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The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern, liishopsgate-street. T. LA3IIE MURRAY, Esq., in the Chair. - The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said—The Directors have prepared a report of tireir proceedings during the past year, and alao a statement of the accounts as prepared by the Auditors. The Secretary will read the report, which I trust will be considered satisfactory. The SECRETARY then read the FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. . The Directors have again the pleasure of meeting the Pro prietors at the recurrence of the annual general meeting of the Society. They feel much gratification in stating that the business of the Society has been considerably increased. The late gene ral depression, so unfavourable to the progress of life assur ance; appears to be gradually disappearing, although during its continuance, anj the severe trial which every species of national industry - sustained, the Society had made satisfac • tory progress, having, since 1840, more than doubled its business, It may with truth be said that every institution in the imture of life assurance, whose progress or success depends upon the surpluS income of society, becomes affected in pro- Portion as this surplus increases or diminishes—the sums that are annually applied to life assurance being those which re main to each individual after his ordinary wants are satisfied. . It so happens, however, as the experience of the Society has P r oved in a great many instances during the past years, that however equalised the surplus income of individuals may be in a series of years as applicable to life assurance, yet in suc ceeding years, during a severe pressure, there is often a de ficien,cy in their annual resources. It is to this point, as peculiar to the working of the Society, that the Di rectors would wish to call the attention of the Proprietor s . The lo an fund system, as engrafted on the Society, has new been long enough in operation to enable the Directors to pronounce an opinion in favour of its utility. It peculiarly applicable during periods of embarrassment and pressure, w hi ch, unhappily, too frequently occur in this country, the operation of this principle, the Proprietors are aware each policy holder assured for life has a right to borrow two-thirds of his premium ; and very many instances lave come within the knowledge of the Directors, wherein the effectual aid afforded to the policy holder, has enabled him to sustain his policy, and to carry out his original inten • tion of providing for his family. In other numerous cases, equally within the observation of the Directors, the sum which the assured had been enabled to borrow has saved him from pressing temporary embarrasment, or enabled him without injury to his policy to make a profitable a pplication of it. - It has in fact afforded him all the chances and security of a life assurance, and the use of two-thirds of his capital at the'same time. To illustrate this, let an instance be taken of a policy bolder of six years' standing, whose premium amounts to 1001 . a year, at the present moment having paid 6001., he Would be entitled to borrow from the Society the sum of 4001, while, at whatever period his death might occur, his re presentatives would be entitled, deducting the amount bor rowed (supposing his age at entering 31, and his policy 4 ' °° ° l .), to the sum for which his life was assured. The importance of this principle the Directors believe cannot be too highly appreciated by the public, as they fed assured that, combined with other equally liberal advan tages offered by the Society, it is sufficient to obtain a pre ference from assurers who act upon the dictates of their own • J"grnent, unbiassed by private solicitation of interested Parties. The loan fund on the transactions to the end of the year has been acted on to the extent of 16,9011. Bs. 9d. Another peculiar feature of the Society to which the atten tion of the Proprietors is called, is its plan of deferred annuities ; from their first promulgation they have attracted considerable - attention —they are at once a corrective both of the errors Peculiar to the system, and glaring abuses in the administra tion o f benefit societies. It is not alone, however, by the in dtstrioua class es , f or w h om they were originally designed, t hat this system may be turned to advantage. The wealthier cl asses will find in the combinations of this plan, all the ele kents of a safe and profitable investment of capital. The system includes th e a d vantages of a tont i ne or survivor enelutPit,letrdhenroet onlytiteparty attaining the age required becomes to the share he has contributed at com p o und interest, b u t to t h e cap i ta l an d accumu l a ti ons o f those rho have failed to reach the stipulated age, while the Pfau tb. is so constructed that the loss to the representatives of l atter is but trifling, as two-thirds of the premiums paid :.Ire ret urned after d ea th. Thi s i nves t men t w ill be found • eligible on the lives of, and as a provision for, young people, :and on a ll ages from one to forty five. One example will be . 4 ..„ 11111 Ciellt to show the profit derivable from the application 1001, a-year at the age of thirty, for the pur chase of a deferred annuity or the option of other benefi ts at the ag e o f 65 . Th e party so mak i ng the in ' ' l4i ment would be entitled to the option of an annuity, dur -ag,4.1,4,, life, of 1,030/. 65.; a sum on attaining th a t age o f Alth ""'" l ' 88 .; or a s um a t d ea th o f 10,039/ . 12 s. riet Although the actual mortality amongst the assured h as co en equal t o th a t expected, the policies that h ave be -tile claims on the Society, have amounted in the last four -3rear d to 24,668/. 18s., and of this sum 10,720/. has arisen in the last year—an amount greatly exceeding the Iveage experience of the Society, either previous or since December last. The actual mortality e w ▪ e n the .sat, the assured has exceeded the expected mortality by sum of 3 ,363/. on the year. The entire claims on the ociety amount, ho wever, to less than the expectation since its co mmencement by the sum of 1,6911.25. The Directors, in conformity w ith th e d ee d o f se ttl emen t, have caused the a nnual investigation into the affairs of the Society t to be made up to December, 1843 ; and the result, .t,orglebtheerreiarditthotthheelceounts of the auditors, arc presented, and meeting. The result of this investigation 1 3 1 131 441 bl : 4 the business of the Society in a prospering con dition, The reserved profit above liabilities being 29,380/. ss. 3d. ; ° , 11 . ! - fitth of this will immediately enter into the present dis qiulbution, and in the proportion stipulated in the deed. This ar will enable the Directors, after making a reserve of )6741 . 13s. 6cl. towards the extinction of expenses incurred in ti‘ th for mation of the So c i e ty, t o recommen d t o th e mee ti ng 't e tent. decla ration of a bonus on a ll p o li c i es on w hi c h fi ve pay t ** have been made ; namely, those of 1837, 1838, and k ir and of a dividend o n the g u a r antee c a pit a l of th e .144 :holder s on t h e year, including interest and bonus of t o k _ e nl.o besides reserv i ng 23,504 / . 4s. 3d. f or future b onuses ° • 1 ,7 Policy holders. tci l i e present bonus to the policy holder is, on the average, 8 1042 ° 60 Per cent. on the annual premiums, as a rever emc: addition to the policy, I 6 2-3 per cent, in present ted ue " , on the average , 2 p er cen t. i n p ermanen t annua l ° "4 4)n future premiums. pouf rn °re clearly point out the accumulating advantages to holders, a few examples are given, taken from the 14 Prepared by the Actuary : EXAMPLES. F 1 Et❑ 44 e. d. C a .il t -g g •E . PgSF, $ 4 1837 1838 1839 X s. d. 170 9 3 144 2 2 116 16 0 s. d.' £ s. d. 77 5 1 12 3 9 64 5 6 9 16 4 51 5 11 7 11 9 1 the success of the Society will the favour of the public and a 11 etui tors believe th, eo,"` L e to draw t owar d s . Cllulled increas e o f b us i ness . to addition to the resolUtions enabling the Directors and kfto the proposed di v ision amongst the policy holders .4e prietors, th e o th er b us i ness o f the meeting ti electionh of three Directors, in lieu of John Griffith Nst k L -1 - c. B +4, Hunter Gordon, Esq., and John Rawson, Esq., ale e ZD e riod of office expires, but who are eligible to be re ti',4l4 offer themselves accordingly ; and for the elec. lileL tw o Auditors, in place of Professor Wh ea t s t one , ° fat ' k and Pr o f essor G raves, A.M., F.R.S., whose period of the m eft e 41180 expires, but who are eligible to be re-elected, and tx selves accordingly. Th T. LAMIE MURRAY, Chairman. gtt o r , ~E IAIRMAN—The accounts as passed by the t s will b e now read b y the Secretary. I,Z e S tCRETA.IIY then read the audited accounts. tt UßDlAN—Gentleman, before moving that the • No W be r ece i ved, I beg to state that if any gentleman oz t° ask any quest i on on the subject of the report, of the ac counts, I shall be most h a ppy to give him an Pa rtl l4l. * As re gar d s the accounts which have been pre ys/.1 ° Y the A u di tors, they can either be examined now, . 0 54 2 t heY alway s li e at the office, every person can see • I.ll :lt r ing the course of the year. taktir duel Pause, during which no person present mani- Th' e ltil i .,Y disposition to put any questions, taIAIRMAN continued—As it seems that no gen -4,,,,,,411 13 inclined to make any observations on the '. 4t CrL or the accounts, I take it for granted, that the A e nts and the report are satisfactory. I believe that • tot, so in that report stated every thing to the Proprie- f tho tras° as to place them, as far as regards a knowledge o ' lt etiGns of the Society, on a level with the 7 of e a ct°l3 . I think that the making a full statement -tae affairs of the Society in this manner, 4 o th e best method of establishing confi 3°.ttee ITtween the managing body and the Y from which they are derived.