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' - ,-- ,!--(___------ _f-e . - i yi, ‘. - L. iII s i , , k ...---_-- her it 1. 1 / 4 . r-->4 - 4r 1 - 7-z , 71 , .-- ---- 447** -17 r.: 176T1 - 7 : : -; ::: .c s.—The Magicienne tries ----.- ,:, ' ~u ,.- , oolwich on the 30th ult., . tr: ' , .-.,. , s, % vten is being taken out, and as Om -' r-----,:-:fA . to will be hauled in, and will s , -----1.--J r .-„N ..zd for sea. . 5 . 4 ot, ,i i .-..- A , ... ~ 60 guns, in dock, is progressing with internal fittings ; it will be impossible'for the ship to be ready in May next, as required, the vessel being a mere shell. According to competent judges she cannot be ready for sea before the middle of June. The Rochester naval lighter, Sudweeks master, sailed on the 4th instant, with stores, for Pembroke. Mr. Archibald Wyndyer, the deputy.storekeeper of the Ordnance, will leave here for Plymouth on Satur day next, the situation here being abolished. The Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment (East Suf. folk) for garrison duty.—The Ist division arrived 05 the 3d inst., and the 2d division on thel+h, and this afternoon the , remaining part enters Chatham Bar. racks, from Weedon ; the strength of the battalion la about 700. CONTRACT for WINE, SOAP, RICE, and Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Soinerset-place„ April 4, High firthheelleritedralfeners tor executing the i.flice of Lord High Admiral kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give noticewill I: that on THIMiDAT, tho 11th Instant, at One O'clock, they Contract readyf oV Sk tiyp t p otr in e g at with such persons as Ynay be 'willing to and delivering into her Ma'esty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.:— WIN E Gallons. - Wu EN TO nu DrLivEurin. (White strong bodied).. 5,000 Half of each In three • Tons. weeks, and the Remainder gOA) RI • • •• . ' 30 in three weeks afterwards. CE P (M o ttl ed White) .. 20 Half of each in a fortnight, PE Quarters. and the Remainder in a At,S 1% "•' " 500 fortnight afterwards. ine and Rice' to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. Samples of the Wine (not less than two bottles), of the Soap (not less than a bar), of the Rice (not less than two pounds), and of the Peas (nit less than two quarts), must be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will he received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, for any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. and those for Wine and Rice must be accompanied by a letter signed by a r _, L es p o nsible person, engaging to become boand with the person ten ! rine, in the sum of 25/. per cent. on the value for the due per formance of the Contract. N N G ity APRIL 6 ) 1850. u, 17,9,51.] LONDON, SATURDAY e [PRICE- SD. . ' PUBLICATIONS. Iturns; Sir Thomas Adana, for bills of mortality, and details connected with the slave trade; Lord John Man ners, for tithe returns; Mr. Newdegate, for a note of foreign tariffs; Mr. William Miles, for corn importa tions; Mr. Horsman, for papers elucidatory of the movements of the Ecclesiastical Commissior,ers ; Mr. Disraeli moved for one return, and it relates to the internal construction of the Board of Trade No Member makes use of fewer notes or papers of any kind than Mr. Disraeli; he seldom or Lever takes a note, and during his great speeches a few crumpled up and apparently ill-assorted papers constitute his documentary stock. Mr. Hume, who occupies the corner of a bench, las invariably an extensive assortment of blue books, returns, and manuscript notes, ready for use. Other Members, who have not the convenience of a corner, make use of their bats; and it not unfrequently happens that the chance of a "count out" depends a good deal upon whether the preparations which the mover may have made in the way of blue books and papers is for midable looking or not. Many failures, too, arise— espscially in debuts—from the Member not being able to put his hand upon the right paper, or from dropping the bundle through over anxiety to be expeditious. Mr. Ma gregor, the Member for Glasgow—one of the most voluminous statists of the day—has not yet been able to acquire the knack of using his papers in the House. The number of returns moved for by any Member must convey an, imperfect idea of the extent of his de mands, or the expense to be incurred in fulfilling them— as imperfect as the idea must be which is formed of the bulk of a man's speeches from their mere number. Still, it is ell which can be given unless the ❑umber of lines which enumerate what is wanted were taken as an as sisting test. Yet that also would fail. An effectual check against such recklessness (and it is one which ought to be insisted for by economical Members) would be to print the cost of each return upon the back of it. The private Bill department stands thus:— Total number of Bills Read a first time Read a second time Read a third time Withdrawn, lost, or not proceeded with 11 —Spectator. Division. Value of Present Quota as it Property. Quota. should be. Gore Edmonton 156,882 ..... 4,845 Staines ~ ...... 102,706 Brentford ...... 107,366 ...... 3,437 Uxbridge St. Giles 303,880 1 3 2:. 1 3 8 ...... 4 1 : 4 10 2 0 0 Holoorn Finsbury Tower Hamlets 1,598,431 ...... 29,964 Kensington ... 562,232 Total of quota as it now is -7,238,4721. 185.1 d.; and of quota as it would be under fair equalisation -94,9901. 19s. ld. dered; several villages have been attacked and taken, and, at the lowest computation, from 300 to 400 persons have been massacred by these ferocious marauders within this short period. It may afford your Lordship some idea of the formidable nature of their force when I state that, only five days ago, they were at sea with from 100 to 130 prahns, most certainly averaging 35 men to each prahu. " This fleet captured four prahus, dashed up the peaceful river of Sadong, and, after slaughtering seventy of the inhabitants, returned to their own river of Sere bas; and wo have not yet learned the mischief they have done on their way back." It appears from a subsequent dispatch, bearing date' April 16, 1849, that in this state of affairs Sir James Brooke endeavoured for some time to act upon a settled policy of interrupting the communications be tween the pirates, and the Malays, and other Dyaks, who supplied them with salt, iron, and other necessi ties. It should be remembered by those who endeavour to excuse the subsequent operations of the piratical tribes by the privations they suffered in consequence of this isolation, that they might at any time have escaped from their awkward position by giving in 'their submission. Now, this subinission involved no other consequences than simply abstaining from piracy —that is, from plundering and murdering on the high seas, and along the line of the Bornean coast for the future. Sir James Brooke found the Malays and Dyaks eery well disposed to assist him in his en deavours to suppress the piratical•tribes, and it is pro bable he received from them every assistance in the line of policy he endeavoured to work out—namely, "to effect the suppression of piracy at the smallest possible sacrifice of human life, —the mission, in other words, with which he 'had been churged by the British Government. With one more brief extract C an o d u r s t of t Quarter Sessions . Ann,sd ie dathis for t residence lae in district o the f St latter . Mary p a.. rish on 'Sunday, the 3 , 1 of March. Mr. Bernard's death has created a vacancy in the council of the island, which it was thought would be filled up by the Hon. Mr. Dallas, formrly Speaker of the House of Assembly. Mr. Charles M. Farquharson has been elevated from the bar to the judgeship ; a vacancy, therefore, occurs in the representation of St. Cathe rine, Mr. Farquharson being a Member of the House, and a strong " Government man." The notorious Doctor Taylor has been indicted for resisting the authority of the police, and sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour in the General Pelle tentiary. Nearly twenty of his followers have also been sentenced to less severe punishments for assist ing and creating a riot. The public meeting which was to have taken place in Kingston, in aid of the British Protection Associa tion, proved a failure, there ,not being -present more than twenty gentlenien. 'lt was adjourned until a future day, when it is said by the dispatch there will be a larger attendance. Our dispatch does not supply any other news of interest. THE EDINBURGH REVIE W, LL No. CLXXXIV., Will be published on THURSDAY next, the 11th inst. CONTENT9:-- 1. National Observatories— Greenwii h. 2. Sydney Smith's Sketches of Moral Philmophy. 