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EAST INDIA !MUSE. vAßeff 31. 1947. TO TILE ROL . BIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. TJamE, 3 AND GENTLEMEN, THE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of • the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WIDNEs- IbAY, the 14th April next, the favour of your vote and interest Is re quested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:— WILLIAM BUTTERWORTII BAYLEY, Esq. RUSSELL ELLICE, Esq. Major-General ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY, C.B. Sir RICHARD JENKIN'S, G.C.B. JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Leh Will much oblige, Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant.. W. H. C. Plowden, Robert Campbell, Archibald Robertson, John Cotton, Y. Shank, J. W. Hogg, John Shepherd, John Loch, M. T. Smith, J. L. Lushington, W. H. Sykes, George Lyall, 11. St. G. Tucker, E. Maenaghtetl, F. Warden, W. L. Melville, • John C. Whiteman, Charles Mills, W. Wigrazn, J. Petty Muspratt, Henry Milo:A, J. Oliphant. Henry Alexander. * * *Propee'ors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a letter of attorney for that purpose, at the Treasury in this House. EAST INDIA HOUSE. ltAncn 31. 1817. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVING the honour of being recommended t o yen by the Directors of the East India Company, as CAN DI DA:ES for the DIRECTION, to he chosen this year, we take the IlhertY of requesting the favour of your Vote on the day of Election, WxDNEsDAT, the 14th April next. We are, Ladles and Gentlemen, YOU most obedient and most humble Servants, W. B. BAYLEY. RUSSELL ELLICE. ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY. RICHARD JENKINti. JOIN M.ASTERMAN. . 1 . 10 Prorrietors desirous of Voting by Proxy may obtain a Letter of Attorney for that putpose at the Treasury tit this House. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LA.DIZS AND OENTLIMEN, AS the day fixed for the Election of Six AS the 14th of April, is close at hand, I have the honour to inform you that I shall In a few days transmit to my sup. porters the Proxy Papers, in which I have inserted the names of the rive Ex-Directors with my own. I shall feel greatly obliged to those Proprietors who may be absent from their usual place of abode, if they will kindly communicate their present residence. in order to facilitate the correct transmission of the documents. I have only to repeat my warmest thanks for the courtesy I have eXperioneed throughout my canvass, and, with a perfect reliance on the continued exertions of those friends to whom I am already so deeply Indebted. I have the honour to be, with great respect. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, 30th March, 1817. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 14th of April being fixed for the ELEC TION of Six Directors, I have the honour to Intimate that Proxy Papers, containing the names of the Five Gentlemen to be re elected agreeably to usage, together with my own, shall in the course of a few days be forwarded for the signature of my supporters, and beg that such of the Proprietors as may be temporarily absent from their homes will kindly favour me with their address, to ensure the early return of their proxy papers. I have the honour to avail my self of the present opportunity to return my cordial thanks far the services already rendered to me, and to entreat my supporters and friends to add to the obligations I already owe them by a continu ance of their valuable aid, for which favour I shall ever retain a 11Tely and grateful recollection. I nave the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your meat obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFIELD, Londen Tavern, March 31, 1847. STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power• Thl ships will start as under, weather, &c., permitting : • For ABERDEEN, the CITY of ABERDEEN, on Saturday, April 3, at Twelve at noon. For INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on ➢fonday, April 6, at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point.—Offices : Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wappink,. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUCHIBY, Agent. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EASTER HOLIDAYS. DOUBLE TICKETS Issued on THURSDAY, tke Ist; FRIDAY. the 2d; SATURDAY, the 3d ; and SUNDAY, the 4th of APRIL, till he available for the return journey on any day up to, and In clidisg TUESDAY, the 6th of April. By order, Bishopsgats Station, March 30, 1847 C. F. RONEY, Secretary. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that the INTEREST due on the PAID UP CALLS, in this Company, will be payable on FRIDAY the 16th April neat, for which purpose Interest Warrants will be issued to the Shareholders rezistered, on the 25th instant, the day to which the half years' in. terest will be computed. Truro, 231 March, 1847. WM. 11. BOND, Secretary. PASSION `TEED..—LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRO- NOMY, at the 110YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER ; Mornings at llalf-past Two e'Cock, and Evenings at Eight, (except Good Friday, and the Evening of Saturday), wth Illustrations, in which the latest in teresting discoveries are given, and a Novel Musical Accompani ment by Dr. Wallis. ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA CHINE. Chemical Lectures. The varied Optical Effects include the last beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the 2 DIVING-lIELL and DIVER, &e., &c. Admission Is. Gchwials, half-price. 6, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY, WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY, APRIL 3, for the Sale of TEA, COFFEE, and Colonial Produce, of the hest description, at a less cost to the consumer than has ever yet been attempted by any house in the kingdom. The ex traordinary importations of Fine Black Tea will enable us to supply the best imported at 4s. 4d. per E..; the price for good strong Break fait Tea will be 39. 4d. to as. 6d. per lb. ; the Best Green Tea, and bY the best we mean (regardless of its name) that which is best in the tea-pot, will be 6s. ad., the Green we would recommend with the Black at as. 4d. or 3s. Sd., will be 4s. to 4s. Gd. Der lb. The best Ceylon Coffee, Is. Id. per lb.; the finest Costa Rica, Is. 4d.; the finest Mocha, Is. 6d. The known inconvenience to which families, when purchasing their Teas and Coffees, in not being able to obtain Raw and Refined Snare at the same house, has determined us on supplying it, as also Colonial Produce, at the smallest rev centage on Import prices. oar system will, therefore, effect a saving not only on a few, but *Very article ; and we feel confident in establishing a business, in point of magnitude and usefulness, the metropolis has not yet seen. All orders per post will be forwarded, on Saturday, 34 of April, and afterwards, per own carts daily. List of Prices of every description of Tea, Coffee, and Colonial Produce, can be had on application, per post or otherwise. Phillips and Co., 5, King William•street, City, corner of Abchtirch lane. ANDREW SMITR'S ROYAL SCOTCH or BREAI)ALBANE BUTTONS, specially patronized by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. " Windsor Castle, 30th Dec., 1816. "Mr. Andrew Smith. "Sir,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to in fornlyou that I have, in compliance with your request and that of Lord James Stuart, laid the Buttons which accompanied it before his Ituyal Highness Prince Albert, who has most graciously received them, and expressed his approbation of your Invention. (signed), .• G. E. ANSON." Sold by all the principal Button houses in Birmingham ; the Trim ming Houses in London, Manchester, and Dublin ; and by the Small ware houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow ; on the same terms as by the Manufacturer. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of Individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, ecc., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be Incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing th eroots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., Gs.. and its per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 64, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; l'rout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, ISO, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Idllsern-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. gent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' Observe. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. BRITISH. COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. Notice is hereby given, that the New List, for 1847, of all the ilygelan Agents duly authorised to vend Morison's Vegetable Uni versal Medicine throughout the world, is now ready, and may be had. on application, at the College as above, and of any of the agents. The list may also be had in Town, at the Hygelst office, 368, Strand, near Exeter-hail; Mr. Field, Bookseller, 65, Quadrant ; Mrs. Boucher, 128, Tottenham-court -road; Mr. Chappell, 84, Lombard. street ; Mr. Baldwin, 23, Great Tower-street , Mr. Williams, 6, Sloane-square, Chelsea; Mrs. Good, 53, Cambridge-street, Edgeware-road ; and Mr. Lofts, 1. Park-place, Mile-end-road. N.B. No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell the Vegetable Uni versal Medicine ; and the public is hereby further informed that bygelsts have no connexion et ith the pills or other things sold a chemists' shops. Datsd this 20th day of March, 1847. DR. CULTEEWELL on HEALTH. lIIPrINESS, and LONG LIFE. Ia packet yoluraes la. each, by peat (in stamps), la. 6d. each. 0 W T 0 B E 11 A P P Y. " Jucanda Vlvere."—Clc. WHAT t• EAT, DRINK, and ATOP). (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 11. MAItMAGH and its MYSTERIES. E Tipe, Sr not to bit, tkat is tke question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cara ut ♦a!eas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are Adapted to the intelligence of the times. ke had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whine practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, ltornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, 10, Argyle-place. Regent-street. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTU AND MATURITY. WITPI TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. dust published, Twentieth Thonsand, in a sealed envelope, price 21. 641., or poet paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps direct from the Author's residence. SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Tr ea ti se on the T wen t y -five and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. PhYsiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, tz Plaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that aro produced in them, by solitary habits, and other " e4l4o ea. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous i ! eb ilitY, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases o f the Ure th ra, By}TAMITEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, Matricula 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square,, London; ted Member of the University of Edinburgh, H o n orar3 leniber of the L on d on H osp i ta l M e dical Society, Lice n ti ate P a thecariea' Hall, London, &c., CONTENTS 01 THE TRZATIIII. CRATTR/ 1. On the Philosophy of 51turiage, with its Hindrance, 'ittlOhligatiens, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— C Organs, 2. On th e A na t omy an d Phy s iology of the G enerativ . gaus. their fluictions, structures, and secretions, proving that great mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. ;: eaaP Txx B. On Solitary Habits; their various effect* on the niMal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function. . 1 2f the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the mental Faculties. Cuarrka 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtl attd Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. ent4 Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnerreas 5 and 6. Or th Disorder!, arising from Indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhoaa "luet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ;he Urethra. "The auth or of this singe REVIEW lar Or TIER WORK. / and talented work is a legally qua. 11 .. ed moll cal man, wh o h as ev id en tl y h a d coas lderable experien ce of fitment of the v ar i ous di sor d er s arising from the follies an i 7tuua of early indi scret i on. The engrav i ngs a re an invaluabl e ad. a a ! by demonstrati ng th e consequences o f excesses, which in . ct I , la a sa lutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal ra., „_7 questions m a y b e sat isfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap v.al, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; aloe ` r um Rent and Ri c h ar d .i. 52, Paternoster-row; H a nnay an d C o., 63 Oxford -street; Starie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 ta_.denhall-street, Loudon • Newton, 15, Church-street, Liverpool Ana by all Booksellers pivA.et.,llollle for Consal tation daily, from Nine till Two,. and . IYon the f oe IC, and_ . all letters immediately replied to, if coutamin, 84c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD. 4 / 1 4 - 4 4 497444`ice. • . T c' I r 4, - • w V " • %; ‘,4 (1 4k • ' _ • • • Pe; / ..; • a g - - ••• • ' Of l ACIP 1 11 1 1 4 ' • V, q u o* 1. 4 t • I ; 311 : •• • 44 , P1e, • § OP t f . "`t F 41 i,y „ \'‘ • . , A. O . ll, ^ j ct . • e a? I Vo. 17,015. LON DON, THURSDAY E NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. • OFFICE, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received he approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them t, establish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successtrily en gaged, a Committee has been S4lllCliOlifd by the Directors to open communication with the different S,.cieties, with the view of more ffectually d sseminating the valuable benefits am , nest ludas- Mous classes, and a plate has been ;emposcal with that object. ADDRESS OF TILE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual :attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. .rill societies ell: detective; onstrate th s a n t d con structiontthheati A of Bli ght ht e thesexamltiexami na ti o n, associations h("ve or stead of aftbrding an easy access and a free choice of investment, which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; e example, ind ustrious is community,not to e v etrhy. that provisiona I, and, In proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, For th rs' eickneas is an object of such importance as to ca ll for a while to others such a provision appears more their utility e l l ti s m a l m te o d i . ,ot i o n et c o as en a P t e t e r n a n c i t a iv rY e, s a a n cr d ifi th ce e loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more observed separate this rule contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit t i s to shoul not hav e hdayi,, Its g contribution.land to the association of two dissimilar funaions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same - payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick- ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional aiso !gallon and watchfulness of the several mouthers composing it. By this means a thorough and constant ckeck is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or the Same se:urity, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the hinds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the seine calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age tire willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when milted In the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for these and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amomst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loin Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully sa'isfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and ISenefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.lt„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, D.A., Ancient Order of Foresters. James hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., alanchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks ; 13.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Os., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d.; Cash down, 1071. 35. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.—A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. Gs. 9,1„ or a single payment of 221. 173.31.; or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of Ifs. I id., the same as or age 20. Example.—A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay meta, of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of Is. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 175/. lie. Examole.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure, oil attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 1751. I Is. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual Division of Profltt, by the annual pay ment of 2/. 9s. 3d. Exatnple.