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The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral Rif the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Motice, that on TUESDAY, the 11th of April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and delivering at the undermentioned the follow leg qua nti t I kta of COALS, for the service of her Majesty's Mail Steam ..ratitets, : • Tons. DOYTII HOLYIIEAD•••• • • • • —2,600 KINGSTOWN" •• • • •• •• To he dolivered within twelve months front the let ~f May next ......... lieu for supplyiug at rurt Patrick, and Donaghadee, fur the like wervise, during the said period of twelve months, all such quantities of Coals as shall from time to time be ilvmantled. The Coale from Donagliadee to be supplied by the Contractor for /tort Patrick. The condiiious of the Contracts, and the fermi of the Tenders, may be sec■ at the said Office. No render will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nur any noticed, anless the party *tteids, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the kiecretary at the Admiralty, and bear In the left band corner the words "Tender for Coals for Mail Packets," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, ac companied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engagin; to become bsunl with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. per cent. en the value, for the deo performance of the Contracts. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. At a VESTRY MEETING of the Parish of SAINT FAITH under SAINT PAUL'S, held March 31st, 1845, Mr. Churchwarden VIRTUE in the Chair; Tke following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : keyed by Mr. SAMUEL OSMOND ; seconded by Mr. JOHN WILLIAM Reeve. 1. That this Vestry Meetiag views with unqualified regret the Proposal of her Majesty's Ministers, by means of a Sanitary Mea mare to deprive the citizens of London of their ancient Saxon pri • 'niece of electing those persons who are to have the power of taxing them for local purposes. MOVEd by Mr. HENRY HICKS ; seconded by Mr. G. SILVERSIDE, Jun. 2. That in no other city of the world has been established a sys tem of sewerage so complete as that at present existing in the City of London. That the present Commissioners of Sewer , , as part of the municipal body, come annually before the citizens for re-election. That the Commissioners are accessible at all times to their con stitaents, and themselves pay their fair share of the rates they im- Poes ; and if the additional powers sought by the City Authorities in their Bill before Parliament be granted, we anticipate they wil again avail themselves of the latest scientific discoveries, and thel highest professional skill, and th 11.9 1101ItintiO to adminster Popularly the powers hitherto wielded by the Corporation of London tor the general public good. Moved by Mr. JAStES DUCKWORTH ; seconded by Mr. CHARLES IlEwalt 3. That the example before the public of the working of the Poor-law Commission has given this vestry an unfavourable opinion of the system of centralization with irresponsible paid Commis sioners, and while this meeting is anxious that the unpaid local government should be strengthened with all needful power to improve the sanitary condition of the City, they feel that the exercise of the powers proposed to be given to an irresponsible Central Beard would be an usurpation of those rights and privileges Upon which have been upreared the English mmiarehy and our much valued British Constitution. Moved by Mr. FRANCIS 11. RIDLEY ; seoonded by G. WAST/INGTON llorsE : 4. That the foregoing resolations he ae crtiscd la the daily papers, and at the fitting time embodied in a petition to be presentet to Parliament. 1 IVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY. At an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of the LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and -NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the Albion, Hotel in the City of !Manchester, on THURSDAY, the 10th day of March, 1848, at Twelve o'clock at noon, pursuant to notice convening the same, THOMAS ROBERT WILSON FFRANCE, Esq., in the Chair. The SECZETAIT having read the notice convening the meeting, aid also the Report of a Committee of Investigation, appointed at the Ordinary Half-Yearly 'Meeting 'of the Proprietors held on the 18th ult., and adjourned to this day— Moved by EnwAan Marisa, Esq., of York : seconded by W. A. S. IVEsTouv, Esq.; and unanimously resolved That the Report of the Committee be received and entered on the Minutes. Moved by Mr. HARPER, and seconded by IlsNay ALcocs, Esq., of Skipton : That it is not expedient that the several Railways and Works which the Company arc authorized to make should he abandoned. To which it was, as an amendment— Moved by Ham RAwsoN, Esq., of Manchester—seconded by CumtLxs CARR, Esq. , of Skipton : That it is expedient to wind up the affairs of this Company as soon as possible. 3totion for the amendment was here pat to the Meeting, when there appeared a show of hands of— fs for it, and 30 against it : Majority in favour of the original motion 25, on, on which Mr. Paaseia &mended a poll. The votes by proxy .nd present were then taken by the Chair man and Secretary, and the result declared es follows : Proxies. Present. 16,254 3,315 .. 712 8,112 .. For the original motion For the amendment .. Total. 19,69 3,824 21 ajority in favour of the original motion • • .. .. 15,745 Moved by Air. BURCllELL—seconded by Mr. Aiimix, and un.tni- monsly resolved : That this meeting do now adjourn to this place at ‘leyen o'clock to-morrow. Adjourned accordingly. THOMAA ROBERT WILSON FFRA...NCE, Chairman. At an Adjourned Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietor of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcostle=upofi-Tyne Junction Railway Company, held at the Albion Hotel, in the city of Man chester, on Thursday, the 30th day of March, 1848, pursuant to re solution to that effect, passed at the Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting of the said Company, bruary last, held at the same place, on the Bth sla y of Fe- TIIQMAS ROBERT WILSON FFRANCE in the Chair. Mr-Edward Bennett. solicitor, having read the resolution ad journing the Meeting, It was Moved by EDWAID HARPER, Esq., of Tork; seconded by ROBERT GILL, Esq. - , of Mosst ,, n-wood House— " That this Meeting be adjourned to Twelve o'Clock at noon to morrow, or until immediately after the termination of the 1. xtraor dlnary Meeting of the Proprietors, which now stands adjourned to Eleven o'Clock to-morrow." Adjourned accordingly. THOMAS ROBERT WILSON FFRANCE, Chairman. At an Extraordinay General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Comp iny, held pursuant to notice convening the same at the Albion Hotel, In the city of Manchester, on Thursday, the 30th day of starch, 1848, immediately after the adjournment of the Adjourned Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the said Com pany, THOS ROBERT WILSOV FFRAN&E, Esq., in the Chair, Mr. Edward Bennett, Solicitcir, having read the notice convening the Meeting, it was Moved by W. llaarka, Esq., of Bury ; seconded by P. KiLcoux, Esq , of London, and unanimously resolved : " That this meeting he adjourned to two o'clock to-morrow, or immediately after the termination of the Adjourned Ordinary Half yearly Meeting of the Proprietors to take place on that THOMAS ROBERT WILSON'FFRANcE, Chairman. On the motion of Mr. Edward Hooper, of York, a vote of thanks was Passed to the Chairman for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting adjourned. C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary, BEADING SAUCE, for FISH, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, &c JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Pro t, prietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg most respectfully to Caution the Public against the dallY frauds and impositions practised by many London and Country Oilmen, who are offering for sale their own spurious compositions as the Genuine Reading Sauce. This SAUCE is patronised and raconnrionded by most Families in Oho Kingdom, and as a Sauce for general use it stands unrivalled. It %retailed by all respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Venders in the xs2,ldom. Be particular in asking for "COCKS'S READING SAUCE," ie prepared Only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manu factory, Duke-street, Reading.—All others are Counterfeits.—Obseryo tke Name " J. and C. Cocks, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each Mottle t without this none are Genuine. )lAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGIIT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used In all the palaces in Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi auxy oil lamps —so simple it cannot be mismanaged—no cleaning re quired far years—costs less in burning than any common oil lamp— lives double the light of candle lamps, at tne-half the expense—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp is perfection in I.ight—the public will have none other—it can be lilted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only (and burning continually) at the Establishment QC the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Itanager, 447, West Strand, London. _ _ . Persons residing in the country need only send their oil cups, or the old lamp-head, to have the Diamond Lamp fitted. y none other than the Diamond Lamp BEAUTIFUL TEETH. p OWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. ATIL! A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re eherche ingredients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar cats adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its antiseptic and anti-scorbutic properties exercise a highly lseneflcial and salutary influence: they arrest the ffirther progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of the Gums, and by confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, perpetuate effective and complete mastication ; the breath also, fl'om the sale trious and disinfecting qualities of the Odonto, attains a grateful aweetnese and fragrance. The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi cacy in preserving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, in conse quence, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe.—Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus, " A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box. ROWLANU'S ALSANA. EXTI:ACT, /For relieving the Toothache, Gam Boils, and Swelled Face, and which, by constantly using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish a excruciating pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfu.tly in. necent in its nature. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each bottle The Government Stamp, as on the " Odonto," is affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. T,A'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.--Imn 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jay,t published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ild„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise of the physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural kelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica: Observations en the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion- With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the reproductive Organs, "P l ai , ling their structures, uses, and functions, and the various Injuries that are produced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and listfeetf oi BY SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Deetor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, Roc. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, In order That it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the Nail, which covers the origin of domestic w retchedness, he raised, and ' itb :um source in every instance disclosed, in how many could itbe traced to nointments. physical disqualifications and their attendant Excessesdisap are always injarions ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused .the Drolifie source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, en Ste nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, skan any other to which it Is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. it deservedly requires the closest attention and study, tor what subject can be of more Importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. it uufertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired In early life or from the follies •f advanced age, while flattering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LI'MERT has obtained tho highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice far ninny years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost iolely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oztord-street; Starie, Tichborne- Street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamp. , , from the Author, who may b 3 consulted on these disorders personally Or by letter, daily, from Tea till Two, and from Fin till Eight . at his a 7. tiodkatieusze London. A K K I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questiouably contented. Diffidence, or a sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the Indissoluble, regret en cornprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuld form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Header, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by host, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their snpposed contents, from obtaining ti , em. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to 'whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or . ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price is. each, by post Is, Gd.) called " 'What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely damphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this (ob servance of tke maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto —to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, comings and evenings), 10 , Argyll-plaee Itegent-street; and all ,olc,:ellers illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. AND IMPEDIMENTSMARRIAGE. TO 3 ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, New Edition, enlarged to 196 p a g es. J ust published, price 2s or by post, direct from the Establishment , s. Ar niE SILENT FRIEND , a Medical Work') 6d, In postage stams, on _a_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and th e means of obviatin g c ertain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. —Y It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. I'ART 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 from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and centains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect arid of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention o Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action Is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Man entering into life. BART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophioally inquired Into. THNCORDIAL BALM OF STRJACUM is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sec., 1/s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. ad., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhma, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultatiou fee, if by letter, 11. 5/. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, it., is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, from Eleven till aza riri to .fight,; (3161iAdtips favp OTell to Oa BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1848. — The new edition of this popular work for 1848, revised to the present time, from the personal communications of the Nobility, &c., has just appeared. This new edi tion well sustains the character given of the work by a contemporary, who says. " Burke's Peerage and Baru netage is universally acknowledged to be one of the most splendid volumes that ever issued from the press. The extent of its information is indeed surprising. The lineage of each distinguished house it records is deduced through all the various ramifications. Every collateral branch, however remotely connected, is introduced, and the alliances are so carefully in ser t e d as t o s h ow i n a ll instances the connexion which so intimately exists be tween the titled and untitled aristocracy. We have also much entertaining historical matt er , an d many very curious and interesting family traditions. The work is, in fact, a complete cycloposdia of the whole titled classes of the empire, supplying all the inf orma ti on t h at can possibly be desired on the subject." HEAVY SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS.—The Black Mountains in our vicinity have been so deeply covered with snow, that several farmers have been obliged to send men up in the early part of the week, to cut th e sheep out of the snow-wreaths, a circumstance rarely known to occur in the month of March. On Tuesday se'unight the snow was a foot deep on the Mendip Rills.—tierefor d Journal. No. 17,321.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING Under the Especial Patronage of leer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST INDIA, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURUNCE SOCIETY, 13, Waterloo-place, London. DIRECTORS. Colonel Sir Frederic Smith, K.H., Captain Sir George Back, R.N. It . E., Chairman Major-Gen. Taylor, C. 13., E.I.C.S. Major. Gen. Sir William Gosset, Maj.-Gen. Edward Wynyard,C.B. C. 8., It.E., Deputy- Major-Gen. Arnold, K.H., K.C. Chairman Lieut.-Col. 11. Hamner, K.H., late Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., )I.l'. Major Shadwell Clerke, K.H., Major-Gen. Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., F.R.S. G.C.H. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late Gen.!Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., R.H.G. Capt. William Lanky, R.E. Major-Gen. Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent. K.C.H. James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Lieut.-General Sir John Gardiner, Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. K.G.B. Major-Gen. Sir John Bolt, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, Major F. S. Sotheby, C.B. K.C.8., B.A. Lieut.