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The Manager read to the Court vrrious Statements relative to the Society's affairs, from which it appeared— let, That during the year 1849, the total number of Policies actu ally passed and issued was 600, covering Insurances to the Potent of 422,0651.115. 34 . That the Capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was 2 ,167,5061. Se; ld., having increased during the year to the extent of 112,9571.165. 2d. d, That the Annual Revenue of the Society at the same date was 300,5371. 19 s . 6d .. b e i ng a d ecrease s i nce l as t y ea r, arising from the reduction in the rate of interest during the currency Ste 4th, That the number of deaths which had occurred during the • year 1849 was 1l 1, the sums insured under the Po licie■ which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being 11 7,6211. 10s., or, with Berms additions, 148,8241. 12s. 3d. 4 th, That the above sum of 117,6221. 10s. and the number of deaths were in the ratio of 63 per cent. of what might have been expected, according to the tables of mortality upon which the Society's calculations are based. The accuracy of the statements read having been confirmed by The Chairman, liLlit4r' addressing the Meeting', said, the Manager has now rc ad certainpapers, and made certain statements, which con tact a faithful ex, osition of the exact state of our affairs. He I ° ,, e 'rill3 done re, I really am no• aware what I can do to add either Zlour i nformation or to your consequent confidence in this Institu fmn• Yo ufeonfidence mast der end en the " facts" you'have heard ; and were it not the usage that the person who occupies Place which I hare the honour to occupy is exnected to make , tom e address I think the most judicious thing I could do would be to Maintain silence. At the same time, however, it has often oc curred to 12 a quiet me, and and it occurs to me now, that perhaps a recapitulation and in ordinary language. of the almost technical te wm ente made by th e M anager . ma y s ink mote deeply into your clads, and be] more easily carried away—(Applause)—and there ore allow me to recall to you a few of the leading facts which you have now heard. —(Renewed applause.) One of the first of these—at least the ore that leads me to consider the remark I have to make first—is one that I was not aware of er "eir tin Yery recently, which is the view exhibited of the pro egg of thi s Institution by our mere numbers. I de lot here ;pteas, or f speak of auras insured, of our investments, o' our seat olePT there not only being no of that sort. Look at our mere numbers. I no better t es t o f a soc i e t y lik e thi s being well managed,—of no snspiciou in regard to it. but that public con fidence has been alway s on the increase, than in the increase of the no interest at its inter es t e d members—of members, I mean, who have to interest but pure seitishness—who are as anxious as men crn be Protest themselves from misconduct, in oiler that, I te n r"eelY detected. it may be timeously corrected. Now be that in th e year 1 81 b, w h en t h e S oc i e ty was i ns tit u t e d we lot an th a man nest-egg of 49 members—(Lrughter)—and it d'd Well foe tbe'y e ar 1816, that the eggs laid then were enly 17. the wed laughter.) I also find that during the first six years o 7 Fi e 4 z ociety 'I existence, 212 were the sum total of oar chickens.— sseik Ue t ,„ ht er ) And here I may observe, that the first thing thet 'ek e ; la the great caution with which the lives must have been w ears d. for of the 49 members who were admitted in 1815, 35 e . ago, eleven still remain upon the books, after deducting many tendered their policies. and who, for aught we know, may be stin, Then. of the 1? who joined them in the year 151 8. after a nd of b ant surrenderers, there are still three upon the books ; its , • 2 Who joined the society during the first six years of ~...(fuertee. nearly 60 surrendered their policies, but 49 still survive. (11...-" hiu se-) These seem to me to have been well selected lives.— nu,Lase. he ar.) And the result now is that, at the end of 35 years, the nor to of ou r members amounts, not to one thousand, aer to two, • t° t hree, nor to four, nor to five, aor even to six, but to above r (Applause.) We have now above six thousand ed lives. From this fact I infer nothing but this—that, sine " man jealous but uncomplaining eyes prying into us, I e msp- that we cannot be an 111-managed body. 4 1 4 Business done during the year 1649, after deduction of several elf* Which were -cancelled, amounts to above 422,0001.; that is ii;:1 1 Y, that last year the Insurances which we effected amounted to 6001 ! i nn- The number of Policies on these insurances amounts to "Ont. at th e th e average, ever a ll— w hi c h, I am t o ld , i s a hi g h • "no less than 7001. on every policy. i Canital hae increased during tke year tkat is now closed by 2,167 1 ,„' °° „. 000 /- ; and the total Capital that we own now amounts to ui• ; that is to say, in roind numbers, which will be far more , , Y re membered, considerably above Two Millions of money.— ‘ 4 PPlanee,) ~e at w e t statement that we have above Two Millions—that is to say e,, e at w e ought to have it—would be a very idle one, if our funds • re not well invested; many a man thinks he has, and he ought to amide it, b u t when he comes to grasp it it eludes the closing hand ; thin th erefore, it is of v it a l an d e ll-Important consequence to be told Place, that of our investments, so far as we have discovered, , e "e have n ever yet trade a single bad one.—(Applause.) These in ,wr_hrlentft are, for the most p a rt, laid out on real security—l mean hin Scotland, the best country, in my belief, for real security, in , their Pe; and, be s id es thi s, a l arge por ti on o f our capital is inve s t e d .ans to the members, upon the secur i ty of policies. What In security Can there be than that ?—(H ear, h ear. ) A mem b er e e he dies i s our creditor, say for 1,1 1001 . ; an d h e as k s f or a loan anooo l. ; if th e policy be of equal value, we lend it to him, because W. lend it th hint out of his own money. With such a security we ;17oneka .hate claims is _i advance it ; and we ar e as c ertain of its return as he is that l ie Pon us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank mean stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the Bank of England, whi c h I b e li eve i s as secure as can he. Th ere hart a penny of it laid out i n an y B an k St oc k o f w hi c h a s i ng l e in private life entertains the slightest doubt A littlepita tle of ou r cal is laid out r in d g annuities, which, ay the law of Scotland, as we all know, fall under the dares r•!..advaaces secured under r e al p ro p er t y . S ome of it is laid eat on ..!"waY—mark my next word, f or thi s fi rs t one makes many ronle tremble —(A laugh) —some of it is laid out on railway de- Dentur es. — (Applause.) Not one single sixpence of it—if there was farthing of it. .I would tell you honestly—but not one single fa rthing of it is i nves t e d i n railway shares. One fact which I have t state is one w hi c h , a b ove all others, testifies the solidity of th e s e investment s; whnvieestments; and it is, the re gu l ar it y an d the promptness with h the interest on the loans is invariably paid. Wherever an in- Vestment is not met by regular payment of the interest, let the !Itßoc begin to tr em bl e. N ow, with us, we have never found the least cause for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are aliays paid almost within a day of the time. 11 he result I draw from all this is, that not only are these investments good, but that they ta are so good, that better could not be obtained. My belief is, M ee t: r t . these investments were all sow thrown loose, and the Di rectors they required andte th retrace eretb re their y steps. d. a d n o d n t t e n ' g good t securities, tw recur exactly to the securities that they have already obtained._ (Applause.) The six thousand members of this Society have laid by above two millions of as well-secured money as can be secured in this world Our annual revenue has decreased from the recent fall of interest during the last year, but it is now above 300,5061. The sum total of what we have insured amounts to above Six Millions and a Half. The deaths in 1849 are peculiarly instructive. In the first place, t hey *Mount to ill—a great number, and to be accounted for only 1 1 7 1, the prevalent pestilence. But y et th ough they amount to 1 they are only sixty-three cet. of u calculae probabilities that Is to say, that r n our system o is r td founded on the calculation that there would he 100 deaths, while instead of ' lO 4 , there h ave b een oily sixty-three, leasing thirty-seven per Iheent o ver and above f o r th e secur i ty of the soctety.—(Applause.) Of e 111 who have d;ed—let the upper ranks think of this fact-24 title efallen by cholera. It Is commonly thought that this is a vial which afflicts only the poor and the destitute. I dare say it dMitts them first, and worst, but, it is by no means confined to them ; eare heard i t to- d ay stated, that of those who died fr om it l ast at c ,rnected with this society, one Individual was insured tor lAt• elle for 4,0001.. one for 3.0001., two for 2,0001., and one for like ' and that the whole twenty-four were insured for something p eriod .therefore. you will observe that these, apparently IDlada visitations, ought to strike a lesson of prudeace on the ° f men in all classes. The 1,164 nuts paid by us since we began in 1815, struck. above lve 00s le v and this is a fact with which I was much e distributed above eleven hundred thousand pounds. We trust,lted and to that extent the families of those members who trusted a ., the example that was given by the manager so technically,. _with such proper brevity, of the benefits of this Institution, th -m .„ . ° a treat impression unon me, as I have no doubt it did upon di e - 4 -44t hig. The ease I refer to was that of an old member who talabroad last year, aid who had insured three times, each time : 01:41 . Well, be dies, and he has claims upon us for Loon cer abo tut besides that, his representatives will receive considerably 2 •°° o /. as a Bonus. Thus, upwards of 5,0001. is secured to his "n• (APp ; and, even after paying that, the Seciety was plus nearly luse.) The next matter which I have to state is, one for wh!eh I am very (Lau itrat eful; and it i s, that we have had up to this day, no litigation.