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The columns of the DISPATCH will still continue to be enriched by the powerful contributions of PUBLICOLA," " CAUSTIC," " CENSORIUS," ELIZA COOK, and other writers eminently distinguished for their literary attain- Meats, and whose opinions have ever advocated the cause of the People, in opposition to tyranny and injustice. It may also be ob served, that the POOR MAN will always receive LEGAL ADVICE and assistance, as heretofore, from the DISPATCH. A beautiful New Type has been cast, on which the DISPATCH Will next year be printed. Advertisers are respectfully requested to forward their Advertise- Ments on or before Friday Afternoon, otherwise no attention can be paid to them for the current number. An Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'Clock every Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Train and Morning* Mails, so that persons residing in towns 550 miles from London may receive it the same evening. 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The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where a ssurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. Half -credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the amount of premium for seven years; to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACTS FRO3I THE TABLES. A nnual Premiums required for aa Assurance of 100/. for the whole Term of Life. - RIHTITAL ASSIMANCJI BRANCH. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre • Whole Pre- Age. mium, first I mium, after Age mlum, first mium, after ..... five years. : five years. seven years. s even y ears. ...._ £s.d. I £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. 20 1 0 0 20 0 20 018 0 116 0 25 12 2 1 24 4 25 09 7 19 2 30 1 411 29 10 30 1 1 9 23 6 as 1 8 6 217 0 35 1 411 29 10 40 113 3 1 36 6 40 1 9 2 218 4 45 119 6 319 0 45 114 10 39 8 50 27 9 415 6 50 22 6 45 0 55 218 10 517 8 55 212 9 55 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director, _ THE' MINERVA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 84, Ring William-street, Mansion House, Londoa. Third Division of Profits.—Persons assuring prior to the Ist Janu -BrY next, will acquire an additional year's standing at the Third Di etiSion of Profits in 1852. Among the advantages of this Company are the following, viz.:— Four -fifths of the profits, or 80 per cent., given every five years to the Assured by the participation scale. Persons assured with this C om p an y are allowed to reside in the c olonies of British North America, New South Wales, and Cape of (40 0c1 Hope, without extra charge, upon payment of sea risk only for the two latter. -A liberal sem given for the surrender of Policies. Loans granted upon Policies of five years' standing. No appearance before the Court of Directors required. Tables'and every information can be obtained, by application to WM. THOS. ROBINSON, Actuary and Secretary. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL. THOMAS C Institution are respectfully informed that Inthe case of the a b ove c hild , the Uncle, who is stated in the ballot da„,Papers to have one of the family under his protection, died ballot den Yesterday, thus leaving five children, instead of four, depen 'ant oil the Mother. The case is earnestly recommended by G. Moore, Esq., 5, Bow Church-yard. Mr. Cuffley, Monument-yard. Mr. Charles Blowers, 52, Little Britain. Mr. H. Midland, 18, Cheapside. Mr. It. J. Jenks, 55, Bread-street, Cheapside. Proxies will be thankfully received by the three latter Gentlemen. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the Na tional Bank of Ireland have declared a DIVIDEND en the paid-up capital of the Company, after the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, for 'the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1848 ; and the warrants for the payment of the sane will be ready f or '▪ Silvery on and after Monday, the Bth day of January 1849, be ,'Ween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, at the Company's ice, 13, Old Broad-street, London ; and at the branches of the So 'etY in Dublin, Athlone, Athy, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick lbt-cross, Carrick on-Suir, Cashel, Castlerea, Charleville, Clonakilty, e I . _, ° ninel, Cork, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Fermoy, juvray, Kanturk, Kells, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kilrusk, Limerick, )• n rford Loughrea, Mallow, Midleton, Melstown, Moate, - ▪ . 11 ',Nenagh, New Ross, Parsonstowni, tch Rathkeale, Roscommon, , a ,?screa, Skibbereen Tallow, Thurles , Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, " a terford, Westport ,' Wexford, and Wicklow. y,, 41 -nd further notice is hereby given, that the Transfer-books of ,7 10 Company will be Cl ose d f rom S a t ur d a y, th e 16th i ns t an t , un til 'ter .the day nixed for the delivery of the Dizidend Warrants. By order of the Cotrt of Directors, N. S. KING, Secretary. Old Broad-street, London, Dec 12, 1848. WANTED, a TRAVELLER to take a COM rr, MISSION from a West of England CLOTH MANIJFAC -+AETt, in the Eastern and South-Eastern Counties. Security required, and none need apply but of the highest respec `kbility, and who have been anustomcd to the trade. Address, pre-paid, with references, to A. 8., Hammond's Town 4 " Country Advertisement Office, 27, Lombard-street. PRAY'S -INN WIN. r„. The attention of the Public .N . ES and SPIRITS, which are ,Alaurnption E ESTABLISHMENT. c is directed to the undermentioned ; strongly recommended for general per gallon. port WINES. per dozen. SPIRITS. from the wood •• ..... .• • . 30s Cognac Brandy • • • • .. 21s and 24s do. 4 years in bottle.. 42s rhe pure pale do. per d0z..... 605 b"," 1 7, excellent Dinner Wine 30• Finest Scotch Whiskey, per gal 18s A,."• superior old • • • • • • 42s Jamaica Ruin.. • , •.. • • 125 and 14s c ,ArSala, best quality • • .. • • .. 24s English Gin .. • • • • .... 8s to I2s 'aPe .•• . • • .. 18s British Brandy .•.••• • • • • • 18s lIENEKE'Tc K.ISLINGB (TRY, and CO. p, High Holborn. the .S. Sampl e B ott l e 4 may be had. Price Currents, containing all varieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application. " FAULTLESS NIGHT LIGHTS. NEW PATENT ALBERT NIGHT Men LIO NS are the best, cleanest, most simple and safe, ell r", and economical 11014S134IcheS. at 6d., containin: 8, 10, or 12 Lights, to burn 9,7, or 5 To be used in the Albert Lamps, at 34., 64., 9d., or ls. each. S°l4 retail by Grocers, Oilmen, Lamp Dealers, and Chemists tl 'erYwh re. ,ALBERT NIGHT LIGHTS are the best Price 6d. per Box. Sold everywhere. A R K I A CT E. tn ,„ One half the wend are desolately single, and the other b en .' l)° sistg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a blZ ° si right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em "wr the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of %au uon and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un ant P r osing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, 4.44 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness tiers al content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set- In I V nt• honour andJusticedernsual that health should form an item oowipact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or thwt vronnd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if )1,117 surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little „,,,e..Rs" On Single and Marri e d Lif e , " pub. in 2 v ols., Is. tta.. (by Post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively biused, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered t 3 / 46 ,, la kinterpretation of their 'apposed contents, from obtaining 10,7„• They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom k' are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical tra s h pu t f orth on a bove subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or Ift; i l ti ler, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other by -u Publications claim your attention (same price is. each, ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and ~,,7 and " How to be Happy." They are not merely ia q :"lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the lif e ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's le owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob wom., of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he e h ;;`." pe done unte—to live after natare's laws—aid to keep always gb;""e sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 19:ZoOd, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street • Mann, Ab le) 11 ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ;or direct (by post or other thopti.'uris the anther (who may be conferred with personally, ilo okft 'gs and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street ; and all after,. J 4 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human t.,. breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above btiZ rY Sr impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, 14' amore in.. orsg even than abition. No man is ex Sobi, -4 ,_ nence can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo- D o ;' , . and divinity itself become neglected under the . enthralling I..,,tiiertt_ef LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity eVli.„ ".e. 