The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-26 00:00:00

i r ) 11* .; 5 ' efl e , Ito W ailer Cllr n i g ht, which is secon d pf b a llet he a ltoge t i o bt • ig • , or it j) , pe.• Eclat . A 01 nds, 913 wmer l f 1) 114 fai t t o o' l o bt oo [ ' p 0 sv any or y,, i s ew C c ow r corg o, J o, c li ° ‘ n" o f 50cl wi 4 1 3 0; 0 ic 5 i(V 4 as o f oil' t . , colo ) pe, uoo e for ;; e vir ;els L, iep tdeall:5111 0 9 , ;riot, ipC l/ L ' o I" AO s it a rel ict ic e., io Lye' Tie, j one , 1 ) If. I°sg 3 Lips 1" )11110:iviot" coui'" OPPICE OF ORDNANCE. The p ru • . April 18, IKO. that theielPfd Oft:teen of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give y are ready to dispose of, to such persons as may be . 1 4 to gh ot tender for the same, a quantity of Old Iron Guns, and , and Shells, in Store at the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, which the eVbeen divided into Lots, and may be viewed, upon application to to the st orekeeper at that place, any day (Sundays excepted) previews _9 day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. to cease of the several Lots may be obtained by persons wiling c"4, Purchasers, at the Storekeepe r ' s Office, Woolwich ; the nen c, P al Storekeepers Office, at the Tower ; and at the Secretary's PiT u e ! , in Pall-Mall where the ' Tenders for the whole or any number " Lots y ilext are to be delivered, on or before 3101iDAY, the 6th of By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. ..._______ NAT 10 NA. L BANK • ,,,OF IRELAND. G Notice is hereby given that the , ILIFTEENTH ANNUAL "ERAL MEETING of the , Proprietors of the National Bank of Twelv e wlll be held on WFXNESDAT, the 22d day of May next, at Broad -street , o'clock at noon, at the °Ake of the Society, No. 13, Old Lvad-street, London, w hen, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, .n r 'lf the present Dirdctot:s are to go mit of office, which will ntte_ o ur vacancies i it the o ffi ce of Director to be filled up. b e f'2 2( l urtber notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not ,olnwego,Tirector) intending to become a candidate, or to propose to be, jourthtebe: keetal at le 8t fourteen P roprietor as a candidate, for the office of Director,. mus t, h d o a l y d s before v the day on which the Aun_al gener al tithe by some writing, under Irs or her hand, lift at the office of the Society, in Old Broad-street, London, 604 : his intention to become ' a candidate, or the name and place of he (f ou l candldat. intended to be proposed by him i o ni r m h e e d r i ; at h e u y t l'e'eligible Direc tor: and ging out of office by rotatian t aretthout giving kit e , are to be censid9red as candida es we of their intention. o . ily order of the Court of DirectoYs, 13 O ld N. S. KING, Secretary. , Broad -street, London', 2011 23, 1850. N.B. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. _ Of 'enter°lfre" 11° CA PITALISTS.—QC first-rate opportunity Itself to any Gentlemag of standing and business habits t The sum2.B an old established coneErn,,ty which a positton m a a it y ,, Th e ined. and a certainty of large. retarn on capital re con d• Sidererrratrielquired would be 10,000/. tg v 12,000/., and might be - , Princio er as an investment than its embarked in trade. . n, 29, L om b 3iessra . ' l a° al ' Ina` , apply to Messrs ,Tenklnson, Sweeting, and Jen ......,______ ard-street. LONG , JOHN'S BEN-NEVIS WHISKY. t4ll l, 3 ' .. _lnf l o' r r n ;Pl - IN* NPDONALD, of Ben-Nevis Distillery, respect_ the Spirit Trade of England, Wales, and Ireland, that tri,7 eanthled the sale of his celebrated Whisky over these coun- LOotion ,zelol,-eIY to Meg srs . DETTi an d Co., 7, Smithfleld-bars, ,rhose duty-free warehouse the same may be inspected. I TARY RE F ORM. -CEMETERY. A b, - 41eut p PREELIOLD SITE, Twenty Acres in extent, *III Y Il„adr,lfamentary obstacle, with gravelly soil, perfect drain aze, otll,‘ mon ad with evergreens, shrub., and timber, within four °Moo-bridge, three of Westminster, and two of Boar. sea, .:'ItED for SALE. The locality is off the west stele of Vet ~.....smitmott, and there are two approaches by picturesque and , k "lkith . "„ to it. A more central situation relatively to the me '.lilat/;,,,."0 squally adapted to the purposes of interment, within ror k 4 l , 4l talice does not exist. IN3W, Lond o e n ul ars 01 sale apply to Messrs. Wiustanley, Paternoster - v _ ---....., (I SIT ED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE s COMPANY. i " *4 Ol Es tablished by Act of Parliament in 1834. . 12 g , 31,14 ce,Pa11-mall London; 97, (;eerge-street, Edinburgh; .ECoNzt• SEPTENNIAL Vincent-place, DIVISION Glasgow :4. College-green, Dublin. OF PROFITS AMONG THE h yh t b o ASSURED. e.enai, nn, added to policies from March, 1834, to the 3 1 st of er, Ig o, is as follor 44,4 • -----:___ 4 rekl, Tithe As sure d . 4 as Sum added to Sum addedto Sum payable 4 04 Policy inlB4l Policy in 1848 at Death. 6 000 13 ears — 683 6 8 787 10 0 6470 16 8, 6 000 !! Y ears 10 mths 4 £ £ 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 8 000 .‘, y ears 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 6000 a Years 100 0 0 787 10 0 8887 10 0 oms 6 Years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0 6000 ,4 Years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 .1........___2 Years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0 11 e P,...._. Th e -s i"' r. kr a ,„ u ne• tof;:rxier.;,' nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and half need for Life be paid for the first five years when the In inf°rlh • B , ation afforded on application to the Resident Direc- Wa terloo-place, Pall-mall. London. tvArAlp, ON AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26 . CORNHILL, LONDON. !The e i tital , oo 000 Empowered by Act of Parliament. r oPri e l #l - sunZ features ' of the Society are guaranteed of an ample )44,,rY Capital. 7,1,7).7,,.te Rates of Premiums. Arip ti `nle Premium Loaned to the Assured. grof lilvialon of Profits. ~ite P reinbun may remain as a Loan for Five Years. 4%d e — r Ye Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. hr ja, Tatteee,ztra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. ding Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 '.4lt i Gum-24:r to age) on the Premiums paid. 4 raPles of Bonuses already Declared, and Option 1_ I --- . ""Nees of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. /:i Allhual Polic Bonus in Perma- Sum the 411, Cs aes P. t k Y. ' addition Bonus nent Re- Assured in duct's* of may . bor- 7) i. Min to Suns ...... - tn. out in Cash. Annual row on -...„, Assured. ---............ Premium. Policy. £ s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 so i t 1834 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8,543 17 9 ' o oo,e 8.. , 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 116 2 9,494 810 7 4 ~'.l . 1840 178 0 082 14 2 12 14 11445 0 0 " 4 1841 174 0 073 3 4 12 3 0'395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 (5 15 10 10 2 41346 2 3 ),___ 1 18 8 4 4 3 4 : 9 2 1 6 8 8 4 2 4 , 1 13 8 , 4 4 4 6 15 4 111 . 2 24 9 f 1 4 3 64 Of It. with tables of rates, &e., may be had at the office wed pest —chat in the country ; or, on application. will be for free. v, Pt W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. '''tdt'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Datr oni . ol lt ,ertt ele e- by thousands for upwards of twenty years, is the 1)1 4 ; 0 11hi o e xtant which effectuallychanges in a few minutes with te by si jed or gray hair, whiskers, &c., to a dark brown or b,„'"D I Y applying it with a comb. While other dyes destroy 1,7 , 11. 1 ,•• their pernicious properties, this liquid promotes its Ns,: h o ,._ er ,anns who have been deceived by preparations which thsl'er's r,',Y3le who (dangerous to the head), &c., will dud oo„"11Inese Liquid Hair Dye agreeable in every respect, and 'lLDer,,s7 t b i n e t itselt can be its parallel." Price 3s. 6d., Gs., and had • 4 61, r of Messrs. SPENCER and Co., 29, Nottingham-place, soh, s 7 als o 2 i dgate-street, Whitechapel-road, London tls h `qton o , 13 3? Hooper 43, King William-street, London-bridge; Cornhill Butler, 4, Cheapside ' • Barclay, 95, Earring -24' g.,l''rout, 2, Strand ; Sanger, 'l5O, Oxford-street ; At- 11 nond- 2 s 9 treet ; Prentis, 84, Edgeware-road ; Finnigafl, ta i „ L l'eet, Bath ; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, Birmingham ; iwtr ve : n urgh ; and of most respectable Perfumers, &c. Altt ,„ Spencer's Name and Address are on the Wrapper. tit r gq,"UNTRISHED, BEAUTIFIED, AND RESTORED. ~, 14 8 ,, .• CER•S CELEBRATED RUSSIA FLUID. t he compound is unequalled periodrv . g an re 411L't froo i human Bair, even at the latest of life, prevent ' Cas t' 'rning grey, freeing it from dandruff, rendering it soft, 1 41 1 / 4 1 4 1 th, and curly, so that heat, damp, nor continued exercise % to troi east destroy its splendid appearance, and imparting a 4 % 4 °ran rfu lne• It is invaluable for children, as it lays the f oun tow„, ,aacellent head of hair; promotes the growth of Whiskers nay be Price ls. 6d., and 4s. per Bottle. e obtained of the above repectable Shopkeepers. ci tet --- kis -hit MUSTACHIOS and WHISKERS prod h uced se in of a lts, and Baldness rem ' eved and prevented, by t e rt .jr 4I.III ISTONE'S AROMATIC 4 t4' ' 4 are I, REGENERATOR. of iie , p et,, _ I want ef that beautiful adornment of the human b, oto > w het ' , la' supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or , I 4 We , r., esale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer,. an 11s. bill,il dr 'rillistene's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential h " - rt from top,.! lgh...._, aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her tiphrf 3 ,;:`,Lei, hich has been Bing known to the nobility and 114„..""Nti„"itoln pis highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too ,„"lhf e , o be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his ci t . 