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REDUCED FARES, and only ONE PAYMENT THROUGHOUT.
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WAY COMPANY have made arrangements by which Passengers
will be conveyed between GRAVESEND and LONDON, at the fol-
owhjg Prices : •
" Fore-cabin and Second-class Train—One Shilling.
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From the Terrace. Pier, Gravesend, Morning, at Seven and Half-past
Nine; Afternoon, Four afid Seven.
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Afternoon, at SLY.
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SeVed.— • '
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the Blackwall Railway; for the Up-passage on board the Packets.
Star:•Office, Gravesend, April 18, 1844

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114. OYAL SURREY" -ZOOLOGICAL . "GAR--
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DEN .S.—The alterations at these Gardens are -progressing'
towards complaloh. The Trees and Shruifs are putting on their
loveliest foliage, and the toute ensemble Is unrivalled. •• : ' •
, • Feeding lime , Five o'Clock: . • ,

THE 131
The following documents wci
Exchequer, last night, in the c
MARINE I]
Present Rate of Duty.
s.

JDGET.
e read by the Chancellor of the
Durse of his speech
SURANCE.
Proposed Rate of Duty.
e. d.

M17431C OF GERMANY. •
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors hare engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES,pf. LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS, The MUSIC of GERMANY commences on the 29th
instant, and will be continued du'ring the week on Monday, Wednes,
day, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday; at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
.3IENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All .the other Lectures and Exhibi-
tions as usual. LONGIIOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

For every 100/. insured
where the premium
does not exceed 105.... 0 3
!Exceeding 10s. and not
exceeding 20s .. 0 6
,Exceeding 20s. and not
exceeding 30e 1 0
Exceeding 30s. and not
exceeding 40s 2 0
Exceeding 40s. and not
exceeding 505... . 3 0
Exceeding 50s. and not
exceeding 60s 4 0
Above 60s 5 0
•Time risks as at present.
punts of Stock the Proprietors
,m, receiving, or have not as•
Iu
br ent. Annuities.
nt. An-
.
ced An-

For every 1001. ipsured
where the pram
does not excee 55... 1 3
Exceedinglss.an nder _

30s
Above 30s . 5 0
Time Risks:—

Not exceeding three
months 2 6
Exceeding three months 5 0

NEW PRISON, CLERICENWELL. - A
MATRON is required for this PRISON. • She must be
between thirty and forty years of age, of good health and
education, unmarried, or a widow, without any children resi-
dent with her. She must devote the whole of her time
and attention to the duties of the situation. The salary will he 901. per
annum, with apartments, coals, and candles. All persons who intend
to offer themselves as candidates must send letters, in their own
writing, stating their names and residences, ages and occupations, ac-
companied by testimonials of character and eligibility, addressed to
me, on or before THURSDAY, the 16th day of May next, and must
personally attend at the Sessions House, on Monday, the 20th of May,
at Twelve o'Clock precisely, and out of those persons who offer them.
selves, live will be selected and specially recommended to the Court,
on Thursday, the 30th of May, when the election will take place.
Particulars of the duties may be ascertained, and the rules of the
prison may be seen, on application at my office, at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell-green, any day between Ten and Three o'Clock. •
April 26, 1844. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Justices.

An Accoun&4l.- iowinF
of whiclfirave dime' 'id
sented to receive 3l ive
New Three-and-a-Half peg

LONDON, EDINBURGH,- and DUBLIN
LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and
18, Chancery-lane, London.
The indispntability of the policies granted by this Company ;
The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which
the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ;
Whole-world-policies not confined to the limits ofurope
Option'of half-premium payment for the first seven years.
These form a combination of advantages which can be obtained
only front the Landon, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

nuities .
Three-and-a-lialf per Cent. 4;
nuities ., 23,857

Ditto, ditto, -ditto, in Ireland
Three-suad-it-Half per Cents., 1818

£60,994
13,280
172,841

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR.
ANCE SOOIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital.£soo,ooo.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power' to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on skert
policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the fbll benefit to his fancily at death, and annual division
of profits, have alread3r been so well appreciated b3d.the public, that
the :oeletyle great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums
IPolicy. Annual
Entry. No. 'Age.' Sam. prem.

