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GLASS DAMAGE BY HAlL.—Glass Insured again.st Damage by 'Ha at 20s. r Cent.. in the ROYAL sup'.EßS'• AND GENERAL iI pe FIRE, LIFE, AND HAIL IN -0„.1'.141.CE INSTITUTION. Established 18 40 . Capital , 500,0001. " , ces, Strand, London. WM. SHAW, Managing Director. TO CAPITALISTS.—A. first-rate opportunity °f fora itself to any Gentleman of standing and bu siness habits enteringoY hee an old estab"shed concern, by which a position ma y at The be gained, and a certainty of large retarn on capital realised. s i,:am required word be 10,000/. 12,0001., and might lie con 79derather as an investment than as embarked in trade. , 2 rnn - 8 may apply to Messrs. Jent'eson, Sweet ie g , and Jen- 9, Lombard -street. SANITARY REFORM.-CEMETERY. N i tTa _s be.nutVal FREEHOLD SITE. Twenty Ac res in extent, tic) ncPbruamentary obstacle, with gravelly soil, perfect drainage, ! stu dded A:th evergreens, shrubs, and timb er, within four Veit " 1- i s , i .,.. ,, u(10n-brid;e, three of Westminster, and t wo of Battersea, - L -12T -EIZED for SALE. The locality is o ff the west side of Clapham-common, and there are two a pproaches by picturesque and troN ate ro a d s to it. A. more central s it ua tion relatively to the me -1.4. °I. ono equally adapted to the purposes of i nterment, within We 3 t'lae distance does not exist. '''. Lo Particu l ars of sale apply to Messrs. Winstauley , Paternoster ndor. LONG JOHN'S BEN-NEVIS WHISKY. hely JOITN WDONALD, of Ben-Nevis Distillery, respecat fr.istuorms the Sp 4 -it Trade of England, Wales, and Ireland, t u h n t .. nfided the sale of his celebrated Whisky over theselttdZas exclusively to Messrs. BETTS, and Co., 7, Smit e whose duty-free warehouse the same may be inspected. T -GNE`RAL , LIFE 'AND FIRE ASSURANCE CO'MPANY , Established 1837.1 Empowered by Special Acts orParliament. 62 , King William-street, London- bridge4London. And 21, St. David-street, E, linburgh. Th _e Birectors give noCtiacp e i_tal, One Million. witiTitittiat the ANNUAL GENERAL MEMTING of the PRO the rfOlts will be held, at Twelve o'clock pi ecisely, on SATIIRDAY, day of May next, at the Office of the Company, 62, King aro-street, in the city of London. _That at such Meeting the Proprietors who then hold ten or more ;g, which th e y h ave possessed six calendar months, may attend "".? vote. e• That three Directors, Jacob George Cope, Esq., Thomas Viper, Z`l. , and Ed war d Wil son , Esq. and one Auditor, George Meek , re s : l 6' ts r g-Ure, 88.ofyloamara...re- • to their respective appoint , for which they will be accordingly proposed. beie•o That any Proprietors duly qualified, who shall be desirou s of Candidatestor any of thesetuations, must give written ot their intention, at the Office, to the Secretary, at least ten sI Y , Previous to the time of such meetingg. By order of the Directors, • THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. 4 Pril 2 3, 1850. RATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE Anil.' RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, Lond.m. Capital £500,000. ' Empowered by Act of Parliament. This I • nstitution embraces important and substantial advantages re Pet to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. olicies issued by this Society have a twof3ld advantage :—provi :lu for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary i l. allable resource to himself if needful, whi lel lying. The Assured r e 'r,on all occasions, the power to borrow, 'without expense, er for 44ure of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. Th e . DIVISION OF PROFITS. it the Annual Me p eting, e hel y d on t he he 10th of a May, 1848 th to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per .cent. on the Premiums paid -4 each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. k • Parma- Sum the , to. --4 Annual Policy Bonus in vent Re- Ao.t ,— E Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction o may tor minim out in to Sum Cash. A.nnual row ou Assured. Premium. Policy. £ a. d. £s d. s. d. £a. d. 1837 276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 s.d. 1839 226 6 0,102 15 1 16 2 9 494 810 60 7 4 3 4 11)(10 1840 173 0 01 82 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 I J 1843 99 18 444846 15 1 , 296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 '147 e 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. or ~„ he operation of the same principles , the So ciet y is enabled to 'ord to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta p l us than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual , by the con :,1)4110n of a very small annuarismonthly, or weekly saving , may se r3 either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, t_alO option, th a large sum ot money, or a policy to his family at H of borrowing while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of ..42 ' r owing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk 7, 1 forfeiture fr om inability to continue premiums, besides a ffordin g ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die bbfore arriving at the stipulated period, two "'* z , of Ws I,ayments will be returned to his representatives. tollowlag Table is a specimen of the g -eat and varied advan- Zeo wbich the Judicious application of a small saving can secure thi,- Society. I. BENEFITS 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annuity£lo 10 0 ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of s eed on a ttai n ing the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21 . 128, --__ '....------- { 6 ci 7l b : . l aCC • 2,5 Payable Payable' Payable e' 4 Annuity . Cash. Polley . ''A Amin- is one fbr Dls te• a) .... b. . ally. sum. parity. ........ al ::1 20 £ a. d. z s. d. .£ s. d. - £ s. d..£ s. d . . X s. d. 8 0 47 1 6 6 394 11 0 466 0 0 2 0 01011 10 0 1() 0 0 0 2 6 15 10 221 0 0 261 0 0 30 019-6 16 7 1 7 311 13 19 9,115 8 0 136 6 0 40 117 327 311 19 410 .._ 4 2!Itnediate Annuities are also ehust wind th will be seen by the fol wine annual amount of ann Age 50, £7 S s . Age GO, £9 1 The Annual Report, with Table L'wee, or any or its Branches in th ue for Warded post free. ..rz? granted by the Society on liberal Rowing extracts from the Tables, Laity upon every 1001. deposited :- 14s. 3d. 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BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., D octor of 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital. Medical Society, Sac. hi .„ B work contains an accurate and complete account of the r e t"-inlY and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un unately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul ue.) and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con gral_ucuces, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi zeouu fo r relief. Sh ame and the dread so .requently, but erre art, sI Y, e ntertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of restrict him and prevent his seeking r or assistance where tab:li c it C an be procured. 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Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. - GEORGE FRIPP, Sec. LAND DEBENTURES. TO .THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. pilt,—Hating just received from my friend Mr. Bowen Thd Sun of the 17th inst., and having therein perused with much satisfaction your leader on the Prussian laudation, scheme, as applicable to this unfor tunate country, I feel tempted to send to you the en closed, which a few days previously Iliad written to the editor of the Dublin Evening Mail, relati%e to the Solicitor-General's Bill for repayment of advances, struck as I am with the extraordinlry coincidence of opinion put forward in your leader and of the suggestion contained in my letter. I am happy to be able to add, that•at last this subject seems to be gaining that attention which its importance deserves in this country, and which the advocacy of some of the English press would ensure for it on your side of .the Channel; and as The Sun has taken the lead, perhaps you will not consider the enclosed accidental testimony in favour of your sentiments as altogether unacceptable. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD WILMOT CILETWODE , Woodbrook, Portarlington, Ireland, - April 20, 1850. P.S.