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' table to any, teat cause 131 n) gave the ever to thekr aras entirely secretary, it the socie t Y 4 e in trail:pv:ls peen recet w ithdral?' ,ere had be e 2 )tal ce 11 " s in d been es' i n the 1n„.„ . 5 " — ,- , 11 in i-'7" notninatious, ceipts of W . re port he society;' f adoption:o 71 - ? condig o % p re .: 5 o other ge t ; Tie rnawa•nY,, ,1 4 4 present pryt ocC (baton L .4, oc" Air 1 such t ln b ot Vileg eS D Oiled ITT F u a resoin n q , ting resr 0 a n ued fa / z ,t a r t he Qt; m rI ee n g rs ir, ye whi°ll - 8d ti „,, 511 , 3 1' II pat.-- ~ ous t 511 P 6 10 eet' us tru fk e grel t 1 COcomes.-#4 " dif f ere nce ' the s baue od) y they, /is , 'Chee r " OF 'won sl it ,* mi g ht ; . be i$ , e its In r e ' at plea !if. means o f icing icleg to s ll # rn exP re s a ntinue d pre siding' 39 and e at tol•4'114 dly c aned gES. ct il e g been I subJ Or a t f at on Or tb ' sein bled ook th e i c ij, • 5d the lered o n L rafo I 0' 'A* nSt.9 to co l. r the oonIM 6" as to' in e -a or eg l o • or t h e reef, s ff e ec ;:idtt d te ts- •f _ s d A t „, - e n 0 forte bsecrrib°ed, Y , .rz. the fltsgliii &co 's, a s na gh tl; a 'OO4 oaservatta ,ernew t A r . n94 ad fee l cotfrt able gable elaujes ly beide colt t he Court-N.l Lrabert Jo U ap 31r. , J o .. lce Mr• r' Aile y` te oi the 0 0 1 r / low; w u , s . 3ill, aud 1 5 1 oug being sb J. ooluti° ° ' ertnen of 0 4 2: ould he In nated by wable by ing should be f the Courtvf ;ours of Cdir Dmmittee ; - frl 9 unute nula:liber 0_ p lace 61- Is points sr, s of the returtP l Lh: folloviting red the sor not a dviii 11d &Nit o theta b o repo rt .bf s 10th day, )f the C° 3*. ci he the Leaoo l Aldetwa du ; a frore he sug ge . [ yor an a •a •ecti but obi ,a rrnen sh ° o lt w s Feu from ,a Cwteme mbre ois . s r of thedits; )n, ec`' cote he sei d oitie ost the d fit Lines, 004 sen t th e tw ied gi ocoteP ,ker, eetutia, ¢n aPP,I7; T hat anjobesf: t riffs be riu_a :Waldo 14°004' 3t10 115 tot 0 r to Pes's ;reeA to, ono -- le Marq13 5 ,,,, acc,ornpanie.,_ las 'fasting!! at 11 o'cloe', ',General ndant of the DeP7, w-Genetal• Col lons ery ; ant-Cf ay; war t modal, neat-Colour. rtment Depa . At and Slarshal h i s LordshEr t 1 g the Be le % tired frora ns g )uutli of d thr n ee . 'be one o f The q u sual serviof propesal.i...- i s a es to for gar - Otle a , Arsena l he garriso, iess-roeln for town. e red ou t at the "" ~; )ert lirels4' !lard WO?" Grosve oo ,. rr ived tu- ife ofiSDPr Walker' ;CIO ! , n i the roil' pray SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF 11 / 4 -7 of PERSON'S IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through out ENGLAND and WALES. Estublithed 1772. PRESIDENT. THE EARL OF ROMNEY. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Lord Kenyon. Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart, M.P. TREASURER. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. AUDITORS. At a John Pepys, E sq. , an d C aper Cure, E sq. MEETING of GOVERNORS, held in Craven street, on ti: mn e'xia7, the sth d ay of May, 1847, the cases of fourteen Peti - Z:lere Were co ns id ered, of which seven were approved, five rejected, .4 two inadmissible. Sinc e th en Olathe DE,. ue Meeting held on the 7th of April, TWENTY-NINE uS of whom nineteen had Wives and forty-three Children, have b e 9 rged from the Prisons of England and Wales; the Pense of wh ose liberation, inc'uding every charge connected with the Society, was 4371. Bs. ; and the following c o _ I„ENEracTlozes RECEIVED SINCE TUE LAST REPORT, .oei urehas .....• • • • ****** • • A £2 2 0 W. rt ~ ***** .. . 5 0 0 ir per slessrs Berries and C 0...... •• • —4l ClYatt • •.A 2 0 0 Th. ~, • • ••• • • • ....... • . • ... • - • • • • 0 11.,".wager Countess of Romney • ..... •• •.• • • ' '' • A 2 2 b7ni Tainthitelock, Esq., per Messrs. Cocks and Co. A 2 2 0 ..,,,_. ••per ditto ..... ..... ........ .A. A' ail .9 A 5 0 0 . u ! per Messrs. Drummond.... ••..—•• • • • • • • 30 0 ~',!. Anne Harland, Per Messrs. Hoare •• •• •• •••••••• • •• • ' • 2 2 0 The Receiver -General of faxes, Somerset House, Repay- Merit of Property-tux' 12 5 7 resurer, x e , I, Reliefaetions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the Brick-court, Temple ; also by the following Vae,.nters—Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drummonds, Berries, Hoares, t he and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven. street, Strand, where „`e book. , may he seen by .hose who are inclined to support the '4 o 4 ri cith t3' . • and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. V I E ANNUAL GRAND POLISH FANCY, / aviat or I'LL DRESS CALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the take kRY ASSOCIATION of the FRIEND; of POLAND, will to place at Wink's Rooms, on FRIDAY, May 21. The vouchers be obtained fiom the Ladies Patronesses only, a list of whom may N ke a d at the Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10, St James's-square, and also at Willis's Rooms. I'RE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edtriti—fl‘h, 15, George-street. London, 58, King Willlana-street. Established 1843. _This r, Capital 300,0001. 0 ,-,r_TnPa's Tables are based upon te EXPERIENCE OF pf VENT ny EEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report i ts `uelr Ilortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, la r,... e4) nstitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary irerns of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, jir l nParison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to .‘_e , sl, : o r r es,and the rates for tile whole period of life as low as is vOsistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. prospectuses, Ike., apply at the offices as above, or to any of "' a Agents througout the kingdom. )1y order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Yict., cap. 9. ADYANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSURANCE SEANCE. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample Mtbscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre 'Marna on upwards of 6,000 policies. Ralf the amount only of the annual premium required during the Qrst five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the t i lts, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the "Mired. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Tidft lowest rates consistent with security to t he Assured. '" u s -n n I ncreasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapte d to cases where /l an ces are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. mnou n f t credit rates of premium, whereby credit is give n for half the ck ar . of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or re main a ` e upon the policy, at the option of the holder. Atuo EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES. .rrelnlams required for aa Assurance of 1001. for the whole Term of Life. No rm AL ABSIIHANCY BRANCH, PROPRIETARY BRANCH. 4, Trtia, , i,.•ICR BRANCH. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Ag Half Pre- 1 Whole Pre- Half Pre• ' Whole Pre e- miuul, first i MIMI], after Age. mium, first mium, after seven years. !seven years. *----..—.. 6Y e Years. j five years. 20 £ 11. d. £s. d. £s.d. ' £s. d. 25 10 0 20 0 20 018 0 116 0 30 12 9 24 4 25 019 T 119 2 as 14 11 29 10 30 1 1 9 23 6 40 ! a l l 6 217 0 35 14 11 29 10 45 ' l3 3 36 6 40 1 9 2 218 4 1 19 6 45 1 14 10 3 9 $ 50 3 19 0 55 27 9 415 6 50 22 6 45 0 " -- --•--... 2 ....!122_ 517 8 55 212 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSUANCE CIETY. to addition t o Assurances on R Healthy Li SO ves, this Society continues Bra nt Policies on t h e Lives of ersons subject to G ou t, A s thma, Rapture, and other diseases, on the payment of a Premium pro tioned to the in crease d r i sk. The plan of grant i ng A ssurances on Every lives, Or i g i nated with this office in the beginning of 1 8 24 . description of Assurance may be effected with this society, "e Saul vperY o ' l are granted on the Lives of Persons in any station, and ag The two first Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the premiums Paid ; the third 281. per cent. Tne fourth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, _4;:elttged rather snore than 361. per cent. and from the large amount froth. reserved for futu re appropriation and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter a re expected considerably to excee d t h at amount. taln Tables of Rates, with a ball Report (recently printed) can be eb d of the Society's Agents, or by addressing a letter to No. 78 GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Actuary, , Great Russell-street, Bloombury, London. RATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. l II* I Erapewered by Act ef Parliament. *t o agitation embraces important and substantial advantages b u T o r espect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured feit4 o ai l e o ccasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for- Mao th: the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); ttrestsi t 4 ° ,_Ption of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- Asatu m eat ether conveniences or necessity. lates, ---444 for terms of years are graated at the lowest possible The Drrisiox OF PROFITS. re ntarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society o ,t.,bled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare el k bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per ce t. on the premiums paid eaClt Policy effected ion the Profit scale. EXAMPLES: ........... . EXAMPLES: ry V aa "4 Banns Bonus in 0 0 , g Assured a Premium. t added. Cash. —og :., may g: a Borrow. •-.— —— 1837,X217 15 1 1 XlOO 011 £l6 0 4..£445 0 0 A Aa. d. 18381 192 30, 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 60 1000 3 4 , 113391 165 11 10, 74 1 9 11 3 1 34 .2 3 18401 116 7 6, 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841, 11l 6 8, 49 10 0, 710 4 247 4 5 The division of prof is is annual, and the next will be made is December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROITX. Secretary. THE UNTIED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., In 50,000 Shares of 10/. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110; and Notices, Specifications, Sec., for an Act of Incorporation laved on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. PATRONS. The M os t N o bl e the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square. The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, GTOSTCROT-Sq. TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Beauclerc, Lowndes- Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander M'Kinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS, John Bond, Esq., 31.R.C.5. L and E., George-st., Portman-sq. Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., 31 R.C.S.L., Charlest - st. , St. Jam e s ' s -s q . Joshua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charley Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., 31.R.C.5.L., Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. 'um; Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) Und o , BANKERS. Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street, Bank : Commercial Bank, Lothbury. SECRETARY—Joshua Stopford. 21 t AssisTiorr-SEcarrsay —Richard St. George Graham. ' —43 t India Chambers, I.eadenhall-street. When PROSPECTUS. th e tr We look to the 'vast population, and consider the eminence, Int ere te, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercial that the most this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise L ein abetter active means have not, long since, been taken to ob my w erdupply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water -ono eh has so grievously existed for many years past. n a T ly h e a ri s m obtect is one upon which so much has been said, and such dilate coMplaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to -wh ich t iro the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that ititio:eart rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas. Mind ‘ , l . the pUblicewientght companies supplying London with water, the New Middleton he most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh ,at an expense of about 150,000/. When, in 1834, the a re much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, nen _ inquiry on the subject took place, and commis • I : v 6 l::Zr in e;e n rp r iTointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9(41., L ine other Companies 2,127.5951., making a total of 3,224,5591. though the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per 'wit. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders. there was ft balance of 157,2061. 10s. 6d. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied in 1834, accordins: to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 216,2001 .. abo ut 11. 10s. y early per house. P ure 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 succes-ifully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it b. undersi.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 ware miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square One-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The supply of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than t welve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the town s in Great Britain and Ireland. B 0 certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried , that 4 Most successful result has attended every instance in procuring ate!' upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies bu 11... net be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Corn- KI- lass, and some such tubes as cannot corroded, will only o use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. ‘`‘,..:11114al r a eh m o o l u de n r t s o s f h s al h l ar b e e s k p t r a ot e e n ct . ed from all r e sponsibility beyond the thVL l aPPlications gd for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of media ted King Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East Chambers , Leadenhall-street, City, London. SirFORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAR ES. each hereby request you to allot me Shares of 101. tmte in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua e Pay. when called en, a deposit of 7s. Gd. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me 4114 to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Residence •• • • ..... Names of t.vo Refereences, RITISII GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. -- Ica 9 (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. State, ': V e afoterrlto:-place, London ; 126, Princes-street, Edinirgh. Tre ss e nr arran gements with the Lords Comraiss.oners of herMajesty's dsof Treasury War fluara n Y hav iug been concluded, the Directors will grant Bonds the Prepared to are* aro 24 z e , criAthicocotioimoinienr, : e fi elit proposalsfidelity g o i v f , reosin Officers eopu e rrits yo l i n it so e ve or employedycdepartment of War Otlice, 1 l n the Ordnance, Foreign Office, Customs and Excise, Stamps and Taxes, Exchequer, Woods and Forests, ally,tayl i 1 10 Courts, Post Office, &c. Also from Treasurers Actuaries, and other Officers of the Loan Societies, Savinge B anks ' , Government Annuity Societies, Friendly Societies, Benefit Building Societies, And all Poor.law Commission, stitutio Public and Privat e I n - I n surance Companies, Chai keer Banks, y ns, ships, and other Receiver- R a ilway Companies, And i n ..,. Mercantile Houses, to _ .._. ...other situations where security against trawl, or failure Muni" is required. Rates of Picini= One Half per Cent. and upwards. Forms of Colonial and Foreign Policies ar e granted. pro proposal may be obtained at the offices of the A.ssocia tioa or (rum an of the Local Agents. A. CII.LUBBB. Bocrotnry to tin London Bond. r (' , . • • • -(1 - 1 - 31 • 111 4 e A • 1 %ol' - 41 IN *AN' • • jrliktl,^ • ISO MI 3 , 1 '* • • I Z 411,0 A . 7; Arrfilli t, 4 % '.. 0 ,Ki rti . 7.4. 1 „4 H , op t , • ai fY At;pt 4 41, jf \ ) - 44 .Jtk. No. 17,049. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be 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. GUMMI& ut, APRIL 30, 1847. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LAN -us will MEET ut Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING, on Lease, for thirteen years, from Lady-day last, a HOUSE on the north side of LIME-STREET, and on the east side of Beehive-passage ; and also for LETTING, on Lease, for twenty • onG , years, from Midsummer next TWO 110 USES, Nos. 2 and 3, SAINT JAMES'S, DUKE'S.PLACE, near NOUNDSDITCII. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, THONIAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAALGR The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. At:mission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. Sec. wi ROYAL VICTORIA FELT CARPETING, manufactured u nning or weaving. Patronized p la a tr ce on s ized rhi bi de le c r ri tost Gracious T el hot , THE CARPET TRADE. Majesty, nd used in the Roy al carpet ing has now become one of the established manu factures o f impervious l n ts ess " to van dus ta t g , d es ur a a p r b: th i n li y b q country. w u ha l h ny o l d f o are mf th do tr e t p i h g lee Pe :7 lM :::f u ß ay ni l r:7s n s u n e n f s iT o . tu sl th sa ::: i P t a c t a e n nt b W e p ol r lt as C ed loth for C l orn under the patent, having availed thernse:ves of the rapid strides now mmung m the arts of dooin in *Me country, inform the trade that their patterns for the present season are now out, and that they will be found far in advance of all hitherto produced, and suitable for every description of room and decoration. The public can be sup plied through their agents in nearly all the provincial towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and at every respectable carpet house in London and its suburbs. They also manufacture table covers and window curtains, embossed and printed, in a great variety of elegant a d novel designs ; plain cloths suitable for up holsterers; cloths ad irably adapted for coach and railway carriage linings ; waistcoatings ; thick telt for plate glass and marble polish ing; gun-waddings ; and of all thicknesses suitable for pianoforte manufacturers, at a very considerable saving as compared with those made by hand ; D'Oyleys, &c. Wholesale Warehouses, 8, Love-lane, Wood-street, Cheapside. Manufactories, Elmswood Mills, Leeds ; and Borough-road, London. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, priee 2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for as. 6d. in Postage tamps direct fron► the Author's residence. ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. illuerated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive 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 SAMUEL LA!MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; _ . . M a t r i c ulated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer} Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. 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Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of :general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it. —Established in Well-street, 1820. ►i' K E UN ITED DEN TISTS"1:00 POWDER, so named from the inventors, ROSS and SONS, having visited several first-rats surgeon-dentists, and finding each recommending some peculiar nostrum, they have combined these to gether with other ingredients, known only to themselves, and are convinced they have produced a perfect tooth powder. It will re move the tartar, strengthen the gums, purify the breath, and en tirely prevent and cure the tooth-ache. and if used immediately after leaving the sick room prevent infection. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, BISHOPSGATE STREET, LONDON. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they never change col ur or Cecay, and will be tound very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. 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The PASSIONS—Their ADTENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut velem." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, 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 VYEBROWS, MUUSTACHIOS, and WHS KER% produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and , prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double :he size. 7s: ;nim. and double this size, I Is. each ; enclose d in a Pamphlet, con - tag testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minute', Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Sce.' s By post, 4s. Gd., 7s. 84„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's llerbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son. Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street ; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr-. Johnston, medicine warehouse, GS, Cornhill • and by all alemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh. J. and R. Itaimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver_ User-office. TO THE LADIES. put into This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news paper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the tierbary, Iligh - gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair Is much stronger and mere luxuriant than I ever was fore te baldness apeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this test p imony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an 1 ls. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund aece, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact..-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops oa the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and l revent it turning grey, rendering th e h a i r l uxur i ant an d cur ly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushi ng th e h a i r , will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product sf the giost aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing >dour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops n the erown of the hea i ; if va'y bad, repeat it every quarter of an our. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces air oil children's heads in a few appplicati ons. I t use d on i nfants ' cads, it has such a peculiar cooling influen ce on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the grow th of hair.--See pamphlet cf testimonials. ' Allison's adetrossod to WWI= Grimstono Ilotbary, litgb.gato. EAST BARNET,' HERTS TO he SOLD by AUCTION, - pursuant to "an ORDER of the lIIGII COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of BERRY and OTHERS v. CHAUNCY and 0 I'HERS, with the approbation of JAMES WILLIAM FARRER, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, sometime in or about the month of June next, at the Auction Mart, in the City of London, of which due no tice will be given, the CAPITAL FREEHOLD MANSION-HOUSE, pleasure. grounds, and land, and certain leasehold land occupied therewith, called " Bohnn Lodg,," situate in the parishes of East Barnet, in the county of Hertford, and Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, late the property of Mrs. Ann Knott, deceased, with im mediate possession. Particulars whereof may in a short time be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr. Richard Smith, solicitor, No. 67, Chancery-lane, aforesaid ; of Mr. 11. D. Francis, solicitor, Monument-yard ; of Mr. Hobert Forster, surveyor, Tottenham ; and of Messrs. Driver, auc tioneers, surveyors and land and estate agents, No. 8, Richmond terrace, 'Whitehall. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN. President—JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST HALF-YEARLY ELEC TION of CHILDREN into this Institution, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Mowner, the 28th day of June next (the polling to commence at Twelve o'clock at noon, and close at Three o'clock in the afternoon precisely), when Twenty Children will be admitted. The usual Quarterly Court of the Governors of the Institution will also be held at the same hour and place, for the purpose of receiving reports Irom the Auditors and Board Of Management to appoint Medical Officers and a Collector for the Institution, and to entertain, discuss, and determine suck other questions and matters as may be authorised and required by the Rules of the Institution. All persons stibcribing One Guinea annually, or Ten Guineas at one time, will be entitled to one vote for each child to be elected, or may give the whole number of votes to any one child. The attention of subscribers is particularly requested to the fol lowing Rules:— That a now subscriber be autuied to ~.ate immediately upon pay ment of subscription. That no Governor shall in any case be admitted to vote, or to be present at any election or meeting whatever, until his donation or subscription for the current year be paid. WILLIAM GORDON, Secretary. Offices-51, Cheapside. WANTED, a MASTE R MISTRESS, and CIAT, TRAVELLERS' COLLECTOR for the COMMER , ORPHAN SCHOOLS. It is requested that none but those who have fined similar offices will apply, and that all particulars be stated, with the amount of salary expected. Applications and Testimonials to be sent by letter only, on or be fore the 17th May instant, under cover (post-paid), and addressed to "The Chairman of the Commercial Travellers' Orphan Schools, 51, CheaPside. ' STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power ful ships will start as under, weather, &c., permitting : For ABERDEEN, the CITY OF LONDON, on Saturday, May 17, at Ten, Morning. For INVERNESS, the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND (New Iron Steam-Ship), on Monday, May 24, at Nine, morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point. Offices: Spread Eagle, Regent-circu', or 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. 1 RAYESEND STAR and BLACKW ALL Jr PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 131, 331, 4%, 5%. and 7. Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 131, 3%, 5%, and 7. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 731, 831, 931, 1131, 1,2, 3,5, and 6%. Sundays, at 731, 814, 1131, 1,3, 5,6, and 7. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greeuhitho Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, April 14. 1847. R OYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2, MOORGATE-STREET, LONDON. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, due on the 15th inst., will be PAYABLE on or atter the Ist MAy next. To Shareholders resident in Scotlana at the Office of the Agents, Messrs. R. and T. Allan, 11, St. Andrew•square, Edin burgh. The Court of Directors grant Letters of Credit and Bills, at three or 30 days' sight, on their branches at Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart town, and Launceston, and are also receiving money on deposit, for fixed periods, at a rate of interest to be agreed on, varying according to the term for which it is taken. _ _ _ By order of the Board, G. ii. WRAY, Manager. April 7, 1847. WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c. Persons of any Age, however bad their Writing, may, in EIGHT LESSONS, acquire permanently an elegant and flowing style of Penmanship, adapted either to professional pursuits or pri vate correspondence. Arithmetic en a method requiring only one third the time usually requisite. Book-keeping, as practised in the Government, Banking, and Merchants' Offices. Short-hand, &c. Apply to Mr. SMART, at the Institution, 7, New-street, Covent- garden. " His mode of teaching is a ♦ast Improvement upon any former system."—Lendon Journal of Commerce. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, 143 , T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past Three o'clock. On CHEMISTRY, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine, by F. 11. Holmes, Esq. On ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its production, by Dr. Bach hoffner. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. EXETER -HALL. A LECTURE on the 110SJIEMAN RACE (Pigmies) of SOUTHERN AFRICA, unquestionably the most extraordinary race of mankind, as well physically as intellectually, will be DELIVERED on the EVENING of MONDAY, the 17th inst., at Eight P.M., by RORER "f KNOX, M. i)., F.R.S.E., Corresponding Member of the Academie Royale de Mede eine, and Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology. This Lecture is particularly addressed to those interested in the exciting events new going on in South-Eastern Africa, in the Kaffir War, in the great question of race, and the probable extinction of the Aboriginal races, the progress of the Anglo-African Empire, and the all-important questions of Christian mission, and human civilization in thatiquarter of the globe. In illastration of the Lecture, Dr. Knox wilt introduce to the notice of the physiologist and man of science Five Bosjlemans, or Bush people—two males, two females and infant, the only specimens of this singular race of human beings that ever visited Europe. Admission : reserved seats and platform. 2s. 6d. ; body of the hall and west gallery, Is. Entrance to the platform and reserved swats from the Strand; to the body of the hall and west galleries from Exeter-street. (SHE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBI TION of ABORIGI .ES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny. Captain Wheeler, and will be ex hibited, for the ffrst time, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, on TUESDAY, the 18th instant. SOUTH AFRICAN ABORIGINES—TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and A BABY, of the BOSJIEMAN or BUSH TRIBE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place of civilization. This oppor tunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. (From Moffatt, the Missionary's Work on Southern Attica, page 53.) " Poor Bushman ! Thy hand has been against every one, and every one's hand against thee. For generations past they have been hunted like partridges in the mountains. Deprived of what nature ' had made their own, they became desperate, wild, fierce, and indo mitable in their habits. Hunger compels them to feed upon every thing edible. Ixias, wild garlic, mysembry antharnams, the core of aloes, gum of acarias, and other plants and berries, some of which are extremely unwholesome, constitute their fruits; whilst almost every kind of living creature is eagerly devoured, lizards, locusts, and grasshoppers not excepted. The poisonous as well as innoxious serpents they roast and eat. They carefully extract their bags or reservoirs of poison, with which they cover the points of their arrows." For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjiemans, see Professor Leichtenstelu's Barchells, Campbell, Backhouse, Methunes, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa, and the works of Dr. Knox, on the Variety of the Human Race. Admission One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and Sixpenoe. THE RACES.