The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

3; 6dp G. clri, 2s 3d tto, 8d to 1 Od each ; to 65 Od ; Eggs, 711 I. Os Od to 'artridges , to 2s 6d; )d; Ptar to Is Od; 1 6d ; and I; Lamb, I per filbs. 1; Lamb, to 35 10d Eaddocks, pair; Cod ch ; Eelfir id Crab!, Common I to Os 8d are from loaf. lb to 721 b ), 8016 to 0, 961 b to ilf Skins. d ; Polled Lk-breeds, Is 6d to ,ver ditto, , Supply ; Clover per load. s; Clover load. A NTJ • n "---- 8 Place ,he Poet- i brought ioy Bill, is read a the Pea' a, for St. mmittee- oilers, and to took a rhich Was at th ut e csse b be Aegations as several to town, le petition )., for the morning , kir. nen% and -which be Lying been rowded. additional petition of of 1,500 L „ tee s, and to the pe- SS Üb e ' young le on r minority whole p_rp since bliss ime ward s i ns said t Llbot made should be The Earl he care of now asked residence [dy whose as a fit a ready to ther order =stances ling to be residence sdy. She Lordship r the ar- same side. mutest; of i e w taken invent pro akin with 0 opposed I do with ,rued With appe ar to ection flanged to f la nged as angement Le blaster, chems to bad some lised to be ,ely. lila 8s Talbot, 1r her re n her this She said eel it his the usual )ort of the early the Berkeley at liberty ) her resi observed intil after ority was 'hole day. charged lue of 3►., d public pme time my morn r, George, at a band ,hey were coat and was so I . Soon that his --- and he and him down his cuatodY. A to the evidence olice an- :arl Grey 1 28. — causes a I Major y, being t Colonel Military '-General C. Crut ppointed major , Assist atevant- ro on2 of Elliot. )ark, the !. Vialls, the wife Collett of Lin- Jauntier, Wood - ille, Mr• lizabeth ugustus irth Rost Iry iving rNG, of 0 . Lig* intY °I, ART-UNI.ON OF LONDON. ISCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. • Tile Subscription List Closes on MONDAY n , xt, the .41st instant. Each prizeholder will be entitled ti select FOR HIMSELF a work Of Art, as heretofore. Every Subscriber will have for each Guinea the choice of one of two line engravings,—"The BURIAL . . OF HAROLD," by F. Bacon. after F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A., cr "TILE VILLA OF LUCITI.LIIS," by J. T. IVi'lmore, A.E.R.A., after W. L. Leitch, and in nddition, a volume of 31 wood engravings, by eminent artists, illustrating Goldsmith's poem of " The Travel ler?, The "Villa of Lucullue" is now ready. GEORGE GODWIN,/ Hsu. Secs. LEWIS POCOCK, 4 4 5 , West Strand. ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. The Directors being about to erect a new LOCOMOTIVE EN GINE-110U:sE at Rugby, to 2 ether with other Works, parties desirous cf tendering for the same may see the drat% ings at the Engineer's Of fice on Tuesday, the let of April next, at Twelve o'clock in the Morning, when surveyors for making out the bills of quantities will De appointed A charge of 21. will be made for each copy of the quan tities, to be paid for at the time of voting for surveyors. The Tenders will be opened on Thursday, the 18th April. By order, CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretary. Easton Station, March 27, 1851. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. The Directo , s are prepared to BORROW' MONEY on Debentures f or periods of Three, Five, or Seven Years, bearing Interest at the late of FJur per Cent. rer Annum. Ey order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. jlishopsvite Station, March 27, 1851. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. ICotica is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL a t, KtITING of the Proprietors in this Company will be held at the ention Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on . uttsp.tv. the 15th of April, 1851, at One o'clock in the Afternoon Precisely, for the purpose of approving or otherwise of an Agreement e ntered into conditionally by the Directors of t his Com p an y with the uirectors of the Great Western Railway Company for a Lease, on certain terms and conditions, of the undertaking and works of the :oth Wales Railway Company, as defined in such agreement, and hitch agreement will be submitted to the meeting. (Signed) - C. R. M. TALBOT, Chairman. FREDERICK G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London, March 29,1851. PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully in form the public that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING ._ 4 USSES afford more ease and security for the relief of hernia than other instrument yet Invented for that purpose. They will k .gwer for right or left side, and require no under-straps or any galling . .Zadage. Persons In the country are requested to send the circum- Roca of the body one Inch below the hips. Manufactory. 292. Strand. London. liold by ono or more druggists in every city and provincial town in 7 1 United Kingdom. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. - -e Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons. M. Boulcourt. *boors open at Half-past Eight o'clock — Danc in g to commence at " t ie and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. 4 NUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS AND LARGE REDUCTION OF PREMIUMS. AND -IN-HAND FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 1, New Bridge-street, Biackfriars, London. Instituted in 1696. Extended to Life Insurance, 1936. IMMEDIATE, DEFERRED, AND SURVIVORSHIP ANNUITIES GRANTED. DIBECTOMI. The Ron. Milliard Ashley. E. Fuller Maitland, Esq. 4 7,e Hon. Sir Edward Cast. Will Hon. Chas. John Murray. Lettsom Elliot, Esq. am Scott, Esq. 411 fries Esdaile, Esq. John Sp erlin g , Esq. itryie M. Farquhar, Esq. Henry W ilson, Es q . i tn Gurney lloare, Esq. Robert W inter, Esq, -, Drroas.—The Hon. Col. Cust, Thos. Fuller Maitland, Esq., James Esdaile, Esq. BANxEns.—Messrs. Goslings and Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street. - `rsicinx.—Thomas K. Chambers, M.D., 1, Hill-street, Berkeley - square. k Mcrroas.-111essrs. Lumley, Nichol], and Slyth, 18, Carey. street. ACTUIRT.—James M. Terry, Esq. SzcaMsit.—Robert Steven, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Although the lowest rates of prem ium consistent with security Ie been charged by the Office, it has for many years been enabled Make very lame returns to septennial Insurers. LIFE DEPARTMENT. tithe Important advantages offered b y the p lan and constitution of "e Life Department of this Society are— That Insurers are protected by a large invested ca p ital, upon which Nis no interest to pay, and for which no deduction of any kind i i niade, which enables the Directors to give the whole of the Profits insuring members. 4Zhat the Profits are divided annually amon g st all members of five Lrs . standing, and applied towards re ducin g life insurances to the b ~cet possible rates of premium. . Lille following table exhibits the Abate ment 01 1 4 7 4 made for the past nine years to members '"-- Premium that has ,f live years' stand- teats of bivfaion. Rate of Abatement. Tears of Division. Rate of Abatement. ,____ --------- -- 1842 £45 per Cent. 1847 1843 45 „ 1848 1844 45 „ 1849 1845 50 „ 1850 1846 50 „ £5O per Cent. 50 „ 52% „ 52% „ I SZ volley taken out on or before the 24 th o f June, at an an- Zpremium of 1001., will conseque ntl y be charged 471. les. as this )4 8 premium ; and it is expected that an e q ual abatement will in 4 Tt be annually made. l T hat persons insuring their own lives, or the lives of others, may .. I :ne members. 1 6. 4 bat persons who are willing to forego participation in the profits Insure at a lower rate tha n that char g ed to members. t he following table will s how the effect of the reduction of pre -1,-"' Vh to made by the Society on Members' Policies that have been live ` in force & I ts made by the Society on i nemovi. L 0....,.. .........• ......__. in force : (8: ... ,_ when Sum Annual Pre mium Reduced 9-kited. Insured. for first five years. Premium. ic 30 - • 100 2 13 5 1 5 6 40 109 3 7 11 1 12 3 1 36 500 'l3 7 I 6 7 0 16 19 7 8 1 3 40 500 45 1000 35 19 2 18 10 1 40 2000 67 IS 4 32 5 2 92 10 6 45 5000 I 194 15 10 ----_ 1 4 .111151 system of reducing the premiums affords immediate benefit th e members, or enables them to insure a further sum upon their equal to mere than one - third of the p resent policy, without any kA - "Qtional outlay. ROBERT STEVEN, Secretary. INDISPUTABLE. ALL POLICIES - NGLISII AND CAMBRIAN A SS UR- L ANCE SOCIETY. ' Life Annuities, and Loans, and for Perpetuating Leasehold and Copybold Property. I;hlef Office-9, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, Blackfriars, London. Declined" Lives taken at equitable rates. f irs Policies " indisputabl e " and not liable to forfeiture. 'p olicies of five years' st andin g not void in cases of suicide. l'olleies granted from 2 01 . to 5,000/. terecial tables to suit the work in g classes, tc whom the advantages Life Assurance are at present almost wholly unknown. •Zedical men remunerated in all cases. t i .: 4l mediate, survivorship, and defbrred annuities and endowments KNeci, and every other description of risk contingent on human fans. up, granted on undoubted s ecurity of every description, upon t h ,, e advantageous terms to the borrower than in any hereof e, 4; 1 at one-half the cust nnary charges. If on personal scty `aureties must be resident in or near London• payathree months after satisfactory m proof of death. t h .rospeetuses b l and any further information ay be obtained from -44btanager. C. W. BEVAN, Resident Manager. ir -____ 0S S 0 F TEE TH ttill A NEW and very curious invention connected with Dental 1 14 5ery has been introduced by Mr. HOWARD, of 17, George-street, V,lover-square ; it is the production of an entirely NEW DESCRIP 16n OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ilr a Ztlreg. They so perfretly resemble natural teeth, as not to be I.,. i tguished from the original s b y the closest observer. They will k iler change celour or decay , a nd will be found ver y superior to kLeeth ever before used. This method does not require the ox ` don of any Teeth or Ro ots, or any painful operation, and will tPurt and preserve the Teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to 1, ore articulation and mastication. The invention is of importance tV2any ',miens, and those who are Interested in it should avail .selves of Mr. Howard's NEW DISCOVERY. THE BUDGET.