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NEIL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons,. Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.

Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place,at rialf-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in _the metropolis.—Nish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers unit. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms -excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.

N.B. An Entralce al,o from Maiden lane,

KING-'S HEAD HOTEL, COVENTRY.
This Old Family Hotel, Posting, and Commerc'al House,
late in the occupation of Mr. Williamson, Is now conducted by Mr.
CHARLES SABIY, who begs to inform the Public generally that
no exertion shall. Le wanting on his part to merit a continuance of
the patronage and support hitherto bestowed en the above Estab-
li,hment. _ _ .

.....
N.B. Post-horses always ready. An Omnibus and Flys at the
Station to nteet every Train.

ESTAURANT to be DISPOSED OF, with
VI) Fixtures, Furniture. Kitchen requisites, lat ge Tanks for Ta• tle,
a useful stock o Bottled Wines of superior quality, and in fact every-
thing necessary for carrying on a first-rate business. This Restau-
rant is unquestionably the best, as it is the oldest estebli-hed in Li-
verpool. It is in the immediate v:einity of the Exchange and other
places of public and commercial resort. It has also the advantage of
fronting two principal streets, and on the ground floor, giving it a de-
cided preference to the Cellar Restaurants. The present Proprietor
is also proud to say that he his been for years, and continues to be
supported by the most i espectable and influential gentlemen of Liver-
pool and its environs. -

For thll particulars. apply (poit-paid), to Mr. Richard Ford, Pro-
prietor of the Welington Hotel, Dale-street, Liverpool.

(IQ 0Y E R'S INT-E CTA R!
Beware of the many base attempts to deceive the Public by
unprincipled persons refliFng SOYER and CO.'S registered bottles
with spurious and pernicious drinks, under the above title.
ALEXIS SOYER and CO., sole Proprietors, caution the Public
that none is genuine but what is stamped with the name of " SOYER
and CO., 40, Rupert-street." on the side of the Cork, easily read
through the neck of the bottle, to counterfeit which is felony.

NAVIGATION-LAWS.
On Tuesday will be publishel, Corrected Reports of
THE EARL of ELLENBOROUGH'S
Speech, Lord BROUGHAM'S Speech, Lord STANLEY'S
Speech, and the Earl of HARItOWBY'S Speech in the House of
Lords on the NAVIGATION-LAWS.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers.

DETERIORATION OF RAILWAY PLANT -AND ROAD.
Just published, royal Bvo., price 2s.
.1
WO REPORTS to the Directors Of the London
IL and North-Western Railway Company on Deterrorat'en of
Railway Plant and Road ; with Prefatory Remarks. By MARK.
HUISH, General Manager of the London and North-Western
Railway.
London : W. H. Smith and Son, I3G, Strand. Liverpool : Will-
mer and Smith. Manchester: B. Wheeler. Birmingham : Cooper
and Son. At th 2 railway stations ; and of all Booksellers.

FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY.
By Dr. DICKSON, price 2s. 6d.
" Dow grateful should mankind be to the illustrious author of the
Chrono-thermal System fo, shewir g up the monstrous outrages, the
prodigious stupidity of the miscalled science of medicine."—"New
York Enquirer."
" As ,ntertaining as a novel."—" Westminster Review."
Simpk n and Marshall, Stationers-court ; J. 011ivier, Pall-mall.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

A Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffher on the various modes of pro-
ducing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past Three, and on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday Even:ngs, at Nine, in which the Bude Light,
the Oxy.Hydrogen Light, and the Electric Light, will be exhibited in
juxta-position.—Lewures cn the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by
means of a Jet of Steam, daily at two o'clock, and on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, at Nine.—The Microscope.—The
New Dissolving Views include Scenes in Van Diemen's Laud, from
Original Drawings taken on the spat by J. Skinner Prout, Esq.—
New. Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c.—An extensive Col-
lection of Models of Agricultural Implements, specimens of Manures,
&c.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis.

Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
atunlay) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
AdraL3sion, Is —Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is.

r HE WONDER OF THE SEA.
_A_ GYMNETRUS .NORTLIUMBRICUS, recently captured off

the Northumbrian coast, and, as a young specimen, coinciding in its
principal features with descriptions of the SEA SERPENT, will be
exhibited at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent-street, on and after
TUESDAY, May 22, from ten till dusk.

Admis•lon, One Shilling,

" Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
' But not expressed in fancy—rich, not gaudy 1
For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
THE NICOLL PALETOT-WAREROOMS,
114, 116, and 120, REGENT,STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL,
LONDON.

THE REGISTERED PALETOT.
likewise now ready for the Spring months, with all the
new and patented improvements included in the above moderate
price ; thus it deservedly bears the name of being not only the most
fashionable but also the cheapest and most durable garment ever
offered to the Public, the intrinsic value of the material known as
NICOLLIAN or LLAMA CLO HI, being, within the last few months,
much enhanced, the same durability being, retained, with an increased
fineness and beauty In appearance. It can ha seen ready for imme-
diate wear, in every size, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORNIIILL.

EPSOM.—The EPSOM COATS, price 30s. ;
ALPACA OVERCOATS, from 145., at
Messrs. SWAIN and CO.'S REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT

DEPOT,
379, OXFORD-STREET.

DR. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS
HAVE NO TASTE or MEDICINE,
And are the only remedy recommended to Females.
Price Is. 11(2d., 2s. Pd., and I Is. per box.
BEWARE. OF IMITATIONS.-11xprincipled persons counterfeit this
Medicine in the forms of " Pills," &c. Purchasers must, therefor',
obs:rre that none are genuine but "Wafers," and that the words
" Dr. Locock's Wafers," are on the Stamp outside each box.
OBSERVE.—The counterfeit Medicines have wards on the stamp so
nearly resembling these, as to mislead the unwary. Purchasers
mu t therefore strictly observe the above caution.
Agents —Da Silva end Co., I, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London;
who are also Sole Agents far
DR. LOCOCx'S PULMONIC WAFERS
for ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, and COLDS.
Price Is. 110., 29.9 d., and Its. per box. So.d by all respectable
Medicine Vendors.

