The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. HE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA ` DEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilli ng. Catalogue One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec. UNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of t he United U niversity Club will be held at the Club-house, on TutiRSDAY, the 26th of May. The Chair will be taken at Three o'clock precisely. By order of th#Committee, CA.MILLUS FAWSSETT, Secretary. IRISH TOURISTS TICKETS.—In consequence of the postponement of the Killarney Junction ltailway—the ETI.ISTS' TICKETS will not be issued before the 21st inst. By c.rder. General Manager's Office, Chester, Cth May, 1553. J. 0. RINGER To PROPRIETORS OF TUE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. V.A.CANCY having occurred in the Direction A.,f, brt our Bank, in consequence of the death of William Curling, : leave to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the office. I have the honour or being eted one of your Direetors. 4 . 7 Io a ssure you th a t my bet services will be devoted ton ants promoting the interests of your institution. Thaw , s hc, honour to be foal' vein ob4.4.i;em FPrvant. P. W. FLOWER 4- " ,, 00.1, 4, ,tfrtt, PATRON —H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. I:l,°Y-A-1, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A. MU SICAL LECTURE by GEORGE BUCKLAND, entitled SONGS and SONG-WRITERS, every E ven i ng ( except 7 111 11,1) at Eight. DeZ e ilreLB 7 H. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of Gun 441efand Rocket Composition ; by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Pneumatics, : f the Principle of the fly's Foot and Walking on the Ceiling tie R efl "Waffled ; by Mr. Crispe , on Heat, illustrated by tw' gigan horn which Cooking is e ~c b effected at a distance of 100 feet le fire, °n.8.1 Schools, and Children ender Tea years of ago. Half-price. SITIPS WANTED TO CONVEY HER Th e POST...MAJESTY'S MAILS TO AUSTRALIA. Intenti mAs TER.GI,:NERAL hereby gives notice that it is his tilt2,_receive Tenders for the Conveyance of Mails to Aus• Its rw ow " _.i,mmers or Sailing Vessels. The dates of dispatch to be Ilecembers,,iz• The 4th June, 4th August. 4th October, and ure 3d beThe Post th at 0 ,1, , " tilts Liverpool respectively, and the Port of depart to Tido; , Southampton, or Plymouth. aster. General will be ready on Thursday, the 19th of Bhi p ; " e fore Eleven o ' clock in the Forenoon, to receive Tenders for 'lust: 4 ; c°il Te3' the Mails of the 4th of June. Such Ships to be The l at Lloyd's. 4encit:infinot One Thousand Pounds will be paid by the Postmaater re3tdred ' t 7 th is voyage to A ustral i a, and persons ten d er i ng will be dejliver o specify the numb er o f d ays in w hi c h th e y w ill undertake. ay uu a,re —al's at their d es ti na ti on , su bj ec t to penalties for de 10, tl i i her (leparture thearriva. fin::i l g s e qual, preference will be given to that Tender 4.8 the shortest time for the service. ligrp o , e "'era must be made on the printed form provided for the appli c , i : i which, with the conditions attached, may be obtained mue ot Li L " °,l at the Secretaries' Office, London ; or at the Post-o 4rir" l, So uthampton, or Plymouth. none ea:,lllw he delivered at the Secretary's Office, London, and " i l i r i , e ceived after the day and hour above-mentioned. Ober, " i appear shortly with regard to the Mails of August, and December. Gamerl ' l ' P M-office, May, 1853. SALR O F MARINE IRON BOILERS AT WOOLWICH. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 7th May, 1853. Co uunissioners for executing the Office of 4 02 Ir ~1 13 1 1 Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ,t e1 , 4 ",. do Hereby Give Notice. that on TUESDAY, the 31st ' e ncieni oclock in the Forenoon, the Commodore Superin rekei.,, 2r her o Majesty's Dockyard at Woolwich will be ready to 4RTier.:,aled TENDERS for the purchase of the undermentioned L ,ot `', B ~."'ngiut Z — n e Set of Marine Iron Flue Boilers, in three pieces, be eif—orebertiles of 220 H.P., fitted with fdrnace frames, Sec., doors, I. e t r e cirapi,te e . r, bars, man and mud hole doors and damper for each longi°,!•one Set of Marine Iron Boilers (Flue), in two piece', b hose " led i u t,r, e ngines of 120 H.P., fitted with furnace doors, man t ot Role oors. Alee es. erne Set of Marine Iron Boilers, with Brass Tubes, in two k4cl doors, ci a, l n to engines of 220 H.P., fitted with furnace frames, Lot 4 """ ash pit doors and a part of safety valve gearing f'Ve Marine Iron ' Boiler, with Iron Tubes, belonging to Znuke,b:rs H.P., fitted with furnace door, frames, and doors, and d °Y B . mud hole and man hole doors, brackets for bearer Tb e it , 4B hpit - c'ors—all lying in the said yard. p er .:_-^ , ve to be sold subject to all imperfections and deficiencies. trho °l. n. 7 28 wishing tu, view the lots must apply to the Superintendent e'iMissiun for that purpose, and to whom all cammuni mould be made with reference to the sale of the above. Til t 141:W FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. D EPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE i g ASSURANCE COMPANY, V ' New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. APITAL —ONI HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Ile t ight II tieeoni..r,t ponottrable the Lord TRUSTEES. _ rumianrig, m.p., P.C., Sit Charlesl) roller of her Majesty's Household. L ndon. Viscount I) sci ~eneral Sir W C l ayton . Hart William-street, R. Bart, Gloucester-p , 4r e. end Marden.pl'ut,Surrey. Chai o lace Portman ., M.P., P.C., Co —an—The Right li D lre ltv V r l4 lS CO . Unt Dftlinlaarib , It. I.tiotroller of her .liajes n iv's Household. 2..1.c0 'leY liarnes, E., il, City-road, FinsburY• „„ en d ae Club. meor ge p arke P .o,d, ~,' --'Sq 'a te l7th Lancers, Junior Uniteda ~ ri eer' s —' `xl., to rtiand-terrace, Wandsworth, ~teDben C' jersel. 11 ‘,.‘_ 8 rltan. . , „s....ardena, _o vz tting-hill, and 1i%,7 gilar e. Lin (1 , .. I, St. Jinn a and Belvoir, St. . ~,,s, ht ,D coin ti-inn. and Lutterworth, %,01-eri_ce. st_trsiiire”.bitvies-street, Berkeley-square, Knox p 41exanier 2:incrdshire. Lnege, rider 'Sq, 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor %* M organ, E ae s le. !,'• N,, Harrow-on-the-Hill. vid c, I q, ,iekele Gl ou cestershire. Willi am pri(te. E ki., a, 3 :6 PeSeymour-strest, Portmanisq e u - a pa re r . k. and 8, I yd It4Dlh-tace eaCeP' 8(1. ' 147 P, - street,-street, 41 . rt Au drew Ridde ll , E Temple, Barrister-at-Law. seaman 21, up per S ey ll"lnne t r reet West, Connaught-square. , Pedi nll. 14, St. Jainrnes'su-rsqsuare. -,„ 1 1 / 44, AUDITORS. Vilii i ' k l , (1 41 0 al" ' 126 , Strand. Actuary and SccretarY to the Medical, A..l,,aaineral Life Office- Guildhall-c h a mbers. „ . 1 - Ifti c , l ' , F, a ' E: M., ACCOUlltallt, 3, • i‘h . i Company, I.lld 4 .11 . 345 Si v a A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life t 4,.. era nd. . "e•liiii . -1, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Rip „ biOarl 8 p rice, BANKERS. William-street. London. OS, i 1,,,,, i Marryat, a 3 n , d_C eg o., 3 ,: s K tr i e n : t. Willia L r , 'IA son and C o ., pul:sicM4a. I h% sl.4„evrk Finsbury -place. '4lllatil, 21, Upper Seymonr-street West. Connaught-square. It, 1 , ki • eh a ek tei 4 .Anlan, Esq, SURGEONS. 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. - 7ardens. Teey an , E sq ., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-g+ CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson. Esq., F.L.S. SOLICITORS. Messrs. 11111 and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. bZhe public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the t 3, It System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated 4n knd is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, F.L.S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. lg enL Parative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged 'FA:P next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system .311rances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the 'Life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable Offices would ,to pay, or if he omitted At the His I give him for to pay his current k j ot _ end of policy the surrender annual premium of te e ,r l thirty at that or sale , 81. es. 3d. after he has I to .„2n , Yearswhen age, of his policy, 'paid into their coffers i' cv zre the party in case. after thirty 2491.75.6 d., and which ' is MY of years'payments they have had the use I Years old, death amounting to of at compound hewill have will be 2491.75. 6d. I interest, or in Paid into worth which theyhavelhe event of his death the office, had the benefit; one hour after such of at compound' omission or inability interest. to pay. 2 41 more ". 3 d.,2491. 7 5.6 d. 500/.1 little than an t. NOTHING. perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. If unable to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,th ero hey would still remain of its PULL value, 5221.26.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre qui red. If however the party, from any cense, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not 211 1 .1,, onlydraw out all hehas O c i put in, viz., 2251., but 4 225/. 5 221.257 d 2871. 2s. 9d. a certain bonus of 621. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole ofhis payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 50/.. diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum so drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and 7 in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson. Esq. i seen that a person ,ttTb`nParisott of these two tables it id annually, he can it s T ein. ', t he it4l,fiat novel system of DEPOSIT assurance 411trgrutage,l, riz., Ist. For a leas sum, :tr a der the ordina e r a y n y o s receive Ili t).;;lsia,tisl'erneveinnt of a ordesiredeattobentrhraenn der his Pol it ic; ho h,„ all ages, It b :nsecure the follo; i; Z,Hatz "jultillanY. by the above example, ' l otthil' i t t l % as Much as on the ordinary remains sYstem still hi s pro m p e rt n , , tat the 8 Yor omission to pay, his policy se his current pay e getsevent anY.t e ln t f; 11;4"..1„ ; Tay° sr o y i s d ; ~ , , ,e h e r r e e q a u s i r o e t t e h e e l o a n r e d i l t tl t i : i a fo4rtiZYt:sbneete Li i t d w o i s t t ra t p w le a anysri part from 11 up t After he yr' ~Ititlrunt of his previous payments and with i l t e rte p payment thre e 1 4 '41 ' l 'ir awu Pa rt one year he can, by I g enaa l sr l ey e can:Y system, ,_ fitot.,.„__all7 time afterwards , raise his at all times regulate imi i,71,-, alnount ; and by this system he can the facility in the iZrilain eti.;tifrrillas by his annual expenditure, with y, the same as I 'l4 I f .'ati, wati7i,g fund to fly to policy to a greater or even e in case n o w f e n v e e c r ess , it ittie 2t , :ha Inen4n,se!tilirnabelese eadevfadnetuaigneilltis family "ceive morec nd t o no hatch Zi a u g ll t t o l l his savings. In ordinary Life Ofil ee c i e i s ed he th moment 1%4 to i l : hi !' PolicY at premiums, ses or is c in a s n tead of having any that be han to f ly t. , ~/' Me current and, the pockets of his 10 0 ,! l oci tt , ".. lor aid, all his bat i.earned savings become forfeited to ittAtrc fort-a,Lt‘ta coin misfortunes serve to benefit ich a 3ln:urers. to' baotistt. stem Is too equitable which can be toatsah_ assurance is the only system of assurance are im par tclllY caai,r_rceognised and adopted when the principles and too striking to be overlooked r atel;,telater o.arera „f u med. and its palpable benefits become widely MV! advantages than a bink because it allows a fairin the 44 41 8 arm: Be ?..a of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount tlin '•°rdethl I PaglY to the re presentatives of the Depositor A tv..tx thus cornbintng the 'rAclt . t4 OP A 'IIA.NE WITH THE BENEFITS OF Ih 11, 4 ,_ tali, of en ,, ~,li ASSURANCE COMPANY. tktz,A,ae...„ stinontooqueieeenttriszanuar.anees the advantages of the DErosl '"'-rAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY is . ro th o LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH AN .., lic `oho prefer this branch Polici are - ' anted from 201. to ,titiva,. lie:leiry known principle thereoLes granted taj tt 'cl hy 0 but the w orst stages of disease, and such as have been at dit,. thtr Offices are taken at rates ' equivalent to the parti /,‘ sase. 4'4 onrsh-fr—uuu 6°l * and at granted on every kind of security, z 7 . 013.10, on tho most equitable terms to the borrower otesl46,4ltireergya tsicenpuopngranted on very favourable terms. lutatkeatnalt the Directors' Zit]. either ponfrethaeitb.int?,heto ileaKetheaciuttrr2rt ^Tell._ l. !it top:::::?e, or give a hew one in lieu the leas 5 per Y eent., inte h,,,7o°Nig in amount to the whole of the previous payments „ "etanm ,rea made. 40tRilt tyst,4,7o,4Pectuses with tables in further il lustration of the Do t!' to the and natns % ru t i r k? c e o r u l n n tMrynn, eartizt may be obtained on appli- CHARLES W. BEVAN, Iteaident Secre Ig ale.--,, t i e nta want ed in ail parts of the Worldtary.. ket►. doni , 4 0 h9,s v - 4 0 jrßolivC ~ 1 19 01 , 1 t 0 cu d Y‘) Post-oOP# VOI tae otl• 0— %06' 2 1 gs4l 1 1 mai 10 ° y0., „,-,4 M ss : 2 1 15 1 ° ',ll llle t o1) 16 0 1 16 1 1 40, APt i ;,9. MO 1 , 0 APti A ro Pr i l i t 6 9. IIiAY 10 gal 0 ,IJAY, t clO f Dfi 05 0 Tof;red At 1416 1 30 Tae l " 1 , juocow M• 11 ;16 gie 1 oaf 1 5 istit eo ilf r or t- o ga 9 g AP il26 AkioJuneiz A s o pi 1 6 A.,, 1 1 16 Alw., 11 mai ?of je, rifip' 0 111 ,0 o p ( A . e - to 10011 5 110 04 uigos fr !-'9. • 10 9#4 110 1 1 A saro jo i the L thl" O W ' JO tte rj A And AO C° rAd r Olio - j ✓let y °" g,P jo su lt so ho o f hol o oo brit"' - for obitsari i r essv - of 1 . 3 off 150 'OO3 ;40 1 4 0' 13 10 1°11 , I 30 ' Jon i.; ffs, No. 18,915.] LIBRARY EDITION. Complete in 8 vols. Bvo, price 4/.45. bound, or any volume separately price 10s. Gil. each, to complete sets, LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. By AGNE3 STRICKLAND. EMBELLISHED wall PORTRAITS OF EVERY QUEEN. " No one can be said to possess an accurate knowledge of the history of England who has not studied this truly national work, which, in Oh new edition, has received all the aids that further re se, reit on the part of the author, mid of einbcllishment on the part of the publisher, could tend to make it still more valuable and sllll more attractive than it had been in its original form." —Morning Herald. Pub:ished tor Henry Colourn, by his Successors, Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough street. TIRE r MEAT ENITII3TTION a,t PTTBLIN T . GI :EAT 35-EiTEIIN liAirAy. Tlro Tiekets, Ilse /J . % Si, :• liiPr iro, Erntul, will be 1,....ued the l'addlitictoi alto Fisk to visit DlVOltit oit dos Oet•Asioo or the (heat Indh.,t:ia:ll.&liiii:Liziri the cp2orinnity ui titling w M. tile fol lowing low fares:— LONDON TO DUBLIN. First class, 31s. 4d. I Second class, 28s. 6d. I Third ciao, 14s. 4d. LONDON 10 DUBLIN ♦ND BACK, AVAILABLE FOR 16 DAYS. First class, 475. 3d. I Second class, 43g. Any information respecting the departure of the Packets from Bristol can be obtained at the Paddington Station.—May 9. 1853. THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION oF 1853, DUBLIN. WILL BE INAUGURATED AT TWELVE O'CLOCK THURSDAY, the 12th of MAY inst., By His Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT, who, accompanied by the COUNTESS OF Sr. GERMAINS, will proceed in Full State from Dublin Castle to the Building. The KNIGHTS Of ST. PATRICE will take part in the Ceremonial. The CABINET MINISTERS, FOREIGN ALM ASSADOUS, and MUNICIPAL ArruoatTas of the Principal Towns in the United Kingdom, have been Invited to be present at the Opening, • A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE will take place, The Orchestra consistiag of One Thousand Performers. Mr. JOSEPH RosiNsoN, Conductor. Mr. ROBERT STEWART, Organist. PEERS and PEERESSES who propose attending the Inauguration are requested to intimate their intention to the Committee, in order that Reserved Seats may be provided. None but the ho'ders of Season Tickets will be admitted. On the Inauguration Day the Doors will be Open at Half-past Ten o'clock. From the 13th May to the 21st inclusive. the Doors will open at Twelve o'clock and close at Six o'cl ck each day during that period, when the Admission Fee charged at the door will be Five Shillings for each person. N.B.—Season Tickets may now be had at the Office sack day be tween the hours of 10 A.M. and 6 rat; and on the day previous to the opening, from 10 o'clock A.m. to 9 o'clock Y.ll. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. CONTRACTS for MAINTENANCE. The Directors of the south Wales Railway Company will receive Tenders for the Maintenance of the Permanent Way and other Works, on the south Wales Railway between the following points, viz.:—From Grange Court, near Gloucester, to Cardiff, a distance of about 48 miles; from Cardiff to Swansea, a distance of about 46 miles. Specifications may be seen at the Engineer's Office, Chepstow, on and after Monday the 16th instant. The Tenders to be addressed to the Directors of the South Wales Railway Company, and delivered et their Office, No. 10, Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, before 12 o'clock on Thursday, the 2d June, 1853. By Order, FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. 7th May, 1853. G R A Nu other Packets The Packets cal: FRO; VESEND ST A PACKETS, call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet I 1 at the Piers as underlined (weather permitt M TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. . 4 4 1) i 7 ti 1 7 • 4 AI 4 _9 Terrace t e, ' t " : Time. 4 '''' '' g . R Pier. i 6 1 4 0 4 " 2 a " Ei '1'9%~4 1136 —IN, 15y 6% 6% ———l , 7 Direct , t Trains from the Boats masked buses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London ,uarter of an hour. 3WICIC WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. Omnil every qi BRUNS WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. .4 .... .. 5 A = xi II 1 .54 a V ti t :rd A . t I , o .o t-. .. Time. 0— o o ~,, Time. e, e LI c , g 0 s 0 it a P 4 8 1 0 11U 10 11 1 —i 2% .1M 7 .... ..... 334 - -11,53 C - • ".. . _ 5 I 6%. ,—' 6y. Passages marked • are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London•• •• .• .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich ild. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TECKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os. ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 2/. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter minus, Blackwall Railway. April 25, 1813. WHITSUNTIDE. THE time when Spring and Summer " comes out " in good earnest—trips, excursions, promenades, and busi ness enliven every circle in society —every one purchases New Dress, and is anxious to secure the Newest Fabrics associated with the most Fashionable and Comfortable Styles. Every youth in the Empire expects a New Suit of Attire, nor are they indifferent about the appearrnce their dress will impart. The advantages desired by families are superior quality, neatness, fashion, and economy. All these are combined in the resplendent Stock of Clothing, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Ste , &c., prepared by E. MosEs and Sors for Whitsuntide. Specification of the principal fea tures of their Spring and Summer Clothing is impossible. Inspection will convey an impression of the novelty, elegance, and cheapness of the Goods, and experience will prove the superior quality of the ma terials and workmanship. The unparalleled position E. MosEs and SON have maintained for many years renders assertions unnecessary, and it is only requisite to observe, that for Whitsuntide they ars magnificently prepared with the cheapest and the best Clothing of every fashionable description. Juvenile Attire offered by E. MOSES and Son is more distinguished for elegance, style, fashion, ease, novelty, and cheapness, than any which others can present; it manifests the perfection of their skill in the selection of materials, and the triumphs of talent in the Cut and Make of every Garment. Spring and Summer Coats, Vests, Trousers, l'aletots, &c., &e., in cluding various New styles, which can only be obtained at the Establishments of E. MOSES and SON. Every article is far better and much cheaper than those obtained elsewhere. 