—In noticing the most momen tous question of the day, the all - a bsorbing question of the we shall not pause at the outset to consider whether it does or th zt ' not assimilate with the general wish, but merely remark te tti h aPPY the man who can produce a budget embracing the of all, and thrice happy he wile can produce one affording unl- Vaal satisfaction. Men of the largest and most extended talents :lhitherto failed in this achievement, and to E. MOSES and SON .Qen reserved the happy lot to accomplish this consummation so t l 7 wished for. p b nile arranging their Budget for 1851, E. MOSES and SON at declare they had no new discoveries to make, no contend lilinterests to reconcile, no laborious task to carry out ; they have t, but to pursue without deviatio n their old and successful course, th: i se the heat and most approved material in every department of tp„,.'r varied manufactures, to emp lo y the greatest possible amount of ths'llanical skill, and to effect sales so extensive as to make the Fast shadow of a shade of profit amply suffice. Without entering t it ,. details, of neeerslty too voluminous to be interesting, but for s i . ,.."ch they refer their own valued public to their stock, they boldly bi•,;: unhesitatingly declare they have produced a Budget, at once ern einff the interests of all, and, at the same time, one which will Vrd universal satisfaction. For where the national wants have ~eluded all the relief which could have been craved by some, E. b,,r ES and SON'S low prices will enable them to bear the disap i.ntment more cheertully ; and to those whose wishes have been they afford the indulgence in luxuries not always attainable. 't handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. bfTll4,e new edition of " Everyb od y 's Book, containing a fUll , or by report fitter, late important trial, may be h ad g ratis, on application Post free. er . ".• MOSES and SON have no conne xion with any other house in eta of London, except the following : 4 1 L ondon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 115 , and 08, Aldgate, opposite the Churc h, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2, a. Hart-street, all communicating. i ndford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bri d g e-street. Tailors Branch, 36, Fargate. 114110ra, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers , Furr i e rs, Boot and Shoe and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. tb,' l ., a Establishments are closed from sunset Frida y to o nset Ba -`44Y, When business is r.srated till Twelve o'clock. Ici i'on panic Francaise. Qui si parla Italian°. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol, .LAIIERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES or YOUTH AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cnre. Is FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON ATEEL. lan _pu b l i shed, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Amulan, f ur or fOrtY-twn a sealed EnStavel o mina, pe, 2s. 6d., or S post-free, from the 4thor lAF-PRESERVATION; a th, M e di ca l Treatise on the Physiology o f M arri ag e, and on k auti Secret lnfirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, th 17 acquired at an early period of life, which destroy 4 4 _1Thyat ca l and ren tal powers diminish and enfeeble the natural %Zits, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhoo.l ; with Practical )4,! , ations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of i. i 'velts Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, e r , — si ture; and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India :", as adopted by Lallernand, Ricord, and other eminent mem- Ille„, O f the faculty in France. With Fitty coloured Engravings, p t . — ix:Mr% the Anatomy r hysiology, and Diseases of the bad the Organs, exlaining their stracttu es, uses, and functions, b ah the various injur ies that arc produced in them by solitary _, excesses, sud infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. D., VT, BEDFORD-SQU ABE ' LONDON. r of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Rdle irela Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M edical of Apothecaries' Ball, London, Member of the Hunterian This Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. work contains a plain and complete description of the ana eo.‘ and hiology of the reproductive organ f their relative t d "( l, l.lous i p n hysealth and disease. The author,s, who has taken the and e %test medic a l onour as evidenced the diplomas and testimo -5 Inserted in h the wor s, k, is the only leg ally qualified medical man *l, th e ' has exclusively, and for many years devoted his studies to inl ! r eament of thee complaints. ri rri —e lly be co ns ulted v. ith ad- t s ,L a ge t by all thoses w hose constitutions may have beco me deblll- vu through secret practices acquired 14 tater years, whereby the pleasures of life are'marred, the objects Youth or by the excesses of m arriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un rng misery and regret. üblished by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, pater- Published ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne - str eet, Z. 4 27market ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, ii t r e . e by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's r esidence, who lig i r eu e lfrA 9 11 4 tItCk. fterdtri Per s Qu a i l h 9; by letter , idlY , twos . from till etglat, , , r i a• MARCH 29, 1851. N°. 18,257.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVE ", S 7 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, Ptf.D„ F.R.S. t*Edmund S. Sy - mes, Esq. *Ralph Gough. Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Yignc, Esq• AUDITOR. tProfeseor Wheat,tone, F.R.S. PRYNCIAN. Elliotson, 31. D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. 6DRdEON. PUBLICATIONS. This day is published, RLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCCXXVI., for APRIL. Price 2a. Gd. CONTENTS. Southey. Part 11. The Peaceful Lieutenant and his Friends. Michael Angelo and the Friar. My Novel ; or Varieties in English Life. Part VIII. Narratives of Sorcery and Magic. _Modern State Trials. Part IV. The Romance of Forgery. The Flowers' Revenge. Latter Days of the Free-trade Ministry. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Lon.lon. F RASER'S MAG Price 2s. 6d., or by 1 I. The Cloister-Life of the Empe ror Charles V. 2. Episodes of Insect Life. 3. The Best of Three; or, The Officer's Charger. 4. Sketches of American Society. By a New Yorker. Life at a Watering-Place. —The Lion in the Un:4. 5. Materialism. —Miss Martineau and Mr. Atkinson. London: John W. I AZIN E for APRIL, post, 35., contains :•- 6. Phantoms and Realities. An Autobiography. 11. Noon. 7. The Philosophy of Living. S. Mozart's Pianoforte. 9. The Ministry and the Papal Bull. 10. An Antediluvian Romance. 11. The Age of Veneer. Part 12. Financial Projects and Calcu lath ns. Dantzic and Konigsburg, white Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• ••• ••• Grinding per 30 stone ... Foreign ..• ..• ..• BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 28 —3O Ticks Foreign ..• •.. OATS, per stone : healing . ••• Feeding ... Foreign • Od to Od • Od to Od Od to Od Id of 2611 b SHELLING, per load of MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed ARAI' Qrs, Wheat ... ... 11,182 VALS. 42 - 46 38 - 4') 34 - 38 23 - 26 25'- 29 25 - 29 19 - 21 21 - 26 Parker, West Strand. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for AI'RIL. No. CCCLXIV. ALL THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE ; Or, what Brought Everybody to London in 1851. Chaps. 4, 5, 6, and 7. Densistoun's Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino. Gold. sorrow and Lavengro. The Fate of Charles de St. Leger. By the Author of " Seven Years in the Wedded Life of a Roman Catholic." Major Edwardes's " Year on the Punjaub Frontier." Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour. Concluded. Dandy Nat's Courtship. Russian Diplomacy. &c. &c. &c. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Barley ... ... ... 3,263 Oats ... ... ... ... 379 Beans... ... ... ... 1,062 27 - 28 26 - 23 24 - 26 91 to 100 9d to 10d 9,1 to 10d 23 24 35 37 27 - 30 26 - 23 Rapeseed ••• ••• Shelling ... ••• Linseed ••• ••• •• Malt •• • ... • • ... Flour ... ... ••• Peas ••• .•• ... ••• Tares... ... —. I BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 28.—The market continues very dull, and prices for most descriptions of raw sugar are again rather easier this week. Refined goods are in better demand, and command firmer prices. Ram is very dull. T,HE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for APRIL contains, among other articles: — The Character of Charles 11., by Peter Cunningham. Esq„ F.S.A. being Chapter IV. of the History of Nell G w y n —Unpublished Poems of Alexander Gill—The Dukes of Guise—Chalcondyles and the Eng lish—Bishop Stanley—Original Letter of President John Adams— Saint Francis and the Franciscans—The Bell of Saint Patrick— Totnes Castle (with a Plate)—Anecdotes of the Protectorate, by Dr. H. Sampson—Ancient Scottish Seals (with several Engravings)— Mr. Macaulay and Penn—With Notes of the Month, Review of New Publications, Reports of An iquarian Societies, Historical Chronicle, and Obituary, including Memoirs of the Marquis of Northampton, :Countess of CharlevLle, Lord Bernes, Lord Bexley, Sir F. Lawley, Sir William Owen Barlow, Sir John Tobin, Charles Spence, Esq., Q.C., James Sedg wick, Esq., Joanna Baillie, Rev. A. Brandram, Rev. 11. 11. Fortis, and other eminent persons recently deceased. Price 2s. 6d. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament-street. —Bristol Nercurr. kvEaroot, MARCIE 23.—At this morning's market there was a thin attendance of dealers. Wheat and flour net a limited demand, at the prices of Tuesday. Oats and oatmeal were in good request, the former at full prices, And the latter at 3d per load advance. Beans were held for more money, which checked sales. Indian corn of good quality, being scarce, brought rather higher prises. New yellow American was sold at 30s 6d, while old was held at 31s per 480Ibs. BANGOR, MARCH 28.—Wheat and barley snoved very slowly. Wheat, from 40s to 425; barley, 20s to 225; good potato oats forseed, 17s to 18s; common ditto, 14s to 15s .6d ; oatmeal, 22s 6d per 24011 n. EXETER, MARCH 28.