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!_y" - x i s i is Seer y ' ncler ret eC ef • Af r xt-• • .). -1. •" 4%,/,g. • • - , ' 1 - '- ~." 17 / 1 / 4.%;•, - t l eadi t b , , •-• 4nir - 4. -1 50," /. 10'A 4041 4 _ " - . 05 - 1 \ 1 , , 4 4 , !t•,) 1 4„. , • * - 4 0 • L , • • Aik • CONTRACT for BALTIC Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerz-et-place, March Id, 1850. or l he Commissioners for executing the 'mice of Lord fligh Admiral th e - United Kingdom of Great 'Britain and Ireland, do herel±y give 4: Li ce that on TOESDAY, the 9th ne::t, at One o'clock, Kill be ready to treat with such rcrions as may be willing to 'entract for supplying RIGA and PETERSJIGIZGII II E3l P. To b • dell-rued at her Majesty's Duckyards, according to a Dis which, wills a Form of Tender may be seen at the sal. - I.office. `'lo Tender will be received after One o'clock on t he day 01' treaty, nor d„, any noticed, unless the party attends , o r an a g ent for him, authorised in writing. i „rerY Tender must be address c•I to the Secretary of the Admiralty, ""' bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Hemp," and • must also be delivered at Somerset place. _ Ik; - ` ) 17 930.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY • _ a f a. • - 4 M MARCH 13, 1850. 7 [PRICE 5D.. LONDON to BOULOGNE DIRECT The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam -ships CITY of BOULOGNE or EM ETZALD, every Tuesday and Thursday, from LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, according to tide. Thursday, March 14, at 11, Morning. Tuesday, March 19, at 2, 3toroing. Thursday, March 2h, at 5, Morning. Tuesday, March 26, at 10, Morning. Thursday, March 28, at 11, Morning. Saloon, Ids.; Fore Cabin, Bs. Places boolied throughout from London to Paris at the following low charges : Saloon and First Class Rail .. •• • • ...... 345. 6(1. Fore Cabin and Second Class Rail 258. 0(1. Fore Ca - ,2in and Third Class Rail .• • ....• 21s. Od. For particulars of freight, &c., apply at the Company's Offices, 4, Arthur-street East ; Mr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur-street East; or Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-6 to 1 agst Harriot (t), 6 to 1 agst Osterley, 9 t 9 1 agat Mahratta (t), 1 00 to 8 agst Belus, 100 to 7 agst Frnhill, 100 to 4 agst Bastinado (t). METROPOLITAN STAKES-2 to 1 agst Cheerful, 25 to 1 agst Bastinado (t), 25 to 1 agst Ada Mary (t). CHESTER Cur.-100 to 6 agst Peep-a-Day Boy (t), 100 to 6 apt Glauca, 20 to 1 agst Miss Ann, 20 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 22 to 1 agst Roland (taken to 251), 25 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 27 to 1 agst Whim colt, 27 to 1 agst Fugleman, 40 to 1 agst The Flea, 100 to 16 agst Sir Richard (t). DERBY.-7 to' 1 offered on the field, 20 to 1 agst Vul tigeur. Very little Letting. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The following is the official return of the killep and injured;-- ISLINGTON CATTLE-MARaET aucl ABA - Notice TOIR CO3IPANY. ce is hereby given that, at tha instance of the hollers Of the rritY of the Shares in 111" s Company. The Directors have re:solved 4 SOLIDATE the ONE-POUND :W ARES into TEN-BOUND : Th .RES paid up. ".ae D• 4. 8 irectors beg to announze to Shareholders holding any b, r4 Cnber than Ten Shares Hut they IL re at liberty to increas e the 1)4 0 . rin each case respectively to Ten :glares, or they ay receive tlieir deposits. without any deduct ion, ou application at the T h PanY's offices. - e Shares of all dissentients will be .forthwith re-issued in e t ar "' o 1 dated form, and may be obtained by application to the Seers th up to the 14th instant. By order of the Board, 101 DI T. TIDD, Secretary. DEAD. Wel lington -street - North, Strand, March 4, 1850. NATIONAL, LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOC I E TY. 26, Cornhill, Lon don. Capital £500,00 Empowered by Act of Pitzliament. wit h iS Institution embraces important sal substantial advantages Policies issued to Life Assurances and Defergl,d Annuties. 00 _ 011 cles issued by this Society have a t ()ibid. advantage :—provi „l. for th e f amily of the Assured, and sin augmenting pecuniary Zilable resource to himself, if needful, vi . hilel lying. The Assured f ' s r! all occasions the power to Orroe„ without expense, or for 'ere of the Policy,, two-th rds of the Pr v . a liums paid. DIVISION OF PROT ITS. %t 7,,h: continued prosperity of the Sn ciety! has enr.b7ed the Directors 8 1,! , Annual Meeting, held on the 10th i.of May, 1848, to declare a e'V 4 bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per fe nt. on the Premiums paid "" %Ulf Policy effected on the profit scale.; EXAMPLES. I . ! Perms- Sum tr.e kblc; Annual Polley Bonus In neat Ro• A.m ., ' d . . E Pre- . taken addition Botitt3 in duction of may bor .i 1., miuna. 'out in to Sum C: ‘e h. Annunt row ou ...... Assured. Premium. Policy. ---- --- -- 1... S s. 2. £ r 3 d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 31128 114 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 - 1838 251 18 10'115 34 8 15 12 8 543 17 9 co £ Z s.d. 1839 226 6 0 ; !102 115 1 16 2 I , 194 810 100 C 74 3 4 1840 178 0 0! 82 , 84 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 1841 174 0 0, 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 .4 2; 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 9J 18 4' 41 8 4 615 11 196 13 4 ...---_ 1844 62 6 8 27 1:3 4 4 4 0 147 4 5 DEFERRED AN NU,'-'PIES. tithe operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to i t ,v to the public a plan of Deferred Ant atties far more adTanta -441s than any hitherto offered, whereby ur. individual, by the con• i r talon of a very small annual, monthly, Or weekly saving, may se- Z t 4 t either a comfortable provision for hb Itself in advanced age, sr, d e V 3 option, a large sum of money, or a Wicy to his family at his b or h ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of or r e willA two-thirds of all previous pays ae: its, it removes all risk irfelture from inability to continue lir en dams, besides affording ple resource during sickness and w .t of employment ; and t'.l:the purchaser die before arriving at th e stipu lated p eriod, two of hid payments will be returned to 1 Lis representatives. .e following Table is a specimen of Um great and varied advan- F s tes which the judicious application of a sr call saving can secure this So cie ty. LI. PREMIUMS To Eec are 1 1 Mining the age of on a+ IA In- Annuity4lo 10 0 inual Premium of lug the: tge Cash •. 82 10 0 of G 5, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option .of IENEFITS k etired on a 65 , by an Ai 21 . 123. Aruanity P, ty.able Payable Payable 1,,n) at- ix ona for Ms u tll , sum. parity. Cash. I Policy. o I'J 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 I':9 616 7 1 7 3 11 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10 s. d ;91 11 0 , 221 00' 1 15 8 0 466 0 0 20 '261 0 0 30 '136 6 0 40 s. d. 2,, 4 S. d 47 16 c a 4 2G 15 11' CI 13 19 s • I . l l` edit e ate Annuities are also granted by the S ociet y on liberal 81,T 1s, as will be seen by the following eat 'act s from the Tables, A.,, T , 111W g tha annual amount of annuity upon e /cry 100/. deposited £7 Bs. Age 60, £9 its. 34. Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. o ft , ue n Anual Report, with Tables of Itates,...&c.. may be bad at the or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will '''urwarded post free. W. S. 13, We C LIIOUSE, Actuary. PROMOTER LIFE ASS r2IIANCE AND ANNUITY COll PAN r, 9 , Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.— -established in IS2G. Subscribed Capital, 240, XOl. 1111 8 Society effects Assurances both on tb e bonus and non-bonus ' , stems, at the option of the Assurer. Those who adopt the bongs rates participle in three•fourths of the Z° ll ts, whilst the following example Must. rates what is the imme vate advantage secured by those who assur• sat the low, or non-par elPating rates of the office : '‘nnual Premium required by those Societies - which use the Northampton data, for an Assura nce c f 5,0001., at 25 Years of age • • • • • • Promoter Premium for the like sum at the 5: gnu age • .. £l2O 4 2 91 0 10 Difference •• • • •• £29 3 4 The expectation of life, by the best tab les, ,at 25 years of age, is 37 Years '7 And an annuity of 291 3s. 4d., awn Pulated at compound in rest for 37 years, at 5 per cent., will am cratnt to 2,964/. 3s. I ld. ere may have been instances where a larl rx bonus than that sum has been received, when the party has lived beyond the average du '.._atinn of life, but it is difficult to conceive t: I st all those who have assured for 5,0001. at 25 years of age, have b ed, on the average, such en addition to their policies. p rospectuses, and all f ar ther information n trey be obtain ed at the pmee. Dr. S AWARD, Secretary. THE ROYAL FOL.TTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-S MEET. 81 r henry R. Bishop's Lectures on Music , 'n pith Vocal Illustrations, t „ Monday, Widnesday, and Friday Evenings Eight, and on Tues day. Thu rs d a y, a nd Saturday, at Three o'el E•ek.