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_....-.., lUitT• commenced der, and the Q. Marshall riffs and the ontained the tE . 809to:$41 A nd -'2lO Fovd. 32 ' all cork, COs 'O2l 099 478 509 " 5 ' 0 , 600 . 601 6 , 1 4 le .• 75 ' 720 •643 700 ai7olk 646 . .i fj g the Past Calves. .... 53 61 ...... -- 16 ...... I ds of foreign 'here enwere o il beep, d buye rs '..l va ls of Be 43— io rning Wir e means gilt intry buyers 'ante on 144 1 at I'll lo wimest Sco ts currency e, and Cate; nebretls, eau lidland count , ther parts Of Scotland 300 p were about prime st old reek's quota but all other owns out of •e fairly stir From the Isl , rovement 01 s producing d, w hile the ueies, rigs e rates. s. d. to s. d s 5 Cs ()5 2 5 , " 5 8 62 1 3 8 4 4 48 5 2 16 0 21 1 1 4 6 Pigs. 31$ .LL. de in the se amount 0 f stances, 1 0 ' quotation s ' 'gland WI [Litton, An'e p. d. to o• 4 4 0 s 4 6 4 4 5 0 4 1 0 0 6 4 4 10 b 2 1 of Hops, ek's p rices 'to 41 65; Kent, clo•P S. he water rds of 70 0 and 0 0 ° 300 WO Very dull, ; to 260 5 ; :20i ; Lin' Kidneys, D London. 550 bales litto from sbon, and I be con ress. AS ; offered; Lees. la )ing. TSllOVit Stock 00 3positio n r quota- 11, NW ..lienif be wife D of tL• n, of I ie Rog• Cut et, derick Raker' ;eorge L-rcTrt SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through- Mit ENGLAND and WALES. Estoblithed 1772. PRESIDENT. THE EARL OF ROMNEY. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart, M.P. . TREASURER. BerkWhin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. AU - DITORS. JohttPepys, Esq., and Caper Cure, Esq. WA.Lit 'MEETING of GOVERNORS, held in Craven•street, on ti= ,,14 3 , , the sth day of May, 1847, the cases of fourteen Teti ...r3 Were considered, of which seven were approved, live rejected, ..49..tW0 inadmissible. the Meeting held on the 7th of April, TWENTY•NINE D EBTORS, of whom nineteen had Wives and forty-three Children, Rave been Discharged from the Prisohs of England and Wales; the ,Pense of whose lib erat i on, inc:uding every charge connec ted with ••+e Society, wa s 4 371. Bs.; and the following COlonei r _neat racuom RECEIVED SINCE VIE LAST REPO/!.T, urcha s £2 A 2. 0 H., per Messrs. nerries and C 0... • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• e• .5 0 0 77t D UYatt ...A 2 0 0 hart ,nager Countess of Romney .. Whitelock, Esq., per Messrs. Cocks and Co. A 2 2 0 7°°t•• per Messrs. Drummond.. ...... ....A 5 0 0 .Per ditto •• •• •• •• ...•••••••••• 3 0 0 The ~ne Harland, per Messrs. Hoare •••••••• • • • • • ' A 2 2 0 .tece iver-General of Faxes, Somerset House, Repa.y rnent of Property -tax ... 12 5 7 •••••••• •. •••• .. Benefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the ;`,mtsUrer,Brick-court Temple ; also by the following 7flkers:—Messr; Cocks Curries, Drummonds, Herries, Hoares, th ` r es ; and by the . Secretary, , No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where 1 ?ooks may be seen by chose who are inclined to sopporttlr Amy, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in e ver y Month. Lord Kenyon. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. THE ANNUAL GRAND IPOLISFI FANCY, or FULL DRESS MALL, in 'LIT% AID of the FUNDS of the It „,MtY .ASSOCIATION of the FRIEND; of roLAND, will to take place at Willis's Rooms, on FRIDAY, May 21. The vouchers e had nthe ed flout the Ladies Patronesses only, a Ilst of whom may at Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10, St James's-square, and also at Willis's Rooms. 124 E EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 'Huth, 15, George -street. London, 58, King Wllllars-street. Established 1843. This c Capital 390,0001. THE SEV ENT E EN Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF 01 th.,.." . .yENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report tt a martality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in shrnstitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, j ei ;";_raParison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to e,...!. 1- ers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is —rittent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. th e c ' t Prospectuses, &c., apply at the offices as above, or to any of .4 exits throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. - Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSCRANCE BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample autvcribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 6,008 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the *rat live years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the P,rolts, which , a ft er live years, will be annually divided among the .111rotred. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. _ An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. h alf - credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the _ rn A ount of premium for sevetryears, to be then paid off, or remain a G 4 11 $e upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES. Azittuia rrelninms required for as Assurance of 1001. for the whole Tierrn of Life. -........_ 11111.117 AL ASSIMMICZ BRANCH, 40 25 30 40 45 $0 55 Ate. Ralf Pre- Whole Pre ralunt, first minm, after live years. five years. ----- Wholo Pre mium, after seven years. s. d. s. (1. 10, 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 24 4 1 4 1 1 2 9 10 1 8 6 2 17 0 1 13 3 3 6 6 1 19 6 3 19 0 2 7 9 , 415 6 2 10 517 8 A 5. d. 1 16 0 1 19 2 2 3 6 2 9 10 2 18 4 3 9 8 4 5 0 5 8 6 t PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Age. Half Pre- mium, first seven years. X s. d. 0 18 0 0 19 7 1 1 9 1 4 11 1 9 2 1 14 10 2 2 6 2 12 9 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE so SOCIETY. 4." 11 2 ad dition to Assurances o URANCE n Healthy Lives, this Society continues .:, grty a nt Policies on the Lives of 1 ersons subject to Gout, Asthma, t i h m e r r eu di e se d as ri e s ton Th th e e pl p a a n y o rn f entof a un'lCot..3e,;:uenirteehd:eyetasioniarted : granting Premium Assurances ortginated with this office in the beginning of 1824. description of Assurance may be effected with this society, TY age. granted on the Lives of Persons in any station, and ;The two f irst Divisions averaged ßONUSES 221. per cent. on the premiums .s(indtl. ;o:h:rt.:stir: 28/. per cent. Tee fourth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, ".Telfrtiled rather more than 361. per cent., and from the large amount ed for future appropriaton and other causes, the _limes hereafter are expected considerably to exceed that amount. tai l n iages o of Rates, With a full Report (recently printed) can be ob cot f the Society's Agents, or by addressing a letter to GEO. 11. RINCKARD, Actuary, 'O, 78, G reat Rnssell-street, Bloombury, London. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCEA SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON, , . Capital £500,000. This Empowered by Act of Parliament. Institution embraces important and substantial advantages in,o r! of the P ;shoePe to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured rct, all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense ••or for olicY, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); tests meat ether selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in . '" 9 to meet ether conveniences or necessity. ra't,:surances for terms of years are grouted at the lowest possible ka7,11:, rr!rnarkable 4 foln-tl i t the Dl °4 eae4 Nlley'Lli, DIVISION . OF PROFITS. success and increasing prosperity of the Society trectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare "ring from 35 to 85 per ce t. on the premiums paid Ited en the Profit scale. -..5.., euCCEL4I on tne rront seam. EXAMPLES. I.J % I ~., • E .° ?Mini . . um. i e 4 m Bonus Bonus In Fa - a Assurel 1 , acl.2ed. Cast, -e- q, g may p: 3 Borrow. ---- 1, £ 1837 Z 217 15 I.£loo 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 ,_, -*" s ' " - 1838 192 30;871413 10 2i 395 11 T)0 1000 3 4 ,1839 165 11 10, 74 I 9 11 8 1 34 .2 X )3. 4. 1000 3 4 1837 1838 1833 1840 1841 A 217 15 11 192 3 165 11 10 116 7 6 111 6 8, I.£loo 011 £l6 A 41.£445 0 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 39b 11 1 74 1 9 11 8 1 34 2 3 b 4 010 718 10 296 13 4 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 Th•, division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. • F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary.. THE UNITED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits Is. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110 ; and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of Incorporation sowed on, the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. PATRONS. Th .. a Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON , Beig rave-s q uare. kilt Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq. TRUSTEES. '.Ord Chas. Beanclerc, Lowndes- ' Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander M•Kinnon, Luke Jas. Ilansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. John Bond, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S. L and E. George-st., Portman-sq. Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, A delphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M R.C.S.L., Chariest-St., St. James's-sq. Joshua Stopford,Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Rowland-street, Fitzroy-square. zilis Price Sutton, Esq., Great OrmondLstreet. (With power to add to their number.) 4340 4 Princes-street,-Stock Bank, P B n A c N es x - E si ß reet, Bank : Commercial Bank Lothbury. SECIIETART—Joshua Stopford. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Richard St. George Graham. ' l , East India Chambers, T.eadenhall-street. N‘Th PROSPECTUS. "the tr " l we look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, inte r ado, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercial th at of this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise tat, Test active means have not, long since, been taken to ob )00,,:lote ter supply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water .0 1 ly . tobich has so grievously existed for many years past. Unt,;,.."