—I need not add that the suggested clause con tains the spirit, not the words, requisite to ingraft it into the Bill of - the Solicitor-General. GREAT CENTRAL GAS CON SUMERS' COMPANY. The interesting ceremony of laying the first stone of the extensive works of this company on Bowe-common took place at two o'clock yesterday,with all the imposing formalities usual on such occasions. The works are in tended to be of vast extent, covering an area of more than six acres, and are bounded by the Limehouse Canal on the. one side and by the Blackvvall Railway on the other. Though the proceedings of yesterday were termed "Isyiug the first stone," a considerable portion of the buildings have already been raised far above the foundations, and the great block of Portland stone,which attracted so much interest among the visitors on the occasion, instead of being deposited, as ggnerally hap pens in such cases, in the foundation of the building, was honoured with the far more prominent and conspi cuous position of being placed as a lintel over the central doorway. The centre of the ground is occupied by the retort house, coal stores, and purifying house, the first-named being nearly 300 feet long and upwards of 60 feet wide. The stores are calculated to contain 10,000 tons of coals, equal to nearly three months' consumption, and great advantage is expected to be derived from the circum stance that the adjoining railroad is at such a height above the surface as to allow of the coals being deposited where they are to be used directly from the railway waggons, while at the same time the junction of the rail• way with the Eastern Counties line will give the company, the option of procuring either sea or landborne coals. There are four large tanks, each nearly 400 feet in cir cumference, and intended to be provided with gasholders, capable of containing nearly two millions of cubic feet. The ground contains sand, clay, and gravel in abundance for the works. The contracts have been taken by the Messrs. Rigby; and as 200 men are actively employed on the works, it is anticipated that the consumers will be supplied with gas from the new works before the end of the• ensuing summer. Tnoexas DAKIN, Esq., the chairman of the company, officiated on the occasion, and was supported by the board of directors, and by several hundred shareholders and other influential friends of the company. • There was also a large concourse of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. who seemed to take a lively interest in the proceedings. The CHAIRMAN having come forward to the front of the platform, proceeded amid loud chi era to address the assemblage. lle said—Whilst I feel the honour conferred upon me in the opportunity now given me of laying the first stone of the building of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, I cannot help experiencing some regret that it has not fallen upon an individual more able to addres s y ou upon so interesting an occasion. This is an event preg nant as I believe with consequences most beneficial to the great community of which we form a part. The element next in importance to the air we breathe is light. which is in its first great source almost equally essential to the existence of all animated being, discovering beauty of form, giving the radiance and lustre of colour, and gladdening' the face of universal nature; and when the great source of light retires, and the curtain of night fells around, the Great Author of the universe seems to have put it to the ingenuity of his creatures to produce artificial light, to rescue some of the hours of the night teem oblivion, and to make them available fur the pur poses of industrial occupation, of necessary recreation, or of mental labour. When we consider, adopting the words of our great epic poet, that whilst " Light and darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns, which makes on earth Grateful vicissitude of day and night, Light issues forth, and at the other door Obsequious darkness enters"— the bones of darkness being more than is necessary to refresh afier the labours of the day, the inference is clear that the forms of matter were placed at our disposal, and the intellect and ingenuity of man were expected to extort from them their tribute of useful ministration to his wants iu this respect. Accordingly we find in all ages the means through artificial light of shortening the night and lengthening the day, so as to adjust the necessities of the one with the demands of the other. To the rude torch of less civilized life, and the various applications of oil and wax in more modern times, until the close of the last century, society was indebted for its artificial light; in all these cases forming gas extem poraneously at the time of birning, and consequently encumbered with the residuum, as well as being expensive in Its formation; and it was not until near the close of the last century that any approach was made to the sepa rate forniation of gas for the purpose of burning. Philo sophers had observed, in coal pits and other places,what was called elae!ic inflammable air; but it was not until the year 1798 that Mr. Murdoch first erected an apparatus for the production ‘',l gas, at the manufactory of Messrs. Boulton and Witt; &hp; and in 180' some ex tensive cotton mills at Man.7 ll efiter were lighted. In 1809 the first application was mae 4 . o to Parliament to in corporate the London and W essm i a , - . 4. er Gas Light and Coke Company. In 1815 Guildhall was e gest li g hted b y gas; and by the year 1822 gas lighting in the m.qtropolis was extensively carried on amongst others by the .'w ® mo nopoly gas companies which now divide the supply of the city of London between them, and whose conduct in refusing the just demands of the eitieens of London, temperately expressed, has given rise to the edifice we are now inaugurating.—(Hear.) The inscription to be placed 'upon the stone now before me will aptly usher in the few remarks I shall feel it incumbent on me to offer on this occasion—remarks which shall, on the one hand, shortly place before you the circumstances under which we were called into being at your bidding, and the pre sent poaitidn of your affairs; and it shall be my endea vour to do this without departing from the laws of good temper or good taste, which lam sorry to observe our opponents do not always regard; but, in their present guerilla warfare, they seem to me, avoiding the nobler wea pons of truthful appeal and correct argument, to be using the little sting of would-be-wit and personal attack, and publishing statements devoid of truth. Your directors feel their case is before you, and, instead of stooping to answer amusing dialogues, are bent on making up for time unavoidably lost, and giving form and substance to .heir case. This is the proposed inscription-- IN COMMEMORATION OF to them,what had been truly described by the toast-master as a bumper toast. It war, " The Great Central Gas Consueier's Company, and prosperity to it, and to those who had the courage to embark in it." —(Cheers.) Ho preceedel to describe the progress of the company since its origin. lie had the honour, with a few friends then in the roora, to be among the originators of the project, and ho would endeavour to pet in a popular sense a few of the reasons which had induced them to come forward. He had for many years contended that the citizens of London were entitled to receive their gas at a much lower rate than they bad been paying, on the ground, as he had dernonstrtned, that the chief expense of gas was not in the making but in the distrihu • tion. lie had shown that they should have received their gas thirty-three per cent. cheaper than in provincial towns, where a small supply is spread over a large surface of country, just as a man with a thriv ing business, who turns his capital two or three times in the year, may be content with smaller profits than a man whose business is of a more precarious nature, and who has to give long credits to his customers.