--111nstrations on 4 , St ronomy, by Dr. Bachhoffner , on Wcdnesd A y and Friday, at One o'clock during Lent.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Lect , ar e on the Philosophy o f Scientific Recreation, Mornings and Eveni, 4 :s.—A Lecture by J. 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J ot Published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed zuvelope, 2s. 641., or post - free , f rom the 1 ktithor, for forty-two atarap, s ELF-PRESERVA.TION; a 'a --Y Medical Treatise on the Physio lo gy of Marriage, and on t he Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Yam h and Maturity, orally acquired at an early period of )16 a which enervate e Physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural f eelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Mardi ood ; with Practical ..."bacrvalions on the Treatment of Nervo us Debi iiaf and Indigestion, bother arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of r,°Pical climates: Local and Constitutional 'Weakness, Syphilis, "uieture, and all Diseases and Derangement: resulting frem Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Ant atomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the )i.eproductive Organs, , e xplaining their strsetm es, uses, and fimci loss, and the various I .Riuries that are produced in them by sol itar y habits, excesses, and lafection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 71 C.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of t' se University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Lone sari, Honorary Meraber of the London Hospital Medical Society, Sac, This work contains an accurate and complete account of Ole 7onatonlY and Physiology of the iteproduc live Organs. It tun fortunately happens that the unhappy vlct hal of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their Invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap)lying to a qualified physi cian for relief. 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" What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." St BJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent tf tl e passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of lice, tlousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, ar,cl remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. . _ THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." PxoGRAMNE:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sax. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, cmplexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in thcee matters. Reception hours daily till aye. LTOtilligS, seven till nine. BegentitrOt. INFLUENCE OF WOMEN IN FRANCE. 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London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. itWONDERFUL WOAK-BOX.—According to an Enigma published in No. 18 of The FAMILY FRIEND fur March the 15th, an ordinary work-box is capable of containing a Lion, an Elephant, a Tiger, a Stag, a Dragon, a Peacock, a Goat, and numerous other animals, all alive, and to each one may be al lowed a cage. In addition to this menagerie, there may be exhibited within the work-box, a Magic Lantern, by which may be shown a Living Ghost— " And as uncommon things the most make common people stare, (And giants are uncommon) great Goliah shall be there !" A Gold Watch, value Ten Guineas, is offered to the person who produces the best Solution ; there are two other prizes for the Second and Third-best Solutions. The readers of "The Sum" may obtain the Number which contains this interesting Enigma, and the Condi tions of the Award, by order of any bookseller, price Twopence. The competition will remain open till the 10th of April. The Editor gua rantees that the Enigma is capable of a fair Solution. The FAMILY FRIEND is published upon the let and 15th of each month, and enjoys a circulation of 65,000. New subscribers are ad vised to order Vol. 1., price 2s. 6d.; and Nos. 13 to 18, price 2d. each —they will thus have the work complete up to the present date. . London : lloulston and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster-row. NEW EXHIBITION. Now Open at No. 309, REGENT-STREET, adjoining the Royal Polytechnic Institution, A PICTURESQUE TOUR to the 11RITANNIA BRIDGE, with ILLUSTRA TIONS, comprisine Views of BIRAIINGHAII, CHESTER, COVENTRY, the VICTORIA and BRITANNIA BRIDGES, &c., &c., on a Grand Scale. Painted by J. W. ALLEN, Esq. An instructive and amusing; Description by JOHN CLARKE, Esq. HOURS of EXHIBITION—Afternoon, Two o'Clock and Four; Evenings, Seven o'Clock and Nina. Admission, One Shilling ; Schools, half-price. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB 21, 1850. Notice is he,eby givea, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold Levees at St. Jamcs's Palace, on behalf of Lee Majesty, on the fol lowing da) s, at two o'cl , ick : Wednesday, Gth March next. Wednesday, 20th March next. It is her Majesty's pleasure that pre •cntations to his Royal Highness at these Levees shall Le considered equivalent to presentations to the Q , n. Addresses to the Queen tam) , either he forwarde I to her Majesty through the Secretary cf State for the 1 , Home Department, or may be referved until her Majesty shall hold a levee. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The noblemen and gent! , :men who purpose to attend the levees at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring kith them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Qteen's page in attendance in the Presence Chamber, and tie other to bo delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name. Those gentlemen, who are to be presented, are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the nobleman or gentleman who is to present them, should he sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, bef 're twelve o'clock on the Mon day previous to each levee, in order that they may be submitted for approbation ; it being her Maje,ty's com mand, that no presentation shall be made at the levees, but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be de livered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open fir the re ception of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of March, 1850, present the Queen's MeaL Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to make the following amendments on the Roll of Sheriffs, viz.:— Monmouthshire—Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., made Craw shay Bailey, Esq. Merionethshire—Edward Griffiths, Esq., made Edward Humphrey Griffith, Esq. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26, 1850. Tho Lord Chancellor ha; appointed Thomas Swipe, of Warwick, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, - Mulct{ 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Rogers, of Helston, in the county of Cornwall, Gent , to be a Mas ter Extraordinary in the High Cuurt of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAnca 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Samuel Chattock, of Solihull, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCEL 11. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Arthur Thomas Phillpotts to he Captain, vice De Winton, re tired upon half-pay; First Lieutenant John Davenport Shakespear t) be Secon& Captain, vice Phillpotts; Second Lieutenat Reginald Henry Champion to to First Lieutenant, vice Shakespear, March 6. Erratum in Gazette of Ist inst.—The date of Second Captain J. J. Brandling's commission as Adjutant should have been 14th April, 1849, and not 14th March. BANKRUPTS. George Frederick Gardener, grocer, Rayleigh, Essex, co surrender March 21, at twelve, and April 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-stret t; Chidley, Bcsinghall-street. Thomas Williams, draper, Epsom, March 22, at twelve, and April 23, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. Srmuel Parkhcuse, dealer, Cambridge, March 22, at one, and April 16, at t at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-3treet; Stretton, Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane. William Sm)theman, builder, Rageley, Staffordshire, March 20, and April 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Yelpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Salt, Rugeley; Motterain, Knight, and Emmett, Bir mingham. James Hardeastle, tavern keorer, Manchester, March 25, at twelve, and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assigns e, Manchester ; Chapman and llohnl Manchester. James Simpson Holmes, merchant, Liverpool, March 27, and April 17, at eleven, at the Lit erpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. Mr. Dorling has just issued his " Broad sheet" for the ensuing meeting, which will embrace one day of flat !wring on the Demme and one of steeplechasing within a mile of the railway station, over a farm of arable and grass land, with natural faeces and water-jumps, the whole in view of a betting-stand to be erected for the occasion. The programmes for the " legitimates" will embrace the Epsom Trial Stakes, with 50 added by S%r Gilbert Heathccee; the Two yrs old Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added,. for which 18 h orses are name d ; the Great Metropolitan Handicar, of 25 soya. eac h, 15 ft, &c., with 500 added , having au acceptance of 40 out of an entry of 88 horses; and two stakes in heatr, which with the Trial Stakes close on the Tuesd a y b e f ore t h e . races . The second day's 13 wholly confined to racing "across the country"—viz., the Gr e at Metropo litan Steeplechase, with 100 added; the" Aristocratic," the " Surrey Hunt," and the " Scramble," each with 25 sovs. added, the entries to close at the same ti me as t h e flat races. The meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday, the 11th and 12th of April, and we have no doubt will be a brilliant one. COVENTRY STEEPLECIIASES AND HURDLE RACES.