150,000 EMIGRANTS to AUSTRALIA, Consisting of cabin, intermediate, or steerage passengers, moy be Outfitted with everything they will need, of the best quality and the most suitable kind, for less money and in less time tl an at any other house in the world. These are the advantages offered to all Emi grants by E. Moses and Sox. The largest Wholesale Clothing Establishment in the universe is available for large or small investments E. Moses and Z. ON'S Goods being highly appreciated in Australia and all other Colonies, are the most convenient and lucrative investments emigrants can make. Shipsailing information, and full Lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesinan-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, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxfocd-street, 1,2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Far.zate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.__ IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All 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 till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts re'ative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Alrattuac for the year ending 1853 can bo had gratis, on application. Id Pon Paris Franca , s. Hier spricht man DeutAch. Qui xi pals Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol R. CU LVERWELL' S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row, Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cernhill. price One Shilling each; by is (1. 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, Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places —Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night —Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—Cn Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Ikc.n FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAIN& Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT 10 THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH. Bse. 'Vol. 11. TAB LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCEN CES OF DUBLIN, Etc WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run." A - popular review of ahnost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses toe young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and cm _ bitters old age; with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SuniircT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy V of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. Ts be or not to be, that is the question." Ploonsmrdx:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CCILVERWELL, M.V. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 24), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matters. Prica le. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street; Ilann, 39, Cornhill ; or of 31 . R. Culverwell, M.D., 10, Argyll -pl ace, Ten till Five and Seven till Nino. Recent-street, who may be consulted dail y from 7z'Z, r 4fA ~~~ • ') e -A • .itrrt,.••• • k. .7 " 4 t' • ••• •,•-••,. Le 41.. - < t t. • ••,• 't• N - 414# 4 1., • _ A4 sk tfe i r , „ • , 447 • 5 ,4) , . , • fr• ~,'/ . , t • • • •• i !, t • ~k%ry I , t„ is • to. • tnt, idtPri \ • • • - LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1853. THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, • No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. Richard Matins, Esq., Q.C., M.P. William Wilberforce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS OF SECURITY. This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Indnstrioue Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on at taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity atter that age; and giving the full benefit of all Pretuitune that have been paid, although thz paynient.s should at any Li ms I,e. thconttoileAl. A LETA NitElt ROBERTSON, Yana:ter. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, "The Thistle," "Shamrock." " Rose," "amine"'' Gran ville " "Loch Vogel," and " Windsor Castle" Waltzes; am "Napo- Icon" Galep; "Le Cirque" Q ua d r ill e; " The Gold Hawk' And Juno" Polkas.— Admission, I s . D oors open at Half-past E i g h t ; Dancing to commence at Nine o ' c l oc k , and terminate at Half-past " Eleven. rriiE GENEIIAL T FR AND IE .ASS'IJR ALLSOPFS PALE ALE,--I refer the learned to - Baron Liebig, the teu►per:,te to ]►r. Carpenter, invalids to the medical profession, and the robu•t to the best clie,.s of bindon tier the merits of ray stock t AL1.~01'.1" ALE. The "Thirsty F o al " and "Constant Reader" of thu "Times" I can also satisfy with toy lu►petial, Meas►►re. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King Wiliiam•street, London. Capital, One Million. The Directors give notice 1. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS will be held, at Twelve o'clock precisely, on SATURDAY, the 28th day of May inst., at the Office of the Company, 62, King William-street, ha the city of London. 2. That at such Meeting the Proprietors who then hold ten or more shares, which they have possessed six calendar months, may attend and vote. 3. That three Directors, the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, M.P., Joseph Fletcher, Esq., and John Wilks, Esq., and one Auditor, George Meek, Esq., retire, all of whom (excepting Joseph Fletcher, Esq., deceased) are re-eligible to their respective appointments, for which they will bo accordingly proposed. 4. That any Progletors duly qualified. who shall b 3 desirous of b?coming Candidates for any of these situations, mutt give written notice cf their intuition, at the Gilt*, to the Secretary, at least ten days previous o tha time of such meeting. By order of the Directors. TIIOMAS PRICE, Secretary. May 9, 1153. (qmiri..) • • • • •. -',;•,- 14 • • • .R 3. ptr 4 1 . vt N.; Tt.Y t:rtr-Men•hatit, P:411-ko.11. F.4XOIBE-OFFIOE, in Old lii oa d- s t ree t; To be SOLD, by AUCTION (hi one Lot), by Mr. Gadson, at the AUCTION MART, on FRIDAY, the 13th or May, 1813, at 12 o'clock, by order of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the PREMISES in Old Broad-street in the city of London, known for merly as the EXCISE-OFFICE, and lately as the Inland Revenue office. Particulars may be obtained at the offices of the Secretary and Solicitor cf Inland Revenue, Somerset-house; and of William Her. bert, Esq., the Board's Surveyor of Buildings, at his office on the premises, in Old Broad-street (where a plan► of the property may be seen), and of the Auctioneer, at his offices, No. 18 in the same street. THE WELLINGTON DINING-ROOMS, Entrance, 160, PICCADILLY. _ _ _ cerned, if political favouritism prevailed through per sons in his department to the injury of the service, it would be pretty • nearly- the same as though it prevailed through the exercise of the influence . of the surveyor himself?—lt appeared to me then, and it appears to Me now, that the only way of getting rid of that favourism'and the influence of Government, is by taking away the votes from the dockyards. There is no other way. Without that is done it always must pre vail. When this was brought to your notice by the Secre tary of the Admiralty,'did your grace authorise the issue of the circular of the 19th April, 1852. which cancelled Cir I rwri' Rhin r ein!illar Or ‘V,II. I :,rw tiolied it. ii! it_ Pint, y,4ii the Beercri;nTy r,•:- . t •h • •....11),, ~: •it I "!- J. dial nut. HAND -IN-HAND INSURANCE OFFICE, No. 1, New Bridge-street, Blitekfrlars, London. Established in 1696. DIRECTORS. The Hon. William Ashley. The Hon. Sir Edward Cast. Arthur Eden, Esq. J. Lottsom Elliot, Esq. James Esdaile, Esq. !tarvle M. Farquhar, Esq. John Gurney Hoare, Esq. E. Fuller Maitland, Esq. William Scott, Esq. John Sperling, Esq. Henry Wilson, Esq. W. Esdaile 'Winter, Esq. LIFE DEPARTMENT. This Office offers a low scale of premiums to Non-members, with out participation in profits; or a Member's scale of premiums, with an annual participation in the whole of the profits after five full annual payments. In the years 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852, the premiums of all Mem bers' Policies were abated 524 per cent.; that is to say, a premium of 1001. was reduced to 471. 10s. Insurances effected before the 24th June next will participate one year earlier than if effected after that date. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances are effected on every description of property at the usual ra a. RICHARD RAY, Secretary. DR. KING'S SARSAPARILLA COCOA. PO those under a course of Sarsaparilla or Medical treatment this COCOA will be found an excellent be verage, instead of tea or coffee (which decidedly excite the nervous system, and prevent medicine, particularly Sarsaparilla, from having the desired effect). Invalids with weak stomachs will receive more benefit from this pure Cocoa than any preparation, being made with true cocoa nibs, combined with pure sarsaparilla, and rendered more palatable. In packets at Is. 6d. per lb., or 3 lbs. for 4s. TARAXACUM, or DANDELION LIVER PILLS, possess proper ties of an alterative and aperient nature, and, as an adjunct with Dr. King's Sarsaparilla Pills, have cured thousands of obstinate liver com plaints. The great advantage is, that they contain no mercury, act upon the liver, stimulate the system, and give refreshing sleep, and are the best aperient family pills, being mild in effect, and never en dangering the system like mercurial preparations. In Boxes, at Is. lid., 2s. 4d., and 4s. 6d. To prevent fraud, Henry Hides has caused his name to be put upon the Government Stamp—without, none are genuine, and to imitate which is felony. Sole Proprietor of DR. KING'S SARSAPARILLA PILLS, an invaluable remedy for all skin eruptions, cooling and purifying the blood, 10-s of appetite, low state of system. palptations of the heart, indigestion, drowsiness, liver complaints, and general debility. Sold by all respectable Medicine Vendors in the United Kingdom, and by the Proprietor, in boxes at Is lid, is 90, 4s 6d, 11s, and 225. A great saving is effected by taking the larger boxes. Be sure to ask for Dr. King's Sarsaparilla Pills. LABORATORY, 10, HUNGERFORD-STREET, STRAND. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stanton William Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewaa. Earl of Courtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbury Viscount Falkland LONDON CHARLES GRAHAM, CHARLES DOWNES, 1 IL Blair Avarne, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Residoint Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. BOARD. Esq., F.S.A., Chairman. Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. G. Henriques, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. William Railton, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS. PIITSICIAN.-Arthur H. Hassan, Esq., M.D., 8, Pt ennett•street, St. James's. SURGEON.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners•street. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31 st December. 1847,1 s as follows : ! Time Assured. Bum , 1 Sumaddedto Sumaddedto Sum payable inured 't PolicylnlB4l Polleyln 1848 at Death. [ - --- £5OOO 13 years 10mthi 4638 6 8 £787 10 0 X 6470 16 8 *lOOO 7 years •• .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 500 1 year .. •• 11 5 0 511 5 0 • Ex...lam—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which Is 241. is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 16 81 . 1 ls. Bd. but the profits beng 2 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which Is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In surance is for Life. . -- Every iiiiormiiion will be afforded on application to the Resident Director. 52, Fleet-street. ANEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH._ Mr. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52. Fleet-street, has intro duct(' an entirely NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resem ble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation. and will give support and preserve teeth that are loose, and are guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has flied his charges at the lowest scale possib:e. Decayed teeth rendered sound. and useful in mastication.--. 52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till live. WHERE IS L. lIYAIWS ESTABLISIMENT? THE constantly increasing bulk of the Metro polis, and the daily influx of visitors from country districts and foreign parts, are such as to render necessary a plain guide to the Proprietor's Warehouse. Be it remembered, therefore, that " 36, aracechurch-street. City," is In the immediats vicinity of the Monument and King William's Statute, at the foot of London bridge. l'arties in quest of L. Hymn's trading premises are recom mended to keep these "landmarks" in view, in order to preclude the poSslblllty of unnecessary trouble or disappointment. WHAT IS L. HYAM'S ESTABLISHMENT? L. Hyam's Establishment Is devoted to the manufacture and sale of Bespoke and Ready-made Attire for Gentlemen and Youths, Hosiery, Hats, and General Outfits, in each of which branches its recommeedations are conspicuous. Novelty and elegance of style, coupled with superiority o , materials of every description, are strik ingly developed in the Tailoring Department of L. Ilyam's trade ; and durable, graceful, fashionable, fitting, and economical articles of Dregs are, at all times, obtainable in this direction, to the complete satisfaction of the purchaser. L. Hymn's immense Stock of hosiery, Hats, and General Outfits, will stand the test of minute inspection, and, when submitted to a trial, will rise in the estimation of all classes of buyers. A judicious expenditure of adequate capital in securing the best materials and artists, and in advantageous retrenchments, is sufficiently evident on an examination and comparison of the various articles to which public attention has thus been invited. OBSERVE I—L. HYAM begs to state that he has no connexion with any similar establishment in Landon. 36, Gracechurch-street, City (establishished upwards of 15 years), is the only place of busi ness carried on by L. lIYAM, where the public can be ,applied with good, durable, and fashionable Clothing, of sound werkmanshlp, at such economical prices as must defy all competition. L. HYAM, Tailor. Clothier, Hatter, Hosier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracecharch-street, City. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matric ,, lnted Member of the University of —„.-. Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile Irregularities and excesses, which have pro iuced more misery in youth, degradation in manliteid, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any Other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of those diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated witheut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Thyslcian who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated 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 Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of li., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is destrahle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting' from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s Gd, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brother., and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, G 3, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by pose for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's real do:cc. 37, BEDFORD-OWL/LE, LONDON. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORK S. Juit published, by H. Builliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. vo., In cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d., (I N TRUE k FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, ‘...1 with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the 4enerative System, or Sexual Hypochondrlasis. Translated from the Oeman of Dr. PICKFORD • a 1 " c D o n r I rI P b i c u t t i f ° o r n d s e s lf to the noa-medi be the last, if he shall knownts to Ge rin an t o English medical lireadersteratobr literature. his Thisfrequent iis tn p o r act 1 first ime, he informs as, that he has addressed himself reader. We trust this may not over to correct."—London Medical Gazette, _ w . , l 3 t r n lt g . r i toi Great trsdoevr severity ty exhibit tho i impostorsts "We tiromised in a former number that we should recur to this letect any other equally flagrant evil which it fay ba m in lBs ll l ls . ' on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers, ,o an oi d. d' find Ale d l i ts cal w k a ;ri t e o n t d o s, t i t a e r n e a m nd e s rc o i f l mercilessly autnhyorprleasyhnesig aim more makeci clearly. y a . livelihood 'r h e plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h mdreds would tie saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of yseewxhlseadfLralfrdomif thisth com plaint less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the impirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ,tit upon a.mvuoiehriacitiootnh .No. 11. rational and basis. It is, therefore, "tqly to do much good."—Medical Cir cu l ar , J une 16, 1852. THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE o tr st u fr E e T e, H 4 R s. A , , on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, o Member of the Royal College of Surge o n s o f E ng l an d . In proof of his views ohae(Nsloro.oesCsoftunrtiyentaryoft)tehd,as as s giv ba en d history of a great many .es any which Mr. Syme xii ~ addand uced, and on whi c h he had operated. -;uch are cases ix., xi., xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a p :dod of twelve years, the treatment by Citation, and was finally removed in , many weeks. But cases xviii, and xix. appear, both In duration, severity, and complicaton of symptoms . of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. eminently and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Llzars on the Treatment of stricture. This splendid Establishment (formerly Croekford's Club) will open to the Public on TUESDAY, 10th MAY next, on a scale of magnificence unprecedented in London, combining extreme modera tion in charges with the most unexceptionable Cooking and Bill of Fare and uniting the independence of a p u b l i c dia i ng - room w ith the comforts and accommodation of a first-rate club. Scales of Charges.