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ad gr• to 4 1 Ind 20 ;slid; :UrPsll 16.) o pur ; takes r carne for 11l an ad • ,rde ) 00 0 irtS the trade: erSuaugjar tefine d 7t5 1° fresclo 21s 6d. had at )Wn ow b 9I -35 fOr firu i ; Leman" Lnce on erriO' n Ltely a t oreig, 6 arret;: 18 5 Whit e pai d ' d of bi dii n , boC 0 1e, of w red 5 5 . (13 : 1 to '2- rof4 e3 a on o Yet fe l ioff Ye f . P' o f Ito t o n o' t . t 1;i to 511. • )o"qa oc re a 0 C 131°' Ca t ' ele 'P t la ° , to cet, GO' s ' tio 10 • di° sra a ce , t , 151 e - ' J ~ ' r lIW • been ad- , ices ended Wide, e con in the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. DtE WEEKLY MEETINGS of the LEAGUE T„,,..nt COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE will be RE-COMMENCED Va EVENING. "'HARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P., will take the Chair precisely at • The Seven o'clock. %.. meeting will be addressed by H. G. War 1 , Esq „ M.P ., for A u 'e , d, and other gentlemen. 7_•Ftls of admission m ay be had on application at the Offices of the n ( 3 , on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven a nd - I o'clock. - %lineations for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter lineations rne " • a nd cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Fit ualleries. SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF BURMESE PRIZE MONEY. „Secretary's Office, Royal He Chelsea, April 16, 1844. bIRECTORS of the Honourable EAST INDIA COMPANY t ani paid over to this HOspital the amount of the UNCLAIMED 1 4 11. ES of Pri ze M oney on accoun t o f her Majesty's troops of the i n r as establishment, which served with the army under the cora t,"", dof Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C.8., at the cap ..es naade in the Burmese territory, viz., Ist, 41st, 45th, and 89th t ignents of Foot ; notice Is hereby given, that payment of such un- V„'"ed Shares on account of the said troops, will commence on Oni''' r4 DAY, the 15th day of May next, and be continued at this of 4'e on each succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours Ten and Two. . . RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar, ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX RAILWAY COMPANY. WI LLI 80IIMISSIONNAI4ES. AL , AM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool Mid Paris ; lINSE LAURENT, Banker,l President of the Tribunal of x?narce, Blois ; • TOINE LUZARCHE, Iron-master, Chateau de Clavieres , and —try (10 ,P tal, £2,600,000, in Shares of £2O ; Deposit, £1 per Share ;4% 1 , 0 1 will I e returned without any deduction, if this Company be the one tlithorised by law). c om a PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the ANGLO-FRENCH o' PA3I- Y, who sought to obtain the lease of the Railway from rs, to Tours in the last and present session of the French Chain h7,_iproftting of an access of subscriptions amounting to several enl m ° is of francs above the capital required for the section to Tours a.nd encouraged by the very favourable terms off . ered, and since subnlitted to the Chambers, by the Minister of Public u !its, have now tendered for the whole line from Orleans, through fo.tra, Poitiers, and .Angouleme, to Bordeaux. The Company is I,: r " l i ,allY and legally re-constituted for this object, on the model of the • t, and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Companies. The capital Fr Liirectors will be French and English, in equal proportions - . The 1),: nell lists are filling' steadily, and the deposits paid at the Com bankers in Paris, and the provinces traversed by this line ; the tiion of the capital reserved for England is in great part engaged, t 7 the original holders in the Tours line will•obtain a preference, and 'hares in this Company. paPutation from the Company is on Its way to England, to corn • i c th e arrangements with the English Shareholders, and, in the • antU ne, applications may be made for the remaining Shares to 2 ,ss.rs. Jonah Wells and Son, Stockbrokers, Old Broad-street, Lon oq Messrs. Ewart and Bell, Stockbrokers, 3, Copthall-chambers, L i. „ 4( lon ; and Messrs. C o l eman a nd Todd, Stock and Share Brokers, order of the Provisional Committee, • WILLIAM MACKENZIE, J. D. BARRY, Representing the English Shareholders. ._______CoMMlttee-Rooms, 24, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, April 13, 1844. • TUE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND. Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. n. 1690. Capital 1,000,0001. in 10,0001. shares of 1001. each. Old Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf. Govxasma—AßEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR-JAMES ALSTON, Esq. ai.. rniltin ad Jelocrhslett Kennard, arovEden,sq,E.Esqsq. ASSISTANTS. .. 0 Francis Mowatt, Esq. John Nix, Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq. ,ZT Lawrie, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. ii l ularn Little Esq. Alfred Ricketts, Esq. ao 4rt Log. lin Esq. William Scarth Moorsom, Esq. tacdonnell, Esq. Louis Vigurs, Esq. •"-Ve:ick Ricketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq. 1 11 4 1 : 1 Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper Vlb e gLn England hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S Dl pee 0 declared on the 6th instant, at the rate of live per cent. sre e nern, free of deduction for income-tax, on the paid-up capital Str eet, ' the Company, is now payable at their house, Old Broad- By order of the Court of Assistants. W. INGLIS, SecretarY. t[ALL and ALLAN, of 69, 70, and 71, PAUL'S-CHURCHYARD, having completed the t im : 3 e alterations found necessary by the great in crease oftheir aII respectftilly to invite Ladies and the Public generally to 11 041' 2Peotion of their NEW and SPLENDID STOCK, selected in the el and Continental Markets for the Season, comprising every Pa ne j ,In French, Figured, and Plain Satins ; Rrocaded, Plain, and Ly on ; os _ms de Naples, with most recherche designs in Paisley and I.!e variety tie e - 3 ° Rawls, Scarfs, Mantles, &c. Lama and Cachmere Dresses in of style. el ud r in non Blondes, Collars, Lace, and every article in Millinery, In l'estbeg,._ a _magnificent assortment of Ribbons, French Flowers, Cott ' 3, me. Paris and Grenoble Kid Gloves. Lisle, Silk, and Cotton Bos e & The Li c ' lot, _ Linen Stock is replete in every department, and comprises 1 -Bths and 4-4ths Irish Linens, Sheetings, Damask Cloths, lko., all of genuine fabric and warranted. `8 paid Printed Muslins in all the new designs. Observe—WATERLOO HOUSE, 69, 70, and 71, St. Paul's -Churchyard 1 1- ATENT ECONOMICAL STOVE. The Tlion r - N,EIV PATENT THERMIO STOVE, invented by Messrs. tver PALLOWS, and CO., is pronounced . the most complete efreeti _ ered, as it combines elegance of design, with the advantage of As a a considerable saving in fuel, and at the same time acting . the „",,,11, Preventive to smoky chimneys, a fault so common with L i narY register stove. pe WO7lO !cell in ai oratn at the PANKLIBANON IRON Baker d -st ly reet, Portioman-square. 1 EUGENE DOLLEY, at present, and for tw.a —ve months past, residing at No. 5, Meard's-court, Dean street,sou M bei' ue , in the parish of St. Ann, and county of Middlesex, teltd to n g a manufacturing perfumer, do hereby give notice, that I in- Ittr eot, Present a p e titi on t o the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall %true i,o ndon, praying to be examined touching my debts, kaki o , a nd effects, and to be protected from all process upon Lerebtfre e t B ° a fuPllyment disclosure of my and jus ur t sran n ed d er debt e s s ; end lawful of such atn l ,' for gil d . 1 further give notice, that the time when the matter of the 0 4ze Peti tion shall be hear' d is to be advertised in the London after and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one month at the least kt re , e date hereof; as witness my hand, this twenty-first day of la the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and n furt • Y- futtr ”Itt, ' EUGENE DOLLEY. ' e se, Edward Lewis, solicitor for the said Eugene DolleY, 'l,_ L __&dain-street, Adelphi. A S S'S PAL E A L E. k a , y Messrs. BASS and CO., with every wish to avoid whatever the i,„;rve to prolong a di s p u t e , o f w hi c h th e y are fully sensible of to I,l74 l nity, conceive that they are called on to make a brief reply Wecc s ,! r s• Allsopp's advertisement of the 28th ult., as far only as is It hill `! r Y to vindicate the accuracy of their own statements. haveOf th e been observed that, with the exception of their returns tPllPtee to of the current season, Messrs. Allsopp have not at and Ln contradict a single statement advanced by Messrs. Bass tith or : neither do they deny that their references are of the highest to l '„ , trael os '•,‘ • They resort for quotations favourable to themselves an they 40 Prices current and to the letters of their own agents, d 411 .14, t u ack to dates extending over October, November, December, h ere Bl* eitle , o ' , 4 P r, while the quotations of Messrs. Bass and Co., referred by' t 'l to the latest reports of prices in December, which reached or aetwee Overland Mail in February. Messrs. Bass and Co. quoted t ta s ale of that date in Calcutta at 80 rupees. A plain account cadv ltipaction will show in what manner Messrs. Allsopp, who n W•n i s l s true nature from the documents Messrs. Bass and Co. 4 e 22 that perverted the facts relating to it. On to Qof eir reach, have I,tyb,`Fenaber, Messrs. I. Mackey and Co. sold th i n butts, equal f,7 1 at 7 5 "LnB. of beer daily expected to arrive, per Tecumseh," Zuni' 'h' t a n, Q half at 80 rupees. On the arrival of the vessel it was and Q yin" fallen short of provisions, the troops on board had , has. 41 th fierily h In the meantime the market had advanced, Aet hhds. were charged and paid for at the current mer an(' tw o 1 , 0 4 . llpees, two hhds. were delivered at the original price, bi• PD, nOtl;,,tg illiaged not full), realised 70 rupees Messrs. All twelasersnt ;'', ll standing they had seen the letters of advice of the sale Z n hds., have represented this as a sale of two casks only. Rare f o 4 , rQPP insist that Messrs. Bass and Co.'s returns of ship ,he Present season are " grossly untrue." Those returns h'ch o , i ' c Led from th e customary public sources of information—to "s far as relates : 1 1essrs. Allsopp refer when it suits their purpose—and theto Ogee r elates to their own shipments, Messrs. Bass and Co. know !heir accurate while Messrs Allsopp's contradiction rests upon navhl7 un suppoited assertion Their home trade for Pale Ale hav e toquadrupled Within the las . t four years, Messrs. Bass and Co. ,_ ° l'der s p en compelled to limit their foreign trade, and to decline large th,i r `i p i nt their most valued correspondents; but a recent addition ''',„, c orma ot re 'YerY. though not fully in work until Janilary, and etas Y seen nas enabled them to ship, within the last six months, as T o ' e n by the excise entries and subsequent clearances : „. the Three Presidencies of India ••• • • • .... 