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FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD ESTATES AT BRADFORD AND BOWLING, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE v. ROUSE," with the approbatica of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in the county of York, in Seven Lots, some time in the latter part of the month of May, or the beginning of June next, of which due no tice will be given, certain Freehold And Leasehold Estates, consisting of several pieces of Land, with Mills, Warehouses, Reservoirs, Steam-engines, 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 are in the course of preparation, and may shortly be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office in Southamptan-buildlngs, Chancery-lane, London; of Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxani, Stocker, and Bloxam, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London, solicitors; of Messrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symonds' Inn, Chaneery-lane, solicitors; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, soli citor ; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor ; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land-agent and surveyor; of Mr. George Thomp son Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place of sale ; and at the principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Hudders field. ROYAL ASYLUM of the ST. ANN'S A SPECIAL GENERAL SOCIETY COURT of this CORPORATION will be tolden at THIS OFFICE, on FRIDAY, the 16th instant, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, exact time, to consider prep , sed Additional Rewards to Former Pupils, and Alteration of the half-yearly Elec tions from Thursday to Friday, and on other Affairs. By Order, E. F. LEEKS, Secretary. 2, Charlotte-row, April STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and The , the NORTH of SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power- Ps start as under, weather, &c., permitting : , Or A —BERDEEN, the DUKE of WELLINGT ON, on Saturda y , ABERDEEN, 10, at Fou r o ' c lock afternoon. 1 9, °r INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on Monday, April at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point. , The Company's New Iron Steam Ship DUKE of SUTHERLAND, L i s appointed to leave Inverness on the 19th, and London on Monday, the 26th April, at Ten a.m. Offices: Spread Earle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. LONDON to BOULOGNE.—The Commercial Steam Company's favourite Vessels, CITY of BOULOGNE at EMERALD, Will leave London -bridge Wharf : Sunday, April 11, 7 morning. Sunday, April 18, 1 morning. Sunday, April 2.5, 7 morning. And every succeeding Sunday, according to tide. Offices -17, Fish-street-hill ; 67, Lower Thames-street ; and Chap 1111's Universal Office, Regent-circus. EASTER HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F. 8.5., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, Mornings and Evenings during the week. The GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited In a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO -ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The v aried Optical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. raperinients with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. &c. ..11,dsnisalan la. Schools, half-price. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, HANOVER.- SQUARE ROOMS. PROGRAMME of the THIRD CONCERT, MONDAY EvENING ism.xx:—Sinfonia in D (Mozart)—Duetto, Mr. Manvers and Signor F. Lablache—Concerto, Pianoforte, in F Minor, Mr. W. S. Ben nett— Terzetto, " Tremate," Madame Caradori Allan, Mr. Manvers, and Signor F. Lablache (Beethoven)—Overture, Preciosa (Weber)— Sinfonia in C Minor (Beethoven)—Air, Madame Caradori Allan (Auber)— Concert ante, 3f essrs. Blagrove and Willy (Spohr) —Over ture, Lodoiska (Cherubini). Conductor, Mr. Costa. Single tickets, One Guinea, and double tickets, 11. 10s., to be bad of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. THE ST. JAMES'S CHESS CLUB, No. 23, NEW BOND-STREET (three doors from Conduit-street), s now OPEN for the reception of Noblemen and Gentlemen. SUN -BLIND S, in Great Variety, RICK CLOTHS, BUNTING, and NETTING for fruit-trees, &c., at THOMAS EDGINGTON and Co.'s, 17, Smithfield-bars, and Old Kent -read, Manufacturers of Marquees and Tents of all dimensions, Rick-cloths, with Poles, Flags, flexible water-proof cloths, for railway trucks, waggons, coaches, &c. ; Tarpanling for packing goods for exportation. Tents and Tarpaulings for colonists and for hire.—Address, 17, Smithfield-bars. DOWN with CHEMISTRY in connexion with MEDICINE.—DOCTORS and their MEDICINAL POISONS, Such as Prussic Acid. Laudanum, Arsenic, Strichnine, &c. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—We beg to suggest to you and the public how easy it must be for any evil-disposed person to poison another whilst such deadly chemical preparations as the above are held out and given " medi cinally." It is useless to attempt to conceal the facts. Take the following mice :—Suppose the doctor orders a patient a dose of lauda num, or a mixture containing laudanum—what is more easy than for an evil-disposed person to add a little of the poison to the mix ture prescribed by the doctor, and thus pr, qiuce death? Would it be possible to detect such a criminal ? We think not ; for even sup posing a post mortem examination of the body took place, so one would be capable of detecting the extra quantity of poison taken by the patient. Supposing that strichninc were the poison, it would still be more difficult, as a less quantity would be necessary to pro duce death, and so on with other poisons. Dr, Scoffern in the la inentable case of Miss Collier, said, in answer to the Coroner, the' atriehnine could only be given in fractions of a grain! The fol owing is the description given of this precious medicine, i. e. poison, in " Hooper's Medical Dictionary," page 1,228 : " Half a grain blown into the throat of a rabbit has produced tris- Inns in two minutes, and death In five ; and the eighth of a grain taken into the stomach has proved fatal to a strong dog." Why, Sir, look at the case of the girl Foster, now so justly under sentence of death. If it had not been for tho fowls dying all about the house, she would not have been even suspected, for the doctor who made the pest mortem examination declared it to be a case of English Cholera! ! I The fowls were, in fact, the means of bringing the criminal to justice. In further illustration of the above, we recom mend the reader to peruse the fourth flygeian print, in conjunction with the 60th Number of the " Hygeist," for April, on this important point. In conclusion, we cannot but think that a grave responsi- D ifflY attaches to all persons who support such a system of poisons, either directly or indirectly. Issued by the British College of Health, London, for and on behalf at Hygeists, April 5, 1847. As It may be asked how we know that these deadly chemical pre • parations may be dispensed with in medicine, our answer is simple and positive, viz., from the almost numberless letters of parties who Were dosed with them without benefit, and who were afterwards Most easily cured by a simple but effectual system of safe vegetable Purgation. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Viet., cap. 63.—rATRONISED by 11.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-1 N-OUIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the shoulder, so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) its equally well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with ar ich dura ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its Softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned. The WELLINGTON ,ti RTOUT commends itself to all who desire a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a Half, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, and name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOCOERE, 6, CONDUIT STREET, REGENT-STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN SION-HOUSE, LONDON. TO LADIES. ROWLAND'S IC AL Y DOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy In thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, 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 Ro3 al 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 has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also enttraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. Gd. ant Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Peritimers. , QP . ENCER'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 inqontestibly 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. 61, Gs., and 108 per bottle. - To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate Street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, Itillsem-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, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' baerve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (In stamps), is. 6d. each. N OW TO BE HAPPY. .. Jucande Tivere."