The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-25 00:00:00

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MARCH 2, 1851
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.

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

*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, Esq.
tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S.

*Ralph. Gough, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq.

*John Rawson, Esq.
*John Shaw, Esq.
i*Edmund S. Symes, Esq.

Ftklement Tabor, Esq.
t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
t*Augastas Visne, Esq•

AUDITOR.
'Professor Wheat,tone, F.R.S.
PHYSICIAN.
Elliotson, 31. D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
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t*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Gsrosye7Norlstreet, Grosvenor-square.

ACTUARY.
i.W. S. B. Woo'house, Esq., F.R.A.S., &D.
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.
t*MCUTS. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS,
Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Thregmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500,000/.

The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table 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 health
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 kends of
third parties.
Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the To* 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 bonus 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 sam assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LOYDON.
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 bat two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the otheffor 2001.—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 otllces generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1149, 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 52,9631.25. 6d.:
of theto 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 125 6d., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
741/. Is., 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.,
but 1,1831. I Is. 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 patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parts's, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in Au-
nuitles 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 Mbdical Officers of the establiih-
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 INDIAPUTABLE, 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, prospectuses, 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 it steadily advancing.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

1118. lIORNE'S NEW WORK.
Now ready in 2 vols., 212. bound,
THE DREAMER and the WORKER.
A Story of the Present Time.
By. R. H. HORNE, Esq., Author of " Orion," &e.
" The Dreamer and the Worker' belongs to the school which has
produced ' Mary Barton,' and Alton Locke.' It is a fine addition
to the new literature which illustrates the bodily and mental condi-
tion, and the social and political position and progress of the work-
ing classes. The story abounds with powerful description. Every
page is full of thou;htful and suggestive matter."—Weekly Chronicle.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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Advertisements Intended for Insertion in MURRAY'S
HAN DBOOK of LONDON, must be forwarded to the Publisher be-
fore the 15th of April next ; and for Insertion in MURRAY'S CON-
TINENTAL HANDBOOKS, before the Ist of May.
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"'WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS
MORNING?"
Such is usually the query over the breakfast table with visitors to
London. Let U 3 answer the question. If you can admire the most
beautiful specimens of Papier Mache manufacture which are pro-
duced in this country, displayed in the most attractive forms —if you
want a handsome or useful Dressing Case, Work-Box, or Writing
Desk—if you need any requisite for the work-table or toilet—or if
you deSire to see one of the most elegant emporiums in London, then
you will go to MECHI'S, 4, LEADENIIALL-STREET, near the
India House, in whose show-rooms you may lounge kaway an hour
very pleasantly.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU-
MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which have
been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years,
has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and
in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written
by John Mallard Wheeler, Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, hav-
ing been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for publi-
cation, will fully confirm.
" I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but
let me emphatically tell you, in mercyito any friend who may suffer
from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any
branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them.
In this country they are of wonderful efficacy : not only am I person
ally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances
receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without
them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they
dissipate it altogether ; if in a later, they alleviate pain and effect a
much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge."
Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appoint-
ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United
Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im-
pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the
Genuine Medicine

IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETII EDITION.
CONTAININU TllE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

