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Captain Horatio T. stin, C. 8., of the Rasolute, and Captain Ommanney, of the Assistance, were entertained last evening at dinner at the Ad iiiralty, by Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., M.P., the ißst nior Naval Lord. Captain Milnes, J. H. Briggs, &c., met the gallant commanders of the Arctic ex pedition. !~1 r tuf: , l Mr. ,led ire ct"- I at L' e cl n ; s retitiov,- I of the C anterbury Association, 41, Charing-cross .ILSTON., April 20, 1850. oP „ on e u ou at ic 51I't Of eleeti° -- I—The g re et T. .40 ill the "' ted a rr f y _ cs :cpeuse,„.out. throu ,g w oe ice or tthe „ r intatY . 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And 21, St. David -street, Edinburgh, N blr Capital, One Million. 1 . , ectors give notice Pli tt 7at th e . th,lio.CL'lty 3vill `,NNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO. at Twelve o'clock preeisoly, on SATURDA , Y, Wilij— 44 Y of Maynext, at the Office of the Company, 62, ling iili_treet, in the city of London. kite, tat kith Meeting the Proprietors who then hold ten or 77_ 41, r0t,,'e1l they have poss3ssed six calendar months, may a c . I , ~,,, • 41, fat three bire-qnrs Jacob George Copo, oe ,, r, N::, l 4m 4 dward.wilso'n` Fs , and one Auditor, Ge . or ge Me i c K t , Esq.. Thomas l'i k9,,t 8, ,,2re, all of whom . are ' re . -e . li ,, ible to their respective appo ti - , 4. Th at which they will be accordingly ' propose 1. 4 t0.. baina.,t,:lY Propr;otors duly italitced, who shall he desirous of ptl e , .7 kAndidatesTfor any of fi these situations, mast give written uliat,,Ltheir i ntention, at the Office, to the Secretary, at least tan ••Ylons to the time of such meeting BY order of the Directo -4 . dp. 13' 60 THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. %' 18 . ~_ NA N' T , !fit hw A t , s b,„,`' 13.. E F OR M. --C EMETERY. ran PREF:tiorA) SITE, Twenty Acres in ext , rit, tpa t i t r studd.rientary obstacle, with gravelly soil, perfect drainage, evergreens, shrubs, and timber, within four C4 ll i three of Westminster, and two of Battersea, k" 4 ,111.e 0n *. , - , Of SALE. The locality is off the west side of ro mon, and there are two approaches by picturesque and , t Doli s ' 4 3 to it o r one qu. aiAislnore contra' situation relatively to the.m -? dist adapted to the purposes of interment, within or p a , Mice does not exist "Cl4—'lldoetiWarS of sale apply . to Messrs. Winstanley, Paternoster • Tflr IN'S BEN-NEVIS WHISKY. he Vhfor tn.s . Hv I PBONALD, of Ben-Nevis Distillery , respect confwlr Spirit Trade of England, Wales, and Ireland, that I, o „,rEet cw : the sale of his celebrated Whisky over time cot' . Non. i n ;TY to Messrs. BETTS and Co., 7, Smithfield . - l )ars, It° se duty-f ree warehouse the same ma y b e inspected. )4 `'''''"F- 1 PREMISES AT THE WEST 4q f l ' ar% l) „ , i n excellent repair, to be let on lease, comprisinz . three tre'-11t workshops behind, and dwelling-houQe in f ont— i - , k14 13 . tej1 4 t' , 'o kitchen., 90 feet in depth, on ground floor, and .1) DI - " t a g e h rn u i e s i e n s est:o 3 7 l u o i u r n in room. 7on tile t g -street, Grosvenor-square. Ivi \ .„co lr ","ANr to a DECREE of the HIGH otp of CII AN•CP RY, made in a cause COOTE against h, the ' " Creditors of CHARLES PURDOI4I COOTE, late I castle, in the county of Cork, in Inland and of Wry syt ve th e 4114, ho di,,,,T a ntS of Dorset, Esquire, and a Captain in:the Army, thi ' , sex P ortman-street Portman-square, in the county of Ne n , r 're ' l !' e Month of s'eptein ' ber, 1844, are forthwith to come in th, ieir debts before RICHARD TORIN KINDERSLEY, Esq., )ttijullildinzsairi of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southamp b' exo u l Chancer•lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they ued the be y nefit of the said Decree. J ( - ) !ES, BATEMAN, BENNETT, and FIELD, 31, Lincoln's Inn-tiolis, London. o —LiO YAIENT.—Ladies and Gentlemen may 14z,ilivablY occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant ART it '''' N 'FING 3 3 HP Pearl, Gold, and Co the 111, wh cally 4 i lu ‘ s . r l te l d Elt by M t A h e e A ' dv n ertiser, an , improv A ed kli:: ° nTher zg- a week can be realized. l're mum 10s. 6d. s th se desirous of eng igement should td ~ 45 4, f rn al" , 1)1 I cation to Mr Wright, 20, Tavistock-street, Covent- A' Ten to Four.- 'OII?.. E RBURY SETTLEMENT. .51, t ,40er ns i ? , the First Body of intended Colonists attend dai y at 0,,,. pg , t - 4 A delphi-terrace, fro - rt Ten to Five o'clock ; and , a 4- ;? Stili nge ° Y is . held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Twc v n e ri desirous of communicating personally withge 'Migrate, are invited to visit the rooms. t,N . OPETITT: AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 1 ..44 dAt a e n ,, Cl , PERRIN Si WORCESTERSHIRE Mb Itou t — „,irliParts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, Ptrk4 its ni 'teat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, Th.', l Y dicesg and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Illki L oally (1 the food. „goici' to of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe nt. l 'Y th „ • -4, , L ot : proprietors, Tea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford -44 4 , , i. , :„ and 6 g: E j road-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Itp,7erch„,oas, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen e h .a, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in 1 114. To ci , /:tgt tu against imitations see that the names of " LEA " n ' are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. I\l4ll°N-11.14 LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU- RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. ,tlll,, Capital £500,000. "el l , isti t „„ empowered by Act of Parliament. ' l'ol l Dee t ilon embraces important and substantial advantages 11% f et es s,r e Life Assurances and Deferred Innuties. . Itki l ' th e f u ° ,l by this Society have a twofold advantage .—priovi hitt Mlle e.4tMly of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary 4444 c i o •oure e cp,. to himself, if needful, while( lying. The Assuied Ntll, - "toos, the power to borrow, without expense, or for lb Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. 11 , 11 th t°11 t1 , DIVISION OF PROFITS. tit e l,l 4ll lu n si Li Prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors t'ti t zuli til - Meeting hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a 41 '011:, ar Ying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid , effected on the profit scale. . 1 1 1 I EXAMPLES. A.n rium Pre. taken out in Bonus in addition Bonus in to Sum Cash. k satire& Perms 'lent Re duction of Annual Premium. Sum the A...trzl may bor row on Polley. tp .d 14, I QC{ £ s. tl.l s d. 276 14 3 128 14 3 251 18 10 115 14 8 226 6 0 102 15 1 178 0 0 82 14 2 174 0 0 , 78 3 4 147 4 2 1 65 15 10 99 18 4 41 8 4 62 6 8, 27 13 4 £ s. d. 21 7 2 18 12 8 16 2 9 12 14 11 12 3 0 10 2 4 . 6 15 1*; 4 4 a £ s. d. 593 6 8 543 17 9 194 8 10 145 0 0 195 11 1 146 2 3 :96 13 4 !47 4 5 th , Ord DEFERRED ANNUITIES. N , qti,„ - ....-Lion oft he same principles, the Society is enabled to ‘ llli hsh"..P o blic a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta- N '4l or nr hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con -141% very sm a ll le t ,: (t t , t omfort bi annual,. monthly, or weekly saving. may se -41. 21, a I __ a e provision for himself in advanced age, or, k l to;;Crlili s b grge surn of money, or a policy to his family at his t 'rf "tw giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of N , Ito, 0-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk fro 0215 '4 40 nt Inability to continue premiums, besides affording uree during sickness and want of employment ; and 1,14°,f111%td~ the - ,L el laser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two „Nti ' 4 llo w in‘, Ynients will be returned to his representatives. ictl lig Table is e of the great and varied advan -14 Judicious a p plicatio n of a small saving can secure lety, I N I. 11E XtrITS 11. PREY 4,1 1 4 on, To secure attk an A iLui -- ` llll hX the ago of on attalr 441 Premium of lag thr of tti A , 'Ult. Policy. to 4 7 I 5 25 1 6 1 ,44 • s. d. ' s :41 „, I 0 I 0, 251 466 0 0 015 R , 0 0 4}F:Os 4,ktinuities are also th e t be seen by the fol Ovu t amount of anm Oto o 0 4%, Age 60, .