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CONTRACTS for CANVAS P. Departmeat of the Storeteeper-General of the NOM', Somerset-Place, March 25, 1550. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lori Irish Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, de hereby 51Y , Notice, that Olt TITSSI3III - , the 23d of April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Cont-act for suplying her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Forts mouth, and Devonport, with 14,415 BOLTS of CANVASS, (including 1,045 Bolts of la inches wide), I. be delivered by the 31st of December next. Tenders may be made for any quantity not less than 1,000 Bolts, and no Tender will be received unless made on the printed form, properly filled up, which, together wi!li " Instructions for making the Canvass." may be obtained on application to this office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the (Li) , ef treat , oor any noticed, sinless the party attends, or an agent for duly authorised in writing. every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of th• Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Can vase," and muSt alto be delivered at Semerset-plaoe , a ing toccompbeco anied me by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engag boend with the rserson tendering in the sum of 211. per cell!. on the value, fur the due performance of the Contract. FARNCOMB—l'iLtion. A COURT of MAYOR and ALDERMEN, held In the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of tenon, o Tuesday, the 26 h day of /tiare' , . 1850, and in the thir• tenth yea n r of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of elreat Ilritaln and Ireland, Queen, &e.: Resolved unimimously—That this Court, with a warm rencllection of the high talent and integrity - with which the Right lion. Lord Deninan performed the fenctions of the Common Sergeant of this City, and having watched the honourable advance of Lip Lordship to the high yesition of Chief Justi ce of England anti to the peerage 0, "this realm, cannot allow lsis Lordship's retiriment from office, though rice in honours and in years, yet full of vigour of mind and Intellect, without expressing their deep-gratitude for his fernier services, their admiration of the high hear ng of his character, ;and their earnest hope that he may enjoy that dignified ease which his great talents and manliness Of comma have so justly earned. REWBTIIER. RK CLUB. THE p A COPY ITTEE. C. M. Elderton, Esq;. Barrister, Lincoln's Inn. John Howard, F.sq., Pall-mall. John Frederick Isaacs( n, Erg., Norfolk-street, Strand. W a ll e r Lewis, Esq., 31.8., Ed ward-street, Portman-square. Captain J. Potter Macqueen, Stoke, Plymouth. David Moore. Esq., Clarendon road, Kensington. T. H. Plaskett, Esq., Merchant, Old Burlington-street. H. G. Robinson , Esq., 6, Half- M oo n-street, Piccadilly. Thomas Hull Terrell, Esq., Bar rister, Lincoln's Inn. A r thur Welch, Esq., Barrister, Lincoln's Inn. (eh, and Co., 43, Charing-cross, It is proposed that this Club shall consist of Noblemen and Gen tlemen, members of the learned professions, Officers of the Army and Navy, Merchants, litsskers, &c., without reference to their political principles. Rad shall lot exceed Two Thousand Members. A well-regulated Club presents se many advantages to its Me ro m- bers that it is unnecessary to enlarge en the subject; in int ducing it to Gentlemen dispeced to avail themselves of the oppor tunity new offered, it will be Sufficient to say that the founders of this Club propose to establish it on the principles of the " UNION." It is intended that a well-selected Library, and the other usual secommodatious, including a strangers' roots, shall be attached to the Club. The general entrance fee will he twenty guineas, /tad the annual subscription five guineas, but the first five hundred Members will be admitted on paying an , entrance fee of ten guineas, and themeat five hundred on paying an entrance fee of fifteen guineas; the anneal subscription to be payable ie advance. Candidates for admission to the Club will, Cu their election ea as Members, be required to pay the i r admission feel and first yr's subscription into the hands of the Bankers of the Club ; but those moneys wia not be dealt with till the Club is fully formed, and should such net be the case, will be retarr.ed wit - lout any deduction. The Committee have made provisional arrangements which will enable them to rent or purchase, on very desirable terms, Buck ingham House, Fall-mall, which is singularly well suited for the ac -eommodatioa of the Club ; and the premises ratty be viewed by any Gentleman desirous of becoming Members. It is intended to open the Club for the accommodation of Members within one month after Its formation. Gentlemen wishing to become Members are requested to intimate the name to the Secretary, from whom prospectuses and all parti culars may be obtained. BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE. Buckingham (louse, Pall-mall, London. Rev. Charles Boone, Kensworth, Herts. Predk. Bird, Esq., M.D., Brook. street, Grosvenor-square. Captain George N. Clarke (late 17th Laucere), Junior United Service Club. James Cockburn, Esq., Merehant, Now Broad-street. Robert Clarke, jun., Esq„ fifer -1 • keit, Cheapside. W. (inept Carpenter, F.R.C.S., West, I set. Finsbury. Anthony Dunlop, Esq., Merchant,' Now Broad-street. Vincent G. Dowling, EA., Nor folk-street, Strand. Thomas Chambre, Esq., Fernhlll, l Windsor. Bankers—Meows. Cocks, Biddul , lola, REWARD. —The Person who called at a Bank soar the Mansion House, on Thursday afternoon last, and loft a paper which he had found n a public-house, is requested to CALL immediately upon Messrs. Busk and Mullein!, Solicitors, 7, st. Zdlldred'a-court, Poultry. He will be remunerated for his trouble. March 25, libo. MESSRS. J. P. and E. WESTHEAD and Co., Manchester, take the opportunity of informing their Friends and the Public, that notwithstanding the total destruction by fire of their WAREHOUSE and STOCK on Friday morning last, they will on WEDNBSDAT Mountue next, 27th inst., be prepared at the Extensive Premises, numbered 35 and 67, PICCADILLY, with large and well selected Stocks in the various Departments of their Business, and on and after that day orders entrusted to them will be executed with the same facility and forwarded w ith the tame dis patch as heretofore. Manchester, Monday Evening, March 28th, 1859. A " T.UNION OF LUNDuN. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List for the current year WILL CLOSE en SA TURDAY NEXT, the 80th inst. Each Subscriber of One Guinea will receive, in addliion to ono share in the next Annual Distribution of Prizes, a Pair of Line Engravings after T. Webster, N.A., " The Smile" and " The Frown," WHICH ]I AT BE HAD AT VIE TIME OF PAYING THE SUBSCRIP TION, and a Series of Etchings after D. Macibie, R.A., illustrating Ilhakspere's "Seven Age GE ORGE GODWIN, Hon. Secretaries. LEWIS POCOCK, 444, 'West Strand. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOlLlalltD-STICEET, at the Entrance of the Old Poet . • office, London. DIIIICTOIII. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. THOMSON HANKEY, jun., Esq., DeputpChairintin. Henry Mulct Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, Jun., Esq. ' John Dikon, Ese. George Lyall, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, lesq. nr Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Hi ts Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morr. Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. John Labouehere, Esq. John Thornton, En. JOhl Loch, Esq. Jumes Tulloch, Esq. AtIDITOIII. W. Rabat - Se, Esc I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. 1. AcTtiaki—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at lew-Ratee without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has mad., the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effect ed a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 6th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had bees in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. • Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady Day must be renewed w i thin fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ;or with Ike Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, IP, Chatham -place, Blackfriars, London.