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at , r r r • .. r r rj .• . ~•rkl. r " . _ . . <? , , r. , 3&! • • 4 , in their judgt •Aelli . 4 „, 1 1 „",,,, 3 ..' 4 ..) - , • " - k (- , • o ng sought, and via • - ed scarcely add th, ( "t , • •-• *11. 7 1t 4 .4 • , k • , ' - = • I. i s : I'4 1.9 ‘ • , ' ti\ 4`e• I CONTRACTS for BALTIC TIMBER GOODS and NORWAY SPARS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Nary, Somerset -place, itith Marcii, 1850. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral ; the United Kingdom of Great Britain ai'd Ireland, do hereby give otice, that 'on T U ESDAY, the 16th of April next, at One o'clocto k, aY will be re a dy t o treat with such persons as may he will n,, AND for suplying her Majesty's several Dockyar d s wi t h RIGA a n ,, R .„ 13 MASTS and FIR TIMBER, DANTZI6 DECK DEALS TIMBER, and NORWAY SPARS. D istributions of the articles and forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said office. . 40 X.;::. Tender will bo received after One o'clock on the d of treaty, d i j any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him authorised in writing. 2 .,;' y erY Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of tht and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for b, ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied is f a letter signed by two responsible person, engaging Co become wend with the person tendering in tho sum of 3,000/. for the due Zerrnance of each of the Contracts far Riga and Lantzic Goods, in the sum of 5001. for the Norway f pare. . . - 5a...• —-- _ —------ _ ..1 '. l: X • 3 . MARCH 20, 1850. N ° .17,9 36 .] LONDON, WEDNESDAY E air E N , 3 ..., 7 , ,7 , • , 9 . , [PRICE *D. +deal of harm. A million a year is a low estimate of the expense. By the admission of the philanthro pists, as expressed in the amendment placed on the notice paper, not only is that expenditure quite thrown away, but it involves the dire contingency of " remonstrances with other Powers, consistent with the character of this country." So it is out of the question to talk of reducing our fleet under these cir cumstances. This one monster waste swallows up all our savings. It is a mere farce to cut down the salaries of poor little officials, and do other igno minious cheese-paring, flint-skinning sort of work, if all the while we are playing at pitch and toss with a million at a time. Yet this is to be made a Minis terial question. Then economy is not a llinis terial question. The Whigs first came in on the Civil List. They stick in on the African squadron. Out of the Civil List they have contrived to save a few odd thousands, which, in the course of a half century or so, will amount to one year's cost of the African squadron. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 The performance of Verdi's Nino at this theatre last evening was honoured by the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who occupied the box heretofore kue :n as the. Queen Dowager's box, being one farther fr stage than the box which her Majesty °cell* during the preceding seasons. Her Majesty and•the Prince remained until,the con - clusion of the magnificent ballet Les Metamor phoses, with which they seemed highly delighted. The opera of Nino was performed last evening for the purpose of introducing to an English audience a new baritone, Signor Lorenzo, who, as Lorenzo de Montemerli, has recently achieved an im mense success in Paris,. a success which, judg ing from what we saw of him last even ing, will be more than equalled by his triumphs in this country. His voice is of the purest and sweetest quality, of great flexibility, full _of ex pression, and he always sings in tune, a raire4hlng among baritone singer.. His f e at ures are reinaft . ' handsome and expressive, his 'figure is Ala' manding, and his action at once graceful and en getic. His performance in the second act, in which his crown is struck from his head by, lightning, was sub lime. Never have we seen the,feeling of solemn awe so characteristically yet so classically delineated as it was by Signor Lorenzo last evening in this ecene. His attitude at the moment he is struck was a study for the sculptor. In the beautiful duet with Abigail in the , third act, " Oh . di qual onts," he was full of pathos ; never have we heard the pas sage "Ala de perdona" so feelingly rendered ; and in the finale, where; having made his peace with Heaven, he once more resumes his sword, he was full of animation, energy, ; and dignity. He seemed indeed a king, ay, every inch a king. He was'` much applauded throughout, and the duet with Parodi (who was the Abigail), in the third act, was encored. He was frequently called on dur ing the course of the performance. The Abigail of Parodi is by far the best on the lyrical stage. Impassioned, yet majestic— haughty, yet impulsive—at once revengeful and am bitious, the slave Queen is a character to which Ma demoiselle Parodi alone of all our lyric artistes can do full justice. Her genius and her power enable her to act the character, while her youthful appearance enables her also to look it, and the consequence was that last evening the representation was perfect. The great improvement in her vocalization, which we re marked in her Medea, was again conspicuous last evening. Her Abigail was as perfect as a piece of vo calization as it was as a histrionic performance. Bel letti was the High Priest ; this has always been one of his greatest characters, and he was last night as great as ever. Solemn and impressive in his manner, his singing was, as it always is, critically correct and most effective. liis Orostaspe left nothing to be desired. Madame Giuliani made a most interesting Fenena. She was encored in her final air, which was beautifully rendered. Signor Michelli as Istaspe was painstaking, but the music of " Verdi the violent" occasionally overpowered his voice. The numerous choruses were well rendered, and the " Va Pensiero" was, according to custom, encored. At the conclusion Signor Lorenzo and Mademoiselle Parodi were called on. The beautiful ballet Les Metamorphoses, which nightly increases in popularity, followed, and was enthusiastically received. Les Metamorphoses promises to be a ballet " not for a season but for all time." The house was very fashionably attended. PUBLICATIONS. MIDLAND RAILWAY • LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Loans for it limited amount, on security of their Debentures, in sums of not less than 4,0001. each and upwards, at interest after the rate of 41. , 105. per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. Application to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, March It% 1850. Ridge (1846), Lieutenant Julius Bunce, Thiyal Marines Assistant-Surgeon James Peters (1838). Sir Francis Baring will discontinue seeing officers until further notice. The Nankin, 50-gun frigate, launched atWoolwich l on Saturday last, arrived at Sheerness at nine o'clock A.M., on Sunday. It is supposed she must have touched the ground immediately after she went off the ways, as her main stern rudder post is broken. It is expected she will be ready for sea in - May next. The San Fiorenzo, 50, ordered to be built at Wool wich Dockyard, is to be commenced immediately in the slip from which the Nankin we% launched. A considerable quantity of the timbers of the Sin Fio renze have been already converted and conveyed to the sides of the slip. A convict employed with a gang at the mast-house at the west-end of the yard attempted to escape yes terday ; but, being soon missed, a search was imme diately commenced, and he was found in the hold of the Royal Albert busily engaged in filing off his irons with a file he had obtained from some of the work men's boxes. New Eurlingfon-street, March 20. MIL. WILKIE COLLINS'S 0 A N IS NOW READY At all the Libraries, awl may be had of all Booksellers. ANK of ENGLAND, MAncu 12, 1850. The Court of Directors of the Grrernor and Company of the „?.. of England give notice, ~4 1a at a General Court will be held at the Bank, on THURSDAY, i; 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to ccutsider of a DIV l on. • Also that another General Court will be held at t he Bank lesnes, the 9th of April next, from Ten o'clock in the Fore 'srl, till Four in the Afternoon, for the ELECTION of a GOV ER- Zv and DEPUTY-GOVERNOR for the year ensuing (winch will g . fclared that evening) ; and the same Court will be continued b• Y dii kliournment, and held at the same place, and during tlie same a on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April next, tbr the ELEC orth of TWENTY-FOUR DIRECTORS (which will also be one tl... ction uarterly Gene Courts aointed b the Charter), and the Election of the Twenty-four ral Director pp s w y ill be declared as soon as the I ,iny is over. "rinted lists of the Proprietors having votes will he ready to be de red at the Bank on Tuesday, the 26th of March instant. JOH N KNIGHT, Secretary. R• By an Act passel In the 7th year of the reign of Gee. 1 1 ..Yellon will be eatitled to vote at the said election who shall not ,f be en six calendar months possessed in him own right of the oa t's for Whi c h h e shall then give his vote, unless the said stock shall °r Ay been acquired, or shall have come by bequest , er by marriage , of r succession to an Intestate's estate, or by the custom of the city "cll , pr by any deed of settlement after the death of 4 Who shall have been entitled for life to the dividends of such stock. MALTNDEWS POPULAR TREASURIES. New E(7.ltions, corrected and enlarged. price 10 , , each work, top. Ero., cloth ; or lds., bound in etnbossed roan, THE TREASURY of NA [URAL HISTORY; or, Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature. 900 Woodcuts. M ERCANTILE or OTHER SITUATION WANTED. YOUNG MAN, who hoe held situations of trust and responsibi lity, is ready to enter upon a new engagement, as the business of the Company with which he has been connected during the last four years, as prineiral Bookkeeper and Cashier, Is being wound up. One would he preferred where strict integrity and industrial hahits would Le more esteemed than first-rate ability. He can procure private security, and the gist mercantile gentlemen in Glasgow are given as references. Any application addressed to M. D., Daily Mail•office, Glasgow, will be immediately attended to. Price 10s. THE HISTORICAL TREASURY: an Outline of Universal His tory; separate Histories of every Nation. 10s. - THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. I s. THE SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY: a Copious Popular Ency:lopxdia. 10s. THE '.!.'REASITRY of KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Reference a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. London: Longman, Brown, Green. and Longmans. TO COMMERCIAL or COMMISSION TRAVELLERS. WANTED, a GENTLEMAN who has a connexion with first-class Fish-curers, or othe!s, on the fishing coasts, to sell an article in ge neral use among them. Address A. 8., care of Mr. Samuel Tull, net and rope manufa:- turer, 153, Fenchurch-street. In One very large Volume, Bvo., illustrated by above Three Thousand Ens:ravings on Wood, price 3/. lie. 6d. cloth, N ENCYCLOPiEDIA of CIVIL EN GINEERING, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. By EDWARD CRESY, F.S.A., C.E. " A desideratum in the history of engineering science Is supplied by the publication of this remarkable volunie. There is not a mem ber of the community, from the highest engineer to the humblest surveyor, who will not find here materials to enrich his mind and extend his knowledge."—lrish Railway Gazette. London: Longman, Drown, Green, and Longman. Of tedt Igb, HEIGHTS. TRAGEDY AT CLAYTON-ON-THE- , . '1 TOUT and P ORTER.--JENNER, WICK .._. , - 3 ING and JENNER, are now delivering prowl), to private fa milies, their ulebrated Porter at Is., and Imperial Stout, at 16d. per gallon. May be had in casks of 4A, 9, 18, and 36 gallons. ' N.B. Their Ales Areinow in very Aria eondition. South London Brewery, Southwark-bridge-road. CHATHAM, MARCH 19.—The Nankin, 50 guns, was towed into this harbour on the afternoon of Sun day, the 17th instant, by the African and Jasper steam-vessels,-and on Monday she was placEd under the sheers, where her masts were put into their places ; and the same day she was taken into the third dock Ca epppered and fitted pr sea. • RAILWAY INTELIAGRACR. _ , oil; )$ ll eel' NOTICE •is HEREBY :GIVEN, that JOHN WAREING, of Byrom-strcet,. Livertool, in !Ile ceunt of 4 L a n Tailor and Draper, by an I gIIESTURE ASS u t aT bearing date the - Twenty - fifth da y of FebiOrx , ,, 50, 6"' 1 ( 1 , all his. personal estate and effects therein aoCribedi- unto nriltT PARNALL, ofßisbopsgate - street , In the City of London I\? ding'lll rartnetship with Henri Partial°, and HVPRIC WARE -1)2,, of Birmingliam, in the county of Warwick, Tailor and for the equal benefit of all the Creditors of the said John fh ar , eing who shall execute the said deed of assignm ent, or si g nif y m onths assent thereto, ip writing, within the space of three calendar Oats from the date thereof, and which said Indenture was execu 6,;`'bY the :aid John Wareing upo the Twenty-fifth day of February, tes"? Thousand Eigh• Hundred and Fifty, in the presence of and at kird by John Powell, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, e„ et or, and which said Indenture of Assignment now lies at the of the said John Powell, in Birmingham, aforesaid, for exc.- `...., 1 0 1 1 by the Creditors of the said John Wareing. DR. KENNE )Y'S SECOND LATIN READING-BOOK. Just published, in 12m0., price ss. cloth, pALAEST RA LATINA. : or, a Second Latin Reading-Rook. Adapted to She Author's " Elementary Latin Grammar." By the Rer. B. 11. KENNEDY, D.D., Head Master of Shrewsbury School. ER MOST GRACIOUS, MAJESTY'S VI SIT to IRELAND, illustrated by a grand moving DIO RAMA; wit4 , sctme of the most charming scenery in tAruntsz' including the lovely LAKES ofKILLARNEY, by Mr. . !W M, IS NOW OPEN at the Chinese Gallery, Hyde-park Corner, Daily at Three, Evening at Eight. Admission, ls.—Reserved Seats, 2s. An interesting historical record of the event may be had at the Gallery. Also by Dr. Kennedy, TIROCINIUM ; or, First Latin Reading-Book. 12m0., 2s. ELEMENTARY LATIN GRAMMAR. 12m0., 3s. Gd. ELEMENTARY LATIN VOCABULARY. 12m0., 2s. Gd. TIT r, LAPIN PRIMER. 12m0., 2s. ELEMENTS of GREEK GRAMMAR. 12m0., 4s. Gd. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The directors have issued their report with respect to the position of the holders of the Great North of England purchase shares. They state that they can not recognise the alleged right of those shareholders to seek for any modification of the terms on which those shares were created; but they think it will be judicious to secure to those shareholders a minimum dividend of four per cent. until the Ist of July, 1856, on the 171. yet uncalled, as the calls on these shares are paid up, but that on the 81. already paid the ordi nary dividend only should be paid, and that after the Ist of July, 1856, the whole 251. should receive equal dividend with the capital stock of the company. The directors believe that this course will best secure the payment of the 171. yet remaining due on Great North of England purchase shares as that sum shall be required, but they have thought it expedient that a call of 21. should be immediately made on these shares, payable by instalments of 11. on the Ist of July, and 1/. on the Ist of January next, which call they have accordingly made. The amount of calls to be received from time to time on the shares will be applied in reduction of the amount due to the Great North of England proprietors; thus relieving this company from a corresponding amount of the rent payable for the Great North of England Railway, and so preventing any increased burden to this company, in its allowance of four per cent. divi dend on the calls to be made. The directors are glad to announce that they have been enabled to induce Mr. Plews, under certain conditions, to allow himself to be proposed for re election as a director at the ad journed meeting. Mr. Alderman Hodgson also consents to be again put in nomination. Should these gentlemen be re-elected the only remaining vacancy will be that occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Love. PREVENTION of COUGHS and COLDS. — Persons liable to attacks of Coughs and Colds, will entirely escape them by the occasional use of that celebrated remedy, P.R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, which have a pleasant taste, end never fail to give instant and permanent freedom from all irritation of the lungs. Upwards of 300 cures of Asthma, Consump tion, Coughs, &c., have been performed by this medicine (and pub lished) during the last twelve mon.is. To Singers and Public Speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. 1% d., 2s. 9d., and Ils. per box. Agents—Da Silva and Co., 1, Brick-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all Medicine Venders. NEW HUNGARIAN NOVEL. Just published, in 3 vols. post 8v&, price 31s. Gd. boards, • THE VILLAGE NOTARY ; a Romance of Hungarian Life. Translated from the Hungarian of Baron EOTVOS, by OTTO WENCKSTERN. With Introductory Remarks, written expressly for the English Translation, by FRANCIS PULSZKY. " It presents a charming and very striking picture of the state of society in the rural districts of Hungary. It is full of quiet humour, effective description, well-contrasted characters, and amusing dia logue."—Morning Advertiser. London : Longman, grown, Green, and LOllOlOlll. RATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. w ith s Institution embraces important and substantial advantages o n p o r i espect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. cies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage t—provi -4;4 for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary h'allable resource to himself, if needful, whilel iving. The Assured en all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for e of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. Th e DIVISION OF PROFITS. continued prosperity of the Society has e t he Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of Me 0 'a bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. o ' e uch Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES DR. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS. The only remedy recommended to be taken by Females, have no taste of medicine. Price Is. I d , 2s. Pd., and lie per box. Beware et Imitations in the Form of Pills. Lnabled the Directors Ly, 1848, to declare a n the Premiums paid MR. MA CAULArS LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. In IGmo., price 4s. Gd. cloth; or New 10s.Edi Gd tio n o o n f . bd in morocco, by Hay a, a MR. MACAULA Y'S LAYS of ANCIENT ROME ; with " Ivry" and " The Armada." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; Of whom may be had, in fcap. 4t0., 21s, boards, morocco, by Hayday, 425., The ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Mr. MACAULAY'S LAYS of ANCIENT ROME. Illustrations, Original and from the Antique, by G. Scharf, jun., engrave& on wood by S. Williams. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. rust published, and may be had in French or English. in a Sealed EnTolope, 2e. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two 4 Perms- Sum the 40 4 1 . 4 ,- -; Annual Policy Bonus In nent Re- Assn r ,- i i.?, Pre- taken addition Bonus in ruction of may bor ,t t` minim out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on ..., Assured. Premium. Policy. --- -- - -- -- £ s. 4.1 £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 1 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10' , 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 t £ s.d. 60 1 000 74 3 4 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 1 6 2 9 194 810 1840 178 0 0' 82 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0 1841 174 p 0 , 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 11 4, 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 •-....,_ 1844 62 6 8! 27 13 4 4 4 0 ,347 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. 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( „,'lllion of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se i'iro either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, 41 option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his k.. 41 1; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of i u r 'r_owing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk ` f• orfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording resource during sickness and want of employment ; and th ruld the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two- VS of his payments will he returned to his representatives. 4 ke following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tile' which the judicious application of a small saving can secure — ...1 ( 2ng1i this Society. New Edition, carefully corrected and greatly improved , NEW UNIVERSAL FRENCH GRAMMAR; being an accurate System of French Accidence and Syntax, on a Methodical Plan. By N. 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X s. d. £ a. d. 10 0 10' 0 0 0 16 7 1 7 3 11 27 3 11 19 4 10 .s. 1. 20 0 10 11 30 0 19 6 40 1 17 3 granted by the Society on liberal Bowing extracts from the Tables, Linty upon every 1001. deposited :- 14s. 3d. f Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. % of Rates, Sec., may be had at the se Country ; or, on application, will i. B. WOOLTIOUSE, Actuary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR , ANCE COMPANY. " LI, LOMBAMD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post. office, London. DIRECTORS. JOAN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. I/ THOMSON HANKEY, Jun., Esq., Deputy - Chairman. ,i_ e nrY Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. ~..rhn Dixon, Es , s. George Lyall, Esq. %allots Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. a . Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. 4", 11 Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. 4 '114 G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry :Norman, Esq. h e i rge Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. a„, 1 1 Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. "uls Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A b AUDITORS. W. Robarts, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. ile,nry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. I, it the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates , t h participation in one moiety of the Pro fits ever y seven years. At th h of the three Septennial Divisions which th i s C om p an y has made, „"!' Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per a nnum on the sum .7 tired, or about 27 per cent. on the amount o f p remium received ; the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Corn 411Y exceeded 530,000/. vi IOANS granted on Life Pol i c i es to the extent of their values, pro -4.`,,'e -d such Policies shall have be en effected a sufficient time to have `mined in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT , a Return of profit was declared f, the Gth of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies Which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same Lhow in course of payment daily (Fri da y and Saturday excepted), - 'so the hours of ten and three o'c lock, at the Bead Office ; and -4 _ o by the Agents in the Country Distr icts. ~-kofice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady VLY must be renewed within fifteen days, at this oflice, or with Sanas, No. 1, St. James's - street , co rner of Pall-mall; or with • he raipany's Agents throughout tho king dom, otherwise they become id. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. --- PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, 9 , Chatham-place, Itiackfriars, London.—Established in 1826. Subscribed Capital, 240,000/. This Society effects Assurances both on the bonus and non-bonus *3▪ 'Rn- is , at the option of the Assurer. Those who adopt the bones rates participate in three •fourths of the rlollts, whilst the following e xam p le illustrates what is the imine tl4te advantage secured by t hose who assure at the low, or non-par- A eAllating rates of the office : -4, nual Premium required by those Societies which use the Northampton data, for an Assurance of 5,000/., at P romoter 25 years of age .. .. • • . .. - rOtnoter Premium for the like sum at the same age • • .. £l2O 4 2 91 0 10 Difference • • • • • • £29 3 4 The expectation of life, by the best tables, at 25 years of age, is 37 Sears. And an annuity of 291 3s. 4 d. , ac cumulated at compound in ,..rest for 37 years, at 5 per cent. , will amount to 2,9641. 3s. Ild. 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PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—We are requested to state that the Lords of the Admiralty have under their consideration the propriety of subscribing to ward the funds for establishing a sailors' home in this port. The " rot" has got into the Monarch, 84, at Sheer ness, which, it is expected, will prevent her commis sion. A survey was held on Friday by Rear-Admiral Berkeley, M.P., C.B, ; Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy; and the Master Shipwright of Sheerness Dockyard. The Niger steam-sloop, of the reserve squadron, has been removed from the jetty to the sea basin to day, preparatory to being docked to have her waste steam -pipes and bottom examined. The Lily, 12, Commander Bedford, hauled off from the dockyard into the stream this afternoon. She will be ready for sea by the 30th. WOOLWICH, MARCH 19—The First Lord of the Admiralty held a levee to-day at Whitehall, which was attended by the following officers : Captains—James Scott, C.B. (1828), John Alex ander Duntze (1829), Joseph Harrison (1832), Michael Quin (1837), Jobn Robb (1841), Bartho lomew James Sulivan (1845), Charles John Bosan quet (1846), Douglas Curry (1846), and Henry James Matson (1849). Commanders—Louis Symonds Tindal (1841), William F. Blair (1841), James Newburgh Strange (1842), Vincent A.mcolts Msssingberd (1842), George Kenyon (1843), James Spencer Ellman (1845), Frederick Thomas Barnard Hanker (1846), Washington Carr (1846), Cumberland Hadaway, (1846), George Curtis Adams (1846), and John (1818), James A. L . lh Varton Lieutenants—FrancisB Witham Sedgwick Lean (1810), James Fearnley Arnold (1810), Francis Hallowes (1813), Henry Tryon (1815), John Rowley Thompson (1841), Percy William Coventry (1844), and George Age; Ellis SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Apropos to slavery, we have to record an act of personal subjugation, as bad as anything in the evidence given last year to the Committee of the Lords. The scene was not the Bight of Biafra, nor Gallines, but Downing-street; the victims were not the glossy children of Ham, but 160 Members of the British House of Commons; and the ostensible au thor of the extraordinary outrage was not a Brazilian skipper, but the head of her Majesty's Government. By the sound of the Treasury whip the unfortunate captives were mustered early in the above-mentioned of Witho owing g er t m he s of them the their opportunity servitude. tenderingut so theirm u s c p h a s Do barracoon, and there shortly and sharply instructed i a n llo th A e • taneous support, Massa Russell, for so we must call the principal actor on this occasion, informed his cap tives that if they did not support him in the blockade of the African slave coast, he would turn them all out into outer darkness to find a new master if they could. It was in vain that they protested and demurred, talked of money and reputation, and other topics customary with sensible men ; his Lord. ship would take no denial. Their opinions they might keep, but their votes he must have. As ap pears from the division last night, his Lordship suc ceeded to the desired extent. The poor sufferers came out lamenting their hard fate, but few of them dreamt of actual resistance. Thus, by a sort of vica rious bondage the British M.P. has taken the place of the African, and done task work to the music of the lash. Such, in fact, is the history,of last night's di vision in the Commons. Let not the public be de ceived for one moment. The 232 Gentlemen who vote for keeping this Old Man of the Sea on our shoulders, themselves inwardly groan at the pres sure. We believe that any one of them would rather carry a sack of coals, or all the blue books of the session, from Westminster to St. Paul's, than vote away another million for this deplorable humbug. Sed fats obstant. If they don ' t do as they are bid Lord Palmerston will go out, Lord John will go out, and all the rest will go out, and it is im possible to say who will come in ; perhaps Mr. Dis raeli, perhaps Mr. Cobden, perhaps Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Nor was this all. The philanthropists, sure of their victims, were not content with exacting a dumb vote. They had prepared what we can only call a song of victory, which was to be chaunted in honour of the African squadron and:its complete ill success and glorious certainty of failure. Mr. Hutt's motion was simple enough, and they who did not like it might think it sufficient to move the previous ques tion. Not so these gentlemen. In the notices of mo tion for last night stood a monster amendment, of which due notice had been given by•M r- Alember for North Derbyshire, and better known at Exeter-hall than St. Stephen's. After reciting with fitting pomp all that had not been effected by her Ma jesty's naval force employed on the coast of Africa, this amendment went on to ask for further supplemen tary measures—fresh communicatione;represen tations, and remonstrances addressed to other powers, in the hope of persuading them to do what they have pro mised to do, but what they will undoubtedly see us all at the bottom of the ocean before they will do. There was a certain tone about the concluding and most important clause of the amendment, a