The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-11 00:00:00

EXAMPLES.

tlse
,6 Annual Policy Bonn in! !lenrmt lie- ISnm
Assured
Age. E Pre- taken addition Bonus in 4uction of may bor-
.., g nabs]. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on
Assured.: £
d. Premium: Polieyd.e. .
1837 276 14 3!128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8
1838 251 1s 10,116 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9
cd. 1839 226 6 010 15 1 16 2 494 810
60 1000 74 3 4 1840 178 0 01 8•-2 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0
1841 174 0 01 78 3 4 12 3 I, 395 11 1
I 1842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3
1843 93 18 41 44 8 4 615 li 396 13 4
11 1844 62 6 81 27 13 4 4 4 ( 247 4 5
" The business to be transacted at the present
meeting, is the election of four Directors, in lieu of',

John Elliolson, F.R.S., Edmond Sheppard
Symes, Esq., Clement Tabor, Eiq., and Joseph
Thompson, Esq., whose period of office expires, but
who are eligible to be reelected, and offer tbem-
stdres accordingly ; and for the confirmation of the
election, by the Court of Directors, of Augustus
Vigne, Esq., as a director.
" Also for the election of an auditor, in place of
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., whose period of office
also expires, but who is eligible to be re-elected, and
offers himself accordingly.
"By order of the Court of Directors,
"T. LAMIE AIURRAY, Chairman.

•
" May 9, 1849."
In answer to a question, the CHAIRMAN said that
the accounts were always open for inspection by the
proprietors at the office.
The CHAIRMAN then said that it became his duty to
move that the report be received, adopted, and printed
for circulation among the proprietors. In doing so
he believed that he might say that, notwithstanding
the serious losses which the society had sustained by
the extraordinary mortality of the last two years,
their affairs were very satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.)
lie for one was far from thinking that these
losses would in the end be injurious to life as-
surance offices—(Hear, hear)—on the contrary, he
believed they were calculated in the long run to be of
advantage ti them. He had made a calculation, but
of course there was great difficulty in obtaining the
data to do so, from which it appeared that a sum of
no less than 3,000,0001. had been distributed among
the public by assurance offices in 1848. That sum
might be said to be a premium on pravidence.—(Hear,
hear.) He thought that circumstance must strike
most forcibly those parties who had any regard
for their families, or who depended upon the lives
of others, to induce them to assure, when they
saw the families of those who would otherwise
have been in indigence, through the heads of those
families being cut off in their prime, provided for by
the means of life assurance. In the accounts then
brought before them everything was written off to
the end of last year. In those accounts the expenses
appeared heavier than usual owing to the fact that
they had never hitherto been able to tell what was
the exact cost of their establishment in America.—
(llear, hear.) They now, however, found that
the expense of that establishment had not been less
than 15,000/. cr 16,0001. since 1844 ; but
the business they were doing in America
was most extraordinary, and the expense which had
been incurred by the direction, in New York and
other parts of America, which was of the best descrip-
tion, would be fully justified.—(Hear.) As an in-
stance of the business they were now doing, he might
state that at one board meeting they had no less than
108 proposals for assurance before them at one time.
—(Hear, hear.) He believed that that was the
largest number that had ever been brought before
the board of any assurance company, six or seven
proposals at the weekly meetings being considered a
fair average, and therefore to have 108 at one time
was,indeed, rather startling.—(Hear.) As regarded
the expenses, they might appear rather heavy, , but it
had been thought better by the board to bring them
all up into a net sum at once, though, as he had ex-
plained, some of them extended over the last four
years. At the same time he thought it necessary to
explain that their American expenses were being re-
duced ; and from a correspondence that bad been
going on between the American and English boards,
he had no doubt but that in future they would be
brought down so as to bear but a very small pro-
portion to the business transacted.—(Dear, hear.)
He could not pass over that part of their busi-
ness without paying a fair rneed of praise to the
Honourable Mr. Starr, their general agent in
America, who seemed to take extraordinary interest
in, and, indeed, he might say, devoted his whole life
to, the promotion of life assurance.—(Bear, hear.)
The commission of that gentleman already amounted
to nearly 1,0001. a year; and as life assurance up
peered to have become a fashion in America, he hail
no doubt that it would be much better in the next
year than in the last.—(hear, hear.) As regarded
the mortality of this year as compared with former
years, he might mention that they had paid for claims
since the Ist of December last, a period of five
months,
2,1501., and they lied further claims
ernannting to 4,8%41, eo that they co ~,
lated that, iaatead of havire4 to pay • as last year
26,0001., they would not have to pay more than
10,000/.—(Hear, hear)—their average calculation