1 el which k rb ch D ata , inch the bottles are of . William ed Grimstone, Merchant, k, cry , Imilet has the signature o tf . :* Weetl ig , h ate, and will be found at page I l,un `Ago au3 ' Letter to the Editor of the "Times" ~e r the copy of newspaper, 7th en th te st, 184 G 'Ng l'antliblet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two 11 1, 4 e: 4045. resitSl44ll reteati., Pest ' generator can be forwarded through the po c st i o n n . e IT oftice order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125., which Theo Posta k I i s. ei file with the case. fe w ze contains four of the 45. 411 Pal i - It s Many • t ,as thousands can prove, are published ---,l3ruet enclos v ed n u w e i s th each bottle. Yo lt u e ' l der 14 1k !:111; a r it r_ect for a few minutes, and if yen are 40 years of age titi... oth e _Mber the thousands of blind sh you es meet with in your d indeed, such was piel.tletnkhjSwitli, various coloured tle,M ti i ;' for eye-shades, that it w ey a e s - a business. What has re .,t'Olght.. sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, 0o 1 1t l i,,"' People (the climate is the same)? . I'll tell you the cause fieipliu rpi Zl,tl use, of Grimstone's E , d because it cured s t i: th e ~2!tutts. Serena, Cataract, y N e l e:r i v al o rf us . l a i n eadach, and Deaf -4.:_anqZl4.lo of the Treasury directed to be denominated a medi tow of core stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 Ni t N s,, ton ; e .,ini: Proved by the informers, still it was an act of ~ b j,p, % el in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., 4 tr ‘ ,. r ease i ... a uel, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of op t rilhi a , ; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, F sq., to terjtoupPiartnistone bearing date 18th February, 1525 This was Clo , o ° ltta,;,',ts curative qualities, being sold at that time In canis ti`,irtie,"6te reach of every poor family. But under this order of toe -41 31„q,'A v Vis obli ed to be stamped. 2e„;:iet,, --E's Di g EDICATED EYE SNUFF, i sold _in u ca n n . l e s r ters e , lap -r naiep t pamphlet of medical and other test.' 4 m s on_ta . ls, eac _ under th 4 . Apt,. , order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and . 601 h The t 0 4 414 , 1 . 11 ,1 at Id. each. If through the post, Is. .Bd., 3s 6d., and it,Lboli;,,,,,ng Postage, Ste. The following letter is one Out of the lit tru hone ' Proofs. littk s:refnollowing Medical Testimony to th f e o c a u l r y e a g sm ilv : e — casee , I N _ Afrom G. H. Boutell, pti;s; r ll7. G aim il st thsea, near P i or m ts us m r o t u i r :th tes Na r n o ts,sth Nov., 1848. fustice to you send the foourl iY',,bliPl44)nial vv " i ' t l h . ;e Bir ar — d to the extraordinary efficacy as o es y with as p l 'ost a s ,emes of Gutta!Serena. I have used it in fivee this l et 4 ,, k , i e Wil—p,4,lBhing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise astonished • 4-'l %O e You please. The cures have wholly Wtands of ethers. I am, Sir, St , c. , / 4) 411 10 t rld8„ tars 4„ ~ G. U. — BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." ' lt ti -", at - .kr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near s Th t tat ed liwhieh establishment he continues to manufacture arfs thi if°llolet„t3 TOBACCO so much esteemed in qualitiesgni pfrom. - nli r 01,1 setter, in testimony of its delightful , s p, " th Pleasures of Home :" 'ste:'4',--./.'„ugfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. t he '''' Yout'annot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I s4olei„ll'rb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitu t te an f ti or . hi 4,;• / aillf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in C n o ni ns d find 'ttre m li nre that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco . w add ; cceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. e T I am your obedient servant, ,„114 ( e ) kr w,,,. " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. co unarn Grimstone, llerbary, llighgate." 11, 11, 44 d otl'velY-farned Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug ia. 1 5 1 rs, with W. Grimstene's signature attached, at 716 d.. ' "Ls and 4s. 6d. h, including the Government stamp. bh . , AAA'Aith, r , illlb h ltir irw .li THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH_ N -It o u 'l-i bita . 4 --IT Y.-- - VVITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS 0 itta- ti ' l °Po. l ., a nd may be had in French or English, in a Sealed S' ms. 6 d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two t; L p t ilt slikedi 'PRESERVATION; a b„t4„...,:13,er,t epnigraireatitisse on the Physiology Le Dit ac tittirm e an of Marriage, and n on t.e t. ii, ya leal ,_, at an perioddearDlyisordersofnfTlolufeth whichand M en a e cu rv r a l e , ba , , .„ i se d a n„ .i d niental powers, nish ttad enfeeble the natural .), vati olia ,s-eaust the vital energies of Manhood ti n st,er ~n'n the Treattnent of Nervous Debility and Indiges p o , with Practical Elirr e ettl efirg from these causes close study, er the influence_ f e te,tl t o ' t4 ti s, lore: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, , O e toss‘ Wi 4ll i l le eues and Derangements resulting from 1ne1,5- ,-.4„:7, /1 1 ,,. ortY coloured Engravings, illustrating the gline'ang tt , ",_" ° 'ogY, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, itlrettqtlfh---iat'ai..ee'rprs..,,trt.t_etures, uses, and functions, andtheN'arious b l l‘,-,',..uced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and . 37. 1,. , 1 ,.., SAMUEL LA'MFRT M.D., 1et:.:,f1.1- " U 11E .L 0 D 0 N. ot-tr,1414,,Vie• Matri culated Q Me A mber ' of the University of Edin z. Tisti e tond,-;,;4l,a°f A pothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member enatalsork CantesPital Medical Society, &c. Z, and is,"„ i na as accurate and complete account of the Ittll tt e t , l4 4 , a ' , l e. ''''-" 4,1 01CY of the Reproductive Organs. It un- Se,_kna a Ppets that . el;, • -ce t , toes 1,,,,_ the unhappy victim of el.,,ebsive uicl . ul --.. re ' 411 Wi8 4 ,1 - ""u 4 , while suffering from their invariable son asowd r r elief Y entertains a fear of applying to a qualbled physi krt., l ot stiter4 k ), tikarne and the dread' so frequently, but erre %et it rent ria l t ied that these complaints are beyond the reach of nlalletli can be p recut, and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where ~,D tatt le./ 9 n 0 ,`,„,- ' ) ea red. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest .. - ge - farm - "us dll3loMas testify, and the great extent of his %ie.... , 'Silk ) , ,ny y..... i 'l til. -"' 44 11 ref., is a guarantee for his professional experi ii•tibilv,... once almost solely to the treatment of these „2 Im. - zq bye _ t Tet, 4aitilaree.r.,•tu,lllor, and may be had of Kent and Richards, ." ",; n_sanay 63 Oxford-street; Starts , Tichborne %4tittierLteucV , s a tilan: 39, Conihill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden -, --- -- li&fslte•l7l post for forty two stamps, from -- ----- 4 °ft a llatori-oquart London, ___ _.., ) . . , C.. ,-. 7.-___ V ---, .. ( 1_,,,_ , ~ ,i ,_ 7 i , , ,_ \ • • -..__ ~. z .. • k_ , r ~ ' , r ' - r " , c ?' 1 - ; 1 ' . t-• . ~ - -- ' ~.....,....,„ -..- 4 ..., I p. ' , 4 1 41,r i P 0, ' a ,P22'; • , I /: , • -.Y" i 0 ,4. T. ,•,,, _,— , ~,,,-_- . i ,_._____ ..... ,i4;, _l: t ~vi t' ' , .- t qL 4; 4 " .. "‘ - 0-".-----'' ..""4 4 —'''' i; itn-i \- T '{ P . ' s 'it 't , s - - \ 14'. 1 + i ..,,,,,' ::: i . 1 : .. : k : , • k i.,,,,,.. i i 4 , ......_ ~.. • ..5., , . w V - - - . t i t Ata 4 v.,_ LIE ,'o* ,- Tr... -, :i',,, - tombit-t 4 :" ..-14 -------- ' r [PRICE 6D. • LITERATURE. IFLE RANGERS; or, Adventures of an in Southern Mexico. By Captain Mayne must admit that we were at first but little pre possessed in favour of a work recording the military doings of America in Southern Mexico, but the author won our good feeling by his modest preface, and retained it by his free and easy manner through out a work which he has invested with much real interest, first, because we find in it internal evidence of the truth of most of the points which connect it with history; secondly, because he has contrived to give the whole narrative just so much of the spirit of romance as to carry us with him, and make us almost forget that he himself is the hero of his own tale. Commencing his story with a rather curious tidven ture, highly illustrative of the manners of America, he at once makes hi mse lf k nown to the reader, and, stealing (honestly) a leaf out of many a previous "life and adventures," h e contr i ves at once to make his debut in the w ar , an d to secure a kind of fidus .Achates in humble life, between whom and himself tacit understanding and so lid attachment spring up, like a certain kind of love at first sight, and proves eminently useful to them while they are no less interesting to the reader wh o i s f ond of sentiment; and away they go in search of adventures, which fail not to be forthcoming, and occasionally threaten to bring their history and the progress of the work to an untimely end ; and, moreover, to secure to him self compound interest with his friends and admirers, the hero, besides his fidus Achates, has secured the services of an antithetical character, in the shape of a rival and competitor, whom he turns into a deadly enemy, and thus provided with the alternate feelings of friendship deep and trustworthy, and bitter, rank ling animosity, both exerted to the utmost towards him, be needs but one thing more to become the object of our deep-felt interest, and that thing will not be wanted long. Ere we proceed many pages on, we find him drinking deep of the waters of love, and our anxiety for him is now fairly doubled. We pass over a couple of amusing anecdotes, one of which had well nigh induced us to fear that we were to be introduced to a real ghost or two, leaving us in some doubt on the subject ; and the other is a capital one, proving that the new world has as many and as great adepts in the art of raising the wind as the old; we enter upon the real hard work of the hero, upon his actual and positive campaigning, and wish him joy of his many hair-breadth escapes. But of all the adventures of our hero, that in which he deter mines to enter Vera Cruz must alone insure him the admiration of all readers, particularly of that portion of them we call " fair," were it only from its utter want of all reasonableness. We confess we tremble on reading this, not so much because we valued the hero's life, which, like all heroes, is only worth a mo ment's purchase, as because we could not conceive what he could have to say in a second volume, unless he came as a ghost and "unfolded a tale." But we, in indulging such a fancy, reckoned without our hero's luck, for we had a rich store of incidents, ad ventures, critical moments, unexpected rescues, pro vidential escapes, &c., lying in wait for us, the fol lowing of which, as well as of all the history of the " Rifle Rangers," is, to say the least of it, an agree able pastime. CONCERT AT THE BRITISII AMBASSADOR'S, BER LIN, ON THE 19th INST.