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....' l ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, London. this For the younger ages the premiums of Lif e As s urance required by C ° l3 7my will be found la wer th an th ose o f mea t o th e r offices ; Wh s le the bonus additions that are periodically made from the Com l'!airs Profits tend still further to lessen the cost of aspurance. Life annuities are granted by the Company on equitable terms. th e Progllectus may be had at the oftlce4 In Loulon, or at any of sagencies In the principal towns of the kingdom. - T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. • EXCISE-OFFICE, in Oki Broad-street. --- at the To be SOLI ), by AUCTION (in one Lot), by Mr. Gadf on, r 6 A UCTION MART, on FRIDAY, the 131 h of May, 18 5 3, at 12 erTtock, bY o r d er of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the "'SUS in Old Broad-street, in the city of London, known tor erlY AS the EXCISE-OFFICE, and lately as the Inland Revenue - • Parti culars may bo o bt a i ne d a t the offices of the Secretary and Soi leiter of Inland Revenue, Somerset-house; and .of William Her bert, E gg the Board's Surveyor of Buildings, at his office on the pretnis eS, in Old Broad-street (where a plan of the property may be ' t en), and of the Auctioneer, at his offices, No.lB in the same street. No. 18,907.] PATRON PRINOE ALIT KRT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 4 — A. MUSICAL LECTURE by GEORGE RUCKLA ND, en titled SONGS and SONG • WRITERS , every E ven i ng ( except rileY) at Eight. PoLee ares.—By J. H. Pepper, Eery , on the Chemistry of Gun wder Ireoc Co mpesition ;by Dr. Bacilli offner, on lineuma . ti CA, 1,!,1..1.1-hich Principle of the P ly's Foot and Walkina on the Cet,lng ~u 1 be explained ; by Mr. Crispe, on Heat, illustrated by tw we Reflectors, by which Cooking is effected at a distance of 100 f,ct b ora the Are. Admission, ls.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price 8 n fivBCoiol i so. , , 06. 01 1. pock, ' ortlia, )31111 ARNIA MUTU4L LIFE ASSOCIATION. Anna kni powered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. divt • Pon uelde Policy men of profits. ply, e 4 s rs participate in profits after live or seven annea e cc'raing to the table selected. R a l f calculated for every three months' difference of age. /tn 4 Da t i t c h l ecTlealfclit policies granted on terms unusually favourable ; the Premiums being liquidated out of the profits.. of ao p r emiums being Meeting on the 27th April, reductionlBs2 o ,a aici. Dattri g ,„rt. was made in the current)•ear's premium n part 11,Wrd I"the . An of Directors. in attendance daily at Two o'clock. assured in every case admitted in the policy. attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. (I.IOPII al%) R.ztract the Uslf Credit Rates of ' ' Premium. Hal f 'Whole First f Premium pr or emium I le 'even malodor, of Life. 1 1 '9l 1 9 21 ' 40 hes t , gop cot r f lig b ' 1111 V. 6 ; 46„ e , .50 ; 1 o' .hooP hogs, b ,, g lj o d el ; aitw ; o a; 10 ' 10,13, IV ° 1 h o 0 ,4 9 :i9 ` 1 0 . 0 41 , si i/ f3r : 41° 2 2 6 , 3, G. 8 1, 2 3 6 11 2 13 4 •I 4'.5 V 13 4 (mtrrusi..) Extract from Table with Participation in Profits, after Seven Yearly 1 Payments. Years. 1 Months 30 I 0 Half Quar• Annual Yearly turly premium Pre- Pre mium. ;ilium. £ 5. d. £ 8. d.I 273 1 4 2 2 7 61 1 4 4 2 7"10 1 4 6 2 8,2, 1 4 8, E a. d. 0 12 3 U 12 4 0 12 5 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. t iE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Blaekfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. TRUSTEES. The Right Ponourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P.,-P.C., 81r, inptroller of her Majesty's Household. eharles Price, Hart , 3, Bing William-street, !hitt-General Sir W. B. Clayton. Bart, Gloucester o - n place, Portman 11114aree and Mardeu-park, Surrey. DIRECTOas. AtiorniMpatnro-11Ther of her ht m l l a J o e s n i y t ' h S Household. V is c o unt Drumlanrigi M.P.' P.C., •! .. t. Yftilowie), Barnes, E sq ., ii, City-road, Ftnsbury • ‘ o t l'ioel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancers, Junior Uni tede°r g e C wde, Egg rortiand.terrace, Wandsworth, and SeßrvelicevoirC,lusbt.. Helier's, Jersey." Stephen Cracknall, Em., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, .. yen•-sqnar e.tt.incoln's-i nn. and 11, w. ones, M.D..,trarles-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Cleorge Knox, Esq, 15, Con naught-rquare, Hyde-park, and Tor Lodge, Staffordshire, Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Ilarrow-on-thc m C. Morgan, Req., Berkeley, Clottcestersbire-11— liVlaillidamtl.prPoionslejpE,M,;2_32l. Upp er , • - street, -sireet, Portman-square. -... , 1-, Ili, Leade nhall-street, and 8, lly de-park place West. I , o bert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law. .YS. Scanla, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, ' Connaught-square. *Nor Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. d, Actuary and Secretary to the Mcdical, ) 4 ~. A UDITORS. ~..int4l s, 4gvir.B%, St-, and G eneral Life an w Office. .4. ± 411C8, Esq., Accountant, 3, Gull , lhall-chambers. (,til;,., ...P.sq-, 8.A., Actuary , 11 - 11 ' 14 "; ' l 5, ritrand to the Engineers and Mason'e Life taic i i l i t i L dari, Esq.., Manager of Thnea Assurance Company, Lad tr Cl 1 ,.. BANKERS. '". a rt. Ce' MarcllCo.% 3, s ic tr i e n e g t. William-street, London. N . t 'mon an --" l'"' ‘ 4 1 ' , at and u C eg o e ., ,i 3 t. , ritisictirts. ti t L,''ltifi , , e tA , r'insburyplace" ',,a11, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. li :Pmal„ Esq BURGEONS. 16, Lower Seymour-street. Port 1-gman-square -lardens. E - (11 t place, llYde - pali Esq., 44 , ouces e CONSULTING -ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Kill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. Tha RESIDENT SECRETARY. be - PObli e Charles W. Bevan, Esq. bland s yst. , 8 T of A oR pessuranc e.ctinly inv wh ited ich is based to examine upontables alculated therinciples of the 1 :8 I? is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, • ~..k:t e rn,'Z:he Consulting Actuary to the Company. Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged "Bilra nce ;: i rthilay, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system %, 1 ~ 1 s s e e e c n ur t e h at a person the follow ., 4)1 1 , comparison of these two I t r ab a l s os sur it an til rider the novel system of DEN* can in t; advantages, viz., Ist. For a less su m, p aid annuall y , he can ass ure 4 litrger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system. ~., ‘ily. In th e even t o f a desire to surrender hi s Po li cy he can receive 11 . this C om p an y, by the above example, which applies to all ages, Trtatz times as much as on the ordinary s policy y re mains still his property, stem. 3rdly. In the event ° I inability or omission to pay, of the sam e va l ue as it was, ir ; n. anY number of years; whereas on the ordinary system, he gels though h heeease his current payments ..sthing. 4thl y. Sh ou ld h e re quire to increase or dec rease the Ile can at any time , amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure . t) Y giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the Wh ole amount of his previous pay menu and with interest. After he s i ng le payment, three ha s withdrawn part one year he can, . ea rs, or any time afterwards, raise hisp by a policy to a greater or eve n V L'S former amoun t ; a nd by this system he can at all times regu late a s annual Savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the i uarg a l in n of having a fund to fly to however, that be gets lute - s bank, with this palpable advantage, in case of necessity, the same as Life Offices be can do CO I. .;'?it for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than In% amount of his savings.. In ordinaryhe and instead of having any ell thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment ceases to pay his current premiums, k ts of his tt. n . 4 t ° ny to for aid all his hari-earned sav , ings become forfeited to -- I" society, and his ' misfortunes serve to benefit the poe e More fortunate co-assurers. and which can be assurance It ch a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked DEpOSIT assurance is the only system of il a „recognised • bniversallY andadopted when the principles are impar .'Y canvassed, and its palpable benefits become cowers allows a fair rate of greater advantages than a bank because itwidely diffused. It -. Interest in ease of withdrawal, and gi ves twice the amount in the li ands of th e Company to the representatives of the Depositor in ease:of death, thus combining the AbITANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF SSRCE COMPANY. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSI n'Stient are still more striking. "VANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY To LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. thes .o , o se who prefer thi s b ranch Policies are gran t e d fr om 201. t o 1. on every k nown principle thereof. _ .Q fives in all b ut the worst stages of disease, and such as have been stl eted by oth er O ff i ces, are taken at rates equivalent tb the putt- Mar disease. .._aL.eans from hOl. and upwards granted on every kind of. security, 's .1 Or pertmat, on the most equitable terms to the borrower .?in,nut ties of every description granted on very favourable terms. re ark. u t l 1,4 1 1 1- ?feitnre of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant s, the Directors will cit.ner purchase the Policy at a fair ,_„, e - e value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte w"icil_. r r espendlitg in amount to the whole of the previous payments T p n have been made. p o ;i t l s Ki led Prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De , Agentsy further information may be obtained on appli- Vatton Y t atem o the in the country, or to CHARLES W. 