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Capital £500,000.
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.221 0 01261 • 0
115 i 0j136 6 0

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16 7 1 7 3 11
27 3 11 19 4 10

£ 1. d.
20 010 11
30 019 6
40 1 17 3

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Lombard street.
Notice is hereby giTen, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the PROPRIETORS will be held at the Offices of the Company,
71, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 16th of April, 1850, at Two
o'clock precisely, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR in the room
of John They ts, Esq., deceased.
Any qualified l'rcprietor intending to become a Candidate for the
office must signify the same by a written notice tinder Ills hand,
which notice mutt be left at the office of the Company ten days at
least previous to the IGth of April next.
By order of the Court,
MARTIN I'I:ATT.
General Steam Navigation Company, March 25, 1850.

STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and
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REDITOTION TN FARES.
Freight of Horses, Carriages, &c., considerably Reduced. -
The _ABERDEEN STEAM NAVIGATION co It PANT'S splen-
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For ABERDEEN—The Earl of Aberdeen, Saturday, March 30, at
Ten Mortifn
For INVERNESS—The North Star, Monday, April 1, at Nine
Morning, calling off Burghead, lnrcrgordon, Cromarty, and Cha-
nonry Point.
Offices: Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; 82, Lombard-street; or,
211, Wapping.
CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Several ALTERATIONS will take place in the Trains of
this Company, commencing en the let proximo.
For particalars, see Time Bills.
By order,
C. P. ItONBY, Secretary.
Biehopegate Station, March 26, MO.

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Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun.
This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is
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Daring i'assien Week

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Dr. liachhoffner's Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation,
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ander the direction of J. H. Pepper, Esq.

THE EXHIBITION of WORKS of ANCIENT
and MEDLEVAL ART and APECIMENS of RECENT
BRI flSfi IdA3UFACTURES, Is NOW OPEN, at the House of
the Society of Arte, John-street, Adolph', daily, between the hours
of Ton and Four.

Admission, Ir.—Catalogue, le.

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON

STEEL.
rust published, and may be had in Trench or English, in a Sealed
Envelops, 2s. Gd., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two

Stamps,
Q.ELF-PRESERVATION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
he physical and kneutal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
eelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
9bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility Anil Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
mpical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India-
:ration. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Amitoiny, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their stractin es, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Tkis work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un-
'ortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul-
:enoe and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con-
't nuance', unwisely entertains a tear of applying to a qualified physi-
cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro-
neou.,ly entertained that these complaints are beyond the roach of
art, suite restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where
alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest
medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his
practice for many years Is a guarantee for his professional experi-
ence. which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these
diseases.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of
March, 1850, present the Queen's Moat Excellent Ma-
jesty in Council. This day the Most Honourable
Richard Marquis of Westminster was, by her Msjesty'e
command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accord-
ingly.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S

PALACE, MARCH 22. 1850.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho-
nourable the Marquis of Westminster Lord Steward of
her Majesty's Household, vice the Right Honourable Earl
Furteecue, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 13.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Tyler.
Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's Honourable Cm pa of
diotleman at Arms. vice Sir Matthew Wyatt, retired.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, —MARCH 23.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Foley, to appoint William Topham, Esq., one of
her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms, vice Little, retired.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 23.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Alex-
ander John Please, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the
territory of Western Australia.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
William Sutherland to the church and parish of Ding-
will, in the presbytery cif Dingwall, and county of Ross,
♦acant by the death of the Reverend Hector Bethune,
late minister thereof.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire.
The Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry
Coe Coape, Gent., to be First-Lieutenant, vice Alex-
ander Hugh Loyborne Popham, resigned, Jan. 28 ;
Capel Comm', Gent., to be Cornet, vice Edward Morris,
resigned, Jan. 30.
WHITEHALL. MARCH 13.

The Lord &CanCollor has appointed Thomas Wash-
bourne Gibbs, of the city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

James Ailey, private boarding-house keeper, South-
street, Finsbury, to surrender April 6, at eleven, and
May 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hooker,
Bartlett's-buildings.
William Billby, warehouseman, Essex-place, Dalston,
April 11, at twelve, and May 10, at eleven, at tae Court
of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Van Saudau and Cumming, King-street, Cheapside.
George Everard,*.ear thenware manufacturer, Stoke-
upon-Trent. Staffordshire, April 11 and 25, at twelve,
at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official
assignee, Birmingham; Young, Longton, Staffordshire;
Smith and James, Birmingham.
John Watson and Robert Young Watson, shipbuilders,
Sunderland, April 11, and May 10, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Fell, Sunderland;
Rolfe and Edmunds, South-square, Gray's Inn.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Ward, Bishopsgate-street Within, chemist and
druggist, April 13, at twelve—F. Macqueen, Leaden-
hall-street, merchant, April 13, at eleven—W. Ward,
Warnford-court, City, merchant, April 18, at eleven.
In the Country.
V. Cooke, Worcester, cabinet maker, April 24, at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
R. C. Sweet, Birmingham, builder and carpenter, 3s.
6d., on Thursday, April 4, or any subsequent Thursday,
between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of
Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Hauser, Hanley, Staffordshire, merchant and drug-
gist, ls., on Thursday, April 4, or any subsequent
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
G. Cowan, Coventry, draper, 4s. 10d., any Thursday,
between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of
Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Hawke, King William-street, City, hatter, April
17, at eleven—E. Bell, Lambeth-walk, grocer. April 18,
at twelve—T. R. Kemp, Abchurch-lanr, bill broker,
April 18, at twelve—W. Steam., Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire, grocer, April 18, athalf-past one—J.
Matthews and J. Martin, Chichester-place, King'se-cross,
drapers, April 10, at twelve.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Bush, Darkbouse-lane, Billingsgate, coffeehouse
keeper—W. Keys, Robert's-place, Commercial-road,
Bear, linen and woollen-draper—W. Lilley, Albert-road,
Peckham, shipowner—C. W. Davies, Brownlow-street,
Holborn, licensed victualler, certificate of the third class'
—G. Rackham, Southtown, Suffolk, wine merchant,
certificate of the third class—G. J. Armstrong, Princes-
square, Ratcliffe-highway, coal merchar,t, certificate of
the third class—R. Noble, Leadenhall-street, tailor, cer-
tificate of the second class—G. M. Cowley, Nottingham,
scrivener and bill broker, certificate of the first class—
Z. Staff.ird, Nottingham, innkeeper, certificate of the
third class, after six months, from March 22—J. Cow-
lishaw and J. Cowlishaw, Derby, railway carriage
builders, certificates of the first class—G. Rennie, Liver-
pool, merchant, certificate of the first class, after 21 days,
from March 22—J. Dixon, Liverpool, grocer, certificate
of the first class, after 21 days, from March 21.
PAR TNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Williams and J. Holmes, Lower Wookey Mills, So-
mersetahire, paper manufacturers—J. T. Noakes and I.
Goble, Three Crown-square, Southwark, hop factors—
C. Tatham and T. Gray, Poplar, surgeons—T. Kings-
ford, C. Kingstbrd, and J. Parker, Mark-lane corn fac-
tors (so tar as regards the said J. Parker)—A. Lucas
and R, Bennett, Trinity-terrace, Trinity-square, South-

