The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

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Laudon. solieitorA; - • , '• Chaneery.lane, solluin• • •' • '" A ' - eitor ; of Mr. Richard 'b.:stn., ut 1.4 a. i 0. jorepli Smith, of Bradford, lantl4l4 , 11 and surveyor; 01 Mr. George l'hunip spit Lister, id Bradtur.l, auetioncer ; at the place of sale : and at ay.. Principal lons at 13radfurd, Leeds, Ar.i.liertrid, a,,tl lio N 0. i 7 , 01 N DON, T , - ;"1 wQ * • •it 11.10 3, sD,eq .„ .4, f r in two ; , oat Bvo., now ready at all the 'Dint: THE P ()AC tiER'S WIFE; A STORY OF THE TIMES. BY CIIAIt L TO C RE W. " A st , ,T of deep intcrebt, highly-wrought situations, and pathos.' —Ne Mtur.hiy. "A forcible display of a sad portion of our social posillon.” — Douzlas Jerrold " It ably and eloquently Illustrates the intszhievons influence of the tame Lays on high and low." Sunday Times It will he highly prized by all circulating library frequenters.' - —A sl itic Quarterly. " Every game preserver in the United Kingdom will ' read, we do not say will ' like,' it But read it, they all must."—Mirror. " Mr. Carew is a w: iter of great power."—Sun. Charles Oilier. IS and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. _ ROYAL ASYLUM of tl.e ST. AN AN 'S SOCIETY. A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION Will holden at THIS OFFICE, on FRIDAY, the 16th instant, at Two ~,°. e lock In the Afternoon, exert thaw, to consider prop sad Ad ditional .ellrardit to Fortner I'u ifs, and Alteration of the Ilalf-y early Elee t,it3tUt from Thursday to Friday. nil i,n other Affairs. By Order, E. LEEKS, Secretary. C rlotte-row, April 7, 1847. STEAM. to -AI3ERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. • Th . p 1511 i Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and ower .„'".Ps will start as under, weather, Ike., permitting:— : I °r ABERDEEN, the DUKE of wELLINGTos, on Saturday, April 10, at Four o'clock - afternoon. 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DOWN with CHEMISTRY in connexion with MEDICINE.—DOCTORS and their MEDICINAL POISONS, such as Prussic Acid. Laudanum, Arsenic, St r i c hnine, &c. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—We beg to suggest to you and the public how easy it mutt be fir any evil -disposed person to po son another whilst such deadly chemical preparations as the above are held out and gin en " medi ! cinally." It is useless to attempt t conceal the fa, ts. Take the following case :—Suppose the doctor orders a patient a dose of laud.- ' num, it a mixture containing laudanum—what is more easy th,,n for an evil -disposed person to add a little of the poison to the mix ture prescrib d by the doctor, and thus pr duce death ? Would it be • Possible t 9 detect such a criminal ? We think not ; for even sup . Polling apost mortem examioati. , n of the body took place, so one Would be capable of detecting the extra qu:ntity of poison taken by the patient. Supposing that strichnine were the poison, it would still be more difficult, as a less quantity would be necessary to pro duce death, and so on with other poisons. Dr, Scoffern hi the la- Inentable case of Miss Collier, said, in answer to the Coroner, tha striehnine could only be given in fractions of a grain! The fol owl' g is the description given of this precious melicine, I. e. poison, in " Hooper's Medical Dictionary," pate 1,228 " Half a grain blown into the throat of a rabbit has produced tris- Inns in two minutes, and death in five ; and the eighth of a grain taken into the stomach has proved fatal to a strong dog." Why, Sir, look at the case of the girl Foster, now so justly under sentence of ! death. If it bad not been for the f )wls dying all about the house, she would not have been even suspected, for the doctor who made the pest mortem examination declared it to be a case of English • Cholera! ! ! The fowls were. in fact, the means of bringing the criminal to justice. In ftirther illustration of the above, we recom- Mend the reader to peruse the fourth Hygeian print, in conjunction With the 69th Number of the " Ilygeist." for April, on this important ' Point. In conclusion, we cannot but think that a grave responsi ' Witty attaches to all persons who support such a system of poisons, • ether directly or indirectly. Issued by the British College of Health. London, for and on behalf of Hygeists, April 5. 1847. As it may be asked how we know that these deadly chemical pre • Mations may be dispensed with in medicine, our answer is simple and positive, viz., from the almost numberless letters of parties who Were dosed with them without belied., and who were afterwards Most easily cured by a simple but effectual system of safe vegetable Purgation. Richard Manks could not have had friends had he not shown good cause for their favourable oi.inion ; we may; therefore, be excused for briefly giving, as a justification of their confidence, his: bygone deeds:—Born: at Knowle' in Warwickshire, on the 3d of: May, 1820 ; muscular, and with a peculiarly projecting cutwuter fey; his figure-head, he looked with his five feet set , . inches of stature capable of taking, as brother Jonathan sar i " the stride out &the ryetun." But we mta come .to his past, instead of his tegsi!nt perforinances. His fri:st recorded race ruiltiii44o miles, for 25/. i Thomas Birthe a d ( a li as Lammas). of She he del', aced at Sparke Brook, in February, 1844, doing . the distance in lac. hOtir, 29 - min. 15 sees. On the 18th of March followirg, he ag,.in defected Birkhead in a ten wile rice, for 10/. aside, at Vauxhall-gardens, Birming ham, Manks having three hundred yards' start given him, going over the ground in a few seconds over the hour. In a few days after this victory (March 18), Manks undertook to run IBi miles within 2 isours on the Coventry-road, which he completed, having two minutes and a half to spare. On the 28th of October, in the , aine year, he beat Mountjoy, in a match of 300 stones, placed one yard apart, for 151 aside, at Vauxhall gar dens, Birmingham. The distance is 51 miles and 540 yards, and he performed his task in 8f hours. He again encountered Birkhead on the 27th of December, 1844, but was defeated in a ten-mile race, at Sheffield, for a silver cup. In the year 1845 his matches were princi pally confined to rural competitions in atone matches and the like, except his defeats of John Barlow (Tallock) and Birkhead, of Sheffield. In 1846 he beat T. Green- - halgh, of Bolton, 10 miles, 1001. aside, over Knutsford race-course, Greenhalgh giving in at the fifth mile, May 26 •, beat C. Moseley, of Sheffield, If mile, 501. aside, Hyde-park, Sheffield, time 7 min. 10 sec., Nov. 2; beaten by J. Sherdon, Oct. 6 ; beaten by J. Sherdon, June 1 ; beat Sherdon, Lovitt (50 yards start), Stainsby (100), - and Williams, of Gorton, in a handicap five-mile rade for a cup, value 151., at Hyde-park, Sheffield, Dec. 2s. And this brings us, chronologically, to the last defeat, and the present one. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Yict., cap. 66.—TATRONISED by H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-:N-CHIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOISILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the shoulder, so as to improve the figure, and which (0w1 ,, g to its elasticity) fits equally well either ar an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest Saxony wool. 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Each bottle of the genuine L as the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND apd SON, 20, Hatton• garden, is also en:raved (by desire of the Hon. Cominlssioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d an' Ss. Cd. per bottle. Sold by the Psoprretors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. SMITH AND JENKINSON.—The race of a quarter of a mile, wherein the Pet of Regent -street end the London Stag perilled 50 sovereigns of their own money, or that of their respective backers, to say nothing of the amount ventured by that good, easy, and everlasting losing (or gaining) aggregate, the public, took place on Tuesday, near the Duke's Head, Bedfont, afoot a couple of miles on the farther side of the once famous heath of Houa slow. At half-past four Smith and his antagonist showed at the scratch, and were soon off. Smith looked well, but did not start in the determined and dashing styLe which was his wont on other occasions. Jenkinson hail a tiifling lead for 300 yards, his man close up, and running well; but from this distance he " forged ahead," and increasing his advantage, ran in a handsome winner (we don't mean personally) by at lest 10 yards. l'he beving at starting eas 7 to 4 on Jenkinson. KITCHENER AND WARE, FOR 50 Sovs. SlDE.—Much it tercst was centered in this struggle by the denizens of the northern and western parts at thegrtat city. Gannick corner was fixed for the /aces in quo of their race of Iso i y n -sr a d f s e , w fo w r 0 5 r O d szy s A . t as a i d g e u . o ' r f t h , r e t e o u n fi n v i n o g th may em b e e n described e, 40 Kitcheneryar,iyards, he h leading eight t s If: ten in advance; of this yard; shortly after, at 30 to positi•in he was never quite dispossessed, and eventually ran in by a yard and a halt. The betting was current at 6 to 4 upon the losing man. NEIL AND DAY.