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MOUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. °faces, 30, Bucklersbnry. ~,,,„T h e Directors hereby give Notice that the ALLOTMENT a ...dims in tbe Mount Carbon Company is COMPLETED, A Pot te,sten are requested to pay the amount of their subscriptions to the Ea kers of the Company, Messrs. Dimedale, Drewett, Fowler, and ~jnard. 50, Cornhill, or to the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, on or more Saturday next, the 16th instant. By Order of the Board, W. A. ROBBER, Sec. x in3rkei 20 ,1 la s° ' 1 85 6 4 s ' ll 014 B%iss• 363 „ i 333 333 A l sA• Dal4sd Aprll 12, 1853. i• 30, Bucklersbury, April 15, 1853. - 2 o 00 20 d°' 16 &t do. co‘ . 0 bore , DIE :-- a3 O ;, Pi be e , o iir wri • Do li r lea' 10 1 ' 1 nsb ireP NO' es Viif ; ';, i 'II ice 000:eir 3' l 1 ; fli Wi t tr C•Ntt icei;st st-° °" 0 1, ivc J 11 0 6 n it • 4 o it Iv •e( l ° ; l ea ve 1: 1 2 ' 6 .4. I ,rtfr > i , ' 1 $l,l 310IINT CARBON CHARTERED COAL NOV," AND IRON COMPANY. ~E.—The SCRIP CERTIFICATES of this COMPANY are a". b eing Prepared, and dn e n o ti ce w in be given to the subse , ibers ,iaelithe lame will be EXCHANGED for BANKERS' RECEIPTS, at the *tikes of the Company. By Order of the Board, W. A. UOEBER, Sec. PATRON — II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. An Optical and Musical Illustration, with Dissolving t icener Y , of a Midsummer Night's Dream, with the Original Music aBpy Sir Henry Bishop Imd others, concluding with the most int, rest vSeeenes and Songs front Mrs. Botcher Stowe's Popular Work on ..... ' 5l l. rY Morning and Evening. Lectures :—By J. H. Pepper. Esq. 10141 f-hours with the Ardent and Modern Chemists ;by Dr. Bach ;;lrrker'" sows 410crinrric tEh e e :c n a tel t i. i n e g g, in which the P r i nc i p l e o f the Hy's Foot and Admis s i on, is.; will be explained Cby Mr. Crispe, on Ericc- Schools, and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. ---...._______ L A.T.TRENT'S CASINO ARGYLL ROOMS.— , Lessee, CFI I RLEB E. LAURENT, OnSlow-hcuse, road r , the • — Pen Every Ever,ing, The Orchestra will perform, during week, " The Thistle," " Shamtoc%." " Rose," and "Amine 'Waltzes ' ei r , * ',in "Napoleon" and "Le Romanesque" thdops, "Le ii.ziss , l n, Is. ALUM Quadrille ; " The Gold hawk ' and " Juno," Polkas . Doors open at Ilalf • past Eight; to commence at - -..s o clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. i ,--.4—_____________ -.J ,°ND ON AND NORTH-WESTERN NOTICE RAILWAY. or SPECIE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY ..„,.,.... CIAL GENERAL MEETING of the LONDON and NORTH gni?,TERN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Eu=ton iroL;orl. London, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of April, 1853, at fer en c e iG et at noon, to receive a Report from the Direc ors with re el , ohi e to the Proceedincs of the Special Committee of etas Hoyhsee c-a',,,,,L,ohtnons on Railways, and to consider and determi to .. .!_ri. under the provisions of the existing A cts relating the sug.P . ! Y, of an additional Share Capital, of such an amount ° , and . 44'2 4 to such conditions, as shall be fixed at such meeting, and t Diedl such orders, and do all such other acts in relation thereto nbe needibl. Qua Eleventh Day of April, 1853. GEORGE ANSON, Chairman. ROBERT BENSON, Deputy-Chairman. H. BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART. / SLeretaries. ~....___ AORTTI OF SPAIN RAILWAY. t ri vfe ln . c aYonne, I run, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria, M Madrid. Capit al 11,P2sgos. Palencia, Valladold, Avila, L'Eseunal, Capital 500'1 --'°" Miranda, each for piastres, 315 000 shares of 95 pias !res el piastres in Spain,; ..srancs for France, er 201 for England. Deposit 19 p capi has" f rancs in Fran ce, S or . .4l. in England. One fifth - of as the 41:D _. a been subscpbea i two-flfths in France, and two renutin for appropriationn inpaEinngland. President —The Duke De Riansares. B ankers Hankers in Pa ris — Messrs. Rothschild, Paris. Co.; in London —Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and , 'the London and County Bank. Agee,_ . R ankers in Ror deauxAtessrs. Ezpeleta et Fits. ta in London—Messrs. C. Divaux and Co., 62, King William /TO t ..„ street, City. eatt F ee7 l RT C APPLICATION for SHARES in this Company The deposits after Monday , the 18th instant. ePnalts isill eed in the names of Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P., Fred. Mildred, E J ohn Griffith Filthsq,, EN , and A Alex Hoghton, , . 448ae._.tr y tnitees for theubrey Enzllsh sha reholders, Esq until the Company be ultivel con.stituted and the Directors regularly C. EVAUX and CO. 62 TiCi appointed. ........L ng William -stre e t, Ci ty, April 14, 1863. D -----____ THE CITY AND THE WEST. ?ME City and the West-end are constantly con 1112rdiDe for the palm of superiority in matters offashion. Each niri7rs claim to public preference, and thus is a jea'ous emulation : u es t i ilelB7d between these two great rivals It is not the practice 1 ANS to make insidious allusions, either to individuals or b ut, nevertheless, the proprietor is bold in asserting, that tui,tu_City" is not the only "nucleus " of commercial enterprise Wealth hut the centre of a system of fashion, around which rrdinate satellites revolve. th l e n & e ite of the endeavours to establish a species of aristocracy in ~...7,ast-end tailoring trade, it is an irrefragible fact, that " the s,;r i s distinguished in this branch of tattiness and art beyond any 'Wry other locality. Situated, as he lc in the very heart British gLy t endicates the high character of his tailoring of and the clothing estpa ent, by a displ ay of gentlemen ' s and youths' attire, compared With oration Which all other samples must partially sink in public esti i_Let the public see and judge f or th emselves. Let them exarrine 4TP,ar of dress, i fially the nonvem a lty, erial excellence, and durability of the new spring and general manufacture. Let them ,s..llleulate th e i mmense saving affected by the great economy of L. 4 rAlll',l charges, and they will be convinced of the fact, that the _ su perior claim to public support is un d ou b tedly possessed by " the L'lty," so far, at least, Na the offers of L. HYAM are concerned. OBSERVE l —L. HYAM begs to state that he has no connexion With any slimier establishment in London. 36, Gracechtrch•street, City (establishished upwards of 15 years), Is the only place of busi hess carried on by L. HYAM, where the public can be supplied wish Hood, durable, and fashionable Clothing, of sound workmanship, at economical econ'ical prices as must defy all competiti on. 36, RYAN echu , r ch Tailostrr, Clothier y , Hatter, Hosier, and General Outfitt er , Graceet, Ci CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 17~ y l To be had o f Sh erwoo d , 23, Paternoster-row, earvalho, " r is iec t - street , Mann, 39, Coral.% Price One Shilling each; by ad. EJOYMENT LIFE. Health, Recr N eation, and Rational Use of Time." tursi,;, t " , : — Early Rising —Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex trio a;, yteids, Big 1i5 0 „ 3 4 about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills h-roads, and other pleasant places - Country kusteUnmblesThe Sea -London at Night—E . venings at Home kat, brarna—Cn Eating, Drinking, :.-leeping, Bathing, Air, ""' C'eciaPatior, &e., &es --',tNTS FROM TUE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. VISIT 40 ^ THE Vol. I. LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH &c. 1.11 "Rt 'S OP KILLAITIII_:17; REMINISCENCES OF EMMEN, &c. "Th /V II, AT T , „, s s: EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, 731.30-dehlittr:Ztlew ' r : l Years and ten our course may run." Fitte: l 9g. bes i health rn "t every form (cause and cure) of nor - Da ag rn 4n d enfeebled constitution that harasses Not e with 4 n of I every. o. t4hl.. P ensure, business or study, and em q life. -4 end rulesfor the diet and physical regu- IV, "Vhat p TITE I'ASSIONS. BUR tel .. Tilos o.ona hurt the body—what improve, vent of 0, 0 ifo Zr:..;filled as Athens ever heard." hceati„ " l eslcab i • - i,Ve , age, from infancy to old age. The ad. tive, ,„,,-esnoss Chastity and its infringement. The casualties .11 retnealati:diSsipation, with illustratiens, graphic, narra ye. Advocacy of early marriages. I.IIZ MARRIAGE STATE. to 5 ,,. 1. 7 0 be or not to be, that is the question." de n regsl4n,:z-Laws and obligations of nature, society, aax. Time and ti gt : e :. on b:t s r d iage, to be observed by e , l 3 t a h t er h eel:l6y" and reli , complexion, and klYst'4l4seere afrtosprapage te wi mr h er t a h m e art leys:ke."eiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. of rearing them. (424) .J,,,•COLVERWEI , D. (1841) matters, `WelitY•ilve years 3 1ealcal and Forensic Referee in there he had Price Is. each ;by poet, Is. 6d. To eet•stret °' Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo, 1 147. • Arr.,. ti ni 4ann • 39, Cornhill; or of 11. R. Cuiverwell, B --ace, ezent•street who may be consulted daily from k and Seven till Nina'. Witt ) , ',AL AbVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIEi OF N. SAM U EL YOUTH AND MATURITY. b eet°, . LAIIERT, 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, taiet,,,t Medicine, and Matric dated Member of the UniversPy of Nl.urn, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Alcdle SeeletY. Licentiate of .Apotliecaries' Hall, London, &c., &C. AY be . ~ consulted, personally, or by letter, on du rious disorders of the nervous and generative system, mlieed * 'rent juveni leirregu'arities and excesses, which have P ro ' til te der e MiserY in youth, degradton in manhood, and prema eases tit Y at all stages of life. than p e r c haps any' other class of . disc hi th e t Ipw ia to modem pathologists. Long and practical exper i enc e et l „ _ reatrnent of these diseases has proved that there are in ext - ext:Oecret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes , in Deb a r, ee, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous age, „, variotis forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruittbl Marri elm,' rnpolencY. Local and Constitctional Weakness, and their tririi.elisssarubsodoituflteealytions owe their almost entire origin- , necessary that all men should know that there are Ine e t ,,„P i l e 3 or personal management which cannot be violated without th e Z i ns' grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed m ay b e of inconsiderate self-irdulgence, how these penalties tin itY be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, th: t h t li7 the evil and its con•equences may be avoided, and above all, tlera ~, hgemreeinst7oa,,releiliychatve degree ely of aid o f y hf 'sicciaelncineticramnnit4 oarppfluynactciourreial. i„.