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WELLINGTON SURTOUT. hav ino ,CAUTlON.—The great. success of the Wellington Surtout proce Win gs have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, 'voY , in a mat er i a l d erogatory t o its reputation, all persons are , ro warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether Top s y male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE direct 2• ° 9 l S. whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a I,l„,..._,Tingement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be -- i' v '!_ y Y an action at law. Da:Utenlilvrtee genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arias, with a indicative ef the size also the name and address of the POUGERE , 6, CONDUIT - STREET, REGENT 6Timitate f l l tat and 11, POULTRY ' near the Mansion-House, LONDON, vvhich is felony. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER : At th e TAINMENTS. MUSIC-lIALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. s o - Ol MONDAY EVENDIG, May 3, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WEL '. 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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 axed 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. H. WHAT, Manager. April 7, 1847. FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 11, WATERLOO. PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Business transacted in ail the branches and for all objects of Life Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and to secure contingent Reversions, &c. Loans granted, Information and Prospectusc.s furnished by JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c. — Mr. SMART continues to receive persons of any age for in atruction in the above branches. Lessons, at the convenience of t h e im_ 'Dili one hour each. Separate rooms for Ladies, in which depart .ent 'l f preferred) Mrs. Smart will attend. No classes no extras. 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CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go ,,.ratnents, the Honourable East India Company, the principal it s" ii ° , ,ek Companies. most public bAles, and by the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. The Anti ziorrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out _"r Paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description of iron, woed, stone, brick, compo, cement, Sec., work, as has been Proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by the nu 'barons testimonials (between 300 and 400) in its favour, and which, ei'olll the rank and station in society of those who have given them, have, perhaps, never yet been equalled by anything of the kind hitherto brought before the public notice. Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, will be forwarded on application to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, back of the Bank of England. No agents. TO LADIES. ROWLA.ND'§ ---- k AL Y DOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and •Discolourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and. In cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re -11 milling properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the trhicipal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and sentry of all civilised nations. *** Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing nfineral as " 4_, mgents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re tent action, action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine kas Words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. '.uWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire " the lion. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on • Price 4s. 6d. ant 85. 6d. per bottle. by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfnmers. SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Tha thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty te r , Article have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only tr enact which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or bi e t l: hair, whiskers, raonstaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, euca"out trouble (by simply conalaing it through the hair), and pro by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it tiTebe incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy Pliev, air ) 7 their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap the that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing 1 ) ".i ) G o o tl hl till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s e t b f , ktre e t , s und of the ?roprietors, 29, Nottingham-Place, Fieldgate - I ,, altechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn ttr,W,,'utler. 4, Cheap de ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 130, Oxford street: j l inolity, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bpd kn. I.loo),R it m Of the 43, King Brilliam-street, London bridge ; Finntgin, Perk:reek ath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of rnos ie u r, e to ask ley Dart rg and 'Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to Ikingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. for Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. ProPriathr's address is on the wrapper. - - DR. CULYERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and pocket LONG LIFE. Yolumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. Gd. each. Ii O W i 0 BE HAPPY. •Juctlnde VlYere."—Cie. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOh I ). (With Diet-tables for all Complaint:.) 3. MARRIAdE and its MYSTERIES. T°....be, or not to be, that is the qucstion."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSION'S—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. -- ' , ~ ut v a ens. 'ax le Dublication a are" free Cura from empyrical mysticism, and a re ftd red to the intelligence of the times. ..14,jui:oliadr, the ''all ''' I 17 . ;' • . --J., : . ~ .! a : wi : f ,e sherw ood , 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, . 1 9, Corn is exclusively devoted to home coniul in t 170..yornIngs till Three, and in the ETihinga fror4 Seven tili x e° "x gre - Plice, Regent-street. Flo ur 86 0 'te a off er prl cea 10d tO ed nen' 1 , .hurcmo ; jack - I sem i ' t itet g court's at th e -four (there OS .- m 'Dos' rte, , arke t " ted 91 Of 0 6 10 A J 0 re but ac 0 est, minarramor• No. 17,039. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SIT Ny APRIL 29, 1847. _____ NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, coRmuLL, LONDON. Capital 500,000/. 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 cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch °dice in connexion with tho.a gocietles and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successfully en gaged, a Commi' 'se has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually d'sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been aroposed 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 these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, whicl. 'should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the •*.annel through which a benefit can alone he secared ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility 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 Cu annuity fund in one and the sell-same payment, that much o f th e evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Ilei:efit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - ress-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 sick 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 out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a 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 number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract , that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united 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 if 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 if that plan has flumished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other pal tof the plan itself, without being fully sa.isfled that the convcn'ence and safety of Friendly and Venefit Societies will be 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 wills 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 pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, tile option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1971. 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 221.175.3 d.; or on payment of 6/. 14s. ad. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. I id., the same as or age 20. Example.-1. person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 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 11. fas., or quarterly payment of 7a., or monthly payment of 2s. 21., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, M. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 1731. 1 ls. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 26.--The provincial accounts. :show that typhus fever is still increasing, whilst it is generally admitted there is less of extreme destitution. A malig nant fever has invari a bly b een t h e atten d a nt of , or even of general scarcity of food in Ireland.. The public bad recei ve d d ue warn i ng long since in the able pamphlet o f D r . Corrigan, who pointe d out the necessity of timely exertion in the way of as oratory regulations, increased hospital accommodation, and. iiffec tive arrangements in the supply of wholesome f; )od, as the sure means of checking such a pestilence. B at, not withstanding, the visitation has been allowed tot ako the country by surprise, and little disposition is ei ren now evinced to afford efficient local co-operation to tile. Go vernment and the Board of Health. Comm . OF GALW AY. —L OUGIIR EA.—We :tl 4 ) in formed that at present there are 250 fever patients in the hospital of the workhouse, and that during the List week no fewer than thirty-two deaths have occurred. %within that establishment. of this port), chartered by the British Association for the relief of the Irish poor. Her cargo consists of whole wheaten meal, Indian meal, pork, beef, and cheese-.. all of which have been placed in the Government stores, being transferred by the British Association to the Go vernment, to be by them sold at market prices. —Gal way Vindicator. Coax, APRIL, 24 .—Supplies of grain to our market from the farmers continue most scanty. The advance and excitement in the leading English markets has im parted a decidedly firmer and healthier feeling to ours, and stll descriptions met free sale at improved prices. Wheat advanced ls. to 2s. on the week. In Indian corn we have had a considerable trade, and an advance of ss. per ton has been fully established within the last few days. For Indian meal a great demand continues for the interior at a similar advancement. LOUGIIREA, Aram 22.—The supply of corn to-day was large, but prices were on the advance. Good seed oats brought from 235. to 255. per brl. Potatoes, of which there was a large market, were also on the rise, being from ls. 2d. to ls. 6d. per stone. G ri a v r e r r y y ow es e t n erd p a a 3 s .. sed o t n en e sailL iosfiEshaiipcsx(,neAwrilamrriv2a4ls. is an American bar que , ano th er a spanish schooner, th e Tin Th our e rick Exami ner . greater part, if not the entire, laden with food.—Lime _ - .... SLIGO, APRIL 24 .—Typhus fever is by no m.eans on the decrease; on the contrary, it is growing worse every day. It has spread from the environs of the town — where the poor live—into our leading streets, a: ad there is not a leading street in Sligo free from it. As the warm weather approaches we fear the pestilence will be come more prevalent. Unfortunately there is nor account kept by any of our parish officers of the 'limber of deaths which occur, but we know that funerals are now nfeq more general th an ever we remem b ere d them, and they have ceased t o create any surprise or aston i s h m ent. CLONMEL WORKHOUS E . —• Is ,co w-knee of the alarming in crease o f s i ckness i nweorkhottsft"of this union, the guardians found it neceasary, at their meeting on Thursday, to appoint an assistant physician. COUNTY OF WEXFORD.--ENNISCORTHY woßreatousE. —Fever is making dreadful ravages in the Enniscorthy Workhouse. Fifteen deaths occurred on last Wednes day, and seventeen on Thursday. Mr. Kennedy, the clerk, and his wife, are both labouring severely under the disease—Mr. Kennedy so severely that slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. INFLUX OF PAUPERS FROM ENGLAND.--A /meeting of the officers of health, magistrates, and other local functionaries of the city of Cork was held on Tuesda) last, the Mayor presiding. Dr. LYONS recommended a prompt and liberal sub scription. It was a matter of life or death, and all should exert themselves. Paupers wer e no t on l y pour ing in from all parts of the country, but the city was infested by land and water. Last week a great num ber were brought over from Wales and parts of Eng land, and when the Vagrant Act would be put into operation they would have them sent over here in thou bands. After some discussion, Dr. LYONS proposed the following resolution : " That the mayor, churchwardens, and officers of the Board of Health be requested to continue a stair of able bodied, and, if possible, well-disciplined men, to be placed at the principal entrances of the city to prevent the further influx of country paupers." Captain BROUGHTON (the Government Inspector) said it would be absolutely necessary to have some house at the bounds of the city to give them a lodging for the night, and some food when they approached the city, and then to make them return home. The crea tures coming iu from the country were generally in the last state, and unless something that way was done they would die. The resolution of Dr. Lyons was ultimately adopted. Mr. LLOYD proposed—" That instructions be given to the meeting to confer with the committee of the Fever Hospital that the Cork Fever Hospital b e i n f uture supported from the rates of the union, as a ward of the workhouse." Alderman T. LYONS seconded the resolution, which was carried. Alderman T. ThroNs then proposed the following re solution:—" That the mayor be requested to i ssue a proclamation under the provisions of the Act 59th George 111., for the exclusion of infected persons, &c., out of the city of Cork, to prevent contagion." The resolution, being seconded by Mr. COOAN, was adopted. The meeting then adjourned. SHOCKING MURDERS IN NORTH - TIPCERARY.—A letter from a correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post, dated Nenagh, April 25, says :—" I regret to inform you that on Friday night last a barbarous murder was committed in the barony of Lower Ormond, in this county. A respectable man, of the name of Liddell, who had been steward to Mr. Synge, was shot dead at his house in the village:of Terryglass. This unfortunate man bore an excellent character, and as yet the cause of the bloody deed has not transpired." The Tipperary Constitution says --" A poor man, named Patrick Louergan, was brutally murdered on Sa turday night, near his own door, at Killeagh, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, by two men, who robbed him of a hundred weight of meal, which he had pur chased in this town." LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in theAnnnal Divlsle* of Profits, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. THE LATE T. B. MARTIN, ESQ,., M.P., AND DEATH or Miss MARTIN.—A communication was received in town this evening from Ballinahincla, announcing the death of Miss Martin, the daughter and heiress of the late representative for Galway, under the most distres sing circumstances ; indeed, it is said that on hearing of the death of her beloved parent she swallowed poison and instantly expired. The estate of Mr. Martin was, in regard to extent, a principality. It extended from the bridge of Galway in a tolerably straight line of sixty miles, by about thirty in breadth. The length of his avenue has often been the subject of dispute. From the gate house on the high road to his house is upwards of twenty-one miles in length, and his tenantry number about 10,000 souls ; still Mr. Martin was not a wealthy man. The property is heavily encumbered ; but a couple of year s ago , when money was easily procurable on good security, Sir Matthew Barrington negotiated loans on moderate interest, amounting to about 250,0001., by which Mr. Martin was to have paid off the incumbrances on the estate, and in many instances save some four or five per cent. interest. By this death it is presumed the lenders are relieved from their contracts, doubtless to their very great satisfaction. HORRIBLE MURDER BY A BROTHER AND HIS WIFE, — On Wednesday last an inquest was held at Killavullen, in the county of Cork, on the body of William Sheehan, of Castleinafoer, who had been missing for five weeks previously. The body was found in the river Black water, by a fisherman. It appeared in evidence that William Sheehan had placed a horse of his brother's in pound, and on the day after the murder it was to be sold. Denis Sheehan, the accused, sent a friendly mes sage to the deceased, to come to his house, which he I did ; and the servant-woman of the accused deposed I that after he came in the female prisoner sent her out to drive the cow to the stubble field. As she was re turning Mrs. Sheehan desired her to go back and stop with the cow till she called her in. When re-admitted she observed the fire place very dirty, and also slops about the bed on which the deceased was lying when she was sent out. The deceased was never seen alive afterwards, and when the neighbours inquired for him, his brother and sister-in-law said lie had gone off and enlisted. The deceased had sold his interest in his farm to his brother Denis for 501., which it appears is still due. There was a strong prima facie case made out against the prisoners. Dr. Tuckey deposed that he made a post inorte:n examination of the body, which was in au advanced state of decomposition. The front part of the scalp was bare to the bone. The skull was frac tured. The brain was quite putrid, but entire. Was of opinion that the injuries were produced by a blunt instrument before the body was thrown into the water. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Denis Sheehan and Kitty Sheehan his wife. MURDER.—A poor old man, named Patrick Lonergan, was brutally murdered on Saturday night, near his own door at Killea u h, in the neighbourhood of Now Castle, by two men, who robbed him of a hundred weight of meal, whieh ho had purchased in this town. Surgeon Sweeoy, who made a postmortem examination of the body, stated that his death was caused by the pressure of blood on the brain, from the vessels ruptured by the blows given the unfortunate deceased.— Tipperary Constitution. DEATH OF THE BOHAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CLON FERT.—We have to announce to-day the death of another member of the hierarchy of Ireland —the Right Rev. Thomas Coen, Bishop of Clonfert, in the archiepiscopal province of Connaught. , --Pilet. DESTRUCTION OF FOOD.—The Pilot says —We most willingly publish the following co mmunication. We do not believe the k fact; but we Lav e h eard it stated many times, ad thin it our duty thus publicly to repeat it:— " To the Commissioners of the Ballast Board and Metro politan Police. " Gentlemen,—lt having cost the city and trade of Dublin immense sums of money to clear the bar of our port and deepen the river, I beg to direct your attention to the universal report through the city that large quan tities of corn hare been removed from the Custom -house stores after midnight, and thrown int o t h e Liffey. I have observed in the papers that upvvard s of six hundred men were working in these stores. Was this their em ployment? Surely, if too bad for human food, it might have answered the unfortunate swine and dogs, wtich feel the famine sorely. ex But If too bad f or t h at purpose, it would have made t manure for th© sma ll potato holdings. A similar mode of export was adopted in 1817, and the parties' names are . familiar to us. It is your duty to hold a public investigation, and should such bo the to levy penalties from the parties for the new em fact, 1 anent afforded . to the ballast dredges, and give the p 1)3 public an opportunity of handing their names to poste rity a l on g with the black lists of 1800 an d 1817, which should be engraved on tables of brass, and placed on the gates of every poor-house in the country.—l am, Gen donee, your obedient servant, Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of 1121.55. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON cAitnoux, secretary. " R °'B, Westland-row, April 26, 1847. W. " J. LI.EYLE . REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting o f t h e T. S. Butler, E sq ., Association was held this day ; M.P. O ,in the chair. Mr. John 'Connell submitted to the meeting au abstract of returns, as yet received by the Conamittee of the Association, of the deaths by famine. The rent for the week was announced to be 241. 16s. 3d. GALWAY.—The beautiful iron steamer, tho Queen (Captain Williams, commander), the property of James Hartley, Esq., of Datilm, and lately on the Southarunton station, arrived at our docks on Thursday evening last (being the first merchant one that ever entered the docks - ( •••' I#ll/2 114 41 _ A N ,. • f•i -• \ •-- 1 1,1 - V 6 , A - DROIT• \ ' . . PRICE SD. • gelation of the society, as required by the Charter, four vacancies in the council will be declared annually, and • four new members elected to fill them. The reserved fund now amounts to the sum of 2,195!. 16s. 4d. With the view of increasing this fund more rapidly, for the purpose of obtaining a gallery and as sisting in carrying out efficiently the great objects of the society, it is proposed that a reserve of 2i per cent. of the amount of each annual subscription (or 61 in the pound), shall be made. The council consider this fund to be of the greatest importance to the permanent prosperity of the associa tion, and they invite all who think with them, and are members of the assoc i at i on on other than selfish' motives, to pay their subscriptions early in the year, by which means a considerable addition in the shape of interest would be made to it annually, without any personal sacrifice. With this same end in view, and at the suggestion of subscribers who objected to the trouble of an annual payment, it is proposed to receive subscriptions in advance; and it is resolved that " each member who pays for ten or more years, shall receive one of the society's medals in silver, at the time of payment, in addition to the advantage to which he may be annually entitled." In the event of the death of a member so subscribing, the amount will merge in the funds of the society. The following is a statement of the receipts and dis— bursements:— The cost of 9btaining the 'barter was 4071. 17a., but as this is in expenditure made for the advantage of future, as well as present members, the council propose to charge the present year's subscription with a portion of it only, and to charge the four succeeding years in like manner. £ s. d. Expenses as per general account 2,491 1 7 Two-and-a-Half per Cent. carried to 1 Reserved Fund 446 15 6 Sum allotted for statuettes in bronze, porcelaine, cast-iron, and plaster, also 1,090 0 0 medals and lithographs Estimated amount for engraving, paper, 1 1,813 2 11 &c., of prints Ditto, ditto, outlines 1,300 0 0 Set apart for expenditure by prinholders 10,730 0 0 17,871 0 0 The accounts have been examined and found correct by three members of the Finance Committee, and by two gentl emen f rom the body of subscribers, v iz, James Stewart, Esq., one of the Secretaries of the Bank of England, and J. Smith, Esq., of the Consul's-office, to whom the thanks of the council are due. The amount set apart, according to this statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 10,7304 will be thus allotted : at 30 works at 10 3OO 40 works at 15 . 6OO 36 works at 20 36 works at 25 28 works at 30 28 works at 40 20 works at 50 15 works at 60 12 works at 70 12 works at 80 6 works at 100 600 5 works at 150 3 works at 200 2 works at 300 273 10,730 To these are to be added .twenty bronzes of " Iris Ascending," fifty statuettes of " Innocence," thirty casts in iron of "Thalia," and 273 lithographs of "La Fleur's Departure," and thirty silver medals commemo rative of Flaxman. Mr. Marshall's group " The First Whisper of Love," commissioned by the council for a prizeholder of 184 5 , having proved very satisfactory, the cou ncil thought it desirable t o p re p are t hi rty casts of it in plaster, and these will also be included in the distribution to-day, making in the whole 706 works of art. The total sum thus appropriated, including the cost of outlines and engravings, is 14,9331. 2s. 11d. To shorten the time occupied in the distribution, a similar course to that adopted last year is proposed. The bronzes will be allotted to the first twenty names drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribu tion ; the casts of " The First Whisper of Love" will bo allotted to the next thirty names, similarly drawn, the casts in iron of " Thalia," to the next thirty names similarly drawn ; the statuettes of " Innocence" to the next fifty names ; the medals to the following thirty ; and each subscriber whose name is found to stand in the subscription -list next after each of the prizeholders in the general distribution, will be entitled to receive a lithograph. Notice of the latter will be sent in the course of two days. The other prizeholders will receive intimation of the result by to-night's post. The desire felt by the council to have such a selection made by the prizeholders as may confer credit on the association, and aid in properly carrying out its real purpose, has been constantly expressed by them. Now, however, and always they would repeat it, urging prize holders to consider the Art-Union an instrument for the encouragement and diffusion of art, and not a company for securing personal advantages to the subscribers. The Council invite them most seriously to consider well before making their selection, and in the event of a want of an acquaintance with art, to seek the assistance of qualified friends. - The desirability of confining the right of selection to the Council has recently been