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ClO , 10A'r es , -,?., • 2nolloc tagra ut ,„ the mo.—; were col"' A ny, of a , he w if e of of Henri • lark, 1 1 i 15 ' . 1i i ', g o f J. •P-',‘ ''.,,,•; • . .'-'';''', ------ --- "il theßil'o.4 it the Lot,C l ,;',l. •;•.,' '-• :,. ~,N ;,#ll , , ;0 4 5 8 -f . i:',.. •, , r aii . foir, the o ° l '4' l it . 'ltt.-• ~ 4 t, ick t ie ; yvi i ar rree i r t e,, ',,'. _ , , . r .... ', • ~, - ..... I , .o. -..• ;;. ; ,;. ;: i.~ 0 0 paid. paid. paid. paid. I 0 w... , GRATIS! GRATIS Every person who shall subscribe for HE DISP A TCH , f 7 1 77;17 rte,t, Will be presented with a FI,NELY ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF E L I Z A COOK. _:` m The Poems of Miss Cook a re na ti ona l property. There i s hardly no ,estead in the land wh ere h er name and her contr ib u ti o ns to the Dispatch' are not familiar as household words. Apart frun oe Powertbl and brilliant talent with w hi c h th e Dispatch' is ?Onducted, this handsome and aceptable present to its fifty or sixty thousand readers, cannot fail to be appreciated."—Livpool Chronicle, May 8, 1847. The likeness of this poetic genius is most striking, and the En graving is by Adlard, in the first style of the art. Edition of the DISPATCH i s pu bli s h e d a t Five o'clock every Satu rday.., morning, for tr ansm i ss i on b y the Fi rs t Trains and Morning - `. ll s• so that p,rsons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the seine evening. This Edition contains the London Markets of the week, including those held on Friday ; also the spirited letters of Publicola, Caustic . and censc 'ritis ; end frequently original poems by Eliza Cook. ij e rsons desirous of being supplied with the WEEKLY DIS- I l ' 4 Tel' may give their o r d ers an d pay their subscriptions to any ~e , .7 " - a gent, or to M r . Ri c h ard W oo d, a t the DISPATCH Office, ~ Fleet -street, L on d on, who, b y a rem i t t ance o f 25., or postage s teps to that amount, will supply the DISPATCH throughout June AEU. The terms for the DISPATCH are, per Quarter - 7s. ed. Per Year, in advance - £1 6s. Od. Ditto on Credit, payable by reference in London £1 10s. Od. N.8.--A beautiful frame, of an original character'. in imitation of sat branches and foliage, interspersed with medallions illustrative of Cook's works, has been prepared by an artist of considerable talent, and which can be had at twenty shillings each. Arrange- I n , e nta have als o b een ma d e w i t h respec table manufacturers to supply elegant Frames, at prices varying from 3s. to 255., and any Sub ber to the DISPATCH may, by transmitting to Mr. Wood the for the Frame he wishes to obtain, be supplied with the same. No. 17,048. Sunday, 9th May, 1847. THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES ; OR, THE SOCIAL REFORMER. 1 .,,,., 5° C1AL MOVEMENTS, and IMPULSES. Part V II. Su p er Bvo. Price 3d., with a Stamp for posting. SAMPLE NUMBER. (Double Sheet.) TUV.A.E.I.I 1C • ---- RP. ---'• MONETARY CRISIS AND THE " SOVEREIGN" REMEDY. .A.ll persons who have any understanding to reflect for, and to dis- Lover, the truth, and who have any awakened soul of feelings to ii 4 re for th e welfare o f th emse l ves or of others, should read this tample Number. It contains matter of vital interest to themselves, friends, their brothers, sisters, childre n, and p arents. The as rich e st in Pecuniary possessions and this w orld's p roperty, as well t he"„ Poorest—the highest as well as the h umblest in this world's 'vents of rank—are equally concerned in the final issue of the Zd long-endured- ii depending upon the matters involved in the Critical Question, grievous hindrances to the Progress of Society—to ~lrtue, love, and prosperity, which is now solv ed and ha pp il y made . Fro duetive of better things, by the value - worth co ntained in this little Ptiblie, a ti on o f "THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES." Publishing Office, 13, Wellington-street North, Strand. All communications to be addressed to Mr. Luke James Hansard , ~ Old Palace-yard, Westminster. , ___ AN ESPECIAL NOTICE TO THE PIIBLIC• . _. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has fixed To-morrow Afternoon for hearing the Government explanations on the " Monetary Crisis," for explaining how the Government means or Intends by "AN ADVANCE OF INTEREST" to bolster up the Government's predi cament of an inability to find an acceptance of its Exchequer-bills even at a discount. —Mark well I This advance of interest must be paid for by an accruing addition to the now turthensome taxes which the people of this nation can no longer bear. It is high time Sounder views and principles on this subject were adopted, that an overwhelmin; distress may no longer prevail. FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS. These distinguished Artistes will have the honour of appear ing at the ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS (late Crockford's). Bt. James's-street, Tins DAY (Morning and Evening), and nn THIMSDAY MORNING. On THURSDAY EVENING at the BEAU triT INSTITUTION, Beamont-square, Mile-end. On FRIDAY z "LNING at the ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY RO )MS. On FRIDAY (3r 4 “,..!1in at CROSBY HALL, Bishopsgate-street. On SATURDAY si n g and Evening) at the ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY ROOM-A. R.,: r ning Performance at Half-past Two; Evening Performance at — 7'Past Eight. Doors open at Two and Eight. ' a dmission, 2s. 6d. ; party or family tickets, to admit three, 65., S ena six, 10s. 6d.; to be had of all respectable Music - se llers. 8 :2 1 . All the New Songs mad Music sung by the Female A merican a,..f un dera are published by Dalmaine and Co., Soho - squar e, the -----____gkurchased the copyright. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN sTIT u PION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, 14y •• Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at ThreeB College, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past hree ?:clock. On CHEMISTRY, on Aio , day, Wednesday, and LicFriday —ening., at Nine, by F. 11. Holmes, I. 41. On ARTIFICIAL erg and the Agents employed in its proth,tion, by Dr. Bach mlo Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC ex plained. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex v74- The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING S, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. ENTER atENTg with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c., &c. Tho Eveni ng MUSIC, und er th e di rec tion of Dr. Wallis, commences a t maven o'clock. ..- --- / • . Y ( / 4 , . _. ------....‘*-- .1 , .. - - ~..--.... -... . .s, ~. i4V -; \ ' P , 1 4 ,1 0 ..'-' . I ' .:- ' 2 u ... , 4, 4 . • ~....--- . . 'tf .' 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N otice is hereby g i ven. that the SE COND ANNUAL GENERAL t IE E LING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Undertaking will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopigate-street, London, on natalpav 1 1th of May N ex t, a t ONE o 'clock precisely, on the Gene tat Business of the Company. shßesolutions will also, on this occasion, be taken relative to the uPon which the Call of 2/. per Share, due on the 2d of Octe r last, has not been paid, the time for which payment was, by a res..°l"l°,lPAssed by the Board, and duly advertised, extended to the 31st of March last past; and a proposition will be submitted on 11e subj ect of the formation of the important line from Brussels to Namur. JOHN BARNES, President. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. ~„.28. Threadneedle -street, March 16, 1847, S hareholde rs the Stat u t es o f th e C om p a ny it is necessary that all intending to be present at the above Meeting should rePosit their Share Certificates with the Secretary at least Ten Days before the 11th of May proximo, in order to intitla them to take __D a n in th e proceedings. LOUVAIN a la SAMBRE RAILWAY. •DIRECT to NAMUR and to CHARVEROY. ne i'Ze shareholders are most respectively informed that on MONDAY Alittn. lll Y 10 , the day previowily to that fixed upon for the 4 , _,,AL GENERAL MEETING, there will be ready for delivery 17.9ftice of the Company— id% T.Pased sketch for aveementfor making and working, jointly 118 ftu r Great Luxemburg Company, the line from Brussels to 2. pi n W ital branch line to Wavre. ProVideP bs e, d plan for the creation of the portion of capital to be Of the lute the Louvain la Sambre Company for the construction jointly 'e from Brussels to Namur, which line it is intended to make Y With the G rea t Luxemburg Company. a. l' rOPosed plan for the revival of Shares in the Louvain ft la .bre Company which have become forfeited. JOHN BARNES, Chairman. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. No. 2 8, Threadneedle-street, May 6, 1847. mENAI and CONWAY BRIDGES. CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. CAST IRON WORKS. The Directors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company will meet at the Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on WanwEsnAr. the 12th day of May next, to receive TENDERS for the SUPPLY of about 1,50$ tons of CAST IRON GIRDERS, &c., required in the erection of the tubular bridges across the Menai Straits and the river Conway. The drawings and specifications may be seen, and full particulars learnt, on application to Win. Fairbairn, EA., Manchester, on or after the 30th inst. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, April 20, 1847. OVERLAND NOTICE. WAGHORN AND CO., 34, Cornhill, will NOT RECEIVE Overland Parcels to go through the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company beyond the 18th instant. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or , PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers ; scurvy is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of Years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the lon. Commis tners of Stamps have directed the proprie tors' name and address to bs engraved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROWLAND and 40N .t h f 2 0, Hatton-garden," which is affixed on eac h box. Sold b y ....IProprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. AY HARVEST. va n ." "No farmer should be without a good ric k c loth, for it is one of themost useful things he can have on his premises." -"Gardener's Gazette. NJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, foot of 0 ; 4 ,..Q 0 n-bridge, informs the public he has a few SECOND-HAND ' , IC CLOTHS, in good - order, at reasonable cost. Also an exten tore stock of new Rick Cloths, with poles complete. Marquees, tents, pavilions, with boarded floors for fetes, balls, &c., to any extent of ilecom rnodation, always ready.—Address, per post, Benjamin Edging -I°ll. 2, Duke-street, Southwark.—A warehouse, 208, Piccadilly. O THE LONDON STONE , -alit curious relic of the olden time. Thy Stone shall form the subject of a ditty ; For thou deserv'st a tributary rhyme As much as any thing in London's City. Al ! could'st thou speak, thou venerable Stone, What tales thou could'st unfold of distant ages ; For thou was fam'd before Saint Paul's was known, And London thou halt seen in all its stages. Say, ancient Stone, was ever London's scene Equal at all to what it now discloses? And has the City's traffic ever been Distingulsh'l by a House like that of MOSES' ? And all the ages thou hast seen elapse Have shown to MOSES' giant Mart no equal ; MOSES and SON stand highest—and, perhaps, They ever will do, did we know the sequel. What dift'rent styles and fashions hast thou known During a thousand years, or even longer ; But say, was ever Dress like MOSES' shown — Were ever Garments smarter made, or stronger ? No, antique Stone ! there never was a day When fashion show'd us what she now discloses; And (could'st thou speak) in justice thou would'st say, I never saw such Dress as that of MOSES'. A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on Wheaton, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. NADI TO Masagaz. Cashmere Codrington, from • •• • O Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs . •••• • • • •• Cambridge Coat, lined throughout ••••••• • • • • • • • Tweed Coats . • • ,„ • • ......... ..... • ..... ••• • • • 016 0 Dress C0at........ •••• • • • • • •• ' • Best quality manufactured •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 15 0 Frock Coat .. nest quality manufactured •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 3 0 Bich pattern Vests ••.. • • ••••-• • • • • 0 5 0 Cashmere. or cloth •••••••• • • • • • • • • ••"•••" • • • • • • 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers •••••• • • • • - • •••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 a • Single -milled Doeskin ditto ...• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress ditto .. ••• • • • ••••••••••••• • • • • • • .. 1 0 Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits •• .. IMADT MADE. Castimerette Codrington •• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 111 6 C ambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest Patterns ...... ........ . . •• ••••• • •• • • • Tweed Coat ........... ..... .. ••. • • • ........from 0 8 6 SPorting ditto •.••••••••••••••.• • • • • • • • • • • • 6 6 b rass Coat . ........... . ..... ..••• • • • • • ..... ''' '' -.1 S 0 E xtra Superfine, a superior coat •••••••• • • • ' • • . Ilb 0 Frock Coat .• ........ ... • .... ...... ...... • from 1 4 0 Extra Superfine, a superior coat .• ... . Roll -Coll ollar Vests .. ......................... 0 2 0 Fancy Satins . —•• • • •• •• •• .. •• •.••. . . . . ..... 0 4 6 Cleth, o r Cassime . r . e . :: :: :: .....: .. _r. ,assimere or Doeskin Tweed Trousers. .. .. .. . . Fancy ^ ........................ 0 10 6 Oboe Tunic and Hussar suits. •• • ... ....... .. • • ...... 0 18 6 wire, i f rv „ e ,;. -- Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea " -- —"` approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. lut e lt r „, °BEB and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, lAldie7' Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for •., __ and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, "_: 3 , and 86 Aidgate, city, London. k2..ution-'-. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the f lL T ,', ) ,'" , ,against Impostors, but have learned that the untradesnian - naa n abood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, gi or 7 ,. , :e ue fn_d e t: resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. ' a se,wAhl°lntoleralei ar, '".V' t ,n o ave no connexion with any other house in or out of London; r s e a g n e d nui A n id e g a a i t i e d , cchiet7, London. •e &c., should call at, `2._' n u da .11 - 13 business transacted at this establishment from sun "' r r till 0 . 919 . 14 . sunset Saturday, when buslnessl s resumed UN twelve `~. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING TIN 7 NJATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSV RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, COItNHILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. - . Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional :Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body of the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to estabiish a Branch Office in connexion with the.. gocleties and the Operative Classes generally, In which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been Jroposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of :here associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the 4tannel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utilitf is limited. For example, it is not to every individual or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecuniary sacrifice ; .while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - r ess-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and - none but the really siek are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear oat calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fundlutended as a provision for old age :- • Ist Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great nember who, in order to secure 8., larger provision in old age are willing to, take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when nailed In the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the boson of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a y r rovision iu sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and enefit Societies will be I greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed Prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual payts - ment of U. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly paymen of 2s. 2d.,:nsay;secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 11.65. 9d., or a single payment of 22/.173.3d.; or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.-1. person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 68., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. 1 is. Example.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. Os., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the ag e of 65, the option of re ceiving nnuity, 18/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on Isis life, 1761. lie. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example.—A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum 01 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual Division. 4,f Profits, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4a. per month, or Is. per - week, may secure the sum of 1121. ss. payable at nis death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C kbiROUX, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNRILL, LONDON, Capital X 300,000. • Empowered by Act •t• Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, ou all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion •f his in terests t• meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are grouted at the lowest possible rates. The division of profits is annut.l. curl the next will be made in ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON I'ANIROUX. Secretary. 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S ITIE OF YOUTri u WITH TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2a. 6d. or post paid, to any address , f o r 3s. 6d. in Postage tamsdirect from the Author's residence. ELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise 1.3 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matur;•y. illustrated 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 showii the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and etinrl excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMITZL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Sidford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ilonorar Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Sze. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. •CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance , and 0 bligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their flanctions, structures, and secretions, proving that grey 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. CRAFTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtl and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and G. Or the Disorsierr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gontiorlaaa Cleat, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORE. 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The disposal of our convicts is of vital interest as regards our social econom, and also enters de e p l y y into the future pro gress of our Australian colonies. .It present the whole subject is under the considera tion of our Home Government, who are inclined to restrict the immediate or direct transportation to fe males, and retain male convicts to u ndergo a peni tentiary probation in thi s coun try, as a preliminary to a compulsory exile to Asia, Africa, or America, as they shall choose--the condition of their ransom being simply that their future lot shall be cast in remote lands. In introducing an extensive alteration of this nature into our penal administration, great weight must necessarily , be given to the opinions of those in New South Wales who are versant with the whole working of the convict system,. accor dingly, a select committee o f th e L eg i s lative Council of New South Wales was appointed to report on a dispatch by the Government of Sir Robert Peel, respecting the renewal of transportation to the colony. That report has now be en pu bli s h e d, an d along with the same the evidence of Benjamin Boyd, Esq., a familiar name in Australia. Mr. Boyd is one of the largest capitalists, and a most enterprising colonist, employ ing upwards of 800 people ; and from his general intelligence and intimate knowledge both of the in ternal resources and foreign trade of New South Wales, his testimony has been justly regarded of great value by the committee, who have adopted several of his leading suggestions. If it was referred to the inhabitants of this colony, whether the transportation of convicts should cease altogether, it is believed that a large majority, and especially of the operative classes, would gladly be rid of the taint, whatever might be the effect in retarding the progress of the colony. They have had too bitter an experience of the frightful depravity engendered by the sy stem, as practised of late years, to think that any mercenary considerations could compensate for such a gangrene. In this . feeling all classes in the colony would participate, if the alternative was the abolition of transportation altogether, or its continuance under the present revolting regulations where the male con victs are aggregated in masses or chain gangs. But if the convict system was modified, and the colony saved from those vicious and detestable influences which are the inseparable results of that frightful com bination, then the more intelligent and enterprising co lonists consider that transportation might be rendered a valuable agency in the advancement of the colony. This opinion is given by Mr. Boyd, and enforced in the report ofthe committee, but always under the qualification that voluntary emigration must exceed penal emigration, so that the noxious elements of the latter may be absorbed and neutralised in the swelling tide of a free and in dustrious population. What New South Wales re quires is, labour to keep pace with the productive agencies of the colony. Now Mr. Boyd estimates the quantity of sheep in the colony at seven millions, and of cattle one million and a half. We may men tion, in passing, that these multitudinous herds are all derived from three or four sheep and as many cattle, that, about half a century since, were sent out from the farm of George 111. to stock his infant colony. Taking the increase for the first year at two millions and a half of sheep, and half a million of cattle, and keeping in view the geometrical progres sion in succeeding years, Mr. Boyd calculates that in the tending, &c., of these increasing flocks, taking three men and a quarter for every thousand sheep. and one man for every 500 cattle—would be afforded a corresponding outlet for agricultural labour. The number of men immediately required he estimates at 10,000, and taking the colony throughout, he con siders that number rather under than over the limit. But such is the scarcity of labour, and so inadequate to these productive resources of the colony, that in some districts it is impossible to procure hands for the shearing, and so the valuable fleece is lost. It is clear that with the finest pastures and breeds, it is just as impossible to reap the results without a corresponding human agency as to expect grain without the usual agricultural appli ances. Unless, therefore, New South Wales is pro perly supplied with labour, no matter whether by convicts or freemen, the pastoral and inexhaustible re sources we have described, must be stinted ; in fact, Mr. Boyd says, "unless we get an immediate supply we must cease to breed." Having thus shown how rapidly labour would be swallowed up in the augmenting production of the colony, the report of the committee and also the evi dence of Mr. Boyd turn to the consideration of the convict system, and how far it is expedient to recruit this annual demand for labour through transportation, hvt concomitant with a