascille are daily increasing in value, as well as those of San Blas. The Rothschild and Cautiva are also said to be becoming valuable. We have no political news from Chili. Trade continues steady, and considerable sales of imported goods have been made for the coast and Boliva. Flour is declining in price, having fallen from 10 del. to 8 dol. 25c. Copper, per ql., 23 del. Silver, per mark, 10 dol. 31c. Hides, 16 dol. per ql. Coal, coronel, 8 dol. on board. From Peru we heir reports of disturleances and dissatisfaction ; considerable difficulty is antici pated at the coming Presidential election. By private advices from Punta Arenas we learn that the Costa Rica coffee crop is remarkably good this year, the yield being about 90,000 quintals ; price offered 11 dol. gold. A small lot had come down in the steamer Emelie for shipment to Europe, and another lot was to be sent by the steamer Co lumbus for the same purpose. The Isthmus continued healthy and the weather fine, but business was dull. Regarding the revo lutionary districts of New Granada the Panama Star says :—" From the revolutionary districts of Veraguas and Lavilla we learn that 500 troops had been organised under the command of Colonel Gutierres, and 100 lanceros under Capt. Carrido, and that they were about proceeding, accompanied by the Governor of the State, to the scene of action. We may therefore look for news of an en gagement between the Government troops and the rioters in a very few days." CRYSTAL PALACE.— ONE SHILLING DAT.—Wednes daT,March 19.—Admissiona on payment, K 92 ; ditto by team tickoto, 233 ; Total visitors, 825. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. This board met yeatarday, at 12 o'clock, in the Coun cil-chamber, Guildhall, for the transaction of business. BROMPTON-SQUARE AND HYDE-PARK. A deputation from the inhabitants of Brompton, con sisting of Captain. Sir E. Belcher and Mr. J. Blore, at tended and presented a memorial in reference to the for mation of an opening through the north end of Bromp ton-square, leading to Hyde-park, as a sut)stitute for the present long and circuitous route. They stated, in reply t ► the chairman, and Mr. H. L. Taylor and Major Lyon, that the cost of the proposed alteration would only be 501., and that they did nut apply to the Board for money, but for power to carry it out. Mr. LESLIE suggested, with respect to the practice now growing up of presenting memorials to the board, that it would be worth while for the Board to consider how far it was desirable to receive ex parte statements from memorialists who might present themselves to the board from time to time, representing, perhaps, only a few of the inhabitants of the district from which they came. TO° memorial was ordered to lie on the table. SITE OF OFFICES FOR THE BOARD. Mr. SEELEY brought forward a motion in reference to the erection of premises for the accommodation of the board, in which the committee previously appointed on this matter were directed " to suspend the adoption of any definite plan for the enlargement ,of the b*use in Greek-street until it had been ascertained whether or not it might be practicable to obtain a site in some more ac cessible situation." This proposition led to lengthened discussion, from which it appeared that the estimate of the superintending architect f it the requisite alterations of the Greek-street premises was 8,5001., which ineuded 34 rooms and some fireproof apartments. This amount several members ob jected to expend on the Greek-street house, to which various objections, both as to situation and general con venience, were urged. On the other hand, .Mr.Collinson, Mr. Wright, and other hon. members strongly opposed the expenditure of such a sum on any premises whatever at present, stating that, in their opinion, alterations suf• ficiently extensive and suitable could be effected in the Greek-street offices at an outlay of 2,0001. to 3,0001. Among the opponents of the resolution, advocated by Mr. Seeley, was Mr. Leslie (lately elected in the room of Mr. Hunt, fur St. George's, Hanover-square), a mem ber of one of the former commissions of sewers. Even tually, at the close of a three hours' discussion, the pro position of Mr, Seeley was carried. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. WILKINSON moved " That it be referred to the committee of works and improvements to take into consideration and report upon a comprehensive plan for making, widening, and improving streets, roads, and ways for facilitating the passage and traffic between dif ferent parts of the metropolis." He said that, although the first object for which the board wai established was the cleaniiug and purification of the metropolis, yet in his opinion other great works of metropolitan improve ment ought to be carried on pari passi. It was therefore with no desire to interfere with the great sewerage ques tions that he bad brought forward the present motion. The board had already referred it to the engineer to pre pare a plan in regard to intercepting sewerage, and until that report was before the board he was not aware that they would take any other proceeding in regard