-43UTOR LA'M ERT has for a long series of years been engaged .7, an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn aits, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless Of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the c onfidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting thi, department of practice, he has been amply sea 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 unquali fi ed 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 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'DIERT al lCuld first obtain a coPyefhis work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical T rea ti se on th e Phil os ophy of Mar r i age , and Nervous and Ge nerative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des cubing In detail the various disorders resulting from secret h a bi ts and , e re BB eB. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct _ es er i ption of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in E ngl i sh, f r ench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Pi per o thers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Bann,39, Cornhill ; Storie. Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or tree Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest 'ice. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, J uit fnbllshed, by 11. Banner°, 219, Regent•street, London. No I. OBvo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, Is. 6d., N TRUE Az FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, ip rti ith e View to the Correction of Sufferers from Debility of Ile sn nerati ve System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. ... Translated from the German of Dr. b ric hi ß s F n O eg ß u D ent sal D Fickford 'A known to English readers y con tributions to Germ lin 2ei he informs us, that h a e n ha n s 'ed atl i addressed l s i ed tcrature. lt T to hi t s he is no t a h ! e m rafi ed erst i i i c e l r eader. We trust this may not be the it las tn t, ay if be he in sh m al s l et ect any other equally • flagrant evil wh c t ` (4v er to correct."—London Medical Gazet e, May 3 0 , 'e ',remised in a former number that r.t. in order to exhibit its aim more clearry'e. r should recur to 18 t 5 h 1 1; ..,1%,,1th great severity the impostors wi , o make a ri T el l i l h e oo a d ut l h i; r pr l e as y h in e g s ,;-",, ,ille ctedulity of the public. The tribe of ,l''''' ' !Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and QuietSytttntahtthsisebeersk,' s ''` u ld find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from ed th s w c e om .[. Plaint of which it tre , ts, we are satisfied that many h indr what . ni_. l , Pc Paved much needless suffering ot body and mind, and is 'ess Importance, though it is that which the quacks most priz %itch n otter ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the " 'P i neal s) stein of treating SfArmatorrimea, and to place :nont upon Li more rational M elt hysiological basis. It is, t t h h e e r t e r f e o a re t , `" ,ll r to do much good."—al Circular, June 16, 1832. So. 11. Bvo., in cloth, price 38. 6d., by post free, 4a., ve/iftltoCeeellitsEte,?F STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi• ple, Safe, and Efficient, In even its most Inveterate knci ,13ratrently intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTEWAY, . Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. t he n pool of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given .s'e histoty ot great many cases and treated, as bad „."B,i.T_IY. which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. ,„ „%;'. :ir , e eases ix., xi., xii.. and xviii. No. Ix. had resisted, for a ;"e'"411..!1 twelve ye_irm, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally tint nr.nninny weeks . But cases :trill. arid xix. appear, both. grava,"',,icn. severity, and cotriplication of symptoms, of a more ag trea,:eg ch aracter than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the ...........4t o ent adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved emintntly successful." .-1" lessor Liz Cal Pilo Trefttfilellt Of Stricture. NV HAT the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE- V QUER has just FOUND WT.—That the increase of the re venue in 12 months exceeds nine hundred and twenty thousands, and an advantage will be derived by the nation and individuals by a re duction of the rate of interest, which is to advance the real value of property. The favourable impression this has made on our corn - mercial citizens fully proves that Quality and Cheapness are the most approved prineiples of Business. 'this, very convincingly, supports, the practices of E. MOSES and SON, who commenced, and alone have carried out, the most substantial improvements in DRESS, at a reduction in prices far.beyond the expectations of the ablest financier. What have E. MOSES and SON "just brought out ?" The most magnificent and GIGANTIC STOCK of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS ever exhibited—peerless illustrations of the latest improve ment's in the world's commerce, the materials being selected w,th unparalleled d.ligence and perfeA experience, from the newest and beat samples furnished by every celebrated manufactory, British and Foreign. In this selection the success of E. MOSES and SON'S BUYERS will be found advantageous to their PATRONS and the I . UBLIC in ways 'too numerous for detail. The richest, most novel and varied— the finest and best materials—the first order of fashions —the most artistic cut—the neatest and best workmanship—is corn- Wried with a great reduction in the prices of every description of ATTIRE, HOSIERY, HATtiand CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, &c., &e. Inspect the endless novelties in SPRING and SUMMER VESTS and TROUSERS, the thousands of NEW STYLES and fabrics of incomnarable elegance,. the SPRING and SUMMER COATS and OVERCOATS, which for style, quality, and price have no equal, and it will be " found out" that E. MOSES and SON have provided Spring and summer Drtss for all classes in the amplest and most economical manner. EMIGRANTS to AUSTRAL' t, or any other part of the world, may save as much by purchasing their Outfits and requisite Clothing at E. MOSES and SON'S as, in many Instances, will pay the cost of their passage : when the superior qarlity of the goods and the prices they are charged are compared, the saving is nearly half the amount which might have been exp,nded elsewhere. E. NOSES and SON'S WHOLESALE BUSINEFS offers the safest and most profitable investments for Capitalists and every class of Emigrants; the Goods, havivg a world-wide celebrity, are sold without incenveni , nce, and turn to better interest than any other description of mei chmdise. The magnitude of E. MOSES and SON'S Outfitting Business in duces them to keep a separate Department for Emigrants ; they also furnish (without any charge) full Lists of Outfits for Ladles and Gentlemen, with Shipsai.ing informat o", &c., either on application or post tree, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-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 ANT 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 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 306, 507, 508, New (WM d-street, 1,2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe . 11itakers, arid General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. ---- - --- --- - IMPORTANT —Sho u ld any art i cle not g i ve sa ti s f ac tion, It will exchanged if desired, or , if preferred, the money w ill b e returned be without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price The, trom which no abatement can be mde. E stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when busi ness i s resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, ent i tled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full Hst of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, 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. Ici Pon parle Fra nca ' s. Q u i s i paths Italian. tiler siricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol -``~~. No. 18,897.] MUSICAL UNION, Apace 15Tn, AT - a MEETING of the COMMITTEE, held this day, at the Thatched House Tavern— Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Lord SALTOUN In the Chair, It wss proposed by his Grace the Duke of LEINSTcIi., and seconded by Colonel the Hon. ARTHUR, LEGGE— " That their Graces the Duke's o' Beta rt and Roxburgh° he elected !'embers of the Committee in place of the deceased Earls of Falmouth and Belfast." After passing resolutions for the general government of the society, it was r solved— " That the thanks of the Committee he tendered to Mr. Ella, for the ability and judgment with which he has conducted the performances of the Musical Union during the past:seasons." SALTOUN. Chairman. LEINSTER. President. A. C. Legge, L. Parsons, J. Clayton Fr eling, C. Luktn. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C %MILES, approved by the Freflch Colle.te of Physicians, ant successfully administered in the Tads and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to he the best remedy ior the cure of Gonorrolicea, Meet, and Lencorrliceal Discharges, on an average or six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from a hick will be forwarde I immedi itely on apt lication).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ; and Jozeau, Pharmaelen, 161, Rue Montmartre, Pari ; and .he principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.: 60 do., 2s 9d., with direztions, and stamp with the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. T HE POLTIMORE COPPER and GOLD MINING COMPANY. ;Offices, Vernon House, No. 50, Pall-Hail. EXTRACT OF CIRCULAR. Saturday, April 16, 1853. The annexed is a transcript of the Report of Messrs. Rawlins and Watson. of St. Helen's : Bridgewater Works. St. Helen's, Lancashire, . 14th April, 1853. Gentlemen,—We have now finished the reduction of the 50 tons of Auriferous Oman from the Poltimoro Mine. The parcel consisted of 2 sorts—the Brown and the Red; the first (being, we understand, from the west lode) when dried weighed 23 tons 14 cwt. ; and the lied (from the east lode) weighed, dry, 21 tons. The Brown yielded 7 oz. 2 dwts. of gold, being at the rate of 6 dwts. per ton of dry ore. The lied produffd 28 oz. 7 dwts. of gold, being at the rate of 1 oz. 7 dwts. per ton of dry ore. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen. Yours most respectfully, RAWLINS AND WATjON. To the Committee of Management of the Poltimoro Copper and Gold Mining Company. P.S.