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The Queen's Pla,e. E. C. Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs—Kissaway, 4 yrs—Cay enne, 4 yrs—St. Rosalia, 4 yrs—Tophana, 5 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, winner to be sold for 1501. T. Y. C. Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged—Osbaldeston, 3 yrs- Telegraph, 5 yrs—Rubina, 3 yrs—Sobraon, 4 yrs. Handicap for three yrs old and upwards, D. M. Master Murray, aged, Bst 71b—Thornbill, 4 yrs, Bst—• Thringartb, 4 yrs, Bat—b f by Harkaway, St., George, 3 yrs, sst 121 b— —, out of Corunna's dam, 4 yrs, ist 111 b. / i 1/ 7 N'.17,971.] 4 , LONDON, TUESDAY E 'V . . • A 3' 7 t c S 1 APRIL 30, 1850. ions b as not rou c liners beivOg'ote ;ain 375 dlin P er g o 60 ec t Farmer' be i a e r t? r ; at" f" per" l ' slack at tt,o; 951 b. fe r ,„ e iro,„ t last na ": Joy as cropia)e ~.0 [PRICE SD. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Aram 17, 1850. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, . . .. . PUBLICATIONS. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. added that the Government, as a matter of course, could negotiate only on the basis of the convention of July 10, 1849. That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House is Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist May next, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening for tha Election of a Director of the said Company in the rocm of Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., deceased. The form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on this oc casion, may be obtained upon application at the Treasury in this House. 13, Great Marlborough-street. VW R. COLBURN'S NEW NOVELS To be had at all the Libraries. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The election was proceeding with the greatest tran quillity. The Prefect of the Seine has published a notice that the declaration of the poll will take place on Thursday morning, at the Hotel de Ville. The following returns of votes of the army have been made known : The following Danish men of war were lying at anchor at Eckenforde on the 24th inst. :—The Skiold, ship of the line, a frigate, a corvette, a brig, and the steamers Holger, Danske, Hekla, and Geyser. Du ring the night one of the steamers reconnoitering the bay closed in. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS' STAKES. The following aro expected to runt—Beehunter, Hardinge, Pittsford, Zadoc, Moultan, and Utrecht. LATEST BETTING UP TO TIN' O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst Beehunter 13 to 1 az,t Pit3ford 5 to 2 agst Hardinge. llr. WARBIJRTON'S REGINALD HASTINGS, an Historical Romance. Second Edition. 2 vols. Just ready. SIN and SORROW. A Tale. 3 vols. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. PUBLIC LECTURE ON THE REFORM OF THE LAW OF LUNACY. PRIDE and IRRESOLUTIOit Second Series of " The Dis cipline of Life," comprising the Histories of '...iusan Greville, and Ada Mowbray. 3 vols. Leclerc. Sue. Paris garrison ... 85 227 Arras ... 12 64 Sedan 17 Langres ... ... 9 46 Bordeaux ... 36 Toulouse ... 21 Ditto 24 SWITZERLAND. After a discussion, which has occupied three sittings, the National Council of Berne has just de creed, by a majority of 64 to 36, that the French monetary system shall be carried out in Switzerland. As the Council of the States had already voted it in December, this decree of the Federal Assembly now becomes an obligatory law. A LECTURE on the above subject will be given by JOIW T. PERCE,VAL, Esq , at the King's Arms Tavern, High-street Ken sington, on WEDNESDAY, May Ist, at Seven o'clock, P.M., when the abuses of the law will be illustrated by several cases of oppression recently brought to light, and by the example of a gentleman who was lately seized by the police of the metropolis under circumstances of gross outrage and injustice. Miss BREMER'S New Domestic Story, the LIGHT HOUSE, and LIFE in the NORTH. Translated _by MARY HOW ITT. I ♦ol., 55., bound. The SCOTTISH CAV iLIER. By JAMES GRANT, Esq. Author of " Romance of War." 3 vols. VI. The WILMINGTON& By the kuthor of" Emilia Wyndham, &e. 3 vols. Te e e t „,._ The Ron LORD COCKBURN i n the Chair. Cip.„,:"L 'aY-SI XTIL ANNUAL GENERAL COURT o f thi s SO el Was held in Edinburgh on the sth March, 1850. The Hon. LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. ger read to th e C ourt various Statements relative to the airs, frn which it appeared— ! t. '''' '-' 17 1 1 1,Z a 'if ' t That duringoi the year 1849, the total number o' Policies actu ...s, _ eaxiltyep.atsosreld2a2l:od6.4l7.lu.d. was 600, covering Insurances to the ‘ 4l That the Capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was exten 2,167,506 of/112 . 9 sld., ha v i ng i ncreased during the year to the we That the Annual Reverme of the Society at the same date was 300,537/. 19s. 6d.. being a decrease since last year, arising from tlu ireduction in the rate of interest during the currency 4th the Year. , That the number of deaths which had occurred during the year 1849 was 111, the sums insured under the Policies Which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being se 117,621/. 10s., or, with Bonus additions, 143,824/. 12s. 3d. me That the aboye 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 ~,,, W hich the So c i ety ' s calculations are based. tke"latZurracy of the statements read having been confirmed by The e ,, , no w ,.. "kralan, addressing the meeting, said, the Manager . has • tam "e'laelrtain pepers, and made certain statements, which co l li e - L imn ; itetul ex osition of the exact state of our affairs. He to y our done; ae I really ant not aware what I can do to add either lien efnfortnetion or to your consequent confidence in this Insti . d m acs confidence must der end en the " facts" youlhave heard te e h e t al ; and were it not the usage that the person who occupies ss ift ' a `e od ee ,, Willett I have the honour to occupy is expected to make to re e l.. l eas,. I think the most judicious thing I could do w a ou n . oo_ e tirree't ala 'deuce. At the same time, however, it loss o in , quieo,nle, and it occurs to me now, that perhaps a recapitulation e aiate mee ,_'' w aY, and in ordinary language, of the almost technical Nth ‘"" 4 U lade by the Manager, may sink more deeply into tt y m o r u e r . tore efi e s M bell More emily carried away—(Al4"lause) letve w Ine te recall to you a few of the leading facts a w n h l ich you 0 'l°"' Iteard•(Renewed applause.) the r a e l t of the first of these —at least the one that leads me to consider t rees : ' i r e k I have to make first—is one that I w . as not ro trees of this erY recently, which is the view exhibited of he r p er. sesiat lnstitution by our mere numbers. I do not h Sle et u the sums insured, of our investments, of our secur knots:nor of an ything of that sort. Look at our mere numbers. there not better test of a society like • this being well managed,—of :denfstbuYt being no sus ' picien in regard to it but that public f co th n e - Aim l e ss as been always on the increase, than in the increase o i 110 m -- "• of its interested members—of members, I mea, Rho lave Pure selfishness—who are as anxious s e men can be te tiDrotees t henaseivet from misconduct, in order th , at, ,_ 1 AterttaaalY detected, it may be timeously corrected. Now s le ( 'S it,t J ae n:re : wi , e ln u the for n et is „, et a, 5 a...,, t Y li e e ar 1815, when the Society was instituted,. did 'eel' nest-egg of 49 members—(Laughter) —and it i year 1 . 816 that the eggs laid then wet•e only 17. " 'la ilci: '' '; ll aughter.) I also ' find that during the first six years of it - 4 s existence, 212 were tke sum total of our chickents..—at ,e kes me ) And here I may observe, that . the first thing b . t' l eotse. a f ia the great caution with which the lives must have ee 3s Jeer s a „"or of the 49 members who were admitted in 1815, . 4170,448turoe,oedleerveeTtsboteillrrpeolaitensu. and who, , t ,, lt h e o, books, after deducting a many b. for aught we knowyn y 4 deetm,, l * Then, of the 17 who joined them in the year 18 e. after . 11 4 4 Of th'T i a, , Oy surr . enderers, ther . eare still three upon the books , —"kiStee 4 who joined the society during the first six years of etAp pi ee, nearly GO surrendered their policies, but 49 still su . rvive. (Ileer, ii e') These seem to me to have been well selected lives.— t h a a pbes o e r o •) or And the result now is that, at the end of 35 years, the orto two, lie l a thre Members amounts, not to one thousa . n , e tim e , e, nor to four nor to five, nor even to six, but to above S4 ket Ileand•--(Applaase') We have now above six thous..ind we ,o.". Prone this fact I infer nothing but th.is—that, 'm i ce re lates thlantanY jeelous but uncomplaining eyes prying into us, p b Te s t w e cannot be an ill-managed body. f e "licie a us k ia ess done during the year 1849, after deduction of several ley see"ch were ca 11 d amounts .to above 0001.; that is se 4t a tirn at la st Year th nee l e ' ances which we effected amounted to ,7 () ; bein g, The nu mber e of a l ln ol r icies on these insurances amounts to vlia-- es -R. ' " the tlie eve age, ever all—which, I am told, is a high ti, ,„no!ese than 7001. on every policy. atio4 l (2 aPitat kft., . 2,1 67 %A im increased during tie year that is now closed by ts eii 06, i pe e, end the total Capital that we own now amounts to ( 4,, Y r eittool et is to say, in roand numbers, which will be far more ePlee„ , tiered, considerably above Two Millions of money.— . Te e 1, ,,, ) fat we",l:Lenlent that we have above Two Millions—that is to say serse ei 'Utht to have it—would be a very idle one, , if our ,e it. 511inVeStitd • . a man thinks he has, ani he ought to . 