3. Supply of Water to the Metropolis. 4. Landar's Poetry. 5. The Polynesians—New Zealand. G. British and Continental Taxation. 7. The Village Notary—Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady. 8. Lewis on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion. 9. Agricultural Complaints. 10. Germany awl Erfurth. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. APPOINTMENTS. Woor.wrcir, APRIL s,—Lieutenant William T. Standbridge to the Coast Guard. Surgeon—Lewis C. Uurquhart (184 G), to the Archer steam-sloop, at Devonport. Assistant - Surgeons—Christopher K. Ord, M.D. (1847), to the Archer ' • John L. P a l mer (1848), t o the Victory flag ship, at Portsmo u th. Master's Assistant—Charles C. Tilley, to the Blen heim guard-ship, at Portsmouth. The Atholl troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearn, arrived opposite the dockyard, towed by the Light ning, at 5 P.M. to-day, and the band was in waiting to pray the two companies of Royal Artillery to the garrison, as they were to land this evening. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, arrived here yesterday at 6 P.M., and the crew were inspected to-day on board by Captain Erasmus Ommanney, cf the Assistance, the present senior officer, in the temporary absence of Commodore Henry Eden. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th "3' of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for' LETTING on LEA SE, for twenty-one years from Lady-day, 8 u T .,. a House No. 14, on the north side of Broad - street-buildings ; - 4) Houses No s. andthe south side of Broad-street buildiaga. .Also 2B 29 ,o n to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING tiie2ASE, for 61 year s f rom Midsummer next, a Piece of Ground, on north side of H arrow - s t ree t, Ratclitr. Fur ther e particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender ' 4l ned, et the °Moo of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. He had no intention to mislead gentlemen on this question. He had brought this question forward before the Holborn Board of Commissioners, when 17 out of 18 present agreed with him on the injustice of the inequality of the assessment. The lion., and Learned Commissioner then proceeded to cite the opi nions of several eminent counsel, before whom cases were laid, as to whether the Commissioners, in any future apportionment, within the township, could correct their error, and make any new assessment which would be in conformity with the statute, and those opinions were agreed that the Commissioners, could correct their errors in such. proceeding. Having touched on various other points, the Corn. missioner concluded by moving his amendment, to the effect—That the division of Holborn he restored to its limits under the Act 38 George 111., c. 5, com• prising various districts, which the amendment enu merated, and amongst them Marylebone and the Liberty of the Rolls, which h e was desirous to ,see restored to the division. SEVENTH EDITION. QURENNE'S PRONOUNCING Q DICTIONARY of the FRENCH and ENGLISH LAN GUAGES. Containing 866 closely printed pages. In large thick 12m0., price les. 6d., handsomely and strongly bound. " It is accurate, critical, and comprehensive."—Athenaeum. " Every requisite in a Dictionary seems here to find a place."— Witness. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. NEW HUNGARIAN NOVEL. Just pablished, in 3 vols. post Bvo., price 31s. rd. boards, THE VILLAGE NOTARY; a Romance of Hungarian Life. Translated from the Hungarian of Baron EOTTOS, by OTTO WENCKSTERN. With Introductory Remarks, written expressly for the English Translation, by FRANCIS PULSZKY. " Great as the author's powers of fiction undoubtedly are, in the novel before us he deals with nothing but realities. His persons, from the smirking and foppish Lord-Lieutenant down to the hard and uncompromising justice, the petty tyrant of his district, are not creatures of the brain—they are, or let us hope they were, living beings, such as might be foend in any county of beautiful and un fortunate Hungary. . . . What we have said will suffice to direct the attention of our readers to a work, of which the usefulness is only exceeded by the interest it excites, and in which there are a great many clever things, well thought and well expressed. In conclusion, we may add that the English reader and M. Eotvos °ugh* to he much oblighed to Mr. Wenckstem for the able way in which he has treated his original, having, by judicious alteration and curtailment, compressed, without injury to the interest cl the story, a romance of the unconscionable lentil of five volumes into the com pass of an ordinary English novel."—Times, April 3, 1850. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. LONDON to BOULOGNE DIRECT. The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior - Steam - ships CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD. every Tuesday and Thursday, ' wi n L ONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, according to tide. Tuesday, April 9, at 10, Morning. Thursday, April 11, at 11, Morning. Tuesday, April 16, at 12, Noon. Thursday, April 18, at 4, Morning. Tuesday, April 23, at 10, Morning. Saloon, Its.; Thursday April 25, at 11, Morning. Fore ' Cabin, 85, Places booked throughout from ondon to Paris at the following. low charges:— Exchanges on London—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, per cent. prom: ; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 3O days, 1i: per tent. trem. 'lotial Bank, 90 ays, per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 30 days, lf per cent. prem. JAMAICA MARKETS, IVIARCEI 8. (From Cordova's M ercan til e Intellidencer.) GENERAL REsisuxs.—Ample supplies with a 'limited demand for - consumption continue to depress the market , for Breadstuffe, and no speculative feeling whatever exists. The fish market, on the contrary, is active and healthy. A timely arrival from Halifax with a moderate cargo met the trade with a good dis position to purchase, and operations have been going forward very briskly. The stock of Codfish is enough for present consumption, but pickled Fish is wanted directly, especially Alewives, of which there are not any on hand. Our produce market is healthy and improving. Large speculations are taking place in Coffee, both for the English and American markets, and Pimento is firmly held for an advanced rate. The Intrepid, Lieutenant John Bertie Cator, is to be taken out of dock to-morrow, to have her boiler put on board ; and the screw vessels fur the Arctic expedition will both be ready sooner than was g first expected. Saloon and First Class Rail ..... 345. 6d. Fore Cabin and Second Class Rai1........ 255. Od. Fore Cabin and Third Class Rail .• • • .... 21s. Od. • For particulars of freight, &c., apply at the Company's Offices, 4, 4:Mar-street East ; Mr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur-street East ; or Ch aplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. - FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. , CROWN-OFFICE, Arm. 3, 1850. ... 26 ... 110 THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Dr. Eachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recr eation — Optical Effects, daily at Two, and every Evening except S aturday, at Eight o'clock.—Third Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., en the Chemistry of the Metals, with brilliant Experiments, daily and in the E ven i ngs. —A n en ti re ly ne w Series of Dissolving Views exhib iting Scenes in Ceylon, from Sketches taken on the spot by A. on Glass by Mr. Clare. Also a Series of v t i ws of the A' painted rctic Regions, with an interesting Description, daily a •,_ ll alf - Past Four, and in the Evenings. The Views of London in `.:_! Si xteenth Century, and as it now is, are shown at One o'clock. — ' 4l) eritneats with the Diver aid Diving-bell, &c., &c. _ _ . MENDER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA. MEET. • - 153 EQUALISATION OF THE LAND TAX IN MIDDLESEX. Admission, Is.--Schools; Half-price. ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, it' .11. 0 V OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, ' l °U)% and Franconi. _For Terms of Pri va t e T u ition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub !oription, fir morning and evening practice :—Six months, 51. Si.; re Month, 11. Is • one evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not itansferable. 