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of 1 . 2/.65. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual.profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C CiktROUX, Secretary. T E LIVERPOOL MERCURY Is now Published every TUESDAY AND FIifDAY, Of the full Parliamentary size, price THREEPENCE-HALFPENNY. The extensive circulation of the " Mercury," in the most opulent and populous districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire, ren ders the paper one of the best mediums in the North of England for Advertisers. _ . Printed and published by Smith, Rogerson, and Co., Liverpool. dvertisennents received by the resdective Agents in London and the omntry. On Saturday next, Bvo., 2s. 6d. THE SCHOOL, in its relations to the STATE, the CHURCH, and the CONGREGATION ; being an expla nation of the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, in August and December, 1846. John Murray, Albemarle-street ; and to be had of all Booksellers in Town snd Country. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces Important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in erests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances fur terms of years ale ates. lowost possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and Increasing prosperity ol the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a ourth bonus, ♦arying from 35 to RS per cent. on the premiums paid on each Polley effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 2 . 7 " 4 Banns Premium. Bonus in g ; 4 5 g Assure," $ adder'.Cash • c ti may ; Borrow. s. d. 1837X217 15 1 .£lOO 0 11 1 £16 0 4L£445 0 0 1838 192 3 Oi 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 1000 3 4 1839; 165 11 101 74 1 9. 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840! 116 7 6; b 4 010' 716 10 296 13 4 ,18411 111 6 81 49 10 0! 710 4 247 4 5 file division of profits Is annual, and the next will IA made is , ccember of the present year. F. FEItGUSON CAMItOLTX. Secretary. FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ARE IJNDEILTAKEN BY THE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COM PANY, 37, Cornhill, London, en the most liberal terms and conditions. Special risks reasonably rated. Renewal receipts for insurances falling due at Lady-day are now ready. Printed particulars of the large bonus just declared in the Life Department may be had on application. F. G. 6JIITII, Secretary. 37, Cornhill, Londcat. L EGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE. No. 10, FLEET-STREET, LONDON Notice is hereby given, that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of this Society will be held at the Office, No. 10, Fleet street, on FRIDAY the 16th day of April next, at One o'clock pre cisely. The Vacancies occasioned by four of the Directors and two of the Auditors going out of office by rotation, will then be filled up. The Directors and Auditors going out are rc-elegible. By Order of the Board, T. It. EDMONDS, 4ctuary. LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE. No. to, Fleet-street, London. Notice le hereby given, that an EXTICAORDIYARY CIENETtAL MEETING of the Members of this Society will be held at the Office, No. 10, Fleet-street, on FBIDAT, the IGth day of April neat, at Half-past One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of declaring the AMOUNT of PROFIT to be set apart, out of the Assurance Fund, in respect of the period commencing at the establishment of this Society, and ending with the 31st day of December last. By order of the Board, T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King WEliain-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF TIIE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in tho Report •f their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to urers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c., apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; No. 11, QUEEN-STREET, EDINBURGH ; No. 30, OLDHAM-STREET, MANCHESTER ; and WASON'S-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. ACTUARY-4'. T. Clement, Esq. Lill/ DEPARTMENT. A sum far more than equal to the valve of the policies is invested in the public securities, in the names o: the trustees, so as to be ut all times available. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. was added t• the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has bees calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0901. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual I'reiniums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-half of winch may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits • • .£1 13 0 With profits •. • • .... 21 18 0 30 .............• • . 1 19 3 . ..... ....... ...... . 2 5 8 .... 214 3 .• • • 53 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. Insurances may be effected for any periol of time; if for seven Mari tla rremitun La Duty Will only be charged for six. J Q 4 BIGG, s,7retaxY! ENING Y. °NOY2A, f..4OIIBIAIRDS-STRRF corner of of Clements-lane. Capital 2,0J0,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 201. each. TEUSTEES. John Shaw Leigh, Esq. R. A. B. H. Blundell, Esq, JOSIAS BOOKER, Esq., Chairman. HUGH J. SANDERSON, Esq., and CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Deputy Chairmen of the Board of Directors in Liverpool. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Samuel Baker, Esq. William Wainwright, Esq. Robert Dudgeon, Esq. George Young, Esq. SURGEONS—E. A. Lloyd, Esq.. F.R.C.S., Surgeon to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital ; and Hugh .1. Sanderson, jun., Esq. ACTUARY —Percy M. Dove, Esq. BANKEits—Mesirs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. SOLICITOR—C. T. Jenkinson, Esq., 29, Lombard-street. SURVEYOR JOllll Newman, Esq., F.S.A. SECRETARY TO TUE LONDON BOARD —G. Whyting. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company, consisting of a large body of responsible proprietors, beg to announce that they are ready to afford to the public many important advantages in effecting either. Fire or Life Insurances. Tables of Rates, and any particulars that may be required on the subject of Assurance, will be given on application at either of the Company's offices, or any of its appointed agents. P. M. DOVE, Manager. The Directors are willing to receive applications front per sons of influence, intolligence, and activity, to undertake agencies in the vicinity of the metropolis, it being their determination only to appoint agents possessing those qualifications. N.B. All Fire Insurances becoming due on Lady Day should be paid on that day, or within fifteen days after. i PUBLICATIONS. rrAIT'S EDINBURGH •MAGAZINE, No. 160, for APRIL, 1847, price One Shilling, contains :- 1 1. The Counsellor's Family. By Mme. Wolfensberger. 2. Alfred Tennyson. By George Milian. 3. Success in Life. 4. Mrs. Thornton's Tiuth and Falsehood. 5. Milton ♦ersus Southey and Landor. By Therm; de Qtdacey. Livee of Lord Lovat and Forbes of Cutloden. 7. The Old Country and the New Country. 8. James Calder. 9. Government Education. 10. Poetry. I 1 . The Exile of Culloden. By Mrs. C. Tinsley. 12. Literary Register. 13. I'olitical Register, &c. London Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Kuox. Glasgow : Jaynes APLeod. BOYI)'S ANTIION'S CICERO. New Edition, 12mo, roan, prioe Six Shillings. SELECT ORATIONS OF CICERO, with an English Commentary, and Historical, Geographical, and Le gal Indexes. By CHARLES ANTIION, LL.D. With Additions and Emendations, by JAMES BOYD, LL.D., one of the Masters of the High School, Edinburgh. Also, the following Books by Anthon : Horace, 7s. 6d. Greek Grammar, 4s. Sa'lust, ss. Greek Prosody, Is. 6d. Greek reader, 7s. 6d. Latin Grammar, 4s. 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CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their resi dence, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, SOHO-SQUARE, LONDON, and Patients can have this work privately forwarde4 them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 2s. 6d. in postage stamps. FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSIONS IN FRANCE.