—(Hear, hear.) The tit'ttleetators bave thought it necessary to notice more par -1 on the present occas i on, t h e operat i on o f the mid. hith erto, the aid which the Loan Fund ..4,7l.4fferded t o the policy holders, has not amounted to itch as to enable you to form an opinion of the "le °t . that • • a b e ,. at system which originated with this Society. .tony've that this system, which we have projected, ,-inatlll:ks within itself the elements of very great'success hirac lott i ,t rther , that as e ac h year enables us to lay before _l.,t ac counts of the operation of that Fund, "11l find that greater confidence will be ! ' 6010 74 given to new insurers to enter into the Society. We thought it worth while to notice the advantages de rivable to the Society from the system of deferred annui ties first established by the Society; and inasmuch as at first those deferred annuities were introduced to correct the evils arising from benefit societies, it was considered by the public as belonging peculiarly to the industrious classes. But they will be found equally advantageous to the wealthier classes. If a capitalist who has got 100/. a year, or 50/., or 101. to spare from his income, and who desires to run the chance of living to a certain age, or who wishes to nominate his children, will take up our tables, and taking choice of a life at a period furnished by them, he will find that no investment of surplus income would be more profit able than the purchase of a deferred annuity. The reason is this, that from a calculation of decrements or deaths, it will appear that only a certain number will attain the age _stipulated, and consequently one third of the capital paid by those who have died will make an addition to those who live and have made their payments. For instance, if a man insures at thirty, and lives to sixty, thus making thirty payments, he will re ceive back not only his own thirty payments, calculated at compound interest, but the calculation assumes that out of every 100 who enter with him, a great number will fail to reach the required age, and he will therefore become entitled, in addition, to one third of the sum contributed by those parties. This system will, I think, from indications which I have perceived, be resorted to by many more in the shape of an investment of capital, and as a speculation on their own lives, just as tontines were at one period sought after in this country. I am happy to be able to say, from communications which have taken place with countries beyond tke Channelr and from parties there who have well considered the plan of the Society, that they are likely to join it. Those communica tions are complimentary, and show that those foreigners who have considered the plan, are perfectly satisfied with its perfect justness and the paternal interest, so to say, the Society takes in the assured. I think the Society will attain a considerable accession, either by those parties entering into it under the deed of settlement, or by en grafting themselves in connection with it. With regard to the business of the Society, I think it is the best proof that can be given of the solidity and soundness of the Institution, that there is a considerable balance of profit, and that it is able to pay the heavy claims which it has had to meet, and particularly last year. We have placed our accounts in all their amplitude before the meeting ; they will bear the utmost scrutiny ; we have not sought to disguise our losses, as we are of opinion that the best mode of securing public opinion in our favour is to treat the public with confidence—the more these matters are laid open the more advantage will be gained thereby. Gentlemen, I will not detain you any longer. It is not the fashion in the City of London to make long ad dresses.—(Hear, hear.) I will conclude by moving that this report be received by the meeting ; that it be printed for the Proprietors, and circulated ; and that the appro priations made and settled by the deed of settlement be made accordingly. Those who are of opinion that the report should be received, printed, and circulated, will please to signify the same in the usual manner. The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said, the next motion is that John Griffith Frith, Esq., Hunter Gordon, Esq., and John Rawson, Esq., be re-elected as Directors. The motion was carried unanimously. Professor Wheatsone, F.R.S., and Professor Graves, A.M., F.R.S., were unanimously re-elected as Auditors. The CHAIRMAN said this was all the business which he had to bring before the meeting. Captain HEAVISIDE said—l think you are well enti tled, Sir, to our thanks for the statement which you have now made.—(Hear, hear.) It is very satisfactory and gratifying to find that from year to year the audience diminishes. This circumstance clearly shows that the Proprietors feel increasing confidence in the Direction, —(Hear, hear.) I therefore beg to propose a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors for the statement which they have made to us on this occasion. —(Cheers.) Mr. DEES, of Newcastle, seconded the motion, which, on being put by the mover, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said—lt is my pleasing duty to thank you for myself and my colleagues, for the confidence which you have placed in us, and for the kind manner in which the vote of thanks has been received by the meeting. I trust that next year we shall, if possible, have a still better account to render.—(Loud cheers.) The few last years have, it must be remembered, been years of considerable depression and distress. Every branch of industry has been af fected, and there has been such a lowering of the value of money as greatly to increase the difficulty of making good and profitable investments. Considering the state ment of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, my opinion is, that money will rise considerably in value as the result of the measures which he has proposed. Whether those measures will tend to produce prosperity in the country is, of course, another question ; but I firmly believe that the owners of money will find that species of property increased in value, and, of course, therefore, those who are engaged in the business of life assurance may expect a higher remuneration than they have hitherto had for the capital employed.—(Hear, hear.) I thank you, gentlemen, most cordially for the manner in which you have acknowledged our services ; and, on behalf of the Directors and myself, I beg again to return you our best thanks. The meeting then separated. THE PITMEN ' S STRIKE.—As yet no advances towards conciliation have proceeded from either coalowners or their workmen, the latter, since our last, having re ceived a fresh stimulus from the various sums subscribed to their relief fund, amongst which may be named 201. contributed by the quarrymen of Gateshead. However, we regret to learn that the pitmen, in certain instances, are breaking up their sick societies, and dividing those hard earned funds which they had wiseiy provided for days of affliction and death. Partial workings are still going on in several collieries. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the working men of South Shields was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, when they were addressed by a deputa tion from the Pitmen's Union. On Thursday a large meeting of the pitmen was held on Tynemonth Sands, at both of which meetings the principle of " peace, law, and order," was strictly enforced, and a determination to carry out the strike was manifested. Burden Main and Percy Main collieries are partially at work, and Jarrow pit, it is expected, will com mence this week. A number of special constables have been sworn in for protection. A quantity of coal is still sent down by the Pontop and Shields Railway, which is more than enough for manufacturing purposes. On Saturday night, one of the overmen at Hebburn colliery was assaulted, but we have not heard of his being seriously injured. Meetings were held by the pitmen at Percy Main, Durham, and Gateshead Fell yesterday, for publicly discussing their grievances ; and this evening a public meeting, with a similar object, will be held at the Music-hall in this town, and in the early part of the day a meeting of the delegates from all the collieries will take place at the house of Mr. Jude, Manor Chare.—Tyne Mercury. SAYINGS' BANKS.—This Bill, which was issued yesterday, contains sixteen clauses. After the 20th of November neat, deposits of one depositor not to exceed 201. in any one year, or more than 1201. in the whole. When in vestments amount to 150/. the interest is to cease. The Act is not to affect deposits of 2001. on the 28th of July, or deposits of 150/. or above in November, 1844. From and after the 20th of November next the interest payable to trustees of savings' banks shall be at the rate of 2d. per cent. per diem, and the interest payable to depositors not to exceed LK per cent. per diem. Depositors, on making first deposit, to sign a declaration, and a copy thereof to be annexed to the deposit-book and witnessed. Any officer of a savings' bank misapplying any money en trusted to him to be guilty of a misdemeanour. Depositor to produce his book at the institution. Annuities not exceed ing 40/. may be granted to husband and wife. Where deposits and interest do not exceed 50/., and where wills, &c., are not proved within three months, the money may be paid to the widow, or other party entitled to the effects of the deceased. Disputes to be referred to barristers, with liberty to inspect books and examine witnesses. Repeal of part of 9th Geo. IV., c. 92, as to the deposit of rules with clerk of the pence. Two copies of rules to be submitted to barrister for his certificate ; ono copy to be returned, the other to be transmitted to the Commissioners of the National Debt. -.- SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS.—A new order of the Common Law Courts as respects " Satisfaction of Judg ments," has just been promulgated, whereby we find it is ordered—" That for the future it shall not be necessary to have a warrant of attorney to acknowledge satisfaction of a judg ment, or a Judge's fiat thereon ; but it shall be requisite only to produce a satisfaction-piece, similar to that in use in the Court of Queen's Bench, except that in all cases such satis faction-piece shall be signed by the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or their personal representatives, and such signature or signa tures shall be either witnessed by a practising attorney of one of the Courts at Westminster, expressly named by him or them, and attending at his or their request, to inform him or them of the nature and effect of such satisfaction-piece before the same is signed, and which attorney shall declare himself, in the attestation thereto, to be the attorney for the person or persons so signing the same, and state he is wit ness as such attorney; but any Judge at chambers shall have power to make an order dispensing with such signature of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or their personal representatives, under special circumstances, as he may think right ; and that in cases where the satisfaction-piece is si gne d b y t h e per sonal representative of a deceased plaintiff, he shall prove his representative character in such way as the Master may di rect." Signed by all the Common Law Judges. POST OFFICE.—From returns laid before Parlia ment, it appears that the gross total payments paid by the Post-office for the conveyance of the mails by railway in Great Britain amounted in 1838 to 12,380/. ; in 1839, to 52,2301. ; in 1840, to 51,301/. ; i n 1841 , to 94,818/; in 1842, to 77 , 570/. ; and in 1843, to 96,3601. The total number of money orders passed through the office in the quarter ended the sth of January, 1844; amounted to 1,109,720, and the amount thereof to the sum of 2,375,559/. In the preceding quarter the number of orders was 1,019,544, and the amount thereof 2,106,117/. (including the ord ers is sued and paid). The amount in London during the same period was 254,652 against 229,115, and 543,847/. against 485,572/. respectively. The gross total expense of the packet service between places in the United Kingdom in the year 1842 amounted to 91,324/., and the receipts to 19,016/., mak ing the net expense 72,308/. Between the United Kingdom and parts abroad the gross total expense was 497,258/., and the receipts 9,153/., making a net amount of expenses of 488,105/. The grand net total expense was consequently 560,4134 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 0, 1844. ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. This popular exhibition opened for the season on Monday last. The crowd, as usual, was tremendous, filling every room to overflowing; and it was scarcely possible to do more than just take, a hasty, superficial glance at the different pictures. So far, as we have yet been able to form an opinion, the Exhibition, on the whole, is a good one, and we are glad to see that there are fewer portraits of anonymous gentlemen than usual. Among the first paintings that catch the spectator's eye in the east room, is No. 13, The Otter Speared, which is from the prolific pencil of Edwin Landseer. The animal is represented as held up in the air at the point of a sportsman's pole, and an immense number of otter dogs are barking vio lently, and making fruitless efforts to reach him. It is astonishing what eager, natural expression the artist has contrived to throw into the attitudes and countenances of his dogs. 49, Portrait of Bspartero, is a passable likeness, and deserves praise for the richness, yet perfect chasteness, of its colouring. 67, Portrait of her Majesty, is by Newenham, and it has been painted, it seems, by direction of the Junior United Service Club. The resemblance is good, especially about the mouth, and, what is still more remarkable, there is no courtier-like flattery about it. 182, Portrait of TVilliam Charles Macready, by the late H. P. Briggs, represents the tragedian striving hard, but with a success by no means commensurate with his exertions, to look contemplative and senti mental. The likeness may be recognised at a glance, even though it has the fault of being too youthful. 187, The Day after the Wreck, is one of Stanfield's spirited sea-pieces. 203, A Scene from the Decameron of Boccacio, by Chalon, is in the courtly, graceful, and highly finished style of Watteau. 351, Sancho Panza in the Apartment of the Duchess, is less suc cessful in the management of the principal character, that of Sancho, than we should have expected from such a careful artist as Leslie. The squire is much too grave in his manner, and we altogether miss that sly, oily expression of humour for which he was so famous. The countenance of the grinning negro in the back-ground is capital. 332, Shoeing, is one of the most masterly pictures in the exhibition. The tone of colouring throughout is all but perfect, and the muscles in the hind leg of the horse, as the smith holds it up for the purpose of shoeing, are developed with a spirit and anatomical accuracy of which Landseer alone is capable. 379, Hawthornden, is a most romantic scene, whose colour ing, and well disposed lights and shades, exhibit the skill of the artist, Sir William Allan, to great advan tage. 388, Trial of the Seven Bishops, is an am bitious historical painting, by Herbert. The design is spirited, but the picture is deficient in strongly marked character. 426, the Ploughed Field, is one of Lee's sweet, homely, sylvan landscapes. 428, Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, is an admirable likeness, and the colouring is full of force and depth. 430, Venice Quay, Ducal Palace, is one of Turner's grotesque pro ductions. The utmost we can say for it is, that it is not quite so confused and unintelligible as some that we have seen lately from his pencil. 581, Scene on Board a Steamer, is replete with truthful and humour ous expression. The countenance of the dandy, who has just felt the first qualms of sea-sickness, expresses a word of melancholy anticipations. 552, the Tomb of Christ, is one of Danby's splendid poetical concep tions, which please, in spite of the absence of all nature. In the Sculpture-room, there is a graceful and highly-finished bust of the late Mrs. Oughton, by Sievier, and a clever group in marble, by Gibson. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, arrived in town soon after three o!elock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, from Claremont. Their Jaoyal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, awl the Princess Alice, followed in another Royal carriage ; and the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert, followed in a third Royal carriage. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, and the Lord and Groom in Waiting. A grand dinner was given yesterday evening at Buck ingham Palace, to the Noble Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being the Director for the evening. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of Wellington,the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl De- Jawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Cawdor, the Earl Howe, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Baroness Ahlefeldt ; the Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, Baron Knesebeck ; and Captain Francis Seymour. At eight o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge and the Duke of Wellington, left Buckingham Palace for the Hanover-square Rooms. Earl Howe, Earl of Cawdor, the Marquis of Granby, Hon. C. A. Murray, Baron Knesebeck, Captain Francis Seymour, and Colonel Wylde followed in two of the Royal carriages. At a quarter-past eight o'clock the Queen left the Palace to honour the performance of the Concert with her presence at the Hanover-square Rooms. Her Ma jesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and was attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of J ersey' Vis count Hawarden, Sir Frederick Stovin, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, followed in three of the Royal carriages. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeedede the Marchioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting nthe Queen. Viscount Hawarden has succeeded the Earl of Hardwicke as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty ; and: Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded Capt. Meynell as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. THE DUCHESS or GLOUCESTER.—The answer given yesterday at Gloucester House to the nobility and gen try who called to inquire after the health of the Royal Duchess was, "Her Royal Highness is going on very well." The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re sidence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Clanricarde had an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, and Mr. Brickwood, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 8. (Sittings in Banco.) SEAGRAVE V. ENGLAND. The report of this case appeared in our impression of Saturday last, and was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney, the day before. It was an action to recover damages for trespass and illegal ejectment, aggravated by vio lence. Without entering minutely into the facts of the case, we may remind our readers that Mrs. Seagrave, considering herself to be in bona fide possession of a house of Mr. Pocock's, in Swinton-street, King's-cross, was ejected by his agent, the defendant, and that the jury gave her 501. damages. Mr. PETERSDORFF now moved for a rule nisi, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had. He partly grounded his motion on the view taken of a point sub mitted to the jury by his Lordship. Baron GURNEY concurred with the Learned Counsel, and granted the rule ; advising, at the same time, that the defendant should make some concession, rather than incur further costs.—Rule granted accordingly. ST. OTAVE'S CHURCIL—This church, in South wark, at the foot of London-bridge, which, it will be remem bered, was destroyed by a disastrous fire, some time since, together with Topping's extensive wharfs, and other ad joining buildings, is now nearly ready to be once more opened. The old walls and tower have been preserved, intermixed with much new work; and a large portion of the interior of the edifice also remains, as formerly. The church is filled with workmen, and, in all probability, will be opened before very long, once again for public worship. Topping's wharf, also, has been re-erected, and forms an extensive and fine building. Though not altogether finished, apparently, the lower portions already give signs of the bustl e an d ac ti v i ty of business. Indeed, little trace is now to be seen of the destructive fire that laid so many edifices in ruins. A MARKED MAN.