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CONTRACT for FISHING GEAR, and TWINE. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset•place, April 29, 1851. )11‘: Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral the United Kingdom of Great Dritain an I Ireland do hereby give Z ee, that on TUESDAY, the 20th May next, at One o'clock, they tr w he r eady to treat with s uc h p ersons as ma y be willing to Con• for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with FISHING GEAR and TWINE. Pa tterns of the A rt i cles may he seen at her Ma j esty ' s D oc ky ar d iilr e e e Ptford, and a For m o f th e T en d er may b e o bt a i ne d a t the said 1 11i,,o_Tender will be received a ft er O no o ' c l oc k on the day of treaty, 44 .7 noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him l7llnthorised In writing. pttlerY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender tor to Z. l 2g Gear, &c.," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, ac i._suled by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engating to the be with the person tendering in the eani of 5001. for "` 'tie Performance of the Contract. TH.That . EAST INDIA HOUSE, A PRI L 30, 1851. E COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, 18 th June *ill b e h a rARTERLY GENERAL COUKT of the said Company th. ~,, ea at their Houie, in Leadenhall-strect, on WEDNESDAY, next, at Eleven o'clock indite Forenoon. ......„_____ JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ruEAST HOUSE, Arm 30 E C, OURT INDIA of DIREOTORS , 1851. of the EAST be DI A COMPANY do hereby give notice, That_ th INeTnANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will ~,,,!- l ITT on Tnunsnlv, the' sth June, at Three o'clock, and ' 1 ,4 , 14 _. E D again on UESDAY, the 15th July ; and th ;;alt the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable on eap,?; l s ljal Y , 185 1, under the 11th sec . of the Act 3 and 4 Win. IV., , will be ready to be delivered on that day. 1---,____________________ JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. °NDON AND NORTH - WESTERN 45,•-i RAILWAY EXCURSION to the LAKES of KILLARNEY. thietlaciorder to give the public facilities for visiting these tat:es, and 4,l don *ent c° untrY, arrangements have been renewed between the „•-•• and N orth-Western Railway Company, the Chester and R a d w "ead Railway Company, and the Great Southern and Western l 'faacl ' ) Y C°4l PatlY, by which visitors from London, Birmingham, the istester, Liverpool, and Chester, will he enabled, on and after tront of . and until the 30th of September next, to proceed 411 3' of the following stations to to Holyhead and Ki d ng c s i t a o s w . n . FARES. Ist Clasa. 2nd . • London to Killarney and back .... £6 0 £5 0 • Ili • do. d do. ••.. 5 0 4 5 • stanchester do. do. •• .. 4 4 310 " le ticket • do. •• .. 4 0 3 5 available for return on any day within three :t di gi e hil :f nb :ssue and will also entitle the bearer to pass free o W ini •;: e r k e l h ° e te- - o th h : n el at Southern and Nestern Railway from Dublin to Kil- Wili e r i l and ticket,C and over its branches, during the whole period for ._ the is issued. ee.'?a Great Southern and Western Railway being open to .fallow, the fare are constantly running between that station and Killarney, iii * l l e . b 9 'hich once each way outside during the visitor's stay, Parties wish in the above charges. Station Z:visb Cheater the journey to Dublin, may stop at any ':, nottr be tween and llolyhead for a day, provided they do ' avel twice Over the same portion of the Chester and Holyhead 4414 7. The ticket Daisy. 8 are available only by the Chester and Holyhead Com -1 boat s. 011 e ti k s. • wein.,,, e -e ••• Will be forfeited if transferred, and all parties taking Th e t i_. be required to give their names and addresses in full. mCo th „,'"ts Will be indorsed by the Great Southern and Western any in Ireland, without which they will not be valid for the rney P artie • in 1,0 L resi ding at a distance can, by writing to the Head Office gay huhe of th e four ; me —, and remitting the amount, be supplied with tickets Cram named stations. By order, MARK rimsll. cleneral Man ager's-office, Euston Station, Sprit 28, 1851. CIIESYER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The p i _ ',ENDERS for WAGGONS and SHEETS. l ' t epa—‘"' etht s Cl the Chester and Holyhead Railway . : Company are GOlsro: u to receive Tenders for the supply of 375 MINERAL , WAG- R ovi ? 200 CATTLE WAGGONS, 30 TIMBER WAGGONS. 25 WAY EitLI IIE WAGGONS, BREAK VANS, and 150 RAIL of ;A r a n ' of T ender and Specification to be had on and after the 7 th U04,61:8111. at the Superintendent's Office, General Railway Sta . T ero er. Vir ea "ers to be endorsed, " Tendersor Waggons, &c.," to be deli- Directors this Oflice not later than the 27th of May, 1851. ° do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. By order, J. 0. BINGER. " I ' le ndent's Office, Chester, April 28, 1851. j ) EVENING B I OLOGY. —ULIxe,-''ING ENTERTAINMENT, by 'Messrs. STONE and str eet, ktr, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, 17, Edwards st liairtrnan-square. 41 ade „ E _ S of Wonderful and Amusing EXPERIMENTS will be everli ne .:',. Persons in a perfectly wakeful state, on the following to.rb et : o t oY Mr: Darling : (Thursday) EVENING, M y 1, T tlesti a ,, W „,',. 21 4; and by Mr. Stone on Saturday, May 3 ; also on . arld'o n ",,!,:' 4 3' 6, by Dr. Dow ; Wednesday, May 7, by Mr. Stone , bus by'l s rsdaY the Bth, Friday the 9th, by Dr. Darling ; Saturday too Stone. ``sci o n °pea at Eight •to commence at Half-past Eight. Is.; reserved seats, 2s. ,e i t FE E AND ITS ADULTERATIONS. --e Third Report of the A nalytical Sanitary Commission on 41 4 , tearlfdLts Adulterations, will appear in the LANCET of Satur telleinl6' Ma y 3d. The addresses of the shops will be given where sta y and 10 adulterated coffee was bought. Order the Lancet of fi s hed or newsman. SerO sh ed every Saturday, price 7d., stamped Bd. Annual sub -I,l;bif ')11 fr om any date, unstamped 305., stamped 345. Bd. London. ed at the Lancet -office, 423, Strand. t il :la t THREE SIGHTS OF LONDON. Wo es ' S,,ea the PATENT GLASS SILVERING at SOYER'S ecri_t!•:B o , 148 tXtteY ,6l l33l of all NATIONS, GORE HOUSE ; at the GREAT /0113, 1 48 CRYSTAL PALACE, Hyde-park ; and at MEL IA' n . Regent -street.—Beautiful for Presents of every (,e,. Prices in Plain Figures. Illustrated Circnlars Gratis. 4 „ CARRIAGES DURING THE EXHIBITION. tSSRS. ROBSON AND CO., 56. South 11 4. E i A t icileY-street, corner of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, gea,2 l Structions to SELL several very excellent single and double ;4o /Broughams, light phaetons, step-piece barow. - ,hes, sociables, 14',...Variety of the present style of iasinonable carriages, which 7; Kt had on hire, with option to purchase. ..;_..___, Good second-hand Broughams at 67 guineas. .WALKER'S NEEDLES, by authority .• " The Quern's Own" are easily threaded even by the ii'2 4l , and have Irriproved Points, Temper, and Finish The LABELS 4Lt9rrect Likenesses of the Queen and His Loyal 11 - gliness Prince t, in Relief or Colours. H. Walker's other qualities, Drilled. Z . l , are from 25 for a Penny, a wards. Walker is Patentee of the Penelope and other Improved fitZM, and is specially appointed maker to the Queen, I, Gresham ., --z - rtrreet, London. Retailed almost everywhere. _ PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES. 1 - , MON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully in- T ad,`forth the public that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING kly - t.'°ES afford more ease and security for the relief of hernia than a*tuer instrument yet invented , or that purpose. They will 1, 44 4_ e f0r forright or left side, and require no under-straps or any galling t!ire ile t .or t P h e e rson d s in the country are requested to send the circurn h y one Inch below the hips. Itolcd b Manufactory, 292, Strand, London. 111sx ted one or more druggists in every city and provincial town in Kingdom. O*4I4TERBUILY COLONISTS PUBLIC Ittess' BREAKFAST. of t 11 &THE and BREACH, of the L ondon Tavern, are autho dispose of T ickets for the Public 13reakfast of the Canterbury p r .,10..n the East India Docks, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of M ay. 10s. 6d. for Ladies or Gentlemen; and s s. for Children un tc;;lebe_fti_. T" ! o r a , e. • ern, April 28, 1851. KAHN'S celebrated ANATOMICAL ; w t. 4 15,4'' MITSEAM is NOW OPEN at the ;rand Exhibition Rooms, 1 1 4 ui e. ford-street, Sixteen Doors west of Regent circus , from Ten NI : Corning till Ten at Night. Itotly al. E xplanations of the Structure and Functions of the Human 14,,,‘ _ l lustrated by Wax Models, are given every hour by an Eng '•Mfteal G entleman. —Admission, 2s. , - --- . -"IITRITIONT OF MR. SALTER'S GRAND PICTURE, H. L V , W ATERLOO BANQUET, Thls At 16, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly. et itc Great Ilistorical Work of Art, 12 feet long, valued at 3,0001, tit" lath sr a most faithful representation of the Banquet, as given c n ` - `, 1 4450 1 .1 - ty u r eu e, se b . Y Field-:Marshal the DUKE OF WELLINGTON, L i ttfir t . r ftits of the Illustrious Duke, his Majesty William IV., • 5v 4 4 61 ,4,0 , Holland, and the distinguished officers under the Duke's ~'•'' u. al in number, are all painted from life. •,...._.,. ADMISSION—ONE sill LUNG. I..yr t " O R CLOTHS eSt Q n u ality Warranted. 