—Established in 1826. Subscribed Capital, 240,0001. This Society effects Assurances both on the bonus and non-bonus systems, at the option of the Assurer. Those who adopt the bonus rates participate in three•fourths of the profits, whilst the following exam ple illustrates what is the imme diate advantage secured by those who assure at the low, or non-par ticipating rates of the office : Annual Premium required by those Societies which use the Northampton data, for an Assurance of 5,0001., at 25 years of ago • • • • • • • • • Ptomoter Premium for the like sum at the same age .. - £l2O 4 2 91 0 10 Difference .. • • • • £29 3 4 The Expectation of life, by the best tables, at 25 years of age, Is 37 years. And an annuity of 291 3:. 4d., accumulated at compcoound i Idn . t ere et for 37 years , a t 5 per cent., will ,3s. I There may have been instances where a larger bonsis than that sum hag been received, when the party has lived beyond the average du ration of life, but it is difficult to conceive that all those who have Assured for 5,0001. at 25 years of age, have had, on the average, such An Addition to their policies. Prospectuses, and all farther Information may be obtained at the sate. SAMARD, Secretary. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. (Completely registered under the Act 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110.) 7. Bank-buildi n g s, Lothbury, London, Adjoining the Government Annuity Office, Old Jewry. DIZECTOZO. KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C., Lincoln's Inn, Chairman George Des Raymond Barker, Esq., Daglingworth, near Cirencester The Lord Thomas I'. Clinton, Cmßon Villas, Edgwaro-road It i c h ar d Fawkes, Esq., Laurel Lodge garnet Tho Lerd A. Z. Hill, M.P., 'Norwood ' Park. Southwm el insterl, Notts. Th om as Knox Holmes , Esq., Fludyer-street, West Don. Richard E. Eovrard, Temple John Phillippe.Judd, Esq.. 6, Mark-lane C ap t a in Lowther, m.r., ist Life Guards Henry Blair Mayne, Esq., I, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place James Mitckell, Esq., 58, Chaneery-lano Ckarles Snell rade, Esq., SI. Salvador House, Bishopsgate-street TRUSTINS. George Wodehouso Currie, Esq., 29, Cornhill Kenyon S. Parker , Esq., Q.C., Lincoln's Inn. AUDITOZIL Thomas A. Mitchell, Esq., M.P., 9, New Broad-street Robert Tower, Esq., kt. Salvador Huse, Ilishopsgate-street Thomas M. Weguelin, Esq., 574, Old head-street. B ANKNAS —M ess rs. Currie and Co., 99 , Cor nhill. toticrroas—Messrs. Maltby and Rob' icon, 7. Bank -buildings. CONSULTING AcTrAav—Edward Ryley, ESQ., F.8.A.8. SNCINTANT Young. This Company insures the lives of all classes of persons, in ease of death from violence or accident. CLASS I.—ORDINARY AMC Single payment, 215. for 1001. • Annual pament. 2s. 6d. for 1001. Prospectuses, forms of proposal for insurances, and applications for shares and further information may be obtained at 'he offices of the Company; er on application to any of the Company's Agents. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. TIIIETY-PIEST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatole:new Coloured Engravings oz Steel. ON FiIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA C O*, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 041., or bv oost, direct from the Establistunent, 3a. 6d. in postage stamps, rilrilE SILENT FRIEND, - a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generAtive system, from ex eeesive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of meraary, W ith remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating eertaht ell.f qutlifleations. Illustrated by 36 Coloured Engravings. Ey E . and L. PF.RET and CO., Consulting Surgeons, is, Demers-street, On ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, PaternOatsr-row i Hannay. 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; s tsr i o .l3. pitehberne-street, Ilaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden. hall-street. Parr I. treats o f the anatofey and physiology of the re-productive Mani, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engraving , . ?ALT n. treats of th e consequences resulting from excessive India (moo. and their lamen table effects on the system, Prodacing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapaeity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engraving. Pala 111, treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cent/thus explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured . _ ingravhigs. *AST Iv. contains a Remedy for 'the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by vrhich the danger of infection a ob viated. This important part of the Work should no wets, the reader's notice. Pay= Y. is devoted to the oonsideratioi of enarrine, and its duds.. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TaItOOIDIAL BALM OF &MIAOW( 18 exelusfrtly employed in treat lag nervous and sexual debility, impotence. .bc., m s. and 335. per battle. The Concentrated Detersive 7' sense. as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood Jr casee ofinfectios, secondary rymp tongs, eruptions, and the abuse ~f tre:cury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specifle 2s. 9d., 41. 6d., and 1 is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, glint, stricture, and chronic inflamma lion of the bladder . ~mumitation fee, If by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is tequi: ed : age, habits, and osition in society. 11. eackets, urit4 advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by w i l t,* the fee, I 1., . 4 *eyed. Messrs. Petty, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele- Ven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. 11111111‘'''H ; 1 4 1:- 1• • , • 4 iO OO l llllllO ; • • .109 i r 4N 41 . 4.4 , • 7, k t , e% , d ltt kAU • < •-. 4 , 4'4 - - Q.! , • Pm t • 4,1 t st, -414iF \ • Z f )k:". /.111 At, , , ; - - • • • n •••• _ z ; : Nu. 17,942.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY 4.= `lf , ' •V f- MARCH 27, 1850. . „ • v ia, .41 4 4,,, . k,' PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW LIBERAL WEEKLY PAPER. Advertisenianta intended for The FIRST NUMBEE of T " E LE ADER rnust be forwarded net later than Thursday Evening to Joseph Clayton, Jun , 265, Strand. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LIFE. A Novel. By G. 11. LEWIS. Author of " Rantho,po," " Rose, Blanch°, and Violet," Sec. Chapter First in THE L E ADER, of SATURDAY, March de. Joseph Clayton, Jun., 23i, Strand. THE CHURCH, ITS BISHOPS AND ITS PRIESTS, IN T LEADEE, of SATURDAY NEXT, March 30. Joseph Clayton, Jan., Publisher, 265, Strand. 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Mee Onc Penny, or Twopence by post. T the undersigned WILLIAM JENNER , of I Prcenix Wharf, Clink-street, Southwark, Carman, do hereby acknowledge that the chance lately made by me, at the Lambeth Police-office, against Ida. ROBERT lIAGON, of No. Charles-place, East-street. Wel.* orth; Baker, was made under a mistake, baring proceeded upon the information of another person, which afterwards turned out to be erroneous. I hereby express my regret for the trouble, anxiety, and annoyance which I have occasioned Mr. Hagen in the m Ater, and consent to this being in serted in such newspapers as he may think fit. Dated this 21st day of March, 1850. WILLIAM JENNEE. Witness, Henry Simpson, 8, Wellington-street, Soathwark. Attorney for the said William Jenner. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornbill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces iportant and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances m and Deferred Innuties. rolictea issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while lying. The Assured has, ea all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid oa each Policy effected on cale. EXAMPLES. Perms- 'Sum the .I,:i Annual Policy Bonus in aent Re- A•on^ , i tile. i L. nl:lraeaa z . o t u ak t e i ti n to add s it u to m n B C on a n; . in duAnctinounaol may on Assured. P rem ium. Policy. Policy. — --- --- —_— . A a. 1. L a d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 19 10 115 14 9 18 12 8 .543 17 5 I X i.d. 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9 194 Ble 80 1000 74 3 4 1810 178 0 0' 82 14 21214 11 145 0 0 1841 174 0 0' 78 3 4 12 2 0 195 11 I 1842 147 4 2651510 10 2 146 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 6 15 1'196 13 4 1844 62 6 8, 27 13 4 4 4 1 147 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annultl, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, •r, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk •f forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording as ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and sh•uld the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, tw•- thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. 