—In the history of escaped con victs there never was, perhaps, one more easily recog nised than a man recently escaped from New South Wales, and supposed to be at present in London. He is described thus :—" Adam and Eve, tree and serpent, B, S, T.S., bust of a man, mermaid, half-moon, ship, George and the Dragon, man, birds, heart and darts, Hope and anchor, T, crown and flags on the left arm ; seven dots between the finger and thumb' of the left hand, man and glass on the back of the left hand, ring pricked on the middle finger of left hand, two pugilists on the centre of chest." His name is Truelove Smith, and he is about twenty-four years of age. He was tried at Cambridge on the 15th May, 1830, and sentenced to transportation for life in his tenth year. RESPITE.—His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to direct a respite, from the Bth of May inst. to the 14th of June next, for Patrick Lynch and Edmond Conway, convicts, under sentence of death in the county gaol, for the murder of the Rev. Charles Dawson:. The Court, and reainsdsnoloet examinatio n lyN w ith as e ithrrge a ar fe d r w en itt c on e eanss to the legal point raised in this case, wh en a j uror on the trial was allowed to leave the yinthe doubt adjoiningof their Record guilt.— Limerick Chronicle, THE STATE TRIALS. FROM THII MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—A most graphic and imposing account is given by all reporters of the last day but one of term in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench. The public was on the tiptoe of ex pectation—well-dressed ladies in a state of moderate excite ment were visible in large numbers, the doors were crowded with ill-dressed gentlemen, all come to hear "what was to be stated by the Judges with reference to the new trial in the great case of ' The Queen v. Daniel O'Connell and others."' The gentry of tile bar indeed shook their heads, and Main tained a state of impassibility. But in vain. Public lute rest continued to increase, and would not be pooh-poohed. The public would not believe that the judgment of the Court could be any longer delayed. Their Lordships had come down to the Court at an unusually early hour and fer what but to concoct their judgment? At ten o'clock they plunged into their chambers. At half-past eleven o'clock Mr. Justice Burton emerged, and took his seat- on the bench ; Judges Crampton and Perrin shortly followed, " wearing the appear ance (it was remarked) of men who had been recently en gaged in warm discussion ;" or, as we may more colloquially express it in England, hot and fussy. The Court was very full ; all the Crown lawyers, some of the counsel for the traversers, Messrs. Kemmis, Steele, and Tierney were in their places. The Lord Chief Justice entered, fraught with the great secret. An ordinary motion had possession of the Court, which did not stop, but ran on to its conclusion with importunate pertinacity. History records it all with that deliberate minuteness with which she is wont to dwell on the prelimi naries to a great crisis. At last an opportunity offered, and the Lord Chief Justice spoke. "Mr. Attorney, lam sorry to tell you that the Court find they cannot give judgment in the case until next term." Ibi omnis effuses labor. The in terest vanished—the Court was cleared—and the only re maining excitement was transferred to the "Iron Duke" steamer, and the extraordinary express which conveyed to our own office this important intelligence in nineteen hours from the moment when the Lord Chief Justice was delivered of his announcement. And so ends Easter Term where it began. Mr. Smith has spoken his speech, Messrs. White side and Fitzgibbon have spoken theirs. We suppose we are nearer the conclusion of the great cause—for, after all, human timings are finite, and all finite things—even the cause of "the Queen v. O'Connell" —must have an end somewhere. Nothing on this side eternity is as far from us now as it was at the beginning of Easter Term. But what, or whether any, appreciable progress has been made in ad vancing or retarding that practical conclusion in which the world in general, and the Home Secretary in par ticular, are so deeply interested—whether any one obstacle has been surmounted, any one position secured, any one ar gument, finally answered, by the logomachy of the last two months, is a matter which, " till next term," we can only darkly guess with our correspondent. Meanwhile, we really have to thank the Irish lawyers for exhibiting to the world in its plenitude a phenomenon not commonly seen—a fully developed criminal prosecution. Foreign naturalists, it is said, have ascertained that by a well-managed local applica tion of heat to an embryo animal, you may determine its fu ture proportions inlhe most capricious and unnatural fashion —that a properly directed stream of caloric will induce your chicken to break its shell all foot, all beak, or all tail, as the operator may have devised. An ordinary lawsuit is apt to be such a mishapen animal. The fostering care of counsel has swollen taf'a disproportionate magnitude some single member of the great question at issue, whether A shall be hanged or B transported. The cause comes forth to trial in the shape of one voluminous objection to a point of evidence— one impassioned appeal to the prejudices of a jury—one knotty demurrer to a point of law. "Non omniapossumus omnes." The same case does not ordinarily furnish material for every sepa rate form of opposition. The gist of the battle lies some where, and there is the clatter of lawyers—the rest flows on as a matter of form, unopposed and unimportant —or, if no ticed at all by the contending parties, receives only the com pliment of a cursory notice and a summary dismissal. Not so the Irish case. This comes before " omnibus numeris abso lute." Everything is developed to the utmost. No member has been overlooked—no appurtenance allowed to remain in neglected insignificance—all the capabilities of the law have been taxed to its full extent. There is no disproportionate protuberance, no prominent limb. All is gigantic. A mon ster indictment—a monster defence—a monster appeal—a monstrous body, with its monstrous appendages (not ex cluding a monstrous offender and monstrous attorneys), have combined to show what law could do when it set it self in earnest to stand in the way of justice. Scientifically speaking, the exhibition is hitherto creditable. Mr. Pierce Mahone and his friends are earning a praise higher than that of originality; they are distancing all predecessors in a beaten track. That great and elaborate system by which justice is so successfully delayed in this country has . employed in its construction the subtlety and labour of cen turies. The most far-seeing intellects, the most untiring energies, the most fertile inventions, have been tasked to imagine and to bequeath to us, their children, that compli cated mass of contrivances which it is our happiness to possess for evading, perverting, disguising, and ob s t ruct i ng the judg• ment of the law. It is against a venerable array of legal worthies that the Irish lawyers contend for the palm of ob structiveness. It is a noble and complete system of instruc tion which they are engaged in bettering. But we think they are really in the way to be unprecedented. They have shown what can be done by the law in the teeth of judges, jury, and the law itself, with a completeness which is, to us at least, unparalleled. They are likely, we hear, to be met by an adverse judgment next term, so soon as the judges can make up their minds to pronounce it. But to them over throw is not defeat. It is in receiving a series of overthrows that their tactics consist ; and we shall expect with curiosity the fresh expedient to which the coming judgments will doubtless give birth. HERALD.—The public are throughly sick of the Irish State Trials, and of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench. No body, for the last three months, has anticipated the possible termination of " the monster process," while the traversers can find a quibble and the Court a pretext for entertaining it ; and, in consequence, nobody will be disappointed at learning that the somnolent tribunal has postponed to next term (the fourth that the case will have been in court) its judgment upon the motion for anew trial. The ready facility of the judges has had the natural effect of inviting further dilatory experiments ; a variance, it appears, has been dis covered between the verdict as returned by the jury and the entry of it upon the postea. This is a matter which, in Westminster Hall, would not occupy five minutes. The error, if error there be, is the error of the officer of the Court. (We mention this, that the Times may not leave it at the door of the Attorney-General.) The record is still in the power of the Court, and it is the right and duty of the Court to cause to be amended any error in it, committed by its officer. This Lord Denman would order, as a matter of course, upon a simple suggestion ; but Heaven only knows to how many months' delay, and to how many thick octavo volumes of speeches, the crotchet may give occasion in Dublin. WHITE CONDUIT-HOUSE. -- Yesterday evening Mr. R. Rouse, proprietor of the White Conduit-house, opened his Assembly-room, it having been renovated and decorated f or th e season. tis well propor tioned as regards architectural character, and the proprietor has displayed wonderful taste in the preparations and orna ments. It has been composed as nearly as possible in drawing-rooaa style, but yet is extended to the semblance of the banquetting halls of the baronial mansions of old. The pictures which were to be seen last season are still retained, but there has been added a gallery of sculpture in bronze of the heroes of war and the geniuses of poetry, that adorn the place on brackets arranged in classical taste. When the gas lights were burning the general effect of the room was most brilliant. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. took the chair, and a nume rous and respectabl e company ' did due acknowledgments to his entry. Accompanying him was J. P. Barnard, Esq., T. Rouse, Esq., of the Grecian Saloon, Mr. Childs, solicitor, and Mr. James Duncombe, solicitor, &c. The dinner was excellent, the wines capital, and the at tendance not merely faultless, but all that could be desired. After the dinner, the Chairman gave the usual routine of loyal toasts, which were drunk with the most marked cor diality and enthusiasm. The proceedings were much en livened by several songs from Mr. Robinson, the favourite ballad singer, and Mr. Forde, who elicited great applause for the exercise of his comic power. Mr. Barnard kindly volun teered a song, which was rapturously applauded. Mr. Dun combs, M.P., addressed the meeting several times, and was loudly cheered. Mr. Childs gave as a toast " The Licensed Victuallers, and Mr. T. R ouse, the veteran pro p r i e t or o f th e Grecian Saloon." Mr. Rouse returned thanks. The health of the host was eloquently given by the Chairman, and Mr. Rouse, in a neat s p eec h , acknowledged the mark of respect. Mr. Keasley, th e ex - Governor of the Licensed Victuallers ' Incorporated So c i e t y, proposed the health of Mr. James Duncombe, solicitor, for the services he had done the trade. Mr. Duncombe returned thanks in his usual style of eloquence. We left the company at approaching late hours, in a high spirit of enjoyment. THE NEW GOVERN G XNERAL OF INDIA.—Sir Henry Hardinge, it :is stated, -has determined upon pro ceeding to his government by the Overland route. His Excellency will be conveyed by one of her Majesty's steamers to Alexandria, and from Suez to Calcutta, by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Hindostan, which is to be detained at Suez until the Ist of July. • THE 44 LITERARY FUND" FESTIVAL.—The anni versary dinner of this Society took place yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. It was well at tended, and the guests were entertained with more than usual good cheer by the proprietor of the establishment. In the galleries were the ladies, who waited for several hours with great pertinacity of purpose to hear the speeches of the evening, but who were very much disappointed, for the speakers, with one or two exceptions, spoke in so low a tone of voice that,even those who were within a few yards of them could hardly catch a connective sentence of what they uttered. At half-past six o'clock the chair was taken by the Marquis of Northampton, who was supported by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Bolton, Lord Evelyn, Sir R. Inglis, M.P., the Ambassador for Denmark, Mr, Har court, M.P., Mr. Maclean, M.P., Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Mr. Milne, M.P., Sir John Barrow, General Pais ley, Archdeacon Burney, Professor Twiss, Sergeant Talfourd, &c., and about 150 gentlemen connected with literature. The toasts usual on public occasions were given from the chair, and received and responded to by the company with the usual demonstrations of loyalty and good feeling. The Noble Chairman then gave " Success to the Literary Fund," and made some brief but pertinent remarks on the claims of the Society to support and patronage. The Secretary then read the report of the subscriptions and contributions, which amounted in the aggregate to upwards of 8001. This part of the announcements of the evening having been rece i ve d w ith cheers, the health of the Noble Chairman was proposed by Lord Arundel, and drank with the best feelings. His Lord ship returned thanks. Many other toasts were then given, and drank with the honours. The Marquis of Northampton retired at a n d the nine o'clock; the chair was th en t a k en by Lord Arundel, n festivities kept up till nearly eleven. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —NEW AND U NPARALLELED CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PJLLS.—A poor woman residing at Leeds, and another at Manchester, would, from cancerous breasts, have lost their lives but for these miraculous medicines. A discharged soldier at Chatham prevented the amputation of his leg, which was in a mass of ulcerations, by the great powers of the ointment and pills. A young man in the neighbourhood of Croydon has completely recovered the use of his limbs, which were paralysed, by undergoing a regular course of these wonderful remedies. They cure every settled ache or pain, even if of twenty years' standing. Sold at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout the civilised world. THE EMPEROR or Rossia.—lt is stated that Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., &c., Corn mandant of Woolwich garrison, has received her Majesty's commands to proceed forth With to St. Petersburgh, for the purpose of escorting his Imperial Majesty to England. It is generally believed that "LORI Bloomfield has been selected for the honourable duty in consequence of his Lordship being personally known to the Emperor during his long residence at the Court of Sweden. In the absence of Lord Bloomfield, the command of the garrison will devolve on Major-General Sir Hew Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery. BANKING AFVAIItS. Sufficient time has now elapsed tb allow the city traders • and capitalists to form a judgment upon the new project re lative to banking affairs, which is viewed as the most impor tant measure of the kind since Sir Robert Peel's celebrated Bill of 1819. Taken as a whole, it is pronounced to be de serving of the greatest praise; and it is freely admitted that all the previous recommendations and plans of the select and other banking committees sink into comparative insignifi cance, when compared with the change that is likely to tale place when these views are fully carried out. The subject naturally divides itself into two main branches—the country bankers, and the Bank of England. With regard to the first, the irresponsible issue of paper by individuals or companies is from the present moment effec tually checked—unless by some evasion of the proposed new law, amounting almost to fraud—and becomes limited to about the present very restricted amount which they have in circulation ; and there is every probability that, within a few years the power of issuing notes will be restricted to one , • source. Most people agree that- the loss sustained by the public from country banks is not to be estimated solely by the amount of failures, but that a very large,:though indefi • nite item is to be added for the overtrading occasioned by the injudicious over-issues of those who continued solvent. This was pointed out by Sir R. Peel from the examination of some of their own witnesses before the late Committee, Hence the arrangements respecting theni are regarded as wholesome and necessary checks to the issue of a doubtful and insecure currency; while those which relate to the Bank of England are viewed in the light of restrictions to the in judicious contraction and expansion of a currency, which, however safe as regards the holders of the notes, have fre quently operated injuriously on trade and commerce from sudden and unexpected variations in the amount. One main alteration is the division of the Bank of Eng land into two branches ; the first being simply a bank of issue ; and the second, merely an establishment formed for the ordinary purposes of banking, but without any power of creating notes, and which will therefore act as any private bank trading on its own capital. The issuing department will have two very distinct functions to perform, being authorised to create an amount of paper money to the ex tent of 11,000,0001. based entirely on the debt due from the Government to the Bank, and 3,000,0001. on Exchequer bills and other public securities, to which extent it will be a Government paper money, and incapable, except in parti cular and limited instances, of being increased. The other means by which it may issue notes, in exchange for bullion, will supply what has long been wanted in this great com mercial country—a bank of deposit, similar to that of Ham burgh, so far as it offers the facilities of paper- in large payments, joined with the absolute security of a metallic currency, but superior to it in detail, because it offers the same facility and security to smaller transactions than is afforded by the Hamburgh Bank, where, instead of notes issued, there are transfers made from one account to another, which, limits its usefulness to the larger class of operations. It is clearly seen that the amount of notes which will thus circulate will necessarily be fixed by the wants and con venience of the public, and form a protection against any demand for gold on notes based on the other securities, as before they can be presented the notes issued against gold must have been paid in, and the paper circulation reduced to 14,000,0001. The new measure appears to City observers not only judi cious in itself, but remarkably well-timed. The amount of gold is now about 16,500,0001., and notes to this extent are therefore already based upon the precious metals, so that the transfer of the stock of bullion to the issuing depart ment will form a basis on which this amount will issue and be circulated; to which amount also the currency will be really metallic, although possessing the facilities, so far as easy transport and freedom from wear are concerned, of a paper currency. The remainder of the notes in circulation is about 4,500,0001., and to this must be added the deposits, amounting to about 13,000,0004 and forming a total of about 17,500,000/. liabilities which are based on securities of different kinds now in the hands of the Bank. Of this amount 11,000,000/. is now provided for by the new plan, against the Government debt, and the Bank will have the power to issue 3,000,000/. more against Exchequer bills or other public securities they may now hold. This forms the total issue allowed of 14,000,0001., which deducted from the total liabilities not covered by the bullion, leaves 3,500,0004 which is about the amount of the " rest," or real surplus capital. Hence nothing can be imagined more easy than the transition will be into the new state of things. It follows, that whatever alteration may eventually take place in the total circulation must proceed from the demands of the public. The state of trade, therefore, and the importation or exportation of the precious metals, will in future govern the amount of money, and not, as has too frequently hap pened of late years, the artificial abundance or scarcity of money influence trade and prices. The proposed publication of frequent and full returns is universally approved. The great fault in the present return is the omission of the deposits in the monthly averages, which should have been published with the others, and divided into the two branches of