— ghteand applause.) Le Xow iticznhattolyohua.ve stated are the material facts ; and what else eatief "Y ? is not my business, and lam sirs it would be no if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, 'Re greatneif ss of our successstill less would it give any sails 4etion t von einty were te do that .rom which every respectable So (sent for ever abstain—that of attemating to raise ourseles . by a -- -(Appi ao . c° ,e 3 Parisait, or even by an allusion to kindred Institut, ins. more. i t • e ' ) I have stated the :acts ; and having done so, I can do no to can. le with o judge how your affairs have been managed. and taiir merely h ".. t Y w . o u . ataterden7:aY you those resolutions or judgments which the hirseeehmeeartdo me,are calculated to produce. My inferences in the first place. thr t this is a Society s•-know eh i i haY have perfect confidence.—(Hear, bear.) My belief ks many nt at I otb do sos.ething about it, althougt not so touch certainly we ers-14, that our co iffelence in it may go to this extent, We Were to begia our career again, with the experience which 411 , ti ‘ , Y b„,, (llfi red, I know many ways in which we might act differ -atoYab.",-. know no way in which we could do better.--(Applause,) ta """ have often amused themselves by speculating about what r i on an Would manhood, he was again to become a boy, with all the .expe aucle: lals lf this Society were to do so, I seriously th e "2 1.41 Y believe that if we were to begin our career in 1815, with yeerTerience which we have pined ,fei awen that time and the a c e 81 ii, we should walk in the very paths, ntly in the . very meeeY which we have reached our present state. My other inter trek. , I tifolfgh it is something very like repeating the same sermon t t ps, p ; it, that it is the daiy of all of us to do all in our power to rgeasteatseryaaktinoowledge of this Institution, and still more to propa w-va knowledge of the great duty, in this precarious life, oi nby insurance. Some people talk as if there were foa l m k . a r i i Y societie s of this kind. Ido not agree with them ; a in it. I Isea._ ect ly certain th a t, if th e pu b" c , an d every individual t. 11,4474quittely imPhessed with the importance of insuring their that there would not only not be too many, but it would be found .litest - th `Fe wag Perhaps a great deal too few.—(Hear, hear.) The `hfre r in g is to get the community steeped in the conviction that de 4te a no way as in which they can practise m the gr n ea duty of pru de/le, : I ° well by iiie insurance. All en are cos aced that pru foN I le a virtue, but all men are not convinced that there is no aitesitiWnich that virtue can he prrctised with so small a present aYou n y ,;e. contrast e d with so great an ultimate reward. If you want e r a leil of this, I can tell you where you are to find them. oh o n ot to seek for them here. You must go among the families altheae ; d w i he have been bereaved, and amongst whom the s,ciety has renZthilted gteatly beyond a million 'of money. Go into ” l ittelty o „ es ,• abet ask them what they think of life insurance. They their that instead of thinking it unreasonable and useless, hot blessi n i a ‘ n,3 ,re even at the moment when they . are experiencing 'P t tare `'.‘ " Insurance, is, that the head o f their house had efoe th ge wh atit 'ent tt a reater extent. The, you have to ye ety ,I L en, i • n }our Tatum., spheres, to r ue this duty upon "'nevoid ' 0 urge it simply upon thew two grounds, that no man atm en ,, , de ath, a n d th a t no man can its period ; but that in laws 01. i s science which, out of individual irregularities, extracts nese f ,eneeal uniformity ; and thus converts the verrecarious thel its 'ue into a method of corresting its uncertainty. y p These are `s(Leg esa! ens made upon me ; w h a t y ours are, I l eave you to ray. Cockburn then resumed his seat anorl loud applause.) biChipmilfie motion of Sir James Russell, K.C.8., of A shiesteel, seconded tett e , e aser II•ilei, a veto of thanks was g i ven to the Courts of Dl the e, Pas t sen. he Trustees and Office Bearers, f or t h e i r services ditrlng Oni by tk he motion of Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded Ce„,Te Rey. James It. Campbell, of Alb an y- street Chapel, the 10114 8 , : of Directors for the following year were appointed as PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. The 17 VICE-PRESIDENTS. 4 1 —on. Lord MONCREIFF. „, s G race the Duke of BUCCLEITCH, K.G. t'"ILLI.I oe Most Bon. the Marquis of TWEEDALE .14 CIBSON-CRAIG, Esq., Youhrr , of Ricearton, M.P. The IXTRAORDINART DIRF's:TORS. kpl, li trYlteT. Princl. M`Farlane rolio Ravenbill, Esq., banker, ~,r t G. Baillie, Essi of Culler- . 'Warminster. -.e ~ James • CrhOlnai Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. 3VGrewor Esq. Chairlr an'Charles Baillie, Esq., advocate. !Il i ! SeUth t_.. t 1:1111.1:11. RlChLtratoll of Joh, Ea stern 11;ilway. - Archd. Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of Pitt I;unarcl !Lorne Th s Our, Bart. William James Duncan, Esq., Aberdeenshire. Manager of National Bank. be r t'arl of Lincoln. atil t ' r, —sq., London. ' Sir William Hamilton, of Pres _ Watne-i, Esq Wands. top. Bart. hew,y, Lososon. " IsPil li u r• ho",ert Macnair, Paisley. - 0 l T a l n ie d. Selicitor—Beneral for Scot ty:l: htittleworth, Esq., * Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff 4,,ith -clerk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire. l 'filli k °43.3 . l lirraY of Dollerle, W.S. * George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of 1 , ,li Mitchell Innes E of Selkirkshire. ' k'sous Green. ' sq.' C hrist° ORDINARY ,r Ater Wood, Jun., Esq., t Z c hant, Lei t h . Italfour, Esq. of Pilrig, W. S. Guti~ llliy T Sm ith, Esq., of Corinth /8 4ac n tow! 'YleY,of Manuel. h tno t 4,1. ex. \Valli:co Esq., archt. 44,7 aitYlne, Esq., W.s. ;lider Pringle Esq., of y t i es t,: • t , of WoodhouWhse- DIRECTORS. 'George Gibson, Esq., merchant. Leith. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. Sir Adam Hay, tart., of Hays toun. John Cockburn, Esq., merchant. Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. * Robert Scott Moncrieff, Esq., advocate. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. * Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. On the T hose marked * are N ew App o i n t ments. zgank , a vlll o tton of Hobert Paul, Esq., manag er o f the Commercial ote ras ee . t. of than was proposed to the Hon. Chairman, wich Jeurum"Yed with mks uch applause, and the Court thereafter h ad- JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. I.Rclinb WILLIAM GEOR.GE, urfill ' 5, St. And rew Square, Bth March, 1850 Chief Clerk. 141)°11 OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH AVILEAN, Agent. 1. 0•,,,,,, ~ , , . '44'o ~ ,1 % .. 4 0... : , 4 . ,. • ;;cf , • • .\. 4 . , "."I. f 'V,. ' \ i l ''. il : 1 ,•• i ~..., 2 V ii•ir t.,:.:1..k, (s. N u .17,957.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVE 'ING SUN APRIL 13, 1850. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA. STOCK. IC OT TISH FETE TO THE ARCHERS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND had been suggested by his Learned Friends on the other side. if they were to work out this scheme of the testator according to the mode proposed by his Learned Frienda, they would find that although the boys had not received the benefit of the funds exactly in the shape in which the testator intended, they had nearly received the full amount of benefit from the funds to which they were entitled. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Ladies and Gentlemen. IRELAND, Having now concluded a protracted and arduous canvass, I desire to return my grateful acknowledg,nents for the kindness arid courtesy which I have everywhere experienced, and to assure the numerous friends who have honoured me with promise of their votes, that I find myself abundantly justified in looking forward to the approach ing election with perfect confidence that through your kindness I shall obtain the object of my ambition. . . The GRAND COMPETITION IN lIOLLAND PARK this Year, on the 20th and 21st of JUNE, mill vary in some particulars from the last, as far as regards ARCHERY. The aggregate amount in Prizes will be similar, but the Prizes will be more numerous, as they will be awarded to the first Twenty-five at the head of the Gross Score, the same number of arrows being shot at lo(), SO, and ISO yards. The printed Regulations may be had on application to the Secre tary of the Scottish Society of London, Hanover-park, Peckham. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Ministers on Tnursday experienced another check in the Assembly. M. COMBAREL DE LETrAL proposed that the concession of the Paris and Avig non Railway should be granted to two companies instead of to one only, the first company to construct the road from Paris to Ly ons, and the second com pany to construct the remainder of the road from Lyons to Avignon. The Minister for Public Works finding that he was likely to be in a minority, offered to agree to the amendment on condition that .I3oth companies should bind themselves mutually to coin plete the works ; but even this condition was not accepted, and the proposition of M. Costuteer, DE LITYAL was adopted by a large majority. The Finance Minister is, therefore, no longer able to per form his agreement for the concession of the whole of the road to the house of ROTHSCHILD, and should they refuse to accept half instead of the whole, he will have to reconstruct his budget, and probably to resign office. The anger of the Ministry against the Assembly and the Council of State is unbounded, and the official Ilfoniteur du Soir publishes the following com plaint of the executive against constitutional Go vernment : " Does the Government desire to protect society against the spirit of disorder by repressive laws—does it seek to arm justice against the excesses of the press, and the administration against the plots of demagoguism ? It meets but doubtful and lukewarm support from the majority of the Assembly; the meeeures of safety that it offers are killr 1 by interminable