certain " gravity," and " friendliness," and regard for " the character of this country," which, coupled with some recent passages in our history, does just suggest the idea—we beg to he excused if we are wrong—of an armed apparition in the Tagus, or perhaps in the har bour of Rio. This may, of course, be an injurious surmise; but, as the foreign Powers we have to deal with are slaveholders to begin with, are our rivals in trade. and make a very good profit by our philan thropy—as they break all their engagements with us when slave trade is concerned, and leave us alone in our Quixotic undertaking, nothing is more likely or natural than that the fleet now at the Piraeus should have to stop at Lisbon on its way home and ask a few questions ; and, if it be so, it is difficult to suppose that so prudent and farseeing a man as our present Foreign Secretary, with such an instinctive hatred of war, should not have that vision before his eyes. Such, at all events, is the image irresistibly awakened in our minds by the last clause of the amendment intended to be moved last night, but withdrawn, perhaps for the very fact of this ill look about it—perhaps out of tenderness to the feelings of the Ministerial supporters. Now, in all seriousness, what are to be Ministerial measures, and what are not? A Minister does not derive all his power from his own person, essence, and being. He is a creation of Parliament, just as that is a creation of the country. Of course if he produced his ma jority out of the fountain of his own perfections he might impose on it what laws and conditions he pleased, as he might on an y other creation of his brain. But in our view of these matters a party is just as independent as its leader, and if it owes him a considerable degree of obedience he owes to it a still t'larger degree of consideration. Above all, he is not to impose Ministerial questions at discretion. If it supports him in free trade, or the colonies, or education, and other standing mat ters of Parliamentary dispute, it does not follow that he is at liberty to impose a new tax on i!s allegiance in the shape of a perpetual blockade costing a million a year—not a farthing l ess —and absolutely ineffec tive for its purpose. At this rate no man can say what he may not be called on to vote for. He rises in the morning a free agent, and reads in the notice paper that before night he will be committed to that which he holds in utter abomination. It is bad enough to be pledged to heaps of things by force of custom and prescription, merely because one was born to them or bred to them ; but worse, still, to be under an indefinite obligation to think and do what one has not at present the least idea of. But what is the value of a majority made up of such materials ? The country must take this matter into its serious consideration. A large proportion of our fleet—a fourth, it is said—is employed on this interminable fool's errand in the tropics without the least benefit whatever, but a great HALIFAX, 111Ancn 19.—The beautiful and secluded little village of Clayton was on Saturday the scene of a dreadful tragedy, in consequence of a young man recently married having shot his wife through the left breast and blown out his own brains. The subjects of the present tragical occurrence are- two young people, named Abraham and Elizabeth Jessop, each about 25 years of age, and the duse of it an un happy and ill-assorted marriage, leadlng,ito a separa tioss-whiabAha wife's friends had unwisely' attempted to render permanent, instead of seeking a reconcilia tion. The main supports of the village are some extensive stone quarries in the neighbourhood ; and Jessop, who had come to reside there from Brighouse, was a smith, and was principally employed in sharpen ing the delvers' tools. He had paid his addresses to the girl for some twelve or eighteen months, and about three months ago they were married. Jessop had not a cottage furnished to take his wife to, and they took up their residence along with the wife's mother and sister. Almost immediately afterwards quarrels with his wife and her friends led to his being turned out of the mother's house, and a consequent separation. He had attempted in vain a reconciliation ; and the unhappy , man seems to have sought an interview on Satur day evening last, with a view to putting a period to all future strife and heartburning about the matter by murdering his wife, and afterwards destroying himself. After fortifying himself by taking several glasses of ardent spirits, he entered the house where she resided about half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and found her in the presence of her mother and sister. He asked her to accompany him to the door for the purpose of a private conversation, but she declined, observing that she had no secrets which her mother might not hear. He then attempted toinduce his wife to give him an audience in another room, telling ber she might relate what passed afterwards to her mother if she thought fit. This she also refused, and he then took from one of his coat pockets a pistol, and hastily advancing towards her, discharged it with the muzzle almost close to her person. The ball took effect in the left breast, but missed the heart, piercing the breast in the direction of the left arm, and emerging immediately under the arm. Before any attempt at interference could be made, he then drew a second pistol, and placing it under his right ear, dis charged the contents through his head. The unfor tunate wife ran to the door and sank upon the cause way, in a state of insensibility. She was afterwards carried to bed by her mother and some neighbours who lent assistance, and surgical aid being procured and the wounds stanched, she still survives. It is feared, however, that the ball has passed through a portion of the lungs, and that she cannot ultimately recover. The wound which Jessop inflicted on him self was of a more immediately mortal character. He fell at once upon the lioor, and expired in a pool of blood—his skull being fearfully shattered. The body was removed to the Black Horse public-house in Clayton. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEE 21, 1850. Notice ishereby given, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold a:Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wed nesday. 20th March next, at two o'clock. Is is ber Majesty's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at these Levees shall be considered equivalent to presentations to the Queen. Addresses to the Queen may either be forwarded to her Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home Department, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold a levee. REGULATIONS TO BE• OBSERVED AT THE LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend the Levees at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the Presence Chamber, and the other to bo delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name. Tkose gentlemen, who are to be presented, are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the nobleman or gentleman► who is to present them, should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock on the Mon day previous to each lever, in order that they may be submitted for approbation ; it being her Majesty's com mand, that no presentation shall be made at the levees, but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards t,.) be de livered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open for the re ception