—(l.lear.) National taxation he regarded as a necessary evil; mu nicipal taxation he had long objected to; but now that his own salary was paid out of it his dislike to the impost had been lightened—(A laugh)—but, of all taxes, he thought the worst was monopoly taxation. (Hear.) The gas consumers of the city of London numbered be tween 8,000 and 9,000, and they used 500,000,000 cubic feet of gas in the year. Now, a reduction of 2s. per 1,000 feet in the cost of that amount was equal to 50,0001. a year, so that there was a difference between the amount paid by them in April, 1850, and in April, 1849, of fully 50,000/. in favour of the present year.— (Cheers.) (A. gentleman here observed that he had paid 7s. for gas in 1847.) It was quite true that up. to 1848 they had bean paying 75. per thousand feet. so that compared with that year they had saved 75,000/. Than was what they had paid in monopoly taxation. Now, let them compare that sum with their municipal taxation. The whole amount paid for the well-organized and disciplined army of police that guarded their liver and property was but 27,000/. — (Hear, hoer.) It had been said that their company would add to the paving-rate by digging up the streets; but the whole amount of the paving -rate, including the expense of paving several new streets, was but 17,0001. a year, while the whole sum paid for sewerage, including the expense of 36 miles of new sew era in the last twenty years, of lighting rate, which was 10,000/. a year, and of paving-rate was only 39,0001.—(11eac, hear.) He would next compare this monopoly• taxation with the national taxation. His friend Mr. Anderton had given notice of a motion in the Common Council, for a petition to Par liament against the odious window-tax. But Mr. An derton was an opponent of cheap gas, so that while he censured an impost that taxed the light of day, he was in favour of taxing the light of night.—(Hear, hear.) What he (Mr. Pearson) %%anted was, that the poor me chanic should be able to have as good a light at night at a cheap rate as any of them had.—(Hear, hear.) It was said that the window-tax was injurious to the sani tary state of large towns, but he should like to know how the sanitary condition of London was improved by hav ing those great gas works, which Mr. Anderton sup ported, i xtstieg in the most crowded and poorest part of the City.—(Hear, hear.) The wh o l e window - tax o f the city of Loneon was 69.6281., while he had already told them of the sum which they paid in monopoly taxatior. Again, he found that the 2,200,000 inhabitants of the metropolis were supplied with flesh nna'; for 10,000,000/. so that this gas monopoly tax in the city of Loudon alone amounted to the 200th part of the whole expense of supplying the entire metropolis with beef and mutton. —(Cheers.) Their opponents had manufactured waste fully and distributed badly, and yet they divided cam - - MOUS ga;ns. It was said Oat this company were confis cating their property; but there were men conrected with the management of the Central Gas Company who would be incapable of embarking in any specula. tion that would centherite hard-earned means. It these monepolists had reduced their price in the first instance as law as they had rethured it latterly, this company would never have been called into existence.—(Liear, hear.) Shakapere said that " there is a divinity that hedges a king," but those gentlemen seemed to think that there was also a divinity that hedges a gas com pany.—(Loud laughter.) In their return to Parliament of their profits they put their dividends down at 10 per cent. This was to be sure the truth, but it was not the whole truth, or else how could their shares, on which 81. had been paid, be selling at 300 Ter cent. ?—(Hear, hears) They attributed their large dividends to the fact of their having purchased the shares of two ruined com panies at halt their original value, but if that were so he would like to know who had the best title to the term "confiscators."—(Hear.) The toast was drunk with great cheering. The CHAIRMAN again rose, and in eloquent terms pro posed the " Health of Mr. Pearson," describing in detail the great services which that Honourable Gentleman had rendered to the company. On concluding he presented Mr. Pearson with a megoificent silver flagon and dish, as a mark of esteem from the directors personally. The flagon bore the following inscription:— " Presented to Charles Pearson, Esq , M.P., late ch a !rman of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany, by his late colleagues, John Bradbury, Egg., G. H. Bevil!, Esq., F. Clemow, Esq., Thomas Dakin, Esq., W. F. A, Deistic, Esq., Thomas Gabriel, Erq., T. H. M ass ey, Eds., J Wyid, Esq., M.P., and A. A. Croll,Esq , engineer, in testimony of their estimation of his able ser vices in assisting to form the company, thus destroying the gas monopoly that had existed in the City for thirty years, and, by reducing the price, effecting a saving to the consumers of nearly 50,000/. annually. The directors have gre at pleasure in recording their sense of the unvarying kindness of their late chairman whilst joined with them in their arduous duties, by which their labour was lightened amidst opposition and difficulty of no ordinary kind. And they desire to express their fervent wishes for his health, happiness, and prosperity, and a long career of public usefulness.—April 23, 1850." Mr. PEARSON acknowledged the high compliment paid him iu suitable terms. Mr. BENNOCII proposed the health of the counsel, soli citors, and Parliamentary agent of the company. Mr. BRYDEN, the Parliamentary agent, returned thanks. Mr. GABRIEL proposed the health of Mr. Anstey and their other visitors not members of the company. Mr. et NSTEY returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health cf Mr. Croll, and dwelt at some length on the great services rendered to the company by that gentlemen. Mr. Guam. returned thanks. He said:—l will not affect to conceal the pride and satisfaction with which I regard the expression of the sentiments in which this toast has be. n proposed, or the manner in which you have been pleased to receive it. It is the well-merited character of the genius of this country that it felicitously combines the must profound attainments in abstract science with the most useful, profitable, and practical ap plication of those physical laws which rule the material elements with which Providence has surrounded us. We are met this day to celebrate the progress of scientific discovery applied to the convenient purposes of civilised life—of those mechanical and chemical combinations which add lustre to the halls of kings and embellish with economical cheerfulness and frugal light the workroom of the artisan and the cottage of the peasant. Ido not pretend to be above that infirmity of our common nature which guides us by mixed motives. Ido not think, in deed, tnat even our selfishness was given to us either: to serve ourselves alone, or to exclude advantage to society. The prospect of the fair material rewards of industry an d genius stimulates each of us to toil for the whole. The desire to earn the good opinion of mankind stimu lates us often to postpone the mere sordidness of avarice to the interest and happiness of the community. It is the unmixed advantage of an uedertaking such as that of which we are assembled to celebrate the establishment that it combines the excellencies of a substantial, cer tain, and profitable commercial undertaking, with the promotion cf the domestic comfort, and the elevation of the social habits of the people—that it consults at once the material interests of the producer and the sav ing of tee consumer—that like mercy, but in a more di rectly mercantile and tangible shape, "it blesses him that gives and him that takes." ne es y part and lot in this matter is known to most of you. I am a practical man. Ido not pretend to the mere vision of the trai ns philanthropist. I am not led away by the dreams of the mere inventor. My calculations have been previously t ested by extensive practical experience —they are corroborated by the virtual testimony to their accuracy, to he derived from the contracts on which my estimates are founded, being all taken by eminent ex perienced and purely practical contractors. I believe, I am confident, thulium serving the public. I am surel am se curing safe profits to the shareholders. Ido not pretend to deny that I am certain of serving myself. If I sin mistaken, I shell he the chief sufferer; for I hare not hesitated to peril the gains of an active and successful life upon the result.