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Y oii )u can cote to net go it; • the agn ise ' ys for CAg" r It sat o n MajetY, t vo eelior iog the elbar sty and ire e of t - ftb, JOY • [7 ' tog a 0 :r s e yt ( l ) icti b 1 yell n iiit the bt 13 1 )°- to et ate f t 0 ice Albe'c'e take P l ,, a tt iar g reat te r wed —Coo t of , e rneri- 5 0 ca d E d o n, is Lon p ile." opg i d art's!' w iful t . e o to atten t° tice tbeiceot A ppren ii e rs :0 CUSt ° ` - 1 ,00 I e be ing itliot!u& e ings 20, 01' ArF,A Og vSN "";, ; 0 9 BOr 6 ' a i r eet , nement , 01 0 they I, C A dlsCharg . l,lll Lrs. The P was triedo tmont, e wonder , ' ,311 ' by B.S I d fit ;gists, e Rev' C. 13. )f Alfred r • .dy of J'a° d-Pla ce ' rrington, el° 7 :thcard Gill, 1, Mrs. J. G. ngtOn, Ili' Y of Charles wiltS• :ouse, 1-road, 310' ----------- --- • n )id g"n'hiltj3cr a i ilda, Ora of ov moat-P,. . , aoed Jsq• et s vadr 10, I I;c0 ct the r 6, dtiff $.l " Fre", ":, rely 3/. l # e§ St d , " rte. Air , it )• North 060 -- Quor..."'" • • rand' 11 4. ,gbur .,o.. ter , lv f .- := s e at 1;0 051 ' V OIZI 141. ;d as• — br t f id cot, ‘",: .1* Ir Y POMMAND ()ETTER MAJESTWPOSTMASTER GENERAL. TOWN CONTRACT for CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. Notice Is hereby given, that her Majost3's Postmaster General will '• be read, to receive TENDERS on or before the Ist of Jllll2 next, for cony, r, eying the London District Letter Bags by Horse Hides and Mail , Arts to and from the following places : Charing liorthi I Cross OAr . .: ..- - .: 20 despatches per day. • • 21 do. . • Stepn e y _ - - • 12 do. Southwark - . - - - 12 do. Short:end& - - - - . - 12 do. . , Southwark to Retherbitie - - 6 Gre enwich Railway London Bridge 5 do. Sl oane Street : .. _ ' - 1 do. do. 'York Street, Maryleboue - - 1 do. Ne w Kent Road - - - - 1 do. 4 , - atelifie .. - 1 do. Ca mden Town - - - - 3 do. Holloway : : : - I do. So uth Lambeth . - . - 3 do. C ambe - rwell - - 3 do. lif Rackn e y do. - - - - - 5 The .it. The ab ove Rides are employed every day, Sun d ays exc epted. t he ~. Particulars and full conditions may be seen on application to Ge._ ier alof the Di 1 ost-oi ce P ost - o n ffice, and of whom Forms of n enders may strict be obtained. , Tenders are to be sealed up and addressed to I.... s ter-Gneral," and endorsed " Tenders for conveying the Town " tier Majesty's thlnoon District Post Bas," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on June next pri n i ß ec i itoinTenders. will be received unless made on the, proper General Post-offize, May 1, 1847. orEASTThe Direct° rR OGED SCRIP. INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. r 5 regret to announce that a considerable quantity thi, 1) . fraUdulently intended to represent the Scrip Receipts of Berl 'keel in P an Y , have been di scovered to exist, and the Holders of all P %tir ed t B of the East Indian Railway Company are hereby re eituon.o send the same to the offices of the Company for Identili- D. I. IcOAD, Secretary. ee e, tread- tr t Buildings, April 29, 1847. EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Riu xotice is hereby given, that the DEED of SETTLEMENT aft er Z i ent into the country on THURSDAY next, the 6th of May; o wl n eh that portion of the scrip numbered 1 to 80,000, As hull • be fo r f °t h ave been registered, will, at the discretion of the Board, eited without further notice. o. B. D. I. NOAD, Secretary. fo r z)road-s treet-buildings, May I, 1847. 4 410 opies of the report, with printed forms to accompany the Of tieoregistration, may be obtained on application at the offices I t illtehZ M lt i llY , n Carden and Royal , Exchange-buildings ; and , Messrs. Laurence, Th e „ `', and Pearce, Bartholomew-lane. „ hit s ) , .tt.elered share certificates will be Issued in the order in ex"' uu __deed is executed, and the priority regulated by the date of Sos heid rs a s arrangethe ats will admit a notice will be issued calling of new scrip to present the same for registration. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS'CITU LION. 2lt l LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by tin in er Jones Esq., F.R.S. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at 174: College, ' on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past 11 .7401 0 cicick. On the alternate Evenings on CHEMISTRY, by F. Ater es, 8,(1- LECTURES on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the with A 'lnPloyed in its production, by Dr. Bachhoffner. Experiments Ito 11, TRO G'S HYDRO-EL ECTRIC MAC HINE. The _„,',,G MODELS and MACHINERY explained. The varied klyb—,_taects hiclude New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY bp4YuEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERIMENTS with the and DIVING -BELL, Ste., ace. Admission Is. Sclaeols, 11 I.‘ lIARMONIC SOCIETY, „,Prog ra ,„_ lIANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. "MAN, of the FIFTH CONCERT, Momosx Evening next : nen. J. Minor Haydn—Aria, Signor Salvi—Concerto, Violin, Web -4 :: ,1 1. Bee ' thoven—Aria‘ Mad. Persiani—Overture, Oberon, aillvi er n''nfontain A, Beethoven—Duetto, tad. Fermata and Signor to, -- "Y v erttire, Les - Deux,imuneclaXiurubini. Conductor, M. Costa. et A „."'ve Tickets, One Guinea, atetlaouble Tickets:ll.los, to be hAlt -4essrs. Addison and Hodgson, 210, Regent-street. 11 [ ORTICUI.TURAL SOCIETY of LONDON. AT THE GARDEN. the ' EXIIMITMNS UADAY, the Sth of May. First Meeting will sake pla c e on SAT Subjects for Exhibit i o4 at this Office on Famtv the 7th, or It th e Garden befOee Half-past he pastElght o clock AM on the day of Exhibition. The Gates wllf be open to Visitors at One P.M. Tickets are issued to Fellows' order at this Office, pric e 5s each ; or at the Garden in the afternoon of the day of the Exhibition, 7s. 6d. each ; but then only to orders from Fellows of the Society. N.R. No Tickets will be issued here on the day of Exhibition. 21, Regenkatreet. SP ENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. acatn,7 ll o thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty a tt r: he used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only tre fie extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or Witt b atr, %whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, outert trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro. 4 ,411 b e bY "a application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it " hair by proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy cati o . : Y „ the ir pernicious properties then dangerous process of ap dte that this article promotes growth of hair, nourishing AeTbo till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and 108 1'0""' I b e l Str om of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-Place, Fieldgate 11 1117 1 „ n niteehapel-road London • also of Mr. Johnstone , 68, Co rn. ritip at t 4 , Cheapside • Prout,229, Sttand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford "treet; ti —ar elaY, Farring:don-street ; Atkinson, '24, Old Bond. o r ,"`° o lasr, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Greta r etk Lre et,Elmore, B ndoull rs -street, Birmingham; and of mos and Medicine Ve in town and country. Sent to tthe kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid. nosere Mk for '• Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' `" --- --ZZlL_Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. TO LADIES. o WLAND'S KAL YDOR trile ac ,,ll ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular kflokii' es n thoroughly purirying. the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, /l ealtby '4 led ness, Freckles. Tan, and Discolourations, producing a deu cshiless and transparency of Complexion, and a so ft ness ltene,..4a n er of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Baabug and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and , in cases of have long 3 tlngs of Insects, or Incidental Inflammation. its virtues i and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re the ProPerties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, Inin e l' rt • and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the /lent C P a rta Of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and * 1, 7 :f all civilised nations. h.! * B are of Sowings " KALYDORS," containing mineral as "Mgente Dellent ae tt erlyruinous to the.complexion, and which, by their re the o~s endanger health. Each bOttle of the genuine has " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. WLtiYD and SON, 20, Batton-garden, is also engraved (by desire 6f 0 1 lion* Comm is s ion e rs ) on the Government Stamp affixed on ee rn 1 ss. 6d. per bottle. Bold by the 4 Pre eld pi an ieters,and by Chemists and Perfumers. ARsowa 9RIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go 'rernmants„the Honourable East India Company, the principal Dock Comprulbs. most pdblic 134 dies. find- by the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy for out-door - work at their country seats. The Anti- Corrosion Is particularly recommended as the most durable out door paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description of iron, woOdi stone, brick, compo, cement, &c., work, as has bees Droved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by the nu kerous testimonials (between 300 and 400) in its favour, and which, h art the rank and station in society of those who have g iven them, ire, perhaps, never yet been equalled by any thin g of the kind Mertes brought. before the public notice. ..Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, will be forwarded o n rlication. to Walter Carson, 13, Tokenhouse-yard, back of the of England. No agents. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. a , WITH TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. price •from or post paid, to 's any residence . address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage 'tamps, SELF- the Author ELF -PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matur,ty. • rated With Twenty-five Coloured the Anatomy. ttpl: l ' 4 M Diseases of the Urinary P a h l n a d tes lte u iiie n d s uc a t h iv d e s O ho rg w a i n n s g , Ab e ha utnir their various structures, tthe.' 4 urtes that are produced in the u3 m, es iy a so d li fU tf4 e habits, u and ether ..behli — ik es ' With Practical Observations on the Tre atment of Nerv es on o e f tOe 13 74 '. Local and Constitutional Weakness, an d o /131 SAMUEL LA'KERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, Itittri eniated 9 k ßadford-s t tr t e h e e t, ü ßedford st - t square, E L di o n n h d u o m n ; h, Honor ul b y er of the er l u n London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate ary ecrtes' Rail, London, &c., Etc. CONTENTS OF THE TEEATISE. , 14 140 b. -..„ at. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance, n_ s ' i tstrir., tio ns , and on Infelicitous and Unproductive • On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great - --Ou p . p end Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action ,„, atat, ltli 3 . On Solitary Habits; their Tiffions ellects f o n n ti t on e , "' the e, — „ c enoroy ; the concealed cause of Debility of t h e 'mental ; m ach, Lungs and Brain, aim st acuities. o f Youth and general wea nes u s o e f the Csarrga 4. On the Secret Disorders Ww,. ent a r„ritY, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local the n, übility, and Premature Decay.—Cfurreas 5 and 6. On Oleet:iorder? arising from indiscrim i nate Exce, Gonaorlusa Strict ures, and other Diseases of he Urethra. ss g "The EIVIEWS OF THE WORE. vi author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail the 4 11 „ c al marl, who has stridently had considerable experience o f i u t , e :anent of the various disorders arising from the follies a d n 4 1t10,, ( 3 )f early indiscreti on. The engrav i n gs are an invaluable kt aTi' ,a y demonstrati ng the consequences of excesses, whic h mum inlay ~s e' l utar Y warning to youth and maturity , and by its p erusal p lc, 4...M1ms m ay b e satisfactorily replied to, that a d m it f no ap e:lii: to the most confidential friend."—Era. rota X b en:d y the Author, and may be had at his residence; also gra m. and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row • Hannay and Co., 61, Lead en h .,, t she. Tichborne-street, Qu adrant; Gordon, 146. lad by;;;L a treet, Loudon; Newton, 14, Church-street, Liverpool At 1r n "ksellers. ... w e l% U., for .....advi oe , mun BEDFORD y 'Ia r bte ..of_e for Consultation daily , mom Nine till Two, and from ke f Ll Eht ; and all lette ' ' edi tel re lied to, if containing LOADOkij &LET BEDFORD. 4 1 1 1 -41* • 4.4 t , It o' • n ot 2fr ~ti‘tik , , fi x . ,..., . 0), I, 2' , ,- , , /m ai , • I 0,,,, , ckf i. • 1) IF. • // j fl' ;4, 1 4 , 1: ".4 j No. 17,045. LONDON, TiIURSbAY EVENING- WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTF, At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, May 10, at Eignt o'c:ock, Mr. WILSON will give an Entertainment on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, In which he will sing a variety of Popular Songs and Ballads. In toe course of the Evening, Mr. Wilson s ill, by request, sing Barns's song of "GO FETCH TO ME A PINT 0' WINE." PART FIRST.-0 wecl may the Boatie row—Of a' the Airts the Wind caa blase —Whall buy Caller Herring—Hame came our gate man at e'en--Over the Water to Charlie —llonn!c Bessie Lee—The Mar. led Man's Lament Pibroch o' i , on -4ld PART SECOND.—The Flowers- o' the Forest—The Auld School— Weo'd an' married an' a'—Auld Joe Nieholson's Bonny Nannie- Get up and Bar the Door. Tickets, 2s. ; Reservel Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per. sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 20, COIINBILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Lit', Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of ~eneflt 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 .tho*o societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open conununication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually dsseminating 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 regulating 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, whici should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the 'kennel 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 pecuniary 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. Bo to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribittlon. It is to not having observed this ru*,, and. to the association of two dissimilar functions. and by Confounding a sick 'allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much otthe evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - ress-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 same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results aro to bear oat 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 to a failure in the performance of such a contract . that when undertakes' on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodie.. 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 amonzst 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 classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author if 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 lieneflt Societies will he 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 the 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 Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fusiell, C. it„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S.' M anc h e ster Unity of Odd Fellows.Fellows.Joseph Reeks, 11.0. F. Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of if. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d...:may secure, on attaining the ago of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 10/. 193. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; er a Policy on his Life, 1371. ITs. ' peivon aged 26 neat —birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., With thB other Otiflons, by the annual payment of I/. Gs. Sd. Sr a single payment of 221 . 175.3 d or on payment of 61. 14s. ad. f or 4 disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 183.1.1 d., the salsa as or age 20. Example.--A person aged 30 mutt birthday, by We animal pay ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment .f 78., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1431. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. lie. Example.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option •f re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on his life, 1751. I Is. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. CAUTION. —The great success of the Wellington Surtont having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER Olt SLEEVE- T op sEAms, whatever may he i:s shape in .other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT 'fItE ET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-Muse. LONDON, to imitate which is felony. T. THOMAS'S CHURCH, .BREAMS • BUILDINGS, CII ANC ER Y- LANE. On SUNDAY NEST, the 9th of MAY, TWO SERMONS will be Preached in this Church, anti Collections made towards Defraying the Expenses of Conducting Public Worship ; that in the Morning by the Right Reverend the LORD BISHOP of CHESTER, that in the Evening by the Reverend CHARLES CLAYTON, M.A_, a Senior Fellow of Cahis College, Cambridge, and Secretary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society. Divine Service will commence in the Morning at Eleven, In the Evening at Hall past Six. GRATIS! GRATIS! GRATIS! Every person who shall subscribe for TI Ii During the Month of JUNE next, Will be presented with a finely Engraved Portrait of ELIZA COOK. The likeness of this poetic genius is most striking, and the En graving is by Adlard, in the first style of the art. Au Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'clock every Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Trains and Morning Mauls, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from Loudon may receive it the same evening. This Edition contains the London Markets of the week, including those held on Friday ; also the spirited letters of Publicola, Caustic and Censorius ; and frequently original poems by Eliza Cook. Persons desirous of being supplied with the WEEKLY DIS PATCH, may give their orders and pay their subscriptions to sty News-agent, or to Mr. Richard Wood, at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street, London, who, by a remittance of 25., or postage stamps to that amount, will supply the.DISPATCII throughout June next. The terms for the DISPATCII are, per Quarter - 7s. Od. Per Year, in advance - - - £1 63. Od. Ditto on Credit, payable by reference in London Xi 10s. Od. N.B. Arrangements have been made with respectable manufac turers to supply elegant Frames, at prices varying from 3s. to 255., and any Subscriber to the DISPATCH may, by transmittin g 4 t . o , I . llr. Wood the sum for the Frame he wisher to obtain, be supplied with t 4 same. 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Sin,—Viscount Palmerston having informed my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Old a communication has been addressed to his Lordship by the Count de Jarnac, French Charge d'Affairs, stating that he is directed to re quest that the acknowledgments of the French Government may be conveyed to Captain William Brown, commanding the English schooner Harp, of Dublin, for the services which he rendered to the crew of the French vessel La Petite Enn stine, totally wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, I am commanded by my Lords to request that the Committee for Managing the Affairs at Lloyd's will take measures for conveying to Captain Brown the thanks of the French Government ac cordingly. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) J. G. WARD. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary Lloyd's. THE LATE WRECK OF AN EMT GRANT SHIP. From the later particulars that have reached us rela tive to this awful catastrophe, we fear that the loss of life will prove to have been even more extensive than that recorded in our columns yesterday. Ac cording to the statement of the three sailors, the sole survivors of the wreck, and who arrived in Glasgow on Saturday evening, the Exmouth, of 320 tons, Isaac Booth, of Sunderland, master, sailed from London derry for Quebec between three and four o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 25th ult., with a light south west breeze. She had a crew of eleven men (inclusive of the captain), and about 240 emigrants, consisting principally of small farmers and tradesmen with their families, who had turned their little all into money for the purpose of escaping the famine, and earning for themselves a home in the western world. Many were females and children going out to join their fathers and protectors, who had already settled in Canada. There were also three cabin passengers, young unmarried ladies of the middle classes, two of them being sisters, on their way to join their relatives at St. John's New Brunswick. The vessel was registered for 1651 passen gers, but as two children count as one adult, and as a very large proportion were under age—there being only about 60 men amongst the passengers—the survivors of the wreck, who are our informists, think that the total number of these ill-fated emigrants must have amounted to the total stated, viz., 240. The ship lost sight of land about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The breeze, which had been light in the morning, increased to a gale during the day, and about eleven p.m. it came in terrific squalls, accom panied by heavy torr, nts of rain. They then furled the fore and main sails. The wind, which had been , to the westward at grsC veered northerly, and the storm increased in' violence, which blew the two top-sails from the bolt-ropes. The crew then commenced to bend other topsails, which they furled ; but about three in the morning they were blown from the gaskets. The ship was now driving to the south. ward and eastward. The reason of the master not standing to the *westward, where he would have ample sea room, was for the purpose of attaining some har bour of refuge, where he might repair damages, and re place the sails. On Monday forenoon the long-boat was unshipped by the force of the seas, which broke over the vessel, and in the course of the same forenoon the bulwarks were stove in, and the life-boat washed away. The gale continued with the same violence during the whole of Monday night and Tuesday ; and an indication of the force of the hurricane may be learned from the fact, that on the latter day the mainsail, after being furled, was torn from the gaskets by the storm blast. While the crew were , setting the foresail it was blown from the bolt ropes, and the trysail -mast was unshipped, and the main gaff carried away, which rendered them unable to carry the spanker. During this dreary time, the vessel pitched dreadfully—now on the crest of a mountain wave, and in two seconds afterwards reeling in the trough of the sea ; the passengers were all below under hatches, many of them insensible to ex ternal danger from the pains of sea sickness, but some of them had a feel ful presentment of disaster. Cooking, of course, was out of the question ; but the grown-up people had no heart to be hungry, and moreover, the cocked provisions brought from Londonderry were not yet entirely exhausted. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday night land and a light were seen on the starboard quarter, which Captain Booth at first took to be the light on the Island of Tory, off the north-west coast of Ireland, and in the belief that he thus had ample sea-room in the course he was steering he bore along. As he drifted near the land, however, and observed that the light was a flashing, instead of a stationary one, he became con scious of his error and dangerous position, and made every effort to repair it, by bringing the ship farther to the northward and westward ; and with the view of " clawing" her off the land, the maintopsail and the foretopmast stay sail were set, and the jib half hoisted. The effort, however, was an ineffectual one ; the ship soon got amongst the broken water, and at half-past twelve on Wednesday morning was dashed amongst the rocks. If the above be a correct version of the impression on the captain's mind as to his position—and it is distinctly spoken to by two of the survivors=the result shoivn that he must have been fully a hundred' miles out of bis reckon ing ; but perhaps it could not well .be otherwise.. The sun was obscured during tbe time. by black clouds ; the 'noon was only seen through a heavy haze at. inter vale, and, from then" causes-4 way.;lmposaiW that,o9y observation could be taken. Th e, light seen was in reality that of Oransa or Oversay, on the point of the Rhinus or Runs of Islay, to the north-west of the entrance of Lochindaul ; and the land seen, and on which the brig eventually struck, was the western part of the iron-bound coast of the island. She went ashore, and after striking once was dashed broadside on alongside the rocks, which rose to the height of the mast head. She struck violently against the rocks three times, and at the fourth stroke the mainmast went by the board, and fell into a chasm of the rock. Captain Booth had previously taken his station in the maintop, that he might personally keep a look out; and as soon as the brig struck, John Cleat, the mate, and all the seamen, eight in number, joined the captain in the maintop, leaving the captain's son, a youth of about fifteen years of age, asleep in his cot below. After remaining in the maintop about three minutes, five of the crew went down for the purpose of ascending the foretop thinking that they would have a better chance of gaining the shore from that part of the ship. At the same time, one of the crew, named John Scott, went out upon the main yard with a life buoy on his person; thus leaving in the maintop the captain and three, seamen, whose names are John Stevens, William Coulthard, and Geore Light ford, all belonging to South Shields. When the main top, along with the wreck of the mast, was thrown into a rift of the rock, Coulthard, then Lightford, and finally Stevens, scrambled up the rigging, and obtained a footing on the crags. The captain was about to follow the men, when a wave dashed over their heads as they clung to the rock, but they were enabled to maintain their position; and when they looked round, after the sea had retired, they found that the captain and all were gone. The mainmast had been broken into splinters by the fourth collision with the rocks, and this recoiling wave had not only dragged the ship, but the fragments of the mast, which adhered to her by the rigging, further into the sea, and thus cut off from the dense mass of human beings on board every chance of escape. Had the wreck remained in the chasm where it was originally the others ; but, thrown, and from which the three survivors escaped, it unhappily, this last possibility of taken away. Thesame wave which effected this fearful havoc must also might have been used a . s . a bridgerelbieyf have prevented the five seamen from reaching the fore top, from which they might have had a chance of escap ing. A quarter of an hour elapsed from the time of the S Ny brig first striking, until the three survivors got upon the• rock. At the moment she struck, and a little previous to it, about half-a-dozen of the male passengers were standing on the deck, occasionally asking the mate if there was in reality any danger. Of the three young ladies who were cabin passengers, one of the sisters had been confined to bed by sea-sickness from the moment of leaving Derry ; but at t en o ' c l oc k the other two took their position on the co m p an i on - wa y, and w ere seen there when the survivors. l as t l oo k e d o n the deck. The ship was ground end crunc h e d so f r i g htfully amongst the rocks, that she m us t h ave b ro k en up a lmost instane misty. There was no cry from the multitude cooped up within the hull of the ill-fated brig; or at least it was unheard, for the commotion of the elements was so furious that the men on the top could scarcely lit ar each other at the top of their voices. The emigrants, there fore, must have perished in their berths, and the rocks rapidly thumped the bottom out of the vessel. The three men who had escaped to the rock, so coon as the ship entirely disappeared, searched anxiously for some outlet by which they might reach the mainland, but none could be found; and they finally took shelter in a crevice, which however did not shield them from the rain, which fell h eav il y a ll n i ght, an d here they re mained until grey daylight. They then discovered an opening, through which they scrambled to the summit, and after day had fairly broken they observed a farm house about half a mile distant. Thither they proceeded, and were most hospitably nourished and put to bed. They were thoroughly worn out by exhaustion, not one of the crew having been in bed from the moment the ship left Derry. They were at the same time nea rl y naked, from having divested themselves of their heavy clothing when the Exmouth struck, and lost part of that which remained when scrambling on the rigging and amongst the rocks. The hospitable farmer (whos e name we have not learned), and others who bad been app rised by