mooted. Your Council would greatly deplore such a change, and, furthermore, would consider it their duty to oppose it by every means in their power, as being calculated not merely to lessen the good effects of the Association, but ultimately to destroy it altogether, and to do great injury to art and artists. The council aro con firmed by experience in the opinion already expressed by them on other occasions, that by placing the selection in the hands of the prizeholders themselves, much good is done. Great additional interest in the subject is excited, personal inquiry and examination are induced, compari son between works is instituted, and knowledge ob tained. In this way, too, all classes of art-works find a market; whereas were the selections all made by the same five or six individuals, a bias would exist even with the best intentions towards works of some particular character and style, to say nothing of the possibility of personal favouritism, and thus injury would be done to other classes of art. It should be remembered, too, in discussing this question fully, which cannot be attempted here, under the present arrangements a large sum is an nually added by the prizeholders to the amount expended by the Art-Union on works of art, which could not be the case if the pictures were selected by a committee. Moreover, allowing the prizeholders to select is so much more popular than the contrary course would be, that the change could not fail to lessen the number of sub scribers most materially, thus interfering with one great object of the society, that of interesting the masses in matters of art, and affording them the means of enjoying them. To familiarise the people at large with the best pro ductions of art is the first step towards ensuring such a progress in the arts as may be called national. Until now, large numbers of even the educated public have been ignorant of the best characteristics of art, and un able fully to enjoy the intellectual pleasures it offers. When a people sympathise in art, find enjoyment in it, and feel it to be an indispensable need, they will become their own educators ; but not till then, and then only, may artists be expected to achieve great things. " The arts," as a recent American writer remarks, "are no luxury, no mere ornament and stimulus to a civic and complicated existence, as the worldling and the ascetic alike delight in representing them to be, but the herbarium in which are preserved the fairest flowers of man's existence ; the magic mirror, by whose aid all its phases are interpreted, the circle into which the various spirits of the elements may be invoked, and made to reveal the secret they elsewhere manifest only in large revolutions of time ; and what philosophy with careful steps and anxious ear has long sought in vain, is often times revealed at once by a flash from this torch." A true education in art has been defined to consist in a lively susceptibility of the emotion of beauty, and in a fixed determination of the principle of taste towards that which is beautiful, analogous to that of the reason to wards truth and reality,---rather than in acquaintance with works of art, or even accurate perception of the beauties of any particular work. The perception of truth, and harmony, and beauty, where obscure and disguised, is one of the distinctions of genius. To make these visible to all is one of its powers. Art should form a part of general education, and will do so, it may be hoped, before long. It may be made to assist in education most materially. If, as desired by the ancients, none but beautiful forms were permitted in the assemblies of the young ; if noble and holy actions gracefully set forth everywhere met the - eye ; and our rooms were hung with fine thoughts instead of unmean ing patterns—the effect on the national mind would be much greater than would be believed by those who have not fully considered the subject. Art shows us man as he can by no other means be made known • art gives us " nobler lov es an d nobler cares"—furnishing objects, by the contemplation of which we are taught and exalted—and so are ultimatel y led to seek Beauty i n it s hi g h est form, which is— Goodness. Your Council ter m i na t e t h e i r report by again urgin g the prizeholders eo to exercise their rig ht of sel ect i on, as to furnish a n a ddi t i onal argument in support of their views on this subject. 'GEORGE GODWIN, LEWIS POCOCK. 119 n. Secs. _...............1•••••... L ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Cu RE OP A LIVER COMPLAINT or Loxo STANDING BY liottowAy's Pmts. —James Holmes, of Temple-street, Bristol, had the liver complaint more than - three years ; he Was In Bath Hospital several months, but came out in a weaker state than When he went in. Afterwards at Swansea he re ceived the best attention of the medical men at two institutions, b ut . derived no benefit. Being unable to do sallicient work to keep h im he returned to his friends at Bristol, and commenced the use o f to p Holloway's Pills, Which in three months restored him a mason. health, He is now working constantly at his trade as Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's 244, Strand, London. Monday on Establishment, THE ELGIN RIOTSO--At a jury cour t,_ . guilty to a week, John Lawrence, butcher in Elgin , ple d charge of rioting, on the 26th Janu s ry last, tenced by Sheriff Cameron, a ft er a ti 418 0! admonition,d,f a S E : - sixty days' imprisonment —interne33 C ou rier. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense 'or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation. to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 0.: o 'l Bonus Bonus in g Assured m Tremin m. added. Cash. "g-0 = o may 5 e° Borrow. g. . 0 1837 .017 15 I'XlO9 011 XIG 0 X 445 0 0 s. d. 1838, 102 30 1 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 60 1000 3 4 1839; 165 11 10: 74 1 9 11 3 1- 34 2 3 18401 116 7 6 54 010 718 101 296 13 4 18411 111 6 8; 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 b The division of profits Is annual, and the next will be made in occember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 59, King William-street. Established 1843, Capital 3Q0,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1843.. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages •f both the mutual and proprietary syStems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable t• Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the Mikes as above, or to any of the Agents throu4hout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. TU/LLE WARDROP, Secretary. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor sof Comparative Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, aad Saturday, at Half-past Three o'clock. LECTURES on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed In its production, by Dr. Bachhoffner. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S lIYDRO-ELI,CTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &e. EXPERI MENTS with Divzu, awl Admission Is. Schools, half-price. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d. or poet paid, to any address, for 38. 6d. in Postage tamps direct from the Author's residence. ‘1 ELF- PRESERVATION • A Medical Treatise ►.J on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Rluerated 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 othar diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer; Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ike., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance. and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and rhysiology of the Generativ , Organs, their tnnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Ilahits; their various effects on tin Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function. of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tin Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On the Disorder?' arising from indiscnminate Excess, Gonnorhoea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. Ezytzwe Of TUZ WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied ate it cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr ltment of the various disorders arising from the follies an I frailtiee of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mu' act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Kent and Richard,:, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street Stacie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; ()onion, 145 Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 11, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. rcrn Yire !!!? T•r., r" l'ror. love tail jagot ; and ti.d tie of jr for advice, &c.-9 BEDIOIW-STIMET BEDFORD sq LO.ISDONJ EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 28, 1847. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will be *HUT on THURSDAY, the 3d June, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 15th July ; and That the WARRANTS far the DIVIDENDS en the said Stock, payable on the 6th July, 1840, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., cap 85, will be ready to be delivered on that ay. JA ES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 28, 1847. T HE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do herelv give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENET:AL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C, MELVILL, Secretary. CONTRACTS for COCOA, TOBACCO, PEAS, AND OATS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, April 26, 1847. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 6th May next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con trittit for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned Articles, via.:— Whan to be delivered. T. ns Half in Three Weeks, and the re- C. oo a ••••••••-• • • • • .. .. 100 minder in Three Weeks afterwards. Tobacco (Virginia) • • 151 Half of each in a Fortnight, and the Quarters remainder in a Fortnight after- Peas •• •• . • •.. 500 wards. Oats (Scotch Potatoe) .. 500 Within Ten days. The Cocoa and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs Duties. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21hs.), and of the Peas and Oats (not less than 2 quarts of each), must be produced by the Parties tendering, and a Sample of the Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset place, and those for Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. per Cent. on the value for the due performance of the contract. riATIIONAL BANK of IRELAND. Notice is hereby given, that the TWELFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the National Bank of Ireland, will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at the office of the Society, No. 13, Old Broad-street, London, when, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, t reo of the present Directors are to go out of office, which will create three vacancies in the office of Director to be flied up, and when the one present vacancy in that office may also (if the Proprie tors think lit) be swesplied. And further notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not being a Director) intending to become a candidate, or to propose 1 some other Proprietor as a candidate, for the office of Director, must, at least fourteen days before the day on which the Annual General Meeting is to be held, signify, by some writing under his or her hand, to be left at the office of the Society, in Old Broad-street,London, either his intention to become a candidate, or the name and place of abode of the candidate Intended to be proposed by him or her ; but the three Directors going out of office by rotation are immediately re-eligible, and are to be considered as candidates without giving no tice of their intention. -- By order of the Court of Directors, N. S. KING, Secretary. 13, Old Broad-street, London, April 28, 1847. N.B. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. The EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS and FRUIT will be held on WEDNESDAYS, May 12, June 9, and July 7. 'rickets may be obtained by orders from Fellows or Members. Price, on or before May I, 4a. each. The Office closes at Six o'clock. PROMENADES every Wednesday in May, June, and July, except the Exhibition Days. THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY. The Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS of LOANS on MORTGAGE or DEBEN TURE BONDS, bearing INTEREST at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM, payable Half-yearly, for such sums and such terms of years as may be agreed upon. Applications to he addressed to the Secretary, at the Company's office, No. 5, South-paraie, Leeds. By order, Leeds, April 28, 18 i 7 S. SMILES, Secretary. ROYAL ACADEMY.-EXCLUDED PICTURES.—Works of Art, which may be excluded for want of space by the Royal Academy, or which may not have been finished in time, will he received for Exhibition at the Royal Ade laide Institute, Adelaide Gallery, Strand, according to the reguls• tions of the Council, which may be had on application to the Secre tary ; as also a prospectus containing the names of the gentlemen who have consented to art as a Committee of Management. Works to he exhibited must be sent on or before SATURDAY, the Bth of May. The Exhibition to commence on Moanev, May 17th. THOMAS HARRINGTON WILSON, Sec. Royal Adelaide Gallery, 'Strand. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Amur, 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done hi railway stock to-day was not large, and prices were the same as yesterday. Large quantities of stock are in the market of the following concerns :—London and North-Western, Midland Stock, Bit% mingham and Oxford, North Staffordshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Eastern Counties. The sales are—Birmingham and Oxford, 8 p.—Eastern Counties, 18 1 / 42 —East Lancashire, New, 11/4 dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), Is. 3d. dis.—East Lin colnshire, p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17% —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 12%—Leeds and lhirsk, 5 % dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 3 A p.—London and North-Western, 170%—Ditto, Quarters, New, 9% p. —London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 5 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), % p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % p.—Manchester, Matlock, and Midland, % dis.— Manchester and Southampton, 1 ,1 % dis.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2% dis.—Midland Stock, 115—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 3 p.—Ditto, New, 18s. 9d. p.—North British, Quarters, % p.—North Staffordshire, 1% p.—Preston i r t , t a , n dG N0. 00 4 1e , , Thirds, r d d i s, s r 3 k d. an d anti Wyre, Halve s (11), p.—Sh rews b ur y and Birmingham (B), dis. ex int.—S ou th-E astern, 3 6 w—Ditto, No. 1, r) l on p c .— ast D e od N is"— ete u as th tl Y e, "kshire Prefer ence, p. E - xcH M AN A G N F. C . IT T E h S e TE sa I I t es , Ar are tt un 2B be . SToctc rgate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1% c.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, 7 3 4 c.—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, 1% —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1% — Manchester, Buxton. Matlock, and Midland, 1 2 —Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares ( late Extension), p —Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), c.—Manchester and South ampton, 265. 3d. dis.—North • Staffordshire, 9-16—Oldham Alliance, 4—South-Eastern and Dover, 36—Ditto, No. 4, 1-16—SouthYorkshire, Doncaster, &c., 11-16. LEEDS, Apart 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 255. dis.—East Lancashire. New, 1 1 4 dis. —Ditto, New Scrip, is. dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 20s. dis.—Great Northern, 1% n. dis. —Leeds and Dewsbury, par—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, ss. 6d.—Leeds, Wake field, and Midland, 225. dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast, Fifteenths, 2s. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Exten sions), 6s. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 6s. n. p.—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 7s. 6d. dis.—Mid land, Preference, 1% c. p.— Newcastle and Berwick, New, 31s. 3d. p.—North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 12s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 7s. p.—North Stafford shire, 28s. p.—Northern Counties Union, 2% n. dis.—North- Western, 2 n. dis. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 2% p. —York and North Midland, Preference, 8 p. "TULL, APRIL 28. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, Halves, Ditto, Extension (scrip), ss. 9d. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 48s. 6d. —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 225. 6d.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1 1 / 9 p.—West Riding Union, 41/i. SHEFFIELD, Arttn.2B. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 1 1 ,! p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 2% p.—(Grimsby and Sheffield), 12/. 10s. Shares, 14 dis.— Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3% 8 dis.—North British, Ex tension (scrip), Os. p.—North Staffordshire, 1,6 p.—West Riding Union, EDINBURGH, APRIL 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Aberdeen, 26/. 7s. 6d. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 15E4-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 19s. 6d. - Caledonian, 251.-Ditto, New, 11. 17s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 37/. 