—Dinner item the joint, witk,vegeteldt?, bread, cheese, &c., 2s. ' • ditto, with soup or fish, 2s, Cot. ; ditto, with some.. and fish, 35 .; made dishes, with the joint, as pej• bill of fare ; made dishes, without the joint,,buty.,titii_vegekibles, 14..? ad, cheese, &e., is esctsas. Psrson, The Wines and Beers will be sold by Imperta measure, and the decanters all marked, so that the quantity pail for will beettnally supplied to the consumer. The Public will, therefore, appreciate this novel arrangement, snore particularly when they understand that the Imperial pint contains four-fifths of what is usually sold as a bottle. The Dining-Room will be open from Half-past Two, p.m., until Nine, p.m. The magnificent Suite of Saloons, on the first floor, fitted up for Smoking, Reading, and Chess, will be well supplied with the London, Provincial, az,d Foreign Papers, Magazines, Books of Reference, &c.: and Tea, Coffee, Ices, Seltzer Water, Re., will be supplied from eleven a.m., by Mr. Ward, of Bond-street. Lessee, HENRY THOMAS MUNDT, 160, Piccadilly. 6th May, 1848. THE .COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD PRO MOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Yesterday, leave having been given by the House of Lords for his grace the Duke of Northumberland, late First Lord of the Admiralty, to attend and be examined before the committee, the committee-room was crowded at an early hour. The noble duke arrived soon after 11 o'clock. Instead of occupying the witness-seat, his grace by some accident found himself in a seat at the table of the committee, and was by no means very audible at intervals in the delivery of his evidence. The Chairman (Lord Seymour), in addressing his lordship, said—Will your grace state to the committee what was the date of your accession to office ? I think it was on the 2d or 3d of March, 1852. Had you previously held any situation in any depart ment of any previous Government I—Never. From the commencement of superintending the ad ministration of the Admiralty, were any arrangements made as to the distribution of its patronage among the lords and Secretary of the Admiralty ?—There was ; and I believe it has always been the custom among the dif ferent members of the board and among the different lords. I, for my own part, took all the naval and mili tary patronage, and gave up the civil patronage to the secretary. You gave up all the civil patronage to the secretary ? —Yes, excepting the master-shipwrights, and one class of messengers, which I reserved for deserving soldiers and marines. _ _ Is your grace aware whether it had been the custom before to give up the appointment of the principal officers in the dockyards to the secretary 1--I never inquired ; I had no knowledge on the subject either one way or the other. I may mention that Lord Ellenborough told me he never knew anything about the private patronage, but I only say that from hearsay, Then the committee are to understand that it was with your sanction Mr. Stafford had almost all the dockyard appointments ?—The whole of them, except in cases where it would be an honour conferred on a master ship. wright that he should receive the appointment from the head of the establishment. I only reserved it for that reason, that it might be considered a degree of honour for a master shipwright so to receive it. It appears from the evidence that on April 2, 1852, Mr. Stafford wrote a letter to the Surveyor of the Navy, in which he stated there seemed no alternative but to resume the system that existed previous to September, 1849, and pointing to cancelling the circular of Sir F. Baring of September, 1849. Now I wish to ask your grace whether you had given any directions to Mr. Staf ford before he wrote that letter ?—None. I may men tion that Mr. Stafford at various times had conversa tions with me on the subject. Ido not know whether the committee would wish to know what these represen tations were, but the letter was written without my knowledge, and without my knowing anything about it. Then your lordship had not considered, either one way or the other, the expediency of cancelling the cir cular of September, 1849 ?—I had not. Was it represented to you by Mr. Stafford in those conversations that the surveyor's department appeared to use influence in favour of any political party ?—The conversations were at various times, for many mornings, when he came to me, and th e y were to the e ff e ct that he was responsible for all the patronage of the Ad miralty—that he felt a difficulty in doing his duty—that when called upon by the Gov ernment or by t h e House of Commons to explain anythi ng f or which h e was re sponsible, he had not the means o f answering, th e whole of the appointments and p a t ronage b eing in the sur veyor's office. He told m e a l so that the pa t ro nage of the Admiralty was used against the Government ; and lastly, the last time he sp o k e o f i t he said tha t h e felt he had not the power o f d o i ng his duty, an d that he could not retain his office under the circum stances, mentioning it only in conversation ; and he told m e that his office was of little value to him. I always refused to interfere for want of experience. I had not had sufficient experience, and therefore refused to interfere. Hearing it stated by the Secretary to the Admiralty . that the patronage of the Admiralty was given to politi cal adversaries, did your grace institute any inquiry on the subject at the time ?—None whatever ; and I never, from the day I was in office to the day I left it, inquired whether the patronage was in the hands of the surveyor, or whether it was in the hands of the secretary. I never knew anything about it. It was never brought to my knowledge by the parties. I knew nothing whatever about it. trust the surveo r of the navyrepresentation secre tary, who was a mem berin his department ?—I had of the Government, and who was responsible to the House of Commons. If be made r epresentations, what ever the representations may be, I supposed he had grounds for those representations, for I never inquired. I refused to interfere because I had not sufficient experi ence. Did not your grace consider it very prejudicial to the interests of the service that there should be even a n im putation against the surveyor's department of the exer cise of political favouritism ?—lt might be so against any department. I have been now 50 years in the navy, and I never heard but one story told of the same system of government influence and jobbing, as it is called, in the dockyards having always prevailed. It was a matter of common notoriety, as far a I know. Did your grace take into consideration the circular that had been issued by Lord Auckland, and written by Mr. Ward, with a view to preventing jobbing in the dockyards ?—Lord Auckland's regulations were excellent —they were excellent ; and I may mention that the effect of the minutes was to return to Lord Auckland's regulations. But Lord Auckland's regulations state that the good or bad working of any system must depend in a great measure on those entrusted with the administration : now, when it was represented to your grace that the surveyor's office was not properly carrying out that ad ministration, did it appear to you to be your duty to order an inquiry into it ?—I cannot conceive how I could have made any inquiry into the matter. The means of inquiry would be by a committee. I had no means of inquiring into every individual case that was recommended. I only heard it generally from the secretary as a 'confidential and responsible member of the board, and as responsible to the House of Commons that such was the ease. I had no reason to disbelieve it, and at the same time I did not know that it was anything more than what might have been going on as before. I believed it might not have been the Surveyor of the Navy who did it, but that it might have been some one under him. Dut as far as the interest of the service was con , ' - Y uu did not t-1 did hut. I \t;,.s cs)giiisiint of L, luut I did not give those directions. But before it was issued was your grace cognisant of it ?—Before it was issued I was cognisant of it. I wish to know, did your grace approve of it ? = No ; on every occasion when it was mentioned to me by Mr. Stafford in his representations I objected to interfere. I would not interfere because I had not sufficient experience, but he afterwards represented to me that Mr. Parker's cir cular had been written by him, and that it was not a minute of the board, •and that he, as secretary, had the same power as Mr. Parker had. He said, also, that he would do so on his own responsibility. Did he bring in before your grace the original circular of Mr.. Parker, to which he referred ?—No, he did not. When he brought you the circular of the 19th of April, 1852, did your grace affix your signature or initials to it? —He did not bring it. You did not then see the circular which had been pre p:wed by Mr.,PaEker,,so as to know whether or not Sir Francis-.paring's initials li9Wiffixed to it-- not. If it had been brought to your Frace's notice, that the circular of September, 1849, had affixed to it the initials of the First Lord, should you have considered it neces sary to take sonic further consideration before allow ing that circular to go forth—the circular of Mr. Stafford?—l can hardly answer what I might have done under the circumstances. Sir Francis Baring's name would not make it a legal document without the name of another Lord of the Admiralty. Then Sir Francis Baring's name being attached only showed that it had the sanction of the First, Lord ? Yes. But this circular, as I understand, went forward with out the sanction of any lord annexed to it ?—Without the sanction of any lord annexed to it. Now, on the 21st of April, a few days after this circu lar had been issued, Admiral Parker, in his examination, stated to the committee that he had placed in your grace's hands Sir Baldwin Walker's letter of resignation 9--I have looked very carefully into that part of Admiral Parker's evidence, and I find he is very uncertain about his dates. I may mention at once that, until November, when it was referred to in the House of Commons, I did not know his letter of resignation had been sent in, or had existed. Admiral Parker, in his evidence, distinctly states that he took Sir Baldwin Walker's letter, tendering his resig nation, to the Admiralty to the Duke of Northumber land on the same day. Has your grace any recollection of that ?