prccrastination of the irresoluble diffi alties of Parliamentary Government. Yet people call fo acts. They might as well ask the mill to turn without water, the steam-carriage to go without steam, or the ship to sail without sails." In the meantime the feud between the vie".ons sec tions of the re-aetionary party grows me _.e embit tered every day. The Monikur du Sol, says— " About 220 members of the Parliamentary Club, held at the Council of State, assembled last evening, M. Thiera was the first who ascended the tribune; the Hon. Member drew a picture of the state of the country, in which he only saw a society threatened with a Scialist Jacquerie, if energetic measures were not adopted. The Hon. Gentlemen concluded his speech by saying that he was more than ever disposed to unite himself to the me. jority, and he called on the Legitimatists to declare them selves as to the policy they intended to pursue under such critical circumstances. M. Berryer replied that his party would always rally to the majority on questions of order, but not on those which might compromise itspo- Hey. M. Piscatory warmly blamed the amendment pre sented some days since by several members of the Right concerning transporz,,tion, as, by a semblance of genero sity, it might throw odium on the majority. The meeting postponed to a future day coming to any definitive reso lution as to the state of affairs. It decided that it would oppose the Bill for imposing a duty on transfers on renter." lhave the honour to Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servant, H. T. PRINSEP, Committee Room, London Tavzrn, April 12, IssO. (Theeaio was proceeding when our report loft.) CRIMINAL COURT-(TIIIS DAY A RGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. OLD COUlli: TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA 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, Sfoxey, and Franconi. EXTORTION OF MONEY BY AN INFAMoITi CHARGE. (Concluded from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Wyatt, the prosecutor, Mrs. Legg, his ni.-ee, and several other witnesses, were called, and their evidence was conclusive against the prisoners. The prosecutor stated that the aricused parties had obtained altogether from him about 50/., which he was induced to give under the influence of their threats. (The case for the prosecution had only concluded when we went to press.) My Lord , , Ladles, and Gentlemen, A vacancy having occurred in the direction of your affairs by the lamented decease of your late Chairman, Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.R., I hasten to apprise you teat, in accord ance with my address of the 12th of April, 1848, it is my intention to proceed to the Bal , ot on this oc.msion, ond when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time in cerwarding Use usual Proxy Papers to my supporters in the country ; with warmest acknowledgements for the great encouragement I hove already received, and which nnw enables me to look forward with penect confidence to the attain ment of the honourable and important position I have been so long aspiring to,:I would still most earnestly and respectfully solicit my .mends to continue their kind exertions to secure my success on the present vacancy. For Terns of rriyate Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub scription, for morning and evening practice:—Six months, Si. 55.; one month, IL Is.; one eyeoing, Is. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Ilalf-past Eleven precisely. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION-. LECTURES en MUSIC by Sir HENRY E. BISHOP resumed v,,,h an increased number of VOCALISTS for tke Illustrations on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Eight, and on Tuesday, Thu's day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical Effects, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at a quarter-past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on tke Chemistry of Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for conveying by Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John Franklin, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three, and on Tuesday and Thursday 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., &c. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectably-dressed man, named Tyke, was charged with stealing a watch-guard chain, the property of Mr. Synires, a medical student. The prosecutor stated that last night he met the pri soner in a public-house near Euston-square, where they bad some drink together. In the course of conversation the prisoner asked his advice relative to a disease ho was suffering from, which be freely gave, and then the pri soner intimatcd that he should call upon him at his lodgings. The prosecutor said that just at the present moment his time was very much occupied, but that if he could do him any good he would willingly do so without any professional charge. The prisoner then said— " Well, the moment that I'm convalescent I intend to make a continental tour, and you shall go with me free of expense." I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, J. A. MOORE, Major, Late on the Staff, Hyderbad, Deccan, 19, Portland-place, April 6, 1850, *** My Committee sits daily at the London Tavern, where it is respectfully requested that any alteration in the addresses of my friends may be forwarded. G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on MONDAY, the 29th Aram, 1850, at Twelve o'Olock at noon, for the General Business of the Company-, pursuant to the Act. he Books for the Registration of Shares will be closed from the 28th to the 29th April inclusive. (Signed) WHARNCLIFFE, Chairman. CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. 3, New Broad-Stmt, Linultaf; lath April, 1850 N.B.—The Sealed Certificates are ready for delivery, and will be forwarded to order, at the expense of the Proprietors. Nit ANSELL, HORNE, and Co., Wholesale Tea and Coffee-dealers, No. 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside, invite the attention of families, betel-keepers, and other large con sumers, to the peculiar system of their establishment, which is to supply them on the same terms as the trade, at the lowest whole sale price. Price list and samptes forwarded free. A single pound and upwards sent free witain five mi'es of town. Six pounds and upwards forwarded tree to any part of England.—Address Mansell, Horne, and Co., 2, Bucklerskury, Cheapside. Admission, I a.—Schools, Half-price. Analyses and Chemical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory, under the direction of J. H. Pepper, Esq. PUBLICATIONS. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, Ifs. CLXXXIV., Is Published THIS DAY. London : Longman, Brown and Co. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black. NOTICE.-THE NEW WORK ON CEYLN. This day, in 2 Yids. small Bvo., with Atap and numerous Illustrations, CEYLON and the CINGAL E SE; With a full Account of the late Rebellion in that Island. By HENRY CHARLES SIRR, M.A., Barrister-at-Lary, Late a Deputy Queen's Advocate in the Island of Ceylon. " Very entertaining volumes."—Globe. n snail bye., with Portrait of Sir John Franklin, and beautiful Maps of the Polar Regions, 10s. 6d., bound, A NARRATIVE of :the ARCTIC DISCOVERIES, from the Earliest Period to the Present 'rime. By JOHN J. SITILLINGLAW. In 2 Toll., with Illustrations, 215., bound, THE RIFLE RANGERS ; or, Adventures of an Officer in Southern Mexico. By Captain MAINE REID. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. Mr. HENRY—You were, I suppose, to become his tra velling physician?—SometLing orsilat sort, replied the prosecutor.—(Laughter.) Mr. HENRY—WeII, then, come to the charge. All this nonsense is foreign to the subject. Prosecutor—Well, then, I borrowed half-a-crown of the prisoner, giving him as a security, he being a stran ger to me, my brequet chain. Soon after he got the chain the prisoner went out. and thinking that he had decamped, the prosecutor followed him, and meeting with a policeman, immediately gave him into custody. The prisoner said that there was no foundation for the charge. He simply went out to make use of the urinal, and never had an intention of going away. Mr. HENRY—And was it possible that a constable knew so little of bis duty as to take that charge as one of felony? The prisoner was quite justified in retaining the chain until his half-crown was refunded; and he therefore discharged him. IVIINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The amount of business transacted this week has not been above the average; but we find inquiries for shares in most of our leading mines, and for some that have been dormant for a considerable time. We learn that the mines generally, in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, are in a more ani mated position than they have been for some years, and that the progressing improvements are of a very exciting and gratifying character. The mines in the Caradon district ire looking remarkably healthy. At South Caradon, we learn that a very rich lode has been recently cut. The Plicenix Mines are . now likely to remunerate the enterprising company ; for, after several years of perseverance and great outlay, they have succeeded in cutting a splendid lode, estimated worth 901. per fathom, b an u d sh m is ak re in p g o r a t e p cl fortnight. r o t fi o t h o f a v u e p w m a u r de much upwards of m s p o r o o l v . ed per d m u o r i n u t g h . the H 0 1 l a s m - t At Wheal Seton meeting, a dividend of 51. per share was declared, carrying to credit of the mine 4381. 12s. 6d. A profit of 9254 13s. Id. was realised on the two months' working. At the half-yearly meeting of the Union Tin Smelting Company, a dividend of 10 per cent, on the capital was de clared on the 9th inst. The annual general meeting of the Tincroft Mining Com pany was held on the 10th inst., when the statement of ac counts produced showed a balance in favour of the mine of 9181. 9s. Id. The sales of ores during the year realised 33,0701. 12s. 11d. At the South Tamar meeting the balance sheet showed credit of 313/. 19s. 9d. in favour of the mines ; and, after pro viding for March and April costs, the assets in reserve will be 2,2411.35. Id. The mine is in an improving and profit able position. At the East Tamar meeting the accounts showed a balance against the mine of 4491. 