31b. Oats, 12st 131 b, 12st 51b, and llst 1011 s. Barley, 16st 91b,
16st 31b, and 15st 131 b. Peas andbeans, 19st 111 b, 18st 111 b,
and 17st 101bs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
220 Wheat •...£2.. 2 6 Z 1 19 0 £1 14 0 :
1007 Oats
329 Barley ll2 0 18 0 12 0
41 Peas and Beans 1 11 0 1 8 0 1 5 0
Average of wheat 38s 4d.
ABIRDEEN, MAncn 21.—Grain—Oats (old), Os Od to:Os Od;
401bs per bushel; oats (new), 15s Od to 15s 6d, 401bs per bushel;
barley, 00s Od to 20s Od. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 19861 to Os
0d,521bs per bushel; wheat 393 to 40s; oatmeal, 12s 6d to 13s 6d
per boll ; flour, 29s to 31s per sack. Provisionsßeef,
4d to 6d per lb ; mutton„, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d
to 6d; pork, per stone, 3's to ;.is 6d ; lamb, per qr, 4a to ss;
tallow, per stone, 33 to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, lid to 7d,
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 8d to Od; hares, each, 2s
to 2s 6d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb,` 9d to 10a ;
eggs, per doz, 6d to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23s0d; hens,
per pair, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, ditto,
2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings; ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, ditto, es Od
to 10s0d; geese, ditto, 6s to 7s ; butter for exportation (present
cure), per ern, 70s to 00s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 01
to 4*(l ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bs,
Os t,d to Os Od; pork fine, small, bs 6d to Os Od; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d ; ship ' pork per barrel of '204 lbs; Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Os 'Od to is 4d ;. barley dust, 7d to 8d;
peasemeal, le 8d to lalOd ; aids, 6d to 7d ; bereratal, Is 2d
to Is 3d; flour,.ls 8d to Is 10d; barley, per lb, ld to 2d; barley
flour, is 4d to Os Od. -
GLASGOW, MARCIt 2:l—XoW:di—We have had an active
market during the last few days, and prices have advanced *d
per lb, as compared with the terms of this day week.. Middling
Orleans may be qUoted 7d to Thd per lb. .There is
,a 4iull feeling
in goods and yarns, and spinners' and` others are.Ynore disposed
to sell than formerly ; on the whole the prospects of this branch
of trade ere rather depressed. Pig Iron—Pig iraa continues
to' decline in value. During the week a considerable quantity
has been sold at"4ls to 41s 6d cash, and 42s to 42std for No.
1 Gartsherrie. The make is still in excess Of Indents and
consumption, and, so long as this continnes, .isalta6t be
expected to improve.
CORK, MARCH 21.
The trade has been quiet, but as regards wheat the market
has assumed a firmer tone, partly from the feet that at the
English side an improvement has taken place is the article,
and partly because that we had scarcely a single arrival during
the last few days, while many of the vessels, which lay in this
port, have sailed for their respective destinations. The re-
ceipts of hoine grain for the week have been, trifling, still
,prices havenot been so viell.supported, as of la.t4 and we must
therefore quote barley and oats the turn cheaper. Owing to
the firmness manifested at the Mark Lane and Liverpool mar-
kets, holders of foreign wheat here have been looking for an
advance of 6d per -barrel on last week's rates, 'Ouch in some
instances they have succeeded in obtaining. Ate have a mo-
derate business passing in the article at about'2os 6d to 21s
per barrel for Polish Odessa. In barley we.,have nothing
doing. In eats also we have not heard of any sales having
been made. Prices continue nominally as last quoted. The
flour trade continues pretty much in the condition noted in our
last, but if we have any change it is in favour of the seller.
Coarse descriptions are still in good demand., Indian corn,
with a very consumptive sale, has given way to .the extent of
2s. 6d. per ton. We quote the value of Portuguese 71, of
Galatz 71 5s pef. ton. .
Barrels. • Currency.
2 White wheat ...19s Od to 005 01 0a Od-20 stone
8 Red wheat 18s 3d to 00s Od 00 01-20 do
48 Barley ' 11s Od to lls 8d 00s Od-16 do
0 Bere
72 Oats
18 Pigs
Quantity sold at the, Highest Pricei:
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 28 barley ; O bere; 23 oats ;
3 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs soldlast week:—
Wheat, 86. Barley, 172. Oats, 2,457. ' Pigs, 192.
Return of Cattle sold for the .week ending March 15:—

Pigs, 692. • Sheep,. 257. Cows, 137.
CORK.—Flour:—Firet 11 s 6d to 124 Od ;; extra 13s Od ;
seconds, lOs Od to 1110 d; households 8s to 10s Od; thirds, 6s to 8s
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal 7s exl to 8s Od; wheat-
meal, 93 6d.to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 7104 to 717* 6d per
ton. Bran 92s 6d to 95s per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 40s; average
36s ; dealers 429 to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. ttr aw— Farmers
12s Od to 298.0 d ; average 259 ; dealers 401 Od to 00s Od;
average 00s Oil per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf sfrd to 6d ;
household loaf 41d to 5d per 41b. Fresh 'butter, 10d to
12d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per. hni2dred. Coals—
Newport 14s Od; Lydney 15s ; Landore 141; Neath Cuhn,
13s 6d per ton. • Tallow 37s Od to • 38s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperiali gallon. Meat
—Beef 4id to bid; mutton 5d to 7d ; veal 4d to
5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb.
Hops 61 lOs to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 312* 6d to 3158 per
ton. Bark—Barbary 7: Os to 8/ Os ; Valonia 15/ to 01; French
61 Us ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wooll4l to 15s per stone.
Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red
ditto, 263 to 003 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 11/ 5s to OOP per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per' ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. Hides—
Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 344 per cwt ; calf skins
3id to 3111 per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; Minions,
10d to lad. Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s t lehaboe, 8/ to 9/ Cs
per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel.

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DISEASE.
Illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
0 S PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
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iHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
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mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
followed by observations on the Married State, and the disqualifica-
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)y the detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting
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PART 1. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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PART M. treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in
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PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a
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Tais important part the Work should not escape the reader's
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PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, ant its du-
ttes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
THE CORDIAL Thum of SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in
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p3r bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
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battle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., any' 11s.
per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhma, gleet, stricture, and
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us, from Eleven to One.