2s. 6d. per square yard. .:_oersla and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do. do. rarnon Floor Cloth - - 2s. Od. do. do. o.......aparMed Folding -screens from 30s. 7."-A-ftbre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting, Plain and Figured. '` • • JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street. • ------------__ 1,104fe ‘atty begs mes't ATTV It lb' -'S GRAND NATIONAL --./. Alt n' P °L O ROME opposite the Broad-walk, Kensington-gardens. pectfull to inform his Patrons and the b4 afs ' hat the above Establishment (capable of holding 14,000 per *l„ th e t d ) WILL OPEN for the Season on the Ist of May, 1851, 'Min° --"" °f AM h., Übattem usements on a scale o . f extent and gran h de . If the efue r _., Med in England, and to give due effect to wic , ~!Nn e_ , 9 , into an engagement with a numerous and talented troupe gotse„ . " A-rtistes, Male and Female, and highly-trained Stud of ' the 1 %44Entertainments will comprise Histrionic Pageants, Tolima 10,11.4liasriiRsaces, Steeple Chasing, Roman Coursers. Menage Horses, •t i 'bitto,, .—rrtai and one of the most prominent features of the t I.__llit eti - it3 7 pro b: ur O t ztr s i o ch Racing, Mr. Batty having wdithhthicehgrheaave .Q)sX, Pressly trained form e th fi e n o e u s as pe i c o irir wsi,of,tvhilalt bir( mounted w by their etteh„J°ekeys. aapear in a novel con n te ' st of -o speed. To enliven the It_ ullannt itirs-Two efficient Brass Bands will perf..rm, Leaders and Parry. tret::,ithstanding the immense outlay Mr. Batty has incurred in t o „ it the Buildin ‘lle ~,,,„ g, and producing this unequalled Entertainment sub i r llnic, he has determined to regulate the Prices of Admission - a scale as will afford ever y class persons an themselves of one of the greatest novelties of the season It Y.allin g Admission to the R eserved Seats - - 3s. Od. .y First-class do. - Second-clan do. - :. - __ Admission to the Third-class Seats - - visltors, there is a - 19. Od. - 2s. Od. I ,r or the convenience of raerved, and First and Second-class se Carriage Drive to the - Os. 6d. . 4 02 51 Ington. The Third-class entrance ata, from the high road, Will the Victoria-read. be quite distinct, being N"le Doors will open at Three, the Perfor mance to commence at - r - --- Pr. HE STATE OF" TRADE. 1;... Every one in trade must come down with his profits. The a urally curtails hiTholder finds he must lower his rents and he n t ca. ' n bu yc heoPest. In the eha el Penditure, he will go where ; to good tia d s e a tl i , o i f 11,,Z?erhaps. he finds he can save i i h n d o his expenditure Prii,7,; l, Plat he has been curtaileall his income for the fall by timely sa classes, even' to the labourer! 04.7;1i1e 'will descend through VIA„„ I l . ebessary then must it be to prepare here to argue, whether in a i uk r ,, , by carefully lang out money where it will go the furthest courr,„_ Ml uee most ? Ibis not intended the best for the nation • ae,,,.Y: like this, low or high prices are of our expenses may be'"` `Politicians ay, that where a large . portion this depends on dr t pri under the item of taxes which butare demanded in full, low e ll :: and small profits will not answer,on a very extensive l isalt, a i ' c es ; an experiment tried and low priees command kila r 'as Proved, that small profits - ye gs amount of trade. Messrs. They have found that a ,softrctade it their system of business. tter than a ten shilling profit, E. MOSES and SON have f ur beZg.Profit on an article pays much be one, they sell 20 or 30 ; 1 111 d a Z , ' here they could have sold only. gigantic establish , k tlat _er ha,,,i__ have proved its efll l eac e y Me lt , u .'2n the small profit system, . ug for many years conducted their en erePletely. But it is not only the y purchase of material in gr cliiti. of their articles, it is in the capital, at the periods save a ll the 1/ 10 ,„_ es, with an unlimited command of dece'rrourable for price, that theyprofits of factors, small profit which . ow ea r t would cost , aotqe t,' a nd Middle men, so that the very coat which and the tradesman Wite. tied would cost them only 305.. that the customer Wll.O D a y s Most for it wants the most profit ;so be served by E. ItOst,P of one must perhaps pay 3/. 103-, and can I be warranted by a - „''' and SON for 325. Of course, this can on y dinary people Iraagh'erY extensive trade, far more exter.sive than or dinar that, 1, 11 er e t ' BY the same kind of reasoning it may be cone pound by it, *us., one Man sells a coat for 31. 10s., and gets a them. Let ''• -,-,. MOSES and SON will sell fifty, ~„ 'MYlad and get 51- by —rtrient y or gentleman walk over their 'establishment, and see Messrs. X.,,,, sby thousands, and they will cease to wonder how Messrs. t te veryl' o S - ES and SON can supply the very best of everythng V l ,ktrge W r ,l i gUre, vrhich they have long adopted as their undeviating .les "weever ‘sverything they make. Their stock of summer articles is .een equalled in quality, variety, and elegance . etta, ate etiltion of "Everybody's Book, containing a full report tem.., ir,vortaat trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by post fr ee. Or am , ) ,.SES al id SON have no connexion with any other house in . Sfar 14,..,`.4 tondo n, except at,llowing : on City I ilstablisbrls4, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, Leakho„d,,,!,B,l adgate,, opposite the Church, all communicating. 1141 d'a, 14:2? est. end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, Iliiii7.._, rzre et, all communicatin:. .iiik e - ;`„.,..ku 'For kshlre" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Tair," 4 trUtel 1,36, Fargate. re. Clothie rs, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe -7 "' a nd Gene! cal Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. /ut 1. i e . ~..-ort al Francaise. Qui et pule, Italian°. • 'Tf, IPPN :lit maz Deuucti, Aqui 643 habit; Espanol. , - i --- ~ ing cvil of :uou cr a w . ) , to gi" ef, and lie was red with an og: 'it, a young girl urge of hi s re- Society for the )anied by ,e, that owe , / ution, and gr. fendant, that a t sse his mother, in addition tc! led stated, that ' ll the present!: woman's bed and to violence , several tin3_e.o; was upon tbl the magistrate 's voice calling ut said that tb d d she therefo re T hen detailt g ndant on daf occasionto one fen en the de fen d' In his knee ,s F li her bank eg slo l had nontPletlii minoug, gr. Ilarbg"e' asked the the i to offer 00 w° when had made oP his client to rr b ig e d to take criminal [k ilted to Nal rice. dr. Field, c 0 of P r otection ey for the P_uoli ;' to theca u bail in k e fr targe 101' 3t. ov ered tbstbth: :cutrix W it i n . doting t ba d to r addresse d at she WOU'uissa the writeri .h e consent of I .:A ie story re ls r - n e s e of extort' v one e than 0 0 L old W° o 4 ae forwar d ., a e rs that theY " 0 Cho old Wen t 0 ad a smelt am tion she World [loot) be1 ° 2 315 0 - sti itncestest, rosecute• ,„ o bte D rtained ti i ." t o v id en ce 01 kea otterwPv entirely 011 ',4 b r i ng loti oo i ?Dual Cri °3 se parte one• f t he i noeence ° he ,r a wan's ° or , and if anY P o / Aracy, or „ op nd decide °Y" en concOoted Dr convene g cony d o t• , cutris h e y m rait on the KETS . of 29.—SUP 1 1 ; 1 11st T 1 O sl o? advance.ld. nearly I ' l 04 913; ilhe e r 4 ,l ; mutton, „., Ives 9.-1 hers a pd ling, the d e ter ns Is per ,c lo wer. de, but nu t he st; ed with W ; o p de ; and tR, 1 0. fly in part l t,oo Barley ana r o t, d other ar .4 ill —There w eighing Pw„ oo ; and 7 at 4. 1 each of 5 sold thus' d. T,_ APRIL 16 stones av 6 i, 8s Od to 84 —There we r e ~.0 ''a market; 77,4 per bag J e risi also declin ed Thirta 29 5 oc i a "" on ..., 5...... gh..... ..... . ;ola ley ..... :hyr an( 0 3 . 21° cod ..... i4' e 1..... . 21° Unsold, 45. nett, f O pen ing 0 ‘ , 4 th an intere67lo, every obt c h, Che (we 11 18 7 , te r i a more e..1 :1 0 Th e proceego ye public inte.. o j t ably eonci.e_;',l•;' or, publicuo butors, "Or tact. Tbr., d lay morp loy ~t b ef re ; and 3 I ,.. ° A "edi • and a tbu",4 ders receive Mr. 1t../* stomped 0' of the Obse l i. tb B i. Price 0 0 0. ,mns) SlsPbf comonn c oc u o 0 five o co, a il the ''' IN Lor''' tbo InfitieHeeS, 01. matches 1 1 $ 0. 