The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

T° THE PROPRIETORS OP EAST crc( T., Ladiei and Gentlemen, e beg to offer you our grateful aclmowlej.g,ments for the honnur 4 u. !lave comerned upon us b re-electing us into the Direction. Trusting. that 3 the Proprietors will ever find us des:rving of the Confidence they have reposed in us, We have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very humble Servants, JOHN COTTON JOHN LOCH CHARLES :MILLS W. H. C. PLOWDEN 11. SIL&NK H. ST. G. TUCKER. East India House, April 9, 1851 ~__ TEIE First Class Shin DOMINION, of :584 Tons Register ; Ditrt n k e : f ir t : t : A. Cla sS Ship LADY NUGENT, of 66 8 Tons Register ; and " e Fir st - Class Ship BNO ALORE, of 877 Tons Register , being fr ont t Fleet of Canterbury Settlement Ships , which will sail TZtl. ll , Port of London in May next, with the main body of CAN and RY COLONISTS of 1851, are NOW FIT PING for SEA, gat e in .„, a ,, Y , l) ,_e inspected in the East India Docks, close to the roplar ' which adjoins V.e Poplar station of the Blackwall Railway. Brokers Filby- and Co., 157, Fenchurch-street. Joseph Stayner, 110, Feuchurch-street. By order of the Committee, FREDERICK YOUNG, Manager of Shipping. OFFICIAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUES. th e All7 ertiSements will continue to be received for insertion in o,en`:melal Catalogues during the whole time the Exhibition remains day i i.,. l ?_ut as the Contractors are bound to pay a penalty of 501. a by th wle.Y do not deliver the First Edition to the Royal Commission e 28 th of April, those Advertisements intended for the first tycleitre' of 20,000 each of the Small Catalogue, and for the First moat 1 ; 1 : of tht Illustrated, arid French, and German Catalogues, 2 eut to the Contractors by the 15th of April. W. ROT FIE RS, Wholesale Stationers") Joint Contractors!o the i.,..%LOWES and SONS, Printers, Royal Commr•sion. .' w eial Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackiriars. 3 , . F L OOR P est CLOTHS. . Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard. e rsian and Turkey p a tt er n - 2s. 9d. do. do. (:munon Floor Cloth - - - 2s. Od. do. do. Folding-screens from 30s. "wa-fibre Mats and Afatting.—lndi a Matting, Plain and Figured. _________JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street. 11[YerELIN or MORISONIAN SYSTEM of A LEc,„, ME subject will be delivered at the Tern gay), at r nail, Little G eorge - s t ree t, Ch e lse a , This Evening• Eight o'clock.— Admission Free. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, .4 . 4 GyLL by s A : t6f i lE A liatienk. v. NDMILL. (Bol e STREET, ST. JAMES'S. — "Si% Charles Emile Laurent, jun 4 57, Brompton-square.) - OPEN EVERY EVENING, TthLAURENT'S UNRIVALLED RAND. to o „ e , s Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. and at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at t erialnate at Half-past Eleven o'clock prelisely. Admission, One Shilling. VI T y THOUSAND CURES have been kuitected w ithout Medicine, Inconvenience, or Expense, by DII y S Delicious REVALENTA ARABICAIFOOD, which save b n ” Its cost in oth er re medies. A few out of 50,000 testi- Tw ent , "ebillty f ''"ve years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and dlei ne , :n3 , 1 which I had suffered great misery, and which no rape llary,nd remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by u hea lth -restoring Food in very short time. " Eight " W. R. REEVES, Pool Anthony , Tiverton." Spas m . Years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, ofit ia ;' a nd nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice health nave bee effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious answ er "stn ring food in very short time. I shall be happy to any inquiries. Th , . "Rev. JOHN W. FLAVELL, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." left ar ,,7 Years' e xcess i ve nervo usness, with pains i n my neck and able' general debility, which rendered my life very miser feod been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Blinn " ALEX. STUART', Archdeacon of Ross, Skihbereen." er t estimonials from Lord Stuart de Decies ; Mr. Samuel W ttatuleuDarlington, a cure of twenty years' dyspepsia, constipation, c Y. and I rr i ta b ility ; William Hunt, Esq., barrister Darnia College, Cambridge, who, after suffering sixty years from lime „„v a ralYsis, has regained the use of his limbs in a very short Ili te k s "v° ll this excellent food ; the Rev. Charles Kerr, of Winslow, d i p care of functional disorders Thomas Woodhouse, les s di p recording the cure of a lady from constipation and sick -1)18,, — r ing pregnancy Maria Jolly Wortha:n, of Ling, near 0 , 141 : orfolk, a cure of fifty years' inde.cribab'e agony from dys vc4Lnervousness, asthma, cough, flatulency, spasms, nausea, and cro,. 'g B ; Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham '''. Herta theri ngs a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, and ga of , Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure neait,tir. Years' dyspepsia and nervous irritability W. Grantham, r' of gout ; Mr. Joseph Walters, Broaclwell Colliery, Oldbury, l'eti lar , a nni nghaM, a cure el angina pectoris Mr. Hugh Evoy, k arve u, cured when given up as teo far gone; Doctors lire and Berk g 3' ,' James Shorelaud, Esq., No. 3, Sydney-terrace, Reading, t orte ; late surgeon in the 96th Regiment, a cure of dropsy , ; James With B e tt eAthol-street, Perth, a cure of thirteen years cough, ,eral debility. A copious extract cf 50,000 cures sent gratis aarrY and Co. 211;` 4 ' In canisters., with full instructions, weighing Ilb., 2s. 9d. ; 61:' 6 d•121b., 225.; super-refined quality, 101 b., 338. thr Da Barry and Co., 127, New Bond-street, London ; and Bh all Grocers, Chemists, and Booksellers. CAUTION.—The health of many p rsons having been seriously ' 4IO Y " Arabian Revalenta," " Ervalenta," " Lentil Powder," •:.Btetit Flour of Lentils," " Arabica Food," and o her spnrious coin rourls under imitation of name, or called similar by their unscrupu ,,e°llBPounders it will be necessary to note Messrs. Du Barry and • name on each canister, in order to avoid being imposed upon by 'Artless knavery. LT BARRY'S YULMONIC BON-BONS, a nice, safe, and effec- Z a l o rernedy for coughs, colds, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, fr . at, and voice, are of unrivalled excellence. In boxes, Is. 1 y,d., ." 9d. 4s. Gd.; or, post free, Is. 4d., 3s. 3d., ss. 2d. 1,.13D ' BARRY and CO., 127, New Bond-street, London ; Fortnum, I -. 4801 1, and Co.;Hedges and Butler ; Abbiss, GO, Gracechurch-street ; ke , lton, 49, Bistiopsgate-street Within ; also at 4, Cheapside ; 451 Zun 109, Strand ; and through all respectable Chemists, Grocers, and 400kliellers. ItEVOLUTION IN TRADE. It is impossible to deny that the effect of free trade is to re tines the price of everything, to lessen the profits on all kinds of deal ing and manufacturing, much to the injury of all those who made no Provision for the change, and greatly to the advantage of all those Who anticipated the fall, by adopting the system of buying largely at ...The cheapest markets, and contenting themselves with small profits. fellsrs. E. MOSES and SON have conducted their i m m ense Cl o thi ng ISd Outfitting Establishments Up on thi s - system for some years, !aring with the publi c th e sav i ngs w hi c h the i r i mmense capital nables them to effect in their purchases, and contenting themselves With uniform but exceedingly small profits, by which system the bast tunticles in every department:of dress reach the public at a price which 2 fl any instances scarcely equals the amount a purchaser would 4 7 e to p a y for tho material. The fact 13, the pr ‘e of cloth, which the manufactory is worth 151., may become 201. in the wholesale arehouse, 251. in the retail, and be sold at the rate of 351. before it Fhes the tailor, who has still to get his living profit. Messrs. E. t 7.YSES and SON arrest tbe price at the maker's, buy even cheaper the the first price by taking large quantities, and buying cash, and IPublie have the benefit of their savings. twsystem adopted by E. MOSES and SON has always been the ee their goods are marked with the lowest price that can be zt k en, and this is never varied. Whether a ladies' cloak be 20s. or R „ s *:, the one is as well worth the price charged as the other ; the tintenfan's coat at 50s. is as cheap at that price as the one is at h.:: t and it is not too much to assert the lower priced articles are far ;".‘er, both in material and workmanship, than can be procured CWhere, or than any one would believe until inspected, while the v: lier Priced articles for ladies, gentlemen, and children equal the u 7r3 , best that can be had at any cost, of the so-called fashionable co aci ni eli nen for Messrs. E. MOSE 4 and SON yield to no one in their tile Maud of the finest material that money can purchase, employing cost beet Workmen in the trade, securing the first artistes in cutting and superintending the work to the finish. handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on The application. of the revr edition of "Everybody's Book, containing . a full report lette r, ' e t , Important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by x . r LDest free. or °B EB and SON have no connexion with any other house in t 4 nof London, except the following : on City Establi s h men t, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minorles, 83, ' a nd 8 6, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. t en d ' l `.