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(Sun 'aye excepted). ttrties will not be adinitted 15 minutes before the Trains pining a nlnlgh the same line of-Tubss is due. No giatuitles allowed to be bieu. By order, _ Bll Perintendent's Office, Chester, April 25, 1851 J. 0. RINGER. jONT BRITANNIA, -PRES BANGOR.-A partir du Ist Mai, Messieurs lea Voyage urs p ourront Visitor lea Tubes de ce • - ont, de huit keures du rnit:n a butt heures do soir, rslesjours excepte le Dimanche sous la conduite d'uu employe de 17,mPtigne du Chemin de Fer de Chester 1 ilolyhead. L'entree des sera interdire un quart d'heure avant le passage de cheque apres ce passage. Il est defendu aux employes de. re rtoir recompense. - CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD EISENBAHN. EIN' , EHUNG der " B.ZITANNIA." BOIIREN BRUME. Phren der Britannia Brtielre werden der Eity , ehung Herren 13nden alle Tagen, SohUgen ausgenommen, von acht uhr Mor ns,bisacht uhr Abends offenge'assen. Herren Re isenden werden :tr_lraus elnem der Eisenbahn Bedien stat er be g leitet. En V'ertel Fst ehe der dureh-tahrande Zug Cr wart- 1 ist wird die Eingang der en Verboten. Es wird den Beamtern Belohorungen zu reng verboten. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. BATII RACES. ..INtice IS hereby given, that an EXCLIRBION TRAIN will leave Vadington tor Bath at 8 A.M., on THURSDAY, 15th May, callint at Windsor, Reading, Ox ord, and Swindon, and will r.turn Rath the same evening at seven o'clock . FARES IN CLOSED CARRIAGE. Prom Paddington to Bath and Ba ck 1.55. Od. and 10s. ~ Slough or Windsor ditto •• .. 12s. Oth and 85. ~ Reading ditto •• •• 10s. Od. and 6s. ~ Oxford ditto •• 10*. Od. and Gs. ~ Swindon ditto • • • • .. 4s. 6d. and 3s. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. Notice is hereby given , th at the next GENF.TtAL ACSEM JU\of the COMPANY of PROI'R IETORS of the GRANT') T') uTION CANAL, will be held at the . lompany's Office, No. 21, B t ,,,eY-atreet, Strand, London, on TUESDAY, the 3 d day o f J une next, , -r I .„,leven o'clock in the Forenoon, and tha t the Chair will be taken WEITS o'clock. precisely. CHARLES ROGERS, Clerk to the Company. Grand Junction Canal-office, 21, Surrey-street, Strand, May I?, AL BOT HOTEL, QUEEN STREET, SCARBOROUGH. GEORGE NICHOLSON, of the Black Lion, Briglingten, begs to tattle - Int his Friends and the Public ge nerall y that he has taken and 75 1 epon the old establ ished Family and Commercial Hotel the 1, bo " , uoT, and trusts by- unre mitting attention to their wants , and a s!ntifill provision of the choicest Viands, to meet with the pa age of a discerning public. t Zemilies and Parties can be acc ommodated with Private Rooms g is t , _Y length of time, or can join (at pleasure) with Visitors at the nZ" t e0)0, which is of the first order. „,..e — Titil3(Pr- le' M this centre of the Town, and only a few mi . "t!s' we& either to the North or Sohth. Sands. Axle Omnibus and Cabs attend the arrival and departure of every C arriages and Horses are also kep t for Pleasure Parties. A Room is also kept strictly for the Commercial Body. 4 . T he Most extensive Stabling in Sc 'thorough. S N MAY 14, 1851. 7 with whom .he had the happiness to act. If he secured that, he should feel ; amply , repaid for all his services ren dered in connexion with this long-contested question. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR rose with pleasure to second the motion. He had never heard a stronger case Made out. The old companies had neglected a good opportu nity. They had spent a great drat of money in endea vourinT to upset otber companies, and he was convinced that they had reigned with despotic sway over the eiti zms with their high prices much too long, while he re joiced to fl-,cl that, the effort of the new company had proved so successful. He was much gratified to find also, that the petition did not seek the advantage of the conpany only, but that it was intended by the incor poration to secure those advantages to the citizens of London. N ° . 18 , 296 .] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNUILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. •W. A. R. Kennett, Esq. •Hugh Croft, Esq. tElliot.son, M.D„ F.R.S. •Ralph Gough, Esq. •M, C. Maher, Esq. •John Moss, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *John Shaw, :sq. t*Edmund S. Symes, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Eaq. flAngustus Vigne, Esq' AUDITOR. tProfessor Wheatitone. F.R.S. t 3. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SUROEON. teE. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t'W. S. D. Woo Mouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., BGE. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Cianchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. •W. A. Hawkins, Esq. RANKERS. Voltam. Glyn, an., Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, .Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Ensinghall" street. *W. Tatham, Esq., Throgmorton-streot. 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 ef the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, en 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 in the hands of third parties. N. Entrance Feesor any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp, The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums IS 63,00014 'the amount eovered by the - Policies of th Pr e Society is 1,781,550 t ., sand the reserved profit; applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1550, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option ef a return 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 percent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADT DECLARED. l I ORTICULTURE.—ROBERTS'S STRAW - k. BERRY TILES, and ether Horticultural appliances, are ex- , retina eibited in Class 9, in the GREAT EXHIBITION' BUILDING, . 7 , Annual Policy Bonne in 11 31 e-p a rk. Age. ii g Pre- taken addition nent Re tell In Auction of A Pamphlet, illustrated with Woodcuts, describing their uses and a ;-, calm. ant in to Sum , Cask. Annual application, can be had, post-free, by enclosing six postage stamps, Assured. Premium. addressed to Mr. John Roberts, 34, EastcheaP, London. . 1837 9 22 2 64 92 1 11 6 81 6 9 4 11 1 2 3 18 9 3 1 1 1 7 2 9 7 ------ A 8. 41. Ea d. Xs. d. 22 13 1 THE FALL OF ADAM.—At the Music-hall, f 4 1.6. ' 1 8 40 1883 1 5 , Store-street, Bedford-square, TO-MORIOW EVENING, May 40 1100 n 74 3 4 1841 189 193 1 19 19 7 pow'l .851, the Rev. CHARLES EYRE will deliver a Recitation , inl,2 6 9 89 3 16 5 10 8 17 8 8 it Parts, entitled THE FALL OF ADAM, chiefly selected from 14 0 10 or " m tan's Paradise Lost, and forming a connected epic. about one • fifth 1 13 8 11 —e original . Exhibited as a miniature model of that imperishable 1842 162 16 8 76 Di 4 11 8 3 .►oLk , 1 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 81 10 i ._" 44 . which gives to England classical pre-eminence and to Milton 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11 lannorfo ~.,,,,.... I 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 l I I RE FALL OF ADAM.—At the Muiic-hall, is, in Store-street, Bedford-square, TO-MORIOW EVENING, May e5l, the Rev. CHARLES EYRE will deliver a Recitation, in pouri Parts, entitled THE FALL OF ADAM, chiefly selected from the Paradise Lost, and forming a connected epic. about one• fifth .„,„`"e Exhilyted as a miniature model of that imperishable ;',.sk o vehich gives to England classical pre-eminence and to Milton rtal renown. For outline of the performance, see Bills. I, fltnissien, 2s. : Reserved Sea ts, 3i. Tickets to be had at the -rite-hall E! Store-street.' " Open at Seven, and t o commence atght oclock precisely. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates, EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital--500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and t 3 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ara —Moderate and equitable Rates or Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. 'rhe difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion 'remium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so Mat. 