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• L A., „) / 111. • I'l4 • a . (. 1 - ! . - ' • • - . 7 ;' • r m . ti • ." • 1.4 5' ft 1 4' . • I • t 4. 7 t. • . _ •••• / 3). 1E n7 O " a T r. ;v.': • ' NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Th's Instituti on cbraces —m important and substantial advantages With resilect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured 113 , on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the preniums 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 possibla rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. • The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the - Directors at the annual meeting held on the l2th May, 1847, to declare a fifth Donna, varying from 3d to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. 4 . Penna• Sum the Bonus in ...1, Annual Police nent Re. Assured Jam- 01 p 1 addition - E • re- 1 taken to si , t , , Bonus in auction of may bor .. mitun. 'out in ' Assured.; Premiums. Poicy. i £ a. 4. £ a d. £ s. d. .£ a. d. f 1837 1 242 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 £ .ts.d. 1838 1218 4 8, 99 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 co 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 110 86 a 3 13 4 9 395 11 I 1840 143 510 66 8 4 919 1 316 2 3 . 1841 138 14 2 GI 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 1111 6 FO 39 10 0 7 10 4 247 4 5 ..--......_ The !annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be hail at the e• or any o f I ts b ranc h es i n th e coun try ; or, ou application. will e forwarded Pat free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretxry, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU . RANCE SOCIETY. . OFFICE, 26, CORNBILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. „ . Empowered ti Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred lAnnuities, originally proposed by the 'Na tional Loan Fund Life Assitratice Society, for the better advance - !tient of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received t he aPprobation of a considerable body cf the active members and !Ricers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a branch Office in connexion with those szocieties and the Operative Classes generally, in which their Services might be successfully en raged, a Committee has been sanctioned bsethe Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the. fudits tdolts classes, and a plan has been Proposed with thatobjeot. ADDRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts nave been made to ' r ing within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as.well as various cal culations regnlatiug their distribution, havink for,their object either i mmediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies Is defective; and that in toad of affording an easy access a nd a free choice of investment, ~'„h ie t Should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the •itannel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual • to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision ' emit of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a Pecuniary sacrifice; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the losi of employment caused by sickness is a *risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state .111. things there Is an e ff ective and simple remedy ; that is to say, :stead of covering, by one weekly or annual pay ment. two or more n tingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. tl, !t. is to not h av in g observed this rule, and to the association of o dissimilar functions. and by confounding a sick allowance and a„ "nutty fund la one and the self-same pay ment, that much of the eet -" , I ,f and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. • Mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - r"lnd prevision as that afforded by the constant sectional ass°- . salon and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By th, .„ '"eans a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and tn • o t e but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. ✓eh er t _ b6 sante perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, hoi ▪ ;vshere results are to bear out calculations, money investment g general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. siec• teheso reasons it is clear that the fend s destined for a provision in ..hm...eitisostshfooru.ldidbaegte:p-t e ntirely distinct from the fund inten d e d as a Ginulst' Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently 3 ,, s qed, do not depend on the same calculation. neeanse there are a great number who, in order to secure a esi.. larg e r Provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing sidu.ro b able sickness on themselves. cent, nec ause the Kesponsibility of manag in g a p rovision for old age, wit hued to a distant period is, in a great measur e, Incom p atible ine,,,7l ) , l , ll nterY associations, fluctuating law s, and individual irre loch ' ll tY, and more exposed to a failure in the pe rformance of contract , that when undertake* on the same principles that 01.1• .4 govern commercial bodies. s tilted ,Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when MTh ~!,1 1 the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi -4,41;111 more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en s, "Ilene for the sake of the other. 6 r thrred with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge rriendl I seuesions passing within the bosom of many of the existing auto and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here attached,▪ art hays had several meetings, with a view of proposing to remedy for those and other evilsthis manner and 2 an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding 4ctrom the risks of sudden dissolution. • , r ,, r noch diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously eish, ot . fret' time to time for the attainment of one of the principal io _, ,, e r Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have fou nd none e q ual audit itY and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought p rop 4nPathy for the wants of the industrious classes , as the plan tre e t , s , by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is p rovt ;a u t the author of that plan has furnished an argument against :f in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediencyother..fr abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the coe, e r t ,7 e ' .. ' or the plan itself, without being fully sa'isfled that the greesi- J et and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be secured and consulted by separating the payment of a sick allowa nce f ro - , In an annuity for old age. poAmd,e?ll.tation having waited on the directors of the National Loan th" f o r the in the handsomest manner the overtures made to im it .2l'r th e establishment of a separate office for the transaction of ao,t7t7us connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in stitutte,re,lasses in general , resolutions have been entered into, con 'M ." 0 e undersigned s a Committee, with power to add to its ied r the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an and whi o ° :Pcetas, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, With , n Without interfering with the numerous objects connected °Nei__ 1 stitution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their to •.r. greatly enlarge the Wo r ki n . .their sphere of utility, and afford . a protection "I".e- aent de * e has asses in old age and adversity, which nothing up to adequately secured to them. Jos, }„:11-1:urttio,, P.C./1., Ancient Order of Foresters. John o , e ,, ll se•R, Ancient Order of Foresters. I;,re e , tini e . ruo, 1 ; . ... , S., Ancient Order of Foresters. B unt 2.e .n., Ancient Order of Foresters. Ne,.',.;,•Ge Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. "'ePh P C Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Scrt ' e cks, 0 "el Ti mbr , ,Y• Order of Old Friends. Ancient Order of Foresters. bEFERRED ANNUITIES. -.▪ tut of , Person aged 24 'tat birthday by the annual pay . , or S. 'se Or . 2d,, quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments seism A _ secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re en hi s "nay, 10/. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy Exam etre 1371. 17e. t a iPle.-A person aged 20 next birth da y , ma y secure, on m g the age of GO, an Annuity of 101 . , with the other options, by the annual payment of It. Gs. 9.1.. or a single payment of 22/.1711.3d.: " " payment of 61. 14s. id. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 185. I Id., the same as or age 20. Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure en attaining the ago of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1431. 12s, ; or a policy on kis life 175/. Ils. Eltamele.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 23., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, lA/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on his life, 1781. I Is. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example.-A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure Use suin of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay- Ment of 21. 9s. 3d. Example. -A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay 'tient of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of 1 121. Is. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like . Wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C.SMROUX, Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. tctlnaurgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 290,0001. 4 .3 111 3 Company's Tables are base d u p on the EXPERIENCE OF "'E SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES , as c ontained in the Report ,"' their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in lta constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary iV t tlils of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD BATE S will be round, 1, - ,, c . ( _ ) mParlson with other Companies , to be e xceedin g l y tavonrable to tonurer3, and the rates for the whole period of lire as low as is it'tent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. prospectuses, &e.. apply at the offices as above , or t o an y of eas throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Th e QUA rt -- S YORK EXTENSION SHARES. ECOv D INSTALMENT of the FIRST CALL upon the tigt 1 - an 4 hof THE-1E SIIARES will be due on the 19th ' a nd must be paid on or before that day. By order, • 111,h C. P. EY, Secretary. ....