being 20,000/.—(Hear, hear). Reference had been
made in the report to the rapid extension of their
business in England. On that point he in'ght state
that they had had applications for nearly sixty
new agencies since the time when they last met,
and there was a better understanding between the
board and the old agents. Indeed, he had been
lately stirring them up, and the Lus)aess had
consequently greatly increased—(Hear, hear)—
there being a greater increase on the business of the
last than on any former year.—(Elear, hear.)
In the accounts and report read to the meeting
there carts one point which he ought not to omit to
mention, viz., that, in addition to the bonuses al:
ready declared, there was a sun of 51,0001. carried
to the account of future profits.—(Cheers.) He be-
lieved that he had now stated all that was useful, and
he thearefore begged to move the adoption and circu
lation of the report.
Mr. TnompsoN seconded the motion.
In at swer to questions,
The 'CHAIRMAN stated that the policies granted in
1847 were 617; the largest number ever granted in
one year was in 1845, when they amounted to
704, a-nd in the present year they had already
reached. 405. They were now doing a larger busi-
ness in America than any English office was doing in
Englard itself.—(Hear.) The American and English
accoun is were kept separate, in which foum they
could at any time be seen by the proprietors, though
it was not thought convenient to produce them in
detail et the general meetings. That company had
been the first to admit the principle of paying the
amount of policies to the families of parties commit-
ting suicide. They at present required that such
parties should. have been insured seven years. It
might pc,ssibly be practicable to reduce that period to
five years, as it could not be supposed that parties
would. contemplate suicide, and go to the expense of
n assurig their lives during that period with the view
of mo ney being obtained from an assurance office,
though. there could be no doubt that if the money'
was payable immediately on assurance many parties
would be found to sacrifice their own lives for the
benefit of their families.
A short conversation took place on points of detail,

in which the greatest confidence was expressed in the
management and position of the company; and on
the motion for the adoption of the report being put,
it was cl,rried unanimously.
The retiring directors and auditors having been
re-elected,
Mr. XAMESON, as the representative of a large
number of shareholders in Scotland, begged to ex-
press his gratification at the satisfactory nature of the
report presented to them, and also at the great
interest, as evinced by their questions, which
the shareholders appeared to take in the affair:.
of the company. At the end of three such
tremendous years as those which had just passed,
it was most gratifying to find that their corpo-
ration, unlike other corporations which bad beer
presided over by kings end emperors, had not only
been able to get on steadily, but to meet and sur-
mount the severe crisis of the times through whici,
they had passed.—(Cheers and laughter.) He hao
great satin faction in observing, both on public am'
private gr 3unds, that their business was progressing
so " slick" with their cousins en the other side of till
Atlantic--(Cheers)--and be believed thlt, withou-

the aid of Cobden or peace associations, nothing would
do more to prevent the Americans wishing to go a -
gunning with the Britishers than being bound up
with them in life assurance— (Laughter)—Mr. Wool-
house not yet having prepared any tables for war
risk,.—(Cheers and laughter.) He regretted the
absence from among them of their former secretary.
Mr. Camroux ; but he k ew, that since the Chair mat;
had taken the whip into his own hands, he had laid
it soundly about the shoulders of the agents—him
self (Mr. Jameson) among the number—and made
them feel that they had indeed the master hand at
the helm.—(Cheers.) He was sure, that from all he
saw and heard of the company, that everything was
conspiring to promote its best interests, and he there-
fore hoped the proprietors present would cordially
join with him in giving a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, directors, and office-bearers of the cow-
pany.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Jourt SYMES seconded the motion with great
Measure. He thought it ought to be made generally,
known that the directors of that company were dis-
tinguished by the rareness with which they disputed
claims made upon it.—(Hear.) It was a fact that they
had never disputed one claim which they had taken
into court in which they had not been successful, while
in many others, where they had reason to doubt the
fairness of the claim, they had given the benefit of the
doubt to those making the claim.—(Hear.) Such
conduct as that, he was sure, must tend to raise the cha-