!?hJeet is one upon which so much has been said, and such ou,_?al complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to hi 4 i u i r r n the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that endued so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas • si °eate or mind.Pa Iti var th e ,_ eight companies supplying London with water, the New Sti d , e r o the most extensive. it was constructed by Sir Hugh Dublie Nvere at an expenseted of about 150,000/. in 1834, the much exci in consequence of bad th water supplied, mane raarli enentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis that t h w ere appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared other Compan i es Alth oughCom pany paid an enormous bonus (300 per _ on tho paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was ..Dalance of 157,206/. 103. 6d. remaining, which is more than the ori final cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied n 1834, accordinu to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2001„ about 11. 10s. yearly per house. Pure 'Water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capitalist who invests in this speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Company. Hence the opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of pure water at an inconsiderable outlay, and upon those sure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted on the Continent—unfailing And uccessfully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be understood, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one inches per an num. This chalk-bed or.basin has an extent 'of 12,000 square miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square n ines, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The snpply et water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than I twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns inGreat 1 Britain and Ireland. , So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring 'water upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies Will net be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com l'anY. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only ee in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain Make such pipes cheaper than metal. Shareholders shall be protected front all responsibility beyond the itetual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of t he United Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East •Lndla Chambers, Leadenhall-street, City, London. Sir FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SH ARES. hereby request you to allot me Shares of 11 101. In the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua i."Mee to pay, when called en, a deposit of 7s. 6d. per Share for such And Shares, or any lesser number that you m a y allot to m e , to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Residence ••••••••• • • • • • • • Names of two Refereences, RITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. IT. ~ (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) I lk * ~ Waterloo-place, London ; 126, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Tre a e arrangements with the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Cu 'ors - haviug been concluded, the Directors will grant Bends of A,.:trantee for the fidelity of Officers in every department of the "•:! e, who are required to give security to the Crown, and they are prated to re,ceivc proposals from persons employed in the Treas ury, War Office, • Home Office Ordnance, Foreign ' Office Customs and Excise, Colonial Office', Stamps and Taxes, Exchequer Woods and Forests, New• A dmiralty Post Office, Sec. fr om , rrien z unsto r ye r ice e ti as esu t r ir t zs, Actuaries, and other Officers of the "' r ing e ' Loan Societies, sßanks, Government Annuity Societies, Benefit Building Societies, And nil Ts ' Poor-law Commission, ...... L „.,,..,. st i tuti i4mte arid Private In- Insurance Companies, Che z , v al , Banss, shipj and other ' Recetver- Railway Companies, And in "" ..,, to acc° Rates°othfePrrsernimn ttiati°nl where Secttrita r Mercantile Houses, unt, is required- ag ainst fraud, or failure One per Cent. and upwards. O. ~._ Colonial and ForeignAg Policies are granted. tlOl 2 , m ::: ~__ PrePosal nay be obtained at the Offices of the Associa we lay of the Local ents. 4. clump.; Becrotary t 0 the Loads= Bard. _ • iA t7 s k I' /41 4 • t *.', . - lit d ' "t 1 1 74: • .; r, 1""liEl4---A—A:eL. • ' 11,* • • • . - \_‘l"' € e* • 7 7 ( 1 1 \ • ' l‘t c". l, L . " TT .11 ) ) • No. 17 ) 049, LON DON. T U ESDAY p b t . • N t. S . THE WELLINGTON SUETOUT CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER Olt SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be is shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number Indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House. LONDON, to imitate which is felony. nA VIES ' S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, la. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. •' Transparent Wax, Is . I Id. ; (kenning Wax, 2s. I d.; Waxed-wick Moulds, 714 d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 45.6 d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. M ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. DR. CULYEIIWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes; Is. each, by pest (in stamps), is. Gd. each. HOW TO BE HAPPY, Jncande Ylvero."—Cic. 2. WEIAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATOM. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that is the qucation."—Shaltspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valcas." These 'publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, corn_ hill ; Carvalho, 147, Feet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion Mornings till Three, and in the Evening s from Seven till Nine, at ;0, Argyle-place. Regent-street. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and Wills- KEW; produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size. 7s. ; and double this size, 1 Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, lc•c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for motley orders onlY• Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co„Cheapside • Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver . .. User-office. TO THE - LAMES. pa n per is o l n adz u h g . a d 7, t i h B e 46. followingßeade Reader, t r t e e m r the paper by the lady her se lf, as a t es timony to me. bar • High tneativrtes- of the Herhav)4 corn. eimmibeertr,"thinis the "Times" T w i as mes p ' u ' " Mrs. Weekley, of N o . 3. S wan - s t ree t, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thankin g M r. W . Brimston e , gate for the efficacy of hi s A roma ti c R egen erator, in than and the whole of h er h a i r i s much stronger an d more luxuriant pletely restored the hair on h er h ea d, a ft er using itabout four months, g I ever was before the baldness appeared. Re 'M g ' ea rs. ator, Weekiey feelin inserts this t tlm ha t t es man o y ny la t d o th iesw e ou lrt dg u l e ad s of l gladly purchase eh G as .' e s an 11 s. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact:, —3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and r - event it turning grey, ren d ering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the *lost aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing dour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of neveus headache, pour ten or twelve drops n the grown of the heal ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an our. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces air ou children's heads in a few appplicatlons. It used on infants' eads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. Isilliittera addressed to N9il I Grin tohe u e zb ary , moot.; GUILDHAuf, APRIL 30, 1847. THE COMMITTEE for LEI:TING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at. Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely; to receive TENDERS for LE [TING, on Lease, for thirteen years, from Lady-day last, a HOUSE on the north side of LIME-STREET, and on the east side of Beehive-passage; and also for LETTING, on Lease, for twenty • one years, from Midsummer next TWO HOUSES, Nos. 2 and 3, SAINT JAMES'S, DUKE'S-PLACE, near lIOUNDSDITCH. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. EAST BARNET, HERTS. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of BERRY and OTHERS v. CHAUNCY and 0 [`HERS, with the approbation of JAMES WILLIAM FARBER, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, sometime in or about the month of June next, at the Auction Mart, in the City of London, of which due no• Lice will be given, the CAPITAL FREEHOLD MANSION-HOUSE, pleasure• groundS, and land, and certain leasehold land occupied therewith, called " Bohnu Lodg ," situate in the parishes of East . . Barnet, in the county of Hertford, and Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, late the property of Mrs. Ann Knott, deceased, with im mediate possession. Partici!lars whereof may in a short time be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London; of Mr. Richard Smith, solicitor, No. 67, Chancery-lane. aforesaid ; of Mr. H. 1). Francis, solicitor, Monument-yard ; of Mr. Robert Forster, surveyor, Tottenham ; and of Messrs. Driver, auc tioneers, surveyors and land and estate agents, No. 8, Richmond terrace, Whitehall. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN. President—JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST HALF-YEARLY ELEC TION of CHILDREN into this Institution, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on MONDAY, the 28th day of June next (the polling to commence at Twelve o'clock at noon, and close at Three o'clock in the afternoon precisely), when Twenty Children will be admitted. The usual Quarterly Court of the Governors of the Institution will also be held at the same hour and place, for the purpose of receiving reports from the Auditors and Board of Management to appoint Medical Officers and a Collector for the Institution, and to entertain, discuss, and determine suck other questions and matters as may be authorised and required by the Rules of the Institution. Alt persons subscribing One Guinea annually, or Ten Guineas t one time, will be entitled to one vote for each child to be elected, c may give the whole number of votes to any one child. The attention of subscribers is particularly requested to the fol lowing Rules:— That a new subscriber be entitled to vote immediately upon pay. moot of subscription. That no Governor shall in any case be admitted to vote, or to be present at any election or meeting whatever, until his donation or subscription for the current year be paid. WILLIAM GORDON, Secretary. Offices-51, Cheapside. WANTED, a MASTER, MISTRESS, and COLLECTOR for - the COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. It is requested that none but those who have filled similar offices will apply, and that all particulars be stated, with the amount of salary expected. Applications and Testimonials to be sent by letter only, on or be fore the 17th May instant, under cover (post-paid), and addressed to "The Chairman of the Commercial Travellers' Orphan Schools, 51, Cheapside. ' TEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power ful ships will start as under, weather, Ste., permitting : For ABERDEEN, the CITY OF LONDON, ou Saturday, May 17, at Ten, Morning. For INVERNESS, the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND (New Iron Steam-Ship), on Monday, May 24, at Nine, morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point. Offices: Spread Eagle, Regent-oircus, or 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. 1 RAVESEND STAR and BLACK WALL W PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment. From the Brtinswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 13¢, 33¢, 434, 534. and 7. Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, 334, 534, and 7. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 734. 834, 93¢, 1134, I, 2, 3,5, and 634. Sundays, at 734, 83%, 1134, 1,3, 5, 6, and 7. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greeuhithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, April 14, 1847. R OY AL BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2, MOORGATE-STREET, LONDON. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. par annum, due on the 15th inst., will be PAYABLE on or after the Ist Mar next. To Shareholders resident in Scotland at the Office of the Agents, Messrs. R. and T. Allan, 11, St. Andrew-square, Edin burgh. The Court of Directors grant Letters of Credit and Bills, at three or 30 days' sight, on their branches at Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart town, and Launceston, and are also receiving money on deposit, for fixed periods, at a rate of interest to be agreed on, varying according to the term for which it is taken. By order of the Board, G. H. WRAY, Manager. Aprll7, 1847. WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c. Persons of any Age, however bad their Writing, may, in EIGHT LESSONS, acquire permanently an elegant and flowing style of Penmanship, adapted either to professional pursuits or pri vate correspondence. Arithmetic en a method requiring only one third the time usually requisite. Book-keeping, as practised in the Government, Banking, and Merchants' Offices. Short-hand, &c. Apply to Mr. SMART, at the Institution, 7, New-street, Covent garden. " His mode of teaching is a vast improvement upon any former system."—Landon Journal of Commerce. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past Three o'clock. On CHEMISTRY, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine, by F. IL Holmes, Esq. On ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its production, by Dr. Bach hoffner. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. 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L YCEIJAI THEATRE, late ENGLISH The Holders of Debentures on this Theatre, are requested to meet In the Saloon, on FRIDAY NEXT, the 14th May instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted for recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures. May 7, 1847. ALARMING FLOOD AT MAN- C H ESTE The heavy fall of rain which took place here on Saturday has been the cause of very serious alarm, and the destruction of a considerable amount of property, by the river Medlock, which passes through the town, having overflowed its banks in the neighbourhood of " Little Ireland." This " river," which in the dry season is an insignificant and dirty brook, supplies a large number of factories, and other workshops on. its banks, with water, by which to work their steam-engines. In consequence of the insufkicient supply of water at certain seasons, sluices have been erected at a point between the fee• tories of Messrs. Birley and Fairweather, to dam up the water to the required height. These sluices are situated near Cam bridge-street, and just below "Little Ireland," and it seems should have been opened on Saturday night, but this was neg lected, and hence the mischief. i From inquiries made on the spot, it appears .that about three o'clock on Sunday morning the water rose above its banks, inundated a large factory, part of which is occupied b y Messrs. Whitworth , boiler maker, carried away about thirty y ar ds of stout brick wall, and then famed its way into the whole of the houses in Wakefield-street, Smith -street, Anvil-street, Frank-street, William-street, and the c o ur t s and alleys adjoining; and some of the inhabitants w e r e a w oke by the rushing in of the water through windows, doors, &c. Those who were asleep in the upper apartments were awoke by the screams and cries of those below. About four o'clock on Sunday morning the scene is seid to have been moat distressing,, women and children screaming for help, and men escaping through windows and doors, and wading up to the middle in water which covered the streets and grounds about for many yards round. At this jtime the police had to use boats to get the inmates released from their wretched habitations, and tableF, chairs, beds, and bedding were, during nearly the whole of Sunday, floating about in indiscriminate masses. The water, in all the houses, was from four to six or seven feet deep. There could not be much less than 200 of these wretched abodes, in some of which there were three or four families which have been thus visited by this calamity. About six o'clock on Sunday morning • some one succeeded in opening one of the sluices already referred to, when the water rushed with such force against a newly-erected stone wall, belonging to the new gas works now in the course of erection there, as to force it completely over, and instantly inundated a large pit which had just been excavated, of 100 feet in diameter, for a new gasometer, which should have been commenced this morning. Serious injury has also been done to another, which had just been completed. The damage done here cannot be less than from 2001. to 3001. But perhaps the largest amount of damage done to any single establishment is that sustained by the extensive one of Messrs. Birley, the ground floor of their largest mill being, during the whole of Sunday, many feet deep in water, and the bobbins, cotton, &c., floating about on the water. A large weaving -shed, in which are a great number of power-looms, is also flooded several feet deep. During the whole of yesterday . many hundreds crowded the neighbourhood to view the havoc made by the flood, so that the police had some difficulty in keeping back the crowd. It is not a little singular that while one mill of Messrs. Birley was flooded and sus taining great injury from water, another on the opposite side of the street had a narrow escape from fire, as.about the same time that the water broke into the one (three o'clock) a fire was discovered in the lower floor of the other. Fortunately, however, it was early discovered, and a large cistern being placed on the roof, it was got under by the time the fire-engines arrived, without any very serious damage being done. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S-*OxDAY. THE DERBT.—Both J. Day's favourites were in great request, Cossack, however, being backed for the largest 10,0001., and with a shade the best of it. Van Tromp was also in force, and on the strength of a considerable outlay advanced 13 to 2. Next to the Oxonian, Montpensier and War Eagle were most frequently inquired after, and in each of these cases the prices showed an improvement. Planet, Mr. Martin, and Glentilt were not in much favour, and Ulysses was sent to the extreme outside. It was mentioned that Horn of the Chase was objected to as having been wrongly described in the entry as out of Victoria, by Philip, instead of out of Victoria, by Philip the First; 20 to 1 was offered to be laid that he will not be disqualified. THE Ons.s.—Clementina was steady at 4 to 1, and some hundreds were laid out on the Farmer's Daughter, at 6 to 1, 11 to 2, and sto 1. The genera l betting was far from brisk. Latest average.t: DERBY. 7 to 4 agst John Day's lot—taken and aft. offered 11 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 12 to 1 000 to 50 agat Mr. Gully's lot—taken o to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's The Cossack—taken 5 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—tak. & aft. offd. 13 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 7 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Moetyn's Ilanet—taken ski aft. offered 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn'sMr. It tin —tak.,;- . aft. offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Cal;dor:, , Wanota--tak. k act cfrt,e( 7 .. as 4 , s t.06-A --34 .--nnicrvege;W:ti'lltigl. - 1-: -tlftfrd _- 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Bunt - eters xtv0,,,...,4-I.oly - to 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician—t. and aft. off. 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t. and aft. off 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt-40 to 1 laid once 40 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell's Nottingham—taken to 100 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken to.loo 1000 to 20 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —t. and aft. off. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gully's Buckskin—t. and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Good Coin 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Jehnstene's Ulysses 1000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Day's The Farmer's Dau ghter OAKS. 4 to 1 agat Mr. Payne's Clementina—t. and aft. of. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—t. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermain's Lady Lift—t. 15 to 1 t is proper to remind those who have bets on Oaks that Thursday next is comparing day. 15 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale—t. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merr y's Maid of Motherwell —t. The subscription room will be °pop every the Derby an d day this week. SOUTH AMERICAN BOND- We 0 E RS. have received th e followi LD g n letter from the Committee of South Americ an B ondholders : " Mexico, March 31, 1847. " The contents of your communications under notice have been carefully observed by us, and, in reply, We may inform you that the revolution against Gomez Farias, which we mentioned in our last, has been put an end to by t he arrival of General Santa A nna, who is again at the head of the Go vernment. We may add that the General is favourably dis posed towards the conversion of the Mexican Bonds, and we have every reason to b e li eve that the point w ill b e arranged satisfactorily during hi s presidency. " The war with the United States continues with great exasperation on both sides, and the town of Vera Cruz has just been taken by the Americans, a fter a bombardment which lasted five day s . S ome people seem to think that the events now passing will bring matters to a crisis, and per haps lead to a speedy termination of hostilities, which is much to be wished tor." THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY O.—The bulletin of this day is : " His Excellency passed a tranquil night, and feels much refreshed this morning," The medical gentlemen in attendance are Sir P. Crampton and Doctor Purcell. Up to the hour of three o'clock this afternoon the answer to inquiries was, that his Excellency continued in the same state. WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, 57, Old Broad-street. Mr. Heron took the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Nicholson, read the report, from which it appeared that at the last meeting a resolution was passed for restricting the operations to the Wheal Jewel and Talarne loclee, which had been carried into effect. Although the result of the copper mining hag pot been so advantageous as was expected, the workings of the tin lode had realised More than was anticipated. Should the same success con tinue the next report could not fail to be more favourable. The total receipts of the company were 10,9981. 35. Bd., and the cash balance was 225/. 16s. 9d. The principal items of the receipts were--copper ore sold for 4,462/. 16s. 10d., and tin ore sold for 4,0261. 4s. 7d. The chairman observed that a discovery had been made of tin ore at the mine estimated at 11,0001. After some discussion the report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the committee of management in Cornwall. Mr. Heron was re-elected a director, and the meeting adjourned. PRESTON PEERAGE.—A claimant for the Preston and Esk Peerage has made his appearance in the person of Sir R. Graham, Bart., as will be seen by the following entry upon the journals :—" Petition of Sir R. Graham, Bart., pray ing her Majesty to declare and establish th e right to the title, honours, and dignities of Viscount Preston and Baron Gra ham of Esk to belong to the petition er an d h is heirs. " It has been referred to the Committee of Privileges. Sir David Cunningham arrived in London on Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam ship Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend. S EEING is BELIEVING. --Do. YOU see that gent, what a fright he looks ? He has got a thirty-shilling wig on, you might swear to it a mile off. If you want a real head of hair, go to Ross's, who have just fitted up a spl en did g l ass Perukes, c ase to exhibit the ir containing thirty different styles of wearing the hair, thus enabling every one to choose what is most te a c o s h m a i w n g r o o r o m m o , s e t a f a a t s a h i n i n n a g b l a e n a i I t n m o n e e n e a . a a L a s i a k r e t - wmienettohfeibrelaaudtiful head-dresses, fronts, plaits, &c., unequalled 1 e l i 2 t o, her ß i i n ai Paris or Address R oss and Sons, 119 and [A D VERTISEMENT.] DEAFNESS, NEW INVENTION, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, II'IICnCeAwDIILLT.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful smal l others!, to oitzrpntaesds i a n n s 3 t . r th um in e g n o t f , tfhoer kind that all ever can ti be produced , it is modelled to the ehelaairtsirsbeoeleYinhnitoffiretrPerrn;stbtftr:Nin:Yithloin, w eem lout Projecting, which can be inserted in the ears and removed. is not perceptible. ; and, being of the 'same colour as the skin, so perceptible. The powers of this valuable new invention are great ft as to bring very defective hear ing,generalconversation, of long standing, to its perfect Lc and natural state, and to enable singing at es in the ears are entirely removed, .olic ashsezbifileisst;inteitiley un dcolh, at fyiduals affected with this dreadful malady all the e pa h ine ui si c ,tt l ta o .so n ernd t l ss i a e tto b i assistance that possibly could t be desir e d . Also improved hearing T rum pets of every descripon. The n ew l y- i nvented Spectac l es , imme di a tely they a re placed b eforeextremely imperfect vision, that "-^ "a ts at once removed risrrna,;othai: the most aged hn htand - 1 perfect sigh' becomes brig m e v i e s r t y an o bd.) edeutllbnee:osmwoht cane. clear pe andit. Bc. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons , brilliant, and is brought to its youth way connected with a person of the same ful, natural and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera e neighbourhood, nor in any part Of the Glasses,name Opticians, ji, IN t I : 1 e c ri r er o s ili c on a o t p ni e r s e d. , a immediate country. To protent Mistakes be cautious, and Observe-0111Y to be had at 39, Alberaarle-street, PIOCaUIy coppo ; ,ito tue yor% iutc,Ll, PUBLICATIONS. FDU CAT 10 N.—The Article " Education " in the Saventh Edition of the ENCYCLOIVE DIA BICITAN NIC4, from the pen of JAMES MILL, Esq. (late of the India House), con: ins an Analytical Investigation of the end to which Education is directed, and of tne means wine' are available for its attainment. Upon this, as well as upon all other subjects, whether of perma nent or temporary interes - , the Encyclopmdia Britannica will be found to contain a vast amount of well-digested information, con tributed by tke ablest writers of tke age, and rendered at once available by an Index of 68,000 references. 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GAPER MONEY and BANKS.—An Mu of the Principles which ought to Regulate the Issue of Notes—of the Security which should be taken from the Issuers, — and of the circumstances which govern the Issues of the Bank of England, will be found under the head "Paper Money" in the Seventh Edition of the ENCYCLOPJEDIA BRITANNICA. This Article, as well as those on " Money," " Exchange," " Commerce," and " Credit," embody the views of some of the ablest writers upon these topics ; and in the present state of Monetary and Commercial Affairs, they arerecommended to the consideration of the Legislator, the Capitalist, the Banker, and the Trader. In Twenty-one volumes, quarto, Illustrated by 506 Engrav;ngs on Steel, and many Thousands on Wood, with an Index of 68,000 references,—The ENCYCLOPEDIA. BRITANNICA. Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER. " That best public instructor, the ` Encyclopsedia Britannica.'"— Quarterly Review. • Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh; and sold by all Booksellers. PUOR LAWS.—An Examination of the Merits and Demerits of these Laws, a view, of their origin and ob jects, an inquiry into the general objections to public relief and private alms-giving, and, a Summary of the Progress of Legislation in England upon Vagrancy, Mendicancy, end Destitution, are com prehended in the article " Poor Laws" in the Seventh Edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, by GEORGE COODE, Esq. Under various other articles in the same work to which an Index of 68,000 names affords the means of ready reference, the subject is incidentally treated of by other writers. DR. MILLINOEN'S NEW WORK. Just published in one vol. Bvo., price 14s. bound, MIND AND MATTER. Illustrated by Considerations on Hereditary Insanity, and the Influence of Temperament in the Development of the Passions. By J. G. MILLINGEN, M.A. First Class Surgeon to the Forces ; " Author of • The Curiosities of Medcal Experience," &c. 11. BURST, King William Street i , Strand. 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" The objector this work is to give some useful hints as to the means which all people have it in their power to employ when accidents happen which require immediate attention, and no medical man is at hand and cannot be obtained for bouts. Such cases are neither few nor unimportant, and many serious consequences, nay, even death, may be prevented, if a judicious person, having been put on the track, make use of the simple remedies almost every house affords," London : C. Cox, 12, King William-street, Strand. NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at 20s. —A most varied and beautiful assortment of those elegant PARISIAN NOVELTIES, which threaten entirely to supersede all of British manufacture, from 20s. and upwards, complete for any ordinary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each extra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP PON and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of:general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it. —Established in Well -street, 1820. ►1 HE UN ITED DENTISTS'TOOTH J. POWDER, so named from the inventors, ROSS and SONS, having visited seVeral first-rata surgeon-dentists, and finding each reeommending some peculiar nostrum, they have combined these to gether with other ingredients, known only to themselves, and are convinced they have produced a perfect tooth powder. It will re move the tartar, strengthen the gums, purify the breath, and en tirely prevent and cure the tooth-ache, and if used immediately after leaving the sick room prevent infection. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, BISHOPSGATE STREET, LONDON. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they wi'l never change col .ur or Ceeay, and will be tounkvery superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. EXETER -HALL.— A LECTURE on the BOSJIEMAN RACE (Pigmies) of SOUTHERN AFRICA, unquestionably the most extraordinary race of mankind, as well physically as intellectually, will be DELIVERED on the EVENING of MONDAY, the 17th inst., at Eight P.M., by ROBERT KNOX, M.D., F.R.S.E., Corresponding Member of the Academie Royale dc 3ledc eine, and Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology. This Lecture is particularly addressed to those interested in the exciting events new going on in South-Eastern Africa, in the Kaffir War, in the great question of race, and the probable extinction of the Aboriginal races, the progress of the Anglo-African Empire, and the all-important questions of Christian mission, and human civilization in that quarter of the globe. In ilinstration of the Lecture, Dr. Knox wilt introduce to the notice of the physiologist and man of science Five Bosjiemans, or Bush people—two males, two females and infant, the only specimens of this singular race of human beings that ever visited Europe. Admission : reserved seats and platform, 2s. 6d. ; body of the hall and west gallery, is. Entrance to the platform and reserved seats from the Strand; to the body of the hall and west galleries from Exeter-street. of ABORIGINESSEEN landed r 0 MOST EXTRAORDINARY BNER In EUROPE,EX E Bi - In Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, and will be ex hibited, for the first time, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, on TUESDAY, the 18th instant. SOUTH AFRICAN ABORIGINES—TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and A BABY, of the BOSJIEMAN or BUSH TRIBE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place of civilization. This oppor tunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. (From Moffatt, the Missionary's Work on Southern Africa, page 53.) " Poor Bushman I Thy hand has been against every one, and every one's hand against thee. For generations past they have been hunted like partridges in the mountains. Deprived of what nature had made their on n, they became desperate, wild, fierce, and indo mitable in their habits. Hunger compels them to feed upon every thing edible. Islas, wild garlic, mysembry antharnams, the core of aloes, gum of acarias, and other plants and berries, some of which are extremely unwholesome, constitute their fruits; whilst almost every kind of living creature is eagerly devoured, lizards, locusts, and grasshoppers not excepted. The poisonous as well as innoxious serpents they roast and eat. They carefully extract their bags or reservoirs of poison, with which they cover the points of their arrows." For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjiemans, see Professor leichtenstein's Barchells, Campbell, Backhouse, Methunes, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa, and the works of Dr. Knox, on the Variety of the Human Race. Admission One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and Sixpence. THE RACES.—LIGHT WEIGHT, ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. N ICHOLL'S PALETOT, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill ; not elsewhere in London. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. Cake-run 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and 0 bligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical rower are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function: of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cneereas 5 and 6. On the Disorderr arising from indiscruninate Excess, Gonnorhcea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ihe Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORE. 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LC:QV:WIN', MUT BEDFOR/ MAY 11, 1847. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER. Yesterday Gilbert Macdonald, a ship joiner, about forty years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley, at the Thames ?once- court, charged with the wilful murder of Agnes, his wife, who died in the London Hospital yesterday morning. The case was involved in some mystery, and the magis trate had a difficulty at getting at the facts, in consequence of the ignorance of the policeman who had chargs of the case. It appeared that the prisoner, who has the appearance of being a very dissipated man, lived with his wife, in Ray mond's-place, Green Bank, Wapping. The deceased was also a person of dissipated habits, and lived very unhappily with her husband. They repeatedly quarrelled, and she was in the practice of taunting him and using very provoking language, for which be frequently beat her. A woman, named Sarah Gray, who lived in the room underneath the parties, had often interposed during their quarrels, and pro tected the dtcvas‘:d from the violence of her husband. This witness described the prisoner as a most violent man when he was inebriated, but on the contrary, when sober he was particularly harmless and quiet, and had more than once re quested het and others to keep him away from his wife when lie was tipsy, for she was a very bad woman. Ile had re peatedly said that he would be hanged at Nevegate for his wife, and that she wasted his hard earnings. The quarrels of the prisoner and his wife had lately been more frequent. Three Weeks ago the prisoner beat his wife severely, and said sbe had spent all his money. On Saturday, the Ist instant, the prisoner and his wife again quar relled, and she absented herself from home, and did not return until Friday, assigning as the rea son, that she had spent all her husband's money, and was afraid of him. The husband persuaded her to come home on Friday night, but on Saturday morning, at one o'clock, either through caprice on her part, or owing to some threats on the part of the prisoner, she left her own room, and came down stairs to the one occupied by her landlady, in which there was a mangle, and crept under it. She remained under the mangle until her husband left home after breakfast on Saturday morning. On the afternoon of the same day, about half-past two o'clock, the deceased was in her landlady's room when her husband returned home. He was rather ilia , ebriated, but knew what he was about, and after some friendly conversation with his landlady, he began to con verse with his wife, and in a jocular tone said he had had his spree out and should go to work again on Monday, and bring up his lee-way. His wife commenced abusing him, and although her landlady requested her not to kick up a row, she taunted her husband in a very foolish strain. The prisoner said that his wife's slanderous and provoking tongue caused all the troubles and the rows between them. After a while the prisoner said he had money enough for a drop of gin, and invited his wife to accompany him to a public house close by. They left the house together, and proceeded to the Anchor and Hope in the adjoining alley. Neither the landlady or Mrs. Gray saw the man and his wife return home, or heard any _more of them until about five o'clock in the evening, when Mrs. Gray, hearing some one moan, opened her room door, and found the de ceased on the landing, at the top of the second flight of stairs, and close to her own room, weltering in her blood, which was flowing profusely from her mouth, nose, and ears. Mrs. Gray raised the woman from the floor, and she faintly articulated, " Don't let him come near me, I am dying." Mrs. Gray asked what her husband had been doing, and she said he had kicked her and jumped on her breast. The deceased was assisted into • her landlady's room. She appeared greatly disfigured. Her clothes were torn and very bloody, and there was a severe wound on the side of the head from which the blood was flowing copiously. It would appear, however, from the evidence of the landlady, that the excessive hemorrhage which took place arose from another cause, and it is supposed that some internal bloodvessel was ruptured by a kick, or by the prisoner trampling on his wife. Mrs. Gray no sooner saw the deceased in her landlady's room, than she ex claimed, " She is done for, if ever she was." A policeman named Sheehan, an Irishman, No. 313 K, was called in, and upon•reporting the condition of the woman at the station house, she was removed on a police stretcher to the hos pital, where she lingered till yesterday morning, when death put an end to her sufferings. Directly after the de ceased was found in the situation above described, Mrs. Hookham, the landlady, and Mrs. Gray, went into the pri soner's room. They found him lying on the bed, and in formed him that his wife was very seriously injured. He treated the matter with some indifference, and on his way to the station-house said that his wife would not appear against him, and that Vie had fallen down stairs. There could be no doubt the deceased received the wound on her head and the other injuries before she left the room, as no part of her body was upon the stairs when she' was discovered by Mrs. Gray. The prisoner's son was in the room when the quarrel took place between his parents. He is only eight years of age, and with very little intelligence. He was called upon the bench, and some questions were put to him by Me. Yardley, but he professed his ignorance of a future state; and on being asked if he said his prayers, he replied that he did sometimes, but only to please his father. Ilis replies ge nerally to the questions put to him were such that the ma gistrate did not consider it safe to examine him as a witness; and it appearing that he had no relatives, or any one to take care of him, Mr. Yardley directed that he should be taken to the workhouse, where he would receive some instructions to qualify him to take an oath. The magistrate inquired of Sheehan, the police-constable, if he had made search for any instrument by means of which it was pr,li.ible the wound might have been inflicted, and he replied in the negative. He was also asked if he had examined the stairs and the room for the purpose of ascer taining if there' . ' any -gains of blood discernible, and he said he had not, , , '..ntqi , .ed himself by sang there was no i ligl4. he \eti.i. '.. ~ikkat vhe had exmiuied 00 risoner's ',ll4.es;aOr his ti,(. - _ , ;444tid; tic said he had not tiireight of rierir t , ...., -..mot tl htlr - -tri.... j. - -14.1" ..0 *ha 4C .i .011 t 1,...,11 spec ally direuhid by his inspector to make the necessary inquiries. Mrs. Hookham, who exhibited more tact and discernment than the police-constable, locked the door of the prisoner's room, after he was taken into custody, to prevent any one entering the . apartment. Some time afterwards she pro cured a light and examined the stairs, and the landing, on which she discovered a great deal of blood. It was quite fresh. She also stated there was a.