him, went to th e scene of the catastrophe, but of course too late to help, and only to gaze on the desola tion. Mr. Chiene, Islay's factor, • soon heard of the event, and kindly furnished the men with a passage to Glasgow by the Modern Athens steamer, where, as already stated, they arrived on Saturday last. Here they were consigned ito **re of 11r. Fildee,! ,ebej Naval Rendeevous,, itsad assistant .to 'Lieutenant Forest, agent for the Shipwieeked llariser'it Society, and by, him they have been clothed and comfortably boarded in the meantime. . ‘. _ _ _ • - 011ii;;;;1ay afternoon, the latest date of our advices from Islay, about twenty of the bodies had come ashore, They were principally females, with one little boy amongst them; and as many of them were in their night clothes, the probability is that they were those who had rushed upon deck at the first alarm caused by the striking of the ship. They were fearfully mangled by being dashed amongst the rocks, and being jammed within the crevices along with pieces of the wreck, few of which were above two feet in length. Other bodies were still floating in the surf; but the sea was still too high to per mit any boat venturing out to bring them in. The belief is, however, that the great mass of the poor emigrants went down with the " between decks" of the ship, so that their bodies will not be recovered till this part of the vessel breaks up. The Exmouth had nothing on board but ballast, and the provisions and little stocks of goods of the emi grants. She is the property of Mr. John Eden, of South Shields, and, though old, is stated, by the survivors, to have been well found in every respect. All the crew and passengers were perfectly sober during this fearful time, and the three seamen Aide that they never saw drink on board at all. The captain was in the prime of life, and has left a widow and family. All the rest of the seamen were unmarried, with the exception of if man named George Ross, who is amongst those that perished. According to the above estimate, the number who have been thus suddenly called to their account amounts to 248; but even leaving room for misinforma tion or exaggeration, the loss of life has unquestionably been frightful. EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING IN THE ROYAL NAVY. The Hazard, 16, Commander Egerton, fitted with light ning conductors of Smith's wire rope, after a method re commended by the Surveyor's chief draughtsman, Mr. J. Edye, was twice struck by lightning during her late service in China. On the first occasion, May, 1846, off Diamond Point, on the north end of Sumatra, the elec tric fluid divided between the small wire rope and the mast and chain sheets ; part of it came into the ship with explosion, and split the topsail sheet bots ; the rest of the charge went over the wire rope into the seas and tore some of the copper off the bottom. The wire conductor was cripplied and bulged out by the force of the electric shock. The second time, June 12, 1846, when lying off Cape Po, at anchor, on the coast of Borneo, the electrical discharge again struck the ship. In this ease the effects were more destructive ; the dis charge again divided between the rope and mast; the maitatopgailant mast was splintered and carried away, also the main topmast, part of which fell through the quarter deck into the gun-room. The other part of the discharge. passed down over the wire conductor into the water. The officers on board the Ilazsrd state that conductors of this kind are totally unfit for carrying 9ff the hsayy strokes of lightning ex perienced in thiS parrtifihe world. These are very ins portant facts. They are the results of experiments • on the great scale of nature, deduced by means of the gigantic electrical machinery of the thunderstorm, and which go directly to show that no thing short of a general and extended system of conduction throughout the masts and hull of a ship will ever afford 'perfect security from lightning. It will b e remem b e r e d that about seven years since a na va l commission, appointed by the Admiralty, inquired and reported to t h e H ou se of Com mons on the merits of var i ous plans o f li g htning con ductors, and they termi nated their report b y ea rnestly and unanimously rec ommendin _ g the sys t e m proposed by Mr. (now Sir William) Harris to be carried out fully in the Royal Navy, , Notwithstanding, how. ever, that this r ecommendation stood supported by the most profound men in this department of science, such as the late Dr: Wollaston, Sir IL Davy, Daniell, Wheatston e , and others, y t h roug h Sir W. Sy et, in the very teeth of all this, the N av y office '• sub," rnond's interest with t h e First Lord of the - A d m i ra l t y, contrived to have th ese wire ropes introduced into the navy, which the Commission had declared not only a n inadequate defen ce , b ut absolutely dangerous. Of course the Surveyor's d raug h tsman was b etter authority than the best scientific and naval men i n t h e country, he possessing the usual requisite qualification for t he Somerset House officials —viz that of being totally ignorant of the subject h e was professing to understand. Th ese small wire ropes were served into the docky ar d s in, considerable quantities at a very great cost, and several ships were supplied with them. N ow behold the consequence. Here is a ship struck b y lightning and the predicted inefficiency of these sm a ll wires is ' completely (veri fied. It must be admitted that th e result is at least favourable to the view Mr. Harrid took o f t hi s m ost interesting question, and we do not hesitate to avow that had any of the ship's company lost th e i r lives from the inefficiency of this iccornplete plan of lightninge best talent of the conductors, in direct opposi'ion to the opinions of th country, the party who ord ered, and the authorities who sanctioned, its application, would be gu il ty o f nothing less than the crime of manslaughter. —.—__.....-- r• FASHIONS. FOR MAY. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) Taffetas noires, pekins foutanges, popelines, India muslins, toiles de Nankin of silk, taffetas chines with wide stripes, glaces silks checked or striped, intermixed with bouquets broches, toulards de laine, pekins de rois, are all fashionable materials at this moment ; many plairLand glace silks are em broidered au passé, commencing at the bottom of the skirt, and diminishing gradually to the corsage. Slighter mate rials are trimmed with several rows of flounces, the corsages full and demi-large sleeves. For redingotes, fancy buttons, or nosuds of ribbon, or of the same material; are the only trimmings used. They are sometimes embroidered with ' n arrow ' 'imp. Y7'' lards are much' risked for peigdoire ornament with dentlietle sole, the colour of the dress. Velvet, will continue in fneotti te-ornantenrclreteee, as well as &ingot mud gimps of. evelik ararietycAleumoste are indispeutable for full dress : dipfly „,i)nghtis s poipws,... • are fashl9, ll olf , Tight bodies her), the backs_: forming rognded point at the waist, but not in front for redingotes, which finish with ceinture and buckle ; the ceinture cannot take the form of the point behind, and therefore only commences at the sides, not being seen at all behind. Muslin dresses of the redingote form are ornamented with tulle and lace; the cor partakes , ' sages high and full, as well as the sleeves, which ha ve cou li s• sea from top to bottom, placed a little apart. The mante mar. guise, and the- mantelet Andalouse will be the p ar d esuus most in favour this season. The manta marquise a little .of the visite, but is l arger and fuller, w ith out being so heavy ; there are three diff erent styles of trim ming. For demi-toilette th e frills a re the same material, that When required handsomer, they are e m b ro i dered all over, as well as on the f rills. Still handsomer are th ose g i i s m o p f . out taffetas plain or glace of dark colour, with or with trimmed with two frills of lace, the lower one very deep headed by one about a third the width of the first. The inantelets for demi-toilette are of plain dark taffetas, trimmed with the same material ; the form will vary but little from those of preceding years, but they are shorter in front. Black is less worn for all par dessus this season; pale colour glaces are p re f erred. The spring bonnets and capotes are little more open in form ; the crowns round, and the fronts not very deep ; lilac, pink, and light green are the favourite colours. Flowers are th e usual orn aments, or foliage. The materials as usual at this season paille de riz, crape, tulle l ace, fanc y straws, Ik e . , of the Sun derlandrewith the owners for the .--The directors purchase of all the property th i a h t will be required for the SuN dock and its approaches, and w t out seaecessity of having the value of any portion thereof asse by D D E o n c L k ANp Company D o c h t v e agreed a jury. The contract for excavating the clay and other soil from part of the town moor and the battery adjoinin g , required for the site of the new dock, will be let by tond,:r in th e course o f a few days. The breac h made_ in two o f th e groynes by the sea, during the tremen dous gale a month a go, h as been filled up with solid masonry ; and in order to guard against any similar accident, workmen are now: employed in strengthening the three groynes by reconstructing parts thereof with solid masonry. The old fort,;which i commands the e n t rance to the river Wear, is to be immediate y pulled down, the site being required for the dock. It has long ceased to be fortified, but has been occupied by the Coast Guard. Mr, Rice had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Down ing-street. of A deputation consisting Messrs. Horsel e y, D av i es, and Fearon, had an interview yesterday, W i t h the Right lion, E. Strutt. MAY 6, 1847. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The present number of Bentley opens with a Biogra phical Sketch of the Career (illustrated by a portrait) of William Hickling Prescott, the most learned and most trustworthy of American historians. The career of ,lr. Prescott is one of the most curious and most interesting illustrations of the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties that to ordinary men would have appeared insuperable that has ever neen published. Mr. Prescott had not to overcome the difficulties which beset the poor schidar. His position in life has always been that.of a man of independence. His father was a judge, and William Hickling Prescott was educated at Harvard university, and afterwards travelled all Europe. His aspirations Lad always been to become a great historian, and the subject which he selected for his first performance was the reign of Ferdinand and Isa bella, the sovereigns under whose auspices the existence of the continent of America was first revealed to Europe; the age of Columbus, and Ferdinand and Isabella, of * Cardinal Ximenes, the prototype of [elle) rand, and of a gran Capitan Goon.lvo de Cordova, the prototype of Wellington. the soldier-statesman— " Mr. Alexander 11. Everett was the American Minister at the Court of Spain when Mr. Prescott decided upon the choice of his subject, and through his aid and that of two other American gentlemen residing at the time in the Pe ninsula, he succeeded in obtaining whatever was known to exist, that could not be supplied by the public and private libraries of Boston. Among the works thus pro cured were some brought to light by the researches of recent Spanish scholars, in the peculiar freedom of inquiry they have enjoyed, which gave him great advantage over previous historians. In his preface he refers particularly to Llorente's History of the Inquisition, the analysis of the political institutions of the kingdom by such writers as Marina, Sempere, and Campmany ; the version of the Spanish- Arab Chronicles by Conde, the collections of Navarrette, and the illustrations of the reign of Isabella, by Clemencin, the secretary of.the Royal Academy of History ; besides which he succeeded in obtaining various contemporary manuscripts, covering the whole ground of the narrative, none of which had been printed, and some of which were but little known to Spanish scholars. When these literary treasures reached him, Mr. Vrescott was not able to read even the title-pages of the volumes." 'lie had lost one eye by accident in his early youth, and :had by : study so strained the nerve of the other, that he was all but completely blind. Lie at first despaired, but " He determined to try whether, he could make the ears do the work of the eyes. He taught.his reader, unacquainted with any language ,but his own, to pronounce the Spanish, though not exactly in the accent of the Court of Madrid. He read at a slow and stumbling pace, while the historian listened with painful attention. Practice at length made the work easier for both, though the reader never understood a word of his author. In this way they ploughed along pa tiently through seven Spanish quartos. Ile found at last that he could go over about two-thirds as much in an hour as he could when read to in English. The experiment twas made, and he became convinced of the practicability of sub stituting the ear for the eye. He was overjoyed, for his library was no longer to consist of sealed volumes. He now obtained the services of a secretary acquainted with the dif ferent ancient and modern languages. Still there were many impediments to overcome. His eye, however, gradually im proved, and he could use it by daylight (never again in the evening) a few hours; though this was not till after some years, and then with repeated intervals of weeks and some tunes months of debility. Many a chapter, and some of the severest in Ferdinand and Isabella were written almost wholly with the aid of the eyes of his secretary. His modus operandi was necessarily ;peculiar. He selected first, all the authorities in the different languages that could bear on the topic to be discussed. He then listened to the reading of these one after another, dictating very copious notes on each. When the survey was completed, a large pile of notes was amassed, which were read to him over and over again, until the whole had been embraced by his mind, when they were fused down into the consecutive contents of a chapter. When the subject was complex, and not pure narrative, requiring a great variety of reference, and sifting of contradictory autho rities, the work must have been very difficult ; but it strength ened memory, kept his faculties wide awake, and taught him to generalize; fer the little details slipped through the holes in the memory. His labour did not end with this process : he found it as difficult to write as to read, and procured in London a large writing case for the blind. This he could use in the dark.as'well as in the light. The charac ters, indeed, might pass for hieroglyphics, but they were de cyphered by his secretary, and transferred by him to a le gible form in a fair copy. Yet I have heard bim say bis hair sometimes stood on end at the woful blunders and miscon ceptions of the original, which every now and then escaping detection; found their way into the first proof of the printer. Amid such difficulties was the composition of the history of Ferdinand and Isabella heroically completed at the end of something less than ten years from its commencement. He remembered that Johnson says that Milton gave up his His tory of England because it was scarcely possible to write history with the eyes of others; and was stimulated in the midst Of his embarrassments to overcome them. Well might he feel a proud satisfaction in conquering the obstacles of nature. Mr. Prestcott had four copies of the History first printed for himself, and had so little confidence in its imme diate success, that he had thought of postponing the publi cation till after his death, but his father told him, " the man who writes a book which he is afraid to publish is a coward." This decided him. The work was published in the begin ning of 1838. Its reception in his own country, and in all parts of Europe, was such as to repay him, it anything could, for the long nights of toil by which it had been pro duced. On its publication in London, it was praised in the QUarierfy and Edinburgh Reviews, and in the leatnng Jour nals, and has since gone through four editions and twelve in the 'United States ! It was translated into Spanish, Ger man, and Italian; it was everywhere recognised at once as a great history. The voice of posterity was anticipated ; by the unanimous judgment of the learned it was admitted without probation into the circle of immortal works." . - This history of the composition of this immortal work is to , the lull as marvellous as the deeds which are therein recorded. Columbus and his patrons overcame what were to all appearance superhuman obstacles— their historian has done the same. His " History of the Conquest of Mexico" followed, and was equally well re ceived, and he is now engaged in the composition of the History of Philip If. "In Private Life" concludes his biography, Mr. Griswold— " I may be permitted to add to this account, that no man is more admired and beloved than Mr. Prescott. He is not more remarkable for his abilities and acquirements than for his amiability, simplicity, and high-bred courtesy. He is one of those men who are a blessing as well as an honour to the community in which they live. " We have, in this number, an additional chapter of "Captain Spike," the scene of which opens in the Island of the Dry Tortugas, where Jack Tier and Rose, and Mrs. Budd and Biddy have been left by Swash, when she escaped front Uncle Sam's cruiser. Our reader's will recollect the mysterious disappearance of Mulford from on board the Swash during the chace. The handsome mate had taken advantage of the explo• sion of a shell to escape?, under cover of the smoke, from the S wash into the Mexican schooner's boat, while towing astern, to cut the painter, and to paddle her to the island. There, with the assist ance of Jack Tier, he gets the Mexican schooner fit for sea, and with Jack Tier, Mrs. Budd, Rose, and Biddy, embarks for King West. On their voyage thither they encounter a gale which nearly throws the schooner on her beam-ends, and in that position we leave her and her crew. Albert Smith contributes a facetious account of a go-a-head day with Barnum " the Governor" of General Tom Thumb; and W. B. Taylor makes an ingenious, but an unsuccessful attempt at an apology for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. The gist 01 his paper is to procure an acquittal for Charles IX., on the ground of insanity, and then to inuendo, that Catherine de Medicis was a retail instead of a wholesale murderess, seeing that her object was only to assassinate Ct ligni, and that the tiget spirit of the Parisian mob is alone answerable for the wholesale massacre which followed. But the learned Doctor forgets to mention that orders were given to perpetuate a similar massacre on the same day in every town in France—he forgets that glorious answer of the Mayot. of Bordeaux, " Your Majesty has in this city massacre, and ordered rejoicings, therefore he says, that y t a b l a s t ub t j h e e ct F , o b p u e t , e n x o p a r s es sa s s e s d in h c s and while of forethede Itoiiiith Catholics, because .the Pope was a fool. That approval by the then. Pope-stands upon record ; • it was a i tm h oft e ern i n' iti fae s s lre could not be considered as the act of the great pnoouragement to all who felt inclined to perpetrate simtils massacres, . and before we.scan agree- with . Dr. Taylor; that the Roman Catholic religion is not an swerable for this massacre, we demand the production or a distinct and positive repudiation by a wise Pope of the distinct.approval promulgated by the (as he terms him) foolish Pope. Surely there is, nothing unfair or bigotted in this. The other articles of Bentley are excellent. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. The present number opens with a strong arti c l e i n hfauvto deeply-injuredu r of L rl h Dundonald, ero. the g e7 allan a t v a e nd su d ff is e t r i e n d gui m sh o e r d e period of his service;evinced we anEd ew have ever had a more brilliantrly from mer what, greater th bravery during the believe, is now universally ad mitted to be an unwarrante d condemnation, and the most vindictive persecution. Lord Dundonald, it is true, has been reinstated in the navy. The Royal pardon has been extended, but that very pardon implies the forgiveness of guilt, and that is still painful to the high-minded veteran. He pines that the stain should be removed from his name, that he should receive not a pardon but an acquittal, or at least that the restoration of all his honours should show that the Go vernment feel, in accordance with the nation at large, that he was innocent of the crime laid to his charge. " Luther, his Life and Principles," is a slight sketch of the Great Reformer's history, taken from Michelet's works, and what professes to be an abstract of his principles. The former part will be perused with much attention, all the events occurring during the time of so great a moral revolution to its chief, must necessarily possess a thrilling interest. The latter part we are not so well satisfied with. It is written in the spirit of modern tractarianism. and speaks of the " imperfections of his system," and " the erroneousness of his principles," and "of the radical defect of the Lutheran Reforma tion, being the contempt in which it held antiquity." " The Churches Of London;" the fourth under that title, contains a comparison between St, George's, Han over-square, and St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, very much to the prejudice of the former, which is railed at, " as pursuing a cold, hearless, defective system, rigidly formal, in some respects, stiffly puritanical, in others, highly ultra-Protestant in almost all." We suspect it is to the latter part of the sentence, that the indignation of the gentleman who styles himself " Rid ley" is to be ascribed. The rigid formality would not, we suspect, be so very objectionable to one who utters such touching jerenliOs respecting matters that t o PRICE SD. others seem of trivial importance—who is in horrors at the prayers being said, and not sung ; and who cannot conceive that the Deity can be worshipped in a churc h unless the altar was at the east end—as if there was a portion of the building where the Almighty was not. " Thoughts on the Pleasures and Amusements of the Agricultural Poor" follows, in some degree the prevail ing bias, although it laments—and in so doing we For dially agree with it—the want of pleasing recreations tor the humbler classes, it more deeply bewails the non observance of holidays and festivals. We would gladly see greater attention paid to the happine:s and coultUr s of the agricultural and manufacturing poor, to their rinocent amusement s , an d soc i a l en j oyments , a lth oug h little solicitous.as to whether they observed fastsand vigils, " Civil and Religious Liberty," written in the same spirit, is a sneer against those who are independent enough to think for themselves, to desire that every man may be at liberty to worship his Creator in the manner he deems most fitting, and who refuse to submit to the ipse tli.rit of any man or b o dy o f men . Th an k G o d, religious liberty has progressed, is progressing, and will progress, despite such -puny attacks. The nation in ge neral has discovered that it means something more than the sagacious writer understands, when he states that it is " the liberty to be of no religion at all, and to abuse as bigots and illiberal those who do not think like our selves." The remainder of the number consists of short reviews and the usual university intelligence, which con tains, inter alia, the second report of proceedings in the Observatory relating to the new planet Neptune. DOUGLAS JERROLD'S. The " History of St. Giles and St. James" is con cluded in this number. St. James is, of course, ac quitted of the murder of Snipeton ; Tom Blast dies of the wound he has received from Snipeton, but before his death confesses that he it was who stole the horse, for the theft of which St. Giles was originally sentenced. His confession, however, goes for nothing, and St. Giles is sentenced to death for returning from transportation. " Briefly, St. Giles was not hanged. No. St. James re peated the good work of his boyhood, and—aided by Cap stick, who made his maiden speech in Parliament on the question, calling the attention of the minister to the confes :sibh of Blast—St. Giles was pardoned. He married Becky, and lived and died a decent shopkeeper. Indeed, he bad so far beaten the prejudices of the world, that 'ere he pitited flvin it, he had been intrusted with the duties of church-. warden. - "St. James, a few weeks after the trial, went abroad, made the grand tour, returned, married a duke's daughter, and to the end of his days, supported to the utmost the dignity of his order. " Mr. Crossbone, defeated in his hopes of court preferment, again retired to the country, to cultivate the weeds of life. He, however, had the subsequent satisfaction of transporting Mr. Robert Willis, for highway robbery ; an operation per formed at the cheapest cost to Mr. Crossbone, as the robber pillaged him ofonly four-and-twopence and a tobacco-stopper. "A metropolitan tombstone still attests the pleasing fact. that Mr. Tangle died at the age of eighty-two, " a faithful husband, an affectionate father, and. an unswerving friend. His charity was as boundless as it was unostentatious." Thus speaks Tangle's tomb-stone; and who—save it may be the recording angel—shall contrrdict a tomb-stone ? "And Clarissa—What of Clarissa? She shrank from the world, and living, was not of life, but died the daily death of a wasting heart—one other victim to the thousands gone and—to come. _ _ "And Capstick, at the end of the first session, took office-- became the steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He and Bright Jem went back to the Tub, and many a time would talk of the events that, all imperfectly, we have chronicled in these pages. Capstick retained his old humour to the last. He would often talk of St. James and St. Giles, and would always end his discourse in something like these words ; " Well, St. James sneaked away upon a tour, and St. Giles was pardoned; all right that it should be so. Never theless, Jem, as it's turned out, it's more l ike the ha ppy wind-up of a story on paper than a bit of real life. I can't make it out how it has so happened ; for I expected nothing less than that St. Giles would be hanged, and the Lord St. James sent to some foreign court as English Ambassador.' " The " Dreamer and Worker" is continued, and we are introduced to a variety of schemers who, in conjunction with Mr. Walter, are about to start a scheme for the regeneration of the world, and the filling of their own purses at the same time. Archer joins the Walters at Portsmouth, and consents to the postponement of the marriage between himself and Mary for a short time. Paul dell gives us a pleasant plea for pictures in his paper, "My Lame Boy's Tastes," in which he adminis ters a richly-deserved castigation to the Lakers, and vehemently protests against the blasphemy of Cowper " that man and not God made the town"—a blasphemy which has been repeated parrot-like by every dreamy, half idiotic, idle humbug from the days of the nervous and night•eapped fatalist to those of our own, as an excuse for neglecting the Divine command " to live by the sweat of his brow." "A. Word or Two on Music" is a word in season, and we recommend the piper to the attentive perusal of all the unco guid. " Fables for Foolish Fellows" are continued, and we have several other excellent articles in this number of Douglas Jerrold. THE MAN IN THE 10001 V - Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. Mr. Crindle's rapid career is continued most amusingly. It is evident that he will soon be in acondition to render it-advisable fur him to quit his native land. Let him not go'lo 4ustralia or Canada.,9r aliireloa; place oT that sort. The "States" alone will suit such a go-ahead gentleman as Mr. Crindle, in which case we recommend to his study the article in this month's " Man in the Moon," entitled "Brother Jonathan and the Duel." The tenth rule of this American manual of duelling is thoroughly Yankee. "X. The Sixth Commandment was well enough for a Theocracy, but is useless in a tree and enlightened Republic." The following is an admirable hit:— " FINE ARTS.—Motto for Mr. Turner's picture of 'Getting Tired of the Ball,' in the Exhibition— " The azure moon that through the verdant clouds Bathes the vermillion waves with floods of blue, Sees nought but yon gondola of pink haze, And red-hot dots of men." It is too bad to plunder this "Man in the Moon" any further, but he is so rich in fun that ho will never miss it, so here goes:— " A Goon STORY, &c. &c. &c.