„.Psgate station, May 7, 1847. THE RACES-LIGHT WEIGHT. ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. n , XICOLL'S PALETOT D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. 114, '" 2. GENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL--not elsewhere In London. IF THE SUMMER, now approaching, should yrove a. hot as it was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S LIGHT otherLTOT. of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any coat und er it. This luxurious ease and comfort once cape- Tie 'lead is alone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course 'gain. Price of Paletot, rich silk linings, Two Guineas and a Half; not S ilk, Two Guineas. 114, Regent-etreet, and 22, Cornhill. NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at 20e. —A most varied and beautiful assortment of those elegant PARISIAN NOVELTIES, which threaten entirely to supersede all of British manufacture, from 20a. and upwards, complete for any ordi nary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each extra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP 16°X and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford -street, canner of Newman-street. Detailed catalogues, with engravings , as well as of every Iron ni °fl gerY article, sent (per post) free. ,YILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock .2 rr lineral Furnishing Ironmongery Is literally the largest in the 1 7°__I a d ; _ and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of __ ±, 4 ,... v ,ta leZ , V in ex l t v e e n i t lls p tr u e r e c t h , as ls c 2 r o s . are invited to call and inspect it. CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go- v ernments, the Honourable East India Company, the principal Dock Companies. most public bodies, and by the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, for out-doo• work at their country seats. The Anti- Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out door paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description of iron, wood, s'one, brick, compo, cement, &c., work, as has been proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years. and by the no merous testimonials (between 300 and 400) in its favour, and which, from the rank and station in society of those who have given them, have, perhaps, never yet been equalled by anything of the kind hitherto brought before the public notice. Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, will ha forwarded on application to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, hack of the Bank of England. No agents. els' NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISHED, THE TIHRTIETH THOUSAND, An I JUST Edition, revisedcorrected, 120 pages, price 2 5 ., i n a sealed envelope, or forwarded, and past-paid, to any address, s ecure f rom observation, for 2s Gd. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, A N II 0 0 I) lion X The Causes of Its Premature Decline; with Plain Dime s for Its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, ic; luet emanating rbs iai; ::hick: ~ t ,hi‘i fromriie. ~youth, . i. solitarymanhood treatmentbliono, aad climate etal, indiscriminate ex marriage':&c., addressed to the i a ' d e n ' o d t leinfection,ta sedentary habits. with practical remarks on and cure of nervous and mental even the mostshattered' reach the full period of constitution nriy be restored, and MPcit "eY, syphilis, and Mlle , urino-genital diseases. life The while illustrated with nui Ing the various herons allotted to man. A natomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain respondence ,casea, Fke. five organs hi health and secre ions, . functions, • I.' grid structures of the reproduc- By J. L. CUETIS and disease; A ith instructions tor private cor n., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. It " , EW OF THE woes.. Crams ON MANHOOD. ( Strap e). Having for many years been the st an d ard work on these diseasges, its originality is apparent, and Its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, l'aternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cor n hill , London ; Sowlei, 4, • chester , South Castle-stree t,Gre, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, aurg; Robinson, I I, y i !e-street, Glasgow ' P hi lip St. Aim's-square, Man nside-street, Edinburgh; d i a sealed envelope by all ti,mhzeliers. sles-rs CURTIS and CO. are to be con.ulted daily at their resi len". IC O 7, FRITII-STREET, SO IO -SQUARE, LONDON, and ortah'felerriy"ts can have this 'Vol k private:y torwarded the,a, by initial or Author t" a" ence. or a ofßesidpoarrtfrom any the O U t u tu ite e d a l bo tM T : g do n m e , a d o ir :en ct r r omi r.rri tt t in h g e 38 . 64 1 1 4 Portage null% J. No. 17,057. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. At the MUSIC-11/LL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, May 24, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WIL SON will give an Entertainment on the SO-NGS OF SCOTLAND, In which he will sing a Selection of Songs by Burns, Jacobite Songs, and some of the Old Ballads. PART FIRST. —There was a.lass, awl she was fair—The Birks of Aberfcldy—Tam Glen —Mary Morlson—Bide ye yet—My spouse Nancy—Auld Robin Gray. Mr. Wilson will recite the Second Part, or Continuation of .• Auid Robin Gray," written by the Authoress, and communicated to Sir Walter Scott. PART SZCOND. — Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ?—lle's o'er :he hills that I loe weel—The women are a' gene wud—Wae's me for Prince Charlie !—There are twa bonnie maidens—Tait your auld cloak about ye. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. Gd. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, Ihs. ; for Eight, it. Mr. WILSON will give an Entertainment at Crosby Hall, Tuesday, May 211: and a Morning l'e lormance on the Songs of Scotland, a: W:llis's Rooms, on Fri.lay, June 4, at half-past two o'clock. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of ENGLAND. The GENERAL MAY MEETING will be held at the Society's House in Hanover-square, on SATVIIDAY, the 22d inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely. By order of the Council, JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. London, May 17, 1847. BANK Incorporated by Royal Charter 1835. London Office, 8, Austin Friars, May 15, 1847. The Court of Directors .f the Bank of Australasia hereby give notice, that the THIRTEENTH ANNITAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Office of the Corporation as above, on MONDAY, the 14th day of June next, at One o'clock pre cisely, for the following purposes :—To elect Three Directors, in the place of those who go out by rotation, viz., John Studholme Brown rigg, Esq., 31. P., George Holgate Foster, Esq., and Charles Morris, Esq., who, being eligible fo.• re-election, have been proposed accord ingly; to elect a Director in the room of Nathan Atherton, Esq., resigned, and to receive the Annual Report of the Directors. By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES at BRADFORD and BOWLING, in the County of YORK. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE versus ROUSE," with .the approbation of Sir Gann WiLsort, one of the Masters of the said Court, on Dartmoor, the 27th of May, 1847, at five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in the County of York, in Seven Lets, Freehold and Leasehold Estates, consisting of several pieces of land, with mills, warehouses, reservoirs, steam-engines, machinery fixtures, yards, outbuildings, and other premises, situate In the town of Bradford, and in Bowling, near Bradford, in the County of York, lately occupied by Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as worsted spinners and worsted manufacturers. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained (gratis) at the saki Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, tondon ; of Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxam, Stocker, and Illoxam, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London, solicitors ; of Messrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane. solicitors ; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land agent and surveyor ; of Mr. George Thompson Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place ofsale, and at the principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Huddersfield. IOY AL POLYTECHNIC IN sTriu HON. 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 en NATURAL PHILOSOPHY daily, toy 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 and ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, NewC 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. E GYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY THURSDAY Wext, May 20. The most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORIGINES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, and will be EXHIBITED, for the first time, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, on THURSDAY. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSIESMAN or BUSH T!IIBE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to *visit a place ot• civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology bas only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. • From the Liverpool Journal :—" Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Southern Africa —Interesting specimens of a most extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our port ; they are the Bosjes mans, or Bush People from the interior of South Africa, of which so mach has been written by the missionaries, and the few who have travelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the country berder:ng the Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1.400 Liles! from Cape Town. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intelle , tual or higher !acuities as is observable in the skull of that mockery of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal is al most equally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite the greatest astonishment, and to confirm to the full those " Tales of Travellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon with suspicion. We could scarcely have credited that such a race could be in existence on the earth. That they are genuine no one can doubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a Cape Town Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re • ceived :—" We understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind of exportation, viz., twe males and two females of the genuine Bush man species; they arc in charge of a Mr. J. G. It. Bishop, who has been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesmans, see professor Loichtenstelit's, 13archell's, Campbell's, Baciihouses, :genuine's, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa. Admissio❑ Or.e Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and Sixpence. TO LADIES. pif OWLA.ND'S KALYDOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and. In cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or Incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine kas Hatton-garden, is also en. z r ave d (by d es i re the words " ROWLANDS' KALI'DOR" on the wrapp er , an d A. on the Government St am p a ffi xe d on oltfONtNi; the A l N io l n ) . a c n o d ni S m O i ): ,, , io 2 n o e , each. Price 4s. Gd. ant Ss. Gd. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. 4, LE ADENHALL-STREET, NEAR THE INDIA-HOUSE. M ost people complain that Shaving's a bore, E ach day's painful scrape only chafes an old sore. C house the Cutler who stands at the head of the trade: IE alf the battle depends on a well• temper'd blade, I n the front of these lines his name is dis p la y ed. THE most recherche STOCK of PAPIER MACIIE ARTICLES, DRESSING CASES, WORK BOXES, TEA TRAYS, WRITING DESKS, &c., in London. Everything for the TOILET and WORK TABLES; MECHI'S famous BAGA TELLE TABLES. itENUINE EAU DE COLOGNE, ut . imported direct, and kept two years in the docks before sold. BOAS and SONS beg to say that in consequence of the spurious trash offered, they are induced to make known the system adopted by them for the last thirty years, of selling only the Genuine, and that two years old. In consequence of their enormous consumption they are enabled to sell the best at little more than is charged for the spurious, the latter being as inferior as British brandy is to foreign. Prices—A single bottle, 3i. ; a case of six, 165.; six cases at once, 15s. per case, for cash only. Address ROSS and SONS,II9 and 120, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, LON DON. P.S.—They have still a few dozens left of some that has been seven years in bond. ~‘a FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, IVhiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigln, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any Part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' bserve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. DIZ. CULVERWELL on LONG LIF IIEALTII, 11APPINESS, and ' E. In pocket volumes Is. each, by pest (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. 11 0 W TO BE HAPPY.I Jumada Vivere."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATOM. (With Diet-tables for 11 Complaints.) 3. BIARRIAeE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, tkati s the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—TheIr ADTENT and CONTROL. " Cara ut /*oleos." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row ; Mann, 39, Corn 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, Arryle-place. Recent-street. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES 01 YOU'LL' AND • MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2 s. fit. Jr post paid, to any address, for 35. 6d. in Postage taincl direct from the Author's residence. SELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. futis+rated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseasce of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by satary habits, and other ?xwnes. With Practical Observations on the Treatment or Nerv ous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. BY SAMUEL L &WERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member or the University or Edinburgh, Ilonorar Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Rail, London, Ate, &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, pith its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER 2. On thz; Anatomy and Physiology of the Generally , - Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, Provi n g that gr Mental and Physi ca l P ower are dependant upon the i r h ea lthy action eat —CHAPTER ::. 011 Solitary Habits; their various effects on tiff Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tht Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret I lisoniers of Tout! anti Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Loca7 Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and fi. Or the Disorder- arising from indiscriminate Excess. Golinorhces Meet, Strictures, and other Ihseases of .he Urethra. BEVIZWiI or TYE WORK. "The author of this singo:ar and Welded work is a legally quail. lied 'ue heal man, who has .ividently had considerable experience of the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the follies and irailties of early indiscretion. 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At LINPe for Consriltntion rt v , till Eight ; and . all letters ialtne 'lately replied to, it coittr,‘nin e tee th ot LONDON , ce, atc.—!•9 BEDFORD daily,llOn -EITEZET BEDEORI.4- SQuA.RX, LONDON, THURSDAY VIORNING SUN , 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) tN e - t h s e , t i h s e a r worn by male or fem ale, WITHOUT SH R OULDE OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever ma y be Ls sha p e in other respects, direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, G, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT sTREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House, LONDON, }xi imitate which is felony. T HE UNITED liIINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., In 50,000 Shares of 10/. each. I)eposits 7s. Gd. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110; and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of Incorporation served on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MAY 18. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUD LEY RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION BILL. Report considered ; Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill be new read a second time :"-Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That. the" to the end of the Ques tion, in order to add the words " Bill be re-committed to the former Committee, with an instruction to hear the petition of Sir Harry Verney and others, and the petitions of other shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway against the Bill," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 214. Acland, Sir T. Fox, S. L. O'Brien, C. Mare, Viscount Fuller, A. E. O'Connell, M. J. Alford, Viscount Gardner, J. D. Ogle, S. C. Allis, J. P. Gaskell, J. M. Ord, W. Antrobus, Edmund Gill, Thomas Osborne, Ralph Arkwright, G. Gore, Montague Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir 1. Gore, W. R. 0. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bagot, William Gore, Robert Palmer, li. Bailey, Joseph Goring, Charles Pattison, James Baillie, Col. Graham, Sir James Pechell, Captain Baillie, H.J. Greene Thomas Peel, Sir Robert Baine, Waiter Male„R. B. Pendarves, Edward Baldwin, Barry Hallyburton.LOrd Pennant, Colonel Balfour, J. H. Halsey, T. P. Philips, G. R. Baring, Henry Hamilton, W. J. Philpotts, John Baring, F. T. Hampden, Rena . Plumptre, J. P. Barnard. E. G. Harmer, Sir J. Pollington, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Harcourt, G. G. Frothcroe, Edward Bellew, K. M. Hatton, Captain V. Rashleigh, William Bennet, Philip Hawes, B. Rice, E. R. Berkeley, Craven Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry Blackstone, W. S. Ileathcoat, John Richards, Richard Bodkin, William H. Heatlicote, Sir W. RomillyJohn Boldero, 11. G. Hodgson, F. . Russell, C. Bowles, Admiral Holland, Robert Russell, J. D. Bowring, Dr. Hope, Sir J. Rutherford, A. Bramston, T. W Hoskins, 1C..., ^ Sanderson, R. Broadwood, H. Howard, J. K. , • Scrope, G. P. Bruce, Lord E. Howard,. T. H. - Shaw, F. Buck, L. W. HowAird,Went7 , - 1 . Shell, R. L. - Buller, Charles Hume, Sheppard, T. Buller, Sir J. Y. Huss - Sheridan, R. B. Busfeild, W. Hutt, "Mem smith, Vernon Callaghan, D. Ingestre, Visct. Smollett, A. '`drew , R. S. In g lis, Sir R. Somers, J. P. Carew, W. P. James, William Somerset, Lord G. Castlereagh, Vise. James, Sir W. C. Sotheron, T. H. Cayley, Edward S. K em ble, Henry Stanfield, W. It. C. Chelsea, Visc. Langston, J. 11. Stanton, W. 11. Chichester, Lord J. Layard, Major Stuart, Lord J. Christie, W. D. Le :Merchant, Sir D. Stuart, Henry Chute, W. L. w Liddell, Hon. 11. T. Stuart, J. . Clay, Sir W. Lincoln, Earl of Strickland, Sir G. Clerk Sir G. Lowther, lion. Col. Strait, Edward Clifton, J.:T. Lygon, General Talbot, C. R. Codrington,:Sir W. Mackenzie, W. F. Toinline, George Collett, John Macnamara, Major Traill, George Colvile, C. It. M'Carthy, Alex. Trelawny, J. S. Courtenay, Lord 11`Neill, Duncan Trotter, John Cripps, William M'Taggart, Sir J. Troubridge, Sir E. Curteis, H. B. Malnwaring, T. Tufnell, H. Dalrymple, Captain Maitland, Thomas Turner, Edmund Davies, D. A. Manners,:Lord J. Verner, Sir W. Deetles, W. Masterman, J. Villiers, Charles Denison, W.'J. Maxwell, Hon. J. I', Villiers, Viscount Denison, J. E. Meynell, Captain Vivian, J. H. Dennistoun, John Miles, P. W. S. Vivian, J. E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Miles, William