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. t _,,_, G;:7e6l-, -----.--' (ETS. arch activity' 'e a declinlv4 ana ieshire Jl.llle° .-- re:, . 3/ ( W Ditto( P• —• • Lin coin sbir e --Leeds And Cros.bh le june pon, )itto, Ord fiftll.sl •igh to', ',hares ( 13 ' 9 :cry), -v" r3ester, 'th ane/ S °' ~iocDl nshire, t stage...! 40. 2 1 4 F" Sh; !ewsu u rAY a d j , " Di" cashire(l39 Bi r ming: Ote Fat al ' ink; lir,ion), , ()otter* , • e tafford ib \ %' —Dittc and,) )ar c dil • it has bee, ° , several told tit glo tin nag cc ° sales are': 3 t° l. Lance) 5. 6d. Ai s ' di" 3 itt o doa P. 1 v i dal* est. id • and A' . d 'ea itle on I.lls. F'; :to, t' , , ; tc ,. t4s. Is. (. i* Sb .0 6 ! t kis - 91 ! c ' iis. -PO .18. 49, stet ;00. Jnic " itiSll3lf i),. ..... .3. 6d- 11. , ion, SP.. Kew . , 4 5 °' Boni haf Lothian is. 311 '7; s, 2.1 0 . zsDif pireC , P 43 9 /4 t to, -Stirline ONE HUNDREDTH SALE. VITSTOM-HOUSE, London, April, 1847. For A SALE' by ORDER of the HONOURABLE the COMMIS j'iI. i.:l , o: 11,r '. AJ ER IY . -• t'l7 ••T ,70 S, at -r,v,i,, , .;,, , ,,,i: Monday 3d, 1 P re c i sely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mine,n,.iade, un Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th, Friday 30th April, Saturday Ist, 1847 Tusday 4th, Wednesday sth, and Thursday 6th May, , the following GOODS for Home Consumption:— Agate meals Lace, Reela Brooch Pieces Buttons, &c. AMC diC Flowers Brurhe• Bareg e Brooch Paintings Bronze Candlesticks Baskets Brandy Boxes, Card, Snuff, &c. Work, &e. Curtains, Embroidered Carpets, Turkey Crape Shawls Corals, Negligees Chinese Paintings China Jars, &c. Cameos Cambric Handkerchiefs Clocks, Inlaid Or-molu Marble Barb Shawls Berthes, &C. ➢iusical Instruments Horns Violins Guitars Cornopeans Hannonicons Pianofortes Meerschaum Pipes Pipe Bowls. &c, Musical Boxes Mohair Yarn Opera Glasses Pepper Porcelain, French, &c. Pencils Perfumery Rugs, Persian, &c. Rum Silver Plate Shawls, Crape Cashmere French Barege Cotton, &C. Spa Ware Silk Cloaks Mantles Scarfs Shawls, &c. Pillar Brass Callings Chamber, &c. Carved Wood Cologne Water Cordials Cheroots Curry Powder, &c. Curry of Embroidery, viz. : Caps Cuifs Shirt Fronts Handkerchiefs Habit Shirts Lace, &c. &c. Earthenware Xatracts, Chemical rnomiture Feathers, dressed Flock for Paper Stainers Geneva Gimp Grass Cloth Hat linin gs Hats Hand Screens 1Y 6 17 Chessmen Card Cases Backgammon Men andl Boxes garJewellery Cases Jewel Coif)* Lace. Pillow Bags Purees Aprons Mitts Garters Silk, oiled or gummed Silk and Cotton Stuffs Silk-worm Gut Sugar Steel Buckles Purse Snaps Purse Slides Purse Garnitures Purse Tassels Segar Lights Segars Snuff Tobacco, Manufactured Unmanufactured Boxes Tea Woollen Shawls Walking-sticks Wine Waistcoating Watches, Gold Silver Watch Keys And various other goods. Thread Silk For Home Consumption. on Payment of the Duties :—Silk Manu facture., China Crape Shawls, China Silks, Pongee Handkerchiefs, &c. For Exportation only :—Spirits, Liqueurs, Tea, Books, Clocks, Watches. For Exportation, or Home Consumption, on Payment of the D u ti es :—Wood, Wine, Coffee, Succades, Tamarinds, Silver Plate, Sugar, Sugar-candy, Provisions, Tea, Books, Soap, Preserved Ginger, Spirits, and sundry ether goods. For the Benefit of the Crown :—Silk Manufactures, Sugar, Spirits, See. To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames- Street ; at the St. Katheline, the London, the East and West India Docks ; and at tile Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe, on Friday 23d, Saturday 24th, Monday 26th, lull Tuesday 27th April, 1847, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon ; and on the days of sale, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at noon. Take Notice, that the goods sold at this Sale will not be delivered Until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold ; and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver of Fines after two o'clock in the afternoon ; and on the days of sale money Will not be received by the Receive: of Fines after eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Price One Shilling. OFFICE OF ORDN AN CE. April 12, 1847. Th principal „,„_ Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby gi ve i e -‘4_:, that they are ready to DISPOSE OF, to such persons as may Uing to Tender f or the same, a quantity of OLD IRON GUN S, . „,, T HOT and SHELLS, in store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, "Ich have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon applica !Lon to th e Storekeeper of that place, any day ( Sunda y s excepted) Previous to the d a y fixed for the delivery of th e Tenders. C atalogue of the several Lots may b e obtained by persons wil -111 ,7, become purchasers, at the Storekeep er's Office, Woolwich ; ”ftelPal Storekeeper's Office, at the Tower ; and at the Secre ,', (Mice, in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any number of the said Lots are to be delivered, on or before FRIDAY, the 224 Instant. By order of the Board, B. BYIIAIf, Secretary. IMPORTANT AND UNPRECEDENTED SALE AT HOLMES', REGE NT-STREET. Me Hill, NIES have taken several thousand pounds' worth Of sp- A , LS (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due to their firm by an eminent French manufa cturer, the whole having been expressly produced for the present season. The patterns are of most elaborate and recherché description ; and in consequence of Immense quantity, they are compelled to sell them at a sa -"Wde unprecedented. to 3 vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes I :e l • :Mark (at a great discount from the origina l co st) the whole of t▪ !! extensive and valuable assortment Of MANTILLAS and FURS, with their unrivalled collection of INDIA, BRITIS H, and FRENCH , ffuLWLs, to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which, "E'Y article is marked in Plain Figures. The Sale commenced on the 13th instant. FOREIGN S 17,nzI(NT EaVTRBEREITT.ISH SHAWL EMPORIUM, 171, 1 7 3 , and STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. I .„Fe Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power ...Suips will start as under, weather, &c., permitting:— 2,t o r ABERDEEN, the CITY OF ABERDEEN, ou Saturday, April at Four, P.m. F or firm, INVERNESS, the New Iron Steam-Ship DUKE OF 1 1 - h : TIERLAND, on Monday, April 26, at Ten, morning, calling off — ahead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point. Offices: Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. T. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by SLI g's Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at g's College, dads at Half--past Three. A LECTURE on CHE MISTRY in its application to the USEFUL ARTS , by Charles F. , D arlington, Esq., on Monday , We dnesda y , and Frida y Evenin g s, at Me o'clock. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDROELEC TRIC MACHINE. by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects Include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, ke. EXPERIMENTS with the DIVAS and DIVING-BELL, ke. Adrairabnfi.Sekodls,half-prise. GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment. From the Brtinswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1%, 3%, 4%, 5%. and 7. Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, 3%, 5%, and 7. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 716, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2, 3, 5, and 616. Sundays, at 716, 816, 11%, 1,3, 5,6, and 7. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piero. Star Office, Gravesend, April 14, 1847. EYEBROWS, MuUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromAtie herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few adutes ;it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, L; and double this size, 1 Is. each ; enc losed in a Pamphlet, eon '''. „Ring testimonials of undoubted auth orit y , entitled " Three Minutes' Jkavice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human llair, &c." 33 7 Post, 4s. Gd., 7s. Sd„ and 125., for money o rders onl y . Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary , Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, O xford -street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit -street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • rd n _by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others F or Edinbur g h, J. and odules Leith-walk ; for Manchester , e resehe and Sou, Adver USer.ofn ee: • -- TO THE LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news paper on Ang. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into th e Paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor 11'11V of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High fi►te for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than I ever was before the baldness appeared. Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s ``affenator, feeling assured that many ladles would gladly purchase an lls. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in &ind but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact:,.-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and Prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the boat aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing Odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops It the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an oar. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces air on children's heads in a few appplications. It used on infants' earls, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to William Gemstone IlerharY. Highgate. DR. CULVERWELL on LONG H ALTH,HAPPINESS, and LIFE. __ ta pocket volumes Is. each, by pest (in stamps), I. W. each. HOW TO BE HAPPY Jumada Tivere."—Cie. 2. WHAT to EAT. DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, tkat is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut Taleas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn bill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consults,- lieu, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, at 10, Argyle -place. Regent-street. - • - - ON THE SECRET INFIRM ITIE ITY S OF YOUTH. AND MA. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, iY a sealed envelope, pile( 2s. 64.. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps direct from the Author's residence. QELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and DISC,I3es 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 other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and. Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LVMERT, 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, Sze., Sac. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. Caarrize 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance , and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAT-rim 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action - -Cuanza 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 Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Uental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CriePTEßEl 5 and 6. On the Disorder? arising from indiscriminate Excess, Goneorheea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ;he Urethra. REVIEWS OF TILE WORN. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail. fled ate ti cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr Atment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must 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, eves to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be bad at his residence; also Irarn Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row ; Hannay ancrUo., 63, Oxford -street, Stark*, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, London • Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. ~At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from ve Eight ; and all letters immediately repl ied to, if containin; Zile fee of 11., for advioe,tc.-9 BEDVORD-STRIDET BEDFORD 'WALL La/magi C-ii? A- 4 4:2 1 Ab / 14-- (_; 4 , ( ICO taiSk , QUI ot - :4,401 , ) , `II c„, ? AV • • I , • 4.% ,- 111 0 k• - • , 4.1 V I , b/L I 7 1, 4 Se r \ • ek No. 17,031. LONDON, T U ESDAY MORNING ONE THOUSAND POUNDS PRIZE PICTURES. SUBJECT :—" BAPTISM OF CHRIST IN THE JOR.DAN." The Competition Works of Art have been two years in preparing. The canvass is 15 feet by 12 feet. This Exhibition has been honoured by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and is now open to the public daily from Nine till Six. Admittance One Shilling. Families:of Five, Four Shillings. Picture Gallery, late Chinese Exhibition, Hyde Park-corner. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, a... 3 the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-Horse. LONDON, to imitate which is felony. %1 ORTH BRITISH INSURANCE Uti.R PANY. 4, New Bank -buildings, Lothbury, and 10, Pall-mall East, London. Established in 1809, and Incorporated by Royal Charter. Puissinarrr —HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G. Chairman—Slß PETER LAURIE, Alderman. Deputy-Chairman—FßANClS WARDEN, Esq. (Director H.E.1.C.) Resident Directors—B. and M. BOYD, Esqs. The benefits of Life Assurance are affor.led by this Company to their utmost extent, combined with perfect security in a fully sub • scribed Capital of One Million, besides an accumulating Premium Fund exceeding 497,0001., and the Revenue from Life Premiums alone of more than 100,0001., which is annually increasing. Four-fifths of the profits are septennially divided among the insurers on the parti cipation scale of Premiums. On insurances for the whole life, half the premiums may remain on credit for the first seven years. Tables of increasing Rates have been formed upon a plan peculiar to this Company, from which the following is an extract : PREMIUM TO INSURZ:XIOO AT DEATH. Age' First Second Third Fourth Fifth Rema inder - Year. Year. Year. Year. Year of Life. - - - - --- Zs. d. s. d. £s,d.£ s. d. s. d. £s. d. 20 018 2 019 2 1 0 3 1 1 5 1 2 8 1 18 2 30 1 3 9 1 5 2 1 6 g 1 8 4 110 0 :2 10 5 40 111 10 1 13 9 115 10 118 1 2 0 6 I 3 8 3 Prospectuses, with Tables of Rates, and full particulars, may be obtained of the Secretary, 4, New Bank-buildings, and of the Actuary, John King, Esq., 10, Pall-mall East. HENRY T. THOMSON, Secretary. INSURANCE OFFICE, T, and 57, CHARING-CROSS, Led 1797. :Toss. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Richard H. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Req. M a tthew Whiting, Esq. SALES BY AUCTION. IN CARMARTILENSHIRE. Landed Investment of very great value and importance, particu larly worthy the attention of large capitalists, and others desirous of county influence, with a solid and improvable income. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned to submit for SALE byIPUBLIC AUCTION, early in JUNE next, one of the most magnificent ESTATES in the Principality of Wales, which the owner is only induced to dispose of from a desire and opportunity to make other investments in the neighbourhood of his large residential property in another county. This fine estate is known as Broadway, and is situated adjoining the improving market town of Laugliarne, and is bounded for a great extent by the fine Bay of Carmarthen, and comprises in a ring fence about 3,000 acres, nearly two thirds of which rests upon an alluvial deposit of a richness and depth but rarely met with. It has no old or expensive mansion to keep up, but has all the advantages of a substantial comfortable residence, with ample out-build ings in the centre of the property, with compact and conve nient homesteads to the several farms. In the town are also two commodious dwelling houses, with gardens pleasantly situated, to be taken at the option of the purchaser. There is an inexhaus tible quarry , of carboniferous limestone on the estate, which is worked at a trifling cost ; conveyed on a tramroad (formed by the late proprietor at a vast expense) and shipped from a wharf to the neighbouring ports, where it is in great demand. As a fish ing station also the estate affords every facility for the capture of large quantities of salmon, sewin, cod, soles, &c., a certain source of income hitherto undeveloped. The farms are let to yearly tenants at low rents, and the annual value of the estate approaches 4,0001. Particulars, with plans, will shortly be ready for delivery ; in the interim a plan may be seen and every information obtained at the Offices of Mr. David Thomas, solicitor, or of Mr. George Taylor, land agent and engineering surveyor, &c., in Brecon; also of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall mall. The Magnificent DOMAIN of HAMPDEN, in BUCKS, comprising about 4,600 Acres, nearly in a Ring Fence, surrounding a fine Baronial Mansion, with a superbly Timbered Park, extensive Woodlands, valuable Farms, Manors and Advowson, delightfully situated between the Towns of Wycombe, Risborough, Missenden, and Aylesbury, and within Twelve Miles of the Tring Station on the London and Birmingham Railway. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have been commissioned by the Noble Proprietor to announce (the late contract having been abandoned by mutual consent of him self and the purchaser) that this truly important and highly distin guished FREEHOLD ESTATE will be SUBMITTED to PUBLIC SALE during the ensuing summer, unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract. It is famed as having been especially visited by Queen Elizabeth, and as the residence of the renowned Hampden, and comprises a splendid domain of about 4,600 acres, embracing a romantic portion of the fine healthy Chiltern Hills and of the rich vale beneath, stretching to within a few miles of the several surrounding towns of Missenden, Wendover, Aylesbury, Princes Risborough, and High Wycombe. The mansion is a grand feature in the county, amidst the wood-crowned heights of Hampden, opening with south and east aspects through noble avenues (one still known as Queen Elizabeth's Gap) to the surrounding vale. It pos sesses capital stabling, good gardens, &c., but it is a place of compara tively small expense. The park is superbly timbered, and the woodlands are remarkably thriving, and form beautiful broken links in the surrounding diversified scenery. The farms are all let at very low rents to a respectable tenantry. There are keepers' and woodmens' lodges, and numerous superior cottages. The manors are extensive, and the advowsen of Hampden-cum-Kimble, with its desirable par sonage, and the tithes of some adjoining estates, appertain to the property. The picturesque church, in which is the grave and mo nument of Hampden, is near the house : and it is the wish of the noble proprietor to transfer with the mansion (with a few unimpor tant exceptions), the whole of its highly interesting and valuable effects, the greater part being connected with its historical and other associations. Such a property, viewed as to its substantial value, numerous beauties, and interesting appendages, is but rarely in the market. Cards for viewing the estate can only be obtained by parties giving their name and address, of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett, Solicitors, Lincoln's-inn ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, who are fully authorised to treat for the sale of the property. Particulars may be also had of Mr. Grace, of Ward robes, near Risborough, the Resident Agent, who will give every in formation to parties having orders to view. THE LODGE, WENDOVER, a highly picturesque and healthy part of Bucks, under the Chiltern Hills. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will submit to PUBLIC SALE, in May next (unless an accept able offer shall be previously made by Private Contract), The above truly desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE for a moderate establishment, with out-buildings of a very superior de scription, surrounded by a handsome park-like paddock of 30 acres of sound pasture land, skirted by a beautiful hanging wood, and opening to a fine extent of boldly varied scenery. This place is in unusually beautiful order, every part and building is of the most substantial kind, and finished in excellent taste. It is between the towns of Tring, Wendover, and Missenden, and only eight miles from Aylesbury. Tithe free, and exonerated from land-tax. Possession may be had. Further particulars will be published when the day of sale is fixed and may then be had on the premises ; at the principal inns ; of Mr, Clayton, solicitor, Lancaster-Place, Strand; and at their offices, Wa terloo-place, fall-mall, and Windsor. lIIGIIWORT 11, WlLTS.