£247,115

INCOME AND EXPEND]
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and sailow_ond merit public layouts, but by contract-
ing the-undue gains of rich capitalists.
ADVERTISER.—The Budget of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, so eagerly looked forward to for some time pasf,
was last night brought before the House. Though it will,
on several accounts, excite dissatisfaction, there are features
in it which, merit commendation. The principle which per-
vades it is good, but the application of that principle is not
so judicious as it might have been. The Budget does
homage to the free-trade principle, and, so fat, therefore, it is
satisfactory. But it is to be regretted that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer should have contented himself with a Sew
peddling reductions of duty on articles which, with the ex-
ception of coffee, are not in general use. What benefit, we
should like to, know, can the community derive from reduc-
ing the.auty on flint-glass, or on vinegar, or on currants P
-Tire better course would have been to apply the principle of
reduction to some one or more of those articles which are
of Feneral consumption. In referring to the reduction
which he proposes to make on the duty on marine assurances
—a reduction of four-fifths in some cases, and of more than
,one-half in all cases—the Chancellor of the Exchequer
stated, that when Lord Althorp made a similar reduction, in
1834, -he found that in two years afterwards, owing to the
great increase in the amount of business, the revenue derived
from this source was as great as before. And such is his
faith in-the financial wisdom of the reduction which he him-
self proposes to make, that he fully expects that in two years
the amount of revenue for marine insurances will be as great
as it is at the existing high rate of duty. But the most de-
cided and most important recognition of free-trade principles,
is made iu that part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech
in which he entirely abolishes the duty on wool, and conse-
quently opens our ports to the admission of that article from
t all parts of the world. Now, if the duty be thus imme-
diately and totally repealed on wool, why not agree to the
immediate and total repeal of the duty on corn? The prin-
ciple which justifies the reduction in the former case requires
the reduction in the latter. In referring to this intended repeal
of the duty on wool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer thus
expre.sSed himself:—" I have thought it better to remit
both the duty on export and import of wool, and to leave the
trade open. That duty produced last year, altogether, about
the sum of 100,000 L, and we must take that amount as the
loss which will be sustained on that particular article by the
arrangement which I shall recommend to the House. ' But
I cannot but feel that, although we shall on the article ittself
sustain a loss, yet we shall give an additional stimulus $o the
industry of the community engaged in that branch of our
manufactures likely to be benefited by this arrangement,
which I believe will more than compensate for the loss we
shall sustain.' " This is exactly the ground which the advo-
cates of free-trade have all along taken. The passage we
have quoted seems more like an extract from a speechlof Mr.
Cobden, in Covent-garden Theatre, than of a Tory Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons. All that is
wanted is, that the Right Hon. Gentleman should be con-
sistent. Let him but follow out his own principles, and the
country asks no more. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
cannot long stop where lie is ; he must continue in his on-
wards:ourse until he has fairly landed on the shores of Free-
trade. - • . • •

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THE THRONE OF SWEDEN.
The Hamburgh papers of the 26th instant, contain the
following communication, dated Munich, April 20 :
" Though it .might have been pretty confidently expected
that the Prince of Wasa would take some steps, on occasion
of the change in Sweden by the death of the late King, to
assert his claims, yet the manner in which he has done this
excited here, at least, no little surprise. The news of the
declaration (which, though not in words, yet in spirit, is
equivalent to a protest against the accession of King Oscar,
which the Prince has addressed to the Courts of &London,
Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and St.. Petersburilla), arrived here at
the same time as Count Stedingk, who has brought to our
Court the official notification of the accession of the reigning
King and Queen of Sweden. Besides the unpleasant feel-
ings which are connected with any claim of a pretender to a
throne, it may easily be conceived that considering the inti-
mate ties of relationship between our Court and that of
Sweden, this affair is looked on in a more serious light than
elsewhere, and perhaps than it really deserves, under the
present state of the political world. ft is affirmed that this
declaration of the Prince of Vasa is so drawn up that it
requires no reply from the Courts to which it is addressed.
This declaration of his Royal Highness, so far as it is tanta-
mount to a protest against the exclusion of the house of
Wass from the succession to the Swedish throne, is one of
the most interesting documents of the kind of our time, and
therefore deserves a public examination."

