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oner Lynn taken into ,ked bim if on public ed that he Vbite Lion nd be said them with Ind parted return be act of the prisoner, • any intl.. would be worn, and instant, he 1 with the a pair o f 1 the p' 1 cl up with te bad tte licemsut§ rate, the ink in the the pri the time, bad bee° n locked r Faber. sgain!g a of eYl' Thom as ,t ageinq .ver, An given . 1 1 nothll3B o serious nand the ga ged Ot wry ia be mate* dettllo' cep, in d Is ow; huge °. nd W I d all the 5 much charge!. log S D° duty (In red, kr lie es! • sod SAP prisoner No. 8 8, [Dg that ion be Ider his )k from I which re 00 w whet Wsit , ie form gallon with a oe), and on his erchief rry the ,et hiol risoner , been rithollt spirit much git 151• in de m for unish- ice to uite reaper. rather nest at ged is e. with wever, Bar' coney PIY c i e, an y 1104 barley ,er iir PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause CAM BRAY versus intAPER, the Creditors of PHILIP CAMBRAY, late of Covent garden, in the co un ty o f Middl e se x , salesman (who died in the month it Augnst, 1848), are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 6 th day of n June, b 1851, to leave their claims of debts before JOSEPH Homenny , 'N., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Office, in South- MPton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; and are •n the 10th day °f hb', 1851, to establish such claims before the said Master, or in default thereof, such persons will be peremptorily excluded the bene t Of the said Decree, and the General Orders of the said Court. J. H. VAUGHAN, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 12, Porteus-road, Paddington. G. HEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCIIR6IONS. o,Pen Excursion Carriages will be attached on week da y s to the 1 0 .30 A.M. and the 3.30 P.M. down trains from Padding ton to Wind -507 vir? ca lling at intermediate stations ; and to the up t rains leaving incisor at 7.20 P.M. and 9.45 P.M. On Sundays, the Open Excursion Carriages will be attached to T r A.M. and 9.45 a.m., and 3 P.M. trains from Padding ton; and the •Io p • • and 6.35 P.M. and 9.45 P.M. up trains from Windsor to ' 4l lngton. Fares to Windsor and Back, in Open Carriages, 2s. Taddington Station, Ist May, 1851. EPSOM RACES. OAKS DAY—TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 23 Ile A t SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Lon don-trie g e Station at - Past Onc o'clock, arriving at Epsom in time for the Race. FREDERICK SLIGHT Secretary. B righton Railway terminus, May 22, 1851. GREAT REDUCTION OF FARES-RETURN TICKETS issued to Havre, Boulogne ' Calais, Newcastle, Yarmouth , Margate , a nd Ramsgate, at One Fare and a Half. LIE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION ar COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class Steam-ships aPPointed to leave from off St. Katherine's Steam Wharf London, for ,. YAMBURGH (carrying her Majesty's mails) , eve r y Tuesda y and end 5 7 evenings. Chief cabin, 3/. ; Fore, 21. .0 FTERDAM and the RHINE (carrying her Majesty's mails), ev ery Wednesday and Saturday at Ten Morning. Chie f cabin, n • 10s. . _ Fore, 17s. 6d. Return Tickets, 21 . 5 5. , or 11 . 6 s . 6d. The CORTHA, Saturday. E.- STEN in Ten hours. BRUS and the N %.;-, Ever :dnesdayD and Saturday Morn ings. SELS Chief Cabin, RHl 158. ; Fore, 12s. y M ay 24, at Seven; 28, at Ten; 31, at Eleven, A.M. ANTWERP and the RHINE.-The SOHO every Thursday, at Ten Morning. Chief cabin, 1/. ; Fore, 16s. RAYRE.-Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight Morning. Sa- Tan, 15s. ; Fore, lOs ; London to Paris, First - class , 11. 4s. ; Second ditto, 16s. 10d. EDINBURGH.-Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Te n Evenin g . C hief„. Cabin, Return Ticket, 30s. ; Second Cabin, 12 s. 6d . ; Retur n Ticket, 208. ; Deck, 88. The TRIDENT, Saturday, 24. From Hore's Steam-wharf, Wapping. , NEWCASTLE.-Every Wednesday and Saturday , at Eight Even ing. Chief Cabin, 11.; Fore, 125.; Sailors on Deck, Bs. Return Tickets issued for the First and Second Cabin. From London Bridge Wharf. ROULOGNE.-Every Wednesday and Sunday Morning. Chief "bin, 128.; Fore, Bs. The ALBION or SEINE. May 25, at Eight ; 28, at Eleven. CALAIS.-Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. Chief Cabin , 1 25.; Second, Bs. May 25, at Nine ; 29, at Twelve Noon. HULL.-Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning. Chief Cabin, Be. ; Fore, ss. YARMOUTH.-Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Four After n°oll. Saloon, Bs.; Second Cabin, ss. MARGATE and RAMSGATE.-The ROYAL WILLIAM every 7 neaday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Ten Morning , ca llin g at Illackwall and North Woolwich. Fares : -Ramsgate-Saleon, ss. ; Pore Cabin, 4s. ; Children, 3s. Margate :-75., 65., 4s. To secure berths, for freight, and for bills containing hours of de parture, fares, &c., apply at the offices, 71, Lombard-street ; 37, Re gent-circus ; 35, Leadenhall-street ; and St. Katherine's Wharf. When the packets start early in the morning , passe n g ers may em bark tbe previous evening, beds being provided. M IDDLESEX METROPOLITAN BUILD INGS ACT, 7 and 8 Viet.. c. 84. Notice is hereby given, that a vacancy having occurred in the DIS -1'", ECT SURvEYORSHIP of St. 3IARYLEBONE by the death of „ - "r• White, the late Surveyor, the C ourt of General or Quarter Ses "'°lls will proceed at an early day (of which due notice will be given) to fill up such vacancy, by the ELECTION of one or more 6 1.111,VEyORS to such district, it having been resolved by the Court, in October, 1844, that upon the occurrence of a vacancy In the said district of St. Marylebone, the same should be divided into two districts, to be hereafter cleaned. And notice is hereby further ! F ven, that such election will b e sub j ect to the standin g orders of t he Court a.; to districts and district surveyors, and that no Person will be admitted a candidate unless duly qualified under t he Act and such standing orders. And every candidate must address to me. In writing, a statement of his name, age, resi dence,„ and qualification, and mast also personally appear before the Committee for General Purposes appointed by the Court, at the Sessions House, on Clerkenwell-green, at a day and hour of 'which notice will hereafter he given, and produce to their satisfac lien evidence that he is of the full age of thirty years, and a certi neate from the Botrd of Examiners appointed under the Act, of t heir approval, and also such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may deem expedient, or the Committee may re quire, and if approved by the Committee, will then be sanctioned by them to be a candidate C. HELTON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, Mey 20, 1851. DEVONSHIRE HOUSE. THE SECOND REPRESENTATION, by the Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature and Art, under the direction of Mr. Charles Dickens, of Sir Edward Ilulwer Lytton's n Co►Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled INOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM; MANY SIDES TO A CHARACTER, With (first time) as original Farce, in One Act, called MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY, Will take place at Devonshire House on TUESDAY, May 27. Applications for Vouchers for the Tickets, price Two founds each, L° be made to Mr. Mitchell, 33, 013 Bond-street, who will refer the acme to the Duke of Devonshire. There will take place, on the same Evening , a BALL , in the Great N aloon of Devonshire House, which, it is hoped , will he ag reeable to !hose purchasers of tickets who, from the limited space in the Thea tre, may not be able to procure convenient seats for the performance. WILLIAM HENRY WILLS, Honorary Secretary. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE AND SPERMATORRHCEA. Just published, Svo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45., A TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules sind Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of trrethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which Is added, Practical Obs ervations on Lae Treatment of Spermatorrhcea by Cauterization. By F. B. COURTENAY, "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the eommon instruments. . • . . The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in diference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell. H. BaWiere, 219, Regent-street, London. CREMORNE GARDENS. This Mammoth Establishment is NOW OPEN for the Season, under the direction of Mr. T. B. SIMPSON, with a new Grand Gala, entitled THE FEAST OF ROSES, of a novel and startling description, illustrative of T. Moore's beautiful poem, " Lallah Rookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attraction — A new Fairy Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF BEAU TY; or. The Inv of Fire, composed and produced by Herr Deulin, with entire new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devignes —New Tableaux Vivants, representing the Six Prize Medals of the Exhibition—New Ckinese Pagoda—Orchestra and novel Platform, 100,000 feet, brilliantly il luminated, and decorated with luminous flowers —Dancing al Fresco to Borini's celebrated Band—W. G. Pell (the original Bones), Ban don, and Ledger — The T hree Brothers Elliott in their surpris