public and private deposits. The accounts pubished by the Bank of France are an ex cellent model to adopt. The only point against which anything like censure has been directed as liable to be abusedin practice, is the appro priation to the Government of any further profit to be derived from any extension of the currency, and some would have preferred limiting the paper circulation at once to a fixed amount, leaving the public, by the importation of gold, to provide any increase which may be required. The new branch of a bank of deposit certainly offers admirable faci lities for this purpose, for the moment that money in the shape of bullion or coin becomes redundant, it can imme diately be converted into notes. In connection with this part of the subject, it is felt to be extremely desirable that the department which issues notes against the payment of gold should still retain the custom now adopted by the Bank, of being a constant buyer of bullion at a fixed price, which re munerates the charge of coinage, for by this means this branch will become, to the full meaning of the term, a bank of deposit. The holder of bullion will then have the power of obtaining an immediate value for his gold, without the delay and trouble of first going to the Mint, and the diffe rence of price will be compensated by the promptness of the return. In this manner it will become of no importance to what extent the issue of notes is carried, as they will all be based on bullion which has already paid the cost of coinage, and may, therefore, at any time be issued as coin without the slightest expense. These have been the curreit observations of the day upon the new plan, though the topic is not as yet by any means exhausted.— Times. LBAmixGroN SPA, MAY 7.—To the continued fine. ness of the weather may be attributed a large number of visitors at this fashionable watering-place. The list of recent arrivals comprises the Earl Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher, Sir Edward Colebrook, Bart., M.P. ; Lady and Miss Scott, Lady Dyneover and Hon. Miss Rice, Hon. F. Byron; Sir Davidge and Lady Gould, Sir Arthur de Capel Brooke, Bart. ; Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, Sir Frederick Hamilton, Bart. ; Lady Duff Gordon and family, &c. The erection of a new tennis court is about to be commenced under the ma nagement of a provisional.conunittee, among the members of which are Lords Leigh, Somerville, and Brooke, and several of the leading gentry of the town and neighbourhood. SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS AND OFFICIAL PAPERS OF ROYAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES. —Yesterday, at one o'clock, a sale by auction of autograph letters of Royal and illustrious personages, including those of Henry VII., Henry VIII., Charles 1., Georges 1., IL, 111., and IV., Charles 11. of Spain, Leopold of German', the Elector of Bavaria, &c. ; the Ormonde, Portland, Fox, Abingdon, and other official papers, together with many hundred letters, from the princpal nobi lity, statesmen, poets, authors, &c., of the United Kingdom, was proceeded with at the Auction-rooms, No. 191, Picca dilly, being the collection of many years of a private indivi dual. The competition was not great, and the various lots were knocked down at a comparatively low price. The fol lowing were among the principal autographs, &c. :—King Charles, to a letter to Viseount Falkland, Lord-Lieutenaht of Ireland, on state affairs, August 4, 1628, 17s. ; King Henry VII., to a wardrobe warrant, " for the delivery of certaine costly articles for our creste at Windsor, Tower of London," 1498, 13s. ' • King Henry VII., to an original wardrobe warrant, for the delivery of certain clothes, addressed to Sir Andrew Windsor, Windsor Castle, 1513, 12s. ; King Henry VIII., to an original warrant, for the de livery of certain articles for his Majesty's hounds, Greenwich, 1511, 17s. ; Charles 11., King of Spain, to King William 111., of England, on the death of his mother, Madrid, May 24, 1696, 12s. ; King Charles 1., to an original State letter of instructions to Viscount Falkland, Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, in fine preservation, dated Palace of Westminster, 1629, 17s. ; a letter from Charles James Fox, to his brother, Lieut.- General Fox, franked,lBo4, 13s. ; Notice for:Colonel Stephen to attend the funeral of Oliver Cromwell, from Somerset house to Westminster Abbey, on the 23d of November. Autograph of Thomas Lord Fairfax, the Parliamentary Ge neral, to a printed certificate that Major Richard Stephen, or Sir Francis Drake's Regiment, " hath deservedly received a medal from the Parliament and City of London, for his faithful services under my'command," two curious documents, 1645, 11. 12s. ; Prince of Wales, List of the Privy Council present at the introduction of his Royal Highness, who took his place at the upper end of the board, on the right hand of his Majesty, the original document, with the Privy Council seal, 1714, 6s. 6d., &c. THE PERILS OF STEEPLECHASING.—FATAL LEAP. —An inquest was held last evening by Mr. Higgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Bernell, aged thirty-eight. From the evidence it appeared that the de ceased was a trainer of horses for steeplechasing, and in the habit of buying and selling horses for different persons. In his capacity of " coper," he taught the horses to leap, for which purpose a number of bars are required of different heights, for the animals to jump over. On Thursday, the 18th ult., Mr. Blore, the proprietor of the Queen's Arms, at Kilburn, known as an omnibus proprietor, on the persuasion of the deceased, purchased a horse at Dixon's Repository. On arriving at, Kilburn, he took the horse to show to a person, and instead of putting it into the stable on his re turn took him into the yard for the purpose of trying his leaping powers. The bar was brought out, and amidst many spectators, it was cleared in good style by the de ceased. Elated with his success, he ordered the bar to be raised higher, and addressing Mr. Blore, asked him if lie would pay ,for a doctor if any accident happened. Mr. Blore told him he had better put the horse up, and not leap again. Being rather worse for liquor, he persisted in leap ing. The horse cleared the bar, but the deceased, by some mischance, slipped off, and alighted on his feet. The ground being rough, and the force with which he came to the ground, broke his right leg. He was removed to the hospital, when delirium tremens set in. He lingered for some ,days, and died on Tuesday night, from mortification of the injured part. The deceased, during his steeplechasing career, had broken his left leg on two previous occasions. Verdict, "Accidental death." SIGHT AND HEARING.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic cadilly. Deafness Acoustic Instruments--Invisible Voice Conductors when fixed in the cavity of the ears are not perceptible, they enable individuals at an advanced age, and of forty and fifty years' standing, of extreme deaf ness, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c.—lt pours the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and Improved hear ing Trumpets of every description. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before imperfect vision that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori ginal state. Also Achromatic Waistcoat Telescopeeand Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescopes of larger size, with increasing powers, for Shooting, Sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observations, with th e cele brated Lenses of the most clear, transparent brilliancy; the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely under the eyes.—SPortsm en, ou rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a great treat. Caution. _Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood ; nor in any part_ of the country: To h prevent mistakes be c autious, and observe,—Only to be at 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite York yyite notel. MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for May.) Regiments and Corpsi Ist Life-Guards 2d do, Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragoon- Gds 2d d 0... 3d de... 4th do sth do. 6th do ........ 7th do Ist Dragoons 2d do' 3d do 4th do 6th do . 7th Hussars . Bth do Windsor Regent's Park Hyde Park Canterbury Ballincollig Dublin ... Longford Dundalk Piershill Cape of Good Hope , Newbridge Edinburgh Bengal Maidstone 'Maidstone Ipswich Nottingham Brighton ... York Bengal. Cahir Dublin Manchester Hounslow Bombay Madras Bengal Birmingham Winchester ' St. George's Bar St. John's Wood Portman Barracks Wellington Barracks Tower ......... Windsor ' Gibraltar Bar badoes* Bombay ••• Bengal Madras Dublin Chester Gibraltar ...... ..•.• Bolton Bengal .. Bengal ......... Athlone Mauritius Mauritius ...... Bengal Canada ... Limerick Dublin Aden China Cephalonia ... Bermuda - Bermuda !Maidstone 9th Lancers ... 10th Hussars ~ I Ith Light Dragoons 12th Lancers .. ...... 13th Light Dragoon! 14th do 15th Hussars 16th Lancers 17th do Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone Gren. Gds. igt bat I, 2d bat 3d bat Coldstream f Ist bat Guards 1 . 2d bat Scots Fusi.. Ist bat Tier Gds. 2d bat Ist F00t... Ist bat 2d bat 2d do. ......... 3d do. 4th do. sth do. 6th do. 7th do. ....... Bth do. 9th d 0. .. 10th do. 11th do 12th do. Reserve Bat. .. 13th do. 14th do. 15th do. 16th do. 17th do. 18th do. 19th do. 20th do. Reserve Bat. 21st do Tralee Londonderry Chatham Chatham Chatham Brecon Chatham Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Armagh Chatham Chatham Jersey Isle of Wight 22d do Bengal ....... Bombay Barbadoes • Canada . Dublin Madras Edinburgh, Cape of G'bod Hope I Bombay Bengal Chatham Chatham • Isle of Wight 23d do Reserve Bat 24th do •• 25th do 26th do ... 27th do 28th do .. 29th do 30th do 31st do ...... 32ddo ...... 33ddo ........ ....... 34th do 35th 36thd0....... 37th do ..... 38th do 39th do 40th do. 41st do 42d do Reserve Bat ...... 43d do 44th do.. 45th do • . . Reserve Bat. Chatham Chatham Chatham Cork . ...... Bengal. Manchester New Brunswick Dublin Mauritius ... Dublin Newcastle-on-Tyne. Gibraltar Bengal Bengal...