ATTORNEYS.—One hundred and thirty-six gentle-
men have given notice of their intention to apply, on the last
day of the present term, to be admitted to practise as attor-
neys in her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. There are
also twenty-five notices of application for a renewal of certi-
ficates to practise, and five to be admitted by Judges' orders,
making a total of 166.
WINDSOR TROTTING MATCH.—On Saturday last
Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, applied to R. Blunt, Esq., the
Mayor of Windsor, for summonses against William Mosely
and Henry Bond, for having wantonly and brutally ill-
treated their horses in the trotting-match, which took place
on the 22d instant, when one of the horses died.
DOVER AND BOULOGNE.—A deputation from the
inhabitants of Dover, consisting of the Mayor of Dover, Mr.
Latham, Mr. J. W. Ledger, and Mr. Birmingham, lately
waited upon the General Steam Navigation Company, to
request the Directors of that Company to run a steam-boat
between Dover and Boulogne. The Directors have complied
with the request, and have appointed to run the Magician,
which is to be placed on the station on Saturday morning
next. This decision on the part of the General Steam Navi-
gation Company has been received with delight by the in-
habitants of Dover, the Magician being admirably adapted
for the service, and for beauty and speed perhaps unequalled

by any steam-packet of her class.
• TUE WATERMAN STEAM-BOAT (NO. 10.)—An un-
fortunate accident occurred to this gallant little craft when
off Hastings on Saturday afternoon. It appears that she
arrived at Dover from Ostend early in the morning of Satur-
day, and left that port about noon on a pleasure trip to
Hastings, having on board a party of the Directors of the
Company, Mr. Penn, the engineer, and several other gentle-
men. She arrived at Hastings about half-past two, and in
passing the town unfortunately too near in shore struck on a
dangerous reef off the Priory, known as the Castle Rocks,
which she passed over, and injured her bottom. It being
found that the water was flowing fast into her, she was put
about and run on the sand off the Parade, where she filled as
the tide flowed, and at high water the hull was covered. A
quantity of empty casks were flung round her during the
evening, by means of which she was got further/M. -and on
Sunday she was pumped out and had her leaks stopped. She
has since floated eiT, and been removed opposite the Priory
stade for the purpose of undergoing repairs. The reef on
which the vessel struck is stated to be extremely dangerous
even to the most experienced pilots.
Tim SHERIFFS' FUND.—Yesterday the half-yearly
meeting of the supporters of this fund was held at the
London Coffee-house, Ludgate Mr. Sheriff Moon in the
chair. Mr. John Cooper, secretary, read the report, which,
after detailing the many schemes planned for ensnaring in
vice youthful prisoners of both sexes discharged from gaol,
stated that the receipts for the years 1842 and 1843, in-
cluding a balance from 1841, amounted to 661/. 1 Is. 10d.
1621. 19s. was subscribed by the present Sheriffs and their
friends. Of this sum 190/. was distributed last year as fol-
lows :-541. amongst 181 prisoners discharged from Norgate ;
24/. 7s. 6d. amongst 69 discharged from Whitecross-street ;
and 121.95. 6d. amongst those discharged from the Corapter.
The sum of 500/. was funded. The report, in conclusion, stated
that the grand object of the fund was the eatablishmentofan
asylum for the reception of women discharged from prison,
which would be ultimately erected. Upon the motion of.
Mr. Under-Sheriff Anderton, seconded by Sir M. Montefiore,
the report was adopted. After very strong appeals by Mr.
Anderton, the Rev. Mr. Weeks, Alderman Johnson, and
other members, on behalf of the charity; it was resolved to
have a public dinner to defray the expenses of building an
asylum. Thanks were then voted to Alderman Johnson, the
treasurer, Mr. Cooper, the secretary, and the Chairman.
LYCEUM THEATRE.—Last night an extremely
lively piece, under the denomination of Polkamania, was pro-
duced at this theatre. Its chief humour consists in the plea-
sant satirical view taken of the prevailing fashions and follies
of the day. A young fortune-hunter, Adolphus Merton
(Mr. A. Wigan), pursues his inamorata, Laura Dorrington
(Miss Woolgar), to a sequestered village, and introducing
himself to her father, a matter-of-fact gentleman of the old
school, as a medical practitioner, engages to cure her of low