—At this reunion, a work of which several pieces were executed was a mass of Lord West morland's. A " Gloria" and " Landamus" was sung by Signora Penco and Dogliotti, and Signori Pardini, Bianchi, and chorus; an air, " Gratias Aginus," sung by Signora Penco, and a "Sanctus" and "13enedictus," sung by Signori Fiocentini, Signori Pardini and Delle-Sante, displayed the freshness and ease of expression familiar to the works of this highly respected dilettanti, and which rise to a beautiful rhythm. The effect produced was worthy of the classical writings of this composer. THE CONSTELLATION OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.-- The lower regions of the air were loaded with vapour for some days. We saw distinctly,, for the first time, the cross of the south, only in the night of the 4th and sth of July, in the 16th degree of latitude. It was strongly inclined, and appeared from time to time between the clouds, the centre of which, furrowed by uncondeused lightnings, reflected a silver light. The pleasure felt on discovering the southern cross was warmly shared by such of the crew has had lived in the colonies. In the solitude of the seas we hail a star as a friend from whom we have been long separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to in crease this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New Worid. The two great stars which mark the summit and the foot of the cross hating nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost vertical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night in dif ferent seasons the southern cross is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lirna to Truxillo, " Midnight is past; the cross begins to bend !" How often these words reminded us of that affecting scene where Paul and Virginia, seated near the sources of the river of Lataniers, conversed together for the last time; and when the old man, at the sight of the southern cross, warns them that it is time to separate I—liumbohit. SINGULAR WAGER.—LEEDS, APRIL 24.—A very singular affair came off at Lecis this day. Mr. Baker, the attitudinarian of Cooke's Circus, at present in this town, un dertook for a wager of ten pounds to compress himself in a basket two feet seven inches in length, one foot seven inches in width, and the same in depth; and in this manner to be conveyed on a car to the railway station, to be dispatched to Bradford at half-past two, at luggage price, and to return to Leeds before half-past six. Mr. Baker is fivefeet ten inches in height. At the appointed time he made his appearance in front of the circus, wearing a crimson skin dress. He placed his great coat at the bottom of the basket, then got in him self; taking with him a bottle of brandy and a few oranges. The basket was closed, and in this state was Mr. Baker con veyed to Bradford, and deposited at the Bermondsey Hotel. Here he remained for a considerable time, when he was re conveyed to the station, and dispatched to Leeds, where he arrived a little before half past six, thus winning his singular wager. He was brought from the railway on a coach, and in the presence of a great crowd was liberated from his con finement in front of the circus. THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. —Having always expressed a strong confidence in the success of this railway we were not a little gratified to per ceive_ by the last returns a great increase in its tra ffi c. The receipts for the week before last had risen from less than 4,000/., the sum to which they amounted a short time since, to over 6,0001., a point not touched before, and at which, according to the authority of Sir Edward M'Donnell, the revenue would be sufficient to yield a dividend of four-and-a half per cent. Even this amount is no criterion of the future proceeds of the undertaking. The increase gives us especial satisfaction, as following close upon the adoption of a system of greater accommodation, which we frequently advocated, not less for the interests of the company than those of the public.— Calk Examiner. AN ARTFUL TaicK.—A man, having the appear ance of a countryman, and laden with a bundle of hay, ma naged cne day last week to fall through a pane of glass, value 301., which adorned the establishment of a large mercer in the Edgeware-road, London. The shopkeeper quickly seized upon the fellow, who protested he had no money, and pleaded the weight of his load tbr an excuse. Two gentle men, lookers on, testified to their having watched the " stupid clown," and just before remarked that his gross care lessness would lead to some mischief ; and they suggested that the " booby" should be searched. This was promptly done, and the production of a 501. note was the result. Vainly did the countryman, with tears in his eyes, proclai m the note to be his " maester's," the proceeds of his journey to market. The mercer paid himself the 301. by givin g t h e boor gOl. in Bank of Eng land notes, and retaini ng possession of the one found upon him. The wight said he would go and fetch a policeman, that he might " have the law" upon the shopkeeper, and left the premises; and the two gentle men blandly took their leave, after congratulating the was forgery,course theand the edwer who le the tra d esm an on the fortunate result which h a d a t tended their upshot— tib t n he of so a L note s earch. O a f ing a trick. e proceed.. HIGHLAND DRESS.—When the kilt, as now worn, was invented, is unknown ; that it is a comparatively recent arrangement is certain. In the authentic pertraits of royal and noble personages of Scotland, and also the painting of the surrender of Mary Queen of Scotts at Carberry-hill, no distinction of dress appears, which could not have been the case, had there been a national habit at that time in Scot land ; nor would Prince Charles have invariably assumed the trews had the kilt been the only orthodox costume of the country. Glides describes the Picts and Scots of his time as being naked savages, with only a piece of clothing tied around their loins; and in one of the earliest representations of a Highlander, found on Speed's map of Scotland, it is a figure with merely a checkered mantle thrown over its shoulders. Such scanty clothing seems characteristic of barbarous tribes all the world over, and also among nations whose names alone are handed down to us. But it appears I particularly strange that in civilized Brdesiatarienootflifeemeidlnienlangtreetihgtahnnes •that a portion of her army should in their dress e teach us a lesson ' South sea Islanders. Even these savag f civilization of propriety ; for no sooner doer. the dawn their perceptions to a more refined st_a , Be it also kept in they seek to cover their naked fornis. a p o's snowed to on theth the cutting rn u nd, mind these savages rejoice under the x r sof a tropical sun, whilst our poor Highland soldier is s winds of a northern latitude, probably the biting blast searches h u i MGtness. tn es s. to and fro on the one space, INTERNATIONAL and not at thisawe time a free agent, but compelled g round, o e w ve al ry k part o of p E h: I s N h o a I o f - r c I INSTITUTIONSA d f ram e. —Edi a DURING o e u r stl y p 0 %1 a e c n e e s d , gardens this grand a Z n o- d EXIIMITION.—Our great public buildings —such as the whole Houses o f parluiment, the metropolitan cathe drals, of the Hous a d li gr Y' at T u o i w" t Glorious saturnalia of science might evi dence to t he world the advance of arts and the unthought nhoeaelidonb,enuontrhe.sat One a to the gardens, some slight damages were done wealth of this great country. On the first admission of John with their value tßoulsibsrufabras family flowers—till acquaintance taught even the " snob" to appreciate and respect beauty in nature; familiarization with beauty in art would follow as essentially, and the result be the same. No act of the excel lent Prince to whom is due the origination of the coming National Exhibition, can more illustrate his fame or more endear him to the country, than the study to which he has devoted his fine intellect, namely, to connect the name of England and the annals of his era with supereminence in 1 art. The eulogium of an ancient historian (Quintus Curtius), on the character of Philip of Macedon, seems to me to be apposite to the merits of Prince Albert, in the instance of the approaching exhibition, and to have escaped notice, for in that early and rude age the consequences of an aggregation of arts and manufactures are there demonstrated. In the present epoch of philosophic research, and perfection in me chanism, what may not be anticipated ! Let England, then, the mistress in arts, be the foremost in munificence: let her open her repositories of hoarded wonders to convince the stranger of her supremacy, and to assure her own native chil dren of toil that the issues of their industryxre existent and concealed from the artitlcer,—• indestructible, although long Bui/der. .