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK. and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, tkat is tke question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT aid CONTROL. " Cura ut Taleas." These publications are fie;Vomempyrical 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, 10, Argyle-place. Regent-street. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AliD MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2e. 6(1.. or post paid, to any address, for 35. 641. in Postage tamps, direct froa the Author's residence. SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-fire Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. PhYstolegy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and o th er excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra, By SAMUEL LA.'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate APothecarie.s' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their ftinctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical rower are dependant upon their healthy action "—Clients 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Crurreas 5 and 6. Oa kil tb,.. Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea set t, , Strictures, and other Diseases of he Urethra. REVIEWS or TUE WORK. ." The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail , the tre xtment of the various disorders arising from the follies and rated of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses , which must """. as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal ,"ualY questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend. "—Era. _Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also ... ' l- Hri Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, . 4 'ord-street; Starts, Tichborne-street, Qua drant ; Gordon, 146, " we adenhall-street, London • Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool *ad by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from t i e till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing •fee of if , , for advice, ito, r 9 DEDFORD-BTREET BEDFORD 4an ligworq No. 61, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND STREET. ItyIrESSRS. MOSELEY, SURGEON-DEN TISTS, have REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their system of supplying artificial teeth ensures the power to masticate, without lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or in juring the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange. able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth permanently ailed and restored to use, oupereedlng extraction. _ - plinths are set for the brass foundry building; the foundation is in a forward state for the large factory building on the west side of the basin; this building is to be 685 feet long, and will form the finest workshop in the whole establishment. The quantity of granite stone that has been received on the works amounts to 800,000 cubic feet, in addition to 400,000 of Portland and Pur beck, making a grand total received up to the present time of 700,000 cubic feet of stone; 1,200 men are at present employed exclusively upon these works. The First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by his official colleagues, and attended by Captain James, Royal En gineers, paid an official visit to the steam basin last Wednesday, and was pleased to express himself in most complimentary terms towards the constructor, and par ticularly as to its very apparent state of forwardness, which he had not expected; this must have been most gratifying to all concerned in the formation of the work, but more especially to Mr. Peter Rolt, the contractor. When this magnificent basin is finished, the nation will doubtless feel that its gratitude is due to those whose ideas first contemplated such a structure, to the engineer officers designing it, and no less to the contractor for completing Halil Pacha, Lieutenant-General in the Ottoman Ar tillery, and Osman Bey, Post-Captain in the Ottoman navy, accompanied by M. Zohrab, Ottoman Consul- General, arrived at this port to-day on a visit of inspec tion. The distinguished visitors were conducted over the dockyard by a member of the master shipwrights' corps, and received every attention in their inquiries, the Lords of the Admiralty having ordered that every respect was to be paid them in their perambulations. They visited the steam saw and wood mills, the black smith's shop, the new steam-basin, and the ships build. ing and in dock, going on board the Royal Frederick, 110, Princess Royal, 90, and Arrogant, 46, on the stocks, the Retribution steam-frigate, in the basin, &c., and afterwards embarked at the King's stairs and went on board the Victory and Excellent, and inspected all the other objects of interest at the port. Captain Osman Bey, it may be remembered, fought the flag-ship of Admiral Walker at Acre. He has brought with him to England nineteen Turkish young gentlemen, many of whom are of high distinction, to be educated in various departments of our Government establishments at the national expense. The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 8., arrived at Spithead this morning from the fleet of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, off Lisbon. She has brought no news, having left the Tagus nearly ten days ago, in company with the Superb, 80, Captain Corry, and the America. 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland, on a trial of sailing by order of the Admiralty. Several trials have taken place under almost all eircun3stances of wind and weather, in all of which the Thetis has come off eminently victori ous. In fact, she has beaten one competitor completely out of the field, having driven the America into Vige with loss of cross jack yard, mainmast, mainyard, and mainboom sprung, and foremast damaged. She parted company with the Superb on Monday morning, about 150 miles from Plymouth, into which port the Thetis put yesterday, and landed some of the supernumeraries she brought home. She came up to Spithead this day about noon through the Needles, under topsails, top gallant sails, royals, foresail, jib, and spanker, and came into harbour this afternoon. She will be docked with out delay, to repair the damages sustained by getting ashore in entering Lisbon. The Maria Somes transport, having on board the second division of the 48th Regiment, arrived at Cork from Jamaica on the 2d inst., and sailed the same day for Belfast to join the depot, and whither the first divi sion preceded her on the Ist in the Blenheim transport. Captain Nlountsteven, of the 48th, unfortunately suf fered a fracture of the leg on board the Maria Somes, sustained by a fall while the vessel was struck by a heavy sea. The Kestrel brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Baker, is in the basin, fitting for sea and entering men. She will only carry two guns. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain S. C. Dacres, having completed her cargo of seed corn, sailed this afternoon tor Ireland. PLYMOITTH, APRIL 6.—Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 36, Captain Henry J. Codrington, came in last night at twelve. She left Lisbon Feb. 28, and Vigo on the 24th ult. The Thetis on her departure from the Tagus was accompanied by her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Captain Armar L. Corry, and her Majesty's frigate America, 50, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. These three ships made an experimental cruise to test their sailing qualities, and by the diagrams on board the Thetis it is evident that under a variety of circumstances in every trial she has proved her speed greatly superior to the others. On one occasion in a gale of wind she split and carried away her maintopsail, and without the aid of this sail held way with the Superb. In a heavy breeze the America carried away her mainyard, and returned to Lisbon to refit. On Monday, the sth inst., at noon, the Thetis parted company with the Superb 79 miles southwest of the Lizard, bound to Corunna and Lisbon. Wind S.W. The Thetis, besides her excellent sailing qualities, possesses good capabilities for stowage, and altogether reflects great credit on her constructors. About two months since she scraped her bottom on a shingle bank which has been for a long time forming on the north side of the Tagus, and will in consequence require docking. For that purpose she is ordered to sail at two o'clock this afternoon for Portsmouth. MUNIFICENT GIFT.--A gentleman called last week at Messrs. Herries and Co., in St. James's-street, and left, under the initials Z. Z. Z., five hundred pounds in aid of the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn-road. We are glad to find, that, while enormous sums are being given by the benevolent for the alleviation of Irish dis tress, the charities of our own country are not forgotten. THE GOVERNMENT AT THE CAPE.