—(Hear, hear.) But I have pre viously tested by ample practical results the safety of the experiment; and I can but say this, that you have only to be true to each ether and the pledges you have given to your fellovv-citizens, in order to realise every promise you made to yourselves, and every pros pect you held out to the community.—(Cheers.) In this as in every effort to benefit the public by new in ventions and fresh discoveries, we hes-e brought down upon ourselves the vengeance of vested interests and the fury of vast capitalists. We are resolved to meet their uemeasur«l operehrium with perfect good temper and equanimity; and their heavy attempts at leairy with the old proverb, e let them laugh that win." I again thank you gratefully for your kindness in this notice of my name. and can only say that it will be to me a fresh stimulus to deserve it.----(Cheers.) Mr. WYLD, M.P., proposed the health of Mr. Rigby and the officers of the company. Mr. litutte returned thanks. Ssme other toasts are eroposeo, and the company separated tit a late hour. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on MUSIC by Sir HENRY It. BISHOP resumed, w;th an increased number of VOCALISTS for the Illustrations n Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Eight, an don Tuesday, Thu o 5- day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical Effects, daily at Two, ard on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at A varier -past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of Hydrogen; vtith special reference to its application for conveying by B: "oohs Pyrotechric and other. Signals to Sir John Franklin, on Mayday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three, and on Tuesday and Titarsday Evenings, at Eight. —Dissolving Views, illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and Diving bell, &c., Etc Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. Analyses and Coein;cal Experiments conducted in the Laboratory, under the direc“on of J. H. Pepper, Esq. ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Homey, and Franconi. For Terms if Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub scription, for morning and evening practice :—Six months, W. 55.; one month, It. is.; one evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. TO THE' EDITOR ' OF THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL. Sir,—As you have already commented so ably on the Bill Proposed by the English Solicitor-General for ficili taing the working of the clogged wheels of the Irish encumbered estates machinery, may I be permitted, through you columns, to ask whether the introduction of a clause to the following effect could injure the interests of any of her Majesty's subjects ; whilst it would some what improve the proposition of the Solicitor-General by rendering it more like its Prussian " landshaft " anti type? A clause to the following effect would not curtail the full bounty held out by the English Solicitor-General to the encumbered estates proprietor and to the money lender, whilst it would afford a boon to the struggling proprietor who was not yet in the hands of the Encum bered Estates Commissioners. As Mr. C. Bowen has so clearly detailed the Prussian landshaft scheme, I only venture to propose this very simple method of its practical adoption. The English Solicitor-General's Bill thus amended, would give to Irish estates (encumbered to more than half their value) the full benefits of the Encumbered Estates Commission, by providing for them " land debentures," to the amount of half their purchase , for —the mutual benefit of the money--lender, and the pro prietor who is " sold up." But, further, these advan tages would not be confined to those two classes: in the case of esta'es not so highly encumbered as to qualify them for the Encumbered Estates Commission, their proprietors might raise money, by " land debentures," to the amount of half their value, similarly guaranteed es in the former case. And thus all classes dependent on land in this country; as well as the trading public gene rally, would derive the benefits of a system which should not cost the state one shilling, nor even interfere with any existing prejudice, save by the substitution of land for gold as a security for the currency. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, EDWARD W ILMOT C HETWODE. CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT. some of the First Body of intended Colonists attend daily at their rooms la, Adelphl-terrace, from Ten to. Five o'clock ; and a Meeting of the Body is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Twelve o'clock. Strangers desirous of communicating personally with gen tlemen about to emigrate, are invited to visit the rooms. Woodbrook, Portarlington, April 13, 1850. Clause suggested to be introduced into the Solicitor- General's Bill, &c., to provide, &c. " And, whereas it is necessary that an estate should be encumbered to one•`_alf its estimated value, in order to qualify for the management of tie Encumbered Estates Commission, and whereas a sum amounting to one-half the amount of the purchase of such estate may be raised by laud debentures thereon, for facilitating and carrying into effect the purposes of the sale, be It further enacted that, in the case of estates not encuna lvne I to one-half their estimated value, and therefore excluded from the operation of the Encumbered Esta , es Commission, that land debentures' may in like man ner be raised thereon to the amount of one-half the estimated value, for the purpose of clearing such estates of other ircumbrances, or of enabling their proprietors to improve the agricultural condition of their estates. now overwhelmed by poor-law taxation, and foreign competition." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 22. At a Congregation holden on:Saturday last, a grace for the adoption of the petition upon the subject of National Education passed the senate without opposition. CORPUS COLLEGE.—Edward Henry Browne, 14th Junior Optime, first Classic, and Chancellor's Medallist, 1850, has been elected a Fellow of this College. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE—VOIUntary Classical Exami nation 1850—First Class: J. F. Bateman, E. Calvert , Gautillor, C. F. Holmes, Hutchinson, Langley, Mayor, Morley, W. Oven, John Shaw. Second Class: Bartz, Chambers, F. G. Holmes, Kempson, Pateltet, Tatham, F. A. Nhite, Whittle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, TUESDAY.—Captain James, R.E., the Director of the Admiralty Works in this dockyard, has resigned his appointment, we hope for something better, which his talents and perseverance eminently deserve. The Birkenhead steam-frigate , Commander J. A. Stevens, embarked the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the dockyard to-day, and sailed with them this afternoon for Plymouth. The Coldstresm Indiaman sailed from Spithead at 6.30 this morning, The Victoria, American line-of-packet ship, arrived at Spithead at 11 o'clock this morning. Tne great steam-ship Simoon, 2,000 tons, built by the. Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow, has been fitted and rigged by Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, of the Strom boli. On Wednesday last she made her first trial trip down the Clyde, when she was found to answer remark ably well, but on returning up the river the feed pump ' rod carried away, and another slight accident basing happened to the engine, Lord Beauclerk deemed it necesFary to have a second trial before reporting her ready for her Majesty's service, which was to take place yesterday. We are informed the squadron of evolution under Commodore Martin is coming to rendezvous at Spit head for a short time, and that a court-martial will be held on a Captain who has disagreed with the Com modore. THE PUBLIC SPIRIT AND FIDELITY WITH waicH 10,000 07 THE CITIZENS OF LONDON SUPPORTED THE DIRECTORS OF THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CoNSUDIERS' Co3IPANY, IN THEIR STRUGGLE TO SECURE FOR THE, COMMUNITY GOOD AND CHEAP LIGHT, THIS STONE WAS LAID ON THE 23D DAY OF APRIL, 1850. The Citizens' Company was called into being at the end of 1848, when the directors of the two monopoly companies firmly refused any reduction of 6s. per 1,000 feet, the then price. When this was found to be the case—when , having found that smaller communities and worso pay ing districts were charged considerably less—and, as perhaps was natural, those who had long grasped a rich prize declined to relax any of the force with which they extracted their revenue—they then, in the largest public meeting ever known in the London Tavern, de termined to found their own establishment to have some share in the production and management of what had become an article of necessity ; and even when the com panies which had long denied any change, finding the rich prize about to slip from their hands, reduced to 55., and then to 48., the citizens, being appealed to in a public meeting, said, " No, we have lost our confidence in you ; we will not have the prico stereotyped at 45., knowing that with increased demand diminished price ought to follow, which you would not give, we will have our own company." This is briefly the history ; this is the battle you have been fighting, and which remains to be still fought out. Shall wealth gained by monopoly (50,0001. a year, being now remitted)—shall influence and the sympathy cf capitalist with capitalist rob you of this opportunity of some management in what mainly concerns you ? If you allow it you will never have another chance; and another quarter of a century may roll away without it, and leave you at the mercy of the piesent directors nod those who may succeed them. I have now to place the stone in its final resting-place —long may it remain there to tell its noble story Will you answer by your cheers " Success and Prospe rity to the Great Central Gas Consumers ' Company. " — (Great cheers.) The trowel and mallet provided for the occasion were then handed to the chairman who proceeded to ammo the mortar for the reception of the stone, and the huge block was lowered in safety to its final resting place. Three rounds of cheers were then called for, and re sponded to with most vehement enthusiasm by the as semblage. Mr. BENNOCK came forward, and, after a short ac dress from him, the assemblage separated. 7 THE DINNER. APPOINTMENTS. WooLvacEr, APRIL 23.—Midshipman Louis Geneste to the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth. Clerk Francis M. Wright to the Hastings, 72, flag ship on the East India and China station. Boatswain John May to the Resistance, fitting for the Arctic expedition. Commander Thomas A. B. Spratt (1849) and Lieut. Charles F. F. Boughey (1846) have been appointed to study steam at the factory iu Woolwich dockyard, and Commander Spratt joined to commence his studies to-day. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITIoN.—At the Ro al Artillery mess, on Monday night, there were about 120 officers of various ranks of the corps assem bled, to meet the officers of the Artic expedition. The officers of the Royal Marine Mess, at Woolwich, enter tained tbe officers of the Are& squadron last night. The ships are progressing rapidly. The best feeling prevails amongst the officers and crews of the 'four shipi—a spirit of emulation pre-eminately distingishes all classes. On Thursday afternoon the Resolute and Assistance will be towed to Greenhithe ; but, it is said, the Intrepid screw-schooner, mill not leave Woolwich before the 30th inst. The vacancies in the squadron are almost all filled up ; but the Resolute requires a musician to complete her crew. We trust that some enterprising fiddler of good certificates will apply early to the gallant and popular first lieutenant for the vacant rating Cap tain Sir James C. Ross and Captain Bird, the em u enders of the late expedition, visited the ships at Woolwich yeatA•day. The directors and shareholders and other friends of the company swain assembled at six o'clock at the Lon don Tavern, where a sumptuous banquet was provided in the usual first-rate style of the establishment. About 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Thomas Dakin, Esq., the chairman cf the company, presided, and was supported on either side by Ma. Charles Pearson, M.P., Colonel Dunne, M.P., Mr. F. French, M.P., Mr. C. Anstey, M.P., Alderman Sir W. Magnay, Mr. James Wyld M.P., Deputy Harrison„ Common Councillors F. Bennock, Blake, and T. Hall. Messrs. W. F. A. Delano, J. Bradbury, T. Gabriel, J, Rigby, J. Massey, G. Bovell, J. Batford, D. W. Wire, J. Blyden, A. A. Croll, and J. Stevens. The usual loyal toasts having been given, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Army and Navy." Colonel DUNNE returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Lord Mayor and Prosperity to the City of London," and joined to the toast the health of Sir William Mt.gnay. Sir. W. MAGNAY returned thanks, and bore testi mony to the anxious efforts of the magistracy of the city of London on all ecca , dons to temper mercy with justice, and to promote the interest.; Of the citia-ns. Mr. D. W. WIRE proposed in eloquent tertrl the health of Mr. French and the Members of the House of Commons. Mr. FRENCH, M.P., returned thanks, and said that the countenar.ce of the citiz ns- of London, combining as they d.d with so much (A energy. capital, and intelli gence., was the best sanction that the House of Com mons could have at any time for their proceedings. Mr. C. FEARSONS, M.P., proposed the next toast, and . was received with loud cheers. He said he had to propose THE CASE OF POISONING AT EDINDIIRGIL—We understand that the circumstances elicited during the exa mination of the case have been considered by the authorities sufficient to warrant them in fully committing Bennison for trial. Since his apprehemion the accused has been in a state of great nervous excitement, and is now much worn out. The contents of the stomachi of the two dogs,.whieli were taken to the Surgeons' Hall, were yesterday analysed, and found to contain a qu antit y of arsenic. No other facts of importance have been brought out in addition to these de tailed above. —Edinburgh Advertiser. "' ~---.2--- i ---- -7-- 5 2--- --- --7 ' ----e.._-60.-- - <--- __, _ ___ , / / Ind A e., de. f : -..,_ 40) ~ -- 4- , -.- L-- have ') 1 11 *.$ to I k.. \ e , 7- " <''' / , C(f/--7 ! side, letter from Vienna of tile 18th, addresged to Lb• nendance of Brussel., says that the rumours that been current of the intention of the Government ace a forced loan of 120,000,000 florins on the 'ent provinces is not unfounded, it being con ed impossible to obtain a loan abroad, except on most unfavourable conditions. The 120,000,000 florins are destined, in addition to what may be realised by the issue of the reserved shares of the Bank, to enable the Bank to resume payment in specie. - The letter adds, that the amount of paper money at present in circulation in Austria is about 350,000,000 florins, of which 244,000,000 florins have been issued by the Bank. All this paper has a forced circula tion, but is below par. The Government, after de- THE FRE [PRICE eSD, 'PUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the National Assembly on Monday the discus sion cm the Transportation 'Bill was renewed, and an amendment proposed by M. A.TINTRA, declaring that the wives and children of the transported should be allowed to share the exile of their husbands and fathers, was rejected by 3GI to 302, notwithstanding an eloquent appeal by M. LAMARTINE to the Assembly in its favour. ducting the payments recently made by means of the new loan and the Sardinian contribution, owes 170,000,000 florins to the Bank, The Minister cf the Interior, BAROCHE, is sorely galled at his defeat on Saturday. Neither M. BER RYER or M. Tntuns voted on the occasion ; and among those who abstained was General D'llawr rouu, the President of the Council, between whom and rd. BAROCHE a violent scene took place at a Cabinet Council held on the following day. M. BAROCHE has, it is said, tendered his resignation, and the PRESIDENT will, if he be wise, at once accept it ; for if we are to take the conduct of M. BAROCHE in regard to the sale of the evening journals as a test of capacity, a man of more damaging incapability can not be connected with any Ministry. It seems that it is necessary for the