—Capital and remaikably compact Freehold and Tithe-free Estate, with very superior lloniestead, surrounded by nearly 800 acres of excellent Land, extending from the town on both sides of the Farringdon turnpike road nearly to Coleshill, the fine seat of the Earl of Radnor, and partly bounded by the River Cole ; offering a choice and valuable property for investment, particularly for trust money. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned by the Noble Proprietor to SELL by AUC TION, at the Mart, in JUNE NEXT (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract), The above very valuable ESTATE, freehold and tithe-free, a most capital investment, and equally desirable for occupation, being close to the town of Highworth, and within a few miles of two or three other market towns, in a rich and highly picturesque country. The farms, together nearly 800 acres, embrace a considerable portion of meadow land upon the river, some rich upland pasture, excellent dry turnip, and barley land, and a breadth of deep wheat and clover land in the vale, affording a variety of corn, stock, and dairy produce to meet the changes of the markets. The buildings are of a very superior character, nearly all of stone, and slated, and parts of the estate, particularly round the principal house, and finely undulated, and studded with handsome timber, chiefly elm. There are several cettagee, and in the centre of the town of Highworth some valuable pre mises for business, with house, garden, &c., which will form a separate lot. Mr. Sharps, the present highly respectable tenant, and his family, have been on the estate for above half a century, and would be willing to take a fresh lease, his present tenantcy ex piring at Michaelmas next.—The est to may be viewed, and par ticulars, with plans, may be had, when the day of sale is fixed, at the inns at Highworth, Faringdon, Swindon, &c. ; at the Auction Mart ; of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett, solicitors, ; of Messrs. Brovenden and Trinder, surveyors, Ciren cester ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, of whom every information may be had. PBULICATIONS. This day, price One sliming. THE NAVIGATION LAWS; their History and Operation. By J. HOUSTON BROWNE, Esq. LL.B., of the Middle Temple. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornbill ; John Kaye, Courier (Mee, Liverpool ; R. W. 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STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has not been much activity in the market to-day. Prices, on the whole, have a declining tendency. The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 14 dis.-Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % dis.- Eastern Counties, 18%-East Lancashire, 1 % p.-Ditto, New, % p.-Ditto, New (scrip), % p.-East Lincolnshire, 2% p.-Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 13-Leeds and Think, 3% dis.-Ditto, Preference, % p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 3 / 4 p.-Liverpool and Newcastle Junction, 1% dis.-London and North-Western, 171%-Ditto, Fifths, 13% p.-Ditto, Quarters, 9% p.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, 52-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 1 3 / 4 p.-Ditto (late Liverpool and Bury), 3 p.- Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 1 p.-Manchester, Mat lock, and Midland, ls. 3d. dis.-Manchester and South ampton. U i dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 20/. Shares, 2 1 4 dis.--Midhe.l stock, 115-Ditto, 401. Shares, 31% p.-Ditto, New, 23 p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1 4 p.- Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster, % dis.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1% dis.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.-South-Eastern, 3614-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, % p.-Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 17. Svocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), p _ Manchester and Birming ham, 671/-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Exten sion), 1 11-16 p.-Ditt o , Fi ft hs (late West Riding Union), p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 3 p. - Alanchester and Southampton, 18s. 6d. dis.- Newcastle and Berwick, New, 21/s c. North Staffordshire, 2%1 p. - South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 1 4 FL-Ditto, No. 4, % p. - Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par- Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, % c dis. LEEDS, APRIL 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The turn of the Account has been marked with some signs of improvement, and several old stocks have been done at rather higher rates, but gloomy features are ag a i n opening up, and fear for the continuance of favourable prospects is to be anticipated. The sales are- Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 14s. 6d. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 16s. 3d. dis.-East Lancashire, New Sc r ip, Il e. p.-East and West Yorkshire, 3s. 6d. dis.- Great Northern, 14s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.- Ditto, New, 1% dis.-Ditto, Preference, 17 5 . p.-London and Brighton an d South Coast, Fifteent h s , 2s. p.-Malton ri and Dffield• Jun c ti on, par-Manc h es t er and Leeds, 32/. Shares (late E xtensions), 325. p.- Di t t o , West Riding Union, 12 s . IL -Manchester , Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, Is. P.-Midland, P re f eren ce, 2' p.-Newcastle and Berwick, N ew, 5% p.-North British, Thirds, 12s. p.- Ditto Qua r t ers (l ate Carlisle Branch), 265. p. -Ditt o , Eaten sion (scrip), o s. .- Northern Counties Union , 44 5 . dis.- North-Western, 1 1 / dis.-Wharfdale Junction , 10 s. dis. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 1 7. STOCK EXCHANGE --The sales are-Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshir e (G r i msby and Sheffield ) , 6L dis.-Ditto, 20/. Shares, 41 s . dis.-Ditto 12/. shares , 29 5. dis. - Dit to (Sheffield and Lincoln), 465. 6d. dis.-North-Western, 20s. 11 dis.-Wharfdale Junction, 1 /„ dis,-West Riding Union , 24 5. p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 4 s. dis., STOCK EXCHAN GE : _U T L h L e , Asapleasth are-North North British, Halt Shares, 15%-East Lancashire, New (scrip), 11 s. 6 d. p.- Northern Counti es Union, 7 8 .-West Riding Union, 21s. p. _ _ EDINBURGH, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCIIANCIE.-Th e sales are--Aberdeen, 274-Air drie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 27/. 15s. -Ditto, Halves, 151. -Ayr and Galloway, 21. ls. 6d.-Cale donian, 25/. 10 s. -Ditto, New, '2l. 59. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 2: 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 394- Deeside, 3/. 5 5. - Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 95.- Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 108.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 30/. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 3 01.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 135.- Dundee and Northern Junction, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 381.-Ditto, New, 194-East of Fife, 2/. 165.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 9 5.---Edinburgh and Bathgate, 6/. 17s. 711. 10s. ex div.-Ditto, 6 ll d aTve E s d , in l b 9 u L rg s h s. and ex Glasgow, div.-.Ditto,Dito, Quarters, 171. 15s. ex div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 71. 95.-Ditto, ditto, N ew, N its ; , 6d 3 . 1. - l E 4 d s. i - nb D ur i g tt h o, a zi n e d wp N o o r r ‘ thern, 151. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, 2/. 1 ls.-Edi n h urg h an d P e rth (New), 21. 195.-Ditto Halves, 19s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 601. 155.-Ditto, New Stock, 381.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 81.-Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. Ts. 6d.-Glasgow and Garn kirk 394-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 184-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-- Great North of 5c0t1and,2411.1418.8.-6Glapt iNttoo,rtThehrinrds(,la3tle. 4q Direct Northern), 3/. 58. 6d.-Ditt o (late London and York), 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 25/. 10s.-North British, 32/. ex div.-Ditto, Halves , 154 5&- Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 12s. 6(1 . 6d-Ditto, 6(1.-New Quarters Irters(scrip), Fifths, 61. 158.-Scottish Central, 251.-Scot tish Grand Junction, IL 3s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 201.55. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 10 & - Shrewsbury, Owes 18s.-2s.St6idrl.i_Gng reaantdslVoluidthlaenrad, 02f/. try, and Chester, 10/.-Ditto, New, 1/. ls.-Stirling and Dun- M 7L ad - ra W s, is 2 i s ia .- w an d Coltness, '494 10s. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 32/.- Ditto, New, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 103.-Direct Bombay sales9d.-East are-Caledonian, i lndian, edonia : 55.-Great New, r 4 e s a s t . Dun fermline, 31. anGdLAAsrcGoot,vvls: APRIL6d. 16. STOCK EXCHAR 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 408.-Direct s. B . : E m d b i a n y . and Madras, 3s. 6 , (1. -East Indian, ss. 6d.--East Lothian 51.9x.-Glasgow Kill and Perth (New Co.), 596.-Ditto, Halves, 21s. 3d.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 371.-Ditto, Halves No. 2, 7 / 8 - Niioardtrha2s.- Madras, Central, fN s l l e s ni . id 6 °ira d e Edlnl) u r g h and Northern, N 5 • marnock, and Ardrossan, and Ayr Direct, 355.-Manchester and Southampton, 24 5.-Midland, 39 3 / 4 - North British, Thirds, 625. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 695.-Ditto, 1 , Gl a sgow, Dumfries, s ald - C K a i r l l rh is a le r , hock New Quarter (scrip), 245.-Scottish Central, 254-Stirling and Dunfermline, 785.-Wishaw and Coltness, 494-York and Newcastle, New, 144-Ditto, Preference, 71. 4.9„ SUDDEN DEATH OF . MAJOR A. ....M'ARTnuR.