—Cattle Market—There has been a large supply of beasts driven in, and a moderate one of sheep; the demand has not been brisk. Fat beef has sold from 7s to is 9d per score. Pork carcases—There was rather a less sup ply than last week. Prices ranged from 6* to is 3d per score. Pannier—Turkeys, 5s 6d to 7s 6d each ; ducklings, 5s to 6s ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s ; galenas, 5s ; widgeon, 2s 6d to 3s ; pigeons, Is 8d to 2s; roasters, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; leverets,.3s to 4s per couple; butter, Is Id per lb; eggs, 20 to 22 for Is. Corn Exchange—The market has been pretty fully at tended. Holders of English wheat are mostly unanimous in standing out for 5s 3d per bushel for warranted samples, but the millers generally refuse to give any more than ss. Prices must be quoted 4s 6d to 5s 3d. In foreign samples of prime French red were offering at 40s per quarter ; barley, 3s per bushel; oats, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel; fine flour, 28s to 29s per sack of 2801bs. NORTHALLERTON, MARCH 26.—White wheat, 5s 6d to 6s Od, red ditto 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; oats Is 10d to 2s 6d ; beans, 3s Od to 3s 6d; barley 3s Od to 3s 6d per bushel. WETHERBY, MARCH 27.—White wheat 16s to 16s 6d, red ditto 15s Od to 15s 6d per load ; barley 26s Od to 28s Od per qr.; beans 10s 6d to 14s 6d per load ; oats Pd to 10d. per stone. SCARBOROUGH, MAncx 27.—New wheat 36s Od to 41s Od; old ditto 00s to 00s per qr. of 40 stones; black oats 9d to 9id white ditto 9id to 10d per stone ; malting barley 22s to 245, grinding ditto 2ls to 23s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour 32s to 38s, seconds ditto, 24s to 27s per sack of 20 stones. KNARESBOROUGH, MARCH 26.—Wheat 5s Od to 586 d; beans 3s 9d to 4s Od per bushel ; barley 24s to 28s; oats, 17s to 20s per qr. INVERNESS, NIAACH 25.—Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 37s to 38s Od; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, 00s Od to 00s Od ; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 20s Od to ON ; oats, per quarter, weighing 421 h per bushel, 16s Od to 17s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s Od to Os 0d; ditto second, 14s 08 to Os Od ; barley meal, 111 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 12s 08 to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 33s Od to 35s Od ; second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 6d to Os Od; ditto second, is 4d to Os Od; barley meal, la 2d to Os 08 • peasemeal, ls 4d to Os Od ; first flour, 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 25 3d cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 4id to sd; beef, per pound, 4d to 6d; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d; fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; ducks, each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 4id to sd; butter, fresh, per Ib, 9d to 10d ; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to 2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, sid to 64; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. WOOL TRADE, LONDON, MARCH 27. The imports of wool into London during the week ending to-day were 3,048 bales, comprising 1,282 from Port Phillip, 1,110 from the Cape of Good Hope, 479 from Bombay, 131 from Swan River, and the rest from Italy, France, &c. The market is dull. FOREIGN WOOL, LEEDS, Masten 28.—The demand for foreign and colonial wools during the past week was such as to confirm the improvement noticed in our last report. Manu facturers being very generally quite bare of wool are quite pre pared to operate at present rates, as they are now pretty well assured prices are not likely further to recede. ENGLISH WOOL, MARCH 28.—There has not been any change of moment this week. Sales have been; mall, and limited to the immedia'e wants of buyers. Pricesar e quoted the same as last week. TRADE or LICEDE.—We have little alteration to make in our report, from the previous week. Perhaps we may be cor rect in saying that matters are a little more lively, but still they are flat. Stocks in the Cloth-halls continue light. BRADFORD MARKET, MA RCH 27.—Wools—The sales dur ing the week have been somewhat increased where an induce ment in price has been conceded; noils and brokes still com mand unsatisfactory prices. Yarns—The demand is not mate rially increased for actual consumption, but the ruinous prices at which sales have been effected has had the tendency of clear ing off small lots in stock. There is a daily addition to the machinery standing, for this is attended with the least loss, the price of labour being higher than in 1848. Pieces—There is rather more doing than last week, but at very unsatisfactory and discouraging prices. TRADE •r MANCHESTER, MARCH 27.—Since Tuesday, there have been some considerable purchases for India and China, both of cloth and yarn, but the advanced prices asked by manufacturers, on all hands, restrict business to the imme diate wants of buyers. The advance on shirtings is 3d. per piece in 42-inch, and lid in 36-inch; on yarn about id. per lb. on the average. Buyers are willing to give l id advance on last week's quotations for yarn, but are not operating freely at the larger quotations. The home trade still continues dull, and Purchases are only made to supply the wants of the consumers from day to day. THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 28. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 26, 1851. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Retie Haberfield, Esq., mayor of the city of Bristol. WHITEHALL, MARCII 28. The Queen has been p:eased to constitute and ap point Sir John Romilly, Rut., to the office of Master and Keeper of the Rolls and Records in Chancery, vacant by :he surrender ihereof by tl-e Right Honourable Henry Lord Langdale. CP.O N- OFFICE, MARCH 26. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Dungarven—The Honourable Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, of St. James's place, London, in the room of the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil, wile has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty') Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28. 18th Regiment of Foot—Eneign John Edward Swindle) , to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Minter, deceased, Dec. 22, 1850; Ensign Arthur Hessry Thiatlethwayte, from the 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Swindley, March 28. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Douglas Ernest Manners, from the 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Newenham, who exchanges, March 28. 31st Foot—Ensign Edward Temple, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leeson, who retires, March 28. 55th Foot—Lieut. Charles Cliffe, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Quantrille, who exchanges, March 28. 63d Foot—Lieut. William Henry Newenham, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vioe Manners, who exchanges, March 28. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Duncan Bazalgette to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice O'Connell, deceased; En sign James Barton to be Lieutenant,. Tice Bazalgette, Aug. 19. 86th Foot—Ensign Hopton Bassett Scott to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Baxter, who , retires; Ensign Jame.s Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, from the 77th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Scott, March 28. 3d Foot—Ensign William George Conway Gordon to be Adjutant, vice John Gordon, killed in action, Dec. 30. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Charles Monckton Gibbons Quantrille, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice CHM, who exchanges, March 28. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28. List of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the 91st ;Regiment, killed in the recent action with the Kafirs, 29th December, 1850, or who have subse quently died of wounds received in that action. Sergeant—Rouston, Robert. Corporal—Stevenson,. Moses. Drummer--Smith, William (Ist). Privates—Cleaver, William; Clegg. Thomas; Cul verwell, John (died of wounds); Deans, Thomas; Harding, John; M'Donald,John; M'Nutr, James (died of wounds); Morrison, Donald; Nicol, James; Phillips, William; Potter, John; Ramsay, David; Reeves, Samuel; Robertson, William C.; Scott, Alexander; Smith, Thomas; Sweeney, John; Thompson, Alexander; Tollard, Thomas; Walsh, Robert. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. The Right Hon. Charles Edward Viscount Crowhurst to be Deputy-Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, MARCH 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Green, of Carmarthen, in the county of Carmarthen, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Henry Fen wick, of Liverpool, in the county palatine , of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court ct Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Etty, of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a &Laster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cery. ALINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT TRURO, MARCH 27.--TOW, 3,2 i 7 tons ; average produce, 7 / 7 1 ; quantity of fine copper, 252 tons 5 cwt ; amount of sale, 16,9411 7s 6d ; average standard, 10111 s Od. Last Sale—Standard, 911 12s Od; pro duce, 9i. Average price per 21 cwt, 514 s Od. COPPER ORES FOIL SALE AT POOL, APRIL 3. —North Pool 607—Tincroft 583—Wh. Basset 560—Wh. Seton and Pendarves 502—East Pool 477 East Crofty and Dudnance 467—Camborne Vean and Wh. Frances 307—Condurrow 304 - Fowey Consols 262—South Frances 182—Dolcoath 144 —North Reskear 128 —West Fowey Consols 59—Pendarves Consols 46 —Total 4,628 tons. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d;Braddyll Carr'e Hartley ..... ... 143 6d tietton East Adairs Main... .. 11s 6d Elaswell lss 9d South Peareth lls 6d Lambton Tanfield Moor ......... 135 9d Russell's Hatton ranfield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Stewart's South Eden Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od [Hartlepool 15s 9d West Hartley Wyl am Wall's End, &c. IWhitworth ...........•• 12a 6d Bewicke and Co. Gosforth . • . Hilda l3s 6d Seymour Tees Morrison Northumberland Riddell .. ... l4s Od West Cornforth Eden Main ....•....... 15s Od Cowpen Hartley Lambton Primrose ... 15s Od DerwentwaterHartley 14s 6d Bell Ships at market, 105. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 28. Szocx ExcrusGs.—The market has been dull to-day, and business small. The transactions were as follow: Caledonian, 14—Great Western, 8834—South-Eastern and D0ver,271%. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28. SrocK. EXCHAPIGH.—The market has been very hsavy .o-dav, and prices generally are lower. The transactions were as follow : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. Shares, 3r B dis.—Caledonian, 18 c.—East Lancashire, 17— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61—Ditto, Fifths, 674 c. dis.— London and North - Western , Fifths , 5 L4 p.—Midland, 62 % —Ditto, Halves, 131% dis.—South- East ern an d D o ver, 27% —York and North Midland, 27 1 ,E—Dutch Rhenish, 4% dia. lliles opened, 1851. - I.' • ••• a - • , • . . • • r • •• •r, , ) 417' :::4 141 ;r i s t ii 4 ; )*. l k.. / . /t 4 . o I 4 - " ifz \,•.? • . _ „„ _ , • av - • • .415:-1 5 3 9 03 CA— -411116, 4 4. (A 0 • •.•• • Dry, _ , °IT. - • • / [PRICE SD. t.E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t'W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*Messrs. Glyn, Hall'fax, Mllls, And Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, Messrs. Sutton, Ewan, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- street, *W. Tatham, Eeq.,22,ihrogmorton-streat. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,0001. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tabte the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities is the hands of third parties. Ns Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001.; tne amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual Inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonusei declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. rerma- Annul Policy Bonus in cent Re- Pre- taken addition Bonus irl duction of mluni. out inj to Sum Cash. Annual Assured. Premium. X s. d. £ s d. X s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 1l 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 A s.d. 1840 193 12 6 98 16 8 14 010 74 8 4.. 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 11 1842 162 16 8 76 1$ 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 8 9 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 i• E El = co Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital —500,000/. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ars —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. _ _ It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap goached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Pronerty on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at Se . per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. • Equitable Fire. t• Both Offices. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2801.—making .=;o(ll....Vave been . , paid. This is far below the expected , andlir Ant' ftrofta till , when - It is remembered haw * severely the life Dee generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. r 1 1 4 The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1449, and the 31st of Al ay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 65. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,046/., upon which 3201. 3e. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of Juno last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I ls. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9001. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is. leaving the yearly income on the I st of June last equal to 2,9911. 15.. I Id. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. Ils. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AND FIELD-MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS rHE ROYAL NAVA MIL .C. 8., ALBERT, K.G., K.T., K.P., L G . TARY,.C.B., and G I :C.M.G. AND EAST INDIA LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established A.D. 1837, 3 D sii I i c rA E GIN C I. T IC O E a oc s k . FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES. 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. E, RightuE G ll El i I C No nT S K.H., Cockburn, R 7. , G.c I.Z . 8., r,Ce Deputy-Chairman.haar A rm d a m n i r . JAMESC° a l l o d n n e a l l rE t Fp h e al of the United Kingdom. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant-Ge neral, Royal Artillery. Captain Sir George Back, R.N., F.R.S. Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. 11lajor-General Arnold. K.H., K.C. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D. Captain William Laneey, •A William Chard;Esq., Navy Agent Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Major-General Sir John Rolt, K.C.B. Major F. S. Sotheby, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Major-General Si r G. Pollock, G.C.B. C a ptain William Cuppage. R.N. C a pt a in Michael Quin, E.N. Major-Gancral Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, K.C.B. BANNEAS—:Messrs. COllttS and Co., 59, Strand. PuysictAN—Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes, M.D., K.C.H., F.L.S. COUNSEL--J. Measure, Esq., 4, Serle-strect, Lincoln's Inn fields. SomeiToß—stephen Garrard, Esq., 13, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East. AcTu.say—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator, and President of the Institute of Actuaries. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every profes sion and station in life, and for every part of the world, with the from me ex ception of th e W es t er n Coast of Africa within the Tropics. The Rates of p rem i u ms are const ructed upon sound principles with reference to ev er colony and, by pay ment of a moderate addition to the home Premium, this 0..m..ce may change climate to another without forfeiting their policies. ln -Ca' and, of increa se of risk, persons assured in Four-fifths of the Profits are divide d amongst the Assured. JOSEPH CARTWRIGIIf BRETTELL, Secretary. PROMOTER L IF E ASSURANCE AN D ANNUITY CONIPANY. No. 9, Chatha m - p l ace, Blackfriars, London. Established in 1826. This Society effects every description Subscribed Capital, 240,00 01 . ofLife Assurance, both Do mestic and Foreign, on most advanta geo us terms, either on tho Bonus on Non-Bonus systems. b e obtained at Tables of Rates, with all further particulars, may the Office. M. ' , LANYARD, -----.Secretary. ___ ------ IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIE'PII EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. I l nlstrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engraving) on noes. 0 A PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2S. 6d. nv post, direct from the Establishment. 3s. 6d. in postage stamps. All Communicatdi isco ons nti bein g nued the strictly con fid ngentialOf , Cues. the Authors have Medical Work on ex y the system ' produced by Tfi rho e SILENT h.stionand nd physica FRIEND, deea o a f ex xgssive indulgence, the conseq uences of infe ction, or the abuse of me rcury, with explicit directions for the use of the preve n ti ve l o tion, followed by observations e n trio Married State, and the disqualifica tions w hich prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and 1.. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Ox(ord-street Lon don. Published b y the Authors ; and sold by and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Gor- Strange, 21, rater t- n o o n s t , e r l - 4 r 6 e , w L e ; 3, PART I. treats ot th e anatomy Ann physiology of the ProduailanndenhalaYl-'s6titet, Londen. re organs, and is illustrated by 25 Coloured Engravings. Pam. 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in. dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing nervos excitement, an en - mental and bodily weakne ss, ative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanuatory Engravings.d ger PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from imectio, eithe ' the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit dir n ections r in for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engfay. Inge. PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Preventicn of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its dn tee. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. I Is. Tax CORDIAL Batas or SYRIACUM is exclusively employand 33ed in treating nervous and se anal debility, impotence , BEn., per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-sypbilitic s. remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, II s. and 335. p er bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., an 4 I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, glect, stricture, and chronic , inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, minute detail of the 'case is required: ago, hLhits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Esta te:btu:Sent only by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, s T rgeons, are in attendance dilly at 19, Berners-gtreet, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and FITS to Eight ; on Bun dy, Prom Farm to One. This day, Fourth Edition, revised, price Is., With Notes from Paddy in America. containing Observations upon a Late Article in the Edinburgh Review. ADDY'S P LEISURE HOURS in the POOR HOUSE ; or, Priests, Parsons, Potatoes, and Poor-rates. By a Native Resident of Ireland. London : John \V. Parker, West Strand. Now ready, T LIE GOLD WORSHIPPERS By the Author of " Whitefriars," &c., Sec. Parry and Co., 32 and 33, Leadenhall-street. To be had at upwards of 3,000 Circulating Libraries. Next week will be published, SKETCHES of the POETICAL LITERATURE of the Past Half Century. In Six Lectures, delivered at the Edir.burgh Philosophical Institution. By D. M. MOIR. (Delta.) In foolscap octavo (pp. 330), price ss. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MACRAE'S LAW AND PRACTICE OF INSOLVENCY. The First Part is now ready. It contains all the Forms, Cases, &c., and the entire practice of Protection in t he Count y Courts. This work has been revised throughout by the Officers and Practitioners in the Insolvent Court. Part 11., completing the work, is is the press. By D. C. MACRAE, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Brice 12s. 6d. boardi. Also Part V. of Cox, Macrae, and Hertslit's Reports of County Court Cases and Appeals, including Insolvency, being the authorised Reports, price ss. 6d. Law Times Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. DR. KAHN'S GRAND ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 315. Oxford-street, is NOW OPEN from Ten o'clock in the Morning till Ten o'clock at Night. Popular Lectures on the Structure and Functions of the Human Body,will be delivered daily by an English Medical Gentleman at the following hours, viz. :-11, 1,3, 5,7, and 9.—Admission, 2s. NOTICE. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION will be Closed on the 19th instant, to be Re-opened on Easter Monday. Depositors are respectfully invited to forward their works before the 12th April, that they may he numbered in the New Edition of the Catalogue, free of expense. Until the '29th instant the Lectures on Science, including Music, &c., and the usual Exhibitions will be continued Mornings and Evehings. R. I. LOXWAOTTOM, Secretary. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES bare been effected V; lthout Medicine, Inconvenience, or Expense, by DU BARRY'S Delicious REVALENTA ARIBICAWOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. A few out of 50,000 testi monials : " Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health -restoring Food in very short time. " W. It. REEVES, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have bee' effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. " Rev. JOHN W. FLAVELL, Ridllngton Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miser able, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring food. " ALEX. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Similar testimonials from Lord Stuart de Decies ; Mr. Samuel Barlow, Darlington, a cure of twenty years' dyspepsia, constipation, flatulency - , and irritability ; William Hunt, Esq., barrister-at-law, King's College, Cambridge, who, after suffering sixty years from partial paralysis, has regained the use of his limbs in a very short time upon this excellent food ; the Rev. Charles Kerr, of Winslow, Bucks, a cure of functional disorders; Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, Bromley, recording the cure of a lady from constipation and sick ness during pregnancy ; Mrs. Maria Jolly Worthen], of Ling, near Disc, Noriolk, a cure of fifty years' inde.cribab'e agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, flatulency, spasms, nausea, and vomitings ; Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham cross, Hefts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, and ga therings ; Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure of tea years' dyspepsia and nervous irritability ; Mr. W. Grantham, a cure of gout ; Mr. Joseph Walters, Broadwell Colliery, Oldbury, near Birmingham, a cure of angina pectoris; Mr. Hugh Evoy, Fetnard, cured when given up as too far gone; Doctors Ure and Harvey ; James Shoreland, Esq., .I.S o. 3, Sydney-terrace, Reading, Berks, late surgeon in the 96th Regiment, a cure of dropsy; James Porter, Esq., Athol-street, Perth, a cure of thirteen years' cough, with general debility. A copious extract of 50,000 cures sent gratis by Du Barry and Co. Sold in canisters, with full instructions, weighing 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s 6d. ; 51b., 1 Is.; 121 b., 225.; super-refined quality, 101 b., 335.; Sib., 225. Da Barry and Co.. 127, New Bond-street, London ; and through all Grocers, Chemists. and Booksellers. CAUTION.—The health of many p rsons having been seriously injured by " Arabian Revalenta," " Ervalenta," " Lentil Powder," " Patent Flour of Lentils," " Arabica Food," and Wirer spurious com pounds under imitation of name, or called similar by their unscrupu lous compounders, it will be necessary to note Messrs. Du Barry and Co.'s name on each canister, in order to avoid being imposed upon by heartless knavery. DU BARRY'S PULMONIC BON-BONS, a nice, safe, and effec tual remedy for coughs, colds, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and voice, are of unrivalled excellence. In boxes, Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.; or, post free, Is. 4d., 3s. 3d., ss. 2d. DU BARRY and CO., 127, New Bond-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co. ; Hedges and Butler ; Abbiss, 60, Gracechurch-street; Skelton, 49, Ilishopsgate-street Within ; also at 4, Cheapside ; 451 and 109, Strand ; and through all respectable Chemists, Grocers, and Booksellers. D' cULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; ,41, Fleet-stroet ; Mann, 89, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, *rice One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF Lam. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." Cowrktyrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex. =along about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Homo —Mtnic--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, test, Ease, Occupation, &c., IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. _ __ _______ __ & VISIT TO THE LAKES; . gEETCH_OF EDINBUE G H, &O. Vol. U. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REBIINISCENCEN Or DUBLIN, &o. HI. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debllitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules ibr the diet and physical rega. ation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what imPrOVII, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard. SUBJECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent oftbe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, snd remediative. Advocacy of early marriages., getlithesetironsex.". Time and THE MARRIAGE STATE. "Tobe o r n e o , t to to be be o , b t , l 3 : A liposArlfix:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re er observed e i de t h e b y g0,. .5. 2. (1 v 8 . 2 1 7 2 ) :i1 1i i . ni fi. i .:.. and 3ilownhgefloletierytcuscse:rsur,lute..oogn:s.:beearuiconrtmgho uhvE s eo l al d n e ntb s h , wyo as :o:: : perlynm ag g.tin 7 D , fi(l e ...ti m hB4 p thl e ) r , r zidveninar :t e , of eo r m ea p r li n x g ion th , eni. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. 1894). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAtErtELD, 11IARCH 28.—The reported arrival of wheat is good, but there is only a small show of samples ; higher prices are required, which in some measure checks the sale, yet a fair business is done in good fresh parcels at the full currency of last F r id a y. Barley rather dearer, and there is but little good Engli s h now o ff er i ng . Oats and shelling sell at improving prices. Beans rather dearer. Old• WHEAT, per qr. 601bq ger bushel : s• s• Suflolk,Easex, and Sent, red ..• to Ditto, white ... ••• *** Norfolk and Hunts., red ••• *** New. 8. 8. 40 to 43 46 50 37 —4O 44 47 33 40 40 - 44 33 40 40 -.44 Ditto, white... ••• Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... -- Ditto, white ... ••• Yorkshire, red ... Ditto, white MANCHESTER, MRcu 28. _ - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 3 4 n. dis. - Ditto, late Chester and Birkenhead, 21—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 4 dis.—Eastern Counties, 7 3 / 4 Great Northern, 1774 —Lancashire and Yorkshire. 61 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 636 n. dis. —Ditto, 20/. Shares, F, PA dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent.,l3X—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 356 — North Staffordshire, 6 1 4 1 dis.—Shrewsbury a n d Bi rm i ng h am (A), 33dis. - South-Eastern and Dover, 27 11..16. BIRMINGHAM, MAncrt 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market on the whole is much the same as yesterday. The only transactions reported were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ditto (B), 26—Bir mingham New Union, 1/. 7s. 9d. YORK, MAaca 27. &roux EXCHANGIC. — The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 18t,f ; —Hull and Selby , Quarters, 23—York and North Midland, 27%. TIIE ELECTION FOR SOTJTIIAMPTON,--News reached Southampton on Wednesday night that Sir Alexander Cock burn, M.P., for that town, was elevated to the office of At torney-General, and that Mr. Page Wood was appointed Solicitor-General. Sir Alexander was seen in Southampton in deep conversation with several of his principal an d mos t influential supporters. His re-election is certain. The Tories have for some time past. however, talked of contesting the borough with him, and Sir John Campbell, late chairman of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and Mr. Wigram, the Southampton ship-builder, have each been spoken of as a Conservative candidate. fA DvERTt sEmENT.]--Dropsy Cured by H o ll oway ' s Pil s.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Patrick O'Regan, dated Drundeer, Dec. 26, 1849.—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,— For fifteen years I suffered severely from dropsy, and frequently so bad that I could not move, and for weeks together I was unable to lie down. I have been tapped five times, and under the treatment of various medical men, without obtaining any permanent relief. Seeing in one of the Dublin papers the wonderful cure of Mr. Robinson, of Wootton, I determined on giving your Pills a trial, and it is with gratitude that I in form you that your admirable medicine has completely cured me also."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollmay's Establiihmut, 214, 6tisadi Loudon RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1850. URI TISH. Aberdeen Belfast And Ballymena .. ............ Belfast and County Down.. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ..... Caledonian.... 85% 160 943 i Chester and Holyhead Dublin and llellast Junction Dublin and Drogheda. • • • Dublin and Kingstown .• • ........ Dundee and Arbroath •• •• • • •• •• ~ 116% 171% 22 2:; . 6 188 262% 12% 518 U „5% 173'q 239 11% 157 X 9NI 496 1 4 I- : ,is 222 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen. • .. • • • • • • • . East Ang1ian.......... •............. Eatt Lancashire •••• Eastern Counties and \orfolk .• Eastern Union ................ Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• • •• •• •• • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... Furness Railway ... .............. Glasgow, and South-Western• • .• Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock • • .. Great Northern and E. L • • • • • • • • . Great Southern and Western,(lreland) Great Western •• • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • ..... Lancashire and Y0rk5hire.... ........ Leeds and Thirsk ••..•••• • • • • • • • ... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western. .... London and Blackwall.• • • • • ........ London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London aad South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen ..... Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, andlLincolnsblre Manchester and South Junction Mary port and Carlisle • • • • • Midland ..... • .. lland-Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Car ...... North British • • •••• •• •••••• • • • • North Staffordshire North-Western ........ Scottish Central • Scottish Midland .£953 542 442 3,456 6,292 1,454 6O 2,810 14,380 1,809 3,037 2,117 2,999 1,032 3,091 4,150 14,524 3,172 11,170 687 115 40,659 605 7,694 8,466 103 4,757 342 612 20,106 ‘1,072 1,995 3,075 1,251 380 1,343 Shrewsbury and Chester •• • • • • • • •• Shropshire Union ... ..... ........ South 1••••/1.1•• •• •• •., • •• •••• 00000 • •• South Esstern•—• •• ••.. South Wales ........ ..... ......... '446 1,708 8,593 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Taff Vale • • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • Ulster. •• •• • • • • • • •• • * Waterford and Limerick .......... •• West Cornwall ...... Whitehaven Junction ... ••• • .. •• •• 1,120 2,055 801 1851. York and Newcastle. and Berwick ... York and North Midland ........... £1,280 621 163 1,092 645 3,568 6,5t2 2,141 388 795 546 206 631 642 3,503 12,046 1.754 3,484 1,910 389 FOREIGN. 3,576 975 7,868 4,302 13,204 3,773 14,401 333 40,410 Amlens and 80u10gne....... Dieppe .. • • • • ...... .......... Montereau and Troyes .......... • • .. Northern of France ................ 744 7,263 7,U69 165 120 5,743 404 586 20,363 1,125 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) ........ Orleans to Bordeaux .... • • .. •• .... Paris and Orleans ................ Paris and Rouen . .......... Rouen and llavre .......... 2,126 8.087 4,740 432 1,604 501 1,573 535 1,591 8,748 201 11,516 6,793 1,113 2,505 860 827 196 13,417 7,057 1,430 1,119 826 16,102 3,150 8,014 7,435 5,332 2,080 974 15,856 3,070 2,926 7 312 5,b43 2,212 INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. (William Cubitt, Esq., President, in the chair.) The paper read on Tuesday was " On the Improve ment of the Navigation of the River Newry," by Sir John Rennie, M. Inst. C.E. This navigation naturally divided itself into three districts. The first division, extending from the source of the river, to the town of Newry, was shallow, cir cuitous, and obstructed, and from the great inelination of the bed of the river, the current was very rapid, which combined causes prevented any other than small boats from navigating this part of the river. The se cond division, from Newry to Warren Point, was car ried through the narrow channel of the river, for a length of 1 mile, then through an extensive tidal lake, for a lengtn of 3 miles, as far as Narrow Water Castle, and from thence to Warren Point, a further distance of 1i mile, where it entered Lough Carlingford. The na vigation through this division was originally so defec tive, that only vessels of about 100 tons burth e n cou ld reach Newry at spring tides. The channel was ex tremely irregular, crooked, full of eddies, and difficult of navigation; in some places it was dry at low water, and in many had not more than 2 feet 6 inches depth of water over shoals, with occasional rapid falls. The third division extended from Warren Point to the Irish Channel, through Lough Carlingford, a distance of 12 miles. In this division there was little difficulty, as the depth of water varied from two fathoms at Warren Point, to 20 fathoms at the entrance from the Irish Channel. Such was the state of the Newry navigation in the year 1760. At that time the Irish Government di rected the Board of Inland Navigation to examine the Port of Newry, and point out what was considered the best plan for improving it. After much investigation, it wfis finally decided to make a canal from Newry to a place called Fathom, on the south side of the river, and about 2 miles below the town. This canal was 80 feet in width at the top, and 9 feet 6 inches in depth. The entrane3 luck, at Fathom, was 128 feet in length. and 24 feet in width. This canal was opened for traffic in 1769, and eacted a grea►t improvement in the naviga tion, and consequently in the trade, as vessels of 120 tons were readily brought up to the town. Simulta neously with the completion of the canal, a floating dock, or basin, was made through the centre of the town of Newry, and from the upper end of it, another canal of smaller dimensions, fur barges, was' carried 9 miles up the valley, to the summit between the Newry and Bann rivers. Again, in the year 18:2.9 eq., abolition of the Irish Board of Inland Navigatio _'ompany was formed, and an Act of Parliament was yaGsed, for transferring the whole of the works into their bands, and binding them to complete the navigation, 2 accordin g to a particular plan, within seven }Tars .rom the passing of the Act. According to this pion the river was straightened and deepened, in the first instance by giving full effect to the flux and reflux of the tide, and increasing the quantity of backwater, or natural scour, upon the bed of the river, and afterwards by means of dredging, blasting, and diving• bell work. The portion of the navigation from lloyle'n Hole upwards was so liable to be silted up, and there was already so much alluvial matter requiring to be removed, that it was thought advisable to extend the canal from Fathom to this point. The size of the entrance lock was also increased, and the original canal itself much improved and deepened, so that vessels of about 500 tons burthen could reach Newry and discharge their cargoes directly into the warehouses. The works for the improvement of the river, and the construction of the old canal, were commenced in 1830, and the extension and enlargement of the canal in 1842. The paper minutely described the details of the various locks, gates, rubble walls, embankments, with pitching, and other constructions, the whole of which had been completed by April, 1850, at 9. cost of 170,0001., of which 100,0001. was the estimate for the new works, and about 60,0001. for the old works. In conclusion the author directed the attention of members to the question, as to how far the advantages of dredging, and other artificial means, might be carried in the improvement of rivers, and where the canal be came superior, both as to economy and certainty of result. The Paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, April 1, when the monthly ballot for members will take place, was: " A Description of the Lockwood Viaduct, on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway," by Mr. John Hawkshaw, M. Inst. C.E. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The repor of the directors of this institution for the year 1850 states that they have expended nearly 4751. during the past year. Two hundred and ten pounds has been distributed in tempo rary relief among six retail booksellers, ten booksellers' as sistants, one widow ofa wholesale bookseller, two widows of re tail booksellers, and four widows of booksellers' assistants ; the same parties having received upwards of 8001. in former years. For permanent relief, or annuities during the past year, seven booksellers' assistants, one widow of a retail bookseller, and ten widows of booksellers' assistants, have received above 2601.; the same parties having previously received nearly 4001. Four of the booksellers' assistants receiving permanent relief have had comfortable and happy homes provided for them at the booksellers' provident retreat. The sums granted for assistance have yearly increased ; 2,5001. having been thus expended since October, 1840, when 1 the institution began to grant relief; and, up to the present time, one wholesale bookseller, fourteen retail booksellers, forty-eight booksellers' assistants, one widow of a wholesale bookseller, five widows of retail booksellers, and thirteen widows of booksellers' assistants, have experienced the timely and valuable aid of this institution. Notwithstand ing these and ether necessary demands upon the funds, the directors are enabled confidently to anticipate that the per manent fund of 20100/. will be obtained before the next annual general meeting. YACHT ACCIDENT.—SOUTHAMPTON, FRI George DAY:. Last evening the yacht Sea Dog , th e pp y ert Parren, Esq., left the Southampton river at about half-past ro of six o'clock, with her owner. accompanied by his brother, Robert Barfet, Esq., for Yarmouth, Isle of WhWight, the Cal sh winotd at the time blowing from the westward. en off , she came in contact with the steamer Duke of Buccleucb, and with such force that the yacht immediately sunk, and those on board were immersed in the water. Mr. Parren, with the commander and man, succeeded in getting hold of the steamer's boat, but Mr. Barfet lost his hold, and was in the water for about ten minuted, when the captain of the steamer (Mr. Gilpin) most heroically jumped overboard and succeeded in holding Mr. Barfet until the boat came to their rescue anti picked them sip. Mr. Barfet was a good deal ex hausted, but irons the exertions of those on board the steamer, and medical assistance having been speedily procured when the steamer reached the pier, we are happy to say he is in a fair way of recovery. The exertions of the captain and crew of the steamer are highly spoken of by those who were in the yacht. An attempt, we believe, will be made to raise the yacht in the course of the day. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following names of the gentlemen who passed their examination the science and practice of medicine, and recei v ed cates to practise, on Thursday, the 27th of M ar e t . h i i . i n il certifi cates Duncalfe, Walsall; ' Robert Vaile Skianer,. William Pilkington, Leyland, Lancashire • John F.wens, Axminster, Devon ; Henry Benjamin Wood, ' New Romney, 1 - 1 earadece'rn, Kent.; Kent; George Dawson Armstrong, Cu m b er land. DESTRUCTION OF TWO HOUSES BY FIRE AT CHAT HAM, MARCH 28.—This morning, shortly after two o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. .J o h n Clift, pawn broker, the next x i gnhe-st house, High - street , re e Chathamt, in t the occup ation e s ou rapi d were the flames, that pation of Mr. Moses Goodman, clothier, was soon in a blaze. Both houses are burned to the ground ; owing to the ravages of the fire very little property is saved. The entire stock of Mr. Clift, the greatest porttop being pledge., is reduced to ashes, ; , - -7 ... 