£9 I , tp t , it t any ;ePort, with Tabb I rded " 1)0st I B ranches in II free. 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annuity4lo 16 0 ingtheage Cash •. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of 0.4 Payable Payable Payable Annu- ix one for Db es., ally. sum. parity. £ s. d. s. d. l 20 01011 10 0 10 30 019 616 7 1 40 1 17 327 311 g. d. 0 • 0 0 7 3 11 19 4 10 granted by the Society on liberal llowing extracts from the Tables, tuity upon every 100/. deposited : 14s. 3d. Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. ?.s of Rates, &c., may be had at the le Country ; or, on application, will S. B. WOOLHOITSB, Actuary iti l t tti, l/q 1 2 . 0 t e -E ILVERWELL'S" NEW WORKS. -.1 %;:``1tr,,,,,1ad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, • Bhu li ,2 Mann, 39, Cornbill ;or direct from the author ; —6 each ; by post, Is. 6d. EJOYMENT OF LIFE. 1 0.1N7k N a llealti l R f try,,,ett ecr N eation, and rational Use • Time. " aEo ut Early Rising —Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex \ 5q F ields ".,_ a Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, k t / 4 1 ,41,1114 ) ,',u1fh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country :Tia l ij' i r -- The Sea—Londmt at Night—Evenings at Home — '.oo 4 .„ a nle—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, low --"Patton, &c., Bzo • L* e rt FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two 'Vols. 11 4, TE M LAKES; TeIt, SKETCI OF EDINBURGH, &c. 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Time and b aldes, as to age,temperament, complexion, and ,io.,,;"seti;: e althy offspring the art of rearing them. ' 1 144, • ' n ess and its renz;oval. Sterility and its conversion. k cu r ' 0 v eatWELL, M.D.(1841), M R.C.S. (1827). L.S.A. ") , Oce",; fiv e Years Medical and orensic Referee in these `bli c ttli hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine. -negenttreet 1, litt , 4,I:MN:Ib THIRTY - FIRST EDITION. ',t),,,1,...1r:'..kt,Y).1,6 k natomical Coloured EagravinTs on Steel. . 11 1) ) „,,at ti , lT r A t„sQUALIFIC AT lONS, GENERATIVE INCA ""it, ~,'l l, eal "" 1 ) IMPEDI MENTS TO MARRIAGE. qt'gre at fr arged to 196 pages. Just pn')lished, price 28. 6d., or 4 8 th gIT l i n the EstabPshment, 3s 6d. in postage stamps, 104 e ' Ittl ''' N T FRIEND, a Medical Work on il'th 11 %1 Nitie ,811 -, 41 —gen -3 and decay of ths generative system, from ex' , h tir,,,tl 4 ,sfe, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, 14,1th,•10N."'1.. Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis kll. t ,lt4 aO4 loilustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and 4, l 4 ier e ' L 0 3 04), Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street. Da il ~ 23 o,!ter..rll Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, t t:4l,t4i.ritehbo7 ,C.lsitannay. 63, and Sanger, 150, xfo r tk e 3 r! .trei l e red, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Laden ' . t tli i ' kl .44 i s of th e N t (1 . tr lugtratedanhat"'Y and physiology of the re-productive I, 4 : l lt ai eh ,,ats (4 t ,Coloured Engravings. ' - ‘0 'ilia '', th e i ne consequences resulting from excessive in , t,,keh s , ba dn r lamentable effects on the system, producing 1 1Itt , • Ili Y weakness, nervous excitement. and generative it, it 'II tread "trate 1. i i . 'li k , • d by Three Explanatory Engravings. c tizr tr Nt y or see of the diseases resulting from infection, either in k 1'4 4 / 1 114 1 'lat. T rnl arY form, and contains explicit directions for I teDi tr 4. T his section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured ) 1 , 11 , 1 4 I,kApii n eeritat a ,, 4 14 'ID O `ktion .." a Rerstedy for the Prevention of Disease by a s . h, • ante ' t p ...' .3' Which the danger of infection is obviated. ~..4 1• 4/ 1, , ' of the Work should not escape the reader's ' ll t . i.The . „' deg et .„ . Rubiktls „...'_, to the eonsderation of marriage, and its u -1:qt,,,14 Qt;et a n tic ZnProductivei union , are also considered, and the : 1 ' ll,„ 41 e b4 r. la 4, mid Philosophically inquired into. 1.. 14 1 itl e tree s „ l ee OP STRIACUM 18 exclusively employed in Velp Y , for The c on sexual debility, impotence, kc., I Is. and 335. nt ti to pu n , i centrated Deter;ive Essence, an anti-syphilitic 4 1 per r y,ti 3' i g the to 'h l' s , ok r ens, a nd „ blood in cases of infection, secondary l i roe l , 4 11 pa rv ,„, the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 335. per h.; k °l 44 ol e ertala i f e ' iu n g rl SPecific Pills, 2s. 9d., 45. 6d., and I is. 141101.1auttUlation e ,,.. 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"My Lord,—lt is with a pain the intensity of which, amidst such apparent ingratitude, your Lordship will not really imagine possible that in writing to express my deep sense t.f your kindness in consenting to aid the wink at Devonpert, I have now to request the with drawal of a name which, noble and honoured as it is, is connected most painfully wi , h a decision which for the present brands the Church of England with uncatholic teaching. As a most uneorthy, yet faithful daughter of that Church, I have, as your Lordship will perceive, no choice left me in working for her but to withdraw from one who has es,isted in a judgment which I am bound to believe islso contrary to her;fundameetal:priec plea as to be fatal toher unless absolutely rejected. It is useless to multiply words of sorrow. Your Lordship will know and feel that such a letter as the present ought not and could not be written without much grief and embarrassment. Entreating your forgiveness, and praying that all blessing may attend you and yours, I am, your Lord hip's humble and grateful servant, " PRISCILLA LYDIA SELLON, "Ye Mother Supr." "Midland Circuit, Warwick, March 31,1850. " Madam, —Having a most sincere respect for your piety and benevolence, I would beg you to reconsider your request that my name may be withdrawn from the list of those who are desirous of assisting you in the truly Christian objects to which your life is devoted. I really believe that you misunderstand the judgment to which you refer, when you consider that it is so dangerous tolthe Church and so discreditable to those who concurred . in it. I assure you that we have given no opinion contrary to yours upon the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. We bad no jurisdiction to decide any doctrinal question, and we studiously abstained from. doting so. We were only called upon to construe the articles and formularies of the Church, and to say whether they be so framectus to condemn certain opinions expressed by Mr. Gorham. If we be mistaken in thinking that they are not so framed, you will hardly say • that for this mistake (which you will charitably believe to be conscientious) we ought to be excluded from communion with orthodox Christians. Recollect that the Archbishop of Canter bury and the Archbishop of York entirely approved of what we did, and that they are as much answerable for it as if they had been members of the court instead of being only our advisers. Reflect, then, whether it be for the good of the Church, to which you are so affectionately attached, to pronounce excommunication against all who approve of the decision which you censure. Perhaps you may find that a large majority of the pious sons and daughters of the Church of England think that the decision is sound, and that it may heal the wounds from which she has lately suffered. At any rate I do hope that upon re consideration you will still allow me to have the gratifi cation t f being upon your committee. If you remain inflexible, I must submit to your determination, but I shall continue to pray that heaven may enlighten your understanding and further your labours with its choicest blessings.