9,080 In other settlements East of the Cape ••• • • . 1,750 , also Ale t„,„ Total . • • . . • • • 10,830 hhds. . been remarked that this disputa originated in Reel, ,8.• Allsopp's have publishing returns of shipments for 1841-42 in YQ:tr. 'tanner as led to the inference that they were those of last p taeo t ,, l endeavouring to exce themselves or proucin an erro- Nt,,, theyof assert that the exports of the two houses last year 18 41 88 as possible in the same proportion" as those of , e 1 ----5,42 which they published; whereas, the truth is that the Year s :, e ttlrns, which are obviously of equal authority for both tor„v, that so far Prom being in the same proportion, the ex atemst,' lessss. Allsopp fell off last year 611 hbds., while those o f are e o ' t "^" and Co. increased 2,177 hhds. Messrs. Bass and Co. , r,ti ri e t nt to leave the fact just stated to bear its own comment, and parent to f rom this unseemly altercation, they trust it will be ap tilat,tt,r%oll who have made themselves acquainted with its tiltr t , d lr °M the beginning, that they have been forced reluctantly on the public attention in a manner which they are Without ble Would under other clreumstanceS, have been altogether ittirtone.xeuse. uPon-Trent, April 10, 1844. LONDON STORES. 49, Circa Tower-street, and No. 3 Wharf, City Basin. L 0 1 x TABLE KNIVES, 1 ls. per dozen bISEACTir, 98.; CARVERS, 3s. 6d. per Pair. 4-in. balaan 11,44 e. e-seehniaencibiael,alnerc - . TABLE. DESSERT. CARTERS. at-ir i . h m doz. doz. pair. 6e. 6d. g e e h st an iu dl id c b . e . s • t . 78 7d. 18s. Od. 14s. Od. Ditto titi.;,'; ''' ••• • • ....... ... • • 20s. Od. 16s. Od. • h andles " atse n's Alati- t Plate , equal to silver. a a 22s. Gd. 18s. Od. Bs. 6d. Those h o , s , k. "rks half the price of the above. Cuiory, wilic e l uave for Fifty Years ranked pre-eminent for their rruit Do is alwaYs exchanged if not approved. Forks /Tan', .. v ert R o i ves of _ W 's ' new Alabata Plate, with French Ivor y /Ta u ', cry Handles _. atson of 24 pieces ;ditto with carved ?aft n '“es, or W „ t ,, 2 .55. per set and Blades, Albert ern, 2/. 10,. setu Albata Plate Handles C. "Watson' isrPer of 24 pieces. superiority eitevettravi ot her s ini e z w e d ni ~ la b t ala . Plate possees ew es e t e lLe foll u o u w d in p g urity, a rich Rix per.vsTiaPPearatice, ; -' perfecta an s u — gr A eattiur ability. Strong Tea t - fo 225 • oach'ra•n2ils. each ; Cruet Frames, with four richly bottles, cu the table and sideboard is Manufactured into every other articlefor up t o Ten Guineas.. rapier biachie Tea-trays, 305. a set of three AMPS. BRILLIAICCY AND ECONOMY IN LIGIIL, Norton c. WATSO`PS 1 tou..poi„ t " •wnse s , 41 and 42, Barbican, and ?ftirner4 ,a ,e, contain all the most approved Lamps nd 2 The Iteain Candle Lamp, which requires no snuffing, 98, - : _ two ence, 25 3. e Z,I:anIP, to bur n a 3.. wick candle seven hours for 425. twopence, 1„ smells, each, complete ; :2s! now so Magnums, giving a splendid fight, of tlte d. 1. ,soanndnifiephwunsredds, to burn common oil without smoke or Ills Illustrated Catalogue *and Price Current is just taini n Plate, 8 r..e.. tvii ,,_g a detailed list of his justly celebrated Albata _... h o 2 e n may be had gratis and post-free - on application at his ware 4. s, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton-Folgate. published, con- Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three. Si CHWEPPE'S SODA AND POTASS . WATERS, and XRATED LEMONADE. The continued preference of the Public for the above celebrated treparations (notwithstanding the low price at which imitations are flequently vended), so abundantly proves their su perior .`,_ cl alY remains for the manufacturers to express their ac glen Tents, and to caution consumers against an imposition ellen pr u c . z!sed 5y unprincipled persons filling Schweppe's bottles with a sp penor quality, that 'gnu composition, and passing it off as Sch we ppe's anufacture. NO is genuine without alabel usetin the of their firm. SCHWEPPE'S LIQUID M A G N E S IA, for thec ure of sea nem, gout, acidity, &c., is an invaluable medicine, scientifically made With the aid of their powerful machiinry, and patronised universally by the medical profession. sick , Sold, together with the above , by m ost respectable Chemists in tile U nited anuf Kingdo actories at m 51, Berners-street London ; and a t th eir ranch M Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. WORSPOST -OFFICE ARIt ANGEMENTB. DELL'S VEGETABLE RESTORA TIVE PILLS, prepared only by John Kaye, Esq., 0 ` Dalton Halc near Huddersfield, have now, arising solely from !heir intrinsic merits, attained the h ighest celebrity, and become G u t Most extensively established Family Medicine of the present day; tlit as many parties, anxious to obtain this medicine, find great uifficulty in doing so, owing to many country towns yet being without an Agent, from whom it cm be procured ; to ebviate this difficulty, the proprietor has now rnade arrangements by which persons, resid. Ing In Any part of the United Kingdom, may b, supplied with a single ;yarn.ox2.,post free,ffirect from the Wholesale Depot. in London, by tor ing fourteen penny postage stamps ; or, for the - arger box, 5 - 9d. in stamps, addressed—Kaye's Wholesale Depot, 41, Coleman. street, near the Bank .London. n WORSDELL'S PILLS are sold in boxes , at Is. INd. and 'a 9d. each, and may be had at the Depot, 44, oltman-street, and 0 ,“! the following Agents for London and its vicinity :—Mesrs. Hannay and Dietrichsen 63, Oxford-street • Mr. Hallet, 83, High I ‘ l . °l6 nrn ; Mr. Britian), Bookseller, 11, Paternoster-row ; Mr. ...Mei., Chern , st, 16, Pitileld.street Hoxton ; Messrs. Pratt and Co., Chemists, 29, Little Newlywt-street, Leicester.square ; Mr. C. King, 2, Blac kfriars'-road • Mr. Johnson, 68, Co f ill ; Messrs. Dordoy and Goodwin, 38, Blickman-street, Southwark; and Metcalfe, 16, CIDIVIWtreet, Walworth-roild, ~_ate i_y - '4..ivA. t';' ,01 ,- 'alik,•‘ ''-- - ••,* - • , 41 11 . 1 - • - , 4 . r . . NI -siii , ta.,.. . , ~.c gst. • Alik . ; i 1 , ./ . • . , -•• • 4 s k; ti) --- cal • 3.1- 4 t, „:,,---- , - . • . - i*. o f . , --7---- , Int * \ l'Ot% • ;, .---4 ~..., -t- ilksim., .. , r -.!.=-,...., ;.• , r .... r , . • t , ! fa . iii t .. tr ..... _ ,: - ,/, ~, ~',,, ~) .E z file 0-, . . ~... 41111 " V*1\ lEf ~ 3 -4:: -. 'ra• . . - 'v • .r.iwoirrTatilk• ',......, ~ ' `ur: . ivy., ,-' DI . i ,V'- 4 . 1, !.... , q ~ o n., - 5.'....r.,-. - . - - - 3 , - \-----= --.................... ..---- 40 , a • . ~. "...,.. - " •• • .-,,....?.• *' - k ..- ) . - -...),-..• No. 16,123. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SU N 7 APRIL 17, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS: in LONDON up to that Hour• ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NOTICE ! T HE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR PACKET COMPANY /S REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, • TO THE OLD SHADES PIER, ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE, • THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT • NINE. N.B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage. Star-oftlee, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. MUSIC OF AMERICA, by Mr. C. E. HORN. riIHE DIRECTORS of the ROYAL POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION have (WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC) engaged Mr. C. E. HORN to Deliver a Series of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT DIFFERENT NATIONS. Those on America will commence on Thursday, the 18th inst., at Three o'Clock, to be continued each alternate Day at that Hour; and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'Clock. All the Exhibitions are continued as usual. Admission Is. Schools, half price. TO RAILWAY SPECULATORS. The FIRST NUMBER of THE RAILWAY CHRONICLE will appear on SATURDAY NEXT, 20th of APRIL .A detailed Prospec tus will be sent free, by post, to all who furnish their address to the Office, 14, Wellington-street, North, Strand, London. LAW- INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, April 16. Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNIDY and a Common Jury.) SANDER and Co., 319- and 320, HOLBORN, (corner of Southampton-buildings, and opposite Gray's Inn gate), have constantly on view the LARGEST STOCK in LONDON of TABLE GLASS, plainly or elegantly cut; Dinner, Dessert, Breakfast and Tea Services, and Toilet Sets in China, Ironstone, and Earthenware ; Ornamental China, Papier Macke, and Iron Tea Trays ; Chandeliers, Lustres, Argand, Solar, and Vesta Lamps; Hall Lanterns, stained or plain ; Alabaster Figures, Vases, &c. Parties favouring this Establishment with a visit will obtain every information relative to prices, and will not be importuned to make purchases. Goods delivered in Town and at the Docks, Cartage Free. ENERAL TOM THUMB, the American HATTON V. MACHEADY. , Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, his Royal Mighness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the'Queen of the Belgians, &c. &c., exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to visiting Paris, In CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Two to Five, and Half-past Six to Nine o'Clock. This wonderful Man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. JOC-O-SOT, the Sauk Chief, .deci dedly the finest Indian that has visited Europe, is also present at each Exhibition, illustrating the Dances, &c., of his Tribe. Admission One Shilling, without regard to age. The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry at their residences, on due notice. THEAMICAL DIFFERENCES.—This was an action brought by John Liptrot Hatton, the author of the celebrated Eng lish opera, Pascal Bruno, which was played with so much success in Germany, and gentleman of well-known musical talent, against the eminent tragedian. William Charles Macready, Esq., to recover the sum of 191. Bs. 6d., for ar rears of salary, and two performances in Der Frieschutz and Macbeth, at Drury-lane Theatre. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted except as to 121. Is. 6d., which he paid into Court. CROSS KEYS HOTEL, HULL. WILLIAM VARLEY, begs most respectfully to return his sincere thanks to the Commercial Gentlemen, Families, and others, who have so kindly favoured him with their support during the live years he has occupied the above Establish ment, and solicits a continuance of the same. Having been requested by the Commercial Gentlemen patronising the Cross Keys Hotel, to convert his large Coffee Room into a Commercial Room, to which with pleasure he consented ; he also begs to inform them, that he has now got it completed, with every comfort he possibly could, for the Accommodation of the Commercial Gentlemen. W. V. is glad to state, that the Gentlemen who have seen it express their satisfaction with the Alterations and Improvements of the same. W. V. begs further to state that the Room will be re-opened for the Commercial Gentlemen on Wednesday, the 17th instant. Hull, April, 1844. Mr. Simon appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Whitmore for the defence. NEW COAL TAX.---At a most numerous and respectable MEETING of the CONSUMERS of COAL, held ut the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, this 16th day of April, 1844, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the new duty of sd. per ton on Coals, about to be brought lonvard at the suggestion of the Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements, for the purpose of embanking the Thames from Whitehall-place to Blackfriars-bridge ; . A difference arose between the parties as to the amount of salary, and Mr. Hatton did that which Mr. Macready consi dered a breach of engagement ; and the question was whether the former was entitled to a notice or not. _ _ JOHN MASTEIIMAN, Esq., SLY., in the Chair, - The following resolutions were proposed and adopted : Moved by B. IlAwxs, Esq., M.P. for Lambeth ; seconded by WILLIAM OED, Esq., M.P. for Newcastle, That an additional Tax on Coal, the cheapness of which tends so much to the comfort of the poor, and is so essential to the prosperity of the various manufactories established in this Metropolis and its environs, is unjust and impolitic. Moved by Colanel WOOD, X 1 I'. for Middlesex ; seconded by the Hon. FREEHOLD ESTATE, BLETCHINGLEY, SURREY. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made. in Two Causes of CAMPBELL v. FOSTER, and CAMPBELL v. WALTERS, by Mr. JOSEPH NASH, of Reigate, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN Wits" one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Auction Mart, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of May next, at Twelve of the Clock at Noon, A FREEHOLD FARM HOUSE and THREE COTTAGES, late in the occupation of John Campbell, Esq. Together with Barns, Stables, and other requisite farming Buildings, and several pieces or parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Ground, Plantation, and Woodland, .situate at Underhills, in the parish of Bletchingley, in the county of Surrey, containing in the whole 170 A. la. 28e. Printed particulars are in preparation, and may shortly be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ;of Mr. Henry Ward, Solicitor, 51, Lincoln's Inn fields ; of Messrs. Whitmore, Rornieu, and Walters, Solicitors, 9, Lincoln's Inn ; of Messrs. Fosters and Evans, Solicitors, John-street, Bedford-row ;of Mr. Joseph Nash, Auctioneer, Surrey ;at the prin cipal inns in -the neighbourhood ; at the place of sale ; and of the tenant, on the premises. Dated 16th April, 1844. Mr. WurrmottE urged that the plaintiff had destroyed his own case. Supposing the plaintiff were entitled to a week's notice from the time of discontinuing his services, and to two guineas for a _performance of a mongrel kind, similar to that of Punch, where one figure moves and a person speaks from behind, the defendant had more than covered his demand by the payment of 121. Is. 6d. into Court. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Captain Rots, M.P. for Westminster, That the purpose to which this tax is proposed- to be applied does not justify so obnoxious an imposition. Moved by Lord HARRY G. VANE, for South Durham ; seconded by WM. CMRISTIE, Esq., That a petition, embodying these sentiments be adopted, and John Masterman, Esq., M.P., the Chairman of this meeting, be requested to present the same to the House of Commons, and, in conjunction with the other metropolitan Members, be requested to support the prayer thereof, and that a deputation consisting of the members pre sent, with power to add to their number, request an interview with Sir Robert Peel, Bart., in reference thereto. Moved by B. BATEMAN, Esq., Chairman of the Chartered as Com- pany ; seconded by J. C. PRIOR, sq. That these resolutions , be advertised in the usual morning and evening papers, with the names of the mover and seconder. JOHN MASTEEMAN, Chairman. Moved by DAVID BARCLAY, Esq., M.P. for Sunderland ; seconded by Iwax PONTIFEX, Esq. ; resolved unanimously. • That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman for the handsome manner in which he came forward to assist on this im portant occasion, and for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. J. T. BARHAM, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 2600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both In its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the fall benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus aceording to au equitable scale, may either be paid in cash , or applied in reduction of future premiums Entry: IPolicy.' • No. lAge COURT CIRCULAR. EXAMPLES, Sum. I Al4enmua.l Bonus I Cash Prem. Added. I Bonus.lßeduced. The Queen will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, Earl of Morton, Count d'Argenteau, Major de Moerkerke, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Col. Buckley, and Col. Bouverie, left Wind sor Castle at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway.. The Royal party . were conveyed to town by a special train, and on arriving at Paddington, immediately en tered five of the Royal carriages and four, which were in readiness at the terminus, and proceede d Bucking ham Palace, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. In the first carriage were her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen of the Bel gians, and his Serene Highness the Erince of Leiningen. In the second carriage were, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. In the third carriage were the Countess ' of Charlemont, the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Hon. Miss Stanley, and Hon. Miss Hamil ton. And in the other carriages were, the Earl of Morton, Count Mercy d'Argenteau, Major d'Hanins de Moerkerke, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Colonel Buck ley, and Colonel Bouverie. The Illustrious party arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past four o'clock, the Master of the Horse and the Vice-Chamberlain receiving her Majesty and Prince Albert on alighting from their carriage. His Majesty -the King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past seven eclock, yesterday evening, in a carriage and four, from Claremont. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, in a carriage and four, at one o'clock, yesterday, from Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness was at tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Lady Anna Maria Dawson, joined the Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in the parks in an open carriage and four. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl borough House. Mr. T. Macdonald had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial=office on the affairs of New Z, ADMIRALTY COURT, April 16. TILE ELIZABETH. m4A- LVAGE. This was an action to recoitompensation for alleged salvage services rendered by two licensed boatmen to a schooner named the Elizabeth, of 60 tons (new measure ment), bound on a voyage from London to Canton, which met with a gale of wind near the_lsle of Portland, and, it being feared that she had sprung a leak, the master put back, and when off Dungeness, on the evening of the 13th of Ja nuary, hoisted a light for a pilot (as he alleged), and was boarded by the salvors, by whose aid the vessel was brought into Dover harbour. The owners contended that the service was one of pilotage, and tendered 101., which was consider ably more than the ordinary rate of pilotage. The salvors claimed to have performed a salvage service, for which 101. was inadequate. The value of ship and cargo was 2,3001. After hearing Dr. Haggard for the salvors, and Dr. Addams for the owners, who characterised the action as an attempt at extortion, Dr. LUSHINGTON, repeating the doctrine he had often laid down, that a pilot is not bound to take charge of a vessel which required services of another kind, not in the ordinary course of navigation for the ordinary pilotage alone, declared his opinion that this case was not one of mere pilotage, and that 101. was not an adequate reward for it, and he al lotted 201. ,ealand: The. Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a neeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall place. There were present—the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Ely, Hereford, Ripon, and Worcester, the Earl of Harrowby, and the Dean of Westminster. Mr. Legh Master, Re&istrar of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans acted business.yestcrday at the Foreign-office. Mr. George Mathew, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Bahamas, had ari interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The • Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. George Rennie had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday. Sir Edward Knatchbull left town yesterday. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. - PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK ON ORNITHOLOGY. On Tuesday, April 30, will be published in Imperial Quarto, with Four coloured and Three plain Plates, 10s. 6d. Part I. of THE GENERA OF BIRDS. By GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Senior Assistant of the Zoological Department in the British Museum. Illustrated with about Three Hundred and Fifty Plates. By DAVID WILLIAM MITCHELL, 8.A., F.L.S., &c. *** To be completed in (not exceeding) Fifty Monthly Parts, 10s. 6d. each. London : Longman, Brown, Green ,and Longmans. This day is published, in Bvo., price 25., QY STEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. 1,3 By C. lIAGEN, LL.D., Professor at the University of Koenigs berg, &c. Translated from the German, by JOHN PRINCE SMITH. " This is really an extraordinary pamphlet, and very striking in its views, definitions, divisions, and arguments."—Literary Gazette, April 13. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Published this day, fcp., Bvo., 3s. 6d. THE ECONOMY of ASTE iIANURES. A Treatise on the Nature and LW of neglected Fertilizers. By JOHN HANNAM. Written for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and published by permission of the Council. " Mr. Hannam's excellent treatise on Waste Manures points out the great loss of manure going on en almost every farm, and it gives directions which will be found extremely useful for the preservation of all kinds of manures in their most effective state."