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r " • G r . :* // Z• • . o. U r . „ • _ • 0 1 - • , • . . •44 , , 0 1. • t' T . - - ), 011 ), Jk r 3 DIE '‘ I M, 0 T 140# - t ~' / / EAST INDIA HOUSE, Miner! 26, 1851. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA srocK. Ladles and Gentlemen, The Election of Six Diree;ors o f the East India Company being appointed for WEDNESD AY, the 4tll April next, the favour of your Vote and Interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, viz. JOHN COTTON, Esq. JOHN LOCH, Esq. CHARLES MILLS, Esq. WILLIAM HENRY CHICHELEY PLOWDEN, Esq., Aix. HENRY SHANK, Esq. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Esq. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, Robert Campbell J. Caulfeild Wm. Dent Wm. J. Eastwick Russell Malice J. W. Hogg Richd. Jenkins J. L. Lushington E. Macnaghten Ross D. Mangles Jno. Masterman W. L. Melville. in those countries in which her supremacy is established. What it is in Spain and Portugal, it would be in Eng land, if it were equally in the ascendant here. Give the Romish Church her own way, and before twelve months had elapsed, there would not be a Protestant place of worship within the boundaries of the United Kingdom. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds of our statesmen, that Popery is not to be conciliated. The more the attempt is made, the more audacious it will become. If the Romish Church is to be controlled, or kept in check, it must be by means of coercion. All history bears its attestation to this truth; and our recent experience comes forward to confirm the language of history.. So long as Popery was kept in due subjection, it assumed all the mild-like virtues of the lamb; but since we placed it on a footing in every respect of equality with ourselves, it has been gradually becoming more and more arrogant and fierce, until we see it now broadly and undisguisedly exhibiting all the qualities of the wolf. It scarcely cares to conceal that its great object is to destroy Pro7:estantism,—includ ing, in the phrase, the substitution f a Stuart dynasty for the House of Brunswick—a Per' L Sovereign for the Protestant Queen who now sway.; .ho sceptre in these realms. Since Lord John Russell whose letter to the Bishop of Durham, inveighing , such unmeasured terms against the Pope and Popery, induced the country to believe that he would prove the unflinching champion of Protestantism,—since he ha's deserted the standard which be planted with his own hand, and has ingloriously deserted from the Protestant camp,—nothing remains for the people but to take the matter into their own hands, sad to see that the claims of their religion shall be pro perly vindicted, and the assumptions of Rome be met with that spirit and energy which are indispensable to their repression. There is yet time for the public to make its voice heard—yet time for such an expression of national feeling as shall convince Dr. Wiseman, and the fifty or sixty representatives of the Pope in the House of Commons, that Popery is not yet in the ascendant, but that, on the contrary, it must shrink back into its shell. If it has boldly, of late, put out its horns, it must now be made fain to draw them in again. It has pro voked the contest with the Protestantism of the country, and it must take the consequences. It will have itself to blame for whatercr_ spay result from' the . edict now going on. It_has proclaimed hostilities against the Pro testant religion and the Protestant institutions of the country. Protestantism, though not seeking the battle, will not shrink from it. It has already marshalled its noble army. It has taken up its place in the field of conflict. It is at this moment confronting its Popish foe. Since hostilities must be, says Protestantism, let the war be a deadly and a final one. Either of the belligerents must be annihilated, as well as vanquished. We have not a doubt as to which it is to be. N ° .18,255.] LONDON, THURSDAY URSDAY EVENING SU 7 MARCH 27, 1851. [PRICE SD. J. A. Moore J. Petty Muspratt J. Oliphant H. T. Prinsep John Shepherd M. T. Smith W. H. Sykes W. Wigram Henry Willoek John C. Whiteman Hy. Alexander W. B. Bayley H ANWELL COLLEGE & PREPARATORY S'2IIOOL. The TERM COMMENCES TIIIS DAY. J. A. EMERTON, D.D., Principal. THE LANDED INTEREST. Now ready, complete in two very large volumes, double columns (equal to 30 ordinary volumes), price 21. 25., bound. URKE'S LANDED GENTRY FOR 185 1 , B Corrected to the Present Time, eases classed under bronchitis have dsereased from 171 to 156, and are still at least double the average; those from pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, remain about 125, while the average does not exceed 87. The cases ascribed in the table to asthma are 39, which is also more than usual; phthisis, or consumption, numbers 166 in both weeks, while the average, though corrected tor increased population, is less than 150. Booping cough carried off . 81 children, while the average number in corresponding weeks is 48; croup, 12. Among the epidemics, besides hooping cough, that are incident to children, measles shows some disposition to prevail; but it is satisfactory to observe that small pox is less fatal than it was a few weeks ago, and has declined to 16 deaths. It will be seen in the notes, how ever, that instances of the neglect of vaccination, or of determined opposition to it, are still subject of com plaint on the part of those whose professional aid is re quired in the treatment of the disease. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The question has been asked and answered; and in the almost fabulous and incredible majority which, at a late hour on yesterday morning, carried the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the Court of Rome and its adherents have received a lesson on the NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. And including many Additional Families. This Important National Work comprises a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the whole of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, with Particulars of 100,000 persons connected with them ; forming a necessary Companion to all Peerages. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. true state of public opinion in England, which, let them put what face on it they may, must strike them with dismay, with shame, and with confusinn. They went EAS C INDIA HOUSE, MARcn 26, 1851. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, Having served you faithfully and to the best of our ability for the Several periods during which we have through your kindness filled the Important office of Directors of tho East India Company, we beg Most respectfully to offer ourselves to you for re-election on WED NESDAY, the 9th of April next, and to solicit the favour of your sup- Port at the Ballot appointed for that day. We are, Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble Servants, JOHN COTTON JOHN LOCH CHARLES MILLS W.H. C. PLOWDEN 11. SHANK H. ST. G. TUCKER. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. t*Ednaund S. Syines, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vigne, Esq• AUDITOR. tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SUROEON. t*E. S. Symos, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. PM S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &C. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, tMessrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- BRITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2, King-street, Cheapside. CHAIRMAN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Life Assurance are as low as can with safety be taken. The Premiums for Life Assurance made payable to suit the conye nience of the assured. Prospectuses and all particulars may be had at the Head Office, or of any of the agents. forth in all their pride to reconquer to the Holy Sec its revolted fief—the kingdom of England; and, ignorant of the future ea of the present, their vauntiag missives announced an easy and assured victory. They thought, or pretended to think, that the ancient spirit of this na• tion, which had so often risen against the open encreach merits and so successfully resisted the covert advances of Rome, existed no more, and that, immersed in the sordid JOIIN REDDISH, Manager. cares of commerce and the engrossing industry of ma nuafacture, England had made mammon her god, and worshipped no longer with the fervour and simplicity of other days. They thought, those subtle and penetra ting politicians, that the large number of sects into which the unrestricted exercise of private judgment has divided our people would regard _ each other 11 4 0NDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY TO BUILDERS. The Directors being about to erect a Station at Camden-town in connexion with the East and West India Dock Line ; also, a small Station at the crossing of the Edgware-road, at Kilburn ; also some Workmen's Cottages, at Wolverton, Parties desirous of tendering for the Buildings may see the draw ings, and be supplied with the bills of quantities and forms of tender oir Monday next, the 31st of March, at the Engineer's Office, Euston Station. These Works may be tendered for separately: A charge of 21. will be made for each copy of the quantities. The Tenders will be opened on Thursday, the 3d April next. By order, CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretary. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1851. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*321 Diseases of Uncertain. Seat ... 47 Tubercular Diseases 228 with a mutual animosity, which would effectually prevent them from combiing against an invasion from • ---- FRANKLINSKI'S PATEN"' OMNIBUS and CABRIOLET COMPANY. Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110, prepara tively to an application for an Act of Parliament. Capital 200,0001. in 20,000 shares of 10/. each, with power to increase the Capital to 400,0001. Deposit on Allotment of Shares ls. per share according to Act of Parliament. Call on each share on complete registration lOs. Farther calls not exceeding 10s. per share each call, of which two ca lendar months' notice will be given by public advertisement. Sole Patentee—J. A. Franklinski, Esq., Stean Bridge House, Stroudwater, Gloucestershire. Solicitors—Messrs. Cole and Scott, 12, Furnival's Inn, London, and Notting-hill, Middlesex. Temporary Offices-12, Furnival's Inn. London Bankers—Messrs. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane ; the London and County Bank, 71, Lombard-street. Provincial Bankers—Seymour, Lamb, Brooks, and Hillier, of Basing stoke and Odiham, Hampshire. The several Branches of the London and County Bank, viz.:— Abingdon and Wantage Hastings and Battle Arundel Hertford and Ware 'Ashford and Hythe Horsham Aylesbury, Thame, and Great Huntingdon Berkhamstead Knightsbridge Banbury Leighton Buzzard Bedford Lewes, llailsham, and Newhaven Hi hop's Stortford and Saffron Luton, Dunstable, and Hitchin Walden Maidstone Braintree , Maldon krighton Oxford Buckingham and Stony Stratford I'etersfield Cambridge'and St. Ives Petworth and Midhurst Canterbury Reigate Chatham and Rochester Romford Chelmsford Rye Chichester Sandwich Coggleshall Cr anbrook Croydon Do r ki ng Dover Epson gravesend Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 134 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 53 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 350 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 75 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Wldbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. ... 9 I)iseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 10 Diseases of the Skin, Sze. ... 3 Malformations... 2 without. They calculated on the support of a supine and undiscriminating Liberalism which refuses to recog- street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000/. nize the most obvious exceptions to its general rules, and The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,000/. ; the amount, covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original atm assured by each Policy 'varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. T I ONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-lIALL. TO-MORROW.ZY,ENING, Friday, March 28, Handers being the Centenary Performance of the last Oratorio written by the inunortal Composer. Principal Vocalists—Miss Birch, Mrs. Temple, Miss Kenneth, Mr. T. Young, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Lawler; Conductor, Mr. Surman, with Orchestra of 800 performers. Tickets 35., 55., 711., and 10s. 6d. each, at the Office of the Society, No. 9, in Exeter Hall. .. Premature Birth Atrophy ... ... ... ... Old Age ... ... ... ... Sudden ... ... ••• ... ... .•• Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 25 ... 69 ... 24 ... 30 ... 2 DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-rew ; Carvalho; 47, Fleet-street ; Maim, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author , price Ono Sbillin,g each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Best, Ease, Occupation, &c., &o. IL IRELAND. THE DECREES OF THE SYNOD. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,412 Population Deaths In corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1841. of 1850. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 139 ... 236 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 217 ... 282 Central Districts 374,199 ... 179 250 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 214 ... 265 South Districts .. 503,346 ... 277 ... 379 Perms nent Re -1...,i' ~,i Annual Policy Bonus in duction of Age. 0 ~,taken addition Bonus in ;:i g minx/a. eat in to Sum Cash. Annual oo Assured. Premium. —.— -- A s. d. £ s d. £ s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 1 9 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 1 7 8 8 .1! A 6 s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 611 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 1 1 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 S 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, &c. Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,026 1,412 - 669 743 Seveneaks St. Albans St. Neots Tenterden Tunbridge and Wrotham Tunbridge-wells Witney Woolwich Vol. 11. TEE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; I DUBLIN, Fcc. Di [CES OT Males ... Females WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may run." "A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em sitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu ation of every-day life. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 824 756 Males ... Females ... IV. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Sra.raur : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licUntiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.. V.' THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or net to be, that is the question." I aocatkararE :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re dsisn regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and :hqice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. alses, By R. J. CIILVERVirELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.9.A. 111241. Twenty-rive years Medical and Forensic Refaree in these lasttsra. Reeeption hours dally till five. Evenings. seven till nine. 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street. Total ... .„. 1,580 *ln this number are included 15 by Scarlatina, 54 by Typhus Fever, 18 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cholera. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] tialstead ,Worthing. At the desire of many high and influential parties arrangements Ire new being made for the formation of a Company for bringing this most important invention into public use. The omnibus is now tanning between Bayswater and Charing-cross. Further improvements are, however, in progress, whereby its width Will be much diminished, so as to suit the more crowded thorough fares of the City, anti so also as to accommodate 12 instead of 10 in side passengers with increased comfort. The value of this important invention may be formed by the whole and entire press being warm with respect to its success. The Times bus speaks of it : [From the Times, of the 17th March, 1851, page 3.) .." Patent Omnibus.—A good deal of curiosity was occasione d on Thursday en the line from Bayswater to Charing-cross by the ap 14arance of a new omnibus, which certainly brings to bear many, if not all. the desired ends of such conveyances. Each traveller: has e seat to himself, and such seat is as private as a box at the QPera, while ladies may thus ride as secure from annoyance as in their own carriage. The contrivance altogether is certainly inge nious, and divested of all cumbrous appearance. the whole not i"lghing more than an ordinary omnibus. The mos t novel feature s the way in which the passengers obtain their places, both in the i Ss, •• dY of the omnibus and on the roof — to the latte r, indeed, a child „`" 4 3' ascend without fear of injury. The appearance of so useful a 'mans of transit at this particular moment may be looked upon as an evidence that ingenious minds are at work to provide effectively not for the approaching crowds, but for the ultimate comfort and seeurity of the cheap travelling coummunity." And the Globe as follows, viz. : (From the Globe of the 21st March, page 1.) Omnibus and Public Conveyance.—lt is now upwards of twenty .ears since the first omnibus, a foreign importation, was started London, yet, strange to say, during that period not a single ins krovement worthy of notice upon the original cum b e rsome and convenient vehicle has taken place. Nor does such improvement ._ n evr arrive from those who, being most interested, would be pre "'toed to be most alive to the necessity. We are to be indebted I', a private gentleman, a Mr. Franklinskl, for tlne first radical „,"Vrevement in our street conveyances, who, in the new omnibus running experimentally from Bays water to Charing-cross, has c ertainly succeeded in awaking our gratitude for the introduction of solcient means of metropolitan transit. By it we and our friends, Wd more especially ladies, may travel from one place to anotber I thout fear.of inconvenience or anno y ance, of robber y or infection. , s 'Pe general arrangement, and the g r e at comfort it ensures, leave ~ "othing te be desired ; and it can be alone the question of time to , 'airless its appearance on all the principal routes." 'The prospectuses are prepared, and shortly will be published, with !Lich statistical details as will satisfactorily prove the - very vast pre `4l to be derived by the shareholders from this long desired and elect important and interesting invention; and, in. the interim I Ppllcations , for shares may be made in the a nnee.ed form, to "Lesers.iCole and Scott, 12, Furnival's Inn, at whose oftl ces the forms of application, and every other Information with respect to draw "'as, models, and full particulars, can be obtained. COLE and .t•CYTT, Solicitors, 12, Furnivara March 22,4851. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHASES. '% the Directors of the Franklinski Patent Omnibus and Cabriolet Company. Gentlemen—Being desirous of becoming a subscriber int the above n ndertaklag, I request you will allot me shares of n ;,°i• each therein, the whole of which or yls taunter that may "e alloted to me, I agree to accept, and a on demand to pay the re (l4lred deposit ; I also undertake to execute the Deed of Settlement the Company (te be prepared by the Directors), when called Jon by advertisement in the " Times" newspaper , or in the event rmy failing to do so for one calendar month after such. advertise em, I agree that the shares allotted to me, with the dleposits paid "lereon, shall be forfeited to the use of the Company. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Names in full.• .. • • .... • • • • • • • • • • Address in full • • • • • • • • • Business or profession ....• • • • • • • • • Reference ••••.•• • • • • . ••••• • • • • • NOTICE. lI S HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INTITU "'ZION will be Closed on the 29th instant , to be Re-opened on , ester Monday. Depositors are respect full y invited to fOrward their :,.'rlts before the 12th April, that they may b e numbered. in the New '‘oiltion of the Catalogue, free of expense. 