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I ROT th KEEPERS.—To be parted with, in ' t 11 1 , t 1 1 , 4 4, - t ,:tnence of the ill health of the Proprietor, an HOTEL , 4.1 4 44 1, w ell-established, and making a considerable and safe r.' 4l eligible opportunity for any person requiring a good 44'1'; N ZI4P , I• Cattlin, Esq., 39, Ely-place, Holborn; or Messrs. A lt g:r ° Te.icy, Chancery-lane. Lt SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great 1 , 1 14, :s e , i , Windmill-street, St. James's. ,iarA t ,, ,, lrector and Condactor, M. LAURENT, jun. for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, N 011 ,1.4 13 4 .1 : ° . n1 • 1t ti1 4 1 , 4 to, rtvate Tuition apply at the oflice.—Terms of Sub- I k t ter„ t k hi H or ning, and evening practice:—Six isentlis, Fs.; Vti tit 's , s.; one cycling, Is. 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N THE SECRET INFIR3,ITIES OF YOUTH I. 4 l ' l lbil , . 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON k,.4 1 14 may be had in French or English, in a Sealed t ' 4 9 or post-free, from the Auth or, for forty -two I kt tip tw t v , ie,„,.. - PREsERvATioN; a rtt -treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, arid on I‘tilytikll4,lllties and Disorders of Tooth and Maturity, S t NLal a,; 11 , at an early period of li. e, which enervate s,lti,Ntr t „q exh - . ' ll, •ntal powers diminish and enfeeble the natural Niir : 1 4 on — ,l l lst the vital energies of Mani food ; with Practical ,:ttki t k t l z ~'„r l4 lll , `.'s Treatment of Nervous Del City and Indigestion, 1.1, t ' i nitatZonl these causes, close study , or the influence of \ll, trio Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, v rnseases and Derangements resulting from Indis -1,411tN hy m ,„ l " . . 3 rty coloured Engravings, illustrating the "e7gth.thel,."'°gYi and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, ot strn , Pro,/ uses, and ft:motions, and the various in them by solitary habits, excesses, and h~t;T, SAMUEL LA'MERT,M.D.. 4 11 4 '4 1 14 , bF OR D-S QUA RE, LONDON. A N 1. 1,, 1 ,., 4 1a44, -e • Matriculated Member of fie 'University of Ecl.in -110 Apothecaries' Hall. Lond an, Honorary Member :IS l l4qk to ' 3 1 3 1.tal Medical Society, &c. 111,Inrs an accurate and complete account of the ti iii t ' , 44',,lmYsiology of the Reproducttve Organs. It nn 4111NiN, , co t r'ns that the unhappy victi oi of excessive indul- N n abite, while suffering from their invariable con t enterMins a fear of applyi cg to a qualified physi- N l ' l l.7,kettert; ti „ Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro ,4l 4 4:44, 4 "'Xi that these complaints sre beyond the reach of pr,„4, 1 ,•5a l b j „., tiNT-11. "e 4 .4 and prevent his seeki ng ror assistance where pr ocured.et t kit°lll. B Dr. LA '3IERT' has taken tho highest It,s his diplomas testify, and the profess extent of his b;‘ l7 Years is a guarantee for his ional experi k.l,4i!llt, reference almost solely to the treatment of these rev •srb,:,‘l,,, /411tz...7, Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, A o h k r ir ° ilaanay, 63, Oxford-s'..reet; Starie, Tichborne lets,'..l44" Mason, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden t•or, free bpost for forty-two stamps, from t nne. 37. Bedford-square. London. 14 / U t • h'NERWELL'S NEW WORKS. "itic si t lN ; 4l , o f Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvallio, 1 4i n 4 lann, 39, C,ornhill ; or direct from the author ; , t each ; by post, is, Sd• 11 11. 1 1/ eq.eimt, _ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. 'recreation, and rational Use of Time." 1 , 7 4 t therlY, 6—spring and Summer 'Mornings—Ex -I,,ti!lld Environs of London—The I'arks, Lanes, Hills, ' 34 ,:rnads, and other pleasant places—Country Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home Flt %11, - ,`,l t- On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, ob Ir. OM THE MOUNTAINS. Two T o l e . /kt TO TriL .(i t Tel I. LASES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. •r--ra 0,, Tol. ' XI LL.4.RNEY •, REMINISCENCES OF '"?1, DU.A3LIN, &c. i„Ost at t -lA T To repro, - —..T, DRINK, AND AVOID. 1.4 of °r e 3 1 tars and ten our course may run." 0, 4 tea he..,lllllloat every form (cause and cure) of nor -44'41 '" 11 and enfeebled constitution, that hal asses (ve.t1:011 business, or study, and ears-day i ie :es and rules for the diet and physical re,gu- W. I, tb. TIIE PASSIONS. tilio, In",."t DaSsions hurt the body—what improve, ll t lit 4 te'r . 4t hs as reg is.t4tl,444i..___Lift,B pi, heci as Athens ever heard." to o'd age. The advent 4'/I4tt,ick'Slil43:., ChastTrrna g Pit ir° ln ni f l ' n n f i„ an rem cy ents. The casualties , of "ietilEjtjl%.‘q is witsh ill r u i strations, graphic, Larratil e, . Advocacy of early marriages. V. ~r0i11,,00 ,i T TI IE 12.ARRIAGE STATE. elk'l ~‘,15,,,. ...)e or not to bc, that is the question." . egorcb`n•-----Laws and obligations of nature, society,. and re kli' eo b g Inarrlage to be observedb by either sex. Time and e l k , 't , cdh sid es 2 , 4,efectiveness ti;°(.111 ~4o,iti,ellre heaitl; as prime, temperament, complexion, and rearing them. , with the art el ( ,4) lt . 4 e rr ,. removal. Sterility and its onversion. 10144. I'a.outeERIVELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1 St keeqtre Years Medical and :k 'orensic Referee in these '414% 11° .e n g l :Z r sl a tz d t ai tt l . Y tin ave. ETenings, seven till lamp. EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of GRIMST ON E'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human figure, a natural Supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer. an lls. bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been leng known to the nobility and gentry, by whom it is iughly appreciated for Its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in inn advertisement, but may be read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, Herbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, un4er the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. _ _ . . . This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, en receiving two postage stamps. The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on receiving a post•ofce order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125., which in chides the postage with the case. _ _ The lls:size contains four of the 4s. A few of its maxy virtues, as thousands can prove, are published In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minates, and if you are 40 years of age, yea will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause —the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff ! and because it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of care being proved by the informers, still it was an act of oppression; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury ; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, Faq., to Mr. William Grimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was oa account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But ander this order of Government it is obliged to be stamped. ORIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, ander the Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. 84., as. 64., and ss. 84., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the care of five cases of Gutta Serena, from G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism : " Seuthsea, Rear Portsmouth, Bents, sth Nov., 1848. _ _ " Ma. W. GAIXSTONE.-bir-I must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in cases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this 1 1 or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—l am, Sir, &c., G. H. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so mach esteemed in all foreign parts. Tne following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the aathor of tke " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. " Sir,—l cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend In Constanti nople. lan sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I ant your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstone, Ilerbary, Highgate." This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, sad others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 7 1 ,4, d.. Is. 1 1 ,4 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each, including the Government stamp THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on SteeL ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE DICArk. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Yew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published , price 2s. 6d., or by post, di rect from tho Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on JIL the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex sessive indulgeace, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury , with remarks oa darriage, and the means of obviating certain d;s anent:legions. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consultiag Surgeons, 11, Berners-street, Oa ferd-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Saeger, 160, Oztord-street ; Starie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; sad Gordon, 146, Leaden nall-ztreet. PsitT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Eagravings. Pair 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mentel and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAZT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cantatas explicit directions for their treatmest. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. rAXT IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a ximple application, by which the danger of infection Is ob viated. This important part of the Work should no esc*r.o the eader's notice. l'Anx Y. is devoted to the considei ation of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whale sabject critically and philosophically inquired into. T2ZeO3.DIAJ. BALsg OF SYBIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat- Fig nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls. and 331. per I Atle. The Concentrated Detersive Fasence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying; the blood Jr cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of rce:cury, 111. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Puritying Specific Vlls, 2e. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, elect, stricture, and chronic infi amma ten of the bladder. c;onsnltation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is tequired : age, habits, and position in society. ` , l Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,11.,1. saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in ative,_ dance daily at 19, Berncrs-street, Oxford-street, London, from Els yen till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, FEE. 19. The advance in London market gave animation to the wheat trade, and it sold readily at Is to 2s per quarter advance. The supply was small. Barley also sold more readily, and at fully Is per quarter more money than last week. Beans and peas nominally the same. E'ER QUARTER., PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white. 43s to 46s Oats oos to 00, Barley, malting ... 23s to 26s Rye Ditto, grinding ... 20s to 22s Malt ...... Beans ATERAGIS FOR THE WEEIC ENDING FEB. 16, 1850. Wheat ...... ......... 636 quarters at 38s. 10d. Barley Oats ....... Beans. 37 ), 245. 11d. Peas HULL, FEE 19. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—We have had mild weather during the whole week, and three steamers have arrived from the Elbe; six have also left here for Ham burgh, and there is little doubt that the navigation with the near ports is now fully free. There has been more firmness in the wheat market, but advance is difficult to establish. The supply of wheat from our own growers this morning was to a air extent, with some rather large parcels offering from Lin colnshire ; more money was demanded, with which millers complied reluctantly; but an advance of Is per quarter for best samples was maintained. Foreign more inquired for, but only picked parcels were saleable. Nothing doing in barley, and indeed all kinds of spring corn are neglected. Not much alteration in linseed, if anything rather firmer. Cakes much the same. No rapeseed on the market ; cakes are held firmly at our quotations. The following are the present prices of grain B. B. Wheat, English, red 36 to 28 De, white ....... 3B 40 Dantzic and Ko nigsberg 45 47 Pomeranian and liamburgh Danish, Holstein, & Friesland 34 36 hussian and Odessa 32 36 Oats, English Do. Danish lO 12 Do.Friesland l4 lb Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Barley,rnalting 2l 23 Do. grinding l9 20 Beans 25 28, Do. foreign ...... 25 30 8. 8. Peas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. grey ... 24 26 Linseed, Black Sea. 45 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 38 45 Do. Riga&Archngl. 38 42 Do. Konigsberg .... 36 39 Per ton. Linseed cakes, llull ...6112s 6d Do. fine foreign ... ...... 61 5s Do. inferior foreign 5l Os Rapeseed Rape cakes...S2s 6d to 85s Od Tares, English .35s 008 Do. foreign 20s —35 s Guano 6l to 91 los Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 90s Od Rye meal 6/ Os TUE RENT OF LAND.—A small farm at B near Newark, belonging to one of the Newark charities (Lilly's) was let ou Thursday the 31st ult. at a higher rent by 441. a year than was previously paid f)r it This farm consists of 63a. lr. 14p. of land (and more than two-thirds of it arable), and was let for fourteen years from lady-day next, for 1851. per annum; whereas fourteen years ago, it was let for the same term a t on l y 1411. per annum, Audi that was considered a good rent, — furls Mercury, CONTENTS TH E LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Upon the principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the whole Profits belonging to the Assured. No. 31, LOMBARD-S MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. John Campbell Renton,Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq., New Broad-street. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart .coart, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan. Esq., John-street, America-square. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.. Prospect-place, Kilburn. Jahn Dangerfleld, Esq., Chancery-lane. Robert Henry Forman, Esq , Ordnance, Pail-mall. John Hamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurloz-square. James Fuller Madox, Esq., Clement's-lane. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq , Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane. AUDITORS. George Cumming, Esq., Westbourne-grove. William D. Starling, Esq., Change-alley, City. James Turner, Esq., Parliament-street. David Henry Stone, Esq., Poultry. 11Atixxxs—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. • 34, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, A.M , Stanhope. street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park. Thomas Jervis Aniqs, Esq., York-street, Portrnan-square. George Y. Robson, Esi., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park. Secretary, Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The POLICIES issued by this Company being INDISPUTABLE, are transferable and negotiable Securities. They may at any time be made available in money transactions, their validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of other documents. Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the As sured from all doubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances thereby made certain. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company lIIIS been rapid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily increasing. Prospectuses, Reports, and every other information, may be ob tained at the Chief Office, or any of the Agencies. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 15. The following promotion has this day taken place consequent on the death, on the 14th instant, of Rear- Admiral of the Bluc, Sir Jam e; John Gordon Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H.:—Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Northumberland. William Matthew Biggs, Esq. to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Feb. 4. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherlandshire. The Most Hon. George Granville William Sutherland Leveson Gower, commonly called the Marquis of Staf ford and Lord Strathnaver, to be Vice-Lieutenant, vice George Gunn, Esq., resigned, Feb. 7. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dersetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry--Lewis George St. Lo, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bridge, pro moted, Feb. 11. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 18. _ Days and places appointed for holding the Spring As sizes on the Norfolk Circuit, before the Right Honour able Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chit f Baron, and Mr. Justice Wightman:— Buckinghanishite—Monday, March 11, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Thursday, March 14, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Monday, March 18, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Wedneseay, Match 20, at the County Courts. Suffolk—Tuesday, March 26, at Bury St. Edmunds. Norfolk—Tuesday, April 2, at the Castle of Norwich City of Norwich—The saute day, at the Guildhall 01 the said city. WHITEHALL, FEB. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Bailey Hol royde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHItELIALL, FEB. 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Dixon, of Brecon, in the county cf Brecon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BAKRUPTdk SUPERSEDED: Thomas Matthew Peacock, boot maker, Lower Marsh, London. BANKRUPTS. Henry John Stacy, grocer, Crosby-row, Walworth road, to surrender, Feb. 28, at one, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Hine and Robinson, Charter house-square. John Sydenhatr, printer, Poole, March 1, at half-past twelve, and March 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Church and Lang dale, Southampton-buildings; Dickinson, Poole. John Prentice, ironmonger, Oxford, March 4, at eleven, and April 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Linklaters, Charlotte-row. Richard Green ironmonger, Brighton, March 2, at half-past twelve, and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; Rickard and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Bennett and Co., Brighton. Robert King, coal merchant, Oxford, Feb. 28, at half past one, and March 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Culeman-street buildings; Pownall and Co., Staple Inn. Jokeph Jardine, linendraper, Dartford, Kent, March 1, at two, and April 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Jones, Bucklesbury. Thomas Skelton Keightholme, painter and decorator, Scarborough, Yorkshire, March 5 and 26, at one, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Robinson and Greene, Leeds. _ . . Abraham Desforges Willey Desforges, brickmaker, Alford, Lincolnshire, March 6, and April 10 (and not on the 3d, as advertised in last Friday's " Gazette"), at halt-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Car rick, official assignee, Hull; Portington, Alford, Lincoln shire ; Bunney and Wilson, Hull. Angus Nicholson, bricklayer, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 4 and 26, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Foster, Bradford; Bade and Clarke, Leeds. George Hutton, grocer, Sheffield, March 9 and April 13, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Free man, official assignee, Sheffield ; Branson and Son. Sheffield. Eli Cornelius Hawkins, beer retailer, Bath, March 4, and April 3, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Hollings, Bath. John Ellison, linendraper, Selby, Yorkshire, March 7, and April 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Pearson and Hawdon, Selby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Robert Knight, tea-healer, Church-street, Lancaster, March 4 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Mayhew, Wigan. William Richards, jun„ coachsmith, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, March 5, at twelve, and March 28, at ele ven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore offi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Smith and James, Birming ham. Joseph Stevens, jun., glass manufacturer, Coalbeurn brook, Staffordshire, Fb. 28 and March 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee, Birmingham ; Tarleton, Birmingham. John Jaffa and Joseph Willis, tailors and drapers Li verpool, March 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Collins, King William-street, London ; Dodge, Liverpool. Robert Robson, plaster of Paris manufacturer, New crstle-upon-Tyne, March 7, at twelve, and April 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wak ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Brooks bank and Farn, Gray's Inn-square; Brown, Newcastle upon-Tyne. RAILWAY StiAitE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Fall. 19. STocit EXCHANGE. —The market still continues inani mate, and little business has been transacted. Great Western, Quarters, were done to-day at 159—Midland Stock, .131 A. LIVERPOOL, Fan. 19. S'rocXcnANaE.ZWe have had a very trifling busi ness in c'tteStock Exchange to-day. Prices generally have shown a tendency to decline, and the market closed heavily at the quotations. The transactions were as follow: Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths, 71. 6s. 3d.—London and North-Western, 1091/4—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 ,4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, Sri c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), su p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% c. Midland, Halves, 24 1 4 dis.—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), New Preference, 6 per cent., 2% dis. South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), EL 3s. 9d. MANCHESTER, FEB. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was dull to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 53%—Ditto, Fifths, 7 7-16 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 6 5-16 dis.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, sA p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 13-16 p.—South- Eastern and Dover ,(No. 4), Thirds, 6 Ditto, Scrip, 8 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 19. STOCK Excaasaa.—The share market was extremely quiet to-day. The only transactions were—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 5 ,i p.—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley (calls not duly paid), 5 1 ,i ‘ p.—Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour 'Valley, 9/, 3s. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 101. 13s. 9d. dis. YORK, FED. 18. STOCK EXCHINGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Northern, 6i—York and North Midland, Preference, 6. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. CoaoNEß's INQUEST.