ratter of the office in the estimation of the public.—
(Cheers.) He agreed with the Chairman that their
losses by the mortality of the la-t two years wer e
likely to prove ultimately beneticlal to the company,
as when parties saw their friends cut off in apparent
strength and health, and their families, who would
otherwise be destitute, provided for through the
benefits of life assurance, they would, if they had
any respect for their own families, at once secure to
themselves the same advantages.--(Cheers.)
The resolution having been carried by acclamation,
The CHAIRMAN said that he could assure the gen-
tlemen present most unfeignedly that at no period
since he had the honour to fill the position he then
held had he received with greater pleasure the vote of
confidence of the shareholders. The past year, like
the preceding, had been one of considerable anxiety,
but be thought that he saw a bright and pleasant
prospect before them.—(Cheers.) He considered
the opening of the present year most satisfactory,
and it gave him great pleasure to re° himself sur-
rounded by, and receive the approbation of, many
of the first members of the society—his old and
valued friends.—(Cheers.) He had always endea-
voured to discharge his duty with efficiency,
though he regretted the absence of his friend Mr.
Camroux, who, he hoped, had provided himself with
a better place—(Laughter)—he meant for himself—
(Laughter)—he trusted that now that he had himself
been compelled to put on the harness daily that the
society would lose nothing, but that it would continue
to increase in prosperity.—(Cheers.) He had used
all the influence he could bring to bear in promoting
the interests of the compahy, and he believed,
without taking any merit to himself for it, that

throu;h that influence the agents had done
their work well.—(Cries of " hear, hear.") lie
might here observe, that though his tim, had
been lately almost solely occupied v‘ich the affairs of
the society, he had, at the solicitation of several ot
its friends, taken into consideration the propriety of
adding a fire office to the society, as likely to be of
great advantage in promoting the lite assurance.—
(Hear, hear.) In every village were to be found
agents for fire assurance, and if they could add
that branch to their office it would diminish their
expenses, while it would increase their con-
nexion.—(Hear, hear) Therefore, notwithstand
ing the labour he had already had to perform, he
had serious thoughts of adding to it by the
establishment of a fire office.—(Hear, hear.) The
fire-office, however, he wished it to be distinwly
understood, would be established with separate capital
and separate directors, and might be brought out as
soon as there was a sufficient number of shares sub-
scribed for to give the requisite guarantee capital.—
(Hear, hear.) He begged, before sitting down,
to express the obligations he was under to the
way in which the directors had co-ope-
rated with him in carrying on the affairs of the

society—one or more attending at the office
every day—and to assure the shareholders that he
had not the slightest influence over them beyond
that which might be necessarily supposed to apper-
tain to a man who gave his best attention to the
affairs of any society.—(dear, hear) In conclusion,
he begged once more to express his heartfelt thanks
for the honour conferred upan him and his brother
directors, and to express a hope that at the next
meeting a more satisfactory report than even that of
that day would be presented to them.—(Uheers.)
The meeting then separated.