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On the First Saturday in May will appear No. I. of " 1 1HE PRESS." —Being a Weekly Pa p er, intended to fill an obvious void in Journalism, and to com bine, on an entirely new plan, Political, Literary, and Artistic Re sources. To be published every Saturday.—Office, 110, Strand, Lou don, where all communications should be sent, addressed to the Editor. • T HE WELLINGTON DINING-ROOMS, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. This splendid Establishment (formerly Cockford's Club) will shortly he Opened on a scale of magnificence unprecedented in Lon don. First-class accommodation will be combined with extreme moderation in the charges ; the greatest attention will be paid to the Cooking department ; and Wines of the first quality will all be selected from]thc cellars of the late Mr. Crockford. A grand suite of Coffee, Smoking, and Reading-Rooms will also be thrown open ; and no pains or outlay will be spared to unite the independence of a public din'ng-room with the comforts of a first-rate club. ,Full particulars, with prices, &c., will be immediately announced. April 29, 1853. • LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow•houso, Fulham mad. 'Open EverY Evezing. The Orchestta>will perforan - daring the week, ``The Thistle," " Shamrock," " Rose," and "Amine" Waltze% the "Napoleon" and "Le Romanesque" Galeps, " Le Cirque' Quadrille; " The Gold Hawk." and " Juno," Polkas.— Admission, is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. mEcHrs TABLE CUTLERY has long been famed for its admirable qualities, combined with cheapness. His manufactory is at 4, Leadenhall-street, four doors from Cornhill. Balanced Ivory-handles, insets of 50 pieces, 21. 103.. 31.105., 41. 10s. ; common kitchen, per dozen, 10s., 125., 168. 6d., 215., 255. Table steels, patent sharpeners, cases of dessert knives, Sheffield plated goods, &c. Mechi's penknives are excellent and economical, from Is. upwards. Ills peculiar steel razors and magic strop and paste have given comfort to many a suffering shaver, and the ladies pro nounce his scissors to be unequalled. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA Has been for many years sanctioned by the most eminent o f the medical profession, as an excellent remedy for ACIDITIES, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND INDIGESTION. As a Mild Aperient, it is admirably adapted for Delicate Females particulary during Pregnancy; and it prevents the food of infants from turning sour during digestion. Combined with the - - ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP, it forms an Effervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable and efficacious. Prepared by DINNEFORD and Co., Dispensing Chemists (and Jeaeral Agents for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Setts), 172, New Bond-street, London. and sold by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S HEAD ALLEY, 19, CORNHILL, LONDON, (nearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Exchange), being determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the lel lowing list for their consideration: — WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries .. • • ........ 24s Superior ditto (second to none) ..... • • . •• • • • • 3 25 Very fine Old Cruste•l Port, 4 years In 80tt1e.... 42s Fine Old Sherry, Pale or Brown ..... .......... 42s SPIRITS. Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 10s. Bd., and 12s. per gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and I6s. per gallon. Glenlivet and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct, 5 years old and S over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. R. having purchased, previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads o. Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed to offer them at the Original Prices, taking ns advantage of the 35. advance in the markets. Fine 4 Pale Champagn e Brawl) , " • • 28s. per gallon. Coloured ditto • • ...... • ..... 265. per gallon. Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dozen. REMITTANCES in all cases to be made in advance, by Post office Order, or by Cheque payable in London. per dozen. per dozen. per dozen. per dozen. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORK, Just publifhed, by H. Bat Mere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. vo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, 55. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD - • -•- Platen' , Is known to English readers by his frequent practi ,al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the pox-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which It may bo in his -ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 16 5 1. " We °remised in a former number that wo should recur to this it order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of `Quiet Symathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer frnn th com plaint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many h tndreds would DC raved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which till, quacks most prize— much ironer ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat -writ upon a snore rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, •fbnly to do much good."—Medlcal Circular, June 16, 1852. No. IL syn.. in cloth,price 3s. 6d., by post free, 43., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad a any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. -uch are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had res'sted, for a pried of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally re novel in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both In durattcn, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a or me ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. ------................ ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. treatment, a ..m. ••J • —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. The sum the ordinary The sum tla Lifeoflices would give MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE S ECRET INFIRMITIES OF ordinary Life him if he were unable YOUTH AND MATU RITY. 1 Offices would 'to pay, or if he omit t ed DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT , 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, 1 At the His give him for to pay his current t i Annu al oid of po li cy th e surren d e r annual premium of Doctor of Medicine, and Matric•dated Member of the University of ~e., its .500 t, the Years when "e ire mi , thirty at that or sale Si . fa. 3 d. after he has Edinburgh, Honorary . Member of the London Hospital Medic age o his policy paid into their coffers Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. : l a ; ' 60(jf, e th e, Party in ca.; e a fter thirty ' 2491.75.6(1., and which t ' a fifty of years'payments they have had the use ft/11 AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on . years old, death amounting to of at compound II: V N. the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, liewill havelvill bol 2491. 7s. 6d, interest, or in resulting from juvenile irregul antics and excesses, which have pro re Paid Into worth which theyhave the event of his death luced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema -1 the em ee. 'had the benefit) one hour after such tore decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of die of at compound omission or inability cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience . ...,,....,... interest. 1 to pay. in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in e.xist ---- -- cnce secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in 2e \ t ,. ''''B3cl 2 491. 78.6 d. 5001. li t t h tl a e n m B 7 l e . existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous NOTHING. Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ---""'-s"--------._..___.eerhaps 901. ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their en dless modifications owe their almost e ntire origin. --......_______ _ ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. lt is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without • Ifunable to pay,or not incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed desirous of paying or the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties omitting topay,thel'o- may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, licy would still remain and how the evil and its con-equences may be avoided, and above all, of its FULL value, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional 522/.2l.7daffideath, if d erangeme nt to which the timely aid of scienc e cannot apply a cure. 20 years after, no fur- DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged titer payment beingre- in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com quired. Ifhowever the plaints, and a the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless party. horn any cause, of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had • wished to cancel the the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct Policy, he could not attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is onlydraw out all hehas 2 7 ..10s Od 225/. J5221.257d 2871. 