A B 2t I A E.
Cne half the wend are desolately single, and the- other
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and mlscalculate,4 hopes em-
e: ter the latter. The solitary ono may shield himself under the plea
it caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
romiprosiaz; hurry; but the truth lice deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, aTO the great hindrances to domegt`e happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice dergAnd that health should form an item
in the compact; it alone dignites the alliance. Blighted hopes er
seglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
EMOIRS "On Single end Married Life, " pub. in 2 vole., Is.
each (by oast, in stomps, I:. Ed. each). Let uo imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
off- misintereretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
diem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
fcr the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
Vey are cftered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, aro a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
;late publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and Slow to be Happy." They are not merely
pamahlets, tut equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblinga of the hour, but the study of the author's
life wha owes his present existence, health, and position to this cb-
servan.:a of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done ante--to Uvo atter nature's laws—and to keep always
,n skit, " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
'Sherwood? 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 149, Fleet-street • Mann,
Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with penoaally,
,n-iruiogs and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; and all
B loSteacrs.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured ErgTavings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
Tby post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 65. in postage stamps,
HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, Is, Derners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Starie,23, Titchbome-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146 Leaden-
hall-street. ,
PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PAST. H. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
g.nce and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and- bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
Illnztrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.

PART 111. treats of the diseases rcaultiug from infection, eitherin
the primary or secondary form, and cantatas explicit dire ctlo for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
y a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
iated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.
rasa T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, ani its
duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
TuxCoBDIAL BALM OF GYRIACUII it exclusively employed in treat-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &e., 11 s. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
ton's, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 325. per bottle.
Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. par box, a
certain remedy for gonorrhoea, glect, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fce, if by letter, 1/. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
51. Packets, with rd-Ace, to be had at the Establishment only, by
which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atton
dan;e daily at 19, Bertera-street, Oxford-street, Loudon, from Ele-
ven till Tyra. and give to Eight ; nu Sundays from Eleven to One.

TRINITY TERM.—Yesterday the lists of arrears of
the three common law courts were completed. The
arrears number 362, exclusive of demurrers in the Court
of Common Pleas, comprising 159 in th...) Court of
Queen's Bench, 86 in the Court of Common Pleas, and
117 in the Court of Exchequer. The rules nisi for new
trials are numerous. In the Court of Queues Bench 44
were obtained last term, 11 in the Court of Common
Pleas, and 49 in the Exchequer. Rules for new trials
hare been pending in the courts for
more than 12 months.
On the cornlnPneeent of Ea,,ter •cerm the whole nrrears
m
numbered 305, of which IOP h C t f Com-
J were in t e our o
DIOR Pleas, including (1-
Exchequer. Term: begins on u' rrerq and 79 in tho Court of
Tuesday next.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

WAKEFIELD, MAY 18.—The supply is good of most arti-
cles. The trade is firm for wheat; fine fresh qualities bring
rather more money, and other descriptions fully last week's
prices. Little passing in barley. A steady demand for oats,
shelling, and beans at late rates, and no material change in the
value of other grain.

New.

to

WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. B.
Suffolk,Essex, and Kent, red ... 45 to 47
Ditto, white ... 48 53
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ... 41
Ditto, white ... 45 48
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 43 46
Ditto, white ... 45 48
Yorkshire, red ... 43 45 ——
Ditto, white ... 45 48
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white... 47 51 ——
Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red,— 43 —46 ——
Mediterranean, red ...
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Norfolk and Suffolk... .. 28 30
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 28 32
Scotch
Grinding per 80 stone 22 —24 ——
Foreign ... ... 23 —27
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b :
Small, fine ... 30 =33 32 —35
Ticks... ... 29 31 E 0 33
Foreign ... ... 26 —3O ——
OATS, per stone :
Mealing • ... 101 to lld —d to —4
Feeding ... 91 to 10d —d to —d
FOreirr ..; 8d to 94 —d to —d
SHELLING, per load of 2611 bu 25 26
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 37 :39
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:—
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

.. 31 - 36
. 25 - 27

ARRIVALS.
Qrs.
Wheat I 11,597 Rapeseed
Barley ... 3,085 Shelling ... ... 241
Oats ... 2,277 Linseed .. .. 17
Beans... ••• ••• 1,490 Malt ... •.. • • ..•
Peas ... ••• 413 I Flour ... ••• •••
Tares ...

Qrs.

NEWBURY, MAY 17.—Our supply of wheat to-day is mo-
derate, yet, fully equal to the requirements of the trade, the
demand being extremely slack ; and although we note no
decline in prices, it has been difficult to meet with customers
at late rates. Barley but little in offer, and late rates aup.
ported. Beans, oats, and peas short supply, and late rates
supported.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.---At this day's market there was a
fair attendance of the town and country trade, and a good
demar d was experienced for wheat and barrel fliur, at an ad-
vance of id to 2d per 7olbs, and 3d to 6d per barrel. Oats
and oatmeal were quite as dear, but a slow sale. Barley,
English beans, and peas maintained their value in the few
sales made; but Egyptian beans, owing to the heavy supplies,
were 6d per quarter;lower, at which reduction some extensive
transactions took place. Indian corn was not in so brisk de-
mand, and 36s per quarter must be quoted as the extreme
price of prime yellow. Yellow Indian meal was held for 16s
per barrel.