CoNsumrrioN.--At the eighth anniversary festival
recently celebrated in aid of the funds of that nob:et
in-
stitution, the Brompton Hospital, the followinsg
describedinl
interest-
ing statistics relative to pulmonary
in.
officersthe appendix: to a report prepareddisea by the medical
liability to certain diseases is a subject " The tendency of particular employmentsentnf_
greatto ii
nn
tdeurcees
ta,
hthisical patients of a
thei t its
list
o fo n
ing this institution, and
institutedab view
t we between.
general hospital. By..ay phthisicaljeom ppaartiiseonntsi,"latttbeteiedri-
of
men-
tioned that the liabilityl b ofinii
t
l other
th
er diseases, ap-
pears with their liability tailors to ciotnmsuamypbteiomn,enas. il
. 19 to 15
. ..• ••• •
pears from this comparison yto be iii the proportion
of ••• ••• -
Of bakers ... ••• ••• as 45 to 28
Of in-door servants ... ... as 24 to 12
Of printers and compositors as 100 to 27
Of clerks and shopmen ..• as 314 to 78
" Among 1,294 fern le patients attending a general hos-
pital, 169 were milliners and dressmakers; but the
number of females so occupied out of 1 679 consumptive
patients attending the Hospital for Consumption was
312; the proportion of excess being as 312 to 220."
Much of the liability to this disease among tailors and
others may be attributed to the pernicious custom of
age bodies of workmen being congregated in irnper-
fee:ly venti aced work-rooms. Now Messrs. Nicoll, the
wholesale and retail Paletot makers, employ in their
trade perhaps the greatest number of hands in this or
any other country, it having been computed that in
London only—that is to say, from their establi-htnents
in Regent-street and Cornhili—they give employment to
more than twelve hundred persons, amongst whom a
much less susceptibility to this awful disease exists than
is described in the above report; this is supposed to occur
I hr ',!;.zh Ihe arrangement of the vvie,kin,a ii: !:fn hh,
, . • • -• • •!. ' ,•ur bvikig distributed in various parts of
laA..!oli sus it... suburbs.—Muruing Post.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land.

I ' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
1
MALTA, MtY 2 —Malta is at pre sent full, even to
,v(1.1-1 ~,i,:g. of Sicilian-. Tne arrival here on Suud.) of
h..r Majesty'. sieum-irigato 13ulid ,g, announces the un-
conditional surrender of Palermo. Many persie.. of
cote are here, and Lniong the most distinguished we
.nay note the hue President of the Republic, Ruggiero
Settimo—a fine old veteran; the Duke of Veidura, she
Chevalier Carmela Ascenso di Santa Rosalie, the Baron
Martinra, Prince San Giuseppe, the Baron Corcelli, &o.
Her Majesty's steamer Tartarus arrived here on the
29th ult. She had been sent by Sir S. Canning to 4X.
Wore the nests of prates in'esting the Greek islands,
Ind that she was a-companitd by tfu French steamer
Averne, and a Turkish cutter, charged with a similar
mission.
The Tartarus and Averne, on quitting Smyrna,
minutely explored every bay, creek, and harbour from
Vorulah and Cape Carabournou to Egri Liman, and
then rejoined the French steamer at the Spalasadores.
That vessel had visited Fokies and the passages, even to
Metelin. Before anchoring at the Spalasadores, Sir G.
Webster sent his boats to the north of the islands, with
a view of visiting a certain number of boats there, and
then landed a boat's crew, who thoroughly searched the
island, without, however, meeting with any suspicious
characters.
On the morning of the 9th the Tartarus visited the
east part of Scio from Cape Kamaniki to Castro. The
Averne coasted along Carabournou and the isle of Goni,
and rejoined the Tartarus at noon. The two Com-
manders landed at Castro, and visited the Mossa Safti
Pasha, the new Governor-General of the 0 toman Ar-
chipelago, to whom they announced the object of their
mission. Big Excellency received them with great
politeness, and expressed his thanks for their prompti-
tude in acting; at the same time he gave them full
powers to explore all suspected places, where there
was no Ottoman authority, to examine all boats, and
act entirely as they might think proper under the cir-
cumstances.
On the 10th, very early, the two steamers explored
the coast from Cape Blank to Cape Kavala. Without
the last cape the Tartarus fell in with a boat, having
seven men, and laden with soap. Her papers marked
five men only. Besides this they had three muskets and
a large blunderbuss, with four yataghans, which were
not mentioned in her papers. Under these suspicious
circumstances the boat was taken possession of by Sir
Godfrey, and towed into Scala Nuova.
At 3_ p.m. the Tartarus entered Kavaki, whilst the
Averne proceeded to Vromo. Each commandant landed
25 men, who ma at the top of Cape Koraka, examining
everything en route. They found nothing beyond some
embers abandoned, as if the pirates had had notice of
their approach.
On the 11th, the two steamers visited Ypsaila, and
late in the evening arrived at Scala Nuova, where Sir G.
Webster gave up to the authorities his capture of the
preceding day.
The Bull•clog goes to-day to Paltrmo end Civita
Vecchia.

