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K ETS' nuch activity V C 3 declining t i n gliam , a nd . thestUre June ores, dis.-- 1/ p.Pitto, • Irshite, , 3 Leeds an Crosvt ITo e - nt i o o, -Ditto, Fifth': Brig h to n, so . a_ Shar,3 Oar° -- 3 Bury), 1) ' t . h ter, hi ice n s d tiout h. rLgincolnsbreire,, o , 401. Sh a tire, lrewebu2 l ,4 P, RailvtaY Co. 4, TIC ot i ncashir eoo an d Dianl e t (late E t" , iding ire, 85. " oro 41ire, Staff ,o. lidland, p ar a )W ll3. Sfil• A 5145 'f it. e ta` at cOnM t er f r i t, xas 11 , r rid be' 00,0 -te.aroevo. Ind muien.„ p les - Oldb° DStM€S, O f i cgtOO i on bero li ife of 21r. 1- I 3 11 * Des ch , ob ar,„ or 0 11%, Igh te ol 0 6 ' 4 Cbs l ( 3 e`'s'vest"°r , t of aercbsl xi r e 11 " n f car ter 0 A ll, 00 11'5". o S , o ;" the " 1 .. A? ONE THIXDREDTH MALE. CIUSTOM-HOUSE, London, April, 1847. For ‘.) SALE: by ORDER of the HONOURABLE the COMMIS SIONERS of her MAJES CY'S CUSTOMS. at Twelve o'clock a I noon precisely, at the Commercial Side Rooms ' Minc i ng-lane, on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 20th, r ..1 d a y 30th April, Ifl onday 3d, Tuesday 4th, "Wedneed A y sth, and Tnursday 6th May, 18 47, the f o ll owing GOODS for lior le Consumption: Saturday Ist, Agate Seals Brooch Pieces Buttons, &c. Ar tificial Flowers Buttoas Brushes Bandanas Ilarege Brooch Paintings Bronze Cand'estitks Baskets Brandy Boxes, Card, Snuff, &c. Work, &c. Curtains, Embroidered Carpets, Turkey Crape Shawls Corals, Negligees Chinese Paintings China Jars, &c. Cameos Cambric Handkerchiefs Clocks, Inlaid Or-molu Marble Pillar Brass Catlbigs Chambzr, &c. Carved Wood Cologne Water Cordials Cheroots Curry Powder, &c bracing Instruments Embroidery, viz.:— Lacc, .Reels Barbee Shawls Berth es, &c. Musical Instruments Horns Violins Guitars Conmpeans Harmonicons Pianofortes Meerschaum Pipes Pipe Bowls, &c, Musical Boxes Mohair Yarn Opera Glasses Pepper Porcelain, French, &c. Pencils Perihmery Rngs, Persian, &c. Rum Silver Plate Shawls, Crape Cashmere French Barna Cotton, &c. Spa Ware Silk Cloaks Mantles Scarfs Shawls, &C. Bags Purses Aprons Mitts Garters Silk, oiled or gummed Silk and Cotton Stuffs Silk-worm Gut Sugar Steel Buckles Purse Snaps Purse Slides Purse Garnitures Purse Tassels Segar Lights Segars Snuff Tobacco, Manufactured Unntanufactared Boxes Caps Cuffs Shirt Fronts Handkerchiefs Habit Shirt .% Lace, Sec. r 4te. Earthenware Extracts, Chemital • Furniture Feathers, dressed Flock for Paper Stainers Geneva Gimp Grass Cloth Hat linings Hats Hand Screens Ivory Chessmen Card Cases Backgammon Men andl Boxes ITea ;Woollen Shawls ;Walking-sticks Ine raistcoating Watches, Gold Sew Cascs Jewellery Jewel Cases L4cc. rinow Silver Watch Keys And various other goods. Thread For Home Consumption, on Payment of the Duties :—Silk Manu factures, China Crape Shawls, China Silks, Pongee Handkerchiefs, &c. For Exportation only : —Spirits, Liqueurs, Tea, Books, Clocks, Watches. For Exportation. or Home Consumption, on Payment of the Duties :—Wood, Wine, Coffee. Saccades, Tamarinds, Silver Plate, Sugar, Sugar-candy, Provisions, Tea, Books, zieap. Preserved Ginger, Spirits, and sundry ether goods. Fur the Benefit of tile Crown :—Silk Ilanafactures, Sugar, Spirits, &e. _ _ To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames street ; at the St. Katherine, the London, the East and West India Docks; and at the Tobacco Ground, Itotherhithe, on Friday 23d, Saturday 24th, Monday 28th, ant Tuesday 27th April, 1847, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon; and on the days of sale, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at noon. • Take Notice, that the goods sold at this Sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold ; and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver of Fines after two o'clock in the afternoon; and on the days of sale money wail not be received by the Receive: of Fines after eleven o'clock in the fort noon. • Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Nice One Shilling. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter 1835,) London Office, 8, Austin Friars, April 19, 1847. ,The Court of Directors hereby give notice that a VACANCY In the DIRECTION has occurred by the resignation of Nathan Adler- PII Esq., on his leaving England for the Colonies, and that every uPRIETOR, duly QUALIFIED, intending to become a DATE,CANDI or to Propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate to fIU . b i. ;' ca VACANCY, must give otice therof, in Writing, to be left at e Office of the Corporation as above, within Ten Days from this date, -- gn...ving either his Intention to become a Candidate, or the Ma rne and place of abode of the Candidate proposed. By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. IRENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent, Flag, and Rick Cl,,th Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, South - Nraek foot of London-bridge. Rick Cloths, with poles, pulleys, and "Reg complete. " So farmer should he without a good rick cloth, for itis certainly %ne of the most useful things he can have on his premises.*--Gar mener's Gazette. Notting, Cloths, both new and secondhand , at a reasonable cost. rßunting, ing, and Scrims for fruit trees. 110e8n, adjramicicnEinty. lgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. A 2 OIVLANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti mg the TEETH an d s t reng th en ing the GUMS. It eradicates tartar "om the teeth, and thus lends a salutary gro wth and freshness , to th, i„_, gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the s p ots of 117.Pient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, Imparting the ( 1 18 ", Pure and pearl-lik e w hitene s s • while, from its salubrious and nfeeting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. scurvy an anti-scorbutie, the gums also share in its corrective po w e rs ; is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness ;7 . I nduced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth ler ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of y e ars occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and e t Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. s i on 'en,TlON.—To protect the public from fraud, the Ron. Cornetis t). 5n r Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to SON. 4 2 7" 4,1 on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROWLAND and th e natton-garden." which is aftlxed on each box. Sold by and by Chemists and Perfumers. 23 ' ad., 4s. 6d., and I is. each Box. Post free, 35., 55., and 12s. W)PAIRA AND CURERS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED. RAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, celebrated all over the world for the Cure of Strictures , Pains in the 71% ° - i ns, Affections of the Kidneys, Gravel, Stone, Impuissance, or :Pliyeteal Incapacity, Weakness, Irritation of the Bladder or Urethra, •and other diseases of the urinary passages. These Pills have for years been employed in most of the Metro politan Hospitals and Dispensaries, and were extensively prescribed by the late Samuel Cleveriey, M.D., Physician to the father of her present Majesty, his late Repel Highness the Duke of Kent; John Armstrong, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Lecturer on the Principles end Practice of Physic at the Webb-street School of Anatomy, and consulting Physician to the London laver Hospital; William Milligan, M.D., Member of the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Physicians, Physician to the Middlesex Infirmary, and Royal Universal Infirmary for Chil dren, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, and Materla Medics, at the Windmill-street School of Anatomy; J. IL Thomson, M.D., Member of the Universities of Cambridge and Xelinburgh, and of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Phy . sician-Accoucheur to the Ladies' Benevolent Association, Lecturer 'on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery, &c.; George Jewel, 34 • D•, Physician-Acconcheur to the' Middlesex Infirmary. Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery, and the Diseases of LCernen and Children ; and Mr. Thomas Aatlin, Surgeon, of Maryle ire Mr. W. 11. Dewburst, Resident Surgeon to St. Joh n ' s British °';Dital, Cress-street, Hatton-garden; Mr. Greville Jo nes, Sur g eon t ' i ?, the Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-lane; and were administered by rroprietor in upwards of 1,800 cases many practice within ~Je h Years, prior to being advertised—in thousand cases since, "il in no one instance known to fall—are strongly recommended as Gtr more efficacious remedy than Balsam Copaiba, Cubebs, or any 4 - 1 (1' medicine in present use. Many other medical gentlemen of ,: t higuished eminence in London have borne testimony to the efil -1 of these Pills, whose professional character and rank are a 'thiscl" , g uarantee for the advantages to be derived from the use of ,IF'hef,:ttaebirol.triaBnhn.lie,iiit::edicine.—Prepared only by M. 0. Wray; sold at late the White Horse Booking-office, removed from London. SURGICAL ATTENDANCE ADVICE from Eleven till One, every Day. IZ IC AL ATTENDANCE every Evening, from Seven till Nine. tre y- " en s residing in the remotest parts of the country can be ,ated successfully, on describing minutely their symptoms, age, An ita of life, &c., and Inclosing a Post-office order for advice and • ba,„_•el_ne, which can be forwarded to any part of the world, securely . X . 7 1? and carefully protected from observation. L o 4 On le . t . ters to be addressed to "M. 0. WRAY, 89, Fetter-lane, °U. CULYERWELL on HEALTH, RATTINESS, and LONG LIFE. IR I- Pocket volumes U. each, by pest (in stamps), Is. 6 d. each. 0 IV T 0 BE HAPPY. " Jumada Tivere."—Cic. WIIAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIACIE and its MYSTERIES. Vo:be, or not to be, tkat is the qua stion."