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is hif rtes fa idea. to n, fore' Hous. , on the gyp el; honour iren uP leaf :arl 3 g tht lf gyp" his 6° :: 469 !len t bs N° b . A re • anxl" met bI3 ate , s itAL In ng “ goy :ated to, sing t be bbe,' yea nd Tig ° i orth e L, Stee le+ . plicitors, inesd a l t ; adoen- r Life7' Aned.. 4 . lil ze upy— and the re b Olll cellelq a whlui" I, in Ai' fri ur u to thy. ,ectivelf. , 00 ty; L ent, 00.111 A s. dif fe n i udit y a gsief t " t. its Bur° the i ts. en 1 1 '. 11 :', perrin A " It s is ter: sh t° vote fl 1 fore, - eirc" Coe! C ' zil e; here. b II MCC be • l9v Ilion° soar !o, oo° 5,0 ° °. Io° sto 1 t b e Lt .' . fi e p 0 has satjs' ed. begs left ea , he 10144 ple 1 : 111/t firsP c i ll 001113 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL GENEHAL MEETING. The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the National Loan Fund Lire Assurance Society was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern, B ishopsgate-street. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., in the Chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, The CIIAIRMAN said—The Directors have prepared a report of their proceedings during the past year, and lilac ) 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 depres4ion, so unfavourable to the progress of life assur ance, appears to be gradually disappearing, although during its continuance, and 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 nature 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 tkose which re main to each individual after his ordinary wants are satisfied. It so happens, however, as the experience of the Society has proved 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 e"eclicien.ncyg yineatrhseir annualduringa severe pressure, there is often a de resources. It is to this point, as peculiar to the working of the Society, that the Directors would wish to call the attention of the Proprietors. Th e loan fund system, as engrafted on the Society, has now been long enough in operation to enable the Directors to pronounce an opinion in favour of its utility. It is Peculiarly applicable during periods of embarrassment and Pressure, which, unhappily, too frequently occur in this Co untry. By the operation of this principle, the Proprietors are aware each policy holder assured for life has a right to h covow two-thirds of his premium ; and very many instances h ave 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 b orrow has saved him Mom 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 a nd security of a life assurance, and the use of two-thirds of Ills capital at the same time. To illustrate this, let an instance be taken of a policy holder of six years' standing, whose premium amounts to 1004. a year, at the present moment having paid 6001., he Would be entitled to borrow from the Society the sum of 41301 ., 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 whi c h his lif e w as a s s ur ed. The importance of this principle the Directors believe c/unzot be too highly appreciated by the public, as they feel 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 Judgment, unbiassed by private solicitation of interested Parties. The loan fund on the transactions to the end of the year Lax been acted on to the extent of 16,901/. Bs. 9d. Another peculiar feature of the Society to which the atten ti. on m",the Prop r i e t ors is called, is its plan of deferred annuities ; oin their first promulgation they have attracted considerable atte n ti on —they are at once a corrective both of the errors r e aliar to the syst em , an d g l ar i ng a b uses i n th e administra ''loll of benefit so c i e ti es . I t i s no t a l one , h owever , by th e in dustrious claNes, for whom they were originally designed, Tact this system lzmy be turned to advantage. The wealthier Zaales will find in she combinations of this plan, all the ele "'elite of a safe and profitable investment of capital. The araem includes the advantages of a tontine or survivor /41N where the party attaining the age required becomes entitled not only to the share he has contributed at v°lll Pound interest, but to the capital and accumulations of t1;1 - 1._ ° 3 4 who h ave f ailed to reach the st i pu l a t e d ag e, while the 31 . 1 7 4 se constructed that the loss to the representatives of 'me latter is but trifling, as two-thirds of the premiums paid returned after death. This investment will be found attgible on the lives of, and as a provision for, young people, L'ld on all ages from one to forty- five. One example will be saCeient to show the profit derivable from the application ° f 103/. a-year at the ago of thirty, for the pur- I l l uie e o.. 1" a deferred annuity or the option of other ( 7 0 fits at ,the ag e o f 65. The party so making the in ; * rota would be entitled to the option of an annuity, dur .4 l ife, of I , tgol, 65.; a sum on attaining that age of 11,500 7 A ir' 88 - ; or , sn ot at death of 10,0 391 . 12 s. L ough the actual mortality amongst the assured has not bee n equal to that expected, the policies that have be %ate claims on 'the Society, stave amounted in the last four t ars to 24,6681. 