11 shing, IVO Life he 'd i s publism . o rr r all th e 111 ? is ll'S IV 8 0 010 ,ast sistf ero go •iing all 111 un tr1 Tbe"cv n $5 , r ▪ o'clock 0..0 morning Gul• DEa• tor, g ° av iOg f or med, .'", e6 for and Et"? ich a 6°-- l je d., ly ~ Barr liooo o f 0, - Or, P4l Te w if e Of 0113P° Leic eeer hog, Jane', of •rif F. Esq., ;Dyer, of clir of V01114n3 4; 0 0. „di l Thc eap TOir" /-6' lg. NO' 1 ;he appnt~ Beef econd 9s 9d -8 Od -s Od -s Od -s Od I N N 7 MAY 1, 1851. N°.18,285.] LONDON, THURSDAY E D OUBLE NUMBER of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. OPENING of the GREAT EXEIIIITION, MAY 1, 1851. Splendid Engravings of the Opening of the Crystal Palace by her 3lojesty in State, will appear in the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS on MAY 3, besides a Complete Guide to the Exhibition, with many Engravings. The Two Numbers, One Shilling. Office, 198, Strand. MARY OWITT'S NEW NOVEL. In 12in0.. price Is. In boards, or Is. 6d. in cloth, THE HEIR OF WAST WAYLAND, A Tale. By MARY TIOWITT. Forming Volume 57 of the " Parlour Library" for May. Simms and l‘Plntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London, and Belfast. Sold at all the Railway Stations. **. Lists of Contents of the various Popular Works issued :in the " Parlour Library," may be had g ratis,l or free by post, on applica tion to the Publishers. Just Publishei, VISIT to the GREAT EXHIBITION, Adescriptive of all its Principal Attractions, and Illustrated with Twenty- Pictures of the most Important Works of Art. Foolscap quarto. Price Sixpenco. Cundall and A ddey, 20, Old Bond-street. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE AND SPERMATORIIIItE. Just published, Bvo., in cloth , pr ice 3s. 6d., by post (free), .45., A ATREATISE on the CURE of S TRICTURE of the URETHRA. ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Spermatorrlicea by Cauterization. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S L. "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instr uments. . • . . The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesse and horror of surgery."—John Bell. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. J-et Published, Svo., cloth, bs. Second Edition, greatly enlarged. SRICTURE of the URETHRA, its PA TIIO- LOGY and TREATMENT; and on the Curative Powers of Potessa Fusa in that disease, with CASES. By ROBERT WADE, F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon to the Westminster General Dispensary. " Essentially a practical work, evidently the result of extensive experience."—Lancet. "We feel assured that the merits of this work will ensure it an extensive circulation."—Medical Times. " The most experienced Surgeon may advantageously consult it." —Medical Gazette. London : J. Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. in bundles, and Id. to id. in warps and cops. Spinners have effected only an inconsiderable amount of sales; they have, however, in various instances, declined offers of very fair extent, from Continental and India merchants, because of a difference not exceeding id. per lb. As might be expected, great irregularity is found in the quotations for yarns and goods. It becomes more evi dent that the production of printing cloths, long cloths, T cloths, and domestics is in the course of diminution. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.-ThQ Flannel market has been dull, and a limited amount of business has been trans acted to-day, at prices much the same, as th,ise of the preceding week. Wool has undergone no change in price, but the dealers complain of having very little to do. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The demand for manu factured goods has not undergone any improvement since our last; the recent reductions in the prices of raw and thrown silks having produced a decidedly prejudicial effect with buyers. In thrown transac tions are somewhat rare, notwithstanding that prices have been somewhat reduced to a standard compatible with those of the raw material. This may probably be attributed in part to the approach of the new silk crop on the continent, which, as it may prove favourable or otherwise, will undoubtedly exercise a great degree of influence for the time being. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—To-day we have had an average market; a fair business has been done in the hall, though not so much as Is expected generally at this time of the year. Mixtures and black doeskins have been most in request in the plain woollen market. The fancy trade continues pretty brisk, and a fair business has been done in the vesting branch to order, for the home summer trade. Some of the export warehouses are pretty brisk with American orders, but generally the warehouses have not been very busy during the week. Yarns have been in rather better demand. Not mush has been done in the wool market to-day, and the ap proaching May sales, which are fixed for the 15th, will have some effect upon the trade at present. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The worsted trade is still in a languid condition, and presents no aspect of improve ment since our last report. The transactions in yara are rather more numerous; and prices are firm, though they cannot be quoted higher. More wool has been changing bands; and the quotations, though not ad►ancing, ex hibit greater firmness. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no change to notice in the woollen trade since last week. The markets have been quiet, but a fair business continues to be done to order, and there is no alteration to notice in prices. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. (From Herapath's Railway Journal) We bad an opportunity of inspecting the line of rail way from and including Bangor to Holyhead during the past week. Various subjects of interest presented themselves for our observation, and at all events it must be said that the new Chairman is making every effort to redeem the promise he made to the shareholders at their meeting on the 18th of last month. The spot selected at Bangor for the erection of the great hotel there mid-way between the " Menai" and the Britannia" bridges. A large " spoil bank" run out during the construction of the railway forms the actual site, and upon it is to be raised a building that will con tain the enormous number of 300 beds in the first instance, with suitable public breakfast, dining, and drawing rooms, and a proper proportion of sitting rooms for the use of such families as prefer taking their meals in private. One façade of the hotel, of which there will be three, will look towards the Straits and the Menai bridge, another in a slanting direction towards the Bri tannia-bridge, and the third directly towards this bridge and the Marquis of Anglesea's magnificent place " Plas newydd" on the Anglesea or opposite side of the water. Mr. Reed, of Liverpool, is the architect, and everything is so planned that if the public require increased accom modation 200 more bedrooms can be added by the con struction of two wings, one at the east end and the other at the west end of the building. It would occupy too much space to particularise the internal arrangements of this vast structure. We shall therefore only say that whilst they are based on the plan of the "Three Kings" at Basle, the " Giant" at Coblenta, and the " Lamb" at Vienna, the difference in the tastes and habits of Eng lishmen from continentalists has been fully considered and duly provided for. It is intended that it shall be ready e Herculean e t a h ne task,ree e t t i h o o n u o g f h visitors not more in thanthe spring can be of 13 2. A li accom plished by the powers that now preside over this railway. The company is, fortunately for itself, the possessor of the whole of the land between the railway and the high road to the Straits—a distance of nearly half a mile. There is room on this land for a small town to spring up. It all slopes towards the water, so that crescents and terraces can be erected throughout its entire length, and every house would have a fine view of the bridges and the Straits. We were informed that important negotiations on the subject of building are in progress, and almost brought to a satisfactory conclusion. During the construction of the railway and of the Britannia•bridge, Captain Moorsom, the then resident director, occupied a house on the left or mountain side of 'the railway, to which are attached 30 acres of land, also the property of the company. As this land is on a still higher elevation than the ground we have just de scribed, it is intended to sell it in plots of from one to two acres for the erection of first-class detached villas—and a more charming spot could not be selected for such description of buildings. Its height affords a commanding prospect to wards the Straits in every direction, and immediately at the back of this land are some f the most picturesque walks that can be conceived or depicted. As the present Bangor station is about a mile and a half from the New Hotel, a new station to be called the Junction Station, will be erected. This will accommo date not only t hei residents at the hotel, but will be equally convenient for the inhabitants of the villas and terraces to be built on the other portions of the Com pany's property. The Carnarvon branch (progressing rapidly) will join the main line just opposite the hotel. Proceeding towards the Tubular Bridge we learned the arrangements for its inspection. The public will be taken through the tubes, under the control of company's servants, until a quarter of an hour before each tra in is due. They will not be allowed indiscriminately to walk across the outside of the tubes. The privilege is only to be obtained under special authority, but about twenty feet on each " land tube" is to be securely fenced off, and the public admitted thereon. This will enable them to