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cure ut ya , eas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are Adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Khorwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Corn ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta lion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Sevea till Nine, at 10, Argyle-place. Regent-street. "I AM MONARCH OF ALL I SURVEY." "I ant Monarch of's]] I survey" (As Selkirk exclalm'd, when alone), No Mart In Its trading display Can equal my mercantile throne. In my Coats, made by MOSES and SON, 'The choicest of styles I display; And here, through the fame I have won, " I am Monarch of all I survey." My Trousers and Waistcoats are made To answer both beauty and use; And MOSES and SON, in their trade, The loveliest patterns produce. As a Hat Mart, I stand at the head, And the best Boots and Shoes I display; And here, I repeat what I've said, That " I'm Monarch of all I survey." Whatever you wish to procure, E. MOSES and SON can supply ; And when you've made purchass, I'm sure My goods will be rank'd very high. And remember, that nothing is dear— The lowest of prices you pay ; lily motto's " Small profits"—and here " I am Monarch of all I survey." , 4 new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOU RITE," with a •Joit of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can bo had on 4 PPlication, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. NADI TO UASOII. Cashmere Codrington, from .......... ••••••• • •• • • •• IG l'aglionis, silk collar and cuffs •.••••..• • • • • • • • I 2 0 eariibrldi to Coat, lined throughout •••• • • • • 2 5 0 Ir tseed --. C jg oata . :: •••. • • • N ) orting Coat -• • . • • • • • • • • • 0 13 6 iron Coat at... • • .. • • - Co. ••• • • • . 1 12 0 ''oat quality miuntractured 2 15 0 qu,,ty tL Irrock Coat _teat • quality manufactured ••• • • • stleh • ~ • • 1 15 0 0 R 0 Dattein Vests ..... . •• • • •• •- , ashtnere. • cloth•• ••••••• • • • • • •• 0 8 G 2 *W Trousers .• rii tiKle-milled Doeskin ditto ....•••••••••••••••••••• 1 2 0 R te, or Dress ditto .. ••• • • • •• • tope Hussar or Tunic Stilts ••.. • ......... ..... 1 b 0 ADY JUDE. 111011108 fr om .............. .. 0 2 6 essi)mr' 'Mr', - ton •••• • • ...• •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 ill 6 „, zerette Codringto. ' a nihridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest Patterns ...... • Tt”. ..........from 0 8 6 . .et'd oat .. . . .. •• •• • Sporting.„ di t t o .... ~,, .... ~,, ........... ...... . • • •• 0 6 6 .r. :a x n tr e a y Drees Coat extra Superfine, a superior coat .. .. • • • • • .. • • .. • • • • 1 13 0 Irock Coat •• •• • • • • • • •• from 1 4 0 a . 5uperi0r ........ c.0 . at .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0 ....,011.0 eller Vests . . ..... ................. 0 2 0 B :a Pe thne rrine l 'inth or Cassimere........ •.. 0 6 6 T ' 0 4 6 ed Observe k • P 0 10 6 Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin • • • 110 , ' 3s Tunic and Hussar suits •• • • • • ... • su re , •-- ny article purchased, read y made, or made to meta ~,, • if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the ,honey returned. u MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollentirapers, Clothiers, Hatters, T a!iers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for V . ai,9B and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, ' c r, and 86 Aldgate, amity. London. 157 Minories, and 83, p nb .. uti °n.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the it ite u , c against Impostors. but have learued that the untradesman },.. been of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, i',7,7, ,, ne .. _ n resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. a i ,e u ." ( ay . no connexion with any other hour 3 In or out of London; or 5 , 4 ,. , •!e who desire genuine and che p clothing, &c., should call at, 11 ,:1 1 _to• Minories and Altigate, City, London. s et I ,, i '4 d e!. •No business transacted at this establishment from sun- Alm. ' l li till =Set Saturday, when btrsiness is resumed till twelve NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. . OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, , originally proposed by the Na tional :Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and tho Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successfuffy en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually d sseminating the valuable bandits amongst the Indus trious classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulatiug their diribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of luvestment, which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secared ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecuniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to Bay, Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the sell.same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or the same security. is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear out calculations, money investment being In general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure , incom p atible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre and more exposed to a failure in the p erformance of such a contract, th at when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial kodie,. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an ad litional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search anion .et the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies', they have found none equal in simplicity And comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the inanstrions classes, as the plan proposed by the National Lonn Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being filly sa•isfied that the convenience 'and safety of Friendly and lienefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell. C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James lisle, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. • Henry Hunt, P. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Jo.eph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. r.. Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbre'', D.d.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.-A person aged 94 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2a. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 195. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of I/. 6s. 91.. or a single payment of 221.175.3(1,: or on payment of 61. 14s. 311. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 185. 11(1., the same as or age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the ago of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. his. Exam:de.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 21., may secure, on attaining the ago of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity,_ 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on his life, 175/. lls ROYAL ORTHOP2EDIC HOSPITAL, for the CURE of CLUB-FOOT, LATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE, and all other CONTRACTIONS and DEFORMITIES, No. 6 A, Bloomsbury-square. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS. Her Majesty the QUEEN. PATRON. His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, K.G., &c. PRESIDENT. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. The Committee of Management have the pleasure to state that the night Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Vice-President, supported by the Sheriffs and the following Noblemen awl Gentlemen, has kindly consented to preside at the ensuing ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL, which will be celebrated at the London Tavern, Bishopsgßte-street, on WEDNESDAY, the sth of May next, to commemorate the RUS- Welous event of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen having been pleased to honour the Charity with her Royal Patronage, and in aid of the funds, when the attendance of the Governors and Friends of the Hospital is particularly requested. The Right Hon. Lord DUDLEY The Right lion. the Earl Fitz• william, V.P. The Right lion. Lord R obert Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon, V.P. George Edward Anson, Esq., V.P. The Hon. li. T. Liddell M.P. Sir William Fending, Bart., M.P, Sir G.G.De H. Larpent, Bar t.,V.P. John Masterinan, Esq., M.P. John Abel Sinith,Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq., M.P. George Moffatt. Esq.„„M.P. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., 31. P., Mr. Sheriff and Alderman Challis Mr. Sheriff Kennard Mr. Alderman Johnson Wm. Tooke, Esq., F V.P. Phillip Hanbury, Esq., V.P. Luke James Hansard, Esq. Thomas Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. Samuel Helbert Ellis, Esq., V.P. Charles Lashmar, Esq.. M.D. 'ter. W. Valentine; M.A. Joseph Somos Esq.. COUTTS STUART, Chairman. W. Colborne Towers, Esq. Mr. Deputy Evans Robert Montgomery Martin, Esq. James Harmer, Esq. IVilliam Mitcalfe, :.sq. John Flower Jackson, Esq. Johu Gurney Fry, Esq. Joseph Fry, Jun. Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. 11. F. Richardson, Esq. W. B. James, Esq. James Field, Esq. Quarles Harris, Esq., V.P. ' Thomas Hayward, Esq. John Carter, Esq.,Cornhill John Carter, Esq., Scuth Molton street John Leslie, Esq. W. It. Harris, Esq. Robert Dever, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq. Thomas Pollock, Esq. R. W. Tamplin. Esq. E. F. Lonsdale, Esq. E. J. Chance, Esq. H. Gillett Gridley, Esq. Hon. Sec. The contributions of the benevolent are earnesly solicited in be half of this useful charity. Upwards of 8,000 cripples, admitted to it since it was opened in 1840, many of them deplorably afflicted, have been cured. The applications now average 40 per week, and the funds are greatly in need of assistance. An annual subscription of 11. Is. constitutes an Annual Governor, a single subscription of Si. ss. constitutes a Governor for ten years, a tingle subscription of 101. 10s. constitutes a Life Governor, each entitled to recommend one in-patient and two out-patients annually fur every such subscription. Subscriptions and donations of any amount will be thankfully re ceived by the folowing bankers :—Messrs. Martin and Co., 68, Lorn card-street, Bankers to the Hospital ; Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Comhill ; Barnetts, Hoare, Bradshaw, and Co., 62, Lombard street ; Coutts and Co., Strand ; Curries and Co., 29, Cornhlll ; Gos lings and Sharpe. 