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lITANWELL COLLEGE , & PREPARATORY . ETIOOL. The TESI COM J AIENCFS THIS DAY. '-_ .A. EMORTON, D.D., Principal. 4B,T.UXION OF LONDON.. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER . Subscription List Closes 31 st instan t . Each Prizeholder will 4 tled to select FOR HIMSELF , as h eretofore, a Work of Art. CZ Subscriber will have for each Guinea the choic e of one lino engravings,—" The BURIAL OF HAROLD," by F. after F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A., or "THE VILLA OF " by J. F. Willmore, A.E.R.A., after W. T. Leitch, and . a volume of 31 weod engravings, by eminent artists, 11- 1C Goldsmith's poem of " The Traveller." The " Villa of ,1 1 9 Is now ready. GEORGE GODWIN, tnom Secs. LEWIS POCOCK, j 444 West Strand. TVIIG HT'S celebrated " LANCET' COFFE p in The Public are respectfully i nformed that this Coffee, to the , ;.„7 and excellence of which the An al y tical Sanitary Commission gifed in the Lancet. Medical Journal, may be had at Is. 4d., is. and 2s. per lb. Every other article of grocery equally excel likair free from adulteration. Country orders should be aecom -12. bY a post-ofilee order, or a reference for payment in London. lir.fels-.KNIGLIT and SONS, Tea-dealers and Grocers, next .....!Pread Eagle, Gracecharets-street.. h e — • LECTR 0 BIOLOGY. Mr. W. STOVE begs leave to announce that he has as -1/1,1, with Dr. DARLING, who has been eminently successful in t:7 Lectures and Experiments is Scotland ani Ireland, upon ti,:wo Biology, and that the Lectures and E xhibitions at the Maryle -ILiterary and Scientific Institution will hereafter be conducted "ifiz . conjointly. See the following Advertisement. ELECTRO BIOLOGY. kr G. ' • NV. STONE and Dr. H. G. DARLING have the honour to sitine that Lectures a interesting Experiments in the above uOice will be given by them at the Maryle bone Literary and Soleil oVastitution, 17, Edward-street, Portman-square, on the Evenings tirr 4 aY, March 25, Wednesday, 26, and Saturday, 29 ; and to pre- R.,: Interruption in the experiments, the doors will be closed at - tPast Eight precisely.—Doors open at Half-past Seven, commence -. ' 4 %ht. • •-..:__ Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, is. L APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVE D. ,„ 'ilk and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE k x SAUCE Imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops k h , , 97 4 11 Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and . its tonic. and invigorating properties enables the stomach Salad to me etlyT digest the food. k at ! daily use of this aromatic and de licious Sauce is the best safe ,' to health. B old by the proprietors, Lea a nd Perrin% 6, Vere-street, Oxford - Ent, London, and 68, Broad-street , Worce ster ; also b y Messrs. 4 . 4 ,' end S ons, Messrs. Crosse and Bl a ckwell, and other Oilmen ii; ce llierchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in IQ b i To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA ?BINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. NOTI. HR. ROYAL POLYT ECHNIC INSTITU kbe TION will be Closed on the 29 th instant, to be Re-opened on Moday: D : epositors are respectfully invited to forward their Otis befor n e the 12th April, that they may be numbered in the New -- '9on of the Catalogue, free of expense. Until the 29th instant the Lectures on Science, including Music, t t a gi nd , the usual Ezhibitions will be continued Mornings and R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. ........... -- - . I Perms- LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO , Ti Annual Policy Bonus in emit Re- Licensed by Act of Parliament. Age. E E Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of ARGYLL ROOMS, GR EAT WINDMILL- i. g miuna. out in to Sum Cash. Annual -r. (10 Ie -. STREF.T, ST. JAMES'S. Assured. -.wane, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-squere.) —— Premium. T OPEN EVERY EVENING, I s. d. Zs d. Xs. d. With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. 1 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 16,..... Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 thi.-14 open at Half -past Eight o'clock —Dancing to commence at 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 ' and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. X, A cd. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 Admission, One Shining. 60 1000174 8 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 ell -............. 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 tt,z,,, IMPORTANT TO READ. 1843 116 10 10 55 10 10 81 10 ' 42 SCE AND ECONOMY COMBLNED, AND SILVER 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 , IMPORTANT TO READ. DANCE AND ECONOMY COMBINED, AND SILVER SUPERSEDED. Nos. 41 and 42, BARBICAN. SEND EIGHT POSTAGE STAMPS, and by tit ot return, and post free, you will get a handsome teaspoon of T hi LES WATSON'S SOLID ALBAT A PLATE. Ist beautiful material has now enjoyed an unparalleled success kn Years. It has survived all other solid substitutes ; has gone . I t.t lit of the globe ; has been tested for its sweetness and 1118, 4 . In all climates tor every domestic use ; and, however uto- tept l 7t n ) - 1 3' appear to , the sceptical reader, C. WATSON stakes his 14 th:in on its possessing all the essential attributes of silver, both r and W ea lib,sweetness. th,_ establishment also contains every article in electro-plate. from t est neat and simple to the most costly and recherché. Knives te,,?rks, Paper Tea-Trays, Dish Covers, and an endless variety of Extensive. Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Pramium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ar3 —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by. Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged aro more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap ,3roached through Classification and Average, which lasts not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. . . 4 4 3 ata Plate. Good Strong Threaded. l E nl le t et d rc. Electro- Fiddle. Fiddle. plated Threaded. "...............___ , _________ i --- -- Doz. Doz. Doz. Doz. Doz. tkiii e r. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. r y e For .. 16 6 21 0 30 0 45 0 63 0 bi t ; r t t orks .... 16 6 21 0 30 0 45 0 63 0 _bas k Spoons.. 12 6 16 6 25 0 36 0 43 0 I' rt Forks .. 12 6 16 6 25 0 36 0 42 0 titamoons .... 5 6 8 0 l3 6 18 0 30 0 Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the tree Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to titre, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of 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 Office, or to any of its Agents. NealA' -.DING RING AND A GUARD RING for 215., both of eeding gold and stamped. Parties at any distance, by cutting )os ele of their finger on a piece of card, and enclosing it with a Tt p . a i lee order, will have them sent by return of post. %ft °. ,! 1 an agreeable and pleasant mode of purchasing these arti -4: r saves a personal application. eilli pt, ° lel Chain for either Lady or Gentleman, weighing half an 4 ,1.4 0 „. 4 , 011 .; an ounce, 80a. 41esa-`,,S.TIIE P ATENT CANDLE LAMPS have obtained for , '4ll:l v es a deserved and unrivalled superiority, and reasonably so. N4 4 , 1 '1 1 4 )8 are most offensive to the smell, and the ephemeral Cam -444 rata such smut and unwholesome effluvia as to injure health onia dresses, &c., whilst the Candle Lamp is inodorous and pure. re p wAT-;ON invites the public to an Ins p ection of the It, t o every variety, commencing with the Queen's Lamp, from . 1 1i f ,r2. ; the mid size, from 12 s . to 355. ; and the magnum, from 1 44: five guineas. Candles for the a bove at the lowest price in the ts, u SION SERVICES of all sizes. I t 'AR LISHED in 1795.—Address, 41 and 42, Barbican. 4ereha— ;its Shippers,allowed a liberal discount. Catalogue sent post free. All goods exchanged if not :9- — Ted of. Carriage paid to any part of the kingdom. • f National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire Both Offices. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Royal Charter of his Majesty George 1720), For SEA, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURANCES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from London and Gravesend. Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE BIIILLINGie To or from Blackwan. Foro Cabin........ 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. Intermediate Piers •••• • • • • 6 d• 44 t ht! her Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. -.• rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). ',...., FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Sus-GovEnNoij—Thellon..Totin_Ttiorniou Leslie Melville. Dzetnv-Goveitwo.v.--George Pearkes 13arelayilleq. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. MEDICAL REFEREE—SaMUeI Solly, Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Soames, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Esq., F.R.S., Consulting Surgeon, 2F M ' ---- '"........... WEEK DAYS. 1 Green Fur tsle litosh r . T i me vine. Grays 1 - I hithe. I fleet , me. h the. Grays G een- 1 Fur- Roster fleet '`,... . — -- /X IN -- —8% 11,', t9x Ix --•— — ix-- St. llelen's-place. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th of April. Life Assurance may be effected to the extent of Ten Thousand Pounds on one Life ; with, or, at lower Premiums, without partici pation in profits. The Reversionary BONUS on Participating Life Policies has amounted on an average to 46 per Cent. on the amount of Premiums paid. The Fees of medical referees are paid by tho Corporation. This Corporation has held a high position during upwards of a Century and, a Quarter, and affords unquestionable security by its capital-stock. :atttrd Lys onl: bire e o ttv... t Trains from the Boats marked t 44„"Muses from Fone,urch-street Station to all parts of London kkiiitquarter of an hour. lIRITNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the Trains front the Fenchurch•street Station. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. SUNDAYS. ~.*:, . ............:LVEZ1E DAYS. ----------_ ONE PAYMENT FOR THE WHOLE OF LIFE. gia 4 1 it. ...,:. p er . ' Time. p m .. G ree n_ nr . Reahr. rFHE RAILWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY, „, Green- Gray , Itoshr m --- fleet hithe. —a y' ville. for granting Assurances upon Payment of a Single Premium, % 21.1.eet hithe. 1/....0. if. X against Loss of Life or other Personal Injury arising from Railway ----. _... -- ---.--- --- -------- --- Accidents. Incorporated under the Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., 2 • cap. 110. Capital - One Hundred Thousand Pounds. Offices, No. 5, 2 — 9 St. James's-street, London. 2 •-- 11 TRUSTEES. 0, 1 -- 4 1 4 -- --.— The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. I The Common Sergeant. 4R. -- —5% The Hon. Henry G. Spencer. I Charles Ilopkinson, Esq. The distinctive feature of this Company consists in the sufficiency of ONE PAYMENT to cover an Assurance for the WHOLE OF N......... , LIFE. ,1 The first is the only expense and trouble, there being no annual re v t, -- qtees rns.tr..ei a are run direct, the Packets not being per- newal of premium. . The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. I The Common Sergeant. The Hon. Henry G. Spencer. Charles Hopkinson, Esq. The distinctive feature of this Company consists in the sufficiency of ONE PAYMENT to cover an Assurance for the WHOLE OF LIFE. The first is the only expense and trouble, there being no annual re newal of premium. By granting Assurances to Passengers only, and excluding all those persons in the employ of Railway Companies or Contractors among whom the heavier risks occur, the Directors of this Com pany are enabled to issue Policies at a lower rate of premium than is offered by any existing Company. Upon proof being given that a party assured has met with his death by railway accident, the Company will pay to his representa tives the full amount of his Policy. If the accident shall result in personal injury only, the Company will ray to the assured a fair compensation for such injury. Assurers have the option of travelling in carriages of any class, and on any railway in the United Kingdom. The Directors are now granting assurances upon the following terms, via.: — For every Policy of 100/. 0/. ss. I For every Policy of 1 2 , 000/. 41. 4s. 0001. '2l. 2s. 5001. 1/. ss. ~ ~ , Agents are appointed in all the es principal towns of the United Ki n gdom, through whomASsurane W W. W. ILLIAMS, Secretary. h. 1 '46 ‘tt,,, -a ge3 marked * are run direct, to step at Piers or for Boats. tIC.,,Lr TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. rkcy,'kOnths 11. 155.; to be had ef the ir e ; or Nil*. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gra' \ *gar) 8, 1851. . 48. ; Six Months, 21 a Collectors on boa ivesend. !.155.; rl the BUDGET.—In noticing the most momen qotu. tOus question of the day, the all absorbing question of the ,14t1. 1 .w e shall not pause at the outset to consider whether it does or Zit j ) :2 t assimilate with the general wish, but shall remark 9117 the man who can produce a budget acingembracingthe Inte l% , l and thrice happy he who can produce one affording uni- Sv;,' satisfaction. Men of the largest and most extended talents ii h itherto failed in this achievement, and to E. MOSES and SON depn reserved the happy lot to accomplish this co n s ummation so 1 3' wished for. • Itskealle NI arranging their Budget •or 1851, EE. M OSES and SON at declare they had no new f discoveries to make, no contend ata tests to reconcile, no laborious task to carry out; they have to ..but to pursue without deviation their old and successful course, a the best and most appro ved material in every department of Iti k k ;:varied manufactures, to employ the greatest possible amount of ble r ua nleal skill, and to effect sales so extensive as to ma k e the k te tSt shadow of a shade of profit amply suffice. Without entering 4 ,etails of necessity too voluminous to be interesting. b a t for k io d , l they ' refer their own valued public to their stock, they boldly bsj i nheattatingly declare they have produced a Budget, at once em kr,_dk the iaterests of all, and, at the same time. one which will ra universal satisfaction. For where the national wants have ~ec, l u_ded all the relief which could have been craved by some. E. %„„`"ES and SON'S low prices will enable them to bear the disap "lntinent more chcertuliy ; and to those whose wishes have been Used, they afford the indulgence in luxuries not always attainable. A handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on applicatioa. t 4 ll l, e new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a full report I tt :he late important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by E,l_Post free. iitLaIOSES and SO except any the following : . I don City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, 311nories, 83, , r ", and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. li i ' West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxfor d-street, 1,2, Ilart.street, all communicating. t t r i adford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19; Bridge - street. I. thdeld Branch, 36, Farate. kikk;"ra , Clothiers, Hatte g rs, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe- T h !is. and General for Ladies and Gentlemen. tkdrjf4tablishments Outfitters are closed from sunset Friday to sunset 13*- - 'l• When business is riermed till Twelve o'clock. lei I'on pule Francaise. Qui si pule Italian. liter spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol, L" LIFE ASSURANCE Fleet-street, next St. D uns tan's Church,aT.h 14, 8 Notice is hereby given, that th e Books f or Tran err S s 3sif cing SOCIETY, hlarse I.bine this Society will be Closed o n Th ursday, the 20t h instant, and will Re -opened on Thursday, th e 10 th day of April nex t . The Dividends for the year 1850 will be Payable on Monday, the 7th day of April next, and on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Ac tuar Y . N.B. Policies for the whole term of life effected during the present year will participate In the profits to be declared to the end of 1854. R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. iy Te be had of Sherwood 23, Paternoster-row ; Ca rvalho ; Iti4*,!_eet-street ; Mann. 39, Conthill ; or direct from the author , v ne Shilling each ; by post, Is. ad. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. ,t o _ "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." ' l 4ll, „"Titzrrs_ :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex -1%.'.1 about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, 41 , Fields, nigh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country am gambles-Tice Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home klsk tl6l t--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, 'Ewe. Occupation, &c., &o. 11. IritAtIMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vole. Vol'. tart To TEE LAKES; SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, &o. tiro Vol. U. LAS= Or KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES Or DUBLIN, Esc. HAT TO EAT, DRUM, AND AVOID. 4 , "Th athree seore years and ten our course may ran." ..et i rliular review of almost every form (cause and core) of ner i-debiaitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses 44.4 ° nnic, besets the man of pleasure , business, or study, and em kip Oki age, with tables and rules for t he diet and physical reisu - of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, ht._ Truths g as refined as Athens ever heard." trtto old ago. The advent • h - Ze.ao'r : rimage, from infancy 'oi nti t'amoions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of ....ocmess and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, ."oodiative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. „ " To be or not to be , that is the questio n." eol 6 iactrari:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re .lxs▪ k e t egarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and 1tu, , , 0n both sides, as to age , temperament, comp lexion, and 114, 11 ..% 0 secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. olos ‘ stdefectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. 14 4 1‘.''