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. - ''•-- 7 ---- ---'," - . , . , •- • - " -- • , 28, in lot. 1 •.' . CHESTER and. HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. -- ' ; , est '.. : , „..- • I Notice to VISITORS to the BRITANNIA TUBULAR /,':. , 1 . i::. - , ' 1:1 Or QtlC boo, /MIDGE. ..14. ...; , . , On and after THURSDAY, May 1, 1851. parties will 1) , allowed ' - 'it..* • : . . ipril 8. 0 ta inspect the Tubes under the guidance of the officer of the '•'•'. I \ ,„ Company, from S A.M. to R P.M. (Sun-lays excepted). ---.. . 4 . t Parties will not he admitted 15 minutes before the Trains passing '.li3. '------.--•/ pril 20, in through the same line of Tubes is due. No gratuities allowed to be . taken. By order, • 1.., April J. O. BINGEII. w' - ' Superintendent's Office, Chester, April 25, 1851. — ___ __ ._ Andrew's, poli T BRI T ANN Tk, PRES 13. 1 iNGOR.—A x-ro 1.413 ,, •;,..,,, (I . --, partirdu Ist Mai, Messieurs les Voyageurs poiirront .1/sitter ill I. ' - V10, 7 44U ID I LONDON, W r Canada, Its Tubes de ce • nut, de nuit lteuret du m tt.n ii Mitt heures do soir, , tons les jeurs . excepte le Inmanche. sons la conduite d'un employe d —... ------ -..te.:_ - . _ ~ , la cempagne du Cherrrn de Fer le Chester I ,lolyhead. L'entree de s -.----.......• - _ .• . • toes hem intercthe un quart d'heure avant le pa ssa g e de cheque • h'oLjusqu' mires ce passage. It eat defend u aux em p loyes do re- N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND ac tvroir recompense. EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES T S. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. 'a market ; CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD EISENBA.HN. . ... DIRECTORS. tut' of the t * T.: LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. _NJ EINsEHUNGBRITANNIA." BOHREN BRUCKE. . ere appear lls lliihren der Britannia Brticke werden der Einsehung Herren W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. t ' E li lli g o b ts C oar Ni.D E :: I F.R.S. *John Rawson, Esq. Fremden alle Tagen. Santagen ausgenommen, von acht uhr Nor .3ltalf. C. AGionthigelri: Esq. Esq. 'John Shaw, Esq. QUAATIo• tens big acht uhr Abends offen ge'assen. Herren Reisenden werden t*Edmand S. Sy - mes, Esq. 2ris to GOO durch aus einem der Eisenbalm Redien stater begleltet. En Viertel *John Moss, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. )i ls to 00a thin(' ehe der durch-fahrende Zug er wart.•l ist wird die Etngang dert Joseph Thompson, Esq. )0 to 00s liiihren Verboten. Es wird den Beauttern Belohorungen zu erhal- t*Augustus Vigne, Esq tea etreng verboten. I.I7DITOS. )09 to 00e ___. tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S. /Os to 001 G R EAT WESTERN RAILWAY. PRYsIcIAN. 1851. B ATII RACES. tJ. Elliotson. Ni.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. I Id 'Notice is hereby given, that an EX CURSION TRAIN will leave SURsEoN. tn. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grasvenor-street, GTOSvenOr-SQUILLO. Id ?Addington for Bath at 8 sat., on THURSDAY, 15th May, canine at ACTUARY. 6d ' g 1 "%11, , Windsor, Reading, OiCord, and Swindon, and will return 1 ' few . S. B. Tiroolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., /cc 6d Nal Bath the same evening at seven o'clock. FARES IN CLOSED CARRIAGES. sECRETARY. od From Paddington to Bath and Back —15 s. Od. and 109. *D. T. Lyons C/anchy, Esq, SUTERINTENDENT. ~ Slough or Windsor ditto • • .. 12s. Od. and Ss. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. krrivals of ~ Reading ditto .. .. .. 10s. Od. and 6s. .. .. .. . .6e. BANKERS. I nlirkg ' ~ Oxford ditto 10s Od and t*Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard - street. ited sole. . Swindon ditto • • • • .. 4s. 6d. and 3s. SOLICITORS, _ rain until trawlers. Sutton, Eweas, Ommanney and Prudence, 6. Baeinghall filers wee GRAND JUNCTION CANAL street. this cIAY'. , •Notice is hereby given, that the next GENERAL ASSENT- *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street -11/"T of the COMPANY of PROPRIETORS of the GRAN! , NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. was yell - atiNCTION CANAL will he held at the Company's Office, No. 21, CAPITAL-500,000/ first -rats Surrey , ,street, Strand. London, on TuEsDAY, the 3d day of June next, id. L iir- at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, and that the Chair will be taken The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As lured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that ter, as ." at Twelve o'clock precisely. ity. Th e CHARLES ROGERS, Clerk to the Company. can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, t 0 Grand Junction Canal-office, 21, Surrey - street , to the extent of one - half the amount of the pa i d annual Premiums, „ ye end Ilon a Strand, May 12, 1 851 . without security, personal liability , o r deposit et the Policy, but by TALBOT HOTEL, QUEEN STREET, simple endorsement thereon ;or the half Pre miurn may be with held during the whole continuance •f the Policy. Also, in the SCARI3OROUGH , event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the a. e : GEORGE NICHOLSON, of the Black Lion, Bridlington, begs to Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be 26 --' 9 , .t.eritte/raedint.his Friends and the Public generally that he has taken and returned by the Society. 24 -- b 0 bo untiful the old established Family and Commercial Hotel the Lapsed Policies may be renewed vtithont fine, en proof of health 48 --* 1 and trusts by unremitting attention to their wants, and a ,_antiful provision of the choicest Viands, to meet with the pa- and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. 2 -•••• ''' "'nage of a discerning public. Notices of Assignment of Palielee registered and acknowledged, 38 -- 42 Fami li es and Parties can be accommodated with Private Rooms so as to make them available as securities ha the hands Of 38 -•••• 41 f°,..r aay length of time, or can join (at pleasure) with Visitors at the third parties. • N. Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. Per tat Kubik Room, which is of the - first order. The present nnual tneom .of the Society from Premiums is LO 71 00 . The TALBOT I s in the centre of the Town, and only a few tai- 63,0001 • t WO) . the ,P Butes 01 the Society is .. the amount COTO' . ,• . 61 51 !, tee' wale either to the North or South Sands.. IClble 1,781,550/. • and the reserved profit, appl to "future beans to ... The Omnibus and Cabs attend the arrival Aid departure of every N5l L 5 6, Tha n. the assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves -2.5/ to tA* C, arriages and Horses are also kept for Pleasure Parties. ttgation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. en their Premiums o 0010 v , A Room is also kept strictly for the Commercial Body. in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by is -- '. The most extensive Stabling in Scarborough. each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. 33 --• 3°.- EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. 101 10 ! nORTICULTURE.—ROBERTS'S STR AW to 975 6 u , BERRY TILES, and ether Horticultural appliances, are ex- I ' I . rut 111., hi bited in Class 9, in the GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING, 1 ..°: - Annual I PolicP, Bonus in .. 61 al l lSde-park. AWL! E =, Pre- taken ! additioe ?emus :n vent Re. duction of ' A Pamphlet, illustrated with Woodcuts, describing their uses and nai e min. out in ' to Sum . Cash Annual ley. a pplication, can be had, post-free, by enclosing six postage stamps, I Assured. 20 d o Addressed to Mr. John Roberts, 34, East Cheap, London. Premium. 20 do I it. d. As d. As. d. 16 do HE FALL OF ADAM.—At the Music-11811, 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 ~. Store-street, Medford-square, TO-NIORR , IV EVENING, May 1838 267 II 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 , 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 14 do .a, 1851, the Rev. C TIARLES EYRE will deliver a Recitation, in r t £ s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 r eel our Parts, entitled THE FALL OF ADAM, chiefly selecte I frem Hilton's Paradise Lost, and forming a connected epic. about one-fifth AO ( 0 00 74 a 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 511 Of the original. Exhihited as a m iniature model of that imperishable 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 12 We 1 Wor k which gives to England classical pre-eminence and to Milton l atrnortal rATlnvirn. 1844 77 19 2 38 1 5 10 59 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 ~k:-• , 76 1 67 1 510 39 1 291 Bank THE FALL OF ADAM. — At t he Music-hell, „ Store-street, Bedford-square, TO-MORIVIV EVENING, May ;, 0 1 851, the Rev. C II ARLES EYRE will deliver a Recitation, in !Our Parts, eatitled THE FALL 01' ADAM, chiefly selects fr,in Milton's Paradise Lost, and forming a connected epic. about one-flfth of the original. Eahihited as a m iniature model of that imperishable C ork, which gives to England clas sical p re-emiuence and to Milton arnnortal renown. For outline of the performance, see Bills. ,Adrnissien, 25.: Reserved Seats, 3s. Tickets to be had at the .t2ic-hall, Store-street. boors open at Seven, and to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. ' T HE ERA DERBY PROPHECY , b y TOUCHSTONE, will appear in that journal on Saturday next, When the successful Canine Prop het of 1850, " Joe Muggins's Dog," Will again endeavour to pick cut the Absolute Winner. Also per 'romances of the Derby starters, and latest state of the odds. The ERA DERBY GIFTS will be divided next Monday, and all Who subszribe I:. 6s. for 52 weeks' supply of ttie paper on or before Allay 17, will participate in the same. Post-office 0-ders must be made payable to Mr. Frederic Ledger, Era Office, Catherine-street, Strand. 