10, Fleet-street; llanburys, Taylor and Lloyd, 60, Lombard-street; flankey and Co., 7, Fenchurch-street ; air J. W. Lubbock, Bart., and Co., Mansion House-street; Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, :Westerman, and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street; Ransoms and Co., 4, Pall-mall East; Robarts, Curtis, and Co., 16, Lombard-street; Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital. By order of the Committee of Management. H. GILLETT GRIDLEY, Hon. Sec. B. MASKELL, Secretary. EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. The HOLDERS of SCRIP RECEIPTS, numbered item 1 to 80,000, are requested to transmit the same for Registration, to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No, 8, Broad-street buildings, City, according to the subjoined form. Parties sending Scrip by Post are advised to write across the face of the Receipt " Sent for registration," and their names and addresses. An acknowledgment will be given for the Scrip, which will be exchanged for Share Certificates, under the Company's Seal, after full registration. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER. TAINMENTS. At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE - . - THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give his Entertainment, entitled, AN HOUR Wl' BURNS, In which he will sing a selection of the favourite Songs of the Poet, and recite the humourous poem of "TAM 0' SIIANTER." The Second Part of the Programme will consist of a Miscellaneous Selection of the SONGS of SCOTLAND. Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. AN HOUR Wl' BURNS. PART I.—Happy Friendship -0 whistle and I'll come to ye , my Lad — John Anderson my j o —D uncan Gray— Highland Mary—My Spouse Nancy—A M an ' s a M an for a ' t h a t . —At the end of the First Part, Mr. Wilson will recite Burns's humeurous poem of T am o' Shouter. PART IL--Wh a l l MISCELLANEOUS SONGS. The First Blast of the Trumpet—Went a' noddln' .— The Reel 01 Tullochgorum. buy Caller Herring—Come under my Plaidlc— During the season, Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments in the Music-hall every Monday Evening, at Eight o'clock. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per. 8058, las. ; for Eight, 11. AMATEUR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE, J- 1 L- TUESDAY, Antra 27. ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. For the Benefit of the DISTRESSED IRISH AND SCOTCH. The Tickets for thi s P erformance are now r e ady for delivery at Mitchell's Royal Lib rary, 33, Old Bon d s t ree t, this day, Monday, April 19, to-morrow, Tuesday, April 2't, and Wednesday, April 21, ntere application and payment are reques t e d to be made. UNDER THE SANCTION OF FORF.IGN POWERS. THE GENERAL CONTINENTAL TRAM. SIC COMPANY, in c l u di ng the different Over:and Routes to India. Capital, per share. 3 00,0001., 30,000 Shares of 10, . ea c h. De pos it 184 D. I. NOAD, Secretary. East Indian Railway Company, Aprlll2. 1847. Form to accompany Scrip Receipts, which may be obtained at the Offices of the Company : TO THE SECRETARY OF THE EAST INDIAN RAILWAY From -- to From - to From - to N.B. The registered share Certificates will be issued in the order In which the Peed is executed, and the priority regulated by the date of execution. So soon as the arrangements will admit, a notice will be issued, calling on Holders of New Scrip to present the same for regis tration. Copies of the Report may be obtained on application at the Offices of the ;lompany, No. 8, Broad-street-buildings ; Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, loyal Exchange•buildings ; and Messrs. Lawrence, Cazenove and Pearce, Bartholomew-lane. VAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. s Notice is hereby given that. the DEED of SETTLEMENT of the EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY lies for signature at the Offices of the Company, and the I'roprietors are earnestly re quested to attend with their Scrip on an early day in the present week as the Deed has to be sent to sereral places in the country. D. L NOAD, Secretary. East Indian Railway Company, 8, Broad-s , reet-buildings, April 12, 1147 (Provisionally Registered.) Detailed prospectuses, with Forms of Application for shares, may bo had at the offices of:J. Bell, Esq., solicitor to Company, 8, Craven. street, Strand ; at the Company's hotels, Hotel a Prov Once, Leicester square, and Bridge-house Hotel. London-bridge ; ar.d at the Com pany's offices, New City Chambers, 121, Bishopsgate.street Within. B. H. GREEN, Secretary. L"ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A YORK EXTENSION SHARES. Tee THIRD CALL of it. per Share upon the A Quarters of these Shares will be duo on MoNDAY, the 19th instant. Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, will he charged to all persons in arrear By order, Bishopsgate Station, April 8, 1847. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may Pecuro the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also partlelpate in the Annual Division cf Profits, by the annual pay ment Of V. N. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay melt of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may aJcure the sum of 112/.55. payable at nis death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAIKROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institation embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in l'ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMEOUX. Secretary. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNUILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY J. PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq, James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colrile, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William It. Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. ---...- FOUR-FIFTIIS, or SO per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as signed to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to Increase the sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown In the follow ing example : PROFITS to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to participate In the Bonus declared in 1846. Age Cash paid on Or Prem. And :m -at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re- Entry. Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn •f. X X a. d. X e. d. X s. d. X a. d.. 0 a. d. lb 1000 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 .•—•• 20 1000 11 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 0•••••• 30 1000 20 14 2 451 6 0 236 18 7 710 5 40 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 49 8 • 50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 335 911 .....• 419 4 61 1000 63 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 36 10 6 ithout participation is profits effected at reduced Insurances wi rates. Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages now given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as above ; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of the Agemts. SAMUEL INCIALL, Actuary. This day, price One Shilling. THE NAVIGATION LAWS; th e i r Hi s t ory and Operation. By J. HOUSTON BROWNE, E sq. LL.B., of the Middle Temple. Li S ve n r i p it, l r l l d i er iv r ms d te C v o en ., s, 6 s r , in C u e o rn ii h t hill; ;WoodwardJohn Kaye, Couri e r Office,, Portsmouth. PARLOUR LIBRARY—VOLUME FOR APRIL. Now ready, price 011 e Shilling, 316 pp., bound, MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN. VOL. I. By A. DUMAS. Forming the Second Volume of a New Series of Novels and other Standard Works, by Mary Howitt, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Miss Mitford, Countess of Blessington, T. C. Grattan, Alexandre Dumas, &c., under the title of THE rkuLouß LIBRARY. Simms and M.lntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London, and 26, Done gall-street, Belfast. AMERICAN TREATMENT OF NEGROES. Jost published, in post Bvo., price 7e. 6d.. cloth, with Frontispiece, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ZAMBA, ittt African Negro King, and his experience ol Slavery in South Carolina. PORT OF LONDON SHIPOWNERS' LOAN AND ASSURANCE COMPANY. Offices, 20, ST. lIELEN'S-PLACE, LONDON. •The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved by the Registrar, and the number of Shares prescribed by the Act having been subscribed for, the Directors will proceed upon the Ist of May next, ensuing, to issue Sea Policies under their Common Seal. For the effectual protection of both shareholders and the assured, the constitution of this Company is based on the principle of limit ing the amount entertained in and upo t individual vessels, or their cargoes, in rateable proportion to the capital subscribed, and remain ing clear in hand aceording to a graduated scale, constructed with the greatest care, thereby securing a wide and equalised distribution of outstanding risks, to the entire exclusion of gambling profits, and ruinous losses, from both sides of the account. Under special clauses inserted in the Deed, no single Insurance, for the space of twelve months, from the date of issuing the first Policy, will exceed 5001. For the space of three years from the same date the limit has been fixed at 1,0001.; and for the space of seven years at 1,5001.,—a methosl of proceeding obviously calculated to ensure a steady and remunerative business, and avoid the disastrous results incidental to an opposite system. A list of the Board of Directors, of the officers. of the Company, and of the Agents appointed for the outports, will be given in the Prospectuses, which will be published after the complete registration of the Company has been legally effected. IMPORTANT AND UNPRECEDENTED SALE AT HOLMES', REGENT-STREET. Messrs. HOLMES havo taken several thowand pounds' worth Of SHAWLS (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due to their Arm by an eminent French manufacturer, the whole having been expressly produced for the present season. The patterns are of a most elaborate and recherché description ; and in conscuence of the immense quantity, they aro compelled to sell them at A sa crifice unprecedented. This vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes to re-mark (at a great discount from the original cost) the whole of their extensive and valuable assertmont of MANTILLAS and FURS. with their unrivalled collection of INDIA, BRITISH, and FRENCH SHAWLS, to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which, every article is marked In Plain Figures. The Sale commenced on the 13th instant. FOREIGN and BRITISH SHAWL EMPORIUM, 171, 173, and 175, REG ENT-STREI..T. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. ISUITED for PRESENTATION. — Committees or private individuals requiring splendid or simple articles of PLATE for presentation, may, by addressing a paid letter, have drawings sent for their approvsl. A number of large articles, as Epergnes, Cups, Walters, &c., are always in stock, second-hand ; a List of them, with price, can be ihrnisited.— T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, acc., 47, Comhill (sera. doors from Cracechurch-street, London. An ON Improved ti E on ll , l r r c , l , T is Y ed A . N na D e :l r E re N tted Eß . A l T 2o iN p r a E ge D ., l p S ri E e A n S 2 E . S .: in meJaUl observation, b T e3ne l r, ' v U e al I I nt ip L oen l , S .o ll r Ef forwarded,o r 2 T s I . E 6 T . p 7; tR. postagen l d H to astamps,nTHOUSAND,any address , secure illustratedc n e N fa v ro i s th numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, NI The Causes of N its Prem at ure Decl o lne ; with 0 D Plain Direc tions. Al l for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedentary habits, indiscriminate ex cesses, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in youth, manhood, aid old age ; with practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, Impotency, syphilis, and other urine-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive organs is health and disease; it ith instructions for private cor respondence, cases, &c. Ily J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. REVIEW 01 THE WORK. " CURTIS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange). Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and. its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. 'Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow; Robinson, 1 1, Greensick-street, Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. Moms. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their real fence, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, SO HO-SQUARE, LONDON, and Patients can have this work private:yr forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 28. 6d. in postage stamps. ..u.siersow •••••.. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT FRETS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED INGRATINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 21. 6d., or free by poet, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmpleto Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the v22'10115 Cases, &e. ISy C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman. street, Oxford-atre;t, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENT'S OP THE Chap. le—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate Indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Banefill Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the ?ratan). Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Gorden, 146, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and t 0., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Winhal, 78, Iligh-street, Bir mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market•strcet, Manchester ; 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greensido street, Edinburgh; Powell, 10, Westntoreland-street, Dublin; and all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. fxl., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti 11 Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxfor. I-street, London, and country patients may be successfbily treated, on minutely describing their case, aid enclos ing the usual fee of It. for advice. A roruLAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and YIOOU• of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEENTII EDITION price 2s. 6d„; Free by rest (la a Seale Ip 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 11, LECTURES in Illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., P.n.s.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, daily at Half-past Three. A LECTURE on CHE MISTRY in its application to the USEFUL ARTS, by Charles F. Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORKING MODELS on Monday, Alt MS TRON G'S HYDRO-EL EC TNP a l l I nc l e c i n c i l i c k E n . sq l NE by LECTURES and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERIMENTS with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c., &c. *Waft IN. (ME% lifollrioe. Envelope) 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restore• Lion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &C., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by El] gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternester•row ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhal - street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxfork.!. street, and 37, Ro3 al Exchange , and all Vooksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who sr prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer• tan disqualifications, and will bef ourid an available introduction is the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats' perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either al their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numliers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, ental' upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively directed le the cure of nervous and sexual debility, Irregularity, weakness, lin renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. rid dekili• ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price I Is. and 335. per hot. tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti. syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those pained affections arising from improper treat• went, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lis and 335. per nettle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. Dd., 4s. ed., and 11s. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in flammation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business. Consaltation fee, If by Letter, 11. A minute detail of case is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence IS, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and Ore till eight! and ou fistol7/ frtig ilovea twtlve. Written by HIMSELF. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Comb(11 CHEAP EDITION OF REV. T. B.3IRIMBEE,s ED. OF COWPER'S LIFE AND WORKS. A new Edition, to be published in Eight Monthly Volumes. Price, bound in cloth, each volume, 33. The first volume will appear on the 30th of April. THE WORKS OP WILLIAM COWPER, HIS LIFE AND LETTERS. By WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq.. now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence. Edited by the Rev. T. S. GRIMSIIAWE, A.M. With an Essay on the Genius and Poetry of Cowper, by the Rev. .1. W. CUNNINGHAM, A.M. The work will be illustrated with sixteen steel Engravings, from Drawings by S. D. Harding, Esq. A Prospectus, showing the type, &e., may b, had on application. Loudon : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. rTION NEW PEOPLE'S EDITION.—Price 25. 6d. ALLACIES OF THE FACULTY, By Dr. DICKSON. With Notes by Dr. TURNER, of New York. Slmpkin and Marshall, Statloners' Court ; d. 011ivier, To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries, CAPTAIN NAPIER'S FLORENTINE HISTORY. Just Published, In Six Vo:umes, small livo, price 9e. each. IN - A PIE R'S FLORENTINE HISTORY, From the Earliest Authentic Records to the Acce.!slou ofFer dinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscans. " It is for independenoe of judgment and honesty in expressing it that we value and recommend this Florentine History."—Athe mourn. Edwasd Mozon, 44, Dover-street. STRANGE CASE OF MURDER IN SPAIN. The Court of Assizes of Saragossa was occupied a short time since with the trial of Pedro Cardessa, the proprietor of a small inn near Sos, in Navarre, Paula Atiurillo, his wife, and Carmen Cardessa, their daughter, for the murder of a man named Gregorio Orensauz, re• siding in the valley of Anse, two leagues distant from the residence of the prisoners. It appeared from the evi dence that the deceased had left home on the 22d of September to collect money due to him by various per sons. Some days having passed over without hie re turning, his family became uneasy, and inquiries were instituted. Nothing further was discovered than that he had been seen to cutter the house of the pris3ners on the day he left home. The male prisoner and his daughter asserted that they knew nothing abut the proceedings of the deceased, b ut the mother a ll owe d th a t lie had called at the h ouse, b ut after a short sta y had tak en his departure. N ot hi ng coming to light to crimi nate them, th e y were merely su bj ecte d to sever a l examinations without b e i ng ta k en i n to custody. Two months after a h uman leg was discovere d in the little river Onsella, close to the prisoner's residence, end search being instituted, the remaining parts of the body were found except the head, which had been apparently cut off with some h eavy instrument like a cleaver . Th e limbs w ere a ll d readfully hacked and mut il ate d ; some of the arti c l es o f clothing were recognised as h av i ng be longed t o th e d eceased. Still nothing bad been disco vered to fi x th e cr i