ing exercises—Madame Tallien, the Female Wizard—War Exercise; and Domestic Customs of the Bosjesmans, illustrated by , a Family of that Tribe, on a new stage, with appropriate scenery—Professor Tay lor and the Double-sighted Youth —Splendid Pyrotechnic display on the_ Polychrome Palace, by Chevalier Mortram—A new and in t ricate laze—The Gipsey in her Tent —Shooting Gallery and Archery Grounds, and numerous other Entertainments. Mons. Franconi, Director of the Cirque National de France, and We unrivalled troupe of Equestrian Artistes are engaged, and will arrive early in June. Admission, One Shilling—Children Half-price. Doors open at Three. , The Proprietors have made arrangements with t he Iron and Ci tizen Steam-boat Companiesto convey their patrons to London after the entertainments, Air ACHINERY versus MANUAL LABOUR. ..a_ Nobody can doubt that every invention that performs the labour usually supplied by men is for the moment injurious to the labourers it displaces, but in the long run it leads to the employment of a larger number. Every improvement temporarily injures a class. The railroads deprived thousands of coachmen, guards, and horse kepeers of employment, but there are now more drivers, conductors, and horse-keepers than ever there were in the good old times of four horse coaches, while there has been tens of thonsands of labourers employed in forming the railroads, and nearly as many permanently employed as porters, police, station-masters, and clerks, to say no thing of the engineers employed constantly in making engines, and afterwards driving them ; in short, It mast be borne in mind that all the millions expended on railroads was spent in labour. The very ironstone in the bowels of the earth, was worthless until raised by labour, converted into iron by labour, formed into rail, an.l wheels, and carriage springs by labour, and all in our own country. Look at the mills and machinery employed in making cloth. The effect was to make cloth better and cheaper than when it was all done by hand, and this very improVement in sloth caused thousands to he employed in making it up. Step into the gigantic establishment of E. MOSES and SON, and youwill see more good clothes than you would expect ell London contained. Consider the hundreds that are constantly employed by that firm alone, and its vast importance will at once be apparent. By adopting a system of buying largely, by means of a large capital, and keeping hundreds of the best hands constantly employed, they have accomplished one of the most important changes that was ever knows. Adopting besides all this a plan of taking small profits, they have placed every man in a position to command, however limited his income, good clothing appropriate to his situation, while the higher classes may, by paying cash, save Nearly half of the amount which they used to be charged for ordi nary dress, and the more extravagant they are the more they save, whether it be in their own dress or that of their livery servants. The officers in the army, navy, and civil service can save forty per cent. in their outfits, and be better served ; in fact, every article of dress, from the most costly to the most economical, is equally cheap at the price charged, and their warehouses are at this moment heavily stocked with every variety of summer fashion, adapted for all classes, while the facilities they possess enable them to measure and make up any quantity of clothes in an incredibly short time. A handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. The new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a full report of the late important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by letter, post free. E. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except the following ~.. 155, 156, a n d 157, Mi n o r ies, 83, London City Establis hment, 154, 84, 85, an d 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. L on don West-end Branc h, 506, 507, 508, Ne w O x f or d -stree t , 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Furriers, goat a n d Sh oe - Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargs.to. Hosiers, Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters , Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset parla Italiano. tarday, when business is rPseraed till Twelve o'clock. Id lon pule Francaise. Qui si Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol. IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINDIG THE IS REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF EASE. Illustrated by Ono hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS ToMagAßesit,lpArGicEe .2s. 6d. A New and Improved Edit ion, enlarged to 196 by post, direct from the Esta blishment, 3s. 6d.pin postage stamps, All Communications being strictly conldential, the A uthors have discontinued the publishing of Cases. T' SILENT FRIEND, a Medical W od o u r c k ed on by theexhaustion and physical decay of the system, excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or ti the pr abuse of mercury, with explicit directions for the use of ths preventive lo on, followed by observations en the Married State, and the disqualiilca tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloure d Engravings. B y R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 11, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and Gor don, 146, Leadonhall-street, London. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-prodUctive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PAINT It. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system. producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. Pala 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engtav ngs. PLAT TV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. Is devoted to the eonsideraticn of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tna COSDIAL Baum of SIMACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence . Bac., 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an i.nti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary sym ptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lls. and 335. per bottle. Terry's Pur if y in g Specific Pills, 2s. 9d- 4s. bd., au l 13s. rer box, a certain remed y for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, A. minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Esta blishment only', by which the fee, if., is e.3vcd. Meosrs. Perry, are in attendance daily at 19, Somers-stree t . Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleve4 till Two, and ETO to Eight ; on Sunlay . from jaw to Ozw, ••• "04.1 1 . , v - u r POK \\ • ,r> N itikk ;4';, . / 4" • r ik "11 t oll • D1E. 13 - OI . N ° . 18,303.] LONDON, THURSDAY , a MAY 22, 1851. 7 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNELILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MIJIMAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. I *John Rawson, El *Hugh Croft, Esq, tElliotson, M.D„ F.B.S. *Ralph Gough, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. - t*Edmund S. Sy - Ines, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. i*Augustas Vigne, Eaq• ANDITOIL. tProfessor Wheat , tone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. tr. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SURGEON. 'l' B E. S. Byrnes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t * W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., Le. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Cianchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. °W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. f*Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and. Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, 'Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommiumey and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000/. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities is the hands of third parties. Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present usual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001.; the amount covered by the Policies' of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tisugreetdiowner, re por the te d ptiinonMefaya,rleBtus% the bonuses declared to the As. of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. 1 Porma :tl.d Annual ( Policy Bonus in sent Ite- Age. 0 ... Pre- Itaken addition Bonus in duction of mine.taut in to 9 , um Cask. Annual Assured. Premium. -- - - ..1 4 s. 4. 4s d. 4s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 f 4 s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1 1000 74 34 < 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 811 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11 _I 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,00 01 . (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office aro —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Computes have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted os, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against less fcr so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested is this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where. by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the' Premium will be proportioned to•the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from tome to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force•for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 35. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire. t* Both Offices. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2601.—making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631. 2s. 611.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s. 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. lie. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the I st of June last equa l t o 2,991/. 15s. 1 Id. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,183/. its. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur do l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronag e of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, an Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con. siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. BATT Y' S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPODROME, Kensington, within Five Minutes' walk of the Crystal Palace, immediately opposite the Broad-walk, Sensing ton•gardens. Open Every Evening. Mr. Batty has great pleasure in informing his patrons that his Hip podrome is crowded with rank and fashion, and being always anxious to cater for the amusements of the public, he will prodir:,e a grand change of Entertainment hitherto unattempted In England, which will take place This Evening, and be continued every Evening until further notice. The Doors will open at Five o'Clock, to commence at Six. Private Box 1/. Is. Od. Admission to the Reserved Seats - - 3s. Od. First-class do. Second-class de. Third-class do. - - - - Os. 6d. Ladies and Gentlemen taught the polite Art of Riding. Moms Broken for the /toad or Field. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvelho; 147, Fleet-street;, Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author , price One Shilling` each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Meaith, Recreation, and rational ITse of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—F,pring and Summer MorningS—Flx oursions about the Environs of Loudon—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles,—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Rome —Music—The Drima—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &A., Sec. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Poll. Poll. A VISIT TO THE I•AKES; SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, EN. Vol.II. LAKES 01 KELLARNEY N ; &c REMINISCENCES 01 DUBLI, . WJIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ran." A pepnlar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner rously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rogn ation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truthp. as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT : -Li .e's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent oftho passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o. licentiousness r.nd dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.: V. TUE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." I LOZELNBLE :—L SINS and obligations of nature, society, and re deem regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and hoice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiventes and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, &c. t t ta m rs ;n_ R o s ace osp .t itelonu b in o By U. J. CIILV ER WELL, M.D. ( 1841 ) , M. R.O .8. (1827), L.R.A. 1 834). Twenty-ilvs years Medical and Forensic Referee In these t u_i g s ti ll o s.i .t ly till ay.. Tevaninza. iffflan till ulna. FFICIAL CATALOGUES. Advertisements intended for the Second Edition of 100,003 Copies should be sent to the Contractors immeiiately. SPICER BROTHERS, Wholesa'e Stationers. WM. CLOWES and SONS, Printers. 99, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and at Hyde-park. Foucault's Recent Experiment, Demonstrating the Rotation of the Earth, is shown Mornings and Evenings at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Important Deposits by the Gas-fitters' Association, illustrat inz the economical application of Gas for Cooking and various other purposes.—Lectute by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., cut the History of the llarp, from the time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music, and illustrated by Drawings of the Harps of various Nations.—Lectures by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments ; and on Natural Philosophy by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Two splendid Series of Dissolving Views : —One illustratine the Holy Land, painted by Charles Smith, Esq., &c., &c. Open every morning and evening.--Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED RAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcoart. 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Yesterday, at one o'clock, according to the an nouncement, Mr. Jonathan Duncan addressed the merchants of Liverpool upon the above subject at the Cotton "ales Room ; and, notwithstanding its being one of the busiest partd'of the day, and the excite ment which prevailed in the Cotton Market owing to the arrival of the Asia, mail steamer, from New York, late on Saturday evening, a numerous and influential meeting attended, composed of members of the leading mercantile firms in this port. Francis Shand, Esq., was in the chair, and among the gentlemen present we noticed T. A. Bushby, J. M. Braga, Jas. Ryder, VV. S. Colebourn, H. Littledale, J. Torr, Chas. Robertson, W. Watson, S. Boult, C. Logan, Jos. Brereton, S. W. Shand, Isaac Buchanan, Hender son, Jas. Harvey, Thos. Smith, Henry Wood, J. Hightield, W. H. Wylie, Robt. Procter, F. Forster, T. B. Grinston, J. Bingham, Vienna, E. Jones, V. Higgins, H. J. Hampshire, P. Witherby, F. Pennington, J. H. Holderness, S. Rickman, J. 0. Johnson, Jno. Faram, C. E. Rawlins, jun., R. Duck worth, F. P. Sleddon, H. Grazebrook, jun., J. Dorn ing, jun,, Esqs. Mr. SHAND, on taking - the chair, said he was always very happy to preside over the intelligent gentlemen who met in Liverpool on such occasions, and it gave him great pleasure in introducing te subject which he was sure must be of so much interest as ..a lecture on currency, in reference to ; the controversy be tween protection and free trade. At the present time, when, notwithstanding the alleged prosperity of the country, Government seemed incapable of getting on or doing anything, it was of importance that the great commercial world should be decided, not only on what was beat in relation to this particular subject, but also as to the party who should carry out that which was right. He would not detain them, as he knew that their time was of as much importance as currency itself—(A laugh)—but would leave Mr. Duncan to speak for himself on the subject. Mr. DUNCAN began by saying that it might ap pear extremely presumptuous in him, who had no practical knowledge either of agriculture, of shipping, or of commerce to present himself before gentlemen who were so well versed in everything that relates to the trade of this great empire, but it did so happen in the history of the world that men who had passed their lives in leisure, devoted to particular subjects, alighted upon principles which in the hurry of busi • ness escaped the practical man.—(Applause.) He had no political object to serve, nor had he to utter a single sentiment having a political character. He had nothing to de with Whigs, Tories, or Radicals ; he merely wished to present views before that audi ence, in order, if possible, to solve some of the difficult industrial problems which were now in a state of con fusion through the antagonistic principles of what were called free trade and protection; and the neces sity for doing so was the more important, since it was well-known that the next general election, which was not far off, would in a great degree determine the future prospects not only of agricul ture but of commerce, not only of the people of this country, but of all the people connected with our very extended colonies.