—None whatever. I have referred to all the dif ferent points in the evidence relating to Sir Baldwin Walker's resignation, and Captain Milne's evidence as to Sir Baldwin Walker having mentioned that he wrote the letter when Admiral Parker and Captain Milne were in the room, and Captain Milne is asked when it was, and says the 25th or 26th of April. Then you have no recollection of Admiral Parker having either given you the letter or having related to you the purport of that letter ?—He never mentioned a word of the letter. He may have indirectly or indiscri minately have discussed the purport of the letter, though he never mentioned that there was a letter. Do you remember when he discussed first the purport of the letter ? On the 26th of April, which was the first day I heard of the order being out, and the minute of the 19th April was brought to my knowledge on Mon day, April 26, by Admiral Parker himself making the complaint from Sir Baldwin Walker. Captain Richards has brought to the notice of the com mittee a private letter written by Captain Pelham to Captain Richards, the superintendent of Chatham dock yard, inquiring whether any political influences were at work to hold back appointments for the promotion of men in the service in Chatham yard ; now I wish to ask your grace whether that inquiry was at all instituted by your grace's commandl—By no means ; I never knew of it. In that letter Capt. Pelham, your private secretary, states, "My chief is for the best man for the public ser vice, and scorns a job;" and he writes to Capt. Richards respecting the appointment of a man to the metal mills at Chatham by Mr. Stafford, the man being reported unfit by Captain Richards ; and to this Captain Richards sent a reply on the 24th April. Does your grace remember whether that reply was brought under your notice ?—lt was ; the first complaint was from Sir Baldwin Walker early iu April, and Captain Richards came to sue on the 12th or 13th April. Captain Richards, in his letter, says he requested an interview in order to disabuse your grace's mind upon the question. It would appear, therefore, from his let ter, that he asked for an interview after he had written one letter, which it appears your grace granted. Now, at that interview did Captain Richards bring under your notice the case relating to Ridgway?—Yes, he did. He showed how Ridgway had formerly applied to Sir F. Baring for his intervention ?—Yes, he did. And he entered fully into the case, and showed that Ridgway had violated the spirit and words of the circu of 1847 ?—Yes. And then Captain Richards stated that he was satis fied with the interview with your grace, and that you expressed to him your conviction that he was doing his duty honestly and honourably ?—Yes, as a matter of course, as an officer, I was perfectly convinced that he was doing his duty, and that he was right in not inter fering with matters of political influence. The words I made use of to Captain Richards in parting were, " If you ever have any interference in your duty, or if you ever have any complaint to make, come to me, and you may rely upon it I will support you." If, then, any accusation was made against Captain Richards that he interfered at all in politics, it would have been a violation of the order, and I understand you to say you quite acquit him of any such imputation ? I never ha,d a question about it, no such imputation ever came to me. I only mention my belief in the character of Captain Richards, but there never was a question. In Captain Richards' reply to Captain Pelham, he " begs and entreats that the case may be thoroughly sifted." Now when this was brought to your grace's notice at the interview, did you feel so satisfied, that you considered no inquiry necessary ?—I knew nothing about the letter. I was not cognisant of the letter. Captain Richards had been to me to explain the matter in full, and he said very naturally that he never was influenced, as he was ordered not to take any part in politics. Captain Richards' impression was that he had read the letter to you ?—lt might have been, but I was not aware of it. It might have been. Capt. Richards in his evidence states that he asked your grace if he might have permission to read the letter from Mr. Stafford to him ?—He might have done so, and it is very likely he did. Did you hear from Mr. Stafford any ground for sup posing Captain Richards to be a political partisan ? At this moment I don't recollect any question, cer tainly, with respect to Captain Richards. Now, was your grace aware that Sir Frederick Smith had applied for the promotion of Ridgway?---I never heard one word about Sir Frederick Smith, or of any election connected with any one of the dockyards, either directly or indirectly. On 26th April it appears you saw the Surveyor of the Navy, and you had seen him previously to your representing to the Secretary of the Admiralty the an noyance the surveyor felt in regard to the issue of the former circular ?—lf I may explain, there is some little indistinctness in the recollection of Admiral Parker on that subject. It was on the morning of Monday, 26th of April, that Admiral Parker came to me to say that the Surveyor of the Navy was very much annoyed and vexed at Mr. Stafford's cancelling the cir cular of 1849, that he considered it was a slur upon his character, and Admiral Parker spoke very warmly and justly on the subject, as he was an officer who felt any thing like a slur, and he also said that it would lower him in the estimation of the superintendents and officers, and he did not think that if the slur remained on the surveyor's character that he would remain in his office. I told Admiral Parker I was quite confident Mr. Staf ford never meant any disrespect to the surveyor, and that I would send him into Admiral Parker's room, where I understood the surveyor was, to remove any impression from the surveyor's mind that such was the case. It was a n interview that lasted five or six minutes, and it was very ardent on the part of Admiral Parker, and very proper. After the interview on the 26th of April was a circu lar submitted to your grace for approbation ?—I sent for Mr. Stafford, and told him all the circumstances — all that Admiral Parker had told me. I said it was considered by the surveyor that this cancelling had cast a stigma on the surveyor, and I am very much afraid he will resign his office, and if he did resign his office, I said, though you, Mr. Stafford, may treat it lightly, it is a much more serious thing than you seem to think ; for if the surveyor does resign his office, I am not pre pared to propose a successor ; he has done his duty and good service, and I thought that good service should con tinue. Upon that, Mr. Stafford went to Admiral Par ker's room, where the whole of the circumstances, I be lieve, took place about the minute that was agreed to. At the end of half an hour they came into my room, Sir Baldwin Walker and Admiral Parker together. Sir Baldwin Walker explained to me how very much he was annoyed, and explained to me the matter very much in the same words as before, that he felt the circular was a censure on him, and which I of course felt a wish to re move. In a few minutes Mr. Stafford came in with a mi nute and read it to Sir Baldwin Walker and Admiral Par ker in my hearing. Sir Baldwin Walker, wh en it was read said, "I am perfectly satisfied ; " and Mr. Stafford answered that it should be read to the board as a mi nute, and they all went away, It does not quite agree with the evidence already given, but that was the case. Then you had read the circular before it was sub- [ P RIC E 5D • mated to the board ?—lt had been read in my room to the Surveyor of the Navy and Admiral Parker, and I was present, and that was the first day that I heard of the circular of the 19th of April having been issued. I did not know when it was issued. I observe„that in Captain Milne's evidence it was brought to his notice by the surveyor also, and the surveyor's letter WaS read in Admiral Parker's room to Admiral Parker. Captain Milne does not quite fix on the date. He seems to think it was on the 25th, 26th, or 27th of April. Then are the committee to understand that this was the first time your grace gave your sanction to the circular of the 19th April 7 T was eozni .,:ait of it betime it, w s ip:stted, ,itti lono-iv rospotisibW tier I but. tints fiitrt It I,r,paght behtre Ju. ~„1 t h,,.. „.,t• it. it z. v.ry nit, point. [ lair, - it. 1 flill% - ootintPin.noed it. Adaniral Pztrker fully cotmtent,flt .741 11, Cgtptzttit -Wine fully countenauced it, and we were awa:.e of it, and certainly were responsible for it from that very moment. How far the other two members of the board Were answerable I don't know. In the circular of April 26, 1852, it is stated that the circular of February 27, 1847, will be strictly adhered to, and that their lordships deemed it advisable to revert to the system then in force of having all communications addressed to the Admiralty in the first instance. As your gra,ce by this time sanctioned the reversal of a sys tem that had been a system at the Admiralty for some years, may I ask your grace upon what grounds this reversal was based ?