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CONTRACT for COALS for her Majesty's V DOCK-YARDS and the ADMIRALTY and MARINE i t , OFFICES. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy Somerset-place, 3d April, 1847. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral 4;. „ of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , do hereby give Mlle% that on THURSDAY, the 22d instait, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such ersons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dock Yards, or any one or more of them, and the Admiralty and Marine Offices with CO LS. A distribution of the Coe s, and a form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. No render will be received after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly a*thorized In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the I ft hand corner the words "Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per 10J tons for the due per formance of the Contract. THE EAST INDIA SALT MONOPOLY. — At a Meeting of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Ship-owners, held at Birmingham, on WEDNESDAY, tho 31st March, to cousider the Dispatch recently forwarded to In dia, by the East India Directors, the following Resolutions were passed :- Ist. That the East India Company's monopoly of the manufacture of Salt In Bengal and Behar, being not only most injurious to the welfare of the Hindoos, but also extremely prejudicial to the mann facturng, shipping, and other commercial interests of Great Britain. this Meeting pledges itself to uce every effort to procure the extinc tion of that monopoly. 2d. That the various Chambers of Commerce, commercial and trading associations, in the different commercial and manufacturing towns and cities in Great Britain, be urged to appeal to the Legisla ture by memorial, previously enlisting the support of their respective representatives in the House of Commons; and likewise to take such other steps, by the convocation of public meetings, or otherwise as may appear to them advisable, in order to enforce the abul Bon of the monopoly in question. at. That the best thanks of this Meeting are due to the Public Press, for the warm sympathy a:.(1 support it has afforded the Opponents of the monopoly. 4th. That the thanks of this Meeting be tendered to Mr. Aylwin for his indefatigable efforts to diffuse information respecting the operation of the Salt monopoly, ant to advocate its abolition; and that Mr. A3lwin be entreated to persevere in exertions calculated to be of so muck service to the interests of England and India. (Signed) WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, Chairman. Birmingham, 31st March, 1847. Published by or der of the Q Meeting, J. H. S TO CUELER, Secretary. STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's apiendid and power• fill ships will start as under, weather, &e., permitting : For ABERDEEN, the DUKE of WELLINGTON, on Saturday, ♦pril 10, at Four o'clock afternoon. For INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on Monthly, April 1 9, at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cron:tatty, and Chanonry Point. The Company's New Iron Steam Ship DUKE of SUTHERLAND, Is appointed to leave Inverness on the 19th, aid London on MEAN - , the 26th April, at Ten ♦.K. Offices: Spread Eade, Regent-eircu., or 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. (1 RATESEND STAR and BLACKWALL jr PACKETS. Boat and Railway included iu one Payment, avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1%, 3, 4%, 5%. and 7. Sundays, at 9,9%, 10, 11, 1%, 3,5%, and 7. Ti.. Trains starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11g, 1,2, 3,5, and 6%. Sundays, at 7,7%, 8%, 11%, 1,3, 5,6, and 7. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Stir Office, Gravesend, April 3, 1847. 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 SEVEN FEES LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advaltages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PE RIO I) RATES will be found, In comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SE. 'URITY. For prospectuses, !cc— apoly at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. Ity order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WA.RDROP, Secretary PELICAN LIFE I 70, LOMBARD-STREW g SUR ANCE OFFICE, Nand 57, CLLVRING-CROSS. Establli Dial ied 1797. ~TO/16. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Richard 11. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty Mnspratt, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. LONDON. Matthias Attwood, Esq, M.P. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Wm. Davis, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. BO NUS. Your-fifths of the net Profits realised by the Company from In surances effected upon the Participatin S e a l very sevenof premiums allot The ted, agreeably to the conditions of the policyears. 11Tat period to commence from the 3d of July, 1840. Annual Premium required for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole term of life. -',. e -A - Age, With ou t With . Without With . • Profits. Profits. • g profits. Profits. 'lb 111 0 • .V-15 0. 40 218 10 36 5 2el 13 10 . 1 19 3 50 40 9 410 7 0 4 0 '2'lo 4' .GOI 6 1 0 67 4 __ ...... 'nl,l, %PIP ..lanrntltry_ ROBERT 'ELICKER, Secretary, •••‘' • • CORPOR ATION (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) 11, 0 YA L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE QF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. Branch, 29, Pall-mall. Notice.--The usual (theca days allowed for payment of Premiums falling • due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th day of April next. . • • ASSURANCES ON LIVES. V/ITII LARGE PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. TWO-thirds of the profit on the Company's Life liusiness since De cember, 1841, will be apportioned, periodically; among Policies for Life ; without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership. GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Eeq. Sus-GovEßNoa—William Sampson, Esq.. DIN:ITT-GOVERNOR—The lion. J. T. Leslie Melville. DIRECTORS. Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Morning. f.,sq. :Henry liehnon. Esq. Edward H. Palmer, Esq. John Henry Polly, Esq. Abraham G. Roberts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Eaq. Sir Samuel Scott. Hart. William Soltan. Esti- William Wallace, P:si. Octsvius Wigram, Esq. Charles B. Yining, Esq. ALEX. GREF,N, Secretary. - new Bainbridge, Esq. Merge Barclay, Esq. • Edmond S. P. Catierr, MK- John Garratt CatUey, Esq. 4 ri hs i x li t in zider Colvincliisq; • `, • Davidson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Riversdals W. Granted, Esq. William T. Ilibbert. E q• Lancelot Holland, Esq. idr George LarPent, Dar t . John C. Lochner, Esq. N ATIONAL LOAN FU7.I) LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. • Capital £501,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Lite 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 (sec 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. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation. to aid declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums p On each Policy effected on the Profit PLES. scale. XAM t ad premium. adde il Bonus e /Son e : 1 1 . 1n g r.. ... - g Assured m cp- o ao z ii . Borro ay w. 4 - --- -- -- --------1 4 £a. d. 1837 X 217 15 1 1 4100 0 11;.£16 0 4 1 X445 0 0 1 1838 142 3 0 87 -1 4' 13 10 V 395 11 1 60 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10' 74 I 9 ' 11 3 I' 34 42 3 118401 116 7 6 54 0 101 718 101 296 13 4 11841; 11l 6 8, 4910 0; 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the neat will ne made In December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. BRITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) No. 9, Waterloo-place, London ; 126, Princes-street, Edinburgh. The arrangements with the Lords Commiss'oners of her Majesty's Treasury having been concluded, the Directors will grant Bonds of Guarantee for the fidelity of Officers in every department of the state, who are required to give security to the Crown, and they are prepared to receive proposals nom persons employed in the Treasury, War Office, Home Office, Ordnance, Foreign Office, Customs and Excise, Colonial Onto, Stamps and Taxes, Exchequer, Woods and Forests, Admiralty, Post Office, Bi,c. Also from Treasurers, Actuaries, and other Officers of the New County Courts, Loan Societies, Savings' Banks, Government Annuity Societies, Friendly Societies, Benefit Building Societies, Poor law Commission, And all Public and Private In- Insurance Companies, stitutions, Banks, Chancery and ether Receiver- Railway Companies, ships, Mercantile Houses, And in all other situations where security against fraud, or failure to account, is required. Rates of Premium One Half per Cent. and upwards. Colonial and Foreign Policies are granted. Forms of proposal may be obtained at the offices of the Associa tion ; or from any of the Local Agents. A. CHAMBRIS, Secretary to the London Board. FENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS. — The LARGEST ASSORTMEN I' of STOVES, KITCHEN RANGES, and FENDERS, as we] as General Ironmongery in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPON and BURTON'S) extensive v arehouses. Bright steel f. nders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 603. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 10s. 6d.: iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 3 feet, 95.; 4 feet, Ils. ; wrought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4s. ed. ; 4 feet, 6s, ; bright resister stoves, with bronzed ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 955. ; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 9 1. ; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 185.; 3 feet, 275. ; bed-room register stoves, 2 feet, 165. ; 3 feet, 245. The new econo mical thermio stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from $l,; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 9d. per set; handsome ditto, with cut heads, 65. 6d.; newest pattern, with elegant bronzed heads, I is. A variety of fire-irons, with or-molts and richly cut heads, at propor tionate prices. Any article in the furnishing ironmongery, 30 per cent. tia4er any other house. The money returned for every article not approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per Post) free. WI LIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock 01 general furnishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can he employed to give a correct •dea of its variety and extent, purchasers are ibvited to call and inspect it. 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newmau-street). Established in Wells street 1820. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. ' JUST PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in a sealed envelope; or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6(1. In postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomicaol oure d Engravings, Anatomical C M A N H 0 0 D : The i Causes of its Premature De cline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative Organs, emanating from solitary and sedeutary habits, indiscriminate ex ceases, the effete of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the Sufferer in youth, manhood, evil old age ; with practical remarks on m u - tinge, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, Impotency, syphilis, and other itrino-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the toll ported of line allotted to man. The whale illustrated with numerous Anatomical Ent:ravings en steel, In colour, explain ink.' the various tunetions, toeretions, and s tructures of the reproduc tive orrans in health and Disease; stilt instructions for private eur rempozulence , eases, &e. • 11 Y J. L. CURTIS awl 1., Consulting Surgeoast 7, Frith-street, Soliii-snettro. London. ~ 'REVIEW 05 Trle woe s. .. , s , kAI .. RTIS ON MANHOOD.- ( Strange). havi n g for many years been I'm standard work on these diseases, its origintlity is apparent, and It s Perusal breathes consolat!on and hope to the mind of the patient." .... Naval and Military Gazette. Pithlished by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold l i t a o_ by Strange, 21, Paternoster-rntw ; Hannity, 63, Oxford-street . Mane. 39, Cornhill, London; Sorrier, 4, ii , t. Ann's-square, Man eiiester ; Philip, death Castle - stree t, Livemool t. Campbell, 146, Anti le-street, Glasgow ; Robinson. 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. • Nlessrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their resi dence,LONDON, and ~ No. 7, FRITH-STRF,ET, 14 )110-SQUARE, by initial or otherwise, can have this work prirdteiy forwarded them, A utli „_. _ tea Residenco, or frOin any of the above agents, en remitting a 6(1 . is postage stamps. .. . , . , . 4i ~~.'. 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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SALES BY AUCTION. The Magnificent DOMAIN of HAMPDEN, in BUCKS, comprising about 4,600 Acres, nearly in a Ring Fence, surrounding a fine Baronial Mansion, with a superbly Timbered Park, extensive Woodlands, vaamble Farms, Manors and Advowson, situated between the Towns of Wycomfh!, Risborough, Miss,,nden, and Aylesbury, and within Twelve MiL!3 of the Tring station on thee. London and Birmingham Railway. I• 'SSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have wik been commissioned by the Noble Proprietor to announce (the late contraet having been abandoned by mutual consent of him self and the purchaser) that this truly important and highly distill gui,hed FREEHOL is ESTATE will tie SE EMITTPiD to 11`111.IC SALE during the ensuing summer, unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract. It is famed as having been especially visited by Queen Elizabeth, and a the re3idence of r ill renowned Hampden, and comps 11 , :res, e.i,bracing a romantic portion of the tine healthy Chitern ses a splendid domain of about . 4, ,J, Hills and or the rich vale beneath, stretching to within a few miles 01 the several surrounding towns of den, W Missene m ndov, A 3-1 a .•sbury grand , Princes Risbor , mgh, and High Wycombe. The ansion er is feature in the county, amidst the wood-crowned height , of Hempen, opening with south and east aspects through ii& 'e avenu es It pos- (on still known as Queen E iz abeth's Gap) to the surrounning vale. e sesses eavta l stabling, good gardens, 8.;e., but it is a plage of co:npara tively ;anal; expense. The park is superbly timbered, and th- woodlands are remarkably thriving. and form beautiful broken links in the surroun di ng diversified scenery. The farms are all let at very low rents to a respectable tenantry. There are keepers' and woodmens' lodges, and numerous superior cottages. The manors are extensive, and the advowson of Hampden-cunt-Kimble, with its desirable par samageoand the tithes- of some adjoining estates, appertain to the property. The picturesque church, in which is the grave and mo nument of Hampden, is near the house : and it is the wish of the noble proprietor to transfer with the mansion (with a few unimpor tant exceptions), the - whole of its highly interesting and valuable effects, the greater part being connected with its historical and other associations. Such a property, viewed as to its substantial value, numerous beauties, and interesting appendages, is but rarely In the market. Cards ter viewing the estate can only be obtained by parties giving their name and address, of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett, Solicitors, Lincoln's-inn . ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Laud Agents, who are fully authorised to treat for the sale of the property. Particulars may be also had of Mr. Grace, of Ward • robes, near Risborougb, the Resident Agent, who will give every in formation to parties having orders to view. THE OLD PALACE, at RICHMOND, a delightfully situate and most comfortable Mansion, with Grounds extending to the River, near the Urioge; lab the seat oi the Hon. Mrs. STEWART MAC KENZIE, now wholly residing in Scotland. MESSRS. DANIEL. SMITH and SON will submit to public SALE, at the MART, rear the Rank of England, on FRIDAY, the 9th of April, at Twelve o'clock (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract). The above spacious and handsome LEASEHOLD MANSION, ono of the striking features in the beautiful scenery of the Thames near Richmond-bridge. It is distingu!shed as the Old Palace. Its river front (agreeably retired) presents a grand uniform elevation, with a noble portico of very lofty atone columns, supported by a broad flight of stone stets from the ground floor, which comprises a delightful range of six or seven rooms, forming the dining and reception rooms, boudoir, &c., all opening en suite, with the same south-western as pect. and all commanding the uninterrupted view of the pleasure grounds and river. On the upper floors are numerous excellent and cheerful bed-rooms, a boud-ir and dressing-rooms, nearly all with warm aspects, and the domestic offices are very complete, opening to a spacicus enclosed coach-yard. with distinct access, stabling for four horses, double coach-house, &c., and adjoining are very superior walled gardens, with an abundance of the choicest fruit trees; south ward of which are the pleasure grounds, extending from time mansion to the river bank, with broad gravelled walks, itr.d embellished with some lofty timber trees, cedars, and clumps of various American and other shrubs, with a capital newly - erec