of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock. CROWN OFFICE, Mencu 18. The Peers of Scotland elected and chosen to ait and vote in the House of Peers in the preseht Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Tiz.:—The Right Honourable the Earl of Airlie and the Lord Blantyre, in the room of David Earl of Airlie and Joh❑ Lord Colville of Culross, deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. The Hon. Pcregrino Francis Cust to bo Deputy- Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Mor ton Grove Manse), Gent, to be Cornet, vice Pitt, re signed, Feb. 15. WHITEHALL, MARCH 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George White, of Epsom, in the county of Surrey, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. _ _ James Harbidge, miller, Islip, Oxfordshire, to sur render, March 23, at half-past one, and April 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Berry, South ampton-buildings; Druce, Ox ford. John Spicer, blacksmith, Barking, Essex, March 25, at two, and April 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Rawlings, Romford, and John-street, Bedford-row. Charles Cove, builder, Hornchurch, Essex, March 25, at half-past two, and April 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Rawlings, Romford. John Barton Balcombe, share broker, Cannon-street, City, April 11, at two, and April 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Goddard and Eyre, Wood -street, Cheapside. John Bedford, music-seller, Bath, March 30 and April 30, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official-assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. William Gore, wheelwright, Liverpool, April 3 ',and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Cou rt. Caze , nove, o ffi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Bradley Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Buddle, Paddington, timber merchant and saw mill proprietor, April 11, at twelve. In the Country. C. Pope, St. Philip and Jacob, near Bristol, copper, zinc, brass wire, and iron hoop manufacturer, April 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Colville, Liverpool, commission and forwarding agent, April 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Hodge, Colyton, Devonshire, currier, April 18, at one, at the Court, Exeter—T. Daniell, formerly of Trelissick, Cornwall, and now at Boulogne, France, copper smelter, April 18, at one, at the Court, Exe t er. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Porter, Is. 4d., on Thursday, March 14, or any suc ceeding Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Yeomans, Sheffield, Yorkshire, merchant and table knife manufacturer, 55., on Saturday, .March 16, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office cf Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Birley, Doncaster, Yorkshire, grocer, 7e., on Satur day, March 16, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. W. Clayton, W. Clayton, and W. Wilson, Preston, bankers, a third dividend of 3s. 9d., on Tuesday, March 19, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. M. M•Gtverin, Manchester, smallware manufacturer, 205., on Tuesday, March 19, and every f.llowing Tues day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Johnson, Manchester, smallware manufacturer, 2e. 6d., on Tuesday, March 19, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob son, Manchester. _ - - FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. - Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to become the Patron of the Female Orphan Asylum, Lambeth, of which his Royal Highness the Duke of Counbridge is President. are in contemplation for the appointment of Lieutenant- General Sir William Gomm, K.C.8., to the situation cf Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, vice Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8., who is expeoted to give up his command in the course of the ensuing autumn. [ADVEETISEMENT.j—CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.— Messrs. Morisoa and the Society of Hygeists and Me- dical Reformers hereby caution the public, that they have no sort of connection with the ointments, pills, and farinaceous powders sold in chemists' and druggists' shops.—British College of Health, New-road, London, Fetirtuary 1, 1850. A woman named Lay Neville, with at least a dozen aliases, was yesterday remanded from Lambeth, charged with having stolen a gold watch, the property of M. Theodore Rousseau, from the house of Mrs. Hunter, 20, York-road, Lambeth. The prisoner engaged apartments at Mrs. Hunter's, and had not been there an hour before she entered the bedroom of M. Rousseau, who also lodged at Messrs. Hunter's and stole his gold watch. The prisoner belongs to a family the members of which have furyears past lived by victimising lodging house keepers and tradesmen. One of ber brothers is at present in Maidstone gaol. The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday. There are 63 prisoners for trial. No case of importance came on during the day. Three young urchins, named Kimball, Wright, and Bolton, were yesterday commi.tAl from the Mary lebone Mica-court, charged with having robbed the . _ poor's-box of St. Stephen's Church, St. John's-wood. A brutal fellow, named John Blackburne, a car man, in the employ of Messrs. Smith and Pearse, the contractors for making the tunnel of the Great Northern Railway line through Copenhagen-fields, was charged with having cut out the tongue of one of his master's horses. The fellow has escaped, but there is every pro bability of his speedy apprehension. Mr. George Watson, a jeweller, in Norton Yol gate, was yesterday ordered by Mr. Ilammill, the Worship-street magistrate, to pay to a lady named Mitchell, residing at Grimsby, 4/., the value of a gold chain she had left at his shop to be repaired, and 21. compensation tor her detention in London to prosecute. Mr. Watson declared that the lady was mistaken, as she had never left ary such chain at his shop; but Mr. Hammill, although exonerating Mr. Watson from all personal blame, considered it conclusively proved that the chain had been lett their for repair as stated. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, March 18, 1850. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, to acquaint you, for the in formation of the Committee for Mana4ing the Affairs at Lloyd's, that her Majesty's steam-vessel Trident, or Shearwater, and her Majesty's ship Superb, have been ordered to proceed to the Chops of the Channel for the relief of the homeward-bound trade.—(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. Captain G. A. HALSTED, R.N., Seem- ,ary of Lloyd's. NAVAL CADETS.—From an official statement just issued in return to an order cf the louse cf Commons, it appears that the number of cadets admitted into the royal navy, during the year ending Ist January 1850, was M.., FlRE.—Yesterday a fire took place at a cabinet manufactory, Old-street-road, Shoreditch, opposite Pit field-street. There was a ready supply of water, and fortunately the fi:emen succeeded in confining the da mage, which was extensive, to the workshop. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—The market for manufactures is in the same inactive state as it has re mained for several weeks past. Prices were nominally lower, but concessions were readily obtained where bu siness could be at all effected. Rums IN CALIFORNIA.