18s., and o f ,*,his sum 10,720/. has arisen othe last Year—an amoun t grea tly exceeding the _erage experience of the Society', either previous to or since December last. The actual mortality amongst the a ssured has exceeded the expected mortality b y Soci s etv —"3'3631' on the year. The entire claims on the its c „_ u nlit, howe ver , to l ess th an the expectation since 13.1:fleie Directors, i n ommen cement by the sum of 1 691/. 2s. conformity with the deed of settlement, c aused the a nnua l i nvest i gat i on i n t o th e affairs of the e tY to be made up to December, 1843 ; and the result, ether with the accounts of the auditors, are presented, and be read to the meeting. The result of this investigation ir tZ te the b us i ness of the S oc i ety i n a pros p er i n g con- The reserved profit above liabilities being 29,3801. ss. 3d. ; a — alth of this will immediately enter into the present dis - Z lt iaa, and in the proportion stipulated in the deed. This 2.,„ Wi1l enable the Directors, after making a reserve of iim• 13s. 6d. towards the extinction of expenses incurred t) Ze 'le formation of the Society, to recommend to the meeting cle elAration of a bonus on all policies on which five pay -14,44 ha to been made ; namely, those of 1837, 1838, and of a dividend on the guarantee capital of the Per e Zlders en the year, including interest and bonus of 7 i to tc t " beak: l W reserving 23,5041.45. 3d. for future bonuses P ° lleY h01t;41 , . Npre , aent bon u s to • the policy holder is, on the average , q 0 t° 60 per cent. on i,he annual premiums, as a rover -4,7 ad dition to the policy, 16 2-3 per cent. in present 44, ,t °I., on th e l a verage , 2 p e r ce..q" permanent annual „ r ° ll en future premiums. qng advantages to oe In wee Clearly poi n t o u t the accumulat. tiali43; holders, a few examples are given, u :kken from the I)t aPared by the Actuary \MPLES. -,................ 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X s. d. %1I"A 74 , 1 1837 170 9377 5 1 3 9 ~.,.._ i % " 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 12 9 16 4 ....---- ....____ 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 The con tent "tors believe that the success of the Society will ttitt.'t to draw towards it the favour of the public and a increase of business. t1:1 —addition to the resolutions enabling the Directors aM ~e the proposed division amongst the policy holders 0, Pl° Prietors, the other business of the meeting -1,1101 election of three Directors, in lieu of John Griffith R. /4 1 N.l Hunter Gordon, Esq., and John Rawson, Esq., tlk t e - P r i°c l of office expires, but . who are eligible to be re tioh - 9 and offer themselves accordingly ; and for the elec of hire Auditors, in place of Professor 'Wheatstone, Snd Professor Graves, A.M., F.R.S., whose period of oftZ fast) 'txpires, but who are eligible to be re-elected , and t heta s 'gives accordingly. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Chairman. ettsai, WAIT—The accounts as passed by t he It teirs Will now read by the Secretary. 'th e Sacat TAß , , then read the audited accounts. the tepekLellaxasw,,,_ -Gentleman, before moving that n *jib received, :leg to state that if any gentleman or of - es to a* an gion on the subject of the report,. the ttecountsy bn most happy to give him an Nre t t i et i: A s regards the acs. ot , 44 by the Auditors, they can *Kints which have examined now, pre slither be exam them ( 1 ' 1 4 _7 always lie at the office, every person can see ;A du ri ng the course of the year. te sted Pause, during which uo persLin present nistni - T he - 1 disposition to put any questions, tle% el talamAN continued—As it seems that no gen renart is inclined to make any observations on th 4 P-0 2t or the accounts, I take it for granted, that the 1e 1 7 . 11 t 41 and the report are satisfactory. I believe that te h lit e in that report stated every thing to the Propri tde as 11(1 to Place thorn, as far as regards a knowledge of 41 4 0 , -- ",: lac tions of the Society, on a level with the of the r 5• I think that the making a full statement it :h airs of the Society in this manner , tle ile 'le best method of establishing confi between 1 1 , 4 s the managing bo d y and the Ariecfrore which th e y are d er i ve d.—(Hear, hear.) Th e ti eui. t4 rs hav e t h ought it necessary to no ti c e more par :l:v:ly, o n the present occasion, the operation of the 1 4 ah V it ld• Hitherto, the aid which the Loa n Fund uerded to the policy holders, has not amounted to yea eh as to enabl e you to f orm an o pinion of the bv.e Of that system which originated with this Society. conta ins that thi s system, which we have p r ojected, alZaiins within itself the elements of very great success ; y ox v til ibk, that a s eac h year ena bl es us t o lay before :N o .. 41.t her accounts of the operation of that Fund, ' B AI find that greater confidence will be r 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 thi 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 Z a year, or 50/., or 10/. 