spirits by the application of a newly-discovered specific called
the " Polka." The old gentleman, though at first a little
startled at the slang phraseology of his visitor, at length can-
aents to entrust her to his treatment, and when the dance is
begun its fascination is such that all the household, including
the old-fashioned gentleman himself, are constrained to join
in it. In this part of the piece much amusement was afforded
by the comic actions of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, who performed
the parts of a male and female domestic in their awkward at-
tempts to imitate the graceful movements of MissDorrington
and her lover. The piece was highly successful.
°dark
SURREY THEATRE.--A tragedy, called
Bragaldi ; or, The Confession—new to the London boards—
was produced here last night, in which the fair attthorets,
Miss Charlotte Barnes, rom the New York pie other.s A
rican theatres, made 'her debut in this meal:alliposasse:thei
heroine. Such portion of the play
powerful and exciting interest, whichl,a the gweeneral good act-
ing of the piece well sustained. The debutante, though ap-
parently young, is manifestly well accustomed to the higher
erself most saisfactoril,:
duties of the stage, and acquitte
At the close of the tragedy, in obedience to a tunanimouys
call, she was led before the curtain to receive the plaudits of
the house, which was a tolerably crowded one. In the little
one-act trifle of the Srapyrace of Paris, and the drama
founded on the elder Dibchn s popular ballad of the Last Shil-
ling, Mrs. I. Houner evinced a more than ordinary share
of talent.
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT Or DRIVING WITH MR.
BATTY'S STUD.—The Westminster-road,'in the neighbour-
hood of Astley's Amphitheatre, was crowded this morning
by persons anxious to witness the extraordinary feat which
Mr. Embury, a member of Mr. Batty's company, had under-
taken to perform, viz., to drive four-and-twenty in hand
through the crowded streets of the metropolis. At one o'clock
Mr. Embury left Mr.Batty's stables in a our-wheeled vehicle,
drawn by twelve pair of horses, the whole of which he had in
hand, and apparaly completely under command. Mr. Batty
was on the box with him, and in the vehicle were the mem-
bers of the orchestra of the establishment. likr.'Embury
drove down the York-road in gallant style, at the rate of
about six miles an hour, and proceeded on his journey amidst
the cheers of the multitude. He exhibited great cleverness
in turning the corners, and in the general management of his
team, and altogether, this may be considered the most extra-
ordinary feat in driving ever recorded.
THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Mr. Justice Coltman
and Mr. Baron Rolfe, on their return from the Northern
Circuit, which commenced on the rth of February, and did
not terminate until the 13th of April, immediately informed
the Secretary for the Home Department that itwas impossible
for any human exertions to do justice to her Majesty:a s_ub-
jects on such an extensive circuit; and that, olthoPgh they
had sat early and rose up late, they had bean obliged leavetooL
causes untried at Durham, at York, and at I...iv,,erfv)ooernmeTnot
remedy this great evil, we understand thethat.x Government
propose of add-
propose to have recourw to the injudicious_r
mg the county of York to the Midland u. ircflit—a measure
More manifestly unjust 'it is impossible to imagine. The bar
of the Northern Circuit have a claim in the nature of a
vested interest in the district through which their labours
have extended; and the fairest way to them, and the most
satisfactory to the public, :would be (as the barristers, silk
and stuff, are sufficiently numerous) to make a division of
the present circuit between them into two circuits. There
would then be an average of 150 causes on each circuit,
which to the bars thus formed on the new circuits, would
bring a profit nearly equal in amount to that which each
barrister in business now receives; and ingeneral, each et'
the circuits would have a greater number of causes than falls
to the lot of any other circuit.—Times.
CITY LAYSTALL.—It is expected that the in-
habitants of the neighbourhood of Earl-street, Black-
friars will, this day, present a memorial to the Court of
Aldermen, complaining of the nuisance occasioned by
the laystall at Puddle-dock, and that the Court will di-
rect the City Solicitor to proceed with all possible es ac.
dition against thQ contractor,