'until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. Ter, - union does not take place, however, this passion, this Dotson our, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly 4 .41 in the heart. which now darkens, as it before bright zehir-g. eeiabli:hings upon earth. How is it that men, of most life- It will change at the very altar, and after a ife tra:t a fent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the v l ery con ; It j -stal der - whi h be most binding to an honourable mind . s th, e ,,, c n abits ...'et 'Of conscience. The Lover, b k y ne e w ne s rv h a i t m io s n elf of to ear b ly e disq ua l in n ' ci her esults of secret disease, state which been itstltuted 'by n d dares not enter a be end s . The wretched Divine Law for the fulfilment of temportant beyond -r etched condition of such a being must subsequently • tof his choice, and neon ....to'sr in s ` t i11 5 : 3 . 4 ,n? e deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the airns o i ra ' awe d isappointments on the object attention tato desolation the most horrible, when the simple possessionitfe of knolirosinciatthributes would change the scene, and yield to both a it will find the a PPiness„ The subject is interesting, and deserves the i nliest - of all. Those desirous of investigating and Most satisfactory information in the little work milt-led -11'...nsa t d r i a S ted% y t for‘lt; Corour ß ed eEngrSaviEngsßonVtheAanaTtomiy,°phNysbilolrovgay: 1' . .._ s seases of the reproductive organs ; with practical o se 4 4 0 ",? oa the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from u tarY habits, excesses, or infection. Doctor fir IV SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., eltubnr° -edleine, Matriculated Member of the University of Member g(1,11 Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary This treattlhe London Hospital Medical Society, &c. tam the hHi ranch negiecteciseishthe result of a long course of study in a peculiar ard having experience ?anell of medical practice, and the author f 4_ hie, n i .. highest Medical honours, is a guarantee for his pro e, I nent of these diseases. ' whic h has reference almost solely to the treat- La Vert the ' Msrt aw or vox wear. a cmes in on Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.-" There are t e onsein the drama of life which are acted with no spectator bu ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the _ octal vv e h e in, which 0 meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf ~„`•..., a such scenes must Plunge him 1 In the book before us -en,3t monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the re`ria iliv_ithout impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al- Milo Or rafasitiletrred by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style Y precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of lirodn o t o Y n and Physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a lo,„ Ivhcalculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, tQ p u ri al o are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and taught innocence father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un lagit- the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever p-.Lhas_ prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these arrnitlyite.!to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of .- Irtilted x ti r ed Paternoster inwimthagtaaheiaper.actical advice of a writer on medicuie." The w . rk gdo :-row ; Hannay, 63, May be had price 28. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, 41, ett, Oxford -street ; Starie, Tichbonie tee,,_ nYrnarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, red,C2tr_eet ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, from the author's k 7 f e 7fi_ ee, Who see be consulted on these disorders personally, or ars den, from Ten to Two, or from Five toEight. '" • .. .. .37. BEDFORD -SQUARE. LONDON. ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT. W of THE DSPATCH. This Journal at pres—tt the l argest in existence —un rivalled for its early intelligeuce and uncompromising- advocacy of the Rights of Mankind—will be ENLGED, On and after SUNDAY the 7th of JANUARY, 1849, to SIXTEEN PAGES, CONTAINING SIXTY-FOUR COLUMNS, EC. 12. s, the merchants warehouses vtri )Ec. 12. ite, but buyers d it was imps - Friday's rates. )re. Beans and DEC. 12. i ay quote prices T, DEc. 12. supply. Prices DEC. 12. rue market for , s that although is been limited, wards firmness , ,een the lowest. telped to check last week. Tb 9 so far note, to 8 not obtain' tive, but all usdness. The eps back gr' look for good to-day's war' iers: they ex" ill report front have been ev oreign, but at more favour 'ement in bat d grinding 15 no alteration; ;n, mostly out sale. Grind rid the sale of her. In oats es off at late l are still raw account little remains liras [low on sale. • fair sale for ins in e ither ions. Bona zility at pre' English, lo t . ...... B/ 155 •••• 71 to 815 9 87 s 6d is Od to 87s 6d 41 to 915 5 IN IN BOND. less current & Konigsberg & Ham burgh Petersburg!' I Magdeburg Holstein ...... 'omeranian••• ew ........... [N OF THE )ats. tt 17s ld 'ea 9. Os Od bs—Wheat► ey, 4s od to oats, 3s Od id to 8s od; to 93 Ocl ; re were 13 8 day's mar; berleyraesi or pot bar d Third 1 27s Od — 3 Od i _ 3 Od _ s Od _. 3 Od There b as Ys ; prices from Mr. are much Df the ex pared with 1, 371 tons- 043 ----- 1,214 tons. :s - to 17s; to 14s ; 128 sd per J, 91 5s to • Hay— rs', 46s to aw—Far )s to oos •er proof, per 4lbs• 6d; mut t to 7d ; Is—New- Potatoes, litto, Ils et skins, I to aid —Quebec 0 201 per Scotch s. Ne et- Tallow, :TS has been sterday's iry, 3S :e Great Ere wash -Eastern North id Stour th Bri- clay was th Mid- ad Car- British, nsion), I Bath =fries, 45- 13w and —Scot- R. 11. uished is, and party at the n dis- Iged ) were bar of aur- is in Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FAINTING WITHOUT SMELL; a fact ac compli4hed by the use of the newly discovered SWEET OIL of TURPENTINE, instead of the deadly abomination called oil or spirits of turpentine. Paint mixed with it is free from smell, is im proved in brilliancy of colour, and the baneful properties of the lead being neutralized, does not emit those noxious exhalations which have hitherto been so universally as<ociated with painting. By this really valuable discovery house painting is now converted into a sa oitary operation, that stray be effected at any season of the year, being productive of health and comfort, without causing the slightest derangement to the domestic economy. Sold by the gallon, cwt., or ton, by every respectable oilman in the kingdom, and at the depot, 1, Beam's-buildings, Chancery-lane, where may be seen, and copies had of, the originial certificate of Dr. Serny, a senior member of the College of Chemistry. Sold also in sample bottles, 2s. each, bottles included. FR A MPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The manifold advantages to the Heads of Families from the possession of a medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness occurring in families, more or less, every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importar ,e to every householder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted : " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. " No. 5, David•street, Regent-road, Manchester, March 12,1842. " Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the ;C -suit of my experience after repeated trials of Pramptou's Pill of Health ; and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of variou , Aperient Medicines, I have never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there fore warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means ion:, wanting of being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe cially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making Frampton's Pills more generally known and appreciated.—l am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILL [AM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They are not put forth as a cure ihr all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well. known attendants, Bilious and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppression after meals, tilddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will, speedily regain its strength; a healthy andac ti o i n n s o t e f a t d h e o f L lis e t r l e , s ß s e w s s e s h a e r a i end i p iadi ns s m w d a u r a n p d i i d e l e 3 d • t a a p k p e e a p r l a a n c c e e strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to tho directions accompanying each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 1 d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRA.MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observo the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a seal e d envelope, or forwarded by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with mt merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. rr ad ac d ti r c es al s Remarks to a h A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, addressed to emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex scueszree,rtihneyEoufftehetsmosfnhCellodma, Climate d and old A lnfe g c e ti . on , &c., with on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the meat shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in health and disease; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS, Surgeon, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Manhood.' A 3fedical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their passions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."