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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. .5. Grcri,Eutv, I - . • ,UZt ii iu 6,C01., of the City in Parliament, at the ensuing Election, and I respect fully announce to you my intention to solicit your suffrages so coo as Parliament shall be dissolved. Having sper.t the win le of my life in active pursuits, both official and commercial, within the Cities of London and Westminster, my character and my opinions upon the great political subjects which - have for some years been u der public discussion, are too well known to require explanation. I profess a firm adherence to those opinions and a determination to act upon them, whenever occasion shall ?Mire. I shall, at the same time, be always ready to unite with men of Parties in endeavouring to effect such improvements in our social institutions, as may be con.Cdered likely to tend to the pre- Servation of our admirable Constitution in Church and State, and the bettering the condition of the people. Being an Alderman of the Corporation of London, if it should be Your pleasure to honour the with your confidence, I shall have an additional satisfaction in seeing a revival of the period when it was the custom that the representation of the City, should include one or more of that body. I h ave the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, JOHN JOHNSON. V a London, May 14, 1847, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OP THE GENTtnaw, COUNTY OF SURREY. East AC CEPT with pride and with pleasure the invi tation to become a Candidate for the Representation of Surrey, conveyed to me in a requisition from such a portion of Y. as me no doubt of their ability to carry their wishes ' l to effect, by returning me to Parliament. 1 agree entirely with the o p in ion expressed at the meeting, held at the Bridge-house otelhan that the Liberal Candidates should cordially co-operate, and Genueee great satisfaction in uniting my Interest with that of the n whom you h av e i nv it e d t o sh a re with me the honour of your support. 4 11 ,..1PrIlloiplas n which I offered myself as a Candidate for your or 'ages in 1837, 0 and which I have seen no reason since to change st . I "difY. are now to a great degree adopted by many who were .L that time strenuously opposed to them. Those pe.nciples were, Z I T my earliest youth, inculcated on me by the example and in etimis of my father. From him I learnt that as the legitimate Jen of every Government is tile happiness and well-being of the ,nple. se the means of effecting that object in a free state like "l.'s, Must emanate from the people themselves. I am therefore 5i..2° 3 to extend to them as large a share of liberty and power as are capable of enjoying and of exercising to their own ad . z7" 4 ge• To secu re th e b ene fit s an d preven t th e m i su s e of th a t wer, wish to have the blessings of education diffused as exten s4Y as Possible ; and for that purpose, I hope to see devised a ni of national instruction, unencumbered by tests or conditions, "Ywhich the children of any class or sect could be excluded from its estimable benefits. hi elt an ' oPPosed to all restrictions upon commerce. I hailed with artf e AY the triumph of Free Trade principles in my own s t.T 4 rY and it affords me constant gratification to witness their Ra -Lance throughout the civilized world. But their yet remain more de r done at home ; those who have abandoned what they consi s,l„e4_, Protection, claim, in turn, to be relieved from burdens _—"'l3, P r ess most heavily upon them. The agricultural body de oluss,`"e PePeal of the Malt Tax, and I think some other and less inipest should be substituted. Indeed there is scarcely is ua : M auch of the excite, which is not a fruitful sour of immorality, i sh e . 0 11 and fraud. It ' ce is surely the duty of the legislature to raise ra t , n , Plies for the public service with the least possible pressure on Turtsoflumustrions classes, whose more extended command of the corn bast is among the surest results of wise government and the 34. ° ' - ' t of general prosperity. t r ° PertY and residence in the county of Surrey, give ma a na i-Ztof erect ha all questions affecting the local welfare of every por cs„.? Inhabitants , and you may rest assured my best attention, thasi,;:"oltll be devoted to such of these questions as may, from ... ler come before Parliament. I have the honour to be, GErriumlix, Your faithful Servant, P. J. LOCKS KING. Woburn Park, May 11, 1847 I.° TIM ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY. r at "Lrata, compliance with a Requisition addressed to me blfi. fl u pwards of 1,200 Electors, I readily declare myself a CAN itnd it for the honour of representing East Surrey in Parliament ; With a a frords me the greatest satisfaction to And myself associated ranch bl entl enlall whose principles—l have reason to believe—are so !ecordanee with my own. dechi'r.l',""tical opinions were made known to you in 1841, when I th en pas mYself an advocate for a total repeal of the corn-laws. It and ft..llY conviction that commercial restrictions were impolitic ; to se e 7:* been some compensation for the defeat I then experienced. eo giu .e Principles of free trade, se soon and almost universally re- Ih e - Z ar nong civilised nations. Withd r i t - L' l4 ws having been repealed, and protection to the farmers be tax ce,t,".., J uires tkat protection should no , Us l tl am therefore ready to vote to for others a repeal of the longe malt r . f ort 4 com Ler the ab o li tion or reduction of many other duties on th e elAssee. 4n d neceasaries of life, which press heavily on the wor king I am an C:fe se ltl i - o :::: e te rty of that gradual extension of the elective fran "'eu the progress of knowledge is fast rendering necessary. in of tis Established lam a staunch supporter. the satt i r f t re mernber the Church, I claim for others Ravin., -. mom Of judgment which I enjoy. 1 tr ust atwaYs taken a deep interest in the subject of education, ;24 the tinte will shortly arrive when its inestimable blessings tirti2 eXte nded to th e w h o l e commun ity w ithout distinction, and uen4ecaete i rtn ts ads tli al at itag non t e s may feel themselves conscientiously obliged p r operty in this di v i s i on o f t h e coun ty, an d residing tr y ot - urt You, it is impossible for me not to take a deep interest in eprese":l affairs; and if Yon should confer on me the honour of 11 8 Yew interests in Parliament. be assured that I shall .• to prove myself worthy of your confidence. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, THOMAS ALCOCK. Ringwood Warren, May 11, 1647. LAST SURREY ELECTION. iZtio co mmunications with the Co mm itt ee for conducting the ts of the Honourable PETER JOHN LOCKE KING and ALCOCK, Esquire, may, for the present, be addressed t o Bert Russell solicitor, Croyd on, or 23, Martin's-lane, Cannon -"'et, Londo n. -"tATESEND STAR and BLACKWALL 41.0aPtitcRETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment. 4 %, 5 En inswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12. 1%, 3%, a A. arid 7. Sundays, at 9,1% 11, 1%, 3%, 5%. and 7. The The I,l_ ata rting 015 quarter of an hour bane each of those times. a, 5 __,, Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 6%, 9%, 11%, 1,2, 1.,1 1 1 ° 14 GX• Sundays. at 734, 8%, 11%, 1,3, 6, and 7. etZ"""tiju other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. s'wee, Gravesend, April 14, 1647. BOOK-KEEPING, &c. ia.rixG, Perso n , xicurr LEssni% artY Age however bad their Writing, may, in teeast of p.,,,,„.---,`3. % Nair,permanently an elegant and Bon i ng Corre7po-ZinciPe'. 84a Pted p either to prafessio r n e a 4 l . p l u ri r ng sai third the time o. Arithmetic ea a method o ts r i 1 or y o P n e -- Gave nt tt—uallY requisite Book-keeping, as practised in the Apar rnra to e- 34 4 ,,kint a d Me • hants' Offices. Short-hand, &c. it ' sirdesa • : - -- j" ' o ltaiT il , at th e re Institution, 7. New-street, Covent " Under lir S a. has been reduced tea 'dance.' Polytechnic Je.nrninalt! penmanship , THE SEA.—TO THE HEADS OF FAMILIES. ANTED IMMEDIATELY, a YOUTH, as ian APPRENTICE in a first-class Ship, wise if active and nd --11StriOns, will meet with every advancement. A small Premium Will be require& Apply as to particulars to Mr. W. G. Flynn, provision agent, 84, Lower Thames-street, London, who can at all periods promote the interests of any youth desirous of entering the sea serviee. TO SECURE HOUSEHOLD LINEN and WEARING APPAREL against LOSS or MISTAKE, fail not to write your name in full on every article thereof with BOND'S P ERMANENT MARKING INK, which is the original invention, 'squiring no preparation, and sure to give satisfaction to every Inirchascr. ....l i tePared ley the Inventor, John Bond, Chemist, 28, Long-lane. west Smithfield ; and sold by most stationers, &e. Price Is. a bottle. ---........_ IF ye THE SUMMER, now approaching, should I._ Prove as hot as it was last ar, doubtless NICOLL'S _•LETOT, of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without LlGHT any et her coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe- Z n ced Is alone suflleient inducement to adopt the same course P uce of Paletot, rich silk linings, Two Guineas and a Half; not TWO • Guineas. 114, Regent -street, and 22, Cornhill. sENCE OF LIFE. This valuable medicine, which for nearly a century has m aintained so high a reputation in Germany, and other parts of the v e ntinent, as to have met with the protection of Imperial and Be- Privileges, can now be obtained in London. It was disco u — " 1 b 7 Dr. Kiesow, an eminent physician of Augsburgh i , re nl 4 allor to the King of Bavaria ; and as an effectual remedy in sta: v ing the various diseases incident to the abdominal viscera, it tet' unParalleled. In all cities of dyspepsia or indigestion, which km. conerall to headache, giddiness, or nervous debility, it yields Fedtate upon ', h t." Particulars may be learnt in a Medical Treatise, gratis, tuare h u sea, at the depot, 46, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy- f ic,L r e, It is sold in bottles, at 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. each ; and o 'val„,_ CO ' 4 _7 and Co , 95, Farringdon-street ; Messrs. Hannay r n eer, ' Ve"',, u xford-street ; Mr. J. Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Mr. J. i 3 , eild ers tb r V i l h i urd-street • and by all chemists and patent medicine g out the United ' Kingdom. J. Ovenston, sole agent t i , ) „, THE CARPET TRADE. with o „,---- AL VICTORIA FELT CARPETING, manufactured ,l ( tkiest 7 „l in ing or weaving. Patronized by her M o st G rac i ous 'at ha d used in the Royal Palaces. This description of carpet coußtrv. new become one of the established manufactures of this ittipe r 4 Ita advantages are beauty of design (equal to Brussel,), it ca n — b ratless to dust, durability, and more especially economy, as Pate nt I ,,Purohased for less than half the price of Brussels. The 'lade? th". "ll en Cloth Company, who are the sole manufacturers rnaki n ., - 7 Patent, having availed themselves of the rapid strides now th eir ni the arts of design in this country, inform the trade that be foundParns for the present season are now out, and that they will far in advance of all hitherto produced, and suitable for ,I r t eeY dese r t Ption of room and decoration. The public can be sup tllrough their agents in nearly all the provincial towns In I, o 4 „ g L a ncl, Scotland and Ireland, and at every respectable carpet en""'" landn an ' d its suburbs. They also manufasture table ,:vers window curtains embossed and printed, In a great o, ri _etY of elegant a• .d novel 'designs ; plain cloths suitable for up esterers ; cloths ada irably adap ted for coach and railway carriage 2 1 ngli ; waisteoatings ; thick fel t for k plate glass and marble polish gun-waddings ; and of all thic nesses suitable for pianoforte Zetl_afacturers, at a very considerable saving as compared with those ire by hand ; D'Oyleys, Sec. Wholesale Warehouses, 8, Love-lane, street, Cheapside. Manufactories , Elm awood Mills, Leeds ; ,Th rough-road, London. GYPTIAN BALL, PICCADILLY THURSDAY Next, May 20. xXle most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORIGINES e: Mt SEEN in EUROPE landed In Liverpool by the brig Fanny, *t 5d Wheeler, and will , be EXHIBITED, for the first time, t he EGYPTIAN HALL, Pi cca dilly, on THURSDAY. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSJESMAN s r BUSH TRIBE, front the never lnterior of South Africa, a race that, Vera their wild habits , could uldbefore be induced to , visit a place of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the max of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on th e part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that m us t be excited by their a p pearance. From the Liverpool Journal : Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Southern Africa—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our port; they aro the Bosjes loans, or Bush People from the interior of South Africa, of which so Much has been written by the missionaries, and the few who have tr avelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the country he rdering the Great Orange River, 1,209 or 1.400 miles from Cape .rO Wn. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual or 411er faculties as is observable in the skull of that mockery of Z i hnitnity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal Vinally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite ~,,',„greatest astonishment, and to contrza to the full those " Taloa •,, c . & r evellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon e,,;,,"% a 0 8 1 4 1c10n. We could scarcely have credited that such a race c a —m oe in existence on the earth. That they are genuine no one caiLdoubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a e 7.,,T0wn Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re • ree e- ' :— " We understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which f rifly left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind a rnan ell :„ rta , h on, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bush bee - " te les; they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. IL Bishop, who has n at considerable trouble and expense in procuring rt them from the or. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra }''ulY decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. r Part' lee D.. ' , Wars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesmans, ketC ofes sor Leichtenstein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouse's, end Moffatt's Travels in South Africa. 11 , 1 4e — ne dis e. "rn One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two S hillin g s and DR. CIJLYERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and 1 -1 . Ino pocket W volum T es Is. O LIFE BE HAPPY. each, LONG by post (in stamps), ls. 6 d. each. Jucinde Vivere."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATOP). (With Diet-tables for II Complaints.) a. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. TO.oe. Or not to be, tkatis tke question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valens." These Publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are a d!l_Pted to the intelligence of the times. obe had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn he Carvalho, 147, Fleet -street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to hone consulta itt 1 0 u. Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, A ru h via ilegent4treet. Aen IIUT • At i - ' 4' 4 : 0 ' ;110 1116. • - r . 111 7 4 6 '4 , •••• '42 ' - bßon. LONDON, rr UES DAY EV NING , TIN kto. 17,055. EXCHEQUER BILL OFFICE, 2, WHITEHALL YARD, MAY 18, 1847 The EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the Month of June, 1846, viz.:— Per 9 Viet., capt. 15, 18,380,200/., Anno 1846, with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on tii, Day of June, 1847, when the Interest will cease. Such Bit.s will Ist received daily from half past Ten o'Clock till Two, until and including the 4th day of June at this Office, where Lists are to be obtained, containing Instructions tor arranging the Bills. The Bearers must endorse each Bill with their usual Signatures, and write their Names and Residences at the bottom of each List; and where the Names of Holders are inserted in Bills, the Bearers, not being such Holders, must previously obtain their Endorsements. The Bearers must attend to give receipts for the Payment. Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 15th Day of June, upon leaving the Bills for Examination One Day prior to that on which such Payment is desired. New Bills, bearing an Interest of Threepence by the Day upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said 15th Day of June, may be obtained in whole or in part Payment of Principal of the Exchequer Bills issued under the above mentioned Act, upon stating the required Amount on the Lists, delivered on or before the said 4th Day of June, which New Bills, with the Interest on the Bills ex changed, will be issued on the 16th Day of June. The Bee to be classed in separate Lists, according to the Acts under which they have been issued. N.B.—All Exchequer Bills Charged on Supplies dated prior to June, 1846, have been Advertised to be paid off. NOTICE.—The Exchequer Bills issued per 9 Viet., cap. 15, and dated 16th March, 1847, will bear Interest at the rate of Threepence per Centum per Diem on and after 15th June, 1847. 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 rezistered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House, LONDON, to imitate which is felony. OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, May 15, 1847. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY, will be held at this Office, on Tucsoly, the 15th day of June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, pursuant to the Act of the 59th year of his late Majesty King George the Third, for the ELECTION of THREE DIREC TORS of this Company for four years, in the room of three Directors (all of whom are eligible to be re-elected), who will then go out of effiee by efflux of time ; and should a Ballot be required, it will con tinue open four hours from its commencement. By order of the Court of Directors, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. 1.c.8. The chair will be taken at Twelve o'closk precisely, and none but Proprietors admitted. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS ; TRAFALGAR SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. See ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY on the Evenings or Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. Hunter Lane, F.L.S., F.S.S.A. LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY daily, by Dr. BachhotTner. On the Evenings of Tuesday and Thurs day, on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its pro duction. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, Ste., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. T HE RACES-LIGHT WEIGHT. ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. NICOLL'S PALETOT D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. 114, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL—not elsewhere In London. T HE UNITED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110 ; and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of Incorporation served on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. ETON COLLEGE. —The ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the Noblemen and Gentlemen educated ai ETON, will be held on SATURDAY next, the 22d inst , at On Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Dinner at Seven o'clock. The Hon. GEORGE SMYTHE, M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. ___..--- The Earl Grosvenor William Johnson, Esq. The Hon. Adolphus Liddell I Robert Clive, Esq. Ralph Neville, Esq. Jelin IL. Daniell, Esq. Tickets 15s. each, to be had at the Bar of the Thatched House. R OYAL BANK OF AUSTRALII, 2, MOORGATE-STREET, LONDON. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, due on the 15th inst., will be PAYABLE on or after the Ist Mar nest. To Shareholders resident in Scotland at the Office of the Agents, Messrs. R. and T. Allan, 11, St. Andrew-square, Edin burgh. The Court of Directors grant Letters of Credit and Bills, at three or 30 days' sight, on their branches at Sydney, Port Philip. Hobart town, and Launceston, and are also receiving money on deposit, for Axed periods, at a rate of interest to be agreed on, varying according to the term for which it is taken. Aprll7, 1847. BY order of the Beard, G. H. WRAY, Manager. THE ANNUAL GRAND POLISH FANCY, or FULL DRESS RA.LL, in AID of the FUNDS of the LITERARY ASSOCIATION of the FRIENDS of POLAND, will take place at Willis's Rooms, on FRIDAY, May 21. The vouchers to be obtained from the Ladies Patronesses only, a list of whom may be had at the Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10, Duke-street, St. James's-square, and also at Willis's Rooms. MA Y COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, had an evening party v..sterday at Marlborough House. The Queen and Prince Übert and the royal suite, arrived in three carriages at nine Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accom 1. tided by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and were attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in '‘Vaiting •, lion. Misses Stanley and Dawson, Maids of Ho :tour in Waiting ; L or d W aterpar k , Lord inWaiting; Ad miral Sir Edward Codrington, Groom in Waiting ; Lieut.- Colonel C. B Phipps, Equerry in Waiting; and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gorgon, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Marl borough House soon after nine o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper. Royal Highness Prince George was also present. A select party of the Nobility and Gentry had the honour of meeting the august circle. The Queen and Prince Albert. accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. Tile Equerries in Waiting—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. The name of Colonel E. Morris, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, was accidentally omitted in the list of company honoured with invitations to her Majesty's state ball on Friday evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor o f th e Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Minto were prevented by indisposition from attending the meeting. The Council sat one hour. A deputation from the London and North-Western Rail way Company, consisting of Mr. Creed, Mr. Swift, Mr. Tweesdale, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways in Great George-street. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and Baron de Mon corvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. A deputation from the Steamship Owners, consisting of Mr. Williams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hall, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Bolges, and Mr. Morgan, their Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, yesterday. The deputation was accompanied by Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Pattison, M.P., and Mr. Browne, M.P. The Ecclesiastical Commissionners for England had a committee meeting yesterday. Mr. G. C Lewis had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of New South Wales, New Zealand, and the Mauritius. _ _ A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Anstruther, Hill, and R. Grahame, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways. R 0 YAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN ROAD. JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P., Treasurer. The NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will take place at the London Tavern, on WIDNEIDAY, June 16, BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., Sec., in the Chair. The following noblemen and gentlemen have already signified their willingness to be stewards, and a further list will be published in a few days : Ills Grace the Duke of Bucoleuch, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Leeds Right Hon. Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham Right Han. Viscount Sydney Right Hon. Lord Ashburton Right Hon. Lord Beauvais Right Hon. Lord Sandys Right Hon. Lord Sherborne Right Hon. Lord Southampton Right lion. Lord J. Russell, M.P. Right Hon. Fox Maule, ilon. Edwin Lascelles, M.P. Hon. Cecil Lawless, M.P. Sir W. H. Barron, Bart., M.P. Sir James Flower, Bart., M.P. Sir R. B. Phillipps, Bart., M.P. Thomas Blakesaore, Esq., M.P. Henry Barkly, Esq , M.P. John Masterman, Esq., M.P. James Pattison, Esq., M.P. E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq., M.P. John Philpotts, Esq., M.P. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P. Rev. Edward Rice, D.D. Rev. Sydney Turner The Committee earnestly entree port of this excellent charity. , Captain Acome W. S. Answorth, Esq. , T. B. Barnard, Esq. William Bullmore, Esq. John Braithwaite, Esq. , T. Brettell, Esq. W. Chaplain, Esq. Charles Cochrane, Esq. Thomas Cotterell, Esq. L Jeremiah Evans, Esq. J. V. P. Field, Esq. John Gay, Esq. George Goddard, Esq. Edmund Hulswell, Esq. Luke James Hansard, Esq. James Harmer, Esq. Wm. Marsden, Esq., M.D. R. Macord, Esq. John Masterman, jun., Esq. E. R. Moran, Esq. J. T. Neste, Esq. T. B. Peacock, Esq., M.D. Wm. Pegg, Esq. Thomas Stephens, Esq. Jelin Stevens, Esq. Thomas Watley, jun., Esq. E. P. Walesby, Esq. John Watson, Esq. F. Warr. Esq. J. C. Weathe - rley, Esq. Edward Wigram, Esq. G. F. Wilbraham, Esq. James Yearsley, Esq. t the aid of the benevolent In sup- NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, 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 conveniancies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 65 per cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Bonn; on in! Perms- Sum the Annual Policy vent Re- Assured additio n Age. = Pre- taken „," Bonus in duction sf may bur mium. out in i s - sure — d. Cash. Annual row on os Premiums. Po=ky. --- X I. d• £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 1838 218 4 8 99 8 15 5 445 0 9 £ d ' 10 13 1839 192 1 10 86 t 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 60 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 510 6i 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 9 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of Its branches In the country ; or, on application. will be forwarded post free. T. FERGUSON CAMROUI, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Yid., cap. 9.. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSCIANCY EXANCIL Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large ftuul accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 6,000 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after live years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PIOTIIITART BRANCH. The lowest rates conaistest with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. Half-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is firm for half the amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES. Annual Premiums required for an Assurance of 100 i. for the whole 3ierna of Life. lIIYTTTAL ASIII7IANCIC NRANCR. I 2101.11:1CTA12 MUNCH. ' Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre- Whole Pre- Age. mium, first mium, after Age. mlum, first mlum, after lye years. five years. seven years. seven years. - ---- --- Xl. d • Xs. d. Xs. d. 4s. 20 10 ) 20 0 IS OIS 0 116 0 25 1 2 1 24 4 25 019 Y 119 30 1 411 29 10 30 1 1 9 23 6 35 1 9 , 217 0 35" 14 11 2 9 111 1 9 2 2 IS 4 1 13 3 3 6 40 40 9 1 45 1 19 6 3 1 9 0 45 1 14 10 1 *0 2 7 9 4 15 6 50 2 2 6 4 11 0 2 12 9 5 5 6 55 2 11 10 5 17 8 55 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. THE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, Ling William-street. Established 1643. Capital 350,0011. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,aii contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1543. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SIIORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to bo exceedingly favourable to Insurers, and the rates far the whole period of life as luw as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, ke.. apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. CILERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL ..) LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. In addition to Assurances on Healthy Lives, this Society continues to grant Policies on the Lives of Persons subject to Gout, Asthma, Rupture, and other diseases, on the payment of a Premium pro portioned to tke increased risk. The plan of granting Assurances on unhealthy lives, originated with this office in the beginning of 1824. Every description of Assurance may be effected with this ssciety, and Polices are granted on the Lives of Persons in any station, and of 'very age. BONUSES. The two first Divisions averaieTzliii. per cent. en the premiums paid ; the third 281. per cent. The fourth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent., and from the large amount of Profit reserved for future appropriation and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter are expected considerably to exceed that amount. Tables of Rates, with a tall Report (recently printed) can be ob tained of the Society's Agents, or by addressing a letter to GEO. H. PINCKARD, Actuary, No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloombury, London. THE COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BATH, the only real novelty of the season, by the aid of Vulcanised India-rubber, only occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches diameter and 3 inches deep, while it holds three gallons of water. It is thoroughly simple, and not likely to get out of order. Price 155.; if packed complete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, 3s. 6d. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma nufacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon and Burton), whose BATH SHOW ROOM contains, besides toilet sets Japanned in Imitation of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., in enormous va riety, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de voted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any other house where attention is paid to the quality. Full-sized Port able Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtaini and copper valve, as, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct- Mg tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains and japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, japanned, 3s. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, Sent (per Peet) flee.-39, Oxford street (corner of Newmamstreet). Established in Wells -street, 1820. 52, Fleet-street. On the Ist of June, 1847, Part 1., Price is, to be completed in Six Monthly Parts, with Illustrations by Kenny Meadows and Phiz. THE DISGRACE to the FAMILY. A Story of Social Distinctions. By W. BLANCHARD JERROLD. London : Published, for the Proprietors, by Messrs. Darton and Co., Holborn-hill. No Advertisements can be received for the First Part after May 21. Just out, Second Edition, price 103. 6d., .HE AL THY S"KIN. The Management of the Skin as a means of Promoting and Preserving Health. By ERASMUS WILSON. F.R.S., Consulting Surgeon to the St. Pancras Infirmary, &c. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. PELICAN LIFE I 70, LOMBARD-STREET LONDON. :NSURANCE OFFICE, T. and 17. CHARING-CROSS, 1797. Matthias Attweod.K., M.P. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Wm. Davis, Esq. Richard Fuller. Esq. J. A. Gordon, Rsq..M.D..F.E.S.. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Richard H. Lawrence. Esq. J. Petty Mnspratt, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Req. Matthew Whither, Esq. 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 WWI years. The first period to commence from the Ed of July, IE4O. Annual Premium required for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole term of life. Aye. Without With i Ag e. Without With Profits. Profits. II Profits. Profits. 15 111 0 115 0 40 218 10 36 5 20 113 10 119 3 60 I 4 0 9 410 7 0 24 0 2104i60 1 6 1 0 67 4 ROBERT TUCKER, Secretary. BRITISH Parliament), No. 9, Waterloo place , (Incorporated by Act Alt , A N f paTEE ASSOCIATION. , London ; 126, Pri nces - s t ree t, Edinburgh. GRANT The arrangements with the Lords Commissioners of her Ma j est y 's Treasury havi ng b een concluded, t h e Di r ectors will BONDS of GUARANTEE f or tke fidelity of officers in every department of the State, who are required to give securityare prepared to recei ve p roposa l s f rom persons employed in th Treasury War Office Home Office Ordnance Foreign Office to the Crown, and e they Customs and Excise Colonial Office Stamps and Taxes Exchequer Woods and Forests Admiralty Post-office, Ste. Also from Treasurers, Actuaries, and other Officers of the New County Courts Government Annuity Societies Savings' Banks Benefit Building Societies Friendly Societies Poor Law Commission. Loan Societies And all Public and Private Institutions, Chancery, and other Re coerivfaeirlursheiptso, l ac ns c u o r u a n n t, e e is C r o eo mp i a r n ed. ies, Ranks, Railway Companies , Mer cantile Rouses, an d i n all other situations where security againt fraud, Rates of premium one-half per cent, and upwards. Colonia lan dForeign Policies a re granted. Forms of proposal may he obtained at the Offices of the Associa tion, or from any of the local agents. A. CIIAMBRE, Secretary to the London Board. H A Y I - 1 ARV ES T.- " No farmer should be without a goad rick cloth, for it i! certainly one of the mo s t useful things he can have on his premises. —Gardener's Gazette. BENJAMIN EDGINGTOII, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, foot of Loudon-bridge, informs the public he has a few SECOND-HAND RICK CLOTHS, in good order, at reasonable cost. Also an exten sive stock of new Rick Cloths, with poles complete. Marquees, tents, pavilions, with boarded floors for fetes, balls , &c., to any extent of Accommodation, always ready.—Address, per post, Benjamin Edging ton, 2, Duke-street, Southwark.—A. warehouse, 20 6 , Piccadilly. THE UNITED DEN TISTS' TOOTH POWDER, so named from the Inventors, ROSS and SONS, having visited several first-ra te surgeon-dentist s , and finding each some peculiar nostrum, th ey have combined these to negther inredients, known only to them se l ves, an d are r c ge o ee n th° v me i r n m c w e e d intcli h they have g produced a perfect tooth powder. It will re move the tartar, strengthen the gums, purify the breath, and en tirely prevent and cure the tooth-ache. and If used immediately a ft er leaving the sick room prevent infection. Lo lt s.D OSS Ol rd S . ONES, 119 and 120, BII3IIOI'SGA.TE sTAimddieTI, PATRONS. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq. TRUSTEES, Lord Chas. Beauclerc, Lowndes- Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander M`Kinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. John Bond, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S. L and E., George-st., Portman-sq Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. _ . Gerrard Barry, Es(f., M.D., M R.C.S.L., Chariest-st., St. James's-sq. Jo hua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. Ellis Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-siTeet, Bank : Commercial Bank, Lothbury. SECRETARY—J - 001Ra Stopford. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—RiChard St. George Graham. 21, East India Chambers, i.eadenhall•street. PROSPECTUS. When we look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, the trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercial interests ef this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have not, long since, been taken to ob tain a better supply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water monopoly which has so grievously existed for many years past. The subject is one upon which so much has been said, and such universal complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to dilate upon the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that which is rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas sionate mind. Of the eight companies supplying London with water, the New River is the most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh Middleton, at an expense of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the public were much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and l;ommis• stoners were appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,964/., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5591. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was a balance et 157,2061. 10s. 6d. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied in 1834, according to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2001„ about 11. 103. yearly per house. Pure water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capitalist who invests in this speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Company. Hence the opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of pure water at an inconsiderable outlay, and upon those sure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted on the Continent—unfailing and successfully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. -- • ----- With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be understood, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one inches per an num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,600 square miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The supply of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying mere than twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns in Great Britain and Ireland. So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring water upon the principle stated. Tke metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies will net be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only be in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. Sharekolaars shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the actual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Mice, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, City, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOE SHARES. Sir,—l hereby request you to allot me Shares of 101. each in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called on, a deposit of Is. Gd. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, and to sign the deed Of partnership when necessary. Residence .. ...... .. .. .. .. Names of t wo Refereences, 'LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. TENDERS FOR STATIONERY. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company will. at Two o'clock on FRIDAY, the 28th May instant, be prepared to receive TENDERS for the supply of all the STATIONERY the Company will require from the lit July, 1847, to the 31st December, 1848. Printed forms of Tender and Conditions of the Contract may be had, and samples of the articles seen, on applicas ion to the Treasurer of the Company, at the Nine Elms Station, Vauxhall. The Directors do not bind themselves to aceept the lowest Tender By order of the Directors, P. LAUREN TZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine Elms, Vauxhall, May 18, 1847. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. -14 YORK EXTENSION SHARES. The SECOND INSTALMENT of the FIRST CALL upon the B QUARTERS of THESE SHARES will be due on the 19th instant, and must be paid on or before that day. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate station, May 7, 1547. A NEW DISCOTERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or Cecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require tke extraction► of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERg produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size. 7s. ; and doable this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. taining testimonials of undoubt e d authority, entitled " Three M i nu te ! , , Advice on tke Growth and Prese rvat i on of the Human Ha i r, Am By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 84„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near 1",011(1011; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cernhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver User-office. TO TUB LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news paper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put int* the paper by the lady herself; as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout 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 Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an Ils. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex pbrience, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in abund ance, 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 facts•.-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 - wevent 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 procuct of the most aromatic herbs and flowers With confidence ; its refreshing )(lour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops n the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an our. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces air on children's heads in a few appplicatl ons. It used on infants' cads, 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. 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The engravings see an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mum act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal 1111011 V questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f ne ap e sa : .ivela to the most confidential friend."—Era. -aolished by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also rom Kent and lachard.i, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, r ford-street Starts, Tichbonae-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all immediately replied to, if containin. Vse fee of IL, for advice, &.—H BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD• SQTYARE, T.ONDONT PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MAY 17. RAILWAY BILLS. Resolution (22d April) read, as follows: — Resolved, That all Railway Bill s i n t h e present session be referred to the Railway Commissioners, for their report to this House upon the following points previously to a decision on the preamble of any Bill by the Committee thereon. Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Resolu tion be suspend e d f or the remainder of the session." The House divided : MINORITy_AyEs, 70. Ahlam, W. Escott, Biek.haai Marton. G. Aliix, J. P. Feilden, Sir W. Masterman, J. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Ferraud, W. B. an, ' Edward Molesworth, Sir W. Baillie, II.:J Fitzmaurice, W. Morris, .. David Baillie, William Forbes, W. Mundy, E. Miller Balfour, J. M. Fuller, A. E. Muntz, G F. Bankes, George Gladstone, J. N. Neville, Ralph Barrington, Viscount Goring, Charles Newdegatc, C. N. Bell, Matthew L. G : r u Newport,;Visct. Benett, J. Bennet, Philip Hamilton, Lord C. Palmer, R. Bootjack, Lord 0. Hodgson, Richard Pechell, Captain Berkeley, Craven lloPs, Sir J. Scott, F. Blackburne, J. I. Shaw, F. Northland, Viscount Blackstone, W. S. Houldsworth, T. S o m erset A. Boyd, John Hudson, George Somerset, Lord G. Buck, L. W. Hughes, W. B. Spooner, Richard Cavendish, G. H. Ingestre, Visct. Tollemache, John Drummond, 11. Layard, Major Trevor, G. Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, A. B. Waddington, IL S. Duncombe, A. Lockhart, W. Wall, C. B. Duncombe, 0. Lygou, General TELLERS. East, Sir J. B. Mackenzie, T. Fitzroy, HenrY Ent wisle, William Mackenzie, W. F. Cripps, William gi, hereby,Sir John 1 n MAJORITY Antrobus,!Edmund Graham , Sir James 3.fostyn, E. Arkwright, G. Greene Th omas O'Connell. M. J. Grey, Baine, Walter —NoES, 102. Sir G . Ord, W. Barclay, David Hamilton, W. J. Oswald, Alexander Baring, F. T. Hanmer, sir J. Paget, Colonel Barnard, E. G. Hastie, Archibald Palmerston, Vis. Bellew, B. M. Hatton, Captain V. Parker, John Bowring, Dr. Hawes, B. Patten, J. W. Brotherton, Joseph Heathcote, Sir W. Pattison, James Browne, W. Herbert, Sydney Peel, Sir Robert Burroughes, H. N. Hodgson,: F. Philips, G. R. Carew, W. P. Howard, P. H. Rich, Henry Christie, W. D. Hume, Joseph Russell. Lord John Clay, Sir W. Hussey, T. Russell, Lord C. Clerk Sir G. Hutt, William Rutherfurd, A. Colebrooke, Sir T. Inglis, Sir R. Scrope, G. P. Collett, John James, William Shelburne, Earl of Coote, Sir C. M. James, Sir W. C. Sheppard, T. Dawson, T. V. Jervis, Sir John Sterns/lad, W. R. C. I)eedes, W. -Keatble. Henry Thornely, T. Denison, W. J. Labouchere, Henry Trotter, John Denison, J. E. Langston, J. H. Troubridge, Sir E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Le Marchant, Sir D. Tufnell, K. Dickinson, F. IL Lemon, Sir 0. _ Turpar„ .E.',' humid 'Area, E. ..,,- Idaesdn„ Mari of Walker. Richard Duncan, George - Lindsay, Colonel Watson, _Henry Dundas, SU...David , Loch, J a mes Wawa, 3 T. Ebrington, Lord Mackinnon, W. Winnington, Sir T. Egerton, W. T. Maitland, Thomas Wood, Sir Charles Ellice, Edward Mangles, R.D. Wood, Colonel T. Estcourt, T. G. Martin, C. W. Wrightson, W. B. Etwall, Ralph Maule, Fox Young, John Ewart, William Milton, Viscount TELLERS. Gaskell, J. M. Mitcalfe, 11. Hill, Lord Marcus Gibson, T. M. Morgan, 0. &mitt, Edward [ ADVERTISEMENT.] —SKIN DISEASES.--DR.POWEEL'ib TESTIMONY OF TIIE EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT MENT.—Extract of a letter, dated 16, Blessington-street, Dublin, Feb. 9, 1847. Professor Holloway.—Dear Sir, —Having devot e d my particular attention for some years to the treatment of cutaneous, or skin diseases, I think it right to inform you that I have, in a many case , recommended the use of your Pills and Ointmen great t, and invariably found them to have the most perfect effect in removing those diseases, even when of a very desperate nature. (Signed) W. E. PowELL, M.D. In cases of scald heads, ringworm,, pimples or tetters on Use face, the effect of the medicines is astonishin g . — sold sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary newly-invented instrument, for deafness— [ADVERTIsEMENT.] DEAFNESS, NEw INVENTION, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that e s T r f a t tiEs smallT, n c n c e t r u i ;Li : has been, or probably ever can be produced , it is modelled to the 39AIBEARpoLEw ear so that it rests within, without projecting, whi ch can be inserted in the ears and removed in company unobserved ; and, b e i ng of the s ame colour as the Man, is not perceptible. The s Powers of this va luable new invention are so g reat as to bring very defective . lug, of long stand in g , to its perfect and natural state, and to enable t persons to enjoy general conversation, to hear distinal at church, on the bench , at the bar:An in at public ass emblies ; they at sensation of singing noises nthe ears ar e entirely removed, and it affords to individu als affected with this dreadful malady all the assistance that possibly could be d T e ne e . Also improved hearing Trumpets of every description. t newly-invented Spectacles, Immediately they are placed before ex remely imperfect vision, tiat mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged im perfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youth ful, natural and original state. Also Atchromatie Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Src. Caution—. essrs. S. and B. Solomon*, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a per son of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the 1 country. To prevent mistakes be Piccadilly (oppo:ite the York Hotel). SEEING Is BELIEVING,---D O y OU see that gent, - • • what a fright he looks ? Ile has got a thirt y shillin g wig on, you might swear to it a mile _ off. If you want a real h ea d 01 hair, go to Ross's, who ha ve just fitted up a splendid glass case to exhibit their Perukes, containing thirty different styles of wearing the hair, thus enabling every one to chops' what is most becoming or most fashionable at once. Like wise their ladies show room , containing a , immense a.,,.. went of beautiful head-dresses, fronts, plaits & L • 1 • , ~ un qua' e,. iither in Paris or London. Address Ross and Sots, 11 9 aii. 120, Bishopsgate-street. Lord John Russell gave a grand dinner on Satur day evening, at his residence in Chesham. 1 PACe, to a party Members of the House of Commons. as . --.stjor-General Si Harry Smith was present, in addition to the Parliamentar:i guests. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new comedy, enti!led Temper, was successfully produced here last evening. It is from the pen of Mr. Robert Bell, and is (what we seldom meet .ith in modern times) essen t billy a comedy of character. It is written vs ith a purpose— to illustrate the miseries which ensue from the infirmities of temper. and it is a play likely to maintain possession of the sta.'s, for a much longer period than many of the plays , vhiel, have been lately produced, inasmuch as it is adapted *o all times and to all seasons, and does not depend for its ,uecegs upon a piquant illustration of the manners of the day. fo illustrate the evils of temper, the author takes two couples, he one married, Sir Charles and Lady Tempest (Mr. Hudson .nd Mrs. Seymour), and the other unmarried, Cyril Tempest ( Mr. Howe), and Florence Wilmot (Miss Fortescue). Sir Charles Tempest is a careless, good-tempered man upon toy+ n, who, finding his home rendered uncomfortable, seeks for xcitement abroad ; in fact, a characterless man, or rather a man of cameleon disposition, who takes his colour from the aersous by whom he is surrounded—a man who, had he fallen into good hands would have been the model of domestic husbands, but who is irritated and vexed into a careless, rather than a bad husband, by the (to use his own expressive term) "niggling" temper of his wife. Florence Wilmot, his ward, who lives with him, and the education of whose temper he has, Booth to say, culpably neglected, is just of age, and is mistress of herself and of 30,0001. She is in love with his brother Cyril, and all is arranged for a marriage. The guardians and the lady are met, and the lady generously refuses to have any settle ruent made of her property; but where is Cyril? He was to have been there at four. He is behind his time nearly au hour. The lady is miffed at his neglect, and when he arrives will not listen to his excuses. It is in vain that he alleges that a lady was nearly run over, and that his detention was occasioned by his rescuing her from danger. The wayward Florence will listen to no excuses, and at once casts him off in a fit of temper. His temper is roused, and he quits her. They are des perately in love with each other ; but the temper of neither will give way ; and it is not until Cyril is on the point of embarking for Sierra Leone that temper gives way, and the lovers are made happy. The married couple also confess their faults to each other, and premise to behave better for the future (the lady is, taut soft peu, jealous of Florence), and all these reconciliations are brought about through the instrumentality of Sir Marmaduke Topple (Mr. W. Farren), a passe good-natured old country gentleman, a sort of modern Justice Shallow, who, accompanied by a chattering sister, Mrs. Herbert (capitally acted by Mrs. Glover), whose eternal clack keeps his head in a constant whirl, and by two old maids (country ladies) — Miss Oldfangle (Miss F. Horton), and Miss Fieldingf(Mrs. Humby)—who have never been in London before, have come up to "see Town." There is also introduced a Mr. Emerson (Mr. Webster), a blasé man about town, a gentleman who keeps a cab and a tiger, who invites himself upon the strength of his cab, keeping out to dinner every day, who, to use his own words, has embarked all his capital in a social speculation and cultivated idleness as a business— alias a fortune-hunter, who makes love to each of these Derbyshire spinsters in turn, but whose views are seen through by them, and who eventually gets " done " by each. The loves of Emerson and the spinsters make a very plea sant underplot, and eventually Emerson has given to him an African appointment, given up by Cyril on his marriage. The character of Emerson was acted to the life byWebster, and there was a dry humour in the deep tones, and stately bear ing of Miss P. Horton, as the dignified Miss Oldfangle, which told amazingly. Farren, as the effete old man, was beauti fully true to nature; and nothing could exceed the joyous good humour and the rattling, volubility of Mrs. Glover, as the chattering widow, who rules and manages everything for everbody. The comedy is admirably built, and the dialogue is carefully written. All the artistes were called for at the fall of the curtain, and Mr. Webster announced the play fur repetition every evening, amidst the unanimous ap plause of a crowded house. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN s.—Last evening these gardens were opened to the public fur the season. During the recess many alterations and many improvements 'lave been made. A new entrance and carriage-road up to the grounds have been contrived, and ample space allowed ro prevent the annoyance, not to say the danger, from a r.wd of carriages and a mob of people on foot. The trees !nd grass plots are in admirable order, and the arrangement Cire cages and places for the numerous birds and beasts ins be. -n attended to ; so that now visitors can be gra tifiod in their inspection of them without danger or the di,gust which sometimes accompanies such exhibitions. The great feature of the exhibition is, however, the picto rial representation of Gibraltar, by Mr. Denson, a picture on so large a scale that it almost rivals the reality in its di mei,sions. It is an excellent copy of the great original, and produces one of the most extraordinary illusions is to dis tance and perspective that art has ever effected. There are ships, boats, and all the accessories of art, to render the scene a perfect transcript of the place it represents. At dusk, or as soon as it was dark, the representation of the siege of this celebrated fortress was commenced, the batteries opened a tremendous tire, which was returned from ships of enormous dimensions—a flotilla advanced and was repulsed, red-hot shot, or something very nearly resembling them, fell thick as hail, explosion succeeded explosion, wrecks of vessels on fire advanced and were blown up; and, finally, a grand dis play ofpyrotechnic power concluded the business. This ex hibition is the best of its class hitherto produced, it gives a snore correct notion of an actual siege than any of its pre decessors, and it is a credit to those by whom it has been rlanned and carried out. The other amusements of the evening consisted in the concert and promenade, which were enjoyed by several thousand persons until a late hour. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG WOMEN.—The anniversary festival of this most estim a bl e society was held yesterday, at the Albion Tavern, Alders gate-street. J. Luke Hansard, Esq., was advertised as the chairman, and the dinner was announced for half-past five o'clock. The dinner, however, was not served till a few minutes before seven o'clock, r James Luke Hansard not appearing. In hi s a b sence the chair was filled, and was most ably filled, by J. G. Sparke, Esq., one of the honorary surgeons to the institution. The usual loyal toasts were proposed and responded to with great enthusiasm. In pro posing the toast of th e even i ng the chairman took okoccasion to advert to the origin of this society. The institution was founded about nine or ten years since, for the protection of young women under the age of fifteen. The speech of the chairman was delivered with great good taste and feeling, and it embodied a variety of facts of the most interesting character, in connexion with the objects of the society. A variety of speeches followed, which fully demon strated the immense importance of this society. The fol lowing is the eloquent appeal which is made by the supporters of the charity to the public:—" Seventy young females under fifteen years of age are now fed, clothed, educated, and fitted for respectable servitude, in the asylum at Tottenham. The asylum will accommodate at at least 30 additional inmates. Numerous applicati , ns are continually being made, but no more can be received for want of funds. Shall these young creatures continue in sin, or shall the committee be encouraged by liberal contribu tions to rescue from ruin those who are asking day after day for admission ?" The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor (who presided at the piano forte), assisted by Mr. C. fenny, Mr. Binge, Mr. Moody. and Mr. Farquharson Smith. Mr. Binge again delighted the company with the English version of the serenade from Don Pasquale :of Mr. Moody's comic songs—the "Museum," and " Buy my Image s, " —it is almost impossible to speak too highly. The amount of subscriptions received was up wards of 5002 Mr. Barker was the toastmaster, and a most efficient officer he is on these occasions. It is almost super fluous to add that the dinner and the wines were of the most unexceptionable, description—they were worthy of the fame of the Messrs. Staples, although the dinner was kept waiting for an hour and a half beyond the time named on the ickets. The members of the Royal Family are always .unct al on these occasions --why should not their example ' , o followed? EMIGRATION FROM IRULAND.—Since the Sp r i ng -eason opened, up to Saturday, Bth May, thirty-six vessels. sarrving five thousand, five hundred, and thirty-seven emi ;rants, sailed from the port of Limerick alone —the great oajority being bound for New York. Although the passage noney has been raised to five pounds per head, so eager are the people to embark, that tickets are even held at a pre- 8, 1847. PRIC`? SD. EPSOM RACES. LITT ERS A L ONDAY. As usual there was a great crush at the corner, and a considerable number of horses were backed for the Derby; the business, however, on the whole, was not by any means extensive, nor were the fluctuations of m uch importance. Of John Day's lot, reduced to two by a declaration that none of Mr. Gully's horses will start, The Cossack had an undisputed call, an even 1,000 having been followed by a bet of GOO to 500. Of Kent's lot Planet, Glentilt, Red Hart, and Halo, were in betting, the first and third having the strongest parties. Oxonian was the " lion" of Forth's lot, but several scores and fifteens were invested on Old Port. Van Tromp was on the decline, and Mr. Martin altogether out of favour; nor was any disposition evinced in favour of The Liberator, Nottingham, or Clarendon. Very little done on the Oaks. Closing prices : DERBY. 2 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken 6 to 1 agst Kent's lot 12 to I agst Forth's lot—taken 9 to 2 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—take 5 to 1 11 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conynghana—taken 8 to 1 agst Lo r d E g li nton ' s Van Tromp 13 to 1 agst Mr. Greyille's Mirrnillo—take 14 to 1 18 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet-20 to 1 taken freely 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken and aft. offi 20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier 22 to 1 agst Mr. Beuverie's War Eagle—taken 28 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell'a Nottingham 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin 66 to 1 agat Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Meikiam's Deloraine—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken 2000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Retort colt—taken 2000 to 25 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Bellerophon—taken 2000 to 20 agat Sir G. Heathcote's Atlantic—taken 1000 to 6 agst Mr. Bateman's the Questionable—taken OARS. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 7 to 1 agst Captain Harcgsurt's Ellerdale 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander 14 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami 15 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Lady Lift—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell 22 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Sultana—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vanity—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Cosachia—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's f by Sir Hercules, out bf Maria '0 THE' EDITOR 01: 7HE SE M. Sin,—ln accordance with my announcement yester day, I shall now give as correct a list of the Field for each race as posbible ; those marked thus (t) are doubtful starters, and those marked with (*) are, in my humble opinion, the horses likely to win : TUESDAY. - THE CRAVEN STAKES. *Spider King of the Forest (Miss Whip Filly New Era STAKES. Elf colt Manto colt * Woodcraft Sister to Dexterous *Flatcatcher Daughter of Toscar *Crozier Niarquis of Conyngh am Bedlam Vice Consul WOODCO' - Ptolernwus Brother to Khorassan Dovor Dinedor Miss Baggs filly Caversham Awkward *Headsman tEmerald Isle Glory Icicle aCarissima Bretwalda *Moodlcee Guaracha Conceit *Treacle MANOR STAKES. *Mistress Jean Cameo HORTON WED N ] CAREW Master Stepney •Binnacle Selina STAKES. Captain Pepper "Clemanthe S D A Y. STAKES. The Slot Ibrahim Pacha Bokhara POLESDO) STAKES. *Tell Sylph Chemise lY STARES. Nottingham *Cossack Bowstring I Mathematician Bingham Glentilt Black Dwarf t Christopher Epirote Halo Planet t Deloraine *Conyngham Signet Retort colt Mr. Martin Red Hart *Old Port Questionable Liberator Aliwal War Eagle Tho Admiral Oxonian Chainbearer Mirmillo Clarendon Good Coin Limestone Wanota Dromedary Liska Montpensier i Will o' the Wisp *Van Tromp tEryz Thursday's and Friday's races I shall leave until to morrow, so as to hare the latest information. I am, Sir, yours, &o.„ THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. STAKES. Lebanon Bretwalda Bletsoe Lass *Main Bruce BURGH May 18. SIR R. PEEL AND MR. SPOONER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Again I am about to trespass upon you an opinion diametrically opposed to the position which you advocate as regards the currency of the country. lam always proud to see my little crotchets in your journal, on the ground that I believe you are nearly the only editor of a London newspaper who admits to his columns arguments opposed to the general principles he advocates. You, I feel convinced, would rather support the opinions of that highly honourable and most worthily respected individual Mr. Spooner, one of the Members for Birmingham, than Sir Robert Peel, on the cur rency question. I had rather row in the boat with Sir Robert, still I feel assured you will not hesitate to allow my request to Mr. Spooner to appear in your publication of to morrow evening, as it will be quite in time for hina to notice the point when he delivers his prepared speech on, monetary affairs at the adjourned debate. On the 30th of April Sir Robert Peel asked Mr. Spooner this simple question, " What is a pound ?" Mr. Skpooner, in noticing the question, said " he could not answer the cities. tion directly." Now Mr. Spooner has had a wholly fortnight to consider the point. and I would request that: he would oblige the House of Commons and the country generally by , defining what the monetary pound in reality is. We do not want to be told what it was during the war; the base of the pound then was the fair average value of the tiben twenty shillings of the abrased and worn silver coin; before the compulsory issue of the gold coin after the peace„ when gold was at 41. 2s. 6d. the oz., the base of the monmitary pound was the value of twenty shillings of the new silver coin. What is wished is, Mr. Spooner's definition of time monetary pound. I must confess that I was greatly stuvrised that sir. Spooner, who has been a banker the greater part of his life, and wh o has been a writer on monetary emirs for up wards of twenty-five years, should have had the least hesi tation in giving an immediate reply to Sir Robeil. Peel, and admit the answer required consideration. While I have the pen in my hand, I may ass well give you my opinion as to the real cause of our preseatt moneta ry difficulty—my opinion, did I say? who cares for opinion s? . I will give you the real cause and nothing nothing like writing dogmatically. havtnif been fa in consequence of the foreign exchanges h eliste--there i with bullion. The Bank direcitc , ra vourable to this country , the Bank of k...ng became overladen they had better make something 'B th c on tre h rs t in terest than let it remain idle, so th or ey i s t et i t n o w th o e rl. h w a rt e hogfoo d heart and discounted away in fine style, making this bullion its base without materially increasing the amount of issue of its notes payable on demand. In consequence cttt stilt became inflated, and its centrifrugal force instantly came] into action. As long as this extra bullion remained in hand 'things went on very thrivingly, but as soon as the depositors .of this bul lion (the exchange dealers) could make a profit by buying up bills on London in a foreign country at a di smint, viz., below the par of exchange, they required to drtrec the same from the Bank in order to export, and as a matt a r of course the directors opened their self-protecting safety valve, and let out the credit gas, by refusing any longer to gives the credit they had afforded on the foundation of the bullion they formerly held—thus bringing the centripetal for rte of credit into immediate action, from the furthest point it::had flown, down, down it has come narrowing and am, owing as corn down the hopper of a mill. There was MO necessity for an increase in the amount of issue of bank nett 3S ; it was done from merchant to merchant, from banker to banker, by means of securities, bills of exchange, and bankers" cheques— , mere transfer of figures from one party to another an various bankers' deposit accounts (refer to Mr. Henley's spe ech Saturday's Sun, " the real circulation of the cc ai ntry wer e bills of exchange and cheques; by these all the g !Oat . oPe!a_ . tions of the country were conducted,"), and thus, in ; st oppin g this operation the private credit system has followed out the advice which has been rung int , a zchanges, Are the Bank directors to blame? I say, no; thb::pe their ears o f f s % for a long period of time, " to watch the foreign le and sui' the accommodation they give the accord ingly." The public have had a pretty good ! bitic base P ! :I I—a kind the fallacy of this doctrine—an oscill ating wa s Pul ' enasto of express train running on a f n w d aattieohni watching the foreign exchanges exists, sol which is on a quicksand; as l o ng o r n al g i s t h h a i y s i :s w y t s h e t e e h m a f y "a o t : seasons of banker * apparent prosperity, followed wit h p eriodical seasoi a sot adver sity balm has as much right to re fuse cr e di t and distress. A to one of his customers, when he can impeach his so le ,envy, as a merchant biscustomer ; but if he encourages his c u stomers to extend their mercantile and commercial affairs, by' extending their usual credit, and, in order to protect himself: from kes, he refuses to continue such accommodation, with IC , ut ability to impeach their credit, such banker becomes a LI rap, and a c en re e d in it y ,.a E nd lite h r a P v li e sin b k t d ra a i n s g ed er n o e u b s l a e n b d u a sin t e r s e s a e c s he o r p o o u n s n me e n ru h sh av eo e without rhyme or reason, merely to save the ban tu 3r who was: liot justified in affording the credit,he gave; so 1 is ve men of capital, who have taken extra credit on the fai al of an ad vance being continued. A Government has nothing to do with this qu dion —they , are not to take th e p l ace of the banker. and giN the credit the banker ref uses. I n 1825 when Governm e nt a to, what did M r. Herries say, " Is a Government.: to legislate for mon e yl ess speculators ? " —Yours, &c., 'as applied Ilfracombe, May 17, 1847. A, BULT;;.IONIST. RIVER PLATR.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY..--By ap ar rival at Falmouth we have late intelligence frt um, the River, Plate. Rivera was at Martin Garcia. A repo; rV change, that Oribe had taken possession of Maldonado— Ex 44}to 45. was spreso ASHBURTON-MONDAY. (FRoll A CORRESPONDENT.) This morning, about nine o'clock, a large number of men, princip a lly m i ners, toget h er w i th a b o d y o f women and c hildren, assembled n ear th e T own Mill s , b e l ong i ng t o M r . W. R. Whitewav, merchant. An alarm was spread quickly through the town that a riot would commence, on account of the high price.of corn. A short time after a party of the mob were permitted to go through the various store-rooms in the mills, which were expected to be breaking down front the quantity of grain being lodged therein. Contrary to their expectations, not thirty bags, on the whole not amount ing to sixty bushels, was found stored in the various rooms. A short time after this a waggon arrived at the mill-yard, containing about thirty bushels of wheat, which was imme diately seized by about 100 women, and carried to the en trance of the market, Where they stated they would sell it at Bs. per bushel North-street, in which the market is s p i o t pu ua l t a e c t , wwahsoat appliedt istime m e r n . entirely Mann y tak , e t n h e p o p s e s r e s s: n i on w h o o f b s u y p t e h r e . intends the market, for the keys of the corn chamber • on threat of refusal his shop windows were to be broken. This he acceded to from the best of motives, and the corn was taken to the chamber and sold to the poor people at the above price by the parties who took it from the mill-yard. A u of magistrates has taken pl ace, and a large m About 100 men of the sth Fusiliers passed through thi s town yes nner o yes terday, en route from Plymouthspecial constables have been sworn in. to Taunton. meeting f RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WISHAW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY. A special meeting of the shareholders was held at Glasgow on Friday—Mr. N. Dalrymple in the chair. It was convened by requisition to receive a statement from Lord Belhaven respecting the land occupied by the line, which had been given as a donation to the company in 1842, on certain con dit:ons ; and also with regard to a private agreement alleged to have been made with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way Comp:lny for the sale of the land upon which the line is constructed at half its value, because the removal of the minerals underneath may endanger the stability of the line. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Company having relinquished the purchase of the line, it had since been transferred to the Caledonian Company. To sanction this transfer, there is a Bill before Parliament which his Lordship is determined to oppose until they come to his terms. The existence of the agreement referred to was denied ; and, after a long conversa tion, it was decided to adjourn the meeting until the 7th of June next, to afford time for inquiry. WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE, AND COLTXESS RAIL WAY. The adjourned meeting of this company was held at Glas gow on Friday, Mr. J. Idouldsworth in the chair, at which it was determined by a majority of the shareholders (182 votes against 107) not to dispose of the line to the Caledonian Company on the terms proposed. It was also resolved to provide funds sufficient to pay the debts of the company, and to meet the expenses of altering the gauge of the line to the standard gauge, 4 feet 8 inches. At the special meeting held immediately afterwards, it was resolved to proceed with all or any of the branches already authorised by Parliament, and to raise money for the purpose. BORDEAUX AND CETTE RAILWAY. A meeting of the English shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr. David Salo mons in the chair. Mr. ArZWOOD having opened the business of the meeting, Mr. WiLmwsox explained that there were but two courses to pursue—either to get a modification of the terms of the agreement, or to abandon it altogether. It was clear under the present circumstances that the pressure upon the money market would prevent any modification being acceptable to the shareholders, therefore no course was left but to endea vour to get a dissolution of the company. He then read the resolutions, of which the following is an abstract :—That circumstances have rendered it impossible to fulfil the con tract with the French Government for the construction of the railway, and the Government having refused a modi fication of the terms, that the undertaking he abandoned and the affairs of the company wound up at the earliest moment ; that a committee be appointed to give effect to this resolution, to obtain a return of the caution-money deposited, and that the expenses incurred by the com mittee be paid out of a fund distributable amoni the share holders, not exceeding 6d. per share ; that the directors be requested to co-operate with and assist the commit tee, and represent the absolute impossibility of carrying out the undertaking, and th e necess i ty of a b andoning; '- concession. The above resolutions were passed, and the following,Tan tlemen were appointed on the committee :—Messrs.A.tt wood, Field, LTzielli, Harnett, and the Hon. Howe Brown with power to add any of the French shareholders to the committee. The directors promised to co-operate with the committee. KILLARNEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the s h are h o ld ers was hell at Dublin on i'riday. The report stated that the contracts for works had been ht, and that nearly the whole of the lard, extending about sixteen miles in length, had been obtained on amicable terms, and it was expected that the remainder would be shortly in the hands of the company ; that this directors would do all in their power to avoid pressing the shareholders until the present crisis in money matters had been surmounted. The accounts to the 30th of April, 1847, showed that 32,4871 had been received, and 12,977/. ex pended, leaving 19,510/. in favour of the company. The eIIAMMAN, on m ov i ng t h e a d opt i on of the report, said that the conduct of the landowners and the facilities afforded by them to the company, deserved the highest com mendation, and that h e h a d no - doubt their liberality would conduce in the end to substantially promote their own inte rests as well as those of the company. Resolutions were passed adopting the report and re-electing the directors. DUBLIN, DUNDRUM, AND RATHFARNI - lAM RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Friday at Dublin, Mr. E. P. Porter in the chair. It was convened by Mr. Kennedy on the preamble of the extension to Stephen's-green having been declared proved, as it was understood that the directors did not intend to proceed so far with the Bill. Mr. Kennedy went into a long statement with respect to the mismanagement of the affairs of the company. Resolutions were passed to petition the House of Lords on the grievances complained of, appointing a com mittee to receive any proposal➢ the directors may have to make, and to receive a subscription of Is. per share to defray expenses. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. --- - - PORTIIMOIITit, NAY 17.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, was prepared for going out of harbour to-day, and the Centaur steam-frigate got up her steam, and placed her self in a position to tow, but the master-attendant, consider ing the wind too scant for sailing out, and too strong for towing, declined moving her. She will consequently go out to-morrow, or be detained until the next spring tides. What does a Contemporary mean by saying she will "recover " her lower deck guns? Shp had no lower deck guns in, con sequently could not have thrown them overboard, or other wise lost them, however great and imminent her distress. The Odin steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, built on the design of Mr. Fincham, master-shipwright, of this dockyard, of 1,326 tons, and 560• horse power, was taken into the basin this afternoon in readiness for docking, to have her machinery repaired. It is now said that a miscal culation of the weight for the engines and machinery will cause this finely-built steamer to swim much deeper than in tended! She is ordered to be supplied with Captain Smith's paddle-box boats, the davits of which are to be fitted on one side on the plan of Lieutenant Julius Roberts, R.M.A., and on the other on the plan of the Sidon's, in order to test which is the original invention, and to whom to adjudge the credit of having perfected it. There are now three claimants in the field for the credit of having invented these precious appendages to the paddle-box boat. The Ajax, 78, one of the 74's converted for a steam guard ship, was undocked this afternoon.—Times. Ma. GROOM'S TULIP Sllow.—The annual display at the garden of the celebrated cultivator of these beautiful flowers, Mr. Groom, was opened yesterday at Clapham-rise, where a private view was afforded to the Mite of horticulture and fashion. The tied of tulips this year surpasses what former years have produced; the season has not been propi tious, and the cold winds and stormy weather have co operated to throw back cultivation and destroy the labours of the gardener; nevertheless, in this garden art has tri umphed over the niggardness and opposition of nature, and crop has been brought to perfection which shows what per severance and scientific knowledge can achieve. Some of the tulips exhibited this year are of the most unqualified et- . cellence ; indeed of so admirable a character that it may be' said that they have never been surpassed in the history of rst eB ruct of th th e ese fnit tl i o a w te e d rs in wi s l u l ch am m us a e tte th rs e . gfleonriecruallturerea.der,Tated ni They are these :—the "Countess Wilton," " Lady Peel," Victoria Regina," "Marshal Soult," "Jenny Lind," " Nonni Effendi" (an old acquaintance), " Rose Brilliant," Louis XVI.," and " Imperatrix Florum." These flowers are very splendid, and certainly matchless. In the course of the day the gardens were visited by many of the nobility and persons of distinction; amongst them were—the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Crewe, Lord St. Ger mans and party, the Earl of Arundel and party, the Earl of Harewood, &c. A new debutante in the literature of fiction is about to appear among us in the rank of noble authors, and inheriting a name no less dear to chivalry than to the muses— that of the great Sir Philip Sidney. Mr. Bentley will pub lish this new work in a few days. It is entitled " Home and its Influence," and is the production of the Hon. Adele Sidney, the eldest daughter of Lord De Lisle. A fatal accident occurred in that part of the River just opposite Brewer's Quay, late last night. The coapatain ge, in the schooner John, just arrived froma steamer,foreig v e y nom i a attempting to go on board the Giraffe tmsmissed n his footing business with the officer of the v Cu w s as o , found this morning, and fell into the River ; d as, in addition endured by decease , bof one of his hands was torn from the forehead, the thumb of his fall the hand came in contact the socket ; most likely i chain, and becoming entangled, his and, from its appearance,t!hheereborciliust h to av a e se b v e e e r n e c g e r n e t a u t s a io g n on o y n frcoimrcum Scotland,s t nce th at to with a link of the mooring weight tore a way the finger. What greatly adds to the expected from the wif e alas not her living husband, but his lifeless remains. m eet, a • Epsom RACES.—The ihfluence of the wind, sun, melanc h oe l f y d c ec h e a a r s a ed cter is of h t o b u e rl eTe e n x t p i ec s, and dust, on these occasions, is frequently a source of serious inconvenience to persons of delicate complexion. Ladies should ever be provided with Rowland's Kalydor, which will be found gratefully refreshing to the complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all irritability and heat, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attendant on restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. As a protector and preserver of the hair, Rowland's Macassar Oil will be found alike efficacious, guarding it from the injurious operation of the sun and dust. Beware of Spu rious Imitations. The only genuine articles have the word i" Rowland's" preceding the name of the article on the wrapper of each." DEATH or SIR CHARLES CLIICHESTER•-- Th e Canada papers announce the death of Colonel Sir Charles Chichester, commanding the 81st Regiment , at t he cit y of Toronto, after only four days' illness. The Montreal Courier says, " he was preparing to proceed to England, and ex pected to have been able to start on the Ist of next month (June). Sir C. Chichester had been many years in Canada, and his numerous friends in this country will hear of his death with regret." The service has also lost a distinguished and gallant officer. THE SOUTHAM ibiak E mi T ne o :o l: : , ll iz n i ; i s e i r . ir ch T a l i r t g:T r o b f r am t h h e e e s .v'est India and other mails were taken out at three P./ 1 . this a . 2 A( ? sal - a b i r ) f i l t itl e .gae r gn o e)e-nraatl l cargo,Lieutenant mail-packet anii \ T v 10,562/. ; also thirr •-8 e Pa!'"- ~engers. The Oriental Cornov , v's steamer Ter ei i cain ;latuilton, went out of d., c k t hi s d ay at. 'three r.za. , at t r oute •or Gibraltar, with Peninsular and Mediterraneur t file Tiger takes out a full detachment of Artillery, witit their facts, to relieve those at Gibraltar, who will return the , !nllowing boat afterthe arrival out of the Tiger. The Ti t t, ?than a full , cargo) and complement of passengers. t illiiillial° , • •-,',,, 1::: - ; 4, - . ' .•-.; L" 4! j ;'•• '5, . 1 . 4 ; • 411111 1 - , 3,..-,1c::,.:s • ....„4„,_ 1014. A . -,... -- ' ;:ii .' z _ / 4 1 4 + 4 THE DERE `~. . , r, i i r- i .~