1 :mil the 29th instant the Lectures on Science, including Music, 1 i t ."., and the usual Exhibitions will be continued ILornings and ..ve p , alb's. R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Liceased by Act of Parliament. A RGYLLROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. C ale Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompt on-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulconrt. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock — Dancing to commence at " L ie and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. t . lIE BUDGET.—In noticing the most momen tous question of the day, the all -absorbin g q ue s tion of the t C2r, we shall not pause at the outset to consider whether it does or 1 ) 7 4 not assimilate with the general wish, but shall merely remark happy the man who can produce a budget embracing the lute v'ta of all, and thrice happy he who can produce one a ffordin g uni- Oa' satisfaction. Men of the largest and most ex t ended talents s hitherto failed in this achievement, and to E. MOSES and SON o been reserved the happy lot to accomplish this consummation so "out 1 y wished for. While arranging their Budget for 1851, E. MOSES and SON at ease declare they had no new discoveries to make r no contend interests to reconcile, no laborious task to .carry out ; they have IVbut to pursue without deviation their old and sueceasful course, "e the best and most app roved material in every d apartment of zfeir varied manufactures, to employ the greatest possible amount of m echanical skill, and to effect sales so extensive as to make the I ts rest shadow of a shade of pro fit am p ly suffice. Without entering I l to details, of necessity too volum inous to be interesting, but for "bleb they refer their own valued public to their stock,. they boldly a nd unhesitatingly declare they have produced a Budget, at once em ....raelnif the interests of all, and, at the same time, one which will %word universal satisfaction. For where the national wants have :Orecluded all the relief which could have been craved by some, E. 41 10sES and SON'S low rices will enable them to bear the disap 4.ointment more cheerfully; and to those whose wishes have been ealised, they tfford the indulgence in luxuries not always attainable. A handsome Almanac, ter the year 1851, can be had ;;ratis , ° n application. 'The new edition of "Everybody's Book, containing a full report 14Zimportant the late trial, may be had ttcr, post free. gratis, on applicatio n, or by It. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in "t Cult of London, except the following :: London City Establishment, 154, 155, 150, and 157, 1. (Inories, 83, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all commtvilcating. ..LOndon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford - St reet, 1, 2, • a, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford "Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. ghetileld Branch, 36, Fargate. ;4110.'8, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe -44_ ers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlem en. 6. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa '"day, when business is rest aed till Twelve o'clock. Ici lon parle Francalse. Qui si penis, Italian°. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espf IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. Cr) NTAINLNG THE REMEDY FOR THE PREY} INTION OF DISEASE. lustratec% by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured ERA:ravings on 0 e Steel. PHYSICAL DISQIJALIFICATIONS, GENERATI V E INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. , New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, pr ice 2s. 61. ~1 ? :1 ? Post, direct from the Establishment, 34. 6d. is posta; re stamps, Communications being strictly confidential, the Authors have discontinued the publishing of Cases. SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by t 4 essive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or V abuse of in „ur, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, it"tlewe y a by observations ex the Married State, and the d qualifies cls which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By 8 and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-st %lot, Lon :4- Published by the Authors ; and sold by strange, '2l, Pater 4ster-rew ; Hannay, 63 , and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street and Ger a, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. revr treats of the anatomy b and physiology of the re -productive --11 , n3, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. Reneen x 11. treats of the consequences resulting from ercessive in e.Z, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Cvntai and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ' e ,sl)acity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. t is rear in. treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in t l Primary or. secondary form, and contains explicit dire ctions for r n _eir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Colour sd Engrav -14 contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Daces° by a .. — Pic application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. tk e 4,° important part the Work should sot escape the reader's tac t . tIe..4XT V is devoted to the consideration of Marriage, and its dn ,t7 • The . causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the subject critically and philosophically inquired into. t r CeaniAL Ram or STRIACUM is exclusively employed in p:',. 4t tuil nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &e., lls. and 338. r • bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic a 414e d3 7 , for purifying the blood in eases of infection, secondary hl aiPtems, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and, .338. per e ttie • rerrY's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., ant Is. 1 -, * box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and L ir oulo inflanimation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, minute detail of the' case is required: age, habits, and posi 4,in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Nita , .raeut only by which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. ferry, gra in sae:Wane° daily •at 19, Renters-street, Oxford ect, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight ; gn ttOlia FACTO ta Oso. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated tinder 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office flr3 —Mod e r ate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established 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 on, 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 for 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 titre, adopt such rates of Premium as the mature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at Is. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. f National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire j* Both Offices. T HE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held within their Office, 3, George-street, Edinburgh, on THURSDAY, the 10th day of April nest, at Two o'clock afternoon, to receive a Report on the Investigation of the Company's Affairs and Division of Profits, as at 15th November, 1850. The following alterations to be made in the Company's practice will, at the same time, bo reported :- 1. Payment of Medical Fees by the Company. 2. The creation of a class of " Select Assarances," giving impor tant advantages to those admitted to it. By order of the Directors, WILL. TIIOS. THOMSON, Manager. 3, George-street, Edinburgh, March 10,1851. T HE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Established 1825. London-82, King William-street. PROGRESS of the BUSINESS in the YEAR 1850. 891 Now Policies were issued by this Company during the year ending 15th November, 1850-861 for Assurances, and 30 for other transactions. The New Assurances during that period amounted to 509,1471. 10s. 6d., yielding new Annual Premiums to the amount of 17,5501. 14s. 9d. The number of Proposals made to the Company during the same period was 1,066, of which 861 were accepted, and 205 declined—the whole sum proposed for Assurance being 621,9431. 14s. 2d. A very large addition was made to the Funds of the Company, and the Directors were still enabled to maintain a high rate of interest on their Investments, which are almost entirely secured on Land or on Government Securities. PROGRESS of the BUSINESS-1845 to 1850. The number of Proposals for Assurance made to the Company dur ing the last five years was 4,360, for Assurances to the amount of 2,737,9251. 4s. sd. Of this number, 3,436 Proposals for Assurances, to the amount of 2,146,6411. 12s. 9d. were accepted ; and 924 for Assurances to the amount of 591,2831. 11s. Bd. declined. The New Premiums on business transacted during the period amounted, on an average, to about 14,7001. per annum, or 73,480/. 13s. in all of New Premiums. The actual Expenses of conducting the business have not increased during the period, and are consequently a much smaller pier tentage on tke revenue than in 1845. The Revenue of the Company, at 15th November, 1850, was 169,1511. 16s. 4d. per annum. Information may be obtained regarding the Company's rates and practice, by application at the Company's Offices, or at any of the Agencies. WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Manager. PETER EWART, Resident Secretary. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held in a few we eks to receive the Report of the Directors on the Investi ga ion of the Company's Affairs, and Division of Profits. London, 82, King William-street, Feb. 25, 1851. -- __2l:---- ---- LAW AND GENERAL LIFE CATaoASSURANCE COMPANY, Lic EN RT-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. St NEW C°V— T NUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie- The rotrivra As ok place on the 25th Instant, at the Head tors of this Company to The following is extracted from the Office, at One o'clock precisely.h During the past year no y claimsfor p publication: — During i v ceati arisenon : — from deaths in England, report, which is too lengthy together 7001., which have beevisourp able, when it is remembered how and but two in Ireland—one for sVid/..anTdhtil;eisotfahrerbefolorw2rh/e.