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At a SPECIAL,SPECIAL, GENERAL CO N M IELTING of the Shareholders, held lairsuant to advertisem lit, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate 4",,ceet, London, on Tnuasnay, the 13th February, 1851, to cov , sidet "4Agreements Proposed to be entered into with the Norfolk and Pattern UlllOll Railway Companies— , /, "v JOSEPH GLYNN, Esq., in the chair— as Moved seconed Th . at theheads and of agreement now read to the meeting be approved aenl adopted, and that the Directors of thie• Company be authorised e emPowerat t o carry the same into effect, and to enter into-and lastrnute tinder the corp ora t e sea l such deed or deeds, i nstrumen t or 4 M erts, as may be necessary fOr that purpose. ne followin g amendment was then moved and ffeconded : Thin thistneeting at its rising adjourn to Tuesday, the 18th March I ",t, at this place, for the turtber consideration of this subject." .I.the a mendment was then put to the meeting and carried. was then moved, seconded, and carried— Rlt this meeting, desirous of promoting a working agreement the Eastern Union and the Norfolk Railway Companies appoint i.,7alolewing committee of shareholders, viz., Joseph, thr " , ° each. Esq., George Clark Pauling, - Esq.. Captain Kelly, p --e. Maelanrin, Esq., Jeremiah Filcher, Esq.. Nathaniel Nicholls,• (art: John Sin immis, Esq., and David Waddington, Esq., who. r c onferring' with the Directors of the Eastern Counties Com -1,.:f 1) are to settle the terms of such agreement, subject to the' rollrMation H of the Shareh o ld e r s a t a Meeting to be held the 18th i. Josr,Pli GLYNN, Esq , Chairman of the Meeting. TheDairman having left the chair, ,„.at lt was resolved unanimously: the best thanks of this meeting be given to Joseph Glynn, for his courteous and impartial conduct in the chair this day. Pishopygate By order 3th , C. P. BONET, Sezretary. 1 Eobruary, 185 1. FATAL EXPLOSION OF CHEMICAL *WORKS. MAIcCIIESTER, FEE. 14.—This morning a very shocking and fatal explosion took place in Springfield-lane, 'Salford, by which Mr. J. Wainwright Hodgetts, a manufacturing che mist, whose attainments had secured him a somewhat ho nourable name in the scientific world, was killed, and another loan very seriously injured. The works in Springfield-lane belong to Mr. Stephen White, inventor and patentee of a new description of gas from naptha and water, called hydro. carbon gas. The gas work are situate at Southport, but the residuum obtained in the manufacture, which till recently had been sold as waste, had been discovered to be capable of very profitable employment, three products being obtained from it, consisting of a highly purified gas, a superior quality of turpentine, and a description of oil. The Springfield-lane works have been established for the purpose of, converting this residuum into these valuable products. and bad been in operation only four d . ays s under the management and direc tion of Mr. Hodgetts. These works consisted of a shed in which were three retorts or purifiers, •heated - by furnaces having cisterns connected with them. by, means•of copper at pipes. Mr. Hodgetts was engaged at half-p, nine o'clock this morning in inspecting the Operation at:eire , of the re torts, when the mass of combustible materials suddenly ex ploded, and threw his body to a distance of fifteen or sixteen yards; a portion of the naptha, which burst instantly into flames, striking him is the face and frightfully burning and disfiguring him. The burning materials destroyed part of the roof of the shed, and the other two retorts were also set on fire and exploded. A labourer, named 'rancis Gal laghan, was the first person who went to the assistance of Mr. Hodgetts, and he succeeded in extinguishing the tire, which had taken hold of his clothes, but the un fortunate gentleman was quite dead, his face, chest, and lower extremities, being nearly reduced to a cinder. A man named William Howarth, who was at one cf 'the other retorts, was so badly burnt about the shoulders and one arm, that it was found necessary to remove him to the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a dangerous state. The mass of naptha in the retorts burst into flame, and set tire to the building, and though Mr. Stephen Neale, chief constable of Salford, brought two fire-engines into play as quickly as possible upon the premises, they were found to be almost useless, the only means of extinguishing the flamed from the naptha being by filling up the retorts with sand, bricks, and other materials, which were thrown upon the fiercely-burning fire by labourers, under the direction of workmen well acquainted with the nature of the material. The flames had approached, at the time of their extinction, very nearly to a reserve tank containing 400 gallons of nap tha, which would probably have produced still more disas trous consequences to the neighbourhood had it taken fire. The explosion is supposed to have resulted from a leakage in the .copper pipe connecting the .etort with the receiving pan, which in some way ignited, and communicated with the con tents of the retort. A coroner's inquiry into the cause of the accident is to take place this afternoon. N°. 18,221.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN 9 FEBRUARY 15, 1851. [PRICE SD. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIAL CATALOGUES. Advertisements to be classified T requested to send them to the XIIIBITION OFFII PARTIES who wish their under any of the following heads al Office immediately : 1. Literature and the Fine Arts. 15. House Agency Hotels. Ta 2. New Inventions. verns, and Lodging-houses. 3. Agricultural Machines and 16, Places ofPublic Amusement Implements. I 6. Places of Amusement. 4. Insurance,Offices. 1 7. Railway and Steam-boat Ar. 1 raugements; 8. Miscellaneous. h and SONS, Printers. THERS, Wholesale Stationers. ew Bridge-street, Blazkfriars. oats. Beans, of all descriptions, again somewhat lower . Peas altogether neglected. WAKEFIELD, FEB. 14.—. We have a fair supply af wheat, and our demand continuing of the most limited charact.er, sales proceed slowly at a decline of-is per quarter. The arrival of barley is large, Tirincipally toreigr; good qualities of English sell at late prices; other sorts somewhat cheaper. Oats and shelling very little inquired for, and rather lower. No altera tion in the value of beans or other articles. • • • Old. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Suffolk. Essex, and Kent, red ... to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red ... Ditto, white Lincolnshi& and Cambridge, red Ditto, white Yorkshire, red • COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, FEB. 11.—Total, 1,546 tons average produce, 171 ; quantity of fine copper, 319 tons 16 cwt; amount of sale, 24,175/ 15s Od. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT REBRUTN, FEB. Devon Great Consols, Wheal Josiah, W. f &any, Wh Maria, and Wh. Anna Maria, I,sl9—West Caradon 309—Mark Valley 260 Fowey Consols 220—Wh. Frieudshit Holmbush 193 —Phcenii Mines 143—Bedfoid United 140— . West Wh. Jewel 42—Tamar Smelting Werke 20— Wh. Gorland 18—Total, 3,057 tons. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 14.. &rock EXCHANGE.—The share market was somewhat -de pressed - to-day. Thiconly transactions reported, on 'Change were—Birmingham, Wolverhatnpton, and Scour Valley, 11% —Lopdon and . North. Wester; 13ar-DiLto, Quarters, Ql„i p. F*ll. 13. Srock ExmArrpx.---Thetraniactions, to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 18 1-3—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (N ewea stle Extlnsion), 15 3 / 4 —York And North land, reference; 876—North British, 9. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MURRAY. Esq.,.Chairman. *W. A. R. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft. Esq. *John Shaw, IF sq. tElliotson, M.D„ I.R.S. f*Edlnund S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vlgne, Esq• 7 0 1.' sckl' ,930 WM. CLOWE SPICER BRO' Official Catalogue Office, 29, New. 40 to 43 48 50 38 40 40-45 33 - 38 40 45 33-38 40 .... 45 40 44 38 41 34 37 AUDITOR. tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PW!SICIAN. IJ. Elliotson, NI.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SURCEON. tSE. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t * W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., SLe. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. SAWYERS. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT. SWANSEA, FEB. 25. Cobre 633 Cuba 451—German Ore 110--Forest Slag 45 Lackamore 40—Total, 1,281 tons. In a raw days, THE MORAL and SANITARY ASPECTS of the NEW CENTRAL CATTLE MARKET Proposal of the Corporation of London. Illustrated by Plan and Diagram. By J. STEVENSON BUSHMAN, M.D , Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Senior Physician to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Author of "Cholera and its Cures," &c., &c. W. S. Orr and Co., Paternoster:row. COAL MARK ET.--YairTZR.DAY. Chester Main l3s Od Bell Pelton Main l2s 6d Belmont Holywell Ord's Main ...... ...... 138 Od Haswell South Peareth lls 6d Lambton Canfield Moor ......... 13s 3d Stewart's faufield Moor Butes... I2s 9d Deni5m.........., West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. , Kelloe .....-.......- Acorn Close Brown Gosforth ..... Gibson Lawson l2B fd Adelaide Tees Heaton lO Od Seymour Tees f*Meiisrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, PAPAL AGGRESSION. This day is published, in Bvo price Is., THE SPEECH of the Right Hon. LORD JOHN RUSSELL an the PAPAL AGGRESSION (de livered in the House of Commons OTIFITddy, February 7) : with an Appendix. Published by permission of Lord John Russell. London : Longman. Brown, Green, and Longmans. f Meters. Sutton, Ewen, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall• street. *W. Tatham, Esq.. 