me on any party in part i cu l ar , w h en Paula Mur i ll o b e i ng taken ill, amd cons id er i ng h erse lf on the point of death, sent for the authorities and made a confession to the following e ff ect:—"The decea sed h ad called at h er h ouse on September 22, and had demanded some money due to him fur wheat. Nut having it, she desired him to wait until her husband returned. She prepared breakfast for him at which he drank copiously , and at last wanted to tak e liberties with her. On his laying hand s on h er, she pushed him so violently away that he stagg ere d back and fell with his head against the corner of a c h est of drawers. She, being dread fully alarmed, went to raise him up a nd help him, when she fou n d t h at he was dead, without having shed a drop of blood. Being a fraid of the conse quences of such an accident, she determined to con ceal the body, and wrapping it up in a coarse cloth, she carried it do wn to tie cellar, and hid it under a quantity of faggot s . S he left it there f or severa l wee k s , when the heap of f aggots beginning to run low, she got afraid of her husband discovering the whole matter, and taking a cleaver sh e cut the body i nto p i eces , an d pl ac i ng the limbs in two baskets carefully covered over, she her. self took one, and her daughter the other, to the bank of the river. She then sent the young woman on an errand to the neighbouring village, and during her ab sence emptied the baskets into the water. The daughter was quite ignorant of what the baskets contained; in the hurry of filling the baskets she had forgotten the head in the cellar; she mutilated the features to prevent recog nition, and then buried it in a piece of waste ground." This confession, becoming known, excited the greatest commotion, and the woman soon after getting better, she, her husband and the daughter were arrested. The au thorities having caused a very minute search to bo made in the house where the prisouers had lived, found a num ber of French sf. pieces concealed, and those the daughter admitted she had semi with her mother. It was proved that precisely the same number of sf. pieces had been paid on the morning of the murder to tho deceased by another party. The mother, on the other hand, denied that she knew anything about the money in question. After a trial of great length, the Court acquitted the father and daughter, but not believing that the deceased had met with his death accidentally, found the mother guilty of murder. The Court at once sentenced her to death, and ordered the execution to take place in front of the Town-ball of Sos. This sentence was carried into;executien on the 21st ult. APRIL 19 ) 0. i 7 5 030. LONDON ) MONDAY rs7a t , r attl N g l 3 4.74: • „ 1 / 4 0. s l'A4 ._:`\'' • 1 .. .\I I" - .... z. , :st -- b!:t! , ;•s•,..:' - 4,' , 'r, 4, ' . * .. . ..„ , , A - , ,6\- t . s!--o 1....7.':,/- : .1,.‘ 4 ......„: Arf=ret tpled i .;7:::::....7.;....,\i„, , 1 , -, . q. : ....-_,•_-__- , .-,.. ~....,..-, ' , 4 ata • j r , _ - 4; , 41r. , , 4" , o,;wi J; , t.; - ' 1 . 1"...4 6.,_ i. i ;, 44 ( .... r i , , , , • , ~.....4 . 7 . 4 ___,' - - 7\"84 ' ' 6 ,_ . ,kot i. t . - ' ~ 1 " , i t , ~„ . . i4r i •-, ~,, 1 Of ir ce: ' ' i' , s. ° '" 1 . ! t 'il " - suan , :.! ::--- -4 : 1 ' 0 ' ' ' x i_, ....,_;--- V - : i 0 i• -; I - ' •:-,cg - , 12 A......_._,,, 9r t x ' ,, ;, , ,,s •ow - !..-, - ,- \,. ee , - • _ I ! •:- ~ ' I,- 44›./ i,Fi - 4 . ,0, • i 4 11, 's"l hiE 1, A• - ' r , --- , 0 —11E911%4 2 cv jeci,, • ~ PRICE SD. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL, LEEDS, APRIL 16.—We have no VS ! riation to report in the foreign wool trade from our last. The accounts from Austria and Prussia continue to ad . vise of large contracts being made for English and con tinental houses, at an advance of 2d. to 3d. per lb. on last fair's prices. The Netherland manufacturers, and French and Saxon combers have almost entirely cleared the ' German markets of useful wools. ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, APRIL 16.—The demand for eomhing and clothing wool this week has not varied; it continues languid, and p r i ces w i t h out any mater i al al teration. Down combing wools are not plentiful, and go off more freely than the deeper grown kinds. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, APRIL 15.—We are Still without alteration in our trade; no doubt the late strin gent measures of the Bank of England have caused us to have less doing than otherwise we might have had. , Nrethers are flat, and the stocks of them at market be ing large, prides are barely maintained. In hogs, though we have not a large demand, it is quite equal to the supply, and stocks are decreasing, so that if our supply - does not increase, which is not likely before clip, the price of them must improve a little, or the consumption be driven on wethers; the latter is more likely, as we believe the spinners aro carrying on an unremunerative business. LEEDS.—We have had very quiet markets at the ,Cloth Halls on Saturday and Tuesday. There was rather more done in fine goods, but in low qualities there was considerably less sold than for some weeks past. The advance of the rate of disehnt by the Bank of Eng land has the effect of stopping speculation,.and induces great caution on the part of the merchants. The cold ness of the season causes the spring trade to be dull, and few buyers having made their appearance in the town, the business in the warehouses has been less than an average as compared with the sales of the last few weeks. BRADFORD, APRIL 15.—The demand for wool is slug gish. The spinners buy with great caution and for pre sent use, as they expect that, when the new clip comes into the market, the article will be at an easier price. There is a steady improvement in the yarn market, so far as d eman d i s concerne d . b ut pr i ces are still ou an un profitable scale. The Russian houses are busy, and are exporting large quantities of yarn?. In the piece market there was an average business done in dress goods. Moreens and other heavy goods are dull of sale. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—We have had as gloomy a week in our cloth and yarn markets as can well be conceived. In the face of a continued advance on the staple, no higher rates are submitted to. The impossi bility of discounting India bills added greatly to the dull • ness, otherwise a large business would be done to the East. The orders from America are considerable. IMPROVEMENT in LOCOMOTION. An invention has just been projected by Mr. E. Gallo way, which promises to supply a most serious deside ratum in the present construction of locomotive engines, and to exercise a very important influence on the pro. gress of locomotion generally. It has long been ac knowledged that one of the greatest difficulties with which the railway steam-engine had to contend was that of acquiring a bite upon the rails superior to that supplied by gravitation. The amount of nipping or biting power derived from that principle by the vertical driving-a heel now in use has been found quite insuffi cient in foggy weather, when the rails are in a greasy state from the moisture upon them, and upon inclines with severe gradients. Under such circumstances the driving-wheel slips and the engine makes little or no progress. Mr. Galloway's invention is principally in tended to overcome this difficulty in working the present locomotive engine, and from the experiments made the other day, first with a working model at the western gallery of Hungerford-market, and afterwards on the Great Western Railway, at Maidenhead, there appears to be very little doubt as to its complete success. The invention consists in adding two driving-wheels, hori zontal or inclined, to the present locomotive ; thes e wheels acting on each side of a middle rail laid between the ordinary rails, and being pressed simultaneously against the opposite sides of the rail by means of ad justing screws acting upon springs with any required degree of force. By such an arrangement it is manifest that a bite or adhesion may be obtained far beyond what is due to the weight of the engine, and that thereby the difficulties may be obviated which at pre sent arise from greasy rails and heavy gradients. Mr. Galloway contemplates the application of his invention to engines as at present constructed with vertical driving-wheels, and expresses his conviction that such a combination will not he found inconsistent with high velocity. In the meantime, however, he has, we think, prudently confined himself to demonstrating the effi ciency of the horizontal driving-wheels, unaided by vertical driving-wheels, in overcoming steep inclines. At Ifungerford-market, the working model with hori zontal driving-wheels went with great ease up an in cline of I in 6, and the following statement, drawn up by Mr. Gooch, locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway, with reference to experiments made on a previous d,y, apply equally to the results of those made at Maidenhead:— " The following is the result of the experiment I made with Mr. Galloway's locomotive cegine, in which the ,hiving-wheels aro placed horizontally, and act against the sides of a centre rail:— Weight of engines Ditto of load 33i " This weight was taken at a slow speed up an in cline of 1 in 19, with a pressure on the boiler of 601 b. on the inch, and calculating the power of tbo engine and actual duty performed, we have as follows :--With —With steam at 601 b. in the boiler, the average effective pres sure in the pistons, after deducting back pressure, will be about 501 b. on the inch, then the area of the two cylinders 308 k 50=-.