The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-16 00:00:00

ANE RUNDRNED POUNDS REWARD. V LOST or STOLEN, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th April last, in the neighbourhood of Lombard-street, London, a BLACK LEA THER B.A.NRIER'S CASE, marred " cout , 9.1,1 Co•," ;;;!t tee ters, containing the uoilennentioned B,..11: of Lwiand i\ioitis, viz. : Bank of England 5001. note - April 2, 1843, No. 28,031 28 , 517 1001. „ - July 5, „ „ 74,195 ft 1001. „ „ 91,509 301. „ - Oct. 8 „ „ 51,743 Of 91 201. „ ' - Jan. 5, 1846 „ 57,312 201. „ - „ „ „ 40,130 101. „ - March 4 „ „ 97,816 101. „ „ „ 01,492 04,467 „ „ „ 29,512 I /I „ March 3 „ „ 98,465 Payment of all which has been stopped at the Bank of England. Also several Bills of Exchange of the following particulars : Drawn by W. Ahrens, accepted by Wulff and Co., dated Havana, March 9, 60 d., due Jure 16—amount 1321. 13s. 7d. Drawn by Forbes and Co., accepted by Forbes and Co., dated Bom bay, Feb. 6,6 m., due Oct. 16—amount 3001. Drawn by T. Barnard, accepted by Price and Co., dated Bedford, April 2, 14 d. d., due April 19—amount 451. Drawn by the Twaledale Banking Company, accepted by Hankey and Co., dated Rickmond, April, 11, 21 d. d., due May 4—amount 121. 4s. 2d. Ap;il 1 „ „ Drawn by M. A. Manson, accepted by Forbes and Co., datedTaris, April 7, 3 d. s., due April 19—amount 30/. Drawn by E. T. Bell, accepted by Smith, Ferrel, and Co.. dated Hamburgh, March 17, 2 m. d., due May 20—amount 691. 9s. 9d. Drawn by Forbes and Co., accepted by Forbes and Co., dated Bombay, Feb. 14, 30 d. s., due May 16—amount 45/. Drawn by Jas. Templeton and Co., accepted by Morrison and Co., dated Glasgow, April 8, 6 m. d., due Oct. 11—amount 53/. 135. Drawn by the Whitehaven Bank, accepted by Price and Co., dated Whitehaven, April 2, 21 d. d., due April 26 —amount 33/. 135. 10d. Drawn by Michaelson and Co., Rothschild and Co. (uet accepted), dated Stockholm, April 3, 30 d. d., due May G—amount 500/. Drawn by Murray, Syme, and Co., accepted by Tier and Co., dated Manilla, Nov. 13, 30 d. s.—amount 50/. Accepted by the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Sligo, dated April 11 — amount 501. Drawn by Suse and Sibeth, accepted by J. G. Saumer, dated Wien, April 1, 3 d. o.—amount 441. 17s. 10d. Draft on Ellice and Co., by Lieut.-General Ellice—amount 15i. Draft on Grindlay and Co.—amount 10/. 185. 6d. Draft on Spoon.r and Co.—amount 12/. 7s. 6d. Draft on Spooner and Co.—amount 311. Payment of all which Bills of Exekange and Drafts has been stopped. Whoever shall give such information as may lead to the recovery of the above described Notes and Bills, within twenty-one days from this date, shall be entitled to receive the above reward, or a propor tionate part thereof, for any portion of the Notes so received, if lost ; or upon recovery and conviction of the offender, if stolen, Apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullens, Solicitors, St. 3fildred's , court, Poultry ; or to J. or D. Forester, Police-offices, Mansion house, London. REGENT -STREET. 1001., or more, will be given for half or part of a SHOP, with good window, situated at the Oxford street end of Regent-street. Noone required to sleep on the premises. The article to be sold would not be objected to by the most respectable, and being much advertised, wills a good west end connexion, will form a desirable addition to any shop. Address to A. T. C., 63, Cheapside, care of Mr. Lucas. EPSOM GRAND STAND. The LESSEE of the EPSOM GRIND STAND hereby gives notice that no person guilty of any malpractices, or notoriously in default in respect of stakes, forfeits, or bets lost upon horse-racing, will be admitted within the Grand Stand or its inc,osure during any race-meeting at Epsom, and if any such persons should gain admit tance therein or thereupon, he will be expelled upon his presence being pointed out to the Stewards fir the time being, or to HENRY DORLING, Clerk of the Course. Epsom, May 1, 1846. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by Its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. EPSOM GRA,ND STAND. The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully informed that the Horses to run for the Derby, the Oaks, and every other Race at Epsom, will be saddled in front of the Grand Stand. The Lawn is now raised to the levtl of the principal floor of the building, similar to, but much larger than Ascot. The whole building has been thoroughly cleaned and superbly decorated. The spacious Betting Rooms are on the principal floor ; and on the first floor two new and elegantly furnished rooms are reserved exclusively for ladies, where respectable female domestics will always be in attendance. The New Grand Entrance has been made at the back of the building, with a spacious court yard, enclosed, for the reception of company. Ticket for the week a Sovereign, or. for Tuesday 55., Wednesday 10 s., Thursday 55., Friday is. td., which can be obtained at DOR LING'S Printing Office, High-street, Epsom, or at the new Grand En trance at the back of the Stand only. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIte ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORINHILL, LONDON. Capital 8500,000. Empowered by Act of Par Utmost. This Institution otters important end substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Poiicy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences'er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PIiOFIT•:. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from Oto to 75 !per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 0, 0 0 y e.. u ,, . ! ..,"": Bean Benin in g Fl i ft, , t ~.,u2 4 Q '' Prem ium ' I added. Caah. cog_ o El • 1 , o' i ; 4 4 :j 'O' i, -- ----- A 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 51513 17 1 t 395 I 1 1 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 1 11 8 6 346 2 3 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 I 1840 39 0 0 41 13 4 6 00' 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. I.ONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. A AMALGAMATION WITH THE DIRECT NORTHERN. In accordance with the Circular already issued to the Shareholders who have signed the Deeds, the Directors take this means of giving notice to those parties who have become Shareholders since the date of the Deeds, that on the transmission of their Scrip to the offices of the Company, in a letter in the form subjoined, such Scrip will be endorsed and become negotiable on the basis of the AMAL GAMATION with the DIRECT NORTHERN. By order, J..R._3IOIVATT, Secretary. Offices, 7, Lothbnry, London, May S, 1846. - • - Several parties having signified their approval of the amalgamation With the Direct Northern, without forwarding their Scrip, it is re quested this Letter, properly filled up, may be sent to me without delay, together with the Scrip, which is required for the purpose of registration, preparatory to a Meeting, to be called, and of which early notice will be given. FORM OF LETTER TO BE ADDRESSED TO J. R. MOWATT, E., SECRETARY OF THE LONDON AND YORK RAIL WA SQ Y COMPANY, 7, LOT ILBURY, LONDON. May, 1846: London and York Shares of 501., Extension Shares of 251. ; the Scrip for which Sra,—l hold* and I now inclose. i APPROVE of the AMALGAMATION of the LONDON and YORK and the DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANIES, as publicly announced under the signature of the Chairman of the Board of each Compan, under date of sth of May, instant. Name and Add y ress r of the Shareholder. t Nos. - E.