---Chronicle ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis.—Their long expulence and re putation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cirulation." —Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old s.ge. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the -datment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consurnotion, will, en perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, tubes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin kas been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. flours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to the Evening. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by nest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities aid decay of the generative system, from ex essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloure Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors r sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Static, 23, Titchbome-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART H. treats of the consequences resulting ftom excessiveindtd puce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings, PART M. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains ..xplicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated 5y Seventeen Coloured Engravings. . . _ PART N. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple app tcation, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. PAST V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tax CORDIAL BALM of Svatacum is exclusively employed in treat beg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &C., 11s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I ls. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying specific Pills, 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma ion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. .& minute etall of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. bi. Packets, with adv.co, to bo had at the Es rablishfnent only, by which the fee, !1., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance 'daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London., from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. • V 11. 1 , , • • .{ "2, 1 7 , ' -- • • t.tvw/i N • ~;4 4 • aske -30-V t t. • ''" No. 17,541.] LONDON, THURSDAY MVENgwNG EAST INDIA, HOUSE. DECEMBER 13, 1848. THE COURT INDIA, FORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COM PANy, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-stretWon WEDNESDAY, He 20th instant, is made SPECIAL, in consequence of the following requisition, viz.:— " London, December 7, 1848. " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. "Honourable Sirs, " We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qua iled by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the ac companying Resolutions, and that you will be pleased to publish the same with this, our requisition. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) "J. SULLIVAN. "ARTHUR J. LEWIS. "M. LEWIN. "THOMAS FOX. "cnir,LEs FORBES. "JOHN POYNDER. "J. W. GRAXAM "JOSEPh HUME. "JAMES STEWART FORBES." RESOLUTIONS. " That the East India Company having, by the first article of the treaty contracted with Maharaj.Pertaub Sing, on the 25th Septem er, 1819, ceded the territory of Sattara to the Rajah of Sattara, his heirs and successors in perpetual sovereignty,' and having by the first article of a treaty, concluded on the 4th September, 1839, with Maharaj Shajee (commonly called Appa Sahib), solemnly confirmed that article, the East India Company cannot alienate the territory of Sattara from the rightful heir of the Rajah of Sattara, without a gross violation of public faith, and without shaking the confidence of the Native Powers of India in the stability of the treaties into which they have entered with the said Company. "That the seizure of the Sattara territory by the East India Com pany, by virtue of a construction arbitrarily put upon the said treaties by the stronger of the two coetracting parties, would be a proceeding repugnant to every principle of justice, a breach of the law of nations, and calculated to cast a foul stain upon the character of that Com pany and the British Government." JAMES C. MELTILL, Secretary. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. • Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, at llalf-past Three, daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at Nine o'clock.—A Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, and the Electric Light, on the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur day, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Also on Pneumatics daily at Two o'clock.—The Microscope at One o'clock daily.—The Dissolving Views, with historical deacriptions.—The Chromatrepe. 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BALLARD. 1848 August No. 1848 859 Parasol . . 862 Brown paper parcel 863 Coat . • • 864 Parasol . 867 Paper parcel . 869 Cape • • 870 Parasol . • 875 Coat . • 877 Paper parcel 879 Shawl . . . 880 Umbrella and parasol 881 Scarf . . • 882 Parasol . . 883 Book . . . 887 Umbrella . . 892 Cigar-case . . 893 Lady's bag . . 896 Cap • . • 898 Tea-trays . . 901 Two coats . . 902 Parasol . . 904 Coat . • 905 Bracelet . • 906 Spectacles in case 908 Opera-glass . . 910 Paper parcel . 911 Coat . . 915 Parasol . . 917 Watch and chain . 919 Umbrella . 922 Writing-case . 924 Parasol . . 926 Coat . . . . 928 Air-cushion and cover 929 Fishing-rod . . . 933 Stick, carved head 935 Coat . . . . 939 Lady's cloak . . 942 Coat . • • . 943 Coat . • . • 949 Spectacles Eth'dkerchief 952 .Coat . . . 954 Coat . . . 956 Lady's mantle . 958 Shawl . . 952 Parasol . 960 Parallel rule 961 Parasol 963 Coat 966 Parcel 967 Coat . No. 1313 Coat - 1314 Umbrella 1315 Umbrella 1329 Umbrella 1323 Umbrella 1325 Umbrella 1327 Rug ' • 1331 Lady's cloak . 1333 Parasol . 1334 Parasol 1336 Cricket-bat . 1338 Opera glass . 1340 Umbrella 1341 Box . . 1342 Umbrella 1343 Shawl . . 1345 Shawl . 1349 Umbrella 1352 Parasol 1353 Opera-glass . 1356 Umbrella 1351 Book . , 1359 Umbrella 1362 Lady's bag . 1363 Brooch • 1665 Scarf 367 Umbrella . 371 Parasol . 1374 Package 1375 Umbrella . 1381 Air cushion 1382 Parasol . 1387 Spectacles . 1389' Watch 1390 Opera-glass 1395 Lady's cloak 1396 Purse . . 397 Cape . • 309 •Parasel 1400 Coat . • 1402 Rug • 1404 Boy's seat 1408 Cloak . 1 412 Ceat, velyeteen 1413 Stick and basket 1414 Ring . . 1418 Cigar Case . 1422 Umbrella . 1423 Japan box . 1444 Parasol 1429 Rug 1430 Riding whip . 1431 Umbrella . 1436 Coat . . 1438 Umbrella . 1441 Paper parcel . Ma) . . & . 9 . 9 . 9 . 9 . 9 . 10 . le . 11 . 12 . 13 . 15 . 16 . 16 . 16 . 17 . 18 . 18 . .31 June 968 Coat . . • . 2 974 Carpet bag . . . 3 976 Coat . . • • 3 977 Eye-glass aid chain . 5 978 Coat . . • . 5 979 Umbrella and parasol . 5 933 Cap . . • . 5 985 t'oat . • . . 5 1442 Shawl . 1443 Mackintosh coat 1445 Cloak . . 1447 Umbrella . _ 1453 Opera-glass . . 1451 Scarf . • 1452 Parasol. . . 1454 Coat . . . 1455 Cape . • • 1457 Coat . • • 1458 Parasol . . 1459 Cap • • • 1460 Coat . . • 461 Stick . • . 466 Coat . • • 467 Pencil case . . 469 Umbrella . . 470 Umbrella . . 472 Soldier's coat . . 473 Paper parcel . . 474 Bracelet . 47b Spectacles . . 8 477 Parasol . • . 8 478 Two umbrellas &parasol 8 480 Parasol . . 481 Umbrella . . 484 Waterproof coat . [485 Hat case . 1487 Umbrella 488 Paper parcel 490 Scarf . . 492 Shawl 494 Parasol 1496 Book and towel 1499 Umbrella 1507 Jacket 1509 Rug 1510 Two Shawls 1511 Stick • . . 1512 Coat . • 1513 Rug . . 1514 Coat . • 1515 'Umbrella . 1516 Cap • 1521. Lady's cloak 1521 Money 1527 Coat . . 528 Paper box . 529 Coat 530 Parasol . 533 Umbrella . 534 Coat. . . 1535 Book and cap 1537 Scarf and parasol 1539 Parasol . 1542 Two coats . 1543 Umbrella . 1544 Hat case . 1545 Leather case 1547 Gun case . (551 Book . • 1554 Watch . . 1556 Shawl . . 1560 Umbrella . 1565 Law papers . 567 Umbrella 989 Coat . . • . 6 991 Coat . • . . 7 992 Coat . . • • 7, 994 Snuff-box . . . 7' 995 Paper parcel . • 7 997 Umbrella . • 7 999 Handkerchief . 8 1000 Umbrella and Stick . 1001 Malacca cane 1002 Parasol 1007 Brooch . • 1008 Coat . • 1010 Parasol 1011 Coat . • 1014 Lady's cloak 101 i Book . • 1016 Maps in case 1017 Boots ItlB Book . • 1019 Parasol 1020 Cape . • 1022 Umbrella 1025 Cheque . 10`4.6 Umbrella 1029 Hat-case . 1030 Box in canvas 1032 Umbrella 1033 Parasol 1034 Parasol . 1035 Brooch . 1036 Book . . 1037 Umbrella 1040 Stud . . 1041 Scarf , . 1043 Scarf . . 1044 Accordion . . 1046 Umbrella 1047 Can of oil 1048 Carpet-bag . 1049 Basket . 1051 Coat . . 1053 Coat . . 1054 Coat . . 1058 Coat . . 1059 Umbrella . 1060 Paper parcel 1062 Cape . . 1063 Keys . 1066 Rag . 1067 Coat 1068 Umbrella . . 1070 Paper parcel 1072 Parasol . 107 , i Purse . . 1075 Plaid cloak . 1075 Carpet-bag 1077 Opera-glass . 1078 Umbrella 1082 Parasol 1085 Coat . 1086 Umbrella 1087 Ring . 1088 Scarf . . 1089 Parasol . 1094 Umbrella . . 097 Parasol . . 099 Cloth apron . . 100 Umbrella . . 101 Umbrella . . 103 Coat . . . 105 Parasol . . 106 Umbrella . . 108 Trousers . 109 Umbrella . 