THE COUNT

The following is the official
corn, &c., received in the poi
Essex, from the 17th March,
both inclusive :

Y MARKETS.

No. XXIV.

statement of the quantities of
I of London from the ports in
1851, to the 22d March, 1851,

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2 21 11 hol g
4 -a, 0 IP o, rz,
Colchester
60 300 45
Harwich
Leigh 326 71 73 42
Maldon 7631 81 100 6 336 113 730
CHELMSFORD, MARCH 21.—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, old
_42s to 465; new 41s to 465; red, old

THE NORTIIAM2TON MEETING.
TM every thing be noted with precision."—SHAKSPERE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The moves that I lightly touched upon in my
note of yesterday were but the forerunners to further
changes, which were brought about in the afternoon at
Tattersall's, in the evening and this morning both at the
West End and in the City; they led to the following
alterations in the market:—On the Northampton races,
Peep-o'-day-Boy on a largo investment yesterday was
made the favourite for the Trial Stakes at even against
the field; this morning, odds are laid on bins, 5 to 4
generally, but in some instances 6 to 4 has been the
price. As he is a certain starter, I feel inclined to take
him in preference to Nancy or Recruit, although holding
these youngsters in high esteem. Sotterley, The Reaper,
and gelding by Orlando will, perhaps, swell the field.
For the First Northampton Triennial Stakes, it is
said to be a foregone conclusion for Mr. Greville's
Frantic, by Alarm, dam by Mulatto, out of Lunacy,
a well-bred horse, and a dangerous one to be against
for whatever he may be intended for. lie is also in the
Althorpe Park Stakes, for which, however, rumour
says, he will not go. A good deal of money was put on
him yesterday at 3 to 1, and 2 to 1 was taken freely
that the confederates (Messrs. Greville and Payne)
swept the stake; and 10 to 1 that they carried off both
Triennial and Althorpe Park; by no means an impro-
bable feat, considering that their lot for both stakes in-
cludes the names of Frantic, Freedom, Hirsute, and
Chaffinch. Lord Exeter has a remarkably fine animal
among the entries (Ambrose), which must not be
despised; it also.is entered for both the two years old
stakes, but can hardly be expected to run for both.
Lord Clifden, it is said, will reserve his couple for some
good thing in the womb of futurity. Jam rather sceptical
on this point; they have got capital reputations, Magnes
particularly. Sir Joseph Hawley's Ilaitoe colt, and
Major Martyn's Convulsion, both by Alarm, have
many admirers; I am not among the number. The
field for this stake will be good, probably the
following:—Convulsion, Ambrose or St. Martin colt,
Pelopidas, George the Third, Magnes or Sackbut,
Haitoe colt, Frantic, Freedom or Hirsute, France,
Red Hind and Prioress filly. I think the result will be
in favour of the confederates' colours, with Frantic
most probably; the straw-colour of Lord Clifden second,
and Lord Eglinton's tartan on Pelopidas, third. For
the Great Northamtonshire Stakes the field will consist
of St. Rosalie, Legerdemain, Clothworker, Kissaway (d),
Zadoc, The Cocktail (d), Tophana, Mooltan, Joe
Sutherland, Cottager, The Swindler, Nutmeg, Valentine,
The Ban, Truth, John o'Gaunt colt, Pandemuse Leap
Year, Ginevra, and one of Lord Clifden's. The race, in
my opinion, will lay with St. Rosalie, Legerdemain,
Nutmeg, The Ban, and John o'Gaunt colt, ending as I
said before in favour of LEGERDEMAIN or ST.
ROSALIA, former for choice, with the other three close
up. The Open Stakes will lay between Vesta and
Aristos ; and the Maiden Plate with Simplicity or Heart
of Oak. For Earl Spencer's Plate, on Thursday, a large
field will go to the post, probably composed of the fol-
lowing:—The Old Fox, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—The Pilot, 4
yrs, 7st 101b—Sir Robert, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Equiria, 4 yrs,
ist 71b—Aldgate, 5 yrs, ist 51b—Mouse, 4 yrs, ist 51b
—Sagacity, aged, 7st 31b—Docility, 5 yrs, ist 21b
—Sisyphus, 4 yrs, 7st—Visite, 4 yrs, Est 121 b—Le
Juil, 3 yrs, Est 111b—Hippia, 4 yrs, 6st 1 llb
—Humphrey, 4 yrs, 6st Sib—Pierre de Touche,
3 yrs, Est 61b—Forlorn Hope, 3 yrs, 6st—Souffle, 3 yrs,
Set 121b—The Incurable, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. The fancy
nags are, Sir Robert at 3 to 1, Equiria and The Old Fox
at sto 1; in my opinion not one of the three aro fast
enough at the weight to win. I prefer Visite, and the
four three years old at the bottom of the handicap to
the cracks, and fancy one of this quintette will turn up
the trump card, Visite for choice, with Pierre de Touche
and the roan filly as a forlorn-hope.
For the Althorpe Park Stakes, The Greek, purchased
at the sale of Mr. Johnstone's yearlings in September
last for 1451., seems to be considered by the stable and a
great portion of the sporting public, a certainty; it was
backed yesterday for a large stake at odds varying from
4 to 1 to 5 to 2; this morning 2 to 1 is considered a good
price. The money prognosticates this animal to be the
winner. I will venture to assert it will not be nearer
than third; there are several horses in the race good
enough to beat it. The field will in all probability consist
of the following:—The Greek, Frantic (d), Eller, Dilbar
colt, Elcot, The Old Lad, Ambrose, France, Miss Conyng
ham, Hirsuta, Flirt, filly:by Iletman!Platoff; Sophistry, and
Sorella's dam filly. Frantic is doubtful, and may be de-
ducted from the list; one or two others not named may
be added. My opinion of Frantic I have before stated.
Mr. Clerke'e Elcot may astonish the natives, I should
say " the Ring;"" the Marlborough Buck, from the
same stable, distinguished himself by winning the only
stoke he run for last year; and Elcot, quite equal to
what his stable companion was when he accomplished
the lafor'esaid victory, might do something notable at
Northamwon on Thursday; mark that! Day's stable
will produce a nice tit for the occasion, 'yclept Miss
Conyngham; she will, I take it, be one of the first
three. The Goodwood stable will also be represented by
a dashing filly, Tne Flirt being highly promising. The
Haman Platoff filly, supported for a very heavy sum
)estorday in the City, I cannot fancy. The Duke of
Bedford's Sophistry is the only other requiring comment:
she will be forward in the race, but not first.
T. sum up, I opine, the race will be between Flirt,
Miss Cony ngham, and Elect; throwi❑g cut Frantic for
ihe reasons before-mentioned; and it would not surprise
me were they to pass the post as I have placed them,
with Sophistry, The Old Lad, Llirsuta, and The Greek
heading the ruck.
The Cup Stakes will go to Sunrise, if she runs; other-
wise to one of the top weights. The Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs. each, &c., will, I think, be won by
Geuevra, 3 yrs, sst 41b, with Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst
21b, in attendance.
Mern.—Newminster looks unhealthy for the 2,000
and Derby; 6 and 7 to 1 for the former, and 15 and 16
,o 1 for the latter, don't look quite up to the mark.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
March 25, 1851.

