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Eighths, a . ati. 115—P o or2: -th Union, '7" k . ▪ South l er w , York and Ne ttiOr )ergate, , -° e au tl L anc ashir ud -3-16 -I.llanchesterica,, ate EXtellS tsb ire, Qua r m 315 dig. ante, Newcastle, Pre. If shares has not Biding Unions, .urrent at 4s. P. len from 198: P. L p. ; Berwick other stocks 0 The sales are is.—East Low:, hire, 245. dis.o or , Ex tee m : 6 >outh Coss» res (late BliTik. s# ' 335. Self, r wiek, Os. le Or anc frord- N o rth Sat North .York [AY 8 . go, ist le and Car 25 1 . /I° ' rdeen, A For farr ath a n 9s , 6d. Caled onia „ 1 1 sad Cal 9/, 1 05 * ruction, 70. Callender, 301 ~ No. 41. 79 s ' o d z __ nu/ oe° , , /uarj-ters, 2 -6. 4 c li .1" ; Aral, 21 ,-,•l o . 'govi , h and u l o s ,•-•• ars, 171 ,• c e, 0 1 ' Prefere ters 115. 3/. 25 ' to ' •N ew ' f IL Jew, New 2, e tto, No. Halves , Glar r. 20. 6d * -- to 12 1 . Termin i r os so o, and A ru (0 6 Northern_ I c ' T Y don an d 3O/ 10* ritish,. sew' 1 3 , —Di t , n , 21. I ° s * A 6djeh , a. 6u.-- - c.hre ws 10s. — o " r y C ues try an d 'O6 id.bunfe rt % . lte haw and A. t Bombay an f& th of India. iellore, and A, 40 mian, Nev,v . ndee and Pte'' ;t Lothian...n:; i Hs. 3d.— id Ayr, 3571 're, 5 , and C ....e ar l :A 33, 43 4 ectr . id trr ra pir j34- pl, MP."' sco t ' 665111 of a g°'' w ife of ileurY grollc, the Wife ;he wt .° et L" Horsham, of fe of the NO.. Dflohn Carter' ---------- ! 3 ed lr e . , F o freudacrieelcr. _.— --- - - ---- EI en ry George 7avistock-roc' arch 1:100311° MisB Ann' tkiag• F. I' , $' ntoth d Brant , i 76• oi l ot In the Pr 10. xiay,3131.00 v ii, , 1 1 Agf;i' 1-/ PRESIDENT. THE EARL OF ROMNEY. VICE - PRESIDEN TS. Eight Hon. Sir R. Pe:l, Bart, M.P. TREASURER. Benjamin Bond c b eli, Esq., 31.1'., F.R.S. 111 AUDITORS. a A t John Pepys, F.sq., and Caer Cure, Es. MEE TING of GOVERNORS held in Cra q ven street, on NlTedn as . , the sth d ay of May, 1847, the cases of fourteen Peti tioners wire considered, of which seven were approved, five rejected, andtw o inadmissible. Since the M eet i ng held on the 7th of April, TWENTY-NINE D EBTORS, of whom nineteen had Wives and forty-three Children, expense been Discharged f rom the Prisons of England and Wales; the it:eBrtoseeieotfy whose liberation, h ie u di ng every charge connected with was 437/. Bs. ; and the following BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT, Coloitel Purchas •• • •••••, . A 412 2 0 .• . W .. •IL per Messrs. !Terries and C 0.... • •••• • • • • •••• 5 0 0 4r3 CiYatt A 2 0 0 11141 Howager Countess of Roint.ey .......... ••••• • • • A •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... •• A tilaerr .. llaTrnalln bor. ri p i e lt r el ll ° l e c k s ' srs E .% 2 2 0 ' ru r ra er nio i t e ui ss . r . s...C . o . c . tk . s and Co. A 2 2 0 Per ditto 3 0 0 "' •• • • • • ..... • • - ' • • • • ' aliss Anne Hn, per Mess rs. Hoare• A The Re eeiver- arl Ge a ne d ral of faxes, Somerset House, Repay- 2 2 0 pleat of Propeny-•ax ........ • .... ••.•••• • • ' • ' 12 5 7 T lle netttet , oi.s are rece i ved by Berjamin Bond Calibell, Esq., the re4s urer. No. I, Brick -court, Tetzip!a ; also by the following „a e nk ers; —Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drummonds, Herries, Hoar,s, r es: and by t h e Secretary No. 7, Cray( n. street, Strand, where Ch ( nay nlaY he seen by %hose who are inclined to support the Mon th. •and where the Soci e ty m ee t on the first Wednesday in every --- JOSEPiI LUNN, Secretary. THE ANNUAL GRAND POLISH FANCY, Li" FULL DRESS LULL, in All) of the FUNDS of the T ut take M( Assocunos or the FLIIENDs of POLAND, will to be Place at Willis's Rooms, on FRIDAY, May 21. The vouchers be . obtained from the Ladies Patronesses only, a list of whom may ~_,llad at the Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10, , a es s .'"e'street St J in ' square, and also at Willis's Rooms. THE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE PAH, 1. , 15, George-stCOMPANY. --t wurghreet. London, 58, King WlMani-street. _ _ Established 1843. Th is Capital 340,000/. T ut , Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF SEVEN lEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report their Mortality published In 1843. The Company embraces, in " 8 c onstitution. the advaNtages of both the mutual and proprietary fYsterns of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, j 1 comparison with t other for Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to UlSurers, and he rates the whole period of life as low as is Consistent WITII PERFECT SEQUIIITY. Por prospectuses, &c.. apply at the offices as above, or to any of Ul e Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARbROP, Secretary, BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by apmlal Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADYANTAHtS OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASKIZANCZ Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 6,009 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the rat five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the milts, which, alter five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. The lowest rates consistent 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 given for half the °amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid oir, or remain a ar ge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES, 444 41 Premiums required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole T.erm of Life. — ASSURANCE BRANCH. 1 PROPRIETARY BRANCH. , Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre• , Whole Pre "'lC mium, first mium, after I Age. mium, first mium, after live years. r five years. seven years. seven years. .....___ X e. d. I X s. d. X s. d. X s. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 12 2 24 4 25 019 Y 119 2 30 14 11 29 10 30 11 9 23 6 35 1 6 '4!3.0 1 11 19 6 217 0 35 14 11 29 10 3 6 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 3 19 0 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 ....................._c.15.4" Nl 9 5 1 1 7 5 8 6 5550 22 6 45 0 2 12 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE SOCIETY. to.l.n_ a ddition to Assurances on Healthy Lives, this Society continues Policies on the Lives of ersons subject to Gout, Asthma, F!tture and other dis eases , on th e paymen t o f a P rem ium pro tilorled to tke increased risk. The plan of granting Assurances on ma..ealthy lives, originated with this office in the beginning of 1824. 1 7 descripti on of Assurance may be effected with this saciety, and Polices are granted on the Lives of Persons in any station, and every age. The t BONUSES. !aidwo first Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on th e pr em iums the third 281. per cent. Ti.e fourth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, avera ged rather more than 351. per cent., and from the large amount Protit reserved for future appropriation and other causes, the Bonus es hereafter are expected considerably to exceed that amount. T ables of Rates with a tall Report (recently print e d) can b e o b. tallied Of the Society's Agents, or by addressing a letter to GEO. H. PINCKARD, Actuary, No. 78, G rea t Russell-street, Bloombury, London. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE SOCIETY, 2G, CORNIIILL,LONDON, Capital 2560,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. With lnstitittion embraces important and substantial advantages b u reoPect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured feit:„T i all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or fer ais,7 of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); tetem. ll ,_ e option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in -444 ' , Meet ether conveniences or necessity. vwttec ure ulees for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible T he r DIVISION' OF PROFITS. has e n . k e Parkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society 4 f o "'Led the Directors, at the last annual investigation. to declare e arth - , mus, varying from 35 to 85 per cc t. on the premiums paid act Policy effected en the Profit scale. EXAIIPLES. ep , c " ,; 4 Bonus Bonusin 'A g Assurea 4' a l random. ~, added. c ash . ...,.. 8 . m may :. 1 '' Borrow. o ..• ~ 1837 £217 15 I'.£loo 0 11X16 0 41.£445 0 0 £ £g• ". 1838 192 3 0, 87 1 41 13 16 2 395 11 1 GO 1030 3 4 1839 163 11 10 1 74 191 11 3 1 34 ,2 3 1 ;1840 116 7 6, 54 010 718 W 296 13 4 'lB4l 111 6 81 49 10 01 710 4, 247 4 3 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in 'december of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUI. Secretary. TIIE 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 1 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. PATRONS. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square. The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq. TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Beauclerc, Lownde — s- - 1 Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., ~ street, Lowndes-square. I M.P., Portland-place. William Alexander WKlnnon, Luke Jas. Ilansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS, John Bond, Esq , M.D., M.B.C.S. 