see the structure just as effectively as if they were permitted to walk across. At Holyhead we have an example of what well-di rected energy will effect. The existing passenger sta tion of the railway is situated nearly a mile and a half from the pier at which passengers embark for and dis embark from Kingstown. They themselves and their luggage, as well as the mails and all par cels, have to be brought in omnibuses and other vehicles from one point to another. The harbour and pier branch at present in course of erection will remedy this defect. Although its construction in volves a cutting a third of a mile long, and from ten to fifteen feet deep, the demolition of eight or ten houses, the filling up and levelling of suffi cient space for the erection of the new station, and of the very complete refreshment rooms at tached to it, the laying down through the harbour of a timber viaduct, half-a-mile• long, which is then continued on as a tramway at one side of the road to the packet pier, another half a mile in extent, yet this harbour branch was only commenced four weeks ago, and it is to be ready for use by the 15th of May. From and after that date, the passengers landing from the steam packets will walk some thirty steps to the railway ear. riages; their luggage, the mails, and parcels will be at once loaded, when the train will be drawn along the tramway and viaduct by horses to the station. At the refreshment rooms there the passengers will find all that they require to soothe the inward or outward man, after the fatigues and the heart-readings of the voyage. The lavatories will be provided with ample supplies of hot water and every other requisite for making a com fortable toilet; whilst the refreshment departments are to be presided over by one, who, in her way, is as great as the redoubted Soyer—the famous Mrs. Rib bert. We are surprised to learn that she deserts the great cradle of her fame—Wolverton—for the classic retirement of Holyhead harbour. Nevertheless, such is the fact; and we will only make one aspiration on this change, which is, that her smiles may bo as sweet, her handmaids as charming, and her pork pies as excellent as the trumpet of fame has proclaimed all three to have hitherto been. -------- There are great expectations of the development of an extensive coal trade with Ireland, and ample provision for conducting it is provided in the harbour. If the Holyhead directors can compete successfully with the W hitehaven coals now brought to Ireland, it will be a famous affair for their company, for the best house coals come from the neighbourhood cf Chester, and will have to be conveyed the whole extent of the line. We are inclined to think that the gallant manager of the London and North-Western Railway is not far from the mark when be says that there is no more profitable trade than coals at 4d. per ton per mile, exclusive of waggons for long runs, and with loads of from 180 to 200 tons. If the Holyhead Company intend to have a large coal traffic they must not look for a higher rate. As the harbour to be selected for the American packets to start from and to arrive at is now a question of interest with the public, a few words upon that at Holyhead will not be out of place. The great 1 breakwater, first running north and south, and th( n running east and west, is just one-third finished, that is, it now extends 1,800 f..et into the sea, and 3,600 feet have yet to be constructed. It proceeds at the rate of about 43 feet a week, and, taking all contingencies into consideration, Mr. ltendell, the engineer, considers it will be finished i❑ two years. The greatest depth of this breakwater will be 43 feet, its average depth is 35 feet. It will be 65 feet wide at the level of high water, and 35 feet at its upper surface, which will ha 15 feet above high water level —spring tides. When the whole harbour is completed, it will comprise within it 300 acres of holding ground, with six fathoms tlepth of water at the lowest spring tides. FORTH AND CLYDE . NAVIGATION.---The report by th e Governor and Council to the company of p ropr i e t ors o f the Forth and Clyde Navigation, recommends the continu ance of a dividend at the rate of 5 1 / 4 per cent. per annum, less the i1200121""' ir"777 7 , 1L- 1 1" • • cif . • • „ .ei tc • 0.ur•21.1. , .: : ,1% - - 4 . 4 . I 1.0 1 ) -9 . ••-, 4 \ , 4"") „; ? 4 v_ - , 0 , .. x s O s .4* e, I' . • - ) ) P l - ' . 7) , t1" 4 ", rat V" -.OIT [PRICE SD. GREAT NORTHERN OF FRANCE RAILWAY. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place on the 28th inst. in one of the great rooms belonging to the Paris terminus, Baron James de Rothschild, the president, in the chair. Near him wero seated the following director,:—The Duke do Galliera, the Marquis Dalon, Baron N. de Rothschild, M. Deletreque, M. E. Pereir-, M. editlard, at, flottingeur, Pepin-Lehalleur, M. Lebobe, M. Dasskr, M. de l'Aigle, M. do St. Didier, M. Jolly de Bamineville, and M. J. Mallet. M. 'inde read the report of the Committee appointed document declared, rcet, and M. E. Pereira read the report of the Board of Directors:— s " This document commences by stating that the share holders assemble on this occasion for the first time since the entire termination of the works of the railway. The last section of the line—that of St. Quentin —was opened to the public on May 23, 1850; all the stations are terminated; two lines of way are laid down in every part of the undertaking; and as all these works have bean executed with the capital hitherto paid up, the capital will not exceed 400 f. per share. The general account of the expenses will remain at 203 millions, of which 160 millions proceed from the money paid up by the shareholders; 40 millions represent the sums to be reimbursed to the State by annual payments; and the re maining three millions will be supplied from the reserve prescribed by the statutes. The debt to the State, which, when the revolution of February broke out, amounted to 54,711,667 E, was on 31st last December only 31,312,229 f. All the payments to the Treasury were effected by anticipation; the ten millions reimbursable in the course of 1850, and the last date for which was Nov. 15, were paid on an average on March 24; the four millions due in 1851, up to the present time, were also paid be forehand, one half from „May 10 to July 1 of last year, and the other from February 4 to March 5 of the present year. Tip debt owing to the State i s con sequently reduced to 27,312,229 E, interest included. The Board has paid since 1848,29,000,0001., and has in addition in hand 6,877,9161'. in Treasury bonds, taken in Decem ber last at 4 per cent. interest. As the whole sum re- Quentin amounted to 11,819, 026 E; and as a sum of maini l n i g ne to an b d e t e h x e p b en n c i l n e t d he o s n_ t D o e c c. al 3 a l is , , l D B4 a 9 n , kir fo k r , th a e ndst. prin cipa14,535,468 f was paid in 1850, there remains still to be paid on Dec. 31, 1850, a sum of 7,283,557 f. The money ex pended in 1850 related principally to the completion of the St. Quentin line; the definitive construction of the stations of Calais, St. Omer, and Douai; the enlarge ment, as foreseen, of a number of stations and goods' yards; and, finally, the construction of stock. The commu nication of the line with the docks at Dunkirk has been carried considerably further down the quay, and now per mits goods to be transferred at once from the waggons of the railway to the vessels ready to receive them. This produces a considerable saving, and facilitates the deve lopment of the relations with England, particularly in the exportation of flour, which is every day increasing. The whole sum expended during the year 1850 amounted to 16,535,466 f. 83c. The report then proceeds to give an account of the working for the past year, and states that the results have been most favourable, as appears from the following table:— _ _ 1848. 1849. 1850. Passengers 7,771,425f. 9,462,402 f. 12,044,485 f. Goods by quick trains Goods by slow trains 15,474,214 f. 19,326,4781 . . 23,694,893 f. In looking at the receipts of the stations it is found that those on the frontiers have increased by far the most—those of Quievrain are 40 per cent. higher; Dun kirk, 38 per cent.; Calais, 28 per cent.; and Mouseron, 71 per cent., and if a more intelligent system of customs were established, this increase would doubtless be even still more considerable. The ex penses have by no means augmented in proportion to the increase in the receipts, as from being 7,386,534 f., they are only 8,837,865 f. in 1850. The aug mentation in the items of the central administration, di vision of working, and division of repairs, is only 141, per cent.; and in the division of stock and workshops, the charges of which are in more direct connexion with the traffic, 24 per cent. And even this latter charge has during the past year been unusually high in consequence of the extraordinary repairs rendered necessary in the carriages, the state of which had suffered more than or dinarily from the perturbation caused in the workshops in consequence of the revolution of February. This item during the present and ensuing years will return to its general level, the stock now being in the most per fect state of repair. The receipts of the working, de duction made of taxes on passengers, indemnities, money paid back, &c., amount t 0... 