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000/ -- 25 - 28 25 - 28 25 - 28 21 - 23 22 26 The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by. the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. Now ready, in crown Bvo., cloth lettered, price Ba. 6d., rrHE CLASSICAL. GAZETTEER; a Die gionary of Ancient Geography, jeered and Profane. By WILLIAM HAZLITT, Esq Ilarrister, of the Middle Temple. Whittaker and Co., Ave Mirla-lane. Hilda l3B 3d Northumberland l3s Od Original Gibson Riddell ..... ... ...... Walker ... 133 Od Eden Main ..... l4s Od' ITees Covrpett' Hartley l4e 3d Whitworth Coke Sidnev'd Hartley Gors (loch Stone ... Ships at market,l4o. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS—IMPOSSIBILITY REALIZED. 461 A LLE de Mons. ROBIN, 232, Piccadilly, )k, opposite the Haymarket. SOIREES PARISIENNES and FiNTASTIQUES every EVEN ING, at Eight o'clock, Mons. and Madame Robin will appear ; and every WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at Ilalf-past Two o'clock, a MORNING PERFORMANCE. Tickets as usual at Messrs. Mitchell's, Sams's, Andtelres, Eber's, &c. . . RAILWAY RETURNS Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. _ . The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001.; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus. to the Assured. amounts to 82,4141. bs. 6d. At the last annual invih tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums In cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to b 5 per cent. Children under Ten Years, Half-price. TRLIMIC , MINNS FOR , alta p.c.* 390 110 r riE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. • /1 . % 44 ' 50 0S DEP 4.AT 11 ENT —DISCONTINUANCE OF ALL tie • FEES. NER { Is hereby given, that this Railway is NOW OPEN for GE the CI OODS TRAFFIC to and from London, and all Stations on treat Northern Railway system, and to and from London and ‘141 0.,„.. "7 " in the North of England and in Scotland. Stir! are received, free of all Booking Fees, at the King's-cross % tom " . at the Bull and Mouth Inn, St. Martin's-le-Grand; the N'tst ti.; l " 7 ns. Warwick•lane ; the George Inn, Borough; Hatchet's, o rten , v nite Horse Cellar, Piccadilly; the Ship, Charing-cross; Moore's ' • C,100 e5 , 11 ," and Still, Oxford-street; the Boar and Castle, and the Cart;''r W arehouse, Oxford-street. at th e n _H vr ill b e sent to f e t c h i n goo d s on a ppli ca ti on b e i ng m ade either Et. s Office, King's-cross Station ; or at the Bull and Mouth, • 1Pla; (li kes Partic ulars as to Rates, &c., may be ascertained at the Goods ' l( lnt'S-cross St a ti on, and at all t h e Stat i ons on t h e Li ne. Po Tke n s Z" la l'anY's Doek and Waterside Premises, King's-cross Sta ...• nadi,7 acc essible by the Regent's Canal, and facilities exist for t gad unloadin g Barges under cover in the Warehouses. to th , t 7 6 l . James Covington and Co. have been appointed Lightermen t ie.Ta" l tarlY. All` orders for goods to be conveyed to or from Wharves, the Docks, &c., &c. addressed to them at No. 'louse I ry-road Basin ; Victoria Wharf, Narrow-street, Lime cross t cr at the Corn Exchange ; or to the Goods Office, King's atiOn. will meet with immediate attention. * • To r Aliment mistakes all goods should be plainly marked " To ced by th e Great Northern Railway." Coft SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. Pan t's tea, King's -cross Station, 13, 1851. (11) IN GREAT SCOTLAND-YARD, Te be , WHITEHALL. ure iss -, ET. With immediate possession, a most desirable SHOP, in 1444lethitua.. Yard. It is well situated, in the great thoroughfare 44 aPtea " °ll, Whitehall to Northumberland-street, and is well wle 00„,..„' ° r atlY lam basin The late Mr. Holroyd, who rented carrlid e on there, as a plumberon of the fast trades in moo fn Iruiei rth . er Particulars, and to view the premises, apply to Messrs. • —* Warde d Middle , Great Scotld-ard, or to "Illiamson, Esq., Solicitor Whar f, 50, Lincoln's Inn-fle an l y ds. , SURVEYING v ,,, Architecture, Engineering, Le- Vatldi kt l i "Lng, Draining, Measuring and Valuing of Land, Timber, to e. - " ra wing, Mathematics, &c., TAUGHT in a short Course • , -•etti -cal Lessons, by Messrs. HYDE, SMITH, and LEWIS, w ho apntineers, Architects, surveyors, & c., of extensive practice, i t .. t 7cParing G en tl emen f or S urve y ors , A rc hitects, Engineers, Stc ad ccers,s' `"as. for all PerfecCourseTen o( Guineas. Attendance, Six Lessons, One Guinea Day or Evening. ; or for all the o ti t, F or and r Pro s clever pupils may be recommended to appointments. 4 4.8 qt, Pee llaSeS. &c . apply at the offices, 24, Guildford-street, Rue . arc. London. !ceilerit establishment for surveying, architecture, engineer -, . --- .adazine of Science. ~° ,E SSOR BROWNE'S CHIN COM th' oa u RTE R It surpasses everything yet produced for a comfortable i4rjflne, rch, and emollient cream lather gives the chin a Ikea gh,, e 2Pluess, softens the beard in a surprising manner, and luxury. Sold in square cakes, 6d. each, and to be "lid or 'tom nati oners;chemists and periumers, in the United Kingdom, Fredk. Browne, 47, Fenchurch-street. l Or T B , S ,.I.—THE GREAT WONDER OF THE DAY. BRAUN'S REGISTER CAP, Ja,nua4. erj. ns ` 4 l , Will fit every head in Europe-the shape Is suitable for feia:ge—. the infant's will tit the eldest—it is elegant as a lady's t wag an d suited for all gentlemanly exercises, and an ever j.fcnool Cap—lt is peculiar for its comfort in travelling, and all tots.ele houses' * ith 0 7 " t ire softness, is indispensable for the infant—it is made tespetLWithout the peak, and in all materials. Can be had of all tvC 3 / 4 , b le hatters hosiers, and drapers in town or country, and at in London. Pattern Cards, with List of Prices, Appl wuolesale consumers, post tree. (* bear.Louis Braun's General Cap Warehouse, 65, Wood-street Acls,t London. Good hands warted immediately. NOTICE. -PATENT GLASS SILVERING. l iPt - str:2 w ready, and may be had free, from Mellish: 148, Re ,Zulatra,„`"‘ ; Millar ' Edinburgh ; Livingstone, Liverpool, &c.. New ' i ltre7`u, Circular; descriptive of this beautiful art manufacture, ;"3' admired by H R II Prince Albert at the Royal York Ban . tit 4 . - .1 8 22 1 , ,, 1ith1y eulogised .. by . the ." Times, " and the whole public NY Of c; a t Zecuted by this unique process comprise every ye ,,s4ly and Glass and are peculiarly suitable, from the no ereg splendour of ma , terial, and singular elegance of design, for s, to ej l f ..."erY description' London visitors are particularly soli- Qt. •us Pest the Show Rooms of S. HELLISH, 148, Regent- COALS ONLY.—WEST END of ‘l 4 pir h -- " . ..-__—COCKERELL and CO., late Beard and Co., e, L ',Latrf Ea 1 t t, IllackfriarsEaton Wharf, Lower res Established 17 years for the sale of BEST .4 11 : 14i t1i4 , 3 , 7 1; "' consequence of the unusual mildness of the 1 in London bas much exceeded the h i rkte etio r a e L a n i ti P d r o. of have ' therefore the pleasure to announce a Dec t o ,`," Price, and to recommend their friends to purchase at ► cub . STh..-ARRIVAL of the FORFARSHIRE . C P4 .,iab ~.v es sel has just arrived from China, having brought, in sarita7,.,:-ue choicest chops of the new season's Congou. We wish sh.:, ` m e especial notice of Families and Hotelkeepers to the dl tcxeelleuce of the above cargo, which we are selling at four 4117 an d fourpence per pound. 1 14° .. n g Nit-flavoured Congou at 38. Bd. to 4s. Pe culiar choice Assam Souchong at 4s. Bd. to ss. SIDNEY, WELLS, and 3IA.NDUELL. jtp to Ludgate -hill. the resident in any part of the kingdom can be supplied at Oita v r , e Prices and the Teas carefully packed in Icad. ah - ` l l l 4 a ' e slonis' ' overweight of two pounds on chests containing 44 of one pound on half chests of about 401b5., invariably ed. ~o ~l'~Bnte-hill. SIDNEY, WELLS, and MANDUELL, GRA`:D CIIESi TOURNAMENT. I,"EORGE'S CHESS CLUB, 6, Cavendish turuppre, connexion with the ROYAL POLY TECIINIC IN -117 qraN".., 24- • Parties desirous of joining this Club, to be present at igm t ithe I,' l lEtiS TOURNAMENT in 1851, are requested to lose g sending their names, as the few vacancies are being ra- Olkm,VIP• Annual Subscription, Three Guineas, which includes 14ottiq r) : 43 .jul the Public Lectures and Exhibitions. Subscriptions 1,4 3 :.--T h M embers, One Guinea only. No Entrance Fee or Lia °ol,aine: dales and Regulations, with a List of the Members, may on application to Mr. IL I. LONGIIOTTOM, Secretary. 110 k t„ I t POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lla t 4 14 4 on the Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harp it m oeh, • the Prince of Wales), with Vocal illustrations . by Daisy ish r !ritl4l, n ge, ILA. of Music, on Monday, Tue . sday, lhurs c ay, fittings at Eight, and on Saturday, at . Chree.—The er ~,_venile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform direction of Mr. Frederick . Cbatterton, dally hic a h t eXhi tire by Dr. Bachhoffaer on Voltaic Electricity, w ,pr, 6ited Allman's Patent Electric Light.—Lecture by . J. H. I)Z s , 41'. Oct Fire and its Antagonists, with brilliant Experiments f . of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope—New Series o "", illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe. teei - `" dell v Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. -at ora t i;4 l.°,l4 Eleven till Five o'clock, aud every Evening (ox- Seven till Half-past len. A T D'Y E BUY? ),, , 3 R'e tirt il . i n London we meet with the cry, through the streets, " What d'ye buy, what d'ye buy?" ThF a Deri t i, 4l . 