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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
f*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.

*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq.

*John Rawson, Esq.

'Hugh Croft, Esq.
tElliotsoß, M.D„ F.R.S.
*Ralph Gough, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq.

'John Shaw, Esq.
f'Edmund S. Symcs, Esq,
t*Clcment Tabor, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.

isAugustus Vigne,
AMDITO3.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S.
PUTSICIAN.
fJ. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
sume.EON.

'IIE. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
t•W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.E.A.S., BrA.
SECRETARY.
•D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
•W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.

f*Mavrs. Glyn, Hailifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.

SOLICITORS,
Vesys. Sutton, Ewen, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500.0001.

The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab'e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of hoalth
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.
Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,000/. ; tne amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801,; and the reserved profit, applicable to future benus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to b 5 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSE*; ALREADY DECLARED.

rut 111,.
'A' ~1 AnmiallPolicy Bonus in tent Re-
to. 0 ~.' Pre- taken addition Bonus in auction of
g Milall. ,ant in to iium Cash Annual
% Assured. Premium.
.. --
X s. d. £ 8 d. £ a. d.
1
1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
f £ s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
10 'lOOO 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 &11
, 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110
1844 . 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 911
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 1 4 10 1

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Prerniuu.
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates:
EQUITABLR FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,000/.
(Incorporated under 7 and ri Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office are —Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
rremiurn to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each,
It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
.ie Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to tire, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate. terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause.
Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
* Equitable Fire
t* Both Offices.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England,
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 270/.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1449, and
the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in
the twelve months preceding.
Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9031.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,045/., upon which 3201. 3s.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of Tune last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s Ed., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9701. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. ls., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
2,9911. 15s. 11d.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17.7001.,
hut 1,183/. Its. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months they had considerably extended their business on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who. under the sanction and patronace of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbish,p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY.
No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace.
TRUSTEES.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce, Esq.
The POLICIES are I NDP.PUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are not, therefore,
dependent for their validity on the construction to be put upon pre-
vious statements or the official papers which preceded them, or upon
reports, prospectu,es, or other varying documents. They are thus
rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, AND NEGOTIABLE
DOCUMENTS OF SECURITY.
Owing to this important improvement in the practice of life
assurance, the progress of this company has been rapid from the
commencement of Its business, and is steadily advancing.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

tItJ VER WELL'S NEW WOLtKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho:
L 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ,
aloe Ono Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
CONTENTB:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Morninge—El-
sursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
,orests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
reps and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
teat, Ease, Occupation, &c., &o.

FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAILVS. Two You.
Vol I.

VISIT TO TUE LAKES;
11. SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, am
Vol.
THE LAKES Or KILDUBLINLARNEY ; I
, &a

MEM OT

HI. -
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That three store years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of net'.
tously.debUitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
.he yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and em-
3itters old age, with tables and rules fur the diet and physical regu.
dim of every-day life.
TT,

TIE PASSIONS.
a What passions hurt the body—what imPrOM
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
[Unmet : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o.
dcentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.,
V. _ .

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to bo, that is the question."
ro-
liomAxxi—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and
dgien regarding marriage, to bo observed by either sea. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of roaring them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Oases, &c.
By R. J. CULVERWELL. M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matting. Reception boors daily till dye. 'evening& airman till nine,.
10 krzyll-olaoe, Regent.atreot

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S NEW COMEDY.
This day is ribli,had, in Svo., nrice 55.,
TOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM;
Oa,
MANY SIDES TO A CHARACTER.
A Comedy, in Five Acts.
As performed before her Majesty and 11.11.11. Prince Albert,
at Devonshire louse.
Publithcd for the Guild of Literature and Art, by
Chapman and Hall, 193, PiceadiPy.

NEW WORK ON STRICTURE AND SPERMATORRIICEA.
Just published, two., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45.,
ATREATISE on the CURE of S rRICTURE
of the tRETIIRA ; containing the True Reasons why that
Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules
and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of
Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro-
longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on
the Treatment of Spermatorrhom by Cauterization.
By F. B. COURTENAY, NE.R.C.S L.
"These who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common Instruments. . . . . The prac-
tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in-
difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for
operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell.
11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London.