to the main drainage. (Hear.) With respect to the quedtion of improvements, he apprehended that the board had already made a practical commencement in the appoint meat of a committee of works, but unless this committee received some instructions from the board, it would be placed in a position of considerable difficulty. It was partly to avoid such an inconvenience that he proposed the above resolution. As to the manner in which the va rious suggestions and improvements would come before the committee, it might be by the board banding to the committee a memorial, or in some other manner. His desire was, that there should be first a general scheme, and then that all local improvements, in whatever part of the town proposed, should be made more or less de pendent on such general scheme. (Hear.) With regard to the terms of the motion, they had been copied from an act of Parliament in reference to metropolitan im provements ; and he now proposed his motion with the concurrence of Mr. Wright wad Mr. Carpmael.. Mr. WRIGHT seconded the motion. He thought a com mittee of this kind was the proper precursor of a general scheme of metropolitan insprevemente. Mr. TURNER coincided with the motion s but moved as an addition the words, " And also for providing or se curing open spaces for the health and recreation, or other wise, of the inhabitants thereof." Mr. DIFFANGER seconded the anaendrnent. Mr. BURSLEII said that although he bad opposed the reference of particular plans hitherto to the committee, he was qatte willing to support such a motion as the present. Mr. HAWKES was of opinion that the motion should be adjourned until the Court had considered and decided where the funds necessary to effectuate such extensive improvements could be obtained. Mr. NICHOL4T observed, that the improvements con templated would confer a great boon upon posterity as well as on the present generation ; and on this ground he believed that the board might fairly go before Par liament and seek for taxing powers by which the board might be enabled to apportion the rates over a number of years. Deputy HARRISON reminded the board that these im provements, if general, would involve the expenditure, not of hundreds of thousands but of millions ; eiill h e thought the proper time to discuss the question of funds would be when the estimate for some particular improve ment was before the board. He did not apprehend that any plan would be reported on by*the committee before ext session. Mr. WARE would cordially vote for the motion, but was decidedly averse to the amendment, which he looked upon as contravening the terms of the Act of Parl'ament, for the latter did not, as he read it, give the board any power to provide open spaces for the reorea tior, &c., of the people of London. Mr. Rows would vote for motion and amendment, deeming that the means of providing placesof recreation for the people ought to be one of the prime 'duties of the board. Mr. CARMAEL and Mr. DOULTON' t agreeing in the motion, strenuously opposed the amendment ; whilst Mr. LESLIE objected to both. The board had had 60 months given them to cleanse the Thames from all the sewage.- Nearly 5 per cent, of that time had now elapsed, and the board had not yet got a plan. He had seen how previous boards bad been diverted from this important matter by the sewage manure question, and he predicted it would be so with this board, if they allowed their at tention to be distracted by other affairs. Moreover, these improvements did not press. His advice was, that they should put down on the business paper, a; the first mat ter to be taken up, their intention to inquire how Mr. Bazalgeite was proceeding with his plan. It was their fault if that officer did not inform them every time they met what progress he was making. (Ob.) Mr. EL L. TAYLOR cautioned the board against adopt ing the amendment, which, if agreed to, would throw too much work on the committee. Unless the board guarded itself, he was fearful 104, sooner or later, this committee might dominate over the board ; and the way to prevent this was to pass a_ regulation by which every document laid before the Committee should first receive the sanction of the board. In fact, - all proposals for im provements should come before that board in the first instance, and then, if the board saw fit, they would refer the propositions to the committee. (Hear, hear.) As regarded Hanipstead-heath, to which he supposed Mr. Turner's amendment more particularly referred, he begged to remind tbat gentleman that the hoard had at the last sitting decided against adopting his (Mr. Tur ner's) motion on that subject, and therefore this matter could not he referred to the committee. Mr. SEELEY and Mr. BEVAN having expressed their concurrence in the original _motion, The PRESIDENT put the amendment of Mr. Turner, which was lost, ani the motion of Mr. Wilkinson, which was adopted. A brief discussion ensued between the President and Mr. Leslie in respect to the conformity of the resolution with the Act of Parliament, after which the subjoined addition was made, "That instructions be given to the committee that no plans or schemes whatever be enter tained by the committee from individuals unless referred by this board." On the motion of Mr. DOULTON, the undermentioned resolution wll3 l aised, " That the state of the Effra, one of the main lines of sewer under the jurisdiction of this board, be referred to the works committee for immediate inquiry, and to report as to the best means of remedying its present very dangeeous and defective condition." Tne other business transacted possessed no general interest. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietore of this com pany was held yesterday at the Euston-terminus, Easton square. Sir Samuel Morton Peto presided. The report of the directors, which had been circulated among the shareholders, was read as follows : The accounts for the past half-year, submitted herewith, show an ag;regate increase of receipts, as compared with the corresponding period of 1851, to the extent of 8,177/. 125.; of which 2,063/. its, 7d, is derived from passenger traffic, and 5,500/. from carriage of merchandise. In the working expenses, on the other hand, there is a decrease, as compared with the above period, of 5,493/. 13s. 7d. (Here follows a comparative statement of the receipts and expenditure of each half-year from Dec., 1860, to Dec., 1835, showing an increase in the gross receipts of the rail way from 77,0311. to 130,3331., and in the net from 39,3011. to 65,5831., the percentage of expenses having varied dur ing the same period between 43 and 57 per cent., the pre sea rate being 49.67 per cont. A similar account of the steam-boat traffic shows an increase in the receipts from 6,0771. to 23,9711., the balance in favour of this branch of traffic being 2,8811. for the past half-year, against 1,007/. in I he corresponding period of last year.) The number of passengers conveyed in excess of the corresponding period of 1851 is 1,355, and the ton nage of goods is increased by 11,422 tons. In the aihount entered under the head of merchandise traffic are include.l the receipts for carriage of live stock, which exhibit a satisfactory increase. There is an Increase in the Irish live stock traffic convoyed dosing the past half-year as compared with the corresponding periods of the years 1853 and 1851 from 21,030 to 73,951 ; and in the receipts from this source from 4,747/. to 10,3971. The projectors of the Vale of Clwyd Railway, a live proposed to be made from Rhyl to St. Ass ph and Denbigh, seek in their application to Parliament to obtain running powers over the Chester and Holyhead line ; the directors having endeavoured, lent without success, to strange with the projectors, have been compelled to lodge a petition against the bill. In compliance with the resolution passed by the proprietors at the last roasting, your directors have, in conjunction with the shareholders' committee, met the directors of the London and North-Western Compeny for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for car rying out the working agreement approved at the meeting referred to. The attention of the board and of the com mittee has bean occupied with the details which have, up to the present time, delayed the completion of the arrange ment ; but there is every reason to expect that the agree ment will be sealed in the coarse of a few days. The subjoinel report of the engineer is satisfactory us regards the state of the permanent way and works. During the past half-year that portion of the lino between Chester and Saltney Junction has been relaid, and a new bridge is in course of erection over the Forydd River. The railway having been opened for traffic since the year 1848, it be comes necessary to make provision for the outlay which will annually be required to renew the permanent way. It will be seen from the accounts that, daring the past half-year, the stun of 3.370/. 03. 3d. has been expended under that head. During the current half-year a farther outlay will be required fir renewal of the stearn-boats, for which purpose a fund has been crested, and of which a large portion is still unexpended. The net earnings of the undertaking during the past six menthe yield. after fullypro viding fordebenture interest and other first charges, an avail able balance of 33,0807. 16e. 101. In consegnence, however, of the non-completion of the issue of the second preference stock, and the large amount of the company's capital thereby rendered unavailable for the purpose ofliquidating the claims to meet which the shares were created, the directors have been compelled temporarily to apply the revenue resources to this purpose. Under these circumstances, the directors r a e n co e m e, m bu en t ,l 0 n th t following ndersta dispositionunderstanding thb paymentof the r o e f v t e h n e u e -divi dendsl be deferred until it, can be ma.de without prejudice e to the general interests of the proprietors :—" That 1,0001. be added to the fiend for renewal of steam-boats. That, from the remaining sum of 32,0801. 16s. 10d., a dividend be declared of 12s. per share on the first preference abates of the company, comprising all arrears up to the 31st Dec., and amounting to 25,200/. That en the second portion of the second preference shares a dividend be declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, amounting to 6,633/. 