—Sir Peregrine Maitland, the late Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Cape, is expected to arrive in England shortly. The Gallant Officer, who has lately been promoted to the rank of General, has been warmly congratulated on the fact of his administration having witnessed the submis sion of nearly the whole of the malcontent chiefs, Lady Pottinger still continues in London, and it is lot likely that her Ladyship and family will join Sir Henry for some time, if, indeed, as the Gallant Major-General, having undertaken the responsible and onerous office solely with the view of rendering service to his Sove reign and country, is likely to retire as soon as peace is firmly re-established in the colon . y. SEED POTATOES FOR THE HIGHLANDS.—A Con siderable quantity of very healthy seed potatoes and oats, with other necessaries, for farming were shipped at Beauly last week for the Highlands. Avernus Journal HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTIONEERING.—Tvvo out of the three Members who represent the county are re ported to be desirous of retiring; and all the gentlemen who have been thought worthiest to succeed them have coyly withdrawn from the flattering proposal. Colonel Calvert, Mr. Hale, Mr. Spencer Cowper, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Mr. Bosanquet are reported to have turned a deaf car to all such suggestions. Mr. Brand has been retiring for fifteen years, or, more properly speaking, refusing to come forward, for he never actually an nounced himself a candidate. But now, at last, when the general voice points to him as the fittest person, and the most certain to unite the suffrages of one party at least, he has consented to do violence to his inclina tions, and to sacrifice his preference for a country life in order to perform the duty which will be thrust upon him of serving the public as a Knight of the Shire.—Hert ford Mercury. ACTIONS FOR SMALL DEBTS IN SUPERIOR COURTS. —There was only one cause set down for hearing in the Secondaries' Court yesterday. A jury was sworn, and in a very short time concluded their labours. The action was for 11/. 3s. 6d. for goods supplied ; and the defendant, in one of his letters which was read, admitted the debt, and expressed his opinion that the costs had exceeded the original claim. The jury gave a verdict for the sum claimed. It is very probable that very few cases will now be tried in this court, on account of the new county courts, The Sligo Champion contains the following reports of the miserable condition of affairs in that county:— SLIGO, APRIL 3.—Notwithstanding the reduction which has taken place in the price of Indian corn, our agricultural labourers are still enduring the moat dread ful sufferings. The deaths from starvation are multiply ing every hour; and notwithstanding all that has been done by the Government, and the generous people of the British nation, thousands upon thousands will be swept away by absolute hunger during the present spring and the ensuing summer. The people have given themselves up to despair. In the remote districts there is nothing whatever doing; the only soil turned up by the spade is the rank earth of the graveyards. There is not a burial place in the county that is not at present overstocked with dead; and we do really believe that the mortality is greater now than it was when the cholera raged. At present—it is right the fact should be known—no in quests are held upon the bodies of those who die of star vation. The grand jury, at the last assizes, desired the coroners not to hold inquests in such cases. FEVER IN SLIGO.—We deeply regret to say, that fever d n i s g rapidly frion Baa o i nn lettera t h h i e: increase,_ receivedF ev eegroa erras:inffitsrrtsddpoohbigmrmieytserdhaedapeaadewaet aslcorrespondent disease fuoohielrlwetrosbhnecnydcesopeaut i . fohyh s ranisgemgdel n ahieg o nenri now turning out to be of a very malignant character. A new ll fever hospital was established in this town within thelt was fortnight, capable of holding ninety-six filled in three days. In the country districts typhus fever is raging to a fearful extent. The following is an extractres in crease here —average of deaths weekly, twenty." In Lawlor, nre G acio u nnw r ka t slfi e l, ny e a n dgn , tted A hhnaet b ethra a otag m hsl eeelanyi and h daho , r and foefaiet axrl p. were. To Cooper, sei r oed e t oc r puh a t of fever. Mr. William Ormsby and Mr. Luke Hester, both pay clerks " are ill of the sam e di sease. STATE OF R.ILFREE.—Nothing can Ib4 more deplor able than the condition of this parish ; the following ex tract from the letter of an esteemed correspondent will serve to show the miserable state to which the wretched people are reduced :—" Since my last we have had awful times here. On last Sunday there were eleven people dead in this parish.' Of this number, John Fahy, of &lulroe, Andrew Ferrell, of Drunbushand, and John Grady, of Amaghmore (the father of the boy whom you some time since stated was carried in a basket from the public works, and who died the same night), died of absolute starvation. Were it not for the timely donation of 101. from our venerated Bishop, Dr. M‘NicUas, aided by the liberal subscription of a charitable commercial friend in Sligo, many more would have shared a similar fate.) LONGFORD WORIIIIOITSE.—The number of deaths in our workhouse, and the fever hospital attached, from the lst to the 31st March inclusive, were 174 ; in February, 176 ; in January, 116—making a total of 466 for the quarter, exelu,ive of the many deaths throughout the union, and this town and neighbourhood, from fever and destitution.—Longford Journal. LONDONDERRY UNlON.—During last week, 80 patients ire reported to be ill in fever, and 80 convalescent ; in hospital from other diseases, 108 ; making in all 263 patients under medical treatment. The clerk and four uf the resident officers have been attacked with fever, and are at present incapacitated from performing their duty.--Londondory Sentinel. WEXFORD, TILL-AGE 6F THE LAND. APRIL 3.—lt is cheerful to behold several of our resid ent gentry acting i n accordance with the principles o f humanity and sound policy. A few days since the agent of Lord Kilmaine applied to a corn merchant in Enniscorthy for 200 barrels of seed oats, to give his Lordship's tenant s i n this comity, to seed their land ; b ut this order could only be partially complied with, in consequence of Mr. Farmer having previously engag e d 1,200 barrels of seed oats and barley , for the tenantry o f t h e Rev. B Mr. Blacker, and Lord C arew, 800 barrels. H. Bridges,' ng for his Lordship's tenants. His Lord s hi p ' s agricultural steward is visiting the tenantry in this county, bestowing to them quantities of various kinds of turnip seeds, and giving every en couragement of sowing green crops as extensively as g possible. M r . Gl ascott has also con tracted f o r two hundred b arrels of seed corn for the same b enevo l ent purpose o f seedin the land for his people. Mr.Grogan Nlorgan is supplying every teua nt on his property that seeks aid i n t h at way with s eed oats, barley, and the necessary s ee d s f or green croppilig, SO that not an acre of his extensive estates will be permitted to remain un productive this year.— Wexford Independent. CAHIRCIVEEN, MARCH 30. The Centaur, steamer is in harbour with seed oats and some potatoes. The Marquis of Lansdowne has sent some barley seed for his tenantry, and also Mrs. Mahony, of Castlequin.— Tralee Chronicle. THE NEW RELIEF MEASURES. Generally th e re li ef committees are making arrange. ments to commence operations. In Dublin the commit tees will be at work in a few days. As a specimen of what is doing in the provinces, in those places where the gentry have taken the matt er earnestly in hand, we se l ect the f o llowing:— KILLARNEY.—The Kill arney U n ion contains twelve electoral divisions ; but for the Temporary Relief Act it is divided into nine relief districts. Captain Stewart, R.N., a most active and ze a l ous officer, has been appoi n t e d G over nment inspector of re lief committees for the union. The finance committee consists of Henry A. Herbert, D.L., Christopher Gal way, Daniel Cronin, Jas. O'Connell, and the Government officers. The Earl of Kenmare has consented to act as chairman of the Killarney relief committee. Every committee in the union is working with zeal for the general good. The following orders have been issued by Captain Stewart in reference to employment on public works:— " Every overseer is to report to me (Captain Stewart) any labourer on the public works who hits any land, who is not taking the proper measures to get it tilled, that an inquiry may be made as to whether or not it be ad visable to discharge such person from the public works. Every check clerk, overseer, and gangsman should make himself thoroughly acquainted with all the particulars respecting labourers under his ch arge on t h e pu bli c works, so as to be able to give such information to the committee or to any authorised person, as to how many in each labourer's family are employed on either private person s will so condu c t service as to aff or d me an of or public works, the number of cows, and the quantity of land, or other mesas of living, as in many cases la bourers on the public works h ave b een known to have concealed, and in the bank , sums of m oney , a l so other opportunity • recommending the most deserving to th e cons id er ation of the Board of Work s . T he overseers in n tru th st is th im at p a o l r l tan such t are to see that when m en or wo men of one family are p th r e o m pe s r e t l y ves employed on the public works, they are to be on the same road." HARVEST PROSPECTS. CORK, A PR IL 3.