ted conservatory,and a sum mer-house, adapted' for a billiard-room, comumanding the beautiful scenery of the river, Richmond -bridge, &c. Immediate possession may be had, and descriptive particulars had at the neighbouring hotels ; of 'it r. Cain, house agent, Richmond ; at the Auction Mart; of J,.seph Parkes, Esq., 21. Great m.corge-street, Westminster ; of IlughJarues Cameron, Esq.. Parliament-street and of Daniel Sm:th and Son, surveyors , &c., Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, who are fully authorised to receive offers by private treaty. ADVOWSONS, in the remarkably beautiful part of Gloucestershire, near Stroud, between Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Bath, ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SOr4 will ky :7 SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, en FRIDAY, April 9, at Twelve, in separate Lots, TWO most desirable ADVOWSONS, with next and all future Rights of Presentation, with very superior par sonages,. delightfully ituate, amidst the romantic scenery of Wood • chester Park and the fine Vale ef the Severn, surrounded by an excellent neighbourhood, and both within two miles of stations on the Great Western Railway, viz , the Rectory of Woodehester, the annual income of which, with 24 acres of glebe, is 3501., exclusive of the delightful Parsonage-house and Grounds, only two miles from Stroud; the present incumbent is 6S years of age ; the population, 900. Also, the Vicarage of Frocester, rive miles oom Stroud, and 11 from Gloucester, with a newly-built parsonage, exclusive of which the income is 2701. per annum ; the incumbent is 47 ; the popu lation 300. Particulars may be had, at the chief Hotels at Glo ucester, Bath, Cheltenham, and Oxford ; of Messrs. Humphreys and Co., auctioneers, Stroud ; of Mr. Hudson, solicitor, the Close, Lichti. id ; the Mart; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. CHESTER-HILL HOUSE, amidst the romantic scenery of Wood- chester Park, near Stroud and Gloucester, with a first-class Railway-station only two miles distant. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will offer for SALE by AUCTION at the Mart, near the Bank of England, on FRIDAY, the 9th of April, at Twelve o'clock (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract), The above desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with gardens, pleasure ground., and rich paddocks, together about eighteen acres. The House contains six airy bed-rooms, dressing-rooms, water closet, &c. three sitting-rooms, hall, and the usual domestic offices, with stabling and various out -buildings, excellent gardens, lawn, shrubberies, lice. ; dtlightiully sitaa to on a healthy picturesque spot, commanding scenery of great extent and surprising beaut., and in the vicinity of the newly established Mission of the Pa.saionists, and early possession may be had. Also, a smaller HOUSE and GROUNDS in the immediate vicinity. Particulars may be had of Mr. reake, the resident agent at Wood chester ; at the chief hotels at Stroud, Bristol, and Bath; at the Auction Mart ; of Mr. Dodson, solicitor, the Close, Lichfield ; and of Messrs. Dithiel Smith and Son, Laud Agents, 'Watertoo-vlbne, Loudon. NEAR PETERBOROUGH. The Great ESTATE and Extensive MANORS and A DVOWSON of WHITTLESEA, to be divided, offering most valuable and impor tant Invertments in Freehold Farms and Tithe Rent Charges of various amounts, but altogether of the Estimated Value of nearly 7,0001. per annum. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITE! AND SON are instructed by the Noble Proprietors to announce (the several offers to this vast property in one lot having been declined) that it will he SUBMITTED TO PUBLIC COMPETITION,in June next, in divers Lots, comprising the several capital FARMS, let at low rents to highly respectable tenants, together with above 2,100 a :res of first-rate land adjoining and near to the town ; and well secured freehold rebt charges, in lieu o tithes, arising from atmut 19,000 acres ; the living of Whittlesca ; and the very extensive and important manors, ex tending over above 25,000 acres, embracing a great portion of the I town. Further particulars will be shortly published, and the estates may be viewed by application to Mr. John Waddelow, at Whitticsea, and particulars known of Messrs. Jonzts, Bateman, and Bennett, Solici tors, Liacohi's-inn ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Lani- Pall-mall, who ire fully authorised to re cAegievnetlieirs"f'oartethrr w -P h i o l l e e e o ' r any portion of the property. HERTS. The ALBURY HALL ESTATE, with valuable Manors in a very Healthy and Sporting Part of the County ; comprking a stu,stan tial Mansion, surrounded by a fine and well-woded Park, and several capital Farms, let at very low rents ; the whole em bracing about 1,640 Acres, which may be divided so as to leave the Man sion, Park, and Home Farina in a perfect Ring-feuce of either 400 or 900 Acres. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, at the end of May, in one or more lots (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract), by order of the Devisees in Trust under the will of the late John Calvert, Esq., the above very valuable and important FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate about six mike from Bishop Stortford, ten from Ware, amid about twelve from Saffron Walden, Royston, and Hert ford. It comprises the capital Mansion, which, with a judicious outlay, and perhaps the removal of a superfluous ofliee-wing, may easily be rendered a very handsome and most comfortable family house. It stands in the centre I.f its park, in a dry sheltered spot (the substratum being chalk), with a flue grove of lofty elms and chestnuts screening it from the north, with walled gardens, ex tensive stabling, and a complete farm homestead. The park and home farm, as now in hand, comprise about 500 acres, pleasingly undulated, and studded with ornamental woods and groups of timber. The other farms, which will be offered in separate lots (If no offer is made fer the whole property), comprise the High Farm and the Hole and Patmore Faints, in the occu pation of Messrs. Scales, Feast, and Clarke, with sundry ,ottages, &c. ; also the valuable Manors of Albury Hall and Patmore with their courts, quit rents, and arbitrary flues ; als a valuable de tached Estate, known as St. John's Farm, In the parishes of Fur neaux and Brent Pelham, comprisin4, in a perfect ring fence, about 247 acres, let to Mr. William Clarke ; and the valuable 111:.nor of Furneaux Pelham Hall, with its courts, quit rents, and arbitrary fines. The kennel of the Hertford hounds is in the parish, and the estate is admirably adapted for game, from its healthy soil, and its excellent preserves judiciously interspersed. The tenants are highly respectable, and the rents considerably under those of the neigh bourhood. The Estates may be viewed by application to Mr. Scales, of High Farm ; and descriptive particulars, with plans, may be had, when the day of sale is fixed, on the premises; at the chief inns at Bishops Stortford, Hertford, Staustead, &c. ; at the Auction Mart ; of Mesrs. Western, solicitors, Great James-street, Bedford-row ; and of Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo -place, who are authorised to treat for the disposal of tee properly altogether or divided. ISLE OF WIGHT. FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, WITH LAND. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of Eng land, in MAY next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract), in Two Lots, the very desirable and com fortable RESIDENCE, known as Ningwood House , most substa i, tially built of stone, with modern slated r-ofs. It stands in a hand some and extensive lawn, dressed with luxuriant shrubs and orna mental fir and other trees, with excellent Stabling for three and two horses, double coach-house, &c.—all stone buildings,and in excellent repair ; productive Gardens, and I our Paddocks of very valuable Pasture Land adjoining, with the tithes thereof. Also, in a Second Lot, a neat and large substantial COTTAGE, with Garden and rich Paddock, a short distance from the house, to which it is a great acquisition, but its situation would justify a moderate outlay to render it of a higher and more ornamental character. Ningwood is in the parish of Shalfieet, about three miles from Yarmouth, fou from Freshwater, seven from Newport, eleven from Cowes, and four teen from Ryde. The Estate may he viewed, and descriptive particulars had when the day of sale is fixed, at the Inns at Yarmouth, Newport, Cowes, &c. ; of M, tars. Hutt and Worsley, solicitors, Hyde ; at the Auction Mart; and of Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-pace, Pall-mall. TW ELLINGTON SURTO UT. NEW LIGIIT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPHlNG.—ltegistered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65. i-ATRONISED by 11.R.11. PRIN-E ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COM MANDER- N-CillEF,' 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 (owi ,, g to its elasticity) fits equally well either a? an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west ef Engfinest land, expressly for this coat, of dou ble twist warp and welt, and Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good 1 the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. 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Sold only In triangular bottles. protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. taining testimonials of undeubted authority, entitled " Three Minute " s' Advice on the Growth and Preserva tion of the Human Hair, &c. Ily post, 4s. Gd., 7s. Sel„ and Its., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerhary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 6S, Cernhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. RH. Relines, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver and riser-office. TO THE LADIES. This lady had the following letter inaertei in the "Times" news aper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put late the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about tour months, nd the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than ever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase art Lis. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answerin g any lady of respectability to the above fact,-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey a few drops en the crown of the head occasiona ll y , every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away wan the comb, mete it strong, and lrevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A 1 few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its retreshing )dour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of 11CVOLIS headache, pour ten or twelve drops o the grown of the hea l ; if v:ry had, repeat it every quarter of an our. In most cases relief is certain inn ten minutes. It produces air on ehildrea's heads in a few appplicatins. It used on infants' cads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to William Grhnstone Haian% Iligligal4. , • ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF . YOUTH MW MATURITY . • WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Jnst published, Twentieth Thousand, 1a a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d. or pest paid, to any address, tor 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps, direct irons the Anther's residence. • . (QELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise 5.,_7 on the :secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on* the Anatomy. Physiology, and Disease! of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, exiolaining their various structures, uses; and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility,' Local and Conititutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL I.VMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, • 9, iledforsi-street, Bedford-square, London; M a t r iculated Member of the University of Edinburh, honorary Member' of the Londen Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., CONTENTS 07 Till TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations; and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Cuarrea 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are depeadant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various 'effects on the 1 :animal Economy; the concealed cause et Debility of the fliactions of the Stomach, Lungs, anti 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.—CrlAPTlnte 5 and 6. 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COUGH LOZENGES. I Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs--- 111 Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. - Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they have never been known to il. Prepared &Trion lii4"-SQ, itii4 '1ttn1;1444.1„, and 10s. &I. each, by TEICtS s Chemist, Ste., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. id retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders is the Kingdom. Birkenhead, near Liverpool, Jan 8, 1847. Sir, I have teen afflicted with a severe cough and shortness of breath tor nearly eight years, and atter trying numerous remedies, did not find myself any better. I purchased a small box of Keating's Lozenges of you, from which I found great benefit. The second box, 2s. 9d. size, complet,ly cured me, and I can now breathe more freely, and am as free from cough as ever I was In my life. Hoping that others, similarly afflicted, will avail themselves of so certain and safe a remedy, I remain, Sir, yours, faithfully, WILLIAM ANDERSON. To Mr. Geo. H. Howell, Chemist, 72, Dale-street, Liverpool. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. FROM TUX MORNING RAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—The revenue table which we publish this morning presents many feature& upon which the public, as well as the Chancellor of the Exthequer, may reasonably congratulate themselves. After a year, the former half of which witnessed an immense change in our commercial policy, and the latter the operation of one of the greatest calamities of modern times—an Irish famine and an English scarcity—the year's accounts of ordinary revenue present en aggre gate increase of receipts above those of 1846 of not less than 2,387,8061. In every department except the Stamps and Crown Lands—in the Customs, the Excise, the Taxes, the Property-tax, and the Post office—there is an increased return. In short, were it not for Ireland and her oalanuty—were it not for that awful drain which English neglect and Irish ytiaboatybuvwluaresegrat burden ravages foreignel m i ght boast n :7 g b 1 0 : 30;: t : potatottbwmhhohi there l s esgent which a that eie better tnef n hata m netml ereerivnenoepxterurc:ohwhse prospect dcithe v huoc e omietwnr e b oehsf r vit o unei r u cmr i maai h nno t nftm, u onser p t yh n oee her every tra a tn ni e m ll a e i d n . uhe ln in p a re r s on en t ce nn of wb o i u nb r c a o ll m b m u e t rce invi nothing bu is t sible a strange mixture of rapacity and improvidence could hive suffered a nation to sub sist—our surplus, so far from furnishing means of relief to the tax-payer, will only by a happy chance avoid the necessity of new taxation by meeting the charge for interest on the sum we have just been compelled to borrow. Cold as the comfort may be, it is well it will do this, and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has not, in a time of much pressure, and almost general stagnation, to seek out the means of imposing a new tax as well as contracting a new loan. On the Customs the increase is most signal. That after a series of years, each remarkable fur some large reduction in our import duties, each reduction de clared to be alike fatal to the home producer and the revenue, we should be able to show an increase of 1,132,0001. upon the year, is a proof of the soundness of our new commercial policy, which even its most ardent advocates could scarcely have anticipated. Nor has this branch of our income suffered in any measure during the quarter which has just come to a close, and during which it has received scarcely any augmentation fr the . duties ,oia-corn; _Oa .I,he contrary, the increase has been in a more rapid proportion, and amounts to nearly half a million. h s item s hass of In the Excise also the increase quarter by quarter, has been uninterrupted, until in the aggre. g re a t t u e r i n t . gives ,ra prosperity, for urp l u ' een generally regarded as a 661,5721. above last year's kind of barometer by which to measure the national as it affects what are principally luxuries, at least in d egree , it is imagined that an indulgence in excisable commodities betokens a suffi ciency of the necessaries of life. As a general rule this may be a true one, but it is difficult to reconcile its universal application with the fact that while the mass of our agricultural population has been debarred by the high price of food from the purchase even of their ordinary scanty modicum of luxuries, while Scotland has suffered severely from actual want, and Ireland depends for its daily, bread on English bounty, th e E xc i se h as gone on i ncreasing, and even 3 h head in this last quarter, when the pressure has been most severe, exhibits a surplus of 26,4071. Under the 84 e 0 f amount. The Post -I.ll_roapemrtoys-ttasxatistfhaeotionrcyreaseupon the year is office revenue shows an advance of 1,0001. a week during the last year ; and that comprehensive term, " Miscellane ous ," shows an increase of 129,2731. On Stamps the deficiency, probably owing to the partial cessation of railway enterprise, amounts to 32,6931. ; and on Crown Lands, for some reason, which Lords Li nco l n an d M or peth will doubtless be able to explain, to 18,0001. Upon the total ordinary revenue, however, we have an increase of 2,387,8061., against a falling off in the two branches we have named, amounting in the whole to only 50,6931. Would that there were no drawback on this favourable statement of our financial condition ! Flourishing as the re turn appears, however, one item is there to remind us of our liabilities, and of the heavy charge to which the great calamity of the year has exposed us. In the account of Income the receipt of 960,0001. is acknowledged as the first instalment of the loan of 8,000,0001., which it will require many years of for bearance and retrenchment to redeem. It is a punish ment, and not an unmerited one, of a system which has permitted a third of our population to live in utter dependence upon a crop with which famines are periodical, and without that claim for subsistence upon the soil which could alone secure from the rich an interest in the prosperity of the poor. We have had a severe warning, let us not require a second. CHRONICLE.