The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-20 00:00:00

Perms- Sum the 4 A nnual Policy Bongs in nent Re- Assured Pro- taken a t d 2 Q T,, n on Bonus In duction of may bor ua " 'Muhl- out In --- Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premiums. Po-icy. £ a. 4., 1 £ s d. £ s. 4. £ s. d. • r 1837 243 9 3,112 8 18 4 6 494 8 10 £ d 1838 218 4 81 99 81015 13 5 445 0 0 11000 74 3 1839 192 1 10' 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 I 1810 143 5 10 66 8 4 9 19 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8, 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 ant . 4441 '.. 44 Report with tables of rates, Bce. 'WY or Its branches In the country ; o wrward ed POat free. ~ may be had at the Ir, ou application. will F. FERGUSON CA: ROUX, Secretary. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU- RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNNILL, LONDON. Capital 500,000/. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Intern of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na • Zonal :Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance !tent of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received lie approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and :Peers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a 13ranell Office in connexion with the... Societies and the Operative Claims generally, in which their services might be successfully en d, a Committ ee h as b een sanct i oned by the Directors to open ' en MMilication with the different Societies, with the view of more ...._erectua.lly disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the Indus ' 'F'°*o classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. 1,1 4412 3 : Praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to Zwg within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and 7111.nateiYontshe savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal regulating their distribution, having for their object either inthlediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. • Slight ex.aminMien, however, will demonstrate that the con .aetton of these associations or societies is defective; and that in of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar a;;;lM. 'kennel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; 1 - I,_'“n Proportion IS their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, utility Is limited. For example, it is not to every individnal • ris k „.__ w "en' class amongst the industrious community, that provision "*"*" or sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a i ttrac iarY ti, sacrifice ; - While to others such a provision appears more t e e, and tilt loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk ar:1 1 1 eI Which they desire to b e guar d e d. F or thi s an omalous stat e h ist ' zags ttisi is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, m ead fli 0 0Vering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more ant or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate 7A :should have its separate contribution. la to not having observed this rule, and to the association of W') dieeimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and ilitunsiblt7 hind in one and the self-same payment, that much of the isr e akk j mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. sito mr ,orechfurism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - turd Provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ,..-- red watchfulness of the several members composing it. By . Is on _""ealit a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and Im o but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. in te ,„ . . th e same perfection , or the same security, is seldom attainable bid 'v.! hind Is to be accumulated through a succession of years, helo:" ere results are to bear out calculations, money investment general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. mie,_.nest reasons t is clear that the fends destined for a provision in ..!ittli should be a k ept entirely distinct from the fund Intended as a wln.den for old age e 164 Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently ected, do not depend on the same calculation. ter m Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a 110 p hi old age are willing to take the risk of providing 34 10_ bl e sickness on themselves. earstruse the rgsponsibllity of managing a provision for old age, 'wi th WA to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible sPenatZ unt arY associations, fluctuating laws, and individual 'ne se:Leh ty, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of Ofdin er r. tr act that when undertaken on the same principles that dlluth. T ,'„,,_gceerla commercial bodies. I;:zuse the expenses of providing for sickness must, when Nth _ 0 Bailie payment with provision for old age, tend to d mi tertit;7•ore this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en s *he for the sa k e o f th e o ther. • p,. Z i te en d s with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge 'egendly ~e iGn s Passing within the bosom of many of the existing %Ito e t, e ll i u Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are bere ft adopir ed . have bad several meetings, with a view of proposing I. give ga ng r emedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner eam on force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, them Z u uld aid. on which friendly societies are based, by guarding “ - oni the risks of sudden dissolution. h: br:ll.-tnnell diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously 1 1.- ti me to time for the attainment of one of the principal Ist ohnialeVilendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal and MP:4l"d ttill"e4that by coMprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought Y for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is brovi sin ,. • author of that Plan has furnished an argument against -.ln Il an • - etas, but, without concurring in the immediate ex -.th--•eenr P CY arl f 4 b , an d, oiling a provision in sickness, no one can read the e°llveldeneo the P 1 itself, without being fully satisfied that the .11Teatl y and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be ""wane e d 411 0 consulted, by separating the payment of a sick ti ti w ho met in A d eputa T i r an annuity for old age. ling the h waited on the directors of the National Loan for th e andsomest manner the overtures made to ii;: l 4l:Se c eenec rushment of a separate office for the transaction of el saes e ,! with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the In -Zog the general, resolutions have been entered into, con si-'ver, for f" me rsighed as a Committee, with power to add to its sited Pros „ Promulgation of the benefits contained in the an with the guarantee of n umero u s Caital of the Society, interfering with the objects connected tooptmotegrealusttlt_ution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their th: l4 * 'tena n t emerge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection Presa m entsses in old age and adversity, which nothing up to Tasth,,:.7 .. has Jp-• a rth .equately secured to them. uP.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. PI. GQ O .:Ito Ancient Order of Foresters. it -- " e 8 hate , b"ab...2., Ancient Order of Foresters. ,7 0 ,7, h Runt, p: o "'.. Ancient Order of Foresters. eelljt lire'l:ll:benretll?--DlM.anchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Gael Beek .% la ' (Ip . C 5.,. Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Order of Old Friends. .d.R. Ancient Order of Foresters. A DErkity . -ED ANNUITIES. 12 e. rit of i t Person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay -21. *r quarterly payment of Ts., or monthly payments W h i g Winn, an tiinig the ago ot 60. tb• w a r 101. 19s. 92. Cash down. 107/. 31. ;or licy wiilAfe, 1371. 17s, taF o l7 4 .tle•-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, oa at th. _ the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by ;;. 44111 4 payment etor a single payment of 321.17..3d.: Pallas= of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to -. 1 6 senile bewails by an annual payment of 18s. I Id., the same as 0 r age 20. Example. -A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay- Meet of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment fof 2s. 2d. nay secure en attaining the age of 65, the option of re ving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; Or a policy on all life 1751. 11s. ..Eaample.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay- Z e ll_t of 11.6 e., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment ta• 2 d., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re -3 Annuity, 161. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on life, 1781. 11 5. , 1ta.,,. LIFE ASSURANCE. Qu i .=.0 1 .• -A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure leu s •mma of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and toe e t ert iciPate in the Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay . 3d. rikTZTPIe•-••person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay -112z:: as. Per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of get s , 7PaYable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like la the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C AMROUX, Secretary nE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. lininlllll, 15, Geo r ge -street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. rtillo,lll,„C..."nPanY's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE O or F fEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report Zanl_Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, proprietary iq aYst4 ut talon, the advantages of both the mutual and will be found, biliiinarison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to th,."cPermiDectuses & colui.e , and the rates for the whole period of life as luw as is eat WITH PERFECT SECURITY. A ut, . C.. apply at " m aloUt the kingdom. the offices as above, or to any of By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. Th e st , -4 1\T COUNTIES RAILWAY. Ii ,co,th y9RK EXTENSION SHARES. lll9ta At ~ Td IN STALMENT of the FIRST CALL upon the "` 3 of THESE SHARES will be due on the 19th Mast be paid on or before that day. Illoh opxg By order, - C. P. R EY, Secretary. T:ate station, May 7. 