—The race of 150 yards, between these taco, for 101., catne off on Monday, at Leytonstone, Essex. The start was a fair one, and for 30 yards the runners kept a level pace; from that distance Neil led, and won a fast race by six yards. THE FoOT `;YEEPLECHASE AT NOTTING. DALE.- - This hedo and ditch atfiir was contested nn Tuesday,-the prize being a silver hunting-watch. Rawlings, of Kil burn, and T. Laws, of Notting-dale, were•the only com petitors out of five entries, having, it. is presumed, de terred others from the contest. Laws went off with the lead, but at his third jump, a stiff hank and drain, fell heavily, leaving to Rawlings the last quarter of a mile without anything like a struggle. The same men are fora sweep smith-bridge, for 5/. aside, on Monday Best. F OOT - RAC ES AT KILBURN. — The Easter sports at of 'the rounds, distance 200 yards , over six hurdles, in h eats . . matched to run a mile on the S u r re y sidegoifylleagmennseerra-1 r W. R o per, young S aun d ers, and Redman started s t theak sweep stakes, Q st satisfaction.'ennd sT.llhseoeavds,. firstlia di lwas u d r Ki n, on by the tr T hd u el s p d rr a ao y cpe , ietor f C Roper, Hunt an d or li th u e nt, first heat, which was won b y y ur o d u l n e g , w S i a le u n nd h e o rs f g el o i t . a i s i t o a p r e t, r, an w t h l o ke h p a t a it b ti e l e l n .th in close attenda nce , now came out, and, despite a game e Redman running a dead heat fo r secon d p l ace. F or the struggle on the f s o e c u t n h d h part of Saund ers , won the prize, by bein g first in both h eats. The match between C. Hunt W. Tucker, Read, and Jackson to pick • apart, was won by Tucker, yard be hind when he deposited the Hunt lg b euingfibi fifty yt stoner;,ten yards t stone. 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To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fleldgate Street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill i 4, Cbeapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street,. London bridge ; Finnigin, ?Allman-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors In town and country. Sent to anY nart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' beerve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. DR. CULVERWELL -HEAL LIFE, TH, HAPPINESS, anc; LONG i f in oast volumes 14, e6eti. br Poil (li3 starnpat i ls A 6cl ib eap. y, " JucundiTlyere."—Cle. 2. WHAT to EAT, PRINK, and AVOIT). (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) rR MARRIAGE and Its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that is the qn, stion."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura Ut vaieas." . These publications are icee from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence et the times. To he had of .therwoed, 23, Paternoster-rew ; Mann, 29, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till nine, 1 0. Argyle-place, Regent-street. ON THE SECRET' INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH t MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. wit published. Twentieth Thousand, ho a sealed envelope, 2 .• M. Jr post paid, to any addrevs. tor 3s. lid. in Posttuo tam , direct front the Author's residence. ELF- PRES E RVATION : A Medical Trent 1- e on the Secret Indrmities and Disorders of Youth and Matu. , . y. Illus s rated with Twenty -dye Coloured Pl a te, on the Anatomy. 4s, h Y 4lol . , gy, and Diseases ot the Urinary and itepresluctive .... Flalning their various structures, uses, and (Unctions, show,. g Lae injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and eti. r elC9 "e B . With Practical Observations o n the Treatment of . Nerve: • •h ilit y, Local and Constitutional Wealtneas. and other diseu, of .10 Urethra. By SAMUEL I.A'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON. , 3.adfoni.street, Iledford - squ are, London; ,„ ° Srl .Aatrieulated Member of the University of Edinburgh, llonors.r, . of the London Hospital Medica l society, Licentiat; . 1 10 thecaries' Hall, London, &e.., Rc CONTENTS or 'FRE TREATISE. ettsrrsa 1. On the Phtiosephy of Marriage, with its liiinirhz:e r" Obligations, and on Intelicitous and Uneredfietive I n. A nki , 1. On the Anatomy and no. siolog3 of the Geier.,: , ,.. xll9, their function', siniletitres. and secretions, prosdite that ere. , Mental and physical Power are dependant upon th t dr flea:thy -- fEAFTEII 3. On Solitary ilabits; their vlrkfus eftect, ou ti:: Eceneiny ; the conccale,' ectlEt. o f Debility Cl the tnnetion !f_the Stomach, Lun t o, Brain. , hl l , :ene r a l treeknest: of ;h. , dental Faculties. C,JAPTER 4 On the Secret I :isorth:rs ot You' rt l 2,, Nletnr ltY , and the 1 rearmed,NerVOllS an.: Loca' WeatiLes. Debility, and Prentatinc Decay. -CnArrsits 5 and 6. itito Disord er ^ ar i s i ng from in,liscrimilate EXCeSP. Onnaorhm,. :Strictures, a,nrt other oi _he Urethra. REVIEWS Or Tot WORK. "11 , ' • • It .' , lam - • 1 et.le' Ale:ittlll , 0.,- • ..‘ iti OU, tf ,- ' , et a, a salutar3 waraiti,f t , , De ar ritay :;>,:,;• .• • tft the mo,t connfirtitts..-. • • t r „2 . , i4 hed by the Author. .f,:.' ~f • .., I s•d, I . 7.19 . • 1 - , t met start 1..),, Jim ; ail Dookse.lierS. .itiv•st Roo , e :or .- 0.15 • V. And WI) etill Eight; and all letters -.1n:tie.1,4,4 is.., if containins k i Lteo of 11, for advice.ike...-9 BZDFOILD - STILLZ T BZDFORS. - ARS, LOXDONI \UDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE SERGEANT.—On Tuesday night an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford,at the Red lion, Princes-ktreet,Westminster, on thebody of Thomas Powell, aged 35, a police sergeant of the A division of Metropolitan Police. It appeared that about half-past two o'cleck on Monday morning last deceased was on duty, apparently in his usual health, when a cab drove from Wright's Coffee-house, Charing-cross, in which were four men and a woman, who were creating a great uproar. Deceased ran atter the cab for the purpose, as was supposed, of taking the number, when, without uttering a word, he fell back on to the ground as if shot. Police-constable Eve, A 47, who had followed, found deceased in a state of insensibility, and took him in a cab to Westminster Hospital, where he was pronounced to be dead. Mr. Tebay, house surgeon of the hospital, said that there were no external marks of injury ;'but, on making a post mortem examination, he found long standing disease of the heart, and he bad no doubt that the exertion of running had, in consequence of that disease, o ccas i one d d ecease d' s d eat h . A verdict was re turned of " Natural death." LAMBIN G E X T R A O RD INA R Y . Mr. Burshill, near Brand,ourt,at, ha, thirteen them eene ewes w hich are doing have produced f o rty lambs, most o well. one we having had twelve lambs Burrell, in three years. of att •~ri•~: ' .; . ~~~~~ t ,ercf:i) . PED The great Foote.: rackso n, taclien. the Ainirf Warwickshire AntO Easy, Surrey -Race-a at least,4,ooo sped alter careful MegSu.- _ Ya.- whith multiplied by 16,- the numeersof.rounds.to. bollix' by the ..men, gave, the .ilistance,,. ten miles. At 20 mi. nutsts-pest fonro'Clock the course Was, 'with some diffi culty. cleared, and the men started, Menke with a lead of some four or five yards iu the first 200. At the first ttirii (of 1,100 yards) JaCkson led by four yard - I " P ' l' pleting ,the distance in three minutes. Second trait (2,201? yards) Jackson led with the like advantage; tit's 6 min. 10 see.- Third turn. Jackson (3,300 yards) g ' min. 22 sec.,• still leading by seven or eight yards. 4th turn. Jackson (4,400 yards) 12 min. 35 sec.; Manks 40 yards in the rear.. sth. Jac.kson (5.500 yards) 15 min. 5 1*e.,, , ;stinks at this . period, whi c h was t h e cr i s i s of I the race, , I tinning slow and " gibl e t ty " (if we may co i n a word), and the Deer quite cool and self-nonce;ln d ; • ),tanks 16 sec. behind. Gth. Jaekse,,. (6,600) 19 min. 1644: ; the Warwickshire Ann•lopo .• (31: ide the pale." by. 23 see. 71h. Jack: on (7,700) 22 min. 26 sec., blanks p.ileigo 56, sac. Bu , . Jecksen (half the rii, , tar4e, or five miles.) 25 min. 44 Ake. And thus the race went on, tai4,74-If4e. ping the lead, ,and increasing it, t h ere b y ' Citing a.t.rrst the questiol. of his superior endurance, • And also his power of sustaining p we. L• at; hoe ever. those curious in time and Airrinces should deem our ac- ' count.i/npettlegt, we continue th, more of n -twine %there- With we cOmmenced. For the . 9th c ircuit, ;hen (9.900 !lircis),„Jacksf4 . showed hitnst'lt at the Judg--'s chair in 29 Will. 6 sec.; Manks being time quarters - an minute • beAire itiscsesson.iypeartd in Ow SaLtie line of view. Fur the 10;h, the wilincr s tune was 32 tnieutes 30 liec.; , or, hp. 1ith,,35 min:, b see. ; for the 12th,..39 rein. 13 f-ee. ; t this distaig•ni;:liiser ti a 3 1 min. 12 sec. behind. The , 3th circuit of the eburse yeas - completed in 42 rein:' 36 tic. ; the 1441; in' 46 min.. 3 sec,l; the 15ib, iti 40 min. 32 sec., Manks being then . 1 min. 44 see. in this, tsar ; • and finally, the ten ,miles Were run by Jackseliti in 53 . min. 2 see-,,,is opponent running out in the 7 last 500 yards, atter a 'gallant, bat ineffectual, struggle. - And now a word. 'about _the men. William Ja Ann, the .:-...` victor in this coil -test. !bough called t.tte Atiletic.„, . ,a.tl,.