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 Companies 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 n, 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 loss tor so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in 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 time to tii• e, 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 eac tt h class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the ne 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 3s per cent, without the Average Clime. rrospectnses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. THE ERA DERBY PROPHECY, by TOUCHSTONE, will appear in that journal on Saturday next, W h'n the successful Canine Prophet of 1850, " Joe Muggins's Dog," Will agar endeavour to pia out the Absolute Winner. Also per fr ances of the Derby starters, and latest state of the odds. The ERA DERBY GIFTS will be divided next Monday, and all Zno subscribe It. 6s. for 5 2 week s' su pp l y of the p a p er on er before i a Y 17 , will participate i n the same. tort -office Orders mutt be made payable to Mr. Frederic Ledger, Era Office, Catherine-street, Strand. 8501. have already been dls• The ERA of May 11 said :—" We shall unhesitatngly and without r ogervation award the victory to the FLYING DUTCH M AN, Whose adveat will be hailed by the glad shout of delighted thousands all he passes the chair a clear length in advance of his rival." ALL SOP P'S EAST INDIA PALE and other BURTON ALES. The public is respectfully informed that those favourite Ales may be had Genuine, in Casks of 18 Gallons and u wards, at their respec tive Stores as under, where also a List of the Bottlers may be ob- Wiled : The Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. Stores, 61, King William-street, City, London. Cook-street, Liverpool. Hign street, Birmingham. The Exchange, Manchester. 33, Virginia-street, Glasgovf. CATJTION.—In consequence of several parties selling a Sauce under the appellation of " RELISH," A. ISOyE R respectfully acquaints the n ibility and public, that the only -. ` 111,11 made by him has his Portrait on the Bottle, and also the mulles of his wheisale agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL. ~C 4r e goose, Kensington, April 22, 1851. National Loan Fund Life Assurance ety• * Equitable Fire t* Roth Offices. published, Bvo., cloth, bs. Second Edition, greatly enlarged. FRICTURE of the URE rHRA, its PATIIO - LOGY and TREATMEN T ; and on the Curative Powers of p ° ,.'essa Fusa in that disett,e with CASES. By ROBKRT W A DE, '''C.S., Senior Surgeon to the Westminster General Dispensary. "Essentially a practical work, evidently the result of extensive e XPerience."—Lancet. " WiTeel assared that the merits of this work will ensure it an fttensive circulation."—Medical . Times, "The most experienced Surgeon may advantageously consult it." — Medical Gazette. London : J Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. INTSURANCE AGAINST RAILWAY ACCI DE NTS.—GREAT EXHIBITION EXCURSION TRIPS. The Di re tors of the RAIL WAY PASSE NGE ASSURANCE COMPANY have made arrangements for the issue of EXCURSION TICKETS, to cover the risk of the journey both ways, irrespective of distance, in Excursions to or from London. These tickets Insure 2001., payable to the ecutors or next of kin in the event of death, with proportionate compensation in cases of personal injury rail way accident, at a premium of Twopence, and are available for any class carriage. The Periodical Tickets of this Company cover the risk of Excursion Trips, as well as travelling by the ordinary Passenger Trains, and insure 1,0001. at an annual premium of 209. 2001. 64 41 ss. These tickets are all obtainable at the Company's Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London ; and the Excursion Tickets will likewise be issued by the Company's Agents in the principal towns throughout the country, where Excursion Trips may be determined on. The distinctive features of this Company are : I. It is empowered by special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic torts, cap. 40. 2. It has a sub:cribed capital of one million sterling, as a guarantee to the assured. 3. In the premium charged the stamp duty is included, which is paid to Government by the Company. In these respects it is peculiar, and distinguished from any existing Railway Assurance Company. ALEXANDER BEATTIE, Secretary. 3, Old Broad•street, April 22. 1851 CPEMORNE GARDENS. This Mammoth Establishment will re-open for the Season 4 . f n er th e d i rect i on o f J. B. SIMPSON, on MONDAY next , the 19 t h, a Grand Gala. entitled THE FEAST OF ROSES, of a novel `4 ,1 € , 1 startling description, illustrative of T. Mo,ire's beautiful poem, 1. atlah Itookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attr ction— f• new Fairy Ballet, entitled THE STA R OF RE kUTY ; or. The IMP 01 Fire, composed and produced by Herr Dentin, with entire new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devignes —New Tableaux Vivants, re presenting the ix Prize Meals of the Exhibition — Ne w C hinese 4 i/oda—Orchestra and n ,vel Platform, 100,000 beet, brilliantly II- Vnlinated, and decorated with luminous flowers —Dancing al Fresco norini's celebrated Band —W. G. Pell and Ledger, the original I,:hiolpian Serenaders—The Three Brothers E liott in their survis '"g exercis,s—madame Tallier, the Female Wizard—War Exercises a nd Domestic Cus• oms of the Bosjcsmans, illustrated b. a Family of t hat Tribe, on a new stage. with appropriate scenery—Professor Tay ;Or and the Double sighted Youth —Splendid Pyrotechnic display on the Polychrome Palace, by Ch evalier Ntortram—A new and intricate date —The Cr!psey in her Tent —Shooting Gallery and Archery ureands, and numer , ns other Entertainments. Mons. Franconi, Director of the Cirque National de France, and 'IN unrivalled troupe of Equestrian Artistes are engaged, an will arrive early in June. Atl.nission, One Shilling—Children Half-price. Doors open at Three. OFFICE, ESTABLISHED r the INSURA.NCE o all KINDS of PROPERTY in TOWN or COUNTRY. LOANS in sums not less than 1001., on approved Personal Security and a Life Policy, are granted by the ROYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN and ANNUITY COMPANY. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained of the Agents in all the principal towns, or at the Read Office, 346, Strand , London. THE ADVENT OF INDUSTRY, 1851. Bow few of the vis'tors of the Great Industrial Exhibition Will consider how many hearts and heads and limbs have ached to Produce the mineral, mechanical, and artistical wonders that no v trace the Crystal Pal .ce ; and , be sides those triumphs of mankind, ~Yyr many thousands of men, equally d e serving of success, have, "° ,ll as many different causes, altogether failed to complete the Works upon which their whole e ner g ies have been expended for months perhaps their whole means cab ousted ! The Crystal Palace contains the result of immense talent and industry; but the Woaders•there accumulated are also the results of cares and anxieties Unparalleled in the history of art, manufactures, and c ommerce. ought it not to teach our wealthy classes an important lesson ? Art, Science, and manufactures, unpatronised and unprotected, would Progress but slowly, if at all ; but when the nobility and gentry sea at one view the wonders that can be achieved under the fostering care of those who can afford it, there is some hope that the disposi tion to encourage the ingenuity and perseverance of mankind may be universally promoted by this gigantic example of what can be achieved. He who patronises industry is a public benefactor. It was this consideration that induced Messrs. E. 3104 ES and SON to enter at once upon a system which enabled them to employ hun dreds of excellent industrious workmen where others would only employ tens. Is must be obvious to all rea,aninx men that under the old system of large profits he who looks only to himself might clear as much out of ten men's labour as Messrs. E. MOSES and SON can, with their limited profits, out of the labour