—LIGHT WEIGHT, ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. N ICHOLL'S PALETOT, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill ; not elsewhere in London. LYCEUM THEATRE, late ENGLISH PERA-HOUSE. The Holders of DebentuOres on this Theatre, are requested to meet in the Saloon, on FRIDAY NEXT, the lith May instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose'of considering the best means to be adopted for recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures. May 7, 1847. ALARMING FE001) AT MAN CHESTER. The heavy fall of rain which took place here on Saturday has been the cause of very serious alarm, and the destruction of a considerable amount of property, by the river Medlock, which passes through the town, having overflowed its banks in the neighbourhood of " Little Ireland. This "river," which in the dry season is an insignificant and dirty brook, supplies a large number of factories, and other workshops on its banks, with water, by which to work their steam-engines. In consequence of the insufficient supply of water at certain seasons, sluices have been erected at a -point between the fac tories of Messrs. Birley and Fairweather, to dam up the Water to the required height. These sluices are situated near Cam lbercitdegde,-satrnedet,haenndeeptshtebemloiwschlLcittli;lreland," and it seems the spot, it appears that about thr b t this was neg should have been opened on Saturday • .ries made on on Sunday morning the water rose a b ove i ts b a undated a large factory, part of whi c h i s occupied 1332 Messrs. Whitwort h, boiler maker, carried away a b out t hi rt y yards of stout brick wall, and then for ce d it s way i nto t h e w h o le of the houses in . Wakefield-street, Smith -street, Anvil-street , Frank - street , William-street, and the courts and alleys adjoining; and some of the inhabitants were awoke by the rushing in of the water through windows, doors, See. Those who were asleep in the. upper apartments were awoke try the screams and cries of those below. About four eeloek on Sunday morning the scene is said to how been . itiost distressing, women and children screaming lit he Arid men escaping through windows and doors. andAidinemp...t&the in w.t.r which covered theatreetaiiidm..onomrebe lagnY yards round.. At this ;time the police hid to dee boats to get the inmates released from their wretched habitations, and tables, chairs, beds, and bedding were, during nearly the whole of Sunday, floating about in indiscriminate masses. The water, in all the houses, was from four to six or seven feet deep. There could not be much less than 200 of these wretched abodes, in some of which there were three or four families which have been thus visited by this calamity. About six o'clock on Sunday morning some one succeeded in opening one of the sluices already referred to, when the water rushed with such force against a newly-erected stone wall, belonging to the new gas works now in the course of erection there, as to force cwmwa it a completely hhonnrii nohhwicannot hhggbaa.be s dd olse jjmeeuusress gasometer, Serious s e aeew r ne e, injury from e a reuxo n hr mcdya shouldv2h i a n o atosse completed . tld. s a : i f htos t oaof l instan tly 00 ohenboeet been n. feeted ndada damage ni e uona d e;demptiaaoedemrnohl commenced aetn r epde g ors e t,ht hthe p tlehri i r) eesr t , largest amount of damage done to any single establishment is that sustained by the extensive one of Messrs. Birley, the ground floor of their largest mill being, during the whole of Sunday, many feet deep in water, and the bobbins, cotton, &c., floating about on the water. A large weaving-shed, in which are a great number of power-looms, is also flooded several feet deep. During the whole of yesterday many hundreds crowded the neighbourhood to view the havoc made by the flood, so that the police had some difficulty in keeping back the crowd. It is not a little singular that while one mill of Messrs. Birley was flooded and sus taining great injury from water, another on the opposite side of the street had a narrow escape from fire, as about the same time that the water broke into the one (three o'clock) a fire was discovered in the lower floor of the other. Fortunately, however, it was early discovered, and a large cistern being placed on the roof, it was got under by the time the fire-engines arrived, without any very serious damage being done. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S—MoNDA.Y. TIIE DERBY.—Both J. Day's favourites were in great request, Cossack, however, being backed for the largest amount—nearly 10,0001., and with a shade the best of it. Van Tromp was also in force, and on the strength of a considerable outlay advanced 13 to 2. Next to the Oxonian, Montpensier and War Eagle were most frequently inquired after, and in each of these cases the prices showed an improvement. Planet, Mr. Martin, and Glentilt were not in much favour, and Ulysses was sent to the extreme outside. It was mentioned that Horn of the Chase was objected to as having been wrongly described in the entry as out of Victoria, by Philip, instead of out of Victoria, by Philip the First; 20 to 1 was offered to be laid that he will not be disqualified. THE OAKS.—Clementina was steady at 4 to 1, and some hundreds were laid out on the Farmer's Daughter, at 6 to 1, 11 to 2, and sto 1. The general betting was far from brisk. Latest averages: DERBY. 7 to 4 aggt John Day's lot—taken and aft. offered 11 to 1 agst Furth's lot—taken 12 to 1 000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's lot —taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's The Cossack—taken 5 to 1 agst Sir It. Pigot's Conyngham—tak. & aft. offd. 13 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 7 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken and aft. offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Mat tin —tak. & aft. offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—tak. & aft. offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. off. 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkelev's Montpensier-30 to 1 t. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Mathematician—t. and aft. off. 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t. and aft. off 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostvn's Glentilt-40 to 1 laid once 40 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell's Nottingham—taken to 100 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken to 100 1000 to 20 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —t. and aft. off. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gully's Buckskin—t. and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Good Coin 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Jehnstone's Ulysses 1000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring. OAKS. 5 to 1 a 4to 1 agst Mr. pa OAKS. Clementine—t. gst Mr. Day's The Farmer's Daughter —t. and aft. of. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—t. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermain's Lady Lift—t. 15 to 1 15 to.l agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale—t. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell—t. The subscription room will be opened every day this week . It is proper to re m i n d those who have bets on the D er b y an d Oaks that Thursday next is comparing day. SOUTH AMERICAN BOND- We have recei ve d the H follo L win letter from the Committee of South American Bondholders " Mexico, March 31, 1847. " The contents of your communications under notice have been carefully observed by us, and, in reply, we may inform you that the revol u ti on against Gomez F er i as , which we mentioned in our last, has been put an end to by the arrival of General Santa Anna, who is aga i n a t t h e head of the Go vernment. We may add th a t t h e Genera l i s f avou rably dis posed towards the conversion of the Mexican Bonds, and we have every reason to believe that the point will be arranged satisfactorily during his presidency. " The war with the "United States continues with great exasperation on both sides and the town of Vera Cruz has just been taken by the Americans, after a bombardment which lasted five days. Some people seem to think that the events now passing will bring matters to a crisis, and per haps lead to a speedy termination of hostilities, which is much to be wished tor." THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 9.—The bulletin of this day is : " His Excellency passed a tranquil night, and feels much refreshed this morning." The medical gentlemen in attendance are Sir P. Crampton and Doctor Purcell. _ Up to the hour of three o'clock this afternoon the answer to inquiries was, that his Excellency continued in the same state. WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANT.—The annual meeting of 'this company was hold yesterday at the office, 57, Old Broad-street. Mr. Heron took the chair The Secretary, Mr. Nicholson, read the report, from -which' it appeared that at the last-meeting a rescilution was passed for restricting the operations to the Wheal Jewel and Talarne lodes. which had been carried into effect. Although the result of the copper mining had not been so advantageous as was expected, the workings of the tin lode had realised more than was anticipated. Should the same suceess con tinue the next report could not fail to be more favourable. The total receipts of the company were 10,998/. 