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., Chariest-st., St. James's-sq. 40 -hua Stopford,Esq., East India Chambers, City. C harles. Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. •aus Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) 1 .0 BANKERS. Mo n Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street, Bank : Commercial Bank, Lothbury. SECRETARY —JoshuaStopford. 21 i„AaSISTANT-SECllETAHlt—ltichard St. George Graham. ' 4 ast I n di a Chambers, Leadenhall•street. thenPROSPECTUS.rac yfe look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, iot er e. the enterprise, the great alg and commercial Th at ef this metropolis, It becomes matter of no little surprise t abs t he most active means have Rot, long since, been t a k en t o ob it,;,_ o be r supply of w a t er , an d t o get r id of the mud-and-water .i,VF l ._y tt Which has so grievously existed for m an y y ears p as t. ti nty ; s B a il i biect is one upon which so much has been said, and such dUsteu Of thereti complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to rendereding evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas • Slon ate 311dillet'ioi n g d ht companies supplying London with water, the New River Public e most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh we .at an expense of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the ...otters re much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, t,_l_'arilarnentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis- Were appointed. From the evidence then given it speared that ,„„the capital Invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9(41., the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5391. Vithough the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, titers was a balance o 157,2061. 10s. 6d. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied Lit 1831, accordin, to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276.2001., about It. 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 succes.fully 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 12,000 sq are miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third forevaporation, no less than 3,203,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The supply of water last year by the different companles was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than ' twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns iu Great 4, A l tabl and Ireland. ao certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that t he most successful result has attended every instance in procuring Water upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies RW Z l ,, n st be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com bo ' Malls, and some such tubes as cannot be c orroded, will onl y o u tusc. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain such pirspe p s cheaer than metal. uareholde shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the Alll amount of shares taken. I e aoalications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of miZ ~n, ,i,ted Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East " % -nambers,.Leadenhall-street, City, London. g lr FORM OF APPLICATION FuR SHARES. es, ch hereby request you to allot me Shares of 10/. rant et , ll th e United Kingdom Artesian Water Company and I - t° Pay. when called on, a deposit of 7s. 6d. per Share lor such 444 , Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, to the deed of partnership when necessary. Names of two Refereences, B itil Tsii• GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. re u haviu (i g l be e : ~.. N u, : e ry ratokby Act of Parliament.) 4,, 'i W aterloo-place, London ; 126, Princes-street, Edinburgh. T.".: arrangements with the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's f ,sirmeantee for the fldee°litayeloufdedOffi' ce nt r e s D ih ire e c v to e r r s y str d i e ll p g ar ra tm nt eh ß t en ef s ti o m Prep s ,. e w d li a are i eouired to give security to the Crown, and they are to recei ve pr Pas irom persons employed in the Treasury War Office, Hom e o tuce. Ordnance, F oreign Office, Customs and Excise, Colon:al uftlea_ Stamps and Taxes, Exchequer, Woods and Forests, .k ; Admiralty, Post Office, &c. lirr_l3o,,ad:riom Bar s+ Treasurers, Actuaries, and other Officers of the ~, r/r County Courts,' " yr ings' 11 i• Anadutall PuYblicand Loan Societies, utions Government Annuity Societies, Societies, r Poor law Benefit Building Societies, la l w h onmission, Insurance Companies, Chaneer Hanka, saips. Y turd other Receiver- Railway Companies, Mercantile Huses, - 444 in all oth er situations where security against t o rend, or failure to account, is required. Rates of Premium One Half per Cent. and upwards. on:11s Colonial and Foreign Policies are granted. llcq k ; .9r I t o Propos a l may be obtained at the offices of the Associa ut any of the Local Agents. A " CHAMBRE, Secretary to the Loudon 130 rd. 'No. 17,09. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING S TIIE 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 arc hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER Olt SLEEVE TOE SEAMS, whatever may be i.s shape in other respects, is a direct infrin,mment of the patentees designs, and trill in every case be visited by an action at law. 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POOR LAWS.—An Examination of the Merits and Demerits of these Laws, a view of their origin and ob jects, an inquiry into the weneral objections to public relief and private alms-giving, and a Summary of the Progress of Legislation in England upon Vagrancy, Mendicancy, lind Destitution, ar • com prehended in the article " Poor Laws" in the Seventh Edition of the ENCYCLOPJEDIA BRITANNICA, by GEORGE COODE, Esq. Under various other articles in the same work to which an Index of 68,000 names affords the means of ready reference, the subject is incidentally treated of by other writers. DR. MILLINGEN'S NEW WORK. Just published in one vol. Bvo., price 14s. bound, MIND AND MATTER. Illustrated by Considerations on Hereditary Insanity, and the Influence of femperament in the Development of the Passions. I3y J. G. MlLLitiosti, M.D., M.A. First Class Surgeon to the Forces ; " Author of "fhe Curiosities of Medical Experience," &c. H. IlunsT, King William Street, Strand. 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To be had of '.herwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Corn hill Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice Is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, at 10, Argyle-place. liegent-itreet EYEBROWS, MuUSIACHIOS, and WlllO - 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. is. ; and double this size, 1 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, asc." By post, 4s. ad. ' 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only. 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" Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an 1l s. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure et nervous headache; as a toilet perfume it is tar beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact.-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops ea the crown of the bead occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and ,revent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing - =sdonr removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops a the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every clnarter of an tihte used brain on as onr. In most cases relief is certain in ten mi nu t es. it produces air on children udrsennit a al s he p a e d e si i n ar c ete o w ling ii appp ifi ll u c e a t t i l c o e n o s. n pre ventcads, it h convulsions, as well as promoting th e growth of hair. —see i t n n fs nts P araphlet of testimonials. Alllettera ecktreSsed to William Grimstone 'lathery, Highgate. 