—A dreadful explosion of fire-damp took place in a coal-mine near Mons, on the 22d, at a time when fifty men were in it. Twenty six were killed ; the others were got out more or less injured. An explosion of the same kind also took place on the 23d, iu one of the coal-pits of La Graine, in Alsace, and caused a dreadful loss of life. Out of thirty-six workmen in the pit at the moment, twenty-four perished. and the other twelve are seriously burnt. Seventeen of the bodies have been got out, but the other seven still remain in the pit, it being im possible to reach the spot where they are lying, in conse quence of a portion of the coal bed being on fire. Nothing Ilia transpired to Ahow bow Wiz Accident lam occurredi S N 7 APRIL 1, 1847. MR. O'CONNELL IN PARIS. From private letters it appears that the arrival of Mr. O'Connell in Paris had produced a considerable sensa tion. Although his medical advisers found nothing, alarming in his case, they had, however, deemed it ex pedient that ho should remain within doors in the wet and changeable weather that had succeeded to the late heats. On Saturday and Sunday the visitors and in quirers were numerous. Among the former were Lord holland, the Archbishop of Paris, the President of the Irish College (the Rev. Dr. M'Sweeney), Archdeacon Keating, Sir Richard O'Connor, Colonel Romilly, the qarquis de la Rochejacquelin, &c. Among the latter was the Marquis of Normanby. At about two o'clock on Sunday the members of the electoral committee instituted for the defence of religious freedom waited on Mr. O'Connell, to offer him their con gratulation, and to tender to him their respectful sym pathy. At their head were the Marvis de 13artheleray, Peer of France; Viscount de Falloux, Count Qaatre harbes, and Messrs. Clappier and I)u Rozier, Deputies; the Marquis de Dampierre; Messrs. L ,, normant and Rauvais (members of the Institute), Baron de Montigny (Judge of the Royal Court), Viscount de Bonneuil (Pre sident of the Petition Committee), Messrs. l)ecoux and Veuillot, editors of the Univers, &c. When all the members were introduced into the saloon of Mr. O'Con nell, the President of the Committee (Count de Mont alembert) addressed him in the following terms—and which, we suppose, left the Learned Gentleman nothing to desire in the way of compliment:— " Sir and illustrious Friend,-....When I had the plea sure of seeing you for the first time, sixteen years ago, in your castle of Derrynane, on the shores of the Atlan tic, the revolution of July had just taken place, and your solicitude was already ardently directed towards the future stability of religion in France. I heard with respect your wishes and your lessons. You then pointed out to us the course we should pursue, and the rules we should follow, in order to emancipate the Church from the temporal yoke by legal and civic means, and at the same time to separate religion from all political causes. I am happy to have it in my power to show you that your lessons have fructified amongst us. lam come to present to you the men who in France have enrolled themselves as the first soldiers under a banner you were the first to unfurl, and which will now endure for ever. We are all your children, or rather your pupils ; you are our mas ter, our model, our glorious preceptor. It is for that rea son we are come to tenderyou the affectionate and respect ful homage we owe to the man of the age who has done most for the dignity and liberty of mankind, and espe cially for the political instruction of Catholic nations. We admire in you the man who has accomplished the noblest achievement that can be given to man to con ceive in this world—the man who without shedding a drop of blood has reconquered the nationality of his country and the political rights of 8,000,000 Catholics. We are come to salute in you the liberator of Ireland, of that nation which has always excited in France fraternal feelings. But you are not only the man of one nation, you are the man of all Christendom. Your glory is not only Irish, it is catholic. Wherever Catholics begin anew to practise civic virtues, and devote themselves to the conquest of their legitimate rights, after God it is your work. Wherever religion tends to emancipate itself from the thraldom in which several generations of sophists and legists have placed it, to you, after God, it is indebted. May that thought fortify you, revive you in your infirmities, and console you in the affliction with which your patriotic heart is now overwhelmed. The wishes of Catholic France, of truly liberal France, will accompany you in your pilgrimage to Rome. The day of your meeting with Pius IX.—when the greatest and most illustrious Chris tian of our age shall kneel at the feet of a Pontiff Rho recals to our recollection the most brilliant period of the Church, will be a truly momentous event in the history of our time. If in that instant of supreme emotion your heart should entertain a thought not absorbed by Ireland and Rome, remember us; the homage of the affection, respect, and devotion of the Catholics of France for the chief of the Church could not be better placed than on the lips of the Catholic liberator of Ireland." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceeding.s of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, DI•11.C11 30. The nndernamed Railway Bill was presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— Edinburgh and Northern (Branch from Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, &c.—No. 2)—" to enable the Edin burgh and Northern Railway Company to make a Deviation and Extension of their Branch Railway to Dunfermline; to •ake another Railway from their Strathearn Deviation Railway to the Scottish Central Railway; and to make an alteration in the manner of constructing the said Branch and Strathearn Deviation across certain Roads, and the Halbeath Railway." The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction. Chester and Holyhead (Extensions at Chester and Holy head, &c.—No. 2). WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. Caledonian (Branches to \Vilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and to I3iggar and 13roughton). Caledonian (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Grauton and to the Eiinburgh and Glasgow Railway). PRICE SD. KITING UPON RAILWAY WORKS IN IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) It has bees our painful duty, upon more than nne oc casion, to direct the public attention towards the system which has been pursued by certain railway contractors in this country in the payment of their labourers. The public indignation which foliowQd our first notice of this matter had, wo believe, the useful effect of rousing the directors of the Great Southern and Western Company to an interference sufficiently active to put an end to the enormity, and we have heard no more of its perpetration on the works of that taidertaking. With another com pany, however, our remonstrances have not been equally successful. More than a year ago we informed the pub lic that the labourers upon the Midland Great extern or Mullingar Railway, were paid by promissory notes, having many days to run, and which, to our knowledge, were issued for sums so small as four shillings, and, we regret to find, that the evil is still in active and most mischievous existence; in proof of which let all c‘m corned behold the following copy of a document now lying before us:— No. 000 DUBLIN RAILWAY OFFICE. 30, Upper Dominic-street, Dublin, 16th March, 1847. We owe Patrick O'Rourke, or Bearer, the Sum of TEN SHILLINGS which wo promise to pay at our Office on Friday, the 23d April instant, or any following Friday. For WILLIAM and THOMAS JESTS, £0 10 0 J. J. VERSO. The original of this docnment was given in payment of wages to a labourer employed upon the Mullingar Rail way, and working, at the time, at a distance of twelve miles from Dublin, who is thus subjected to the grievous oppression of the most griping usury. At a period when so much difficulty exists in bring the cost of bare sub sistence within the limits of the highest unskilled labour wages, thirty eight days' credit is enforced by those con tractors upon the wretched pittance of the labourer; and he is placed under the necessity, if he denies to escape commission and agency fees, of forfeiting a day's work for each week's wages. The result of the operation, as we are informed is, that these notes are cashed for the unfortunate holders at a discount of eight per cent. per month, being at the rate of ninety-six per cent. per annum. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY OFFICIALS. —We learn that some important changes have been made on the list of gentlemen intrusted with the prac tical IA orking of this line. Mr. Miller becomes consult ing engineer; Mr. Adie has been appointed acting engi neer; Mr. Latham, of the Manchester and Birmingham line, has been appointed manager ; and Mr. Henry Guthrie Wright retains the situation which he has so ably filled as secretary to the company; Mr. William Paton h as b een appointed superintendent of locomotives, in room of M r . F orsyt h , who has accepted a more lucra tive situation in England. It will be remembered that some time since Mr. Pate n was su bj ecte d to a length. enedimprisonment, in connexion with nhich much public sympathy was excited; and the Lord Justice Clerk, after complimenting Mr. Paton with having proved to be a most meritorious and excellent officer of the establishment, concluded with these words, "I do not hesitate to say that you may be readily intrusted with the same or any similar situation."