211. 9d. put in, viz., 225/., but tree. In selecting this department of practice. he has been amply ree arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the a certain bonus of 621. 2s. 9cl w . h i i n ch th is e b m a o r r g e ain, • than one-fourth of the whole of his payments out a part, 201. or 501., or he could either draw ' diminishing the Policy ' only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age t c, r :i i r a e tm ot e u n u t q o u f a t l h iti e. e s d e acnasdesi,gnwolrtaicnht amrepitriooes,gewnheroa,llwyicthontfihdeeirdptiorathtede publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'KERT should first obtain a copy of his work on pagess and 7 in detailed A Medical Treatise onthePhso when withdrawn. See pamphlet, by F. G. P. Neison, Philosophy yof SELF-PRESERVATION.Marriage, Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, iNevv and ea daensd ions of their eison, Esq. cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and ....... ' description excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct On , comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person Badero the novelsystem of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow-and may be had, Price2s6d, in cases, ing advantages , less paidannually, viz., Ist. Fora sum, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternost r-row • Ilannay, 63, Oxford-street ; a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system. Mann, 39, Cornhill • c ' 2(11; Stone, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free in Y. In the event of a desire to surrender hi' Policy he can receive by Post for forty-two stamps,fr the Author a real to any addresa om this Comminv_ by the above example, which applies to all ages, dence. 37 .. .. .. ,BEDFOID-2QIIAZE. LONDON. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sh erwoo d , 23, P a t e rnoster-row, Carvalho, 47, F I lect-street , s f,d, Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS : —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles —The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Ste. II FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Volo. Vol. I. VISIT 10 THEILAKES; SKET CH:OFIEDINBURGH, &o. Vol.II. TAE:LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WTIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may run," Kpopular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner eenely-debilltated healt h and enfeebled con stitution that harass es the young, besets the man of pleasure, 'airline: s or st u d y, and em bittoers.oivryd ld e a e ge . ; a withlife. r , t e. ables,and rulesfor the diet and physical regu iatin o Iv. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The ad.. vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties ofllcentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra.. tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." FROCILLXXE:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. 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'' '...4.1tE OF PROFIT INCREASED F/tOM ONE-HALF TO _,. 4 . ow FOUR-FIFTHS, GOO The Managers beg to remind the public' that persons effecting Pe- at% w i 0 . ~,„ , th this Society now or befiwe midsummer, 1853, will PARTI- ',_ , rATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society at Z . next Division, in proportion to their contributions to those pre- P and ac cording to the conditions contained in the Society's ro sPectus. , ii st at b s T he Premiums requ i red by this Society for insuring Young Lives :setter than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers pock , .r pockck f cf n ditto Y protected it em all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad _ emiu to e the accumulated funds derived from the Investments o ,m. a how; : toT..r.ospectuscs may be obt a i ned at the Office in Threadneedle-street, rio al euon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. ii ..-__ C HARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. tha t ie I 111 :4 :BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE le 6 C OMPANY. a ,l 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. 49, , °. l. . 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Grant ; it all • , :fer to the ques- g r 4;; committee that t himself. • afford would be' after they bad : a rt the committee • • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1853. L ONDON AND COUNTY ASSURANCE COMPANY. AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders and Members of this Company will be held at the Chief Offices, 484, New Oxford-street, on Wednesday neat, the 4th of May, at two o'clock precisely, to elect F ad R ditional Directors. ED. LAWRANCE, Manager. and heavy stores. She is complete in her rigging, and only requires painting. A court-martial will be held on board the Victory to morrow (Saturday), on Mr. Edward Howard Place, act ing mate of her Majesty's ship Basilisk, for exceeding his leave (five days), and. after his return attempting to go on shore without leave. Ships of war at Spithead, commencing from the east ward :—Basilisk, 6, paddle ; Cruiser, 16, screw ; Odin, 16, paddle ; Imperieuse, 60, screw ; London, 90 ; En counter, 14, screw ; Agamemnon, 90, screw; Sidon, 22, paddle ; and Banshee, "avant courier" to the Channel squadron. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFALGAR F TARE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the EXHIBITION will Open on MONDAY next, the 24 of May, at Twelve o clock. Admission, Ono Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JOAN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec. Exhibitors and Students may receive their Tickets and Catalogues by applying at the Academy on Monday, after 12. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29. Yesterday, at 2 p.m., the Perseverance pilot boat saw a large barque outside the harbour, bearing the English ensign, reaching in. The boat went to windward in order to board her, but on nearing the barque wore round and stood off ; wind east by north. Immediately after the Perseverance saw a man-of-war brig going up Channel, showing a white ensign. The bark had troops on board, and was supposed to be in company with the brig. This morning at 3 o'clock a Brixham trawl sloop, coining from Mount's bay, On reaching in about a mile north-west of the Eddystone, saw a large two-decked man-of-war standing off, head south-east, under steam, and single reefed topsails and topgallant sails. Wind, E.N.E. ; strong. The Edinburgh, screw gunnery. ship, Captain R.S. Hewlett, steamed out of harbour on Wednesday. She is to take a cruise in the Channel to exercise the crew. Shipwrights are employed extra hours to prepare the Diligence transport for service on the Arctic Expedition. Thomas Brewer, able seaman, was yesterday sentenced by court-martial to nine months' imprisonment for de sertion from the Termagant. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING COMPANY. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of inform ing the Shareholders that the -hip Caro:ine, epic ally chartered Ity this Company, &vied from FalmOath on the 15th inst., having on board 17 Miners and Mechanics, and 500 tons of moat approved machintry, tools, and stort,s, the Engineers and superior Officers of the Company, with the re mainder of the Staff, will be dispatched by the ship Agra on the 10th of May. A detailed Report of the position and prospects of the Company will soon be printed, rnd may be had on application at the Offices of the Company. J. THOMPSON, Chairman. London, 17, Gracecharch-street, 221 April, 1853. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on SATUR DAY, the 7th of May next. he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are fully furnished. The ates of passge money—After Cabin, first class, 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class. a 501. These rates are exclusive of wines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, however, may be had on board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced surgeon. N.B. —ln compliance with numerous applications the sailing of this vessel has been postponed to Saturday the 7th of May.' Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs. Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—I refer the learned to Baron Liebig, the temperate to Dr. Carpenter, invalids to the medical profession, and the robust to the best clul3s of London for the merits of my stock of ALLSOPP'S AE. The " Thirsty Soul and " Constant Reader " of the " Times" L I can also satisfy with my Imperial Measure. Bottles (quarts) • • • • •..• Do. (pints) •• ............ •• •• ...• .. 55. „ Kilderkins (18 gallons).. •• ... • ........ 305. lIARRINGTON PARKER, Beer-Merchant, 51, Pall-mall. " Divide about the broad bride cake, Round about the bride's stake."