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 the Channel, 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 Tynemouth 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. Burdon Main and Percy ]]fain 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. SAVINGS' BANKS.—This Bill, which was issued en 'erday, contains sixteen clauses. After the 20th of %N ove ober next, deposits of one depositor not to exceed 201. in any o:le year, or more than 1201. in the whole. When in vestments amount to 1501. the interest is to cease. The Act is not 1:9 affect deposits of 2001. on the 28th of July, or deposits of 150/. or above in November, 1844. From and after the fiOth of November next the interest payable to trustees of savi.3gs' banks shall be at the rate of 2d. per cent. per diem, and the interest payable to depositors not to exceed lid. 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 I deposits and interest do not exceed 501., 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 r ules with clerk of the peace. wo copies of rules to be submitted to barrister for his certificate ; one 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 hat 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 ith such l ess as such attorney; but any Judge at chambers shall e t t i o ff omakerpla plaintiffs, ff o order e o r r dispen s ing personal w signature of erepresentatives, under special circumstances:, as he may think rig ht ; an d t h at powerplain in case:." w here the satisfaction-piece is signed by the per sonal rep,7esentative of a deceased plaintiff, he shall prove his representai:ve character in such way as the Master may di rect." Signe:l by all the Common Law Judges. P OST OFFICE,--rrOM returns laid before Parlia ment, it appears that the Cross total payments paid by the Post-office for the conveyance if the mails by railway in Great Britain amounted in 1838 to 12,380/. ; in 1839, to 52,230/. ; in 1840, to 51,301 t.: in 1841, to 94,8181; in 1842, to 77,570/. ; and in 1843, to 96,360/. The total number of money orders passed through the office in the quarter ended the sth of January, 1844, amounted to 1,109,72 0 , and the amount thereof to the sum of 2,375,5591. In the preceding quarter the number of orders was 1,019,544, and the amount thereof 2,106,117/. (including the orders is sued and paid). The amount in London during the same period was 254,652 against 229,115, and 543,847/. against 485,5727. 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 560,4131, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 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 arid countenances of his dogs. 49, Portrait of E.spartero, 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 William 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 glances 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'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and 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 lawarr, 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 Bueoleuch. 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 Jersey, Vis count Hawarden, Sir Frederic k S tovin, a nd the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, followed in three of the Royal carriages. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeeded the Marchioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting on the 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 OF 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 bad 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.) SIAGRAVE 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. OLAVE'S CHURCH.—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 Toppings 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 bustle and activity of business. Indeed, little trace is now to be seen of the destructive fire that laid so many edifices in ruins. A MARKED 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 respite is solely with reference to the legal point raised in this case, when a juror on the trial was allowed to leave the box for examination as a witness in the adjoining Record Court, and not with regard to any doubt of their guilt.— Limerick chronicle. THE STATE TRIALS. PROM THE 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 the bar indeed shook their heads, and main tained a state of impassibility. But in vain. Public inte rest continued to increa se , an d wou ld no t b e p oo h-poehed - 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 for 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 (i in t was remarked.) of men who had been recently en gagedwarm 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 conc l us i on w ith importunate pertinacity. History record s it a ll w ith that deliberate minuteness with which she is wont to dwell on the prelimi naries to a great crisis. At l ast an oppor t un it y o ff e red, 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 effusus labor. The in terest vanished—the Court was clea r ed—and the only re maining excitement was transferred to the "Iron Duke" steamer, and the extraordinary express which conveyed to our own office thisimportant intelligence in nineteen hours from the moment when the Lord Chief Justice was delivered of his announcement. And so ends Easter Tenn 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 things 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 in the 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 to 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 ob,ection 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 luta." 