—Considerable progres s h as b een made in out-door work; vegetatian is s a id to b e a good deal retarded, and the young wh eats are reported as looking parched and sickly in many pl aces, but with a little rain there is no doubt but everythi ng would re sume a healthful and pro m ising aspect.—Th e P otato There was left at our office this morning a sample of potatoes, the size and soundness of which rather surprised us, and tend to encourage the hope that the root may yet, with care and attention, be cult ivated with success. The potatoes, which, we believe, are of the description called White Quarries, were planted in March, 1845, and Battersea cabbage was sown in the same ground in 1846. On digging the ground this morning a considerable quantity of fine sound potatoes was found th ere , w i t h out any symptom of the diseaseheretofore so destructive to that esculent. They were found on the land of Mr. John Sadleir, Gaol-road.—Cork Reporte r . TRALEE, APR IL 3•—While we w ou ld b e far from en couraging the sowing of potatoes to the extent of former it in various parts of this count y, wh ere au early crop of this esculent has been tried, every promise of a healthy growth is exhibited. We have conversed with a public officer, who has been through the entire of the county, and he assures us that not only Fo the early potato crops giving token of all absence of disease, but that a greater quantity has been soya than was apparent this time The weekly meeting of the association was held this day. Mr. M. Murphy in the chair. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, in reference to a letter from the Rev. Mr. Campbf 11, Clogher Head, Drogheda, inclosing rent, adverted to the attempt which had been recently made by the landlords to impose the entire payment of poor rates on the tenants solely, and observed that if any thing were wanted to fill to overflowing the cup of landlord oppression, it was that attempt. He expressed his apprehension that the felon attempt would again be made in the House of Lords, and would in all probability be successful. It would be advisable that some plan should be adopted to make their Lordships aware of the ruin that would inevitably fall on the tenant-farmers of Ireland if the clause sought to be introduced by Lord George Bentinck were suffered to become law. That base attempt of the Irish landlords entirely removed from his (Mr. O'Connell's) mind—and he thought it ought to remove from the mind of every man of common sense— any lingering feeling of sympathy for the proprietors of those lands which were threatened with confiscation. He would, therefore, welcome the accession of English capi talists to the possession of those estates, if they would only take care of the people—if they would only be humane to the people—if they would only preserve the lives of the people ; and if they acted so they would be heartily received.—(Cheers.) The letter of the reverend gentleman, to which Mr. O'Connell alluded, contained the following passages : " Here we have not joined in the foolish yell that has been raised against Roebuck and somo other English Members, for their attacks upon the Irish landlords. A harsh and disgusting picture of them he has given, but I fear there was little creative power engaged in perfecting it. Take a glance at the original, and judge. The relief committee of Clogheran, Walahestown, applied to the landlords of the district for contributions to the relief fund established in the parish. The letter of application stated that great distress existed in the neighbourhood, and that grea t exer ti ons wou ld b e re quired to meet it. The landlords of the parish are Sir Patrick Bellew, having acres, 1,135; Smith Barry, ditto, 1,864; E. H. Byrne, ditto, 869; A. Newcomen, ditto, 852; J. Godley, ditto, 366; Major Bonner, ditto, 217; George Ball, ditto, 213; Brahazon, ditto, 186. " Amount of subscriptions received from the above, 201.—being 101. from Sir P. Bellew, and 101. from E. H. Byrne. The other honourable gentlemen (for they are all—all, honourable gentlemen) did not even condescend to reply. Thus the entire burden of the support of the poor has been thrown upon the unfortunate occupiers, and well and nobly have they borne it. It would be uninteresting to detail their exertions, though perhaps their contributions might excite shame, if such a quality be an attribute of an Irish landlord. And is it to the tender charge of this merciless class the Premier of England would consign the Irish poor? A Poor Relief Bill in the hands of the Irish aristocracy! Out upon the hideous mockery—the ugly delusion. What effect, think you, will the proverbial hard heartedness of the class, excited by fear of confiscation, give to the law? Well informed persons believe, and I think prove, that out door relief amongst us must work confiscation. And what of that? Place the London banker, the Yorkshire manufacturer, or the Liverpool trader in the position of landlord—would he be deaf to the cries of hunger and destitution and death? Would he, when the wail of famine and pestilence is borne on every breeze, clutch closer his money-bags, and pull tighter their strings? No; he has sympathy with his kind; he has not been schooled in inhumanity; he has not exacted his pound of flesh; the widow's tear and orphan's blood have not swelled his cup of revel. But perhaps the Premier in tended this grim-faced grace to execute vengeance on the landlords, by making them the instruments of their own annihilation—complacency in the thought would be cruel. I would rather punishment less circuitous, though not so bitter—direct deprivation of property where the owners leave its duties unfulfilled. Ah! spoliation, robbery. Not more so than disarming an insane man, or the depriving a child of a dangerous plaything. And a dangerous and destructive plaything Irish property has been in the hands of its owners." The reverend writer suggests, by way of postcript, that "If some Member of Parliament were to move for a return of the relief committees in Ireland, and of the applications made by them for relief to the landlords, of the number of acres held by these landlords in such districts, and of the sums received from them, this would unmask the hypocritical exertions of several of the Irish party!" Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length. In compliance with his recommendation, the committee of the association had determined to request of the Catholic clergy to furnish. as far as they could possibly do it, an abstract of the number of deaths which had occurred since the com mencement of the famine. Having spoken at consider able length on a variety of topics, the honourable gentle man concluded by reading the address of the association to the people of England, thanking them for their pri vate subscriptions in aid of their fellow• countrymen in Ireland. The rent for the week was announced to be 251. ls. sd. The meeting then adjourned. THE IRISH CORN MARKETS. CORK, APRIL 3.—Supplies of grain to our market continue to be very limited. The same dulness and de pression which we bad occasion to report so frequently of late, continue to characterise the trade in every de partment. For Indian corn we have had a heavy draging trade, at gradually declining rates, say 20s. to to 30s. per ton on the week; cargoes on the spot have been sold as low as 121.. to 121. 55., and in small parcels at 121. 10s. to 131. per ton; a better feeling, however, has been manifested in this article for the last couple of days, owing to the improved tone of the English markets. BALLINASLOE, APRIL 3.—The corn market was very plentifully supplied; the prices were lower than last mar ket. There was a large quantity of potatoes offered for sale. Wheat, 455. to 495.; oats, 16s. to 19s. per barrel. Potatoes, 2d. to 10d. per stone. TRALEE, APRIL 3.—lndian meal, which not long since sold so high as 2s. Bd. per stone, fell on Thursday last down to 2s. 3d., and is now selling at 2s. 2d. Other bread-stuffs exhibit a tendency downwards. In the several markets of our county, too, the potatoes, which so long lay perdu, are rolling in in unexpected abun dance. To-day the supply has been enormous, and prices averaged from 14s. to 15s. per half quarter of 10 stone for minions; white, 7s. to 9s. per ditto; black bulls, for seed, Bs. to 10s. GALWAY, APRIL 3.—Our corn market to-day was but moderately supplied. Farmers were demanding prices. irrespective of the recent considerable decline, and few sales were made until an advanced hour of the day. There is more than the usual show of potatoes. CORK.—MOST IMPORTANT.