—BEN JoissoX. NVEDDING BREAKFAST, BALL SUP PERS, and DINNERS, provided entire, in Town or Coun try, by Messrs. PURSSELL, Cornhill, including Wines of the most rezherche description, and use of Plate, Linen, China, Glass, and Attendance ; Seats, Tables, Lights, Dancing Hollands, and Instru mental Music ; Wedding and Invitation Stationary, as in Paris ; Carriages, Post or otherwise ; an elegant assortment of Bride Cakes for selection ; Dessert and Evening Ices. A competent person sent to receive Orders and give Instuctions as to the Management of Entertainments. Note.—Messrs. PURSSELL have no other Business Premises except those in Combat. near the Royal Exchange. OUR BUDGET FOR THE SEASON must be the ea,siest to understand and the most areciated, because of its application in the most profitable and seasonable man ner to every individual in society. Its coatento are variety, abun dance, superior quality, and unparalleled cheapness ; reductions in prices, and improvements in the style and comfort of Spring and Summer Attire ; and all the requisities and elegancies of Dress de sired by all classes are brought out with brilliancy, beauty, perfec tion, and cheapness. To say our "Budget" contains some excellent Styles and some remarkable features is purely unnecessary ; it con tains every novel invention which practical experience and the polite customs of society will approve, and every feature which a mighty progress in skill and commerce can produce. We, therefore, the proprietors of the largest Clothing Business in the world. invite attention to New Styles of Dress in countless succession, for gentle men and their sons, for mechanics, and all others who are making a change in the 'r wardrobe suitable for the present season, and only repeat a well known fact, " That every kbod of Dress procured at E. MOSES aid SON'S is the newest and neatest, the most serviceable and comfortable, as well as the cheapest which can be obtained. E. MOSES and SON'S Spring and Summer Hats, Caps, Hosiery, &c., &c., are sp'endid exhibitions of the richest and the best Goods. They have been selected from every distiaguished manufac tory, British and Foreign, and are as much celebrated for their sty e, quality, and superior finish, as they are for being the cheapest Goods in the world. THE TIME AND POINT OF EMIGRATION. This is the Time, and Australia is the Point to which thousands are about to steer. Everyone has Time to examine his Outfit and the Clothing he will require at the Establishment of E. MOs , ES and SON. A separate department Is kept where the Goods are arranged for inspection ; and every article required is furnished in the best quality at the lowest price. The Largest Wholesale Clothing Establishment in the world is that of E. MOSES and SON, where Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants may at any moment make the most suitable and profitable invest ments. Full Lists of Outfits for Ladles and Gentlemen, and Ship-sailing information, may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. SPECIAL NOTICE, to prevent disappointment. —The Establish ments will be Closed tie whole day, FRIDAY. April 29, but will Re open as usual on the evening of Saturday, April 30. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the tentradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minortes, 83, 84, 85; and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 51,5, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 30, 5 ar.tate. 'Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers. Boot and Shoe Sinkers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. I NE PO It 'CANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will he exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned w ithout hesitation. AU goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed tell 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. let Fon parleFraneats. liter spricht man DeuLach. Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se habil' Espanol NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. W. M. Rice, now master shipwright at Pembroke Dockyard, has been appointed to the vacancy at Wool wich caused by the decease of Mr. Oliver Lang, and Mr C. W. Lang has been nominated to Pembroke. We believe that these appointments will give satisfaction not only to the public, but to all who are officially connected with these gentlemen. The Rev. W. L. Onslow has received his appointment as chaplain and naval instructor to the Duke of Wel lington at Portsmouth. The Argus and Basilisk, steamers, are ordered to pre pare to accompany the Leander to New York. The Basilisk is commanded by the son of tho Earl of Elles- PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29. The Queen and Court are expected to arrive here to• norrow en route to Osborne. Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence will be in attendance on her Majesty, and hoist his broad pendant on board the Royal yacht. The Odin, 16, paddle, Captain Francis Scott, returned to Spithead last evening, having gone across the bay as far as Vigo. We are happy to report that the voyage has shaken off the sickness ~on board. Her machinery will want overhauling, and she will come into harbour for such purpose. The Conflict, 8, screw, has landed her ordinary pro peller, and taken on board ene of Boomerang construc tion, which does not appear to be of more than one-third the weight. She will fit this to-morrow, and on Monday try its merits at the measure mile. The London, 90, Captain Charles Ede, will require caulking her topsides, which will be done at Spithead. We understand she is fearfully short of hands. The Vulcan, 6 (screw iron troop-frigate), Commander Von Dmiop, will be paid wages to-morrow (Saturday) ; her crew to be granted a few days' leave of absence.— Qy. How many will return The African, steam-tug, came into harbour this morn ing from Sheerness with volunteers for the ships at this port, having landed which, she steamed on with others to Devonport. The Carysfort, old 26, has been brought down the harbour to-day, and is to be fitted as a receiving ship for the workmen and artificers employed in the defences at Scores Point, Isle of Wight. Hastings, 72, Captain F. W. Austen, has landed her guns, besides 60 condemned and sent home by her. This has been a bad working day in discharging her stores, the rain coming down in torrents. She is ex pected to be clear, and will pay off, on Wednesday next. Prince Ernest of Leiningen, nephew of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, who left England some three years since as midshipman on board the Fox, frigate, came home in the Hastings, to which ship he has been attached the last two years. The Prince was present, with other officers, at the first attack on Prome, and in subsequent boat expeditions up the river. On one occasion the Prince had a very narrow escape, the enemy's shot passing between him and the cockswain. He was a general favourite on board. Prince Edward of Saxe Wiemar, who was staying with his noble rela tive the Duke of Richmond at Goodwood, left there to meet the Prince at the Royal George Hotel, at this port, on Wednesday last, after which the Prince Leiningen proceeded on a visit to her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace, and will doubtless accompany his august aunt to the Royal Palace at Osborne. We had much pleasure in noticing the kindly and gentlemanly feeling that ex isted amongst the officers of the Hastings, as well as the efficiency and excellent discipline of the crew. Our remarks are fully borne out by the following official document, which attracted our attention in the ward room, and, as our memory is retentive, we give as nearly as we can what we had much pleasure in notic ing mere. " H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth Harbour, " April 21, 1853. Sir,—With reference to the report of the Preparation for Battle' of her Majesty's ship Hastings, under your com mand, I have great pleasure in acquainting you that my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have expressed to me their satisfaction in receiving so favourable a report dr the highly creditable state of the Hastings. (Signed) '` THOS. COCEIRANE, Vice Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. " To Captain F. W. Austen, Her Majesty's ship Hastings." The Gorgon, 6, paddle, has hauled over to the north side of the steam basin, where she will receive her guns calla THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD APPOINT.I Surveyor or direct from the dockyards. I think MENTS AND PROMOTIONS. it would be advantageous to the service if the men in the dockyards ceased to have votes. I may mention, with reference to my interviews with Sir B. "Walker about the copies of his correspondence with Mr. Staf ford, that I went to him because I thought it was a pity to take up a business which had passed over for several months. I went to him as a friend to both parties to try and use my, influence to endeavour to arrange that the correspondence should not be sent in. I acted only in a friendly spirit, not wishing to act against one side or the other, but I got him to withhold the letters. This was on the 29th of November. I went on seeing the Board minute ordering the copies of the correspondence to be sent in. I might or might not then have seen the question asked in Parliament referring to this. I thought the matter had dropped about his resignation, and that sonic arrangement had been made, and that we should have nothing snore to do with it. Captain Duncombe here put in some questions