--15,4001b5., and double stroke of piston equal 32 inches, and circumference of driving wheel 116 inches. Therefore, as 116 inches : 15,400: : 32 : 4,248 tractive power on the rim of the wheel. And gravity per ton 1 in 19=1181b. Friction ditto 71b. 125 ..133.5 tons=4,lB7lb. Resistance overcome. " Therefore, 4,248-4,187=611b., the total loss from the friction of the working parts of the engine, which I think is as small a loss as can be hoped for in any class of engines. And from the facility of applying screws to increase the weight on the driving-wheels to any re quired amount, there is no difficulty from slipping. " DANIEL GOOCII. "In explanation of the preceding, it is necessary to state that the former diameter of the driving-wheels of the experimental engine was eight feet, and the horizontal ones are three feet. The tractive power of the engine before alteration was about 1,6001 b. Tho increase of tractive force, therefore, is as 4,1871 b. : 1,6001 b." It is also only fair to explain that the experiment was made with " Bacchus," the oldest engine in the com pany's possession, and long ago worn out and disused. The leadidg advantages claimed by Mr. Galloway for his invention are, that the adhesive power being inde pendent of gravity can be adjusted according to the gra dient or load, while the train is in motion ; that by . ap plying a brake at once to the middle rail, the train in descending any gradient may be retarded independently risk of the wheels, and also the of collisions be avoided; that sharp curves may be traversed almost as easily and quite as safely as straight lines ; that punctuality on railways will thereby be better secured, and the neces sity for tunnelling, heavy cuttings, and embankments to a great degree obviated. Whether all or any of these advantages will be se cured by Mr. Galloway's inventkn, it must remain for a course of detailed practical experiments to decide; but in the meantime the credit o i a very ingenious, a very simple, and, to all appearances, a very practicable contrivance, cannot be denied to him. The difficulties which he claims to have overcome have for many years occupied the attention and eluded the ingenuity of en gineers. Some time ago the notion of a centre rail and a horizontal driving-wheel was projected by Mr. Vig nolles and Mr. Errixon, but as they only proposed ap plying it on the one side of the rail, they were unsuc cessful. Mechanical contrivances of a similar character have since been attempted both in this country and abroad, but they have always turned out to be failures, and if Mr. Galloway's invention can be combined with the present construction of the locomotive, so as to fulfil his expectations in regard to it, the only wonder will be how for upwards of 16 years so really simple an expe dient for obviating admitted difficulties could have es caped undiscovered. Mr. Galloway states, that he can secure on the narrow gauge, horizontal or inclined, driving wheeld of six feet diameter, and on the broad gauge eight feet, so as to act in conjunction with tho ver ticle driving-wheels. lie states, too, that this is practi cable at a very moderate expense. ---------- - - ARRIVAL, or MADLLE. JEAINY cele brated songstress arrived in London on Saturday afternoon, Steam Navigation Company' s steam- ship accompanied by Mr. Lumley. Sh e came sir bi dw th a e rd G ß e a n i e ik ra s l , that left Ostend in the morning. In the evening she was n of the opera at her Maj es t y ' s Present th e, a atulo e cCli e p rf e m occupied box e on the first tier. The Swedish nightingale is a lady of kindly countenance, fair hair, and fresh complexion ; her eyes are soft and mild, and the ex pression of her face is intelligent and ingenuous. The Italians h a ve a phrase, 'oho sciolto, to indicate the combination f • tellect and truthfulness which is manifested in her ftiNateeuitriellnse-r; to human and the Germans generally term it freuandificehti words have a literal meaning in English, as expression; but abilityLainndd caisndoofurthaeretheiprp synonyms in Jennyseven or eight and twenty years of age— our tongue. ahserfamr formed, oa 88 a t a n pp d rpoe o ma f ri s an o ne m ene e ts becredited.cchaanraeterseelnmiddle height, well to bee aspect mode pleasing l ne r ; syl,iesihieasistcahelmai,rquainedt, b a e n a c lin g dtiei that o r s m t e o n L s a of a perfect l a dy ; in manner and address, with that guertfectly excellent thi ng n woman"_ —a voice soft, low , and sweet . s ;t x is e believed th at she will make her debfit in out a fortnight. thi SUDDEN DEATH OF MAJOR A. M‘AnTriun.--On Saturday afternoon information was received at the Coroner's office of the sudden decease of Major A. M'Arthur, on the Madras e s t a bli s h ment of the East India Company's service, which took place on Friday night, at his residence in the Albany, Piccadilly. The deceased, on the previous evening, appeared in his usual health, but not coming down at half past eleven on Saturday, his housekeeper went to call him, and found him lying on the floor of his bed-chamber lifeless. Dr. Pettigrew, of Saville-row, was sent for, and on his arrival he found that the deceased had evidently been un dressing when he expired ; the bed had not been slept on, and it was his opinion that life had been extinct many hours. ' - Z-i_ --L-'l,-"'l DIVISION' OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. g (Bonus Bonus in aIA Assured Premium. adAled. 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T ll E BYWAYS OF HISTORY, By Mrs. PERCY SINNETT. _ _ _ London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman& MYSTERIOUS CASE. the follo w i ng ,_ - WARMINSTER, SATURDAY .-- D ur ing th e p resent week considerable excitement has prevailed through ou t t h e mysterious discovery, which gave rise to a re p ort t h at one, if not two perso ns, had been sava gely murdered in town and the surround in g di stricts, by their no seta e a meadow near the Old Church. It appeared that on Monday last some persons, as they were passing along the bank of a mill -pond, which runs through the meadow near the church, perceived some ,o u 0 ll n d turning that it i w t a o i v t e b r e , to body thing in the water. Curiosity prompted them to see of an aged man, with a razor clenched in Iris hand , his amazementhtt it w s throat most frightfully cut, and his clothes red with blood. They immediately got the body out of the water, but whilst they were so doing, they were amazed at finding another party under the man. The latter was a , t w he ll y en f youth about twenty years of age. Both bodies were removed, and an inquiry set on foot to ascertain, if pos sible, who they were and how they mat their deaths. After some trouble it was learned that the elder de ceased was a man named Matthew Kin r , n., a pensioner, about fifty years of age, who used to work in the mea dow as an agricultural labourer, and the younger party was his own son. Tho Coroner haying been apprised of the circumstance, an inquest was held on the two bodies, The witnesses stated that the father, for some time past. had been slightly deranged ; that on the day the dis covery was made he and his son were both at work in the field. The witnesses were of opinion that, during a tit of insanity, the father had cut his throat with the razor, and the soy, seeing him in the net of so doing, had attempted to prevent him, awl that during the scuffle he had fallen into the pond, and the other, on accom plishing his object. had fallen into the water upon him. The jury, in the absence of further evidence, returned a verdict " That the son was found drowned, but that the father destroyed his own life during a fit of temporary insanity." It is stated that Mr. Frederick Howard, son of Ma jor Howard, of the 10th Hussars, who was killed a t W ater l oo, will be private secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, in the room of Mr. Mackintosh, lately appointed to the Goyernorship of ISt Ohristophoes. i•..J.M.LY ~ , • 41.14.-Sl. - THE MEANS OF NATIONAL EDU CATION. TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. My Lord Russell,—Of the results, moral, scientifica and useful, which must necessarily emanate from insti tutions of an educational character, we need only appeal to the experience of the past to discover some of the good fruits which have arisen ; of the greater amount of gold which they have produced we can form no esti mate. To accelerate the progress of society in its best phases is indeed a work worthy of the highest ambition of the wise and the good ; posterity will do justice to those exertions in a manner suited to the appreciation which they will then have of their value. I cannot, however, consent that the advantages so manifestly de sirable should be obtainable upon terms of injustice to the country at large, when it is clearly discoverable that by a proper insight into the resources provided by the bequests of charitable individuals, an immense sum remains unappropriated to the purposes for which, by the benevolent donors, it was originally intended. I place myself thus prominently before your Lordship from the knowledge I have of th 3 facts, however re markable may be the sources of information to which I . have access, that if the information contained in the report of the Select Committee upon the subject, made thirty years since, were allowed to become public there is a sum of one million of pounds sterling per annum, to which we have a national cicim for the purposes of national education, and which only wants to be well looked after to be got hold of, and which the serious consequences of an untimely inter ference with certain vested interests is perhaps the prin cipal reason for concealment. Perhaps the First Minister of the Crown will conde scend to inform the country why the evidence which would comprise the contents of fifty volumes was not allowed to be printed. You aro not a young statesman, my Lord ; but my Lord B--m, who is an old stager, and is indebted to his present elevation partly in consequence of his sub serviency to the selfish principles of the Whigs, can in form the world (if he chooses) of all the particulars of this infamous transaction, which stamps the authors of it with a character of the most scandalous political dis honesty, and is a virtual robbery of one million per annum for thirty years of the people of the-e realms. Now that the pretended necessity has been put forward by the Whigs for the appropriation of the money out of the public purse, it is, I conceive, the opportunity which gives