wark, corn merchants—J. Redgate, J. Braithwaite, and
I G. Braithwaite, Stathern. Leicestershire, lace manufac-
turers—F. Wise and E. J. Wood, Manchester, consult-
ing engineers—S. W. Sexton, J. Taylor, W. J. Wood-
row, and F. Wilde, OpPrishaw and Manchester, dyers (so
far as regards the said S. W. Sexton)—W. Lee and H.
S. Hick ling, Coventry, Warwickshire, ribbon designers
—W. Armstrong arid J. P. Gray, Cambridge, book-
binders—C. de Bergue and %V. C. Fuller, Arthur.street
%Vest and Manchester, piveat vulcanised India-rubber
railway spring manufacturers—T. Huggings and J.
Lang, Austinfriars, stockbrokers—O. Maggs and S.
Hindley, Friday-street and Bourton, Dorsetshire, flax
spinners.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Frank Cooper Good, Glastonbury, Somersetshire,
veterinary surgeor.
Samuel Sutton, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, agri-
cultural implement maker.
John Clio, South Brent, Somersetshire, bkcksmith.
Thomas Dtoale, Tavistock, clerk of the market.
La ,c Buekrell, Norton-under-Hamdor, Somersetshire,
bleacher.
Francis James Flower, Clutton, Somersetshire, saddler.
John Greenwood Martin, Swansea, house-joiner.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Waddell, jun., Stanrigg. near Airdrie, coalmaster,
to meet March 25 and April 15, at twelve, irithin Drum-
mond's Roy al Hotel, Airdrie.
W. H. Thompson, Leith, shipowner, to meet March
29 and April 19, at two, within the New Ship Hotel,
Leith. I

W. Galbraith and J. Galbraith, Port Dundas, Glas-
gow, millers, to meet March 29 and Arril 19, at one,
within the Star Hotel, Glasgow.
A. Russell and Son, Kirkcaldy, engineers, to meet
April 1, and 22, at twelve, within Robertson's National
Hotel, Kirkcaldy.
J. Harper, Glasgow marchant, to meet April 1 and
22, at two, within Comrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow.
J. B. Wandoforde, Glasgow, portrait painter, to meet
April 2 and 23, at two, wiibin the Star Hotel, Glasgow.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.
A special meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at York ; Mr. G. Leeman in the chair. The
objects were to discuss the merits of two Bills, and
for enabling the company to complete the purchase of
the Great North of England Railway, and to effect
alterations in certain branch lines ; also to consider
the position of the Great North of England Purchase
shareholders. There was a tolerably large number
of proprietors present.
The late Secretary (Mr. C. Close) having read the
advertisement calling the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN introduced Captain O'Brien, the
new secretary, and then proceeded with the business
of the day. He said the subjects that were to be dis-
cussed were of great magnitude, and in order to
come to a right decision upon these subjects he asked
their attention whilst he placed before them the
whole position of the company. This company pos-
sessed nearly 300 miles of railway, the greater pro-
portion of which had been constructed by the ordi-
nary capital of the company. The company had
leased the Hartlepool line, and also the Great
North of England ; the latter at a rent of 149,0001.
a year ; and they were under an engagement
to purchase that line on the Ist of July, 1850, at
the sum of 3,547,5001. This was an engagement in
which the whole company was concerned, and not
any particular section. In 1846 the shareholders
were called together, and a plan was then laid down
by which the payment of that sum should be made
to participate in the stock then proposed to be created
for the purpose. At that time the plan was con-
sidered to be advantageous, and looking at the value
which the stock then bore, no man could deny it was
an advantage. Accordingly, the shareholders took
up that stock, having attached to it a guaranteed di-
vidend of 6 per cent. until the Ist of July, 1850.
Immediately after October, 1846, the directors com-
menced purchasing up the shares of the great North
of England Purchase. There was no direct authority
to pursue that Arse, but it was perfectly well
known that the directors were proceeding to the pur-
chase of those shares at the prices at which they were
then selling in the market, the difference between
that price and the par value being the profit which
was expected to be realised by the company. In
order to enable the directors to perform their duty,
they made calls to the extent of 81., which they had
applied to the purchase of these shares, and to other
purposes the construction of the ordinary works
of the company, and another portion was applied
to the payment of the Q per cent. guaranteed to
the holders of the purchase shares. In 1847 a
gloom came over commercial affairs, and no call was
made; 1848 came, and there was a continuance of the
gloom, and there was an unwillingness in the direc-
tors and shareholders to any call being made. On the
arrival of 1849 they all knew what burst upon the
railway world, and, in the midst of such suspicions
and revelations as were engendered and brought out,
it was not likely any calls would be made. Then the
preeent board came into office on the 25th
of October last, and he wished the shareholders to
remember the position in which the Great North of
England matter stood, and for this reason—that with-
in the last few days he had received letters question-
ing the validity of the agreement between this com-
pany and the Great North of England. When the
present directors came into office the policy of the
company in respect of that purchase was decided
upon ; and in support of this he quoted from the re-
ports of the committee of investigation to show that that
committee had recommended a certain line of conduct,
which had been adopted by the shareholders. The
principle laid down by the committee, and adopted by
the shareholders, was this—that the purchase shares
now bearing interest should take dividend with the
general stock, and the guarantee of six per cent.
should cease after July Ist, 1850. When these mat-
ters were brought forward not a whisper was heard
against the recommendations of the committee. He
then stated the terms which were ultimately arranged
between the Great North of England and this com-
pany, viz., that three-tenths of the purchase money
shall be paid on the Ist of July, 1853 ; four-tenths
on the Ist of July, 1855 ; and the remaining three-
tenths on the Ist of July, 1856. When these terms
were made known to the shareholders still not a
whisper was heard against them, and the first inti-
mation that was given to the directors was a meeting
held in London, which was convened by a gentleman
of the name of Douglass. That gentleman was pre-
sent to-day, and as he was present he would tell the
meeting when Mr. Douglass became a shareholder—
it was on the 4th of February.—(Shame.) He did
not understand how it was that men who had become
shareholders so recently could be so patriotic as they
wished the shareholders to suppose they were.—
(Shame.) If Mr. Douglass had been an original
shareholder, then he would have been justified in
doing his utmost to support his interests; but to be-
come a shareholder so recently, and now to be sowing
the seeds of discord as he had done, he could not un-
derstand. Mr. Holland, of Liverpool, also was
mixed up in this opposition, but he was not a holder
until November last.
Mr. HOLLAND—I have held for years in this corn-
pany.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said, he was now quoting from
the books, and they showed that since N ovember Mr.
Holland had purchased 696 shares, and that only a
few days ago he had transferred 420 shares, at is. a
share consideration, to a gentleman named Cood.—
(Shame 1) He then went on to observe that, as
the result of what had been mooted in London and
elsewhere, the directors had come to the conclusion
that they would best meet the requirements of the
purchase holders by proposing that they should pay
a call of 11. on the Ist of July in this year; 11. ss. on
the let of July, 1852 ; and 11. ss. on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1853. This, however, was rejected; and he
would leave it to the opposition to say what were the
terms which they did wish the company to accede to.
He would ask, could any directors have met the pur-
chase-holders in a more liberal spirit than they had
done ?—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving a
resolution to the effect that the 81. already paid up be
made consolidated stock, and that interest at the rate
of 4 per cent. be paid on so much of the remaining
171. as shall be called up.—(Applause.)'
Mr. DOUGLASS then addressed the meeting, ob-
serving he never did anything of which he was
ashamed in his life. lie would ask Mr. Close if he
was not a shareholder before the time specified by
the chairman ?
Mr. CLOSE said, Mr. Douglass was a shareholder
previous to that time, and in different classes of shares.
Mr. DOUGLASS then proceeded to defend his con-
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the company ought to borrow money to enable them
to carry out this purchase.
The CHAIRMAN said they had no powers to
borrow.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Hor.Lerin also answered the chairman, and said
that when the proposition respecting the passing of
the Great North of England Purchase Bill should be
proposed he should move that it be not entertained.
Mr. THOAIPSON, of Moat-hall, spoke in favour of
the motion.
Mr. SCOTT also replied to the chairman's state-
ments ; and
Mr. WYLIE, an auditor, followed, suggesting that
a middle course should be taken by deferring the call
of July and January next until 1852.
Mr. MAUD, another of the auditors, moved as an
amendment,
" That interest at 4 per cent. be paid until the Ist of