vendors of the evening journals in Paris to have a licence from the Minister of the Interior; all these licences have been revoked by M. BAROCHE, and new ones issued, authorising the sale of the Ministerial journals Patric and Moniteur du Soir, and of the Legitimatist Gazette de France only, and every vendor of a journal who shall presume to sell the Evenement (the journal of M. VICTOR HUGO, and the first which proposed the candidature of Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE for the Presidency of the Republic), or the E stafette (a journal of Moderate Republican principles, but op posed to Socialism), is threatened threatened by M. BAROCHE with a suspension of his licence. Mea sures such as these cannot suppress the publication of opinion, and only show on the part of those who adopt them an irritability of disposition conjoined with a stupid and narrow-minded incapability which cannot fail to be most damaging to any cause which may be burdened with their patronage. M. BAROCHE is more dangerous as a friend than as an enemy. The Credit says— " We are authorised to declare that General Cavaig nac has not given to any one the right of representing him as recommending or patronising any candidateship whatever. In his opinion all pretensions ought to dis appear in presence of the name of the venerable man whom he considers as the honourable representative et French democracy." M. CHARLES BLANC has been removed from the office of Director of the Beaux Arts by the Minister of the Interior, who has appointed M. DE GUIZARD to succeed him. _ _ _ According to the Swabian -mercury, negotiations have lately been entered into between Austria and Electoral Hesse, for the accession of the latter to a federal state, on the basis of the treaties of 1815. At Vienna on the 16th some disturbances took place in one of the faubourgs, but they were promptly quelled by the armed force. They arose in consequence of the people having attempted to introduce provisions into the barracks of a,detach ment of Hungarian honveds and their fa milies on passage through the city, who had cried out, on being lodged in the courtyard of the barracks of the faubourg, that they were in want of food. At one time large crowds of the working po pulation had assembled, and their attitude was rather tnent.cinz. The Emperor of Austria has just presented the ex-Emperor, his uncle, with a vast domain in Bohemia. M. DE RAYINEVAL has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Rome. Count ZAMOYSKI has arrived in Paris. The Napoleon has the following on the visit of the President of the Republic to Angers :—Arriv ing at Angers in the night, the President went the next morning to the hospital, accompanied by the Minister of War, General Castellene, the Prefect, and the Mayor. On his passage there, all the unfortunate man who had been taken into the houses of the inhabitants endeavoured to see him. Those who could not walk were brought out on chairs by the people who had treated them with such kind hospitality. The President stopped at every step, and lavished consolation and assistance, and never quitted any of them without leaving behind bias some mark of the most lively in terest. It was at the hospital that the most painful spectacle awaited him; the wounded were there very numerous. He approached the bed of each, and interrogated the sufferers with the kindest solicitude. To one he promised a leave of absence ; to another, a guarantee for the future welfare of their families ; and assured them all of the protection of the government. Before quit ting the hospital, the President, collecting around him the members of the council of administration, the medical men, and the sisters of charity, thanked them in the name of the country and of the army. He then presented the decoration of the legion of honour to the director, and to Dr. Meronan, and the cross of officer to the military intendant La Caliniere, who, for 48 hours, had been incessantly oc cupied in one of the most painful duties, that of watch ing over the preparing the bodies for interment. The President afterwards went to the barracks, occupied by the 4th Regiment, where he was received with the loudest acclamations.. Officers and soldiers were moved even to tears in finding the chief of the state hasten into the midst of them, and thus protest against the malevolent insinuations of which they had recently been the object. A sergeant, who had by his exertions saved several of his com rades, was so affected when he received the cross, that he could not utter a word of thanks, and fainted. After this visit the President repaired to the scene of the disaster, and demanded to have an exact detail given to him of the sad event ; he examined the suspension chain, and re marked with sorrow that they were for the most part oxydised, and that a more careful surveillance would have prevented such a misfortune. He ordered a searching inquiry to be entered on. The presence of the President on this spot attracted towards it all the inhabitants of Angers, who, as well as the soldiers, testified by cries a thousand times re peated of 'Vive N apoleon 1' their feelings at his thus participating in their grief. At the moment of the disaster, and in the midst of all the diffi culties attendant on the saving of the men, the prefect remained constantly in one of the boats, at the risk of his life. The cross of commander has recompensed his noble devotedness, and the decoration of chevalier the conduct of M. Delatouche, mayor of Angers, and representative of the people, who worthily seconded the prefect. The same favour was granted to a man of the people, a hairdresser, whose intrepidity was the subject of admiration to the whole town. Half an hour before the accident, two battalions of the line and a squadron of hussars had crossed the bridge without anything occurring to give an idea of danger. This bridge is the ordinary one used by the troops, as it is the direct road to the castle. The General was waiting there to review the battalion of the 11th. How could party spirit so fer pervert a simple fact, as to represent it as a premeditated design to isolate the regiment, and to preserve it from any contact with the inhabitants of the fan bourgs ? Hatred always imputes to others what it would be guilty of itself." A journal of Angers says :—" At the moment when the President of the Republic commenced his round of visits, no one being aware of his arrival, there were few persons in the streets. The cries of the getters-up of provo cations equalled those of the peaceable citizens, but the former gradually disappeared, until the immense crowd assembled at the terminus completely drowned every other cry by exclamations of Vive le .Presi- dent - r " - - PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 23.—Latest prices.—Five per Cents., 89f. 45e. ; Three per Cents. 55f. 60c. ; Bank of France, 2,100 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE LONDON SToc 01(4E, Aram. 23. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 121%—Namur and Liege, 6%—Sambre and Meese, 21‘. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arri ve d. E The poca publishes a letter f rom Edi n b urg h, s t a ting that some Spanish Carlists were p re p ar i ng t o se nd an expedition from Aberd een ! B an k no t es o f 35,000,000 reals, for the bank of San Fernando, had been received from England, where they had been en graved. GERMANY. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated fester day morning, states that the final propositions of the Prussian Government for a settlement of the affairs of the Duchies wer e not likely to be accepted. The dispatch adds, that the efforts made by the Prussian Government to obtain a prolongation of the ad interim Commission of Frankfort had failed ; but that the negotiations of Austria for assembling a Congress of Plenipotentiaries to replace it were likely to be successful. The Chamber of States of the Parliament of Er furt terminated on the 20th the revision of the Con stitution, and adopted the additional Act. it decided that the electoral laws shall be brought into effect in all the States of the Union on the 20th. A letter, however, says that it was doubtful whether the Peo ple's Chamber would adhere to thi law, and still more doubtful whether the different States w ould allow it to be carried into execution. A letter from Cologne, of the 20th, states that a rather sharp discussion had taken place between the Prince of PRUSSIA and the Bishop of Trinves, relative to the oath of the Constitution r equired . to be taken by the Catholic clergy who hold situations. The Prince formally declared that the Catholic . clergy would be required to respect the Constitution, a n d the Bishop formally asserted that they would not alluw the Constitution to encroach on its rights and privileges. In the course of the interview the Prince intimated that the Holy See would be ap plied to, to regulate the relations between the Prussian Government and the Catholic clergy. 