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Norman, jun.; occupied by Smith and another, both destroyed. . tenement and outbuilding belonging to Mr. W. man, sen., and occupied by Ann Howlett—con- SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE AS,WRANCE SOCIETY. 2tEPORT of the PROCEDURE of the THIRTY-SIXTII ANIMAL GENERAL COURT of this SOCIETY, held en the sth March, 1560. ur tenements and a public-house, called " The Waggon and Horses," belonging to Mr. Richard Norman, brewer, andoccupied by Hopkins and others —all the outbuildings and large barn destroyed. With the exception of Mr. Edward Ivatt's new house, and the tenement occupied by Ann Howlett, all the above property was insured. The Norwich U❑ion and Royal Farmers' offices will suffer con siderably, and also the Phcenix and European. We do not like to hazard a guess at the amount of damage done, but some, who have probably better means of forming a judgment than ourselves, set it down at about 18,0001. Besides the buildings a very large quantity of corn has been consumed ; and the reader will understand that the damage must be very grew., when he reflects that e . ghteen farms have been almost totally destroyed, bes es as many cottages. _ - APRIL 8, _lB5O, N°.17,952.] LONDON, MONDAY vE. N , [PRICE SD. s of Taos' uth Anv.ri• 363 6d, log' iney 32s to o 36s 6d for is named after. She had a 6-pounder which fired round shot, and also behaved very well. She had a marine very severely wounded, who is nut expected t) live; the officers in her were Second• Master Albert, and Mr. Pat- a great many vessels for the eastward, which have been many days here windbound. APRIL 6.—The Howe, 120, on arrival from the Mediterranean, will be paid off at Sheerness. The officers and crew of her Majesty's brig Cyg net were paid off yesterday. The sails of her Majesty's ship Suparb were un bent on Thursday. The sharphooter, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, which arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday, will sail to-day (Saturday) for the - Mediterranean. Commander James M. Strange (1842) commis sioned the Archer steamer on Thunday. She is to have a complement of 150 men, and - will take the mails to the coast, of Africa. ETS. 'ood of most . tnd sales par demand fot ►intained late , and beans, tison, midshipman. She had an 18-pound shot through her mainsail, and ono di:tri through her ensign. The next boat was the Dee's starboard paddle-box boar, with a 24-pound carronade which fired round, grape, and canister. She boarded the slave-ship before mentioned under a heavy fire of musketry, which injured her very much. Lieutenant Crowder, commander of the Dee, was in this boat, and followed out the action IN ry gal lantly. Mr. Dyer, rnaster's-nssitt.int c f the Dee, was also in her. The port paddlebox boat, armed and manned like the one just mentioned, and commanded by. Mr. Jones, second master of the Dee. Two other boats were employed. and the whole expedition did its duty in a most successful, gallant, and, spirited manner. Five men were slightly wounded." Ola• a. 0, to -- - ~. .... ''' .... 'We have experienced very heavy weather here for the last four or five daye, blowing strung from north.l west to south-west. The lion LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. The THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this SO CIETY Wa3 held in Edinburgh on the sth March, 1850. The Hon.I.DItD COCKBURN in the Chair. The Manager read to the Court various Statements relat ive to the Society's affairs, from which it appeared -Ist, That during the year 1849, the total number of Policies actu- Slivn '"' d isaned was 600, covering Insprances to the extent of 422,065/.lls. . 74 , That the Capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was 2 ,167,506/. 91; Id., hiving increased during the year to the extent of 112,9571.165. 2d. 3d, That the Annual Revenue of the Society at the same date was . 200,5371. ins. 6d.. b e i n g a decrease since last year, arising from the reduction in the rate of interest during the currency OM. year. 4th, That intinber of deaths which had occurred curing the year 1849 was 111, the sums insured under the Policies which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being 1 17,621/. 10s., or, with Bonus additions, 148,8241. 12s. 3d. s th, That the above sum of 117.622/. 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 accu racy of the statements read having been confirmed by the Auditor, The Chairma n , a dd ress i ng th e meeting, said, the Manager has zio w read cer t a i n papers, and ma de certain statements , which con tain a faithful ex .osition of the exact state of our affairs. He having done s o , I rea ll y am n o' aware what I can do to add ei t h e r -your information or to your consequent confidence in this institit errn; hi YoUr."contidence must der end on the " facts" you'have heard the plue. m; and *ere it not the usage that the p erson who occupies which I have the honour to occupy is expected to make some addreas, I think the most judicious thing I could do wou'd be to maintain s il ence. A t th e sam e time, however, it leas often oc rrredcurred it occurs to me now, that pe rha p s a recapitulation to m e , a quiet way. and in ordinary language, of the almost technical tatements made by the Manager. may sink more deeply into your • muds, and bel more easily carried away—(Applause)—and there ' Pre allow 11:111 to recall to you a few of the leading facts which you have now heard.—(Renewed applause.) %,_ o ne of the first of these—at least the one that leads me to consider r emark I have to make first—is one that I was not aware of M yself till very recently, which is the view exhibited of the pro gr,st of this Institution by our mere numbers. I do not here speak of the sums insured, of our investments, of our secu litles, or o f anything of that sort. Look at our mere numbers. I '`,now no bett er t es t o f a s ociety like this being well man a ge d,—of Inere not only being no suspicion in regard to it but that public con deuce has been always on the increase, than in the increase of the Mather of its interested members—of metnbers, I mean, who have no interest but pure selfishness—who ars as anxious as mon can he to protect themselves from misconduct, in order that, timeously . detected, it may be timeously corrected. Now end that in the year 1815. when the Society was instituted, we p agan with a small vest-egg of 49 members—(Laughter)—and it did not look well for the year 1816, that the eggs laid then were only 17. , ut ( Renewed laughter.) I also find that during the first six years of e Society's existence, 212 were the sum total of our c hickens.— (L aughter) And here I may observe, that the first thing that stri ke++ me is the great caution with which the lives must have been 'elected; for of the 49 members who were admitted in 1315, 35 Zrres ago, eleven still remain upon the books , after deducting many • surrendered their policies, and who, for aug ht we know, may be ing still.. Then, of the IT who joined th em in the y ear 181 ti. after ded ucting many surrenderers, there are still t hree u p on the books; and of th e 21 2 who joined4hduring e society the first six years of pits existence, nearly 60 surrendered their policies, but 49 still survive. (Hear, These seem to me to have been well s elected lives.— ...s — var, hear.) And the result now is that, at the e nd of 35 y ears, the . 1 /tuber of our members amounts, not to one thousand, nor to two, nor to three, nor to four, nor to five, nor even to six, but to above six thousand.—(Applaase.) We have now above six thousand in ?tired lives. From this fact I infer nothing but this—that, since we have so many jealous but uncomplaining eyes prying into us, I pre sume that we cannot be an ill-managed body. The Business done during the year 1849, after deduction of se v eral p to "eles which were cancelled, amounts to above 422,0001. ; that is say, that last year the Insurances which we effected amounted to that sum, T he number o f P o li c i es o n these insurances amounts to ! s it lo , being, at the the average, over all—which, I am told, is a high one —of no less than 7001. on every policy. The Capital has increased during the year that is now closed b y above 100,0001. ; and the total Capital that we own now amounts to 2; 1 67,6061.; that is to say, in nand numbers, which will be far more ° , 5311 3' remembered, considerably above Two M illions of mone y .— (Applause.) The statement that we have above Two Millions—that is to say that we ought to have it—would be a very idle one, if our funds Were not well i nves ted; many a man thinks he has , and he ou g ht to eve it ; but when be comes to grasp it it eludes the closing hand ; and, therefore, it is of vital and all-Important consequence to be told in this place, that of our investments, so far as we have discovered, We have never yet made a single bad one. —(Applause.) These in vestments are, for the most part, laid out on real security—l mean Europe wi thin Scotland, the best country, in my be lie f , for real security, in ; and, besides this, a large portion of our capital is invested , in loans to the members, upon the security of their policies. What , better security can there be than that?