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THE COMr.r :,ETTINC I, the ITY'S LAN; , • ,!.iil4lll, WEDNESDAT, the 811 day of M.uch, 1` , Keel:Ally, to receive tenders for LET . . for Eighty gears, from Lady day next, a large Plot of Ground, on the east side of Puddle Dock, on the south aide of Upper Thames-street, and on the north aide of the RiVer Thames ; and also a piece of Ground en the north side of Narrow-street, at the corner of Cross-street, Ilateliffe. Also to receive Tenders for Letting on Leases, for Twenty ono years from Lady-day next, a House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street-building ; And aLse a house, No. 6, oh the karat aide of Crescent-place, Blackfriars. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applyisj at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. TILL PR OVIDENT CLERKS' & GENERAL BUILDING AND INV , _STMENT SOCIETY. Ortice, No. 15, Old Broad-street. Shares 1001. each. Entrance fee, Is. 6d. per Share. Subecriptions per Share —Monthly, ; Quarterly, 11. 15s. lid. ; Half-yearly, 31. lls. sd. ; Yearly, 71. Is. id. In this Society there will be no bidding for Shares—no Redensp- Ben Fees—nor any Fines en withdrawal. Advances made according to priority of application, and subject to Fixed Tables. Calculated ditration of the Society, Ten Years. TRUSTIES. J. Jones, Esq., J. Tollimin, Esq. ; J. C. ;tarty, EM. DIRECTORS. Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road Mr. Edward Bevonstere, East and West India Dock Rouse Mr. Samuel Eastman, Crawford-street Mr. Samuel Gilbert, Little Tower-street Mr. Thomas 11. James, Messrs. White and Greenwell, Cheapside Mr. W. Kettlewell, 6, Great Winchester-street Mr. C T. B. Keep, Lindsay-wharf, Chelsea Mr. T. A. Pott, Henry-street, Pentenville Mr. Gorge Richards, it and 12, Paternoster-row Mr. J. Whitehead, sen., Somerset House, and Chelsea Mr. George Winter, Professional Life Assurance Office. BA/EARS—The Commercial Bank of London. STANDING COMM—W. C. Fooks, Esq., 31, Chancery-lane. isomoireas —Messrs. Devonshire and Wilson, 29, Austin-friars. IIIifILYSTOIS—Mr. Cornelius Wheeler, 28, Leadenhall-street ; Mr William Lambert, 40, Coleman-street. fircaoraux—lir. John Whitehead, Jun., No. 6, the Creseeit, Albany-road, Camberwell. This Association has been formed principally with the view of af erding to gentlemen engaged in GOVERNMENT and PUBLIC OFFICES, BINKINGI HOUSES, and MERCANTILE ESTI itLISHMENTS, a safe and advantageous mode of investing a portion of their incomes, either by way of deposit, at 71. per Cent. compound interest, or in the purchase of freehold or leasehold residences. The operations of this Society will be regulated by Tables prepared expressly for that purpose by two eminent actuaries. The leading principles of this Society are 1. Perfect equality of beeetit between all the Members, whether iserrowers or not. 2. Certainty in the amount of advance to which each Member Wishing to anticipate his Shares w ill be entitled at any given period of the Satiety's existence, with the means of ascertaining precisely at any date the amount payable to retiring Member s, and the value of the Sharet of centinaing Members. Members may pay up the whole sr any portion of their subserlp- Sons for the ten years, in advance, and discount, after the rate of 41. Per Cent. per anima, wilt be allowed for the sums so paid. Members wishing to withdraw their Subscriptions may do se after the first year, without fine ; and subsequently to that period com- Pound interest at the rate of Si. per Cent. per annum will be allowed aeon the suits withdrawn. Shares may be transferred free of stamp duties. NY the plan adapted is this Society aew Members enteriag at any period, and all Members taking up additional Shares, may have Sans advanced to them without paying up arrears ef SUDSCriptiOnS ; and the precise amounts that will be advanced either ch will to old or new Members, are set forth in the Ta bles, a copy to the up )lied to every Member. This is manifestly far preferab l e equal and objectionable system usually adopted of putting 1, 4 1 to auction, anti advancing the money to those who submit to the lasieet discount; by which means the object of the Legislature, "high contemplated that each Member should derive precisely the lame advantage, is entirely frustrated. The monthly subscription, both to the borrowing and non-borrow tag Members, is precisely the same, and continues the same to the end of the Society; borrowers are, therefore, relieved from the heavy monthly " redemption fee," and the mutual principle is car ried into full operation. Ne Member has any responsibility beyond the payment of his own linbeeriptions. Prospectuses and copies of Enloe may be obtained at the office of the Society, Is, Old Broad-street. Applications for Shame should be addressed to the Secretary, in Vie following form : Date, 114 Ilir,—l authorise you to register my name as a subscriber for Shares in the Provident Clerks' and General wilding and Investment Society. Address.. • • • • ....... ..... • • .. Occupation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • Note.—lt is proposed to limit the number of Shares to 300, and that the entrance tee shall not exceed 2s. 6d. per Share previously to let February, MS. More than 1•0 Shares are already taken. ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA. The INDIA and AUSTRA.LIA. MAIL NTEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re sPonsibility of tke shareholders to the amount for which they indivl - subscribe, and authorise& the Company to establish commu nications to and ant frora tke United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia. and New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided into series of shares of 201. eaeh. COMMITTEE. Sir George Larpeat, Bart., Ckairrnaa of the London Committee of 1846 for Extension of Steam Navigatioa to Australia. Sir William Telmer, Bart., M.P. Hoc Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for New South Wales. Bit Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, London. Abdy, India" Array J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Thomas Browne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Captain Cogan, India" Navy Navy Archibald Cuninghanso, Esq. Milbourne Marsh, Esq. Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S., R . Montgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Monteflore,, Esq. G. H. Doiabisea, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S. Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Captain Ford, East India Maritiras, R i c k ar d Paterson, Esq. Service IRobert Henley Payne, Esq, Captain S. T. Gordon, Royal NavylJohn Wilson Pillars, Esq. E. S. Halswell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. G. iikead, Esq., Master, Royal Capt. H. Eamiltou, Royal Navy Navy Gustavus flamilton, Esq. Colonel Torres, F.R.S. James Hinter, Esq. William Gordon Thomson, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lie ut. Waghttru, F.R.A.S„ Royal Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy Frederick Lambe, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq. BANKIMS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Carahill. SotaciTous—Messrs. Barren and Starke, Bloomsbury-square. India, Aastralia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu- LAI*" of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and. teem with every product which cox minister to the wants of man. To early out effectually and economically steam *communication With those countries is the itbiect of this Company, for whose opa l! tions there is an ample aid profitable field, especially as regards oar "amorous and valuable colonies is the Southern Pacific, which have an Mereasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire ancoanected by steam navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the Overland route has bees exclasively granted to this Company. The roam sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com %ay Is via Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of !fix,* are, that Sydney, the naetroplitan capital of the whole of the u-aatraleslaa colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or days (Loudon (frequently GO), and within less than 30 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent soul from the pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, cal be pat on board there at Ts. to 7s. 6d. per ton. Prospectuses, with forms of applieation for shares, and further lidormation may be had oa application at the *Mess of the Com pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of laeorporation may be Obtained. Oficoa, 34, Corabill, Loadoa. JOAN YATES, Sec. THE PROCESSION ON THE THAMES. TWENTY T EIOUSAND SAILORS I I 01 *ever did Thames en his waters mired A eight so imposing—a movement se bold. Twenty thousand bold mariners—ocean's best gems — Assembled en Milne en the breast of the Thames. 'Twits astounding to witness the boats and the steamers, The " bonnie blue jackets," the bo ats au nt streanaers. This aquatic procession would cast in the shade The sights of Queen Bess with her best cavalcade. The scene on the Thames was a scene that must claim A thrill from the heart, be it ever so tame. And hundreds of thousands of different ranks, Throng'd Thames's broad bridges and mercantile banks. The spectacle seen was essentially one To bring to the mind Messrs. MOSES and SON, As the newly-clad seamen appeared fore and aft, A moving assemblage in hundreds of craft. The smiling spectator must surely have thought, Of the outfits of MOSES, so skilfUlly wrought. v'ry day at the warehouse of MOSES we view, The sons of the ocean in " jackets of blue," And finding how MOSES ant SON can equip, They never feel inclined to " foresake the old•ship." The scene on the shore was essentially one To remind the Oserver of MOSE • and SON dress, , Both ladies and gentlemen show'd lo their A beauty to rival the days of Queen Bess ; Ana never did Thames on his w tears unfold A sight so imposing—a movement so bold. LIST OF PRICES. SIADI SLADE. Beaver Tagl4lll .• .••.•• • • • • • . ...... .. from £ 0 9 0 Ckesterfield and Codrington's, ani every description of Over-coat, handsomely ••. 1 8 0 The Bullmer, especially adapted for snowy and Boy's Winter Coats, in e ver y st y le .••• • • • • 0 6 Mon's Do. Trousers, lined .. •••• • • • • • ........ 0 0 Doeskin • • ••• • • • •• • • 0 12 "t • Dress Coats.. • • •.• • • • .......... 1 0 D on bl e -breasted Winter Vests ••• • • ....... 02 0 Boys' Hussar and Tnnic t;uits. ••• • • DADA TO MIABURIL. Winter Coats, every style and shape, hand somely trimmed .• • • •••• • • . from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs . 2 4 0 T w eed Wrapper... ... Doeskin Trousers •••••• • • • • • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress ••••••• • • • • • • • ..... 1 6 0 Dress Coat ••• • • • ....... . Best quality made ••• • • 2 15 0 )'rock d 0... ..... ••• • • 115 0 Best quality made •••• • • • . 3 3 0 ••• • • . 0 12 0 .1 6 0 .. 0 16 0 1 16 0 Cashmere Yeats .. • • • . • • Satins, Plain or Fancy • • • • • • • • • • • • Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .. • • • • • • • • • • A Suit of Clothes complete.. • • • • • • • • • Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to Inca lure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the Money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, fosters, Furriers, Boot mid Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 51inorios, and 83, 84 , 85, and 86 joigate, City, Loudon. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the publie against impostors, but leave learned that the untradesman. like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or outhoul of London call at ; and these whe desire genuine and chesty clothing, hold , Or send to, Minories and Mdgate, City, London. Notice.-2Vo business transacted a this estab mlishment f ull twelve o'ctock. A R R I A G E. M One half the world are desolately single, and the other sui;Tesing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense 't right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the itZtter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry ; Nut the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The de'rry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice denissid that health should form au item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or b_egleet wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yow, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little ''XMOIRS 'On Single and :Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. eae ___h (by cost, In stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively "timed, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation, of their supposed contents, from obtaining IPA. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but for the closet, perusal of those mere deeply interested putl trash ,to forth whom on t l 2_ o l are offered as antagoni stic to the empyrica the above sublects, by unqualified authors, erm wh or ch two other i alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthe, little publications claim your attention (same t price Is. eack, b Y,They post Is. 64.) called " What to Ea, Drink, and rbifi," and " How to be Ha p py. are not merely Pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral acribblings of the h our, but the study of the author's _le, who owes his present existence , h ealth, and position to this ob- Lervance of the maxims he would inculcate -0 do unto others as he .7..°b)d be done unte—tc live alter nature's laws—and to keep always i; the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of s' 39 : 51 :7 00,1, 23, paternoster-row ; Carvalho , 147, Fleet•street I Mann, iw l- s ornhill ; Nelson, 457, West strand ; or dire ct (b y post or other -1I) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, wirobt/ird tveninge), 10, Argyll-place liegeut-strest ; and all 4 C • 17 ~85 .] LON ON, 1% RS DAY E V E NI NG ARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE. 10 BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCHANDLERS, GROCERS, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oil and Tallow-chandlers, Colourmen, and Collin-makers. Such persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the GOVERNORS and DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said Parish for SUPPLYING the WORKHOUSE for Six Months, from :he 25th dayof March to the 29th day of September, 1848, may deliver in their sealed proposals at the Board-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nino o'clock, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d day of Marsh, 1848. Persons tendering are desired to be in attendance, and :to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and strictly in accordance with, the printed form of tender, which may be obtained on applica tion to the Master of the Workhouse, In Mount-street, as well as auy further particulars. By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK ..L.l Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Bank in Lothbury, on WYDNESDAT, the Ist day of March next, at One o'clock precisely, to declare a DIVIDEND, to submit for con firmation the Election of James Dennis De Vitre, Esq., who has been nominated by the Board of Directors in the room of Matthew Boulton Rennie, Esq., resigned; also to submit for confirmation the Election of George Hanson, Esq., who has been nominated by the Board of Directors in the room of Sir John Kirkland resigned ; to appoint three Directors in the room of Frederick Burmester, Esq., Charles Gibbes, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., who go out by rotation, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election ; and for other purposes. By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. Lothbury, February 16, 1848. The Transfer-books will be Closed from the 15th February to the 10th of March, to prepare for the Dividend. LA JOHOTTIEN IRON WORKS. Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GE NERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the Company des Haute Yourneaux de La Johottien (La Johottien Iron Works) Loire Inferieure, will be held on FIIDAY, the 3d of March next, at One o'clock precisely, at the Office of William Tatham, Esq., 22, Throginorton-street, London, for the purpose of DISSOLVING the Company, according to Article 16 BENJAMIN IFILL, Chairman. February 16, 1848. N.B. Shareholders intending to be present must present their Shares three days beforehand, and will receive a Ticket of Admission to the Meeting. NOTICE to ARTISTS and MANUFACTUR ERS of the USEFUL and ORNAMENTAL ARTS, and to PATENTEES of EP W INVENTIONS IN or WORKING T MODELS. ROYAL , Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1838. The Directors beg to acquaint the above parties that the Institution (now closed) will be opened for the reception of Works of merit dur ing the month of March next. Ily means of extensive well-lighted Additions to the Premises, Works of Art will be arranged and exhi bited with greatly increased advantage to the Depositors. It is determined (as far as may be practicable) that a separate Table or Glass Case shall be appropriated to each Depositor who for wards illustrations of the process of his manufacture with his finished