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NO.lB 290.]
LONDON, WEDNESDAY
N MAY 7 1851.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
tn. LIMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. ,
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq.
tElliotson M.D„ F.R.S. t*Edmand S. Symes, Esq.
*Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq. t*Augostus Vigne, Esq•

. .
AUDITOR.
irrofessor Wheatstone, F.R.S.
PRISICIAN.
tJ. Elllotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SURISEON.
'PPE. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
VW. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., eGe.
SECRETARY.
°D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANICEEB.
f*Measrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS,
fMeasrs. Sutton, Ewens, Omma.nney 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 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 is the hands of
third parties.
No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums
63,0001.; is
the 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 sant assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 55 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

This day, foolscap octavo, 55.,
CHEMISTRY of the CRYSTAL PALACE.
A Popular Account of the Chemical Properties of the Chief
Materials employed in its Construction. By T. GRIFFIZLIS, late
Professor of Chemistry in St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
By the same Author,
CHEMISTRY of FIRE, AIR, EARTH, and WATER. An Es-
say, founded upon Lf ctures delivered before the Queen. With Illus-
trations. Second Edition. 4s. 6d.
RWIREATIONS in CHEMISTRY. Second Edition, with nume-
rous Illustrations, much enlarged. ss.
The WRITING-DESK and its CONTENTS, taken as a Text for
the Illustration of Impo.tant Facts in Experimental Science. 28,
'London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

THE ERA NEWSPAPER DERBY and ST.
LEGER GIFTS of 1851 will be distributed on THURSDAY.,

May 15.
All who forward (by that date) 1/. 6s. to Mr. Frederic Ledger,
Era Office, Catherine-street, Strand, will receive the Era Family
and Sporting Journal for 52 weeks, and participate in its Gifts, which
have already been distributed among subscribers to the amount of
8501. The Era is the only weekly journal devoted to the'interet4
of Licensed Victuallers, Freemasons, Foresters, and Odd Feßevis.
The ERA of May 4 gave two columns of Cricketing, the opening
Dinner of the Marylebone Club, and All England Matches to come.
Also, six columns of the Chester Races, four columns of Freemasonry,
Forestry, and Odd Follows ; ten columns of the Royal Opening of
the Exhibition, four columns of Theatricalf, &c. &c.
The ERA of May 10 will contain Programme of YORK RACES
neat Tuesday, with TOUCHSTONE'S Prophecy of Witmer for the
Great Match between Flying Datchman aad Voltigenr. The DOG
of JOE MUGGINS will also have a few hints about the Winner.
Order of all Newsmen, or send six postage Stamps to Frederic
Ledger, Era Office, 3, Catherine•street, Strand.

REV. W. TROLLOPE'S GREEK
NOTES TESTAMENT, WITH ENGLISH
.
Second Edition, bound in cloth, Bvo., price 95.
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GREEK, with
a carefully Corrected Text, a Critical Conspectus, and Co-
pious English Notes ; adapted to. the Use of Schools and Universi-
ties, and to the plrposes of General Reference. At. which are an-
nexed a Chronological Harmony, and Three IndiceS4 BY the Rev
WILLIAM TROLLOPE, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
London : William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

Ag e . 1 An nm Pre-i uta I.
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Bonus In duction of
SursuTeda.. Cash. on Annual his accustomed spirit, is determined that no pricers the trade
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1838 267 11 4
1839 241 18 6 ZB9 45
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Premium. shall excel him either in novelty, variety, quality, or His prin-
ciple is to warrant every article, and to exchange or return the money
Z s. d.
22 )3 1 for any found in the least detective. Many of his articles are manu-
factured on the premises, and most of his patterns are invented by
1179 1: g hhasimsdeelvLote additionaln
14 0 10 Public are always welcome to inspect. His cutlery, strops, ladies and
11 8 3 article for the toilet and work-table, as well as for presents or for
A A s.d.
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tlescription of
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1 cutlery may be ground and repaired daily.
Table-cuer
roomsy, razors,
strops, &c., for shipping,. Bagatelle-tables for public .