--On Saturday afternoon information was received at the Coro ner ' s office of the sudden d ecease of Major A. M'Arthur, on the Madras establishment of . the East India Company's service, which took place on Friday night, at his residence in the klhany, Piccadilly. The deceased, on the previous evening, of Saville-row, was sent for, and on his - appeared in his usual health,. but not coming down at half that the deceased had evidently been un dressing televen on Saturday, his housekeeper went to call him, and found him lying on the floor of his bed-chamber lifeless. g r ew found, dressing when he expired ; the bed had not been slept on, a p r r riva P l e h tt e i and it was his opinion that life had been extinct man y h ours A PP ROACHING ELECTION O P SHERIPF3.--The Lord Mayor has named James Hartley, E sq. , chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company, for sheriff for the ensuing year, and it is expectedthat that gentleman and William Cubitt, Esq , will be put in nomination on Mid summer-day next ; both gentlemen have expressed their readiness to accept the office if elected. WILTS. Superior Down Estate, with a very respectable Farm Residence at Imber, a remarkably healthy and line sporting country, near Hey tesbury and Warminster, about 10 miles from Devizes. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will submit to SALE, at the Auction Mart, in June next, unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract. A valuable and desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, known as South Farm, in the picturesque parish of Imber, about three miles from Ileytesbury, and six from Warminster ; comprising about 540 acres of excellent arable, meadow, and down land, in a high state of culti vation, interspersed and belted for a considerable extent by beau tiful and thriving plantations of larch, fir, beech, oak, &c., the greater part thirty years old. The house and farm buildings are vary substantial, and of a superior description, situate in the village close to the church, with several cottages and gardens, and a keeper's lodge in the plantations. The farm is in a perfect ring fence, abundantly supplied with water, and it offers great attractions for a sportsman, being in a favourite hunting country, and possessing a great extent of fine level turf, particularly suited for exercising ground for a racing or a hunting stud. It is (except the plantations in hand) in the occupation of Mr. John Marsh, a most highly respect able tenant, tinder a lease, of which three years will be unexpired at Michaelmas next. The Estate may be viewed by leave of the tenant, and particulars with plans had wnen the day of sale is fixed, at the chief hotels at Devizes, Salisbury, &c.; of Messrs. Whites, Blake, Tylee, and Fawkiner, solicitors, Essex-street, Strand; of Messrs. Phelps and Goodman, solicitors, Warminster; at the Auction Mart; and Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, who are fully authorised to receive any offers. BIRKIN MANOR HOUSE, Horton, Bucks, remarkable as having been the retreat of Milton, whose mother's grave is in the church. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are instructed by the Executors of the late J. Cook, Esq., to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, in June (unless an acceptable offer shall be pre viously made by Private Contract), with immediate posses sion, the above compact FREEHOLD RESIDENCE for a moderate family, standing in a well-dressed lawn, with gar dens, stabling, a small cottage, &c., and about flfteen acres of rich orchard and meadow land, i❑ two or three convenient pad docks, pleasantly situated near Horton Church, between Windsor, Staines, and Uxbridge, two miles and a half from the Langley station, and four from Slough, on the Groat Western Railway, 1n the neighbourhood of beautiful rides, hounds, and good angling. Particulars may be obtained at their offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor. IMPORTANT DOMAIN and most capital LANDED INVEST MENT, with trifling exception all Freehold, with a handsome Mansion, rich Park, Manors, Farms, &c., near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, comprising about 1,750 acres, in a perfect ring fence, abounding with game. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, under the order of the High Court of TE T N he n truly HALLva lua b ; e comprising d p r i n g g n la t h r l e y 3 c t or , p o a r c r ESTATEreputed of Chancery, at the Mart, in JUNE NEXT, M R or ET o - f Brettenham ' ecr with Risings and W th dn Lest and Courts Baron, rights, royalties,e Hall, with Courts and quit rents ; a handsome mansion (a fewyears fines, since occupied by Joseph Buonaparte ), and coi 'al of rooms, with suitable offices, productive gardens ces, good stabling, and pleasure grounds (laid ont by Repton), but all ona most pact and comfortable scale, suited for a moderate establishment, am p- proached by an avenue of noble oaks, with double lodges, and gently elevated in the centre of a fine park of remarkably rich grazing land, embracing with the home farm 850 acres, studded with various and noble timber, and embellished by a beautiful lake skirted by an extensive wood, affording delightful drives and walks ; also a smaller residence on the outskirts of the property. The whole estate is beautifully timbered and remarkably compact, completely surrounding the park, judiciously divided into eligible farms, with very convenient homesteads, and buildings of every description, the whole comprising nearly 1,750 acres, interspersed with thriving and ornamental woods full of game, every acre pro ductive, and all let (except the mansion and wools in hand), to re spectable punctual tenants at very moderate rents, of which not a shilling is in arrear. It is situated aliout ten miles from Bury, seven from Stowmarket, where there is a station on the Eastern Junction Railway, bringing it within three hours' journey of London, and fifteen miles from Ipswich. The estate may be viewed, and particulars with plans may shortly be had at the Auction Mart; of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Ben nett, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn; of Mr. Rodwell, Solicitor, Ipswich ; and at Messrs. Smith's offices, 10. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, where the plan may be seem and every information obtained. S Ng APRIL 20, 1847. THE GOLD CURRENCY. (From the Post.) The accounts of the Bank of England which we pub lished on Saturday show that a very important diminu tion of the means of the Bank for carrying on its busi ness had taken place between the 3d instant and the 10th instant. On the 3d instant the establishment possessed in its banking department 3,699,7001. in notes, and 691,7701. in coin, applicable to the carrying on of its banking business. On the 10th instant the same de partment held 2,832,9151. in notes, and 630,713/. in gold and silver coin, applicable to the carrying on of its banking business. On that day (the 10th instant), the issue department held of gold and silver coin and bullion the sum of 9,236,340/, but over this sum the banking department of the Bank had no control. The whole funds of the Bank, and of all its branches which could be made use of for payments to the public on the 10th instant, amounted to 3,463,6281., and if more than that amount had been demanded by those depositors who had a legal right to make the demand, th e B an k must have stopped, though in its issue department it held 9,236,3401. lying useless—useless, at all events, in the sense of cir culating money. It was understood last week,:by persons likely to be well informed on thesubjeet, that on the 17th a large sum would become due to the Bank in liquidation of a part of its securities. This sum being paid to the Bank in notes would place it in a considerably stronger position than it was in previously, but as this sum of bank -notes would be withdrawn from the general circu lation, the payment would tend to increase the " tight ness" of money, and consequently the pressure upon all who have to make money payments in the course of their business, or in the payment of bills which they accepted nnder an easier state of circumstances. These are but the details of that pinching, draining, exhausting system to which money convertible into gold, coupled with a free trade in gold, must always be liable, and which has been so excessively aggravated by the additional restric tions of Peel's Bill of 1844—that "complement to the measure of 1819" of which he made such vainglorious boast in the prosperous period of May, 1844. It was true that previously to that time the Bank was liable to be pressed for payment of its notes in gold, but the directors had such opportunities of knowing the chan nels of distribution of their notes, and such means of judging whether they were, or were not likely to be called upon to pay to a large extent in gold, that they could issue notes, under certain circumstances of pressure, without imprudence, although not holding gold against such issue. Say that they were drawn upon for a million or two, which they knew would go into the hands of per sons who, within a week, would rpay these very notes to them upon another account. This often happened, and when it did happen it made no difference to the ac commodation given to the public at large ; for the Bank increased its issues, or had the power to do so, in order to meet the particular case. Since Peel's Bill of 1844, however, there is no such liberty left with the Bank. If to-day, out of the fifteen millions of deposits which the Bank holds, a million or two were withdrawn, the bankers, well knowing that this day week the notes would be repaid, and in the meantime would lie in some iron chest in Lombard-street, still the Bank must pro portionably diminish its accommodation to the public, for without bank-notes it cannot accommodate the public, and it has no privilege to obtain from the issue depart ment a million or two to replace those which have gone to the iron safes in Lombard-street. It can only obtain notes as any private individual could, by giving gold in exchange for them, and that it has not to give. Such is the working of Peel's Bill, which some per sons have still the effrontery to talk of as a beneficial measure ! To whom is it beneficial? Does it serve the trader who relied upon the