—eimpaelictiz mortality, and is especially fa between the Ist of June, 1849, and severely year. the hie offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last t the he 3 t w l s e t l of e f 3, m 1 a e y n , t h l s Bs p O r The number of lives assured Proposals were made for 136 e ci , , ,ecweadsinT.ore than double the number issued in of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were on which 3201. 3s. P 1 i •e s amountingaccepted o t r o 4 5 5 2 ,1 9 2 6 5 31 . . 2 6 5 , .. 6d . : Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., was received by the Company in the shape a premiums. Since the commencement of the Company i t i o o t , h 7 e 2l l . st l o 2 f g. J 6 u d n . e , I p a r s o t_, assurances were eff ecte d t o the extent of , ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 ls. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6d., of which t he annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving, the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 155. Ild. since last meeting . l but S The Directors were also highly gratified to rePort that within the oO l n o l a y ns w ler a e dv ap a p n i e l e e d d . for to the extent of 17,7001., last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appoi n t e d , as head A g ent in France, Monsieur de PEtang, a gentleman of high sta n di ng i n Paris, disti n g uished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all as surance matters, who, under the sanction and patronag e o f the Archbishop of Pails, th e Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, an d Monse i g neur Panels , Eve q ue de Langres, has already within the la s t th ree months effecte d a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. Aft e r various resolutions, approving of the Report, hi th a nks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bi s h o p Morris, the V ice- Ch a inuan, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Offi cers of the establish ment, the meeting sepa r ate d, —Oily gratified a t its present results an d future prospects. an d returning s nt o lo w n , DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET Pe..'FIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. W F lT FT P y lai c n o D l i , r o e u ct ß io E n D s for their vPirsevoe s an T d EF C L ur . e. Suit published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish,' and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or ) post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SE'LF-PRESERvATI ON; a Medical Treat ise on the Physiolog y of Marriage, w an h d ieh a d an t e u s d r t i r t o o y n : the Secret Infirmi ties and Disorders of Youth usu ally acquired at an ear l y p .riod of l ife , the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural) feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, 9yphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases mid Derangements resulting from Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Iticord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the Anatomy , Ph y siology, and Dismea of th e Re productive Organs, explaining t heir structui OF, uses, and functions and the various irjnries that are produced in them by ao li tar ; habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical gociety of Edinburgh, &c., &e. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honours, r.s evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired is 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 Anther, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne-street, Ilaymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, Or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted en these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, IroXi ton till two, and from six till eight. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Mancir 25.—The arrivals, with exception of flour from America, have been small this week. Having a good attendance at market to-day, wheat was in fair request, and most qualities commanded an advance of fully 2d per 70 lbs en the rates of that day week. Flour was in good demand, at an improvement of 6d per barrel and per sack. Oats were id per 45 lbs, and oatmeal 3d to 4d per lb dearer. Beans and peas 6d Per qr dearer. Barley and malt in retail demand, and with out'change in value. Indian corn in good request, and the turn dearer. LEEDS, MARCH 25.—The arrivals of grain were moderate. We continued to experience a steady sale for all fresh qualities of English wheat at rather improved prices. Barley brought fully as much money. Oats, shellings, and beans were each a trifle dearer. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARCH 25.—The supply of wheat of all descriptions to this day's market was small. Trade ruled exceedingly firm at Saturday's prices ; indeed, in some instances rather more money was obtained. Malting barley Lair sale, and a shade higher. Flour was held for mere money. In other articles, no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 25.—The sup ply of fat cattle at to-day's market was about the same as on last Tuesday. The quality was exceedingly good, and trade tolerably active, yet prices ruled in favour of buyers, and part remained unsold. The number of sheep was 300 less than last market day. Trade brisk for all sorts at full rates, and the whole taken off quickly. Number of beasts, 200 ; corres ponding week last year, 943. Sheep, 3,030 ; corresponding week last year, 3,800. Beef, 4s to 5s 6d per stone; mutton, Gd to 6id per lb. E t DINELTRGH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 25.—There were in the meal market to-day 11 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs. imperial, which sold thus:-7 at 117 s Ed, 3at 1/ 7 9, and 1 at 1/ 6s 6d ; average price of the whole 11 7s 3d 3-12ths. 1 sack flour, which sold at 2Ss. 3 sacks pot-barley, which said thus :—1 at 27s Cd, 1 at 25s 6d, and 1 at 245. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MARCH 25. Oat straw, from 6s Od to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; barley ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Hay, from 10d to is per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET ' Mencm 24.—There were 29 bags. oatmeal, 2 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley, at this day's market. In consequence of the short supply oatmeal met a ready demand. The price of the best oatmeal the same as last week ; second quality Ed per bag dearer ; barleymea' up 6d per bag ; the pot-barley was not sold. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. 268 6d 26s 3d 26s Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 183 6d —s Od —s Od Peasemeal ••• —s Od —s Od —s Od Flour ... Od Od —s Od Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od —s Od CORK, MARCH 24. Barrels. Currency. White wheat OO3 Od to 003 Od 00s Od-26 stone Red wheat 18s 3d to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do Barley lls 8d to OOs Od OOs Od-16 do Bere 22 Oats Os Od —l4 do 13 Pigs 32s Od to 00s Cd OOs Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 0 bere ; 51 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:-- Wheat, 56. Barley, 334. Oats, 1,060. Pigs, 411. Return of Cattle sold for the week ending March 15 : Pigs, 692. Sheep, 257. Cows, 137. CORL—Flour—First lls 6d to 12s 6d ; extra 13s Od ; seconds, 10s 6d to lls Od; households 9s to 10s Od; thirds, 6s to 8s per cwt. Oatmeal 102 to lOs 6d; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; wheat meal, 9s 03 to 105 per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 7158 Od per ton. Bran 90s to 92s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 425; average 34s ; 'dealers 403 to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. Set aw—Farmers 18s Od to 32s Od; average 265; dealers 34s Od to 40s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d ; household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to 12d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals— Newuort 14s Od; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Neath Culm, 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4id to bid ; mutton 5d to 7d ; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 61 108 to 01 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 81 Os ; Valonia 15/ to 0/; French 6/ Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone. Hemp 321 to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 195 to 00s ; red ditto, 26s to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 11' 5s to 00' per ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 10s ; yellow ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 109. Hides— Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 34s per cwt ; calf skins 3id to 31e1 per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d ; Minions, 10d to 13d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 10s ; Ichaboe, 81 to 9/ Os per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. COAL BURKE' Bato's West Hartley 13i 6d] East,Adairs Main Ils 6dl Holywell South Peareth Tantiald Moor .... West Hartley Wall's End, Sze. Drown .. l3s Od Bewitke and Co. Gosfdith ..... Hilda l3s 3d Lawson Morrison Northumberland Riddell Walker Ships at rE 'N.—YESTERDAY. F Eden Main l4s rd I Bell : I Braddy-11 ,IHetton [lnazwell lss 6,1 Lambton Richmund ...... 145 6d Stewart's Kelloe ... 15s 3d Whitworth ... 12s 6d Adelaide Tees South Durham l3s 3d Tees Birchg. Graigola Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff narket. 85. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THEWEEK (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The aggravated rate of mortality in London, which marked the first two weeks of the current month, has prevailed without abatement in the period embraced by the present return. The deaths, which increased to 1,247 in the beginning of March, and subsequently rose to appears 18 that4s (in thea week higl lest when numberthe mean ws 1,401, am ounted in the week ending last Saturday to 1,412. Ta kin g for comparison the 10 corresponding weeks 19ernp e rature bad fallen about. 