of a hundred. But they hay. the satisfaction to know that the more caoit at they can Use, sad the less profit they exact, the more they can patronise the industry of the country, by finding men constant work and instant Payment for their labour, while by these means they produce an article at nearly half the usual, and far better at that price, thin has ever een poduced befe. But the conseence of emyin a large b capital and numberosr of people does not q e u nd in the mere fact of low Prices ; 'or these very low prices for good cloth i ng enable sands to dress respectably who could not do so were the old prices prevailing Until Messrs. E. MOSES and SON established their system of trading it was impossible t) obtain good cheap clothing ; now the poorest of the labouring classes can dress in strong and good clothing according to their circumstances. All classes can dress well—all classes ought to dress well. It is worth the consideration Of the wealthy, whether they ought not to save half the cost of their own fires, and their servants' livery, if it were only for th oppor tunity of dispensing the amount i n benevolence. messrs. E. MOSES and SON invite all classes to see their enormous STOCK of DRE SS, aPpropliate for everybody. Buy or not buy, no matter, when they lave seen they will believe in the beauty and extent o' a stock and an establishment to which it is difficult, if not impossible, to do Justice by description. handsome Almanac, for the year IBM, can be had gratis, on WM. SHAW, Managing Director. BATT Y' S GRAND NA TIONAL, HIPPODROME, Kensington, is now Open Daily with a va riety of the most unparalleled Feats in the Equestrian Art ever wit nessed in England. The immense success which has attended the opening of this EstabliQhment, and the enthusiasm with which the Performances have been received, induces Mr. Batty to produce the same routine of Entertainments every day until further notice. Six. The Doors will open at Five o'Clock, to comme nce at Admission to the Reserved Seats - - 3s. Od- First-class do. Second-class do. Third-class do. Mr. Batty respectfully announces, that in consequence of the nu merous applications for Season 'rickets for this Establishment, he has determined upon issuing them at the lowest possible rate, viz. : For a Single Ticket, 3/. ; Double ditto. 51., either of whioh are trans ferable. To be obtained at the Box-office of Asticy's Amphitheatre from Eleven till Four daily. On Thursday, May 15, there will be a Grand D PERFORM ANCE, doors open at One, commence precisely at Two The Enter tainments in the Evening as usual, commencing at Six o'clock. LA'MEItT ifJUTLI AN D MA TURTTY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COI,OITRED F,NGRA vINGg ON -TEEL. lust pubwineu, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealed d:nvelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on diminishpsrlcd o a l the Secret Infirmities and Diserders of Youth and Maturity, all ph y ytil acq cai n an iro i d ir e a u t tral an pow ea er r s ly , , i h su e enfeeblethe fewhie feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practi cal which destroy natural "Aservations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture. and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis vetion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the tuatorny , rhysiology, and Di seases et , the Re productive Organs, explaining their struetm es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them ley solitary habits, excesses, end .nfcctiox. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Moog ber if the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hanterian Medical society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and ph , siology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the ' hihest medical honours, as evidenced by legally qualified medical testimo- man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted t% ith ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired ix 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 , a nd may be had of Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Corrthill, or free bypost for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily -Am two till two onni from .it till eittlit, 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 : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minortes, 83, 84, 85, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. Lon d on West-end Branch, 506 , 507, 506, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford " Yortshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. H a tters, Hosiers, Furri ers , B oa t an d Sh oe - Sh e ffield Branch, 36, Far g ate. Tailors, Clothiers , makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Ba r..grmod till T . w . elve Ba terday, when businemi ig cam , Qui si parla Italiano. Tel l'on patio Fran Wet sprieht man Deutsca. Aqui se habla Espanol. IN SIX LANGUAGES -FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured En gravings on Steei. ON PHYSICAL DISQUAL IFI CATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TOMpagAßesß,lpAliGueE.2a. A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to ls he postage Authors s stamps, mPs : have a d. by post, direct from the Establishment. 3s.triiada All Communications being strictly confide discontinued the publishing of Case?. THE SILENT FRIEND , a Medical WArk on the exhaustion and physical decay of the systeorm, t p h r e od a n b c us ed e b o y f hz,:easive indulgence, the consequences of infection, Mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the prevednitsigvesailouitluoa_n, followed by observations en the Married State, and the B tions which prevent Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings.L y R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, on don. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, rater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Gor den 146, Leadenhall-street, London. PAST I. treats of the anatorny and physiology of the re-productive Organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PAnT 11. treats of the consequences resulting front excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, produc ng mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 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 Engr so ngs. FAIT IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevonticn 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. Pnwr V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. 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Yesterday a numerously attended Court of the Com mon Council of the city of London was specially held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, in consequence of a requisition to consider a motion by Mr. Thomas Dakin, which stood upon the business paper as follows:—" That this Court do petition the House of Commons, praying the House to pass a Bill to incorporate the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, so as to insure to the citizens of London a permanent supply of cheap and pure gas." The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at one o'clock precisely, at which period a large number of members were present. Throughout the whole of the proceedings, which lasted upwards of three hours, the strangers gallery was crowded, the most intense inte rest. appearing to prevail during the entire sitting. The memorial to the Lord Mayor, which was signed by 85 members of the court, having been read by Mr. Woodthorpe, Mr. DAKIN said that he regretted that a matter of so much interest to the citizens of London had not fallen for its advocacy into better and more able hands. The question was, however, of deep importance. The Bill fur the incorporation of the company had been read a second time in the House of. ommons, and on Thursday next it was expected that it would be committed.