'lke following Table is a specimen of the great and ♦aried advan- Wes which the judicious application of a small saving can secure through this Society. 74 :2 Annuity .., 'A'. A I. al 20 47 16 30 26 1 5 11 , 1 40 1S 19 el Cuh. I Policy. ITTc 3. d. :94 11 0,466 0 0 .221 0 01261 • 0 115 i 0j136 6 0 IL PREMIUMS To secure on attain- AnnuityXlo IS 0 ing the age Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of e Payable , Payable Payable Annu- ii one for Pis ally. Burn. parity. X B. d. d. 10 0 10 0 0 0 16 7 1 7 3 11 27 3 11 19 4 10 £ 1. d. 20 010 11 30 019 6 40 1 17 3 -----:.---- 1001. deposited : Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity upon every Age 5 0, £7 Bs. I Age GO, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, Le.. may be had at the Office, •r any of its Branches in the Country; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. DR. CULVER WELL'S NEW WOR To losi bail o f Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row S. ; Carval K ho, LIFE. 147, Fleet - stree t ; Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or direct from the author; Price One Shilling each jboyyPmosEt,NlTs. Godr. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." —ea S CONTISTS:—EarIy Riling—Spring and summer Mornings—Ex- Pa t "L e an sT %y , carsions about the Environs O a f nLcionodtirer—Tplhe sa n r }la c Forests, Fields, Highroads, Rambles —The Sea—Londoa at Night—Evenings at Home Trips and —Musio—The Dram a— On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rapt, Ease, Occupation, &C., &O. IL FRAIIMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS, Two 'Vols. Ye I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCI OF EDINNURGII, &o. TO. 11. THR LAKIIS OF KILLARNET 1 RBMI3ISCENng OP DUBLIN, &I. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND ATOID "That three score years and ttn ourcourso may run." A popular review of almost every form (caus e and cure) of net , v ous ly.debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasseo the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business , or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules tor the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." SVIIJECT :—Ltre's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o 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." rzoownr2:—Laws and obligations of nature. society, and re igion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By IZ. J CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-tive years Medical and Forensic Referee in- these matters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine. 10 Argyll•place, Wont-stmt. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION comr_ticy. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) 71, Lombard street. Notice is hereby giTen, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will be held at the Offices of the Company, 71, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 16th of April, 1850, at Two o'clock precisely, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR in the room of John They ts, Esq., deceased. Any qualified l'rcprietor intending to become a Candidate for the office must signify the same by a written notice tinder Ills hand, which notice mutt be left at the office of the Company ten days at least previous to the IGth of April next. By order of the Court, MARTIN I'I:ATT. General Steam Navigation Company, March 25, 1850. STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. REDITOTION TN FARES. Freight of Horses, Carriages, &c., considerably Reduced. - The _ABERDEEN STEAM NAVIGATION co It PANT'S splen did and power'ul Sh'ps will start as under, weather, &c., permitting. For ABERDEEN—The Earl of Aberdeen, Saturday, March 30, at Ten Mortifn For INVERNESS—The North Star, Monday, April 1, at Nine Morning, calling off Burghead, lnrcrgordon, Cromarty, and Cha nonry Point. Offices: Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; 82, Lombard-street; or, 211, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Several ALTERATIONS will take place in the Trains of this Company, commencing en the let proximo. For particalars, see Time Bills. By order, C. P. ItONBY, Secretary. Biehopegate Station, March 26, MO. A RGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, lilt. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN }kir the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Moxey, and Franconi. For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the offlee.—Terms of Sub.; ecriptien, for morning and evening practice:—Six months, 11. 55.; ens month, U. ls.; one evening, 13. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. _ . The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eigh' •'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. r ilk; ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREIT. Daring i'assien Week Mr Henry H. Bishop will Lecture on Sacred Music, with Focal Il lustrations, on Monday and Wednesday, at Eight, and oa Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—lllastrations of Astronomy, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesday, at One o'clock.— Dr. liachhoffner's Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, Mornings and Evenings.—The Second Lecture on the Chemical ]Relations of the Metals by J. 11. 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Gd., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, Q.ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate he physical and kneutal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural eelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical 9bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility Anil Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of mpical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India :ration. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Amitoiny, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stractin es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Tkis work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un 'ortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul :enoe and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con 't nuance', unwisely entertains a tear of applying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neou.,ly entertained that these complaints are beyond the roach of art, suite restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years Is a guarantee for his professional experi ence. which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, Ss, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket; Mann, $9, Comhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden ball-street. London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, ikons the Author's Residence, 37. ftedtors-square Lenders. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of March, 1850, present the Queen's Moat Excellent Ma jesty in Council. This day the Most Honourable Richard Marquis of Westminster was, by her Msjesty'e command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accord ingly. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 22. 1850. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho nourable the Marquis of Westminster Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, vice the Right Honourable Earl Furteecue, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Tyler. Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's Honourable Cm pa of d i otleman at Arms. vice Sir Matthew Wyatt, retired. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, —MARCH 23. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint William Topham, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Little, retired. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Alex ander John Please, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia. WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Sutherland to the church and parish of Ding will, in the presbytery cif Dingwall, and county of Ross, ♦acant by the death of the Reverend Hector Bethune, late minister thereof. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire. The Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Coe Coape, Gent., to be First-Lieutenant, vice Alex ander Hugh Loyborne Popham, resigned, Jan. 28 ; Capel Comm', Gent., to be Cornet, vice Edward Morris, resigned, Jan. 30. WHITEHALL. MARCH 13. The Lord &CanCollor has appointed Thomas Wash bourne Gibbs, of the city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. James Ailey, private boarding-house keeper, South street, Finsbury, to surrender April 6, at eleven, and May 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hooker, Bartlett's-buildings. William Billby, warehouseman, Essex-place, Dalston, April 11, at twelve, and May 10, at eleven, at tae Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Van Saudau and Cumming, King-street, Cheapside. George Everard, * .ear thenware manufacturer, Stoke upon-Trent. Staffordshire, April 11 and 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Young, Longton, Staffordshire; Smith and James, Birmingham. John Watson and Robert Young Watson, shipbuilders, Sunderland, April 11, and May 10, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Fell, Sunderland; Rolfe and Edmunds, South-square, Gray's Inn. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Ward, Bishopsgate-street Within, chemist and druggist, April 13, at twelve—F. Macqueen, Leaden hall-street, merchant, April 13, at eleven—W. Ward, Warnford-court, City, merchant, April 18, at eleven. In the Country. V. Cooke, Worcester, cabinet maker, April 24, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT O F DIVIDENDS. R. C. Sweet, Birmingham, builder and carpenter, 3s. 6d., on Thursday, April 4, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Hauser, Hanley, Staffordshire, merchant and drug gist, ls., on Thursday, April 4, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. G. Cowan, Coventry, draper, 4s. 10d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Hawke, King William-street, City, hatter, April 17, at eleven—E. Bell, Lambeth-walk, grocer. April 18, at twelve—T. R. Kemp, Abchurch-lanr, bill broker, April 18, at twelve—W. Steam., Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, grocer, April 18, athalf-past one—J. Matthews and J. Martin, Chichester-place, King'se-cross, drapers, April 10, at twelve. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Bush, Darkbouse-lane, Billingsgate, coffeehouse keeper—W. Keys, Robert's-place, Commercial-road, Bear, linen and woollen-draper—W. Lilley, Albert-road, Peckham, shipowner—C. W. Davies, Brownlow-street, Holborn, licensed victualler, certificate of the third class' —G. Rackham, Southtown, Suffolk, wine merchant, certificate of the third class—G. J. Armstrong, Princes square, Ratcliffe-highway, coal merchar,t, certificate of the third class—R. Noble, Leadenhall-street, tailor, cer tificate of the second class—G. M. Cowley, Nottingham, scrivener and bill broker, certificate of the first class— Z. Staff.ird, Nottingham, innkeeper, certificate of the third class, after six months, from March 22—J. Cow lishaw and J. Cowlishaw, Derby, railway carriage builders, certificates of the first class—G. Rennie, Liver pool, merchant, certificate of the first class, after 21 days, from March 22—J. Dixon, Liverpool, grocer, certificate of the first class, after 21 days, from March 21. PAR TNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Williams and J. Holmes, Lower Wookey Mills, So mersetahire, paper manufacturers —J. T. Noakes and I. Goble, Three Crown-square, Southwark, hop factors— C. Tatham and T. Gray, Poplar, surgeons—T. Kings ford, C. Kingstbrd, and J. Parker, Mark-lane corn fac tors (so tar as regards the said J. Parker)—A. Lucas and R, Bennett, Trinity-terrace, Trinity-square, South wark, corn merchants—J. Redgate, J. Braithwaite, and I G. Braithwaite, Stathern. Leicestershire, lace manufac turers—F. Wise and E. J. Wood, Manchester, consult ing engineers—S. W. Sexton, J. Taylor, W. J. Wood row, and F. Wilde, OpPrishaw and Manchester, dyers (so far as regards the said S. W. Sexton) —W. Lee and H. S. Hick ling, Coventry, Warwickshire, ribbon designers —W. Armstrong arid J. P. Gray, Cambridge, book binders—C. de Bergue and %V. C. Fuller, Arthur.street %Vest and Manchester, piveat vulcanised India-rubber railway spring manufacturers—T. Huggings and J. Lang, Austinfriars, stockbrokers —O. Maggs and S. Hindley, Friday-street and Bourton, Dorsetshire, flax spinners. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Frank Cooper Good, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, veterinary surgeor. Samuel Sutton, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, agri cultural implement maker. John Clio, South Brent, Somersetshire, bkcksmith. Thomas Dtoale, Tavistock, clerk of the market. La ,c Buekrell, Norton-under-Hamdor, Somersetshire, bleacher. Francis James Flower, Clutton, Somersetshire, saddler. John Greenwood Martin, Swansea, house-joiner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Waddell, jun., Stanrigg. near Airdrie, coalmaster, to meet March 25 and April 15, at twelve, irithin Drum mond's Roy al Hotel, Airdrie. W. H. Thompson, Leith, shipowner, to meet March 29 and April 19, at two, within the New Ship Hotel, Leith. I W. Galbraith and J. Galbraith, Port Dundas, Glas gow, millers, to meet March 29 and Arril 19, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. A. Russell and Son, Kirkcaldy, engineers, to meet April 1, and 22, at twelve, within Robertson's National Hotel, Kirkcaldy. J. Harper, Glasgow marchant, to meet April 1 and 22, at two, within Comrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow. J. B. Wandoforde, Glasgow, portrait painter, to meet April 2 and 23, at two, wiibin the Star Hotel, Glasgow. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at York ; Mr. G. Leeman in the chair. The objects were to discuss the merits of two Bills, and for enabling the company to complete the purchase of the Great North of England Railway, and to effect alterations in certain branch lines ; also to consider the position of the Great North of England Purchase shareholders. There was a tolerably large number of proprietors present. The late Secretary (Mr. C. Close) having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN introduced Captain O'Brien, the new secretary, and then proceeded with the business of the day. He said the subjects that were to be dis cussed were of great magnitude, and in order to come to a right decision upon these subjects he asked their attention whilst he placed before them the whole position of the company. This company pos sessed nearly 300 miles of railway, the greater pro portion of which had been constructed by the ordi nary capital of the company. The company had leased the Hartlepool line, and also the Great North of England ; the latter at a rent of 149,0001. a year ; and they were under an engagement to purchase that line on the Ist of July, 1850, at the sum of 3,547,5001. This was an engagement in which the whole company was concerned, and not any particular section. In 1846 the shareholders were called together, and a plan was then laid down by which the payment of that sum should be made to participate in the stock then proposed to be created for the purpose. At that time the plan was con sidered to be advantageous, and looking at the value which the stock then bore, no man could deny it was an advantage. Accordingly, the shareholders took up that stock, having attached to it a guaranteed di vidend of 6 per cent. until the Ist of July, 1850. Immediately after October, 1846, the directors com menced purchasing up the shares of the great North of England Purchase. There was no direct authority to pursue that Arse, but it was perfectly well known that the directors were proceeding to the pur chase of those shares at the prices at which they were then selling in the market, the difference between that price and the par value being the profit which was expected to be realised by the company. In order to enable the directors to perform their duty, they made calls to the extent of 81., which they had applied to the purchase of these shares, and to other purposes the construction of the ordinary works of the company, and another portion was applied to the payment of the Q per cent. guaranteed to the holders of the purchase shares. In 1847 a gloom came over commercial affairs, and no call was made; 1848 came, and there was a continuance of the gloom, and there was an unwillingness in the direc tors and shareholders to any call being made. On the arrival of 1849 they all knew what burst upon the railway world, and, in the midst of such suspicions and revelations as were engendered and brought out, it was not likely any calls would be made. Then the preeent board came into office on the 25th of October last, and he wished the shareholders to remember the position in which the Great North of England matter stood, and for this reason—that with in the last few days he had received letters question ing the validity of the agreement between this com pany and the Great North of England. When the present directors came into office the policy of the company in respect of that purchase was decided upon ; and in support of this he quoted from the re ports of the committee of investigation to show that that committee had recommended a certain line of conduct, which had been adopted by the shareholders. The principle laid down by the committee, and adopted by the shareholders, was this—that the purchase shares now bearing interest should take dividend with the general stock, and the guarantee of six per cent. should cease after July Ist, 1850. When these mat ters were brought forward not a whisper was heard against the recommendations of the committee. He then stated the terms which were ultimately arranged between the Great North of England and this com pany, viz., that three-tenths of the purchase money shall be paid on the Ist of July, 1853 ; four-tenths on the Ist of July, 1855 ; and the remaining three tenths on the Ist of July, 1856. When these terms were made known to the shareholders still not a whisper was heard against them, and the first inti mation that was given to the directors was a meeting held in London, which was convened by a gentleman of the name of Douglass. That gentleman was pre sent to-day, and as he was present he would tell the meeting when Mr. Douglass became a shareholder— it was on the 4th of February.