—Copies of this form may be bad at the offices, 7, Lothbury. * Insert the Number. LONDON AND YORK. The Committee of Shareholders are of opinion that the Directors would best consult the interest of the Shareholders, if they would confine their advertisements to a fair consideration of the re lative Talus of the Direct Northern Amalgamation and the Eastern Counties Company's offer. The amalgamation with the Direct Northern lessens the calls, but gives no increase to the returns of the line, takes nothing from the expense of constructing it, and adds not one shilling to the value of the shares. Every sharebroker knows, the proposition of the Committee would, if accepted and carried out, in one week double the value of the shares, and remove all the heavy responsibility of calls. If the calls up to 23/. ruin the London and York Shareholders, what a meagre comfort 1 3 afforded by the amalgamation with the Direct Northern, which only relieves the remaining twenty-five. The Directors seem to think the whole question between them and tis I :, ' eP,,roPrietary % ii whether the exertions of the Committee are stlm rby the Eastern Counties Company. The Committee think the Important point is the object they have sought to attain, viz., to add to the value a the shares, and relieve the embarrassment of calls. They feel all the Directors' arguments as to the Committee being Instruments in the hands of the Eastern Counties Company are de molished when they state that they hold thousands of London and "Pork shares, and that their interest is that of Shareholders, and Shareholders only ; and they cannot help thinking, if the Directors had no other bias, and c,oull all view the question through the same Pecuniary medium, they would arrive at sounder financial conclusions. The Committee feel they owe it to themselves to state, that neither as a Committee, nor as individuals, are they party, or privy to, the anonymous advertisement attacking the Directors. The Committee direct the attention of the Shareholders to one simple point —marking the value of their exertions. If the London and York Bill succeed, the Shareholders who sup port the Com mittee are not prejudiced. If the Eastern Counties York Extension scheme succeed, the Co mmittee havefor those who joi n them the Eastern Count i es Extension shares, secured iares, which, , in that event, will undoubtedly be each worth 101. piuremolutmo.thrhe o p s ir e e w e h tos o crr p si. r p e ftTeorhttohh. the Direct Northern Amalgamation w who prefer the Eastern Counties offer . will bring their Committee, and haveorderrked accordingly. By of the CosunitteeilENß Y PHILIPPS. 4, Sise-lane, London, May 16, 1846 DISSOLUTION OF THE _BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, MOLD, RUA BON, AND VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, or the BIRKEN HEAD AND LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Directors having, in compliance with the almost unanimous desire of the Shareholders , determined to dissolve the Company, and to return One Pound Ten Shillings per share immediately, and the divisible balance so soon as the affairs of the Company can be settled, notice is hereby given to the Shareholders to transmit to the Secre tary, by letter, postage free, within one week from the date hereof, heir Christian and surnames at full length, addresses, and additions, and the number, together with the des:ription (whether for one share, five, or ten shares), of each of the Scrip Certificates in their possession,after the transmission of which particulars the holders must not disse of such Scrip Certificates. Dated the 13th day of May, 1846. By order of the Board, THOMAS BUTLER, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 5, Gresham-street, London. • FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Committee of Direction of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rua on, and Vale of Llangollen, or the Birkenhead and Llan- Vila). Railway Company. May, 1846. Gentlemen,--In compliance with your printed notice of the 13th instant, I beg to acquaint you that I am the Holder of the Scrip Cer tificates in the above Company, of which I subjoin the particulars. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Christian and surname, at full length.... • • • • Address ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • .. • . For one share each. For five shares For ten shares ..._ each. each. s HEFFIELD, B UXTON, LEEK POT TERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. N o tice is hereby given, that•in pursu an ce of the Sessional Orders aof the two Houses of Parliament, SPECIAL MEETING of r Scrip, in the SHEF FIELD, of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receip ts BuKTON, LEEK POTTERIES and CR EWE FIELD , CR 3 EWE RAILWAY compANY will be held at the Albion Hotel , I of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the 22d dayn . Jalchester, in the courftYMay Instant, at T w elve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of Submit ting a copy of the Bill noNy b e f o re Parliament, relating to th e said Railway, for their considerai l O n. And Nott..'e Is hereby further given, that all holders of Scrip or Bankers' Rec,,iPts for Scrip attending the said M ee ti ng willbe give Liteir names and addresses, to produce their Serire quired to and permit the denoting numbers ther eof t o r Bankers' Recelp:g. be correctly taken before the votes can be received. The form of votin' paper may be had on application to the Secretary, at the COmpzioy's Offices in Leek. A statement of the proceedings and prospects :f the undertaking will be submitted to the Meeting. Leek, 7th May, 1846, THOMAS CARR, Chairman. B. Y. CLARKE. Secretary. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAIL NAY COMPANY. Parties who have sent in the Scrip of this Cotnpany for the pur pose of being produced at the Meeting held oil the 9th current, are informed, That In consequence of forgeries of the S cri p of this Con3pany having hien discovered, the Committee of Management deem it their duty, for the satisfaction of their shareholders and the protection of the Public, to verify the Scrip which has been sent la bekfore they return it to the parties sending It in. The Scrip, when examined and found correct will be Otamped and Uumediately returned to the parties sending it in, and th.. 41 examina lnwlll made with all possible dispatch. All parties holding the Scrip of this Company, are recomm , mded t o did it In immediately for verification. HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. Ofilc Is of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster, May 11, 1846. The Bills of this Company were unanimously approved 9f at the Boriph4lclere Minting htlg 911 Vat 9th earrot. • , ~. ._._._ .. . , ~. . . . ... i L ire, " ' A• v a iT . _.. - _ ,•- . ' i' i i C rt—S. • 11.1 ' . _...... .... , __, , ~ • .., ~:. ~..ir-.......t.,,Y.1-"lC‘k; . 1. , ii r, - -, Li' , s wt i:vo' 0,r4 - *II/ •- -- . :::*:,.A:,.. ~ ...- V.: ilg,: - -; --.,--., 1,- ,.',,;4fALD2k-A:, ,!-.. q ..- s'o .• - .", . --- -, \.., „....c...--0 '.., '— - 7 ..,- ..,,, ~. • „.. ~,..- ~.. PR ; -. . _ ......,.„ e. ~c . „..., or i ... ,-. ~ .. '-,':-" Id - —:t.--- -, 4- \lL T_ .is ,: t c7 ,.. ;; .. . :,-: i tx(..cts2oo/ PRICE 5D N „. 7 :,-17_,si",, , s ., i‘c---. -. ~. . r b i ebister'ltiatigt , June _ twelve, at the Biat ? , -Littler, - draper, Liverpool, June , At, 'Wren, at the Liverpool District Court—T. Ashworth str,jley worthy, comm on b rewers. Manchester, June _titelr e. at the Manchester District Court—M. S. Keyweft c 4i c A In-' . mon brewer. Ma nc h es t er, J une 10, at twelve; siti. 'ffen* o chester District Court—T. Parnell, laceman, Manchester June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Gibson, veterinary surgeon, Machester, June 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Curtis, chandler, Bir mingham, June 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—G. Last, general merchant, Elrmingham, June 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. B. Vanderplank, woollen warehouseman, Love-lane, City June 5—H. J. and E. Todd, warehouseman, Bow churcfiyard, City, June 5—S. Pursell, ironmonger, Strand, June 12— R. Baker, stone mason, Southampton, June 5—R„ Bent, licensed victualler, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, June 12—J. R. Ellis, brassfounder, Houndsditch, June B—S. H. Hemblen, grocer, lialesworth, Suffolk, June 9—J. Li nn it , go l dsmith, Essex Regent-street June, June 9—G. P ren ti ce , fi s h monger, Tollesbury, 10—J. Johns, confectioner, Grosvenor-street West, Pimlico, June 9—J. Pouleston, builder, Birkenisead, Cheshire, June 9—J. Brock, innkeeper, Chester, June 9 W. B. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds, J une 9—S . Hutchinson, sharebroker, L eeds, June 9 —J. Radbone, June 16—J, Gibson, veterinary surgeon, Manchester, June 9—W. Bonnd, jun., stretcher, Manchester, June 10—J. S. Gregson, grocer, Man chester, June 11—J. Pi nner , undertaker, 'Regent -place, Globe-road. Mile-end-road, June 5—T. Wiiders, conimon brewer, Sloane-street, June s—l. Roberts, grocer, Modd, Flintshire, June 5—J. APGibbon, bootniaker, Liv er p oo l, June b—J. Walton, coal merchant, Liverpool, Jun e 5-5, Stocker, sen., hydraulic engineer, Seckford-street, Clerken well, June 5—J. Phillips, cotton spinner, Manchester, June 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Perryman and J. F. Burnside, stationers, Swithin's lane, City—S. Hughes, J. Hughes, and E. Hughes, colour makers, Cobridge, Staffordshire—J. Hanson, T. Smith, W. Morton, and D. Morton, fancy woollen manufacturers, Hud dersfield—J. Crookes, jun., and S. Balsdon, tailors, Gros venor -street, Bond-street—W. H. Bentley and W. Haigh, shirt manufacturers, Carey-lane, City—C. Targett and E. Butler, grocers, Berkshire—J. Rome and C. J. Goodwin, corn millers, Heath, Derbyshire—T. Moore and J. Mayson, surgeons, Chester —J. Beynon and S. Bevan, ironmongers, Llahelly Carrnarthenshire—J. Hobday and J. H. Cheetham, jli b .c re ßen w a_s e :n rs , avi: S cat o nu n da t l h ille 7 B p so tof ip lA a.r . d, M atthews aper muslin manufacturers, Manchester—J. Hunt and G. Hunt, sB Temple-bar—G.anril J. Kerman, and R. H. Townend, hotel kee p ers,Crown-court, Cheapside-- Clegg and J. jsvcre. Bo wen, mendr , dgnorth—J. A. Pickard and J. Trouglt t' stockbrokers, Liverpool—W. F. and H. Harrison, cheese f actors, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. G. White and J. h Walsall, Staffordshire-4. hi p brokers, L' and T. Beesley, bowler makers, Liverpool—s, Kayfield Mitton and W. Nealor, attorn ey s, B urn ley, Lancashire—T. Chancery-lane—J. Haley, J. " uth ampton-buildings, founders„Calverlev, Yorkshire (so Haley , r as an r d -B. OJdy, iron- J. W. Petters and J. Wormleighton, builders,egargs B. Oddy)-- Clerkenwell—C. Hanbury and J. Dewsbery Doswell-street, mingham—T. James and J. T. Walters, pr e in fi g i m nee iP B e y' Staffordshire—W. and J. Sticknev, farmers, Ridgnf u ont Yorkshire, East Riding—T. and W. Stones, builders, Black burn, Lancashire—J. Greaves, J. Hartley, and J. Hartley, ' waste dealers, Leeds—W. Marsden I. Marsden, an d a. Marsden, fancy cloth manufacturers, Donaster—J lii`Carthy and N. Robinson, bagatelle-board makers, Compton-street, Clerkenwell—R. and W. Gould, hatters, Ludgate-hill. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Gordon, jun., sharebroker, Aberdeen, May 21 and June 11, at one, at the Chambers of Messrs. Alexander and Webster, Aberdeen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. STEAM. BOAT REGULATIONS.—The captains of no less than thirty-five of the river steam-boats appeared before Alder man Gibbs, who sat for the Lord Mayor, to answer infor mations issued at the instance of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, wherein they were charged with acting as commanders without being licensed by the said Company. These proceedings were a preliminary step to enforcing the bye-laws recently passed by the Corporation for the regulation of steam-b oats, part i cularly to prevent the over-crowdin when l a has long been deemed so dangerous to the public. hen all commanders of steam-boats shall have been duly licensed, the boats must also be licensed to carry only a certain number of Passengers, according to measurement. (fiThere appeared, in support of the informations, Mr. Cooper rm of Clark and Cooper), solicitor to the Watermen's and Lighhtermen's Company; and for the defence, the solicitors for the respective steam-boat companies, viz., the London and Westminster (wooden boats), Waterman, Citizen, Eagle and Falcon (Gravesend); the Putney, Old Woolwich, Chel sea (iron boats); and Diamond (Gravesend) Steam -boat Companies. The first five companies have signified their in tention of taking out licenses, twenty-one of the informa tion. as against them, w ere not proceeded with. The solicitor for the Gravesend Diamond Company said that their steam-boats had now been:established many years, and had given great satisfaction to the public, who had not complained or called for the bye-laws, which were therefore not necessary. Similar remarks having been made by Mr. Catterns for the Old Woolwich Company, and all having intimated that they should appeal against any conviction, the evidence in the cases was taken pro forma, and the captains of the four teen boats, viz., the Cricket (penny boat), Moonlight, Day light, Matrimony, Bride, Bridegroom, Bridemaid, Wedding Ring, and Bachelor (Chelsea iron boats); the Ariel, Sylph and Fairy (Woolwich); the Rainbow (Putney); and the Diamond (Gravesend), were each fined 40s, and costs. The Cricket only paid the fine; for all the others notice of appeal was given. This will have the effect of deferring the carrying out of the bye-laws for nearly two months longer, as the next London Sessions will not be held till the 9th of July. , • The case excited great general interest, and the Court was much crowded throughout, particularly with those connected with the steam and other navigation cf the river. BOW-STREET. John Farr, alias Farmer, Cook, &c., was brought before Mr. Jardine for further examination, charged with stealing the London mail-bags from the Gravesend Post-office, in June, 1845. Mr. Peacock attended for the Post-office, and Mr. Lewis, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. Wm. 11. Waller stated, that he was clerk in the banking-house of Hills, :Mcßae, and Co., of Gravesend, on the 26th June, 1845, on which day he wrote a letter, ad dressed to the Commercial Bank, Lothbury. He inclosed seven bills of exchange for 1,2591. 2s. 6d., a cheque for 1001., and four 201. notes of the Canterbury bank,—the numbers of which were 742, 744, 745, and 746. He sealed the letter, and then posted it at Gravesend, between seven and nine in the evening. The three notes now produced are unques tionably the same, their numbers being 742, 744, and 746. On the following morning he ascertained in London that thet letter had not reached its destination. Mr. Charles S. Combes, postmaster of Gravesend, (loosed that the letter spoken of by the last witness would have reached London by the mail-bag leaving Gravesend at two o'clock in the morning. The bag containing the letters was sealed at half-past eleven. The letter produced by the last witness, and addressed to the Commercial Bank, bears the Gravesend post-mark of June 26, 1845. The mail-bags for Deptford and Dartford were made up at the same time, and the three were strapped together as usual. He then placed them upon the floor in the passage, leading from the office to the street-door, it being customary for the mail-guard to call at two o'clock in the morning to receive them. The guard obtained them by ringing a bell, upon which the servant inside pulled a wire communicating with the latch of the street-door, and let him in. At one o'clock witness saw the bags safe in the passage. At about a quarter past two in the morning witness heard the house-bell ring, and was informed that the three mail-bags were missing from the lobby or passage, when the guard arrived for them. Did not see the bags again till the Bth of the following September, when they were discovered at No. 4, Edwin-street, Gravesend, many of the letters being still in them, unopened. Others were open, strewed upon the floor. Upwards of 100 were left unopened. The letter produced was among them, having been placed, to witness's know ledge, in the London bag. The London letter-bill, made out by witness, and also placed in the bag, was likewise found among the letters in the London bag. Henry Everett stated that he was a letter-carrier, and was in the habit of sleeping at the Gravesend post-office for the purpose of giving out the London, Dartford, and D e e f- tforcl maili-nbags. morning, Theyme at t e generally called the for m a pulled a a q u art er- pas t e b e e N ll e w hi h m ich th a e r t o r u o of the street-door, and opened it. , ge a t n r d ij , 2g b o y ut a of cog ed tri , v h an e c p e un ad ed op a te w d ire which communicated with the la tch of and taken the bags. on pulling the be ll._ could sometimes se e s u ed ble h o im f the guard ;, but he Mr. Peacock — So th at, in fact, anybody mi g ht ha ve en tered Mr . Peacock hoped that such a pr ac ti ce was not allowable f rom a w indow after he had got the bags. at the Gravesend post-office now. Witness --Certainly not. Mr. Lewis—Because you have now taken the precaution on h e a the rd t 2 h 6 e t h bell of June, ring a a n g d a i to lock the stable-door, th e h orse h aving been stolen. Witness resumed—H e h ear d the Rochester mail-bags b ah ro o u a g t h t t en an rn d in le n f t t es inthep afterwardsftg sa g h e e in, upon which witness pulled the wire and opened the door again. He then saw John Reese, the London mail-driver, enter the passage, and begin to arrange the bags as usual. He could see what Reese was doing from a window over the door, by sitting up in the bed. By