—The revenue accounts for the year and the quarter just ended, present at first sight a much more favourable aspect than they do when each item is minutely examined, and the peculiar circumstances which have influenced the various sources of income are duly considered. On the sur face, looking only at the columns under the heads " increase" and "decrease," the tables present a satis factory and encouraging result; and especially in reference to those items to which we are most accus tomed to look as an index of the state of the country, of its enjoyment of commercial prosperity, and of social comforts. The Customs receipts for the year exhibit an increase of no less than 1,132,002/., which at first sight is more satisfactory, when we remember that the present return completes the first entire year under the ultimate reductions in the tariff effected by Sir Robert Peel. On the other hand, however, it is impossible to overlook the fact that a large por tion of this increase is due, first to the extensive irn- , portation of foreign corn during the last six months of 1846, and considerably more than one half of it to the enlightened settlement of sugar duties by the present Government, at the close of last session. At a moment like the present, when financial difficulties and deficiencies upon the general balance of the public accounts become apparent, it is important to mark any particular source from which those diffi culties are relieved, end more particularly so when it indicates the success of a great and sound principle of taxation. It will be remembered, that up to the month of August last year the deliveries of sugar for consumption on which duty was paid showed a con siderable deficiency on those of the preceding year. But after the reduction of the differential duty charged on foreign sugars by the Bill of last August, by which, for the first time, such sugars were really and practically brous..ht ithin the consumers reach, the consumption increased so rapidly, that at the end of the year the deficit which appeared in the deliveries up to August was converted at the end of December into a handsome surplus. We find, that out of the increase which is apparent on the Customs' receipts for the year just ended, amounting in all to 1,132,0021., we are indebted to the liberal and wise settlement of the sugar duties for no less than 739,8841., and in like manner, of the increase shown upon the last quarter, amounting to 485,7551., we are indebted to that measure for no less than 317,4661. It would be difficult to point to a greater triumph in the result of any financial principle than has followed the adoption of a course so long urged by political economists and free-traders, to rely upon a reduction of differential and protective duties as the sunlit S N 7 APRIL 6, 1847. means of increasing the revenue of the country. If, however, to this single item of increase we add the corn duties received during the last six months of 1846, we shall find that we considerably more than exhaust the whole apparent increase. So that the Customs receipts for the year, as far as regards the general trade of the country, and irrespective of these Chat much items,nh et congratulation, si e r quarter ei ns p would e ac lt li, . exhibitejduoesfpt departments when htg: enanear ended : % considerable sts. e should show slight in crease, t mt iu'overac was the sei ldae consider i nh corresponding oswusipieluncsiei luarter of last year, is not a matter of surprise, nor of Turing the first three months of 1846, pending the j o t( f ):: tb t i the last business se changessdpuornidnrng thatinq u t a h retet quarter,tri r i t o i f . tl S hBa u 4t e .,s h ,c owtmha the p t n ie r ss e s i d i t ' a g t " e , Customs showed a deficiency of no less than 440,0001. ['he general result of the Customs receipts, when considered in reference to the whole trade of the country, and looked to as in index of its prosperity, cannot, therefore, be considered so satisfactory as they looked at first sight. The other great index of national wel fare, and of the command of social comforts, the Ex cise duties, we fear, affords in the present return no more satisfactory evidence. It is true that the in crease shown upon the year is large, and that that increase is fairly divided over all the various items which contribute to the Excise, and which may be taken as evidence of increased activity in industry, or of increased comforts enjoyed by the people. But while the increase upon the year is 661,5721., that upon the q,iarter is, only 26,4Q71. Weilave here a palpable proof of a declining state. The high price of food, and the scantiness and dearness of some of the chief raw materials of our manufacturing indus try, have already begun their work of deterioration. The complaints from the busy seats of industry during the last three months, the mills working short time, the increasing difficulty in obtaining railway " calls," and the consequent " slackness" of some of those works, and the difficulty which the labour ing population find in obtaining anything beyond the barest necessaries of life at their present prices ; these facts are all loudly proclaimed in the comparative de cline of the Excise receipts during the quarter just finished. A consequence, moreover, which we fear will only be further developed as the year advances. The other general items of the revenue are not of a character which speak much to the immediate state of the country, still it is satisfactory to observe that they show, generally, a considerable increase both on the year and the quarter. But notwithstanding the in crease apparent under all these heads, unfortunately, when we look to the side of expenditure, we find it all inadequate to meet the extraordinary demands upon the Governmedt. Notwithstanding the increase on the ordinary sources of the Exchequer, and not withstanding the addition of 960,0001., as the first in stalment of the " loan of eight millions," the result of the accounts now published is, that in place of a surplus to meet the various Parliamentary grants for the public service, amounting last year to 11,783,3081., that surplus at the present time is only' 628,7811., a -sum altogether inadequate for the purpose. ADVERTISER.—We publish, in another part of our paper, a tabular view of the revenue returns for the years and quarters ending sth April, 1846, and sth April, 1847; and we heartily congratulate the country on the extremely gratifying results which they exhibit. Under the head of Customs— the source of revenue which of all others affords the best criterion of the real condition of the people, and the healthy state, or otherwise, of the national finances : — thew e haveiner increase eincrea se, quarteron the is rear,rei relatively v l e , 1 1 y 32 s ,toilol2/g. ,rewhilegreater, being , being no less than 485,7 551 ., or close on half a mil lion. We will undertake to say, that this is an in crease far exceeding anything of which the most san guine ever dreamt. It is all the more surprising, when it is remembered, that it only includes, so far as relates to the quarter, a mere trifle in the shape of corn' duties, the corn-laws having been suspended early in the quarter. In the Excise there i: also an augmentation on the year to the extent of 661,5721., and on the quarter of 26,407/. *The Stamps have likewise proved unusually productive on the quarter, giving an increase of 131,4141., as compared with the corresponding quar ter of 1846. The Property-tax has also proved ' unprecedentedly productive, the amount for the year being 5,464,5811., which gives an increase over the year ending April 5, 1846 of 379,8401., and of .....1 3 / 4. - f ..' . ' . 