- An inquest was held on Monday at the George Inn, Hayes, Bromley, Kent, upon the body of Margaret Head, aged 61 years, who met her death under the following circumstances. It ap peared, from the evidence of several witnesses, that the deceased had laboured under weakness of intellect during the last four years, although able to attend her daily avocations. Deceased had been missing for some time, and on searching the premises in the rear of the house, she was discovered in the hog-tub, with her head down wards, and her legs on the outside thereof. The tub was full of wash and barley-meal, about three feet in depth. Tho coroner and jury believing that, from the position of the body when found tl e act was effected by the deceased alone, a verdict of '' Temporary Insanity" was returned. GLASGOW, FEB. 16.—COTTON.—We have had an exceedingly dull market all the week, and where holders were determined to realise they had to submit to a re duction of id. per lb. as compared with the prices of this day week. There is still a fair demand fur cotton goods, and the spinners within the last few weeks have found themselves able to allow their workpeople an ad vance of 10 par cent. for spin n i ng th e finer class of yarns. It is feared, however, that the high rates of cotton wool may ere long injure the general trade. — Pig Iron—Oar pig iron market has been much depressed during the week, and prices have given way to 475. cash for mixed numbers , at which price the market closes sellers, with little disposition to buy above 465. 6d. cash. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Sufferer from Severe De bility and a Shattered Constitution cured by Holloway's Pills. lteintjes van Veerssen, a merchant, residing at Nyme gen, in Holland, had been suffering for years from a general debility ; his strength had become so prostrated that he was quite incapable of attending to any kind . of business ; his con stitution was rapidly giving way , notwithstanding the efforts of the cleverest medical men to arrest the decline. At this crisis he commenced taking Holloway's Pills, and by their use his health and strength are perfectly re-established, in gratitude for which blessing he desires that pub licit y be given to it, that others may seek relief by the same means.— Sold by all Drug gists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2&4, Strand, Lotion. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 18th, the principal discus sion was on the Ministerial plan for the government of the Colonies. Everybody seems raßant and congratulatory, as on the appearance of a new-born child. The point which particularly excites delight, is the provision which after giving the Colonies con stitutions, gives them also the power, under cer tain terms, to alter them. It would be a painful thing if it should turn out, that instead of the Co lonies being put in possession of good governments with power to make them better, they had been put in possession of bad ones, with power to make them worse. I pray leave to note, however harili it may appear on such a day of joy, that it is among possible things that the whole may end, in the imperfect governments given to the Colonies, manifesting their imperfection by making changes for the worse, which it would have been inconvenient for the Government to propose. On Tuesday the never-ending still-beginning sub ject of the Corn Laws was brought before the House in the form of a demand for the removal of rates and taxes pressing on the agricultural interest, and payment of the amount out of the Consolidated Fund. The attack displayed a curious mixture of ingenuity and impolicy. Ingenuity, in trying to find allies who should be interested in the proposed removals, and impolicy in mixing the plan up with assurances that there was a great deal more behind, and this was only one step towards the complete recovery of lost ground. Others on tlee same side shared the rashness of the mover in this respect ; and one Honourable Member fairly told you of the manufacturing interest, that you had "robbed the till." I revert to a comparison made to you before. Some of the agriculturists are as incapable of comprehending that you do not sin against heaven and earth when you refuse to raise the price of corn to eighty shillings at your expense, as the Carolinian slave-owner is of understanding that the negro does not break the eighth command ment by larcenously withdrawing his own body from the master's grasp. But the national good sense is fast growing over the wound, and every year there will be less left of the scar. Nothing that comes from the Free-Trade benches is half so good as what comes from the other side. They would have been far in advance of their present position, if they could only have held their peace. But, like drowning Foersons, they must struggle though they go deeper for it. It might make a man think of the days when he was younger, to hear the arguments and the phrases, which years ago received their qui etus among the audiences of the League. The debate ended for the present in an adjourn. ment, at twelve o'clock. I am, fir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Feb. 20, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday, after her arrival in town from Frog more, and lunched with the Queen and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday forenoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Duke of Richmond had an audience of the Queen esterday afternoon, and presented to her Majesty ad dresses complaining of severe distress, and praying for an early dissolution of Parliament. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by Colonel Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, honoured the Duchess of Sutherland with a visit yester day afternoon, at Stafford House. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness afterwards took a drive in an open carriage and four. The Quton had a dinner party yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the Che valier Bunsen, the Duke of Wellington, Lady Fanny Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance in the Palace, and, under the direction of Mr. Tutton, performed the following pieces:— Overture, " Espagniola" Waltz, " Wild Flowers" Selection, " Le Prophyte" Quadrille, " Fete de Chasseurs" Schubert. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred. the Princess Helena, and the Princess . Louisa, took their usual exercise yesterday. • Lord Byron has relieved the Marquis of Ormonde in his duties as Lord in Waiting to the Queen; and Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman has relieved Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood in his duties as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at a quarter past twelve o'clock yestorday from Frogmore, attended by Lady Fanny lloward and Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, in the afternoon. The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. W. W. Mackeson (Jamaica) had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield Market, and the markets in the City of London for the sale of meat, had a meeting yesterday at the Home office. There were present Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. William Miles, M.P., Professor Richard Owen, F.R.S., the Hon. Frederick Byng, and Mr. John Wood. The Commissioners received a deputation from the City to communicate plans for the improvement of Smithfield and Newgate markets. The deputation con sisted of Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. T. H. Hale, Mr. Deputy Hicks, Mr. Low, Mr. Dakin, Mr. Sergeant Merewether (Town Clerk), the City Remembrances, the City Comp troller, and the Architect. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes. terday. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, " Hammond v. Rogers," the ship Christiana (part heard), was resumed and concluded. An appeal from Bengal, " Grant v. the Chief Justice of Bengal" (part heard), was resumed. The case was adjourned. NE W STRAND) THEATRE. --- A little comedy, called A Woman's Revenge, pro duced at the Olympic Theatre during the manage ment of Madame Vestris, is now being played at this theatre, with a view to bring out Mrs. Glover in a character in which she formerly made a sensation: The talent which she displayed in the times to which we refer is as vigorous now as ever, and the revival, therefore, possesses all the int eres t that originally at tached to it. This Well-c on d uc t e d littl e house is thriving, we have reason to beli eve , un der the present gov ernance of Mr. Farre n ; an d t h e perpe t ua l recur rence of novelty, combined with an excellent working company, is more than sufficient to account for this unusual state of prosperity. STORE-STREET ROOMS. Mr. Love, the polyphonist, gave one of his amusing entertainments, at the Store-street Rooms, on Monday evening, and had what he always well de serves, a large attendance of visitors. As a ventrilo quist this gentleman has never bad a superior ; and few can rival his zoological imitations. His dramatic sketch, entitled L ove ' s L a b our L os t, is a remarkable instance of rapidity i n c h ang i ng , not only the charac teristics of speech, but of person, and as a piece of polyphonic ability is literally perfect. The "por traits;' which form the subjects of the first part, de velop a similar amount of quickness and ingenuity in the arts of bodily and vocal illusion. HUTCHINSON v. TEYCHITNE.—IIi the report of the Lord Chancellor's judgment dismissing the appeal in this Fate, with costs, which appeared in The Sun of Monday, it should have been stated that the defeudant was the appellant. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. BERWICK, MONDAY.—A very deplorable accident happened yes terday afternoor, rear Belfont station, on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, by which a gentleman named Robson (formerly in the service of the late Duke of Northumterland and Earl Grey) met with his death. Mr. Robson had, it appeared, arrived at the station in his gig, and was attempting to cross the metals, when the down mail-train from London came up, and although the engine -driver used every effort to prevent a catas trophe, he was unable to check the train, and the un fortunate gentleman was knocked down, the whole of the carriages passing over his body; so frightful was the mutilation of his body that identity was difficult. Ile was highly esteemed in the county. An inquest was held on his remains, when it being clearly shown th a t no blame was attached to any of the iailway officers, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returne 1. THE HUNTERIAN ORATION. —People of England ! Downfall of the Medical Profession.—Fellow Country men,—All hygeists will be glad to learn that the medical profession is on its last legs. 'rho following gratifying announcement was made by Mr. Skey, on delivering the Hunterian Oration, on Thursday, the 14th of February, leso, and reported in the MedicalTimeli, page 111 : " With large resources, the profession of medicine is at the present time a degenerate science. The rank of a select few may yet remain, but the profession has ceased to be sustained to the level of its real value by the voice of the public." Hurrah !I ! It is to be hoped th a t young men will no longer waste their time and money by entering such a worthless profession, which even one of its own professors is forced thus to speak of.—Yours, &c., The Members of the British College of Health, New road, London, February 19, 1850. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It would appear that the split between the Legiti matists and the Ministers is complete. The parti pretre were lost in astonishment and fury at their defeat on the clause of the Education Bill giving the appointment cf inspectors of schools to the Minister of Public Instruction instead of to the priests of the council of education, agd when the division was over, these friends and associates of the brave and polite M. LEON DE LABORDE approached the Minis terial benches and " blackguarded" (this is the only appropriate term by which to:describe their conduct) the Minister for Public Instruction. M. PARTED appears to have taken the matter very coolly, and when they had ,exhausted themselves in invectives, M. VATESMENIL, an old Jesuit nominee in the Ministry of CHARLES X., thus threatened the Minister with the wrath of the parti-pretre : M. Vatesmenil (with great animation)—You would have it so; and henceforward between us it will be an implacable opposition. The Minister of Public Instruction—How t what do you mean by implacable ? M. Vatesmenil and the Abbe Leblanc—Yes, an implacable war. M. Vatesmenil—Never reckon on us again for anything. A Representative—Take note of these words, Monsieur le Ministre ; these gentlemen tell you that you cannot count upon them even for the mainte nance of order. The Minister to M. de Vatesmenil—l should like to receive this declaration in an official form. M. Vatesmenil—lt is to: the Mountain you owe this triumph. The same Representative—Do not mind them. Act as you are doing, and if these gentlemen turn against you, the effect will be to convert a portion, at least, of the Mountain to your side, M. Vatesmenil—l repeat it ; do not count on us in any respect. M. Rouher, Minister of Justice—The question is not of a vital nature, nor is it even political ; but if you choose to take it up in that way the Government will not shrink. M. Vatismenil (foaming with rage)—You betray the majority, M. le Ministre. You have gained the votes of the Mountain, you shall no longer have those of the majority. We will wage war against you to the death. Do you understand? M. Parieu—War ! You dare not do it. I defy you As a proof that this defiance was in earnest, M. PAEIEU ascended the tribune and proposed an amendment in the next clause, giving the inspectors the power of inquiring into the nature of the books used, of the doctrines taught and of the morality ob served in clerical schools, as well as in those kept by laymen, and notwithstanding all the efforts of the committee, he again carried his amendment, thus achieving a second victory over the'parti-pretre. The report of the Committee on the Budget which was presented by M. BERRTER on Saturday to the National Assembly, states that the Committee propose a reduction of 40,284,8971'. on the ordinary budget, for which the Bill demands a credit of 1,408,776,384 f., and a reduction of 44,701,500E' on the extraordinary budget, for which a credit is demanded by the Go vernment of 103,184,0001. The Patric says : " The Government is a good deal occupied with the attitude of the Socialist party in the different depart ments of the east and south of France. We are assured that a great number of workmen, strangers to the city, have arrived at Lyons under pretence of demanding work. The plan is said to be to cause insurrections on different points at the same time, especially in districts agitated by the partageux, in order to divide the forces of the Government, and then strike a vigorous blow in a great centre." The PRESIDENT of the Republic, accompanied by the Minister of War, and Generals NEDMATER, SANROUL, and JuLIEN, yesterday] visited the troops in barracks at the Luxembourg, the camp Morland, the caserne du Foin, and caserne de l'Oursine. He was everywhere received with great warmth. The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from a Lon don correspondent, on the subject of the blockade of Greece, from which we extract the following passage : " This affair of Greece is much more the act of Earl they than of Lord Palmerston. Sir H. Ward, Governor of the lonian Islands, it is who has precipitated the affair of Greece. It is Sir Henry Ward who insists on the cession of the Islands of Cabrera and Cervi. Lord Palmerston had scarcely anything to do with the affair, and the demand for these islets is to be attributed to the Colonial-office, and not to the Foreign-office. With re gard to the conduct of Admiral Parker, that is explained by the desire which is entertained to snake King Otho thoroughly sensible that, should he join the Amts.