--TUESDAY. The Selling Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. cash, 3 ft, and 25 added. Two miles. (3 Subs.) Mr. Johnson's Sarah Sykes, lOst 21b (Frisby) 1 Mr. J. Webb's Wiseacre, 9st Illb Lord Lurgan's Vaut Rien, lOst 21b (S. Darling) 3 Won by a neck. The Craven Steeplechase Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only if declare 1 , with 100 added; the second to save his stake. Fear miles. (16 Subs., 3 paid.) Mr. Vevers's Vengeance, aged, 9it 61b (Archer) 1 Captain Little's Chandler, aged, llst llb ... (Oliver) 2 Mr. St )rey na Victim, aged, list 31b ('r. Taylor) 3 Mr. Mangen's Farnham, 5 yrs, 10$ 11lb (T. Abbot) 4 Wtn by four length:. Four others r aa. The Aristocratic Steeplechase Stakes of 10 sore. each, 5 ft. Three miles. (3 Subs). Captain Barnett's India Rubber walked over The Free Eaulicep Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 aided. Two neilis. (3 Subs.) Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, aged, list 51b (T. Abbott) 1 Mr. Darling's Hawkstone, 6 yrs, 9st 61b (Archer) 2 Mr. Barnard's Jaeli if All Trades, 9st 61b (James) 3 Half-end-Helf, Slug, and Sobersides a'so ran. Won cleverly by a length. The Free Handicap (Steeplechase) ef 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. Four miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Holteal s Verax, 10At 31b (J. Holman) 1 Mr. T. Mason's Trust-me-nit, list 51b (Oliver) 2 Mr. Swan's Latitat, 9st 91b (Swan) 3 Two others ran. Won by half a length. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 12. TAXATION OF THE COUNTRY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That whereas the present Taxation of the Country depresses all classes, and especially the labouring classes, by diminishing the funds for the employment of productive labour, it is the opinion of this House, that adequate means should be forthwith adopted to reduce the Expenditure of the Government :" —W here upon Previous Question put, " That that Question be now put." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, IE6. Emlyn, Viscount Manners, Lord J. Evans, William Meux, Sit Henry Evelyn, W.J. Miles, P. W. Fagan, William Miles,;W. Farnham, E. B. Moody, C. A. Farrer, James Mowatt, Francis Fellowcs, E. . 3lullings, J. R. }Titter, Sir E. Muntz, G. F. Floyer, John Naas, Lord Forbes, Wm. Newdegate, C. N. Fordyce, A. D. O'Connor, Feargus Forester, G. C. Oswald, Alexander Frewen, C. H. Packe, C. W. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Robert Gaskell, J.M. Pechell, Sir G. Gibson, T. M. Pelham,.D. A. Goddard, A. L. Plumptre, J.l'. Gooch, E. S. Portal, Melville Greenall, G. Prime, Richard Greene, John Richards. Richard Grogan, Edward Raiford, Francis Gwyn, newel Rushout, Captain Halford, Sir Henry Sadleir, Julia Hall, Sir B. Salwey, Colonel Halsey, T. P. Sandars, George Hamilton, G. A. Seholeneld, William Hamilton, J. H. Scully,; Francis Harris, Captain Seymer, H. K. thistle, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel Henley, J. W. Sidney, Alderman Ileyworth, Lawrence Simeon, John Hildyard, T. B. T. Smith, John B. Ilildyard, T. B. Smyth, J. G. Hodgson, W. N. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Hood, Sir A. Spooner, Richard llepe, Henry T. Stafford, Augustus Hornby, John Stanford, J. F. Hotham, Lord Stanley, Edward Hume, J. Stonley,;E. 11. Ilumphery, Ald. Stuart, Lord Dudley Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Knox, Colonel Sullivan, Michael Lacy, li. C. Thompson, Alderman Lennox;_Lord A. Thompson, George Lewisham, Vise. 'Trevor, G. R. Lockhart, W. Vesey, lion. T. Long, W. Wahnsley, Sir J. Lopes, Sir Ralph Walsh, Sir J. B. Lushington, C. Wawn, J. T. Lygon, General Yorke, E. T. Mackenzie, W. F. iliwats. Meagher, Thomas Drummond, Henry Manners, Lord G. Caylcy, Edward S. Alcock, Thomas Arbuthuott, Hugh Archdall, Captain' Arkwright, s. Baillie, H. J. Bankes, G. Barrington, Lord Bass, M. T. Bennet, Philip Beresford, William Blackstone, W. Blair, Stephen Lake, M.J. Blandford, Marquis Blawitt, It. J. Boldcro, 11. G. Bouverie, E. P. Bramston, T. W. Bremridge, Richard Bright, John Brocklehurst, John Brooke, Lord Bruce, Lord E. Buck, L. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burroughes, 11. N. Cabbed, B. B. Carew, W. P. Cavendish, G. IL Chatterton, Colonel Christy, Samuel Clive, 11. B. Cobbold, J. C. Cobden, Richard Cocks, T. S. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Coles, 11. B. Compton, H. C. Cubitt, William DashwoodAG.ll. Deedes, , W. Devereux, J. T. Dick, Quintin Dickson, Samuel Divett, L. Duckworth, Sir J. Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Duke, Sir J. Durtcornbe, A. Duneembe, 0. Du Pre, C. G. Edwards, H. MAJORITY—NOES, 190. Ferguson, Sir R. O'Connell, M. J. Fitzroy, Henry Ogle, S. C. Foley, J. 11. Osborne, Ralph Forster, Mathew Owen, Sir J. Fortescue, J. W. Paget, Lord A. Fox, R. M. Paget, Lord C. Freestun, Colonel Palmer, Roundell Glyn, G. C. Parker, John Grace, O. 1). Patten, J. W. Graham, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert Greene Thomas Peel, Frederick Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert Grenfell, Charles W. Pinney, William Grey, Sir G. Power, Dr. Grosvenor, Lord R. Power, N.cholas Grosvenor, Earl Pusey, P. Guest, Sir J. Rawdon, Colonel Ilallyburton, Lord Ricardo, Osman Harcourt, G. G. Rice, E. It. Hardcastle, J. A. Rich, Henry Harris, Richard Romilly, Sir John II atehell, John Russell, Lord John Hawes, B. Russell, F. C. Ilayter, W. G. Sandars, Joseph Ileadlam, T. E. Scrope, G. P. Heald, James Seymour, Lord Henry, Alexander Shalto, R. 1). Herbert, H. A. Shell, R. L. Herbert, Sidney Shelburne, Earl of Heywood, James Slaney, It. A. Hobhouso, Sir J. Smith, H. V. Hobhouse, T. B. Smith, J. A. Hodges, T. L. Somers, , J. P. Hogg, Sir J. W. Somerville, Sir W. Howard, Lord E. Stansfleld, W. R. Howard, J. K. Strickland, Slr G. Howard, P. 11. Talbot, J. 11. Butt, William Tancred, 11. W. Jervis, Sir John Tenison, E. K. Jocelyn, Viscount Thicknesse, R. A. Johnstone, Sir J. Thompson, Colonel Ker, Richard Thornely, T. King, P. J. Townley, R. G. Labouchere,'Henry Townshend, Capt. Lascelles, W. S. Tufnell, Henry Legh, G. C. Verney, Sir 11. Lcnuard, T. B. Villiers, Charles Lewis,:G. C. Wall, C. B. Lindsay, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Loch, James Westhead, J. P. Mackie, John Whitmore, T. C. 31`Gregor, John Willcox, Brodie Mahon, O'Gorman Williams, John Mangles, R. D. Williamson, Slr 11. Martin4C. W. Wilson, James Maule, Fox Wilson, Matthew Melgund, Viscount Wood, W. P. Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S. Moffatt, George Wrightson, W. B. Monsell, Witham Wyvill, Marmaduke Morison, Sir W. Mulgrave, Earl Norreys, Lord Norreys, Sir D. O'Connell, Maurice Abdy, Thomas N. Adair, R. Shafto Aglionby, 11. A. Anson, Colonel Ansley, T. C. Armstrong, R. B. Bagshaw, John Baines, M. T. Baring, Sir F. T. Baring, Thomas Barnard, E. G. Bellew, R. M. Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, 11. F. Berkeley, C. L. G. Bernal, Ralph Birch, Sir T. lilackall, S. W. Bowles, Admiral Boyle, Colonel Brockman. E. D. Brotherton, Joseph Browne, R. D. Millieley, Sir R. B. Btuibury, E. U. Busfeild, W. Campbell, W. F. Cardwell, Edward Carter, John B. Castlerea3h, Vis. Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, W. G. Chaplin, W. J. Charteris, Francis Childers, J. W. • Clay, James Clements, Charles Clerk Sir George Cockburn, A.!!.J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collins, W. Corry, Henry Cowan, Cbarlos Cowper, W. F. Crowder, R. B. Conic, henry Currie, Raikes Dawson, T. V. Denison, Edmund Denison, J. E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Douglas, Sir C. Douro, Marquis of Duncuft, John Dundas, Admiral Dundas, G. Dundas, Sir David Dunne, F. P. Ebrington, Viscount Ellice, Edward . Ellis, John Elliot, John E. Enfield, Lord Evans, Sir Da Lacy Ferguson, Col. TELLERS. 11111, Lord M. Grey, Ralph W. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORNI ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 11th, was the great debate on Supply. The line for a Liberal Member to take, who has himself no charge in determining the expen diture asked for, appears to be to vote always with those who propose the least. This may look para.