22,670,411 f. 46c. And the expenses to ••• ••• 8 , 858,124 21 Leaving a balance of ... .. 13,816,217 f. 21c. This balance has been expended as follows: — Sinking fund ... ... ... 2,451,698 f. 56e. Interest on the money due to the State Interest at 4 per cent. on the sums paid by the share holders ... 6,400,000 f. Oc. Deduct interest on money in- 6,086,503 48 vested and on delays in *I paying calls 313,4961. 52c. j Dividend for 1850 ... ... 3,200,000 0 Sum remaining over for 1850 ... 15,741 32 2,062,343 85 13,816.2871. 21c. There was paid to the shareholders on July 1, 1850, and Jan. 1, 1851, as interest at 4 per cent. for the year, 1850 ... ... ... ... ... 16f. per share. The dividend will amount to Giving for each share for 1850 ... 24 The dividend of Bf. will be paid at the same time as the interest of the first half year of 1851, which will raise the sum to be received on the Ist of July next to 16f. per share. Tho report then briefly touches on the law-suit at present pending between the Northern Company and that of Boulogne, and declsres that the suit is not yet terminated, but that the Northern Company awaits the result with confi dence. The establishment of the electric telegraph on the line is then alluded to, and is spoken of as highly advantageous to the service in simplifying all the details of the working. The plan of receiving shares in e 4 for the shareholders had been found to answer perfectly. The Northern Company had purchased, in conjunction with that of Strasburg, nine hectares of land situated be tween the Paris termini of the two lines. The two com panies addressed, on October 25th, 1850, to the Minister of Public Works an application for permission to establish a junction line between the two main lines. The application was referred to a com mission, and no definitive answer has yet been given to the demand wade; all that the Northern and Strasburg companies wanted was a ready means of communication between their lines, which they:were quite willing to eff,ct at their own expense, and the cost of which would exceed from 60,000 f. to 80,000 f. The es tablishment of such a line was altogether independent of a general junction line, and would if executed save both companies very considerable expense. In the last place the report alludes to the improvements lately established in the communications with England and Germany. The traveller can now leave Paris at half-past seven in the evening, and arrive in London at a quarter to eight the next morning, and can go ever the whole distance from Paris t o o l o E s sd than r 2 g 6 h , h l o , o 2 r l s l . ki I o Also,me t f r r e o s m , o t r h 0751 Ist English such additional rapidity was to be imparted to the ser vice to Germany, that the journey from Paris to Berlin would be effected in 35 hours, and f rom Paris t0.C0.. logne in 17i ho Li urs. kewise, by Calais from Berlin !,c, London, in 40 hours, and from Cologne to London in 22fr hours. After the reading of the report, the conclusions of the report of the committee on the accounts of 1849 were of, and the accounts declared to be definitively passed. Tho accounts presented for 1850 were then provision ally approved of, as was the dividend of 81. per share propo them 1 . manads had theseaxmaemcinoomdmtibtotesee wasof 849 appointed to ex amine The outgoing directors, MU. Hottinguer, Caillard, Dastier, F. Baring, and Dalon, were re-elected unani mously. The CHAIRMAN, in answer . to . a question asked rela tive to the payment of the dividend, stated that any shareholder could be at once paid the amount coming to him, at a discount of 4 per cent., the rate of interest at which the Treasury bonds were held by the company being 4 per cent.—(Marks of satisfaction greeted Ulf& announcement.) The meeting then separated. tal, amounted to 165,5841. From shay.: received, _on the/ether hand, 61,356/., 'one, 65,502/., Laving a sum df 31,7251, still che.r.....u.ble up on i ncome . The report containing these particulars having been elopted, and testimony borne to the excellence of the it detcriM d, the distribution o f pr i zes and certificates of honour for the medical department commenced. At this ceremony the Bishop of London presided. - After a brief but appropriate address from his Lordship, the names of the successful candidates were announced as follow s:— SCHOLARHIPS AND PRIZES—EASTER, 1851. Senior Scholar—S. B. Partridge. Second Year Scholar—A. Playne. Junior Scholar—E. Dowson; E. W. Alexander and W. J. Palmer, seq. Divinity—Prizes: 4th year, E. A. H. Head; 3d year, W. E. Masfeu; 2d year, E. J. Lock; Ist year, E. M. R. Rendie. Warneford Endowment-Ist prize, S. B. Partridge; 2d priz?, E. A. H. Head; extra, J. K. Spender. Leathe's Endowment—lst prJz3, F. N. Macnamara; 2d prize, T. Macknight. Anatomy—Priz-: F. N. Macnemara. Certificates of Honour: H. B. Franklin, W. Langford, 2d year; G. K. Curme, G. Sl:riteshire, It. B. Searle, Ist year. Physiology—Priz -: F. N. Macoaniura. Certificates of Honour: A. Playne, T. 11. Cheatle, W. Langford, J. Drew, 2d yearSkrim,ire, G. K Carne,. Cure, W. Pearl, It. 13. Seurle, Ist y h ear. Cilomittry—P r i ze: H. W. Lewer. Certificates of Honour : W. Langford, C. J. Jackson, W. Pearl, G. K. Curme, ti. Skrimshire. Chemical Manipulations—Prize: F. N. Macnamara. Certificates of Honour: H. W. Lewer, W. E. Zeasfeu.: Materia Medica—Priz A. D. Smith. Certificates of Honour: 11. W. Lever, J. IL Sylvester. Surgery—Prize : A. M. Edwards. Certificates of Honour: F. W. Headland, J. H. Sylvester. Medicine—Prize: E. Liddon. Certificates of Honour: W. E. Masfeu; J: H. Sylvester, F. W. Headland, W. Hoar. Midwifery—Prize: T. H. Cheatle. Certificates of Honour: R. Wilkinson; J. H. Sylvester, S. P. Partridge, G. Lawson. Botany—Prize: A. Playne. Certificate of Honour: R. Wilkinson. k Forensic Medicine—Prize: E. A. H. Read. Certifie cates of Honour: S. B. Partridge, M. L. Burrows. • Comparative Anatomy—Prize: E. A. H. H ea d . Medical Clinical (Winter) —Prize: E. Liddon. Coe. tificate of Honour: J. H. Sylvester. Ditto (Summer)—Prize: J. C. Dickenson. Surgical Clinical (Winter) —Prize: A. M. Edwards. Certificates of Honour: E. D'A. Evezard, C. Leo. Ditto (Summer)—Prize—J. C. Dickenson. Certifi cate of Honour—J. B. Cockburn. Medical Society's Prize—J.K. Spender. The report of Professor,Guy, the dean, on the state of 'this department, was highly satisfactory. The numbers had increased, the discipline was unrelaxed, the system had'iebtked well: On the- subject of the tospitalt_the'_ Learned Professor spoke at length, and adducia the moat convincing statistics to prove the inefficiency of the present building, and the necessity of immediately erecting one more capacious to supply its place. •He re ferred, also, to the distinctions won at other universities by quoadam pupils of King's College, and whilst praising the present generation, urged them to emulate their predecessors' industry and worth. Dr. Jelf, and others, next addressed the meeting, and the prizes having been distributed, thanks were voted to • the phairman, and the company dispersed. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNIILLL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. f*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *John Rawson, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. t*Edraund S. Symes, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Req. t*Augastus Vigne, Esq• ernrron. trrofessor Wheat,tone, F.A.S. PRISICIAN. tJ. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SIIROEON. t * E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t * W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. oW. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. f*Messrs. Glyn, HaWax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, Messes. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. *Ralph Gough, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,0001. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab , e the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities is the hands of third parties. Na Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from 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. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. Age. ".4 'BP , A r ri r n e u . al P ta o k li e c n y B ad o d n i n ti s os in ------ Perma cent Re. IMPORTANT NOVELTIES AT THE . mitimi. out in Bonus in ductinn of 1111 OYAL PO i, Y TECHN 10 INSTITUTION to Sum Cash. Annual 1 lir The Rotation of the Earth Demonstrated by Foucault's re- Assured. —..— .- 3378 241 292 186 69 113139 1 17 6 79 Premium. cent experiments, as exhibited at the Pantheon in Paris, Mornings at a Quarter before Three, Evenings at Nine +t —Lectuf e by 2 18 6 9 7 1 1 2 1 6 4 126 17 2 £s. 8. £s d. £s. d. Frederick Chatterton, Esq., on the History of the Harp, from the 193 12 6 22 13 1 time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections by Miss Blanche Yeurn,e, 19 19 7 R.A. oi Music, and illustrated Per,ensDra of the Harps of various 162 16 8 17 8 8 Nations.