July, 1856, on so much of the 251. shares as shall be
paid, and the whole take equal dividend with the stock
of the company after the Ist of July, 1856."
Mr. IlesLAsi, of Bolton, seconded the amendment.
A long discussion ensued, and at its close only 23
hands were held up for the amendment.
The original resolution, as moved by the Chairman,
was then put, and carried almost unanimously, amid
loud applause.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed--
'• That the Bill now submitted to the meeting, viz.,
' A Bill to amend the Great North of England Railway
Purchase Act, 1856, and to enable the York, Newcvtle,
and Berwick Company to comple'e tie purchase of the
said railways,' be approved, and the directors be autho-
rised to protect the same through Parliament."
Mr. FRUTCH, the solicitor, having read the several
provisions of the Bill,
Mr. HOLLAND moved the amendment which he

read ut an earlier period of the meeting. He wished
the meeting to consider this matter carefully ere they
forced the purchase shareholders to extreme measures.
If the meeting adopted the Bill, and by force of
numbers now carry it, they must recollect they
would have schism in the camp.—(Uproar, and cries
of " Spoke, spoke I" " Hear, hear !") A portion was
already prepared, and would be taken before the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons and Lords, and
measures would also be taken in the Court of Chan-
cery—steps which would inevitably bring on a long
warfare and which would lead to the destruction of the
property.—(Hisses.)
Mr. MITCHELL seconded the amendment. _

For the amendment only nineteen hands were held
up, and for the original motion 125, which was de-
clared to be carried.

Mr. HOLLAND then demanded a poll.
Scrutineers were appointed, and the shareholders
proceeded to poll.
After en ineffectual attempt to get Mr. Holland to
withdraw his demand,
The CHAIRMAN said that the directors held double
the number of proxies that Mr. Holland or any other
gentleman did.
The next.motion was for authorizing. the directors
to proceed with a Bill enabling the company to alter
the levels of a branch line, and other objects of a
similar nature.—Carried.

Mr. MAUD then moved a resolution to the effect
that, at the option of the Great North of England
Purchase shareholders, they receive back on the let
of July, 1852, as much of the money as they may
have paid in advance of calls.
The resolution was lost, only a few bands being
held up in its favour.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution, em-
bodying the sentiments contained in the close of his
speech, relative to the calls to be made on the Great
North of England Purchase shareholders; which was
carried almost unanimously.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting was then held,
when Mr. flaws and Mr. Alderman Hodgson were
re-elected directors. Messrs. 'Wylie and Maud were
re-elected auditors, and it was resolved that their
yearly salary be raised to 120/. each.
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Love for his
able services as a director, and another to Mr. Close
for his attention to the duties of his office since the
present board took office.
The special meeting then resumed, and the
of the poll was stated to be as follows ;—Persona/'
votes and proxies for the 8i11,20,001 ; ditto against it,
7,935.

The proceedings then closed at a quarter past nine.