-At the advanced hour at which the subjoined reached us, it would be impossible to do more than place it before the public. We may add that a finance committee has been, we are told, appointed, viz.:—the Mayor, the High Sheriff, Mr. Sarsfield, and Captain Broughton:— " Cork, Ist April, 1847. " Gentlemen--I am instructed to make known to your committee, that the reduction of 20 per cent., which has been made upon the public works will be shortly followed by a further reduction, and that great distress and con fusion will necessarily arise unless prompt and energetic measures are taken by the relief committees for giving effectual relief to destitute persons in their districts. The relief commissioners are prepared to advance money where it is necessary to the finance committees, when the required preliminary steps shall have been taken by the relief committee. the finance committees, and the board of guardians, but the commissioners aro wholly unable to act until these steps have been taken. I there fore earnestly request you will lose no time in calling From every part of Ulster the middling and small class of farmers are leaving in hundreds for the purpose of seeking a future home on the other side of the At lantic. The English and Scotch steamers carry out with them, weekly, immense numbers for Liverpool and Glasgow, the impatience to quit Ireland being so great, that should a vessel not be ready to sail immediately from Derry for America, they set out with all possible speed for the above ports. We have been informed that within the last three weeks fully fifteen hundred persons have embarked at Portrush, the steamers on arriving there being scarcely able to take all the passengers offering.—Londonderry Sentinel. ROBBERY OF THE BALLINA.SLOE COACH.—The day coach, running between Ballinasloe and Dublin, was robbed on Tuesday evening last of 3001., money sent by the Board of Works for the payment of labourers, &c. It seems that the perpetrator was an acting guard em ployed during the sickness of the permanent guard. He broke open the box and took three bags of silver to the above amount. There was a large sum in notes which he did not touch. He has absconded.—Galway Vindicator. The Board of Works have considerately appointed Mr. Abraham Prim, pay-clerk, county Kilkenny, in room of his murdered cousin. There were forty appli cations.— Waterford Freeman. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CORK, APRIL 2.—James Buchanan, a corporal in the 73d Regiment, was indicted for the murder of Corporal Thomas Frisby, of the same regiment, at Cork barracks, on the night of the 2d September, 1845. It appeared that the prisoner, in a fit of intoxication, fired the sho: which deprived the deceased of life. The jury, after a long delay, returned a verdict of guilty. GALWAY, APRIL I.—Several persons have been tried and convicted of stealing cattle and sheep. QttiL G. U~ _e_ _~ i' z 4 5,- . • :- I r, , 4 ,0 :, i l l :4'4 , -0, i, . s .• ati.. - li<Q- , .'': I. 4 , -. ......, ' -‘ • ' t',, ' '' i i" 'l r.-- --1.5.-'''' . :7,4: t ' , I , l ' 1 4 8 , 1 ' 4„ , _ . '''',: `-..,' , "...--)•,, \ ''''' eF4 tl: 4' '‘ , ,c' _ V''' ) Pi,' . .%*7.1.1.4 . 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Mr. WILSON begs to announce that, on MONDAT EVENING, the 12th of April, at Eight o'clock, he will commence his Series of En tertainments on the SONGS of SCOTLAND, %% he n he will sing several songs for the first time in London, and also bring forward some old favourites.—Pianoforte, Mr. Land. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on the STOCK of the ALLIANCE BRITISH and FOREIGN LIFE and FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY will be in COURSE of PAYMENT on MONDAY. the 12th inst., and every following day (Saturdays ex cepted), between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. A. lIE.MILTON, Secretary. Bartholomew-lane, April 8,1847. IRELAND. Dunr,m, APRIL s.—Fever still continues to increase to an alarming extent in Cork, Sligo, Mayo, and various other counties, and, indeed, the pestilence exists to a greater or less degree generally throughout the country. In the union workhouses, especially, the malady pre vails, and the mortality in some places is very consi derable. As yet Dublin and the surrounding metropo litan districts have escaped, but there is reason to ap prehend that with the approach of warm weather the capital will also suffer as well as the provinces. In some few counties—for instance, in Cork and Sligo—famine is still at work, but generally there ap pears to be a decrease of destitution. The new relief measures, it is to be hoped, will produce a decided im provement, as well in regard to the sustenance of the poor as the ravages of disease. The provincial journals mention the names of many more landlords who are suaplying seed to the small occupiers on their estates. There are, however, bitter crmplaints of the total indifference of several extensive proprietors, who have as yet taken no steps to promote the cultivation of the land. A landlord and tenant association is in operation in the county of Wexford, from which much practical good may be anticipated. Most of the principal landed pro prietors, including the Earl of Courtown, Lord Carew, the Honourable S. Maxwell, Sir %V. Cox, Messrs. Gwynn, M organ , D oyne, Wa lk er , &c., are members of the association, which held a meeting at Ennisworthy on Thursday last, Lord Courtown presiding. Resolutions were adopted with a view of establishing safety harbours for fishing boats, and of obtaining information-on all matters calculated to employ the labouring poor in a useful and profitable manner, as the best means of lessen• ing taxation on tho•land. An address to the landowners was adopted with the same object, earnestly calling for " their co-oper a ti on i n sett i ng t h e s urplus labourers of th e county at work, and urg i ng them to unite while there is still time to prevent the degradation and final ruin which threaten this country'." We extract one important paragraph from the addr , v ss : " The evil of outAlootiClief, when grappled with sys tematically, will not be found unmanageable. On the 20th of February, when more than 20,000 persons were employed on public relief works in this county, the pro portion was one person so employed to 25 arable acres in the county." STATE OF THE PROVINCES. twelve months. Ile also adds, that the spread of oats is far beyond that of 1846 at this period. Notwith standing this prospect, there are thousands of small Occupiers who are totally unable to sow their farms.— Tr alee Chronicle. SOYER'S MODEL KITCHEN. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—This day M. Soyer exhibited an experimental trial of his cooking apparatus, in the Es planade a t t h e R oyal Barracks, and the subj.-ct of his model kitchen for the poor having exei.ed a considerable degree of interest iu this country, an immense concourse of persons of the first respectability, to whom tickets of admission had been issued, repaired to the ground, in order to assurethemselves that Soyer's plan was, or was not a proje c t only. His Excellen c y th e L or d-Li eutenant having expressed his intention of being present, the at traction which th e N o bl e Earl and his interesting family never fails of cre a ti ng amongst the citizens of Dublin contributed to swell the number and the elegance of the persons who attended. At three o'clock a grand military salute from a guard of honour which had been stationed on the ground announced the arrival of his Excellency and the vice-regal party, amongst whom we perceived the Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonbv, Mrs. Captain Williams, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. Corry Con-- nellan, Captains Henry Ponsonby and Williams. On the ground we perceived the Earls of Charlemont, Roden, and Meath, Lord Brabazon, the Lord Chancellor, Lieu tenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, the Hon. Frede rick Ponsonby, &c. &c. On alighting from his carriage, his Excellency and the vice-regal party were conducted to the tent where the cooking apparatus had been in operation. They led the way, and were speedily fol lowed by a numerous train of visitors, who accommodated themselves as best they could, standing at the outside of a range of tables which extended along the square of the tent, Soups of various kinds were then served, and the company having di scusse d t h e mer i ts o f each decoction as it had been presented, the signal bell to retire was tolled, and the great people gave way to an equal number of paupers, in order that they might regale themselves upon M. Soyer's soup. The contrast was sudden and bold. A moment before and a great number of lovely faces smiled their approval of everything they saw, and a moment after decrepid age, upon whose faces it would be hard to say whether time or hunger had made the most havoc, were ranged at the sawe table. Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Williams, the Misses Brady, Mr. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. C. Connellan, the Lord Chaneellor, the Dean of the Chapel Royal, and several others, remained inside the square formed by the range of tables whilst the poor people were enjoying their meal, and the pleasure which those benevolent per sonages derived from seeing the poor people give every token of their approval of the " steam-engine-soup,” was visible upon every countenance, the ladies seeming to take the deepest interest in the subject. PRICE SD. your committee together, and complying with the re quisitions contained in the instructions.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " W. E. DELVES BROUGHTON, " Capt. Royal Engineers, Gov. Inspector. " To the Chairman or Secretary of the City of Cork Relief Committee." AMERICAN SYAIPATIIY FOR IRELAND. - - - The following letter has been addressed to a gentle man in the neighbourhood of Londonderry:— " Charleston, South Carolina, March 2, 1847. " As a committee, instituted for the relief of Ireland, we have, within the last month, remitted to a committee of the Society of Friends in Dublin, viz:—Joseph Bewley, James Perry, and Thomas Pim, jun., the sum of 1,3001., in two remittances, one of 1,0001,, and another of 3001. " We now beg to band you the first of a hill for .500/. drawn in your favour by the Bank of Charleston, upon the Bank of Liverpool, which we desire you to distribute at your discretion amongst the suffering poor of Ireland. The only condition we desire to impose upon you is, that you distribute the money where it is most needed, and where it can do most good— all else we leave to yourself. " In imposing this duty upon you, we are quite aware that we are calling upon you to take upon , ourself no small degree of labour and trouble ; but from the known benevolence of your character, we doubt not the trouble will be considered a pleasure, and that you will derive as much heartfelt satisfaction from administering to the wants of the needy and afflicted, as we can possibly do in being made the instruments of forwarding so pure and holy a purpose. We have the honour to be, with great respect, yours, .. "JAMES ADGER, Committee of H. W. CONNER, the Iliber- ALEX. ROBINSON, nian Society. " To William Ogilby, Esq , Kilcatten, Claudy, County of Londonderry." EMIGRATION. If the tide of emigration continues to flow with the same rapidity which it has for the last month, the country will soon become desolate indeed. Every sea port in Ireland is full to overflowing. We have been in formed that one noble Lord in the province of Connaught is about to ship not less than thirteen hundred families(!) off his estate, paying half their expenses. If things pro gress in this way, there will be very little use for the bailiff, and " Gerrardism" will vanish from the land.— Tuam Herald. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, coRNNILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects df Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers 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 Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulatieg their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment; which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel 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, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and as annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the sane perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results arc to bear out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed t• a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial kindle:. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious glasses, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for tile transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas liurthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.II„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, DA, Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, T.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, rro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F. Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, Ancient Order of Foresters. DEtERRED ANNUITIES. Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of IL or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 10/., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. Gs. 93., or a single payment of 221.172.3 d.; or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18a. I Id., the same as or age 20. Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of li. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. Ifs. Examnie.-A person aged 3.5 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure. on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 148/. 125.; or a policy on his life, 175/. I Is. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum or 100/. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual Disislon of Profits, by the annual pay ment of V. ,s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 23 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may s.?eure the sum of 1121. hs. payabio at his death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C 1111110UX, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON, Capital X:503,000. Empowered.by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense :or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. • • v. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES, Bonus Bonus in g g Assured is Premium. 2 '4 added. Cash. c— o 'g may ; Borrow. 1837 £217 15 14100 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 £ £a. d. 1838 102 3 01 87 1 4 13 10 2 1 395 11 1 60 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 34 4 2 3 1840 116 7 6 1 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in )ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CABIROUX, Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based 'upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable t• Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YULLLE WARDROP, secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 29, LOMBARI)-STREET, corner of Clements-lane. Capital 2,000,00 W., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each. TAUSTEEB. __ _ John Shaw Leigh, Esq. I R. r. B. H. Blundell, Esq, JOSIAS BOOKER, Esq., Chairman. HUGH J. SANDERSON, Esq., and CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Deputy Chairmen of the Board of Directors in Liverpool. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Samuel Baker, Esq. I William Wainwright, Esq. Robert Dudgeon, Esq. George Young, Esq. SURGEONS—E. A. Lloyd, Esq., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital ; and Hugh J. Sanderson, jun., Esq. ACTUARY —Percy M. Dove, Esq. /Litmus—Messrs. Robarts, Cu tisr, and Co. SOLICITOR—C. T. Jenkinson, Esq., 29, Lombard-street. SURVEYOR—John Newman, Esq., F.S.A. SECRETIRT TO THE LONDON BOARD—G. H. Whyting. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company, consisting of a large body of responsible proprietors, beg to announce that they are ready to afford to the public many important advantages in effecting either Fire or Life Insurances. Tables of Rates, and any particulars that may be required on the subject of Assurance, will be given on application at either of the Company's offices, or any of its appointed agents. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. The Directors are willing to receive applications from per sons of influence, intelligence, and activity, to undertake agencies in the vicinity of the metropolis, it being their determination only to appoint agents possessing those qualifications. N.B. All Fire Insurances becoming due at Lady Day should be paid on that day, or within fifteen days after. F REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 11, WATERLOO•PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Business transacted in all the branches and for all objects of Life Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and to secure contingent Reversions, &c. Loans granted, Information and Prospectuses furnished by JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. PROGRAMME. Pena FIRST.—My Heart's in the Highlands—The Bonnie House of Airlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—An Thou wert my ain Thing—Auld Gudeman, ye're a I)l*nel:en Carle—The Irish Mother's Lament—Won't you lave us a lock of your hair? PART SEANNI).-0 Jeanie, there's naething to fear ye—The Stuarts of Appin—My joe Janet—Go fetch to me a pint o' wine —Green grow the rashes 0. . . _ Tickets, 2i. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. Gd. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. During the season. Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments in the Music-hall every Monday Evening, at Eight o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMoUTII, WEDNESDAY.