work. Parties will be furnished with full particulars on application at the Institution, 309, Regemt-street, if by personal application, from Eleven to One o'clock. The Institution will be RE-OPENED early in April next. R. I. LONGROTTOM, Secretary. THE POLYTECHNIC ASSOCIATION and ST. GEORGE'S CRESS CLUB, 5, Cavendish-square, in con nexion with the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, which was Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1838. Subscribers are respect fully informed that the Rooms of the Association and Club, with Newspapers, Periodicals, and Chess, continue open during the short period of the close of the Institution. On its re-opening early in April next, the Subscribers will be admitted as usual to the Institu tion ; also to its extensions and improvements. Subscriptions for thu present year are payable after the Is of January last. It. I. t LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. B-ROCKEDON'S PURE CUMBERLAND LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee having bought the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland Company, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this important article in a state of perfect purity, tree from grit, and con densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness. 29, Devonshire-street, Queen -square. AISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll tke water upwards, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is tile most important discovery ever made for the pre• servatioa of life and property either at Sea or on Laid. AT SRA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefUlly ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two MIMS in the bottom being partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pomp choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when alp arrived safely in London , with a thank Goa for t he Fountain Pum." ON LAND the New Pet - table Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a Ore brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. "We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on Ore in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Norton's dyery, and lt,ooo/. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. " North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is -so ,ieubt but half the property new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or abort seve nt y p er cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most teen can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric ties Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, c learly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton 'Roberts, Esi., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well is placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good, deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. liaddley , Londo n, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbant, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull aid Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millin s gton' reniarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain able clutraeter:—The Fountain rump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam p ower ; dellyLring from half a pint per stroke to 105 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. PUBLICATIONS AIAUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES. New Editions, corrected and enlarged, price 10s. each work, fcp. Bvo. cloth ; or 12s. bound In embossed roan, 1. THE SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREA SURY : a copious Popular Encyclopaedia of the 13elles- Lettres. 2 THE lIISTORICAL TREASURY : an Outline of Universal versal History; separate Histories of every Nation. 3. THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY: a Dictionary of Uni versal Biography ; comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. 4. THE TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Refer ence : a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just published, in 2 vols. royal Bvo., price 21. 10s. boards, TAYLOR'S LAW OF EVIDENCE. A. TREATISE on the LAW of EVIDENCE, as ADMINISTERED in ENGLAND and IRELAND, with Illustrations from the Laws of America and other Foreign States. By JOHN PITT TAYLOR, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister-at= Law. London :A. Maxwell and Son, 22, Bell-yard, Lincoln's-Inn ; Hodges and Smith, Dublin. New Edition, reduced in price, of WHITE'S UNIVERSAL HISTORY. Now ready, in large 12mo, price 7s. bound, 673 pages, with a Coloured Map of the World, the Second Edition of ELEMENTS OF UNIVELISAL HIS I'ORY, on a New and Systematic Plan ; from the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is added, a Summary of the Lead ing Events since that Period. For the Use of Schools and of Private Students. By H. WHITE, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., and Ph. Dr. of Heidelberg. This work is divided into Three Parts, corresponding with Ancient, Middle, and Modern History, and again subdivided into Centuries, so that the various events are systematically grouped to gether in the order of time ; while the narrative is so arranged that the annals of each country may be studied separately. To guide the researches of the student, the work contains numerous Synoptical and other Tables, with Sketches of Literature, Antiquities, and Manners at the great chronological epochs. The Three Parts (Ancient, Middle, and Modern History), each cmmlete in itself, may also be had separately, price 2s. 6d. bound. " Entitled to great praise ; the writer has taken a firm grasp of his subject, and exhibits a just estimate of things."