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-----.."'"""--- " . "* .- --..wm......................_ ___...-• CONTRACTS for CANVASS. / -r, , 23 fr° t4 Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, of the cuernmisniteci instouersforSeemxeeurosettin-pglace, 42 fro ° March 31, 1851. f. SilW the Office of Lord High Admiral : ill Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give . NOTICE, that on TUESDAY. the 29th et April next, at One o'clock, '' 1 ItiOni . -. d deAd: j they ont win be ready to treat with such persons ss may he willing to .21 C mout 7 h t , c a t a fe ci r n su ov p o e n ly po in r g t, h w er ith Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Ports he 1 10 " _ no, Pr°' of December 9,550 BOLTS OF CANVASS (Inclu ding 1,55 0 Bolts of 18 la t hes wide), to be delivered by t he 31st " I '""'"'""'"'""' . ___— • - ------ next. Org lols ' . an T d e n n o de T r eennider be utl3oD i 4 4 made for any quantity not less than 1,000 Bolts, Ni ., the P C: Pro e I Lfille e d r will be received unless made on the printed form, ~,. 18 262.] Arab , - LONDO: up, which, together with " Instructions for making net er it _ "ass," may be obtained on application to this office. n x y en no d t e i r ced vrill be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, --."-. - ----- lon th: for l 'a.' authorised in writing. Ire 3 5 " . t o i l n e g as the party attends, or an agent for him duly . G RAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NIN EPENCE to re ek 0 and be ar i n the left hand corner the words •` Tender for Canvass," 00PiOr and most also be or from London and Gravesend. a 6 5 t° letter with te b signed t -place, accompanied by a Y two responsible persons. engaging to become board Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwell. in the for the dueerson tendering, in the stun of 251. per. ceut. on the value, Fore Cabin .• •• •••• 6d. Chief Cabin.. 9d. ly 12 7 ! performance of the Contract. Intermediate Piers ........ 6d. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe , and Parfieet Piers. ARTISTS , The Packets collet the Piers as underlined (weather . permitting). mil 15 GENERAL BENEVOLENT W it ' ll 4 INSTITUTION, For the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. 'Pr a m ' Incorporated Instituted 1814. WEEK Days. SUNDAYS. die r' by Royal Charter, 142, under the immediate protection 1 • Time Roshr- o i.__ Green-iPur- . Tim . fteshr-' Greys 'green- ofPur her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN. derabl e . . PAT Ville. "'T" hithe. fleet - villa. hithe. ;fleet l '"' — ' lll s Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. His Grace the ',, VICE PATRONS. I 1) 780 Clench Duke of Due- R;gl:t. Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury Ofßight Hon. Earl of Dartmouth 7% rage ~ His Grace I 1, 51 u. shire the Duke of Devon- Right Hon. Earl de Grey Mt% 11 His G race ~, ~., Right Hon. Earl of Ellesmere f 9% - I % laud ' - ' e 'mite Of Suther- Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst 04 'VICO Most Meble the Marv, ()mans_ Sir John Se inhume, Bart. 3;41 bs he del. down s Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P. ,—... watts Russell. Esq. _. . _ _ - 1 cii....) 7,,,,, —C\c.,,.•,-;--- _______e__,______ 2 /.. - - e / . / ( j.-- .-1. --- . 4 7 .1* ~. ~, _ ii , .etkt., BETTING ON T N „Ai / "' -4 4 / ' METROPOLITAN HAN' /' Tr -46, r • ,AV •-. 4 . $ --`,, k.,..v- , 4.0. IT ,: i t..l ••.,_ .. , ( .-- . 4'. 4 \ ,/,,,7247-*/ /tO 1 agst Crams , -- _ nt K ~..., .„t.,...4„,....,,....,,,,,,,,,,„,,, ~.„,,,,,,4,..,,,...,„..,.,,,A.,./., A v ,.:., , , , .` • ' k•'• • '.... tu.'in l i ~, : e ,i7....1_ , 12 to 1 apt Sauter-la coupe , ' -' , ViligkikK-1 .. *MI6. ' ft...._ 49 . " - ''..fr,.%g.;,' t \•• : , '''''- l '-' '', t. ta...l`. 4. '- ' , ,r, +, 10 1"4 i - ,4111.0 pk ,A_'' ~ .. ,„, ,--°,-- ,!i '' , _ Offers to take 20 to 1 about G .• . :, 1 %, , ~.!,, ~,. ,;,,"` ,r4g...: , - _4,-2-,,,,,, tx ,..0, 80 -0, , _,z,e, z , i , i .. --. 0 , _ ~‘.,.., • , .._ . 'l' / e f lentioe, notwithstanding it was -'' -,•,---• / ''''?'4,l MIL • • `,.t.:,',,.. ‘: - ;- -- w.zi k k 11" ot 4 l' ...- - • --- / thrown a shoe, and pulled up lr ......m............'""'"'''""""""'"'"""' / ' CITY AND SUBUR 6 to 1 agst Empress c (t) I / CT"' 'HE COURSE. / DICAP (THIS DAT.) 12 to 1 agst Selina (t freely) 15 to 1 asst Raby. lauca, and 15 to 1 about Va , reportedithat the latter had ,ame. ',BAN HANDICAP. ,t) , 10 to 1 agst Dulcet (t) DERBY. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SUN APRIL 4, 1851. [PRICE SD. 6,000 to 200 agst Bonnie Dun- 8,000 to 100 agst Neasham (t) dee (taken) THE SPRING RACES (THIS DAT). FURTHER ARRIVALS.— The , Ban Raby, Snowstorm, Hesse llomburgh, Theorem, Flirt, The Old Lad, Dulcet, Thornhill, Sauter-la-coupe, Zegri, and five or six others, whose names we could not ascertain. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26," CORNEILL, LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Waterloo-place,Pall-mall, London; 57, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-Place, Glasgow; 4, College•green, Dublin. LONDON BOARD. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 11. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. Charles B. Curtis, EKE. William Railton, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. F. 11. Thomion, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorhy, Esq. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st December, 1847, is as follows: Miss Crawley, by her mother, Mrs. Crawley. Mrs. Philip Crawley, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law. Mrs. Crawley. Miss Marianne Croft, by her mother, Lady Croft. Miss Currie. by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Raikes Currie. The Hon. Mrs. Cuthbert, by Lady Emily Ponsonby. Miss Emily Dawson, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Dawso n . The Hon. Mrs. Dawson, on her marriage, by Mrs. Fitzpatrick. Lady Margaret de Burgb, by her mother, the Marchioness of Clanricarde. Lady Duckworth, on her marriage, by Lady Yarde Boller. Mrs. Norwich Duff, by the Countess of Camperdown. Miss Dutton, by her aunt, the Countess of Ducie. Hon. Mrs. Ralph Dutton, on her marriage, by the Countess of Ducie. Mrs. Frederick Drummond, on her marriage, by Mrs. John Drummond. Mrs. Edward Eastwick, by Viscountess Palmerston. Miss Eden, by Lady Byron. Hon. Charlotte Ellis, by Lady Howard de Walden. Mrs. Farquhar, on her marriage, by Lady Emily Dundas. Lady Feilden, by Lady Theresa Lewis. Miss Filder, by Lady Trevelyan. Miss Filmer, by Lady Filmer. Hon. Mrs. Fitzgerald Foley, on her marriage, by Lady Foley. Miss Fitzpatrick, by Mrs. Fitzpatrick. Miss Fitzroy, by her mother, Mrs. Henry Fitzroy. Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, by Lady Colborne. Miss Amy Fitzroy, by Lady Elizabeth Smyth. Miss Constance Fraser, by her mother, Mrs. Fraser. Lady Glamis, by the Countess of Verulam. Lady Adela Goff, on her marriage, by Viscountess Canning. Miss Goodlake, by Mrs. Goodlake. Mrs. William Ormsby Gore, on her marriage, by Mrs. SPORTING NOTES: No. XXVIII. THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. DIRECTORS. V I M LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. fElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. i*Edmund S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. f Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. f*Augnstns Vigne, Esq• " will you go see the order of the course ? Where the place? Upon the heath."— SktAKSPERE. PROMOTIONS. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Assistant-Surgeon Arthur W. W. Babington (July, 1841), of the lmaum flag-ship, Port Royal, for services during the cholera, has been promoted to the rank of surgeon. Clerk—Richard Brownsdon, (July 1, 1843), late acting paymaster of the Arab, 12, paid off from the East Indies, has been promoted to the rank of paymaster. ARTISTs, GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, For the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans. I ns tituted 1814. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 142, under the I named late protection of her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN. Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Els Grac e -h. t VICE PATRONS. clench e of Due- -- Ft;gl:t. Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury His Grace Right Hon. Earl of Dartmouth shire the Duke of Devon- Right Hon. Earl de Grey lila Grace the ' Right Hon. Earl of Ellesmere land mite Of Suther- Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst Xest_. Neble the Marquis °Mans- Sir John Sainburne, Bart. down Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P. Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. The Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the web?* Tfiljtry, -SIXTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will b e gah.t s i n reemason's Hall, on SKrustowv, the 12th instant, AvBER T HARRY INGLIS, Bart., M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. John Lepard, Esq• Thomas M`Lean. Esq. Thomas F. Marshall, Esq. E. Butler Morris, Esq. Edmund J. Nieman, Esq. C. Fredk. Oldfleld, Esq. F. B. Pickersgill, Esq., A.R.A. Henry T. RYall, Esq. Chas. Wentworth Wass, Esq. Jonathan Watson, Esq. at Six precisely. f the Stewards ; of William Nicol, ; and of the Assistant Secre it-square. ROPER, Assistant Secretary. AUDITOR. trrofeasor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. 817111E0N. t*E. S. Byrnes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. • - £787 10 0 112 10 0 100 0 0 157 10 0 •• 151 10 0 •• •• 22 10 0 50 00 78 15 0 45 0 0 11 5 0 Sum Time Assured. Sum addedto; Sum addedto Assured. ,Policyinlit4llPolleyin 18481 ,Sum payable at Death. APPOINTMENTS. Second-Masters—Edward M‘lienzie (1845), of the Ocean, flag-ship, Sheerness, to the Teazer screw-tender; Samuel Winnecott (1850) to the Ocean. Assistant-Surgeon Ahmuty Irwin, acting, to South ampton, 50, flag-ship, Rio. Clerk —John Pre4ifield (1847), of the Victory flag-ship, Portsmouth, to the Teazer. Cler ks' - Assistants—Sidney Smith Boxer, to the Bri tannia, ordinary flag-ship, Portsmouth ;F. T. Miller, to the Penelope steam-frigate, Portsmouth. Dockyard—James Carden has been appointed master rigger of Portsmouth. Dr. James Grant Stewart, has been appointed deputy inspector in charge of Malta Hospital, vice Lindsay, appointed to Haslar, vice Allen deceased. It is generally admittedthat the navy does not possess a more talented and excellent officer than Dr. Stewart. His services in tropical climates, and his thorough devotion to the professien richly merited the consideration he has received. It will be is the remembrance of our readers that Dr. Stewart volunteered his services to take charge of the plague-stricken steam-sloop Eclair, on her arrival; her medical officers having fallen victims to the disease. Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, m a d e an average speed along the measured mile in Stokes Bay of nine knote six fathoms; she has, however, 100 tons additional weight to take on board, which may probably reduce that speed to 8% knots. Her engines worked welL The Simonni made on Friday last 8 1 / 2 knots, and we understand she will probably be tried again. She had in, when tried, about 1,300 tom of ballast and coal. £638 6 8 ACTUARY. P I NY. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &o. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. £5OOO 13 years 10 mths 5000 1 year 1000 12 years 1000 7 years 1000 1 1 year 500 12 years 500 , 4 years 500 1 1 year £6470 16 8 5112 10 0 1257 10 0 1157 10 0 1022 10 0 628 15 0 545 0 0 511 5 0 Direct Trains from the Boats marked Omnibuses from Fenctiurch-street Stat ion to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of Pbkossrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. he 84 warmness, Megan. Batten., Ewena, Ommsumey and Prudence, 6, Basinghall . street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,0001. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In s arance is for Life. Every information afforded on application to the Resident Direc tor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. he dot tbs og t Higo Jacob Dirt, Esq. I hnrY G. Bohn, Esq. Louis W. Desanges, Esq. Frank Dillon, Esq. Chester Earles, Esq. Wm. E. Frost, Esq., A.K.A. Ernest Gambart, Esq. J. Leenaing Grundy, Esq. R. Jackson, Esq. John Kirkpatrick, Esq. the Trains Prom the i'enchareh-street Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Time ' Time Par- Green- „ r . v . Itosht- fl e et Green- Grays Itashr feet hithe. fleet hithe. s. x. x. ' a. m 10 934 11 2 2 4 *5% • 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 Table 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, en its surrender tone-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 in the hands of third parties. No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy stamp. The presedt nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001.; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,55014 and the reserved profit, applicable to future berms to the Assured, ansomits 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. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ' ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.—Established by Special Act of Parliament, 1834. ANNUAL INCOME, UPWARDS OF 100,0001. The BOARD of DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that taking into consideration the valuable information afforded them at all times by the Private Medical Attendant of parties proposing In surance, they have resolved from this date to PAY THE PRIVATE MEDICAL REFEREE a Fee for such information. Prospectuses, &c., may be had upon application to the Resident Director at the Company's Offices. March 20, 1851. Ormsby Gore. Mrs. John Bloomfield Gough, on her marriage, by Viaconn- Dinner on Table Tickets, 11. Is. each,t9A+4_l_4atl_;), X 1 (1.9 Honorary Secrettify,'w, r.' tary, 45, Great Coram-street, Rum WILLIAM JOEIZ tess Hardinge. Mrs. Colonel Griffith, on bar marriage, by Lady Elizabeth IJELSTON CONSOLS TIN and COPPER MINING COMPANY. On the " Cost Book" Principle. In 4,000 Shares of 21. each. COMMITTEE. 11031 7 Francis Home, Esq.. Glancester-terrace, Hyde-park. ' Patten Hayman, Esq., Rcehester. • Joseph Thomas, Esq., Finslzurpekluare: • Thos. Nelson Golding Gurney, Esq., Furnival's Inn. Michael Fitzgerald, Esq., Sloane-street. JIANKERS. • London and County Bank, Lombard-street SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. C. Daniel. CONDUCTOR OF MINING OPERATIONS. Jehtt Ilitchins, Esq. STOCK BROKKRS. Mesas. Eykyn, Brothers, 22, Change-alley, Cornhill, to whom applications for Shares may be made . Offices-1, Royal Exchange-buildings. The promoters of this valuable mine beg to observe that they and their friends will hold about one-half of the shares, as from estimates obtained from experienced miners, the lowest profits cannot be less than 5001. per month, or 60 per cent. on the capital, while some have estimated them at 1,0001. per month, judging from the actual re turns of the Wheal Vor lodes, the profits of which exceed 30,0001. per annum ; and on these lodes we shall be working, as stated above. The following is the Report of Captain Stephen Thomas : March 22, 1851. Sir,—The situation and advantages of Helston Consols Mine are well known to me, from its having frequently come under my notice some years since, when I commenced working Wheal Lovel on its south. Passages mare * are ran direct. BOAT TlCKETi;—Twelve Months, U. as. ; Six Months, IL 151. ; Three Months, 11. 165.; to be had of the Collectors on bout the packets ; or Mr. Monk Terrace Pier, Gravesend. March 15,1551. Wathen. Misa Amy Gordon, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon. Lady Elizabeth Hervey, byLady Alfred Hervey. Mrs. Harding, by Mrs. Berpal. Miss Harrison, by her aunt, the Dowager Lady Abinger. Mrs. Villiers Patton, on het marriage, by her mother, Lady DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET nineraitrrucs OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. With Plain Direcdons for their Prevdittket and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRANINGS ON STEEL. lust published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealed Envelope, Ss. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stareps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with PraCtical Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem bersuses, and solitary of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, c Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Ro p l a that nn are pr g their strictures, ae pro d du th cti e v v e ari Or e g as an w s, exp laini ng cries habits, excesses, end infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Captain Aslett and Second-Lieutenant William Taylor, of the Royal Marines, are appointed to the Vengeance, vies Captain B. Varlo and Second-Lieutenant F. L. Dowse, sick at llaslar Hospital. Captain Varlo, it is said, will retire on half-pay, and Lieutenant Dowse join the division at Chatham. on tY 50•0 n3 Ol timed L 0 . C N I L I G E IC' to ' BOULOGNE. T h 0 RCI ALCOMPANY'S superior Steam-ships, CITY of PARIS, or CITY of BOULOGNE, will leave LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, as under, weather permitting : Tuesday ...... April 8 ...... • • 3 Morning. Friday •• • • —April 11 ...... •• • • 9 Morning. Tuesday .. ••• .. April 15 ..... • .... 11 Morning. Friday ..... April 18 ...... • • .... 3 Morning. And every Tuesday and Friday, according to Tide. Saloon, 12s. ; Fore Cabin, Bs. Places booked throughout from London to Paris at the following low charges •49 il l ' . r$ on lb ° : wed' Forma :42,4 Annual Policy Bonne in nent Re- Age. ~1 r. Pre- taken addition Bonne in &action of El gl mium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual m Assured. Premium. -- A s. d. .A s d. £ s. d. 1887 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 • 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 X A s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 8 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 tll 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 8S 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 Lit RED 01. *247 •.• 1 9 5 , 6, 16 i 55 Saloon and First Class Rail • ... 345. 6d. Fore Cabin and Second Class Rai1........ 21ss. Od. Fore Cabin and Third Class Rail ........ 21s. Od. - - ---- For particulars of freight, &c., apply at the Company's Offices, 4, Arthur-street East ; or the Universal Offices, Regent-circus, Pic cadilly. LONDON and NORTII-WESTERN, GREAT NORTHERN, and MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANIES. Notice is hereby given, that all arrangements with respect to Pores and Charges for Passengers and Goods between points to which the above Companies resnectively carry, are to continue as hereto fore, and that the respective Advertisements dated 26th and 31st March are withdrawn. of 278 By order. I have often heard Mine Captains say that if judiciously worked, With a moderate capital (say 5,0001.), it would be a desir able in vestment. Captain Beecher, who possessed a large interest in the Hine, stated she would make one of the richest Tin Mines in Corn wall ; and that after the steam-engine should be at work, the profits would steadily increase as the levels became more numerous and extended. From what I know of the undertaking, and from the. tin raised in this di s t r i c t b e i ng o f th e fi rs t qua lity, lam of opi nion that a profit of at least 5001. per month may be fairly calcu lated on after clearing and extending the present levels some twenty or thirty fathoms, so as to give fresh backs of tin. S. . N.B. No A ppl i cations for Shares can be received after THOMA Wednesd S ay For Prospectuses containing Reports of Captain John Burgas, Jehu Machine, and other experienced miners, apply to Mr. C. Daniel, 1, Royal Exchange -buildings. THE BRISTOL ARMS INN, SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHTRE. MA RY BELLAIIY, o f the LION HOTEL, SLEAFORD, begs to er her gr a t e f ul thanks to her Friends and the Public generally for their k ind Patronage an d support, and respectfu ll y to i n f orni t h em that _ t e she h as taken and intends entering upon the above old-estab d Commercial Inn and Posting-House on the 6th of April next, ests, and by keeping angudthat she trusts by p ay i ng every attention to the com f or t o f h er wines and spirits of the choicest quality, to merit and con tinuance of that supp or t. " , s ,„ u l4 B• The Lion H o t e l will be closed as a Commerc i a l an d Posting a after Easter Monday. ea.ord, March 31, 1831. `The PARASOL WORLD. and b eau .