3s. Bd., and the cash balance was '225/. 16s. 9d. The principal items of the receipts were—copper ore sold for 4,462/, 16s. 10d. and tin ore sold for 4,026 1 . 4 5. 7d . T he chairman observed ;hat a discovery had been made of tin ore at the mine estimated at 11,0001. After come discussion the report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the committ ee of management in Cornwall. Mr. Heron was re-elected a director, and the meeting adjourned. PRESTON PEERAGE. --A claimant for the Preston and Esk Peerage has made his appearance in the person of Sir R. Graham, Bart., as will be seen by th e f ollowing entry upon the journals : Petition Petition of Sir R. Graham, Bart., pray: ing her Majesty to declare and establish theright to the title, honours, and dignities of Viscount Pre ston and Baron Gra ham of Esk to belong to the petitioner and his heirs." It has been referred to the Committee of Privileges. Sir David Cunning ham arrived in Lond on on Saturday afternoon , b y the General Ste am Navigatio n Com pany's steam ship Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend. SEEING IS BELIEVING. — DO YOU see t h at gent, what a fright he looks ? He has got a thirty -shilling wi on , y o u might swear to it a mile off. If you want a real head of hair, go to Ross's, who have just fitt e d up a splendid gla ss c ase to exhibit the ir Perukes, containing thirty different styles of wearing the hair, thus enabling every one to choose what is most bec omin g or most fashiona ble at once. Like wise their ladies sho w room, containi ng an immense assort ment of beautiful head-dresses, front s , p l aits, &c., unequalled either in Paris or London. Address Ross and Sons, 1191 and 120, Bishopsgate-street._ _ [ ADVERTIsEMENT.I DEAFNESS. N____ INVENTION, 39, Organic Vibrator, .w INVENTION, 39, Matz/JAIME - ME V, an ex traordinary powerful small t n ersyt-einsvented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all h Fed ; it is modelled to the others, can ' be has been, or probably without nia protecting, which can be inserted ear so that it rests witheivne, in the ears and removed in company not pe rceptible. unobserved ; and, being of the same colour as the skin, so The powers of this valuable new invention a i r ta perfect and n e bring very defective hear- tural state, and to enable ing, of long standing, to general conversation, deaf persons to ellioY th e b ar 'and at public to hear distinctly at church, on the bench, ' : t 'n noises in the assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of "gi g affected w it h ears are entirely removed, could be desired. Also Improved hearing and it affords to individuals this dreadful malady all the assistance that possibly nvented Spectae es, Trumpets of every description. The new -I l are placed before extremel y appear before t imperfect vision, that he eyes is at once removed, immediately they mist and b je d e u t r o s m w es h ich clear and distinct, so that the most aged im perfecteveryo sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youth state.adAlso Achromatic Telescopes, Opera ui natural and origina l 'Glasses, Microscopes, ice. C il ea—Meekrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any wayconnect ed with a person of the same name in their immed iate neighbourhood, nor i n any part of the • country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albem ar l e - s treet, riccadillY (opposite the York Hotel). S U l Ny MAY 11, 1847. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER. Yesterday Gilbert Macdonald, a ship joiner, about forty , ears of age, w as b roug h t b efore Mr. Yardley, at the Thames Po lice-court, charged with the wilful murder of Agnes, his wife, who died in the London Hospital yesterday morning. The case was involved in some mystery, and the magis trate had a difficulty at getting at the facts, in consequence of the ignorance of the policeman who had charge of the case. It appeared that the prisoner, who has the appearance of being a very dissipated man, lived with his wife, in Ray mond's. place, Green Bank, Wapping. The deceased was also a person of dissipated habits, and lived very unhappily with her husband. They repeatedly quarrelled, and she was in the practice of taunting him and using very provoking language, for which he frequently beat her. A woman, named Sarah Gray, who lived in the room underneath the parties, had•often interposed during their quarrels, and pro tected the deceased from the violence of her husband. This witness described the prisoner as a most violent man when he was inebriated, but on the contrary, when sober he was. particularly harmless and quiet; and had more than once re quested her and others to keep him away froth his wife When he was tipsy, for she was a very bad woman. He had re peatedly said that he would be hanged at Newgate for his wife, and that she wasted his hard earnings. The quarrels of the prisoner and his wife had lately been more frequent. Three weeks ago the prisoner beat his wife severely, and said she had spent all. his money. On Saturday, the Ist instant, the prlSoner and his wife again quar relled, and she absented herself from home, and did not return until Friday, assigning as the rea son, that she had spent all her husband's money, and was afraid of him. The husband persuaded her to come home on Friday night, but on.. Saturday morning, at one o'clock, either through caprice on her part, or owing to some threats on the part of the prisoner, she left her own room, and came down stairs to the one occupied by her - landlady, in which there was a mangle, and crept under it. She remained under the mangle until her husband left home after breakfast on Saturday morning. On the afternoon of .the same day, about half-past two o'clock, the deceased was in her landlady's room when her husband returned home. He was rather in ebriated. but knew what he was about, and after some friendly conversation with, his landlady, he began to con verse with his wif e , a nd i n a jocular tone said he had bad his spree out and should go to work again on Monday, and bring up his lea-way. His wife commenced abusing him, and although her landlady retreated her not to kick up a row, she taunted her husband in a very foolish strain. The prisoner said that his wife's slanderous and provoking tongue caused all the troubles and the rows between them. Alter a while the prisoner said he had money enough for a drop of gin, and invited his wife to accompany him to a public house close by. They left the house together, and proceeded to the Anchor and Hope in the adjoining alley. Neither the landlady or Mrs. Gray saw the man and;his wife return home, or heard any more of them until about five o'clock in the evening, when Mrs. Gray, hearing some one moan, opened her room door, and found the de ceased on the landing, at the top of the second flight of stairs, and close to her own room, weltering in her blood, which was flowing profusely from her mouth, nose, and ears. Mrs. Gray raised the woman from the floor, and she faintly articulated, " Don't let him come near me, I am dying." Mrs. Gray asked what her husband had been doing. and she said he bad kicked her and jumped on her breast. The deceased was assisted into her landlady's room. She appeared greatly disfigured. Her clothes were torn and very bloody, and there was a severe wound on the side of the head from which the blood was flowing copiously. It would appear, however, from the evidence of the landlady, that the excessive hemorrhage which took place arose from another cause, and it is supposed that some internal bloodvessel was ruptured by , a kick, or by the prisoner trampling on his wife. Mrs. Gray no sooner saw the deceased in her landlady's room,' than she ex claimed, " She is done for, if ever she was." A policeman named Sheehan, an Irishman, No. 313 K, was called in, and upon reporting the condition of the woman at the station house, she was removed on a police stretcher to the hos pital, where she lingered till yesterday morning, when death put an end to her sufferings. Directly after the de ceased was found in the situation above described, Mrs. Hookham, the landlady, and Mrs. Gray, went into the pri soner's room. They found him lying on the bed, and in formed him that his wife was very seriously injured. He treated the matter with some indifference, and on his way to the station-house said that his wife would not appear against him, and that she had fallen down stairs. There could be no doubt the deceased received the wound on her head and the other injuries before she left the room, as no part of her body was upon the stairs when she was discovered by Mrs. Gray. The prisoner's son was in the room when the quarrel took place between his parents. He is only eight years of age, and with very little intelligence. He was called upon the bench, and some questions were put to him by Mr. Yardley, but he professed his ignorance of a future state; and on being asked if he said his prayers, he replied that he did sometimes, but only to please his father. His replies ge nerally to the questions put to him were such that the ma gistrate did not consider it safe to examine him as a witness; and it appearing that he had no relatives, or any one to take care of him, Mr. Yardley directed that he should be taken to the workhouse, where he would receive some instructions to qualify him to take an oath. _ The magistrate inquired of Sheehan, the police-constable, if he had made search for any instrument by means of which it was probable the wound might have been inflicted, and he replied in the negative. He was also asked if he had examined the stairs and the room for the purpose of ascer taining if there were any stains of blood discernible, and he said he had not, and excused himself by saying there was no light. He was then asked if he had examined the prisoner's dress or his boots, and he said