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 justi ce . S c i en tifi ca lly speaking, the exhibition is hitherto creditable. Mr. Pierce Mahony 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 unti r i ng 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 obstructing 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 syst em o f 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 Cow t 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 for the season. It is well propor tioned as regards archite c t ura l character, an d t h e proprietor has displayed wonderful taste in the preparations and orna ments. It has been composed as nearly as possible in drawing-room style, but yet i s exten d e d to th e 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 cl ass i ca l t as t e . Whe n th e gas lights were burning the general effect of the room was most T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., t oo k t h e c h a i r, an d 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 f au l t l ess, 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. R o binson, the favourite ballad singer, an d M r. 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. Rouse the veteran proprietor of the Grecian Saloon." M r. Rouse 'returned thanks. The health of the host was eloquently given by the Chairman, and Mr. Rouse, in a neat speech, acknowledged-the mark of respect. Mr. Keasley, the ex-Governor of the Licensed Victuallers' Incorporated Society, 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 app roac hi ng l a t e h o urs, in a high spirit of enjoyment. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. —S iF Henry Hardinge, it is stated, has determined upon pro ceeding to his gover nment 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 " 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 Grosv enor, Lo rd Bolton, Lord Evelyn, Sir R. Inglis, the Ambassador for D enmar k , Mr. Ha Sir M.P., Mr. Gaily K n i g h t, M r. B . ~ Sir John Bar row , G eneral Pais ley,Air.Air. Milne, 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 received with 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 half-past nine o'clock ; the chair was then taken by Lord Arundel, and the festivities kept up till nearly eleven. LAD VERTISEMENT.]—NEW AND UNPARALLELED CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILL S.—A poor woman residing at Leeds, and another at Alanchester, 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, hroughout the civilised (where rweos rpledc. t a advice nd m e a r y s o b e f m h e had r e a t tis), an d b y a l mos t all THE EMPEROR OF Russia.—lt is stated that Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., &c., Com mandant of Woolwich garrison, has received her Majesty's commands to proceed forthwith to St. Petersburgh, for the purpose of escorting his Imperial Majesty to England. It is generally believed that Lord 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 4rtillery. BANKING AFFAIRS. Sufficient time has now elapsed to 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 take 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—arid 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 It. Peel from the examination of some of their own witnesses before the late Committee. Hence the arrangements respecting them 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 'Padden 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 o f 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, in 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 r 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 16,500,000/., 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 4,500,000/., and to this must be added the deposits, amounting to about 13,000,000/., and forming a total of about 17,500,0001. liabilities which are based on securities of different kinds now in the hands of the Bank. Of this amount 11,000,0001. 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 14,000,000/., which deducted from the total liabilities not covered by the bullion, leaves 3,500,0001., 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 anytl.ing like censure has been directed as liable to be abused in 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 he 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 current observations of the day upon the new plan, though the topic is not as yet by any means exhausted.— Times. LEAMINGTON 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, Bad. ; 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 committee, 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 PERSON•GES.