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BANK OF ENGLAND, MARCO IS, 1517. TIM GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the n BANK of ENGLAND give notice that a GENERAL COURT ttr te -1e S 4 id Company will bo held at their House, in Threadneedle °Tl TCESDAT NErr, the 23d instant, from Eleven o'clock te nt 7' l, l in the Forenoon until Four in the Afternoon, for the de elation by Ballot of the following question, ViZ. : p ofi ,_ t in addition to the dividend of 3/. 10s. th per cent. interest and e halt-year ending the sth April next, a bonus out of the 114,7 and trellis be made of one per cent. on the capital stock of ArPOration JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. TEAST INDIA DOUSE, MARCH 17, 1847. lI E COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST tr ,„_,I In NDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, that a Proprietor of C.,'" dia Stock has postponed until the Quarterly General Court 11 41. ° ,M 1, 1 Company, appointed to be held at their Douse, in Leaden on Tlicasoav, the 25th instant, the motion of which he ,p . e vlously given notice, t br call the attention of the Court of Proprietors to the advan r,;:Conferred on India by the exertions of Lieut. Waghorn, and to 1) him to the favourable consideration of the Court of Dam" courtithated bu tt 1 .0 Court of Dlreciers do also give notice, that a Proprietor his intention to move, at the said Quarterly General tr,°r a Committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the of a Proprietor in the India House, under the direction of the JAMES C. DIELVILL, Secretary, EAST INDIA 110176 E, 'MAncit 20, 1847. RP COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INI-1 4 1 , --lA. COMPANY de hereby give Notice, lutat the Despatch of the Mail for India, via Marseilles, having 2;t h , MSTPONED from Wednesday, the 21th, to THURSDAY, the to ho 'natant, in consequence of the for.ner day having been appointed Ilie o :bserved as a GENERAL FAST, the Bills of Exchange upon ash., ' r erlitrietits of India, for Cash paid into the Company's Trea. Ti t al this house, on TUESDAY, the 23d instant, will be delivered on Tr: l3 /T, the 25th instant, at the usual hours, the Company's . urY, ins as Nv tant e . 11 as the other ) Offices in this llouse, being closed on AMES C. MELVILL, Secretary, EAST INDIA HOUSE, Mitten 17, 1847. TAE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST et s , rxDrA COMPANY do hereay give notice, that the RATE It .i. g 4 TEREST payable upon the Company's BONDS, will be ED florn 3!. per cent. per annum to 31. 10s. per cent. per commencing from and after the 31st instant. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK.. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, et;r e lamented death of the highly-respected Mr. Astell, whose tt4uet during the protracted period of forty-seven years was , ‘ "ilY calculated to preserve the best interests of this country '4 r ornote the well-being of our Indian empire, having created a 14,,'cY in the House List of the gentlemen now out by rotation, I le a ~„?e honour to intimate, in accordance with my former an idMent, that it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot to be 4,,,; x1 the East India House on the 14th of APIttL, and most Th: tf ullY and earnestly to entreat your support. ten tealiround upon which I solicit your favourable reception of my slons seat in the direction of your affairs having been long y o - ti ltted to your consideration, it only remains for me to assure f va ;iat should my efforts, aided by your influence, prove success shall be my constant and anxious desire and care to justify by success , rlduct the good opinion and confidence of those by whose a litS I shall have been placed in that responsible situation. I have the honour to remain, • Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, J. CA,tiLF.EILD, Major-General. ' 4 tßon Tawrn, March 9, 1847. My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern. CONTRACTS for COALS for the ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS and INFIRMARIES. event of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Ser -I'4 vices, Somerset-place, Igth March, 1847. t; gornmissioners fur executing the Office if Lord High Admiral 'loft,. lilted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give that on Tntntsnsv, the 25th instant, at One o'Clock, they will 14; 41 3' to treat with such persons as may be wi llin g to CON tbe for supplying the Royal Marine Barracks at Deptford, and Po R oyal Marine Barracks and Infirmaries at Woolwich, Chatham , mouth, and Plymouth, with all such of COALS de k "' or other of the following sorts, as shall from 3lstof time M arch to time 1848. be and ed, ' , 15L,,,,;“, between the Ist et April next and the 3 Istot IFORD, WOOLWICH, and CllATllAM—Lambton s, or po7a B . or Iletton's, or Russel's lletton's Walisend. 113!SMOUTII—Lambton's or Stewart's, or ton's Wailsend. epti n _"! o llTll-I:ussel's Iligk Main, or Stobart's Wallsend, or p e reir Wallsend's, or Usworth's Main Coals. Tt i ' g °?le tendering must state which sorts they intend to supply. 11 iti :C:onditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said office, or Te4d,f h eation to the Barrackmaster at the respective ports. No kny n s f,Will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor 7 t ieed,unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho t_nl bki t ;erY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Idiniz t : a a nd bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ttr 4, t also be delivered at Somerset -place, accompa nied b y a let i:Lned by a respectable person, engaging to become bound with kteh ,:;°n tendering, in the sum of 200 /. for the due p erformance of 4 00/ the Contracts ' for Deptford and Woolwich, and in the sum of each of the other places. AFATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 2 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. • 11 113 Empowered by Act of Parliament. - ntion embraces important and substantial advantages it 4 'esPect atituto Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ~,?4 all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for -1.11,--tar the policy, t,,v•-thirds of the premiums paid . (see Table); Ir es Z l e option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in -48.. to meet other conveniences or necessity. 14 j 3 : L1.41 :Ices for terms of years are lowest possible r DIVISION OF PROFITS. remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society e f_zrt"moled the Di rectors, at the last annua l i nves ti ga tio n , to declare i t ,each bonus, varYing from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid l' Que7 effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ~... - --______________:.--- , ;: —..., i , l u i , ;L:rs. • t! R ~ .1R,,_,7 .1 y -renilum. V B onus B onus i n ii i g Assured Ended. Cash. g' ; E may 51 . Borrow. ... I • 5.'..-. i .—__ £ £s. d. I --..---,----- 118.31 £217 15 1 £ lOO 01 1 £l6 0 4'X445 0 0 (/' l lOOO 3 4 18 3 9 i' .2 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 395 11 1 I .9 . 11 10 74 1 9: 11 3 11 346 2 3 I 1840 1 i• 7 6 64 0 101 716 10! 296 13 4 .... 7....... _________ : 1841 111 6 8, 4910 0 710 4. 247 4 5 O t le division of profits is annual, an d the next will be made in i Xto,ber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMItOUX, Secretary. G-UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR -1(0 ANCE COMPANY. ' 11 , LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. ntaxCTOas. JOIIN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. 11 JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. ,et A . ) , n , h uo ulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. k 3 fart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjorilianks, Esq., M.P. '11 ) , Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. 4h;:', l ;on Hankey, jun.. Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. 4, 01 rlan- ey, E .,,, - Robert Mitford, Esq. GA4r.G. el libra . nilTubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. io Johnstone, Esq. "' Loch Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. 1A),... _, ,. m. John Thornton Esq. ". Loyd, j-, un., Eq. James Tulloch, , Esq. 1,, AUDITORS. Nez u ' el i tobarts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Jones Leyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. 1 14 Th e ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. Yt x t LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at * i t th i ,t . t es 'without participation in the Profits; or at moderate hates L acy 0 7;,,ciPation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At / 10 . s three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, : 4 1 1 1 er,„,," es amounted to about 1 per cont. per annum on the sum (1, 4 - " , or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; koL,,,ay,t:_ eewhosle amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com letied 530, 1 1e4 .7 . _ granted on Life Policies to the extent o f their values, pro kth,nlCli Policies shall have been effected a suffic ient time to have Ie t i , ' in each case a value not under 501. 4 ti e FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared 't ath 1 , uel, , of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies I So 'Y'll been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same i.e w ln ~tw course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), '4O h„,the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Stead Office ; and A tot:', the Agents in the Country Districts. & ' 413 hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady cr, piNt be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with I,t't wins, No. 1, St. Jaraes's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with vDe l ," 4l Dany's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be void. DR. CULVERIVELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. OW T 0 BE HAPPY. Jucunde Ylvere."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. `, To:be, or not to be, that is the qmstion."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cure ut valeas." These publications are free from empyrlcal mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, 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, at 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. I, Itlure SPECIAL NOTICE. -It Year's entry, Insurances - the Advantages of the am ),tiA lanist be effected on or before the 25 th of March next. MERS' and GRAZIERS' MUTUAL '' 41t 1114t e ,. • CATTLE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. 