—(Shame.) He did not understand how it was that men who had become shareholders so recently could be so patriotic as they wished the shareholders to suppose they were.— (Shame.) If Mr. Douglass had been an original shareholder, then he would have been justified in doing his utmost to support his interests; but to be come a shareholder so recently, and now to be sowing the seeds of discord as he had done, he could not un derstand. Mr. Holland, of Liverpool, also was mixed up in this opposition, but he was not a holder until November last. Mr. HOLLAND—I have held for years in this corn pany.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN sa id, he was now quoting from the books, and they showed that since N ovember Mr. Holland had purchased 696 shares, and that only a few days ago he had transferred 420 shares, at is. a share consideration, to a gentleman named Cood.— (Shame 1) He then went on to observe that, as the result of what had been mooted in London and elsewhere, the directors had come to the conclusion that they would best meet the requirements of the purchase holders by proposing that they should pay a call of 11. on the Ist of July in this year; 11. ss. on the let of July, 1852 ; and 11. ss. on the Ist of Ja nuary, 1853. Thi s , however, was rejected; and he would leave it to the opposition to say what were the terms which they did wish the company to accede to. He would ask, could any directors have met the pur chase-holders in a more liberal spirit than they had done ?—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the 81. already paid up be made consolidated stock, and that interest at the rate of 4 per cent. be paid on so much of the remaining 171. as shall be called up.—(Applause.)' Mr. DOUGLASS then addressed the meeting, ob serving he never did anything of which he was ashamed in his life. lie would ask Mr. Close if he was not a shareholder before the time specified by the chairman ? Mr. CLOSE said, Mr. Douglass was a shareholder previous to that time, and in different classes of shares. Mr. DOUGLASS then proceeded to defend his con -4t h u e c pr i n 6p r o e s f u e l r e m n a c d e e t o by the th p e a d r i t r e w e t h o i r c s h . he il h e a had r t g a e k d e n thaton the company ought to borrow money to enable them to carry out this purchase. The CHAIRMAN said they had no powers to borrow.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Hor.Lerin also answered the chairman, and said that when the proposition respecting the passing of the Great North of England Purchase Bill should be proposed he should move that it be not entertained. Mr. THOAIPSON, of Moat-hall, spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. SCOTT also replied to the chairman's state ments ; and Mr. WYLIE, an auditor, followed, suggesting that a middle course should be taken by deferring the call of July and January next until 1852. Mr. MAUD, another of the auditors, moved as an amendment, " That interest at 4 per cent. be paid until the Ist of July, 1856, on so much of the 251. shares as shall be paid, and the whole take equal dividend with the stock of the company after the Ist of July, 1856." Mr. IlesLAsi, of Bolton, seconded the amendment. A long discussion ensued, and at its close only 23 hands were held up for the amendment. The original resolution, as moved by the Chairman, was then put, and carried almost unanimously, amid loud applause. The CHAIRMAN then proposed-- '• That the Bill now submitted to the meeting, viz., ' A Bill to amend the Great North of England Railway Purchase Act, 1856, and to enable the York, Newcvtle, and Berwick Company to comple'e tie purchase of the said railways,' be approved, and the directors be autho rised to protect the same through Parliament." Mr. FRUTCH, the solicitor, having read the several provisions of the Bill, Mr. HOLLAND moved the amendment which he read ut an earlier period of the meeting. He wished the meeting to consider this matter carefully ere they forced the purchase shareholders to extreme measures. If the meeting adopted the Bill, and by force of numbers now carry it, they must recollect they would have schism in the camp.—(Uproar, and cries of " Spoke, spoke I" " Hear, hear !") A portion was already prepared, and would be taken before the Com mittee of the House of Commons and Lords, and measures would also be taken in the Court of Chan cery—steps which would inevitably bring on a long warfare and which would lead to the destruction of the property.—(Hisses.) Mr. MITCHELL seconded the amendment. _ For the amendment only nineteen hands were held up, and for the original motion 125, which was de clared to be carried. Mr. HOLLAND then demanded a poll. Scrutineers were appointed, and the shareholders proceeded to poll. After en ineffectual attempt to get Mr. Holland to withdraw his demand, The CHAIRMAN said that the directors held double the number of proxies that Mr. Holland or any other gentleman did. The next.motion was for authorizing . the directors to proceed with a Bill enabling the company to alter the levels of a branch line, and other objects of a similar nature.—Carried. Mr. MAUD then moved a resolution to the effect that, at the option of the Great North of England Purchase shareholders, they receive back on the let of July, 1852, as much of the money as they may have paid in advance of calls. The resolution was lost, only a few bands being held up in its favour. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution, em bodying the sentiments contained in the close of his speech, relative to the calls to be made on the Great North of England Purchase shareholders; which was carried almost unanimously. The adjourned half-yearly meeting was then held, when Mr. flaws and Mr. Alderman Hodgson were re-elected directors. Messrs. 'Wylie and Maud were re-elected auditors, and it was resolved that their yearly salary be raised to 120/. each. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Love for his able services as a director, and another to Mr. Close for his attention to the duties of his office since the present board took office. The special meeting then resumed, and the of the poll was stated to be as follows ;—Persona/' votes and proxies for the 8i11,20,001 ; ditto against it, 7,935. The proceedings then closed at a quarter past nine. LAND TAX ASSESSMENT. An extraordinary general meeting of the Com missioners for levying the land tax in the county of Middlesex was held yesterday in the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, for the purpose of taking into considera tion, at the request of the Commissioners for the Holborn division, the present unequal distribution of this tax in the different parishes and divisions of the metropolis, and to take such measures as might be best fitted to effect an equalization of assessment. On the motion of Mr. WOODWARD, chairman of the Finsbury division, seconded by Mr. Louis, the chair was taken by Jamer Hargrave Mann, Esq. Mr. Lush acted as clerk to the meeting. The CLIAIRMAN said he believed that there had been no meeting of the Commissioners of that part of the county called in the Act of Parliament " the rust ) of the county of the Middlesex," since the year iv lW, except when they were called together to`ielect a commissioner under the Property and Income-tax Act. It was under extraordinary circumstances, some of which he would briefly state, that they were now assembled. Some time in the early part of October last a gentleman of the name of May, having