—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 Germany, the Elector of Bavaria, &c. ; the Ormonde, Portland, Fox, Abingdon, and other official papers, t oge ther with many hundred letters, from the principal 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 Tots were knocked down at a comparatively low price. The fol• lowing were among the principal autographs, &c. :—King Charles, to a letter to Viscount Falkland, Lord-Lieutenant 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 clotheis, 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,lo 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, fraiked,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 mf.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. T HE 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 he would pay or 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—lnvisible 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 Trumpits 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 inal state. Also Achroma ti c Waistcoat Teles copes and Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescopes of larger size, with increasing powers, for Rooting, Sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observations, with the 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.—Sportsmen,Tou rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a g reat 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 ; aor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, andpbserve,—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle street; Piccadilly, opposite the York Rote/ MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for May.) Regiments and Corps Ist Life-Guards .... 2d do ....... Royal Horse-Gds.... Ist Dragoon-Gds.... 2d d 0... 3d d• 4th do . sth do 6th do 7th do lit Dragoons ... 2ddo ••. ..... 3d do 4th do 6th do 7th Hussars ... Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars ... 11th Light Dragoons 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons 14th do .. 15th Hussars.. 16th Lancers ~ 17th do Gren. Gda Windsor Regent's Park Hyde Park Canterbury Ballincollig ..... Dublin Longford Dundalk Piershill Cape of Good Hope Newbridge Edinburgh Bengal Ipswich Nottingham Brighton York Bengal Cabir Dublin Manchester Hounslow Bombay Madras Bengal Birmingham ... 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S Ist bat 2d bat Reserve Bat. .....,.......• Chatham Chatham 1 Chatham Isle of Wight Canada Fermoy Newport, S. W Montreal. Plymouth ...... Devonpott Jamaica Bombay Gibraltar New South Wales Canada Quebec Weedon Kinsale Dover Chatham Stirling Chatham Buttevant Clare Cut!. Madras ..... Antigua Bombay Glasgow Malta Chatham Nevrbridge Chatham ( Canada Ceylon Cape and St. Helena Cape of Good Hope Aberdeen ... Paisley Cork Carlow Isle of Wight ( Canada Madras. Ceylon ••• New South Wales.. il Cella Corfu Carlisle Chatham Dover Sheerness Isle of Wight China New South Wales Chatham Chatham Athlone Isle of Wight Corfu Halifax, N. S Halifax, N.S COLONIAL CORPS. st West India Regiment Demerara, &c. 2d do ...... 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 ........« Malta + Right wing, Quebec ; left wing, Barbadoes. NAVAL STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for May.) ACheron, at., 2, Lieut.-Com. B. Aplin, Mediterranean. Adder, 1, at., Master-Com. J. Hammond (act.), Pembroke. Advice, 1, st., Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke. African, at., 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 .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. Lockyar, C. 8., Lisbon. Alecto, st., 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. Anson, 72, convict-hulk, Com. F. R. Coghlan, Hobart Town. Apollo, tr., Commander W. Maclean, Jamaica. Ardent, at., Commander J. Russell, Coast of Africa. Ariel, at., Master-Commander Luke Smithitt (act.) part. ser. Arrow, 6, soh ., Lt.-Com. W. Robinson, Cape of G ood 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, at., Lieut.-Com. R. Mudge, Dover. Belvidere, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, st. yes., Muter Com. 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. Yule, East Indies. Caledonia, 120, Adm. Sir D. Milne, G.C.8., Capt. A. Milne, Plymouth. Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8., China. Camperdown. 104, Vice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, K. C. Capt. W. F. Martin, Sheerness. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Bruns. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, 2, receiving ship, Lieut. R. Curtis, al CChhaamropni,onste a l in B, e Co r, s m e m co a n n d dek Childers, 16, Corn. G. G. Welles le y , China. E n (act. Rutter S ( t oit t h . ) A , ni D e o r v i e c a r u L te Cia r E. ' Clio, 16, ,om. J. Fits amen, East Indie s . Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill Capeo ha , South America. N. America. D fGood Hope. Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Co J c a a g p o e e e ( f a G ct e . o ) d , H e o v pe onport. Comet, i s a, tea s ni te e a r m , e L r ie L ut ie ... u co t%co j :u2 J ° . ,x l3 4 e.n . _ H Em ainr e d r i y n , g ireland. er, Cormorant, 6, steamer, Coin. G. T. Gordon, South America. Cm Co n n fi w an ay c , ° 2'6 2 , , Capt. stea FSaecir.,l%Klas. Cornwallis, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., Capt. P. Richards, East Indies. Crescent, 42, rec. sb., Lt.-Com. M. Donellan, Rie Janeiro. Cuckoo, st., Lieut.-Com. A. Parks, Weymouth. Curacoa, 2 4, Captain Sir T. S. Paley, Bart., Brazils. Cyclops, 6, st., Captain W. F. Lapidge, Ireland. Cygnet,lB, 10, Com. Captain H. 3. L r Onslew, on, South Sheerness. Daphne, America. Devastation,D Dee, as he 2 r ,a s t t ..; 111%'6Ila,usatttee„rr-C-CCinnini. H.. R . il i K v i e t i e r t , c ( h a e c n t Ireland.)WeMediterranean. W. meuth. Dido, 18, Captain lion. H. Keppel, Chin ' a Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Com. W. O'B. Hoare, America. Doterel, at., Mas.-Com. J. G rey ( act.), Holyhead. Dover, at., Master E. Lytle at.) Dover. Driver, 6, at., C om. C. 0. Hay es , China. Dublin, 50, Rear-Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker s South America. Dwarf, st., Lieut.-Commander Ireland. Electra, 18, Com. A. Darley, West Indies. Emerald, ten., to St. Vincent, Sec. Mast. S. :filaggs, Ports mouth. Espoir, 10, Commander A. Morrel, CoaA of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, Wet; 'lndies. Excellent, Captain Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth. Experiment, 1, at. v. Lieut.-Coin.. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fair Rosamond, 2, Lieut.-Commander Bulman, W. Indies. Fanny, tender to St. Vincent, Sec. Master G. Allen, Ports mouth. Fearless, at., Commander W. L. Sberingham , Portsmouth. Ferret, 6, ommander J. Oake, Coast of Africa. Firefly, 2, steamer, Captain F. W. Beechey, Woolwich. Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, South America. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. J. Postle ' Ireland. Fly, 18, Captain F. B. Blackwood, East Indies. Formidable, 84, Capt. Sir C. Sullivan, Bart., Mediterranean. Troops or Service Companies. Depots. Naas Boyle Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., Ireland. Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, South America. Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean. Gleaner, 2, steamer, Sec. Master H. Hill, Bermuda. Gorgon, 6, steamer, Captain C. Hotham, South America. Griffon, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jenkin, North America. Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, Coast of Africa. Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, E. Indies. Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. Hecla, steam-vessel, Commander J. Duffill, Mediterranean. Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, West Indies. Hermes, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Coro. W. Carr, West Indies. Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Com. H. R. Foote, Coast of Africa. Hornet, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. B. Miller, West Indies. Hyacinth, 18, Commander F. Scott, Coast of Africa. Hydra, 4, Commander H. B. Young, Coast of Africa. Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain J. E. Erskine, West Indies. Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Freemantle, Vera Cruz. Indus, 78, Capt. Sir J. .sAirling, Knt, Mediterranean. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China, C.H. Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt., K.P., Cape. Jasper, st., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pembroke. Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut.-Cora. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies. Larne, 13, Commander J. W. D. Brisbane, Coast of Africa. Lightning, 2, st., Sec. Mast. W. Roberts, Woolwich. Locust, 3, steamer, Lieut.-Cora. J. Lunn, Mediterranean. Lucifer, st. sure. v., Corn. Frazer, Ireland. A L i y a n d x a g , a s 3, L e ar e4u4t -Captain Commander i nFoot Coast a N fi t o o t f t , Ireland. Africa. Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. R. Sartorius, Knt., Lisbon. Mastiff, 2, sur. v., Master-Com. G. Thomas, Orkney. Mediterranean.ctinic ), L Liverpool. Medusa, Medusa, 2, st. Lieut. •Commander J. P. Phillips, Liverpool. e rd tt en (l Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, st., Lieut.-Corn. G. Bottler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain M. Quin, China. Modeste, 18, Corn. T. Bailie, South America. Mohawk, Corn. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario. Monkey, I, st., 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-Corn. F. W. Bateman, Valpa.aiso. Netley, 8, tender to Caledonia, Second Master F. H. May, Devonport. Nimrod, 20, Commander F. H. K. Glasse, East Indies. North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., East Indiea. Ocean, 80, Captain Superintendent P. Fisher, Sheerness. Orestes, IS, Corn. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Otter, st. v., Lieutenant-Commander H. Jones, Holyhead. Pantaloon, 10, Lieut.-Com. Lapidge, Portsmouth. Pearl, 20, Corn. R. H. Stopford, South America. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice, China. Penelope, st., Captain W. Jones, Coast of Africa. Perseus, receiving ship, Lieut.