COAL MAitii6l.—YlisTkßDAY.
Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s 61 [letton
Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 6d Russell's Hatton
South Peareth
I:antisld Moor ......... 133 11 Kelly.. ”............•.. 151,01
l'aafield Mobr Butes... 13s ed South Hartlepool- lsa Od
Wall's End, &c. Whitworth
Hilda l3s Od.Tees ... , Bs 3d
Lawson
Eden Main ...... ...... 13, 9dDorwentwaterHartley 14s 6d
Braddyll

RAILWAY SHAKE MA.RKETS.
BRISTOL, MARCH 24,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather ac-
tive to. day. The transactions were as follow .Great Western,
New 171. Shares, 24 dis.—Vale of Neath, 4% die.—
Taff Vale, Quarters, 40.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH '24.
STOCK EVORA/WM—The share market on opening this
morning was again dull, and continued fiat throughout the
day, prices having a downward tendency. The transactions
were as follow : Aberdeen, Hi% Apbergate and East
Junction, 3% dis..—Caledoman. 14%—Great Northern, 18—
Kendal and Windermere, 1114—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
6114—Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto, 20/. F,1% dis. —London
am o North- Western, 129% Ditto, New Quarters, 5%
Ditto, Quarters (C)„ 3 •p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 36%—Midland, 63%—Ditto, Halves, 13% dis.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 6—Shrewsbury and
781,
Chester, Thirds, 10—Ditto, Oswestry
and Chester, 144—
South-Eastern and Dover, 2714—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 211/4—York and North Midland, 27%—Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 194 dis.
MANCHESTER, BIARelt 24,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather heavy
to-day, and prices generally are lower than last week. The
transactions were as follow: Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston (Eastern Junction), 3 !kr dis,—Lancashire and
Yorkshi a Stock, 61%—London and -North-Western (Man-
chester and. Birmingham,Quarters),
10%-North Staffordshire, 614 dis. 3 p.—North britisb,
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BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE--The share market was very dull to-
day. The only transaction reported was—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (B), dis.
YORK, MARCII 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—North British, 105 A—York, Newcastle, and J3er-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 1678—York and North Mid-
land, Preference, 81. 18s. Pd.