110 Umbrella 111 Purse . . . 112 Coat . . 113 Umbrella 114 Shawl . • .22 115 Coat . • 29 117 Parasol • . 118 Paper parcel , 120 Umbrella 121 Umbrella 23 Leather case . 26 Umbrella . • . 30 29 P'ketbook & spectacles 30 July, . 16 . 17 • • 17 • • 17 • • 31 • • 31 September • 17 • • • 15 • • 191 . 19 . 2 •• . 2 • • • 24j , 570 Umbrella . • . 571 Coat . . . . 1572 Parasol . • 1573 Lady's Cloak . • a 1575 Parasol . . 3 1576 Parasol . • • 4 1577 Cane . . . • 4 1580 Paper parcel . 4 1581 Umbrella . • 4 1583 Handkerchief 4 1584 Coat . . • 4 1585 Umbrella . • 4 1586 Coat . . . 4 1587 Coat . . 1589 Coat . . • • 4 1591 Fishing rods and sticks . 6 1595 Waterproof coat 1596 Coat . . 1597 Umbrella 1599 Shawls, Soc. . 1602 Coat 1603 Shawl . 1604 Coat . . 1605 Umbrella . 1606 Umbrella . 1607 Umbrella . 108 Boa . . 610 Rug . 611 Coat . . 1612 Umbrella . • i 616 Coat . . 1617 Coat . . 1619 Parasol . 1620 Parcel . . 1622 Umbrella . 1623 Ring . 1524 Paper parcel . 1626 Umbrella . , 1627 Book . . . 1628 Scarf . . . 1629 Umbrella . . 1631 Coat . . [622 Umbrella . . [633 Umbrella . . 1634 Umbrella . . [635 Shawloarasol, and book 16 [639 Paper parcel . . . 17 1641 Shawl . . . . 17 1644 Keys . . . . 18 ,645 Umbrella . . . 18 ,648 Umbrella . . . 18 651 Portmanteau . . 19 653 Paper parcel , . . . 19 654 Book . . . . 19 656 Umbrella . . . 20 658 arasol . . . . 2( 1659 Umbrella . . . 2( ;1660 Snuff-box . . . 2( 1661 Coat . . . . 21 .1663 Cape . . . . 21 1665 Umbrella . . . 21 1666 Pocket-book . . . 21 1568 Coat . . . . 23 1670 Umbrella . . . 23 1671 Parasol . . . . 23 1672 Shawl . . . . 23 1678 Telescope . . . 24 1673 Shawl . . • . 24 1680 Paper parcel . . . 24 1631 Engraving . . 24 1632 Umbrella and Parasol . 24 1687 Scarf • • . . 25 1690 Victorine . . . 1691 Vinbrella • . . 1692 Lady's mantle, scarf, parasol,. .and handker chiefs 1695 Coat '1697 Scarf 1693 Umbrella 1699 Umbrella 'l7OO Coat . 1701 Coat 1702 Paper parcel 1705 Three cotton umbrellas 30 1706 Brooch . . . 30 1709 Lady's mantle . . 30 1711 Boa . 31 1714 Snuff-box . 31 171 i Card case • 31 1716 Book . 22 . 25 . 301 1130 Coat 1131 Pocket-book . 1134 Coat . . 1135 Pocket-book . 1136 Umbrella . . 1138 Umbrella . . 1140 Umbrella . . 1142 Purse . . • 1143 Coat . • • 1144 Cloak . • • 1145 Books . . • 1146 Parasol . • 1148 Book . . • 1153 Coat . . • . 1154 2 Parasols . . 6 1158 Paper parcel . 1160 Coat . . • 1165 Umbrella . . 1166 Coat . . • 1167 Umbrella . • 1168 Cape . . . 1169 Umbrella . . 1177 Umbrella 1178 Parasol 1182 Clothes . 1183 Coat . . 1187 Parasol 1192 Paper parcel 1193 Parasol . 1195 Coat . . 1196 Coat . . 1197 Carpet-bag . 1198 Umbrella . 1201 Bracelet . 1202 Parasol . 1204 Umbrella 1210 Cigar•case . 1211 Cloak • . . 1214 Coat . • . 1215 Watch and chain 1217 Box . • 1221 Locket. 1223 Coat . . 1224 Parasol. . 1225 Umbrella . 1227 Parasol. 1228 Driving-whip 1231 Bonnet-box . 1232 Umbrella 1233 Book . . 1237 If Two parasols . asols . . 2: 1239 1240 Bracelet . 1244 Basket . . 1246 Parasol . . 1249 Umbrella . 1254 Coat . . 1256 Coat . . 1258 Coat . . 1262 Opera-glass . 1263 Card-case • 4265 Umbrella 1266 Cape 1267 Papers 1268 Umbrella 1262 Bonnet•box 273 Pencil-base • • 181 • 18i . . 2 . . 2 • • 31 • . 4U October 274 Watch.. • . 7 . 9 • • 9 duptsi • • 9 1276 Boa . • • 2 1277 Black bae . . • 2 1281 Mackintosh coat . • 3 1283 Parasol . • • • 3 1286 Pocket-book . • . 3 1289 Brooch . . • • 4' 1293 Parasol . • '• . 41 1294 Umbrella . . . 4 1295 Keys . . . .4 1299 Work. box . . • 4 1301 Coat . . • . 1302 Parasol . . • 5 1303 Bag . . . • 6 1304 Umbrella . . • • 5 1308 Shoes . . • • 5 1309 Fan . . • • 5 1310 Coat . . . . 5 311 Opera -glass . . • 7 312 Rook and musical-boa . 7, . . 28 THE ASSASSINATIONS AT STAN ' • • FIELD HALL. . ADJOURNED. CORONER'S INQUEST. WTMONDITAM, WEDNESDAY.--The inquiry before Mr. Press, the Coroner, relative to ,the murder of Mr. Jenny and his son, was resumed yesterday afternoon at the King's Head 'lnn, in this town. The interest which had marked the . previous stages of the proceedings ap peared to be Undiminished. The = inquest room was thronged. The CORONER, after briefly . noticing the evidence that had been already adduced, said, that referring to the evidence of &oily James, who spoke of Rush proceeding upstairs and going out on Tuesday evening, the state ment of the lad Savory might not appear satisfactory as to the position of the bOots. Again, in Emily James' statement, where she remarked that when Rush ap peared agitated she thought he had been annoyed with poachers, it did not appear very clearly that anything had transpired respecting poachers previously. For what they knew, 'he Might have been in the habit of going out in the evening for poachers, and it was pos sible that it might have been a mere blind as to what was really intended. These were important points. and he only mentioned them . in order that the jury might di rect their attention to their peculiar bearing. In Mrs. James's testimony, "EIS it has been published, an important fact was omitted, in consequence of re porters not being'all o W e d to be present during her ex amination—viz.,.that when Rush returned on the Tues d 9,- evening she thought, from his agitated manner, that he had had an affray with poaohers. John Chaplain, keeper of the Intwood Railway gate, on the Eastern Counties Railway, was the "first witness called, and gave the following evidence :—On Saturday, the 25th of November, before the murders were com mitted, Mr. Rush came through my gate. He was driving a horse and gig, and as he passed me he stopped and said, Have you seen old llefr;Jermy go through this morning ? " I said, "No ; I have not seen him this morning." Rush . answered, "I thotight this was the way he came." I then said, " Young Mr. Jermy o f ten comes this way, and I tho ug ht' thi s w a s the way old Mr. Jenny came." I' am not sure " that I have seen old Mr. Jenny since, burhe ofteh came that way f rom N orwich. This conversation took pla c e b e t ween ten and eleven o'clock in the mor n i n g. • Robert Smith, an intelligent . boy, w as next called—lle m sa o id th , e l r twelveaatmllessie.l h years s e olivefadge,and re s id e w i th my with Mr. Rush during the last two months. My occupation was to scare crows, and I have littered some straw bn the footpath leading from the dwelling of Potash-farm as far as a turnip-field in the direction of Stanfield-hall. CORONER Now, be 'careful how you answer me. Tell me where you commenced to litter the straw, and where you left off. Witness—l began at the turnip field gate. Coaolizu--Not from the door of the farm-house ? Witness—No, sir. CORONER —Was it along a road, or footpath through a field? Witness--Along a footpath. I commenced at the gate, and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre field (turnip field) as far as the turnips went. I finished at the bank of the twenty-acre field called " The Look," which leads to Stanfield-hall. CORONER—When did you do this? Witness—On the Tuesday the murders were committed. CORONER— Who told you "do so? Witness Mr, Rush. CORONER—At • what time? Witness—A.bourtwelve o'clock. There had been straw laid down before, and Mr. Rush said tome, " Litter the straw fresh where it is dirty—the worst'of the places." ConortErt-,-Did you ever lay any straw down before ? Witness—No. While I was laying it Mr. Rush came to me and said, "Litter it thin; don't lay it very thick." I commenced to scatter it about twelve, and left off in the middle of the afternoon. Mr. Rush pointed out the places where I was to lay it. CORONER—HOW long did Mr. Rush stay with you when you were litteri ng th e s t r a w ? Witness —About half an hour. He came at one o'clock, and looked at what I was doing. CORONER—Haie you seen Mr. Rush walk over this straw before ? WitnesS—l have ; but I don't know where he went. The field was not so dirty where the straw was not littered. Young Mr. Rush was my master. He paid me my wages. Tam certain that old Mr. Rush never ordered me lb lay the straw before. I have all along been alluding. to the old Mr. Rush, and not the younger one. The fifteen-acre field was the last field on the farm. It adjoins Mr. Coltinan's. A juror —Was any stock kept in the turnip field ? Witness —There was not; the stock was in a field nearer the farm. lam sure there was none in any field beyond the fifteen-acre field. It was the last on the farm. (The straw along the footpath was strewn to the length of about three furlongs, and the commencement of it is between two hundred and three hundred yards from rotash-farm.) Solomon Savory, the lad in the service of the supposed murderer, who has been under th e surve ill ance of the po lice since his formisi examination, was then brought into the inquest-room. The CORONER informed him that he had been sent for to correct some discrepancies which appeared in the evidence he had ,previously given. Before he (the coroner) asked him any questions, however, he must impress upon him the necessity of telling nothing but the truth. Savory, who is a tall, vacant-looking lad, nodded his head. The CORONER then proceeded to read the evidence he had already given. The effect of it was—and it is ne cessary to give it in order that his additional testimony may be clearly understood —that on the evening of the Tuesday on which the murders were committed he saw Rush come home, shortly before six o'clock, and that he pulled his boots off. He cleaned them and