‘/ N°. i7,968.] LONDON, FRIDAY E E N - e x i sS PEl fi APRIL 26, 1850. NEW PANORAMIC PICTURES, on a. grams scale, 309, Regent street, aljoining the Royal Polytechnic Institution. THE BRITANNIA. TUBULAR BRIDGE, the VIC fORIA-BRIDGE, SNOWDON, CHESTER, BIRM INGHAM, COVENTRY, WOLVERTON VIADUCT, &c., &c., &C. OPEN DA ILY, at Three and a Quarter-past Foie. Evenings, Half-past Seven and Nine o'clock. Music by Dr. WALLIS. Admission, Is. ; Children, Half-price. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on MUSIC by Sir HENRY It. BISHOP resumed with an increased number of VOCALISTS for the Illustrations on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. at Eight, and on Tuesday, Thu s day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical Effects, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at a quarter-past Nine.—Lecture ►y J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for conveying by Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John Franklin, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three, and ott Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Eight.—Dissolving Viewi, Illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of London in . , the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and Diving bell, &c., &c. Admission, la.—Schools, Half-price. Analyses and Chemical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory, under the direction of J. H. Pepper, Esq. NEW VOL. OF SOUTHEY'S LIFE AND LETTER S . THE FOURTH VOLUME of the LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY, edited by his Son, the Rev. C. C. SOUTHEY, M.A., will be published on Friday next, May 3d, post Svo., price half-a-guinea; illustrated with a Portrait of Miss Tyler, and a View of Watenlath from the Sonth.—To be completed in Six Voluraes, each containing a Family Portrait, and a Landscape Illustration by W. Westall, A. K.A. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman& HA sh'THORNS, a desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with from Four to Twelve Acres of superior Land, between Maidenhead, Henley, and Reading, and about One Mile and a Half from the Tw) ford Station on the Great Western Railway. ESSRS. DANIEL , SMITti and SON will 11 SUBMIT to SALE, at the Mart, on FRIDAY, the 17th of May, at Twelve (if not previously disposed of by Private Contract), in consequence of the decease of the late Proprietor, An excellent, substantial, and commodious FAMILY HOUSE, with convenient offices, good stabling, and various out-buildings, all in complete repair, lawn, pleasure-ground, greenhouse, gardens, orchard, and nearly four acres of rich land, pleasantly situated at Dare-hatch, a favourite part of Berks, within an easy distance of the Thames, and, surrounded by a highly respectable neighbourhood, capital roads, and a picturesque country, and within one hour's journey of London. Also two rich meadows, and an orchard about half a mile distant, nearer Wargrave. Full particulars may be had at their offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor. The Fine and Important DOMAIN of GAYIIURST, with its ex tensive Manors, Advowsons, Mansion, ,Park, Fishery, &c., near Newport Pagnell, in Bucks, on the borders of Bedfordshire, within ... two hours' easy journey of town. IVIESSRS. DANIEL. SMITH and SON are commissioned to SUBMIT to PUBLIC COMPETITION, in the course of the ensuing Summer (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Treaty), The above most important and desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, for some years past the residence of Lord Carrington. It comprises a Domain of about 2,500 acres, nearly tithe free, with a Specious Mansion, Fine Park, and several Capital Farms, partly bounded by a beautiful river, wilt, well-timbered woodlands, and several extensive manors, abounding with game, also a good fishery, and the valuable advowson, with numerous ledges and cottages; all in a ring fence, and within about three miles of the Wolverton Station on the Bir mingham line of railway. More full partieulars will be shortly published, and in the interim a plan may be inspected, and order' to ♦iew the estate obtained, at their offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; or of Messrs. Delmar and Wynne, solicitors, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. LEICESTERSIIIRE. The famous ESTATE of BROOKSBY, comprising the entire parish, near Melton Mowbray, with its fine Old Mansion, Manors, Fishery, and valuable Advowson—an estate, from its exceedingly rich soil and vif inity to Leicester, and other great looal advantages, offering a peculiarly rare and eligible landed investment. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, in July or August next (unless pre viously disposed of by private contract), The above very choice and most valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising about 1,200 acres, embracing some of the finest arable and grazing land in this proverbially fertile district, let to first-class tenants at rents amounting to nearly 1,000/. per annum, Also the Perpetual Advowson of the Rectory of Brooksby, the incoMe of which is about 300/. a year, and the Manor of Brooksby, &c., and being only seven miles from Leicester, and in a celebrated hurling country, with a first-class station in the parish, It is a remarkably attractive and important property. Particulars and plans are preparing, and in the Interim ever° In' formation may be obtained in Waterloo-Place, or of Messrs. Delmar and Wynne, solicitors, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The valuable FREEHOLD FARM of OADBY, within three or four miles of Leicester, on the high road to Market Harborough; also the Advowson. MESSE.S. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, in July or August next (unless an acceptable offer should be previously made by Private Treaty), This capital FREEHOLD and nearly Tithe-free ESTATE, offer- Mg a most safe and superior property for investment ; comprising, m a ring fence, about 164 acres of first-rate land, with good farm, homestead, &c., in the occupation of Mr. C: Stevenson, a highly re spectaile tenant, under a lease, at a low rent. Also, in a separate lot, the Advowson of the Vicarage of Oadby, of which the income Is about 2701. a year. Further particulars will be shortly published, and in the mean time a plan may be inspected, and orders to view the estate obtained, at their offices, in Warterloo-place, Pall•mall ; or of Messrs. Delmar and Wynne, solicitors, 46, Lincoln Inn-fields. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or direct from the author; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—Londoi at Night—Evenings at Homo —Music—The Drama— On Eating, Drinking, Gleeping, Bathing, Air, licit, Ease, Occupation, &c., &s. IL FRASMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Yols. Tel I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCI OF EDINBURGH, &c. Tol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND 1TOID " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and rereediative. Advocacy of early marriages. T. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Ploolumws :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re llgion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, sever till nine. 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, Jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Mozey, and Fraiironi. For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the oftice.—Terms of Sub scription, fir morning and evening practice :—Slx months, W. 55.; one month, It. Is.; one evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. AVIh S'S CANDLES, 40. and sd. per lb.; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 7%(1., 9d., and 9%d. ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 2d.; fine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. Bd. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 25.. id.; sperm can dies, is 81. and Is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and Bd. ; mottled soap 56s ; %el 60s. per 1 12 lbs. ; yel sw, 445., 50A., and 565. ; Windsor soar, TA. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, es. 6d.; sperm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 4s. 6d. ; sAling wax, 4s. 6d. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established arehouse, 63, St. 3iartsn's-lane, opposite Westminster County Csurt (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 25.—English wheat is in a fair average supply, with a better sale, at last week's prices. In foreign little passing, as holders generally demand more money, with hich our millers are reluctant to comply, but at previous rates there is rather more disposition to purchase. English wheat, new, sold at 35s to 39s per imperial quarter ; foreign white, 40, to 42s per 4801 b ; ditto, red, fine qualities, 34s 6d to 36s ; ditto, ordinary, 32s 5d to 345; ditto hard, 32s to 345. Flour in better request, but without improvenient in value. English seconds, 27s to 29s per sack ; American, sweet, 21s 6d to 22s sd. per barrel. In malting and grinding barley scarcely anything doing. English malting, 23s to 28s per imperial quarter ; ditto and foreign grinding, 18s to 21s per 4001 b. Of oats and beans the sales are still very restricted, and quotations in a great degree nominal. Devon and Welsh oats, 13s 6d to 14s 6d per imperial quarter; Irish, white, 15s to 16s 6d per 3201 b , ditto, black, 14s to 14s 6d per imperial quarter. Beans, English, 24s to 27s 6d per imperial quarter; foreign, 2ls to 25s per 4801 b. The arrivals have been—wheat 13 quarters, oats 100 quarters 350' barrels, barley and beans nil, flour 900 sacks 210 barrels. The averages for the week, according to the corn inspector's return, have been—wheat 37s Id, oats, 143 I Id, barley 23s 2d, beans 265. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 25.—At Gloucester market wheat maintained the currency of that day se'nnight. At Worces ter the same day a further reduction of is per quarter was submitted to. Barley unaltered, Only retail sales of oats were reported. English beans fully as dear ; foreign were unsaleable. Rather more inquiry for peas. This week a few' sales have been effected in fine wheats, at our quotations.: Barley held for former prices. Oats 6s per quarter lower. English beans in fair demand, and rather more doing in foreign. A few parcels of peas continue to be taken on specu lation. At this day's market there was a short supply of Eng. lish wheat,•and, in some instances, rather more money 'was obtained for fair qualities ; but we make no alteration in our quotations. Rather more sale for good barley. Nothing worth notice doing in oats. Beans held for quite as niuch money. Peas held for a little advance, which buyers would not subinit to. Our millers have reduced the retail price of flour 3s 4d per sack. • LOUGHBOROUGH, APRIL 25.—At our market. to-day, we had a fair supply of all sorts of grain. Wheat fully as dear, but very little business done. Barley also the turn dearer. Oats and beans no alteration in price from this day week. BOSTON, APRIL 24.—Wheat, red 31s to 36s Od, white 375 to 395, extra 418 ' • barley 19s to 22s ; oats 9s to 16s ; beans, 20s to 255 ; peas 21s to 24s per quarter. LYNN, Aram 23.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to 38s • barley 185 to 205, fine 12s to 24s per qr. Ijeriwasiam, APRIL 24.—Wheat 34s to 335; barley 20i to 2 s ; oats 14s to 17s ; beans. 21s to 25s per quarter. Bates' 8d to Od per lb ; eggs 24 for Is. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending April 22—Wheat,' 326 Bfd ; barley 20s Od ; oats 00s Od ; peas 006 Od per qr. ' NEWARK, APRIL 4.—Wheat, white 42s to 435, extra 445 ? red 36s to 38s, extra 39s ; barley, malting 22s to 235 6 d, extr a s 4s, grinding nominal ; oats 15s to 18s ; beans, 25s 26s' to 2 . 75; peas nominal ; tares 00s to 005 ; malt 00s to 00s per' qr. ' ROTHERHAM, APRIL 22.—Beef 5s ud to 5s 9d, prime. 6s II per stone ; mutton, clipped 4d tn 4id, in wool bd to bid per lb. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 23.—The supply of fat beasts to-day was decidedly less than it has been for several weeks back, the great part of the animals were in the hands of jobbers. The demand for beef was about the sense, and all the animals were disposed of. The supply of sheep. was about the average, without any alteration in price..' The number of fat pigs was more than equal to the demand. The supply of fat and store calves was again large, and it was with difficulty that they could be disposed of. Beef, 41c1 to &If ; mutton, 5d to Od ; veal, 4d to 4hd per lb. ; pork, 7s• per . score. Rough fat,3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb ; calf skins 2d to 3fd per lb. GLasGow, APRIL 24.—We have had fair supplies coast- wise. From Ireland only about 91 quarters of wheat; 530 quarters of oats, and 1,356 sacks of flour have been received ; and from abroad the imports comprise about 6,494 quarters of wheat, 40 quarters of beans, 1,854 sacks and 908 barrels ,of flour, and 1,428 quarters of Indian corn. A bout 1,480 .guar-, ters of wheat and 1,334 quarters ,of beans reached Grange mouth from the continent. There has been no material va riation in the value of any article during the week, and sales have been only of moderate extent. This day's market was well attended. Wheat and flour met a good retail sale at the full rates of this day se'nnight. Barley was more inquired after, without, however, leading to any change in value. Oaks' and oatmeal were in better request, at full prices. Other ar ticles ruled dull, with little therein passing. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, APRIL 24.—Wheat The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was €67 qrs, being 59 qrs less than last week. Top price the same, and the average 4d down—l 18 qrs unsold. Barley—The quantity brought forward was 360 qrs, being 5 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average 6d down-67. qrs unsold. Oats—Of this kind of grain we had 839 4s brought forward, or 191 qrs more than last week. The top pri4e 8d down, and the average 5d down-195 qrs unsold. Beans The quantity of beans to-day was 149 qrs, or 39 qrs less than last week. Price on the top is down, and the average Is 4d down—sB qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 62S1b. 42s Od „ Barley ... 55A lb. 26s Od 0 , Oats 44f1b. 20s Od „ Beans 67f1b. 28s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 24.—The supply of cattle this morning was 733, being 105 more than last week. The attendance of buyers was numerous, but (al account of great quantity shown, sales were rather dull, still last week's prices were maintained. At the close of the market a clearance was not effected. Top price, 65 6d ; current, 6s secondary and inferior, from 4s 6d to 5s per Dutch stone ? The supply of sheep this morning was 1,662, being 41 less than last week. Demand good, and last week's prices fully' supported, and a good clearance effected. Demand for lambs also good, and all sold at prices from 20s to 22s a head: Top price of best mutton, 5f d to bid per lb ; current, bd middling and inferior, from 4d to 4d per lb. CORK, APRIL 24. Flour—First lls 6d to 126 6d; extra 14s seconds, 1 Is to 115 6d; households 9s to 108 6d; thirds, 7s to 8. dd per cwt. Oatmeal 966 d to 10s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s 3d; wheat meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 1304 to 1376 6d per ton. Bran 5106 to 0/ Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 365; averagd 325; dealers 38s to 468 Od; average 425 per ton. Sts aw—FarMers lOs Od to 29s Od ; average 25s ; dealers 30s Oil to 005 ()di average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Whesten loaf 6d to 6id•S household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9cl per lb. Eggs-35 id to 3s 8d per hundred. Coals — Newport lbs; Lydney 176 ; Landore 156 ; Best Neath Culm 146 per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 006 per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial , gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d ; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to 6fd ; pork 3f d to 31(1 ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 13/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3126 6d to 315 s per, ton. Bark—Barbary 71 55 to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71 5s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.' Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17, ; red: ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 111 per ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s; salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 2fd per lb. Potatoes, white 9d to 10d ; Minions 12d to 14d ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 105; Ishaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • TA . r TERSALL'S.—YEsTERDA.v. The entire interest of the betting centered in Ghillie Callum, who opened at 10 to 1, and receded, point by point, notwithstanding a very large outlay, until be reached 15 to 1, taken to some hundreds; supporters, however, were so numerous that at the close 12 to 1 was the highest offer. Nothing else was backed to any ex tent; but Clincher, Voltigeur, and Mayors were very firm at the prices quoted. The two favourites for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes left off at the same price, 6to 4 being offered on the field. The price cur rent at the close of business was as under:— TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Lord H. Lennox's Beehunter 6 to 4 agst Mr. Hill's Pitsford 3 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Hardinge 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigott's Moultan—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mickleton 50 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Zadoc CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agat Lord Howth's Peep•o'-day Boy, 6 yrs, 9st 12 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigott's Essedarius, 4 yrs, 7st 91b —taken 12 to 1 agat Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs, 7st 17 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale, 6 yrs, Bst 31b 17 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, Est 101 b 20 to 1 agst Mr. OsbAldeston's Fogleman, 5 yrs 7st 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Roland, 4 yrs, sst 811; 25 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's John Cosser, 5 yrs, Bst 51b —taken 25 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Mounseer, 4 yrs, Est 91b -taken 50 to.l agst Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Captain Grant, 3 yrs, sst —take 1,000 to 15 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum, 4 yrs, skt 101 b—taken DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—take 11 to 2 6 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken and offered 11 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—taken and offered 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—t 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger 15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian 20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Nutshell 25 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con. queror—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford 28 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Penang—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gannon's Deicoon 1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Disney's Captain Grant—taken several times sto 1 agat Kent's lot-6 to 1 laid to 100 L 2,000 even between Voltigeur and Ghillie Callum The subscription-room will be opened on Saturday, the 4th of May, for comparing books on the Chester,Cup. BATH STEEPLE CHASES.