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Palm Oil met with little attention, tine is not worth above 32s per cwt,' although there is not a more plentiful supply, and consumption does not fall of: Rape Seed Oil has been purchased with caution, sellers are willing to accept for brown 39s to 40s, pale 40s 6d to 41s, Foreign 42s to 42s 6d, brown 40s to 40s 6d. For Olive the market continues to present a quiet aspect; sellers are willing to accept from 451 to 48/ per tun, and prices have a downward tendency. In Seal Oil operations have been of little moment. Pale at 371 to 371 10s, straw and tinged 331 to 364 yellow and brown 311 to 32 /10s. Only small parcels of Southern have been sold at 31/ to 33/ lOs for ordinary to fine and lower rates are expected to prevail. Cod met with less attention, but as the stock is still small, buyers are compelled to pay 33/10s to 341 for 'small parcels. For Sperm Oil the market continues to present a dull aspect, and 81/ 10s to 821 per tun is the nearest ♦alue of fine Colonial. Pub lic sales of Fish Oil will be declared shortly.: iOUTIIEASTERN RAILWA Y. A. t the TWENTY-SEVENTH HALL-YEARLY GENERAL and SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway, held, in pursuance of the Act of Incorpora tion, at the Bridge House Hotel, London -bridge, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of March, 1850, JAMES MAC GREGOR, Esq., Chairman, in the chair, The advertisement convening the Meeting was read, and the fol- ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The PROGRAMME for the present season is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Patrons of the Opera, with the confident hope that the • arrangements will ►merit the continuance of the approbation and distinguished pa tronage which have so pre-eminently marked former seasons, and maintained the established reputation of her Majesty's Theatre as the centre of refined art and the re-union of rank and talent. PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE! . On Ifoniiay next, in Svo., witk portrait, &c., 145., hand _ - - - wilily bound, THE LIFE OF 'HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FIELD-MARSHAL EDWARD DUKE OF KENT; WITH EXTRACTS FROM 'MIS CORRESPONDENCE AND ORILIINAL LETTERS, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. By the Rev. ERSKINE NEALE, Rector efKirton, Author of " The Life-Book of a Labourer," " Closing Scene!," Re. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *** Orders should be forwarded immediately to the Booksellers, to secure the early delivery of the Work. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Madame SONTAG Will have the honour of appeTriniiic;e;eral New Characters (in addition to the parts personified by this Great Artiste in the past season), one of which has been expressly written for her. 31dlle. PARODI, Mdlle. CATHERINE HAYES, Madame GIULIANI, Signora IDA BERTRAND, A Contralto of great reputation from La Scala and other great mAsiT INDIA HOUSE, Millen 13, 1850. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST ' INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, ?bat a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice, that at the rIY General Court of the said Company, appointed to Le held • . 1 their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDN ESDAY, the 20th inst., he e Will submit the following motion, VIZ. " That the papers concerning the expulsion of Captain Peter Gor don from the district of Madura be irinted for the use of the mem erS of this Court." • r putt anoth er P ropr i e t or h as giv.n notice that be will submit t he °ll , ° Wing motions, viz.:— - ‘ That the Court of Directors do lay before the Court of Pro- Vetors all the papers connected with the dismissa l of M, Vencata t'lloo, as notified in the Fort St. George "Gazette " of date 25th la. uaary, fs4 B. ” 4. ," That the re mova l of the Judges of the C( urt of Sudder and Fouj • !ITY Adawlut by the Government of the Marquis of Tweeddale was . huconstitutienal as his Lordship's residence on the Neilyherry hills, Z i a Performance of acts of Government when separated from the Zinell of Oevernment, was in violation of Act 39 and 40 George c ap. 70, sec. 12." tou hat another Proprietor has,g'veu notice that he will submit the • . ° wing motion, viz.:— •t he That the Court of Proprietors should pre:s their regret that baste ofControl should have proceeded es with Such unnecessary to confirm the confiscation of the Sindh principality, anti that the Ute oard of Control be moved to a re-consderion of the cse of • Ameers in view to some suitable provisi jn for the exiled pr a inces their native land." The r ,.,„ satin Proprietor viz. has also given notice that he will submit the V4lolrwr, motion, That the Court of Proprietors, participating in those feelings of r egret, of which there have been such frequent manifestations on I , ! , art of the mercantile and manufacturing communities, at the .efp ,'% llll cant outlay which has been incurred in Western India for d u 'riing suitable access to the cotton growing and other more pro - e e n tiv e Portions of the British territory , and for the due developc- T, t thereby of its well ascertained and most va luable re o I,.„' lr eee. do most earnestly recommend to the Court of Directors the ' e eediate adoption of some comprehensive scheme of carria g e-way r ' si muunication therewith from the nearest river and seaports, of i tiels the district populations generally might also reap a per manent b enefit, such a measure being not less called for by considerations of ! a nitY towards those most impoverished classes, of our native •t'ouil.tiects, the cultivators of the soil, and those engaged in the very i I.,t'erne and dangerous transport of its produce, than for the main 171lience and improvement of the revenue, and whereby alone the mach less demand in this country for 'cotton wool can in ordinary less in seasons of scarcity or suspended intercourse with "' e rica, be adequately met." JAMES MELVILL, Secretary. 4ANK of ENGLAND MARCH 12, 1850. 4 : The Court of Directors of the jovernor and Company yof the of England give notice, 11 . at a General Court will be held at the Bank, on Truntsnav, the instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely; to consider of a DIVE .„'n• Also that another General Court will be held at the Bank 4 7,_. 11 asnav, the 9th of April next, from Ten o'clock in the Fore vurOu, till Four in the Afternoen, for the ELECTION of a GOVER i'eult and DEPUTY-GOTERNOR for the year ensuing (which will b.4eulared that evening) ; and the same Court will be continued 41diourrineent, and held at the same place , and d urin g the same `, 3 : on NVEDNEsDAY, the 10th day of April next, for the ELEC of of TWENTY-FOUR DIRECTORS (which will also be one ki4uarterly Gene Courts apointed by the Charter), and the ". lon Q of the Twenty-four Directors will be declared as soon as the 11 tirly is over. Yri n .. eu lists of the Proprietor having votes will be read red t at the Bank on Tuesday, s the 26th of March in stant.y to be de- JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. 110 ' • —7 an Act passed i the 7th year of the reign of Geo. 111., Person will be entitled to n e ote at the said election who shall not it"! be en s i x ca l en d ar m onths possessed in h!s own right of the 4.„',for which he shall then give his vote, unless the said stock shall, by cen acquired, or shall have come by bequest, or by marriage, sUccession to an Intestate's estate, or by the custom of the city ton . odor', or by any deed of settlement after the death of any per shall have been entitled for life to the dividends of such stock. PARISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER - T o SQUIRE. s , -.butchers, Cheesemongers, Cornehandlers, Grocers, Milkmen, rotato-dealers, Oilmen and Tallowchandlers, Colourmen, and Cof 'lentakers. one k r h Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and teters of the Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Workhouse Months, from the 25th day of March, to the 29th day of S. p tnler, 1650, may deliver in their sealed proposals at the Moard- Q 7, in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on FAIDIT , t h e 22d of March, 1850. 'ersons Tendering must be in attendance, and all Tenders m u s t be ka T tn 'l upon and strictly in accordance with the printed Form of lir o ",_,er, which may be obtained on application to the Master ot the r kilouSe, in Mount-street, as well as any further particulars. By order. T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. XRIBITION of INDUSTRY of all NATIONS, 1851. 4 .k l t ttt Meeting Of the Bradford Committee for Promoting the above t hition, held in the Exchange-buildings, on March 13, 1850, 11. FORBES, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair. 114 f lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted:— tee t That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a commit ,l‘.° canvas the inhabitants of the town for subscriptions :—The ItOr; Messrs. Alderman Salt, S. Smith, Brown ; Messrs. John I.S. 'Aycock, D. Hover,Peckr E. Hailstone, J. Behrens, C. Semon, leaYlor J. Dalby W el, S. L. Tee. 2 : v ea Mr. Alderman . S. Smith. seconded by S. Laycock, Esq. (1 0 , 1, 11 1 e Mayor haviag stated that it was his intention to be in Len that ring the ensuing week—Resolved, that the meeting request ),,t4the Mayor will take that opportunity of hav ia g an interview tie the Royal Commissioners and Executive Committee, to explain ), views of this Committee in reference to the arrangements for the " q hibitien. , rs Moved by H. W. Ripley, Esq., seconded by J. Rand, Esq. .`le following subscriptions have already been entered into : ' ll lio ,7an, Forbes, we Co. £lOO J. Behrens • *ti t , lo Fsfall and 13,65. . . 100 W. Cheesebrough . . ",s 551 t 1114 eckover Dawson, and Hardy "Alas 13 Douglas, and Co. . 50 G. Rogers o,2rnitb, B ros. , an d Co. . 50 1. Douglas and Co.. r iv en and Harrop . . . 50 Lythall and Haigh . . . . 20 1; 4113 and Co. 4,l ti Pley and Son .. . and Sons .. . LEASEHILDS.—MA NOR OF ELLERBECK, NEAR NORTHILLERTON, YORKSHIRE. TO be SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the 111011 COURT of CHANCERY, made in the causes "Bay- A y Atj Todd and Others," "Bayley v. Drummond," and " Todd and p rci :ner v. Bayley and Others ; ' and also in purs uance of another A r of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of " Todd and netb er v. Ilewgill," with the approbation of Riesfinn 'roans Ku"- ' 4 T, Esq., the Master of the Court, to whom the said 111,uses stand transferred, at the Golden Lion Inn, Northallerton, ;n l',„2eynty of York, on Wnormsnly, the 3d day of April next, at V2 I . F clock in the Afternoon, 1 , ;, Valuable LEASEHOLD ESTA-TE, being the undivided Third kip of the Manor of Ellerbeck, in the county of York, with the De -I,l:Pe Lands of, and Manorial Rights belonging to the same, together ‘,!. 