Vivian, Capt. Disraeli, B. Mitchell, T. A. Warburton, H. Dlvett, E. Moffatt, George Wawn, J T. Dodd, George Molesworth, Sir W. Welby, G. E. Drummond, 11. Morgan, 0. Williams, W. Duckworth, Sir J. Blorpeth, Viscount Williams, T. P. Duncan, George Morris, David Winnington, Sir T. Duncombe, 0. Muntz, Cl F. Worcester, Marquis Dundas, Admiral Need, Joseph Wortley, J. S. Du Pre, C. G. Neville, Ralph Wyse, Thomas Easthope, SiraJ. Newport,;Visct. Yorke, li. R. Estcourt, T. G. Newry, Viscount Fielden, John Norreys, Lord TELLIB.3. Finch, G. Norreys, Sir D. Goulburn Henry Floyer, John Northland , V iscount Boiler, Edward Forster, Matthew O'Brien, A. Stafford MINORITY-NOES, 62. Ackers, James Escott, Bickhatn Lockhart; W. Ainsworth, Peter Etnall, Ralph Lowther, Sir.j. Anson, Colonel Farnham, E. Mackenzie, T. Bell, Matthew Feilden, Sir W. Mangles, It."D. Beresford, Major Forbes, W. Maule, Fox - Bouverie, E. P. Forester, G. C. Paeke, C. W. Brotherton, Joseph Gisborne, Thomas Paget, Colonel Brown, W. Godson„Richard Polhill, F. Cavendish, G. 11. Grosvenor, Earl Ricardo, J. L. Chaplin, W. J. Itastie, Archibald Russell, Lord E. • Collett, w. 11. May, Sir A. Scott, Robert Collins, William Ilinde, J. 11. Scott, F. Conynghain, Lord A. Hodgson, Richard Trollope, Sir J. Copeland, Alderman Houldsworth, T. Vyse, IL Currie, R. Reward, E. G. Walker, Richard Dickinson, F. H. Hudson, George Wall, C. B. Duke, Sir J. Hughes, W. B: Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncornhe, T. Humphery, Aid. Duncombe, A. Johnstone, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. Johnstone, Hope TELLERS. Ellice, Edward Lawson, Andrew Thesiger, Sir F. Entwisle, William Lindsay, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. E. "WiLshere, W. ARMY ENLISTMENT BILL. (On the question of Limitation of Service.) HOUSE OF LORDS.—MAY 13. CONTENT. /EARLS. BARONS. Fingall Bruce Fitzwilliam Byron Grey Camoys Shaftesbury Campbell' Suffolk Cottinham Vernlain Erskine Zetland Foley Wicklow Montfort Galloway liontcagle, of MA. don Mostyn Stratford Leigh Churchill Beaumont DUXES. Bedford i Norfolk Wellington MARQUIIES. Anglesey Ileadfort Clanricarde xsaLs, Auckland Burlington Camperdown Chichester Clarendon DeTon VISCOUNT. Falkland ntsnoPs. St. Asaph Peterborough NoN-cONTENT. B EARLS. Bolton Beaufort Mott ntcashell Boston Cleveland Ranfurly Clancarty Newcastle Bosse Colchester MAR Q UIS. Eglintou n Colvin. Downs hire Longford De Ros !Aims. Romney Kenyon Brooke& Warwicke Ellenborough Redesdale Cardigan viscoum Sondes Desart Cornbertnere Southampton Hardwick. BARONS. Stanley Lucan Blayney Forester DUXES. PAIRS. Earl 3falmesbury Lord Wrottesley Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Earl of Leicester Earl of Tankerville Marquis of Conyngham Earl of Charle ville Earl of Granville Earl of Orkney Lord De Lisle Earl Fitzhardinge Lord Crewe Earl of Off, - rd Duke of Richmond Earl of Sefton Earl of Winchilsea Earl of Yarborough Lord Templemore Earl Duels Viscount Lake Marquis of Lansdosvne Marquis of Ail Bishop of Durham Earl of Monster Bishop of Lincoln Lord Wynford Viscount Clifden Lord Heytesbury Lord Denman Earl of Somers Lord Howard de Walden Esrl Digby Bishop of Hereford Kinnaird Earl Stradbrooke Lord Viscount Melbourne Vi sco unt Canterbury Lord Ite.auvale Duke of Manchester Lord Colborne Earl of Sheffield Lord Glenclg Marquis 01 Exeter Lord Lilford Earl Delawarr Marquis of Northampton V iscount Strangtord Earl Waldegrave Earl of Eldon Lord Sudeley Lord Ashburton Earl of Rosebery Marquis of Ailesbury Bishop of Salisbury Duke of Montrose Earl of Ripon hiarquis of Winchester Marquis Camden Earl of Kinnoul Earl Morley Earl Leven Earl Spencer Viscount BereStord Earl of EtlinghaM Lord Saltoun Lord:Niviaa Earl of Lonsdale Lord Ilatherton Vis c ount Sydney Marquis of Westminster Lord Wharncliffe Lord Walshigham POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. DISSENT ON THE VOTE FOE MAKING THE WHOLE POOll RELIEF BILL FOR IRELAND PERPETUAL, MAY 16, 1847. 1. Because it appears to us rash an 3 inexpedient to enact that as permanent a measure which, in the judg ment of many, even among those who recommend the Bill for the adoption of the Legislature, is admitted to be a perilous experiment. 2. Because the reversal by the House of a decision of its Committee, adopted on deliberation, and after full debate, is calculated to lessen the authority of this branch of the Legislature and the weight justly due to its con sistency and the wisdom of its final judgment. • 3. Because these objections apple with still greater force when the majority of those who are more imme diatelyuure tleading t o t h e genera l pau perism carriedwith in t l o r Ireland n o o p r t ro b t p h e e e r ir serious appre hension, connected by birtha c n a d n have hine nms iaonny districtst expressedha that this their without measure conviction, teba os ptio oronf the e th P e e afsuanndtsrYand with out a b sorbing so large a which employ o as to outdooreck industry and retar d im p rovement. 4. Because the recog nition b y law of the re lief of the able-bodied poor as a permanent principle is at variance with all Parlianientary and official authori ties,singly and necessarily, in and is at variance, likewise, with the experience acting guate protection, appears but which late events have furnished to this House and to the public. 5. Because the difficulty of carrying into permanent effect a system of out door relict for the able-bodied, c aien t eg o s. le ow a ffii d tch t eo o rus a t' ttempts at violence and intimidation, more especially when administered through the medium 'l: : of e ao n nr d l;i e 'kl r ip l e' ag the free and impartial exercise of judgment in all cases difficu somelt, in i many cases dang erous, and, it may be feared, in mp ossible. 6. Because it appears to us that it is imprudent on the part of the Leg islature, in a case lik e the present, when even the most sanguine are doubtful of the result, to hold out to the Irish public that assured expectation of the success of the measure which the enactment of this Bill as a permanent law is but too well calculated to create and to fusty. MONTEAGLE of BRANDON. CL ANC ARTY, for reasons 1,2, 3 and 6. DOWNSHIRE. , DES ART, for reasons 1,4, 5, and 6. MOLINTCASIIEL. Luc AN, for reasons 1,3, 4,5, and 6. SCOILAND.•—The o lowing a .L. ar of the cumber of idiots, lunatics, and other —Kept in publicasylums, f I • is 1-3 in workhouses or wards, iiniasinLaneCenNtianArT-SvlcrCfe.Sttlualrni4lad, maintained, either wholly or in part, out 021 folp-0 , _ roi nci n h p i rai viaoter private oh t in h e a r a p h u o b u llt , funds houses with relativeltes or friends,l,774. Total 5 1 1.__when kept in private madhouses. number in Scotland, 3,413. erage cost is various in the different counties; but, taking all the counties together, the average cost is as follows : Cest, when in public asv -111.197.5i2i.91-64(1.-12ws.hen kept in workhouses or wards, 101. 19s. Bd. —when kept in private houses with their relatives or friends, 64 Ho. Bd. PATRONS The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Tlelgrave-.square The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Groarenur-sq. TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Beauelerc, Lowndes- Benjamia Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.P., Portland-place. Wthiam Alexander 11PKinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South- Etq., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. John Bond, Esq., 'M.D., M.R.C.S. L al;(li.,George-st., Portman-sq. Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M Charlest-st., St. James's-sq. Jo-hua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles lilunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Hovrland-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—Joshns Stopford. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Richard St. George Graham. 21, East India Chambers, Leadenhall•street. PROiPECTITS. 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 not, long since, been taken to ob tain a better supply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water monopoly which has so grievously existed for many years past. The subject is one upon which so much has been said, and such universal complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to dilate upon the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that which is rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas sionate mind. Of the eight companies supplying London with water, the New River is the most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh Middleton, at an expense of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the public were much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis stoners were appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9641., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,8591. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was a balance 157,2061. 10s. Gd. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied in 1434, accordine to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2001., about 1/. les. 