—(hear, hear.) A member , when he dies is our creditor, say for 1,0001. ; and he asks for a loan Of 5001 . ; if the policy be of equal value, we lend it to him, because , we lend it to him out of his own money. With such a security we eau advance it ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that he has claims upon us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank St° is es — I mean stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the 1 1 balk of England ; which I believe is as secure as can he. There s not a penny of it laid out in any Bank Stock of which a single , individual in private life entertains the slightest doubt. A , little of our capital is laid out in redeemable annuities, which, , by the law of Scotland, as we, all know, fall under the class St advances secured under real property. Some of it is laid out on railway —mark my next word, for this first one makes many People tremble—(A laugh)—some of it" is laid out on railway de bentures.—(Applause.) Not one single sixpence of it—if there was a farthing of it, I would tell you honestly—but' not one single farthing of. it is invested in railway shares. One fact which I have to state is one which, above all others, testifies the solidity of these irrvestmente ;i- tend it is, the regularity and the promptness with which the interest on the loans is invariably paid. Wherever an in vestment is not met by regular payment of the interest, let the creditor begin to tremble. Now, with us, we have never found the least cause for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are alway e s paid almost within a day of the time. The result I draw from all this is, that not only are these investments good., but that they are so good, that better could not be obtained. My belief is, that it these investments were all now thrown loose, and the Di rectors were. required to retrace their steps, and to get good Securities, they could, and therefore they would, do nothing but 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 is this world. Our annual revenue has decreased from the recent fall of interest during the last year, but it is now above 300,5001. 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, they amount to 111—a great number, and to be accounted for only by the pre'?alent pestilence. But yet, though they amount to 111, they are only sixty-three per cent. of our calculated probabilities ; —that is to say, that our system is founded on the calculation that there would be 100 deaths, while instead of that, there have been only sixty-three, leaving thirty-seven per cent. over and above far the security ofihe Society.—(Applause.) Of the 111 who have died—let the upper ranks think of this fact-24 have fallen by cholera. It is commonly thought that this is a vlst tation which afflicts only the poor and the destitute. I dare say it afflicts them first, and worst, but it is by no means confined to them ; for we heard it to-day stated, that of those who died from it last year connected with this society, one individual was insured for 8 ,0001, one for 4,00 01 .. one f or 3,0001., two for 2,0001., and one for 1.5001., and that the whole twenty-four were insured for something like 27,0001. ; and therefore you will observe that these, apparently Periodical visitations, ought to strike a lesson of prudeace on the minds of men in all classes. I.l Th 4 7s e a l m ; s pail by us since we bega n in 1815, are above 600 and tjiis is a fact with which I was much struck. We have distributed above eleven hundred thousand pounds. We have relieved to that extent the families e those members who trusted Its.; and the example that was given by tke manager so technically, and with such proper b rev ity, of the benefits of this Institution, made a great impression upon me, as I have no doubt it did upon the meeting. The case I refer to was that of an old member who died abroad last year, and who had insured three times, each time or 1,0001. W e ll , he dies, and h e h as c l a ims upon us for 3,0001. cer tain. But besides that, his representatives will receive considerably above 2,000/. as a Bonus. Thus, upwards of 5,0001. is secured to his r amilY ; and, even after paying that, the Society was plus nearly I,solll .—(Applause.) The next matter which I have to state is, one for withal I am very grateful ; and it is, that we have had up to this day, no litigation.— (Laughter and applause.) NOW, what I have stated are the material facts ; and what else need I say? It is not my business, and I am sure it would be no satisfaction to you. if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, -or the greatness of our success ; and still less would it give any satis faction to you if I were to do that from which every respectable So ciety will for ever abstain—that of attempting to raise ourselves by a contrast or comparison, or even by an allusion to kindred Institutions. -- (Applause.) I have stated thefacts ; and having done so, I can do no /sore. It is for you to judge how your affairs have been managed, and to e arrY away with you those resolutions or judgments which the statements you have heard are calculated to produce. My inferences are merely two. It seems to me, in the first-place, that this is a Society ba which we may have perfect confidence.—(Hear, hear.) My belief -.-knowing as I do something about it, although not so much certainly 45 'dada' others—is, that our confidence in it may go to this extent, that if we were to begin our career again, with the experience which We have acquired, I know many ways in which we might act differ ently, but I know no way in which we could do better.—(Applause,) Moralists rave often amused themselves by speculating about what a Mall *mid do, if he was again to become a boy, with all the expe rience of his manhood. If this Society were to do so, I seriously and firmly believe that if we were to begin our career in 1815, with the experience which we have gained bete: -en that time and the Year 1850, We should walk in the very paths, nay in the very tuts by which we have reached our present state. My other infer ence—although it is' something very like repeating the same sermon twice —is, that it is the duty of all of us to do all in our power to propagate a knowledge of this Institution, and still more to propa late a knowledge of the great duty, in this precarious life, of s ' ] f-preservation by insurance. Some people talk as if there were too many societies of this kind. Ido not agree with them ; and I am perfectly certain thatt, if the public, and every individual in it, was adequately impressed with the importance of insuring their lives; there would net only not be too many, but it would be found that there was perhaps a great deal too few.—(Hear, hear.) The treat thing is to get the community steeped in the conviction that there is no way in which they can practise the great duty of pru dence so w ell as by life insurance. All men are -convinced that pru dence is a virtue, but all men are not convinced that there is no form in which that virtue can be practised with so small a present Sacrifice, contrasted with so great an ultimate reward. If you want any examples of this, I can tell you where you are to find them. You are not to seek for them here. You must go among the families .. 0 1 those who have been bereaved, and amongst whom the scciety has already distributed greatly beyond a million of money. Go into these families, and ask them what they think of life insurance. They will tell you that instead of thinking it unreasonable and useless, their only pang, even at the moment when they are experiencing the blessings of life insurance, is, that the head of their house had hot -carried it to a greater extent. Therefore, what you have to do, Gentlemen, is, in your various spheres, to urge this duty upon your friends —to urge it simply upon these two grounds, that no man can avoid death, and that no man can AK its period ; but that in surance is a science which, out of individual irregularities, extracts ‘ll(wsiof general uniformity ; and thus converts the very precarious. ness of life into a method of correcting its uncertainty. These are the impressions made upon me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. —(Lord .Cockhurn then resumed his seat amid loud applause.) On the motion of Sir James Russell, K.C.8., of Ashiesteel, seconded by Professor Miller, a vote of thanks was given to the Courts of Di rectors, to the Trustees and Of Bearers, for their services during the past year. On the motion of Alexander shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded by the Rev. James It. Campbell. of Albany-street Chapel, the Courts of Directors • for the following year were appointed as follows : PRESIDENT. Tho Right llon.the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The lion. Lerd MONCREIFF. Die Grace the Duke of BUCCLRECH, K.G. The. Moat Zion. the Marquis of T\ )DALE, K.T. and C.B. • WILLIAM GIBSON-CRAIG, Ese,Youager of Ricearten, M.P. TXTRAODDIZIARY DIRECTORS. . • The Very Rev. Princl. M•Farlane Jan Ravenhill, Esq., banker, . Robert G. Baillie, Esq., of Culter- Warminster. idlers. Thomas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. Jimes.M`Gregor, Esq.. Chairman Charles Baillie, Esq., advoc a te. ' af. South-Eastern Rahway. Archd. Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of Sir John Stuart Richardson of Aberdeenshire. . Pitfour., Bart. William James Duncan, Esq., • Ti le Rl:ht Hon. the Earl of Lincoln. Man a g er of National Bank. Leonard Horner, Esq., London. * Fir William Ham ilton, of Pres- Daniel Watney. Esq., Wands- ton, Bart. Worth, London. * The Solicitor—deneral for Scot- Rey. Dr. Robert. Macnalr, Paisley. land. William Shuttleworth, Esq., * Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff town-clerk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire. Anthony Murray of Dollerie, W.S. * George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of William Mitchell Innes, Esq., of Selkirkshiro. Parsons Green. ORDINARY ehrtatopher Wood, Jun., Esq,l DIRECTORS. George Gibson, Esq., merchant merchant, lames Balfour, Esq, of Pilri7„ W. S. William Smith, Esq., of Carbeth Guthrie. Isaac Bayley, Esq., of Manuel. Lewis Alex. Wallace, Esq., archt. James Mylne, Esq., W.S. Alexander Pringle, Esq., of Whyt bank, James ofWoodhouse lee, W.S. Leith. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Hays. Um. John Cockburn, Esq., merchant. Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. * Robert Scott lioncrieff, Esq., advocate. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. * Thomas G. Mackay, Req., W.S. Those marked * arc New Appointments. BA O the motion of ltobert Paul, Esq., manager of the Commercial auk, a vote of thanks was proposed to the Hon. Chairman, which W " received with much applause, and the Court thereafter ad burned. JOIIN MACKENZIE, Manager. Edinburgh, WILLIAM GEORGE, Chief Clerk. 5, St. Andrew Square, Bth March, 1850. LONDON OFFICE, 4, ItOYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH M'KEA.N, Agent. ..-. ••• .... ... _ _.. ..,.., ... - .... ao• mo. ammo •••• .... ..0 - ems 26 - 2 8 2) - 21 Od to Oi 81 to 9d 8d to 9,1 - swam a.maa •• ••• 10 ... ,4469 • •• • •• • ''' lest to-day depressed a detnancl. tion in .tbe moderato ..and oath s morning actions 0' 0 altar the was made I as lost. ,ly arrived re 6e 2cl to and 6s fut thing wee rid quote: ket elosea Tuesday' l of G seal. I new, 271 red ditto 7 241 to bead 7i Od to 3, white 1, white grindiog 30 8 to eat Wad ixetatoeot poutid„. 56 b‘l obbet reighing stoCis; el, 19' 21b per 14s Odt 1; bone 260 0 I . oa Od ; it flour, Pets.. real, 4d 12d to Qd to 7d to -pow) Pt, 9d; 17s 61 20s 01 20s 61 15 3 Oa ckind r' CONTRACT for WINE, SOAP, RICE, and PEAS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, April 4, 1850. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 11th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her - 3laesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz. : 1 Gat.ons. WHEN TO BE DELIVERED . WINE (White strong bodied).. 5,000 half of each In three '1 ons. weeks, and the Remainder SOAP (Mottled) .. RICE (Bengal N kite) .. ••.. .. 20 Half of each In a fortnight. Quarters and the Remaimber in a PEAS •. • ..... .... The Wine and Rice to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. ikunples of the Wine (not less than two bottles), of the Soap (not less than a bar), of the Rice (not less than two pounds), and of the Peas (u t less thaw. two quarts), must be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day et treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an ageat for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Wine and Rice must be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person ten dering, In the sum of 251. per cent. on the value for the due per formance of the Contract. GITILDIJALL, APRIL 3, 1850. r pHE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S .L LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING oa LEASE, for twenty-one years from Lady-day, 1850,:a noose, No. 14, on the north side of Br oad-street - buildings; Two Lloases, Nos. 28 and 29, on the south side of Broad-street build Mrs . Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of iiarrow-street, RatclitY. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851. The City of London Committee for furthering the Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, in May, 1851. beg to urge upon the atten tion of parties residing within the City of London, and intending to be exhibitors, that the Royal Commissioners are desirous of becom ing acquainted with the NAMES of EXHIBITORS, the OBJECTS proposed to be exhibited, and the SPACE required for such objects, before the 10th ]fir, 1850, and the Committee are now prepared to supply printed forms of returns to be tiled up by intending ex- Whit .irs. STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, M.A.,/ Hon. DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE. j Secs. Office of the City of London Committee, 62, Cheapside, April 6,4850. EMPLOYMENT. —Ladies and Gentlemen may profitably occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant ART of ORNAMENTING PAPIER MACHE In Pearl, Gold, and Co lours, as practically imparted by the Advertiser, on an improved system, by which 21. a week can be realized. Premium 10s. 6d. As the number must be limited, th •se desirous of engagement should make early application to Mr. Wright, 20, Tavistock•street, Covent garden, from Ten to Four. FRAUDS AND COUNTERFEITS. BURGESS'S ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES. [IN CIIANCERY ] —" Burgess v. Collins," and "Burgess v. Hall." On the 7th of March, ISSO, his Honour Vice-Chaneellor Sir J. L Knight Bruce granted an INJUNCTION to restrain John Collins'. of Richmond-row, Liverpool, from manufacturing any sauce or com position purporting to be " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," er so contrived or-expressed as to represent that the sauce or composition manufactured and sold, or exported, is the same as the essence of anchovies manufactured by John Burgess and Son. And on the 14th of March, 1859, his Honour Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce granted another injunction to retrain Triel Hall, of 3, Satehwell-rents, Bethnal-green-road, London, from selling any sauce or composition described as or purporting to be " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies." And notice is hereby given, that proceedings will be immediately taken against all other person• manufacturing and vending or ex porting essence of anchovies in bottles labelled in a similar manner to the bottles in which the genuine essence of anchovies manufac tured by John Burgess and Son is labelled, or labelled in any martini calculated to induce the public to believe that such spurious essence is the 'genuine - essence of anchovies manufactured by John Burgess and Son, of 107, Strand, London. THOMAS PETER, Solicitor to the Plaintiff. 11, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square, London. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach is perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Yere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. 'Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which have been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years, has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written by John 3follard Wheeler, E.q., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, hav ing been handsel by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for publi cation, will fully confirm. " I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphatically tell you, in mercy,to any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy : not only am I person ally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and actin -intances receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not bo without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether ; if In a later, they alleviate pain and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price Is. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of •' Thomas ('rout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. NATIONAL LOAN FUND L IFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. ... Perms- ! Sum the Annual r Policy ) Bonus d ition in Bonus nent Ile.' Assured ad Ars -•5 Pre- taken to Sum ix ductiox of may bor n . MIUM. out in Cash. 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Dr. L 'MERT has taken the highest as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his pmrediacticcalehfenr°mursany years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and ma o y xf b o e rd h - a st d re o e f t; K s en ta t ri an e, d T ß ic i h c b h o ar rn d e s . Cornhill oron, 146, Leaden -52, Paternoster - row; Hannay, (3 9 : street, Haymarket; hall-street, London; or, free by post for c o ty-two Stamps, from the Author's Residence, 57. Bedford -square London. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, A vacancy having occurred in the direction of your Oilers by the lamented decease of your late Chairman, Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., I hasten to apprise you that, in accord ance with my address of the 12th of April, 1848, it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot on this oc.2asion, and when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time in forwarding the asual Proxy Papers to my supporters in the country ; with warmest acknowledgements for the great encouragement I have already received, and which now enaLles lice to look forward with perfect 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 friends to continue their kind exertions to secure my success on the present vacancy. 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 try friends may be forwarded. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies, and Gentlemen. The lamented death of your :highly respected Chairman, ;Major• General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., having created a vacancy in the direction of your affairs, it becomes my duty to apprise you that, In conformity with my previous announcement, it is my inten tion to proceed to the Ballot upon this occasion. having in the course of a long canvass submitted to you the grounds upon which I have presumed to offer myself as a candidate, I have only now to express my grateful thanks for the assurances of support with which I have been honoured, and to solicit those proprietors who have not yet declared themselves to favour me with an intimation of their in tentions ; when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time in forwarding to my friends who may prefer to vote by Proxy the necessary Letter of Attorney, and I respectfully solicit an early in timation of any recent changes of address. I have the honour to Ladies and Gentlemen, Your very faithful and obedient servant,' H. T. 