us a right to demand the restitution of these stolen properties. _ . . If the industry of man ' in 14, past state of physical and scientific devel o p ment , bath given to the world so large au earnest of its capabilities to promote the highest hap piness of the species, by the surprising surplus of means which it has placed at the disposal of the rich for the general interests of humanity, how consistent with the strictest justice is the circumstance, that the reflux of this high tide of wealth and pros perity should return to fertilise and rejoice, by a thousand tributary streams, the fountains of universal knowledge, peace, love, and happiness. Without perhaps intending so palpable a demonstration of the political power of the middle classes, the League thus became the pioneers of the expression of popular opinion, and the unconscious promoters of the democratic principle. That the progress of poli tical freedom should have been so remarkably accelerated by the opulent portion of the community, is only one of those strange anomalies that have so often been found preg nant with the most important consequences, thus carry ing on the process of restitution on a liberal and ex tended scale. - The British nation is the only one, in the great political drama, that can confidently appeal to history in support of those claims to the best uses of freedom, which by other European powers have been so desecrated. She bath in herself eminently and essentially the ele ments of true nobility and moral greatness But as the highest qualities are of the slowest growth, so has there never yet been given to the people of this great country, a Government in every respect honest enough to forward her highest interests, and fully to dcvelope its magnificent resources. She has been, is, and will continue to be, the harbinger of peace to the world, in the equal distribution of the balance of power —why should she not be happy in herself ? And what may not be anticipated of the improved destinies of man kind, when, at perfect harmony within herself, her ener gies are directed externally to the conservation of all that is vvorth living for in the constitution of society, and internally to the establishment of those high and holy principles which must one day make truth their only empire, and universal happiness their sole aim. My Lord, a truly high and noble destiny is mapped out for you, the history of nations affords but ignoble comparisons with the power which you can sway, for good or evil, in this remarkable era of the world' s his tory; may you live to accomplish all that is desirable in the difficult task which Providence has designed for you, and, treading with the security of a nation's friendship in the path only of dignity and true honour, realise our best and happiest aspirations. Your Lordship's obedient servant, DURHAM. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. HEALTH OF TOWN'S BILL. On Saturday the Rev. Dr. Spry took the chair, and the gen , ral parochial business having been disposei of, Mr. GARRETT, at the head of a numerous depu tation, entered the vestry-room with an address from the parochial committee, which, after complimenting the veatry upon their opposition to the Health of Towns' Bill, called upon them to persevere in that opposition, as the bill contemplated the subversion of local self-govern ment, and the introduction of the baneful principles of centralisation. The addressed recommended a deputa tion to government, a conference of the Metropolitan parochial Boards, and interviews with the Members of Parliament in order to secure the defeat of the most ob jectionable and unjustifiable measure that had ever been proposed. Mr. G. DANIEL moved the adoption of the address, and having statistically proved that those portions of the parish under the government of the vestry were better regulated in a sanatory point of view, and at a cheaper rate, titan those under the control of the Woods and Forests, denounced the exemption of the City from the effects of the Bill as a cowardly act, and denounced the Bill itself as the substitution of nomina tion, patronage, and plural voting, for the representa tive and elective principles.—(Hear, hear.) Sir PETER Lemur: seconded the motion, and said that the Government would make the Bill a medium for ob taining appointments and pensions for their relatives and friends.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WILSON analysed and severely criticised the Bill. Mr. LAURIE, the City Pleader, recommended the vestry not to let the erroneous opinion of their being opposed to the objects of th o measure go abroad, for they only found fault with its machinery. Sir B. HALL, Bart., M.P., promised to give the Bill his most determined opposition, and although not authorised to say so, he might, with confidence, state that the Bill would not be persevered in during the present session.— (Hear, hear) And he was fully satis fied that in its present shape it never would pass into law.—(Hear, hear.) He assured the vestry that since the introduction of the measure so numerous were the applications to him for his interest to obtain situations under it, that he had to employ a person to open and read his letters.—(A laugh.) Sir CHARLES NAPIER, M.P., also promised to join his honourable colleague in opposing the Bill. He was con vinced that the City of London was exempted from its provisions lest offence might be given to the electors, and Lord John Russell should thereby be turned out of the representation.---(frenr, hear.) Several other gentlemen having expressed their dis approval of the Bill, the motion was carried. The meeting adjourned at a late hour. BRITISH MUSEUM-NEW HALL. This splendid addition to the national establishment, it is stated, will be opened for the first time to the public to-day. The facade is now nearly completed; the inte rior, however, is entirely finished, and embellished in the Etruscan order. The colouring throughout is rich, chaste, and in perfect keeping with the ancient examples of that order handed down to us from antiquity. The hall is spacious, nearly square; on the right hand as the visitors enter is the commodious room in which is placed the Granville Library, which was bequeathed to the country a short time ago. On th e l e ft is another spa cious room, containing a portion of the celebrated Townley Collection; this part of the new edifice is in future to be distinguished as the Townley Gallery, and when entirely finished will form the means of com munication with theNvhole building. The hall is lofty, with a pannelled roof, in the centre of which is a large gold star on a blue ground, which has a remarkably pleasing appearance. On the right of tho entrance door is Roubilliac's well known and exquisite statue of Shakspere ; on the left of the entrauca is another statue by Chantrey ; both are placed on white marble pedestals. The floor of the hall is laid out in very large squares of Portland stone, with small grey marble diamonds. At the back of tho hall is a magnificent flight of steps, with a ballustrade of polished stone, so highly worked up that it resembles porcelain. The ballustrade rests on a wall cf red granite; at the lower termination of the ballustrade on either side is a white alabaster Etruscan vase. At the top of the flight is a landing-place the width of the hall, to the right and left of which are corresponding staircases leading to two natural history rooms, which open into the old mineral gallery. The entrance to these is by three doors finely painted after the Etruscan. The tout ensemble, as viewed from below, is imposing. The room in which the Lycian marbles are to be deposited is built, and the specimens are now being placed in their positions. This part of the building, however will not be properly arranged for a year or two, as it is calcu lated it will occupy as long a period in putting the frag ment: of the sculpture together—a delicate process, re quiring the utmost taste, care, and skill. In connexion with ancient art, it is not generally known that in the museum have been placed some marbles brought over by Sir Charles Fellowes from a temple dedicated to llarpagus, g eneral of Cyrus, 546 years before Christ-- I the earliest of examples of Greek art in our possession, showing that the same principle of building and workin g the marble was used then as now. The O'Conor Don and Mr. French, M.P., had an in terview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the 110Ine-offtec 2 AMERICAN AFFAIRS: NEW Yonx, MARCH 31.—Although it is nearly two years before the Presidential election takes place,yet the campaign has fairly opened. The Charleston (South. it i s teh e i d e itor. Carolina) Courier has commenced a defence of Mr. Cal of h o g n neeosrs atd et.rhnß, with The South abandon i ng with Cal houn, and assails in no measured terms the Witshiston char annodtiewniethensucrfuemeibinign! on n o t n h o e r g th n e e r e n tio m n e o n the Carol i ng t t' e interests t paper eres t s slavery. Mr. Calhoun is calling (in a speech recently made) upon southern statesmen to organise and unite on the existing topic of slavery, which he conceives vital to the slave-holding population. On this ground he thinks the Presidential question should be fought. In the 'speech referred to he denounces a " caucus, ' or convention, held for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the office of President. Whatever may be said of Mr. Callioun'a views on other subjects, his remark s in relation to party conventions merit calm and serious deliberation. They never fail to exhibit a scene of low intrigue, and some times the most profligate and audacious corruption. I regret to add, these charges are not exclusively confined to one political party. The Union, Mr. Polk's mouthpiece, replies to this assault with great bitterness. He insists upon a con vention to designate the candidate of the party, and is prepared to expel as an unbeliever and a h ere ti c the man who does not sustain and support the usages o f t h e party, and this usage in particular. It is very generally understood