• o /1 West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, r n art - street, all communicating. ford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. ;.,.feleld Branch, 36, Fargate. °rll, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe -1,76 M and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Atem...i4tablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Ss- When business is rearmed till Twelve o'clock. Id Pon parle Francaise. Qui si parla Italiano. Bier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol, JO R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 1 47. r To he h a d o f Sherwood, 23, Paternostcr-rew ; Carvalho; rice L eet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. eo "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." /krisi o ^L ". :—Early Rising—SpriNg and Summer Mernings—Ex itorw.," "about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, I krl7 Z . ,Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country - " 4 Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home a s c-- The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing. Air, Fria. Occupation, &c., &o. 111401 CeNTS FROM THE IL MOUNTAINS. Two SIT TO TUB Lawv,S; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vint Vol. IL LAKza OF KILLARNEY; ICZS OF DITBLI/C, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. /), " That three score years and ten our course may run." Vo,„ PUlar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of M u; .Y - debilitatod health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses to old , old btu 7°4 ng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rogn- Of every -day life. VIE PASSIONS. What Passions hurt the body—what imprcift. Trntiss as refined as Athens ever heard." Ott riut°T Pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent irtl passions. Chasti ty and ' its infringements. The casualties 0. „,_ u N limumess and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, 4 . 1 4. romediative. Advoca cy of early marriages. . THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." h II 4oRA NNE: _...Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re 'it% 3 regarding marriage, to toeb observed by either sex. Time and as e. temperament, complexion, and re- QE on both sides, t. to secure healthy offsPring, With the art of rearing them. ( VIII deal def at ectiveness and its removal. Stety and its conversion. 41 , , It. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), st,R,c,s, (1827), L.M.A. ; r 1). Twenty-five years Medical and Porentdc Ref eree i n th ese , Inv. 11-clace Recep. Regent-street. tion MUM . 4 ailY fiv‘ Xviinlngs.ttavan ulna, flry tOli IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETII EDITION. TALKING TILE REMEDY FOR THE PRP...YEN - TIC/NT OF DISEASE. 1. '14 bated by Cne Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 0 sr a IIYSICAL DISQUALIFICAT E I N O - N T I , GENERATIVE INCA TO MARRIAGE. ' ,p, i , PACITY, AND IMPEDIM 9 6 6 d. P i a r g i ep'o'stParigeee st2ag.mp6Ls, b.;: l I" and Improved Edition, enlargedto 3 2 4 1 , 1 host, direct from the Establishment . I entia , i the Authors have ' C o mmunications being strictly con d 1r discontinued the dial Work on EIE SILENT FRIEND, a Nie b h; the exhaustion and physical decay publishing 0f ..... Cases. e of the system, Produced y tik e ,",, nye indulgence, the consequences of infection, f o e f c 104, -- ' ll 7, with explicit directions for the use ttihosnpreventiveor the abuse lotion, o f tl., I s , 'et by observations en the Married State, anddEtehgerdievsiqnugaglitfeßa; i t ": 2 'which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloure ox don 2nd L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, brd-st2rle,eti,eLteenr-- 4 '''.. 'Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, to6 ; t and Gor . 0 °- esv; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford.. 11 t ,. 46, Leadenhan-sret, London. te, .”.. atax i. treats ot the anatomy and physiology of the re-P - rolnet lTc 7.4 and is illustrated by 23 Coloured Engravings. 4 4 ALT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive _in: en.gene% and their lamentable effects on the system, producing,,_. .., 4 , and bodily weakness, narvous excitement, and generauv. s;2,..acitY. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. . - in th , • Astr 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infaction, either tla:irinarY or seconda r y f orm, and contains explicit directions e for . t reatment. Thi s sect i on is illustrated by 62 Coloured E nglv P, a vy la,. rf. contains a Rem e dy f or th e P revent i on of Di sease by a Th y application, by whi c h th e d anger of i nfect i on i s o b v i a t e d. -- --4 ' rt_ e. IMPO ant part of the Wo r k s h ou ld not escape th e rea d e r's ~.. 14 ii . ... U.. . V. is dev o t e d to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du- 1 v ,r . , The cantles of unprod uc ti ve union are also considered, and the 7.1 e cantles critically and philosophically inquired into. trurtz COanIAL BALM or SYRI A CUM is exclusively employed in 114 nervous and sexu a l debility, impotence, &c., 1 le. and 335. s 2 bo ttle. The Concentrated Deter Ave Essence, an anti-syphilitic 0-e4".' for Purifying the blood in ca ses o f infection, secondary V42_ 1401 8, eruptio ns , and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per ).„ v• terry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25. 9d,, 45. 6d., and 1 is. 0_ box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and IZ-onie inf lammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, tton la minate detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi- Vio eletY• 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Fsta kr, ?sent 0,0 n ,„_---r, b y Which the fee. 1/., is saved . Messrs. Perry, den, ~,.,,___- ""...ndanee daily at 19, Berners-str ~ t, Oxford-strew, Lon . 741e,i""us Eleven till Two, and FiTO to EiAt ; on Banday, from " V) One. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra P remium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical CliraateS. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office are—Moderate and equitable Rates oi Premium for each class of risk—Annual division •of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire h is been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the res , a It of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual lc n uses of the different Established Companies have not been proportion tits to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured an e Insurers, that such au anomaly should cease, and an approxima lon to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable ,Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has r*,t hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically ap?lled. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return pert o dically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably I tyable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and t, b e Insurer is largely interested in this Question, and will consult his it qterest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to tb e risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis t ,f its own experience, from time to titre, adopt such rates of Frees i am as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter in 1 ; o arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be madel into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or flay per cent. tof the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Pt 11 icies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Cos i any upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at3s. per, centMvititont Was Avow* ge Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, t a t applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire t* Both Offices. ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS AND LARGE RE] )UCTION OF PREMIUMS. HAND -IN-HAND FIRE and. LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 1, New Bridge-strett, Blackfriars, London- Instituted in 1696. Extended to Lite Insurance. 16 36. IMMEDIATE, DEFERRED, AND SURVIVORSHIP ANNUITIES GRANTED. DIRECTORS. E. Fuller Maitland, Esq. The Hon. Chas. John Mum Ity. William Scott, Esq. John Sperling, Esq. Henry Wilson, Esq. Robert Winter, Esq, Thos. Fuller Maitland, I tsq The lion. William Ashley. The Hon. Sir Edward Cust. John Lettsom Elliot, Esq. James Esdaile, Esq. Harvie M. Farquhar, Esq. John Gurney Hoare, Esq. AIIDITORS.—The Hon. Col. Cust, James Esdaile, Esq. BANKERS.—Mvssrs. Goslings and Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street. PHYSICIAN.—Thomas K. Chambers, M.D., 1, Hill-street, Berke] hey square. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Lumley, ' , litho% and Smyth, 18, Ca rey, street. ACTUARY. —James M. Terry, Esq. SECRETARY.—Robert Steven. Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Although the lowest rates of premium consistent with seer trity have been charged by the Office, it has for many years been ena k ded to make very large returns to septennial Insurers. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The important advantages offered by ihe plan and eonstitutic al of the Life Department of this Society are— That Insurers are protected by a large invested capital, upon w: h ich there is no interest to pay, and for which no deduct ion of any 'kind is made, which enables the Directors to give the whole of the Pr s fits to insuring members. That the Profits are divided annually amongst all members of :five years' standing, and applied towards reducing life insurances to the lowest possible rates of premium. The following table exhibits the Abatement of Premium that hai been made for the past nine years to members of five years' st 0. lid ing 8: — Years of Rate of Years of Rate of Divislon. Abatement. Division. Abatement. 1842 £45 per Cent. 1847 £5O per Cent. 1843 45 „ 1848 50 ~ 1844 45 „ 1849 52% „ 1845 50 „ 1850 52% „ 1846 50 „ A Policy taken out on or before the 24th of June, 1 51 45, at an an nual premium of 100 e., will consequently be charged 471. les. as 'this 3 ear's premium ; and it is expected that an equal abatement vrl I I in future be annually made. That persons insu ring their own lives, or the lives of others, n lay become members That persons who are wil can insure at a lower rate t The following table will mium made by the Society years in force : Ring to forego participation in the pr 3 tits than that charged to members. show the effect of the reduction of 3 .re on Members' Policies that have been I lye Age when Insured. 'B.um Insured. Animal Premium for first live years Reduced Premium. 