1847' R ACES—LIGHT WEIGHT. ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. 114 , it„ . I'ZICOLL's PALETOT VETE, ONE GUINEA. `'ENT.ST REET, and 22, CORNUILL—not e l se where in ................... London. TILE SUMMER, now approaching, , should P.,',l4‘ove as hot as it was last year, do i tibtle n slis ,, ' , l n C ri o ,, L w L oth er vT, of Lama Cloth, to adopt the same course i S thout any 11, 0 Coat under it. This luxurious iboeusageaas% much comfort once expe -41 Is alone sufficient inducement li tain. kik g ee,,, of Paletot, rich silk linings, --, J:sro Guineas. Two Guineas and a Half; not CORNICES, at 20s. 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhlll. NOVELTY in FRENC H N/ —A ITst• varied which threaten en complete for any of t. SjAN NON E -- ried and beautiful assortm t e ir n e t ly of to ti s i n e p se erv e o l d eg e a al nt l abouteach erai n " r ush manufacture, Y Window (Ify eo upwards, lo nTro N 'A (late RIP 2.tra) Newman-street. ~, and BURTON'S * f d i:o w in i t ht . lv a e n t d o treet corner of In. 39, Oxford-street, s well as of every TO to, r ,13 now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BUR - "etail ' with engravings, as rtyon,_ filed catalogues, Stock iron- RILL article, sent (per post) free. it• . LIAM S. BURTON'S (late the fellers.' literally the largest in Vfo Furnishing Ironmongery is . d to give a correct idea of RIPPON and BURTON'S) . Ita ~... 40 0 as no language can be employed .....,_ eriety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it. rstablished In Well-street, 1820. other CARSON'SGo- ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION . r, specially patronised by the British and oth incipm -..eratnenta, the Iloilo bl East India Company, -uo t k ~,„, a _ ura e Nobility, Gentry, an d ,_,`,-'`).lP tiles. Most public bodies, and by the scats. The Anti the pr co rr .tergY, for out-door work at their country d cription tio, r '''''_en Is particularly r ecommended as the most sea durable out- Of tro Paint ever Invented, for the preservation of every e has been Dre r . n a ro od, stone, brick e as s the nu „,_ y the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by --° InPo, cement, which, 'Orotis testimonials (between 300 and 400) in its favour, and tnein Lee., work, h"-att the rank and station in society of those who have given kind h it t; Perhaps, never yet been equalled by anything of the tisrttse brought before the public hotice. on sapile„,srices, colours, and other particulars, will be forwarded the Rank",Jo,n to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, back of "` 'lgland. No agents. OX ,VOl.lB DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEA_SES. All lin,,;Cr PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND ig in 4 ~_°ed Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price fraaTvaotenvelope, or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure illustrated With 411 iervation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps , kr nitrous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, ~. A. i t IT I if - 41t e r e cilleslP: ee_rfaenet"lstelftorltasti N 11 0 0 D : organs, R estoration. Decline; with Plain Direc ernanatim, f 4.44 aY on those diseases of the generative ceases the .rorn solitary ' n habits, Indiscriminate ex sUfferer i effect's of clina:aned sedentary infection, tarY &c., addressed to the Inarri at e n Yeuth. Irtanloi, ;id old age ; with practical remarks debility '1 the treatment and core ef nervous and mental disense by whic'h sinThDteneY, syphilis, and other urin°-g""a restored and re ko , the yea the most shattered constitution may be . 11 ist;ated With a ,, l all Period ef life allotted to man. The whole i t lain. lag the",_Ner,tl Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, ex r p odne_ u rt or_Yar sous functions, secretions, and structures of the i r v e a P te cor resi.cearls In health and dLsease ; Is ith instructions for pr u_as ce,easeo, &e. 74 . L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, So ho - square, Lond on . is c..... RETIEW OP THE WORK. rs been th e ..unis •14 MANnoon. ( Strange). Having for many yea . it, ~7_lttldard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent . , a t ria " ,raal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the paten . i7.l.aud Military Gazette. al., 1,, 1 1. 0 ,N1 by the Author,, and may be had at their residence ;Told k tri,. . •".:, Cram ~, ge, , ernter-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -st , reet the„.l,4:-,J, Cornhill, Lo:lon ; So tvlel, 4, ht. Ann's-i , quare, ....1'74- Ar43.1e.,:t PIMP, South Castle-stree t, Li , erpool ; Campbell, 1 4 ~ 41 1 , 1 i,, _ - ,, le :t. Olaivow ; Robinson, 11, Grectisido-street, Edisibur,A ; t ___... , e lad envelope bv areook iellers. ienje437c- CURTIS and Co.to be consulted daily at their reel s atietits-c°. 7. FRITH-STREET, so ao-sQuARE, LONDON, and of can an to this- work privately forwarded them, by initial or 1 Att.:'!", to anY part of the United Kingdom, direct from the 0...0r a Residence, or froln any fth taa eagents, on remitting 441 la ?Magi) et D " Y MINI. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE 26, "StrittY .CE SOCIETY. T his Institution embz: LONDON. C apital X5OO 000 r eePect to life asap- a iipowered by Aet of Parliament. „es important and substantial advantages naat on all occasions xances and deferred annuities. The assured feiture of the pop the roNtet to borrow, without expense or f0r ....,1111° t he Option tWo•tlirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; .r 4 eels to ir• 4el'e..Ring benefits, and the conversion of his in- Assurs- "WONet conveniencies or necessity. r .weft hr terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. r' -D4 t.-creasing Prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors :Sillse annuals eeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth "erYinrcni 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Ipolicy effected 011 the profit scale. EXAMPLES. kriging ieW Of tion to he ad mtices• tower s person being hey shoPs. 'ONO" n ary it lueas e • mirtest what' Arno*. end r°" ated haw , : bole*. s o uth es, al. r Gooti r,grs' nee 11' 7 ••. ~-* --4," -t-r- , , .041W -I . ~ \ , , 1 . '''''''"ll.. , k . 'lv.' ~ ari ,j r •• • ... r • -is t , 4 411111111 P . ,-. • . , t ,. 4 (),, R ,,, , e 6 \ . ~..,, ~.„ , t e, ,e. ~.1 4 oi , .t , ~,'-• - L' 7 ) . _____....,'N: --J , , , , *e x ',;' • ' - .".. ~.. .„ o ,__ -•• „ ii, *. ,-. :,, .4.= ,- • - ,11:k i .. . . , • • Ai , '''' , •''' .. , 4 _ 4-, 11.1414.‘, .i , -4, -- ,4 7' . 1 , .- ,••••- ` , „3,--- --- '-----" ,t . ,/- .0 11,11 , 1164 \ , 4. - ...., ‹ ,11 t 4,74. ..c.., ,. I's----1 1E .--4:11 alk , i'°--Il t n‘' . ''' . 4 2 ' .:'';', ' lik7' •, 7 , ~ ,t'' , '-r-`--" - nßon.g% , -. t' ~. --,\,-.,-- , _ . ~.----- • + . EvENINri., S N i LONDON, THURSDAY _ lag* WILSON'S TAINME SCOTTISH E NTER- At the MUSIC-lIALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, May 24, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WIL SON will give an Entertainment on the SONGS OF SkOTLAND, In which be will sing a Selection of Songs by Burns, Jacobite Songs, and some of the Old Ballads. PART FIRST. —There was a lass, and she was fair—The Birks of Abcrfeldy—Tana Glen —Mary Morison—Bide ye yet—My spouse Nancy—Auld Robin Gray. Mr. Wilson will recite the Second Part, or Continuation of " Auld Robin Gray," written by the Authoress, and communicated to Sir Walter Scott. PART STCOND.—Wha wadna fccht for Charlie ?—lle's o'er the hills that I loe weel—Tim women are a' cane wud—Wac's me for Prince Charlie I—There are twa bonnie maidens—Tak your auld cloak about ye. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. Gd. ; Private Boxes for Six Per- sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 1/. . • -- Mr. WILSON will give an Entertainment at Crosby Hall, Tuesday. May 25: and a Morning Pc• formane on the Songs of Scotland, al Willis's Rooms, on Friday - , June 4, at half-past two o'clock. OYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of The GENERAL MAY MEETING will be held at the Society's House in Hanover-square, on SATURDAY, the 22d Inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely. By order of the Council, JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. London, May 17, 1847. B A N K OF AUSTRALASIA, Incorporated by Royal Charter 183.5 - . • ._.- London Office, S, Austin Friars, May 13, 1847. The Court of Directors of the Bank of Australasia hereby give notice, that the THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Office of the Corporation as above, on MONDAY, the 14th day of June next, at One o'clock pre• cisely, fur the following purposes :—To elect Three Directors, in the place of those who go out by rotation, viz., John Studholme Brown rlgg, Esq., M.P., George Holgate Foster, Esq., and Charles Morris, Esq., who, being eligible fo; re-election, have been proposed accord ingly ; to elect a Director in the room of Nathan Atherton, ESq., resigned, and to receive the Annual Report of the Directors. By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES at BRADFORD and BOWLING, in the County of YORK. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE versus ROUSE," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, on TitaasnAr, the 27th of May, 1847, at five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in the County of York, In Seven Lets, Freehold and Leasehold Estates, consisting of several pieces of land, with mills, warehouses, reservoirs, steam-engines, machinery fixtures, yards, outbuildings, and other premises, situate in the town of Bradford, and in Bowling, near Bradford, in the County of York, lately occupied by Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as w orsted spinners and worsted manufacturers. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxam, Stocker, and Bloxam, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London, solicitors ; of Messrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, solicitors; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of ltradford, solicitor; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land agent and surveyor ; of Mr. George Thompson Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place ofsale, and at the principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Huddersfield. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY on the Evenings of Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. Hunter Lase, F.L.S., F.S.S.A. LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY daily, by Dr. Bachhoffner. On the Evenings of Tuesday and Thurs day, on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its pro duction. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING I'IEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, Soc. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schen)la, half-price. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surteut having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER Olt SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may he its shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House, LONDON, to imitate which is felony. T HE UNI FED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110 ; and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of incorporation served on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. PATRONS. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrare-square The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, GrosTenor-sq. Lord Chas. Bcaucier c , Lowndes-rn tisTEzs. Benjamix Bond Cabbell, Esq. street, Lowndes-square. M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander 3PKinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South Esq., 31. P., Hyde -park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTOB.S. John Bond, Esq., M.D , li.R.C.S. L and E., George-st., Portman-sq Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M R.C.S.L., Charlest-st., St. James's-sq Jo-hua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. Ellis Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (Withiower to add to their number.) BANKERS. London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street, Bank: Commercial Bank, Lothbury. SECRETARY—JO/thin, Stopford. AssTsTilicr-SECRETARY—Richard St. George Graham. 21, East India Chambers!, T.eadenhall-street. PROSPECTUS. REPORTED LOSS OF THE SIR ROBERT PEEL TRANSPORT SHIP. On Tuesday letters were received at the War-office, communicating intelligence of the loss of this transport ship, Captain Champion, commander, nearly 800 tons burthen, with troops on board, at Avoca Bay, near Sydney. The ship was chartered and sailed from Gravesend on the 21st of September last, for Hobart Town and Sydney. Her passengers, Lieut.-Colonel Gold, 65th Regiment ; Lady Gold and four children ; Captain Wilson, of the 96th Regiment; Captain Gregg, of the 69th; Lieut. Elves, 69th; Ensign Cameron, 11th; Assietant-Surgeoa Oliffod.- Sixteen sergeantav4s rank and file, 51 women, and 79 children, of the 65th Regi ment; 47 rank and file, one woman, and one child of the 11th Regiment; 21 rank and file of the 58th Regiment, 87 rank and file of the 99th Regiment, and one rank and file of the 96th Regiment, amounting in the whole to nearly 400. The ship arrived at Hobart Town on the 21st of December, and having disembarked some of the troops proceeded to Auckland, and was on her way to Sydney when the unfortunate accident took place on Sunday, the 17th of January, at Avoca Bay, about 50 miles from Sydney Roads. It appears that the weather became extremely thick, and the captain being led to think himself in the lati tude of Sydney, had the ship steered accordingly, when suddenly they found themselves amongst breakers, and had no other resource to save the lives of those on board but to run the vessel on shore. The beach was sandy, and all hands escaped, and a considerable portion of the stores and luggage was also saved. By the last accounts received the troops still remained encamped on the shore, but would forthwith be removed to Syd ney , whither news of the disaster had been brought by a steamer which was passing off the coast. The ship belongs to the Messrs. Greenwell, of London. She was going to pieces, but it is thought that she was fully in sured. No blame attaches to the captain. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. PRAGUE, MAY 6 —Letters of this date contain reports of the disturbances in consequence of the high price of provisions on the frontiers of Bohemia, towards Saxony and Bavaria. Among other places in Karlibad and Tep litz, after the 7th of April, the exportation of corn to Saxony and Bavaria is prohibited. HAMEURGH.—The rail Way from Hanover to Stras burgh has just been opened. The train, which left Brunswick at halt' past eight in the morning, arrived at Harbury about three o'clock, and at half-past four the passengers had reached the harbour of Hamburgh. BRUSSELS, MAY 13.—0 n Tuesday evening several groups of disorderly persons were formed. Five young men were arrested, about half-past ten the mounted gendarmes cleared the square of the Town-hall, and the neighbouring streets, and the mob dispersed without offering any resietance. Patrols were in motion till eleven at night, and at two in the morning some companies of artillery and civic guards perambulated the streets. Perfect tranquillity now prevails. The gendarmes both on foot altd horseback arestationedin the courtyard of the Town-hall. Some threats having been uttered against a corn merchant, attracted the attention of the authorities, and earned them to exercise great vigilance. THE HAGUE, MAY 12.—1 n the sitting of the second Chamber of the States• General to-day. the general discussion took place on the project of law for corn • plating the Ways and Wens for 1845, and on that for granting an extraordinary contribution in money to the Benevolent Society, and the debate on the first pro ject was fixed for Friday ngxt, and that on the second after the conclusion of the discussion of the first. While accounts from all parts of Europe complain of the dearness of provisions,'and the consequent distress ; yet we hear from all then= places that the appearance of the crops is most favourable, that the next harvest in Bel gium and the north of Prance,ln'Elgland and Ireland, in the north-west of Germany, and in" Holland will pro bably be extremely productive, so that the fears of a re markably late harvest which were entertained for some time begin to be dispelled; but in the east of France the wet weather appears to have an unfavourable effect.— Dutch papers, May 15th. BRUSSELS, DL►Y 15.—Tbe Burgomaster of the City of Brussels, has just published the following decree. Desiring to put an end to the tumultuous assemblies which have appeared during the last few days in some parts of the city, and to prevent every attack on the property of the inhabitants. Seeing article 94 of the Commune Law, it is decreed— .' Art. 1. Every assemblage of more than five persons in the public streets, is prohibited. Art. 2. Persons who have assembled contrary to the preceding regulations, must retire at the first injunction of the agents of the authorities ; in case of refusal, they will be obliged by force, and will incur the penalties threatened by Arts. 479 and 480. " Art. 3. The present decree shall be binding imme diately after publication. Copies shall be immediately sent to the Governor of the Province and to the Secre taries of the Tribunals of the First Instance and of Brussels. The Burgomaster Chevalier WYNS. " Brussels, May 13." We received on Wednesday evening a letter from Liege, with some particulars relative to the situation of General Charzjl which confirms the statement that the General had his ribs on one side broken, and sustained contusions on several parts of his body, considerable ap prehension was felt the preceding evening, but they were much allayed, for he passed a much better night than could have been expected, and the surgeons hope, not only that there is no imminent danger, but that the patient, when once cured, will hardly have any trace remaining of the fracture. The growing crops about Mons present the finest ap pearance—the wheat is beautiful ; the rye, which has suffered by the unfavourable weather and cold iu April, begins to recover, and it is even in ear ; barley and oats look well. As for the clover, it wants abundant rain. The following is an extract from a report of the Agricultural Committee of West Flanders • " The appearance of the crops is in general very satisfactory. The wheat especially is remarkably fine. The cold and dry weather which we had for some time checked the growth of the corn ; and in the present state of things it might be expected that the harvest might be sixteen days or a fortnight later than usual ; but it is pos sible that, by the favour of propitious temperature, the growth of the corn may be sufficiently rapid greatly to reduce the delay. The corn has now to pass ono critic al period, that of the flowering. On the whole. we do not see any gene• rally prevailing cause calculated to diminish the hopes of an abundant harvest. BRUSSELS, MAY 15. —The King received at Cologne, on Friday evening, the news of the accident on the rail way. His Majesty immediately dispatched a courier to the Queen. This courier was the bearer of a dispatch to General d'llane and General Chcrsal, in which the King expressed the lively interest which he felt for those honourable officers, and for the two servants of the com pany who were wounded. On Ws