discount of good bills for meeting his engagements, and finds he cannot get dis counts, or cannot get them except at a premium which takes away all his profit? Does it serve the owner of Consols, or of Shares in joint-stock companies, who has Occasion to turn his securities, or a part of them, into money, and finds them enormously depreciated in conse quence of the scarcity of money? Does it serve the banker, who is liable to heavy demands being made upon him, and who fears to make use of the funds deposited with him, lest, from the increasing pressure, deposits should be withdrawn? No, it serves only the owners of large sums of ready money, over which they have ab solute control, and who, in such a time, command almost what remuneration they please for temporary loans. These only are the people who thrive by such circum stances of pressure as such a Bill as Peel's Bill of 1844 must inevitably lead to, whenever the course of mercan tile affairs takes large sums of gold out of the country. A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been sent to us, in which the writer (Mr. T. Lamie Murray) points out the circumstances of difficulty under which the monetary concerns of the country are now placed, and suggests a remedy. The remedy proposed is an interference with the business of the Bank, of England, which we cannot conceive that any gentleman not concerned in that es tAlishm?ltt has any rigjit to propose; but his statement of the circumstances which require some remcky is wor,gi attention, and the more so because we believe MIPPINItiIi ray's experience entitles him to give an opinion upon such matters. After adverting to the circumstances of the potato famine, he proceeds to say:— " Every one will admit that this visitation of Divine Providence is in itself of sufficient magnitude, but when it is increased by a monetary crisis, it may become to the last degree inconvenient. " One of the arguments against the abolition of the corn-laws was the apprehended disturbance of the cir culation of the Bank of England by the efflux of bullion in the purchase of corn. But when that argument was put forward, it was never contemplated that this dis turbance could bear the smallest ratio to the quantity of corn imported into western Europe, and likely to arrive in the course of this year. If, therefore, what was consi dered a serious inconvenience on so small a scale, as one ventured to assert, how much must the evil assume the character of serious alarm when this importation of fo reign corn, and the consequent efflux of the precious metals, is carried on upon a scale of magnitude beyond parallel, and perfectly disproportionate to the resources of the Bank of England acting under the restrictions imposed by the Bill of 1844? "It should be remembered that this state of things has suddenly come upon the country in the very midst of engagements for public undertakings of all kinds un precedently large, and resting on private means for their execution, already sanctioned by Parliament, and of others awaiting that sanction. " At no period in the commercial history of this country has such an amount of floating values existed upon the stock markets. " I am disposed to agree that the amount of enter prise to which capital is pledged, and now in the course of being required, is entirely disproportionate to the an nual surplus. " This state of things is not alone confined to England —France, Belgium, and Germany are, with ourselves, equally purchasers of corn, equally require bullion for the purpose, and are equally engaged in extensive rail way constructions, requiring a large capital and resources. "To this surcharged state of things must be added the deficiency in the cotton crop, its influence on em ployment and manufactures. The loss to the consumer in the difference of price is estimated at more than 4,000,0001. " I have drawn your attention to these facts with a view of proving that the state of England and Europe, both in respect to the deficiency of food and the under takings in which all are engaged, is widely different from that of the year 1844, when the law regulating the Bank of England was passed. " At that period, and under widely different circum stances, the inconvenience that might result from an exceptional state of things was foreseen by some of our most extensive and sagacious London bankers, who, in the memorial signed by some of the most eminent firms, dated the 1 lth June, 1844, clearly indicated a case such as has now arisen, for which the law has made no pro vision. " A situation of embarrassment, which was deemed possible, has at length arrived ; and the Bank of Eng land, coerced by the law of 1844, is no longer able to interpose a barrier against the sweeping torrent of de preciation, and public and private discredit that has set in. The Bank has already exhausted its resources, and overstepped its pradence. The effort has been perhaps praiseworthy ; but the endeavour has been vain. " In former times, at periods of distrust, the aid of so powerful an establishment has always, when exerted, in vigorated the disorganisation of private credit, without injury to itself ; but the Bill of 1844 entirely destroyed this useful function, and in this exists its greatest error and deficiency. " Under the law of 1844, sooner or later in this year, the present state of things was inevitable. In the one case, had the Bank restricted its accommodation, the panic would have resulted from real pressure; and in the other, as in the present instance, from anticipated pres sure, arising from the exhausted and hopeless condition of the Bank." The remedy proposed by the writer of the above is, that the Bank should employ a large portion of its " rest" in purchasing two and a half millions of Government se curities, and be empowered by Act of Parliament to issue that amount of bank-notes against such securities, over and above the sum at present allowed to be issued against such security. This might, no doubt, be serviceable as a temporary expedient, if the Bank thought fit thus to make use of its accumulated profits; but no one, except the Bank itself, has any business to propose such an ex pedient. Besides, we must remember that th e v i c i ous principle would still remain which compels the autho rised issuers of paper money to contract their issues as gold leaves the country, while the policy demanded by the nature of the case, and by common sense, is that as gold money is taken away from the country some other medium of exchange should be proportionably supplied for the purpose of carrying .on the vast business, both internal and external, in which the country is engaged. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Saturday the counting house of James Morrison and Co., No. 28, t. Mary-at-Hill, Thames-street, was plundered of a tin cash-box, containing 60 South-Eastern Railway shares, 25 Taff Vale Railwavf shares, and 10 Paris and Lyons; 3721. in notes and bills on exchange, as well as several bill stamps, signed J. Morrison and Co. payable Jones Loyd and Co., and not filled up. THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—Sin3e the last announcement, 978/. has been contributed to this fund, including a sum of 200/ by Mr. James G. Marshall, of Headingley House, near Leeds. T he total amount of th e su b scr iptions, so far as advertised in Manchester, is now 61,67% PRICB SD. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. TAMWORTB, Arum 17.—Yesterday Mr. Brassey, the principal contractor for the works on this important line of railway, in company with a party of friends, tra versed the line from Rugby to Stafford. During their progress they were loudly cheered by the populace as sembled at the various stations on the line, and particu larly at Tamworth ; the rejoicing was manifested by the waving of flags, the firing of cannon, and the ringing of bells. From Tamworth the party (the train consisting of an engine and two carriages) proceeded to Lichfield and Rugeley, and thence through the great tunnel on Lord Lichfield's estate at Shuckborough to the neigh bourhood of the terminus at Stafford. At present, how ever, owing to the boggy state of the land, over which is an embankment, in the neighbourhood of that town, an efficient junction with the London and North-Western has not yet been effected. Notwithstanding, there is no doubt that in the course of a short time the necessary solidity will be obtained, as the Grand Junction had to contend with the same difficulty when the line was first put down in that vicinity. Mr. Brassey and his friends remained at Stafford for the night, and this morning, as previously an nounced, returned on their experimental trip to Tam worth. Here, where the sod was first turned by Sir Robert Peel, great doings were expected, and, as the directors had intimated their intention of taking lun cheon, it was not unnaturally supposed, Sir Robert Peel being at Drayton, that he would honour the party with his company. At the time the directors were ex pected to arrive a considerable concourse of people, amongst them the most respectable inhabitants of the district, had assembled in the neighbourhood of the Tam worth station :—Sir R. Peel, Lady Peel, Miss Peel, and the youngest son of the Right Hon. Baronet, were on the platform ; but, as it subsequently appeared, Sir Robert was not there with the view of taking any part in the festivities which followed, but for the purpose of starting with his family by the next train for London. Accordingly, at half past eleven o'clock, before the Trent directors made their appearance, the Right Hon. Baronet had directed his course to the metropolis, and those who imagined that they were about to be favoured with an other address upon railway projects were doomed to dis appointment. Sir Robert was looking well, and appeared to be much gratified with the gay and animated scene of which he was a spectator. The party from Stafford arrived shortly before twelve o'clock, amidst the cheering of the populace and the booming of cannons. Amongst the gentlemen who alighted were Captain Huish, Mr. Bruyeres (of the Lon don and North-Western), Mr. Gooch, C.E., Mr. Bart lett, C.E., Mr. Dockeray, Mr. Field, Mr. Berkeley, Mr. Godson, Mr. Irving, Mr. Cawley, Mr. Brassey, &c. A