. J, (=MERRELL, M.D. (1841), 11,R,0.8. (1827), L.S.A. Tweety.five years Medical and Forensic Referee in the se 43::.Restiplion bows daily till fl!s, X7Ealnip, mon till MUM _.141,1 DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRM/TIES OF YOUT H With Plain Directions for their l lT re Y vention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jost published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealea Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, LIBIJF-PRESERVATI ON, a M e dical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities a ad Disorders of Yo uth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, whieh destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish awl 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 fromlndis Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminen t mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty and coloured Engravings, EofEn the ge_ gravings,illu productives trating Organs,tiia e a i t o p s i n ai y n , in k?) t , s t l e o i l r o g a t y r , actin as, uses, and fu nc ti on, and the various injuries that are produced in them by s o lit ary habits, excesses, end infection. BY SAMUEL LielkIF.RT, M.D.. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of ran ,- burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, 84c., Eze. 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 an ti d tesmo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. lie may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated threagh secret practices acquired Le youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne-street, b yeHaymart ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, or free ypost for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who way be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, I pis tan ti 4 tiTcynd frOMILI till eight, _ N°. 18,253.] • - . • • , {. '„ . • • i • LONDON ) T ITESDAY • „ $4, MARCH 2, 1851 _5: NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. *Ralph. Gough, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. i*Edmund S. Symes, Esq. Ftklement Tabor, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. t*Augastas Visne, Esq• AUDITOR. 'Professor Wheat,tone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. Elliotson, 31. D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. 6 t*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, G s rosye7 N orlstreet, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. i.W. S. B. Woo'house, Esq., F.R.A.S., &D. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*MCUTS. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Thregmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000/. 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 Table 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 kends of third parties. Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the To* Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,000/. ; tne amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the 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 sam assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LOYDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths In England, and bat two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the otheffor 2001.—making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when It is remembered how severely the life otllces generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1149, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of theto 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. 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 110,9721. 125 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9501. 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. 11d. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. I Is. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parts's, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in Au nuitles 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 Mbdical Officers of the establiih ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDIAPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are not, therefore, dependent for their validity on the construction to be put upon pre vious statements or the official papers which preceded them, or upon reports, prospectuses, or other varying documents. They are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, AND NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS OF SECURITY. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of life assurance, the progress of this company has been rapid from the commencement of its business, and it steadily advancing. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. 1118. lIORNE'S NEW WORK. Now ready in 2 vols., 212. bound, THE DREAMER and the WORKER. A Story of the Present Time. By . R. H. HORNE, Esq., Author of " Orion," &e. " The Dreamer and the Worker' belongs to the school which has produced ' Mary Barton,' and Alton Locke.' It is a fine addition to the new literature which illustrates the bodily and mental condi tion, and the social and political position and progress of the work ing classes. The story abounds with powerful description. Every page is full of thou;htful and suggestive matter."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MURRAY'S HANDBOOKS, 1851. Advertisements Intended for Insertion in MURRAY'S HAN DBOOK of LONDON, must be forwarded to the Publisher be fore the 15th of April next ; and for Insertion in MURRAY'S CON TINENTAL HANDBOOKS, before the Ist of May. 50, Albemarle street, London, March 1851. "'WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS MORNING?" Such is usually the query over the breakfast table with visitors to London. Let U 3 answer the question. If you can admire the most beautiful specimens of Papier Mache manufacture which are pro duced in this country, displayed in the most attractive forms —if you want a handsome or useful Dressing Case, Work-Box, or Writing Desk—if you need any requisite for the work-table or toilet—or if you deSire to see one of the most elegant emporiums in London, then you will go to MECHI'S, 4, LEADENIIALL-STREET, near the India House, in whose show-rooms you may lounge k away an hour very pleasantly. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which have been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years, has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written by John Mallard Wheeler, Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, hav ing been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for publi cation, will fully confirm. " I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphatically tell you, in mercyito any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy : not only am I person ally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether ; if in a later, they alleviate pain and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETII EDITION. CONTAININU TllE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF 31b. Oats, 12st 131 b, 12st 51b, and llst 1011 s. Barley, 16st 91b, 16st 31b, and 15st 131 b. Peas andbeans, 19st 111 b, 18st 111 b, and 17st 101bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 220 Wheat •...£2.. 2 6 Z 1 19 0 £1 14 0 : 1007 Oats 329 Barley ll2 0 18 0 12 0 41 Peas and Beans 1 11 0 1 8 0 1 5 0 Average of wheat 38s 4d. ABIRDEEN, MAncn 21.—Grain—Oats (old), Os Od to:Os Od; 401bs per bushel; oats (new), 15s Od to 15s 6d, 401bs per bushel; barley, 00s Od to 20s Od. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 19861 to Os 0d,521bs per bushel; wheat 393 to 40s; oatmeal, 12s 6d to 13s 6d per boll ; flour, 29s to 31s per sack. Provisionsßeef, 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton„ , ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d; pork, per stone, 3's to ;.is 6d ; lamb, per qr, 4a to ss; tallow, per stone, 33 to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, lid to 7d, hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 8d to Od; hares, each, 2s to 2s 6d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb,` 9d to 10a ; eggs, per doz, 6d to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23s0d; hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings; ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, ditto, es Od to 10s0d; geese, ditto, 6s to 7s ; butter for exportation (present cure), per ern, 70s to 00s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 01 to 4*(l ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, Os t,d to Os Od; pork fine, small, bs 6d to Os Od; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; ship ' pork per barrel of '204 lbs; Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Os 'Od to is 4d ;. barley dust, 7d to 8d; peasemeal, le 8d to lalOd ; aids, 6d to 7d ; bereratal, Is 2d to Is 3d; flour,.ls 8d to Is 10d; barley, per lb, ld to 2d; barley flour, is 4d to Os Od. - GLASGOW, MARCIt 2:l—XoW:di—We have had an active market during the last few days, and prices have advanced *d per lb, as compared with the terms of this day week.. Middling Orleans may be qUoted 7d to Thd per lb. .There is ,a 4iull feeling in goods and yarns, and spinners' and` others are.Ynore disposed to sell than formerly ; on the whole the prospects of this branch of trade ere rather depressed. Pig Iron—Pig iraa continues to' decline in value. During the week a considerable quantity has been sold at"4ls to 41s 6d cash, and 42s to 42std for No. 1 Gartsherrie. The make is still in excess Of Indents and co nsumption, and, so long as this continnes , .isalta6t be expected to improve. CORK, MARCH 21. The trade has been quiet, but as regards wheat the market has assumed a firmer tone, partly from the feet that at the English side an improvement has taken place is the article, and partly because that we had scarcely a single arrival during the last few days, while many of the vessels, which lay in this port, have sailed for their respective destinations. The re ceipts of hoine grain for the week have been , trifling, still ,prices havenot been so viell.supported, as of la.t4 and we must therefore quote barley and oats the turn cheaper. Owing to the firmness manifested at the Mark Lane and Liverpool mar kets, holders of foreign wheat here have been looking for an advance of 6d per - barrel on last week's rates, 'Ouch in some instances they have succeeded in obtaining. Ate have a mo derate business passing in the article at about'2os 6d to 21s per barrel for Polish Odessa. In barley we.,have nothing doing. In eats also we have not heard of any sales having been made. Prices continue nominally as last quoted. The flour trade continues pretty much in the condition noted in our last, but if we have any change it is in favour of the seller. Coarse descriptions are still in good demand., Indian corn, with a very consumptive sale, has given way to .the extent of 2s. 6d. per ton. We quote the value of Portuguese 71, of Galatz 71 5s pef. ton. . Barrels. • Currency. 