dneaday and t o -d a y a !great number of persons called to inquire after the Queen, at the Palace of Brussels and the Chateau of Lacken. SILEsIA, MAY 7 . —Every day, within the last week, there has been a repetition of riots . and dis turbances in every town along the mountain chain. The populace attack the waggons laden with bread and corn going to market, compel the owners to sell these articles at a price which the rioters themselves fix, and if the slightest hesitation is evinced, or the least resistance made, the waggons are plundered, and every article of food cleared off in the course of a few minutes. The inevitable consequence of this must, and naturally will be, that the farmers and corn dealers, instead of bringing their products to market, will sell them to small dealers at home, a proceeding which will necessarily greatly enhance the price and augment the ev il . People are waiting in painful anxiety as t o what steps will be taken by the Government to stem th e growing evil. The prices of corn rise from week to wee k, an d specu lators are driving prices as high as they can, which naturally exasperat es the p o p u l ace still more. Added to all this, the cott on spinning in the mount a i ns i s a t a stand still. The stopping- of one ho use a l one h as thrown 1,500 weavers out of employ ; it is said that these men are to be empl oyed on the public roads and works ; but it is manifest that the greater part of them are far too feeble for laborious work of that kind. One thing cheers us in the midst of the deep gloom which overspreads us : our crops all promise fair. The rape seed has recovered, and stands in blossom. The favourable chanBe in the weather has also been manifest on the sheep, for they were suffer ing dreadfully from want of food, and there has been a great mortality among th e catt l e . Th e approac h ing Breslau market will therefore, we trust, be a good one. COSEL, MAY 7.—We grieve to state that the articles of consumption which were to have been exposed in our weekly market yesterday were violently seized by the mob. The sellers were either robbed of all or part of their stock. About 50 of the rioters were taken into custody. DRESDEN, MAY 9.—On the proposal of the Aus trian Government, unless unforeseen obstacles should intervene, there is to be a congress respecting postal regulations, which will be held in the course of the summer. An invitation has been addressed to all the Governments of Germany, as well as to the Post office of Tour and Taxis. It is chiefly intended to obtain a reduction by abolishing the expense of transit postage. We may add, that hitherto it is contem plated to facilitate only the transfer of letters, and not those of newspapers. In the first meeting of the elders of the citizens of Stockholm the proposal relative to the exportation of scarcity of corn was rejected. In several towns of Norway the dleaayr.ness of provi sionspro- visions, is severely felt, and the communes are actively seeking remedies to meet the wants of the people. lo ng - expe c t e d first l STUTTOARD, MAY 11.—The lo ng _ nance relative to the examination and taking note of the quality of corn existing in the kingdom (such as have just been made out in the Grand D uc h y of Baden), as well as respecting the corn trade, are now and the apprehensions occasioned by it, as n f these published ordinancesun der th datee stat es theof thepre present the motives, and then, with reference to article 29 of the Constitution, contains, as the whole, the following regulations : Within three days aer the 17th of thi s month, an account is to be tak ft en of the existing stocks in the kingdom of wheat, rye, barley, oats, beans, flour peas, linseed , maize , potatoes, and rice, in all places in the kingdom. The account is t o be taken from house to house, by the bailiff and two members of the municipality of each place, who are to enter in a list, in a tabular form, founded on their own inspec tion, the quantities they have found, which is to be signed by the proprietors. The estates of the no bility are exempted from this measure, b ut they have to declare to the officers of their district authentic extracts from their books, an d accounts showing the amount of the stock in their possessions. False statements are to be punished by fine. The • general superintendence is given to the commission for agriculture affairs. B RUSSEL S, MAY. 16.—We are happy to announce that there was a slight reduction in the price of corn at market to-day. Numerous vessels have arrived from Odessa, Smyrna, &c., laden with corn, wheat, & c. Owing to the late disturbances the communal Government has published a proclamation forbidding more than five persons to meet together in the streets. The King and Court have gone into mourning for the Ar c hd u k e Charles for ten days. that C.,, ack would be N "—T' "BELLS LIFE IN LONDO- • ne Prophecy by would be close at his heels, has been verified to the very letter. See Belt's tPheegawsiunneirnolfisthieSDuneribay):,sanitaaLt Life, that Eagle Lift on Sunday next. G YPT IA N HALL, PICCADILLY THURSDAY Next, May 20. The most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORIGINES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, and will be EXHIBITED, for the first time, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, on THURSDAY. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSTESMAN or BUSII TtiII3E, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. From the Liverpool Journal : —"Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Southern Africa—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our port; they are the Bosjes mans, or Bush People from the interior of South Africa, of which so mach has been written by the missionaries, and the few who have travelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the country berder:ng the Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1.400 miles from Cape Town. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual or higher faculties as is observable in the skull of that mockery of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal is al most equally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite the greatest astonishment, and to confirm to the full those " Tales of Travellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon with suspicion. We could scarcely have credited that such a race could bo in existence on the earth. That they are. genuine no one can doubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a Cape Town Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re • ceived :—" We understand the brig Fanny; Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind of exportation, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bush man species; they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. R. Bishop, who has been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesmans, see Professor Ltichtenstein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouse's, Methune's, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa. Admission One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and Sixpence. TO LADIES. ROWLAND'S K A L . Y DOR as ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the ha n d s , arms , and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and, in cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or Incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Roy al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. *** Beware of Spurious " Kma-Dons," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perdimers. 4, LE ADENHALL-STREET, NEAR THE INDIA-HOUSE. M ost people complain that Shaving's a bore, E ach day's painful scrape only chafes an old sore. 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" Cure ut valeas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Patornoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to hone consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Saves till Nine, at 10. Arryle-place. Recent-street ON TILE SECRET INFIUMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITIT TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price 2s. 64., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps direct irors(the Author's residence. SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise on the i•;eeret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Itepreeluetive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUET. LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9. Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorar; Member of the London hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. CHAPTER I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and 0 bligations, and on I n f e li c i tous and Unpro d uc ti ve Unions. CHAPTER 2. On the An a t omy an d P hys i ology o f th e Generative Organs, their ninctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function , of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. C4APTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CuArraßs 5 and 6. On the Dlsorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhosa Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ;he Urethra. REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work Is a legally gnat'. fled melt cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr atment of the various disorders arising from the follies an i rralltied of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which muE act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by Its perusa! many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap• r, 2ren to tie most friend." —Era. by the Author, and May be le _d at hia residence; aim; rum Kent and aich.trld, 52. Paternosterrow; Hannay and Co., 61, ford—street Starie, Tichborne-stmet, Que.drant; Gort•lon, Lont!on; Yz,c7ton, Citurai-etreet„ Liverpool and by all Deeke.elleis. At Home for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and from and all letters Immediat e l y replied to, if containing, the F ive till till of for advice, &c.