DAVIES'S SPERM CANDLES, 2i. and 2s. 2cl.
per lb.; Bot mic wax, l Id. ; German wax, IL 2d. ; British
wax or sperm, Is. 4d. ; patent sperm, I Id.; flue wax, Is. 54.; com-
posite, 63(,d., 7%d., 9d., and 9 !,e, d. ; Palmer's 6%d. ; magnums, Bd. ;
mid size, 7}4d.; store candles, 4yyd. and sd. ; wax-wick moulds, id.
Yellow soap, 445., 505., and 545. per 112 lbs. ; mottled, 565. ;
Windsor soar, Is. 4d. per packet; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose,
2s. ; almond, -s. 6d. Sealing wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. Argand, Tege-
table or cartel ril, 4s, 6d. pee gallon ; soerm 7s. 6d. ; solar, 3s. 6d. ;
seal, 45., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established warehouse, 63,
St. Idart:n's-lane, opposite the Westminster County Court.

nOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK,
the nriginal and by far the best, requiring no preparation,
offers the surest means of protection for every variety of household
inen and wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason
he careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor,
JOHN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City, London. Sold
by most Chemists, Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price Is. a
bottle.

ST. MARTIN'S HAL L.
MONTHLY CONCERTS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN

MUSIC.

Under the direction ,f Mr. John Hullah.
The SEVENTH CONCERT will take place on WEDNESDAY,
May 21, Ten will be performed (for the tint time in this country),
Cariesimi's Oratorio, JEPTEI 4,, a new and sacred Cantata by Ed-
ward El:milliam, and a new Gloria in Excelsis, by Charles Steggell.
To be followed by Handel's ACTS and GALATEA.
Vo 'alists : - Mrs. Endersohn, Misses Deakin, Gill, Kent ; Messrs.
Manver, T. Williams, and Weiss.
The Chorus will consist of the members of Mr. Hullah's First
Upper School.
Tickets (Reserved Seats) • • ..• ••..•••• • • £0 6 n
Double ditto do. •••••••••••••• 0 9 0
Area ... 0 3 0
Double ditto •
May be had of Mr. Parker, 445, West Strand; of the Music-sellers;
and at St. Martin's-hall.

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS.
11;1 ALLE de Mons. ItOBIN, sole Lessee and
7 Proprietor, 232, Piccadilly, opposite the Haymarket.
Mons. and Madame ROBIN, whose first appearance in London
has met %%Rh such distinguished patronage, will continue, every
Evening, at Eight o'clock, their inimitable SOIREES PARIS-
IENN E',l and FANTASTIQUES, with an entirely New Programme,
which contains all the delusions performed by command before her
most Gracious Majesty the Queen, at Windsor Castle on the 25th of
April.
Every WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at Half-past
Two o'clock, a Morning Performance.
Tickets as usual at Messrs. Mitchell's, Sams', Andrews',
Eber's, &c.

Foucault's Recent Experiment, Demonstrating the Rotation of the
Earth, is shown Mornings and Evenings at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC 111STITUTION
Important Deposits by the Gas-fitters' Association, illustrat-
ing the economical application of Gas for Cooking and various other
purposes.—Lecture by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., on the History
of the Harp, from the time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections
by Miss Blanche Youin,,e, R.A. of Music, and illustrated by Drawings
of the Harps of various Nations.—Lectures by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on
Chemistry, with brilliant experiments ; and on Natural Philosophy by
Dr. Bachhoffner.—Two splendid Series of Dissolving Views : —One
illustrating the Holy Land, painted by Charles Smith, Esq., &c., &c.
Open every morning and evening.--Admission, Is. ; Schools,
Half-price.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
'Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.,
OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulconrt.
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence al
line and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.

Admi;sion, One Shilling.

ATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL

HIPPODROME, Kensington, within Five Minutes' walk o
the Crystal Palace, immediately opposite the Broad-walk, Kensing•
ton• gardens.

Open Every Evening.
:Mr. Batty has great pleasure in informing his patrons that his Hip-
podrome is crowded with rank and fashion, and being always anxious
to cater for the amusements of the public, he will produce a grand
change of Entertainment hitherto unattempted in England, which
will take place This Evening, and be continued every Evening until
further notice.

......._. ______.
The Doors will open at Five o'Clock, to commence at Six.
Frivate lion ii Is. Od.
Admission to the Reserved Seats - - 3s. Od.
First-class do.
Second-class do. - - - - - - Is. Od.
Third-class do.
Ladies and Gentlemen taught the polite Art of Riding. gorses
Broken for the toad or Field.

CREMORNE GARDENS.
This Mammoth Establishment is NOW OPEN for the
Season, un •er the direction of Mr. T. B. SIMPSON, with a new
Grand Gala, entitled THE FEAST OF ROSES, of a novel
and startling description, illustrative of T. Moore's beautiful poem,
" Lailah Itookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attraction
A new Fairy Ballet, entitled TIIE STAIt OF BE AUTY ; or, The
Imp of Fire, conwosed and produced by Herr Deulin, with entire
new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devignes —New Tableaux Vivants,
representing the Six Prize Meals of the Exhibition—New Chinese
Pagoda—Orchestra and novel Platform, 100,000 feet, brilliantly il-
luminated, and decorated with luminous flowers—Dancing al Fresco
to norias celebrated Band—W. 0. Pell (the original (tones), Ban-
don, and Ledger —The Three Brothers Elliott in their surpris-
ing exercises—Madame Tallien, the Female Wizard—War Exercise;
and Domestic Customs of the Bosjesmans, illustrated b a Family of
that 'Tribe, on a new stage, with appropriate scenery—P 'ofessor Tay-
lor and the Double-sighted Youth—Splendid Pyrotechnic display on
the Polychrome Palace, by Chevalier Mortram—A new and intricate
Mors.Grounds,
}a,
rnadn rDiur se
eott,,hrer,
fEtnht
ee rCirque
e nt s.
Maze—The G psey in her Tent—Shooting Gallery and Archery
National de France, and
his imrivall,d troupe of Equestrian Artistes are engaged, and will
arrive early in -June.

Ad tussion, One shilling—Children llalf-price Doors open at Three.
The Pr.prietors have made arrangements with the Iron and Ci.
tiz,n Steam-hoat Companies to convey their patrons to London after
the entertainments

VTACHINERY versus MANUAL LABOUR.
I_V Nobody can doubt that every invention that performs the
labour usually supplied by men is for the moment injurious to the
labourers it displaces, but in the long run it leads to the employment
of a larger number. Every improvement temporarily injures a class.
The railroads deprived thousands of coachmen, guards, and horse-
kepeer+ of employment, but there are now more drivers, conductors,
and horse-keepers than ever there were in the good old times of four-
horse coaches, while there has been tens of thonsands of labourers
employed in forming the railroads, and nearly as many permanently
employed as porters. police, station-masters, and clerks, to say no-
thing of the engineers employed constantly in making engines, and
afterwards driving them ; in short, it must be borne in mind that all
the millions exp.-ruled on railroads was spent in labour. The very
ironstone in the bowels of the earth, was worthless until raised by
labour, converted into iron by labour, formed into rail, au t wheels,
and ca•riage springs by labour, and all in our own country. Look at
the mills and machinery employed in making cloth. The effect was
to make troth better and cheaper than when it was all done by hand,
and this very improvement in cloth caused thousands to beemployed
in making it up. Step into the gigantic establishment of E. MOSES
and SON, and youwill see more good clothes than you woul I expect
all London contained. Consider the hundreds that are constantly
employed by that firm alone, and its vast importance will at once
be apparent. By adopting a system of buying largely, by means of
a large capital, and keeping hundreds of the best hands constantly
employed, they have accomplished one of the most im,ortant changes
that was ever known. Adopting besides all this a plan of
taking small profits, they have placed every man in a position to
command, however limited his Income, good clothing appropriate
'o his situation, while the higher classes may, by paying cash, save
nearly half of the amount which they used to be charged for ordi-
nary dress, and the more extravagant they are the more they save,
whether it be in their own dress or that of their livery servants.
The officers in the army, navy, and civil service can save forty per
cent. In their outfits, and be better served ; In fact, every article of
dress, from the most costly to the most economical, is equally
cheap at the price charged, and their warehouses are at this moment
heavily stocked with every variety of summer fashion, adapted for
all classes, while the facilities they possess enable them to measure
and make up any quantity of clothes in an incredibly short time.
a handsome almanac, for the year 1851, can be nad gratis, on
application.
The new edition of "Everybody's Book, containing a full report
of the late Important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by
etter, post free.
E. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in
or out of London, except the following :
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
84, 85, and Bd, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
SheffieldCßlroatnhciehrs, 3,6,HFaatrgtersate,
Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
Tailors
'Hosiers, Furriers, Bost and Shoe-
makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
Tho Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa-
turday. when business is rearmed till Twelve o'clock.
Id l'on parle Francalse. Qui si parts Italian. -
Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol.

IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION.
ONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

DISEASE.
Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings, On
Meet.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
A. New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, pries 25. 6d.
by post, direct from the Establishment 31. 6d. in postage stamps,
All Communications being strictly conldential, the Authors hive
discontinued the publishing of Cases.
TM; SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
and physical decay of the system, producod by
oi,:essth tirgenticen, the consequences of infection, or the abase of
mere , kith explicit directions for the use of the preventivelotion,
followed by observations en the Married State, and the disqlelifica-
tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By
K. and b. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxfard-street, ton-
don. Published by the Authors ; and sold by strange, 21, Pater-
noster-row ; Hammy, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and Gor-
don, 146, Leadmhall-street, London.
ST I. trea's o 1 the anatomy and physiology of the re-predUntiVe
organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings.
Pair 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
dulgence, ana their lamentable effects on the system, producing
mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
Pear 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engtav-

ligl•
PAST IT. contains a Remedy for the Preventicn of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
This Important part of the Work should not escape the reader's
notice.
PasT V. is devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du-
ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tan CORDIAL BALM or SYRIACDM is exclusively employed in
treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &C., I Is. and 335.
per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infectiOn, secondary
symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury', I Is. and 334. per
bottle. terry's Purifying Specille Pills, 25. 9d., 45. 6d., and I Is.
oer ton, a certaln remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and
chronic Inflammation cf the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter.
Ik. A minute actsil of the case is required: age, habits, and posi-
teen in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Feta.'
blishment only, by which the foe, 1/., is saved. Means: Per*,
are in attendance daily at 19, Berms-street; Oxford-street, Lon-
don, from Level till Two, and Five to Fight; on statisy, from
jilevou to One,

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
The following is the official statement of the quantities cf
corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in
Essex, from the 12th May, 1651, to the 17th May, 1851,
both inclusive :