—Lectures by J. H. Pep, Esq Chemistry, with brilliant 60 10 1 00 71 s i d 4 . ' I 11 1111 8 : 888 44 43 2 08 1 93 16 8140 10 experiments; and on Natural Philosophy by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Two 89 510 13 &11 Series o:' Dissolving Views :—One series entirely painted by Charles 76 18 4 11 8 3 Smith, Esq., &C., &., &c. 1843 115 10 10 58 10 10 81 10 o,•en every morn,ng an d evening..—Admission, ls. ; Schools, 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11 Half-price. 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 The Gas fitters' Association are n earl y ready to exhibit their in ------ genious deposits in the Institution. ...... ..-... -r ci T 1 A V. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0 0 01. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ara —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap ?roached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against less for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at as. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. CRE MO R NE, THIS DAY. GRAND FETE in honour of the OPENING of the GREAT EXHIBITION by her Most Gracious MAJESTY. A BALLOON ASCENT at 6 o'clock, by Mr. Hampton, the cele brated ,Parachute Diver.—Ballet by the Duelin Family, of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane.—Comic Singing by Mr. W. 11. Edmonds. —Fire Works by the Chevalier Mortrarn, with a variety of Enter tainments. Admission, One Shilling ; children, half at 3 o'clock, and on price. The Gardens are open daily for Promenade Sundays at half-past 4 o'clock. No c h a rge is made for admission except by refreshment card-6d. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, Hamilton -place, New-road, London. The following is a List of AGENTS for the SALE of MORISON'S PILLS, the VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, in London and its vicinity • jun.) t h e Hygeist-office, 5 doors e ast Strand, 368—(Mr. J. Lo f t s, j of Exeter Hall. Regent-street, 65—Mr. Field. Park-place, 1, Mile End-road —Mr. Lofts. Oxford-street, 63 Dietr ichsen and Hannay, perfume rs. New-road, 20,St. George's-in-the-East —Mr. J. Kaines. Watling-street, 55—Mrs. Dare. Great Tower-street, 33—Mr. Baldwin. Foulser. T ownsen d-street, 8, Old Kent-road—Mrs Tottenham-court-road, 128—Mr. Rayner. Walham Green—Mrs. Merchant. B ren tford (Post -office)—Mr. Norbury. Clapham—Mr. Batten's Library. G rea tch ar t-street, 53, East-road, HORtOII—Mr. Dillmore. Cornhill, 68—Mr. R. Johnstone, perftimer, &e. High Holborn, 83—r. William Ballet. Deptford—Mr. PorriMtt, bookseller. Staines—Mrs. Non is's Library. Poplar—Mr. Edmunds, High-street. No chemist or druggist allowed to sell the Medicines.—See that the words " Morison's Universal Medicines" are on tho Government Stamp. t Natienal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society_ * Equitable Fire t * Both Offices. FIFTY THOUSA ND CURES have been effected without Medicine, Inconvenience, or Expense, by DU B A RRY'S Delicious REVALENTA ARABICA , ,FOOD, whick save fifty times its cost in other remedies. A few out of 50,000 testi monials : " Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, fmrn which I had suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health -restoring Food in very short tuna. " W. R. REEVES, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have bee , effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious he food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. " Rev. JOIIN W. FLAVEL L, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miser able, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health -restoring food. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head 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 England. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 280/.—making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when It is remembered bow , everely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1249, and the 31st of Slay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631. 2s. 6d.: of these 123, comrrising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 128 6d., pro hieing in annual premiums 3,732/. I ls. 6d. (it these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is. , leaving the yearly income on the I st of Ju n e l ast e q ual to 2,991/. 155. " 1I d. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. I Is. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as [lead Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronawe of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbish-p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. " ALEX. STUAW", Archdeacon of Ross, Skihbereen." 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CAUTION.—The health of many p.rsons having been seriously injured by " Arabian Revalenta," " Ervalenta," " Lentil Powder," " Patent Flour of Lentils," " Arabica Food," and other spurious com pounds under imitation of name, or called similar by their unscrupu lous compounders, it will be necessary to note Messrs. Du Barry and Co.'s name on each canister, in order to avoid being imposed upon by heartless knavery. DU BARRY'S PULMONIC BON-BONS, a nice, safe, and effec tual remedy for coughs, colds, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and voice, are of unrivalled excellence. In boxes, Is. I)id., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.; or, post free, Is. 4d., 3s. 3d., ss. 2d. DU BARRY and CO., 127, New Bond-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.; Hedges and Butler ; Abbiss, 60, Gracechurch-street; Skelton, 49, Bishopsgate-streot Within ; also at 4, Cheapside ; 451 and 109, Strand; and through all respectable Chemists, Grocers, and Booksellers. B RITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2, King-street, Cbeapside. CHAIRMAN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., The rates for both Fire and Lite Assurance are as low as can with safety be taken. The Premiums for Life Assurance made payable to suit the cony's nience of the assured. Prospectuses and all particulars may be had at the Head Office, or of any of the agents. JOHN REDDTSH, MUTT. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATI ON. No. 81, KING WILLIAM-STREE T. April 30, 1851. At a Court of Directors held this day, it was resolved unanimouslY , That Charles Franks, Esq., of Lombard-street, he appointed Pre sident of this Society, in the place of the late Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Bart., deceased. At the s , me Court it was also unanimously resolved, That John Benjamin Heath, Esq., of the Old Jewry, be appointed Vice-President et this Society, In the place of Charles Franks, ESQ , appointed President. By order of the Court of Directors, EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary._ DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 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Be may be consulted s ith 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; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, or free bypost for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter , daily, 49114 tin tdil two, and from six till oiglit, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 30. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) HIGHWAYS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. Upon the motion for going into Committee on this 13111, Mr. NICHOLLS objected to the principle of the Bill, which he contended was nothing more than making South Wales the scene of experiment. lie should op pose going into Committee on the Bill, and if that were unsuect:asful, he should move to except the county of Glamorgan from its operation. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought there was no more ne cessity for this Bill in South Wales than any other part of the kingdom. After a short discussion on the propriety of extending the Bill to England, Sir G. TYLER rose to move that the House should go into Committee that day six months. Viscount EMLYN said that as the Government Bill was not likely to be introduced at any early period, and as far as his experience went, it was evident that no time could be fixed for any Bill of any kind, he had therefore determined to introduce his own Bill. —(Hear.) He had at first intended to bring forward a general Bill, or some one which would lead to a general Bill. His regard had been especially directed to the dis trict of South Wales, which was especially deficient in the means by which a: freedom of highways could be carried out. He should; therefore, persevere to a divi sion, and he hoped that the House would be with him. Mr. C. LEWIS said ,that, although he objected to many of the details, he did not object to the plan on which it was to be carried out. The details were indon sistent with the principles, and consequently no perma nent good could be effected without a great alteration in the mode by which the provisions of the Bill were to be carried out; however, he did not oppose the principle of the Bill, for he thought that it would be_ eminently bene ficial, but it might be still moreServicenble if its advan tages were made more general. He should, therefore, reserve himself for the Committee. Mr. VIVIAN said that in his opinion the whole of the management had better be left to the county magis trates. The motion was negatived without a division. The House then resumed, when Mr. WILLIAMS said that the whole of the business ought to be borne in mind. It would greatly affect the Bill to which the Government had already given its sanction. Sir BENJAMIN HALL said that whatever the Hon. Member for Lambeth might say, there would at least be a great grievance inflicted upon the agricultural, and he might say upon every part of the community. After a few observations from Mr. C. LEWIS, Sir F. LEWIS expressed his opinion that this Bill, although defective in several points, was calculated to be of great public benefit. Lord EMLYN said that it would be of benefit if the whole of the matter were to be referred to the Govern ment. Mr. HUME said that be had repeatedly drawn the attention of the House to subjects of this nature, and the whole of his exertions bad been met with a put off. What he wanted was a comprehensive measure. The fact was that the whole affair ought to be taken up by the Government. r w om hen se t v h e e ra re l other Members, For the motion ... ..