-Commander Greet, Tower. Philomel, 6, Corn. B. J. Sullivan, Brazils. Pickle, 2, Lieut.-Commander J. A. Bainbridge, W. Indies. Pigmy, 1, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. C. Autridge, Pembroke. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Boyter, Portpatrick. 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, Ireland. Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirren, Chatham, Polyphemus, I, st., Lieut.-Corn. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Princess Alice, Mast. Corn. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prompt, schooner, Mate A. Parkwright, Coast of Africa. Prospero, I, st., Sec. Alas. P. Ruadle (act.), reserve packet, Pembroke. Queen, 110, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., G. C. H., Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. Racer, 16, Com. A. Reed, Brazils. Rapid, 10, Lieut.-Corn. E. C. Earle, Coast of Africa. Rattlesnake, tr. sh., Master-Corn. It. Brown, China. Raven, 4, Lieut.-Com. J. Stephen, Sheerness. Redwing, steamer, Corn. T. Bevis, Liverpool. Resistance, tr. s., Corn. C. G. C. Patty, North America. Rhadamanthus, 2, st., Mast.-Corn. Leen, particular service. Ringdove, 16, Corn. Sir W. Daniell, Knt., West Indies. Romney, depot, Lieut.-Corn., R. APClure, Havanna.h. Rose, 18, Com. H. R. Sturt, West Indies. 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. 13., G. C. H., Capt. R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth. Salamander, 4, st. Corn. A. S. Hamond, South America. Samarang, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, 110, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K. C. 8.. Capt. F. W. Burgoyne, Plymouth. Sapphire, troop ship, Alas.-Com. J. R. Fittock, China. Sappho, 16, Corn. Hon. George Hope, Cape of Good Hope. Savage, 10, Lieut.-Corn. J. H. Bowker, Mediterranean. Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley, Brazils Scout, 18, Corn. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean. Scylla, 16, Commander, R. Sharpe, North America. Seaflower, 6, cutter, Corn. N. Robilliard, Jersey. Sealark, 18, Com. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa. Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevin, China. Shearwater, 2, steam-vessel, Commander C. Robinson, sue-. veying Coast of Scotland. Siren, 16, Commander \V. Smith, East Indies. Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, part. service. Snake, 16, Corn. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean, Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Com. G. Raymond, Ireland. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Lieut. 11. C. Otter, Chatham. Spartan, 26, Captain the H o n. C. G. J. B. Elliot, W. I n di o& Speedy, 2, Lieutenant-Corn. G. Beaufoy, Sheernes s , Spider, 6, Lieut.-Corn. R. E. Pym, South America. Spiteful, steamer, 6, Corn. W. Maitland, Chilra. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Master Com. Moon (act. ), Holyhead. Spy, 3, Lieut.-Com. S. 0. Woolridge, Coast of Africa. Star, 10, Coro. 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, st., Master-Coro. R. Sherlock (acting), Doter. 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. rninder, 6, surveying vessel, Com. E. Barnett, West Indies. ilkunderbolt, 6, steamer, Com. G. N. Broke, C. of G. I-lope. Taatoise, 12, Com. W. Finlaison, Ascension. Tyne. 26, Capt. W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean. Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Com. J. Emerson,tiverpooL 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, C. 8.,K.H., Portsm ou tk, Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Ni co l as , . 8., K. H., Pacite.. Viper, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Carter, South America. t Virago, 6, st.-ves., 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, Corn. G. H. Seymour, East Indies. Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P. Wallis, Mediterranean. Wasp, 16, Corn. 11. Bagot, West Indies. , , Widgeon, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. T. S. Scrive n , r jover. Wildfire, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Darby, Wee - mouth. William K and c l . l4la ., ry, s , vo y o a l c w h ic t, h. Commodore Sir F. 'Collier Kat. Winchester, 52, Near-Anmiral the Hon. 4, Percy, Capt a i n C. Eden, Cape of Good Hope. Wolf, le, Commander A. Vyner (act.), 'chi na. Wolverine, 16, Corn. C. F. Brown, Ch ; .na. Young Hebe, Lieut.-Corn. \V. T. Bate, China. Zephyr, I, st., Lieut.-Com. Jas. Small, Holyhead. REFINING OF SUGAR IN BOND.