100 100 500 500 1000 2000 5000 X .. d. 2 13 5 3 7 H 13 7 1 16 19 7 38 19 2 67 18 4 194 15 10 X s. d. 1 5 6 1 12 3 6 7 0 8 1 3 18 10 1 32 5 2 92 10 6 This system of reducing the premiums affords immediate bon eflt to the members, or enables them to insure a further sum upon t) teir lives equal to more: than one-third of the present policy, without• any additional outlay. ROBERT STEVEN, Secreta r ~ CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LE FE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY -STREET, LEICES.;TER-SQUARE,LOND ON. The FOURTH /LNNITAL GENERAL MEETING of the Pros rie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the li ead Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication: — During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in Engl and. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2001.—mti king together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expo cted mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered : how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1549„ and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number Issue I in the twelve mouths preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,963/. 2s . 6d.: of these 123, com , :rising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s . Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 320.1. 3s. Wag received ducing i .._ by the Company in the shape of premiums. amountin n g ~ leaving the Sice the commencement of the Company to the let of June last, 7411. Is assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. Its 6d., pro- Since last meeting annual premiums 3,7321. I is. 6d. Of these 54 1: it ised, to 23,9901. 16s. 6(.1., of which the annual premiums , were 2,9911. 15s. Ild. The Directors were also gol y noli ear ns ly w in er c e o a m p e pli o e n a the for t l o st th of e J e u x n t e en i t as o t f e l q 7 , 1 t ,FOOL,1( was advanced. but 1,1831. Ils. 10d. last four months they had considerably gratified to report that withix . the the Continent, having onsiderably extended their bushu 5s on de l'Etaug, a gentleman of appointed , high as Head Agent in France, Mo I sieur y in financial h n standing in Paris, distinguish( s 1 for patronage and in all assurance nat,l tors, his integrity and OMR who, under the sanction and of the Archbishop of 1 aria, n a ag g Mouseigneur Parisis, De eque a t h e e Langres,Cardin a 1 has_k r c already h b t sh3wo within Lyons, nt the last n three months effected a. con. siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An ,thneisßheoport, and retur slug An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. ne rb rs M o o f rris, the 1 After various various resolutions, approving of thanks to the Right Reverend Chman Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Steincal 0 - 1 went, the meeting separated, highly gratified . the estab lish eo at its present re lulus and future prospects. C A UTION.-MECH.I'S MAGIC STR )P. "The Real :Angie Strop," " The Double Magic Strop, " •• h :Magic Strop," are all ba se imitations of MECHPS MAG'ICSTI :0 1 P e M . None arc genuine without Mechl's name, which imitators dari not put on the spurious strop; yet, strange to say, many perfumers; call ing themselves respectable, endeavour to palm this rubbish '(they cost from 3d. to sd. each in Sheffield) on the public as Mears g R i m i ne strk p, although they posses s no sharpening properties whatev or.. but the very reverse. The well-known Magic Paste is an invaluabl anxi liary to the Strop, and its renovating properties are truly as tcrlish- In& yeeht's Itaactra stand pre-emlnet as well as his Table C Int lery. 4, Leadenhall• street. .geol l o eper• )011f63 ,r. hbogre'' bin the One. to 0 1. NW S 1 ke Coor t t P3 O to a 14, on t 11, fill' s . ialetp l ed and the . 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The pivot of the plot is the mystification of a pompous old baron (Lablache), who, proud of his wealth and his ancestors, comes from the provinces a suitor for the hand of Luisa (Mule. Sontag); but, the young lady having given her heart to a handsome cavalier (Gar doni), the lovers, with the aid of Cricca (Ferranti), a smart intriguing kind of Figaro, and the camerista of Luisa (Mme. Giuliani), enter into a plot to mys tify and frighten the old gentleman out of his absurd pretensions, and they succeed so well that he gives up the daughter and marris,s her mother, the Marchesa di Forli (Mlle. Ida Bertrand), The scene being laid at Naples during the carnival, gives car t e bl anc h e to ever y ki n d o f di sgu i se and extre,me gance, and the unfortunate Baron, a mixture of Don • Magnifico and Pasquale, inimitably acted by Lablache, is alternately duped and mystified by all parties, the great blow being, however, given by the camerista, who at the wedding party throws herself at his teet in the guise of a victim, and, demanding justice in the name of her out raged innocence, hints something of a little pledge of sr :: It will be seen from this faction, who has particular claims upon bis paternal time, and hence the title of the care. The indignant Marchese on this discovery breiks off the marriage with her daughter, and after some fur and abounding in passages of quartette of loves making up speedily find its way to every have already said, weds him f zr u erpletely an opera-buffs. The without originality, piano and concert-room. It is true that t mhpgsm h keir ae e urae r tessctteiceeecl—hrrf—: adventurestlathipiece—Le gteahtth7t younger roie tustaan a i:mi gets melody—will eeeo reminis cencesl frequently present themselves, not exactly in the form of imitation, but every no w and them a little passcge drops in unmistakeably e e the family of Donizetti, Bellini, or Rossini. Notwithstanding this, -anti-nearly _e nea ver r , i t y he_ e o v p e e r r y a a is ria by n d o ivi n ay ea s n a s vein -of animated and sparkfing Melody, while the' oneeetnar - d'ensemble and the rnstramentation show the hand of an accomplished musician. The first air, " Pitt bel sole," sung by Ferranti, at once won the favour of the audience for the composer ; the s tyle is large, and very w e ll execu t e d•b y t hi s r i s i ng y ou ng singer; it was warmly a p p l au d e d. Th e next s t r iking mon' ceau is the ar i a d'i ntrata o f L a bl ac h e , very effective, with e . sp i r i ted chorus of masque rs, and a trio " N eg li astr i , " which follows b etwee n Mesdames Sontag and Gi u li an i , disgu i sed as B o h em i ans , and Lableebe, were both a d m i ra bl e. T he secon d ac t opens with a chorus and one o f the prett i est a i rs i n the piece, sung by Mademoiselle Ida Bertrand, though of far too sentimental a ca s t f or t h e occas i on ; c ci heB o a rder b i e n i g ng ansimepxlycellent dinner, which scolding her ser- Tt t h h ae e nt c s o lV m laa p rn oser has thrown into au air of touching sensi bility and tenderness. It was much applauded. The capital scene of the piece follows, in which Lablache essays a lesson of love-making; and the young lady in re turn undertakes to give him t 1 lesson of bon ton and credal Judaus ! to teach the Leviathan basso to trip the polka! Had the success of the opera been at all doubtful, this scene would at once have decided the public in its favour. The acting and singing of Mine. Sontag and Lableche were fairly matched, and the result was an ovation for both these great artistes. The finale of this act is conceived and written in a large and truly musician-like style, and was justly received with the loudest demonstrations of favour. [PRICE SD. foreign affairs, whom we not only feel to be the roost labo rious, painstaking, obliging, business matt in the kingdom (Laughter and cheers) —but one always ready to extend hospitality to us, not only in the town but out of the town — (Hear)—not only in season, but out of season.—(A laugh.) My Lord Mayor, I know where I am, and I know I have but two or three minutes, and I shall not take up more; but you have alluded to a subject of great importance. not only to this nation, but to all the world—the Great Exhi bition that is to take piece in a few days. lam one of those who believe that it was conceived in wisdom, that it has been carried out with energy and judgment, and that those men who conceive: it, and who have had the manage ment of it, will have done great honour to themselves, and when it shall have been finished, brought great glory to England.—(Cheers.) I believe it to be a beneficent, a peaceful measure, and, as one of the diplomatic corps, I have taken a deep interest in its success—( Hear, hear)—and I have not a doubt that peace, and quiet, and goodwill will reign in your borders for six months to come—(Cheers)— and that when the great number of foreigners that shall have come here shall have gone home they will carry none other than the kindliest feelings with them.—(Renewed cheers.) I am quite sure that nothing can exceed the great pains taken by the Royal Commission, the Executive Committee, and every body connected with the Exhibition to make it acceptable to all the world.--(Hear, hear.) I cannot sit down without saying that having had myself, as I believe every foreign Minister has, often to make application not only to the Go vepn ment but the public institutions and private associations, and even noblemen who have works of art and things worthy the attention of foreigners, I am gratified to find that those are all to be thrown open to the world. I believe the fo reigners who come here will receive every attention and con sideration this great nation is capable of bestowing; and, when it shall all have been done, I am quite sure there will be no man in England who will regret its having taken place, as there will be no foreigner who shall come here that will not carry away kinder teelings than when he came.—(Hear, hear.) I will not take up more of your time than to thank , you for giving me the opportunity of being present at this. anqnet to her Majesty's Ministers.