—There is hardly a space of half•a-dozen square inches in the new House of Lords which is not occupied by countless repetitions, carved in Gothic characters, of the novel and original legend of God save the Queen.' The notion is facetious—but somehow the motto begins to pall upon one at about the hundred and ninety-ninth reading. Does Mr. Barry expect that his prayers will be heard for his much' carving? However, we suppose it is all Gothic and right. By the way—the House is lighted in the modern fashion. This is wrong—we should have had medileval gas. THE SPURTIA G IiEVIEIV. " The Racing in April," by " Craven," contains a good account of the events of the past month, probably the most interesting, though not the most exciting period of the year to the turfite, New horses make their ap pearance, the pretension of many nominal fliers receive the coup de grace, while others come out in a style and figure that render them truly formidable to those who have opposed them lustily, and excite the hopes of their friends to the highest pitch; who confidently predict unheard of wonders as to their future performances. Even the favourites appear in a new light. Some of the victors of the past year, yield easy triumphs to others of whom they made no account in bye-gone times ; places are reversed, the last, frequently becomes first, and the first last. Meanwhile every race is watched with the closest scrutiny—every indication that, by a possibility can throw any light on the great event of the year, is diligently observed and duly calculated on. Craven is a keen sportsman, and his comments will be found worthy of the closest attention of " the betting fraternity." The continuation of "The Handbook 01 the Chase," by the Editor, gives a good account of some of " the holiday hunts;" amongst which, the packs 01 Lord Fitzhardinge and . Redesdale, and of the Duke of Beaufort, occupy cons picuous places. The present chap ter on Metropolitan_ Horses, by Harry theover, is de .voted to the hack, or road-ster. Harry, as usual, is :eloquent on the several.qualifications and defects of this humble description of .nag. We shall allow him to state for himself one of. the essentials:— " Showy action is now so indispensable in the metropolitan horse for every purpose, that dealers are aware it is useless to purchase anything for the London market that.does not possess it : in fact all the horses that have it are collected in London. If one of our ancestors was to look at us now, he would very naturally be struck by the altered action of London horses, and would probably think we had im proved, or at least altered, our breed. He would be right as to the different action of the horses he would see in the streets; but it must be remembered that if among the thousands bred, all those with lofty action are brought here, and those that have it not are left in the coun try, it does not follow that our general breed is altered to the extent he might be led to imagine by what he might see in London, though I doubt not but that breeders do, as far as they can, now endeavour to get into a strain of high-goers, and probably will even do so with still greater attention; for a colt, howe ver goo d h e may b e i n ot h er res p e cts, is now valueless without this fashionable style of going." Ladies horses, too, and even the pony, come unde r his " observation. " Highl a nd Sports and Quarters 7 is con ht of for tinned, by Linton, who is tantalised by the s bidden deer during a journey to a village i g with the g Life from euphonious nam e of Ballahulish. "Sporting 0 London," by Lord William Lennox,kteotu in h all of which n steeple chasing, fishing, boating, and cm varied amusements accounts of extraordinary perform ances are given. The transactions noticed are not of very recent date, but they will ever be interesting to the amateur. Another amusement which may be en. joyed at a cheap rate from London, is Jack. son's Hunting-grounds, where "a man may have a gallop of an hour over a grass country, in winch every species of fence may be found, for is. fid. " Intercepted Correspondence from Northamptonshire" is continued, while the followers of old Izaac will be propitiated by " A Week's Fishing in South Devon." " The Resources of a Country Gentleman" urges the national advantages derivable from the taste for field sports. Among our landed gentry, the number of persons engaged are roughly estimated as follows : " In the various papers published during the winter months, it will be found there are four packs of hounds which hunt five and six days in the week—Earl Fitzhardinge's, Lord H. Bentinck's, Sir Richard Sutton's, and Mr. Assheton Smith's; and I am convinced I am not exceeding the num ber of horses kept in each establishment by rating them at fifty; thus there are two hundred horses; and allowing a man to two horses, one hundred men are engaged. There are upwards of twenty packs which hunt four, a n d occasion , ally Ave d a y s i n t h e week, to which may m i f f* as a low average twenty-five horses to each, alistskluently fiv e hundred horses will give employment to two hundred and fifty men. About forty packs hunt three days in the week, using fifteen horses each, which, amounting to si x hundred, employ three hundred men. Thirty packs two da ya a week, with ten horses to each, will be three hundred torses, and consequently one hundred and fifty men. In the numerous fox-bunting establishments, therefore, eight hundred men are engaged. "It may be computed that at the very least one hundred sportsmen are regular attendants upon the four first-named packs, who on the average keep three horses a-piece— -of course many keep considerably more; they will at that l ow rite have an aggregate of twelve hundred horses and .six hundred men. The twenty packs hunting four days in the week, supposing them to havo an equal number of attendanti, each keeping two horses, will be two thousand horses, azd one thousand men. Forty packs hunting three days a week, and reducing the estimate of the number of attendants to sixty, and allowing them the average of a horse and a half each, will be three thousand six hundred horses, and one thousand eight hundred men. There will then be about twenty-six packs to account for, which hurt two days in the week : supposing they have only forty regular attendants, keeping the same average number of horses as above, they will possess one thousand five hundred and sixty homes, and seven hundred and eiglity men. Summing them up, we find nearly four thousand men engaged in the care of hunters alone." A considerable quantity of sporting intelligence, " the State of the Odds," and the Coursing Calendar, c l ose an excellent number. There are two good engravin gs also,—" All on the Downs," and portraits of the grey. hounds, Moses and Albemarle. THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE. No. XVII: By Carlo Lever. The brilliant, sketchy pen 5f Mr. Lever revels in these chapters over the expedition of Abercrombie to Egypt. That expedition was undoubtedly conducted with a valour and alacrity most creditable to the British army, and it was particularly creditable at a moment when the various powers of the known world were being con quered by the indomitable prowess of the French soldiers and the wonderful military genius of the l'reLeh commanders. With Kleber in Africa, and DesaisLasbis assistant, and Moreau in Germany, and Hoche in La Vent - 6 and Ber na d o tt e i n th e i n t er i or , an d Bonaparte now in Italy, now upon the eastern shores of the' British Channel, and now again in the deserts of Syria, France offered defiance to all the hosts of Europe and Africa, and marched through a succession of victories and through leagues of vanquished t err it or i es . Th e tri umphant expedition undertaken by the veteran Aber crombie, and opened by his heroic dissolution, was the first discomfiture of the French battalions since the Revolution had merged into the Republic One and In divisible. Harry Lorrequer is so elated* by the recollec tion of these successes that he degenerates into the flattenr of our insular vanity and the traducer of the valorous children of liberated France. To him the English military service is of course the very beau ideiil of chivalric perfection: its leaders are to him, of course, sans pear et sans rapproche: the regiments are to him, of course, congregations of heroes. To him, moreover, the French military service is, of course, the most damnable of modern institutions: its generals are to him, of course, ignorant parvenus and rascally marauders : its privates are to him, of course, mere assemblies of convicted felons and profligate ruffians—ragged, insubordinate, sometimes even mean and pusillanimous. We protest against these egregious John-Bullisms, they are un becoming a generous and fine-spirited race. Apart from these little contemptible nationalities,we are gratifie I with the progress made in the fiction, although we are sorely distressed at the protracted absence of our old favourite Bagenal Daly. In this seventeenth number, Dr. Hick man is discomfited in his treacherous designs upon Lady Eleanor, the Knight himself is cap tured by the French troops on their flight from Aboukir to Alexandria, and Forester, who had enlisted in " Darcy's Volunteers," and been seriously wounded in endeavouring to rescue the gallant old Colonel, is exchanged among the ordinary pri soners, and discovered to have succeeded to an earldom, in consequence of the death of his elder brother. We may consequently anticipate the speedy celebration of his marriage with H e l en D arc y, an d th e c l ose o f the narrative. The incidental portraiture of Menou—the most incompetent of all the French Generals—is clever and faithful. FERGUSON AND TAYLOR'S MONTHLY TRADE CIRCULAR. Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, pfManchester,have ;sued the following Monthly Trade Circular, of Prices Current, which deserves careful attention:— When it had been ascertained that the failure in the potato crop, and the deficiency of yield of certain cereals last harvest, amounted in money value to a loss by the nation of more than twenty millions sterling in one year, it became evident to all who reasoned on tile matter, that such a calamity must inevitably derange our monetary affairs, and lead to a temporary pros tration, at least, of our manufacturing industry, and some embarrassment to our ordinary commercial enter prise. It was clear that this deficiency in the native supply of the food of the people, would have, to a large extent, to be met by importations from foreign ' sources, and whether such supplies were paid for by commodities or money, the nation would be impover ished in its resources to the extent of the deficiency in the returns of her own fields ; since those importations would not be, as in the case of an abundant harvest, an increment to previously existent wealth, but, on the con trary, would have to be balanced by a draft on past savings. and the future products of our industry. With this fact before us, we anticipated a depression in the home demand for manufac'ures, as a consequence of the advanced cost of food, and foresaw that a stringency oeld be experienced in monetary affairs as soon as the exchanges turned in favour of those c ountries w hence supplies of_hresd-stuffs were being imported. '1 he crisis foretold by some of the ablest leaders of public .ipiniin has at length arrived, and, we apprehend, too suddenly to many parties who are largely engaged in the re, , ulation of banking facilities, to be calmly con si lered. The evils against which provision is to be made we conceive has been too much magnified, and ward of confidence has grown out of excitment, and added to the embarrassments of the time. The extent of demand for specie for foreign remittance and the duration of unfavourable exchanges have, we think, been over-estimated ; whilst, on the other hand, the re sources of the country, and the healthful and legitimate basis on which its trade has been conducted for some time past, have not been allowed their due weight. Although a high rate of interest appears to be inevitable, as well as desirable, in order to correct the adverse balance of trade, still we believe there exists no reason, in the present condition of affairs, or in the probabilities of the future, for that extraordinary stringency in dis counts, and almost (as we have heard) capricious rejec don of first class securities, which have taken place during the past week in London. The effect of the tightness in the Money-market has completely paralyzed the trade of this district during the past week. Buyers are unwilling to extend their liabilities, and, therefore contract their operations within the most limited compass, confining their investments principally to mere parcels for assorting stocks. Spin ners and manufacturers, on the other hand, viewing no probability of an immediate revival of demand, are re ducing production as much as possible ; by working short time, or closing their mills.. It is a benevolent feeling which induces many to continue their work , , people in employment, during three or four days per week, at a loss, rather than add to the privations these poor people already unavoidably endure, by closing their factories altogether. In the meantime stocks are kept from accumulating, and so far a wiser policy prevails now than obtained during the depression ef the years of 1838 and 1841. No heavy stocks hang over the market to depress prices much below their natural level, nor are foreign markets being glutted by shipments made by needy manufacturers under advances. We hear of no manufacturers endeavouring to force sales in an overdone market by cheapening production at the cost of the operative;—the rate of wages for labour is maintained, but the market is not over supplied by its products. We bbuelsiienveessntroanfosrameteiornspoerfibodothof depression marketsand ha found s the manufacturers paltaicoe4oorleaxwsonusniodneroffoutnraddaitng to ion ; the b r e e c is orr no ec u ted ndue 7 asnpdecaus stocks are comparatively moderate both abroad and at home, the inference is fairly deducible, that as soon as the present straitness in money matters is withdrawn, a lucrative trade will follow. With respect to the future rule of prices, we are inclined to believe they must be considerably higher than at present as soon as the pre sent monetary pressure shall have passed away. At the present rates of cotton, it is an undoubted fact, spinners and manufacturers cannot continue production, and it does not appear likely that the prices of that staple will speedily decline. Although we doubt the accuracy of the conclusion drawn from the falling off in the arrivals of cotton at the ports of the United States, (which may he occasioned by the accumulation of stock at the sea board, scarcity of storage, high rents and rates of insur ance, advanced freights, scarcity of shipping. &c.,—all we cannot favour of retaining supplies an the interio r, ) still back, and cannot doubt that so long as supplies are k e pt eld of last year's uncertainty exists as to the ultim a te yi head here will be crop, that the value of the ma terial o f cotton, and equa li se To correct the adva nced ra tes in Manchester, out fi r mly supported on the le ast improvement o f demand.l. 41,000 ands 52 naills,-employ oprofda7ctraioinnst,od employinge a d, we have in.igi.,l2e,n3sopolnyilinagnd7s:sooworhkainndgs, s e h n o ti rt rel ti y m s e t , op a p n el d ; 2 i 4 a nAnshton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Dukinfteld, Mossley, Fairfield, &c., out of 211 mills, of 6,479 horse power, employing 27,500 hands, there are 4,301 horse power, n eencin g dottailr f hre o sea u lny4 r dos days per week ; with 18 , o 0 w32elr47,sne,di employing hands, sg, w e in Stockport, out of 55 mills of 3,648 horse power, and a o k t hr; are a r employ ing horsep , m th il a ls t , a o r f e 3 o ,l n 6 ly s power,w or working g and thr e l e ,6 d 9 a 2 y s hrt a nd lN s 'e , mill, stopped () f 4 ; 23 in horse oi. Bol ton, out of 53 mills, of 1,425 horse power, employing 7,070 hands, th ere are 33 mills, of 842 horse power. and employing 4,250 hands, working, on an average, ‘q days per week ; in Oldham, Crompton, R ton, Chadderten, Lees, and neighbourhood, out of 182 mills, above 100 employing about 17,000 hands, are working only s;x and eight hours per day, and about 12 mills, employing about 2,000 hands, are stopped altogether; in Rochdale, Royton, Todmorden, Whitworth, and neighbour r h e o lo9 out of 205 mills, employing 10,064 hands, there a mills, with 13,011 hands, working short time, and 21 mills, with 3,141 hands, entirely s , topped. In Blackburn, and s to p p ages are ex- Preston, and Wigan, " short time' contemplated by many who are now run tending. It is for a short term • at Whit- Ding full time to stop entirely, f .1 suntide. 'This course cannot ai to influence prices eventually, as production must now be greatly below con sumption; and as stocks are being cleared off, both abroad and at home, as soon as ever a revival of demand sets in, the value of manufactures must advance. Good harvest prospects, as the season progresses, would speedily give a zirpafion to business, stud all impulse to prices, t .11y I, 1011. y C N IAND OF HER M JESTY'S POST3IASTER-GENEIIA L. uUNTItY CONTRACT, for CONVEYING beA— he M 11A , (IS. ot is hereby LONDON given, that DISTRICT her Maj POST-LET esty's Postm TE aster-i,eneral will eady to receive TENDERS on or before the Ist day of JUNE llors mr C on es veying the Loudon District Post Country Letter Bags, e, Rid, Mali Carts, Stage Coaches, Omnibuses, or a il anji o e conveying P engers, or Parcels, to and from the following s Despatches per Day. COUNTRY RIDES. It/inlet ...... 3 .. - a - iirencey . Lnlleld - .... ..... Enfleld Righway ----- - 2 n n ---- lie jo ar ;d ° o w n 23 eitanni l ithaate - - " _ ore Hounslow - 4 I Putn e y Twickenham - - 2 Rllbu - - - y ----- 1 Xdgew 4re - -- 1 Tottenha - N onvo od m - - 1 Tooting - Lertonsto ne - - 1 Wands*orth - -- 2 11 .,, ,, n 1 Pstead . - . --- 1 natrunersmith - 1 Streatn ou • ---- . ta ddingtOn - - 1 :__ ens it tngt :L A Z / T wx . BIDES. --- Despatches per day. 2 -.rum Rexjey_toßlackheath tarahalten to_3iitcham . 2 • or Aston to 'Wandsworth ' 2 n Kingston toPutney . . 4 0, 1 Romford to Stratford 2 -FUlhara to Bronapto n ' - 3 woollyich to Deptford Railway Station - - 3 Nervvood.tp‘Dal h w c - 3 n Waltinrm'Cro;s M Edmonton - " - I 4B Barking'atd Ilford to Stratford - The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays exceptee. BRANCH COUNTRy RIDES. Despatch Daily. F rom Hounslow to Brempton " - I o Hounslow to Kingsgate Station - Barnet to Highgate Waltham Cross to Stoke Newington - 1 n Croydon to Brixton 1 n New Cross Station to Woolwich - - 1 11., - "Th,ise rides are employed every day throughout the year. l, ,onditions and full Particulars may be seen on application to o,4„:tepntending President of the London District Post•Ofilce, ost-021ce, and of whom Forms of Tender may be obtained.t k aa r e ,;7 . e):ll ate to be sealed up and addressed to her Majesty's Pos - Loim o -" e neral, and endorsed " Tenders for conveying the , Country tb., District Post Rags," and delivered before Twelve o clock on day of June next. ro nt Z --- fo lio Tender w ill be received unless made on the proper GenerainnPos. t - Oftice, May Ist, 1847. R I TING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c. Persons of any Age, however b their Writing, may, in .11 3IIT LESSONS, acquire permanently In elegant and flowing Kyle of Penmanship, adapted either to professional pursuits or pri ntte correspondence. Arithmetic en a method requiring only one r 4 the time usually requisite. Book-keeping, as practised in the - lernment, Banking, and Merchants' Offices. Short - hand , &c. Pply to Mr. SMART, at the Institution, 7, New-street , Covent "llls mode of teaching is a vast improvement upon any former • —Landon Journal of Commerce.