1 several excellent and substantial Farmhouses and Buildings, a J"e!er co rn - m ill and Cottages, comprising in the whole 865 Acres of geble, Meadow, and Pasture Land, late the property of Dr. William 41thelor Bayley, deceased. pa rticular, whereof may be bad (gratis), at the said Master's s)'42b,ers, Southampton-buildig, Chancery-lane, London; of Mr. ko n ,V l ek Kidnaan Parkinson, solicitor, 37, Jilin-street, Bedford-row, thi r ,?n ; of Mr. B. B. Thompson, solicitor, .Tadeaste ,. r, York ef Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxarn, and Co., solicitors, /New Bos- L :court, Lincoln's Inn, London; of Messrs. Clarke, Fynniore, and 7g4te, solicitors, 43, Craven-street, Strand, London ; of Messrs. Faujltner, and Co. solicitors, 1, Bedford - row , Lon d on ; of tThomas Fowle, solicitor,' N or thallerton; and at the principal ae 1 1: ;'a the neighbourhood f Northallerton. The Premises may Til6vfed on application to the tenants. e other Two-thirds of the said Estate are also for Sale. tARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. • 11 ° LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post- _ office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. THOMSON HAMMY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairntan. 1,; 1 7ri Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Ess. George Lyall, Esq. V "cis Ural, Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. itZalter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. 4 4,„ Harvey, pawl. James Morris, Esq. o, k ," r Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ibi i „ge Johnstone, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq. Labouchere, Esq. John Tho rnton, Es q . I, och, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. UD I T OR S . " • gebattS, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. In .A.cruara—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. 1,1,, - 'Lhe LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assuran ces ma y be effected at liiti;.ates without participation in the Profits ; o r at moderate Rates Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At 1 1),;',, , q . the three Septennial Divisions wh ich this Company has made, ki t 'oauses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the . sum kt) r t ,' ,l , or about 27 por cent. on the amount of premium received ; 11 4 whole amount of Reversionary Bonus a llotted b y the Com e exceeded 530,000/. !LI "k ) -TS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro ,lZ, such Policies shall have been effected a suffic ient time to have i h 4 ed in each case a value not under 501. tit th e FIRE DEPARTMENT, a R eturn of profit was declared Ni 6th of June, upon the premiums receiv ed on all Policies i to r had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same la course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), 414',,een the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and 0 the Agents in the Country Districts. qa, rl l ee is hereby given, that Assurances whichexpire at La . dy is g(i Vust he renewed within fifteen days, at this e office, or with r4VtPla,James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Toleatty's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. 1/11E UNITED GUARANTEE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital 100,0001. (With increase the amount to 500,000/.) N i ne-fifths of the profits of this Company will be divided among + - ' 4 llred, and the first division will take place in 1854. Joh n TuusTrzs. Griffith Frith, Esq. I Joshua P. B. Westhoad, Esq.,MP. "wok Garnett Tyrle, Esq. DIRECTORS. , The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE , Cha irman. 4 uIIUA P. B. WESTHEAD, Esq. M.P., Vice-Chairman. 40, %/ o ' 4ll . Bates, Esq. Cor nelius Nicholson, Esq. 1 1 ;' , 1 Field, Esq. Charles Podmore, Esq. )1 1 °9. Carlyle Hayward, Esq. Daniel Shears, jun., Esq. , 'hard James, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. 4l ter 14, 3—John Parker, Esq., (National Bank of Ireland); 11. B. olds, Esq., est (Me minster ssrs. B Glyn and Co.); Henry Withers , E s q ., tt l i! doe aud W 'Ts—Messrs. Barnetts, Hoare, and Co., Lombard-street ; Lon don and County Bank, Lombard-street. Ah yai Standing Counsel —Henry Tyrwhitt Frend, Esq. e'+ul—John Maclean. M.D., 29, Upper Montagu-street, Mon tagu-square. A. C. Maclaren, Esq., 53, Upper Mail lebone - stre et, "ortland•place. ' Portia.. place. t at t , t asill—Messrs. Maberlys and Bcachcro:t, 17, King's - road, Bed ferd-row. Bol 'Mg Actuary—Edward Byley, Esq., F.R.A.S., 1, Leadenhall street. ~,,,P. e culiar and distinguishing feature of als Company that ;:wnes in one transaction, at a considerable annual saviog to Or), sired, the principle of public guarantee for fidelity of peat .llst with life assurance, by which the following advantages I‘ 4 , ll ; °, ded viz. : "tejlnAloyiers—Additional security, by causing the assured to be interested in the preservation of their life policies, which are %,"gent on their fidelity, and annually increase in value progress -4W,lth the duration of the guarantee p olicies. ktt the Employed—Eaemptlon from onerous ligations to pri 14risureties, or from contributing a n annual sum out of their / 5 as Without hope of return, which, under the ordinary system 4aarantee is, in reality, simply a fund to meet the defalca :% 1 .,,. 01 others ; whereas, by this Company's plan, they are sure It qtore to their families at their decease, or receiv e themselves tlry advanced period of their lives, all they may have tempo abstracted from their incomes, and in many eases with a Ail ; 'a aclitton. k les for guarantee are granted sep aratel y if desired. 1 14 i ` t descriptions of Life Assurance ordinarily transacted by incur s°lllces, are undertaken by this Company upon the most favour blv'ad improved principles, and the premiums may be paid guar jialf-Tearly, or annually. i!tePectuses, forms of proposal, and other information, may be : , 14 4 d, upon application, at the offices of the Company, \,_""3 7 , London. JAMES KNIGHT, Secretary. Just published, price 55., Bvo. in cloth, k t i I' rl , ICTUR,N of the URETHRA. ; its Patho- I Na o l ogy and Rational Treatment, with im p ortant Practical Ob (T,01, 4 °lls on the Use and Abuse of Instru ments in the Treatment , N,lifructions of the Urinary Canal ; sh owin g how it is that Stric- Z"'ly' in most cases, net only resist, but are aggravated by the ordi j,',Ritipoltils adopted for their cure, and at length become seriously k.NT,ated by the so-called " eonsequences of Stricture." The , ulustrated by numerous cases, which will be found to embrace 'IN Possible form of Stricture and its consequences , t o g ether with Prlate means of cure. Oose By F. 13. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. ke , 4 Who are labouring under long-protracted stricture, with all ,t,„, c loPanying miseries, TV ill find detailed in this work modes if k pl o i'o s nt adapted to such cases, the efficacy and superiority of tit ii„.nave been tested by repeated practice; whilst these who 0 41 ,, , (•ring under the less severe forms ef the disease may lind ; me ads of prympt relief, and at the same time such information art Protect them from becoming the victims of unskilful and i:riA i treatraent—the main•spring of severe and complicated ob- N u ns of the urinary canal. " The operation of introducing a O lt p' through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the Orid 3 u nioult in the whole range of suriical operations, and de cit 441 411 the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art ;tow Y,)e acquired. and that gradually, by frequent practice."— tlAVPerative Surgery. illll,.. u ed by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent - street ; and may be had "vatiellers in town and epun'ry. lowing Resolutions were passed : 1. That the Common Seal cf the Company be affixed to the register of proprietors. The seal was affixed accordingly in the presence of the meeting. 2. That a register of the shareholders of the Company, with the amount of shares or stock they individually hold, be made up and published annually, and that every shareholder be entitled to have cne upon payment of Is. 3. That the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts, as now read to this Meeting, be receive& and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated among the proprietors, with copies of the report of the public auditors of the accounts, together with the report of the engineer. 4. That a dividend (lest income-tax) of Os. per share on the shares paid up, and of fis. Id. per share on the shares created on the 7th day of November; 1814, be now declared, ar.d be made payable on the Bth day of April next. b. That John Bradshaw, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 6. That the Hon. James Byng be re-elected a Director of this Company. 7. That John Charles Jackie, Esq.,be re-elected a Director of this Company. 8. That Francis Curwin Smith, Esq., who has been elected a Director of this Company to fill a vacancy in the direction on the resignation of Sir William Feilden, Bart., be continued a Director of the Company. 9. That the Directors shall reduce their number to nine by ballet among themselves, at a meeting to be held within a week from to-day. 10. That this Meeting do stand adjourned till the 11th April, at One o'clock P.m., for the election of *auditors, and that proprietors who intend to be candidates for the office are to give 14 days' notice thereof to the Secretary, and that a hat of the candidates be adver tised by him In the public papers. 11. That 1001. per annum be paid as the amount of salary to each Of the three auditors when elected. 12. That the No. 4 Shares remaining unissued on the 20th of Sep tember; 1849, which the Directors were authorise l ;at the General Meeting of tho Proprietors held on that day to issue at interest thereon at the rate of 41. 10s. per cent. per annum, be placed on the same terms of issue as the new shares authorised to be issued at the Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held on the aforesaid 20th of September, 1849, at a guaranteed rate of interest thereon in per petuity of 41. 10s. per cent. per annum ; and that the holders of the aforesaid unissued No. 4 Shares shall not be entitled M any of the privileges of shareholders, but to interest only at the rate of 41. 10s. per centeper annum. 13. That all the classes of shares in the capital of the Company be converted and consolidated into capital stock on and after the Ist day of May, 1850. The Old Shares, the shares commonly known as the No. 1 Shares, and the shares commonly known as the No. 2 Shares, of the nominal value respectively of 501. each, to be converted and consolidated into and to form part of the capital stock of the Company, at 301. for each of such shares respectively, and to be designated "The Consolidated South-Eastern Railway Stock." The shares commonly known as the No. 3 Shares of the - nominal value of 501. each, to be converted and consolidated into and to form part of the capital stock of the company at 301. for each of such shares, and to be designated "The Consolidated South-Eastern Railway No. 3 Stock." The Third Shares, commonly called the No. 4 Shares, of the nominal value of 161. 