—The new steam basin in this dockyard, fast approaching completion, and pre senting such a splendid addition to the great resources of this establishment, will most probably be opened in the early part of the ensuing year. The south' wall is near]) complete, being connected with the south-east inlet and east wall; the apron of this inlet is completed. The west wall is nearly ready to receive the coping. Both en trances to the basin have only one course of stone to set before receiving the coping. The harbour wall running west from the north entrance is more than two-thirds up to its intended height; the circular pier, with its inner and outer north walls, for a considerable extent has only one course to set before receiving the coping; the east wall, between the north and south inlets, is up half its height, and there only remains 150 feet run to complete the whole formation of the walls which form the basin, the excavation being done and part already piled. The darn for the extension is nearly complete, which, when finished, will be the largest in the world, its length from east to we,t being 3,000 feet. The new Hard for the use of the public is getting on rapidly, and will be found very far superior to the old one, as there will be a quay enabling vessels to lie alongside to discharge their car goes; the foundation of this is formed. Part of the REPEAL. ASSOCIATION. POOR-LA W FOR IRELAND. The following is a copy of the petition adopted on Friday last, at a meeting of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, in favour of the Ministerial Poor-law for Ireland:— " UNTO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The petition of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, " Showeth,—That your petitioners, as the represen tatives of the ratepayers of this populous city parish, have, in the discharge of the arduous and responsible duties imposed upon them as managers of the poor's fund, exper:enced much difficulty and annoyance, as well as an unprecedented increase of expenditure, arising almost entirely from the extraordinary influx of impo. tent, infantine, and diseased Irish paupers into this parish. " That your petitioners, while deeply sympathising with their distressed Irish fellow subjects in the calamity that has overtaken them upon the failure of the potato crop, cannot but express their surprise that so little should have been dune by the wealthy classes in that country to ameliorate this distress—a distress as yet that has had to rely for its relief upon British charity and the taxation raised from British industry. " That, in the opinion of your petitioners, an absolute necessity exists for the introduction of a sufficient Poor law into Ireland, whereby an adequate provision shall be made for the relief and support of the impotent, infan tine, diseased and aged poor of that country, and that the fund for this purpose should be raised by an assess ment upon all incomes, whether arising from real or personal property. " That your petitioners feel persuaded, had such a law as this existed in Ireland, they would not have had to complain of the present influx .ef Irish paupers, who, from their wretchedness, destitution, and disease have not only absorbed and are absorbing a large proportion of the rate levied for the poor properly belonging to this parish, and spreading contagion anion them, but are also setting a most pernicious example to the lower classes of this city, by accustoming and instructity , them to look to parochial aid for support, instead of depend ing, as Scotchmen were wont to do, upon their own in dustrious exertions. That your petitioners fear, unless your Hon. house interfere and prevent this fearful ingress of Irish pau perism and disease, all the efforts that may be made, hether by private or public benevolence, to ameliorate the condition of our native poor, or to raise the condi tion of the lower orders in this city, either temporally or spiritually, will be rendered abortive. " That your petitioners have seen with alarm that her Majesty's Ministers, in the Irish Poor-law Bill which they have introduced to your Hon. House, have ad witted the principle of granting out-door relief to the able-bodied poor—a principle your petitioners hold to be opposed to sound political economy, as well as inde pendent feeling and sound morals among the lower orders ; and, should your Hon. House sanction such a principle, your petitioners do not hesitate to aver that it will lead many to trust entirely to the poor fund f. their support who but for this enactment, would assur edly trust to their own exertions ; while it will also de stroy all feeling of gratitude on the part of the receiver, of that aid—a feeling which ought ever to exist, and which your petitioners earnestly desire to foster and encourage, rather than destroy, and which they pray your Hon. House to carefully watch over and protect, and not supersede. " That your petitioners, as the representatives of this populous parish, feel themselves especially cal l ed t u pon s to give utterance to their opinions on this ques , e theirth e y ohavewn destitute t o pro vi provide not rbut only als also, under the h maintenance erecent of Poor law Act for Scotland, they are compelled to provide temporary aid for an overwhelming number of their im potent, infantine, and diseased fellow-subjects, having no settlement in this parish, and for the relief granted to whom they have no resource whatever. " May it therefore please your Hon. House to pass a measure for establishing an efficient Poor-law, by which adequate relief shall be provided for the impotent, in fantine, diseased, and aged poor in Ireland, and other wise adopt such measures as shall relieve your peti tioners from the intolerable and oppressive burden to which, from the causes set forth above, they are at pre sent subjected. _ _ "And your petitioners shall ever pray. "Signed and sealed in the name and by appointment of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, at Glasgow, this 27th day of March, 1847." FEVER BILL (IRELAND). The following is an analysis of the Bill prepared and recently introduced into Parliament by Mr. La bouchere and the Irish Solicitor-General, for the purpose of amending and continuing an Act of the last session providing for the treatment of poor per sons afflicted with fever in Ireland. The preamble briefly declares that the Poor Act of last session can be more effectually carried out by relief committees appointed under " The Act for the Temporary Relief of Destitute Persons in Ireland," which received the Royal assent about four weeks since, than by the board of guardians of any union for the relief of the destitute poor. The first clause enacts that the present Fever Bill, which was to have expired on the Ist of next , Sep tember, shall, subject to the amendments hereinafter contained, be continued until the Ist day of Novem ber next, and thence until the end of the next ses sion of Parliament. The second clause authorises the Commissioners of the Board of Health in Ireland, from time to time, as they shall think fit, to transmit, under 10 Victoria, cap. 10, to the relief commissioners, a written certifi cate of the necessity of medical relief being afforded to the destitute poor affected with fever, or other epidemic disease in any electoral division, for which a relief committee shall have been constituted. The third clause directs that the relief commis sioners, on the receipt of the previously mentioned certificate, shall issue their written orders to the relief committees to provide fever hospitals and disPenaries) The eleventh clause enacts that, notwithstanding no relief committee shall the 10th Victoria, cap. 7, sec. 3, which declares that be continued after the fi rs t day of November in this year, unless for the purpose of settling or closing their accounts, " in any case in which previously to the first day of November any relief committee shall have received instructions from the relief commissioners, for executing the provi sions of the Act of last session, in any electoral dis trict or division, such relief committee, and also, the finance committee for the union, shall continue for the purposes of the Act of last session, and of this Act, during the continuance of this Act, or until the Lord- Lieutenant, or other c hi e f governor or governors of dissolve v order dseure such o reliefb e o r published finance i n the te b , y dis a D lre u l b a l n ii d z , G s h a a z l e l l , com mittee. The twelfth clause declares that in the case of certificates issued by the Board of Health, after the Ist of November in this year, the provisions of the 10th Victoria, cap. 7 (under which the relief com mittees are appointed) shall be extended and applied to such cases ; and the costs and expenses of carrying the same into execution, after the disbursement of the funds in the hands of the finance committee and relief committee on the Ist day of October in this year, shall be paid and provided by the board of guardians of the union, in like manner as in the Act of last session. The thirteenth clause provides for the decent in terment of de,titute persons dying of fever, by em powering relief committees to defray the expenses of the same out of the funds placed at their disposal. The fourteenth clause fixes the duration of the Act, namely, until the end of last session • and the fifteenth Clause, which is the last, dedifelithat the Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament. FUNERAL OF THE LATE BARON DE BODE- Yesterday morning the rtmains of this nobleman, whose name has