'ni - " a lite 4 t When he com e s to grasp it it eludes the closing hand ,el tb erefo se • a.. is pa„_ it is of vital and all-jut cons e eq . u . e v n e ce di t s o eo b v e er to ed ld ; eaaes plat that of our investments, so far as w„ , use `- 7a aee+-"' ver Yet made a single bad one.—(APPle •). 'these in ter 4 Se ottai;d ga lti ..' are for the most part, laid out on real security—l . mean 1 41 aDe; and , the best country, in my beli . ef, far real security, in stilbett ed t e," besides this, a large portion of our capital . . is invested e.* ahem Numbers, upon the security of their policies. What Of • a hem Y can there he than that ?—(llear, hear.) A member ' O Ol e a is ens creditor, Nes' tlf th e . say for 1,0001. • and he asks for a loan ' lend it te him, because i t „ ed it , e .Pelley be his value, h a ; e s , clu ne 'e e ilira. out of own money. we With such a security we tto, k l atels eite ' i ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that he e tk eel m ean „ns. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank 4 n „ Of t n ,,,_ stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the ite4t 4 D en ,,, ° ° , (l. Which I believe is as secure as can he. There litt i . l deta i :Y of it laid out in any Bank Stock . of which a single t doubt. A 11).. ps ar o u ,' Private life entertains the slightest et 41 " , law capital is laid out in redeemable gh a t n es nuities, which, lese t ates. a t . Scotland, as we all know. fall under the . class Pe; l 7 l aYe f 7 ar a ec k tired under real property. Sonia of it is laid out on sem e r um , Mr next word, for this first one makes many e res (4`e—(A. laugh)some ef it is laid out on.railway.wde takitnilleiseiptPlaeuse.) Not one single sixpence of it—if there as l a st ee g °I . It One fact ich I have is I W ould tell you honestly—but Owl one single le tai ~c l e ono l oyested in railway shares. :re:sit'isZ:tafilii.te.srwehat'eohn'promptness with above all ethers, testifies the solidity of these e -e tee ' and it is, the regularity and the lue` o rbse, ' L et Met t of the interest, let the by lo r a e n g s ul i a s r in p v . a y r ib ia e b . ly paid. Wherever an in stl'.‘ een.Y a t o t reMble. Now, with us, we have never found the rQ h Pro far fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are L e , ._allt`i!graest within a day of the time. 7he result I draw alleir So eess — ' that not only are these investments but that itte t i,`;the et 74 that better could not be ob w ta n ine . d o ...M , belief is. and y the Di le sifrttesir, were teeettnreedntatowreerteraacile ntohweirthrsotep.,l and to get good (4 Dpi e lite!: e n e u :l a d s , of an a d s erer have alreadyrlo nothing ed.— be abt ,tik ) to the securities that they this dot two ' b e 81Z thousand members of this Society have laid a "erie S t e t ia ntsel well-secured money as can be secured in :littl e -he l a erevenue has decreased from the recent , fall of interest Ain T h '44 - ' 4 '. Tear, but it is now above 300,5091.. Ihe sum 11,1 f A s te e deatilv.e insured amounts to above Six Millions and a , . re teakom i e 11 1 1849 are peculiarly instructive. In the fl i rs o t r pl o a n e l e ; !ii "e Brett to 111 —it great number, and to be aceountet f l i roh.t l !leY a ent Pestilence. . But yet though they amount to Ihcolutte..are wily sixtv-three per cent. of our ca t i i tll o ,lll •:trtbat is t . , 's a y that our system is fouin ctioi t i littiler; „ e n that there would be 100 deaths, while instead . o lie Fier ef,"eat-e been only sixty-three, leaving thirty-seven per t s ,. Wee", a bove for the . security of the Society.—(Applause.) ia ie' 4ll en te - "aye died—let the uper ranks think of tin? . fa --) , 2 1 4 4 111,, 'elesY cholera It 1* ontoonl thought that this is a vi , s . - se -, te ee 4 afillets o;11 tl ' or end the destitute. I dare say it . ~,;i:,s f iea •e r lirst, ens„•• t me ,1. 1 ., )0 t it • is by no ineaus confined to them, i Als' a nlis 4 it to- day stated, ' that u of those who died from it last 1.42., one with this soiety, one individual was insured faro 1'", , 1 ,,, ii, `; tor 4,000/.. ei . is' for 3,0001., two for 2,0001., and (A tm., lee ei 'leitiej Met the whole twentyelour were insured tor a iiree ll eel e.114a1;!1 t herefore you will observe that the . se,..a s e p o o p n !t e rently on the i Of ~. ,1011 s, otitht to strike A lesson of mud I,ierio ~ete in all classes 11at,',4e44/ re bus all by . • since began in 1815, are above , Z l le - e" e l i q t rib ' e n te n a ll ~t l l, is is rfactNvithwese-hielc • ; aim ° that More eleven hundred thousand pounds. We have 1 e • - as much struck. W e 11 4 e, te e extent the families nf those members who trusted I i lits of this Institution, t,,:die.,,lttilir,..;;,iLiteliXtiiall,;:itipleeettetf was given by the manager so tecintically, . brevity, of the ,ei . t .; ford tut le iet3,Bton upon was I I . I t ial o e t. a t i t m o o d ld oub m t e i l t . t b l e id r upon 14 !e 01 , , e1 Litt ye e r s , e . J . refe i r to l etin t st i ;r i ed three times, each time Alk a , t !I nt i ,, ,,. e1i, b „ i ' e l ? a v id ' ne h has claims orupn us for 3,00 . 0 1 1.. e b e l r i'11113.2.,00(4(1.es that, his representatives will ceiye consuei t a o m y . 4 4 /.. _ , aee , ' a Bonus. Thus, upwards of 5,0001.1 s secured ,Th e ' (.lepiet‘en after paying that, the Society was plus nearly ett ' 44. ) ( I. m atter , • •iimi, rid i t t , 'Lich I have to state is, one for which Tam very e a ' sr acid 'SI that we have had up to this day, no litigation.— li el W, h ' a PPlitus a ) alti q l Say ;'t It ave stated the material facts ; and what else ;:tii: ll leis s t e l N not.l b a ti r s e lness, and I am sure it would be no , k tie t ' s „ r eat ee :ou, if I were to boast of the excellence of - our system, -'''lt• t o " °Ur success • and still less would it give any Ne i Will r n , e I were . t I s' .. fro ' .n which setts `e 'kite "` eve r , e 4 0 that . ~ every respectable So shpAsNaor eompartetain—that of attempting to raise ourselvesya t r , 4 1. r. liiskroer f . h ave l ;;: t r e, e l y t e b i e t f bL t a s n ; allusion to kindred Institutions. 't at 3 ' eve 3 c 'ti tei s_ j and having done so, I . can do no 'N 'al eet% 43. with u i dge how your affairs tii have been managed, and ' judgments which the ..,..t.,l3.tYwooe iitivoeho..trpaorsee calculatedresoitis t 0 0 0r produce. My inferences ki . 'Tre illa,,l..t‘s.cents te me, in the first place, that thi,e ) is a i S v o b T i e y th 44 ''': , 1 I : 1 , n " . ...e Peefece corn:deem—Shear : hear. h •e . ,, rtail l dy f t .tt i f Y ote"."ao ; (thin- ^beet it, although not se) new . e _ ... .. 1 1h, w e w. tear -- tivt ' 4' ... ..: .in it may go to this e_tem, NI 's a l:e , 7 Our cearideect , ~ le , le,. el_ %r ed e eegin our career agMn,the experience which s Yree ti . 1 k ruiw , i know ninny ways in which we might act differ +Pate s hay e es no way in which we could do better. --(Applause,) Hence el le sie_"i:? amused themselves by specu w la i t t i h n about what g all the expe eil AN . ts m a ' n ' t ,',!e evas again to become :t er ry ° , t de so, I seriously Y t _Oj iie. , Otit e , ',e . If this Societs . w rtiZ r lFss::'nee eretuat if we were to begin our career In 1815, with bye e::'. W e Re uic ho we have gained between that time and the le7 , e,Pelts, a uld walk in the very paths, nay in the very li ft 'ese..ieaeliee 1 5 , , ave reached our present state. My other inft o. t t il , 'its t i' tliet it'a seMething very like repeating the same o s w e , r e m r t:sie4 k iiti, c , a the of of all of us to do all in our tpo props t ; u ove etize l edge of this Institution, and . still more o Itn,alm e r vati o „ ,7 et the great duty, in tins precarious 1 , le-‘,Derk•esoefee9 insurance. Some people talk as if ther . e weee_ le t 'eld en i ,ie t e ",,; ) t this kind. Ido not aeree with th%m oo . and I lin it il t . t qnt :, !, 4,,1,11.te1i,,at, if the public, and ta e n e e •e o ry o i f n i d n i tiring their N'' , 4f !i e!e a waes taduiPiut only w no it t h be tl t i o e o m im a p . o 3 r ,, but it would be found s ect s t h ine it 41,3erhan. 2 ( .1. ,'",' a great deal too few.—(llear, hear.) The d ee 4 4 s c ,l a way e" we community- steeped in the conviction that Lee t" , _ , l which they can practise the great duty of plus hi w a ,v.irto e, Y. life insurance. All men are convinced that ipsinuo ki.;eie, nieh th,,,but all seen are not cenvincee that there _. t !e' e oetr ati 7' virtue can be practisrd with so small a pree . en et t lars h lsii ef ?„` l ewith so great an ultimate reward. If you want ke t. ecee t „, 4 t to s e eee;s, I •-etti tell you ,mustou are to find th . e i m. th. - ' I Y ',Ole 1,,,,,e , lOr them here. You go among the . fam , i h i es e,.1-;e rolstebuteeabeeit b ereaved, and amonest whom the ,seciete into th e lelly,'lles, Sill greatly beyond a million ot looney . G ia' etile )a that them Yiney think of life insurance. o e le t hlesei n Uen z, a'Sostead of thi it unreasonable and useless . so, 'aryle t O f lif en at the moment when they are expermuc h ing etselie e e it : Insurance, is, that the head of their house ad ek ' I 'll "' l ee I a greater extent. Therefore, what you have tl I, aSejariSete' n s • in Your .a4Zeelf,,eatiCsregse tit slui v r le," " t h h e s rt e l iw t o o e i r ' o rg u e nd t s hi t s h ' a lu t t n y o L ;n p a o n e t • is e sel e '"ee that ri ' o Y m t a p r o i n cen e' fie its b perlod ; but that in lie;,,ar ili e n i e ral e L. which, out of individu - al irregularities, extracts \' ‘ n t 1-"rin itY • and th verts the very precarious essi ''' a Method '• ' .us con (lard e, ans m ade ot• correcting its uncertainty. These are tSII4 tits blire the 4 1'°n me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. telrof ea "Moti on of .11 resumed his seat amid loud applause.) to to '° ,', l tille e Sir James Russell, K.C.8., of Ashicsteel, seconded e i b i aat le`le_e Trusts vote of thanks was given to the Courts of pi t> e t tle e. r' ee and Office Bearers, for their services during ''t '"ll en of le i etev. b ja Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, secoded Wis e, ir ee r t a o es It. Ctunpbell of Albany - str et Chapel, n the rS for the following year were appointed as The b 1,,, - ...k ilt u ?RESIDENT. 