366 to 41s ; new, 36s to 40s ; barley, 25s to 29s ; cheValier
21s to 295; grinding 18s to 245; oats 15s to 20s; malt 53s
to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to
29s ; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26s to 28s ; old, —a to —s;
dun, new, 26s to 288 ; beans, tick, new 24s to 26s ; old, 24s
to 27s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old Otis to 008; ma-
zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 00s to 00s per qr.
COLCHESTER, MARCH 22.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 36s
to 40s ; barley 22s to 288 ; beans, mazagan 223 to 24s ; middle
and small 24s to 28s ; peas 26s to 23s per qr.
HADDINOTON, MARCH 21.—The following are the prices of
grain at our market to-day :
Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans.
First ... ... 48s Od 31s Od 22s 6d 29s Od
Wheat34s
market
tO d
41576.
rOsd.
42057 s s
001 dd
Second ... ... 38s 8d I 27s 10d 19s 9,1 27s 6d
Third 34s
quantity of
Do. Barley do. 289 qrs., 228 sold
Do. Oats do. 393 qrs., 360 sold
Do. Beans do. 225 qrs., 174 sold
KIRKALDT, MARCH 22.—The following are the quotations
for grain :
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas.
First 443 Od 283 Od 21s Od —s Od —s Od
Second 39s Od 228 92 19s Od —s Od —s Od
Third 353 Od 19s 62 163 6d —s Od Od
Oatmeal, ner bag of 2801bs imperial, 26s Od to 27s Od.
GLAsa ow, MARCH 19.—Provisions—Cheese, 33s to 42s Od
per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per
cwt. Country fresh butter, lld to Od per lb. Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 10d to 10i country powdered, wholesale, 8d
to Od. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s 10d
per 120, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 2s 9d per pair ; Ducks,
2s 6d.
Fatxrax, MARCH 20.—The supply of grain in this day's
market was 694 bolls; wheat at 16s 6d to 19s Od per boll ;
barley, 17s 6d to 17s 9d ; oats, 12s Od to 15s 6d; beans, 13s 9d
to 143 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.
PERTH, MARCH 21.—Wheat, old, ON Od to Os Od; ditto,
new, 35s to 39s ; barley, new, 19s Od to 21s Od ; oats, • 13s to
17s ; peas and beans, 22. Od to 21s per quarter. Oatmeal,
per sack, 00s to 28s.
21 Wh told, 295; •
KELso, AI . ea , 23 sto ditto, new; 181
to 30s Od ; barley, new, 16s Od to 20s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os;
potato oats, 001 to 00s Od ; ditto new, 12s to 14s Od ; common
ats 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, lls to 13s Od ; peas, 19s Od
oto2os Od ; beans, 19s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels.
kinaLticc, 111Aucii 21.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 24s ; ditto,
home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 18s 6d to 20s Od; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 15s 9d to 17s 62.
Od to ON ; ditto new, 108 Od to 12s 9d ;
Oats, common,ditto new, 00s Od •
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to 03 Od; ditto d ,
malt,
distillers, 31s 62 to 336 • ditto brewers, 32s 6 to 342 ; beans
new 12s Od to 14s 3d; pease 00s
per boll, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto
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 Oas Od;
ditto new 00s Od to 27s 6d ; ditto per peck of dozen'id to 7d;Bd
fresh butter, per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs. per 6d to ;
hay per ton, Od to Os ; ditto new, 80s Od to 841.
ilisnwicK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, 35s 8d; barley, 22s 9id ;
oats, 16s 6d ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 24s Od ; g peas, 00s Od
average per imperial quarter.
HAWICK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, new, 18s to 30s Od; barley,
new, 12s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, ON Od to ON Od ; potato oats,
12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, Ils Od to 14s ; peas, 19s Od
to 20s Od; beans, 19s Od to 20s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels.
DA.LICRITH, MARCH 20.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were lt4t 1011,1 list gh and 160

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-
Miles 0pen,1730--Traffic for the week ending March 22:-
Passengers £5,175 2 9
Goods ... ••• ••• 2,087 11 2

Total ... ... £7,262 13 11
Corresponding week last year... 7,694 8 9

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front General rost-oleo
by the night—and by the morning—dispattehhe .1