---The Commis•• sioners of Customs have received a letter from the Secre tary to the Treasury, stating that, with reference to th ss subject of the admission of bastard sugar into the col co n i es, he is commanded by their Lordships to acquaint the Board, that they do not consider the duty of 10 per o ,tent., ad valorem, to which by the 9th clause of the Act of sth and 6th Vic., cap. 49, foreign sugar refined in .bond in the United Kingdom is specifically made liable, upon im portation into any of the British possessions ; An America, or into the Mauritius, to be applicable to I . ,ast i u.d sugar produced in the process of that refisitari ; and that it also appears to them, that inasmuch. as that these bastard sugars are the result of a man .tifanturing pro cess in the United Kingdom, they cannot; be liable to the ad valorem duty of four per cent. attar ißaing under the seventh clause of the said Act to good;, wares, and mer chandise not enumerated in the table, and " not being the growth, production, or manufectum of the United Kingdom," or of British possessions ; stnd that he was directed further to state that under these circumstance& their Lordships were pleased to desire that the Board; would give the necessary instructions to the officers of their department for the clearance fvom. this counts-3r r and the admission in the British possessif.ms in Amertts4 or the Mauritius, of the bastard sugars in question, as 9 n t o h t l o i r a b t l h e e t 7 0 t h any of the clahses o d f ut t ie he s p A ro c v t id s e a t di fo r 6 e v i t i h e e . r cap.by the 9th or the 7t h clauses of the Act s and! 6 Vie. cap. 49. A printed copy of this important order h as, by order of an d at the o e u idi t a p ,t, have t i, ie s eng o l ep f , employed No h vy e i tehdo 2r,do United u: 6 the Board, 13een furnished to the o ff ice rs of the several. n th lm eir ndon, Kingdom,deparinen departments s for i information and gov trnment BRUSSELS, MAT 4.—The great (ntablishment of a ; ys h i: t . h G er e t r o ma o i ni ty v . .Ax: . :In. lash workmen, have received commissions w hi ch will greatly In crease their activity. Mr. Lints, the rep ri isentive of the es- Seising Germany, wili • chfo .Bm has t j im us e t a u r l r s i t v es tablishment in employed on cotniort.l,tiaattsraierlatw.,a,:i:: and I n d t - N i F e a r s . them the Northern (or Ferdinand's) Railwa .y, atVienna, 'applies I°c°m th t i i : e o s rd fo e r r d i i s ff r e e re m n a t r r k a a i b h le ' for 25 ceiving its superiority that this impo7.'tan a f t s f o te r e a t r i n e v - x e e l a v n m e g 1 s team-eng ines have e xam ining the b modeeen steam-engines was at once resolved on. t oreher for twelve THE ANCIENT CONCERTS. Th 0 c9,neert of lasi evening was under the direction of Prim selection of music w as w h at m i ght have I,r-e Albert, and the om his Royal Highness's sound taste, a n d ei .een expected l f: d of the art. H er M a j esty honoured the ' mtenelvenvige concert with h e r ,pre sence. On her en t rance, " God save s , ne Queen" was magna - ficently performed; the two solo vv rses by Miss Rainforth and Madame Caradori Allan. A nmtett, by Cherubini, was performed for the first time, from an orig inal manuscript in. the possession of his Royal Highness P rince Albert. The. duet from Haydn's Stabat Mater " Sand, a Mater, istud agast": was beautifully sung by Madame Cara , d.ori Allan and Sigh Salvi. Another most interesting nov, eltv was the quartet from Graun's Passione—a work whit} 1, though almost un known in this country, holds thA t same ~, pl ace i n G erma ny that The Messiah does in Engleura. In consequence of her Ma jesty's presence, the room 'was tr.oro than usually crowded, and presented a brillianr_ appearanc.Q. PORTSMOUTH,. —_A sentry helonging to the 49th Regiment was 99-;,ously hurt on Tuesday night, by four to oppose them , but ma rines,who forcr d his post ; he endeavoured fo i , but they thrr,,, him down, and taking the bayone t ai r ni n th his musket, we unded him in the upper part of the ,ann, of ell ran off tov ,cards Southsea. Mr. Bamford, m aster pay a llantly thepursued 59th Regiment, passing at the moment, g is to be tried p im them, and secured one of the party, w ho The wo unded • me man is fast ellatf,dy by garrison court-martial.. -4.lacovering.—Hampshire Telegraph A CHILD MUTILATED H RAT.— The Y A • e following. s h oc ki ng occurrence, exhibiting the ferocity of the rat, oc,. carted to Sarah Wiseman , a c hild a year and a half old whose parents reside at No. 7, Duke-street, Waterloo-roadk It appears that the father of the child is by trade 'a watch- maker, but having for some time been out of employment, himself and wife are compelled to go out in the evening singing at a concert, held at a neighbouring tavern. CA Monday evening they did so, leaving the child in bed, t o cked in the room. On their return home they found t' .. . 0 , c hild, covered with blood, which was issuing from its . ri g ht eye. nose, chin, and both arms, f rom woun d s wl.' id , h ad been gnawed into the flesh by a rat. The poor e . ni i d was irame , mediately taken to a surg eon , w h o dress.. .e 1 'the wounds, and it is hoped that, although very bad, it w• .(1) ultimately recover. It is said that amongst the p01,,, e . e , n en on the Great Western Railway are eight membrk4 ce f t h e Royal College of ' Surgeons, and three solicitors, IS d the the Mon' 11 and La" Force r piC' oners. indis ,yshiP 1195 sale es de- Mar' were par ti. irden ineY bees King's g lides , his be th the y , the id Jos Priec s g , the • Sa , l,° Braw Boar aye to :ooiec" nit the ra s de taken inister