—(Hear.) Now he thought that the very first reason that could be assigned why this question should be re-opened and re- discussed was, that all the promises and all the expectations of the Free-trade party had been completely falsified. [This Mr. Duncan showed by the fluctuations in the value of wheat since the repeal of the corn-laws, which we were told were to give steadiness of price.] The quantities of corn which could be produced by foreign countries had also been over-rated. The trade, he said, which we now had, under the name of free-trade, was no such thing in reality—(Hear)—it was nothing but a system of free imports. After il lustrating this and other general principles, Mr. Duncan then came to the immediate subject of his lecture. He said—As to the currency, had the people of Manchester really and truly understood the mone tary question—of which they knew nothing—(A laugh)—and never did know anything—but had they rightly understood the principle of money, they never could have entertained the views which they now held, of the destruction of British agriculture, and of the destruction of colonial prosperity. They could see that there was something wrong in the monetary system, but instead of attributing that evil to legis lation, they attributed it most wrongfully to the Bank of England. Now the proper way to deal with this question, and the fairest way, was to allow Manchester to speak for itself. He had before him the report of the Chamber of Commerce of that town, dated 12th of December, 1839, in which they endeavoured to account for the enormous losses which they had sus tained, those losses amounting, in one year, to forty millions of property. Mr. J. B. Smith was chairman on that day ; and in opening the business he said— " At that time resolutions were adopted by the Cham ber that these sufferings had come over the country while we had been in the possession of the blessings of peace, ample harvests, and mitigated taxation; but they resolved that they were unable to find a rational cause for this adversity amid these blessings. The recurrence of another period of distress so soon after the last has naturally directed the attention of this board to the causes of those sudden panics which were paralysing trade, suspending our commerce, and bringing distress upon the whole community; and the directors might, as their predecessors had done, resolve that they were un able to find any rational cause for the recurrence of such adversity. But they felt that it would be departing from their duty if they wok such a course. They found there were causes, and that these causes were the erroneous management of the currency by the Bank of England." Now that was the charge they brought, and how the Bank operated to produce those disastrous effects Paragraph which he would r w e a a s d e : x — plainfdin the next - --, 6 Towards the close of 1835 the stock of . bullion . in the Bank had eam o fa t l i l m , ,en e, to it li w tt a le s m io o d r e e nt t e h d an to fo t u n r e milliors; determined increase i t r o check ntook t o l i t !) bodufrwlalt whilst, hot r an ld .i)3 u n pw h a a r n d d s . deposits. The of thirty millions for its circulation and directors b a e n e ild n "t s f° tated, upon the authority , supply e co ank. upon their leto ifheards, rdamteeorefainntteilreesizteinretawtso: months, th a e , o b' e 4mt to di rectory, in a memorandum presented to the of the Bouse of Commons in 1832, that l Committee gold can be procured from abroad only by reduced i y of commodities; in other words, at the expense of the of n 5 advancingupf Ile: cent., urin gt the e e n which th from Djeco undoubtedly with the view to dep reciate the value of commodities 25 per cent. This ste p on the p art of the Bank directors 'au ' a moral apprehen s i on i n all pru d ent m inds that there was mischief abroad ct'phtole his p se a quote the words of Mr. Horsley P a lm e r i n , and created an effect more powerful than the actual advance in the value of m oney.' In other words, it cause d a pan i c. " The significant p art of this paragraph was this, that a supply of gold could be procured from a b roa d on l y by th e reduced price of commoditie s . W e ll, th e Bankgold of England had to get these quantities from abroad and of course con tracted the issue of their notes ; that suEpended or 50 per cent. below the cost of production, hraed foreigner was tempted by the bargain t t y e t ; e l fell to the t o 3t price e i c 4f e oo of all commodities fell, and when ; he could make to return the abstracted metal. But in the meantime M anchester suffered, and seered, as she says, to the exten t of forty millions. Now, the quarrel was with the Bank of England, and that the Bank of England when prices were high would not keep accomodating the me rchants. Had the Bank of England done so in th e first place, i . t would have been bankrupt, and in the next place, it would have acted in defiance of Acts of Parliament. The Act of 1819 was stringent, and it insists that the Bank o f E ng l an d for every note which sh e shall issue, must have gold. The price of coined gold was fixed, but there was a tendency in all other com modities to . rise above that level. Whenever that happens, the price of commo dities becomes dearer than gold, and the consequence was, that the foreigner takes away the cheap go ld, an d leaves the dear goods in our warehouses.. Now, although the price of gold in our coinage was fixed, everybody was well aware that the price of bullion or raw ore was not fixed. It fluctuates like other commodities ; but immediately the Mint stamp was put upon it, then its price was f ixe d. He should state an argument by Mr. Cobden, borrowed le from Mr. James Wilson, wit h the view of showing its complete fallacy ; and then h e should ask those present, if they w ere Free T raders , to be consistent, and be Free Trader s in all comm odities cir culated between man and man. In other words, if there were to be free trade in goods, t there be in money.—(Applause.) Now , Mr. Co bden says— ___.." T d a iv k i e de a i d t efi i n n i t t o e quantity ity of wheat—call equal parts, and call them bushels; here is no fixing of„price, but merely a question of weight and divisi on. So f ar he agreed it a quarter with him. " Now, take the parallel. Take a quan tity of gold—call it an ounce—divide it into four, and call each a sovereign ; here, he said again, there was nothing but the process of weight or division." But here was his fallacy. No money value was put upon the quarter of wheat or the bushel, but in gold a money denomination was put upon the ounce, and the law says that 123 grains of gold shall always pass for 20s.—(Hear.) Now , putting a money de nomination upon a commodity , necessarily fixed the price of that commodity, whether it was a bale of cotton or a quarter of wheat. Now, Mr. Cobden had objected to put any money denomination upon wheat ; he let it find its market value ; and by a parity of reasoning, he (the lecturer) asked him, if he were a Free Trader, to let the commodity, gold, find its level also.--(Applause.) He, and those who thought with him, had no objection that the sovereign should weigh 123 grains, and that the quarter loaf should weigh 41bs. ; but since we did not put a definite price upon the 41bs. of ground wheat, neither should we put a de finite price upon the 123 grains of gold which con stitute the sovereign. Now, versed C 3 his audience were in business, he would ask them if they ever looked into the price current to ascertain the price of 123 grains of gold embodied in a sovereign?—(A laugh.) They knew very well that it would always pass. Let there be only 1,000 ounces of gold or five millions in the Bank of England, 124 grains was al ways a sovereign. Not so with other commodities. When a foreigner comes here and finds the price of wheat 70s. or 803. per quarter, he would sell his wheat at that high rate ; but when he looks around the market and asks what is the price of calico and cotton, he finds that taxation has raised the price of goods, and says that it is an advantage to sell, but not to buy in our market. He is told that gold does not fluctuate ; he con sequently purchases as many sovereigns as he can and takes them out of the country; and when that is the case the Bank of England is com pelled to contract its issue, and the mercantile com munity are compelled to pay high interest for the notes. Now mind, they did not do so legitimately, but they paid a high rate of interest, because a famine of gold had been created artificially—(Applause)— and this had been the case in this country repeatedly. Now there was a way of putting this, which he thought would arrest the attention of every gentle man who beard him. It was a simple but effective one. He never knew any human being who would dwell enough upon the proposition who did not see the destructive character of the legislative measures adopted. They were all aware that an ounce of gold was coined into four sovereigns. Now suppose that they exported from the Bank of England four million sovereigns, one million ounces of gold. If that were to take place this week there would be a disastrous panic in Lombard-street and Leaden hall-street, and so soon as the express train came to Liverpool there would be a panic here. But sup pose, instead of a million ounces of coined sovereigns being exported, a million ounces of gold plate, equal in purity to sovereigns, were exported, it would not produce the slightest disturbance in any part of the country. Nay, if we were to pack up all the gold plate belonging to wealthy families in the kingdom, place the articles on board an American steamer for the express purpose of having them sunk on the broad Atlantic, not the slightest disturbance would take place in any of the great marts of commerce.— (Loud applause.) What, then, was the inference ? We were not inconvenienced because we sent away wealth in the shape of gold, but because we sent away our legal tender, we sent away our money, the instrument of exchange. And when we were told— as we were by the Times in 1847—that we were a poor nation, that was wby we were suffering. Sta tisticians tell us that we have in this country six thousand millions of wealth, but so many sovereigns do not exist upon the face of the earth. We were told that we were a pauperised nation, and were driven to extremities, simply b ecause we had got rid of a few thousand ounces of gold. This he took to be the most monstrous fallacy that ever was palmed upon an intelligent people ; and how, he might be asked, did he account for its existence ? Simply and solely because the merchants of Liverpool, for in stance, and the merchants of all the other ports of the country had not permitted their minds to dwell long enough upon the subject. There was an ex cellent remark some time ago in the Liverpool Stan lard. Gentlemen it was said were asking whether there would be a good crop of wheat, of cotton, or of sugar ; but none of them think of asking whether there will be a good crop of money.