—ln order that the Company may have additional data far fenning an opinion respecting the value of the Gossan, we add, that we are willing to undertake the reduction of the Red ore, containing the same proportion ofgold as the lot we have reduced, and return to the Company one ounce of gold per ton of dry ore, free from all smelting charges; or we should be willing to give at the rate of 4/.45. per t nof dry ore. Now, assuming that the cost of the raising and carriage of the ore would amount to ab , ut 11. per ton, this would cause a net profit of 3/. per ton which. at the rate of 300 tons we( kly, would give a net profit of 9001. per week, or upwards of 46,000/. per annum,—and this from auriferous ore alone, irrespective of any cop per or other lodes. As a proof of our confidence in the undertaking, we now take the 500 shares which were placed at our disposal. R. and W. Circulars, in detail, may be had on application at the offices. By order of the Committee. FRANK SELBY, Clerk. T HE POLTIMORE COPPER and GOLD MINING COMPANY. Offices, Vernon House, 50, Pa11•Ma11. Saturday, April 16, 1853 APPLICATIONS for the UNAPPROPRIATED Sfls RES in this COMPANY will be Received at the offices, or by the brokers, Messrs. Langdale and Son, from the present Shareholders, until T H URSDAY next, the 21st instant, at par; alter which date no shares will be issued under 31. per shares, nem ly, 27. per share premium, By order of the Committee. FRANK SELBY, Clerk. F.XCISE-OFFICE, in Old Broad-street, FOR J SALE.—To be SOLD, by TENDER, by order of the Corn miss'oners of Inland Revenue, in several Lots, or, if an adequate price be offered, in One Lot, all those extensive, valuable, and highly important FREEHOLD PREMISES in Old Broad-street, in the city of London, known for many years as the EXCISE-OFFICE, and, recently, as the Inland Revenue-office; comprising the elegant and substantial stone building fronting Old Broad-street, and the spacious offices and inclosed yard contiguous, in the rear, with a carriage-way entrance from Bishopsgate-street, all of which have been for the last eighty years vested in the Crown, and used for the purposes of the Excise Revenue. The vast importance of this property, in regard as well to its loca lity as its extent, Is of the highest character. The immediate neigh bourhood of the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, the Auction M art, and the numerous other public and pri vate establishments for business, renders its value peculiar; and no opportunit • of acquiring a site in the city of London, In any degree approximating that now offered, will probably again present Itself. Printed particulars and conditions of sale, el ith a form of tender, may be obtained at the offices of the Secretary, and the Solicitor f Inland Revenue, Somerset-house ; and of William Herbert, Esq , the Board's Surveyor of Buildings, on the premises, in Old Broad-street. All tenders to be delivered on or before the Tith April next. Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, 31st March, 1853. The successful results of the ast Half Century have proved beyond question that ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL possesses sin plarly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and ... , improvement of the Ihniltn Hair, and when very other specific has failed. This celebrated Oil is now universally acknowledged to be the cheapest, and superior to all other preparations for the Hair. It prevents it from falling off or turning grey—strengthens weak hair —produces a thick and luxuriant growth— cleanses it from Scurf and Dandriff—and makes it beautifury soft, curly, and glossy. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active ; and in Os growth of WHISKERS, EYEBROWS, and MUSTACHIOS, it IS unfailing in its stimulative operaton. For Children it is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, arid rendering the me of the fine-c mb unnecessary. In dres , ing the hair nothing can equ •1 it 4 effect, rendering the hair so admirably soft t at it will lie in any direction, ant imparting a transcendent lustre.—Pi ice 3s. 6d. and 7s. ; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double that size, 21s. CAUTION !—On the wrapper of each Bottle are the words, Row- LAND'S MAcassaa OIL, la two lines. The same are engraven on th , - back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, con, ain!ng 29,028 letters. Sold by A ROWLAND & SoNs. 20, Batton Garden, London ; and by all Chem!sts and Perfumers. ELECTION PETITIONS. A list of all the election petitions presented during the all the election present session The names of the Ici ng, was published a return. to a motion of Mr. Locke ished on Saturday. The return contains lone, Barnstaple petitions presented up to Easter last. ton, Boston, Bradfoe7 , i c 3 onstituencies petitioning are :—Ath ick-upon-Tweed, Blackburn, 80l- Cambridge, Canteerhb ermouth,n' autri . , l . B c r a i r d l gn isle o o rt c h r ß le u w ry eo S u t. n E ty ln c lu a n rl d o ' w s, borough, onmei c Cashel, eek Cirencester, Clare, Clitheroe, y Dublin, Cork , Dartmouth, n g arvan D u Derby, rhain Ennis, Finsbury, Frome, Gloceislter, Down, Dublin count nsteerreford county, Here- Great Yarmouth, Guildford, Harwich, Hastin s ford, ty lH ,K ud in d g e s rs to fi n el - d u , pe K n- i H dd u e l r l, g m l i nares,b Kildare, King's rough, Lancaster, r l i kid i z i ton e , Mal- Lisburn, Li- Leicester, Leitrim, Leominster, Limerick verpool, Londonderry county, Louth, Mal don, Mallow, Mayo, Meath, Middlesex, • Newry, New Sarum, New Windsor, Norfol(wesetw Ross, sion), Norwich,Peterborough,Plymouth, Pontefra e c r t il , di 3 v i " Sligo county, Sligo, Southampton, Stoke -upon-Trent, Surrey (eastern division), Taunton, Tavistock, IN rary, Totness, Tynemouth, Waterford co un t y , PPeWest meath, Wexford county, Wigton, Youghal, making a total of 85 boroughs and counties in which it is alleged corrupt practices have taken place during the last gele ral election. Of these 85 petitions, 32 have been with drawn ; in 19 cases, and in the case of 27 members, the elections have been declared void ; 18 members have been unseated, and of these 18 cases of expulsion there were 16 in which the committee declared that bribery had been proved. The names of the corrupt boroughs are :—Cambridge, Lancaster, Kingston-on-Hull, Mal don, Bridgnorth, Chatham, Huddersfield, and Clitheroe. The writs for Lancaster, Canterbury, Cambridge, Cli theroe, Chatham, and Kingston-on-Hull have been sus pended ; 25 petitions remain as yet to be disposed of, and in the case of 8 petitions the investigations of the committees led to the conclusion that the sitting mem bers were duly elected. , . .... _ . - . _ .. , , :,,,I,: ~,,,:,:e4;2:, f. , 0 zeir3,,, . 0:1Fi1...f.c,0,_.::„..., 774c7. . .. . „ ......._. . - ....... _ , . ~ , P„.-.. ....), ~,. • 1 -1 ; i r 1'.14.6.41 '- ' : 1 1-i e: . 411. ~ .,,,,.4!. t''''' . .t . ' '''---- , ..:.." 4 \ 54k , , . ral '.- _ , ., , , .7.,•;" . 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Among the gentlemen present we observed—Glenmoriston ; Mr. White, of Mpnar ; Mr. Robertson, of Inshes ; Mr. Bis coe, of Newton ; Captain Fraser Tytler ; Mr. C. Lyon Mackenzie, of St. Martins ; Major Macpherson, Glen truim ; Mr. Joseph Mitchell, C.E. ; Banker Waterston ; Mr. Thomas Falconer, for Miss Macpherson, Belleville ; Mr. Forbes, Castle-street ; Mr. D. Rose, View mount ; Mr. James Gordon, Mr. Kenneth Ross, Mr. Neil Mac- Lean, Mr. George Mackay, Mr. Patrick Grant, clerk of Inverness-shire, &c., &c. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and approved, Mr. P. ANDERSON proceeded to read letters from northern proprietors and others interested in the forma tion of railway communication between north and south, who were unable to attend the meeting. The first of these was from the Chisholm, who said he was not in a position to pronounce upon the commercial value of the undertaking to those who engage in it ; but he was sure there could be no difference of opinion upon the fact that this was the line which would benefit, in the greatest degree, the traffic of the north of Scotland. Mr. J. B. Fraser of Redick, after apologising for his unavoidable absence, said in his letter : " You well know how great an interest I have felt from the first in that long-projected enterprise : and nothing in my power shall at any time be wanting towards promoting it. It does appear to me that this is the time to press for its commencement. Money is abundant, and the means for safe and profitable investment of capital are very limited. Tiede and agriculture are taking a great start, , and the necessity of a railway in the north is very urgent, and daily increasing. In fact, unless we have one soon, we shall'be quite left behind in the race of advancement in which all our neighbours are so earnestly engaged. Witness, for instance, the- immense impulse given in the east, by the railway to Aberdeen ; epecially in cattle feeding—a branch of agricultural economy which we here cannot engage in, except on very disadvantageous terms, for want of a market at our doors. They say that this Aberdeen Railway is to be carried on to Elgin—if so, it is well— but will that not serve to excite to competition those lines connected with the centre and west of the coun try, which cannot fail to appreciate the value of a tailpiece that will throw into their hands the traffic of one of the richest districts in the north—that from Elgin to Inver ness—aye, and all to the west of it, even to the coast—and were the Highland line once in full operation, it would not only sweep the whole country to the west of Elgin, but eventually that also between Inverness and Tain—infact, all Ross-shire." Letters were read from Mr. Monro of Allan ; Sheriff Tytler : Mr. Gillanders of Highfield ; Mr. D. Macdou gall, of the Tartan Warehouse (who said, " my own experience in business leads me to think that the establishment of the Perth and Inverness Railway will be followed by great benefits to all concerned in the trade and prosperity of this district of the coun try) "; Mr. Ross, of the Inverness Brewery Company ; Provost Sutherland, Mr. Butter, of Fascally ; Mr. Mackenzie, of Muirton (who said he gave the scheme " his warmest approbation," and promised, when the details were exhibited, to use his influence with others " in uniting with its promoters for the full success of the undertaking). " Letters were also received from the Duke of Sutherland, the Mar quis of Breadalbane, Lord Panmure, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Saltouu, Lochiel, the Earl of Seafield, Mr. Wylie of Boifracks Castle, Mr. Brodie of Lethen, Mr. Macinroy of Lude, Mr. G. W. H. Ross of Cromarty, Mr. Ross of Pitcalnie, Sir C. Munro, &c., &C. All these answers were favourable to the scheme, except perhaps that of the Duke of Sutherland, who said that he was not very sanguine of its success, but was most desirous to see such a scheme carried out prosperously. Mr. Anderson read the report by the deputation ap pointed at the meeting of members of the joint commit tees, held at Inverness on the 16th December, 1852. The report stated that— The appointment of the reporters was chiefly for the purpose of putting themselves in communication with parties in the south connected with railway companies, and with persons of influence generally connected with