—(Cheers, The LORD MAYOR then gave " The House of Lords," and associated with the toast the name of the Marquis of Abercorn. - - :', The Marquis of ABERCORN, in acknowledging the compli; ment, made a reference, which was much cheered, to the cir cumstance that the peerage had the privilege of continually recruiting its ranks from the princely merchants and other classes of the people. Lord J. RussEer. proposed the hearth of the Lord Mayor, observing that he believed there had been no Lord Mayor who had discharged the duties of his high office more to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens —(Cheers.) The righ: - , dis charge of those duties was of great importance to the metro polis; and it was of the utmost consequence to the Govern ment to have a Lord Mayor upon whose cordial co-opera tion they could at all times rely, and to whose judgment they could look for assistance in any emergency that might arise.— (Hear, hear.) The company rose to drink the toast, and followed it by a hearty cheer. The Loup MAYOR acknowledged the toast, and said it was his most earnest desire to discharge aright the duties of his office to promote the good of his fellow-citizens and earn their approbation.—(Cheers.) His Lordship then gave " The House of Commons and Lord Palmerston," to whom, he observed, the country was most deeply indebted for ser vices, not only in the Senate, but, he might say, throughout the world,—(Cheers.) Lord PAL - mans - row said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, Lied gentlemen, in the name of the House of Commons, I beg to return you our grateful thanks for the compliment, you have just: paid to that great and noble assembly. For myself, I most cordially and sincerely thank you for having done me the great honour of coupling my name with the Commons' House of Parliament; and I am still more indebted. my Lo d Mayor, to your kindness for the flattering, and I am sorry to say undeservedly flattering, terms in which you have been pleased to introduce this toast.—( Hear, hear. ) It is indeed natural that, on an occasion when you have assembled at your hospitable beard so many of the most distinguished men of the country—distinguished by services of every kind, both civil and military—at a time when you have also the presence of that most distin guished representative, as he has described himself, of the world—of the foreign world, but whom, from the sentiments he expresses, and trom the cordial intere. the takes in every thing which concerns the welfare of this country, as well as his own, we can hardly call the representative of foreign Ministers, for we may claim him almost as one of ourselves— (Cheers)—it is natural that on such an occasion your Lord ship should call to the remembrance of the assembled com pany that branch of our Legislature—the House of Commons. —(Hear.) For, my Lord, you who are at the head of this great metropolis of the world—you who at this moment re present to us the commercial princes of England, must feel the value of that legislation 'of which the House of Commons has been the iustrument.—(Cheers.) In vain would a coun try be possessed of inexhaustible resources- in vain would a nation boast of the intelligence of its people—of the enter prise, of the skill, and of the capital of its merchants, if its laws did not give freedom at home, and security for the enjoyment of the fruits of industry.—:(Hear, hear.) It is the dispensation of Providence that mankind should be divided into rich and poor—that the rich should be compare . In the third act we must notice a charming chorus in a staccato movement, "Nella Berra, " spiritedly sung and greatly epplauded; a comic duo between Lab lache and Ferranti, "I o i m b rog li one, " was simi larly honoured; a gr ace f u l solo, well sung b y Gar doi,i, and a briudi.i by the same singer, with a chorus, were likewise most favourably received. A striking sextuor, "I miei giuzi," is noticable for cora. menchble breadth of style, and as a finale, the polka air above-mentioned, rung as a rondo with variations by Mme. Sontag, in her own inimitable style. brings the opera triumphantly to its conclusion. Tho principal arii.,tes were all recalled at the fall of the curtain with the eompu.er. an honour which had been already thrice bestowed upon M. Alary during the representation.— Galignani. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on April 3:— ASSETS. Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 15,107,830 f. were received from the Branch Banks ... 45,872,125 14 Bills in the branch banks ... 77,492,505 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 1,337,200 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... ... 1,278,016 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 7,956,312 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 2,186,034 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds 42,557,246 28 Iniestments of the now.briakok banksiu the public funds ... ... 12,952,725 74 hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 8,617,794 0 Interest in National Discount Bank * 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks 230,000 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank 317,475 59 Ditto at the branches ... 301,704 0 Miscellaneous 2,274,049 2 f. 393,589,642 31 ... 146,000,580 0 204,680 63 tively few, and that the poor should be comparatively many ; but, though no human legislation can alter that arrange meat, it is in the power of our lawgivers so to legislate that the poor shall be protected from oppression by the rich, and that the rich shall be defended against violence from the poor.—.(Cheers.) That duty the Parlia ment of Englaad has amply and successfully performed, and hence it is that, while we have seen all the nations in Europe convulsed with disorder—while we have seen industry sus pended, commerce paralyzed, institutions civil and political overthrown—while we have seen fields that ought .to be trod only by the peaceful husbandman beat down by the trampling of the iron heel of armed legions—while we have seen them bathed with the blood of kindred though con flicting armies—the people of this country have exhibited an example of tranquillity, of order, and obedience to the laws, which, so long as the history of these times shall endure, will command the admiration of mankind.—(Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, having thus performed my duty in thank ing you for the toast which you have proposed, and for the honour which you have done me, perhaps you will permit me to travel somewhat further, but still I trust not depart. ing from the character in which you have called upon me to stand. For though the House of Commons is intent upon ' sterner duties, that House is not insensible to the respect which is due to the fairer portion of creation— (Laughter and cheers)--and I hold myself, therefore, to be not a less faith ful representative of the House of Commons, when I invite this assembled company to drink " Health and happiness to my Lady Mayoress." The toast, which was very much applauded, was acknow ledged by the Lord Mayor." The next toast was " The English Bar." The ATTORNEY- GENERAL, in returning thanks, regretted that the task had not devolved upon his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General (Mr. Page Wood), who had an hereditary distinction there—(Cheers)—whose value as a colleague he cordially appreciated—( Hear, hear}-and whese advance ment to his present position must be a great satisfaction to the citizens of London.—(llear, hear.) He would add, that to have their approbation must always be matter of pride and gratification to the bar.—( Hear ' hear.) The toasts of " The Members for the City," " The Magis trates of the City," " The Pecorder," and " The Sheriffs," followed. The company then broke up." f. 852,368,08& 31 o .18,267.] LONDON, THURSDAY ;-' E ~ 4 4 , "q 4 rY 9 APRIL 10, 1851. 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE Hon. MRS. NORTON'S NEW WORK, ." STUART OF DUNLEATU," A Scottish Story of the Present Time, Will le ready in a few days at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. AISo just ready, 11. CALEB FIELD. A Tale. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the a.nutosay, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and fanctians, and the various injuries that era produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hanterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., Ste. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired is youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Titchhome-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Comhill, or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, ten till two. and from six till eight RAILWAY INTELLGENCE. GREAT WESTERN AND SOUTEI WALES RAIL- WAY COMPANIES. The following is the official epitome of agreement for Lease between the Great Western Railway Company and the South Wales Railway Company. It is in substance the wee as that given by us a few days since:— " The South Wales Company agree to let, and the Great Western Company to take on lease, the under taking of the said South Wales Company, as described herein, for 999, years. " The South Wales Company are to complete the said railway, with all necessary works and conveni ences, from Grange Court to Ceermarthen, from thence to Haverfordwest, and also, when Parliamentary powers shall be obtained, to Milford Haven. " When the line is opened from Grange Court to Swansea toe agreement is to take effect on that portion, including the I3ullo Pill Tramway, and successively on the other portions as and when completed. " The board of each company to appoint five directors to form a joint committee for working and managing the traffic and otherwise arranging for and in respect of the line to Milford Haven. " The Great Western Railway. Company are to find the necessary rolling and working stock for the full and efficient working of the line. • " Oat of the gross receipts allowance is to to be made for the working expenses and other usual and proper deductions. A sum is also to be applied out of the earn ings of the line sufficient to defray the interest upon the debenture debt of the company, not exceeding 500,0001., when the line is opened between Grange Court and Swansea; 