—(Laughter and applause.) Now, it was a remarkable thing that al though money was the good half of a bargain, his mercantile audience, who were very astute and shrewd, and who would be offended if they were told that they did not look at both sides of a question, yet looked at only one side of this question. There was one mode of illustrating the subject,which he thought must come home to the minds of the gentlemen whom he had the honour to address. He had frequently compared our moneyed system to an inverted pyramid. When Lord Ripon, formerly Mr. Robinson, was Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neatham made a calculation showing, that when the country is pros perous, there are 300 millions sterling of bills of ex change and promissory notes constantly floating. Now, this was the credit superstructure. On what did it rest ? It rested upon the basis of 30 millions of gold ; consequently a million of gold sustains 10 millions of credit circulation. knock away 10 millions of gold, and 100 millions of credit would fall ; take away 20 millions, and 200 millions of credit would fall ; but if they took away 30 mil lions of gold (a miserable sum, not more than one half of our annual taxation), the whole country would be reduced to a state of barter; there was not a single instrument of exchange by which we could buy or sell.—(Applause.) Now Mr. Jones Loyd was a great authority on these subjects—(Laughter)—or considered to he so. Unfortunately he had had an influence most pernicious, in the opinion of the most competent merchants, on the determinations of the Legislature , but in order that his audience might judge of the real merits of that gentleman as a reasoner, he should just read to them a short ex tract of the evidence which he gave before the Bank Committee in 1846, and they could then decide for themselves whether a banker, coming to such con clusions, was a fit guide to gentlemen extensively engaged as they were in trade and commerce. If they said that the answer which he gave to the ques tion 3 which were put were rational, then he cer tainly must say that the opinion which be enter tained of Liverpool wisdom would be much changed. —(Laughter.) He was asked by the Committee : " Do you think that the internal trade of the country should be regulated and maintained by as steady and equable prices as possible ?" And to this he answered, " The idea of regulating the trade of the country by equable prices, I might say so with proper deference to the Committee, seems to me to be nonsense." Now he denies, they would see, that we ought to have equable prices ; he thinks that we ought to be in a state of spasm, sometimes very high, sometimes very low; so that our merchants must in dulge no hopes of steady business, but become a race of gamblers and speculators. The next question was : ",By the Committee—Have you ever considered what would be the effect upon the minds of the industrious classes if their wages fluctuated with the exchanges; or what would be the feeling of the internal trading com munity towards the sole bank of issue were their stocks to bo subjected to sudden depressions by the sale of foreign stock, or the payment of the instalment of a foreign loan occasioning temporary depressions of ex changes? Mr. Jones Loyd—l must admit that I have never reflected upon such topics, because I am quite sure that if I was to make the attempt I should only lead my own intellect into great confusion, and come to no satisfactory or useful result either to myself or to the community." • Now it was impossible that his intellect could be in greater confusion ; but one thing was certain as a practical result, that although panics had taken place from 1816 to 1819, the great panic of 1825, and the panic of 1837, 1839, and lastly, the panic of 1847 although these panics, it was well known, bad caused in their aggregate a greater loss of property to the merchants of England than would pay off the national debt, yet it was equally certain that Mr. Jones Loyd had been no sufferer during these convulsions. — (Hear, hear.) The system nad been extremely d vantageous to him, and when he said tha t thereshauvlde be no equality of prices in the markets , it would have been a great advantage if be bad told us that there should be no inequality in the rate of discounting bills—(Applause)—for they bad it in 1847, upon the evidence of Mr. William Brown, that the rate of in terest not only rose to 9 per cent., but that there was a commission of 12 and even 20 per cent. given. These were enormous sums, wh ich, of course, no legi timate business could possibly stand. Now, what hap pened in this year of 1847 ? According to Mr. Hume, a tolerably good calculator, not less than 500 millions of property was lost to this cou ntr y . . Why lost ? Be cause four millions of coined sovereigns went over t• New York. But they came back immediately, and it was simply the internal trade of the country which produced the calamitere(Hear.) The lecturer fur ther quoted from the evidence of the Governor of the Bank of England to show the scarcity of gold in the coffers at that time, and asked why should the Bank a yment simply because it could of England stop p not control the demand of gold for its notes ? It was compelled to contract its issues and take the c h ance of further deman ds not being made upon it. Yet such s was the desperate condition of affairs that on the Nth October, after a vast number of W es t I n di a and other houses had failed, the Government began to relent. It did not relent till it had seen the sa crifice of some of the oldest and most experienced merchants in the country; but so soon as the danger was imminent, so soon as the water was rising to the height of the Bank of England, then Lord John Russell and Sir Charles Wood stepped in and sus pended the Act of Parliament which had caused the loss of millions and the ruin of thousands. It was only when the country was exposed rte anarchy and revolution that the nefarious Bill of Peel's, passed in 1844, was suspended. The Bill of 1844 had gone on smoothly enough until it was tried ;—like a new boiler which looked well, but, so soon as tried by steam burst, spreading devastation around. This Bill was looked upon by Peel, and those who followed him, as a grand measure of wisdom ; but in three years it was a failure, and what did Government do then ? It did an .act unparalleled in baseness. There never was in the history of the world such an usurious bargain between the First Lord of a Trea sury and a bank establishment. They said to the Bank of England, "We hold you harmless against violating the Act of Parliament, but dont lend any money unless you get eight per cent. ; and recollect eight per cent. is an enormous profit ; we, the Govern ment, shall go shares in the transaction." It should be borne in mind that the Bank of England was simply a joint-stock company, and there never was a more disgraceful compact made.—(Applause.) Mr. Dun can next treated of the " convertibility" of bank notes, showing that exchangeable would be a better term, for, if a currency would not exchange for goods, it ceased to be a currency. lle and those who thought with him were not such blockheads as to say that they would advocate an inconvertible currency ; it was a contradiction of terms ; but they said this, that the note should be converted into gold, not at an ar bitrary fixed price, fixed by Act of Parliament, in defiance of every principle of free trade, but that it should be exchangeable into gold at market price of gold on the day when the exchange took place.— (Applause.) Mr. Duncan said he was sorry to detain the company, but he felt that it was not sufficient to point out the defect without shadowing forth a remedy. He should be happy if encouraged to go into the question some other day; but would now endeavour in a few words to show what he meant by a reformed currency. Our currency now was altogether based on a contradiction. In the first place, by the Act of 1844 the Bank of England was permitted to issue eleven millions of absolute inconvertible paper upon a debt due the Bank of England by the Government, and three millions more upon floating Exchequer-bills, making altogether fourteen millions of notes, which might be issued upon the strength of a debt without any metallic basis whatever. Then the country banks were permitted to issue eight millions of inconvertible notes ; then six millions were in like manner granted to the Irish and three to the Scotch banks. These altogether made thirty-one millions of inconvertible paper, without any metallic basis whatever. Then if the Bank of England had ten millions in its cellars, it was permitted to issue notes to that amount • if it had nine millions, the issue must be contracted ac cordingly. Thus it would be seen that the major part of the issues are inconvertible, and not upon a metallic basis ; the minor part was ; and therefore Peel's system was absolutely worthless, since it was devoid of harmony and beauty in its proportions. Now what did he, and those who thought with him, propose instead of this ? They said the wealth of the country in round numbers was six thousand millions ' it might be seven or eight—he would not quarrel about that. That was national property, and it was the basis for issuing the re presentative of value. Mr. Duncan then went on to show that, by a judicious system of paper money, the annual taxation of the country, amounting to fifty millions, could be most efficiently met. He proposed that when Government took a vote for money, they should merely take the privilege of issuing fifty million 1/. notes ; these would go into circulativ e; be returned in the shape of taxes, • cancelled, and 'fresh ones sent out. Government, he showed, stood to the country both in the position of a debtor and a cre- , ditor. Now, did any one think there was any novelty in this ? Not at all. They were in thebabit, of performing the same operation every day of their lives, but they were doing.it on a minor scale.