4l SON (through the means of this question) 4,7 b0,,Z 51 0n to offer a useful suggestion ; "o th,„ re at th e i r ware h euse suc h a b oun dl ess su pply, a 2, "earl essly say, " What d'ye bye, what d'ye buy?" NVI, 2e th E ve r „ ous ands of garments in perfect condition, o r love 41 0s11 : , Prices defy competition. di alai siftitnd SON have a plentiful stock th,i_ over -coats, dress-coats and frocks +act ;_throusers and waistcoats whose fashions outvie, 1 7 ;li t o p r equire—" What d'ye buy, what d'ye buy t'" .ki1j7,4,11.e articles, truly unique, the any, wherever you see ; 4.ve Ha v en" and the furs of E. MOSES and SON Ip their bee n equalled since trade was begun ; th, pubilltflta and hosiery stand very high i t v t Th e c esteern—" W hat d'ye buy, what d'ye buy ?" k i t th th,l, l lehouse of MOSES and SON you may meet r t 7,t , boots and shoes that have ever deck'd fea ; d omi urs s t ' i y , ! - , economy's law is their rule, O tt oh q,, 1 7` ,8 were taught at economy's school ; the tY here you may safely rely 4 04 ;4 that th ey sell—" What d' ye b uy, w h a t d' ye buy ?" utne Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. LOv "e Fur and Shawl Departments are now replete witk ()),. eity of me the seaaoa. u Any article purchased, either ready-made or made to 6d . ' l ' 4 approved of, will be exchanged or the money re- Itz,Z• 'Stases and Son regret havleg to guard the public b$ he t , d lon, but having heard that the untradesrnanlike false .rCaort-el c onnected with them, or it is the same concern, has Or t ;,° stat,'; ‘ to ia many instances, and for obvious reasons, they 2eY have no connexion with any other house in or out 1 4 1ria, t1 p ' `i.cePt their own Establishments, as follows szi c f g t i Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, ,„ ' Aldgate, opposite the Church, all commuicating. liMqt-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, ah°racifor. Street, all communicating. rel4:forkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. kale ' l nch, 36, Fargat e. and , t ,t hera. Hatters, Hosiers Furrier, Boot and Shoe hi, tett Herm Outfitters for Ladies and G s entlemen. wh....s'" 141 !hroents are closed front sunset Friday to sunset Sa odaineas is resumed till Twelve o'clock. ii) _____________ it`? lt CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. !It To I s _ lho; t, ne , it t .. n n had of Sherwood, 23, ; Paternost ; Carv th a or • Oh, 2 ,,,.. , eet ; Mann, 39, Cornhill or direct from the All r ' E n-ig each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. h „ .. Nk lty , ,,.. l'l . e alth-, Recreation, and ratienal Use of Time." _ _. ielloos -,...--Early Rising —Spring and Summer Merninge--_.x.s t leat s, l ,'',°_lrt tho Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Bin , ~....,_l4 /L o a ~t 1,15, Iligh.ronds, and other pleasant places—Country I•_ttouo.:l,,,‘rat,les—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Rome -41 t, Iolae D rama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, —°. Oc cupation, ko., Su). rit40.,„.._ 11. 4 -, 424-NTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two You/. Vgi.,, Vol I. • TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, U. !Int Vol. 11. I.4 "CER OP KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCEM 07 DUBLIN, Re. . wRAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. „ A D .„ at three seer years and ten our course may run. 17: 14 4 41 01, 1 1li r rQv ievr of seersiLost every form (cause and cure) of ner bit" 104, g, ~tated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses mite‘,4 Old eesets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and era -"A of With tables and rules tbr the diet and physical regu very.day nfe. IV. THE PASSIONS. 4 What passions hurt the body—what improve, iiitylv. Truths as reilned as Athens ever heard." ,_ The 1444P 4 1th „._'4. -Llfe's pilgriniage from infancy to old age. I' m li ti o al atl i v e :r o ir f ...410ns. Chastity and ' its infringements. nhi "' narrative, Ilati r4: 140 - 3 3 &ad dissipation, with Illustrations, gra. - c ' ediative. advocacy of early untrriages. V. ~ TIIE MARRIAGE STAT. N A ,,, 1 -Tobe or not to be, that is th question." 11 14 k 1 .- • ebnaigir,.. __ --..—Laws and obligations of nature, socieq,a l n_d t Z :r:ltardinZ arriage, to be observed by either , rex. -in ° an d 11 1 , -7 00 b*th aides, as to age, temperament, ' l l. to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing the • tejia.elJAerectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. , ke. cornplexiou, m 81, t.. - h a* etrINZIRVIELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), tlialte I'l'4'lV-tee Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these geeeption hours (icy tin tv,, it,,,mga. seven till " 1 14.11.4 0 • •,.4.11t-litrett. mu*. L.S.A. EXAMPLES - OF BONUSES - ALREADY DECLARED. Perms ,.l.c_j Annual Policy' Bonus in nent Re- Age. zr: Prc- taken addition_ Bonus in Auction of !S w mium. eut in' to Sum Cash. Annual Assured. Premium. X s. d. £ s d. X s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 :6 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 .f s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 II 10 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 5 18 13 & 11 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. --------- _ EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0n0d. (Incorporated under 7 and Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ar3 —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of rist —Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomely should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted en, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested In this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Avertge, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to fir•., adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual Investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate Terms. • Farming Stock Insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the OMoe, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire t * Both Offices. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in Engine,. and but two in Ireland—one for 500/. and the other for 280/.—making together 700/., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the let of June, 1549, and the 31st of May, 1250, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9G31. 2s. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 36. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,732/. its. 6d. Ot these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 741/. is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. Ild. :Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,183/. 115. 108. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Ilead ;Igent in Prance, Monsieur de FEtang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur ?arisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con• siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. UNDER TIIE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AND FIELD-MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, K.G., K.P., G.C.8., and G.C.M.G. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, AND EAST INDIA LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established A.D. 1837, FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES. 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. DIRECTO/LS. Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, KAI., F.R.S R.E.. Chairman. JAMES FRED. NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., Deputy-Chainnm. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Co c kbur n , G.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Part., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant-Ge neral, Royal Artillery. Captain Sir George Back, R.N., F.R.S. Major-General Taylor. C. 8., Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold. KAI., Archibald Ilair, Esq., M.D. Captain William Lancey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Major-General Sir John Rolt, Major F. S. Sotheby, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Major-General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.B. Captain William Cuppage, R.N. Captain Michael Quin, R.N. Major-General Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, K.C.B. BANKERS—MCSSCS. Coutta and Co., 69, Strand. PnvinciAN—Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes, M.D., K.C.H., F.L.S. COUNSEL—J. Measure, Esq., 4, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. SOLICITOR—Stephen Garrard, Esq., 13, Suffolk-street, Pall-mali East. ACTUARY—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator, and President of the Institute of Actuaries. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every profes sion and station in life, and for every part of the world, with tke ex ception of the Western Coast of Africa within the Tropics. The Rates of Premiums are constructed upon sound principles with reference to every colony, and, by payment of a moderate addition to the Home Premium, in case of increase of risk, persons assured in this office may change from one climate to another without forfeiting their policies. Four-fifths of the Profits are divided amongst the Assured. JOSEPH CARTWRIGH 1 BRETTELL, Secretary. OSS OF TEETH. A NEW and very curious invention connected with Dental Surgery has been introduced by Mr. HOWARD, of 17, George-street, Hanover-square; it is the production of an entirely NEW DESCRIP TION OF ARTIFICIXL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfrctly resemble natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer. They will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method dove not require the ex traction of any Teeth or Roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve the Teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. The invention is of importance to many persons, and those who are interested in it should avail themselves of Mr. Howard's NEW DISCOVERY. THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. Xi PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 21. 61 by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in P Medical HE SILENT FRIEND, a postage stamps, cal Work on JI„ the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by ex.fessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, followed by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifica tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and 'fy the detail of cases. By R. and L. I'EURy a n d c o., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bernera - street , Ox.ord-stre et , London. Published by the Authors ; and sold by S tran g e, 21, Pat ernoster-row ; Hannay, 6 tr 3, , e a t n , Sag Orford-street; and Gordon, 14G , L eadenhall- London.er, 150, PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive zgans, and Is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART It. treats of the consequences resulting front excessive in fulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is Illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 3 nisi avings. nay IY. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a iimpie application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Phis important part the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PArr V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its do ries. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and so xual debility, impotence, &C., I Is. and 335. per bottle. 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Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence al Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL ATTRACTION! R OYAL MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE STREET, 'STRAND. SIGNOR MONTELLI, Director ,of the Italian Operatic Company, begs to announce he has entered into arrangements to give a Series of GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS, On MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY EVENINGS (alternately with the A pollonican performances)—commencing MONDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, 1851. SIGNOR MONTELLI, has already secured the services of the eminent Vocalists and Instrumentalists in London, namely:— PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTALISTS : - Solo, Violoncello—Mons Rousselot, Mons. Demtmck. Solo, Cornet-a-Pistons—Mons. Maffei, Mons. Arban. Solo, Flute—Mons. Remusat, Mons. Briccialdi. 8310, Pianoforte Mons. Magnus, Mous. Rummel, and Young Master Wartler ; Miss Annie Taylor, 3liss Themar, and Made. GoftYle. • Solo, Harp—Mr. Gerbard Taylor. Solo, Concertina—Mr. Sedgwick an - d Signor Rego/id'. Solo, Violin err Van Meddeghem, Herr Goifrie, Mons. Serola, and Mons. Sainton. Solo, Melodiom—Mons. Frelon. Solo, Bassoon—Signor Templini. PILINCiPAL VOCALISTS. Soprani—Made. Lema re, Mdlle. Drummond, and Mdlle. Rummel. Contralti—Made. Lebrun de I% ontreal and Miss Binckes. Tenors—Herr Brant, Sig. Maccaterri, Herr Stofrogen, Mr. Maple son, Mr. Stanley Majo. Baritoni—Signor F.Ronconi and Signor Montelli. Basses—Signor Campanella and Mr. Drayton. Spanish Vocalist—Dona Maria Martinez. PROGRAMME, PART I. Sestetto—Lucia de Lammermoor—Madlle. Rum mel, Misa Binckes, Mr. Mapleson, Sig. Ron con'. Sig. Campanella, and Sig. Montelli . Doniaettl. Solo, Flute—Fantasia our des motifs, d'Auber and Donizetti—Mons. Remusat . , Cayatina—Les deux familles—Mr. Drayton Solo, Pianoforte—La Danse des Esprits et la Saltaralle—Composed and executed by Mr, Magnus . . • • • • • • Duetto—Dunque io so (Barbiere di Siviglia)— Mdlle. Rummel and Signor Montelli , . Rossini. Solo, Violoncello Soui enir de Spa Mons. Demunck Demuuck, Duetto Buffo—Se ti guards (Chi non Risica, non Rosica)—Miss Bincks and Signor Renconi . Genera. Solo, Harp—The last Grand Fantasia on themes from I Montecchi and Semiramide Mr. Gerhard Taylor . . , . . P. Alvaro. Cavatini—Largo al factotum (II Barbiere di Siviglia) Signor Montelli • . . Rossini. Romanza—Angiol d'amore (La Faverita) Herr Stofrogen Spanish Bolero Song—Mdlle. Martinez . PART 11. Quartette—E. Rimasto (Don Pasquale) Mdlle. Rummell, Signor Campanella, Signor Montelll, and Signor Ronconi. . - . Remusat. . Donlzetti. . Tradier. • Donfzettl. Benedict. Cavatine.—Pre mil per me—Madame Lemaire.• . / and De leeriot. Arban. Solo. Cornet a-Piston. Rom anza—On ! Lisbona" (Don Sobastiano) Signor Ronconi Donisetti. Solo, Concertina, Mr. A. Sedgwick. . Song—Bohemian Girl. Mr. H. Mapleson. Itondo—Regnarva (Lucia), Mdlle. Rummel. Aria— Questa dunque (Dile Foseari), Signor Campanella►. . Solo, Piano-forte—Le Carnaval de Venice, Mon. Magnus. . . . Shulorz. Cavatina--S'i Raviso (Sonnambula) Sig. Montelli. Spanish Song (accompanied on the guitar), Verdi. - Madame Mariinez. . . Tradlor. Preghiera-3lose in Egitto, Tat!. . . . Rossini. Admission.—Stalls, 3s. ; Unreserved stalls, 2s. ; Balcony. Is. 6d. Upper ditto, Is. Doors open at half-pa.t Seven. and commence at Eight precisely. All particulars may be obtained of ltobt. W. 011ivier, Concert Agent, 19, Old Bond-street. APOLLO N I C O N. MISS POOLE. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two; EYNINGS, at Eight. The Proprietor has great pleasure in announcing the engagement of this delightful Vocalist, in addition to the Apolloulcon perform ances. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, ADEEAIDE STREET, STRAND. (Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.) Conductor . . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke. PROGRAMME. PART I. overture—Gustave - - Auber. Song (Miss Poole) —By the Sad Sea Waves - Benedict. Fantasia on Favourite Airs Song (Mrs. Donald King Duett—Lo, here the gentle lark - - Sir 11. Bishop. Song( Miss Poole)—The Merry Woodland Maid Lindley. Fantasia—Scotch Airs Song (Sir. Donald King) P.►Br IT. _ . 9. Overture—Guillaume Tell 7: 10 Song (Miss Poole)—The Lost Heart - 11. Fantasia:on Favourite Swiss .Airs 12. Song (Mrs. Donald King) 13. Air—The four-leaved Shamrock - - 14. Duett—The Mocking Bird 15. Song (Mr. Donald King) 16. Fantasia on Irish Airs Admission, One Shilling ; Reserved Seats, One Shilling and Six pence. - Rossini. - S. Glover. - Lover. - Sir H. Bishop. Doors open at Half past One, and Half-past Seven. Carriages may be ordered Mornings, at Four ; Evenings, at Ten. N.B. The elegant Hall, capable of receiving 1,500 persons (the most perfect for sound iu London), is engaged, on and after the 10th of February, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in each week, for Italian Operatic Concerts by the First Artists. Director . . . Signor Montelli. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. r i:R t published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealed 4rprelope, 2s. 6d., or post-tree, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on cite Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, isually acquired at an early period of life, which sleetroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting frets Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the A.natomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their strnettu es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, ➢lember of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, Bte., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testitno- Mals inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and ,or many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consalted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated throagh secret practices acquired 1A youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures a life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, amt may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stacie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 93, Cornhill, or froe by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted en these disorders personally, or by letter , daily, from ten till two, and Ironsix till eight. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL, Fes. I3.—At this day's market English Wheat was in slow sale, at barely previous rates, viz., 34s to 40s per imperial quarter. Foreign also, ruled very dull at the follow ing rates :—Foreign (white), 42s to 44s per 4801iss ; ditto red (extra fine quality), 39s to 41s; ditto ditto (fine) 35, 6d to 38s ; ditto ditto (ordinary) 34s to 361; ditto ditto (hard) 34s to 375. Malttng and grinding barley were each fully 6d per quarter lower, vie :—English (malting), 22s to 27. per im perial quarter, ditto and foreign ditto (grinding), 20s 6d to 2136 d per 4001bs. Oats and beans also receded fScl from last week's rates, viz., Devon and Welsh oats, 15s to 161 6d per imperial quarter ; Irish white ditto, 16s 6cl to 18s per 3201bs ; ditto black,lss to :16sper imperial quarter. Foreign, none. Eng lish beans, 26s to 28s per imperial quarter ; foreign ditto, 24s to 26s per 4801bs. The demand for flour was also languid ; English (seconds), 32s to 33s per sack ; American (sweet), 21s to 23s per barrel. The arrivals during the week have been, of wheat, 150 quarters coastwise, and f5O quarters foreign. Oats, 8,507 barrels Irish ; 1,070 quarters coastwise. Barley, 443 quarters coastwise, and 447 quarters foreign. Of flour, 700 sacks and 16 barrels coastwise. The averages have been, ac cording to the corn inspector's return—wheat, 3713 d ; oats, 174 8d ; barley, 24s ; beans, 27s 10d. BIRMINGHAM, Fan. 13.—At Gloucester market on the Bth, there was a rather better feeling in the wheat trade ; but at Worcester, same day, all descriptions ruled very dull, with the turn in favour of the buyer. Barley unaltered in value, with less offering. For oats, we had rather more demand, at former rates. Beans and peas only taken in retail. This week we have to note the same langour ►n the trade as for same time past, and the sales reported are at some decline in price. No transactions transpired in barley. A few small parcels of oats changed hands at previous currency. Beans and peas al together neglected. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, and best samples of English, both white and red, realised quite as much money; but foreign was Is per sraarter lower. Barley rather cheaper.' Very little doing in Ditto, white --- -- • •• •.. - Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. -- - Lower Baltic and Ilainburgh, red... - - - Mediterranean, red ... ... ... —-- BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:- Norfolk and Suffolk... •• .Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 's ~ Scotch -• ••• ... ... Grinding per 30 stone ... • • Foreign ' ... "` BEANS, per quarter of 8" bt:siiels 6316 iL--• Small, fine ... ... .. .. 28 - 30 27 - 28 Ticks ' ' .... ... ... • • ... 27 -29 26 -28 Foreign :.• ... ... . ,„ __ ._- - , 25 -27 OATS, per stone :- • Mealing -. ~ ... ' Feeding , ; •... .... Od to Od 91 to 103 .. to Od 91 to 10d Foreign ' ... ... Od to Od 91 to 10d SHELLING, per load of r 2611b ... .-•- -' 24 -25 MALT, per load of 6 impe r i a l b ushe l s - ...:- 36 - 38 ' -• . ' oa PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:- ' ' ' - Blue and white boilers .' ' , „., -- - 28 -,-- 30 . Grey and Feed . -...