I3RISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 18.—The market has
been rather inanimate since our last report, the sales not ex-
ceeding 350 hhds. and tierces of West Indian, and a few small
parcels of Mauritius, at about former rates. In refined there
is no alteration.—Bristol Mercury.
EXETER' MAY 18.--Considering that the fair was held only
on Wednesday, there was a good supply of eagle. Of fat bul-
locks there was no very choice specimen, but prices were well
maintained considering the quality, 8s per score being given
for some average good beasts, and a higher priee for the best
which were driven in. Cows and calves sold at from 8/. to
11/, but there was nothing very good in the market. The
prime fat bullocks of Mr. Mortimer, mentioned in our report
of the fair, were sold at a late period of the fair at 261 each, for
Smithfield market. Their weight is said to be 16 score per
quarter. Poor stock could not be sold except at low prices,
rough barreners making but 4s per score. Butchers' calves,
3i to 5d per lb. The first lots for the season of the Dorset-
shire breeding calves were shown to day, about 70, prices were
much lower than last year, 15s to 20s per head, as they sold
from 35s to 55s each. There was a good supply of sheep, with
a decided improvement in prices • fat wethers in their wool
being worth full 51d per lb, and some cases rather more
was obtained. Store sheep were also quite as dear as
last week ; lamb, 6id to 7d per lb. Pork carcasses - A very
small supply, with a brisk market, and further advance in price,
which ranged from 7s 6d to 8s 64 per score. Pannier—Duck-
lings, 4s to 5s per couple ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ditto ; spring
chicken, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; roasters, 4s to 5s each ; butter, 10d ;
eggs, 20 to 22 for Is. There was a good assortment of green
fruit and vegetables—gooseberries sold at 4d to 6d per quart;
rhubarb, 24 per lb ; asparagus, is to 4s per hundred; new po-
tatos, is 6d per lb. Corn Exchange—The attendance was
moderate, and English wheat was more difficult to buy, at last
week's prices, and for the best samples the turn has been in
favour of the growers, as much as 6s 7id having been given in
some instances for warranted English wheat; the quotations in
general for this article being from 6s to the latter figure. Fo-
reign wheat remains at last week's prices. Belgian white wheat,
601bs to the bushel, 50s per quarter. French ditto, 48s. Red
ditto, 445. Barley, 4s; oats, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel; fine flour,
34s to 37s per sack of 280Ibs.— Western Times.
_ _

CHELTENHAM, MAY 17.—The market to day was very
flat. Oats the only article in demand, at an improved price.
Wheat, 44s to 50s ; barley, 22s to 28s; and oats, 18s to 22s
per quarter. Beans, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per bushel. Hay, 70s to
75s • and Straw, 38s to 40s per ton.
CRNARVON Fain, MAT 15.—The number of horses on
sale surpassed any witnessed for years on a similar occasion.
The prices ranged from 301 to 35/ for good sorts. In the
cattle market the trade was very languid throughout the
prices being so low as not to afford anything like remune-
ration to We farmer. Good milking cows in calf sold for
61, a few reacted 10/, and some of this description went
for 5/.

DENBIGH FAIR, MAY 14.—,The fair today wore a very
dull appearance, and although there appeared about the usual
quantity and quality of cattle, they sold very indifferently at
reduced figures. For horses also the demai,d was limited, avd
those chiefly disposed of were of the cart kind. Two or three
dealers from Staffordshire purchased good strings, chiefly cart
horses and strong colts, at low prices.
RUTHIN, MAY 14.—The market was very thinly attended
to-day, and the transactions were of very little importance,
the averpge prices of corn varying little if any from our last
week's quotations. Potatoes were in great demand ; and good
ones sold briskly at 15s per hobbet. Fresh butter, from 10d
to I Id per lb.
111oLn, MAY 16.—The market to-day was slack, being so
soon after the fair, and, not much business done. Wheat,
17s ; barley, Ils ; oats, 6s 6d ; and potatoes, 16s per hobbet.
RHYL, MAY 15.—This day's market was more thinly at-
tended than last week's, and the inquiry for wheat was active,
which commanded an advance of 3d per 16Slbs. We observe
no alteration in the valise of barley, beans, peas, and oats.
Wheat, 16s 3d per hobbet of 1681bs.
WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 16.—The number of
beas's was 500, and sheep 7,300. Prices :—Beef, 5s to 6s 3d
per stone of 141 b. • mutton 4d to 5d per lb. Business was
brisk, nearly all the stock being sold.
SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 16.—We had a very
good show of beasts, and the quality moderately good for the
season. Of sheep about equal to the demand, though the at-
tendance was good. The demand may be called brisk, and the
full prices of last week were maintained. Nearly everything
sold up. _ _

INVERNESS, MAY 15.—New wheat, per quarter,
weighing 62113 per bushel, 418 to 44s ; barley, 641 b per bushel,
21s to 255; oats, 421 b per bushel, 17s to 18s Od ; seed oats, per
qr, 421 b per bush, ON to 00s Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s;
second, 14s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 155; bran,
per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2tOlb, 36s to 575; second,
28s ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 5d to Is 6d ;
second, Os Od; barleymeal, Is 2d; peasemeal, is 6d; first flour,
2s Od cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota-
toes, per stone, Ed to 7d ; beef, per pound, 5d to 8d; veal, 4d
to 6d; mutton, sel to Ed; pork, 4d to 63; fowls, each, 12d to
15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; eggs, par dozen, 4d to
sd; butter, fresh, per lb, 12d to Od ; salt, lld to 12d ; croudie
(curds) Od ; four pound loaf, cash, Gd to 7d, credit, 6id to
7d; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 6d.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY:
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 18, 1849.
24 Life Guards—Lieutenant Charles Hallowell Ca-
rew, from the 36th Foot, to be Cornet and Sub• Lieut-
enant, vice Gwyn, who exchanges, May 18. ,
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Philip Banbury to
be Captain, by purchase, v:ee Brevet Major Hogge, who
retires, May 18; Cornet and Adjutant John Gray to
have the rank of Lieutenant, May 17; Cornet William
Stuckey Wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bun-
bury; Thomas Edward I)owbiggin, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Wood, May 18.
6th Foot—Major Andrew Armstrong Barnes, from
the 25th Foot, to be M•rjor, vice Giiffiths, who exchanges,
May 18. *.