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The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Ai.mission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JDIIN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, 8.A., Dep. Sec. IRISH% LANDLORDS. From Times We might in vai n search tip! the annals .) of the it ost corrected aristocracies for a more revolting outrage on public opinion and common humanity than the present conduct of the Irish party in the House of Lords. Never was there a more awful calamity; never were the sores of a nation so exposed, and the previous neglects of ha rulers so demonstrated; never was a crisis met by a. people at large with such lavish gene rosity, and at so great a sacrifice ; and yet, in the midst of all these apal i ng events and touching circumstances, never did the class immediately to blame exhibit itself so utterly impenitent, shameless, and hardenedin selfishness and wrong. England itself bleeds at every pore that it may stanch the the wounds of Ireland. At it word front 'the Minister, it surrenders thrift, and resigns,prosperity ; it retraces the dark path of debt, and girds itself for the hardships of economy and the drudgery of repayment. After being amused for years with dreams of this or that tax reduced or abo lished, at once a whole people, forgetting both hope and complaint, resigns itself to a hide-bound commerce, to straitened and precarious employment, and to a daily increasing want of the comforts and necessaries of life. The working population of this country is dividing its last loaf with Ireland. Meanwhile the faction of landlords is wholly occupied in plotting, in canvassing, in seducing, in corrupting the you nger, t h e l ess w i se, . or the less respectab le of the hereditary Legislature, in order to fight its battle inch by inch against the obligations of htmsanity. Such are the splendid lights, and such the black shade of the picture. Owing to peculiar circumstances to which these proceedings cannot fail to draw the attention of the country, a mere handful of men are able to offer a serious obstruction to the measures demanded alike by . the desperate necessity of Ire land and the unanimous, etstiment of this country. In a House consisting of about 440 Peers, a most miscellaneous body of 73, some of whom are new to legislation, others un known to fame, and others unfortunately known too well, are able to speak not only for the whole house of which they constitute so miserable a fraction, but, thus far, for all three branches of the Legislature. It seriously concerns all that portion of the House which chooses to put it self in abeyance at this crisis, that they do not give a new demonstration of their uselessness to a people and an age already sufficiently zealous of prescriptive pri vilege and authority. Power that is not exercised is not long retained, and effete senates are seldom renewed. The credit of the Upper House has been too frequently and too recently shaken to be carelessly tampered with. The great territorial potentates of England, willingly or unwillingly, observe in this island the laws of humanity, and are accord ingly honoured and loved. Why should they be involved in the Irish quarrel with the whole human race? Why should the House of Lords be absorbed in the Irish party, and seem to stand out, with regard to that island, tor an immunity which they consider disgraceful and criminal in this? A vast part of the English population must soon be in that un happy state which always has and always will express itself in political discontent. Dearth of food and want of employ ment broke up the old Tory party, carried the Reform 13111, and the other changes in its train, and still more recently originated the League against the corn laws. While we write there are already near fifty thousand men, women, and children out of work in Lancashire, and living on their means. The dearth, which still increases, and to which no living man with sense enough to be worth a moment's atten tion will dare to prophecy a limit, besides its immediate effect on the store of the labourer and the artisan, reduces the demand for manufactures, and must eventually shut np the mills. Starving millions will then ask why food is dear, why taxation continues to press so heavily on the comforts and the commerce of the country, why their larders are empty, and why their mills are closed. It will be answered that England is still forced to send annual millions to Ire land, to maintain those whom the local proprietors will not maintain ; that when the whole people and two branches of the Legislature were anxious to make property do its duty, and a moderately effective measure was passed by the Commons, the Lords, by compliance, or no less shameful default, allowed a few Irish landowners, who did not disguise their utter hostility to the Bill, to damage, to mutilate, and entangle it till it became absolutely inope rative; that, as the Bill now stands, the rates cannot be col lected, the poor are driven into towns, where they accumu late into such hideous and gigantic masses as to exhaust the local resources, and fall back on the national charity; that, in effect, the working men of this country must continue to maintain all the poverty of Ireland, and for all their lives and the lives of their children there is no other prospect. Thus the Irish proprietors and thus the House of Lords have decreed it; and that decree cannot be changed. What sort of answer will this be to a starving population? It may be as well to recapitulate the successive steps of mutilation de vised by the landowners. The first was to reduce all the clauses relating to the relief of the ablebodied poor from a permanent to a temporary measure of very brief duration. The second was to confine the whole of the rating to the nar row limits of the electoral division, and thus to enable land owners commanding such divisions to drive out all their poor of all descriptions into towns, the rates of which being insufficient for their maintenance, they must speedily perish or become a burden on the British public. The value of this alteration, in the landlord's eyes, will ap pear from the fact that the 150,000 poor creatures recently cast upon Liverpool had all been immediately before ejected by the landlords, and driven upon the towns, which, in their turn, passed on to our shores the current of misery. The third step is that which is to be moved, and doubtless carried, by Lord Stanley this evening. Its object is to secure for the landowner a perfect immunity from rating, and leave that disagreeable burden to a class which,in Ireland, is notoriously neither willing nor able to endure it. It will prevent a poor rate from offering any interruption to the old order of things so painfully familiar to all who know anything of Ireland. The wretched cotters will still bid for land ; the landlord will still get extravagant rents ; the tenants will pay their rent with tolerable punctuality, in order to keep their land,—but they will refuse to pay their rate, even if their exorbitant rents should lea ve i t i u their power; if the rate is enforced, they will combine and offer a successful resistance. The rate will not be collected. The poor will be left to perish. The British public will have to p a y, and the landlord, as usual, escape scot free. Such is the game. Lord Stanley. who has never omitted any Opportunity of parading his contempt for the great industrial interests of this country, and his de sire to increase their burdens beyond their utmost powers of endurance, is very properly selected for a motion which has the inevitable consequence of transferring the whole poor -rate of Ireland from the Irish landlord, and the Irish tenant also, to the industrious taxpayer of this country. It is mere w as t e o f words to address an appeal to the national pride of men who are at this moment wilfully leaving the peasantry born on their estate s to perish in masses, and whose thou g ht at such a calamity is how they may secure its continual recurrence. But we do appeal to the House of Lords—we do appeal with confidence to the present House of Commons, and still more to the constituency, which will soon have to elect its successor. The honour of England, the glory of the British name, is deeply compromised by what is now passing. Ireland, the sister of England, her ancient conquest, and still too much her dependent, is now begging and receiving the alms of the whole earth. No distance, no difference of race or religion, prevents the intrusion of her claims, and, it is fair to add, their ready admission. But can we feel unmixed satisfaction in hearing that our rivals and our calumniators, in whose mouths Ireland has ever been the worst opprobrium their jealousy, their malice, or their ignorance could suggest, are now bestowing their charity on our unfortunate fellow subjects? From all p arts of the United States have come subscriptions mixed with a sympathy neither flattering nor safe to this nation. A t Constantinople there has been a sub scription, to which the Sultan has largely contributed. The Pope has ordered prayers and collections for Ireland in all the churches acknowledging his authority. From the East and ',Pest Indies we can better receive such expressions of interest; but we cannot honestly profess unqualified plea sure at hearing that Marseilles had subscribed more for Ire land than fur the sufferers by the inundations in France. Now, there is not the smallest occasion for these world-wide appeals. Ireland is as well able to help herself as France or any other country. Nay, there are parts of France and Belgium probably still poorer. The only difficulty arises from the inhumanity of the landowners. The whole earth is doing duty for them. Meanwhile, however, England— that England which is paying 10,000,000/. for the relief of Ireland, figures nevertheless before the whole earth, partly as a tyrant, and partly as a beggar. Simple foreigners conclude they are supplying our omission. So, however, it must con tinue to be. As long as we weakly suffer the Irish proprie tors to be inhuman, we must share the odium of their inhu manity. It is the usual fate of weakness to be mistaken for the wickedness it permits. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l think it my duty, at this critical moment, as an Irish landed proprietor, to return you my thanks for your able advocacy of the Irish Poor law Bill, and the view you take of the condition of my wretch e d coun t ry . I do so now, as it appears that a majority in the Lords (about one half of whom are Irish landed proprietors) are bent on defeating that most beneficial a b sentee -tax, for it is that, and nothing else, the only a b sentee-tax we can obtain, and an absentee tax of the best kind. Twenty two years ago I introduced into Parliament a Bill for the relief of the destitute poor of Ireland, and years I have possessed a tolerable pro for twenty-six e rty in that country, and have ever supp orte d my compelling all la n d tenants. I can, therefore, safely p and ositively a ssert, from my own experience , that by lords to attend to their property and visit their estates, not leaving them, as at present, to interested agents, and more interested and unprincipled bailiffs, you can Be done by an effi alone hope for general and pertnaneilt peace and pros. Ireland, and that can only p er ity in cient and permanent poor-law, operating on all parties. I do, tneretore, entreat of you to persevere, in spite of the idle talk of confiscation, or of political economists, to whom so many lives lie alre a d y b een sacrificed, eole. desolating the country with a pestil ence which carries away the best of our p p Do th en, good Sir, con tinue to advocate the cause of the poor and destitute_ a truly righteous work, in that neglected, afflicted, and necessarily abandoned country. Accept these fe w li nes from a practical man, no theorist, and long a M em b er of Parliament.--I am, Sir, your ob e di ent servant, J. GRATTAN. 1, Sackville•street, May 7, 1847. SEEING is BELIEVING.—Do you see that gent, what a fright he looks ? e bas got a thirty -shilling wig on, you might swear to it a mile off. If you want a real head of hair, go to Ross's, who have . just fitted up a splendid glass case to exhibit their Perukes, containing thirty different styles of wearing the hair, thus enabling every one to choose what is most becoming or most fashionable at once. Like wise their ladies show room, containing an immense assort ment of beautiful head-dresses, fronts, plaits. &e., unequalled either in Paris or London. Address Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street. A BEE ALIVE EMBEDDED IN TURP.—On Tues day last, as the daughter of Mr. James Smith, North-road, Preston, was breaking a turf, she discovered a large bee embedded in a small cell not larger than the animal itself. The bee was alive, but did not attempt to take wing, though it commenced humming; but the girl, being afraid, unfor tunately killed it, CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. Cuanza 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Cuarrea 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their fUnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that grew Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action -CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various elects 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. Unarms 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtl and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CaArreas 5 and 6. Or the Disorder? arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhma (Meet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. RiVIEWS or MR WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail. fled CO 11 cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience oi the trr fitment of the various disorders arising from the follies and [retitled of early indiscretion. The engravings are an Invaluable ad• dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mus act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit 1 no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also rom Kent and AlchareLl, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 68. Ford-street Stacie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, Loudon; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and fron Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containia he fee of It., for advice, 844.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD IMRE. LONDON PUBLICATIONS. F. DU CATIO N.—The Article " Education " hi the S,ventli Edition of the ENCYCLOPAWIA hoin the pen of JAMES MILL, Esq. (late of the India House), contains an Analytical Investigation of the end to which Education is directed, and of toe means wh:ca are available for its attainment. Upon thii. as well as upon al other subjects, whether of perma nent or temporary interes , the I.llecloptedia Illitannica will be lound to con'ain a vast amount of well-digested information, con tributed by the ablest writers of tke age, and rendered at once available by an Index of 66,000 references. e y ll e ti L d o e p l: c T IN A B h i e t a n d is i vi,i n i t c lk is contritm e Esq. The subject Is considered O e N t l, e E d n t t J E . d i i T t t o h il n i e , o e f u t o t E k e ti l under the following Sections: — I. Circumstances which led to the use of money—Properties that every commodity used as such ought to possess—Not a sign or a raeasure of value, but a real equivalent. 2. Circumstances which regulate the Exchangealde Value of Money. 3. A moderate Sainorage on Coined Money advantageous—Princi ples which should regulate its amount. 4. Expense of a Currency consisting of the precious Metals. 5. Paper Money—Prnciple on which its value is maintained. 6. Whether Gold or Silver should be adopted as the Standard of the Currency, or whether it should consist of both. 7. Degradation of the Standard of Money in Great Britain, France, and other Countries—Pernicious effects of this degradation. 8. Tables relative to the Money of Great Britain. APER MONEY and BANKS.—An Examina tion of the Principles which ought to Regulate the Issue of Notes—ot the Security which should be taken from the Issuers, — and of the circumstances which govern the Issues of the Bank of England, will be found under the- head "raper Money" in the Seventh Edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BUITANNICA. This Article, as well as those on " Money," " Exchange," " Commerce," and " Credit," embody the views of some of the ablest writers upon these toples ; akd in the present state of Monetary and Commercial Affairs, they are recomniended to the consideration of the Legislator, the Capitalist, the Banker, and the Trader. MAY 11, 1847. PRICE SD. was sued, and the plaintiff wishing to invest the amount of the debt in stock on the 19th of November, 1803, when the same would have purchased 908/. 16s. 7d. stock ; in consi deration of forbearing his action and demand till the 19th of November, 1804, takes a bond from the defendant, condi tioned for the transfer by him to the plaintiff, on that day. of 908/. 16s. 7d. stock, with such interest as the same would have produced as such stock in the meantime. All the Court agreed that this was not usury, as the amount of the sum to be paid depended upon a contingency. If the stocks had fallen in the meantime to 50i., the plaint it' would have received less than his principal and legal interest would have amounted to. This was no more usury than an agreement to replace stock lent, which, though once con tended to be usury if more than the principal and legal inte rest-were thereby obtained, had been long settled to be legal. " GEORGE COCHRANE, " Chancery-lane, May 5, 1847." THE B.OSJESMAN, OR BUSH PEOPLE FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. These living types of a race, perhaps one of the lowest in the scale of humanity, and now becoming rapidly extinct, offer a subject of the greatest interest, alike to the man of science, the student in human physiology, and the curious, as being the first living specimens of this singular variety of the great human family—the Ishmaels of the African conti nent, who have been induced to visit the abodes of civilised man; and for descriptions of whom we have hitherto been entirely dependent upon the testimony of the few travellers who have visited their desolate and tar off region. To the student in phrenology, these Bush people offer an especially in teresting study, as affording strong corrobozative evidence in support of the now almost - universally-admitted truths of that science. The heads of this singular group, and a skull of ono of their fellows, in the possession of the gentleman who has brought them to this country, exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual and higher faculties as is obser vable in the skull of thgt mockery of humanity, the baboon ; while the prepondarance of the animal is almost equally great. There is, hoit ver. a marked superiority of phreno logical development in the mother of the child born on their passage to this country over any of her compa nions, and she exhibits a much greater degree of intel ligence than either; while we learn from their guardian that she is a most excellent mother, kind and affectionate in her disposition, and exceedingly docile; the others, on the contrary, being very selt-willed and difficult to manage. The kindness, however, with which they have been treated since their arrival, does not by any means appear to have been thrown away, as they seem perfectly happy and contented, and on the receipt of an orange or other trifle, exhibit the liveliest emotions of gratitude, by kissing the hand of the donor, and manifesting other unequiv