8501. have already been dis tri uteri. The ERA of May I I said :—" We shall unhesitatingly and without reservation award the victory to the FLYING DUTCHMAN, Whose advent will be hailed by the glad shout of delighted thousands as he passes the chair a clear length in advance of his rival." A LL S 0 PP'S EAST INDIA PALE and other BURTON ALES. The public is respectfully informed that these favourite Ales may be had Genuine, in Casks of IR Gallons and u wards, at their respec tive Stores as under, where also a List of the Bottlers may be ob tained : The Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. Stores, 61. Piing William-street, City, London. Cook-street, Liverpool. High street, Birmingham. The Exchange, Manchester. 33, Virginia-street, Gla•gow. -CAUTION.—In consequence of several parties vv selling a Sauce under the aopellation of "RELISH," A. ✓ YER respectfully acquaints the nobility and public, that.the only „elial made by him has his Portrait on the Bottle, and also the " l irnes of his wholsale agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL. Gore House, Kensington, April 22, 1851. Jo st Published, Svo., cloth, 6s. Second Edition, greatly enlarged. STRICTURE of the URE CHRA, its PATHO LOGY and TREATMEN;T: and on the Curative Powers of P otessa Fusa in that disease with CASES. By ROBERT WADE , / . .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, tztensive circulation."—Medical TiMe9. "The most experienced Surgeon may advantageously consult it." --Medical Gazette. London : J. Churchill, Princes-street, Sohe. 16 78 76 0 T 5 72 CREMORNE GARDENS. This Mammoth Establishment will re-open for the Season " 'er the direction of J. B. SIMPSON, on MO - DAY next, the 19tu, With a Grand Gala. entitled THE FEAST OF ROSES. of a novel :Ind startling description, illustrative of T. Mo 're'- beautiful poem, :Lallah Rookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attr ctlon .. 1 new Fairy Ballet, entitled TH E STAR OF fiE trITY ; or, The frIP of Fire, composed and produced by Herr Deulin, with entire new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devi gnes —New Tableaux Vivants, r epresenting Use ix Prize Meals of the Exhibition — New Chinese Pagoda —O rc hestra and novel Platfor m, 100,000 feet, brilliantly 11- urninated, and decorated with luminous flower, —Dancing al Fresco to norias celebrated Band—W. G. Pell and Ledger, the original • ; 4111 0pian Serenaders —The Three Brothers E liott in their survis exercis-s —Madame Tallien, the Female Wizard— •var EIC.`CISC4 and Domestic Cue oms of the Bosjesrnans, illuQtrated b a Family of that Tribe, on a new stage, with appropriate scenery—Professor Tay lor and the Double-sighted Youth —Splendid Pyrotechnic display on th Polychrome Palace, by Chevalier MortramA new and intricate G.psey in her Tent —Shooting Gallery and Archery Grounds, and nutner .us other Entertainments. Mona. Francon', Director of the Cirque National de France, and his unrivalled troupe of Equestrian Artistes are engaged, and will arrive early in June. Actnission, One Shilling—Children Half-price. Doors open at Three, N°. 143,296 3 LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVE KIN Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climatea EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital--500,000/. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ara. - Moderate and equitable Rates 01 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 ',Teat. 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 proached 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 tree Premium equit abl y payable, as security against loss 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 tire, 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 3s. 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 Assurance Sudety 1 . Equitable Fire t* Roth Offices INSURANCE AGAINST RAILWAY ACCI DENTS.—GREAT EXHIBITION EXCURSION TRIPS. The Dire . tors of the RAILWAY PASSENGE , t , s' ASSURANCE COMPANY have made arrangements for the issue of EXCURSION TICKETS, to co•Pr the risk of the journey both ways, irrespective of distance, in Excursions to or front London. These tick is Insure 2001., payable to the executors or next of kin in the event of death, with proportionate compensation in cases of personal injury b , rail way accident, at a premium of Twopence, and are available for any class --- carriage. The Periodical Tickets of this Company cover the risk of Excursion Trips, as well as travelling by the ordinary Passenger Trains, and insure 1,0001. at an annual premium of 20s. 2001. AS 44 ss. These tickets are all , ibtainable at the Company's Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London ; and the Excursion Tickets will likewise be issued by the Company's Agents in the principal towns throughout the country, where Excursion Trips may be determined ou. The distinctive features of this Company are :- 1. It is empowered by special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic% toria, cap. 40. 2. It has a sub•.cribed capital of one million sterling, as a guarantee to the assured. 3. In the premium charged the stamp duty is included, which is paid to Government b'. the Company. In these respects it is peculiar, and distinguished from any existing Railway Assurance Company. ALEXANDER BEATTIE, Secretary. 3, Old Broad-street, April 22, 1851. T" MONUM E N T. The Interior having been Cleansed and Pepainteel throughout, is Open for Pin , lie Insrection froin Eight in the Morning until Dusk. Admission to the Gallen', from whence an unequalled View or London and the adjacent country may be obtained, Threepence each Person. Foucault's Recent Experiment, Demonstrating the Rotation of the Earth, is shown Mornings and Evenings at the OY f't irTEC NIC IN STI'rUTION. 1111 . Important Deposits by the Gas-fitters' Association, illustrat in the econoissical application of Gas for Cooking and various other purposes. Lectufe by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., on the History of the Harp, from the time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections by Miss Manche Youin.:e,' Music, and illustrated by Drawings of the Harps of various Nations.—Lectures by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments ; and on Natural Philosophy by Dr. Ilachholther. —Two splendid Series of Dissolving Views : —One Illustratinu the Holy Land, painted by Charles Smith, Esq., Sec., Scc. Olen every morning and evening..—Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. --=' OFFICE, ESTABLI,,IIED for the INSURANCE of all KINDS of PROPERTY in TOWN or COUNTRY. LOANS in stems not legs than 1001., on approved Personal Security and a Life Pdley, are eranted by the ROYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN and ANNUITY COMPANY. Prospectuses. and every Information , may be obtained of the Agents in all the principal towns, or at the Head Office, 346, Strand, London. THE ADVENT OF IN DUSTRY, 1851. How few of the visitors of the Great Industrial Exhibition will consider how many hearts and heads and limbs have ached to produce the mineral, mechanical, and artistical wonders that now =race the Crystal Palace ; and, besides those triumphs of mankind, L i__u* , many thousands of men , equally deserving of success, have, 'um as many different causes, altogether failed to complete the Works upon which their whole energie s have been expended for months perhaps their whole means exhausted ! The Crystal Palace contains the result of immense talent and industry; 'but the weeders there accumulated are also the results of cities and anxieties unparalleled in the history of art, manufactures, and commerce. Ought it not to teach our wealthy classes an important esson ? Art, science, and manufactures, unpatronised and unprotected, would progress but slowly, if at all ; but when the nobility and gentry see at one view the wonders that can he achieved under the fostering care of those who can afford it, there is some hope that the disposi tion to encourage the ingenuity and perseverance of mankind may be universally promoted by this gigantic example of what can be achieved. Ile who patronises industry is a public benefactor. It was this consideration th at indu , ed Messrs. E MOSES and SON to enter at once upon a system which enabled them to employ hun dreds of excellent industrious workmen where others would only employ tens. Is must be obvious to all reasoning men that under the old system of large profits he who looks only to himself might clear as much out of ten men's labour as Messrs. E. MOSES and SON can, with their limited profits, out of the labour of a hutulreol. But they have the satisfaction to know that the more capital they can use, mid the less profit they exact, the more they can patronise the industry of the country, by finding men constant work and instant Payment for their labour, while by these means they produce an article at nearly half the.usua l, and * far better at that price, thin has ever been produced before. But the consequence of employing a large capital and numbers of people does not end in tha mere fact of low prices ; 'or these very low prices for good clothing enable thou sands to dress respectably who could not do so were the old prices . prevailing. Until Messrs. E. MOSES and SON established their system of trading it was impossible to obtain good cheap clothing ; LOW the poorest of the labouring classes can dress in strong and good • Clothing accordln; to their eircumstawes. All classes can dress well—all classes aught to dress well. It is worth the consideration of the wealthy, whether they ought not to save half the cost of their own dress and their servants' livery, if it were only for the oppor tunity of dispensing the amount in benevolence. Messrs. E. MOSES and SON invite all classes to see their enormous STOCK of DRESS, appro 7 pliate for everybody. Buy or not buy, no matter, when they Lave seen they will believe in the beauty and extent or a stock and an establishment to which it is difficult, if not impossible, to do it:Mies by description. A. handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. Thd new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a full report of the late important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by letter, post free. E. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except the following : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, • 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating I ' • L on d o n West-end Branch , 506 , sot 508, New Oxford-street,, 2, and 3, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors, Clothiers, natters, Hosiers, Farriers, Boat and ghoe- Seekers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and G entlemen. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to suns et ga., tirtey, when business is rAadmed till Twelve o'clock. lei l'ov par Francais°. Qui si purls Itali ano. Mar sprieht man Deutsch. Aqui Re habla r,"50O1. WM. SHAW, Managino: Director. 0 LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. 4, a GYL , L ROOMS GREAT WINDMILL STREET, - 11L ST. JAMES'S. sole Lessee, Charleg Emile Laurent, Jun., 57, Brampton-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 comment,* at Me and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission. One Shilling. H.AIL WAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, MAY 13. STOCK EXCHANGI.-The share market still continues re markably flat, with little or no business doing. The only sale reported to-day was-Vale of Neath, 5 dis. EKPOoI.. MAT 13. Broca EXCHANOE.-There is a better feeling in the market to-day ; the business, however, has been limited at the quotation The transactions were as follow : -• Birkenhead, Lancashire, aid Cheshire, 9 3 4 die.-Caledonian, - East Lancashire, 64 1 -Great Northern, 19 1 ,E - Lancashire and Yorlislaire, 61 k -London and North-Western, 127-Ditto, .Nele Quarters. 4 1 % p. -Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.-Midland. 61 1 ,. 1 -Ditto, - Halves, 1374 dis.-North British, 9 , 4 -Smith- Eastern and Dover, 2674-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21%- Dundalk and Enniskillen, 8 1 ,4 2 . MANCHESTER. MAT 13 STOOF EXCHA Iron.-The market has been very inanimate to-day, but prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were as follow :-East Lancashire, Quarters, 164 1 -Ditto, Preference, Quarters (min. 6 per cent.)., 8 1-16 -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 32 3 4-North Staffordshire, 7 dis. -South-Eastern and Dover, 26% 8 . . 1111011NGHAM, MAY 13. Svocz EXCHANGE. Business continues fiat,_ with few symptoms of future imp ovement. YORK, MAY 12. ST-ma EXCHANGE. -The transactions to-day were as follow:-Caledonian, 14% - Fast Lancashire, 16 4 i - South- Eastern aud Dover, =6/a-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21 RATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPODROME, Kensington. is now Open Daily with a va riety of the most unparalleled Feats in the Equestrian Art ever wit nessed in England. The immense success which has attended the opening of this Establishment, and the enthusiasm with which the Performances have been received, induces Mr. Batty to produce the same routine of Entertainments every day until further notice. The Doors will open at Five o'Clock, to commence at Six. Admission to the Reserved Seats 38. Od. First-class do. Second-class do. Third-class do. Mr. Batty respectfully announces, that in consequence of the nu merous applications for Season Tickets for this Establishment, he has determined upon issuing them at the lowest possible rate, viz. : For a Single Ticket, 3/. ; Double ditto, 5/., either of which are trans ferable. To be obtained at the Box-office of Astley's Amphitheatre from Eleven till Four daily. On Thursday, May 15, there will be a Grand DAY PERFORM ANCE, doors open at One, commence precisely at Two The Enter tainments in the Evening as usual, commencing at Six o'clock. STATE of PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS UN SA TURDAY MAY 10. HOUSE OF LORDS—MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENT. Apprentices and Servants Bill (from Commons]—Read first lime, April 1; second, April 7; Passed. Church Building Acts Amendment Bill—Reed first time, April 7; second, April 14. Patent Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill—Read first time, April 10; second, April 11; Select Committee. Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management Bill (Earl of Carlisle)—Read first time, April 14. AFTER EASTER. Exchequer-bills . Bill (from Commons)—Read first time, May 1; second, May 8. Stamp Duties' Assimilation Bill ,(from Commons) — Read first time, May 1. Indemnity Bill (from ommons)—Read first time, May 1. Expenses of Prosecutions Bill (from Commons)—Read first time, May 1. 'HOUSE OF LORDS—NON -MINISTERIAL. Law of Evidence Amendment Bill (Lord Brougham) —Read first time, Feb. 4; second , April 11. County Courts Extension (No.2)Bill (Lord Brougham) —Read first time, Feb. 13. Criminal Justice Improvement Bill (Lord Campbell) —Read first time, Feb. 13; second, Feb. 2l; Select Committee. Public-houses (Scotland) Bill (Lord Monteagle)— Read first time, Feb. 18. Registration of 'Assurances Bill (Lord Campbell)— Read first time, Feb. 21; seeond, March 17; Select Committee. Prevention of Offences Bills (Lord Campbell)—Read first time, F,b. 24; second, March 14; Select Committee. Patent 'Law Amendment Bill (Lord Brougham)— lt.-ad first . time, March 24; second, April 11; Select Committee. County' Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Bill (Lord BroughaM)—Read fir-4 time, April 10. AFTER EASTER. Marriages (India) Bill (Lord. Broughton)-Read firs, May 5. lIOUSETOF COMMONS -MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENT Improvement of Towns (Ireland) BM-Read first time, Feb. 10; second, March 10; Select Committee., Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption ad first time, Feb. 14; second, March 25 Valustien (Ireland) Bill-Read first time, Feb. 17; second. March 10; Select Committee. Smithfield Market Remcval Bill-Read first time, Feb. 19; second, April 9; si •lect Committee. Civil Bills. Sc,.. (Ireland) Bill-Read first time, Feb. 20; second, May 1; •Select - C immit ee. Prisras (Scotland) Bill-Read first tine, March 17; • cand, March 31. Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill-Read first time, N , lttrch 17; secand, April 1. Court of Chancery (Ireland) Regulation Act Amend ment Bill (from Lords)-Read first time, March 21. Ilitinault Forest Bill -Read first tune, March 27; • April 14; Select C..mmittee. General Board of Health :Bill-Read first time, %larch 28; second, April 3. Crown Estate Paving Bill-Read first time, March 28. Steam Navigation Bill-Read first time, dtarch 24; second, March 31; Select Committee. Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill-Reed first time, April 1; second, April 3. • Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill-Read first time, April 4; second, May 1. Coal Whippers (Port of London) Office Bill-Read first time, April. 10. Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill (from Lords)-Read first time, April 7; second, April 14. Property Tax Bill-Road first time April 8; second, April 28; awaits third reading. AFTER EASTER. Inhabited House Duty Bill-Read first time, April 28. Customs Bill-Read first time, April 28. Metropolis Water Bill-Read first time, May 1. Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill-Read first time, April 30. Collection of Fines, &c. (Ireland) Bill-Read first time, April 30. Asepepoonind; May tmetto s o ; ffi in Committee. ces, &c. Bill-Read Read first time, May 2; Fees on Proceedings before Justices (Ireland) Bill- Read first time, May 2. HOUSE OF CO NI MO NS-NON-MINISTERIIL. County Rates Bill (Mr. M. Gibson)-Read first time, Feb. 10; second, March 12; Select Committee. Sunday Trailing Bill (Mr. W. Williams)-Read first time, Feb. 11; second, March 19; Select Committee. Compound Householders Bill (Sir W. Clay)-Read first time, Beb. 13; second, Feb. 19; to Lords. Prerogative Court (Ireland) Bill (Mr. Keogh)-Read first time, Feb. 14. Highways (South Wales) Bill (Viscount Emlyn)- Read first time, Feb. 14; second, Feb. 19; Reported. Fee Farm Rents (Ireland) Bill (Major Blackall)- Road first time, Feb. 20. School Establishment (Scotland) Bill (Viscount Mel gund)-Read first time; Feb. 24. Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland) Bill (Mr. Napier) -Read first time, Feb. 24. Churches and Chapels (Ireland) Bill (Mr. Napier)- Road first time, Feb. 24. • United Church of England and Ireland Bill (Mr. Napier)-Read first time, March : 7. Audit of Railway Accounts Bill (Mr. Locke)--Read first time, March 10; second, April 2; in Committee. Eucumbered Estates Leases (Ireland) Bill (Mr.. M'Cullegh)-Read first time,' March 10. Religious Houses Bill: to prevent forcible detention (Mr. Lacy)-Read first time, March 11. Enfranchisement of Copyholde Bill (Mr. Aglionby)- Read first time, March 19; second, March 27; Select, Committee. Act of Parliament Abbreviation Act Repeal Bill (Mr. J. Stuart) -Read first time, March 28; second, April 1; Reported. Small Tenement Amendment Rating Bill (Mr. J. Abel Smith) -Read first time, Match 28; second, Apcil 8; Reported. Farm Buildings Drainage Bill (Mr. Cochrane)-Read first time, April 4; second, April 30. Charitable Institutions Notices 13111 (Mr. Mullings)- Read first time, April 3. Landlord and Tenant Bill (Mr. Mullings)-Read first time, April 3. Audit of Railway Accounts, No. 2, Bill (Mr. Stan• ford-Road first time April 3. Lodging Houses Bill (Lord Ashley)-Road first time, April 8; second, April 30; Reported. AFTER EASTER. Enfranchisement of • Copyholds (No. 2) Bill (Mr. Mullinge)-Read first time, April 30. County Courts, Further Extension Bill (Lord Broug ham) (from Lords) -Read first time, May 5. Common Lodging Houses Regulation Bill (Lord Ashley)-Read first aime, May 7. St. Alban's Bribery Commission Bill (Mr. E. Ellice) Read first time, May 8. Universities (Scotland) Bill (Mr. Cowan)-Read fi rst time, May 9. rassengßerlsl.,LS ActaY 11AImClIenlidineVenEt B B E i C R O , M A E pr L i A I W 1: 37 , Commons Enclosure Bill, April 1. Consolidated Fund Bill (8,000,0001.), April L Appointment of Third Vice-Chancellor Bill, April I. Mutiny Bill, April 11. • Marine Mutiny Bill, April 11. Mills and Factories (Ireland) Bill. April 11. LA'MERT ON THE sECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH As.ND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON ;TEEL. Italian, in a sealeo Invelope. as. fici., or post-tree, from the fart enbtisheu, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish , a nd Author, for forty-two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a P ra h e y re siol e o f gy ye o u f tb Ma en rri d age, and :be Secret lided fi ic l a n i iti Treatiseee and Disorders on the iee isually acquired at an early period of life, w hich destroy ',he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural (eeUngs, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical )14servations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Maturity, on NTervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, 3lficture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inelis zretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mere hers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the teatoray. Physiology, a n d Disease . of tho Re. pro d u ctive Organs, axplaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses. and •rifection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Menyher ,f the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hanterian 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 ef 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 le,gall y quald medical man who has exclusively , a nd for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted w ith ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through -secret practices acquired in 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 ; Starts, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, er free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may bo consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter. daily. fPion ten x.lll two him six till eight IN SIX LANGUAGE S FOR CONTAINING THE REMEDY _FORTIE T R F E RE ITION. D vFainoN OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engra v i ngs on stoat. T l ° 96 nlAz‘ rages a ,r3rl u co w is. 6d. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERIT) .. T . E. tacA. 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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their laments.ble effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. Parr HI. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Env av- Mts. Parr Ir, contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. Parr V. Is devoted to the con s id erat i on o f marr i age, an d it s du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tux Coanial BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &0., I Is. and 335. b o ttle. 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Cowrerrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Suramer Mernings—Ex- Inrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests. Fields , High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country fps and Ra m bl es — The Sea—London at Night —Evening. at Home hitde—TheDrazia—O n Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air * Meet, Ease, Ocoupation, &C., Ito. IL FRAGMENTS FROM , THE MOUNTAINS. Two You& a VIM TO THE Vol I. LAKES• SKETCH OF EDINAURGH, ~.0. . Vol. IL ?SR LAKES 0? KILLARNEY - DIJBLIH, ; 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK. AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten oar course may tun." A p e p/alio review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner tousiy-debilitatod health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses t he young, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and em al:ta of 9v4:4 wit clay h tables and rules for the diet and physical rept• birse- R.EMINISCENCES 01 Iv. Tr PASSIONB. “ What passions hurt the body—what improve. Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." STIBUCT pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o. licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic. narrative, end remediative. Ad vocacy of eVy marriages., TILE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Isoosisixitt—Laws and obligations of nature, society, a n d Henn regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figurer, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing th em Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterillty and its conversion. Oases, kc. By R. J. CULVEBWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. les4). Twenty . ft „ ion m e dical and Forensic Referee in these nutters. 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Yi '' *# •' • • :I ~. • : ~ , • 4 ; ; :11 ; .f. , `.:.: ,, "."7.5."' if: 1 2' 1 QCI .i r . ~. s, - .." nr: i'• ' ~ •• e, MA did so also, till He considered the present proceeding perfectly ridi culous; but' as he found most of them had made-up their minds, further argument was unnecesFary.—(Ht ar.) Mr. W. PHILLIPS, as A gas•consumer, supported the motion. Mr. G' ~ .: .~ unnsoN din.. J. Alderman Sir CHAPMAN MiISITALI: oppoiied it. After which Mr. DAKIN briefly replied, when t h e question was put, and the show of hands declared to be overwhelming in favour of the motion. Upon a dirision being called for, the numbers proved to be:— For the mot . oa ..• 48 :' For the previou3 question 15 Majority ... —33 A petition in accord itce with the terms of the motion WIS then read and agteed- to after some little oppo sition. t, The Itemembrancer having received instructions to make the necessary arrangements for the presentation of the same, the Court was adjourned shortly after four o'clock. RECEPTION of GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER at LEAMINGTON SPA. On Monday last an influential meeting was held at the Regent Hotel, Leamington, to determine upon the most fitting public reception to be given to Sir Charles Napier whose expected arrival the same evening had previously transpired. After a suitable form of address'had been adopted; it was resolved that ' the same should be pre- seined to the General on his arrival at the railway station, where a very large concourse of spectators assembled, including, amongst ether principal inhabitants, Mr. Turner (chairman of the meeting), M a j or Hopkins, (master of the ceremonies), Captain Vandeleur, Captain Harford, &c., together with a numerous assem. blage of ladies. Sir Charles and Lady Napier having alighted, the former was conducted by the M. C. to th e waiting-room of the station, where he experienced a re ception of the moat enthusiastic and cordial description. Upon being introduced to the bevy of fair faces by whom he found himself surrounded, the gallaut General very courteously exclaimed—" This is most kind of you, ladies, towards an old soldier!" Mr. TURNER then said—Sir Charles Napier, I have been deputed, and I consider it to be a very high honour, to read to you the following address. It would be very wrong in me to detain you with any observations, inas much as the achievements of the soldier, as awarded by the acclamations of a grateful country, are more appro priate subjects for the page of history than for the eulogium of the speaker. The document which I hold in my hand is as follo - Wsi—" This address is 'presented . from the magistrates, gentlemen, local authorities, and principal inhabitants of Leamingto n , t o Gen e ral Sir Charles Napier, &c., assuring him of the pleasure they derive from witnessing his arrival at Royal Leamington Spa, and from an opportunity of evincing the high respect which they feel for his military valour and renown, and their confidence that the national honour will ever be promoted by so eminent and courageous a commander; and that by instilling the soundest principles in the British army he maintains the military character of our country and the supremacy of our arms. With these expressions of attachment and respect, the inhabitants bid him welcome to their town."—(Cheers.) Sir CHARLES NAPIER replied to the following effect: Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt is very hard for me to reply to your flattering address on the spur of the occasion. To me it is a most unexpected honour, and, like many other circumstances which promote our happiness'ni life, is the more acceptable on that account; for we rarely find that those things which are long expected are so grateful to the heart as those which happen on the moment and take us by surprise. I feel in every way the manner in which I have been received in England; and your welcome now,. when I come amongst you in a private way, is the more deeply gratifying. I have studiously avoided public dinners, because I have no hesitation in saying, to use a common term, that there is a great deal of humbug about such demonstrations, and which, in my opiniou, neither mark a man's character nor his feelings. You, however, have received me most kindly and unexpectedly—l feel it deeply, and thank you gratefully.—(Cheers.) Now, with the ladies' per mission, I will go and look for my wife.