• clod of blood" on the floor by the side of the bed. She thought the wound on the deceased's head had been inflicted by a kick, and that the prisoner wore very heavy boots. Mr. Yardley directed Roche, the gaoler, to remove the prisoner's boots from his feet, which was immediately done. There were stains of blood on both sides of the right boot, just above the sole. The ;prisoner appeared to be somewhat staggered at this discovery, and he said there was no blood on his shoes, that his shoes never touched his wife at all ; but Mr. Yardley said there could be no doubt of the fact, and Mr. Ross, a surgeon, who was present as a witness, said the stains on the boots were certainly those of blood. Mr. Yardley expressed his astonishment at the neglect and ignorance of the police-constable Sheehan, who had neg lected to de those things which he ought to have done, in a case of very great importance and involved in some mystery. He asked the policeman if he had traced any blood upon the stairs or in the room, and the excuse he got was that it was dark, and that he had no light. The old woman, Hookham, appeared to have acted from the dictates of common sense, a quality which the policeman did not possess, and she had done just what the constable ought to have done. Various other things ought to have suggested itself to the policeman, who had done nothing; and made no inquiries about the affair. Mrs. Hookham was then further questioned by the ma gistrate, and she stated that she believed the prisoner had kicked his wife, and her reasons for thinking so were, that he was always very handy with his feet—very, indeed. All the deceased's clothes were torn but her chemise, and she complained a good deal of some pains about the abdomen. Mr. Yardley asked how long it was before the deceased was sent to the hospital after she was found bleeding on the top of the stairs? Sheehan replied an hour or more. Inspector Bilson asked the police-constable if he did not issue orders for the woman to be removed to the London ospital immediately he heard of the affair. Sheehan—Yes, sir, you did. Inspector Bilson said that directly he understood the case was a very serious one he ordered four men to convey the woman to the hospital on a stretcher, which was done with out delay. Mr. Yardley—Perhaps the constable means it was an hour after she received the wounds before she reached the hos pital. The prisoner asked Mrs. Hookham if his wife did not re turn home bleeding very much? Mrs. liookliam—No, no; no such thing. ➢ir. Yardley—Did any one see her return home with her husband? Mrs. Hookham—No one, sir. Sheehan was then called upon to relate a conversation which took place at the station-house, but he did it so im perfectly that Mr. Yardley called upon Inspector Bilson, who was sworn, and he stated that, after taking the charge and reading it over to the prisoner, be said, I struck her, but she fell down stairs." Witness then questioned the lad, who said He did jump upon her, I saw my fatberjuinp upon my mother and kick her." The prisoner again sa►d, " I did not ; I struck her and she fell down stairs." The prisoner, in defence, said his wife fell down stairs as she was returning to her own room in his company, and that after he went to bed she was continually passing up and down stairs. She abused him very much, and was very tipsy, and she was always abusing him. ➢lr. Yardley said this case was not so clear as it might have been if the police-constable had only displayed com mon intelligence, and that all the witnesses who could throw any light on the transaction must be produced at the next examination. He should remand the prisoner on the charge of wilful murder until ➢londay next. IRISH CUNNING.---A few days since a man and woman of the lower class of Irish were placed at the bar before the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, charged with the following attempted extortion upon the parish offi cers of Whitechapel. The man was dressed in an excellent strong coat very little the worse for wear, good waistcoat, knee-breeches, and blu6-ribbed stocking', and had a nearly new pair of shoes upon his feet ; the woman also had good clothing, shawl, bonnet, and strong shoes, and was altogether well-dressed, though of a homely description. The parish officers stated that on the evening before the two prisoners applied at their workhouse for relief, and declared that they were penniless, almost starving, and had not had food for many hours. The porter asked them to wait outside until the arrival of the relieving-officer, who was momenta rily expected, and promised that their case should be then immediately attended to. Both prisoners declared that they would not wait, demanded to be admitted instantly, and made such a clamour and displayed such violence that the porter at length shut them out. The prisoners then ham mered at the gates, and harangued the passers-by so loudly upon their starving condition and the hardship of their being refused relief, that a large mob collected round the work house, who displayed their indignation at the officers' con duct in most unmeasured terms, calling out " Shame," and taking the prisoners' part vociferously. The prisoners con tinued this conduct for a length of time, and, being encou raged by the mob, made such a disturbance that the police were obliged at length to be called, and they were given into custody, when, upon searching them at the station house, the woman was found to have money about her to the amount of several shillings, and the man silver to the value of nearly a pound. The magistrate severely lectured them their audacious effrontery, and discha t\l r e g e e o d fp t br h : e tsh m i(i , e a n s t n o o f reief had been gival them, but warned them decisively that ifthey were brought there again for similar attempts at ex he ifmake c a l ai lettersummary ferxoarnm torn A c w. o -- : i u n iA c d it of War orders that the army shall wear the Altlic mortruiDg for the 14te Archduke Charles six weeks longer, PRICE SD. BURIAL of DUROC and BERTRAND BESIDE THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON: The following narrative has appeared so beautiful to us in its simplicity, and so historical in its character, that we have translated it from the columns of our con temporary the Constitutionnel : " The anniversary mass, which has been celebrated in the Invalides every year since the remains of the Em peror were placed urder the dome of that sacred edifice. attracted a greater number of spectators than usual on ‘Vednesday, the .sth ult. It was generally known, some time before, that the be-dies of the Grand Marshals of the Palace, Duroc and Bertrand, were on that occasion ti be interred in the vaults which had been reserved foi their reception on either side of the entrance to tle imperial tomb. Our readers will remember that we hays already announced the arrival of the remains of Genera. Bertrand in Paris, and the modest —the almost tot modest —manner in which they were conducted to the Invalides—not a single picquet of troops being nomi nated as their escort. Even to-day they continued in the same way without any suitable attendance ; not one soldier had been summoned to take - arms for the purpose of rend, ring a last homage to the ashes of two illustrious captains. A solitary picquet of " Invalides," armed with half-pikes, and bearing funereal torches, alone as sisted in the ceremony of the sepulture. All those however belonging to the establishment, who were not incapacitated by illness, eagerly pressed around the two catafalques. Upon the left reposed the body of Duroc ; upon the right that of Bertrand. Around the latter were grouped the children of Napoleon's companion in exile ; around the former stood the parents of the Duc of Friuli. " Beyond these were gathered together a crowd of officers of all ranks and men of all classes. Among these we remarked Generals Gourgaud, Fabvier, and Pailloux, the Marquis of Cramayal, Count Rambuteaux, the Due de Padoue, the Duc de Vincenze, MU. de Tracy and de Beaumont (Somme), M. de Segur, Colonel Chapeuis, and several of the officers of the fourth legion of the National Guard. _ "In the upper galleries were a multitude of ladies, and among these the Princess Matilda, niece of the Emperor, besides the ladies appertaining to the families of the two Marshals of the Palace. "After the celebration of Mass, which was accompa nied with military music, the coffins were carried down into the graves which had been prepared, and over which were engraved the names of Duroc and Bertrand. Duroc, who had been conveyed thither the first, was placed in the grave on the left of the entrance of the imperial sepulchre, and Bertrand in the grave situated on the right. When the body of the Emperor shall be in the tomb (sera dans la Lambe), Duroc will thus find himself on his right hand and Bertrand on his left. The two coffins were carried to their last resting places sur rounded, by the subordinate officers. " General Fabvier pronounced these few sentences at the moment when the remains of Duroc were entombed: " Gentlemen,—lt is not under this roof, which shelters so many of the valiant defenders of France, that it befits me to speak to you of the services, of the wounds, of the brilliant actions of Duroc ; since they have been ever