-9 ISEDFOR.D-ST REET BED FORD- KiTAIUK, LONDON. r,ivelitg.,ht ; When we look to the Tgiipo puTation,,and consider the -,etniner the trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercia, interests ef this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have not, long since, been taken to ob tain a better supply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water monopoly which has so grievously existed for many years past. The subject Is one upon which so much has been said, and such universal complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to dilate upon the crying evil, or to, offer a single remark beyond that which Is rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas sionate mind. Of the eight companies supplying London with water, the New River is the most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh Middleton, at an expense of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the public were much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis sioners were appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9841., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5591. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, tkere was a balance or 157,206/. 10s. 6d. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied in 1634, accordiw to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2004, about 1/. 10s. yearly per house. Pure water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capitalist who invests in this speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Company. Hence the opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of pure water at an inconsiderable outlay, and upon those sure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted on the Continent—unfailing and successfully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be unders'ood, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one inches per an num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,000 sq , utre miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third forevaporation, no less than 3,203,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The snppiy of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns in Great Britain and Ireland. So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring water upon the principle stated. .... The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies will net be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only be in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. Shareholders shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the actual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, City, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Sir,—l hereby request you to allot me V Shares of 101. each In the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called on, a deposit of 7s. 6d. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me; and to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Name • • ...... •• • • ••. . • Residence •••••• • • • • • • • - Names of two Refereences, FOOD RIOTS AT TAUNTON. The Taunton Courier, after describing the food riots which took place in the town on Saturday, says---- On Monday morning, soon after nine o'clock, a number of people collected at the town-mills, alleging that they had been promised on Saturday night that they should have their wheat at 103. instead of 14s. the bushel. Their demand not being complied with, much angry feeling was expressed, but no mischief was perpetrated, and a large party proceeded to Mr. Mathews's, where they soon commenced breaking the windows. A numerous body of magistracy and spe cial constables actively proceeded to the spot, where the Riot Act was again read. Two of the active perpetrators were taken into custody, and after a desperate resistance and attempt at rescue near the Guildhall, were committed to prison. The military pensioners of the district having been summoned on Saturday night, appeared at the barracks on Monday morning, where having assumed their mili tary costumes, being furnished with firelocks nd am munition, they assembled on the parade, and were sta tioned with ,fixed bayonets in and around it. Nearly all the shops in the town were either partially or entirely closed, On Monday evening, about 5 o'clock, upwards of 30 men provided with bludgeons, entered the town, at the East Gate. They were promptly surrounded by the civil force and marched out at the opposite part of the town over the Tone bridge. Several of them soon after returned, and being brought before the bench were examined and committed to gaol. At 3 o'clock on Monday, an ammunition waggon, guarded by a strong military party, under Captain Maher, entered the town. The promptitude with which the different troops of the yeomanry corps obeyed the order to assemble in Taunton was exceedingly honourable to that body. Within twelve hours the Dunster troop was in atten dance, and the members of all the other troops, accord ing to their respective distances, were equally obedient to the order. The vigorous measures adopted by the magistracy, seconded by the Yeomanry force, the armed Pensioners, and the various recruiting parties of the neighbourhood, who were ordered to repair immediately to their head quarters in this town, have had the effect of tranquil lizing the painfully -excited feelings of the inhabitants, who towards evening resumed their customary occupa tions and pursuits. ----- LUNATICS IN SCOTLAND, --The following is a Par liamentary return of the number of idiots, lunatics, and other insane in - Scotland, maintained, either wholly or in part, out of parochial, or other public funds :—Kept in public asylums, 1,290—in private madhouses, 145—in workhouses or wards, 204—in private houses with relatives or friends, 1,774. Total number in Scotland, 3,413. The average cost is various in the different counties ; but, taking all the counties together, the average cost is as follows :—Cost, when in public asy lums, 201. 12s. sd.—when kept in private madhouses, 191. 12s. 6d.—when kept iu workhouses or wards, 101. 19s. Bd. —when kept in private houses with their relatives or friends, 61. 11e. Bd. THE NEW MANCHESTER RACECOURSE.—The for mation of the new Manchester racecourse, Broughton Meadows, is rapidly approaching completion. When finished it will rank as the very first racecourse in Great Britain. The ground is perfectly flat, and on the east and northern sides of it nature has made a rising ground, forming a most splendid amphitheatre, capable of containing half the population of Manchester. DEEP SEA FISLIERIES.----VALENTIA.--The Lords of the Treasury have resolved to fix one of the stations for the curing of fish upon part of our coast ; they have selected the harbour of Valentia for the purpose. They have taken premises and are erecting curing sheds, hay ing placed an experienced Scotch surer at the head of the business. We understand the selection to havo been made on the "round of the windward position of Va lentia, as well as the atTot;4 by its deubli entrance, comivanding. as it does, tho fishing gr oun d both to the southward and northward of the Skelligs. —.Kerry Post. The King of Bavaria has forbidden the use of po tatoes by distillers and vinegar makers. MAY 20, 1847. AGRICULTURAL ST4.TISTICS BILL. By this Bill it is intended that once in every year an account shall be taken for England and Wales of the quantity of land sown or planted with wheat, barley, rye, oats, beans and peas, potatoes, turnips, carrots, beet root or mangold wurtzel, tares or vetches, clover, lucerne, and other artificial grasses, meadow and pasture, fallow, wood, waste and other crops, if any, and also the number of bulls, oxen, cows and sheep. The registrar -general of births, deaths, and marriages, in England, is to have the care of super intending the taking of such account and of making such preliminary inquiries as may be necessary, end to prepare and cause to be printed, for the use of the persons to be employed in taking such account, such forms and instruc tions as he may deem necessary, and to issue the same to the persons for whose use they are intended. On or before the twenty-fifth day of June next, and from time to time thereafter, whenever a vacancy shall occur, every superintendent-registrar in Eng land and Wales is to appoint a competent person in each registrar's district under his superintendence to be the agricultural enumerator for such district, and to perform the duties therein mentioned ; that every such enumerator is to hold his office during the pleasure of the registrar-general, unless he desire to be discharged. Every enumerator, on or before the tenth day of July next, and on or before the first day of June in every succeeding year, is to prepare a list in writing of the names bf all persons occupy ing any land exceeding three acres in quantity, within the district for which he is enumerator, arranged according to the parishes or townships, or parts of parishes or townships, within such district; and for the purpose of preparing or correcting such list, every such enumerator shall, at all reasonable times, have access to the several rate books of the parishes and townships comprised.in the district of which he is enumerator, or into which such district extends. Every such enumerator, on or before the said tenth day of July next, and on or be fore the said first day of June in every succeeding year, is to leave or cause to b e l e f t at, or to transmit to the usual or last known place of abode of each and every person named in the said list, a blank form, giving the before-mentioned particulars. Every person on whom any such blank form has been left, or to whom it has been sent, or some person acting under the authority and by the di rections of such person shall, within fourteen days after such blank form has been so left or so sent, fill up the blanks in the same to the best of his power, so far as regards