4 126 Academy v r ill open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight crock , and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. BEAUTIFUL TEETH. IIOWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. WHITE POWDER, compounded of the choicest and most re cherche ingredients of the Oriental herbal, of inestimable value in preserving and beautifying the Teeth, strengthening the Gums , and in 4.villg sweetness and perfume to the Breath. It extirpates all tartar ?lts adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to exercisemled suace. beneficial anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties further a highly and salutary influence: they arrest the l_irther progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of The Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indi cative ef perfect soundness ; while, by confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, they give unlimited enjoyment and fresh zest to appetite, by Perpetuating effective and complete mastication. The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi cacy is preserving• and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any- Ind of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, in conse pence, obtained the patronage of Royalty and the Aristocracy ynroughout Europe.—Price 2s. 9d. per box. C AUTION. —To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus, A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on she Government stamp, which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfnmers. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 1 _ 4 7, Fleet- s t reet ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CO/STBTs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex- Etirsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles —The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home Music —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleephig, Bathing, Air, Relit, Ease, Occupation, &c., &o. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Tols. A VISIT TO THE LA Yell. KES ; SKETCE OF EDINBURGH, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. —„ WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND ATOID. "That three score years and ten our course may run." A Popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner :Tusly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses t"nni?, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em old age, old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." 81311JEcT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent Of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of li centiousness and dissipation , with illustrations, g ra p hic, narrative, and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." PII.OGRABIDIE i—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion , and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &e. By R. J. - CUM , ERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception homy daily till five. Evenings, sevea till nine. 10 Argyll place. Regent-street EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WIIISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of GRIMS T ONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If You are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human ng ire, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or St any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer. an Ils, bottle of Orimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential Spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Ilighgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whore it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his Itamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Eachr pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, ... , g bary, Highgate, ant will be found at page 11, under the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" Of August, 1846, newspaper, 7th Thi s pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two Postage stamps. _ The Aromatic R egenerator can be forwarded through the pos t on ?!-eelving a post-office order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or its., which in clades the postage with the case. The I Is. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published Ia the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Read er, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, -;ee will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your ~!n k e, others with various coloured ; indeed, such a "e demand for eye-shades, that it was abusiness. What haste-.ered those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, -.l r- sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause o,,'Ve universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff" and because it cured bg aha lmia,Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Headach, and Deaf cly s, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi eita4an of c d IS be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 ure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of Uteressionin 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., t he r,Ad . the ;m y % aud sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of u r e i a lerY ; the letter of protection, signed by— Ilrries; Esq., to en lliam Crimstene bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was ef curative qualities, being sold at that time ia cants a`ol,,_rwithin the reach of every poor family. But under this order of G t.nMent it is obliged to be stamped. IiIeio'XISTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, q ove a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the nuaelit order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The rlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., 3s. 6d., and geanyV i e eleding postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the Read 1 11 , 8 ant proofs. If GUttaT e following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases .erena, from G. H. Bouts% Professor of Galvanism : " " Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848. " • GlttatsroNK.—Sir -- I must in justice to you send the fol- X estlniontal with r Bard to the extraordinary efficacy of your til - e n, -"fr in eases of Gutts. Serena. I have used it in five cases with oi e rn - 4'5 ,,, astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise thtsl! to e what use you please The cures have wholly astonished and thousands of others.—T . am, Sir, &c., 1 G. 11. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." toe,. etters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near rn, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his Tq s 4 rned HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. tbt following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from _ a uthor of the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. ttif. Sir, —l cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I th'`ent your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for ~e Choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Consta ;011e, lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find ' ma a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I am your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHSON, _ pi,2: 0 Mr. William Ge Hrb mstone, eary, HighgateAß." 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LA'MERT. M.D.. b o , WY, REDFO SAMUEL RD-SQUARE. LONDON. ter of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin bufth, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. work contains an accurate and eomplete account of the "*"onlY and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un te,„„_ telY happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con Clan f or ' UflWloly entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi n r relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erre ariMeentertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of %lone it Inedical can restrict Procured. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in ttendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two and Five to Eight; on Sun days from Eleven to One. STATE of the PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS AT EASTER. The number of Bills introduced into the Commons by Ministers is thirty-four, and by private Members thirty two; in all sixty•six. Of these, seven have become law, namely, the Irish Party Processions Bill, the Irish Turnpike Road and Bridge Trusts Bill, the Irish County Cess Bill, the Registrar of Metropolitan Public Car riages Bill, the two Mutiny Bills, and the Consolidated Fund Bill; thirty-one await the second reading; twelve have been read a second time; twelve have advanced beyond that point, and four have been read a third time and sent to the Lords for concurrence. This bears a close approximation to the state of matters at Easter, 1849. Mr. Moffat reintroduced his Bankrupt and In solvent Members Bill, but it was rejected on the second reading. In addition to the seven Bills which have received the Royal assent, the Peers have passed four of the Bills originated in their own house, and these will fall to be discussed by the Commons. In fact one of them—the Registrar's Office Bankruptcy Bill,. introduced by the Lord Chancellor—has been- as good as shelved; the Commons, instead of accepting the Bill, have referred the subject of ivhieh' it treats to a Select Committee. This course involVed a Ministerial defeat. As regards the operations of individual Members in the House of Commons, business is in advance of what it was at the corresponding period of last year. Mr. Slaney, who could not command an audience last session tolisten to his proposal of an unpaid Commission to make ameliorative suggestions on the subject of the working classes, was heard to an end some weeks ago. Mr. Hume's field•dsy on the subject of the Representation is over—it did not occur last year till June; Mr. Henry Berkeley's Ballot motion is disposed of too ; and so is Mr. Henry Drummond's Taxation motion. In these latter cases an advance of several months is shown. As regards Members' Bills the prospect is improved; in stead of devoting Thursday to the discussion of " mo tions," that evening is to be devoted to the consideration of Bills, Ministers and Members taking alternate Thurs days till the middle of May. The number of divisions which have taken place is fifty-nine; being twelve fewer than the divisions of last session up to the same period. As to the attendance, no improvement is exhibited. That there is ample room for amendment will appear pretty clearly from the fol lowing abstract: — At 3 divisions more than 600 were absent. 15 divisions from 500 to 600 were absent. 22 divisions from 400 to 503 were absent. 14 divisions from 300 to 400 were absent. 3 divisions from 200 to 300 were absent. 2 divisions from 100 to 200 were absent. If the number of hours devoted to the consideration of public business and questions is a test of efficiency, both branches exhibit an improvement as compared with 1849. In that year the session is opened on the Ist of February ; and the adjournment for the Easter recess took place, in the case of the Lords, on the 3d of April, and of the Commons on the 4th. This makes a difference of a week in favour of 1849. The following are the respective totals as supplied by the Spectator's time-tables: — To Easter 1849—The Lords, 35 sittings; 53 hours; ave rage, 1i hours. To Easter 1850—The Lords, 31 sittings; 70 hours; ave rage, 21 hours. To Easter 1849—The Commons, 45 sittings; 327 hours; average, 71 hours. To Easter 1850—The Commons, 39, sittings; 294 hours; average, 7i hours. The usual industry has been displayed by individual Members in moving for returns. The number, the variety subject, the complex and, in many instances, curious character of the details asked for, lead to the conclusion that the public establishments must be kept in a high state of efficiency in order to answer such large demands. 47 Members moved for 1 return. 24 Members moved for 2 returns each. 9 Members moved for 3 returns each. 6 Members moved for 4 returns each. 3 Members moved for 5 returns each. 1 Member moved fur 24 returns. 90 Members. Total 185. The gentleman who moves for the twenty•four returns is Mr. Hume. his range of inquiry is as extensive as it can be, and defies all attempts to guess at the ob jects, or to infer the idiosyncrasy of the individual with whose movements such calls for information are identi fied ; nothing seems to be too small or too large for Mr. Hume's grasp. In most other cases, the same analytic difficulty does not occur, the nature of the returns bear ing a similitude to the turn of mind of the mover. Thus Sir H. Inglis moves for a return of ancient heresies, of matters connected with the Arctic expedition, and the Australian bishops. Mr. Gladstone, his colleague, asks for information on the subject of ecclesiastical jurisdic tion in A ustralia , Lord Ashley asks for cholera re- An adjourned meeting of the Land-tax Commis sioners for the county of Middlesex was held on Thursday, in the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, for the purpose of further considering whether the Commis- , stoners have power, under the Act of Parliament, to equalise the land-tax throughout the county. The question, it will be recollected, which led to the as sembling of the commissioners arose from an appli cation of Mr. Mayes, of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, to have an alteration made, first, in the as sessment upon the value of his property, and, secondly, in the quota fixed upon the parish in which his pro perty is situated. JAMES HARGRAVE MANN, Esq., Chief Commis sioner of the Holborn division, resumed the chair, and opened the business of the meeting. The question was to raise a sum for 1850, for that part of the county of Middlesex, and whether the sum to be raised was to be charged on the hundred or division. Mr. SIMPRIN rose and moved a resolution, that a sum applicable for the year ISSO, be raised under the Acts of Parliament relating to land-tax, for that part of the county of Middlesex described in the said Acts of Parliament as raised in the county of Middlesex, and that the sum be charged upon the divisions and hundreds in the same proportion as they were as sessed on the same hundreds and divisions respec tively, by an Act of Parliament made in the reign of King William and _ Mary. That was the proper way, in his opinion, in which the assess ment ought to take place. If he looked at the manner in which this property came to be assessed, found it various—one way was by in heritance, another by purchase, and another by will or gift. The only parties, in his opinion, who had a right to complain of the- assessment were those who had purchased the property under thirty-five years' purchase. He objected, then, to any course of pro ceeding which would take from the property of one person, and add to that of another ; and he did not think it possible that any gentlemen present could advise such a course.—(Hear.) He thought that they should take care not to incur the risk of litigation, to which he very much objected, and of which he apprehended the proposed alteration savoured very much. lie should, therefore, advise two different modes by which the evil complained of might be re medied—the one fur the Government to pass a decla ratory Act to effect the redemption of the land-tax at twenty-five years' purchase, instead of thirty-five; and the other a scheme by which the land-tax might be re deemed on the application of a small additional sum yearly, and of this mode he thought that small capitalists would be apt to avail themselves. The commissioners now assembled would at once confirm the former assessment ; and believing that arrange ment to be just, he should conclude with moving the resolution which he bad read to the meeting. Mr. PAYNE (coroner) said, the only course open to them was to go to Parliament, or Make the rate the same as last year. Mr. WiirrE, in seconding the motion of Mr. Simp kin, said he had been half a century a commissioner, and this question had been agitated in that time on several occasions, and very ably argued at West minster Hall, and the opinion was that the question, as it stood, could not be meddled with, and that the commissioners must do their duty. The proposed ar rangement was of a revolutionary character, and should meet with his decided opposition. He con sidered the property-tax a land-tax in every sense, and that it was desirable to refer the land tax to Par- liament, so as to abolish it altogether, and merge it in the general property tax of the country, a propo sition which he believed the Government would not be indisposed to look at broadly and fairly. He, therefore, should object decidedly to any alteration, except such as might be made through Parliament. He was one of those who denied the inequality of the land-tax, and if persons looked at that tax at all they should look et it in its proper light. Mr. OFFER hoped to see that the commissioners would do their duty, and do that which was right and honest. They were asked to make an unequal tax on the county.