10s.- Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 7s. 6d. -Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 301. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 135.- Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. IN.-Dundee and Perth, 37L-Ditto, New, 18/. 10s. -East of Fife 2/. lOs - East Lothi an C entra l, 21. la. - Edinburgh and Dalbgate, .71. ls.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 701: 10s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 18/. 17s. 6d. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s. ex div.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 191.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. 58.-Ditto. New, 2/. Ms.-Ditto, Quarters, I ls.-Edinburgh auu liortnern, icew, at. Oe . ou.- Ditto, Newport, 7/.-Ditto, ditto New, 1/. 165.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 1/. 18s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 125.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 581.-Ditto, New Stock, 36/. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 91. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 7s. 6d. -Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 15s -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, 51.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 105.-Ditto, Halves, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 81.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 51.--Great North of Scotland, 2/. 95.- Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 21. 125.-Ditto (late London and York) 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 251. 10s.- North British, 30/. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 141. 15s. -Ditto, Quarters, 4/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, New (scrip), 11.- Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 155.-Scot tish Central, 24/. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.- Scottish Midland, 201. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 101.-Ditto, New, 1/. Is. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness. 49/. 10s.-York and Newcastle, 321.-Ditto, nw, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 7/.-Direct Bombay ara Madras, 35.-East Indian, 3s. -Great North of India, 33.-Great Southern of Madras, 25.- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, APRIL 27. STOCK EXCILANGE.-rhe sales are-Aberdeen, 26%-Ayr and Galloway, 408.-Caledonian, 24 1 4-Ditto, New, 378.- Clydesdale Junction, Pa-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. -East Lothian Centstl, 408 .-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 385.-Ditto, }Wes, 125.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 57 3 4-Ditto, delves, No. 2, 6%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51.-Gnat Southern of Madras, Is. 6d.-Man chester and Southaupton, 16s. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 48s. 6d.-Ditto Nei Quarters (scrip), 205.-York and New castle, Preference, 64.. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Splendid arrangement of looking.glass, prodicing the effect of a long arcade, and so bewildering as to case a doubt whether you are in London, or in old Rome. " Arch follow arch, and pile succeeds to pile." This unique apartmnt is devoted to cutting and arranging the hair in, and wit another, having a beautiful view of Naples, are on the ground floor. In calling attention to their establishment,koss and Sons beg to notice the ad vantages of their sytem—viz., they never take apprentices, nor young men frot the country, nor object to custo mers asking for the samenau to wait upon them. Every p erson has clean brushes, thy never being used twice without being washed; and partiesare not pressed to buy things they do not want.—Address,Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishops gate-street. THE COMMISSAIAT ESTIMATES.---The Net total , mooo t r t n iii, co to loqt tht; cxpervespf the Commissariat Department- during to year 1847-48 is 494,4331., against 397,2061. in 1846-47. ART-UNION OF LONDON. The following Report was read at the meeting on Tuesday, by Mr. Godwin, the honorary secretary:— When the council met the subscribers last year, the existence of the Art-Union of London was seriously threatened. Strong, however, in their opinion of the great value of the association, and determined to use every legitimate means in their power to ensure its con tinuance, they ventured, at the close of the report then tead to augur for it many years of increasing usefulness. This augury it may now be confidently believed, will not prove false. Immediately after the general meeting, a deputation from the council, headed by our illustrious presiderat, attended Sir Robert P e el, th en pr i me m i n i ster, w i th the view of removing the objections to Art-Unions enter tained by some part of her Majesty's Government. Nut succeeding in this, every effort was made to enable mem bers of the legislature to arrive at a just conclusion on Mr. Wyse's Bill for legalizing Art-Unions, which was then before the House of Commons, and, without enter. ing further into detail, suffice it to say, that the Bill ultimately passed both houses, and received the Royal Assent on the 13th of August, 1846. This Act first setting forth that associations for.the pur chase of works of art to be distributed by chance to the subscribers, or for raising sums of money by subscrip tion to be afterwards allotted by chance amongst the contributors solely for the purchase of works of art may be deemed to come within the provision of the Acts of Parliament for the prevention of lotteries,—declares the same legal, so long as they are carried on in good faith for the encouragement of the fine arts, provided that a Royal charter of incorporation shall have been obtained, or that the instrument constituting such association, and the rules governing it, shall have been approved of by a committee of her Majesty's Privy Council and deposited with them. Your council therefore immediately took the neces sary steps to comply with this provision of the Act, and on the Ist of December last, " The Art-Union of Lon don" was incorporated by Royal charter,—long it is hoped, to exercise a beneficial educational influenee,— to open the enjoyments of art to thousands to whom they have been hitherto denied, to spread abroad a knowledge and lore of art, to offer encouragement to artists, beyond that afforded by private purchases, as well by forming a more appreciating public as by the provision of funds, and so to assist materially the progress and elevation of the fine arts in the United Kingdom. The charter will be found to state the broad and disinterested principles which should guide the proceedings of all such societies. To our illustrious President the warm thanks of every member of the society and of every friend to the diffusion of art are eminently due, for his Royal Highness's most important assistance in obtaining this successful issue. To the Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, V.P., the the Right Hon. Lord Monteagle, V.P., and Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P., now a member of the council, similar thanks are also due ; and having thus discharged the agreeable duty of acknowledging these important services, the Council proceed to report to the subscribers, according to custom, the financial condition of the association, and the general proceedings during the pas year. This is the eleventh annual general meeting. At every preceding meeting the Council have had to report a constant increase in the amount of the subscriptions, ranging from 4891, the sum collected in the first year, to 16,9791. On the present occasion, notwithstanding a .esson unexampled and lamentable scarcity in parts of the kingdom, and much financial embarrassment, the subscriptions amount to the sum of 17,8711. The greatness of the amount may be attributed partly to the increased interest in the fine arts induced by the operations of the society, and partly to the increased exertions of the provincial and colonial secretaries, from whom a larger sum has been received than on any former occasion. The number of provincial secretaries is now 398. St. Lucia, Quebec, Australia, Sidney, and Jamaica, have been added to the list of places where the society has an honorary agent active in its behalf. The list before included parts of Germany, New York, Mexico, Montreal, New Brunswick, Ceylon, Singapore, Bombay, Dominica, Monte Video, and China. 