the land in his own occu pation, and shall sign the same • and if he be any person other than the person to whom such form was addressed, shall state that he has filled up the same by his directions, or under his authority, and shall return the same, so filled up and signed, to the enu merator from whom he received the same. On the return of the forms the enumerator is to examine them, and cause any defects or inaccuracies which he may perceive therein to be supplied or corrected, so far as may appear possible. Upon the receipt of such forms so filled up, every enumerator is to make out a table, arranged, so far as may be, according to to the townships comprised in his district, or into which his district extends, and in the form set forth in the schedule ; and is to transmit the same so filled up, on or before the 10th day of August next, and on or before the Ist day of July in every succeeding year, to the superintendent-registrar of his district. The superintendent-registrar is to examine all the accounts so delivered to him, and to satisfy himself how far the enumerators have duly performed the duties imposed upon them, and to cause any inaccuracies to be corrected so far as may be pos sible, and on or before the twentieth day of August next, and on or before the tenth day of July in every succeeding year, is to return all the accounts which have been delivered to him to the registrar-general for the use of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations. The Lords of the said Committee may from time to time, by any order or orders under their seal, alter or vary the i forms set forth in the schedules to the Act; and if it appear to them desirable that the information sought to be obtained should not be collected in any particular year, they are on or before the first day of May in such year to notify the same to the registrar -general, who is thereupon forthwith to issue the necessary instruc tions to the superintendent-registrars, in order that no steps for such collection may be taken in that year. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council are to prepare a table of the allowances to be made to the several enumerators, superintendent-registrars, and other persons to be employed in carrying out the provisions of this Act ; but the allowance to be made to any enumerator is not to exceed the sum of two pounds ten shillings for every hundred occupiers of land within the district for which he is enumerator, and so in proortion for a greater or less number of occupiers ; and the allowance to be made to any superintendent-registrar is not to exceed ten pounds for every one hundred pounds of the total allowance made to all the enumerators within his district, and so in proportion for a greater or less sum than one hundred pounds ; and such table of allowance is to be laid before both Houses of Parliament so soon as the same has been approved by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within fourteen days after the opening of the next session of Parliament ; and all alterations in the said table are also in like manner to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after they have been made. The Bill then provides for the mode of application for remuneration by the different par ties entitled to it under the table of allowances, and then provides that the guardian, or where there are no guardians the overseers of the poor, are to pay the superintendent-registrar of their district out of the moneys in their hands, as such guardians or overseers. the whole amount of the allowances to which the superintendent-registrar and the enumerators in that district are severally entitled, or in case any such district shall contain parishes or places, or parts of parishes or places, all of which are not comprised in the same union, then so much of the whole amount as, under certain appointments therein mentioned are payable by such guardians or overseers, and each superintendent-registrar is to pay over to the enume rators in his district the allowances to which they are severally entitled according to the table of allowances. It then provides for the mode of apportioning the amount of the allowances among the different parishes in the superintendent-registrar's district, and requires that such payment by guardians, overseers, or trea surer, shall be certified to the registrar-general within one calendar month. It then imposes a penalty of Si. on the superintendent-registrar or enumerator, and on occupiers of lands, of 1/. for each neglect of duty, or a enalty of .51. on the latter if they wilfully make any false statements, or wilfully suppress any infor mation which by the blank form left with them they are required to supply, or wilfully deface, injure, tear, or lose such paper. But none of these penalties are to be sued for except - by direction of the Board of Trade, or registrar-general. The remainder of the Bill is confined to the mode of recovering penalties. THE GREAT N ORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.- We are happy to understand that the directors of this line are taking active steps towards its formation. From the report of the town council proceedings it will be observed that a communication was laid before them to the effect, that a working survey was about to be made, and the line marked off previous to contracts being advertised for. Fol lowing up this communication, a party of surveyors from Aberdeen arrived here on Friday last to commence opera tions. The engineers have also been at work in the neigh bourhood of Forres, marking off the line. The Torres Gazette says----" The railway enters the town's lands at the east, after crossing the fields near the obelisk, and runs in almost a straight line from that, through the town's parks in the direction of Hedgefield, and crosses the Findhorn a little below the present suspension bridge. We observe it cuts the roads in the close vicinity of the town, in five different places, and unless viaducts at these crossings are built, will very seriously interfere with the safety and comfort of the lieges. The Councillor's- walk, the most frequented in the town, is intersected by it in two places ; so is the Bogton road, the Hedgefield-road, and the 'Waterford-road, near the Lee-bridge. It is expected that the working plans will be ready in a few weeks, and operations, it is calculated, will be commenced in October.—lnverness Courier. ........ Epsom RACES.—The influence of the wind, sun, and dust, on these occasions, is frequently a source of serious inconvenience to persons of delicate complexion. Ladies should ever be provided with Rowland's Kalydor, which will be found gratefully refreshing to the complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all irritability and heat, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attendant on restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. As a protector and preserver of the hair, Rowland's Macassar Oil will be found alike efficacious, guarding it from the injurious operation of the sun and dust. Beware of Spu rious Imitations. The only genuine articles have the word "Rowland's" preceding the name of the article on the wrapper of each." For the fullest and most correct report of Epsom four days' races, with a portrait of the Winner of the Derby, see Bell's Life in London, of May 23.—A sixpence sent to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy, by return of post, to any part of England, Scotland, or Ireland. The average sale of Bell's Life exceeds 26,000. Bell's Life of May 9, which contained the explanatory chart of Newmarket race courses, can be had all this mo nth of Ma y . THE L AMBING: SEASON.—We regret that the lambing season in the northern Highlands, has been tiTi favourable. In consequence of the inclewnt weather there has been a great many deaths, a n d, upon the whole, there has not been so bad a season for sonic: years.—Ross-shire Advertiser. The Earl of Minto gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers last evening at his residence ia Eaton-square. Paid SD. ARE THE COLONIES WORTHY OF REPRESENTATION, BY DELEGATES TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ? (From the Australian Journal.) The talented and benevolent Cowper, in one of his poems, gives vent to his amiable feelings in behalf of his native country, in describing her defects, in these words, " 0 E ng l an d ! w ith a ll th y f au lt s I love thee still !" If England were worthy of this eulogy at such a time, how much more worthy is she in the present day of such a testimony, after having passed such laws as the Slavery Emancipation Bill, with its self imposed fine, for former injustice, of twenty millions sterling ; the Catholic Emancipation Bill ; the aboli tion of the Test Act Bill; the Reform Bill ; the Irish Education Bill • the Irish Colleges Bill ; an d l as t, but -n o t l eas t, the Corn-law Abolition Bill ? Look again at its magnanimous forbearance towards insult ing France, domineering America, and towards the prostrate conquered city of Lahore ! Conduct like this, a series of magnificent legis lative and executive Acts like these have not been known before in any land. They are acts perfectly novel in the history of Governments, either ancient or modern. And they encourage us to hope that justice, in an important point, will yet be done to the colo nies of England, as the Irish nation are at last calling for the Same with a prospect of success; which call, nevertheless, seven years ago, only created derision ; just as seven years ago the " League," on its first germination, was met with reproaches and ridicule by the landed interest of England, a majority of which has, however, now granted almost all that was asked, and more than the League expected. Why then shall it be thought a wild project to pro pose to form a "League" of the Legislatures of all the British colonies, and presenting a petition en masse, signed by the Speakers of each respectively, and to be presented to Parliament by a