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Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the :reformers, still it was an act of oppression; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasory; the letter of proze..ction' signed by Berries, r sq., to Mr. Wriiiam Crimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was on account its cure eve qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of e ver y p oor family. But under this order of Government it is obliged to be stamned. CRIMSTONES MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclo-.ed In a pamoble:: of medical and other testimonials, under the • Govern:lra:it order, at Is. ljd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at 10. each. If through the post ls. ones 6d. and ss. Bd., irclading postav, &c. The following letters many thousand proo:'s. Read the ..ollowing Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases of Gutta Serena, from G. H. Boutsll, Professor of Galvanism:— " South Lea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848. " Ma. W. Cam. lONX.—Sir — I must in justice to you send the All loWng Tes.:troaial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Sniff in cases of Gutta Sercia. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Si., you may advertise this I ! or make what use you pie-se. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—T am. Sir, Sec., G. H. EOUTELL, Professor o: Galvanism." All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Berhary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continaes to manaiacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the author et:the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. " Sir,—l carnot deny myself the pleasure of stating bow highly I esteem yor Ileris , Tobacco. I have now fOund in it a substitute for the choice u leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and acceptable gilt, at a very reasonable price. ' I am your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Higheate. This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, and others, with W. Gemstone's signature attached, at 7M., is. 1 qd. 2s. 9,1.. and 4s. 6d. each. including the Government stamp, MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED I?: THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1550. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l7l Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ... .„ 55 Tubercular Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 161 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves , and Senses... ... 113 Diseases of the Heart and Blood - vesse ls ... ... 3 ' Diseases of the. Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ••• ••• . Di se ases of *he Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• ••• ••• ••• Diseases of the Kieneys, &c. •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Maxus &c. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones , and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ••• Malfmaiations... ... ... ... ••• Premature Ns lh ... ••• •• ••• Atrophy ••• ..• ••• Old Age ... Sudden ... ... ••• ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not speci fi ed ... ... ... . DEATHS FRON ALL CAUSES ... ... 14 ... 44 ... 12 Population Enrmeratcl, 1841. West Districts... 301,189 North Districts.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts .. 503,346 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Femtoes ••• . • • 1, 089 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ••• Females ..• ... 866 ... 434 ... 432, ... 716 Deaths in corre- Deaths spending week in the of 1819. Week. 176 ••• 123 207 ... 206 197 143 254 ... 167 255 ... 227 Total ... ... 1,471 *ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 3 r Typhus Fever, and 19 by Diarrbceu. eale At the Westminster Police-court, _ was folly committed for trial, charged with feloniously as. saulting and wounding a young woman named Ann Heller man with a hatchet. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was not so firm to-day, and the sales were principally confined to Great Western Quarters Shares, which closed at . 1 2 14. In other stocks there was no variation in value. LIVERPOOL, APRH. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Business on our Stock Exchange was dull to-day, and prices had a tendency downwards. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 10 1 4 c. dis.—London and North-Western, 1011,i — Ditto, New Quarters, 83s. Id. dis. Caledonian, 7'b- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 12—Midland, 32 3 4 —Ditto, Halves, 27 1 4 dis.—Shcwsbury and Chester, 7% — South-Eastern and Dover, 13—Ditto, Con 01. (No 3), 1 1 % —York, Newcastle, and Berwick ( Original N.is. and B), G. N. E. Purchase, 6 per cent. ti ll 1850, 7 4 d Staffordshire, 10% dis.—Belfast and . 13al l yme na, 17—Dutch 1 orth Rhenish, 6 1 4 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was very dull to-dey, and prices have declined, especially East Lancashire and Lancashire ' and Yorkshire stocks. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, Preference, 6 13-16 Leeds Stock, 3 t —Ditto, Fifth s, 10% dtto, Preference 11 1 4—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 1 13-16, —Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 7.16 7 c. p.— Midland, 32 4— S ou th-Eastern and Dover, l - Ditto, (No. 4), 4 5-16 —.North Staffordshire, 1046 Eastern Counties, Perpet. 5 per cent, (No. 1), 714. YORK, Arum 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol. low :_Eastern Counties, 7—Midland, 33 1 4 —York,Newcastle, and Berwick, 12. SUDDEN DELTII OF THOMAS LYONS, EM.—Just as we were going to press the melancholy intelligence reached this office of the sudden death of Thomas Lyons,who had expired a few minutes before in the counting-house of his establishment in this city. We could scarcely credit the intelligence, having seen Mr, Lyons on Saturday seemingly better in health than we remember to have seen him for years; but authentic information places the matter beyond all doubt, and assures us too truly that one of the best and worthiest and kindest of men has passed from amongst us. Mr. Lyons had been out a short time before, and had con versed with several friends—all who knew him were his friends—and on returning be complained of a pain in his head; he then sat down, as if to rest, and in a few moments after he expired. We simply announce this melancholy in telligence to-day, and reserve to our next such allusions as his character and public position call for. Already we have heard of the intention of the citizens of Cork, who deeply mourn their loss, to offer a public tribute to his memory.