preponderating influx of free emigrants. Of the etnigrante who have from time to been sent out, it has been found, generally speaking, that they do not constitute so useful a class of labour ers as the convicts or ticket-of-leave holders. Where convicts, on landing, have been at once assigned and distributed in the interior, without passing through the probation system, they have, with few ex ceptions, turned out to be well conducted and effi cient servants. They are extensively scattered over the remote districts, thus removed from those contagious influences which would beset them in the towns, and which, when herding together in chain gangs, break forth in the most aggravating form. In short, the institution of those gangs, and the at tempted application of discipline and correction to human beings in such circumstances have proved a miserable failure. Mr. Boyd says, "as regards the probation system in Van Diewan's Land, I am, therefore, of opinion that it is productive of the very worst results; the natural effects of men of vicious habits and strong passions herding together, must, so far from tending to their improvement, only confirm their vices, and further demoralise them. To use a pastoral figure, in such a s ituation, they may be compared to a flock of sheep infected with the virulent scab' of this colony —we may dress them with whatever ointment we please, but we are all aware that unless at the same time we remove them to clean pastures, the disease will soon break out worse than ever ; thus it is that the attempt to amend criminals in a probation party, instead of removing them from corrupting influences, must aggravate the moral dis ease, whilst, o n the other hand, their removal at once from home, and dispersing them generally throughout this colony would tend towards their moral improvement instead of their farther degra dation." In carrying out this scheme of secondary punish ment, which is not only abortive in itself but posi tively pernicious t o .any community, it is calculated that half a million is annually spent by this country, besides the cost of penal establishments in this coun try, which last, in a great degree, only serve as a temporary location for the youthful criminals, while fulfilling that career which ends in transportation. Now, the committee of the Legislative Council, in sanctioning the resumption of transportation accom panied with the dispersion of the convicts in the manner stated, expressly stipulate that a free emi gration of both sexes, and to an extent at least double that of convicts transported, must take place at the same time. The cost of this emigration to the Home Government, they calculate, would be greatlj , lei sened by the saving from the abolition of the conviet penal establishments. But so advantageous, and, indeed, essential to this colony is an additional supply of labour, and in so- far as derived from transpor tition, that it should be exceeded by that from free emigration, that the colonists would rather aid the Home Government in securing emigration by means of a loan secured on the landed fund of the colony, in the shape of a terminable annuity as suggested by Mr. Boyd, than run any risk of unduly increasing the convict population. If five thousand convicts were imported annually, and an emigration of males and females could be assured by the Government to the e xtent of ten thousand, such are the resources of this colony, that this large ac cession to the population, so far from being the maxi mum, is described as the minimum amount of labour that the colony could annually absorb. This nes‘d not be surprising when it is considered that the meat at present derived from the flocks and herds of Australia is equivalent to the supply of more than twenty times the existing population But the evidence of Mr. Boyd: and which is here specially founded on by the committee, shows that the colony possesses other and unexplored cha D nels of unbounded enterprise in its forests, mines, and fisheries. Those first two sources of wealth, the wood and minerals, are unheeded from the want of the necessary labour; and the valuable fisheries, from the same cause, are scarcely attempted by the colony, although the Americans have no less that 670 what ing vessels in t he Pacific, employin g u p war d s o f 20,000 men, and consuming above '200,000/. value in provisions. 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On his way home he met with a gentleman in the coach, who re commended him Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which he used, and by their means is now quite well.—(Signed) CHARLES TULLY, pro prietor of the Roscommon:Journal' " Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE LEGION OF iloNona.—The Presse announces that M. Auber, diaector of the Bing'n band of music, has been appointed commander of the order of the Legion of Honour, and M. Spontini, leader of the choir of the Bing of Prussia, officer of the same order. MAY 10, 1847. inAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) ' CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Albert Smith still progresses merrily, and, in good truth, the interest is fully kept up; indeed, it incre.ises as it goes on, and each succeeding number improves on the preceding one. We are introduced in the first chapter to a new character, and one who promises to fill a posi tion of no trifling importance in the progress of the story. It is young Sir Frederick Arden, who turns out a " fast boy," associating with broken-down pugilists, and the lowest frequenters of the worst description of public-houses. He is proud of his dissipation, proud of his wealth, proud of the quantity of drink he can consume, and of being at the head of even the degraded class with which he is associating. He is one of the rising generation, so graphically illustrated by our facetious friend Punch. We must, however, give his description from the author's pen:— "He was a mere boy—fourteen or fifteen years of age, but dressed in as manly a style as could be contrived; his slim proportions being swelled out by a variety of shawls, coats, and handkerchiefs, which in spite of the season, he kept on. His hair was of a warm tint that his enemies might have designated as red ; but the slightest quan tity of down upon his upper" lip had been coloured, by some kind of dye or cosmetique, several shades darker. He evidently did not belong to the class with whom he was keeping company; for his features were fine and regular; his hands small and white; and his clothes, al though cut in a slangy gentish fashion, were of good mate rials and work. The hat, too, on the table before him, was a beaver one ; and in it were a pair of white kid gloves, and short stick with a large cut jewel set in its handle. Yet with all this he was smoking a clay pipe ; and a pewter pot stood before him. The people in the room treated him with the utmost respect ; and he was evidently delighted at being the head of the assembly." the description of the " Cock and Badger," kept by Nick Mawley, or as he was formerly known in the P.R The Pluckly Crusher," is rich indeed. The approaches are depicted in a manner worthy " Boz" himself. The exertions of the different dealers to puff off their various wares to establish their respective claims on the public patronage, " that one would conceive, next to atmosphe ric air, the strong rough C o n gou a t t wo - an d-f our , so strongly recommended to families, was the great vital principle." " The giganviNfeepots," "the mammoth tea kettles,"and " dusteheWaor Brobdignagianproportions" are. exquisitely given. Old Hickory interposes in his own warm-hearted manner, between the young Baronet and Patsy, whom he has attempted to kiss, to the great .stonishnsent of that fine young English gentleman. Mrs. Hamper is rescued from the robbers, who are all taken prisoners, and fixes herself on her young nephew Ellis, who was travelling, and came out to witness the attack on the brigands. In vain ha assures her that he in tends to ascend " Mont Blanc." She is ready to ac company him, and to assume a man's dress ; telling him that " when Mr. Hamper was in the Yeomanry Cavalry, she had