2 White wheat ...19s Od to 005 01 0a Od-20 stone 8 Red wheat 18s 3d to 00s Od 00 01-20 do 48 Barley ' 11s Od to lls 8d 00s Od-16 do 0 Bere 72 Oats 18 Pigs Quantity sold at the, Highest Pricei: 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 28 barley ; O bere; 23 oats ; 3 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs soldlast week:— Wheat, 86. Barley, 172. Oats, 2,457. ' Pigs, 192. Return of Cattle sold for the .week ending March 15:— Pigs, 692. • Sheep,. 257. Cows, 137. CORK.—Flour:—Firet 11 s 6d to 124 Od ;; extra 13s Od ; seconds, lOs Od to 1110 d; households 8s to 10s Od; thirds, 6s to 8s per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal 7s exl to 8s Od; wheat meal, 93 6d.to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 7104 to 717* 6d per ton. Bran 92s 6d to 95s per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 40s; average 36s ; dealers 429 to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. ttr aw— Farmers 12s Od to 298 . 0 d ; average 259 ; dealers 401 Od to 00s Od; average 00s Oil per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf sf r d to 6d ; household loaf 41d to 5d per 41b. Fresh 'butter, 10d to 12d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per. hni2dred. Coals— Newport 14s Od; Lydney 15s ; Landore 141; Neath Cuhn, 13s 6d per ton. • Tallow 37s Od to • 38s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperiali gallon. Meat —Beef 4id to bid; mutton 5d to 7d ; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 61 lOs to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 312* 6d to 3158 per ton. Bark—Barbary 7: Os to 8/ Os ; Valonia 15/ to 01; French 61 Us ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wooll4l to 15s per stone. Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red ditto, 263 to 003 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 11/ 5s to OOP per ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellow ditto, 2/ 15s per' ton ; deals, 12s to 15 s per 100. Hides— Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 344 per cwt ; calf skins 3id to 3111 per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; Minions, 10d to lad. Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s t lehaboe, 8/ to 9/ Cs per ton. Tar —Archangel, 19s per barrel. ---• DISEASE. Illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 0 S PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY AND lIIVEDI=4 ; 44 I .SAIiFa...„ - - A leve and Improved - Edition, erti VW, INF DV post, direct from the Establishment , Ss. 6 d. in pos age Stamps, iHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by ex -0631V0 indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, followed by observations on the Married State, and the disqualifica tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and )y the detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO ., Consulting durgoons, 19, Berners-street, Oxaird-street, London. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row • Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Ileadenhall s treat, London. PART 1. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive irgans, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART M. treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engiav ings. PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Tais important part the Work should not escape the reader's aotico. _ SPORTING NOTES: PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, ant its du ttes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL Thum of SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, Impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. p3r bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per battle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., any' 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhma, gleet, stricture, and ctronio Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, If. A. minute detail of the 'case is required: age, habits, aad posi t' on in society. 5% Packets, with advice, to be had at the keta b isilment eia'y by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, S ...goons, are in attendance duly at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sun us, from Eleven to One. THE COUNT The following is the official corn, &c., received in the poi Essex, from the 17th March, both inclusive : Y MARKETS. No. XXIV. statement of the quantities of I of London from the ports in 1851, to the 22d March, 1851, • a • 2 21 11 hol g 4 -a , 0 IP o, rz , Colchester 60 300 45 Harwich Leigh 326 71 73 42 Maldon 7631 81 100 6 336 113 730 CHELMSFORD, MARCH 21.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old _42s to 465; new 41s to 465; red, old THE NORTIIAM2TON MEETING. TM every thing be noted with precision."—SHAKSPERE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The moves that I lightly touched upon in my note of yesterday were but the forerunners to further changes, which were brought about in the afternoon at Tattersall's, in the evening and this morning both at the West End and in the City; they led to the following alterations in the market:—On the Northampton races, Peep-o'-day-Boy on a largo investment yesterday was made the favourite for the Trial Stakes at even against the field; this morning, odds are laid on bins, 5 to 4 generally, but in some instances 6 to 4 has been the price. As he is a certain starter, I feel inclined to take him in preference to Nancy or Recruit, although holding these youngsters in high esteem. Sotterley, The Reaper, and gelding by Orlando will, perhaps, swell the field. For the First Northampton Triennial Stakes, it is said to be a foregone conclusion for Mr. Greville's Frantic, by Alarm, dam by Mulatto, out of Lunacy, a well-bred horse, and a dangerous one to be against for whatever he may be intended for. lie is also in the Althorpe Park Stakes, for which, however, rumour says, he will not go. A good deal of money was put on him yesterday at 3 to 1, and 2 to 1 was taken freely that the confederates (Messrs. Greville and Payne) swept the stake; and 10 to 1 that they carried off both Triennial and Althorpe Park; by no means an impro bable feat, considering that their lot for both stakes in cludes the names of Frantic, Freedom, Hirsute, and Chaffinch. Lord Exeter has a remarkably fine animal among the entries (Ambrose), which must not be despised; it also . is entered for both the two years old stakes, but can hardly be expected to run for both. Lord Clifden, it is said, will reserve his couple for some good thing in the womb of futurity. Jam rather sceptical on this point; they have got capital reputations, Magnes particularly. Sir Joseph Hawley's Ilaitoe colt, and Major Martyn's Convulsion, both by Alarm, have many admirers; I am not among the number. The field for this stake will be good, probably the following:—Convulsion, Ambrose or St. Martin colt, Pelopidas, George the Third, Magnes or Sackbut, Haitoe colt, Frantic, Freedom or Hirsute, France, Red Hind and Prioress filly. I think the result will be in favour of the confederates' colours, with Frantic most probably; the straw-colour of Lord Clifden second, and Lord Eglinton's tartan on Pelopidas, third. For the Great Northamtonshire Stakes the field will consist of St. Rosalie, Legerdemain, Clothworker, Kissaway (d), Zadoc, The Cocktail (d), Tophana, Mooltan, Joe Sutherland, Cottager, The Swindler, Nutmeg, Valentine, The Ban, Truth, John o'Gaunt colt, Pandemus e Leap Year, Ginevra, and one of Lord Clifden's. The race, in my opinion, will lay with St. Rosalie, Legerdemain, Nutmeg, The Ban, and John o'Gaunt colt, ending as I said before in favour of LEGERDEMAIN or ST. ROSALIA, former for choice, with the other three close up. The Open Stakes will lay between Vesta and Aristos ; and the Maiden Plate with Simplicity or Heart of Oak. For Earl Spencer's Plate, on Thursday, a large field will go to the post, probably composed of the fol lowing:—The Old Fox, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—The Pilot, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Sir