411104. oh- the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. N-rikthid 110,ftylCE-PRESIDENTS. 4)pttlion buk"unElFF. /olion , the Duke BUCCLEUCH, K.O. 1 11 g C illigiiTcluts of TWEEDALE, K.T. and C.B. kot k l r isty ),.... Ern, RAID, Esq., Younger of Riccarton, M.P. ~kORDIDARY DIRECTORS. 4 'il %I t — Y.l l * w tte t :l• 41 111 s, E `L'• 16 1 Farlane John Ravenhill, Esq., banker, Fitt Itsc i 'ln of Culler- Warminster. ili t RO 4 rt v h i , or, t.,, Thomas Beveridge, Esq.. D.C.S. ...Al t %i t ' , ast ern ';‘;.• Chairman Charles Baillie, Req., advocate. .th,Joi li , Sth a. , , silway, .. A. ch . D idson Esq., Sheriff of 1,014 1 , 11 4 t 6 Richardson of rAbedrdeeamvsldre: b 4 ar d t lio ri 4 , kni ti 't orn . ',let arlofLi William James Duncan. Esq., kt * , ,,, th w mn e e r, t .q., Lon .. n o coln. _ Manager ot Natio . n it al .n ßa o n f k. Pres- I'Vhf i hr l l ,' .o °lkd oi ' . Esq., N ; a n n a s. i l / 40 1 n r1 3 1 . 1i rt ia . m Hanu , to a tti 1,, I , . * The Solicitor—General for Scot •keth.qorllllttralectair, Paisley. land 1 iti0h,,k,i 4 , ,,. orth, E..... a ~ .‘i Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff I,!kih atirra 3 , o `..rtool. of Lanarkshire. silo a lteh oll ~' uollerie ly s p -.. u r ,, i hnes „,, • •. * George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of Alt4 to Alt. ' ' 4, 1, of Selkirkshire. r tltt„ L pher •er ia , e. lO no h d eututiany Iph.teh t, t . - 941 el% ei di. Ju n. , Esq., ` 6 *l c. 3 ar.t s leOthri' 'hi% l',l. ofrii r u, — l _ k t , e , },Sq .. 0 , ) .. , ,, P;' . S. PVl 4 'lll t , .. k; ,Atil '4, Alex . ' tgq .. or Altk: kyinWalift„ Manuel. 4 bt44er ;,,,,,, Esq., .' w . 4 s sq.. archt. ka t , • — *Me, t s •• • ilea ItYilt r ~ cl., of Wh y f . 'I .S . , ioall -.t.' °IW°°CIIIOII 3C . you the Tho *f a 4 k. e 140 tio h harked * I 1 ., *o t, of Rob ert are New Appointments. 0t4. 1 .4 . ti am oft aki rt p", Esq.,, manager of the Commercial In% mu c h Pro) osed to the Bon. Chairman, which a pt v '' use, and the Court thereafter ad- DIRECTORS. George Gibson, Esq., merchant. Leith. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Hays toun. John Cockburn, Esq., merchant. Henrys Cheyne, Esq., W.S. * Robert Scott Moncrieff, Esq., advoca I 0. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. !I" Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. X 4, 4.. JOHN. MACKENZIE, Manager. . St. An, WILLIAM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk. 44° 4 Ogrial7sl, S quare, Bth March, 1850. 4 ' R OYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH WILEAN, Agent. LONG JOHN'S BEN-NEVIS WHISKY. Mr. JOHN M'DONALD, of Ben-Nevis Distillery, respect fully informs the Spirit Trade of England, Wales, and Ireland, that he has confided the sale of his celebrated Whisky over these coun tries eaclasively to Messrs. 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EREMONT'S OVERLAND ROUTE to OREGON, TEXAS, and CALIFORNIA, across the ROCKY MOUNTAINS, made by the United States Government; illustrated by a GRAND MOVING PAINTING from Washington City, pourtraying the thrilling scenes that occurred to Colonel Fremont and Party, and Sir William Drummond Stewart and Party, while crossing the Rocky Mountains ; IS NOW OPEN for Public:Ex hibition, at the EGYPTIAN-WALL, PICCADILLY, and exhibiting every Afternoon, at Half-past Two ; Evenings, Quarter to Light. Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 6d. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on MUSIC by Sir HENRY R. BISHOP resumed, with an increased number of VOCALISTS for the Illustrations on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Eight, and on Tuesday, Thu' s day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical Effects, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at a quarter-past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. 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Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely, THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Upon the principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the whole Proflts belonging to the Assured No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TIUSTEES. John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. William Adams, Esq., New Broad-street. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq.. John-street, America-square. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.. Prospect-place, Kilburn. John Dangerteld, Esq., Chancery-lane. Robert Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-mall. John Hamilton, Esq. ' Alfred-place, Thurlee-square. James Fuller Madox , Esq., Clement's-lane. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavins Parnell, Esq , Norfolk-street, Park-lane. 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Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the As sured from all doubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances thereby mode certain. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been mold from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily increasing. Prospectuses, Reports, and every other information, may be ob tained at the Chief 011 ice, or any of the Agencies. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. DR. GARDNER'S WORM MEDICINE. it is a melancholy fact that thousands are suffering the Itri vation of health, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause so prevalent as that of worms in the human body, and which is so frequently overlooked. It is, therefore, of 'importance that every person should be acquainted with the common symptoms of worms, which are disagreeable odour of the breath, fevered tongue, particularly heaviness or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, ilveliing and paleness of the lip=, especially the upper lip, fre quent itching of the nose, an unequal state of the pulse, appetite very irregular, and the bowels al,o, pant and emaciated countenance, and at other times the taco will he flushed, griping pains, a short, cough, great thirst, vomiting, startings during sleep and grinding of the teeth, frequent pains in the sides, listlessness, and want of in clination to take exec cise, inflammation of the eyes, &c., &c. These are s_nne of the general symptoms of being afflicted with worms ; adults as well as children are subject thereto. Youth or age may with the utmost safety have reoourse to this old established medicine, which is adopted by numerous families. It is with this view that the serious attention of all aftlicted ',emus is directed to the symp toms thus described, which are produced by worms, and to a trial of this safe and effectual remedy, the value of which is corroborated by numerous testimonials through a long period of years. This medicine may be administered with confidence to children or the most debilitated adult, without restraint in diet or confine ment. Its efficacy is also particularly beneficial as an alterative medicine, insensibly removing all impurities of the blood, &c., cra promoting a heulthilil vigour to the r bolo system. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London, whoze name and ad dress !observe on the Government stamp, and may be procured from the dealers in medicines, at 2s. 9d., and for children at Is. Ijid. sash box. DRDCULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. . To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvallio, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhili; or direct from the author; price One Shilling each; by post, ls. 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" What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as reffned as Athens ever heard." . _ SUBJECT ;JLife's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Pitons Auto :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offppring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these 'natters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine. 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Il nstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Eagravin - rs on Steel. ON pHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. . . . _ _ New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just pul)lished, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct trom the Establ shment, 3s 6d. In postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Beniers-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger. 150, Oxford-street ; Starle, 23. Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall•street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. VAST 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive p in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ug Incapacity. Illustrated by:litres 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 Engravings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART'. Is devoted to the eonslderation of marriage, and Its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Ties CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUSI is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lie. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-sypliilitle remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335.. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonontena, gieet, stricture, and chronio inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, aqd posi tion in society. - 1/. rackets, with advice, to be had at the Y..ta blight:Rent only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messre. Perry, Surgeons, are in r.ttendanee daily at 19, Berners•stree4 Oxford treet, London, from Eleven till Two and Five to Eight ; on Sun daYlOcut Eleven to One VII. PASSAGES in the LIFE of Mrs. MARGARET MAITLAND of SUNNY SIDE. Written by lIERSELF. Second Edition. 3 volt. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. M R. 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THE BRITISH ➢IUSEUM CATALOGUE TN the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for I_ MAY, the Decision of the late Commission upon the Library Catalogue of the British Museum, and the measures which have led to that decision, are impartially examined. The Magazine contains several other imeresting and important articles, Reviews, and Obituaries. Price 2s. 6cl. Nichols and Son, Parliament-street. TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for MAY, price Is., will contain :-Ist. Party Discipline.— 2d 'I he Canon of St. Paul's. By the Author of London Legends.-3d. Savings Banks..- 4.h. The Papacy under 1 apoleon.-sth. The Rash Dream. By Frances Brown.— t th. Revolutionary Revelations.- 7th. The Goblin Broom.-Bth. The Royalist's Daughter. By Percy U. St. John.—Literary Notices—Political and Commercial Regis ters, Sec. Published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.; and by Sutherland and Kuox, Edinburgh STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price Is., by post free, 4d. in addition, AFEW WORDS on PERINIEAL SECTION es recommended by Professor Syme, for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and on Mr. Wade's recent Remarks thereon, and on his Treatment with the Potassa Fusa. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. Published by 11. Balthere, 219, Resent-street. Also lately, by the same Author, price 55., The PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURE of the URETHRA. With important observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments. MECHI'S MULTIFORMIA, 4, LEADEN IIALL-BTREET.—This elegant appendage to the drawing room in Papier Mache, comprising within itself a Pole Screen, a Chess Table, a Reading Desk, and a Music Stand. Mechi solicits tke attenti•n of the tasteful to this novelty, as well as to the general contents of his hew Show Room, in which are exhibited the most perfect specimens of Papier Mache produced in this country. An immense variety of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Work. tables, Tea Poys, Tea Trays, Hand Screens, Pole Screens, Card, Cake, and Note Baskets, &c. Everything for the Toilet and Work Table, of the best quality, and at moderate prices, may be had at MECHI'S, 4, LE/DENHALL-ST [MET, near the India Howe. AVII S'S CANDLES, 4d. and sd. per lb.; .1 wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 734 d., 9d., and 934 d. ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 2d.; fine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. gd. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can dles, Is 81. and Is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and ed. ; mottled soap 565.; and GOs per 112 lbs. ; yellow, 445., 505., and 565. ; Windsor soa.', Is. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, Ls. 6d.; Kenn oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 4s Gd. ; sealing wax, 4s. Gd. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established warehouse, 63, St. 31arties.lane, opposite Westminster County Court (late .New Slaughter's Coffee-house). FINE HEAD OF HAIR. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. The eVraordlnary efficacy, and happy amalgamation of its purely exotic materials, have rendered it justly renowned through out the world for its remarkable virtues in nourishing, preserving, and beautifying the Human Hair. It insinuates its balsamic properties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in its embryo state, accelerates its growth, cleanses it from Scurf and I)andrlf, sustains it in maturity, and continues its pos session of healthy vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redun dancy, to the latest period of human life. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active; so that, in numerous instances wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLAN tS' 111AUASSAll OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by re-in stating, in full plenitude, the permanent gills anti graces of nature. For children it is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and renderhig the use of the fine comb unnecessary. _ Price 3s. 2d. and 75.; or Family Bottles (equal to foar Small) at 05. Gd. ; and double that size, 21s. CamoN.--On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine article are these words, in two lines IZOWLANDS" MACASSAR OIL. Sold. by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Batton-Garden, London and by all Chemists and Perfumers. EYEIMOWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHIsKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the nso of TON E'S AROMATIC AZEGENERATOII. If you are in want •f that beautiful adornment of the human noire, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an 11!. bottle of Grinistone's Aromatic Regenerator. Thin is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whom it is h;ghly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, ➢lerchant, Herbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the "Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. This pamphlet is forwarded through th• post, on receiving two postage stamps. Thy .Aroinatie Regenerator can be forrtardod through the po!7t on recolvins a post-office order for O. 6th, 75. Ed., or 125., lu clideo tas pootzgo with tlio Ca9C. The lls. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published in the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause —the universal use of Brimstone's Eye . t - 4nuff and because it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cahn' set, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of oppression; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury ; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, 1. sq., to Mr. William Gritnstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time ix canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of Government it is obliged to be stamped. GIUMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, Inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. ad., 3s. 6d. and ss. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out Of the many thousand proofs. . Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of fire eases of Gutta Serena, from G.ll. Boutell, Professor of Gal•anism : " gouttisea, near Portsmouth, Hants, Sth soy., 1848. " Mx. W. GRIMSTONI.—Sir-1 must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in caves of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this! I or make ►hat use you please. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—l am, Sir, &c., G. H. BOUTELL, Professor ef Galvanism." All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. The following letter, in testimony of its delightfhl qualities, is from the author of the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. " Sir,--I cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitate for the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I am your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. To Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate." This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, and others, with W. Grimitene's signature attached, at 714 d.. 16.1 Md. 2s. 9d.. and 4s. 6d. each. including the Government stamp. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL. APRIL 29. STOCK EXCRINGE.—The market was inanimate today. The sales were principally confined to the shares of the Great Western Comppany, at the following quotations:— Great Western Quarter Shares closed at 12%—Ditto, 171. Shares, 8 3 4 dis. LIVERPOOL. APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANOR.—The market has been quiet to-day, and the amount of business done has been very limited. The transactions were as follow:—Lancashire and York shire, Consol., 32 1 / 4 —Ditto, Fifths, 10 1 / 4 dis.—London and North-Western, 101 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 c. Midland, 32 1 / 4 —Ditto, Halves, 27/. Ga. 3d. dis.— South. Eastern and Dover ( No. 3), 13 c.—Ditto (No 4), Regis tered, 41. 8,3. 9d.—S uth Staffordshire, 41. 16s. 3d. c. dis.— York, Necastle. and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1830), 61. I:3s 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 29. STOCK Excilittroi.— Our share market was very dull to-day, but, although little business was &Me, prices were somewhat improved. The transactions were as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 6 Ter cent., 1 1 1 4-- London and North-Western, 100:A —Ditto, New Quarters; d IS. —Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 9 c. p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1), lip Ditto, Preference, 6% n.— South-Eastern and Dover, Thirds (No. 4), 4 n.—North Staffordshire, 10A BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 29. STOCK Excitors:lE.