once put on his clothes, and that they said she made a very good man ;" and *that if the carbineer (behind whom she was riding) would lend her his dress that evening, when he retired to rest, he (Ellis) would be astonished. We have sweet Bessy Payne on the eve of being brought into a scrape by Fanny Hamper, who is senior pupil at " Mrs. Sadler's establishment for young ladies at Ham mersmith." The different teachers are all adinirab'y described, from Mrs. Sadler herself, a lady of an imposing presence, and Madlle. Le Brun, the, resident Parisian— there was a suspicion that she had once been Miss Brown"—to the dancing-master, Mr. Pitkin, " with his pony chaise, and the seat fastened on behind in a fright fully insecure manner, but that was a very artful contri vance, as it was, in fact, the safety governor of the entire machine, inasmuch as too heavy a weight would have overbalanced the whole affair; but if this was by any chance applied, the seat broke off before the accident occurred, and equilibrium was restored." Fanny harper wants to go to a ball at Richmond with young Sir Frederick, and she persuades Bessy to promise to accompany her. Patsy and Hickory are in introduced to a sort of barrack, " the inmates of which are composed of those remarkable people who pass the greater portion of their lives behind the chintz curtain at the end of a caravan." Patsy is to take lessons from Monsieur Fandango, to qualify herself to appear at the theatres. The Gudges' are heartily sick of everything foreign, and more particularly discontented with Venice. "' I call all this a failure,' said Mr. Gudge ; 'a regular sell, as we say at home. And the heat's enough to choke one. Pheugh I'd give anything for a bottle of ginger-beer.' " Well, I suppose you can have it, G.' replied his help mate, here's cafés enough all round.' And she pronounced `café' to rhyme with safe—' Go and ask.' " Oh, yes ; it's all very well to say go and ask,' answered Gudge. Go and ask yourself, and see how you'd like it, to have a lot of grinning Turks and other fools, sniggering at you because they won't understand what you mean. Look there! there's an object.' " He pointed to the entrance of one of the numerous cafés under the piazza, at which one of the latest turbaned and bearded importations by the steamer from Trieste, was gravely smoking a pipe, worth walking over a new flint road in thin boots to look at, as he read a newspaper, in spectacles, and now and then shook out some fleur d'orange from a little bottle into a goblet of water. "'Now, that oughn't to be permitted, you know. It wouldn't anywhere else. That's a Turk, you know—a heathen—a man who lives in a state of infamous.domestic life, and might only to be allowed to sell rhubarb ; and not oven that, when there's a respectable chemist and druggist in the neighbourhood. Come along; I wonder what we shall I see next?' "' There's a cool place to sit down in, in the court of the palace,' said Mrs Gudge; 'suppose we go there for a little while. It is perfectly baking here.' "Mr. Gudge was quite resigned. If he had known where else to go, he would, as in duty bound, have opposed it. But as he did not, he walked into the court of the palace and sat down by a well. " ' To think of people coming to see that flight of steps,' he said coming all the way from England to see it, and call ing it the Giant Staircase. What for, 1 should like to know? And that dirty twopenny post-looking hole in the wall—the Lion's Mouth. Why they must be all idiots.' " Perhaps there's something about them we don't knew of G.' said Mrs. Gudge. " Pshaw ! what can there be to know in an old tumble down flight of steps, and a slit in a stone? What can there be to know in anything—what is anything—if yon come to that? Just nothing.' " The remark was so perfectly conclusive and unanswerable, that Mr. Gudge had it all to himself. " They are a nasty sly, savage set,' he continued, after a short pause. 'Look at the Arsenal we went to—the Arsenal ! pooh ! I should like them to see Woolwich. And see what a race of brutes they always were! Why, they used to put men's heads in helmets too large for them, and shut a rat up inside to gnaw them when it got hungry. And now they put you in beds too small, and fill the room with mus quiters !' " Ah, drat the musketeers!' said Mrs. Gudge. " ' Oh ! it's to make you ill, and stay,' continued Gudge. It's one of their best dodges—the Dodge of Venice you've read about.' "And after perpetrating this grim joke, Mr. Gudge gave a dry short laugh, that rattled in his throat like a last year's walnut. " The Bridge of Sighs, too,' he went on, ' which everybody said we must see. Why, there's one in Leadenhall Market that would cut up into a half. a-dozen. It's all nonsense, you know ! And then to hear them yesterday at dinnAr : 1 got quite mad. They talked of the railway, and said it would destroy the romance of Venice. The romance of fiddle-de dee ! What romance is there in having no fresh water, and living in houses built upon piles! There's hundreds of places at home where you could do the same thing, if you wanted romance. Look at the Penitentiary, or the Essex Marshes. Pooh ! stuff "And Mr. Gudge again worked himself up to such a pitch of indignation, that what with the heat of the weather, and his own imagination, it is wonderful he didn't set his brains boiling, and go mad at once." Christopher is determined to go to London to penetrate the mystery that shrouded his early days, notwithstand ing the strong opposition of Gudge, who finding he cannot be dissuaded from going, as the next best thing, decides on taking him in his own company. They set out for home, Christopher keeping his distance from the attorney. At the foot of the St. Bernard they are seized on by the indefatigable Mrs. Hamper. who again fixes herself upon them, to their great consternation. VANITY FAIR. The story makes great progress in this number. The Marriage of Rawdon Crawley and Rebecca be comes known—they are cast off by the family and take lodgings in Brompton. Poor old John Sedley becomes a bankrupt, and finds in old Osborne a re morseless creditor. The house in Russell-square is abandoned, and the goods of the bankrupt sold by auction. " If there is any exhibition in all Vanity Fair which Satire and Sentiment can visit arm in arm tot-ether where you light on the strangest contrasts laughable and tearful ; where you may be gentle and pathetic, or savage and cynical with perfect propriety ; it is at one of those public assemblies, a crowd of which are adver tised every day in the last page of the Times newspaper, and over which the late Mr. George Robins used to pre side with so much dignity. There are very few London people, as I fancy, who have not attended at these meet ings, and all with a taste for moralising must have thought, with a sensation and interest not a little start ling and queer, of the day when their turn shall come too, and Mr. Hammerdown will sell by the orders of Diogenes's assignees, or will be instructed by the exe cutors, to offer to public competition the library, furni ture, plate, wardrobe, and choice cellar of wines of Epicurus deceased. " Even with the most sulfish disposition, the Vanity fairian, as he witnesses this sordid part of the obsequies of a departed friend, can't but feel some sympathies and re gret. My Lord Dives's remains are in the family vault; the statuaries are cutting an inscription veraciously com memorating his virtues, and the sorrows of his heir, who is disposing of his goods. What guest at Dives's table can pass the familiar house without a sigh?—the familiar house of which the lights used to shine so cheerfully at seven o'clock, of which the hall-doors opened so readily, of which the obsequious servants, as you passed up the comfortable stair, sounded your name from landing to landing, until it reached the apartment where jolly old Dives welcomed his friends 1 What number of them he had; and what a noble way of entertaining them. Flow witty people used to be here who were morose when they got out of the door; and how courteous and friendly men who slandered and hated each other every were else ! He was pompous, but with such a cook what would one not swallow? he was rather dull, perhaps, but would not such wine make any conversation pleasant? We must get some of his Burgundy at any price, the , mourners cry at his club. 