12s. Id. A call of 3s. 6d. per share was made ; and, from present appearances, there is very little probability of any further calls being required. At the West Polgooth meeting, acccording to the report furnished, the surface operations are going on satisfactorily. At a general meeting of shareholders in Cwm Erfin, the report furnished by the manager, Mr. John Taylor, jun., was considered highly encouraging; and, to bring the mine into a more profitable and productive state by the erection of the necessary appliances, it was deemed advisable to make a call of 2/. per share, to he paid by instalments of 10s. per share, as required, at intervals of not less than two months. The several other mines in Cardigan under the same able management, are represented to be in a very gratifying and productive position—amongst which we may notice Lisburne, which will sample, on the 22d Inst., 120 tons of silver-lead ores; Goginan, 90 tons; and Cwmystwith, SO tons—being the produce of one month's raiaings for each mine. Nanteos is also stated to be highly promising, Bwlch Consols, Court Grange, and Daren Mines, are represented in a most profit able position, as far as the operations are being carried out. Other mines in the same district, under the supervision of Captain Matthew Francis, are progressing highly satisfac torily—being as yet in a less advanced state. Shares in the following mines have changed hands this weekeDevon Great Consols, East Wheal Rose, South Tol gus, Stray Park, Lisburne, North Pool, Treviskey and ear ner, Botallack, Daren, South Basset, Tincroft, Trehane, Devon and Courtenay, Trelawny, East and South Tamar, Bedford United, Penzance Consols, Kingsett and Bedford, Heignston Down Consols, Bishopston, Mary Ann, Cook's Kitchen, Tremayne, West Caradon, Alfred Consols, Trethevy, Cwm Erfin, East Buller, Pencraig Ddu, and Caenant. In Foreign Mines, the transactions this week have been in United Mexican, Copiapo, St. John del Rey, Imperial and National Brazilian, Cobre, Santiago. At this meeting M. TRIERS declared, with great bitterness of tone and manner, "that the Moderate party had no choice for the moment but that of ac cepting the Republic." The Committee to which the Bill was referred pro posing to give to the PRESIDENT of the Republic power to dispose of the produce of the national manufactures at Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais, for diplomatic presents, &c., has refused to grant that power to the PRESIDENT, and has proposed to give it to a Committee of the Assembly. This report (which is personally insulting to the PRESIDENT) is drawn up by the Legitimatist, M. BETTING DE LANCASTEL. The steam-Ligate Cacique attired at Toulon on the Bth from Civita Vecchia, bringing a battery of the 3d Regiment of Artillery, 130 efficers and sub officers, and 105 horses. The Cacique left Civita Vecchia on the sth, when a good deal of movement was observable in the port, several steamers preparing tot-le troops on borrd. The 25th Light Infantry and the Ist Chas3eur4 were ready to embark. The army of occupation, says the Toulon letter, WEN to be reduced' to 10,000 men, arid even these might be re called, unless the POPE takes up his residence for an indefinite pericd at Bologna or Ancona. The French will not evacuate Rome until the Poris return. Phan BOURSE, APRIL 12.—Latest Prices—Fire per Cents., 88f. 65c.; Three per Cents., 54f. 90c.; Bank of France, 2,150 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-FXCP tNGE, APRIL 12. THE ARMY AND NAY Y. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) - UnarrAceozn PAY.—The unattached pay of twenty-five shillings per diem has been granted to Major-Generals W. L. Walton and Charles E. Fox. The services of the former officer have been of a distinguished character. He was with the Guards at Copenhagen, in 1807 ; afterwards embarked for the Peninsula, and served the campaigns of 1809, 10, and 11. He was present at the passage of the Douro and the capture of Oporto, the battl es of Talavera and Busaco, and the retreat upon Torres Vedras. He was afterwards in Hol land, Belgium, and France, and was present at the bombard ment of Antwerp, the attack on Bergen-op- Zoom, the battles of Quatre Bras an d W aterloo. Major-General Fox is Surveyor -General of the Ordnance, and has seen no service, as he did not enter the army until after Waterloo. VAeitirr CoLON ELcas.—Lieut.-General Sir James Douglas, K.C.8., who has fer some time held the Colonelcy of the 93d Foot, has been appointed Colonel of the 42d High landers. Sir James is an officer of distinction. His services at Busaco, Salamanca, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse earned for him a go ld cross an d three clasps, and the title he bears. The Colonelcy of the 93d has been conferred on Major-General William Wemyss, who also served in the Peninsula, and was present at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor. GUN Room MESS EX TRAVAGANc&—We have good grounds for believing that the Admiralty contemplate a re. vision of the Mipshipmen's Mess Regulations, with the view of correcting the extravagant practices at present too preva lent in "some of ou r lar gest. ships. The first step of they L ors hips will be to limit the indulgen ces o f th e youngsters , byallowingietenant gun-room officers a n y mess - man . r ot k. M'Nair, th e a dj utant of the London recruiting district, will shortly be promoted to an unattached company, d will be succeeded by Lieutenant and Adjutant Wyndowe, of the 4Bt hßegiment. g . I A F. ...-a s a d Great Indian Peninsula, I—Northam of France, 12k— Or:eans and Bordeaux, 2;l—Sambre and Meuse, 2%—Toura and Nantes, 2, _ . 'SPAIN. 11radrid journals of the 7th have been received. The Clamor Public. says that the consolidated debt, foreign as well as domestic, amounted in 1847 to more than 8,000 millions—the non-consolidated debt to 7,000 millions reals. Since 1847 divers ope rations have taken place in the funds, and the real effective debt is about 20,000 millions reels. The Bolsa was closed on the 7th. [PRICE SD. ~f "ARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ;:n. the Fetes and Proceedings of the House of CominolKi FRIDAY, Aram. -12. • OFFICIAL SALARIES. Jtion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select .mittee be appointed to inquire into the Salaries anil , luments of Offices held during the pleasure of the Crown by Members of either House of Parliament, voted in the Annual Estimates; and also into the Salaries and Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom; and into the Retiring Pensions allotted to the Judges; and also into the .E pense of Diplomatic Establishments charged on the Con solidated Fund :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "this House is in possession of all thi infor mation requisite to revise and regulate Public Salaries; that Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry, under such circum stances, would only lead to delay; and that it is the duty of the Government, ou their own responsibility, forthwith to introduce the measures that may be necessary for erecting every reduction in the National Establishments consistent with the efficient discharge of the Public Service," instead thereof : - Question put," That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." 'The House divided.:.... AIAJORITY—AYES, 2011. Abdy, S'ir Thomas Freestun, Colonel O'Connell, M. I. Adair, R. A. French, F. Ogle, S. C. Agliouby, H. A. Gibson, Thomas M. Ord, William Alcock, Thomas Glyn. 0. C. Oswald, A. ' Anstey, Thomas C. Goulbarn, Henry Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir A. Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord 1.. Arundel, Earl of Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord C. Baines, M. T. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Roundel/ Baring, Sir F. T. Grenfell, C. P. Palmerston, Theme Barnard, E. G. Grenfell, Charles W. Parker, John • Bass Thomas Grey, Sir George P atten, J. W. Beckett, W. Grey, It. W. Pearson, Charles Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Sir Robert Berkeley, Admiral Guest, Sir J. Peel, Frederick Berkeley, Henry F. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, C. L. G. Hallyburton, Lord J. Perfect, R. Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Peto, Samuel Birch, Sir Thomas Harris, Richard Pllkington. James Blake. Martin J. Hastie,lAlexandee Pinney, William Blewitt, Reginald „Butte, Archibald Power, Dr. Bouverie. E. P. Hatchell, John Power, Nicholas Bowles, Admiral Hawes, B. Price, Sir Robert Boyle, Colonel Hayter, W. G. Pusey, Philip Brand, Thomas Headiam, Thomas Rawdon, Colonel Bright, John Ileald,yamee Reid, Colonel Brockman, R. D. Heatheoat, John Ricardo, Osman Brotherton, J. Heneage, Edward Rice, E. R. Brown, W. Henry, Alexander Rich, Henry Browne, R. D. .". Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, Colonel Busfeild, W. Heyworth, Lawrence Romilly, Sir John Buxton, Sir E. Ilobhouse, Sir John Rumbold, C. E. Campbell, W. F. Hobhotse, T. B. Russell, Lord John Cardwell, Edward Hodges, T. L. Russell, F. C. H. Carter, John B. Hodges, T. Twisden Rutheiturd, A. Castlereagh, Vie. Hollond, Robert Salwey, Colonel Cavendish, C. C. Horeman, Edward Seholelleld,Willhus Cavendish, G.. 11. Howard, C. W. Scrope, G. P. Cavendish, W. G. Howard, J. Y. Scully, Frauds Chaplin, W. J. Howard. P. IL Seymour, Lord Childers, J. W. Humphery, Ald. Shell, R. L. Clay, James Hutt, William Shelburne, Earl et Clay, Sir W. Jervis, Sir John Simeon, .John Clements, Charles Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, J. A. Clifford, H. M. Keogh, William Smith, M. Tucker Clive, R. 11. Kershaw. James Smith, John B. . Cobden, It. King, P. J. Somers, J. P. Cockburn, A. J. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Coke,;Edward X. Langston, J. n". Spearman. H. J.. Colebrooke, Sir T. Laseelles; W. S. Strickland, Sir G. Collins, William Lewis, George C: Stuart, Lord D. Cowan, Charles Littleton, E. R. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W. F. Loch, James Talbot, J. H. Craig, Sir W. G. Locke, Joseph Tancred, H. W. Cubiit, William Lockhart, A. E. Tenison. E. K. Dalrymple, Ceptain Loveden, Pryso Thickness°, Ralph D'Eyncom t, C. T. Lushington, Charles Thompson, Colome Divett, E('wald Lygon, General Thorneiy, Thomas Douglas, Sir C. Mackie, John Tollemache, F. J. Duff, G. S. Mackinnon, W. Towneley, John IDnff, James M'Cullagh, W. T. Townley, It. G. Duncan, Lord M'Gregor, John Townshend, Captain Duncan, George M'Taggart, SirJ. Trail', George Dundas, Admiral Meagher, Thomas Trelawny, J. S. Dundee, Sir David Mahon, O'Gorman Tafnell, Henry Dunne, Colonel Mangles, R. D. Tynte, Colonel East, Sir J. Marshall, J.G. Vane, Lord H. EbrieTton, Lord Martln,;John Walmsley, Sir .1. Egerton, W. T. Martin, C..W. NV:Liking, Colonel Ellis, John Masterman, J. Wawn, J. T. Elliot, J. E. Matheson, Alex. Wegg-Prosser e r. Enfield, Lord Matheson, James . Wellesley, Lord C. Easton, Earl Mauls, Fox ' Willcox, Brodie ' Evans, Sir De Lacy Milner, W. M. Williams, John Evans, John Mitchell, T. A. Williamson, Sir U. Evans, William Moffatt, George Wilson, James Ewart, William Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, Matthew Fagan, William Monsen. William Wood, Sir Charles Fergus, John Morgan, 11. K. Wood, W. P. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Morison, Sir W. Wyld,)James Fitzroy, Henry Morris, David Wyvill, Marmadake Foley, J. H. Mostyn, E. Fordyce, A. D. Mowatt, Francis Forster, Mathew Mulgrave, Earl Fox, Richard M. Norreys, Lord Fox, W. J. O'Connell, Maurice COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TO MR. JAMES ANDERSON. - CLOSING OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE UNTIL WHITSUNTIDE. On Wednesday next, the complimentary benefit which the performers engaged at Drury-lane Theatre have determined to give to Mr. James Anderson will take place, and we trust the public will do their duty as nobly as the members of the corps dra mativte have done theirs, and will give Mr. An derson a bumper. The rerformsnces will consist of the Lady of Lyons and of the Devil's ring, and it is announced that it will be 4 ' the last night previous to Whitsuntide." We te.ret exceedingly to see th;s an nouncement, and it is by no means creditable to those who hold themsulves forth as the patrons and admirers of the drama that this most praiseworthy attempt of Mr. James Anderson to restore to the legitimate drama its splendid home in Drury-lane, should have met with such little' success as to necessitate the closure of the house within a fortnight after Easton If tragedy, sup ported by Anderson, and the Vandenhotfs, and Cooper, and Emery, and though last, yet perchance the greatest of all,.Lattra Addison, the modern Miss O'Neil, fails to draw, then may we indeed despair of the cause of the legitimate drama. Let us hope that the season after Whitsuntide will yet repay Mr. Anderson for the great and most praiseworthy exertions he has made. Alexander, N. Arbuthaoti, Hugh Archdall, erptain Arkwright, 9. Timms. Hill, Lord Marcum Howard, Lord B. • MINORITY-NOES, 159. Egu-ton,•sir P. Mundy, William Etrlyn, Viscount Hunts, G. F. Farnham, E. Naas, Lord Ferrer, James Nee ld, John Feßowes, E. Neeld, Joseph Floyer, John Newdegate, N. Forester. G. C. Newport. Viseetutt Fox, S. L. Newry, Viscount Frewen, C. H. Nugen., Lord Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Gooch, E. S. Ossulton, Lord Gordor Admiral Packs, L. W. Gore, W. R. 0. Palmer, Robert Granby, Marquis of Pigot, S.r.Robert Greenall, Gilbert Plowden, W. H. Greene, John Plumptre, J. P. Guernsey, Lord Prime, Richard Gwyn, Howel Repton, G. W. J. Raiford, Sir H. Richards Richard Hall, Colonel Rufford, Francis Halsey, I'. Rushout, Captain Hamilton, G.A.I Sanders. George /darns, Captain Scott, Francis Henley, J. W. Seymer, Henry Her Herbert, H. A. Sibtherp, Catena Herries, John C. Sicivey, Alderman Hildyard, R. C. Smyth, J. G. - Hildyard. T. li. • smythe, Gorge Ilornby, John Somerset, Captain Hotham, Lord Somerton, Viscount Hume, Joseph Spooner, Richard Jones, Captain Staff.rd. Augustus Keating, Robert Stallion! J. F. Knightley. Sir C. Stanley, B. F. Knox, Colonel St.,chenson, Robert Lacy, H. C. Stuart, Henry Law, lion. E. C. Stuart, uolin Lawless, Cecil Taylor, T. E. Legh, G. C. Thesigcr, Sir F. Lennox, Lord A. Tollemache, Jolla Lewisham. Viscount Trollop°, Sir J. Lockhart, W. ' ' Turner, G.. J. Lang, Walter Tyrell, Si- J. Lopes, Sit Ralph Venter, S!r W. Lowther, Henry Waddington, David Id`Naghten, Sir E. Waddington, H. d. Mandeviile,:Viscount Walpole, S. H. Manners,. Lord C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Manners, Lord G. Willoughby, Sir M. Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, E. March, Earl of Maunsell, T. P. Moody, C. A. Mulllngs, J. R. Bagge, Begot, William Baillie, H. J. Baldwin, Barry Bankes, George Baring, Thomas Barrington, Vis. Bateson, T. Bentinck, Lord U. Berkeley, G. F. Best, John Blackstone, W. S. Boldero, H. G. Booth, Sir R. G. Bramston, T. W. Bremridge, Richard Brim), M. Broadley, H. Brooke, Lord Bruce, C. L. C. Bruen, Colonel Buck, Lewis W. Buller, Sir J. T. Burrow*lies, H. N. Cabbell, B. B. Carew, W. P. Chandes, Marquis Chat terton, Colonel Christopher, it. (lye. Henry B. Cobbold, J. C. TILLIII3. Berestbrd, William Vysc, 11. , . -.SIP F 0 ,61 1:. • .: 't . ./4 — • r 4 , 1 .,,, ' wi r, ,\ km-, ..._,.., ~,,,- 1.,..--4 1!*,47\ •)- x .., .. •• • 9i......,73 - ,',. ~' , c' c 1,,, \ 4 ,,, ,, MI!, ; • 1 ‘••••• 4 •_..._& ,- -•• ~— , ,, , t ~ 'A , . • ... s . $ l ' t • ' v , ,,.,,, ~,,. 0, ~ :,,, , \__,-- ii / '6 , ---:%...., IP A, ."- I ' : le - ' 6 . 1 0 ''• l'' ri r .' '76 \ `-'- , ,,T" - \,- .'''', . t ? --- .. - ':;g - 104 1 i - 1"' • ...... • ' -- 4 /- "C- ~ /' -/dr ' v I Afoi i% • Coma Emolt FMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. Mr. CATLIN, the well-known historian of the American Indians, and traveller of the Western Prairies, under the auspices of the United States Land Company, just formed and duly registered In Louden, is about to lead a numerous Colony of Settlers, to one of the finest tracts of country in the Western States, familiarly known to him. Persons wishing to join in the formation of this Settlement, or to invest in the Shares •f the Company (which are receivable for land), should apply personally, or by letter, to GEO. CAVAN, Esq., at his Indian Collection, 6, Waterloci-place ; or to WILLIAM PRINSEP, Esq., No. 9, Walbrook, Cheapside, London, for the Prospectus and accompanying documents, which will be forwarded to any part of the kingdom. ROFE SS 10 NAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, 250,0001., guaranteed by upwards of 1,200 Shareholders. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) Chairman—Major HENRY STONES. Deputy-Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. All Policies indisputable and free of stamp duty. In addition to the above, the following advantages are offered to he assured:— Bates of premium extremely moderate. No extra charge for goinz to or froie or residing at (in time of peace) Canada, Neva Scotia, New Brunswick, Australasia, Bermuda, Madeira, Cape of Good Hope, and Prince Edward's Island. Medical men in all cases remunerated for their report. A liberal commission allowed to agents. Prospectuses, with tables and fullest information, may be had at the Company's offices. Age —2O Ai 1 10 9 I Age -40 £2 13 6 , 30 1 19 6 10 6 0 3 18 6 Applications for country agencies requested. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, for the GRATUITOUS RELIEF of the SICK POOR of EVERY NATION, 29, CAREY-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, and 8, DEVONSHIRE-SQUARE, EISHOPSGATE STREET. PATRONS. H.R.H. Prince ALBERT, K.G., &c., and '11.11.11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. K.G. &c. TABASURER.—J GURNEY HOARE, K.G., The objects of the Metropolitan Free Hospital is to provide, gra tuitously, daily medical and surgical advice, and appropriate medi cines and treatment, for poor sick persons of all creeds and countries, without the impediment of a governor's letter of recommendation—a Perm which too often operates as a bar of exclusion in cases requiring aid, and still more frequently causes prejudicir' and sometimes even fatal delay. _ _ _ The efficacy of this principle of unrestricted admission was made strikingly apparent duffing the prevalence of the recent pestilence, when numerous cases of diarrhoea and incipient cholera presented themselves, and, by timely treatment, were prevented from becom ing dangerously developed. Since the estabiishment of the Institu tion in 1836, upwards of 120,000 persons have been admitted as patients, and the annual average of this number is on the inert:re, more than 10.000 cases ha'ing been registercd during the past year. To meet this increase thc Committee have taken new and more ex te.,sive premises in Devoush.e-square. Bishopsgate-street, a locality contiguous to the poor and densely populated eastern districts of the metropolis. These districts have hitherto been inadequately supplied with the means of affording gratv'tous snedical relief, the London Hos pital being the or'y one, previous t the establishment of this, conve nient to the surrounding population ; and when it is remembered that the locality spoken of cemorisas Shoreditch, Bethnal-Green, Spital fields, Whitechapet, and other places equally populous aaddestltute, the benefit this hospita , is likely to prove to the poor inhabitants of these neighbourhoods can scarcely be overated. Little need be said in the way of appeal on behalf of an Institution so palpably beneficirl. It is to those whom Providence has blessed with abundance that the poor look up in their affliction for some alleviation of their hard lot, and the Committee feel assured that they do not rely in vain on their fellow-citizens, and the affluent and humane generally, for the support requisite to maintain this Hospital. _ _ Subsci;ptions and donations are received by the Treasurer, John Gurney Hoare, Esq., 62, Lombard-street; by John Gurney Fry, Esq., St. Helen's•plac• ; by 3les.ri. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.. 62, Lombard-street ; by Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 60, Lom bard•street ; by Messrs. Bosanquet, Pitt, and Co., 73, Lombard street ; and by the Secretary, at the Institution, 8, Devonshire square, Bishopsgate-stree,.. CHARLES MASH, Secretary. FEE HEAD or HAIR. ROWLAND'S /.IACASSAR OIL. 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" To be cr.• no;; to be, that is the question.