- '-' -' . h ' I(witltt,' "- r*lfiViOltiligitr r. iinfelit, aft w Bst. His earlier' triumphs as a runner are not worth notice. His first recorded races were in 1842, when in : several 200 yards and 440 yards' races he was the victor, but was by no means "fancied" by the "good judges" of pedestrianism. In 1843-4 he shone a little, by lowering the pride of James Byrom in a mile race, and Maxwell In a run of three miles, but was beaten by Sheppard, Robinson, and Smith, at shorter distanet s. In January, 1845; be proved his lasting quality by winning (a feat unparalleled in the annals of pedestrianism) eleven miles and forty-three yards within the hour! This was -in his match with Sheppard, of Birmingham. His trans-Atlantic feats may be briefly told :—On the 22d of October, 1845, having taken a trip to the New World, he won 501., by beating four others, in a five miles' race over the St. Pierre Course. On the same day, he beat Gildersleeve in a ten-mile race for 1004 • doing the distance in 59 min. 55 see- At Toronto, on' the 4th of November following, he beat Gildersleeve, in the hour's-match, for 1,000 dollars, the 10 miles being done in 56 min. 52 sec.; he ran 600 yards on his eleventh mile arid stopped. having then 1 min. 55 sec. to go before the hour was up. On the 12th of the same month h e again beat Gildersleeve in ten miles over the Bull's Head Course, near Albany, for a purse of 500 dollars ; time 115 min. 30 sec. Again was he brought into requisition on the 24th of November, when he undertook to run ten miles and a half in the hour, over the, Canton Course, Baltimore; which he accomplished- in 57 min. 30 sec. On the Bth of February, 1846, he was beaten by Gilder- sleeve in a fitteen-mile race ; Jacks , .0 gave 600 yards to start him and two others ; the prize wus 1,000 dollars for the man who accomplished the distance in 1 hour 30 min., which was lost by 2 min. 30 sec., but the prise was divided between Jackson and Gildersleeve. On the 25th of the same month he undertook to run eleven: miles in one hour, for a bet of 2,000 dollars, on the Eclipse Course, New Orleans, which he lost by 10 sec.; • but on the 7th of March he won 200 dollars for - running - ten miles in 58 min. 30 sec. (one hour being allowed) at Savann:eb, beating Gildersleeve. On the 25th of June following he again und ertook, for a bet o f ' 1,000 dollars to 700, to run eleven Miles in the hour, at • Phlade Iphia, but he vvas declared to have lost by two' or three seconds ; be complained of not having had fair' play. He was defeated by George Seward in a hurdle race of one mile, 50 leaps, for 500 dollars at Washington, • but, was successful in a three-mile race for 300 dollars, at Montreal, and a l so i n a ten miles and a half spin, for 5 00' dollars, at Charleston, South Carolina. This brings hint home, where he defeated his present opponent in a ten; ' mile race, at Rugby, on the Bth of February in the pre sent year, and again, under the circumstances above re• --- ported. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE. 26, CORN BILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament, The system of Deferred Annuities, or:011111y proposed by the Na tional I.•:an Fui.d Life Assurance Society, for the better advance roe:it 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 the Directors of the National Loan Fund So iety 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 be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open cmatuunication with the different S •cieties, with the view if more ff-ctually d sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a ple , has been proposed with that object. ADDR 3.95 TIIE ; COMMITTEE. yanY.PrAlse;woi'thir&C l 4l attempts have, been made to bri g within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culat'ons regulating their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits, A slight examination, however, will iemonstrate that the con struction of these ass , ciatioos or societies is defective; and that in stead of alibrding an easy access and a free choice of investment, which should be the pris liege of every one, they confine tdb par rows:, the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is .united. 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 ; Witte to others such a provision appears more attractivs , 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 say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deterred benefits, so to 'arrange it that each separate i‘eneflt should have its separate contribution. It is to not having obss reed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar fun; Lions, and by confounding a sick allowance and au annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can he so perfect for the management of a sick - ens-fund provision as that skin/riled by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exorcised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. Bat the sane 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 oat 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 provisdon 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 seture" 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, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when nndertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial hectic.. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when waited in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still snore this provision : nor is it wisdoM or toed 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 ilso existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose naixes 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 amonsst 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 industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Lite 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 ether pa! tof the plan itself, without being fully saisfied that the conven ence and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance frost 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 ago and adversity, which nothing up to Use present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, F.C.lt., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.II„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon. DA., Ancient Order of Foresters. • James Hale, D.C.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Jo.epb Nagent„Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell. D.e.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. Cs., or quarterly payment of 7a., or monthly payments et 23. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 23. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Lite, 1371. 17.. 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 11.65. 91.. or a single payment of 221. 17s. 3d,; or on paymen , of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an. annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment et' IL 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, IS/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; er a policy on his life 1751. 11s. Exam le.-- A person aged •35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment 11. 6a.. or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s 21.. may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181.0 s. 43. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 175/. I Is. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. -A person at the ale of 30 next birthday may secure the sum •t 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in tin Annual Division t;f Profits, by the annual pay ment of 2/. Se. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of 1121.55. payaWe at nis death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C (M ROUX, secretary. N ATIONAL LO AN FU D LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institition embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ha, 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 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 on each PoHet efteeted on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. I 1 P n y,..' 74 " 4 Bonus • Bonus In g 2. 5 Assured 2, 6' rreminro. 2 . added. Cash. E E , r may I g 0 i. ?sorrow. . a , .€ 4s. A. 1837 .£2 117 1:) 14100 0 1 .Zl6 0 4,X445 0 0 1838 Ib2 3 0, 87 1 4 13 10 2. 395 11 1 V 60-1000 2 4 1839 165 11 1 0 , 7 4 1 9 11 3 34 i 2 3 1840, 116 7 6; 54 010 718 10 2.96 13 4 •1 118411 111 5 111 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 Ihe christen of profits Is annual. and the next will be wade la eeember of the preseat year. F. FEftOUSON CAMBOUX. Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-Street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVEN;I:EN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the adva tages of both the mutual and proprietary systems 01 Assurance. The SHORT P ER101) RATES will be found, in compartsol with other Com,:anies, to be exceedingly favourable to Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SE 'URITY, For prospectuses, &c.. ap .ly at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. No 29, LOMBARD-STREET, corner of Clements-lane. Capital 2,0:;0,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. TRUSTEES. John Shaw Leigh, Esq. I R. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq, JOSIAS BOOKER, Esq., Chairman. HUGH J. SANDERSON, Esq., and CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Deputy Chairmen of the Board of Directors in Liverpool. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Samuel Bilker, Esq. I Wlllam Wain right, Esq. Robert Dudgeou, Esq. George Y,un Esq. SURGEONS—H. A. Lloyd, Esq.. F.R.C.S., Surgeon to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital ; and Hugh J. Sanderson, jun., Esq. Acrusitg - Percy M. Dove, Esq. RANKERS- \teears. Roberts, Curtis, and Co. SOLICITOR—C. T. Jenkinson, Vsq., 29, Lombard-street. SURVEYOR - John Newman, Esq., F.S.A. SECRETARY TO THE LONDON BOARD -0. IL Whyting. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company, consisting of a biro, hotly .t responsible proprietors, beg to announce that they arc ready to afford to the public many important advantages iu effecting 'either Fire or Lin , Insurances. 'faith-A of Rates, and any , particulars that may be required on the subject. of Asst! - ,iance. will be given on application at either of the Company's otli cc, or any of its appointed agents. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. The D:reetors are willing to receive applications from per sails of Inftni..ce, 10..11h:ewe, anti a. tivity, to undertake agencies in the vicinity of the :net. iL b.ing their determination only to appoint ;v-ent; posf.ssi g host, qu,lifications N.ll. All Fire Insurances becoming due at Lady Day should be pain on that tiny, or witb.n fifteen days utter. F ll EENIASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASALTRANCE COM PAM". i 11, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL-M ALL, LONDON. i Buiires, traos. cted In all the branchei and for all objects of Life .I ,, LL:nicc, Ead,ovinents, and Annuities, and to secure contingent it„,-e.,•,,i0n,,, &c. Loans granted, I.: hc - lnaton :oat .•rospectn,es furnished by JOSErII BERRIDGE, Secretary. ERN G)UNTIES LTINI')IN RAILWAY COM.. p v.—l , 111 , 11 L the Gbisgew, Ftnd tryte,tz t, It. wo.i At• with d, i..r ,orc't-,se, so char. t'. .y may I, e to e hews Ives 101101)-11 , jeuu Iy w lie tht a t co tst of Welt t., th e (ih s go.A., D um fries, arid Curlisle Company would doubtless prove a most valuable acquisition. U 'O'DAY ORNING NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. .RTSMAJTH,'ThEsPAY.—i he Si.. V Ince:a, 120, Cap tain Min.e, flag of Admiral Sir Chariea (_).,le, Bart., Cow inander-in Chief nL this port, was taken out of duck last evening, naviug had her bottom cleaned. She will complete the repair of her deiecta in tee basin, and be expedited for sea service with all dispatch Nearly the whole of her stern has teen taken to pieces, and is in course of recons:rucuon. The new rigging of this fine old three-decker has been set up in a style of masterly exce,lenc:. which even a lai.dsmen cannot fail to notice, and drew the attention of the Secretary of the Admiralty and the Board west tnaikedl on their recent visit of invecti-n. Undine steam-vessel, Master Commander Alley, was taken into the duck vacated by the S. Vincent, to repair defects. She is to be coated over the bottom with the same kiwi of composition as that with which the Fairy has been recently paid. During one portion of her trial trip, on Thursday last, she is reported to have steamed at the rate of 14 knots per hour. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclai ence, wus removed from the basin to day, and taken alongside the Blake hulk in the harbour, to prepare for sea service. The nursery apartments in this vessel have been enlarged, and the approaches to them rendered less dangerous for the Royal .b'ausily and attendaets. We believe the almost perpendicular stair case which led from outside her Majesty's apartments to those of the Royal children has been rebuilt in a less awkward manner and situation. - We have had an opportunity of witnessing the pro gress made by the boys entered on board the Victory in the seamanlike exercises of reefing and furling and un furling sails, broad sword pracice., manning yards, gene ral quarters, and all the maeceuvres incidental to the duties of a sailor, and they perform them, with.-astylo44- precision and seamlike alacrity which reflects the very highest credit upon them and their officers. Captain Pasco has scarcely had his crew of boys under his charge three months; they went on board the Victory from the plough-tail, and the great majority of them were the poor starved peasantry of Ireland an't Scotland. who had travelled all the way trout their distant homes on foot to enter for her Mujesty's navy; great, therefore, must have been the exertion made and the pains taken to bring them to their present state of efEtiency, as they are now fit to be draughted into any ship fur sea-going service, either at home or abroad. We have often thought it would be a good thing to devote a ship to the exclusive service of exercising boys and bringing them forward for the navy, in other words, a nursery ship; and as the Vic tory is not fit for fighting it would be a noble purpose to devote her to, both on account of her size and conveni ence in eve ry other respect, and the associations with which sh .? is so gloriously connect: d, which could not but have an influence upon the mind of every genuine as pirant for fame in the naval service of his country. Woor.wiest, APRIL 6.—The Amphion steam-frigate, in. charger of Lieutenant Siobald, arrived at Woolwich from Greenhithe on Sunday afternoon to have metal valves fitted to her air pumps instead of canvass, the material of which they were originally constructed, to ‘lispense with their noise when working. The Salamander steam sloop has had her orders, to be pen off at Woolwich to-day countermanded, and she will continue in commission until further notice is given. The Sphynx steam-sloop was taken into the basin at Woolwich yesterday. The Kite steam-vessel has had her engines refitted, and got up her steam yesterday to try them in the basin. The Hon. H. G. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty, visited the Dockyard to-thy, with some friends, and went over the various departments. The workmen in the Dockyard were permitted to leave an hour earlier to day by order of the Commodore- Superintendent, to afford those entitled to vote an op portunity of tendering their suffrages in the election of thirty commissioners and a churchwarden for the town asd parish of Woolwich. The Porcupine steam vessel being still required for service on the coast of Ireland, Captain Bullock has re sumed his surveying duties in boats, and will land every evening and perfect his draughts at the nearest farm- houses. Royal Marines-148 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division arrived at Woolwich on Saturday afternoon, under the command of Captain Urquhart, with two subalterns, to do duty in the place of the detachment of the Woolwich division which left here last week for Portugal. THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT HIBERNIA WHARF. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. William Payne and a re spectable jury assembled at the Bridge-house Hotel, Londoa-bridge, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the recent conflagration at Hibernia-% hurl, the property of Mr. Alderman Hum phery,.M.P. William Monroe, the foreman of Hibernia-wharf, said he left the premises for the last time at 20 minutes past two o'clock on Sunday morning. He was the last per son in the warehouse. He had been working with . five other men on the wharf till that hour, in landing and shipping Roods. When he left he locked up the pre mises, and carried the keys home with him. The ware house was lighted with three gas burners, and it was witness's duty to extinguish the lights before he left, which he did on the morning in question. The last gas light he put out was in the counting-house, where he lighted a candle, and on getting to the door he pinched the snuff, and placed the candle outside of the building. The men on the wharf were not allowed to smoke, and n'•ver did so. The goods in the premises were of a ge neral description. There were in one part about 200 poeltpts of hops. In another part there was a quantity of rags, and a few bali-s of shoddy. -A juror here explained that shoddy was a dressing of Yorkshire cloth, and th.' most dangerous article that could be placed in any building. It was of an oily na turf•, and if the least quantity of water got upon it, it would cause th , . , sub:Aimee to ignite spontaneously. He (the juror) had been obliged himself to throw some into the Thalies on several occasions. . _ . Owen M. Cross, another workman, said that he saw nothing in the warehouse likely to take fire. lie was in the middle floor during the night, and 'had a candle with him, which he stood on the head of an empty beer ca-k. He did not put the light out till he got on to the wl - thrf. lie could not tell in what part of the building the fire began. Edward Hamilton, engineer of the Tooley - street Bri gade station, said that he arrived at the wharf between a quarter of an hour and 20 minutes past three on Mon - day morning with the first engine. lie then saw fire at the side window in the court. lie could not form any idea as to where the fire began. Thomas Brooks, a foreman at Hay's wharf, said