— Cork Examiner. " ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette quotes a letter from Rome, of the 7th, stating that a second instalment of the Rothschild loan bad arrived there, consisting of bullion and napoleons to the amount of a million and a half of francs. Five prelates, according to this account, are to be raised to the dignity of cardinals, namely : Monsignor Fonari, the Ro man Nuncio at Paris ; Monsignor Grassellini, late Governor of Rome ; Monsignor Savelli, Minister of the Interior; Monsignor Morichini, late Treasurer; and Monsignor Roberti. The Pontifical State is to be divided into five departments, each under the direc tion of a cardinal ; the provinces, included in each department, to be governed by lay presidents. Monsignor Gonella is to be named Papal Nuncio at Brussels. The statement: of the Augsburg Gazette about an explosion of combustibles at Rome was not altogether unfounded ; but there was a great error in the date. It was stated that the explosion took place shortly after the Porn had passed on the 12th. It occurred on the 10th, two days before his arrival. A letter from Rome of the 14tb, in the Constitutionnel, says—" On the evening of the 10th, the enemies of order who for the last few days have been en gaged in covering the walls of Rome with placards insulting to the Church, to its venerable head, and to the French army, have attempted to alarm the people by spreading sinister reports and by causing the explosion in the Via della Vignuccia of a box full of projectiles. Fortunately, at the late hour at which it took place, the detonation did no mischief beyond breaking some windows, and arousing the people from their sleep. In the morning of the 11th similar placards were distributed, hut they did not prevent the illumination at night. The same evening a soldier on duty near the Quirinal saw about twenty individuals assembled around the gate of the palace, opposite the convent of the Adoration. Ile gave the alarm, and they fled in the directions of the Quattro Foutane, leaving behind them packets of matches and two bottles of spirits of turpentine, which leads to the supposition that they were about to attempt to set fire to the palace." HER MAJESTY'S THE4TItE. 11 Don Giovanni was announced for last night at her Majesty's Theatre; but iu consequence of the sudden indisposition of Signor Coletti, who was to have sus tained the character of the Don, the chef d'oeuvre of Rossini was substituted for the chef crcruvre of Mortrt, and we had Il Barbiere instead of 11 Don Giovanni. The Rosina of Madame Sontag was as exquisite, as graceful, as perfect, as ever. The " Una voce poco fa" was, as usual, a perfect marvel of florid vocalization, and the Rode's air, in the singing lesson, excited even a more intense furore than on any former occasion. Madame Sontag was called on to repeat the last variation twice, and a magnificent bouquet was thrown to her from one of the boxes. Immediately after this Lablache as Bartolo gave his rich and inimitable parody of " the sentimental and florid style," and at the conclusion acknowledged the applause a la Sontag, and looked round at :he boxes as for his bouquet, when Madame Sontag advanced to him and offered, in the most gracefully espeigle manner imaginable, amidst shouts of laughter and applause, the bouquet which had been thrown to her. Beletti (the Charles Mathews of the Italian stage) was the most mercurial and effervescing of Figaros, and Cal zolari gave the music of Count Almaviva with great taste, care, and correctness. The principal performers were called on at the conclusion of each act of the opera. Between the acts Carlotta Grisi danced the Truandaise, which, as usual, was encored; and after the opera we had Les Plaisirs d'Lliver, with Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, and Amelia Ferraris. The theatre was crowded. Her Majesty's box was occupied by her Royal High ness the Duchess of Rent (accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar), who honoured the performances with her presence. Her Royal High ness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. Amongst the company were his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency th© Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Ex cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Done gal, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess Flahnult, the Baroness de Rothschild, the Countess of Lichfield, the Count de Burke, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Dupplin, Lord Adolphus Fitz2larence, Lord George Paget, Lady Fremantle, Lady Quentin, M. de Berg. M. de Krehmer, Lady Vincent, Lady Palmer, Baron Wachineister, Hon. C. H. Neville, Hon. A. Wrottesley, Hon. Misses Somer set, Hon. G. Barrington, Hon. Claude Lyon, Hon. Major Needham, Hon. Mr. Willoughby, Sir John and Lady Campbel', Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir John Low ther, Sir Georgo Wombwell, Sir William Abdy, Sir Thomas and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Richard and Lady Jenkins, Sir Loftus Otway, Sir George Staunton, Sir M. Shaw Stewart, Sir Henry and Lady Blake, Sir John and Lady Kirkland, Ludy Fitzgerald, Captain Sutton, Mr. Gambier, Mr. Megan, Mrs. Stewart, Colonel Freestun, M.P„ and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. C. W. Parke, M.P., and Mrs. Packe R-adina Miss Bellew, Mrs. Dennistour, Mr. and Mrs. Attwood, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Holford, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Dash wood, Mrs. Francis Walpole, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. W. Johnstone, Air. and Miss Norris, Mr. H. Foley, Colonel Percival, M.P., Mr. 11. Broadley, M.P., Mr. Parnther, Mr. Hay Drummond, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. John. Foley, M.P., &c. FROM THE OF LONDO GAZETTE TUESDAY N . APRIL 9, 1850. WHITEHALL, The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Twig;, of Burslern, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Mater Etraordin o a l y , ( i ) n ß t D he N H A ikl c i Court E, of Chancery. OFFICE APRIL 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Sergeant- Nlajor Thomas Hassell to be Quartermaster, vice Porter, retired, April 12. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Charles John Gibb to be Second Captain, vice Miller, retired; Second Lieutenant Francis Horatio De Vere to be First Lieutenant vice Gibb, April 16. BANKRUPTS. William Walden, brush manufacturer, Park-place. Mile-end, to surrender April 30, at eleven, and May 31, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans feld, official assignee; Finney, Furnival's inn. Samuel Browning, nurseryman, Farringdon, Berk hii e, May 2, at halt• past one, and June 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell. officiel assignee, Cole man-street; Wh;t?, Eyre, and Co, Bedford-row. James Poole and Walter Poole, builders, Booth-street, Spitalfields, May 2, at two, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole. man-street -buildings; Holmer, Cheapside. John Richard West, block and mast-maker, Mill-wall, Poplar, May 4, at half-past M one, tied y 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Stevens and Satcbell, Queen-street, Cheupsicle. David Williams, victualler, Ban g or, Carnarvon, May 3 and Jane 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assigner), Liverpool; EvanF, Liverpool. William 'barman, builder, Hulme, Lancashire, May 9 and 31, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Slater, Manchester. INEQUALITIES OF TEE LAND..TAX.—On Monday the committee of the commissioners of land-tax, for Mid appointed at a general m eet i ng o f t h e co mmissioners, d held le ex at , the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, on Tuesday, the 26th of March, to take the necessary steps to induce the Government to introduce a measure into Parliament, decla ratory as to the powers of the commissioners to equalise the land-tax throughout the county—held a meeting at the board-room of the Holborn division, in Red Lion-square, when it was determined that a deputation should immedi ately wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in further ance of the purpose fur which they were appointed, and the deputation was nominated. _ _ _ THE SWILLEY ROCKS.—A strong push is about t be made by the Welsh and Lancashire Members to induce the Government to lend their assistance to remove these natural obstructions, which render the navigation of the Menai Straits so dangerous. All the ports and the marine insurance offices should join in this effort. —North Wales Chronicle. A GALLAIN.;T VENTURE.—On Thursday two eight oared out-riggers fouled each other near Ifiley-lock, ti hen both boats were upset, and their crews, consisting of 18 per sons, were thrown into the water, which was very high, and running rapidly at the time. Three of these could not swim, and were saved by Mr, Hamber, of Oriel, who was in one of the boats, and swain to their aid, and with great presence of mind, and with almost superhuman strength and 1 brought them all three safely to land.—Oxford Chronicle tact, .