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climate&
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,0001.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office ara —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
Premium 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 net hitherto
been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the 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 Otice will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to titre, 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 fitty 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.

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.
With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure.
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
lust published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and
Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2a. 6d., or post-free, from the
Author, for forty-two Stamps,
Sid.CLF-PRESERVATIMarriage, aON
ndon; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
smelly acquired at an early period of life, which destroy
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
9 hservations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of
Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture. and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India-
:ration, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem-
bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings,
illustrating the kontoiny, Yhysiology, and Diseases of the Re-
productive Organs, explaining their strtures, uses, and flmetions,
and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary
habits, excesses, and infection.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor ef Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of A.pothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunts an
Medical Society of Edinburgh, Scc., itse.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas
medical man
and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to
the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consulted with ad-
vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili-
tated through secret practices acquired ix youth, or by the excesses
of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects
of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un-
ceasing misery and regret.
Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill,
or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who
may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter , daily,
room tan till two. nod from aix till eight.

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

INSURANCE AGAINST RAILWAY ACCI
DENTS.—GREAT EXHIBITION EXCURSION TRIPS.
The Directors of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE
COMPANY have made arrangements for the issue of EXCURSION
TICKETS, to cover the risk of the journey both ways, irrespective of
distance, in Excursions to or from London. These tickets insuro
2001., payable to the executors or next of kin in the event of death,
with proportionate compensation in cases of personal injury by rail-
way accident, at a premium of Twopence, and are availalde for any
class carriage.
The Periodical Tickets of this Company cover the risk of Excursion
Trips, as well as travelling by the ordinary Passenger Trains, and
insure 1,000/. at an annual premium of 20s.
2001. 41 44 ss.
These tickets are all obtainable at the Company's Offices, 3, Old
Broad-street, London ; and the Excursion Tickets will likewise, be
issued by the Company's Agents in the principal towns throughout
the country, where Excursion Trips may be determined on.
The distinctive features of this Company are
:-
1. It is ympowered by special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic-
toria, cap. 40.
2. It has a'sub:crlbed capital of one million sterling, as a guarantee
to the assured.
3. In the premium charged the stamp duty is included, which is
paid to Government by the Company.
In these respects it is peculiar, and distinguished from any existing
Railway Assurance Company.
ALEXANDER BEATTIE, Secretary.
3, Old Broad-street, April 22, 1851.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, MAT 6.
The market for wheat was firm at last week's prices. Barley,
owing to the cold weather, was taken off rather more readily,
such few samples as appeared. There being a large stock
fair held this day, the business of the market was much in-
terrupted, and but few dealings appeared to be entered into.
The long continuance of wet, cold, and ungenial weather is
reported to have not only retarded vegetation, but seriouslyA
have affected the growing crops of wheat and barley and of
this latter grain there remain many thousands of acres of land
yet unsown.

Foucault's Recent Experiment, Demonstrating the Rotation of the
Earth, is shown Mornings and Evenings at the
ROYAL PO L YTECHN IC INSTITUTION.
Important Deposits by the Gas-fitters' Association, illustrat-
ing the economical application of Gas for Cooking and various other
purposes.—Lectute by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., on the History
of the Harp, from the time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections
by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music, and illustrated by Drawings
of the Harps of various Nations.—Lectures by J. H. Pepper. Esq.. oil
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.
(Solo Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.)
OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Doors open at Ralf-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence til
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission. One Shilling.

EIATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL
!I _9 HIPPODROME, Kensington, is now Open Daily with a va-
riety of the most unparalleled Feats in the Equestrian Art ever wit-
nessed in England. The immense success which has attended the
opening of this Establishment, and the enthusiasm with which the
Performances was received, induces Mr. Batty to produce the same
routine of Entertainments every day until further notice.
The Doors will open at Four o'Clock, to commence at Five.
Admission to the Reserved Seats - - 3s. Od.
First-class do. - - - - - 25. Od.
Second-class do.
Third-class do.
Mr. Batty respectfully announces, that in consequence of the nu-
merous applications for Season Tickets for this Establishment, he has
determined upon issuing them at the lowest possible rate, viz.:—
For a Single Ticket, 31. ; Double ditto, 51., either of which are trans-
ferable. To be obtained at the Box-office of Astley's Amphitheatre
rom Eleven till Four daily.
The Hippodrome is within five minutes' walk of the Crystal Palace.

ANOTHER CURE OF A. SEVEN YEARS' ASTHMA B
R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.
From. Mr. Edwin Squire, bookseller, Corn-market, Loutli.:—
" A lady, whose name and address is below, had been severely
afflicted with asthma for seven years until about Vireo monthS ago,
when a friend in Louth recommending Dr. Locock's Wafers, she
puree flied a box, and although she had not been able to lie down: io
bed for twelve or fourteen weeks, the first dose enabled her to do so
and take a comfortable night's sleep, and she is effectually cured by
five boxes. I furnish the name of the lady, which is Mrs. Martha
Raven, St. Laurence, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
(Signed) " EDWIN SQUIRE!'
'They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. 1?/ed., 2s. 91., and Ils.
per box. Sold by all druggists. Also,
DR. LOCOJK.'S FEMALE WAFERS,
The best medicine for females. Full directions with every box.

DCULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho;
147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ,
price One Shilling ea post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
CONTENTO:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ea-
surslous about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening, at Homo
—Mugo—TheDrama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, Eze., &o.
IL
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Voli.
Vol I.
k V fSTT TO DIE LAKES; sICEITIFOr EDINBURGH! &c.,
-

Vol. 11.

LAKEs OF KILLARNEY Y ; REMIITIECENCESI or

DUBLIN, &e.
WHAT TO EAT, I)F.LNK, AND AVOID.
"That three score years and ten our course may ran."
A papular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and cm-
titters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
alien of every-day life.

THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what impro's%
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard. '
Strano2 : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. Tho advent
Of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o.
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and rentediative. Advocacy of early marriages.:
V. .

TILE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
llDoitAlexa:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
tigien regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to ago, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with tbw art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Btcrility and its conversion.
OWNS, Er.c.
By R.. 1. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), :t1.11.C.5. (1827), L.S.A.
18,4). Two:lv-rive years Medical and tore:laic Referee in these
emitters; Bes sption boars daily till Ave. E veralga, taw tin nine,
Agiel9lace. licseat-fireet,

THE GREAT EXHIBITION,
Notwithstanding the gloomy, cold,- and doubtful charac-
ter•
of the weather yesterday, the receipts of the Commission
were larger than on the previous day, and 'ett imnienfe . con-
course of people assembled' in the interior of thubuilding.
The fresh accessions of visitors, however (strangely enough),
appear to have no effect in crowding the passages and ave-
nues; for, as the novelties of the nave and transept are ex-
hausted, the less frequented parts are explored, and numbers
are thus drawn off from those central points. where their pre-
sence might lead to inconvenience.
While, by a slow but satisfactory process, the public are
gradually adapting their examination of the interior to its
arrangement and sectional importance, the Executive Coin.'
mittee are stilt anxiously considering, the edUcational uses to
which the occasion can be turned. They appear to feel the
impossibility of establishing any organization for regular in-
struction among their adult visitois, but they en-
tertain hopes that the, : great metropolitan' schools will
avail themselves of this opportunity for a systematic
and 'careful study of the Exhibition. To such
they would be prepared, ..we understand,
to grait every possible• facility; and, when the aptitude of
youth to catch inkruction'at the eye is considered, it would
be a thmisand pities if such a chance were neglected. If our
great seminaries haVe any real zeal is the cause of-education,
they will' nut hesitate at once to: organize the' Means for
turning this opportunity :to profitable account/ and from all
we can learn we believe that they will find every disposition
among those placed in authority to sid,them in their efforts.
pLIiOFORTI4.
The novelties ).)servable are chiefly 'either .decorative or
such as have reference to the adaptation of the instrument to
`particular uses.. ,
The visitor will be charmed with the splendour and taste
witti'which most of the pianos exhibited are ornamented and
Minted.