-- RI VAL REGISTERED PARASOL is the most neat _„ ad that has ever been produced in this country ;it excels , i niers as to its design. se rve had at all respectable Wholesale Houses and Mercers. a nd "Z.Fve that every Parasol is stamped with the Registered Mark N ame at the top. ..Gr E t ° l l ,, R R OBY has the pleasure to announce 140 u op, . s 2„ -- •.ng successfully opposed the combination prevailinganddlct -1 te I°r lt w-an " , he is now able to comply with the far. good ~,--eoper article than he has hitherto made, and can 26 8 • P ` i• ..00ts at 305., and Leather Button Boots at G . H. wo eaSh. thWe to be uld din ° beg to state that his first class work will con in - Workmanshals It —n ginshed as heretofore for its superiority, both 48 , St. Ja n P , es !' d In quality of material. s-street ILuars IMPERIAL BLACKING, 12s. a Dozen. PrditANCE HALL, PRINCE'S-PLACE, LEcp- r ,„ WESTMINSTER. ine Erflap.r—".,r-' Will be delivered THIS EVENING (Fr Id E ay), on - ' 24 or MORISONIAN SYSTEM of MEDICIN . To Commence at EIGHT o'Clock. Admission Free. MARRIAGE-LAW REFORM ASSOClA urnerous TION. perso ns i ,,, applications having been made to the Association by the c _ -te ndinc to contract marriage with a deceased wife's sister, inain:nunittee Lm p Dermallk. it desirable, whilst Lord Lyndhurst's Act re in p rn , u r- to mak ninny,known that these marriages are lawful Protests a' Coates ant Countries. " I .4es of rk, Ger Sweden and Norway, and all other countries of Europe except England, in the United r Further A in n i fo e nn ric a a t , io a n nd, by disPensation, in all Roman Catholic may be obtained , gratuitously, on personal _application to the Honorary Secretary, at the offices of the Associa tion, 26, parliament - street. JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Secretary. NOTICE. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. It DEPOSITORS are respectfully invited to forward their !fort • bef•re the 12th ins., thatthey may be numbered in the NEW EDITION of tbe CATALOGUE, free of expense' Tbe INSTITUTI , N is now CLOSED, but will be RE-OPENED •11 EASTER MONDAY. It. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of' Parliament. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL (RoI STREET, ST. JAMES'S. e Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., $7, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, • With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons. M. Boulcourt. ~,Deors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at ' l 4i and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. P r HE POWER OF MONEY. Some men hoard their wealth, and do nobody good, While by others it's foolishly spent ; But MOSES, who long by the public have stood, Remember why money was sent ; Py commanding the markets, they buy a large stock Of the best, when the prices are cheap, And they always take care that the public who Rock To their mart, shall the benefit reap. • Thus the wealth that to some folks would be of no use, Is employed for the good of mankind, For MOSES and SON in their buying prefuse, To deal fairly are always inclined. • What they buy is the best, and its made up in style, And they pay for a thing when it's done; The smallest of profits content them the while, They sell fifty to any shop's one. See the price at which MOSES will sell a geod coat, Or a vest, or a hat, or a shawl, Or trowsers, or boots, or a habit, and note, They are cheaper and better than all. Then MOSES and SON, may they long keep their health, ' And of money the benefit reap, For they share with the public the use of their wealth, And supply them with clothes, good and cheap. handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. Of t,, new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a fill report h t , "fa late important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by r, Post free. ' 1105 ES and SON have no eonnexion with any other house in vtlt of London, except the following ts Is i tidon City Establi s h ment, 154, 155, 156, an d 157, Mi nor i es , 83, 4 5 , and 86, AldgatA,, opposite the Church, all communicating. 13+ ndon west-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, Hart•street, all communicating. B radford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. skeftleld Branch, 36, Fugat e . Van ••,„, ors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe tical, and General Outfitters f or Ladies and Gentlemen. e Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sit when business is rosnmed till Twelve o'clock. Ici I'on parie Francaise. Qui si parla Italiano. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol, Cpl IN ' SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDI T ION . "' a A- 1 11114111 TILE REMEDY FOR TILE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. lb.—. _ Anatomical Coloured Engravings on ---, Lined by One Hundred steel. 0 x ... .111-81 CAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GE NERATIVE INCA tic PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS ARRLAGE. ...dargedto 1 96 ages, Price 2s. 6d. b tQ? ' and Improved Edition, 3s. 6d. in post age s t amps, 4 Post, direct from the Establis hm ent , p b Com munications being stric tl y confidential, the A uthors have 4: . Cases. ,__ discontinued the publishing of - r ax SILENT FRIEND, Medical Work on ofoaf tho system, produced by • — ction, or the abuse of th e exhaustion and physical decay -wnealve Indulgence, the consequences me folk,. . With explicit directions for the itse of th en e d pr t e h v e e dte nti q v u e aun loti c e a n : tlee s '.,lby observations en the Married Stets , I t e,, - .. m .`en Prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Colo,egxEtonrgrd 44 11 7' 4 . PERRY and CO., -asvingtreete,•Loßny liee, PnbliShed by the Autho l r 9 ;; B an ern d er s s old tr b ee y d Pa G th o r r - - 4. " '1...r" 1 Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford r - an street; 2l an , T.!". ea denhall-street, London. sr.._ • ea 0 e anatomy ."11 I tr t o ftb and physiology of the re-productive .... if and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. dw e l l !? 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in reducing naen t ,., ue e , and their lamentable effects on the system, P tee' --. and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and gen er a tiv e p mi. °4e i, r ti. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. ta e p, treats of the diseases resulting from infection , either etiitehoser forin thei r "irrY er secondary form, and contains explicit thei r , entnient. This section is illustrated by G 2 Coloured Engi av- T T.., 41 rfON1 '' • c ontains a Remedy for the Prev e nticn of Disease by . a hii e , ePPlication, by whi c h the danger of i nfection is obviat ed. beti ea. 4Por tant part th e Work should not escape the read er' s A i. tl% . ~"_T V.l l d evoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du *llole 'Lee ca uses of unprod uc ti ve an i on are also considered, and the ,tlttsubject critically and philosophically inquired into. trektin„eennial. Balm OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in lite bi,lunervolui and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls. a nd 3 G e t keacly e f The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-sypbilin !Yrepti,„„.' f or Purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary r cotta k —*,. eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. pe hr boa " rr ra Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. fid., and 1 is. eitroni„ 1 4 certain remedy for gonorrhoea , gleet, stricture, and 11, 40,511anirriation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, tire l k w'nmmata detail of the 'ca.se is required: age, habits, end poBl - 0 4t Y, D : Si, Packets, with advice, to be had at the Ede eta w by which the fee, 11., is saved. ktesers ._97, l l itteta ii Ze in attendance dtily at 19, Demers-street, oxf_ a d: wil l 4 1 . v ,,01,_1, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Light; too au n *gavial to oao. 14 7. Q 5 7 3 sou; 6d' London, April 2, 1851. MEW-MARKET RACES. CRAVEN MEETING. 11 On Sunday, April 6, a TRAIN will leave Chesterford for Newmar ket, on arrival of the 1 30 p.m. from London. On Monday and Tuesday, 7th and Bth April, a SPECIAL TRAIN (Ist class) will leave London for Newmarket at 8 h. 45 in. a.m., calling at Broxbourne, Bishops Stortford, and Chesterford, returning at 6 p.m. . . . On 9th and 10th April a TRAIN will leave Newmarket at 7 p.m., meeting at Chesterford the Train due in London at 10 p.m. On 11th of April a SPECIAL TRAIN (Ist class) will leave New market for London half an hour atter the last race. T" QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXVI., will be published Next Week. CONTENTS: I. Poultry Literature. 11. Women in France—Madame de Maintenon. 111. Julius Cresar—Merivale's Roman History. IV. The Republic in the King's Coaches. V. Sanitary Movement—Centralization. VI. Lives of Calvin. By Dyer, &c. VII. Lord Holland's Reminiscences. VIII. Lord John Russell. John Murray, Albemarle-street. OFFICIAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUES. Ad , ertisements will continue to be received for insertion in the Official Catalogues during the whole time the Exhibition remains open ; but as the Contractors are bound to pay a penalty of 501. a day if they do not deliver the First Edition to the Royal Commission by the 28th of April, those Advertisements intended for the first five series of 20,000 each of the,Small Catalogue, and for the First Editions of the Illustrated, and French, and German Catalogues, must be rent to the Contractors by the 15th of April. S DICER BROTHERS. Wholesale Stationers Joint Contractors to the W. CLOWES and SONS, Printers, 3 Royal Commission. Official Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. This Day, Secend Edition, revised, 7e. 6d. SHIPWRECKS of the ROYAL NAVY, between 1793 and 1849. Compiled principally from Official Documents in the Admiralty. By WILLIAM 0. S. (SILLY. With a Preface by WILLIAM STEPHEN (SILLY, D.D., Canon of Durham. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. IMPORTANT TO READ. ELEGANCE AND ECONOMY COMBINED, AND SILVER SUPERSEDED. Nos. 41 and 42, BARBICAN. SEND EIGHT POSTAGE STAMPS, and by return, and post free, you will get a handsome teaspoon of CHARLES WATSON'S SOLID ALBATA PLATE. This beautiful material has now enjoyed an unparalleled success for ten years. It has survived all other solid substitutes ; has gone the circuit of the globe; has been tested for its sweetness and purity, in all climates, for every domestic use; and, however uto pian it may appear to the sceptical reader, C. WATSON stakes his reputation on its possessing all the essential attributes of silver, both in wear and sweetness. His establishment also contains every article in electro-plate. from the most neat and simple to the most costly and recherche. Knives and Forks, Paper Tea-Trays, Dish Covers, and an endless variety of Jewellery. Electro- Albata Plate. Good Strong Electro- Threaded. plated Threaded. Fiddle. Fiddle. I Fiddle.-- -- .------- -- Doz. Doz. Doz. 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Oil Lamps are most offensive to the smell, and the ephemeral Cam phine emits such smut and unwholesome effluvia as to injure health and ruin stresses, &c., whilst the Candle Lamp is inodorous and pare. CHARLES WATSON invites the public to an inspection of the above, in every variety, commencing with the Queen's Lamp, from 2s. to 265. ; the mid size, from 12s. to 355. ; and the magnum, from 355. to five guineas. Candles for the above at the lowest price in the trade. _ --- COMMUNION SERVICES of all sizes. ESTABLISHED in 1795.—Address, 41 and 42, Barbican. Merchants, Shippers, Sze., allowed a liberal discount. A Catalogue sent post free. All goods exchanged if not ap proved of. Carriage paid to any part of the kingdom. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED• LEA WORCESTERSIIIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Were-street, Oxford- Street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. ilarclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. THE TEETH and BREATH.—A good set of Teeth ever insures favourable impressions, while their pre servation is of the utmost importance to every individual, both as regards the general health by the proper mastication of food, and the consequent possession of pure and sweet breath. Among the various preparations offered for the purpose, ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentiftice, stands unrivalled in in its capability of embellish ing, purifying, and preserving the teeth to the latest period of life. It will be found to eradicate all tartar and concretions, and impart a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface, remove spots of inci pient decay, render the gums firm and red, and thus fix the teeth firmly in their sockets ; and from its aromatic influence impart sweetness and purity to the breath. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Beware of spurious imitations. The genuine article has the words "A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden,' Engraved on the Government stamp affixed on each. Sold by them Said by chemists and perfumers. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; L 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the anther, price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions 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—Evening. at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, a Nit, Ease, Occupation, Ac., 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol L A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, Ay. TBZ LANES OF VOL 11. Lw L , A ; REMINISCENCES or DUBLIN, Sco. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK. AND AVOID. That three seore years and ten oar course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vOnsly-debilitated h ealthh and enfeebled constitution, that harasses' the yonng, besets man of pleasure, business, er study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rues fbr the diet and physical not ation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. N What pauions hurt the body—what imPreTS, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." Sinner : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent ofthe passions. Chastity and its in fringements. The casualties of li cen tiousness and dissipation , with illustrations, graphic, narrative, an d remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." f sonzAsotn:—Laws and obligations of natu re , society, and re !leen regarding marriage, to be obs erved b y eit her sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age , t em p erame nt , complexion, and ngure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, tr.e. By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1821), ', ALA. 1834). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till tile; Itvertvgi, 8 4 !Yen tin nine, 10 Arsei-piaco, *gut-at/let t _ PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. Established in London, 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. IW. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. This Association offers the following advantages : The Mutual Principle of Assurance. An Equitable Rate of Premiums. Division of Profits every five years on Policies of three years' standing. The Division of Profits up to 31st December, 1847, averaged 33 per cent. on the Premiums payable for the next five years. All Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud. The sum assured may be MADE PAYABLE to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, or CHILDREN, WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION for PROBATE or LEGACY DUTY, and FREE FROM ANY OTHER CHARGE WHATEVER. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, 3foorgat e-street, March 29, 1851. Parties desirous of becoming Agents for Towns where none have been hitherto appointed, are reqUeflted to make application to the 0cr1047! 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired ix 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. author's residence, who Cornhill, Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; 28, Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie , Titchberne-street, or rafrymee by post arketGfoorrdfoornty, forty-two stamps, Leadenh fr al om l-str h e e et au ; may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, woos ten till two. and from six till eight. MARK HUISH, London and North-Western Railway. SEYMOUR CLARKE, Great Northern Railway. JOSEPH SANDERS, Midland Railway Company. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500, 0001 . (Incorporated under 7 and t Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office era—Moderate and equitable Rates oi Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at presen t char g ed 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 t h e 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 Insarance 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 se 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 °flee 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 fitly 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 Pronerty on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at gs. 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. t National Loan Fund Life Assuan ce Society. * Equitable Fire. t* Both Offices. ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS AND !LARGE REDUCTION OF PREMIUMS. HAND- IN -HAND FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 1, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Instituted in 1696. Extended to Life Insurance, 1836. IMMEDIATE, DEFERRED, AND SURVIVORSHIP ANNUITIES GRANTED. DIRECTORS. The Hon. William Ashley. I E. Fuller Maitland, Esq. The Hon. Sir Edward Cunt. The Hon. Ckas. John Murray. John Lettsom Elliot, Esq. William Scott, Esq. James Esdaile, Esq. John Sperling, Esq. Haryie M. Farquhar, Esq. Henry Wilson, Esq. John Gurney Hoare, Esq. Robert Winter, Esq, AUDITORS.—The Hon. Col. Cast, Thos. Fuller Maitland, Esq., James Esdaile, Esq. BANIEIERS.—Messrs. Goslings and Sharpe, 19. Fleet-street. PHYSICIAN.—Thomas K. Chambers, M.D.:l:Hill-street, Berkeley- square. Somcirons.—Messrs. Lumley, Nicholl, and Smyth, 18, Carey- street. ACTT:WM—James M. Terry, Esq. Smeauturr.—/Lobert Steven, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. • Although the lowest rates of premium consistent with security have been charged by the Office. it has for many years been enabled to make very large returns to septennial Insurers. LIFE DEPARTMENT. _ _ The important advantages offered by the plan and constitution of the Life Department of this Society are— That Insurers are protected by a large invested capital, upon which there is no interest to pay, and for which no deduction of any kind is made, which enables the Directors to give the whole of the Profits to insuring members. That the Profits are divided annually amongst all members of five years' standing, and applied towards reducing life insurances to the lowest possible rates of premium. The following table exhibits the Abatement of Premium that has been made for the past nine years to members of five years' stand ing : Years of Rate of Years of Rate of Division. Abatement. Division. Abatement. --- 1842 £45 pir Cent. 1847 £5O per Cent. 1843 45 „ 1848 50 ~ 1844 45 „ 1849 52% „ 1845 50 „ • 1850 52% ~ 1846 50 „ A Policy taken out on or before the 24th of June, i 45, at an an nual premium of 1001., will consequently be charged 471. 10s. as this 3 ear's premium ; and it is expected that an equal abatement will in future be annually made. That persons insuring their own lives, or the lives of others, may become members. That persons who are willing to forego participation in the profits can insure at a lower rate than that charged to members. The following table will show the effect of the reduction of pre mium made by the Society on Members' Policies that have been five years in force : • Age when Insured. Sum Insured, Annual Premium for first five years. Reduced Premiuri. 