10 degmes lower th an usual), and t hat the average mortaility was 997. This average, if corrected according to the supposed , t °f 18a4nd1-5 occurredo it i rate of increase in the population, amounts to 1,088; and the increase above it exhibited in last week's return is 324. ready Tii e s s h i o ck w n n e , s s towhritellh p n e o r w i o d a l) r c o v f h i l l f 3 e ; i 8 b e u o t m i m t o c n i e s u er v a e l s notice, that whereas the total mortality returned io either of the last two weeks is nearly the same, the deaths of young persons under 15 years shows a decrease from 593 (in the week ending March 15) to 566 last week, while those which occurred in the middle period of life rose from 442 to 456, and those in the still more advanced stage (or above 60 years) rose from 365 to 390. In the last week the deaths attributed to influenza — simply, or in conjunction with bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, disease of the heart, or other malady'—are G 5; its the previous week they were 39, while the aye , rage of corresponding weeks does not exceed 8. The When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-office port dig- When due. London. patched. , America (by Brit. pkt,)N March 28 .. .. Liverpool.. April 10 America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 4 .. • • Liverpool .. April 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) M April 9 .. .. I Southampt. April 5 Africa (West coast)•. N 14th of the month i Plymouth April 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo.lDover .. March 2.3 Belgium • . .. .. N Daily .......Dover .. Daily Brazil .. . .. M 9111 of the month (Southampt. April 12 Buenos Ayres • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. April 12 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Apr 1 5 Cape of Good Hope . N 14th of month ,Plymouth— April 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 30 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ;Southampt. April 5 Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.;Southampt. Ta. Th. S a Chili .. .. .. . M,l7th of the month Southampt. April 20 France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twieedaily Greece* • • .. .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 30 Hainburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. M Wednes. & Satur. London . • MoN.Thrr Honduras .. •• . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. April 20 Ireland .. —3l & N Twice daily .. .. illolyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month'Southampt. March 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of monthtover • . April 1 Mediterranean (via Southampton) •• IL 20th of the month Southampt. March 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. April 1 Mexico .. .. .. 30(1 of the month.. Southampt. April 5 Madeira • • .. M .3tlt of the month Southampt. Aprii 12 Malta! , , .. .. N \ 70,17th,19th,27th Dover March 25 Naples* .. .. .. I 15 8' th 3 1 0 5 t t i lti f 5 m th o o n f t in h N oDover .. ,April 2 iii Papal States* .. .. N 'sth 15th 25th of mu Dover .. April 2 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 1 7th 27 th of mo Southampt. April 5 Peru .. .... .. 17th of the month Southampt. April 28 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 251.1t0fm0 Dover • . April 2 West Indies .. -.. 31 4-711 i of the month Southampt. April 20 West Indies (excep t ; , ...- nA -e41,.......,...4 v. e--41...-,-. A,,1 , West Indies .. West Indies (except Ilavanna & Nassau) 31,2 d of the month ..ISouthatript. !April 5 . 1 The malls to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet cis. Marseilles. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. - - The continued wet weather still keeps alive the fear that the ridge and valley roof of the Crystal Palace can not be made watertight—at least, not in time for the opening on the Ist of May. Workmen are busily en gaged upon it, and there is no doubt that many of the openings through which the rain penetrates aro broken panes of glass, which of course can be mended. The mischief, however, is not altogether of this description; and we observed that during the heavy showers yester day morning the spots of wet caused on the floor by the drip from above followed very frequently the line of the gutters. The present state of the building is seized upon by all who are behindhand in their preparations as an apology for further delay, and native and foreign exhibitors who are not ready by the Ist of May will not be slow to throw all the blame upon the contractors and the Executive Committee. Im mense exertions continue to be made in carrying for ward the preliminary arrangements, but the nearer we approach the time fixed for opening, the more doubtful, or rather, we may say, impossible, does it seem that all will then bo in order and fit for publicinspection. Great, however, as the intervening difficulties may be, we still regard it as a matter of vital importance to the success of the Exhibition that the Commissioners should keep their plighted word. The first few days of the month of May will probably determine its character, and if during that critical period the preparations are still going for ward, and chaos is not reduced to order, what will be thought of our punctuality? The Executive Committee seem determined to do all that in them lies to secure the derircd result, for they have issued a caution to exhi bitors not to delay sending in their goods till the 2d of April; by doing so at the last moment they may be dis appointed of the means of conveyance. Agricultural and horticultural implements and machines must be de posited in the building by the 29th inst. The select iein for tried will be made by the jury on the Ist of April, and the actual trials will commence on the 2d. The arrivals of packages, both from home and foreign con tributors are daily and hourly increasing, and an im mense number of hands arc incessantly employed in every part of the building. MISS CATHERINE IIAYES. RoME._T tie operatic season here closed last Tuesday, the 4th of March, with the opera of Maris de Bohan, in which Miss Catherine Hayes appeared for twelve succes sive rights. Nothing could possibly exceed the sensa• tion her singing and acting created. The enthusiasm of the audiences, whose delight knew no bounds, was manifested after a fashion that must have reminded your fair countrywoman of her glorious reception in her native city. The cavatina andduet from the Linda also created great excitement. T he last performance on i Shrove Tuesday, too k pi ece, as , s the custom hero in the morning, commenci n g at 10 i o clock, to allow time for preparations for the ball, as all the amusements of the Carnival invariably terminate before 12 o'clock, in order that Lent should not be infringed on. You will be pleased to bear that the most distingui s hed individuals among the proudest of aristocracies have paid Catherine Hayes marked attention. No dancing is permitted in Rome during Lent, but the musical parties commenced last evening. Miss Hayes had the honour of being invited to one given by the Princess Borghese, by whom she was introduced to , the most di st i n guished of the noble ladies present . , She has al so b ee n honoured with the diploma of " bornia della P ont ifi c i a Congre gazione ed Accedemia di Santa Cecili a ," one of the oldest and most respectable musical societies in Italy, the last name enrolled in which is that of Madame Malibran. Miss Hayes purposes to Dave Rome in a fortnight, and expects to be in London by the 10th of April. She in tends to remain in London for the enti re season , as s h e does not sail for Americ a until autumn. She has had no less than ten offers to remain in Italy !—Mmical World. FINE W ar r lN G.—We give the following as a re cent specimen of fine writing , from the c olumns of a con e you will note how as one raging mount ain chain ha s pass d before the t t e h i o np N o v r i a h r i y :—As you o scudf the along a stormy sea , wa t c hi ng stormy waters next comes up, you seem to have fallen into a peaceful valley of still waters : you have fallen below the level of the tearing wind ; fix your eyes on the surface by the side of the vessel, and you shall see nothing but little mimic billows, which seem to chafe in sport; the exhausted ship sinks to repose. But look closer into the waters, and you shall see the same boiling seething of the mass ; the hiss and jangle of the little mimic waves within the trough is about to be again overwhelmed by the roar already rising from the next raging mountain as it comes heavily but not slowly on ; find the vessel does but steady before the next stunning thunder • clap of the never-staying waters. So it is now in our sea of politics. It is absolute suspension. Men's minds are in capable of forming definite ideas. They sit and wait the next commotion ; and, from the unaccountable stillness now, they begin to fear that something is coming which will be very formidable." THE SCOTTISE TiosrITAL.