that he had been desired by the Alderman to attend and an swer any questions the court might put. He had occa sionally been at Hibernia- wharf to deliver in goods. He had loaded at different times many a ton of shoddy, but had never had an accident with any. A juror—But you turn it over, do you not, whilst it is in the warehouses? Witness answered in the affirmative, and explained that it was done to prevent overheating. William Wilkinson, sub-engineer at the Southwark- bridge-road station, said that shortly after his arrival, on one of the shutters being burned away, he saw that the gas pipe had mthed, and the gas was burning, which could not have been the case if the gas had been turned off at the main. He foand the wrench on the maui, but the pipe was so rusty that it could not be turned. It had evidently not been turned off that night. Monroe, upon being recalled, admitted that he might have neglected to turn the main cock off. Joseph Willy, the enen p ofu r el i elw v da a ,m t ne e ei oint w nuh a tts,e t rs c ii h nbs m isaf a yo n rs , emm s ot t hr n a ke t e e i n d ndgoi .5 discovery oT a s vtmhe They p fiw as raes. se m d Ha t d h ee e ,s apwr when tmhieahemse. were perfectly sober. The Coroner having summed up the evidence. the jury consulted, and returned the following verdict:— ."I'hat there is not sufficient evidence to enable them (the jurors) to decide how the fire originated, but in their opinion there is every probability that it arose from the spontaneous combustion of some bales of waste or shoddy." THE NATIONAL DEBT. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) The Lords Commissioners of her MaPsty's Tressum having certified to the Commissionerz.2.r the Reductiod.' of the National Debt, in pursuat the Act iotfr George IV., cap. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus re venue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the sth day of January, 1847, amounted to . . .the sum of 2,846,3071. 19s. 2d. The Corntrission , rs for the Reduction of the National Debt, hereby give notice, that the sum of 711,576/. 19s. 9d. (1 - pinm ,ne-fourth part of the said surplus of 2,846 . 3071 . 19s. 2d.) - kill be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of April, 1847, and the 15th (lay of July, 1847, to the following purposes, viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of £. a. d. Stock ... ••• ••• ... 11,576 19 9 To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer (Supplyor Deficiency) Bills ... ••• . . 700,000 0 0 £711,576 19 9 Add interest receivable on account of Donations and B , quests, to be applied to the purchase of Stock ... 1,350 12 7 £712.927 12 4 S. HIGH AM, Controller-General. National Debt•oflice, April 6, 1847. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF Two GUARDSMEN.—A melancholy accident occurred on Monday evening to two privates belonging to the Coldstream Guards. One of them, who had been married vie same forenoon at the military chapel, proceeded on board one of the Green wich boats, in company with his bride and comrade. It appears that the first mentioned, on the boat passing it, .t; ,ei he, by some unlucky heave, stumbled backwards and tell into 'be river. He sank wmost m medtately, and was seen no m..re Ihe second sold or perceiving the accident, plunged into the water, but so tar front succeeding in the noble effort to save his corn rado's life, lost his own. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. A special general meeting of this company was held Yeslion'ery, at the offices of the Great Western Railway, Pa idington station, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the drsfts of the:Undermentioned Bills, applied for in the present session, viz. : A Bill fur making certain ne`w lines of railway in con nexion with the South Wales Railway, and certain alter ations in the line of the saki railway, and for other pur poses ; and also certain propositions proposed to be in serted in such Bill enabling the South Wales Railway Company to subscribe towards the undertakings of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow. and Dublin, and the Cork and Waterford Railway Companies ; A Bill for making a railway from Abercrave Farm, in the parish of Ystradgurila,is, in the county of Brecon, to Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, with branches, to be called the Swansea Valley Railway; A Bill for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway to construct certain new lines of railway in connexion with the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other purposes ; A Bill t 3 enable the Llynvi Vailey Railway Company to make an extension of their railway to Newcastle, in the county of Glamorgan, tad to amend the Act re lating to their said railwal; to be called the " Llynvi Valley Railway Extension; A Bill to authorise the. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company to construct a dock or basin at Glou cester, in conne x i on w i t h t h e sa id railway; A Bill to a u th or i se certa i n a lterations in the line of the Waterford, W ex f or d, Wj e ldew, 0 - .0 be and Dublin Rail way, and to amen d t h e A d -elating thereto, and also certain provi s i o n s p ro p ose d inserted in the said last-mentioned Bill, enablingithe South Wales Railway Company to subscribe to t 'undertaking of the Water ford, Wexford, Wicklow, ~ in Railway Company. Vsmemse_ltus t agez; , , ..:.k-"the chair, and, after the usual preliminaries, said he supposed the small at tendance must be accounted for by the Easter holidays. The directors (lid not usually like to make their state ment to a thin meeting ; but, indeed, that had been done so fully at the last half-yearly meeting both in their report, which was then presented, and the comments which accompanied it, that nothing more remained for them to say than that various new projects which the company meant to apply for to Parliament this session would be presented to them for their approval. That was the object of their meeting, which had been specially called in obedience to Lord Wharn cliffe's resolutions, and the standing orders of the House of Lords. The directors had hoped to have jnade some progress with these Bills; but, in con sequence of some financial returns having had to be made up, the Railway Committees had been postponed, and they were yet betbre the House of Commons. The object of the Bills which would be laid before them for their formal approval that day was fully explained at the last general meeting, when it is ceived the sanction of the assembled shareholders. The first Bill, which was to effect certain alterations and deviations in the South Wales line, proposed to take powers for a variation to the east of Newport, in order to avoid the churchyard. there, «hich the railway ran close to, if it did not cross it ; and variations near the towns of Cardiff and Car marthen, the effect of the latter being to bring the line through the town of Bridge-end. These variations would increase the traffic and the accommodation of the line, while they would diminish the cost rather than increase it. Another provision of the Bill was a branch which would bring the line down to the neighbourhood of the Breton ferry ; and a third proposed an exten sion which would effect a better entrance to the river Severn, and sanctioned for that purpose the purcliaseof the Forest of Dean Railway. The Bill also sanctioned the arrangement which must be very agree able to the proprietors, and was announced at last half yearly meeting, to advance by agreement with the Great Western Company, the interest from four to five per cent. The Bill further was framed to enable the South Wales Company to give their assistance to certain Irish lines. It was thought to be for the interest of the com pany to keep the Bills obtained for these Irish lines alive, and as the companies had determined to proceed with them but to proceed very slowly, the directors thought it their duty to subscribe for a certain number of shares, with the intention, as soen as they had given effect to their Bills, to divest themselves of them. A SHAREHOLDER interposing—But how were they purchased. At what price? There must be a loss. The CHAIRMAN said they of course took the shares at par; and that was at a time when the market was in a different condition. _ A SHAREHOLDER—I object to this; it brings on the company only the rick of loss and no profit. Why . does not the Great Western Company take up these projects? What interest has the South Wales in them? The CHAIRMAN said the interest was very evident. The South Wales were guaranteed by the Great West- ern five per cent. and half the surplus profits. Now thv Irish schemes might just be those which would create ;he surplus profit — . 