oca l s i gns of pleasure. They ' were fairly in toxicated with delight on the two females being presented with a necklace each, by one of the company present, com posed of round metal buttons, and a smaller one for the child—the female exhibiting all that passionate love for adornment which seems inherent in the breast of every daughter of Eve, whether civilised or savage; and the males scarcely less so, in the speechless admiration with which, so decked, they appeared to regard their spouses. We may mention that they are natives of the country bordering the great Orange river, in the interior of Africa, 1,200 to 1,400 miles from Cape Town; and their supposed ages vary between 30 and 50, the mother of the child being the oldest of the group. They have picked up a few words of English and Dutch; but their intercourse with their guardian is chiefly carried on by pantomimic signs. Their own language appears to be singularly barren, exceedingly harsh and unpleasant to the ear, and used with much ges ticulations. Its most remarkable feature is, that min gled with the articulate tones, and the gutturals and nasals, are some inarticulate clicks or clucks, produced by the tongue being struck against different parts of the mouth, so as to produce an audible sound not easily described on paper, but varying in depth, with the part of the mouth from which the tongue is struck. The stature of these people is another peculiarity: the two couples are considered as of two quite different tribes, though both speak the same lan guage; but there is a striking difference in their stature. The larger couple are about five feet three inches in height; the smaller no more than four feet, and these suggest the idea of the " pigmies" of the ancients. The strange mixture of the Mongolian, Malay, and Negro in their characteristic form and features is very striking; and while they seem but little elevated in the chain of being above the baboon and the chimpanzee, we learn that the tall and athletic Kafir flies from one of these diminutive creatures with the greatest terror,—for their want of physical strength is compenssted by their skill in the use of poisoned arrows, a wound from one of which is almost always mortal. These creatures are continually smoking the wild hemp of their country—a plant from which they also obtain the poisonous juice in which they dip their arrows. They go through a sort of perform ance ; all four dancing one of their national dances, which somewhat resembles those of the North American Indians, especially in its being conducted and regulated by a double stroke of the hand, as a substitute for a tom-tom or drum. The two men display their mode of stealing on their foes ; and certainly it must be no pleasant thing to see a man stealthily prowling in your neighbourhood with a poisoned arrow fitted to the string—waiting only till you give him an opportunity of stealing upon you unperceived, to send the death-shaft on its flight. As a variety of the race of man never before seen in England, we recommend a visit to these Bush people.—Manchester Guardian. L We perceive by an advertisement, that Dr. Knox, F R.S.E., delivers a lecture on the Bosjesman, on Monday evening next, at Exeter Hall, at which the above described singular race will be introduced.—En. Sun.] THE TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM IN TWO HOURS. We learn, upon further inquiry into the particulars of the stated trip from Euston-square to Birmingham, with a train of about 35 tons, in two hours, exclusive of the loss of time when the train was in a state of rest during five stoppages, tha' the accuracy of the performance, as published. is strongly affirmed by those who, it is pre sumed, are in possession of the official notes of the working of the engines. At the same time that this is affirmed, the strict accuracy of our analysis of the pet formance is not called in question. We pointed out that to accomplish 112 f miles in two hours " travelling time," the average running speed over the greater part of the journey must have been 66 miles per hour, and that over other considerable portions of it the average running speed must have respectively been upwards of 70 and 80 miles per hour. This is not denied. A great commercial as well as a great corporate question is involved in the accuracy of this stated performance of the narrow-gauge engines. The question is importatant, not merely to the broad and narrow gauge parties, but to the public, whose interests may, through proci edings now pending before Com mittees of the Commons, be seriously affected by the establishment of the correctness or incorrectness of the statement alluded to. If the narrow-gauge engines can take even light pas senger trains at an average running velocity of sixty-six miles per hour over the entire gradients of the London and North-Western line, we must perforce admit that the broad-gauge engines, with their assumed advantages, will have to hide their diminished heads; but we are of opinion that some serious error, some, at present, unac countable mistake, has been made by the gentlemen who noted the workings of the engines; that either they or we labour under a strange delusion. In short, we be lieve that the engines in question did not, and can not do what they are stated to have performed; and that, instead of their maximum speed having been eighty-four miles per hour, it was some twenty miles below that figure. But if the engines did perform this alleged extraordinary working, they can, of course, do it again. We repeat that it is most important to the Lon don and North-Western Company that the accuracy of this alleged working of the narrow gauge engines should be made manifest to the world. The establishment of it would be a giant's strength to them in support of several of the Bills they are now promoting in Parliament. That company have, therefore, a direct and vital interest in setting the question at rest; let them, then, run another r special train between London and Birmingham. 1 7 ( e shall be happy to send a gentleman from this establish ment to take the workings of the engines, and to give the particulars fully and faithfully. We have always believed, and still believe, that the broad gauge is supe rior in speed and power to the narrow gauge, and we have given numerous facts in support of our opinion; but we should, under all the circumstances, and consider ing how much uniformity would simplify the railway system of this country, be exceedingly gratified—al though our own predictions would be sadly shaken there by—to have it in our power to state that the narrow gauge is equal to the stated extraordinary performante which is at present attracting, or rather distracting, the attention of the railway world.—Herald. [ADVERTISEMENT.] DEAFNESS, NEW INVENTION, 39, ALasickaLS-sTazET, PICCADILLT.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful small newly-invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced ; it is modelled to the ear so that it rests within, without projecting, which can be inserted in the ears and removed in company unobserved ; and, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. The powers of this valuable new invention are so great as to bring very defective hear ing, of long Standing, to its perfect and natural state, and to enable deal persons to enjoy general conversation, to hear distinctly at church, on the bench, at the bar,:and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed, and it affords to individuals affected with this dreadful malady all the assistance that possibly could be desired. Also improved hearing Trumpets of every description. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dull ness w hi c h appear b efore the eyes i s a t o nce removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most agedim perfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, midis brought to its r youth ful, natu ra l an d or i g i nal state . Also Ac h roma tic Telescopes , Ope ra . Glasses, Micro sco p es , Sic. Ca u tion—Messrs. S. and B. Solo n. Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevatt mistakes be cautious, and Observ e—Only to b e had at 39, Alb emar le-street, Piccadilly (oppo ice the York lintel). MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN ESSEX.— On Friday an adjourned inquiry was resumed at the union workhouse, Rockford town, before Mr. W. Codd, touching the death of a labourer, named John Terry, aged 75, who was brutally attacked and plundered by a highway robber known by the name of James Willsmore. It appeared that the attack was made about eleven o'clock in the morning of the 31st ult. in a bye lane between Rockford and Caw don The deceased was met by a man who inquired the ti me of • day, he pulled out his watch to tell him, and almost imme diately afterwards he r ece i ve d a severe blow on t h e head with a hoe or bill-hook. He was rend ere d insensi ble and remained so till discovered by a passer by, when it was f oun d that he had been robbed o f hi s watch, 4s. 6d. , a knife, a k ey, and a bag. John Patt en , a police-constable, s aid that on the appre hension of Willsmore he took him to the union -house, where the deceased lay. Deceased was then quite sensible, and on seeing Willsmore, he remarked, " That is the man who was with me when I was robbed." Deceased identified the watch as being his property, he had it with him when he'was accosted by W illsmore. Otter corroborative evidence being adduced, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder," and the pri. toner, who is stated to be only eighteen years of age, W" committed for trial on the capital charge. LOLA MONTES.