sumptuous luncheon was provided by Mr. Rhoades, of the King's Arms, and, as might be expected, the festi vities passed off with great glee and good humour. The report of the directors and engineers who con stituted the party to this experimental trip is, that the line throughout, with the exception of the portion near Stafford already referred to, is remarkably firm, and the work substantially and in all respects efficiently com pleted. The station at Tamworth is an elegant Eliza bethan building of great capacity, and will be of great ornament to the line. The party, after leaving Tamworth, proceeded for ward through Atherstone and Nuneaton to Rugby, where the Trent line effects its southern junction with the London and North-Western. It is intended to open the line for the conveyance of goods on the Ist of June, and for passengers on the Ist of July. From that time the traffic between London and Manchester and Liverpool will take its leave of the present route through Birmingham, DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY COM- PANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at 12 o'clock, in the board-room of the com pany's station-house, near Handrow, Mr. George Pim in the chair. The treasurer read the usual report from the directors, from which it appeared " that there has been a decrease in the receipts of the company for the past year, the number of passengers booked at all the stations during the last six months being :1,668,640, and for the pre vious half-year 1,747,100, showing a decrease of 78,450, which produced a decrease in money receipts of 1,3451. 3s. I Id. X. s. d. " Gross income from all sources (ex clusive of Dalkey 51,691 15 2 " Income last year); " Decrease £1,345 3 11." The report went on to say, " that although a decrease in the company's receipts was a matter to be regretted, it was not at all calculated to excite surprise, owing to the awful calamity_which had fallen up on th e i r country , and which had.no‘nfined its effects alone to the poorer jasses j 'but hati.chieflffected all ranks and positions in ebciety ; a calamity trat had curtailed ail gup.rfloons expenditure, building, &c." In referring to the agree ment between the company and the Waterford, Wex ford, and Wicklow Company, the report went on to say, " Whilst the board continue of opinion that the com pletion of a line of railway by Wicklow and Wexford to Waterford, without unnecessary delay, and in pur suance of the agreement between the two companies, would be highly advantageous to your interest, they have not been unobservant of the late proceedings of the shareholders of the Waterford, Wexford, Wick low, and Dublin Company, and of the anxiety which has been shown by very many of them to endeavour to relieve themselves from their responsibilities. The directors have, therefore, :felt it to be their duty to seek for such information from the directors of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Company, as would enable them to judge of the ability of that company to complete their undertaking in its integrity, before trans ferring to them either your powers or your property. The opinion of the board remained unchanged on this subject, and all that had occurred since their previous meeting only tended to confirm the boaid as to the pro priety of the course they adopted; and not only has the information sought for been withheld and difficulties thrown in the way of your obtaining it, but the directors of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Com pany have brought into Parliament a Bill for the amend ment of the Act, to enable them to shorten their line and reduce their capital, which contains provisions and clauses prejudicial to your interests, and at variance with the agreements between the two companies. The board, therefore, acting under the advice of eminent counsel, have not executed the transfer of the powers for making the Bray line on the lease of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, and they have forwarded a petition to the House of Commons, under the common seal of the company, against the Amendment Bill, &c., and are prepared to offer an effective opposition to the Bill should it be proceeded with. They trust the proprietors will rely on the best exertions of the board to watch over and protect the company's interests in this very important matter." A long discussion having:arisen upon the adoption of the foregoing report, two amendments were proposed, one to the effect that the directors should at once pro ceed to construct the extension from Kingstown to Bray, and throw the ones on the Wexford and Water ford Company of applying for an injection to restrain ; and the other, which was proposed by Mr. Palmer, of London, recommending that the Kingstown Company should not oppose the amendment Bill ; and also that a deputation of the directors should wait upon the directors of the Waterford and Wicklow line, in order to arrange differences, and modify the arrangements already entered into, so as to make them meet the wishes of all parties. After the discussion of those amendments for upward of two hours and a half, they were both withdrawn, and the matter having been left to the discretion of the directors the report was ad opted. Some routine business was then transacted, and the meeting separated. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. At a special meeting of the proprietors, held at Bath, Sir John Awdry in the chair, Bills were approved for constructing a railway from Bleadon to Blandford, with a branch to Glastonbury ; a railway from Compton to Wilton, with a branch to Gillingham; to make certain alterations in the main line, and to authorise certain agreements with the Great Western Company. ALARMING FIRES AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Shortly before midnight on Saturday a very alarming fire, by which a young girl nearly lost her life, broke out upon the pre mises, numbered 107, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. It originated in the thiid floor, occupied by Mrs. H. Sov, a milliner and dressmaker, and was occasioned thus appears that Mrs. Soy had placed her daughter Blanche, a child about six or seven years of age, in bed, and had left a candle burning in the room. Some time after the girl had been asleep she was awoke by a burning sensation in one i o n f gh inein r le g s, on one n c d o complete e rising blase sinfounndf fire, bednau instantly b w y as a sslpeaerpk from the candle lodging there. The child nstantlybjumpebd out of bed and ran screaming down stairs , which brought the inmates of the house to her assistance, who endea voured to subdue the flames, but without avail, for owing to the firm hold they had then obtained they were pour ing out of the door with such fury as to threaten the en tire building with destruction. The residents, finding that they were unable to extinguish the flames, sent for the en gines. In a very brief space of time the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire had oue of their escapes at the scene, and the engines from Crown -street and High Hol born stations followed immediately after. The firemen, after c d o n n e s fi, ide n r n a t b , l b e n t w ro ev ub er le, succeeded,uatiltnewhionlegoefaithneg ftuhrenifltuanrelesinsuthbe apartment was spoiled, three other rooms on the same floor damaged, and two on th e second floor, with the f urn i ture therein, damaged by water. Udfortunately Mr Soy was uninsured. The occupi er o f the other rooms was insured in the Scottish Union Fire-office. On Sunday, at noon, another fire broke out a t N o. 3, Cole- street,Great Dover-road, Southwark, belonging to Mr John llardinge, lucifer-match manufacturer. It was caused by the overheat of the drying stove at the back of the house, which set about 300 gross of match splints in a blaze. Several of the inhabitants imme diately went to work, and succeeded in subduing the fire, but not before the stock in the drying house was destroyed. Some of the parties in rendering assistance were burned over the face. Mr. Harding was not insured. The statue of Marshal Bessieres, Duke of Istria, was inaugurated on April 5, at Fraysac (Lot), the marshal's natal town. Upwards of 20,000 persons were meant on the weak& CELICAN LIFE 70, LOMBARD-STREET LONDON: Establisl Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R•S• Wm. Davis, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. BONUS. Four-fifths of the net Profits realised by the Company from In surances effected upon the Participating Scale of premiums allotted, agreeably to the conditions of the policies, every seven years. The first period to commence from the 3d of July, 1840. Annual Premium required for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole term of life. • I Without A g e ' Prolts. With Profits. • Without With Age' I I Prolts. Profits. 15 1111 0 I 1 15 0 20 1 13 10 1 19 3 0 2 4 0 2 10 4 4o 1 50 60 2 18 10 3 6 5 4 0 9 4 10 7 610 6 7 4 ROBERT TUCKER, Secretary. N ATIONAL 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 ha-, 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. EXAM PLES. bay Bonus in gZi Assured t 72 Premium Bonus 0 • added. Cash. E - may ss o 3 Borrow. 1837 £217 15 1 £lOO 011 .£l6 0 4X445 0 0 s. d. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 21 395 11 1 60 1900 3 4 1839 165 11 10, 74 1 9 11 3 1 / 34 .2 3 1840 116 76! 54 010 7 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in lecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,000 i. 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 of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to he exceedingly favourable to Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. - - - - - By order of the Directors, T. YUILLZ Seeretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established 1824. Persons of all ages, and in every station, may assure with this Society on very moderate terms. No extra premium is required for sea risk, or residence in any part of Europe. Persons wishing to visit, or reside in, other parts of the world, may also effect Policies at a small increase ofi Premium FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. A detailed report (just published) of all the Bonuses declared, a statement of the Large Reserve Fund, of the favourable prospects of th , se Now Assuring, and of the state of the Society generally, can be obtained, free of expense, of any of the Society's Agents, or by ad dressing a letter to GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Secretary, No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. GLASGOW COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE COMPANY, 66, ST. VINCENT-STREET. Capital 1,000,0001., in Shares of 10/. each, of which 51. per Share has been paid up. This Company has been established for the purpose of making ad vances on Railway Stock and other convertible securities. This Company will allow Interest at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM, till further notice, on all Deposits made with them, for six months certain, and repayable at three months' notice. The Interest to be payable at Whitsunday and Martinmas. A Commission is allowed to Professional Agents. By Order of the Board of DirectorF, GEORGE KINNEAR, Manager. Glasgow, April 1, 1847. B RITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) No. 9, Waterloo-place, London ; 126, Princes-street, Edinburgh. The arrangements with the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been concluded, the Directors will grant Bonds of Guarantee for the fidelity of Officers in every department of the State, who are required to give security to the Crown, and they are prepared to receive proposals from persons employed in the Treasury, War Office, Home Office, Ordnance, Foreign Office, Customs and Excise, Colonial Office, Stamps and Taxes, Exchequer, Woods and Forests, Admiralty, Post Office, &c. Also from Treasurers, Actuaries, and other Officers of the New County Courts, 1 Loan Societies, Savings' Banks, Government Annuity Societies, Friendly Societies, Benefit Building Societies, Poor•law Commission, And all Public and Private In- Insurance Companies, stitutions, Banks, Chancery and other Receiver- Railway Companies, ships, Mercantile Houses, And in all other situations where security against fraud, or failure to account, is required. Rates of Premium One Half per Cent. and upwards. Colonial and Foreign Policies are granted. Forms of proposal may be obtained at the offices of the Associa tion ; or from any of the Local Agents. A. CHADIBRE, Secretary to the London Board. FENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS._ The LARGEST ASSORTMENT of STOVES, KITCHEN RANGES, and FENDERS, as well as General Ironmongery in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses. Bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ; ditto ditto, with or-motif ornaments, from 605.; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 10s. 6d.: iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. Gd. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, lls.; wrought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 4d. ; 4 feet, Gs, ; bright register stoves, with bronzed ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 9ls. ; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 9/. ; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 18s.; 3 feet, 271. ; bed-rosin register stoves, 2 feet, 16s. ; 3 feet, 245. The new econo mical thermio stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from 8/, ; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 9d. per set ; handsome ditto, with cut heads, 6s. 6d.; newest pattern, with elegant bronzed heads, Its. A variety of fire-irons, with or-mole and richly cut heads, at propor tionate priees. Any article in the furnishing ironmongery, 3 per cent. under any other house. The money returned for every article not approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIBBON and BURTON'S) stock of general furnishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and in spin ect it. 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established Wells street 1820. SMARtS WRITING INSTITUTION, 7, New street, Covent-garden. Open from Ten till Nine daily. Per sons of all ages received (privately) and taught at any time suiting their own convenience. Lessons one hour each. No classes : no extras. Improvement guaranteed in Eight to Twelve easy Lessons. Separate rooms for Ladies, to which department (if preferred) Mrs. Smart will attend —For Terms, &c., apply to ➢lr. Smart, as above. " The specimens approach as near perfection as possible."—Bell's Weekly ➢lessenger SELF-SUPPORTING COLONIZATION. IRELAND CAVED, WITHOUT COST TO THE INi ER I If. TREASURY. By R. TORRENS, Esq., y.n.s., Chairman of the Commission which planted TIIE EXPERIMENTAL COLONY or SOUTH AUSTRALIA Ridgway, Piccadilly; Smith and Elder, Corribill. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. PROGRAMME OF TIIE FOURTH CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING NEXT. Siliconla in F, Beethoven. Duet, the Misses Williams. Reetho wies Concerto in 0, pianoforte, Dr. Mendelssolin Bartholdy. Air, Miss M. Williams. Overture, " Euryanthe," Weber. Sinfonia in A, 3lendelssohn. Duet, " Come be gay," " Der Freychutz." Over ture and Selection from the Music in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssobn. Conductor, First Part, Mr. Costa; Second Part, Dr. 31endelssolin Bartholdy. Single Tickets, one Guinea; and Double Tickets, U. 10s. To be had of Messrs Addison and Hudson, 210, Regent-street. )AVIES'S CANDLES, bid. per lb. ; Genuine Sperui, ls. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 4115., 545., and cos. per 1121135. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Was, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. •' Transparent Wax, Is. lld. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Bale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. ter lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63. St. Martin i s-IMM opposite illsughter's Coffee-house. TO MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS. The Advertiser, who has satisfactorily fulfilled his Engage ments with a Shipping House at Manchester, will be happy to treat with a respectable Party (either upan salary or commission) for the Purchase of their Drapery Goods. He has an intimate knowledge of the value of such goods, and is well acquainted with the manufac turing districts as well as with the London markets. -Unexception able references will be given. Address, to B. B. 8., care of Mr. Stephenson, Newspaper-office, Billiter- square, City. SOUT HNV ARK BRIDGE. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL AS SEMBLY of the PROPRIETORS of the SOUT lIWARK-BRIDGE will he holden at the Company's Office, Quecn'strcet-plaee, on TUESDAY, the 4th of May next, at Twelve for One o'Clock. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. Queen-street -place, April 19, 1847. JAMES LEITH, Secretary, EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK EXTENSION SHARES. The THIRD CALL of N. per Share upon the A Quarters of these Shares will be due on MONDAY, the 19th instant. Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, will be charged to all persons in arrear. By order, _ . Bishopsgate Station, April 8, 1847. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. THE FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS. ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS (late Crockford's) • St. James's-street. Mesdames CORA, JUMBA, WOSKI, MIAMI, YARICO, WOMBA, and ROS A, the young ladies whose immense success itt Manchester has been made a theme of eulogy by the provincial and London Press, will have the honour of appearing for the FIRST TIME in LONDON, at the above named fashionable and aristocratic establishment, on WEDNESDAY, April 21,1847. It is the intention of these accomplished Dark Ones to give a series of Soirees Musicales, Morning and Evening. Morning performance at Half-past Two o'clock ; Evening at Half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Half-a-Crown. 7"2 ( : NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, APRIL 5. —The Flamer, with the overland London mails of the 25th ult., arrived on the 2d inst., but the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon having left Southampton one day later than usual, only reached this on the morning of the 3d. She was to have proceeded to Alexandria at 7 P.M. the same day, but after getting her mails on board, a leak was dis covered in the boiler, which took them until the follow ing morning to repair, when at 10 o'clock they attempted to move the engine in order to put to sea; but having carried away a part of the machinery connected with the steam-valves, the engines were found not to work, and after having had them examined by the engineers, it resulted that the repairs would occupy a week. Under these circumstances, in order to avoid delay to all par ties concerned, the company's agent at Malta imme diately ordered the Ariel to get up her steam ; and with a degree of activity reflecting great credit on all parties employed, the whole of the cargo, specie, passengers' baggage, and passengers for Alexandria, the East Indies, and China, were transhipped, with the exception of the bale goods for Alexandria, which for want of room and time were unavoidably left behind ; but these will be forwarded by the Aries next trip. The Flamer left for Patras and the lonian Islands on the 3d, and at the same time the Locust for the Piraeus of Athens, both vessels carrying dispatches from England for the B r iti s h Minister at the Court of King Otho. StuiDLY.—.-We are enabled t o s t ate, on the ttah ka P et b ° vp e ß e s l i : a m ee u l e t ow u h n T o a r u sa i i no y yr d , t eo h rffie a d t e e ntr to o obcourtthe a d o s r aol c af f o m u a r a nt t s d • em Woolwichr a , r a t i t w hoa i n l l t e l s 6 t t e h rd o a f y ma , ra w es t: t p}w'rrhoiedbnaa Friday h y l e as be s t a t to- n m m d a n o i r r f d e n e w r e . t r pa i dSt u i n rn c e e d e f f t he y officers and men, and th from the Pacific, the a the most fragi le to that Admiralty their complaints Lordships fave both b een ca el n i n ga ot ge fi d nd in e s v i e fting the e n r u e m su e l r t o i u is _s t g h r e on e n h d a w ra o c r te k r o o n f w he h r ic c h ap t t o ai f th rame a prejudicial charge The on the 4th i Viragosteam n i t loop, Commander Lutui, was at Gibraltar H Ad T m h i e ra s ib ir er iv ni i a ilia l m o4 r , a C r a k p e ta r, in K ß .c i . c ß h . a , rd w s ith fla t g he of T V ra i f cei Vice al- gar, 120, Captain Nett ; the Canopus, 81, Captain Moresby, C.B. ; the America, 50, -Captain Sir S. Mait land; and the Phoenix steam-sloop, Commander Dennis, were off Lisbon on the 10th. The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb; the Nau tilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Western, were off Oporto on the 11th. The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, was cruising off Cape Finisterre on the 12th, steering southward. TheFolyphemus, steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty. is reported by the Montrose, which arrived at South ampton on Friday night, to have left Lisbon for England on the 9th inst. The Eagle, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., is ordered from Monte Video to Lisbon, to augment the squadron under Sir William Parker. The Geyser steam sloop, Commander F. T. Brown, will come into harbour to-morrow to fit for foreign ser vice—it is reported, in China. The Herefordshire transport arrived at Halifax on the 2d inst., in sixteen days from Barbadoes, with the 23d Regiment on board ; she was to embark the 89th for England. On her passage to Halifax she had expe rienced extremely foul weather, and had been thrown on her beam-ends. The Hon. John Rodney, the oldest captain in the world, having held that rank in the British navy for sixty-seven years, died at Boulogne-sur-Mer on the 9th inst. He was third son, we believe, of the celebrated Rodney, who fought the French fleet under the Comte de Grasse. In September and October, 1780, he was midshipman, lieu tenant, commander, and captain, in the service, all within the space of six weeks. He was tried by court-martial and broke, was re-instated; but never rose afterwards. The Recruit, 12 (iron), Commander Slade, was docked yesterday to have her bottom cleaned, and it was full time. Although this vessel has been in commission only nine months, and has been docked twice before this for the same purpose, the growth of weeds upon her was truly astonishing, forming a thick cluster just below the line of flotation, more resembling a luxuriant crop of grass in a field than the bottom of a brig of war. The African steam-tug, and Drake lighter, came back yesterday from Brook with the flat and boats, having succeeded in recovering the guns, &c., belonging to the Sphyn x. The Berkshire, dismasted, from Sydney, left this morning in tow of the Sir William Wallace, and another tug. for the Thames. 'The officers and crew belonging to the Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, who were during the refit ment of their own ship at Sheerness employed in navi gating the Euryalus convict depot to Gibraltar, came from that port to Devoaport in the Inconstant frigate. They were subsequently, on the arrival of the Dee steam-transport from Ireland, transhipped to her for passage to this port. Part proceeded by railway, and the remainder were put on board the Myrtle steamer yesterday, and taken to Sheerness to rejoin their ship, which is nearly ready fur sea, having been refitted by the dockyard riggers. The following mates have passed their examination for lieutenants at the Royal Naval College during the past week:—Messrs. John Henry Howard, Henry Anson Ford, Henry Samuel Hamilton, Norman Bernard Bed dingfield, and John James Onslow. During the past week the Admit&fly hare conferred the following APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—C. 0. H. P. St. John, of the Excellent, to the Albion ; W. N. L. Lockyer, of the Albion, to the Excellent ; Frederick Marryat (who exerted himself so admirably in the endeavour to extriottA thp Sphynz when ashore), and Francis Brooke, to the Avenger ; Thomas A. Swinburne. and Samuel Fowell, to the Bull dog ; Edward Barnard, to the Vindictive. Masters—William Archer, the Avenger ; John Cole borne, to be Chief Officer in the Coast Guard Service. Paymaster and Purser.—C. H. Jones, to tho Avenger. Surgeons.—J. H. Steele, to the Caledonia, for service in the Avenger ; A. R. Bradford, to the Albion, vice Tarn ; G. A. Munro, to the Growler ; T. H. Keown, to the Crocodile. Second Master—W. Betts, to the Avenger. Assistant-Surgeon —B. Delany, to the Avenger. Midshipmen—Graham Eden, to the Queen ; R. A. Stupart, to the Sidon ; G. W. Rice, to the Vindictive ; F. H. Sterling, to the St. Vincent ; W. H. Neate, to the Recruit. Clerk—J. A. MQssum, to the St. Vincent. Masters' Assistants—T. Bower, to the Caledonia ;C. Renny, S. Libby, and J. Molloy, to the William and Mary yacht._ Naval Cadets—H. J. Challis, late of the Sphynx, to the Queen ; and F. F. Waddington, to the Bulldog. ROYAL MARINES. Captain Thomas Fraser, First Lieutenant J. E. W. Lawrence, and Second Lieutenant Arthur Charles Steel, of the Woolwich Division, have been appointed to the Artillery Corps at Portsmouth ; First Lieutenant EL Timpson, to the Avenger. WooLwica, APRIL 17. Captain Henry Mangles Denham, Royal Navy, F.R.S., who has been recently investigating the steam-vessel accidents in Ireland, com mencing with the loss of the Sirius steamer, and those that have occurred in England since the passing of the recent Act of Victoria, chap. c., opened his inquiry yesterday touching the collision of the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht with the Rose. The ship Venice sailed from Liverpool with 170 passengers, twelve of wkom died on the passage to Boston. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay honoured the performances at her Ma jesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with their presence. In their Royal Highnesses' box were the Marciais and Mar chioness of Douglas; in her Majesty's box were the Hon. Miss Lascelles, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower and party. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box was occupied by , Mr. and Lady Louisa Warren, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Cap tain Taylor. There were also present, the Prince Louis Na torluenoonw, ,hiasnidxi,.ceialdleentnceyietehllee Olgaßuss Baroness Duke an d Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Russian L M ec i h a n i e t r e :ble b e the Marquis of Huntley. the Marquis of Donegal, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Bel lest, the Countess of Blessingt.on and Miss Power, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Strathmore, Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone and Lady Adelaide Paget, Vis count Cantilupe, Count D'Orsay, Viscount Torrington, Baron ltehausen, M. de Couttu, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss S omerset, t h e Right lion. the Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, Lady Woodford and Miss Woodford, Lady Jervis, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Dormer, Lord Nugent, Count de Courcy, Sir R. Vivian, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Henry Webb, "Bart., General Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Hon. Cecil Forester, Hon. Frederick Cadogan and Lady Monona Cado gan,C. de Koudriaffsky, Mr. Brenton Trelawney, M.P. , and Miss Hon. Adolphus Chichester, Hon. Mrs. Chichester. Mr. Trelawney, Mr. Stewart, M.P., &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. H Saturday o nol as red t with their presence. attended by the Countess of Mount-Edge eui;b Berkeley r hle Her Majesty was n. Miss OPERA.—Her the Maje s ty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert hperfo p erform ance at Covent-garden Theatre on Byron, Genera l W yss, the lion. Captain Gordon, and Cap. a , err, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord K nd There were also prese n t hi s Ex cellency the Belgian M inister and Ma dame Van de Weyer, Duke de Sta,,kpoole, Count Potock, Ba ron d e R utzen, the orl, Earl Grosvenor, M arqu is and Marchioness of Worcester, the Countess fain I y io Drummond. en rummo Dowager of Essex, the Countess de Salis, the Earl of the theE a V r i l sco o u f nt 1 lorp Mun ster,eth; E L a iv rl er o P f ° S ° t i r ' ath E m a re Viscount and Viscountess Duneannon, Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington, Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount Templetown, Lord Anson, Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord G eorge Manners, Lord Somerville, Lady Ashburton, Lady Lyndhurst, Sir William Molesworth, M.P., and Lady Molesworth, Lady Harriet Drummond, Lady Williams, Lady Caroline Russell, Lady Macfarlane, Lady Jodrell, the Ladies Primrose, the Hon. Miss Copley, Hon. Richard Curzon, Hon. F. Byron, H on . Spe n cer Cowper, Hon. A. D. Willoughby, the Hon. Dawson Darner, M.P., and Mrs. Dawson Darner, lion. John Fortescue, Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Butle r , Hon. Colonel and • Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Sir F. Trench, M.P., Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Charles and Lady Cecilia De Veaux, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Sir John H. Lowther, Sir William Abdey, Sir Charles Ib hotson, Sir Charles Kent, Sir William and Lady de Bathe, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Augustus Forster, Sir John Johnstone, Sir 'George Wombwell, &c. ANGLING.—The first clean salmon of this season, taken from the Ness, by rod-fishing, was caught in the Holme Pool last Wednesday, by Charles Woodmas, Esq. Here, as in most of the northern rivers, the spring fishing have been very unproductive; but from the quantity of spent fish that have gone down the rivers in February and March, it is ex ' pected that the late fishing will make up for the early. In the Beauty Lord Lovat has taken three clean salmon, and the Master of Lovat six. From the Bl ac kwater, H. LOSS, Esq., landed the same number within the last fortnight. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—OR Saturday orders were given that the electric telegraph wires of the Send?: Western Railway, now conducting to the Admiralty, should St. James's Park. t o pass through Spring-garden gate into satyr tha Admiralty from the parade in front of this Ha's* Guards. for 30- and rge- Tflt net P ero fre e iritS