24th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the 2d Class John Stuart
Smith, M.D., to ba Surgeon, vice Pitcsirn, who ex-
changes, May 18.

25th Foot—Major John Thomas GrifliLh, from the
6th Foot, to be Major, vice Barnes, who exchanges,
May 18.

sign, by purchase,
35th
Foot—Charles Robert Tennant, Gent., to be En-
vice Spratt, promoted, May 18.
36th Foot—Lieutenant, Cornet, and Sub-Lieutenant
Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew' Gwyn, from the 2d
R-giment of Life Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Carew,
Foot, to be Major, vice Stir:
who exchanges, May
63d Foot--Ensigre Diiu
18.
62d Foot—Mjory 'len 3.
91st Foot, to be gia3
ortt, who exchanges, May 18.
B. Harvey, from the 87th*
William George Landri -1 Ernest Manners from tho
Lieutenant, without %purchase, vice
s 0 Crowther, cashiered by the
sentence of a General Court-Marti I ' May 18
retiresv;lce
69th Foot—Captain George --a-, --:
Hughes Messiter, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain ".
Duckett, who exchanges, May 18. '
Francis George.tl
cFpl ooynd.
71st Foot—Ensign Bernard Brocas to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Uniacke, who
nell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
eepurchase,nt.
Ensign,roeas,
May 18.
to be B
72d Foot—William Whitmore,
by purchase, vice Urquhart, appointed '
to the 75th Foot,
May 18.
87th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William T
Shortt, from the 62d Foot, to be al or'l—
exchanges; Second-Lieutenant John vice Harvey,
Peyton to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murphy,
Edward Henry John Meredytb, Gent., twho
0 e retires;
Second.
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peyton, May 18.
90th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Carew Ander-
son,
M D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon,•
vice Ellson,
deceased, May 18.
91st Foot—Samuel Tomyns Sargent, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Manners,
promoted in
the 63d Foot, May 18.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain George Bulkeley
Tattersall to be Major, by purchase, lice Martin,
who retires; Lieutenant Vincent Wing to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Tattersall ; Second-Lieutenant
Edmund Bagenall to be First Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Wing; Francis Irving Kennedy, Gent., to be Second-
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bagenall, May 18.
HOSPITAL STAFF —Surgeon George Kincaid Pitcairn,
M.D., from the 24th Foot, to be StetrSurgeon of the 2d
Class, rice Smith, who exchanges; Acting Assistant-
Surgeon George Smyth King, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Anderson, promoted in the
90th Foot, May 18.
UNATTACIIED.—Captain Paris William Augustus
Bradsh4we, from the 77th Foot, to be Major, without
purchase, May 10.
MEmortAsmor.—The Christian names of Ensign Cox,
of the 25th Foot, are Francis Megan, not Regan, as pre-
viously stated ; the Christian names of Ensign Dicken-
son, of the 29th Foot, are William Speke, not Spike, as
previously stated.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant cf Lincolnshire.
George Hileleyard Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Esq., Com-
panion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael
and St. George, to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George
Spofforth List( r, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George
Skipworth, Etq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles
Ferdell, Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 24.
Commissions by ti)e L brd-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Glasgow and Loaner Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Lieutceoant George Baird •to be Captain, vice
Tennant, resigned; Donald Smith, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Baird, promoted; George Lumsden, Gent.,
to be Cornet, April 10.
Commissions by thc Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.
The Montgomery Yeomanry Cavalry Regiment—
Cornet David Jones to be Lieutenant, vice Leicester, re-
signed; William Basset Hewson, Gent. to be Cornet,
vice Jones promoted.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 24, 1845.

The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal,
Kat., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Com-
mon Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Robert Smith,
of Riehmond, in the c9unty of Surrey, Gent.,lstooibne
and
of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknow-
ledgments of deeds, to be executed by married women,
under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and reco-
veries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of
foras thesura county of Middlesex.nce,inandforthocounty of Surrey, also
WIIITELIALL, MAY 3.

The Eight Hen. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
Westminster, has appointed Henry Smith, of Richmond,
in the county of Surrey, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual
Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act
passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for
tha substitution of more simple modes of insurance, to
and for the county of Surrey, also i❑ and for the county
of Middlesex.

WUITEFIALL, MAY 14.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Graham
White, of Launceston, in the county of Cornwall, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Robson, tailor, lloughton-le•Spring, Durham.

BAIKRLYPTS.
William Clubman, drap'r, Farringdon-street, to sur-
render May 25 and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry.
Henry Walker, oilman, Coleman-street; City, May
30, at half-past one, and June 99, at twelve, at the
Court of BAnkruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Tokenhousc-yard.

Robert Daw, jun., linendraper, Launce3tor, June 2,
at one, and July 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street; Lloyd, Milk street, Cheapside-
Jacob Jacobs, auctioneer, Canterbury, May 21 and
June 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Cullen, high-
street, Poplar.

. . i
Henry Crrdlestone, apothecary, North Audley-street,
P.! ay 31, at twelve, and June 28, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Chappell,
Golden-square.
Vincent Jenkinson and John Stafford Rollison, cow-
keepers and dairymen, Argyll. street, King's-cross, May
25, and June 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Dad, Great
Marlborough-street.
Camber-
John Perry jun., oilman, High-street,
well, May 25, at one, and June 26, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church lane, Lombard-street; Teague, Crown-court,
Cheapside.
Philip Bond, corn dealer, Birmingham, May 29, and
July 3, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram,
Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham.
William Henry Higgett, pawnbroker, May 26, and
June 23, at twAve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official -assignee, Birmingham; Corser and
Underhill, Wolverhampton.