'Where, then, was the risk of loss? . . A SHAREHOLDER—We are guaranteed only to a certain amount, I believe 4,000,0004 ; ii),here not risk beyond that ? The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western were, no doubt, confined to that amount in connexion with the South Wales project itself, but in relation to others, they guaranteed 5 per cent. on every extra advance so made. There could not, therefore, be any risk. A good deal of conversation followed, in which some two gentlemen objected to the subscription to the Irish schemes, on account of the difficulties existing at present in the money market. The CHAIRMAN informed them that the arrangement Bill had been a l rea d y entered into with t h ese railways, under the sa nct i on o f the p ll roprietors. He said he had sib eady s p o k en of the which concerned the South Wales ; the next Bill was for the Swan sea Valley lin e . S ome time since a compan y was con stituted call e d t h e S wansea Valley CompsnY , who made a short railway in the neighbourhood of Swansea; ano ther company was formed who extended that line up the Vale, and connected it with all the works. Last year when thi s company was threatened with t h e W e lsh Mid land Bill, s ome d ou b t existed whether t h a t project would not pass th roug h i n connexion with the gre at works of the nei g hb our h ood. This company, therefore, had thought proper t o purc h ase the Swansea Valley line, for which 70,000/. h ad b een already advance d, and which, • when all th e works were completed, wou ld c ost in all about 220,00 0 1. ; b ut that had already b een before the proprietor s an d received their sanction, nor wou ld it hav e been again sub m i tted to theta except i n obedience to the standing ord ers o f the House o f L o rds. Surely it must appear to them a worthy object to connect all the works and t h e m i neral resources o f t h e valley with their main lime. Why, they we re only looking to their own interests wh en t h ey sought " to augme nt the feeders of their general t ra ffi c . Th e next Bill was for the Vale of Neath Railway. Th e di rectors, con‘ idering the pro prit ty,of associating that scheme with the main system, had been in negotiation with the Vale of Neath Cora • pany, and though they had not purchased, they had taken an interest in it to the amount of 125,000 L The Bill therefore which they were to apply for was to render the Vale of Neath Railway more effective. The next Bill which they had to present to them the , was the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway, and the last was for the two Irish Bills, which they hoped at some future time would b e mos t beneficial to them. It would not be prudent to regard a temporary difficulty when there was so much prospective good. The SECRETARY then read the Bills. qu ite satisfied with the Mr. SAMPSON said he wa s promise of the chairman, that the Great Western Rail way Company should guarantee them all the capital ne cessary. Resolutions adopting the Bills were then read, and unanimously carried. The meeting then resolved itself into a special and extraordinary meeting, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of purchasig the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway. . The following resolution was Accordingly put and unanimously agreed to That the directors of the South Wales Railway Com pany be, and they are hereby authorised to purchase and take a transfer trom the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company of such prtion of the undertaking authorised by the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Act, 1846, as consists of the railway extending from or near from the Grenge, otherwise Grenge-court, in the parish of Westbury-upon - Severn , in the county of Glo the said last-men w tester, to ur near liagloa Farm , in the parish of Aure, in powers and privi :tioned company in re s p ect thereto, on such terms and ;7e7, ln co e n c ler u r n ed t conditions as to them m a y seem ex pedient, and also to execute all necessary sad p ro p er dee ds, and to do all ne y,byanodealslaitdheArcitghotas, a cts fur effecting c essary and proper such sale and transfer." The meeting then adjourned. LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND Bills now before SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. A general meeting of the shareholders of tht m c d o o rn n, p b a ri i d i); e wa te s ri h n e in ld us y , es to te r rd t a b y e ., p a u t r o p n o e se o' o cl f o cic, at the giving the sanction The Bills were as fellow: — I ly ar i , d e g e a ci required by th c e . lija.teuArecntfetoil,thEesq7vieurte chair. A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Con3pany, to enlarge their Terminal Sta. and for the &- lion at London-bridge, and to divide such station perma nently from that of the South-Easter!! Railway Company. A Bill for Enlarging the present Station 4 the ,Lon don, ,Brighten, and South Coast, and of the South- Eastern, and of the London and .Greenwich Railway the London, Brighton, an d South Coast and the south- Eastern Railway Companies, for the separate accommo- Co vision m p Companies, e s s u'e hatporersennetaara such nd e dation of the traf f ic of such two railway companies. A Bill to enable the LondeNßn g- h toe• and South Coast Railway CompanY to m ake a railway between London, Maidstone, Canterbury, and l • unbridge, with branches. A Bill to enable the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company to make . an approach t o the town of Do! king, and Deviation in the Line and certa i n Altera tions in the levels of their Railway, and in the Croydon and Epsom Railway. A Bill to Unite and Consolidate the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Compa ny with th e L on d on, . Brighton, and South C oast Ra ilway Company ; and A Bill for authorising the Sale of part of the Brightoi and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway to the London and South-Western and the London, Brighton, Enimant.e. - 11111-- ' arid South Coast Railway ConaPtiiies; and the Wie,by the last-mentioned Compalfy of• par; (Wandsworth to T..on'7. don) of the London' and South-Western Railway. On the first Bill being.put to the meeting, The - CiuwitAN stated that its only object was to in crease the opportunity for traffic now passing upon the line, the cost of which is calculated at 186,000/. The Bill was then pasied'unithitnously. The next Bill was. for enlarging and permanently separating the station from. that of the S. , uth-Eastern company. The cost is estimated at 475,000/, and the Chairman explained, that in addition to the portion which the company possesses; it was requisite to tike other accommodation. Iu answer to a Shareholder, the. CHAIRMAN stated that the Dover Company would still hold, ample accom modation for themselves, aed this Bill was proposed to be able to moat any requirements that might occur in the event of no arrangement _being come to with the South-Eastern Compaoy. Ha, quite as much as any shareholder, was opposed to.this large outlay of money until it was ab s olutely necessary, and he was happy to say thet Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Stephenson, the engineer of the Dover :line, were now in communication for the improvement of the - principal station at London-bridge, with a view to the greater accommodation of both com panies, should the extensive amalgamation 'Which has been proposed not take place, - - To Mr. FLOOD a director replied that it was quite Mr. Cubitt's impression, that even shohld the two companies be amalgamated, it would still be iiilvisablelo carry on the business in separate stations. • Mr. BROWN expressed his determination to oppose it, both as a South-Easter and a.Brighton proprietor. To an inquiry as to Ike cause ,the great amount of the estimate, klf,* 434 The CHAIRMAN replied that it was the value of the property to be taken for the purpose. A friend of his in Liverpool was absolutely selling his land by the inch To further inquiry, Mr. Witaxxsoti explained that 1 1 the station at London bridg, was built conjointly by the South-Eastern, the Croydon, and the Brighton Com panies, each of whom had the right to go to any part of the station they pleased. The two latter of these com panies were now incorporated, so that two-thirds of the ground was absolutely the property of the Brighton Company, and this Bill was to obtain a right to divide the ground in the event of the South Eastern Company not coming to any accommodation. The Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown only dis senting. The — third and fourth Bills were merely alternative Bills, to obtain powers to make a station, not only for themselves, but for the South-Eastern also. The second of these two Bills calculated an outlay of 770,0001., but that comprised all the objects of the three previous Bills, and it was not at all contemplated that there would be any necessity for spending the whole of the money. The Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown again only dissen tient. On putting the Bill for the line to Maidstone, Canter bury, and Tunbridge, with branches, Mr. Brown again opposed; and in reply to the observations of another proprietor, stating that he conceived that as a matter of self-defence this Bill ought to be adopted, the Chair man said that he must altogether protest against i's being supposed that this was a measure of defence, for he believed that the line was a very good one, and such as the shareholders ought to make from a proper regard to their own interest. The Bill was then passed, with three or four dis sentients. On the Bill for the amalgamation of the Portsmouth Atmospheric Company being put, Mr. COHEN inquired what the terms were on which this amalgamation was to take place; for he believed that out of the 7,000 proprietors there were