LACE GASSpiG MACRINZKr. •
In the manufacture of )ace, muslin, and other delicate fa,
brics, it has been found that when the article comes from the
loom its surface is covered with a multitude of small hairy
fibres, which more or less disfigure it,:and which it iS neces.
sary to detach by some process which will not injure or de-
face the lace.
The methods formerly adopted for removing these 6bres
)from- lace and other fine fatnicS, -.gas as follows :—An iron
eylinder, whose length was equal to the width of the lace
and muslin, was made red' hot. The lace er•musli.
stretched tight was then made to plass contact
red hot iron, being pressed upon it with a certain force, and
moved over it.'at a certain speed, the speed and pressure
being so regulated that the lace remained in contact with
the red-hot iron a sufficient time to burn off the superfluous
fibres, but not a sufficient time to destroy or injure the deli-
cate fabric itself.
As the art of manufacturing gas was improved, and its
application extended, it supplied an improved substitute for
this purpose, of which the apparatus exhibited by Messrs.
Burton and Earnes is an example.
A row of gas-burners will be observed in the machine,
the length of which corresponds with the width of the lace
to be " gassed," as it is called. The lace is made to pass
through this row of gas flames with a certain velocity. It
is possible to give to the lace a velocity so great that the
flame will not have time to destroy a single particle of the
superflous fibre; and on the other hand, the velocity may
be retarded, so as to destroy not only the fibre, but injure
or destroy the lace. By experience a certain speed is ascer-
tained, which wilt give to the gas flames the time necessary
to destroy the fibre without damaging the lace.
This, however, is only one of a great multitude of contri-
vances of exquisite beauty and ingenuity which have contri-
buted to render the fabrication of lace by machinery one of
our most important manufactures.