100 100 500 500 1000 2000 5000 £ a. d. 2 13 5 3 7 11 13 7 1 16 19 7 38 19 2 67 18 4 194 15 10 X s. d. 1 5 6 1 12 3 6 7 0 8 1 3 18 10 1 32 5 2 92 10 6 This system of reducing the premiums affords immediate benefit to the members, or enables them to insure a further sum upon their lives equal to more than one-third of the present policy, without any additional outlay. ROBERT STEVEN, Secretary. ONE PAYMENT FOR THE WHOLE OF L IFE. THE RAILWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY, for granting Assurances upon Payment of a Single Premium, against Loss of Lite or other Personal Injury arising from Railway Accidents. Incorporated under the Act of rarliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. Capital - One Hundred Thousand Pounds. Offices, No. 5, St. James's street, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. 1 The Common Sergeant. The Hon. Henry G. Spencer. 1 Charles Hopkinson, Esq. The distinctive feature of.this Company consists in the sufficiency of ONE PAYMENT to cover an Assurance for the WHOLE OF LIFE. The first is the only expense and trouble, there being no annual re newal of premium. By granting Assurances to Passengers only, and excluding all those persons in the employ of Railway Companies or Contractors among whom the heavier risks occur, the Directors of this Com pany are enabled to issue Policies at a lower rate of premium than is offered by any existing Company. Upon proof being given that a party assured has met with his death by railway accident, the Company will pay to his representa tives the full amount of his Policy. If the accident shall result in personal injury only, the Company will pay to the assured a fair compensation for such injury. Assurers have the option of travelling in carriages of any class, and on any railway in the United Kingdom. The Directors are now granting assurances upon the following terms, viz. : For every Policy of 1001. 01. ss. 1 For every Policy of 1, 0801 . 21 . 2 s. PP PO PP 5001. 11. ss. 1 „ „ „ 2,0001. 41. 48. Agents are appointed in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom, through whom Assurances may be effected. W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES sail GENE RAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 2 1 f. Regent-street Waterloo-Place, London. TRUSTEES. Spence Horatio Walpole, Esq., Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. M.P. Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. DI LECTOIII. Thomas Littledale, Esq. Edward Lomax, Esq. Samuel Miller, Esq. Edward Yansittart Neale, Esq. Sir Thomas N. Reeve William Studley, Esq. Endowments. Three-fourths of Prospectuses, post-free, on ap- Samuel Driver, Esq. John Griffith Filth, Esq. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. John Palk Griffin, Esq. Peter Hood, Esq. Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, Life A•surances, Annuities, an, profits divided amongst the assu plieation. F. FEZ USON CAMROUX, Manager. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing Room yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. It was the first public reception for ladies this season, and was brilliantly and numerously attended. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace shortly after two o'clock, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite. Before the Drawine Room her Majesty, according to an nual custom,' received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in the Throne Room. _ _ The deputation, which was ushered to the Royal presence by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, con sisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President; Mr. William Gilpin, the Treasurer; Mr. James Bentley and Mr. John Alexander Hankey, two of the governors of the Insti tution ; accompanied by the Rev. William Webster, MA., the mathematical master; Mr. William H. Back, the draw ing master; and the 40 boys of the Royal Mathematical School founded by King Charles 11., and was most gra ciously received. The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw ings, and was pleased to express her high admiration and approbation of the drawings of the boys, and especially of those representing the ships' harbour and fortifications cf Portsmouth. - Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the state saloons. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty-in the Palace as usual, under the command of Captain Bellairs, the Exon in waiting. The Queen wore a white Gros de Naples train, trimmed with white crape and white bugles, and ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat was of white Gros de Naples, trimmed with white crape and white bugles. Her Majesty's head-dress was composed of white feathers and diamonds. _ _ Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Countess of Desart, the Marchioness of Douro, and the Viscountess Canning, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Amelia Murray, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Eleanor Stan ley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Hon. Miss Seymour, Maids of Honour; the Viscountess Forbes, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady Charlotte Copley, Bedchamber Women ; the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole to thii Prince, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretary to the Prince ' • Lieu tenant-General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; Colonel Buckley, h q uerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; and Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Diplomatic Circle was introduced, when the following presentations to the Queen took place : By the Viscountess Palmerston—Madame Bartholeyns de Fosselaert, Baroness de Hunoldstein. By the Swedish and Norwegian Minister—the Baron Charles de Geer, Secretary of the Swedish and Norwegian Legation. By the Minister of the United States—Lieutenant Cald well, of the United States' frigate the St. Lawrence. By the Sardinian Minister—Baron Tholozano, Commander of the Sardinian frigate Governolo ; Le Marquis Oldoini, Secretary of the Sardinian Legation. By the Austrian Charge d'Affaires—Mr. Buschek, Chair man of the Austrian Committee for the Great Exhibition. By the French Charge d'Affaires—Monsieur Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, Commissaire General du Gouvernement Fran tais, Ancien Member de la Chambre des Deputes. The diplomatic circlo was attended by M. Van de Weyer, Belgian Minister; M. Bartholeyns de Fosselaert, Attache to the Legation ; and Baron Mertens d'Ostin, member of the Agricultural Jury at the Universal Exhibition; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister • Baron de B runn o w , Russian Mi nister, and Baroness de irunnow, and Count Wielhorski, At taché to the Legation ; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapoli tan Minister, and M. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Cheva lier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and Madame Bunsen ; Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, Count de Moltke, Secretary, and Count Reventlow, Crimiuil Attache to the Legation ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish sand Norwegian Minister; Mr. Abbot Lawrence, Minister of the United States of America, and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Bancroft Davis, Secretary, and Col. T. B. Lawrence, Attache to the Legation; Senor Isturiz, Spanish Minister, Mr. J. T. Comyn, First Secretary, Le Chevalier Diaz, Second Secretary, and Mr. J. L. de Urbiz - tondo, Attaché to the Legation; the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, and le Comte Louis Corti, Secretary of Legation ; Le Baron de Koller, Charge d'Affairs of Austria, M. Francois Uchatius, Captain of (Austria) Artillery, and Le Baron de Scholl, Captain in the Austrian service; Mons. de Marescalchi, Charge d'Affairs of France, M. de Saux, Second Secretary of the Embassy, and M. Sampayo, Attaché to the Embassy; Cabouly Effendi, Chargé d'Affaires of the Ottoman Porte, Sadik Bey, Second Secretary, and Dilaver Effendi, Attaché to the Embassy; Le General Mendoza, Chargé d'Affaires of Mexico ; Baron Stratenus, Chargé d'Affaires of the Netherlands ; Baron de Tuyll and M. de Steenberghe, Officers d'Ordonnance to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands; the Chevalier de Ribeiro, Charge d'Affaires of Portugal; M. Francisco de Rivero, Charge d'Affaires of Peru; M. Emilio de Althaus and M. Fabricio Caceres, Attaches to the Mission; M. J. T. de Amaral, Charge d'Affairs of Brazil ; Le Comte Possenti, M. Schmiever, Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Viscountess Palmer. ston, and Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at tended the Drawing Room. The following ladies had the honour of being presented to the Queen : Miss Agnes Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. Du Pre Alex ander. Miss Arthur and Miss Frances Arthur, by Lady Frederic Smith. Mrs. George Cavendish Bentinck, by her mother-in-law, Lady Frederick Bentinck. Mrs. H. Wollaston Blake, on her marriage, by her aunt, Lady Mary Wood. Lady Emma Bligh, by her mother, the Dowager Countess of Darnley. Hon. Louisa Boyle, by her mother, Viscountess Dungarvan. Lady Francis Bruce, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce. Mrs. Andras Buchanan, on her return from St. Petersburgb, by the Marchioness of Clanricarde. Miss Buckley, by Lady Catherine Buckley. Mrs. Hngh Mills Bunbury, by Viscountess Hardinge. Miss Banbury, by her mother, Mrs. H. M. Bunbury. Miss Zee Burton, by her mother, Mrs. Burton. Miss Barrington, by her mother, Caroline Barrington. Miss Calcraft, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Steele. Mrs. (Sheriff) Carden, by the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley. Miss Carden, by her mother, Mrs. Carden. Mrs. Carr, by the Hon. Mrs. Annesley. Miss Carr, by her mother, Mrs. Carr. Miss Jane Cathcart and Miss Mary Cathcart, by Lady Geor gina Cathcart. Miss Chester, by her sister, Lady Alfred Hervey. Mrs. Clarke, by Lady Lyndhurst. Mrs. Cobham, by Mrs. 