—. Canterbury ..; ..... Malta Malta Montreal ...... Winchester Cape of Good Hope Gibraltar St. Lucia Gosport ... Jamaica Portsmouth Bengal Van Diemen 's Land New Brunswick Newry Templemore Chatham • !But tevant Templemore 'Chatham Chatham :slo of Wight Isle of Wight 46th do 47th do' 48th ... 49th do 50th do 51st do Guernsey Chatham Chatham Nenagh s'?.d do 53d do 54th d 0...; ........ 55th do. 56th do 57th do 58th do ...... 59th do . 60th do. r I " bat '''' 2d bat... Cbin lantham . Cork , Madras Chatham Portsmouth . .... Kilkenny Nova Scotia Limerick . Bengal Madras Northampton Mullingar Belfast ... Manchester Canada Castlebar Leeds .... Granada Canada • Fermoy ..... .••• ••••1 Newport, S. W Montreal. Plymouth ......... . nevenpott •• Jamaica Bombay Gibraltar . New South Wales Canada . Quebec . Weedon . Madras Antigua Bombay . Glasgow Malta !Chatham IBelturbet 61st do 62d do 63d do 64th do 65th do 66th d 0.... ......... 67th do 68th d 0 .... 69th do . 79th do 71st do Reserve Bat 72d do Chatham Chatham Cllatbam Isle of Wight 73d do.. 74th do , 75th do. 76th do Kinsale 77th do 78th d 0 .... 79th do 80th do. Blstdo 82ddo ... Dover Chatham Stirling Chatham Butte-rant Clare Castle 83d d 0 .... 84th d 0 .... 85th do. ..... Chatham Newbridge __. 86th do. 87th do 88th do 89th do Chatham 90th do 91st do. Reserve Bat. 92d do 93d do 94th do. ..... .. 95th do 96th de 97th do. Reserve 8at... . 98th do 99th do Rifle B. S Ist bat. 2d bat. Reserve Bat. Canada Ceylon . Cape and St. Helena Cape of Good Hope Aberdeen Canada Madras Ceylon New South Wales.. Corfu Paisley Cork Carlow Isle of Wight Carlisle Chatham Dover Sheerness llsle of Wiglit ICorfu China New South Wales.. Corfu Halifax, N. 5... Halifax, N.S Chatham Chatham Athlone Isle of Wight COLONIAL CORPS. Ist Weit India •Regii st Demerara, &e. 2d do 000000 •"•••••:., Jamaica and Bali. 3d d 0... Ceylon Rifle Regiment Cape Mounted Riflemen Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Canada St. Helena Regiment Royal Newfoundland Vet. Companies Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles • Right wing, Quebec ; left wing, Barbadoes. NAVAL STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for May.) Acheron, st., 2, Lieut.-Com. B. Aplin, Mediterranean. Adder, 1, at., Muter-Com. J. Hammond (act.), Pembroke. Advice, 1, st., Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke. African, it., Master-Commander J. King (act. ), Sheerness. Agincourt, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knight, Captain H. W. Bruce, China Division, East Indies. Aigle, 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, Mediterranean. Alban, 1, st. yes., Lieut.-Commander J. Jeayes, Ireland. Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, Vera Cruz. Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander D. Woodruffe, Coast of Africa. Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., Lisbon. Alecto, at., Lieut.-Commander W. Hoseason, Mediterranean. Alert, 6, Commander C. J. Bosanquet, Coast of Africa. Alfred,so, Commander J. B. Purvis, Brazils. Alligator, 26, tr. sh., Master-Commander J. N. King, China America, 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, Devonport. Ansen, 72, convict-hulk, Com. F. R. Coghlan, Hobart Town. Apollo, tr., Commander W. Maclean, Jamaica. Ardent, st., Commander J. Russell, Coast of Africa. Ariel, st., Muter-Commander Luke Smithitt (act.), part. ser. Arrow, 6, ach., Lt.-Com. W. Robinson, Cape of Good Hope. Asp, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. W. W. Oke, Portpatrick. Basilisk, 6, Lieut. Hunt (act. ), South America. Beacon, 6, sur. yes. Com. T. Graves, Mediterranean. Beaver, st., Lieut.- Com. R. Mudge, Dover. Belvidera, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, at. yea., Master Corn. S. B. Cook (act.), Woolwich. Blazer, 3, at. yes., Captain Washington, surveying. Bonetta, 3, Com. T. S. Brock, Chatham. Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Com.. C. B. Yale, East Indies. Caledonia, 120, Adni. Sir D. Milne, G.C.8., Capt. A. Milne, Plymouth. Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chad", C. 8., China. Camperdown, 104, Vice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, K.C.8., Capt. W. F. Martin, Sheerness. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Brazils. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, 2, receiving ship, Lieut. R. Curtis, Malta. Champion, 18, Commander J. Quill (act.), South America. Charon, steamer, Second Master E. C. Rutter (act.), Dover. Childers, 16, Com. G. G. Wellesley, China. Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, Cape of Good R o P e • Clio, 16, Com. J. Fitz) amen, East I n dies. von , Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Com. '.l, Oxenharn, South N. Ameria Columbia steamer, Lieut.-Com. J. 'l arding, America. Comet, steamer, Lieut.-Com. J . B. JI-mery; re land. 2, steamer, Sec. M ss . J. a '' a o ( f °e Good)1a n D d. ort. Ho c l t r . ,e pe. p Conway, 26, Capt. R. Fair, Kll. Cap e A CI ‘. Cormorant, 6. steamer, -to. • merica. Cornwallis, 72, Vice - A dmiral Si r W . P r , ar k T. Go rdon, South er, K. C. 8., Capt. P. Richards, East Indies. Crescent, 42, rec. s h Lt.-Com. M. Donellan, Rie Janeiro. T S le Ba t B • Curacoa, 24, Captain Sir .S. y, r Cuckoo, st., Lient.-Com. A. Parks, Weymouth. Cyclops, 6, st., Captain W. F. Lapidge, Ireland. Cygnet,lo, Corn. H. Layton, Sheerness. ' •JJO 1 Daphne, 18, Captain J . J . ns ow, South Ameri ca . Dasher, st., Master-Com. R. White (act.), We3mouth. Dee, 2, st., Master-Com. T. Driver, Ireland. Devastation, 6,5 t., Corn. W. H. Kitchen, Mediterranean . Dido, 18, Captain Hon. H. Keppel, China. Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Com. W. O'B. Hoare, South America. Doterel, st., Mu.-Com. J. Grey ( ac t. ), Holyhead. D Dr u i b v l e i r n , , 6 5 , 0 a , t. R , C ea o r m . A . d C m . i O ra . l H a a . y e T s ilo C m h as in , a. Dover, at., Master E. Lyne ( act . ), D over. Capt. J. J. Tucker, South America. Dwarf, at., Lieut.-Commander Ireland. Electra, 18, Corn. A. D 1 W t I ar ey, es n dies. Emerald, ten., to St. Vincent, Sec. Mast. S. Beggs, Ports mouth. Espoir, 10, Commander A. Morrel, Coast of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, West Indies. Excellent, Captain Sir T. Hastings, Kilt., Portsmouth. Experiment, 1, at. v. Lieut.-Com. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fair Rosamond, 2, Lieut.-Commander Bulraan, W. Indies. Fanny, tender to St. Vincent, Sec. Muter G. Allen, Ports mouth. Fearless, at., Commander W. L. Sheringham, Portsmou th. Ferret, 6, C ommander J. Oake, Coast of Africa. Firefly, 2, steamer, Captain F. W. Beecher, Woolwich- Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, South America. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. 5.-Postle, Ireland. Fly, 18, Captain F. B. Blackwood, East Indies. Formidable, 84, Capt. 81 C. Sullivan, Bart., I.lleditermess, Troops or Service Companies. Depots. Gorgon, Frolic,oleraa Geyser , no Gleane r, Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., Ireland. ocs e a r empc C ima . iizn ß inacd . s et. Hamilton, Master g o l Carpenter, Sou t h Mediterranean.A meri ea 66 6 : 2, steamer,s(s ; e e a m a i m n m e e an : Hazard, 18, :Lsitzarntm.m-eCor:n Commanderd e rnl' c. Lieut.-Commander , e n EB k iau East I n dies . le, Nor th c ast o f America. Africa. ' S B o:t rm h A ud merica. Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings E. Indies. ri B. - a ra IF. C r . B. C. R i cke t s, e r ni. m r roßo. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. HIBH He rmes , rd r c e r n a aen a t e Hy a cin t h ,, . t 61.e266:, Commanderl: m Ls e v ei ac oe e u m v i . : n ime e : a ecL C o o d mni e n ideHd r . m um.e .R S t rn ri I. Wntel i l'gkeoffer A t'C i l AW K :fottl Af,eeolCdsAnfftr I nd i e s: .dt n: Africa. *rd : nii s C e a :a p ri t ' a n st 2, J.E. Ill u str i o us, Erskine, West Indies. - Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Freeinantle, Vera Cruz. Indus, 78, Capt. Sir J. I'tirling, Ktit., Mediterranean. s. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China, C.H. .Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt., K.P., Cape. Jasper, at ., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pe m b ro k e . Lark, 4, mr. v., Lieut.-Com. 0. B. Lawrence ' West Indies.. Lame, 13, Commander J. W. D. Briabene, Coast of Africa. `Lightning, 2, at., Sec. Mast. W. Roberts, Woolwich. Locust, 3, steamer, Lieut.-Com: J. Lunn, Mediterranean. Lucifer, st. sure. v., Com. Frazer, Ireland. Lynx, 3, Lieut.-Commander J. T. Nott, Ireland. Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, Coast of Africa. Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. R. Sartorius, Knt., Liston. Mastiff, 2, sur. v., Master-Com. G. Thomas, Orkney. Medea, 4, steamer, Commander Warden, Mediterranean. Medina, 2. st., Master-Com. Smithett (acting), Liverpool. Medusa, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander J. P. Phillips, Liverpool. Alercury, tener, §econd Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, at., Lieut.-Com. G. Buttler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain M. Quin, China. Modeste, 18, Corn. T. Baillie, South America. Mohawk, Com. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario. Monkey, I, at., Second Master W. Bryant (acting), Woolwich. Montreal, Lieut.-Com. J. Tyssen, Lake Erie. Nautilus, 10, tender to Victoria and Albert, Lieut.-Com. W. Tringham, Portsmouth. Nereus, store-ship, Master-Com. F. W. Bateman, Valpualso. Netley, 8, tender t o C a l e d on i a , S econ d Master F. H. Mays Devonport. Nimrod, 20, Commander F. H. K. Glasse, East Indies. North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. H ome , B ar t., Ea s t, I n die s . Ocean, 80, Captain Superintendent P. Fisher, Sheerness. Orestes, 18, Corn. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Otter, st. v., Lieutenant-C omman d er H. J ones , H o lyhead. Pantaloon, 10, Lieut.-Com. Lapidge, Portsmouth. Pearl, 20, Corn. R. H. Stopford, South America. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice, China. Penelope, at., Captain W. Jones, Coast of Africa. Perseus, receiving ship, Lieut.-Commander Greet, Tower. Philomel, 6, Com. B. J. Sullivan ' Brazils. • Pickle, 2, Lieut.-C omman d er J. A. Bainbridge, W. Indies. Pigmy, 1, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. C. Autride Pembroke. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Boyter, Port p a trick, 'Pilot, 16, Corn. W. H. Jervis, China.' Pique, 36, Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, North America. Plover, sur.