-It is reported that near San Diego, at the head of the Gulf of California, an immense extent of the ruins of ancient buildings have - - been discovered, including temples, stone pyramids. &c., with hieroglyphics, the records of a great and civilised race of inhabitants who have vanished from the face of the earth. A number of books and instruments for UniversiV College, which have arrived in this country by steamer, from France, have been admitted free, by permission of the Lords of the Treasury. The Rev. H. Mures, the new master of the Ro chester Grammar School, appointed by the Dean and Chapter, is to be examined at the Town Hall to-day on a charge of beating one of the scholars to an extraor dinary extent. The affair excites a great deal of in terest in the town. _ HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—On Saturday, the 16th 1 inst., between four and five in the afternoon, as Mr. Osborne, traveller to Herries and Co., of Manchester, was driving in his gig from Bala to Llanfillin, North Wales, at a lonely part of the road, near the top of Berwyn Mountain, four miles from any dwelling-house, he was attacked by three men, who stopped his horse, and dragged him out. Mr. Osborne att-meted to strug gle with his assailants, but be was beat about the head till he became insensible, and whilst in that state they took from the gig box 2751. in gold and silver. The ruffians got clear away. On Saturday a gentleman was stepped outside Manchest er , an d ro bb e d o f 3751. LOAN TO THE DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION. — We have heard from good authority that there is:ahnost the certainty (.1 the Government advancing the Dublin and Belfast Junction Company 160,000/. or 200,0001. on . loan; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his finan cial statement on Friday night, made no allusion what everof to the subject. He proposes to advance o sum direc tors for land improvements, and 800,0 00 1 . . f or arte rialgainst finan cial Thea itso absence a be snec,drainage,aneorig statement, rag prearsuelgranted, pt ,t allusionbe prepared is not t dnt nut othoto though gi000) apply l b e hyi ete lawould word loan, aogiuteel dnnt about albese pwr conclusiveere however,sal l u l ii ra ilways. e a ttht sces. as early ble alter the Easter recess. — lrish Railway OP DUTY.—Mr. Hodges, M.P., has ad daGfs e aa s zP s e 'B E e 7 t d s es . I . the H following letter to the editor of the Maid stone Gazette :—" Sir,—Aware of the intense anxiety that must prevail in the hop-planting district of the counties of Kent and Sussex, after the financial state ment ef the Chancellor of the Exchequer last Friday, in which no allusion to the hop-tax was made, I felt it to be my first duty to request a meeting of the chairmen of the planters of both counties, accompanied by gentlemen who have taken active part in the exertion: hitherto made to obtain a reduction of that duty; a n d t h e i r beat c unanimous opinion is. that I shall lose no ti me i n ob taining a meeting in London of the Members of Parlia ment connected with the hop growings may districts be o f a the l. „ different ut ai ca o f E n gla n d, wit h a v i ew to the adop tion of such tt course Of proceeding as lent,lo secure that relief we have bids is so unjustly withheld. I I shall act without delay upon their suggestion, and shall communicate to them the result of that meeting.—l have the honour to be, sir, Lgee.. THOMAS LAW HODGES.—Elemsted, March 18." EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL ...cATIONS.-- LEEDS, TUESDAY.—This day, at noon, a highly in fluential meeting of bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and other inhabitants of Leeds was held at the Court house, presided over by the mayor (Mr. Joseph Bate son), "fur the purpose of adopting measures to pro mote the success of the great Exhibition of all Nations to be held in London in 1851, and also to insure to the skill and indm try of the district an appropriate and honourable representation." The meeting addressed by Mr. John Gott, the Royal Commissioner for the dis trict, Mr. W. W. Brown, banker ; Mr. G. Goodman. merchant; Mr. Atkinson, flax-spinner; Mr. J. Hold forth,s stilt-spinner; Mr. J. Kitson, machinist; Mr. Wur.4urg, merchant; Mr. E. Baines ; Mr. J. H. Shaw, late. yayor; the Rev. W. Sinclair; the Rev. C. Wick steed, end other gentlemen. Resolutions Were unani mously peeve', cordially approving of the objects cf the exhibition, expressing gratitude to her Mejeste sad Prince Albert for their patronage and support of it, and resolving forthwith to (Ten a subscription for the pur pose of 0(1-lying the necessary expenses. The amount of subscript ens announced at the meeting z as nearly 1,100/. INCENDIARY FIRE. BURNHAM, Bucxa._On Saturday eight. about nine o'clock, considerable con sternation was c.,,cated in this till recently quiet village by the discovery hat an alarming fire had broken out on the farm premises in the occupation of Mr. W. Till, which ended in the total destruction of nearly the whole of the buildings, tin dwelling-house included. Th e flames were first see i- issuing from the barn, in which were about twelve qterters of thrashed wheat, and a flarge quantity of stray; the whole of which was con sumed. It then comnrimeated with the stables and dwelling-house, which -eere quickly a head of ruins, giving the inmates barely time to save a portion of their furniture, &c. The buildings being situated close to the street the village engine vas quickly on the spot, but the devouring element spread -Kith such awful rapidity that scarcely any portion of t. s buildings was saved. Amongst the property destroyed ; ere a winnowing ma chine and a large quantity of potatc The buildings are insured in the Royal Exchange, an the corn, which belonged to a person named Williams, ant eilich bad been taken there to be thrashed out, is insure in the Sun-office. There is no doubt that the fire was act of an incendiary; making the third fire of that detc:ip lion that has occurred in the village in the short spite., of one month. This fire had hardly subsided whey another extensive conflagration was observed to be raging in the neighbourhood. This second lire was found to be of a more destructive character than the one above stated. It happened on the farm premises of Mr. John Nash, situated at Langley, about four miles from Burnham. An engine was soon on the spot, and the fire was eventually subdued, but not till a great destruc tion of property had taken place; three barns, the stables, the outbuildings, three straw ricks, the stables belonging to the Harrow Inn adjoining, with a thrash. ing machine, a drill, and other implements being totally consumed. This fire also is supposed to be the act of an incendiary. The property, we hear, is insured. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.— Her Royal Higbnees the Duchess of Kent honoured the performance: at Coe vent-garden Theatre with her presence last evening. Her Royal Highness occupied the Queen's box, and was accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. In the Royal suite were the Baroness de Speth, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Mary Howard, and Sir George Couper. Among the leading fashion , shies in the boxes and stalls were the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Marchioness of Westmeath and Miss Foulis, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess Grey and Lady Alice Lambton, the Countess of Gingen, the Earl Bruce, the Countess of Minto and the Ladies Harriett and Charlotte Elliott. the Countess of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Vis count Maynard and the Hon. Miss Maynard, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Cranbourne, Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide Foley, Lord Arthur Hay, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Hon Edmund Phipps, Hon. Fitz gerald Foley, Hon. George Mulles, Hon. Charles Grey, Hon. Harry Grey, Hon. Mrs. George Anson, Hon. Fre derick Leveson Gower, Hon. W. Dawson, Hon William Pepys, lion. George Barrington, Hon. Charles Fitzwil liam, Lady Antrobus and Miss Antrobus, Hon. Charles Neville, Hon. Mr. and Aire. Frederick Elliott, Sir Wil liam de Bathe, Sir Charles Marshall, &c. JEWS' INFANT SCHOOL.