- ± ,, . 4........:;,-..: 27 729 • ' (int. - r'`'''"- - --- .tlrl r , Wheat ... ... ... 9,607 Rapeseed ... ... ... Barley ... ... ... 5,154 Shelling ... ... ... Oats ... ... ... ... 660 Linseed .. ... - - Beans... ... ... ... 1,221 Malt ... ... . . -- - Peas ... ... -• ... -- Flour ... ... -- -s - Tares-. .., „. „.. .... EXETER, FEB. 14 . -Pannier-Turkeys, 56 to 7s 6d; , ducks, 4s to 5s 6d per couple • fowls, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; galeans, 5s to 6s; wild d uc k ss; teal, 3s ; wigeon, 4s ; woodcocks, 6s; snipes, Is 6d ; roasters, 4s to 5s each; pigeons, Is 9d per couple; hares, 3s each; rabbits, Is 9d per couple ; butter, Is Id per lb. ; eggs, 18 for Is Cattle Market-There was a small supply of cattle and sheep this morning, and but slack attendance of buyers. Corn-In the corn market little busi ness was doing up to the time of our going to 'press, at last week's prices, with, in some cases, slight alterations. Best English Wheat, 5s per bshl. ; malting barley, 3s ditto; oats, Is sod to 2s ditto; fine flour, 27s to 29s per sack-the current price was about 28s. There was not muck doing in foreign wheat. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 14.-1 he same dullness prevailed at our Corn Exchange this morning, and the sales of any article were in mere retail quantities, at prices much the same as were paid on Tuesday last. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 14.-There is but little improvement to notice in our sugar market. The demand continues sluggish, and the buyers operate with great caution, whilst, on the other hand, importers appear indifferent sellers, and only supply the market sparingly with samples. Refined continues very dull - Bristol Mercury. - WETHERBY, FEB. 13.-White wheat 16s Od to 17s 6d, red ditto 14s Od to 15s 6d per load ; barley 25s Od to 284 Od per qr.; beans Ils Od to 14s Od per load • oats Bid to 10 4 d p er s t one . Rims, FEB. 13.-White.wheat 5s to 5s 9d, red ditto 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; beans, 3s 6d to 45 6d per bushel ; barley 24s to 275; oats 16s Od to 21s per qr. NORTHALLERTON, FEB. 12.-White wheat, 55 3d to 6s 03, red ditto 45 61 to 5s 3d ; oats Is Pd to 2s 6d ; beans, 3s Od to 3s 9d; barley 3s Od to 3s 6d per bushel. KNARESBOROUGH, FF./. 12.; , -.Wheat 5s 3d to 6s 3d; beans 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 26s to 28s ; oats, 17s to 20, per qr. INVERNESS, Frst. 11. -Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 375 to 38s Od ; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, OOs Od to OOs Od; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 21s to OGs Od; oats, per quarter, weighing 421 b per bushel, 16s Od to 1780 d. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s Od to Os Od ; ditto second, 14s 01 to Os Od ; barley meal, Ils 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 12s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 33s Od to 35s tpd ; second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per atone of 141 b imperial, Is 61 to Os Od; ditto second, Is 4d to Os Od; barley meal, ls 21 to Os 03 ; peasemeal, Is 41 to Os Od ; first flour, 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 4id to 5d ; beef, per pound, 4d to 61; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d; fowls, each, 121 to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d ; ducks, each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 7d to 8d ; butter, fresh, per Ib, 9d to Cd ; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to lid ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d • ditto, credit, sid to 6id; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, id to Bd. CARLISLE, FEB. 11.-Wheat, 40s sd; barley, 23s Id ; oats, 173 lid per quarter. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, FEB. 12.- Wheat... There were 876 qrs of wheat in the market to-day, being 48 qrs more than last week. Prices were 3s down on the top, and 10d on the average-153 qrs unsold. Barley-There were in to day's market 467 qrs barley, being 271 qrs less thaitlast week. The top price the same, and the average 31 up - 205 qrs unsold. Oats-The quantity of oats in the market was 608 qrs, being 196 less than last week. The top price was 4d down, and the average 2d down-132 qrs unsold. Beans-The supply of beans was 131 qrs, being 12 less than last week. Prices were the same on the top, and 6d up on the average-35 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... ... ... 64 lb. 42s Od „ Barley ... -. .. 57}1b. 28, ad „ Oats ... ... ... ... 45ilb. 20s 8d „ Beans - . - .. 67ilb. 30s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, •FEB. 12.-The number of cattle was 676, or 74 less than last week. Top price of the best cattle, 7s 3d; current, Cs to 6s 6d; middling and inferior, from 450 d to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A clear ance was not effected. The number of sheep this morning was 2,692, or 64 less than last wee's. Top price of the best mutton, sid per lb ; current, 5d to Od; ewes and inferior sorts, 4d to 4id per lb. A clearance net effected. Dostnait,', FEB. 11.-Wheat, weighing 6211b5, brought 36s and prices to 31s 6d. Barley, weighing 5541b5, brought 2's 6d, and prices to 18s Od. Oats, weighing 4311b5, brought 19s 9d, and prices to 12s Od. Beans and peas, weighing 0 Olbs, brought 00s Od, and prices to Os Od. CORK, Fzs. 12. Barrels. Currency. 7 White wheat Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 stone 33 Red wheat 175 6d to 19s Od 005 Od-20 do 71 Barley lll Od to lis 9d lis 3d-16 do 0 Bere . ..... Os Od to Os Od Os Od 32 Oats 72 Pigs 26s Od to 31s 6d COs Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat.; 8 red ; 5 barley ; 0 bare; 12 oats ; 5 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week : Wheat, 205. Barley, yBI. Oats, 4,696. Pigs, 619. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for the week ending Feb. 8: Pigs, 1,319. Sheep, 344. Cows, 116. Cosa—Flour--First Its 6d to 12s 6d; extra 13s Od; seconds, 1016 d to 1 la 6d; households 9s to 10, Od; thirds, 75 to 91 per cwt. Oatmeal 1086 d to Ws; Indian meal 7s 3d to is 6d; wheat meal, 10s to 103 6d per cwt. Indian corn 715 s Od to 71 101 per ton. Bran 90s t o 955 Od per ton. Hay —Farmers 28s to 445; average °d;average 48s per ton. Str aw—Farmer s average 28 8; d ea l ers 34 1 Od to 45, IMF 3a2v6se:r;ag t dde e al o : 7 3 l 42 o °ol tpodes;rotson. Bread —Wheaten loaf 56d to 6.l household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d tc 12d per lb. Eggs-4s 10d to 58 Od per hundred. Coals— Newport 16s Od; Lydney 17s ; Landore 14s ; Neath Culm, 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s per cwt, whisky, 25 o. p., 55 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4id to bid; mutton 5d to 7d; veal 44 to 5d ; pork 4a to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 710 s to 8/ Os ; Valonia 15l 6)04 French 6/ Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wooll4s to 15s per stone. Hemp 321 to 34/ per ton. Fish— Seoteh herrings 21s to 00s ; red ditto, 24s to 001 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ to 11t 10, per ton. Timber—Memel, 803 per ton; red pine, 31 101; yellow ditto, 2/ 158 per ton; deals, 1 2s to 151 per 100. Hides— Market 221 to 325; salted 23s to 32s per cwt ; calf skins Sid to 31d per lb. Potatoes , white 7d to 10d; Minions, 10d to 12d. Guano — Peruvian , 1 1/ 10s ; Ichaboe, 8/ to 911(4 per ton. Tar —Archang el, 19 s per barreL THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. WOOL TirADE, LONDON, Filti• 13_ Tlhaestrei a decided qui e t ness . week are-204 E as t Indi a , s The imports of wool into London during the week endin g to-day were 2,617 bales, of which 9 2 l bales were from Od essa , t;B2 from Spain, 897 from France, 39 f rom the Ca p e of Good Hope, and the rest from Germany, Ac. Livntroor , FEA. 13.—Th ere i s very little wool ar riving, r iees unch a nged.and as s 20 Trieste, 5 Havre , 1 Le g horn, 4 Ca p e Town. E NGLIS H WooL, LE EDS, FEL 14.—W e h ave not any change to report this w eek. The exte nt of sales of combing wools has not been large ; prices are fi rm an d stationary. Prices a Imports selling. the Clothing, wools are in pretty g ood de mand, and recent prices are firmly maintained. TRAM.' OF LEEDS.--We have had dull markets at our Cloth-halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday, but there has been a rather large delivery of goods to order since this day week. The stocks in the cloth-halls continue light in consequence, and prices are firm, with an upward tendency, particularlyin low qualities. Business has also been brisker in the ware houses this week than for some time past, and the shipping houses are getting busier. BRADFORD. FEB. 13.—Wools—There has been nothing very worthy of comment during the week. Spinners are shy buyers at present prices, and the staplers offer no induce ment for increased operations. Noils and brokes are taken off the market as they are made at firm prices. Yarns--There is no new feature for the better in the yarn market ; the trade is as bad as it can be, the cost of the materials and yarn being so nearly alike leaves little margin for labour, and the result is ruinous Pieces—There is no improvement its the demand for orleans and cobourgs, and fancy goods are only in limited quantity. TitAIDE or 3/ A ,, Ii „ TER , FEB. 1 3.—The continued de cline of cotton places our spinners and manufacturers in a very awkward and critical position. The market appears to have lost all confidence for the present in the maintenance and stability of prices, arid heaviness and gloom are its prevailing characteristics. 'I here has scarcely been business enough to day to determine what rates would be acceded to; but there can be no doubt that for any considerable order a modification of pri ces equal to 3d per piece on cloth, on the nominal rates, which are already from 3d to did below the quotations of this day last week, would be accepted. The decline on yarns is in the same proportion. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD ♦'r REDRUTII, FEB. H.