— (Hear, bear.) He regarded the members of that court as the representatives and guardians of the citizens ; and, therefore, in order to show the necessity which existed for the adoption of the proposition he had had the honour to make, ho would briefly trace the history of the gas movement. It was first in that court that he had become acquainted with the grievances of the citizens with regard to the price of gas, and feeling the truth of the statements which were made, he bud become identified with the movement. Sub sequently came the referenc e of the matter to the Court of Sewers—the calling in Of the City solicitor, the re port made by that gentleman recommending the COM. missioners to purchase and manage the pipes in case the then existing companies would nut come down, and the refusal of those bodies, though most respectfully re quested by those empowered to make the application.— (Hear, hear.) That was nt the latter end of the year 1848. In February, 1845, a meeting was held at - the London Tavern, presided, over by Mr. Dillon, when it was decided to apply again to the companies. Still they refused; and on the sth 'of April next following it was stated that they could not afford to reduce the price per thousand.—(Hear, hear.) Finding that there was no chance of redress unless the consumers took the matter into their own hands, steps for that purpose were accord ingly taken, and if that had not been done the struggle for monopoly would have been t kept up even to that hour. What was the first' answer given by the companies to the Court of Sewers ? That they (the directors of the companies) could not reduce the price of the private lights without adding to that of the public li t r til, What followed? Why, when they found thattehe new company was making head, they consented to l , educe it to 4s. per thousand; and when they still further saw the danger arising from their folly, they further offered a reduction from 4s. to 3s. 6d, and to 35., so soft as their surplus profits enabled them, after paying a dividend of 10 per cent. Any one, however, who cousidureathaf if in 1847 there was a re turn of 200,0001., and, in 1849, 300,0001., the additional 100,000/., at 10 per cent,, would effectually make the 4i., both minimum and Maximum. Thus it would he found that by clinginim a stated capital, even to this Hour, anything like fair Perms had been prevented from being come to.—(Hear, hear.) Then, with regard to the proposal to bind ?fieffnselves by et of Parliament to carry out the agreement with the Commissioners of Sewers for five years; why this was an insult to the now company, and also tb the gas consumers, who sought a permanent reductioa.-:--(Heer.) The proposed " amal gamation" had turned upon the words " undertaking" to be valued, instead'of " works" and good-will, by as certained rule. With regard to the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, all he (Mr. Dakin) nee d say was, that so far as their 'private interests, as shareholders, were concerned, they were perfectly satisfied.— (Loud cries of Hear, hear.") Their capital was ruined and their works erected; they had with them a large body of the consumers, and their profits were so a mple that, after paying in future 10 per cent. they would have a handsome surplus in hand. They had, therefore, nothing to gain by procuring an Act of Parliament, in a pecuniary sense he meant; but they felt it to be their duty to the citizens of London to ask for suc h an-Act of the Legislature, because as they, the shareholders, bad the advantages of the position they had been permitted to take, the directors of the company thought it to be but fair that the benefits of the company should be secure d by such an Act to the consumers,— (Cheers.) Mr. Cardwell, 11, the chairman of the comm i t t ee on the Bill, had , on the part of that Committee , said that the .. quest i o n that the p reamble to t h e Bill was proved, had been pu t and' agreed to, and that the deci sion of the Committee was unanimous." This being the case they did not la bour under the slightest doubt but that they should obtain the Aot of incorporation with out difficulty. g supposin they did, however, would that add to their profits? No; it was sot for that purpo se . Would it increase their power or freedom of action? It would not, for it was a hi g hly-restrict . ive Bill.—(Hear, hear.) They could not increase the price beyond 4s per 1,000 cubic feet; th e dividend could not exceed 10 p - or cent. If the profits exceeded 10 per_er t., the price of g as was to be reduced. The re was a penal c aus e (No. 35)which provided that if they were found furnishing gas of an inferior quality, the parties might be amerced in a fine h The corporation also of 100/. for every such Offence• were to appoint persons to test t e . I) . urity of the gas— gas;while the payment of to appoint also inspectors of such persons would fall upon the Great Central Com pany.—(Hear.) The Bill, be (Mr, Dakin) would re mind the Court, had been agreed to by the officer of the Court—the Remembrancer, whose instructions were that nothing inconsistent with the interests of the public were introduced into it. As to the way in which the directors of the company had performed their pro mises, he might say t hey had done so faithfully.— (Hear.) Their object upon the present occasion was to protect the citizens—not to multiply their own profits, nor increase their own means of aggrandisement. H e therefore begged the Court to petition in favour of the Bill. The memorial in its favourethitadn gbeeeeinnsisgt it hadnedby 10,500 gas consumers , w hile the petition only received 100 or 200 signatures.—(Hear, hear.) He had now (very imperfectly, he feared) discharged his duty; still be hoped that what he had said would be sufficient to show that the Bill, in favour of which be asked the Court to petition, was one in which great public interests were involved, an d that was a protection of the rights of the citizens.—(Hear, hear.) Strife and contention he abhorred; they were not genial with his nature; and it was to him a great comfort to know that such things, with regard to gas matters at least, would soon be put a atop to. He trusted the Court would agree with his motion, and that they would join in mutual friendship. All he asked for the anxious labours of the last two years was the aymathy of those aken 3 Buck 15 to 1 :an and 25 to 1 r—t —taken %ken ken to 100 fobn 0 taken ) 20 to 1 is after• 1, c losed cer wsro ted. ea , __taken De 13811 ken rho fol The It netts' t of the 6.,sotero, Trugni* 13, SISVO worse il 1I NO. DO /GY i is .11VA at, 11$'" of the IS read to h whit? make 11 ' progre Ee anJ the I rejoic e creasing hereeif , s o f her )f useful to eat? In instr acieneer im mense a to our It will I as fur o f the wilding Nla:.4ter , ard- of ing at .re pro closed, police ►nd en rse has on the so been • C. V." ay on oops in pressed ti they ay, at that of rd vote oh, to so uth tto 44 t i 9 Reture, astical L•pect3 rected ed by itora- It !ling y, the I body mated [PRICE SD. Mr. ANDERTON said that it was his intention to move " the previous question."—(Hear, hear, and Oh.) The question before the Court involved a great principle, and he would advisee the Corporation to take care how they agreed with the proposition. Ho readily admitted that the old companies had acted very foolishly in not coming down in their prices in the first instance; but in that affair it was not for them as a corporation to interfere. There were questions which involved grave considera tions to the citizens of London, and this was one of them.—(Hear, hear.) Did they not oppose with all their might Perkins's Bill for the establishment of Isling ton Market? Did they not spend thousands upon thou sands of pounds for the purpose of preventing its pass ing? And justly so, too.—(Hear, and No.) The gas companies were placed in the same position upon that occasion.—(No.) He said they were. The gas compile flies stood upon their chartered rights; they stood upon an Act of Parliament, as the Corporation had rightly done. Was 'the case of the opposition of the muni cipal body to the bringing of the Blackwell Com pany's line into the City of a similar character? — (Yes, and No.) What would they say if the Govern ment were to come down upon them, and Buy you are fond of free trade, give up to the citizens your tolls and your , taxes on coals. Would they do that? — (No.) No, he thought not; they would be fools if they did.