—(Laughter.) The Gallant General then retired, amid the waving of handkerchiefs, the smiles of the fair, all the enthusiastic cheering of all present. • ENCUMBERED ESTATES COM MISSION (IRELAND). The following is a copy of a report dated the 3d day of May, 1851, from the Encumbered Estates Commissioners of Ireland, addressed, to his Excel!' lency the Lord-Lieutenant, with respect td their proceedings under the Encumbered Estates •Corn mission :-- " Encunijaered Estates Commission • nenrie P tta-street,ublin, Commission, 3. " My tiAold,—We hive the honour to inform your Ex cellency that, on the 19th ult., we causes two - returns to be transmitted to the office of the Secretetry of State for Ireland in pursuance of a requisition of the House of Commons. " Those returns are necessarily very voluminous, atf. they contain a detailed account of the proceedings of the Encumbered E-tates Commission down to the 31st of March, 1851. We think it right, therefore, in addition to these returns, to submit the following brief report to your Excellency. " On the 25th of October, 1849, this court was opened for public business. " The total number of petitions presented up to the 31st of March, 1851, is 1,676. "Upwards of one-half of the estates brought into our court were under Chancery receivers, and in 147 cases the proprietors had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. " The number of petitions filed by owners is 319, or about one-filth of the total number presented up to the date above-mentioned. Several petitions, however, pre, rented in the names of encumbraneers, appear to have been ao presented at the instance of the owners. " The total number of Court orders (not including vast number issued by each Commissioner in chamber) ils 5,413, viz.:— "Conditional orders for sale ... 1,240 " Absolute orders tor sale ... 1,036 " Miscellaneous orders ... • 3,137 " The gross total of the rentals, us set out in the petitions to 31st of March, 1851, is 1,036,9751. 1 ls. Bcli but the actual. amount would probably not exceed 850,000/., as in some cases more than one petition has beep presented for the sale of the same estate; and the rentals attached to the petitions frequently exceed the true rentals,of the estates. "The gross total of the encumbrances, as set out its the petitions filed to 31st of March, 1851, is 47,971,321/. ls. Id. But several of those encumbrancers being judgments, and other securities collateral with mortgages and the like, are returned in duplicate in the schedule, and in this way mentioned twice; and it sometimes happens, that the same encumbrance affecting the estates of different owners is mentioned in more than one petition. " As to estates sold:— " The number of estates sold to March 31, 1851, lig 253; the total acreage of which, statute measure, is 227,329 A. 3n. 3.1 r. Of this the quantity of arable land may be about 210,000 acres, or nearly one-sixty-fifth of the arable land of It:eland, which is estimated in the latest Poor-law returns to bo 13,464,300 acres. " The rental of estates sold to March 31, 1851, is 107,7071. 15s. id., or about 120th of the net annual poor-law valuation of Ireland. " The total amount of encumbrances on estates sold to Marci, 31, 1851, as taken from the schedules lodged with the titions, is 4,086,1921.4 d.; but, as before mentioned, se veral of these encumbrances are returned in duplicate. " The total amount of purchase-mone f o r estates sold y to March 31, 1851, is 1,350,616/. Os. 4d. Of this amount 94,404/. 13s. 4d., or about one-fifteenth part, has been allowed in payment of encumbrancers, who became pur chasers. " The Commissioners have paid out to creditors and claimants up to this date, 3d day of May inclusive, the sum of 838,3564 Os. Id. " The '253 estates sold to March 31, 1851, have been disposed of to 587 purchasers, nearly one-half of whoin are purchasers of lots that sold respectively for sums not exceeding 1,0001. " Property to the amount of about 160,0001. has been acquired by English or Scotch purchasers (about 30 in number), as far as can be collected from their addresses, stated in the deeds of conveyance. a Estates have sold best in Antrim, Down, Meath, Westmeath, Tyrone, and Dublin, and at lowest rates in Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Mayo. In the latter counties the rents reserved are generally so dispropor tional to the value as to afford no true measure of the: i nc ome derivable out of the lands; and the heavy poor. law taxation in the same districts has added to the de preciation of value, but a progressive, though slow, im provement in the sales is manifest even in those counties. "As to the rates of purchase generally, it is falla cious to estimate the number of years from the published rentals, which usually represent the rents of 1845 and previous years, and which, in many instances, were even then excessive, and far bey and any sums that could pos sibly. be collected from the tenants. Besides, the de cuppeg tenantry of many estates sold in this court! . owed several years' arrears of rent to the former owners, and much of the land had been exhausted or mire claimed and devoid of suitable farm-buildings—a stateof things which would necessarily require a heavy outlay by the incomin g purchasers. be The Commissioner s are of opinion that ip w ould most desirable to authorise them, in fit and properen to sell (together with' the estate) all arrears o f rent at the time of the sale. " We have, Saue " JOHN RICHARDS, • McHOTIA.NrIEE:OJBATzdtsO/171311R I , E G LD E . AvE. " To his Excellency the Ler____2:±Letenarit*.l. 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Army and Ordnance Expenditure—Lord Seymour, Mr. Secretarrat- War, Mr. Hume, Colonel Anson, Mr. Walter, Sir William Molesworth, Lord Charles Welles ley, Sir James Graham, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Bankes. Nominated Feb. 26, on motion of Government. Law of Partnership—Mr. L'ibouchere, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Heald, Mr. John. Ellis, Mr. ohn A13 , -1 Smith, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Morris, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Glyn. Mr. Tut . - nell, Mr. Tatton Egerton, and Mr. Roebuck. Nominated March 25, on the motion of Mr. Slaney. Customs—Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Wm. Brown, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Forster, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Goulburn, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Archibald Hastie, Mr. William Fagan, Mr. Moody, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Macgregor, and Mr. Al derman Humphery. Nominated March '2B, on the mo tion of Mr. Mitchell. May B—Mr. Tennent added in room of Mr. Fagan. Steam Communications with India, &c.—Viscount Jocelyn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Edward Henry Stanley, Sir James Hogg, Lord Naas, Mr. Cow per, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Scott, Mr. Willcox, Mr. Corry, Mr. Divett, Mr. Henry Currie, Mr. Mangles, Mr. Bright, and Mr James Wilson. • Nominated March 31, on the motion of Viscount Jocelyn. Ordnance Survey (Scotland) --Mr. Charteris, Mr. Fox Mau' , Colonel Anson, Colonel Mure, Sir George Clerk, Sulollet,t, Mr. Cowan, Sir William Morison, the Earl of March, Sir Henry Davie, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Mackenzie, Sir Philip Egerton, Viscount Melgund, and Mr. Locke. Nominated April 10, on the motion of Mr. Charteris. Newspaper Stamps—Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Yer Seymer, Mr. Rich, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Cubden, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Colonel. Mure, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Ewart, Mr. So theron, and Sir William Molesworth. Nominated April 11, on the motion of Mr. Milner Gibson. Laws of Mortmain—Mr. Headlam, Mr. Attorney iieneral, Lord John. Manners, Mr. Hutt, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Heald, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. William Marshall, Mr. Anstey, Mr. Shalt() Adair, Mr. Hardcastle, anti Mr. Drummond. Nominated May 2, on the motion of Mr. lleadlam. Church Rates Committee—Mr. Trelawny, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henley, Sir David Dundee, Mr. Bright, Mr. Pole Carew, Mr. Alexander Hope, Mr. Hors man, Mr. John George Smyth, Mr. Littleton, and Mr. Hayworth. Nominated May 2, on the motion of Mr. Trelawny. Kafir Tribes Committee—Mr. Secretary-at-War, Marquis of Granby, Sir Edward Buxton, Mr. Edward Henry Stanley, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Cardwell, Viscount Mandeville, Mr. Evans, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Bonham Carter, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. Booker, Colonel Estcourt, and Mr. Hawes. Nominated May 8, on the motion of Government. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a numerously attended Court of the Com mon Council of the city of London was specially held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, in consequence of a requisition to consider a motion by Mr. Thomas Dakin, which stood upon the business paper as follows:—" That this Court do petition the House of Commons, praying the House to pass a Bill to incorporate the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, to as to insure to the citizens of London a permanent supply of cheap and pure gas." The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at one o'clock precisely, at which period a large number of members were present. Throughout the whole of the proceedings, which listed upwards of three hours, the strangers' gallery was crowded, the most intense inte rest appearing to prevail during the entire sitting. The memorial to the Lord Mayor, which was signed by 85 members of the court, having been read by Mr. Woodthorpe, Mr. DAKIN said that he regretted that a matter of so much interest to the citizens of London had not fallen for its advocacy into better and more able hands. The question was, however, of deep importance. The Bill for the incorporation of the company had been read a second time in the House of Commons, and on Thursday next it was expected that it would be committed.— (Hear, hear.) He regarded the members of that court as the representatives and guardians of the citizens ; and, therefore, in order to show the necessity which existed for the adoption of the proposition he had had the honour to make, he would briefly trace the history of the gas movement. It was first in that court that he had become acquainted with the grievances of the citizens with regard to the price of gas, and feeling the truth of the featements which were made, he had become identified with the movement. Sub sequently came the reference of the matter to the Court of Sewers—the calling in of the City solicitor, the re port made by that gentleman recommending the C.m inissioners to purchase and m anag e t he pips, i n case t h e then existing companies would nut come down, and the refusal of those bodies, though most respectfully re quested by those etnponered to make the applicstion.