en

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Ta I
0

Colchester
Harwich
Leigh
Pela(doh

22 43,
41 -
317,
4'31 '7

38
- 3)6(

CS -9.
a, I

23 200
lb 1049

CHELMSFORD, MAY 16.—Prices to-day were as follow:—
Wheat, white, old 41s to 455; new 40s to 455; red, old
35s to 40s ; new, 35s to 393; barley, 26s to 30s ; chevalier
22s to 30s ; grinding 195 to 253; oats 15s to 21s ; malt 53e
to 555; chevalier 54s to 565; peas, partridge, new 27s to
29s ; old, —s to ; white, new, 26s to 28s ; old, —s to —s;
dun, new, 26s to 28s; beans, tick, new 24s to 26. ; old, 24s
to • 27s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old 00s to 00s ; ma-
zagan, new 23s to 259 ; old 00s to 00s per qr.
COLCHESTER, MAY 17.—Wheat, white 42s to 46s ; red 36s
to 423; barley 22s to 28s; beans, mazagan 22s to 241; middle
and small 24s to 28s; peas 26s to 28s per qr.
KIRICALDT, MAY 17.—The following are the quotations
for grain :
Wheat. Barley.
First 448 Od 27s Od
'econd 393 Od 243 6d
Third 363 Od 223 01
Oatmeal, ner bag of 2801bs
HADDINGTOH, MAY 16.—Th,
grain at our market to-day :
Wheat.

Peas.
—s Od

Beans.
- Od
—s Od
—s
Od
293 Od to
are the

Oats.
22s Od
20s 6d
lbs 6d
imperial,
ie followin
I Barley. Oats. Beans.
First ... 42s 01 31s Od 24s 01 31s Od
Second ... 38s 10d 1 263 8d 21s 6d 30s 3d
Third ... 35s Od 23s 61 19s 61 27s 01
Total quantity of Wheat in market 330 qrs., 320 sold
Do. Barley do. 73 qrs., 54 sold
Do. Oats do. 282 qrs., 277 sold
Do. Beans do. 65 qrs., 65 sold..
GLasoow, MAY 14.—Provisions—Cheese, 33s to 42s Od
per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 201 Od to Os per
cwt. dountry fresh butter, led to Os Od per lb. Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9id to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 9d
to Od. Countryeggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4. 6d
per 120, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; Ducks,
286 d.
FALKIRK, MAY 15.—The supply of grain in this day's
market was 246 bolls; wheat at 18s 6d to 20s Od per boll ;
barley, 19s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 15s 3d to 16s Od; beans, 15s 01
to I6s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.
PERTH, MAY 16.—Wheat, old, Os Od to Os Od; ditto,
new, 37s to 42s ; barley, new, 22s Od to 25s Od ; oats, 16s to
21s; peas and beans, 24s Od to 28s per quarter. Oatmeal,
per sack, 00s to 28s.
KELSO, MAY 16.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 268
to 31s tid ; barley, new, 18s Od to 218 6d ; ditto old, Os to Os;
potato oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, 14, 6d to 16s Od ; common
oats 008 Od to 008 Od ; ditto new, 14s to 15s Od ; peas, 20s Od
to 218 Od ; beans, 20s to 21. per boll of six imperial bushels.
HAWICY, MAY 15.—Wheat, new, 29. Od to 30s; barley,
new, 18. to 2Us 6d ; ditto old, 16$ Od to 178 Od ; potato oats,
12. 6d to 14s ; common oats, 13, 6d to 14s 6d ; peas, 19s Od
to 22. Od ; beans, 19s Od to 21s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels.
BERWICK, MAY 15.—Wheat, 37s 4d ; barley, 24s 4}d;
oats, 20s 6 d ; rye, 008 Od ; beans, 26s 3d ; peas, 00s Od
I average per imperial quarter.
STIRLING, MAY 16.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 245; ditto,
home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 00s 01 to 19s 6d; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 17s Od to 18s 9d.
Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s ; ditto new, 13s Od to 14. 9d;
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; malt,
distillers, 318 6d to 33s ; ditto brewers, 32s 6d to 34s ; beans
per boll, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto new, 14s Od to 16s 9d; pease 14.
Od to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 31s to 33s Od; ditto common
ditto, 18s 6d to' 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to als Od;
ditto new 3 )s 6d to 32s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 9d to 101;
fresh butter, per lb, 91 to 10d ; eggs, per dozen, 6d to 7d ;
hay, Kerse, per ton, Os to 80s ; ditto, Dryfield, 72s 6d to 755.
CORY' MAll6.—Flow•—First 1186 d to 12s; extra 12, 66 ,
seconds, 10s 6d to I is Od; households 9s to 10s Od; thirds, 7s to 8s
per cwt. Oatmeal 108 to 1086 d; Indian meal 78 6d to 8s 3d; wheat-
meal, 9. 61 to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 71 lOs Od to 7117, 6d per
ton. Bran 80s Od to 85s per ton. Hay—Farmers 28s to 38s; average
368; dealers 421 to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. Str aw— Farmers
17s Od to 27s Od; average 245; dealers 28, Od to 40s Od,
average 00$ Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d;
household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to
123 per lb. Eggs-3s 4d to 3s 6d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 14s Od; Lydney 158 ; Landore 14s ; Neath Cuba,
IS, 6d per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 40s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 58 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 40 to 6itd ; mutton 5d to 7d ; veal 4d to
5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb
Hops 61108 to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3121 6d to 3/ 5s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 81 Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French
61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 148 to 15s per stone.
Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19s to 008; red
ditto, 268 to 001 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 128 to 158 per 100. Hides—
Market 248 to 348, salted 251 to 34s per owt ; calf skins
nd to 30 per lb. Potatoes, white Bid to 10d; Minions,
12d to 14d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ lOs; Ichaboe, 81 to 910 s
per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel.