—(Laughter.) He did not say they ought not to have their Bill; but he did say that it was a matter with which the Corporation had no right to interfere.— (Hear, and laughter.) He had no doubt that if they got to the House of Commons with the Bill it would have full weight—weight beyond that of the counter petition with its 200 or 300 signatures; but his opinion was, that if they went there, they would only be cutting their out throats and establishing a dangerous prece dent. He should therefore move the previous question and divide the Court upon it, even if it stood alone. Mr. H. L TAYLOR rose for the purpose of seconding the amendment of Mr. Anderton. He would give the proposer of the motion (Mr. Dakin) great credit for sincerity of purpose, and there were members of the Great Central Company for whom he entertained the highest possible respect. With Mr. Anderton, he (Mr. Taylor) would say that the difficulties which had been overcome by the promoters of the new company had re quired the greatest assiduity, and he (Mr. Taylor) was ready to give them credit for all that they had done, which it certainly was far more than he had ever ex pected to see.—(Cheers.) The promoters had by some means or other—to a great extent at least — succeeded ininducing the public to believe that the statements made by them were correct, and in doing this they had had, undoubtedly, a very difficult game to play.—(Hear.) He would not say exactly that they bad " gulled" the public, but they had represented the company as being in the most prosperous state; that they had been most successful in all their undertakings; and that they could pay 10 per cent., and have besides a handsome surplus.—(Hear, hear.) Did it not appear on the face of their annual statement that they could only allow 5 per cent.?—(A voice—" How long?") Were there any proprietors there? If this were so, he must say that they were unfortunate, as being among the unfor tunate shareholders.—(Great laughter.) This was one of the ways in which the public had been and were now " gulled."—(No.) He would not say the accounts were wilfully misrepresented, but certainly—he hardly knew what to call it—they were misarranged.—(Mr. Brooks— " Cooked.") Mr. Taylor—" Aye, cooked."—(Great laughter.) There had been a system of " cooking" the accounts, and in order to show to the public some sem blance of a good case, they had been compelled to do so. He for one would like to know if all the outstanding debts had been paid? Had . th . e accounts shown the amounts owing? Instead of a dividend and surplus, as stated, he believed that they could not have shown 6d. in the pound. It was notoriou s that lar g e claims remained yet unsettled. There were large sums to lawyers, and to Messrs. Rigbys, contractors; and Mr. Chadwick, the pavior. (Deputy Holt — Mr. Cha dwick has received all he has applied for.) It was not pleasant to name these things, but he (Mr. Taylor) felt it ,to be his bounden duty to do so. Then, as to the question of amalgamation, he could assure the Court that the statements and the broad assertions which had been made to the effect that the City Company were the first to make overtures with regard to the proposition for an amalgamation, were not true, and yet these statements had been not only thus brosdly asserted, but printed published and circulated. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the Court, on unques tionable authority, that the City Gas Company were net the first parties to the proposition, nor would he say who was, but this he would say, that the negotiation, after it had taken place, was broken off, not by the City Company, but entirely through faith not being kept by the directors of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany.—(Hear, hear.) This he was at any time prepared to prove, and that he would do if a committee was granted for the purpose.—(Hear, and cheers.) After some further remarks of a similar character, Mr. Tay lor concluded by seconding the amendment of Mr. An derton. Deputy LoTT said that he was glad that upon that oc casion he was not met upon his rising, as he had been upon a former one, with hooting and hissing, associated with sounds of a truly unearthly character. He should not say much, but he must say that the efforts of the Court of Sewers, in the preparation of their Bill to Par liament, had been baffled by certain parties in that Court —parties who had emasculated and mutilated that Bill. —(Hear, hear, and No, no.) He thought that certain statements which had been made with reference to the state of the company in some of the public prints ought to be answered at once, so that the credit of the party or parties charged might be maintained, and their cha racters rescued from damage. Deputy HARRISON said that he was fully prepared to show that the parties connected with the old companies had been the most foolish in the business. In the ear liest part of the movement with reference to that ques tion they had so acted. They had from the first been obstinate—even from the first time that the chairmen of the two companies had waited upon the Commissioners of Sewers, when they said they could not reduce be low 7s. per thousand. Meeting after meeting was held, but the directors were inexorable, until they were so fixed by public opinion and the perseverance of those in office, who considered the charges unjust. that they were compelled to give way.—(Hear.) Deputy Har rison then proceeded to narrate fully the steps taken by the Commissioners of Sewers up to the period when the directors of the old companies, who had said they " could make no further reduction," expressed themselves ready to reduce to 4i. per thousand cubic feet. These state ments having from time to time appeared in the morn- ' ing journals, it is not necessary to repeat them here. As to Mr. Anderton's reference to Perkins's Islington Mar ket, why, the thing was perfectly dissimilar; in the one case, that of the gas, there would be a saving of 70,0001. per annum to the chiz , as; in the other, there was likely to have been considerable loss.—(Hear, hear.) That gentleman had also said that the Government might say, " You are going for cheap gas; have you not got tolls? Why not take off your tolls?"—(Mr. Anderton— " Quite right.") Why, did they not know that their tolls were mortgaged, and the money spent in improve ments within the City? From these improvements the whole of the citizens received benefit.—(Hear, hear.) The worst of this matter was, that gentlemen on the other side only saw half the question, and that evidenced the hollowness of their argument.—(Mr. Anderton, " I say so still.") Then it had been said that the peti tion from the Corporation would have but little weight. Weight! Did such parties imagine that a peti tion, from the Corporation of the city of London, on such a subject, and signed by 10,500 persons, would not have weight? No, the Corporation had not come to that yet. —(Laughter.) It was entitled to have weight, and would tell when laid before the Legislature.—(Cheers.) As to Mr. Taylor's speech, he (Mr. Deputy Harrison) contended that that gentleman had most unfairly at tacked the Great Central Company by saying that the accounts had been " cooked." Into this question he (Deputy Harrison) would not go, however, as that would come before another tribunal , and be explained no doubt by the chairman in his reply.—(Hear, hear.) As to the Bill, what was their intention m submitting that? Simply that the consumers might be guaranteed gas of a superior quality, the appointment of competent parties to inspect that quality, and to regulate the ser vice and the meters, and thus protect the c onsumers. — they could be " cooked." (Hear.) As to the accounts , it was a bsurd to saythat Why, was it not the fact that a public auditor was to be appointed, and that . the ac counts would be, as it were, nailed up at Charing-c T ro h ss to be read by the whole world.?