TIER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM:
The Queen held a Drawing-room (the second this season,
yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty, and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at two o'clock from
Buckingham Palace, attended by.the royal suite and escorted
by the Life Guards.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia
and Prince Frederick William of Prussia were present, at-
tended by the Countess A. de Harke, the Countess Louise
Oriolla Count Puckler, Major von Bayen, Count Goltz, Co-
lonel Fischer,and Lieutenant von Heinz.
His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands was
present at the Drawing-room, attended by the Chevalier van
Rappard, Aide de Camp, and Chevalier de Casembroot, Offi-
cier d'Ordonnance of the King of the Netherlands, and At-
tach 6 to his Royal Highness.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar also
attended the reception.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
with their sub-officers, Major Cooke and Major Neville, were
on duty in the State Saloons. Lord Foley, Captain of the
Corps; Mr. James Tyler, Lieutenant; Major Harmer, Stan-
dard Bearer; and Captain Curling, Adjutant of the Corps,
were present at the Drawing-room.
Her Majesty's Body Guard, under the command of Sir
Seymour Sadler, the Exon in Waiting, was on duty in the
Palace as usual—the Marquis of Donegal, captain; Lieute-
nant-Colonel Fitzmaurice, adjutant; Captain Bellairs, and
Captain Phibbs, Exons of the Corps, attended.
The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Mis-
tress of the Robes, the Countess of Gainsborough (in wait-
ing), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro, the
Countess of Charlemont, the Viscountess. Canning, and the
Viscountess Jocelyn, Ladies of the Bedchamber; the Hon.
Eleanor Stanley (in waiting), the Hon. Beatrice Byng (in
waiting), the Hon. Amelia Murray, the Hon. Matilda Paget,
the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and the
Hon. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour ; i the Hon. Mrs.
Trevor and the Countess Forbes, Women of the Bedchamber;
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Horse, the Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness, the
Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain' Lord
Waterpark, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in
Waiting to his Royal Highness; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel
Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting; Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel
Francis Hugh Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal
Highness; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Queen' wore a train of buff watered silk, having flowers
of white and yellow brocaded on it. The train was trimmed
with tulle, yellow ribbon, and bunches of lilac, ornamented
with diamonds. The petticoat was of white satin, with an
upper skirt of blonde, trimmed with bunches of lilac and
tulle, and ornamented with diamonds to correspond with the
train. The head-dress was formed of diamonds and feathers
and a wreath of lilac.
The Princess of Prussia wore a train of blue silk, bro-
caded with silver, and trimmed with baguets of flowers, with
diamond ornaments. The stomacher was also decorated
with brilliants. The petticoat was of white watered silk,
trimmed with flowers to correspond with the train. The
head-dress was composed of diamonds and feathers, with
flowers.
The diplomatic circle was introduced', when the following
presentations to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High-
ness the Prince Albert took place :
By Baroness de Brunnow—Madame Gabriel Eemensky,
nee Borosdine.
By Mrs. Abbott Lawrence—Mrs., laddock, wife of the
United States Charge d'Affaires to
,P4ortugal ; Miss Kim-
ball.
By the Bavarian Minister—Baron do Hunoldstein, Lieut.-
Colonel in the Havarian service. t'
By the 'Russian Minister—Prince Victor Bariatinsky,
Officter de la Marine Imperiale.
By the Sicilian Minister—Prince P,- Gentilhomme
de la Chambre de S. M. S.
By the Prussian Minister—M. de Viebahn, Privy Coun ;
cillor in the Department of Financesi gas. Stein, Councillor
of Regency for the Department of Architecture; Mr. Geo.
Bunsen, son to Chevalier Bunsen.
By the United States Minister a' lion. Charles B. Had-
dock, Charge d'Affaires of the United States for Portugal;
Captain Joshua R. Sands, United, -ttates frigate St. Law-
rence; Lieut. L. B. Avery, United B:ftes frigate, St. Law-
rence; Lieut. John K. Duer,
United States frigate St.
Lawrence; Lieut. George H. Preble, United States frigate
St. Lawrence.
By the Spanish Minister—Don Lanion de la Sagra, Hono-
rary Attache to her Catholic Majesty's
Legation at Paris,
and Spanish Commissioner to the Industrial Exhibition.
By the Sardinian Minister—Le Chevalier
Lencisa, Special
Commissioner from the King of Sardinia to the Exhibition
of 1851.
By the Turkish Minister—Le Lieutenant General Djema-
leddin Pacha, Membre du Conseil dAmiraute Ottomane ;
l'Amiral MoustaPhi Pacha, Hussein Effendi, Mufti au
Ministere du Commerce; le Prince A. Vogorides, Conseiller
d'Ambassade de Turquie; Zia Bey, seeretaire de la Legation
de Turquie
Austrian Chargé d'Affaires—The Count
By Baron Koller,
Harrach.
By M. Marescalchi--M. Decazes, autrefois Secretaire de
l'Ambassade a Londres.
The diplomatic circle was attended by the Belgian Minis-
ter and Madame Van de Weyer, ist. Octave Delepierre, Sec-
retary of Legation and Consul-General, and M. Bartholeyns
de Fosselaert, Attache ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister,
and Baroness de Cetto; the Russian Minister and Baroness
de Brunnow, M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary of Le-
gation ; M. Gtibriel Kamensky, Conseiller du Ministere des
Vinances de Rlissie, and Count Michel Wielhorski ; General
Prince Castelcieala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. Canofari,
Secretary of Legation; the Prussian Minister and Madame
Bunsen, INldlle. Theodora Bunsen has and Madame Ernest
Bunsen, Count Perponcher, CounCilloe of Legation, Baron de
Langen, Attaché, and M. de Bethalann Hollweg, Attac
lohew ;.
Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, and Count Revent
Criminil, Secretary of Legation ; the. Netherlands Minister
and Mdlle. Schimmelpennusck, Mahe. T. Sehimraelpenninck,
Baron Stratenus, Conseiller de Legation, and General Baron
Nahuys Van Burgst ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish and Nor-
wegian Minister, and Baron de Geer Secretary of Legation;
the United States Minister and Mrs,' Abbott Lawrence,B Mr.
Bancroft Davis, Secretary of Legation, Colonel T. . Law-
rence, Attache, and Colon eiTanAlen ; Senor Isturitz, Spanish
Minister, Mr. J. T. Cornyn, First secretary of Legation, and
Marquis d'Azeglio,
Mr. J. L. de Urbiztondo, Attaché; le
Sardinian Minister, and le Marquis Oldoine, Secretary of
Legation ; the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi ; M.
Musurus, Turkish Minister, and Dilaver Effendi, Attaché
to the Legation le Baron de 'Roller, Austrian Charge
d'Affaires, M. Marescalchi, French Charge d'Affaires,
and M. Sampayo, Attache to the Knabassy ; M. Fran-
cisco d'Rivero, Peruvian Charge d'Affaires, M. Emilio de
Althaus, A ttache to the Mission, and hi. Fabricio Caceres,
Attache ; lo Comte Possenti, M. W. FIR'S% Lieutenant des
Ussars ; Viscount Palmerston, G.C.R., the Queen's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Pal-
merston, and Col. the Hon. Sir Edward the Viscountess
rd Cust, K.C.H., her
Majesty's Blatter of the Ceremonies.
After the reception of the foreign circle, the general circle
was introduced. - • :
The following ladies had the honour of being presented to
her Majisty
the Duchess of Sutherland.
Lady Abercromby, by
Miss Abererornby and Mias Constance Abeicromby, by their
mother, Lady Abercrotnby.
The Countess of Albemarle, by the Countess of Charlemont.
Miss Georgians Baillie, by her mother, Lady Georgians
Baillie.
Miss Octavia Bankes, by her mother, Mrs. George Bankes.
Hon. Mrs. Henry Boyle Bernard, by Lady Coots.
Lady Augusta Bingham, by her mother, the Countess of
Lucan.
Miss Bishop, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath.
Mrs. A. Henry Boileau, by Viscountess Oombermere.
Mrs. James Booth, by-Lady Romilly.
Miss Emily Browne, by the Dowager Lady Talbot de
Malahide.
Mrs. Carrick Buchanan, oIA her marriage, by her mother, the
Hon. hire, Left*.