od
--S Od
31s Od.
prices of

COAL MAK& P.; T.—YESTERDAY.
+Vest Hartley
West Wylam
Wall's End, &c. South Durham l3s 9d
Brown . 12s 9,1 Nixon's Merthyr and
Lawson l3s Od Cardiff .... ...

Walker
Ships at market, 14 Sold, 13. Unsold, 1.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

The directors intend today to open this company's
line into Oxford. This line, in connexion with that of
the Lyndon and North-Western, will form the second
route by railway from the Metropolis to Oxford, the other
route being via the Great Western Railway. It appears
rmit both companies intend next week to run cheap ex
cur,ion trains teem Oxf"Tti to the termini at London for
visitors to the Great Eihibition. It is stated that the
directors of the Buckinghamshire Company intend
giving a grand entertainment to celebrate the opening
into Oxford.

THE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN GRACE-
CHURCH-STREET.

Early yesterday morning the Commissioners of the
City Police received instructions from the legal officers
of the Corporation to take possession of the ruins, and
the remaining standing p,)rtion of Messrs. Bell and Cor-
bet's premises in Gracechurch-street, until they had
undergone thorough inspection by surveyors and other
competent persons appointed for the purpose. This
order was immediately carried into effect. A body
of constables cleared every person off the property; all
access to it was closed, and no ono was permitted beyond
the barriers under any circumstances, except those in-
structed to inquire into the cause of the accident.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the inquiry com-
menced. There were present Mr. Alderman Lawrence,
a builder; Mr. Cubitt, M.P., the newly elected alderman
for Langbourne Ward; Mr. Montague, the City sur-
veyor; Mr. Woodthorpe, Mr. Stephens, the district sur-
veyor; Mr. Tress, and several others. There were also
present Mr. Bell, of Pope's Head-alley, one of the
proprietors of the property ; his assistant architect;
and the superintendent of the works. From a
plan of the various floors and the works iu general
much information was gleaned regarding the true de-
scription and character of the building. As the public
are cognizant of the magnitude of the erection, it is ne-
cessary to state that there was not a wooden beam in the
whole structure. Each of the 140 apartments in the
place was made fireproof, the flooring and coiling being
composed of twelve inches work.of solid cement. These
were supported by iron joists, or girders, each 16 feet
long, and nearly 40 cwt. in weight. There could not
have been less than 3,000 of them, besides other girders
of almost three times their weight, imbedded in the
walls,on which the smaller were tied or secured. These
large beams were " locked" to the main walls by bolts
running through and rivetted on the outer side. Con-
sequently, the whole fabric may be said to have been
tied together like a spider's cobweb. Many expressed
surprise that the entire place was not dragged to the
ground, but the only portion that fell was the centre
(about fifty feet by forty); the frontage in Gracechurch-
street, and the portion abutting on Ball's-court, Lom-
bard-street, remaining entire. The frontage has not
bulged out as represented; the surveyors, it is said, con-
sider it perfectly safe. Along the whole length of the
four floors ran passages, the doors to the chambers being
on each side of them. These were gained by two flights
of stairs, one about the centre of the building, and the
other at the western extremity.
It was in the centre one where the mischief com-
menced. Here were four immense girders, each two
tons weight, nearly twenty feet long, fixed across the
staircase, opening on a well-hole, on each of the four
floors, the ends bearing in the walls, and locked to the
longitudinal girders. They were intended to support
the stone steps and part of the flooring of the passages;
but this part of the work had not been commenced. The
one that broke, and produced the fearful consequences
so much lamented, was the uppermost on the fourth
floor. It had been fixed some days, and the walls had
been carried up to the height required to receive the
roof. According to Mr. Bell's statement to the City
surveyors he saw it perfect on Saturday morning, when
he went over the works with Mr. King, the superin-
tendent, and found everything apparently safe and pro-
gressing to his satisfaction.
An attempt was made to discover the cause of the
girder breaking. This was found impracticable, as the
broken fragments lay embedded in the ruins. The
people employed on the works say they are confident
there was no weight on the girder to cause it to break,
and express an opinion that it must have arisen from
a flaw in the casting. It seems that Messrs. Bell and
Corbet possess certificates, showing that the whole of the