property in the Holborn division, made an appeal, with the view to have an alteration made in the assessment of his property, and what was still more important, he endeavoured to effect an alteration in the quota levied on the pro perty of the parish in which he was. He availed him self of the assistance of counsel, whom the Commis sioners readily consented to hear, for though under the Assessed Taxes Act barristers were not permitted to be present at appeals against the land-tax, they were permitted to be present at appeals under the Property Act. The reason of this appeared to be, that under the Assessed Taxis Act the decision could be repealed, but under the Property-tax Act there was no appeal, and parties were therefore allowed to have the benefit of counsel. The result was, that the Commissioners having availed themselves of the legal knowledge and great experience of his friend, Mr. Burchell, and having given due consideration to the clauses of the Act of Parliament relied on by Mr. Miller, the counsel for the appellant, thought that the view which he had taken, namely, that no parochial assessment should be taken, but that divisional as sessments should be made, was not correct, and they decided, by an almost unanimous vote, of Twelve to one, that they had not the power of granting the relief that was required. Mr. Miller retired dissatisfied, but not, as he (the chairman) believed, disappointed with the decision, and he shortly afterwards waited with a deputation on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wanting to obtain relief from the Government. If the reports in the newspapers were correct, Mr. Mil ler, at that deputation, had put into the mouths of the Commissioners language which they had never uttered, and had thereby committed a gross act of in justice to an honourable board. Mr. Miller was re ported to have said. " The Commissioners refuse to grant relief on the ground that it would be very in convenient to re-assess the old divisions." That statement had not been made on any occasion by the Commissioners, who never had, and never 'would allow, mere consideration of convenieace to inter fere with the discharge of their duties, and other interests of the ratepayers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied to the deputation that they had not exhausted all the remedies afforded by the Act, and that he could not, therefore, give them any assistance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not have given any other answer, for he must have• felt, that if the Commissioners bad refused relief merely on the score of convenience, the appellants might have gone to the Barons of the Exchequer, in stead of to the Government, for redress. In conse quence of the reply of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the party had made another appeal to their board, forgetting that, according to the Act, when ap peals have been once decided they cannot be reheard. But, considering the importance of the question, the Commissioners of the whole of Middlesex had been called together that day to see if they could not afford the relief which the Holborn Commissioners could not give. It was another object of the meeting to con sider whether it was not the duty of the Commis sioners to have an annual meeting of the entire body. He requested that any resolution that might be pro posed should be in writing, and concluded by hoping that they would come to a determination which, if not satisfactory to the parties, would at least enable them to go with a good case before Parliament. Mr. COPPOCK. quoted the 38 Geo. 111. c. 5, and 54 Geo. 111. c. 173, s. 142, to prove that it was the duty of the Commissioners to meet together once every year, on or before the 30th of April. This course was necessary to legalise the making of a land-tax ab initio, and he fearlessly asserted that without such a meeting they could not enforce the payment of any assessment of land-tax.—(Hear, hear, and murmurs.) In order to bring the case fully before the Commis sioners, the speaker then entered into a detailed exa mination of the various Acts relating to the land tax, from the 4 Will. 111. c. 1, when the present form of the land. tax was substituted for the more ancient hydages, scutages, and periodical assess ments, down to the 38 Geo. 111. c. 60, when the tax, from being an annual one, was made permanent, and subject to redemption by the landowner. He then showed the great inequality of pressure with which the land-tax weighed upon the different parishes and divisions of the metropolis. The sum to be raised from Holborn division was 13,629/, while that to be raised from the wealthy Marylebone, which was sepa rated from Holborn in 1806, amounted to less than 6001. The law, he contended, gave the Commissioners the power of making a new assessment, so as to make the tax more just and equal. l'Ur. Wood, the chair man of the Inland Revenue Board, stated the present custom to be " to copy the amount of assessment made from year to year from previous assessments, unless in case of appeals the inequality rendered it necessary to make a new settlement." That custom arose from the false notion that the Act of Parli amen t r bound them down to a certain assessment which they could not alter. The hardships arising from this uni form assessment bad now been suffered for a consider able period ' • but length of time did not legali.e in justice, and it was now in their power to apply a re medy. He concluded by moving :—" That the un redeemed portion of the land-tax, payable by that part of the county of Middlesex, which, by Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 3S:hyear of King George 111., c. 5, is charged with the sum of 107,602/. Its. 7d., be re-assessed by an equid pound rate upon all property liable to the tax, within every hundred, lathe, wapentake, rape ward, or other divi sion within that part el' the said county." Mr. STALLWOOD seconded the motion. Mr. OFFER stated, in illustration of the unequal distribution of the land-tax in different districts, that there was a street in Wapping, one side of which was assessed at above 35., while the other side of the same street, happening to be included in the parish of St. George-in-the-East was assessed at 6d. Let them look again at the vast disproportion between 30,0001., the assessment levied on the Tower Hamlets, and the 5001. or 6001. raised from Marylehone. He admitted that they could not alter the quota named in the Act of Parliament, but be thought they could alter the assessment so as to distribute it equally over all the parishes.—(Hear, hear.) He conceived that the re demption of the land-tax was one of the greatest blunders ever sanctioned by the Legislature. In the Tower Hamlets, whenever a house fell into decay, the landlord redeemed the tax before the house was re-built, and consequently a larger sum was required from the rest of the division ; and if the present sys tem continued, the result would be, that the assessed landlords would throw up their freeholds rather than be subject to a tax so heavy, that no amount of rent that they could obtain would repay them. Mr. PAYNE, coroner, denounced the present system of assessment as iniquitous, but he thought it impos sible for the Commissioners to take any steps towards remedying the evil, until it was ascertained whether they had the power under the present law to do so. In the case of "The King v. St. Paul's, Covent garden," in w hich relief was sought for from an ex orbitant assessment, Lord Mansfield said, " There is great hardship in this case, but the law is clear and decided, and we can give no relief. We hare no au • thority to make any change in the assessment, al though we are convinced that considerations of equity require that the change should take place." He (Mr. Payne) thought that that opinion of Lord Mansfield was decisive against the view of the powers vested in the Commissioners taken by Mr. Coppock, and he should, therefore, move as an amendment, that it be referred to a committee, to consider whether the body of the Commissioners have the power to make any change in the assessment, and to report thereon to the Commissioners. A COMMISSIONER seconded the amendment. Mr. RAMSDEN feared that, if they sanctioned the original resolution, numerous protests would be made against it unless it were fortified by a legal opinion. He approved of the appointment of a committee, but was at a loss to know how its expenses were to be paid.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Lovaut. said the evil was not confined to Mid dlesex, but extended over the whole country.