-1 have the honour to be , with the highest respect, Madam, your most obedient faithful servant, " CAMPBELL." "The Orphans' Home, April 8. "My Lord,—l found your letter on my return from a short absence from home. Need I say that the unex pected kindness of its contents only made me the more bitterly mourn over the unhappy cause which separates me from such a benevolent and noble heart—separates me, as I still hope, only for a time. for how can I be lieve but that your Lordship will in time perceive whet is involved in your decision, and will lament as deeply as any one of us that it should have endangered the Church by the apparent admission of heretical teaching. You tell me that, on the contrary, it will help to heal her wounds. Alas! my Lord, that you should say so. How can it heal her wounds to tell us that her ar ticles admit of a heresy which her creed rejects? I may not believe it, although such words are sanctioned by the two Archbishops. My Lord, Ido not believe it. It would be to question the truth of the Church of England to believe that it were matter of allowed in difference whether an article of the creed were con tradicted or not. It is not being faithful to her to doubt until her own voice condemn ber, which may God for bid! But many hearts since the decision do fail. They believe that your decision is just; they do not believe that the Church of England is a witness to and a holder of the truth of God—they turn from her as not being a light set on a hill which cannot be hid.' Their faith is utterly shaken. I speak from a bitter knowledge of facts. I see her forsaken by those who have loved ter. And you, my Lord, do you also believe that the Church of England has bean untrue to herself—that her frr tnularies are so constituted that sbe contradicts her own belief—that she will not maintain the faith of her creeds —that she will admit priests to teach her children that which has been condemned as a heresy T Forgive me, my Lord, for writing thus to you. How can Ido other wise? It is not that I forget the difference which God has placed between us —the difference between an exalted and a lowly position—the difference of age, and sex, and station; but all fades away while I recollect the wonder. ful kindness of your letter; the noble reluctance with which you withdraw the aid which once I should have so joyfully and gratefully accepted; and I cannot but speak to yuu heart to heart. I thank you earnestly for your promise of remembering me in your prayers. lam not worthy to pray fur you; and yet, if the God of all goodness will hear the supplication of a loving and deeply-sorrowing heart, he will bring you to grieve for the injury done to the Church, and will help you to re pair it, and give you all blessing in time and in eternity. " Yours very humbly and aff-ctionately, " L YDIA SELLON." " Stratheden-house, April 10. " Madam,—l deeply grieve that (although in very courteous language) you adhere to the stern resolution of excluding me from the gratification of being upon the list of your committee, and of contributing my mite to the excellent charities which you so laudably superin tend. I must confess that you do not seem to me to have made any way in proving that my concurrence in the decision of the Judicial Committee in the Gorham case should disqualify me humbly to assist you in taking are of orphans, in providing a Christian education tor the children of worthless parents, and in mitigating the physical suff- rings of our fellow -creatures. I cannot think that I am called upon to answer your observations tespecting the merits of the decision or its probable effect upon the Church, or I should easily show that you be the question entirely by assuming that the doctrine to which you object has been cotalenaned by her articles and formularies as a heresy, and I might demonstrate that whether the decision be wrong or right, it can afford no plausible pretext for leaving the Church, as no reproach can be brought upon her by a misconstruction of her articles and formularies, and it must be a very slight reproach to her if she has omitted to denounce one false doctrine as heretical, con sidering that no Christian Church has professed to settle dogmaticallyall points ofdoctrine, and that the Church in which those who complain most bitterly seem die posed to take refuge has studiously left open various questions, considered by the members of that Church to be of high importance. I have only now to submit to your sentence. Though expelled from your committee and forbidden to have any communion with you in your charitable deeds, I may perhaps, in parting, be allowed to remind you of the peril you incur by giving way to a religious impulse. Some of the darkest and most dan gerous prejudices of men,' said Lord Erskine, arise from the most honourable principles. When prejudices are caught up from bad passions, the worst men feel in tervals of remorse to soften and disperse them; bat when they arise from a generous though mistaken source, they are hugged closer to the bosom, and the kindest and most compassionate natures feel a pleasure in fostering a blind and unjust resentment.' If at any time hereafter you should be induced to relent, I shall joyfully avail myself of the opportunity of again trying to further your benevolent schemes, and in the meantime I have the honour to remain, witb the highest respect, Madam, your most obedient, faithful servant, " CAMPBELL. " Miss Selion." di Th e Orphans' Home, St. Peter's, Plymouth, April 16. "My Lord,—l am very much surprised and pained to hear that my letters to you have been published. If your Lordship had thought it advisable that any public statement should have been made regarding the subject on which they were written, this could easily have been done in another form; but those letters were addressed simply to your own heart, and coming from the fulness of mine, were such as I should not have shown to others. They were a sacred matter between your conscience and my own, and our God; and are, I need scarcely observe, singularly unfitted for the columns of a newspaper. It is not the first time that I have had cause to remonstrate at the way in which my private words have been made public by others; I would, my Lord, that you, and all to whom I write, would recollect that my letters are written only for those to whom they are addressed, and that I claim the courtesy most w pccially due to a w o man in requiring that Viey should not be published without my knowledge and permission. I own, my Lord, that I am rather indignant with you, but I am still yours humbly and affectionately, 0 P. LYDIA, " The Mother Supr. u i th, Sisters of Mercy." LO RD CA MPBELL and the OXFORD CIRCUIT. The following correspondence has been sent us for publication : " Oxford Circuit, Gloucester, April 2. "My dear Lord,—l am deputed, as the senior mem ber of the Oxford Circuit, t offer to your Lordship our warm congratulations on your appointment to the high office of Lord Chief Justice of England—a just acknow ledgment of the great ability, of the deep and extensive learning, of the unremitting diligence, and of the varied acquirements, which your Lordship has always die played in the practice of your prof...siiion. The members of the circuit feel it a matter of exultation that the ta len.s which so early distinguished your Lordship should have kiln" their first exercise and reward on this cir cuit, of which you were so many years a member, and it is their earnest wish that your Lordship may long enjoy in health and happiness the exalted station which you hare attained. " I beg leave to add that the expression of these sen tlinews has been advisedly postponed until the arrival of the circuit at this place, in order that the largest number of its members might join, as they unanimously and cordially do. in ofFerin g it to your Lordship. I am, my deir Lord, " Your very faithful and obedieht servant, " W. WHATELEV. " The Right Hon. Lord Campbell, Circuit, Warwick." " Midland Circuit, Warwick, April 4. "My dear Whateley,—l am exceedingly gratificd by the kind congratulations which you in so flattering a manner convey to me. On the Oxford Circuit I spent many of my happiest days, and formrd some of my most valued and lasting friendship, and