LAND TAX ASSESSMENT.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Com-
missioners for levying the land tax in the county of
Middlesex was held yesterday in the Sessions-house,
Clerkenwell, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion, at the request of the Commissioners for the
Holborn division, the present unequal distribution of
this tax in the different parishes and divisions of the
metropolis, and to take such measures as might be
best fitted to effect an equalization of assessment.
On the motion of Mr. WOODWARD, chairman of
the Finsbury division, seconded by Mr. Louis, the
chair was taken by Jamer Hargrave Mann, Esq.
Mr. Lush acted as clerk to the meeting.
The CLIAIRMAN said he believed that there had
been no meeting of the Commissioners of that part of
the county called in the Act of Parliament " the rust)
of the county of the Middlesex," since the yearivlW,
except when they were called together to`ielect a
commissioner under the Property and Income-tax
Act. It was under extraordinary circumstances,
some of which he would briefly state, that they were
now assembled. Some time in the early part of
October last a gentleman of the name of May,
having property in the Holborn division, made an
appeal, with the view to have an alteration
made in the assessment of his property, and
what was still more important, he endeavoured to
effect an alteration in the quota levied on the pro-
perty of the parish in which he was. He availed him-
self of the assistance of counsel, whom the Commis-
sioners readily consented to hear, for though under
the Assessed Taxes Act barristers were not permitted
to be present at appeals against the land-tax, they
were permitted to be present at appeals under the
Property Act. The reason of this appeared to be,
that under the Assessed Taxis Act the decision could
be repealed, but under the Property-tax Act there
was no appeal, and parties were therefore allowed to
have the benefit of counsel. The result was, that
the Commissioners having availed themselves of the
legal knowledge and great experience of his friend,
Mr. Burchell, and having given due consideration to
the clauses of the Act of Parliament relied on by Mr.
Miller, the counsel for the appellant, thought that the
view which he had taken, namely, that no parochial
assessment should be taken, but that divisional as-
sessments should be made, was not correct, and they
decided, by an almost unanimous vote, of Twelve
to one, that they had not the power of
granting the relief that was required. Mr.
Miller retired dissatisfied, but not, as he

(the chairman) believed, disappointed with
the decision, and he shortly afterwards waited with a
deputation on the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
wanting to obtain relief from the Government. If
the reports in the newspapers were correct, Mr. Mil-
ler, at that deputation, had put into the mouths of
the Commissioners language which they had never
uttered, and had thereby committed a gross act of in-
justice to an honourable board. Mr. Miller was re-
ported to have said. " The Commissioners refuse to
grant relief on the ground that it would be very in-
convenient to re-assess the old divisions." That
statement had not been made on any occasion by the
Commissioners, who never had, and never 'would
allow, mere consideration of convenieace to inter-
fere with the discharge of their duties, and other
interests of the ratepayers. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer replied to the deputation that they had
not exhausted all the remedies afforded by the
Act, and that he could not, therefore, give them any
assistance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could
not have given any other answer, for he must have•
felt, that if the Commissioners bad refused relief
merely on the score of convenience, the appellants
might have gone to the Barons of the Exchequer, in-
stead of to the Government, for redress. In conse-
quence of the reply of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the party had made another appeal to their
board, forgetting that, according to the Act, when ap-
peals have been once decided they cannot be reheard.
But, considering the importance of the question, the
Commissioners of the whole of Middlesex had been
called together that day to see if they could not afford
the relief which the Holborn Commissioners could not
give. It was another object of the meeting to con-
sider whether it was not the duty of the Commis-
sioners to have an annual meeting of the entire body.
He requested that any resolution that might be pro-
posed should be in writing, and concluded by hoping
that they would come to a determination which, if
not satisfactory to the parties, would at least enable
them to go with a good case before Parliament.
Mr. COPPOCK. quoted the 38 Geo. 111. c. 5, and 54
Geo. 111. c. 173, s. 142, to prove that it was the duty
of the Commissioners to meet together once every
year, on or before the 30th of April. This course
was necessary to legalise the making of a land-tax
ab initio, and he fearlessly asserted that without such
a meeting they could not enforce the payment of any
assessment of land-tax.—(Hear, hear, and murmurs.)
In order to bring the case fully before the Commis-
sioners, the speaker then entered into a detailed exa-
mination of the various Acts relating to the land-
tax, from the 4 Will. 111. c. 1, when the present
form of the land. tax was substituted for the more
ancient hydages, scutages, and periodical assess-
ments, down to the 38 Geo. 111. c. 60, when the tax,
from being an annual one, was made permanent, and
subject to redemption by the landowner. He then
showed the great inequality of pressure with which
the land-tax weighed upon the different parishes and
divisions of the metropolis. The sum to be raised
from Holborn division was 13,629/, while that to be
raised from the wealthy Marylebone, which was sepa-
rated from Holborn in 1806, amounted to less than
6001. The law, he contended, gave the Commissioners
the power of making a new assessment, so as to make
the tax more just and equal. l'Ur. Wood, the chair-
man of the Inland Revenue Board, stated the present
custom to be " to copy the amount of assessment
made from year to year from previous assessments,
unless in case of appeals the inequality rendered it
necessary to make a new settlement." That custom