the north of Scotland ; an d th a t w i t h the view of giving and receiving information regarding the scheme of direct rail way communication to the north, and the best means of forwarding this object. Accordingly Mr. Peter Anderson joined Mr. Mitchell in Edinburgh in the beginning of January, and they in the first place made it their business to come in contact with as many persons as possible in the south of Scotland in any way likely to be of service ; and also to bring the revived intention of carrying out the purpose in view as much as possible under public notice. They successively visited Perth and Glasgow. In these places, and in Edinburgh, they got introduced to directors and officials of all the rail ways affected by the through northern traffic, and to several of the principal brokers in Edinburgh and Glasgow, under whose notice they brought the scheme. The reporters then proceeded to London, and on the way they had a meeting, by special appointment, with the Board of Directors of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, from whom they had a very friendly reception. In the metropolis frequent interviews were had with several of the more influential parties interested in the north of of Scotland, in particular with Mr. Alex. Matheson, M.P. ; Mr. Ellice, M.P. ; The Chisholm, and others ; all of whom expressed their great interest and anxiety in the success of the undertaking; and the deputation were in communica tion with the office-bearers of the London and North- Western, and the Great Northern Railways, and with Messrs. Locke and Errington, engineers, and with others connected with railway works, and the attention of the directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway has since been directed to the subject by correspondence with the Secretary. They had the satisfaction to find that very favourable impressions are entertained by parties the most competent from their railway experience to judge of the traffic to be anticipated. Indeed, it may now be said to have become an acknowledged axiom that disappointment as to traffic returns is never experienced. So wonder fully do the facilities afforded by a railway operate, especially in localities previously denied such means of communication, that it is literally impossible to predicate the amazing alteration which thereby arises in all existing relations ; and the specialties in this instance all conspire to confirm the conviction that the railway proceeds will constitute a very large revenue indeed. And the deputa tion were given to understand that the only desideratum to success is moderation of cost in the cc istruction of the lino (a matter hitherto too rarely aimed at), combined with a favourable state of the money market. Meantime, however, it was felt that capitalists were dis inclined to embark in any undertaking of this nature with out definite forehand arrangements, as far as practicable, with the landowners along the line, whose interests would be specially promoted under any circumstances by the pro posed works. And almost the first question put on all oc casions was the amount of encouragement proffered by these parties. The result of these several conferences and communings which the deputation have held in various parts of the kingdom, as well as the practical advice they obtained, amounted to this, that the present was not the proper mo ment to bring a great measure of this sort before the pub lic ; that by and bye, if the present prosperity of the coun try continue, there will inevitably be such an accumulation of money as must tend to make such investments be viewed with their former favour. And the deputation were ar sured by some of the most practical and influential men with whom they conversed, that parties would be readily got to undertake for one-half the capital, and that they thought the other half would be easily pro - , ided by the public, in such a stat e o f th e m o ney market as is con fidently anticipated soon to arise. These experienced par ties suggested that in the interval the promoters should direct their attention, in the first instance, to ascertain positively the amount of encouragement and facility to be afforded by the proprieterfealong the line and their tenan try. It was also suggested that the ground should be again carefully examined, and that having in view the great en gineering improvements which have arisen since 1845, such alterations should be adopted as would secure the construc tion of the works on the most moderate scale. Reason was given to believe that a considerable portion of the stock will be readily taken in part payment of the contract price by some of the leading railway contractors, and other terms obtained from them, such as materially to facilitate the raising of the whole capital. In respect of the first recommendation, that in regard to the land, considerable progress has been already made. The deputation went to Dunkeld in the hope of obtain ing an interview with the Duke of Atholl, through whose property the line runs for many miles. In this, however, they were disappointed. His grace politely excusing him self from a personal conference, on the ground that he had not duly considered the written communications made to him on the subject from Inverness. Since then the Duke has intimated that he wishes it to be understood that he does not wish any railway through Athole, and that so far as he is concerned, he would prefer that no line of railway were brought further in the proposed direction. But if it is thought the interests of the public require a line, then he will not allow his own - personal feelings to stand out agaiast it, how much he may otherwise regret it.' The other pro psietors generally are now alive to the great importance of the formation of the line. Lord Seafield, Cluny Macpher son, Mr. Baillie, of Kingussie, Miss Macpherson, of Belle ville, Brodie of Brodie, Mr. Brodie of Lethen, Mr. Butter of Fascally, Mr. Mackintosh of Raigmore, ulleden, and other proprietors, are quite favourable, andi it is believed will all come in to any terms that may be agreed on. It is thus anticipated that the land can be obtained at no great expense. It has been suggested that the landowners ought to give at least all the moor land gratis, and the arable land for say thirty years' purchase of its agricultu ral value, without any allowance for severance, and com muting, if deemed desirable, the amount for a moderate .vo o iratrey h tsp i at feu-duity ; and that the tenants should also be got to agree o to accept of say three per cent. per annum, during the sub sistence of their leases, on the sum payable to:their re ssopuectateifvome make e ssessions to their landlord. It will be proper andtge general form individualof ag agreement e e signatures i n s obtainedo m some such terms i a m n l y s rvehreieeladdrtaismnu countenancec such direct undertaking g b s i n m tahye servei r p power, o e and bring be most effectual. When matters have been may y anner just detailed, encouragement is held application to the through lines from north to it into favourable notice in the money-market. That this aid from these railway companies will be realised, is nothing, more than may be expected, from the additional traffic to be thrown on them by the completion of this portion of the trunk line of direct communication. The natural eventual extenspiounisioef.eo line from Badenoch to Fort flrVoimlliaimnv,efniroemss policy of incorporatin g a Ro ri ss dge to Forres and Burghead, and and Elgin with the schem e of the line of were adverted to. The into upon circumstances. It will formation c e otland c oin o p t a a n direct y y ean nounced lino to Perth, may be regarded as their present intention to . be to carry clear, for the Great North of open question dependent I,3en f r ailway between Nairn observed that the way is their line only from Aberdeen to Elgin. The powers of that com pany expire this summer. In conclusion the reporters called attention to the views entertained by the Scottish Midland Company of a branch of their line to Dunkeld, as a matter for amicable adjustment. The report was signed by Mr. Joseph Mitchell and Mr. Peter Anderson. . Mr. MITCHELL then addressed the meeting. He said —You will notice from the report read that we have had no small encouragement in the south ; and had the money market continued in the same buoyant state which it was in December, I have every reason to be lieve that the capital might have been raised as was done in 1845. No doubt the serious losses that have occurred by railway investment have led the pub lic to be more cautious as to entering into undertakings like the present ; and the only thing that we can do in ' the meantime is t o i ns t ruct the public mind as to the intrinsic merits of our line. I would not be a party to this scheme without a positive conviction of its intrinsic merits. I know it may be said that our scheme will be an unprofitable one, and the losses that have occurred in more fertile districts, where there is a population which should have produced an ample return for railway invest ment, may be referred to. Most of the railways in the south of Scotland may be quoted ; the Aberdeen, the North British, the Edinburgh and Northern—where the shareholders reap no dividend, and the Caledonian and others, where the returns are very limited, and on all of which the most serious losses have arisen to the original shareholders. And were we, gentlemen, to promote a line which approximated to these in outlay, our oppon ents would be right in repudiating such an undertaking, and in advising the public to beware of venturing on it. But we wish to enter into no expensive undertaking of this sort, but into one of such moderation in form and construction as will be adapted to the traffic and exigen ces of the country—such as will ensure for the share holders a satisfactory. .and fair return. In Great Britain, in 1851, the number of miles of railway opened was 6,621, and 551 miles more were in course of construction. The total expenditure on these was 232,000,0001., or an average of about 35,000/. per mile, including stations and stock. Were we to ask you to emir oli anyundertaking involving even an approximation to these figures, of course we would give our opponents just cause for triumph ; but we do no such thing. We ask you to enter into the consideration of a work adapted to the exigencies of a not over-populous but highly improvable country. For myself, I look to what has been done in America, and I constantly put the question to myself, surely the northern half of Scotland, with its immediate vicinity to a dense population, its highly improvable lands, its immense breeding stock, its extended fisheries, its extended tracts of cultivated land, and its forests, ought to be a country which would warrant the con struction of a railroad, as well as the desert regions of Canada, or the Western districts of the