- doxlcal, and may be contested. But the question is, whether in so doing he is not really strengthening the weight of that force, the apprehension of which waz what substantially held the G - , vernment to such degree of economy as determines to adopt. A Member in the situa tion described, has no means of knowing whether a thousand men are wanted here or are wanted there ; but he has it in his power to give a vote to that phalanx of opponents of expenditure, which obliges the Government to exert itself to discover the means of doing with the smallest number of thousands it can bring itself to think of. Oa Tuesday came on Mr. Drummond's motion for the reduction of taxation. it was in all circumstances a repetition of the same motion by the same Member on a former occasion ; on which I recollect incurring, what I will call the non-concurrence of some of the constituency, by not supporting him by my vote. If ithe mover had moved alone, there might have been some difficulty in deciding now. But what was to be done, when his seconder rose, in the person of an agricultural Mem ber who made himself conspicuous in the earlier part of the contest on the Corn-laws by de claring with energetic simplicity the price which he wished the Legislature to secure to cheese ; and told the house that the end and object of the motion which he seconded, was to raise the price of corn ;—that this at least was the light in which he viewed IP, or thought it worth speaking on, and therefore he begged Ron. Members to vote for the motion because it held out the reduc tion of taxation, always remembering that raising the price of corn was what he came there to state was the undisguised object of the movenre»t ? Towards the conclusion of the debate, a Member improved on this, by stating that Iris view of the motion was, that it was to obtain a five: shillings duty on foreign corn. And the mover, in his final reply, taunted such of the Free •traders as should vote against his motion, as men who wanted to keep the present Government in office, and of course keep out the Pro tectionists who want to take their place. Whatever was wanting, it was not explanation of the general bearing of the views of the supporters of the motion. At one o'clock in the morning, they will not reduce a single soldier. By six in the afternoon they are all for a vote for economy, which they plainly tell us is meant to bring in a Protectionist Government and put a five shillings duty on foreign cor.a. Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird; and it must have been an extraordinary fowl that put its head into a snare of this after such for this a M motion,emb er fur which Bradford y f o o open notice of the s u b s t an tial object. Fancy, for in stancew is tioll yot u r d saying,te tell " pro mote the raising the price of coin. Bradford is recovering from long depression, like the man a surgical operation has relieved from a pres sure on the brain, and is beginning to riot in the luxurious faelir g of convalescence.. I will vote with you then fur what you tell me is to end in going back to the prohibition of foreign trade, be cause in my sight you rub the hook with a little something about diminution of taxatiora.." I cannot believe that many in your neighbourhood would so far depart from the proverbl intelligence of their county, as to be found giving- way before so naked a plan as this. The previous question was moved by the Government, and c: ;:lied by 190 against 156. I am, Sir, your obedi ant servant, AN OLD IitEOIOIER London, 13th March, 1850, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. These journals give the election returns from 23 polling districts in Paris and its environs. Thermal ber of persons who have voted in these communes is upwards of 15,000, and the candidates are so nearly equal on the poll that it is impossible to guess what may be the result when the state of the poll in the other districts shall be knomr. As a specimen of the closeness of the run we give the following statement of return from the Banlieu, which at the last election was the stronghold of the re-actionary party : M. Ferdinand Foy Bonjean General de la Hitte 7,391 M. Carnot (Democrat) Vidal Dc Flotte 7,109 The Voix du Peuple states that, according to the returns received up to midnight on Monday, M. Da FLOTTY, the lowest on the Democratic list, had a majority of 465 votes over M. F. For, the highest on the re-actionary list. The number of voters was much greater on the present than on any former occasion. At least seven-eighths of the whole con stituency have voted. The National gives the following particulars of the votes taken at Montmartre, which is actually within the city : " Carnot, 2,172; Vidal, 2,127; De Flotte, 2,121; Foy, 1,426; La Hitte, 1,412; Bonjean, 1,41 0 . At the elections of the Bth of July, 1849, the democratic can didates who obtained the highest number of votes had only 1,587, and the candidates of the re-action above 1,500." The following is the state of the gross poll fir Paris as ascertained up to six o'clock last evening : DEMOCRATIC. Carnot Vidal Deflotte 128.309 123,906 122,473 REACTIONARY. Lahitte 121,770 • . ••• • • Bunjean ••• ... 120,641 Foy • • • • ... 122,183 The return of the Democratic candidates is con sidered certain, and is attributable to the desire of the great majority of even the really moderate party to mark their disapprobation of the intrigues of the parti-pretre. There was a slight disturbance on the Place de la Bastille on the nights of Sunday and Monday. The following is the account given of it in the journals : "An immense crowd assembled yesterday on the Place do la Bastille. Among them were from 1,000 to 1,500 men en blouses: some of them, who appeared to be Socialist lealers, announced that numerous deputations would arrive in the course of the day from the environs of Pari ,, , to place funeral wreaths upon the column. On Sunday, some soldiers who had been drinking at the Barriers with Socia'iats, were induced to accompany the latter to the colu.no, and, to place wreaths upon it. A rumour was spread that these soldiers had come as delegates from the regiments of the garrison, and that yesterday the manifestation would be re peated. It appears. however, that on the return to their barracks their conduct was disapproved of by most of their comrades, and the officers were informed that it had nct been authorised. The Putrie of yester day evening states that the soldiers who went to the column were tnusterered by an editor of one cf the IJ,:- mocratic S. , cialist journals, and that he was aided by a sergeant v.hose term of service is about to expire, and who was seduced from his duty by a promise of employ ment in the office of the journal in question. In the course of the afternoon of yesterday the following noti fica,ion was issued by the prefect of police, and a brigade of sergons de ville was sent to insure its execution : Tho authorities have caused to be respected the homage paid to the memory of the dead interred beneath the column of the Bastille, but for the last fete days some manifestations have assumed a character threaten ing to public tranquillity, and an order has been given to put a stop to them. Emblems of a seditious kind, or which are contrary to the regulations of the policei which may be placed at the foot of that monument, wil be removed.' It appears that the persons assembled dispersed quietly when called on to do so by the authorities. There were rumours circulated on Monday that a serious misunderstanding had arisenbetween CANLIER, the Prefect of Police, and M. FERDINAND BARROT, the Home Minister, on account of the dismissal by the latter of M. Roan, the officer through whose in discretion in removing the immortelles from the Column of July the troubles of which the Place de la Bastille has been the scene originated. M. Cdtar.iaa, it appears, is supported by General CIIANGARNIEIL, whose object is to court a collision with the people, which may place himself at the head of a Dictator ship—an object which the conduct of M. HOGE was well calculated to attain. On the subject of this a'- leged difference the Moniteur du Soir and the .Pain's say— Several journals have announced with a corte'n degree of satisfaction that a serious roisunderstaudii g has arisen between the Minister of the Interior and tl e Prefect cf the Police. We are authorised to deck. e that not only does no misunderstanding now exist, bt t that there has never existed anything of the kind." The Assembly was yesterday engaged in the dis cussion of the motion fir the third reading of the Education Bill. PARIS BOURSE, Msnca 12. --Ditest Prices—Five per Cents., 93f.; Three per Cents., 57f. 65e.; Bank of France, 2,285 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCII 12. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12, 7 1 4 —Great In dian Peninsula, 1 1 %—Orleaus and Bordeaux, 3 Rouen and llavre, 9!