—(Hear, hear.) e deserving the utmost support of eve whole proposition was in fact fair and ry h m on e o m u h ra e b r l o e f , t r a d t g. more remarks, al Court. dfival l ly )e s p a u t ty d ollwanrrison amidstmloaudde chmeeariyn takAinldgerthmeansteLplieet ahEaNdedaonreemthaartkteiday,thhaatd the i C ts o c u l r f t i , n i t n o a position of which be was very much ashamed. What _T t h o e d y o w s were e about t ut . t N o y pe t wtitaisonthie,agruheashltieonnt bfoerfosrhe t them? g for? For whom? Was it for the Corporation? I\io such thing. The Corp oration had nothing to do with it. _(Hear.) The matt er solel y belonged to the interests of a private company. Suppose they resolved to petition they could not do with.g the Sheriff —they would have to sneak up it to the Private Bill-office, and that he had learned upon the authority of their officer, the Remembrancer.—(Hsar.) He censidered any such cou rse as highly der o g ator y to the character and dignity of the Corporat ion of that great city.—(H ear .) S uc h a course would damage them materially. As to the gas question, he contended that with that they had nothing to do, though, if they were to believe some of the state ments, any body might think that the parties could make gas for nethlng , and get emu, change out,—(Laughter,) .. .... i_ He cons'dered the present proceeding perfectly ridi culous; but as he found most of them hal made up their, minds, further argummt was tram ar.) Mr. W. PHILLIPS, as a gas-consumer, suppor.ed the motion. Mr. GODSON did so also. Alderman Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL opposed it. After ;%hich Mr. DAKIN br efly repli d, wh en t h e question was put, and the show of hands d (Tired to be overwhelming in favour of the u:otion. Upun a division being called fur, the numbers preyed to be:— For the mot oa ••• ••• 48 For the previous question ... ... 15 Majority ... —33 A petition in accordance with the terms of the motion was then read and agreed to after tome little oppo sition. The Remembrances having received instructions to make the necessary arrangements for the presentation of the same, the Court was adjourned shortly after four o'clock. RECEPTIONof GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER at LEAMINGTON SPA. On Monday last an influential meeting was held at the Regent Hotel, Leamington, to determine upon the most fitting public reception to be given to Sir Charles Napier whose expected arrival the same evening had previously transpired. After a suitable form of address had been adopted, it was resolved that the same should be pre sented to the General on his arrival at the railway station, where a very large concourse of spectators assembled, including, amongst other principal inhabitants, Mr. Turner (chairman of the meeting), Major Hopkins, K.H. (master of the ceremonies), Captain Vandeleur, Captain Harford, &c., together with a numerous assem blage of ladies. Sir Charles and Lady Napier having alighted, the former was conducted by the M. C. to the waiting-room of the station, where he experienced a re ception of the most enthusiastic and cordial description. Upon being introduced to the bevy of fair faces by whom he found himself surrounded, the gallant General very courteously exclaimed—" This is most kind of you, ladies, towards an old soldier!" Mr. TURNER then said—Sir Charles Napier, I have been deputed, and I consider it to be a very high honour, to read to you the following address. It would be very wrong in me to detain you with any observations, inas- Much as the achievements of the soldier, as awarded by the acclamations of a grateful country, are more appro priate subjects for the page of history than for the eulogium of the speaker. The document which I hold in my hand is as follows:—" This address is presented from the magistrates, gentlemen, local authorities, and principal inhabitants of Leamington, to General Sir Charles Napier, &c., assuring him of the pleasure they derive from witnessing his arrival at Royal Leamington Spa, and from an opportunity of evincing the high respect which they feel for his military valour and renown, and their confidence that the national honour will ever be promoted by so eminent and courageous a commander; and that by instilling the soundest principles in the British army he maintains the military character of our country and the supremacy of our arms. With these expressions of attachment and respect, the inhabitants bid him welcome to their town."—(Cheers.) Sir CHARLES NAPIER replied to the following effect. Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt is very hard for me to reply to your flattering address on the spur of the occasion. To me it is a most unexpected honour, and, like many other circumstances which promote our happiness in life, is the more acceptable on that account; for we rarely find that those things which are long expected are BO grateful to the heart as those which happen on the moment and take us by surprise. I feel in every way the manner in which I have been received in England; and your welcome now, when I come amongst you in a private way, is the more deeply gratifying. I have studiously avoided public dinners, because I have no hesitation in saying, to use a common term, that there is a great deal of humbug about such demonstrations, and which, in my opinion, neither mark a man's character nor his feelings. You, however, have received me most kindly and unexpectedly—l feel it deeply, and thank you gratetully.—(Cheers.) Now, with the ladies' per mission, I will go and look for my wife —(Laughter.) The Gallant General then retired, amid the waving of hanakerchiefs, the smiles of the fair, and the enthusiastic cheering of all present. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COM. MISSION (IRELAND). _ _ _ . The following is a copy of a report dated the 3d, day of May, 1851, from the Encumbered Estates Commissioners of Ireland, addressed to his Excel lency the Lord-Lieutenant, with respect to their proceedings under the Encumbered Estates Com mission : _ _ " Encumbered Estates COMMig9iol), Benrietta•street, Dublin, May 3. " My Lord,—We have the honour to inform yotir Ex cellency that, on the 19th ult., we caused two returns to be transmitted to the office of the Secretary of State for Ireland in pursuance of a requisition of the House of Commons. . 6' Those returns are necessarily very voluminous, ns they contain a detailed account of the proceedings of the Encumbered Estates Commission down to the :31st of March, 1851. We think it right, therefore, in addition to those returns, to submit the following brief report to your Excellency. " On the 25111 of October, 1849, this court was opened for public business. " The total number of petitions presented up to the 31st of March, 1851, is 1,6;6. "Upwards of one-half of the estates brought into our court were under Chancery receivers, and in 147 cases the proprietors had taken the benefit of the Insolent Debtors' Act. " The number of petitions filed by owners is 319, or about one-filth of the total number presented up to the date above-mentioned. Several petitions, however, pre sented in the names of encambrancers, appear to have been so presented at the instance of the owners. " The total number of Court orders (not including a vast number issued by each Commissioner in chamber) is 5,413, viz.:— "Conditional orders for sale ... 1,240 " Absolute orders for sale ... 1,036 " Miscellaneous orders ... ... 3,137 " The gross total of the rentals, as set out in the petitions to 31st of March, 1851, is 1,036,9751. I ls. Sd., but the actual amount would probably not exceed 850,0001., as in some cases more than one petition has been presented for the sale of the same estate; and the rentals attached to the petitions frequently exceed the true rentals of the estates. "The gross total of the encumbrances, as set out in the petitions filed to 31st of March, 1851, 18 17,971,3211. ls. Id. But several of those encumbrances being judgments, and other securities collateral with mortgages and the like, are returned in duplicate in the schedule, and in this way mentioned twice; and it so metimes happens, that the same encumbrance affecting the estates of different owners is mentioned in more than one petition. " As to estates sold:— " The number of estates sold to March 31, 1851, is 253; the total acreage of which, statute measure, is 227,329 A. 3u. 34P. Of this the quantity of arable land may be about 210,000 acres, or nearly one-sixty-fifth of the arable land of Ireland, which is estimated in the latest Poor-law returns to be 13,464,300 acres. "The rental of estates sold to March 31, 1851, is 107,7071. 