—Total, 3,240 tons ; average produce, 7; 7 , ; quantity of fine copper, 255 tons 14 cwt ; amount of sale, 16,M61 18$ Od ; average standard, 1001175 Od. Last Sale— Standard, 1041 153 Od ; pro duce, Average price per 21 owt, 514$ Cd. . , . Ifilea . NAME OF RAILWAY. • ReCelpts. opened, • 1851. , , 1850. 1851. BRITISH. 72 Aberdeen .. •...., • ••••• .'..':. £685 £1,122 37% Belfast and Ballymena • • ........'.... 446 546 17 Belfast and County Down..., ~• , .... . - . 147 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire. and Cheshire 666 993 27 Bolton, Blackburn; and West 'York .... - 442 595 85% Bristol and Exeter • .......... ...... 3,265 3,476 , 160 Ca1ed0nian............. .............. 5,856 6,044 94% Chester and H01yhead...........„ p . 1,219 2,111 32 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 233 4427 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. • ........ 700 909 6 Dublin and Kingstown ............,•• 575 717 16% Dundee and Arbroath ......... • • • . • - 312 31 Dundee, Perth, 'arid Aberdeeirjunction 595 621 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen...... -•-„, 125 157 67% East Ang1ian........ .......... 676 524 79 East Lancashire -.... „, . „ . ~ 2,536 3,352 . 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk:: ::.. 13,870 - 12,805 95 Eastern Union.- -...-... „ ........ • 1,836 1,866 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ..'...... 2,399 . 3,232 71 Edinburgb, Perth, and Dundee...-. 1,959 1,902 18 Furness Railway ... ............... _ 205 171% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 2,748 3,199 22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock .... 807 1153 236 Great Northern and E. L......: .• .. 2,954 7,561 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,626 4,074 262% Great Western .• • 90 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .... 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• .• • ..1 10 ,9 8 3 13,330 39 12 Liverpool, Leeds and C T h r ic f B4, and • * 609 826 %"•So - u•tia . po . rt.. •,7 3 341 518 36 London and North Westerri,... ••• • • • 39 • 042 39,826 534 London and Blackwall •.--•• • • • • • • 619 776 171% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 6 .. 691 7,790 239 London and South Western... 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen :. .. • . •• 105 142 113( Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 87 107 l 6; % Manchester, Sheffield,amiLincolnahlre 4,688 5,690 9)4 Manchester and South Junction •••• • • 302 342 28 Maryport and Carlisle ••• . 496% Midland ..... ..........., . 19,729 19,411 50 Midland Gr ea t Western (Irish) .. .. :. •.. • 1,0i4 1,066 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • 146 North British ...................... 3,050 2,9 1 32 Scottish Midland 222 North Staffordshire ..... • 4,558 4,366 47 North-Western .. ••••• • • • • • 371 3 4 0 7 S s h hr re o w pa s h b •• • • ..... ......... - 45 Scottish Central :... ... 1,164 1,447 .. • • • - • • •• •`• • shire tr a i ld n Ch . e . s . l . e . r . .. .. .... ..: 1, 4 3 3 4 4 6 1, 4 3 5 76 0 58 South Devon-- _ ..... - 234 South Eastern .............„ .• •• 7,838 6,880 75 South Wales .......... „,;'' • • " _ 824 69 South York., Doncaster, and GOo • le • •:: 1,023 1,131 . 40 Taff Vale .................. .. 1,674 1,951 718 819 25 Waterford and Limerick ............. -: 410 13 West Cornwall ...... •• . • .......... 275 243 12 Whitehaven Junction ............... 188 202 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 12,245 12,814 256 York and North Midland ........... 6.302 6,477 FOREIGN. • 76% Amiens and Boulogne. .............. ' 1,136 - 44 Dieppe ~ .. ...... .................. 570 458 63 Monterean and Troyes ...... .... • • • • . 724 893 336 Northern of France .... • ........... 14,844 15,389 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) ... ..-• . . . 2,358 2,850 72 Orleans to Bordeaux .. . . ...• ........ 2,691' 9,828 82 Paris and Orleans .......... - ..... 6,424 6 920 85 Paris and Rouen . ................... 6,061 5,494 59% Rouen and Havre ..........'......;••• , 2,289 ' 2,222 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN S LONDON AND is,TO/TD-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending Feb. 9 : Passengers, parcels, £22,036 12 3 Merchandise ... 16,983 0 10 Cattle ... ... 745 18 1 Total £39,8Y5 11 2 Corresponding week last year 39,043 11 7 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the lludderstieldCanal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of- traffic for the week ending Feb. 9 £14,191 8 8 Corresponding week last year... 13,652 12 5 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)— Traffic for week ending Feb. 9 ... £13,330 8 11 Corresponding week in last year, (219 miles open) .. ....£10,983 0 4 THE GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 236.) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 2, 1851 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,129 11 5 Merchandise and Minerals ... 3,565 19 0 Cattle ... 165 5 6 Total .. £7,860 15 11 Corresponding week, Feb. 3, 1850 (143 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ££1,419 E 7 Cattle ... ... 1,534 4 8 ... 2,953 13 3 EASTIAN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK Ramwar.—Traflic return for the week ending Feb. 9 : Pwgengers, parcels, &c. ... £5,931 14 7 Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,873 011 Tc.tal ... Total ... £12,804 15 6 Corresponding week of IFSO 13,869 10 7 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST I:AII.WAY. Traffic for the week ending Feb. S : Passengers Goods ... ... £5,873 16 11 ... 1,915 18 10 Total ••• •,, £ 7, 769 15 9 Corresponding week last ,, year... 6,691 4 0 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open, 112.) Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 2:— Railway and canal ... £4,366 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,551 0 0 Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..-•Thithe for the week ending Feb. 9 : MAIN LINE. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Mails ... ... ... Total ... £938 13 1 ... 60 1 10 ... 391 16 6 ... 575 0 0 ... ... £1,865 11 5 MOLD. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... £3O 5 2 1 3 6 91 12 11 Total ... ... ... .£123 1 6 STEAM-ZOATII. Passengers ••• ••• ••• Parcels, H. C. And D. ... £lO7 8 1 15 5 2 Total ... £122 13 3 LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.— Amount of revenue or the week ending Feb. 9 : Passengere Goode ... -. £745 19 1 ... 30 10 0 Total ... ... £776 9 1 Corresponding week last year ... 619 9 5 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open 29 riles.)—Traffic for the week ending Feb. 9:— Passengers, parcels, &c. £294 17 10 Goods and live stock .. ... 155 0 8 Total £449 18 6 Corresponding week last year ... 434 2 Ci MAIsCTIHSTEN, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS .JUNC TION Ramwer.—Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 9 : Passengers, &c. Merchandiss £47 18 8 59 13 0 Total ... ••• £lO7 11 8 Corresponding weok last year ... 57 2 8 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, FEB. 14. STOCK EXCTIAVOE--The share market opened firm to day, and continued good throughout. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, Original Steck, 12 1 4 * Great Western Stock, 92 1 4—Ditto, New (171.), 1 1 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26 13-16. LIVERPOOL. FEB. 14. STOCK ExcliAsais.--The share market has been buoyant to-day, and a very good business has been transacted, wit), however, some slight fluctuation in prices, the : leading lines being chiefly in demand, and particularly London and North- NVesterns and Midlands. The market at the close became less active. MANCHESTER, FEB. 14. S:rOCH EXCHAPOIL—There has been a good amount of business done to. day, but the market closes rather uesker. The transactions were as follow:—Eastern Counties. 7114 — London and North-Western, 1314—Ditto, New Quarters, 6 (C), Quarters, 3 , 4 p.- Chester: and Birken head, 18—Peak Forest, S3—Great Northern, IS 3.16 Leeds Stock, 581,:,—East Lancashire , 13%—Sheflield Stock, 33 1 4—Ditto, 101'. Preference, 11% - .Ditto, New Preference, Ix? p.—Ditto (No. 1), 125,y-,South-Eastern and Dover, 12i 15-16—Caledonian, I3—Leeds. F i fths, 7 3-16 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3% n.,---York and North Midland, 24 % — Great licithern (A), 6% —Shropshire. Union, 3 dis, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ' The navy estimates for 1851-2 - will be about 5,700,000/. The Admiralty packet service has been reduced to about 80,0001. • • Captain R. Harris (1849), w hO wee promoted from the Ganges, 84, in honour of th e Q ueen ' s visit to Ireland, has been selected by C ommo d ore M artin as his flag-captain, to re-commission the Prince Regent, 90. A better selection could not have been made. Her present first lieutenant, Mr. Barnard, who has jast been promoted, will rejoin her as the commander. It *as reported at Portsnaonth yester day, that a line—of-battle ship or man-of-wa'r brik was passed off Portland by a steamer, arrived at Portsmouth. This is, no doubt, the Prince Regent, 90. Lieutenant James Hosken (1828), who will be recognised as the popular commander of the Great Westein and Great Britain, has been appointed to Cothmand. the Banshee, ex- Holyhead steam-packet, for the mail service in the,Mediter ranean. Lieutenant Charles Wake , 1$4(1), has ,heea appointed to commission. the Bonetta, 8, At Chatham; The gallant officer is now servinsai first lieutenant in the Hecate steara•sloop. Rear-Admiral the. HOn:g. F. F. Berkeley, C.P., M.P., accompanied by the Surveyor . of the Navy; Captain Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., visited Chatham DoCkyard oh Tuesday. • They' arrived by the halfpast eleven train, and proceeded on board the Cumberland, T 0; "flag-ship of Sir G. F. eymonr,, and very minutely examined. every pa s t of the ship, after -which - targted'thtriscawem‘2o,- in :dock,.fitting. for , the ordinary guardakipt 1 9 thal3o-gan lOtip,lll4laing, after which they_risturned.to town. . „ PRIZE MONEY. FOR. THE ARYNARD.