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PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the TOWN HALL, Church-lane, Limehouse, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 10, to take into consideration the propriety of Establishing a Literary and Scientific Institution, and the Erection of a suitable Building for that purpose, in the Eastern Locality of the Tower Hamlets. _____ The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely, by GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq., who will be supported by several in fluential Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. EVENING EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION of WORKS of ANCIENT and 31 EDLEVAL ART and SPECIMENS of RECENT PRI FISH MANUFACTURES, is NOW OPEN, at the Rouse of the Society of Arts, J•hn-street, Adelphi, Daily, between the hours of Ten and Five : and IN ADDITION from Seven till Ten on:the Evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Admission, Is.—Catalogue, Is. Q.OILED LINENS AT HALF THE VALUE. Ladies who do not object to purchasing LINENS a little Soiled can now have an opportunity of buying some of the very best fabrics at half-price. These goods (samples), from which extensive orders have been taken, are the best, being the specimen cloths of such well-known makers as Knox, Beverage, &c., and are now to be sold at half the pries of the same goods when clean. Irish linens, 26 yards for 12e. 6d. ; superior Irish linen, 26 yards for 18s.; finest Coleraines, 26 yards for 235. ; positively worth ls. 9d. per yard when clean ; damask table cloths, two yards square, from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. each, those at 3s. 9d. being double damask three yards long; rich damask, ss. 9d. each ; three yards long double damask,' Os. 6d, each ; five yards long damask, each, 12s. ; five yards long splendid double damask, fit for the table of the nobility, 20s. each; table napkins, from is. 11d. per dozen; a large lot of superb damask, a yard square, at 10s. Gd, the dozen. There are also about 2,000 single pairs of fine linen sheets from two to three yards wide, from 4s. Gd. to Ilbs. the pair, those at 12s. 6d. the pair being three yards wide and seven yards long; alio dusters, diapers, tosvellings, &c., all subject to the same reduction. The above linens aro only slightly soiled, and uninjured for wear, and are now ready far sale, at BROJKS'S, 105 and 106, High-street, Borough, one door from King-street, and three minutes' walk from the London-bridge Railway Terminus. N.R.—Sanapies forwarded into tile country, or any part of town, if written for. HASTINGS-SUSSEX. TO be peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to a DE CRETAL ORDER of the HIGH COUR r of CHANCERY, made in a cause KENDALL, v. KAY, with the approbation of eq., a j pi to u hf:f to w f T T a i cl :e i l i o vs t e l E eV o T ep t lg ot s Y fi ,:teohEl e tioEunjseot Di ° so li ib h ,, Masters xt e hie7itAolh,E ERd o iTqa t ry. ( e erac c eAl o nps i , : aidl t i comarising the following porticulars : The Freehold Estate called Belmont, comprises two beautiful villa residences, and about nine acres of building ground. The two dwell ing houses are subitantially built, after Mr. Kay's own design, and combine the eiegancies of the Italian villa with the arrange ment suitable for the domestic comfort of an English gentleman's fa mily, The estate is situated on the rise of the East Cliff, at a short distance from the math high road to London, and was formerly known by the name of the " Minniss." The spot is admirably adapted for building purposes, and there is now no remaining unoc cupied site in the town of Ilastings, or its immediate vicinity, that can compare with it in natural beauties or advantages. The ground presents picturesque sites for villas, terraces, and gardens, command ing beautiful views towards the sea, and its late talented owner, Mr. Kay, prepared a plan for laying it out for building, adapting the arrangsmen: to the natural beauties of the spot. The estate is conveniently approached by a short road diverging from the high London-road, and the purchasers of nearly an the lots will have the use of another entrance to the estate from the high road through the premises belonging to Frederick North, Esq., In continuation of the one made by Mr. Kay, through the Belmont estate, from the lodge en the west side, thus providing for the most select and direct modes of ingress and egress to the property. The estate is within a few minutes' walk of the old church of All Saints. Also Three Freehold substantially-built and most convenient family residences, being Nos. 2,7, and I. Pelham crescent. This favourite situation is too well known to require any general description. It comprises all the advantages of the most central part of the town, combined with the enjoyments of quiet and retirement, and the h uses command beautiful sea views, and are within a sho rt distance of the new station of the Railway. A , small portion of No. 2, Pelham crescent, comprising a scullery, &c., is Leasehold, laid for a term of 500 years. The Belmont Estate is divided into Twelve Lots (the two resi dences farming Lots 1 and 2), but the Estate will be put up in the first instance in One Lot, and if not sold, then in the Twelve Lots ; unless Lois 1 and 2 be both sold, the sale of the other Lots Will not be proceeded with. The Houses in Pelham-crescent will be sold in Three Lots. The respective properties may be viewed on application at the Lodge, at Belmont, and at the houses in Felham-crescent, and parti culars and conditions of sale (including a plan of the Belment Estate) may be had at the Chambers of the Master, in Southampton•build ing,s, Chancery-lane ; at the principal Hotels at Hastings, St. Leon ards, Rye, Brighton, Lewes, and Tunbridge Wells; and of Mr. E. B. Jupp, Carpenters'-hall, London-wall ; of M:. Crouch, 37, Southamp ton-buildings ; of Messrs. Bayley and Jansen, 4, Basinghall-street ; of Messrs. Dyne, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and of Messrs. Lethbridge and Mackrell, 25, Abingdon-street, Westminster. E. B. JUPP, Carpenters'-hall, London-wall. THE COUNTB LIVERPOOL, Aran. 6.—Thi this day's market i— s. d. a. d.l tY MARKETS. le following are the prices at d. e. d Do. Meal, perl96lb 12 • 13 0 Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 25 0 t 026 • Irish, S cotch, and Manx,per6olb.. 3 0 3 2 Foreign, grinding 2 9 3 • eye, per 4801 b .. 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 29 0 30 0 Irish and Scotch, Wheat, per 701 b : English, white - • 6 0 to 6 3 Do. red .. 5 6 5 6 Irish, best red •• 5 2 5 6 Do, lower quality 4 9 5 2 Manx, red and wh. 5 5 5 9 Dantsie, highmixed 6 8 6 10 Do., mixed .. .. 6 0 6 4 Rostock, &c.. .. 6 0— 6 3 Hamburgh and Lower Baltic .. 5 8 5 10 American & white 5 10 6 2 Canadian, /red 5 4 5 8 Antwerp &Louvain 5 8 5 10 French, red• • .. 5 5 5 7 Hungarian and Marlaropoli • . 5 2 5 4 Odessa, Polish • . 5 3 5 5 Do., common .. 5 0 5 2 Egyptian .. .. 4 4 4 8 Flour, English & Irish, per 2801 b 28 0 30 I Do., extra tine 32 0 34 United States, per barrel .. 22 0 23 0 Canadian .. .. 21 6 23 6 per 4801 b— .. 25 0— 26 0 Dutch .. .. 28 0— 29 0 Egyptian . .. 20 6 22 0 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 30 0— 31 0 Foreign .. 27 0 26 0 Oats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, and Welsh, old 2 9—2 10 Irish, new. best mealing .. 2 3—2 3; Do., mid and inf. 2 0 2 Old .. 2 3 Oatmeal, English, & Seoteh,pr24olb 22 0 22 6 Irish, new .. .. 20 0 —2l 0 bo. ,old . .. 19 0-20 0 Indian corn, per 4 R B O E I A b , I i G t e , A .. p 2 a 6 lr. 0 2 6. _w B h 3 e 30s ; oats, 15s to 20s; beans, quarter. Fat hogs, 7s Od to ' per score. Poultry—Fowls, ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Bu 18 to 20 for Is. MawcirEsun, Aram 6.—The slight symptoms of amend ment apparent in the trade for the past fortnight have again I entirely subsided, considerable languor and inactivity having prevailed in business generally throughout the present week, with (save in a very few instances), a weakening tendency in prices. The imports from Ireland into Liverpool and Runcorn still continue to exhibit a marked decrease, and are this week exceedingly scanty of all articles; and, with the exception of 2,449 quarters of malt, the arrivals coastwise are likewise tri vial. *From abroad, however, we have to notice large supplies of wheat, beans, and Indian corn, together with a fair quantity of flour. At our market this morning an exceedingly lifeless feeling was experienced, and wheat receded in value Id to 2d per 701 b. Flour was nominally rather cheaper; but the sales effected were of too limited a nature to enable us to alter our quotation?. Oats barely supported late rates, whilst oatmeal, although in slow request, was not obtainable on lower terms. WORCESTER, APRIL 6.