°. Russian League, Greece would be at once sacrificed, and his royalty the first to perish." The writer then proceeds thus— _ _ " This Austro-Russian league referred to by Admiral Parker was the main cause which induced these pro ceedings. And I learn from good authority that Prussia, too, in calling for new armaments is influenced by the uneasiness she feels at 230,000 :Russians concen trated on her frontier, although she is too prudent to indicate the real point of danger." Letters from Oran of the 10th inst. state that an expedition under General MACMAHON against the insurgent tribe of the Abedias has had complete suc cess. The insurgents were severely chastised ; 5,000 sheep were taken. The steamer Lavoisier, was about to resume the postal service between Oran and the coast of Morocco, which had been suspended for some time. General CASTELLANE left Paris on Monday for Bordeaux, to take possession of his command. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 19.—Latest Prices:—Five per Cents., 95f. , 25c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 45c.; Bank Ac tions, 2.390 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 11/. t Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of France, 14—Paris and Strasbourg, 6—Sambre and Meuse, 25A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. It was officially announced to the President of the Council on the 13th, through the proper officer, that the QUEEN'S physicians had formally certified that her MAJESTY had entered on the fifth month of her pregnancy. Senor GONSALBZ BRAVO continues convalescent. MADRID BOLSA, F. 14.—The Three per Cents. 29 5-16, Five per: Cents. 121, both paper. Exchange pn London, 50 35. GERMANY. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle says that accounts were received at Vienna on the 14th from Innspruck, which state that a very serious collision had taken place between the privates of the Infantry Regiment Nugent and the Infantry:Regiment Kaiser. Thirty men were wounded, two dangerously, and the occur rence has caused a very great sensation at Innspruck. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The negotiations respecting the prolongation of the armistice, or rather the conclusion of a new one, will probably terminate in a few days. An English diplomatist, en route from Berlin, accompanied by the Schleswig Secretary of Legation, passed through Schleswig yesterday on their way to Copenhagen, bearing, it is said, the proposals of mediation. Nothing whatever has transpired respecting the terms of this armistice ; but it is stated that Lord PALMERSTON decidedly disapproves of the terms pro posed by Denmark in regard to the prolongation, and that under every circumstance the Prussian Cabinet will not permit that any portion of the Duchy of Schleswig shall be occupied by Danish troops.— Hamburgh Correspondent, Feb. 16. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Copenhagen papers of the 11th inst. publish a bulletin, from which it appears that the King of Den mark's indisposition has taken a favourable turn. Similar news is contained in the Copenhagen journals of the 12th inst. Altona letters of the 14th inst., in the Borsenhalle, announce the appearance off Eckenforde of a Danish squadron. In the same paper we find an account of the Schleswig-Holstein navy, from which it appears that the Duchies have sixteen gunboats, one crew gun boat, three war steamers, one schooner, and on e cu tt e r, with crews numbering from 750 to 800 men, while the Schleswig-Holstein sailors on shore amount to from 8,000 to 9,000 men. ITALY. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT NAPLES. A letter from Naples of the 6th states that an event had occurred there on that day which had already occasioned immense damage, and which threatened the most destructive consequences. The cellars of the Darsena, or closed port, extend from the water's edge to a considerable distance under the principal buildings of the city, including the magnificent palaces ... of the Princes of SALERNO and CeruA, and the King s palace. In these cellars were warehoused 277,000 cantara of coal, and on the morning of the 2d an ex plosicn of iire'damp took place underneath the pa laces of the Princes of SALERNO and CArue which threw down large portions of the walls, and it was 1 with gust difficulty that the inhAbLtants escaped with their lives. Labourers were immediately set t o work to clear the cellars, but on the morning of, the 6th it was ascertained that the coal had ignited, and that there was every reason to fear that the King's palace and the church of St. Francesca de Paula would be destroyed. The Tuscan Moniteur contains a letter from Rome, dated the Bth inst., stating that on the pre►ious even ing, during the Carnival, when the promenade of the Corso was drawing to a close, an unknown hand threw into the carriage of the Prince DE MUSIGNANO, the son of the Prince DE CANINO, a beautiful nose gay of white and red camellias, in the centre of which was a glass grenade. The Prince picked it up, and was in the act of presenting it to his sister, when the grenade exploded, and wounded his thumb and lore-finger, as well as his thigh, the latter being laid open, and an artery nearly lacerated. The Princess was also slightly injured, and fainted away. The chief surgeon of the French army, who hap pened to be on the spot, immediately rendered his assistance to the sufferers. The parti-pretre have, it would appear from the abo►e, not forgotten their ancient methods of ridding themselves of those who are obnoxious to them ; but we progress in everything, and the explosive bouquet of the "clerical party" of 1850 is certainly a more formidable affair than the poisoned bouquet of the Jesuits of 1750. The Opinione of Turin says that the French are fortifying themselves at Civita Vecchia on the land side. It is stated that more Austrian troops, to the amount of 4,000 men, are about to enter Florence, and that orders have been given to make preparations for them. SICILY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, the Concordia and the Risorgimento of Turin (the latter in ultra moderate paper) publish correspondence from Palermo, representing the execution of the six persons shot in consequence of the late insurrectionary movement in the light of a judicial murder. The court-martial which was held to judge them was a mere farce. The following is a summary of the principal facts as represented by those journals. One of the prisoners, a man-servant, named DELUCCA, was condemned be- cause one of his fingers was black, which some of the gendarmes, who were called to give their opini o n, declared to be a proof of his having torn cartridges and handled powder, while others attributed the circumstances to the ashes of a cigar. Another pri soner, GARZILLI, a young man who had just completed his legal studies, was condemned because he was found wearing the military great coat of a national guard, a practice which had been tacitly allowed by the mili tary authorities, and generally adopted at Palermo, notwithstanding the dissolution of the national guard, because of the unusually cold season. The proofs adduced against the other four, whose names are CALDBBERA, AIELLO, GAROFALO, and MONDINI, were of the same strength. Three advocates having offered their services for the defence of the six priso ners, only one was accepted by the President, on the ground that the matter was urgent; Gastzmu asked permission to make his own defence, and was refused. After a short trial they were shot, not twelve hours after their arrest. None of them had been arrested with either arms or ammunition about them. Letters from Palermo, which are published in the Risorgimento of Turin, state that one of the officers forming part of the Council of War, which con demned these six individuals to be shot, had refused to sign the condemnation, and that another officer only consented to do se after the repeated entreaties and commands of FILANGIERI. A report has been made to the KING, and these two officers are to be punished in order to show the veneration in which King BOMEA and his man hold the purity of the administration of justice, and the independence of the judges, without the maintenance of which every execution is a judicial murder. The popular aversion to the Bourbon yoke and hatred to the Bourbon name is greatly increas ing in intensity throughout the island, and is becom ing daily more difficult to repress. Every promise made to the Sicilians by the KING, every engagement entered into by FILANGIERI at the capitulation of Palermo, has been flagrantly violated. As the Pores gaoler, King BOMBA no doubt procures dispensations at an easy rate. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AX MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEVPLECHASE.-10 to 1 agst Vain Hope (t)-11 to 1 agst Sir John (t)-12 to 1 agat Rattrap (t)-100 to 7 agst Peter Simple (t)-100 to 6 agst Farn ham (offers to take)-100 to 6 agst Meath (offers to take)-20 to 1 agst Shinrone-25 to 1 agst Quadruped —3O to 1 agst Maria Day-30 to 1 apt Rescue. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STALES.-6i to 1 *gat• Oster ley (t). CHESTER Cur.-14 to 1 agat Glauca-16 to 1 agst Miss Ann-20 to 1 agat Peep-o'-Day Boy (offers to take)-20 to 1 agst Roland-20 to 1 agst Whim colt -22 to 1 agst Ellerdale (offers to take)-25 to 1 agst Cossack-1,000 to 15 agst Vesta (t)-1,000 to 15 agst Sir Richard (t). INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CROXTON-PARK MEETING, 1650. Weights for the Grandby Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared on or before March Ist. If the highest eight accepting is under 12st, it will be raised, and the others in proportion. Age at lb" Collingwood a 13 13 \Vanota Vesta Ballinsfad Defaulter Joc-o'-Sot 6 11 5 Drakelow . Lady Hylda 6 11 4 Pelham 4 11 4 The Fiddler 5 11 3 Thringarth *Rat-Trap Cockermouth Imperatrix Giselle Quiz 6 11 1 Priestess Eagle's Plume Sunnysidc 5 11 0 St. Antonio New Forest Deer a 10 13 Rathmines Alp Doter Mrs. Taft 5 10 10 Sagacity Backbiter 5 10 8 K C Choriste r ardin Cardinal's s Niece 6 10 4 Age st lb Magnet a 10 6 Lord Saltoun a 10 3 Rodney 4 10 3 Mefferd 6 10 2 Mantle Reversion Yardarm Gulliver 4 10 0 Ferule 4 10 0 Black Doe 5 10 0 Gilnochie Jack-of-all-Trades 5 9 12 B g by Coronation out of Proof Print's dam 4 9 11 Normandy B g by Alpheus, d by the Hero 4 9 10 Dulcamara Cottisford Lass 5 9 9 Forest Monarch 6 9 9 Seaman' . . 3 9 6 "Modesty Warwick .. 3 9 5 Bellissima 3 $ 13 Wren ' 3 8 12 ng Hal 6 10 8 Iron Crown 5 10 7 Those marked thus • having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially :ordered to re main in. WEIGHTS FOR THE GOLD CEP. Age bt Age st lb Wanota 6 12 9 Rathmines Ballinafad Lady Hylda ...... 6 11 3 Mrs. Taft 5 10 II Polbam 4 11 4 King Hal 6 10 8 Eagle's Plume ... 5 11 3 Rodney Thringarth Quiz St. Antonio Alp 4 10 13 The Wren Match-50, h ft Four Miles.—Lord Cardross's b g the Knight of Brecongill, late Snuffbox, by St. Martin, 5 yrs, lOst, agat Mr. D. F. Handeox's Banby, by Rover, aged, 10#t 111 b. LORD NELSON'S DAUGHTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l observe in the Times of yesterday an ex tract from the Liverpool Albion , in which it is stated that Horatia, Lord N e l son ' s daughter, is not the child of Lady Hamilton ; and this is put forth as having been furnished by the lady herself. In this there must assuredly be some error, as I heard Mrs. Ward declare herself ignorant as to who her mother was. As the statement of Horatia being the child of " a woman who had never been suspected, who had married well, the mother of a family, and a person of consequence" may, if believed, militate against any advantage her family may derive from the sympathy of a public who feel that Lady Hamilton's services to the country have not been requited, I will trouble you to say that, although I hold the evidence I have already printed in the supplementary chapters to my " Memoirs of the Life of Lord Nelson" to be fully sufficient to establish the fact of Horatia being the daughter of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton„ r ly n et g possess many other letters and documents confirming fim this view which I did not think it necessary publish, but which can be seen by any o ne who may be still sceptical on the subject. Saville-row, Feb. 19. I am, Sir, yours obe a d , i . e j nt . l yPITTIGREW. GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—We are authorised to state that it is the intention of the Lord Mayor, in the course of next month, to give a grand banquet in celebration of the establishment of this great institution. His Lordship has reason to hope that the Mansion-houEe on this occasion may be honoured by the presence of his Royal highness Prince Albert and other members of the Royal Family, the officers of state, the foreign ministers, and the chief magistrates of the corporate towns of the United Kingdom. NORTH KENT CONTINUATION LINE.—The Standing Order Committee decided yesterday (Tuesday) against this line. The Lily, 14, is being advanced by the shipvifights I T v b in e d, Ph a eton, l v.5.v.5, O and rigger s f or comm i ss i on . • The Argus ne w s t eam - s l oo p, navigated by the officers and me n w h o b roug ht th e Ni ger t o thi s por t , sailed this m orn i ng f or t h e - River, to' receive her engines. ex pected at this port from the N ore , w h ence s h e s ail e d yesterday. r , re C sh ap b t r a e i e n ze G s e a o n rg 4 e• cl E ou l d li y ot . , h; She will join Commodore Martini expe rirriental Equadron. APPOINTMENTS. FEB. 18.—Payinaster and Purser., J. R. Andrews (184 G) to b e secretary to Commodore He N nr a y va E l Cdeanti,etfoirt.dHut.ieTs h a o fl m oa p t s a o t n i .t lr o o t o h lw e i Fi ch i WoOr.wieu, s - g d a oc rd kYa fla rd g: vice Dyer, app o i n t e d secretary to Commodore Lord John Hay, 0.11., at De vonport. ship at Woolwich. The Argus steam-vessel left Portsmouth yesterday morning in charge of Lieutenant Parks, and will be navigated to Woolwich by the crew of the Dasher, assisted by riggers and stokers of Captain Hender son's steam department. The Jasper steam-vessel, under the charge of Master Commander W. Bryant, was ordered to get her steam up to-day and proceed to the Downs to meet the Argus, and assist her up the river if required. The Magicienne steam-sloop is now ready for trial, having been fitted with her engines by John Penn and Son, and had her bottom coated, being an iron vessel, with Mr. Hay's composition on one side, and Mr. Peacock's on the other. It was intended to have tried her to-day, but high water occurring too late in the afternoon, & the trial is put off until the end of the week, when it will be more suitable. The Adventure store-ship was recently bored in nearly 150 places, and being found perfectly sound throughout, is retained in commission under Master- Commander Wellington, and will complete taking her stores on board this evening or to-morrow, and sail from Deptford with provisions for Ascension and Rio. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Eider steam-vessel, purchased for the Arctic expeditio n , and brought round t o W oo l w i c h yester day, had her steam up to-day to exhibit the working of her engines to Mr. Humphreys, chief engineer. Several of the naval officers studying steam at the factory also went on board to see the engines at work with the screw-propeller attached. The Eider is to be taken into dock at high water this afternoon, and as many bands as can conveniently work will be im mediately placed upon her to get her ready for sea as early as possible. The Baboo, a very strong-built ship of 430 tons, of the best teak, was taken into Messrs. Wigram's dock at lilack wall on Friday last, and a number of workmen immediately placed upon her. To-day there are about 60 men employed outside her bottom and on board the vessel, while others are engaged in taking out the ballast she had on board when purchased by Government for the Arctic expe dition. Some idea may be formed of the dis patch used when it is made known that the whole of the new copper sheathing with which her bottom was covered only about a fort night ago has been taken off, and very nearly the whole of the outside planking from her ways down to the keel has been removed to allow of a new planking being put on to strengthen her. The new planking will commence at the keel about four inches thick, and increase gradually from the bottom of the vessel upwards, until it is eight inches or more when it reaches as high as her ways. The greater part of the poop-deck with which she was fitted has also been removed, and her bulwarks, at present 6 feet high in some parts, are to be lowered and made of equal height. The vessel is said by those who have sailed in her to be easily managed at sea, and very comfort able, and appears admirably ad a pt e d f or th e serv i ce in w hich she is to be engaged in the Arctic regions. The gallant officer who is to command the expedi tion visited Messrs. 'Wigram's ship-building yard at Blackwell this afternoon, and remained nearly two hours giving instructions relative to the work required to be done to the Baboo to render her competent for the service she is to be engaged in when ready for sea. Mr. Rice, ac sistant-master shipwright at Portsmouth, with the two foremen of shipwrights who are to assist him in superintending the strengthening the vessel, and Mr. Robert Hall, carpenter to the Enterprise during her recent voyage to the Arctic regions, under the com mand of Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, were pre sent to receive instructions. Mr. Hall is on sea-pay, and will attend while the Baboo is fitting at Messrs. Wigram's yard. The Ptarmigan is hourly expected in the river from Newcastle, and will on her arrival be taken into Mr. Green's ship-building yard, to be fitted for the Arctic expedition. Mr. Abernethy, for merly gunner and ice-master on board the -Enterprise during Captain Sir James Ross's recent expedition, has again offered his services to proceed in Captain Austin's expedition, although he was placed on the pension -list about a fortnight ago. It is now decided that the Baboo and Ptarmigan sailing-vessels will be commanded by captains, and the Eider and Free Trade screw-propeller steam- ves sels by lieutenants. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 20.--Wiad at noon W.S.W.—Moderate breeze and hazy weather, with rain. LITERPOOL, FEB. 19 .—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Ma tilda, Mauritius ; Gulnare, Savanilla ; Philadelphia, Statesbury, Now York ; Palermo, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Hermione, Rio Janeiro; Osprey, Syd ney, New South Wales; North Pole, Philipinea ; vingston, Calcutta ; Zarah, Ceylon ; Brothers, Africa ; G. Dean, Sierra Leone; Larch and Nereus, Panama ; Black Prince, Lima; St. Hilda, Coquimbo; Earl of Liverpool, Coquimbo; Lescard, Valparaiso ; M a d onna , Rio Janeiro; Reliance, Bahia; Dauntless, Maranham; Fortescue, Barbadoes; Isabel. Antigua; A. F. Moore, Jamaica; Mars, Cuba; Louisa y, Jesusa, Havannah; Tryphena, La Gusyra; Content, Santa Martha; Marion, Honduras; William Rushton, Vera Cruz; Mary Ward, New Orleans ; Liverpool, New Orleans; George Brown, New Orleans ; James Corner, New Orleans ; Laconic, New Orleans; Ashburton Express, New Orleans ; Ben Nevis, Savannah ; Bona Des, Savannah; El Dorado, Savannah; James Gray, Charleston ; Everthorpe, Sa vannah; Keying, Savannah; John Bromtram, Sayan nab ; Juncata, Baltimore ; John Ravenel, Philadel phia; Monongahela, Philadelphia; Waban, New York ; Marini(); ditto. DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind W. to W.S.W, moderate.— Arrd. Beulah, Strachan, Manilla. Arrd. from the River, Windsor, Calcutta; Montreal, New York. Put bacie Santaipore, Adelaide, South Australia; Belle Ma rina, Calcutta; Norfolk, Madras; Racine', Bombay• Quintin Loetch, ditto., LOWESTOFT, FEB. 19.—The Mary, Seville to Lon don, was assisted to-day, with damage from contact, oft Hamborougb Head 9th inst. RYE, FEB. 19.—The Alert, from Seaham, which got on shore 14th inst., has been got off with apparently little damage. GOOLE, FEB. 18.—The Hull packet, from Blakeney, passed a great quanity of oranges in the Inner Dowsing, supposed to be from a vessel with black mastheads, sunk about a quarter of a mile S.W. of the Inner Dowsing buoy; and also observed another wreck N.W. one-eighth of a mile from the same buoy. SCILLY, FEB. 18.—The Narceseo and the Immaculate, on shore Gth instant, have been surveyed, and mast discharge. FALMOUTII, FEB. 19.—Wind W.—Off Port 27th May, Henerd, Porto Plata, and aid for Hamburgh. SCILLY, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. 13th, Gimp. morris Castle, West Indies. ABERDEEN, FEB. 16.—Acrd. Indus, Gibson, Callao. SUNDERLAND, FEB. 19.—Wind W.—Sld. James and Elizabeth, Bona Thankful, Boston, United States; Ilarothoen, ditto. STRANRiEIt, FEB. 18.—Two vessels are reported to have been seen going down at the Mull during the late gale. CLYDE.—Arrd. Nelverty, Scott, St. John's, New Brunswick; Casket, Jamaica. BIDEFORD, FEB. 18.—The Rising . Sun has been ho►e off shore, apparently very little damaged. GUERNSEY, FEE. 16.—A boat, painted white, marked Gleaner, of Milford, Harris, was picked up yesterday. u GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. — Yesterday the Corn mona' Committee re-assembled at twelve o'c l oc k, in Committee ulterior to r m ut r e . n tßs,sailnlide settle in thtehe c hair, eri course of proceeding. The wit nesses the Committee nw it i te tn e es r s o e o s m , order No' dl3, oc have determined to call , in addition to Sir Emerson Tennent and Captain Watson, who were in attendance yesterday, are Colonel Braybrooke, the Chief Justice of Ceylon, Lieutenant Henderson, Mr. Wareing, Mr. John Silby, and Mr. Elliott. After the transacticri of some tt.) rout i ne business, the Committee adjourned un til Mon day'r n i:E xt ELECTRIC TELEGRA PH COMPANT.—Yester. ds y th e ht this S standinge l ee company, orders Committeew mighto h o a n p pl be standingapplied dispensedfr o l o e ra wit h n orders r to o decided that a p fa vourfieo for a Money Bill. The petition, which is sig ned by three-fourths of th e propr i etors, states that the capi tal of the company was originally 600,000/. in 6,000 shares of 100/. each ; t h at 501. per share has already been paid up, and th a t no more capital is required at present. They are, therefore, desirous of dividing each 50/. share so paid up into two 25/. shares to be considered as paid up, reserving power to ,raise the remaining 300,0001. of unpaid-up capital as occasion may require. The pro moters assign as a reason for not having lodged a Bill for the purpose earlier, that they had not decided on this financial plan until the present month of February. SPECIE.—The vessel Octavia, arrived from Islay and Arica, has brought from the latter place 8,231 bags of copper (ore), and 3,332 bars of copper, consigned to an eminent firm in the metropolis ; the Nile, from Calcutta and the Cape, has brought three boxes of specie from the latter place, similarly consigned ; and the ship Victory, from Port Philip and Sydney, has brought from the latter place two boxes of gold-dust, individually addressed to firms in London, and a l so two boxes of gold-dust coopigued to order.