-vessel, Capt. R. Collinson, C. 8., China. Pluto, 2, Lieut-Commander P. Crozier,'lreland. Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirren, Chatham. Polyphemus, 1, at., Lieut.-Corn. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Princess Alice, Mast. Corn. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prompt, schooner, Mate A. Parkwright, Coast of Africa. Prospero, 1, at., Sec. Mu. P. Rundle (act.), . reserve packet, Pembroke. Queen, 110, Vice-Admi ra l Si r E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.B., ' G. .H. Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. Racer, 16, Cop. A. Reed, Brazils. Rapid, 10, Lieut.-Com. E. C. Earle, Coast of Africa. Rattlesnake, tr. ah., Master-Com. R. Brown, China. ; Raven, 4, Lieut.-C om. J. Stephen, Sheerness. Redwing, steamer, Cons. T. Bevis, Liverpool. Resistance, t r . a., Com. C. G. C. Patty, North America, Rhadamanthus, 2, at., Mast.-C om . L een , par ti cu l ar serv i ce . Ringdove, 16, Corn. Sir W. Daniel, Kilt., West Indies; Romney, depot, Lieut.-Cons., R. Itl‘Clure, Havannab. Rose, 18, Com. H. R. Sta r t, Westindies. Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke. Royalist, Lieut.-Com. P. Chetwode, East Indies. St. Vincent, 120, Admiral Sir C. Rowley; Bart., G.C.8., G. C. H., Capt. R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth. Salamander, 4, at. Corn. A. S. Hamond. South Amami. • Semarang, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, 110, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Ppm, K. C. B.; Capt. F. W. Burgoyne, Plymouth. Sapphire, troop ship, Mass-Corn. J. R. Fittock, China. Sappho, 16, Com. Hon. George Hope, Cape of Good Hope. Savage, 10, Lieut.-Com. J. H. Bowker, Mediterranean . . Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley, Brazils Scout, 18, Com. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean. Scylla, 16, Commander, R. Sharpe, North America. Seaflower, 6, cutter, C orn. N. Robilliard, Jersey. Sealark, 18, Com. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa. Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill, China. Shearwater, 2, _ vessel, Commander C. Robinson, cur. steam -vessel, veying Coast of Scotland. Siren, 16, Commander W. Smith, East Indies. Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, part. service. Snake, 16, Com. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean. Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Com. G. Raymond, Ireland. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Lieut. H. C Otter, Chatham. Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, W. Indies. Speedy, 2, Lieutenant-Com. G. Beaufoy, Sheerness. • Spider, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. E. Pym, South America. Spiteful, steamer, 6, Com. W. Maitland, China. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Muter-Com. Moon (act.), Holyhead. Spy, 3, Lieut.-Com. S. 0. Woolridge, Coast of Africa. Star, 10, Com. R. J. W. Dunlop, Coast of Africa. Stromboli, 6, Com. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Ireland. . Styx, 6, steamer, Capt. Vidal, A. T., Azores. Swallow, 1, at., Master-Com. R. Sherlock (acting), Dover. Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia, Devonport. Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Tumour, tender to Seaflower, Portsmouth. Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thompson, South America. Tartarus, steam vessel, Commander J. Wolfe, Ireland. Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, East Indies. • T tender, 6, surveying vessel, Com. E. Barnett, West Indies. Th tnderbolt, 6, steamer, Com. G. N. Broke, C. of G. Hope. To toise, 12, Com. W. Finlaison, Ascensicm. ne. 26, Capt. W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean. Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Cons. J. Emerson, Liverpool. Vernon, 50, Capt. W. Walpole, Ireland: Vestal, 26, Capt. C. Talbot, North America. Vesuvius, 6, steamer, Com. E. Ommanney, Mediterranean. Victoria and Albert, yacht, Captain Lord. A. Fitzclaren Portsmouth. • Victory, 104, Captain Henderson, K.H., Portsmouth. Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicolas, C. 8., K.H., Pacific. Viper, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Carter, South America. I Virago, 6, st.-yes., Corn. G. G. Otway, Mediterranean. Vixen, 6, steam-vessel, Corn. G. Giffard, China. Volage, 26, Rear-Admiral Bowles, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., Cork. Volcano, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. E. C. Miller, Ireland. Wanderer, 16, Com. G. H. Seymour, East In dies: Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P. Wallis, Mediterranean. Wasp, 16, Corn. H. Bagot, West Indies. - Widgeon, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Coin. T. S. Scriven, Dover. Wildfire, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Darby, WeTmouth. William and ;Mary, yacht, Commodore Sir F. Collier, Knt., C. 8., K.C. H., Woolwich. Winchester, 52, Rear-Anmiral the Hon. J. Percy, Captain C. Eden, Cape of Good Hope. • Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vyner (act.), China. Wolverine, 16, Com. C. F. Brown,_Cbina. Lieut Com W Young Hebe, ••• •W. T. Bate, China. Zephyr, 1, et., Lieut.-Com. Jas. Small, Holyhead. REFINING OF SUGAR IN BOND.—The Commis sioners subject o o ff the yt r nf e bocyt r oroh e entfe c ihsg e bie9 i nda si v treh e t arsL,; d uctr a hlg adrae l du e srids t uh t eug a r e ri tep r oyfifs f from the Secre tary to the Treasury,. stating that, with reference to the refined to ac qua i nt de t ° l t he o Ain p per b r oo c e nf e t heo t ; t . aa ß n nd i o e d a s r ; a6 d h iot , h e r t em h i v s a i c t e o t. t o :h c e l, m a, y . d the United Kingdom is specifically made liable upon im portation into any of the British possessions in America, or into the Mauritius, to be applicable to bastard sugar produced in the process of that refitting ; and that it also appears to them, that inasmuch as that these bastard sugars are the result of a manufacturing pro cess in the United Kingdom, they cannot be liable to the ad valorem duty of four per cent. attaching under the seventh clause of the said Act to goods, wares, and mer chandise not enumerated in the table, and " not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom," or of British possessions ; and that he was directed further to state that under these circumstances their Lordships were pleased to desire that the Board would give the necessary instructions to the officers of their department for the clearanee from this countrYt and the admission in the British possessions in America, or the Mauritius, of the bastard sugars in question, as not liable to any of the duties provided for either by the 9th or the 7th clauses of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. cap. 49. A printed copy of this important order has, by order of the Board, been furnished to the officers of the several departments in London, and at the outports of the United Kingdom, for their information and government. . BRUSSELS, MAY 4.--The great establishment of workmen, have rfeocreivseodmecoltnimnlsspioasnts w h i a l v ic e h em ,i. F l l g o:z a d tl 2 y ,olo . creasetlieirainctGiveirinty.an3Mjh.aLsiinutszt, atrrhllr.redpraest Liege,entive w o i f th t h e orderses tablishment for 25- locomotives for different railways in Germany. them the Northern (or Ferdinand's) Railway, atVienna, applies for twelve ; this order is remarkable ; hitherto only English steam-engines have been employed on that railway. It w as c a efthe,rinermitsinisnugpet h ri c o r T t o y d t e h o a f t co thi ns s tnt im ct po ion rta a n t tSoerradierngioarntdwperelve steam-engines was at once resolved on. rt g c uh t nnE under se was sat s C hs owe o uh N n acdtt directiont t as T i tg s eh, . —toaflnilladvanoowfdlfretnedlaasteet, Prince e e be Ce extensive:An expect ed l ebee i s e i il e s e Tn ei n i k e y gE n a mus i c l o wA f H aNs i of the art. Her Majesty honoured the concert with her pre sence. On her entrance, "God save the Queen" was magni ficently performed ; the two 8010 verses by Miss Rainforth and Madame Caradori Allan. A motett, by Cherubini, was performed for the first time, from an original manuscript in the possession of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The duet from Haydn's Stabat Mater " Sancta Mater, istud agas," wakbeautifully sung by Madame Caradori Allan and Signor Salvi. Another most interesting novelty was the quartett from Graun's Passione—a work which, though almost un known in this country, holds the same place in Germany that The Messiah does in England. In consequence of her Ma jestv's presence, the room was more than usually crowded, and presented a brilliant appearance. PORTSMOUTEL—A sentry belonging to the 49th Regiment was seriously hurt on Tuesday night, by four ma rines, who forced his post; he endeavoured to oppose them, but they threw him down, and taking the bayonet from 11? a musket, wounded him in the upper part of the ar m, and then ran off towards Southsea. Mr. Bamford , paymaster o f the 59th Regiment, passing at the moment , gallantly pu rsue d them, and secured one of the party , who is to be tried imme diately by garrison court-martial. The wounded man is fast recovering.—Hampshire Telegraph. A CHILD MUTILATED nT A —AT • _ _—The following shocking occurrence, exhib itin g the ferocity of the rat, oc • curred to Sarah Wiseman, a child a year and a half old, whose parents reside at No. 7, Duke-street, Waterloo-road. It appears that the father of the.child is by trade a Watch maker, but having for some time been out or employment, himself and wife are compelled to go out in the evening singing at a concert, held at a neighbouring tavern: On Monday evening they did so, leaving the child in bed, locked in the room. On their return home they found the child covered with blood, which was issuing from its right, eye, nose, chin, and both arms, from wounds which had been gnawed into the flesh by a rat. The poor child was imme inediately taken to a surgeon, who dressed the wounds, aad it is hoped that, although very bad, it will ultimately recover. It said that amongst the policemen on the Great Western Railway are eight members of the Royal College of Surgeons, and three solicitors. • Naas Hull Cashel Boyle i I