—Glasyoul Herald. SLAVE-TRADE—ITORRIDLE MASSACRE.—The fol lowing has just been received from a very intelligent naval officer at Ascension :—" ASCENSION, JAN. 1, 1847. —We have just received news of a most horrible mas sacre on the coast. A slave depot called Gallineas, known to have 2,000 slaves ready for shipping, was so closely blockaded by our cruizers, that the slave owners finding it impossible to embark the slaves, and not wish ing the expense of feeding them, actually in cold blood beheaded the whole number. placing their heads on poles stuck in the beach, saying if you will not allow us to make profit of prisoners we take in war, we will kill all. —Cork Constitution. FRACAS IN AN EMIGRANT SIIIP.—An affray took place on Thursday last on board the Albion, bound from this port with emigrants to New York, which threatened to terminate in the loss of life. It appears that on that day a bailiff got on board for the purpose of executing a decree against one of the emigrants for the price of one cwt. of meal which he got last year from his land lord, a gentleman in the vicinity of the town. The bailiff having seized the man, he rescued himself from his grasp, and the bailiff then proceeded to claim the protection of the police. lie applied to Sir Thomas E. Blake for an order for the purpose, and Sir Thomas ac • companied a party of police, under the command of Mr. Lynch, S. 1., to the vessel. The bailiff then attempted to get on board but the other emigrants opposed it. The police interfered to assist him, but they too were resisted the excitement became very great, and at length the emigrants and police got into collision. Fearing that loss of life would be the result, Sir Thomas Blake ordered the police to desist, until they got a reinforce. ment of the military to overawe the emigrants. A party of the 49th were then sent for, and upon their arrival the man against whom the decree was executed immediately surrendered himself to them, requesting the other emigrants not to offer any further opposition. lie was then conveyed to the town prison, and is likely to remain there until discharged by the insolvent judge. —Galway Mercury. AccrDENT.—on Monday evening last, as Mr. Rowe's van was coaling bite Truro from liodmin, at the top of the hill, about a mile from Truro, Mr. Rowe threw the reins on the horse's back, and was about to get off to track the wheel, when the horse started off, and Mr. Rowe, in attempting to stop him, was thrown to the ground, and had his shoulder dislocated by the violence of the tall. Mr. Pearce, of Lemon-street, Truro, who was riding outside, was also thrown to the ground by the starting of the horse, and received a serious cut on the eye, besides other contusions of the face. The horse proceeded at a rapid rate into Truro, without a driver, and was not stopped until he arrived at the George and Dragon, in St. Austell-street. Mr. Rowe was after wards taken to the Seven Stars Inn, where he is now under medical care, and is progressing; favourably. The passengers who were riding inside the van received no injury.— West Briton. Some specimens of ancient gold coins have been discovered near the foundation of the late rectory-house in St. Martin's, Stamford, by the labourers employ ed in excavating for the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The coins, seven in number, were found in a wooden box, and were nearly as b r i g ht as gold just issued from the mint: they consist of "nobles" of the reign of Edw. 111., and " angels" and " half-angels " of the reign of Henry VIII. The nobles are believed to have been coined 500 years ago. On one side they present a figure of the king standing at the helm of a ship (supposed to be emblematical of the sovereignty of the seas), and on the reverse a rich cross fleurie, with lions under crowns in the angles, and surrounded by , the words " Edwardus Dei Gra. Rex Anglo. et France, D. Hyb." The "angels" and " half-angels,' so called from having a representation of the archangel Michael piercing a dragon on the obverse, are believed to be more than 300 years old ; the motto on the reverse is " Per cruce tug salva nea X. re rede.' —These interesting relics are in the possession of Mr. Norton, silversmith of Stamford. A few days before the finding of the coins, and at a short distance from the spot where the box, in which they were contained, was dug up, the workmen came upon a kind of cavern, or subterranean passage, which at the distance of fifteen feet from the surface ran east and west for about thirty feet. The height of the passage was six feet, and into it opened several cavities, sustained by rude columns of stone. The conclusion is, that it was, originally, a place of refuge in connexion with some of the religious houses with which Stamford abounded in bygone cen turies.—Lincoln Mercu rrl. DESCENT OF Mx.GYPSON'S BALLOON.—The as. cension which Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, made on Mon day, in company with Mr. IL Coxwell, editor of the Aerostatic Magazine, was continued for sixty miles, to Sandhurst, in Kent, where a safe descent was effected, near the residence of Sir John Herschel, the illustrious astronomer. The aeronauts intended to cross the Chan nel, but a shift of the wind suggested the prudence of altering their original determination. Lady Herschel, and some of her family having witnessed the descent, Mr. Gypson and Mr. Coxwell were induced to pay their respects to the distinguished observers of the aerial chariot, and the gentlemen from the clouds having been hospitably received, the merits and probable utility of aerostation were discussed with enthusiasm and with considerable competency and knowledge of the science on the part of Sir John Herschel. The aerial voyagers at one period of their lengthy journey attained an ele vation of three miles, and some ingenious machinery, invented by Mr. Gypson, to raise and depress the bal loon without loss of gas or ballast, was worked with advantage. HOUSE ROBBERY.—A heartless robbery was com mitted at Caister, next Yarmouth, on Sunday. The house of a poor man belonging to the preventive service, was entered while he wa s o n duty, and his famil y at church, and robb e d o f 101. i n money, a silver watch, some silver plate, and gold rings. Part of the money belonged to a child, a grand-daughter of the owner of the cottage, whose son and his wife were lost at sea last y namedßensley, was taken up, an d era , Yarmouth magistrates on Monday. N o mined ear. before A the evidence was adduced sufficient to _warrant the magis trates in detaining him, and he was discharged ; but in consequence of informatioa since received, the police are again in search of him.—Norfolk Chronicle. ANCIENT Itnracs.--A further portion of the old Roman wall has been discovered in digging the founda tions for some new houses, which are in course of erection in the Park, Newland. The wall is in excellent preservation, both stones and cement being hard as marble. The stones are in rows, placed edgewise, and the crevices were evidently filled up by the mortar or cement being poured upon the stones. Some old coins have been found but the inscriptions are not traceable.-- Lincolnshire Chronicle. ARTICHOKES AS A ►SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES.— It has latterly been much urged upon the cottages the utility of extensively substituting in- their ;allotments and gardens the Jerusalem artichoke for the potato. No weather hurts it, it appears - to- grow almost anywhere, and yields quite as large a crop as the most prolific potato. A friend of ours (says a Bath contemporary) planted iri April last, - and is now digging an average produce of hidf-a-peck ; Woaell root planted. • COURT CIRCULAR. a Mr. Charles Buller, Ju ige Advocate-Gereral, hrd an ! audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, to submit to her Majesty the ptoce.d:ngs of some courts-martial. The Queen and Prince Albert left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace at five minutes past three o'clock, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, in a carriage and four, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. Theirltoyal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and the Countess o Gainsborough, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Napier, the Marquis of Ormonde, Major-General Bowles, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, followed in four carriages and four. The august party left Paddington by a special train for the Slough station. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, the Master of the Household, the Private Secretary to Prince Albert, the Lord, the Groom, and the Equerries in Waitin g , arr i ved at the Castle from town, at ten minutes parr four o'clock this afternoon. A party of the First Regiment of Life Guards formed the escort from Slough to the Castle. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent arrived this afternoon, in a carriage and four, at her residence, Frog. more House, from toe n. _ The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening, will consist solely of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her re sidence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Frogmore House. Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness d e Speth, and Sir George Couper attended her Royal Highness. The Earl of Roden and a deputation had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. The Earl of Radnor had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Lansdowne was much better yes terday. Earl Grey left town yesterday for Datchet. The Earl of Clarendon left town yesterday for his seat, Gove Park, Herts. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of New South Wales and South Australia. The Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. llerries, Sir Robert 11. Inglis, Mr. Alderman Ilumphery, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Barry. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NE WTON, 1847. The Gold Cup (Handicap) of 20 sous each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 15th of April. Age. st.lb. Age, st.lb. Wolf Dog Inheritress ...... Godfrey Pan tasa Morpeth 6 8 6 Duke of Richmond 4 6 12 Grimston Aristotle a 8 2 Camera Obscure... 4 6 10 Intrepid Newcourt Mickey Free Princess Alice Coeur de Lion 5 7 11 The Milliner Little Hampton ... 6 7 9 Mermaid 4 6 0 Crim Con. Arthur Sheraton 4 7 7 Br gby Stansty.,. 4 5 7 Plaudit The Maid of Lyme 5 7 5 out of Tiffany... 3 5 5 Wooton a 7 4 The Premier, by Chertsey 5 7 4 Melbourne Fitzwilliam 4 7 4 Sagacity Pal The Dart 5 7 3 The Maid of the Gannet .. 5 7 3 Lune ............ 3 5 0 Sharston 4 7 2 Marlow The Premier 47 2 The Wave Woodpecker The Magnet Burgundy 11 the highest weight ace( be raised to Sst 71b, and the , pting is under Bst 71b it will others in proportion. ROME. The Pontifical Government has issued an edict, signed by Cardinal Gizzi, relative to the censure on the press. The first chapter states that the Council of Censure at Home shall be presided over by the Rev. Master of the Palace, and cannot be composed of more than five mem bers, to bt, chosen by his Holiness among the most emi nent literary men. In the chief towns of provinces the council is to be composed of two censors. Ohe-half of the censors are to be chosen every five years, but may be maintained by the Pope. The members of the council arc to deGide among themselves the enterent seicatific political matters of each journal or writing submitted to them. If one censor shall decide against the substance of an article, an appeal may be made to the whole coun cil, If he be in doubt on any matter an appeal may also be made to the whole couneit. There is to be no appeal from the Council of Censure at Rome, which is to act under its responsibility to the Government. In caso of equality of votes among the provincial censors, the president is to decide without appeal, as regards journals or p.,mphlets ; but as regards works el greater importance, the president rn , ty appeal esti his conned to that of Rome. No writing disapproved by the council of Boma can be sanctioned by the privincial cans .rs. The pro visions of the second chapter declare that the Council of Censure cannot sanction any new journal or other periodical publication, without written permission from the general direction of police, after declaration has been made of the matters treated by the journal, of the names of its principal contributors, of its mode of publication and means of existence, and after a responsible pub• fisher shall have guaranteed, by the deposit of caution money, the exact observance of the laws on the press. It is permitted to treat of all seicetific subjects, of letters, hf arts, of agriculture, industry, commerce, navigation, public works ; to reproduce the Acts of the Govern ment when published in the official journal ; to insert advertisements of religious ceremonies, public spectacles, and every other in conformity with existing decrees. It is forbidden to treat on subjects tending to the injury of relieion and of the Church, or militating against the honour of the magistrates, and of the Governments of foreign Powers. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proccedl; - ys of the House of Commoto.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. ARMY SERVICE BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 1 (No person shall be enlisted to serve her Majesty as a Soldier for a longer term than years in the In fantry) :—Motion made, "•Tuat the blank be filled with ten :' "—Afterwards moved, " That the blank be filled with "fourteen :' "—Question put, " That the blank be tilled with ten.' " The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 62. Bannerman, A. Forster, Mathew Paget, Colonel Bernal, Ralph Gore, Robert l'echell, Captain Bodkin, J. J. Grey, Sir G. Perfect, Robert ISowring; Dr. Guest, Sir J. Philpotts, John Buller, Charles Hatton, Captain V. Plutnridge, Captain Buller, Edward Ilawes, Benj. Rich, Henry Buslelld, William Ilobhouse, Sir J. Russell, Lord R. Ilyng, G. S. Howard, P. 11. Scrope, G. P. Callaghan, D. Hume, Jovph Sheridan, R. B. Cholrneley, Sir J. Jervis, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Clay, Sir W. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Layard, Major Stuart, V. Collett, John Lefroy, Anthony Strutt,Edward Craig, W. 0.1 . Macaulay, T. Is. Tancred, 11. W. Dawson, T. V. Mackinnon, W. Villiers, Charles Drax, J. S. W. E. Macnamara, Major Warburton, H. Duncan, George M`Carthy, Alexander Williams, W. Dundas, Sir David Ill . Donnell, J. M. Wyse, Thomas Dundas, J. C. Maitland, Thoma 3 Escott, Bickham Marshall, William Evans, Sir De Lacy Maule, Fox Ferrand, W. IL O'Conor, Don TELLERS. Hill, Lord M. Tufnell, IL MINORITY—NOES, 27. Adderley, C. 11. Fitzroy, Lord C. Rasideigh, W. Arkwright, George Gordon, Hon. Capt. Reid, Colonel Baillie, Col. Goulburn, Henry Sibthorp, Colonel Batllie, H. J. Henley, J. W. Tower, C. Baillic, W. Hope, Sir J. Trotter, John Bennett, Philip Hamby, John Wood, Colonel T. Bowles, Admiral Lincoln, Earl of Young, John Buck, L. W. Lockhart, W. TELLERS. Cardwell, Edward Lygon, General Douglas, Sir H. Carew, W. 11. Pole Nicholl, J. Lindsay, Colonel DEATHS PROM DESTITUTION.—TW O inquests were held, yesterday, by George Henry, Esq., one between Portadown and Lurgan, and the other between Porta down and Armagh, the latter on a man a native of the county Mayo, who died while on his way home from Scotland. The verdict, in both cases, was death from destitution.—Arniagh Guardian. ACCIDENTS ADMITED INTO ADDENBROOKE'S HOS PITAL DURING THE WEEK.—On Friday last, a lad named Richard Essex, aged 12, residing at Milton, whilst saw. ing some wood seriously injured the fingers of his left hand; it was found necessary to amputate one of the fingers immediately, and the case is now progressing very favourably. The operation was performed whilst the patient was under the influence of ether.—On Sun day last, a labourer, named Prime, residing at Mel bourne, aged 21, was admitted. It appeared that some days previously, - whilst at work in a gravel pit, he was completely overwhelmed and buried in earth by a slip ping of the bank which he was excavating. He was found to have sustained a fracture of the left collar bone, to have broken one or two ribs on the same side, and to have suffered severely from contusions. It is hoped he will do well.—On Wednesday, William Wells, aged 19, a native of Woburn, Beds, me t w i t h a very serious acci dent whilst at work on the lino now constructing at Six Mile Bottom. The poor boy was engaged in that most perilous occupation, " tipping," when accidentally stum bling he fell beneath the wagon wheels. He was im mediately conveyed to the hospital, when it was found that the left leg was completely crushed below the knee, and his head too appeared to have suffered from the concussion. Amputation of the injured limb was re solved upon, and the case now promises favourably. It was deemed expedient not to administer the vapour of ether to this patient. —Cambridge Chronicle. AN IDOL CHEATED BY THE HoltsEwmr.