—Tours and Nantes, 23/4. SPAIN. ladrid journals of the 7th have arrived. They are without interest. The B L was closed.; GERMANY. ____.,.......__ The Prussian G overnmen t dispatched General RAtiCII fr:m Berlin on th e 1101, to recall all the Prussian troops fr om S Aileswig, and to withdraw from the Schleswi g -li o l ste i n ar my all the Prussian officers at present ser v i ng i n it, as Prussia has deter mined to ab2tain from all interference between the King of DENmAax. and the Sehleswigers. ITALY. It is announced that the POPE will return to Rome on Holy Thursday. He will embArk from Naples, and be escorted by the French fleet from Civita Vecchia. A CJuncil of Mini,ters was held at Naples on the Ist, to consider certain dispatches which had been that day received from Landon• The British fleet was expected to make its appearance in the Bay of Naples. EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT IIOUNSLOW. ADDITIONAL. PA RTICUL ARS. TUESDAY EYENING.—The explosion which OC • curred at Messrs. Curtis and Harvey's gunpowder mills at Hounslow, reported in this journal of yes terday, has been attended with the loss of eight lives, and a far greater destruction of property than was at first expected. Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, Mr. Curtis, one of the proprietors, and Mr. Ashby, the manager of the works, instituted a most searching inquiry, for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, by what means the disaster occurred, the result of which showed that the first explosion took place in a timber building, about , !wenty feet square, termed " the treble dust-house. This building contained powder of threefold strength, and at the time of the explosion two men named Robert Gla zier and Lincoln Strange were therein. From the fact of both these parties having been killed instantaneously, it is extremely difficult to tell what was the cause of the misfortune. One thing, however, is quite certain—that no fires or lights of any description were ever allowed to be used in that portion of the wo rks. The men were also strictly prohibited from wearing their boots or shoes in the place, lest that the friction caused by the grit ad hering to them should cause the powder to become ignited and explode. The two poor fellows who were in this building were forced completely through the roof, and their bodies frightfully mutilated ; portions of limbs and pieces of flesh were sent flying in sundry directi ons ; in fact, the whole of their remains had not been fou nd at a late hour in the afternoon. In the cooperage at the time of the calamity there were about 20 men at work. The heavy pieces of timber and portions of the machinery as they were hurled about fell upon the roof, and having broken it in, the materials fell amongst the coopers, and it was only by getting under some shelves that many of them escaped from being crushed to death. A man named Underwood, who works in what is technically called the " black business," ran out upon hearing the thiid explosion, followed by another man named John Compton. The former escaped without receiving any injury; but, whilst the latter was run ning away his clothes took fire, and he was most fearfully burned, so much so that it ii questionable whether he will recover. A mate of his, named Thomas Penfold, who was following, was completely dashed to atoms, and, even at five o'clock in the after noon, the whole of his remains were not found. Some portions of his body were found during the day near the river Collie. William Buress, employed in the corning house— let a wife, but no family. Tromas Penfold, employed in the same compart • ment—left a widow and five children. Junes Bookemaster, engaged in the same building —left a wife and one child. Lincoln Strange, employed in the treble dust house—single. George Goddard, a corning-house man—left a wife and one child. Robert Glazier, a treble dust-house man—left a wife near her confinement and five children. Joseph Perry employed in the corning-house—left a wife and one Child. William Pierce, corning-house man—single. This poor fellow was removed to Sr. George's Hospital, where he died at eleven o'clock on Monday night. SERIOUSLY INJURED. William Clifford, burnt severely over the body. John Compton, similar injury. It is but right to say that every precaution, both in the construction of the premises and in carrying on the work, has been adopted to prevent explosion?, but unfortunately on the present occasion without avail. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. We may date the commencement of the London season from yesterday. Her Majesty's Theatre was opened last evening for the campaign of 1850, and a more brilliant opening we never recollect to any opera season. The opera was the Medea of Mayer, with Mademoiselle Parodi as the Sorceress Queen ; and after the opera there was a new ballet, one of the most magnificent ever produced, in which Carlotta G-risi assumes six different characters. With such attractions it cannot be matter of surprise that the aspect exhibited by the house was rather that of the season at its zenith, than at its commencement. Never during the whole course of our ope ratic experience did we witness so brilliant and so fashionably attended an opening night. Every part of the house was crowded, not a stall, not a box, was unoccupied, and the pit and gallery were overflowing. We never remember to have before seen at the commencement of an opera season such an assemblage of fashionable notabilities es occupied the " grand tier" at her Alejesty's Theatre last evening. At eight o'clock precisely Balfe entered the orchestra, and was welcomed most cor dially by the audience, a compliment which was well deserved and gracefully acknowledged. The overture then commenced, and before it was nearly completed It was evident that a great and marked improvement had taken place in the band since last season. The number cf stringed instruments has b: , en greatly in creased, so that the balance between the stringed and wind instruments is now perfect ; there is also more firmness, more decision, altogether closer playing in the band this season than there was during the last ; year by year the band of her Maj: , sty's Theatre has been improving under the superintendence of Mr. Balfe, and it is now as nearly perfect as can be imagined ; and be it remembered that the music of Mayer, who is a worthy disciple of the Mozart school, is well calculated to test the science and prac tice of an orchestr', for, unlike the music of Rossini and his followers, it is not noisy—there is no possi bility of drowning bad play in a flourish of trumpets ; none but a most efficient orchestrr, most efficiently conducted, can do justice to the music of Mayer, and never have we before heard the music of 1 the Medea . performed so perfectly by any orchestra, either in England or on the continent, as it was performed last evening by the orchestra of her Majesty's Theatre. The opera of Medea was originally produced at La Fenice, in Venice, in 1812, but it owes its great celebrity to the wonderful imper sonation of the character of Medea by Madame Pasta. During the seasons 1826, 1827, and 1828, it was constantly performed at this theatre, with Madame Pasta as Medea. Since the retirement of Madame Pasta no prima donna has ventured to appear as Medea until last evening, when Ma demoiselle Parodi, the friend and pupil of Madame Pasta, again revived the part, having received special instructions from Madame Pasta for the purpose of reviving it in a manner worthy of herself and of her instructress. The f Alowing is "the argument" of the opera, the plot of which scarcely differs from the plot of the Jledea of Euripedes :—Act I.