258 works of art were selected by the prizeholders of last year, and were exhibited, as usual, for four weeks, including a certain number of evenings. This exhibi tion was visited by upwards of 200,000 persons. The council art induced again to remark that the annual exhibition of works of fine art, thus opened gratuitously to the public, may be regarded as one of the most important results of the association. They would gladly see greater facilities for the enjoyment of works of art elsewhere, afforded to the people generally than now exist. For the premium of 5001. offered by the council last year for a group or single figure in marble, twenty models, sent in on the Ist of July last, were exhibited to the subscribers and their friends in the Princess's Concert-room. After due consideration, the premium was awarded to the statue, " The Dancing Girl Reposing," which, on opening the letter accompanying it, was found to be the work of Mr. Calder Marshall, A.R.A. Mr. Marshall is now executing the model in marble, and it will form one of the prizes for an ensuing year,—to which year's sub scription of course, the amount of the premium will be charged. In order to express their high opinion of a second statue, " Innocence," the council awarded to the author of it, afterwards found to be Mr. J. 11. Foley, the sum of 1001., on condition of receiving from him a reduced copy of the figure, and the right of re-producing it in statuary porcelain. The reduced model is now on the table, and fifty copies of it, in the beautiful material mentioned, will be allotted to-day. A third statute, submitted in competition, " Iris As cending," found to be by Mr. Kirk, was considered by the council well adapted for working in bronze, and they accordingly arranged with the sculptor to furnish a mo del of the required size. A copy in bronze has been produced by Mr. Hatfield, and the right to twenty such will form part of the present distribution. Mr. IL C. Selous prize painting from the selected cartoon, " Queen Philippa interceding for the lives of the Burgesses of Calais," is finished, and w ill b e ex hibit e d with the prizes of the year. The mode of appropriating it is not yet determined on. The Chantrey medals have been distributed to those subscribers who were entitled to them. The Wren me dal, allotted last year, has been delayed by the indispo sition of the engraver, Mr. Wilson, but may now be expected in a short time. Tho council are taking steps to obtain other modals,—commemorative of Hogarth, Inigo Jones, anal Banks, the sculptor. The council have now to speak of the engravings. " Jeptha's Daughter," and the illustrations of " Ger trude of Wyoming," due to the subscribers of last year, have been distributed. The plate of " The Convalescent from Waterloo," ue for the preceding year, and kept back by circum stances beyond control, is now in the printer's hands. Impressions from it will be distributed as soon as the required number can be obtained. The prints for the current year, " The Last Embrace " and the " Neapolitan Wedding," engraved by Mr. C. Rolls, and Mr. F. A. Heath, after Mr. Uwins, R.A., and the outlines from seven of the cartoons submitted in competition for the premium of 500/., are in the same stage of forwardness. The council, taking into consideration the importance of encouraging every branch of art, and of varying their plans, with a view to the pleasure of the members, pro pose to issue for the ensuing year a series of thirty il lustrations of Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penscroso, en graved on wood in the best manner. The following artists have already undertaken to supply designs : J. Absolon, E. 11. Corbould, M. Claxton, W. Dyce, E. Duncan, A. Elonore, J. Franklin, F. Goodall, J. Gil bert, J. P. Knight, R A., W. L. Leitch, Kenny Mea dows, H. O'Neil, F. Pickersgill, J. N. Paton, P. F. Poole, 11. C. Selous, F. W. Topham, W. C. Thomas, J. Ten niel, E. 11. Wehnert, 11. Warren, E. M. Ward. Every subscriber will receive a copy of this work for each guinea subscribed. For a future year, Mr. Frost's " Sabrina," engraved by Mr. Lightfoot, is in progress ; and the council have arranged with Mr. William Finden to produce for the association an engraving of large size, and in his bust manner, after Hilton's picture, " The Crucifixion," now in the possession of the Corporation of Liverpool. A statement of the engraving account, still open, will be printed with this report. The council alluded in the last report to their in tention of producing some work of acknowleged excel knee in cast-iron, with the view of further promoting the connexion between manufactures and art. In ac cordance with this desire they commissioned Mr. Nixon, sculptor, to make a reduced model of a figure of " Tha lia," in the gallery of antiquities at the British Museum, which has been ably done, and is now ready for casting The right to thirty copies of it will be allotted to-day. Since the last meeting, the council have been de prived by death of the valued assistance of Mr. Mo- Generil, has rant, one of the earliest members of the Society. Sir John Jervis, M.P., her Majesty's Attorney made for the re been elected to fill the vacancy thus created. Under a bye-law in a code recently ~~ .- • 7:. r• , - A .7i. A t: ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ,R,411. TECTION OF LIFEV ONI FIRE.--, On Tuesday a general meeting o 'subs(' rs and friends of this institution was held at the anover-square Rooms, to witness the presentation of the rewards and medals awarded by the committee, and to receive the annual report. H. Pownall, Esq., presided. The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report, which stated that the society was established in 1836, and that in 1843 it was adopted, and remodelled by the present society, for the purpose of maintaining an organized body of men provided with, and instructed in the use of public fire escapes, which are kept in readiness at various convenient stations throughout the metro polis ; and for the purpose of rewarding all persons instrumental in saving life from fire. During the past year 11 lives had been saved, and the society's silver medal would be awarded to those only who had saved life at the hazard of their own. The number of fire-escapel stations now amounted to 2q, being three times the number of those existing in 1843, of fitting up each station was 651., and the annual c.x the expense penditure for each 75/. A large body of men was em ployed in working them, and tu ensure their doing co faithfully, two inspectors were employed, who in the course of the year visited the stations 2,3.57 times, at uncertain intervals. 139 fires had been attended by the fire-escapes, being within four of the total number of fires occurring throughout the year, during the hours of duty of the corps, i. e. between 8 P.m. and 7 A.M. The report further stated, that besides the number actually saved, in many cases persons had been extricated from most dangerous positions. The receipts for the past year were 1,719/., the expenditure being 1,7054; - balance in hand 14/. The CHAIRMAN awarded the prizes with appropriate and eloquent addresses to the following individuals:— To John Fisher, 48 C, the first silver medal, fGr resetfng Mrs. Devonshire at Raggett's Hotel ; silver medal to W. Casey, No. 10, for rescu ing two persons from the fire in Newgate-street, July, 1846; silver medal to Shelford, City police 58, for mo-N' courageously rescuing six persons from the flames a: a fire in Smithfield- bars; a silver medal and one pound wore also awarded to a young man named Best, who most heroically rescued a whole family named Grover, at Brentford, rushing three consecutive times into the house, and every time bearing members of the family in his arms, and finally falling exhausted and bleeding at the threshliold. Best after receiving the medal was loudly cheered. John Daly received the society's silver medal for the presence of mind, courage, and strength that he so nobly displayed in rescuing a female under simPar circumstances 'at a fire in Drury lane; and, after other testimonials had been bestowed on persons for their praiseworthy exertions for the pre servation of life and property from fire, several gentle men addressed the meeting, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. ROBBERY AND CAPTURE . BY MEANS OF THE RAILWAY TELEGRAPH. In the latter period of last week, a young man named John Bourne, respectably attired, took up his residence at Mr. John Cox's, the Ord Arms Inn, Scotswood-road, Newcastle, for the ostensibl e p ur p ose o f b e i ng tra i ne d by Henry Clasper to row a skiff match at Manchester, and Mr. Cox, in order to make him comfortable, gave up his own sleeping apartment, in whieh was a chest of drawers, containing a sum of money amounting to above 9 00/. Bourne's deportment, altogether, was such, that not the slightest suspicion was attached to his proceed ings until Tuesday afternoon. between five and six o'clock, when the drawer containing the money, together with a cash-box in which it was deposited, was found to have been broken open, and the entire contents of the box taken away. The alarm was