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LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. The Man ager read to the Court various Statements relative to the Nole, Titys an* s at airs, front which it appeared— at during the )ear 1849, the total number of Policies actu ally n2ai.. • eatint44'2'2:0651.717. was 600, covering Insurances to the 2d, That the Capital or the Society at 31st December, 1849, was 2,1 67,5061.9 c Id., having increased during the year to the _ Meat of 112,9571.16 5 .2 d. 4 C I That ttie Alltaliti Revenue of the Society at the same date was las. 6d.. being a decrease since last year, arcing ulnwthe reduction in the rate of interest during the currency Ith .1t1" , nu m ber of deaths which had occurred during the Year 1849 was 111, the sums insured under the Policies which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being •,„ 117,6211. 10 s. , or, w i t h B onus additions, 14 4 ,82 41 . 12s. 3d. gtn, That the above sum of 117.6221. 10s. and the number of deaths were in the ratio of 63 per cent - of what might bays bee n expected, according to the'tables of mortality upon Tb Which the Society's calculations are based. tlt a "nraey of the statements read having b een confirmed by Auditor, no The Cheirman, addressing the meeting, said, the Manager has basin con tain • read certain papers, and made certain statement-+, which con n f g a , thful exposition , of the exact state of cur affairs. He to done se. I really am no': aware what I CAR do to add either your Information or to your consequent confidence in this Institu tion, ~,Y o ur7confidence must defend on the " facts," youThave heard the Waco and were it no t the usage that the person who occupies Waco which I have the honour to occupy Is expected to make rgae.address I think the most Judicious thing I could do would be to Inealtitain silence. At the same time, however, it has often oc a7.rra d to me, and it occurs to me now, that perhaps a recapitulation quiet tat e ,..,,, Way , and in ordinary language, of the almost technical minds, Made by,the Manager, may a nd hi more easily sink more deeply into your a „,_allow carried awayL-(Applause)—and there foieme te recall to you a few of the loading facts which you Ilava 110 W heard.—(Renewed applause.) the One of tbe first of these—at least the one thatleads me to consider es- rein* * have to make first—is one. tha t I was not aware of ;Elelf till very recently, which is the view exhibited of the pro roe'ail. of this I ns ti tut i on b y our mere numbers. I do not here •MI of the sums insured, of our investments, of our secu tn ea, Or of anything of that sort. Look at our mere numbers. I tb:1, 11 ,:, getter test of a society like this being well managed,—of ,Ild:tio7,‘ only being Ito suspicion in regard to it. but that public con nutrib"." has been always on the increase, than in the increase of the ato number of its interested members—of members. I mean, who have nt arett but pure selfishness—who are as anxious as men can be T Pro tect themselves from miscondu ct, in order that, Si I fltueanalY detected, it may be timeou sl y corrected. Now a rn that in the year 1815, when the Socie t y was instituted, we I Q? with a small nest-egg of 49 members — ( Lau g hter) —and it did 00 k Well for the year 1816, that the eggs laid then were only 17. tifanewed laughter.) I also find that during the first six years of (L eu : cl ,...etrs existence, 212 were the sum total of our chickens.— striC er ) And here I may observe, that the first thing that sel ee ;l n a is the great caution with which the lives must have been years for Of the 49 members who were admitted in 1815, 35 llhe ago; eleven still remain upon the books, after deductin g many burrendered their policies, and who, for aught we know, may be 4 7 1 g still.- Then, of the 17 who Joined them in the year 1816. after and u l in g many st4renderers there are still three upon the books ; ite.lthe el -.2 who joined the society during the first six years of ~,stenee, nearly 60 surrendered their policies, but 49 still survive. (Ilec P ' anae .) These seem to me to have been well selected lives.— nion ^,,_ l % hear.) And the result now is that, at the end of 35 years, the her t ' er of our members amounts, not to one thousand, nor to two, hey lives. th o three, nor to four, nor to five, nor even to six, but to above sut e d euaa nd• — (Applaase.) *We have now above six thousand in- Erom tkis fact I infer nothing but this—tbat, since we a n many Jealous but uncomplaining eyes prying into us, I pre -7▪ 1 that We cannot be an ill-managed body. p0V 1 ? Business done during the year 1849, after deduction of several t,,,,_ e 'es which were cancelled, amounts to above 422,0001.; that is say, that last year the Insurances which we effected amounted to Sei) , l i r , The number of Policies on these insurances amounts to 0 .. ing. at the the average, ever all—which, lam told, is a high " .. a— ef no less than 7001. on every policy. o Lhe Capital has increased during the year that is now closed by 2,16 , 7 e , 1 ,,,.° 601 . and the total Capital that we own now amounts to eu e :'"..; that is to Ray, in round numbers, which will- be far more " r eMenThered, considerably above Two Milliens of money.— Pplau ee 4 e statement that we have above Two Millions—that is to say .eat w e w ere ought to have it—would be a very idle one, if our funds fete hot well invested; many a man thinks he has, and he ought to It; but when he comes to grasp it it eludes the closing hand ; in..t.._pierefore, it is of vital and all-Important consequence to be told v ee r Place, that of our investments, so far as we have discovered, never yet made a single bad one.—(Applause.) These In *l7e,• nents are, for the most part, laid out ox real security—l mean k irm Scotland, the best country, in my belief, for real security, in In t° ,!? l , and. beeldes this, a large portion of our capital is invested M the' members, upon the security of their policies. What better sactirity. can there be than that ?—(Hear, hear.) A member 0 ,4 • I , l n he dies is our cre dit or , sa y for 1,0001. ; and he asks for a loan ; if the policy be of equal value, we lend it to him, because Ae tend It to hi m out of h i s ' ow ' n mo ney. With such a security we advance it ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that he htie liteeZletina upon us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank moan steel of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the of England, which I believe is as secure as can be. There h i d.• ; t a Penny of it laid out in any Bank Stock of which a s in g le dual in private life entertains the slightest doubt. A by 8, 2 1' nur capital is laid out in redeemable annuit i e s, which, ei t e `,...ue law of Scotland, as we all know. - fall under the class aftes secured under real property. Some of it is laid eat on rail „....".:Y—mark my next word, for this first one makes many 7ln tremble —(A laugh)—some of it is laid out on railway de zezures.— ~, (Applause.) Not one single sixpence of It—lf there was farthing of it, I would ' tell you honestly - but not one single ng of it is invested in railway shares. One fact which I have 1 7 1v tate is on e w hi c h , a b ove a ll e th ers , testifies the solidity of these whili t Ments; and it is, the regularity and the promptness with the interest on the loans is Invariably paid. Wherever an in rtyaeent is not met by,..regtilar payment of the interest, let the rg_iterahegin to trembhK''Now, with us, we have never found the .71 4 t use` for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are 27ity$ paid almost within a day of the time. The result I draw 'air All this is, that not only are these investments good. but that ae so good, that better could not be obtained. My belief is. rector• s these inv es t ments were all now t h rown l oos e, and the Di seetritieswererequired to re t race their steps, and to get good , the y could, and th ere f o re they would, do nothing but recur , exa (Applause.) the , securities that they have already obtained. — we Tmuheli six thousand members' of this Society have laid bY boye t this world. °US of as well-secured money as can be secured in during annual revenu e h as d ecreased from the recent fall o f i n t eres t . _ a the last year, but it I s now above 300,509/. T h e sum t o t a l o f t we have Insured amounts to above Six Millions and a Half. The deaths in 1849 are peculi ar l y i nstruc ti ve . I n the first place, they V... :mount to 111—a great numb er , an d t o be accounted for only tn prevalent pestilence. But yet though they amount to • I, they are only sixty-three per cent. of our calculated Drobabi rise liti es; —that is to say, that ,our system is founded on calculation that there would be 100 deaths, while instead of 4—i. there have been emly sixty-three; leaving thirty-seven per t . e over and ab ove f o r th e s ec urity of the Society.—(Applause.) Of , a I I who h ave di e d—l e t the upper ranks think of this feet-24 have fallen by cholera. It is commonly thought that this is a vial :re'l which Millets only the poor and the destitute. I dare say it f ou cts them first, and worst, but it is by no means con fi ned to them ; >es'we heard it to-day stated, that of those who died from it last IThected with this society, on individual was insured tor l'""le one for 4,0001:. one for 3 . 0001. , two for 2,000/., and one for 1 " 1 and that the whole twenty-four were insured for something b „., 41,0 001. ; and therefore you observe that these, apparently "es:T. eal visitations, ought to strike a lesson of prudence on the minds of men in all classes. sums pall by us since we began in 1815, arc above • b . ' " 4, ° 0 0/-; and this is a fact with which I was much struck. We relieved distributed above eleven hundred thousand .pounds. We have l e deved to that extent the families of those members who trusted ; and the exatriple that was given b , y. tko manager so technically, anA wilth gre s e u t chproper - brevity, of the benefits of this Institution, nfade i impression upon me, s I have no doubt it did Open the me e ting. The case I refer to was that of an old member who i l t abroad last year, an d w h o ha d i nsure d three times, each time far a ; ,000/. Well, be dies, and he has claims upon us for 3, 0001 . cer• 1 . 