—(Hear, hear.) What was a postage stamp, but one ..off' these instruments ?—(Hear, and applause.) These .was not any one who refused to give a sovereign of gord e for 240 penny stamps, but they had not in themselves any value. What was the consequence ? The Post-office revenue, which was two millions, might be collected in postage stamps ; but if symbolic money of this kind could raise two millions, why not five, eight, fifty millions. It had been well observed by a gentle man whom he saw present in the audience, what a bungling system it would be if they went by Mr. Jones Loyd, stick with some sort of seal upon it a penny piece into the Post-office along with a letter. —(Laughter.) Then they came to:the question of the money of commerce. With the money of commerce the Government had no right to interfere whatever. —(Loud applause.) Mr. Duncan lucidly enforced this position, and said, that he and those who thought with him wanted to make banks mere secure than they had ever been made by any bullionist. They proposed that parties wishing to establish a bank should offer securities to Government, with a power of sale, and then be permitted to issue notes to one-half or two-thirds of the amount of the pro perty so deposited .—(Applause.) Was not this much better than the present system ; fur now we did not know whether a banking concern was solvent or not. In case of disaster through bad manage ment, it was clear that the holders of the notes of a bank so constituted would have 20s. in the pound available at the Treasury.—(Applause.) Mr. Dun can concluded by showing, that if the question was to be decided by the authority of names, there were only two who could be quoted in favour of the pre sent state of things—that was; Mr. Jones 'Loyd and Sir Robert Peel : while, on the other hand, he could quote 150 names of eminent men in ancient and modern times who had been in favour of a symbolic currency. He quoted from several historians to show that the dissolution of the Roman empire was caused by metallic money, and dependence tit on foreigners for a supply of food, and almost all the ancient as well as modern authorities, including Adam Smith, bad condemned metallic money in the strongest terms. The lecture was listened to throughout with great attention, and portions of it, especially the references of the lecturer to the past monetary crisis, were warmly applauded. The suggestion as to giving free liberty of import to articles of produce, not raised in this country, was also most favourably received. Con sidering, indeed, the peculiar position of our market for our leading raw materials, and the cares which it was calculated to excite in the minds of the fre quenters of our Exchange, the atteed ince was much more numerous and influential than could have been anticipated. At the conclusion of the lecture, after Mr. Duncan had expressed his readiness, if an oppor tunity offered, to go more into details as to his plans than time had allowed him, Mr. Toss, of the firm of Messrs. Littledale and Co., rose to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Duncan. He said he was sure they would agree with him _ that . they had all been informed upon a subject on w e h a i tl b they wanted information ; and that they obliged to Mr. Duncan fort b e d heard All, he thought, would agree that they lecturey. facts, and having done so, be trusted they would h giving themwe hrea use their best exertions to rid themselves of the iron c am which now fettered and rendered hazardous commer- He moved a vote cial operations.—(Loud applause.) of thanks to Mr. Duncan. Mr. FOSTER (Mann, Fos ter, a n ace C l a o m ., a ) t i s e coenednedd the motion, which was carri ed b y meeting broke up. a e We congratulate the commercial and industrial com munity of the empir e up on the universally-suc cessful d em onstration of opinion made attithh: t t Cotton n d. Sales Room yesterday, , on the occasion of Mr. Jona than Duncan '8 exposure of our one-sided free-trade l m d o a s s t t i h n e fl u m e n e e t i t a i n l g both a s i i n n t n h u e m m b i e d r d s l and f b c u h s a i : and of, our nefarious monetary system. n roan e c s ct s ee h r7 ours, and in a very excited state of our produce f markets. There were present a body en tof gentl emen aggregate transactions represent mil lions annually; and, although differingring whose on many points in political opinion, their condemnation of f Sir tens o Robert Peel's currency system seemed unanimous, and the vote of thanks, moved by Mr. Torr to the lecturer, was most enthusiastically received. We may remind our readers amongst the trading and working clas ses o f the lectures announced for this evening and Thursday, at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson -street. _ They will hear at these the clearest expl ana ti on of the causes of, and remedies for, the present disorganization of the commercial and industrial • interest which has as yet been given to the world. In conclusion, we may be pardoned if we express our own thanks—and we feel confident that ise doing we e x press those of the public —to Mr n . F. Shand, for his kindness in presiding upon this mo mentous occasion, which he ever s hows in promoting any movement which has for its object the benefit of his fellow-townsmen and of society. Mr. Shand, we trust, will have the satisfaction of having contributed most powerfully to strike a blow at a monstrous system of oppression and cupidity, which, w i t h our free-trade policy as its adjunct, is rapidly sa pping the foundations of the prosperity and power of the British empire. CHILD Mg RDEII. young woma n name d A Ca therine Geddes, or Diacpherson, has been apprehended at Glasgow', on a charge of administering poiso n an d ex posing her infant child so as to cause its death, She had adinittec the charges, and rtraaiLs for trial. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, MAY 21.—Wind S.W. Arrived—Dispatch and Kestrel, from Ceylon; Canda har, from Adelaide; Speedy, Lively, Nithsdale, Hazard, Julia, and Dee, from Guernsey; Baron Murtis, from Havre; Dart, from Stralsund; Rose, Juan, and Trust, from Lisbon; Fidget, from Porto Rico; Sylph, from Rio Grande; Sarah Richardson, from Memel; Wave, from Medemblick ; Alliance, from Caen; Hans Christian, from Dantzic; Regina and Batavier, from Rotterdam; Cito, from Oporto; Coquette, from Figueira; Emile, from Denmark; Idas, from Corfu; Harriet Nash, from St. Übe's; Economy, from Stettin; Marlborough, from Ja maica; Beaufort, from Honduras; Albion, from Bou logne; Sir E. Bankes, from Ostend; City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Sophie, from Savannah. Sailed—Augusta, for San Francisco; Ocean, and Magnet, for Rotterdam; Thomas Snook, for Fernando Po; Robert Mathews, for Ferrol; Helen, for Quebec; Emulous, for Nassau; Duncan Ritchie, for Clyde; Gre cian, and Blanche, for Jamaica; Paul Frederick, and Johanna, for the Baltic; Emma Colvin, for Shanghai; Prince Royal, for Hamburgh; Triton, for Ostend; Seine, for Boulogne; Queen, and Lion, for Harlingen, Diana, for Amsterdam; Dart, for Madeira; Stadt Dor drecht, for Dort. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Pandora, from Queenstown from New Zealand, on the 9th of April, in lat. 2 N., long. 20 W. Creole, from Calcutta for Falmouth, on the 7th inst., in lat. 43 N., long. 33 W. Belle, from Bombay for Liverpool, on the 27th of April, in lat. 32 N., long. 34 W. Eliza, of Newry. for New York, on the Bth inst., in lat. 44 N., long. 29 W. Mary Miller, from Hull for Rio Janeiro, on the 30th of March, on the line, in long. 20 W. Toronto, from London for Valparaiso, on the 31st of March, in lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. Emelie Hill, from Liverpool for Havannah, in lat. 19 N., long. 40 W. William Nicholson, from London for St. Jago do Cuba, in lat. 47 N., long. 14 W. Six ships of war, apparently three-deckers, and a screw-steamer, brig rigged, in company, steering to the south-west, on the 11th inst., in lat. 46 N., long. 80 W. Leopard, of Jersey, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, on the 14th inst., in lat. 47 N.. long. 10 W. Maria Sarah, from Laguna for Liverpool, on the 21st nit., in lat. 33 N., long. 69 W. John Bright, from London for Port Natal, on the 15th of March, in lat. 1 N., long. 21 W. Princess, of Greenock, on the 18th of March, in lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. Fernando, from the Clyde for Valparaiso, on the 22d of March, in lat. 3 N., long. 23 W. Jane Goudie, from the Mauritius for London, in lat. 5 S., long. 17 W. Dominion, from London for New Zealand, on the 16th inst., in lat. 48 N., long. 12 W. SEABORNE MAILS. [X signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-eine by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in I From what When PLACES.' General Post-officeport dis- due. London: I patched. MIMIC& (by Brit. pkt,)N May 23 lll 'Liverpool • • May 27; America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 27 .. 