—The Augxburgh Gazette publishes the following lines from Lola Montes, dated Munich, April 29 :—" Worn out with being made the mark of .so_ infamous secret and public malici ous re p or t s , I denounce, as inf calumniators all who speak, write, or print evil aga inst me without being able to prove it." The Royal mail steam-packet Tay, Richard Sharp com mander, and Lieutenant N. Percival, Admiralty agent, ar rived at Southampton at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, after an excellent passage of twenty-one days from St. Thomas (calling at Bermuda), throughout which she expe rienced fine and favourable weather, with the exception of a heavy gale on th e 4 t h and sth inst. She brings mails of the following dates Juan Nicaragua, March 25; Chagres, March 28; Carthagena, March 30; Tampico, 31st ; Santa Trinidad, April 5 Martha, April 1 ; Demerara, April 3; Vera Cruz, April 4; Guadeloupe, l3 ;Barbadoes A , p A ril priil 2 7 ; ; Grenada, April 6; Jamaica, April 7 and ; D H om av in a i nnah, A April 1 13 .0 j ; Nass i au A and l 15; Puerto Rico, April 17; St. Dominique, April 17 ac ; April 24. t Bermuda,it e , pr The Tay brings 76 passengers; amongst whom are Lord and Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. F. Ellis, from Havannah; also part of the crew of the barque Chanticleer, lost on Crooked Island, on her vovage from Jamaica for Lon don, and Lieutenant Davis, 11 ..Ulate Ad m i ralty agent of the Tweed, dangerously ill from ries received on occasion of the wreck of that vessel. The following is a list of the chief cabin passengers in the Tay:—Mr. J. W. Judd, from Hayti; Alasquera, from Laguayra ; Dr. Sinclair, from Trinidad ; Dr. Quigley and Miss Burt, from Barbadoes ; Mrs. Melville and infant and servant, Mr. Armiendia, Mr. C Joke, Captain Watson, R.N., Mrs. Auld, Mr. Bahre. Mr. Cue, Mr. Henry, Mr. A nton i o Carriaga, and Mrs. Stricken. from Vera Uruz ; Lord and Lady Howard de Walden and son and two servants, Messrs. Sands, May, Vitals, Jansen, Bouchard, and Mrs. Mac. kisson and three children and servant, from Havannah; Mr. J. Ramas and five sons, and Captain Shannon, from Chagres; Captains Henrique, Pelie, and Vabancourt, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, infant, and servant, Messrs. Henry, P. M. Toro, Gahan, R.N., and P. G Idsmith. from gt. Thomas's ; Messrs. Sparks, Cooper, and Auger, from Demerara ; 'Messrs. De I.abenque, Bennett, and Claysan, from Martinique ; and Messrs. Ktneday and Brown, from Bermuda. The Tay has a valuable freight, 500,000 dolls., and th• same value in silver bars, both on merchants' accounts, none, however, on account of Mexican dividends ; 60,000 dolls. gold and gold dust, 3,000 dolls. platina, 55 cases of cigars, the large number of 553 serons of cochineal, 200 sundry packages, 70 barrels of p o tat oes f rom B ermuda, and 126 live turtl e . She left at Vera Cruz on the 4th of April her Majesty's brig Daring, steamer Hermes, frigate Alarm, stpuner Va,uviu.% French brig Atercure, 18 ; Pylades, 18; United States ships Ohio, 86; Raritan, 52; Potomac, 52; John Adams, 22; Albany, 22; St. Mary's, 22; Mississippi, 10 ; Princeton, 10 ; Spitfire, 3 ; Vixen, 8. At Havannab, April 10 :—Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Vice. Admiral Sir F. Austen ; French, Andromeda, 50; Admiral La Place Noyade, 32 ' • La Rosetta, 24 ; L a P erouse, 24; and Blonde, 20. Spanish, Soberano, 80 ; Christina, 50 ; and Juanita schooner. At Nasau, April 12 Her Majesty's ship Electra. Her Majesty's troop-ship Vengeance arrived at Bermuda on the 15th of April, with Colonel D. A. Cameron and the first battalion of the 42d Highlanders from Malta; and on the 24th, when the Tay sailed, her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance arrived with the reserve battalion of the above named regiment, to relieve the 20th Regiment going to Halifax. The Royal mail steam-packet Dee was at Havannah, and left on the morning of the 10th fur the Gulf. The Clyde was at St. Thomas, and left on the 17th for Jamaica, and is ex. pected to be the next ship home. The Eag , e was at St. Thomas, and the Reindeer at Grenada. The schooner Larne had arrived at Jamaica from La Guayra. The Tay spoke the Danish brig o. 35, and the barque Franklin, on the 4th of May, both outward-b oun d ; an d t h e barque Bengal, on the 7th of May, 30 miles south-west of Scilly, also outward-bound. The West India files gives us no intelligence of importance. Jamaica papers continue to speak of the prospect of the next crop being greatly abundant, and that the present crops are nearly all got in. The weather appeared to be somewhat unsettled. Collections were continuing in favour of the Irish, and liberally responded to. The session 'of the Legislature of the Bermudas was opened on the 21st of April, by his Excellency Captain Charles Elliott in the usual speech. Atter bearing testimony to the acts of his predecessoiv he addressed himself particu larly to the subject of education and the means of promoting its extension ; stated his intention of submitting a plan for establishing a school for engineering and general attainment and the commencement of a mechanics' institution. He also directed attention to the necessity of stimulating emi gration from Europe; proposed to construct places of refuge for boats and small vessels; and concluded by congratulat ing the House on the promising appearance of the crops. By this arrival we have news from Vera Cruz so late as the 4th of April, and a paper called the American Eagle, dated the 3d of April, being the first paper ever printed at Vera Cruz. Nothing of any great importance had occurred in ad dition to what has already appeared in the Times. About a third, the south, part of Vera Cruz is partially destroyed. The persons killed and wounded, during the bombardment of two days, were principally old men, women, and children amounting to about 400. The Americans account their loss at 17 killed and 32 wounded. An American force of 600 men will remain to garrison the city and castle of Vera Cruz and General Scott, with 14,000 men, 1,500 waggons, and a heavy train of artillery, were preparing to proceed to Jalapa and city of Mexico. By accounts received at Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico to the Ist of April, when the surrender of Vera Crux was known, we are informed that it was resolved to continue the war, and 3,000 men had received orders to march from Mexico, and 4,000 from San Luis Potosi. At the Puente Nationale, a very strong position on the road to Jalapa, and after leaving Jalapa, at La Hoja, another equally strong po sition, some 6-pounders had been mounted. There were only a few regular troops at these points, but about 2,000 Indian militia. General Canalizo had arrived at Jalapa to take the command. Santa Anna, who was again at the head of the Govern ment on the Ist of April as President, had demanded autho rity from Congress to raise a loan of 20,000,000 dolls. on any terms. When the Tay left Tampico on the 31st of March it was occupied b}• an American force of 2,000 men, under com mand of Colonel Gates. The port is open for the shipment and importation of merchandise by foreign ships, subject to similar duties as they would be in ports in the United States, with the additional duties named in relation to Vera Cruz. At Vera Cruz the shipping lay at Sacrificios, on account of the bombardment of the town; the Americans had lost about 27 sail, principally transports, from the effects of a strong norther. On the 27th and 28th of March the wrecks strewed the coast for miles. The town and neighbourhood were occupied by about 15 000 troops, all of the most ragged description. Bills on England were at 9 per cent. premium. The advance of the army under General Scott were on their way to the city of Mexico, and would probably reach it by about the erd of April ; it was expected that no resist ance would be offered, and the Americans would be allowed to enter and take quiet possession. General Taylor was ex pected to make a diversion on San Luis and Zacatecas during General Scott's advance. The ♦merican authorities had established a tariff at Vera Cruz, on provisions, of 5 per cent. ; wines, ale, cider, and porter, 15 per cent. ; 10 per cent. on all other importations ; 75 per cent. on spirits—all ad valorem ; and 4 cents. per lb. on raw cotton. Regulations had just been issued for the guidance of ships arriving, subjecting them to the same rules adopted in American ports. As it was, the Tay came and left at her own convenience, unmolested. We have received by this arrival a copy of an American newspaper already established at Vera Cruz, called the Ame rican Eagle. It consists of twelve columns, which are for the present almost exclusively occupted with the returns of killed and wounded, and the general orders of the new com mandant, General Scott. The crops of sugar in Havannah were generally plentiful; and of good quality. THE SIEGE OF OPORTO. OPORTO, MAY I.