'Pigot. Miss Elizabeth Cockburn, by Lady Hamilton. Mrs. Henry Codrington, by Mrs. William Codrington. Miss Cornewall, by her mother, Mrs. Cornewall. Hon. Mrs. Cradock, on her change of name, by Lady John Russell. Lady Gibson Craig, by her mother, Mrs. J. H. Vivian. Lady Cranworth, by Lady Vernon. Mrs. Crawley, by the Dowager Blarchi94oB4 Of D 91101409 de Bathe. Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Hawkins, and Miss Madeline Hawkins, by the Countess of Besborough. Miss Hayter, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter. Lady Julia Hay, by her sister, the. Marchioness of Douro. Mrs. Hinds, by Lady Talbot de Malahide. Miss Eleanor Hinds, by her mother, Mrs. Hinds. Miss Hinds, by her mother, Mrs. Hinds. Mrs. Henry Hitchins, by Lady Doveton. Miss Maria Hobart, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hobart. Hon. Sophia Hobhouse, by the Marchioness of Douro. Miss Charlotte Hobhouse, by Lady Marcus Hill. Mrs. (Sheriff) Hodgkinson, by Lady Grey. Miss Horner, by her sister , Lyell. Mrs. Hughes, by Lady Talbot de Malahide. Miss Adelaide E. Hughes, by her mother, Mrs. Hughes. Miss Mary C. Hunter, by Viscountess Glentworth. Miss Pauline Irby, by her sister, Mrs. Lewis Loyd. Miss Jebb, by Lady Grey. Mrs. Vincent Kennett, by Viscountess Glentworth. Miss Kerrison, by her sister, Viscountess Mahon. Lady Caroline King, on her marriage, by Lady Elizabeth Dawson. Mrs. Siegerich Kreeft, by Viscountess Palmerston. Miss Latham, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter. Mrs. Henry Law, by Lady Grey. Miss Lodwick, by Viscountess Palmerston. Mrs. Lodwick, by Viscountess Palmerston. Mrs. Lancaster Lucas, by Lady Byron. Lady Francis Lyon, by her mother, Lady Glamis, Mrs. M'Grigor, upon her marriage, by Lady M'Grigor. Lady Mackenzie, of Avoch, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce. Miss Mackenzie, by Lady Mackenzie, of Avoch. Miss K. Alice Marshall, by her aunt, Mrs. Whewell. Lady Matheson, by the Duchess of Sutherland. The Lady Mayoress, by Lady John Russell. Lady Milbanke, on return from Munich, by Viscountess Pal- merston. Lady St. John Mildmay, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Shaw Lefevre. Miss Agnes Mills, by her mother, Mrs. Charles Mills. Mrs. Alexander Milne, by Lady Hume Campbell. Lady Moreton, by her mother-in-law, the Countess of Ducie. Lady Georgina Moreton, by her mother, the Countess of Ducie. Mrs. Pack, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law, Lady Elizabeth Reynell. Miss Adelaide Pechell, by her mother, Hon. Lady Brooke Pechell. Miss Pepys, by her mother, Mrs. Pepys. Miss Eleanor Perceval and Miss Maria Perceval, by their mother, Mrs. Spencer Perceval. Hon. Mrs. William Josceline Percy, by Viscountess Canning. Miss Alice Percy, by Hon. Mrs. Josceline William Percy. Mrs. Phibbs, by the Dowager Countess of Norbury. Mrs. F. Parr Phillips, by her mother, Lady M'Grigor. Mrs. Pilkington, by Lady John Russell. Miss Pilkington, by Lady Jobn Russell. Mrs. James Chicheley Plowden, by Viscountess Hardinge. Miss Pywell, by Mrs. George St. John. Miss Isabella Ramsden, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Ramsden.. Mrs. Charles Randolph, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Douro. Mrs. Edward Birch Reynardson, on her marriage, by her mo _ _ ther, Mrs. Vere Fane. Miss Ricardo, by her sister, Mrs. John Bastard. Mrs. Herbert H. trice, by Lady Napier. Lady Rodney, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Rodney. Miss St. John, by her mother, Lady Isabella St. John. Mrs. Henry Saddham, by Mrs. Bernal. Miss Constance Saunderson, by her mother, Lady Maria Saunderson. Lady Scott, by Lady Byron. Lady Stanley,_of Alderley, on coming to her title, by the Countess of Sheffield. Hon. Maude Stanley, by her mother, Lady Stanley, of Al- derley. The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn, by Lady Glamis. Miss Adelaide Stringer, by Lady Elizabeth Wathen. Miss Throckmorton, by the Countess Granville. Mrs. Thomas Twining, by Lady Clay. Mrs. Townsend, by Lady Dalrymple. Viscountess Torrington, on return from abroad, by Lady John Russell. Miss Vircent, by Lady Arabella Baring. Mrs. Warner, by Lady Charles Russell. Lady Catherine Weyland, on her marriage, by the Countess of Verulam. Miss Wickham, by her mother, Mrs. Wickham. Mrs. Williamson, by Lady Talbot de Malahide. Miss Wilson and Miss Julia Wilson, by their mother, Mrs. James Wilson. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing room. The Greek Minister and Madame Triconpi were prevented by indisposition from attending her Majesty's Drawing-room yesterday. LADIES' DRESSES. The following are a few of the principal dresses : HER MAJESTY. A white, gross de Naples train, trimmed with white crape and white bugles, and ornamented with diamonds; pet ticoat of white Bros de Naples, trimmed with white crape and white bugles. Headdress, white feathers and diamonds. DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. Train of white glace, covered and trimmed with crape; white crape skirt, over glace, trimmed with gauzs ribbon. dead-dress, feathers and crape lappets; ornaments, dia monds. MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE. Train of white terry velvet, lined with pink glace, and trimmed with ruches of pink and white; dress of rich pink and white brocade, with double skirt. Head• dress, feathers and blonde lappets. COUNTESS OF VERULAM. Train of blue corded silk, trimmed with Brussels lace ; pet ticoat of tulle, over glace, trimmed with bouquets of blush oleanders. Head. dress, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds. MRS. WYLD. Court costume, composed of a train and corsage of rich blue moire antique, handsomely trimmed with Honiton point and silver; skirt and tunic of tulle, over white satin, trimmed with silver and blue convolvuluses. Head-dress, Honiton lappets, plume, wreath of convolvulases, and white roses; or naments, pearls and diamonds. AIRS. COLONEL HARDING. Skirts of rich lilac and white broche silk, trimmed en tab liere with deep flounces of magnificent blonde, louped with nceuds of lilac satin ribbon; train of rich lilac and white damask silk, trimmed round with ruches of lilac ribbon; body of silk to correspond, richly trimmed with blonde, and blonde ruffles. Head-dress, ostrich plume, blonde lappets, and lilac flowers. MRS. HAWKINS. Superb train of blue Genoa terry velvet, richly trimmed with silver lace, and violet pansies. Corsage trimmed to correspond. White broche petticoat with magnificent point d'Alencon flounces. Head-dress, silver lace lappets, feathers, pearls, and diamonds.. MISS HAWKINS. White tulle dress over rich glace; tastefully trimmed with ribbon and pink verbena; train of white velour d'Eccosse, beautifully trimmed with tulle and pink verbena; corsage trimmed to correspond. Head-dress, point d'Alencon, lap pets, and feathers. MISS MADELINE HAWKINS.. White tulle dress over rich glace, tastefully trimmed with ribbon and pink verbena ; train of white velour d'Eccosse, beautifully trimmed with tulle and pink ver bena ; corsage trimmed to correspond. Head-dress, point d'Alencon, lap pets and feathers. MISS BLANCHE AINSWORTH. A court costume; the train of white poult de soie, trimmed with white satin fringed ribbon and ruches of tulle; th e petticoat, two skirts:of white tarlatan trimmed with white satin ribbon over white glaceslipileacdo.rdsargesestLoauicsoXary.,plivutneith bouquets of fleurs de champs. and lappets. MISS HUDSON. Train of white glace, trimmed with gauze ribbon ; white tulle petticoats over glace, festooned with bouquets of varie gated roses. Pearl ornament s. GRAHAM. Train of white glace, trimmed with tulle and bows of satin ribbon ; petticoats of white tulle over glace, festooned with wreaths of red roses. Head-dress, feathers, and blonde fappets ; pearl ornament s. M M ISS ABEL GRAHAM. The same. RE-ELECTION OF TUE SOLICITOR.-GENERAL.---The election of a member for the city of Oxford took place yes terday, when . Mr. Page W oo d, w h ose nom i nat i on to t h e office of Soli9tor-General vacated his seat, was re-elected as representative of the constituency without opposition. He was proposed by Mr. Alderman Godfrey, and the nomina tion was seconded by Mr. H. Hoskins. The Solicitor-Gene ral having addre'sed the very large meeting assembled in the Town-hall, and explained his political views, and proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was carried unani mously, went through the ceremony of being chaired, and the city was restored to its wonted tranquillity. On Thursday last, the 27th March, the wife of William Hesketh, a poor man, a gunmaker, living at 3, Ru pert-street, Alie-street, Whitechapel, was safely delivered of three fine daughters—who, with the mother, are doing quite TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. F:int,—Throughout next week the Heath of Newmarket will once more be the rendezvous of the sporting world. ?his meeting in the " good old times " (?) commenced the racing season, now it figures in the catalogue as the tenth fixture; but in our respect it maintains its position as the first annual reunion for the enlightenment of the public with regard to the three-year-old running, thus becoming a very important key to the result of the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas Stakes, Derby and Oaks. It commences on Monday and extends to Friday, a pretty good range. The stakes for the day,with the exception of the two 50 sous., over the D.M. and R. M., have not yet closed. The Rowley Mile Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, all the money, amounting to 3001., will be contested by a trio, and Midas ought to be the winner. The Ditch Mile Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. for fillies, will lay between Coticula and Iris, and as the latter receives 31bs of the former, that ought to turn the scale, but I doubt its doing so very much. On Tuesday one of the great guns of the meeting, the Newmarket Handicap, stands for de cision; the field for which I estimate at about sixteen, but at the present moment it is difficult to form an accurate list; however, I think the following will be found wanting : Glance, Woolwich, Pitsford, Vatican, William the Conqueror, Windiscbgratz, Clermont, Legerdemain, Mooltan, Flare-up, Knook