— (Hear, hear.) The question was mixed up with so many difficulties, that he did not think there was any adequate remedy except a declaratory Act of Parliament, which should cover all England. Mr. H. Towaram, said that the objections to the present mode of assessing the land-tax had not emanated from the present generation, but were almost contemporary with the Act by which the tax was established, convincing the public mind more and more of the necessity of some change. He could not entirely agree either with the motion or the amendment which had been proposed, and he would therefore move that —" Whereas much dissatisfaction is expressed by the inhabitants of Holborn and other parishes in Mid sllesex, and much difference of opinion exists as to whether the Commissioners have theiower to alter the quota and assessment of the land- ; esx, zesolved, that the Commissioners petition Parliament Tor an Act in which their powers shall be more correctly defined, and that a committee be appointed to carry out that object." , ~ Mr. WOODWARD seconded tne amendment. r Mr. COPPOCK havin`tiiefly replied, The eusaaataX puf fir. Payne's amendment, which was lost by a majority of 25 to la. The original motion was also declared to be lost, 14 hands only being held up in favour of it. Mr. li. Pownall's amendment was carried by a majority of 43 to 9. A committee was then appointed to take charge of the petition to be presented to I'arlisment, consisting of Mr. H. Pownall, Mr. Coppocle, Mr. Payne, Mr. Elliott, and the chairman of the divisional boards of Commissioners. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the court then adjourned to Tours day, the 4th proximo, when the question of the assess ment of the tax for the present year will come under consideration PARLIAMENTARY _DIVISIONS. From the Yates and Proceedings of the House if COVITIVAS. TUESDAY, MARCH 26. THE ROYAL ACADEMY, Motion made, and Question put, " That there be laid before this Rouse an Account of the Receipts and Expendi ture of the Royal Academy of 'Arts each year since 1836, with a detailed statement of the sums appropriated to salaries, and to the various general and incidental purposes of the Establishment ; also, the amount of money funded, which, in 1816, was 47,0001. The louse divided: MINORITY—AYES, 19. Arkwright, G. Harris, Richard Stuart, Lord D. 'l3rotherton, J. Henley, J. W. Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir J. Divett, Edward Meagher, Thomas Duncan, Viscount Mullings, J. R. MUSD. Duncan, George l'eto, Samuel Hume, Joseph Greene, John Balwey, Colonel Ewart, William Hall, Sir B. Stanley, E. 11. MAJORITY-NOES, 47. Armstrong, R. B. Forster, Mathew Pelham, D. A Bellow, K. M. French, F. Plowden, W. H. Berkeley, Henry F. Faller, A. E. Power, Nicholas Blackall, S. W. Gordon. Admiral Price, Sir Robert Boyle, Colonel Gore, W. R. G. &rope, G. P. Campbell, W. F. Grace, O. 1). Shell, R. L. Coles, H. Y. Grenfeil, Charles W. Somerville. SIT W. Cowper, W. F. Grey, B. W. Spooner, Richard Craig, Sir W. G. Hayter, W. G. Talbot, J. 11. Dawson, T. V. Ilobhouse, Sir John Townley, It. G. Duncombe, G. Lewis, G. C. Tufnell, H. Dundas, Admiral M'Cullagh, W. Wllson, James Dundee, Sir David Morgan, H. K. G. Wodehouse, Edmund Dunne, Colonel Newdegate, N. Ebrington, Viscount Norreys, Sir D. Elliot, John O'Connell, M. J. Farrar, James Parker, John TILLIU. Hawes, Benjamin lio ward. r. H. MISS EMMA STANLEY'S MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC MELANGE. Miss Rmma Stanley, the actress so long a favourite with the audiences of the Princess's Theatre, gave last evening, in the Princessa's Concert-room an en • tertainment in the nature of a monologue, interspersed with music. The intelligence and versatility . of this lady, so often displayed on the stage, fully justified her in the somewhat bold attempt to entertain an audience with a performance of this kind, in which so much address and variety of talent are retuired, in order to keep up attention without factitious aids. In all that depended upon herself, Miss Stanley was most successful. Her manner was piquant and self possessed, without effort or obtrusiveness, and she ex hibited great skill in the ease with which she glided from one subject to another, from anecdote to illus tration, from the didactic to the satirical and the mi metic. She might have had provided for her materials more pointed and racy, but such as they were she cer tainly made the most of them. These dramatic and musi cal monologues have usually the same general charge teristics..There is always too much lamentation over the neglect of the native drama for the sake of foreign at tractions, and too little illustration of that indigenous talent which, when displayed, is quite as much appre ciated in this country as in any other. Miss Stanley's delivery of what she termed her " expl ana t ory an d de precatory prologue " was very pointed ;and graceful — indeed, this formed the best feature in the literary portion of the entertainment. In her stage anecdotes, chiefly of contemporary managers, actors, and ac tresses,among whom were an " eminent" tragedian and the charming Anna Thillon, were very happy; and in an air from the Ambdssadrice, sung with a happy imitation of the French accent of that delight ful vocalist, Miss Stanley commanded an encore. In the second part there was a clever sketch of Rachel, and Miss Stanley exhibited , her versatility and mimetic powers in some happy imitations of national charac teristics. Upon the whole, we congratulate this lady on having made a very successful essay in a kind of performance requiring, more especially in her sex, a rare combination of courage and tact. THE ART.USION OP LONDON.--Crowds have been rushing into the office in the Strand daring the last two or three days to obtain the engraving of " Sabrina," the delivery of which began on Monday last. Maclise's fine illustrations of " The Seven Ages" are all engraved, and in progress of printing. A medal in honour of Bankes, the sculptor, has been determined on. The council have selected a fine antique tans from the British Museum to be produced in cast-iron. The bas relief of Christ entering Jerusalem has been very sue• cesafully engraved by the ruling process (or snaglyp tograph, and is ready for press.—Some time ago Prince Albert directed the council to have prepared for him a set of the bronzes and statuettes which have been issued by the Art-Union. This has been done, and last week one of the officers of the society accompanied them to Buekingbam Palace, when his Royal Highness was pleased personally to express great satisfaction.--Buildei. 4 2 - - e- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I DEATH OP VICE-ADMIRA L THE Hon D. H. MACKAY.—We regret to state that Vice• Admiral the Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay died suddenly,:whilst at breakfast, at his residence at the Albans . , yesterday morning. The gallant deceased, it will - be remem b,red, was recently ccmnaander-in-chief at Cork, and was superseded, on promotion, in June last. The following :sketch of his career :is taken from O'Byrne s " Naval Biography. " -Vice-Admiral Mackay had served about twenty-two years on full Pay : " The Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, born December 31, 1780, was second surviving son of the Hon. George Mackay, of Skibo, M.P., in 1754, for the county of Sutherland, and afterwards Master of the Mint of Scot land, by Anne, third daughter of Eric Sutherland, only sou of the attaiuted Lord Duffus, who was at first a captain in the British, and then a flag-oftleer in the Rassian navy. Ile was nephew cf Lieutenant-General the lion. Alexander Mackay, appointed in 1780 com mander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland, and brother of the present Lord Rosy. This officer enterei the Royal Naval AcaciLmy in January, 1792; and embarked, in Octoter, 1794, as midshipman, on board the Dreialua, 32, Captain Thomas Williams ; on accomp a nying whom into the Unicorn, of 38 guns, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch brig of war Comet, of 18 gone, as als o , we are informed, atter a severe action, of the French frigid* La Tribarits, of 44 guns, and 339 men, 37 of wham were killed and 15 wounded, with impunity to the British. After an active service of more than eighteen month* with Sir Richard Strachan, in the ktelampus and Diamond frigates, on the home station, be was mad. lieuteLant, March 27, 1798, into the Ariadne, 20, Cap tain James Bradley, in which ship, it appears, he accotn panied an expedition under Sir Home Popham, having for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice gates of the Bruges Canal. In the Isis, 