'Liverpool .• America (by U.S. pkt.) M May 21 Southampt. May 29 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* • N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 28 Belgium • . .. •• N Daily .. Dover .. Daily Brazi: M 9th of the month Southampt. June 12 Buenos Ayres • • .. 1119th of the month Southampt. June 12 Cullfo:nia(viaChagres) 31 17th of month Southampt. May 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth • . June 3 Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 30 Control America .. 31 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. June 5 Chiumal Isles .• N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. To. Th.S a Chill , 3117th of the month Southampt. May 20 France .. M& N; Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* .. 37,7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 30 Hamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Hollaril 31,Wednes. & Satur. London .. MoH.Thrr Honduras Nl7th of the month Southampt. May 20 Ireland 3f & N,Tvvice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M'2oth of the month Southampt. May 23 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • June 2 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. 31\ 20th of the month Southampt. May 23 Mediterranean (via M arseilles) Ni7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. June 2 Mexico .. M, l 2d of the month.. Southampt. June 5 Madeira .. 31'9th of the month Southampt. Juno 12 Malta* N 7th,17th,19th,27th } Dover May 28 & 30th of month Napless N'sth 15th 25th of mo , Dover • . May 22 Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo' Dover .. May 22 Peninsular 31 7th 17th 27th of mo' Southampt. May 24 P eru • 111 17th of the month I Southampt. May 20 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. May 22 West Indies M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 West Indies (except HavaMia & Nassau) 31 2d of the month .. Southampt. June 5 * The mails to those c French packet via Marsei. lad of the month ..1 ountrios thus marl Liles. and from Californi ISouthampt. !June 5 Ited (*) are conveyed by CALTFO/tNIA.—MaIiS to are now despatched and d a, via the United State Lean packet. lue by every line] RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is still dapressed. The only transaction reported to-day was Great Western, Original Stock, 804. _. LIVERPOOL. MAT 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was quite a panic in our share market this morning, and up till one o'clock prices of all the leading stocks were 4to 5 per cent. lower. But at the latter part of the day an improvement took place, prices somewhat recovered, and, there, was a more healthy tone in all trans actions. The sales were—Caledonian, 13—Chester and Holyhead, 19 .i—East Lancashire, 14 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 56—Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—London and North- Western, 120—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 1 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 31 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 1 A p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 27 1 4—Midland, 54—Ditto, Halves, 17 die. —South-Eastern and Dover, 23%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension Nos. 1 and 2), 5 1 / 4 dis—York and North Midland, 22V—Great Southern and Western, Ireland, 39 1 ,i — Ditto, Preference, Eighths, 13-16 p. MANCHESTER, MAY 21. &rook EXCHANGE. —The share market to-day has wit nessed lower prices than yesterday ; business has been, on the whole, good. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, Quarters, 14 1 / 2 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 56 3 % Ditto, 201. Shares, 1 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 13'4 1 —North British, 73( 4 —South-Eastern and )over, 23% —York and North Midland, 22. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The share market continues depressed. The only transaction reported to-day was—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), dis. NOVEL EXPLOSION.—SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An explosion of a novel character took place on Sunday last, in the house of Mr. Edward Andrews, grocer, at Ward-terrace, Hendon-road, Sunderland , w hich has been attended with dangerous consequences. Some of the family occasionally had a bottle of hot water placed at their feet in bed, and for that purpose a stone bottle, filled with water and tightly corked, was placed in an oven adjoining the kitchen fire on Saturday evening. The bottle was not required, and was crockery, forgot by the servant, consequently it remained in the oven. While the ramily were at church on Sunday afternoon, th e water having expanded with the heat , expl oded wit h a tremendous noise. The bottle burst and bro ke o p en the iron door of the oven , destroying various articles of furniture and together with several squares of g lass in the kitchen windo w . The servant, who happened to b e sittin g nearly Opposite to the oven, was struck on her head, rendered insensible, and was unable to speak for several days ; she was removed to the infirmary, where she remains in a dan gerous state. A c hi ld of Mr. A n d re ws, sitting upon the ' servant's knee at th e time, was thrown by the force of the explosion under h e kitchen grate ' but miraculously escaped unhurt,—Neu castle Journal, DR. LAIIERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND With Plain ?Directionsfo M r A th r e lnl ir Prevention and Cure. Author, for fort3t;3d FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Italian, in Just published, i a s n u. Firench, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the n Medical Trea u t e i s_ ll o c , 4 E L E.p wo Stamps, SERV ATION; a on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infiniti the physical and ir tat feelings, and exited' att the powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural certain prevention of Manhood ; _ention and successful Treatment of with Practical Observations °nth '3 a ....e. e nstitational Weakness, Syphilis, Nervous Debility, Local a n d ures, uses, Stricture, and all Diseases _ it cord, and other eminent mem bers produced tha cautomy, rhysi w olo, b Fifty coloured Engravings, Indis cretion, as adopted by L a u em u an u c t i r t rigements resulting from Inglis hers of the faculty in France. 'dries that in them by solitary e xplaining th e i r boZ'At and Diseases of the Re ri:rsity of Edin- E n i, LA' QUARE, LONDON andthe Society, Doctor of m e dicine, Matriculated Member of the bmgh,llonorary Member of the London Hospital Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of Medical Society ,of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physioloEfy of the reproductive organs, and of their relative con ditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken th hi g hest medical ho notes, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nialse inserted in tile wo rk, is the only legally qualified medical ma n who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired L.O youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, Rita may be hsd of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stacie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall - street ; Mann, 23, Comhill, Or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter ; daily, frm ten till terns awl from six till eights . • • / - 7 ' (---- --N " ..-- - -'. ''s:f., S\ ; .•: :22 , .... , :,—..-, ' . _, t e , ',- , ' I ' A: < ~1 : . ~,, , ._ / • ..-...:;„„?.,. I „,,,- .:. <=;:'• , -/t 7i , --!'