—(No, no.) He said yes ; and the ques tion was, whether Marylebone was to pay its fair share ? He was a " Tower Hamlets boy," and he .felt that they should not be more heavily taxed than the " Marylebonians." If they were to come to a " farthing in the pound" to the land-tax for St. Mary lebone, while St. Andrew's, Holborn, was forced to pay " thirteenpence in the pound," he should be for not having St. Marylebone " a farthing parish." He could not, looking at all the circumstances, agree to hold up his hand for a resolution which said, " agree to a tax that is so ill proportioned." Under all cir cumstances, then, he must hold up his hand against the resolution, and he thought that they ought to adjourn the meeting with a view of seeing whether they ought to go to Parliament, and whether they had anything to go to Parliament upon. Mr. METCALFE would support the resolution, not withstanding he was a " Marylebonian." An HON. Commrssiorma of the St. Pancras district would submit that they should apply to Government to bring in a Bill to equalise the land-tax, and that in that Bill there should be a clause to enable persons to redeem the land-tax at twenty-five years pur chase.—(Hear.) Mr. COPPOCK wished to recall to the recollection of the commissioners that at their last meeting his argument and his proposition were that they should equalise the land-tax throughout the whole of the county of Middlesex, and he then ended with the proposal that the parishes should be re-assessed, and that they should have an equal town-rate throughout the whole of the county. The resolution of the com missioners on the former day to petition Parliament for an Act to give them new powers should be more defined. He then raised his voice, and he did so now, emphatically, against the land-tax as it at present stands—and he did not hesitate to say that it was a gross fraud as it was now raised. They had now a resolution before them, calling upon them to lay on the land-tax in the same proportion as it was levied in the time of William and Mary, and to that resolu- tion he should move an amendment. Now, if that resolution meant anything, it meant identically the same in every respect. They ought to go accord ing to the ancient order by which Marylebone and the Liberty of the Rolls formed part of the division of St. Andrew, Holborn, and to assess those districts in proportion. He held in his hand a docu ment of the City Remembrancer, which showed that in 1697, the division of Saint Andrew, Holborn com prised those districts. They had held no legalised meeting on this question for the last 25 years. The 53d George the Third, c. 142, recited that they should hold similar meetings to the present every year ; and not having done so for a number of years, he held it that the whole of their proceedings with respect to the assessment were illegal, and he should like to see the question tried whether they could, in the face of such an omission, legally distrain for the land-tax. They were in a very great difficulty. With regard to the redemption of the land-tax, some gentlemen were mistaken as to what he meant should be done respecting it. It had always been the boast of this country that everything should be done justly.— (Hear, hear.) He would show by a document which he held in his hand how the land-tax now stood, and that justice was not done. He would take different divisions, showing the value of the property in each, the present quota, and the quota as it would be if the tax were equalised : The amendment having been seconded, Mr. NEAT said the question was, whether the divi sion of St. Andrew, Holborn, should include St. Marylebone and:the Liberty of the Rolls, as formerly. He would show by Act of Parliament that they could not by any possibility effect what Mr. Coppock's amendment proposed, without infringing the Act of Parliament. The 4th and sth of William the Fourth gave power to separate the division, and the question now was, whether the Commissioners had power to direct that the separated districts be restored.- He apprehended not ; and while he could not deny that Mr. Coppock was acting very well for his clients, he must, nevertheless, say, that that gentleman's amend ment could not be agreed to. Mr. Corrocx felt called upon to express his sur prise, that the Hon. Commissioner could have taken upon him to say, that he (Mr. Coppock) was acting in this question for clients. He assured the meeting that the statement was incorrect, and that he was not there as the representative of any clients, but that he was there as an independent commissioner, in dis charge of an important public duty. Some discussion followed as to the relative objects of the motion and amendment, in the course of which the Chairman took occasion to say that he thought they could go to Parliament in a better p9si tion by first fairly discussing the question here, so that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not again say to them that they had not exhausted every means which the law and the circumstances allowed them. Mr. SIMPEIN replied. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was lost by a large show of hands, five only having been displayed in favour of it. The original motion was then put, when there ap peared— For the motion Against it Majority for ... —24 The Commissioners then adjourned, with an under standing that the committee appointed under Mr. Pownall'a motion on the last day of meeting would act, and call the Court together again. On the motion of Mr. Corrocx, seconded by Mr. \lrian, the cordial thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman ; after which, and that gentleman's acknowledgment, the meeting separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—We would call attention to an address —a copy of which will be found in another part of our columns—recently presented by certain residents at Singapore to Sir James Brooke, upon the subject of his exertions for the suppression of piracy on the waters of the Eastern Archipelago. It will be there seen what view of the case is taken by persons present on the spot, who are really in a condition to appre ciate the merit of his services, and the difficulties of his position. We are not much surprised at finding Sir James Brooke held in very different estimation by the Singapore merchants, who have a real interest in the cessation of piracy, and.by the professional talkers in London, who have little interest in anything but the attainment of notoriety by hook or by crook. The publication of this address, simultaneously with the Parliamentary papers, should be sufficient to end a controversy so disgraceful to those who have without any knowledge of the matter in hand, and without one shadow of proof, attacked an absent man for rendering as great a ser vice to the cause of humanity and civilization as any since the extirpation of the Algerine pirates, who so long infested the Mediterannean. If the flo tilla attacked off the Bornea coast in July last by the little squadron under the orders of Commander Far guitar, of the Albatross, did not consist of piratical ',rebus, the naval and civil servants of the British Government in the Indian Seas must have entered into the strangest combination to exculpate Sir James Brooke from the charges concocted against him in this country. Nay, further, it appears by a number of the Singapore Free Press, which has just come to hand, that the pirates themselves must have been in the conspiracy; for we find it there stated that the prisoners taken "frankly avowed their acts, gave a list cf the places they had attacked, the persons they had killed and taken captive, and the trading prahus they had cut off." Nay, more, we have also lying hefore us the affidavits of the captured pirates upon which Sir Christopher Rawlinson founded his decree, in which the deponents swear directly to the fact that the Malay-Dyak flotilla was actually engaged in a piratical excurson at the time it was destroyed. It is almost an insult to the under standing of our readers to continue the discussion that has arisen upon this subject any further. If we re vert to it at all it is simply to mention that the re turns required by the address of the House of Com mons upon the motion of Mr. Hume have now been publislaed, and, although their contents add but little to our previous information, yet that little comes be fore us in an official and authoritative form. At any rate there need no longer be any dispute as to the chief facts on which the condemnation of Sir James Brooke or the hearty approval of his policy must finally rest. The first extract of a dispatch with which these sup plemental Bornean papers commence contains an ex press intimation from Lord Palmerston to Sir James