—Address of the Council of the Yorkshire Agricultural Socictj% London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. T- PICTORIAL TIMES. IE SPLENDID ENGRAVING OF WILKIE'S BLIND FIDDLER, Will be Presented GRATIS with every Copy of the PICTORIAL TIMES, of SATURDAY, April 20, which may be ordered on or before that day. During the following week, until Saturday, the 27th, the Price of the Paper and Engraving will be One Shilling. After the 27th the price of each Engraving will be ss. ; but Pur chasers of a Volume will be presented with a Copy Gratis. India Proofs, 10s. 6d. WAVERLEY NOVELS. ABBOTSFORD EDITION. VOLUME the FIFTII of this Edition is now ready. It is illus trated with Nine Steel and One Hundred and Fifty Wood Engravings, and contains THE MONASTERY AND THE ABBOT. One of the illustrations of the last named Novel is the Lennox or Darnley Jewel, in the Royal Collection, engraved by permission of her Most Gracious Majesty. R. Cadell, Edinburgh; Houlston and Stoneman, London. Just publshed, price 55., Important to Artists, Authors, and Pub lishers, AN IMMENSE SAVING may now be effected in the cost of all elaborate and highly-finished Prints of all sizes, Maps, Charts, and Illustrations for Books, Periodicals, &c., by the adoption of GLYPHOGRAPHY, or Engraved Drawing, full par ticulars, with numerous Illustrations of which may be seen in the Third Edition of a Work called GLYPHOGRAPHY. By Edward Palmer, 103, Newgate-street, London, and may be had, through any Bookseller. This day is published, T HE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXXIII. Ce 1. Coins and Currency.--The Bank Charter. 2. Discoveries in Central America. 3. Books for Children. 4. English Cathedral Music.—State of the Choirs. 5. Louis Blauc's " Ten Years'" Reign of Louis Philippe. 11? 16. Anglo-Catholicism—The Oxford Controversy. 7. The Penny Postage and the Post-office. 8. Sir Charles Bell's Essays.—Anatomy of Expression. 9, Life and Correspondence of William Taylor, of Norwich. 10. Thierry—" Les Recits bierovingiens." :".." 11. The Atmospheric Railway. Recent German Literature. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. NEW WORKS JUST PUBLISOKSELL HED, AN S D TO BE HAD OF ALL BOER. In 2 vols., UNCLE SAM'S PECULIARITIES. By UNCLE SAM. CONTENTS :—Catalogue of Passengers crossing the Atlantic—First Impressions of New York—An Aristocratic Dinner and Evening Party in New York—A New York Boarding-house—" Grocery Orders " and " Taking the Benefit "—The Loquacious Kentuckian— A Journey to Philadelphia—A driving Captain and a " loafing" Major Jack—An Election in the " City of Brotherly Love"—Mr. Tom Watson's " English Porter-house and Ten Pin Alley"—An Indian- Christian-Dutch-Jew-Yankee Actor—Tile Play behind the Scenes— American Auctioneer " going it "—Composing an American Melo drama—A Kentucky Horse-dealer and a Yankee Pedlar—American Niggers—The Util. Unit. and the Wet Quaker —Final Reflections, and Recrossing the Atlantic, &c., &c. Also, PEREGRINE PULTUNEY; or, Life in India. 2. GASTON DE FOLX. 3. MEMOIRS of ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON*, Comedian, By GEORGE RAYMOND, Esq. Illustrated by George Crulkshanis London: John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. TIIE PAYSIOLOGY OF TIIE PASSIONS. " There are passions grateful to the breast, And yet no friend to life : perhaps they please Or to excess, and dissipate the soul, Or while they please, torment." Elegant pocket edition (20 engravings) price Is., by post Is. 6d. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASS I ONS , their Purport and Control. On Chastity, its abuses and diseases arising therefrom--on Marriage; its duties and denials—on infeli citous and unproduetive - unions.—Law of Divorco, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Br.c. " But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite; and in one fate, Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21 Arundel-street, Strand. At home, daily, till Two ; evenings, Seven till Nine. X £ s. d.I £ s. d. £ s. d.l £ s. d 1,000 67 8 4 132 1 4 6 58 19 9 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 061 837 I 39 159 1838 ll4 56 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. 8 19 4 16 9 7 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered — every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty- Rye, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. Its. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives in cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect secur tended a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has at it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 60,000/. In 1841 the Company , declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 2L per cent. per annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sam Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners, (whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military officers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service hi every part of the globe. The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured. High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of Assurance, but as the scale, now adopted will be found as low as is consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with other advantages, will induce a great increase of insurers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate Premiums. The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad justed table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. ofthe profits to be applied in making a provi n for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, London-bridge. WM. WNIELL, Manager. G REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY, 14, WARTERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. Credit given for half the amount of the first five Annual Premiums, by which means Assurances may be effected with the least possible present outlay, and after payment of the arrears, the Policy-holder will become entitled to participate in the entire profit of this Institu tion, precisely in the same manner as if he had paid the whole amount of his premiums in advance, in the usual way. Thus, for example—a person in the twenty-fifth year of his age, instead of paying 21. 6s. per annum for an Assurance of 1001., would be required to pay, 1/. 3s. only during the first five years, when, on payment of the arrears of Premium, amounting to Si. 155., his share of the Profits would be such as to reduce his future Annual Pre miums to very little more than the half Premium of ii. 3s. originally paid by him. The Great Britain is the only Mutual Assurance Society in which this very great accommodation is given to the As sured. Credit allowed for the whole of the first five Annual Premiums, on satisfactory security being given for the payment of the same at the expiration of five years. All the profits of the Institution divided annually among the Policy holders who shall have paid five Annual Premiums. Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus, which, with every requisite information, may be obtained by application to A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. s a EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq. . Ai d. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq. M.P. Cerssmruca ACTUARY—Professor Hall. of King's College. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury.square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 9 , Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. LOW RATES - OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured have the security of the Company's income of nearly VO,OEO per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund in vested in Government and other available securities, of considerably la ger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby. in e ff ect, giving to every Policy Holde r a n immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. For One Year. For Seven Years. Whole Term. - ---. -......--...-- 20 £0 17 8 $0 19 1 £1 11 10 301181 2 7 2 0 7 40 1 5 0 1 6 9 2 14 10 50 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 0 11 60 3 2 4 3 17 0 6 0 10 One-third of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents UNS.—LONDON PROVED GUNS. J- A SINGLE-BARRELLED GUN, with twisted barrel and patent breech mss. A ditto, ditto, London proved 3ss. A double-barrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech SSL A ditto, ditto, London proved • 6ss. A single-barrelled Gun, 18s., usually charged Two Guineas. Single Guns, to £6 lvs.; Double Guns, to £l5. Hitherto there hes been no certain way of obta.ning a good gun without paying an extravagant price. Guns sold at low prices have been made by those with whom quality has not been so much a con sideration as the production of a showy cheap article, which has generally proved worthless, if not dangerous. This has led RIPPuN and BURTON to engage persons of known ability and great experience in the manufacture of guns, and they now solicit sportsmen to inspect their extensive assortment. Mahogany cases, fitted with cleaning tackle, shot-pouch, powder-flask, &c., in great variety. THREE PAPIER MACHE TRAYS FOR THIRTY-FIVE SHILLINGS. A FULL SET of three ornamented PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, Gothic shape, for 355. ; of three Gothic iron trays, 255. ; of three convex trays, 75. From the unprecedented depressed state of the manufacturing districts RIPPON and BURTON have been induced to make large ready-money purchases in best japanned wares, which, together with their previous stock (already the most varied and extensive in Ir ndon), is now ready fur inspection, at very reduced prices, of which the above are a criterion. A single tray at the same rate. Detailed catatogues, with engravings, sent (per post) free. IVORY TABLE KNIVES, ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN. Octagon Ivory-handled table.knives with high shoulders, l Is. per dozen ; desserts, 9s. ; carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair; white bone table knives 6s. per dozen ; desserts, 4s. ; carvers, 2s. per pair; black horn table-knives, 6s. per dozen; desserts, 4s ; carvers. 2s. 6d. ; table. steels, Is. each. Table-knives with handles of the celebrated substi tute for silver, made only by Itippon and Burton, (which cannot be distii• guished from sterling silver except by the mark), 255, per dozen ; desserts, !Ss. ' • carvers, per pair, Ss. 6d. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per post), free by RIPPON AND BURTON, 12, WELLS-STREET, OXFORD STET, whose knives are all marked w it h t he ir names, any of which they will exchange if not approved of. ESTABLISHED 1821 Just published, price ss. 6d., T"VERSUS LIFE. An Enigma; attempted to be solved by observation on the three leading phases of human existence — Y OUTH—hIA NHOOD—AGE. £he ill-concealed imprudence of Youth, the irresolution of Manhood as prematurely heralding the advance of Age—on Indigestion and Mental Irritation which too surely ripen the seeds of mortality ; also on the moral command of the Passions, and on the probable result when they shall have surrendered to the invasion of error and indis. cretion, viz. :—Diseases of the Urethra, &c., and on other Disquali fications to Marriage. By ROBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Lancaster.place, Waterloo-bridge, London. lotus et in cute, novi hominem."—PErtmus. EXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC PRESS. The work before us gives in simple and perspicuous terms such directions for thepreservation of health as are most likely to be serviceable to the community." BELL'S MESSENGER.—" This is a useful medical work ; the best portion appears to us to be that which treats of the obstruction to natural functions in the later portion of life. We recommend the work to our readers as at once scientific and practical." SUNDAY TIMES.—'' Dr. Crucefix has spoken in the language of a scholar, a gentleman, and a friend. The following passage should be remembered by all who wish for the general good of mankind : Morality suffers sadly by concealment of what, if known and un. derstood, would operate as a guard against crime.... SATIRIST.—" The large amount of useful information, devoid of the incumbrance of pedantic mystification, favourably distinguishes this work from most treatises of the same description." AGE AND ARGUE.—" It is a work that must be read with interest by both sexes, and particularly those who are suffering from indi. gestion and mental irritation , We can honestly recommend the perusal of it to our readers." ERA.—" It is written in a plain and easy style, from which may be obtained many valuable hints on the method of retaining the in estimable blessing—Health." MARK LANE EXPRESS Whoso readeth this excellent work let him ponder it well." To be had of Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 23, Paternoster-row 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall; Onwhyn, 3, Catherine.street, 'Strand, London. Price 5s 6d. REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope Price 58,6 d., - _ ___ THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Physical Decay, its causes, and the haneffil effects of exces sive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with ob servations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO, Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster•row ; Purkig, Compton-street, Soho; Jackson and Co., 130, New Bond-street; Phillips, 264, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 146. Leadenhall.st•eet, Lon don; Guest, 51, Bull-street, Birmingham; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuissance, &e. Price 11s and 235, per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases may be had as usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms inboth sexes, price 2s. 9d. 4s. ed., and I Is. per box. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail of cases is ne cessary. Messrs. terry arc in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till Twelve, One personal visit oply necessary to effect apenuanent cure, LOSS OF THE CHATHAM IN 1842. PROCEEDS OF SALE DETAINED BY THE POR TUGUESE GOVERNMENT. The following copy of .a letter, transmitted to Lloyd's, refers to the detention, by the Portuguese Government, of a sum of money, the proceeds of the sale of a part of the cargo of the Chatham, wrecked at Figuera, in November, 1842. The circumstance has created a good deal of interest in the commercial World ; and some months back there appeared, under a similar heaa q part of the correspondence between the representatives of the parties claiming to be interested in the proceeds of the sale, and the Portuguese Government and her Majesty's Government. From the prompt interference of her Majesty's Government in the affair at that time, there appeared every likelihood of its being speedily and satisfactorily arranged ; but from the following official communication from the Foreign-office, it will be seen to be still unsettled. It appears that in reply to the in structions of Lord Aberdeen to Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon upon the subject, that the Portuguese Government had offered to pay into the hands of her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, or any Agent of Lloyd's, or to any other person representing the ge neral interests of all concerned in the wreck, on their assuming all the responsibility of the due partition of the sum, and giving the Portuguese Government a formal release from any further claims with reference to unre presented parties. Messrs. Rendell and Co. do not re present all the parties interested in the whole of the proceeds of the wreck, and it is believed are unwilling to give such security':— " Foreign-office, April 15, 1844. " Gentlemen—l am directed by the Earl of Aber deen to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th of January last, requesting that her Majesty's Mi nister at Lisbon might be instructed to demand the un conditional payment to Messrs. Rendell and Co. of the money due to the persons interested on account of the proceeds of the sale of a part of the cargo of the Chatham. " And I am directed by Lord Aberdeen to state to you, in reply, that as Messrs. Rendell and Co. appear to be neither the proprietors, nor the duly authorised agents of the proprietors, of some portions of the goods which were wrecked, his Lordship is of opinion that her Ma jesty's Government are not entitled, under the treaty of 1842, to demand the unconditional payment to Messrs. Rendell of the whole of the proceeds in question. All that her Majesty's Government can justly require is, that the Portuguese Government shall pay to Messrs. Rendell such sums as are due to the parties who have constituted them agents for the purpose of receiving the money so due, and of giving a release for the same. I am, therefore, to acquaint you that Lord Aber deen will send instructions to the above effect to Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon. " 1 am, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) "H. U. ADDINGTON. " Messrs. Melhuish, Gray, and Co." IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ABOLITION OF THE PORT DUES BY COLONIAL ORDINANCE. " Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 2, 1844. " Sir—We take leave to acquaint you, that under a Colonial Ordinance, published. this day, all port, anchorage, and lighthouse dues, as also every other de scription of port charge hitherto levied in this colony, have been abolished. The following is a copy of the clause in the ordinance relating thereto, viz.:— " And be it further enacted, and hereby declared, that all vessels, whether British or foreign, arriving in in any of the ports of this Colony, shall be wholly free and exempt from the payment of any port dues, anchorage dues, lighthouse dues, or any other descrip tion of port charges whatever. We have the honour to be, Sir, yours, &c. (Signed) " DICKSON, BURNIE, and CO. " To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's Agents. " Secretary to Lloyd's." The papers from the Cape of Good Hope, received yesterday, also mention, in addition to the above most important intelligence, that an order of the Queen in Council had been passed for removing the prohibitions which have existed since 1832, in respect of the im portation of foreign oil, beef, pork, and fish, which articles will now be admizsible at the following moderate scale of duties, viz.:— £ d. Meat, salted or cured, of all sorts, not being the production or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any British pos session (the cwt.) 0 3 0 Meat, salted or cured, of all sorts, being the production or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any British possession (the cwt.) Oil, train and blubber, the produce of fish, or creatures living in the sea, of foreign fishery (the tun, imperial measure) Oil, spermaceti, of foreign fishery 7 10 0 Fish, dried or salted, the fins and skins, the produce of creatures living in the sea, of foreign fishing or taking (for every 1001. of the value thereof) l2 0 0 From the combined operation of these two measures, important results are anticipated, in favour of the Cape colony. THE MILITARY ANNUAL FOR 1844.—We are re quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlbo rough-street, has this day published " The Military Annual for 1844," by the Author of " The Artillerist s Manual," &c., in one elegant volume of about 500 pages, price 15s. bound, which can now be had of all book sellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published " The Nar rative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis in China; Comprising a complete History of the late War, a full Account of Hong-Kong," &c., from the Notes of Commander W. H. Hall, R.N., and Personal Observa tions by W. D. Bernard, Esq., A.M., &c., in 2 vols. Bvo., with maps and plates, 325. bound ; and " The Narrative of the Last Campaign in Affghanistan," by Lieutenant Greenwood, of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, forming a Companion to the Narratives of Lady Sale and Lieute nant Eyre, 1 vol. small Bvo., with plates, 12s. bound. DEATH UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF DESTITUTION. — Yesterday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest in St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, on the body of Christopher Andrews, aged 74, formerly a master jeweller of Berkeley-street, Clerkenwell. It appeared in evidence, that a few years since deceased was a tradesman of respectability and good business, but through a falling off in his line of trade he had become exceedingly indigent, and latterly his average earn ings did not exceed 2d. a day. In consequence, he and his wife were involved in great privation, and their chief food was a scanty portion of dry bread and potatoes. On Friday last the only nourishment they could procure was three halfpenny worth of rice and a little bread. In consequence of this state of privation, he became subject to 110, and though he was urged to apply for parochial relief ha would not do so, having a strong antipathy to be succoured in that way. On Saturday evening he left home to dispose of a small portion of gold cuttings, in order to purchase some neces saries. To do so he entered the shop of Mr. Tirrell, refiner, of 54, Barbican, and whilst waiting he fell on the shop floor through exhaustion. He was picked up in a state of insen sibility, and conveyed to the above hospital, but on his arrival was pronounced dead by Mr. Shaw, the house surgeon, who attributed death to natural causes, arising from L exhaustion consequent on the want of things necessary to sustain life.