-Col. Alderson, R.E. BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Co , 59, Strand. ACTUARY—John Finlaiwn, Esq., the Government Calculator. A ssu ANCES are granted upon the Lives of Per -41- sons In every station of Life, and for every part of the World, upon particularly favourable terms. Pcrsms assured in this Mice may change from one country to another without forfeiting their Policies. A Bonus, amounting to thirty per cent. on the actual value of the Policies was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial Meeting held in the year 1844. JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary. NOTICE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, INCORPORATED by ROYAL CHARTER in 1838. ARTISTS and MANUFACTURERS of the USEFU and ORNA MENTAL ARTS and PATENTEES of NEW INVENTIONS, especially of WORKING MODELS, are respectfully informed that their works should be forwarded to the Institution for deposit on or before the Bth INSTANT, to be in time for the New Edition of the Catalogue. T , — ITUTION will be RE-OPENED to the PUBLIC on the INSTI 20th INSTANT. April 1, 1848 R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for APRIL, CONTAINS: The Wants of the Times. The German Colony in Texas. By John Wilmer. Scottish Rivers. No. 111. The Tyne (Concluded). By Sir T4eniste Dick Lauder, Bart. Edinburgh Lodging-house Association. An Evening at Victor Hugo's. , Miranda : a Tale of thee French itevolution (Continued). By Percy B. St. John. A Star Shines through the Mist : a Portuguese Conspiracy in the Reign of Philip the Second. Louis Blanc. By Goodwin Barmby. Life Assurance. No. 11. The Scotch Entlll Bill. Poetry.—Lines on the Elevation of the Rev. Dr. Hampden to the See of llereferd.—Freedom. Literary Register. Adventures of alt Aide-de-Camp. Political Register. French Revolution. Sutherland and Knox, Edinburgh; Sim?kln, Marshall, and Co., London; Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin; James 31'Leod, Glasgow. EMILIA WYNDHAM for ONE SHILLING, in th• APRIL VOLUME of Now ready, price Is., and sold Everywhere, GAVARNI in LONDON. Sketches of London Life and Character. Edited by ALBERT SMITH. Part I. containing Three Plates, beautifully tinted, wit)" letter-press de seriptions. The Opera . . . by Shirley Brooks. The Street Beggar . by Angus B. Reach. The Casino . . . by Albert Smith. D. Bogue, 86, Fleet-street. FRANCE A WARNING TO ENGLAND ! This day is published, price is., THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, a Warning to the Aristocracy and Middle Classes of England. " Set thy house in order." London : Effingham Wilson, publisher, Royal Exchange. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CI RCUlT.—Kingston, March 31. CROWN SIDE.--(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Caroline Pratt, 22, was indicted for concealing the birth of her male illegitimate child. The prisoner was committed for the murder of the infant in question, but the grand jury ignored the bill. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock de fended the prisoner. It appeared in evidence that the accused was in the service of a family at Baustead, and in September last, in consequence of a suspicion that she .was in the family way, the person of the prisoner was examined, and on her being taxed with having a child, she at first denied it, but at length admitted that it was so, and, according to the evidence of one witness, she at the same time said that she had thrown the infant into the water-closet. A search was made in the place indicated, and there the body of a male child was discovered, which, according to the evidence of the surgeon was full grown, and, there was some reason to believe, had been brought into the world alive. Mr. CHARNOCK made a very feeling and forcible ap peal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and com mented upoa the misery that resulted to young women in her situation in life, after having become the victim of a seducer, and he urged that it was possible the child might have come into the position in which it was found by natural means, and without any guilty act on the part of the accused. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The business on this side was concluded about half- Fast twelve o'clock, and his Lordship then commenced taking common jury cases, and will continue to do so until the list is gone through. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord DENMAN and Special Juries.) THE_EURREY IRON R111,"4 , AY COMPANY V. CHAPLIN. This was an action brought by the proprietors of the old tram-way between Croydon and Wandsworth, to compel the performance of an agreement by the de fendant and a gentleman named Humphreys, for the purchase of their line. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Peacock were for the plaintiff, and Sergeant Channell for the defendant. The evidence in this case was purely of a technical character. It appeared that in 1845 there was a nego tiation for the purchase of the tramway in question, there being at that time some intention of using it as a link to connect the South-Western and the Brighton Railways. That project, however, was abandoned, and it seemed that only a portion of the agreed purchase money was paid, and the present action was brought to enforce the original agreement. The jury found for the plaintiffs. UNITED KIN GDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-11IALL, LONDON ; 97, GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH ; 12, ST. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW; 4, COLLEGE-GREEN, DUBLIN. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. When the insurance is for life only one half the annual premium need be paid for the first five years. Every Information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospectuses, &c., may be had. THE STANDARD- LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT, 1848. The TWENTY - SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Company took place on Tuesday, the 15th of February, within the Company's Office, No 3, George-street Edinburgh.: GEORGE MOIR, Esq. Advocate, in the Chair. The Report and Statements submitted by the Directors contained a very satisfactoi y account of the progress of the Institution during the year 1847. It was reported : That the `number of Policies for Life Assurance issued by the Company from the 15th November, 1846, to 15th November, 1847, was 621. That the Sums Assured daring the same period, contained in these Policies, amounted to 441,5781. 4s. I Id. That the number of applications for Policies made to the Com pany, and Raining h the above transactions were selected, was 804, coaroposals for Asst ran to the extent of 591,6631. As. That the Annual Revenue of the Company, as at 15th November, 1847, was 131,3161. 10s. 7d. That the whole amount of assurance covered by the Company's Policies, hi force at 15th November, 1847, was 3,252,0901. 14s. 10d. The Report then proceeded as follows : " The past year has been marked by the most extraordinary fea tures as regards commercial affairs and general credit ; but, while all classes of society, especially the mercantile community, and our public institutions connected with the general affairs of commerce, have felt the pressure of the times, the Life Assurance Institutions of the country have stood unaffected by the crisis. :Nothing can tend more to extend confidence in these institutions than this result ; and it is hoped they will always he found affording protection and dis pensing benefits to all connected with them, unaffected by those periodical changes. " Notwithstanding the unfortunate position of the country daring the past year, the amount of new business transacted by this Com pany has exceeded to a large amount the business of the previous year. The claims during the year have been greater in proportion than usual , but when the increased mortality throughout the king dom generally is remembered, the Directors consider they have reason to be well satisfied with the results." Alter the Report and Statements were read, the Chairman con gratulated the meeting ou the favourable position of the Company, and its prospects generally, and again brought under notice the most prominent features in the Report. lie drew attention to the great increase of the business, the increase of the revenue, and the rapid ac: umulation of the Company's Funds, which it appeared HAD BEEN MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS. The following Abstract, showing the new business transacted by the Company annually since 1842, was referred to, as exhibiting, in a marked degree, the growing estimation of the STANDARD in public favour:— • Number of Corresponding Sum Now Policies issued. Assured. 1843, New transactioUs .... 383 £348,135 17 1 1844, „ .... 562 .. •• • 387,381 0 0 1845, „ (Bonus year) • • 698 .• •.• • • 446,026 12 10 1846, „ .... 592 •• .... 368,679 710 1847, „ • 621 ........ 443,578 4 11 The meeting expressed entire satisfaction with the report and statements; and, after the ejection of new directors in the room of those retiring by rotation, in accordance with the Act of Parliament, the establishment of the Company for the ensuing year was declared to be as follows : "GOVERNOR. His Grace the DUKE of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. the EARL of ELGIN H. and KINCARDINE. EDINBURG ORDINARY DIRECTORS. ILI mphrey Graham, Esq., W.S., 14, Atholl-crescent. John Sligo, Esq., of Carmyle, 15, Drummond-place. Alex. James Russell, Esq., G.S.; 10, Walker-street. William Wood, Esq., Surgeon, SI, Darnaway-street. William Keith, Esq., Accountant, 50, Castleotrect. John Robert Tod, Esq., W.S., 30, Moray-place. John S. Newbigging, Esq., Sheriff-Clerk of Roxburghshire. George Patton, Esq., Advocate, 3S, Frederick-street. Alex. Clappertoni Esq.,,,Meachant, 128, Prinee's-street. Charles Fearsoti, Esq , Accountant, 128, George-street. David Smith, Esq., W.S., 2, Ainslie-place. Eagle Henderson, Esq., Merchant, 16, Coates-creseent. James Condie, Esq., Perth. James Robertson, Esq., W.S., 28, Stafford-street. Janice Hay, Esq., Merchant, Leith. LONDON. CHAIRMAN or Tux BOARD. The Right Hon. the Earl of ABERDEEN. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. Thomas Holdsworth Brooking, Esq., 2, Alderman's-walk. David Laing Burg, Esq., 12, Kensington Palace-gardens. Alex. Gillespie, Esq., 5, Gould-square. John Lindsay, Esq., 26, Lauresce Pountncy-lane. Alex. Macgregor, Esq., 31, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place. John Scott, Esq., Moorgate-street Chambers. MANAGER—WiIIiam Thos. Thompson, Esq. _ _ RESIDENT SECRETARIES. London —Peter Ewart,Esq. --- Smylie, Esq. Glasgow—William Hunter, Esq. 82 , King William-street, London, March 1, 1848. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT, Pursuant to Act 6th and 7th Vict., cap. 65, which has com manded a proverbial reputation, has been re-produced by Messrs. SWAIN and Co., in Cloths of texture adapted to the approaching season. This fashionable garment has become an essential luxury, and the terms render its acquisition universal. 379, Oxford-street.—Price 21. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-ZTREET, at the Entrance of the Old rest - office, Loudon. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, f3eq., Chairman. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. (retry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davie 3, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at ow Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Ilonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,000/. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient thno to have attained in each case a value not under 501. A. W. Robarts, Esq. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which haft been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Iliad °dice ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. . GEORGE KEYS. Secretary. THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. MI?. ALBERT SMITH'S NEW WORK. Now ready, price Is., profusely iliustrated, THE. FLIRT : her Natural History, Habits, and 1.2. Peculiarities. By ALBERT SMITH. D. Bogue, Fleet-street, and sold Everywhere. DR. RAMADGE ON CONSUMPTION. One vol. Bvo., the Third Edition, with Coloured Plates, price Bs., CONSUMPTION CURABLE ; and the Manner In which Nature, as well as Remedial Art, effects a healing Process in Cases of Consumption. Explained and illustrated by highly interesting cases. To which is added, an Exposition of the Treatment by which the Development of Tubercles may be prevented in persons liable thereto. By FRANCIS 11. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'. NRW PEOPLE'S IDITION. Price 2s. 6d FALLACIES of the FACULTY, with the CIIRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM of MEDICINE. By Dr. DICKSON. CONTENTS:—Errors in Routine Practice--The Chrono Thermal Doctrine of Disease, and its successful Application to Asthma, Epilepsy, Palsy, Convulsion, Spasm, Apoplexy, Varicose Veins, Spitting of Blood, Heart Disease, Consumption, White Swelling, and other Diseases of the Joints, Spine, &c.—New Theory of Inflamma tion What is Gout? &c. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers-court. J. Olinger, Pall-mall. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, as improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwarded by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu- merous Anatomical Coloured kngrti'vings. 31[ANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Diroctlons for its PERFECT RESTORATION. _ A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, Indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the most 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 instrections for private correspondence, cases, &c. - By J. L. LITRTISand CO., Consalting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ',Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thonghtless 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, and Co.—Their long experience 'and reputation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir culation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful vaaladieg which lias too long horn the prey of the illiterate and the designing." United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation et its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, he astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases •f young per sons of both saxes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from EleTen till Two, and Six to Eight in the Evening. MOSES AND THE MUSES A TALE. The muses, good reader, (unless I am wrong), Have ever been vicw'd as the handmaids of song. These maids (nine In number) so fiction relates Are able to govern poetical pates. And thoroughly knowing what all kind of wit Is, To help a poor poet in writing his ditties. And now for my story—a singular one — These nymphs were invited by MOSES and SON, Who wished to inform them, of what they must sing, And to tell them of matters concerning the spring. " We thank you, (said MOSES,) for services past ; Nor have we the slightest reflection to east. Much attention to MOSES and SON you've attracted, And have faithfully told of the manner they've acted ; In telling the world what our tailoring trade is, You never have once over-rated it, ladies. You have told what is true—you have spoken with reason, And now let us come to the present spring season. Please to take a walk round (said E. MOSES and SON) And see for yourselves what a deal we have done. Here are waistcoats of newest design for the spring, And trowsers and over-coats fit for a king. Just notice (said MOSES) the dress coats and frock, And the elegant hats, and the hosiery stock. You've plenty to write on, especially so When we say that the prices were never so low ; Go, tell to the public what fashions attract, And tell them how MOSES and SON mean to act." Here the ladies all curtsey'd, and promis'd to sing With truth and with warmth of the stock for the spring. LIST OF PRICES. Beaver Taglioni 40 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every _— description of Over-coat, handsomely The Pacha Coat • ... • .... The Bullmer, especially adapted for snowy and wet waather ••• .... The • •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 15 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every style— ••.•..• • • • • • 0 6 0 Men's Do. Trousers, lined .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin •••••• .. • • • • Dress Coats .... ••..•••• • • • • • • 1 0 0 Double-breasted Winter Vests ••••••••• • •• • • • • • • 0 2 0 Roll collar Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits •• • • ••••..• • • • • • 0 16 6 MAD'S TO ICZALIMEZ. Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand somely trimmed •• • • ............. ..... from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs .• 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper .... ••••.. • • • ••• •••• • • • • 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers ISest, or Dress.... ••••.• • • • • ..... 1 6 0 Dress Coat .• ..... ..................... 1 12 3 Best quality made.. •• .• 2 15 0 Frock do•• ••••••• • .. • • • • •••• • • • • 1 15 0 Best quality made.• •••••• •• • • 3 3 0 Cashmere Tests .... • • • • • • .. • • Satins, Plain or Fancy • • ..... ••••• • • • • 012 0 Boy's llussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..• • • • 1 6 0 Great Coat.. .•••• • • • • .............. 0 16 0 A Suit of Clothes complete.. • • ...• •••• • . •• • • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. - • -- E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 84, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Cauttn.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public, against impostors, but have learned that the nntradesman- Ake falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, bas been resorted to in many instances, and for ebvioas reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and these who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. PENNELL V. STETENS. This action was brought by the assignees of a bank rupt, named Burton, to try the question, whether the defendant, who was one of his creditors, was entitled to be paid his debt in full upon a judgment he had obtained, or come in with the other creditors. Mr. Bovil and Mr. Wood were for the plaintiffs; Sergeant Shee and Mr. Pearson for the defendant. The bankrupt, it appeared, was a builder in the Com mercial-road, Lambeth, and at .the latter end of last year his affairs being involved, he was desirous of making some arrangement with his creditors, and the majority consented to the proposition made to them, which ap peared a perfectly honourable one; the bankrupt offering to pay all his debts in full, with interest, if time were allowed. The defendant, who is a bill-broker, and who held two acceptances of the bankrupt for 370/., and a few other of the creditors, refused to accept the terms offered, and after some negotiation, the defendant having commenced legal proceedings, was allowed to take a judgment by consent, upon the understanding that he was to be paid by cer tain instalments. Mr. Burton was unable to make the payments, upon which the defendant put in his execution, and the only question now was, whether an act of bankruptcy had been committed prior to the exe cution going in, and whether the defendant had had notice of it; as, if that were the case, he would not be entitled to have any preference, but would claim with the other creditors. Evidence was adduced upon these points to show that before the execution was sent in, the bank rupt had gone out of the premises to avoid being served with a writ, and that due notice was given to the de fendant; and it was also stated incidentally, in the course of the case, that when the bankrupt had realised his property, there would be a surplus of 20,0001. remain ing after every creditor had been paid in full. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, March 31. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) Matthew Davies, aged 42, was charged with the mur der of his wife, on the 13th of October. Mr. Wilmore prosecuted; Mr. Miller and Mr. Ma cauley defended. The prisoner lived with his' wife at Birmingham. She was an industrious hardworking woman, but 'on account of the brutality of her husband had been forced to take out articles of the peace against him. He, nevertheless, continued to ill-treat her, and she had expressed her in tention of again applying to the magistrates for protec tion. The prisoner tried to dissuade her, but without effect, and on the day in question he spoke to her again, after having in vain tried to solicit the good offices of some relations in his behalf. On the 13th of October he, and his wife, and another female were in the back premises; his wife had been peeling potatoes, and was washing her hands, when the prisoner asked her not to go before the magistrate, and kept saying, " Will you, will you?" She replied she could. He then went be hind her, and took hold of her head, as if (as one of the witnesses said) he was going to kiss her, and imme diately cut her throat. She staggered forwards a yard or two, and fell down dead. There was no denying the fact that death was caused by the prisoner. The plea of insanity was set up, but failed, and the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to death, exhort ing him to pass the few remaining days left him in pe nitence and prayer. The case of the Queen v. Gutteridge is fixed for Monday, at ten o'clock. Three special juries, railway cases, are fixed for to morrow (Saturday). OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, March 30. The business of these assizes commenced in both courts at twelve o'clock to-day, Mr. Justice Patteson presiding in the Civil Court and Sir C. Cresswell sitting in the Criminal one. There are about eighty prisoners fur trial. At Nisi Prius the cause hat has twenty-two cas es entered, seven of which are for special juries, and will probably occupy much time in investigating them. E. Meek, 18, was indicted for breaking open the house of Thomas Meek, at West Dean, on the 10th of a s hawl, a bonnet, and September, and stealing a gown , other articles. The prosecutor's wile left her house for a few hours, leaving the door properly secured, her hus band having previously gone to his work On her re turn, at five o'clock, she found that the d . foor orcehadd been battered by some instrument, and the forced a appa , rently by a mattock which lay in the road near. Mrs. Meek went up stairs and discovered that some person had taken away the articles nam ed in the indictment. Suspicion fell on the prisoner , w ho had been previousl y co nvicted of a similar robbery in the house of Mr. Reece, and a police.officer went in search of her. About two miles from West Dean, on the Blakeney-road, he over took her, with two largo bundles, c ontaining the stolen property, which consisted of the wearing -ap p arel of the wife of the prosecutor , who is brother of the prisoner. The jury found her Guilty , but recommended her to mercy. A previous conviction at the l ast assizes , on the 4th of August, 1847, a month befor e the commis s io n of the crime for which she WAS t ried to-day, was proved against her. She was sentenced to ono year's imprisonment. The causes at Nisi Prius were devoid of public in terest. -- j - 1 4 . iv i ti z o n 4 A /l/ L a D r E c it h s 3 o o N .. ) Irish b o y, was i n di cte d 'r re . NORTHE R .117 --- CIIIC B U er I o CROWN COUR a T ge .— d ( 17, an John Markey, for burglary in the house of Mr. William Imrie, at Bootle, near this town, on the night of the 28th of February last. It was proved that the house was prop er ly secure d a t night when the servants went to bed, and on the house maid coming down at half -past five o'clock the following morning she found it bad been entered by the scullery window, and from the butler's pantry a quantity of plate had been stolen ; a mongother things silver tea and dessert spoons, salts, eggeu,P s, &C. On the following morning the prisoner ()Orod to pawn an eggcup. The articles were clearly identified by the prosecutor, having his crest. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury at once found the prisoner Guilty. To be transported for seven years. Thos. Riley, aged 45, was arraigned on an indictment which charged him that he used a boiler in his business and generated steam therein in excessive quantities ; that he employed Robert M. Caldon and others near the boiler; that on the 11th of February the boiler was in bad repair and burst, and thereby Robert M. Caldon was killed. To this indictment the prisoner pleaded guilty. It will be remembered that the prisoner was a spindle manfacturer at Manchester. Ile had raised himself, by industry and economy, from the condition of a working man. On the bursting of the boiler, bricks, stones, iron bars, and pieces of iron, flew in all directions—a workshop and smithy at the back of the prisoner's premises were completely destroyed, in which were a number of the men. Thirteen wero killed, two injured, and Only one escaped unhurt. Such was the force of the explosion that bricks were I projected near 300 yards. The engine was completely shattered, the boiler raised up and projected through the wall of the engine-house to a wall opposite, catching in its course several poor fellows, and jamming them against that wall. On examination it was quite evi ' dent that the defective state of the boiler was the cause of the accident, a plate the most ex of the fire being reduced from 3.Bposed to the action ths to 1-16th of an inch in thickness, the explosion having commenced by tearing that plate in the thinnest part. The engine was a high-pressure engine, which required a much stronger boiler, and greater care and caution in working than a condensing or low-pressure engine; yet it was S Ny APRIL 1 actually attended to by unskilful persons, and worked constantly beyond its power. Sentence deferred. Longbottom, aged 35, was indicted for the forgery of an acceptance to a bill of exchange for the sum of 101. 155. 6d., with intent to defraud Edward Thomas Jones. The prisoner was some years in the service of a re spectable firm of wool dealers at Rochdale, and on leaving their service he began business on his own ac count; and in November, 1846, was appointed agent to Mr. Gee, a manufacturing chemist, at Wakefield, and business was to be conducted in the firm J. F. Gee and Co., and the prisoner entered into an agreement sot to sign any bill without the consent of Mr. Gee. Gee and th prisoner had numerous bill transactions, which re sulted in a great deficiency in the estate of Gee. In February, 1847, Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, had a claim on the prisoner for 6/. 17s. 7d., and on March 26 the pri soner went to his shop, bought a book, and tendered in payment of the whole account the forged bill directed to Mr. James Wilson, Austin-friars, London, and purporting to be accepted by him. Jones, after some hesitation took the bill, and gave the prisoner 3/. 15s. 6d., the balance. The bill was dishonoured and returned to Jones, who then applied to Gee, his name being on it as one of the indorsers, who said that indorsement was a forgery. In July last a warrant was issued for the prisoner's ap prehension, but he was not apprehended till after his trial (for anothery forgery) at York, when he was acquitted, in December last. On one of the bills trans mitted by the prisoner to Gee, as alleged by Gee, the latter was tried for forgery at York, in July last, and acquitted, when the prisoner was a witness for the pro secution. In the same month Gee was made a bank rupt. On inquiry, no person of the name of Jas. Wilson was found in Austin-friars, but a James William Wilson, a solicitor, was found, and he now swore the acceptance was not his, nor did he know anything of the bill till applied to for payment. It was proved alio• that the body of the bill was in the prisoner's handwriting, as well as the acceptance as to the indorsement, J. F. Gee and Co. Mr. Gee swore positively it was not his, and that the prisoner had no authority so to indorse it, nor any other person. Mr. Baron ALDERSoN summed up, and after going through the evidence, he told the jury that the question they had to decide was, were they satisfied, from the transaction with Jones, that the prisoner knew that the acceptance and indorsement, or either of them, were a forgery, There was evidence that the acc e pt ance was iprkisnoenweri'st was lianadwforirtgienrgy,. The jury retired, but after som e time returned a ver dict tathnacetsthaendprtihsoenienrdworassegmueinly. of forging both the ac- NORTH WALES CIRC ClT.—Chester, Mar, The business of the assizes for the county palatine of Chester commenced this day. Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams presided in the Crown Court. The calendar is unusually heavy, both in numbers and amount of crime, there being no less than 110 prisoners for trial, and several for the highest crimes. The business to-day was devoid of public in terest. Mr. Justice Erle took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court at ten o'clock. The cause list contains 23 entries, three of which are for special juries. The cases, however, tried to-day were unimportant. ,h 29, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The Court sat by adjournment yesterday at the Court house, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. Mr. Edward Rawson Clarke, a gentleman of sporting celebrity, surrendered in discharge of his recognizances to answer an indictment charging him with having assaulted Joseph Nicholls. The prosecutor stated that he was clerk to a solicitor, named Lewis, in Arundel-street, Strand. Mr. Lewis had a writ against the defendant, and witness was autho rised to serve it upon the defendant. He was unable to meet with him for nearly a month, but on the 19th of February he saw him at his house, Drayton Villa, Thistle-grove, Brompton, when he handed him the writ, enclosed in an envelope. The defendant struck him with a walking-stick over the head, which broke his hat and marked his forehead. He attempted to repeat the blow, but instead of hitting witness, the defendant struck the door-post. For the defence Mr. Brierly contended, that no assault had been committed, and urged that the prosecutor had acted improperly towards the defendant, having pre sented a dirty piece of paper to him at a moment when engaged with two gentlemen negotiating for the sale of two race-horses, Bay Middleton and Nell Cooke. De fendant refused to receive it, and the prosecutor there , upon threw the paper on the ground, and walked away. The defendant's coachman and another witness were called, and they denied that any assault had been -cora -1 witted. The ASSISTANT JUDGE said that the only question for the jury was which side they believed. The jury found the defendant Guilty. The ASSISTANT JUDGE said he concurred in the verdict. _ _ The defendant was then ordered to pay a fine of 101. to the Queen. This sum was instantly paid, and the de fendant was discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M A N SION- HO US E. John Roe. a person in the employment of Mr. Knill, of Thames-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination under the following circum stances:— Mr. Knill's men had worked at the premises on his wharf, at London-bridge, on Saturday night, until the usual hour. When about to fasten up the building they found great difficulty in getting a dog off the premises. It was in vain they coaxed and threatened; the animal, which was known to bo the property of Roe, could not be removed until actual violence was used, and he was at length banged out of the place. and all was made se cure, as they supposed. On Sunday morning, in conse quence of some arrival, it was necessary for two or three of the porters to open the warehouse door for the admis sion of goods, and to their surprise the instant they did so out walked the prisoner. In answer to one of the men, who saw him on the premises, he said he had been tipsy the night before, having got a little contraband brandy, and being chased, he had concealed himself in a cask; and then off he went, apparently excited and alarmed. Subsequently one of the clerks in the es tablishment, upon going down to the wharf, perceived that the blind of the counting-house window was drawn, so that a passer-by could not see into the building with out an effort. Upon raising himself, and looking over the blind, he saw that a thief must have been at work, and he accordingly got some of the men together, and he soon discovered that a housebreaker had been conducting his operations within. Mr. Cox, clerk to Messrs. Knill, stated that perceiving the blind in a position in which it had not been on the night before, he suspected foul play, and on looking into the counting-house he saw the cash drawers lying on the desk. Upon entering he found that the desk had been broken open, and that a watch had been stolen from it. He also ascertained that attempts had been made to wrench open the iron safe, but that depository had defied the violence. One of the men then mentioned the odd incident of Roe's sudden appearance upon the opening of the warehouse door in the morning, which accounted for the whole transaction, and the prisoner was accordingly taken into custody. Mr. Lambert, superintendent of the wharf, stated that at a quarter past nine on Saturday night one of the watchmen called upon him for the key of the warehouse, in order to receive a quantity of baggage, and he went down and saw the goods deposited, and the men who worked at them depart. At that time the drawers and desk, and every thing else were safe, and the blinds were not up, but there was a dog passing up and down the premises, and it could not be removed without being very roughly treated. On the Sunday evening the wit ness saw that the desk had been wrenched off its hinges, that a draw had been broken open, and was lying on the desk, and that considerable violence had been used with the iron safe. Mr. Child (of the firm of Wire and Child) attended for the prisoner, and cross-examined the witnesses, who deposed to having seen the prisoner come out of the warehouse on Sunday morning, but they all agreed in saying that it was impossible that he could have entered just before they saw him come out. The prisoner said he had been drinking whiskey or hollands with some friends, and that he could net. give any ♦ery reasonable account of the manner in which he had spent the previous evening. He was committed for trial. William Rummin, clerk to Messrs. Welch and Co., Cheapside, ware housemen, was brought up charged with having embezzled various sums of money, the property of that firm. Mr. J. J. Welch, one of the partners in the house of Welch and Co., stated that it was the duty of the prisoner to account to the cashier for the different sums he re ceived by their authority, in the evening, or the morrow at farthest, of the day on which ho was paid. There were several cases in which he had not accounted for the cash he received. Mr. James Walker, of 59, Threadneedle-street, hosier, stated that on the I Ith of March, 1848, he paid the prisoner, upon account of Messrs. Welch and Co., the sum of 181. 7s. 6d., in a cheque which was returned paid. Mr. William Hamper, of 56, Threadneedle-street, stated that on the 25th of February, 1848, he paid 23/. 7s. 6d. to the prisoner on the account of the pro secutors. There were four other distinct cases of embezzlement entered into for the prosecution. Mr. Welch stated that the prisoner had not accounted to the firm in any one of the cases specified. The prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL. A girl of bad character, well known as a most accom plished individual in saving parties the trouble of _carry ing their own property, was broug ht before Alderm intd Challis, charged with robbing a complainant, na Taylor, of 3s. 6d. Alderman Crumas—What is y o ur name ? Com plainant—Why, ah! I har dl y know. It's William Taylor. Alderman CHALLIS—Where do you live? Com- 1848. [PRICE SD. plainant—Why, it may be in Queen-square, Bartholo mew-close; but—but, I hardly know the number. Alderman CHALLIS—But we must know for certain where you live, and at what number. Complainant— Well, I live there, and at No. 6. Alderman CIIALLIS — Wbat may be your business? Complainant (hesitating)—Why, I don't see that I am compelled to answer that question. Alderman CHALLIS —But we must know how you get your living; and if you do not tell I shall lock you up. Are you supported by your father and mother? Com plainant--Perhaps I may be. I pay my way, and I don't see why you should demand of me how I get my living. Alderman CHALLIS—But I must kno• Complainant —They say, or put it down, that ' ras formerly a clerk. Alderman CHALLIS then nilow prosecutor to state his case, which amounted to Ilis ,ing into a house of ill-fame with the prisoner, who, \ae protested, had stolen his money. Alderman CHALLIS asked Taylor whether he was sober at the time of the robbery? Taylor (who through out appeared to have been drinking) replied, " As sober as a judge"—(Laughter)—, and immediately added, " But what annoyed me most was the damnation sly way she took it." Alderman CHALLIS—From your conduct, I shall dis charge the prisoner, and fine you ss. for being drunk and swearing. Taylor—l hope I shan't stay here long, or I shall have many such fines.