—The arrival of the steamer of the 29th from Lisbon has caused a strong sensation here, as all ac counts agree in stating that the Queen has finally accepted the conditions proposed by her allies, and that Colonel Wylde is about to;visit this place for the purpose of obtaining the sub mission of the Junta. I fear that Colonel Wylde will be dis appointed, as I believe the leaders of the insurrection feel, that though the terms of the agreement are as favourable as they could desire, they cannot, in common prudence, accept them without an adequate guarantee. England is acting with good faith, and in the most friendly manner for the Queen as well as with equity to the Junta; but what power has she over Donna Maria's future Cabinet? and how can she pre vent the destruction of the popular partisans one by one at convenient intervals? The Junta are, I hear, de termined, therefore, not to lay down their arms ,un less they receive security for the future ; and that security, they say, consists in their being allowed to garrison with their troops Lisbon and Oporto. Colonel Wylde will have to aceede to these hard terms, which I pre sume he is not, prepared to do or to find an equi va l en t —a matter of no slight difficulty. I observe, as indicative of the predetermined obstinacy of the Junta, that all the strong points of the lines have been recently faced with solid ma sonry, and I should not be surprised to see some of the leaders shutting themselves up in this city, reckless of con sequences, should things turn unfavourably against them. And then comes the difficulty of dealing with the Realists officers, against whom the Queen has been relentless since 1834. They and their adherents are now with arms in their hands. Will her Majesty confirm their several grades and ' trust her crown and person to Povoas and Bernardino? In fact, I fear that the Lisbon diplomacy has been reckoning without its host. Vererrios ! The blockading squadron have been called down to Lisbon to strenghthen the blockade of St. Übes. The bar is now clear, and all the outwarci.bonnd ships in the Douro are taking advantage of it. and in future all payments must The joint circulation of paper and b co ad i e n day, h. isbe e 200 contos in debentures, Junta have authorised the issue of but they have not yet ienearrdficeasre determined to transact business " British merchants are with constituted them a legal tender. The decrees ofth e Lisbon Government. half paper, half cash," in accordance the Casal occupies the left bank of the Douro near Lamego, and gives great annoyance to the British me rc h ants b y not permitting their wine-boats to come down the river. The Junta allows the free transit, levying a tax of 30s. per pipe, w T l h i ne e detention fo o r f m t e h r e e F t t a e l r c . o n s h t e a a v m e e justr a I r l o e w e e s i to be repaid out of the export duty . l v m ed e authentic intelligence to M a d A d Y a 3 f . from the camp of Marshal Saldanha. An extraordinary delusion seems to prevail h t ere. as the Marshal and his officers imagine that the whole affair is at an end— that the Junta have no alternative but to lay down their arms —and that if they refuse to do so an armed intervention will positively take place. They assert that 4,000 Spaniards have absolutely crosse d the frontier and are to occupy Rivas; and that Colonel Wylde's mission is to be confined to a pe remptory summons to the Oporto insurgents to submit with out reserve, and in which case only the Spaniards are not to act against them. In all this Saldanha forgets that the Junta troops are much stronger than his, and that the na tional feeling is so decided against Spain that it is certain the whole population will rise against an invading force. Colonel Wylde was hourly expected at the Marshal's d- uart era. 12!a q I can only confirm the statements I have already made as to the feeling of the Junta here. They are determined to resist, and, if Colonel Wylde confines his mission to a sum mons of surrender, it will be indignantly repelled. The in surgents are prepared to listen to a mediation, and to accept the terms which have been agreed to by the Queen, but they are resolved to do so only un4er a proper guarantee, and the great difficulty Colonel Wylde will have to meet, should he be willing to negotiate, must arise from that determination. The Realistas in arms and the patulea will compel the Junta to hold,their defensive position, even if some of the leaders who are suspected of a desire to submit should accept the terms offered by the Queen. Marshal Saldanha has granted permission for several wine boats detained about Regoa to land their cargoes at that place, under condition that the empty boats be then returned to the left side of the river. • I forget to mention that Senhor Alipo da Silveira Pint. has been elected Judge Conservator of Oporto. The blockading squadron are again off the bar.— Times. LOAN DISCOUNT SCHEME. (From the Times City Article.) E x T c h h e e ci n u a e t r u r m e ay n c o t Et h e t e mrepslualttes in h h i i c s pr t o h p e os a C l h to caeilll allow oaf rate .fdiscount (originally refused) fo va r eoitr: p n) prom pt eidon p ucc a yon y md m bpti e ihr n iese t h.me o sne f s)riv t oh h enes e . On the payment of the seemsael taea Government ko q i dividends the balances of the compellediEnxstcahlenq instalments trs to boef b i o nB r :° ro i l n 7o d f :i t i l u. i necessity fur this advance to Government limited to a pro portionate degree the power of the Bank to advance upon discounts ( because, the Bank had indiscreetly suffered its re serve to fall so low that it was impossible for it to accord even a temporary assistance without calling its resources from other quarters), and hence arose an amount of pressure and inconvenience in the discauut market, which, on ac count of its suddenness, was a cause of general reproach. Moved by this cause, and almost as if fancying that the re proach is in some measure levelled at the Government (although timely notice had been given that the advance would be required, and it was the business of the Bank to have prepared for it), it would seem that the Chancellor has now an idea in his mind of attempting to prevent the possi bility of a recurrence of such circumstances; but if this really be his object, it is plain that his new proposition, while it: nvolves a considerable expense to the country, will not carry him a single step towards its, attainment. He pro poses by the payment of a heavy rate of interest (for the rate must be heavy to cause the contemplated payments to be made in advance) to put himself in possession of funds which he is not likely to want for some time, in order So insure that when the period arrives at which he will need them he may be independent of the Bank, and that no with. drawal shall be requisite from that establishment such as to render necessary another violent contraction of its ordinary accommodation to the public. But the ques tion is, what does he intend to do with these funds pending the time when he will require them ? It is tot to be as sumed that he will lock them up in a strong box in imita• tion of the American sub-treasury plan, which would be simply creating a pressure now by withdrawing the money at once from the market in, order that he should not have to create the pressure in July, and we must, therefore, infer, that it will find its way to the Bank, there to swell the " public deposits," and to be used according to the discretion of the directors. Of course the use they will make of it will be to lend it to the public, and it will be upon the discretion with which these loans may take place, that the simple question of whethera sudden contraction may not again be ren dered necesssary will wholly depend. Under present circum stance=, therefore, bad banking may effect just the same results next July as were effected by bad banking last April. All that the present operation can do will be to cause a withdrawal from the banking balances of private individuals to increase the banking balances of the Government—in either case they are alike liable to find their way to the public in the shape of discounts or of advances, and also to be withdrawn from that mode of employment when the wants of the Government render a call for them necessary, so that the real result of the affair is that the country will pay some five or six per cent. for a month or two for funds which it does not require in order that these funds (which must be withdrawn from pri vate bankers and other parties) may be deposited in the Bank of England for that establishment to employ them for its own especial profit. Whether the general circumstances which have recently occurred have been such as to render the public desirous of thus liberally contributing at this time of pressure to the future dividends of the proprietors of Bank Stock is a question that seems not to have been considered. (From the Chronicle City Article.) The statement made by the Chancellor of the Exehequer last night has had a very