The outward India mail, by the Ripon, arrived here
yesterday morning, and proceeded to Alexandria last
night, on the arrival of the Medina from Marseilles.
Another importation of Sicilians, in number 270, has
arrived to-day, making a sum total of 3,770. No
lodgings can now be procured.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.—The quarterly meeting of
the Portsmouth Roy al Naval Club was held to-dl,.
After the th-spateh of business the dinner took place at
tie Portland Hotel, Suuthsea; Admiral the Hon. Sir
i3laden Capel, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. presided,
,upported ny Lord George Lennox, Admiral Sir John
1. Ommanney, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8.,
Harrison, Capt. Turner, Capt. La•vreuce, R.N.,
taptain 'l'. R. Salivan, Captain Blackwood, of the
Vdetury, Captain (Math, C. 8., of the Excellent, Captain
Chads, Captain Matson, Captain Ommanney, Cap-
ain Crispin, Colonel Willes, R,N., Colonel Gibs:•n,
A.M.A., Major Dawes, R.M., Mr. Richard Haig, R.N.,
Flag-Lieutenant Aplin, Mr. Vinter, Mr. Halliday, Mr.
I'. D. Grant. Dr. Morgan, Mr. Edwards, &c.
The Confiance steam-aug snivel this morning from
;he eastward, and sailed again for Devonpurt, about two
tours alterwards.
The ' Sylph tender, with supernumeraries from Ply-
Touth, arrived to day.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander W. C. Aldhttm
(acting), sailed this forenoon fur the Downs.
The Sphynx steam-sloop, Commander R. S. Hewlett,
if the Excellent (acting), which was commissioned yes-
terday evening and imuaediittely left the harbour, remains
:till at Spithead.
The Apulline freight ship, with troops for Halifax,
:ailed from Cowes last evening, as did the Constantine
from Spithead for the Mauritius:.
The ship basin having been cleared, and the stone
facing fresh pointed, was filled again yesterday, and the
Cormorant steam-sloop brought round from the
steam-basin to be masted. The imaging was completed
to.day, and she is now to be 'rigged as an advanced
steamer.

The Scourge steam-bomb vessel has been brought to
the sheers to get out her mortar, and will, it is under-
Stood, remain there to be paid off.
Wind S.W. Light breezes and thick hazy weather.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 9.—Her Majesty's frigate Alarm,
26, Captain Granville G. Loch, hove in sight to the
westward this afternoon at four o'clock under topgallant
sails, royals, and all studdingsails, and entered the Sound
with a steady breeze from south-west. Inside the break-
water she lowered her fore-royal, signalled the telegraph
:it Mount Wise, saluted the fig of Port Admiral Sir
William Hall Gage, G.C.H., and then moored a little to
the westward of the Camber. She left her Majesty's
ship Imaum, 72, Commodore T. Bennett, and the Ti in-
comalee, 26, Captain Warren, at Jamaica on the 26th of
March, arrived at Savannah on the sth of April, and
sailed therefrom on the Bth. Off Scilly, on Sunday
evening, the 6th inst., she spoke her Majesty's steam-
frigate Arrogant, 36, Captain .R0be...1 Fitzroy; the
Alarm has thus been three days beating from Scilly to
Plymouth•. She is to go to Hamoaze to-morrow to bo
paid off.
Her Majesty's paoket-brig Seagull, 6, Lieutenant-
Commander James Sinail,sailed for Falmouth on the Stli.
Her Majesty's steam-vessels Spiteful, 6, and Avon, 3,
are to be commissioned.

The barque Somersetshire, Captain Portier, arrived
from Sierra Leone this afternoon with timber for the
dockyard.
The merchant brig Zsmpa, Captain Groot, from La-
guna, on the Spanish Main, landed on the 7th instant a
box of silvPr bullion (dollars), weighing 3 cwt., which was
the same day fornarded by the South Devon Railway to
London.
9 P.M.—Wind northerly, variable.

SPORTIN of IN'T'ELLIGENCE.
NEW3IAIiKET SECOND SPlilMj MELTING.
THURSDAY.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. W. S. Stanley'. St. Ann, 7st (Charple) 1
Duke of Brdfurd's Saddle, Bst 111 b ••• ... 2
Bening-9 to 4on Saddle. Won by a h:ngth. Ituq
in 1 min. 12 sacs.

;Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.
Duke of 13c(Ford s Retail, Bst 41b ... (F. Buhr) 1
Lurd Clitteh's Cz4rina, Bst 7:b ••• ••• 2
Evt'n betting, Won by it gth. Th.n in 1 mit,.
11 secs.
Handicap Plate of 50 sovs., for three years old and ..A-
ward*. '1
.
Lord Clifdun's sagacity, 5 yrs, Sat 2ib (Patnian) 1
Lard Stradbrokc's P 3 los, 3 yr, 6st 31b 2
Colonel Anson's Irish Jig, 3 yrs, hat 103.) ... 3
Mr. Stevt.nson's Ziska, 5 yrs, Bst 41b
kectit's fliochiribrook, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 0
Mr. Wilson's DUp`ictry, 4 yrs, 7,t ... 2ib 0
Duke of Rutland's Nina, 3 yrs, ist 2lb . . 0
Mr. E. Francis's St. Dents, 3 yrs, 6st 31b 0
Mr. Hobson's Carbuncle, 3 yrs, Est 0
Mr. Itoger.'s Sister to Jolly Dick, 3 yrP. 5-c 121 b ... 0
Mr. St. Aubyn's Juggler, 3 yrs, 10ib
Betting-3 to I Pylos, sr. 1 ,Lr./ Sagacity, 6to
I each agst Nina, Carbuncle, and Sister to J oily Dick.
Cat buncle took the Lad at staraug, toilo..ed by Saga-
city, Pylos, Irish Jig, and two or th ce others, and
made play at a good pace in to the cords ; klylos thei
took it up, and carried it on until within hall-a•doz,n
strides of home, where Sagacity went up and detested
him very cleverly by a length. Run Ex 1 min. 10 secs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, for two
yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; winners extra.
T.Y.C. (16 Subs.)
Mr. Ashurn's Impres.inn
Duke of Rutland's Outline

(Bartholomew) 1

Mr. Bouverie's Ilardingstone
Mr. G. Bulkeley's Virtue ...
Lord Clifden's Le Beau ...
Mr. B. Green's Michael Brunton

Mr. Magenis's Tnr Secret

Mr. Nevill's fby Nutwith, out of Agnes ••• ... 0
Betting—Even on Michael Brunton-5 to 2 agst Le
Beau-5 to 1 agst Impression—and 6_to 1 agst Secret.
'['he front rank for the first halt' mile comprised The
Secret, Michael Brunton, Impression,liHaradridnignsgtsotnonne
a,
Ondine, and the Agnes filly, all lying so close together
that it was difficult to discover which waslleeaardionigc:st
Im-
pression then went in advance, was never afterwards
Sweepstakest)caught,adth i rda. and
d The rain rleat:i nssi
olp)w'rseb. prevented twona et ehd lengths;
:li st;w timingod demanded,
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be
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tlh2el bv;,ituhnteere,toBs tb
be
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sold
ofilliesr sr) geldingsdsoya.ii. allowed
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Lolr'dirsEtiihtiaeliffio,sf Ab.
Mr. James's Jane Eyre, 3
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Betting-5
a length. Run in 53 sees. Alice, IQ easily by

LATESTi;ERBY BETTING.
2to 1 agst The Flying I 25 to 1 agst Oh! Dan
Dutchman. Tucker
11 to 2 ag4t Nunnkirk (t) 20 to 1 agst The Knout
11 to 2 agt.,t, Tadmor 1000 to 10 agst Hotspur (t'
12 to 1 a4tit Vanguard 1000 to :') agst Belus (t)
18 to 1 agst Vatican. 1000 to 5 agst Abd-el-
-20 to 1 agst Eltuiron Bader (t)
20 to 1 agst Chatterer
The weather was, if possible, more inclement than on
Wednesday, a cold driving rain having fallen, without
a moment'o interval, from an early hour in the morning
up to the departure of the train atter the ram.. The
course IVBS Very thirly attPivied.