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port die- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 23 Liverpool.. April 10 r.
America (by U.S. pkt.). N April 4 .. • • Liverpool.. April 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) 31,March 26 .. Southampt. April 5
Africa (West coast)• • Nll4th of the month Plymouth April 3
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. March 28
Belgium N Daily • • • • • - Dover .. Daily
Brazil
.. 3119th of the month Southampt. April 12
..
Buenos Ayres Ml9th of the month Southampt. April 12
California(viaChagrea) Mil7th of month Southampt. March 20
Cape of Good Hope Nil4th of month Plymouth.. April 3
Constantinople* .... Ist 7617th 27th of mo Dover .. March 30
Central America .. Mid & 17th of mon. Southampt. March 20
Channel Isles '. • N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th.B a
Chili .. • • .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. March 20
France .. 31 &N Twice daily .. • . Dover .. •Twieedaily
Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. March 30
llamburgh NiTuesday & Friday
,London Tues. Sat.
Holland 30' Wednes. & Satur. Loudon Mon.Thrr
Honduras N 17th of the month Southampt. March 20
Ireland .. & N Twice daily • • • . Holyhead .. Twieedaily
India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month Southampt. March 28
India (via Marseilles) N 7th&24thofmonth Dover .. April 1
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Sollthampt. March 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. April 1
Mexico M 2d of the menth.. Southampt. April 5
Madeira • • .. 3119th of the month Southampt. April 12
70,17th,19th,27th ~,
Malta* .. t & 30th of month j -.over March 28
Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. April 2
Papal States* .. N sllt 15th 25th of mo Dover April 2
Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Arrived
Peru N 17th of the month Southampt. March 28
Tuscany* .. •. N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover .. April 2
West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. March 22
West Indies' (except.
Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month _.`Southampt. April 5

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
9 to 2 agst Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, 5 yrs,
Bst 31b—taken
5 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
—taken and afterwards offered
6 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 5 yrs, Sat
fib—taken and afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Loupgarou—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Phillips's Truth, 3 yrs, sst 71b—t
20 to I,agst Mr. Winch's Zadoc, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—t
20 to l agst Mr. Meiklam's Cocktail, 5 yrs, 7st 31b
Bushranger is scratched.
The only outlay of any amount was on the three
leading favourites, St. Rosalia having by far the largest
party. We did not hear Clothivorker mentioned, and
Cocktail was only nominally in the betting.
THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Greek—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Hetman Platoff filly
6 to 1 agst Mr. B. Way's Miss Conyngham
Greek was backed on commission for a good deal of
money at 3 to 1 and 7 to 2; the quotations agst Miss
Conyngham and the Hetman Platoff filly are made from
business transacted outside the room. •
NORTHAMPTON TRIAL STAKES.
Even on Peep-o'-day Boy ,
PORT STAKES (NEWMARKET).
6 to 4 agst Lord Enfield's Beehunter—taken
Bolingbroke is scratched.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES.
Even on Mr. Howard's Grecian
3 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
200 even laid between the field and Grecian, the former
having the call.
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CHESTER CUP.
9 to 1 apt Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st—taken
16 to 1 agst Li. Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b '
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, '
7st 81b
Nothing done on this event.
DIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmore's Sunrise, 3 yrs, 4st IMb
16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican, 5 yra, 7st 91b
—taken
16 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Vampyre, aged, 7st 71b—t
20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—t
The bets on the above (vent were all in small sums.
DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken
20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken
22 to 1 egst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken
22 to 1 agat Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck
30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Storm
50 to 1 agat Lord Zetland's Lightfoot—taken
The Mountain Sylph colt was again in favour at an
improved quotation, and Grecian, although not quoted,
would have been backed at 6 to 1, bad there been any
offers. 3,000 to 200 was laid to 2001. agst Newminster,
20 to 1 agst Teddington, who was in great favour, 1,000
to 45 agst Marlborough Buck, 1,500 to 50 agst Storm,
and 50 and 60 to 1 at least 600 agst Lightfoot.
DERBY, 1852.
2,000 to 50 sgst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse—taken
5,000 to 75 agst Mr. J. Clarke's Elcot—taken
EPSOM SPRING MEETING.
THE STEEPLECHASES.
Acceptances for the Free Handicap.
at. st. lb.
lb.
Trust-mo•not ll 6 Dilind-your-own-Ba-
The General
Anglesey lO 7 St. George ............. 10 2
...... 10 5
Don Juan
Miss Mowbray
Buscot .............. 9 7
Acceptances forthieb Great Metropolitan.
at. lb.
s t.
10 3
Sir John .......... . .... 11 12 Rattrap
Lord George .........11 5 gendsburgh
Vain Hope ........... 11 2 Jerry
Sir Peter Laurie...... 11 0
British Yeoman ...... 10 12 Spectator
Spring Buck .........10 3 Scavenger

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sociEry OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
SUFFOLK-STREET EXHIBITION.