• T A h ft e er u s en ie s Against it w e d w i voirddesdf, ... 59 Majority ••• ••• —5l The House having resumed, Mr. HUME and Lord Estee's . made several observations on the sth clause, after which the clause was passed without a division. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the report was ordered to be brought up this day week. LODGING-HOUSES BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day week. FARM BUILDINGS BILL. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved the second reading of this Bill, the object of which was to enable proprietors of land to borrow money for the erection of farm buildings. Mr. TRELAWNY considered that the Bill would have an injurious tendency. After a few observations from Mr. MULLINGS, Mr. HUME said he objected to the proposal that landed proprietors should be enabled to borrow money under the provisions of the Bill without paying the stamp duty; if they were to be relieved of this duty the exception ought to extend to other classes. He thought the measure would have the effect of doing a great in justice to successors to estates by placing additional burdens upon them. Mr. MILES opposed the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ••• ... 66 Against it ... ... 25 Majority ... —4l SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Mr. WAKLEY and Mr. BARING WALL. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved that the House go into Committee upon the Bill. Mr. ANSTEY opposed the motion. He had been on the Committee which had sat on the Bill, and he was sorry to say that he could not congratulate the Com mittee on its handiwork. The Bill was, in fact, the result of a mixture of Sabbatical fanaticism, and a desire on the part of shopkeepers in certain dis tricts to crush the efforts of their poorer brethren. There was an exception made in the Bill with regard to milk and cream, which was allowed to be sold on Sun days before ten in the morning and after one in the after noon; and he should like to know why greater .regard was to be shown to the soul of the fishmonger than the soul of the milkman. Club-houses were exempted en tirely from the operation of the Bill, as were also pub- Ames. These were only some of the inconsistencies of the Bill. But the most tyrannical and objectionable clause of the Bill was the 7th, which gave a judicial power to policemen to decide, on their own discretion, whether a party had committed an offence under the in tended Act, and to seize the whole property of some miserable hawker or dealer, which might happen to be of a very perishable nature. It was true that a magistrate had the power after wards of restoring the property, but in the mean time it might become worthless. The statement in the pre amble, that legislation on this subject was necessary, was altogether unfounded. In all the principal districts of the metropolis Sunday trading had considerably de creased, or remained stationary. There had been no in crease in the borough of Lambeth, Which was repre sented by the proposer of the Bill. Sunday trading, however, was carried on somewhat largely by persons of the Jewish persuasion, who had a Sabbath and holidays of their own. Their Sabbath, fast, and other w th i e th in dr to withdraw make them, altogether, eom fifty-two more holi days;days, which they mo st reli g iousl y 'observed and on w hich they abstained from labour , amounted altogether to out of the t we l ve. Th e to sixty-six days in t he y ear, and the effect of the Bill f ts o •o u u r l d calendar e t n o d co m pelarmonths fact , Honourable Member fo r Lamb eth had said that the Bill was as much his (Mr . Anstey's) as his u on the hear of present i tagain(Laughter.) occasion he should own; he wished he w ould adhere to that st atement, and allow him (Mr. Anstey) to withdraw th e Bill; in that c l ase h t e h w e e fl r e o usewold defeated n oppose it in every stage of its future progress. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the Bill go into Committee on this day six months. Mr. BARING WALL hoped that the Hon. Member for Lambeth did not seriously intend to go into Com mittee to-day. If the Bill went into Committee he should move that it should b e made a general instead of a local measure. H e depre bastard legislation w hich rated that sort o f applied to particular distrcF and prevented the people knowing under what law they lived. The next amendment he should . propose would have re ference to the times me ntioned th in the Bamendments ill fol. the hsa l he of a rticles. There were many mention h intended to make, in order to remove the anomalies in the Bill. He concluded by seconding the amendment. Mr. LEONARD moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. ANSTEY seconded fer n sthotio. our return we found that it had been agreed to adjourn • ht The gallery was then cleare em d division, b u t on the debate until th is day forting CORONERS' BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. FITZROY recommended that the Bill should be postponed until the country viias made acquainted with its provisions. Mr. ESTCO URT agreed to postpone the Bill, an d t h e motion for the second reading was withdrawn. The other orders of the day having been disposed o f, the House adjo urned shortly before Six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MerroitEsTica.—The Baltic arrived in the Mersey other last night, with advice& showing a further decline of i to iof a cent per lb. in the price of cotton at New York. A telegraphic announcement from New Orleans shows that a quarter of a cent had been lost there from the 6th to the 9th of April, but was regained by the 12th, through the influence of improved accounts received by u c n c d u e n r t g r o y n . 0 a So s m im e il o a f r the other e afr w rk°e Y mt o s r th k hai l ds ist, dated April 16, we take the fel ti,t o h r t e l o t m h ii e t r f u n r e l c New lowing particulars of increase as compared with 1815: Bales. Total increase of receipts at ports ••• 1 71,926 Week's increase ... ... -. ••• ..• 8.530 Total increase of exports to Great Britain • ... 183,287 Week's increase ... ... —. ••• ..• 18,605 Increase of stock at the ports ..• ... 4,923 Increase of stock in interior towns ... ... 28 330 But, as only a portion of the week's receipts at New Or leans had been reported, the total excess was estimated at 180,000 bales. Th i s mai expected to reach 200,000 bale:, and then a gradual decrerve is looked for. As these accounts are taken to be more decisively indicative than the preceding ones of a progress to a lower level of prices, we have experienced an increased depression in every de partment of our market to-day. Goods have not been saleable, except at lower prices in general than those of last week; the buyers have held decidedly aloof from busi ness, and very little has been done. The medium and lower ;lumbers of yarn baTo giTell Wi l l etb 9lll I (if per lb. KING'S COLLEGE. Yesterday the annual meeting of the council of this institution took place, at the College, Strand; the Bishop of Lichfield in the chair. The Right Rev. Prelate having briefly opened the proceedings, the report for the past year was read, From this it appeared, that of matriculated students there were in the theological department and preparatory class, 54 ; general literature awl science, 111; applied science, 39; military sciences, 11; medical department, 196; the total, 411. Of occasional students there were in the medical depailm.cot, 27; various other classes, 67; total, 94. In the school there were, it appeared, in the division of classics, 3 0 1 ; of modern instruc tion,e 128; total 449; grand tots!, for school and c?ne h g is l 954. Mr. J. J. Stutzer, the lecturer on English sanct ion. tory and literature, had, with the required _, , netu . t - eunded a r , chglarship of 301., for the purpose hic c' h scholar raging the studies which he directed; for t w nie nt of ship, open to all the students of the d l e gene ral literature and science, the first the hospital, the place at Easter. As regarded of its report strongly urged the on inadequacy its space. In ac commodationallu- to the demands upon its would take students were said sion to the medical department,le s at the Universities to to have distinguished themselves the current ear were stlted that the receipts , which they had passed . 