PER QUARTER.I PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red
Ditto, white 42s to 47s Oats oos to 00s
Barley, malting ... 215 to 295 Rye
Ditto, grinding ... OOs to 005 Malt. OOs to 001
Beans
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 3, 1851.
Wheat
Barley
24s 3d
Oats ..... ... —.... . 2 ~ 20s Od
Beaus. 3O „ 26s 5d
Peas
HULL, Max ea
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—We have
again to report fair arrivals of wheat and barley, with mode-
rate supplies of other articles. Some proportion of the former
has not come on the market, which has assumed a somewhat
firmer appearance ; only the finest descriptions of barley go off
for malting, and tin light samples are obtaining the pre-
ference for grinding : anything between the two does not
make its fair value. The weather during the past week has
been cold and unseasonable, With frequent showers of hail and
sleet. We had to day a moderate supply of wheat from our
own and Lincolnshire farmers, with much less desire to sell
than has been evidenced for some tixae past : prices are low,
and eusceptible of some rise ; the weather is not genial, and
opinion strengthening that stocks are more drawn upon than
usual at this season. The business done was consequently but
1 limited, and without alteration upon last week's rates. Foreign
wheat is also held more firmly, and only small parcels on
board steamers or vessels coming on demurrage are sold at last
weaves rates. The barley trade was hardly so good to-day :
oats are in short supply and great demand. Beans fully sup-
port their value. Not much inquiry for peas, except at a
grinding price. A good arrival of linseed, which meets fair
sale from ship. Cakes are to be bought on easier terms, but
there is no accumulation of stock, and several mills are closed.
Nothins- doing in rapeseed. Of rape cakes we have an in-
ereased'supply. For bones a fair demand at our quotations.
The following are the present prices of grain:—
5. s. 1 8. s
Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and yel. 26 30
Do. white . ........... 42 44 Do. grey
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 4B 50
nispberg ........ .... 40 —45 Do. Petersburgh
Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl 3B —42
Hamburgh . ...... 36 —4O Do. Konigsberg
Danish, Holstein, & Per ton
Friesland 3l 36 Lins. c,Hull 71 2s 6d to 71 55
Russian and Odessa 32 —36 Do. fine foreign ..•...•. 6! 5s
Oats, English ....... IS 20iDo. inf. foreign... 0/ to 51 15s
Do. Danish . 17 I9i Rapeseed
Do.Friesland lB 20 Rape cakes...Bos Od to 003 01
Do. Russ. & Odessa 00 —0,) Tares, English 36s —00 s
Barley, malting 25 —2B Do. foreign 23s 305
Do. grinding 2l —22 Guano 61 to 10/ 103
Beans 25 —2B Bones, do 95s Od to 97s 6d
Do.. foreign 25 27 Rye Meal 6/ Os
CORK, MAT 5.