Samuel Hignett, maltster, Middle, Shropshire, May
26 and June 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Salter and
Jones, Ellesmere; Goodbehere, Birmingham.
Samuel Stead, druggist, Bradford, Yorkshire, June .5,
at eleven, and June 25, at twelve, at the Leeds District
rCoow7t.saxllleobpyee,,offiduilal.l. assignee,
DIVIDENDS. Leeds; Willan, Bedford.
At the Court, Basingball-street.

J u 12,
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B. Barrotte, North Walsham,
at half-past
June 12, at one—R. More, Norwich, coal merchant,
June 12, at half-past twelve—J. Webb, Luton, Bedford-
ts
3hoi
lree; , sot rlanwe y
,plait
ad
se
,a lteera,
eleven—D. Ross, Ratcliff-cross, wharf, and Glasgow,
wine and spirit merchant, June 12, at eleven—J. Choate,
Ipswich, boot and shoemaker, June 14, at
Junede dealer, r 12,,
a n t
e half-past one—B.
one—D. C.
Gordon, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, merchant,
June 13, at twelve—R. Higgins and W. Higgins, Lud-
gerahall, Wilts, drapers and grocers, June 14, at eleven
—L. W. Ash, White Lion-street, Pentonville, corn and
coal merchant, June 14, at twelve—A. Hewlett, Ab-
bott's Ann, Hants, carpenter, June 14, at twelve—H.
Hutchens, Portsea, timber merchant, June 12, at twelve
W. H. Summers, Sackville-street, bill broker, June
12, at eleven—T. J. Breeds and C. Burfield, Ben.,
Tooley -street and Hastin'gs, merchants, June 8, at one
s,
W. Quincy, Old-street, St. Luke's,
tinplate worker,
June 14, at one.
In the Country.
S. Fisher, Newark- upon. Trent, Nottinghamshire,
builder, June 8, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham
—J. B. Scott, Denham Springs, near Chorley, calico
printer, June 13, at twelve, at the Ccurt, Manchester
—G. W. Gee and J. F. Gee, Leeds and Horsfortb drapers,
June 12, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W.
Shaw, Salford, printer, June 11, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—J. Knight, Wigan and Ilaydcck, butcher
and tanner. June 9, at twelve, at the Court, Manches-
ter—A. Hodgkinkon, Little Bol.on, builder, June 15,
at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—R. Lister, Belper,
Derbyshire, draper and grocer, June 15, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—J. Munk, Manchester, merchant,
June 8, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester=-C. Wil-
kinson, Manchester, starch manufacturer, June 9, at
eleven, at the Court, Manchester-I,V. Sheppard, Man-
chester, wine and spirit dealer, June 8, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—R. J. S. Mellin, Wakefield, dyer,
June 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Oxley, Brad-
ford, cornm4sion agent. June s, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds—G. Samson', Weymouth and Nlelcombe Regis,
icorn dealer, June 14, at one, at the Court, Exeter—F.
Cowlyn, Devonport, mercer and tailor, Juue 14, at one,
at the Cotirt, Exetar---11, PPOCOrt gx9ter, Prater, 'hue

14, at one, at the Court, Exeter—T. Hebblewhite, Liver-
pool, wine and spirit merchant, June 13, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—F. G. Harb ird, Liverpool, wine
and spirit merchant, Juno 14, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—G. Francis, Liverpool, tailor and draper,
Juno 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. C. S,
Chauncey, Liverpool, sharebreker, June 15, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—M. WArdle, Liverpool, grocer,
June 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. A.
Stewart, Liverpool, shipbroker, June 14, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—J. P. Richard and A. H. Aikin,
Liverpool, merchants, June 15, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—S. Clegg, T. Mather, jun., and K. Pringle,
West Derby, near Liverpool, founders and engineers,
June 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. Brown, West Todho!es, Northumberland, farmer,
4d., on Saturday, May 19, or any subsequent Saturday,
between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
castle upon-Tyne.
T. Tyson. Whitehaven, builder, 3d., in addition to 35.,
previously declared, on Saturday, May 19, or any fol-
lowing Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of
Mr. Walley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
S. Williams, Reading, coach proprietor 61. 6d., on
Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-
lane, City.

J. Kind,' North Audley,street, Grosvenor-square,
conch builder, 55., on any Wednesday, between eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-
street.

J. Pealte and T. Hall, Lichfield, ironmongers, ss. 4d.
and 103.4 d., on Thursday, Msy 24, or any subsequent
Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Burgess, Harleyford-place, Kennington, tailor,
2s. 3d., on Saturday, 19th inst., and three subsequent
Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
D. Monerieff, Catherine-street, Strand, victualler,
3s. 5d., ou Saturday, 19th inst., and three subsequent
Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the cffiee of Mr.
Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
W. W. Ogbourne, Honey-lane, Cheapside, commission
agent, 31dp second dividend, and 11id., first and second
dividend, on new proofs, on Saturday, 19th inst, and
three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven end two, at
the office of Sir. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry.
G. Thomas, Bristol, merchant, 4d., on any Wednes-
day, between ten and twelve, at the cffice of Mr. Miller,
Bristol.
J. Lee, Manchester, paper hanger, 19.6 d., on Tuesday,
the 22d inst., or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven
and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
J. Wood and Sons, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, manufac-
turers, 2s. Bd. and 81d., on Tuesday, May 22, or any
subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Hope, Lends.
W. Watson, EllatO, Yorkshire, innkeeper, 2s. W. en
Tuesday, May 22, or any Subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
It. Dunn, Wakefield, Yorshire, corn factor, is 41d.
on Tuesday, May 22, or any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
Helm Watts,
Marsh, Gloucestershire, inkeeper, 4s. Bd.
on Monday, 21st inst , and two subsequent Mondays,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan,
Birchin-lane.