well-selected member in each House, with another, of similar im port, to the Queen ? •r why should not a separate petition be passed by each Legislature, and being signed by its Speaker, sent to London, to arrive there in the same month (the month to be previously agreed upon, say January, 1848 or 1849, to meet the new Parliament, which will be more " liberal" than the last), each Legislature appointing its own favourite members to present their petitions, but requesting them to act in conjunction with the others so far, as that the petitions may all be presented on the same day. But what should be the prayer of these petitions ? We answer, that the House of Commons shall alter the constitution, as it did in passing the Reform Bill, by admitting to its councils henceforth as many members, to be elected, not by the legislat ures o f t h e colonies, but by the elective constituencies of the co lonies, as the latter may have chosen to represent them in the lower branch of the British Legislature. There are in the Southern Hemisphere eight colo nies, which require a voice in the House of Commons, viz., Ceylon, Singapore, Hong-Kong, New South Wales, South Australia, Port Philip, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. There are many islands in the West Indies ; the smaller might be joined in twos and threes if too small to claim a whole member to themselves. Jamaica and Barbadoes should be al lowed to send two each, and Canada four. Then there are the other North-American colonies. In all, we imagine it would require an addition to the House of Commons of some forty Members. But first let us inquire, as far as the Home Govern ment is concerned, and the House of Commons itself, as to the inconvenience such a change in the Constitu tion of the United Kingdom might bring with it to the Imperial Government : 1. It will be said, that the Irish Members are al ready a faction, a tail of Mr. O'Connell, which is continually embarrassing the Government, and ob structing the passage through Parliament of useful measures ; and that the colonial tail, thus proposed to be introduced, will add to this inconvenience. 2. That it is a change in the Constitution not justi fied by its importance, like the Catholic Emancipa tion Bill, the Slavery Emancipation Bill, the Corn law Bill, &c., &c. 3. That the present large number of Members of which the House of Commons consists has long been found inconvenient to the dispatch of business ; and that the addition of some forty Members would render the carrying on the national business as intolerable as Dr. Reid's new ventilating apparatus is found, in February and March, to be destructive to the comfort and health of all Members except those of an iron constitution, like Colonel Sibthorp and Sir James Graham in the Lower House, and the " iron" Duke in the Upper, who fortifies himself against Dr. Reid's terrible set of bellows by taking a cold bath all through the previous winter. To these objections we shall only give one general answer. That a religious tail, backed by the reli gious world of England, produced the Slavery Eman cipation Bill ; that the Radical tail, backed by the people of England, produced the Reform Bill ; that an Irish tail, backed by the Repeal Association, pro duced the Catholic Emancipation Bill and the Irish Colleges Bill, &c. ; and that, last of all, the Man chester, and Birmingham, and Glasgow tail, backed by the merchants, manufacturers, and shopkeepers of England and Scotland, produced the abolition of the corn-laws. Now we do not dispute the very great inconvenience that Ministers, one set after another, were put to before they proposed these measures, and also after they proposed them. But we have this apology to make for such inconve nience, that if it had not previously existed, and that to an insufferable extent, so that Ministers could no longer stand it, any more than the unjust judge could bear the boring applications of the poor widow, none of these laws would have been passed ; and we should sell be jogging on in the good old system of the seven teenth and eighteenth centuries—namely, with Ca tholic slavery, Negro slavery, Irish local oppression and educational darkness, rotten boroughs, and some hundreds of protective duties in addition to the mother of them all, the dear bread protective duty. Therefore we argue, that as the inconvenience suf fered by Ministers and by the House, however annoy ing and repulsive to the good old prejudices of 1601 and 1701, have nevertheless terminated in measures which are considered at this present moment, now that they are the law of the land, the glory of England, and the admiration of surrounding nations; besides preserving that transcendent blessing, peace—peace with France and America, never perhaps to be dis turbed more : so are we justified in saying and prophesying, that the increased peace, population, prosperity, content, and loyalty of the British colo nies, in both hemispheres, are likely to be so much increased by the proposal of a "colonial" tail of some forty Members, and that solely through the inconve nience which its talkative propensities, alias informa tion, will bring to the House of Commons as at pre sent constituted, that it is worth while to put up with the new " tail" we propose. Laughter and tears are not incompatible with each other. Whoever reads the debates in Parliament when the Australian colonies are before it, if the subject b© a vital one (such as the abolition of trans portation, or the raising the price of waste land), or peruses the evidence of those roving colonists and others taken upon these and other deeply-important subjects, will be apt to burst out into tears, and then laughter; and in another minute into laughter and then tears. Such is the fatal nature of the twaddle, the gross ignorance, the venal misrepresentation with which these debates and this evidence too often teem. But still the Cabinet of London will say, "No doubt some little inconvenience to the colonies arises from these mistakes ; but for us to be bored by the speeches of forty new colonial orators, fresh from Jamaica, Que bec, and Botany Bay, world be intolerable. No. We must go on in the old way. The wisdom of our ancestors never tolerated such an innovation on the privileges and conveniences of this House. One of these con veniences is, and that not a little one, that at the end of a weary, worrying session, Ministers can dispatch colonial affairs by the aid of a few honest whippers-in, whom we can keep in town for the express purpose. We used to treat Ireland in this comfortable way, and what is the consequence of the new movement in its favour ? Why, that presently we shall have to com mence in December, and sit to September. And if we admit fifty new colonial orators, we shall positively have to sit all the year round! No, it won't do. The colonies must be contented with our doing the best we can for them with our present machinery." S uc h w i ll be the answer not doubt of Lord Melborne, Sir R. Peel, Lord J. Russell, Earl Grey, or Lord Stanley, i when t • wil e l vbeer,oaunrpdtrpos that tb a e l f shall be dt before ten years mae areo them. gon eFoolr.ermade our heads, though we see no objection to set about organ ising a " League " of Colonial Legislatur es a t the present mom e e ou t. It n may be begun by our Syd ney Legis Council appointing a Committ ee to d raw u p twolst.—Andocuments address pt t ho o e ratelhlsand eve r y C o l on i a l Legisla t u r 2 e d •A pebothljeton hemispheres. mo c n o s piesof respectively, t o be signed Queen,e b Lords, y the Speaker. and Com these may be sent in triplicate, to every British Colony, addressed to the Speaker of the Le gislative A ssem b ly thereof, with arequest to lay it before the House, A memorandum should be made of the month and year in which it is intended that the petitions from New S ou th W a l es s h all be presented to the Queen and both Houses of Parliament. And the time thus No. 17,057. fixed on, should be at a date stliciently distan'(, to give the colonies in both hemisphere,‘, ample tin le to imitate our example, so that petitio,vis from all the colonies may be presented to Parliamtnit simul tome ously. 'Would there he anything preposterous in lXying down as part of the British Constitution, henCefi eth. that every new colony, after its free population si hall amount to 50,00 inhabitants and upwards, st all towned with the sam e pr i v il ege as a Member sboroughone e s tofto P E a n r g li l a a m nd en , t ? and .wh a at llow ha ed ve thie ,to selves, tha e t so i fol s sfth t En o eoutnr s o a aop i ne - e , colony numero us vo . o / nho. a yis t e haß i s isrhi t tomi h us e uhl r de e hcdo i i n aus fnr c pta r ian o s e sret s h i oi n sf g e t t t hhh beyondeee inhabitants of th e colonies done in expatriating theme sea e y a t c o g o e n o r fi n ? n e Queen's dominions as the extreme northern counties 'of Scotland or the extreme western counties of Ireland ? Are not the colonists of New South Wales, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, and South Australia, less intelligent, and less English than they ? And what would rende r expatriation to he felt no longer such in so great a degree as it is, as to consider a removal from Cork, or London, or Portsmouth to a colony, to be nothing more, in a political view, than a removal to another county; the iorr Atlantic,new county or thelying s oi South-'Western v West of Scotla n d or I re l an d ? Y ou cross th e sea t o go to the latter, and ver y o f ten go to the former. You te r Indies, Pacific fi o c r Ocean, tI e N io the n lieu do no more in going to America or Australia; the only difference is, you are weeks on your passage in lieu of days. But when at last you disembark, there is the same Monarch in the distant British county ; the same laws fundamentally ; the same Constitution controlling them ; with a Colonial Legislature so called, but which bears a strong analogy to the Cor poration of the English, Scotch, or I r i