Knoll, Hesse Homburg, Brother to Truthteller, and the John o'Gaunt colt; from the rest I will attempt the task of selecting the winner. Uriel, 5 yrs, Bst 21b, from his previous running I should set aside in favour of Strongbow, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, who, I fancy, will be in front, no matter who wins. The same remarks-will apply to the Knight of Gwynne, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, and Bushranger, 4 yrs, 7st 21b, the latter hav— ing the pull. Champion, although in at the easy weight of 7st, for a fiv r e-tyear old, has always cut such a wretched figure, that it is difficult to believe he will get any nearer than third or fourth place at the best. Kissaway, same age and weight, I hold in some re spect, and have no hesitation in asserting that she will be very forward. The Squire's Minimum, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b, I cannot have, albeit his victory at Warwick last November, with 6st 81b up, was accomplished easily enough by some three lengths. Tophana, 6 yrs, 6st 111 b, is a bad spec. The Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo, 5 yrs, 6st 10Ib, is in on un commonly good terms, and I have no doubt the talented oracle of the ring, Captain Rous, thought so when he ac cepted with him, but, 'tie said, he is not in such good trim ache might be. St. George, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, comparatively with some of the others, is not in on winning terms. The foregoing observation applies also to the Mouse, 4 yrs, Est 91b. Mr. H. Stebbings' speedy animal, The Cutler, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, who has, off and on, been supported for a large sum ever since the acceptances appeared, is, in my humble opinion, somewhat overrated at his present weight; and for my part, I would just as soon back Entre-nous, same age and weight, as him ; but, notwithstanding, do not think his winning an impossible task. Recruit, late Thorough-good Sam, is, at the same weight and age as the preceding couple, a thorough-bad spec. Antigone, 3 yrs, sst 21b, and not Hesse Homburg, will, I believe, represent the Goodwood Stable, and run well: her performances hitherto have marked her above the rank of mediocrity. Nondescript at the bottom of the handicap is very properly named. To sum up, I imagine the race will lay with Uriel, Strongbow, Kissaway, Quasimodo, Antigone, The Cutler, and Bush ranger, and that it may possibly end thus : ANTIGONE, or / QUASIMODO THE CUTLER 2 the other three close up. Should any circumstance occur to make an alteration necessary, it will appear in Monday's paper. Three will go to the post for the Eighteenth Riddles worth, which Hernandez ought to win; should he be bowled over it will be by Naptha. Ariosto will win the 100 sovs. Stakes, over the Abingdon mile. On Wednesday we have the Column Stakes, which has often decided the fate of three or four Derby nags, it will hardly do so this time. The field will probably consist of the following :—Ariosto, Bst 41b-- Payment, Bst 116—The Black Sea, Bst 71b—Trinket (the filly by Amorino, out of Earring), 7st 131b—Hatherton, Bst 41b. One or two others may run, as the stake is minas forfeits, but not, as far as I can discover, with any prospect of altering the result, which, I think, will be as follows : ARIOSTO •• •••.. PAYMENT The 200 sovs. Stakes, D.M., although boasting among the entries the names of Midas and Teddington, will, I fancy, be won by Coticula, with The Ban in the second place. On Thursday the Ditch Mile, 100 sovs. Sweepstakes, with an entry including the names of Storm, Catalpa, Ariosto, and Newminster, may possibly be won by Scott's horse, but in my opinion much more likely by Mr. Payne's—more anon. The Claret Stakes will probably have Nutshell first, and William the Conqueror second. The 50 sovs. Stakes will be a close affair between Christina and Hurry Scurry, resulting in the victory of the former. On Friday the 100 Boys. Stakes will be won by the Mountain Sylph colt, if he runs, otherwise Midas. Oleander will beat Nondescript in their match. Ido not anticipate seeing more than four at the post for the Port Stakes, viz., Bee Hunter, Officious, The Knight of Avenel, and another, and the result something after this style— OFFICIOUS KNIGHT OF AVENEL ...(Marlow) 2 Throughout tha next week,"with the exception of Satur day, brief remarks on the latest moves at Newmarket will appear daily, thus meeting the views of the public in one highly important particular. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 4, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 9 to 2 sgst Lord Eglinton's Crimus, 3 yrs, sst—take 5 to 1 6 to 1 agat Ld. Strathmore's Sunrise, 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 10 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's Kathleen, 4 yre, 6st 91b Valentine and Hesse Homburg were quite out of favour; COMM, Raby, and Kathleen, in fact, were the only horses backed. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 apt Mr. Howard's Grecian 5 to 1 agat Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b —taken to 60/. DERBY. 6 to 1 agat Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken to 1601. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken to 1501., and afterwards offered 14 to 1 agst Mr. Nichol's Newminster—take 15 to 1 1,000 to 10 spit Mr. F. Clark's Marlborough Buck—t 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. Higgins's Theseus—taken and afterwards offered 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Higgins's Neasham—taken A report that Grecian was lame got into circulation on Wednesday, and caused his decline at the Clubs and in the City to 8 and 9 to 1; 7 to 1 was the highest offer against him this afternoon. EPSOM STEEPLECHASES—THURSDAY. The Beddington Free Handicap Steeplechase, of 5 sovs. each in case of acceptance, with 50 added ; the winner to pay 10 sovs. towards expenses; the winner of any steeplechase after the weights are declared to carry 81b extra. About three miles. (16 Subs., 10 of whom accepted.) Mr. B. Land's The General, llst 21b (Owner) 1 Mr. Carew's Trust-me-not, list 61b (T. Oliver) 2 Mr. H. May's Don Juan, lOst 71b .................(Frisby) 0 Mr. W. H. Mytton's Mind-your-own-business..4Bailey) 0 Mr. Fore's St. George, lOst 51b . Mr. C. Higgins's Viscount (h.-b.), 103 t 21b (Planner 0 Mr. S. Price's Legislator (h.-b.), 9st 121 b .........(Owner) 00 Mr. Elmore's Buscot, 9st 71b (carried 9st 121b...(Hewitt) _ Betting-7 to 4 agst Trust-me-not, and 4to 1 each agst h the General and Legislator. Won very easily by three lengs2_ A Free Hardicop Hurdle Race, of 10 soya. each, with 5 0 added ; the winner to pay 10 Boys. towards t he expenses. Twice round and a distance. ( 17 Subs. , 9 of whom de clared.) Lord Waterford's Lord George, 6 yrs, llst 41b (Ryan) Mr. Knowles's Vesta, aged, lOst 131 b (Frisby) 2 Mr. Gardener's Little Queen, lOst 101 b (S. Darling) 0 Mr. P. Barling's Bedford, 5 yrs, lOst 41b ...(Hi gg i ns) 0 Mr. Land's Defaulter, 5 yrs, 1( st (Owner) 0 Mr. H. Drew's Martingale, aged, 9st 121 b ......(Hackett) 0 Mr. Steven's Fazely, aged (h.-b.), lOst 81b ...... (Yates) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Defaulter , 3 to 1 agst Little Queen, 3to 1 agst Fazeley, 7to 2 against Lord George. Won by three lengths, Little Queen third, and Bedford a bad fourth. Fazeley fell at the hurdle opposite the Stand, the first time 3', who was very much shaken, but fdroromlletdheoveoerfthsitsajktoecofe the ground, escaped without: a ny broken limbs. Scramble Steeple Chase of 3 BOYS. each, with 20 added, list 71b each; the winner to be sold for 100 soya. if demanded, &c. ; and allowances if to be sold for less. Once round and a distance. Mr. Gooch's Victress 9st Illb (20/). ..(Boyce) 1 Mr. T. F Mason's Gulnare, I Ilb (201) .....(Archer) 2 Mr. W. H. Mytton 's The Unlucky One (201)...(8ai1ey) 3 Mr. Lyn e ' s I r i sh Lass, gat I Ilb (201) (Poole) 0 Mr. Darby's Rate-in-Aid, lOst 41b (301) (Sait) 0 Mr. Darbv's Cowslip, lOst 41b (301) (Seyffert) 0 Mr. G. The Colonel, list (601)........ (Price) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's The Painter, lost 41b (301)...(Rackley) 0 Mr. Thrale's Tough Tom, 9st lllb (201) (Turner) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Victress, sto 2 agst Gulnare, and 3to 1 agst The Painter. Won by 10 lengths. The Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 soya towards ex penses; winners extra. Twice round and a distance. (16 Subs, 3 of whom declared.) Ld. Waterford's Ld. George, list 111 b ( 61b extra) (Ryan) I Mr.Carew's British Yeoman, list 41b (61b extra)(T.Oliver Mr. G. Higgins's Maria Day, lOst 121 b (Frisby 0 Mr. Anaon's Spring Buck, lOst 31b.. (Smith 9 Mr. 'Thomas's Rendsburgh, lOst 21b (Archer 0 Mr. Elmore's Mulligan, lOst agat Captain Rowley's Spectator, 9st 101 b ............... Maria ........ 0 Betting—Even on British Yeoman, 3to . Day, sto 1 agat Mulligan, and sto 1 ages Lord Geor ge, Spectatorby 11 1r ;gan Spectator took the lead at starting, fo ll o wed. 2 the • the head of the rear rank. In this order 3 . passed the Maria Day, and Lord George, the British Yeoman lying a t th british Yeoman, Stand, and cleared thelence out o f w t a h i o te w d i o n n ni b n y g L he o l r d di t G be o lead being then taken by Maria Day, . e rge, s away from the aln t a o di vi dit a se r e d ny s deSrba th ill r e lge m nil in approaching the on Springentering Buck, t hMulligan, common, leading horses, but drew rising hLord George in close g t h e hill got the second brook, and took it third , the hill, but Sp r i ng B uc k on l an di ng got safely over the hurdles half way uP place, Rendsburgh beinagncithinibrodnr,ses attendance. The lead in g mud, rolled over, go t r id o f hi s f o oting, a th n e d took several of th e succeed i ng f ences . F rom stuck broke fast e cre away, this point the lead alternated between Maria Day and Lord George, waited on by British Yeoman, nothing else being in the race. About a distance from home the three closed, • and Lord George, after an excellent race with the Yeo , m an, won, hard held, by a l eng th an d a h a lf ; Maria Day a 1)04 Magicienne steam-sloop has her ballast stored at Devon port, and has hauled off the dockyard, and will sail on her trial cruise in char ge o f M r . B rown, weather perm i tt i ng. WooLwicii, APRIL 3 .