Brooke of the meaning of his appointment. " The object of her Majesty's Gov ernment, " wr i tes t h e Fo reign Secretary, "is to afford to British commerce that support and protection which, though needed in all foreign countries, is peculiarly required in the In dian seas, in consegsence of th e p reva l ence o f p i racy in those quarters. , Sir James Brooke, in plain English, was clothed with the official character in order to give him every possible facility for putting down that abominable system of piracy which necessi precautions on a ll s hi ps nevi tates the most painful gating the waters of the Indian Archipelago for the purposes of trade. Sir J. Brooke himself might have loftier views on the subject of his " mission," but that was the matter-of-fact business view of his " appointment" taken by the man who was ultimately responsible for the expenditure of the public money and the employment of the Queen's ships. In the next dispatch we find instructions of a similar cha racter to the foregoing forwarded from the Admiralty to Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier. In a word, it appears to have been felt by the Home Go vernment, which certainly must have procured accurate information before taking so decisive a step, that the moment had arrived for extirpating piracy from the Malayan waters, by fair means if possible; but if not, by the direct application of such coercive measures as might be deemed necessary by its officers present on the spot. When discussing this subject a tew weeks back, we referred to those passages from Sir James I3rooke's journals which showed the patience and long suffering with which he had endured the continuance of the piracies, in hopes of the ultimate amendment of the pirates. Partial punishments, treaties, solicitations, and the example of his own district, were tried, and with what result may be gathered from the two following sentences in two successive dispatches from Sarawak to the Foreign-office :-- " During my absence," writes Sir James Brooke, " and owing to the length of time which has el a p se d s i nce t h e i r last punishment, there has been an increasing boldness on the part of these pirates, who now venture, as for merly, to cruise in large fleets of their war prahus, and to commit fearful depredations on the more industrious and peaceful classes, both by sea and on the coasts." "In his next dispatch to the Foreign-office, bear ing date March 6, 1849, Sir James Brooke writes as follows : " I am particularly anxious to call your Lordship's at tention to the present state of piracy in the immediate vicinity of Sarawak. The Sarebas and Sakarran pirates, emboldened by the length of time which has el a p se d s i nce the attack made upon them by Captain the lion. Henry iieppel, have Duce more lett their rivers in formidable force, and have for two months past devastated the coast for upwards of 100 miles; numerous prahus have been captured at sea, the boats plundered, and the crews raw from Sir James Brooke's dispatches we have done. The letter from which it is taken was written on the 27th of August, 1849, exactly one month after the destruction of the pirates by Commander Farquhar off the entrance of the Sarebas river. From the two sentences we are about to quote it results that the native flotilla was actually engaged in carrying out piratical operations at the time it was met by Com mander-Farquhar; and very properly destroyed : " From information obtained from some prisoners, and since confirmed from other sources, it appears that a force of from 100 to 120 pirate prahus attacked the towns of Palo and Mato. At the latter place, being re pulsed, the pirates, after capturing two trading vessels, were on their return home, when destroyed by the flotilla under the command of Commander Farquhar." We may well wonder when we read over the dis patchei and papers in this collection, short as it is, why all the indignation of gentlemen who sympathise with the cause of these bloodthirsty pirates should be directed against Sir James Brooke alone. Why not against Lord Palmerston, who advised the whole proceeding ? Why not against Admiral Collier ' the officer chief naval on the station, 'who supplied the force ? Why not against Commander Farquhar, who took his measures so well that the pirate fleet was signally destroyed? Why not against Sir Chris topher Rawlinson, the Recorder of the Court of Ju dicature at Singapore, who certified to the fact that the flotilla was manned by pirates ? Why, if it be not to private malice and disappointed expecta tions that we are to refer the organization of the " Friends of the Black • Flag" at home, should all the vials of wrath be emptied on the devoted head of a single man ? We would hope that the system of wanton accusations too long persevered in by the ca lumniators of a man who appears to be very zealously and conscientiously working out a very painful duty is now at an end. Truth and ridicule, too very power ful weapons, have been successfully brought to bear against his accusers. The shallowness of their views and the false information on which they have pro ceeded have been publicly exposed by eye-witnesses of the detestable piracies in the Indian Archipelago. It should not be forgotten that at first the position oc cupied by them was, that the eastern pirates were a set of harmless, much injured men, unwarlike as the Indians of Peru who fled before the forces of Pizarro, or the timid inhabitants of the plains of Bengal. They were soon driven to renounce that position as untenable. The next shift was, that although it ;might be true that the Bornean tribes carried on war against each other by sea and land, and although possibly the pirates of the Eastern Archipelago did attack native traders, yet there was no evidence to show that they ever inter rupted the passage of a British ship, or impeded the course of a British captain. There was soon an end of that device. 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Cambridge, J. Deighton; Oxford, J. H. Parker; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; Dublin, Hodges and Smith. THE WEST INDIA. MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL s.—The Royal Mail Com pany's ship Teviot, Captain Revett, arrived this morn ing at half-past eight o'clock from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Dennehy, R.N., Admiralty agent. The latest dates brought by the Teviot are— Chagres, Feb. 28 ; Carthagena, March 3 ; Jamaica, March 10 ; Demerara, March 7 ; Trinidad, March 9 ; Barbadoeß, March 12 ; Grenada, March 11 ; Porto Rico, March 14; St. Thomas, March 17 ; La Guayra, March 9 ; Payal, March 29 ; Antigua, March 14 ; Jacmel, March 12 ; Santa Martha, Feb. 19 ; Grey Town, Feb. 25. The Teviot brings on freight, 946,878 dollars, 500 oz. 13 dwts. of gold dust, 895 oz. 22 dwts. of old savor, 1801. of platina, 896/. 2s. of British coin, 123 serons of indigo, 2 cases of balsam of tolu, 3 cases of tortoiseshell, 12 cases of plants, 21 cases of arrow root, 10 of succades, 126 bales of sarsaparilla, and 49 packages of sundries. Stations of her Majesty's ships—lmaum, Trinco make, Persian, Helena, Sappho, Bermuda, and steamer Viper, at Port Royal. The Wellesley daily expected there. Stations of the Company's steam•ships—The Great Western, Captain Wolfe, en route to Jamaica; the Tay, Captain Chapman, Jamaica ; the Avon, Captain llast, in the Gulf of Mexico; the Clyde, Captain Moss, Bermuda ; the Conway, Captain Woolley, Demerara; the Eagle, Captain Restarich, St. Thomas's ; the Lame, Captain Valler, St. Thomas's. Ship spoken with on return voyage—Ship Eliza, of Bristol, in lat. 20 deg. 40 lon. N., lon. 62 deg. 10 lop. W. At Barbadoes there had been much dry weather, and it was thought that the sugar would reach about 30,000 hogsheads. At Demerara the weather had been favourable, and everything quiet in the rural districts, and going on favourably. At St. Kitt's, Montserrat, and Antigua, rain was wanted, the crops suffering very much from the long-continued drought. JAMAICA. We have received by the Teviot full files of papers and our correspondent's letter from Jamaica. Dates extend to the afternoon of Sunday, the 10th of March. The mails which left Southampton in the Avon, on the 2d of February, did not reach Jamaica before the 10th of March, in the Tay. The delay was caused by bad weather experienced by the Avon from Bermuda to Havannah. The rains which had for some time been prevalent throughout the island had almost entirely ceased, and the country had become dry and generally healthy. The Northside Press notices the formation of an agricultural