10s., ( leaving a balance of 2471. 6s. to be carried forward to the current half-year." The CHAIRMAN, in 'Roving that the report and ac counts be adopted, said—l had hoped that the arrange ment under the agreement with the London and North- Western Company might have been considered as vir tsally settled, but I am sorry to say we have not yet been able Ito affix the seals of the two companies to it, though we have every reason to believe that before the board separates this afternoon the agreement will be signed on the part both of this company and of the Lon don and North-Western. I think it due to the com mittee appointed by you to co-operate Ns. ith the directors in negotiating the agreement to say that we have re ceived from them, during the last six months, the most valuable aid. I need scarcely remark, that in an agree ment of this important character—(although we have been met in the most friendly spirit by the London and North-Western board)—there were many points of de till necessarily demanding our attention, which gave rise to discussion, and in arranging which considerable time was occupied. In al! those matters the board has received very valuable assistance from this committee, and I have great pleasure on my own part, and on the part of my colleagues, in acknowledging the high sense we entertained of their services. I shall have also ' to ask you to continue that committee in office during the next six months, and for this reason—in carrying such an agreement into effect—(supposing we should, as I expect we shall, close it with the London and North Western this day)—it is obvious that many questions of detail must necessarily arise, in dealing with which it will be a very great advantage to the independent members of your board to have the advice and as sistance of those who have already rendered us such effective presen tp o a s i i d. ti 0 ( o C f h t e h e e r s. )In c, in pan y,I calling n d thatattentionto accountsthe 0 00 r if r 8 12 5 8, p 05 0 64 nd '.1 ascoin exhibit an increase from passen et g hri e eo r d s e receipts, however, with ho w th e e ve c r o , r d re o sp n o o n t corresponding p eriod the ~.. periodtotal of 1853, which you will remember was the year of the Irish Exhibition. With respect to the goods traffic a very marked improvement has taken place. As to the cargo boats, I will call attention to the fact that the first cost of the boats, with the exception of the In bernia, has been under 10,0001. ; while the receipts which have arisen from them for the past half-year have amounted to 15,196/. for the sea passage alone, and through their instrumentality an increase of traffic has been brought upon the railway of 14.3171. (Hear.) In merchandise and minerals I am sorry I cannot report the same increase as to the slate traffic which I hey) been able to do is former years. The tightness of the money market has materially checked building opera tions during the past year throughout the whole country, which of course has resulted in a diminished demand for slates ; bat I trust that the return of peace will, by remov ing the existing monetary pressure, speedily bring us back to a more satisfactory state of things in this respect. 1 In the item of locomotive charges, I may me ntion that he hire of waggno, RhiCtt has been go uB 4 . to be 10 onerous [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• AT, , G ~ '" ' ~' _ hitherto, will, we hope, cease with the conclusion of the agreement. The most important feature I have to refs rto is !he fact pointed out in the report, that, although th hoard have thought it rieht to declare a dividend, they have felt it their duty (a duty arising out of necessity, ()win to the charges pressing upon the company) t• postpone its payment. The board of course would be happy to declare the dividend, which has been fair'y earned, payable within the next, few days, according 1 • the usual practice ; but when I tell you that if we did s we should jeopardise your position altogether, while the open claims against the company, and for which the se cond preference shares were created; remain unsatisfied, you will agree with one, I think, that we have exercised a wise discretion. We have prepared a statement of our assets and liabilities, and I am glad to say that, although we are obliged to use the funds belonging to revenue to meet present p irposes, we have ample assets to cover all demands upon us. The surplus land in Britannia-park, and the estate of Gorphwysfa, in Wales, though of con siderable value, are not ready money wherewith we can diseherge open obligations. We have paid all charges except 39,1311.135. 