—Yerdwt, " Natural death." ARRIVALS. A. B. Drummond, Esq:, and Lady Elizabeth and family, in Bryanston-square, from Cadlands, near Southampton ; Lady Adeliza Manners, 'at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire ; Colonel Reid, 2d Life Guards, from Brighton ; Thorold, Esq., in St. James's street; Lord and Lady Cremorne, at the Coburg Hotel, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, from Dawson's-grove ; Miss M'Tavish, at the Marchioness of Wellesley's, Rutland-gate ; Count Lowenstein, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle ; Lady Charles and Miss Somerset, from Lord Beres ford's; Bedgebury, Kent ; Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Phillipps, at Brown's Hotel, Dover-street, from the Royal Hotel, Slough ; Mr. Marton, M.P., Mrs. Marton, and family, in Park-crescent, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. The Right Hon. Sir George Warrender, Bart., and Mr. John and the Hon. Mrs. Warrender, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Cliefden House, Berks ; the Hon. Miss Arden, from ditto, for ditto; Sir E. C. Dering, Bart., from the Cavendish Hotel, for his seat in Kent; Lieutenant- Colonel Fludyer, Grenadier Guards, from Fenton's Hotel, for Winchester Barracks. CHANGES. The Earl of Clancarty, at Dublin, from Garbally Park, Ballinasloe ; Admiral and Mrs. Edgell, at Bath, from a tour ; Colonel Carmichael, at Leamington Spa, from a tour ; Sir Seymour Blane, Bart., at Leamington Spa, from his seat in Derbyshire; Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Hon Misses Baring, at Naples, from a tour in the Papal States. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIQ DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 14 per mills, which, at the English Mint price of 3 /. 1 7s. 10 id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 50i ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 62k, it follows that gold is 0.48 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 103, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1081 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America_being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 1.08 per cent. against England ; but the quoted ex change at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SUN.—There was a decline in Consols this afternoon, owing to a sale or two, and they closed at loot to s. The Unfunded Debt remained firm, but the heavy se curities participated in the decline. Spanish Three per Cents. rallied a trifle, being 37i to Mexican Bonds were 368, Colombian 151, and Greek 151 Belgian Bonds touched 1041 to 4, and Dutch Five per Cents. WO. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Caledonian were * to 4 ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, 11 ; Birmingham, 128 ; South-Western, 43 ; Manchester and Leeds Half, 174 ; South-Eastern, 2 ; and Rouen and Havre, 71 premium. Blackwall have been 101 ; Midland Counties, 11 ; and North Midland, 9i discount. Australasia Bank New Shares, ex div., were 14 premium. The rate of exchange on Paris was about the same as on last post day ; on Hamburgh a shade higher, and upon the other leading continental cities not quite so good. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last Silver Coin to Rotterdam " Coin to Mogadore " Bars to Rotterdam lB,OOO " Gold Coin to Calcutta COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 25 95 Elamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona 13,15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles 25 95 Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 36 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 956 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 60 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice 47 Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon s3i Oporto s3* Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ares NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold,bars..£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 4 llj TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—ln your paper of the 13th inst. it is stated that at a meeting held on Thursday night last, at the Old Parr's Head, Upper-street, Islington, to form a Registration Society, W. Harvey, Esq., of Cloudesley terrace, was called to the chair. Now as I had no connexion with that meeting, and have reason to believe that no person of the same name resides on Cloudesley-terrace, I must beg you will contradict the above statement.—And remain, Sir, yours, re spectfully, WILLIAM HARV EY_- 50, Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, April 16, 1844. BRIGHTON, APRIL 16.—The ship Pauline, Hough ton, from the Mauritius, arrived in the Channel yesterday, and landed mails, which were forwarded immediately by rail way for London. Shortly afterwards the Northumberland, East Indiaman, Captain Drew, anchored in the roadstead, and put on shore, per pilot boat, several passengers, including Major Chapman, of the 36th Bengal Native Infantry, Lieut. Ferrie, of the 18th Bengal Native Infantry, Mrs. Adams and family, Mrs. (Captain) Taylor and family, and Mr. Meyer. Among the passengers on board the Northumberland, who sailed with the vessel for the Downs, were Captain Seaton, Lieut. Nelson (2d Madras Native Infantry), Mr. Bell, Mr. Brewer, Mrs. Ballant, and Mrs. Crisp. EXTRAORDINARY THEATRICAL RUN.—Last Thurs day the Haymarket Theatre completed its three hundredth night of a continuous season—a circumstance unprecedented in theatrical annals ! Surely this implies good management on the one part, and a grateful public on the other. We wish other places of rational ammenlellt could rival Webster in hio deseryodly good luck. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pnbltt eptitton. " Who runs may read." wozmnizir. The annual meeting of the Royal Central Agricultural Society was held at Paris on Sunday, in the new hall of St. Jean, at the Hotel-de-Ville; M. Cunin Gridaine, the Minis ter of Agriculture and Commerce, in the chair. A consider able number of Peers, Deputies, Members of the Institute, and of the principal agriculturists round Paris, were present. The chairman delivered the usual address, in which, after alluding to the exertions of the Society to stimulate the zeal and call forth the energies of the other agricultural associations throughout the kingdom, he referred to the late cattle-show at Poissy, and expressed a hope that it would prove the com mencement of a marked improvement in the breed of cattle in France. ..The Hon. Mini4ter concluded by congratulating the meeting on the gradual amelioration perceptible in the general state of agriculture throughout the kingdom. Se veral medals were awarded. _ _ _ On Tuesday last,says the Journal des Chemins de f'er, there was another meeting of the delegates from the towns inte rested in the northern line of railroad between Arras, Calais, and Dunkirk. On Wednesday they were heard by the Com mittee. The works at the grand station for the railroad be tween Paris and the Belgian frontier are going on with great rapidity. As to the road itself, as far as the boundary of the department of the Seine, nothing remains but to lay down the rails, all the other works being completed. The Rouen and Havre railroad is advancing with great activity. Three long tunnels are very nearl y cut through." Duprez has arrived at Paris, and makes his entrée at the Academie Royal, on Friday next, in Don Sebastian. The Asmode steamer has arrived at Toulon from Algiers, with 250 passengers, amongst whom were 69 officers and non commissioned officers, who had fled from Carthagena to Algiers. They are to be sent into the interior of France, by order of the Government. A letter from Rome, 2d inst., states that, in the night of the 29th ult., two diligences were attacked by banditti on the road from Naples to Rome, near 'Terracing. The passen gers were robbed only, but not otherwise ill-treated. The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter. from Alexandria, March 19, which says, "Mehemet Ali's fool has stolen his master's diamonds, and absconded. The Viceroy is about to leave Cairo for Lower Egypt, and will afterwards visit this city. The health of Ibrahim Pacha is completely re-esta blished. The greater number of the Consuls-General have returned from Cairo. Now that the direct steam communi cation is opened with Marseilles, we receive our letters in sight days." the Universal German Gazette states from Rome, March 29, that in consequence of the recent attempt at outbreak in Calabria, and the intrigues of the Italian malcontents, the Italian Governments, generally, are about to enter into a sort of federation for their mutual support and assistance. Arecent letter from Havannah mentions, on the best autho rity, that from the Ist to the 15th February upwards of 1,000 negroes had been received from thetoast of Africa, and several other vessels were daily looked for, notwithstanding that all the enlightened part of the population were opposed to that infamous trade. It was currently stated in Havannah that the authorities were receiving 17 dollars (85 fr.) for each imported slave. The Prefect of Police has just issued an ordonnance re specting the theatres of Paris. The managers are prohibited from raising the .prices of admission on any occasion, even for a benefit, without first receiving permission from the Pre fect. It is also declared that they are never to change the performances except due notice be given of the change in the morning, and it is strictly forbidden to put the word loud upon boxes or stalls which have not really been disposed of during the day. A letter from Stockholm, of the 26th ult., says :—r" The late King died without having made a will. He leaves an immense fortune. The estates,:including iron and copper mines, are estimated at 60 millions of francs. LAW AND POLICE. In the New Central Criminal Court, Thomas Collins, described as a labourer, but attired as a young gentleman, was convicted of stealing, on the 6th inst., a pocket-book and two Bank notes of the value of 501. each, from the person of Joseph Thomas Martin, the property of Messrs. Thomas Baring (Brothers) and 0., and was sentenced to be trans ported for ten years. Mary Furley, a married woman, aged 36 years, was con victed of the murder of her infant son by drowning him in the Regent's-canal, and sentenced to death. At the Surrey Sessions, James Gearing, a man of a most ferocious aspect, and the leader of a gang of thieves who in fest the Borough-road and Elephant and Castle, was indicted for feloniously stealing from the person of Martha Davis, on the 29th of March last, in the parish of St. George the Mar tyr, the sum of 2/. 