Mr. Gillespie h au interview wait Lor.l Jahn Rus-
sell yesterday, at hi, (Alio .1 residence in Downing- street.
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Digestion, Nervous or Sick Headaches., take Holloway's Pills.
—This admirable medicine acts so peculiarly on the system,
that all persons suff,ring from general debility, nervous affec-
tions, liver or bilious complaints. headaches, indigestion, want
of appetite, or any other disorder brought on sed•-ntal
habits, should have recourse to it as a sate and remain r,nsedy;
for, however great the suff,i, gs t,f the a ie,•[ fly tw, tie..
l iF4 f,,,ve a most , ;•• •:. :• -
the burly and restore lute imp Anett. iacUit.leN tmLU. I iiey
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COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each.
Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share
Pro '7.z.ctuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo-
Offices of the Company, 13e, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap-
ilication to

G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem.

HALF-A-CROWN EACH.
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In neat pocket volumes, bound in cloth, price half-a-crown each.
1. lIIIE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Madlle. ALBONI.
It is respectfully announced that Madlle. ALBONI will RE-
APPEAR TO-MORROW EVENING, May 12, in Rossini's Opera,

LA CENERENTOLA.
To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en-
tirely sell, grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled
ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade.
Applicatiens for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
Ope: a Colonnade.
Deors op, r at Half-past !Seven, Concert to commence at Eight.
Applications tor Boxes, Malls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as
usual, price 103. Gd. each.
QT.

JAMES'S THEATRE

Season 1849.
FEENCH PLAYS and OPEgA COMIQUE.
TIUS EVENING,

Tie Performances will co- IruuTence at Half-past Seven o'clock with
Lr BAL D'OLWRIERS.
To conclude with
LE PRE AUX CLERCS.

Meri;y, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Comlere ; Isabelle, Mdlle.
Cha rt on.
Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
zrea3eil expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
sion 4re detcrmined as bollows :
Boxes .. • • .. 6s. Od.
Pit .. • • .. .. 33. Od.
Amphitheatre .. 25. Od.
Subscriptions for the mason may be arranged at Mr. 3lltehell's
Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ;
Mr. Andrews', New Boni'.-street ; and at the Box-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till live.

TH.& &TRIP. ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
EVE.INTP;:,
Will to performed THE WIFE'S S CI'.ET. Sir Walter Amyott
Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady Eve.line Arayott, Mrs. Charles Kean.
After which a Classical ExtTavaganaa, entitled THE SYRINX.
To be followed by TILE ROUGH. DIAMOND.
To conclude with MAKE TOUR WILL.

THEA Mit ::COYAL. ADEL rin.
Under the direc of Madame Celeste.
TRH: EVENING,
Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS.
After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S
VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS.
To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER.
Mr. Sla,her, Mr. Wright ; Mr.. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.

ROYAL Li'. et.lat TIIEATKE.
Under the 11(tknage rneut of Madame Vestrls.
Soh, Lessee. I (r. Char' y; Mwhe•Ns.
THIN EVENING

Will to performed a neinrcoinre Drama, called THE HUSBAND
OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F.
Matthews, Selby, and Parsello ; Miss 11. Gilbert, and Miss Connor.
To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha-
racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss 11. Gil-
bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris.
T. wonclade with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN-
DOM.
Dress Boxer, 52.; Ulmer Bean, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No
balf-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Weilinll.rpstreet, is open to the
public 'very day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCes.SS'S THEAT.t:M.
Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager.
TIILS EVENING.

Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID
LOTHIAN. Characters by llerr‘Men,,rl3, Messrs. C. Braham, Horn-
castle, and Weiss; Miss Poele, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nan.
After which, Midlles. W. and A. Neruda, and their brother Victor
will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte.
To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED-
DIN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN.

ASTI4I.4'Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new
grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
MOOLTAN and 000 J EttAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs.
The new grand Easter spectacle unprecedentedly successful.
THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec-
tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF
NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean.
To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES 'Or THE
CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear.
To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece.
I3ox-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

THE WEATHER.—StrN OFFICE, MAr 11.
THERNONEI3III4 Lowest, 41; Highest, 51; NOOlt, 50.

BAROMETER, 29.9.
W.N.W.—dull weather.

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