—Spectator. "Executed with much judgment. The difficult task of reviewing the whole history of the world, and condensing it with clearness, has been accomplished in this single volume with a success that does great credit to the author, and cannot fail to recommend it to exten sive and permanent circulation."—Morning Herald. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. TIIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, ta all who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billions and Liver Com plaints ; they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold to bottles at Is. 14d., er ts. 9d. each, by A. Willotn,hby and Co., late B. G. Windue, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me dicine Venders. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. mR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DE6CRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change col ur or decay, and will he found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.— 52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. LATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION. (Provisionally Reglstered.),:-:,. • COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. 2 • Capital, 20,900/. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deplisit;,ll: . per Shari. on complete registration. Ne further call will be made without throe ! ittenths' previous n)tice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited- to the azimut - subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINA is exclusively used in theoftices of the Eight Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Y..nohange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap +roved by The Moat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K-S., President of the Royal In 3titute of British Architect+. Sir RODERICK T. MURCIIISON, President of the British Associa tioa for the Advancement of Science. the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich i of Lichfield Ile Right Hon. the Earl of Lel- The Most Noble the Marquis of cester . Bristol Th e Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop' Keppel et Gloucester and Bristol The Hen. Fred. Byng I Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- Keppel mum, Bart. rho Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart. minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-!Sir Francis arwin The Norwic D h 'Union Fire Office ley Sir John P. Boileau, Dart. The Suffolk Fire Office Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir- Dr. Outran], F.R.5.,F.G.5., In- iningham spector of Naval ospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge Office His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby rhnip W. B. .M.P, shire rlro ojacc Right Hen. F. 11. F. Berkeley,l The e. West of England Fire Office , & Esq., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the nee of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually resorted to. This breech of the law is acquiesced in Ivy a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im possibility in innumeratle cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the Inge uious and effective Itamoneur machine has been invented. This Invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space iu which the machine moves, thereby treating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head er brush are supplied at •intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving, ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its mute most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in eontinuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Holman, Esq., 39, Jennyn-street, St. James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s , brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street ; and at the principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where applications for shares may be addressed. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GEN-ERATIYE INCA.I 1- CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from theEstaislishment, 3s. 6d: is postage stamps, " PHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 1 the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Beraers-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titshborae -treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadezhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and Is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. 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 b) Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contaials explicit directions fir their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This - section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Letion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power an the system. PART Y. Is devoted to the consideration if marriage, and Its _hales, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THEUORDIAL BALM OF STRIACOM is exclusively employed 111 treat im a.; vous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., ifs .and Us. per D ottie. The Concentrated Detersive Essenc e, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. mid 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. id., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, r. certain remedy in gonorrhoea, gluet, strictures, and chronic inflamm tion of the bladder. Perry's Preve ntative Lotion, an application to Jbviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation. fee, if by letter, 12. SI. Packets with advice tobe had at the Establishment only, by which the fee , 11 . ,is saved. Attendance :mob at 19, Ber ners-street, from Eleven WI Two, and Five to Eight: ors Saudays rout Eleven to Gan. SUICIDE OF A DERCENDINT OF THE PENDELL FAMlLY.