—May I ask what the matter is— what we cancelled was reverting to Lord Auckland's original regulation for promotions in the dockyard, which were these,: The master shipwright on a vacancy named three persons, and named them to the superin- , tendent, who erased one name which IA thought the least worthy of promotion. The superintendent then sent these two names to the secretary, who selected one, and that selection was the whole of the patrohage the secre tary had. - pi-omotions._:- The circular of_ 1849 madam this alteratioir.' The superintendent sent these two" names to the surveyor, and the surveyor selected one name, and so had the patronage. The question of pa tronage was one known to Lord Auckland and his suc cessor. It was reverting to Lord Auckland's regulation, and my opinion now and then was that Lord Auckland was right. Does your grace mean that the surveyor had the ab solute choice of one name, or that when the two names were sent to him he forwarded them to the Admiralty, with his remarks ?—I do not think he was justified by the circular of 1849 in making the selection, but he always did, it was a matter I never knew anything of, and of which I was not cognisant. But, on reading at tentively the circular of 1849, I do not think it justified the surveyor in taking the patronage. The circular of 1849 merely, as I understand, ordered that the correspondence from the superintendents should go through the surveyor before it came to the Admi ralty ?—So I understand. After some further questions, and the examination of Commodore Eden and Captain Hamilton, the committee adjourned to this day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, MAY 9. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Edward Barkley (1853) to the Comus, 14, sloop, at Sheerness ; Charles A. Wise (1847) to the Vulture, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Devonport. Naval Cadets—C. Townshend and Henry Philipps, first nomination. The Breadalbane, hired ship, for conveying stores to be left at Beechey Island for Sir Edward Belcher's expe dition left Woolwich to-day at one o'clock, an d w ill b e towed by the Monkey, steam-vessel, to the Nore, where she will remain until the Diligence is brought round and ready to take her departure, with the Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, for the Arctic regions. The workmen in the masthouse are preparing new shears to be put upon the wharf wall between the basin and the river, for the convenience of putting in or taking out boilers and heavy machinery from the largest steam vessels in the service. Some idea may be formed of the size of the masts when finished, when it is stated that there will be four of them, each 104 feet in length, and 40 inches in diameter. Formerly it was with the greatest difficulty trees in any degree approximating to the size required could be obtained ; but now no diffi culty whatever exists, as the four masts now making will be formed of pieces of timber only 10 inches square, and of moderate length, the pieces being joined together by marine glue, until the full size is attained. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 9. The Cyclops, 6, paddle s linder, the command of Lieu tenant Luccombe, arrived at Spithead last evening from Woolwich, having on board the new boilers for the En counter, 14, screw, as well also the new intermediate shaft for the Sidon, 22, paddle. The Cyclops will come into harbour to-morrow, Tuesday, to land the boilers. The Sidon will also come in to receive her new shaft. The Vulcan, 6, screw troop-frigate, Commander Von Donop, hauled out of dock into the steam basin, where she will complete her refit, and in a few days go to Spit head.,The ports have been fitted with plate-glass sashes, which will add much to the comforts of the troops on their voyage to the colonies. The Menelaus, quarantine vessel, having undergone extensive repairs, and having had berths fitted for the reception of invalids coming from abroad, will again take up her station at the Motherbank, the moorings there having been relaid and strengthened with heavier ground tackle. The Victory, flag-ship, Captain John Shepherd, was paid wages to-day. It has been a most boisterous day, blowing half a gale, and raining in torrents. MALTA, MAT 2. The little flotilla which, as we announced formerly, had left Malta to ascertain if a rock due E. of the island, distant 90 miles, and laid down in some charts as doubtful, did or did not exist, returned to port, having under the most favourable circumstances failed to find a bottom with 2,000 to 2,500 fathoms of line out. An area of 20 miles in circumference was swept, with the same result, and it was only in returning, when up wards of 40 miles from the indicated danger, that bot tom was struck with 175 fathoms, and gradually be came less till the vessels reached port. The Modesto sloop is ordered to sea to-morrow, and will be absent on a cruise of a month or 5 weeks, visit ing ports on the coast of Sicily and Tuscany. The Arethusa is ordered home, and will leave during the week. Mr. Potts and Mr. Webbe, both under sen tence of imprisonment, will be sent home by her. DESERTIONS FROM THE NAVY. Three captains, with their mates, have lately figured before the police magistrates, charged with harbouring deserters from her Majesty's navy on board, viz.—Capt. Wm. Jarvis, of the Wasp, for harbouring . a sailor of the Britannia (Thomas Richardson) ; Captain Thomson, of the Kate, for harbouring Joseph Blanchard, of the Rod ney ; and Captain Graham, of the Amphitrite, for har bouring a midshipman of the Albion, by name Arthur 0. Webbe. With the exception of Captain Jarvis, who was liberated, the others were committed for trial, but the Crown Advocate, having examined the evidence, entered a nolle prosequi, and they were dismissed from confinement. The stories, indeed, told by the deserters were in the highest degree plausible, particularly that of the midshipman, who took his passage, for which he was to pay the simple expense of board, and told the captain that he had two months' leave of absence to go home to pass, and did not scruple to say so at a public-house in presence of several persons, and some of them his own messmates. The Taurus steamer is just coming into port. She is to be employed between Liverpool and ports in the Levant. The idea of running the vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to Naples has been at present abandoned. One is generally lying idle between her arrival from Marseilles and the return of the boat from Alexandria. A General Court-martial assembled on Friday last on board her Majesty's ship Albion, Rear-Admiral Harvey President ; Captains Graham, Carter, Greville, Lord Paulet, Jones, Symonds, and Drummond ; Mr. Pullen, Officiating Deputy-Judge-Advocate, when Arthur Orme rode Webbe was arraigned on the three following charges : " 1. For that he, the said 0. A. Webbe, being in actual service and full pay in the fleet, and midshipman of and belongin g to her Majesty's ship Albion, did, on Friday , April 22, 1853, between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m., go out of the ship without permission of the commanding officer, knowing his leave to be stopped at the time. " 2. For that he, the said A. O. Webbe, being on full pay, &c., did, on the 22d of April, attempt to desert by going on board the merchant vessel Amphitrite, and hiding him self away, with the intention of leaving the port in her. " 3. For that he, the said A. 0. Webbe, did, on the 22d of April, commit a robbery on board her Majesty's ship Albion, by taking a sextant, the property of Lieutenant Nolloth, out of his cabin, and carrying it out of the ship with him." The prisoner pleaded guilty to all the charges, and would not retract his plea. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in one of her Majesty's gaols, to be dismissed the service, and rendered incapable of ever again serving her Majesty. John Nichols, a boy of the Albion, met his death on the 26th ult. by falling from the mizentop of that vessel. His death was instantaneous. S w S e— trustN 0 W thata t the th e Dauntless paidDA u DAUNTLE SS.—Now not be unmindful of those officers, who, HER 311jE l B b T o T 111 to be witnessed the fatal epidemic by which she during her late service in the West Indies, was visited lA.ndtnhia7viteyssel, Death has unfortunately removed more than one officer of this ship well entitled to the highest consideration of their lordships ; but a sufficient number still remain to enable the Admiralty to show that they can appreciate other services besides those of actual warfare. When all vied with each other in kindness and attention to their sick messmates, it would be an i mpossibility to point out the most deserving ; but surely an act of grace, either in promotion or in some other sh ape, conferred upon such men would not be misapplied by their lordships. On such an occasion we may, without subjecting ourselves to the charge of invidiousness, allude to the immense amount of labour and responsibility that must have de volved upon Dr. Woodcock, the surgeon, and Dr. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, The British and N ort h American royal mail n steam.AT e r America, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey this morning. She left Boston on the 27th, and Halifax the 29th ult. She had 115 passengers and 127,000 dollars in specie on freight. The .America has ex.' perienced strong easterly winds with extremely cold Halifax on thes2Ttlii' • feather w iiftt d e a t n. ship ll t . p h e Canada who le v oyag e . g . at ulr The screw-steamer City of Manchester left - Phila- - '44ynia fur this port on the 23d, with 50 passengers and 7,000 dollars specie. The steamship Star of the West had arrived at New York with two weeks later intelligence from California and the Pacific coast, which confirms the report of the loss of the steamer Independence, and, in addition, m a k es the lamentable announcement that fully one hundred and forty of her passengers are numbered with the dead. The Independence ran ashore on the 16th of February, on Margaretta Island, Lower California, where she took fire and was entirely consumed. There were five hundred passengers on board at the time, nearly all of whom jumped overboard, and heroically braved the dashing surf and strong tide to gain the shore. Those who suc ceeded in reaching the land were afterwards obliged to stand mere helpless spectators and listeners to the vain struggles and heart-rending supplications and dying shrieks of the less fortunate of their companions—includ ing men, women, and children, who were either perish ing on board the blazing vessel, or being swept out to sea by the irresistible force of the current. Another ac count states the loss of life to be 176. Amongst those who were on their way from England to California, and were passengers on board, and who perished, were E. Collins and two children, P. Francis, W. Abraham, Mrs. M. A. Came and child, and R. Davy. The steam-ship California sailed from San Francisco on the Ist, with $2,234,308 in gold dust, en route for New York. The accounts from the mining districts of California were generally very satisfactory. The general news from California is possessed of great interest. We learn that the city of Marysville has again been submerged, and that extensive loss of property has been the consequence. Gold appears to be as abundant as ever. The steamer which sailed from San Francisco on the Ist inst. had on board nearly two and a quarter millions of the precious article, of which $BOO,OOO were shipped by one house, $530,000 by another. Owing to the arrival of a large number of vessels, freighted with every description of merchandise, the San Francisco mar kets were quiet. Small sales of flour had been made at $l2 and $l3. Ad vices from San Juan 4:1e1 Norte to the 15th ult., state that the war between Honduras and Guatemala seemed to be prosecuted with increased vigour. The Guatemaka general, Carrera, had encamped to await the arrival of the Honduras general, Cabanos, in order to give him battle. _ _ - There appears to be nothing of special interest stirring at Washington. Advices from Texas at Baltimore to the 24th ult. state that further discoveries of gold had been made in Hamilton's Valley, and that a great excitement was existing. Extensive arrangements are being perfected in Wash ington for the survey of the various routes for the contem- plated railroad to the Pacific. The Provincial Parliament at Quebec have adopted a plan for a decimal currency in dollars and cents. The committee •f the Assembly at New Brunswick had reported in favour of making Campo Bello a free port, where goods from all parts of the world would be stored free of duty. NEW ORLEANS, April 25.—The election of a senator in the place of Mr. Soule has been postponed until Friday. Sam Houston has arrived at Baton Rouge to electioneer, as is supposed, for Mr. Slidell. The steamer Falcon has arrived from Aspinwall with the California mails, 75 passengers, and 100,000 dollars in treasure. The steamer Texas, from Vera Cruz, arrived here this evening, bringing Millard H. Farwell, bearer of dis patches from the United States Legation at Mexico. He reports that an express messenger arrived at the city of Mexico on the Bth, bringing the news of the occupa tion of the Messilla Valley, in Chihuahua, by the Governor of New Mexico. The intelligence had caused great surprise, and a determination was expressed to drive out the Americans at the point of the bayonet. An armed force was ordered to proceed immediately to the scene of action, to assist the government of Chihua hua in expelling Governor Lane and his troops. A deputation of the Mexican authorities waited upon Judge Conkling, on the 9th of April, and made $ solemn protest against the whole proceeding. Mr. Farwell says that intense excitement exists in Mexico among all classes. Governor Trias, of Chihuahua, had replied to Governor Lane's proclamation in a powerful vindication of the rights of Mexico, in behalf of which he produced the most unanswerable documents. The news of the loss of the steamer Albatross reached New Orleans by the Texas from Vera Cruz. The steam engine and cargo were saved. Every soul on board was saved. The boat was built at Philadelphia, and was worth 75,000 or 80,000 dols. - .s -'b Wallace, assistant-surgeon of the slpp, As an ifiustriou4 AL Secretary at War, when bpeakino„al the yellow fever4A epidemic at Gibraltar to an armAiOclical officer of high rank, once said, with truth and wklom, "Such . calami e 4 tons outbreaks of disease are tlie: l*ttle-fields of the'' medical offiders, and common j ::ce _dictates tliat on such occasions they should be allied- in the • samly . manner as the executive for se ki in their battle fields"—it is but right that there shouldifikei4il4ep,lfng to all classes. Dr. \Voodoo& is a surgeolibMAY years' standino., and the Admiralty can have no difficulty in making him some acknowledgment of his services. As regards Dr. Wallace, he has been nearly eight years an assistant-surgeon, and We confidently look forward to seeing his name gazetted to the rank of surgeon in a very few days.—herald. THE LATE TRIAL OF THE AGAMEMNON. We are informed that during the last trial of the 90- gun screw-ship, Agamemnon, Captain Sir T. Maitland, at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, the Royal yacht screw-tender Fairy beat the line-of-battle ship only by half the latter's length in the mile run. Thefollowing ere details of three runs : With or I ? 5 111,,r.111- ntr AVoragf.,. Is: HOT• • A ' . . ‘Vii if 1'2.121 Il.~at~ Against I 5.53 I ... 120 I 64 10.198 } 11.349 With 4.48 12.500 Against.— G. 0 I With 5.11 20 G 4 10.000 10.787 G 3 11.575 The indicated horse-power was 2,268 horses ; the mean speed 11.248 knots. THE UNITED STATES. COMMERCIAL IVTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, April 26.—There is an active demand for money still prevailing in our market. For loans on demand, upon prime securities, 7 par cent. is the lowest rate. These are readily negotiated at 7to Prime business paper is passed with greater facility than of late, at 7to 8 per cent. Exchange on England for the Cunard steamer of Wednesday next remains at 91 to 91 for bankers' bills. The supply is fully adequate to the demand. For commercial bills the rates range from 81 to 9 per cent. premium. We quote London, 1094 to 1091 ; Paris, 5.131 to 5.15 ; Amst er d am , 401 to 41 ; Frankfort, 401 to 401 ; Bremen, 794 to 794 ; Ham burgh, 364 to 364. COTTON.—(From the New York Courier and Inquirer, of April 26.)—The market has been quiet without quo table change during the last two days. The sales of Saturday were 600, and to-day 500. The receipts and exports continue steadily to decrease, and opinions as to the probable extent of crop are consequently settling down to moderate figures. The latest dispatch from New Orleans, of the 23d, advises a very active market; sales 17,000 bales at 104 c. for middling, excess reduced to 309,000. A dispatch from Mobile, of same date, re duces the excess to 300,000, and quotes middling at 9 C. FRElGHTS.—Freights are easier. Cotton is taken at id. per lb. for Liverpool. To Havre the rata is un changed at ic. BREADSTUFFS.—The demand for flour was moderate to-day, but prices were well supported. H A VANNAR, APRIL 22. Sugar is firm with an upward tendency, and large od r fi la s g h e , , larg to e s to ale 8 8 ; Whites,Co e in 84 d B t e o t m l 2 B n i li d ;. fo y t r e . ll N o e w w s ;0 6 ; 1 - 75. Molasses light fobrroewxpnos,rtsaitioton.6. declined 3to 4 dol. Lumber active ; shooks al rivals, leans and Spain . ; hstecdoecnldineqdua2lityp,er keg.o 6 dull. Freights lower. Exchange on London 9 to 95 prem. RAGGED SCHOOL UNION.—The ninth annual meeting of this i i ss i h n a st ft it e u eh ti e o r n y w i a n s h th e e ld e l h as a t ir. evening The report at Exeter was read,eterHall which Lo stated that the number of schools was now 116, a small increase on last year ; 13 new schools had been opened, but several of those on the list had been closed for various reasons. The number of scliolazoaott;einnditnhge the day schools, it wa s a l so stated, was week evening schools, 5,770 ; in the Sabbath schools, 11,270 ; the industrial classes, 2,030. The number of paid teachers was 221, and of voluntary teachers, 1,785. The document went on to state that the Shoe Black Society continued to prosper. The average earnings of each boy per week had been 7s. lid., who out of this received as his share 4s. Bd, at once, is. Bd. for ex penses, and ls, 7d. to kis savings bank ; 24 schools had mothers' meetings in connection with them, which were attended by above 770 poor mothers. The number of boys who had been enabled to emigrate during the year was 24, making the total number now s en t ou t 370. Nearly 40 schoos held City Mission meetings, attended by 1,400 persons, and during the year 1,920 Bibles had been sold to the children, at sixpence each. The finances of the society were this year improved by two legacies, amounting to 1,1001. ; one of a 1,0001., from the late Mr. James Grant, and the other of 1001., from Mrs. Vaughan. The sum of 17,0001. had been raised in London for one year, in behalf of Ragged Schools.o The The repprt grants was ma adoptedd eby theuesaoniciemtyeeasmlyo. A unted ve t te o 2 0 , f oo tha L nks gt the chaiiman closed the proceedings. e return Pub - DUTIES ON BooKs.—A Custom-house of the duty paid lished yesterday gives the total_a Thmaotucluty amounted in on the importation of books. ~ in 1844, to 9,481/. 1 1 . 497i.45. 3d. ; in 1851, to t 93 l; eo e . 9 y 2i e 1d a .. r 2;7 1 0 8 i. 4 e1 0 0 t d1 0 8.1 8 5 , 4 x 9 td 3/ 41 . 1852, to 7,5251. ls. 7d. lato• back• ,noes , lic l3 pi o n I (V' begls ) 50s; 3e ,sns, peso, aeve r io Pl• 1,T 16 ' ' 0 ,1 0 ,1 0 ,1 Odl. 16 6°4 lie fcl 18 ) tg' 6 1 6 g 'l5 1 1 ite.l kik