Robert, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Equiria, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Aldgate, 5 yrs, ist 51b—Mouse, 4 yrs, ist 51b —Sagacity, aged, 7st 31b—Docility, 5 yrs, ist 21b —Sisyphus, 4 yrs, 7st—Visite, 4 yrs, Est 121 b—Le Juil, 3 yrs, Est 111b—Hippia, 4 yrs, 6st 1 llb —Humphrey, 4 yrs, 6st Sib—Pierre de Touche, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Forlorn Hope, 3 yrs, 6st—Souffle, 3 yrs, Set 121b—The Incurable, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. The fancy nags are, Sir Robert at 3 to 1, Equiria and The Old Fox at sto 1; in my opinion not one of the three aro fast enough at the weight to win. I prefer Visite, and the four three years old at the bottom of the handicap to the cracks, and fancy one of this quintette will turn up the trump card, Visite for choice, with Pierre de Touche and the roan filly as a forlorn-hope. For the Althorpe Park Stakes, The Greek, purchased at the sale of Mr. Johnstone's yearlings in September last for 1451., seems to be considered by the stable and a great portion of the sporting public, a certainty; it was backed yesterday for a large stake at odds varying from 4 to 1 to 5 to 2; this morning 2 to 1 is considered a good price. The money prognosticates this animal to be the winner. I will venture to assert it will not be nearer than third; there are several horses in the race good enough to beat it. The field will in all probability consist of the following:—The Greek, Frantic (d), Eller, Dilbar colt, Elcot, The Old Lad, Ambrose, France, Miss Conyng ham, Hirsuta, Flirt, filly:by Iletman!Platoff; Sophistry, and Sorella's dam filly. Frantic is doubtful, and may be de ducted from the list; one or two others not named may be added. My opinion of Frantic I have before stated. Mr. Clerke'e Elcot may astonish the natives, I should say " the Ring;"" the Marlborough Buck, from the same stable, distinguished himself by winning the only stoke he run for last year; and Elcot, quite equal to what his stable companion was when he accomplished the lafor'esaid victory, might do something notable at Northamwon on Thursday; mark that! Day's stable will produce a nice tit for the occasion, 'yclept Miss Conyngham; she will, I take it, be one of the first three. The Goodwood stable will also be represented by a dashing filly, Tne Flirt being highly promising. The Haman Platoff filly, supported for a very heavy sum )estorday in the City, I cannot fancy. The Duke of Bedford's Sophistry is the only other requiring comment: she will be forward in the race, but not first. T. sum up, I opine, the race will be between Flirt, Miss Cony ngham, and Elect; throwi❑g cut Frantic for ihe reasons before-mentioned; and it would not surprise me were they to pass the post as I have placed them, with Sophistry, The Old Lad, Llirsuta, and The Greek heading the ruck. The Cup Stakes will go to Sunrise, if she runs; other wise to one of the top weights. The Handicap Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each, &c., will, I think, be won by Geuevra, 3 yrs, sst 41b, with Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst 21b, in attendance. Mern.—Newminster looks unhealthy for the 2,000 and Derby; 6 and 7 to 1 for the former, and 15 and 16 ,o 1 for the latter, don't look quite up to the mark. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. March 25, 1851. COAL MAitii6l.—YlisTkßDAY. Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s 61 [letton Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 6d Russell's Hatton South Peareth I :antisld Moor ......... 133 11 Kelly.. ”...... ......• .. 151,01 l'aafield Mobr Butes... 13s ed South Hartlepool- lsa Od Wall's End, &c. Whitworth Hilda l3s Od.Tees ... , Bs 3d Lawson Eden Main ...... ...... 13, 9dDorwentwaterHartley 14s 6d B rad d y ll RAILWAY SHAKE MA.RKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 24, STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was rather ac tive to. day. The transactions were as follow .Great Western, New 171. Shares, 24 dis.—Vale of Neath, 4% die.— Taff Vale, Quarters, 40. LIVERPOOL, MARCH '24. STOCK EVORA/WM—The share market on opening this morning was again dull, and continued fiat throughout the day, prices having a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow : Aberdeen, Hi% Apbergate and East Junction, 3% dis..—Caledoman. 14 %—Great Northern, 18 — Kendal and Windermere, 1114—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6114 —Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto, 20/. F,1% dis. —London am o North- Western, 129% Ditto, New Quarters, 5% Ditto, Quarters (C)„ 3 •p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 36%—Midland, 63%—Ditto, Halves, 13% dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 6—Sh re wsbury and 78 1, Ch es t e r, Thirds, 10—Ditto , Oswestr y and Chester, 144 — South-Eastern and Dover, 2714—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 211/4 —York and North Midland, 27% —Dublin and Belfast Junction, 194 dis. MANCHESTER, BIARelt 24, STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been rather heavy to-day, and prices generally are lower than last week. The transactions were as follow: Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston (Eastern Junction), 3 !kr dis,—Lancashire and Yorkshi a Stock, 61% —London and -North-Western (Man chester and. Birmingham,Quarters), 10%-North Staffordshire, 6 1 4 dis. 3 p.—North br i t isb, --- BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 24. STOCK EXCHANGE- -The share market was very dull to day. The only transaction reported was—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), dis. YORK, MARCII 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow :—North British, 10 5 A—York, Newcastle, and J3er wick (New cas tle Extension), 16 78—York and North Mid land, Preference, 81. 18s. Pd. 366 to 41s ; new, 36s to 40s ; barley, 25s to 29s ; cheValier 21s to 295; grinding 18s to 245; oats 15s to 20s; malt 53s to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to 29s ; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26s to 28s ; old, —a to —s; dun, new, 26s to 288 ; beans, tick, new 24s to 26s ; old, 24s to 27s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old Otis to 008; ma zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 00s to 00s per qr. COLCHESTER, MARCH 22.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 36s to 40s ; barley 22s to 288 ; beans, mazagan 223 to 24s ; middle and small 24s to 28s ; peas 26s to 23s per qr. HADDINOTON, MARCH 21.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. First ... ... 48s Od 31s Od 22s 6d 29s Od Wheat34s market t O d 4 1 5 7 6 . r O s d . 4 2 0 5 7 s s 0 0 1 d d Second ... ... 38s 8d I 27s 10d 19s 9,1 27s 6d Third 34s quantity of Do. Barley do. 289 qrs., 228 sold Do. Oats do. 393 qrs., 360 sold Do. Beans do. 225 qrs., 174 sold KIRKALDT, MARCH 22.—The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. First 443 Od 283 Od 21s Od —s Od —s Od Second 39s Od 228 92 19s Od —s Od —s Od Third 353 Od 19s 62 163 6d —s Od Od Oatmeal, ner bag of 2801bs imperial, 26s Od to 27s Od. GLAsa ow, MARCH 19.—Provisions—Cheese, 33s to 42s Od per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, lld to Od per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, 10 d to 10i country powdered, wholesale, 8d to Od. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s 10d per 120, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 2s 9d per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. Fatxrax, MARCH 20.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 694 b olls ; wheat at 16s 6d to 19s Od p er boll ; barley, 17s 6d to 17s 9d ; oats, 12s Od to 15s 6d; beans, 13s 9d to 14 3 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. PERTH, MARCH 21.—Wheat, old, ON Od to Os Od; ditto, new, 35s to 39s ; barley, new, 19s Od to 21s Od ; oats, • 13s to 17s ; peas and beans, 22. Od to 21s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 00s to 28s. 21 Wh told, 295; • KELso, AI . ea , 23 sto ditto, new; 181 to 30s Od ; barley, new, 16s Od to 20s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os; potato oats, 001 to 00s Od ; ditto new , 12 s to 14 s Od ; common ats 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, lls to 13s Od ; peas, 19s Od o to2os Od ; beans , 19s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels. kinaLticc, 111 Au cii 21.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 24s ; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 18s 6d to 20s Od; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 15s 9d to 17s 62. Od to ON ; ditto new, 108 Od to 12s 9d ; Oats, common , ditto ne w, 00s Od • ditto, Flemish, Os Od to 03 Od; ditto d , malt, distillers, 31s 62 to 336 • ditto brewers, 32s 6 to 342 ; beans new 12s Od to 14s 3d; pease 00s per boll, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditt o Od to 00s Od; flour, new p er sack, 3 1 s to 33s O d; ditto commo n ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to Oas Od; ditto new 00s Od to 27s 6d ; ditto per peck of dozen'id to 7d;Bd fresh butter, per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs. per 6d to ; hay per ton , Od to Os ; ditto new, 80s Od to 841. ilisnwicK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, 35s 8d; barley, 22s 9id ; oats, 16s 6d ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 24s Od ; g peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. HAWICK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, new, 18s to 30s Od; barley, new, 12s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, ON Od to ON Od ; potato oats, 12s Od to 14 s Od ; common oats, Ils Od to 14 s ; p eas, 19s Od to 20s Od; beans, 19s Od to 20s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. DA.LICRITH, MARCH 20.