'ea A.ecording to the ProTisions of Act 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110, For insuring ilea lives of neat Cattle and Horses. Offices, Strand, London. 4 44 Ay Guarantee Fund, 50,0001. 4 1, lociation cornmeaced business on the 25th of March, 1844, "4 ' i nce paid for losses to Farmers, arising from the Epidemic 4-otrliaLliser die asps, UPWARDS OF TWENTY TIIOUSAND ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. l'e rtil4 Claims for Losses are Settled immediately. Insured for Three Years, ending the 25th of Mar ch, 1847, 44 1 , Je c reive a BONUS on their renewals coming due at that date , tt th to such regulaticats as the Board may consider expedient I nterests of the Association, and as the state of the Funds —• ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., sr free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequonces of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, Sac. By C. T. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OP THE WORK,. Thy G r ace the Duke of Richmond bi ght Hon, the Earl of Westmoreland 1 , 4 "Ight Hon.. Viscount Torrington Th e ~ lion. Viscount Wellesley ;ght lion. Lord Abercrombie Th t ;!Ritt Hon. Lord Kenyon 11,. '. rn 2ght lion. Lord George Beauclerk Si. - illla G a ge. Westbury House, Hants Wlillam Vir Jardine, Bart., Dumfries 'l? o re Langton, Esq., M.P., Newton-park, Somerset L. • Colville, Esq., M.P.. Governor of the Royal Agrieultural tr." 4, Ciety, Lullington Hall, Staffordshire * l 2l Chance Whitley Dean Pandas, Alston Hall, Flintshire ,ijtr H. Barnston, Esq., Crewe Hill, Cheshire qbh Dent, Esq., Ribston Park, Wetherby, Yorkshire • Korrison, Esq., Brome Hall, Suffolk t'Arton r?tler, EsT., Kildale Hall, Tokesley, Yorkahire. t-p Re. Re. to . particulars may be obtained by letter (posakD addressed 114 111 Shaw, Esq., Strand, London, or to the Agent s in the ntr y. . • Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured En- ' raviegs Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, : evidenced in the production of Consumption , Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idlosy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impo t e nce, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful U n i o ns. Chap. 3.—Debility and E xhaustion of the p rinci pa l Vital F un ctions, the nature and tr eatment of Impotence and Sterilit y , and the imperfect performa nce of the Marital act, caused by the practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complies- Cons and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prastate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &C. Sold by Brittaiu, 11, Paternoster -row ; Gord , in, 116, Leadenh a u. street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ;No 78, ble, High -s ll4, Chancer Bir- y lane ; Mansell, 115, F leet-street treet, isiingham ; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester side stree ; Howeall l t, l, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Grefn Dublin; and Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland -street, Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be censelted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. V), Newman-street, Oxford-street, London , an d country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing th eir case, and enclos :ug the usual fee of IL for advice. Agents wanted in placte where none are appointed I'irERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. UENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. CZ n e es C. C. Bell, Esq. Daniel 3131dred, Esq. h heel Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. 'Anarles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Fl:odreve Colvile, Esq. Henry I'aaree, Esq. cl eo ..g 4lll ?nry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. , ge Ilibbert, Esq. IVilliaso It. Robinson, Esq. l'Olji, ,„ °s ' Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith , Esq. vg IFTHS, or 80 per Cent., of the P ROFITS will be as timtd Policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the tphred, to an immediate payment in cash, cr to the reduction 14 t e:lrate extinction of future premiums, its shown in the follow s to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to Pr lcipate in the Bonus declared in 1846. 'a to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STAI,I)I:.tS, enuueu to .' ' . ".................1Laite in the Bonus declared in 1846. A :POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH , LI FE aid VIGOH • Nt I of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. et I . s Cash paid on Or Prem. And an- NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in a Seale ..,LitrY.' in Annual Bonus surrender reduced nial re- Envelope) 3s. 6d., --- --,............._Ltir0d. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Worli 1 , 1 z ------- , , ,z,,,, Xs. d. X s. d. Z a. cl- Xa.d. X a. d. -A- 011 the I. , ss of the reproductive powers, with means of rotors 1 ,7 1 "',, 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3a69 • Lion. The bane. l ll e ff ects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se "" 10 00 21 15 10 451 i 0 193 12 2 8150 :• •••• condary Symptom!, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Es 40 1000 26 14 2 451 1 0 236 18 7 710 5 !° I , 10 6 0 33 19 2 451 5 0 28 4 0 1 49 8 85 . 900 45 6 8 451 0 33 5 9 11 •••— 1 4 19 4 Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. ~--...._5 _ 1512.? • 5 ' ' . , 36 10 6 Sold by Strange, No. 'II,. Paternoster •row ; Gordon. 146, Leadenhal - 1i5.... us 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 •- .. •• , .. carnet , Purkis. Conantoio-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co.. G 3. Oxford- of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEENTII EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in s Seale Envelope) 3s. 6c1., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work on the lOss of the reproductive powers, with means of resters tion. The banc, l ll effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptom!, &C., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gray/Rigs ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L PERRY skid Co., Co.wulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 11,. Paternoster •row ; Gordon. 14G, Leadenhal - street ; Purkis, Conaptoio-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., G 3, Oxford street, and 37, Ito al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work 1g particularly addressed to those who at, prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, throngs tear of eer• taint disqualifications, and gill be.' ound an available introduction t the means of perfect and secret rest oration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuous') npos, those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showinE how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, Irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Brice lbs. and 335. per bet. tae, The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti. sypkilitie remedy for searching out and purif3ring the blood troni ve nereal contamination, icurry, blotches on the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those panful affections arising from improper treat and all eruptions of the skin. Price Ils m an e d nt 3 , :o s . eco pe u r d be aT c y . ruptom s, PERRY'S PURIFY ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. Dd.. 4s. itd., and lis. er box, are the most effectual remedy tor strictures, in. thumnatio p n, irritation of the bladder, es.c., without hindrance to business. Consaltatlon fee, if by Letter, 1/. A minute detail of case is ne• ceesary. Messrs. Perry are in flatly attendance at their residence, 19, Renters-street, Otnord-street, Loudon, trona eirren tilt two, and Iyo tul OM; mad 04 Ottawa iron; cloven 1311 twelve. rttEs ,ran eea Without participation in profits effected at reduced 1 4 , rwst gt re s "`„" , s, and an explanatory statement of other advantages 've •; at ', by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of the Agents. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. P i t ORIGINAL METALLIC STROP (with (:11 'sbx. P ottr sides), for KEEPING RAZORS in PERFECT 'lt, 4 . It 6 Air A ',tiers in r . 1 6, h- --TAILIC TABLET STROP was invented in the year stit"7 ( loon, . f " Y lc and was favourably re e. b„ oallners, O. :New or , to e ' Las public as far gur a4sing any other Razor Strop. The 14j rea n urope, after trial, hays ' P - acknowledged its superiority, 4 re p o w use it in preference to the llone, the effect being much k„ 4 ! to , t ,l l ‘l l, and requires neither oil or water. A keen, smooth 'LK 11.1,,,!az0r, so necessary to shave with comfort, is obtained and kici f4 41.Ut haying recourse to any other means. %.,on""lican Institut, for the Encouragement of Science, in con ll'et. " Its superior value and qualities, awarded the Inventor To 0441edal and dipl oma . : 4 d:,...%?etneit who shave themselves the following query is pro bt4b4ers;,: u ,,, 7 do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend wilii, c i f our -sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is, simply ' 41 titt Only one that gives to a razor a keen and AMOOtll DEPOT. 275, STRAND. at during „ e t 37f. 5 10 . of 5 ' creas° A CI e s diivi° l (ois la in .ev,oior, _ !t or 1° de ly t° occuP i fo / nwever,,,bsii? it w as v get lp s ci% ilo eal O i l r efic tbui 3u otb e 4 ica 013 9 '. niC r ' i d , I IC dig 1. 0- O e ' I;r°Geil e le 0 ' tef or A l° oe j olt, , n es : 0 " Lo E ICC A ;) the sr 10. V ~...................)_ ::.. -7 ...'_ : : : de, r t:11:i: . .• _, . Br * .i ' ‘5- - 'lt r_ t'fi...., - 4T' ------lee ~ • 0. .4 . s 4 . ••,•.,• (; es) C 6 1 1 ; 11 , 1 9 -; ,.. , ,7 71 .t r--- -:: 7 1 • ...I 1 , ( ..' 7 :.: ' 7- r- 3 :',..''•_. - • .. , ' . . ,- - 7 - , P; - ,, 0 ~,,,:iriaZi D 111' • #'l'.t - ! ' • - ~., , i r ,--.... ~..ir , .., N , , - \ ' ,2 ,- . 1 --, c sb 9 9lrw ' A. DIE t, V• ,-, ------ , .. ...:, . ik v , „, / ) ' ) 7. 1 • ' rt' ' -.*. • ' S `l7 Ef, MARCH 22, 1847. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth, C. M. Chapman commander, arrived at Southampton on S , a r.urday afternoon, at five P.m., bringing mails of the fol lowing dates, in charge of Lieut. Brown, Admiralty tgent:—Puerto Cabello, Feb. 19 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Feb. 23; Jamaica, Feb. 25; Puerto Rico, Feb. 27; Deme rara, Feb. 18; Tobago, Feb. 19; Trinidad, Feb. 20; Bar aadoes, Feb. 24; Grenada, Feb. 20 ; St. Vincent, Feb. 26; St. Lucia, Feb. 26; Martinique, Feb. 27; Dominique, Feb. 27; Guadaloupe, Feb. 27; Antigua, Feb. 28; Mont ,errat, Feb. 28; Nevis, Feb. 28; St. Kitts, Feb. 28; Tor- Alar;lls unlo;Sete.sl6Thomas,cvta of gold ; larchl. Her freight con ists of 22 168 i ounces old illver, and 1051. silver bullion; 74 tierces, 2 casks, and 14 barrels of coffee; 6 serons of indigo, and packages of itindries; 1 tierce and 1 cask of beeswax; 35 packages of IrFewroot ; 45 pckages of saccades ; 3 casks of tor wseshell, &c., and 51 passengers, iccluding General Nfiddlemore and family. The Forth left her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Admiral Sir F. Austin, proceeding to Jamaica; her Majesty's ship [(ileum, her Majesty's sloop Electra, her Majesty's iehooner Pickle, and her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, at Port Royal, Jamaica; her Majesty's steamer Hermes cruising in the Gulf of Mexico. The Spanish ship Soberano left St. !Jag° on the 9th February, with an Ambassador for La Guayra and Central America. The Royal Mail steam-packet Avon left St. Thomas on the Ist March for Jamaica, the Tav down the Spanish Main the Thames leaving liavannali for Jamaica, the Tweed down the Gulf, the Reindeer at Trinidad, the Eagle ou slip at St. Thomas's, and the schooner Larne undergoing repairs. A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Halberstadt, Port Royal Mountains, on the 22d of February, at half past seven P.M. The crops are in a satisfactory state throughout the Lslands. The Court of Spain had sent an Ambassador to the states of Central America, being their first recognition of these states since they asserted their independence, and it is believed the British Admiral intends following the ship conveying the Ambassador, to watch proceedings. There was fever at some one or two of the islands, but they were generally healthy. The Forth has made an excellent voyage, although she experienced strong winds from St. Thomas to Fayal, and bad weather at the latter place, since leaving which she has had fine weather. She exchanged colours at sea with the barque Britain, March sth, lat. N. 23.9, long. W. 57.30; and on the 13th, with the Indian Chief, lat. N. 37.0, long. W. 32.14. We have our usual files of West India papers by this arrival, but we gather from them but little intelligence of general interest. Addresses had been presented to his Excellency Sir C. Grey, on entering upon his office of Governor-General of Jamaica; and the Hon. General Berkeley, late Commander-in-Chief, had left Kingston in the steam-ship Thames, attended by every demon stration of respect and attachment, to enter upon his new appointment. The right wing of the 38th Regiment, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir. J. Campbell, arrived at Kingston in her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, Commander La Touche, from Montego• bay. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) JAMAICA, FEB. 23.—We have to report our market as being in a yet better position than it was when we last went to press; the intelligence brought by the packet from Eng land, which came in on the 16th instant, of the high rates of, and increased demand for, American breadstuffs and provi sions having caused a corresponding demand and advance in prices here.• Speculators are coming forward freely, and the market is being cleared of large quantities of flour, pork, and rice (the two former in particular), which are taken at even better rates than those reported in our issue of the Gth instant. _ . We think it necessary here to mention, that, in the event of there being a rupture between the House of Assembly and the Council, arising out of the discussion on the Retrench ment Bill, it is not unlikely that there will be a dissolution of the House before the Revenue Bill, which will expire on the sth of April, shall have been gone into. Should events take the turn which it is conjectured they will, the Revenue Bill must remain in abeyance until the differences between the two branches of the Legislature shall be arranged; but we cannot at this moment hazard even a surmise as to the period which will elapse between its expiration and its re newal or amendment. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, long or duty• paid prices are always given, and are to be considered as wholesale prices. Flour The following parcels have been moved on specula . tion :-200 barrels New Orleans, at 30s. 6d. ; 1,000 ditto, at 315.; 330 ditto, at 32i.; 700 ditto, at 325.; 600 ditto, Alex andria, at 335. ; 500 ditto, Georgetown, at 335. ; 503 ditto, at 343. ; 600 ditto, Philadelphia, at 345. ; 5 ditto, at 36s ; 200 ditto New Orleans, at 36s ; 300 ditto BaltNore, at 355. cash ; 300 ditto Georgetown, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, at 3Ss. ; 200 ditto each New Orleans and Georgetown, taken together, at 365. and 365. 6d.; 385. is now generally de manded, and prices, it is not unlikely, will keep up for some time, the greater portion of the stock, which is not very heavy, being in the hands of speculators. [Since the above was in type, we have heard that 38s. has been refused for 20:) barrels of Georgetown.] Cornmeal—Previously to the arrival of the packet, 300 barrels in lots were taken at 245.; but subsequently 200 barrels commanded 265.: which rate is now refused. The supply is light. Rice—The sales before the packet came in were 200 bags cargo, Bengal, at 17s. 6d. • subsequently 1,000 bags Madras commanded 21s. 6d. per 1001 b.; but holders are now asking 225. In Carolina, 10 tierces were moved at 245. per 1001 b. ; and for a lot of 30 tierces, 30 half-tierces, and 200 bags, 26s has been since obtained. Bread—All descriptions are scarce and in demand; a parcel of 70 barrels navy has changed hands at 16s. per barrel. Butter—About 270 firkins of the last arrival of Irish have been parcelled at 12d.—some previous . lots were disposed of at the same rate and id. under—but the stock is getting light and holders are wanting more than 12d. Nova Scotia has been sold at Bd. and 10d., and upwards of 900 kegs Ame rican have changed hands at from bid. to Bid. per lb. Lard—The sales have been 250 kegs Philadelphia at 6%0., 100 kegs Baltimore at the same figure, and 180 kegs New Orleans at 6d. We have nothing to report in Irish. Both descriptions are scarce. Can . dles—American are wanted. Several large parcels have been taken at Bd. for 6's, B's, and 12's; and at 7%d. for 10's. Sales to the extent of 250 boxes of olive-oil wax have been made at 12d. per lb. Codfish—The arrivals since our last have been rather free, and several cargoes have been taken at 135., 13s. 6d., and 14s. fur casks, and 175.. 17s. 6d., and 18s. for boxes. The stock on hand is fair. The last cargo has just been sold at 13s. and 17s. in casks and boxes. Mackerel-The last sales were at 225. per barrel for No. 3, and 265. for N 0.2. The stock is becoming light. Alewives-are wanted. The last parcels were moved at 225. per barrel for No. 1. Herrings-No. 1, with roes are in demand, and are taken at 225. per barrel. Salmon is plentiful and dull. No. lis worth 50s. to 525., and No. 2, 465. to 485., in barrels. Tierces are unsaleable. Soap-Very few transactions have been effected, in con sequence of the desire of holders to obtain better rates than those last quoted, and the disinclination of the trade to give them. The only transactions which have reached us are -100 boxes Steele's double crown (561 b) at 15s. 6d. ; 400 boxes feather, same weight, at 135.; 100 boxes Olden's (601 b.) at 14s. 6d.; and 100 boxes Olden's (501 b.) at 131. per box. Pork-The great demand for speculative purposes has raised the price of this article. We quote the following sales of prime at advanced rates :-500 barrels New Orleans at 665., 100 barrels Quebec at 675., and 100 ditto at 685.; 725. is now demanded. We quote also 130 barrels mess at 745. 4d.. for which 80s. is now asked. Hams-The stock of American is very heavy; 420 inferior have been taken at 414 d. per lb. cash, 1,400 at 5 1 4c1., and 200 sugancured at 5Ad. to 6d. Some superior parcels com mand 7d. English are scarce, and worth 10%cl. Pigs's Tongues-are wanted. Cheese-English may be quoted at 9d. to 10%d., accord ing to quality and condition. American at from 6d. to 6 1 A i d. per lb. Both sorts are plentiful, American in particular. Corn-Several large sales have been made at 45., and re sales of small parcels at 4s. 6d. to se. per bushel. A lot to arrive has been engaged at 4s. 6d. Oil—Cod continues scarce—and is still worth 2s. 6d. per gallon. Malt-400 casks London porter and ale have changed hands at Bs. per dozen. Lane's Cork commands 90s. to 955. per hhd. 63 hogsheads Scotch have been moved at 82s. per hbd. Lumber—A cargo of W. P., deliverable at an output, has been taken at 120 s. per M feet, and 245. per M for Shingles. 20,000 feet United States have also been parted with at 100 s. The stock of W. P. is still light, and that of P. P. only fair. Brandy—Best brands are worth 6s. 9d. to 7s. per gallon, short price. article Rung—We isnow held quote for s eryalvesofad6voanpcuenacrhaetoes. puncheons at 4s. 3d. This EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Planters' Bank-90 days, par. 60 days, per cent. premium. " 30 days, 1 per cent. premium. Jamaica Bank-90 days, par. Colonial Bank—GO days, per cent. premium. " :30 days, 1 per cent. premium. We understand that an amateur theatrical perform ance, in aid of the funds of the Printers' Pension Society, will take place on Saturday, April 24, at the Royal Olympic Theatre. MONUMENT TO LORD BYRON.—WO have much pleasure to learn that the British Government are about to pay a just tribute of respect to the memory of our immortal bard Shakspere, by the purchase of the house in which he was born, at Stratford-upon-Avon ; and we hope the same noble and generous feeling may extend to Missolonghi, where Lord Byron died. The erection of a monument at tached to the Vice-Consulate on the spot would tend to per petuate the memory of one so renowned. Indeed, we hear from a correspondent who recently visited Missolonghi that the actual house in which Lord Byron died no longer exists, having been totally destroyed, as it will be recollected that on the Turks storming that garrison, seventy aged men, women. and children , en tered a ma g azine and 'blew them selves up, preferring death to cruelty and slavery. With this heroic act fell the house sacred to our last immortal poet. The proprietor of the site not only generously offers to give it for the erection of a monument, but also will give a handsome sum towards it, and surely the friends, the rela tions, the Government, and the admirers of his Lordship will at once set on foot a subscription for so noble a purpose.— ] Malta Paper. N OR TH OF ENGLAND JOINT-STOCK BANK..