69,1901. over the re - ending at the same date. The Post-office still continues, though'gradually, to augment the national resources, yielding, as it does, 52,0001. more than last year, and 4,0001. more, on the quarter than on the corresponding quarter of 1846. Under the head of Miscellaneous, we have an addition, on the year, of 129,2731., though, on the quarter, the increase is only 1,0711. The . only departments in which there is a falling off are those of the Taxes and Crown Lands. The deficit is trifling in either case. Under the first head it is only 15,250/4 and under the second, 8,000/. The total increase on the year is 1,538,1681., and on the quarter 403,632/. This, we repeat, is a most gratifying state of things. So far from expecting so large an augmentation, there were general appre hensions of a defalcation. Nothing could more con clusively prove the solid foundation on which our commercial and monetary edifice is based. The im provement in the revenue which it is thus our pleasing duty to record, as having taken place in a period of unexampled destitution in Ireland and part of Scot land, will, there is every reason to hope, go on pro gressing for months and years to come. If, indeed, Providence should bless the land with an abundant harvest, we may confidently calculate, considering the extensive trade with America which is now opening up to us, on a period of commercial and financial prosperity wholly unparalleled in the history of the country. HERALD.—We bare before us the official state ment of the national revenue for the year and the quarter which ended yesterday evening. If any evi dence were necessary to prove the vitality of British vigour in resisting the results of a new-fangled system of legislation, which must have proved destructive to the interests of any country whose innate strength had been less positively confirmed by the considerate policy that was formerly the principle of action by which British statesmen were guided—if any testi mony were requisite to show the elasticity of British resources in repelling the heavy load of depression which recent Acts of Parliament have heaped upon them, and which projected measures promise to aug ment—we have the proof before us in the abstract of the net produce of the revenue of the country, to which it is our duty to refer.—( ! ) In every department whence we derive our ordinary revenues, save two, there is an increase for the year ended yesterday, compared with the year which ended on the sth of April, 1846. The two items which exhibit a decrement on a comparison of years are Stamps and Crown Lands. Let us now ex hibit the condition of the whole revenue of the country for the year and the quarter, as compared with that of the previous year, and that of the cor responding quarter of 1846. In the present year there is from the Customs an increase of 1,132,0021. ; from the Excise an increase of 661,5721. The de crease on Stamps,', as we have already mentioned, is 32,6931. The increase from Taxes for the year is 33,1191.; from the Property-tax an augmentation has been derived amounting to 379,840/. ; from the Post office it is 52,0001. The Crown Lands, as we have stated, exhibit a decrease of 18,0001., whilst, from Miscellaneous resources, we have procured an increase of revenue which has placed in the national coffers 129,2731. In the quarter's receipts, as compared with those of the April quarter of last year, we find an increase from Customs of 485,755/. ; from the Excise of 26,407/. ; from Stamps of 131,414/.! ! the decrease on Taxes is 15,250/. ; the increase from the Property-tax is 69,1901.; from the Post-office it is 4,000/. ; with reference to Crown Lands, the de crease is 8,000/. ; from Miscellaneous resources there is an increase of 1,071/. Now, in dealing with these various items of our income, to-day, our observations must necessarily be brief—our comments upon these items few. We deal only with those sums which form the ordinary revenue of the nation. The other portions of the account, embracing " advances," " im prest and other monies," &c., we leave intact for re mark on a future day. In reference, then, to the year's ordinary revenue, there is a net increase over that received up to the sth of April, 1846, which amounts to 2,387,8061. The net ordinary revenue for the quarter ended yesterday, shows an increase over the receipts for the same quarter of the previous year, amounting to 717,837/. Let us at once ask these questions—Has the value of man ufactured stock become augmented during the past year, or during the past quarter ? Has the condition of the manufacturing operative been improved, or the positio n of the agricul tural labourer been made betterdur in g the same period ? Has the character of our monetary exchanges, com pared with that of other countries whence our largely-increased imports ha ve been derived, exhibited a corresponding amount of exports, or has it even manifested the exportation of an amount of home made merchandise equal to that sent abroad during several past yearsop?eo operative a t T i vhee work,si e forquestions Seek t h fcorcondition °tr a il, r de e i t pi e oo a ns s i i t 0 1 in of easily th re solved by facts. L ook to the prices current for th e re t urn s paid for our manufactured produce ! L oo k tnousifae theiumtuilri mills out manufacturing the agricultural labourer (notwithstanding the efforts of his employers to promote his comparative prospe rity, despite the sacrifices made by landlords and land• holders, and the advances made in agricultural science) —seek for this in the daily tale told by the provincial press ! seek for it in the hopes of the Irish landlord from the new Poor Relief Bill ! Notwith standing these facts there is an incrersl upon the year and the quarter from the Customs revenue! The consumption of imported produce, used in lieu of grain, of course has something to do with this ; but the energy and unfired, not worn-out activity and resources of Great Britain have dealt much more largely with it. 'raking our course through the other items of receipt, we are compelled to stop at " Stamps." What a tale is told by the official development of the condition of this department of the revenue. The increase for the year is only 32,693/. The in crease for the quarter is 131,414/. ! What has caused this increase ? Has it been an augmentation of the legitimate trade of the country ? Did our legitimate imports, or has an augmentation of our internal—our home traffic in the manufactures of Great Britain, rendered such an accession to our national income the probable result of such a salutary process ? No ! whilst there has been a great decrease in the Excise receipts of the quarter, as compared with those of the year, the Stamp Duties' receipts exhibit an increase of 400 per cent. more upon the quarter than they do upon the whole year. Here is the result of Sir Robert Peel's Corn Bill ! here is the effect of the gambling and speculation which were to have ,been destroyed and deter mined 'by the damage -dime_ to .. the cultivators of the soil of Great Britain and the sister kingdom ! here are assets derived in a great degree from corn accommodation bills ! We have neither time nor space to dwell at greater length to-day upon the official document before us. It is to us matter for hearty rejoicing, that, under so many circumstances, which in any other nation must have'causesl a decrease of revenue, we have an increased income as the subject for our remarks. OPENING OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. This event is looked forward to with considerable interest, and every arrangement is in progress for conducting its celebration with becoming splendour. The extensive warehouses, the opening of which will be a striking feature in the day's prcceedings, are twelve in number, and will each hold 4,000 bales of cotton. The extension line of railway runs in a diagonal line, by means of an open excavation, across the town, from the Grange-lane station, through Oliver-street, Conway-street, Price-street, and Cleve land-street, to the dock warehouses ; having branch lines communicating with the docks, so that goods may be at once hoisted from the vessel's side on the railway trucks, and dispatched into the interior, or from the ship into the warehouses, without the least hazard or delay from exposure on the quays. After the cere mony of opening the dock, the company will proceed to the dijeiiner, and this part of the proceedings being completed, the next object of interest will be the opening of the new park, which has been com pleted at a cost of 127,7781. The celebrated proprietor of the magnificent marquee, which is fitted up on pub lic festivals in Greenwich-park, will