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 aucces-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 sqaare miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The supply of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hoies heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying mere than twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns in Great Britain and Ireland. So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring water upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the Lcndon Water Companies will not be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only be in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. Shareholders shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the actual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares mast 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 FUR SHARES. hereby request you to allot me Shares of 10/. each in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called on, a deposit of 7s. Gd. per Share ;or 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, SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE AT INGATESTONE. An inquest was held yesterday at Ingatestone before C. C. Lewis, Esq., coroner, on the body of Maria Gotts, who destroyed herself under the following circumstances as detailed in evidence: — John Gotts, of Ingatestone, deposed—Deceased was my daughter, a single woman, and twenty-seven years of age. Last evening at six she sat down to tea with me at my house ; she had poured the tea out and taken about half a cup herself, when she said, Mr. Rolfe and Mr. Tweed would come in to me and tell me she was drunk. I told her not to mind that, I would not believe a word about it ; then she took the knife off the table and cut herself immediately. I did not see her take the knife off the table; I saw blood running from her throat, and I went for assistance. I first found John billing stone, who returned with me to the house. We found her lying in the passage against the pantry upon her face, and still bleeding from the throat. I then went away, and she died about eight the same evening. John Lillingstoue went off directly for medical assistance ; Mr. Lewis returned with him. Deceased had not been right in her head for this week past or more ; she was addicted to drinking at times, which no doubt affected her mind. Deceased's mother was not right in her mind, and was once in confinement on that account. John Lillingstone, of Ingatestone, malster, stakel:— I live next door to where deceasA lived, and had known her about seven years and frequently saw her. I was called to her last evening between six and seven, by her father, who came to me with a knife in his hand and said his daughter had cut her throat. He asked me to go to her, and I went directly; I found her lying on the bricks by the back door leading into the yard. She lay bleeding from the throat. I did not touch her, but went off immediately for the doctor. I left a man of the name of Upson and her father with her. I returned to her in about eight minutes with Mr. Lewis; when I got back she lay as I had left her ; Mr. Lewis and myself then lifted her up, and I saw her throat was cut ; both her hands were all over blood. She always appeared to me to be right in her mind. I had not seen her since last Wednesday or Thursday, when I spoke to her, and she seemed very well in health and spirits. The knife her father had in his hand when he came was not the one she had used; but when I first went to her I saw one lying in the middle of the passage covered with blood ; the knife produced is the one I believe I saw, but it was then covered with fresh blood. Richard Lewis, of Ingatestone, surgeon, stated—l was *ailed to deceased between six and seven last evening ; I found her lying in the passage on her face near the back door. I lifted her up, and found her throat was cut. There was one wound through the larynx, but there appeared to have been two gashes. I bound the wound up, and she died in about an hour and a half after I got to her, from the effects of the wound. She was sensible, but could not speak. I told her there was no chance of her recovery. I asked her if she had done it herself, if she had to put up her fingers, and if she had not to keep them still; she put up one or two fingers. I then said, I think you must have done it more than once ; if so, to put wit hepraeopanidnn i one or i ta: ovtodto-day, , certain. fingers; vaen s rds h e. e then put up two fingers and afterwards three. I found a bible open in her bed-room, whetherl as sheked her had i p f a t shehad pia been te in, if so to hold up her finger. There were several other pins in different parts of the Bible, and by signs from and rI found sh e h a d put t h em i n . I h a d attended her had known her a considerable time ' - the last time I attended her was 1301300 time ago, but she was then in a very excited state. I should not say she was of unsound mind, but she was very odd in her manner. When I first got to her I saw both her hands covered with blood. The Bible was open at Isaiah, a pin against the Ist and 2nd verses of the last chapter ; other pins in Jeremiah, 3d chapter, 23d and 24th verses ; 31st chapter, 3rd and lth verses, and 34th and 35th verses. Charlotte, wife of James Tweed, of Ingatestone, la bourer, deposed :—I had known deceased about eight years, and frequently saw her. I saw her yesterday morning about eleven. Her father asked me to go and speak to her ; he said she was not well. I went directly to her. I went up stairs, and she followed me from the kitchen in her night-dress. She told me to go down and look at the picture of our Saviour hanging over the fire, and that her hour was come and she must go. I said, " How can you be so wicked as to talk like that ?" She said it was no wickedness at all, it was the truth ; she said, " Come to the picture, and hear what he says to me." I was at this time standing by the picture with her ; she said, " Don't you hear him call me now ?—my time is come, and it is of no use your saying anything about it ; they awoke me up in the night, and told me I must go, and go I must, and if you go up stairs you will see them there." I went up, she stood on the stairs and was afraid to go into the room ; she said she was afraid ; st to said, " There is something on the bed— don't you see it?" I said there was nothing, and she told me to lay my . hand on the top of the bed, which Idid; she then seemed satisfied, and went into the room. I then asked her to go to pt •ayers with me, and so she did; she prayed fervently for .a quarter of an hour. I remained with her about twenty minutes and then left her ; before I did so she said she was in trouble. This was about half•past eleven yesterday morning, and I did not see her again. I had seen l.ter several times as if she was quite out of her mind. Many times I had said she was nut right in ner mind, :Ind I had several times heard her say she would cut her throat ; she prayed to God to forgive her, and that she might not have to go , she said she would do all she could to be saved. The cot-oner having commented upon the evidence, the jury (one dissenting) returned a verdict to the effect that deceased destroyed herself whilst labouring under tem porary e.erangemeht.- -1: ssex Herald. The late Robert Williams, Esq., banker, of Birehin• lane, anJI, of the Dorchester Old Bank, has left personalty amour) ring to 80,0001.. and by hi, will has bequeathed 1,000/., free o f duty, to the Dorset County Hospital ; an annuity of 1001. to Mrs. Gerard, a friend of the family; 10,000/. to his daughter; and the residue of his personalty, to ge th er w ith his rsal estates, he leaves to his son, Robert Williams, Esq., wb,\) i 4 liiB sole executor. MAY 20, 1847. A DEVONIAN IN THE FAR WEST States b2bnortitlOil, 1847, ab0 u r t ec t e w n o tly y e r a e r c s e s i n et: e.by He e g r e e n s t i l d e CINCINNATI. The following are extracts from a letter, dated Feb. from a friend of his residing in the United tates of America, who left the neighbourhood of Ash burton,f Cheviot, A sh near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio:— "I am sorry to hear of the distress at present existing in Ireland, and some parts of Scotland. I would fain hope that the accounts I have read in the Cincinnati newspapers are exaggerated, although they are said to be extracts from the English and Irish papers; however, if only one half is true, the suffering and misery must be inter.se. Meetings have been held at many places (already) in this country, and no doubt will soon become general, to devise the best means of relieving the distress of the poor Irish. A meeting was held a few days since in Cincinnati, convened by the Mayor; 4,000 dollars were subscribed on the spot, and committee. were appointed for the different wards to receive subscriptions, either in money or provisions. One provision merchant offered to give 1,000 in provisions, provided that nine others would do the same; which noble offer will, no doubt, meet with the required response, in order to lessen the misery attendant on famine in that unhappy country. The old adage ' It is an ill wind that blows nobody good,' is lite rally true, as it regards America; as in consequence of the scarcity of grain, and the failure of the potato crop in Europe, millions of dollars will be added to the value of the crops and provisions of the United States, and perhaps no portion of it will derive so great an advan tage in proportion as this western part of the country — it is the Western States that the bulk of the supplies must come from. Hence there is an advance varying from 15 to 30 per cent. on almost all kinds of agricultu ral produce here, within the last few months. Wheat, last fall, was sold for 45 to 58' cents per bushel, it now fetches 80 cents (a cent is about the value of an English halfpenny). Indian corn, at the same time, sold for 2b cents; it now fetches 35 per bushel (that is, in the ear). Potatoes are also advanced from 37 to 50 cents per bushel. Beef from 4 to 6 cents per lb. Pork about the same. Mutton is not much thought of here ; the quality in general is certainly very inferior to the English, consequently it is but little in demand; but the beet and pork are as good as can be desired; moreover, poultry is exceedingly plentiful and cheap, and generally good. Cincinnati is a rapidly increasing place ; there have been great improvements in the short time that I have known it ; independently of the additions made to it, old buildings have been taken down, and others erected on the same sites more suitable for the wants of the inhabitant, and corresponding to its growing im portance. It is estimated that Cincinnati and its suburbs contain at least a population of 100,000; thirty years ago, the population was only 9,000. It has been ascer tained that there have been upwards of 1,200 houses a year on an average added to it for many years past, some years as many as 1,500 have been erected of all sorts and sizes, as the means or the taste of the owners may have dictated, consequently, as you may suppose, there is not that uniformity in the appearance of the buildings which you witness in