700,000/. when opened to Caerniar then; andieooo,ooo/. when opened tu Milford Raven. " After thee, deductions thee-issorib be...sAid,..by the Great Western Railway Company is to be as followste-- " For the line between Grange Court and Swantea, 0,5001. per annum. " For the line between Grange Court and Oaermar then, 38,500/. per annum. " For the line between Grange Court and Milford Haven, 46,000/. per annum.' " In addition to such rent the South Wales Company are to receive two-thirds of the net profits of the line, the remaining one-third being received by the Great Western Company in consideration of the fixed sums so to be paid by them. ".The South Wales Railway Company are to apply to Parliament for power to extend the line to Milford Haven, and the Great Western Railway Company are to support and afford every assistance to such applica tion. " The South Wales Company are to provide the re quisite e ccomodation for the traffic, and if additional accommodaticn be required within or at the expiration of four years, the South Wales Railway Company are to provide the same, but afterwards any further accom modation •which may become necessary is to be provided at the expense of the two companies in the proportion in which they are interested in the receipts. " The improvements of the Bullo Pill Tramway and the line to the shipping port at Swansea, together with the junctions with the Taff Vale and Western Valleys railways, if the two latter shall be authorised by Parlia ment, are to be completed and included in the lease. " The South Wales Railway Company to retain its interest in the Vale of Neath, and all other undertakings, and in its surplus lands. " The South Wales Railway Company aro not to create, without the consent of the Great Western Rail. way Company, any preference shares or stocks. " The agreement to be submitted to special general meetings of both companies, and when legally ratified by the proprietors, all existing agreements between the oompanies to be put an end to. "The lease to contain the usual covenants, together with a general arbitration clause." Audax, Spanish ship, March 4, in lat 22 N., long. 36 W. James Campbell, March 19, in lat. 48 N., long. 19 W. Wyoming. from Liverpool for Philadelphia, March 12, in lat. 41, long. 69. Margaret, of Portland, from Liverppol, yid Cadiz for NOV York, March 11, in lat. 30, long. 68. Kate Hunter, from Mobile for Havre, March 13, in lat. 37, long 50. Elizabeth Hamilton, from Mobile for Havre, March 16, in lat. 38, long. 73. Perthshire, of Glasgow, for Halifax, March SO, in lat. 49, long. 20. Spartacus, from Odessa for Falmouth, March 21, 39 miles N. E. of Galita. France, from Martinique for Marseilles. off Barcelona. Crisis. Dec. 20, in lat. 7 S., long. 105 E. Argo (with passengers), April 2, in lat 50 N., long. 12 W. Sophia, from Limerick for St, John's, New Brunswick, March _ _ 31, in lat. 48 N., long. 11 Merchant schooner, from Cadiz for Buenos Ayres, March 6, in lat. 1 N., long. 24 W. John Bull, off the Cape of Good Hope. Valparaiso, from' Canton for New York, in the Straits of Sunda. Margaret whaler, out 20 months, with 1,300 barrels of sperm, Dec. 9, in lat. 8 S., long. 115 E. Alveratone, from London for Shanghai, Jan. 3, in lat. 16 S., long. 107 'E. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. RELIEF OF THE HONEWARD-BOUND.—The Admiralty have ordered her Majesty's screw-ship Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougall, to proceed from Cork to the chops of the Channel to supply the homeward-bound merchantmen with provisions and water, detained from proceeding up Channel by adverse winds. We have great pleasure in announcing that Mr. James W. Armstrong, master of 1845, has been re-appointed master attendant of the Royal William victualling yard, Stonehouso, for a further period of four year&._ Mr. Wells, the son of an old and neglected lieutenant of the navy, has been appointed a master's assistant to the Tra falgar. Such preferment reflects the greatest credit on the Admiralty. Greenock screw steam-ship will sail from Devonport for Woolwich, on Thursday next .(this day), in charge of Mr. Brown, second master-attendant, when her capabilities will be further tested. Retribution, 28. steam-frigate, Captain Warden, refitting at Devonport, will be ready for sea on the 23d instant, and is ordered to be ready to proceed to Lisbon on the 26th, to rejoin Commodore Martin's squadron. BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. Last night the Lord Mayor received her Majesty's Minis ters, and a number of ladies and gentlemen invited to meet them, at dinner at the Mansion-house, where arrangements for the occasion had been made, such as to indicate the chief magistrate's high consideration for so distinguished a party. The company included Lord and Lady John Russell, the Hon. Miss Elizabeth Lister, the Countess of Minto, Sir Geo. and Lady Grey, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, the Earl and Countess of Mu!grave, the Marquis of Abercorn, Viscount and Viscountess Me!gund, the Earl and Countess of Effingham, Lord Broughton and Miss Hob house, ;Lord Overstonc, the American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, M. de Marescalchi (French Chargé d'Affaires), the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lady Heslop and Miss Elliott, Admiral Berkeley and Lady Char lotte Berkeley, Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, Sir Jobn Hers chel!, Lady Gifford, Count R. Reventlow, the Right Hon. Sir William Somerville, M.P., the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord Geo. Lennox, the lion. J. E. Elliot and Mrs. Elliot, the Right Honourable W. G. Hayter and Mrs. Hayter, Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Sir Thomas and Lady Fre mantle, Sir Edward and Lady Buxton, Sir William and Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. and Miss Fitzpatrick, Sir De Lacy and Lady Evans, Sir W. Gibson and Lady Craig, Major-General Sir William Morison, Mr. end Mrs. Raikes Currie, the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Sir John Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Townley, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Vivian, Sir H. Verney, Bart., Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin, Lady Macnaghten, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Sir F. Colebrooke, Sir J. Hanmer, Sir J. Duke, and Mrs. Hill, Sir It. Price, Bart., M.P., Sir James and Lady Eyre, Mr. Bellew, M.P., Ms. Mas terman, M.P. . the Right Hon. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, Mr. W. Cubitt, Mr. Alderman Hudson (Dublin), Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman and Miss Farebrother, Mr. Alclerm&n Cope ' land, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. them phery, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Hooper, Mr. Alderman Farncomb, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Hunter and Mrs. Hunter, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Challis, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Sidney, Mr. Alderman Moon, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Salomons, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Finnis, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Alderman and Sheaf Carden and Mrs. Carden, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Wire, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Hodgkinson, Mr. Commissioner Mayne, Mr. Commissioner Harvey, Mr. W. Marshall, M.P., Mr. E. K. Tenison, Mr. Parker, M.P., Mr. R. W. Grey. M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, MP., Mr. Rich, M.P., Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P.. Mr. William Brown, M.P., Mr. James Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Robert Hanbury, Mr. Peter Borthwick, and a number of gentlemen connected with the Corporation of the City. The banquet, which was provided under the superintend ence of Messrs. Ring and Brymer, was served in the Egyptian Hall. Covers were laid for above 200. There was a splendid display of plate, among which was the celebrated cup and cover presented to the Clothworkers' Company, in the reign of Charles 11., by Sir Samuel Pepys, then master, and of which company tha Lord Mayor is a member. Grace was said by the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the Lord Mayor's chaplain. The band of the Coldstream Guards, which was stationed in the gallery, played various marches during dinner, and performed the thanksgiving afterwards. The vocal depart ment was under the direction of Mi. Lockey. The loving cup was sent round, Mr. Harker, the toast master, proclaiming " the hearty welcome." The LORD MAYOR, in giving the first toast, claimed for the citizens of London that they were always conspicuous for their unfeigned loyalty to the Crown and attachment to the throne and person of the Sovereign—(Cheers)—and sub mitted that the times calved for a demonstration of that loyalty.—(Renewed cheers.) His Lordship gave " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen; long may she live, to reign over a happy, a free, and united people." Th-i toast was enthusiastically applauded; and, when it had been duly honoured, the National Anthem was sung. The Loan MAYOR then gave the second toast, prefacing it with the observation that Prices Albert, the beloved con sort of our Queen, had always manifested a desire to advance the best interests of the people of this country.—(Cheers.) In the arduous dety he had undertaken with reference to the approaching Exhibition he m ght depend on the cordial co operation and support of the people.—(Hear, bear.) His desire had been, and doubtless would al ways be, to promote peace and good will, not only in this country, but through out the whole world—(l.l ear, hear)—and he (the Lord Mayor)—was satisfied tkat the effort which was being made would be crowned with success.