—The market continues very dull, ' and prices are with difficulty supported. It is stated that the demand is decreasing. The highest price for best white wheat to-day is 15s 6d per bag ; red wheat, 14s to 15s. Foreign wheat from 4s to 5s per bushel. Good malting barley 3s to 3s 3d per bushel, with a declining demand ; distilling qualities 19s to 29s per quarter. Old English oats 3s per bushel ; Irish 2s 4d to 2s 6d per bushel. Old English beans 14s to 15s per bag ; new lOs to 12a. White peas 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel ; gray peas 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Spring vetches 4s to 4s 6d per bushel. New rye 5s to 5s 4d. Stourbridge market, on Friday, remained without altera tion. The demand was sluggish, and the business done was inconsiderable. Barley declined Is per quarter in value. Oats and beans in slow request, at barely last week's quotations. Peas must be quoted lower. At Suet ford on-Avon market the supply of grain was good, and as millers bought sparingly, the trade cannot be quoted firm. Best English white wheat went at 15s 6d, and red h 14s 6d per bag. Barley was in better request, and for the it, 30s to 52s ; barley, 25s to 10s to 33s ; peas, 32s to 33s per is 3d ; porkers, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per couple, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; tter, lldtois ld per lb. Eggs, superior qualities an advance in price was obtainable Oats a fair sale at from 18s to 20s per imperial quarter. New English beans sold at lOs per bag, and old at lls to 12s per bag. English vetches scarcely so valuable-53 to 6s the average price. Best seconds flour 233 per sack of 2801 b. At Kidderminster wheat declined in value about 6d per quarter, with a dull sale and fair supply. Barley maintained the full quotations of last week. In beans a firmer inquiry at last quotations. Oats and peas as before. At Wolverhampton there was more firmness in the trade. Good samples of English wheat were worth 6d per quarter more money. Other grain as last quoted. At Atherstone the supply was small, and prices were fully maintained. In spring corn a good trade done. English wheat, 14s 6d to 15s 6d per bag. Barley, 22s to 2.4 s per quarter. Oats firm at 18s to 11 per quarter. DALICRITH, APRIL 4.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, 17st 131 b, arid 16st 71b. Oats, l2st 131 b, 12st 71b, and llst 01b. Barley, 16st 101 b, 15st 31b, and 14st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st Oib, 18st 71b, and 18st 31bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 150 Wheat ...... 0 £1 17 0 XI 11 0 C 53 Oats 411 Barley 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 15 6 73 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 5 0 1 4 0 Average of wheat 3ss lid. ABERDEEN, Aran. s.—Grain—Oats 13s to 13563, 401 b per bushel ; oats, new, 005 Od to 00s ; foreign oats, COs Od to ON Od per qr.; barley, 12s to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, las to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat.3fis to 421; oatmeal. 1 Is 04 to 12. 6d per boll ; flour, 30s to 325 per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per lb, 3d to sd; lamb, per lb. Od to Od; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to Is ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, Is 6d. to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, 185 to 23s ; hens, per pair, 25 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 25 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s.Od to 25 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, 3s Od to 3s 6d; geese, ditto, 35 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 66s ; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, Cld to sid ; 41b loaf, cash, 4 d ; credit, Ltd; pork, per stone of 141 bs, fine,. 3s 6d to Os Od; pork,ne, small, -50 6d to Os Od; pork large, 3s 6d to 41-341 IMP pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os le _Os. Meal—Oatmeal; 1s 2d fo ls 3d; batiey duet, 6d to 7d; peasemeal, Is 8d to 15 104; rids, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, Is Id to Is 2d; flour, 15 8d to Is 104 ; barley, per lb, Id to 24; barley flour, ls 2d to Is 3d. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—Wetinue to have a moderate eo9 supply at our corn market. Farmers' wheat met a steady demand at the currencies of Tuesday, and the general demand was fully as good as on that day. There was a small inquiry for Indian corn, without change in prices. White wheat, 20s Od to 23s 6d ; red ditto, 19s Od to 22s Od ; barley, 9s Od to 12s Od ; oats, per barrel, 85 64 to 10s 3d ; oatmeal, lOs Od to lls Od; second flour, per cwt. 12s to 14s 6d; Indian corn, per 4801 b, 26s to 29s Od. CORK, APRIL s.—Several arrivals of foreign grain, con sisting principally of wheat and maize, have taken place during the week. The receipts of home grain continue small, the supply for the week being :—wheat, 94 brls, at 15s to 20s 6d per brl ; barley, 444 brls, at 8s to lls ditto ; oats, 913 brls at 7s to lOs 2d ditto. Wheat and barley are unaltered in value, but oats have given way in price to the extent of 3d per brl. But little business has been done in prepared Irish wheat, the value of which we quote 18s to 19s per barrel. In foreign a moderate sale, for the supply of.iinroediate wants, has been going on, at the currency of last week, which is 22s 6d per barrel for Polish Odessa. We notice a sale or two of prepared barley, which is unchanged in value. Oats have again given way to the extent of 3d per barrel, and even at the reduction it is impossible to effect sales to any extent. We experience a slightly improved demand for flour, but without any alteration in prices, which remain as when we last wrote. We have a moderate busiries passing in Indian corn, the value of which is unchanged, our quotation for the article being the same as when we last wrote, namely, 6/. 12s. 6d. per ton. Indian meal is little inquired for. Flour—First 125 Od to 1311 Od ; extra 14s Od ; seconds, 11s to 12s ; households 9s 6d to 10s 6d; thirds, 65 to 9s per cwt. Oatmeal 1050 d to 00s; Indian meal 63 9d to 7. ; wheat meal, 9s 6I to 105 per cwt. Indian corn 1254 to 1324 6d per ton. Bran 410 s Od to 0/05 per ton. Hay—Farmers 185 to 40s; average 00s; dealers 40s to 455 Od; average 42s per ton. Straw—Farmers 18s Od to 235 Od; average 20s; dealers 315 04 to 00s Od; average 00s 04 per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 64 to 61d; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 104 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals — Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Neath Culm 14. per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to 6/d; pork 31c1 to 31d; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 715 s ; English Ol per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone. Hemp 321 to 00/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; red ditto 20s to 225 per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 855 per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 145 to 20s; salted 150 to 21s per owt ; calf skins 2id to 21d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 104; Minions 12d to 13d ; Guano — Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s par barrel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander A. C. Key, arrived this morning from the Mediterranean station to be paid off. She sailed from Salamis Bay March 9 ; Malta, 18 ; Port Mahon, 22; Gibraltar, 28 ; Tangier 29 ; , where she took in nine horses and six cases, presents from the Emperor of Morocco to the Queen ; Lisbon, April 3. On the sth passed her Majesty's ship Encounter. She brought home Captain Perris, of the birque Portley, from Malta, that ship having foundered on the 9th of February, in lat. 35 deg. 51 min., lon. 20 deg. 21 min. The Blenheim convict ship, Captain Mollison,s3iled to-day from Spithead for New Zealand, with exiles, many from the juvenile repository at Parkhurst, and several from Portland. The Henry Duncan barque sailed to-day for Quebec. _ The Columbine, 12, Captain C. J. D. Hay, passed this port yesterday, on her way from Plymouth to Chatham, to be paid off. The Centaur steam-frigate, Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., and the Heroine, 8, Commander John B. Marsh, were et the Gallines on the sth of February. The Commodore was about sailing in the evening of the same day for the Bights of Benin. . By letters from Rio to the 16th of February we learn that the Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Schomberg, had taken a prize full of slaves ; the Rifleman screw-vessel, Lieutenant Crofton, had also made a capture laden with slaves. Our letter says :-- "Mr. Southern was received on the 24th of January at eleven P.N. The Southampton, 50, with Rear-Ad miral Reynolds, C. 8., was at Monteo Video on the 31st of January; the Admiral was about proceeding to Buenos Ayres. Captain Gore, Consul• General at Monte Video, was also going to Buenos Ayres. Busi ness is almost at a standstill; 208 vessels in the harbour and more arriving daily. Exchange 24G to 250 paper dollars per doubloon of 675. to 685." Commodore Martin's squadron of evolution was refitting in the Tagus on the 3d, when left by the Bulldog. _ _ _ Vice 7 Admiral the Earl of Dundonald was ex pected at Jamaica on the 10th of s&srch. A court martial was expected to' be held on Commander Mitchell, of the Sappho, for having got that vessel ashore in December last on the coast of Honduras. Extract of a letter from the coast of Africa : " Gallinns, Feb. 5. " The Alert sailing this evening for Sierra Leone and Gambia on her way to England, I lose not the chance of letting you hear from us. We arrived here on the 28th, meeting the senio r o ffi cer, C omman d er D un l o p, i n the Alert, with the Heroine, Wolverine, and Adelaide in companY, forming th e bl oc k a di ng squa d ron o ff th e river. The following day the native chiefs were ex pected to assemble to conclude the treaties, but they not arriving the Commodore exercised the squadron in shifting topsails, loosing and furling sails, in all of which manoeuvres the Alert was foremost. Afterwards several exciting boat-races, both sailing and pulling,in the boats of the respective