accompanied by intrepidity, devotion, disinterestedness, modesty. I shall only Fay to you one word : it is sufficient for his glory. Napoleon, disarmed by those whom he wished to defend, departed with the intention of retiring into private life : he only asked permission to finish his career under the name of Colonel Duroc. Such is the magnificent, the imperishable monument, which the tender heart of Napoleon has raised at once to the memory of Duroc and to his own also ! " Dear and venerable veterans, when you go to re join the chief, tell him that his glory increases and brightens every day! Tell him that even this ceremony is a homage which we render to his loving heart in thus bringing near his inanimate remains his two faithful friends !, " Marshal Oudinot, notwithstanding his eighty years' and his twenty-eight wounds, descended from his apart ments, supported by several attendants, to sprinkle holy water upon the coffins of his old companions in arms. " A large crowd were collected together round the outer walls of the Invalides, and all persons in uniform or in mourning were-admitted into the interior." As an appropriate corollary to the foregoing, we can not but give what it has at once called to our recollec tion, the memorable epitaph written by Napoleon upon the spot where Duroc fell in 1813:—" Here the General Duroc, Duke of Friuli, Grand Marshal of the Palace of the Emperor Napoleon, gloriously fell, struck by a cannon ball, and died i❑ the arms of the Emperor, his friend." The beautiful account of Napoleon's emotion on the death of his beloved adherent, as given in Arcbiba'd Alison's " History of Europe," is perhaps the noblest metm;rrto to his lovic: - heart: we transcribe it for the perusal of our .in a tbe ne".7,l,hetirt . altogether overwhelm?d by rii„, emotive firetirdipe of the Old Guard, respecting his feelings, arranged themselves at a distance, and even his most confidential attendants did not, for some time, venture to approach his person. Alone he sat, wrapped in his grey gr, at cow, with his forehead resting on his hands, and hi, elbows on his knees, a prey to the most agonising re flections. In vain Caulaincourt and Murat -111* - ngth requested his attention to the most pressin4 orders. fo-morrow—everything,' was the only reply of the Emperor, as he again resumed his attitude of medita tion. A mournful silence reigned around ; the groups of officers at a little distance hardly articulated above their breath ; gloom and depression appeared in every countenance, while the subdued hum of the soldiers pre paring their r:.past, and the sullen murmur of the artil lery waggons as they rolled in the distance, alone told that a mighty host was assembled in the neighbourhood. Slowly the moon rose over this melancholy scene ; the heavens became illuminated by the flames of the adjoin ing villages, which had fallen a prey to the license of the soldiers while the noble bands of the Imperial Guard played alternately triumphal and elegiac strains, in the vain hope of distracting the grief of their chief." Those great pageants and sorrows are alike ended ; and the Emperor with his two faithful friends lie side by side under the dome of the Invalides. DEATH or GENERAL WILLIAM DYOTT, COLONEL or THE 63n FooT.—This General , one of the ldest in the British army, died on the 7th inst., at his seat Fairford, near Lichfield, after a lengthened illness, at the expiration of more than sixty-seven years' service. After a probationary course he entered the army as Ensign on March the 14th, 1781, and his further commissions were thus dated :—Lieu tenant, May 9th, 1782 ; Captain, April 25th, 1793 ; Major, May 19th, 1794 ; Lieutenant- Colonel. September 18th, 1794; Colonel, January Ist, 1800; Major-General, April 25th, 1808; Lieutenant-General, June 4th, 1813; General, July 22d, and Colonel of the 63d Foot, April 7th, 1825. The deceased officer served in America in the early war ; in 1796 he proceeded to the West Indies, and in 18 . 01 took part in the memorable campaign in Egypt. In 1809 be was en gaged in the disastrous affair at Walcheren. His subsequent miiitary duties were principally confined to peace service. General Dyott had the honour of enjoying the friendship of his late Majesty George 111., to whom he was for many years aide-de-camp, as well as that of his illustrious son, the Duke of York. The latter, while holding the rank of Com mander-in-Chief, in 1825, presented the Colonelcy of the 63d Foot to the deceased. The vacancy was occasioned by the death of the Earl of Balcarras. The family to which the deceased belonged is a most respectable one, and some of its members on late occasions have been candidates for the representation of Lichtield. DEATH OF SIR JOHN MAY K.C.8., K.C.P.I. This distinguished artillery officer died on Saturday last, at his residence in Hyde Park-street, aged sixty-seven. Ile was son of John May, Esq., for many years Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Guernsey, and was lineally descended from John May, the historian and poet of the time of Cromwell and Charles 11. In 1795 the deceased entered the Royal Artillery, and after passing through the various gradations of rank with much success, was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1838. Sir John's services were of a dis tinguished character. He took part in the engagements at Badaios, Salamanca; Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. For these services he received a cross and three clasps. He also served during the Waterloo campaign, and was at the battle of Quatre Bras and the memorable one which terminated the war. For his services at Waterloo he received the Order of St. Anne of Russia Second Class, and was nominated a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal in 1815, for his conduct in the Peninsula. ROBBERY AT THE BRIGIITGN RAILWAY TER- nexus.—A daring robbery was committed yesterday morning at the Brighton Railway Terminus. As usual, on Monday mornings the first train was heavy; and an extraordinary degree of bustle occurred at the terminus from the circum stance that the brethren of the erder of the Foresters wer e . on the point of starting for their summer excursion to Ha!t a i t n e g , . Soon after the departure of the first train, the s‘uperei,, a :: dent of the station missed nearly 300/. from th t e e ‘ _7: .ra . _a , immediately dispatched an engine to overtake aa h p t se t t in 0 d that and if possible to discover the thief. I some London thief took advantage of the ' bustle to pounce upon the booty. ~„ ~ go dly," PosTLOFFicE.—We understand that a memorial, re got up privately, and circulated t amour L.. blge our postmaster questing the po a t h s t e e r o - f t local by shuttla - g i u tni p Vermin now resident at the gen:ha:re altogether on Sunday, has led to the appointment of ategtehe circumstances. We need Royal Hotel, to inquire in attempt at outrage on the feel. hardly say that such a mercantile gross and industrial part cf the ings and wishes of the community will meet with the opposition it deserves.—Aber deen Herald. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—This so ciety have lately lost one of its members by the demise of the late Mr. Andrew Macklew, who has bequeathed a handsome legacy of 5001. to the funds of the charity. The annual ball will take place this evening at the Hanover-square P. , :.onig, and we hope it will be well attended, and that the result may prove beneficial to so meritorious an institution. We have extreme satisfaction in being enabled to announce that tardy justice has at last been rendered to one of the greatest of our naval heroes. The Government have, we are informed, upon a further investigation of Lord Dun donald's case, recommended that he be reinstated in the Order of the Bath, which he so gallantly won, and of which he was so unjustly deprived. We need scarcely add, that her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to signify her ready acquiescence in the recommendation of her Ministers.—Times. ANTWERP, MAY B.—Lady French and family, and Captain Story, were among the distinguished passengers that arrived here yesterday, by the General Steam Navigat o .___ Company's steam ship Venezuela, that left p0n404 t'lle day previous. THE CORN TRADE.:I (From the Mark-lane Express.) Great excitement has prevailed in the gra in trade during the week, and at no former period of . the like duration since harvest has so important a rise been established in prices. The excitement has not been that of speculation, but rather that of alarm; and the atirance has been caused more by the extreme shortness . the supplies :han by any unusual extent of demand. It is now admitted on all hands that the stocks MI corn remaining in the hands of the growers are fear- 4 21111y small ; and it has long been notorious that the mer chants, millers, and dealers have been buying from - hand to mouth, having little or nothing to fall back upoit in case the weekly consumptive demSaunpdp,ltyo pwrboiveebs pointinad freaquaaitres appear to t 4 satisfy thebe rapidly approachin g . Wi thout something likeabsol uto scarcity such prices as are at present obtainable are -eldom or never reached, even in times when capital is abundant and speculation rampant ; but for wheat to rise progressively from about 445., at which good qualities were selling immediately after harvest, to 945., the present worth of the same description, tudicates but too plainly the position the country must ,e in with respect to stocks-. Where the upward move uent will end it is totally impossible to foretell; and if America and Russia should be enabled to fur :Usti fully the amount of bread stuffs the . . !host sanguine dare to calculate on, even in that case ,uoderate prices are, we fear, out of the quest on for uonths to come. The probable result of the next har vest has hitherto been wholly disregarded; the gret.nd point fur consideration having been how sufficient food s to be obtaitiLd to feed the people until such ti m@ as the produce of the present year can possibly be -avail able. If a large portion of continental Europe were not unhappily in precisely the same plight as Great Zfita - tin, there would be less reason for serious - uneabinelsrtut considering- the state of distress already suffered,by the people in France, the interior portions of Germany, and. the Netherlands, we may well feel uneasy how Our QWl[l. inhabitants may fare during the next four months. 