2d., and the loan of the London end North Western, for which they ho'd 200,0001. of second preference stock as security ; and in settling with them they agree to take one stores to the amount of 5,731/., which will leave 33,3701. as the total liabilities of the company. I have thought it right to he thus explicit in order to show that the outstanding liabilities are small in amount, and that in taking the position we feel hound to do, that of paying our debts before we divide our profits, the debenture holders and the world at large may feel satisfied that there is uotlaing in the circutesta •ces of the company that can jeopardise its credit, or raise a question as to its solvency. I will now direct your ettentien'to what would have been our position if we lad been wbrk ing under the North Western agreement during the past year, instea lof working the traffic ourselves. The total traffic receipts have been 230,870/. I2s. 7d. ; the rents, 1,247/. 4s. 11d. The London and North Western Com pany are to work the traffic at 46 per cent.: that would have been 106,200/. 10s. 2d., which would leave 125,070/. Take from this the rent of the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway and the interest on debentures, 49,8301., there would have been a n ava il a bl e b a l ance o f 69,239/. 6s. 2d., which would have paid 16s. 6d. on the first preferences, the entire of the second nreferencem, sup posing them all to have been issued, 26,256/., together 60,9001. and have left a balance of 8,335/. Bs. 2d., besides what we have put aside for the renewal of the perma. nent way, so that, even should our receipts continue, as they have been during the last year, without improve ment, we shall under this agreement be in a position to pay all debenture and preference charges, and have an available balance beyond of 8,000/. a year. I think, therefore, you will feel with me that the board have taken a wise course in recommending you to defer for a short time the receipt of the dividend. On the subject of re venue I may state that we have from time to time, as you may have noticed every half year, put aside a suns of 2,250/. for insurance of boats. We have now in our hands 13,811/. 16s. 2d. on that account, and we h ave besides a renewal fund for the steam-boats of 7,315/. 19s. To this the directors propose this year to add another 1,000/., making 8,315/. I have been anxious to call your attention to the fact that there is in band a sum to meet insurance and depreciation of boats of upwards of 20,0001., but I should add that this year we propose to avail ourselves of that fund to some extent, for the purpose of providing new boilers to some of our boats, and to effect general repair. This will take about 8,300/. In conclusion, the hon. gentleman expressed his readiness to answer any question that might be put with the view to the elucidation of the report and ac counts. A PROPRIETOR thought it extraordinary that the agreement had not been actually concluded before the meeting, supposing the feeling on the part of the Lon don and North-Western Company was as friendly as re ported. He wished to know when the agreement would date from, and when the dividend would be paid ? The CHAIRMAN said there bad been no laxity on the part of the board in pressing the agreement to a conclu sion, but many points of detail arose which delayed it. It had been arranged to sign it that morning, but the London and North-Western wished two clauses to be added, which, with some modifications, had been agreed to, so that there was no doubt the signature of both companies would be affixed that afternoon. The Lon don and North-Western would commence working the line on the 30th June next. When the board would pay the dividend would depend upon the arrangements which might be made with the parties to whom the 33,000/. was due. Some of the creditors bad been in duced to take a portion of their debts in sec ,, nd prefer. ence stock, and as money became easier in the market this stock might be placed out in this and in other ways advantageous to the company.. Mr. BRODERICK, a second class preference holder, banded i❑ a formal notice, objecting to the postpone ment of the dividend, and holding the directors legally liable. In reply to a question from a SHAREHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN stated that although the accounts slaow•ed a balance of expenditure over the total amount of capital, taking the second preferences at par, and the surplus lan is at the lowest ♦alue, there wonid be a balar cm in favour of capital. Mr. ITENMAN coutend,d that the board bad spent mere money than they were authorised to do by the act of Parliament, and they bad done so illegally. If they had the money for tLe repayment of the dividend, why not pay it ? If mt. why not say so honestly The ac2uunts were perfectly delusive, and unworthy of the credit of anybody of shareholders, The CHAIRMAN replied that the accounts were strictly correct, and to prove that they were so he offered to any shareholder to go and examine the hooka. The London and North-WeA-rn held 255,0001. odd of the , seen n a preference stock ag security for an advance of 200,0001. Mr. ITENMAN moved an amtndintart declaring that, a the accounts showed the expenditure of the company to he in excess of the amount Authorised by the acts of Parliament—the accounts could not be legally passed by the meeting. There being no seconder, the amendment fell to the gr. und, and the report ald accounts were confirmed