it is delightful to me to think that I am still remembered 'lay 'urably by my old rissociatee. My first choice uf a circuit shall be the Oxford ; and I beg you to assure all who have done me the distinguished laotAour to concur in the senti ments which you express that I shall e'er remain Yours and theirs most sincerely. • " W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C." "CAMPBELL. THE STAMP DUTIES. The following is the report of the Board of Inland Revenue to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the pro bable effect on the stamp revenue, by the Bill now before the House of Commons : - Inland Revenue, Somerset House, April 18, 1850. . Sir,—ln pursuance of our instructions, we beg to lay before you our opinion of the probable effects on the stamp revenue which will be produced by the Bill now before the House of Commons. It will be in your recollection that when, towards the close of last year we received directions to prepare a new Stamp Bill, so far as regards the duties on bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and settle ment, we stated that It would be very difficult to calculate the amount of revenue which would be lost or gained by an alteration in the present scale of stamp duties ; because a stamp for a given amount will serve for several descriptions of deeds liable to duty ; and when a party purchases a stamp he is not required to state for what description of instrument it is intended. For example, a 11. stamp may be used on an appraisement, apprentice indenture, bargain and sale, money bond, annuity bond, conveyance, lease, mortgage, power of attorney, warrant of attor ney, or progressive duty ; and so with the other ad valorem stamp duties up to 251., beyond which amount almost all ad valorem stamps are used for conveyance. The total produce of duty paid for stamps of amounts which might be used for bonds, mortgages, and conveyances, as well as for some other instru ments in last year, was 1,380,0001. From the best estimate that can be made by the most experienced officers of the stamp department, 1,000,0001. 'of this amount may be taken as the produce of ad valorem duties, of which it is supposed that about two-thirds arise from conveyances and transfers of property. Assuming this estimate to be correct, it will be seen by the annexed table, which was submitted to you in December last, that by the then proposed reduction of duty on conveyances, from the present rates to a rate of 10s. per cent, up to 5001., of 153. per cent. be tween 5001. and 1,0001., and of a fixed rate of 1 per cent. above that amount, the loss on the conveyance duty alone will not be less than 260,0001. per annum. This loss was estimated, irrespectively of that which would arise from the total repeal of the bargain and sale duty, from the reduced duty on leases, and from the relief which is afforded by a si milar reduction of such stamp duties in Ireland, the whole of which cannot be estimated at less than 40,0001., making with the 260,0001. above-men tioned, a loss of 300,0001. There will, however, be some gain on conveyances above 100,0001., but these are of such rare occurrence that the gain must be in considerable. The loss on small bonds and mort gages would, it was supposed, be counterbalanced by some gain on large bonds, &c. There was also reason to expect that to some extent an increase of revenue might be derived from an increased number of stamps used in documents hitherto not stamped, but no very large increase could be calculated on from this source, because, although, on reducing duties on articles of consumption, the consumption may be in creased, yet it cannot be supposed that more bonds and mortgages will be made, merely on account of the stamp duty being lower. All that can be expected to occur is, that more stamps may be used for documents on which hitherto the stamp duty has been evaded. Any such evasion must, for obvious reasons, generally ccur on bonds, &c., for small amounts, and as on these the duty is much reduced by the Bill, no very great increase of revenue can be expected from. this source. In consequence of the opinion thus expressed, you estimated the loss in your speech on the budget at somewhat less than 300,0001. per annum. In Commit • tee on the Bill, you proposed to reduce the stamp on bonds, &c., from 103. to ss. per cent., but an amend ment was carried reducing the rate from ss. to 2i., for one-tenth per cent on bonds under 50/. ; and it is presumed that this decrease in the duties on bonds under 501. will be also extended to all bonds, mort gages, and warrants of attorney of any amount; thus reducing the duty on this description of instrument, throughout the scale, up to 25,0001. It is well known to all parties conversant with business of this description, that by far the largest number of transactions must be on sums under this amount, and that nearly the whole revenue is de rived, not from the higher amount of duty on the few large transactions, but from the duty paid on the much greater number of moderate amounts. It is also to be recollected that, since the introduc tion of the Bill, relief has been extended to various descriptions of instruments beyond what was originally intended; such as transfers of mortgages, memorials of registration, admittances to copyholds, duplicates of conveyances of fee-farm rents, and leases under 20/. a year rent. Taking all these cir cumstances into consideration, we think that the loss arising from the proposed reduction of duty on bonds, mortgages and warrants of attorney, from the present rates to 2=. per cent., will amount to at least 150,000/.; which, with the estimated loss by the great reduction of the duty on conveyances, transfers of property, and other instruments above alluded to, cannot safely be taken at less than from 450,0001. to 500,0001. We have, &c., (Signed) JOHN WOOD. JOHN THORNTON. CHARLES PRESSLEY. To the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. OBSTRUCTIONS to KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge has fared ill this week in the House of Commons. Such of it as a portion of the people already have access to, crippled by taxation, is not to be relieved ; and we are threatened with the loss of such means of extending it to the rest of the people, as we had lately some hope of seeing tried. A. large majority has declared against the repeal of taxes af fecting books and newspapers, moved by Mr. Milner Gibson, in a speech of very great ability ; and the same fate is preparing for Mr. Fox's Education Bill. To the result of the former motion we submit as a present necessity; but (the matter less admitting of delay) we cannot so calmly regard a decision aban doning great numbers of the English population to hopeless and incurable ignorance. The peculiarity of Mr. Fox's proposal was, that it meddled with no existing plan by which any modicum of education was already extended to any portion of the people. All that it claimed permission to do was to educate such waifs and strays as neither Church men nor Dissenters could draw within their several folds. Where your efforts stop, was the petition, let mine commence. The reply is that of the dog in the manger. What I cannot do you shall not do. We are grieved to see the religious pretence put forward by statesmen. We call it a pretence, because no man in his senses believes that zw•hat at present passes for religious education at Sunday-schools and the like, is deserving of the name of education at all. Does any one think that to put a boy to spell at the Bible or catechism, helps him half as much forward in spelling as it drives him back in religion ? The wearisome substitution of words for realities at that early age is the greatest mistake we commit. We talk of secular education as if it excluded religion, when in fact it is the only discipline that prepares the mind rightly , for religious truth. We speak of it as opposed to re ligion, when it is absolutely the only means of giving practical force and direction to religions principles and duties. But the Church stops the way. At a time when episcopal authority cannot impose or even explain