—APPOINTMENT.—Lieutenant John N. Norman (1842), to study steam at the factory at Wool wich Dockyard. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Henry William Allen, is under orders of readiness to convey the re mains of General Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.H., to Banff, for interment in the family vault of the Earls of Fife, the late gallant officer having been the nearest relative of James the present Earl of Fife. The Lightning will leave Woolwich at two o'clock P.m. to-morrow on her melancholy errand, and on her way home will callat Sunderland with provisions and stores, from Deptford, for the Hecate steam-vessel, Commander George S. Hand, at present at that port in con sequence of the strike of the seamen in the collier trade. Inquiries having been made by the authorities as to the best mode of admitting to the dockyards the foreign visitors expected to arrive in this country during the next three months, to witness the Exhibition of the Industry of all Na tions in Hyde -park, it has been decided that coloured cards will be supplied to the foreign Ambassadors and Consuls- General, the representatives c f foreign Powers at the Court of St. James's, and th ey w ill f il l up the cards with the names of the intending visitors. Their rank will be known at the dockyard by the colour of the card presented. This excel lent and simple arrangement will insure every attention to the respective ranks, which could not have been otherwise so easily done when the visitors are unacquainted with the English language. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. The Royal Italian Opera opened last night for the season. The management is not, as last year, a re public, but a monarchy under the government of Mr Gye, whose great experience well qualifies him forth () task of management. The opera chosen for the opening last night was Semiramide, the chef d'oeuvre alike of Rossini and of Grisi. In the representation of the character of the Assyrian Queen, Madame Grisi has always stood un approached, and when she appeared last night, the same Grisi that she ever was, the applause with which she was welcomed was most rapturous ; she was obliged to wait for some minutes for the applause to subside before she could commence her recitative, "Fra tanti regi." The voice is as pure and as perfect as ever, and the " Bel razzio" was brilliantly given. The grand finale to the first act was magnificent in the rendering; in this scene Grisi stands, and always has stood alone. The two great duets in the second act, the first and the second with Arsace, were superbly given, and never has Madame Grisi been more majestic or more perfect as Semiramide than she was last evening. Mademoiselle Angri, who was in excellent voice, was the Arsace, and gave full effect to the music of the part. Her ren dering of the duet with Assur, in the first act, was full of energy, spirit, and true dramatic point, and in the duet with Grisi, in the second act, she was equally fine. Her two 7 - arias, the " Ah, qual Uiorno," her scene d'intrata in the first act, and the cavatina, " In si barliga," in the second, were both rendered with infinite spirit *ad taste. Signor Salve tori, a new baritone, from the operss of Naples and of Bar celona, and who has acquired an enduring continental repu tation, from his creation of the part of Belisario, in Donizetti's opera of that name, made his debat in the part of Assur. His features are expressive, and his acting good, and he is evidently used to the stage. As to his voice, it would be au act of injustice to Signor Sal vatori to attempt to give any opinion of it trom his performance of last night. Placards were distributed about the theatre claiming the indulgence of the public for hint in consequence of his labouring under hoarseness and influenza, and it was evident from the commencement of the opera that his voice was completely out of order. Signor Tagliafico acted the part of the High Priest with great dignity, and Signor Mei sus tained the little part of Idreno. The choruses were perfect, and the orchestra, under the direction of Costa, who was warmly greeted on his first appearance, magnificent. All the principal artistes were called on at the conclusion of the opera, and the national anthem was performed, the solo parts being sustained by Mesdames Castellan, Angri, and Grisi. The house was crowded to suffocation in eve , y part. The Queen's box was occupied by Lady Emily Cavendish and Miss Bathurst, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Mrs. Grey and party. Among the company honouring the theatre with their presence were the Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marchesa Brancaleoni and Mdlle. Brancaleoni, the Mar chioness of Westmeath and Miss Dawson, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Kilmorey. Viscount Templetown, Viscountess Exmouth and Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Cranbourne, Lord George Manners, M P., Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord Colvill Lord Broughton and the Hon. Misses Hohhouse,Lady Suffield, Lord Adolphus Vane, Lady Isabella St. John an d party, Lord Northwick, the Baron anl Baroness de Stentz, Lord Arthur Hay, Colonel the Hon. Cecil Forester, M P., Major the Hon. R. Needham, Hon. Francis stonor, llou. John Fortescue, M.P., Honourable George Barrington, Mr. Greville and Miss Greville, Sir Wi lliam and Lad y De Bathe, Sir Henry Webb, Honourable Hugh Rowley, Sir George Armytage, Sir Charles Marshall, Miss Bur dett Coutts and patty, Colonel Brownlow Knox, and party, Mr. Martin fucker Smith, Captain De Bathe, Mr. G re g or y , Ca p tain Ford , Mr. -Mac kenzie, Major Gage. Colonel Blanc, Major Maitland, Captain Cathcart, Captain De Ilorsey, Mr. Woodford, Mr. W. L ow ndee, William Rose, Honourable George Barrington, Mr. A. K. Orm, Captain the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, Mr. Lister Kaye, Captain Ellison, Mrs. Hatton and the Misses Hatton, Mrs. Henry Villebois, lion. Henry Howard, Captain Thesiger, Captain Hotham, Hon. G. W. Miles, Mr. Martineau, Mr. Raymond Barker, Sir Thomas Hare, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Bulteel, Mr. Arcedeckne, Hon. G. Noel, Captain Robertson, Mrs. Horstman, Madame Rail and party, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, Captain Hawkins, Captain Pliibbs, Sir Seymour Sadler, Mr. De Blaquiere, Mr. De Pent heney ()'Kelly, Mr. ljzielli, M. Lizarde, Colonel Gough, C. 8., and Mrs. Gough, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Among the noble and distinguishing individuals honouring the performances at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday (Thursday) evening with their presence, we observed the following :—The Prince and Princess Czartoritski and the Princes Vitold and Ladislaus Czartoritski, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis Lord F. Beau. of Douro, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl of Lozisdale , the is not con. reason to know. Earl of Mahnesbury, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Ranelagh, Earl Gifford, Lord Gardner, Lord W. Lennox, clerk, Sir George and Miss Beaumont, Sir John Bayley and Lady Bayley, Sir H. Webb, Bart., &c., &c. victi Accusation on,as m an many is a not worthyp ro proof, l o a w nd ha c s otf o ft i l t —Eliza Cook's Journal. FOUR HORSES DROWNED.—An accident of a very se rious character occurred in the neighbourhood of Melton, on was proceeding Thursday morniog, the 20th instant, and we hope that the result of it may lead to a better a nd . safer road than this one to Melton to fetch a has proved to be. It aPPea re that a servant of Mr. W. Henton, of Hoby, load of manure • be at t em pted to cross the river Wreake, at a place called the w Wash stones, tones, in the parish of Frisby, which would have ma de a difference of a few hundred yards, when the force of the water was such as to sweep the waggon and horses into the canal. The poor animals s t rugg l e d on for n e ar ly a mile, and through the arches of two canal b r idges, before they were drowned; and the man who wa s riding upon one of the fore horses saved himself by • to the bra c linging nches of a willow tree, as the horses were floati ng down the st ream . The team of horses thus lost by the n egligence of the waggoner, who took this road contrary to orders to save a little trouble, was considered one of the best in the neighbourhood, and worth at least lOW. Leicester Mercury. DEATH FROM A WAGER.—On Tuesday afternoon a young man, named Edward Hacker, living in Granby.street, Waterloo -road, undertook, for a wager of 1/., to swim aer, ss the 1 hames from Milbank to Lambeth within twelve minutes, and got in the water for that purpose a short distance from the bridge at three o'clock, it being then high water. The unfortunate man got about 200 feet from the shore, when he gave a loud shriek and instantly sunk. The party with whom he made the wager were hastening over the bridge to meet him on the opposite shore, and could render him no es sistahce, and the poor fellow, who it is supposed was seized with cramp, perished. On Friday a similar occurrence took place at Milbank, when a young man, named Darby, lost his life. SEASONABLE HINTS TO CANARY BREEDERS.— , All birds of a uniform when paired together , p roduce r to secure an their exact counterpart. In or der , howeve r, to there can in finite variety of colours, i t: wh ich, grey be ln united to a mealy hen, be no objection- - if a m more handsomely marked or vice versa, the issue w ill b e this principle,whic h 1 By carrying out than their parents. d to all who can give their time to it, cordially r e commen d of a truly interesting character. results may be produce d . err tint, miVe reared ; in fact Birds of every shade, and ev ert inexhaustible.— .. „..._, , . combinations are imam Amu in the such corn Gardor's Chronicle. . _ . • 0 ta, S g erik Litt', de:j larcelo: f floor ;gine ° ; lea 110., we 11 301 10;. 3 0 , Nbieb' 43 35 t ree k ' uad• 5d , I