—(Cheers.) He gave " His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the other branches of the Royal Family." The toast was very much cheered. The LORD DIAYOU next gave " the Army and Navy ;" a toast which was also well received. General Sir DE L. Ev.teis and Admiral BERKELEY pre sented the acknowledgments of the two services. Miss Poole then sang " The Spirit of Good." The LORD MAYOR again rose, and said it could hardly be necessary for him to state that this was not a political meet ing— (Hear, hear)—but it was one of the distinguished pri vileges of the chief magistrate of London to have the honour of entertaining her Majesty's Ministers (Hear, hear) - and in availing himself of that privilege he could assure her Ma jesty's Government that they were never entertained in that hall with a more hearty welcome.—(Cheers.) He was one of those who thought it was the duty of good subjects to obey to a proper extent "the powers that be," and to co operate with them in promoting the public good—(Hear, hear )—and he felt that the country was deeply indebted to -her Majesty's Government at this time.—(Hear, hear;) He believed they were actuated by the purest motives—(lmi-, hear)—and by the most anxious desire to promote the best interests of this mighty empire (Hear, hear)—and he felt it a great honour to have the opportunity of proposing as a toast, " Her Majesty's Ministers," associating with that toast the name of the Noble Lord, one of the members for that great city—Lord John Russell.—(Much cheering.) The toast was drunk by the company standing, and amidst much applause. Lord J. RUSSELL, on rising, was received with much cheering, which was several times renewed. When the ap plause had subsided he spoke as follows My Lord Mayor, I rise to return to your Lordship and to this company our most grateful thanks for the honour you have done us, as Ministers, in proposing our healths this day. I beg to assure you that I feel it is a great relief, as you have justly ob served, that we are not here to speak of any political ques tions; and 1 feel, therefore, that I am not at liberty to enter into any of those political discussions upon which there may prevail in this company differences of opinion.— (Cheers.) But, my Lord, you have observed, and it is all I wish to say on this occasion, that you believe we are sin cerely actuated by a desire to promote the welfare of this country—(Cheers)—and I trust I may be allowed to add that, as representative of this City likewise, it has been my wish always to promote the welfare of the community—and even if, at times, I may have differed from the wishes of this great orporation, I trust they mill still give me credit for being actuated by a sense of public duty.—(Loud cheers.) And now 1 might content myself with having returned thanks for the honour you have done us, were it not that this day recals to my mind the con dition in which we were placed three years ago. We can all recollect, on the evening previous to that 10th of April, what were the doubts, the misgivings, the fears that there might be some violation of the public peace—fears, even, that there mfght be loss of life on the ensuing day. But, my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, on the evening of the en suing day we found ourselves perfectly safe ; and safe, not I es ill venture to say, on account of the armed force that was in this metropolis—although the armed force, the small armed force that was in London would, no doubt, have done its duty if there had been occasion for it—but because the people themselves rose—(Cheers) —they rose, not to cause, but to prevent riot and disturbance; they rose to maintain, and not to subvert the institutions of the country.—(Loud cheers.) I trust that on any similar occasion the same spirit will be evinced; and that, knowing the benefits we enjoy under this free Government, we shall be ready to defend those benefits, and to transmit the institutions we prize to our posterity.—(Renewed cheers.) We are about to have in this country large numbers of foreigners assem bled to see what, I trust, may prove one of the most inte resting sights that the world ever beheld. It has been rumoured, and your respected Recorder has mentioned that rumour elsewhere, that advantage would be taken by some of those who will come to visit this country to disturb our internal peace; but I feel confident that that peace will be preserved, not only by the strong arm of law and of justice, but because I feel that any who, on such an cccasion, being our guests in this City, should attempt to disturb that peace, would be condemned by the universal voice of mankind as guilty of the basest violation of the sacred laws of hos pitality.—(Great cheering.) I trust, therefore, that those who may visit this country, never having had occasion to be in England before, will see with admiration the extent of our trade and commerce, that they will see a thriving popu lation, and that they will have reason to be convinced that there must be something excellent in the laws, something excellent in the spirit, something excellent in the traditions of that people which exhibits such a spectacle. In this City I am sure they will meet with a cordial reception, and I have no doubt they will have reason to be grateful for the splendid hospitality which is ever exhibited here.—(Cheers.) I trust that when that event is over we may all congratulate our selves not only on the exhibition of the productions of art and industry, but that so many people of so many different nations, whether of Europe, or of our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic, meeting in this great metropolis, may have tended, by the interchange of friendly sentiments,tnae of the to rsts place on a still more secure fo unda t ion than upon that greatest of hum an blessings—the pe world.—(Much cheering.) The LORD MAYOR, iu proposing the next toast said he had to regret the absence of several of the representatives of foreign Powers from " unavo id a ble causes , but be had the pleasure of being able to associate with the toast of " The Foreign Ministers" the name of an esteemed and excellent friend, if he would allow himself so to be called—Me. Law rence, the American Minister. The toast was extremely well received. His Excellency the AMERICAN who was wel comed with loud cheers, said, I am sure your Lordship ex • p r essed feelings which must be c ommon to this distinguished company w hen you avowed you r regret iu nothlayvingmoreo the diplomatic corps p resent this evening. disappoint ment is beyond anything I can of tnexplserpoeolslsse.iatigoalnelsiaandne and e rwicipated the pleasure of meeting •P'ay b • inydl know others, no causes.—(Hear, hear.) lam some of them are detained. doubt, from equally sufficientyca.us,ea— here not only as the representative of my own country, but as the representative of the world — (Laughter and cheers.) I see not a for ei g n Minister, but I see the able representa tive of a foreign Minister here. I wish it were otherwise. --(Hear, hear.) But, toy Lord Mayor, I have great plea my acknowledgments, not only on my own su re in making account, but on account of my colleagues, for the great honour you have done us in affording us an opportunity of being p r esent this evening at thi s b anquet, g i ven to her Majesty's Ministers, and giving me occasion to bear my testimony—and I em sure I express the sentiments of the whole diplomatic corps —to the great kindness which has always been, as far as I know, extended by her Majesty's Ministers to the whole corps diplomatique in London.— (Hear, hear.) You know as well as I that much depends upon first impressions when a foreigner comes here to repre sent his country; and I can assure you that the impressions made by her Majesty's Ministers, from the First Lord of the Treasury through the Cabinet, have left none other than the kindest associations on the part of the diplomatic corps as connected with those Ministers—( Hear, hear)—more espe cially I Should name the Noble Viscount at the head of CAPITAL--500.0001. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society a ffords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospecti"e advantages that can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab' e the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an ilT.lTlediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount ef the paid .in anal Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of Ih a Policy, bat by simple endorsement thereon ;or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Polic y. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual p ayments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may lac renewed without flne,. lin proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without inter; :St. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered an d acknowledged , so as to make them available as securities ',in the hands of third parties. Ns Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond ft ie Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society ii em Premiums Is 63,0001.; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801. ; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. es. 6d. At the . last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses dee Eared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. r in their Premiums is cash, or .a reversionary addition to the origin& I stun assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. • Perma- Annual Policy Bonus In nent Re- Age., g . E Pro- taken additiol Born Xln duetion of . V,, mium. out in to Sum CAE h Annual -o Assured. Premium. --- - --' 1 X s. 4. X 8 d. X s. d. r 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1I 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 45. d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 811 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 1644 77 19 2 38 15 110 5 9 11 L 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 9. STOOK EXCHANGL—The share market was buoyant to-day, but shares remained nearly at former value. The transactions were as follow :—Bristol and Exeter, 82(—Midland, 60 3 % Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 1 South-Eastern and Dover, 26%. LIVERPOOL, ArmL.9.. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The share market was very quiet to-day ; the business done has been limited, without any mate rial alteration 'n prices. MANCHESTER, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCITANGZ.—The market has been heavy to -day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, $ 1 ,4 dis.—Caledonian 13 7-16—East Lancashire, 1 6 % —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58 Lk—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 Ditto, 101. Preference, 12—North British, 9%—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%'York and North Midland, 26%. BIRMINGHAM, Arum 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), Si. Bs. 9d. dis.—South Stafrorshire, 3 dis. SHIP NEWS. MALDON, APRIL 7.—The barque Maria Elizabeth, of Christiansand, got ashore this morning on Shoeburg North Sand, but was towed off in the afternoon, after discharging part of her cargo into a barge, and proceeded for London. ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 31.—The weather has become warmer here, and it aeems probable that the navigation will open rather before the average date. PARIS, APRIL 7.—The Amazone, from Penerf for Nantes, struck on the rocks of La Manche, April 2, and sank; crew saved. GunvzsEwD, APRIL 9.—Wind N., light, hazy. Arrd. Columbine, from Ostend ; Batavia, from Rotterdam ; Wilhelmine, from Ranters; Albion, from Boulogne; Alpha, from Leer; Gods Moder and Winterin, from Norway; Cleopatra, from Dundee; William, from Leer. Sld. Sarnia, for Guernsey; Gemini, for Pillau ; Horeb, for Rotterdam; Marseille, for the Baltic; Carl :Johan, for Swe den; Agenoria, for Riga; Gerlino, for Denmark; Triton, for Ostend ; Ocean and Magnet, for Rotterdam ; Zenobia and Richard Cobden, for Philadelphia; Elizabeth, for Quebec; City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk ; Siene, for Boulogne ; Diana and Roscommon, for Harlingen; Siren, for Newfoundland; Leonida and Brenda, for Shields; John Bull, for Hamburgh ; John Henry, for New York; Labuan, for New Zealand; Caroline Alice, for Stettin; Ananimo, for Genoa; Dudbrook, for Sydney. VESSELS SPOKEN Waif. Otterspool, from Liverpool for Calcutta, Feb. 27, in lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. Triumph brig, from Lisbon for California, March 2, in hit 3 N., long. 22 W. Hendrik, Dutch barque, Jan. 6, standing to the southward, in lat. 4 N., long. 21 W. Diadem, from London for tke Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 11, off Robin Island. Lady Valiant, from Mauritius for London, March 11, in lat. 7 V., long. 32 W. Plymouth Rock, bound west, April 1, in lat. 50 N. long. 15 W. Adelaide Metcalf, for New York, March 29, in lat. 46 N., long. 21 %V. Margaret and Ann, from Newcastle, April 3, off Dungarvon. Albion, bound west, April 4, off Saltees. Rockliffe, from Shields for Calcutta, Jan. 30, in lat. 17 S., long. 32 W. Penelope, from Liverpool, March 7, in lat. 25 N., long. 37 W. Caspar barque, from Liverpool for California, Feb. 19, in long. 21 W. Roanoke, American barque. and the Equator ochooner, Feb. 22, in lat. 5 N., long 26 W. ARRIVALS FOR THE EXHIBITION. " The arrivals of goods," says a correspondent of the Weekly News, "both British and foreign, have been unceas ing, and the Kensington-road has daily presented a scene which must have been particularly offensive to the far famed Rotten-row interest,' and therefore correspondingly gratifying to all the friends of the Exhibition. ' From early morn till dewy eve,' heavily-freighted waggons, carts, vans, and conveyances of all descriptions, on many of which 'Pickford'— a name which will assuredly bo carried to the remotest posterity - was conspicuously emblazoned, might be seen in one continuous array, frequently extending from Sloane-street to considerably beyond whilome Gore House, now the 'Symposium of all Nations': ! the addresses on some of the huge-packing cases exciting the risible faculties of many of the by-goers, and making us sigh involuntarily for the native well of English undefiled,'—a' well' which some of our exhibitors seem most pertinaciously determined to 'let alone,' no less in their addresses than in their cata logue descriptions and epistolary commun i ca ti o ns to the om niscient Digby Wyatt. Even our pr overbial gravity I; was well nigh upset as we watched the movements of a bucolic looking looking old gentleman, in very prononce to p hoots, and with spectacles on nose,' near the'linigbtsbridge Barracks, fairly shaking his portly sides, at a label on a mammoth packing case, which he was convulsively endeavouring to decipher. Remembering the example of our illustrious prototype, M r. Pickwick, we proceeded, after ejaculating 'G o d b less our soul, what a remarkable fact to take out our note-book, and to transcribe therein for the fatut delectation of our readers, verbatim et literatim, the address which had thus tickled our rural friead. It bore the most unmistakeable evidence of being the production of nos voisins d'ontre Manche, and ran as follows :- -_____ SIR VYAT AND SIR FOX ENDERSON, GRATE EXPOSITION GLACE. SOFTLY. TO BE POSED UPRIGHT. PARK OF HIDE, AT LONDON. -- - -- - -- - I MAnCEI, ISLE or ELY.--An extraordinary case has just occurred at this place, whereby three women have nearly lost their lives, and one is actually dead. It would appear that Mr. Edward Miller, a brewer and malister, had ascertained that two of his maid servants had been pilfering his flour, and told them of it, but agreed, on their promising better behaviour for the future, to look over the offence; and continue them in his service. This charge was laid by Mr. Miller on Monday, and on Tues day morning Mr. Miller's two servants were missing, and also a third in' the employ of Mrs. Jones (Mr. Miller's sister), who lived next door to Mr. Miller. Nothing was heard of them until dark on Tuesday evening, when it was ascertained that one of Mr. Miller's servants had died I ( ,a b e e i r c body being discovered under a hedge in a field at of the town). This lass had been observed about twirl' but on Tuesday lying under a straw stack, apparentlytiPp: she there is no doubt from what has since transpired l Ena' o e 'elock The other was then suff ring from the effects of laudautii h i o . use cont two girls were searched for and found in ous to Mr. Miller's back premises, sufferingaf on] the effects of strong doses of laudanum. They were w atched and a P t e4s the of at tended during Tuesday night, andthetree are now t h h o their recovery. It will be proved at h three girls bought three separate four. penT:worths of lauda num at three different druggists' shops onluesd ay, and that they all agreed to end their existence under together. It w ou ld seem that the three- went and lay . a hedge in the fields together, but that the t wo survivors, who are now in a very ithanAn the inquest is precarious state, had takenmoretlhaenidradnousmes. unfor tunate deceased, and bad voided to be held, at which there sno doubt that the full particu lars will come out. CURE OF Hoornso.cormr.—There is a supersti tion in Cheshire that hooping-cough may be cured by hold ing a toad for a few moments with its head within the mouth of the person affected. I heard only the other day of a cure by this somewhat disagreeable process ; the toad was said to - have c aught the disease, which in this iastance proved fatal tc. 4:113 a few hours.—Notes and Queries. .0 ;1 APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, APRIL 9.—Lieutenant Arthur Wilmshurst (1845) to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth. In the list of names of the officers at the levees held at the Admiralty yesterday. for Vice-Admiral Thomas Browne, read Vice-Admiral Thomas Brown. The Rattler steam-vessel, Commander Arthur Cumming, is ordered to be paid off here on Tuesday next. The Birkenhead steam-troop-ship, Master-Commander Robert Sahnond, embarked the four companies of Royal Ar tillery for Halifax and Canada this morning, and it is satis factory to know that the whole of the wives and children of about 400 non-commissioned officers and men have been permitted to go on board and accompany their husbands to their destinations, on condition that they pay for their own rations, which will be supplied to them at the rate of about 3d. each per day. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The last week has witnessed a great improvement in the public health. The deaths in the metropolitan districts, which had ranged above 1,400 in the last three weeks of March, fell in the week ending last Saturday to 1,059. But this is still a high rate of mortality, not only as compared with what prevails in uuntry districts, under conditions more favourable to health, but also with that which the population of London usually suffer at this period of the year. In none of the ten corresponding weeks of 1841-50, w;th the exception of that of 1850, did the number of deaths exceed 1,028, while the average of these weeks was 946, which, if a correction be made for increase of popu lation will become 1,03'. Compared with the latter esti mated result, the deaths registered last week show an in crease of twenty-seven. A decrease in the mortality from complaints which have lately been prevalent is now perceptible. The zymotic or epidemic class of diseases, which comprises booping-cough and influenza, with nineteen other forms of malady, has de clined from 245 deaths, whicla, it numbered in the previous week, to 180 in the last; the class of diseases of the respi ratory organs, from 272 in the preceding week to 220 in the present return. The tubercular class, which includes scro fJa, tabes mesenterica, phthisis or consumption, and hydroce phalus, has remained nearly the same in the two weeks; while complaints of the digestive organs show precisely the same amount. Last week 95 persons died of bronchitis, 81 of pneumonia, 24 of asthma, only the first of these diseases showing more than the usual fatality ;- 59 children died of hooping-cough, which is more than the average of corresponding weeks. The cases in which the fatal cause is specified as influenza have now sensibly decreased ; the number in this return is 23. The progress and decline of influenza during the last six weeks may be traced in the deaths registered, which were successively 8,15. 