ships came off: A slight fever has occurred, on beard the Wolverine and Heroine, both of which had lost m en ; otherwi se t h e squa d ron is very healthy. On the Ist of February Commander Dunlop had succeeded in getting the native chiefs to come in, and at noon they were all (nine in number) taken on to sign the t rea ty, w hi c h th e y did, board the flag - shi agreeing to abolis the slave trade in their respective districts, and to remain at peace with each other. They were then shown the ship, and shell s an d rockets were thrown from the Centaur's heavy guns to exhibit to them her power. This, together with being received by the Commodore and his officers in full state, seemed to gratify them exceedingly An opening is now given here to the encouragement of legitimate traffic, which is the only true means of suppressing sla very, but with what success the future must tell. If they are left in want of such articles as th e s lave agents supply them with, namely, rum, tobacco, powder, muskets, &c. they will s oon return to the original means of supply. The chief among th em , P r in c e M a nna, appears a highly intelligent ban, and seems favourably disposed to the English. Ile ha s given up the remainder of the slaves to the Alert. The Wolverine, 12, Com mander Falcon, is no w senior o ffi cer f or t hi s d iv i s i on , the Alert being relieved by him. After the arrival of the Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, which is hourly expected with the January mail, the Commodore proceeds to the Bights for the inspection of that division, and afterwards to the South Coast." Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the Ist of February : " A month ago a rrived a large ship, empty, prize slaver to the Pantaloon, 10, Commander Parker, who joined this station a short time age. By the arrival of the priz the Commodore had dispatches from the Dee steam-vessel, stating that the Castor's and her own boats had proceeded up the Ang , za river, on the 18th of De cember, with the intention of seeing if any slaver were there. On the second day of going up they were violently attacked from a hidden stockade, which poured in a dreadful fire. The Castor's boats returned it in gallant style, and after having kept up an incessant fire on them for an hour and a half, and totally destroyed a slave ship lying up the river, they returned on board the Dee. The boats present in the action were—Castor's pinnace with a 12-pounder howitzer, pouring in grape and canister and shell. She was commanded by Lieu tenant Campbell and Mr. Midshipman Sullivan. This boat received two 18. pound shot in her bows, and two dozen through her ensign. The next boat was a privi.te boat, which the Commodore sent up also in the Dte with the pinnace. She was a present to the Commodore a few years ago from the Imaum of Muscat, vehom she PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. Two companies of the 7 7th Regiment, under the command of Major Stratton, will proceed for Dowlair, Wales, to-morrow (this day). Toe two companies of the 4th Foot, at Weymouth Barracks, will move to Exeter on the 12th inst., on being relieved by the 82d Foot on the preceding day. Three companies of the 82d Regiment will move into the garrison on the 13th inst. Two divisions of the 50th Foot arrived here from Dover on Wednesday and Friday ; they will be fol lowed to-morrow by the head-quarter division. We are informed that the two officers mentioned in our military report on Monday last, as having been arrested for maltreating a brother officer, have been released with a reprimand. The 4th Foot, in Anglesea Barracks, Portsee, will embark about the 11th inst. for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Arun s.—Her Majesty's sloop Colum bine, 16, Captain John C. D. Hay, came in last evening ; left Hong- Kong on the 29th of November ; arrived at Singapore en the 7th, and left on the 10th of December ; arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 27th of January, and left the 4th of February ; ar rived at St. Helena the 7th, and left the 20th of Febrvary ; arrived at Ascension on the 25th, and left the 26th of February, and touched at St. Michaels on the 28th of March. Her Majesty's frigate Amazon, 26, Commander Troubridge, and sloop Albatross, 12, Commander Arthur Farquhar, with the Semiramis East India merchant ship, were at Singapore on the 18th of December. When the Mauritius bore . N.N.W., distant 300 Miles the Columbine spoke the barque Lord John Russell, dismasted in a cyclone the day before; her master declined help and was left steering in the di rection of the Mauritius. The master of the Colum bine having the day before predicted the approach of the cyclone, tacked to avoid it, and experienced only a moderate gale ; when the shattered barque was fallen in with the day after, his calculations were found to be fully verified.. Before arriving at the Cape the Columbine had a stern boat washed off in heavy weather. There were none of ber Majesty's ships at St. He lena. The Governor, Sir P. Ross, was in a very de clining state of health, and not expected to survive more than two or three days after the departure of the Columbine. February 22d, lat. 13 15 N., long. 8 53 W., spoke the Mary Jane schooner, of and for Sunder land. February 23d saw an English barque home ward bound. The Tortoise receiving ship only was at Ascension. The island is flourishing and in an improving con dition. In lat. 25 30 N., long. 35 19 W., spoke the ship Liverpool, outward bound, with emigrants. From the Cape fine weather was experienced up to the departure of the sloop from St. Michael's on the 28th of March. On the 29th they lost a second stern' boat. On the 2d of April they lay off the Lizard, in thick heavy weather, with the.: wind south-west and west. On the 3d the wind veered to north-west, and blew heavier than ever, but it cleared, and they made the Lizard. Within the last year and a half the Columbine has been ashore five times, and during the last three months she was on the China station she was present at the destruction of upwards of 100 piratical junks. A large portion of her efficiency and usefulness is to be ascribed to the skill and energy of Captain Hay, who has recently been so honourably promoted. The purser, one midshipman, and the clerk, are the only officers now on board the Columbine who left Eng land in her. She sailed_ on- Friday evening for Chatham, where she is to be paid off. Her Majesty's sloop Alert, 8, Commander Hugh Dunlop, which arrived on Thursday evening from the Coast of Africa, left Sierra Leone on the 13th of February for England in consequence of the ill health of the captain, but as the gallant officer recovered when at sea, she put back to the river Gambia, and left again on the 10th of March for England. She has taken but three prizes, but has liberated from barracoons in the Gallinas and Wenn° Islands nearly 2,000 slaves. Tha chit:di; of the Gallinas wish to have an English official resident established there. March 21-25 29 N., 13 25 W., spoke the Ameri can ship Zenobia, Captain Jackson, 18 days from Philadelphia, for Rio, California, and Calcutta; she kindly and gratuitously supplied the Alert with such necessaries as she had on board, refusing compensa tion. March 28-33 0 N., 22 42 W., Earl of Ripon from Cardiff fur New Zealand. There have been only two deaths (from fever) on board the Alert during her absence on the station. Sierra Leone and the coast generally is healthy. The Alert was commissioned on the 25th of Octo ber, 1847. She brings invalids from the Centaur, Wolverine, and Heroine, and several brass guns be longing to the Albert, one of the vessels employed in the expedition up the Niger. Like all the other re cent arrivals she has latterly experienced very rough weather. On the 30th ult. lost a boat overboard ; and on the 4th inst., when 100 miles from land, was obliged to lay to, injured her rudder, sprung her fore mast, and experienced other damages. Her Majesty's brigantine Griffon, 3, Lieutenant- Commander James B. Thurburn, arrived on Friday morning, the sth, from South America; left Rio Ja neiro the 31st of January, when there were in har bour the flag-ship Southampton, 50, Captain Nicho las Corey, and the steam-sloop Cormorant, 6, Com mander Herbert Scomberg. The sloop Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. J. Russell, was at Pernambuco, where yellow fever prevailed among the merchant vessels, some of which had lost nearly all their crews. The disturbances which had for some time prevailed at Pernambuco were fast declining ; skirmishing, which formerly was frequent near the city, occurred very seldom now. The steam-gun vessel Rifleman, 4, Lieutenant- Commander Stephen, Second-Lieutenant Crofton, had taken, on the 10th of January, the celebrated steam-slaver Providentia. She was seen on the 9th in Santos harbour, where she steamed on the 10th, steering at first directly towards the Rifleman in or der to deceive her officers. The prize had on board stringers for two decks, and planks numbered and marked, all evidently for slave purposes; she was sent to St. Helena for condemnation. Her engineers ad mitted having been four trips in her to the coast of Africa, bringing from 1,600 to 2,000 slaves each time. The Providentia, it will be remembered, was off the coast of Africa with a tender, a felucca, when they were descried by one of her Majesty's steam frigates (said to be the Gorgon), on which the Providentia hoisted a French ensign and pendant and pretended to chase the felucca. When the steam-frigate was under full chase of the felucca the Providentia slack ened her pace and hauled clear off, leaving the com