iron Joists and girders employed in the building were
properly tested and warranted.
At a late hour the surveyors retired from the ruins
to, es we understood, draw up a report to present at
the coroner's inquest, which is fixed for ten o'clock this
day (Tuesday) at the London Tavern.
We are desired to contradict the statement made in
yesterday's paper, of two more bodies having been dug
out of the ruins, after the finding of the remains of
Matthew Cromer. Such is not the case. Another death,
however, was announced to the police authorities yes-
terday. It was that of a labourer named Timothy
Donohoe, aged 42. He was supposed by his comrades
not to have been on the building at the time of the acci-
dent, but it appears he was on the top, and was one of
the unfortunate creatures who were precipitated to the
ground with the walls and floor when they fell. He
was got out by some strangers, and taken to St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital, where he died almost immediately.
The other sufferers (four in number dead) are Martin
Cromer, James Horrogan, Matthew Cromer, and Joseph

Hanky.
Those lying SE St. Thomas's Hospital, with the ex-
ception of one, Timothy Sullivan (whose case is pro-
nounced by the medical officers hopeless) are going on
favourably. Most of them were married, and their
families are in want of relief.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA STATIONS.
The Commander• in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Auster,
C. 8., in his flag-ship Hastings, 72, Captain Austen, in
tow of the Sphynx, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Shad-
well, arrived at Trincomalee on the Bth of April.
The Commodore, Captain Lambert, in the Fox, 42,
arrived at Trincomalee on the 9th April.
Salamander, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, ar-
rived at Trincomalee on the 2d April, from Moulmein.
Reynard, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Cracroft, and
Lily, 12, Commander Barker, were daily expected.
The above ships were ordered to assemble at Moul-
mein for the purpose of forming a court-martial to in-
quire into certain charges against Captain Bakor, for
having, in his passage from Portsmouth to the station,
turned aortae naval apprentices ashore at Ascension.
Sphynx had bee❑ engaged in conveying two corn-
pamea of the 37th Regiment, with some men of the Royal
Artillery and gun-lascars, to Colombo from Trinco-
malee; taking back two companies of the 15th, some of
the Ceylon Rifles to reinforce the detachment there,
and some of the Ho) al Artillery at the latter place.
CHINA.—The following men-of-war were in the China
seas March 30:—Cleopatra, 26, Captain H. L. Massie;
Enterprise, discovery ship, Captain Collinson, C. 8.;
Royalist, 6, surveying vessel, Commander Bate; Minden
and Alligator, at Hoeg-Kong; Contest, 12, Commander
Ron. J. W. Spencer, at Shanghai; Pilot, 12, Commander
Hickley, at Whampoa; Serpent, 12, Commander Luard,
at Amoy.
THE MEDIrERRANEAN STATION.
The Commander-in-Chief, Sir William Parker,
Bart., G.C.8., received at Malta intelligence of his pro-
motion to be full admiral, on the 10th inst., and hoisted
his flag, blue at the main, in the Qaeen, 110, Captain
Wise, under the customary salutes.
The Governor of Malta took his departure under sa-
lutes and manned yarde, in the Merlin steam-packet, on
the 13th, en route to England, via Marseilles.
The public funeral of the late Captain Knox, of the
Firebrand steam-frigate, took place at Malta on the even-
ing of the 2d inst.
A court of inquiry has lately taken place on board the
Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, on Mr. Fraser, a
midshipman, who had committed an assault on Mr.
Bulgin, a clerk of the Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8.,
a few evenings previous. The captains of the Albion
and the Gauges formed the court. On their report the
young gentleman was directed to make a public apology
to Mr. Bulgin on board the Ganges before the officers of
that ship, six gentlemen of the gun-room of the Albion,
two lieutenants, and the commander. Owing, however,
to the posture Mr. Fraser assumed, Captain Smith felt
compelled to decliuo accepting the apology, feeling
himself treated with contempt. Mr. Fraser was sent
back to his ship, and a further report made to the
admiral.
Caledonia. 120, Captain Carter, left Malta on the sth
instant for England. She was accompanied by the Fire-
brand steam-frigate, Captain Codd, which had instruc-
tions to proceed in company to the south-west of Sar-
dinia, in order to assist her by towing or otherwise, as
might be necessary.
On the following morning the Porcupine steam-vessel,
commanded by Lieutenant Bacon, of the Caledonia, and
manned by part of her crew, left Malta for Gibraltar
and England, where she will be paid off.