put them to dry in the back kitchen, and then locked the door and put the key in his pocket. He went to bed between eight and nine o'clock, and the next morning found the boots in the same position. (With regard to his statement respecting the boots and his locking she kitchen-door, a remarkable admission was made by Rush, when before the magistrates, in his cross examination of the lad Savory. Rush said, " Now Savory, did you clean my boots on the Tuesday night?" " I did." " Did you not place (them by. the side of the kiln in the back kitchen to dry?" "Yes I did." " That was between five.and six o'clock, was it not ?" " Yes." "Did you not find them in the same place when you got up the next morning?" "I did." " You and the maltster sleep in the room just above ?" "Yes, we do." "Is it possible fora person to have gone into the back kitchen that n ight and re move d the b oats with out your heari ng him? " "It is impossible." "Do you think, if a person had gone in while you were asleep, he would not have awoke you?" ~ : re s h so." The Re v . M r . Wil , e must have done -sPn, tn e.Magistrate, not having taken down the cross-examination, requested it should be noted. The ma g i s t rate said, he di d .not think]it had any bearing on the case. Rush replied, "I think it of great importance it should be taken down, for the police would make one believe that somebody had taken the boots away and worn them, and placed them in the sumo position, but Savory shows_that could not possibly have taken place without,his knowledge of it.") The lad ,Savory was then subje c t e d to a very rigid examination, which lasted upwards o f f our h ours, throughout which he displayed much hesitation, and it was evident that he answered the questions with con siderable care. CORONER—Yon tell us that you cleaned Mr. Rush's boots on the Tuesday afternoon? Witness—l cleaned his boots between five and six O'clock —both pair were wet; the heavy ones, howeier, not so much so. I only washed them, and . did not bl a Ck them, I wiped both .I db . not 19.Pletni?e•F if Tuesday was a wet or foggy day. CORONER— . . CORONER — Did you always fasten the door:y ou h ave previously . mentioned? Witness— No; why I f as t ene d it on this night wai .• becatiia the re were only Mr. Rush and Mrs. James in the honse. It was a dour between the back kitchen and the kitchen; and i fastened it by putting a wooden p eg on the top of the." sna c k" or latch. I have since seen it, and I find it can be undone from the kitchen side, notwithstanding the peg. I made the peg purposely to secure the do or. CORONER—Had 'you any direction to make it? Wit ness—l had `not. I. received no orders about fastening the door. I did not do it every night. CORONER-Was Mr. Rush in the habit of going out after dark? .. Witnesi—No. Cononnit=Did you ever hear of his going out after poachers? Witness—No, not to my knowledge. Examination continued—l never knew of the boots being dirty after thiy had 'been cleaned on the previous night. If the boots hadheen used, they must have been washed and put in the same position. Before I cam e down on Wednesday morning I had, not 'spoken to Mr. Rush until after I was called up by the police. When Mr. Rush cane doWn, after had called , him, he asked mo what was the Matter ?:. I said I , did not know. Nothing was said abOut the: boots. I looked into the kitchen, and saw the boots: as I had left them on the previous night. I never saw any pistols in the house. I have seengUns. ConoNEß—What . reason had you for making a peg for the door? Witness—l had no.particular r 4 ason. It was about five or siiiinchea . long, and as broad as my two fingers. It was more of a wedge than a peg. I had no' trouble to make it. I got the .wood out of the cart lodge. I made it about a week before the Tuesday. I well remember fitting the i peg on the Monday and 'Tues day night. It was made of light coloured wood or a piece of deal, and was longer when I first made it than it is now. I shortened it to fit better. CORONER—When was • that? Witness--After the murders had happened. On the Wednesd ay or Thurs day afterwards I diiiied the part that I shortened, CORONER—That Was after Rush had been taken into custody? Witness-:—Yes, after he had been taken into custody. • • CORONER--'What . d id you mydo with it aft erwards? Wit ness—l carried it away in pocket. CORONER—Did any one_ tell you to put it in your pocket? Witness—No; no one told me to do so, nor to do anything with it. . . CORONER—Did you ever carry.it :in your pocket be fore? Witness—No. Examination continued—l am sure I slept in the house on Monday and Tuesday nights. 3,4 reason for pegging the door was because no one wanted to come in. There is a door into a passage which Mr. Rush had done up that day, and which preventad wy going into the pan- S DECEMBER 14, 1848. ! try; and I thought, as he had done up that door, he musts ome to me if he wanted anything out of the kit chen. L did not tell him I had done up the door until Thursd iy week, when I saw him at the Bridewell in the justice-room. Mr. Rush asked me a great, many ques tions. He asked me if I had cleaned his boots on Tues day night? I said " Yes." He asked me what time? I said " Between five and six o'clock." He asked me if the kitchen door could be opened, and if any person could get in without my knowing it? I said " I did not think they could." CORONER —When did you you put the wedge in the door on Tuesday night? Witness —A long time before I went to bed. I never recollect putting the wedge in so badly that the door might be opened. CORONER—Now, have you had any conversation with any person about this wedge? Witness—Yes; I asked the team-man to say that he had seen the door done up with the peg. CORONER—When was this? Witness —On the Wed nesday morning, shortly after my master was taken away. CORONER—What was your reason for asking him such a favour? Witness—The reason I had for asking him was that if he stated he saw me put the peg in it would screen Mr. Rush. CORONER —Did you show him the wedge? Witness— I did. CORONER—Did he see you fix the peg? Witness—l don't know whether he did. - CORONER—How would it screen Mr. Rush if he had said he had seen you fix the peg? Witness—Because it was thought he went into the back kitchen to get his boots, and I thought if he (the team-man) said he , 'saw the peg fi xe d as we ll as I it would much assist him. CORONER —But how could his not getting the boots screen him? Witness—Why, if he had not got his boots during the night it would have screened him. CORONER—HOW so? Witness—Because he hadn't them. I had no conversation with Rush about the wedge. CORONER—Nor conversation at all? Witness—When he was going away in the gig he said—" Now, you go away; I shall send for you and that lady" (meaning MR: James). The CORONER here said that an important change bad transpired in the evidence, for:it was now proved that the boots could have been removed. Mr. Superintendent Witherford, of the Norfolk con stabulary, was next sworn—l have been to Potash-farm with Savory. I had the wedge which I now produce, and which Savory admitted he had made and used for the purpose of fastening a door from the kitchen into the back kitchen. I desired Savory to fix the wedge into the door in the manner he had used to do it. He did se, and I being on the same side, placed my finger on the latch, and it opened immediately, without any difficulty. It was put in a second time by Savory, and it was as easily opened on the other side. I then asked Savory, if that was his usual way of fastening it ? He said, " Yes it is." I remarked to him how easily it could be opened. He said, " I see now it can be opened,from the other side." Joseph Howes, a constable in the Norfolk constabu lary, was next examined—On the 30th of November I assisted in the search of Potash -farm. Amongst the things I searched was a writing-desk, in which I found a quantity of letters. There was one dated April 28, 1848, signed "J. B. Rush," directed to "J. B. Rush jun., Potash-farm, Wymondham," bearing the London post-mark. There were expressions in the letter show ing an ill-feeling towards Mr. Jermy. Another letter contained opprobrious epithets on Mr. Jermy, such as " the Recorder." Other letters were found written in the same style; all tending to show the feeling that existed towards Mr..Jermy. I cannot produce the let ters, having given them into the hands of Colonel Oaks, the chief constable. The CORONER deemed it necessary that the letters should be produced in order that the jury might have an opportunity of ascertaining what amount of malice they contained towards the unfortunate gentlemen. He should therefore issue a summons for the attendance of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, to produce them at the next meet ing of the jury. Mr. William Colman, farmer, said—l occupy Stan field-hall Farm. lam acquainted with Potash-farm. At the request of the magistrates I have measured the distance from Stanfield-hall to Potash-farm by the pathway across the field. It is within one furlong of a mile. I have seen Mr. Rush use that path in going to the ball. The last time was about a month since. Rush then spoke to me, and said he was a trespasser, being at the time on my land. He said, it was the nearest way to Stanfield-hall, and he invariably made use of it when he went to see Mr. Jermy. Mr. Philip Bowgen, glazier, of