--A mile below Serampour, there is a large pagoda, held in ex treme veneration. The principal idol is brought out once a year, on a car like that of Juggernaut, to visit some of his neighbours. An immense concourse is always collected on those occasions, and here, as at Juggernaut, the poor wretches throw themselves under the wheel of the car to be crushed to death.—Mr. Paken ham, Lord Wm. Bentinck's private secretary,. happened to ba passing through the place on horseback, last year, at the time of the ceremony. He saw a Hindoo throw himself down in the way of the car ; the wheels were ' near upon him, when Mr. Pakenham galloped up and belaboured the martyr with his horsewhip. The poor devil jumped up, and ran as fast as his legs could carry him into his jungle, shouting murder He was quite prepared to endure a horrible death, but a horsewhipping was a thing that had never entered into his calculations. What a capricious principle is courage I—timid and spiritless as these ;people are, there are forms under which death seems to them a matter perfectly indifferent. Voyage dans Inde par Victor Jacquemont. _ THE V DISTRESSED IRlSll.—Upwards of thirty pounds have been collected at the Scilly Islands for the relief of the Irish, and forwarded to the committee, by the chaplain of the Islands. In addition to this, Charles Steel, Esp,lnspecting Commander, has remitted to the Comptroller of that department the sum of 51., being a voluntary subscription on the part of the officers and men; also 21. lOs. by the officers of the customs at that port, to the Hon. Spring Rice, one of the honorary secre• tariia.- - - West Brit" VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY. On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the directors and proprietors of this corporation, established very many years ago to promote agriculture and grazing pursuits as well as settlement in the colony of Tasmania, was held at the company's house, Great Winchester street, to receive a report of the last year's proceedings, the election of directors who have vacated office by rotation, and upon other matters. The governor, Mr. Cattley, presided. The minutes of the last meeting were read awl confirmed. The Secretary, Mr. HOWELL, read the report, which stated--" That the Government s urvey of the company's lands had been completed, and that the Lieutenant-L;(0- vernor of Van Diemen's Land was about to forward to the Secretary of State the tracings and descriptions of those lands, with a view to the grant of the requisite warrants by her Majesty's Government, and the directors are now enabled to state that the said documents have been received, and that Earl Grey has signified the intention of Government to carry out this arrangement fully, in pursuance of the company's charter. Steps have been accordingly taken for preparing and sub mitting a Bill for the sanction of the grant by Parlia ment, and the directors trust that an Act to empower her Majesty to convey the lands in question to the com pany will be obtained in the present session of Parlia ment. The proprietors will be gratified at learning that the lands thus awarded to the Company, by an agree ment between the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land and the Company's chief agent, as shown by the tracings and descriptions transmitted to Earl Grey, con sist as follows. viz.: --Circular Head, 20,000; Surrey Hills, 150,000 • Hampshire Hills, 10,000 ; Middlesex Plain!, 10,000; Emu Bay, 50,000 ; *oolnorth, 100,000; Robbins Island, 24,450 ; Walker's island, 1,7:!0; and Trefoil Island, 255—making a total of 366,425 acres. Valuable as these extensive grants must ultimately prove, yet the directors regret to add that the expectation which they had entertained of their becoming so at a very early period, has been frustrated by Sir Eardley Wilmot's announcement to Mr. Gibson, that in con sequence of the Government surveyor's unfavourable report of the line of road previously laid down between the settled districts and Emu Bay, the Government gangs had been withdrawn to another quarter of the island. The result, however, of an interview with the present Lieutenant-Governor, before his departure from England, leads the directors to believe that the project of establishing such a road will ere long be resumed, and this expectation is further confirmed by the accounts of the im proving state of the commercial, agricultural, and financial interests of the colony, as to the unprecedented depression of those interests, and the consequent want of funds for public works, rather than the difficulties of the line of road, its abandonment may probably be attributable. The proprietors are aware that the chief inducement held out to settlers to take farms on the company's heavily timbered lands, was an engagement to take its produce at certain prices. The engagement was I entered into just before the commencement of the pecuniary embarrassments and stagnation of all enterprise throughout the island, and the results have been very disadvantageous to the company, as the produce delivered into the store by their tenants was hardly saleable at any price —the loss, however, has not been so heavy as might have been at first supposed, be cause in the earlier years of occupation the clearance and cultivation of land proceeded bat slowly, and the tenants, therefore, instead of being creditors, became largely in debted to the company for indispensable advances of provisions and stores. Those advances at one time reached 20,2571. Bs. 5d., and from the tenor of the latest advices, it would appear that they still exceed 10,000 L, but the increase in the tenant population, and the rapid clearance of land (amounting altogether to 1,640 acres under the plough), leads to the belief that a great part of this debt will be liquidated in the course of the years 1847 and 1848; so great in fact is the progress of cultivation, that the directors would regard with some degree of' alarm the prospective success of their tenants, were it not that the improvements in the markets of Australia hold out the expectation of remunerating prices for produce delivered to the com pany. Should these prices be maintained, as may not unreasonably be assumed, for the next three years, there will be no further loss to the company from over production by their tenants, as in March, 1850, their leases, and with them all the company's engagements will terminate. The sales of cattle and sheep have been inconsiderable, and at very low rates, and the horses disposed of were few, and netted small sums ; the exact amount cannot be accurately shown, as, from some unaccountable delay, no account of sales have yet been received. On the other hand, the sales of live stock for the tenants' subsistence have been very large. The 'company's clip of wool for the year 1845, consisting of 74 bales, realised, at public auction, 1,0751. 193. I Id. In the course of the eight months from the sth of January to the sth of September last, 29 vessels had arrived, and 31 departed from Circular Head to foreign ports, besides numerous 'coaster, trading be tween Stanley, Ernu Bay, and Launceston, and that the traffic was progressively improving. Whil s t p ro vision had thus ben made to advance the com mercial interests of the new societies growing up at Stanley and Emu Bay, every attention has likewise been paid to their moral and religious improvement, and the directors have great prlcasure in stating that as far back as March, 184 f,, the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Grigg, had secured the services of a respectable and well qualified schoolmaster, and also a mistress, for the schools at Stanley. A master and mistress had likewise been ob:ained for schools at Emu Bay, where buildings for the purpose were in course of erection, at the cost of the tenants, and Mr. Grigg states his sanguine expecta tion that both places will shortly possess as many social advantages, and exhibit as fair a social character as any like amount of population in any rural district of Eng land." Upon the question that the report be adopted and printed for circulation among the proprietors, many questions were asked by proprietors present, The GOVERNOR, in reply, said, he as well as the direc tors had to regret the report was not more favourable, but they had laid