there pitch his refreshment tent, 170 feet long; and various other booths, camps, &c., will be erected. Cricket, foot ball, and other athletic games, rural sports, and divers amusements, will occupy the holiday throng in that vast and picturesque arena. The beau tiful new market, on which a sum of 26,0001. has been expended, will likewise present its attractions. On the east quay of the new docks, facing the river, six pieces of ordnance will be placed, for the purpose of firing salutes; the guns being under the manage ment of a detachment of the Royal Artillery from Chester Castle, kindly granted by their commanding officer, Major Robe. As we intimated last week there will be no procession, but the quays of the docks will be lined with pensioners, clubs, and socie ties of various kinds, with flags, music, &c., and after the docks have been opened, they will repair to the park to be in waiting to receive Lord Morpeth. Four of the warehouse rooms, each 140 feet long and 50 wide, are beautifully and most tastefully fitted up for the festival with pink and white drapery, by Mr. Shaw, upholsterer, of Birkenhead, under the direction of Mr. liornblower and Mr. Brine, archi- tects, who kindly-give their servites on the occasion,- and are most indefatigable in promoting the arrange ments. The suite will include reception, withdraw ing, ball, and banquet rooms ; in the fnrmer of which a magnificent cascade will throw forth its silvery streams, amidst a profusion of choice conservatory plants, flowers, and other decorations. The dejeliner and supper will be provided by Mr. Hillier, of the Monk's Ferry Hotel ; all the orders have been given, as it is proper they should be, to Birkenhead trades men. After the ball there will be a special train to Chester, and the Woodside boats will continue run ning during the whole of the night. All the work men employed at the docks (2,000 in number) are to have the gift of a day's wages, and the various con tractors have come forward most liberally as regards this part of the proceedings. Mr. J. Laird has given his men leave to take part in the festivities, and they will be paid their wages for the day. We understand that all the principal builders will give their men a holiday, and the day is expected to be one of general rejoicing.—Liverpool Mercury. OPENING OF TILE LOCKS. Yesterday was a memorable day on the banks of the Mersey, having been chosen for the triple purpose of opening the new docks at Birkenhead, the spl2ndid new park, and the extension line of the Chester and Birken head Railway to the docks. The docks to be opened on this occasion were the Woodside and Bridge-end, the joint accommodation of which is equal to the Prince's Dock at Liverpool. Immediately adjoining these docks are the extensive warehouses of the Birkenhead Dock Company ; twelve of which, each capable of storing 4,000 bales of cotton, are already completed. These warehouses are two stories in height, and when finished will form three long tiers, running rectangularly from the shore. The extension line of railway to the docks affcrds facilities and advantges which few railways or docks enjoy. From the main line branches run along each side of the warehouses: one side will be made available for the storing of goods by vessels just arrived—the other for conveying goods to vessels loading for sea. The rails run so close, that the goods can be hoisted direct from, or lowered into, the trucks, and thus all confusion and necessity for carting will be avoided ; neither will there be delay nor hazard from exposure on the quays. The docks were opened in person by Lord Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. His Lord ship arrived in Liverpool about ten o'clock in the fore noon. A special train, with Lord Lincoln, Lord Mont eagle, and other visitors, left London about six o'clock in the morning, and arrived in Birkenhead at twelve o'clock. Shortly after that hour the Lords Commis • sioners, with other distingushed guests, the Birkenhead Dock • Commissioners , the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners, the Directors of the Birkenhead Dock (Warehouses) Company the Directors of the Birken- Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, and the Directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, embarked at Monk's Ferry, on board the Lord Warden, a handsome new iron steamer. Six pieces of artillery were posted along the quays ; and the steamer, which was beautifully decorated, started amid music, the roar of cannon, and the cheers of the spectators. After steaming about a mile up the river, the boat returned, and, similarly saluted in its progress, slowly entered the new docks, and moored alongside the south wall of the Bridge-end Dock ; after which the party repaired to the new warehouses to partake of a dejeuner, at which 800 ladies and gentlemen sat down. The weather was serene ; flags and streamers floated from every available spot - the ferry steamers were crowded : Liverpool poured its throng to the opposite bank. A more animating spectacle than the river pre sented it would be impossible to conceive. Four of the warehouse rooms, each 140 feet long and 50 feet wide, were beautifully and tastefully fitted up for the festival with pink and white drapery. The wall ' and roofs were lined with fluted drapery. The recep tion-room was adorned with a magnificent casca d e, which poured out a crystal jet amidst a profusion of choice conservatory plants and flowers. 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PRICE SD. i - what extent our commercial relations with them might be carried. He honoured the Noble Lord for having devoted his leisure in that most useful field, instead of in visiting countries, no doubt interesting in themselves, but not so important to be known to a man who was a servant of the Crown and a British Statesman.'--(Hear, hear.) The presence of the Noble Lord, who had more than once enjoyed the confidence of his Sovereign, and was now a Cabinet Minister, stamped the works - on the shore of Wallasey Pool, on the west banks, with that degree of nationality which their warmest friends claimed for them, but which the public at large might not be willing to concede.—(Hear, hear.) Those works were not undertaken for the benefit of a few individuals merely, but partook of a national cha racter. When they adjourned from that room it would be to open the Birkenhead Park ; for such a duty no more appropriate person could be selected than the Noble Lord, Knowing the warm interest he had • always taken in the - sanatory condition, the health and comfort of the people, and the improvement of towns, he was sure the Noble Lord would feel gratified to see a park devoted to the health and reereatidn of the people in the mist of those piles of buildings which were ex tending in every direction around lt.—(Hear, hear.) On an occasion like the present, when no political feeling interfered, but where men of all parties wale met toge ther to celebrate the opening of a great national work, lie was sure they would all unite in doing honour to the toast.—(Hear, hear.) It was his misfortune to sit on ' the opposite side of the House of Commons from that occupied by the Noble Lord; but neither he nor any other gentleman who sat there cou ld fail to pay the Noble . Lord's character that respect to which was en titled.—(llear, hear.) lie gave them "The Right Ilon. Lord Viscount Morpeth." The toast was drank with three times three. The cheering having subsided, Lord M'3RPETtI said—Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gen tlemen, I assure you that I feel most sensibly the more than kind and cordial manner in which this toast has been received.—(llear.) Ever since I have been called to the office I have now the honour to hold, and which connects me with the property of the Crown, I have felt the strongest interest in the rising fortunes of Birk enhead; nor it is unnatural that I should do so, for you are probably aware, that besides the general parental interest which the Crown may be assumed to take in the welfare of all that are represented by the ab stract idea of its subjects, it has also motives not so peculiarly abstract or disinterested for wishing well to, ;; , the port and town of Birkenhead. , ' I avow this the readily, because it is quite 'obvious that the • in which the undertakings here set on foot can r• .me profitable to the Crown must be according to the degree in which they are made valuable for the accommodation of commerce and for the public good.—(Hear, heat.) As a well wisher, then, to the public, and as a servant of the C: oar, t a an a dmirer of courageous enterprise and successful perseverance—(Hear, bear)--I find cembination of claims upon me for doing, in combi nation with my colleagues by whom I am m oa t will ingly and zealously seconded, and in pursuance of that iximple which be; been set to me by m y . pre decessors in the same office—(Cheers)—all that in us lies to promote, on all legitimate grounds, the perma nent prosperity of Birkenhead.