—The directors of this establishment at Newcastle-upon-Tyne have made a call of 51. per share, to meet engagements which can not be postponed, and they propose calling the shareholders together at an early day, when a statement of the liabilities of the bank will be laid before them, and the course of future action determined upon. PRICE SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The law of nations has not hitherto in cluded any comprehensive chapter upon bankruptcy and insolvency. Though the great community of Christen dom has most justly been considered by publicists as one largo commonwealth, in the system of which nations played the parts of families or individuals in separate states, yet it was conceived that their relations would n descend to transactions of swindling and embezzlement, and that a general congress might part without settling a small debts act, or establishing an insolvent court for states. We fear, however, that the particular attention which this particular department of law is found to re quire in our own country is now still more imperatively demanded in the code which regulates the intercourse ul states and kingdoms. When monarchies conceal their property, and republics obtain money under false' pre tences, it is time that some commissioner should act for Europe as Mr. Fane acts for Middlesex; and that Spain, as soon as such machinery can be brought into opera tion, will be suspended from her certificate for two years without protection is unhappily as clear as that she once filled the most respectable place in that great society which she now so terribly scandalizes. The case of Spain, which Lord G. Bentinck is to bring before the House of Commons to-morrow, is, indeed, one of those which the gentlemen we speak of are accustomed to characterise es " the very worst in - stance of misconduct and dishonesty lately brought under their knowledge." At a time when the very exis tence of her constitutional freedom was a stake she bor rowed large sums of money to aid her in the struggle she was manfully conducting. The money was liberally advanced to her, on the security of the country, pledged by the very Government which, thus aided and strengthened, was placed in a position to perform its promises. Had King Carlos V. repudiated the engage ments contracted by Isabella 11., some reason might La alleged for his conduct, but none for that of the claimant who succeeded in the venture for which the money was borrowed. Yet, within three years of Isabella's acces si n, payment of the dividends ceased. The subsequent conduct of the indebted state it would be hard to match by any example from Portugal-street. Four years after the first defalcation, viz , in November, 1840, the Spanish Government at length yield to the importunate entreaties of its helpless creditors, and, without going to the length of actually paying the interest duo on the bonds, did condescend to ca pitalize the arrears, and consider them as chargeable with interest thereafter. This, however, is all that has been done, for the division of the stock into " Actives," " Deferred," &c., has effected nothing beyond the variety of nomenclature, and the present state of the account, in round reckoning, is this :—Spain owes the bondholders 45,000,000/. of capital stock entitled " Ac tive ;" 13,000,0001. of capital steck entitled "Passive ;" 7,000,000/. of the arrears of interest added to the prin cipal in 1840, and 12,000,000/ arrears of interest now due in cash, making near 80,000,000/. of money, principally British, on account of which sums she neither pays, nor has paid for these twelve years, a sixpence of interest beyond a miserable 3 per cent. on the last capitalized sum of 7,000,000/. Conceive a man's figure before Mr. Fonblanque, who should plead, that though he had borrowed 10,000/. on which he paid no interest, yet that he had very handsomely capitalized one year's arrears, fur which he was religiously paying 15/. per annum. The case is really infamous. Every single particular that comes to light concerning it aggravates the deformity of its features. 'lhe indebted party is under no disabling difficulties. Partly by the aid of these very loans, and partly by the resources of a kingdom so naturally exuberant and elastic that the grossest misgovernment cannot check them, the pros perity of Spain has increased as rapidly as under the Administration of Alberoni. Its revenue, which, when these loans were contracted, was under 6,000,0001., and when the first arrears were capitalized was under 10,000,000/., is now publicly stated to exceed 12,000,000/. It is a most extraordinary proof of what national as well as human constitutions will occasionally do for themselves ; but it is nevertheless a fact, that Spain has actually, at this moment, a surplus revenue of near half a million, while France has a large deficit, and England may, perhaps, just bring both ends together. Nor is it denied that by the commonest use of sagacity--by the mere recognition of principles which are now poli tical axioms, this surplus might be multiplied twentyfold ; insomuch that it was admitted by one of her Ministers nearly ten years ago, that "the re sources of Spain were more than sufficient to pay her debts ten times over." Indeed, though she has not applied her acquisitions to the agintttal of her obligations, she has availed herself of her noto rious competence to obtain further credit, and has lately borrowed such money as she wanted on easy terms from fifer own subjects. At iich domestic liability she very punctually attends to. The creditors' case is as strong as the debtor's is weak. They have not been " trouble some." They lent their money in an hour of need, and only ask for it in a day of wealth. They do not exact the letter of their bonds, regardless of means or conse quences. They urge the capabilities of the borrower as well as the claims of the lender, and ask for a small share in the prosperity which they contributed so largely to produce. To these moderate representations Spain replies by the very conduct of a dishonest jobber. She amuses them by promises which she never fulfils, eludes their claims and ignores their petitions, while she indulges herself in the full swing of political extravagance, going to the hills every summer for an insurrection, and returning to the capi tal every winter for a revolution. Imagine a man borrowing 100,000/. to recover an estate, winning his cause, furnishing his house, extending his establish ment, marrying his daughters, contractir h , new loans, and then, after 10 or 15 years' abjuration of the claims upon him, calling his family together and announcing that " the solemn moment was approaching when he might occupy himself with the settlement of his debt!" Yet this is the allusion which Senor Mon accorded in the Cortes to the claims against him of 78,000,0001., and interest of many years' standing. Spain is precisely in those circumstances against which, in private life, the compulsion of the law is justly provided and righteously exerted. She will not pay till she is obliged to do so. She has abundance of means, but she prefers employing them in novel speculations to absorbing theta in obsolete charges. When payment is inevitable it must be made, but every postponement is so much gain, and may perhaps conduce to an ultimate escape frcm the liability altogether. In humble life this class of debtor is at once served with a writ; he bows his head to the Erman of necessity, and resigns his purse to the mute of the law. To such a resource the Spanish bondholders are now looking at last, and, though the international code does nut provide very emphati cally for such popular dishonesty, yet there are both clauses and precedents pointing to a remedy against the general contingency. An appeal is now before the Bri tish Parliament from these sufferers, entreating the in terposition of the Government either to help them, or to authorise their helping themselves; and it would indeed show a magnanimous indifference to the source where charity begins, if, after so thorough a discussion of na tional contracts, we should exempt others from the obli gations which we so freely assume ourselves. We pre sume there can be little comparison between the claims of the Russian Emperor and the claims of the Spanish bondholders, nor would there be much greater difficulty in maintaining the one than in satisfying the other. There would be ne necessity for the " reprisals" so ominously spokes of by the indignant creditors; matters would hardly come to a distraint upon the Philippines or a sequestration of Cuba. The first process would termi nate the business, and a single serious word from our Cabinet would at once intimate that there was no more room for trifling, and that the money must be paid. NICHOLAS AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt may help us to understand a thing done to day if we regard a similar thing done some time ago. In the panic of 1825-6, a City millionaire, who had not been on the best of terms with some City bankers, called on them unexpectedly, and, after expressing his fear that they might have an inconvenient run on them, and his anxiety to serve them, begged them to accept a deposit of (it was said) 1,000,0001. in Exchequer-bill.; and notes. The deposit was accepted with many ex pressions of thankfulness. In the Bank parlour the cir cumstance was discussed, and it was resolved that the bills and notes should be sealed up and put in the strong room till called for. When the run on the Bank came the millionaire called, as had been expected, for his de posit, and had the mortification of finding that he was baulked of his intended reveng e by being paid off with his own sealed packets. Will Louis Phillippe seal up Nicholas's 2,000,000 Z? Will Nicholas call for his deposit when the run comes? Yours, i&c., QUERY. March 20. ARTISTS BENEVOLENT FUND.-0O Saturday th.. 37th annual meeting of the subscribers to the above fund, founded in the year 1810, for the relief of the widows and orphans of deceased artists, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. From the report read by Mr. Thiselton, the secretary, it appeared that her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family still continue their patronage to the institution. The receipts during the past year amounted to 1,2481. 7d. ; of which suns 7601. was expended in gratuities of 20/. to 38 widows, and 115/. in gratuities of 51. each to '23 orphan children of deceased artists. The report concluded by stating that, in consequence of the ordinary income of the past year having fallen off to the extent of 244/. 