1 i. But besides that, his representatives will receive considerably a .tv . _e 2,000/ • as a B onus. Thus, upwar d s o f b,OOOl. is secured to his ; and, even after paying that, the Seciety was plus nearly 4,oool . — (Applause.) ... The next matter which I have to state is, one for which I am very 1 1 4. 1 , L eit ; and it is, that we h ave had up to this day, no litigation. — , waughter and applause.) . te lC o ° what I have stated are the material facts ; and what else a ni `_ l I esY ? It is not my business, and I am sure it would be no ifactlon to you. if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, er the greatness of our success ; and still less would it give any setts °n t° You if I were to do that from which every re s p ectable So elet_ Y will f or ever abstain—that of at t em pting to raise ourselves by a rtoreP.Pil ; contrast or c ompar i son, or even b y an a llusion to kindred Institutions. mor e. . I have stated the facts and having done so, I can do no It is f or you to j udge how your a ffairs have been managed, and carry a Stat en ,. way with, you • those resolutions or ju d g ments which the akT. , -- ` no You have heard are calculated to produce. M y inferences merely two. It seems to me, in the first place, that this is a Society e w ... 4rhiet i ; - m ay have perfect confidence- , (llear, hear.) My belief h e — "dig as Ido soil.ething about it, although not so much certainly thantlrY begin our confidence in it may go to this extent, I se rwe were to our career again, with the experience which have acquired. I know many ways In which we might act differ ont, • b ut I know no way in which we_coulti do better.—(Applause,) ▪ to lists have often amused themselves by speculating about what ei s „" would do, if he was again to become a boy, with all the expe sucicse of his manhood. If this Society were to de so, I seriously t ru h ir e . r re w ly o, b w eli c eve that if we were to begin our career in 1815, with year exPerience which we have gained between _ that time and the should walk in the very paths, nay in the very eri , n y which we have reached our present state. My other infer iwit'-_--altkough it is something very like - repeating the same sermon pr. " — is, that it is the duty of all of us to do all in our power to iatagate knowledge of this Institution, and still more to props so,' a knowledge of the great duty, in this precarious life, of , p r eservation by insurance. Some people talk as if there were tan p erfectly ma ny societies Of this kind. Ido not agree w ith them ; and I ii erf ectly certain that, if the public , and ever y individual in it, ss a dequately impressed with the importance of Insuring their th s e.tilere .would net only not be too many, but it would be found ts . ekt utere was perhaps a great deal too few.—(llear, hear.) The t er . s l i nng is to get the community steeped in the conviction that der re l.' s no Way in which they can practise the great duty of p ru dence ell as by life insurance. All men are convinced that pru fer.,,,'' a virtue, but all wen are not convinced that there is no ak',,,,n e which that virtue can be practised with so small a present e r r -u n , contrasted with so great an ultimate reward. If you want • 1 0 ,"alliples of this, I can_tell you where you are to find them. of ere not to seek'for them here. Yon must go among the families ee who have been bereaved, and amongst whom the society has -" sin e distributed greatly beyond a millio n of mone y . Go into sin e 'anlll4es and- ask them what they t hink of life insurance. They their 411 You that instead of thin kin g it unreasonable and useless, thr,, "AsinglY pang even at the moment w hen the y are experiencing b e i . " t es inshranc, is, that the , head of their house have to had 4,„earried it to a greate r extent. Therefore, what you g entlemen, is. in your various sp heres, to urge this duty upon Boar fr iends—to urge it simply upon these two grounds, that no man skr —g avoid aceh, and,that.ric Man ealt fix ira period ; but that in les,"l„ e a is cience which, out of individual irregularities, extracts general uniformity ; and thus cmiverts the very precarious ab,`of life into a method ,of porteeting its. uncertainty. These are me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. kx,ord Cockburn tint) reamed his seat amid loud applause.) pier ue niotion of Sir James Russell, 5.C.8., of Ashiesteel, seconded r e essor Miller, a vote of thanks was given to the Courts of Di %Ctn. to.the Trustees and Office Bearers, for their services during Past year. • , • ° ll the motion of Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded Copts , Rev. James R. Campbell, of Albany-street Chapel, the i of Directors for the following year were appointed as -?news ritzennra. The Right lion.the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. •• • . The I Mori ViCE4RESIDENTS. Ale Lerd MONCREIFF. GrO,e the Mike of BUCCLRIJCII,.K.G. ' ,Ls Most Hon. the M-Carpiis o TWEDALE K.T. and C.ll. ILLIAM GIBSONRAIG,f n., E E Younger , of Riccarton, H.P. Ttle • • zzor anoanutn iv DIRECTORS. k 0 .1,° 1- 72tay.rrinch}t'Farlane John Ravenhill, Esq., b an k er , Esq., of Culler- Warminster. v allere a n • Thomas Beveridge, Req., D.C.S. ," WOreger, Chairman Charles Baillie, Esq. advocate. fii,,,John Soutli-Eastern Archd-Davidson, Esq ., Sheriff of inhards__ on of Aberdeenshire. William James Duncan, Esq., 138t a l t rt' L eo theEad of Littcoln. Manager of National Bank. Da nard l ionier,.E*(l . LondOn. ' * Sir William Hamilton, of Pres- Wel Watney. Eeq., Wands- nt. _worth, London. • * The Solicitor--ncneral for Scot- William Dr. Roliert •Macnair, Paisley. land. Shuttieworth, En., * Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff fin- clerk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire. Dry ;° ,1 7 Murray of Dellerie, W.S. * George Dundee, Esq. , She riff of 44 m Mitchell Innes, Esq. of Selkirkshire. Arsoni Green. ORDINARY elyi Sto pher W oo d, Juii., • Esq., WMerchant, Leith. Ralfour, E. ofrilrig. W. S. *Willi " sq Esq , of Carbeth , Guthrie. szley, Esq., of Manuel'. ew is Alex. Wallace. Esq„ archt. Ja mes Mylne, Es q ., w.s. Alexander Pringle, Esq., of WhYt. ank. J ames TNyytier, lag., ofW oo dhouse. lee, .s. DIRECTORS. ,IGeorge Gibson, Esq., merchant Leith. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Hays toua. John Cockburn, Esq., merchant. Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. * Robert Scott ➢feacrieff. Esq., advocate. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. .1* Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. On th e Those marked are New Appointments. Bank, Motion of Robert rhui, Esq., manager of the Commercial w as re a ce re of thanks was proposed to the Hon. Chairman, whiel burned. with much applause, and the Court thereafter ad. JOAN MACKENZIE, Manager. W ILLIAM GEORGE, Chief Clerk. E d i n b urgh, 5, St, Andrew Square, Bth March, 1850. , LONDON OFFICE, 4, Row, E XCIIANGE BUILDINGS. MUGS WELAZI, Agent. ) r r i k; ••••••••••• , er )%,,4 li7 9e :t4 ,6‘ GAIlt 7 r ‘' in i° , , ttt) - 4 1.0 - f_pzarn.e - TV 1 , t!: lt*t. ) ) r sun — ii [PRICE SD. a great many vessels for the eastward, which have been many days here windbound. APRIL 6.—The Howe 120, on arrival from the Mediterranean, will be paid off at Sheerness. The officers and crew of her Majesty's brig Cyg net were paid off yesterday. The sails of her Majesty's ship Superb were un bent on Thursday. The sharpshooter, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, which arrived from Portsmouth on Tnursday, will sail to-day (Saturday) for the Mediterranean. Commander James M. Strange (1842) commis sioned the Archer steamer on Thursday. She is to have a complement of 150 men, and will take the mails to the coast of Africa. We have experienced very heavy weather here for the last four or five days, blowing strong from northz west to south-west. 9 A.M.—Wind S.W., fresh breezy. JALMOUTII, APRIL s.—The Isabella, reported yes terday as being stranded under the Lizard lighthouse went to pieces during the night and gale of the 3d inst.; the cargo will be a total loss, and the ma terials, which are being saved, will be of little value, and recovered with difficulty, from the rocky nature of the coast. The master and crew (12 in all) most providentially succeeded in landing safely in two boats prior to her , breaking up, and this may be at tributed to the cool judgment of the captain (Tiley), who on discovering that he was entangled by the Stag rocks on one side and Kynance Point on the other, neither of which he could weather, selected the only nook of beach that was inderznediate to run the brig aground upon. No damage took place among the shipping in this harbour during the gale of the 3cl and 4th. APPOINTMENTS. Woo Limn Aran, 6.—Lieutenant Henry Harvey (1847), flag lieutenant to Admiral Superintendent Harvey, Ceylon receiving ship at Malta, to the Fire brand steam-frigate, vice D'Aguilar. Lieutenant Joseph S. Bundle (1839), to the Cey lon, vice Harvey. Midshipman Henry Stirling, to the Queen, 110, on the Mediterranean station. • The disc engine experimented with some time ago on the river in the Minx steam•vessel was taken out of her on Friday last. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Intrepid steam-vessel, Lieutenant John Bertie Cator, was taken out of dock yesterday, and placed under the shears to receive her boiler, and the work was so quickly done that she was again taken into dock during the same tide to have her other work accelerated. The Resolute, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., has been made ready by Mr. Green at Black well, and the' Assistance, Captain Ommanney, by Messrs: Wigram; and both !vessels are to be taken from Blackwall at the early hour of 5 o'clock A.ll to have their provisions put on board and be other wise made ready for sea at this port. Thr coals and a great portion of the heavy stores have already been put on board at Blackwell to save time. The Athol troop ship, Master-Commander Pearn, has nearly unloaded all the baggage of the troops she brought borne from the Mauritius and the. Cape of Good Hope. In 'addition to the two companies of artillery she brought home the 10th company of Royal Sappers and Miners from the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Lempriere commanded the artillery, and was the only officer who returned with them, the others having all been preiionsly moved, owing to the number of changes which have recently taken place in the corps. THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRE AT COTTENHAM. (From the Cambridge Chronicle of Saturday.) A fire, one of the most alarming and destructive which it ever fell to our lot to record, broke out on Thursday evening, and in a very few hours laid waste nearly 40 farms and cottages. It broke out soon, after eight o'clock at a part of the village some distance from the Cambridge entrance. When first seen, two barns adjoining one another, belonging to Mr:Freeman Goode and Mr. Thomas Graves, ap peared to be in flames ; and it is doubtful in which of the two the fire originated. A very strong breeze was blowing from the west, and the flames„ in an in credibly short space of time, laid hold "of the neigh bouring property. Such assistance as the village could supply was speedily upon the spot; but the prospect of arresting the progress of the tire was from the very first exceedingly small. We hardly know to what cause to attribute it, unless, it be the confusion of mind which prevails upon these lamentable occasion., but it was not until after eleven o'clock that an ex press arrived at Cambridge for the engines. Until that time the only engine at work was one belonging to the village. Subsequently, the Norwich Union, the Itoyal Farmers', and the Phosnix engines were at the'scene One fire is very like another. The noise, the con fusion, the shouts of men, the screaming of women and children, the lowing of cattle, the squeaking of pigs, the frantic efforts to save property are the same in all. These things must be left to the reader's ima gination ; they prevailed on Thursday night to a great extent, for the space traversed by the fire was enor mous. It seemed yesterday as if half the village had been laid in ruins ; and yet the fire had been caprici ous in its course, for here and there was to he seen a house standing almost uninjured in the very midst of black and smoking ruins. We are glad to say that the labourers worked wil lingly and well, so long as a chance of doing any good remained ; but their efforts, aided as they were before long by the gownsmen from Cambridge, were so manifestly unavailing, that people at last stood by in helpless and despairing inaction. The fire seemed to laugh at human opposition ; farm after farm, .and cot tage after cottage, tell befure its resistless might, and by 3 o'clock in the morning, when further immediate danger might be said to be over, the awful destruc tion which we detail below was completed. Happily, however, no lives were lost ; nor did any horses or cattle fall victims to the flames. A vast quantity of poultry and pigeons and a good many pigs were de stroyed ; but all the horses and neat stock were re moved out of harm's way. Of course, numbers of poor families have been rendered homeless, and many of them have lost all their little store of furniture. We print below a list of the sufferers by this devastating fire, commencing at the point where it broke out : Mr. Freeman Goode's farm is completely de stroyed. There were two dwelling-houses on the property, one of which is left standing amid the wreck of all around. Mr. Thomas Graves's house, farm-buildings, &0., all destroyed. A cottage belonging to Mr. James Ivatt was the next property that fell, and to this succeeded a farm belonging to Mr. Richardson Spackman. Mr. Robert Watson, farmer, house, barn, in fact everything consumed. Mr. Thomas Papworth, farmer, all consumed. Mr. Thomas Ivatt, farmer, the whole premises destroyed, except the dwelling-house and granary. Mr. Timothy Morling, gardener, house, lodges, &c., all destroyed. The foregoing property was all on the left-hand side of the road leading from Cambridge. From this the flames blew across the road and seized upon the Black Horse, belonging to Mr. James Chivers, brewer, which was utterly destroyed. Next stood the property of Mr. Stephen Chivers, blacksmith, including a house and barn, a ll o f which fell a prey to the flames, except the black smith's shop. Mrs. Collins, farmer—all the premises, &c., de stroyed. if t . Richard Norman, brewer—everything de stroyed, except the house, and that is damaged, in cluding barn, store-room, stables, three stacks of corn, from 80 to 100 barrels of beer, seven pockets of hops, &c. Adjoining this property was the White Horse public-house, occupied by Mr. R. Haddow Norman. This was destroyed, together with the barn, a good deal of furniture, stock-in-trade, &e. Mr. W. Haire', auctioneer and carpenter—every.. thing destroyed, except the house, which is injured. Mr. James Todd, farmer—everything consumed, except the house. We now come to Corbett's-lane. And here, of the property occupied by Messrs. Thomas and John Chivers, and some labourers in their employ, every thing is consumed, including five tenements, except a barn and the house occupied by Mr. John Chivers. Mr. Abraham Everitt, tailor and farmer—every thing destroyed, except the tailor's shop. Mr. Jacob Smith, yeoman—all consumed, except the out-buildings. Mr. John Thurston, basket-maker, property of Mr. Marmaduke Ivatt—all destroyed. Mr. John Watson, farmer—all destroyed. Mr. W. Papworth, farmer—all destroyed. Mr. W. Everitt, farmer—all destroyed. Mr. J. Everitt, farmer—out -buildings, barn, &c., destroyed, house saved. There was a Methodist chapel here, which has shared the fate of less sacred places, and is now a mere shell. Mr. Thomas Gautrey, farmer and gardener—farm buildings consumed; dwelling ) saved. Widow Watson, butcher, barn and out-buildings destroyed ; house saved. Mr. Edward Ivatt , farmer —large barn and out building co/owned old dwelling-house saved. ~~_~ Two tenements" belonging to Mr. W. Norman, jun., and occupied by Smith and another, both destroyed. A tenement and outbuilding belonging to Mr. W. Norman, sen,, and occupied by Ann Howlett—con- Four tenements and a public-house, called " The Waggon and Horses," belonging to Mr. Richard Norman, brewer, andoccupied by Hopkins and others —all the outbuildings and large barn destroyed. With the exception of Mr. Edward Ivatt's new house, and the tenement occupied by Ann Howlett, all the above property was insured. The Norwich Union and Royal Farmers' offices will suffer con• siderably, and also the Phoenix and European. We do not like to hazard a guess at the amount of damage done, but some, who have probably better means of forming a judgment than ourselves, set it down at about 18,000/. Besides the buildings a very large quantity of corn has been consumed ; and the reader will understand that the damage must be Vf ry great, wheve he reflects that eighteen farms have been almost totally destroyed, bea.,..es as in: ny cottages. ABERDEEN RAILWAY. As intimated in our last, the Aberdeen Railway was opened up to Ferryhill on Saturday last, and the regular passenger traffic commenced on Monsisy, five or six trains daily running each way. This event has given rise to lively feelings of satisfaction among out citizens, who are showing their interest in the under taking by rushing, even yet, to witness the arrival and departure of the trains. On the Fast-day the line must have been visited by not fewer than twelve or fifteen thousand people. Besides the immense crowds assembled at or near the Ferryhill-station, at Pol muir, and other points of view, upwards of four thou sand paid their penny for passing and repassing the Wellington -bridge, in order to get a better sight of the trains passing along the viaduct and up the em bankment to Downie-hill. It was a gratifying thing to see the people enjoying themselves, but when we estimated their number, and recollected that as many were present on the Sunday after the first locomo tive arrived, we could not help thinking either that there was a mistake about the alleged sixteen thou spnd Sabbath sanctifiers who petitioned Parliament against opening the Post-office for a couple of hours on a Sunday, or that some of our citizens must hold very peculiar notions on the subject of Sabbath observance. The line works well, and some of the trains per form the journey at a pretty good pace ; but, owing to what we cannot help regarding as an exceedingly foolish attempt of the directors to help the Midland Company at the expense of the Dundee and Arbroath, the time consumed between this and Edinburgh, and the amount of fare, are both more than they ought to be. This matter is thus referred to by an intelligent correspondent :—" I regret to observe that there is something out of join in the arrangements with the southern lines, but whether this be the fault of the Aberdeen directors or not, I pretend not to judge. According to their time-bill, the quickest journey we can make to Edinburgh requires seven hour& and forty minutes, which is really little improvement over the good old Defiance,' as it occupies the greater por tion of an entire day ; but what I would point to is the fact, that railway trains actually, at present, run over the ground between this and Edinburgh in six hours and a half, although they do not run in concert. On referring to the time-tables of the Aberdeen, the Dundee and Arbroath, and the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Companies, you will find that the first runs a train from Aberdeen to Arbroath in three hours—the second from Arbroath to Broughty ferry, in half an hour—and the other from Broughty ferry to Princes-street, Station, Edinburgh, including both ferries, in three hours—altogether six hours and a half; but strangely enough, as I have remarked, these trains are run without connexion. The pas. stinger traffic between Aberdeen and Edinburgh is, I believe, worth all the rest put together ; and the ar rangements which are most convenient for the public will certainly be most profitable for the railway. But the public will never rest content to be kept eight hours on a journey by railway which is performed in less than six by steamers ; and I trust the Company's next time-tables will show improved arrangements for their Edinburgh passengers."