Barrels. Currency.
O White wheat oos Od to OOs Od 005 Od-20 stout
1 Red wheat. 18s 63 to OOs Od Oos Od-20 do
2S Barley lls Od to 11$ 6d OOs Od-16 do
• Bere
3S Oats
O Pigs OGs Od to 00s Od Oos Od per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-
0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 11 barley ; 0 bere ; 5 oats;
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week :—.
Wheal, 19. Barley, 269. Oats, 793. Pigs, 17.
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURRENCY.
First quality
Second quality
Third quality ............ 76s Third quality ... 67s
Fourth quality ............ 60s Fourth quality ... 51s
Fifth quality
Sixth quality ............... 00s Sixth quality
CORK.—Flour—First Ils 63 to 12s Od ; extra 12s 9d ;
seconds, lOs 6d to 11s Od;
households 9s to 10s 03; thirds, 7a to 9s
per cwt. Oatmeal 108 to 1086 d; Indian meal 7s 6d to 8s Od; wheat-
meal, 93 63 to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 71 5s Od to 7112 s 63 per
ton. Bran 80s Od to Sys per ton. Hay—Farmers lis to 255; average
225; dealers 40a to 003 Od; average 00iper ton. Straw--Farmers
16s Od to 30s Od; average 265; dealers 40s Od to Oos 03;
average 00s 03 per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d ;
household loaf 4d to bd per 41b. Fresh butter, 103 to
12d per lb. Eggs-3s 4d to 3s 6d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 143 Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Neath m,
13s 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 40s Per cwWt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 55 9d per imperial gallon. Mez.l
—Beef 4/d to 60 ; mutton 5d to 73; veal 43
to
5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 53 per lb.
Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 5s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to Si Os ; Valonia 151 to 01; French
6/ Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 155 per stone.
Hemp 32/ to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red
ditto, 26s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 103 ; yellow
ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100.
Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 34s per cwt ; calf skins
30 to 31,-d per lb. Potatoes, white Sd to 10d; Minions,
103 to 13d. Guano—Peruvian, 111 10s Ichaboe, 8/ to 91 Os
per toe. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel.

ESTABLISHMENT OF MESSRS. CLOWES AND SONS.—
We understand that Messrs. Clowes and Sons, as an expres-
sion of their thanks to every member of their establishment,
for the great and zealous exertions used by them in enabling
them to bring out the official Exhibition catalogue, intend,
on some convenient day in June, to present to every man and
boy in their employment a tree admission to the Exhibition,
with a copy of the official catalogue.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have me-
morialised the Government in, favour of an equitable adjust
ment of the Sound Dais.