T. Wright, Poland-street, Oxford-street, builder,
2s. 2d., on Monday, 21A, inst:, and two subsequent Mon-
days, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Cannan, Birchin•lane.

J. Giro, Moorgate-street, City, merchant, Brl., on
Monday, 21st inst., and two subsequent Mondays, be-
tween eleven and three, at tho office of Mr. Conran,
Birchin-lane.

T. Williams, Shooter's•hill road, clerk, 1.. Sd., on
Monday, 21st inst., and two subsequent Mondays, be-
tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Bir-
chin-lane.

W. Bruce, Albany-stre,2t, Regent's-park, baker, 2td.,
on Monday, 21st inst., and two subsequent Mondays,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan,
Birchin-lane.

G. Lewis' Wrexham, Denbighshire, apothecary, Is.
Bid., on Wednesday, May 23, or any subsequent Wed-
nesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Morgan, Liverpool.
M. Nunn, Regent circus, Oxford street, child-bed
linen warehouseman, Is. 6d., anv Saturday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
S. W. Youngman, Norwich, wine-merchant, 2s. 3d.,
any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Green, Aldermanbcry.
W. Minton, Liverpool, draper, 75., any Saturday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder-
manbury.
J. Boddington, Manchester, corn end provision dealer,
toV., any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
C. 0. Robson, Finsbury-street, builder and plasterer,
id., any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Green, Alderrnanbury.
T. Richmond, Peterborough, builder, 25., any Satur-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Aldermanbury.
G. Banks, Lyminc;ton, Hampshire, builder, 2d., on
Wednesday, May 16, or any succeeding Wednesday,
between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.

S. Mobbs, St. Mary-le Strand-place, Old Kent-road,
Dean- street, S and Houndeditch, coal merchant,
55., on Wednesday, May 16, or any succe: ding Wed-
nesday, between twelve and three, at the office of Mr.
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghail-street.
L. Langley, I3rading, Isle of Wight, baker and gro-
cer, 45., on Wednesd ,y, May 23, or any succeeding
Wednesday, between twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street.
J. Summers. Cambridge, cabinet maker, 20 , on
Wednesday, May 16, or any succeeding Wednesday,
between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Wiggins, High Holborn, woollendraper, 24d. on
Wednesday, May 16, or any succeeding Wednesday,
between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook court, Basinghall-street.
NOTICES OF CEI TIFICATE:7',
At the Court, Basinghall street.
J. Burnham, Edvware-road, silk mercer, Juno 8, at
twelve—T. N. Kerr, Biggleswade and Southhill, Wd-
fordshirP, miller, June 9, at eleven—W. B. Girdlestone,
Southampton, board and lodging-house keeper, June
12, at one—A Brown, Mount-street, Whitcehrpol, dra-
per, June 9, at eleven—H. Peet, Ludgate-hill and New-
gate-street, printer and stationer, June 11, at twelve—
J. Craft, Markham-street, Chelsea, general dealer, June
13, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
G. Cotman, Manchester and Leede, manufacturer,
June 8, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—R. H.
Hartley, Halifax, Yorkshire, stock and sharebroker,
June 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Peckmore,
Liverpool, baker, Juno 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—E. Emans, Liverpool, merchant, June 22, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. D. Verly, Liverpool,
watchmaker, June 14, at eleven, at the Court Liverpool
—T. Oceleshead and C. Cummins, Liverpool, commis-
sion agents, Juno 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool
—H. Fenwick, Liverpool, baelter, June 8, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—F. G. Harboard, Liverpool, wine
and spirit merchant, June 15, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—T. B. Wade, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer,
Juno 12, at ten, at the Court Birmingham—C. N. Cart-
wright, Leicester, dresser and spiHner, June 15, at ten,
at the Court, Nottingham—E. Bannister, Abbott's Brom-
ley and Hill Redware, Staffordshire, harness-maker,
June 12, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Irving,
13irmingham, draper, June 16, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham—J. Downs, Newcastle under-Lyme, fish-
monger, June 9, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, June 8.
A. Easthope, Wolverhampton, upholsterer—W. E.
Holmes, Lichfield, coachmaker—J. R. Nicholls, Oxford-
' street, tavern keeper—G. M. Horton, Hatton-garden,
clerk
jeweller—J. Grover, Regent street, Lambeth, stone
merchant—H. Pratt, Worcester, —P. Barrotte,
North Walsham, Norfolk, innkeeper—T. Woodfield,
Little Ebury- street, Pimlico, plumber—J. Badcock, East
Ilsey, Berkshire, draper—T. White, Cornhill, chemist
and druggist—G. Cheetham, Frindsbury, Kent, ship-
builder—C- Kitto, Ferdinand street, Hampstead road,
retailer of beer—P. Thompson, sen., Osnaburg-place,
New-road, and Commercial-road, Limehouse, carpenter.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Cooper and T. Horsman, Manchester, tea dealers—
W. W. Undy and E. Lewis, Hatton-garden, lithographers
and printers—G. Betts and J. Betts, Bristol, grocers—
W. Wainwright and C. Arkcoll, Manchester, engineers
and millwrights—W. Roberts and W. Curtis, Gloucester,
grocers—E. Spoor and R. Lodge, East Tanfield, Durham,
tile and brickmskcrs—R. Landray and G. Denton, Bishop
Wearmoutb, Durham, coachbuilders—P. Stoessiger,
L. Henry, J. Valery, and E. Henry, Birmingham, fore R.
foreign
warehousemen—G. Mantel! and F. L. Ranted,
Epping, Essex, butchers—J. Jennings and F. New-
comb, Newington-causeway, stationers—G. Ralph
and H. Relph, Carlisle, linen and wollendrapers
—G. Brown and J. Jackson, Derby, engineers
and gas fitters—E. Smith and IV. Atkinson,
Huider.field, surgeons and apothecaries—S. Peek and
J. Smith, Cheltenham, grocers—J. R. Taylor and W.
Farmer, Birmingham, cut nail manufacturers—T. Foul-
ter and A. Cooper, Great St. Helen's, City, wholesale
stationers—M. Maskell and Emma Stone, Pondyard,
Backside, Southwark and Chichester-rents, Chancery-
lane, painters, and glazierr, and coppersmith, and worm-
makers—J. Best and J. Best, Reading, secdsme? n d
florists—D. Hill and P. Mason, Manchester, clothiers—
H. Elwell and T. Smith, Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
Barbadoes, and Liverpool, merchants—T. Prosser and
W. C. Carver, Bolinehrolte-road, Battersa, cutters of
wood by machinery--2F. Brown and J. H. Ramsbottom,
Grattan-street and Lichfield-street, Soho, egg merchants
—J. Birch and J. Gee( n,Manchester, wholesalc bread and
biscuit manufacturers—E. V. Blyth, and J. Grm,
Birmingham, merchants and. factors—R. Barclay F.
Friend, and T. Gale, Little George-street, Bermondsey,
and Abehurch-lane, City, colour manufacturers (so far
as regards R. Barclay)—A. B. Maddock and H. Brod-
ribb West Mailing, Kent, lunatic asylum keepers—J. P.
Cutts,' %v. W • Cutts, and 11. G. Cuus, Sheffield, general
merchants—J. P. Cutts, W. W. Cutts, 11. G. Cutts, and
J. Sutton, Sheffield, opticians—G. Keighley, W. Keigh.
ley, S. Keighley,
and J. Keighley, jun., Yorkshire,
worsted and stuff rnanufaoturera—J. Watson and W.