the towns and cities of England. To a stranger from the old country, Cincinnati presents every where indications of its mushroom growth. " I have bought a small farm, 374 acres, five miles from Cincinnati, close on a turnpike road ; it cost me 4,000 dollars. I let out all that is under tillage in shares, I receive one-half of the produce in lieu of rent ; this is a very common practice here indeed almost general ; what is in grass I keep myself, and feed cattle on. " I sin happy to say that in my circumstances I am perfectly easy and independent ; the anxiety, too, that I sometimes used to feel when in England in reference to providing for my numerous family, is now entirely re moved. It is my intention to give my boys a good education, and then they must fight their way through the world—this I have ever impressed on their minds ; and as satisfied am I that every industrious, sober, active, and steady person, who is attentive to business (be it what it may), might secure the comforts of life, and be comparatively independent, as that two and two make four. The plain matter of fact is, in this country there is room, ample room for all ; here an increase of population is an increase of wealth, by augmenting the demand for the necessaries, the comforts, and the luxu ries of life. But I must beg here not to be misunder stood—let no one suppose, that by coming to America he is to be wealthy without a corresponding effort on his part ; no, the idler, the drundard, the inattentive, and indolent will find that money is as difficult to be got without using the proper means as in the old country — but to those who are industrious, persevering, and who in the outset are willing to forgo some of the conveni ences, which an old country must necessarily possess in a far greater degree than a newly-settled district, and to be content to practise self-denial to some extent for a tune at least—l say to such, that in the Western States there are abundant opportunities to acquire, if not wealth, at least a competency and perfect independence. How many small farmers are there that are known to you, and to me also, bordering on Dartmoor, that have large families, who are careful, steady, hardworking men, who are spending their best energies and the prime of their life without bettering in the least their condition or circumstances in life, unable to do anything tor their children in reference to putting them into business, but who, as soon as they get married, sink to a level with the common day-labourer I How different would be their prospects if they could only summon fortitude enough to undergo a few hardships and privations for a short time. to secure a future and permanent good ; those privations would refer to social matters almost exelw ively, they have no reference whatever to food or the necessaries of life—there is, humanly speaking, no fear of starvinc , here—but they would consist of the absence of suitable society principally, and this would improve every year from the great influx of emigration, and consequently the increase of population. I fancy there are not many persons in England who possess feelings similar to those of one of the first settlers in the western country, on the vale of the Mississippi. It is said of him that he retired scores of miles further back in the woods than any other person, built his hut, and resided there for some time ; at last, being out on a shooting excursion, he discovered that some other person had settled about fifteen miles from his own hut, at which he was exceedingly annoyed, and observed it was high time for him to start further,—it would not do, he said,—he wanted elbow-room. Of course, I cannot vouch for the truth of this story; but after all I do assure you that the extent of country here exceeds the compre hension of persons living in such a small spot as England. I perceive from the Commissioners' report for the sale of public or Congress lands, there was remaining in the market, and unsold, up to June 30, 1845, the enormous quantity of 133,307, 457 acres in twelve of t h e western and southern states. This report does not include Texas, which is as large as the kingdom of France, and which is now incorporated, and part and parcel of the United States; so that I say, the extent of this country almost exceeds comprehension. The length of the rivers, too, corresponds in a measure with the extent of country; thus, for instance, you can step into a steam-boat at Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, and take a trip to the Gulf of Mexico, 2,161 miles direct. From Pittsburgh to New Orleans is 104 miles less, New Orleans being that distance from the gulf. The Ohio river is 998 miles long, the Mississippi is navigable for large boats more than 2,000 miles, besides there are the Missouri, the Illinois, and a host of others, navigable for a greater or lesser distance. Perhaps you will think I am describing all the advantages and none of the disadvantages. There are two drawbacks which detract from the enjoyments we otherwise should possess; first, the climate; second, the difficulty of procuring good domestic servants. With respect to the first, I must say the very changeable na ture of the climate renders it trying at times, especially to those who are exposed to the open air, the changes from heat to cold, and vice versa, are at times very sudden and exceedingly severe; it is no unusual thing for the thermometer to vary from 30 to 40 degrees in thirty hours; we have bad a mild winter taken as a whole, although we, on one occasion, have had the ther mometer at 5 degrees below zero, but wet mild weather has predominated. The fall of the year is the pleasantest pert of it in this country, it is then very pleasant. With regard to the difficulty of getting servant girls, you may be sometimes two or three weeks without one—you cannot get anything of a girl under a dollar and a half (6s. 3d.) per week, and some first-rate servants get is. 2d. or Bs. 4d. per week, and these are mostly Germans or Dutch; consequently some of them do not speak English or understand it very imperfectly indeed. Was it not for these two drawbacks, we should not have a single thing to detract from our enjoyments. " As to feeling myself a stranger, I must candidly say that I felt myself equally as much among strangers in Liverpool as in any city or town in America." [The writer need be under no apprehensions as to his old friends, the Dartmoor farmers, feeling the want of society to be a bar in the way of emigration. So, also, with respect to domestic servants—they would be equally independent of conventionality.]-- Western Times. THE iiBOSIESMANS,"_OR BUSH PEOPLE.—A group of five of these " interesting" people was exhibited on Monday evening, at Exeter-hall, Strand, to a large assembly of the curious, and a lecture delivered on their nature, properties propensities, and habits, by Dr. Knox. It is said that they were landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, and that this is their first appearance in Europe. Without saving that Europe will be, or not be, profited by their arrival, it may be affirmed that nothing, even in this age of "strange and unnatural" importations is more curious that this stunted family of African dwarfs. In ap pearance they are little above the monkey tribe, and scarcely better than the mere brutes of the field. They are conti nually crouching, warming themselves by the tire, chatter ing or growling, smoking, &c. They are sullen, silent, and savage—mere animals in propensity, and worse than animals in appearance. The exhibition is, however, one that will and ought to attract. The admirers of "pure nature" can confirm their speculations on unsophisticated man, and woman alsa, or repudiate them, by a visit to these speci mens. They are well calculated to remove prejudices, and make people think aright of the times when " wild in his re ran." In short , a m ore miserable woo ds the noble sava set of human beings—for human they are, nevertheless— was never seen. They are about to perform, at the future exhibitions of them, some curious feats of activity, an d o f their modes of attack and defence, which will be worth at tention. THE NEW MANCHESTER RACECOIIRSE.—The for mation of the new Manchester racecourse, Broughton Meadows, is rapidly approaching completion. When finished it will rank as the very first racecourse in Great Britain. The ground is perfectly flat, and on the east and northern sides of i t nature has wi de a rising ground, forming a most splendid amphitheatre, capable of containing half the population of Dianchoter. PRICE SD. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUIi3E -OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP XXI. The Committee (Sir . James Graham, chairman) met at twelve, and without hearing further evidence passed the preambles of the following Bills . che Birmingham, -Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1). The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (lean to the Lon don and North- Western). The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2). The London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolver hampton branch). The clauses were then agreed to, and tha Chairman bay ing been ordered to report the Bills to the House, the Com mittee broke up. GROUP 4.xxvii. YOUR AND NORTH MIDLAND (HARRO GATE BRANCH, EXTENSION, AND TER MINUS). The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock. Idr. Birkenshaw was called to show the advantages of the proposed extension line. It was proposed to make the sta tion nearer the town of Harrogate than authorised by the Bill obtained in the session of 1845. The objection of the Duchy of Lancaster had been removed, and the only persons opposing the Bill at present were the Ecclesiastical Com missioners. This dosed the case on behalf of the promoters. LEEDS AND THXRSK (H.NARESBOROUGH AND ItOROUGHERIDGE BRANCH). Mr. Burin then opened the case on behalf of this line. At the conclusion of his address evidence was called on be half of the parties. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to. morrow. 71%;,7'", _ - • itors are driving prices *gh as they can, which i 5„ .