Mrs. Byles, by the Hon. Mrs. Trevor.
Lady Catherine Carnegie, on her marriage, by her mother,
the Countess of Gainsborough.
Mrs. Bonham Carter, by Lady Mary Wood.
Viscountess Chewton, on her marriage, by the Countess
Waldegrave.
Miss Collier and Miss Clementine Collier, by the Countess of
Kinnoull.
Miss Colquhoun, by the Dowager Countess of Glasgow.
Miss Rosalie Davison, by the Duchess of Northumberland..
Miss Elliott, by her aunt, Lady Hislop.
Hon. Mrs. Harvie Farquhar, by the Hon. Mrs. Grey.
Lady Rokewode Gage, on her marriage, by Viscountess Gage.
Lady Jervis, by the Countess of Harrowby.
Mrs. Charles W. Goad, on her marriage, by her sister Lady
Thorold.
Mrs. M. A. Goldsmid, by Lady Montefiore.
Mrs. Gordon (of Fyvie), by Mrs. Lindsay (of Baleares).
Lady Constance Levesoa Gower, by the Duchess of Suther-
land.
Miss Hamilton Gray, by her mother, Mrs. Hamilton Gray.
Mrs. Greaves, by Lady Talfourd.
Miss Guest, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Guest.
Miss Margaret Gurney, by her aunt, Lady Isabella Wemyss.
Miss Hale, by her mother, Mrs. Robert Hale.
Mrs. Thomson Hanley, by the Hon. Mrs. Seymour Bathurst.
Lady Hislop, by the Countess Grey.
Mrs. G. H. Holland, by Viscountess Canning.
Mrs. Keating, by Viscountess Combermere.
Miss Keighley, by her mother, Mrs. Henry Hitchins.
Lady Leigh, by the Marchioness of Westminster.
Miss Leith (of Freefield), by Lady Macnaghten.
Countess of Macclesfield, by the' Marchioness of Westminster.
Miss Eliza Mayne„byl.Mrs. Richard Mayne.
Miss Catherine Milps;:by her mother, Mrs. Miles.
Mrs. Wm. S. Moorsom, by the Countess of Hardwicke.
Miss Isabella Moorsom, by her mother, Mts. Wm. S. Moorsom.
Miss Moorsom, by her cousin, Mrs. Wm. S. Moorsom.
Miss Jane Mowatt, by Viscountess Palmerston. •
Miis Marianne North, by her aunt, the Countess of Walde-
grave. •
Mrs. Frederick-Poyeton Orme, on return from Frankfort, by
XisSountAs Pilmerston.
Lady Outram,‘ by Lady Catherine Boileau.
Lady Fag`et,' by the Duchess of Norfolk.
Miss Pole, by her mother, Lady Louisa Pole.
Miss Margaret Chandos Pole, by her mother, Lady Louisa
Pole.
.Mrs. Reyn.olds,_by Lady Carmichael. =- I it,
Miss Ross, by her aunt, the Countess of St. Germans.
Hon. Mrs. Charles Rowley, by the Countess of Kinnoull.
Miss Rowley, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Rowley.
Hon. Mrs. Hamilton Russell, on change of name, by the
Countess of Effingham.
Miss Catherine Sinclair, by the Dowager Countess of Glas-
gow.
Mrs. Edward Somerset, on her marriage, by her mother
e' Mrs. Miles.
Mrs. Steele, on her marriage, by Viscountess Canning.
Mrs: Houston Stewart, by Lady Grey.
Lady Turner, by Lady Truro.
Lady Maria Tumour, by her mother, the Countess of Win-
terton.
Miss Vaughan, by Lady Paget.
Miss Letitia Vibert, by Lady Workman Macnaghten.
Miss Julia Vibart; by Lady Workman Macnaghten.
Lady Jane Walker, by the Duchess of Sutherland.
Miss West and Miss Florence West, by their mother, Mrs.
Frederic West.
Mrs. Whatman, on her marriage, by her aunt, the Countess
of St. Germans.
Miss Edwina Hamlyn Williams, by her mother, Lady Mary
Hamlyn Willams.
Lady Wood, by Lady Truro,