-rAtetiiii. Stilliell have given notice that , an account, .of bbanties granted' for certain pirates who were killed, or captured, and for others who were engaged but escaped 'from 'two Chinese piratical vessels -destroyed between the 22d :and 24th of March, 1850, by , the screw.steam-sloop Reynard, were deposited in the re gistry on the 12th instant. ' EFFECTS OF SHOT ON WOOD AND IRON SITIPS.—A butt, representing a section of a wood-built man-of-war, showing both sides the ship, was some short time since ordered to be constructed, and to be placed , at the same distance from the Excellent as the iron butt that vras'recently practised at from that ship. About ten' days ago this erection, on account of the expense, was ordered to be discontinued,' but by a new order the butt now progresses again. It is for the purpose of satisfactorily testing the effect of shot, fired at the same range of direct fire on the different substances wood and iron. The Excellent had some useful and splendid practice. at the old Swiftsure, 72, a year or two ago, and after being tho roughly riddled by shot and shell, she was sold for 1,5001., her value not being deteriorated by her being made a target of. There are now in Portsmouth harbour many old obso lete vessels (that would "never, under any circumstances, be sent to sea), whose top sides are sufficiently sound for testing the effect of shot, and whose value, if sold to break lip, r would not be at all lessened by a few shot holes made through them. Any one of these would have served the desired pur pose, and saved the expense (which is said to be consider able) incurred in building this new butt. - This further testing of the effects of shot on wood vessels has been adopted to satisfy the iron ship-builders that the former reports have been correct as to the.awfully destructive effects of shot on iron vessels. Express and Ferret brigs, having their repairs completed, were taken out of Na.: 2.and 3 docks, at Devonport, on Thursday afternoon. Horatio screw steam-frigate has been sent from Chatham to Sheerness, and after her engines have been sufficiently tried, she will be placed in ordinary. Captain Yates, of the Britannia, has receivedan additional five weeks' sick leave. We are sorry to hear the gallant officer is still seriously ill. • Commander Crispin has rejoined the" royal yacht, from Ad miralty leave. Pike, old steam-packet, left Devonport on Thursday, in charge of Mr. Hayle, mate of the Confianee steam-tug, for Portsmouth, her boilers a ft er frequent patchings, having been found too defectiv e for service. Sampson steam•frigate, Captain Jones, and Bloodhound steam-tender, have had their compasses adjusted at Devon port, by Mr. Thompson, Queen's harbour-master, and are now waiting orders. The American ship Peter Hatterick, laden with cotton, which was disabled, and came into Portsmouth Harbour last week, having been in collision with another vessel off the Wight, was brought into.the south dock yesterday to have a leak stopped. The Cornwall convict ship has anchored at Spithead. She will complete her number to 300 from the convict ships here, and proceed with them to Gibraltar. SOPERANNUATION.—gr, George Clothier, late timber in .spector at Chatham, disch a r ge d on t h e Ist f April last, has been awarded a pension of 2001. per annum. PORTSMOUTH, FER, 13.—The Arab, 12, Commander Morris, arrived to-day from the' East India and China sta tion, and the Cape of Good Hope. She sailed from the Cape on the 23d of December, when the Commodore, in the Castor, 36, was off Qnilimane. The Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker, was on her way to the Mozambique, after refitting in Simon's Bay. The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Parker, was cruising in the Mozambique to the northward. The Hermes and Dee steam , vessels, and the Seringapatam store ship, were iuSimon's Bay. The Dart brigantine was in the M zambique. Lieutenant Stratton, from the Orestes, and Mr. Masterson, clerk of the Royalist, have come .home pas.. sengers in the Arab, which touched at St. Helena en the 2d of January where prizes to the steamers Rattler, C or m oran t, and Sharpshooter were awaiting adjudication. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The General Screw Steam Ship ping Company's paddle-wheel steamer. Queen ' Captain ,l'hornas, put in for fuel this morning. She left Constanti nople the . 14th of January; Smyrna, the 19th; Malta the 25th ; and Gibraltar, the 6th of February. Her Majesty's ship Powerful, 84, Captain a e Hon. Richard H. Dundas, left Gibraltar for England on the sth inst. The steam-vessel Janus, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Richard A Powell, was the only man-of-war at the Rock. The Queen has brought a small mail from Gibraltar; sue has one passenger, Captain Richards, and a full cargo of wool, copper, silks, gum, galls, opium, madder -root, oranges, &c. She had but 2 cwt. of coal left when she entered the harbour, and will proceed for the Thames this afternoon. • The Athol troop-ship, 4, Lieutenant-Commander William A. R. Pearse, which arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday, was paid wages on Thursday. The steam-vessel Pike sailed on Wednesday with super numeraries for Portsmouth. The Pandora, 6, Commander Byron Drury, went from II amoaze into the Sound on Wednesday. The frigate Portland, 50, Captain Henry Chads, arrives( at Rio Janiero in 56 days from this port; officers and crew all well. Yesterday, when .eight leagues south-west of the Start pcint, the crew of the Plymouth pilot boat No. 18 saw the wreck of a vessel, bottom up. She was fir-built, about 300 tons, and had painted white ports; about 40 feet of her keel was perfect, but from the fact of its being broken both at the stem and stern, it is supposed that the vessel had been stranded and washed off again from the shore. A PLEA FOR BEARDS. A correspondent of the Weekly News, calling himself MEr'ctili:)?.Y,, and, writing upon the abomination of shaving, says : " Why should men cut off what nature has given them for use, comfort, ornament, and as a distinguishing characteristic of their sex ? Is shaving a pleasing operation ? " If the choice lay between two evils, something might be urged in favour of the custom of shaving; but I do most strenuously contend that the beard is a positive good. It is useful, for it affords naturally what we are forced to supply artificially—warmth and protection to the throat. If the fashion of wearing the beard were to come in, we should have no more sore throats. It is ornamental—if you doubt it, look at Cardinal Bembo's picture —at the portraits of Titian, Shakspere, Fletcher, Spurs er, Chaucer, Alfred, Plato. I could name a great man who wore a beard, for every hair which I painfully shaved off this morning. It sets off the face as in a frame ; it gives dignity, and conveys the idea of strength, decision, manliness, depth of intellect, solidity—in short, everything may be said in its favour— nothing against it. ' What! I hear a fair friend exclaim, would the wretch have our husbands, our brothers, our sons, and our rephews, wear nasty beards, and look like Frenchmen ?' Certainly not, Madam; and one reason why we should not look like Irenchmen is, that our beards would not be nasty. If we ceased to shave, we should not cease to use soap and water, and I will venture to say that the English beard would be the cleanest, glossiest, handsomest thing in the world. Besides, the beard which I advo cate is the beard given us by nature, in the form in which she has caused it to grow. I would not have it touched by the razor; let the scissors curtail and shape it when too exuberant : but my cry . is, ' a bas the razor!' You very seldom see a foreigner with the beard, the whole beard, and nothing but the beard. Lie shaves off his whiskers, or his moustache, or in some way or other manages to dis figure himself. Now, what I want is, the whole or none. Once admit that the use of the razor may be advantageous to some extent, and 1 am as far off my end as ever. Dear Madam, you know not the pains of shaving, and the .beauties of the beard. "' This may be all very well for you,' observes a juvenis imberbis ; ' but supposing you are not blessed with a beard .fit to be seen' ' Supposing, my dear 3 young friend, you are not blessed with a handsome nose. . !,„ that any reason why others should cut off their respecottn nasal promontories, whether they be well formed_ _r of o bo n nour, Surely no. I declare to you, sir, upon niy word. t . h pleasure if it were the fashion to wear no noses, I would once submit to the pain of the operation lt uagainst the feature, if I could by so doing insure nv o 's: o f a mp wi tating that misery attendant upon the daily smooth-faced The hairy Esau sold his birthright to time would have the f their beards, but Jacob. The Jacobs of the amputattshe of the beard. Esaus of these days divest the sate for the sacrifice, so they offer not, as a bribe to ceruPen ~ much as a mess of pottage______—.,—....... mitisoedievr:s 0 ---- , iiij-E.c, --2 The Right lion, the . con m sen i e d to preside at a meeting of e furtii e im p ortan t iwri, 0 sub ject, purpose, - a Lord T proprietors of the Ba ll of Commerce having I.SIII3aUvoNrALS 01; s t e o ot consider the ir lar ge r a o b o o m v liberally offered . , w ill be he ld there on Wednesday, the joined inst., iect, merchants , 1 n d a t , and d h p a r o , :t ph i h n e - r u s lai4nedettliit'tollewing Members of Parliament have joined the committee, of wh ich Lord Wharncliffe is the president;— Sir James Duke, Bart., Joseph Hume, Esq., Robert S. Ten nent, I:, q , John McGregor, Esq., Arthur Anderson, Esq., J u i n , Williams, I , sq., William Scholfield, Esq., J. Lewis Ricardo, Esq., and Jacob Bell, Esq. A soldier of the 92d Highlanders, named James Grandison, committed suicide, on Saturday last, at the bar racks, Kilkenny, by shooting himself through the head with his own musket. It appears that the poor follow had sud denly received an account of his father's death, and that his mother had been ill-treated at home by another son, and this affected his mind. MINT.