15s. 7d., the committee deeply regretted they would be compelled to reduce the gratuities to the widows for the present year from 201. to 141., in order to in crease the permanent security of the fund. The following noblemen and gentlemen having been elected Vice-Presidents for the year—the Duke of Sutherland, Earl of Ripon, Sir R. Peel, M.P., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., R. IL Solly, Esq i meeting a mu . r s separated. day Theldaes deer took line R ol i F.R.S., &c., and Peter Legh, Esq. — the usual compliment t was iid.s hounds c the A c ,p E s met T and a.—t R t O b o e wn s T 1 h ßierton, and when near Mr. Eustace's house, M r . chairman, towardsth SERIOUSae h Vyse, in taking a fence near the road, fell fromi foot s his hors e i n consequence of the saddle slipping round. u unfor tunately hung in the stirrup, by which he Was dragged at full speed and up wardsbeating o f theloo unfortunate theg gentleman's galloping ata ile t g a a c i e n stth e ground. . disengagedJohnaEfur s o a m the stirrup, and , was thought At length his foot became e understand he was carried to the house of Mr. John advisable , from whence, he is at t o hrizenlovehi residencem after a short period, it to London by railway. W `in town in a very alarming state.. —Buck s Herald. E r. G Nr0.17,006. LONDON MONDAY S. STAMPS and TAXES, SOMERSET HOUSE, MARCH 18th, 1847. 147 lIEREAS, in pursuance of 1 and 2 William IV., c. 22, the following AP,TICLES have, on the days stated, been DEPOSITED in the HACKNEY CARRIAGE OFFICE in this Department by the Drivers who found the same : Notice 1s hereby given, that unless such Articles be claimed by their respec tive Owners, between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, at the Hackney Carriage Office, within One Year from the date of deposit, they will be disposed of as directed by the above Act. THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant Secretary. 1847.—Januaryl 1847.—February 1424 Coat - - - 5 Umbrella - • 1431 Cap - - - 2 Umbrella - - 4 Ditto - - 5 Shawl - - 6 Book - - - Umbrella - 1440 Cloak - - - 1 Plaid - - - 4 Umbrella - - 5 Book - - - 6 Rug - - - 7 Colt ' - - S Bracelet - 145 @Shawl - 1 Sword - - - 2 Brooch - - - 4 Masonic Ornaments 1451 Music - 1460 Parasol - - I Umbrella - - 2 Coat - - 3 Leggings - - 4 Umbrella - - 8 Coat • - - 1470 Umbrella - - 4 Coat - 5 Coat, &c. - 8 Umbrella - - 1480 Ditto - - 1 Clogs - - 3 China Cover - - 4 Picture - - - 5 Cap: - - - 6 Razors - - - 9 Shawl - - - 1492 Ditto - - - 1493 Umbrella - - 5 Bag, Bcc, - - 6 Shawl - - - 7 Parcel - 8 Cane - - 1503 Umbrella - • 4 Ditto - - - 5 Coat - - 1564 Umbrella 7 Coat 9 Umbrella 1570 Ditto 1 Musical Ha 4 Muff 7 Shawl 1583 Basket 5 Hood 6 Bag 1594 Umbrella 6 Shawl 7 Bag 8 Purse and contents 9 Shawl I 1600 Dressing Case or Desk 1 Rug 2 Umbrella 3 Roll of Papers 5 Cloak 1611 'Umbrella 3 Boots 4 Seal 5 Umbrella 6 Boots 8 Umbrella 9 Coat 1620 Boa 1622 Plaid - - -22 3 Umbrella and Parasol - 23 4 Coat - - -23 5 Umbrella - - - 23 6 Papers - - - -23 8 Hat and Cap - - 23 9 Umbrella and Sticks '• 24 1630 Opera Glass - - -24 1 Umbrella - -24 3 Coat - - - -24 8 Bibles - - - - 25 9 Bag - -25 1641 Umbrella - - -26 4 Bank-note - - - 27 1847—March 1646 Umbrella - - - 1 9 Umbrellas - 2 1652 Rug and Leggings - 3 ' 8 Rug - - - - 4 1661 UMbrella - - 5 3 Books - - - 5 5 Rug - - - 6 6 Velvet - - - G 7 Umbrella - - 6 9 Do. - - - 6 1670 Plaid - - - - 8 1 Stick - - - 8 2 Umbrella - - - 9 3 Shirts - - - - 9 5 Coat - - 10 6 Prayer Book - - - 10 7 Victorine - - - 10 8 Carpet Bag - - - 10 9 Umbrella - - - 10 1680 Do. - - 10 1683 Umbrella - - 11 4 Cap - - - -11 6 Coat - - 11 7 Do. - - 11 S Parcel - - - • 11 9 Umbrella - - - 12 1690 Coat - - - -12 I Cap - - -12 2 Shawl - - - -12 3 Gown Piece - - - 15 4 Umbrella - - - 15 ' 6 Do. - - -15 6 Parcel - - - - 15 7 Umbrella - - 15 ' 8 Basket - - - 15 9 Muff - -16 'l7OO Coat - - -- 16 - 23 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 25, - 2S - 29 - 29 -29 1847. February. 1506 Coat - - - 8 Handkerenief & Key 1510 Coat - - 4 Cap - 6 Umbrella - 8 Parasol - - 9 Umbrella 1522 Ditto - - 3 Coat - b Rule - - 6 Coat, &c. - 7 I'ocket-book - 9 Parcel - - 1531 Catheter - 3 Victorine 4 Boa and Shawl 6 Spectacles - 7 Coat and Rug 1740 Parasol 1 Rug - 2 Umbrella 3 Ditto - 4 Ditto - 8 Ditto - • 1450 Cloak - 1 Cap - 1453 Cuff 4 Rug 5 Umbrella 6 Handkerchief and Gloves 7 Fur Cape 9 Umbrella 1563 Box - - - - - 81 - - - EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. VORK EXTENSION SHARES. Notice Is hereby given that the Directors have made a CALL of V. 10s. per share upon the B Quarters of these Shares, which will be payable in Two Instalments of 11. ss. each. The first on the 18th • of March, and the second on the 18th of May next. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged upon all arrears. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, 12th Feb., 1847. NOTICE is hereby given, that by an INDEN TURE, bearing date the 7th day of March 1848, JOHN CHRISTOPHER BANBURY and JOAN BENNETT the younger, of No, 30, Addle-street, Aldermaubury, in the City of London, Wholesale Milliners and Copartners have bargained, sold, assigned, transferred, and set over, all their Estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever, unto Samuel Baker Morris, of No. 99, Wood-street Cheapside, in the said City, Warehousemen, upon Trust, for the Be nefit of all the Creditors of the said John Christopher Banbury, and John Bennet the younger, who shall execute the said Indenture, within six calender months from the date thereof, and that the said Indenture was duly executed by the said John Christopher Banbury, John Bennet the younger, and Samuel Baker Morris on the said 17th day of March, and the execution thereof by them respectively, is witnes-ed by Godfrey Goddard, of No. 101, Wood street aforesaid, Solicitor, and Joseph Arch, of the same place his Clerk. 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CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their resi dence, No. 7, FRITII-STItEET, SOHO-SQUARE, LONDON, and Patients can have this work private:y forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 2s. Gd. in postage stamps. FASTER IS C O M I N G. A Taster is coming—that time of diversion, With its fairs, and its pastimes, and pleasant excursions— Easter is coming, with holiday fun, And the public arc coming to MOSES and SON. Easter is coming, with sunshine and flowers, With grass for the meadows, and leaves for the bowers. Easter is coining, when all would do right, By casting aside heavy garments for light. If ever an Easter were met with attire, Whose fashion and quality all must admire. 'Tis tile Easter that's coming, when MOSES and SON Will furnish you batter than ever they're done. New patterns in clothes at their warehouse appear, And the choicest and latest of fashions are here. Coats, Waistcoats, and Trousers have MOSES supplied, Whose beauty they view with a feeling of pride. Ind their Hats, and their choice Boots and Shoes will be found, Unequall'd in fashion and perfectly sound. Then, as Easter is coming, the reader should come And purchase a suit for a very low sum. E. MOSES and SON have made noble exertions For the Easter that's coming, with mirth and diversions— Wiih fairs, and with pastimes, and pleasant excursions. A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," containing full Directions for Self-Nfea.surement, and detailed L:st of Prices, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST 01' PRICES. MADE TO lIIIALIME. Cashmere Codrington, from .... Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs .. ••••• • • • • • .......... 1 2 0 Cambridge Coat, lined throughout . • •• • • 2 5 0 Tweed Coats •• • .... •......... ..... ........... 016 0 Sporting Coat .• .. •••• • • • ... ............... ..... 013 6 Dress C0at...... Best quality manufactured •. • ............... •.• • • • 2• . • .......... 2 15 0 Best quality manufactured •. • ... •.• • .• ............ 3 3 0 Rich pattern Vests. ..... ............ 0 8 0 Cashmere, or cloth ...... ••• . • • ........ .. Tweed Trousers ..... .; 0 8 0 Single-milled Doeskin ditto ........ •. • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress ditto .. • • .... • • • 1 6 Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits .... •.• . • • READY MADE. Cashmerette Codrington •.••••• • •• •• • •• 0 18 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest patterns •• • Tweed Coat ........... ................from 0 S 6 Sp9rting dittto •• •• •........ ..... ................ 0 6 6 Extra Superfine, a superior coat ..... ......... 1 15 0 Frock Coat •••••••••••• •• •• •• •• Extra Superfine, a superior coat •• ....... . Roll-Collar 'Vests Fancy Satins Cloth, or Casiraere ........... . Tweet Trousers. ••••••••..• • • • • • • • . • Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin .. Boys Tunic and Hussar suits.... ••••• • • • ............ 0 18 6 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Batters, fosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Allnorlea, and 84, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, city, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untrade-sman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and chesp clothing, ice., should call at, or sand to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice. •No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve O'clock. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS WITH SCHOENBEIN'S GUN COTTON. On Wednesday last, a series of experiments, to test the efficiency of gun c,ltton in blasting, as compared with the known powers gunpowder, took place in the Standedge. Tunnel, on the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway. As the occasion was one of peculiar interest to the scientific world, sunny gentlemen connected with railway and other extensive works availed themselves of the opportunity of being present, amongst whom we observed Wrn. Leigh Brown, Esq., of Meltham Hall and Thomas Varley, Esq., of Huddersfield, acting di rectors of the company ; Chas. Brook, Esq., of Melt ham Mills ; J. A. Barron, Esq., of Stainmoor, Middle sex, the legal representative in this country of Chevalier Schoenbein ; P. B rames H a ll, E sq ., of the Deafen' Gunpowder Works, one of the patentees of the Gun Cotton ; H. F. Mackworth, Esq., resident engineer ; Morland Jee, Esq., and R. W. Wal, assistant engineers; W. A. Pardon, Esq., principal engineer, under Mr. Brunell, on the Dublin and Wicklow Railway ; Thorna , Nicholson, Esq., contractor of the tunnel ; Mr. Clark, of Liverpool, and many other gentlemen, who take a lively interest in scientific pursuits. The place selected for the experiments is in the midst of the great Yorkshire chain of hills between Hudders field and Manchester, where a tunnel is now construct ing through huge beds and masses of millstone grit, and which, when completed, will be the longest in existence. The rocks, which are situated at a depth of 155 yards below the surface of the mountain, consist entirely of close grained quartz. of which some idea may be formed by the fact that in 110 yards of the tunnel now completed, no fissure or joint is perceptible in the whole length. At the same time, therefore, that it afforded the surest test to the power of the gun-cotton, a more distinct compa rative test could not be instituted between its powers and that of gunpowder. A rough estimate having been made with firearms of the relative strength of those ex plosive compounds, a charge of gun-cotton having the same effect on a wooden target as six times its weight in gunpowder. Holes were drilled 2 inches, 11 inches, and 11 inches diameter in the millstone grit, and the charges of gun-cotton varied from I.6th to 1-3 d of the weight of powder ordinarily made use of in blasting. Cartridges, containing the gun-cotton, were dropped into holes, with the patent fuse attached, and the quantities varied from 10 ounces in the larger, to 6 ounces in the smaller tubes: the quantity cf gunpowder employed for similar blasts varying from 1 to 3 pounds. The shots prepared in the tunnel were twelve in number, 10 being charged with gun-cotton, and Nos. 4 and 11 with gunpowder. The shots numbered 2 and 7 in the south hemlines, and 12 in the north heading, were declared by Mr. Nicholson, the contractors of the works, previous to their being fired, to be those on which the test of the strength of the gun-cotton com pared with that of gunpowder would be most certain, both as to charge aid position. No. 2 was charged with 10 oz. of gun-cotton, and did wonderful execution, exceeding in everything the expectations of both the en gineers and miners. No. 7 was charged with 14- ounces of gun-cotton,and did the same work as six ounces of gun powder would have done. The crowning experiments were Nos. 11 and 12 in the north heading. No, 12 was charged with 16 ounces of gun -cotton against 3 pounds 4 ounces of gunpowder in No. 11. The shots exceeded anything the engineers or miners had before tested. The gun-cotton exploded first, and threw against the side of the heading, and broke into nine pieces, 220 cubic feet of rock, or about fifteen tons weight. This shot with its connexion with No 11 was supposed to have assisted it materially. No. 11 removed to the dis tance of about one yard 224 cubic feet of rock, or about 16} tons weight, but was broken only into six pieces. The following properties were established in these experiments. Ist. That the gun cotton may be consi dered three or four times the strength of gunpowder. 2nd. That it is entirely free from smoke—a qualification of great importance in tunnelling operations ; as the miners can recommence work immediately after the shots have exploded, which is not the case with gun powder. In works in Cornwall, where blasting opera tions have hitherto been carried on, on a large scale with gunpowder, eight hundred men have been obliged to leave their work for an hour every time the shots have been fired. This, with gun cotton, is entirely ob viated. 3d. That no risk is incurred in stemming the holes. 4th. That in keeping the cotton on the works, and its being handled by the men, there is not so much risk from explosion or loss from waste as with gun powder. sth. That it ignites with more certainty than gunpowder. 6th. From the decreased size of the charge, the depth of the drill hole may be diminished, and the power more concentrated. Its other advantages are—that it may be kept under water instead of in a magaeine. Schoenbein has kept it under water for six weeks without damaging its strength. It never misses fire or fouls the gungland is more instantaneous in its discharges. It possesses all the qualities of the best gunpowder, and there is no danger of its exploding from frequent firing. It explodes at 350 degrees. The , advantages just recited apply themselves to all the conditions under which explosive mixtures can be em ployed, so that thsro is no doubt that when the powers of the gun cotton become generally known, that a com plete revolution will be effected in the use of materials holding such a prominent position in the arts of peace and war. We will just add in fine, a curious fact, pro bably unknown to our readers, that the so-called gun cotton is no longer, strictly speaking, cotton, having undergone a chemical change, and become, according to the experiments of Berzelue, the first chemist of the age, a nitrite of lignine. There is in fact as much dif ference as between lime and gypsum. In the evening about twenty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous repast, prepared by Mr. Joshua Hall, of the New Inn, at Marsden ; Wm. Leigh Brook, Esq., occupied the head of the table, supported on the right b y J. A. Barron, Esq. and on the left by P. Brames Hall, Esq., Herbert F. ' Mackworth, Esq., occupied the vice-chair. The health of Mr Barron was drunk with honours. In returning thanks he stated that Chevalier Schoenbein wished the gun-cotton to hare a fair trial, so that its properties might be fairly tested. Messrs. Hall's, of Dartford, had not hesitated to make the case their own,_ ts when they saw that its powers were gigannien.stiits destructive qualities had been urged as a plea operations, and warfare. They looked to its use in civil to prove in to the great utility and benefit it was lik i e r use, but they hoped to look to better things than that of likelyyllall in re mining and engineering operations. bad found the health had been proposed, stated that they turning thanks for the handsome man A ne . gun cotton to be far superior to gunpowder. which his g drunk, bore Mr. Maciewoans, on his health testimony to the experiments having succeededfound to be an blasting purposes the gun-cotton had been times had agent of stronger power than what modern bein- well. For hitherto produced : when its qualities become known it will supersede all other agent s, and by using it properly it would offer a better security for the work man'sd b generally life. being drunk said, as far as his humble efforts go, nothing should be wanting to test the efficiency would y of the Mr. NICHOLSON, contractor of the tun n e l, on his health l, cotton. On the health of Mr. Alfred Jee, the acting engineer of the line, being proposed, Mr. MORLAND JIM returned tha nks. en on the The health of W. A. Purdon, Esq., en inset Dublin and Wicklow Railway, was drunk with honours. Mr. HALL proposed the health of W. L. Brook, Esq., who in reply stated that he was much gratified by having witnessed the events of the day, which proved their young and talented engineer, Mr. Mackworth, to have a strong desire to test the real efficiency of gun cotton in blasting. He felt pleasure when he saw the works on their line Jf railway progressing so favourably ; he thought no railway would supersede it. The country through which it passed presented the most romantic and picturesque scenery in England. They had many beau tiful viaducts on the line, and would have one of the longest tunnels hitherto constructed. He begged to propose the healths of two gentlemen connected with the undertaking, who, had they been pre sent in their little company, he felt sure would take a lively interest in their proceedings ; he al luded to W. Aldan, jun., Esq., M.P. , the chair man, and J. Brook, Esq., of Greenhead, the Vice chairman, of the board of directors, gentlemen who ever felt alive to the interests of the undertaking, and whom he believed would work well to the end. The healths of the gentlemen connected with " the Press" were proposed by Mr. Nicholson: he had felt a pleasure, he said, in watching the anxiety with which , who had attended they had overlooked the experiments made that day in the lower regions, and doubted not but what they would chronicle the scenes that they had witnessed, not only with a good many flourishes, but with faithfulness. to returned thanks. • Thanks were voted to the chairman and vice•chairman, O w u i r tb re e p ss res t e b n e ta e ti x y p e e a r t im ll e u b d ts ler b s r fi i e efi ld y and the company then separated.—Leeds Mercury, [ADYERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the severe' royal visitors to the Br itish Court. I n London it can only be purchased of the patentees, 11. J. and D. Nicoll, Court tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street; for Dublin, Geo. Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other large towns. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.— On Saturday, at the Royal Free Hospital in the GRAY'S Inn-road, Thomas w a kj o y, jun., Esq., performed a most difficult operation upon a young woman, named Ann Shean, aged 20 (a ser vant, residing in St. Bride's, Fleet-street), for a gangrened fistula. The ether was administered in the presence of Dr. of the inhabi tantsNottlie Gardiner, Mr. John Coachenall, M.D., Mr. T. W. Cooke, the house surgeon, Mr. J. R. Hall, Dr. Peacock, e ce . slightest sensation of pain was apparent, as evinced by the Turkish excited students, b.an frominflux patient, who is now doing well in one of the wards of the —The curiosity hospital. o f ab u t 2 Constantinople,o who were imported by the Tagus steamer. Abraham Parker seems to be a generic' term regularly entered in the South- A bAranboßafilni,AuaMtrhkaePrrnsAp:ttool;iEtaß ampton vocabulary for all who appear in the dress, or who 11 come from the neighbouring countr y of the renowned Ibra -10 1 rAelut.—Hampshire Guardian, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Masai 20. STOCK EXCHAHGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 ,4 p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 5 1 4 p.—Binningham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—Caledonian, Halves, % dis.—Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 23% Eastern Counties, York Extension, par — East Lancashire, New Scrip, Gs. 3d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 2% p. — Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71% ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 17% ex div. —Huddersfield and Manchster, 2% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 2 p.—London and North-Western, Quarters (L. and B.), 17 p. —Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 17% p.—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. and M.), 274 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 11% p.