—A quarterly meeting of this institution took place yesterday at Crane-court, Fleet-street; Dr, ' , lobster in the chair. The subject of the site for the new building, which Lord James Stuart had in terested himself in with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, was eluded to. A legacy of 1,0001., bequeathed by Mr. Ross, was also brought before the meeting, but after some conversation it was agreed that the consideration of tho matter should be adjourned. Some routine business was transacted, and the meeting separated. dreads persecution in the most salutary and necessary precaution. They calculated on the support of men able and influential, who had frittered away the manly creed of their forefathers into a metaphysical abstraction re sembling, so far as an entity so unreal can resemble any thing, the faith of the Vatican much more nearly than the creed of England. They have had the support they counted on. The Liberals have given them the benefit of their liberality and the Peelites of their sophistry, and yet these forces, combined with the united Roman Ca tholic party, have met with a most signal defeat, the like of which is hardly recorded in Parliamentary an nals. The power which the Pope in his arrogance did not condescend to notice has declared itself with an una mity which, on a matter of so much importance, could hardly have been expected, and which nothing but the strongest feeling within the House, acted upon and kept alive by an equally strong feeling without it, would be sufficient to account for. When it was found that there was such a thing as a popular will in England, and that the people were not likely to pass by the Pope and the Cardinal with the same convenient blindness as to their proceedings with which those eminent personages chose to be affected with regard to them, it was thought ne cessary by Cardinal Wiseman to appeal to those who had made their existence so suddenly and disagreeably manifest. The Cardinal might have demurred to the jurisdiction, he might have objected to submit the claims of his ancient and infallible Church to the decision of a nation of heretics, deeply imbued with what Gregory XVI. called " that worst species of indifferentism, a propensity to private judgment." This, however, the Cardinal disdained to do. He voluntarily selected the people and Parliament of England for his judges, and Ile must not quarrel wij a h the decision because it is not such a., he most presumptuously hoped, and most shah lowly led the Court of Rome to anticipate. No future flights of metaphor, no new achievements of style, can persuade any one hereafter to confuse his proceedings for a moment with the feelings and institutions of the English nation. The Pope and the Cardinal are con• victed of haviag most wantonly and gratuitously com menced a movement which was not, as they pre tended, national, which was not, as they hoped, indifferent to the nation ; but which w:,s emiueotly anti-national and anti-popular. They have made a (olemn display in the sight of all Europe, not merely of folly and impertinence, but of weakness and unpopu larity. They have destroyed the prestige which the conversion of a few enthusiastic young gentlemen bad riven to their cane, and rendered it impossible even for themselves to assert for the future that the faith of Rome has any hold whatever on the public mind of England. But, while nothing can be more complete as a demonstration of opinion than the gigantic majority in the House of Commons, it must be fairly admitt. - T1 that we have not advanced a single stop towards the ultimate settlement of the question. Although the second reading was so triumphantly carried, tho Ministerial Bill has xeally ,no supporters. It tenders, as Mr. Gladstone truly ebaerved,ltaleptisepar the Pope has any right to found ligiopries and create bishops within the realm of another sovereign, but whether British subjects ought to be allowed to bear the titles derived from such bishoprics. Of this false issue Mr. Gladstone dexterously availed himself, and en- deavoured to persuade the House that the question was, whether the appointment of bishops should be declared void because made by a foreign Power, and thus entirely got rid of the question as to the validity of the creation of bishoprics. A strong party in the House will at tempt, and we sincerely trust with success, to exempt Ireland from the operation of the measure, and an effort will doubtless be made to restore the second and third clauses to the Bill. The proposition of Mr. Walpole, supported by Sir Frederick Thesiger, being, as we be lieve, by far the most reasonable and logical method of dealing with the subject, would also require attention. The question as to the inclusion of the second and third clauses in the first, upon which every lawyer who has addressed the House expresses a different opinion, will also have to he discussed, and the event of that discussion is fraught with consequences most serious to the stability of the Ministerial measure. Thus we have only just launched from the shore into a stormy ocean, full of dangers and difficulties, and our guests may find us in May engaged in discussing the details of a measure not very agreeable to their sympathies or pre judices. We cannot imagine that the party of Sir Robert Peel has improved its position by the part it has adopted in the recent debate; nor, whatever may be thought of Mr. Gladstone's talents as a debater, do we think that his speech will add much to his reputation as a practical and far-sighted statesman. The elaborate argument by which he seeks to prove that tlite aggression of the Pope should have been met by negotiation is, with reference to the position of the Roman Pontiff, simply puerile. The Popp, as a temporal prince, bas nothing to lose, and strong in his weaknass, can afford to defy our power. As an ecclesiastical potentate, ho set all on the cast when he issued his rescript. Negotiation, though it might have prevented it, could never recall it. Besides, Mr. Gladstone was at great pains to show that the Pope is in the hands of the ultra party in the Roman Church, the party bitterly hostile to this country, and determined intheir arrogance and bigotry to push matters to every GR.- tremity against us. To be sure Mr. Gladstone has, with great ingenuity, in flat contradiction to his former sta'e ment, sought to prove that this was the measure, not of the ultra, but moderate party at Rome; but, as both these statements cannot be true, and as the former is confirmed by the unexceptionable authority of Lord Shrewsbury, we take the liberty of adopting it in pre ference to its contradiction, which Mr. Gladstone asserts with equal confidence. Mr. Gladstone admits that we have a right to see that the aggression is not of a tem poral nature, and in the same breath denies our right to inquire into the necessity of the new hierarchy; but is not the fact that the new hierarchy is not wanted for spiritual purposes pregnant proof that it is intended to serve some temporal object? If we aro to leave to the Roman Catholics unfettered judgment as to what ec clesiastical changes they require, and, under the advice of Mr. Gladstone, to renounce the use of our reason on the subject, what safeguard does he leave us against the encroachments of a religion which has ever refused to distinguish between tem poral and spiritual authority, and always em ployed the second as a means of obtaining the first? Mr. Gladstone admits the arrogance of the brief and the pastoral, but he does not admit what is quite as evident as their arrogance, the claim of dominion which they put forth on behalf of a power which has never renounced its claim to the feudal sovereignty of England. We ought, he says, to meet this arrogance with fresh conci ' Luton, for, if not, we shall unite the Ronan Catholics against us, and strengthen the hands of the ultra party at Rome. Surely, after we have seen the Roman Catho lic Members putting up their votes to auction for the purpose of revenge, and felt in the recent aggression the utmost rancour of the ultra party at Rome, but little is left for us to fear. Whatever be Mr. Gladstone's merits as an apologist of the Pope, they are not appreciated either by the House or the country, neither of which evince the least inclination to place themselves under the guidance of statesmen who, regardless of the just sus ceptibilities of the nation, conceal their own lukewarm attachment to Protestantism behiad the loosely-worn mask of a spurious liberality. DAILY NEWS.—After a fortnight's hearing of the opinion of parties relative to the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, the House of Commons have decided by 438 votes against 95 that it will proceed with the measure. That there exists a majority for strengthen ing the Bill, at least as far as regards England, and for rendering it, as the Leeds Mercury justly desires, self executory, there cannot be a doubt. And that there is also a general desire to exempt Ireland, if it can be done, without giving a triumph to Rome, is also very mani fest. And yet the Bill would not affect any of the pre sent Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland, save one. One of the great difficulties in the debate, as well as in deal ing with the question, is certainly the habit in which political parties have been of humouring and flattering the Irish Roman Catholics, instead of meeting them in the manly and -open language of frankness and honest respect. The language of Peelites, Whigs, and even Ra dicals, has so long been that of cajolery and compliment, that instead of being able to meet the Irish intelligent Roman Catholic face to face, and telling him what is objectionable and dangerous in his Church, government, . and religious tendencies, this duty has been so shrunk from and blinked, that the language, when necessarily resorted to, has all the air of in sult. The Whigs have now been reduced to the necessity of speaking thus openly to the Roman Catholics, of objecting to the con sequences of their Roman allegiance and Austrian con nexion, and to the principle of rendering all political considerations subordinate to the desires or the honours of their priesthood. The necessity of stating these ob jections, of acting upon them, and making them matters of legislation, has fallen on the Whigs; whilst the onus and the obloquy are rejected by the Peelites, who, with Sir James Graham, continue their old cajolery to the Irish Roman Catholics, in the vain, the idle, and inte vsted hope of swelling a party. It is this attitude of the Peelites which has given inveteracy to the debate, and difficulty to the question. In truth the measure is trifling in itself, though important as a symbol. But the scope and reach of its actual penalties are so small that it is really not worth discussing, and would not have been seriously disputed had not the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel made a mountain of the molehill, and taken their party stand upon it, for the mere purpose of showing how much more liberal and tolerant they were than the Whigs. And yet such an appeal as this to the Dissenters, and to the liberal religionists, however adroitly made by such loose and