* PROOSIXiis :—Law. an" o "ligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marria:ft, to be observed 4 either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, rs to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy oils o.ing , with the al l of rearing item. Physical Oefectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-Live years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till fats. Evenings, sevea till nine. 10 Argyll place. Regent-aft set THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. ll'ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Erigravin:zs on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFI CA TIONS, GENERATIVE INCA- PACITY, AND IMVEDIMENTS'TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, er 'arged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by Post, direct from the Establ - aliment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the Infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinak use of mercury, with remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain die qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bemers-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by itrange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive st, r at e „l weakness, by ,1, organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. 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RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY Task.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to wtlch the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week In tlte previous year:— Week ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Last Weak. ‘. 2 c 4 12 . Q. 2 March & April 6 Aberdeen ..........•••••••••• ••• •• Amiens and Boulogne • •• •• • • • • • • • • •• Belfast and Ballymena • • •• • • • • •• •... Birkenhead, Lancashire, end Chesbire Bolton, Blackburn, Clltheroe, and W. y, Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • "•• • • • • • • • . Caledonian.. ......... . • •• • ...... • • • Chester and Holyhead.•• • • • • • • • • • • .. Dublin and Drogheda •••••• ••• • • Dublin and instown •• •• •• •• •• •• • . Dundee, Perth , and Aberdeen•• East Anglian.... •••• •• • ***** •••• ** Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • • • Edinburgh and Perth •• ••,•• •••• •• Eastern Counties and Nor th Eastern.. East Lancashire •• ******* • •• •• •• •• •• Eastern Union ...... GI , k, and Ayr Ilasgow, Kilmarnock, A— Glasgow and Greenock.• • • ..... •• Great Northern and E. L •• Great Southern and Western • • Great Western, Ste • ........ • '' • • •• • • Lancashire and Yorkshire •• •• Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • ........ Leeds and Thirsk ••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • ' Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enn iskillen • London and North Western, &c London and Black wall.• • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • .• • • • • • " • • • • • • • • • North British .... • • • • • • " •" • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. •• • • • • ••'• Rouen and Havre.. •• • ''''' • Scottish Central • • • • • • • • • • • Scottish Midland Shrewsbury and Chester • . Shrop,hire Union .. ••••••"• • •• •• •• South Eastein and Branches •• •..... South Devon.. • • •• .• • • • • • •• •• Taff Vale •• •• .• •• •• •••• •• •• •• " Ulbter ........ Wateriord and Limerick..• •• •• ..... Whitehaven Junction ..• • ..... •• •• • York and Newcastle . • • •• •• •• • York•• •• • • 850 1,395 664 882 4,231 5,764 1,714 530 706 156 44,019 802 8,930 9,131 5,383 20,€30 1,290 3,151 5.732 2,2 4 1,286 392 1,640 383 1,687 556 1,272 407 414 11,19$ 1,723 2,008 823 5,055 1.297 720 720 156 39,750 719 8,903 9,952 3,515 20,900 1,380 190 11,420 6,636 756 2,6.4 6,167 2M9 1,1 .0 297 1,638 8,339 1,765 2,151 523 173 11,726 6,813 The Lord Chancellor is convalescent, but we have heard that his medical attendants recommend a few day's residence in the country before he resumes his official duties. GERMANY. The Catholic clergy of Prussia are endeavouring to set up privileges to an exemption from obedience to the com mon law of the land, which all other Prussian subjects are bound to obey, and they in particular claim ex • emption from the payment of personal taxes, to which all other persons are subject. The Minister has, however, very properly directed the provincial au thorities to enforce the payment of this tax. The Ministers BRANDENISERG and MANTEUFZEL arrived at Erfurth on the Bth. The Hanoverian Government sent a message to the Chambers on the 9th, announcing its repudiation of the Arbitral tribunal of Erfurth. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The K.lner Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, of the 11th inst., stating that the S!adt holders at Kiel had decreed the removal from the Schleswig. Holstein army of the Prussian officers who joined it at the commencement of the war. The Stadtholders have expressed their gratitude to the Prussian Government, and given the assurance that they will continue to aim at a peaceable solution of the question now pending between Denmark and the Duchies. The Stadtholders are preparing to send the Counts RANTZAU and REVENTLOW FARVE to Copen hagen. GREECE. The Breslau Gazette of the 9th contains the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch from Trieste : " ATHENS, APRIL 2.—A1l the conferences have failed. King Otho is inflexible. Rumours of a Minis terial crisis prevail. Many changes in the Administra- tion are talked of. The state of the country is very unsettled. At Corinth bands of malefactors are com mitting great crimes." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Hume—Account of the aggregate amount paid for advertisements by the public departments of Govern ment in the United Kingdom for the year 1848, stating specially the amount paid by the Board of Inland Re venue, the Customs, Post-office, Treasury, and Commis sariat Departments. Board of. Ordnance and Store De partment, Board cf Admiralty and Victualling Board, Wocds and Forests, Poor-law Board and Boards of Guardians, and all other public departments, so as to exhibit the total amount paid for advertisements to newspapers for the public service in one year. Mr. Milner Gibson—To move the following reso lutions:— Whereas all taxes which directly impede the diffusion of knowledge are highly injurious to the public interest& and are most impolitic sources of revenue, tbia House is of opinion— Ist. That such financial arrangements ought to be made as will enable Parliament to repeal the Excise duty on paper. 2d. That it is expedient to abolish the stamp duties now payable on newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland. 3d. That it is expedient to abolish the duties now payable on advertisements in Great Britain and Ireland. 4th. And that the Customs duty on Foreign books ought to be repealed. RETURN ORDERED. Mr. Ewart—Return of all writs issued by the Stamp office for the recovery cf duties on a dvert i sements, in emoluments,adlilroecwt deaucty was •h 3ear r , ed si u n c c e. since 1829 , showing also in what ye a r t h e Mr. Sadleir—Return of all persons in India receiving saantcaersi?as rpgenrasniotnss : or indirect nomination, recommendation, or appoint ment, by the President of the Board of Co n t ro l over t h e ol p p a u y bli P e r money,at9' fees, virtue of any by affairs of India alone, or by virtue of any arrangement with the Board of Directors of the East India Company, and the dates of each such nomination, recommendation, or appointment respectively, from the Ist day of January, 1832, to the Ist day of March, 1850, excepting the judges of the superior courts of law in India; stating the total amount re ceived by ea c h i n di v id ua l i n eac h year, and distinguishing the sources from which the payments are made.—Tuesday, April'l6. EQUESTRIAN FEAT EXTRAORDINARY. - OXFORD, FRIDAY.—This morning a gentleman of this University un dertook to ride from Oxford to London and back, a distance of 10ii miles, in six hours, unlimited to horses. He started from Magdalen-bridge at five o'clock, and arrived in London at twenty-fire minutes past seven, and returned to Oxford one minute before ten; thus completing this arduous task one minute under five hours. The horses used on this oces eon were from the stables of Mr. Joseph Tollit, of this city. Cocks, T. S. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, H. A. Cole, 11. IL Colvile, C. R. Compton, H. C. Damer,:Colonel Deedes, W. Devereux, J. T. Dick, Quindu Disraeli, B. Dod, J. W. Drumlaurig, Drummond, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Dundas, George Duyre, C. G. Original Question again proposed :—Amendment proposed. at the end of the Question to add the words, " and into the incomes and emoluments of Ecclesiastical Dignitaries :" Question put, " That those words be there added." The House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 95. Alcock, Thomas , Gibson, T. M. O'Connell, M. J. Armstrong, Sir A. Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel Bass,'3l. T. Greene, John . Pllkington, Janes Berkeley, H. F. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pinney, William Berkeley, Grantley Grenfell, Charles W. Rawdon, Colonel Birch, Sir T. Hall, Sir B. Renton, J. C. Blake, M. J. Hardcasde, J. A. Ricardo, Osman Blandford, Marquis Harris, Richard Salwey, Colonel Blevv - itt, Reginald Ilastie, Alexander Scholefield, W. Bright, John Basile, Archibald Scully, Francis Brockman. E. D. Henry, Alexander Sidney, Alderman Brotherton, Joseph Heyworth, L. Smith, J. Benjamin Brown, W. Hume, J. Spearman, ii. I. Buxton, Sir E. Keating, Robert Stuart, Lord D. Cailders, J. W. Keogh, William Stuart, Lord J. Clifford,, Henry M. Kershrw, James Ihicknesse, R. A. Cobden, Richard. King, P. V. Thompson, Colonel Cockburi, Alex. Lawless, Cecil Thornely, T. Collins, W. Lennard, T. B. Tolicmache, F. J. Cowan, Charles Locke, Joseph Trelawny, J. S. Dalrymple, Captain Loveden, Pryse Villiers, Charles Drumlanrig, Vie. Lushington, C. Wall, C. B. Duff, George S. Mackie, John Walinsley, Sir 3. Duncan, Viscount 31"l'aggart, Sir J. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, Oenrge Mangles, R. D. Willcox, Brodie Evans, Sir De Lacy Martin, J. Williams, John Evans, J. Mitchell, T......A. Wilson, Matthew Fergus, John Moffatt, George Wyld. James Fordyce, A. D. 3folesworth, Sir,W. Wyvill, Marmaduks Forster, M. Morris, David Fortescue, J. W. Ifowatt,Yrancls • TELLIIII. Fox, W. J. Nugent, Lord Morsman. Xdwar4 Freestun, Colonel O'Connell, Maurice Aglionby, H. A. MAJORITY-NOES, 218. Greenall, G. Oswald, A. Greene Thomas Paeke, C. W. Grey. Sir G. Paget, Lord Grey, Ralph W. Paget, Lord C. Groaveror, Lord R. Paget, Lord G. Owyn, Howel Palmer, Roundel Hallyburtou, Lord Palmerston, Via. Pialsey, T. P. Parker, John Hamilton, G. A. Patten, J. W. Harris, Captain Peel,;Sir Bober* Hatehell, John Peel, Frederick Hawes, Benjamin Pennant, Colonel Ilayter, W. G. Plowden, W. H. 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Tufnell, Henry DONagaten, Sir E. 'ruiner, George AP-Neill, Duncan Tynte, Colonel Manners, Lord C. Vane, Lord H. Manners, Lord G. Verner, Sir W. Manners, Lord J. Villiers, Viscous. Marshall, J. G. Villiers, F. W. Martin, C. W. Vivian, J. H. Martin, Samuel Vyso, Howard Masternaitn, Jonn Waddington, H. I. Matheson, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Manic, Fox Watkins, Colonel Miles, P. W. S. Wegg-Preeser, Y. Alonsell, William Wellesley, Lord G e W Ai °styli, E. M. esthoad , J. P. Mulgrave, Earl Williamson, Sir M. B. Alullings, J. It. Willoughby, Sir Atundy, William Wilson, James Naas ,:Lord Wood, W. P. Neeld, John Wrightson, W.B. Neeld, Joseph Wynn, Sir W. Newdegate, C. N. Newport, Visa. Newry, Viscount Oltrien Sir Lucille Ogle, S. C. A A n cic: o e n rl , e c y C. o, Colonel el Carte* Bagshaw, John !taffies, 111. T. Baring, Sir F. flaring, Thomas Barnard, E. G. Barrington, Viscount Beckett, W. Bellew, P. M. licrestord, William Berkeley, C. L. Bernal, Ralph Bernard, Viscount Blackstone, W. Si. Boldero, Henry Booth, .-dr R. G. Bouverie, E. P. Bowles, Admiral Boyle, Colonel Braiuston, T• W. Broadwood, IL Bruce, C. L. C. laruen, Colonel Burroughes, H. Carew, W. P. Carter, J. E. • Cavendish, G. H. Cavendish, W. G. Chatterton, Colonel Chichester, Lord J. Christesher, It. ♦. Christy, Samuel Clay, James CleMents, Charles Clive, It. H. Cobbold, John C. Cocks, Thomas S. Codrington,:Sir W. Cole, Hon. H. A. Copeland,Ald. TELLEIB. 11111, L.rd Marcus Cowper, W. F. Colton, *. 11. Craig, , Sir W. G. Crowder, R. 11. Deedcs, W. Duckworth, sir J. Duff, James Duridas, Amiral D u ndas, sir David Dunne, Colonel East, Sfr,J. B. Ebrington, Viscount Egerton, Sir I'. Egerton, W. T. Elliot, John Enfield, Viscount Estcourt, J. E. B, Evans, Willi am Farrcr, Janes Fellow - es, E. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fitzwilliarn, G. W. Floyer, John Foley, John H. Fox, S. L. Goddard, A. L. Gore, W. R. O. Goulburn, Henry Graham, Sir James Granby, Marquis of HARWORTIL—The lambing season is nearly over in tbis neighbourhood, and on the whole has been a profit able one. The shepherd of the lion. A. Duncotnbe, ISI.P. out of 120 ewes, has had 190 lambs, all of 'which are doing well.—Poncaster Chronicle. MAUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES. New Editions, corrected and enlarged, price 10s. each work, fcp. cloth; or 125., bound in embossed roan, THE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY: a Copious Popular EncFlopsedia. 10s. THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY : comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. 1,,5. THE HISTORICAL TREASURY: an Outline of Universal His tory; separate Histories of every Nation. 103. THE TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Reference : a, Compendium of Universal Knowledge. 106. THE TREASURY of NATURAL HISTORY; or, Popular Dic tionary of Animated Nature. With 900 Woodcuts. 108. London: Longman, Brown, Green. and Lonsmang. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ls., by post free, 4d. in addition, AFEW WORDS on PERINEAL SECTION, as recommended by Professor Syme, for the Cure of stricture of the Urethra, and on Mr. Wade's recent Remarks thereon. By F. B. COURTENAY, Published by 11. Bailliere, 215, Resent-street. Also lately, by the same Author, price 55., The PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIO. TIME of tho URETHRA. With important observations on the IJse and Abuse of Instruments. Ctitrb Mbttton DULWICH COLLEGE INQUIRY. DOCTORS' COMMONS-THIS DAY This morning, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Visitor, es officio, of Dulwich College, and Mr. Justice Patteson, and Sir John Dodson, his Grace's Assessors, continued the inquiry, begun yesterday, into certain al leged grievances in the management of the College, and especially with respect to the education of the poor scholars. The inquiry was commenced at the instance of Mr. Luke Embleton and Mr. Downs, the two senior wardens of the parish church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, being two of the Assistants of Dulwich College, appointed under the statutes and ordinances of Mr. Edward Alleyne, the founder ; and their objecl was to remedy certain abuses which, in the couree of time, had crept into the management and distribution of the revenues of the charity. Mr. ROLT (with whom was Mr. J. Palmer) addressed the court yesterday. on behalf of the two senior wardens of St. Saviour's. He stated that the charter of the Col lege was granted by James 1., and was dated on the 21 st 01 June, 1619. License was thereby granted to Mr. Edward Alleyne, his heirs, executors, &e., to found for the reliet and maintenance of poor men, women, and children, a college at Dulwich—to consist of one mas ter, one warden, four fellows, six poor brethren, six poor sisters, and twelve poor scholars, and according to such statutes as should be ordained by Mr. Alleyne himself in his lifetime, or by other persons after his death. The college was directed to be named " the College of God's gift in Dulwich," and the usual powers of a corporation were conferred upon it. The deed of foundation was executed on the 13th of Sep tember, 1619, and was a mere echo of the charter. That was followed by a conveyance of the lands on the 24th of April, 1620. The most important statutes, however, were those which related to the education of the twelve pour scholars. It appeared from the statutes themselves that Mr. Alleyne con templated the revenues then to amount to 8001. per an num. He gave specifically to several objects connected with the college about 6001. per annum. By the statutes he appointed six persons to be junior fellows, and six as sistants, and added thirty poor persons not named in the charter, to whom he allotted diet, pensions, or allowances of some kind or other. That appointment had given rise to a great deal of the difficulty in administering the affairs of the college. At first there was a surplus of 2001. per annum, but it now amounted to many thou sands a year. At the audit on the 4th of March 1001. was to be allowed to remain in the chest of the treasurer, and alter the payments for repairs, legal expenses, the preferment of scholars in learning, &c., the residue was to be divided into 600 parts, which he allotted for diet among the persons whom he deemed entitled to share in his bounty. On casting up the respective shares they amounted to 601. In 1664, Archbishop Shelden issued an order that in all business transactions not duly pro vided for by the founder the master or warden should be of the majority. By that order the inception of all business was devolved on the master or warden. A suit in Chancery was instituted in 1724, and Lord King held that the founder had power to appoint as sistants, though he had not power to add to the college. That decree had been acted upon up to the present time. In 1836 the Charity Commissioners, in the exercise of their functions, visited Dulwich College, and made a special report upon it. An information was then filed by the Attorney-General in his own name, without any relator; the cause went through its regular stages,' and was disposed of in 1841, by the Master of the Rolls. it was considered by the college that the judgment delivered by Lord Langdale settled every question with respect to the poor scholars. He (Mr. Roll) contended that that judgment determined two things—first, that there was no trust for the thirty poor members or for any general charitable object; and, secondly, that everything connected with the in ternal regulation of the college, and the due distribu tion and management of the revenues, remained for the decision of the visitor. If he were to ask his Grace to declare that there was a trust for these thirty members, that judgment might stand in his way, but be merely asked his Grace to take care that the management should be such as had been pointed out by the founder; and he maintained that the founder had negatived the enjoyment, by the warden and fellows, of the shares which were (indisposed of in consequence of the illegal appointment of the thirty poor members. Mr. TURNER, this morning, resumed the address begun yesterday, on behalf of the Master and Wardens of the College. He contended that the question for the consideration of the Court was how far the intention of the founder of the college was that there should be a grammar school, and whether that intention could be carried out to the advantage of the boys that were edu chted in that school, or whether it was not better that those boys should be brought up in the way to which the present process of education in the school introducedemin a them, rather than with the view of placing them superior school. He called upon the Court to consider the position in life of the parents of those boys, and the t h attain em situations in life to which those boys might m r i a g i h se t selt as through the instrumentali oh t)i t o tra tLa ei n arn e ps d : u r c e a n t t i s ia t a h t a t t h i e t those natural feelings of might ig h Universities. position ao prejudice i T g h h o o r s a e h b v o e y st, weakenhbayt t respect which the boys ought to have towards their pa rents. Another question was, what had become of the fund not specifically provided for by the founder? It ai.