which he wished the Chairman to put to the witness, and on several occasions during the day adopted this course. In answering them, Captain Milne said—l do not remember any instance in which the Board have been placed in such a position as to be obliged to allow some orders of the Secretary which they disapproved of. The conduct of the Secretary was never made matter of conversation at the Board that lam aware of. No Secretary of the Admiralty could stop the returns. It would be hardly in the power of any Secretary to stop or withhold them. Sir F. Baring did not remove a storekeeper from Chatham to Devonport on account of his Radical political opinions. I know he had been a political partisan at Sheerness and Chatham, and I thought he had better go to Devonport. I am not aware whether he took any part there or not, but he is since dead. Mr. Stafford asked me, as I was a Mutual friend of both parties, to see Sir B. Walker about the corres pondence between them and to act as a mediator, and that was my own feeling at that time. I thought I could stop any further proceedings taking place, and I was.anxious to do so. Mr. Stafford requested me to mediateirrihe matter to induce-Sir R Walker to with hold the correspondence, and, as I have already men tioned, I thought it was a pity to rake all this matter up again. Captain Duncombe (through the Chairman)—When Mr. Stafford asked you to mediate, did he mention a wish to have the letters suppressed ? Witness—l think he made use of the expression, that it would be very disagreeable for him if Sir B. Walker sent these letters. He said it would be far better if this could be avoided and the matter let alone. Captain Pelham, private secretary to the Duke of Northumberland when First Lord of the Admiralty, was then called. He said he received a letter from Sir B. Walker in his capacity as private secretary. He stated then to the committee that his position with respect to the Duke of Northumberland was one of an entirely confidential nature, and though he had no difficulty in answering the question put to him by the committee, he thought it right to state that all that passed while he was in the capacity of private secretary to his grace he considered of a private nature. He did not, however, urge this in consequence of anything that the duke had told him on the subject. When he received the sum mons to attend this committee, he .waited on his grace and told him that he should suggest to the committee what he had just stated. His grace, he wished it to be understood, gave him no direction whatever to refuse giving any information in his power. Sir Baldwin Walker, in answer to some questions, stated that his submissions to the Board of Admiralty with respect to promotions, if in existence, ought to be in the Record-office. He had sent there, and after two days' search he'received for answer that they had never been there at all. Mr. Ballow, keeper of the Record-office, connected with the Admiralty, was then called, and stated that the document in question could not be found. He gave a description of the routine of the office, and said that papers were frequently misplaced through the great quantities they received continually. Mr. J. H. Hay, chief clerk of the Admiralty, was also examined with reference to the papers that passed through his hands, and described the system adopted. He also stated that it came under his observation that papers were very frequently lost. Sir B. Walker was then examined at great length, with respect principally to the case of Wells and Cotsell, most of the circumstances of which transpired before the Chatham Election Committee, and during the debate lately in the House of Commons. He stated that it was found necessary for the good of the service to appoint the master smiths at some of the dock yards from private yards, instead of raising men already in the dockyard to fill that position, because the Govern ment yards got behind the improvements .of the day The correspondence between the Board of Admiralty and Sir Baldwin relative to the withdrawal from him of the appointment of master smiths and other officers in the dockyards, printed by order of the House of Commons, was very largely referred to during his examination. He declared that Wells was not, as had been stated, any protege of his. He was recommended by the master smith atWoolwich, before which he had never even heard of him. On the Ist of Oct. Cotsell was appointed to Portsmouth yard, and Smale, who had formerly been at Woolwich, was appointed to Chatham. On the 2d Commander Eden came to him (Sir B. Walker) and asked why the appointment had been made ? He (Sir B. Walker) was very much surprised to hear of it, as no- communication had been made to him, and he went to the Admiralty in company with Commander Eden, and saw Admiral Parker. Admiral Pa,rl,:er said that it was impossible ' for only the day before, in the board-room, Mr. Stafford had asked hint to give Cotsell the appointment to Portsmouth, and he (Admiral Parker) said he would not hear of such a thing ; it was not at all desirable that Cotsell should go back to the yard where he had formerly been in a junior department, and assured them that the appointment was impossible. He also said, "If this is the case, either Mr Stafford or I will leave the Admiralty." This was said in the presence of Commander Eden—in fact, to him. Admiral Parker was going out of town next morning, and the following day he (Sir B. Walker) saw him, and he said he would write to the Duke of Northumberland, and afterwards told him he had done so, and had pointed out to his grace how impossible it was to appoint Cotsell to Portsmouth. He (Sir B. Walker) did not see the First Lord, or any of the Lords of the Admiralty, on the sub ject. Admiral Parker was his immediate chief, and therefore he addressed him. Mr. Haughton, a clerk from the Admiralty, produced the books, and stated that there was no minute referring to the dockyard, Portsmouth, on the ISth of October, in the minute book ; but in the general book there was one about Wells' memorial to the Admiralty, with the reply of Mr. Stafford on the 16th of October, in which he says— " I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they are not aware that you have received any appointment from them, and that their Lordships do not consider you justified in designating yourself Late master smith of her Majesty's dockyard at Portsmouth.' My Lords cannot recognise you as Late master smith' of Portsmouth Dockyard, Its no warrant has been given to you by their Lordships for such an appoint ment." Mr. Haughton also referred to the minute of the ap pointment of Wells as master smith at Portsmouth Dockyard, on probation for 6 months, bearing date the 10th of Sept., and signed by Capt. Hamilton. Mr. Bell, another clerk of the Admiralty, stated that he made out the warrant for the appointment of Wells, ready for signature. It was sent up to the chief clerks whose duty it was to forward it to be signed by two Lords and the Secretary. Mr. Piers, in the Parliamentary department of the Admiralty, stated that the warrant came to Captain Hamilton for signature. Captain Hamilton said. " Who could have appointed Wells master smith ?" He knew nothing about it. He directed witness to get the ordinary minute of his appointment from 1 the Record-office, which he did. When lie saw that it was signed by Admiral Parker, he said that he was not authorised to carry it out, and con sulted Sir T. Herbert, who advised him to wait until Mr. Stafford, who was expected the follow ing week, should return to town, as it was well understood that the dockyard appointments were vested in Mr. Stafford. The papers were given into witness's hands then, to keep until Mr. Stafford re turned. On his return witness either gave them to him or Mr. Grant—he could not recollect which. If he gave them to Mr. Grant it was to hand over to Mr. Stafford. It must have been some time in September, and a day or two after the return of that gentleman. This was all he knew with reference to these papers. He had not seen anything of them since, and had nothing to do with them from that time. The Chairman then inquired of Mr. Stafford w hether he wished to defer his examination generally until Monday. Mr. Stafford said he w ould rather do so than .bn amined on Saturday ; but w ith reference to abp which the last witness ha d givenoiwould e t e o x r ; evidence o of the parties wish to say a word. The only reason he w i i in sh p e i d ita to tio examined on this point was , that by i t some l had been cast on the prof essional character simply to state that he re mentioned, and he wished ySitti‘hribneo.t,ter i n l e u t t t e e r sf v o h k i e e h n o h f e f ( r m om r. I,Tierm. Piers.bered t oH ha e ve wo r u e rl e d_ ei l v pu ec e i ts th n e m a ' Grahali on the subject :- 16, James Bond-street, April 30, 1853. Stafford) wrote to , S , "My . dear Sir, —I did not quite understand last night, in the House of Commons, what was the missing document to which Admiral Berkeley referred in his speech, but I see in tho Tiiivs of this morning that it is the submission of the Surveyor of the Navy recommending Mr..pWapelelrs27l, the 9th September, 1852. I most distinctly rem. Wells,, on receiving that document, and, to the best of any belief, the letter or submission in Parliamentary Paper Willing to page 1, is an exact copy of it, and I am uf