s h b oroug h you hav e j us t l e f t b e hi nd. Since the above was published in our last number, it occurred to us, in order to avoid the obvious incon venience of adding some forty Members to the present very numerous House of Commons, how far the peti tions of the Colonial Legislatures for the representa tion of their constituencies in that House, might, in its final prayer, petition, that in case the Queen and Parliament should refuse their being represented by additional Members, to al!ow their constituencies to elect from among the Members of the Commons (each Legislature one) representative for the colonies; the Queen and Parliament recognising the double elec tion of such Members so chosen, by recognising their title and standing in the House as Members as well for the county or town in the United Kingdom, which elected them, as for the colony which also elected them. And so allowing such Members, by reason of such double election, a double vote; such double votes to be received on all questions in the debates, and also on all laws whi c h were no t re stricted to the United Kingdom. But on laws re stricted in their operation to the United Kingdom, then, when the question came to be put, " that this Bill be read the first time," (also the second time, and finally the third time,) and then only, such co lonial-elected Members should have but one vote. PARLIAMENTARY LEGISLATION ON TUE KENT RAILWAY PROJECTS. SESSL;N, 1847. We recur t o this subject again in order to put on record the circumstances under which it has been the fate of the people of Kent to have their long-cherished independence endangered a second time by the pa? tial decision of a short Committee of the House of Commons. The Committee had to elect between two lines—the ene direct, the other circuitous. The cost of construct ing each was the same. Instead of selecting such por tions of either scheme which obviously offered superior public advantages of the greatest possible importance, the Committee have entirely thrown overboard all con siderations of a public nature, without exhibiting, in any of their decisions, the slightest regard to local feeling or general accommodation. The conduct of the Committee is the more reprehen sible, inasmuch as they have granted Extraordinary powers to the South-Eastern Company for charging higher fares than were allowed last year in the amalga mation Bills of the London and North-Western. the London and York, the North Staffordshire, and other great companies; and higher also than the scale pro posed this year by the Brighton and South Coast Com pany, in the following proportions.-- Express tr....ins, 10 per cent. higher. First class, 12.1 per cent. higher. Second class, 10 per cent. higher. Third class, the same for both Bills. The people of Kent ask for a public inquiry. They are aware, from th e ev id erce submitted upon the question of cost, direction, and population, that all these points have been shown to be greatly in favour of the scheme of the South Coast Company, and inasmuch as it is found that the claim to superior gradients set up by the South-Eastern Company cannot be established, they demand, naturally enough, to know how it was that a Committee of the House of Commons should have so decided against the direct and approved line, and in favour of an inferior line, which altogether leaves the local population. The people of Kent believe that Mr. Stanley's judg ment has been improperly biassed by the opini , ons of Mr. Stephenson, from the circu ms t ance t h a t M r . Stanley is a director, whil e Mr. Stephenson is th e engineer to the Chester and Holyhead Company. They consider their having interests in common with respect to the Chester and Holyhead Company, is sufficient to ac count for Mr. Stanley's undue leaning towards tho opi nions of Mr. Stephenson, in regard to the Kent lines. This is a very natural conclusion. An inquiry, however, into the whole question, must take place in the House of Lords, and on the fare ques tion particularly. A thorough sifting of the evidence must there be resorted to, in order to expose fully the delusive and deceptive evidence of Mr. Macgregor on this subject. The evidence of Mr. Macgregor was no thing more than a juggle—a bold and un scrupu l ous attempt to impose upon Parliament, and to obtain, through its excited sympathies, further arbitrary powers to exact unjustly from the public. The attempt was as accordingly.— d t t o n g r l e y s t t n o r a i n s unwise s it s i m t u w s a t s , t u h n e w r e o f r o t r h e y , b o e f a d e g a r l e t a t w e it o b m Canterbury Journal. ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The tenth annual meeting of the members and friends of this so ' ciety, was held at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. Samuel Gurney in the chair. After a few prefatory re marks from the chairman, in which he spoke in high terms of the operations of the society, Dr. Hodgkin read the report, from which it appeared that during the year no great triumphs on the part of the society bad to be recorded, although meetings had been held with more than ordinary frequency, and tracts, pamphlets, &c., had been extensively circulated, together with a new publication which had been started with a view to the more general dissemination of the society's princi ples. The difficulties of Otaheite and other islands of the South Seas had engaged the attention of the committee, and interview s with Lord Palmerston had been obtained, and the result of his Lordship's intervention had been productive of the utmost benefit. The report proceeded to give a brief statement of the present condition of the Aborigines in the British dominions and other parts of the world. It has been ascertained that the Aborigines in Australia were rapidly disappearing, and many of them had been mercilessly slaughtered. Lengthened statements were made to show the character .of the Aborigines generally, most of them being described ati ' livinw in antagonism to Christianity .and civilization. The so ciety anticipated much benefit from the appoint meat of Mr. B. Ilawse to a post in the Colonial-office indeed they acknowledged that he had already conferred great benefit on the cause they h a d at h eart, and the proceedings terminated. ROME.—The anniversary of the foundation of the Eternal City was celebrated, on the 21st ult., with un usual solemnity. A grand banquet took place in the baths of Titus, near the Coliseum, at which Messrs. Orioli, Dragonetti, D'Azeglio, Rossi, Guerini, Meucci, Sbalsrdi, and o th ers , d e li vere d patriotic speeches, which were enthusiastically applauded by the 800 guf.sts, and the 20,000 or 30,000 spectators present at the fete. 111. Meucci congratulated the Italians on the sympathy ex. pressed by England, for their cause. " England," he said, " is a free country, and cannot give chains to nations, that article not figuring among her manu factures. England admires and respects us. Let us, then, love those who love us, respe c t those who respect us, and hate those whoshatet de a u f s e . D ' ing This speech was received with the me ecircul o a o f the a p d l a d r u s e e s; e d O b n y t e h a e published, the entire population re the provinces was rdfionliarin Gi g da zzit y . , twhen Governorsth solveo with one voice to repair in the evening to the Quirinal, to thank the Holy Father. At eight o'clock all the inhabitants of Rome turned out of their houses, each provided with a lighted torch, and repaired to the Piazza del Popolo, the place of rendezvous. There they formed into platoons, ban ners a and n d wa bandsl walked e o d f inm themusic, to gr eatestther o o r n d ti e a r : preceded . cal residence. The Corso waosisilpionnztlaitnhneeedornuv,sull w th a e v i w n i g nd h o a w nd s k a e n r c d h b i e a f l s c , o a n n i e d s were of " Viva Rom a ," " Vi va Italia," The Pope pr esente d himself on th bal • e con of thui- rinal, and b estowed his benediction on the y peop'e, e w Q ho, c after gi v i ng one immensecheer for er his Holin ess , qu i e tl y dispersed. Several R Roman Princes had, on thi s occas i on , joined th e popular procession. a d „ \r t.l.h i t v ß a d s P p e e i i c o n a c l t u x. r r illuminatedes. ,av: WILD FowL.—The many beautiful aquatic birds that, during the last long winter, were to be seen in every bog and creek of the Moray, Beaulv, and Cromarty friths, have all vanished to their homes and breeding places on the Western Islands and hill lochs. All sorts of gay plumaged tribes which swim the broad waters, or dart on their finny prey from an aerial height, were more than unusually abun dant. Flocks of grey and brent geese. the golden eye, velvet duck, sheldrake, goosander, merganser, pintail, millard,„ widgeon, and teal; of other kinds there were cormorants, grebes, cootes, the Bolan goose, swans, herons, guillemots, golden plovers, the redshank, and several kinds of sandpiper*. The little auk, or sea dove, from the Arctic regions, wac among the rarer migrations. The most successful sport in wild-fowl shooting, in this quarter, is generall y got by John Hay• Mackenzie, Esq., of thomertie ; from his insular little watch-house, as many as fifteen wild ducks, six geese, and numbers of plovers, have been shot in the course of an hour and a half. The author of " The Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands," Charles St. John, Esq., is also in a fine locality for the Sport; he shot last winter a swan weighing nibs., and with extent of wing seven feet seven inches, besides many varieties of ducks and geese. H. W. White ;Esq., and A. Mackenzie, Esq., have mounted gunning punts—the latter was occasionally seen gliding silently along the water, until the boom of the long gun swept its charge into an unwary tiock.—lnverness Courier. or es- gel the Mr. [tail s ere p r om 120 Vin , for 55t1h So Ode r 101 ;ToAp► J. W 100 10 M.P.. ergs Burt' lace• or of 01° tc ber ter of ife of die 1:AB S 21. d 0. 0. Lee' If ball ~ till. 0, of I ; ;rook r