'I got this box at old Dives's sale,' Pincher says, handing it round, one of Louis XV.'s mistresses—pretty thing, is it not—sweet minia ture,' and they talked of the way in which young Dives is:dissipating his fortune. How changed the house is, though ! The front is patched over with bills, setting forth the particulars of the furniture in staring capitals. They have hung a shred of carpet out of an upstairs window—a half dozen of porters are lounging on the dirty steps•—the hall swarms with dingy guests of oriental countenance, who thrust printed cards into your hand, and offer to bid. Old women and amateurs have invaded the upper apart ments, pinching the bed curtains, poking into the feathers, shampooning the mattresses, and clapping the wardrobe drawers to and fro. Enterprising young housekeepers are measuring the looking glasses and hangings to see if they will suit the new minage.—(Snob will brag for years that he has purchased this or that at Dives's sale,) and Mr. Hammerdown is sitting on the great mahogany dining-tables, in the dining-room 'be low, waving the ivory hammer, and employing all the arti fices of eloquence, enthusiasm, entreaty, reason, despair ; shouting to his people ; satirising Mr. Davids for his sluggishness; inspiriting Mrs. Moss into action; imploring, commanding, bellowing, until down comes the hammer like fate, and we pass to tho nest lot. 0 Dives, who would ever have thought, as we sat round the broad table sparkling with plate and spotless linen, ever to have seen such a dish at the head of it as that roaring auctioneer?" Of course the engagement between George Osborne and Sedley is broken off by desire of old Osborne, but Dobbin buys Amelia's piano at the sale, and sends it to her in George Osborne's name and then in an in terview with George, persuades him to seek an inter view with the broken-hearted Amelia. " Four hours after the talk between Dobbin and Osborne this servant maid came into Amelia's room, where she sate as usual, brooding silently over her letters—her little treasure. The girl, smiling, and look ing arch and happy, made many trials to attract poor Emmy's attention, who, however, took no heed of her. " Miss Emmy I.' said the girl. " ' I'm coming,' Emmy said, not looking round. " There's a message,' the maid went on. ' There's something—e.ottwhody—sure, here's a new letter for you—don't be reading them old ones any more.' And she gave her a letter, which Eminy took, and read. " I must see you,' the letter said. Dearest Emmy— dearest love—dearest wife, come to me.' George and her mother were outside, waiting until she had read the letter." And thus ends this the most interesting number of Vanity Fair. • SHARPE'S MODERN MAPS, Nos. I. and 11. Another Atlas, published periodically, is here intro. duced to our notice, and enhance in no inconsiderable degree the general competition in that department of art. The advantage which is most perceptible in Sharpe's corresponding maps, is that of its dimensions and elabo ration : in that respect they surpass most of their predecessors. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—The Tay has just arrived, bringing the West Indian and Mexi can mails. By this conveyance there is no additional news to that recently received, with the exception that the Americans were preparing to march towards the city of Mexico, with a force of 14,000 men, 1,500 waggons, and a heavy train of artillery, under General Scott. The general opinion is, that the troops will not meet with any efficient opposition; they expect to reach it in the early part of May. About a third part of Vera Cruz is des troyed, and nearly 150 lives lost. About 4,000 shells were thrown into the city. Tampico was occupied by about two thousand Ame rican troops. Bills on England 9 per cent. premium, and in some demand. The Tay has 950,000 dollars on board; all on mer chants' account; none for the dividends. She has al-o a valuable cargo and 73 passengers; amongst whom are Lord and Lady Howard Dc Walden and son. DECIMAL COINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—Allow me to suggest, as an improvement on Dr. Bowring's decimal system of account, published in Thursday's Sun, that the new 2s. piece about to be issued, the " Queen," be adopted as the integer, in place of the L. ; by this arrangement, two decimals only would be required instead of three; Id. would stand .04 instead of .004—in calculation would work thus : 71 . 25 =.- 71 Queens and 25 farthings, or 71.29.6 d 5 Multiply by )356.25 356 queens 25 farthings, 35 L's, 6 queens, 25 farthings, or, 351. 12s. 6d. As above the two decimals would stand as farthings ; the units' integer as queens, and the remaining integers on the left, L's sterling. The Currency to remain the same as proposed by Dr Bowring. May 6, 1847. W. G. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—On Saturday night her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre with her pre sence. Her Royal Highness occupied the Queen's box, and was attehded by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, and General Sir George Couper ; the Ladies Mary and Fanny Howard, Hon. General Upton. and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, had the honour of joining her Royal Highness's party. In the Queen Dowager's box were his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Marquis of Ormond.), Viscount and Vis • countess Barrington and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Miss Wakley, and Captain Somerset. The Duchess of Cambridge's box was occupied by Mr. Hubert de Burgh and party. The general company included the Prince Louis Napoleon, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baronessßrunnow, and Mdlle. Olger de Lechner, the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess of Hamil ton and party, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes bury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Lansdale, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Munster, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Fal mouth, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Chichester, the Coun tess of Chesterfield, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Vis count and Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Somerton, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Count de Courcy, Count Boudriaffsky, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lord and Lady Brougham, Lord Macdonald, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady Temple more and the Honourable Misses Chichester, Lord William Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lord Forester, Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Misses Copley, Lady Joddrell, Lady Foulis, the Hon. Mrs. Erskine, Lady Monson, Hon. G. Byng, Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. F. Petre, Sir G.' Wombwell, Bait, Sir H. Meux, Bart., Colonel Wildman, Colonel T. Wood, Colonel Bowers, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Rider Burton, Captain' Revnelts, Mr. Trelawney, M.P. and Miss Trelawney; Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P.; Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P.; Mrs. Packe Reding; Mr. E. St. John Mildmay, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, Sir Alexander Duff, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P.; Mr. Parnther, Major Baring, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.