paratively insignificant prise to be captured. The Griffon has taken no prizes on the station, but ran one ashore. She spoke no ships on the passage home, and has recently experienced very severe weather. The Seagull packet, Lieutenant Commander Small, which landed a Brazil mail on Thursday afternoon, having left Rio Janiero on the 22d of February, re ports that when the Penguin arrived on the 14th of January, she was put under quarantine having touched at Bahia and Pernambuco, where the yellow fever was raging. The fever was also making sad havoc among the English, Swedish, and German seamen at Rio. Six English died on the 18th of February, making 60 with those dead of the nations named within ten days. The master, his wife, and the mate of the Scottish schooner Warrior, were dead. The Cormorant, Commander Scomberg, had taken the Pauline, which was fully equipped fur the slave-trade and had 1,000 dollars on board. MERCHANT SHIPPING. Put In—The schooner William and Mary, Captain S. Selione, from Smyrna, with- loss of fore•topmast, jibboom, and several sails ; brig Wave, Captain Hen cierion, and barque Amigos, Captai i , B en son, from Odessa; barque British Queen, Captain Glatson, from Constantinople, with lo , s of boats, bulwark, stan cheons, and several sails—all four bound to Falmouth for orders, but driven past that port ; schooner Bezaliel, Captain Cragg, from Liverpool twelve days, bound to Constantinple, with loss of some sails ; brig Douis, de Gruchy, from Jersey f*,,r Arrived—The brig Houghton le Skerne, Captain Ruxton, from the bay of Honduras, with mahogany for the dockyard ; she touched at Falmouth and landed mails there. Sailed—The Diana, Captain Bannatyne ; Sultana, and Mainland, for Adelaide, both with emigrants, and 9 A.m.---Wind S.W., fresh breeze. FALMOUTH, Arum s.—Toe Isabella, reported yes terday as being stranded under the Lizard lighthouse went to pieces during the night and gale of the 3d inst.; the cargo will be a total loss, and the ma terials, which are being saved, will be of little value, and recovered with difficulty, from the rocky nature of the coast. The master and crew (12 in all) most providentially succeeded in landing safely in two boats prior to her breaking up, and this may be at tributed to the cool judgment of the captain (Tiley), who on discovering that he was entangled by the Stag rocks on one side and Kynance Point on the other, neither of which he could weather, selected the only nook of beach that was indermediate to run the brig aground upon. No damage took place among the shipping in this harbour during the gale of the 31 and 4th. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, APRIL 6.—Lieutenant Henry Harvey (1847), flag lieutenant to Admiral Superintendent Harvey, Ceylon receiving ship at Malta, to the Fire brand steam-frigate, vice D'Aguilar. Lieutenant Joseph S. Rundle (1839), to the Cey lon, vice Harvey. Midshipman Henry Stirling, to the Queen, 110, on the Mediterranean station. The disc engine experimented with some time ago on the river in the Minx steam-vessel was taken out of her on Friday last. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Intrepid steam-vessel, Lieutenant John Bertie Cator, was taken out of dock yesterday, and placed under the shears to receive her bailer, and the work was so quickly done that she was again taken into dock during the same tide to have her other work accelerated. The Resolute, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., has been made ready by Mr. Green at Black wall, and the Assistance, Captain Ommanney, by Messrs. Wigrarn ; and both ivessels are to be taken from Blackwell at the early hour of 5 o'clock A.ll to have their provisions put on board and be other wise made ready for sea at this port. Thr coals and a great portion of the heavy stores have already been put on board at Blackwell to save time. The Athol troop ship, Master-Commander Pearn, has nearly unloaded all the baggage of the troops she brought home from the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. In addition to the tvi o comianies of artillery she brought home the 10th company of Royal Sappers and Miners from the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Lempriere commanded the artillery, and was the only officer who returned with them, the others having all been previously moved, owing to the number of changes which have recently taken place in the corps. THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRE AT COTTENHANI. (From the Cambridge Chronicle of Saturday.) A fire, one of the most alarming and destructive which it ever fell to our lot to record, broke out on Thursday evening, and in a very few hours laid waste nearly 40 farms and cottages. It broke out soon after eight o'clock at a part of the village some distance from the Cambridge entrance. When first seen, two barns adjoining one another, belonging to Mr. Freemau Goode and Mr. Thomas Graves, ap peared to be in flames ; and it is doubtful in which of the two the fire originated. A very strong breeze was blowing from the west, and the flames; in an in credibly Short space of time, laid hold of the neigh bouring property. Snell assistance as the village could supply was speedily upon the spot ; but the prospect of arresting the progress of the fire was from the very first exceedingly small. We hardly know to what cause to attribute it, unless it be the confusion of mind which prevails upon these lamentable occasions, but it was not until after eleven o'clock that an ex press arrived at Cambridge for the engines. Until that time the only engine at work was one belonging to the village. Subsequently, the Norwich Union, the Royal Farmers', and the Phosnix engines were at the scene. One fire is very like another. The noise, the con fusion, the shouts of men, the screaming of women and children, the lowing of cattle, the squeaking of pigs, the frantic efforts to save property are the same in all. These things must be left to the reader's ima gination ; they prevailed on Thursday night to a great extent, for the space traversed by the fire was enor mous. It seemed yesterday as if half the village had been laid in ruins ; and yet the fire had been caprici ous in its course, for here and there was to be seen a house standing almost uninjured in the very midst of black and smoking ruins. We are glad to say that the labourers worked wil lingly and well, so long as a chance of doing any good remained ; but their efforts, aided as they were before long by the gownamen from Cambridge, were so manifestly unavailing, that people at last stood by in helpless and despairing inaction. The fire seemed to laugh at human opposition ; farm after farm, and cot tage after cottage, fell before its resistless might, and by 3 o'clock in the morning, when further immediate danger might be said to be over, the awful destruc tion which we detail below was completed. Happily, however, no lives were lost ; nor did any horses or cattle fall victims to the flames. A vast quantity of poultry and pigeons and a good many pigs were de stroyed ; but all the horses and neat stock were re moved out of harm's way. Of course, numbers of poor families have been rendered homeless, and many of them have lost all their little store of furniture. We print below a list of the sufferers by this devastating fire, commencing at the point where it broke out : Mr. Freeman Goode's farm is completely de stroyed. There were two dwelling-houses on the property, one of which is left standing amid the wreck of all around. Mr. Thomas Graves's house, farm-buildings, &0., all destroyed. A cottage belonging to Mr. James Ivatt was the next property that fell, and to this succeeded a farm belonging to Mr. Richardson Spaekman. Mr. Robert Watson, farmer, house, barn, in fact everything consumed. Mr. Thomas Papworth, farmer, all consumed. Mr. Thomas Ivatt, farmer, the whole premises destroyed, except the dwelling-house and granary. Mr. Timothy Morling, gardener, house, lodges, &c., all destroyed. The foregoing property was all on the left-hand side of the road leading from Cambridge. From this the flames blew across the road and seized upon the Black Horse, belonging to Mr. James Chivers, brewer, which was utterly destroyed. Next stood the property of Mr. Stephen Chivers, blacksmith, including a house and barn, all of which fell a prey to the flames, except the black smith's shop. Mrs. Collins, farmer—all the premises, &c., de stroyed. Mr. Richard Norman, brewer—everything de stroyed, except the house, and that is damaged, in cluding barn, store-room, stables, three stacks of corn, from 80 to 100 barrels of beer, seven pockets of hops, Etc. Adjoining this property was the White Horse public-house, occupied by Mr. R. Haddow Norman. This was destroyed, together with the barn, a good deal of furniture, stock-in-trade, &e. Mr. W. Haird, auctioneer and carpenter—every thing destroyed, except the house, which is injured. Mr. James Todd, farmer—everything consumed, except the house. We now come to Corbett's-lane. And here, of the property occupied by Messrs. Thomas and John Chivers, and some labourers in their employ, every thing is consumed, including five tenements, except a barn and the house occupied by Mr. John Chivers. Mr. Abraham Everitt, tailor and farmer —every thing destroyed, except the tailor's shop. Mr. Jacob Smith, yeoman—all consumed, except the out-buildings. Mr. John 2 hurston, basket-maker, property of Mr. Msrmaduke Ivatt—all destroyed. Mr. John Watson, farmer—all destroyed. Mr. IV. Papworth, farmer—all. destroyed. Mr. W. Everitt, farmer—all destroyed. Mr. J. Everitt, farmer—out -buildings, barn, &c., destroyed, house saved. There: was a