—The total amount advanced from the con solidatedfund for the purchase of bullion for coinage from from 1837 to 1850 inclusive is shown by an account now be fore the House to have been 3,518,019/., and the amount paid into the Back of England in repayment thereof has w elt 3,30,8164 • 1:. .:; ,lov 41 NA ,L cog 479z7t:2, AN ELOPEMENT. Your readers will turn from this ipainful topic with more interest to an affair of a less distressing character—viz., " an affair of the hea r t," th e wors t re s u l t of which it is hoped will lead to nothing more dreadful than matrimony, as the " happy pair" have so completely baffled pursuit. As the lady is possessed of a fair share of personal charms, is accom plished, and only eighteen years of age; sad as the gentle man is a son of Mars, and holds a lieutenant's commission in one of her Majesty's regiments of the line, the matter is sure to excite an interest with your fair readers, and I therefore give the leading particulars which have transpired. Miss T. is the daughter of a highly respectable merchant in the Man chester trade, and Lieutenant M'D— came into this neigh bourhood some months ago on the recruiting service. An introduction having taken place, the parties fbrmed an attach ment, which led to an attempt some weeks since to pay a visit to Gretna. The lady had attended church at the church of the Rev. Hugh Stowell on Sunday afternoon, along with her maid, and succeeeded in giving papa the slip, and both of them entered a vehicle, with which the gallant lieutenant was waiting. They were driven to Bolton, in tending to take the railway train to Carlisle, but an unto ward event marred the whole plot. The lieutenant's ser vant was seen taking a heavy carpet bag in the direction of the rendezvous at Salford, when a policeman suspecting that he had committed a robbery, took him into custody, and sufficient knowledge of the matter got to the lady's father, through the disclosures which the servant was compelled to make, to put him sooner than was expected on the track of the fugitives. He drove immediately over to Bol ton, a distance of ten miles, and learnt that he had started. An involuntary exclamation of disappointment, in which he mentioned his " poor daughter," however, led to the discovery that his pursuit had resulted in some thing nearer to success than he had expected A per son whose heart had been touched on hearing there was "a lady in the case," told him that a lady who had also been too late for a railway train was at a neighbouring hotel, and thither he went and had his child restored to him. It ap pears the lovers had arrived only t wo m i nutes too late for the train. The lady was placed under strict surveillance, and means were taken to put a restraint on the movements of the gentleman. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington was written to, and the re.selt was that the lieutenant and a brother officer, who had given some aid in the matter, were ordered forthwith to join their regiments. Notwith standing the watchful eye which Miss T's friends have kept upon her movements since this event, it appears that faithful to her first impulse, she has again escaped the cage. Yesterday morning she went " a-shopping" in the town with a female friend, and so successfully gave her the slip, that up to this evening not the slightest clue to the direction of her flight has been obtained. There is reason to fear that a knot has been tied ere this which is not to be untied, though " father and mother, and a' should go mad." Inquiries have been made in all directions, but pursuit was out of the question, because the direction of the flight has not been ascertained.—. Daily News. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent' visited the Quee❑ and Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode but on horseback yesterday morning,attended by Litut.-Colonel lion. Alexan der Gordon. The Royal Family took their usual pony and walking ex ercise yesterday in the gardens of the Palace. The Royal dinner party at • Buckingham Palace yesterday ircluded her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phippa. The band of the Coldstream Guard. was in attendance in the Palace during dinner, and performed the following se lection Overture, " Siege et Corinth" . . Great Exhibi'ion Quadrille Selection from the Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened" • Valse, " The ,Fusehia" Polka, " The Lily" Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Palace. A deputation in reference to the Denbighshire police force, including Mr. John Williams, M.P.; Mr. G. H. Whalley (Pins Madoc) had an interview with Sir George Grey yes terday at the Home-office. Mr. Charles A. Saunders had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bailey, ht.P., Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Laird, Birkenhead-dock trustees; and Mr. Aber ❑ethy, engineer, had an interview with Lord Seymour yes• terda~y at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and forests, in Whitehall-place. The Mayor of Portsmouth and deputation had an inter view yesterday with Sir George Grey. Colonel W. L. Freestun, DL P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchsro yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, Mr. Pressly, and Mr. Timm had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his cfficial resi dence in Downing -street. Captain W. C. Harris, chief constable of Hampshire, and Mr. Compton had an interview with Sir George Grey yea terday. Dr. Shier had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Earl de Grey and Earl de Tabley had an interview yes terday with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence had a dinner party yesterday, at his residedce, in St. James's Palace. The company com prised his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a select circle, including the Earl and Countess of Closter field, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Lord Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, and Colonel Hon. George and Mrs. Anson. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office for the Governors of Canada and the other North Ame rican colonies, and also for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. An appeal " Barclay r. Hogge (the Glanalbyn), part beard, was resumed and concluded. An appeal was heard, " Ge neral Steam Navigation Company r. Van Vlissengen" (the 13urgomeister liendekofer). STATE OP TRADE AT NOTTINGHAM. —Lace—There has been somewhat more doing in the warehouses the last week, owing to the fact of a few Scotch and Irish buyers having been in the market; but a corresponding busim",_ has not been met with by th e sa l esmen of brown goods. 4" Easter falls late this year, it is probable the demand for spring goods may be retarded ; at all events the Germans . will be later in the season before purchasing for Leilmlic_t_ail: Hosiery—There is a good trade yet doing . in gloY. es ili " ar ": r although t ghshoi since. cgi in of the various textile materials, and in fabricating these there• tic , i s and no alsot thatf o r anxioushose there d e i s i s r a e moderate t o a have short demand,t-ibm from the frames so fast as there washands complain of being The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt much business doing the }'e ar D ecember 3241,,68r849, amounted yarnvery s t h h o is rt w o e f ek w . ork. There is not entS in tb fund u drin N g sameel i. ,pt:lrt4ioh,7desl4lll:ct°- heee being receipts for general e ner f a l this and expenses es:there management. 2 t to b l e B T 2, i 4 h l ai 92 e o r ,B° holic Bishop of Dr. Briggs, the newly ap pointed Roman —at . Beverley. took place on Thursday, at the church of St. George, York. . . itnlocnidoefnrtaesz iedxepnecnev Nothing is so burdensome to us as self-reproach ; and we are always glad to cast a part of its load upon the sliOulders of other people.--Eliza Cook's Journal. THE PROXIMATE PROTECTIONIST MINISTR T.— There is great joy in the Carlton Club, in the' prospect of another heavy blow and great discouragement being given to the Whig Cabinet, by the debate on Lord Stanley's motion on Tuesday next. Whatever the numerical result may be, the Protectionists feel assured that the debate will be most damaging to Ministers. And the war which has thus early ce l. hn ,7 3B o t l. b f .e r which o o lf n ts i i g t. 64,47 01 . we nt BOUNTY.—The t'ae: . n t: o d Ta e l h r t; been commenced against the Whig Cabinet, is to be carried on unremittingly, and with vigour, until it terminates in their utter discomfiture. It is right, we should add, that so confident do the Conservatives feel of their near advent to office, th at t h ey have their own Cabinet in a state o f read - ties 3.— Advert/4er. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—The Chelmsford Chro nicle, in a second edition, contains an account of a murder and suicide which took place in that town on Thursday. Th e parties were George Ponder and t.;tiarlotte , Parmeuter, buds by y leven in the morning, he ra ng at their room of a rather advanced age, who, fora Albonoguttima e fo p r as tino t i , rg h ht a th d es b irn e e been on terms of improper intimacy. they left the union-house, and hirtehdeiarnlaunpdsltoaridrs room of Mr. co S el a ii.e t l - , naol 'Thursday,ida answer N e ra i e n br g o door, which he discovered was fastened. Altar an ineffectual trial for ad mission, he forced open the door, and Walked into their room, on entering which he found—from the bed-post in the room , hung the lifeless remains of the male suspended by a cord round the neck. On looking around, he discovered a sight a ue f ta t ellrekd half: upopcaoks upon still more horrifying. Within the bed lay the wretched female with her throat cut—her head being partly decapi bt,shwairtph pocket which decapi tated, and all signs of life fled ; upon the floor, a short k i ni i s Te n s e , e bne fr of from which th the unhappy wa cverd man, e withla. two sharp the fatal deed was committed. It is supposed that the man took the life of the female whilst sleeping, and then sacrificed bia own. (13 O f ' I 00 1 ° I ° I 6