—(Laughter.) lie paid the money and departed. MARYLEBONE. Amongst the charges brought up by Inspector Tedman from the Marylebone-lane station-house (D division) was one of a very extraordinary and serious nature against no less a personage than Robert King, Earl of Kingston,• 35, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, and of Mickleston Castle, County Cork, for having indecently assaulted a young man named Cull, withiutent tocoramit an unnatural offence. The accused, when brought in, was placed at the bar; he was attired in black, and appeared to be about sixty years of age. lie was asked if he had any witnesses, and the answer be made was, " No, I have none. I deny it all." Mr. LoNG remarked, that as the case was one of mis demeanour, the defendant was at liberty to leave the situation in which he was placed, and stand in front of the bar, which he did. A gentleman, said to be a member of the House of Commons, sat close to him during the proceedings, aHps sittingnte aadi n bm, d hhl g c.laoe Na at the tdobhhwtliweehcphhoaDr who sat provided endednodyaerenseah: Defendant tt t mstao h ehbs a ebeel than el fwes o dwowo n ivib i t e yrhihnny a gtn d ihmont d eoa r maa e gas s sei n s ssaa e it Sir nar d esstapnatingeel cica iegaa J teol a mfec maoehsnneei con stable, Maples, although apl e s, Stevens,he h ad been and which The i h n e q . u h i a r d y, r f e r s o p m ect t i h n ge r a an of loc co k . e , d o u ld p j a e ll w n ry ig , h h t a a p t p t e h n e e s d ta to tio b n e , own private solicitor. Mr. Justine, from the firm of railway th r o ob p b a e r r ty , and he was ex_ citTedhemocroemtphleanillaanntoridnintahrey dceagsereewoafls4i,cnaltvellresedrsrte.unp. upon the instant specially engaged to conduct y the case N h o alf-past ten, as I was for his Lordship. Argyll-street, defen dantif the Atlas omnibus ol s n t a r ina ee n t da , one by in two sworn. He said,. my name . is George Cull. passed a a ia t i sl painter er t eocdnr)ag, that a hsd n egao d tuluva g wpnr l ae s oyt. z xe? Lastrfl no , r a d n t. dsoantlnrdi and eg i ch v ht e i:, ms, at let adr expected o or three minutes, and he remarked that there was no hurry, and crossed over to Princes-street. I sa w nothing more of him till he got near Shepherd - street, when ho crossed over to me, and at that time an Atlas buss was coming along. I said to him, there is a buss that you wonted ; and. he replied, " Oh, never mind, it is a fine evening, I will walk on, and some more will be passing." He asked me my name, and what was my age, and I told him it was twenty-one on the 4th ,of next May. He asked me if I should like to take a cigar, and if I had had one in the course of the day, and I told him I had not. He said he would go and buy me one, and he went to a shop within one or two doors from Bond-street, where he purchased one, and brought it out to me, saying, " I suppose you would like a light now," and I replied, " Yes, I should." We went into Woodcock -street, whore he laid hold of my hand and gave me a piece of paper, which I lighted at a fish stall at the corner of Oxford -street. He then laid hold :of me by the hand, and asked me if I would cross Oxford street with him. I did, and he took me to a gateway at the back of Marylebone-lane station-house. He then turned his back against the rails, and caught hold of my hand and asked me how I liked the cigar. I said it was a nice one, and I was obliged to him for it Complainant here described gross acts of a filthy and disgusting nature, to which it is impossible for us with any regard to decency further to allude—suffice it, to say that complainant swore distinctly to an indecent assault. Mr. LONG—While the defendant was with you, and conducting himself in the way you speak of, did he make any remarks either before you went to or when you arrived at the gate? Complainant—While in the gate way he asked me if the cigar didn't keep me warm, and do me good, and just at that moment a lady and gentle man were passing by; he then Ist go of me. Mr. LoNG—Did you at all try to gat away from him while in the gateway? Complainant—l did, Sir; and tried all I could to extricate myself. Mr. LONG—Did you make any observation to him as to the impropriety of his conduct? Complainant—Yes, I asked him what he wanted of me, and he then said, " Ah, ah! good night, my lad." After the lady and gentleman had passed by, he seized hold of my hand and asked me if I would have some ale, and we went to a public-house in Oxford-street. Mr. LONG-If you had imagined that there was any thing improper, would you not have charged defendant before? Complainant—lf I could have seen a constable, I should have done so. Complainant, in continuation said—We went into the private bar of the public-house in Oxford -street, where defendant, having called for a glass of ale and put down 2d., went away. I told the young man at the bar not to draw it, as I thought the man was a bad character, and on my looking out of the front door of the public house, I saw defendant running away, and looking back. On the opposite side of the road I saw a policeman, and having told him what defendant had been doing, I crossed over and gave him (defendant) into custody. Cross-examined by Mr. Justins—This is my first ap pearance as a witness. I have never made a charge against any one before. I work for Clare and Son, paint ers, &c., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. On my oath I have never been charged with any offence. My mother lives at 29, Warren-street, and is a dress-maker and milliner. When the lady and gentleman passed along by the gateway at the time I have spoken of, I should have mentioned what had happened to me if the gentle man whom I saw in Marylebone-lane had been by him self. Lie had a lady with him, and I thought it too de licate a matter to speak of to him while he was in her company. I have never been charged with any offence. I'll swear that defendant, when he left me at the public house, went off at a " trot." Albert White, living as barman with his brother-in ... law, at the Clarendon — public-house, 162, Oxford -street, proved that on the previous night, at the period spoken of, complainant came into the private bar of the house with another person, the latter of whom called for a glass of ale, for which he put down twopence, and went away. Complainant took up the money, saying, " Never mind drawing it, for I think he's a rum character." He then left the house. Mr. Fell (the chief clerk)—Did the complainant and the defendant go into any room together, other than the private bar which has been alluded to. Witness-- They did not. Mr, LONG—Then after they quitted your house you saw no more of either of them. Is that so? Witness— It is, your worship. I have not set eyes on either of them since, until this morning. Turner, 77 C, deposed that he was accosted by com plainant, from whose information, with regard to the alleged indecent assault, he took him (defendant) into custody, upon his being pointed out as the person by whom he (complainant) had been assaulted in the way spoken of. When first pointed out to witness, ho (defendant) was 150 yards off, on the opposite side of the way. Mr. Fell—When you took him what did he say ? Witness—He said he had done nothing. Lord Kingston—l said I denied the entire statement. He was going on to make some further observations, when his solicitor requested him to be silent and leave the matter in his hands. Witness, in continuation, gave evidence as to what took place when the defendant was captured, and who had,' as alleged, run off, after paying for a glass of ale at the public-house to which complainant had beeninvited by him to drink. wa tl h r. e L:_ a N lk c i — ug W o h r en ru y n o n u in t g o ? ok the defendant intoacauasbtooduy, crossed over and pointed him out direction from Duke a hundred and fifty yards from me wt h o en ra t e h ll : e a c n ip h la o in w an as t street n towards m l o l d y e d r e a te Park. rate, Mr. LONG—What passed w hen you took him into custody? Witness—l touched in the him on the shoulder, and nit was to o a t s h e a a c t a h t a , o r g u e . said, I beg your pardon, H n a aciod Sir, in p.,:ivi bum} )f m ohra u s; s , sh ould va c e o rd m y e lg : a i with me, if you please. plied, " This young pia he was a s toldc o n t v h e a y t e c i l ofch aiurgdeeoaegnatianasata)u•ol,u, ;I:nd:eh house. Lord Kingston—l deny the entire statement. Mr. F e ll (to witness)—Did he say anything more that you can recollect? Witness—On my road to the station house, he asked me to let him go ; and making a stop, r e q uested that I would allow him to speak to the young man (complainant). I said he could not do so; but that at the station he might say what he liked. Sergeant Jackson, of the 1) division, gave evidence at some length with respect to what took place at the sta tion-house, when the charge was preferred. He said that for ten minutes the defendant seemed very much con fused,' but at last told who and what he was. Additional evidence, leading to a conclusion of the defendant's guilt, was gone into before Mr. Long, who, after being addressed in a most able manner by Mr. Justins, considered that it was a case which he was bound to send before a jury. The amount of bail fixed upon by Mr. Long was—defendant . in 5,0001., and two ci 7 - - 2 ,500 L t tad i, for his attendi ng t o take 8 trial t ext sessions:. of the Central Criminal ourt. THAMES. ~ reference to tire case of Mr. Chaps Pellett, in- rsert in The Sun o f Thursday, the following letter - addressed to Mr. Yuri Bey, the magistrate, who heard the application of the unfortunate man for relief, was re ceived yesterday, ant 1 our reporter was requested to ) eke it public : " St. James's, March 31, 1848. " ir, —I take the liberty of encl o si ng a P os t- o ffice orde for 10s. 6d., which I beg the favour of your kindly adding to any subscriptions which may be raised for the relief of Charles Follett and his young family, this per son having been confined for a debt of 2/., and treated like a felon while in prison. Had I known of it before I would have advanced half of the amount my self, an d imirediately have raised the other half amongst my friends, sooner than this person should have been prevented procuring a living for his nu merous family. His easels, indeed, one ofsevere hardship, and, as you so justly observe, they who iccur a debt of thousands are not so harshly dealt with. I would have doubled the amount of my subscriptions, but I am sure, as in the case of Elizabeth Barrett, under the head of Worship-street Police-office, there will be found more able than myself to give, and thus a considerable sum may, I hope, be obtaine.l for their relief. Should I not find this to be the case, I I , romise to send a second post office order for the like amount.