13s. 4d. each, to be converted and consolidated into and to form part of the capital stock of the Company at 101. for each of such Third Shares, and to be designated " The Consolidated South- Eastern Railway No. 4 Stock." 'The Third Shares, commonly called the No. 4 Shares, remaining unissued on the 20th of Septem ber, 1849, and the New Shares of 101. each authorised to be issued at the Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held on the aibre said 20th of September,. 1849, guaranteed respectively interest thereon in perpetuity at the rate' of 41. les. per cent. per annum, to be converted and consolidated into and to form part of the capital stock of the Company at 101. for each of such guaranteed shares re spectively, and to be designated " The Consolidated South-Eastern Railway Stock, guaranteed 4% per cent. in perpetuity." That the capital stock of the Company be divisible into and transferable in amounts of not less than 101. 14. That the draft Biil now submitted to the Meeting, intituled "A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to raise a further sum of Money," be approved, subject to such alterations as to Parliament shall meet. 15. That the draft Bill now submitted to this Meeting, intituled "A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to Discon tinue the Payment of Interest on Calls paid on certain Classes of Shares, and to enable the Holders of the same to participate in Dividends, and to Amend the Acts relating to the said Company," be approved, subject to such alterations as to Parliament shall seem meet. That the Directors be requested to cowvence a Special Meeting of the Proprietors so soon as the aforesiaid Bill has become law, for the purpose of determining the period, from or after the 30th of June next, from which the payment or allowance of interest on the said shares shall discontinue, and the same be entitled to participate in dividends. 16. That this Meeting do santilon and approve the contin uance of the allowance, out of capital, to the shareholders of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway of interest at the rate of Si. 103. per dent. per annum on the paid-up capital of such Company, amounting to 600,0001. front the 11th of August, 1849, up to the period when the lease of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway to this Company shalt be dated, and that on the payment by the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company to this Company of any balance of capital, or money raised by loan which at the date of the lease may remain in the hands of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company, this Company shall by their covenant indemnify the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company against all Interest to the amount of 41. per cent. per annum, which may at any time thereafter become due in respect of the present or any rerewed bond debt of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Com pany for 200,0001., so long as such debt shall remain undischarged, and ag anst an other liabilities of the Reading, Guildford, and Rei gate Railway Company, but not including the principal of such bond debt or any excess of interest above 41. per cent. ; and that on the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company agree:ng to call up• from the shareholders of that Company the remainder, amount ing to 200,0001., of the entire Parliamentary capital of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company, to be applied in discharge of the bond debt of the last-mentioned Company to the like amount, this Company shall agree to pay to the Reading, Guildford, and Rei gate Railway Company interest upon the sum of 200,0001., as and when so called up and applied in discharge of such bond debt, at tile rate of 4i.-per cent. per annum it perpetuity; and that' this Com pany shall agree to an amalgamation of the two Companies on the terms of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company agreeing to consent to a Bill in Parliament, to be promoted by, and at the expense of, this Company, 'within the space of two years from the date of the lease, for an amalgama tion of the Companies, by exchanging the shares in the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company for Perpetual Debentures or Preferential Stock of this Company carrying interest at the rate of 5/. 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum, on the mutual agreement that by such Bill no alteration or change shall be proposed or consented to be made in the now existing rates and tolls authorised by law to be levied by the said two Companies separately in reference to their respective lines of railway ; and that this Meeting do approve of the execution by this Company of the lease of the line by the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Company, and of the execution by this Company of a deed of covenant for carrying into effect the above-mentioned objects, the engrossments of which pro posed lease and deed of covenant have been submitted to this Meeting. JAMES MAC GRECOR, Chairman. The Chairman having left the chair, it was resolved unanimously, That the cordial thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chair man and Directors for their valuable services to the Company. G. S. HERBERT, Secretary. South-Eastern Railway Offices, London Terminus, March 14, 1850. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the next lIALF-YEARLY GEYERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the Caledonian Rail way Company will be held in the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street, London, on THURSDAY, the 28th day of March current, at Twelve o'clock Noon, in terms of the statute. At this meeting it will be proposed to confirm the forfeiture of cer tain shares, and to direct the same to be sold or otherwise disposed 0.. Also, to empower the Board of Directors to negotifve and enter into interim arrangements for such modification and reduction of the pre ferential and guaranteed dividends as shall bring them within the limits of the Company's annual free revenue, pending application to Parliament. There will also be submitted the following motions, of which no tices have been given, viz. : That the number of Directors be increased to ten. And that the expenses incurred by the London Central Committee of Caledonian shareholders be defrayed out of tke Company's funds. Also, motions of which notices were given at the last half-yearly general meeting, as follows, viz. : That the existing arrangements by which third-class passengers are carried from Edinburgh and Glasgow to London by the mail train on Saturday evenings be discontinued. And that no sistematic or pre-determined work be done on the Sabbath-day on the Caledonian Railway. It will also be proposed— To empower the Directors to withdraw the opposition to, and if found desirable by them, to promote the Bill introduced by the Edm burAh and Glasgow Railway Company for amalgamating with the Caledonian Railway Company, in the event of such alterations being made in the Bill as, in the opinion of the Directors, shall be conform able with the interests of the Caledonian Shareholders. - Also to appoint an Auditor of the Company in the room of Mr. Douglas Campbell, who now holds office as one of the Directors. In terms of previous advertisement, the Transfer Books will be CLOSED from the 16th March until after the meeting. E. PLUNKETT, Chairman. J. W. CODDINGTON, Secretary. 125, George-street, Edinburgh, March 14, 1850. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The Directors will receive Tenders for Renting the COKE OVENS at Lowestoft. The Specifications will be ready at this Office on Friday, the 22d instant and Tenders, marked on the outside " Tender for Coke evens," to be addressed to the undersigned not later than Tuesday, the 16th of April next. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any Tender. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. 131shopsgate Station, March 15, 1850, A RGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. _ _ . Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Moxey, and Franconi. For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub scription, for morning and evening practice :—Slx months, 51. 55.; one month, 11. is.; ono evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY'S VI SIT to IRELAND, illustrated by a grand moving DIO RAMA, with some of the most charming scenery in that country, including the lovely LAKES of KILLARNEY, by Mr. P. PII ILLIPs, will OPEN at the Chinese Gallery, Hyde-park Corner, on MONDAY, March 18. Daily at Three, Evening at Eight. Admission, ls.—Reserved Seats, 2s. An interesting historical record of the event may be had at tho Gallery. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Innovated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE LWCAPA. ClTY mew Edition,c , n AN larg D ed l to MP l9 E 6 D r l ag M es EN . J T by Post. direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps, u B st T p O ub 3i lls A h lt ed ß , Lk pl E e . 2s. 641., or THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical W ork on A. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use Of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain &a qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Btarie,23, Titehberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productise organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excepsiveindui gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing manta and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative nc.epacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART M. 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 Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for :the Prevention of Meats by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should no escr,e the reader's notice. _ Pim Y. is devoted to the consideration of znarrb.ge, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically Inc:fired into. lingCoaDiAL Baia( or Forsitcma is exclusivsly employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood it cases ofinfectiou, secondary symp.. toms, eruptions, and the abuse of me:cury, 11s. and 838. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific I"21s, 2t. 9d., 48. 