—London and York (Direct Northern), % dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hudders field and Sheffield), 3% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 3 / 4 ex thy. p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2% p.— Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 3 p.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 89—Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 22 —Midland Stock, 1173—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4 p.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—New castle and Berwick, New, 3% p. —North British, New Quarters (scrip), p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3% p.—Shrewsbury and Chester,New, par—South-East ern and Dover, 38%—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, % p.—West Riding Union, I% p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—Northern of France, Constituted. 514 P. MANCHESTER, Maim 20. STOCK EICHINGE.—The sales are—Ambergate. Nottingham, and Boston, 3 / 4 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 14 Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, Preferentials, I% —East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, 1 —Ditto. New (scrip), 1 3 / 4 c. —.Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70 c.—Ditto, Halves, 9 c.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 14 —Great Northern (London and York), Reg., %—lluddersfleld and Marichestcr Railway and Canal, 2 3 / 4 —Ditto, New, 1 % —Leeds and Thirst, 1 —Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 5% —Malton and Driffield Junction, 1 %—Man chester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 2%—Manchester and Southampton, 7-16—North Staffordshire, 31i—North Stafford shire, Churnet . Valley Junction, 214 —Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 5-16 —South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 1 4 —Wharfdale, par c. LEEDS, hintcri 20. STOcK ExCaattcoL—The trade has continued dull with very little disposition for speculation, either for a rise or fall ; but the improve ment in the funds has made prices of some stocks rather higher, and the appearance of this morning's market is better than any previous day of the week. London and Brightens are higher, and in demand. Great Westerns are also sought after. Manchester and Shefilelds are not so good. West Riding Unions arc improved, as also are Great Northerus; and enhanced quotations from this day se'nnight are to be noted in York and Newcastles, Midlands, and Londons and North- Westerns. The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 4s. die. —East Lancashire, New, 13v p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 255. p. —Great Northern (late London and York), par—Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches, Scrip (blue), 3 p.—Leeds and Thirek, 2 dis.—Leeds, Wake field, and Midland, 145. dia.—Leicester and Bedford, 4s. dis.—Lon don and Brighton and South Coast, 54—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), / 3 4 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 10s. p.—Midland, Preference, 3 p.—Newcastle and Ber wick, New, 3/. I4s. p —Norfolk, Halves, p. —North British, Extensions (scrip), 16s. p.—Northern Counties Union, 30s. dis.— ' North-Western, 2s. Gd. p.—West Riding Union, 345. p.—Wharfdale Junction, ls. dis. HULL, Mexcn 20. STOCK EICIIANGX.--The sales are—Midland Consols, 116 1 ,4 —North British, Halves, 161. Gs. 3d.— Ditto, Quarters, s2s.—Ditto, Exten sion (scrip), 16s. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 71s. 6d.—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 49s.—Great Northorn (late London and York), Is. 3d.—Newcastle and Berwick, 29j,', ex. n.—Ditto, New, 3% P. NEWCASTLE-UPON-T Y NE, MARCO 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE. — The sales are—Great North of England, 231 —Ditto, 401. Shares, 54ti p. —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3% p.— Ditto (North Shields), I'urchase, 8 p.—Northern Counties Union, 1% clis.—North British, 10 p.—York and Newcastle Extension, 4% p. EDINBURGH, Maucit 19. Srocs EXCHANGE.-The sale are-Aberdeen, Vt.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 101.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. Is. 6d.-Caledonian, 271. 2s. (al. -Ditto, , New, 11. 10s.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. 71.-Clydes dale Junction, 391. Os.-Deeside, 3!. 55.-Direct Northern, 21. I Is. -Dunblane, Doane, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Ar broath, 421. 10s.-Ditto, - ,New, No. 1, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301. -Ditto, New, No. 3,4/. 155.-Dundee and Perth, 321. 15,.-Ditte, New Shares, 201.-East of Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian Central, 21. 135.-Edinburgh and ltathgate, 51. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 741. 10s.-Ditto, lialf Shares, 201. 2s. 6d.-Ditto. Quarter Shares, M. IN.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201.-Ditto, Preference, 21/.-Idtte, New, 31.-Ditto, Quarters, 155.-Edinburgh and North ern, 161. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New Shares, 41. 45.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 175.-Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. 145.-Edinburgh and Perth (Old), 11. 175.-Ditto (New), 21. I Is.-Ditto, Halves. 1 Is.-Glasgow and Ayr shire, 621.-Ditto, New Stock, 361. 171. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 71. 25.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 10s.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/. -Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 181.-Ditto, Halves, 9L-Ditto. Preference, 8!. 55.-Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-Great North of England, 2331. 100.-Great North of Scotland, '2l. Bs. 6d.-Great Northern Oats Direct Northern), 31. 12s. 6d.-Ditto (London and York), 21. 155.- Manchester and Leeds, 1081.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81. 55.-New castle and Berwick, 331. 5e.-North British, 321. 155.-Ditto, Halves, la-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. Is. 6d.-Ditto. Now Quarters (scrip), U. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 10s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, GI. 155.-Scottish Central, 231.-Scottlsh Grand Junction, 11. Is. -Scottish Midland, 21!. N.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. I2s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os -11. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and 1 17 6d -Stirling and Midland, 21. 95.-Wishaw Dunfermline, 3 . s• • Mess 481 15s. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 361. 10s.- and Co , • ill 158•-Ditto, Preference, 8/.6d.-Direct 9d.-East Bs.- Great North of India, vestry, and Chester,' 81. 48.-Ditto, New. Ditto, New, • ' -Madras Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. b 3 and Gre a I t , GLASGOW, Maui! 19. STOCK EICIIANOK.-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 505.-East 545•-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 751.-Ditto, Quar- Lothian Central, • tors, 185y-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 535.-Ditto, Halves, lodurritern of Madras, 35. , 2, 71."45.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5% -Great Southern of 175. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 36% -Ditto, Halves, No. MadrEs, 35. 9d.-Manchester and Southampton, 19s. 6d.-Monk land and Kirkintilloch, 241.-North British, New, Quarters (scrip), 275.-Stirling and Dunfer in line, 775,-York and Newcastle, Prefer ence, 71. 19s. A WINDFALL. — A days since it occurred to the occupier of a farm in this immediate neighbourhood, to try his luck in turning over the soil of a portion of a potato-field which had, last year, it seems, been aban doned by the then tenant, from the premature conclusion that ;the crop would not repay the toil of digging, when, lo! with a little perseverance, he collected some thirty sacks of emllent potates.—.Dory Chrouicte. ~r f/`2.., _ • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Talbot, 2G, Captain Sir T. Thompson, Bart., arrived this morning from the Pacific sta tion. She left Valparaiso on the 2 , 1 of December, at which time the Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear -Admi ral Sir t,wur, Cominalider-in- Chifer; the Constance, 50, Giptlin Sir Baldwin Walker; the Carsfort, 26, Captain Seymour; and the Nereus, coal avAl store-ship, Master-Cum man, ler Bateman, were at anchor there. She arrived at Rio on the 11th of January, and left on the 16th for Envhavi. leaving the Seagul packet and Crescent receiving ship at Rio. No v.,sei laid recently arrived from the Parata, but the Racer, 16, Commander Reed, was daily expected when the Talbot left, and on her arrival the Curagua, 24, Captairt Broughton, was to sail for England. The Talbot has experienced very severe weather on her passage home; she has been beating about since the Ist inst. The first land she made was St. Alban's Head. She has brought home about 100,0001. in dollars, ban, and gold dust, on merchants' accounts, which will be landed to-morrow morning and transmitted to the Bank of Engl.:nd by Me.srs. E. and E. Emanuel, of Portsea and Portsmouth, freight agents and silversmiths to the Queen. Lieuteialias Bathurst ;rat Cartwright, of the Colliagwood, and Mr. Piumbly, pay master and purser of the Juno, have came home invalided in the Talbot; also Lieutenant Bill, iditle: of the Spy, pro moted. She will come into harbour t , -morrow nr mini(, after being inspected by the Commander-in-(timitf• C-mptain the lion. John G - irden. late of the America, having at time court-martial held upon him, stared he had taken step to have Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, put in posses sion of th rt portion of the freig•lit moues- accruing to him talon out o f tm , e D i ruhrie, (Captain Gordon) from th e m .aid transhipped to the America, and the Daphne having t,o it is alleged) "robbed P e t er t o pay Pa u l " by briegific home a freight belonging to the Talbot, we are ;nfartned Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Bart., means to apply to have Captain Gordon's bounty paid to him. A Court of Inquiry, of which Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., is president, commenced sitting yesterday On board time Salamander steam-sloop, to investigate the transaction alluied to briefly in The Sun of Thursday. It is expected to be a very protracted investigation, the matters far consi deration being of a very conflicting and vi luminous char acter. Captain Hamond was summoned to attend on yester day morning at nine o'clock. A court-martial is expected to - be the result, when, perhaps we may be enabled to fur nish the particulars. The Salamander, Acting-Commander Ricketts, came into harbour yesterday. She was commissioned on the 24th of June, 1842, since which time she has steamed 35,938 miles, and sailed 14,454. During the above time she was two years and one month at the Georgian and Society Islands, nearly the whole time at anchor. She has gone at times under sail alone, with a good breeze, ten knots ; steaming with favour able weather and wind, she made 8 1 4, 9.6, and 10 knots, which she frequently accomplished in her passage from An tigua to Spithead. His highness the Conde de Montemolin is expected here, to visit the various objects of interest abounding in this im portant arsenal. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice-Admi ral Sir Francis Austen, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the West India and North American station, was ou his way from Antigua to Port Royal. Jamaica, to hold a court-mar tial on the 23d ult. The Imaum, 72, Commodore Lambert, the Electra, 14, Commander Maitland, and the Vesuvius, steam-sloop, Commander Austen, were at Port Royal on the 23d ult. The Hermes, steam sloop, Commander Car, was, at the sama date, cruising in the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Courtenay had taken the command of the Endy mion, 44, vice Lambert, who had accepted the post of second in command, vice Pring, deceased. WOOLWICH, Mancit 20.—The Blenheim, 72 guns, fitted at Black wall for a block ship, with a screw propeller, was towed down the river to-day to be docked at \\ oolwich ; but at the time of writing this communication she was partly aground on the Essex side of the river, in a place a short distance from Blackwall, known under the designation of Bugsby's Hole. The cause of the Blenheim grounding was in endeavouring to avoid a brig which ran across her bows and became entangled with her, the tide running up strong at the time. The brig continues across the bows of the Blenheim, but, as the tide will rise for another hour, the vessel may be got off with ease, as the Monkey, Government steamer, and a hired steamer, are assisting to disentangle the brig, and tow the Blenheim into the middle of the river. The Mastiff, surveying vessel, Commander Beecher, and the Woodlark, tender to the Mastiff, are both in the basin at Woolwich Dockyard, refitting, preparatory to their proceed ing during the ensuing season to resume their duties in sur veying the coasts of the Orkney Islands. Brevet-Major Stransham, Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Lieu tenant Taylor, three sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, and sixty privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Ma rines, have been placed under orders to embark for service in the Warspite, 50 guns, commissioned at Chatham. An equal number of the Chatham division of Marines will come to Woolwich to do duty in place of those draughted for the Warspite. Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, Royal Marines, left Wool wich this morning for Spike Island, near Cork, to take the command of the Royal Marines serving in Ireland. The Amphion, steam-frigate, in charge of Lieutenant Sib bald, is to have a massive piece of brasswork fitted to the stern, at the part where the axle of the screw-propeller re volves, the great velocity and friction causing that part to get very hot when the engines are at work ; a similar case of brass was cast at the foundry at Woolwich for the Bien hein, and weighed very nearly 6 tons. Vessels in the Harbour —William and Mary, yacht, Am *on, steam-frigate, North Star, hospital-ship, Black Eagle, Bloodhound, Rifleman, Sharpshooter, Teazer, and Minx, steam-vessels, Hebe, receiving -ship, Wye, hospital-ship, and Benbow, Royal marine depot. In the Basin—Terrible, steam-frigate, Mastiff, Plover and Woodlark. surveying -vessels, Cyclops, Niger and Torch, steam vessels. In Dock—The Vixen, steam vessel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INORTIIAMPON RACES—MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The following is a list of the arrivals up to three o'clock : Susannah, Congress, Nectar, Halo, Doleful, Queen Mary, King of Murven, Cbippeway, Fernhill, Protection, Infringe, Princess Royal, Icicle, Trojan, Ranthos, Wee Boy, Maid of Athens, Fort William, Roderick, Glendower, Woli-dog, Mir- Indio, Euclid colt, Wit's-end, Brother to Stitch, Publican, The Hind of the Forest, Fugitive, Rotheretborpe, Mother Carey's Chicken, Moonlight, Old Brompton, Master Downes The Sheriff, Beet Bower, The Magnet, Hydrometer, Comma it faut, Salopian, Spect a t or , Lucy Ashton, Woodcraft, Beverlac, Good Boy, Faithless, besides several others, whose names we have not been able to ascertain. Upon no pre vious occasion have the arrivals been so numerous or the prospects so brilliant. It is calculated that sixteen or seven teen %will start for the Handicap, and twelve or fourteen for the Althorp Stakes. Entries for the Queen's Plate.—Mr. Fowles's b c Ranthos, 3 yrs—Sir C. Cockrill's c h c Th e D u k e o f Ri chmond, 4 vrs— Mr. Pettifer's ch c by Epirus, 3 yrs—Mr. Wreford's b g Wits end, 4 yrs—Mr. Moore's b h Wolf-dog, 5 yrs—Mr Whiles's br f Infringe, 3 yrs —Lord Waterford's b c Watch-dog, 3 yrs. The races commence each day at half-past one o'clock. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKLS.-6 to 1 agst Halo (taken). 6 to 1 agst Euclid c (taken), 15 to 2 agst Doleful, 200 to 12 agst Magnet (taken), 18 to 1 agst Daughter of the Star (taken), 16 to 1 agst Watchdog, 25 to 1 agst Princess Alice (taken), 100 to 5 agst Queen Mary. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.-7 to 1 agst Liberator. DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Van Tromp, 10 to 1 agst Planet, 12 to 1 agst Epirote, 20 to 1 agst Glentilt, 20 to 1 Liberator (taken 25 to 1), 25 to 1 agst Conyngham (taken), 1,000 to 20 agst Will-o'-the- Wisp (taken), 1,000 to 25 agst Pavilion (taken), 1,000 to 20 agst Oxonian (taken). METEOPOLITAN HANDICAP.-12 to 1 agst Vanish, 18 to 1 agst Pink Bonnet. AMESBURY COURSING MEETING—FRIDAY. The Druid Stakes ;were won by Mr. Parkinson's Sedlitz, Mr. Gordon's Camlet ran up; the Deptford Stakes were won by Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight, Mr. Miller's Mischief ran up; the Stonehenge Stakes were won by Mr. Parkinson's Smuggler Bill; and the Everleigh Stakes by Mr. W. Etwall's Wyandotte, Captain Squire's Helen ran up for tilt latter, and Mr. Buckworth's Baksheesh for the former. SATURDAY.—The Great Wiltshire Picture—The four winners above-mentioned ran for the picture, when Twilight beat Smuggler Bill, and Wyandotte beat Seidlitz—deciding course, Twilight beat Wyandotte, and won the picture; the Beacon-hill Stakes were won by Mr. Rakes Royal Consort ; Mr. Vipan's Varna ran up ; the Amesbury Stakes were won by Mr. Etw•all's Wanton ; Mr. Randall's Lucy Bertram ran up. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Pallinsburn ; Fri., Ild er t on ; Sat., Preston, by Dimse--10. Sir C. Constible's stghds., Fri., Ridgemount-10%. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Nuneham ; F r i., C an E n d. Vale of White hds., Tues., Lydian.' Plain ; Thurs., Stant& ; Sat., Minety Pound. Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Chesterton Village ; Thurs., Lug gershall Village; Sat., Warden Kennel—Wl/ 2 . York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Acomb ; Fri., Linton ; Sat., Crockey Earl of Harewood's hds., Tues., Boot and Shoe Inn ; Fri. Deightonpar-10i. Suiniugton hds., Tues., Wrelton-9 ; Fri., Riceall Bridge —lO%. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Guisbro' Park-10 1 A. Bedale hds., Thurs., Skiptou Bridge ; Sat., Sowber Hills —ll. Ilurw•orth hds., Tues., Enterconamon ; Sat., Cotcliffe Wood —lO Durham County hds, Thurs., Alden Grange; Fri., Haw thorn-101. Raby lids., Thurs., Gartherley Moor Inn; Sat., Windle stons--11. Col. Wyndham's hds. Tues., Arundel Park ; Thurs., Aris ford Hill ; Sat., Tertington Lodge-111. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Tues., Dumbleton ; Sat., Broad- way. Mr. Brand's has., Fri., Silsoe-10i. Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Broughton-11. The prospect of a full supply of bread-stuffs con tinues to increase. In addition to the last accounts from the United States, which, as we have always anticipated, repre sent their resources to be almost inexhaustible, it is ascer tained from Russia that about 250,000 tons of rye flour are now on their way from the interior of St. Petersburgh to meet the demand from the south of Europe. It is also estimated that 1,000,000 quarters of grain are lying especially from in the various ports of the Black Sea, purchased for e r a o r po is rti so on me of . the most part by English and French houses during the past few months for spring shipment. At the same time it is to be admitted that want of tonnage wid continue to presef,t an 3t w .ho i e t ‘ l ve i s o 7 u h 'tl o 'h s ee e l rmn a i available portslab influx,l e th l e a last i I N P, vessels b e i la t ee a rl c isc l e si:s t o cwo la e r pr d ea s rae a tt n i what remarkable, the number at Mobile being -1" against 71 in 1846, and at New Orleans 131 against 200. Bu l But it must be remembered, that large arrivals would take l dispatched again without th e unnecess y p ace daily, to b e ar lo ss o f and also that an immen se accession au hour. n would take place from the quantity of new ships now building no less than 100 having been or just completed; November last, at the various dockyardscontracted for since the Ist of Bos ton alone, the average burden from Maine to taken at from 400 to 600 to us. of which may probably be driving down from our us. Vessels of all kinds were like wisethe ports of the Union, audolin . North American provinces to it is said that from New York . even coasting schooners had been chartered for Ireland, in the eagerness to take up ever 11 ' that could float. Coup ling 3. ling these fa c t s, therefore, with the large number of ships know to n have sailed hence in ballast, or with emigrants, &c., there will appear good ground for the presumption that from this time forward the sup ply will more than keep pace with the demand. The wheat markets of the French departments are still active, with au advance in quotations from lf. to sf. per hectolitre, and, notwithstanding the hopes entertained in most quarters that supplies from the north of Europe will before long be av ailable, purchases had not in the least de creased. The great alarm prevailing caused command the means to secure a supply. all who could '1 he latest advises from the Amsterdam Bourse speak rather more favourably of business, which bad in creased to such an extent as to produce in prices a general t e ndency upwards. ,~ A