1... r .'----- .- /--er---,-7--, , .- -- THE GREAT EX , .ITION• -- -- :::: - D, We find upon inquiry that all i . it is removed as . = ~. opening of the G reat E x hib . i / i i on the day ory _ amed, the Ist o f M ay. Th e •mm i ss i oners o f the ding ) re of opinion, that however difficult it may be to bring that vast assemblage of objects and commodities into shape and er within the ensuing month, any inconvenience is pre fer eto a postponem en t o f t h e E x hibiti on an d an a pp aren t breac of faith, however i nvo l untary , w ith the exhibit ors and e public. This defi n i t i ve reso l u ti on o f th e Commis si rs has been announced by p l acar d s i n re d l e tt e rs on th e pre fer external hoarding of the edifice. A second point on which considerable doubt ban been en tertained may now, we believe, be considered as equally set at rest. The heavy rains of the last fortnight came upon the building before it had received the external coat of paint which is always found necessary to render any skylights watertight. In addition to this circumstance a considerable number of the glass compartments had sustained injury and breakage in the process of construction. The consequence was, a considerable and alarmed dripp'ng of rain into the Exhibition. The broken panes are now being replaced as the external painting of the building proceeds, and the utmost confidence is entertained by the contractors and building committee that the rapid progress of this work in the course of a few fine days will remove all apprehension on this subject. With reference to the internal arrangements of the objects to be exhibited, the progress is now equally rapid, and that honourable rivalry which has brought the products of all nations for competition to Hyde Park is now chiefly direoted to the rapid transmission and arrangement of innumerable packages and stores from every part of the world. The foreign agents employed in clearing and arranging goods are contending successfully against the greater facilities of access and conveyance in the United Kingdom; and the same ex cellent spirit continues to animate the whole body. In order to save some of the enormous labour of the Exe cutive Committee, and to give a greater variety to the Ex hibition, different courts or quadrangular spaces have been allotted to :ifferent bodies of exhibitors. The Austrians are about to furnish a suite of four rooms ; a cotton-spinner, from Lancashire, will exhibit the whole process of the cotton manufacture in another; and a similar space has been given to Messrs. Pugin, Hardman, of Birmingham ; Crace, Minton, and Potter, to fit up a mediaeval court, or chamber, in which one side will be hung with church furniture, the three re maining sides with domestic furniture of the same era, and in the middle there will be a mixture of flowerpots, fonts, armchairs, tables, &c., which will remove the impression of a strictly ecclesiastical character in a secular exhibition. The Council of the Society of Arts have determined to ap propriate their rooms in John-street, Adelphi, to the hoe pitable duties which the international character of the Great Exhibition suggest.. As a first step is that direction, they have elected all the representatives of foreign countries at the Exhibition honorary members of their body, and they have decided on the formation of reading and writing rooms for the use of our Visitors from abroad.' They eotudder that their odieesivill form a convenient and central spot to which Op letters" of foreign exhibitors maybe directed, and theyjprss. isig pose to hold weekly conversaziones at- which inn? irtair 7 - visitors will probably attend. As the Exhibition ii, to a cer tain extent, the offspring of the society, this attempt to fill up agreeably the gaps which the attractions of the world's fair may still leave unsupplied cannot be too highly praised. By such aids as the performances of glee and madrigal club, can supply, and by the collection of those specimens of British art in painting and other departments which are now in private hands, those who come to see oar industrial wealth may also be enabled to appreciate the genius of oar country upon points wherein the collection of prodactiAn Hyde-park will necessarily leave them uninformed. The society, too, will have the satisfaction of contributing in a material degree to the comfort of those strangersjihom we have invited to a peaceful rivalry, and who have cihie to us, we trust, in the same liberal and confiding temper as that which induced us to throw open to them our Exhibition. The connecting-rods for the louvre beards began to be fixed yesterday, and the Executive Committee propose issuing a notice to the thermometer-makers, offering them space for the exhibition of thermometers of all kinds, in order to test the efficiency of the system of ventilation adopted in the building. The Executive Committee are also, with the as sistance of Dr. Lindley, endeavouring to carry out plans for the decoration of the interior with choice flowers. IRONMASTERS' PRELIMINARY MEETING. DUDLEY, FRIDAY.—The customary meeting of ironmasters immediately preceding quarter-days was held in this town yesterday. These meetings are held for the purpose of de termining, if possible, the prices of iron for the ensuing quarter; that is, the first houses, who are what is termed • " members of the trade," after duly considering the present position and future prospects of the manufacture, tix upon rates to which they generally abide; but it is needless to say that many respectable ironmasters, carrying on a seocnd rate business, and who do not feel bound by the decisions of these assemblages, are in the constant habit of selling at lower prices. The attendance yesterday afternoon was nu merous' and comprised many, if not most, of the largest and most influential ironmasters of the district. The decision at which the meeting would, in all probabi lity, arrive, had been for some time anticipated by those who had watched the progress, or rather the decline, of the iron trade, since the quarter-days of January. An advance of rates appeared to be out of the question ; a maintenance of present prices, or their reduction, was considered the only alternative. The former of these two courses, a ft er muc h deliberation, has been resolved upon, but it remains to be seen whether it will be strictly enforced at the several quar terly meetings which will be held in the course of the ensu ing fortnight. In January it will be recollected that a slight advance of prices occurred, and, from appearance', hopes were enter tained that orders, then more than previously numerous, would enable the ironmasters to continue the works of the district, if not in full, at least in moderate or average em ploy. The result has not justified those anticipations. At an early period after the last prices were fixed their mainte nance was found extremely difficult, and purchasers dis covered within a month that they had bought! ' at higher rates than the subsequent state of the iron-market warranted. The second-rate masters pursued the system of underselling, arid even makers who were parties to ihe settlement of the January prices were glad to accept orders from merchants at figures considerably lower than only a few peeks before they bad resolved to exact. A gentleman practically connected with the ion trade of South Staffordshire writes thus :—" An entire absence of all speculative im pulse still prevails; orders continue to be par tially distributed, some works being plentifully pro vided, while others have scarcely half employment., and it is a subject of universal complaint that business is being transacted without remuneration. Luring he last fortnight buyers have again had the advantage; but, al though for a short time the tone of feeling rallied, there was still underselling, which would have been carried further were it not impracticable with the present scale of wages. The depression of the home trade, which bears peculiarly upon the Staffordshire market (alluding, it is presumed, to agriculture), and the low figures by which the Vi elsh makers are endeavouring to secure the lion's share of rail and fo reign orders, added to the introduction into our distict of so much inferior material, seem to have put aside all prospect of obtaining any improvement of prices during the spring or autumn months. The incautious over-extension of works in times of sudden unexpected, and temporary prosperity, combined with the formidable competition of the Scotch and Welsh ironmasters, are justly deemed among the principal causes of the continued depression of the South Staffordshire iron trade. The make and the means of making, and with such formidable rivals, are far too great for the regular demand of home or fo reign markets; for, although during the last six months the exports of iron to North America, owing to peculiar circumstances, have been very considerable, that market is already becoming dull, and in all probability, if report speaks truly, some degree of stagnation, so far as iron is concerned, may be anticipated. There is no probability of the tariff of 184 ). being rendered higher, and the large cargoes of iron which, in anticipation of such an event, have been imported into New York, will now be thrown into the market. The intelligence brought by the Cambria and the Ent ope bear out this opinion. A reduction of make, or a reduction of wages, are the two remedies suggested, the former of these palliatives being of Scotch origin. Let either the one er the other be adopted, it is clear the workpeople must be the sufferers. The iron masters of South Staffordshire, are, and ever have been par ticularly anxious not to curtail the employment or reduce the remuneration of their men; to such an extent has this considerate feeling been exhibited that many works have been carried on which, if profit only bad entered into the masters' minds would have been closed, for the purpose of giving employment and support to the neigh bouring population. But the question aries, what is to be done? For a time, in a certain portion of the iron district the manufacture received a temporary impetus from work executed for the erection of the Crystal Palace; and, again, the iron culverts required for the sewers of the metropolis gave a little spirt to the iron trade of this immediate neigh bourhood. The orders for the former are completed, and those for the latter fast progressing. To add to this gloomy representation of the iron interests in the midland counties the iron trade of Wales and Scotland, according to latest ac counts, is not in a much better condition. Orders are scarce, and prices declining. COMPLETION OF NELSON COLUMN, CHARING.. cnoss.