before the court all the facts that bad come to their knowledge. Every effort had been made to reduce expenditure in the colony. The great object to be obtained was, that the corporation should become land- lords, not farmers. Upon the company's lands all poor but industrious men would succeed in bettering their condition in life. With respect to the defalcation in the number of sheep which appeared to exist in the report, full returns had not been received of the number which was at Woolnorth, accounts relative to which had not yet come to hand. Upon the whole, however, there had been a considerable increase in the company's flocks. As soon as a title could be given to the lands sold by the company, which would be the case very soon, no doubt there would be plenty of purchasers. A PROPRIETOR complained that for seven years the tenantry system had been going on at great loss, and that the results had been so small. Mr. ROUGEBIONT explained, that owing to the panic the directors had directed Mr. Gibson, the com pany's agent in the colony, to be cautious. The prices of produce in the colony had been exceedingly low, but the markets were rallying, wheat as well as other produce, as well as stock, was in demand for Australia and the Cape of Good Hope, As almost all attention in Australia was directed to the working of copper mines founcrin — the sister colony, it was probable that agricultural pursuits would not be followed up with so much avidity. This would give a better cha►ice for the produce of Van Diemen's Land. The company's agent, Mr. Gibson, when he learned the state of the markets in England and Ireland, would re gulate his course accordingly. After some further discussion the directors aEd auditors were elected. A vote of thanks was then passed to the governor and directors, The GOVERNOR, in returning thanks, observed that they wished to encourage the emigration of the more decent portion of 'agriculturists of industrious habits, and ;S their e Land, possessing some small property. To these the company would afford many facilities, such as the loan of bul locks, sheep, utensils, &c., with a view to encourage the such emigrants tenants, and bring on their estates a class of people who w th ( a m t ld on k g ee e p in would find every encouragement and kindness from their going their tmo ay : l n a g ua a s gi)e wellime I n e engagements. e so x l c il e u n d t e e fo le r rg th y ose emigrating to the colony was most praiseworthy. The meeting then adjourned. appears INFERNAL t h a t a diabolical attempt laas lately.been made to fire the large stack yard of Mr. Allez, of the Bordages, St. Saviour's, who has been recently released from prison for contempt of court. On removing a stack a few days ago on his premises, a bundle of cartridges of powder, bound together with slow-match, and c overed with loose hay, was found un derneath. The amadoux, or match, had evidently been lighted, but appears luckily to have been extinguished from being too tightly bound to the packet attached to it; otherwise, no: doubt, one of the largest stackyards in Guernsey would have been reduced to ashes. —Guernsey Sun. ARRIVALS OF CORN IN IRELAND.---Th e arrivals of corn, meal, flour, and other edible produce continue t o be immense. The prices of food, we rejoice to say, are , in consequence, falling rapidly. — Dublin Pilot. An advertiser, in a Western paper, who rej o i ces i n the various occupations of lawyer, doctor, justice of the peace, and dry good merchant, adds the following to his list of pursuits and qualities :—" N.B.—Auctiuneering of the loudest kind, interwoven with ventriloquism."— Philadelphia Gazette. Mr. Fitzgerald, of Holbrook, near Horsham, has issued an addre.,s to the constituency offering himself to their notice. The Hon. Gentleman does not deem it necessary (or prudent, perhaps) to set forth his political views in a "preliminary address," though report says that ho is a Tory Protectionist to the back-bone.— Brighten Guardian. FA LE LIVES LosT.---An accident of a very lamentable nature occurred at Forthar Lime Works on the afternoon of Friday last, whereby three men were instantaneously called into eternity, whilst a fOurth was so injured that he is not expected to recover. The accident was occasioned by the falling of a huge mass of rock from the face of the quarry in which they were employed. Upwards of two hours elapsed before the bodies of the unfortunate men were got out.— , Edinburgh Witness. a DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, MARCH 29.—The Stoats Courant pub lished yesterday evening has the following bulletin:— , " Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, his Majesty felt an oppression about the heart, accompanied by violent palpitations. Complete repose not baying brought any change in the King 's condition, and his pulse be ' coming hard and rapid, recourse was had to copious ' Lleeding, which was soon followed by improvement. This morning towards one o'clock, the King fell asleep; on awaking at three o'clock his Majesty felt better, and is now calm. (Signed) " B. G. EVERARD BECKERS. " The Hague, March 28." This morning a second bulletin, published in the Palace is as follows:—" The feeling of oppression about the heart did not return in the course of yesterday, and the palpi ationse peaceful l a had much diminished. At the beginning of the night the oppression returned, and the palpitations increased, sinoto that a p fi bu ve t te,heelyeeakft.eierwthaerdms morning g ua t l h ly e K eu i b n s g ide t cl w , I i sleep, which continued till nine o'clock in the morning. On waking his Majesty felt himself much better. Tits IlsouE, MARCH 28.—1 n the Second Chamber of the States General, on Saturday, a royal message was received with a project of law, tending to regulate the expenses flowing from the laws of the 6th of March, and the 25th of June, 1844, with an explanatory memo rial and the tables belonging to it. These documents are to be printed and referred to the sections. Several documents relating to the finances were present:A by the Minister. It appeared fur the year 1845 only, 6,212,000 florins are required by the law of the Ist of April, 1846. Of this sum 5,612,000 florins was trans ferred from 1846. MARCH 31.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, a discussion took place on the project of law, for transferring to the budget of 1847 sums included in that of 1846, for the expenses of reforming th h e at co a m. mo T c he Chamber proceeded to deliberate; . a t ert the lon f of M. Luzac, to adjourn the same t i l l a fter . recess of the Chamber, had been rejected by a majority of 34 to 7. Several Members having spoken on the project of law, and his Excellency the Minister of Financ e h av i ng spoken in favour of it, it was adopted by a ma j or i ty of 24 to 20. The First Chamber of the States -General in its late s i tt i ng a'iopted several projects of law sent by the Second Chamber. GALICIAN FRONTIER, Mann 19.—The negotiations are terminated between Russia and Austria for regu lating the commercial regulations with Cracow; and the Austrian Government has fulfilled all the reasonable explanations in this respect. On the part of Prussia, it is said to be especially wished that Austria may modify its tariff, and approximate more nearly to the rates of the Zollverein. A subject which will be thoroughly ex amined at Vienna, and on which, undoubtedly, for other reasons, everything possible will be granted. The two Governments of Lomburg and Cracow, (East and West Galicia), arc ordered to subsist each as an independent Government, but only one Government shall be ap pointed for both. Accounts from Berlin state that that Cabinet has applied to Vienna to know whether the plan to connect the Dniester with the Save, by means of a canal, really exists, and in this case, if any steps have already been taken to carry it into effect, the matter seems to be very interesting to Russia, because the vistula, wldeli, by the realization of the plan would receive the large exportation of corn and timber from the whole of Galicia, would thereby _become, of , ntl4oll-.- greater. importance. ALARMING OUTRAGE.—The Limerick Chronicle states that on Monday Captain Fishbaume, the inspect ing officer of publie,works in Newmarket-on-Fergus, was violently - assiiiiltEd by a mob of persons who had been upon the public works.—Dublin Erening . Post. Redmond, Esq., Resident Magistrate at Carrick-on-Sniri.an excellent and most efficient officer, has been appointed Receiver to the Constabulary in Dublin.--Dublin Evening Post. to, tie vrt ~!. lid ll' .., ~..• it. s• .. 1. 1 L. 4 r" r- It 1 d L- r a 3