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were lt4t 1011, 1 list gh and 160 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.- Miles 0pen,1730--Traffic for the week ending March 22:- Passengers £5,175 2 9 Goods ... ••• ••• 2,087 11 2 Total ... ... £7,262 13 11 Corresponding week last year... 7,694 8 9 SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front General rost- oleo by the night—and by the morning—dispat t eh he .1 When made up in From what When PLACES. General Post-office port die- due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 23 Liverpool.. April 10 r. America (by U.S. pkt.). N April 4 .. • • Liverpool.. April 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) 31,March 26 .. Southampt. April 5 Africa (West coast)• • Nll4th of the month Plymouth April 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. March 28 Belg i um N Daily • • • • • - Dover .. Daily Brazil .. 3119th of the month Southampt. April 12 .. Buenos Ayres Ml9th of the month Southampt. April 12 California(viaChagrea) Mil7th of month Southampt. March 20 Cape of Good Hope Nil4th of month Plymouth.. April 3 Constantinople* .... Ist 7617th 27th of mo Dover .. March 30 Central America .. Mid & 17th of mon. Southampt. March 20 Channel Isles '. • N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th.B a Chili .. • • .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. March 20 France .. 31 &N Twice daily .. • . Dover .. •Twieedaily Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. March 30 llamburgh NiTuesday & Friday ,London Tues. Sat. Holland 30' Wednes. & Satur. Loudon Mon.Thrr Honduras N 17th of the month Southampt. March 20 Ireland .. & N Twice daily • • • . Holyhead .. Twieedaily India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month Southampt. March 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7th&24thofmonth Dover .. April 1 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Sollthampt. March 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. April 1 Mexico M 2d of the menth.. Southampt. April 5 Madeira • • .. 31 1 9th of the month Southampt. April 12 70,17th,19th,27th ~, Malta* .. t & 30th of month j -.over March 28 Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. April 2 Papal States* .. N sllt 15th 25th of mo Dover April 2 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Arrived P eru N 17th of the month Southampt. March 28 Tuscany* .. •. N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover .. April 2 West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. March 22 West Indies' (except. Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month _. ` Southampt. April 5 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—taken 5 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b —taken and afterwards offered 6 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 5 yrs, Sat fib—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Loupgarou—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Phillips's Truth, 3 yrs, sst 71b—t 20 to I,agst Mr. Winch's Zadoc, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—t 20 to l agst Mr. Meiklam's Cocktail, 5 yrs, 7st 31b Bushranger is scratched. The only outlay of any amount was on the three leading favourites, St. Rosalia having by far the largest party. We did not hear Clothivorker mentioned, and Cocktail was only nominally in the betting. THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Greek—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Hetman Platoff filly 6 to 1 agst Mr. B. Way's Miss Conyngham Greek was backed on commission for a good deal of money at 3 to 1 and 7 to 2; the quotations agst Miss Conyngham and the Hetman Platoff filly are made from business transacted outside the room. • NORTHAMPTON TRIAL STAKES. Even on Peep-o'-day Boy , PORT STAKES (NEWMARKET). 6 to 4 agst Lord Enfield's Beehunter—taken Bolingbroke is scratched. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. Even on Mr. Howard's Grecian 3 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt 200 even laid between the field and Grecian, the former having the call. -------- CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 apt Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st—taken 16 to 1 agst Li. Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ' 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, ' 7st 81b Nothing done on this event. DIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmore's Sunrise, 3 yrs, 4st IMb 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican, 5 yra, 7st 91b —taken 16 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Vampyre, aged, 7st 71b—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—t The bets on the above (vent were all in small sums. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken 22 to 1 egst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 22 to 1 agat Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck 30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Storm 50 to 1 agat Lord Zetland's Lightfoot—taken The Mountain Sylph colt was again in favour at an improved quotation, and Grecian, although not quoted, would have been backed at 6 to 1, bad there been any offers. 3,000 to 200 was laid to 2001. agst Newminster, 20 to 1 agst Teddington, who was in great favour, 1,000 to 45 agst Marlborough Buck, 1,500 to 50 agst Storm, and 50 and 60 to 1 at least 600 agst Lightfoot. DERBY, 1852. 2,000 to 50 sgst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse—taken 5,000 to 75 agst Mr. J. Clarke's Elcot—taken EPSOM SPRING MEETING. THE STEEPLECHASES. Acceptances for the Free Handicap. at. st. lb. lb. 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Altogether we are fearful that the exhibition cannot be regarded, even under the most favourable aspect, as anything far above average merit—a greater proportion of indif ferent pictures being, unfortunately, too perceptible at a glance, and the number of the really meritorious being more than usually restricted. Hurlstone, with his southern peasantry, por trayed somewhat after the fashion of Murillo ; Herring, with his sketches of animals pencilled in the school of Landseer ; Pyne, with his faintly-coloured but miraculous landscapes and sea pieces, placing him first and foremost aniong the moat successful dis ciples of Turner; Anthony, with his heavy woodland scenery, depicted as if with a vivid recollection of the worst productions of Constable ; Cole, with his clever cattle pieces, conceived in the school oiCooper ;—these, and a variety of other ambitious competitors, contrive season after season to cover the walls of the gallery with paintings, a select minority of which are entitled to a very large share of admiration. Woolmer also must be particularized as among the most conspicuous members of the society, especially when his brush dares to depict some cool and shadowy dell celebrated in the prose poem of Boccaccio. So also is it with Allen in his better moments, when delineating the tranqUillity of a ; pastoral landscape. Hill, in like manner, contrives to attain for his rustic pictures a certain prominence in the collection, more particularly when he abandons himself to the representation of some little incident in agricultural life, a style admirably adapted for the display of hii great artistic abilities. Clint, with his glowing effects of sunset, and Tennant, with his effective and ingenious imitations of Stanfield, never fail to impart to the walls of one or other of the apartments an interest always wel- come to the visitor. With such diversified talent in the society, it is but natural that some little curiosity should be experienced in the world of art to witness the opening, season after season, of the Suffolk-street Exhibition. As we ' have intimated, the collection for 1851 is unfortunately not removed beyond the level of an average display, one or two works, however, from the hands of the chief masters, being brilliant exceptions. " Landing Herrings on the Yorkshire Coast" (No. 60), for example, will be ' ranked, we doubt not, among the masterpieces of Pyne. The boiling of the surf as it runs in among the shingles ; the misty spray floating in the atmosphere, and agitated by the wind ; the fishermen wading in among the billows, with the difficulty arising from the pressure of both breeze and tide, the animation and transparency of the whole scene are particulars which, in the mere fact of their selection, as well as in the mode of their manipulation, at once command from us a sense of wondering satis faction. " A Subject from the Sleeping Palace" (No. 100) is about the best, as it is unquestionably the most pretentious of the pictures contributed to the gal lery this year by Woolmer. Those who remember (and who that has once read can ever forget ?) the delicious poem on this subject from the pen of Alfred Tennyson, will turn with a peculiar pleasure to the embellishment