f d g e h a at r n state this in the House of Commons. TAYFORD." not to take this e, a b ft u e truly yours, He rest, on Mr. Grant ; he was most that might otherwise to the committee. To the best anxious to state this was never made out. He k of his belief the warrant signed, as Mr. Piers stated. He that it had never been the House of Commons that of stated in his place in stopped, because it would send a warrant when it not have been of any use to should be appointed. was in k • doubt whether Wells trwtaorlic‘lslea:rmhno: or not, and the warrant was till MR. STAFFORD'S CASE. Yesterday, the select committee appointed for this inquiry met at 11 o'clock. The proceedings still kept up their interest in the public mind, as the room through out the day was crowded by members of Parliament and other gentlemen. Before the examination of witnesses was commenced, Captain Duncombe, one of the Lords of the late Board of Admiralty, requested, on behalf of both Mr. Stafford and the late Board of Admiralty, that he might have the -ivilege of putting sonic questions. to the witnesses A, with a view of explaining the transactions to which the inquiry was devoted. He also expressed a hope that the committee would close the case, as he might term it, for the prosecution first, and, then ad journ over until Monday, when Mr. Stafford would enter upon his defence. The Chairman (Lord. Seymour) observed that with re ference to questioning the witnesses, of course any ques tions that were put.to the witnesses under examination ought to be put through the members of the committee. This was the usual course, and he thought that it was known that this would be permitted, or he should have mentioned it on the previous day. With regard to postponing Mr. Stafford's evidence until Monday, he on the previous day thought there would be some difficulty, and therefore proposed adjourning until Saturday ' • but now he did not know whether the committee would have witnesses enough for the day's examination. • After some further conversation, it was arranged that Mr. Stafford's examination should be postponed till the other witnesses were heard. Captain Milne, one of the Junior Lords of the Admi ralty, was then called ; and The Chairman, before putting any questions to him, read a letter he had received from Sir F. Baring, ex pressing his willingness that any officer whom the com mittee should examine should freely make known any communication he might have had with him on the.sub ject matter before the Committee, and mentioning that it was his wish that this should be done. Captain Milne was then examined at considerable length. He stated that he was first appointed to the Board under Lord Auckland, in September, 1847 ; he remained there with Sir F. Baring, and subsequently under the Duke of Northumberland, and was continued by Sir James Graham when he took the office of First Lord. He. took charge of the store department of the navy, the victualling troops, the transports, ,and, for merly, the medical department ; but the latter he did not superintend at present. His department did not make him acquainted with the dockyard management, as he had nothing to do with appointments connected with that department, or the minor details, except so far as ho had to do with the store department. The promotion of the higher officers of the dockyard depart ment, such, for instance, as the master-shipwrights, was vested in the First Lord ; the minor ones, such as the foremen, leading men, heads of trades in the shops, and all who were commonly called inferior officers, were vested in the Secretary to the Admiralty. He was made acquainted on the 25th or 26th of April by the Surveyor of the Navy with the circular of the 19th of that month. He did not consult with any of the other Lords, and he was the junior member of the Beard, and as such did not consider himself responsible for it, it not affecting the department with which he was concerned. On the 21st of April be went by chance into Admiral Parker's room, and Sir B. Walker was there. Admiral Parker told him (Captain Milne) that Sir B. Walker had ten dered his resignation, and he then, he believed, read the letter announcing this. He had no communication with Sir B. Walker on the subject of his resignation. He had no consultation with any of the Lords of the Admiralty, or the Secretary of the Admiralty, on the subject. He merely heard of it, as he had stated, on coming into the room, as the third party, by chance. He was present at the Board on the 26th of April, when the circular was issued. It was not formally brought under the notice of the Board at all. The minute of the 26th of April was decided upon before it came to the Board. It had the sanction of Admiral Parker and the Secretary to the Admiralty, and he (Captain Milne) supposed it had the sanction of the First Lord before coming before the Board. He did not ob serve the difference between the words of the minute as read from the book and the circular as it was issued. Any letter emanating from the Admiralty, and signed by the Secretary, would be laid before the Board. It would then be a letter stating that the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty had done so and so, or that he (the secretary) was desired by my Lords, &c. It was not usual for the Secretary to issue a circular from their Lordships which had not been sanctioned by the Board. ifbe did so, it would be an irregularity. Befor e t hat rcular was issued, it aught to have been brought before the Board, and it required two Lords and the Secretary to form a Board. The Secretary could only use the names of their Lordships without applying to'them, or obtaining their sanction, in cases of minor detail under his own particular supervisionfor instance, if he had the appointment in the dockyards, he would have the right to use the name of the Board ; but it required great discretion in drawing the line of distinction. The Chairman—Are the duties of the Secretary to the Admiralty so distinct that he can correctly ascertain what orders he may, or may not, give without applica tion to the board ? Witness -It is very difficult to define the limits with out knowing how the case exactly bore on that point. The Chairman—You have been a znenzber of the Ad miralty under several Administrations ; I wish to ask you whether the Lords of the Admiralty have occasion ally differed from their Secretary as to the use of their authority ? Witness— I do not remember any instance which I can bring forward. lam not aware of any where there has been an interference on the part of the Secretary with reference to Board notices. A circular could not be issued without coming before the Board. The Chairman—l understand you to say that, in your opinion, the circular of the 26th of April seemed to have been agreed upon before Alcamo to the Board. Witness—l think so. The Chairman—Do you not visit the dockyards occa sionally? Witness —I visited only two last year—Portsmouth l a nd Sheerness. In previous years I have always at tended the visits of the Admiralty. I was one of the committee when Sir H. Ward visited all the yards. We visited them with a view of looking into their whole de tall and arrangement, and to make such recommenda tions for alterations as we might think necessary. We did not enter into the subject of promotion ; that had been previously settled by the circular of 1847, and we considered that the system then established was work ing satisfactorily. The Chairman—Considering the system established by the circular of 1847 was satisfactory, did you form any opinion as to the circular of 1849 Witness—The circular of 1849 was merely affirming a part of the system then in force, which, I believe, was this :—Returns came from the dockyards every two months. They, I believe, were immediately sent to the Surveyor of the Navy, and he represented what vacancies should be filled up, and then they were sent back to the Admiralty. Then came the order of 1849, which directed that they should be sent, first, to the Surveyor of the Navy, and from the Sur veyor to the Secretary of the Admiralty. The Surveyor is in this position—he is responsible for all the work of the dockyards, and he ought to know what vacancies there are to fill up in each. He might, perhaps, find his work in some of the yards getting ahead of the money he has to lay out, and then, instead of filling up all the vacancies, he will work out in the wages which would otherwise be paid the sums due by those yards. I think the Surveyor ought to have this control. I think the circular of 1849 was an improvement, so far as it went. I am not aware of any reason why it should have been altered. I never heard of any difficulty with regard to it, or any complaints. I have not taken any part in political matters, directly or indirectly, since my appoint ment. I was appointed with the understanding that I should not. Before the circular of April 19, I have no reason for thinking that any political motives led to pro motions in the dockyards, or that persons were discharged in consequence of their opinions. I will go back to the time when I came to the Admiralty, which was subse quent to the regulations of 1847. In all the appoint ments of Sir F. Baring it was always made one of the con ditions of promotion that it was given with the distinct understanding that the recipient should take no political part in the dockyards or