- peared the founder, in the disposition of a sum of 600/., had made dispositions for the benefit of persons whom to could not introduce into the foundation. He (Mr. Turner) contended they were not dealing with a ques tion of trust, but with a surplus fund, in the members of tLe corporation; and he apprehended that on the same principle on which the Court of Chancery, in cases of trust, dealt with a surplus income belonging to a tes tator his Grace the Visitor would be considered as having full authority to deal with that which bad not been specifically disposed of or appropriated by the founders, and that that question lay within the discretion of his Grace the Visitor. How had those funds been ap. plied for the benefit of the boys? He believed it would be found in truth there had not been anything like the undue appropriation as against the boys, which I 1. 4 p • ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. Sampson appeared here last evening in the character of Menard, in his own admirable comedy Un Yeuvage, a piece which, for the smoothness and elegance of its verses, the brilliancy and wit of its dialogue, and the artistical construction of its plot, is not unworthy to rank with some of the happiest efforts of the genius of Mo liire. The plot is simple. A widower (Menard) is so per secuted by match-making mothers and the kind en treaties of friends that he should re-enter the marriage state, that he has rushed from Paris to seek repose in the family of his old friend Dunson. But here there is still no rest for him. Madame Damon determines that he will be an eligible match for her daughter Cecile ; and, as if this were not enough, he encoun ters in one of the residents of the village a lady (romantic and a poetess) whom he had met at Bor deaux some''_me before, and from whom he bad fled even on the very eve of marriage. Despera tion, however, has made him philosophical. He defies the widow end all her fury, and having humoured Madame Dumon'a desire that be should marry Cecile, uses his power over her hand by bestowing it on a younger and more favoured lover. M. Sampson's acting in the character of Menard, the widower, was of the very highest order of comedy. He was the original Menard when the comedy was first produced in 1842, and as author and actor achieved a success such as it has fallen to the lot of few others to achieve. He last night received the honour of a special call at the fall of the curtain. The house was crowded with the flute of rack, beauty, and fashion. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDjY. BANKRUPTS. Henry Brading, licensed victualler, Shepherdess-walk, City-road, to surrender April 23, at half-past one, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Brown, Finsbury-place. James Honiball, dealer and chapman, Fenchurch street, April 25, at half-past &even, and May 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Overton and Hughes, Old Jewry. James Passand Holyland, innholder, late of Guildhall chambers, Fore-street, April 26, at twelve, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. John Clarke, grocer, Stourbridge, April 22 and May 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham. District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Prescott, Stour bridge; Wright, Birmingham. Philippe Stanger, Edward Evans, and Solomon Cross, sheet glass dealers, Birmingham, April 25 an d M a y 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Stubb s an d S wa ll woo d, Birmingham ; Motterans, Knight, and Emmet, Bir mingham. John Day Teesdale, horse dealer, Boston, May 3, and 24, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittles ton, official assignee, Nottingham; Marshall, Boston; Jabett, Birmingham. William JalLes, biscuit baker, late of Newport, Mon mouthshire, April 29, and May 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Beckett and Sympson, Golden-square; Bevans, Bristol. Benjamin Symes Saunders, quarryman, Ctawell, So mersetshire, April 23, at eleven, and May 3, at one, et the Exeter District Court. IJir;zel, official assignee, Exeter; Poole, Bridgwater; Stogdon, Exeter. Henry Paris, gro-er, Liverpool, April 29 and May 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee; Neal and Martin, Liverpool. James Galley Watson, grocer, Sunderland, April 23 and May 28, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Wakley. official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn fields; Thompson, Sunderland. DAILY'S UNITED SERVICE AND EAST INDIA RE cum), APRIL, 1850.—This is the second quarterly number of this most useful publication, which con tains a list, alphabetically ci:anged and corrected up to the 19th ult., of the field-Marshals, flag, general, and field officers, post captains, commanders, captains, lieutenants, cornets, and ensigns of the naval and military forces of her Majesty and the Hon. East India Company, on full or half-pay, or on the retired lists. It is, in fact, a perfect mirror of the united service. CAPTAIN REID'S " RIFLE RANGERS."—" These," says the Obserrer, " are two extraordinary volumes, teeming with various Mexican adventures, and written by no every day man. The attention of the reader is not only riveted by the incidents and scenes pourtrayed but by the dashingly graphic colouring of the descriptions." Among their con tents are the following adventure among the Creoles of New Orleans:—A Gcargia Hotel—A Spy in Camr—Landing at Sacrificio3—lnvestment of Vera Cruz—Major Blossom— Going on the Scout—Adventure with a Cayman—A Mexi can Dinner—Subterranean Drawing-room—The N - orther A Brush with the Guerilleros—Captured by them—A Blind hide—The Cobra di Capello—Dance of the Tagarola—A Battle with Bloodhounds—Bridge of Monkeys, &c. _ _ EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE—Neiv, Revised, and Cheaper Edition, in 4 vols. Vol. ll.—The new edition of this valuable book will meet with a warm welcome from the public. It will be now read by thousands, to whom the first editions have never been accessible. The Jour avl of John Evelyn commences in 1641, end is continued till his death in 1705-6. Thus we have a copious and faithful re cord of the habits, occupation:, and retlexions of this remark able man during a period one of the ino.t eventful and im portant to be found in our history. It is impo - sible to over rate the interest and value of a diary or correspondence written in such times as those of Charles 1., Oliver Cromwell, Charles 11., James 11., end William, by one who, 0b:.. - .Tving accurately everything that passed around him, whether en gaged in his capacity as a public officer, or tasting the varied pleasures of private life and intercourse; who knew nearly all parties —actors in those busy days end stirring scenes— whether monarchs, ministers, or other eminent mer Week'y Chronicle. ST. LAWRENCE.—A shccking accident occurred here on Saturday to a child about a year and a half old, named - Vincent Ensor. Being left in charge of a girl about twelve years old, the latter VI as playing with her, and placed her on the copper when it was being used, and the lid by some means slipping on one side, the child fell in, and was co much scalded in the lower part of her person as to occasion death the next day. At an inquest held on the body on Monday, by Mr. Delasaux, a verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned. The meeting of the representatives of joint-stock banks, appointed for Monday, to consider the proposed al terations in the stam' duties, is looked forward to in the City with considerable interest, it being understood that the dames as they at present stand would seriously interfere with much of the °rains -7 banking busine:,s of the country. KELP PRODUCTS.—Mr. raterson, of Glesgow, has sent to us the following s amples of various produ c t s o b ta i scd by him from kelp. They are described as follo‘, in a note from that gentleman :—No. 1 sample, crude sr' tpetre pro duced in my laboratory from nitrate of soda and f.orn mariate of potash, obtained from my own iodine works in the con. samption of kelp. No. 2—the same produce as No. 1, being a portion of the same experiment submitted to the refining process. No. 3—sample of refined saltpetre, produced from nitrate of soda and kelpmuriate of potash, manufactured on a large scale, for commercial purposes, by A. D. and G. Morton, Glasgow. No. I. —oampie of potash, produced from the salts of kelp exclusively, and possessing all the properties of American potash. No. s—sample of pearl ash, produced from the salts of kelp, exclvsively, and possessing all the properties of American pearl ash No. 6 sample of iodine from kelp by use. No. 7—sample of hydriodate of potash from iodine by me. These samples comprehend all the most valuable products of kelp ; the common salt and sulphate of soda I do not trouble you with, they being of comparatively little value.— Inverness Courier. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Holloway's Pills.—At Wootton, near Bedford, re sides Mr. John Robinson, sen., an opulent fanner, who some time ago was in a most dangerous state from dropsy, being nearly double his usual site; he was given over by his medical attendant, and was not at the time expected to live three days ; and yet from his hopeless state he was cured by taking Hol loway's Pills. This gentleman is well known in all the market towns in the country. The wonders that this fine medicine does in rll cases of dropsy are truly surprising, and those who are labouring under this dreadful complaint should certainly try this remedy. Sold by all Druggists. and at Professor Hollo way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE RELEASE OF ME. GRAHAM, TIM BX LIEVTENANT OF ITER MAJESTY'S Sillr CHILDEKS. —The board of Admiralty having taken into consideration the many piteous appeals made to them by the unfortunate pii sonar, as to his rapidly failing health, the circumstances of his imprisonment, and the place in which he was confined, and having made inquiry and reference to the governor of the Queen's Bench Plisen, and received his representation as to the place in which Mr. Graham was of necessity quar tered, being the misdemeanants' ward, and which the go vernor had no power of improving, added to which the statement of the surgeon of the prison with respect t o th e condition of Mr. Graham's healt h , and its daily becoming worse—taking all these represeptaticns and facts into consi deration, the Admiralty determined as a measure of humanity and compassion to remit the remainder of Mr. Graham a term of imprior..nent, and to.direct through th e i r marshal that Mr. Graham should be liberated, and last w ee k he was ac. cording!) , set free.—llerald. k./... * __., - )I'. 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