of that magical tale of legendary love as pencilled by the adroit and dainty hand of the artist. The recumbent figure of the slumbering , Princess couched in the midst of antique luxuries, her voluptuous symmetry but dimly indicated in the undulations of the drapery, herself a jewel in the midst of jewels, the rarest and brightest of them all— is painted with an exquisite appreciation of the poetry of the old nursery legend. The shadow of the un seen Prince advancing to break the fairy spell with a kiss , is charmingly introduced, and gives to the whole scene a look of soft and stealthy ex pectation. " Southdowns" (No. 11), by Allen, is —to us a theme always grateful a genuine English landscape. The sombre rain cloud looming up heavily and darkly over the ridge of the " windy wold," with the verdant freshness of the foreground, and the air of quietude and seclusion cast over the whole, are details admirably introduced and marvellously represented. " The Gleaners," (No. 54), by Hill, is a delicious-effect of autumnal 'sunset, trailing from the edge of the horizon along the well-reaped field, and bathing in its rich light the forms of the reaper and her little toidling urchin. Another, a sort of companion picture to this, by the same popular and industrious artist, portrays the sower scattering the seed over the brown soil just turned up by the plough for its reception. "Duck Hawkers" (N 0.269), by Her ring, is scarcely so successful ss his productions ge nerally ; but another painting from the same hand, representing some cavaliers carousing, is an agreeable incident delightfully told, and in many respects highly meritorious. ," A Street Scene in Seville" (No. 141), a work which is rendered conspicuous among all the pictures in the principal apartment, both by reason of its dimensions and its brilliant colouring, is made still more so by the bustle and excitement of the casualty it represents, namely a battle between two Spanish boys with flashing black eyes (not from the fight but by nature) and tawny complexions — their vagrant comrades looking on with apparent delight and interest. In this production Mr. Hurl stone has shown his powers as a colourist and as a close observer of humanity, his usual hardness of outline, however, being still as perceptible as ever. " Don't be Afraid; you shan't Fall" (No. 154), al though provoking us to dislike the painting, out of sheer indignation at its most preposterous title, 15, in reality, a very exquisite and faithful specimen of Tennant. "The Hungarian Mendicants" are yet per severingly caricatured by Zaitter, one his pro duction (No. 238) being about as particoloured as a pattern in a Kaleidoscope. In " The Thames at Lambeth" (No. 179), Hassell has cleverly ntroduced a distant view of the New Palace at Westminster, in which he has evidenced his skill as an architectural draughtsman. " The Old Church yard " (No. 24), like the rest of the pictorial contri butions of Anthony, is disfigured by that heaviness of colouring and unconquerable hardness of manipula tion which are unhappily his most obvious charac teristics. His foliage never seems to have been blown about by the wind, no zephyr would assuredly ever venture to profane the solid sanctity of his trees, or dream any more of finding a circulating medium in their leaves than among the notes of an insolvent bank. So is it with almost every one of his massive bits of woodland. Clint has one or two exquisite productions in the gallery ; Baxter, a charm ing triple portrait (No. 223) • Wilson, the younger, a brilliant sea piece (No. 34), called " Clearing up after a Storm ;" Noble, another of the eternal em bellishments to that thoroughly " used up," but ever beloved story, the " Vicar of Wakefield ;" Hidden has some Highland scenes ; Cobbett has a cottage interior ; and Pidding, a few not unplea sing examples of the humorous. It were well, doubtless, for Boddington, if he had a somewhat smaller facility in the limning of his landscapes, he might then possibly manage to rise rather more frequently above the dead level of mediocrity. Salter continues as rude as ever in taste, and Shayer as ca pable of appealing directly to our sensibilities. Hunt indulges in one of his bits of clownish comicality— the ploughboy, in the present instance, lying fast asleep with his head on a table. We may also men tion as commendable in regard to its grotesque truth fulness, the " Leading Article," by Clater. A variety of other works, such, for example, as the Nor wegian studies, by West, and some dainty fruit pieces, by Duffield, will arrest the atten tion of the more observant visitors to the Suffolk-street Exhibition. In the pictures, however, which we have particularised the most commendable works in the collection have been enumeratedi Nearly seven hundred contributions are ran g ed vaeoenng the walls of the gallery, but among these cif a voured in the present notice to sp y alal i that dap peared to us entitled to any p articular dry commendation.clever Besides the foregoing , there are sun water-colour pictures in the entrance - room, but these are in no ono instanc e sufficiently brilliant to extort from us a syllable expressive r adwi rat --- THE NEW ASYLUM FOB INFANT ORPHANS, STAM• —Th e board of this charity have received orationintor- FD-"fl-orin" A. %V. Penrose , Esq., one of the executors, of a legacy of 3001. by Mrs. Mary retch, late of St. John street-road. Mottz PERVERTS. —A correspondent of the Church and State Gazette says that the ,Rev. A. Chirol, cu rate to Mr. Bennett, with his wife and family, also his mo ther, and several other persons, and W. } inlason, Esq., au thor of the pamphlet on the legality of the Papal hirelrchy ' with his wife, and also several relations of the l a tt er h ave joined the Church of Rome. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—The Recorder of London, as judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, has appointed the 30th of April next to try the important matt er it' which the Queen of Spain is defendant, and attached in the person of pro perty belonging to her Majesty. STOPPAGE OF LONDON BEIDGE.--YeSterdaY, a notice was issued by the City Commissioners of Sewers, that on and after Monday next, till further notice, in consequence of its being the intention to repave London -bridge, no vehicles of any description will be allowed to pass by- this bridge. The cot of rep4Yulg Li estimated at about 2160-1. 12d of the month .. onntrles thus mail NOTTINGHAM POST-OFFICE. — A very remarkable affair is being investigated at the post-office in this town, the whole of the particulars of which have not yet transpired. Yesterday (Wednesday) four clerks were suspended, and their places filled by four persons from London. It is said that postage-stamps, to the amount of 1701., cannot satisfac torily be accounted for. Other circumstances of a myste rious character are connected with the affair, the particulars of which have not yet transpired. THE LACE TRADE.—The usual characteristic of this month, namely, a brisk demand, does not, by any means, yet exhibit itself; still there is, on the whole, a large busi ness doing—nevertheless, no one seems content either with the amount selling or the profit realised on what is sold. Doubled yarns are more plentiful in this market than they have been for some time, with prices a shade iu favour of the purchaser.—Nottingham Journal. At Ormskirk, on Friday, three fellows were com mitted to take their trial for the attack on the house of Mr. Syrer, of Simonswood, last week, and firing at the inmates. They were identified as being implicated in several other outrages,-and the prisoners were remanded on the saute and similar charges. t) - /, 'HE FRENCH PURL . We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The war against Protestantism proclaimed by the Univers is being carried on vigorously, under the im mediate superintendence of that patron of the Inqui [Aden and the justifier of the St. Bartholomew's Ems- Mere, M. DE MONTALEMDERT. Last week M. MicnELET (whose great crime in the eyes of the parti- pretre is that he is the biographer of LvTnnß) was forbidden to continue his historical lectures in the College of France, and now M. JAcquits, who has for eighteen years been professor of philo sophy in the College of Louis le Grand, has been deprived of his professorship because he wrote a letter in a magazine called the Liberia de Penser, in which be attacked some of the dogmas of Romanism. This article was denounced in the columns of the U n i vers , and its author delivered over to the secular arm by the inquisitors who conduct that pious print, and his dismissal immediately followed. The Siecle has the following, on the state of the country— " The situation of our manufacturing districts has again become worse. The cotton and woollen manu facturers, unable to dispose of their goods, have been obliged to put their work-people on short time. Roubaix, Tourcoing, Elbceuf, Reims, sod Men are loudly complaining. Lyons and St. Etienne are not better off. The orders from the United States have not answered the general expecta tion, and the home trade is almost nothing. At Nismes also trade is at a stand still. We have heard much this week of a labour crisis—crisc du travail. It is but too real. Political causes have had, no doubt, something to do with this; but the principal cause is to be found in the mildness of the season, which checked the sale of winter g oods; and it is only at the last moment the mer chants from the provinces decide on making sales for summer." The clergy of Paris have waited on the Archbishop expressing their regret at the opposition shown by the Bishop of Chartres to the Archbishop's Pastoral letter. M. AMBROISE THOMAS has been elected to the seat in the Academie des Beaux Arts, left vacant by the death of SPONTINI. _ _ M. VICTOR LluGo has promised, should his •health permit, to advocatt the cause of M. MicusLET in the Assembly. General AUPICK has, it is said, accepted the Lon• don Embassy. The Moniteur contradicts the statement of the Evenement that the Government intended to dismiss seventeen Procursurs-General for " want of zeal." The Bourse was feeble, with little business doing. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 45c., and closed at 94f. 35c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8951.; Rouen, 6601.; Havre, 295 f.; Great Northern, 4821. 50c. ; Avignon, 2121. 50c.; Vierzon, 4501.; Basle, 160 f.; Bordeaux., 407 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3771. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 2781. 75c. Exchange on London, 24f. 910. short. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 10%—Central' of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 173 i —Great Indian Peninsula, b,—Lux embourg, 2%—Namur and Liege, 85e—Northern of France, 15 1 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% Paris and Strasbourg, 1074—Rouen and Havre, Il%—Sambre and Meuse, 4% — Tours and Nantes, 6!A. TO SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. The Committee on the Public Debt Bill met the evening before, but owing .to the absence of the Mi nister of Finance, was unable to discuss certain. questions connected with the 3d clause. The Com mittee, however, decided, in spite of the opposition of Messrs. LLORENTE and VILCHES, that the Deferred Debt of 1831, alias the debt of Holland, should be classed in the second category of the redeemable debt, that the vales and the current debt should be placed in the first class, and the passive debt and the debt without interest in the second class of the debt susceptible of being redeemed. The Committee was again to meet in the evening of the 19th. It was reported that several deputies intended to move that the discussion en the debt and the definitive solution of the question should be ad journed until after the adoption of the budget. The Bolsa was closed. PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 19th inst. The budget was under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. The Committee of Privilege of the Peers bas de- termined that the :Marquis of VELLAGA has not a right to a seat in that House, on the ground that his father, who was a partisan of DON MIGUEL, bad re. jected the title bestowed on him by Dor; PEDRO. The experimental squadron was cruising off Lisbon. GERMANY. On the 22d Baron MASTEUFFEL had an interview with the Ministers of England and Russia at Berlin. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left Vienna for Trieste_ on the - 20th. - He; was accompanied by his brother, the Archduke FERDINAND MAxismaits, who is about to embark at Trieste for America. The question of the admission of Dalmatia into the Austrian customs territory was brought under dia. cussion in the department of trade and commerce, and it was decided that it should retain its present posi _ tion, as the peculiar formation of the Dalmatian coast rendered it quite impossible that a complete system of surveillance could be maintained _there against the smuggling trade. EARTHQUAKE IN RHODES. Advices from Athens, of the Bth, announce the de struction of the city of Luvissi, in the Island of Rhodes, by an earthquake. SUNDAY TRADING BILL.—A public meeting took place yesterday evening, at the Literary and Scientific In stitution, John• street, Tottenham-court-road, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the Sunday Trading Bill; Mr. Thomas Cooper in the chair. Mr. Ruffin moved that the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill now before a Committee of the House of Commons was both uncalled for and unjust ; uncalled for, because it was a vain attempt to coerce people into piety by Act of Parliament; and unjust because it abridged the liberty of the working man in providing for his own and family's wants, while the rich were practically exempt from its provisions This was seconded and carried unanimously. It was then agreed that a petition, founded on the resolution, should be sent to Parliament, and the meeting t-rminated. Letters from New York announce the departure of a barque from Cincinatti on a voyage direct to Liverpool. She has been towed over the falls at Louisville, and had pro ceeded on her voyage to the Mersey. She is named the John Swasey, and will be the first ship to make the passage from Cincinatti to Liverpool.—Liverpool Albion. The deaths in Manchester during the week ending March 18 (the last return), were 210, exceeding by two those in the preceding week, whilst the births amounted to 253. _ _ -- We regret to learn that the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Maid of Honour to her Majesty, has been most seriously in disposed for the last fortnight, at Paris. The daily accounts which are received at the residence of her gallant father, in Burlington Gardens, state that there is. every prospect of a rapid recovery. THE LATE SIR JOHN PIRIE, BART.—The wil of, the late Sir John Pirie has been proved at Doctors'-comMens and the property sworn under 30,0001. DEATH or THE PRINCE OF SALERNO.—A letter from Naples of the 14th announces the death of the Prince of Salerno, the King's uncle, which took place on the 10th. His Royal Highness had been for some time past labouring under a nervous complaint, complicated with erysipelas. caused by a tumour on the left thigh. The Prince was in his 61st year. • BERLIN, MARCH 21.—An accident happened to the carriage of his Majesty yesterday afternoon as he was entering Berlin from Charlottenburgh ; it bad just driven at a rapid pace through the Brandenburgh Gate, when in the Pariser Platz one of the hind wheels came off, the axle having broken. The carriage was dragged for some dis tance in an awkward position before it could be stopped. His Majesty alighted, and waited in the house of General Wrangel till another carriage arrived. It is intended to bring forward Mr. Tomas DlCullagle at present M.P. for Dundalk, as a candidate for the county of Cork at the next election. He will succeed Mr. Disraeli's motion. Dr. Power, who has entirely lost the confidence of his con stituents by his vote against 0n.... Morning Paper. A POSSIBLE PUSEYITE, MINISTRY.—A.midat the just now • extraordinary state of confrision which at present prevails r a ti r o e ns to bring m abort among political parties, and the possible contingencies w hi c h may occur at any hour, it is right the publi c should be made aware of the fact, that the Puseyite party, aided h h e clandestine,r ent s of P Popery, e e rl e , thetho though a state of things which will terminate in th mostaand asbtertetnt by , construction of a Tractarian Cabinet. It is a somewhat al e fact, that several of the Puseyite party have been alarming :See before, though their Puseyism had not then developed itsel f, and that, consequently, they possess h w atever recommendation official experience can give them. The persons to whom we refer are Lord Aberdeen, Sir J ames Graham, Mr. Gladstone, the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Sydney Her bert. A Cabinet consisting of such men would be. to all practical purposes, a Popish Cabinet. In that case, we need not say what would become of the Protestant religion in these realms, or of the Protestant succession to the Throne . The importance of the matter cannot be exaggerated. It is well that the country should not shut its eyes to the possi bility —we had almost said probability —of such a contin gency. As bearing on the question of probability, it must not be forgotten, that these n oblemen and gentlemen are all free-traders, and that the men of the Manchester school would rather be disposed, than otherwise, to abet their aspi rations after office.—Adrertiser. Paereusseer.—The Rev. John Sandford, 8.D., vicar of Dunchrrch and honorary canon of Worcester, to the Archdeacenry cf Coventry, on the resignation of the - Venerab l e Archdeacon Spooner. Patron, Lord Bishop of Worcester. THE EXPLOSION AT JOHNSTONE.--The North British Mail says—There is li'tle doubt that the explosion arose s imply from the over-pressure of steam, and not from a ny more abstruse or mysterious agency, such as the sudden expansion of highly-heated steam. The fire-box or flue was a large one, and not strong enough to resist the pressure to which the boiler was exposed. It is, we believe, rarely that so simple a case of explosion from over-pressure occurs. INVOLUNTARY SUICIDE.---In St. Sidwell's, on Thursday, a child, two years old, whilst meddling with some water in a pan, playfully put its head in, when, losing all consciousness, it remained in that position souls minutes before it was diZCOVt/ed, and was Pte AVI P.', W O nine. • IIVIETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 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