Wymondham, said, on the night of the 28th of last month, hearing of the mur der at Stanfield-hall, I proceeded to the spot. On reach ing the entrance I saw the elder Mr. Jermy lying dead in the porch; and on going into the mansion I saw also, Mr. Jermy Jermy lying dead in the passage. I assisted in removing the bodies into the drawing room; and on returning, in the passage leading from the hall staircase to the butler's pantry, I discovered, lying on the ground, near the skirting board, a ramrod, which I produce. (It is rather massive, much larger than those ever used with holster pistols, made of mahogany and tipped with brass.) No other witness being in attendance, a consultation took place between the Coroner and jury as to the pro priety of again adjourning the investigation. The CORONER said, in a case of so grave and atrocious i a ng chaalrlatche evidenceteritrequitrhedattchoeugldrepaotessstibvlyigbileanccoelleinctoed. btanine therefore suggested that the inquiry should be adjourned for another week. The jury acquiesced, and the proceedings closed at a late hour. We regret to state, on the authority of the medical attendant, that the unfortunate Mrs. Jermy and her maid, Elizabeth Chestney, are not yet out of danger. In the course of the inquiry Mr. Cann communicated to the reporters the intention of the magistrates to make the court public on the last examination of the accused Rush, when all the depositions taken by them will be made known. Although a most vigilant search bas been made by the police and a large number of auxiliaries since the night of the murders, not the slightest trace of the fire arms of the assasin has been discovered. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 13.—The following are the names of those gentlemen who have obtained classes, "In Disci plinis Mathematieis et Physicis ": CLASS I ., —Edwards, Stephen, post master of Merton College; Evans, Gowen Edward, exhibitioner of Lin coln College; Shand, Thomas Henry Rhodie, commoner of Brasenose College; Spencer, Stanhope W., commoner of Christ Church. CLASS 2.—Bubb, William Henry, commoner of Wad ham College; Swabey, Henry, commoner of Pembroke College; White, Lewis Borrett, Michel scholar of Queen's College. CLASS 3.—None. CLASS 4.—Charsley, William A., commoner of St. Mary Hall; Goss, John, commoner of. St. Mary Hall; Lawrence, James, commoner of Brasenose College; Windle, William, commoner of Magdalen Hall. The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the London Me chanic's Institution, near Chancery-lane, was celebrated on Tuesday evening last,*by a Concert in their theatre. The songs, glees, Mid soIOS w e r e b r illi an tl y executed by the talented professionals engaged, and appeared highly to gratify the numerous and respectable audience assem bled, who testified their approbation by numerous en cores, Concerts at institutions for the benefit of their funds are . now, froM the 'great competing attractions held out to the public by musical' entertainments in va rious parts of the metropolis, matters of pure spe cu l a • Lion, and we . rejoice th a t the Members in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institution on Tuesday proved that the enterprising spirit of those members who projected the concert Was rightly appreciated. THE BANK or .gNGLAND.—Yesterday the tr ans f er books of the undermentioned annuties, on which the di vidends are due the sth of January, 1849, were 'shut, viz.: —Consolidated Three per Cents. and Annuities for terms of years until the. 16th of January, Three per Cent. Annuities 1726, and New Five per Cent. Annui ties, till the 11th of January. A general court was appointed to be held this day, the 14th instant. The dividends will be paid to the public on the Bth of Ja nuary. • [AD VER TlSEMENT.] — lndigestion.—No medicine has proved so efficient for the cure of indigestion and diseases of the stomach as Worsdell's Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hall, near Hud dersfield. All who.have used them speak in the highest terms of gratitude and praise as to their wonderful effi cacy. Mr. Charles . Adams, farmer, of Cheddeston, near Bungay, suffered from indigestion and extreme debility for seven years, during which period he was attended by two medical gentlemen. He was said to be in a consump tion, and no hopes were given of his recovery. He de termined, however,..to give. the Vegetable Restorative Pills a fair trial. 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The powers of this valuable new invention are so great as to bring very defective hear ing, of long standing, to its perfect and natural state, and to enable deaf persons to enjoy general conversation, to hear distinctly at church, on the bench, at the bar, and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are enti re l y removed, and it affords to individuals affected with this dreadful m alady all the assistance that possibly could be desired. Also improved liearini, saondthisabt rtohueghintotostitaagyedoudthe: Trumpets of every description. • The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dulness which appear before the eyes iS at once removed, a and id brilliantist int , f e e v e e t r i ,yeosbijgehc ht b b e c o e c onmi es ss bright ftd, natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes,Opera Glasses, MicroSeopes, &c.' Caution —The Messrs. S. and B. Solo on , Opticians and Aurists, are not connected 'with m s a person putting up the same name in their immediate neiglibcurhood.• To prevent mis takes be cautious, and Observe—To.be had at 3 ' .9 , Albemarle -street, Piccadilly (oppbato the York hotel). Entie:E SD. SIR. CHARLES • NAPIER. (From the Cheltenham - Examiner.) `Sir Charles Napier,.Lady Napier, and suite, left Dub lin en roue for Cheltenham air Wednesday morning. 'Their embarkation at Kingstown, in the Cambria, was quite in keeping.with the hearty reception-they have met with during their brief stay in Ireland. Early as the packet started, half-past eight A,N., a number of their friends attended them to beach, where they were re ceived by Captain Kean, R.N., and Captain Hall, RN., of the Dragon frigate. On the Cambria putting off from the shore, three hearty cheers and one cheer more were given by ;the groups on the quay for the hero of many fights. The cheering was unsparingly responded to by the crew of the Cambria, and on that vessel reaching the Dragon, which was anchored in the harbour, the entire crew of the frigate, manning the rigging, took up the cheer, and re-echoed it as only British sailors could do. The gallant officei, arrived on Friday at his residence, Imperial-square, and intends, we believe, prolonging his stay for some months in Cheltenham. On the Saturday before his departure, Sir Charies was invited by the Limerick garrison to a military banquet, which took place with great éclat in the commodious mess-room of the New Barracks. The colours of the 3d Buffs, 47th Regiment, and 92d Highlanders, were dis• played on the' walls of the magnificent apartment, which was brilliantly lighted, and had an imposing effect, Fronting the chair was the appropriate motto, " Meea nee, Hyderabad," with the royal crown at top. Colonel Cox, Assistant Quartermaster -General of the district, presided. In the course of the evening, Sir Charles Napier dwelt upon the commercial benefits which must result to Great Britain from the subjugation of the Punjaub:----" Gen tlemen,"-said he, " the geographical position of those countries is this—Abe Punjaub is like a lady's fan (and a very pretty one too for the Queen of England),- the five rivers forming the sticks of the fan. Now, these rivers all join their waters at a place called Mittun-Kote, which may be called the pivot, and l tenee the whole-ilas; on.riter to the ocean . . re are , abont 2 . ,000 miles of water-carriage thus presented to British commerce, and the countries through which these flow are rich. But this is not all. This great line of water-carriage from the Hymalayas to the sea, and running north and south, is crossed by a land-line of commerce, running from the west to east from Herat to Delhi, and other great cities of India. This land line crosses the water line at right angles near the Mittun-Kote. These care vitas crossed the Indus. Now, gentlemen, while the Ameers ruled Sinde, they being hostile to commerce, and possessing both banks of the Indus for about 400 miles up the stream from its mouths, effectually shut up the whole course of all these great rivers, to their sources amidst the roots of the Hymalaya mountains. The conquest of Sinde opened the Indus and all its tri butary rivers to their sources, and thus not only are they free to commerce, but the Indus which was before an impediment to the transverse land line of commerce that had to cross it, now becomes a help, and sup plies those caravans with steamers at Mittun-Kote to take their loads in exchange for British manufactures, which will thus be carried up those great rivers, and then spread over all those countries through which they run, and into Central Asia by the caravans arriving at Mittun-Kote. These things are not yet done, gentle men, but the conquest of Sinde by Lord Ellenborough has opened them to British enterprise, and they will be done in due time. The conquest of Sinde was the first step—that of the Punjaub will be the second —and there is every reason to believe that it will soon be annexed to the dominions of the East India Company." Later in the evening, when returning thanks for " Lord Gou g h an d th e I n di an A rm y," the Gallant General observed that—" He would here take leave to contradict the report made of a speech of his at a dinner given to him at Cheltenham. In speaking of the Indian army he was made to say he loved the Indian army better than the Queen's army. It was said that the re porters, not having been invited to that dinner, mis stated the speeches. What he (Sir Charles) said was, that, although he could not be supposed to be so much attached to the Company's army as to the Queen's, to which he belonged, he still honoured and loved the Indian army. This was a circumstance scarcely worth explaining, but not having been correctly stated in the English papers, he thought it would not be out of place to advert to it. The Indian army was one of the finest he ever saw. It consisted of 300,000 troops, cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Led on by British officers, it was equal to the British army in all things but in the physical strength of the men. Equal in arms, ap pointments, and discipline, 'it would follow the British troops' and stand by them in every danger.—(Cheers.) It was superior to every army but the British and the French, and equal in number to those of the continent of Europe. The mural feeling, the high spirit instilled into the Indian army by British officers, and the uniform system which pervaded the whcle, prepared the Indian army for any conflict. As for its commander, Lord Gough, it would be presumptuous in him (Sir Charles) to speak. The war in China, and the battles of the Sutlej spoke for themselves, and at the head of such an army his Lordship would, no doubt, subdue the Punjaub. Already had that precious diamond called the " Koh-i -noor" or " mountain of light" been taken possession of, and he (Sir Charles) hoped it would be sent to the Queen, of whom may we say that her diadem is a mountain of light—with which on her head, and her throne on a rock, I she may defy the world."—(Loud applause.) A a. . HERO IN THE RANK ;.-Sir C. Napier gave lately the following note to a private soldier who fought at Guznee:—" London, Sept. 10, 1848.—1 n the war against the Hill tribes in Cutch Gundewa, India, during the year 1845, a party, under .the command of Sergeant Power, of her Majesty's 30th Regiment, stormed a hill or preci pice at a place called Trukihiee. This party consisted of 16 men, including the sergeant, 12 of whom reached the summit; of these 12 there were six killed, and two severely wounded—the one was Private Rowan, the other Private Maloney, the bearer of this. He reached the summit, saved the lives of Private Burke and Private Rowan, slew two of the enemy, and then got away desperately wounded. I was not present in person at this gallant fight; nor do I give the above account from the lips of John Maloney himself—l take it from the written report made me on the day of the action by his commanding officer, who saw the whole transaction, as did a great part of the forces under my command, and I thanked John Maloney in general orders. Nor were the two men whose lives he saved ordinary men. They had ascended the precipice together; Anthony Burke shot one of the enemy, bayonetted a second, and, clubbing his musket, dashed out the brains of a third, but broke his musket in pieces; he was then disarmed and over powered, when Maloney saved his life! The other man, Rowan, had driven his bayonet through a Belooch, when the latter, with desperate courage, unfixed Rowan's bayonet, drew the weapon out of his own body, and plunged it through that of Rowan! lie then fell dead, and Maloney saved the life of Rowan; for this small party of twelve were attacked by eighty picked Be loochees, who lay in ambush for and suddenly fell upon them. I have entered at large upon this history of the brave John Maloney, because I think it gives him claims upon the kindness of his countrymen. * * * Having thus given my reasons, I conclude by recommending this gallant youth to those who can serve him.—C. Napier, Lieut.-General." John Maloney was discharged from, the 39th, at ls. per day pension; is a married man. Pri vate Rowan, 39th, survived his desperate wound, and volunteered into the loth Foot, now in the field at Moultan. CHATHAM, DEC. 12.—Last night as two men, J. Castleton and J. Wood, were driving a light cart by Chatham Dockyard wall, they carne up to a spot where a man was lying across the pathway groaning heavily. They alighted; and on raising him up, they found that he was covered with blood. They immediately laid him down again and ran for assistance; and on their return with Mr. Weekes, surgeon, they discovered that he had received a gun-shot wound in the left side close to the heart, and that one of the ribs was fractured. He died almost immediately. Near to the wall was lying his hat, and also a pistol, which had been just discharged. The deceased must have stood upright against the wall when he shot himself, as the marks of blood are distinctly visi ble, On his person were found some small pebbles, and a powder flask, containing powder; there were also some letters from a young lady residing in the neigh bourhood, to whom he was paying his addresses. The name of the deceased is James Podke, aged 23 years, and he was employed in the office of- Mr. Stevenson, in Chatham. It is stated that the deceased is respectably connected. The cause of his committing the rash act is a love affair, the parents of the young lady having in terfered said forbidden him the house. SUICIDE OF A GUARDSMAN. —Yesterday morning Mr. Bedford, the coroner, h e ld an i nquest at the Glou cester Ands; Rochester-row, Pimlico, upon the body of Isaac Phipps, aged forty-one, a private in the 2d batta lion of Grenadier Guards, who committed suicide on Tuesday last 'at the Military HOspital, by cuthtiinsgbhedis. threat with a knife, w hi c h h e had secreted in Deceased had been twenty-two years in the regiment, and'was much respected by his comrades and superiors for his steady and soldier-like conduct. F or t h e l ast sixteen ye a r s h e h ad been subject th to severe attacks of bronchitis, whi c h caused him The pain whi c h h e suffered on e thesem o soccasions a w g a o s n s y c; severe as to deprivo him of all self-control. He fre quently stated that he would prefer death to such suffer ing, Under these circumstances, Mr. Blown, the regi mental surgeon, had directed that he should not bo left alone; but during the temporary absence of his nurse he succeeded in accomplishing his fatal object. These facts having been deposed to, the jury found a verdict of " Temporary insanity." THE:CATHEDRAL AT BRlSTOL.—Considerable ex citement was created at Bristol on Sunday, owing to the following circumstance:—lt appears that the Dean and Chapter had recently come to a resolution to give up chanting the service in the cathedral, and as it was un derstood that Sunday was the day when the new prac tice was to be attempted, and as it was also intimated that one of the residentiary canons had expressed his intention to chant the service as usual, considering it his duty, there was a strong muster of the inhabitants determined to support him by chanting the responses. The cathedral was crowded, but it appears that some compromise had been entered into. The Rev. Canon Sartis read the service without chanting, but the choris ters appfared in their gowns and chanted the'responses as usual. The -inhabitants generally are - very averse to hATIDg thi4 old CL14014 41/910hed. . • . .• No'ember •• . 3 ,1721 Model 1723. 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On the topics contained in the report, which were various, a long discussion ensued, but, although points of opposie tion were mooted connected with the administration of the undertaking, especially in reference to the contract made with the managing directors, nothing tangible was established, and the whole of the explanations given were received by the great majority with unanimous approval. Among other subjects brought under notice was that of the insurance of the company's fleet, and the report treating of this question, as well as of the funds identified .with repairs and depreciation, contained a suggestion to the effect that the board, after giving the matter careful consideration, believed the time had now arrived " when the proprietors might prudently, and with advantage to themselves, discontinue, on the termination of the exist ing policies, the further payment of premiums to under writers." This recommendation, which was generally mentioned in terms of approbation, was also carried in the shape of a resolution. The debate being of a very discursive character, and little opposition being presented to the directors, inasmuch as the satisfactory announce ment was made that, notwithstanding the disastrous events of last year, the company had not in the remotest degree suffered, but had, on the contrary, compared with the corresponding period of the previous financial year, improved, both as regarded income and profits, its ulti mate tendency was wholly congratulatory, and although an attempt was got up against the confirmation of the election of new directors, the amendment proposed was, in the end, left in a considerable minority. The directors state in their report that, owing to the depressed