6d., and lie. per box, certain remedy for gonoracea, greet:, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. ..,onsMtation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. I/. Packets, wit'. advice, to be had at the Establishment only, bs which the fee,ll., I. saved. Mears. Perry, Surgeons, arc in atton dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. Theatres of Italy ; her first appearance ; Signora MALYINI, her first appearance at this Theatre., Signora C ASA LONI, Signora LUCCIOLA, her first appearande at this theatre, Signora MALPA sUTA, Mdlle. SARA, Signora GRIMALDI. In addition to the above combination of talent, an engagement has at length been effected with the eminent soprano, Madame FREZZOLINI. TUE FAVOURITE TENORS, Signor GAR DONT, Signor CALZOLARI, Signor MICHELLI, his first appearance in London, And Mr. SIMS REEVES. An engagement has also been effected with the admired Tenor Signor BOCARDI, from the San Carlo, Naples, his first appearance. THE FAVOIMITE BASSI CANTANTI, Sig. COLLETTI, Sig. BE LLETTI, Sig. F. LABLICRE, Sig. LORENZO, his first appearance at, this Theatre, And Signor LABLACIIE. Arrangements are still pending with other celebrated artistes of he highest merit. • Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE. The most strenuous efforts have been made to impart complete less in the cast of Operas by the careful selection of the secondary parts. Shortly after Easter will be produced a Grand Opera, expressly written for the Troupe of her Majesty's Theatre, by M. lialevy, entitled "La Tempesta," founded on Shakspere's lyrical poem. The dramatic portion by the celebraied author M. Scribe. The Italian poem by Sig. Gianone. M. Ilalevy and M. Scribe are en gaged to come over to England to preside over the production of this opera. In addition to the most esteemed works of the Repertoire of former years it is intended to produce Mayer's "Medea," and as many of the following Operas as other arrangements will permit : Ricci's " Prigione di Edimburgo," Lortzing's "Burgomaestro di Saardam," and Auber's forthcoming Opera "Le Prodigue," which will be produced under the superintendence of their celebrated Composers Il Domino Nero, of Auber ; the opera arranged, and the recita tives composed for the Italian stage expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by M. Auber. Gluek's Ifigenia in Aulide, Spohr's celebrated opera of Faust, and the favourite operas of the past season—Don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Lucia di Lammer muir, Puritan!, L'Elisir d'Anaore Don Pasquale, Cener,tntola, Ernani, I Due Foscari, I Lombardi, Norena, La Sonnambula, La Favorite, Il Barbiere, Semiramide, La Gazza Ladra, Lucrezia Borgia, Linda di Chamouni, Otello, &c.; and Rossini's Conte Ory and Matilda di Sha bran, &c. &c. The greatest attention has also been bestowed upon the ORCHESTRA, _ And whilst the services of the following eminent talents, amongst others, have been retained, additions of importance have been made, and the whole system remodelled, harmonised, aqd greatly improved, with a view to perfect execution. The following will be Included:lncluded: M. Tolbecque M. Nada ud Jacquin Mr. R. Hughes M. Zeiss M. Steglick M. Oury Sig. Platt' M. Remusat Sig. Bilet ti M. Ista Mr. Winterbottom Sig. Anglais IM. Haycock M. Marin M. Deloffre M. Lavigne 31. Pilet M. Pluyd Mr. Horton M. Muller Mr. Collins Sig. Tampllni M. Stephan, &c. Leader of the Orchestra .. .. 31. TOLBECQUE. , Ballet .. .. .. M. NADAUD. Poet and prompter .. .. .. Sig. CRIPPA. THE CHORUS Has been selected with the utmost regard both as to vocal and dramatic efficiency, and comprises many additions from the Con- Maitre de Chant des Cliceurs—Professor F. EONCONI. Mdlle. PARODI will appear at the opening of the theatre in Mayer's Opera of " Medea." Madame SONTAG will appear at the re-opening ,of the Theatre after Easter, and will make her debut as Norina, in " Don Pasquale," and immediately after as Angela, in '• Il Domino Nero," of Auber. Madame FREZZOLINI will arrive towards the middle of April. After which will be produced Ii Burgomaestro di Saardam, the part of the Burgomaestro by Sig. Lablache. Shortly of er will be produced the new Grand Opera of La Tempesta. THE BALLET. The Direction of her Majesty's Theatre has not thought It would be justified, by the unprecedented magnitude of the Lyrical resources now collected, in diminishing in the smallest degree the attractions of the Ballet Department, the source of so much recreation to the Subscribers and the Public, and the following arrangements have been effected : Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRISI, Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Signora AMALIA FERRARIS. From the San Carlos, Naples, her first appearance at this Theatre, And Dldllc. ROSATI, Supported by Signora Gambadella, Madame Petit Stephan, Mlles. Rosa Vergniaud, Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureaus, Fanny I'ascales, Dethier, &c., &c. M. PAUL TAGLIONI, M. GOSSELIN, &c., M. CHARLES, With a numerous Cerps de Ballet, which haS been greatly in creased by the accession of fresh talent. Arrangements are pending with other artistes of great attraction. Maitre de Ballet, M. PAUL TAGLIONI. Sous Maitre de Ballet, and Master of the French School of Chore graphy, M. GOSSELIN. . _ _ Regisseur . de la Danse, and Master of the English School of Chore- graphy. M. PETIT. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor PUGNI. Principal Artist to the establishment, Mr. Charles Marshall. The Costume Department will be directed by Mr. Coombes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Principal Machinist, Mr. D. Sloman. Head of the Property Department, Mr. Bradweli. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last Season. Other arrangements of peculiar interest are in. progress. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA beg most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public that the SEASON of 1850 will COMMMTCE THIS EVEN ING, March 16. In announcing this the Fourth Season of the Royal Italian Opera, the Directors cannot but express the greatest :Satisfaction in being able to present a Programme to their Subscribers which will at once demonstrate both their intention and ability still further to carry out the extended views of the original projectors of that great undertaking. The exertions, the difficulties, and the immense pecuniary out lays which have taken place since the commencement of the Royal Italian Opera, such as indeed are but rarely separable from the iirst formation of all great undertakings, are well kflown ; and when it is considered that these exertions have been made, these difficulties encountered, and these large sums devoted to tb e gradual building up and completion of the establishment, with a view rather to ulterior than to immediate profit, it will not appear surprising that the present Directors find themselves in a position to offer to their audiences during the forthcoming Season a series. of Lyrical Enter tainments totally unrivalled in any theatre in Europe. The Royal Italian Opera now possesses the following immense re pertoire, viz.: —Twenty-eight Operas, each of which is complete in itself, with Music, Scenery, Decorations, and Cintumes, and capable of Representation at a few hours' notice. Serniramide .. • • • • • • Rossini. La Donna del Lago .. • . • • • Rossini. L'ltaliana in Algieri Rossini. Il Barbiere di Seviglia • • • • • . Rossini. La Gazza Ladra • • • • • • • • Rossini. Il Tancredi • • • • • • • • Rossini. La Cenerentola • • • • • • .• Rossini. Gugllelmo Tell Ernani I Due Foscari "Verdi.'u • Norma • • • • • • • • • • . Bellinl. La Sonnambula • • • • • • • • Benin'. I Puritan' • • • • • • • • .. Bellini. I Capuletti e Monteceld .. • • .. Bellini • Les Huguenots • • • • • • .. Meyerbeer. Robert le Diable , .. • • Meyerbeer. Le Prophets. . • • • • • Meyerbeer. Lucia di Lammermoor • • • • Donizetti. L' glisir d'Amore ........Donizetti. Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti. Anna Bolena .. • • • • • • • . Donizetti. Maria di Rohan........Donizetti. La Favorite .• • • • • • Donizetti. Linda di Channuni • • • • • .. Donizetti. Don Giovanni .. • • • • •• Mozart. Le Nozze di Figaro • • • • • • • Mozart. Masaniello 1.. • • • • • • • • Auber. Ti Matrimonio Segreto • • • • - Cimarosa. During the present Season, of the following Eight Operas, five (at least) will be produced, viz.: Parisina • Donizetti Guido e Ginevra • Halevy (For the first time in England.) Fidello ............ ...... Beethoven (For the First Time on the Italian Sta.ge in England.) Iphigenia in Taurls .... • • Gluck. (For the First Time in England.) La Juive ...... Halevy. (For the First Time in England.) II Bravo ..... Mercandante. • (For the First Time in England.) Il Franco Arden) (Der Freischutz) Weber. (For the First Time on the Italian Stage in England), and 3104"6 in Egltto, with .the new arrange ments and additions, by the Composer • • .... •••.•• • • .. • - Rossini. (For the First Time, in this Form. in England.) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera "LE PROI TIETE," having, from unavoidable circumstances, been produced nearly at the end of last season, may also be regarded as a new opera. In fact, the few re presentations then given will little more than serve as rehearsals ne cessary to so elaborate a work. With such a repertoire already existing—with works of such magnitude in contemplation— and with such an establishment at their command, it only remained for the Directors to select a com pany of vocalists of the highest order. 'and they feel assured that when the following enumeration is perused, it will be allowed that the Royal Italian Opera can alone boast or so distinguished an as semblage of artistes. THE ENGAGEMENTS FOR TUE PRESENT SEASON' ARE— SOPRANI—Madame Grisi, Madame Caslellan (her flat appear ance these two years), Mademoiselle Vera (her first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera), and Madame Viardot. CONTRALTl.—Mademoiselle de Merle yard Mademoiselle d'Okol ski (her first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera). TENORl.—Signor Mario, Signor Enrico lefaralti (from the Theatre La Felice at Venice, his first appearance in England), Signor Luigi Mei, Signor Soldi, Signor Levis, and Signor Tamberlik (from the Theatre of San Carlo at Naples), and the Grand Opera at Barcelona, (his first appearance in England). BASSI BARITONI.—Signor Tamburint, Monsieur Massol, Signor Rommi, and Signor Remold. BASSI PROFONDI.—Herr Formes (from Me Imperial Theatre of Vienna, his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera), Signor Taglialico, Signor Polonini, Signor Roche, and Monsieur Zelger (from the Academie Royale at Paris, his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera). Director of the Music, Comp oser , an d C on d a ctor, Mr. COSTA. The ORCHESTRA, acknowledged to b 3 'the completest and most talented in Europe, will remain as last season. The Military Baud will be under the superintendence of Mr. Godfrey. The CHORUS will exhibit the same etill , :lency and perfection as heretofore. s t l a s t i s e s i f r a r c e i t r i t o s il l e a n s t d 3 t , h e a o r s l e l n b t e a 1 c t o o n u O n p u e r ed u The plan of limiting the pe r f ormance of Ballets to short Diver rMr s a r r z e 9 1 o , ; Decorat or,M e ssr s . c rJ e , dct l rl a n; in the g res gi p ven en u t ni se v a e s rs on al . Maitre do Ballet, Sig Casati ; P rompter, Sig. as enterasi. The v lN e lr a . nd ß ir la e mr ib i n e . ; Machinist, spectacles arranged by Mr. Barris. Artistes C o stu m i ers , Mrs. E. M B Bail e A y u a e n n d ; M s e rt e d n a i m e Ae The SEASON will commence THIS 1 VrENING, March 16, with Weber's Grand Opera IL FRANCO ARCIERO (Der Preischutz). With entirely new scenery, costumes, and decorations. The .principal characters by Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Vera, Signor Enrico Maralti, Herr Formes, M. Massol, M. Rommi, Signor Luigi Mei, and Signor Enrico Maralti ..