Northern States of America. (Hear, hear.) Yet we find that by the enterprise of these people, and their persevering energy, railroads are made in these districts, by which the coun try is opened up and most materially benefitted ; and these railways have become about the most valuable in vestments in that money-making empire. But why is this the case ? Why, because they have adapted their works to the want of the country. They have not spent 35,0001. a mile in their construction, for that would not answer their purpose. They have calculated their pro bable traffic, and they have suited their works to that traffic. They say, and say naturally, that when the traffic increases they will expand their works, and so they do increasing their weight of rails, dou bling their lines, and otherwise making improvements when such are required, thus insuring at all times a satisfactory dividend to their shareholders. The extent of railway enterprise in America does not ap pear to be fully understoode rris ?n this country, otherwise the north of Scotland would not be at this day unpro vided with railway communication. lam satisfied there is ample traffic to pay for a railroad if we get one con structed on the American plan ; and I presume, gentle men, it matters not to you what plan is adopted, pro vided the advantages of railway communication are ob tained for the north. I mean, therefore, that you should not spend 35,0001. a mile on your railway, but that you should adopt the American plan of cheap construction. There is ample traffic in this country. Traffic calcula tions have never been at fault, and therefore, bearing that fact in view, we can turn to expenditure with more certainty, In America, in 1851, there were 10,921 miles of railway in operation, and 7,560 miles in the course of construction, and the average cost of these works was 5,500/. a-mile, including " equipments." It will natur ally be asked, how does this occur ? what constitutes the difference in expense ? Surely these lines must pass over level plains, where there is nothing but to lay the rail, r T a h i N s v a g y e s n t a l r e e m r a u n d , e i l s y n e o o t n t s h t e r u f e a t c e t d. butN o m d o a u n b y t o m f ati y themo f t a h r e e and the bridges m us t b e o f th e s i mp l est and rudest form. the reverse, and that you may see the sort of works that America has constructed, I will just read you a descrip tion of the Erie Railway, which I have taken from a tour made in 1851 by Mr. Watkin, one of the talented London and North-Western officials. It is to this effect : " The line is 460 miles in length, and cost about 5,000,0001. A largo portion of it passes through forest regions and jungles wholly uninhabited, It is a single line on the six-feet guage. Crossing the Susquehanna, says Mr. Watson, some miles beyond Bayhanipton, we entered Pennsylvania—the lino keeping still near the river and winding its curves round the whole circuit of the great valleys, the rock hewn away for its passage in perpendicu lar cuts of great depth in many places—and crossing it again by a covered bridge 800 feet long, we came to Lanes borough, and into the lovely valley in which are the finest works of the railway. The first of these works is a tressel bridge, over the Cancaacta creek, and a portion of the vil lage of Lanesborough. This bridge is 450 ft. long. Then, a mile or two beyond, is the Starucca viaduct—a magnificent work of stone 110 feet high, 1,200 feet long, and having 18 arches, each 50 feet span—bridging over the Starucca creek, which here joins the river ; and taking a last peep at the Susquehannah, at the end of a rising gradient is Cascade Bridge,' an immense lumber bridge, with a single arch '250 feet span and 50ft. rise, thrown over a deep chasm 184 ft. in depth. From this bridge the line ascends into the great rock cutting at the summit, which is nearly 1,400 feet above the level of the sea—and the line overcomes in eight miles a difference of level of 400 feet in its descent to Des seret. The cost of this line is scarcely 8,0001. a mile, not withstanding these great works. The traffic was then large, and amounted to about 1,0001. a mile per annum. It passes over mountains, wild passes, and along an ever varying level, but there is no tunnel." Now you see, gentlemen, that this line, with these great works, was constructed a t 8,0001 . a m il e , an d we may naturally say, surely in thi s country, where labour is cheaper, and the facilitie s o f o b ta i n i ng ma t er i a l so muchmore convenient, we ought t o construc t our r ailroads in the north, at as low if n o t a l ower fi gure . O n the Perth line there are no such formidable works as are here de scribed. In fact, along the greater part of the distance the ground is particularly favourable, and along the whole line not a tunnel is required. Therefore we ought, and I have no doubt we will, be able to get the lines constructed at a moderate price, but this no doubt de pends , on the proprietors of the land. Of course, if they obstruct us, or mak e ex h or bi tant d eman d s , we will be driven into expensiv e wor k s, b ut t h ese may be greatly avoided, provided we are met b y them i n a fair and liberal spirit. The p romo t ers o f ra il wa ys in America have no such difficulti es t o conten d w i t h as those in this country. They h ave ne i t h er l an d cost nor parliamentary opposition. Generally the land is given for nothing, and whenever a line is projected, both the Federal and SI ate Government, as well as the counties and towns in their combined and corporate capacity, vie with each other in promoting the enterprise. They find their ad vantage from it ; not only are their estates and farms doubled, or even quadrupled, in value by the lines run ning through them, but the schemes are in themselves most profitable. As an evidence of this I may mention the dividends on a few of their lines--- When opened. 1835 1843 1835 Dividend. 8 per cent. in the north is the little Lossiemouth Railway, got up by the enterprise of our friend Provost Grant. This line cost 6,0001. per mile ; and the traffic returns from the opening on 10th August up to 31st December, amounted to 1,0021., or 531. per week—giving a certainty (with the increasing summer trade) of a dividend of five or six per cent. If a little line with a limited legal traffic like this produces such results, it is not unreasonable to as sume that the concentrated traffic of the northern half of Scotland should warrant the construction of a line such as we now contemplate. The CHAIRMAN did not consider the satisfactory na ture of the report read by Mr. Anderson as at all exag gerated, for he had met many influential people in the south and landed proprietors along the line who were highly favourable to the line. He suggested that they ought to draw up some document which the influential proprietors of the south should sign,.so as to give the people of the north a favourable idea of the scheme. The difficulties of the undertaking were by no means serious, and it was evident that no one would go round by Aber deen who could go round by the Highland road, whilst the country of the Highlands would be much more bene fitted by this direct line than any other that could be framed. The line projected lately by Oban and Fort- William had been abandoned, so that they were altoge ther in a more favourable position for prosecuting this scheme than they had ever yet been. If they only had the cordial support of the proprietors along the line, they would have no difficulty in getting the people of the south to join them. But it would be a great matter, if they had the promise of support from the proprietors, that they should have a guarantee to that effect, namely, some document signed by them expressing their views:on the subject. All useless land should be given gratis, and arable land at what it is worth and no more. (Hear, hear.) After some further conversation, several.resolutions were moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Glenmo riston, of which the following is the substance : " That the thanks of the meeting be voted to the depu tation for their report and statement ; and the meeting, considering this a seasonable time for completing the work of preparation, highly approve of the resolutions of the last meeting on 16th Dec.; and in order to prosecute to a successful issue the proceedings already begun, and to fol low out the recommendations obtained by the deputation, the meeting directed— "1. Mr. Mitchell to survey afresh such parts of the line as present any peculiar difficulties or require works of more than ordinary cost, or where it is supposed modifications of any kind may be made with advantage, and that with all possible expedition—the whole details to be based on the most moderate and economical considerations. The pro priety was also suggested of the country north of Carr bridge being carefully examined with the view of insuring the proposed line being the shortest practicable route south. " 2. Messrs. Anderson to continue their labours, under the direction of the following committee, in effecting ar rangements with landowners and preparing all details, preparatory to final measures for re-constructing the com pany and bringing out a prospectus. " 3. The following gentlemen were appointed a com mittee for superintending and directing the whole prelimi nary arrangements, and to promote the scheme in every possible way, viz. :—Cluny Macpherson, Glenmoriston, Reelig, Raio c' more, Provost Sutherland, Major D uncan Macpherson, Captain Fraser Tytler, Mr. Bryson, factor for Lord Seafield, Duncan Forbes, Esq. of Leanach, Mr. White of Monar, Mr. Forbes, chemist, Mr. Niel Maclean, Mr. Falconer, solicitor, Mr. P. Grant, Mr. Mitchell, and the Messrs. Anderson. " A subscription loan to be forthwith opened for de fraying the necessary cash disbursements (all professional charges to form a claim only against any company to be hereafter formed); the subscriptions to be received on the footing that they shall form a preferable claim against the future company, so that they may as formerly be repaid. " 5. The chairman was requested to make arrangements for bringing the matter under the favourable notice on the 30th of April county meeting." On the motion of Captain FRASER TYTLER, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, whereupon the meeting broke up. We are happy to say that several handsome contributions have already been announced towards defraying preliminary expenses, which will necessarily be very considerable. MRS. DEECHE.R STOWE IN GLASGO TV. The authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" arrived in Glasgow on Wednesday night, accompanied by her hus band, Professor Stowe, the Rev. Charles Beecher (her brother), and Miss Beecher (her sister). Being rather in a delicate state of health, Mrs. Stowe kept herself pretty much within doors for two days after her arrival ; but