17s. 6d., the property of her husband. She was surrounded in the street by the prisoner and his compa nions. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years' transportation. At Bow-street, John Skinner Francis, a young man holding a commission in the Cape of Good Hope Mounted Rifles, and Mary Ann Browne, described as a governess, were brought before Mr. Jardine, for re-examination, charged with forging and uttering a cheque for 190/., another for 30/., and a third for 250/., each purporting to be drawn by Dowager Lady Nellthorpe, of Seven Oaks, Kent, with intent to defraud Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, bankers. Mr. Bush, on behalf of the Society of Bankers, said a large portion of the property was outstanding, some of which could be traced to both the prisoners, and at a future day he would be in a con dition to prove that on one occasion they both went to the banking-house to get a cheque cashed. The prisoners were remanded till Friday. At Lambeth-street, Miss Julia Elizabeth Seales was brought up in custody, from the residence of her parents, at 44, Farmer-street, Shadwell, and placed within the bar, before Mr. Henry, on a charge of having caused the death of her illegitimate female infant, by throwing it into the privy. The prisoner, who is a fine young woman of 19 years of age, seemed in a very weak and dejected state. Mr. Henry did not think there was any necessity for pressing the inquiry at present, as the prisoner could not be tried at the present ses sions at the Central Criminal Court, and the next session would not be before the second week in May. The prisoner was remanded for a fortnight. At the Thames Police-court a tall and powerful man, named Thomas Frewin, aged 52, a superannuated Custom house officer, who has for some years past plied as a waterman at Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Broderip on a charge of killing two cats in the house of Mr. Henry Wilson, the White Hart, Queen- street, Ratcliff. The prisoner on being called on for his defence, said, in a very collected manner, that he was actuated to do as he had done by an evil spirit. The evil spirits seemed to be the cats, and so he took up the poker and killed them. Mr. Broderip said it was quite clear the pri soner was a very dangerous lunatic. He was ordered to be ,aken care of. COURT-ZABICZONABLE. The Duchess of Kent, who will leave England on Tuesday next for the Continent, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, is expected to be absent from this country for a period of about two months. The Princess Alice steamer is under orders for the occasion, and it is under stood that her destination is Boulogne. The Dowager Countess of Leicester, and the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., arrived in Arlington-street on Friday last, from a continental tour. The Earl and Countess of Zetland are expected to arrive at Dundas House, in Arlington-street, at the close of the week, from Upleatham Hall, Yorkshire, for the season. Lady Charlotte Dundas is not expected in town until her turn in waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent comes round. The Earl of Yarborough, who arrived in Arlington-stree last week from Brocklesby Hall, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, has left town for Appulderscombe Park, in the Isle of Wight. The Noble Earl has nearly recovered from a severe attack of influenza. Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Deputy Acting Great Cham berlain, who has been confined at his mansion in Eaton square during the last week, from the effects of an accident while riding out with Miss Clifford in Hyde Park, has quite recovered, and is able to attend to his official duties. The Duke of Devonshire has quite recovered from the effects of his slight indisposition, and has arrived at Devon shire House for the season. His Grace, with the Marquis of Normanby, were present the evening before last at Drury lane Theatre, to witness the debut of the new Danish danseuse, Lucille Grahn, in the new ballet of the Statute Fair. The Marchioness Camden and her infant daughter are going on favourably in Belgrave- square. 2VIISCELL.A.N3E IOIIB . A meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Tues day evening, R. W. Burchard, Esq., in the chair. The prin cipal novelties of the exhibition consisted in the fruit, of which there was a dish of peaches, from the gardens of Mr. Shirley, M.P., at Shipstere in Stour, is Warwickshire, grown in pots, and picked on last Good Friday, a period much ear lier than this fruit had ever been previously obtained. The prizes awarded were silver Knightian medals to Mr. Hender son, for his hyacinths and other plants ' • Mrs. Lawrence , for her collection; and Mr. Hutchinson, ga rdener to Mr. Shir ley, for peaches ; a Banksian medal to F. Meyrick, Esq., for cherries ; and Banksian certificates of merit to the Dean of Manchester and others. The meeting adjourned to May 1, when the anniversary meeting will be held. Measures are to be taken for the immediate establishment of the Agricultural C o llege i n Wiltshire, for which pu r p ose a public meeting of the friends and supporters of the pro nosed plan has been called for Monda y next, the 22 d inst. the Earl Bathurst has consented to preside on the occasion. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Society for pro • motine Christian Knowledge was held on Tuesday at the offices, Lincoln s Inn-fields, the Rev. D r . R usse ll, R ec tor of St. Bololph's, Bishopsgate, in the clrair. Letters were read from several Colonial Bishops requesting grants towards the erection of churches, and other means of promoting religious instruction, which were accordingly made, as were others to numerous parishes in England. Previous to the discharge of the Grand Jury at the Surrey Sessions, the foreman, on behalf of his fellow-jurors, made a presentment to the Court relative to the exceedingly effective state of the new police, and their high state of discipline, and great utility, at the same time passing a high encomium on them as to the manner they had given their evidence before the Grand Jury. At the grand concert to be given at Covent-garden Theatre OR the 26th inst., in aid of the funds of the " Society for Protection and Employment of the Distressed Needlewomen in London" some of the most eminent artistes in this country come forward in the handsomest manner. Amongst them are Herr Ernst, the celebrated violinist, Madame Dulcken, M. Moscheles, Benedict, and Parish Alvers, together with some of our most eminent singers. The anniversary dinner of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent In stitution took place yesterday at [the Freemasons' Tavern ; upwards of 130 gentlemen sat down to dinner, which was served in a very handsome style. The Prime arden of the Goldsmiths' Company was in the chair, supported by Mr. Thomas, Mr. Watherston, Mr. Evans, Mr. Reed (the trea surer), Mr. Gass, and many of the leading gentlemen of the trade, The subscription was liberal. vG-t' Zo/ 1 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is with good operas as it is with good pictures. A rich amateur will hang up a Cuyp or a Rembrandt in his studio, and day after day he will contemplate it with fresh delight. An operatic chef d'ceuvre produces the same effect, and no lover of music could attend Don Pasquale, performed once more last night, with any other feeling but that of seeking new sources of pleasure, and of expectation of those choice bits of singing and acting which our matchless artists bring out with such zest and dramatic spirit. As regards the opera itself, Romani, the first musical critic and librettist of Italy, and who is besides a poet of no mean pretensions—Rotnoi has given his opinion of Don Pasquale in the following words :—" In its score, more than the wonted fire and spirit of Donizetti are displayed; there is the same freshness of de sign and colouring which are so remarkable in his most im portant works. It abounds in graceful and original melo dies, well adapted accompaniments, and agreeable harmonic combinations; add to all this some exquisite duets, a mag nificent finale, a delicious serenade, one single chorus, but that of an entirely new creation ; in a word, a happy blending of the parlante cantante styles, which forms the type of all real and successful opera buffa." Romani's opinion was free from the influence which ours must undergo. He never witnessed the opera, as performed by the first artists of Europe, on our Anglo-Italian stage ; but he saw it at Turin, where the theatre; ranks after La Scala, San Carlos, and La Fenice, whilst all Italy feels the paucity of artists. Now we have seen this opera performed by Lablache. We could never think it endurable with any other Don Pasquale. Lablache's superiority as a comic actor arises from the cir cumstance that although a man naturally of a grave and re . flective turn of mind, he was compelled, at the first steps of his career, to begin with a small theatre, the Carling at Naples, where comic operas are the staple commodity. There are many species of national Buffi—such as the Buffo Tescano, Buffo Neapolitan, &c., and it was the latter, the most origi nal and most mercurial of all, which fell to the lot of Lablache. Amongst the most agreeable revivals on the point of taking place, is that of Giselle, which is to be produced on Thursday. This ballet, the dances, story, and scenery of which is so beautiful, is the triumph of Carlotta Grisi, whose aerial style of dancing enables her to produce so much illusion in the moonlight dance of the spirits. With this ballet Semiramide will be restored to us, and in fact we are reminded by the exertions of the management of the concentration in town of that beau monde, the most essential to please, since they are the yearly patrons of this establishment. The house was brilliantly attended. Amongst the com pany we remarked the Queen Dowager, who was accom panied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Earl Howe, Lord and Lady Barrington, Lady Georgians Curzon, Hon. Miss Barrington, Hon. Miss Boyle, Hon. W. Curzon, Hon. L. Curzon ; the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, who were attended by Baron Knesebeck and Col. Keith ; the Dukes of Wellington, Devonshire, Beaufort, Leeds, and de Buisson ; the Duchess of Beaufort ; the Mar quises of Ailesbury, Abercorn, Lansdowne, Salisbury, Nor • manby, Worcester, and Huntley ; the Marchionesses (~ f Lansdowne, Douro, Abercorn, Wellesley, Westmeath ; Baron Nieumann, Baron and Baroness de Cetto ; the Earls of Pembroke, Wilton, Auckland, Shelburne, Liverpool, Bel fast; the Countesses of Wilton, Auckland, Shelburne, Ken mare ; Lords Duncannon, Templetown, Gardner, Aylmer ; Ladies Fitzroy Somerset, Trimlestone, William Paulet, Loftus Otway, Colborne, Fremantle, Shaw Stewart, Hen derson Durham, Eleanor Balfour, Wood, Seymour, Aylmer, Rendlesham, Wombwell, Duff • Sirs Loftus Otway, 11. Webb, H. Willoughby, A. Barnard, T. Hare, Edward Cole brooke, H. Bold Houghton, M. Shaw Stewart, William Fre mantle, C. Kent, Alexander Duff; Honourables R. Curzon, H. Upton, Colonel Cavendish, Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Mrs. L. Stanhope, &c. SPORTING ATTRACTIONS.