leading fishes of the party, as Sir J. Graham, is the most profound of hypocrisies, coming from a band of politicians the ablest of whom entertain notions of reli gion and of ecclesiastical government, the most opposite of intolerance, of voluntaryism, and of free thoughted ness. National Popery, a worship to enthral the senses, and a doctrine to exclude the reasoning faculty, a go vernment of the State by professional politicians, and of the religious mind and church by professional priests— these are the doctrines of the Young Peelites ; and from these naturally flow respect, affection, and sympathy for Rome. The most crafty and able of these Papistical wolves in Protestant sheep's clothing, is undoubtedly Mr. Gladstone. He commenced his speech on Tuesday by admitting that the Church of England was in serious peril. The peril was not, in Mr. Gladstone's opinion, aught that temperal legislation could cure. From this we can only infer that Mr. Gladstone wishes to re-establish convoca tion, and restore synodal action to the Church of Eng land, whilst he allows it to the Church of Rome in England. We must say that this scheme is the most extraordinary one for allaying religious excitementeihat-we have yet heard. We can perfectly understand the American system, which declares the State indifferent to religion and a stranger to it, after hoving first passed education laws, mortmain laws for personal and real property, and taken every guarantee that can be required against Rome. We can conceive the Americans caring little for Roman Catholic titles or synodal action. But in England, to uphold a State Church, and then encourage rival churches to jostle and pelt at it, is not possible. The Protestant Established Church must be either pro tected or abolished as a State Church. As to the Pro testant Church in Ireland, Mr. Gladstone abandons it, by alleging, with his friend Sir John Young, that it is such a ricketty concern that the least quarrel with or provocation to the Roman Catholics of that country would give them the pretext, which they want, in ad dition to the power, which they have, to destroy it. For our part, we had always hoped, and do hope still, that a fair accord may be come to between Protestants and Catholics, that the limits between them may be fixed, and the rules laid down, as they are in all countries of mixed religion, how far each may assume and claim authority. But this must be done by law and by Parliament—by that temporal legis lation, in fact, which Mr. Gladstone deprecates, and without which the Roman Catholics will go on assuming, and the Protestants resenting, until we awake in the midst of civil war, and that whilst politicians are preaching a peace and a tolerance, incomprehensible to any save themselves. Mr. Gladstone says, that to forbid a Roman Catholic to style himself Archbishop of Can terbury is an interference with spiritual authority. This he would not do for the world. But the forbidding Ro man Catholic prelates or churches from inheriting pro perty, that may be done, according to Mr. Gladstone, without infringing spiritual liberty. It is a temporal concern. Now this is a mere quibble, for we will be bound to say that more serious persecution could be ex ercised against the Roman Catholics, and far more seri ous discontent excited amongst them by following out tnis principle of Mr. Gladstone, than in observing that delicacy of Lord John Russell, who inflicts the lenient inhibition to assume territorial titles. Al though we have slight respect for those professional politicians, who, though calling themselvs Tories, affect to pooh pooh the Bill as inefficient, and at the same time denounce it as persecution, it is with fear and reluctance we differ from such liberals as Mr. flume, in whose regret for the waking up of such a ques tion we fully concur. But we think Mr. Hume deci dedly wrong in throwing upon Government or upon the Whig party the blame of having fteited this religious feud. The very principle of the Whigs is, to keep cut of such scrapes; their very instinct prompts theta to do nothing in such matters, and we are cienfidentnirarif Lord John Russell thought he could with safety and in honour have done nothing, .he would infinitely have pre ferred that course.. But unfortunately Cardinal Wise man and the'Pope left im no choice. \llia its pair of worthies have dt‘i and have done, may arrears+ very little importance lk those unactuated by strong re ligious feelings, or . "‘l,' principles of liberty which are bound up with these religious feelings, such as English liberalism has, always been. These form the very pulse of the nation, and to suppose that it would not, or to say that it did not, beat with indignation at the appointment of a cardinal to go vern our counties, is merely to shut one's eyes and ig nore the age. Considering that the cause of all this ex citement end offence came from the Roman Catholic party in Rome;—considering that, far from being denounced or disapproved, it was taken up and abetted by the Catholics of Ire land ;—considering that the principle of the pre sent Bill already existed in the Act of which was accepted with gratitude by the Irish Ca tholics; —considering how mild and tolerant th© Govern ment had shown itself in sanctioning great and national ncroachments on the part of the Irish Catholics on the limits of this Bill—we do think that when the Pope so glaringly exceeded, and insolently stepped beyond and ignored the concessions of that Bill, assuming of his own autocratic power authority and dignity far beyond it, and of course as far as it might in future please him to make—we do think that the Government had a right to expect no such uncomprising abettal of the Pope and his acts from the Irish Catholics. We think the Pope and them decidedly in the wrong, in the aggressive, and on the offensive. Now, we should be very glad to live at peace with the Pope; and it is still more necessary to live in harmony and good understand ing with the Roman Catholic population. But there are two parties to peace and good fellowship, as there are two parties to every bargain in the world ; and if one side is to make all the aggression and the other all the con cession, there is no possibility of lasting accord. For let the Government or let Parliamentary parties be ever co conciliatory—let them even be anile in their humility, and allow themselves to be walked over by Roman Car dinals, the people of England and the Protestants of England will be but the more excited, the more exigent, the more impassioned fur this sheepishness of their Government ; and when the people bring these causes of complaint against their rulers, it is not the philosophy of Mr. Hume, nor the sophistry of Mr. Gladstone, that will appease them. If any statesman wants to kindle a flame of Protestant fanaticism, he will begin by ignoring end contemning the just grounds of complaint, which moderate Protestants put forward, and for which they demand moderate security and redress. ADVERTISER.—We feel that we breathe more freely. So, we are sure, must the nation. If we are called on as a people to be thankful for small mercies, we are bound to be doubly grateful for so great a bles sing as the termination of the anti-Papal debate. It is melancholy to think that a whole fortnight of a session, which has been so deplorably unproductive of practical legislation, should have been wasted on a measure which, were it to pass to-morrow, would not, as it now stands, be worth the parchment on which it is written. The only ana co d n e s s i p d o e t r i a c. tion R w e h g i a ch rd i i n ng som ai e i d w eg ith re o e u r t eco h n e e r ile p s a u le s to as a fortnight's debate on the Bill before the House, is, that though it is, as it stands at present, a mere mockery and a fraud upon the public, there is still ground for hope that it may, before it passes through its final stages, be so amended as that its provisions shall bear some resemblance to its preamble. As it now stands, it has no provisions at all of an operative nature. It has a title, but nothing more. It professes to do a certain thing, but does not provide the requisite machinery for accomplishing the object which it professes to have in view. Happily, however, it is in the power of the House, when in Committee, to supply that which is lacking. It is, indeed, the special province of the House, in Committee, to add that which is necessary for rendering a measure efficient, as well as to expunge that which is calculated to prevent the beneficial operation of a Bill. If, therefore, the friends of Protestantism—the upholders of the prerogatives of the Crown—the supporters of the cause of civil and religious liberty, are only true to themselves and their principles, the measure may yet be so altered and amended as to be, at least, to some extent operative in checking the aggressions of Popery. As the House in Committee has the power of thus remodel lingh the measure, and as Hon. Gentlemen know tha t t o t r _e s country loudly calls for it, and that the House of d will give effect to any amendments they maymake,—we canbneot cal culated to give greater stringency to the . i doubt that before it comes oat of Committee it will isa o e pli c es o re u ao e f tr e y ° i m f it m very different measure from the Bill ought not for us to dictate in positive terms what . what it is at present. It the deep-seated feeling whichH to be made; but we know that we o v n d ly ee gi t v h e e e n x a p t r i e o s n s a ito obnesnwotilml made meet the views and bo som, when we say, wthiltctshoef th it did not meet the necessities of the case. It at least as rigorous as it was when . first introduced. Even then short of the requirements of the crisis which the fell l man Pontiff had, by his barefaced audacity and daring assumptions, precipitated in the civil and religious his toryussump , . of the country. But though the measure, as it originally stood, was not all that could be desired, still it was scmething ; and had it been permitted to pass with out mutilation, it would have been worth accepting on the part of the country. The Premier unhappily aban doned his principles, and all the better parts of the Bill, at