—Aberdeen Herald. N°.17,952.] LONDON, MONDAY EVEWING SIT APRIL 8, 1850. CONTRACT for WINE, SOAP, RICE, and PEAS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, April 4, 1850. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY. the 11th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz. : . G a ll on s. WHEN TO BE DELIVERED. 5,000 Ilalf of each In three 'lons. weeks, and the Remainder SIAP (Mottled).• ••• • • • •••• .. Nin three weeks afterwards. RICE (Bengal n hite) .. ••• • .. 20 Half of each in a fortnight. Quarters. and the Remainder in a PEAS ......................500 fortnight afterwards. The Wine and Rico to be exempted from the Custom`' Duties t Simples of the Wine (not less than t wo bottles), of the o Soap (no less than a ber), of the Itice (not less than two pounds), and of the Peas (not less than two quarts), must be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock en the day Si treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised is writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary if the Admi ralty, awl bear In the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," ant must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Wine and Rice must be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person ten dering, in the onm of 251. per cent. on the value far the doe per formaace of the Contract. WINE (White strong bodied).. GUILDHALL, APRIL 3, 1850. r rilE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S 1. LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receivo TENDERS for LETTING oa LEASE, for twenty-one years from Lady-day, 1850,'a Howse, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street -buildings ; Two Houses, Nos. 28 and 29, on the soath side of Brood-street balldiags. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of Harrow-street, Ratcliff. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of Works TH , Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. EMPLOYMENT: Ladies and Gentlemen may profitably occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant AM of ORNAMENTING PAPIER M th ACRE In Pearl, on Gold an , imp and roveCo lours, as practically imparted by e Advertiser, d system, by which 21. a week can be realized. Preinlum 10s. 6d. As the number must be limited, these desirous of engagement should make early application to Mr. Wright, 20, Tavistock-strest, Covent garden, from Ten to Four. FRAUDS AND COUNTERFEITS. BURGESS'S ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES. [lx CusalcsaY]—" Burgess y. Collins," and " Burgess y. Hall." - On the 7th of March, 1850, his Honour Vice-Chancellor Sir Z. L Knight Bruce granted an INJUNCTION to restrain John CollinV of Richmond-row, Liverpool, from manufacturing any sauce or corn► position purporting to be " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," er so contrived or expressed as to represent that the sauce or eompositlen manufactured and sold, or exported, is the same as the essence of anchovies manufactured by John Burgess and Son. And on the 14th of March, 1859, his Honour Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce granted another injunction to restrain Triel Hall, of 3, Satchwell-rents, Bethnal-green-road, London, from Belling any sauce or composition described as or purporting to be " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies." And notice is hereby given, that proceedings will be immediately taken against all other persons manufacturing and vending or ex porting essence of anchovies in bottles labelled in a similar manner to the bottles In which the genuine essence of anchovies manufac tured by John Burgess and Son is labelled, or labelled in any manner calculated to induce the public to believe that such spurious essence is the genuine essence of anchovies manufactured by John Burgess and Son, of 107, Strand, London. THOMA.S PETER, Solicitor to the Plaintiff. 11, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square, London. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WO RCESTERSHIRE .8.4 i SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic ard invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. Tho daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea ant Perrin', 6, rare-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell , and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in SAUCE. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label sad patent cap of the bottle. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which hare been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years, has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written by Jahn Mollard Wheeler, E.g., Collector of Custom', Jamaica, hav ing been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for publi cation, will fully confine. " I know yon have never had occasion to teke Flair's Pills, hut let me emphatically tell you, in mercy;to any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderfill efficacy : not only am I person ally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and aequ Intaneea receiving unfailing benefit from their use I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether; if in a later, they alleviate pain and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. ITATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliame of nt. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned. to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perma- Sum the Elmnisin Bons ;! m i Annaal Policy Bon vent Re-! Assured giro, 5 e Pre- taken addition to Sum is ductrn ls& ofay bor -0 mium. out in Cash. Annual row on Premium. Policy. X s. d. X s. d X s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 4 4 1835 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 11 C 543 17 2 £ 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 494 $ 10 60 1000.0 s. d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 111145 0 0 74 3 4 41 174 0 0 7$ 3 4 12 3 0395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 c 5 15 10 10 2 4 3 4 6 3 3 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 6 15 11 296 13 4 1844 62 4 4 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 II TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. My Lorde,Ladies, and Gentlemen, A vacancy having occurred in the direction of your affairs by the lamented decease of your late Chairman, Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., I hasten to apprise you teat, in accord ance with my address of the 12th of April, 1848, it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot en this occasion, and when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time in forwarding the usual Proxy rapers to my supporters in the country ; with warmest acknowledgements for the great encouragement I have already received, and which now enables me to look forward with perfect confidence to the attain ment of the honourable and important position I have been so long aspiring to,:11 would still most earnestly and respectfully solicit my friends to continuo their kind exertions to secure my success on the present vacancy. I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, J. A. MOORE, Mnior, Late on the Staff, Hyderbad, Deccan. 19, rortland-place. April 6, 1850 * 4 * My Committee sits daily at the London Tavern, where it is respectfully requested that any alteration in tho addressee of my friends may be forwarded. PO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA JL STOCK. Ladles, and Gentlemen. The lamented death of your :highly respected Chairman, Majer• General Gir Archibald Galloway, L.C.8., having.created a vacancy in the direction of your affairs, It becomes my duty to apprise you that. In conformity with sty previous anneuacement, it is my inten tion to proceed to the Ballot upon this occasion. having in the course of a long canvass submitted to you the grounds upon which I have presamed to offer myself es a candidate, I have only now to express my gratefal thanks for the assurances of support with which I have been honoured, and to solicit these proprietors who have not yet declared themselves to favour me with an iatirnetion of their in tentions ; when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time in forwarding to my friends who may prefer to vote by Proxy the necessary Letter of Attorney, and I respectfully solicit an early in timation of any recent changes of address. I have the honour to Ye, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tour very faithful and obedient servant, obedient T r PRISSEP. London Tavern, April 8, 1350. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW , No. CLXXXIV., Will be published on SATURDAY NEXT. London : Longman and Cs. Edinburgh : 1, and C. Black. This day is published, price Ix.' T HE CLAIM to the ISLANDS of CERVI and SAPIENZA. By WILLIAM MARTIN LEAKE, Member of the Royal Geographical Society. L. Booth. Duke-street, Portland-place ; and J. nodwell, New Bond-street. New ready, price Is., THE FIRST APPENDIX to Mr. TURNE R' S LETTER to tke BISHOP of MANCHESTER, consisting of Six Letters ea the COLLEGIATE CHURCH of MANCHESTER. James Ridgway, Piccadilly t and Simms and Dinham, Man chester. Also, I SECOND EDITION of the LETTER to the BISHOP of MANCHESTER. By T. TURNER, Esq. Price Is. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture 'on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation—Optical Effects, daily at Two, and every Evening except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Third Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of the Metals, with brilliant Experiments, daily and in the Evenings. —An entirely new Series of - Dissolving Views exhibiting Scenes in Ceylon, from Sketches taken on the spot by A. Nicholls, Esq., painted on Glass by Mr. Clare. Also a Series of Vie ws of the rctic Regions, with an interesting Description, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings. The Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, are shown at One o'clock.— Experiments with the Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, s.—Sehools, Half-price. TO THE INHABITANTS OF POPLAR, LIMEHOUSE, STEP NEY, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. A. PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the TOWN HALL, Church-lane, Limehonse, en WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 10, to take Into consideration the propriety of Establishing a Literary and Scientific Institution, and the Erection of a suitable Building for that purpose, in the Eastern Locality of the Tower Hamlets. The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely, by GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq., who will be supported by several in fluential Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. EVENING EXHIBITION. iHE EXHIBITION of WORKS of ANCIENT I and id EDIAWAL ART and SPECIMENS of RECENT PRI HSU MANUFACTURES, is NOW OPEN, at the Mouse of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, Daily, between the lours of Ten and Five ; and IN ADDITION from Seven till Ten on:,the Evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Admission, la.—Catalogue, Is. OILED LINENS AT HALF THE VALUE. L Ladies who do not object to parchasing LINENS a little boiled can now have an opportunity of buying some of the very best fabrics at half-prioe. These goods (samples), front which extensive orders have been taken, are the best, being the specimen cloths of such well-known makers as Knox, Beverage, &c., and are now to be sold at half the prices of the same goods when clean. Irish linens, 26 yards for 125. dd. ; superior Irish linen, 26 yard. for las.; finest Coleraine% 2G yards for 235. ; positively worth Is. 9d. per yard when clean ; damask table cloths, two yards square, from 2s. Gd. to 4s. 9d. each, those at 35. 9d. being double damask three yards long; rich damask, ss. 9d. each ; three yards long double damask,l es. 6d. each ; five yards long damask, each, 12s. ; five yards long splendid double damask, fit for the table of the nobility, 20s. each ; table napkins, from Is. I Id. per dozen ; a large lot of superb damask, a yard square, at 10s. Gel, the dozen. There are also about 2,000 single pairs of flue linen sheets from two to three yards wide, from 4.. 6d. to Ills. the pair, those at 12s. Gd. the pair being three yards wide and seven yards long; al.() duoters, diapers, towelling., &c., all subject to the same reduction. The above linens are only slightly soiled, and uninjured for wear, and are now ready f,r sale, at 11BOOKS'i, 105 and 106, High-street, Borough, one door from Ring-street, and three minutes' walk from the London-bridge Railway Terminus. N.B.—dimples forwarded into the coantry, or any part of town, If written for. HASTINGS—SUSSEX. TO peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to a DE CRETAL ORDER of the 111011 COURt' of CHANCERY, made in a cause. KENDALL, v. KAY, with the approbation of liICIIALD TORE( KINDaIIit.EY, Esq., one of the Masters of the Court, at the Swan Hotel, Hastings, on SATURDAY, the 'l3th day of April, 1550, at Twelve o'. lock, the FREF.IIOLD PROPE.RTY (a small portion of LEASEHOLD) of the late JOSEFX HAY, Esq., deceased, comprising the following particulars : The Freehold Estate called Belmont, comprises two beautiful villa residences, and abeat nice acres of building ground. The two dwell-, ing houses are substantially built, after Mr. Kay's own design, and combine the elegancies of the Italian villa with the arrange ment meltable for the domestic comfort of an English gentleman's fa mily. The estate is situated on the rise of the East Cliff, at a short distance from the main high road to Loudon, and was formerly known by the natio of the " Minniss." The spot is admirably adapted for building purpose*, and there is now no remaining unoc cupied site in the town of Hastings, or its immediate 'vicinity, that can compare with it in natural beauties or advantages. The ground presents picturesque sites for villas, terraces, and gardens, command ing beautiful dews towards the sea, and its late talented owner, Mr. Kay, prepared a plan for laying it out for building, adapting the arrangemen , to the natural beauties of the spot. The estate is conveniently approached by a short real diverging from the high London-road, and the purchasers of nearly all the lots will have the use of another entrance to the estate from the high road through the premises belonging to Frederick North, Esq., in continuation et the ene made by Mr. Kay, through the Behnont estate, from the lodge en the west side, thus provicAng for the most select and direct modes of ingress and egress to the property. The estate is within a few minutes' walk of the old church of All (Saints. Also Three Freehold sabstantially-ballt and most convenient ramify residences, being Nos. 9,7, and 11, Pelham crescent. This fay•urite situation Is too well known to require any general description. It comprises all the advantages of the most central part of the town, combined with the enjoyments of quiet and retirement, and the h uses command beautifal sea views, and are within a short distance of the new station of the Railway. A small portion of No. 2, Pelham crescent, comprising a scullery, ice., is Leasehold, held for a term of 500 years. The Belmont Estate is divided late Twelve Lots (the two resi dences Laming Lots I and 2), but the Estate will be put up in the first instance in One Lot, and if not sold, then in the Twelve Lots ; unless Lots 1 and 2 be both sold, the sale of the other Lots will not be proceeded with. The Houses in Pelham-crescent will be sold in Three Lots. The respective properties may be viewed on apolication at the Lodge, at Belmont, and at the houses in Pelham-crescent, and parti culars and conditions of sale (including a plan of the Behnent Estate) may be had at the Chambers of the Master, in Southampton. build ings, Chancery-lane ; at the principal Hotels at Hastings, St. Leon ards, Rye, Brighton, Lewes, and Tunbridge Wells; and of Mr. E. B. Jupp, Carpenters•-hall, London-wall ; of Mr. Crouch, 37, Southamp ton-buildings ; of Messrs. Bayley aid Jansen, 4, Basinghall-street ; of Messrs. Dyne, Lincoln's Inn-fields; and of Messrs. Lethbridge and Mackrell, 93, Abingdon-street, Westminster. E. B. JUPP, Carpenters'-hall, London-wall. THE COUNTB LivErtroor., Ari u L 6.—Thl his day's market I— s. d. s. d.l tY MARKETS. ie following are the pricss Wheat, per 701 b : English, white .. 6 0 to 6 3 Do. red .. 5 6 5 I Irish, best rod •• 5 2 5 6 Do, lower quality 4 9 5 2 Manx, red and wh. 5 5 5 9 Dantslc, high mixed 6 8 6 10 Do., mixed .. 6 0 6 4 Rostock, &c • • .. 6 0— 6 Hamburgh and Lower Baltic .. h 8 5 10 American & r white 5 10 6 2 Canadian, /red 5 4 5 A Antwerp &Louvain 5 8 5 10 French, red.. .. 5 5 5 7 Hungarian and Mariaropoll .. 5 2 5 4 Odessa, Polish .. 5 i— 5 5 Do., common .. S 0— 5 2 Egyptian •• .. 4 4 4 S Flour, English & Irish, per 2801 b 28 0— 30 4 Do., extra fine 32 0 34 1 United States, per barrel .. 29 0— 92 0 Canadian • • .. 21 6 23 6, Indian corn, per 4801 b, white .. 26 0 —26 31 READING, Aram B.—Wheat, 30s to 525; barley, 25i to 30s; oats, 155 to 20s; beans, 305 to 33s • peas, 32s to 335 per quarter. Fat hogs, 7s Od to 7 s 3 d ; porkers, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 4s 6d to 55 Od ; ducks, ditto, 35 6d to 45 Od. Butter, lld to is ld per lb. Eggs, 18 to 20 for Is. MANCHESTER, Arum 6.—The slight symptoms of amend ment apparent in the trade for the past fortnight have again entirely subsided, considerable languor and inactivity having prevailed in business generally throughout the present week, with (save in a very few instances), a weakening tendency in prices. The imports from Ireland into Liverpool and Runcorn still continue to exhibit a narked decrease, and are this week exceedingly scanty of all articles; and, with the exception of 2,449 quarters of malt, the arrivals coastwise are likewise tri vial. From abroad, however, we have to notice large supplies of wheat, beansoind Indian corn, together with a fair quantity of flour. At our market this morning an exceedingly lifeless feeling was experienced, and wheat receded in value id to 2d per 70Ib. Flour was nominally rather cheaper; but the sales effected were of too limited a nature to enable us to alter our quotations. Oats barely supported late rates, whilst oatmeal, although in slow request, was not obtainable on lower terms. WORCESTER, .Ararr. 