depressing effect on all classes of public securities, except Exchequer-bills. This depression has, no doubt, arisen from the tact that in the course of yesterday, and even on Thursday, rumours, stated to be "on the best authority," prevailed in the City, that the Right Hon. Baronet would make a statement which would be calculated very much to allay all further apprehension, and to make money much easier. These statements produced an exaggerated expectation of what the Government was likely to propose, and transactions were entered into in con sequence of them. It now appears evident that the state ment of the Chancellor, although calculated to allay anxiety with respect to the Government finances, has no such direct tendency on any other interest. It has indeed been said to-day, that the object of the Chancellor in offering a discount upon the instalments of the loan has it in view to induce larger sums of money to be paid into the Bank on account of the Government, in order that they may have more which they again can advance to the public. It is, however, difficult to see how any such effect could be produced. If the Bank receive more notes in payment of these instalments at an earlier period, and so in crease their reserve, as it is stated, thou the quantity of notes held by other bankers must be correspondingly diminished. Indeed, the probability is, that no notes whatever would pass in such a payment, but that the payments would be made either by a cheque upon themselves, or by notes drawn out of the private deposits. At best, then, such an anticipation of a payment could only be an earlier transfer of the money in all probability, from the " private deposits" to the " public deposits!' The only object which we believe tho Chanceller has in view is, to secure an early payment of these instalments, in order to place him in as good a position as possible for the payment of the July dividends, in order that he may not be dependent upon the Bank for so large a portion of the means to discharge as he otherwise would be. This is an intelligible reason ; and if such an effect is pro duced, and the Chancellor is relieved of the necessity of issuing " deficiency bills" at that time, or at least only for a small amount, the Bank directors would no doubt in the meantime feel more at liberty in giving accommodation to the public. (From the Post City Article.) The proposition of the Chancellor ot the Exchequer to allow a certain advantage in the shape of discount to scrip holders for anticipated payments of the instalments of the 8,000,0001. Irish loan, as a means of recruiting his coffers, has, it will be seen by the quotations, done nothing for the stock market. The hands of Government may be a little strengthened by such payments, and, indirectly, those of• the Bank directors also; but they cannot, viewed ab stractedly, add to the general supply of money. The value of stock was in some measure affected by the apprehension of such further disturbance as might be crested by a sudden dissolution of Parliament, an event to which the result of the Irish Poor•law Bill debate; as foreseen from the discussion on that question now in progress in the Upper House, seems to be tending. The advance ot the rate of interest on Ex chequer-bills to 3d. per diem is unfavourable to stock, Consols, at the price of 86, yielding only 31. 9s. 9d. per annum, against 41. Ils. 3d. (From the Herald City Article.) The comparative view of the Bank returns for the week ending on the Ist instant justifies the course adopted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, as far as the Government finances are concerned. As we expected and announced, the Ministers have taken their stand on main taining the present banking and currency laws in their in tegrity ; and, therefore, under existing circumstances, it has become imperative on the Government to require no ad vances from the Bank at the end of the quarter. It only re quires a glance at the state of the reserve to see that the Bank has not the means of making any advance whatever but by reducing her securities, which, in other words, means that it can only be done at the expense of restricting the ac commodation to the trade of the country. The Chancellor must, therefore, hold out an inducement sufficient to com mand payments on the loan to a considerable amount in ad vance, but it is not very easy to determine, in the present state of the market, what amount of discount will be suffi cient. The more the measures adopted by the Bank Directors to make advances on Exchequer-bills is considered in all its bearings, the more is the wisdom of the course called in question, on the assumption that in proportion to the amount lent it shackles the directors from accommodating trade to support the Government stock. The reasoning on this sub ject is, we think, clear and conclusive. Whilst the British Stocks continue the highest in Europe, it is not likely that the Russian Government or any other persons able to make investments, will select them for the purpose, and yet above all other modes that is the most desirable for us to liquidate the foreign balances against the country. We have received the following case and opinion from a respectable solicitor in town, involving a question of perma nent interest, at the present moment, to an immense amount of trust and other property. The cases cited appear to be conclusive, and it is self-evident that if the funds locked up in stock can be so rendered available, it would afford a vast relief to the money market, and at the same time greatly increase the income of trust property. "COPY OF A CA•E AWD ONION. "CASE. _ _ "A B agrees to lend C D 2,0004 Consols, upon th• se curity of two leasehold houses. The said C D to re-transfer on a particular day the said 2,000/. Consols at whatever price they may be, and in the meantime to pay os the several dividend days, July and January, the rate of 5 per cent. on the Consols, instead of 3 per cent. (not on the value, but on the gross amount). The dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. to cease on the day the re-transfer takes place. ig Q. Whether such a transaction is legal or illegal, as re gards the usury laws? " OPINION. "The various authorities I have perused wherein a greater interest than 5 per cent. has been allowed by the Court, turn upon this point—that the capital lent was in danger of being depreciated in value. In those cases where the capital was certain, the Court invariably disallowed the amount of per centage over and above the legal interest, namely 5 per sent. "The above case appears to me to fall within those cases where the Court has allowed more than 5 per cent. For let us suppose that A 13 were to lend C D 2,000/. Consols to-day which are 87, to be re-transferred to A B on the sth of May, 1850. It is very probable that the Consols on the sth of May, 1850, would be depreciated to 60, 50, or even lower. A war with France would undoubtedly make them fall to a very great depreciation; and as such an event, or . other equally great, might occur, A B's chance of of it of r i ec ey o , v l e B rl so ng . his 87/. from C D is very precarious on the " The authorities confirming me in my opinion that the above case (submilted to me) is perfectly legal, are the fol lowing : " Mastin v. Abdee,' 1 Shomer, p. B.—lt was agreed by the Court that where there is a hazard that the lender may have less than his principal, it is no usury, although the interest do exceed the allowed rates. " Tate v. IVellings,' 3 Term Reports, p. 53].—On the de fendant applying to the testator (of whom the plaintiff was executor) to advance the money, he agreed to let him have it, but told him that he should expect the same interest which he received in the Short Annuities—namely, 8k per cent.; and, which being assented to, it was agreed that the money should be raised by a sale of Short Annuities, to the amount of 9121. I2s. 6d., which the defendant was to replace in the same stock by the Ist September, 1785. "Lord Kenyon.—A mere loan of stock is not usurious, nor the payment of the dividends in the mean time, though they exceed the legal rate of interest. . " Ashurst J.—ln giving the same opinion, added that the lender ran the risk of the fall of the stocks. "Buller J., said this has been assimilated to an action on the Statute for Usury, but I think it is different. This is not like the case cited from p. 508, Croke, James, where the principal was, at all events, secure, fur here the testator might have been a loser, in the event of his stock rising after the first veir. "Grose, J.—Declared himself of the same opinion. " Pike v. Ledinell and slonprivat, 5 E spitias , se, 164. The defendant Monprivat, being desirous of advancing her son, agreed to sell a nd dis p ose of 400/, stoc k tot rrcd h h e asE p i l el a de i n n lb : o i a ti . : for 1601. The said sto ck to be transferr ed when her son was of age—namely, the 11 th February, 1804. L ro ugh said that contingency in the thing pt; incompatible with the idea of usury, in whichTthheedperfeinnediapnatl must be always certain. —Verdict for the pl a i nt iff . - was 'inllldasdbdteodcitov.thßstupniba ju all t ,i ff B r. n as 4 t, B6 p 4 . 4 3 5 04 6 . 7.1 for whiob,