Mr. Lewis. —His bed was situated on the ground floor, about seven yards from the passage, so that he could see who was in the passage through a glass door, there being a light over it. Examination jresumed—Reese presently missed the Graves end bags and called up witness. They could see nothing of them but the Chatham bags :were all safe. William Maddox, of Gravesend, said that he conveyed the mail-bag from Chatham to Gravesend on . thenight of the 26th June last, reaching the latter office at two in the morning. On arriving there he rung the bell, as he was accustomed to do, and the door came open, and he then threw in his three bags, and left again, shutting the door after him. When on the door steps I did not observe any other than the Sidney bag, but there might have been others upon the floor. It was not his place to look after them. John Reese, of 40, Newgate-street, London, stated that be was the driver of the Gravesend and London mail on the night of June 26th last. He reached the Gravesend Post office at a quarter past two, on the morning of the 27th, and, having rung the bell as usual, entered the passage to take possession of the Gravesend bags, which, however, were missing. He then called u p E vere tt ; b u t they could not find them. Harry Jones, a clerk in the Commercial Bank , proved that the letter containing the notes did not reac h the firm in the usual course, as appeared from the ban k books. Mary Harle proved that the bags and letters spoken of by the postmaster were found at an emp ty house in Edwin-str ee t, p Gravesend, where she went to clean, em and which had b een un inhabited for a considerable time. George W hittick (the witness present at the f ormer exa mination) proved that the prisoner tendered one of the 201. Canterbury bank-notes at the shop of Sewell and Cross, the drapers, of Soho. Another witness proved the payrnent of one of the other notes at the shop of Fortnum and Mason, oilmen, Piccadilly, also by the prisoner ; but he admitted that he could not swear positively to his identity. Jonathan Whitcher, who apprehended the prisoner at 163, Sloane-street, Chelsea, after having watched and followed him from several houses in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane the previous night, deposed that on accusing him of steal ing the four Canterbury notes, he said " it was all a mistake. and he was not the man," He then asked when the notes were changed. Witness replied on the 6th of April, upon which he said he could prove that he was in France at the time, He refused to give his name or address at the station house, but subsequently stated that his name was John Farmer, and that he was a glover, having no fixed residence. John Shirt, another constable, found a quantity of goods at the prisoner's h o use, which had been purchased by the notes produced. The prisoner was then remanded upon the above ch arge till Friday next. It being nearly five o'clock, the other cues were alio de terred to TueedAy and Friday next. No. 16,741. LONDON, SATURDAY EVE - ING THE YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COM PANY. Notice Is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTIVIORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held on TUES DAY, the 19th Mayinstant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the Town- Halt, in Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, when a copy of the Bill now in Parliament for this railway will be laid before the meeting, for their approval or non-approval thereof. The votes will be recorded only in respect of Scrip or Bankers' 'Re ceipts issued before the 31st March last, and produced at the meeting. To facilitate the voting, each person is requested to fill up a farm, which he can obtain at the Offices of the Company, in Kendal, or at No.'l, Derby-street, Parliament-street, stating the name and address of the person producing the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, together With the denoting number of the Scrip. Dated the 6th day of May, 1846, WILLIAM CRACKANTHORPE, Chairman. JOHN WHITWELL, Honorary Secretary. CALEDO.NIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY._ _ . In terms of the Its ;olution of the House of Commons, of date the 23,1 ultimo, the Provisional Committee of the Caledonian and Dum bartonshire Junction Railway Company hereby call a GENERAL MEETING of the Scrip-holders, and holders of Bankers' Receipts, in this undertaking, to be hell within the Court Bril of the Coianty Windings, in the Town of Dumbarton, on TUESDAY, the 16th drty of May current, at One o'clock p.m., when a Copy of the Bill wild be submitted to the meeting for their consideration. At this meeting such further instructions as may appear necestary will be given to the Acting Committee of Management. By order of the Committee, li. D. MACKENZIE, Secretary. Ist May, 1846. PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. All persons having claims against the Perth and Inverness Railway Company are requested to send them, on or before the 31st current, to PETER ANDERSON', Secretary. Colonade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 14, 1846. PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. The Committee of Management regret to inform the Share holders of the Perth and Inveniess Railway Company, that the Com mittee of the House of Commons has refused to sanction the mak ing of the railway proposed by this Company. The Coalmine of Management propose winding up the concern, should the Shareholders give their sanction, at a meeting which will be summoned immediately after the passing of the Railway Com panies' Dissolution Act. It is impossible at present to form a correct estimate of th 6 ex penses incurred, but the Committee do not think they will exceed 15s. per share. By order of the Committee, .PETER ANDERSON, Secretary. Colonade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 14, 1846. I) UNBLANE, DOUNE, and CALLANDER RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament, a N EETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COM PANY, will be held within Kinross's Inn, Dunblane, upon TUEKDAY, the 26th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when the pro posed Bill to empower the said Company to construct the said rail way will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken in the Said Bill iu the same manner required by the said order. JOHN STIRLING, Chairman. THOS. BARTY, JAMES J. STIRLING, Secretarieri. Dunblanc, May 6, 1846. TEST RIDING UNION RAILWA YS. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses sional Orders of the two houses of Parliament, a Special Meeting of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the West Riding Union Railways Company, will be held at the Court House in Leeds, in the county of York, on FranAr, the 29th day of May instant, at twelve o'clocleat noon precisely, to consider the Bill now in Par _ . . liament, for making certain lines Of railway in the West Riding of the county of York, to be called " The West Riding Union Railways," and to approve or disapprove of the said Bill, Dated this 13th day of May, 184 G. 11. lIOULDSWORTFI, Chairman. R. OTLEY, Secretary. WEST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses sional Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this undertaking, will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchester, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of May instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that at such meeting a Copy of the Bid now depending in Parliament, entitled " A Bill for snaking a Railway from Liverpool to Southport, to be called the West Lanca shire Railway," will be submitted for the consideration of such meeting. Dated this 13th day of May, 1846. THO3IAS WELD BLUNDELL, Chairman. HENRY NEWBERY, Deputy Chairman. THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY COMPANY BRANCHES AND EXTENSIONS. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and St tinting Orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Holders of Scrip or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of the Company, for the Shares issued for the Branches and Extensions, will he held at the Court House in Leeds, in the county of York, on THURSDAY, the 28th day of May Instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of giving or withholding their sanction to the further proceeding with the following Bills, at present before Parliament, the preambles of which have been declared proved, that is to . . Ist. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Tliirsk Railway Company :o make certain deviations in the line of the Saint Helen's branch of he said Railway. 2nd. A 13111 to enable the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to extend their railway over the river liidd at Knaresborough, and for other purposes. 3rd. 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PHILIIARAIONIC SOCIETY. _AL The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that the FIFTLI CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, when will be performed Mendelssolin's Symphony in C minor, Beethoven's in B flat, IVeher's Overture to Euryanthe, and Cheru bim's Abencerages. Solo performers—Pianoforte, Mr. 11. Field; Violin, M. Deloffre ; Violoncello, M. Filet. Vocalists—Madlle. Rum mel and Miss Bassano. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Single Tickets, 1/. 15., and double Tickets, 1/. 10s., to be had at tho music warehouse of Messrs. Addison and Ilodson, 210, Regent-street. Novelties of extrema interest and information at the ROIAJT POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. 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The following prices of some of the most useful articles are stated to convince the public of the advantages they may gain by purchasiu g at this establishment. Sheffield plated dish covers, waranted best quality, 101. 4s. Gd. the set ; corner dishes and covers, 5/. lts. Gd. the set of four, forming eight dishes if :required ; silver-plated spoons, forks, &c., on solid white metal, warranted :—Table felt:3, fiddle pattern, 265. to 365. per dozen ' • table spoons 265. to 365. ; dessert forks, 20s. to 30s. ; dessert spoons, 20s. to Os. ; tea spoons, 10s. Gd. The British plate articles (the best in Lon don) are selling at equally low prices —table forks and spoons, 10s. per dozen ; dessert, Bs. ; tea spoons, 4s. Gd. ; and other articles in British plate equally cheap, as the stuck must be sold. Ivory table knives in great variety, warranted ; sets of 50 pieces, 3-14 inch, handsome ba lance handles, for 345.; table knives, 9s. Gd. per dozen ; dessert, Bs. ; carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair —all balance handles. The stock of jewellery will be sold at little more: than half price, consisting of diamond and other rings, pins, brooches, and a variety of handsome gold guard chains, that are now sellfng for their weight in sovereigns —at W. CRAMBROOK'S, 379, St rand, corner of Southampton• sti eet. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Bristol and Exeter, New, 10% —Birmingham and Gloucester, 124—Bristol and south Wales June ion, 1 —Bristol and Gloucester, 50—Caledonian, 12%—llitto, New, —Newcastle and Bepwick, 26—South Devon, 33. MANCHESTER, MAT 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., 13.16 dis.— Bideford and Tavistock, 20s. 6d.—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 21s. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, % c. dis.—Caledonian Ex tension, 14 dis.—Chelmsibrd and Bury, 16s. 6d. dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.—Direct Northern, 11-16 dis.—East Lancashire, No. 2, 3% c. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 14 dis —Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.—Huddersileld, Halifax, and Bideford, 2% p. c. —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, par c.—Leads and York, % dis.—Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.—Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 1% p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manehester, and Southport, par—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, % p.—Manches ter and Birmingham, Quarters (A);9 p.—Manchester and Birming ham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 16s. 9d. e. dis.—Manches ter and Bury Atmospheric, 9 c. dis.—Manchester and Hyde, % C. p. —Manchester and Southampton, Is. p.—Northumberland and ancit shire, 1 dis.—North Staffixrdshlre, 4% p.—North Western, % c. p.— Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 Is. c. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, 5.16 c. IL—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 1 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, % c. p.—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 95. dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 14s. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), % p.—South Midland, 1% p.—West Lancashire Coast, % dis.—West Riding Union, 3 5-16p.—York and Carlisle, 265. tid. dis. trb WUttion LONDON AND WINDSOR RAIL WAY. SPECIAL MEETING—(THIS DAY). A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and scripholders of this Company, took place this day, in the Crown and Anchor Tavern. in compliance with the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament. The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the meeting, and the chair was taken at one o'clock by Major Boileau. The CITAIRMAIT, having briefly announced to the meeting that it was in compliance with the sessional orders that they had been convened together, in order to decide whether they would proceed with their Bill in Parliament, adverted to the satisfactory prospects of the Company. Resolutions were then proposed in favour of proceeding with the line, which were carried unanimously. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.; OLD COURT. (Continued fr•m our Afternoon Edition.) Dennis Regan, William Regan (the last prisoner), Joint White, and John Sullivan, were placed at the bar, charged with assaulting other constables on the same evening. The evidence adduced was nearly similar to that brought forward in the last case. Mr. Baldwin, for three of the prisoners, and Mr. O'Brien for Sulli van, addressed the jury. Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty in each of the cases. The COURT sentenced William Regan and John Sullivan each to imprisonment with hard labour for two years, and Dennis Regan and John White each to one year's imprisonment with hard labour. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.; Tours db saagd' lanodnee and Nantes and r. BRITISH FUNDS, ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 204% 205% 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities . • 9 5 % % 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 96 % 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 97 , 4 % 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16 India Stock .. . ! 264 264 Consols for Account . • • • • • • • • • 96 %% 96% Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,0001. 23 20 pm. 20 5001. .... 24 21 20 pm. 20 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 84 83% 83% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent • .. Ditto, for the Account .. . • • . 41 41 Equador Bonds .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .• .. 33 32% 32% Portuguese Four per Cent • • • • Ditto, for the Account .. • • .. 58% 58% Russian Bonds .. .. • • • • .. 118% 110% Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent _ Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates • . 92 91% PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 3% 3 Bristol and Exeter .. .• 75 85% Buckinghamshire .. 425. %% p Caledonian .. .. 10 .... Ditto, Extension .. 2% Cambridge and Oxford.. Derby and Crewe .. .• • • 2% •• • . 6% Direct Manchester (Bostick's) .. 5% • ... Direct Northern .. .. • • 2 % •• • • Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24 23% Ditto New .. .• • • 8/. 16 5 ... Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... • • 1% East Lincolnshire .. ".. • • 1 % •• • • •• .• .... • • 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 •• • • Ditto 34 Shares .. .. • • • • Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. ...... p Great North of England . ..100 .. .. 217 Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 28% 85 •• ..151 Great Western .. • • • • • 151 Ditto Half glares 50 •• .. 89 Ditto, Quarter Shares . • • • 5 5 •• • • .......... 18 Hull and Selby • - • • • • " •• •'•"• • • • • Ditto, Halt -hares • • • • • • 7 ••• • • • ........ 28 Leeds and Carlisle • • • • •• 2 /s• • • • Leicester and Bedford .......... 225. .... di5..... % p Leicester, Tamworth, &c. .. •• • • Livem., Manch., & Nerve. Janet. 2% • • ...... London an 1 Birmingham —lOO .... 228% .......... 223% Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 .... 25 50 •• .. 66 London and BlackwnU • • 161. 13s. 4 d. ••••• • • • • • 8 London Ditto dittoo d Brighton Fifths 30 .... 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This we propose to treat after the same manner as the documents recently furnished by Dr. Marshall Hall, and we shall take some future opportunity of setting forth what Dr. Lee professes to have done in his dis coveries. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LANCET. Sir,—l consider it to be my duty, on public grounds, to place the accompanying letters in your hands. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 4, Saville-row, April 24, 1846. ` R. LEE. The following correspondence arose, as will be seen, out of the award of the Royal medal in Physiology to Mr. Beck : LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO DR. ROGET. 4 , Saville-row, 13th Nov. 1845. My dear Sir,—You were present, I believe, at the meeting of the physiological committee, when it was recommended to award the Royal medal to Mr. Beck. Did it not occur to you, that it would have been proper to have compared the dissections of Mr. Beck with those I had recently made, before coming to a decision, which will have the effect of making it appear that all my descriptions and delineations of the nerves of the uterus are incorrect ?—I remain, my dear sir, very faithfully yours, ROBERT LEE. To Dr. Roget. DR. ROGET'S REPLY. 18, Upper Bedford-place, Nov. 13, 1845. My dear Sir,—The Committee of Physiology had received, before they came to the decision respecting the award of the royal medal, which you refer to in your letter of this morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the referees, to whom it had been sent for examination, and for their opinion of its merits, and the recommendation by the Committee of the award of one of the royal medals to the author of the paper was made, after these reports had been read to them, and taken into their consideration, at one of the fullest meetings of that Committee we have ever had. These reports, being will probably soon to communicate to you; but as there I will not fail to be another meeting of the Committee, I me of this morning. — am, P. M . . ROGET. . confidential, I a m . not at liberty the dissolution, and l i l v e e g n al . : r xt e formation n e i l tti t o h n e o e f ee t v h e e . respecting dearrea T d hs t e o i evil themen fiparticularshf your uly n y o u e re t , o Committee, we the physiological Committee, has published a tary of (as Dr. Lee 27th of October of the meeting of the is as follows: letter, in which some further facts are elicited. His ver sion After the usual routine business had been gone through, Dr. Roget, one of the secretaries of the Royal Society, stated—by mistake, as it afterwards appeared— that Have c ontend s) already t he given. that the Royal medal for the year was not to be awarded in the physiological section, and Mr. Lawrence consequently left the chair, and quitt ed the ro om. This gentlem an l e t t further examination of th e record in was I Dinr.hßoastge,e4tmodn w as - the only one wh o had gone, when formed us that he bad been mistaken, and that it was absolutely necessary that the recommendation of the Royal medal should take place on that day. In perfect good faith, and I am sure without any bias for or against any particular pap?r, the Committee again took their seats, Dr. Todd being in the chair. A list was then made by myself of all the physiological papers that had been read during the last three years : each paper was considered seriatim ; and Mr. Beck's paper was, after much consideration, selected for recommendation for the award of the Royal medal." Thus, then, as we remarked last week, it appears from the pen of the Secretary to the Committee, that " the Royal medal in physiology is so inconsequential a mat ter, that the Committee come to the meeting which is to recommend its award, without knowing what they have to do ; and at the fag-end of this sitting, they, without any previous consideration or examination, re commend its award to a paper which only two of them had seen, and which was well known to be the subject of controversy." We understand that fifteen papers were put up for the medal. How could this Committee fairly judge of fifteen papers impromptu? They might almost as well have allowed the authors to prick for the medal 1 Part of the "usual routine business" was the re commending Mr. Owen for the Copley medal ; but Mr. Owen was a member of the Council, and, as such, a medal could not be awarded to him without violating the regulations of the Royal Society ; this recommenda tion was therefore cancelled. 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That exhi bitedcontrast to the " Salathie l Rev G tf 1 sc enes in the annals of antiquity, restoring the genius, the th oug hts, and the circumsta nces o of the Christian era; this the most important period and the most even u gives to view the leading features of an age almost too closely conn ected with our own to be termed the past. But both are marked by the same kind of ability, though exercised on widely different themes, and are in their s p irit much more impressions essentially historic than fictitious. In "Marston" it appears to be Dr. Croly's design to place on record his and recollections of the last half century. Th e whole work has the spirit of truth, and in its notices of the Frenc h Revo lution, of the war, and of the politics of England and Ireland, presents some of the most vivid portraits of illustrious per sonages, and some of the most magnificent pictures of me morable events that have yet been given to the public. The varied qualities of the work will ensure it a wide circle of readers, and we believe a lasting popularity. The imagina tive will esteem it for the romance of its fiction; the othoughtful for life io i r t s its sentimentscopi oucopious eloquenceand itsprianacdipluelse;waianthe glowing images. im en a m ges. ' —.Britannia, S MAY 16, 1846. Owen is another proof of the incapacity of the Physio logical Committee. It is singular that their steps should have been retraced in Mr. Owen's case. Other members of Council have had medals illegally awarded and given to them, but the Councils have not been consistent even in their injustice. Another point worthy of notice in the above quota tion from Mr. Bell, is the making a list " of all the phy siological papers that had been read duriig the last three years." The li s t oug h t to have been of papers printed, was rae I glaring e n recommendation irregu larity, ty, not sufficientmer ely to o ca n d a v ; e th v i i s itself ti a i te e d l f the but IMr. Bell was doubly wrong, for Mr. Bock's paper had not even been read to th e socie quotation ty from M r . Mr. Beck must produce another Bell's letter, for th e p ur p ose o f p l ac i ng it in contradic . tion with a statement i n D r . R oget ' s l etter given above. - Mr. Bell says, " There is no a word of truth in the assertion that Dr."; Sharpey drew from his pocket a re port of Mr. Beck's:paper ; there was no such report on this or on any other paper,; nor was Mr. Bock's paper treated or considered in any way differently from any other." And again, "It is asserted further, that it was not until after Mr. Lawrence's departure that the report was produced by Dr. Sharpey. This assertion has been dis posed of already—there was no such report." (The italics are Mr. Bell's.) Let our readers compare this with the following extract from Dr. Roget's letter : The Committee of Physiology had received, before they came to the decision respecting the award of the royal medal, which you refer to in your letter of this morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the referees, to whom it had been sent for examination, and for their opinion of its merits ' • and the award of one of the royal medals to the author of the paper was made after these reports had been read to them, and taken into consideration, at one of the fullest meetings of that Committee we have ever had." The one says there was no report on Mr. Beck's paper ; the other says there were two reports drawn up by the referees. Dr. Sharpey was one of the referees, it will be remembered. It may be supposed that Mr. Bell and Dr. Roget refer to two separate meetings ; but this can not be, for we are informed there was no meeting of the Physiological Committee from the time at which Mr. Beck's paper was referred, till the meeting at which the recommendation was made. Mr. Bell is the secretary of the Physiological Committee. Dr. Roget is senior secretary of the Royal Society. Their testimony on a plain thing of fact, about which there could be no mistake, is in direct contradiction. Which is true ? Which is false ? This matter, above all things, must be explained. Dr. Lee has a right to demand these two reports, if any such ever really existed. But, says Dr. Roget, they were " confidential.' , Faugh ! Dr. Roget speaks of the full meeting of the Com mittee. We must explain this :—there were present Drs. Bostock, Todd, Roget, and Sharpey, and Messrs. Bowman, Kiernan, and Bell. Dr. Roget said, in his first letter, that he had never expressed an opinion on Mr. Beck's dissections, so that his name must be with drawn. Mr. Bell says, he " refrained from voting," and Mr. Bowman did not vote, so that the medal was really given, under all the doubtful circumstances that have. been detailed, by Drs. Bostock, Todd, and Sharpey, and Mr. Kiernan. The Physiological Committee numbers twenty- five. After the receipt of Dr. Roget's letter, Dr. Lee; we are informed, had an interview with him, in which he ex pressed his opinion of the nature of the proceedings. Dr. Roget advised him to address the Council, but Dr. Lee preferred, in the first instance, to address the secre tary himself. paper, but the committee, on the 6th of November, re solved, " that Dr. Lee's appendix be not recommended to be printed." On the 30th of October, the Council of the Royal So ciety met, and on the recommendation of the re-con structed meeting, held two days before, resolved, " that one of the royal medals in physiology be awarded to T. S. Beck, Esq., for his paper entitled On the Nerves of the Uterus," The council then resolved itself into a committee of papers, to determine whether the paper to which the royal medal had just been awarded, was fit to be printed. The modal was awarded to a paper which had never been read to the Society, and had not been ordered to qc b uo printed.eenO nsct n iet u t w h t eh e detm t h h eere o tftihnNego, recommendation cf m toe b n ir e r, in an interview which I had counciltawhwietehr recommendation the echhoaamd p d mrabe awarded n i ae d dnr e da n tem t i do , an I dt hes to e t a w t tmti e ht stated dui :tuolt council ohis vi teLshstaoiodrgdat nothi investigation, Lordship responsibi lity; sra t pol and dnet proceeded dih t b h eui d e .t froth the committee of physiology, but from an illegally committee meeting h a d regularlybea m t the dation c committeeam had to the beencoun cil dis solved by the chairman. His Lordship replied, that the that it .toronindsete:tuidtev;indepen dentlyThe of the committee, and minufrtoeit was of no conse quence of the has been awarded, added the president the thing is done, and it is too late to say anything moree about it About the middle of Novemb er , t h e Pres identsent a requisition to the Committee of Physiology, ordering them to state the grounds upon which th e y h ad /*cum' I mended the award of the royal medal in physiology.. On the 20th of November the committee met, and re solved, " that Dr. Todd and Dr. Sharpey be requested to draw up a report on the claims of Mr. Beck's paper to the award of the royal medal, and that Mr. Beck's paper be sent in succession to the several members of the Committee of Physiology resident in London." At this meeting Mr. Lawrence requested the secre tary to show him Mr. Beck's paper, but it was not forth coming ; and the secretary stated that it was in the author's possession, contrary to a statute of the Society enacted expressly for the purpose of preventing the per petration of literary and scientific frauds. On the 27th of November, the committee met, when the report of Drs. Sharpey and Todd was read and adopted. On the Ist of December, this report came before the council, and it has been printed in the pro ceedings of the society, and in the address of the president at the anniversary meeting, as if it had been the true report of the committee of physiology on the claims of Mr. Beck's paper to the award of the medal. That such is not the fact can readily be proved, for the medal was awarded by the council a month before, and on the recommendation of the re-constructed meeting on the 28th of October, when two other reports were produced and read by Drs. Todd and Sharpey, which reports, Dr. Roget states, " are confidential," and have not yet seen the light. The following notice is affixed to the first part of the "Philosophical Transactions" for 1845, and the same notice has been affixed to every volume of the " Philoso phical Transactions," published since 1837: "Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in restoring the royal medals, has been graciously pleased to approve the fol lowing regulations for the award of them:—That the royal medals be given for such papers only as have been presented to the Royal Society, and inserted in their " Transactions." The medal in physiology was awarded by the late Council to a paper which had never been read to the Society, and has not been inserted in the " Philosophical Transactions." I can now demonstrate that the highest honours of the Royal Society have been conferred for destroying, and not for displaying, the: nerves of the uterus. If the Council will appoint a competent, tribunal to investigate the subject, the truth of what' is now affirmed will speedily be discovered, and the njury inflicted on ana tomical and physiological science by these irregular, unjust, and most unphilosophical proceedings, be re paired. The moral character of the Royal Society re quires that a rigorous examination be made, without delay, into the whole of these extraordinary transactions. I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, very faithfully yours, ROBERT LEE. 4, Saville-row, Burlington-gardens, April 2nd, 1846. DR. LEE TO DR. ROGET. 4, Saville-row, 17th Nov., 1845. My dear Sir,—Having been two years in the Council of the Royal Society, I am aware that none but members have a right to know what has taken place at the meet ings, before the decisions are publicly announced. I cannot, therefore, with propriety, send any statement to the Council, as you recommended me to do. Having acquainted you, one of the principal office-bearers and guardians of the honour of the Royal Society, with the unprecedented and illegal proceedings in the physiolo gical committee, it is for you to determine whether the Council, in ignorance of what has taken place, shall be permitted to proceed in a course injurious to the moral character of the Royal Society, and destructive of my scientific reputation. I remain, my dear Sir, very sincerely yours, Dr. Roget. ROBERT LEE. (A copy of this letter was sent to the Marquis of Northampton.) Not having received any answer from Dr. Roget, Dr. Lee next addressed the following protest to the Council : LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM BERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—l feel compelled to protest against the Council's award of the royal medal, from the conviction that by doing so I shall vindicate ' the truth, which is now assailed, and prevent the Council from committing an error which will reflect signal dis credit on the Royal Society itself. The first ground of this protest is, that not one mem ber of the physiological committee, except Mr. Law rence, has examined my two recent and most perfect dis sections of the nervous system of the uterus, which were described by me in a paper read to the Royal Society at the last meeting in the month of June, and which paper, contrary to the recommendation of the referee, (Sir Ben jamin Brodie), has been refused a place in the "Philo sophical Transactions." Drs. Todd and Sharpey hav ing therefore never seen these dissections, nor the dissection figured in the " Philosophical Transac tions" for 1842, though requested by me to do so, have consequently framed their report with an imperfect knowledge, or rather k in a state of total ignorance, of what had previously been done by me on the subject; which report has nevertheless been adopted by the phy siological committee, and made the ground of a recom• emendation to, the Council for this award. The Council cannot fail to perceive that an examination of all my dissections ought to have been made by Drs. Todd and Sharpey before any fair and just report could be drawn, much less a recommendation to the Council for the award of the Royal medal.