6.—The market continues very dun, and prices are with difficulty supported. It is stated that the demand is decreasing. The highest price for best white wheat to-day is 151 6d per bag • red wheat, 14s to 15s. F ore i gn wheat from 4s to 55 per bushel. Good malting barley 3s to 3s 3d per bushel, with a declining demand ; distilling qualities 19s to 20s per quarter. Old English oats 3s per bushel ; Irish 2s 4d to 2s 64 per bushel. Old English beans 14s to 15s per bag ; new 10s to 12s. White peas 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel ; gray peas 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Spring vetches 45 to 4s 6d per bushel. New rye 5s to 5s 4d. Stourbridge market, on Friday, remained without altera tion. The demand was sluggish, and the business done was inconsiderable. Barley declined Is per quarter in value. Oats and beans in slow request, at barely last week's quotations. Peas must be quoted lower. At Stratford.on-Aven market the supply of grain was good, and as millers bought sparingly, the trade cannot be quoted firm. Best English white wheat went at 15s 6d, and red 14s 6d per bag. Darla: was in better Ingest, and for s. d. s. d Do. Meal, perl96lb 12 • 13 0 Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 25 0 t 026 • Irish, S cotch, and klanx,per6olb.. 3 0 3 2 Foreign, grinding 2 9 3 • aye, par 4801 b • . 22 0 24 0 Bsans, English, pr Imperial quartr 29 0 BO Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. •• 25 0— 26 0 Dutch .. •• 28 0— 29 0 Egyptian .. .. 20 6 22 0 P;iia, English, per Imperial quartr 30 0— 31 0 Foreign .. 27 0 26 0 Oats, per 451 b Scotch, and Welsh, old 2 9—2 10 Irish, mew, best mealing .. 2 3—2 31 Do., mid and inf. 9 0 2 Old 2 3 2 4 Oatmeal, English, Et Scotch,pr24olb 92 0 22 6 Irish, new .. .. 20 0— 21 0 De. ,old .. 19 0-20 0 superior qualities an advance in price was obtainable Oats a fair sale at from 18s to 20s per imperial quarter. New English beans sold at 10s per bag, and old at lls to 12e per bag. English vetches scarcely so valuable-5s to 6s the average price. Best seconds flour 2Ss per sack of 280Ib. At Kidderminster wheat declined in value about 64 per quarter, with a dull sale and fair supply. Barley maintained the full quotations of last week. In beans a firmer inquiry at last quotations. Oats and peas as before. At Wolverhampton there was more firmness in the trade. Good samples of English wheat were worth 6d per quarter more money. Other grain as last quoted. At Atherstone the supply was small, and prices were fully maintained. In spring corn a good trade done. English wheat, 14s 6d to 15s 6d per bag. Barley, 22s to 24s per quarter. Oats firm at 18s to 11 per quarter. DA Lams', Arius. 4.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, I 7st 131 b, and 16st 71b. Oats, 12st 131 b, 12st 71b, and list 0113. Barley, 16st 101 b, 15st 31b, and 14st 21b. Peas and beans,. 19st ON 18st 71b, and 18st 31bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 150 Wheat ... Z 2 1 0 £.l 17 0 XI 11 0 653 Oats; 411 Barley 73 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 5 0 1 4 0 Average of wheat 3ss lid. ABERDEEN, Arms. s.—Grain—Oats 13s to 13164, 401 b per bushel ; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, 00s Od to 00s Od per qr.; barley, 18s to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 18 s to 19 s 0d,521bs per bushel; wheat.3Bs to 425; oatmeal, Ils Od to 12s 63 per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions — Beef , 4d to 6d per lb mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 6d to 84; pork, per lb, 3d to sd; lamb, per lb, Od to Od; tallow, per atone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to ls ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, Is 63, to 2s ' • grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per lb, 7 d to 9 d; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, 188 to 23s ; hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3104 ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2 s 6 d ; ducks, ditto, 2s 04 to 2s 6d; ducklings; ditto, Os to OsOd; turkeys, each, 3 s Od to 3s6d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 665; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, Od to sicl ; 41b loaf, cash, 40 ; credit, sd; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 51-6 d to Os Od ; pOrk large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Of. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to is 3d; barley dust, 6d to 7d; peasemeal, Is 8d to is 104; side, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, Is ld to Is 2d; flour, 118 d to is 10d; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley flour, Is 2d to is 3d. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—We continue to have a moderate supply at our corn market. Farmers' wheat met a steady demand at the currencies of Tuesday, and the general demand was fully as good as on that day. There was a small inquiry for Indian corn, without change in prices. White wheat, 20s Od to 23s 6d ; red ditto, 19s Od to 22s 04 ; barley, 9s Od to 12s Od ; oats, per barrel, 81 64:1 to lits 3d ; oatmeal, 10s Od to 1 ts Od ; second flour, per cwt. 12a to 14s 6d ; Indian corn, per 4801 b, 26s to 291 Od. CORI, Areal. s.—Several arrivals of foreign grain, con sisting principally of wheat and maize, have taken place during the week. The receipts of home grain continue small, the supply for the week being :—wheat, 94 brls, at 15s to 20, 6d per brl ; barley, 444 brls, at 8s to Ils ditto ; oats, 913 brls at 76 to 105 2d ditto. Wheat and barley are unaltered in value, but oats have given way in price to the extent of 3d per brl. But little business has been .done in prepared Irish wheat, the value of which we quote 18s to 19s per barrel. In foreign a moderate sale, for the supply of immediate wants, has been going on, at the currency of last week, which is 22s 6d per barrel for Polish Odessa. We notice a sale or two of prepared barley, which is unchanged in value. Oats have again given way to the extent of 3d per barrel, and even at the reduction it is impossible to effect sales to any extent. We experience a slightly improved demand for flour, but without any alteration is prices, which remain as when we last wrote. We have a moderate busines passing in Indian corn, the value of which is unchanged, our quotation for the article being the same as when we last wrote, namely, 6/. 12s. ed. per ton. Indian meal is little inquired for. Flour—First 12s Od to 13s Od ; extra 14s Od ; seconds, lls to 12s ; households 9s 6d to lOs 6d; thirds, 6s to 94 per cwt. Oatmeal 10s Od to 00s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat meal. 91 6rito 10s per cwt. Indian corn 1254 to 13216 d per ton. Bran 410 s Od to 0/05 per ton. Hay—Farmers 18s to 40s; average 001. dealers 40s to 45s Od; average 42 4 p er ton. Str aw—Farmers 18: ' Od to 23s Od; average 20s; dealers 31. Ott to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6i f il; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb. Eggs-8s 10d to 45 Od per hundred. Coals — Newport 15s; Lydney 171; Landore 15s ; Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to 64d; pork 3id to 31d; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3121 6d to 3/ 5s pea ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 14/ to 01; French 715.; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 101 to 12s per stone. Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish—Seotch herrings 16s to 17s ; red ditto 20s to 22. per barrel ; Newfoundland 91 Os to 111 per ton. Timber—lklemel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s; salted 15s to 21s per owt ; calf skins 21d to lid per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d ; Minions 12d to I3d ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander A. C. Key, arrived this morning from the Mediterranean station to be paid off. She sailed from Salamis Bay March 9 ; Malta, 18 ; Port Mahon, 22 ; Gibraltar, 28 ; Tangier 29 ; where she took in. nine horses and six cases, presents from the Emperor of Morocco to the Queen ; Lisbon, April 3. On the .sth passed her Majesty's ship Encounter. She brought home Captain Perris, of the barque Portley, from Malta, that ship havingfoundered on the 9th of February, in lat. 35 deg. 51 min., Jon. 20 deg. 21 min. The Blenheim convict ship, Captain Monism), sailed to-day from Spithead for New Zealand, with exiles, many from the juvenile repository at Parkhurst, and several from Portland. The Henry Duncan barque sailed to-day for Quebec. The Columbine, 12, Captain C. J. D. Hay, passed this port yesterday, on her way from Plymouth to Chatham, to be paid off. The Centaur steam-frigate, Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., and the Heroine, 8, Commander John B. Marsh, were at the Gallinas on the sth of February. The Commodore was about sailing in the evening of the same day for the Bights of Benin. By letters from Rio to the IGth of February we learn that the Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Schomberg, had taken a prize full of slaves ; the Rifleman screw-vessel, Lieutenant Crofton, had also made a capture laden with slaves. Our letter says : " Mr. Southern was received on the 24th of January at eleven P.M. The Southampton, 50, with Hear-Ade miral Reynolds, C. 8., was at Monte° Video on the 31st of January; the Admiral was about proceeding to Buenos Ayres. Captain Gore, Consul-General at Diorite Video, was also going to Buenos Ayres. Busi ness is almost at a standstill; 208 vessels in the harbour and more arriving daily. Exchange 246 to 250 paper dollars per doubloon of 675. to 685." Commodore Martin's squadron of evolution was refitting in the Tagus on the 3d, when left by the Bulldog. Vice. Admiral the Earl of Dundonald was ex pected at Jamaica on the 10th of Mrarch. A court