—Jason, the celebrated Argonautic hero, is about to marry Creusa, daughter f Ureon, King of Corinth. His first wif', the en chantress Medea ' whom he has brought with him from Colchis to Corinth, is to be banished to make way for the bride. Thunder-struck when she hears of this project, Medea reproaches Jason with all the benefits she has conferred on him while engaged in his perilous expedition ; and he in vain endeavours to appease her wrath. Another person rendered unhappy by the marriage of Jason with Creusa is 2Egeus, King of Athens, who hoped to espouse the princess himself. The nuptial ceremony is proceeding, when, at the moment that Jason and Creusa approach the altar, Medea rushes into the midst of the assembly, and overthrowing the altar threatens them with a torch. The palace is also in vaded by 2Ezeus and his Athenian warriors. Some of these overpower Creon and Jason, while Medea and Xgeus seize upon Creusa. With the struggle the act close. ACT IL—Creusa has been rescued from Medea by Jason, who has likewise made tEgeus prisoner, and her father and attendants are rejoiced at her recovery. Medea, thus foiled, has recourse to supernatura means, and in a subterranean cave calls upon the infernal powers to aid her in making a poisoned rube. Feigning penitence she obtains from Creusa permission to see her children, and contrives to release .21.: Jens from prison, on condition that he will afford her shelter at Athens. The nuptial cere mony has now taken place, but Creusa is burned to death by the robe which has been sent her by Medea. In the height of her jealous rage Medea next stabs her children, though not till after a severe struggle with maternal feeling. She is assailed by Creon, Jason, and the Corinthians, but defended by 2Egeus and his Athenians. After shocking her faithless •husband with the sight of the knife which has killed her children, and terrifying all assailants by raising a tempest, she flies from Corinth in a chariot drawn by dragons. The character of Medea is one admirably suited to the genius of Mademoiselle Parodi. her majestic figure, her dignified deportment, her classical poses, the mobility and expression of her,exquisite features, her commanding tone and manner, all point her out as intended by nature to be the representative par excellence of the heroines a the highest order of tra gedy ; and when all these physical advantages are informed and inspired by genius (and in the case of Mademoiselle Parodi we use the word emphatically), then has lyric and poetic art been, by histrionic interpretation, carried to the highest pitch of perfection, and such was the case last evening. There was no attempt at point making ; she had conceived the character as a whole, and as such she represented it; and with the perfect remembrance of Madame Pasta in the aprt, we have no hesitation in saying that, as a whole, the Medea of Mademoiselle Parodi was equal to that of her great predecessor. Her opening scene, " Sen riede e ii passo," was magnificent ; there was something superb in the burst of scorn ful fury with which she spurned from her pre sence the Corinthian mob who urge her departure, and in the scene which immediately follows, in which she reproaches Jason for his perfidy, and when she finds he offers her pity instead of love, bursts forth in imprecations of vengeance against him; her look, her attitude, her tones, were perfectly terror striking. Grand, sublimely grand, too, was she in the last scene of the first act, in which she seizes the torch and throws down the altar. It was as though one of the Emenides had suddenly appeared to curse and torture those engaged in these unhallowed rites. Her rendering of the incantation scene was an exhibi tion of demoniac joy such has seldom been wit nessed. Her manner of clutching the poisoned robe was the very sublimity of wickedness. Sorceress though she is, devoured as she is by an intense desire of vengeance, yet bath Medea some touches of feminine tenderness about her, and these were finely brought out by Mademoiselle Parodi in the scene in which Medea works herself up to murder her children ; never have we seen the intense agony of the war of the passions more finely depicted, every feature told of the anguish of the conflict which was going on in her heart be tween the affection of the mother and the vengeance of the injured wife, driven to madness by the " Spretoe injuria formice." Heart-rending and pathetic was she as sheathing her dagger, she bends over her children and clasps them to her heart—awe-inspiring was her look and attitude as vengeance again takes possession of her and she thrusts them from her, and sublime — t rribly sublime was she as she seizes them, and xnadly rushes off to the sacrifice. Her vocalsation was per fect; there was none of that uncertainty of in'ona tion, which some persons thought they ditcovered last ear; and her duets with CYzelari. who acted lEgeas, were dt 1 ciously given, and on more tfta,ri cue occaldtln elicited an encore. She was called on at the conclusion of each act, and also frequently during the course of the evening. Ia describing the Medea of Madlle. Parodi r.e have described the opera, for Medea is, in fact, the opera. lEgeus, which is considered the irst tenor part, was admirably supported by Calzolari, who returns to us in full health, and excellent voice. He introduced an air by Donezitti, " Alma soave o caste," to strengthen his pat, in which he was much applauded, and at its con clusion, was honoured with a call. Madame who looks as pretty as ever, nod who was in good voice, made an interesting Crease, and Beletti made the most cf the tittle part cf Creon. The Fart of Jason was sustained by a new tenor, a Signor Michelli, who was evidently labouring under a cold, and was also exceedingly nervous. Under these circumstances, it is impossible to form an opinion as to his merits. The opera was splendidly put upon the stage. After the opera the national anthem was sung by the whole of the company. One of the prettiest ballets ever produced followed. It is entitled Les Metamorphoses, and is the composition of Paul Taglioni. " The plot of this ballet," says the official programme, "is founded upon one of those old Teutonic le gends that set m a natural groa th of the pictu resque " Fatherland," and of the peculiar mystic and dreamy spirit of its inhabitants. Karl, a student and an enthusiast, has made himself an abode amongst the ruins of the Castl© of Heidelberg. He divides his time betwixt love and study—his betrothed, Ida. and learn ing—each with him is equally a passion. Not satisfied with literature, sacred and profane, he bas passed the bounds of hallowed knowledge, and has endeavoured to dive into the mysteries cf the shadowless beings of per dition. One of those good-humoured elves or sprites who mix invisible in the haunts of men, and laugh at their follies, discovers the peculiar tendency of Karl's mind, and determines to disgust him of the dangerous pursuit, by a practical exemplification of the evils cf magic power. Assuming every shape in turn, he makes the student fall in love with him, in the form of a lady; he renders him furious from jealousy, by making love to his be trothed, in the shape of a handsome and gallant officer, etc., &c. And thus, thanks to a little wholesome mischief, Karl is corrected, and becomes wise and happy at last. The character of the Sprite is sustained by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, who appears under six different dis guises, viz., as a page, a rustic coquette, a Will o' the Wisp, a Folio, a domino, and a cavalier. Never has a more airy tricksome sprite appeared than the fair Carlotta, who seemed in excellent health and spirits, and who danced as she only can dance. Want of space compels us to defer our further remarks on this most picturesque and brilliant ballet to another opportunity. We cannot, however, close this notice without giving honour duo to the management for the magnificent and gorgeous ball-room scene. It surpasses any thing that has hitherto been dune in this way at any theatre. The ball-room scene in Alma, magnificent as it was, is thrown into the shade by the splendour of the ball-room scene in Les Metamorphoses. There were present 3 esterday evening his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Baroness Brunow and Made moiselle Olga de Learner, the Baron Isola. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey and the Honourable Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps, Mrs. Clive, Miss Boileau, and party. There were also present his Excellency the Turkish Ambas sador and suite, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, the Marquis cf Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis of l)ouega!, M. de Berg, the Marquis of Titcbfield, the Earl of Lons.dele, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Lichfield, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Shelburne, Lord William Lennox, Lord G. Paget, Mr. Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Repton, Lady W. Bent;nek, the Viscount Centilupe, the Viscount Clift n, the First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Arabella Baring, Comte do Courberiel, Lord Saudys, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Lieutenant-General Sre Alexander Wood ford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir Thomas Gage, But., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, Major General Sir li. Barnard, Bait., the Baroness Delamar, and Miss Rundbald, the lion. Augustus Vernon, the Hon. F. Chichester, Major Buckley, Lady Anne Becket, Color el Stanhope, Mr. Marshall, NIX., Mrs. and Miss Marshall, Mrs. and Miss De Burgh, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. C. W. Parke, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawney ; Mr. C. J. Palmer, Madame RJR, Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. 11. Baring, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and Miss Roberts, the Hon. Mrs. Boyle, Mr. Cattle. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of AVale, the Princess Royal, and the Princess took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Lord Alfred Plaget and Colonel Bouverie attended on horseback. Her Royal Higbusi the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Toe Judge Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Prin cess Louisa, took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of the Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday in Buckingham Palace. The company included Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister, the Marcpiis of Breadalbane, the Earl and Countess St Germans, the Earl of Strafford, the Earl of Uxbridge Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Clffden, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelle?, Mr. Pusey, and Captain Francis Seymour. The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield market, and markets in the city of London fur the sale of meat, met yesterday at the Home-office. There were present Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Sir James Duke, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. William Miles, M.P., Professor Richard Owen, the Hon. Frederick Byng, and Mr. John Wood. THE VICTORIA. DOCK COMPANY.—Yesterday fore noon Mr. J. M. Rendell engineer, appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, under the Act to make preliminary inquiries into applications for local Acts, attended at the Blackwell hotel, Blackwall, for the purpose of investigating and examining the plans of the Victoria Dock Company, the promoters of which propose to construct docks, for the admission of colliers, in the marshes in the parish of West Essex, above North Woolwich, upon a site which vb ill comprise about 270 acres. Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. Kinnatrd (the director), Mr. Bidder (the engineer of the company), with Mr. Parsons (the solicitor), were present to support the undertaking. 501110 objections having been made on the part of the Board of Ordnance and the commissioners of the Essex levels. Mr. Parsons observed that clauses would be in sert,.d in the Bill to protect the interests cf the Govern ment and the commissioners. The plans of the company would improve and not obstruct the navigation of the river, as a large number of vessels which impede the t , affi3 and tidal course of the river would be removed. Mr. Rendell (on Mr. Parsons concluding) adjourned the court, and took a survey of the site for the intended docks. SAILORS' HOME AT PORTSMOUTII.—A public meet ir g, over which Vicc-Admiral Dacres presided, was held at Portsmouth yesterday, to consider the means of esta blishing a Sailors' Home for sailors in the port irrespec tive of the receiving ships. There were present Lord George Lennox, Lord Frederick Fiezclarence, Admiral Sir F. Austen, Admiral Douglas, and many other - naval officers. Resolutions were passed for carrying out the object desired, and several gentlemen addressed the meeting on the necessity of the proposed home, and the benefits likely to result from it. It appeared that appli cation had be e I made t r the Board of Admiralty for assistance and co-operation, but the Lords declined in terfering in their capacity as a board; the First Lord had, however, as Member for Portsmouth, promised his assistance to the measure. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.—From a return to an or.ler from the Home of Commons, dated Feb. 12, 1850, which has just been issued, it appears that the number of towns and districts which have asked for in spection under the Public Health Act, and of those which have embraced and arc placed under its pro visions is 192, and that the amount of population which these towns and districts comprise is 1,969,915. NAPIER'S NEW WORK ON SOUTHERN AFRICA. " The appearance of this work is extremely well-timed and acceptable. In addition, however, to the strong in terest which clings to everything relating to the Cape, the natural features and character of the country, the dramatic excitemert of its history, and the wild race that inhabit it, we have a rapid history of the Cape colony, a sensible discussion of the emigration, the mis sionary, and the convict system, and the lively relation of numerous excursions, each of which is a panorama of landscapes of social life and manners. Altogether, this a most important vvetk."—Sunday 7 inzes. PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION. A Novel. By the Author of " The Discipline of Life."—The publi cation of the new work of Lady Emily Po nsonb y , " Pride and Irresolution," promises to establish the author as one of the most successful novelists a the day. In the school of Miss Edgeworth, l‘liss Austin, and Miss Firrier (sa) s the Britannia) has the noble and talented authoress a these volumes studied with profit ; and we cordially commend and recomraer.d these new scenes in " The Discipline of Life" fur their trullifulnev, their rature, their accurate deli neation of character, and their delicate f as hioning, which bespeaks P . :e Land of one who has lived in and through the world, and learnt from common scenes their interest as incidents, and their value for instruction and reproof. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Duntiroup,—.. This distinguisl- - .ed geceral officer, so long connected with the corps of Royal Engineers, dit:d on the 81 instaat, at Tunbridge Wells, aged 75 y oars, and after fifty-seven years' scrsice. ll° was present at the siege of Fort Bourbon, and capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, in 1794. Iu 1846 he bccame Culunel- Commn:'dant of the corps of Ru3al Engineers. ABOLITION or TILE LORD LIEUTLNANCT.—The contemplated arrangement is to trPate a Secretary of State for Ireland with a seat in the Cubit.et, and to transfer to him, by Act of Parliament, such of the executive riu,hts as are at present vested in the Lord Lieutenant, The prerogative rights will go to the Queen. for Ireland will have a Parliarce:tery Jtary, and an office establishment, uniting Secretary's Office in noblin Castle with the Lee in London. By the constant residence in London of the Secretary for Ireland, Irish Members of Parliament will have the Government of Ireland always on the spot, without dropping in at the Irish-office, or going to tho Home-office, or writing over to a Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland as at present. These arrange ments will of course involve some others, and be perhaps themselves somewhat altered, but the abolition of the Viceroyalty is expected to take place before the opening of next session. Such at least is understood to be the proposed ehanges. An occasional visit of the Qeeen is part of the plan.—Dublin Paper. FOREIGN Hors. --Large importations of hops con tinue to take place from abroad. The steamer Soho, from Antwerp, has brought 50 baleg, the growth and produce of Belgium; the American Congress=, from New York, has brought several bales, consigned; and the ship Orphan, arrived in the docks, from New York, has brought 100 bales of the article, consigned, being the growth and produce of the United States. BURGLARIES IN LAST SUSSEX. —For several weeks past the inhabitants, both et the town of Lewes as well as of the neighbourhood, have suffered considerable fear and apprehension from the notorious gang of burglars who succeeded in their nefarious practices at Welling ham and at Lee es, being at large. Warrants were issued by the Lewes magistrates for the apprehension of sews• ral suspected persons, and on Thursday the police re ceived their orders of procedure, and before one o'clock at night they had secured five prisoners, viz., Gower, Carey, Richardson, Funnel!, and Darby, an d sa f e l y lodged them in the Lewes police-station. The men un dere ent an examination before H. Blackman and G. Molineux, Esqs., on Friday aft'rnoon, at the House of Correction, and remanded. Several witnesses were examined, but the investigation was strictly private. A FRAUDULENT PREACH E R.—TheKendal Mercury tells& story of a preacher who made a great sensation the other day in ono of the " secluded dales " in that neigh bourhood. After he had astonished the entire neigh bourhood with his tloquence, it was whispered abroad that the admired preacher was not in holy erects, and had unlawfully desecrated the place cf worship. The rural dean has referred the case to the high dignitaries of the church, and the result is, that the parties 'recited to appear before the Ecclesiastical Court. TIMBER FOR THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS.—A return having been required from the principal officers of the Customs Department at the ports where there are royal dockyards, of discrepancies which have been ascer taiced to exist between the admeasurement of timber (free of duty) landed for the service of the royal dock yards, on the part of the Customs' officers at those places arid the certificates of tke dockyard o ffi cers, it has been arranged that by th e addition of a per tentage to the total quantities returned in the certificates furnished by the dockyard officers of the measurement of timber, free of duty, imported from the coast of Africa, the accounts will in the average be sufficiently accurate for the returns for statistical purposes. With respect to mahogany aced timber, free of duty, imported from other places, it is not considered expedient that any addition to the dockyard measurements will be requisite, pro vided the officers of the revenue in the returns which they furnish give the aggregate of the adweasurement taken by them previously to any abatements being made. CLEANING RICE IN BOND.