Methodist chapel here, which has shared the fate of less sacred places, and is now a mere shell . Mr. Thomas Gautrey, forme): and gardener—farm buildings consumed; dwelling -house saved. Widow Watson, butcher, 1 )arn and out-buildings destroyed ; house saved. Mr. Edward Ivatt, farmer —large barn and out building consumed ; old dwe) ding-house saved. ABERDEEN RAIL WAY. As intimated in our 'ast, the Aberdeen Railway was opened up to Ferry hill on Saturday last, and the regular passeng e r traffic commenc e d on M on d ay , fi ve or six trains daily running each way. Thi s even t h as given rise to lively feelings of satisfaction among our citizens, who are showing their interest in the under taking by rushing, even yet, to wit ness t h e arr i val and departure of the trains. On the Fast-day the line must have been visited by not fewer than twelve or fifteen thousand people. Besides the immense crowds assembled at or near the Ferryhill-station, at Pol muir, and other points of view, upwards of fou r thou sand paid their penny for passing and repassing the Wellington-bridge, in order to get a better sight of the trains passing along the viaduct and up the em bankment to Dow n i e -hill. It was a gratifying thing to see the people enjoying themselves, but when we estimated their number, and recollected that as many were present on the Sunday after the first locomo tive arrived, we could not help thinking either that there was a mistake about the alleged sixteen thou spnd Sabbath sanctifiers who petitioned Parliament against opening the Post-uffice for a couple of hours on a Sunday, or that some of our citizens must hold very peculiar notions on the subject of Sabbath observance. The line works well, and some of the trains per form the journey at a pretty good pace ; but, owing to what we cannot help regarding as an exceedingly foolish attempt of the directors to help the Midland Company at the expense of the Dundee and Arbroath, the time consumed between this and Edinburgh, and the amount of fare, are both more than they ought to be. This matter is thus referred to by an intelligent correspondent :—" I regret to observe that there is something out of join in the arrangements with the southern lines, but whether this be the fault of the Aberdeen directors or not, I pretend not to judge. According to their time-bill, the quickest journey we can make to Edinburgh requires seven hours and forty minutes, which is really little improvement over the good old Defiance,' as it occupies the greater por tion of an entire day ; but what I would point to is the fact, that railway trains actually, at present, run over the ground between this and Edinburgh in six hours and a half, although they do not run in concert. On referring to the time-tables of the Aberdeen, the Dundee and Arbroath, and the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Companies, you will find that the first runs a train from Aberdeen to Arbroath in three hours—the second from Arbroath to Broughty ferry, in half an hour—and the other from Broughty ferry to Princes-street, Station, Edinburgh, including both ferries, in three hours—altogether six hours and half;s but strangely enough, as I have remarked, these trains are run without connexion. The pas senger traffic between Aberdeen and Edinburgh is, I believe, worth all the rest put together ; and the ar rangements which are most convenient for the publio will certainly be most profitable for the railway. But the public will never rest content to be kept eight hours on a journey by railway which is performed in less than six by steamers ; and I trust the Company's next time-tables will show improved arrangements for their Edinburgh passengers."—Aberdeen Herald. FRIGHTFUL DEATH. NORWICH, APRIL 6.—lt is with much concern we have to announce the death of Mr. William Newall, the respected manager of the Norfolk division of the Eastern Counties Railway. An inquest was held upon the remains of the unfortunate gentleman at the tavern near the railway station at Reedham yesterday (Friday), and from the evidence adduced we gather the following facts of the melancholy event :—lt may be stated that the body, when viewed, presented a chocking spectacle. The scalp had been taken off, and the brains were scattered over the permanent way. Shortly after 10 o'clock on Thursday morning the deceased, with Mr. Samuel, the resident engineer of the Eastern Counties, Mr. Ashcroft, the inspector of the road, and another person named Latham, left the Norwich terminus on the little express engine called the Eag!e, for the purpose of inspecting the Yarmouth line, but more particularly a bridge near the Iladdis coe station, which was reported out of repair. Having viewed it, the engine returned to the Reedharn S wing bridge. Just as it had crossed it, and when about 30 yards on the other side of it, the deceased gentle man jumped from the car behind the engine, and which was going the reverse way, three or four miles an hour, the same way he fel'. On leaving the car he ffll right tbrward, and the engine went over his body, dragging it about twenty yards, killing him instantaneously, and mutilating his remains as pre viously described. It appears that on the engine coming up a goods train was waiting on the line, about eighty-three yards distant, for the engine to pass. The unfortunate gentleman recollecting that he had not telegraphed their approach from Haddiscoe to Reedham, and thinking the goods train was in mo tion and fearing a collision, it being near some points, under the influence of a sudden impulse, jumped off. His boot caught the ledge of the car, and before there was a possibility of arresting his fate the car and en• gine ran over him. The body was found doubled up, and a macintosh which he wore had been pulled over his head. There appearing no blame attributable to those on the engine, a verdict was returned of " Ac cidental death." Mr. Newall was in his 38th year; he had been for some years in the service of the com pany, and was much respected by the directors and officials, who have evinced the utmost sympathy for his melancholy fate. Previously to joining the East ern Counties, Mr. Newall was a valuable servant of the London and North-Western Company. The be reavLd widow is seriously ill from the severe shock she has received. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, APRIL 6. DESTRUCTION OF TUB AMERICAN BRIG LINCOLN, OF BOSTON, UNITED STATES.---The PhIPIIIX, pilot boat, of this port, arrived here last night, with the captain, crew, and passengers of the above vessel, who were taken out of the German ship Maria Chris tina, of Altona, Voss master, off Portland, bound up channel to llamburgh. The master of the Lincoln informs us that he sailed from Boston, for California, on the 29th January last, and pursued his voyage under favourable circumstances until he had reached the latitude of 4 N. and lon. 25 W., when, at 10.30 p sr. of March 2, during a heavy shower of rain, and without any menacing appearance of lightning, the vessel was struck with the electric fluid, which shivered the mainmast, and found its way into the hold. On opening the scuttle, volumes of smoke were emitted, and finding it impossible to extinguish the fire, they' endeavoured to stifle it by closing every aperture. In this state they remained for nearly four days, with the fire burning in the hold, when they were relieved from their perilous situation by the providential ap pearance of the Maria Christina, and taken on board. Previous to leaving the ill-fated brig the hatches wer e opened, when the flames burst forth, an d in thirty minutes afterwards the mainmast fell o ver the side. Captain Averill is very anxious to pu blish to the _ world the very kind treatment that he and his unfor tunate crew and passengers received from Captain Voss, who did everything in his power to comfort them in their distress. Tua PUBLIC lIELLTII Ranger, one of the superintendent inspectors under the above Act, has given notice that he will open his court at the Town-hall, Weat Cowes, on Wednesday, the 17th inst., to inquire into the sewerage, drainage, supply of water, &c. The commissioners under the let (1816) for improving the town are setting their house in order ; there are very few public walks—no public baths—no grounds for recreation belonging to the p u blic ; the grave - yard is crowded and the drainage i m perfect, there being no of power under the Act to ow ners property compelto connect their house drains with the public sewers. POOR-RATE. -- For years it has been the practice to transact the whole of the parish business at the vestry meetings in the parish church. The church being between two and three miles from the town of Cowes, few of the rate-payers ever attended these vestry meetings, and the whole of the parish business has been left in the hands of the parish officers and from two to ten of the rate-payers. Numbers have got out of paying the rates that ought to have been paid, and many properties have been rated at a nominal sum — some at one-half and others at not more than a fifth of the fair annual value. At the last Easter vestry it was agreed to adjourn the vestry from the church to the Town-hr.ll, and the first meeting will be held there on Wednesday next. - ----- The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Channon, sailed from Liverpoo 1 on Saturday afternoon, carrying out a large number of pas sengers, and the mails for Canada and the 'United State& From this until December the steamers will sail for Americif each Saturday, and the return steamers will begin to pIY weekly in May. ~~ E. E. f the vard, d M. r., to Jolts, don, er of IMO phis y 1 lag, of 12.