— (Hear, hear.) That was at the latter end of the year 1848. In February, 184 9, a was held at the London Tavern, presided over by Mr. Dillon, when it was decided to apply agate to the companies. Still they 'refused; and on the sth of April next following it was .tared that they could not efford to reduce the price per thousand.—(Hear, hear.) Finding that there was no ',chance of redress unless the consumers took the matter into their own bands, step s for that purpose were accord inely Wien, and if that had not been dune the struggle for monopoly would hate been kept up even to that hour. What was the first answer given by the companies to the Court of Sewers ? That they (the directors if the companies) could not reduce the price of thesrivate li g hts without adding to that' of the public riots. What followed? Why, when they., found that. the new company was making head, they consented tereduee it to 4s. p e r t h ousand; and when they still further saw the danger arising from tneir folly, they further.offered a reduction from 4s. to 3s. 6d., raid to 35., so soon as their surplus profits enabled them, after paying a dividend of 10 per cent. Any one, however, who considered that if in 1847 there was a re turn of 200,0001., and, in,1849, 300,0001., the additional 100,0001., at 10 per Gent., would effectually make the 45., both minimum and maxim/me. Thus it would be found that by clingiN to a stated capital, even to this hour, anything like fair terms had been prevented from being come to.—(Hear, hear.) Then, with regard to the proposal to bind themselves by Act of Parliament to carry out the agreement with the Commissioners of Sewers for five years; why this was an insult to the new company, and also to the gas consumers, who sought a permanent reductiOn.—(Hear.) The proposed " amal gamation" had turned upon the words "undertaking" to be valued, instead of " works" and good-will, by as certained rule. With regard to the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, all he (Mr. Dakin) need say was, that so far as their private interests, as shareholders, were concerned, they were perfectly sat i s fi e d.— (Loud cries of Hear, hear.") Their ca pi ta l was raised and their works erected; they had with them a large body of the consumers, and their profits were so a mple that,, after paying in f u t ure 10 per cent. they would have a handsome surplus in hand. They bad, therefore, nothing to gain by procuring as Act of Parliament, in a pecuniary sense he meant; but they felt it to be their duty to the citizens of London to ak for such an Act of the Legislature, because as they, the shareholders, had the advantages of the position they had been permitted to take, the directors of the company thought it to be but fair that t h e benefits of the company should be secured by such an Act 'to the consumers,— (Cheers.)` lir. Card well, the cha i rman of the committee on the 13111,"hed, on the p h a e rt of that Committee, said preamble to the a that the " qUestiou proved, hid been putht that t rid t agred to, and that the l d W ee .B sion of the Committee was unanimous." . This being the case the' did not labour undAeret_th_,,erhiseleigerhpteesrtetdieonubt with outbut that thPy should obtain the they dig, however, would that for that purpose. thfEculty. Supposing adcho their protts? No; lt was Would it increase their power orfreedom . of action? would not, for it was a h ig hly-restrictive Bill.—(Herat`' hear) They could not increase the price beyond 4s. p ei 1,000 cubic teat; the dividend could not exceed 10 per cent. If the profits exceeded 10 per_ca i nt., the price of gas was to be reduced. There was a penal c ause (No. 35)which ' provided that if they were found furnishing gas of anht be amerced in a fin e ohs Inferior quality, the parties mi of 1001. for every such offence. The corporation a l so the aof were to appoint persons t o testas; !bile the purity of the gment as— to appoint also inspectors of gp y such persons would fall upon the Great Central Com pany.—(Hear.) The Bill, be (htr. Dakin) would re mind the Court, had been agreed to by the officer of the Court—the Remembrancer, whose instructions were that nothing inconsistent with the interests of the publi c were introduced into it. As to the way 'in which the had performed their directors of the pro mises,company he might say they had stone so faithfully,— (Hear.) Their object upon the present occasion as t o protect the citizens—not to multiply their own profits, nor increase their own means of aggrandisement. Hsi therefore begged the Court to petition in favour of the 33i11. The memorial in its favour had been signed by . 10,500 gas consumers, while the petition against it had Only received 100 or 200 signatures.—(Hear, hear.) He had now (very imperfectly, he feared) discharged his duty; still he hoped that what he had said would be sufficient to show that the Bill, in favour of which he asked the Court to petition, was one in which great public interests were involved, and that was a protection of the rights of the citizens.—(Hear; hear.) Strife and contention he abhorred; they were not genial with his nature; and it was to him a great comfort to know that such things, with regard to gas matters at least, would soon be put a stop to. He trusted the Court would agree with his motion, and that they would join in mutual friendship. All be asked for the anxious hollows .of the last -two years ( wee the aywathy of those . 11.0111. At s 6^. with whom he had the happiness to act. If he secured that, he should feel amply repaid for all his services ren dered in cOnnexion with this long-contested question. M 7. RICLIARD TAYLOR rose with pleasure to second the motion. He had never heard a stronger case made out. The old companies had neglected a good opportu nity. They had 'spent a great deal of rnhney in endea vouring to upset other companies, and he was convinced that they had reigned with despotic sway over the eiti z-qls with their high prices much too lorg, while he re joiced to find that the' effort of the new company had proved so successful. He was much gratified to find also, that the petition did not seek the.advantage of the conpany only, but that it was intended by, the incor poration to secure those advantages to the citizens of London. . . . . Mr. ANDERTON said that it was his intention to move " the previous question."—(Hear, hear, and Oh.) The question before the Court involved a great principle, and he would advise the Corporation to take care how they agreed with the proposition. He readily admitted that the old companies had acted very foolishly in not coming down in their prices in the first instance; but in that affair it was not for them as a corporation to interfere. There were questions which involved grave considera tions to the citizens of London, and this was one of them.—(Hear, hear.) Did they not oppose with all their might Perkins's Bill for the establishment of Isling ton Market? Did they not spend thousands upon thou sands of pounds for the purpose of preventing its pass ing? And justly so, too.—(Hear, and No.) The gas companies were placed in the came position upon, that occasion.—(No.) He said they were. The gas compa nies stood upon their chartered rights; they stood upon an Act of Parliament, as the Corporation had rightly done. Was the case of the opposition of the muni cipal body to the bringing of the Blackwell Cern pan)'s line into the City of a similar character? — (Yes, and No.) What would they say if the Govern• meat were to come down upon them, and say you are fond of free trade, give up to the citizens your tolls and your taxes: on coals. Would they do that?— , (No.) - No,. he not; - they-would be fools if they did.—(Laughter.) He did not say they ought not to have their Bill; but he did sarthat it was a matter with which the Corporation bad no right to interfere.— (Hear, and laughter.) He had no doubt that if they got to the House of Commons with the 'Bill it would have full weight—weight beyond that of the counter petition with its 200 or 300 signatures; but his opinion was, that if they went there, they would only be cutting their out throats and establishing a dangerous -prece dent. He should therefore move the previous question and divide the Court upon it, even if it stood alone. Mr. H. L TAYLOR rose for the purpose Of seconding the amendment of Mr. Anderton. He would give the proposer of the motion (Mr. Dakin) great credit for sincerity of purpose, and there were members of the Great Central Company for whom he entertained the highest possible respect. With Mr. Anderton, he (Mr. Taylor) would say that the difficulties which had been overcome by the promoters of the new company had re quired the greatest assiduity, and be (Mr. Taylor) was ready to give them credit for all that they had done, which it certainly was far more than he had ever ex pected to see.—(Cheers.) The promoters had by some means or other—to a great extent at least—suceeeded i in inducing the public to believe that the statements made! by them were correct, and in doing this they had had,j undoubtedly, a very difficult game to play.—(Hear4 He would not say exactly that they had " gulled" the public, but they had represented the company as being in the most prosperous state; that they had been most successful in all their undertakings; and that they could pay 10 per cent., and have besides a handsome surplus.—(Hear, hear.) Did it not appear on the face of their annual statement that they could only allow 5 per cent.?—(A voice—" How long?") Were there any proprietors there? If this were so, he must say that they were unfortunate, as being among the unfor tunate shareholders.