—It having been re commended to the revenue authorities that the reweigh ing account of rice cleaned under bocd may be taken by weighing one-twentieth part only of each entry, in those cases in which the packages are of the same description, and that the remainder of the packages be delivered by tally, and the total weight of the rice computed accord ing to the account taken cf the packages weighed; the proposition has been approved, and the several officers of the department directed to govern themselves accord ingly in future. DE. LAYARD'S RESEARCLIES.—Dr. Layard has effected an entrance into a room in the old Nimroud I alace, containing an extraordinary assortment of relics —shit Ids, swords, paterm, bowls, crowns, cauldrons, or naments in ivory and mother-of-pearl, &c. The vessels are formed of a kind of copper, or rather bronze—some perfectly preserved, and as bright as gold when the rust is removed. The engravings and embossing on them are very bea9tiful and elaborate ; and comprise the same mythic subjects which are found on the robes of the figures in the sculpture—men struggling with lions, warriors in chariots, and hunting scenes. Now a serious question occurs to us ; are these precious relics, when then they arrive at Busrah, to be intrusted to any ig norant and careless ship captain who may be ready to convey thsm to England? We have not forgotten the fate of the last cargo of curious ivories, glass, &c., which suffered such wanton outrage on the voyage and at Bombay. If the Government really feel an interest in Dr. La) ard's proceedings, a vessel should be sent from Bombay expressly to receive his consignments; but we fancy there is little chance of any such step being taken. At Koyunjik, Dr. Layard has uncovered a very interesting series of slabs, showing the process of building the mounds and palaces.—Atlteneeum. STATE OF, TRADE.-MINCIT ESTER , T UESDAY .- We have had a dull and irregular market to-day, for both cloth and yarn. There is no doubt buyers have large orders in hand, from the inquiries made; but as confidence in the price of cotton being maintained is quite for the present overturned, they withhold the exe cution of their orders, excepting at rates much lower than the nominal quotations of the day. Meanwhile the closing of mills and working of short time progresses. To this pass the trade cf the country has been brought by the fictitious advance of the raw material. Indeed, as has been frequently remarked, it is impossible the recent preelection can be resumed, excepting at greatly reduced rats for the raw material; and let the crop of cotton turn out as small as the smallest estimate, production must be proportionately reduced, end no advances could be established. There are, however, symptoms of weak ness in Liverpool, arising not altogether from the small ness of the operations of the trade ' but from the diffi culties which in some quarter s have arisen, and are arising, in devising the " ways and means," and obtain ing the renewal of acceptances. A large failure, or failures, are reported to-day at Liverp oo l, w hi c h must further derange financial operations there. There is no change in low printing cloths, which continue in fair de mand. The finer sorts aro more difficult to sell. A considerable business has been done in 40-inch shirting at last week's prices; 45 and 50 shirtings are still asked for. Long cloths and domestics are very little inquired for, and the orders appear on a small scale. CHEESMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.- Last evening the 14th annual general meeting and elec• tion of the governors, donors, and subscribers of this institution, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgatc street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee for the past year, the election of officers for the year ensuing, and two male pensioners on the funds of the institution ; Edward Corduroy, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that since the foundation cf the insti tution in 1835, relief had been granted to 63 pensioners', aged and indigent masters of the trade and their widaws, of whom 36 were males, receiving 25/. a year, and 27 females receiving 15/. 34 had died, leaving, with the two to be elected at the meting, 12 males and 19 1e• males on the funds.of the institution, the amount dis- tributed annually in pensions being neatly 6001. per annum. and the total amount distributed by the society 6,299/. 3s. 101; the funded stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols being 7,2311. 9e. ld.; the receipts for the past year, including interest on stock, subscriptions and donations, and other sources, wa s 1,0251. 14 s . 7d., an d the expenditure, including pensions, 588/. Purchase of stock, 2041. as. 6d., left a balance in hand of 62/. 14s Bd. The report having been adopted, the chairman then an nounced the successful candidates to be John Cooper, 776 votes, and Gilbert Witt, 491 votes. Mr. Corduroy recommended that at the next general meeting, the question being considered whether it was not advisable to alter the name of the institution to the Provision Merchants' and Dealers' Benevolent Institution, by which they would get a larger number of subscribers. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and the meeting adjourned. EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NA TION,.—A general meeting of all persons favourable to the objects cf the proposed Exhibition of thu Works of Industry of all Nations was held yesterday in the Couneil•chamber, Oxford, and was presided over by the Rev. Dr. Richards, rector of Exeter College, as pro Vice-Chancellor, and by Mr. Sadler, the mayor. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Hepworth Dixon, of the London central committee; after which the first resolu ti_ea recognising the benefits expected to result from the exhibition, was moved and seconded by the Master of Pembroke College and Mr. Alderman Browning, and carried unanimously. The Principal of Brazenose College then moved, and Mr. Alderman Thorp seconded, the next resolution:—" That it was expedient the requi site funds should be subscribed by the voluntary libe rality of all classes, and not from the public revenue;" moved, and which was al s o carr i e d. Th e P r incipal of Alban Hall seconded,orW ard dtheformation areso of alution for ov t e h d e , Mr. opening subscription Ca"nciil and earner, the Vice-Chancellor , t he Mayer, , which &c. committee, including the Bishop o f Oxford, Lord was carried. After which votes of thanks were passed s having been made , the me e t in g broke up. P to Mr. Dixon and th e chairmen, for which acknowledg ment oon RELIEF (CITIES AND Towets).---A Bill has been presented to Parliament, and is now printed, en " A Bill to provide for the more equitable distri bution of the charge for the relief of the poor in certain cities and towns." It proposes that in any union com prising a city or town of more than one parish, having a population of 20,000, the several parishes forming such union may, by an order of the Poor-law Board granted upon the requisition of a majority of the guardians, be come combined for the purposes of the relief of the poor, and form effectively only one parish with one common fund. The guardians of such unions would be e npow • end to cause surveys to be made in order to ascertain the value of all ramble lands, &c , within the union, and from time to time to make a lair assessment. The rates would be recovered as usual, but their allowance by a justice of the peace would be dispensed with. All war rants of removal and all appeals would be directed to the guardians of the union instead of to the overseers. The proposed measute would have no retrospectiue action, or interfere with proceedings pending at the time of its passing. IMPORTATION PF COPPER.—A vessel, arrived from Coquimbo and Valparaiso has brought from the former place the very large quantity of 66,928 ingots of copper, consigned to a firm of commercial eminence in the me tropolis. [ADVERTISEMENT.J—The following extraordinary Cure of a Swollen Leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is published in the Adelaide Observer, South Australia : " George Mundon, a settler in the colony, had been suffering for many months with a swollen leg, and the pain was so intense as deprive him of sleep. He was recommended to try Hollo way's Ointment and l'ills, and by using them as directed for about a fortnight, a cure was so far effected as to permit him to walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give this state ment to the editor of this journal, for the information and bene fit of his f e llow-creatures."—Sufi by all Vendors of Medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 241, Stran London.