--- On Saturday night her Majesty's box was occupied by the Hon. Mr. and the Misses Pepys. There were also pre sent his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, the Dowa2.er Duchess of Cleveland ; the Marquis of Douglas and di, Princess Mary of Baden ; the Marquis of Titchfiehl, the Marchioness of Hastings, Earl of Granville, Coun tess Powlett, Viscount Neville, Lord and Lady Car rington, Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., Lord W. Lennox, Lord Gi( rald Fitzgerald, Lady Elizabeth Dawson Mr. , and Lady Georgiana Romilly, Colonel and the Ho Mrs. Fitz4ibban, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Hon. George Dillon, Lady Saltoun, Sir Henry Webb, Sir William de Bathe, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir Bellingham Graham, Lady Scott, Sir Arthur Aston, Sir John and Lady Cambell, Lady Macfarlane, Lady Molesworth, Si! Charles Douglas, Lady Rothschild, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Charles Ibbot son, Sir Charles Marshall, Lady Smith, Lady Butler, Miss Burdett Courts, W. Wilshire, Esq. M.P.; Henry , Baring, Esq. M.P.; General Wolfe, Colonel Blane, Co lonel Brownlow ,Knox, Colonel Williams, Colonel Bin.- grave, the Misses Byrne, Henry Greville, E-q. E- Delafield, Eaq.; H. Neal Reboul, Esq. P. M.istyn, Esq.; Mrs. Vilebois, Mrs. Beaumont C,,les, Captain de Bathe, Captain Lyttelt o n, C a ptain Carleton, Mrs. Bates, Miss Howard, , Mrs. Dennistoun, Mrs. Berm Martyn, &c. &c. DRURY-LANG THEATRE.—Mr. W. V. Wallace,y reus with whose delightful compositions every love e r xt, f and it is familiar, takes a benefit here on o .:Mon o d h ar is a matter of the highest com ve geodered plimyrha-rinto ha all the principal pro!, , ssors now i Lon him the aid of their al bizsk a ictiasnaiinwt will be played anniversary. oh His own charmin the occasion, w't original cas t of characters, and his concert, whafr follows it, will embody the names of Jenny Liitzpr, MadrshoesaDu,lcken, Madame Knispel, the Misses Pyne, Miss Herr Kuhl, the renowned Jules the Brothers Hellmesberger, Signor Shepanow - skr , , Schuluff, and many other names of the highest distrac tion. TUB NEW NOVEL, by the Author of " Tempta tion, or aliirife's Perils," entitled "Evelyn Harcourt," ie. an nounced for immediate appearance. We have no doubt it will fully sustain the well-earned reputation of the writer, who now acknowledges herself in the pe Mrs. Gas coigne. It has been justly observed the productions of this lady, that " they belong ,to "that estimable clans of novels, the aim of which is not merely that pleasant and piquant amusement_which results from presenting a vivid and striking ulatttfe of actual manners and society, but also to convey lessons of the deepest moral and practical im portance." The author writes chiefly for her own sex, and her productions forcibly remind us of the excellent works of Miss Edgeworth and Miss Austin. Like them, they are cal culated to refine and strengthen the morals and to amend the heart. Prince Osca r o f S we d en i s expec t e d soon to visit this country in the f r i g ate which he commands, told will probably be received by her Majesty on a visit. /% ~.u~~ t WEST INDIA MAIL. T)ißoyal mail steam-packet Tay, Richard Sharp com mander, and Lieutenant N. Percival, Admiralty agent, ar rived at Southampton at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, after an excellent passage of twenty-one. days from St. Thomas (calling at Bermuda), throughout which she expe rienced fine and favourable weather, with the exception of a heavy gale on the 4th and sth inst. She brings mails of the following dates :—St. Juan Nicaragua, March 25 ; Chagres, March 28 ; Carthagena, March 30 ; Tampico, 31st ; Santa Martha, April 1 ; Demerara, April 3; Vera Cruz, April 4; Trinidad, April 5; Grenada, April 6; Jamaica, April 7 and 13; Barbadoes, April 7; Havannah, April 10; Nassau and Guadaloupe, April 12; Dominique, April 13; Jacmel, April 15 ; Puerto Rico, April 17; St. Thomas, April 17 ; Bermuda, April 24. • The Tay brings 76 passengers ; amongst whom are Lord and Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. F. Ellis, from Havannah ; also part of the crew of the barque Chanticleer, lost on Crooked Island, on her voyage from Jamaica for Lon don, and Lieutenant Davis, R.N., late Admiralty agent of the Tweed, dangerously ill from injuries received on occasion of the wreck of that vessel. The following is a list of the chief cabin passengers in the Tay :—Mr. J. W. Judd, from Hayti ; Mr. Masquera, from Laguayra ; Dr. Sinclair, from Trinidad ; Dr. Quigley and Miss Birt, from Barbadoes ; Mrs. Melville and infant and servant, Mr. Aremendia, Mr. Cooke, Captain Watson, R.N., Mrs. Auld, Mr. Bahre , Mr. Ude, Mr. Henry, Mr. Antonio Carriaga, and Mrs. Stricken, from Vera Cruz ; Lord and Lady Howard de Walden and son and two servants, M essrs . Sands, May, Vinas, Jansen, Bouchard, and Mrs. Mac kisson and three children and servant, from Havannah ; Mr. J. Ramas and five .sons, and Captain Shan non , from Chagres; Captains Hen rique, Galois, Pelie, and Vabancourt, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, infant, and servant, Messrs. Henry, P. M. Toro, Gahan, RN., and P. Goldsmith, from St. Thomas's ; Messrs. Sparks, Cooper, and Auger, from Demerara ; Messrs. De Labenque, Bennett, and Clavaan, from Martinique ; and Messrs. Keneday and Brown, from. Bermuda. The Tay has a valuable freight, 500,000 dolls., and the same value in silver bars, both on merchants' accounts, none, however, on account of Mexican dividends ; 60 , 000 _dolls. gold and gold dust, 3,000 dolls. platina, 55 cases of cigars, the large number of 553 serons of cochineal, 200 sundry packages, 70 barrels of putatoes from Bermuda, and 126 live turtle. She left at Vera Cruz on the 4th of April her Majesty's brig Daring, steamer Hermes, frigate Alarm, steamer Vesuvius, French brig Mercure, 18; Pylades, 18; United States ships Ohio, 86; Raritan, 52; Potomac, 52; John Adams, 22; Albany, 22; St. Mary's, 22; Mississippi, 10; Princeton, 10 ; Spitfire, 3 ; Vixen, 3. At Havannah, April 10:—Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen ; French, Andromeda, 50, Admiral La Place ; Noyade, 32; La Rosetta, 24 ; La Perouse, 24; and Blonde, 20. Spanish, Soberano, 80 ; Christina, 50 ; and Juanita schooner. At Nassau, April 12 Her Majesty's ship 'Electra. Her Majesty's troop-ship Vengeance arrived at Bermuda on the 15th of April, with Colonel D. A. Cameron and the first battalion of the 42d Highlanders from Malta; and on the 24th, when the Tay sailed, her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance arrived with the reserve battalion of the above named regiment, to relieve the 20th Regiment going to Halifax. The Royal moil steam-packet Dee was at Halrannah, and left on the morning of the 10th for the Gulf. The Clyde was at St. Thomas, and left on the 17th for Jamaica, and is ex.. pected to be the next ship home. The Eagle was at St. Thomas, and the Reindeer at Grenada. The schooner Larne had arrived at Jamaica from La Guayra. The Tay spoke the Danish brig No. 35, and the barque Franklin, on the 4th of May, both outward bound; and the barque Bengal, on the 7th of May, 30 miles south-west of Scilly, also outward-bound. The West India files gives us no intelligence of importance. Jamaica papers continue to speak of the prospect of the next crop being greatly abundant, and that the present crops are nearly all got in. The weather appeared to be somewhat _ unsettled. Collections were continuing in favour of the Irish, and liberally responded to. The session of the Legislature of the Bermudas was opened on the 21st of April, by his Excellency Captain Charles Elliott in the usual speech. A:ter bearing testimony to the acts of his predecessor, he addressed himself particu larly to the subject of education and the means of promoting its extension ; stated his intention of submitting a plan for establishing a school for engineering and general attainment and the commencement of a mechanics' institution. He also directed attention to the necessity of stimulating emi gration from Europe; proposed to construct places of refuge ter boats and small vessels; and concluded by congratulat ing the House on the promising appearance of the crops. By this arrival we have news from Vera Cruz so late as the 4th of April, and a paper called the ..4merican Eagle, dated the 3d of April, being the first paper ever printed at Vera Cruz. Nothing of any great importance had occurred in ad dition to what has already appeared in the Times. About a third, the south, part of Vera Cruz is partially destroyed. The persons killed and wounded, during the bombardment of two days, were principally old men, women, and