he had not thought of doing so, and knew very little of the affair, although specially directed by his inspector to make the necessary inquiries. Mrs. Hookham, who exhibited more tact and discernment than the police-constable, locked the door of the prisoner's room, after he was taken into custody, to prevent any one entering the apartment. Some time afterwards she pro cured a light and examined the stairs, and the landing, on which she discovered a great deal of blood. It was quite fresh. She also stated there was a '•clod of blood" on the floor by the side of the bed. She thought the wound on the deceased's head had been inflicted by a kick, and that the prisoner wore very heavy boots. Mr. Yardley directed Roche, the gaoler, to remove the prisoner's boots from his feet, which was immediately done. There were stains of blood on both sides of the right boot, just above the sole. j The iprisoner appeared to be somewhat staggered at this discovery, and he said there was no blood on his shoes, that his shoes never touched his wife at all; bat Mr. Yardley said there could be no doubt of the fact, and Mr. Ross, a surgeon, who was present as a witness, said the stains on the boots were certainly those of blood. Mr. Yardley expressed his astonishment at the neglect and ignorance of the police-constable Sheehan, who had neg lected to de those things which he ought to have done, in a case of very great importance and involved in some mystery. He asked the policeman if he had traced any blood upon the stairs or in the room, and the excuse he got was that it was dark, and that he had no light. The old woman, Hookham, appeared to have acted from the dictates of common sense, a quality which the policeman did not possess, and she had done just what the constable ought to have done. Various other things ought to have suggested itself to the policeman, who had done nothing, and made no inquiries about the affair. Mrs. Hookham was then further questioned by the ma gistrate, and she stated that she believed the prisoner had kicked h►s wife, and her reasons for thinking so were, that he was always very handy with his feet—very, indeed. All the deceased's clothes were torn but her chemise, and she complained a good deal of some pains about the abdomen. Mr. Yardley asked how long it was before the deceased was sent to the hospital after she was found bleeding on the top of the stairs? Sheehan replied an hour or more. Inspector Bilson asked the police-constable if he did not issue orders for the woman to be removed to the London Hospital immediately he heard of the affair. Sheehan—Yes, sir, you did. Inspector Bilson said that directly he understood the case was a very serious one he ordered four men to convey the woman to the hospital on a stretcher, which was done with out delay. Mr. Yardley—Perhaps the constable means it was an hour after she received the wounds before she reached the hos pital. The prisoner asked Mrs. Hookham if his wife did not re turn home bleeding very much? Mrs. Hookham—No, no; no such thing. Mr. Yardley—Did any one see her return home with her husband ? Mrs. Ilookham—No one, sir. Sheehan was then called upon to relate a conversation which took place at the station-house, but he did it so im perfectly that Mr. Yardley called upon Inspector Bilson, who was sworn, and he stated that, after taking the charge and reading it over to the prinoner, lie salt', struck her, but she fell down stairs." Witness then questioned the lad, who said " He did jump upon her, I saw my father jump upon my mother and kick her." The prisoner again said, " I did not ; I struck her and she fell down stairs." The prisoner, in defence, said his wife fell down stairs as she was returning to her own room in his company, and that after he went to bed she was continually passing up and down stairs. She abused him very much, and was very tipsy, and she was always abusing him. Mr. Yardley said this case was not so clear as it might have been if the police-constable had only displayed com mon intelligence, and that all the witnesses who could throw any light on the transaction must be produced at the next examination. He should remand the prisoner on the charge of wilfal murder until Monday next. Lusa CUNNING.--A few days since man and woman of the lower class of Irish were placed at the bar before the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, charged with the following attempted extortion upon the parish offi cers of Whitechapel. The man was dressed in an excellent strong coat very little the worse for wear, good waistcoat, k nee -b r eeches, and blue-ribbed stockings , and had a nearly new pair of shoes upon his feet ; the woman also had good clothing, shawl, bonnet, and strong shoes, and was altogether well-dressed, though of a homely description. The parish officers stated that on the evening before the two prisoners applied at their workhouse for relief, and declared that they were penniless, almost starving, and had not had food for many hours. The porter asked them to wait outside until the arrival of the relieving-officer, who was momenta rily expected, and promised that their case should be then i mme di a t e ly attended to. Both prisoners declared that they would not wait, demanded to be admitted instantly, and made such a clamour and displayed such violence that the porter at length shut them out. The prisoners then ham mered at the gates , and haran g ued the passers-by so loudly upon their starving condition and the hardship o their being refused relief, that a large mob collected round the work house, who displayed their indignation at the officers' con duct in most unmeasured terms, calling out " Shame," and taking the prisoners' part vociferously. The prisoners con tinued this condu ct for a len g th of time, and, being encou raged by the mob, made such a disturbance that the police were obliged at length to be called, and they were given into custody , w hen, u p on searching them at the station house, the woman was found to have money about her to the amount of several shillings, and the man silver to the value of nearly a pound. The magistrate severely lectured them upon their audacious effrontery, and discharged them, as no relief had been given them, but warned them decisively that if they were brought there again for similar attempts at ex tortion, he would make a summary example of both. VIENNA. —An official letter from the President of the Aulic Council of War orders that the army shall wear mourning for the late Archduke Charles six weeks longer. PRICE SD. BURIAL of DUROC and BERTRAND BESIDE THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON. The following narrative has appeared so beautiful to us in its simplicity, and so historical in-its character, that we have translated it from the columns of our coil temporary the constitutionnel:— The anniversary mass, which has been celebrated in the Invalides every year since the remains of the Em peror were placed under the dome of that sacred edifice. attracted a greater number of spectators than usual on Wednesday, the sth ult. It was generally known, some time before, that the bodies of the Grand Marshals of thi Palace, Duroc and Bertrand, were on that occasion to be interred in the vaults which , had been reserved for their reception on either side of the entrance to the imperial tomb. Our readers will remember that we have already announced the arrival of the remains of General Bertrand in Paris, an d t h e mo d est — the almost toe modest—manner in which they were conducted, to the Invalides—not a single picquet of troop being notni• yated as their escort. Even to 7 day they continued in the same way without any suitable attendance ; not one soldier had been summoned to take arms for the purpose of rendering a last homage to the ashes of two illustrious captains. A solitary picquet of " Invalides," armed with half-pikes, and bearing funereal torches, alone as sisted in the ceremony of the sepulture. All those however belonging to the establishment, who were not incapacitated by illness, eagerly pressed around the two -catafalques. Upon the left reposed the body of Duroc ; upon the right iliat of Bertrand. Around the latter were grouped the children of Napoleon's companion in exile, around the former stood the parents of the. Duc of Friuli. " Beyond these were gathered together a crowd of officers of all ranks and men of all classes. Among these we remarked Generals Gourgaud, Fabvier, and Pailloux,,the Marquis of Cramayal, Count Rambuteaux, the Duo de Padoue, the Due de Vincenze, MM. de Tracy and de Beaumont (Somme), M. de Segur, Colonel .Chapenik and several, of the bilkers of the fourth legion of' the National Guard. "In the upper galleries were a multitude of ladies, and among these the Princess Matilda, niece of the Emperor, besides the ladies appertaining to the families of the two Marshals of the Palace. "After the celebration of Mass, which was accompa nied with military music, the coffins were carried down ihto the graves which had been prepared, and over which were engraved the names of Duroc and Bertrand. Duroc, who had been conveyed thither the first, was placed in the grave on the left of the entrance of the imperial sepulchre, and Bertrand in the grave situated on the right. When the body of the Emperor shall be in the tomb (sera dans la tombe), Duroc will thus find himself on his right hand and Bertrand on his left. The two coffins were carried to their last resting places sur rounded by the subordinate officers. " General Fabvier pronounced these few sentences at the moment when the remains of Duroc were entombed: " Gentlemen,—lt is not under this roof, which shelters so many of the valiant defenders of France, that it befits me to speak to you of the services, of the wounds, of the brilliant actions of Duroc ; since they have been ever accompanied by intrepidity, devotion, disinterestedness, modesty. I shall only say to you one word : it is sufficient for his glory. Napoleon, disarmed by those whom he wished to defend, departed with the intention of retiring into private life : he only