immediately given, when it was ascertained that Bourne had left the house about two o'clock, and from various circum , stances no doubt was felt that Bourne was the guilty party, and it was concluded that he would make down to Gateshead and take the train southward. Mr. Taylor, of Swalwell, accordingly mounted his horse, and rode direct to the Westgate station, where he gave informa tion of the robbery, and a description of the dress Bourne had on, to Mr. Inspector Little, who, with Sub-Inspector Drummond, proceeded at once to the telegraph office at the Gateshead station. Almost simultaneously Mr. Cox himself called at Mr. Stephens's, the superintendent of police, and gave information there, with a full description of Bourne's person and dress, with the amount and de scription of the notes stolen. This was sent over imme diately to Mr. Johnson, the station -master at Gateshead, who felt the importance of this additional information, and instantly set the telegraph to work ; and these particulars were so full and accurate that the station -master at Nor mutton felt no hesitation in acting upon th em . T h i s would be ab ou t six oclock, and as the mail train left at a quarter past three o'clock it was conjectured that if he had left with it he might be intercepted. When the ac count of the robbery and a description of the person reached York, the train had passed, and the information was forwarded to Normington, in advance of the train. The station -master at Normington sent instantly for a police officer, and in the meantime the train had arrived; on the officer hearing the description read over he at once remarked that a man answering the description was standing on the platform, where he had just passed him. The station -master gave orders to apprehend him, and when the officer walked up and seizsd him by the arm, and. -- asked him to walk into the stattnn;' he refused, and considerable force was necessary to get him there. He then refused to be searched, but that was at length effected in spite of the resistance he offered, and the sum of 2031. Bs. found upon him, which con sisted of two 51. notes, 1921. in gold, and 28s. in silver. He was then brought back to York by the next train, and information was transmitted by telegraph to Gates head that he had been apprehended. The telegraph was put to work about seven o'clock, and at nine, two hours afterwards, intelligence was received that the man had been apprehended a hundred and ten miles distant. On the intelligence of Bourne having been apprehended reaching Gateshead, Mr. Inspector Little proceeded by the next train to York, and returned with his prisoner at half-past ore o'clock the 'following day. He was taken before Mr. Alderman Dunn, and transferred to the county, when the particulars were laid before Dixon Dixon, Esq., and the prisoner was remanded. Bourne, it seems, is twenty-two years of age, and belongs to Man chester, where his wife and family are residing.—New castle Journal. MORE POISONINGS IN ESSEX. On Tuesday, at the Witham petty sessions, Essex, held at the White Hart, before a full bench of magis trates, Emma Elizabeth Hume was brought up for final examination, charged with having attempted to admi nister a certain poison to her husband, Thomas Hume, with the view of causing his death. As some of the features of this case resembled that for which Catherine Foster kuffered at Bury, the greatest anxiety was evinced to hear the proceedings, the room in which they took place being crowded by the inhabitants. On the accused being placed at the bar, tied the husband called to give evidence, their appearance and the great dispa rity between their ages created much astonishment ; she being in her 24th year, while her husband, who was dressed in the garb of a labourer and seemed ex cessively weak, is old enough to be her grandfather, being fast verging upon his 70th year. From the evi dence of the old man and several witnesses, it appeared that they lived in the village of Tollesbury, a married son of the prosecutor and his wife and family residing in the same house with them. For some time past the husband had been suffering severely from a liver come plaint, and it would appear, from his constant ill health, that the accused seemed to flag attending on him. They frequently had words, and twice or thrice she was heard to tell him, " Mind you are not found dead before long." In the course of Mo n d a y, th e s t h i nst ., s h e of fered him some broth which she had made in a basin. He tasted it, and finding the flavour rather strange re fustd to take it. She took it down stairs, and the wife of his son, Sarah Hume, saw her emptr the br 4 oth out of the basin, and on wiping it rouad-,per ceived a white sediment at the bottom. Previous to this, however, it should be observed, that the accused had remarked to her husband that she had been per suaded to poison him, but had not done it as yet. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., the wife of the son, saw the prisoner making two pills of flour and water, which she said she was going to take that night. She was seen to put them in a small box. On the following' night she wished to give her husband two large pills, which she said were good for the liver complaint, as Tom Warner had told her so. The husband declined to take them, and she observed that it was no use buying medicine for him, as he would not take it. She replaced the pills in the box, and the next morning she again presented them to him and begged that he would swallow them. He still refused, and she used angry words in trying to persuade him. The pills were subsequently delivered by her to the son, who gave them into the hands of the police on the prisoner being taken into custody. The man Warner, previously alluded to, deposed that he never recommended any pills to the accused as being good for the liver complaint. Mr. R. Phillips, an operative and analytical chemist in the ser vice of Mr. Dawson, a surgeon in the neighbourhood. said that, in connexion with Mr. Cooper, a professor of chemistry in the Blackfriars road, he hnd subjected the pills to an analysis. He had found them to contain sugar of lead to the extent cf 26 grains. Sugar of lead was a p o m i s o r n . , D a a n n d s a oß do u s s e e d o f t 206 prescribe b m e i t g ,o h r t t he prosecutor. produce deatb. He had heard her say w h en s h e came to the surgery, that she hoped that would be the last medicine she would have to fetch for her husband, for T that if he were dead dshuelywcoauul cautioning o b n e i n g a h h e a r p , p a y ske y' d 'ornan, that her she if w a s e had ja th e a l, n t r b k i h n o g u to The chairman, after say?wih answered,heSrhheusban w en the pills were sent home; that a postman brought them, and left them at some public house, where they were taken away. The chairman told her that it was the duty of the ben c h t o comm i t her for trial a t the ensuing assizes. She seeme d li tt l e a ff ecte d by the announceme. On leavincs she wi t o her husband, but nt the police intt?riered and preventedher. I n t h e course of the evening she was con rued te to Chelmsford. THE TALLOW CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. —The anniversary festival of this charity took place on Tuesday at the London Tavern, and was well attended by the members of the trade. Lord R. Grosvenor presided, and Alderman Challis, Sir G. Larpent, Alderman Farncomb, and Mr. W. Hawes, were among the guests present. The bene volent objects of the charity are the relief of indigent and incapacitated tallow chandlers, their widows, and others connected with the trade. From the report it appears that the society, although only in its infancy, has already been th e me,as cf much usefulness; and the increasing amount of donations, exceeding this year the sum of 300/., gives every reason to believe that it will be enabled materially to extend the sphere of its operations. The dinner and its ac companying arrangements were all that could be desired. GRAY'S INN, APRIL 28.—The under-named gen tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law, by th e H onoura bl e S oc i e ty o f G ray ' s Inn—viz., Ed ward Joseph Powell, Esq., Peter Borthwlck, Ls+, and Wil liam Frederick Higgins, Esq. ~-~ et HAPLIN'S NEW HOTEL and TAVERN, k_, l the CLARENDON, in the TERRACE GARDENS, GRAVESEND, midway between the Town and Terrace Piers. The House and Grounds are delightfully situated close to the water-side, so as to command uninterrupted and extensive views of the river ; and form, without exception, the most interesting spot on the BANKS of the THAMES, below London. W. C invites the pleasure-seeking world to visit the Clarendon, and satisfy themselves that good accommodation and moderate charges are the governiNg principles of she establishment. A superior ordinary daily. t o " ~ to -1