„,(.. --•••44 ) iaturally exasperates the pulace still more. Added to all this, the cotton spmning in the mountains is at a stand still. The stopping of one house alone has thrown 1,500 weavers out of employ; it is said that these men are to be employed on the public roads and. works ; but it is manifest that the greater part of them are far too feeble for laborious work of that kind. One thing cheers us in the midst of the deep flooin which overspreads us : our crops a ll p rom i se ir. The rape seed has recovered, and stands in blossom. The favourable change in the weather has also been manifest on the sheep, for they were suffer ing dreadfully from want of food, and there 13ts been a great mortality among the cattle. The approaching Breslau market will therefore, we trust, be a good one. COM, MAY 7.—We grieve to state that the article of consumption which wer e t o h ave been exposed in our weekly market yesterday were violently seized by the mob. The sellers w ere e i ther rohhjd of all r pait c f their stock. About 50 of the rioters were taken into custody. DRESDEN, MAY 9.—On the proposal of the Aus trian Government, unless unforeseen obstacles Should intervene, there is to be a congress respe c ti n g postal regulations, which will be held in the course of the summer. An invitation has been addressed to all the, ' Governments of Germany, as well as to the 11 0 , 4 t., office of Tour and Taxis. It is chieflyintended to obtain a reduction by abolishing the expense of tra ns i t postage. We may add, that hitherto it is contem plated to facilitate only the tran.fer of letters, and not 'lose of newspapers. In the first meeting of the elders of the citizens of Stockholm the proposal relative to the exportation of corn was rejected. In several towns of Norway the scarcity of provi sions 13 severely felt, and the communes are actively seeking remedies to meet the wants of the people. STUTTOARD, MAT 11.—The long-expected oral trance relative to the examination and taking note of the quality of corn existing in the kingdom (such as have just been made out in the Grand Duchy of Baden), as well as respecting the corn trade, are no w published under the date of the 9th May. The first of these ordinances states the present dearness of pro visions, and the apprehension s occas i one d b y it, as the motives, and then, with reference to article 29 of the Constitution, contains, as the whole, the following regulations : Within three days after the 17th of this month, an account is to be taken of all the existing stocks in the kingdom of wheat, rye, barley, oats, beans, flour peas, linseed, maize, potatoes, and rice, in all places in the kingdom. The account is to be taken from house to house, by the bailiff and two members of the municipality of each place, NA, ho are to enter in a list, in a tabular form, founded on their own inspec tion, the quantities they have found, which is to be signed by the proprietors. The estates of the no bility are exempted from this measure, but they have to declare to the officers of their district authentic extracts from their books, and accounts showing the amount of the stock in their possessions. False statements are to be punished by fine. The general superintendence is given to the commission for agriculture affairs. BRUSSELS, MAY. 16.—We are happy to announce that there was a slight reduction in the price of corn at market to-day. Numerous vessels have arrived from Odessa, Smyrna, &c., laden with corn, wheat, &c. Owing to the late disturbances the communal. Government has published a proclamation forbidding more than five persons to meet together in the streets. The King and Court have gone into mourning for the Archduke Charles for ten days. REPORTED LOSS OF THE SIR ROBERT PEEL TRANSPORT SUIP. On Tuesday letters were received at the War-office, communicating intelligence of the loss of this transport ship, Captain Champion, commander, nearly 800 tons burthen, with troops on board, at Avoca Bay, near Sydney. The ship was chartered and sailed from Gravesend on the 21st of September last, for Hobart Town and Sydney. Her passengers, Lieut.-Colon'al Gold, 65th Regiment ; Lady Gold and four children ; Captain Wilson, of the 96th Regiment; Captain Gregg, of the 69th; Lieut. Elves, 69th; Ensign Cameron, Ilth; Assistant-Surgeon Clifford. Sixteen sergeants, 45 rank and file, 51 women, and 79 children, of the 65th Regi ment; 47 rank and file, one woman, and one child of the llth Regiment; 21 rank and file of the 58th Regiment, 87 rank and file of the 99th Regiment, and one rank. and file of the 96th Regiment, amounting in the whole to nearly 400. The ship arrived at Hobart Town on the 21st of December, and having disembarked same of the troops proceeded to Auckland, and was on her way to Sydney when the unfortunate accident took place on Sunday, the 17th of January, at Avoca Bay, about 50 miles from Sydney Roads. It appears that the weather became extremely thick, and the captain being led to think himself in the lati tude of Sydney, had the ship steered accordingly, when suddenly they found themselves amongst breakers, and had no other resource to save the lives of those on board. but to run the vessel on shore. The beach was sandy, and all hands escaped, and a considerable portion of the stores and luggage was also saved. By the last rcaounts received the troops still remained encamped on the shore, but would forthwith be removed to Sydney, whither new of tlin h R d been tran-a.v , , h.• -- steamer n hich was passing ail the coast. The ship belongs to the Messrs. Greeuwell, cf London. She was going to pieces, but it is thought that she was fully in sured. No blame attaches to the captain. GROUP. XLVII. The Committee met this day in Room 38 ; Viscount Cour tenay (chairman). GLASGOW. AIRDRIE, AND MONILLAND TUNCTION. Mr. Robtrt . gteivaTt, member of the Glasgow Tuwn Coun cil, and Mr. Tennent, also a magistrate, were examined against the promoters. They stated that the universal feel ing in Glasgow was against the crossing the public green of Glasgow in the manner proposed by the promoters of the Bill. Public meetings had been held against the proposition, and petitions had been presented to Parliament against the project. In the prayer of these petitions the witnesses fully green r.cool.n.b,e3sd-pe consequence t l u i hN e e.aen p dtc e et ottpihoecifs p e tes d hou epvplieeardiooufrctaoppositiond agreed. Mr. Smith, of Deanston, Mr. John Carrick, superintendent of streets, and Mr. Forbes, town-clerk, were called to the same points. They also expressed an opinion that another and better plan of traversing the city might be adopted. They were further examined as to the injury done to the Perth ,ano w t fa e g r te e hse oifn ha: threat ened with the destruction of one of their Inches, or pleasure grounds, r 0 3 1 r n r id: B ; : a d b l n u k e t e :: n c p inha bitants, the railw a y companies had forbore their intentions. line, which arrived at the same objects by a more circuitous route, avoiding the city of Glasgow, over the scheme of the company. Mr. Neil Robson, C.E., corroborated his evidence. The estimated cost was 195,0004, which included land, &c. The Committee then rose at four o'clock. IRELAND. ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. J. WATSON, OF BALLYCORNEY. Limerick Examiner Office, One o'clock, rat., Monday. This moment Surgeon Wilkinson passed our office on his way to Ballycorney, to give his professional aid to Mr. James Watson, who was fired at about half past ten o'clock this morning from behind a hedge, on the road between Bridgetown and Killaloe. It is feared that the wound is dangerous, if not fatal. Mr. Spaight, jun., has just arrived from Killaloe with the melancholy intelligence of Mr. Watson's death. The only cause assigned for the murder is, that he became an agent over some property in the room of Mr. Rogers, who emigrated to America. A man, named Edmond Duet, dropped instantly dead on the rope-walk of the Messrs. English, this morning, after breakfast. consequence of the high price of this3 he l t n A i d a Na , t e towards contain b r PAPERS.e a p z o o r n t Saxony laces in Karlibad and provisions o d Ft DUTCHvbI lbesAai disturbances G o r n u a s r E i ' o a. n t A h AI N 6 Among --ipni o c frontiers e t o h tnGt e es r e o rEqs f p Tep litz, after the 7th of April, the exportatio n ofcorntO Saxony and Bavaria is prohibited. HAMDURGYI.—The railway from Hanover to Stras burgh has just been opened. The train, which left Brunswick at half past eight in the morning, arrived at Harbury about three o'clock, and at half-past four the passengers had reached the harbour of Hamburgh. BuussELs, MAY 13.—0 n Tuesday evening several groups of disorderly persons were formed. Five young men were arrested, about half•past ten the mounted gendarmes cleared the some of the Town-hall, and the neighbouring streets, and the moo oispeiseu without offering any resistance. Patrols were in motion till eleven at night, and at two in the morning some companies of artillery and civic guards perambulated the streets. Perfect tranquillity now prevails. The gendarmes both on foot and horseback are stationed in the courtyard of the Town-hall. Some threats having been uttered against a corn merchant, attracted the attention of the authorities, and caused them to exercise great vigilance. THE HAGUE, MAY 12.—1 n the sitting of the second Chamber of the States• General to-day, the general discussion took place on the project of law for com pleting the Ways and Means for 1845, and on that for granting an extraordinary contribution in money to the Benevolent Society, and the debate on the first pro ject was fixed for Friday next, and that on the second after the conclusion of the discussion of the first. While accounts from all parts of Europe complain of the dearness of provisions, and the consequent distress ; yet we hear from all the same places that the appearance of the crops is most favourable, that the next harvest in Bel gium and the north of France, in England and Ireland, in the north-west of Germany, and in Holland will pro bably be extremely productive, so that the fears of a re markably late harvest which were entertained for some time begin to be dispelled; but in the east of France the wet weal her appears to have an unfavourable effect. — Dutch papers, May 15th. BRUSSELS, MAY 15.