on Friday night a grand soirée was held in the City Hall, in her honour. The company which assembled on the oc casion was highly respectable, and as numerous as the hall would contain ; but although Bailie Macdowall, the senior magistrate occupied the chair, the municipal dig nitaries generally did not venture to grace the affair by their presence. There were likewise scarcely any of those present who look upon themselves as people of note. The old anti-slavery leaders were likewise absent ; and this, we are informed, arose from their having been a split in the camp three or four years ago, when the present leaders raised a new standard, on which an evangelical motto was inscribed, which the Smeals, the Murrays, and others regarded as intended to exclude association with some of the real abolitionists in America, and in which, consequently. they could not concur. But notwithstanding all these drawbacks, the meeting was conducted with great spirit, and seemed abundantly gratifying to all concerned. The time for commencing the proceedings was half past six o'clock, but it was ten minutes to seven before the chairman made his appearance upon the platform, with Mrs. Stowe leaning upon his arm. The company immediately got upon their feet and gave the lady a very hearty welcome. Mrs. Stowe and her husband being seated on the right hand of the chairman, and the Rev. Mr. Beecher on the left, and the other parties on the platform arranged in due order. The Rev. Dr. PATTERSON, at the request of the chair man, asked a blessing upon the proceedings. This was followed by a service of tea and the usual accompaniments. Bailie MACDOWALL then, in a short speech, explained that in the month of November last the ladies com posing the committee of the "Female New Abolition Society," in this city, agreed to send an invitation to Mrs. Stowe to visit this city, which they did through Dr. Wardlaw, thinking that a visit from that much re spected lady would eminently tend to awaken and ex tend stronger sympathies in behalf of the oppressed, and to promote the cause of abolition. To that invitation Mrs. Stowe frankly and kindly responded, and it was now their privilege to have along with her her husband and her brother as their guests this evening. (Loud cheers.) The chairman concluded by welcoming Mrs. Stowe to Glasgow in the name of the company. Professor STowE, in rising to address the company, was enthusiastically cheered. Ladies and gentlemen, ie said, to the free city of Glasg )w, in the name of Mrs. Stowe, and in my own name, I wish to thank you for the cordiality of your reception, but I cannot find words to do it. Is it true that all this affectionate in terest is merited ? (Cheers and cries of " Yes.") I can not help feeling, in regard to " Uncle Tom's Cabin," very much in the same manner as one of the characters in it felt with regard to herself—"l don't 'specks no body ever made that book, I 'specks it growed." (Laughter.) Under the pressure of a horrid slave law the book sprung up as it were out of the soil ready made. (Applause.) I regret exceedingly that in con sequence of the very feeble state of Mrs. Stowe's health, and in consequence of the great pressure of engage ments upon myself of a public nature—engagements in the cause of humanity, which cannot be pretermit ted for any private feelings on our part—we are only able to respond to much of your kindness with kind wishes in return, as we will not be able to give you a great deal of our time. Had we con sulted our own feelings we would have been very happy to have spent entire summer amongst you ; but the state of Mrs. Stowe's health is such that she cannot bear so much kindness, and the state of my engagements is such that, besides visiting different places in this coun try, by the Ist of June next I must be again in America to attend to the duties of my situation. Will you, the people of Glasgow, therefore, excuse us for not being in a condition to meet all your kindness as we could desire, and accept this public expression of our thanks for all the kindness intended to us, as well as for all we have experienced and can find it in our power to accept. When I was about to start from Andover a friend said to me, " Why do you go to Scotland, the people will kill you with kindness I" I said, "I fear it will be so," but I have found that while you are kind, you are at the same time considerate. It was in this city the idea of inviting Mrs. Stowe to this country originated, and well might it have originated here, for when was the city of Glas gow not in earnest in the cause of freedom ? You had a hard struggle yourselves on this subject, and I suppose, therefore, you can feel for those who are now struggling in the same cause, and surrounded by far greater diffi culties than ever accompanied the anti-slavery move ment in Great Britain. I love to think this invitation came from Glasgow and from Scotland, for Scotland has ever been distinguished by its love of freedom. Almost all the religious denominations in the United States have been silenced on the subject of slavery, but there are two denominations which have never been silenced. Those two denominations have always stood firm, the old Scotch Covenanters and the old Scotch seceders. (Ap plause.) Although lam sorry to say it, this has not been altogether the case with the United Presbyterians, but if they remain slaveholders they must go to another body. (Applause.) The Congregationalists, lam happy to say, are generally free from the taint, Although they are not so open and bold in their opposition to slavery as they ought, but are a good deal more polite and easy of the subject than the opponents of the system would desire. But there is one denomination entirely free from all participation in the evil, and that is the disciples of old Win. Penn. (Loud applause.) There is not one Quaker in the United States who owns a slave, and not one of them can hold a slave without being excluded from the body: (Cheers.) At one period, however, many of, the Quakers were involved in slaveholding as well as others ; but they set earnestly to work to get rid of the evil, and they soon succeeded in doing so. They did not hold public meetings, pass resolutions, and de nounce the system ; but they appointed committees of their number to remonstrate with the individuals who held slaves, and to persevere in their labours until their object was attaed. And they succeeded. in lessattained, Boswell and Lowell Boston and Maine Boston and Worcester Connecticut 1846 Eastern lB4O Fitchborough 1846 Nashua and Lowell lB3B New Bedford lB4O Western 1842 You will thus see the advantage for the north of Scot land of adopting the American plan of cheap construc tion ; and, as I have said before, to obtain cheap con struction we must have liberal terms from the landed in terest. I hope, therefore, gentlemen, the entire north will combine in promoting this most important measure. I trust no petty jealousies will operate in the mind of any one to prevent them coming forward to lend their aid to this work. Many influential parties, whose opinions are entitled to the utmost respect, consider that the Great North of Scotland line is the most natural route, and should be first promoted. To this, of course, you cannot agree. The seven northern counties of Scot land are surely entitled to the most direct comm • urnca tion that can be obtained. There can be no objection to the North of Scotland line. No one more rejoiced than I did to hear that it had commenced. What I ob jected to, and what I have all along objected to, was that the Aberdeen people should construct a line and obtain exclusive powers to force th e northern public and their traffic round by Aberdeen —a detour of 70 miles. The promoters in Aberdeen, however, have now adopted more reasonable views. They have fixed their northern terminus at Elgin, where the traffic naturally would divide ; and if they adhere to that point, they will have a good paying line from their local traffic, as they are constructing their works on a moderate scale ; but we must watch them, as they still threaten opposition to our direct line of communication. Now, in respect to whether this Perth and Inverness line will pay, I may add a few words. In the statement which we have printed, it will be seen that for a double line the return will be upwards of 5 per cent., and for a single line 6 2-sths, even according to the outlay by the original estimates of 10,2321. per mile for a double, and 8,8171. for a single line. But it is to be hoped that considerable saving may be effected on this sum. If our railway should not exceed the American cost of 7,0001. a mile, allowing even the working expenses at 50 per cent., a traffic of 141. per mile per week would amply suffice to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. In Canada extensive English companies have undertaken the construction of as many as 1,112 miles of railway on this scale, and about this cost. The only thing analogous which we have ~~~ [PRICE SD. 1 20 years—l don't know, but in less than 10 years every Friend was free from this curse. (Applause.) Now, if every other denomination had proceeded in the same course, there would not have been a slave in the United States at this day. At the close of the revolutionary war it was generally hoped that slavery would be abolished. At that period there were slaves in my na tive state, and there never was a law passed emancipating them, but yet they were set free. And how was it done? After the revolutionary war, a slave, who was called the boatswain, brought his master into court and sued him for wages. They cause came on, but they did not like ' to try it, 'and the master was advised to settle the mat ter, but by and by the boatswain came and said, ' " MASSN give me a 100 dollars, and I won't tak e th a t," and the court d ec id e d that he should be paid the same wages as white man, and that abolished slavery. (Great applause.) That decision was founded on the true Christian principle that the labourer is worthy of his hire. About the same time slavery was abolished in one half of the States in the Union, many of the slaves became free, and it was hoped they would all become free, when Missouri carne in amongst them, and from that moment the cause of emancipatio n has been going backward as far as the Government is concerned. But the Almighty once said, "Thus far shalt now go and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." He may be saying so now in regard to the feeling in favour of American slavery ; and I believe it is at present mak ing its last desperate efforts before its dying struggle. (Great applause.) But there are real difficulties con nected with this slave question in the States where it exists. The people who whave been accustomed to it hardly know what they would do without slaves. I went out to preach once in an obscure place in Ohio, where I found in a lone cabin a delicate