martial was expected to be held on Commander Mitchell, of the Sappho, for having got that vessel ashore in December last on the coast of Honduras. Extract of a letter from the coast of Africa : " Gallinas, Feb. 5. ~ The Alert sailing this evening for Siena Leone and Gambia on her way to England, I lose, not the chance of letting you hear from us. We arrived here on the 28th, meeting the senior officer, Commander Dunlop, in the Alert, with the Heroine, Wolverine, and Adelaide in company, f o rming the bl oc k a di ng squa d ron o ff t h e river. The following day the native chiefs were ex pected to assemble to conclude the treaties, but they not arriving the Commodore exercised the squadron in shifting topsails, loosing and f ur li ng sa il s , i n a ll o f w hi c h manoeu vres the Alert was foremost. Afterwards several exciting boat-races, both sailing and pulling, in the boats of the respective ships came off. A slight fever has occurred, on beard the Wolverine and Heroine, both of which bad lost men ; otherwise the squadron is very healthy. On the Ist of February Commander Dunlop bad succeeded in getting the native chiefs to come in, and at noon they were all (nine in number) taken on board the flagship to sign the treaty, which they did, agreeing to abolish the slave trade in their respective districts, and to remain at peace with each other. They were then shown the ship, and shells and rockets were thrown from the Centaur's heavy guns to exhibit to them her power. This, together with being received by the Commodore and his officers in full state, seemed to gratify them exceedingly. An Opening is now given here to the encouragement of legitimate traffic, which is the only true means of suppressing sla very, but with what success the future must tell. 11 they are left in want of such art icles a s the slave agents supply them with, na mely, rum, tob acco , powder, muskets, &c., they will soon return to the original means of supply. The chief among them, Prince Manna, appears a highly intelligent man, and seems favourably disposed to the English. De has given up the remainder of the slaves to the Alert. The Wolverine, 12, Com mander Falcon, is now senior officer for this division, the Alert being relieved by him. After the arrival of the Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, which is hourly expected with the J anuary ma il, th e Commodore proceeds to the Bights for the inspection of that division, and afterwards to the South Coast." Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the Ist of February : " A month ago arrived a large ship, empty, prize slaver to the Pantaloon, 10, Commander Parker, who joined this station a short time age. By the arrival of the prize the Commadore bad dispatche s from the Dee steam-vessel, stating that the Castor's and her own boats had proceeded up the Angola river, on the 18th of De cember, with the intention of seein g if any slaver were there. On the second day of goin g up th e y were violently attacked from a hidden stockade, which poured in a dreadful fire. The Castor's boats leturntd it in gallant style, and after having kept up an incessant tire on them for an hour and a half, and totally destroyed a slave ship lying up the river. they returned on board the Dee. The boats present in tha action were—Castor's pinnace with a 12-pounder howitzer, pouring in grape and canister and shell. She was commanded by Lieu tenant Campbell and Mr. Midshipman Sullivan. This boat received two 18-pound shot in her bows, and two dozen through her ensign. The next boat was a private boat, which the Commodore sent up also in the Dee with the pinnace. She was a present to the Commodore a fe w y e ars ago c row the Imaum of Muscat, whom She is named after. She had a 6-pounder Which fired round shot, and also behaved very well. She had a marine very severely wounded, who is not expected to live; the officers in her were Second-Master Albert, and Mr. Pat tison, midshipman. She had an 18-pound shot through her mainsail, and one ditto through her ensign. The next boat was the Dee's starboard paddle-box boat, with a 24-pound carronade which fired round, grape, and canister. She boarded the slave-ship before mentioned under a heavy fire of musketry, which injured her very much. Lieutenant Crowder, commander of the Dee, was in this boat, and followed oat the action very gal lantly. Mr. Dyer, master's-assistant of the Dee, was also in her. The port paddlebox boat, armed and manned like the one just mentioned, and commanded by Mr. Jones, second master of the Dee. Two other boats were employed, and the whole expedition did its duty in a most successful, gallant, and spirited manner. Fi►e men were slightly wounded." PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. Two companies of the 77th Regiment, under the command of Major Stratton, will proceed for Dowlair, Wales, to-morrow (this day). The two companies of the 4th Foot, at Weymouth Barracks, will move to Exeter on the 12th inst., on being relieved by the 82d Foot on the preceding day. Three companies of the 82d Regiment will move into the garrison on the 13th inst. Two divisions of the 50th Foot arrived here from Dover on Wednesday and Friday; they will be fol lowed to-morrow by the head-quarter division. We are informed that the two officers mentioned in our military report on Monday last, as having been arrested for maltreating a brother officer, have been released with a reprimand. The 4th Foot, in Anglesea Barracks, Portsea, will embark about the 11th inst. for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—Her Majesty's sloop Colum bine, 16, Captain John C. D. Hay, came in last evening; left Hong-Kong on the 29th of November; arrived at Singapore en the 7th, and left on the 10th of December ; arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 27th of January, and -left the 4th of February ; ar rived at St.. Helena the 7th, and left the 20th of Febrvary ; arrived at Ascension on the 25th, and left the 26th of February, and touched at St. Michaels on the 28th of March. Her Majesty's frigate Aniazon, 26, Commander Troubridge, and sloop Albatross, 12, Commander Arthur Farquhar, with the Semiramis East India merchant ship, were at Singapore on the 18th of December. When the Mauritius bore distant 300 miles the Columbine spoke the barque Loid John kussell, dismasted in a cyclone the day before; her master declined help and was left steering in the di rection of the Mauritius. The master of the Colum bine having the day before predicted the approach of the cyclone, tacked to avoid it, and experienced only a moderate gale ; when the shattered barque was fallen in with the day after, his calculations were found to be fully verified. Before arriving at the Cape the Columbine had a stern boat washed off in heavy weather. There were none of her Majesty's ships at St. He lena. The Governor, Sir P. Ross, was in a very de clining state of health, and not expected to survive more than two or three days after the deptirture 'of the Columbine. February 22d, lat. 13 15 N., icing. 8 53 W., spoke the Mary Jane schooner, of and for Sunder land. February 23d saw an English barque home ward bound. The Tortoise receiving ship only was at Ascension. The island is flourishing and in an improving con dition. In let. 25 30 N., long. 35 19 W., spoke the ship Liverpool, outward bound, with emigrants. From the Cape fine weather was experienced up to the departure of the sloop from St. Michael's on the 28th of March. On the 29th they lost a second stern boat. On the 2d of April they lay off the Lizard, in thick heavy weather, with the wind south-west and west. On the 3d the wind veered to north-west, and blew heavier than ever, but it cleared, and they made the Lizard. Within the last year and a half the Columbine has been ashore five times, and during the last three months she was on the China station she was present at the destruction of upwards of 100 piratical junks. A. large portion of her efficiency and usefulness is to be ascribed to the skill and energy of Captain Hay, who has recently been so honourably promoted. The purser, one midshipman, and the clerk, are the only officers now on board the Columbine who left Eng land in her. She sailed on Friday evening for Chatham, where she is to be paid off. Her Majesty's sloop Alert, 8, Commander Hugh Dunlop, which arrived on Thursday evening from the Coast of 'Africa, left Sierra Leone on the 13th of February for England in consequence of the ill health of the captain, .but as the gallant officer recovered when at sea, she ptit back to the river Gambia, and left again on the 10th of . March for England. She . has taken hitt three prizes,, but has liberated from barracoona in theGallinaa.and73alermo Islands nearly 2,000 slaves. The chief's of the Gallinas wish to have an English official resident established there. March 21-25 29 N., 13 25 W., spoke the 'Ameri can ship Zenobia, Captain Jackson, 18 days from Philadelphia, for Rio, California, and Calcutta; she kindly and gratuitously supplied the Alert with such necessaries as she had on board, refusing compensa tion. March 28-33 0 N., 22 42 W. Earl of Ripon from Cardiff for New Zealand. There have been only two deaths (from fever) on board the Alert during her absence on the station. Sierra Leone and the coast generally is healthy. The Alert was commissioned on the 25th of Octo ber, 1847. She brings invalids from the Centaur, Wolverine, and Heroine, and several brass gunsbe longing to the Albert, one of the vessels employed in the expedition up the Niger. Like all the other re cent arrivals she has latterly experienced very rough weather. On the 30th ult. lost a boat overboard; and on the 4th inst., when 100 miles from land, was obliged to lay to, injured her rudder, sprung before mast, and experienced other damages. Her Majesty's brigantine