—l am, Sir, with much respect, your obliged servant, S. H." The following - subscriptions for Pollett and his family were also announced by Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, as having been forwarded to Mr. Yardley. The donors requested an acknowledgment in The Sun—H. G., 10s; Mrs. Gillard, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square, 58.; J. M., 135.; and T. E., lOs. Mr. Symons directed Ellis, the chief usher, to communicate with Pollett and his family as early as possible, as it was stated they were in great want, and the money forwarded would be of great service to them. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31. __ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 9 dis.—London and North-Western, 121 c.—Ditto, New Quar• tors, 13; 1 p.—Midland, 97—Ditto, Halves, 6 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 3 :i c. dis.—Scottish Central, 26—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference, 2 c. p.—Seuth-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 3% slis.—Belfast and Ballymena, 151/;1 MANCHESTER, Al. • STOCK EXCHANGE..--The Bales are--Ambargato ham, and Boston, 545. 6d. dis.—Birkenbead, Lancs.shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6% c. dis.—Lancashire and 'York shire, Fifths, 1% die.— Ditto (West Riding Union), 3% dis. —Leeds and Thirak, 2134 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2 i•l6 dis —London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A and B), 1 11-16 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 2%,/c. p.-51anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5 dis.—Ditto (Grimsby), 501. Shares, 20 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3 1 7 dis. BIRMINGHAM, MA Ann 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 535. 9d. dis.—London and North-Western 127—North Staffordshire, 1% dis.—South Staffordshire, dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 3 olis. LEEDS, MARCH 30. _ • . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following were tie prices to-day : —East Lancashire, New, 7% n. dis.—Ditto. Quarters, 1% n. dis.—Great Northern, 8 7 / s a. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 665. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Think, 2111 dis.—Ditto, New, 19 n. dis.—North British, Thirds, 345. dis. —North Staffordshire, 1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, Extension, No. 1,12 s. n. p.—Ditto, Preference, par Ditto, N0.,2 (New Berwick), 2s. 6d. p.l YORK, MARCH 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following were the quotations this day : —Great Northern, 4% n.—North British, 204 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 104 3s. 9d.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 71. 168. 3d. EDINBURGH, MARCH 80. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Abeadeen, 24E—Cale donian, 28/.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 754 10s.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, ls. 6d.—Ditto, Newport, 51. 12s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Perth, Halves, 43.—North British, Quarters, 745. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 235. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Oswee try, New, 10s. ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. CHESTER, FRIDAY.—This day hating been appointed for the election of a Bishop of the diocese of Chester, rendered vacant by the promotion of Dr. John Bird Sumner to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, the pro ceedings created no inconsiderable "degree of interest amongst the inhabitants of the ancient city, 20 years hatingslapsed since the occurrence of a similar ceremony —on theC 4 occasion of the translation of Dr. Blomfield, then Bishop, to the see of London. Dr. John Bird Sum ner, now Archbishop of Canterbury, Was then elected to the vacant see. The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Anson, D.D., Dean of-Chester, entered the Cathedral shortly before eleven o'clock, being accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Slade, vicar of Bolton le ➢ioors, and the Rev. J. Eaton, canons residentiary of the Cathedral, with the officials; and the usual ceremonials having been gone through, Dr. John Graham was unanimously elected to the vacant Bishopric of Chester. Dr. Graham, it is said, will be consecrated by his Grace the Archbishop of York (in whose province the diocese of Chester is situated) on Sunday, May 7, being the second Sunday after Later. UNIVERSITY IN TErLIGEN CE. NEW ASTRONOMICAL PRIZE. CAMBRIDCP., IIA&CU 31.—The following proposal having been placed in the hands of the Vice-Chancellor, by the Master of St. John's College, the Vice Chancel lor has given notice that a grace will be offered to the senate on Friday, April the 7th, 1848, to accept the same. Several members of St. John's College having raised by subscription a fund for the purpose of establishing a prize, to be connected with the name of Mr. Adams, in testimony of their sense of the honour he has conferred on his college and the university, by having been the first among the mathematicians of Europe to determine from perturbations the unknown place of a disturbing planet exterior to Uranus, beg to offer the said fund to the university tor its acceptance, under the following regulations :- 1. That a prize, to be called " The Adams Prize," be awarded every two years, during the Michaelmas term, to the author of the best essay on some subject of pure mathematics, astronomy, or other branch of natural philosophy. 2. That the Vice• Chancellor and the Plumian Pro fessor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy be requested to undertake the office of examiners and adju dicators of the prize, in conjunction with two persons to be nominated, by colleges in rotation, according to the cycle of proctors, and to be approved by grace of the senate, provided always that not more than two of the examiners be members of the same college. 3. That the Adams Prize be open to the competition of all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in this university. 4. That the successful candidate receive two years' income of the fund; and, in case no essay be considered deserving of the prize, the income of the past two years be added to the capital of the fund. 5. That the first two examiners to be chosen by the Senate be elected at the second congregation of the Lent Term of 1849, and that the future examiners be in like manner elected every second year. 6. That as soon as may be after the election of the said two examiners, or at least before the end of the Lent Term in which they shall have been elected, the four examiners select and publicly announce the subject for the next essay, and that the prize for the same be awarded in the Michaelmas term of the year next fol- lowing. 7. That the essays be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the Ist day of. July preceding the Michael mas Term in which the prize is to be awarded, in the same manner and form as are prescribed in the regula tions for the Chancellor's English medal. 8. That the essay be printed at the expense of the successful candidate, and a copy be presented to the University Library, to the library of SL John's College, and to each of the four examiners. 9. That if at any time hereafter it appear to the Senate to be expedient to alter the foregoing scheme, it be com petent to the master and senior fellows of St. John's College, at the request of the Senate, to propose for its adoption an amended scheme. B.A. EXAMINATION, 1850.—Notice has been given, that in addition to the fixed subjects of examination for the degree of 8.A., the following are selected for the year 1850:- 1. The first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. 2. The Epistle to the Hebrews. 3. Demosthenes Adversus Leptinem. 4. Third Book of the Odeand fifths of Horace Books of Paley' s Moral Philosophy. NOTICES.— the Instruments, room uud 5. The second, fourt h, , in The Plumian Profe ssor h as given notice hu rs that he will comm ence a course of lectures on Pr actical Astronomy er on th T e Thurs day, M 4 a andt one o Astronomical clo May 4 ,The Uni versity Library. se Lectures w ill be followed by a cours e on Optics , Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics, com mencing on Thursday, m,” y 18, at one o'clock, in the same room. A copy of the standing order against racing, or pro moting racing, has been re-issued. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night between eleven and twelve o'clock a fire of a very destructive character, end attended with considerable loss of property, broke out in the extensive manufacturing premises belonging to Mr. Collinson, a hatter, carrying on business at 4s, Castle-street, Southwark-bridge-road. 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