'The Advices from all parts of the kingdom are of tlie,sarne character; short supplies and rapidly rising pricvs have characterised the trade at all the leading provincial markets. ~~~ , At Liverpool great pressure for money appears to have been felt, in consequence of which, sales of fle air have in many cases been made at a considerable sao ri fice, and even on Friday this article was much cheat ter there than with us. Good brands of Western ce ial were offered, in the beginning of the week, at 425. 44.,, - -x: ,c; --- ;":. per barrel, and might, in particular instances, lanve`lslA t eir - bought even lower for cash. The exciting reports from dark-lane had, however, the effect of causing a suliae , quest rise, and on Friday there were few sellers below 445. 6d. per barrel. Wheat was quoted 6d., to 9d. per 701 b. higher on Tuesday than on that day se'nnight, a.nd on Friday a further rise of 4d. to 6d. per 701 b. was established. In the foregoing remarks we have spoLen more particularly of wheat and flour, but the advaime in the value of all kinds of spring corn has been 1 - Ulll in proportion with that on wheat. Barley and oats appear to be nearly exhausted in Many parts of the country, and there can be no doubt that districts which have,until quite recently been sending supplies of these articles- to London and other large consuming markets, will have to draw, in their turn, from the porta where foreign arrivals may take place. From Scotland we learn that the continued rise in the south, and a gradual reduction of the stocks at the laud ing markets, had led holders of what grain remained on hand to insist on enhanced rates ; but the rise hes hardly been in proportion - there to that established in the English markets. In Ireland affairs appear also to have remained com paratively quiet; the quantity of Indian corn at call or two of the principal ports being still heavy, and the anxiety to get rid of some portion of the same had in iluenced the value-of other grain. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London ha ye again been very small, only 24,162 quarters having co• me to band during the week ending this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land carrit go samples from the home counties has been equally unim portant; indeed we do n o t reco ll ec t t o h a v e s ee n the market in so bare a state as on Wednesday and Friday for a long time past. Factors have, theretcre, had no difficulty in establishing a further advance, the absolute wants of the millers having obliged them to buy with out much regard as to price. The business done on Wed n es day was at rates fully 2s. per quarter above those eanr rent in the beginning of the week ; and ' for the few small parcels on sale on Friday ss. per quarter more was obtained than similar qtaali- oes were sold at on Monday. Foreign wheat has ',met wite a very lively demand, not only for local use lya,:t to forward to different parts of the country, where- ' 'le stocks of home growth are too nearly exhausted to Lair nish the needed quantity. Several purchases have s .Iso been made for shipment. to * France and the 1 c etherlex tds, and the granariad stock has been reduced below 20, 000 quarters. Meanwhile the arrivals from abroad have ii ?.(n. tolerably good, but the fresh supp'ies have tact a deci i€d preference over the stale warehoused parcels; sales 1i ave been easily effected or nearly all that has come to L'and trom on board ship. The pricei obtained have bed so high and irregular that we feel it difficult to state. the exact advance, but some notion of the value of foreign wheat may be drawn from the fact, that the toler;ably good qualities of new Lower Baltic red have been ao'td at 94s per quarter. 1 Town-made flour has been taken to some extent deaaing the week at the recent enhancement, and country mi rtes have likewise commanded full terms; whilst in Aweriean , a large amount of business has been done at from--I , IS. to 485. per barrel. Even at these rat.f.s,,,alasi,..lasaer is r,ela iia l 2, -'''''''. - i '''.- - : - . --- i ? -Q , lii - u, sad '1 A nefiv,/kre ..__• "r. _:ht ~...aalits.to stock having beenWiluce.l ib'aboaa-l'-zq-'aa44f: _ _ -a- ,-. C - is- -- -- - --u ------ , _.--44e., ,111.4& , ..7, 1 1P1 The quantity of English barley exhibited this ~ has been quite scanty; and theugu 11,807 quarters ;have arrived from abroad the supply has not been snore than necessary to meet the inqairy. Some further purchases have been made for shipment coastwise, and as the malt sters and distillers have likewise bou4ht to a fair extent, last Monday's currency has bet n exceeded by Is. to 2s. per quarter as well for the finer as the ordinary qualities. Holders of malt have also raised their pretensions, and the article being really scarce necessitous bu;vers have had to pay high terms. Judging from the very rapid manner in which the supplies of oats from our own coast and by rail have lately fallen off, and the increase which has at the ,utinh time taken place in the country demand, we are forced to come to the conclusion that the stocksof E glish oats are nearly exhausted. During the weak now about to ter minate 16,646 quarters have entered the pert of London altogether ; of which 700 quarters are from our own coast, 700 quarters from Scotland, 3,098 quarters from Ireland, and 12,14 S quarters from abroad. On Wednes day we had a numerous attendance of country pur chasers, and though the large dealers acted on the reserve a good business was done at rates Is. per quarter above those of Monday; subsequently the inquiry be came more active, and on Friday good corn was fully 9 3. per quarter dearer than in the commencement of the week. Of beans very few parcels have been brought forward, and in the absence of business of consequence quotations have remained nominally unaltered. Egyptian beans were, however, held ls. per quarter higher at the close than in the beginning of the week. Peas have been in request for shipment coast vise and abroad, and the trifling parcels offered for sale leave brought high terms. Rye has likewise been taken for export at rates not previously obtair able. Indian corn has been held several shillings per quauder higher, which has in some degree checked business ; still a good many bargains have been closed. We have advices from New York up to the 16th ult.; large number of vessels had, it appears, arrived at that and some of the other leading ports in search of cargoes, which had had the effect of causing a material decline in the rates of freight to Great Britain. Owing, how ever, to the smallness of the available stocks (the sup plies from the interior having hardly commenced la conning rge. Charters bad been closed to load flour for Liverpool forward) the shipments in pr o g ress were not very 1 4s. 6d. per barrel, being but little mo re than half the at ra t e demander weeks before. l s .Good 75t.; brand's wheat is W es tern-cana : flour afe h as w realised much as 1 doll. 55c.; and Indian corn 95c. per bti shed. Nothing very definite can be collected from the reports from the other side of the Atlantic as to the prot •able quantity of breadstuff; likely to be shipped durine; the summer months, but the general impression appeal t 3d to be that the supplies from the interior would fall short of expectation. The accounts from the northern ports of Earoisa are not quite so wild this week, but that stocks of grain are unusually low all over the Baltic there can be no ques tion. From Dantsic we have letters of the Ist of .May, which inform us that the inclination to buy wheat had , subsided, and that for a day or two little or nothing: had been done. The last operation of importance hat been on the 29th ultimo, when 110 lasts of wheat had . been bought at the following prices ,-Fine. hi d gh Or n e lt d a fin!mixed, Tr e om 571 b. to 755. 6d • and light sorts, weighing weighing 621 b. per bushel, 78s. 6d.; weight, ~ 581 b., at 71s. to 725. per q AAprilu 'had amounted,to 7,853 during _ e hth s had been dispqtched l as ts, of which about seven g arter, f ree on board. The exports of wheat to Great Britain. was then we descriptions advices of the [27th very of April ; grai n want of supplies had pre there, and the scarce From Konigsberg all . vented business being done. Wheat was quoted from 68s. to e 84s according to quality, and other articles equally high. At Rostock, on the 3d of May, prices were nearly nominal. In granary there was little or 'nothing, and the deliveries from the growers had for some time been on a very restricted scale ; in which .stato of affairs extensive business had been out of the question. . There were then no sellers of wheat below 775. 6d. per quarter, free on board. The reports from Hamburgh of Tuesday last are not of so excited a charactr as previous advices thence, but not the slightest reaction had occurred in quotations. The business done in wheat had been strictly confined to the purchases made for the consumption of the city, nothing having been done for export. Good red Marks and Upland, weighing from 601 b. to 621 b. per bushel, had realised equal to 84s. to 88s. per quarter, free on board. Spring corn of all kinds had become very scarce, and fine heavy barley ha d risen to 535. to 545., and oats to 30s. per quarter , free on board. From Antwerp w e learn that wheat had been sold I to 1 02 s. per q uarter. In il o l la n d at 25 florins, a nc e wheat and flour appear to have high ; and in France prices were alseoq,ua cc ording to the latest accounts, very r i sen materially. From the - Mediterranean ports the accounts are, or the whole, less flat than last week. We have Marseilles letters of the 28th of April ; wheat, after having for a time been somewhat neglected, had again begun to excite attention, and for the bess Polish Odessa on the spot 625. to 645. per quarter had been paid. There were still _ sellers of fair qualities, deliverable in May, at 585., or its June, at 555. per quarter, free on board, ri I y~ „ e ,unali , Ana . ing• ptoVt .--mr V 112. ecinct . 11,