—(Great laughter.) This was one of the ways in which the public had been and were now " gulled."—(No.) He would not say the accounts were wilfully misrepresented, but certainly—he hardly knew what to call it—they were misarranged.—(Mr. Brooks— " Cooked.") Mr. Taylor—" Aye, cooked."—(Great laughter.) There had been a system of " cooking" the accounts, and in order to show to the public some sem blance of a good case, they had been compelled to do so. He for one would like to know if all the outstanding debts bad been paid? Had the accounts shown the amounts owing? Instead of a dividend and surplus, as stated, he believed that they could not have shown 6d. in the pound. It was notorious that large claims remained yet unsettled. There were large sums to lawyers, and to Messrs. Rigbys, contractors; and Mr. Chadwick, the pavior. (Deputy Holt—Mr. Chadwick has received all he has applied fur.) It was not pleasant to name thesci things, but he (Mr. Taylor) felt it to be his bounden duty to do so. Then, as to the question of amalgamation, he could assure the Court that the statements and the broad assertions which had been made to the effect that the City Company were the first to make overtures with regard to the proposition for an amalgamation, were not true, and yet these statements had been not only thus broedly asserted, but printed published and circulated. (Hear, near.) He could assure the Court, on in ques tionable authority, that the City Gas Company were nos the first parties to the proposition, nor would he say ahe was, but this he would say, that the negotiation, after it bad taken place, was broken off, not by the City Company, but entirely through faith not being kept by the directors of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany.—(hear, hear.) This he was at any time prepared to prove, and that he would do if a committee was granted for the purpose.—(Hear, and cheers.) After some further remarks of a similar character, Mr: Tay lor concluded by seconding the amendment of Mr. An derton. Deputy LOTT said that he was glad that upon that oc casioa ho was nut met upon his rising, as he had been upon a former one, with hooting and hissing, associated with sounds of a truly unearthly character. He should nut say much, but he must say that the efforts of the Court of Sewers, in the preparation of their Bill to Par liament, lied been befit d by certain parties in that Cur —parties who had emasculated and mutilated that 13014 —(Hear, hear, and No, no.) He thought that certain statements which had been made with reference to the state of the company in some of the public prints ought to be answered at once, so that the credit of the party or parties charged might be maintained, and their cha racters rescued from damage. Deputy HARRISON said that he was fully prepared to show that the parties connected with the old companies had been the most foolish in the business. In the ear liest part of the movement with reference to that ques tion they had so acted; They had from the first been obstinate—even from the first time that the cheirreen of the two companies had waited upon the Commissioners of Sewers, when they said they could not reduce be low 7s. per thousand. Meeting after meeting was held, but the directors were inexorable, until they were so fixed by public opinion and the perseverance of those in office, who considered the charges unjust, that they were compelled to give way.—(Hear.) Deputy Har rison then proceeded to narrate fully the steps taken by the Commissioners of Sewers up to the period when the directors of the old companies, who had said they " could make no further reduction," expressed themselves ready to reduce to 4s. per thousand cubic feet. These state ments having from time to time appeared in the morn ing journals, it is not necessary to repeat them here. As to Mr. Anderton's reference to Perkins'a Islington Mar ket, why, the thing was perfectly dissimilar; in the one case, that of the gas, there would be a saving of 70,0001. per annum to the citizens; in the other, there was likely to have been considerable loss.—(Hear, hear.) That gentleman had also said that the Government might say, " You are going for cheap gas; have you not got tolls? Why not takeoff your tolls?"—(Mr. Anderton— " Quite right.") Why, did they not know that their tolls were mortgaged, and the money spent in improve ments within the City? From these improvements the whole of the citizens received benefit.—(Hear, hear.) The worst of this matter was, that gentlemen on the other side only saw half the question, and that evidenced the hollowness of their argument.—(Mr. Anderton, " I say so still.") Then it had been said that the peti tion from the Corporation would have but little weight. Weight! Did such parties imagine that a peti tion, from the Corporation of the city of London, on such a subject, and signed by 10,500 persons, would not have weight? No, the Corporation had not come to that yet. —(Laughter.) It was entitled to have weight, and would tell when laid before the Legislature.—(Cheers.) As to Mr. Taylor's speech, he (Mr. Deputy Harrison) contended that that gentleman had most unfairly at tacked the Great Central Company by saying that the accounts had been " cooked." lute this question he (Deputy Harrison) would not go, however, as that would come before another tribunal, and be explained no doubt by the chairtnan in his reply.—(Hear, hear.) As to the Bill, what was their intention in submittieg that? Simply that the consumers might be guaranteed gas of a superior quality, the appointment of competent parties to inspect that quality, and to regulate the ser vice and the meters, and thus protect the consumers. (Hear.) As to the accounts, it was absurd to fa ct eay that that they could be " cooked." Why, was it not the caoupnutbslic would aud be,itor was it was to ebreea,pnpsoillentcr 4aant h d th a a r t in the r ac 8 - to be read by the whole world?—(Hear, hoar.) The whole proposition was in fact fair and honourable, and Court.deserving )tehpeu ty r t r s i u e ° p a p o r io t a o d f ev e in e r a y n y me morem b re of m a t r ht k a s, and finally sat down amidst loud cheering. Alderman LAWRENCE remarked that the Court, in taking the step it had d one that day, had put itself into, were about t What a w as position t he qu o e s f t i w o n h i c b h e f h o r e e w t h a s e m v y They y h tition Parliament for something—to do some act. What for? For whom? Was it for the Corporation? No such thing. The Corporation had nothing to do with it. —(Hear.) Tho matter solely belonged to the interests of a private company. Suppose they resolved to petition they could not do it through the Sheriff—they would have to sneak up with it to the Private Bill-office, a n d that be had learn ed upon the authority of their officer, the Remembrancer.—(Hear.).. c2nsidered any Web' course as highly derogatory to the character and dignity of the Corporation of that groat city.—(Hear.) Such a course would damage them materially. As to the gas question, he contended that with that they had nothing to do, though, if they were to believe some of the state ments, any body might think that the parties could make pa for uutbiugy and get mao ohmage out,(Laughtor.) 2 ( lo la - 1 ti ~~~~. 4 94 7 - , COME-T 9. Exchequer h virtaal tououred abuse ."1 -7 A-4-7 THE IN Jancellor of the. Ily aban- Ae time-lac_ .of the Income-tux by icession to the tenant-farmers. The grievance, er, in their case was not in the slightest degree onerous than the 'complicated injustice to which oorainerolal' and professioni4 classes are exposed . er the operation of the lave The argument of Sir ,arles Wood and hiepredieilliike in office has hitherto ood AR'ctliality of the pressure. e:are perfectly aware that we are taxieg.tea siatilar extent the fattieris ofetnie man and hileneiglibeuAlean twee. ViriiiiiiuSte,hbieiier; . shut our eyes tetel;yetlied of beCauseette s kii;,,the nature of ditsfeltitation that :if we once admit' of, distinctions, farniveg 'to OF bene'fit the Exelaequeoef; Such in a feW 'worda - haS been spirit of all tbeetekiti rational arguments. adduced in opposition to; any inquiry into the operation of 'the Income-tax. -So 'spoke Miefitt during the war ; so spoke Sir Robert Peel in the' prey senee ofifit - deffot, .and. so , spode Cffarles Woorrllie other day, when thereieWas no war, no' de)fcit e and when a fundamental change in the ,econopalepOlicy of the country had been fully accomplished. It is clear enough that the pertinacity of the *leisterlfe She credulity or : submission of tiareepeople have:, e at. length. found their limit. Inquillelse-unavoidable,s and the result of the inquiry 'Merely a fore gone conc l us i on . Of course, it i s _ no -,business of ourS to raise objections to the concession made to the tenant-farmers, but it should be remembered, at the same time, that they'bot consti tute one s of many classes which have for , the last ten years been cruelly handled by the Exchequer. It is, no doubt, a grievous, thing to' compel Mr. BareEcrea, the Dorsetshire tenant, to pay into 'the Treasury a percent. age upon profiis he didnot realise Itat year. We frankly recognise the injustice of the low. -But Mr. Bareacres is merely suffering from the iarciness of -the times. Another seed-time and anOther harvest succeed each other, and his fortunes .right themselves. 'Sir Charles Wood has, in his case, attempted to repair the anomaly. The Chancelloes 'Object is of course to disarm the hos. tility of yet another clae.e of-the community, and to in terest the teaant-farmers in support of a burden which has ceased to gall their nsck4, at any rate. Such a eouree, as- aeprty mtaictuVit , AW be. *Stine enough; but_' the Ciancellor enf the , l4xoequer . ihOultl, in fair nets; haveeWaited until a simtlar-iiieasure of relief had b4n 'yielded to all pt#rties similarlytsggrieved. 