arose from the false notion that the Act of Parliament
r bound them down to a certain assessment which they
could not alter. The hardships arising from this
uni-
form assessment bad now been suffered for a consider-
able period ' • but length of time did not legali.e in-
justice, and it was now in their power to apply a re-
medy. He concluded by moving :—" That the un-
redeemed portion of the land-tax, payable by that
part of the county of Middlesex, which, by Act of
Parliament, made and passed in the 3S:hyear of King
George 111., c. 5, is charged with the sum of
107,602/. Its. 7d., be re-assessed by an equid pound
rate upon all property liable to the tax, within every
hundred, lathe, wapentake, rape ward, or other divi-
sion within that part el' the said county."
Mr. STALLWOOD seconded the motion.
Mr. OFFER stated, in illustration of the unequal
distribution of the land-tax in different districts, that
there was a street in Wapping, one side of which was
assessed at above 35., while the other side of the same
street, happening to be included in the parish of St.
George-in-the-East was assessed at 6d. Let them
look again at the vast disproportion between 30,0001.,
the assessment levied on the Tower Hamlets, and the
5001. or 6001. raised from Marylehone. He admitted
that they could not alter the quota named in the Act
of Parliament, but be thought they could alter the
assessment so as to distribute it equally over all the
parishes.—(Hear, hear.) He conceived that the re-
demption of the land-tax was one of the greatest
blunders ever sanctioned by the Legislature. In the
Tower Hamlets, whenever a house fell into decay,
the landlord redeemed the tax before the house was
re-built, and consequently a larger sum was required
from the rest of the division ; and if the present sys-
tem continued, the result would be, that the assessed
landlords would throw up their freeholds rather than
be subject to a tax so heavy, that no amount of rent
that they could obtain would repay them.
Mr. PAYNE, coroner, denounced the present system
of assessment as iniquitous, but he thought it impos-
sible for the Commissioners to take any steps towards
remedying the evil, until it was ascertained whether
they had the power under the present law to do so.
In the case of "The King v. St. Paul's, Covent-
garden," in which relief was sought for from an ex-
orbitant assessment, Lord Mansfield said, " There is
great hardship in this case, but the law is clear and
decided, and we can give no relief. We hare no au •
thority to make any change in the assessment, al-
though we are convinced that considerations of
equity require that the change should take place."
He (Mr. Payne) thought that that opinion of Lord
Mansfield was decisive against the view of the powers
vested in the Commissioners taken by Mr. Coppock,
and he should, therefore, move as an amendment,
that it be referred to a committee, to consider whether
the body of the Commissioners have the power to
make any change in the assessment, and to report
thereon to the Commissioners.
A COMMISSIONER seconded the amendment.
Mr. RAMSDEN feared that, if they sanctioned the
original resolution, numerous protests would be made
against it unless it were fortified by a legal opinion.
He approved of the appointment of a committee, but
was at a loss to know how its expenses were to be
paid.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Lovaut. said the evil was not confined to Mid-
dlesex, but extended over the whole country.—
(Hear, hear.) The question was mixed up with so
many difficulties, that he did not think there was
any adequate remedy except a declaratory Act of
Parliament, which should cover all England.
Mr. H. Towaram, said that the objections to the
present mode of assessing the land-tax had not
emanated from the present generation, but were almost
contemporary with the Act by which the tax was
established, convincing the public mind more and more
of the necessity of some change. He could not entirely
agree either with the motion or the amendment which
had been proposed, and he would therefore move that
—" Whereas much dissatisfaction is expressed by
the inhabitants of Holborn and other parishes in Mid-
sllesex, and much difference of opinion exists as to
whether the Commissioners have theiower to alter the
quota and assessment of the land-;esx, zesolved, that
the Commissioners petition Parliament Tor an Act in
which their powers shall be more correctly defined,
and that a committee be appointed to carry out that
object."
, ~
Mr. WOODWARD seconded tne amendment.
r Mr. COPPOCK havin`tiiefly replied,
The eusaaataX puf fir. Payne's amendment, which
was lost by a majority of 25 to la. The original
motion was also declared to be lost, 14 hands only
being held up in favour of it. Mr. li. Pownall's
amendment was carried by a majority of 43 to 9.
A committee was then appointed to take charge of
the petition to be presented to I'arlisment, consisting
of Mr. H. Pownall, Mr. Coppocle, Mr. Payne, Mr.
Elliott, and the chairman of the divisional boards of
Commissioners. A vote of thanks having been passed
to the chairman, the court then adjourned to Tours-
day, the 4th proximo, when the question of the assess-
ment of the tax for the present year will come under
consideration

PARLIAMENTARY _DIVISIONS.

From the Yates and Proceedings of the House if COVITIVAS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY,
Motion made, and Question put, " That there be laid
before this Rouse an Account of the Receipts and Expendi-
ture of the Royal Academy of 'Arts each year since 1836,
with a detailed statement of the sums appropriated to
salaries, and to the various general and incidental purposes
of the Establishment ; also, the amount of money funded,
which, in 1816, was 47,0001. The louse divided:
MINORITY—AYES, 19.
Arkwright, G. Harris, Richard Stuart, Lord D.
'l3rotherton, J. Henley, J. W. Thompson, Colonel
Cobden, Richard Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir J.
Divett, Edward Meagher, Thomas
Duncan, Viscount Mullings, J. R. MUSD.
Duncan, George l'eto, Samuel Hume, Joseph
Greene, John Balwey, Colonel Ewart, William
Hall, Sir B. Stanley, E. 11.

MAJORITY-NOES, 47.
Armstrong, R. B. Forster, Mathew Pelham, D. A
Bellow, K. M. French, F. Plowden, W. H.
Berkeley, Henry F. Faller, A. E. Power, Nicholas
Blackall, S. W. Gordon. Admiral Price, Sir Robert
Boyle, Colonel Gore, W. R. G. &rope, G. P.
Campbell, W. F. Grace, O. 1). Shell, R. L.
Coles, H. Y. Grenfeil, Charles W. Somerville. SIT W.
Cowper, W. F. Grey, B. W. Spooner, Richard
Craig, Sir W. G. Hayter, W. G. Talbot, J. 11.
Dawson, T. V. Ilobhouse, Sir John Townley, It. G.
Duncombe, G. Lewis, G. C. Tufnell, H.
Dundas, Admiral M'Cullagh, W. Wllson, James
Dundee, Sir David Morgan, H. K. G. Wodehouse, Edmund
Dunne, Colonel Newdegate, N.
Ebrington, Viscount Norreys, Sir D.
Elliot, John O'Connell, M. J.
Farrar, James Parker, John

TILLIU.
Hawes, Benjamin

lio ward. r. H.