(his first arpearance in England). Tickets for Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be - taken for the night or season. - N.B. Subscribers for the season will have , the option of paying their subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by menthly instal ments. The terms may be obtained at the Box-of lcle of the Theatre (corner of Hart-street and Bow-street), which is open from Eleven till Five o'c:ock. QALE POSTPONED.—SALE of FLOUR MILL and other real Estate, at W ereham, Norfolk, by W. SPELMAN and SONS, advertised to take pilace at the Castle Inn, Downham Market, on Monday, March 18, 1 850, WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. - - B. 13. B. MASON.Solicitor, Wercham. Manll 15, 1850. • NOTICE.—THE POLAR REGIONS. Just ready, in small Svc,. with Correct Maps of the Arctic Reg ions, Portrait Sir John Franklin, ke., N A R It A T I V E OF ARCTIC 'DISCOVERY, From the Earliest Period to the ['resent Time ; with the details of the Measures adopted by her Majerty's Government for the r elief of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin, dedicated to Lady Fra nklin, By JOHN' J. SMILLINGLAW. ----- the frigid zone, Where, for relentless months., continual night Holds, o'er the glittering waste, her starry reign." W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. Orderi received by all Booksellers. NOTICE. M R. LONDON," A Vol.S W I , O is R NO T W EI RE ' SkDY"tuTinalaVyEbiel bad from all Booksellers, and at all Railway Stations. Price is. boards, or Is. 6d. cloth. London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. This Day, Octavo, Is. SOME REFLECTIONS on the SPEECH of x.. 7 THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON COLO NIAL POLIC - :i - By C. It AVY/PrltTrVz , Isq., M.P. Published for the Society for the Reform of Colonial Government. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. Two volumes, post Bvo., 143. aRSPEROS; or, Travels in the West. By Mrs. HOUST,IIN. Author of " Texas and the Gulf of Mexico." "after the Western World' of Alexander Mackay—not even ex ceptimg the more special works of Lyell, the geologist—' Hesperus' is the most interesting and useful book of American travel contributed in !ater years to our literature."—Eclectic Review. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. £lOO PER ANNUM AWARDED IN MUSICAL PREMIUMS, by the P. oprletor of " Novello's Part -Song Book." For the Poetry to be set, and the conditions. see First Number, now ready. Price is. NOVELLO'S PART-SONG BOOK. Edited by E. G. MoNk.—A new Musizal Periodical, on the 15th day of each month.—Sold by all Book and Music Sellers. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Sir Henry R. 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SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent Of the passions. Chastity and its Infringement.. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." rIIOGRAMME :--Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re- ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both aides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art •f rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversiou. Cases, &c. By IL J. CtTLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), Ar.n.c.s. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Tvrenty-flve years :Medical and Forensic Referee in these 4natters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till 21111 C. 10, Argyll place. Regent-street. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. ' COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 6d Stewart's East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Caradoc ..... .. .. Hasting's Hartley li s6d Cassop 158 fid Holywell New Tanfield... ...... ... 13s 3d Heugh Hall Old Tanfield l2s Gd Hartlepool 165 9d Bavensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d Fox's Hartlepool Tanfield Moor ......... 14s 6d Kelloe ............... ranfield Moor Butes... 13s Od South Hartlepool 9 d T own l e y l4s 6d West Hetton l4s 3 West *lam l4s 9d Whitworth 13s 6d Wall's End, &e. Adelaide Tees Brown's .. Buraton Killingworth 14s 3d Maclean's Tees 139 6d Original Gibson Walker Eden Main elmont lss fid St. Helen's Tees ..... 13s 9d 6d 15s 9d Tees ...... • l6s Braddyll 10 etton ttaswell l7s Od DerwentwaterHartley 14s Gd Jonassohns Lambton Lumley lss 3d WAKEFIELD, MARCH Is.—The supplies are considerably less than of late. Wheat is held with more confidence, and having a slight improvement in the demand the prices of last week are well maintained. Oats, shelling, and beans sleet dull limitediale at worse prices. New. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s• Suffolk, Es ;ex, and Kent, red ... 36 to 39 Ditto, white ... 44 Norfolk and Hunts., red ▪ 35 37 ••-• Ditto, white 38 42 • Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 83 —37 Ditto, white ... 38 41 Yorkshire, red ... 34 —36 Ditto, white • 37 40 —* Dantzic and Konigaburg, whit e • 38 42 Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... :35 —37 '— M e diterranean, red BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Su ff olk... 28 •• Lincolnshire and Yorkshire * .. 22 —2 5 Scotch *** ... 21 —23 •—•--- Grinding per 30 stone • 19 20 Foreign ••• 19 —22 —•-- BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b Small, fine ... 21 —26 - - Ticks 23 25 '- Foreign 22 —24 OATS, per stone:— Mealing . S ' II F E Qe L d LI ing NG, per load ' Of 2611 b 01 to Od 7d to Bd Od to 0 a Foreign ... • 7d to 8d 01 to od. ▪ 7d . to 8 d 20 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 013. s. _ to ..- ... 24 - 27 ... 22 - 24 Q 1 S. [VALE. ARRI Qre. Wheat ••• ••• ••• 8,435 Barley ... ... ... _ ,m2 Oats ... ... ... ... 1 _ 53 o r S t u a G r e A Beans... ... ... ... 15.—The supply i 71 our IastBRISTOL rp 1,810 Peas ... ... ... ... 191 Tares ... ... ... .. ; prices must, however,. • _, raw sugar is still very indifferent, and the transactions sine e be quoted as again rather in favour of the buyers. Refined is+ it consequently i A RKE T limited indifferent, and Rc 1 I in fair demand, and commands full rates. In rum nothing doing.—Bristol iliercury. NEWBURY, MARCH 14.—The quantity of wheat in our• market t G--a ay was greater than the demand, the sale being languid, and late rates barely obtainable. The trade for Barley was not equal to the supply, but last week's Weis were unaltered. Beans, oats, and peas were rather shorn:, supplied, and the trade dull and limited, at late prices. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—The imports of grain and Am le are on a small scale, but still the trade is without life, and at this morning's market the business in any article was limited to mere retail purchases. There was no alteration made in ti se quotations of wheat, flour, or.oats. Indian corn was less iin demand to-day, and the !nice was considered rather easier. EXETER, MARCH 15.—Pannier- - Turkeys' 4s 6d to Or each ; ducks, 4 s 6d t o 5 s 64 per couple ; fowls, 3s to 41_ ditto ; spring chickens, 3s to 3s 6d ditto; galenas, 5s to b‘ 6d ditto ; butter, is Id to is 2d per lb ;:eggs, 20 to 22 f or 1 s; potatoes, 104 to Is-,251 a score. Seed Market—The season. fbr the sale of grass seeds has commenced to day, and a consider able quantity of eaver has been offered at from 3s 6d to 4s p it bushel. Other seeds remain nearly the same; clover, 34s to 38s per qr ; spring vetches, 5s 6d per bushel; peas and bear .s, 4s 6d ; linseed, 7s. Corn Exchange , on e o'clock—The gene' T.,1 price for the best warranted w heat to-day, has been 5s r et: bushel. Although there is no foreign wheat on offer, and a s will be seen by the detailed report given in another column of the prices of wheat abroad, none can be imported at a pro irk, our market continues very dull. Malting barley, 31 per bush( I L ; oats, Is 10d to 2s ditto ; fine flour, 27s to 28s per.sack of 280 lb E. RIPON, MARCH 14.—White wheat 4s 6d to 5s 04, red dit to 4s 3d to 4s 9d; beans 3s 6d to 4s per bushel ; barley 22s t o 26s • oats 14s to 18s per qr. gCARBOROUGH, MARCH 14.—Red wheat 4s 3d to ss, whi to ditto 4s 9d to 5s 6d per 5 stones ; black oats 6d to 7d, whi to ditto 7d to Ed per stone; malting barley 19s to 21s, grindii 1g ditto 17s to 19s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour, 30s to , 335, seconds ditto, 24s to 27s per sack of 20 stones. KNARESBOROUGH, MARCH 13 —Wheat 4s 3d to 5s 6d; bea 03 ss 6d to 4s 3d per bushel; barley 21s to 26s ; oats lis 6d to 21s 6d per qr. NORTHALLERTON, MARCH 13.—Wheat, white, 4s 64 to t is; red 43 Od to 4s:ed ; oats Is 6d to 2s 3d ; beans 3s Od to 3s 6 a ; barley 2s 9d to 3s Od per bushel. DENBIGH, MARCH 13.—Wheat, I2s to Os Od; barley, 4s ea to 7s Od; oats, 4s to 4s 6d; beans and vetches, lls t di a peas, 10s per hobbet ; clover, 3d to 4d per lb ; fresh butter, tro.; I salt ditto, ed perib. Rapeseed Shelling 7 s 7 Linseed Malt ... -- Flour ... nent. RIM., Alaticn 12. —Wheat Ils 6d to 12s Od ; barley, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; beans and peas, 103 to 10s 6d; vetches, lOs ; oats, Gd to 6s per hobbet ; clover, 4d to 5d per lb. INVERNESS, Armtek! 12.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 36s to 38s ; new ditto, ditto, 00s to 00a ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 19. to Oths ; new ditto, ditto, 0:13 to 00s ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 15s to 16s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 14s Cd, second, 13s ; barleymeal, lisOd ; peasemeal, 14s to 00s ; bran, per stone, Ed; first flour, per 2Eolb, 34s to 365; second, 26s to 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 4d to Os Od; second, Is 2d; barleymeal, is 2d; peasemeal, is 4d; first flour, 2s 4d cash, 2s Rd credit; second, 2s cash, 2s 3d credit. Pota toes,. per stone, 6d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 6d; veal, 4d to 5d ; mutton, 4d to 6d ; pork, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, I.d to 14d; chickens, per pair, 16d to 18d ; ducks, each, Od to OCId ; eggs, pr dozen, 4d to 5d ; butter, fresh, per lb, 7d to 8d; salt, 9d to Od ; croudie (curds) Cd to Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d, credit, 56d to 60; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. rbtrb )brttton FRANCE. It was confidently reported last evening that M. Fer dinand Barrot had been appointed Ambassador to Turin, that M. Ronher had succeeded him as Minister of the Interior, and that M. Baroche had been appointed Minister of Justice. It was also said that the Duke de Broglie had accepted the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. A telegraphic dispatch from Colmar announces the definitive return of representatives for the department of the Haut Rhin:— M. Hotsner (Socialist) 44,582 M. Emile Dolfue (Conservative) 44,202 M. Migeon (Conservative) The Assembly yesterday passed the Education Bill, having previously rejected M. Cremieux's anlindmelt for postponing the period of its coming into operation until 1852. It will come into operation on the Ist September next. The Evenernent states that M. Thiers entered the committee-room of the Legislative Assembly on Thurs day, in which M. Lamartine was sitting, and thatked him for the friendly notice of him in the last number of the Conseiller du Peuple. M. Thiers assured M. La martine at the same time of the sincerity of his re publican principles. M. Thiers had not spoken to M. Lamartine since the revolution of February. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Rostock Gazelle publishes a letter, dated Elsineur, March 4, from a merchant, who asserts that an armistice for fourteen months has just been concluded between Germany and Denmark. The Danish papers are calling out loudly for the immediate equipment of the fleet, and the general tone of the papers on both sides speak of any thing rather than an armistice.—Hamburgh Dor senhalle. RUSSIA. Orders have been received in Kalisch for the im mediate commencement and speedy completion of the works of fortifications, which will be carried on with Russian energy. The views of Russia in these war like preparations are unknown to any save the St. Petersburgh Cabinet, which continues to observe a most mysterious silence ; the number of the initiated is very small: so much is certain, that 180,000 men are now stationed in the kingdom of Poland, 150,000 being on the frontiers fully equipped and ready to march at a moment's notice, to wherever they may ba sent. The troops themselves imagine that they are to go to the Rhine or the Danube. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) ME ROYAL CRUISE TO GIBRALTAR —W 0 hear, from good authority, that the Queen will not extend her marine excursion so far as Gibraltar this p ar. The royal yacht, however, so soon as she is completely fitted with her new boilers, will make a trial trip to the cele brated rock, testing thereby her ability and facility to make the passage, and, in the summer of 1851, her Ma jesty will undertake the voyage. The Victoria and Albert will be ready by the Ist of May, but orders have been issued to the engineers to expedite her fittings. NEW LOCAL REGINENT.—The corps to be formed for service on the Gold Coast is to consist of three com panies, of 100 men each, but it is not yet decided in what manner the officers are to be selected for appointment. DRA FTS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.—The following de tachments are under orders for embarkation, to join the head-quarters of their respective regiments:-3 officers and 66 men of the 45th, 73d, and 91st, and Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, for the Cape of Good Hope; 2 officers and 20 men of the sth and 12th Regiments for the Mauritius; 4 officers and 165 men of the 15th and 37th Regiments for Ceylon; 9 officers and 625 men of the 19th, 20th, 23d, 71st, 79th, and 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, for Canada. 7 officers and 285 men of the Ist, 38th, 88th, and 97th Regiments for Nova Scotia. • -Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarenco, G.C.EL, Commanding the South Western District, has ordered officers commanding regiments and corps in the district to squad the companies officers one hour every morning for the purpose of going thrdugh the elementary parts of the drill, also to cause them to be perfected in the sword exercise and saluting drills previous to being seen by his Lordship. MINING INTELLIGEN CE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) A fair proportion of business has been transacted during the week, and inquiries for most of our leading mines con tinue unabated. Advices from our local correspondents, as to the general prospects of the mines in their respective districts, are of the same gratifying character we have received for some time past. Trelawny, Condurrow, South Frances, North Pool, East Pool, Mary Ann, and South Tolgus, continue in request, at quoted prices. In Tincroft shares there has been considerable business done, and they continue in request. There is an improvement in Virtuous Lady and Bedford Mines, which remained idle for some years, but were resumed a few months since; and on Monday, the 11th, the first sale of copper ore took place, amounting to 82 tone, realising 4651. 15s. Id. In Kingsett and Bedford we learn that a rich bun hof lead has been cut in the end driving south of rise, nd that other parts of the mine are looking remarkably melt. At the meeting of North Roskear the accounts for Bees ü ber and January were passed, showing previous b, tan :e, 2,291/. 3s. Bd.; ores sold, 551/. 15s. 4d; while the mire Olt had been 4,9251. Be. Id., which, after paying dividend of Si. per share, leaves balance of 2,167/. 10s. 1 Id. At Botallack meeting, the accounts presented showed — Costs, merchants' bills, &.!., 4,508/. Os. 7d. ; tin sold, 4,2831. Bs.—leaving balance against the mine of 224/. 12s. 7d. At the Wheal Elizabeth meeting, a call of Si. per share was made, and the mine was stated as looking promising. At the Alfred Consols meeting, there appeared a balance against the adventurers of 494/. ls. ld., and a call of 14 per share was made. At the Wheal Whidden meeting, a call of 10s. per share was made; a subsequent meeting is to be held to consider future operations. We have been favoured by an esteemed correspondent with the following brief observations on the mines in the western part of Cornwall : Levant is reported to have very much improved—a good lode of copper having been recently cut, and the tin lodesare looking remarkably well. Spearne Consols continue improving, some important dis coveries having been made since the bi-monthly meeting of the 27th Feb. At Botallack some excellent tin ground has been discovered, which is likely to pay well during the year. Boswidden is looking more promising than she has for some time, and a good and productive lode has been discovered in the bottom level. Penzance Consols continue in a very productive and highly promising position. Upwards of 4 tons 5 cwts. of the best mine tin was sold last week (raised in January), realising above 2531, and much more may be expected for the month of February. The first dividend may be ex pected in April. Balleswidden is still looking remarkably well, and the shareholders are expecting an increased dividend at the next account. West Wheal Virgin has been resumed, and if we may cal culate from the returns made by the late company, a favour able result may be anticipated. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week : —Devon Greet Consols, South Frances, Treviskey and Barrier, South Tolgus, Tincroft, Condurrow, South Basset, Trelawny, Trehane, Daren, Penzance Consuls, East Gunnis Lake Junction, lierodsfoot, Stray Park, Esgair, E lse, Gustavus, Pendarves, East Trelawry, Bedford United, ast Tamar, Alfred Consols, East Pool, 1\ !nal Trescoll, Keswick, &c. In Foreign Mines, there have been several transactions in Copiapo, imperial and National Brazilian, St. John del , Rey, General Mining, Australian, United Mexican, Cobre, and Santiago Shares. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 15.) seicEs.—Jamaica Ginger has been purchased with greater freedom, and firm rates are paid. At auction 118 brls and 16 casks all sold at from 418 s to 9/16s. With export sorts the market has been less freely supplied, yet not much demand has existed, and 19s to 23s is the value of East India Pimento met with little by private treaty, and prices are receding. At auction 76 bags were taken in at bid to 6d per lb. There are few buyers of black Pepper; holders not firm, but again offered none at public sale. The value of Malabar is 3id to 4d, and of Sumatra 3-id to 3id ; there is still a much smaller stock than last year, and large parcels are not expected. White is held with firmness at 6d to 83. The sales made privately in Nutmegs are larger than in the former week, 2s Sd to 4s is the value of brown, and 2s 9d to 2310 d for fine limed. There are several buyers of Mace at 2s 2d to 2s 93, and few parcels are to be obtained. Cin namon continues to be purchased with caution, and last sales' rates are readily accepted, more especially for the low sorts. The value of Cassia Lignea is 105 s to 110 s; at pre sent there are few buyers. Only small sales have been made in Cloves, still holders keep firm. The value of Bea- coolen is 8d to 2s, Penang Is 4 d to Is 9d, Bourbon and Afri can 11 to 8d ; the supply is not equal to l a st week, TAenow.—This afternoon the pub lic sales of Tallow went at about former rates. Of 800 pkgs South Americana part only sold at from 31s 6d to 36 s 63 ; 900 do Sydney 33s 63 to 375, and 30 cks Portugal 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. OILS.—The rates asked for Linseed Oil are 32s Cd to 32s 6d on the spot, and 32s 9d to 33s per cwt for delivery still the sales made hare been made of little moment during the week, and there is a plentiful supply of Oils. Only :mall orders have been executed for Cceoa Nut, fine at 33s to 34'3; FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WAR-OFFICE, MARCII 15.1 41st Foot—Frederick Cherbnrgh Bligh, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Bertram, promoted, March 15; Henry Stratton Bush, Gent., to be Ensign, by pnrchase, vice Pierce, who retires, March 16. 56th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Lawrence Cashel to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice May, who resigns, March 15. 58th Foot—Lieutenant John Alexander Charles Petley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Matson, who re tires ; Ensign. Gladwin John H. Wynyard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Petley, March 15. 62d Foot—Major-General James Fergusson, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir John Forster Fitz- Gerald, appointed to 18th Foot, March 9. 75th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Shaw Willes, M.D. from the 88th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Martin, deceased, March 15. Bsth Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Irvinol - ILD:i to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Willea, appointed to the 75th Foot, March 15. 91st Foot—William Benjamin Battiscombe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Saunders, superseded, March 15; George Spaight, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice S'Argent, appointed to the 51st Foot, March 16. 96th Foot—George Alexander Warburton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moffat, promoted, March 15. Ist West India Regiment—William Banger Bower, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M‘Namee, appointed to the Bth Foot, March 15. _ _ _ 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. George Slater, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tyler, who exchanges, March 15. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Edward John Burton, M.D., from the sth Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Clans, vice Pitcairn, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards; Staff- Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Kehoe, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Robert Winchester Fraser, who re tires upon half- pay, March 15. MEmottAxbum.