asked permission to finish his career under the name of Colonel Duroc. Such is the magnificent, the imperishable monument, which the tender heart of Napoleon has raised at once to the memory of Duroc and to his own also I. " ' Dear and venerable veterans, when you go to re join the chief, tell him that his glory increases and brightens every day! Tell him that even this ceremony is a homage which we render to his loving heart in thus bringing near his inanimate remains his two faithful friends I' " Marshal Oudinot, notwithstanding his eighty years and his twenty-eight wounds, descended from his apart ments, supported by several attendants, to sprinkle ;holy water upon the coffins of his old companions in arms. " A large crowd were collected together round the outer walls of the Invalides, and all persons in uniform or in mourning were admitted into the interior." As an appropriate corollary to the foregoing, we can not but give what it has at once called to our recollec tion, the memorable epitaph written by Napoleon upon the spot where Duroc fell in 1813:—" Here the General Duroc, Duke of Friuli, Grand Marshal of the Palace of the Emperor Napoleon, gloriously fell, struck by a cannon ball, and died in the arms of the Emperor, his friend." The beautiful account of Napoleon's emotion on the death of his beloved adherent, as given in Archibald Alison's " History of Europe," is perhaps the noblest memento to his loving heart: we transcribe it for the perus:zl of our readers : " Napoleon pitched his tent in the neighbourhood of the cottage where Duroc lay, and seemed for the time altogether overwhelmed by his emotions. The squares of the Old Guard, respecting his feelings, arranged themselves at a distance, and even his most confidential attendants did not, for some time, venture to approach his person. Alone he sat, wrapped in his grey great coat, with his forehead resting on his hands, and his elbows on his knees, a prey to the most agonising re flections. In vain Caulaincourt and Murat at length requested his attention to the most pressing orders. 'ro-morrow—everything,' was the only reply of the Emperor, as he again remixed his attitude of medita tion. A mournful silence reigned around ; the groups of officers at a little distance hardly articulated above their breath ; gloom and depression appeared in every countenance, while the subdued hum of the soldiers pre paring their repast, and the sullen murmur of the artil lery waggons as they rolled in the distance, alone told that a mighty host was assembled in the neighbourhood. Slowly the moon rose over this melancholy scene ; the heavens became illuminated by the flames of the adjoin ing villages, which had fallen a prey to the license of the soldiers ; while the noble bands of the Imperial Guard played alternately triumphal and elegiac strains, in the vain hope of distracting the grief of their chief." Those great pageants and sorrows are alike ended ; and the Emperor with his two faithful friends lie side by side under the dome of the Invalides. DEATH OF GENERAL WILLIAM DYOTT, COLONEL OF THE 63D FOOT.—This General, one of the oldest in the British army, died on the 7th inst., at his seat Fairford, near Lichfield. after a lengthened illness, at the expiration of more than sixty-seven years' service. After a probationary course he entered the army as Ensign on March the 14th, 1781, and his further commissions were thus dated :—Lieu tenant, May 9th, 1782; Captain, April 25th, 1793; Major, May 19th, 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel. September 18th, 1794; Colonel, January Ist, 1800; Major-General, April 25th, 1808 ; Lieutenant -General, June 4th, 1813 ; General, July 22d, and Colonel of the 63d Foot, April 7th, 1825. The deceased officer served in America in the early war ; in 1796 he proceeded to the West Indies, and in 1801 took part in the memorable campaign in Egypt. In 1809 he was en gaged in the disastrous affair at Walcheren. His subsequent military duties were principally confined to peace service. General Dyott had the honour of enjoying the friendship of his late Majesty George 111., to whom he was for many years aide-de-camp, as well as that of his illustrious son, the Duke of York. The latter, while holding the rank of Com mander-in-Chief, in 1825, The the Colonelcy of the 63d Foot to the deceased. The vacancy was occasioned by the death of the Earl of Balcarras. the family to which the deceased belonged is a most respectable one, and some of its members on late occasions have been candidates for the representation of Lichfield. DEATH or SIR JOHN MAT, K.C.8., K.c.a.— This distinguished artillery officer died on Saturday last, at his residence in Hyde Park-street, aged sixty-seven. He was son of John May, Esq., for many years Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Oucrusey, ana was lineally descended from John May, the historian and poet of the time of Cromwell and Charles 11. In 1795 the deceased entered the Royal Artillery, and after passing through the various gradations of rank with much success, was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1838. Sir John's services were of a dis tinguished character. He took part in the engagements at Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. For these services he received a cross and three clasps. He also served during the Waterloo campaign, and was at the battle of Quatre Bras and the memorable one which terminated the war. For his services at Waterloo he received the Order of St. Anne of Russia Second Class, and was nominated a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal in 1815, for his conduct in the Peninsula. ROBBERY AT THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY TER iminis.—A daring robbery was committed yesterday morning at the Brighton Railway Terminus. As usual, on Monday mornings the first train was heavy; and an extraordinary degree of bustle occurred at the terminus from the circum stance that the brethren of the order of the Foresters were on the point of starting for their summer excursion to Hastings. Soon after the departure of the first train, the superinten dent of the station missed nearly 800/. from the "saf e," train, immediately dispatched an engine to overtake t he firs t _ t and if possible to discover the thief. It is supposed hat some London thief took advantage of the bustle to pounce upon the booty. PosT-OFFICE.—We understand that a memorial, got up privately, and circulated among the "godly," re questing the postmaster-general to oblige our postmaster local by shutting up the office here altogether on Sunday, has led to the appointment of a gentleman now resident at the Royal Hotel, to inquire into the circumstances. We need hardly say that such a gross attempt at outrage on the feel ings and wishes of the mercantile and industrial part of the community will meet with the opposition it deserves. —Aber deen Herald. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETT.—This o ciety have lately lost one of it s mem b ers by the demise of the y late Mr. Andrew Macklew, wh o h as bequeathed a handsome legacy of 500/. to the funds of the charity. The annual ball will take place this evening at the Hanover-square Rooms, and we hope it will be well attended, and that the result may prove beneficial to so meritorious an institutio n . We have extre me satisfaction in being enabled to announce that tardy justice has at last been rendered to one of the greatest of our naval heroes. The Government have, we are infor me d , upon a further investigation . of Lord Dun donald's case, recommended that he be reinstated in the Order of the Bath, which he so gallantly won, and of which he was so unjustly d epr i ved. We need scarcely add, that her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to signify her ready acquiescence in the recommendation of her Ministers.-- Tim es ; ANTWERP, MAY B.—Lady French and family, and Captain St or y, were among th e di s ti ngu i s h e d passengers that Navigation arrived here yesterday, by the General Steam Company's steam ship Venezuela, that left London the day previous. VI N „ . —#•-•••,- --:-- 1 I..._ — _ - ;:iz,: THE CORN TRAK/X:l4 -, r-- *'- (From the Mark-lane Expr sa e), k .:::( -4 , Great excitement has prevailed iu lie-grAM Oltdtpt s i L 7-L7'4 t during the week, and at no former p ' - '4l%ooiiilika. ,- -%, er ? duration since harvest has so import )2a rise i?'e . _eit. , established in prices. The excitement has iiiitebeeia mit - - ''- hof speculation, but rather that of alarm; an t1d204 1 7 331 ..F supplies n t c h a a u n se b d y more by the extreme shot 131c141's as any unusual extent of deitiam — b " now admitted on all hands that the stocks of corn remaining in the hands of the growers are fearfully small ; and it has long been notorious that the mer chants, millers, and dealers have been buying from hand to mouth, having little or nothing to fall back upon in case the weekly supply proves inadequate to satisfy the consumptive demand, to which point affairs appear to he rapidly approaching. Without something like absolute scarcity such prices as are at present obtainable are •eldeux or never reached, even in times when capital is abundant and speculation rampant ; but for . wheat :se rise progressively from about 445., at which, good qualities were selling immediately after harvest, to 945., the present worth of the same descriptio,l, indicates but too plainly the position the country must , e in with respect to stocks. Where the upward move &lent will end it is totally impossible to foretell; and if 'merica and Russia should be enabh d to fur .lish fully the amount of bread stuffs the most ,anguine dare to calculate on, even in that case , moderate prices are, we fear, out of the question for "tnonths to come. The probable result of the n , xt har vest has hilherto' been wholly disregarded; the grand imint for consideration having been how sufficient tood s to be obtain , d to feed the people until such time as the produce of the present year can possibly be avail able. If a large portion of contirental Europe w e re ITO t unhappily in precisely the same plight as Great Britain, there would be less reason for serious uneainess; but considering the state of distress already suffered by the people in France, the interior portions of Germany, and the Netherlands, we may well feel uneasy how our own inhabitants may fare during the next four months. The •elvices, from all parts of the kingdom are of the same character; short supplies anti rapidly rising prices have characterised the trade at all the leading provincial markets. • At Liverpool great pressure for money appears 'to have been felt, in consequence of which sales of flour have in many cases been made at a considerable sacri- lice, and even on Friday this article was much cheaper there than with us. Good brands of Western canal were offered, in the beginning of the week, at 425. 