elsewhere. The letter written by Sir B. Walker to the First Lord on the 11th May was not to my knowledge brought under the notice of the Board. I believe I became acquainted with it through the Surveyor of the Navy himself mentioning it to me. Nothing has occurred to make me form any opinion on the mode of promotion going on since the circular of the 19th April. Lord Hotham—What is the direct patronage of the First Lord ? Witness—The First Lord has the promotion of all offi cers of the navy and of senior appointments in the dock yards, as master shipwrights, &c. The Senior Naval Lord has only a certain number of appointments to fill up in the course of the year, and has promotions. The next Naval Lord takes all the appointments of officers to ships, lieutenants, masters, second masters, &c. There has been no alteration with respect to these. S om etimes when a new Government comes in the Board makes a different arrangement. Lord Hotham—Has it ever happened that a minute has come to the Board previously agreed on ? Witness— Very seldom. Lord Hotham—You have stated that Sir F. Baring made parties pledge themselves when promoted s being not to interfere with politics ; are you aware of any order se nt to the superintende nts of the y ards to see that such orders were not broken ? Witness—l am not. I believe it must be left to the honour of the parties themselves. Lord Hotham—May we assume that there has been a thorough absence of any active partisanship in the dif ferent elections ? Witness—lt is impossible for me to say, for .I know nothing about it. By the Chairman—The Surveyor of the Navy ought to have an opportunity of making his remarks on those mentioned for promotion. The difference between the two circulars was merely a question whether the returns were to reach the Admiralty through the Prince Napoleon is preparing . to go to Algeria, where be is' to preside over a commission which is to inquire into the state of that colony. It is sup posed that this commission is the preliminary of his taking possession of the place to which he has so long been nominated—that of Lieutenant of the Emperor. There is not much variety in the leading columns of the Paris journals of yesterday, but two of the articles possess some interest ; one as being on a subject of importance to persons whose attention is turned towards the amelioration of the condition of the labouring classes ; the other is an almost laugh able instance of the irreverence of the , republican organ the Siècle for royalty. The Constitittionncl publishes as a leader a letter of several columns by M. Audiganno on the institution of Cites 0 toriercs, which has received the warm support of the Em peror, and has been much lauded in the different j o n The members of the Legislative body met on Thursday in their bureau to name several commit tees : one was on a bill to authorise a loan of 30,000 fr. by tie Cotes-du-Nord ; another on three bills,o ol e R ocf authorise bills to authorise a l o an o f 900,000 fr. in the f Charente-Inferieure ; a loan of 500,000 fr. by the er; Port of R oc h e ll e • an d a l oan o f 500 , 000 f r. b y th e town an a d lleaasntlye,fa2c,ooommo,oioofrttee. by theonfour city of Marseilles ; a second, to modify the circum scription of th e cantons north and south of the town of Tarbes (Hautes-P 6 ) yren es ; a third, to au thorise the town of Bourges to contract a loan of 200,000 fr. ; and, the fourth, to authorise the city of Rouen to contract a loan of 500,000 fr. The Prefect of the Indre and Loire has addressed a circular to the mayors in that department, in forming them that theJnemies of the go vernment are engaged in spretang falSe report s , accusing per sons high in authority of forestallingt h e market. The subscription for the new bank at Darmstadt, opened at Frankfort, at the banking establishment of Bethmann Brothers, produced in one day 106 millions of florins, instead of 25,000,000. The shares are quoted at a premium of 25 per cent. At the Bourse, yesterday, the quotations of Thursday remained unchanged, viz. :—For Cash—. Three per Cents., 80f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 20c. There was a decline of sf. in the price of shares of the Bank of France, which closed at 2,715 f. In the quotations of railway securities to-day there have been considerable fluctuations, a decline having taken place in ,the shares of some lines at the close of business. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 24th are destitute of news of interest. The King, and Queen accom panied by the ministers, after attending Divine service at the church of Atocha, left on the previ ous evening for Aranjuez. The Nacion mentions a report that, without waiting for surveys - to be made, there was a question of authorising M. Sala manca to construct a railway from Madrid to Se ville. The 24th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin of the 26th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" In the Second Chamber an inci dent occurred to-day, which produced some sensa tion. The President ordered a petition to be read, signed by the deputies of Berlin and by M. Al. de Humboldt, praying for the maintenance of Art. 12 of the Constitution, which affirms the political and religious equality of all citizens, and the admissi bility of the Jews to public functions. M. Kleist Bezow protested against the petition being read, because other petitions were not usually read, before the Chamber. The reading, however, having been authorised, several deputies rose and left the hall."— The same journal contains a second letter of the same date, which says—lt is reported that th 0 Pone has published a brief to arrange the question of =ea marriages. Ist his Holiness reserves to himself to give a dispensation for such marriages, ex cept in certain urgent cases, where the right is transferred to the bishop. 2d the non-Catholic party must engage to allow the children to be brought up Roman Catholics and 3d the bans need only be published in the vestry-room, or at the house of the cure. It is said that several bishops of Prussia have already given orders to their clergy in accordance with his brief." The members of the Prussian police who pro ceeded lately to London to make inquiries con cerning the machinations of the political refugees which might be connected with the plot discovered at Berlin, have returned to the latter capital. They had taken with them to London some con greve-rockets and other preparations of gunpowder which had been seized at Berlin, and a letter from that place declares that they have been found to be of the a one origin as those lately discovered at London. A letter from Nuremberg of the 25th states that the Harmonic Society in that city has been dis solved by the order of the Government. ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa has the follow ing from Florence, 23d :—" A few days since a quarrel took place outside the La Croce gate, be tween some Austrian and Tuscan soldiers, in con sequence of the latter refusing to drink with the former. Sabres and bayonets were brought into use, and, although the Tuscans were less in num ber than the Austrians, they had the advantage over their adversaries, many of whom were seriously injured, and taken to the military hos pital. In consequence of this and other similar quarrels which have taken place, it has been deter mined to separate as much as possible the Austrian and Italian troops; the former are to oc c upy the fort Do Basso, and the latter are to be confined to the barracks in the interior of the city. The poli tical authorities have completed their informations against Martinati, who had been arrested as the principal agent of Mazziui. It is said that the prisoner is seriously compromised by the seizure of letters and papers of the highest importance. It is added that, in the different interrogatories which he has undergone, Martinati orimmated himself with so much simplicity, that the Government agents themselves felt compassion for him." The Basle Gazette contains the following from Friburg, dated the 26th :—The court-martial has determ;n3d to divide into three categories the per sons who are to be tried by it for being concerned in the late insurrection :-Ist, the leaders ; 2d, the persons who are thus offending a second time ; and 3d, those who are only at their first offence. It is said that the civic guard is to be disbanded in a few days." The Friburg Gazette announces that the Government has called out five or six coin s t p o a n h i a e i s , of ebe i e u n ili di ti s a b . an T d h ed e s ure was not executed, bocenicviatthciseegtsrodpi,robeffuetllctitoloirefa Buhl l ue v ha a Gwrreoyteerltvz.ord that there was some effervescen ce at TURKEY. Danielo I. , Prince of Montenegro, and his uncle, Niegusch, President of the Senate, the Woiwode Iwo Rakoff, and Senator Peter Stankow, arrived at Trieste on the 22d from Cattaro. Field-Marshal still Baron de Mamula joined them on their arrival. " A letter from St. Petersburg states," says the Union, " that the Czar has resolved to treat the The of ntellgotiati representatives nswer e affair of Constantinople with Prince Menschikoff u r n , direct, and has consequently relieved Count de towards la a settlement Nosselrode from the trouble of occupyine, b himself under the with it." from Constantinople of the 15th of April massacre of the y. f,oEter,alufoeilnaassvgpteteethi.ratceeehieiddesdNqiPcosuaeo:aenvmtrEsiediltbsrni my i nFogtnlreoa England, td dci rY efforts y :tF . htereanna France , ed Holy t It wa s , Constantinople, how' riots at Chris tians at Broussa, and • was the Ottoman ussialwere The late rumours of the and Turkey. Chris. fectly tranquil, empire The more per fectly from publishes a telegraphic di spatch The most Constantinople of the 1 sanguine hopes 18th of April. 