its creed, it is to be allowed to withhold or sanction at its pleasure the multiplication table. We are coming to a dead lock. Judicial authority has just told us that we must tolerate differences of doctrine to save the Church, and legislative authority i. about to tell us that we must get rid of all such differences if we would save ourselves. Practically the vote on Mr. Fox's Bill will be a vote for the spiritual destitution of large masses of the people. The amendment will declare substantially that differences of creed must amount to a prohibition against knowledge, and a member of the Roman Catholic Church is not ill chosen to take charge of such an amendment. But Lord Arundel's argument was rather odd, even as a display of bigotry. He quoted a number of infidel writings in prasenti to give effect to his warning [PRICE SD. against infidelity in futuro. The existing condition of education offering no bar to the promulgation of non-religious views, we are threatened with the danger of any attempt to improve that condition ! We gave proof last week of our disposition to in sist upon a fair trial for every scheme of education that has any sort of tendency to lift us out of our present state. We are for receiving good from every quarter, for rejecting it in none. As we con demn the grudging and churlish criticism of the Privy Council plan, we condemn the unfair treetnient of .111 , -. Fox's Bill. It is pandering to a gross and unfounded prejudice to call it irreligious. One of its clauses allows time for religious instruction out of the common schools during the week, as well as on the Sunday, and it would be easy to strengthen this provision by requiring certificates ' of attend ance on the respective religious instructors at the times so appointed. In his temperate and judicious speech supporting the Bill, Mr. Milnes referred to the great public schools, and asked what proportion the religious part of instruction in these pieces bore to the secular part. We should like to have an authoritative answer to this question, for .we suspect the truth to be that much more satisfactory provision - even for , religious training is made in the Bill under discussion—infidel as it is called—than in any of those orthodox establishments. On this and other grounds we deny the infidel imputations alto gether. The provisions of the measure thus slan dered are no other than precisely those repeatedly recommended by one of the most religious of men, Dr. Chalmers, providing in the only possible way for the efficacy of religious teaching, by giving free scope to the efforts of every religious sect. We confeia that its rejection will shake our confi dence not a little in the future progress of the Govern ment plan. If the Church argument is good so far, Dr.PtriflpOtts and Mr. Denison have only to double their exertions to make it good throughout. If the State says that only the congregations of schools and chapels in particular localities or with particular means shall be educated, and the rest of the people shall not be allowed even the opportunity or means to educate themselves, the end of the Church wedge has entered sufficiently to admit the rest of it sooner or later. Our only hope now is in the growing attention excited to the subject, and in such meetings as have lately been held in places so important as Manchester and Leeds. The more discussion there is, the more it will be made obvious that knowledge and religion can have no separate or exclusive interests. The know ledge which indisposes a man to religion is as likely to be false knowledge as the religion which indis poses a man to knowledge is certainly a false religion. Each strengthens and elevates the other, nor can pro gress be made in either without advantage to both. Some part of the opposition to Mr. Fox's Bill is founded on a misconception of this truth, and the rest on a dread of admitting it.—Examiner. PARLIAMEN Ti ARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comm= ) WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24. AFFIRMATION BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof: Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 129. Adair, Hugh F. Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis Alcock, Thomas Grace, 0. D. Pilkington, JaineS Anderson, Arthur Grenfell, Charles W. Pinney, William Armstrong, R. B. Grey, Sir George Power, Dr. Bagshaw, John Grosvenor, Earl Price, Sir R Baines, M. T. Hamner, Sir John Pusey, P. Bass, Thomas Hardcastle, J. A. .Rawdon, Colonel Bellew, R. M. Harris, Richard Ricardo, Osman Bernal, Ralph Hustle, Alexander Rice, E. R. Blake, M. J. Basile, Archibald Robartes, T. J. Boyle, Colonel Headlam, Thomas Romilly, Colonel Brockman. E. D. Henry, Alexander Romilly, Sir John Brotherton, J. Heywood, James Russell, E. Brown, W. Heyworth, Lawrence Rutherford, A. Busfeild, W. Hill, Lord Marcus Scrope, G. P. Buxton, Sir E. Holihouse, T. B. Seymour, Lord Carter, John B. Hodges, T. Twisden Shafto, R. D. Cavendish, C. C. Howard, C. W. Simeon, John Cavendish, G. H. Howard, P. H. Slaney, Robert A. Cavendish, W. G. Kershaw, James Smith, M. Tucker Cayley, Edward S. Langston, J. H. Smith, John B. Clay, James Lascelles, W. S. Stansfield, W. R. C. Clay, Sir W. Lennard, T. B. Stanton, W. H. Clifford, 11. M. Lewis, George C. Strickland, Sir G. Cobden, R. 3l'Gregor, John Thicknesse, Ralph Cockburn, A. J. M`Taggart, SlrJ. Thompson, Colonel Collins, William Marshall, J. G. Thortiely, T. Crawford, W. S. Marshall, Williarn Tollemache, F. J. Crowder, R. B. Master/nail, John Townley, R. G. Dalrymple, Captain Matheson, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Davie, Sir 11, Mclgund, Viscount Verney Sir 11. D'Eyncourt, C. T. , Milner, W. -Si. "Vivian, J. H. Duncan, George Milnes, R. M. Wall, C. B. Ellice, Edward Mitckell, T. A. Watkins, Colonel Ellis, John Moffatt, George Wawn, J. T. Elliot, J. E. Morgan, ii. K. Willcox, Brodie Evans, J. Morris, David Williams, John 1i1,1119, William Mostyn, E. Wilson, James Ewart, William Nugent, Lord Wilson, Matthew Fagan, William O'Flalierty, Anthony Wyvill, AI. Fordyce, A. D. Ogle, S. C. Young, Sir John Forster, M. Osborne, Ralph TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Oswald, Alexander Wood, W. P. Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Sir G. Bouverie, E. P. PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW WORK ON NINEVEH. Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo. 215., bound, NOTES FROM 7&INEVEII, and TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA, ASSYRIA, AND SYRIA. By the Rev. J. P. FLETCHER. These Travels embrace not only Nineveh and its antiquities, but various new and interesting particulars respecting the Yezidees, the Nestorians and Oriental Christians, as well as notices of the country between Mosul and Aleppo, which has bean explored by few Euro pean travellers. The intimate relations with the natives en tered into by Mr. Fletcher, who resided come years at Mosul during his inquiries into the condition of the Oriental Churches, have fur nish..d him with a vast fund of anecdote, and illustration. The work also comprises remarks on the hypothesis advocated by Major Raw linson as regards the early Assyrian Kings. Ilenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24. Sroctc EXCHANGE.— Basine - ss on our Stock Exchange was better to-day, and prices had a tendency upwards. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 34—London and North-Western, 102 1 4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 31s. 3d.—Midland, Halves, 27 c. dis.— Scottish Central, 10 1 ,4-oswestry and Chester, sth—South- Eastern and Dover, 13—Ditto (No 4), Registered, 4 —York, Newcastle. and Berwick (Original N. and B), 11%—South Staffordshire, 4 3 / 4 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCEIANGIL—The market has been firm to-day at the quotations, but the amount of business done has been very limited. The transactions were as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire Preference, 6 per cent. 1114 — London and North-Western, 102—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 5 4 4 — Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1), 7 -Ditto (No. 21, 2 13-16 - Ditto. Preference, 6 13-16 South-Eastern and Diver, Thirds (No. 4). 