—THURSDAY. • A Free Handicap of 5 soya. each, and 40, added; the second to save his stakes. 4 miles. (19 Sobs.) Mr. Voter's Vengeanoe, lOst Mr. Huphes's Tipperary Boy, lOst Mr. Cooke's Verax, lOst 31b ... (T. Holman) 3 The following also run:—Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, list 51b, (Bradley)—Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton, lOst 61b (Davenport)--Mr. O'Key's Maurice Daley, lOst (Archbold)—Mr. Hughes's Miss Collingwood, 10,t (Tasker)—Mr. Holates's Vixen, 9st 101 b (011iver)—Mr. Elmore's Agitator, 9st 101 b (Archer)—W. A. Sait's Alexander, 9st 71b(Owner)"—Mr. A. Laud's Sarah Sykes, 9st 71b (Higgins)—Captain Green's Treasurer, 9sc 71b (Boyce)—Mr. Routle's.Recruit, 9st 41b (Reed)—Capt. West's Little Nun, 9st 41b (Vivian)—Mr. Evans's Tam worth, 9st 41b (Burrows)—Mr. Chilingworth's Powick, Bst 10Ib (Tweedy)—Captain Barnett's. India Rubber, Bst 101 b (James) —and Mr. Brick's Fairy, Bat 7lb (Rolnb). W,913 by half a neck. The Bath Hunt Steeplechase .Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 fr, and 25 added, the second to save his stake. Four miles. (5 Subs:). • - Mr. Lansley'i.Gentlernan (G. Lansley) 1 Mr. G. Gambrell's Lottery (Owner) 2 The Scurry Stakes of . 2 soy& each; 1 ft, and 10 added. Heats.' TWo Miles. (4 Subs.) Mr. Taylor's bay gelding, llst Mr. Bryant's'Dolphin, list... 2 1 2 Mr. Johnson's,Vivancliere, list 71,b CURRAGH APRIL MEETING.-- , -WEDNEsDAY. - • • • The. attendance this day was miserable in the extreme, not more than twenty persons havin g come down by the train frora Dublin. The great event of the meeting (the Wellingtona) brought only five, out of fourteen that ac- cepted, to the post, and was won after a magnificent race between Dough and Ballinafad by the latter by a neck. Bullion - won the Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., 25 added, by a dozen lengths. The Corinthian Stakes, with which the day's amusement concluded, was a capi tal race, and won on the post by only half a length, well and steadily piloted by Mr. W. Poulett, of the 2d, or Queen's. The winner of the Madrids, Captain Grant, has been challenged by Brother to Johnny and St. John; it will he run off this day, when fine sport may be expected. Wellington Stakes, 20 sovs., h ft. Thre years old Course. Mr. Irwin's ch f Ballinafad, 6 yrs, Est 91b...(Wynne) 1 Mr. Murphy's ch c Dough, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b...( Magee) 2 Mr. Disney's b c Victory, 3 yrs, 6st !lb (Jones) •3 Lnrd Waterford's f Queen Margaret, 3 yrs, 6stiolb 0 Free' Handicap of 10 sovs., h ft, with 25 soya. added. Mr.'E. Power's Bullion, Bst 111 b (Dawson) 1 Mr. Foster's ch g Lord G. Bentinck, Bit 61b (Kenny) 2 Mr. Irwin's Se set Norah, Bst 51b Sweekstakes, 10 sovs., h ft, fur hunters, racers admit ted, 20 sovs. added. One mile and a half on the Pod Course. tOrd Waterford's Due-an-Darras, 5 yrs (Mr. Poulett) 1 Mr. Quin's eh c Farewell, 5 yrs (Mr. Kennedy) 2 Mr. •Williamson's ch g Poor Yorick, 5 yrs (Mr. Peel) 3 AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA. The Jutland and Sleswick pirates, who fourteen centuries ago performed the great achievement of conquering and colonising Britain, have since, in the persons of their descendants, achieved the still greater feat of colonising and settling, while they are in a fair way of conquering and occupying, a whole continent, to the destruction or absorption of every other race. The Anglo-Saxon population of America, in fact, constitutes, at this moment, a people more numerous and mighty than any European nation of the period when their emigration commenced. The very same people is now engaged in achieving ano ther great, although not equally great enterprise, the colonisation of another continent, Australia ; and the Australian colonies, within sixty years of their first foundation, are already calling loudly for self and responsible government, which is, by more than a century, sooner than,the American colonies made a similar claim. 'We have not the least doubt but that it will be to the mutual and permanent advantage of both parties, that these demands of the colonists, which are in no respect unreasonable, should be liberally and readily granted. The better to understand our position in relation to them, let us compare the two continents alluded to. America has a greater extent of territory, and there fore more room for expansion than Australia. Its natural products are more valuable, its soil is more fer tile, and its climates more varied and propitious to ve getation. Its greatest superiority over Australia, how ever, consists in its magnificent water communication, —its great rivers, its splendid lakes, its navigable es tuaries, and its commodious harbours. Finally, it possesses the vast advantage of being only one-sixth part of the distance that Australia is from the civili sation and markets of Europe. Let us now see what Australia is. It is said to contain three millions of square miles. But of this we take it that about one-half, or all of it that lies north of the twenty-fifth degree of south latitude, is unfit for our use as Europeans, and, most pro bably, for the profitable use of any people, on account of the comparative sterility of the land, or what in such a situation is equivalent to sterility, the drought of the climate. But for these great and, we fear, insuperable disadvantages, the tropical portion of Australia might have been peopled from industrious and teeming China, which, with the help of steam navigation, is at an easy dis tance. Notwithstanding this serious deduction from its available area, Australia has extent enough for the abode of a great people, as what remains is equal to near twenty Britains, or above seven countries as large as France. The absence of good water communication is the greatest defect of Australia. It has not one great river which at once penetrates deeply into the coun try and communicates by a navigable course with the sea. The best of its rivers are not equal to those of the fourth or fifth order in America, and it has no lake at all of commercial value. Another almost equally great disadvantage is frequent and long-continued droughts, even of its southern parts, which, however, as strength and wealth increase, may in time be at least mitigated by the erection of great works of irrigation, such as those on which the exist ence of whole populations depend in the warmer re gions of Asia. In salubrity of climate Australia has a great su periority, not only over America, but over every other country. For the rearing of sheep and the production of fine wool, it may be said to possess almost a natural monopoly ; and in this respect, it Is ill soon become as necessary to us, and pro bably as important, as America is for the growth of cotton. Its adaptation of pastoral husbandry is such, indeed, that we have often thought, had it been set tled by Tartars or Arabs, or even by Anglo-Saxons of the time of Hengist and Horse, that it would have been now thinly inhabited, by nomade hordes, mere shepherds and robbers, if there was any one to rob. One immense advantage Australia possesses over America, which must not be omitted—the total absence of a servile population and an alien race. In America the bondsmen forma a fourth part of the whole population, and in Australia little more than one sixtieth, speedily to vanish altogether. If the comparison between America and Australia have reference to the facility of achieving and main taining independence, all the advantages are unques tionably on the side of Australia. It is at least six times as far away from Europe; and a military force sufficient to have even a chance of coercing the colo nists could not get at them in less than four months, while the voyage would force it to run the gauntlet of the equator and both tropics. When it reached its destination, supposing its landing to be unopposed, it would have to march every step to seek the insurgents, for there is neither river nor estuary to transport it into the interior of the country. The colonists, rifle in hand, and driving their flocks and herds before them to the privation of the invader, would of course take to the bush; and do so with im punity, being without tents or equipage, or risk of starvation, having a wholesome sky over their heads, and abundant food in their cattle. With a thorough knowledge of localities, the colonial riflemen, under such circumstances, would be more than a match for regular troops, and could pick off soldiers with more ease than they bring down the kangaroo or opossum. We should look, however, to the number and cha racter of the Australian population. In 1828 the total colonial population of Australia was 53,000, o f whom a large proportion were convicts. I n 184 3 i t was 300,000, of which the convicts were but 6,000. In the two years since, 37,000 emigrants have pro ceeded thither, and the total population at this mo ment cannot be less than 350,000. It has,• there fore, been multiplied in twenty-two years' time by near seven-fold ; and if it should go on at this rate of increase, in the year 1872 it will amount to close on two millions