[PRICE OD.

Watson, Wohl Newton, farmers—Sarah Baines and T.
Baines,l lradford, Yorkshire, wool dealers—T. Williams
and J. Weavton, Woolley Edge, near Wakefield, railway
contract, )ra—R. Dudgeon, W. Balleny, J. W. Dudgeon,
and C. P. Dickson, London and Liverpool, merchants (as
far as r, %eras W. Balleny).
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Welbourn, Plunger, Leicestershire, dealer in bread.
Thomas Hill, Houghton, Lincolnshire, farmer.
Daniel \Wootton, Weimer, Kent, beerseller.
Samuel Limeburner, Witton-cum-Svvambrooks, travel-
], r.
Charles James Dillon, Bisbopsgate street, comedian.
Colombian Frigot, Southsea, teacher.
Thomas ©;ding, Southsea, baker.
William Green, Old Basford, Nottinghamshire, baker.
Samuel Clark, Nottingham, b(Asebreaker.
John Lake Heigh ton, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, jour-
neyman commission agent.
Frederick Priestland, Basferd, Nottinghamshire, shoe-
keeper.
Richard Nightingale, Nottingham, tailor.
Mary Julian, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.l
George Knight, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, baker.
Joseph Earl, Farnham Royal, I.3uckinghsmsh:re, car-
penter..
George 'Wilkinson, Metheringliam,
Lincolnshire, tailor.
William Enderby, Scotborne, near Lincoln, bolt and
shoem °Jur.
James Neal, Dover, victualler.
James 1W.1218, Cirencester, nail manufacturer.
Joseph part, Maiseyhampton, Gloucestershire, letter
carrier..
John Middleton, Milton next Gravesend, stonemason.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. Hiller, Edinburgh, umbrella manufacturer, to
meet wir,b.in Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, May 24 and
June 14, at two.

J. Aird and W. Anderson. Glasgow, merchants, to
meet within Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow, May 24 and June
22, at ono..

G. Gomion, Grange, Banffshire, insurance broker, to
moot within Gillander's Hotel, Banff, May 25 and June
15, at one.

D. Bruce, Eiinburgh, picture dealer, to meet within
Ferguson's Bhip Hotel, Edinburgh, May 23 and June 13,
at eleven.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Way 15,
1849, is 26a. d. per cwt.

EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH,

WOOLWICH, MAY 17.—Lieutenant-General Sir Thos.
Downman, C. 8., K.C.11., Commandant of the Garrisor,
and a large patty, assembled at the Batt in the Royal
Arsenal, at :two o'clock P.M, to-day, to witness the prac-
tice of the two gun battery recently erected there, it
having stood remarkably well when fired
from. Six rounds of 24 pounder shot were
tired at St yarde' distance from a 24 pounder gun,
mounted on. u field carriage. The first round was directed
against the centre of the battery, betwixt the two embra-
sures, and the solid shot entered the material to the dis-
h:nee of 14 inches, displacing the surrounding material
to a diameter of rather more than two feet, and throwing
out large pieces and thousands of small fragments to a
considerable 'istance to the rear of the gun from which
the :het was fired ; one of the pieces struck Lieute-
nant-Colonel English in the arm, cutting the sleeve of
his coat, and +musing much pain. Another of the frag-
ments, about the size of a hen's egg, struck one of the
gunners, who was considerably in the rear of the
gun, in the thigh, and he appeared to suffer much
for some time, but did not leave the ground. The se-
cond round was directed against the south side of the
south embrasure, and made an indentation to
the extent of fourteen inches, displacing a
space of four feet by three feet on the sur-
face of the composition. The fragments were nume-
rous on the second round being fired, but the officers
and other spectators had gone a greater distance to the
rear, and many took shelter in an adjacent building. The
gunners also retired to a greater distance, with the ex-
ception of the gunner who fired, and. during the whole
of the experiments he did nut-sustain thet Ital)injury.
Four other rounds were fired from Jig If- °under'
gun, making six rounds of that NMcription of
shot, which nearly destroyed the whole of the battery,
literally lining up the massive pieces, separating them
at the joinings of the composition which had been put
together at different meltings, the work having been con-
structed when the material was in a fluid-ektateir- At
the conclusion of the experiments with the 24•pouiader-
shot a 9 pounder field-battery gun teas broug,ll, ta-
bear upon the other side•ol the remaining parts of
the battery, and the first round at about fifty
yards' distance, fired at an angle, displaced a
great portion, the fragments appearing as thick
s hail, many of them reaching a distance
considerably in rear of the gun. One of the young
officers of Engineers received a severe blow in the face
from one, and his nose bled profusely. Several other
persons were also struck, but not to any serious ex-
tent. Three rounds were fired from the same posi-
tion, and the fragments were numerous, but no per-
son w,s hurt, as all had retired to better positions.
The gun was then brought round to the inside of
ihe battery and two rounds fired from it at about ten
yards' distance, the discharge being effected by placing a
port-fire on the vent and the gunners all retiring to be
out of the chance of danger. The shot of the 9 pounder
entered ten inches, and at the emnpletion of the 12
rounds the battery was a complete ruin. The result of
the experiments has shown that the composition is not
well adapted for batteries, owing to its brittle nature
and great liability to splinter. The violent concussions
it stood when tired from affords evidence, however,
that it is remarkably well adapted for forming
breakwaters or harbours of refuge, as it would resist
the greatest shocks that could bo given to it by the
most powerful waves, although it cannot resist the
effect of cannon balls. At the conclusion of the experi-
ments Captain the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice submitted
to the inspection of the commandant and officers
present a gun-carringe, on which an IS-pounder gun
was mounted on a new principle. The present gun-car-
riages when required to be moved for firing at angles
hate to be shifted by gunners with handspikes while
the cfficer or gunner is directing it against the object
it is intended to fire at, which prevents that degree of
nicety so requisite for good practice. Captain Fitzinau-
rice's plan renders it easy for the officer himself to rec•
tifv the aim without any other assistance whatever, all
that- is requisite being to turn a handle to which a pinion
is attached and moving in a row of cogwheel teeth de-
scribing the fourth part of a circle under the breech of
the gun.