—BeII's Life in London of Sunday next will contain the commencement of the Alphabetical List of Winning Greyhounds in 1843-4—The approaching First Spring Meeting at Newmarket, with anti cipatory remarks by Pegasus—Bath and other races—A Glimpse at the forthcoming Derby, and position of the " Cracks"—Steeple Chases—Angling Episode, No. 5, by Ephemera Cricket Aquatics Pedestrianism Pigeon Shooting—Chess—Regeneration of British Boxing, by Tom Spring—Death of " the Cicero of the Ring," and the usual variety of Sporting Events. Office of Bell's Life, 170, Strand. On transmission of Sixpence or six Post office stamps to the Office, papers will be forwarded as usual. On Sunday also Bell's Life will contain full particulars of the " Doings at Nermarket," and on the Sunday following copious details of the Chester Races. Post-office Orders for 6s. 6d. will secure the punctual transmission of the paper for a quarter, delivered within 200 miles of London on the day of publication. THE SOUTH LONDON WATER COMPANIES.—We have heard that Government are taking active measures touching the complaints of the inhabitants of the southern districts of London of the impure and dear water with which they are supplied. An eminent engineer has already been called before the Commissioners for the Health of - Large Towns, and examined as to the practicability of obtaining the water from one of the smaller rivers ; and evidence has been given before the same Committee as to the practicability of filtering any quantity of water in a given number of hours. A Noble Marquis has also promised the Lambeth petitioners to keep the subject before Parliament until the existing evils are entirely removed.—Standard. [We have reason to belieVe that the engineer referred to by our Contemporary is Mr. Easton, who is executing for GOvernment the fountains is Trafalgar-square. The system of filtration is that of Mr. Stuckey, a description of which appeared in The Sun of last Friday, and the Noble Marquis is the Marquis of Normanbn Music.—lt is rumoured in the best informed musical circles, that a violinist—a lady forsooth !—is about to appear upon the metropolitan boards, to whose name is already attached a fame which few who have distinguished themselves on the violin have surpassed. The following is from a correspondent, dated Munich, April 4 :—" Munich has suffered in an unusual de gree this winter from typhus and scarlet fever, which has been fatal in most cases to children. The Prince of Saxe Alien burgh, the Queen's brother, has lost two, and many of the first families have been put in mourning by this awful visita tion. A large school in the suburbs returned all its inmates to their parents, and the influenza has followed close upon this scourge, and much earlier than the usual period of its appearance." LEAGUE TRIUMPH AT lIUNTINGDON.—Saturday night, one of the largest and most intelligent public meet ings ever witnessed in the town of Huntingdon met at the discussion of the corn-laws, in the large room of the Hun tingdon Institution, between Dr. Sleigh, on the part of the Huntingdonshire Agricultural Protection Society, and James Acland, Esq., one of the lecturers of the Anti-Corn-law League. Being the weekly market-oy, the town was crowded by farmers and others from a distance, who, from the probability of a speedy election for the borough, have been lately visited by the agents both of the League and Anti-League. Each party selected a chairman, and the two chairmen chose an umpire. Downes Martin, Esq., presided for the League, and David Veasey, Esq., for the Protec tionists; Dennis Herbert, Esq., the Mayor, was appointed umpire. The discussion was commenced at four o'clock by Dr. Sleigh, who spoke for an hour ; then Mr. Acland spike for the same period. At six o'clock, time allowed to each disputant, by the mutual arrangements which had teen made, was limited to half an hour; and from eight to halt past eight each had a quarter of an hour. At half-past eight the discussion closed, and a division took place, when the large assembly, by a majority of nearly, if not quite, two to one, voted—" That not only is the principle of protective corn-laws unjust, but their abolition is indispensibly necessary to the best interests of all classes in the kingdom !" This decision was received with tremendous cheers, greatly to the chagrin of the hitherto dominant faction of the town and county, who, from the great number of farmers present, looked for a different result. TILE SURREY DISPENSARY.—The friends and s Up• porters of this excellent institution assembled yesterday in large numbers at the Bridge Hotel, Southwark, to celebrate the usual anniversary festival which for many years past hae been given, for ,the purpose of affording the charitably dis posed an opportunity of making an additional contribute n the funds of the institution. The Duke of Cambridge, who presided last year at the Surrey Dispensary festival, promised to take the chair last evening; but in the absence of his Royal Highness;the chair was taken by Mr. Holme Sumner, High Sheriff for the county, who was supported by Mr. Kemble, M.P., Mr. Antrobus, M.P., and several gentlemen of high standing in the county of Surrey. On the removal of the cloth, Mr. Sumner said that he had received a letter from the secretary of the Duke of Cambridge, who had been directed by his Royal Highness to forward a cheque for 20 guineas, and to express his regret at his being prevented from attending at the dinner. Mr. Kemble proposed "'1 Le health of the Chairman" who briefly returned thanks, and proposed " The health of the Members for the county." By the report, it appeared that the excess of expenditure over the income of the preceding year, amounted to 5011., Lut It was hoped that the contributions would not only covet this deficit, but leave a surplus fund at the disposal of the Dis pensary, in order to meet the increasing demands upon its valuable assignee. During the past year the increase c 4 patients over the preceding year, amounted to 1,182, an 1 the number of path nts who received relief during the past year amounted to 7,137. We are glad to hear that tonnage is in brisk de• mand at Liverpool. The desirable change is attributed to the success of the guano trade. The import of this new article of commerce has given a large amount of employment to shipping, which promises to continue and to increase. Whole cargoes of the article are readily sold on arrival, and it cannot be obtained in sufficient quantity to supply the market. Shipping is said to have advanced within the last month ten per cent.—Shipping . Gazette. TIN CROFT MINING C OMPANY. —Yesterday the annual meeting of this Company was held at the office of Mr. Stainsby, No. 44, Finsbury-square. The chair having been taken by Joseph Grout, Esq., the report of the Direc tors was read by Mr. Stainsby , from which it a pp eared that the stability of the mine in yielding an abundance of ore was now fully proved, and that to an extent beyond expecta tion. The total debit for the year was 21,317/. 7s. 3d. The balance in hand, in April, 1843, was 3,017/. ; the copper ore sold in the year amounted to 24,0924 the tin 4,0591., and the arsenic to 66/., which, after the reduction of the above debit left a balance of 9,415/. 9s. 10d. ; from this the various divi dends being deducted, there remained an actual balance of 664/. 4s. 11d. The mine was free from incumbrance of any description. It was propo s ed to abolish a regulation for keeping up a reserve fund, which the Directors thought, from the profitable state of the mine, was rendered quite unnecessary for their protection, and if rescinded (the amount now being 1,5001.), would admit of another dividend over and above every liability. The report was adopted una nimously after a discussion, in which Mr. P. N. Johnson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Birdsey, Mr. Lisedo, and others, took part, when thanks were voted to the Directors and to Captain Paul, the manager, and the meeting separated. The Town Council of Inverness, at their meeting, on Tuesday, by a majority of one, resolved not to send a representative to the ensuing General Assembly. We are led to believe that it is probable that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, will pay a visit to the Isle of Wight, in the course of the month of May, for two or three weeks, in order that her Majesty may have an opportunity of forming a correct estimate of the conveniences of Osborne House, and of the salubrity of its situation, previously to a more lengthened sojourn of the Court in the months of August and September next. BRIGHTON, APRIL 16.—The ship Northumberland, Captain Drew, which left Calcutta on the 12th of December, and the Sandheads on the 14th, arrived in these roads yes terday, and landed the following passengers :—Major Chap man, 36th Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant Feirie, ; lBth Bengal Native Infantry ; Mr. Mayer, Mrs. Adams and fa mily, and Mrs. Captain Taylor and family. Among the passengers on board were Captain Seaton, Lieutenant, Yelson, 2d Madras Native Infantry ; Mr. Bell, Mr. Brewer, Mrs. Ballant and son, and Mrs.. Crisp. The Northumberland, after putting the passengers on board a pilot boat, set sail for the Downs. The ship Pauline Houghton, Captain Rotsay laden with sugar, also arrived in our roads yesterday from the Mauritius, and landed letters, which were dispatched immediately, per railway, to London. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—At the Surrey Sea: sions, when the grand jury came into Court, the foreman saki they could not part without complimenting the police on the clearness and precision with which they gave their evidence ; and the Chairman remarked that the Bench WM! well aware of their valuable service.. ~~ , Y. use' 2s to II 8s; t useful 0 41; and a 103 ; 133 to 5 to 11 wage i.en in to 59' i e ob- it and taken 5 91 I pun,' gh on the