50, flag-ship of the late Sir Andrew Mitchell, he witnessed the:fall of the Helder fortress, and surrender of the Texel squadron, and commanded a tender at the capture of four Dutch gun-vessels, forming part of the flotilla collected for the protection of Amsterdam. Was advanced to the rank of commander April 29, 1802, and attained poet rank January 22, 1806, and was afterwards invested with the command of the Druid frigate, on the coast of Ireland ; for three months, of the Inflexibl e 64, fi tt i ng for Halifax ; o f th e Voltage, 26, Malacca, 42, and Minden, 74, all on the East India station, whence he returned about April, 1816 ; and November 7, 1831, of the Revenge, 78, which ship, after having been in termediately attached to the force off Lisbon, was put out of commission in the early part of 1834. He was actively employed, under the orders of Sir Samuel Hood, in the Eastern Archipelago and China Seas, where his duties were of a very arduous character. In the Malacca he 00-operated with a squadron tinder Captain George Sayer, in a serious attack made, is June, 1813, upon the piratical settlements of Sambas, in the island of Borneo. lie attained flag rank June 23, 13188." By the 'death of Vice-Admiral Mackay the fol lowing promotions and alterations in the Nail/ List take place:— Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, C.B G.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red, vice Seymour. Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, C. 8., Com mander- in- Chief on the south-east coast of America, to be Rear-Admiral of the White, vice Dillon. Captain Sir John Marshall, C. 8., K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue, vice Reynolds. Captain Henry Jenkinson (1814), on the retired list of 1846, to be Rear-Admiral on the retired list, but without any increase of pay. The lion. J. Poulett is now the senior Vice-Ad miral on the list for promotion. Captain James Erskine Wemyss (1814) is the senior captain on the active list ; Captain Edward Sauren (1814) on the re tired list; Captain F. W. Beechy (1527) comes within the 14s. 6d. a day half-pay list ; and Captain William Hillyar (1836) becomes entitled to 12s. 6d. a-day. By the promotion'of Sir John Marshall, a captain's good service pension reverts to the patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, Alancn 26.—Master-Assistant Charles Cooke, to the Hastings, 72, flag-ship on the East In. dies and China station. The Widgeon steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left Woolwich on Saturday for Yarmouth. The Vivid steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, left Woolwich this morning to resume her duties as a mail packet on the Dover station. The Dwarf steam-vessel arrived here yesterday, and was taken into the basin to-day, preparatory to having her engines taken out, when she will be broken up. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, is ordered home to 'Woolwich to be paid off at this port. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Nary, arrived at Woolwi c h Dockyard at one o'clock P.M. to-day, on an official visit to inspect OA progress made with the Pioneer and Intrepid, screw-propelled steam-vessels, fitting for the Arctic expedition. The Gallant Officer was accompanied to these vessels by Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of the dockyard ; Captain 11. T. Austin, C. 8., of the Reso lute; Captain Ommanney, of the Assistance ; Mr. Lang, toaster shipwright; and Mr. Ilumphreys, chief engineer ; with Mr. Chatfield and Mr. Peake, as sistants to the roaster shipwright. The progress of the vtstels towards a finished state is nos/satisfactory, although fears were at first entertained relative to the Free Trade, owing to the delay in her being handed over to Government. She is now, however, in an ad vanced state, the half of her doubling from the gun wales to the keel being already put on. The caulkers employed on the Pioneer are to be paid by piece work, and as every caulker belonging to Deptford dockyard has been sent here, they will soon finish that vessel. The Resolute and the Assistance are expected from Blackwall in the early part, or at latest, the middle, of next week, and the provisions and other stores will soon be put on board, as they are all in readiness. The official report of , the draught of water of the Nankin, 50 •gun frigate, on the day she was launehed, and when taken down t he river, is fourteen feet six inches forward, and sixteen feet aft, or one foot six inches by the stern. A very pretty little vessel has been constructed at Chatham from the launch of the Vernon, 50-gun frigate, and was brought round to Woolwich on Fri day last. On Friday the vessel was taken to Green. wich to be rigged by the boys there. She has been painted to represent a frigate, and has a neat bust of the Prince of Wales in his naval costume for a figure head. The general impression is that this miniature frigate is intended for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. There are three 50-gun sailing frigates being built, or ordered to be built at Devonport Dockyard, namely, the Phoebe, the Narcissus, and the Liffey. The Li ff e y i s waiting orders, it is to be hoped, for screw arrangements. There are building, also, at Devonport, three,two-decked ships, namely, the Exmouth, 90; Algiers, 90; and Sans rariel, 84. Though not progressing, the St. Jean D'Acre, 90, makes a fourth ship. Her progress is im peded by want of drawings. It is much discussed, whether the Sanspariel shall be a mere sailing ship, or have auxiliary steam power. ORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IX THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1550. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l6l Diseases of Uncertain Seat 34 Tubercular Diseases ... 170 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120 Diseases of the Heart and Brood-vessels ... 47 Diseases of the Lungs, and other O rgans o f Respiration ... ... 231 Diseases of the Stomach, Li ver , an d other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidne ... 53 75, &e. •• . Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• ••• Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• .. Premature Birth . 2V ••• ••• .•• ••• •• Atrophy ••• ••• ... ... ••• •• • 18 Old Age ••• 50 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden .. • ••• 31 ... ... ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 36 Causes not speeified ... ... ... ••• ••• 7 ••• 12 ... 4 DEATHS PROM ♦LL CAUSES ..„ 1,026 Population Deaths ii sorra- Deaths Enumerated, spending week le the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 156 ... 139 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 221 ... 217 Central Districts 374,199 ... 204 ... 179 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 210 ... 214 South Districts .. 503,346 ... 257 ... 277 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ••• 1,048 ••• 1,096 Malea ••• 00. *4O ••• 4 04 420 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ZOO BIRTHS IN THE WRY.E. Males Females ... 76$ ... 693 ..........0 1,462 *ln this number are included 14 by Scarlatina/ 31 by Typhus Fever, and 20 by Diarrheas. - - Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.—Eliza Cook's Journal. MARC HESTER RECTORY DIVISION BILL.—The Select Committee upon this Bill re-assembled yesterday.— , Mr. Deedes in the chair—when Mr. Talbot delivered an able s p eec h ugainst the preamble, on the part of the Dean a n d Canons of the Cathedral Church of Manchester. The evidence of Mr. J. C. Herten, the Rev. Archdeacon Rushton. the Rev. Canon Clifton, and the Rev. Canon Sargent, was then taken to prove the allegations of the Learned Counsel. Mr. Russell, who appeared for Sir Thomas de Trafford, stated that an arrangement had been effected with the Counsel for' the promoters, in consequence of which he withdrew his op position to the preamble, with the understanding that alterations were to be introduced in the clauses to save his client's rights. The Committee, after some deliberation, thew declared the preamble to be proved, but directed that canal:ll verbal alterations should be made in it, which, it is midi,. will re-open the whole question upon the claussg. The cow— -1 inittoo'then adjourned until the 9t12 Of April. I. BENEFITS ,lecured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21. 120. 2~-~ -2.. - //Z,W [PRICE SD. THE LIONS AND THE OXEN, A Political Fable for laso, in T " LEAD ER of SATURDAY, %larch 30. Joseph Clayton, Jun., 26, Strand. THOMAS CARLTLE ON' DOWNING-STREET, IN TH •E LE A DER of SATURDAY NEXT, March 30. Joseph Clayton, Jun., Publisher, 20, Strand.