MISS EMMA STANLEY'S
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC MELANGE.
Miss Rmma Stanley, the actress so long a favourite
with the audiences of the Princess's Theatre, gave
last evening, in the Princessa's Concert-room an en •
tertainment in the nature of a monologue, interspersed
with music. The intelligence and versatility. of this
lady, so often displayed on the stage, fully justified
her in the somewhat bold attempt to entertain an
audience with a performance of this kind, in which
so much address and variety of talent are retuired, in
order to keep up attention without factitious aids.
In all that depended upon herself, Miss Stanley was
most successful. Her manner was piquant and self-
possessed, without effort or obtrusiveness, and she ex-
hibited great skill in the ease with which she glided
from one subject to another, from anecdote to illus-
tration, from the didactic to the satirical and the mi-
metic. She might have had provided for her materials
more pointed and racy, but such as they were she cer-
tainly made the most of them. These dramatic and musi-
cal monologues have usually the same general charge-
teristics..There is always too much lamentation over the
neglect of the native drama for the sake of foreign at-
tractions, and too little illustration of that indigenous
talent which, when displayed, is quite as much appre-
ciated in this country as in any other. Miss Stanley's
delivery of what she termed her " explanatory and de-
precatory prologue" was very pointed ;and graceful—
indeed, this formed the best feature in the literary
portion of the entertainment. In her stage anecdotes,
chiefly of contemporary
managers, actors, and ac-
tresses,among whom were an " eminent" tragedian
and the charming Anna Thillon, were very happy;
and in an air from the Ambdssadrice, sung with a
happy imitation of the French accent of that delight-
ful vocalist, Miss Stanley commanded an encore. In
the second part there was a clever sketch of Rachel, and
Miss Stanley exhibited, her versatility and mimetic
powers in some happy imitations of national charac-
teristics. Upon the whole, we congratulate this lady
on having made a very successful essay in a kind of
performance requiring, more especially in her sex, a
rare combination of courage and tact.

THE ART.USION OP LONDON.--Crowds have been
rushing into the office in the Strand daring the last two
or three days to obtain the engraving of " Sabrina,"
the delivery of which began on Monday last. Maclise's
fine illustrations of " The Seven Ages" are all engraved,
and in progress of printing. A medal in honour of
Bankes, the sculptor, has been determined on. The
council have selected a fine antique tans from the
British Museum to be produced in cast-iron. The bas-
relief of Christ entering Jerusalem has been very sue•
cesafully engraved by the ruling process (or snaglyp-
tograph, and is ready for press.—Some time ago Prince
Albert directed the council to have prepared for him a
set of the bronzes and statuettes which have been issued
by the Art-Union. This has been done, and last week
one of the officers of the society accompanied them to
Buekingbam Palace, when his Royal Highness was
pleased personally to express great satisfaction.--Buildei.

42 - -e-

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I
DEATH OP VICE-ADMIRAL THE Hon D. H.
MACKAY.—We regret to state that Vice• Admiral the
Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay died suddenly,:whilst at
breakfast, at his residence at the Albans., yesterday
morning. The gallant deceased, it will- be remem-
b,red, was recently ccmnaander-in-chief at Cork, and
was superseded, on promotion, in June last. The
following :sketch of his career :is taken from
O'Byrne s " Naval Biography. " -Vice-Admiral
Mackay had served about twenty-two years on full
Pay :
" The Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, born December
31, 1780, was second surviving son of the Hon. George
Mackay, of Skibo, M.P., in 1754, for the county of
Sutherland, and afterwards Master of the Mint of Scot-
land, by Anne, third daughter of Eric Sutherland, only
sou of the attaiuted Lord Duffus, who was at first a
captain in the British, and then a flag-oftleer in the
Rassian navy. Ile was nephew cf Lieutenant-General
the lion. Alexander Mackay, appointed in 1780 com-
mander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland, and brother
of the present Lord Rosy. This officer enterei the
Royal Naval AcaciLmy in January, 1792; and embarked,
in Octoter, 1794, as midshipman, on board the Dreialua,
32, Captain Thomas Williams; on accompanying whom
into the Unicorn, of 38 guns, he assisted at the capture
of the Dutch brig of war Comet, of 18 gone, as also, we
are informed, atter a severe action, of the French frigid*
La Tribarits, of 44 guns, and 339 men, 37 of wham were
killed and 15 wounded, with impunity to the British.
After an active service of more than eighteen month*
with Sir Richard Strachan, in the ktelampus and
Diamond frigates, on the home station, be was mad.
lieuteLant, March 27, 1798, into the Ariadne, 20, Cap-
tain James Bradley, in which ship, it appears, he accotn-
panied an expedition under Sir Home Popham, having
for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice-
gates of the Bruges Canal. In the Isis, 50, flag-ship of
the late Sir Andrew Mitchell, he witnessed the:fall of the
Helder fortress, and surrender of the Texel squadron,
and commanded a tender at the capture of four
Dutch gun-vessels, forming part of the flotilla collected
for the protection of Amsterdam. Was advanced to the
rank of commander April 29, 1802, and attained poet
rank January 22, 1806, and was afterwards invested
with the command of the Druid frigate, on the coast of
Ireland ; for three months, of the Inflexible 64, fitting
for Halifax ; of the Voltage, 26, Malacca, 42, and
Minden, 74, all on the East India station, whence he
returned about April, 1816 ; and November 7, 1831,
of the Revenge, 78, which ship, after having been in-
termediately attached to the force off Lisbon, was put
out of commission in the early part of 1834. He was
actively employed, under the orders of Sir Samuel
Hood, in the Eastern Archipelago and China Seas,
where his duties were of a very arduous character.
In the Malacca he 00-operated with a squadron tinder
Captain George Sayer, in a serious attack made, is
June, 1813, upon the piratical settlements of Sambas,
in the island of Borneo. lie attained flag rank June
23, 13188."
By the 'death of Vice-Admiral Mackay the fol-
lowing promotions and alterations in the Nail/ List
take place:—
Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, C.B
G.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H.,
to be Rear-Admiral of the Red, vice Seymour.
Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, C. 8., Com-
mander- in- Chief on the south-east coast of America,
to be Rear-Admiral of the White, vice Dillon.
Captain Sir John Marshall, C. 8., K.C.H., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, vice Reynolds.
Captain Henry Jenkinson (1814), on the retired
list of 1846, to be Rear-Admiral on the retired list,
but without any increase of pay.
The lion. J. Poulett is now the senior Vice-Ad-
miral on the list for promotion. Captain James
Erskine Wemyss (1814) is the senior captain on the
active list ; Captain Edward Sauren (1814) on the re-
tired list; Captain F. W. Beechy (1527) comes
within the 14s. 6d. a day half-pay list ; and Captain
William Hillyar (1836) becomes entitled to 12s. 6d.
a-day.
By the promotion'of Sir John Marshall, a captain's
good service pension reverts to the patronage of the
First Lord of the Admiralty.