15s. Id., or about 120th of the net annual poor-law valuation of Ireland. " The total amount of encumbrances on estates sold to March 31, 1851, as taken from the schedules lodged with the petitions, is 4,086.1921. 13s. 4d.; but, as before mentioned, several of these encu mbrances are returne d in duplicate. "The total amount of purchase-money for estates sold to March 31, 1851, is 1,350,616/. Os. 4d. Of h a s unt been 94,404/. 13s. 4 d., or about one-fifteenth part, allowed in payment of enoumbrance rs, who became pur chasers. "The Commissioners have paid ou t to creditors and claimants up to this date , 3d day of May inclusive, the sum of 838,356/. Os. Id. " The 2 rch a s3 estates sold to Ma 31 1851 have boon one-I:all of w ho m disposed of to 587 purchasecrss are purchasers of lots that 1 respectivelyfor sum s not exceeding 1,0001. " Property to the amount of about 160,0001. has been acquired by E n glish or Scotch purchasers (about 30 in number), as far as can be collected from their addresses, Salted in the deeds of conveyance. Estates have sold best in Antrim, Down, M ea th , Westmeath, Tyrone, and Dublin, and at lowest rates in Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Mayo. In the latter counties the rents reserved are generally eo dispropor tional to the value as to afford no true measure of the income derivable out of the lands; and the heavy pee r _ law taxation in the same districts has added to the de preciation of value, but a progressive, though slow, im provement in the sales is manifest even in those counties. "As to the rates of purchase generally, it i s falla cious to estimate the number of years from the published rentals, which usually represent the rents of 1845 and previous years, and which, in many instances, were even then excessive, and far beyond any sums that could pos sibly bo collected from the tenants. Besides, the oc cupying tenantry of many est a t es Bo ld i n this court owed several years' arrears of rent to the former owners, and much of the land had been exhausted or unre claimed and devoid of suitable farm-buildings—a state of things which would necessarily require a heavy outlay by the incoming purchasers. " The Commissioners are of opinion that it would b : most desirable t o au th or i se them, in fit and proper cases, I sell (togeth e r w ith the estate) all arrears o f rent due 1 at the time G f the sale. " We have, kc., "JOHN RICHARDS, " MoIINTEFORT LONGFIELD. " CHARLES JAMES kIARGREIVE. " To his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant." „, . . THE I3rODIVA rfLOCESSION.—We understand that 1 the committee for the management of the procession at the ensuing great fair in this city, in ,. June _pext, have conclu eo - t sively determined to have Oa event” celebrated on the principal Tuesday. It is also satisfactory to know that will be made to secure the representation of th e proeesaional haracter in such a manner as to disarm the most fastidious except. those who are opposed t o objectors, aw n o f 4 de:lc:0103 whatagevero-s-Coventry eikraki. 7 - , . Z y / 7 THE INCOME-TAX. The Chancellor of the Eichequer has virtatreyaban doned the time-honoured abuse of the Income-tax by his concession to the tenant-farmers. The grievance, however, in their case, was not in the slightest degree more onerous than the complicated injustice to which the oommercial and professional classes are 'exposed under the operation of the law. The argument of Sir Charles Wood and his predecessors in office has hitherto stood thus—" We admit the inequality of the pressure. We are perfectly aware that we are taxing to a similar extent the fatness of one man and his neighbour's lean ness. We must, however, shut our eyes to a method of assessment so inequitable, because such is the nature of direct taxation that, if we once admit of distinctions, farewell to 'alr benefit to the Exchequer." Such in a few wards has-been the spirit of-all-the more rational arguments adduced in opposition to any inquiry into the operation of the Income-tax. So spoke Mr. Pitt during the svar ; so spoke Sir Robert Peel in the pre sence of a deficit, and so spoke Sir Charles Wood the other day, when there was no war, no deficit, and when a I unoamentat change in the economic policy of the country had been fulls e.oeomplislisd. It is clear enough that the pertinacity of the Minister and the credulity or submission of the people have at length found their limit. Inquiry is ueaveidable, and the result of the inquiry merely a foregone conclusion. Of course, it is no business of ours to raise objections to the concession made to the tenant-farmers, but it should be remembered, at the same time, that they but consti tute one of many classes which have for the last ten years been cruelly handled by the Exchequer. It is, no doubt, a grievous thing to compel Mr. Bareacres. the Derketshire tenant, to pay into the Treasury a percent age upon profits he,:tild not realise last year. We frankly recognise the injustice of the levy. But Mr. Bareacres 1 is merely suffering from the hardness of the times. Another seed-time and another harvest succeed each other, and his fortunes r ight - thee - md - ye - E. Sir Charles Wood has, in his case, attempted to repair the anomaly. The Chancellor's object is of course to disarm the hoe. tility of yet another claes of the community, and to in terest the tenant•farreera in „ support of a burden which has ceased to gall their rieoks, at any. rate. Such a course, as a party manoeuvre, may be astute enough; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer should, in fair ness, have waited until .a similar measure of relief had been yielded to all parties similarly aggrieved. It would be by no means a difficult task to show that the te nant.farmers did not constitute the class _most se verely damaged by the operation of the Income. tax, as it stood, but as it never will stand agai n . Before, however, speaking of , the actual po siti on of the p ers o na included under Schedule D, we would re mind the reader that the argument at this point merely resolves itself into an investigation of who can lose moat blood, and Willis:the least inconvenience. All questions of right or wrong, justice or injustice, are en tirely postponed. If we are to offer up Mr. Bareacres, or Counsellor Silvertongue, or Mr. Dimity, at their country's shrine, who shall be chosen as the victim? Few persons who are inti mate l y acqua i n t e d w ith the . , social condition of England will deny that, taking them in the aggregate, the professional and commercial classes of the country are at all times living fully up to their incomes, and we fear, in very many instances, overstepping that legitimate boundary. Of coarse there ate such persons in rerun naturit as golden prebendaries of Durham, as railway lawyers, as merchant princes in the City—but these are the landlords, not the tenant. farmers, of English professions and trades ; they are the scanty exceptions to an all but universal rule. Could we, like Asmodeus, whisk away the roof of the count ing-house in which the partners in yonder flourishing business are striking the balance of their year's accounts, we might find them estimating losses, not profits. They have dispatched daily thei r huge advertising vans into every nook and corner of the town; they have sold under cost price, th ey have paid salaries, and granted bills to the wholesale houses, and what remains as the result of their year's struggle? Merely a similar struggle for another year, with Basinghall-street in bold perspective in the dis tance. If it be said that such a case is somewhat ex treme, thus much, at least, is literally true:—Among fair traders thirty or forty