already enlisted universal sympathy in .ionnexion with his legal claims, were deposited in their final tribute i i s St . n John's-wood final resting-place, a vau l t su bj acen t t o th e C a th o li c Church, It is ne cessary to state, that family arrangements pre venteden eso respect o t d friends t his from memory pa) iegand his until- now tvirtues.he The present Baron enjoined on his brother to waive the rites of sepulture till his return from Russia, and, con sequently, the name of deceased, who has been dead since Oct. 2d, 1846, is again introduced to a sympa thising public. Just as some prospect of success began to cheer his gloom of disquiet and disappointment, he passed away, leaving to his successor the pending doubts and dangers of the law. On Tuesday, S P.M., the corpse was privately removed From the family residence, 18, Grove-end-road, to the church, and at 12 o'clock yesterday, after a solemn high mass, the crimson-velvet cushion, ornamented with the insignia of six orders, the baronial coronet, the dark plumes, and the gloomy pall, were removed. The heaving hearts and tender tears of the mourners, among whom we observed Mr. Sergeant Manning and Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., were in perfect keeping with the gloomy drapery of the edifice. The slow and plaintive notes of the organ during divine service, accompanied by the solemn hymn of the choristers in the Dies irce dies Mir thrilled the hearts of all present. The coffin was then borne on the shoulders of six bearers, pre ceded by the officiating clergyman, the acolytes, and sacristans. The mourners, seventeen in number, fol lowed, and the Dc Profundis having been chaunted in the vault, they returned from the " narrow house," where the late Baron de Bode rests free from pangs and pains. The universal sympathy for this victim to legal tech nicalities induces us to hope that his successor will reap the harvest for which the departed so long and justly laboured, and that English justice and English inde pendence will be ever prompt to repudiate any decision interferey with the honour and integrity of I our c n h a t m i glo.ry. EASTER Tznat.—Yesterday, on the opening of the offices of the Common Law Courts after the holidays, the lists of the arrears for Easter Term, commencing on Thursday next, were exhibited. As the first of the three Courts, the Court of Queen's Bench requires par ticular notice on the present occasion. Hitherto the new trial paper of that Court contained many causes ; and, on reference to the time the rules were obtained, it was ascertained that 18 months or two years had elapsed; and it was found that, to obtain a rule nisi, was in effect to delay justice for no inconsiderable period. The Learned Judges, by their exertions, have made great progress in diminishing the arrears, and the list for the en suing term clearly reveals their labours. There are now only 62 rules to be argued for new trials, the earliest of which was obtained in last Easter Term ; and of 5 remain ing for judgment, one case will decide two others. O f special cases and demurrers there are 61 arg umen tfor ieas and one the re one for judgment. In the Court of Com m on paperexhibitswhich: withs enlarged excep tion ,there are 5 rules f o r rules of tw a n d4 0 6 ,w ruleseremoved for o n v e ed new m in fn a trials,entds ince allpa Michaelmas Term • f judgment. xc 2s hequ er has s rules for argu- In the demurrer pape r in t' th ere T a he are _ p 3 er r e u m e p s t ap pointedpaper t to f h cases beaCheard the oo on the special paper there are 22 for nargumentearewtriithreel pf a oa n rp d ejru l dt f hg o e r judgment; mreenatrean6d r w 26 6le s h f l fr s o t of rar judgment demurrers guudmgmenetn .taun t dh thee3re6 for argument, all roefeNvcurthoich, with th e except i on o f 6, were tooon the who t m h o e v l e i d sts in a li th il e ar t 3 h , Term . Its present, is not muchtolses7a, very healthy appearance; and that, by renewed exertions, the Court of Queen's Bench will shortly reach the two other Courts in the number of rules for new trials. MORTALITY IN THE Mrrnorous.—The deaths re gistered in the London districts during the past week (the first of the spring quarter in the Registrar-General's returns) were 1,004, being a decrease of 25 on the mor tality of the previous week. The weekly average de rived from the deaths of the last five springs, and corrected for increase of population, it 914, but as many of the deaths occurred before the expiration of the winter quarter, the mortality of the week may be com pared with the winter average, which is 1,068. Deaths from diseases of the epidemic class continued to decrease, being only 107, of which 33 were from hooping-cough. Diseases of the lungs ranged between the spring and winter averages, and bronchitis was still more than usually fatal, especially to persons advanced in years. The week was remarkable for the lowness of temperature which prevailed throughout; the thermometer on three days registered below the freezing point,and on Saturday last was 8i degrees below the temperature of the same day on an average of 25 years. As compared with the previous week, the atmosphere was colder by near ly ._._. 10 degree—a circumstances which will tend to ex . EZ' any increase observable in the Dumber of dolga gvir" tared in the present week. 2 ~' 9' ~~ • with such nourishment, bedding, clothing, medicines, and medical appliances, and other necessaries, as may be necessary for the due care and treatment of the poor persons admitted into every such hospital, " and also such a number of competent nurses and attend ants as the Commissioners of Health may think ne cessary for each hospital, and also to rent, hire, or procure a rouse, building, or room, to be used as a dispensary, or office, for the medical officer of such union, and to provide such other medicines and medical appliances, including nutriment, if necessary, as the medical officer may require to out-destitute persons who may be affected with disease. The anyre fourthliefcomcmlaiuttseeedcecalnarceosntshtiattuttehraeequinoermrs quorum; and the fifth clause vests the management of hospitals and c d o i sp m e m n i s t a t e r e i e s: , procured t o a s the before su p d e i r r i e n c t e t e n d d , e i h n c e t h e o f r e l t i h e e f Commissioner s of Health. Persons affected with fever, or other epid em i c d i sease, to be admitted under the t;uthority of the committee, or by their officers, d u ly authorised; and th e medical officers appointed under the provisions of the existing Act shall be continued for l t h h purposes e e sixthelau o s f thee,w which, h, Act. with the two succeeding clauses, has been taken from the 5 8tli Geo. 111., cap. 47, empowers the relief committees t o g i ve such irec tions as they consider necessary and expedient for preventing the communication of fever or other epidemic diseases within their respective electoral districts or divisions; and for that purpose to order that all streets, lanes, courts, gardens, &c., shall be cleansed and purified; and that all manures prejudi cial to health shall be removed therefrom; and that all houses in which any sick persons were residing shall be ventilated, fumigated, white-washed —th e building and furniture to be exposed to the air, washed, cleansed, and, if absolutely necessary, burned and destroyed. The seventh clause vests the relief committees of those districts where fever hospitals have been esta blished with power to remove infected persons {not under proper medical care, and not placed in such circumstances and under such precautions as may most probably tend to prevent the communication of disease) to hospital, upon the certificate of the medical officer, after due inquiry into the circumstances of the case. This power is, however, accompanied with the following proviso :—" That the said relief committee shall in all cases of such compulsory removal of any person into such fever hospital, make a special report thereof to the said commissioners within two days after such removal shall take place." The eighth clause imposes a maximum penalty of 51., or one month's imprisonment, upon conviction before two magistrates, on any person who shall resist or oppose the execution of the powers of the relief committees under this Act, such conviction not to be quashed for informality, nor to be subject to any certiorari proceeding or appeal whatever. The ninth clause declares that the general issue be pleaded in any action brought against relief com mittees, collectively or individually, or their officers, and that, in the event of the plaintiff in the suit fail ing to establish his case, the tribunal before whom the case underwent adjudication shall award costs to the defendant. The tenth clause enacts that the necessary ex penses incurred by any relief committee, in carrying any order of the relief commissioners into effect, and in the execution of the other purposes of this Act, shall be defrayed out of the funds from time to time placed at the disposal of such relief committee, under the provisions of the Destitute Poor Act of the present session.