Griffon, 3, Lieutenant- Commander James B. Thurburn, arrived on Friday morning, the sth, from South America; left Rio Ja neiro the 31st of January, when there were in har bour the flag-ship Southampton, 50, Captain Nicho las Corey; and the steam-sloop Cormorant, 6, Corn mander Herbert Scomberg. The sloop Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. J. Russell, was . at Pernambuco, where yellow fever prevailed among the merchant vessels, some of which had lost nearly all their crews. The disturbances which had for some time prevailed at Pernambuco were fast declining ; skirmishing, which formerly was frequent near the city, occurred very seldom now. The steam-gun vessel Rifleman, 4, Lieutenant- Commander Stephen, Second , Lieutenant Crofton, had taken, on the 10th of January, the celebrated steam-slaver Providentia. She was seen on the 9th` in Santos harbour, where she steamed on the 10th, steering at first directly towards the Rifleman in or der to deceive ber officers. The . prize had on board stringers for two decks, and planks numbered and marked, all evidently for slave purposes ; she was sent to St. Helena for condemnation. Her engineers ad mitted having been four trips in her to the coast of Africa bringing from 1,600 to 2,000 slaves each time. The Providentia, it will be remembered, was off the coast of Africa with a tender, a felucca, when they were descried by one of her Majesty's steam frigates (said 'to be the Gorgon), on which the Providentia hoisted a French ensign and pendant and pretended to chase the felucca. When the steam-frigate was under full chase of the felucca the Providentia slack ened her pace and hauled clear off, leaving the com paratively insignificant prise to be captured. The Griffon has taken no prizes on the station, but ran one ashore. She spoke no ships on the passage home, and has recently experienced very severe weather. The. Seagull packet, Lieutenant Commander Small, which landed a Brazil mail on Thursday afternoon, having left Rio Janiero on the 22d of February, re ports that when the Penguin arrived on the 14th of January, she was put under quarantine having touched at Bahia and Pernambuco, where the yellow fever was raging. The fever was also making sad havoc among the English, Swedish, and German seamen at Rio. Six English died on the 18th of February, making 60 With those dead of the nations named within ten days. The master, his wife, and the mate Of the Scottish schooner Warrior, were dead. The Cormorant, Commander Scomberg, had taken the Pauline; which was fully equipped for the slave-trade and had 1,000 dollars on board. MERCHANT SHIPPING. Put In—The schooner William and Mary, Captain S. Selione, from Smyrna, with loss of fore• topmast, jibboom, and several sails ; brig Wave, Captain Hen derson, and barque Amigos, Captain Benson, from Odessa; barque British Queen, Captain Glatsen, from Constantinople, with lo,s of boats, bulwark•, stan cheons, and several sails—all four bound to Falmouth for orders, but , driven past that port; schooner Bezaliel, Captain Crogg, from Liverpool twelve days, bound to Constantinple, with loss of some sails ; brig Douis, de Gruchy, from Jersey for Gaspe. 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An inquest was held upon the remains of the unfortunate gentleman at the tavern near the railway station at Needham yesterday (Friday), and from the evidence adduced we gather the following facts of the melancholy event may be stated that the body, when viewed, presented a shucking spectacle. The scalp had been taken off, and the brains were scattered over the permanent way. Shortly after 10 o'clock on Thursday morning the deceased, with Mr. Samuel, the resident engineer of the Eastern Counties, Mr. Ashcroft, the inspector of the road, and another person named Latham, left the Norwich terminus on the little express engine called the Eagie, for the purpose of inspecting the Yarmouth line, but more particularly a bridge near the Haddis coe station, which was reported out of repair. Having viewed it, the engine returned to the Reedham Swing bridge. Just as it had crossed it, and when about 30 yards on the other side of it, the deceased gentle man jumped from the car behind the engine, and which was going the reverse way, three or four miles an hour, the same way he fell. On leaving the car he f-11 right forward, and the engine went over his body, dragging it about twenty yards, killing him instantaneously, and mutilating his remains as pre viously described. It appears that on the engine coming up a goods train was waiting on the line, about eighty-three yards distant, for the engine to pass. The unfortunate gentleman recollecting that he had not telegraphed their approach from Haddiscoe to Reedham, and thinking the goods train was in mo tion and fearing a collision, it being near some points, under the influence of a sudden impulse, jumped off. His boot caught the ledge of the car, and before there was a possibility of arresting his fate the car and en gine ran over him. The body was found doubled up, and a macintosh which he wore had been pulled over his head. There appearing no blame attributable to those on the engine, a verdict was returned of " Ac cidental death." Mr. Newell was in his 38th year; he had been for some years in the service of the com pany, and was much respected by the directors and officials, who have evinced the utmost sympathy for his melancholy fate. Previously to joining the East ern Counties, Mr. Newall was a valuable servant of the London and North-Western Company. The be reaved widow is seriously ill from the severe shock she has received. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OVIN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, APRIL G. DESTRUCTION OF TUE AMERICAN BRIG LINCOLN, OF BOSTON, UNITED STATES.—The Phenix, pilot boat, of this port, arrived here last night, with the captain, crew, and passengers cf the above vessel, who were taken out of the German ship Maria Chris tina, of Altona, Voss master, off Portland, hound up channel to Hamburgh. The master of the Lincoln informs us that he sailed from Boston, for California, on the 29th January last, and pursued his voyage under favourable circumstances until he had reached the latitude of 4 N. and lon. 25 W., when, at 10.30 of March 2, during a heavy shower of rain, and without any menacing appearance of lightning, the vessel was struck with the electric fluid, which shivered the mainmast, and found its way into the hold. On opening the scuttle, volumes of smoke were emitted, and finding it impossible to extinguish the fire, they endeavoured to stifle it by closing every aperture. In this state they remained for nearly four days, with the fire burning in the hold, when they were relieved from their perilous situation by the providential ap pearance of the Maria Christina, and taken on board. Previous to leaving the ill-fated brig the hatches were opened, when the flames burst forth, and in thirty minutes afterwards the mainmast fell over the side. Captain Averill is very anxious to publish to the world the very kind treatment that he and his unfor tunate crew and passengers received from Captain Voss, who did everything in his power to comfort them in their distress. TUB PUBLIC lIE•LTH ACT.—Mr. Ranger, one of the superintendent inspectors under the above Act, has given notice that be will open his court at the Town-hall, West Cowes, on Wednesday, the 17th the Act ( inst., to inquire into the sewerage , draina g e, su pp l y o f water, &c. The commissioners under walks — no publ i c u B b l l 6 ic ) for improving the town are settin g their house in order; there are very few P ublic baths—no grounds for recreation belonging to the public ; the grave-yard is crowded and the drainage imperfect, there being no power under the Act to compel owners of property to connect their house drains TtEh.e—flo' public y i cs e e a w r s e r i s t . has bee n th e p rac ti ce t o with tra i n 3 s ° a ° c ß t the whole of the parish business at the vestry mee tings in the parish church. The church being between two and three miles from the town of Cowes, few of the rate-payers ever attended these vestry meetings, and the whole of the parish business has been left in the hands of the parish officers and from two to ten of the rate-payers. Numbers have got but of paying the rates that ought to have been paid, and many properties have been rated at a nominal sum— some at one-half and others at not more than a fifth of the fair annual value. At the last Easter vestry it was agreed to adjourn the vestry from the church to the Town-hall, and the first meeting will be held there on Wednesday next. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Channon, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon, carrying out a large number of pas sengers, and the mails for Canada and the United States. From this until December the steamers will sail for America each Saturday, and the return steamers will begin to ply elkl y in May. ,IRMUrit s E XHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF 'ALL NATIONS, 1851. The City of London Committee for furthering the Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, in May, 1851, be to urge upon the atten tion of parties residtng within the City of London, and intending to be exhibitors, that the Royal Commissioners are desirous of becom ing acquainted with the NAMES of EXHIBITORS, the OBJECTS proposed to be exhibited, and the SPACE required for such objects, before the 10th MAY, 1850, and the Committee are now prepared to supply printed forms of returns to be filled up by intending ex hibit 4rs. STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, M.A.,/ Hon. DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE. s Secs. Office of the City of London Committee, 62, Cheapside, April 6, 1850. ~! R