and a-half, which is a greater popu lation than that of the old American colonies at the declaration of independence, and after an existence of 175 years. Such a population, or the one half of it, weu!d, from numbers, position, and resources, be un conquerable. Such is a true picture, we conceive, of the position in which we stand in relation to our Australian colo nies. Meanwhile the colonists are loyal, affectionate, and devoted, and (the result of absence and distance) with really warmer feelings towards the mother country than those they left behind them. It will be the part of wisdom on our side to keep them in this temper. They demand nothing that is unreasonable, —nothing that it is not equally for their advantage and ours that we should promptly and freely concede. They ask for, responsible government, and doing so they ask for no more than what is possessed by their fellow-citizens. They ought to have perfect power over their own resources and their own expenditure ; but, in justice and fairness, they ought also to defray their own military charges ; and, seeing they have neither within nor without any enemy that can cope with a company of light infantry, the cost ought not to be oppressive to them. The Australian colonies are, at present, governed in a fashion ,to produce discontent and .recalcitra-. tion. They are, consequenly, both troublesome and expensive. The nation absolutely gains nothing by them that it would not gain, and even in a higher degree, were they self-governed, or, for that matter, were they even independent. Thus, emigra tion to them would go on at least in the same degree as it does now. It does so go on, to the self-governed colony of Canada, and to the , country which was (nice colonies, and this after a virtual separation of three quarters of a century. In like manner will our commercial intercourse witli the A,ustralian colonies proceed under self-go vernment. In 1828, the whole exports of Australia amounted only to the paltry sum of 181,0001., and in 1845, the last for which there is a return, they had come to 2,187,6331., or in seventeen years' time had been increased by above - fourteen-fold, a rapidity of progress to which there is no parallel. At this ratio, of course, they cannot be expected to proceed in future ; for the Australians, having coal, iron, and wool in abundance, will soon learn to make coarse fabrics for themselves. The finer they will long receive from us, as America, after its long separation, still does. But that the Australian colonies, under any circumstances, are destined to become one of the greatest marts of British commerce, may be con sidered as a matter of certainty. The only good market in the world, for the wool,' the tallow, the train oil, and the copper ore of Australia is England; and to England they must come, even if Australia were independent to-morrow ; and they must be paid for, too, in British manufactures. Independence has never kept the tobacco of America from finding its best market in England, nor has it prevented American cotton from becoming the greatest of the raw materials imported by England. A common lineage, a common language, common manners, customs, laws, and institutions, bind us and our Australian brethren together, and will continue to do so perhaps longer than the British Constitution itself will last. They form, in fact, a permanent bond of union ; whereas the influence of patronage and the trickeries of Conservative legislation, do but provoke and hasten the separation which they are foolishly framed to prevent.—Examiner. interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colo nial Office. The Rev. Mr. Tyl#, rector of St. Giles, had an interview yesterday with . Sir . George Grey. Sir John 111'Neill had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hoq. Baronet at the Home Office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. MR. BUNN AT BIRMINGHAM. (From Aris's Birmingham Gazette; April 22.) The attention of the dramatic community has been very strongly excited during the past week by the appearance of Mr. Bunn on the stage of this town, which he directed so many years with such deserved popularity previous to his assumption of the reins of government of the national theatres of the metropolis. Mr. Bunn introduced to us on this occasion The " Monologue " which he has• recently delivered with remarkable success in London, and which has elicited a more unanimous expression of public opinion from the press, than any instance of recent date we remem ber having called forth. We are not at all surprised at this; after watching, with highly gratified feelings, his portraiture of character, his intimate acquaintance with all the resources his subject brings into action, his beautiful declamation, his animated manner, his incessant humour, and thorough knowledge of his art. The professed object of the entertainment- is to review the stage in its past and present condi tions, to bring into more general notice the unceasing commentaries, and their mostly unmeaning matter, on the great poet who has been, and ever must be, the great prop and only permanent hope of the drama, and while accounting for the apparent decay, to ascertain the prospect there is for the restoration thereof. Mr. Bunn bas grappled in a masterly man ner with the ablest, and has exposed in the most ludi crous manner the weakest, of the numerous writers who, in attempting, to exalt Shakspere, have had in view the latent notion of exalting themselves ; and who, in presuming to lay bare the fallacies of the poet, have only exposed their own. Mr. Bunn has been content to deal with those men of eminence at the head of whom Dr. Johnson stands conspicuous, and has judiciously passed over the more modern body of critics (excepting Mr. Payne Collier, whom he very highly lauds), because their writirgs for the most part, are but a rechauffe of the opinions of their abler predecessors, and have not carried with them any degree of authority, influence, or interest. It is impossible to combat with minor minds, and Mr. Bunn has therefore taken no notice of those almost diurnal reviewers whose genius is of that class which, aiming at instructing the public, only exhibits its own incapacity. It is evident that Mr. Bunn's study of his subject has been deep and ardent, and he has certainly brought more to bear thereon than most of the commentators lumped together, whose incongruities he bas so properly lashed. When listening to his exposition of their anachronisms. we derive the highest instruction and the greatest amusement at the same time ; for Mr. Bunn has so admirably composed his work, that if, in the dry de tail which he must have occasionally to wade through, the interest of the auditor should not keep pace even an instant, with his own enthusiasm, he introduces some touch of humour so irresistibly droll that the spectators' feelings are poised throughout between high admiration and uncontrollable laughter. It was a matter of wonder to his delighted listeners how Mr. Bunn, or, indeed, any of the eminent public performers or speakers who have preceded him, could for three successive hours, unassisted by a human being, fix the attention of a whole audience in so un tiring and so delightful a manner. If the limits of a weekly journal would enable us to do this, we should derive a k pleasure pleasure., only to witnessing his perforreapce, frogs analysing, in the most minute manner, one :sof, the most powerful, most interesting, and rabst success ful entertainments the English stage has had to boast of. We cannot do this, but we, should be guilty of an unpardonable,omission Wee,sl,l(l not refer to his consummate delineation of trio c "'‘Fitches " in Macbeth, which has never been surpassed, in our belief, by any performance the English stage has had to boast of; and it really leads one into a world of wonderment, where we naturally are induced to ask the question why Mr. Bunn, with every possible re quisite for being one of the greatest actors ever known, selected the position of a manager instead of a performer ? He reached the topmost branch of one tree, by leasing at one time—a thing hitherto un known—both Covent-garden and Drury-lane Theatres ; and we cannot see why he might not have perched on the loftiest branch of the other tree, by pourtraying the genius of all our great dramatic poets. The - manner in which he placed before us the wonderful language which Shakspere has allotted to the Weird Sisters, exempting it from the mum mery which hue invariably hitherto disgraced it, was one of the grandest displays of histrionic art it was ever our good fortune to witness,. The manner of Mr. Bunn altogether is animated, colloquial, familiar,, but perfectly unobstrusive ; he can sway his audience entirely at his will, excite their sympathies ,and when satisfied therewith, be can command their loudest laughter. His general readings of the language of Shakspere are the purest, and at the same time most powerful, and may cer tainly compare with any actor of eminence we can call to mind. We are exceedingly sorry that the visit of this highly-gifted gentleman has been so short ; for, after witnessing twice his admirable en tertainment, and recollecting at the same time that as an author of some of the best performances of the pre sent day, the poet who has sent into the world those sweet ballads, in the mouth and on the piano of every singer, and the most extraordinary manager that all Europe has produced, we feel no small degree of pride in recollecting, and in recording, that it was in this town Mr. Bunn began a career that has been at tended with so much success and so much imperish able renown. We observe by the Manchester papers that Mr. Bunn will give his entertainment in that town during the present week. EMIGRATION TO THE STATES. MR. CATLIN'S