—The following were amongst the quotations to-day Bilmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers, 8, sellers, 8% —Coventry and Nun eaton, buyers, IA, p., sellers, 1 5 4 1 p.—Loudon and North -11 buyers, 10W/ ,:sellers, 1014—Midland, buyers, 31, sellers, 32 1 / 3 —North Staffordshire, buyers, 10% dis., sellers, l 0 LA dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers, 9% dis., sellers, 9% dis.—Shropshire Union, buyers, 4t, dis., sellers, 4 dis. South StafforcLhire, buyers, 44 I la. Bd. dis., sellers, 4/. Bs. 9d. dia. Commander Thomas Drane (1848), on the retired list of 1830, died a few days since at the age of 62. He served twelve years afloat during the war from the time of his first entering the navy in 1800, in the Captain, 74. In that ship he was at the destruction of the Reolaise, 16, French corvette, under the batteries of Morbehan. In the Donegal, at the capture of the Spanish 44 gun frigate, Amphitrite; and in the Caesar, 80, at the capture f the four French lire-of-battle ships which escaped from Trafalgar, and, as acting lieutenant of that ship, was at the destruction, in 1808, of the three French frigates near the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and of the shipping in Aix Roads. Was confirmed a lieu tenant August, 1809, and on the coast of America saw much active boat service on the Chesapeake, and was present at the attack on Baltimore. Re invalided in 1814, and was never employed afterwards. By his death a lieutenant's out pension of Greenwich Hospital reverts to the patronage of the Admiralty. Lieutenant William Rule (1.815). who. died a few days since, was an old Trafalgar officer; and, during the eleven years he Is ai afloat, saw much distin guished service on board th e Mi no t aur , 74. IHe assisted at the capture of the French 36-gun frigate La Franchise, and several other vessels. In. 1804, in the Polyphemus, 64, he contributed to the capture of the Santa Gertruyda, Spanish frigate of 36 guns, laden, besides a cargo of the most costly merchandise, with 1,2)5,000 dollars in specie; was midshipman at the battle -of Trafalgar; witnessed the surrender of four heavy French } frigates hem Rochefort to a squadron under the orders of Sir Samuel HOod, Sept. 25, 1806; took part under Rear-Admiral Robert Murray intbe un successful attack made upon Buenos Ayres, in July, 1807; and served in the boats at the blockade and re• duction of the city of St. Domingo. in 1809. In De cember, 1810, joined the Bedford, 74, on the coast of North America, where he aided in the boats at the cap ture, despite a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla ; proved instrumental to the destruction of ether vessels, and was engaged is landing troops and ammunition during the attack upon New Orleans. Paymaster and Purser Thomas Brett (1809), died re cently at Penzance, Cornwall. Lieutenant Henry Johnston has been appointed to the command of St. Alban's Head coast-guard station, vice W. F. G. Rad, removed. Master William Barrett has been removed from North Isle of Arran coast-guard atation, to Balbriggan, vice Lieutenant Henry Lawless,removed. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Her Majesty's steam-ship Birkenhead, with the right wing of the 28th Regiment, under Colonel Messiter, which left Plymouth on Wed nesday evening for Portsmouth, encountered strong easterly winds and a heavy sea off the Start, put back into the Sound on Thursday morning, and at noon sailed again for her destination. Her Majesty's ship Vanguard, having been repaired, was taken out of dock on Thursday. A shipwright named Hocken On Thursday afternoon fell into the hold of the Vanguard, broke his arm and his cheek bone, and was immediately taken to the Royal Naval Hospital. Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, sailed at 11 A.m. to day, under all studding sails, having a favourable breeze from the north-east. She takes out supernumeraries and numerous parcels and letters for the Mediterranean, call- ing at Lislion. WooLwlcu, APRIL 27.—The Locust stearp-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Nowel, was paid off here yester day. The Pioneer screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander S. Osborn, left Woolwich this morning for Green hithe; and the Intrepid screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander John Bertie Cater, will leave on Monday. A number of visitors from town went to Greenhithe To day to visit the Resolute, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8.; and the Assistance, Captain E. Ommanney , amongst whom were several naval officers. The Lords of the Admiralty visit the vessels of the Arctic expedition, at Greenhithe, on Monday. LADY FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. The Prince Albert, of 90 tons, built by Mr. White, of Cowes, and at present in the Surrey Docks, was in spected by Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth and Mr. Peak. assistant to the Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, and having been . re ported favourably of, • has been purchased by Lady Franklin, and will leave the river on Monday fur Aberdeen, to be fitted for the Arctic regions, by the same firm who fitted the Lady Franklin vessel, com manded by Captain Fenny; and they have promised to have the Prince Albert ready for sea in a fortnight from this date. The Prince Albert has been purchased ex elusively by Ludy Franklin, and is to be fitted and pro visioned solely at her own expense, aided by a few pri vate friends, and Commander Forsyth proceeds in her, as captain of the vessel, without fee or reward, having already obtained permission from the Admiralty to be employed on that service. Commander Forsyth intends proceeding through DAvis's Straits, Lancaster Sound, and Barrow's Straits, und.will enter Prince Regent's In let on the west side, proceeding south to Felix Harbour, where Sir John Ross's ship was left, and examine all the coast of Boothia, and, if necessary, cross the narrow neck of land which is now known to render Boothia a eninsula. Commander Fiirsyth has seen consideri,ble service, which qualifies him fur a searching expedition; has served for many years in the Betivle, in the Austra lian awl. South American surveys, and was promoted to Commander for his zealous service and the aid he stlorded to the troops during the late Kafir war. Porrrsatounr, MoNlikv.--The Birkenhead iron steam • frigate, Commander J. A. Stevens, embarked the 4tb (King's Own) Regiment from this dockyard to-day, and left with them f,..r Plymouth. The Sprightly steam-tender returned to day from the above port. A beautiful schooner yacht was launched to-day from the yard or Mr. Camper, the yacht builder of Gosport. This vessel has been built for M r . R. Davenpert of Dartmouth. She has received th e name o f the Ballet Reins, bestowed upon her by the daughter of the owner. She will be fitted out immediately to convey her owner and family to the Mediterranean. The schooner 3 acht Jeannette, formerly the property of Lord Rossaiore, went out of harbour to day for Cher. bourg, whence, after taking in her stock, she proceeds to St. Petersburgh.. On the arrival of the Lily, 14, at Lisbon from this port she was very leaky, and rtquirt d all the caulkers of the squadron of evolution to make her seaworthy again. TEE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, APRIL 29. h o tll Sri Frerril T. 13arizig (First Larq, et' tha .A.e aj h Dorcas (Fart la.:-.A artier Blilne and the Hon. William Cowper (Lords a the Admiralty), Captain Sir Baldwin Welker, K.C.B. (Surveyor of the Navy), Mr. John Parker (First Secre• tars to the Admiralty) , Lard Minto, Lord Clarence P a get, Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. (Governor of Greenwich Hospital), Rear-Admiral Sir James Alex ander Gordon, T.C.B. (Lieutenant-Governor of Green wich H o spital), Rear Admiral B ow l es, C. 13:, C ommo d ore Henry Eden (Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock yard, Woolwich), with Lieutenant Robertson (Royal Navy) and Mr. Humphrys (Chief Engineer at Woolwich Dockyard), embarked at 930 A.M. to-day at Woolwich in the Black .Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander S. B. Cook, and went down the river on a visit to the ves sels of the Area expedition at Greenhithe. Their Lordships went on board the Resolute, Captain Austin, C. 8., and were received by the gallant officer and the whole of the officers of the vessel assembled on deck. Their Lordships were much pleased with the clean and Well-ventilated condition of the vessel, and the excellent arrangements for the comfort of the officers and men. •, They then proceeded to the Asststance, Capt. Erasmus Ommaney, and were received by the gallant captain and his officers assembled on deck. Their Lordships were gratified with the excellent appearance of the officers and crew of this vessel, and stith her appearance below deck, the arrangements for the accommodation of all on board being, as in the Resolute, better than in any ves sels previously sent to, the Arctic regions. After minutely inspecting the two sailing vessels, they went on board the Pioneer, Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, and inspected that vessel very particularly, t o ascerta i n her capabilities for the duties she is expected to perform. The Intrepid screw steam-vesscl will leave Woolwich on Wednesday, under Lieutenaat•Commander John Bertie Cator, to have her compasses adjusted at Green hithe. The crews of the whole four vessels, the Resolute, the Assistance, the Pioneer, and the Intrepid, will be paid wages in advance at Greenhithe on Friday, the 3d inst., and on Saturday, the 4th iust., the whole of the vessels will leave Greenhithe on their progress to the Arctic regions. They have three years' provisions on board, besides supplie s for th e m i s sing expedition, and th ey are to be supplied with Mr. Shepherd's balloons previous to their leaving the river. The Lords of the Admiralty returned in the Black . Eagle steam vessel, and on arriving there, at 1.15 P.M., left immediately for town. The Widgeon steam-vessel is to tow the Mary, Sir John Ross's private yacht, down the river to-morrow, on her way to the Frith of Forth, and through the Furth and Clyde Canal to join the Felix at Ayr, and go on with her to the Arctic regions as her tender. Tho Lords of the Admiralty have ordered that a year's provisions be supplied to Sir John Ross's expedition. ' , THE RIFLE RANGERS," BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REln.