—As there seems no probability of the lions mounting guard at the foot of the Nelson Column this year, I would suggest, by way of a temporary finish, that four field gnus complete be placed on the four projections. Correspondent of the Builder. ..... ROYAL ORTIIOP2EDIC HOSPITAL. The annual meeting of the friends and patrons of this charity took place yesterday, at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-street; Quarles Harris, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that there had been a considerable increase in the funds of this institution during the past year, as well as in the number of patients who had received relief from it. The fluids, how ever, had been merely adequate to the requirements, for in the g g e r n ea er t a a l t tioatin ent a benefit not many cases the patient s remained in the wards for a wall w consi d era ble period, which of course tended t o i... prove eo s o in f theeresse the annua l expenditure. Many most important i mpre venientil the had p been made d w e hbiychthweosuulrdgn only to C had,fes, but to the community at large Her Majesty by a donation of 250 gui neas to this cliarity, purchased for his Royal Highness the prince of Wales the perpetual right of having an in-patient in the wards; and there was, at the present time, a g irl twelve years of age pro s everely afflicted in both feet, p ro gre ssi ng most satisfactorily, placed there by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. 'The number of in-pati ent , admitted during the past year was 7 9 , of whom 56 were discharged cured, 23 were relieved, and there were now remaining i n the wards 36. The total number of in and out patients during last year was 1,455, which was an increase over last year of 160. Since the open ing of the caarit y there b a d been 10 , 570 cases admitted. The receipts for the past rear a mounted to 2,1621. 3s. 2d., and the disbursement s to 1,8-861. 12s. Bd., leaving a balance of 27M. 108 . 6d. The repo t was adopted, some formal resolutions passedl Officers for th e ensuing year electe', and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. New IRISH ENCUMBERED ESTATES ACT.--We b e . lieve we are correct in stating, that it is the intention of Government to introduce a Bill, probably before the Easter recess, extending the duration of the Irish Encumbered Estates Commission for seven years. The new measure will also enable the Commissioners to include arrears of rent in the sale of any property brought within their jurisdiction, a nd on the determination of the Commission, all their powers are to be vested in the Irish Court of Chancery. A too fastidious moral, like too fastidious a taste in diet, impairs enjoyment. Those are best constituted for happiness whose refinement is of the average quality, con• genial to the world they live in.—Eliza Cook's Journal. INTEREST ON RAILWAY DEBBNTUUES.—Notwith standing the unprecedentedly high rate of interest charged on what are called railway " continuations," at the Stock Exchange, railway companies of ordinary credit have no difficulty in borrowing money at 4 per cent. We regret exceedingly to learn that the latest ac counts received from Bowood represent the Marchioness of Lansdowne to be gradually sinking• BANKRUPTS. Allen Collyer, jun, jeweller, Dover, Kent, to surren. der April 1, at one, and May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basitighall street; Harris, Moorgate-street. George Garnbam, banker, Rougham, Suffolk, April 11, at half-past twelve, and May 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canino, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Hensman, Basing-lane; Wayusan and Co., Bury St. Edmunds. Henry Medworth, grocer, WiAcch Saint Peter, Cam bridgeshire, April 5, at half-past one, and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Abbott, Jenkins, and Abbott, New-inn, Strand; Watson, Wisbech, Walter M'Do wall, printer, Little Queen-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields, April 5, at eleven, mid May (3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basinghall-street; Edwunda, South-square, Gray's inn. Richard Pegg, wino racrchs.nt, Brighton, April 14, at half•past one, and May 10, at Pleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignf e, Guildhall ' chambers, Basinghall-street; 13ridger and Collins, King William-street, City. Samuel Turner Jay, dealer and Chapman, Badly, Suffolk, April 9, at half-past one, and May 9, at twelve, at "'the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Trinder and Eyre, John-street, Bedford row ; Archer, Stowmarket, Suffolk. John Glesapool, boctmaker, Regent-street, April 8, and May 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi3ial assignee, Abcurch-lane, Lombard-street ; A'Beckett and Sympeon, Golden-square. Henry Christopher Billing, silversmith and jeweller Cheapside, April 7, at eleven, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee; Ssmbrook-e )urr, Basingball-strect; Peddell, Cheapside. Richard Jackson, " tanner" (not " farmer," as adver tised in last Tuesday's Gazette), Selby, Yorkshire, April 14 and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Weddalo,Selby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Powlesland, dealer in seeds, South Tawton, Devon, April 15, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Fulford, North Tawton; Tanner, Crediten; Stogdon, Exeter. William Griffiths Williams, draper, Carnarvon, April 10 and May 15, at eleven, at the Livorpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Williams, Liverpool. Samuel Armstrong, glass and china dealer. Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire, Az vii 14 awl 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Marslami, Balton-le-Mcors. Robert Miller and Alexander Street, builders, Lan caster, April 7 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; Blackhurst, Preston. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average priceof Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending March 25, 1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 275. od. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 275. I „ From the East Indies ... 28s. 3id. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 275. 9d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELI, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, March 28. The fralowing is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq., Governor. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Fsq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. George Lyall, Jun., Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Robert Wigram Crauford, Esq Alexander Matheson, Esq. 'William Cotton, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Ge3rge Warde Norman, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, E q. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Sir John Henry Pally, Bart. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Thomay Charles Smith, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Thos. Matthias Wegnelin, Esq Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday, the Bth April, and for Direc tors on Wednesday, the 9th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " SECOND LOVE; OR, BEAUTY AND INTELLECT, in 3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the Libraries. Also, now ready, 2. Tales and Traditions of Hungary, by Francis and Theresa Pulsky. 3. The Dreamer and the Worker, a Story of the Present Time, by R. IL Horne, Esq. 4. Madam Dorringtorf of the Dene, the Story of a Life, by William Howitt. s:Time the Avenger, a continuation of "The Wilmingtons," comprising the History of Mr. Craigle thorpe, by the author of Emilia Wyndham." 6. Merk land, a story of Scottish Lite, by the author of " Margaret Maitland." MONEY MARKET—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine discount, according to the new tariff, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.10; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.00, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 4251 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of a. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13,5 x; and the exchange at Ham• burgh on London at short being 13.51, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is I tOi per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of England; but, after making allowance for differ ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTEU.—OU Sunday 1110111- big last a large rat attacked a brood' of chickens in the poultry yard of W. Holdswort:), Esq., when the hen most valiantly defended her offspring, and successfully kept the rat at bay, inflicting considarable punishment. The cock then came to the hen's assistance, and by their united efforts suc ceeded in giving the rapacious intruder its quietus.—Notting ham Mercury. THE NORFOLK RAILWAY. —We learn, from a good source, that the nor chairmanship of this company will be inaugurated by a most vigorous effort to increase the traffic of the line, by 140636 kiti4 , fail of paccem. SIR JOHN A. STEVENSON. Price 2s. 6d. ; or by post, 35., THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for APRIL contains : Major Edwards? Year on the Punjaub Frontier.—Some Gossip about Chapelizod.—John Bunyan.—Ruche's Varieties of Literature. —St. Patrick's Day in my own Parlour. By Jonathan Freke Slingsby.—History of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.—Our Portrait Gallery. No. LXIII. Sir John A. Stevenson, Mus. Doc. With an Etching.—Maurice Tierney, the Soldier of Fortune. Chant 29. " The Breakfast at LetterkennY." Chap. 30. " A ce he Royal Barracks." Chap. 31. "A Brief Change of Life and Conn try. "—A Yarn about our Forefathers.—Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager. No IV.—Joanna Baillie. Dublin: James M'Glashan, 50, Upper Sackville-street. Wm. S. Orr, and Co., '2, Amen-corner, London, and Liverpool. Bold by all Booksellers. V.)