and believed that Mr. Calhoun is determined to be a candidate for the Presidency at the next election. If he consents to go into the convention, he will be bound by its proceedings, a nd no matter what pledges or assurances are given to him, he and his friends w ill be voted down. This f ac t M r.i Calhoun understands. He knows he will be cheated. Mr. Benton entertains strong hopes and expectations that he may be selected as the candidate of the Palace. All such hopes are worse than visionary. It was with the view of promoting that darling object that he struggled so stoutly to obtain the command of the army. There are, however, so many obstacles in the way of Mr. Benton's ascending the throne, that I con sider the attempt as visionary, and unworthy notice. The aspirants in his own party are numerous, while the feud between Benton and Calhoun is violent and uncom promising. The Whig party have made no movement as yet indi cating whom they would peter as their candidate for the office of President; but there is no doubt a very large majority of the Whigs would prefer Henry Clay, if he could be induced to permit his friends to use his name for that office, which is very doubtful. Mr. Clay seeks retirement, and while ho enjoys the society , of his family and his friends, he delights in rural pur suits, and the cultivation of a superb farm of which he is the proprietor and the occupant, haring settled on it some thirty years or more, when the surrounding country was a wilderness. In a few days (the 12th of April) Mr. Clay will be seventy years old. He possesses a robust consti tution, and is in most excellent health. His friends in this city are making the necessary arrangements for a large and splendid io.dival in honour of his birthday. There is no doubt it will be well attended, and probably by some of our most distinguished statesmen from adja cent states. As he advances in the number of his years, the respect and esteem of his countrymen appear to grow stronger, while the asperity of party is daily be coming more subdued, losing its bitterness, so far as it applies to him. We have recently experienced a tremendous gale of wind along our seaboard. As far as we have heard, the disasters have been numerous, and we have reason to apprehend that the lobs of both life and property will prove great. The exciting topics in this city are the Irish suffer ings and the Mexican war, but especially the latter. On Friday last the Government ship the Jamestown, Captain Forbes, cleared at the Boston Custom -house for Cork, and sailed on Saturday. She is loaded with sup plies for the relief of the Irish sufferers by famine. About the 20th of the present month we bad rumours of a great battle having been fought between Santa Anna and General Taylor, but no details. .Rumours, however, were rife that the Mexicans had been repulsed with the loss of 4,000 or 5,000 men, and that General Taylor had sustained a loss of from 1,100 to 1,700 men. On the 23d the National Intelligencer published a call from Colonel Curtis, of Ohio, on the Governor of Loui siana for 10,000 volunteers, to be dispatched to the seat of war with as little delay as possible. This requisition bears date, " Camari,ro, March 2, 1847." and states that all communication has for several days been cut off between Camargo and the army above" (General Taylor's army). From the 23d of March to the present day we have had nothing but the most contradictory reports and ru mours, without one lino that can be considered official, or that can be relied on. On the 26th of March the Intelligences received, via New Orleans, advices from Mexico to the 27th of Fe bruary; they annonnce a revolution in the city of Mexico. Gomez Ferias has been denounced, and Salts chosen in his stead. Santa Anna, according to the ac mints, retains his power and influence. The Inklli gencer publishes a letter from New Orleans, from which the following is extracted:— " We have two days later from Brazos, but nothing later from the army —nothing further, from the enemy being near to Matamoras, which is considered safe." We have to report, via Tampico, of a battle, and that Santa Ann a was repu l se d . T he report is without any just foundation. Every one is on tiptoe for further adviees. God send they may be favourable." If you should receive a dozen letters, you will pro bably receive doz n • different rurn , Jurs and opinions. I will give you mine in as few words as possible. I be lieve there has been hard fighting, with great slaughter on both side‘. The Mexicans, however, are much the greatest sufferers. In my opinion, their force was at least double, perhaps three times the number of Gene ral Taylor, who has probably retreated to Monterey, %MA he is perfectly able to hold until he receives rein forcements. General Scott, before the date of this letter, has pro. 1)04 attacked and captured the city of Vera Cruz and the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa. This opinion is univer sally entertained by the best-informed ;nen in this place. Between the friends of General Scott and General Tay lor there is some unkind feeling, in consequence of Scott withdrawing from Taylor his most efficient troops. All parties unite in condemning the President and his Ca binet for leaving Taylor in a defenceless state. —Tinges. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. EXECUTION OF CATHERINE FOSTER FOR POISONING HER HUSBAND THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE.—HER CONFESSION. BURT ST. EDMUNDS, SATURDAY.—The wretched con vict, Catherine Foster, condemned to death by the Chief Baron Pollock at the late Suffolk Assizes, for the murder of her husband three weeks after marriage, by poisoning a dumpling with arsenic, expiated her dreadful offence this morning on the scaffold adjacent to the county gaol in this town. Those persons who have perused the evidence adduced at the trial have doubtless been at a loss to conceive the motive that could have induced her to destroy her hus band, whom she had apparently loved from a child, and now that her life has been justly forfeited to the law, and her confession is published to the world, it will be found that it contains nothing that can be construed into a motive, and the reasons, therefore, which tempted her to commit the murder must remain enveloped in mystery. Earnest were the solicitations of those whose duty it was to attend her after her condemnation that she should divulge o r i h th v ca frank avowal of her guilt, she studiously avoided allud ;onbnuetctedwith s e he w ra l s e about tiie to hi s c u t ff s er c although she ing to any circumstance which might lead to the motive t hcr i m e made fd fur which she perpetrated the horrid deed. The following is a copy oilier comfession:— " Buy Gaol, April 12, 1847. "To the Governor,—.First of all I must confess th .t L am guilty, and very guilty or this awful crime, and well deserve the death that I am condemned to die; and as I am soon to stand before my Heavenly Judge, I wish to speak the truth. I am sorry to say I bought the poison at the shop of Mr. 11. Ely, chemist, Sudbury, three days before I mixed it in the dumpling which I gave to my husband. It was served to me by a young man in the shop. Mr. Ely was not present ; had he been present he would have known me, as I had been frequently at his shop on errands for my mistress when I was at service. The act was entirely my own. No person persuaded me to it, and any mother had no knowledge or suspicion of it. I had nominee for complaint against my husband. Ho was always and kind to me, but I never had any affection for good a, and wished to go back to service. Ido not wish to live, for I never could be happy in this world , and kbope, ere repentance of this and all my sins , to obtain for through the' merits and blood of my Saviour, and a sin civeness of God, and to be received into Heaven. I di e at peace with all, having no complaint to make of any witness that appeared against me on my trial, and full of remorse for the crime which brings me to this premature andion Ithheavßeevr.eclielirv.eEd y fr r o e m , f t o h r eesi t rp h i e ri ir: (loath. I wish to express my grateful thanks to the Rev. wishand fmorrt.hEy w. West, the chaplain of the gaol ; the Rev. Mr. Ottley, in structionsgivut attention an d admonitions, tom y ete r n a l sh interest, ouid spiri tual parish hope and ln minister s o t e n r s consolation attend me in my lastr e . to . moments, and earnestly request that he will do so. (Signed) " CATHERINE FOSTER. " Witnessed by —J. M'lntyre, governor. Thomas West." On Thursday she took her final leave of her aged mother ; and on Friday the condemned sermon was preached by the Rev. rM. Eyr e , from the 32d chapter of Numbers, and 23d verse. This morning the crowd assembled to witness the exe cution was very great ; at nine o'clock the number of persons could not have been less than 10,000. A. few minutes before nine o'clock, the High Sheriffand Under Sheriff having arrived, proceeded with the other autho rities to the cell in which she was confined, when she walked with a firm step and unsupported to the drop, where she stood unmoved. The preliminary arrange ments having been completed, the signal was given, and the drop fell. The body, after hanging the usual period, was cut down and interred within the walls of the prison. The last execution of a female in this town was 47 years ago, for setting fire to her master's house. CIIILD DROPPING.—On Saturday information was circulated that on Thursday evening a fine female infant, apparently about a month old, was picked up near the cellar door of No. 6, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn. There had, however, evidently been no intention to destroy it, for it was well wrapped up in a calico gown, folded in several shawls, flannel, &c., and there was some sugar in its mouth. It had on a nightcap marked" II." The poor little thing has been ever since in the care of the gardener's wife, and the authorities of Gray's Inn have offered 5/. reward for the dis eovery of the persons who deposited it when it was found.