the same time. tie fancied ho could conciliate the Romish Church by transforming the original measure into one of a much milder character. In coming to such a conclusion, the head of the Government betrayed an ignorance of the principles of Popery which seems un accountable in any one bearing the name of Russell. The martyrdom which some of the most illustrious of his ancestors were doomed to suffer from Popish hands would have sufficed, it might be supposed, to convince the Noble Lord of the implacable character of the Romish Church. That Church is not to be propitiated. If she ever appears humble, gentle, and unaggressive, it is only when she feels herself feeble —when she has not the power for mischief. When in the ascendancy, Po pery has invariably proved itself arrogant, aggressive, doomed to perdition, Rome accords toleration to none who differ from her. Genuine Pepery is only to be seen DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—Dr. M‘Hale, it would ap p e ar, is determin&d to carry matters with a high hand, and is resolved, ?6 far as lies in his power, that the de crees of the fathers of Thurles shall not prove a nullity or become a dead letter on the ecclesiastical statute-book. In the course of last week it transpired, through more than one communication, that in a certain national, school in the diocese of Team, which was attended up to a very recent period by 90 poor Roman Catholic chil dren, the number of pupils had on Sunday week sud denly dwindled down to just one-third. inquiries, to account for so remarkable a defalcation, were instantly set on foot, and it was ascertained from some of the pa rents that orders from head-quarters had been promul gated from the chapels on the Sunday previous, threatening all sorts of pains and penalties on the bodies and souls of such fathers and mo thers as would not withdraw their offspring from all schools in connexion with the National Board, those institutions, as well as the Government Colleges, having been solemnly declared to be " dan gerous to the faith and morals" of the rising generation of Romanists. Meanwhile, the children thus shut out from the benefits of instruction are wandering about the hedges and roadsides, an occupation they are at full liberty to follow until, perhaps, the erection, endowment, and chartering of Primate Cullen's new " Catholic Uni versity" shall open the prospect of a system of education based on the enlightened principles enunciated by the d& cress of the Synod of Thurles. A later communica tion from the west announces that the ranks of the pupilshare been since diminished by additional deser tions to the amount of 28, and, as no school at which the number of scholars is less than 30 is entitled to the Government grant for the payment ef the teuchor, Dr. M‘liale will probably soon have the satisfaction of 13ealiLg the doors of one of the obnoxious schools. We have been informed, and it is but right to mention the circumstance, that the great primary objection of " his Grace" to the national system, is directed in an especial manner to all schools of which the patrons happen to bo members of the Pro testant Church. Wherever Roman Catholics happen to occupy this position, the case is in a degree different y , Although far from getting any encouragement, they are pot as yetNnsitivaly denounced as moral pestilares. 'SAIN642E 111NCIHSIBERED ESTATES. ;•lk The Meath estaret eff - -Ma a Charles Henry Smith, owner, and petitioner in the case;sproducing a profit rentalof about 4001. paj annum, were set up forlale yesterday, in three lots, before two of the Commissioners, and realized in the aggregate a sum of 5,4001., being some• thing like 12,1 years' purchase. An extensive property in the county of Tipperary, the estate of Mr. Hems worth, the rental of which was estimated at a little over 1,0001. a year, was offered in nine lots, the whole of which, after considerable delays, owing to the leek of competition and various other causes, was disposed of for the sum of 10,1501. Lord Cremorne, the petitioner in the matter, was a purchaser to the extent of half the amount produced by the sales. THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 964 96; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock (shut), 97i 4: ditto for Account, 971 National Bank Shares, 221. 10s. psid, 184; City of Dublin Steam Company, 501. paid, 25; Consumers' Gas, 51. paid, 6-.1. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, 451. paid, 261; Dublin and Drogheda, 75/. paid, 40; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 301. paid, 9; Great Southern and Western, 501. paid, 434. FATAL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. The metropolis was yesterday morning visited by two fires, one of which unfortunately destroyed the lives of two human beings—a man and his wife._ _ _ One fire broke out at a few minutes before four o'clock at 31, John-street, Harper-street, New Kent-road, in the joint occupation of Mr. H. Richardson, a type founder, and Mr. Samuel Potts. Police-constable, No. 779 of the A division, kept the door of the premises closed until assistance came up, when he started for the fire-engines. The engines and firemen of the Southwark-bridge-road and Waterloo-road stations, and those of the West of England office, were soon on the spot, and plenty of water being procured the engines were set to work, bat the flames had previously penetrated the roof, and wore rising so high as to illumine the whole neighbourhood. The firemen, however, soon got the flames extinguished, when they entered the premises for the purpose of look ing after the two persons who were known to be in the building. On approaching the front room window a shocking spectacle presented itself, for lying on the loon were the lifeless bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Potts, burnt almost as black as a coal, every article of furniture in the plea* being consumed, and not so much as even the trace of a bedstead being left. The other fire broke out in the Grand Janction Canal Company's dockyard, No. 18, Wharf-road, City-road, and although the firemen had been actively engaged for six hours, the flames were not entirely extinguished at seven o'clock. The stores were burnt out, and the ad joining buildings are also much injured by fire, water, and breakage. The heat from the furnace flue was the cause of the outbreak. The Royal Society's fire escapes with Mr. Inspector Braddelly were soon on the spot, but fortunately their services were not required. LATEST PARTICULARS. A most painful sensation prevailed the whole of yes terday throughout the extensive parish of Newington in reference to the melancholy loss of life which occurred at 31, John-street, noticed above. The house consisted of only three rooms, and from the ground floor to the roof was, probably, not more than 12 or 14 feet high. Mr. Richardson, who with his wife lived in the parlour , on being awoke by the smell of smoke, and on finding that the house was on fire, made his escape as quickly as possible. The policeman, w hil e waiting at the corner of the street for his sergeant, was su ddenl y alarmed b y loud cries of " Police," and "Murder," proceeding from the premises. As soon as he reached the door Mr. Richardson and his wife emerged from the house, and, not knowing that any one else was within, he closed the street door to prevent the draught from forcing the flames through the building until the arrival of his sergeant, who then dispatched hi m to call the engines. It was not till after the officer had departed that the fearful fact of the poor man and his wife being in the upper room ,!became known. The flames then bad enveloped the ;room in question, ren dering it impossible for any one to enter. The Bri gade were on the spot in iefis an t d ha N n Ve t s e t n of m i E n n u g e la s nd atte e r nici Z s alarm was given, and by another quarter of an hOur the fire was safely ex tinguished. Shells having been procur e d d uring the morning the mangle d remains were remelted to the dead-house, to await a coroner's inquest. eiP The Brigade authorities d ur kg the day instituted a very searching inqui ry f or t h e jp ur pose of ascertaining how the melanch o l y event b P"ed ' the result of which leave 3 no doubt that Witt Mr. and Mrs. Potts, when they arrived h ome , w ow, intoxicated, and it is suspected that in retiring to beg they dropped a spark on to the bedding', which be unperceived must have smouldered until . it broke oin a flame. The poor creatures we're by that time:..po overcome with the liquor th ek d r ank ,that 047 were unable to assist themsOis,,- In the Lord Mayor's Court,iesterday, was hea r d a case of great interes t to p arties having claims upon Foreign Governments. As far bif64 as the year 1834, the Baron de Haber h ad, at his private bankers, in London, a cons id era ble sum. The Government being pressed f or money, com pelled the banker to surrender it for their use, and the Baron received assurances that the amount would be re turned. From that day until the present not a sixpence has been refunded, and accordingly to Obtain som e se ttl e ment of t h e claim, amounting, with arrears of interest, to about 12,000/., the moneys lodged by the Portuguese Financial agency here with the London Joint St oc k B a nk, have been a tt ac hed. The merits of the case as regards the seizure were not before the court., but simply the rights of attach ment, and this was held not to exist, because the amount does not belong to the Queen of Portugal, who, it is alleged, has no control whatever over it when once remitted to Eng land. The difficulty, of course , i n these cases is to deter mine the party to whom the money really does;belong. No doubt the case will, in a new shape, be followed up, an d if Baron de Haber is unable to recover of the Government, w of e th p e re s s e u i m zu e re hi i s s b to ax b k e e m r awdie, we shall then probably have it. 11 b e liable. If any justi fi cation The public debt o f Prussia which bears interest amounts to 155 i millions of thalers, to which must be added 8,333,000 thalers of provincial debt. The debt of the State has increased 26,599,006 thalers since 1850. •