LECTURE. Yesterday evening Mr. Catlin, the well-known American historian and traveller, delivered a farewell lecture at Exeter Hall, on the Valley of the Missis sippi and the advantages of emigration to the western states. The credit of placing before the public in a dispassionate form the obstacles which encoun ter the emigrant, and the advantages which he is certain to derive after these difficulties have been overcome, is due to Mr. Catlin; and, judging from the number and enthusiasm of his auditors, it is evident that his services in their regard have not been altogether unappreciated. The manner in which Mr. Catlin conveys his information is peculiarly at tractive. An earnest desire to benefit his fellow-men appears to be - his principal motive ; and while, on the one hand, he points to the 'thriving homestead which has been raised in the prairie's depths, as if by magic, by the industry of some sturdy islander, he points with the other to the consequences which mast inevitably await those who imagine that, •when they have crossed the Atlantic, a modern Canaan awaits them, and that the golden fruits of enterprise and perseverance are to be plucked without a manly struggle for their possession. Mr. Catlin calculates that an industrious emigrant, possessing sufficient capital to cultivate eighty acres of land in the we stern states, oug ht to be able to support hi s fa mily almost immediately upon their settlement. The emigrant about to make a settlement h as no thi ng to do but hire a keg' boat i n which to stow his family, his goods, and the materials n ecessary f or the con struction of a , wooden house '(and the latter are to be had for next to nothing), and get himself towed up the Mississippi to the location he has chosen. To the emigrant, there appears to be nothing wanting but society. Upon this subject, and also with a view to economy, Mr. Catlin seems to think that the most ad visable course for intending emigrants to pursue would be to unite themselves into associations, and, having purchased large districts of land, subdivide it into equitable proportions. A society, having for its object the colonisation of certain districts in the states on the mutual principle, is now in course of formation in the metropolis, and Mr. Catlin announced that he intended to take the conduct of the first party of emigrants, with a view to their settlement on the banks of the Mississippi. It is afterwards his intention to ascend the river, and, accompanied by persons expe rienced in mining operations, explore the auriferous regions lying on the eastern, slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The lecture was illustrated by a series of maps on a large scale, and by a number of paintings produced from sketches taken on the spot. The latter formed not the least pleasing portion of the entertainment. The drawing and colouring afford evidence that Mr. Catlin, who is himself the author, has been no unob servant admirer of nature in her varied forms, and that he has added to his reputation as ti traveller and an historian •the attributes of an intelligent and talented artist. ADMISSION OF SoLaciTous.---rhe Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, May 8, at the Rolls' Court, Westminster, at a quarter past nine in the morning, for swearing solicitors. Every person desirous of being sworn on the above day must leav e his common law a dmission, or his certificate of practice for the current y ear, at the Seers torY'e office,lle-Yordo CbancerY-1412e, on or before Tuesday, May 7. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, price ss. 6d., in small Bvo., cloth lettered, handsomely printed, with frontispiece by Henry Doyle, Esq., SICK CALLS: from the DIARY of a MISSIONARY PRIEST. Mostly republished from " DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE." By the Rev. 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The columns of these journals are occupied to a con siderable extent with the rejoicings consequent upon the departure of the Neptune convict-ship from Simon's y. The general gloom which had hung over colony for so many months had given place o universal joy. From one end of the set tlement to the other, nothing was heard but the sounds of gratitude and delight. The Bth of March was the day fixed for the " General Public Thanks giving to Almighty God for the deliverance of the colony from the dreadful calamity with which it had been threatened." All business was to be suspended on t}:at day, so that the whole population might unite and bend together in humble gratitude before the Greg Preserver, for his unspeakable mercy and lo ' 'ndness towards them. The Neptune was con d with every necessary article for a twelve wee e voyage, each convict being given, by desire of the Government, an extra blanket and suit of warm clothing to keep them warm in crossing the high southern latitude at this time of the year. The vessel was towed out of the bay by the Geyser steamer on the 21st of February, and when the latter cast her off the convicts gave her three hearty cheers, which the Geyser returned. Accounts from Algoa Bay mention the wreck of the Amelia Mulholland on the 16th of February. She went en the rocks in a strong south-east gale, and quickly became a total wreck. All hands were landed in safety. In the night of the 29th of January, the British schooner Nutcut, Captain Wm. Moses, of about 100 tons, laden with sugar and rice, bound from Mauri tius to the Cape of Good Hope, was wrecked at St. Francois. The crew consisted of nine men, including the captain. Three only were saved. Out of the six drowned, three were found on the beach ; and three others, among whom was the captain, had not been found.—Herald. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen, at an early hour, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went in the forenoon to Gloucester House, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. At five o'clock in the afternoon her Majesty re ceived a small juvenile party, comprising the younger members of the families of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord anti Lady Blantyre, Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, and Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The Queen, accompanied by the royal children, received her youthful visitors in the saloon, in which the juveniles danced, and afterwards proceeded to the library, where refreshments were served. The juvenile party left the Palace soon after seven o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commis sion for the promotion of the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, to be held in the year 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Lieute nant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Commis sioners present were—Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Lord 0 verstone, Sir Robert Peel, the Right Hon. W. C. Gladstone, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyall, Mr. J. Shepherd (Chairman of the East India Company), Mr. T. Baring, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. R. Stephenson. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Stafford Northcote, Secretaries to the Royal Com mission, were in attendance. Colonel Reid, Chair man of the Executive Committee, was also present. The meeting broke up at a quarter before six o'clock. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ar rived at the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past six o'clock yesterday evening, from the Continent. His Serene Highness travelled by route of Dover. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen dined with the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterdtty evening. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness re ceived congratulatory visits from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and other members of the Royal Family. The Royal Duchess went to Kew and paid a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The nobility and gentry called during the day at Gloucester House, and left their names for her Royal Highness. In the evening his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined with the Duchess of Gloucester. The - Very Rev. Principal Lee of Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Cunningham, Professor Swinton of Edin burgh, Mr. Pringle of Whytbank, Mr. Spottiawoode of Spottiswoode, Baillie Playfair, Mr. Morrison, Mr. N. Stevenson, and Mr. Hugh Moncrieff of Glasgow, and Mr. John Scott, W. S. Edinburgh, had an inter view with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office, to represent the strong feeling of Scotland against the Marriage Affinity Bill. Mr. Lockhart, M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P., and Mr. Macgregor, M.P., accompanied the deputation. A deputation, appointed at a meeting of ship owners, held in London on the 17th instant, upon the subject of the Mercantile Marine Bill, and consisting of the following gentle men, Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. George F. Young, Sir John Pelly, Bart., Mr. Phillips, Mr. Ogilby, Captain Hea thorn, Captain Gilmore, and Mr. Morgan, had an in terview yesterday with the Right Honourable H. Labouchere, at the office of the Board of T ra d e . _ _ Lord Kianaird had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Lieut.-Colonel Macarthur had an interview yester day with Sir George Grey. Mr. Evans, M.P., and Mr. Cator, a deputation from the bondholders of the Ipswich and Bury Rail way Company, had an interview with the Commis sioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of, the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Brown, M.P., had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing•street. Sir George Seymopr and Mx. Cunard be en .-.----) I) I M