young woman with white hands and slender limbs trying to do her own work, and her husband with something of the same appearance trying to cultivate a small farm. I inquired how they came to be in that condition, when I was in- formed that the husband was a respectable trader in Richmond, earning a fair livelihood, but that almost all their property consisted in a family of slaves, that he had set them free, and with the little he had left, had come out there, and was trying to make a living by farming. I said_ that it was a very hard position they were placed in, and asked if they did not wish to be back at Richmond ; when the woman said—" Ah, no ; I would rather be oppressed working with my hands, than have my conscience oppressed." (Applause.) That illustrated one real difficulty. After mentioning another case of a similar kind, he went on to show that the slave-holding states, being, as it were, independent so vereignties, constituted another difficulty which had yet to be met by the anti-slavery movement in this country. It was the slaveholders themselves who held the power of emancipation in their own hands, and there were only two ways by which which a change could be established —either the slaveholder must be persuaded to emanci pate his slaves, or it must be brought about in the end by a bloody revolution. In these circumstances, it must be the desire of every Christian mind, that the slaveholder might be persuaded to do his duty ; and very few of the slaveholders pretended that the sys tem was right, unless when they got into a contro versy with the abolitionists. (Hear, hear.) He then went on to state that Dr. Breakenridge, who debated the subject in Glasgow at one time with Mr. George Thompson, was at home a keen opponent of the slave system ; and that the hearts of the people generally were better than their tongues. It only required that their consciences should be awakened, and the only way in which they could he awakened was by Christian truth and love. There was nothing rejoiced him more than to see in Britain the kind feeling entertained towards the United States. He had not met a man, woman, or child who had the slightest feeling of hostility towards the United States. (Great cheering.) The utmost charity seemed to exist in the minds of all ; and he would say to them--" Let your kindness and truth abound more and more, and do not be discouraged, and in due time the seed will spring up and bear fruit ; God will be glorified, and man will be freed." (Great applause.) He then showed that it was the great demand for cotton which makes slaveholding so profitable, and slaves so high priced, and that as the greatest consumers of that article, the people of this country, were as much re sponsible in that respect as they were in the free States of America. So long as the system was profitable, it would be terrible hard work to persuade men to abandon it, and the prayers of all Christians and the efforts of all Christians must be united if there was to be any hope of bringing it to a speedy end. But still it was his solemn conviction that nine-tenths of the Americans felt just as they did, but that the timid and the comfortable, and those who wished to live easy, were unwilling to meddle with the matter. Professor Stowe resumed his seat amidst loud applause. The Rev. Dr. WARDLAW came forward to move the first resolution which was in substance as follows :—The members of the Glasgow Ladies' New Anti-Slavery Asso ciation and the citizens of Glasgow, now assembled, hail with no ordinary satisfaction, and with becoming gratitude to a kindly protecting Providence the safe arrival amongst them of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Rev. Dr. said as a work of art, " Uncle Tom's Cabin" bears upon it throughout the stamp of original and varied genius. ' And yet, throughout, it equally bears the impress of nature—of human nature—in its worst and its best, and all its intermediate phases. The man who has read that little volume without laughing and crying alter nately—without the meltings of pity, the thrillings of horror, and the kindlings of indignation—would supply a far better argument for a distinct race than the negro. (Loud laughter and cheers.) He must have a humanity peculiarly his own. And.he who can read it without the breathings of devotion must, if he calls himself a Chris tian, have a Christianity as unique and questionable as his humanity. (Cheering.) On the whole, I cannot but regard the agitation which has been produced as an auspicious rather than a discouraging omen. It was when the waters of the pool were troubled that their heal ing virtue was imparted. Let us then hope that the troubling of the waters by this ministering angel of mercy may impregnate them with a similar sanative in fluence—[the Rev. Dr. here pointed towards Mrs. Stowe, while the audience burst out with enthusiastic acclamations and waving of handkerchiefs]—and thus ul timately contribute to the healing of the ghastly wounds of the chain and lash, and to the setting of the crushed and bowed down erect in the soundness and dignity of their true manhood. (Loud cheering.) After some further very eloquent and excellent remarks, the Rev. Dr. sat down loudly cheered. The resolution was seconded by Dr. ROBSON, and adopted by acclamation. At this part of the proceedings Mrs. Stowe left the Hall, accompanied by Mr. W. P. Paton, amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrations of respect and admiration. The Rev. Dr. KING then proposed the next resolution, which was a condemnation of American slavery, in a very effective speech. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Dr. ARNOT, and supported by the Rev. Dr. SMYTHE. A service of fruit followed, and then The Rev. Mr. BEECHER delivered a short address. After some remarks about Scotland and Scotsmen, and about the latter being the lovers, and the former the land of liberty, he went on to show that their desire of emancipating the slave was just a manifestation of the same principle which had enabled them to maintain their own freedom. He then referred to the genius and talent which had been recognised in his beloved sister's work— showed that genius was a two-edged sword, which might be turned to either good or evil account—that God looked at the spirit with which that sword was wielded —and if it stood the test, it would stand for ever and ever. He believed that God was moving in the hearts of Scotsmen and Englishmen in the cause of freedom, and carrying them forward by a way which they knew not, so that they might arrive at an end that they could not foresee. He then thanked them for the welcome which had been extended to him as well as his relations ; and concluded by making a few observations bearing upon the object of the meeting, in a very religious strain. The last resolution was moved by the Rev. Mr. EDMOND, and seconded by Dr. RuNcimA.N. The benediction was then pronounced, and the com pany separated. t~~ ~i NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FIRST LORD'S LEVEE.—The following officers attended the levee of Sir James Graham, at Whitehall on Saturday: —Rear-Admiral Sir W. 0. Pell, Sir W. F. Carroll, K.C.8., R. Sharpe, C.B. ; Captains J. J. Onslow, Sir C. Ricketts, B. Maxwell, G. A. Eliott, J. R. Sulivan, W. Moorsom, H. G. Milford, J. Martin, W. B. Oliver, R. Harris, Hon. H. Keppel, A. C. Key, H. Dunlop ; com manders Sir W. Thomas, G. Hewett, E. Starmer, A. Cuming, H. S. Hawke, W. R. Taylor, J. B. West, C. Gayton, R. A. Oliver, J. M. Mottley, Lieuts. R. H. Dal ton, G. B. Williams, J. Hutchinson, W. H. Hooper ; Paymaster J. Tweddie. APPOINTMENTS. Clerks.—Charles Saunders (8146) in charge, to the Por cupine steam-vessel, coast of Ireland. Henry Sewell (1850), to the Winchester, 50, flag-ship, East Indies, as secretary's clerk. Second Master.—E. J. Dennechy, to the Dasher, steam vessel, Channel Islands. __ . __ __.. _ COAST GUARD. s tHeard,et, vice e b e Commanderinspecting or comman derL. to be inspecting com mander ; Thomas Henry Co o m f tulhaenSduernrerlTahlmdais Lysaght, • from the Banff to the Montrose dis- F in . a vir ndc . r p o . f ß t o h n e v ß er a i n e, ff district, vice Commander Bouverie ; tt:G. L. Norcock, vice CorninfraonmderthlengraSumu'deprelarid tool. tshereviNeeoerxvepyireddis-; vice Commander Triscott, period of service expired. L ectt i : eutenants, R.N.—G. T. S. Winthrop, to command the Craufield Point st a ti on, v i ce Lieut. Collins • H. C. Toby, to command the Newcastle station, vice Mr'. gay, removed removed ; George Durbin, to Command No. 3, Tower station, vice Lieut. Shillingford, resigned ; Edward Algae to command No. 31, Tower station, vice Mr. Burchard, previously removed ; Francis Collins from the Craufield Point station, as inspecting lieutenant of the Rutland dis trict, vice Mr. Heard. Chief Officers.—Richard Heard, from the Rutland to the Sbeephaven district, vice Mr. Mitchell, superannuated ; James K. White (late of the East India Company's vice), f rom the Arthurstown to the Isl an d s of Kane k Sta tion, vic e M r . Ni xon, removed ; G. Wellington Andrews, to command the Glenarm station, vice Crofton, previously removed. In the event of the recent order in Council, relative to appointments and promotions in her Maje s ty' s dockyards, being adhered to, it is expe c t e d M., Francis Johll Loire, master-shipwright at Chatham Dockyar , will be appointed master-shipwright at Woolwich, in the room of Mr. 0. Lang, deceased ; and Mr. Samuel Read, master-shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard, be transferred to Chatham, in the room of Mr. Laire. Mr. Henry Chatfield, as senior as sistant master shipwright, would be promoted to be master shipwright, and appointed to Sheerness Dockyard, in the room of Mr. Read, or Mr. Charles Wilcox, master-ship wright'at Deptford, be transferred to Sheerness, where the salary is 1001. more than at Deptford, and Mr. Chat field be appointed to Deptford. The salaries of the master shipwrights of her Majesty's dockards are 6501. at Wool wich, 6501. at Chatham, 6501. at Portsmouth, 6501. at Devonport, 6001. at Sheerness, 6001. at Pembroke, and 5001. at Deptford. The assistant master-shipwrights have each 4001., two serving at Woolwich, two at Chatham, two at Portsmouth, two at Devonport, one at Sheerness, but none at Pembroke or Deptford. THE SUPERINTENDENTSHIP OF MALTA DOCKYARD. — We understand that Rear Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., has been formally relieved from his painful and sub ordinate position as successor to a major in the army, as secretary to Lieut. General Lord Ragland, and has been officially appointed to succeed Rear Admiral Harvey as Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. Admiral Stewart must be very glad to get back to his own service again, the dignity of which we cannot help saying has been lowered by his acceptance of his late office. Admiral Stewart's term of appointment is five years. He has been one of the lucky few always employed in some way or other. A poor dockyard man is threatened with the loss of his bread if he applies to his local representative to use his interest to prevent Sir James Graham, or Admiral Berke ley, or Mr. Bernal Osborne, from importing their voters or voters' sons into the dockyards, from Carlisle, Gloucester, Middlesex, or elsewhere, to the disadvantage of himself or family; but a naval officer well connected with the Liberal interest, like Admiral Stewart, can, without question, get the appointment to the command of the coast guard, and then to a lord s hip o f th e Ad m i ralty; and if he should have fought an unsuccessful contest for a seat in Parliament, he is offered a military secretaryship, and now is compensated for his political services by one of the best appointments under the Admiralty for five years.