very few who really understood what the terms were. He wi-hed also to know whether the Reading, Dorking, and Reigate Company would use the Brighton line from Gomshall to Dorking, for he under stood that they intended not to do so ? Mr. Wflatursow stated that according to the Act of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company they were compelled to use the line of the Brighton Company, though it was true that they had now a Bill in Parlia ment to repeal the clause which compelled them to d., so. With respect to the Portsmouth Company, he might say that it was agreed that the South-Western Compact) should provide a portion of the funds for making the line and were to share in the proceeds. The Bill was then passed. The CHAIRMAN said the last Bill was one authorising the sale of the Brighton and Chichester line to the London, Brighton, and South-Coast and London and South-Western Companies. Mr. Waturisow seconded the motion for the ap proval of the Bill. It was carried unanimously. The JHAIRMAN said he had now to move a resolution, which did nut appear in the advertisement. it had referrence to the establishment of a Steara•packet Com. pony. The directors, upon their own responsibility. had ordered a number of efficient steara•vesels for the Brighton Station Company, and the resolution he had now to move wag, to authorise the company to tak& powers in their Act to advance 100,000/. tor carrying out the object he had mentioned. The motion was unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and di rectors, and the meeting terminated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APR= 6. STOCK ExcwANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, New. I 4 p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 1 1 % ; p. -Great Northern (Nos. .1 to 108.000), N i dis.-Hudderstield Canal and Railway, 2% p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2 p. -London and North- Western, 175%-London and Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (B), p.-London and Brighton and South Coast, 534-Manchester and Leeds (late Hudders• field and Sheffield), 2% p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Exten sion), 2% p.-Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 44 p.-Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis.-Mid land, 401. Shares, 4 p.-Ditto, New, 234 p.-North Stafford shire, 2% p.-Preston and Wyre, 34%-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), Is. 3d. dia.-South- Eastern and Dover, 36 3 / 4 ex div.-Ditto, New (No. 4), % p.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Ex tension), 11 1 A p. MANCHESTER, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire, par-Eastern Counties, 194-Ditto, York Extension, 1 ,4 c.-East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), 1 1 / i-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 4-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3 4-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1%-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 6-Ditto, ditto (13), 6 1-16 c.-Ditto, ditto (C), 6-Ely and Huntingdon, I/ 2 c.-Manchester andLeeili, Halves (H._ and S.), 2 1 -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Gritrisb)• Dock), 2%-Manchester and Southampton, 11-16-Nortt. Staffordshire, 2 15-16-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4---- Ditto (B), Al-Scottish Central, 7 1 / 2 -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1-Shropshire Union, 255. 9d.-South-Easter and Dover, No. 4, h-West Riding Union, 1 9-16. HULL, Aran. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-York and Newcastle, Preference, 31. 165.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 34 p.- West Riding Union, 31s. p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 5. STOCK Excaaycz.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 27/. 17s. 6d. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 27t 155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. is. Bd.- Caledonian, 27/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Caledoniai and Dumbartonshire, 2!. 75.-Clydesdale Junction, 391. 5s -Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern. 21. 10s. 6d.-Dunblam., Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto. New, No. 1,30 L-Ditto. New, No. 2, 30/. -Dundee and Perth, 371. 10s.-Ditto, New, 19/. 17s. 6d. -Eastern Counties, 201.-Ditto, York Extension, 41. 155.- East of Fife, 2/. 16a.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 6/. 108.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 711. Iss. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 191. 15s. ex div.-L-Vitto, Quarters, 17/. 17s. 6d. ex div.- Edinburgh„ Leith, and • Granton, 20/. 2s. 6d.-..Ditto, Prefer ence, 214-Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 41. 2s: 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 10s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 125.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), SI. 15.6 d . and Ayrshire, 624-Ditto, New Stock, 381.-Ditto. Quarters, 16/. 10s -Ditto, Halves, 81. - Glasgow, Dumfrie s . and Carlisle, 5/. 155.-Glasgo w a n d Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgov General Terminus, 121. 4-Glasgow and Greenock, 18/ -Ditto, New,,91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-Great North of Eng land, 2331. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. lls.-Londel, and Yotk, 2/. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, 1 084-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 28/. .55.- North British, 331. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. Bs.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 19s. 6d.- Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), •1/. 6s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 22/. 14-Scottish Grand Junction, I/. Is.-. Scottish Midland, 211.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 41. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 95.-Wishaw and Coltness, 49/.-York and Newcastle, 34/. 15s. ex div.- Ditto, New, 15/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 81.-Direct Bom bay and Madras, 2s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.-Great North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 38.-Madras, Nel lore, and Arcot, 2s. GLASGOW, APRIL 5. STOCK Fxcualms.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 4114—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.—East Indian, 7b. 3d.—Edinburgh and Bathgate, VA—Edinburgh and Perth ( New Co.), 583. 6d.—Glasgow, Kihnarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, VA —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 165.-- Great North of Scotland, 515.-sladras, Nellore, and Ar cot, Is. 6d.—Manchester and Southampton, 265. 6d.—York and Newcastle, New, 151. THE TRAMPS.—We are assured that to such a pitch have the tramps got throughout the country, that hey laugh at the law and the magistrates when admi nistering it to them ! This " trade of tramping " must be put down ',by a law far more stringent than that now applying to tramps ; both reason and justice to the rest of the community demands it. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —ME. C*EW'S NOVEL, "TEE POACHER'S WIFE," maintains its onward course of popularity. It is, indeed, universally pronounced to b one of the most attractive works of fiction of the time On this marked success, much comment has been made; but the surprise might have been more natural had the volumes failed, than now when they have so signally succeeded; inasmuch as apathy towards the great sub ject (the Game-laws), illustrated in the novel, would be an imputation to public feeling. The Atlas says, "the style of the rural demons who occupy a portion of the story is preserved with extraordinary power and bold ness. There is no mincing of the phraseology —no false delicacy. Mr. Carew's diction is everywhere sometimes wild and uncouth, as if his subir•ct had conjured up a strange language to give its terrors fitting expression." Mr. Evan Evans, of Liverpool, attended as a juror a coroner's inquest, on Monday, and on that eye z d ng dropped down dead in the street. • • APRIL 8, 1847.; FEVER BILL (Ul-1-i.A:N I )). b ll.ll o 4r u d c li h r6e e e r f e eunlit l y n * d iinntrg the i°4*4" l nc ri e s da h nian S lYt o os litt purp oselast se s s of amending providing for thecontinuing trtnatno. poor or of a . per sons afflicted with fever in Ireland. 