—The Burgomaster of the City of Brussels, has just published the following decree. Desiring to put an end to the tumultuous assemblies which have appeared during the last few days in some parts of the city, and to prevent every attack on the property of the inhabitants. Seeing article 94 of the Commune Law, it is decreed — Art. 1. Every assemblage of more than five persons contrary to the in A t the . p 2 u . b I p i c e r s s t o r n e e s t who s po have rt)ll i b ited. assembled preceding regulations, must retire at the first injunction of the agents of the authorities ; in case of refusal, they will be obliged by force, and will incur the penalties threatened by Arts. 479 and 480. " Art. 3. The present decree shall be binding imme diately after publication. Copies shall be immediately sent to the Governor of the Province and to the Secre taries of the Tribunals of the First Instance and of Brussels. " The Burgomaster Chevalier WYNS. " Brussels, May 13." We received on Wednesday evening a letter from Liege, with some particulars relative to the situation of General Charzal which confirms the statement that the General had his ribs on one side broken, an d sustained contus i o ns on several parts of h i s body, considerable ap prehension was felt the preceding evening, but they were mach allayed, for he passed a much better night than could have been expected, and the surgeons hope, not only that there is no imminent danger, but that the patient, when once cured, will hardly have any trace remaining of the fracture. The growing crops about Mons present the finest ap pearance—the wheat is beautiful ; the rye, which has suffered by the unfavourable weather and cold iu April, begins to recover, and it is even in ear-barley ; and oats look well. As for the clover, it wants abundant rain. The following is an extract from a report of the Agricultural Committee of West Flanders : " The appearance of the crops is in general very satisfactory. The wheat especially is remarkably fine. The cold and dry weather which we had for some time checked the growth of the corn ; and in the present state of things it might be expected that the harvest might be sixteen days or a fortnight later than usual ; but it is pos sible that, by the favour of propitious temperature, the growth of the corn may be sufficiently rapid greatly to reduce the delay. The corn has now to pass one criti• al period, that of the flowering. On the whole , we go not see any gene rally prevailing cause calculated to diminish the hopes of an abundant harvest. BRUSSELS, MAY 15. —The King received at Cologne , on Friday evening, the news of the accident on the rail way. His Majesty immediately dispatched a courier to the Queen. This courier was the bearer of a dispatch to General &liana and General Chersal, in which the King expressed the lively interest which he felt for those honourable officers, and for the two servants of the com pany who were wounded. On Wednesdayn and to-day a great number of persons called q after the Queen, at the Palace of Brussels and the Chateau of Lacken. SILESIA, MAY 7.—Every day, within the last week, there has been a repetition of riots and di s , turbances in every town along the mountain chain. The populace attack the waggons laden with bread and corn going to market, ow these articles at a price whi c h the riotersnthemselves fix, and if the slightest he s it a ti on is evinced,etooe r s l the l least resistance made, the waggons are plundered, and every article of food cleared off in the course of a few minutes. The inevitable consequence of this must, and naturally will be, that the farmers and corn dealers, inst ea d of bringing their products to market, will sell them to small dealers at home, a proceeding which will necessarily greatly enhance the price and augment the evil. People are waiting in painful anxiety as to what steps will be taken by the Government to stem the growing evil. The prices of corn rise from week to week, and specu- FOOD RIOTS AT TAUNTON. The Taunton Courier, after describing the food riots which took place in the town on Saturday, says 110fronpeduapylemeooriteicintegd, a so t on tbe aft t e o r wn n - i m ne ills o , ' alleging cka ' number On that they had been pronais,d on Saturday night that they should have their wheat at 10s. instead of 14s. the bushel. Their demand not being complied with, much angry feeling was expressed, but no mischief was perpetrated, and a large party proceeded to Mr. Mathews's, where they soon commenced breaking the windows. A numerous body of magistracy and spe cial constables actively proceeded to the spot, where the hot Act was again read. Two of the active perpetrators were taken into custody, and after a desperate resistanc e and attempt at rescue near the Guildhall, were committed to prison. The military pensioners of the district having been summoned On Saturday night, appeared at the barracks on Monday morning, where having assumed their mills. tary costumes, reing furnished with hillocks nd am munition, they assembled on the parade, and were sta tioned with fixed bayonets in and around it. Nearly all the shops in the town were either partially or e atirely closed. oft th3a On Nionday evening, about 5 o'clock, upwards men provided with bludgeons, entered the tow n , at E Ist Gate. They were promptly surrounded by the civil force and marched out at the opoosi!e part of tl'e town over the Tone bridge. Several of them soon after returned, and being brought beton. the bench v+ ere examined and committed to gaol. At 3 o'clock on Monday, an ammunition waggon. guarded by a strong military party, under Cap.4.,ii Maher, entered the town. The promptitude with which the different troops of the yeomanry corps obeyed the order to assemble in Taunton was exceedingly honourable to that body. Within twelve hours the Dunster troop was in suet,- dance, and the members of all the other troops. accord jog to their respective distances, were equally obedient to the order. The vigorous measures adopted by the magistracy, seconded by the Yeomanry forge. the armed Pensioners, and the various recruiting parties of the neighbourhood, who were ordered to repair immediately to their head quarters in this town, have had the effect of tranquil lizing the painfully excited feelings of tqe inhabitants, who towards evening resumed their customary occupa tions and pursuits. RAGGED SCHOOL UNION.—MCNIFIOENT DONA• n o T e ue a sd b a o y ve eve so n c in ie g ty a veryn b u o m d er a o t ru th ly e A m eetingLA oY. LADY.— of T a i t attended F d Hanover-square Rooms, when the Right Hon. Lord Ashley took the choir. Amongst the number on the platform, the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Lord Kinnaird, lion. \V. Cowper M.P., the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, and a number of clergymen. The Noble Lord briefly, but very emphatically addressed the meet ing, and called on Mr. Leake, the Honorary Secre tary to the society, to read the report, which stated that there were 16 schools open, daily, morning, and afternoon, 33 open on the Sabbath, morning, afternoon, and evening; 44 buildings comprising 80 schools of . bot h tcl exes, which are situated in the lowest ano most wretcait 5.000 ca ties of London. The total number of these t are h e a rs A children cf both sexes, and u pwards of 540 teac hers. " of industry spe cial fund had been established for a school and low u l • r juvenile refuge, in one of the most wretched . locali ties which a lady in the first instance ties in Westminster, to su b scr ibed 200/., and subsequently 3001., with a view under the latter donation of receiving 50 girls. A legacy of 2001. had been bequeathed by Strut Avery, Esq., of the Univer sity Club. The report was adopted. The financial state. went showed the receipts to be for the past year, 824/ 65. 10d., including expenditure and grants to schools, 4611. IBs lid., leaving a balance of 1721. les Ild. The • 1 speClafund for the juvenile refuge fund, 55%, which after defraying all expenses, and a contingent fund of 30(11., left a balance of 2011. The thanks of the meeting having been voted to the Noble Chairman, the meeting separated. HER MAJESTY'SCLOA K.—The form of the cloak is copied from that of a Greek tunic. The outside is com posed of the richest white s sun brocad e, and it is lined with plain white satin. Its length extends to about half-way down the skirt of the dress, and it is widened at the lower part by two slits about a qie4rter of a yard in length. These slits or openings are confined, but not closed, by lacings of gold cord, fastened by pendent gold tassels. The most strik ing novelty in this beautiful cloak is a border consisting of a row of Indian pine leaves, of the size of those usually intro duced in shawl borders. These pine leaves are cut out, and the interstices filled up with tessellated open work in gold. The cloak is edged all round with white gold passementerie, of a very tasteful design. The sleeves are slit, and laced with gold cord and tassels, like the openings at the bottom of the cloak. We must not omit to mention the exquisite neatness of the needlework. The e stitching employed With fixing in the lining is the very prfection of the sempstress's art.— /Aerie's Maga zinc. THE MIREFIELD MURDERS.--MiIIEFIELD, MAY 17 . _Th e remains of the deceased Mr. and Mrs. Wraith were interred here in one grave, and those of their unfortunate servant maid, Caroline Ellis, in another, on Saturday, amidst a large concourse of spectators. It is not true, as reported, that the mother of Ellis died suddenly in consequence of the news that her daughter was murdered having been commu• nicated to her. She, however, is very ill, her illness arising from the shock to her nervous system by the awful death 'IIIIiCII has befallen her child. 'pot , Itryt ,i t et of a be 00 e st" ,tide 011, Rag e were e 011 rp 4 t few , 'rord' ) ver Pre- tint' iding forth , 465. 1 'i 35. P• r• te