23/ further appeared, ; c. an f ,r a y s to the finances, it was n the table, that the gross ex by the accounts lar u 1.) - 31st comber, for building, fitting, 41,327/ ; the experidditure, 41,0 . It penditure, up to the .... _ 4,0004 ow due to the hoggi turnishing, &Q. , gicitoug ANNIVERSARIEk The custom of holding anniversary festivals seems to be going out of fashion, like many other old ways. Few, however, can have forgotten that one of the days of the past week —Wednesday, the 23d of April—was a day to be held in peculiar honour in England, as the anniversary of the (reputed) birth. day of Shakspere. Curious that that day should also be St. George's Day ! The Society of Antiquaries met to elect their office-bearers for the ensuing year; and, we dare say, the fact that it was Shakspere's birthday was not forgotten among the toasts at their dinner. At other meetings, also, in many parts of the country, the circumstance must have been remembered, as well as that, on the Same day last year, Wordsworth died. Cant mingles with all things —and most dreadfully of all with dinner speeches; but we like the fashion of keeping anniversaries. By-the-by, talking of birthdays, does anything in the character and genius of a man depend on the month in which he was born? Is there any sig nificance in the fact that Shakspere's first in fant gaze on the world and on Warwickshire happened in the " sweet and showery " spring month? We don't know; but it would be difficult inductively to make any. thing out on the point. Burns was born in January; Milton in December; Goethe and Napoleon in Au gust; Wellington in May; Cromwell—a very different kind of person from Shakspere—almost on the same day in April as Shakspere; in fact, all sorts of men have been born in all sorts of months. Yet a deep fellow might make • something of the subject; and we advise some deep fellow to do so.— Leader. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The official report says:—The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts; in the week ending last Sa turday were 1,075. The tnortality, which was of unusual amount throughout March, but in the subse quent three weeks of April showed a disposition to de cline, again exhibits a considerable excess above what is usuaily erterienci:d at this period of the year. Last week was The seventeenth of the year; taking the same week in each of the 10 years 1841-50, it app ars that the deaths did not rise in any instaLce to high as in last week; that iu 1849 they rose to 1,058, hut in most cases scarcely exceeded 900. The average of the 10 corresponding weeks was 904, which, if corrected for assumed increase of population, becomes 986. Above this estimated result there was an increase last week amounting to 89. Compared wish that of the preceding week, when the deaths were 998, the present return exhibits an increase in the zymotic or epidemic, and the tubercular classes of fatal diseases, and in those diseases which affect the res piratory organs. The zymotic class numbered 217 deaths in the previous week, and has now risen to 232; the difference arising almost exclusively from measles, which has nearly doubled its number of cases within the fortnight. This complaint carried off 67 children last week, scarlatina 10, smallpox 8 children and an adult. Typhus was fatal in 32 cases, diarrhoea in 21, influenza in 7, and hooping.cough in 66. Considerably more than the usual number of children are still dying from this last-mentioned complaint, which at this period of the year does not generally exceed 43 in its weekly measure of fatality. Other diseases which have last week been augmented in their fatal effects are consumption, which rose in the last two weeks from 108 to 139 (the latter number not being far from the average), and pneumonia, or inflam mation of the lungs, which rose from 52 to 90. ,The increase in this latter disease has been chiefly confined t children; and bronchitis, the mortality from which is spread more t qually over all ages, actually shows a decrease. It is shown by a comparison of deaths at different periods of life that both the youthful and aged portiona of the community, hut chiefly the former, have latterly ti contributed more than the usual amount of s m t o b r en alid e , while the ranks of the middle-aged supply s_ average number of deaths for this season less the year. The number of persons who died last or ee y k under IS I 394; the years was 544, while the averate was i 299, while the number at 15 leers and under 60, 6 60 years and upwards average is 318; and of persons feetrths there died 216, while the averagroeuiss; a 188. ft c which Births re cently have been unusually nu merous; will be admitted to account in some degree for increased mortality among the young. In public institutio ns 147 deaths were registered last week, and these are distributed in the following propor tions:-83 workhouses, 7 in military and naval asylums, 40 in hospitals, 7 in lunatic asylums, 7 in military and naval hospitals, and 3 in prisons. STATE oofTIZ WEATHER DURING THE P AST WEEK. sillwAy ._ The sky was covered with cloud throughout the day. heavy rain fell from 3 till Bb. 3(IIII. P 31. Eke tricity—positive, and tension strong during the morning. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast thrtaighout the day; cirrostratus. Rain fell frequently. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast during the morning and afternoon ; at night the amount of cloud was variable ; cirrostratus and haze. Rain fell heavily during the morning and afternoon. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was three-fourths covered during the morning and afternoon, and clear at night ; cuP ttll cumulostrati, and c i rrostrati. Electricity—positive, an d ten sion strong during the afternoon. covered THUR SDAY. —Three-fourths of the sky during the morning, one-half covered during the Electricity and clear at night ; cirrocumuli and cirrostrati. —positive, and tension strong during the afternoon.s was covered FRIDAY. —The sky, with slight excep i ti s o t n ra , us 0 t and cirro with cloud throughout the day ; culictricity—positive, stratus. Misty rain fell at about noon. a nd evening. and tension strong during the afternoon mostly covered with cloud were afternoon, SATURDAY.—The sky was Electricity—positive A shower of rain fell at '2h. 40n2. 0 „ ; volleys of sparks and throughout the day; cumuli. and negative during the afternoon; galvanic currents . . tai 9h. placed on the main cLuu°rms3tufl.ostrati, ari . d cirrostrati. : h:BA.2l. tle wa m s e s a i ; B ;eadi ngs at, each of day st a t ,and the mast, and r I. m. was ' ' • mean reading at 9h. 1... f o r the same times were 51 . 6 Q, and The mean r e e a a d ding the Royal Observatory 47.6' respectively. barometer decreased from 29'85 in. at The reading of the week to 29.27 in. the Leginni noon on the 22d ; n g of th n e .„ i. by 9 F.M. rm on the 25 y th ; and decreased i n creased to 29 t he end of the week. to 19.56 in. by [AnvEstTisEstENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills for the Cure of Scrofula, Cancerous Wounds, and old Sores.- Ma Avory, a youth, the son of Mr. James Avory, of Ramsey, eras severely afflicted with scrofulous wounds for three or four years, and during that period many remedies were tried, but w ithout the least benefit whatever being derived from them. In this deplorable state Mr. Joseph Sergeant, chemist, of Ramsey, recommended him to use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, arid these inv a l ua bl e me di c i nes h ave b e en the means of effectually curin g t h e bo of his shocking brief space of time, They are an efficacious remedy for bad all Dru gists legs, old sores, gout, and rheumatism.—Sold by 044 St g rand, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, - , London. 11 h periwinkle were several tons of the little shell--s complaint in a very 3 bv the Duntroon landed at the Broomielaw, on Castle from the Highlands. London to satisfy the cravings othirty tons or more of this il,h,Veeethe L e t r s ed mode rn a io ' b e forwarded aon ia n t s o .. Every week there are probaboiyLooon, all of which are col insignificant edible sent m considerable ef , a , ebelkelyem ployment, and diffusing numerous P employed. The peri wages amongst the lycted near ()ban, and must ) in bas containing from two te winkles, or wilhs, are packedac_a, and keep quite fresh until they three hundred weight each,, itivcrtixr, arrive at their ultill36" t c b o e n saidmeeraabnlse of LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING , With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock —Dancing to commence al Mine and terminate a Half-pin ast Eleven o'clock precisely. Admis . N.B. Mr. L LAURENT'S 22 BENEFIT will take place on the Even• ing of THURSDAY, May . )00l .. \_