—Herald. DEPARTURE OF THE LONDON.—MANNING THE NAVY. — It will be seen from our Portsmouth correspondence that Captain Eden has not only joined the London, 92, but she is already off and away down Channel. We presume her complement has been made up by drafts from other ships. If so, the Admiralty may depend upon it there will very soon be so me vacancies if any chance is offered for a " run.' It is no use for her calling at Plymouth for men, for the three-locker Queen, gg at that port, is no less th an 470 blue jackets s h ort of her sea- oin complement ; the Prince Re gent, 90, with good and popular captain and officers, has a dozen vacancies of petty officers and seamen, caused by de sertion, yet to fill up, and there is scarcely a ship there, inclu ing the Vult ure, that has not a list of men reported " absent without leave." The Queen has entered about a dozen men in about s i x weeks, and even the substitutesfor seamen—the " stout landsmen" —ordered to be entered on board the Excellent, are very shy of the men of war. At Southampton, however, we hear there is no difficulty what ever in getting good seamen at 50s. a month. And yet Sir James Graham does not attribute the wholesale desertions in the service, and the indisposition to enter the navy, t o the disgraceful punishment of flogging a petty officer, with 17 years' good character. Let Sir James give an assurance that petty officers shall not be subject to corporal punish nt, and there may be some chance of manning the navy. —Herald. The Hercules, emigrant-ship, Commander Bayntun, has re-embarked her Isle of Skye emigrants, and has at. length left Queenstown, on her passage to Australia. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Captain Hyde Parker, was at Lisbon on the 14th of April. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16. Captain Charles Eden arrived here this morning, and succeeded Captain G. R. Mundy in c immand of her Ma jesty's ship London, 90, at Spithead. The Basilisk steam-sloop was haule I out of the fitting basin this day, and will take in stores for foreign service. The Gorgon paddlewheel-sloop ha had her steam up to day to try the working of her engines. She is being very neatly rigged, and will soon be ready to join the reserve squadron. APRIL 17. Her Majesty's ship London got under weigh this after noon and proceeded down Channel with a fair wind. Her destination is not known (at least on shore) ; one report is Cork, another that she is to cruise in the Channel, and a third (which seems more probable), that she is to join the squadron in the Mediterranean. Wind, S.W.; weather, cloudy. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16. The steam-frigate Cyclops, having in tow the Melampus, 42, with boilers and machinery for the St. Jean d'Acre, arrived from Woolwich on Thursday. Mr. Brown, assistant master-attendant, and a party of riggers and seamen, who navigated the Spiteful from this port to Woolwich, re turned in the Cyclops. The Leander, 50, Captain King, which returned on Tues day from Leith and Spithead, was yesterday towed into harbour by the Cyclops and Confiance. She is to be fitted for the reception of Lord Ellesmere, who proceeds in her to New York, where his lordship will represent the British nation at the Exhibition of Industry in that city. The Leander is to be ready in about ten days. The Avon steam-tender, Second-master Alfred Veitch, which sailed on Thursday with supernumeraries for Ports mouth, returned here to-day, SHEERNESS, APRIL 17. The Persian, 12-gun sloop, Commander Thomas Mit chell was paid off on Friday last. A great number of the crew have been loudly complaining against the commander, in consequence of the wor d `Qfair " being only g i ven th em in their character. In several cases the men have thrown their dialarge and character into the fire, and declare that they would rather lose their time and begin afresh than present such a character to officers under some of whom they had previously served. The African steam-vessel proceeded to Chatham with the Marines, and such of the seamen as wished to avail themselves of the opportunity of getting to the North Kent Railway, en route for London. The Barracouta, 6 paddlewheel steamsloop, Commander Georga Parker, now riding at the Nore under sailing orders, is expected to return here to be taken into dock, in cor sequence of some defect in her steering. The Conquestador, 50, has been taken into dry dock for survey, and in consequence of her present state she will not be considered in future as an advanced ship ready for commission. The Cornwall, 50, is also to be returned into ordinary with the Conquestador, and they will remain in their present divisions. The Waterloo, 120 guns, the Monarch, 84 guns, and the Horatio, 24 guns, have all sent their top,gallantmasts on end, and are now all ataunt, being ready fur sea on reeving running gear and bending sails. The only deficiency is in seamen to man them. The Chichester, 50, in Ordinary.—A seaman named Frederick Paine was unfortunately drowned from this ship while stepping from her boat after she was hoisted up, be fore the boat could be lowered, the night being dark ; and at 8.45, on search, he could not be found. Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship.---It is reported, from quarters not to be doubted, that Captain the Hon. T. S. Carnegie, now commanding the Horatio, will commis sion this ship immediately on her arrival here from Chat ham ; and it is expected the lloratio's crew will be forth with turned over to her. The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo, 120, has returned from her service at Gravesend, searching out ward-bound merchant-ships for deserters from the navy. ALTA, APRIL 8. The regiment s a pp o i n t e d t o reliev e the 76th and to in crease the garrison have all arrived, viz., 41st, 47th, and 49th. The arrivals by the 41st have already reached you. The 47th, in the Anna Maria, Lady Clark, and Andromache troop-ships, arrived on the 30th of March and Ist and 21 of April respectively, and comprised Colonel Haly, Captains Lsrdner, Fordyce, Villiers, Lodder, and Hamilton, Lieu tenants Philips, Wollocombe, Stevenson, Ehison, Hunter, and Pilkingt on ( a dj u t an t) , Ensigns Lowry,Buchanan, Ward, and Gaynor, Paymaster William Eyre, Quarter master Mackintosh, S urgeon B a t ters b y, and Assistant- Surgeons Mackenzie and Gibson. Tho 49th, by the Santipore and Emerald Isle, arrived on the sth and 6th inst., Colonel Adams, Captains Grant, Powell, M‘Lean, Lieut enan t s Armstrong, Rocke, Bellairs (adjutant), Nason, and Go s tli ng , E ns i gn Bond, Paymaster Michell, Quartermaster Fraser, Bellair, surgeon, and Weld, assistant-surgeon. Yesterday the remaining detachment of the 76th em barked in the Anna Maria and Lady Clark for Halifax— Major Gardiner, Captain Tydd, Lieutenants Preston and Brett, with Dr. Gordon, 133 rank and file, 8 women, and 26 children, by the Lady Clark ; by the Anna Maria, Cap tain Ferns, Lieutenants Poole and Wedderburne, Assist ant-Surgeon Wilkinson, 133 rank and file, 6 women, and 4 children. The want of barrack room is sadly felt. The Fencibles have received, or are to receive, lodging money—captains 251., and subalterns in progressional de crease. In naval matters wo have nothing new. The floet is still in port, but with sails bent, and ready for a cruise at an hour's notice. The Rev. Mr. Howe, chaplain of the Britannia, retires on half-pay, and is succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Fox, from the Vengeance, who is succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Bunce. Dr. Wells retires from the Modesto, and proceeds to England. The French steamer, with some papers, has arrived this morning. The Ripon is expected momentarily, though she is not as yet telegraphed. The Balbec, screw, arrived ye3terdy from Liverpool, and leaves to-day for Constantinople. THE STEAM-SHIP CONFLICT. TO THE EDITOR OE THE MORNING HERALD. _wtteeofutuhdeer9ttaninastt.h:—at tt tion 11118 been drawn to the following • as a first reserve steamer at Portsmouth, had her fittings . the Conflict would by this time have been completed in s h e not been obliged to unstow her holds in order to re ceive 50 tons of ballast, in compliance with an Admiralty para,B,irrPH—EpMhsYTinEaAthmee..nsUtonoitedp cSoerN;ieueoG:ze order just discovered in the shipwright's department, dated some six. or eight months back ! It is to be re gretted that th e service should be delayed and so much labour lost th roug h the neglect of nnsystematical dockyard departments!' Will you do me the favour to state, that the ount of the weekl y paper is incorrect, and the reflection on the shipwrights' department at Portsmouth is most unjust, and I regret for the character of the journal that it is not better informed. The ballast has been ready to be shipped on board the Conflict whenever demanded, and the Con flict has not waited even for a minute by reason of any delay arising from any negl ec t i n the shipwright depart ment.—Yours, &c. 1 JIISTITIA. STRANGE STORY.--We read in the Paris Constitution net :—" A respectable merchant of the Rue Montmartre a few days back, at a family fete which he gave to some of his friends, feeling an itching in his ear, endeavoured to put a stop to it by pressing with his finger the part affected. This proving of no avail, he took up a chemi cal match and introduced one end of it into his ear. In the warmth of conversation he forgot to look which end he put in and unfortunately introduced that which could take fire. In rubbing the match in his ear he set fire to the end i n sid e . Th e p a i n was so excessive that he uttered a loud cry, and his friends were So me before they co u ld i mag i ne an y means o f afford i ng him relief. A surgeon being sent for found that t the and much inflammation h a d su p erven ed. He endear 1 va in , as after ° interior of the ear was much burnt, ure th d a by applications to remedy the but all " two days' suffering the patient e xp zed in the midst of convulsions." frightful conyulsiu." local ---< ,(