4 7-16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.- The quotations to-day were—London and North. Western buyers, 10 1 1 ,4, sellers, 102 1 4—Midland, buyers, 32, sellers, 33 North Staffordshire, 10% dis.. sellers, but no buyers—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers, 9 1 h, sellers, 9 dis.—South Staffordshire, buyers, 4 3 4 sellers, 4% dis.—Staffordshire Union, 4 1 4 buyers, no sellers. Only 112 steamboats were blown up on the western waters daring the year 1849—that's all.—Boston Pilot. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. B. Blomfield, Kelvedon, Essex, corn dealer—T. Thompson, Halsey-terrace, Chelsea, carpenter and builder—H. Simmons, Ramsgate. grocer and tea dealer, certificate of the third class—J. Patching, Henfield, Sussex, brewer, certificate of the second class—J. W. Jackson, Colchester, coal merchant, certificate of the third class—J. Williams, Newport, Monmouthshire. auc tioneer, certificate of the first class—J. Hilton, Foles hill, Warwickshire, certificate of the first class—D. Lees, Wednesburv, Staffordshire, coachstep and coach iron work manufacturer, certificate of the first class—T. Har vey, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, miller, cer tificate of the first class—J. G. Briggs, Leicester. inn keeper and carrier, certificate of the first class—H. G. Hideout, Nottingham, glove manufacturer, certificate of the second class, after twelve months from April 19—W. Dobbs, Pountney street, Staffordshire, brassfounder, certificate of the first clsss—Ann Vernon, Ashton-in- Malterfield, Lancashire, shopkeeper and cowkeeper, certificate of the second class, after three months from April 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. S. Smith and J. Waithew, Manchester, drysalters —F. J. Ftncham and J. Jamieson, Oldham, Lancashire, engineers—D. Powell and Elizabeth Gardiner, Houns low, Middlesex. fancy stationers and dressmakers—J. Massey, J. Hodkinson, and J. Smith, Gaulksholme. Lan cashire, boiler-makers—J. Judd and R. Essby, Leeds, wheelwrights—E. Brotherton and J. Green, Manchester, <ilk manufacturers—C. Durrant and E. T. Hemblen, Cheltnsfsrd, grocers and cheesemongers—R. Evans and J. Clegg, Haydock, Lancashire, coal proprietors—H. Brown and D. Flather, Sheffield, manufacturers of join ers' tools—A. Levy and F. L-vy, Plymouth, silversmiths arld hardwaremen—J. Wilkinson and T. Wilkinson, East-street, Finsbury-market, carpenters and builders— S. Dyson and J. W. Dearnley, Halifax, Yorkshire, deal .-rs in alkali and makers of washing Equour—J. Hutt and C. Hutt, North Woolwich, hotel and tavern keepers —H. Net tleship and S. Sherwin, Leicester, drug grinders —W. 11. Brook, W. M'Gary, and D. Hodge, Bunhill row, lamp and candle manufacturers—H. Smith and J. Smith. West Bromwich, Staffordshire, ironrnasters —J. W. Peters, W. W. Peters, J. Peters, and J. Peters, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, and Upper George-street, Portman•square, coach builders and coach harness makers (so far as regards James Peters)—D. White and W. Stoneham, Tunnel-wharf, Rotherhithe, Large builders—J. D. Russell and B. Russell, jun., Leicester, grocers—L. C. Hertslet and J. V. Broughton, Criggle stone, Yorkshire, and Western-wharf, Adelphi, coal owners and merchants and sanitary pipe manufacturers —H. B. Harris, R. Z. Mudge, T. H. Bulteel, C. Harris, and .T. H. Dawe, Plymouth, bankers (so far as regards B. Z. Mudge)—T. Boswell and S. Boswell, New-street, liennington.road, plumbers and glaziers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Reynolds, Maleley, Shropshire, hairdresser. William Jeffcott, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Thomas A. Bant,Coventri.milkseller. John Beaumont, Huddersfield. Thomas M'Cann, jun., Great Malvern, Warwickshire, carpenter. Thomas Shaw, Manchester. William K. Stock, Manchester, warehouseman. Thomas Smith, Manchester, manufacturer of small- wares. Henry Grindley, Manchester, railway porter. John Warrington, Manchester, warehouseman. Jesse Clarke, Lincoln, hairdresser. Robert Gresham. Branston Fen. Lincolnshire, farmer. Joseph Purter, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, blacksmith. Francis Mayne, Bristol, grocer. Vincent Worner, Mirtock, Somersetshire, firmer. William BeslPy, Tiverton, Devonshire. SCO CM SEQUESTRATION. J. Russell, Siarnanan, near Airdrie, coalmaster, to meet within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, April 25 and May 16, at one. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on April 18: ASSETS. ... 037,580,441 7 130,233,518 0 ... 151,050 33 Cash and ingots ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due Bills falling due in Paris, of which 13,981,501 f. 77c. were received from the branch banks ... 40,978,277 38 Bills in the branch banks 65,277,926 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 1,852,800 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 390,804 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 17,97 6 . 819 85 Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,244,247 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... " 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 ttentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 itentes, disposable funds ... 42,394,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ••• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches Miscellaneous 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,419,957 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,163,506 28 1,461,990 0 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ••• • • ... Ditto of the Branch Banks ... Reserve fund ... ... Ditto of the branch banks Reserve- immobil iare ... 315.826 94 336,051 0 2,769,059 38 C 775,803,303 75 f. 67,900,000 0 ... 23,350,000 0 ... 10,000,000 0 ... 2,980,750 14 ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 414,290,300 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 69,883,925 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 1,725,275 80 Account-current with Treasury creditor 36,755,797 76 Various accounts current ... 96,577,541 80 Ditto in branches ... 25,922,311 0 Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ... ... 5,377,500 0 ... 1,375,067 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 6,973,784 41 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,557,744 0 Dividends payable . . ... 310,986 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 15,520 0 Discounts, interest,, and expenses ... 2,508,886 9 Ditto branch banks ... 1,139,249 0 Expenses anticipated ... 256,152 40 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 263,317 26 Ditto in branch banks •.. ... 285,208 0 Miscellaneous 353,987 84 E 775,803,303 75 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. We find by the foregoing account that the cash in hand has decreased within the week by 500,000 f. The amount of commercial billd discounted has decreased by 1,200,000 E The bank-notes in circulation have increased by 1,750,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 1,000,000 f. The sundry credits re main unchanged. The protested bills have decreased by 10,000 f. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1850. —The new edition of this standard Peerage has just ap peared, corrected to the present time. It comprises— 1. A full and interesting History of each Order of the English No bility, showing its origin, titles, immunities, privileges, &c. 2, A complete Memoir of the Queen and Royal Family, form ing a brief Genealogical History of the Sovereign of this country, and deducing the descent of the Plantagenets, Tu dors, Stuarts, and Guelphs, through their various ramifica tions. To this section is appended a list of those Peers who inherit the honour of quartering the Royal Arms of Planta genet. 3, An authentic Table of Precedence. 4, A perfect History of all the Peers and Baronets, with the fullest details of their ancestors ant descendants, and particulars respecting every collateral member of each family, and all intermar riages, &c. 5. The Spiritual Lords.. 