—" These," says the Weekly Dispatch, " are two most enchanting volumes, in a very elegant form, and cannot fail to become popular." Also, now ready, "Personal Adven tures iu California, in 1848.9, with the Author's Experience at the Mines," two vols., small Bvo., with twenty-three illustrations from drawings taken on the spot, by William Redmond Ryan, Esq. 3. "The Equestrian's Manual; or, the Art of Horsemanship, with Advice to Perchasers of Horses, Saddlery, by S. Waite, Professor of Equitation, 7s. 6d. bound. 4. " Ceylon and the Cingalese, by H. C. Sirr, M.A., barrister-at-law, two yds., small Bvo., with illustrations. —"A most gratify ing and entertaining narra tive, which will, undoubtedly, become highly popular."__ Belt's illessenger. TUE VERNON FICTURES.—We understand that the pictures of the Vernon collection are already being, removed to Marlborough House, where they may probably be seen during the Whitsuntide holidays. This arrangement will afford leisure for the contending parties on the claims of the Royal Academy to public accommodation to bring forward their arguments for or against that society, and, no doubt, lead to a reform of its abuse or a clipping of its iuflaence. 133 435 It is impossible to form any opinion as to the_pro bable result of the election ; as is usual in! all elec tions where it is impossible to aacertain the state of the poll, both parties claim a msjority. M. CARLIER continues his crusade against the Re publican journals, and even extends his persecution to the Charivari, for the purpose of promoting the sale of the Corsaire, a Legitimatist would-be joker, in the circulation of whose " ponderous levities" M. CAR LIER appears to take especial interest. The follow ing is the list of the journals - the sale of which, except within their own offices, and to regular subscribers, is prohibited : Charivaii. National. -Credit. Presse. Di (13 ocratie Pacifique. Siacle. Estafette. Voix du People. • Evenement. The Jesuit journals4he Legitimatist, Orleanist, and Bonapartist organs are alone permitted to be sold in single numbers by newsvenders. There is not one of these journals so permitted to be sold by M. CAR LIER which is not avowedly an enemy to the Republic, which M. CARLIER has sworn to maintain. It is not improbable but that M. CARLIER may find that he has exposed himself to some awkward prosecutions for damages by his violent and, it would appear, illegal proceedings in these matters. M. EMILE DE Gri- RARDIN, who is not of the most forgiving disposition in the world, has taken the opinion of M. LANGLAIS, one of the most eminent lawyers of France, and who in . political opinions belongs to the extreme section of the reactionary party. The opinion of M. LANGLAIS is published in the Presee, and it concludes in these words : "Our opinion on these questions cannot, then, be doubtful. The evidence is conclusive that the sale of newspapers at newspaper offices and in shops is not pro hibited either by the laws affecting booksellers or by the law of 1849. Coil)°, lege (hawking) is alone subjected to authorisation. Such is the manifest spirit of the law. The police claims a right which is exorbitant, which has never been before set up, and which is impossible. The establishment of this arbitrary regime, which would put its hand upon the sale of journals, in all its modes and forms, ought to have for its warrant a formal text and a special vote, and ought not to be done by surprise and misunderstanding. Now not only has the Legislature not given expressly the right to the police to interdict [he sale of journals within doors, but it has proclaimed in formal terms, by organ of the reporter of the commis sion, that the '6th clause does not apply to the venders a domicile.' What can be more clear? The right of the proprietors of the press is, then, certain, and we confi dently think that such right will be confirmed by the tribunals." The Napoleon has the following : " Agriculture is still in a state of great suffering. What specially causes the low price of corn is the un certainty with respect to the future, of which the ,end is not seen. Speculators, who had purchased rather large quantities to sell later, have left fur some time past the corn in the market or with the producers, and seem to abandon all chance cf profit. In order to remedy the double inconvenience of capital without circulation, and corn below value, the Government has imagined and authorised loans on corn, convinced that the slightest rise in the price of that article would produce in favour of agriculture a result of y hich superficial observations do not give an idea, but which clearly appears from the following table : " When the kilogramme of bread is at 20c., France disburses 1,460 millions at 30c., Is 2.070 ~ at 40c., pf 2,555 „ at 50c., 3,650 „ TbuF, according to small variations, France may have to pay-two milliards. more or less, to agriculture for bread in the course t f a year. This enormous' difference made it the dOty of the Government to seek the mear,s of raising the price of corn. It believes Vat it has found it iu loans on flour. Such a simple e.xplanatiou'vvill, no doubt, put au end to Vie passionate criticism of curtain j,,orouls." - In what, as far as principle is concerned, does this notable scheme for enhancing the price of bread, and thus robbing the poor and industrious bread.eater for the benefit of the large landowner, differ from the Socialist schemes for the organiz ition of labour, and for the formation of loan banks. Yet these are so de•. nounced by . the gentlemen who have concocted the above scheme (which almost seems to have been sug gested by some members of the English aristocracy) fur their own especial benefit. In each case money is proposed to be taken from the taxes, to which all contribute, to be expended fur the benefit of a few individuals, to the damage and injury of the re mainder of the tax-payers. The only difference is, that the Socialists propose to give to the poor the pro ceeds of the plunder, while the Napoleon proposes to adoFt the English plan, of plundering the poor for the benefit of the landowner. The Eventment gives the following additional re turns of votes from the army :—Rouen, 4th Regiment of light infantry: Sue, 66, Leclerc 19 — Toulon, 10th Regiment of the line : Sue 41, Leclerc 7—Dijon, 14th of the line : Sue 52, Leclerc 13—St. Omer : Sue 18, Leclerc 3. The Gazette de France, however, claims the ma jority at St. Omer for Leclerc. P . ;^,?.ve says that de E•taternent the coter::, of Lraly tvc, to. :.:ve to Su:. 356, 13 I.:ECLIURC ole3 oi toe 4.rsal the Soane and Loire are—Democratic list, 3:)7; Re actionary list, 34. Panls.l3ouusn, APRIL 22.—Latest prices.—Five per Cents., 89f. ; Three per Cents., 55f. 35c. ; hunk of France, 2,125 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCIIANGI4.. APRIL 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4 East Indian, 56—Great In dian Peninsula, I I% ) —Luxembourg, 1% —Paris and Stras bourg, E. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The differences with England are finally arranged, the copy of the proposed terms of arrangement which had been forwarded to Lord PALMERSTON has been returned with only one word of alteration. Senor ISTURITZ will set out immediately for London. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 24.—Three per Cents., 29 1.5-16 for account ; Five per Cents., 12i paper. Exchange on London, 50 35. _: ~; GERMANY. The Chamber of the States of Erfurth signified on the 26th, by message to the People's Chamber, that they agreed to all the resolutions on the Constitution which the People's Chamber had adopted. The protest 'of Austria against the military con ventions of Prussia with the smaller States has not been officially communicated to the Court of Berlin. The Austrian envoy at Frankfort has been em powered to settle the differences relating to postal privileges which have arisen between the King of WIRTEMBERG and the Prince of TOUR, and TAXIS. The Austrian Government has determined to con tinue the state of siege of Prague and Vienna. Count CANiTz, ex-Minister of Prussia, died on Sunday at Berlin. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle has the following from Copenhagen of the date of the 25th April : "The Danish. Schleswig deputation left on the 23d for Frederiksborg, where they were received very graciously by his MAJESTY. After the audience they accompanied his MAJESTY to view the principal parts of the Palace, and afterwards bad the honour of dining with him." • • The Landsthing decided, by 80 votes against 2, the interpellation of Dr. PAULSEN respecting the Holstein deputation, which should take place that day (24th). The substance of the interpellation was, whether the Holstein deputies now here were com missioned by the Stadthalterschaft, or whether they came in a private capacity ? and, secondly, whether the Danish Government intendkd to enter into any ne gotiation with them ? The Ministerial President re plied, that the gentlemen who had arrived from Holstein had declared in writing that they were not delegates (udsendinie) of the Stadthalterschaft ; and further, that they did not come with the mandate of any authority or corporation in Holstein. It was of course impossible for the Government to enter into of negotiations with private persons ; but as the Government felt justified in regarding the presence of these men as a proof that not an inconsiderable num ber of his MAJESTY'S subjects, who were placed in so unhappy a position as to him ( som ere homme til at Staaeli elalykheligt Forhold til ham) cherished the sincere desire to seek peace and reconciliation, the Government could not take upon itself the responsi bility of refusing to listen to the attempt made to wards an approximation, The Ministerial President ITALY. The peculiar wording of the address of the Pops to the French troops, on giving the benediction, has ex cited much attention. He never once mentioned the French Republic, but he expressed a hope soon to see the hydra of anarchy crushed in this KINGDOM of France which bad been always so attached and so dear to the Roman Church. His words were—" Speriamo di vedere ben presto l'idra dell'anarchia schiacciata in questo REGNO DI FRANCIA .." The French reac tionary journals have cautiously abstained from re peating these words of bis HOLINESS, which seem to denote a foregone conclusion, and may possibly ex plain the meaning of the concentration of the Russian troops in Poland, of the increase of the Austrian army, and of the sudden activity of the French reac tionaries. During the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin on the 23d inst. the Bill presented by the Minister of Finance, authorising the Government to collect the taxes provisionally, was passed by a ma jority of 88 to 45. 1 letter from Genoa of the 23d inst. announces the arrival of the United States steam-frigate Mississippi in the Gulf of Spezzia, from Constantinople. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Louisa, took their usual exercite yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen dined with her Majesty yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. Mr. John Lee, F.S.A., had the honour of sub mitting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yester day, at Buckingham Palace, his improvements in wheels and axles, wheel tires, and breaks. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, ac companied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, went to Kew yesterday, and paid a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited her Royal-Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. A deputation, consisting of Major Berestord, Mr. Denison, Mr. Baxter (solicitor), and Mr. Webb, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Mr. James Higham,, assistant secrerary to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and. Mr. Tidd Pratt, had an intereiew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, Downing -street. The Rev. N. M'Leod, D.D. (Glasgow), had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Mr. Osman Ricardo, M.P., had also an interview yester day with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office. Mr. Macgregor, chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. ALLEGED LUNATICS' FRIEND SOCIETY. The following letter bus been addressed to Sir George Grey, by the Ilonotary Secretary to the Alleged Luca tics' Friend Sucie;y:— " Campden Cottages, Notting-hill, " April 29, 18.50. " Sir,—l have the honour of informing you that I pur pose delivering. on Wednesday evening next, at seven o'clock, at the King's Aims, High-street, Kensington, a Ltccure on the Abuses of the Law of Lunacy, at which it is my intention to illustrate the defects of the law, and the injustice and outrages to which it affords occasion, by the case of Mr. Mundell, late Lieutenant of the 69th Regiment, who was seized on the 9th of November, 1847, at three o'clock in the morning, by four persons, three cf whom were policemen, who broke violently into his bed-room, and after addressing him with groat bru tality, manacled him, and drove him off at that hour of the night to a lunatic asylum, acting without any au thority from you, but at the instigation of the authorities at the Horse Guards, who had no sufficient ground fir such extraordinary proceedings, and not producing any warrant or authority for their conduct, or allowing Mr. Mundell to know the nature of the charges made against him, or any opportunity of explaining or defending his conduct, or of sending for a friend to see justice done to him.—l have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, " JOHN PERCETAL, " Hon. Sec. of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society. "To the Right lion. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. ?O DAY. -StvPqlA3l SOW. V. , uIA - 1. ' E,t , rith.•:,'s Knight tl - G tr) ;iv Sj sIIV w) 1 Duke of Richidund's Ilarutu - bearutn, ; st Betting-7 to 4on Knight of Gwynne, who waited into the cords, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 love. each, h ft if declared, &c.; for three yrs old and upwards. T. Y. C. (8 Subs., three of whom paid 10 sues. ft.) Duke of Bedford's Newport, 4 yra, Bst ... (Pettit) 1 Colonel Peel's Vasa, 4 yrs, Set (Flatroan) 2 Lord Clifden's Le Beau, 3 yrs, Est 41b (G. Mann) 3 Mr. Ford's Fuoco, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (llockerey) 4 Mr. Frankum's Dolly Varden, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 5 Betting— 5 to 2 agst Vasa, 3 to 1 agst Newport, 3 to 1 apt Fuoco, 4 to 1 agst each of the others. Fuoco, with the others waiting un her in a line, made good running to the cords, where it was taken up by Newport, who ran home a very clever winner by a length. Run in 1 min. 10 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, fa three yrs old; colts. Bst; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Newton's Falcon (Rogers) l a Mr. W. Stebbing's Osbaldeston ........• (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Cassidy's Diligence (J. Cassidy) 3 Mr. Combe's c.by the Nob out of liarmony(R. Cotton) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Falcon, who made nearly all the running, and won very easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 12 st-c. Match, 300 ; 50 ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie', 7st 51b (Pettit) 1 Lord Gifden's Surplice, Bst 101 b Betting-7 to 4on Surplice. Wou in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 12 mcs. Sweepstakes of 20 soya, each; for 3 yrs old, 7st.; four, Bs , 9 1b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and age d , 9st 41b.D. M. (3 Subs.) - Mr. Steven's Knight of Gwynne, 3 yrs (G. Brown) 1 Mr. Ford's o. by Lanercost, 3 yrs (Dockeray) 2 Mr. Batson's Beauclerc, 5 yrs Betting—Even on the Knight of Gwynne, and 7 to 4 agst Beauclerc. Won very easily by half a length. Beauclerc beaten off. Run in 1 min. 45 secs. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, hit; for four yrs old colts, B,t 7lb ; fillies, Bst 21b. Cesarewitch coure. (7 Subs. • Colonel Anson's Don Juan (F. Butler) 1 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Letitia Sir J. Hawley's Queensberry (Templemsn) 3 Lord Eglinton's Solon Betting -5 to 2 agst Queensberry, 3to 1 agst Solon, 3 to 1 agst Don Juan, and 7 to 2 agst Letitia. Queens. berry took the lead at starting, followed by Solon and Letitia, and made the running to the bushes, were Le titia, end Don Juan singled themselves out, and raced home together, the horse winning a fine race by a neck, the others were beaten off. Run in 4 min. 20 sm. Fifty pounds, for four years old, 7st 101 b; sive, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st. Last three miles of B.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. W. S. Stanley's Fire- cater (Cbapple) 1 Mr. W. Stebbing's Weatow (Bastian)) • 2 Mr. o.baldestou's Swiss Boy (F. Butler) ' Mr. Barne's Sotterly (Flatman) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Sotterly and 4to 1 agst Fire-eater, Won by half a length, Swiss Boy a bad third. Run in 6 min. 58 sec. Match-200, h ft, D.M., Lord H. Lennox's William the Conqueror, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord W. Powlett's c by John o'Gaunt, out of Ma Mie's dam. Time only permits us to add to the above brief return that the attendance was moderate, and the - weather fine but cold. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. TWO TRoIISAND GUINEAS STAKES. ' 6 to 4 agst Beehuuter (t) I 3to 1 agst Hardinge. 2 to 1 agst Pitsford CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Peep-u'-day 12 to 1 agst Miss Ann Boy 30 to 1 agst Roland. 10 to 1 agst Essedarius CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Pecp-o'-clay 255 to to a a g g :t t Af jo n h u n ns c ee o r sser Boy 25 10 to 1 agst Esscdarius 30 to 1 agrt Roland 12 to 1 agst Miss Ann (t) 40 to 1 agst Colliugwood 13 to 1 agrt Glauca 40 to 1 agst C oc k ermout h 17 to 1 agst Ellerdale (t) 100 to 1 agst Wallace (t) IS to 1 apt Chantrey (r) 100 to 1 agtt General Sale 20 to 1 agst Fugleman (t) l (taken) DERB' A to 2 agst Bolingbroke 6 to 1 agst Clincher 8 to 1 agst Mayors 1,000 t 3 15 to 013 0 to 1 agst Rhedycina 16 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 20 to 1 sgst Nutshell 33 to 1 agst Pitsford. Sir Charles. 12 to 1 agst Exotic filly THE MURDER IN THE WANDS WORTH-ROAD. Last evening Mr. T. Higgs held lan inquiry at the Nag's Head, Wandsworth-road, touching the death of Sarah Snelling. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body, which lay in the front kitchen of the house. It did not present the slightest appearance of violence, with the exception of the face, which showed 'indications of strangulation. The first witness examined was Mr. John Charles Parrott, the surgeon, who made a post mortals examina tion of the body. Ho said, a little before two o'clock yesterday afternoon I was sent for by some person, and told that a woman had ;been found dead in a gentle man's house in the Wandsworth-road. I went imme• diately to Claremont. place. The deceased was lying in the front kitchen. I cannot say whether she had bees moved. She was on the floor, on her back, with her head resting on some pieces of carpet. She was in, her day dress. One of her shoes was off. .Her clothes did not appear torn, or to have been disturbed. I did not see any blood about her. Nothing, as far as I could see, had issued from her mouth. A small basin of water was lying by her side on the floor. I noticed a coil of rope at her feet. The police bad not been there before I arrived. I then inspected the budy. It was warm, except the neck, which was wet. I did not then form an opinion as to how long she had been dead. I had the body stripped. I did not find any marks of violence upon it. The eyes and mouth were doted. There as not any discoloration on any part of the body. I then left the body in charge of the police. This afternoon I (veiled and examined the body. My father and other medical men were present. I have not been able to ascertain the cause of her death. I should think she had been dead an hour when I first saw her, but ft is almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty. I did not discover any smell as if she had taken poison. I found all the organs of the body in a healthy state, with the exception of the stomach, upon laying open which there were very distinct marks of recent and ac tive inflammation having taken place. The stomach contained about two table spoonfuls of digested matter. The remaining viscera and abdomen were in a healthy condition. The heart was very healthy indeed. The lungs were slightly adherent to the ribs. The brain was _very bea!thy. The contents of the stomach I have not yet analyzed. By a Juror—Did you observe anything to induce you to suppose that she did not die from natural causes? Witness—Only the inflammation in the stomacb. Juror—lf a person had been taken suddenly ill, would they have laid themselves in the position in which the deceased was found? Witness—l should say, certainly not. CORONER—If chloroform had been applied, would you have detected it? Witness—l cannot say, as Ido not suppose that there has been any case where a post mor• tem examination has taken place after chloroform has been applied. By a Juror—There was no smell of prussic acid. The inflammation was not sufficient to account for death. It can only be ascertained by an analysis. I should pre sume that some person had put her in the position in which she was found. Her legs from her knees were on the landing in the passsge. Her body as far as her knees was in the front kitchen. I have heard that her right leg was bent under her when she was first dis covered. The next witness called was Mr. John Meddle, who said, I reside at No. 14, Claremont-place, Wandsworth road. lam an independent gentleman. The deceased had been in my service lir 12 years. She was servant and housekeeper. She was, I believe, 33 sears of age. She was generally healthy, but her constitution was not strong. She was a very sober woman. She WBll a ser vant in the atricte.t sense of the word. I took her from consoieutious motives. The deceased and myself were the only persona in the house. Yesterday morning, about 25 minutes before eleven o'clock, she let me out to go to church. She appeared cheerful enough. I left her in the house alone. She locked the ewe of the house, us I desired her to do; at least if she d d not it was her neglect, as I always ordered tier to do so. After the church service was over I came home. I suppose it was about twenty minutes or half-past one o'clock, Upon reaching my house I knocked at the gate for some time, an !.fterwards I discovered that the side gate was open, which was a very unusual thing. I was preparing to jump over the gate, and then I found it was not fastened, but only the latch. I then went has tily dew': for I suspected that something was the matter. I went into the kitchen, and there I found her. She appeared as if she had been dragged from the kitchen • to the position in which she was found. Her 'head was lying on a hoop of carpet. The carpet Wag not in the kitchen when I went out. I then ran out of the house and gave an alarm. When I returned I went up stairs, and I discovered the frightful con. sequences of the stile she was in, and I em satisfied she was murdered. I found every place broken open; all my papers, deeds, bankers' re ceipts, and other things, were all thrown about the place. I missed a gold watch, about three or four pounds in money, and a coat. I cannot say what I have missed • yet, as I have been so excited by the matter. I marmot ray ELe bstl mr.l.;t h-r, hut I think All , : 'JO,: H p ,, U1.11 paid her es tk 142.furt , , I 1 ..;t1 ;:t r 4),. Ido not k r;ow thv: anti fol!owtr. ; I di.' ita line' lire to lii.ve buy ; I u.L kilt ebj.i.ei; to Imi' heLd it openly. An sttempt was made to break into my house about two months ago. When I went out I ordered the deceased to preprre a dinner. There was no ap pearance of any attempt when I came home; there wag no fire. Arthis state of the proceedings it was suggested to the Coroner by Mr. Superintendent Bicknell that it would defeat the ends of justice if the inquiry was proceeded with at present. The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry till Monday week. In the meantime an analysis will be made of the intestines. TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. E,,„ Ar . s .—ls there anything more plainly apparent, after Viscount Palmerston's exposé of the futility of presenting a note of remonstrance to the Government of the "United States upon infraction by the State of Carolina of the treaty of 1815, by which all subjects or citizens either of Great Britain or of the States were to be permitted at all times to enter, reside in, or freely leave the territory of the other power, than tbat our true Monarch's State Secretary should transmit to the state of Carolina, on account of the recent duress of our fellow-subject, seized on board the barque Mary Aim, at the port of Charleston, he having committed no offence—a man of excellent character, steward of that British vend, and by the authorities at Charleston kept in prison the whole time the vessel was in that harbour, a space of two months, a note representing those facts, and requiring redress (including rehnburstnent of the captain of the barque, both in the sum received of him for his steward's keeping in their gaol at Charleston, and in the further sutra of the steward's wages for that time of detention), and m: stant abandonment of that practice and custom of in%arce ration as regards any free and innocent person of the I rial Commonwealth Britannic, an undoubted citizen or sub ject? Respectfully your FELLOW FREEMAN. LYMINGTON • ELECTION, MONDAY NIGHT.—The nomination took place in the Town-hall at noon to-day. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Hutchins, the Liberal candidate, whereupon a poll was demanded by the supporters of Mr. Stewart, which will commence at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, and clo se at four P.M. Although the election will be a closel y - con tested one, yet th e Free trade candidate is still likely to be returned by a sma ll ma jority. In this agricultural district, however , the Protec tionists seem determined to make a great stand. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. Yesterday the pre amble of this companys Bill for their ext ens i on from Man ningtree to Harwich , and pier at the latter place, was p asse d. DRIED GEESE. — A vessel which has arrived from Bremen has broug ht a q uantit y o f dried ge ese as a port i on of her cargo, the produce of the Ransack states. ENTERTAINMENT TO LORD GOIALT.—DUBLIN, evening the members of the Hiber nianlauyb entertained our gallant and dis eutarCtdt, Lord Viscount Gough, at a dinner t A ; n r u ir i lj' sl 2 :e i9 ci t.e—d co o uit rB ri c n t in their Club-house, Stephen's -green. The chair was taken by Sir Edward Blakeny, LC. B. ; at his right sat the guest of the evening, Lord Viscount Gough, his Royal Highness Prince Georg-, of Cambridge and Colonel Pennetather ; at his left sat the Very Rev. the Dean of Derry (brother of Lord Gough), Colonel Turner, Lieut.-Colonel Bates, Colonel Mansell, Lieut.-Colcnel Gough, Colonel Oldfield, and the Hon. Captain Gough. THE CIIIN ESE Joni.—This most interesting exhi bition will in a few days be navigated up the River Thames, from Blackwall, to a space enclosed for its reception at the Temple Pier, where it will be accessible to the scores of thousands of inhabitants and visitors of the metropolis, who have hitherto been obliged to make a pilgrimage to the East India Docks in order to gratify universal curiosity. In, the present day there is no fixed time for sleep. The world roars around us like a torrent of events. Every. thing is rapid ; and we are whirled with velocity in the midst of a vortex as vast as it is incessant. Repose there is none; and instead of sleeping on a pillow of down, we stand con tinually on the tiptoe of expectation, awaiting the coming-on of to-morrow, big as it were with the doom of some great hereafter.—Eliza Cook's Journal. X.'x.~«E ::".