* The second reason for my protest is, that this award casts a doubt on the accuracy of my descriptions and de lineations of the nerves of the uterus in the " Transac tions of the Royal Society." More than fifty distinguished English and foreign anatomists have carefully exa mined my " Dissections," which first displayed this great nervous system, and have borne testi mony, in writing, to the truth of my published statements. Many of these anatomists are fellows of the Royal So ciety, and much superior in scientific reputation to the individuals who, without examination, have urged the physiological committee to recommend this award. A third reason which I have to assign to the Council for this protest is, that the recommendation of the phy siological committee was made in a hasty and irregular, if not in a positively illegal manner—a manner calcu lated to excite suspicions respecting the motives of those who have been most active in promoting this award. A fourth ground for protesting against this adjudica tion, is the established practice of the Royal Society, in which it has ever been the rule to abstain from giving an opinion on any disputed point of fact, or deciding on a subject which is still in controversy. For these:reasons, I beseech the Council of the Royal Society to suspend this award, until all the circumstances detailed in this protest have undergone a rigid and im partial investigation. The interests of science, and the honour of the Royal Society itself, render an inquiry im perative upon the Council.—l have the honour to re main, my Lords and Gentlemen, your faithful and obe dient servant, ROBERT LEE. 4,S;;iiie-iow, Dec. 1, 1845. No notice was taken of this protest ; Dr. Lee, there fore, after the circulation of the annual address of the President, sent in the subjoined statement to the Council. This will be found to bear out, in every important point, the facts we have already communicated. A LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL oF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—ln the printed address of the President, delivered at the last anniversary meeting of the Society (Dec. 1), it is stated that the royal medal had been adjudged by the Council, " complying thereby with the recommendation of the Committee of Phy siology." It is proved, by the following statement of facts, that no recommendation was made by the C omm i ttee of Physiology to the Council for such an awar d , and that the statutes of the Society, and regulations ordered by the Crown for the award of royal medals, have been violated by the late Council. On the 28th of October last, the Committee of Phy siology met. Mr. Lawrence, who had been the referee on all my papers on the nerves of the uterus, published in the "Philosophical Transactions," was president of the com mittee on thit occasion. When the committee had recom mended the Council to award the Copley medal to Mr. Owen, and transacted other business, the secretary in formed Mr. Lawrence that there was no further busi ness before the committee to transact, on receiving which intimation, Mr. Lawrence dissolved the committee, and left Somerset House. No sooner had the president taken his departure, than the remaining members of the dissolved committee re formed themselves. Dr. Todd took the chair, and the meeting, thus re- constructe d , proceeded to consider the award of the royal medal in physiology. Fifteen papers were named, or put in competition, for the medal. One of these was my "supplement to a Paper on the Nervous Ganglia of the Uterus," which had been read to the So ciety on the 19th of June, and which contained additional and important evidence in confirmation of the accuracy of my descriptions and delineations of the nerves of the uterus, in the " Transacti ons o f th e Roy a l Society." This paper had remained unreferred four months, after having been read to the Society. Another paper, put in competition for the medal, was one on the nerves of the uterus, by Mr. Beck, which had never been read to the Society, but had been referred, on the 3rd of July, to Drs. Todd and Sharpey. Two separate reports from Drs. Todd and Sharpey were produced and read, and f h en this meeting resolved to recommend the council to award the royal medal to Mr. Deck. After this transaction, the ne it act of . tho meeting was, to refer my supplement to Sir B. Brodie, l e B I Brodie re commended , to ascertain i whether it was worthy of publication: the committee of physiology to print the • * It appears from the Minutes that the Committee adopted the Report, but wade no recommendation tO the Council on the fivb4ect, DR. ROGET'S REPLY. Royal Society. Somerset House, April 3rd, 1846. Sir,—l am instructed by the President and Council of the Royal Society to inform you, in reply to your com munication, that they do not consider themselves autho rised to revise the grounds on which a royal medal has already been awarded ; and I am further directed to communicate to you a resolution which they have adopted, with a view to the prevention of future difficul ties in the awards of royal medals, and I accordingly enclose a copy of that resolution.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, P. M. ROGET, Secretary. Such is a repetition of the details concerning the award of the last and long-to-be-remembered medal in physiology. They are startling, and almost sufficient to shake the Royal Society to its centre. That such things should have occurred during the presidency of the Mar quis of Northampton, will for ever be a reproach to this nobleman. It could not be supposed that he should comprehend the nature of anatomical details, but it might have been supposed, that on accepting the first office in the first scientific society in the world, he would so far have studied the statutes and regulations by which it is governed, as to have rendered the perpetration of these irregularities impossible. That he did not is a clear evidence of his unfitness for.the elevated post he occupied, unless, indeed, he can claim something ap proaching to royal impunity, and pass the blame down wards entirely to the acting officials. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, Mel' 15, 1846. Further list of non-commissioned officers and privates of the Queen's army, on the Sutlej, killed in action, or who have subsequently died of wounds, 3d Light Dragoons. Sergeants—Walter Eldridge, Jas. Baker, Patrick Franklin. Privates—George West, Richard Wright, William Wall, William Bell, Frederick Laymin, John Marshall, William Driver, Thomas Blake, William Thomas Coe, John William Alexander, Patrick Brian, Alexander Jason Hassard, Daniel Livermore, Edward Mease, William Robson, Valentine Steel, Mark Reeves. 9th Lancers. Privates—Thomas Cock, Richard Bond, Samuel Day, and Thomas Stead. _ _ 9th Foot. Sergeant—W. Blevins. Privates—Richard Makison, Charles Grimes, Daniel Horagan, Edward Mara, James Ruddy, William Rowbotham, W. Byrne, John Ransbury, R. Jones, J. Meath, G. Fowld, J. Naughton, Patrick Monaghan, H. Jackson, J. Hogarth, C. Middlehurst, P. Dawson, H. A. George, J. Watkins, Robert Williams, James Clarke, John Hurley, E. Bishop, J. Kelly, H. Eyles, J. Ford, James Thomas, R. Shea, W. Campion, Thomas Massey. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 12. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major J. H. Feer to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Maclachlan, placed on the Seconded List; Second Captain G. Maclean to be Captain, vice Freer ; First Lieutenant R. S. Allen to be Second Captain, vice G Maclean ; Second Lieutenant IL T. Fitz Hugh to be First Lieutenant, vice Allen, May 4. Commission by the Queen. Glamorganshire Regiment of Militia—Captain J. 11. Arm strong, to be Adjutant, March 21. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. —Captain T. M. Seel, to be Major, e.Ford C:w p n rom lsli o l t i e t d ia Second Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's , April 1. be Edinburgh Reg of:Mil! . an T t h o o f m ili s o i n cl:L E o s t q h ir t 0 . i Commissions by the Lord L t i . e a u — te u n Captain, vice Foulis, resigned - A. W. Shaw, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Grieve, deceased; T. S. M'Call, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter, deceased; C. W. 'Wright, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sommerville, deceased; J. W. Orr, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stewart, promoted ; F. Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign vice Reid, resigned, April 25. 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