'lt would Well no means a difficult tasiCi,P:stio* that the te nanflarmers did not•econstitute ethe.. -class moat as vcrely damaged by the operetitin of the Income tax a ; it stood, . but as it never will Steed again. Before, however, speaking of the actual position of the `psi one included under Schedule D, we would re mind the reader that the argument at this point merely e r :with the ; legitjacOnvenience. resolves it se lf i nto an i nvest i gat i on o f w ho can lose most ,questionsi blond ': :Or All Ons Of right or wrong,' justice or injustice; are en tirely postponed. If we are to offer up Mr. Bsrescres, or Counsellor Silvertongue, or Mr. Dimity, at their country's shrine, who shall be chosen as the victim? Few persons who are intimately acquainted with the social condition of England will deny that,-taking them in the aggregate, the professional and commercial classes of the country are at all times living fully up to their incomes,: and we leer, i ts very many i nstances, overstepping that legitimate boundary. Of course there are such persons in rerum nature as goldereprebendaries of Durham, as railway lawyers, as mercha nt in the City—but these are the landlords, not the tenant farmers, of English professions and trades ; they are the scanty exceptions to an all but universa rule. Could we, like Asmodeus, whisk away the roof of the count ing-house in which the partners in yonder flourishing business are striking the balance of their year's accounts, we might find them estimating f osses, not profits. They have dispatched daily their huge advertising vans into every nook and corner of the town; they have sold under cost price, they have paid salaries, and granted bills to the wholesale houses, and what remains as the result of their year's - struggle? Merely a similar struggle for another year, with Basinghall-street in bold perspective in the die tance. If it be said that such a case is somewhat ex treme, thus much ; at least, is literally true:—Among fair traders thirty or forty yedrs of strenuous exertion merely secure to them a pittance for their old age. They have lived, and possibly have brought up a family in the interval, but a little cottage at Brixton or Camberwell is their house of peers after the contest of a life. With the professions we fear it is still worse. It is difficult enough for the great bulk of professional men ao do more than make " both ends meet," as the phrase goes, at- the -year's end. Every influence is against them. The necessary outgoings of professional men up to a certain point increase in proportion with their incomes; the unnecessary expenses in most cases outgo the pro portion. It seems so easy at any time, by a little extra -exertion, to restore the equilibrium between income and expenditure; but the result of the extra exertion is so seldom applied to its legitimate object. Thus it happens in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the sole provi sion remaining for the families of professional men in England, when the protecting hand of the husband or fa ther is withdrawn, must be sought for in the system of life insurance. Sir Charles Wood swooped. down upon the annual premiums, and confiscated them to . the use of the public Treasury. Although we are fully prepared to approach the subject in a more comprehensive spirit, the time has not yet arrived when we can afford to slur over the more picturesque operations of, this unjust taw. Now is the time, it' ever, for the professional and commercial Classes throughout the country to give their keenest attenliotlio the stinjeet. The jaw of 1852 will be sa.seeklemente not an arrangement.' he policy of the Finance Mietster, moreover, appears to give very tole rable evidence of his desire to perpoeuate the injustice hitherte inflicted upon the most laborious and struggling classes of English society. 'We are very far from saying that, even as for as the other schedules are concerned, there is not ample room for inquiry and improvement. thitier. Schedule A. fur example, it is urged, and with much - appearance of reason, that fair deductions are not allowed for the ever-recurring outlay of landlord!. If thinbe so—and the subject ha s never to our knowledge been fairly investigated—there is room for complaint and &round for redress. So in the case of annuitants, t-rrnors, clerks receiving salaries in Government offices. It would, in point of fact, be ti ifficult to say who is not aggriev e d le der the present crude and ill-dtgeeted system of levy. The o,sde:el:Dent, as at present practo-ed, is more worthy of a Turkish or Egyptian Pasha than of a country in which there exists an universal. knowledge of arithm etic and some general notions of political mo rality.— Times. HOP ,INTELLIGENC E . AiDsToNE.-Otlr reports arc universiaililo the effect 7that the cold weather has greatly re:ardod the growth of the bine, which otherwise looks healthy. FARLEIGHS —The late warm day or two has already influenced the bine, which will no doubt go on rapidly with a continuance of fine weather. AYLESIVRD.—The hop 7 bine co mes s l ow l y on , an d is unusually backward, tyeing having scarcely commenced. LE2 4 / 1 131.—Generally b e hi n d w i t h t h e exce ption of ernunds, generally small ones, which were prepared in February, and which look well. THE WEALD.—Pulling, now but just been com pleted. We never recollf et seeing the bine more back ward at this season of the year, anal notwithstanding the somewhat genial weather of the last few day s t it mani fests a great reluctance to "come away." The " know.. _in_ones" prognosticate a short crop , but when wo take intoCo — risideratiOn that " no man can look into tho seeds of time and say which will grow and which will not," combined with the fact that congenial weather enables the plant to do is "great deal in a little period," we do not attach much belief to the opinions entertaieed on the subject.--Maidstone Journal. ACCELERATION O F i 5 it II MAILS.—DEPUTA.TION TO. THE Posrara srsa-GENERAL. Oa Monday a num berl me n and Members of Parliament an d d upou the Marquis of C'anricarde to represent of Irish no b ot h ers waited t h e i nc onvenience of the prese n t postal arrangements be tween England a nd Ireland. It was rep r es ente d t h at the train which receives the mail from the steamer start s f rom H o lyhead at two A.M., and reaches Chester at 40 minutes past four. The mails and passengers wait there till half-past s ix, and are then taken on by a slow train, which stops at 16 stations, and reaches London at one F.M. Mr. Roney entered into en explanation of the facilities which already exist for a better arrangement, and showed that a train might be started from Chester at a quarter to five, and arrive in London at half-past 10, and that the letters could be delivered from the General Post -office at 20 minutes past 11. This would make practically the difference of a day, as letters so delivered could be answered by the even ing mail. The Marquis of Clanricarde thanked the deputa tion for the manner they had brought the subject before him. He assured them that it would have the fullest eon sideration at his hands. He felt the importance of the 4 2 - peal that had been made to him, but he need scsxcell in form the deputation that he was not then prepared to n. a b r° _, any definite arrangement. He would, however, state than negotiations were pending, which he was in hope_ scotch result in the acceleration of both the Irish a " mails to the metropolis, and secure the more early delivery of letters. 0 STUART Or DUNLEATII. A ,oTOEr or MODERN A splendid LOW. TIMES. Br THE HON. MR.9. Nouroxitn.--d a bly sustained to The plot of the-story is well imagin ed st w hich pervades it, the end ; and the impassioned interest amen w th h e ich a t t b with which its light, , t efelei?ciluzstraordinary talent of the au together with the finely wrongkr_ u sure to this fresh produc. and shades are brought out, will 0 Plnmannerceam be s Pia t p i o o p ri u o lar f M n r o s v . e N ls or o t f on t ' h s t n n art and Eleanor, are delineated, prihcipal characters, David the furnishes fresh proof ofonate acquaintance with the secret tboress, and .of her !t' l 1 The aubordinate charslik non. • ters, e springs of human K g reat sk i ll. —Joitx.Bull. wise, are drawn with , i ., . jaw; STILT.--On Sunda afternoon THE LATE %At. much-respected d Y the latean talented art is t, the funeral of it, clown, isic. of , the Theatres Royal Drtiry- Mr. Charles So ,8 Wells took place in theofne arly 1, , idler ' s 9. lane and s tains ngst wnout were to be found a 'great number I COO l' m3rs " -sional friends of the deceased), at' the church' on Penton tbe prdes .. . ille-blii , the , gzaVe .bßing - adjacept.. to those of C. 1 Grimaldi. Friday - Week is, we understand, post' 1 Diodin and ily fixed for a benefit for the widow and orphan children, 1 at fire Theatre Royal Sadler'g Wells, the use of the theatre hav ing been very kindly g i ven b y the lessees, i n additiont o which all the performers have offered their valuable assistance. TAXES.—Government are requiring return s for the last six years sh ow i ng w h at collectors o f as sessed taxes or and where property and i ncome - tax have b een d e faulters , n the deficiency and th e amount th ereo f has been - ro-ases sscd. upon parishes. „, .;itFOREIGN NUTS.—The American ship Ocean Queen, k es of chesnuts as a from New York, as brought 1 Pc. order. We are not aware portion of her car h o, consigned t 00 ° of a previous importation g o f this d esc ription of nut from the United States of America. _ The Avenir of Nice WATERSPOUT AT N I C E t ' s torm, or rather water - spout, gives an acccount of a violent storm, 26th ult. Roofs were torn that burst over Abet tow n . ° 1, nged, and chimnies thrown down, off the houses, blinds , as usually happens in circumstance was regiment of Piedmonte, storks on the b O url-i- - - . pest. They were .a „.. 44. nob tornados , u 6 after the storm, b t the most curious a patrol of the 17th that ' se fusiliers found a large number of stunned by the violence of the tem.; asti li ns carried to the barracks, whortco 1407 , ea tiog 61 A pQoa olgov-- a lo