position of monetary affairs, they have hitherto refrained from increasing their capital account by the issue of new shares, but they now consider that the period is approaching when they may be called to raise such additional capital on advantageous terms. The transit through Egypt continues to be conducted in an agreeable manner, but Abbas Pasha, the successor of Ibrahim Pasha, has signified that he :hall make fur ther important improvements in the transit arrange ments. The suspension of steam communication with Italy, the discontinuance of the conveyance of the India mail on tile 3d of the month from Southampton, Ad the offer made to the Government for establishing steam communication between Singapore and Sydney, were circumstances severally alluded to, in all of which the directors contend they have acted so far as they were concerned, in a spirit of good faith both to the public tad to their constituents. The vacancy in the committee of management occasioned by the death of Mr. Wncis Carleton, it is intimated, will in all probability be filled up by Mr. Allan, formerly the company's secretary; and as his appointment will be regulated on a reduced scale of remuneration, the proprietors will, it is asserted, by , this means derive a considerable pecuniary advantage. Adverting to the loss of the Ariel on the coast of army, it is mentioned that her original cost, about two yeara since, was 39,0001., and that she was insured to the ex tend of 15,0001. The accounts are in future to be open to the shareholders for examination a week before each meeting. The steam fleet of the company, which is represented as being in efficient working condition, now consists of 23 vessele, ranging from 400 tons and 150-horse power to 1,800 tons and 520-horse power each. Three other vessels are also in coarse of construction, one of 900 tons and 350 horse power, andt wo of 1,250 tons and 450- horse power each, but as the contemplated extension of the company's operations in the Indian Sea and Medi terranean is for the present postponed, favourable ar rangements have been made for the sale of the Bombay and the Vectis, so soon as they shall have been com pleted. The accounts of the company for the year ending the 30th of September last, placed before the meeting for the inspection of the proprietors, showed— " That after defraying the ordinary disbursements of the year, including the current repairs and insurance of the company's fleet, and carrying to the insurance fund 19,9001., as the balance of premium on the estimated amount of floating property not insured by underwriters, there remains to the credit of the profit and loss on the year's operations £140,531 ' " From which deduct the following items ; " Depreciation of 5 per cent, on the pre- £ sent estimated value of the company's ships for annual depreciation ... 40,000 " Amount paid the managing directors on account of 5 per cent. commission, or premium on net profits, for the twelve months ending the 30th of September •.. 2,700, " Reserve to meet balance of expenses in placing tour steam-ships on the India and China stations ... • . 7,000 " Also the dividend paid for the six months ending 31st of Aarch, 1848, which amounted to ... ... 39,003 .88,703 There remains available for the divi dend now abut to be declared, and to meet outstanding claims ••• On the £5l 828" Eastern subject of an ei fficient co operati on with the Archpelago Company, the managing directors of the Peninsular Company have stated that they are willing to afford the Eastern Archipelago Company all the support in their power, consistent with their charter of incorporation. Tney have also off, red to contract for supplies of Labuan coal for the depOts of the Peninsular Company at Singapore and Hong-Kong. A AIAN AND Two HORSES DROWNED.—OD Sa turday about one o'clock, a person named Crawford, re sident in Musselburgh, observed a lad with two horses and carts approach the Esk from the Fisherrow beach, opposite the embankment to the north-west of the gas work, with the evident intention of crossing the river. As Crawford was aware that it was impossible to cross that part of the river, tho tide being in, he call loudly to warn the unfortunate carter. As the latter did not ap pear to hear him, Crawford rushed towards the river, where he found the carter within about ten feet of the Musselburgh bank, but unable to proceed farther, the water being about seven feet deep, and the bank preci pitous. The carter had tied the reins round his waist, and was clinging to the neck of one of the horses. Craw ford unfortunately could net swim, but he encouraged the carter with assurance of safety, as soon as assistance (which he had sent for) arrived. The horse, however, in struggling to get free from its harness, was thrown on its side, and the carter underneath. A crowd had by this time collected, and ropes being procured, a man named hunter, succeeded in reaching the carter, but life was extinct. The body, with one of the horses and carts, were got ashore at the spot; the other horse and cart being carried out t o sea , were o b serve d b y a fi s hi ng vessel, an towed into Morrison's Haven. The carter, whose name was Waddell, was in the employment of Mr. smith, Crosgate Haugh, and was about 16 years of age. lie had been on the beach for the purpose of pro curing gravel. Great caution should be observed by carters in crossing the Esk, which is occasionally much swollen by rain and by the tides, while the bridge is so conveni..lit and accessible from all points, as to rend er the fording of . the river unnecessary.—Caledonian Mercury. EXTRAORDINAY ESCAPE.—As Captain Kernick, of the Owlaoembe Mines, was descending one of the shafts on Tuesday last the rope to which the bucket was attached broke, and he tell a depth of 42 feat. Provi dentially he-wac'not hurt, and shortly after walked to Ashburton, two miles.— Western Luminary, --- PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—A plan is in contemplation for altering the Retribution steam-frigate, 1,640 tons. 80 0-horse power, to a screw-ship, with an auxiliary power of 70-horse, to serve as a troop-ship. In the " great blue book" (Report on the Navy Estireas) we find the following respecting this and other steam. fail ures (so called): — List of the Steam Navy, divided into three classes:— First class: largest class of steamers (above 1,800 tonsil — The Terrible -1,800 tons; 800 horse power; greatest speed, 12.5 miles per hour. This ship, from her lige power and size, sho u ld h ave done ' Sixteen miles as Motu' easily.. Cost .101,0001.. A more useful, of the same class,-can be built for 90.000/.—E. Lang. _ The Retribution-1,640 tons; 800 horse power; great est speed, - 13.2?-12.2 miles per hour. Said to be unser viceable altogether. Ought to be crank from her pro portions.—Surveyor. The Sidon-1,328 tons; 560 horse power; greatest speed, 13? miles per hour. Should have done fifteen miles an hour; is crank as I have seen her. Cannot sail when empty. Costi—Sir C. Napier. The Penelope-1,616 tons; 625 horse power; greatest speed, 9.6 miles per hour. A French frigate ruined. Con verted to a steam ship. Useless except as a troop-ship. Slow. Cost. ?—Surveyor. The Odin-1,326 tons; 560 horse power; greatest speed, 11.0 miles per hour. Cost 80,0061. Slow. Equally good ship for less than 70,0001. The Avenger-1,444 tons; 650 horse power; greatest speed,,9.9 miles per hour. Since lost. Slow. The Amphion-1,474 tens; 300 horse power. Said to be an experimental failure in machinery. A frigate cut down. Mr. Thomas Downes, a warrant-officer of much expe rience, having latterly been boatswain of the St. Vincent, Q um ,- - A - gtenourty &c:; - -- reeentlrrprminted Master- Rigger of , Devonport Dockyard, is appointed to this dockyard, vice Mr. Andrews, appointed to this establish ment, but who exchange:4 with Mr. Downes. Wind,S.S.E.,. light breezes, and;hizy wee they, &paw. —lt' itontinue in its present quarter, Sir Charles Na pier's . squadron will put to sea to-morrow'moreing. s tx Charles went to Osborne to-day to pay his respects to her Majesty ,prior to sailing. The Fairy waited on the gallant Admiral: DEC. 13.—The Advice, steam-vessel, having been refitted at this dockyard, went down the river to-day to try her engines, under the charge of Lieutenant: Robertson, with Mr. Rigby and Mr. Cassey, assistants to the Chief Engineer, and returned shortly after two o'clock, having been found to answer very well. A great number of hands are employed in shipping the , guns on board the Arrogant steam-frigate, and making' her rea4 for triaLand tor.,.commissioniiig• . . The" Janus st6t4E-:'t.:essel' .is' under the shears in tho inner basin; having her guns put on board, and will shortly be ready for sea. The Basilisk steam-vessel has been brought down to Woolwich, to be made ready for trial with the Niger steam-vessel, fitted with screw propeller. The quantity of work now executed in the factory department. here is considerable, and only the best work men employed, under able superintendents, which in sures the articles being made - in the best manner, so essential in work connected with steam-engines. Letters have been received here, stating that the Su perb, 80 guns, is making ready for sea at Portsmouth. with the greatest dispatch. Sin- Man- Esq., 'croft, %rode- les, of Ren- lli&m ter of Dwer, )lace, long On of ldest trix im e$ Jaw, rur uty- ated )