7 The preaMble briefly declares Chat the Poor Act il% t f lia . t te m he' eii fi s ! i ritit l3 .l ? „ ll:l . o e r P r . a L r t e b a d - e , Of last session can be more effectvally,carred out by relief committee s app o i n t e d un d er :Pie Act for the' Fern'poraiy Relief of Destitute Nittsn , Zintlreland,'Y which received the Royal assent - About toui Weeks' since, thati by th e board of guardians of any union. for the relief of the destitute poor, The first clause enacts that the present Fever Bill, which was to hiive expired on the is n&kuext S-p -tember, shall , subject to the amendments; hereinafter contained, be continued until the Ist day -Of -N;rvem ber next, thence until the end of• tisiltfcsits:ses sion of Parliament. The second clause authorises the Commiisioners Qf the Bortril . oWiealth in Ireland, from tite'tiiiitiie% as tltey shall4hink fit, to transmit, under 11).VildtniV eap• commissioners, a wilMttaiiitifiL cute .c,or the se.eessity of medical reief b‘hig afforded to' poor affected with or °Wei.. epidemic dissiasein any electoral division, for vtilick* relifif committee shall have been.eons • • T4p : , third • cligge directs that the.. , eurtinis 4n-the rbe,, eipt of the previous •Ationed certiaeate, 'shall'iss their writ -u orders relief whir iForuin . ens, bedding, elothine, - .lnediCines, and medical appliances, and other necessaries, as may he necessary for the due care and treatment of the poor persons admitted into every such hospital, " and also such a number of competent nurses and attend ants as the Commissioners of Health may think ne cessary for each hospital, and also to rent, hire, or procure a house, building, or room, to be used as a dispensary, or ffice, for the medical officer of such union, and to provide such other medicines and medical appliances, including nutriment, if necessary, as the medical officer may require to out-destitute persons who may be affected with disease. The fourth clause declares that three members of any relief committee can constitute a quorum; and the fifth clause vests the management of hospitals and dispensaries, procured as before directed, in the relief committees, subject to the superintendence of the Commissioners of Health. Persons affected with fever, or other epidemic disease, to be admitted under the authority of the committee, or by their officers, duly authorised; and the medical officers appointed under the provisions of the existing Act shall be continued for the purposes of the new Act. The sixth clause, which, with the two succeeding clauses, has been taken from the 68th Geo. 111., cap. 47, empowers the relief committees to give such direc dons as they consider necessary and expedient for preventing the communication of fever or other epidemic diseases within their respective electoral districts or divisions; and for that purpose to order that all streets, lanes, courts, gardens, Szc. ; shall be cleansed and purified; and that all manures prejudi cial to health shall be removed therefrom; and that all houses in which any sick persons were residing shall be ventilated, fumigated, white-washed—the building and furniture to be exposed to the air, washed, cleansed, and, if absolutely necessary, burned and destroyed. The seventh clause vests the relief committees of those districts where fever hospitals have been esta blished with power to remove infected persons (not under proper medical care, and not placed in such circumstances and under such precautions as may most probably tend to prevent the communication of disease) to hospital, upon the certificate of the medical officer, after due inquiry into the circumstances of the case. This power is, however, accompanied with the following proviso :—" That the said relief committee shall in all cases of such compulsory removal of any person into such fever hospital, make a special report thereof to the said commissioners within two days after such removal shall take place." The eighth clause imposes a maximum penalty of 51., or one month's imprisonment, upon conviction before two magistrates, on any person who shall resist or oppose the execution of the powers of the relief committees under this Act, such conviction not to be quashed for informality, nor to be subject to any certiorari proceeding or appeal whatever. The ninth clause declares that the general issue be pleaded in any action brought against relief coin inittees, collectively or individually, or their officers, and that, in the event of the plaintiff in the suit fail ing to establish his case, the tribunal before whom the case underwent adjudication shall award costs to the defendant. The tenth clause enacts that the necessary ex penses incurred by any relief committee, in carrying any order of the relief commissioners into effect, and in the execution of the other purposes of this Act, shall be defrayed out of the funds from time to time placed at the disposal of such relief committee, under the provisions of the Destitute Poor Act of the present session. The eleventh clause enacts that, notwithstanding the 10th Victoria, cap. 7, sec. 3, which declares that no relief committee shall be continued after the first day of November in this year, unless for the purpose of settling or closing their accounts, " in any case in which previously to the first day of November any relief committee shall have received instructions from the relief commissioners, for executing the provi sions of the Act of last session, in any electoral dis trict or division, such relief committee, and also, the finance committee for the union, shall continue for the purposes of the Act of last session, and of this Act, during the continuance of this Act, or until the Lord- Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, shall, by any order to be published in the Dublin Gazette, dissolve such relief or finance com mittee. The twelfth clause declares that in the case of certificates issued by the Board of Health, after the Ist. of November in this year, the provisions of the 10th Victoria, cap. 7 (under which the relief com mittees are appointed) shall be extended and applied to such cases; and the costs and expenses - 0F carrying the same into execution, after the disbursement of he funds in the hands of the finance committee and relief committee on the Ist day of October in this year, shall be paid and provided by the board of pardians of the union, in like manner as in the Act of last session. The thirteenth clause provides for the decent in terment of destitute persons dying of fever, by em powering relief committees to defray the expenses of the same out of the funds placed at their disposal. The fourteenth clause fixes the duration of the Act, namely, until the end of last session ; and the fifteenth clause, which is the last, declares that the Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament. DRATII OF LIEUTENANT , GRNERAL SIR DFGALp L. GILMOUR, K.C.B.—We regret to learn that intelli gence has been received from Rome of the death in that city of Lieutenant-General Sir Duguld L. Gilmour. K.C.8., on the 25th ult. This distinguished officer had been upwards of 50 years in the army, and had shared the perils of the Peninsular war under Sir John Mori tnd the Duke of Wellington. Sir Dugald entr_ red irmy in 1794 on being appointed ensign in an inct pen lent company, and thence removed to the 57th Foot. In 1795 he accompanied the expedition to Quiberon Bay, and in the succeeding year assisted at the taking of the :olonies of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. He then returned to England and attended his regiment in the disastrous campaign of 1799,:ander the Duke of York in Holland, and took part in the battle of Bergen, and on the 2d and . 6th October at Castricum, where he was ieverely wounded in the head, and taken prisoner by the enemy. In 1805 he was promoted to a majority in the 95th (the Rifle Brigade), and served at the investment of Copenhagen, the battle of Kioge, and the march through Zealand until the surrender of the town. He went in the command of three companies of the Ist battalion o f the Rifle Brigade to Sweden, to act under Sir John On Moore, from whence he proceeded to Portug%- rear the retreat from Salamanca he was '„ A m t ar ti d le , b a a n t d tl a e lm of o c at orr eo un ns n ta a nt h l e y engaged comni92.l d w eu il i h o sth n he t e h d e t lehr ein mw e s m iwni y gt. " of his regiment, and eminently d regiment. At Almedia he was . w lie again proceeded to the P e nins it at i t st t l i h n n e g l ad Bo v 9 anc w e it g h ua h r i d s during the . siege of Ciudad 9n the Cos and Agueda, Rodrigo, At B us aco he by Marshal Massena, from which pcakod he had the entire command of his regimen t. again greatly distinguished himself. In 1801, on the retreat of Massena, he was engaged in the differ en t ac Lions at Pombal, Redinha, Sabugul, and Foz d'Arouce at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and at the action at Guinaldo. He was then compelled to repair to his native country on account of ill health. In August, 1813, he was sufficiently recovered to rejoin his regiment zt to Lt vici inl e ei s t a ye. c v a oe , fn i ßt i s i a t a3 h ,to e tnhn l e i e y ,B r i e ind n a e t sh e s s eo . lie i se , subse quently took part f N V I v i ' B a i g n o d rr i e n a t n h ( e l Tarbes, and fi na ll y at Toulouse. The gallant General, in ackn ow l e d gment cf his gallant services at the battles of Busaco, F uen t es d' Onor, Nive, and Toulouse was de eoratt al with a c ross . H e was a knight commander of the order of th e B at h , and in April, 1842, was appoint !.olonel•commandant of the lid& Brigade. The deceased vas io the rec e ipt of a pension tor hi s distinguished ser• vices. His c omm i ss i on was d ated as subjoined:—En sign, 10th J u l y , 179 4; Li eutenant, 20th Augus.a, 1794; a ' c a Nti:n eiio Captain, 13th May, 1795; Major, 23d May.lBos; Lieu tenant-Colonel, 30th May, 1811; Colonel, 19th :Jul\ 1821; Nl.ior General. 22d July, 1830; and Lieutenan , - General, 23d Nov., 1841 Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial , office from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar.