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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. thirrnisioar, 1 lIA.VE been invited by a large number of my •-tt- fellow Citizens to become a Candidate for the representation 01 the Ci t y i n Parliament, at the ensuing Election, and I respect 'ti 11 5' announce to you my intention to solicit your sullrages so soon as Parliament shall be dissol. ed. Having spent the whole of my life in active pursuits, both official and commercial, within the Cities of London and Westmin:ter, my nave and my opi n i ons upon t h e grea t p o litical subjects which ave for some years bean ti der public discussion, are too well known to require explanation. I profess a firm adherence to those opinions a nd a determination to act upon them, whenever occasion shall require. I shall, at the same time, be always ready to unite with men of a parties in endeavouring, to effect such improvements in our Ifttal institutions, as may be considered likely to tend to the pre servation of our ad m i ra bl e C onst i tut i on i n Ch urc h an d State, and the bettering the condition of the people. Being an Alderman of the Corporation of London, if it should be Your pleas ure to honour me 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 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, London, JOHN JOHNSON. May 14, 1847. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY. 1 GENTLEMEY, ACCEPT with pride and with pleasure the "t inv itation to become a Candidate for the Representation of h ist S urrey, conveyed to me in a requisition from such a portion of Y, as leaves me no doubt of their ability to carry their wishes Into effect, by returning me to Parliament. 1 agree entirely with the u ote o P i nion expressed at the me e ting, held at the Bridge-house 1 , that the Liberal Candidates should cordially co-operate, and "hall have great satisfaction in uniting my Interest with that of the (le ntlesnen ;whom y ou have i nv i ted to share w i t h me th e h onour o f .()11r suPPort. -e principle s on w h ich I offered myself as a C an did a t e f or your vdffrage, i n 1817, and which I have seen no reason since to change atare now to a grea t d egree a d o pted by many who were that time strenuously opposed to them. Those principles were, fro m r MY earliest youth, inculcated on me by the example and in °R, of my father. From him I learnt that as the legitimate People of every G overnment i s t k e h app i ness an d we ll-b e i ng o f th e eo the means of effecting that object in a free state like must emanate from the people themselves. I am therefore mious to extend to them as large a share of liberty and power as ~,,e 3L are capable of enjoying and of exercising to their own ad h"."Mage. To secure the benefits and prevent the misuse of that . ' -w m e „ r ' I wish to have the blessings of education diffused as eaten- Inv 'y a" Possible • and for that purpose, I hope to see devised a system of national' instruction, unencumbered by tests or conditions, I ' 3 ' 'Vinci' the children of any class or sect could be excluded from its Ikestiltable benefits. b er n oPliosed to) all restrictions upon commerce. I hailed with :Telt joy the triumph of Free Trade principles 'in my own ~,"MrY, and it affords me constant gratification to witness their aa- Zlr d ce throughout the civilized world. But their yet remain more der one at home ; those who have abandoned what they consi wbred protection, claim, in turn, to be relieved from burdens sihtphreesrsepetnaols of t the Malt Tax, and I think some other and less an 'l :L i m's inmost should . be substituted. Indeed there is scarcely v - of the excise, which is not a fruitful source of immorality, t ati° n and fraud. It is surely the duty of the legislature to raise forts i plies for the public service with the least possible pressure on Atistrious classes, whose more extended command of the corn best Prfollip is among the surest results of wise government and the 3 4 pr Pert of general prosperity. tural in oY and residence in the county of Surrey, give me a na tion „, terest iu all questions affecting the local welfare of every por an,, c a r t ' s i nhabitants, and you may rest assured my best attention, tot'tusa`e sh a l l be devoted te such of those questions as may, from ti me, come before Parliament. I have the honour to be, GENTLEMEX, Your faithful Servant, Wolin r. J. LOCKE KING. rn Park, ivay 11, 1847. TO THR ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY. I N T I3IN TLEstiot, by e °nViance with a Requisition addressed to me bib AT ,,,ufwards of 1,200 Electors, I readily declare myself . a CA N and it et the honour of representing East Surrey in Parliament ; with a lu e ords me the greatest satisfaction to find myself associated Much 1n , ntle marl whose principles—l have reason to believe—are so Ify ;:Feerdance with my own. deeis,reiElcal oinions were mde known to you in 1841, whel t Was th e ," Zi Yself p an advocate for a a total repeal of the corn-laws l . n l .t. and i t as My conviction that commercial restrictions were impo ic , to see t bee n Borne compensation for the defeat I then experienced, co g sod civil of free trade, so soon and almost universally re e cuo‘!tmonilie nations. Withd fa ‘ u- laws having been repealed, and protection to the farmers be eniti Zn, justice requires that protection to others should no longer tax, an - d Ue d• I am therefore ready to vote for a repeal of the malt conuhr+ for the abolitin or rduction of many other duties on the cla sses. 4 and necessarie o s of life, e which press heavily on the working chiileeMwha,n,‘,_advocate of that gradual extension of the elective fran f the progress of knowledge is fast rendering necessary. self _ sincere liberty in its full sense I am a staunch supporter. My th: l uri cere member of the Established Church, I claim for others •••‘lisavi:freedorn of judgment which I enjoy. I tru st th a t l i waya taken a deep interest in the subject of education, Will be exetenTe Will shortly arrive when its inestimable blessings oR su ch te ed to the whole community without distinction, and te 4 1 . rnag that none may feel themselves conscientiously obliged ee me its advantages. Havin akiengst g „ P „ ru Pes:f in this division of the county, an d r es iding You r At is impossible for me not to take a deep interest in strive toting and if you should confer has me the honour of stri ve to g Your interests In Parliament, be sured that I shall Prove myself worthy of your confidence. I have the honour te be, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, Kin g s wood Wa rren, May 11, 1847. THOMAS ALCOCK. tAST SURREY ELECTION. ti e „,_ All communications with the Committ,e for conducting the THOMAS the H onourable PETER JOHN LOCKE KING and k r. ALCOCK, Esquire, may, for the present, be addresse i d ion to . titre" rt ;!e Rtssell, solicitor, Croydon, or 23, Martin's-lane, Can ItAXESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PAcx E ~fiSta he B ATS ' Boat and Railway included in one Payment. l6,3 34 , "Ye, 5% and .ru.wiclf Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, TRAINg etarti aillidaYS, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, each% and The The ic.,,_ ~ ngoile quarter of an hour before of these iimes. a. !'‘, and - 87 z .75,ce Pier, Gravesend, at 7% 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2, N.B Ni: oth'unplacaYket:te, „117% thel% 1,3, 5, 6, and 7. , atGrays or Greenhlthe Piero. Star Office ' arav"encl, April 14, 184 7. -1 4 TR ITING, 8008-PEEPING, Si.. Kyle t trn! of any Age, however n bad th e e l ir et W ari r t iti a ng a i ir lo a N y r , ili n g Kyle or p 3U N S, acquire permanen y ennianship, adapted either to P late co rof tonal pursuits or pri a._ . rre spondence. Arithmetic on a ke m ep e i t g od requiring only one as practised In the wurcl the time usually requisite. Book- C•rerinent, Banking, and Merchants' 7, New-street, Offices. ' Short-hand. &e. APply to Mr. SMART, at thelnstitution,Covent "Under Mr. Smart penmanship has been reduced to a scionce."— Polytechnic Journal. THE SEA.—TO THE HEADS OF FAMILIES. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a YOUTH, as an APPRENTICE in a first-class Ship, who if active and industrious, will meet with every advancement. A small Premium VII be required. Apply as to particulars to Mr. W. G. Flynn, provision agent, 84, tower Thames-street, London, who can at all periods promote the ttereats of any youth desirous of entering the sea servile. yillro SECURE HOUSEHOLD LINEN and WEARING APPAREL against LOSS or MISTAKE, fail , I ?ynite your name in fall on every article thereof with BOND'S tZr4,....!LANENT MARKING INK, which is the original invention, p -- ' un ng r. l lo preparation, and sure to give satisfaction to every Vrt:P ar ed.. by the Inventor, John Bond, Chemist, 28, Long-lane, 'ralthtleld ; and sold by most stationers, &c. Price is. a bottle. 1. THE SUMMER now approaching, should as hot as it was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S LIGHT e oth . "'`"T. of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any .tenu r coat t inder it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe ed agisalone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course a Tyro nt rice °f Paletot, rich silt lining s, Two Guineas and a Half; not Gaines; JL4Llegent-street, and 22, Cornhill. ~,S ; S E NCE 0 F LIF E. rllaintaiii., val uable medicine, which for nearly a century has Couth a 'd so high a r e p u t at i on i n Germany, and other parts of the Vari an ent, as to ha ve met with the protection of Imperial and Ba- V erecl t rivil ege*, can now be obtained in London. It was disco -411•-‘i 11)r • Rlesow, an eminent physician of Augsburgh. and tern o .;l°? to the King of Bavaria ; and as an effectual remedy in Rand s ,g t he various diseases incident to the abdominal viscera, it tom ..:nParalleled. In all cases of dyspepsia or indigestion, which iktn goner to headac he , giddiness, or nervous debility, it yields edlate rell ti rther ef ' Upon Particulars may be learnt in a Medical Treatise, gratis, a quar t, _ us es, at the depot, 46, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy keurs. :here it is sold in bottles, at 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. each ; and of Md._ c o ttrelaY and Co., 95, Farringdon-street ; Messrs. Hannay ° xford-etreet ; Mr. J. Johnston, andornhill; Mr. J. Veiw er ; u, O xford -street ; and by all chemistspatent medicine app oi l ' hr ougliout the United Kingdom. J. Ovenston, sole agent ntment. 1(. 0 ) CARPET TRADE. ifithobt-`°YAL VICTORIA FELT CARPETING, manufactured kikiest - nniag or weaving. Patronized by her Most Gracious tut 6. -4 . ncl used in the Royal Palaces. This description of carpet coloiti;" • ' 2o v , become one of the established manufactures of this i nlPe It a advantages are beauty of design (equal to Brussels), it rv iottstiess to dust, durability, and more especially economy, as Pat,,„be Purchased for less than half the price of Brussels. The 1%4" , Woollen Cloth Company, who are the sole manufacturers taino,... r he Patent, having availed themselves of the rapid strides now t th e i "a in the arts of design in this country, inform the trade the Ma i ; r Patterns for the present season are now out, ° urld far in advance of all hitherto produc, nn a d nds c u a i n ta b ble sit fo p_ r vrY descrip tion of room and decoration. The pu b li c Diled through nearly all the provincial towns in it,„ their agents i7giand, Scotland, and Ireland , n and at every respectable carpet 045 5 in London and its suburbs. They also manufacture table . C "ers and window curtains, embo ssed s and printed, in a great i‘riety of elegant a- d novel design s , plain cloths suitable for up- Z: l l aterers; cloths admirably a t bl i adapted for coach and railway carriage h y et felt for plate glass and marble polish ggs wal atin a g t s in • g an ' ' d of all thicknesses suitable for pianoforte ' manufacturers, un at a very considerable saving as compared with those byde ..„" °°d-street , Cheapside. Manufactories, Eimswood Mills, Leeds; % a 4 ...„......_110r0ugh• road, London. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY THURSDAY }Text, May 20. Cla.„l!'s mo st EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORIGINES rat SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Virheeler, and will be EXH for the T I I :tv.eOE GYP TIAN HALL, Piccadilly, lßlTE on TH D, URSDAYfirst time, • Btrsr ~,I ' T „ q„WO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSIESMAN af f ro e in ivi their h , E ,',..from the interior of South Africa, a race that, could never before be induced to visit a place the lization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science • d student in zoology has only been obtained great personal Lt.tertion on t heNrigh u e Part of the gentlemen who have browht them to b and on bornnse outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe be a u te 3 _, at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must I. l . o '"eu by their appearance. Aet h ' 2 2be Liverpool Journal :—"Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Mri ca — lntereating specimens of a most extraordinary race l eans," .. ,, an ,, i ebige have been landed in our port ; they are the Bosjes )raikh IsUsh People from the interior of South Africa, of which so ftrav„,,tr b een written by th e m i ss i onar i e s, and the few who have Tba rd - e Zu to that far distant reg i on . They a re natives of the country TOwthe Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1,400 miles from Cape Illehe. they exhibit almost as strikig an absence of the intellectual or li mard ` ities as is observable in the skull of that mockery of eol n ""e Baboon while the preponderance of the animal is al ." gre - airlr as great. In every respect they are calculated to, excite g er astonishm . ent and to confirm to the full those Tales nth ki e t lrs" which we ' have certainly been inclined to look upon %hid b;t el ed. We could scarcely have credited that such a race dotihr n . ezl e, tedce on the earth. That they a . re genuine no one le4 Pe'r o .,l „..'d Proof of which we give the following extract from a teeiv ed . ":;LlMer of the 24th December, which we have just re t ; recen& ' We understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, t w k h i i n c d Are xpo .r:e!t Table flay for Liverpool, had on board an unusu e a ßush- Ithm males and two females of the genuin bee a ii',7!ass: they are in charge fa Mr. J. G.R . from . Bishop, who has in terior d erable trouble and expense in procuring them the d • T hey are authentic spechnens of this diminutive and ra por sere.' using tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. tse p i .'„,7""elliars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesman , s, s l At. 6.. th ..,isiseissoonroLneichtenstein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouse ‘ l4l: i T e' e , add east fin in South Africa. One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and 1)1t. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. 1 6d. each. 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Such Bills will be 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 iliserted 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 BiL., 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 Bills 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. 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 WEDNESDAY, June 16, BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., &c., 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:— His Grace the Duke of Buceleuch, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G. his Grace the Duke of Leeds Right Han. Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. Right lion. 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 lion. Lord Beauvale Right lion. Lord Sandys Right Hon. Lord Sherborne Right Hon. Lord Southampton Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, M.P. Hight Hon. Fox Maule, lion. 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 Illakemore, 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 entrea port of this excellent charity. , Captain Acorns W. S. Answorth, Esq. , T. B. Barnard, Esq. William Bulimore, Esq. John Braithwaite, Esq. T. Bretton, Esq. W. Chaplain, Esq. Charles Cochrane, Esq. Thomas Cotterell, Esq. Jeremiah Evans, Esq. J. V. P. Field, Esq. John Gay, Esq. George Goddard, Esq. Edmund Hulawell, Esq. Luke James Hansard, Esq. James Harmer, Esq. Wm. Marsden, Esq., M.D. R. Macord, Esq. John 3lasterman, jun., Esq. E. It. Moran, Esq. J. T. Neate, Esq. T. B. Peacock, Esq., M.D. Wm. Pegg, Esq. Thomas Stephens, Esq. John Stevens, Esq. Thomas Wakley, jun., Esq. E. P. Walesby, Esq. John Watson, Esq. F. Warr, Esq. J. C. Weatherley, 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, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Th!s 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 conveniencies 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 tile 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per ceat. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perma- Sum the ! Bonus in • Annual Policy I • nent Re- Assured -'' It k Age. ge ! Pre- aen addition Bonus in duction of may bor to Sum f,t, mium. l out in A „ ured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Po:icy. .- £ s. d. l £ a d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 6 10 £ ,£s. d.) 1638 218 4 8. 99 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 1839 192 1 10, 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 60 1000 74 3 4 lB4O 143 5 10i 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2; 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 L 1842 111 6 SI 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., office, or any of its branches in the country ; o] be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSOIi C. ~ may be had at the a*, on application. will :ROUX, Secretary. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL LBWS...NCB BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the largo fund accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 6,008 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 five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PROPZIZTAILY niancu. The lowest rates consistent with security to the.Asenred. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to come whew , assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. Half-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for halt 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 as .Assurance of 1001. for the whole Serra of Life. MUTUAL ASSURANCZ LUNCH. PIOPILLETIULY ZIANCII. Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre. Whole Pre- Age. Wm, first mins], after Age. mium, first :ilium, after live years. five years. seven years. seven years. £ s. d. X s. d. X s. d. 4 sp. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 Y 1 19 2 30 1 411 2 9 10 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 8 ; 2 17 0 35 1 4 11 2 9 10 40 1 13 3 3 6 6 40 1 9 2 2 13 4 45 1 19 6 3 19 0 45 1 14 10 3 9 11 50 2 7 9 4 15 6 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 2 18 10 5 17 8 55 2 12 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, Kin William-street. Established 1843. Capital 380,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,L3 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, te be exceedingly favourable te Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as h. consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, sce.. apply at the offices as above, or te any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. In addition to Assurances on Healthy Lives, this Society continues to grant Policies on the Lives of 1 ersons subject to Gout, Asthma, Rupture, and other diseases, on the payment of a Premium pro portioned to the increased risk. The plan of granting kssurances on unhealthy lives, originated with this office in the beginning of 1824. Every description of Assurance may be effected with this society, and Polices are granted on the Lives of Persons in any station, and of every age. pELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, 70, LOMBARD-STREET. and 57, CHARING-CROSS. LONDON. _ . _.. _ . .-- DIUCTOIS. Matthias Attweed, Esq., M.P. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Richard H. Lawrence, Esq. Wm. Davis, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. J.l. Gordon, Esq.,M.D.,F.B.S. Matthew Whiting, Esq. BONUS. Fonr-flfths 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. With ou t With i . Without With A g e ' Profits. Profits. A `' I " -e Profits. Profits. 15 1 11 0 1 15 0 40 2 18 10 3 6 5 20 113 10 • 119 3 50 I 4 0 9 410 7 0 24 0 2104 4 60 I 6 1 0 67 4 ROBERT TUCKER, Secretary. BRITISH 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 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 ceiverships, Insurance Companies, Ranks, Railway Companies, Mer cantile Houses, and in all other situations where security againt 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 flay be obtained at the Offices of the Associa tion, or from any of the local agents. A. CHAMBRE, Secretary to the London Board. ITA Y H ARV EST-- "No farmer shottld be without a goed rick cloth, for it is certainly one of the most useful things he can have on his premises." —Gardener's Gazette. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, foot ot London-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, halls, Ikc., to any extent of accommodation, always ready.—Address, per post, Benjamin Edging ton, 2, Duke-street, Samthwark.—A warehouse, 208, Piccadilly. T" UNITED DENTISTS' TOOTH POWDER, so named from the inventors, ROSS and SONS, having visited several first-rate surgeon-dentists, and finding each reeommending some peculiar nostrum, they have combined these to gether with other ingredients, known only to themselves, and are convinced they have produced a perfect tooth powder. It will re move the tartar, strengthen the gums, purify the breath, and en tirely prevent and care the tooth-ache, and if used immediately after leaving the sick room prevent infection. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, BISHOPSGA.TE STRZET, LONDPN. 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 ha 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, TAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House, LONDON, to imitate which is felony. OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT an d COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, May 15, 1847. Notice is hereby given, th a t a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY, will be held at this Office, on TUESDAY, 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 office by efflux of ti me ; and should a Ballot be required, it will con tinue open four hours from its commencement. Ply order of the Court of Directors, _ CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. X.B. The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and none but Proprietors admitted. ROYAL ACADEMY OE ARTS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is new OPEN. Ac:misslon (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. Sec. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY on the Evenings of 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. Bachhoffner. 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, &c., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. THE RACES-LIGHT WEIGHT. ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. NICOLL'S PALETOT D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. 114, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL—not elsewhere I London. T HE UNITED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., In 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. Gd. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Sth 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. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or • ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change col nir or Cecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. EYEBROWS, WYUSTACHIOS, 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 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 double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders o nly. Sold wholesale only at Gemstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver User-office. F. TON CO LL EGE.--The ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the Noblemen and Gentlemen educated at ETON, will be held on SATURDAY next, the 22d inst., at the 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 lion. Adolphus Liddell I Robert Clive, Esq. Ralph Neville, Esq. Jehn IL Daniell, Esq. Tickets 15s. each, to be had at the Bar of the Thatched Howe. 'ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA, 2, MOORGATE-STREET, LONDON. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, due on the 15th inst., will be PAYABLE on or after the lst MAY next. 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 fixed periods, at a rate of into' est to be agreed on, varying according to the term for which it is taken. April 7, 1847. By order of the Beard, G. 11. WRAY, Manager. THE ANNUAL GRAND POLISH FANCY, or FULL DRESS CALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the LITh:RAnY 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. On the Ist of June, 1847, Part 1., price Is., to be completed In Six Monthly Parts, with Illustrations by Kenny Meadows an d Phi z . T HE 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 Adivertieements can be received for the First Part after May 21. Just out, Second Edition, price Its. 6d., E AL T HY SKIN. The Management of the Skin as a means of Promoting and Preserving Health. By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S., Consulting Surgeon tro the St. Pancras Infirmary, Ere. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. wurr TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d. or post paid, to any addreis, ter 3s. 6d. in Postage tarns: direct from the Author's residence. ( a l ELF- PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise L, on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiobvy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nerrots Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL L VMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON. 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Metßeal Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' hall, London, Sze., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREAT ISE . Cuarrla 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, w ith it s Hi ndrances and OIA gationi, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive U n i ons .— CHAPT.S. 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ. Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea , Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function. of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Csarritas 5 and 6. Oc the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhom (Sleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. MA Y COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, had an evening party yesterday at Marlborough House. The Queen and Prince Albert and the royal suite, arrived in three carriages at nine o'clock. Her Majesty and h is Royal Highness were accom panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and were attended by the Couatess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting ; Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, Maids of Ho nour in Waiting ; Lord W a t erpar k, L ord is Waiting ; Ad miral Sir Edward Codrington, Groom in Waiting ; Lieut.- Colonel C. B Phipps, Equerry in Waiting; and Captain the lion. 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. His 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 tie Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four. The 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 of the 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. E. Labouchere. The Marquis of Lanadowne 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. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new comedy, entitled Temper, was successfully produced here last evening. It is from the pen of Mr. Robert Bell, end is (what we seldom meet with in modern times) essen ially a comedy of character. It is written with a purpose— to illustrate the miseries which ensue from the infirmities of temper, and it is a play likely to maiutain possession of the stage fur a much longer period than many of the plays which have been lately produced, inasmuch as it is adapted to all times and to all seasons, and does not depend for its success upon a piquant illustration of the manners of the day. To illustrate the evils of temper, the author takes two couples, the one married, Sir Charles and Lady Tempest (Mr. Hudson and 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 town, who, finding his home rendered uncomfortable, seeks for excitement abroad; in fact, a characterless man, or rather a man of cameleon disposition, who takes his colour from the persons 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 I 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, soot!' to say, culpably neglected, is just of age, and is mistress of herself and of 30,004 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 ment made of her property; but where is Cyril? He was to have been there at four. He is behind his time nearly an 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 marned couple also confess their faults to each other, and promise to behave better for the future (the lady is, tant soft pen, jealous of Florence), and all these reconciliations are brought about through the instrumentality of Sir Marmaduke Topple (Mr. W. Farren), a passé good-natured old country gentleman, a sort of modern Justice Shallow, who, accompanied by a chattering sister, Mrs. Herbert (capitally acted by Ars. Glover), whose eternal clack keeps his head in a constant whirl, and by two old maids (country ladies) — Miss Oldfangle (Miss P. Horton), and Miss Fieldingl(Mrs. llumby)—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 by Webster, 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 GARDENS.—Last evening these gardens were opened to the public for the season. During the recess many alterations and many improvements have been made. A new entrance and carriage-road up to the grounds have been contrived, and ample space allowed to prevent the annoyance, not to say the danger, from a crowd of carriages and a mob of people on foot. The trees and grass plots are in admirable order, and the arrangement of the cages and places for the numerous birds and beasts has been attended to; so that now visitors can be gra tified in their inspection of them without danger or the disgust 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 mensions. It is an excellent copy of the great original, and produces one of the most extraordinary illusions as 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 fire, which was returned from ships of enormous dimensions—a flotilla advanced and was repulsed, red-hot shot, orsomething 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 of pyrotechnic power concluded the business. This ex hibition is the best of its class hitherto produced, it gives a store correct notion of an actual siege than any of its pre decessors, and it is a credit to those by whom it has been lanned 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 estimable 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, Mr. James Luke Hansard not appearing. In his absence 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 the evening the chairman took occasion 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 applications 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.kenn ?i, Mr. Binge, M. r. Moody, and Mr. Farquharson Smith. Mr. Binge again delighted the company with the English version of the serenade from Don Pasquale : of Mr. Moody'p comic songs—th . e " Museum," and " Buy my Images,''—it is almost impossible to speak too highly. The amount of subscriptions received was up wards of 5001. Mr. H arker was the toastmaster, and a most efficient o fficer he is on thes e 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 tickets. The members of the Royal Family are always punctual on these occasions --why should not their example be followed? EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND —Since the Spring season opened, up to Saturday, Bth May, thirty-six vessels, carrying five thousand, five hundred, and thirty-seven grants, sailed from the port of Limerick alone—the great majority being bound for New York. Although the passage money has been raised to five pounds per head, so eager are the people to embark, that tickets are even held at a pre- BONUSES. The two first Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the premiums paid ; the third 281. per cent. Toe 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 tell 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. PATRONS. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq. TRUSTEES, Lord Chas. Beauclerc, Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndcs-square. M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander Miti.innon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTOR'S. John Bond, Esq ,M.D., 31.R.C.5. L and E. George-St., Portman-sq. Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M R.C.S.L., Ckarlest-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-street, Bank : Commercial Bank, • Lothbury. SECRETARY—Jo*htIa Stopford. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Richard St. G eorze Graham. 21, East India Chambers, Leadenhall- street. PROSPECTUS. When we look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, the trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercial interests of this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have Hot, 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 grievonsly 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 dispa.s • 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, tile public were much excited in consequence of the b ad water supplie.d, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis sioners were appointed. From the evidence then given it speared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9641., Although the h othergh the CompaniesNe River Company2,l27, 5951.,making total bonusof 3,2(23400,55p9e1r. cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was paid an enormous a balance of 157,2061. 10s. Gd. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal test 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 I/. 10s. 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 et chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one inches per an num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,000 square miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,203,228 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. the BSo certa i n successful a n d resultconclusive h a have sat stance in procuring water upon the principle stated. tenbcln e th v e ert ex in periments tried, that The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies will net be adapted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Class, 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. Shareholders 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 Office, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, City, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 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 7s. 6d. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, and to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. _ Name . Residence ................ Names of two 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 Ist 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 application 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. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine Elms, Vauxhall, May 18. 1847. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. 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. I'. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate station, May 7, 1847. 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. 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Lord John Russell gave a grand dinner on Satur day evening, at his residence in Chesharn. p.i ace, to a party of Members of the House of Commons. Major-General . Sir Harry Smith was present, in addition to the Parliamentary guests. 18, 1847. PRICE SD. EPSOM RACES. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. 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 much 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 COO 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 1 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 Conyngham—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 13 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—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. off. 20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier 22 to 1 agst Mr. B.uverie'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's Nottingham 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin 66 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam'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. Heatbcote's Bellerophon—taken 2000 to 20 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Atlantic—taken 1000 to 6 agst Mr. Bateman's the Questionable—taken OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 7 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt'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 Coeachia—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's f by Sir Hercules, out of Maria _ 0 TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln accordance with my announcement yester day, I shall now give as correct a list of the Field for each race as possible ; those marked thus (f) are doubtful starters, and those marked with (*) are, in my humble opinion, the horses likely to win : TUESDAY. THE CRAVEN STAKES. *Spidor King of the Forest tMiss Whip Filly New Era STAKES. Elf colt Manto colt *Woodcraft Sister to Dexterous *Flatcatcher Daughter of Toscar *Crozier Marquis of Conyngham Bedlam Vice Consul WOODC , Ptolemreus Brother to Khorassan Dovor Dinedor Miss Baggs filly Caversham Awkward MANOR *Headsman • tEmerald IslQ Glory Icicle STAKES. Master Stepney •Binnacle Selina STAKES. Captain Pepper •Clemanthe WEDNESDAY. CAREW STAKES. 1 The Slot }lbrahim Paella Bokhara • Carissima Bret walda, IIORTO: *Moodkee Guaracha Conceit *Treacle POLE SDO: *Mistress Jean Cameo STAKES. Lebanon STAKES. *Tell Sylph Chemise __Jr STAMM!. Nottingham *Cossack Bowstring Mathematician Bingham Glentilt Black Dwarf -I-Christopher Epirote Halo Planet tDeloraine *Conyngham Signet Retort colt Mr. Martin Red Hart *Old Port Questionable Liberator Aliwal War Eagle The Admiral Oxonian Chainbearer Mirmillo Clarendon Good Coin Limestone Wanota Dromedary Liska Montpensier Will o' the Wisp *Van Tromp tEryx Thursday's and Friday's races I shall leave until to morrow, so as to have the latest information. I am. Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. BURGH Bretwalda Bletsoe Lass *Main Braca THE DE' May 18. SIR R. PEEL AND MR. SPOONER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—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 him 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. Spooner, in noticing the question, said " he could not answer the ques. tion directly." Now Mr. Spooner has had a whole 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 daring the war; the base of the pound then was the fair average value of the then twenty shillings of the abrased and worn silver coin ; before the compulsory issue of the gold coin after the peace, when gold was at 4L 2s. 6d. the oz., the base of the monetary pound was the value of twenty shillings of the new silver coin. What is wished is, Mr. Spooner's definition of the monetary pound. I must confess that I was greatly surprised that Mr. Spooner, who has been a banker the greater part of his life, and who has been a writer on monetary affairs for up wards of twenty-five years, should have had the least hesi tation in giving an immediate reply to Sir Robert Peel, and admit the answer required consideration. While I have the pen in my hand, I may as well give y you my opinion as to the real cause of our presT r t o m p ?Le nnup difficulty—my opinion, did I say? who caz.es f ei t n h g e d real ugina ca ti u n s a l ly. and n o th ing else—there is nothing like v li e ke y wri ou In consequence of the foreign exchanges having been fa vourable to this country, the Bank of England's coffers became overladen with bullion. The Bank directors thought they had better make something of it in the shape of in terest than let it remain idle, so they set to work with good 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 credit 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 discount, viz., below the par of exchange, they required to draw the same from the Bank in order to export, and as a matter of course the directors opened their self-protecting safety valve, and let out the credit gas, by refusing any longer to give the credit they had afforded on the foundation of the bullion they formerly held—thus bringing the centripetal force of credit into immediate action, from the furthest point it had flown, down, down it has come narrowing and narrowing as corn down the hopper of a mill. There was no necessity for an increase in the amount of issue of bank notes ; it was done from merchant to merchant, from banker to banker, by means of securities, bills of exchange, and bankers' cheque s — mere transfer of figures from one party to anothe r in vari ous in bankers' deposit accounts (refer to Mr. Henley 's un sf: y ech were Saturday's Sun, " the real circulation ol l. tl t ti e great bills of exchange and cheques ;by t hese d i thus , by stepping opera tions of the country were conducted, ) Are the Bank directors to blame? I say, no this operation the private credit systemannuh.ast they been a s v h e a ke onlyn rung into their ears followed out the advice which has been for a long period of time, the public !, to watch the foreign exchanges, and suit the accommodation they g ive kind accord ingly." The public have goo dh a a n d n a sn p i r l e la tti ngbas s e p l ec l im l_ en a a s h. to the fallacy of this doctrine —a n arailway, the of express train running on which is on a quicksand; as long as this system of watching the foreign exchanges exists, so long shall we have seasons of apparent prosperity, followed with periodical seasons of adver sity and distress. A banner has as much right to refuse credit to one of his customers, when he can impeach his solvency, as a merchant his customer; but if he int e oe n rp co crio u atl r e a ac g ift i e r n u d their credit, r edit, mercantile and i a n n o d rd co e ni r eahs fhis u s e f t i n I m e n e d r l s o i nst loss, extend he refuses to continue such accommodation, without ability to impeach their credit, such banker becomes a trap, and a dangerous and a treacherous enemy. Enterprising men have raised noble businesses upon credit, and have been crushed without rhyme or reason, merely to save the banker who was not justified in affording the credit be gave; so have men of capital, who have taken extra credit on the faith of an ad vance being continued. A Government has nothing to do with this question—they are riot to take the place of the banker, and give the credit the banker refuses. In 1825, when Government was applied .o, what did Mr. Herries say, "Is a Government to legislate ;or moneyless speculators ?"—Yours, &c., A BULLIONIST. Ilfracombe, May 17, 1847. RIVER PLATE.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. -By an ar rival at Falmouth we have late intelligence from the River Plate. Rivera was at Martin Garcia. A report was spread that Oribe had taken possession of Maldonado. Exchange, 44it to 45. ASHBURTON-MONDAY. - - - - - T (PROM A CORRESPONDENT. his morning, about nine o'clock, a large number of men, principally miners, together with a body of women and children, assembled near the Town Mills, bjlonging to Mr. W. R. White waY, 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 vario us s t ore - rooms in the mills, which were expected to be breaking down from 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 situated, was at this time entirely taken possession of by the populace, who applied to Mr. S. Mann, the person who super • intends the market, for the keys of the corn chamber - on threat of refusal his shop windows were to be brc,ken. About large This he acceded to from the best of motives, a n d the corn was taken to the chamber and sold to the poor peopl e at the above price by th e p ar ti es w ho took it from the m ill- yard. n A u m mb ee e t r in o g f s o p f ee m ial aguisoturasttaesblehs baasNe t_ake b n eeu pla, sworn 100 men of the sth F us ili ers passe d th roug h this town yes terday, en route from Ply mou th t o Taunton. anidn. a RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WISHAW AND COLT.NESS 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 ditons ; and also with regard to a private agreement alleged to have been made with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way Company 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 COLTNESS RAILWAY. The adjourned meeting of this company was held at Glas gow on Friday, ➢lr. d. Houldsworth 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 8,1 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. AT'swoop having opened the business of the meeting, Mr. WILKINSON 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 be 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 among the share holders, not exceeding Gd. 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 the necessity of abandoning the concession. The above resolutions were passed, and the following gen tlemen were appointed on the committee:—Messrs. Att wood, Field, Uzielli, 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 shareholders was held at Dublin on Friday. The report stated that the contracts for works had been let, and that nearly the whole of the land, 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 the 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 12,9774 ex pended, leaving 19,5101. in favour of the company. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption 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 he had 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 BATHEARNHAM 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 ➢lr. 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 proposals the directors may have to make, and to receive a subscription of Is. per share to defray expenses. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Ponrsarotrrm, Mar 17.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, was prepared for going out of harbour to-day, and the Centaur steam-frigate get 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? She 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 gnard ship, was undocked this afternoon.—Times. MR. GROOM'S TULIP SHOW.—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 elite of horticulture and fashion. The bed 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 a 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 ex cellence; indeed of so admirable a character that it may be said that they have never been surpassed in the history of floriculture. The names of these flowers will amuse the generalreader, these :_ and the utnhteessiniwtiaitletodn,, , in , , su L c ad h y p matt e e e r l, s 4 Lind," " Nouri Ex V ff i v c e t in o „d r , i ,i a ,, a ß n(d e a g n, i , n i a, omi ' d ' p ‘ e ‘ ar M actci a rui r xa s i h nF a t l iaon S re t o ) e u m3 l , t .:, " Jenny R T o h s es e e ß a r o il w lia era nt,' a ' re Lo ve u4 splendid, and certainly matchless. In the course of the day the gardens were visited by many of the nobility and persona 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 o f the Ri ver the schooner John, just arrived from . his m footing om ing, d the Giraffe steamer, on some just opposite Brewer's Quay, . late last niaghfto.reiTghne voyage, captai in attempting to go on boar i d ssed this thboed3C-uwstasomsionmn and fell into t ,the becoming circumstancee ntangled ,t. that hit a t and, from its appearance, there must have been great agony business with h t e h ß e i og r ce ; r t e h f e endured by deceased, as, in addition to a severe contusion on the forehead, the thumb of one of his hands was torn from the socket ; most likely in his fall the hand came in contact yv n e W: nx a t h n i a d es t ct greatly e a fr t o l y m adds seo t l an to d , the to characterthei mooring sofif nhtgoh c eue h rr ci themww e i e t i g l h aw h n a ve t eh tore linkoo melancholy y decea s edo away t h a e : 4 - meet, alas : not her living husban d, 13 e but his lifeless remains. EPSON! RACES.—The • fl in uence of the wind, sun, 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 e ffi cacious, guarding it from the injurious operation of the sun and dust. Beware of Spu rious Imitations. The only genuine articles have the word " Rowland's" preceding the name of the article on the wrapper of each." DEATH OF SIR CHARLES CHICHESTER.— The Canada papers announce the death of Colonel Sir Charles Chichester, commanding the 81st Regiment, at the city 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 MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 17 . The West India and other mails were taken out at three F.M. this day by the royal mail-packet Thames, under charge of the Admiralty agent, Lieutenant Wilkinson, R.N. The Thames has a full general cargo, an d 10,562/. ; also thirty-seven pas sengers. The Oriental Company's steamer Tiger, Captain Hamilton, went out of dock this day at 'three P.m, en route for Gibraltar, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails. The Ti ge r takes out a full detachment of Artillery, with their officers, to relieve those at Gibraltar, who will return by the following boat afterthe arrival out of the Tiger. The Tigerhae a full cargo and complement of passengers.