—The Christian names of Lieutenant Westhead, of the 34th Foot, are George Edward Brown. Commission by'the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—St. Leger Glyn, Gent, to be Lieutenant, March 1. BANKRUPTS. J. McGuffie, draper, New-road, Whitechapel, to surrender March 26, at one, and April 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill ; Reed and Co , Friday-street, Cheapside. G. Palmer, cattle dealer, Langmere, Norfolk, March 27 and April at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Jarwood, Ely-place, Holborn. Benjamin Smith, copper smelter, Threadneedle-street, City, March 25 and May 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. James Harbridge, miller, Islip, Oxfordshire, March 23, at half-past one, and April 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Berry, Southampton buildings; Druce, Oxford. Matthew Batten, sheep-dealer, Kintbury, Berkshire, March 26, at half-past twelve, and April 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard. Thomas G arrett, coach-maker, Stowmarket, Suffolk, March 28, at half-past twelve, and April 25, at two, at the Court, asinghall -street Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Galsworthy, Ipswich. Peter Fielding, hotel keeper, Rkyl, Flintshire, March 22 and _May 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Samuel Firth, linendraper, Leeds, March 26 and April 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Diatrict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Middleton, Leeds. BANK OF (From last n AnAccount, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda , ISSITZ IX Notes i55ued........ 30,347,380 130,347,380 Dated the 14th day_ of March. 11 31 ADDING D: Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000 Rest 3,595,631 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di- viriend accounts). • 11,1 C 0,205 Other deposits .. •• .. 10,185,000 Seven day and other 1,095,104 £37,585,940 Dated the 14th day of March, 1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. • BRISTOL, MARCH 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been some what depressed. The transactions were as follow : Great Western, Quarters, 14 1 —Midland, 38%—Ditto, 6 per cent. Stock (Birmingham and Gloucester), 122%. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, and prices had a downward tendency, the market closing heavily at the quotations. The transactions were as fol low :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consul. Fifths, 8% dis.— London and North-Western, 104 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 6s. 3d. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 3s. 9d. p.—Midland, 39 1 4—Ditto, Halves, 25 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (91. 12s. 3d. B.), 6% c. dis. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 1334 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B.), 13/. Bs. 9d.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 61,4 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 5 3 / 4 — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 7 North Union (A), 235—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4, Registered), s%—Dutch Rhenish, Cl. Is. 3d.—Caledonian, Preference, 7%. MANCHESTER, Maucii 15. STOCK Excluavoß.—Business on our Stock Exchange to-day was very inactive, and prices remain almost station ary. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 40% c.—Ditto, Fifths, 8 15-16 dis.—Ditto, 321. (late Extension), 11% dis.— London and North-Western, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters , 7-16 p.—Man chaster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference (guaranteed 71% per cent. for 6 years, from July, 1849, 6 per cent. after in perpetual), 6 15-16—Birmingham and Oxfcrd Junction, with a guarantee, 27 1 /s . BIRMINGHAM, MARCII IL STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was very dull to-day. The only transaction was—Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Stour Valley, 8%. YORK, Dimwit 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 7%—York and North Midland, Preference, Cl. Sa. 9d. GLASGOW, MARCH 14. Srocx ENCTIANGZ.—The transactions to-day •were as follow : Caledonian and Dumbaitonshire,.6ss.—Monklands , 60%. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TaArric.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail orays for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— _ 9 A 4 ....! Week Last 1 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. E 4 O to U .9 --- - X £ Mar. 9 Aberdeen .... •• ---.. . . 10 Amiens and Boulo;:, , ne .••.. • • • • ...... 1,253 1,309 9 Belfast and Ballymena ••.• . • 10 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 791 710 10 Bolton, Bi ackburn, Clltheroe, and W. Y. 441 381 10 Bristol and Exeter • • ••• • 3,450 - 3 Caledonian..... 4,489 10 Chester and .............. 1 , 350 • • 1,350 1,035 7 Dublin and Dr0gheda............ 76 687 12 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • •• • • 610 596 9 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. •• • ... 1,028 1,003 10 East Anglian.... ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 728 709 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•..••• • • • • • 3,052 3,291 9 Edinburgh and Perth 10 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,553 13,213 10 East Lancashire ... . 10 Eastern Union.. ••••.• • • • • .......... 1,833 1,203 9 Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,899 2,551 9 Glasgow and Green0ck......... - „ 982 1,015 3 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,764 1,600 9 Great Southern and Western ........ 3,959 3,136 10 Great Western, &c...........- _ _ 17,340 17,926 _l 3 O L LL st ea t en i d e cs a as s an i t ll ed r r e Ta a lhl n di d r sc Y ka o r r ., ks is. .l h e. i . r e e .. .. .. .. •.. .. .... .. .. .. .. 11,923 1i ,27 ,73 0 3,382 11 - 10 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport- - 121 7 - 12 G 1 9 Londonderry and Enniskillen .• ••• • •• 10 10 r,LondonLondon and lld E m o a r e t v,i Western, l . . . .. . B.s . . c . ... .• .. :.. 470:656506524 378:421311031 9 London and Brighton .•••••• •• •• - - 8 ,303 8,230 1 0 London and South Western. •••• • 1 1 0 0 Nmiladnicahneds,tßerr,isSthoeifil, an el d d, j3anirdnititnamlns.hir: .•.e• 10 Midland Great Western (Irls )•••• .• 2 5 1 0 : ;9 0 32 9 0 0 9 4 2 3 0 1 ,: 0 1 1 8 6 5 6 5 1 829 769 9 Monklands •• ••••••• • • • • •• ••• .... •••••••• •• 10 Paris • .. 5 3 ;4 13 9 4 5 5 2 :5 ;9 1 7 9 Rouen ' 10 Soo tt 1 s a i nn Cd British d e .. 6. 1 •.: .... .... •••• •:. • •... .... •••• •: ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •• ... ... 1 E 2 ' 8: .7 8 6 9 10 9 SSlu•e°etwtiss li bu M ry id a la n u d l Ches • t • er ........... . ... 1,2 4 8 0 7 7 1 - , - 238 1 0 Shropshire Union .. 9 South Eastern and Branches .• • • •... 5,`.18 f,783 3 South Devon •••• • . - ........• • ..... 1,550 1,582 9 Taff Vale •••••.•• .• .• • • • ........... 1,792 1,812 809 713 - Waterford and Limerick....... - 256 - Whitehaven Junction .• •••••• • •• • • - - - 10 York and Newcastle .•• • • 10 York and North Midland . .... • • ENTRANCE TO ST. JAMES'S-PARY.—A very trifling change might be advantageously made in the entrance to St. James's-park--that is, to cut off about sixty feet of the garden of St. James's Palace, which is elongated beyond the building, and to carry the roadway straight from Pall- mall into the park. St. James's-park cannot be said to have any very convenient or ornamental entrance from the metropolis, the low contracted arches of the Horse Guards being both mean and obstructive. The way through the stableyard and Cleveland-row is also the reverse of spacious or beau tiful; while cutting away this small slice of the garden Would afford to the sovereign and the Court, a broad, airy, lz and unobstr ed c munication between the most (desalt street of the capital (Pall-mall) and the palatial abode o royalty. At present this tortuous way, occasioned by this small spot of enclosed garden, is scarcely frequented; grass grows between its uneven pavement; and a large dust-bin, with its cavernous mouth fully expanded, betrays accumu lated filth, cinders, cabbage stalks, and broken garden pots. Such is the most open and spacious entrance to St.James'a park.— The Builder. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—The plans and specifications for the final completion of this national charity are now under consideration ; and it was decided by the meeting of the board of management, over which the lion. Octavius Duncombe, 11. P., presided, that the eastern wing shall be proceeded with as speedily as possible. WESLEYAN REFOR M . — A numerously attended meeting of the friends and supporters of Wesleyan reform took place on Thursday evening at Exeter-hall, Mr. William Gandy, of Spitalfields, in the chai meeting Several of the delegates who had attended the aggregate.were present, and took part in the proceedings of the nef.s-g. obtaining he subjecta for discussion were the proprietyafreater iefusion of lay influence amongst the conneaoa com mittees; the abrogation of the declaratory rule of 1 n 835 the restoration of the expelled ministers, Messrs. Everett, Dunn, and Griffiths, to their former position as ministers i n the Wesleyan Society. After a lengthened discussion upo n im the above subjects, resolutions to carry them out were passed, and the meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—On Sunday afternoon three lads, named Ray, Leslie, and Wishart, all apprentice seamen, left Aberdeen harbour in a pilot boat on a pleasure sail. A storm arising towards night, after holding out to sea,they made for the harbour, but seeing another boat all but swamped in getting in, they desisted, and again went out to sea, the boat being driven by the wind towards the north. In the course of Monday they found themselves' near the Moray Firth, the situation of which was known to one of the young men. They had laid themselves down in the bottom of the boat, but the wind veering round and also moderating, on Monday afternoon they set sail, and again lying down, exhausted by cold and hunger, were driven southwards as far as the mouth of the Tay, the lights there being discernible on Tuesday morning. They constructed of iron bars in the boat a rude anchor, which they threw overboard, but after dragging 13 fathoms of rope it did not reach the ground. They then laid down in despair, the boat being nearly filled with water, and they were again drifted to sea by the current. On Tuesday, about midday, a breeze to landwards sprung .up, encouraged by which they set the sail and were drifted to land, and jumped ashore among the rocks opposite Catterline, exactly 48 hours after leaving Aberdeen harbour. During this time they tasted no food and -suffered nineh Irons cold. They. ware, however, kindly treated by a gentleman in the nighbourhocd of their land ing place, by whose generous offices they were recovered, and travelled home on Wednesday.—Aberdeen Journal. SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS.—The Earl of Airlie and. Lord Blantyre were elected on Wednesday repre sentative peers for Scotland, in the room of the late Earl of Airlie and Lord Colville of Culross. PORT WINE.—The attention of the wine trade is being directed to the heavy duty charged by the Portuguese Government on wine shipped direct from Oporto to Great Britain, and it is understood that steps are to be taken to re monstrate, through Lord Palmerston, against its continu ance. The impost amounts to about 6t. per pipe; and as the quantity exported to this country is on an average 22,000 pipes per annum, it appears that we pay 132,000/. more for our port wine than we should do if we were put on the same terms as other countries—a mere nominal duty being charged on the same wines if shipped to America. In con sequence of this unequal charge we have lately received one or two cargoes of port wine from Oporto via New Bruns wick, by which a saving of 3/. per pipe is effected after twic e crossing the Atlantic. This anomaly has been preserved for many years to the great injury of the trade and consumer. The open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown: the air is our robe of state, the earth is our throne, and the sea a mighty minstrel playing More it. —Eliza Cook's Journal. ADVENTURES OF A STRAY SHIP.-0a the 9th of January the Talbot steamer, plying between Bristol and Carmarthen, when off the Sker-point, ran foul of L'Hiron delle, a French vessel, laden with a valuable cargo of oil. The vessel was left in a sinking state, as then supposed, and the Talbot having received the crew on board proceeded on her voyage. From the 9th to the 30th ult. no trace of the missing vessel was obtained, but on that day intelligence was received at Lloyd's that she had been seen between the Small's and the Bishop's-rocks. Ultimately this fugitive of the ocean was found high and dry on Towyn-sands, in Merio nethshire. Her masts and sails were gone, but the hull was little damaged; 64 hogsheads and pipes of oil were landed, and eight more partially damaged. It would thus appear that this vessel alone, unguided, undirected, drifted about, for at least thirty days, a distance from 150 to 200 miles. FISHING Fon RATS.—A new branch of industry has sprung up in Newcastle. Juvenile disciples of Isaak Walton—the shade of the old angler frowns upon us while we write—may be seen in the streets, patiently reposing by the side of a grate, with a line and baited hook in the sewer, to catch rats. Their prey are sold to the jackals of the rat hunters, men who keep hundreds of rats in store, and sell them to sportsmen.— Gateshead Observer. A NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR GUNPOWDER.—A Mr. Napier, of Swansea, has announced to the Scientific Institution of that town that he has discovered a new expl sive sub stance, which he designates " white powder," having ten times the force of common gunpowder. It is composed of the following ingredients :—One part yellow prussiate of pot ash, well dried ; one part sugar, well (hied ; two parts chlo ride of potash. These materials are finely ground separately, and then intimately mixed. Mr. Watkinson, the proprietor of the Boston Free Press, was found guilty at Lincoln, on Wednesday, before Lord Campbell, of having published a libel on the Rev. D. Moore, the chairman of the Spalding Sessions. The sentence will not be pronounced until Easter Term, in the Court of Queen's Bench. At Stafford a young man, named Daw, recovered 201. damages for false imprisonment, from an accountant named Hay, residing at Wolverhampton. Daw, who was well known to the defendant, was found by the latter in his stable courting the cook, whereupon he was given into cus tody by Ray, charged with being found on the premises with intent to commit a felony. The magistrate before whom the plaintiff was brought dismissed the charge. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has refused to grant an extension of letters patent for certain im provements in combing wool and other fibrous substances. William Escott, for forging a bill of exchange for 201., was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment by Mr. Sergeant Murphy, at York, on Thursday. At Aylesbury, on Thursday, the Lord Chief Baron ordered sentence of death to be recorded against George Arnold, for feloniously shooting at William Nixon. The prisoner, who presented the appearance of a respectable tradesman was reported to have made several attempts on his own life of late. During the period of his imprisonment he has daily committed to paper his "reflections," interspersed with poetical effusions, and written in beautiful characters, and remarkable for the accuracy of the language in which they are couched. After the sentence had been passed on the prisoner this book was handed up to the Learned Judge, who was understood to express it to be his intention to submit it to the Secretary of State. Mr. Justice Wightman yesterday, at Bedford, sen tenced William Mitchell to fifteen years' transportation, for having set fire to three stacks of wheat. An Italian organ-grinder, named Francis Piedestro, was committed by Mr. Burnell,for two months, for a savage assault on a policeman who endeavoured to removn him from Walter-crescent, where he was grinding his organ, for the avowed purpose of annoying a gentleman who had refused to give him 6d. to move on. The fellow blubbered like a child when he was led off to prison. Two respectably-dressed persons, named Charles Pound and William Langford Jenkins, were yesterday charged before Mr, Arnold, at Worship-street, with having obtained, under false and fraudulent representations, the sum of 8001., in cash and bills of exchange,frorn Mr. William Newman, a colour-manufacturer, in Great Chart-street, Hoxton. Mr. Vann, who appeared for the prosecution, in timated that at the next examination he should be able to clearly establish the false pretence upon which the money had been advanced. Mr. Arnold ordered the defendants to be remanded for a week, but consented to accept bail for their future appearance, which he fixed at an amount, themselves and their sureties, of 6,0001. Tun ARMY.—Major-General Sutherland, Henry Rainey, C. 8., and the lion. Charles Gore, C. 8., have been placed upon the list of general officers, receiving the unat tached pay of 255. per diem. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—At the last Woburn Petty Session the landlord of the White Bear was charged with allowing card-playing in his house, con trary to the tenor of his lice nce. Mr. Brickwood, solicitor, of Luton, who appeared for the defendant, contended that a police officer merely seeing two persons sitting with cards in their hands was no proof that a game had been played, and that if charges of such a nature were entertained by the bench no publican would be safe, for any two men might go into apublic-house, and pull out a pack of cards, and thus render the landlord liable to be proceeded against. The magistrates, entertaining this view of the matter, dismissed the case. ST. Lunn, CHELSEA.---THE LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER COMPANY.—A numerous and highly re spectable meeting of the parishioners took place on Thursday night at the Commercial-hall in the King's-road, Mr. Churchwarden Fielder in the chair, when a deputation from the above company, including Mr. Patch, of Bridge-street, Parliament-street, the active agent, and Mr. Homersham, of the Adelphi, the engineer of the company, explained the ob jects of the proposed undertaking, which was to afford the inhabitants of the north-western portion of n ru L t ond l on,no now most iiisufficiently supplied with what has b deno minated the life blood of a city," abundant supply of pure spring water. t com pany was projected for the purpose of obtainla'ihgeep-ra.eseterifb means' . of shafts from the neighbourhood of Watford, which chalk formation in the water It was proposed to be lifted into reservoirs on Stan • more-common (to respectiveitih,eh_w heights of 400 and 450 feet high-water mark at London-bridge), and above the Trinity brought to Loncesn a i nd the suburban districts in capacious he Edgeware-road. A series of resolutions to p h ip e e e t p i pes along the present supply cf.w ater to the metropolis t was i mpure and unwholesom e in quality, insufficient in quan tity, i nconve nient in its distribution, and exorbitant in its cost were carried, but not without an opposition on the part of some gentlemen connected with the existing monopol the water companies—which, however, signally failed, and t h e meeting, after pledging itself to support the p ro p ose d scheme, adopted a petition to Parliament, praying for the intervention of the Legislature. CUSTOMS.—Mr. H. Richmond, one of the members of the Beard of Customs, has retired, after a length of public service, extending, we believe, to considerably more than half a century. It is understood to be the intention of the Government not to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of this officer. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — DecIaration of a soldier wbo fought at Waterloo, cured by Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— " I publicly state that Professor Holloway's Pills and Ointment have c ured me of several u l cerous sores , w hi c h had their origin in imperfectly healed wounds received in the battle of Waterloo. The pain was of constant duration, and I was con fined to my bed always during the harvest months. I have now for two years been enjoying the best of health, solely in consequence of using H o ll oway ' s Oi n tment end Pills, which cured me in a very sho:t time ; in gratitude for which I pub lish this testimony. ( Signed) J. de Swart, of Lent, on the Vossepels, near Islymegen Holland, Oct. 4th, 1849." Sold by all Druggists, an d a t Professor Holloway ' s Establishment, 444, Strand., London. COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDU CATION.—B y a re oturrgnrjaunsttspnrleasdeentteod schools ools P a rliament, poonC by her Majesty's command, conditions not involving the acceptance of management clauses, it a pp ears that 444 schools have received gra nts of that description to th e amoun t of 10,6 11. Os. nd., already paid, and 1 ,228/., conditionally , due. The return does not include the numerous class of schools which have obtained grants to enlarge and furnish them with fi xtures, being already held in trust for educational pu r p o ses at the time of applying to the Committee o Council on Education. ENGLAND. ight's Gazette.) th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer y, the 9th day of March, 1850. PARTMniT. Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities •. • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,070,303 Silver bullion ~. .. .. 277,077 .£30,347,380 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cutler. 1850. ,zpAZTMEX T. Government Securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,419,732 Other securities •• •• 10,563,797 Notes .. • • Gold and silver coin.. 785,976 537448,940 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. [SSO.