--- . • . • 4 ,- , [PRICE 513`. - • . I r , (7- r HABLVG•CRQ,SS BRIDGE COMPANY. "." X special meeting of the shareholders in this com• pany was held on Tuesday at their office, 9, Villiers street, Strands.; Mr. Coles Child, chairman of the directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read a report, which stated that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of laying before the proprietors the draft of a Bill, which the directors, acting upon the power conferred upon them at a previous meeting, had thought it advisable to introduce into Parliament. That Bill, after having passed the House of Commons, was now opposed by Mr. Few, a large shareholder in the company, whose objection, however, had been taken more with a view of obtaining a right to be heard in support of a clause for altering the mode of voting, than with the serious intention of opposing the Bill. The financial condition of the company had occasioned much anxiety to the directors, and they saw no other way out of their difficulties than by raising capital in the • manner provided for by the Bill. The directors thought it right to say that they did not approve of the alteration of the voting clause, as proposed by Mr. Few, and hoped they would be authorised to procaed with the Bill in its present state. The SECRETARY then read a draft of the Bill, which empowered the directors to raise additional capital to the amount of 40,0001., the guaranteed in terest not to exceed 6 per cent. In reply to some observations by Mr. ADAMS, The CHAIRMAN said no one could regret more than the directors thec Act o ircui nstan t .c p es ar w h h 4 i m ch en c t o . mp T e h ll e ed na th o e t m t. to apply for another gage and bond debts of the company amounted to 44,4701., and the sum in question was reqeired to pay part of that debt and to discharge other liabilities already existing. The directors had endeavoured in vain to raise money upon bonds and mortgages, and the proprietors had themselves c om p e lled them to take the present course, instead of resorting to preference shares. He concluded by moving that the Bill be ap proved of, and that the directors be authorised t o t a k e the necessary me. measures with a view to the passin g o f the same. Mr. ROBERT FEW moved as an amendment the in sertion of an additional clause. He observed that the company's Act of incorporation provided that no per son or corporation should have more than five votes, but that the Hungerford Market Company had evaded that pr ov i s i on , and by spliting their votes (a coursel by y s f procedureirF. belly and the elwhichhaodbr eminent eendecl a lawyers)red to be i h l a lega obtained an un d ue preponderance over other d in terests in controlling the affairs of the Bridge Com htehicslaeuvisle, by bep e r h o f po orc se in d g to m i o n r s e er a t tr w in a g s e i n n t t l e y nd th ed e arrangement, an d thus prevent i ng t h e ptoareym. originale dTy Market Company from assuming, under any circum stances, more than five votes. Mr. STUTELEY (chairman of the Market Company) said the introduction of such a clause would jeopar dise the whole Bill, since it would necessarily excite much opposition on the part of theth now possessed, directors cbtaodrs dearly f ar th ly e Market Company, who would not lightly forego th e and privil eges which they and advantages considered th th e y at purchased by the sacrifices which they had mad e i n favour of the Bridge Company. They had consented to take 9 00 new shares upon the express understand ing that they should have such an influence in the management of the company as was warranted by the large stake which they had in the property ; and the dispute which had taken place on the subject had al ready been decided in their favour by the late chair man, the Earl of Devon. He thought it was dis honourable for the Bridge Company, because they no longer required the service of the Market Com pany, to attempt to repudiate their votes. Mr. HAWES (late deputy-chairman of the Bridge Company) controverted some of the statements of Mr. Stuteley, and a very warm discussion ensued, which, after continuing some time, was terminated by the interference of the Chairman. The amendment was then put and rejected by a large majority. Mr. Few demanded a poll, which was taken, when the amendment was negatived by 39 to 19. The original motion was then put and carried, aildsthe proceedings terminated. IRELAND. DIPLOMATIC REVELATIONS. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.-It would appear from the following very singular.account of an interview had within the precincts of the Viceregal-lodge, which ap pears in the Packet of last night, that we are on the eve l of a great legal " crisis" here, which may or may not terminate to the satisfaction f the indignant juror who means to figure as plaintiff in the case of "Burke v. the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland :" "Yesterday Mr. Burke's solicitor waited upon his Excellency at the Phoenix-park, and was favoured by an interview with the Honourable Gerald Ponsonby, who throughout the affair acted with becoming cour tesy. Mr. Burke's solicitor informed that gentleman that he had written twice to the Earl of Clarendon with reference to the publication of the libel on his client in the Tablet newspaper, but had been favoured with no reply. Mr. Ponsonby, on the part of his Excellency, acknowledged the receipt of the letters, but added that he had received no instructions to return any answer. Mr. Burke's solicitor then said he had called therefore on that occasion, accompanied by his clerk, in order to have the writ served in the usual way; that ho was desirous of performing this necessary duty in the moat courteous manner possible; that the ordinary mode of service was the delivery of the writ personally to the defendant; but that, as in the present case, this course might not be convenient, he desired to know if Mr. Ponsonby would accept service for the Earl of Clarendon? Mr. Pon sonby promptly acquiesced, and having accompanied Mr. Burke's solicitor to the room where his clerk was in waiting, accepted the customary service. He was then advised, that within eight days the Earl of Clarendon should enter an appearance, and that it was presumed ho would instruct his solicitor to that effe3t. Mr. Pon sonby replied he supposed so, but remarked that until he had consulted with his Excellency he could not state anything. further." SALES OF INCUMBERED ESTATES. A bitch of six estates was set up yesterday for sale before a more than usually crowded court—a great number of speculators being present. The biddiugs throughout the day were generally spirited, and altogether the tone of the market was more ani mated than it had been for several weeks past. Of the six properties, four were situated in the county e of Kerry, and with the exception of four lotsonon of the estates the whole found ready buyers at .3, remu nerative rates of purchase to the sellers— ,, hat eTh l e considering the present depressed land.vaeluethrfee lots, the estate of Mr. Collis was offered wasz but 175/. per aggregate profit rent of whichh sum of 3,5301. The annum, and which realised P years. the first four were withr rate of purchase for each lot t was e about 18, 34, and 15 in six two, producing a profit T l h e e ts, es b ta u t t e of Mr. Hickson was put u drawn, and the ot he r were sold for ' 1 ,060/ ,or was sold in the 15 years ' p rent of 140 e / r . chaasrrThe estate of Mr. Richard pro of Mr . William Scaly, bLeelyknfee,rw3it,shoaol. Thefit rent est a t o e f the rental of which was estimated at 4431., subject to an annuity and other charges, which reduced it by more than 501. a year , produced 6,6001 . The n g properties were all situated in th e county o f Berry. An estate in the county and t own o f Sligo, thef fo rego i ng eg pr o i 0 property of Charles Martin, and consisting, for the most part, of building ground and premises in the county, yielding a rental of about 450/. annually, was sold in four lots, which Monaghan 6,7001. The concluding sale was of the Monaghan estates of Mr. Henry Mitchell. The profit rental was a little over 4001. a year, which was disposed of in three lots for the sum of 5,810/. The entire amount realized by the day's sales amounted to 28,4401. ANOTHER SERIOUS CONFLAGRAT ION IN THE CITY. Last night, about a quarter-past ten o'cloc, k , a, firs that for upwards of an hour caused orelit aiarm rarringdon amongst the residents of Shoe street, and the surrounding localitie s , broke Pontifex premises belonging to Messrs. dlic.o ppersmitbs. The i s a ,:b e r ' d o k_e W. in the and J. Wood, lead merchants Farringdon-street. It and of vast extent, the premises belonging to the i tre a tc v h i i e n t g im al t m o almost as far front being in Shoe-lane backwards as the Angel imagines' that the greater portion was at one period of the neighbourhood wo uld of the flames. Such, we are happy to say , proved groundless. Mr. Lamplough, chemist, that It appears - of No. Ii 8, one o f his bedroom perceive a . unusual glare of light in looking dpremn i premises, accompanied o f rolling towards the roof of the mar ket.accompanied by a dense Snow-13, os i , I f l , smoke H e immediately proceeded to the spot, calling, as he went along, the engines in Farringdon-street. Forthwith the various engines of the Brigade, West of England Company, and the parish were dispatched volume Messrs.3ndo" I'o nt i wh i ls ti i" s to the scene of danger. The firemen then found that the conflagration was rag i ng i n th e premises used SS the lead casting sh o p an d the brass casting depart mTnts. A plentiful supply of water having . been procured from th e N ew River mains, the en g in es were called into operation, and under the direction of Mr. Braid- Wood, the superintendent of the London establish ment, Mr. Colf the foreman of the B district, and Mr. Connorton, the chief officer of the West of England brigade, powerful streams of water were scattered over the blazing pile, but, notwithstanding, it was nearly midnight before the flames could be conquered, and not until the lead and brass casting shops were e b p u o t rt t e h r at t t h h a e t a costly nearly burned out, a nd the contents destroyed. One o of the firm informdees f moulds had bean assort ment of patterns bad escaped the least injury. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing that could informed the r eporter be depended upon could be learned during the confu sion and excitement which prevailed when this report was Written. Fortunately the firm was insured. 9.--" roil ; i 6d. s 44 sales