On Saturday a private view of the present year's
collection of paintings by the Society of British
Artists was granted at the Suffolk•street Gallery, in

anticipation of its being opened to public inspection
yesterday. Having carefully examim d the principal
works here assembled together, we nre enabled to
express a by no means hasty opinion of their respec-
tive demerits and excellences. Altogether we are
fearful that the exhibition cannot be regarded, even
under the most favourable aspect, as anything far
above average merit—a greater proportion of indif-
ferent pictures being, unfortunately, too perceptible at
a glance, and the number of the really
meritorious being more than usually restricted.
Hurlstone, with his southern peasantry, por-
trayed somewhat after the fashion of Murillo ;
Herring, with his sketches of animals pencilled in the
school of Landseer ; Pyne, with his faintly-coloured
but miraculous landscapes and sea pieces, placing him

first and foremost aniong the moat successful dis-
ciples of Turner; Anthony, with his heavy woodland
scenery, depicted as if with a vivid recollection of the
worst productions of Constable ; Cole, with his clever
cattle pieces, conceived in the school oiCooper ;—these,
and a variety of other ambitious competitors, contrive
season after season to cover the walls of the gallery
with paintings, a select minority of which are entitled
to a very large share of admiration. Woolmer
also must be particularized as among the
most conspicuous members of the society,
especially when his brush dares to depict
some cool and shadowy dell celebrated in the prose-
poem of Boccaccio. So also is it with Allen in his
better moments, when delineating the tranqUillity of a
; pastoral landscape. Hill, in like manner, contrives
to attain for his rustic pictures a certain prominence
in the collection, more particularly when he abandons
himself to the representation of some little incident
in agricultural life, a style admirably adapted for the
display of hii great artistic abilities. Clint, with his
glowing effects of sunset, and Tennant, with his
effective and ingenious imitations of Stanfield, never
fail to impart to the walls of one or other
of the apartments an interest always wel-

come to the visitor. With such diversified
talent in the society, it is but natural that some little
curiosity should be experienced in the world of art
to witness the opening, season after season, of the
Suffolk-street Exhibition. As we ' have intimated,

the collection for 1851 is unfortunately not removed
beyond the level of an average display, one or two
works, however, from the hands of the chief masters,
being brilliant exceptions. " Landing Herrings on
the Yorkshire Coast" (No. 60), for example, will be '
ranked, we doubt not, among the masterpieces of
Pyne. The boiling of the surf as it runs in among
the shingles ; the misty spray floating in the
atmosphere, and agitated by the wind ; the
fishermen wading in among the billows, with the
difficulty arising from the pressure of both breeze and
tide, the animation and transparency of the whole
scene are particulars which, in the mere fact of their
selection, as well as in the mode of their manipulation,
at once command from us a sense of wondering satis-
faction. " A Subject from the Sleeping Palace" (No.
100) is about the best, as it is unquestionably the
most pretentious of the pictures contributed to the gal-
lery this year by Woolmer. Those who remember
(and who that has once read can ever forget ?) the
delicious poem on this subject from the pen of Alfred
Tennyson, will turn with a peculiar pleasure to the
embellishment of that magical tale of legendary love
as pencilled by the adroit and dainty hand of the
artist. The recumbent figure of the slumbering ,
Princess couched in the midst of antique luxuries, her
voluptuous symmetry but dimly indicated in the
undulations of the drapery, herself a jewel in the
midst of jewels, the rarest and brightest of them all—
is painted with an exquisite appreciation of the poetry
of the old nursery legend. The shadow of the un-
seen Prince advancing to break the fairy spell with a
kiss , is charmingly introduced, and gives to the
whole scene a look of soft and stealthy ex-
pectation. " Southdowns" (No. 11), by Allen,
is —to us a theme always grateful a
genuine English landscape. The sombre rain cloud
looming up heavily and darkly over the ridge of the
" windy wold," with the verdant freshness of the
foreground, and the air of quietude and seclusion
cast over the whole, are details admirably introduced
and marvellously represented. " The Gleaners,"
(No. 54), by Hill, is a delicious-effect of autumnal
'sunset, trailing from the edge of the horizon along
the well-reaped field, and bathing in its rich light
the forms of the reaper and her little toidling
urchin. Another, a sort of companion picture
to this, by the same popular and industrious
artist, portrays the sower scattering the seed
over the brown soil just turned up by the plough for
its reception. "Duck Hawkers" (N 0.269), by Her-
ring, is scarcely so successful ss his productions ge-
nerally ; but another painting from the same hand,
representing some cavaliers carousing, is an agreeable
incident delightfully told, and in many respects highly
meritorious. ," A Street Scene in Seville" (No. 141),
a work which is rendered conspicuous among all the
pictures in the principal apartment, both by reason
of its dimensions and its brilliant colouring, is made
still more so by the bustle and excitement of the
casualty it represents, namely a battle between
two Spanish boys with flashing black eyes (not from
the fight but by nature) and tawny complexions—
their vagrant comrades looking on with apparent
delight and interest. In this production Mr. Hurl-
stone has shown his powers as a colourist and as a
close observer of humanity, his usual hardness of
outline, however, being still as perceptible as ever.
" Don't be Afraid; you shan't Fall" (No. 154), al-
though provoking us to dislike the painting, out of
sheer indignation at its most preposterous title, 15, in
reality, a very exquisite and faithful specimen of
Tennant. "The Hungarian Mendicants" are yet per-
severingly caricatured by Zaitter, one his pro-
duction (No. 238) being about as particoloured
as a pattern in a Kaleidoscope. In " The
Thames at Lambeth" (No. 179), Hassell has cleverly
ntroduced a distant view of the New Palace at