6d. per barrel, and might, in particular instances, have been bought even lower for cash. The exciting reports from Siark-lane had, however, the effect of causing - a subse qaenfrise, and on Frid ay there were few sellers below 445. 6d. per barrel. Wheat was quoted 6d. to 9d. per 701 b. higher on Tuesday than on that day se'nnight, and on Friday a further rise of 4d. to 6d. per 701 b. was established. In the foregoing remarks we have spoken more particularly of wheat and flour, but the advance in the value of all kinds of spring,corn has been fully in proportion with that on wheat. Barley and oats appear to be nearly exhausted in many parts of the country, and there can be no doubt that districts which have until quite recently been sending supplies of these articles to London and other large consuming markets, will have to draw, in their turn, from the ports where foreign arrivals may take place. From Scotland we learn that the continued rise in the south, and a gradual reduction of the stocks at the lead ing markets, had led holders of what grain remained on hand to insist on enhanced rates ; but the rise has hardly been in proportion there to that established in the English markets. In Ireland affairs appear also to have remained com paratively quiet; the quantity of Indian corn at one or two of the principal ports being still heavy, and the anxiety to get rid of some portion of the same had in fluenced the value of other grain. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have again been very small, only 24,162 quarters having come to hand during the week ending this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land carriage samples from the home counties has been equally unim portant; indeed we do not recollect to have seen the market in so bare a state as on Wednesday and Friday for a long time past. Factors have, therefore, had no difficulty in establishing a further advance, the absolute wants of the millers having obliged them to buy without much regard as to price. The business done on Wednes day was at rates Cully 2s. per quarter above those cur rent in the beginning of the week ; and for the few small parcels on sale on Friday 55. per quarter more was obtained than similar quali ties were sold at on Monday. Foreign wheat has met wite a very lively demand, not only for local use but to forward to different parts of the country, where the stocks of home growth are too nearly exhausted to fur nish the needed quantity. Several purchases have also been made for shipment to France and the Netherlands, and the granaried stock has been reduced below 20,000 quarters. Meanwhile the arrivals from abroad have been tolerably good, but the fresh supplies have met a decided preference over the stale warehoused parcels; sales have been easily effected of nearly all that has come to hand from on board ship. The prices obtained have been so high and irregular that we feel it difficult to state the exact advance, but some notion of the value of foreign wheat may be drawn from the fact, that the tolerably good qualities of new Lower Baltic red have been sold at 94s per quarter. . . TOwn-itade flour has been taken to some extent during the week at the recent enhancement, and country marks have likewise commanded full terms; whilst in American a large amount of business has been done at from 445. to 48s. per barrel. Even at these rates the latter is rela dye cheaper than flour of home manufacture; and the stock having been reduced to about 50,000 barrels quo tations are likely to go still higher. The quantity of English barley exhibited this week has been quite scanty; and though 11,807 quarters have arrived from abroad the supply has not been more than necessary to meet the inquiry. Some further purchases have been made for shipment coastwise, and as the malt sters and distillers have likewise bought to a extent, last Monday's currency has been exceeded by Is. to 2s. per quarter as well for the finer as the ordinary qualities. Holders of malt have also raised their pretensions, and the article being really scarce necessitous buyers have had to pay high terms. Judging from the very rapid manner in which the supplies of oats from our own coast and by rail have lately fallen off, and the increase whieh has at the same time taken place in the country de sand, we are forced to come to the conclusion that the stocksof English oats are nearly exhausted. During the week now about to ter minate 16,646 quarters have entered the port of London altogether ; of which 700 quarters are from our own coast, 700 quarters from Scotland, 3,098 quarters from Ireland, and 12,148 quarters from abroad. On Wednes day we had a numerous attendance of country pur chasers, and though the large dealers acted on the reserve a good business was done at rates ls. per quarter above those of Monday; subsequently the inquiry be came more active, and on Friday good corn was fully 2s. per quarter dearer than in the commencement of the week. Of beans very few parcels have been brought forward, and in the absence of business of consequence quotations have remained nominally unaltered. Egyptian beans were, however, held ls. per quarter higher at the close than in the beginning of the week. Peas have been in request for shipment coastwise and abroad, and the trifling parcels offered for sale have brought high terms. Rye has likewise been taken for export at rates not previously obtainable. Indian corn has been held several shillings per quarter higher, which has in some degree checked business ; still a good many bargains have been closed. We have advices from New York up to the 16th ult.; large number of vessels had, it appears, arrived at that and some of the other leading ports in search of cargoes, which had had the effect of causing a material decline in the rates of freight to Great Britain. Owing, how ever, to the smallness of the available stocks (the sup plies from the interior having hardly commenced coming forward) the shipments in progress were not very large. Charters had been closed to load flour for Liverpool at 4s. 6d. per barrel, being but little more than half the rate demanded a few weeks before. Good brands of Western-canal flour has realised 7 dolls. 75c.; wheat as much as 1 doll. 55c.; and Indian corn 95c. per bushel. Nothing very definite can be collected from the reports from the other side of the Atlantic as to the probable quantity of breadstuffs likely to be shipped during the summer months, but the general impression appeared to be that the supplies from the interior would fall short of expectation. The accounts from the northern ports of Earope are not quite so wild this week, hut that stocks of grain are unusually low all over the Baltic there can be no ques tion. From Dantsic we have letters of the Ist of May, which inform us that the inclination to buy wheat had subsided, and that for a day or two little or notbing b e had e had been been done. The last operation of importa e n a c t e h a d n on the 29th ultimo, when 110 lasts of_ i w ne h high-mixed, bought at the following prices: F 6d.; fine mixed, of 601 b. weighing 621 b. per bushel, light 783 ;ts, weighing from 571 b. to weight, 755. 6d.; u s a o rter. fre a mo unt ard. The per ril hadd to 7,853 e s x B p lb o . r , t a s t o 7 f ls. wh to ea 7 t 2as duringn. April had lasts, of which about seven-eig h t hs been dispatched to Great Britain. From Konigsberg we have advices of the [27th of April ; grain of all descriptions was then very scarce there, and the want of supplies had pre vented business being done. Wheat was quoted from 68s. to 845., according to quality, and other articles equally high. no A mi t n ß al o . sto l c n k g , ra o n n ar t y he th 3 e a re of w lll as ay little pric o e r s nothing,were nearly an d the deliveries from the growers had for some time been on a very restricted scale ; in which state of affairs extensive business had been out of the question. There were then no sellers of wheat below 775. 6d. per quarter, free on board. The reports from Hamburgh of Tuesday last are not of so excited a character as previous advices thence, but not the slightest reaction had occurred in quotations. The business done in wheat had been strictly confined to the purchases made for the consumption of the city, nothing having been done for export. Good red Marks and Upland, weighing from 601 b. to 621 b. per bushel, had realised equal to 8 4 s. to 88s . per quarter , free on board. Spr in g corn of all kinds had become very scarce, and fine heavy barley bad risen to 535. to 545., and oats to 30s. per quarter, free on board. From Antwerp we learn that wheat had been sold at 25 florins, equal to 102 s. per quarter. In Holland prices were also, according to the latest accounts, very hi g h ; and in France wheat and flour appear to have I risen materially. From the Mediterranean ports the accounts are, or the whole, less flat than last week. We have Marseilles letters of the 28th of April ; wheat, after having for a time been somewhat neglected, had again begun to excite attention, and for the best Polish Odessa on the spot 625. to 645. per quarter had been paid. There were still sellers of fair qualities, deliverable in May, at 585., or ie. June, at 555. per quarter, free on board.