38, 65, 37, and 23. The fatal effects of " diseases of the respiratory organs" (phthisis not being in cluded in this category) may also be traced during the same period in the following weekly numbers :-281, 321,352, 3to, 272, and 220. Small-pox has further declined, and last week the deaths of only 7 alldren and two adults are ascribed to it; measles also exhibits a more favourable 1 - ..ault ; anC, only 6 fatal cases of scarlatina are recorded. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK . SUNDAY.—The amount of cloud was very variable throughout the day; there were frequent showers of hail and rain. MoNDAT.—The sky was overcast till 7h. r.M., and the amount of cloud was variable afterwards; cirrostratus. TUESDAY.—The sky was for the most part covered with cloud till near noon ; then till the evening about one-third part was covered, and it was overcast at night. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day. Rain fell occasionally. THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast till 4h. P.M., and three-fourths were mostly covered afterwards. FRIDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered with cumuli, cumulostrati, cirrostrati, and scud throughout the day. SATURDAY.— The sky was mostly covered with cloud throughout the day; at times large portions of the sky were free from cloud. A cold day. ELECTRICITY.—ApriI ld.3h.—positive, and tension strong. April 2d—positive, and tension strong throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M was 47.7° ; and the mean reading at 9h. WAS 4t.3°; ate mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 41.8 Q, and 42.3 0 respectively. The direction of the wind varied from S.W. and W. to N. during the first four days, and was chiefly N.B. daring the three remaining days. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.41 in. at the beginning of the week to 30.03 in. by noon on April Ist ; decreased to 29'02 in. by 9 A u. on the 3d ; increased to .'3O 03 in. by 9h. r. at. on the same day ; decreased to 29.86 in. by noon on the sth ; and increased to 29 . 93 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1651. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ..."'lBO Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 47 Tubercular Diseases •.• ••• ••• ••• 207 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 123 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 35 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 220 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 65 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c, •• ••• ••• 13 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sze. ... 3 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 4 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ▪•• ••• Atrophy Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intem• perance Causes not specified ... ... 33 ... 42 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES • 1,049 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, spending week In the 1841. of 1850. Week. West Districts... 301,189 .. 182 ... 151 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 210 ... 226 Central Districts 374,199 ... 187 ... 195 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 224 ... 214 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 321 ... 273 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,124 Males ... ... ... ... Females ... ... ... ... 1:059 ~ '571 479 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... Females ... ... SOS ... 752 Total ... ...1,560 *ln this number are included 6 by Scarlatina, 32 by Typhus Fever, and 11 by Diarrhoea. A GREAT Discovtay.—We saw, some weeks ago, in a Pennsylvania paper an announcement that a motive power had been discovered to supersede the use of steam. It is said that some facts have recently come to light which entitle the statement to credit. Professor Salomon, of liar- rodsburgh, Kentucky, has successfully applied the power of carbonic acid gas as a substitute for steam in propelling en ginery for every purpose. The power of this gas has long been known to chemists, but their inability to regulate and govern it has prevented its use as a propelling agent. Pro fessor Salomon claims to be able to control it with perfect safety, and asserts that it will afford a power equal to steam in one-fiftieth of the space, and one-hundredth part of the expense with both furnace and boilers. Experiments have recently been made in Cincinnati, which are said to be en tirely satisfactory.— Nashville (United States) Banner. BARNET CATTLE FAIR, LAST DAY.—This impor tant cattle fair terminated yesterday, and upon the whole greatly to the satisfaction of a large class of salesmen, who succeeded in disposing of nearly all their live stock, if not at high, nevertheless at remunerating prices. This fair is held chiefly for the sale of young beasts to be laid dawn in the grazing counties throughout England for future conditioned purposes, when they are transferred into the several markets both in London and the provinces. There was a current call during the last of the fair for Welch and Irish steers and heifers, and only a few were left unsold; milking and down calving cows maintained high prices throughout the fair; young horses were never known to be dearer, and were all sold; small ponies were in request, and fully maintained the first day's prices. LIAtILLITIE3. Capital ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 deserve-iminobiliere „ 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 426,775,600 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 97,789,025 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 6,032,166 59 Account-current with Treasury creditor 89,145,546 13 Various accounts current ... 82,771,68 t 18 Ditto in branches 27,766,124 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... 5,941,000 0 Ditto at branches ... 2,300,871 0 Dividends payable 417,583 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... 137,390 83 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,620,764 89 Ditto of branch banks ... ••• ... 1,125,792 650 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,7r3 0 Ditto in branch banks .. •-• 287,67 597174 37 Interest on pretested bills 4514 Iliscellancous ~ 9 8 78 f. 852,368,086 81 Certified by the Governor of the Bonk of,Fr ARGOUT ance, D . It appears by the preceding account that the cash i n hand has increased by 5,000t000f. The commercial bills dimounted have increased by 1,75u,000f. Th e B an k notes in circulatio n hay!, increased by 6 ' 000 'ooo f . The balance to t he credit of the Treasury has de creased by 4,000,000 f. Sundry credits have increased by 5,750,000 f. - THE ADVENTURES OF A TRUMPETER. A student in one of the academies in France Was spee ding his vacation at the house of one of his rela tions, whom we will call Madame T—. She was a very captivating woman—beautiful, witty, and, withal, a widow. At the close of a pleasant autumnal evening, this young man and his cousin, for zo Madame T. was, re turned to her mansion after a long and probably very pleasant walk. It happened that during the absence of the lady of the house, the cook had invited a relation of hers, who was it trumpeter in the hussars, and besides, fond of good living, never refu s i ng a c h ance a t a goo d mea l t o spen d .ore, sociable hour with her. Our couple were, therefore, ... taken by surprise at the r e t urn o f ma d ame , eapeel " 7 there was but one way of exit from the ke . as t fi i • at l sii : cook, therefore, as geickly as possible, hid 1 1 only tro uble a was, could which might expose them;and after what to do with the unfortunate thetrumpeer; she advised finding every closet and cupboard too sm al l , ~ __ emed him to hide under the bed of Madame T. which ml bade to be the only safe place of refuge. Madame T. soon retired to her room afterh aving goodnight to her cousin, and was just putting on her " robe de nuit," when s he beheld, upon su dd en l y °p en his knees—i n t h e same turning round, our student position that Jean Jacques made his Silent d ec l arat i on to Madame, Basile. t ,, exclaimed Madame T perfectly '. Good Heavens. . ,, astonished, " what, in, are you doing here? Go c ousin, what would be said if it were known away immediately; y , , in casinoat chamber this hour? Consider that you were d my own." your situation an sin," replied the student, almost, if not "My dear.eou_ ~ entirely, beside himself, I cannot help loving you, and no human power can force me hence—oven till the last 11 Shall sou nd. trurn A p oeso A wores car trumpeter, with some considerable effort to be sure, put his iestrement to his mouth and t , ou ncled the eharge— Terra, la, ta, ta, ta, ta, to Madame T. icreareed, the student fled, and in the midst of the general confusion the trumpeter reached his post, from which he bad had leave cf absence fora short time. The affair however, soon became known t 0 1 the officers; and th ' e next day, as Mons. ]L colonel his i 1 the Hussars, was amusing the ladies, during one o quested morning visits, with his many stories, a frien d ~_, so. him to relato the adventure and the mislasp;! he did Tell us the names! tell us the name s!" exclaimed the ladies in a breath, being desirou s to obtain any new piece of scandal. e lied the colonel, "I am but ~ u pon my wor d, ladies,'' would have given the I entirely ignorant of them; world to have seen the face o f the lady at the moment; it must have presented a very r idi c ulous appearance." " Not half so ridiculous a s the student's did," replied a soft female voice. . e with what shouts of laughter . One can hardly imagine of Madame T. was received, this involuntary "nfess rself to be the heroine of " The ' thus acknowleAginz hi Herald. Last Trump."—Fan".____l_____,_---.._ ---____:--- FOREIGN Icu.—Numerous and extensive importa tion cf ice from the north of Europe have taken place at the me t ro polis within these last three or four days, comprising no less than ei g hteen ships, with entire cargoes of the ar ticle, a circumstance quite unprecedented. i