years of strenuous exertion merely secure to them a pittance for their old age. They have lived, and possibly have brought up a tamily in the interval, but a little cottage at Brixton or Camberwell is their house of peers after the contest of a life. With the professions we fear it is still worse:" -- It - Ja difficult enough for the great bulk of professional men to do more than make " both ends meet," as the phrase goes, at the year's end. Every influent* is against them. The necessary outgoings of professional men up to a certain point increase in proportion with their incomes; the unnecessary expenses in most cases outgo the pro portion. It seems so easy at any time, by a little extra exertion, to restore the equilibrium between income and expenditure; but the result of the extra exertion is so seldom applied to its legitimate object. Thus it happens in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the sole provi sion remaining for the families of professional men in England, when the protecting hand of the husband or fa ther is withdrawn, must be sought for in the system of life insurance. Sir Charles Wood swooped down upon the annual premiums, and confiscated them to the use of the public Treasury. Although we are fully prepared to approach the subject in a more comprehensive spirit, the time has not yet arrived when we can afford to slur over the more picturesque operations of this unjust law. Now is the time, if ever, for the professional and commercial classes throuehout the country to give their keenest attention to the subject. The law of 1812 will be a settlement. not an arrangement. The policy of the Finance Minister, moreover, appears to give very tole rable evidence of his desire to perpetuate the injustice hitherto indictee upon the most laborious and struggling classes of English sceiety. We are very fir from saying that, even as tar as the other schedules are concerned, there is not ample room for incoiry and improvement. Under Schedule A. for example, it is urged, and with much appearance of reason, that fair deductions are not allowed for the ever-recurring outlay of landlords. If this be so—and the subject has never to our knowledge been fairly investigated—there is room for complaint and ground for redress. So in the case of annuitants, termors, clerks receiving salaries in Government others. It would, in point of fact, be eitlicult to say who is not aggrieved under the present crude and ill-digested system of levy. Tile assessment, as at present practised, is more worthy of a Turkish or Egyptian Pasha than of a country in which there exists au universal knowledge of arithmetic and some general notions of political mo rality.— Times. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Our reports are universally to the effect that the cold weather has greatly reiarded the growth of the bine, which otherwise looks healthy. FARLEIG/13 —The late warm day or two has already influenced the bine, which will no doubt go on rapidly with a continuance of fine weather. AYLESFORD.—The hop-bine comes slowly on, and is unusually backward, tyeing having scarcely commenced. LENHAM.—Generally behind with the exception of erounth, generally small ones, which were prepared in February, and which look well. THE WEALD.—Polling has now but just been coin., Ple , ed. We never rccolbc, seeing the bine more back ward at this at aeon of the }est., and notwithstanding the somewhat genial weather of the last few dajs, it mani fests a great reluctance to "come away." The '` know ing one s " prognosticate a short crop, but when we take into consideration that " no lapin can look into the seeds of time and say which will grow and which will not," combined with the tact that congenial weathecenables 'he plant do a "gn a t deal ill a little period, we d o not attach much belief to the opin io ns entertained on the subject.— Maid4one Joe , nal. ------------- 1-M1 MAILB.—DEPUTATION AL.—On Monday a num ber,POSTMASTER-GeNee TO Till , . and Members of Parliament and of Irish noblemen Acci-LenATIoN or - -Lois Marquis of C;anricarde to represent inconvenience of the present postal arrangements be tweenthe England and Ireland. It was represented that the r which receives the mail from the steamer starts from others wa•ted ur.o the train n yhead at two A.M., and reaches Chester at 40 minutes past f our . The mails and passengers wait there till half-past six, and are then taken on by a slow train, which stops at 16 s tations, and reaches London at one rat. Mr Roney entered into en explanation of the facilities which already exist for a better arrangement, and showed that a train might be started from Chester, at a quarter to five, and arrive in London at half-past 10, and that the letters could be delivered from the Geaeral Post -office at 20 minutes past 11. This would make practically the difference of a day, as letters so delivered could be answered by the even ing mail. The Marquis of Clanricarde thanked the deputa tion for the manner they had brought the subject before him. He assured them that it would have the fullest con sideration at his hands. He felt the importance of the er' peal that had been made to him, but he need scarcely name the deputation that he was not then rearedpp f° t e n that a any definite arrangement. He would, however, s t a t e negotiations were pending, which he was in hope would result in the acceleration of both the Irish and, delivery mails to the metropolis, and secure the more earl , ' - of letters. 0 ~,,y or MODZan STUART OF DUNLEITH. A ar--, splendid rwTsl. TIMES. Br TILE HON. MRS. NOnTOILAV 'r ably sustained to this fresh produc- The plot of the story is well imagined . w eien pervades it, the end ; and the impassioned interest with which its lights together with the finely wrouViiltl and shades are brought out, a Place among the most Con of Mrs. Norton's felicitous p en The manner in Which the popular novels of the seas_e Willa and Eleanor, are delineated. principal characters, David e xtraordinary talent of the au. furnishes fresh proof of thefixate acquaintance with the secret thoress, and of her in _ 1 .7 Te e subordinate characters, like. springs of human actieu s r k LI l T . i .. _J o cl i n i n s Bull,Sunday II Insure to day afternoon 0 0 LES E .. ' THE LATE ‘i h late much-respected and talented artist, wise, are drawn wits' the funeral of .t- ° Stilt, clown, , Theatres Royal Drury- Mr. Charles , dler s Wells, took place in the presence of nearly lane and ti(airiongs.t whom were to be found a great numtsr 600 persons . great s e Tonal friends of the deceased), at the church on of tho pross. ll , Tiv ille-hi, the grave being adjacent to ,those of c ,l'hnfii; and Grimaldi. Friday week is, we understand, peel '-'1" - • axed for a benefit for the widow and orphan children, tivelY at the Theatre Royal Sadler's Wells, the use of the theatre to h a ving been very kindly given by th e l essees , in addition ce w hi c h all the performers have offered their valuable assistan. TAXES.—Government are requiring returns for the last six years showi ng w h at collectors of assessed taxes or property and incom e -t ax h ave b een defaulters, and where the deficiency and th e amoun t thereat' has been re-assessed upon parishes. - ; FOREIGN NUTS.—Th. Ainenc- an s hip Ocean Queen- h ht fro po rtc esgs of c enute as a m ion New of her ca York, rgo, has bconsign erou d to g I°° order a . We are not aware ei e ption of nut from the of a previous importation of this description i United States of America. _Tbe Avenir of Nice WATERSPOUT AT gives an acccount of a that burst over that town . e nge _, off the houses, blinds unhi as usually happens circumstance was that, regiment of Piedm . storks on the bast' Nlctr'etolll:l, or rather water-spout, vi°jerinthe 26th ult. Roofs were torn in such tornados; onte T were all c d and chimnies thrown down, but the most curious after the storm, a patrol , or the 17th se fusiliers found a large number of e ns, stunneby pest., 41 1 eY he ir strength. carried to the d the violence of the tem. Lamas, where thee soiiii'rec.iivered t H,) eket there 'eight con •eat of jor er, 11 re er-