6. Foreign Noblemen, subjects by birth of the British Crown. 7. Peerages claimed. 8, Surnames of Peers and Peeresses with Heirs Apparent and Presumptive. 9, Courtesy Tttks of Eldest Sons. 10, Peer ages of the Three Kingdoms in order of Precedence. 11. Ba ronets in order of Precedence. 12. Privy Councils of Eng land and Ireland. 13, Daughters of Peers married to Com moners. 14, All the Orders of Knighthood, with every Knight and all the Knights Bachelors. 15, Mottoes trans lated, with poetical illustrations. REPRESENTATION OF LYmisoTos7.—ColonelKeppel, late private secretary to the Premier, has resigned his seat for Lymington. E. I. Hutchinson, Esq., of London, a tho rough independent Reformer, supporting free trade, reduc tion of expenditure, lcc., is to be the Liberal candidate. A sharp contest is expected. MAJORITY-NOES, 148. Acland, Sir T. D. Fitzroy, Henry Manners, Lord C. Alexander, N. Forbes, Wm. Manners, Lord G. Arkwright, George Forester, G. C. Manners, Lord J. Bagge, W. Frewen, C. 11. March, Earl of Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. Meux, Sir H. Baillie, H. J. Galway, Viscount Miles, P. W. S. Baldock, E. H. Gaskell, J.M.". Miles,;W.: Bateson, T. Goddard, A. L. Morgan, 0. Bennet, P. Gore, W. It. 0. Mundy, William Beresford, William Graham, Sir James Naas, Lord Berkeley, Henry F. Greenall, Gilbert Newport, Viscount Bernard, Viscount Greene, Thomas Packe, C. W. Blackstone, W. Grogan, Edward Pakington, Sir J. Blair, Stephen Guest, Sir J. Palmer, Robert Booth, Sir R. G. Gwyn ' Howel Patten, J. W. Bremridge, Richard Hale, It. B. Peel, Colonel Bromley, Robert llalford, Sir Henry Peel, Frederick Brooke, Sir A. Hall, Colonel Pennant, Colonel Buck, Lewis W. Halsey, T. I'. Perfect, R. Bu:ler, Sir Y. Hamilton, Hord C. Plowden, W. H. Carew, W. P. Harris, Captain Plumptre, J. I'. Chichester, Lord J. Hayes, Sir E. Portal, Melvllle Cholmeley, Sir M. Henley, J. W. Powell, Cel. Christopher, R. Herbert, Sidney Prime, Richard Clive, Henry B.: Hildyard, it. C. Richards. Richard Cocks, T. S. iiildyard, T. B. Seymer, H. K. Codrington, Sir W. Hill, Lord E. ' Sibthorp, Colonel Cole, lion. H. A. Hodgson, W. N. Smyth, John G. Coles, 11. B. Hood, Sir A. Somerset, Captain Colvile, C. R. Hernby, John Sotheron, T. Compton, H. C. Hotham, Lord Stafford, Augustus Coliolly, Thomas liouldsworth, T. Stanford, J. F. Corry, 11. Hudson, George Stanley, Edward Cubits, William Jerilyn, Earl Stanley, E. 11. Deedes, W. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, H. Denison, Edmund Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Dod, J. W. Kerrison, Sir E. Tollemache, John Dodd, G.' Knox, Colonel Trollope, Sir J. Duckworth,' Sir J. Lacy, H. C. Turner, George Duncombe, A. Lascelles, E. Tyrell, Sir J. Duncembe, 0. Legh, G. C. Verner, Sir W. Duncuft, John Lennox, Lord A. Vyse, H. Dunne, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Waddington, 11. S. Du Pre, C. G. Lockhart, A. E. Walsh, Sir J. East, Sir J. Lockhart, W. I Walter, John Edwards, Henry Lopes, Sir Ralph West, F. It. Egerton, W. T. Lowther, Colonel Estcourt, J. B. B. Lygon, General TELLERS. Evelyn, W. J. Mackenzie, W. F. Goulburn, Henry Farnham, E. B. M'Naghten, Sir E. Newdegate, N. Fellowes, E. Mahon, Viscount HEALTH of LONDON during the WE,EIC. (From the Return of the Registrar-General.) It is gratifying to observe that the return for the week ending last Saturday exhibits a further decrease in the mortality. During the two previous weeks the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were in succession, 1,124 and 893; they have now declined to 866. In the corresponding week of 10 previous years (1840-9) the average number was 937, which being raised in the ratio of probableincrease of popu lation becomes 1,022 ; compa red with which the num ber now returned shows a decrease of 156. In the same week of last year, before cholera became predo minant, the deaths were 1,089 ; the mean temperature, which;was then unusually depressed, was lower than in last week by 12 deg. Last week the deaths o f n i ne c hildr e n and two adults were registered f rom sma ll pox (of which three occurred in the Smallp ox H osp i ta l, Camden-town), indicating rather an i ncrease i n th e disease though it has not not yet q u it e a tt a i ne d t h e aver age ; 17 children died of m eas l es , w hi c h i s exactly t h e average; 37 died of hooping cough, and 18 chil dren and one adult of scarlatina, both complaints being less fatal than usual; 8 children died of croup, about the usual number; 35 p e r sons di e d of typhus; and 8 of erysipelas, both of which are near the average. Ten women died after childbirth, to 7 of whom " pu erperal fever" is assigned as the cause of death ; 22 persons, of whom ab ou t half were childen, died of diarrhoea and dysentery ; this number is double the average, and also exhibits an increase on each of .the three weeks immediately preceding. A woman died of " purpura hwmorrhagica ;" and again, two persons of chorea. The two cases in which the latter disease, so seldom fatal, occurred, are thus recorded—" At 8, Jeff's-place, St. John, Marylebone, on the 13th April, the daughter of a coachmaker, aged 16 years, " chorea;' on the 17th April, at the London Hospital, to which she had been brought from Stepney, a female servant, aged 19, died of "chorea." It is worthy of remark that nine deaths have he en regis tered in London from this cause during the last 10 week., which is nearly double the number that usually occur in a year. Amongst diseases of the respiratory organs pneumonia and asthma now show a decrease ; bronchitis has also declined, if compared with the amount of corresponding weeks in the last three years, but is still in excess, in comparison wit h the mortalit y of the seven previous years. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic for the Week ended April 21. 1850:—C. and H. Main Line, 1,9591. 88. 9d.; Mold, 971. 138. 3d.; Steam-boats, 2891 12s. Bd.—Total, 2,3461. 14s. Bd. Lieutenant John B. Branch (1841), son of the, late gall an t an d di s ti ngu i s h e d C ap t a i n A. B. B ranc h, 4 of Greenwich Hospital, has been appointed to super sede Commander S. L. Crofton, on promotion, - in command of the screw-schooner Rifleman, cruising against the slave-trade on the coast of Brazil. Out of the twenty-four years Lieutenant Branch has been, in the navy, he has served afloat about twenty years. He was tight years a mate. As a lieutenant he: served in the Lily, 12, on the coast of AlLica, and, has recently been invalided from that station, from the Cyclops, steam-friga:e, on board of which ship he wa, Toe Sharpshoo:er, 4, s•erew-schooner, Lieutenant-) Cominand,rley, rtfitting at Di.voopoit, has had her destine ion alt(red. - returning to the Mtatterraufan, she is orderEd to procecql to the co:ist tin.t. thi s sl ave tra d e . of Brazil sta!ion, to cruise ag The Dauntlesi,, screw-s:eaili-fri gate h coaling, and completing her stores with ail dispatch at Port:. ,, mouth. • The Peterel, 6, Lieutenant•Commr:nder Cruel.; will be wild wages on P.-i(Lay ; .:fcer which she will sail from Devonp,rt for Pa!mouth, to be in readiness. to take out the next mail to Brazils. Tne Sprightly, steam-tender, Master-Commandef Allen, that sailed from Portsmouth with CO superrin» meraries for the Superb, 80, and Archer, screw-hoop, and some Plymouth men recently paid off from the Bulldog, steam-slog, returned to Portsmouth on Tuesday evening. She passed the Birkenhead, out- , side the Wight ; she also passed a large English deep laden ship, with the loss of foremast and maintopmast' to the westward of the Needles. Two Cowes pilot. , smacks were in attendance on her; the Sprightly' could not make out her name. The Superb was completed by the men the Sprightly took down, and she was towed into the Sound by the Confiance on Monday, was paid down on Tuesday, and sails for the Mediterranean to-day. _ _ PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.- Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, was yesterday towed from Hamottie by the Con fiance and Avon steam-vessels, and continues in %tiff Sound waiting a fair wind kr the Mediterranean. - . The Diligence transport sailed on Sunday with stores fur Sheerness. A policeman has been mulcted two weeks' pay (2/.) for taking fees from visitors inspecting the . Arsenal. Wind, south-west. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, APRIL 24.—The Resolute, Captain' H. T. Austin, C. 8., will leave Woolwich to-morrow, at about 11 o'clock A.M., and w ill b e t owe d to Green hithe by the Jasper steam-vessel to have her corn passes adjusted by Captain Johnson. The Assistance, Captain Eramus Ommanney, and the Pioneer, Lieu tenant-Commander Sherard Osborn, will leave to morrow afternoon or on Friday, and the Intrepid, Lieutenant-Commander John Bertie Cator, will be taken out of dock on Friday afternoon, and leave on Saturday for Greenhithe. The Lords of the Admiralty intend visiting the whole of the vessels now fitted for the Arctic expedition at Greenhithe on Monday next, and they expect to leave the river on the following day for the northern regions. The Stromboli steam-vessel, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, has been detained longer at the Clyde than was expected ; and the Lightning steam-vessel, Master- Commander Petlay, having been made ready for sea, she will proceed up the river to-morrow, to tow the Emma Eugenia from Deptford, laden with stores, to the edge of the ice. The welcome given to the gallant officers of the Arctic expedition when thiT dined with the Royal Artillery in their mess-room was most enthusiastic, and their healths and success in the enterprise in which they were about to proceed were drunk with the greatest earnestness. The officers of the Royal Marines of the Woolwich division entertained the officers of the ex pedition yesterday evening in their mess-room, and all the wealthy inhabitants of the town have vied with each other in having the honour of their company previous to their departure. A very great number of visitors have been ou board the vessels to-day, amongst others Captain Sir George Back, R.N., ; Captain Greville, of the Ocean, 80, at Sheerness ; Captain lieechy, Captain Butterfield, Captain Charles Ed munds, Captain Forbes, Captain Cuppage, Captain Darley, Captain Kelly, and Coptain Young, all officers of the Royal Navy ; Mr. John Barrow, of the Arlmiralty ; and a number of the officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines. The Locust steam- vta.sel, Lieutenant-Commander Nowell, is to be paid off at this port on Saturday, the 27th inst. The Undine, Dover mail-steam packet, having had her defects made good, hic Woolwich this morning to resume her duties on the Dover station. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Amu. lii a Convecatiou holden this (14y, tin , following de.2rets were conl.rred:— Mast-frs of Arts—Christapher ei,okson, Fellow cf St. John's; Rev. Henry Joryinish Dyson. Fell iw of All Souls; Rev. 'l'. Bovtle, Queen's; Rev. Frederick Henry Hotham, Clinsichuieb. Bachelors or Arts—Edward James Billing , tniver sity; Reginald William Okay, , Exeter; Ferdinand Wm. Beck“r, Exeter; James Allgood. Brasenose; Thomas Stedman Polehatnpron, scholar of Pembroke; Arthur Knox, St. Mary Hall; Frederick John Coleridge, St. Mary Hall; George Poillipps, New Inn Hall. ST. CATHARINE 8 HALL. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 24.—Charici Kirby Robinson, 8.A., has been elected n foundation Fellow of this college. SEATONIAN PRIZE. This prize, given under the will of the late Thonisi Seaton, MA., Fellow of Clare Hall, to the Master of Arts who shall write the best English poem on a sacred subject, has been adjuoged to B. F. Westcott, M.A., of Trinity College. WHITTINGTON CLUB. The second anniversary dinner of this association was yesterday held in the large room of the club house. Charles Lushington, M.P., presided on the occasion. Among the visitors present we observed Lord Nugent, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Lushington, J. Macgregor, Esq., M.P., J. Wyld, Esq., M.P., Francis Mowatt, Esq., 14. P., Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. Wilson, jun., M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke, Rev. J. Austin, R )bent Hunt, Eq., Charles Knight, Eq., Mr. and Mrs. Ashurst, J. Auldjo, Esq., F.R.S., &c. The report of the managing committee stated that the progress of the association was most satisfactory, the number of mcmbers at present on the books amounting to 1,553, including 93 life members. An increase had also taken place in the number of per sons belonging to the different classes in connexion with the association, as well as in the extent of the library. The statements of the receipts and expen diture and of the assets and liabilities showed a de crease in the liabilities of about 801. The annual expenses, however, amounted to about 2,300/.; and an income of 3,000/., and not less than 2000 mem bers, were necessary, in order t 9 place the institution in a desirable state, and for accumulating a fund for library furniture and other requisites. The committee also congratulated the association upon the accession of Lord Brougham to the list of vice-presidents, who had, in the kindest manner, offered the institution the use of the elaborate philosophical apparatus with which his Lordship had conducted his recent experi ments on light, and had also sketched the diagrams required to illustrate a lecture on the subject. The usual loyal and national toasts having been disposed of The Ciuunmer; proposed " Prosperity to the Whit tington Club, and Metropolitan Athenaeum," and in doing so referred to the great success of the insti tution, which had triumphantly refuted the calum nies with which the association had to contend in the earlier period of its history. The club stood foremost of all other institutions of a similar cha racter in the country, and combined, more than any other, the advantages of instruction with the bene fits peculiar to institutions of this kind, without re gard to any political or sectarian opinions, while> by its lectures and classes it provided the means of that mental culture which in too many instances were sadly neglected. The toast was drank with great applause, /iv were also the other toasts of the evening, am on g which were that of " The President," proposed by Lord Nugent, M.P.; " The, Vice-Presidents, ' proposed by Mr. Wilson, M.P., Douglas Jerrold, Esq., r tuerning thanks; " Literature and Science, proposed by Ro bert Hunt, Eq., Charles Knight, Esq., responding to the toast; " The Fress," and the " Managing Corn mittee." The arrangements of the evening were very credit able to the establishment ; the musical department was under the direction of .Mr. Frank &Ada. A VERY SUPERIOR WHITEWASH. —The following recipe for preparing the celebrated s t ucco w hi tewas h i s used at the President's house, at Washington, and which is distin guished by thename of Whitehouse. Take half a bushel ofgood unslacked lime, slake it with boiling water. covering it during th e process to keep in the steam, strain the liquor through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peek'of clear salt dis solved in warm water, three pounds of good size, ground' to a thin paste and s ti rre d w hil e b o ili ng h o t, a pound of Spanish whiting, an d a pound of clean glue which has been previously dissolved by first soaking it well. and then hanging it over a slow fire in a small kettle within a larger one filled 'with water ; add five gallons of hot water to the whole mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few days covered from the dust. It should be put on boiling hot, for which purpose it can be kept in a kettle or a portable furnace. About one pint of this filixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of the house if properly applied; brushes more or less small . may be used, according to the neatness of the job required ; 'it retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind can be compared with it, either for inside or outside walls. Any required tinge can be given to the preparation: by the addition of colouring matte:.-Farmer's and Countryman's Calendar, 1850. • _ Fi fid We Vs(l 4