children amounting to about 400. The Americans account their loss at 17 killed and 32 wounded. An American force of 600 men will remain to garrison the city and castle of Vera Cruz and General Scott, with 14,000 men, 1,500 waggons, and a heavy train of artillery, were preparing to proceed to Jalapa and city of Mexico.' By accounts received at Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico • t 3 the Ist of April, when the surrender of Vera Cruz was known, we are informed that it was resolved to continue the war, and 3,000 men had received orders to march from Mexico, and 4,000 from San Luis Potosi. At the Puente Nationale, a very strong position on the road to Jalapa, and after leaving Jalapa, at La Hole, another equally strong po sition, some 6-pounders bad been mounted. There were only a few regular troops at these points, but about 2,000 Indian militia. General Canalizo had arrived at Jalapa to take the command. Santa Anna, who was again at the head of the Govern ment on the Ist of April as President, had demanded autho rity from Congress to raise a loan of 20,000,000 dolls. on any terms. When the Tay left Tampico on the 31st of March it was occupied by an American, force of 2,000 men, under com mand of Colonel Gates. The port is open for the shipment and importation of merchandise by foreign ships, subject to similar duties• as they would be in ports in the United States, with the additional duties named in relation to Vera Cruz. At Vera Cruz the shipping lay at Sacrificios, on account of the bombardment of the teem, the Amarirane bed lost about 27 sail, principally transports, from the effects of a strong norther. On the 27th and 28th of March the wrecks, strewed the coast for miles. The town and neighbourhood were occupied by about 15,000 troops, all of the most ragged description. Bills on England were at 9 per cent. premium. The advance of the army under General Scott were on their way to the city of Mexico, and would probably reach it by about the end of April ; it was expected that no resist ance would be offered, and the Americans would be allowed to enter and take quiet possession. General Taylor was ex pected to make a diversion on San Luis and Zacatecas during General Scott's advance. The American authorities had established a tariff at Vera Cruz, on provisions, of 5 per cent. ; wines, ale, cider, and porter, 15 per cent. ; 10 per cent. on all other importations ; 75 per cent. on spirits—all ad valorem ; and 4 cents. per lb. on raw cotton. Regulations had just been issued for the guidance of ships arriving, subjecting them to the same rules adopted in American ports. As it was, the Tay came and left at her own convenience, unmolested. We have received by this arrival a copy of an American newspaper already established at Vera Cruz, called the Ame rican Eagle. It 'consists of twelve columns, which are for the present almost exclusively occupted with the returns of killed and wounded, and the general orders of the new com mandant, General Scott. The crops of sugar in Havannah were generally plentiful, and of good quality. THE SIEGE OF OPORTO. OPORTO, May L.—The arrival of the steamer of the 29th from Lisbon has caused a strong sensation here, as all ac counts agree in stating that the Queen has finally accepted the conditions proposed by her allies, and that Colonel Wylde is about,tolvisit this place for the purpose of obtaining the sub mission of the Junta. I fear that Colonel Wylde will be dis appointed, as I believe the leaders of the insurrection feel, that though the terms of the agreement are as favourable as they could desire, they cannot, in common prudence, accept them without an adequate guarantee. England is acting with good faith, and in the most friendly manner for the Queen as well as with equity to the Junta; but what power has she over Donna Maria's future Cabinet? and how can she pre vent the destruction of the popular partisans one by one at convenient intervals? The Junta are, I hear, de termined, therefore, not to lay down their arms :un less they receive security for the future ; and that security, they say, consists in their being allowed to garrison with their troops Lisbon and Oporto.. Colonel Wvlde w:11 have to accede to these hard terms, wh ich I pre suine he is not prepared to do, or to find an equi valent — a matter of no slight difficulty. I observe , as indicative of the predetermined obstinacy of the Junta, that all the strong points of the lines have been recently faced with solid ma sonry, and I should not be surprised to see some of the leaders shutt ing themselves up in this city, reckless of con sequences, should things turn unfavourably against them. Aiid then comes the difficulty of dealing with the Realista officers, against whom the Queen has been relentless since 1834. They and their adherents are now with arms in their hands. Will her Majesty confirm their several grades and trust her crown and person to Povoas and Bernardino? In fact, I fear that the Lisbon diplomacy has been reckoning without its host. Treremos ! The blockading squadron have been called down to Lisbon to strenghthen the blockade of St. Übes. The bar is now clear, and all the outward-bound ships in the Douro are taking advantage of it. • The joint circulation of paper and coin ceases here to- day, and in future all payments must be made in hard cash. The Junta have authorised the issue of 200 contos in debentures, but they have not yet constituted them a legal tender. The ßritish merchants are determined to tr ansact business '• in 1 half paper, half c,sh," in accordance with the decrees of th e Lisbon Government. and e a g s gives e occupiegreats annoyance til e lef t bank to the of ioi t ii ii h ne r e e i a t d D i t s oa h o wx u n m r o o t e fi r i n 3 c , e os h r a l r .v n e t p L s re. a b r m ): Ti n g ph o: e t: j p u er n n t l a ir a t i l i n o g w th s tehier freew n' transit,e-boa ts l t de o vui c y. . , t to Ablextr'er.—idTohuet t o le f te tb n e tio ex n p o o f r the Falcon steamer allows me to add a few lines to m y former letter. I have just received authentic intelligence from the camp of Marshal Saldanha. An extraordinary delusion seems to prevail there, as the Marshal and his officers imagine that the whole affair is at an end— that the absolutelyJidvuetniht a ya tt h aic a fkr v teo e hspse n e dlya o c et ah. ref u sel e t e Tf r r o n ht naoe They i ide v aor e s s osae b nr u dat t nta hr t ae o ar tmt l 04 a e , 3, 0d0 , 0i dnouot occupy y e t_ g n Een t i v h t ia S p aniard s e os i he i r a Nv r i m l l have s po—saint and that Colonel Wylde's mission is to be confined to a pe remptory summons to the Oporto insurgents to submit with out reserve, and in which case only the Spaniards are not to act against them. In all this Saldanha forgets that the Junta troops are much stronger than his, and that the na tional feeling is so d ec id e d aga i nst S pain that i t i s ce r ta i n t h e whole population will rise against an invading force. Colonel Wylde was hourly expected at the Marshal's head-quarters. I can only confirm the statements I have already made as to the feeling of the Junta here. They are determined to resist, and, if Colonel Wylde confines his mission to a sum- Mons of surrender, it will be indignantly repelled. The in surgents are prepared to listen to a medietion, and to accept the terms which have been agreed to by the Queen, but they are resolved to do so only under a proper guarantee, and the great difficulty Colonel Wylde will have to meet, should he be willing to negotiate, must arise from that determination. The Realistas in arms and-the patulea will compel the Junta to hold, their defensive position, even if some of the leaders who are suspected of a desire to submit should ac ce pt th e t erms offered by the Queen. , Marshal Saldanha has granted permission for several wine boats detained about Regoa to land their cargoes at that place, under condition that the empty boats be then returned to the left side of the river. I forget to mention that Senhor Alipo da Silveira Pinto has been elected Judge Conservator of Oporto. The blockading squadron are again off the bar.—Times. r ~ ~~. .i