APPOINTMENT.
WOOLWICH, Alancn 26.—Master-Assistant Charles
Cooke, to the Hastings, 72, flag-ship on the East In.
dies and China station.
The Widgeon steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left
Woolwich on Saturday for Yarmouth.
The Vivid steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, left
Woolwich this morning to resume her duties as a
mail packet on the Dover station.
The Dwarf steam-vessel arrived here yesterday, and
was taken into the basin to-day, preparatory to having
her engines taken out, when she will be broken up.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, is
ordered home to 'Woolwich to be paid off at this port.
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of
the Nary, arrived at Woolwich Dockyard at one o'clock
P.M. to-day, on an official visit to inspect OA progress
made with the Pioneer and Intrepid, screw-propelled
steam-vessels, fitting for the Arctic expedition. The
Gallant Officer was accompanied to these vessels by
Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of the
dockyard ; Captain 11. T. Austin, C. 8., of the Reso-
lute; Captain Ommanney, of the Assistance ; Mr.
Lang, toaster shipwright; and Mr. Ilumphreys, chief
engineer ; with Mr. Chatfield and Mr. Peake, as-
sistants to the roaster shipwright. The progress of
the vtstels towards a finished state is nos/satisfactory,
although fears were at first entertained relative to the
Free Trade, owing to the delay in her being handed
over to Government. She is now, however, in an ad-
vanced state, the half of her doubling from the gun-
wales to the keel being already put on. The caulkers
employed on the Pioneer are to be paid by piece-
work, and as every caulker belonging to Deptford
dockyard has been sent here, they will soon finish
that vessel. The Resolute and the Assistance are
expected from Blackwall in the early part, or at latest,
the middle, of next week, and the provisions and
other stores will soon be put on board, as they are all
in readiness.

The official report of, the draught of water of the
Nankin, 50 •gun frigate, on the day she was launehed,
and when taken down the river, is fourteen feet six
inches forward, and sixteen feet aft, or one foot six
inches by the stern.
A very pretty little vessel has been constructed at
Chatham from the launch of the Vernon, 50-gun
frigate, and was brought round to Woolwich on Fri-
day last. On Friday the vessel was taken to Green.
wich to be rigged by the boys there. She has been
painted to represent a frigate, and has a neat bust of
the Prince of Wales in his naval costume for a figure
head. The general impression is that this miniature
frigate is intended for his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.
There are three 50-gun sailing frigates being built, or
ordered to be built at Devonport Dockyard, namely, the
Phoebe, the Narcissus, and the Liffey. The Liffey is
waiting orders, it is to be hoped, for screw arrangements.
There are building, also, at Devonport, three,two-decked
ships, namely, the Exmouth, 90; Algiers, 90; and Sans-
rariel, 84. Though not progressing, the St. Jean
D'Acre, 90, makes a fourth ship. Her progress is im-
peded by want of drawings. It is much discussed,
whether the Sanspariel shall be a mere sailing ship, or
have auxiliary steam power.

ORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IX
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1550.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l6l
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 34
Tubercular Diseases ... 170
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120
Diseases of the Heart and Brood-vessels ... 47
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ...
... 231
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidne

... 53

75, &e. •• .
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• •••
Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ..
Premature Birth . 2V••• ••• .•• ••• ••
Atrophy
••• ••• ... ... ••• •• • 18
Old Age
••• 50 ••• ••• •••
••• •••
Sudden .. •
••• 31
... ... ••• •••
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 36
Causes not speeified ... ... ... ••• ••• 7

••• 12
... 4

DEATHS PROM ♦LL CAUSES ..„ 1,026
Population Deaths ii sorra- Deaths
Enumerated, spending week le the
1841. of 1849. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 156 ... 139
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 221 ... 217
Central Districts 374,199 ... 204 ... 179
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 210 ... 214
South Districts .. 503,346 ... 257 ... 277

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ••• 1,048 ••• 1,096
Malea ••• 00. *4O ••• 404 420
Females ... ••• ••• ••• ZOO

BIRTHS IN THE WRY.E.

Males
Females

... 76$

... 693

..........0
1,462
*ln this number are included 14 by Scarlatina/ 31
by Typhus Fever, and 20 by Diarrheas.

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he
is the only animal that is struck with the difference between
what things are, and what they ought to be.—Eliza Cook's
Journal.

MARC HESTER RECTORY DIVISION BILL.—The
Select Committee upon this Bill re-assembled yesterday.— ,
Mr. Deedes in the chair—when Mr. Talbot delivered an able
speech ugainst the preamble, on the part of the Dean and
Canons of the Cathedral Church of Manchester. The
evidence of Mr. J. C. Herten, the Rev. Archdeacon Rushton.
the Rev. Canon Clifton, and the Rev. Canon Sargent, was
then taken to prove the allegations of the Learned Counsel.
Mr. Russell, who appeared for Sir Thomas de Trafford, stated
that an arrangement had been effected with the Counsel for'
the promoters, in consequence of which he withdrew his op-
position to the preamble, with the understanding that
alterations were to be introduced in the clauses to save his
client's rights. The Committee, after some deliberation, thew
declared the preamble to be proved, but directed that canal:ll
verbal alterations should be made in it, which, it is midi,.
will re-open the whole question upon the claussg. The cow—
-1 inittoo'then adjourned until the 9t12 Of April.

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R. WARTItRTON'S NEW ROMANCE,
REGINALD HASTINGS,
IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY,
In 3 vols., and may be had at all the Libraries, mid of all Booksellers
throughout the kingdom.
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SECOND AND CHEAPER EDITION.
Now ready, in one Vol. with Portrait, 10s. 61., bound,
RETELITIONi OF THE LIFE OF
PRINCE TALLEYRAND,
By M. COLMA.O SEE,
Private Secretary to the Prince.
"We have perused this work with extreme interest. It is a por-
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NOTICE.-THE
NEW EDITION OF BURKE'S PEERAGE
AND BARONETAGE,
FOR 185 0,
IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY.