—(Cheers.) With these feelings, then, you may judge with how keen a relish, with what lively emotion, I partake in all the pro ceedirws of this day.—(Loud cheers.) We hear some times of the old gala days of Venice, when the Doge went forth in his golden galley to plight his faith to the wave which bathed his pa:aces, but we have seen same thing this day beyond even the dreams of Venice. For instance, such an array of steamers as has to-day graced the Mersey, never could have been witnessed in Venice • and though perhaps a steamer , when viewed by itself, may nut be so picturesque an object as a gondola, I may yet remind you that even in the pahniest days of her pomps and argosies, Venice never could have sent forth a message which ifi ten days might reach those harbours and roadsteads of the New World where her flag never waved. A pleasing omen Isbell think it, if amongst the first uses of that ample basin into which our vessel to day has been the first to glide, surrounded by all those striking specimens of engineering skill and admirable masonry, we should apply those works to the admission of the surplus harvests of more favoured regions, and make provision for the bread which keepeth alive.— (Hear, hear.) Next in the progress of time—l hope in the course of this very autumn—you "ill be able to bear your part in accommodating the timber trade. I will not proceed further in those long vistas of usefulness, of enterprise, and of success, which, I trust, will stretch out before the future prospects of Birkenhead, and to which I hope the proceedings of this day will have given au auspicious commencement, and a powerful impulse. —(Hear, hear.) I would just express a hope in pass ing, that the best feeling and the best understand ing will always prevail between you and the great city immediately opposite you.—(Great cheering.) Liverpool divides with London the supremacy of the commerce of the modern world, and as London could only feel benefited by the expansion of Southwark, Liverpool can never have cause to repine at the growth of Bit kenhead. Believe me, gentlemen, and I hope all on the other side of the water will believe me too, that if ever your own wide Mersey was thoroughly walled by a double wall of docks and warehouses, there will not be more than room for the corn, the cotton, and the forests of eine western hemisphere.—(Hear, hear.) And I trust you have this day forged a new and an abiding link to thatschain of amity which ought ever to connect Eng land with America. I feel this is not the time to dilate further on these points. It is well known the attrac tions of Birkenhead are not limited to its water frontage, and that if the geidue of a Rendall has completed its docks, the skill of a Paxton has laid out its pleasure.; grounds.—(llear, hear.) .Nor will my most recent ccupatien permit me to forget that this is one of the first places which hes b, gull a systematic attention to the physical comforts of the vast numbers of workmen it calls togmlicr, and the important subjk et of public health. With this as-urance about us and around U 3, I feel that the pageant of to-day, even when its gaieties shall h a v e ra,sed away and its shouts are silent, will still give us grounds for remembrance that it has not been a iranerph which gathers its trophies from the strife of na tions and the aria of destruction—that it has not been a mere unmeaning sacrifice to frivolity and dissipation, but that it has struck its roots deep in public usefulness, and will bear rich fruits of peace and progress through corning ages.—(Cheers.) The next toast given vt as, " The County Members." Sir I'. EGERTON, M.l'., returned thanks. Two years ago only he had attended the preliminary proceeding on the commencement of the works which they had now assembled to open to their uses. Ile had not expected so si;on to ‘‘itness the fulfi'ment of their hopes, though he had never been influenced by those who said that they might as well propose to build docks in the air as at I3irkerthead. He congratulated the Commissioners upon having, while providing for the commercial im provement of the town, been equally attentive to the re instruction, the health, and comfort of the poor. Formerly there was a couplet— From Birkenhead to Kilbree A squirrel may hop from tree to tree. Ere long he hoped they might read it thus: — From Birkenhead to Kilbree A ship may sail from .dersey to Dee. The Eerl of LINCOLN proposed the next toast—" The commerce of the Mersey," a duty which devolved upon him in consequence of the absence of Siir T. Fremantle, the Chairman of the Customs. His Noble Friend had said that Liverpool and London divided the commerce of the United Kingdom. He believed the commerce of the Mersey, as represented by Liverpool, not only equalled, but by the most recent accounts exceeded that of Lon don itself.—(Hear, hear.) And from this auspicious date that that increase would go on until, in a few years, the port of Liverpool would be equal to any two or three in the kingdom, London included. He had been informed that coals had beets that day sent from Wales by the new railway to be shipped on board a steamer already lying in these docks. An American ve ssel, too, e he understood, was now in the port, principa llyactin with guano, the cargo of which would be sent_ b y _a3(,,Haensdr.p)roblaieblcyo,ueirde n n i o g t h b tf u a t ll, e b: p s r p e r s e g ad a o th v e er sa th m e e fi r .7ld il s w . o f enr fe rventth i s oc h o c pe as i t o h n a the be isht introductio ntaken as o a t n th a is us f p e i r c t i i , l ) i u z s in o g m a e g n en o t f an abundant harvest. The Noble Earl, after some more eloquent observations, formally proposed the toast, which was drunk with enthusiasm. The other toasts were—" The Mayor of Manchester;" " The Chairman," proposed by Lord Morpeth ; " The Birkenhead Docks;" " The Dock Warehouse Company;" "The Guests of the Day ;" "Mr. Rendall, the engineer, and Mr. Paxton, the designer of the New Park;" " The Railway Interest connected with Birkenhead ;" " The Cheshire Witches," &c. After the dejeuner, Lord Morpeth, accompanied by several distinguished guests, proceeded to open the New Park, which has been formed with a wise foresight to the future wants and sanitary condition of the popula tion of Birkenhead, at a cost of 127,7751. The park was during the day the scene or asrewatre juicing and festivity , and in the evening there . a , I. was observed as a gaonrd i ge l o id u e s e d d p isp a la r ) t , lyat of holi day; and the work men at the Birkenhead Docks, 2,000 in number, each received a day's wage. Later in th e firLerveorrpkoso. The day at Birkenhead, evening a ball and supper took place in the Dock ware house, which had been appropriately fitted up for the occasion, at which were present the majority of the principal p,rsons who had attended the previous pro ceedings. The Lords of the Admiralty will have to extend their tour, on their next visit of inspection, to the various dock yards . The Royal Surrey l)ock Yard now assumes such a formidable attitude that Prince Joinville will, In all probability, feel compelled to write another pamphlet,. Wet and dry docks are excavating, first-rates and frigates building, and all the bustle and activity of a dock yard of the Erst magnitude on the eve ot . a war. Seriously, the preparations making at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, for the siege of Gibraltar, are on such a gigantic scale few persons have any conception of, and we are warranted in asserting that the tortbcoming representa tion will exceed anything yet attempted. THE LAMPLIGUTERS ON THE FAST DAY.—The lamplighters of Manchester, resolving, at the suggestion of their superintendent, to turn to some account the Into general fast, made a small subscription through the force, a m, } t inting to 1/. 7s. 6 , 1., with which they purchased twenty-two dozen soup tick-ts, and distributed their several proportixis amongst the destitute pour in their ditkrent localities. Thus were they enabled, at a trifling sacrifice to themselves, to afford temporary . relief to at least 100 of their less fortunate and suffering brethren. This is a gratifying illustration of the good that may be effected, even on a small scale, where there is a disposi tion, and-an example worthy of imite,tion.—Guardiaa. The cost of a passage in the forecastle from Cork to America is raised to 4/. 10. s. and 51., that is 20s. to 30s. over the usual charge. mit_ i lsn...• the hin o g nl o y t ou 'i n 'li ty e Northern in Ireland which Whig h st a a a te n s o t t ha t, t o A uc n b t e ri a . Government money. - ' • et