—A ball in aid of the funds of this charity took place last night, at Willis's Rooms, under the patronage of some of the most distin guished members of the Jewish persuasion interested in the success of the charity. The assemblage was very numerous, and the dresses and ornaments of the ladies were of the most chaste and elegant description. Danc ing commenced shortly after tm o'clock, to the music of Jullien's able band, and was continued until an early hour iu the morning. The refreshments were, as usual at assemblies of this character, of the choicest kind, and were profusely served during the whole of the evening. The entertainment appeared to give the utmost satisfac tion to all present, and the arrangements reflected much credit on the good taste of the honorary secretary, Mr. Walter Josephs, and of the gentlemen by whom the ball was conducted so successfully. The subscriptions re ceived amounted to about 3001. The mercantile advices horn New York by the America, are favourable as regards the money and stock markets, but in other reereets they contain earthing of importance. The rise in stocks had been ehieflj caused by the centieaance of the European demand. Money was abundant, and in New York, as in most of the other eities et the world et this time, large amounts appear to be seeking investment. The importations of foreign goods ha•l been large, and there was every sign that an active business would be maintained, but the steady de cline in ct tton on this side during the last few weeks will probably render it henceforth less buoyant than had br ea anticipated. By the accounts from Mexico, vie Mobile, it appears that the United States Jlinister, Mr. liobert P. Locher, had urrived in that capital en the 2d of February, and that at that period political affairs were peifectly quiet. According te a letter said to have been received from Messrs. Manning. Marker, and Co., of Vera Cruz, dated the 6th of February, the house of Manning and Mackiutosh,of Mexico, hod been run upon in consequence of a malicious combination, but they had not only promptly met every demand, but had she discounted a large amount of their acceptances in antici pation of maturity. ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—In addition to the liberal donations awarded to this useful and charita ble institution at the late nnnual festival, we are informed that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has since for• warded a very handsome sum to the treasurer, to be applied to the purposes of the charity. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15 per mine, whicb, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.52; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.471, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advice' from Hamburgli the price of gold is 4361 per mark, which. at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standara gold, gives an exchange of 13.101; and the ex change at llamburgh on London at short being 13.111, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in flamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills ut 60 days' sight is 1081 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.83 per cent. against Eng land. But, after making allowance for difference o! interest and charges of transport, the present rate does not admit of gold being exported to the United States. DEATH OF A MISER WORTH 50,0004 —During the last few dap.. considerable interest has been excited in the neighbourhood of Sadler's Wells, in consequence of the dr ath of Mr. Wm. Crew, hairdresser, No. 32, Arlington-street, who, though always living in the most penurions manner, is said to have died worth 50,0001. The following facts have been stated en good authority. Deceased came up a charity boy, in 1790, to try his for tune in London, and was taken as errand boy by Mr. Frederick Hartland, hairdresser, at Sadler's Wells, on whose death he succeeded to the business. He was re markable for his penurious habits, and, after some years, married a person as penurious as himself. About a week before his death he disclosed to Mr. Turpin that be was worth nearly 50,0001. in scrip in railway companies, houses, &c., which he promised to leave to him, and, after his death, the draft el a will to that effect was found. His bed consisted of a few rags. His property which he made by loans and speculations in the stocks and public companies, is claimed by a cousin of the de ceased, and the case is likely to cause litigation. THE EXPLOSION AT HOUNSLOW.—iirom inquiries made on Saturday as to the state of the wounded men, Henry Clifford, John Compton, and William Pearce, it was ascertained that Clfford, who was injured very much, is still fully expected to survive; but John Comp ton is still lying in a most precarious state. William Pearce is going on most favourably. EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP.—THIRTEEN LIVES LosT.—A correspondent, writing from Wigan, says that between six and seven o'clock on Saturday morning an explosion of fire-damp took place at Messrs. Evans and Turner's colliery in Haydock, situated shout a mile and a half from Newton race-ground. The explosion occurred in what is called the " Rock-pit," and 13 persons were either burned or smothered to death, some of them being literally burucd to a cinder. It appears that eleven of the parties were working in a drift 1.000 yards from th e pit-eye, without any conductor, when the explosion took place; all of whom were learned to death. Two others were working about 120 yards nearer the pit-eye, and they, on hearing the explosion, rushed into the face of the fire, instead of making to the pit-eye. The names of the sufferers are as 1 ollows: John Durdom and his son (the elder) Ralph, leaving a wile and five chil dren; William Battersby, wife and four children; William Knowles, one child, and wife (pregnant) ; Ralph Unsworth and Jobe, his son (the elder), leaving a wife arid four children ; John Glare, leaving a wife and five children; John Holloway, drag er to Glare, killed at the same time ; John Simm, James Bailey. Christopher Heeketh, Thomas Glover, and Joseph Batton—ali young men. The men were allowed safety lamps, if they thought proper to use them ; but these does not appear to have been any re striction against working with naked candles, although the men had to run away from the fire the day before the fatal occurrence took place. ARCTIC VorscEns.—Tbe Hull Advertiser says : "An affecting scene occurred on Tuesdayllast at this port, when 22 seamen, accustomed to the northern regions, and who had been engaged by Captain Austin, Rs,. C. 8., to accompany him in search of Sir John Franklin, took leave of their wives and children upon the pier of the Humber dock, and immediately afterwards departed in the steam-ship Vivid,for London, ther e t o join their conrnsnrler and his crena ,hu are to astl 974 Ist of May." fag, 0 01 WO bill rll NO of )0