with one dissentient. Another resolution, thclaring the dividend on the pre. ference phare9, and postponing the payment, was then put and carried. The committee of shareholders for arranging the agreft mert with the Loudon and North-Western Company was re-appointed, and the retiring directors having been re-elected, and Mr. Hands, a member of the committee, appointed auditor, the rroceedin,fs terininat2d with the usual vote of thanks to the cairttlan. NORTH BRITISH. The half yearly meetiutz of this railway company wee hell at Edinburgh on Tueday—Mr. Richard Hodgson, of Carham, chairman, in the ch:tir. In moving the adoption of the report, the CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the virtual termination of the strugele in which they had been lately engaged. Their line, plant, and rolling stock were, he was happy to state, in a higher state of efficiency than they had been for a considerable number of years, while their re ♦enue afforded them the prospect of an early dividend, which he trusted would, once attained, progressively in crease. The hail-year's dividend would of itself perhaps be considered as justifying a dividend of one per cent., an this they would have been able to declare it the money bill had been passed ; hut they thought it would better conduce to the ptabili , y and credit of the tern• pang if they waited till that bill was obtained, and the capital made equal to their e, gagements. Mr. SPROT o deputy chairman, seconded the report, which, after some slight opp was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the course adopted by the directors in regard to the money bill sanctioned at last half•yearly mee!ing be approved of, and the bill proceeded with without delay. Mr. WALKER moved as a❑ amendment that the meet. log disapprove of the conduct of the directors in pro eaten! g with the money bill contrary to the recommen dation of the meeting in January last, and that the bill be rtstricted to the raising of 100,0001. stock, instead of 150,0001., and 31,000/. borrowed, instead of 50,0001. For the motion there were 88 shareholders, with 1,058 ♦otes ; and for the amendment 35 shareholders, with 789 votes. _ Mr. WALKER demanded a scrutiny, it being stated that tho proxies of the chairman and Mr. Douglass would largely outbalarce those held on this occasion by Mr. Walker, though Mr. Walker said that his proxies represented 50,0001. more stock than the other side, though fewer votes. The agreement with the Selkirk and Galashiele Com pany was approved. Preference dividends of 5 per cent. were declared. The meeting then proceeded to the election of direct• tors, seven gestlemen being named for three vacancies ; the proxies being again used, and resulting in the re election of Messrs. Sprot and Douglass, and in the elec tion of Mr. Benjami❑ Craven. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The report of the directors of this company states that au intermediate divid en d, at the rate of 21 10s. per 1001. share, and so i n proportion for shares of in. inor value, subject to deduction of income tax, was paid for the halt-year ending the 30th of Jtine last ; and the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 2i per cent. for the half•year ending the 31st of December last, payable on the 10th of April next, subject to deduction of income tax, thus making the dividend for the year at the rate of 5 per cent. The directors congratulate the shareholders on the revenue having been fully main tained during the year 1855, there being an increase of 1,814/, over the preceding year, and during the past three years the increase amounts to 41,5351. After pro viding for the payment of the dividend of 5 per cent. per annum the directors are enabled to carry the sum of 4,805/. to the reserre fund. The cost of a new locomo tive engine to replace the old one has been defrayed out the revenue. The directors on taking the detailed valuation of the stores on the 31st of December find that a considerable discrepancy has arisen ; they have instituted a most searching investigation into the mat ter, and are adopting such arrangements as they expect will prevent a recurrence of further irregularities in the store department. RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL RAILWAY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have given their /went to this bill, on certain conditions connected with the running of the line within the bank of the Severn at Brimspill THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAT.—The Admi ralty have given their assent to this bill, provid e d no works or embankments be constructed below high-water mark. The object of the company is the construction of a dock near the present terminus and pier of the Lon don, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, on the north bank of the Thames, at Shellhaven creek, and to embank the land there. The terminus to the railway and the pro posed dock are situated on a point of land bounded on the south and east by the river Thames, on the north by Shellhaven-creek ; and the land altogether amounts to 150 WU* f• • • •,„.;,' •,. Age. _~ :t:r ■