1 speedy removal of were entertained of a pending difficulties. HOLLAND. A letter from the Hague 26th, says :—" The Courrier de Marseille con t a i ns two i ncorrect asser tions. It says th a t th e D u t c h Mi n i ster at Rome received its letters of recal, and mention is made of a friendly intervention on the part of Austria and Belgium with the Dutch Government. The Dutch Minister has not been recalled, but only re quested to return to the Hague on leave of ab sence, and no intervention has taken place on the part of the two aboved-named powers, or any other, with the Dutch Government on the matter in question." ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—The Great North of Scotland has withdrawn its opposition from this company's bill, as have also the town council and harbour commissioners of the town. There is, therefore, every ho pe of the convain7 being speedily P°444°11. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY MORNING. Speculation to-day was principally confined to the Newmarket Stakes. Since our last quotation some im portant changes have taken place on the Chester Cup : Trifle, then in force at 6 to 1, has receded to 12 to 1 ; Peggy and Lord Lieutenant have become prominent favourites. For the Derby we have little change to notice, beyond an improvement in Creates. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 13 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 15 to 1 agst Lord-Lieutenant (taken). 16 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 16 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken). 20 to 1 agst Missive (taken). 83 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 33 to 1 agst Black Doctor. 40 to 1 agst Woolwich (taken). 40 to 1 agst Richard Primer (taken). DERBY. _ . _ 7to 2 agst West Australian (taken). 7to 1 agst Orestes (taken). Bto 1 agst Honeywood. 10 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 20 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). 6to 1 agst Mentmore Lass. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. FRIDAY. _ _ _ HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Of 10 SM. each, for 3 and 4-yrs-old, D.M. (6 subs.) The highest weight left in at ten o'clock the evening before running being 7st 121 b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. , Sir J. V. Shelley's c by Cotherstone out of Lucy Banks, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (E. Sharp) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 5 Mr. Perrin's lonic, 3 yrs , 7st 41b (Charlton) 3 Lord Exeter's Phrygia, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (J. Mann) 4 Mr. Raine's Extacy, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Goodman) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Lucy Banks colt, 3to 1 agst Sabra, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; two lengths between second and third. MATCH. First half of Ab. M. 200 h ft. Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, by Bay Middleton, 4 yrs, Bst 71b • (F. Butler) 1 Lord Clifden's Hothorpe, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) ... 2 Betting-5 to 4on Hothorpe, who led until they were half-way in the cords, when Hesperus collared him, and he was beaten cleverly by half a length. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each ; for 2-yr-olds, 6st 71b; and three, Bst 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (4 subs.) Mr. Armstrong's Mary, by Hetman Platoff, 2 yrs (Goodman) 1 Lord Exeter's Margaretta, 2 yrs ...... ....(S. Steggles) 2 Mr. Farrance's Woodyates, 2 yrs (J. Goater) 3 Betting—. 6 to 4.0 n Margaretta. The favourite made most of the running. On entering the cords Mary went up, depriving her of the lead, and won cleverly by a length. Half a length between the second and third. NEWMARKET STAKES, a subscription of 50 sovs. each ; ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 2113 ; the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. D.M. (22 subs.) Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco, by Orland , Bost 71b (J. Marson) 1 Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwith, Bst 71b (Norman) 2 The following also ran :—Cobnut, North Pole, Wil liam Rufus. Betting-7 to 4on Orinoco, 4to 1 agst William Rufus, sto 1 agst Filbert. Cobnut led to the dip, where the running was taken up by Filbert, with Orinoco in close attendance. When half way in the cords Orinoco chal lenged, and at last won by a head. Cobnut and North Pole were about a length and a half behind ; the race in with the two was so close that the judge was unable to say which was third. MATCH, A.F. 200, h ft. Lord Glasgow's Coalition, by Don John out of Con spiracy, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b Duke of Bedford's Diomedia, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-7 to 4 on Diomedia. The non-favourite made the running, and won cleverly by three-quarters of a length. The weather was showery and very cold, and the attendance of company only moderate. To the "fielders" the meeting was for the most part couleur de rose. LIST OF PRINCIPAL VISITORS.--The Duke of Rut land, Lord Glasgow, Lord Exeter, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Lichfield, Lord Charles Manners, Lord George Manners, Lord Anson, Lord Strathmore, Lord Maid stone, Lady Maidstone, Lord Uxbridge. Lord Durham. Lord Clifden, Lord Sidney Osborne, Lord Exmouth, Hon. General Anson, Mrs. and Miss •Anson, Hon. Admiral Rous, Hon. F. Lawley, Hon. H. Forester, Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. G. Fitzroy, General Charitie, Sir Robert Peel, Colonel Peel, Sir George Armytage, Count Batthyany, Sir S. Graham, Colonel Windham, Colonel Thornton, Major Pitt, Major Pearson, Major Brown, Captain Higgins, De Horsey,; Rowley, Pettat, Delm4, Little, Bailey ; Messrs, Greville, Payne, Grat wicke, 0. Higgins, J. M. Stanley, Gregory, Honey . wood, Jaques, Rudston Read, Portman, Thellusson, Osbaldeston, Drinkald, Wigram: , Neville W. M. E. Milner, Deveaux, Bowes, W. Cook, W. T. Hughes, &c. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Trifle. 12 to 1 agst Peggy. 12 to 1 agst Missive. 12 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 15 to 1 agst Lord-Lieutenant. 15 to 1 agst Newminster. Offers to back Talfourd agst Lord Lieutenant. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING NEW MATCHES. TIIESDAT.-Mr. Greville's Young Norval a g st Duke of Bedford's Feversham Bst 7lb each. P.M. 200, h ft. THIIRSDAY.-Mr. NV. E. Hughes's Sophistry agst Captain Little's m by Counsellor out of Miss Lucy, Bst 71b each. Last half of Ab.M. 100, h ft. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. Sh N efrel h d - , W a e n s d - LIVERPOOL, APRIL 29. cheater, Sheffield, STOCK ExCHANGE.—The market was rather quiet a ll day, without much change in quotations, which have been reported as follows in the committee's authorised list : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, Th dis ; ditt o , 221. tern, Fifth Shares, s s h h a a r r e e s s : 24i3p-Ire6nidi.s is shares, 3$ dis ; Caledonian, 321- ; Lancashre and York- Lincoln, 301 ; Midland, 75; ; North British gi 31 . t • id land, Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Preference, 3.l6 ' prem ; Dutch Rhenish, i dis. ----- MANCHESTER,. APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was small in amount, and prices were lower. The sales were :—Dovers, 22 13-16 i ; London Stock, 11 9,1 i ; Leeds Northern (No. 3), par; Cork and Bandon, 226 ; Sheffield, 30j, ; Preston and Wyre, 48k. --- BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was no business transacted in Railway Stocks d urin g the day ; but London prices last received were generally maintained. The sales effected were chiefly in the shares of local undertakings, and in these there was no material a lt era tion of quotations. --- B RISTOL, APRIL 29. STOCK ExCHANGE.—Tho market to-day was somewhat active compared with the last few days, and prices the turn higher. Great Westerns were done at 924 ; Midlands, at 754. ---. _. SOUTH• W ESTERN RAILWAY. —The chief proposition to be submitted to the proprietors on the 19th May is to sanction opposition to the Devon and Dorset scheme, promoted by the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter. Should that opposition be successful, it is intended to renew the rejected extension to Exeter ; but, the board being divided on the subject, and the shareholders having twice, within the last twelve months, refused to enter tain thew übject, reties is not anticipated that the meeting will agr to a al of hostilities. ,d ~~~(/ C/7/ then nothing but waste paper. He mo ceived the warrant with the paper. Th( least responsibility on Mr. Piers or Mr. rested with him. He did not wish to ref( tion further now, except to assure the f he was there to take the responsibility on l'he Chairman then inquired if Mr. Stx prepared on Monday to be examined, taken some other witnesses. Mr. Stafford intimated he should ; and adjourned till Monday. THE FRENCH EMPIRE.