Westminster, in which he has evidenced his skill as
an architectural draughtsman. " The Old Church-
yard " (No. 24), like the rest of the pictorial contri-
butions of Anthony, is disfigured by that heaviness of
colouring and unconquerable hardness of manipula-
tion which are unhappily his most obvious charac-
teristics. His foliage never seems to have been
blown about by the wind, no zephyr would assuredly
ever venture to profane the solid sanctity of his trees,
or dream any more of finding a circulating medium
in their leaves than among the notes of an
insolvent bank. So is it with almost every one of
his massive bits of woodland. Clint has one or two
exquisite productions in the gallery ; Baxter, a charm-
ing triple portrait (No. 223) • Wilson, the younger,
a brilliant sea piece (No. 34), called " Clearing up
after a Storm ;" Noble, another of the eternal em-
bellishments to that thoroughly " used up," but ever
beloved story, the " Vicar of Wakefield ;" Hidden has
some Highland scenes ; Cobbett has a cottage
interior ; and Pidding, a few not unplea-
sing examples of the humorous. It were well,
doubtless, for Boddington, if he had a somewhat
smaller facility in the limning of his landscapes,
he might then possibly manage to rise rather more
frequently above the dead level of mediocrity. Salter
continues as rude as ever in taste, and Shayer as ca-
pable of appealing directly to our sensibilities. Hunt
indulges in one of his bits of clownish comicality—
the ploughboy, in the present instance, lying fast
asleep with his head on a table. We may also men-
tion as commendable in regard to its grotesque truth-
fulness, the " Leading Article," by Clater. A variety
of other works, such, for example, as the Nor-
wegian studies, by West, and some dainty
fruit pieces, by Duffield, will arrest the atten-
tion of the more observant visitors to the
Suffolk-street Exhibition. In the pictures, however,
which we have particularised the most commendable
works in the collection have been enumeratedi Nearly
seven hundred contributions are ranged vaeoenng the
walls of the gallery, but among these cif a
voured in the present notice to sp y
alal i that dap-
peared to us entitled to any particular
dry commendation.clever
Besides the foregoing, there are sun
water-colour pictures in the entrance-room, but these
are in no ono instance sufficiently brilliant to extort
from us a syllable expressive r adwi rat

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THE NEW ASYLUM FOB INFANT ORPHANS, STAM•
—The board of this charity have received
orationintor-
FD-"fl-orin" A. %V. Penrose, Esq., one of the executors, of
a legacy of 3001. by Mrs. Mary retch, late of St. John-
street-road.
Mottz PERVERTS.—A correspondent of the
Church and State Gazette says that the
,Rev. A. Chirol, cu-
rate to Mr. Bennett, with his wife and family, also his mo-
ther, and several other persons, and W. } inlason, Esq., au-
thor of the pamphlet on the legality of the Papal hirelrchy'
with his wife, and also several relations of the latter have
joined the Church of Rome.
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—The Recorder of London,
as judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, has appointed the 30th
of April next to try the important matter it' which the Queen
of Spain is defendant, and attached in the person of pro-
perty belonging to her Majesty.
STOPPAGE OF LONDON BEIDGE.--YeSterdaY, a
notice was issued by the City Commissioners of Sewers, that
on and after Monday next, till further notice, in consequence
of its being the intention to repave London-bridge, no vehicles
of any description will be allowed to pass by- this bridge. The
cot of rep4Yulg Li estimated at about 2160-1.