REVISED AND 60Riii&'EiiTIiII076I1017T TO THE PRE-
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In 1 vol., royal Bvo., comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary
volumes, with 1,590 Engravings of Arms, &c., 395. bound.
" The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work
of the kind ever given to the public." —Sun.
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THE HON. R. DCNDAS MURRXY'S NEW WORK.
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11 SECOND EDITION OF
THE CITIES and WILDS of ANDALUCIA
liv toe Hon. R. DUNDAS MURRAY.
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FRENCII PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
ARRANGRME,NTS AFTF.t EXSTER.
Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the TIIEA.TRE will be
' RE-OPENED during the Easter Week, for the performance of
Comolle and Vaudeville, and begs to submit the following arrange-
Engagemente•--M. qamson (of the Theatre Franeads, Paris), his
first appearance, Madlle. Denain (of the Theatre Franeals), M
Register (of the Theatre Francais), Madlle. Nathalle (of the Theatre
Francais), and M. Lafont (ef the Theatre des Varietee).
The first production after Easter will he Scribe's popular Comedy
of "-Bertrand et Batton ;" Le Comte idertrand de Ranteau (Premier
Ministre). M. Samson, as performed by him in Paris. Subsequent
performances will be selected from the renewing : -" L'Ecele des
- '• Un Veuvage," and " Ma Femme et Ma Place," new
' Comedies by-M. Samson ;" La Marquis de Senneterre ;" the two
admired Proverbs of Alfred de Unmet, " II ne Faut Jurer de Rien,"
and "Il Faut qu'uee Porte soft (Invert(' on Fermee ;" " Les De-
moiselles de St. Cyr," " La Paix a Teat Prix," " tin Chateau de
Cartes," " Le Mari a IA Campange," and the new Play by Emile
Angier, " Gabrielle," now performing in Paris with unsurpassed sue-
' nose, and in which Madlle Regnier and Madlle. _Nathan* will sus-
tain their original characters.
Mr. Mitchell feels particular gratification also in announcing that,
:hi the production of Scribe's celebrated Comedy of " La Cansarads-
rie," estimated amongst the chef d'oeuvres of the modern stage, the
principal characters will be sustaime I by four member• of the Theatre
Francais, Pares—M. Samson, in the character of De Miremont ;
• Mash's. Dentin, in that of Cesarine; M. Regnier in that of he
JiaLlitlasar ; and Madlle. Nathalie, in that of Zoe; presenting a som-
Jelnation of ta.ent not to be witnessed at any other theatre in Europe,
the arrangements for which have keen most generously accelerated
by the administration e` the Theitre Franotie, Paris.
In addition to the present Company, and the foregoing engage-
rner,te, are the following : —Madlle. Avenel (of the Theilre de
l'Odeon); Madlle. Britssine (of the TheAtre du Palais Royal) ;
Renaud (of the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Madame Octave
(of the Theatre do Vaudevil e) ; Madlle. Constance (of the The ire
des Varietes), &c.
The first performance of the eminent tragedienne, Madlle. Rachel,
li.detinitively arranged for Ifoaday, July Ist.
- " -Subscriptions for the rerasinder of the season may be arranged at
Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street.

MER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
A GRAND F.XTRA NiGrir
Combining the talents of Madame Sontag,
Signori Lablaclic. Relletti, Lorenzo. Calzolari, Sims Ree Yes,
Parodl. Carlotta i4risi, Taglioni, and
Amalia Ferraris.
•
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Oplra, and the Public are reapot
informed that
A *RAND ENTERTAINMENT
Will take place
On THURSDAY, April 4,
• Whrn satil be presented Donizetti's celebrated Opera of
DON PASQUALE.
•Toning .. Madame Sontag.
Ernesto.• • • .. • • .. Calzolari.
Doctor Malatesta .• .. Signor Belletti.
and

Doa Paseipale.• .. • • •• Signor Lablaehe.
After which,
A DIVERTISSEMENT,
In which Iladlle. Amelia Ferraris will appear.
To be followed by a Selection from
A FAVOURITE OPERA,
Cornlaltang the talents of Mal Le. Pa-rodl, Signor Lorenzo, and
Sims Reeves. _ _ .

To conclude with-an entirely new and original Gravid Ballet,
by M. Faul Taglion!, entitled
MN METAMORPHOSES.
The Malls eemposed by Signor Puna ; the Scenery (entirely saw)
by Mr. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Itrulwell the Cos•
turves by Miss Aradley and Mr. CoemJes, under the superiutesdenia
of MA,lnme Ctpere.
The sprite (ender the forms of 1, a Page a Rustle Coquette-8,
Will-of-the-Wisp-4, a Polio-8, a Domino-6, a Cavalier), Mdlle.
Carlotta Grist ; Karl (e Student), M. Paul Taglieni ; Ida (his be-
trothed), Madile. lk)sa ; Mosius, M. Charles ; Fives, Madiles.
/lose. Ausandon, Julienne, Larnoaraux, E. Pascale% and F. Pascales.
Applications for IT zes, Stalls, and Ilzkets to be male at the
Og era Be x-ofnce, Colonnade, Haymarket.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mt. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
Great Attraction for the Holidays.

Oa K ISTE QW DAY
W-
ill be perfbnried MUC Pi ADO ABOTUT NOTHING. lienedick,
Mr. C. Kean; Beatrice, Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with a grand new and original SPECTACULAR
LTRLESQUE.
The Box-of:Ilse is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Under the direction of 3t dame Celeste.
• Os, EASTER MONDAY
Will be pertbrmed- &Lew domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S
tki Ell!. PrincipalCan:traders by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bea-
ls rd, O: Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin.
Tabe followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled
FLAYING FIRS l' FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader.
After wltich MT PRECIOUS .BETSI,_ Characters by Messrs.
Wri4ht,, Bedford, Vl.rreti; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To eoncia la with TOM NDI)DY'd SECRET.

• A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHTTHEATRE.
Preptletorb Mr. W. Batty.
Enormous Attraction for Fission Week.
New Grant Spectacle.
• . Mr. B tTTY has much pleasure in announcing to the Public that
lie Ulu engaged thst extraordinary artist YOUNG HERNANDEZ,
w Use Wonder of the World, who w;11 have the honour of appearing
TWO tndraliights daring Pais on Week, viz.:—
THIS EVEN (NO
And THURSDAY,
",Iyhon the Entertainments rill commence at Seven o'clock, and sone-
- rlO Equestrian and Gymnastic Verfonnauces only.
Zia active,preparation for Easter, a new grand romantic Spectacle
b*: y Fitzball,•wilh other novelties, rue notice of which will be given.
Ladeis and gentlemen taught the polite art of riding. Hooves broke
.;for road or-1 d, by Mr. R. Smith.
Box-otlic open from Eleven till Four.