association in the town of Falmouth. The nature of the society will be gleaned from the subjoined resolutions, passed at the first meeting of its promoters : " Resolved 1. That from the present depressed con dition of the agricultural and commercial interests, a de pression which it is scarcely possible can be remedied by the existing institutions of the country, it is abso lutely necessary that some means should be adopted for the purpose of enabling a portion of our unemployed natives to obtain active employment. " Resolved 2. That, in order to effect so desirable an object, it has been found expedient to resort to means other than those which are at present existing in the agricultural portion of the island, and to organize an as sociation, having for its object the main principle of the wealth and independence of all countries—the cultivation of the minor products of the soil. " Resolved 3. That the principles of this society be based upon the axiom, that manual labour is not de grading but that it rather contributes to the greatness of a country, and the independence of its citizens. " Resolved 4. That, in the furtherance of the views embraced in the three preceding resolutions, the present association be formed, to be denominated the (to be agreed on by a committee appointed for the purpose), the rules for the guidance and regulati.o❑ of which shall upon more minute investigation be foraied." The various persons engaged in c otton cultivation continued their operations with increased energy ; and we notice some very successful experiments made in the cultivation of rice, which is said to be almost equal to Carolina. The Hon, Thomas James 13ernArel, chairman of the THE ARMY. MILITARY CHANGES ON THE STAFF.—The military district of the north-eastern counties, Major-General Thorn, C.B. commanding, has been abolished. Lieutenant Kennedy, 36th Regiment, aide-de-camp, and Captain Wynyard, unattached, have in conse quence ceased to be on the staff. Colonel St. John Clarke, K.H., unattached, and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel E. Macarthur, unattached, have, in conse quence of the reductions in Ireland, ceased to be on the staff of the Belfast district. In consequence of the Athlone district having been abolished, the fol lowing officers have relinquished their staff appoint ments therein :—Major-General T. J. Wemyss, C.B. ; Colonel Sir Michael Creagb, K.H. ; Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel C. C. Johnson, half pay; Lieutenant Wemyss, 46th Regiment, aide-de-camp ; and Lieu tenant. Colonel W. F. Williams, K.H., unattached, Major of Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, K.H., has been appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of the Kilkenny district, having relieved Colonel Sir Charles R. O'Donnell. Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, from the Athlone district, has succeeded Lieutenant- Colonel T. F. S. Clarke, unattached, as Quarter master-General of the Kilkenny district. Colonel W. Cox, K.H„ of the Limerick district, has been ap pointed Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General. Lieutenant Cureton, 3d Light Dragoons, has suc ceeded Lieutenant Cookes, as Superintending officer of the London Cavalry Recruiting Subdivision. Lieutenant Evans, 69th Regiment, Recruiting Officer at Gloucester, has been succeeded by Lieutenant Platt, 13th Regiment.—British Army Despatch. DOVER, APRIL 4.—Yesterday the first division of the 50th (Queen's own) regiment, under the com mand of Major Tuder, proceeded from this garrison to Portsmouth, and to-morrow the second division, commanded by Major Bonham, will leave for the same place, and will be followed by the third on Monday next, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Petit, C.B. The officers gave a farewell dinner on Tuesday, to Lieutenant Tottenham, on his retiring from the service by the sale of his commission. Lieu tenant Tottenham greatly distinguished himself atthe battles of Punniar, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and So braon, and was wounded at the latter. He acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir Harry Smith, previous to the close of the campaign of the Sutlej. This gal lant regiment will have quitted our town ,by Mon day morning next, after being stationed• here 21 months. The first divisi on of the 91st (Argyllshire) regiment arrived in Dover on Thursday, from Ports mouth, the second will-arrive on Saturday, and the Sd (head-quarters), commanded by Colonel Campbell, on Tuesday next. CHATHAM, APRIL s.—The first battalion of the 12th (East Suffolk) has arrived at this garrison, from Weedon ; the first divisors on the 3d instant, the 2d division on the 4th, and the 3d is to arrive this day. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, APRIL 5.—A very strong piquet, consisting of 1 captain, 2 lieute nants, 5 sergeants, 14 corporals and bombardiers, with 100 gunners, assembled yesterday evening and remained under orders in case their services should have been required, and any bad feeling manifested owing to the unfortunate disturbance which took place at Greenwich fair on the previous evening. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—There are no movements of any interest at this port to-day. The storm of yesterday, which continued all night, has abated, and beautiful weather succeeded. Several wracks are re ported off the Wight. The Pallas, Dutch merchant brig, sailed this morning. PLYIYOUTII FRIDAY.—Her Majesty's sloop Alert, Commander nugh Dunlop, came in last night from the coast of Africa, having left Sierra Leone, Feb. 13, and the River Gambia March 18. There were at Sierra Leone the steam gun-vessel Tenzer, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Joseph IL Selwyn, and the Adelaide tender. The Alert left at the Gallinas, on the sth of February, her Majesty's steam-frigate Centaur, Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, C.B. and the sloop Heroine, 8, Commander J o hn B. Marsh. The Commodore was to sail the same day, the sth, for the Bights. The Alert has on board the crew of the barque Concordia, belonging to Mr. Peake, of this port, lost on her outward passage t o the coast of Africa, One of the crew of the Concordia (Brown) died of yellow fever on the passage home. The steam-vessel Archer was commissioned yes terday. The brig Cygnet will be paid off to-day. The sloop Columbine, 16, Commander John C. D. Hay, has just entered the Sound from China and the East Indies. Her Majesty's packet-brig Seagull, Commander James Smail, from Rio Janeiro, arrived here yester day afternoon, having overshot her port of destina tion (Falmouth), through the prevailing tempestuous weather. The Seagull brought six sacks of letters and one case of Government dispatches, with which Com mander Smail reached the post-office here 10 minutes after the Plymouth mail had left for the station. By the promptitude of Mr. Charles Markes, the post master, who took personal charge, and by t h e judi cious detention of the train for about th ree m i nutes by Mr. Kerr, superintendent of the station, the Sea gull's letters were, however, sent off last night. This arran gement having effect e d a sav i ng of 24 hours mus t prove highly advantageous to the merchants of London, especially to th ose h av i ng correspon d ence with the United States, th e ma il for which leaves this evening. Had the S eagu ll gone into Falmouth, the mail could not have been delivered in London until to-morrow. The Seagull was due at Falmouth on the 27th of March, but was detained at Rio de Janeiro by the Brazilian Minister to the Court of St. Petersburgb. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the Ist of February, and sailed therefrom on the 22d of February, and has brought passengers—Signor Sodri, Charge d'Affaires to Russia, his wife, two children, and ser vant ; Mr. Benjamin and two daughters, Mr. Hil yard, Mr. Gallop, Mr. Hill, and M. Jacta and wife. Her freight list comprises 1 parcel, containing 2 pieces of gold bullion; 1 small box, containing stones, value 3,000/. ; 2 parcels of valuables, 1,100/. ; 1 paper parcel, containing 1,991 quilates precious stones ; 2 parcels precious stones, value 1,4001.; 1 small parcel of diamonds, 1,500/. ; 1 ditto, 501. ; and 2 parcels ditto, 1,2001. Merchant shipping at Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 22. — Ships, Anna and Cremona ; barks, Jet, Novelty, Ben Muick, Dhu, Emilia, Jane, Remorino, Thomas Clarke, William Fisher, and John Panter ; b r igs, Job Roy, Maria Burriss, Runnymede, Arab, Darien, Lord Nelson, Spring, Warrior, Ariel, St. Helens, Dido, and Ayrshire Lass ; brigantines, Sanspareil and Zone ; schooner, Claremont; and cutter, Louisa of London. The yellow fever prevailed to some extent among the crews of the merchant vessels, but there has been no sickness on board the Seagull, either out or home. Her Majesty's brig Penguin arrived from Falmouth at Rio de Janeiro on the 18th of February. After passing , the Azores, the Seagull sp o k e a l arge new ship from Singapore for London, but could not make out her name. Wi n d W.N.W. i blowing strong. Borough of Totnes—Edward Adolphus Seymour, commonly called Lord Seymour, First Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 5. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charley Holder to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hill, who re tires; Cornet Charles Augustus Drake Halford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder, April .5. 9th Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel James Alexander Fullerton to be Lieut.-Colonel, without pur chase, vice Brevet Colonel Campbell, deceased, March 24; Captain Archibald Little to be Major, vice Fuller ton; Lieutenant Charles Henry Douglas Donovan to be Captain, vice Little; Cornet Rich ar d Shaw (Riding master) to be Lieutenant, vice Donovan, April 5. 18:11 Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edgar Dumaresq Batt, from the 98th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Ridgway, who exchanges, Jan. 30. 22d Foot—Lieutenant William Richard Goddard to be Adjutant, vice Brennan, promoted, April 5. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Waring Alexander Biddle, from the let West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant; vice Bourne, who exchanges, April 5. 34th Foot—Lieutenant Sir George Henry Scott Douglas, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Burin, who retires; Ensign Dudley Ferase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir G. H. Scott Douglas, April 5. 55th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Henry Mapleton, M.D., to be Surgeon, - vice Alexander Camp bell, who retires upon half-pay, April 5. 70th Foot—Ensign Daniel Armstrong, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Minchin, who retires, April 5. 98th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Redfoord Ridgway, from the 18th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Batt, who exchanges, Jan. 30. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Frederick Dickinson Bourne, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant. vice Biddle, who exchanges, April '5. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Assistant-Surgepn Edward W. Clemishaw Kingdom, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cleland, who exchanges, April 5. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Hugh Mackey, from the 42d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Clad*, vice Mapleton, appointed to the 55th Foot; Assistant-Sur. geon Alexander Brown Cleland, M.D., from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Kingdom, who exchanges, April 5. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. South Herts Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Wil liam Parker, Esq., to be Captain, vico Thornton, re signed, March 22. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Nye, pumpmaker, Millpond Wharf, Surrey Canal, to surrender April 13, at one, and May 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Jones, Tooley-street, Southwark. Philemon Augustine Morley, ironmonger, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, April 24 and May 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. William Walker, innkeeper, Mansfield, Nottingham shire, April 19 and May 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bitticston, official assignee, Nottingham; Hodgson, Birmingham. William Gordon, dealer in Berlin wools, Gloucester, April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Lawrance and Plows, London; Bevan and Bevan, Bristol. Elias Brimson, grocer, Tiverton, Devonshire, April, 17 and May 7, , at eleven, st the Exeter District Court. liirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Forwood, Tiverton ; Turner, Exeter. Thomas Lewis, boot and shoemaker, St. Sidwell, Exeter, April 17 and May 7, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Hooper, Exeter. Thomas William Spencer, draper, Devonport, April 16 and May 8, at eleven, at the Hall of C omm erce, Plymouth. Ilernaman, official assignee, Exeter; worthy, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter. Julius otherwise Jules George Geyclin, zinc worker, Liverpool, April 16 and May 13, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Cam:love, official assignee, Liver pool; Horner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. • At the Court, Basinghall-strett, E. Sewell, Old Bond-street, hatter, May 2, at two— W. A. Reeves, Maidstone, cabinet maker and uphol sterer, April 29, at twelve—T. Rowan, Cambridge, draper and tea dealer, April 29, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Philipps, Upper Bullingham, Herefordshire, banker, May 1, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingkam—J. Ellison, Selby, Yorkshire, linen and woollendraper, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. P. Halliday and Elias Paton, Manchester, manufacturing chemists, April 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. P . Halliday, Manchester, manufacturing chemist, April 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Hague, S. Hague, and W. Shatwell, Manchester, commission agents, April 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Townley, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Is. 91d., on Tuesday, April 9, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob son. Manchester. H. Cocker, Hathersage, Derbyshire, needle manu facturer, 60., on Tuesday, April 9, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob son M a nchester. li. Cocker, R. Cocker, and J. Cocker, Hathersage, Derbyshire, needle manufacturers, is lid., on Tuesday, April 9, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. L. Elliott, juu., Rochdale, Lancashire, chemist and druggist, 25. 51d., on Tuesday, April 9, and every fol lowing Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Dawson, Fairford, Gloucestershire, insister and baker, 4s. on any Wednesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. S. Taylor, Poynton, Cheshire, butcher, 3s. 50., on Tuesday, April 9, and any following Tuesday, h'i' tween ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Man chester. D. Feild, Frome, Soraersetshire, linen and woollen draper, second dividend 2s. 6d., together with first dividend 7s. 6d. on new proofs, on any Vbretin!!!!Y' between eleven and ono, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Mille r, Bristol. W. J. Bebell, Gloucester, ship and boatbuilder, 100. on any Wednesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Lucas, Cardiff, general shopkeeper proofs, ,on any together with the former dividends of 9s. upon newoofs Wednesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Deakin, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, 2s. 3d., on account of first dividend of 12s. 6d., on Mon day, April 8, or any subsequent Monday, betwen eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Hewitt, Liverpool, merchant, id., on Monday, April 8, or any s ubsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. miller, Liverpool, saddler, Is. Bd., on Monday, April 8, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. A. Lees, Gorton and Manchester, manufacturer and cotton spinner, 25-32 d., en Tuesday, April 22, or any su b s equent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the o ffice of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Johnson, Great Winchester-street, City, merchant, 205., on Thursday, April 11, or any subsequent Thurs day, between eleven and two, at the office of Ms. Pen nell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Johnson, joint estate, Groat Winchester-street, City, merchant, 3d., on Thursday, April 11, or any sub sequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chumbers, Basitighall-street. J. F. Knobel, Bolton-row, Piccadilly, wine and spirit merchant, ls. 3d., on Thursday, April 11, or any subse quent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. D. Slater, Preston, Rutlandshire, cabinet maker, 4s. 9d., on Wednesday next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office, of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street, E. Julian and J. Julian, New Buokenham, Norfolk,