Boos. SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSING RELIGIOUS KNOW-
LEDGE AMONG THE POOR.—Last night the 98th annual
meeting of the above sonicty was held at Exeter Hall, in
order to receive the report, and on general business.
Alderman Challis having taken the chair, remarked that
it was surprising how little was cared for the poor man
at large, struggling to get an honest living for himself
and his family ; but once let him commit some crime,
and be lodged in a prison, every effort was made to re-
form and instruct him, and he learnt more in three or
four moths that he might be in prison than he learned in
the thirty years that he might have been out of it. Now
the objects of this society and its publications were to
reform and instruct him before he got into prison, and to
keep him out of it, which was much better. Mr. Shep-
herd read the report, which stated that more than 8,000
moral and religious publications had been circulated by
the society, and many valuable works had been added
during the past year to the list of their books. The re-
port further stated, that as the year 1850 will be the
centenary of the society, the committee have come to a
resolution to offer a prize of 211. in that year to the
author of the best essay upon so:ne subject connected
with religion and morals. The receipts for the last year
amounted to 5941. Bs. 4d., and the expenditure to
594/. 2s. 7d., leaving a balance of ss. 9d. The report was
then unanimously adopted, and the ordinary routine
business having been concluded, the meeting separated.
FIRE NEAR-BRADFORD.—On Thursday a fire broke
out in the woolhouse at the Upper Globe Mill in Man-
ningham, Bradford. Engines were promptly on the spot,
and the ravages of the fire were confined to the building
in which they were first discovered. The damage is
estimated to exceed 2001. The mischief ais supposed to
have been occasioned by the spontaneous combustion of
some greasy wool.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH ESSEX.—We are au-
thorised to state that the report, copied into our paper of
Iffednesday, from the Essex Herald, that Sir E. N. Bust);
ton intends to retire from the representation of Sou
Essex is entirely without foundation..
THE WILTSHIRE SOCIETY.--The
an-
niversary of this institution was held o_
high sheriff
Albion Tavern, Robert Parry Nisbet,. E
n thirty-thirdT huday at
oeCaptain
Sotheron, M.P.,
of the county of Wilts,
Mr. A. L. Godard,e Esq , M.P., John
Boldero, M.P., in the chair,pcilp;olprt.e,d by Mr.
G. H. W. Hentee;
M ewether, Mr. Mere-
wether, S.
Neel d, Esq.,
W. Brittain, q_
M.P., Mr. SEerj
eanDr. Ingram, &e. About
conducted by r.
ments were co
and Mr. Bradbury. The
GO gentlemen sat down t_o'dijam'ner.
ITlohbebms,uslsictarl. aGrrraantgtaen-
fund, by donations
objet o
a for the purpose of apprenticing
Cook
and Wiltshire,resident
children of poor persons from.
Mf
ther so Thomascie t society is Young.to raise a
Inswuibat shccirenirptttahi
certain
sum
of money, at the expiration
bills' of mortality; and also for
of their apprenticeship, to establish them in business if
]endingLt hoen d oe annualtohr
e
their conduct shall have been meritorious. The amounf
of subscriptions received was 1441.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.--At a recent ses-
sion of the council the following legacies were an-
nounced:—For the college, 1001., duty free, by Thomas
Dyson, Esq., of Diss. Norfolk; for the hospital, 500/.,
by Mrs. Kennedy, of Pensylvania, near Exeter; 2501.,
by Charles Filica, Esq., of Park-crescent ; 5001., by
John Curties, Esq , of Devonshire-place. Mr. Dyson 's
legacy has been paid by his executor, Thomas Lomb:"
Taylor, E•q. The 300/, bccrieathed by Dr. Fellowes,
to ho added " to the permanent endowment of the hos-
pital," has also been lately paid without deduction of
duty.

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.—The Stamford Mer-
clay states that, in spite of agricultural distress, all kinds
of live stock and farming implements fetch full value at
the sales, and there is stong competition for every farm
that is to let.