MISS CATHERI NE HAYES'S CONCERT
AT THE HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.
Yesterday morning Miss Catherine Hayes, the English
prima donna assoluta, who is, we are sorry to say, about
to leave our shores for America, gave a grand, and we
fear we must add a farewell, concert at the Hanover-
square Rooms. The audience was one cf the most
crowded and most brilliant ever assembled within these
walls, and the reception of the fair beneficiaire was most
enthusiastic. Never have we seen Miss Catherine Hayes
look better, never have we heard her sing more
deliciously than she did yesterday. Her vo
seems to have acquired greatly increased pewe
since last season, and her rendering of
" Ah mon file," from the Prophete, was a miracle of
eeed-
quisite musical expression; her lower tones. were
ingly rich, and told with immense effect in this,sewpxlecndid
cavatina. But the great triumph of the concP.reardatsmtihsos
"Casts Diva," from Norma. Never hare we
er have we
Catherine) ayes sing more exquisitely;
ren-
heard this chef d'aurire of Bellini Dior? upejrfectly
dered. She gave the slow movement with immense sc-
pres,-ion, dignity, and pathos; ancd her. execution
enection of florid
of the cabaletta was the very p
vocalization; her fioriture was wonderful alike
its execution., 'I
for is taste and
he ap.
,lauEe at the conclusion was ripturously,entausiastle.
Beautifully did she give the exquisite duet,
Da quel di,"
from Linda,
and
%%M.
aosr is
quitene wballad,
madeic ,
"Come, wheresweet-toned Zephyrs,
the delicious vocalization of Miss Catherine Hayes. It
must be a fortune to a young composer to have his pro-
ductions so introduced to the public. This concert is
also worthy of note, us having introduced to the musical
public Mr. Augustus Braham, the youngest son of the
great tenor. Mr. Augustus Bralsam's voice is
a light tenor of great sweetness, flexibility, and
expression, and of co,e:siderable power also. He sang
tie " TWA() e sock° from the Sonnambula with great
expression, and titteraards gave a Scotch ballad very
tastefully. We are inclined to prognosticate a brilliant
career for Mr. Augustus-Braham, Mademoiselle Ana
Zur, prima donna. tbt Opera of Vienna, appeared for