—Yesterday Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at the Queen's Head, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the body of Charles Pendril, aged 33, a journeyman shoemaker, The deceasal was by his ancestors connected with a very important event in the English history. He was a descended of the Pendrils who rendered such great st , rvices to Charles the Second when pursued by his enemies, and lying concealed in the oak. For this act of loyalty the head of the family was rewarded with a pension of 1001. a year, but from political circumstances payment was in after years suspended by the Govern ment (some say refused by the family), and it was only recently that the descendants, who are all in indigent circumstances, endeavoured to obtain its renewal. The det.,ea:-ed was the son of Mr. Pendril, known as having given - shelter in his house to yo un g Watson, who was concerned in the Cato-street conspiracy, secreted him for several weeks while the public officers were in search of him, and afterwards safely sending him to America in the disguise of a Quaker. The deceased resided at No. 4, King's Head-court, and lately had been much depressed in spirits from the want of sufficient work. On Saturday night ho suspended himself from a rail on which the clock was hung, and was found next morning lifeless. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The new Coffee-room at the Carlton Club, Pall mall, by Mr. Sydney Smirke, which was opened to the members last week, is a handsome apartment, ninety three feet long, thirty-seven feet wide, and twenty-one feet three inches high, formed into three compartments by Corinthian columns on pedestals (four pairs), which project into the room. The fire-place is in the middle of the long side of the room, and the entrance door is opposite to it. The dressings of the latter include columns of French marble. There are three windows at each end, and a large octagon light over the centre com partment. The ceiling is formed with deeply recessed panels highly enriched, with a handsome frieze beneath, and is polychromatised by Mr. Sang, in a more artist like manner than anything ho has before - I sue. The walls are lined with satin-wood to a certain height, and above that are painted in panels of faint greens, The columns are green scagliola with white capitals, gilt, and black and gold pedestals. The effect of the whole is very satisfactory • Some elegant candelabra by Whit field and Hughes deserve commendation. —Builder. POTATO PLANTING. —The quantity of potatoes being put in the ground this spring will more than double the quantity set this time last year.--Limerick Chronicle. CITY COURT OF SEWERS. Upon the meeting of the Court the members pro • ceeded to elect a chair an for the ensuing year. Mr. CONDRR, seconded by Mr. U N IN, moved that Deputy Peacock be appointed chairman, of whose experience, care, constant attention, and patience, in matters of business they were all perfectly aware. The Deputy was unanimously elected. The CUAIRMAN then adi.iressed the meeting. He must, he said, be composed of materials very different from those he thought to be Sc' ive within him, if he did not feel grateful for the honour the commissioners conferred upon him for the third time. However humble his abilities might be, he certainly should not abate his efforts to perform the duties of the office efficiently.—(Hear, hear.) Since his appoint ment he had never been absent but once, and the public, who knew but little of the labours of the com missioners, had to learn that they had held during the last year seventy-six courts and committees, besides meetings, on the subject of the rates, amounting to about twice a week. Their business was, in fact, im mense. The Government were aware of their exer tions, and no doubt was entertained as to the passing of their Bill. They had undergone examination at Gwydyr House before the metropolitan commis sioners, who seemed to be only anxious to get at the truth from those who were just as anxious to give it. —(Cheers.) He hoped that body would render to the country the benefits it was entitled to receive. For his part, his time should be wholly at the service of his fellow citizens. THE PRICE OF GAS. Upon the reading of the minutes of the preceding Court, Mr. GODSON, in refemnc a to the experir4entka.t,lg gasburners, said the object of the commissioners was, not to identify themselves with any particular man of science, but to make the gas companies reduce their price; and he trusted that, if the commissioners should find it necessary to advertise, the advertise ment would not be considered mere humbug, as bad hitherto been the case, the two companies not having received any interruption in their long-standing monopoly. The public expected and must obtain a fair reduction. Deputy STEVENS suggested the appointment of a sub-committee to ascertain tae value of gas. The CHAIRMAN said that when the important ques tion of the City supply of gas should come regu larly before the Court, the cheapness as well as puri fication of the article should be considered for the benefit of the public. At the same time the public must not be deceived. It was the intention of the Court to ascertain whether the reduction from 7s. to 6s. was an adequate reduction. If such appeared to be the case it would be most unreasonable to require the price to be made still lower. If a further reduc tion was to be fairly expected and refused, the ques tion then would be, and it would be soon decided, whether the streets of the City should not be broken up, and a new company let in for competition. Mr. GODSON said that he had some years ago sup ported Mr. Charles Pearson's proposition in the Court of Common Co:uttril, and if that proposition had been carried,another•company would be now supplying the 'City with cheap gas. The citizens of London would be rejoiced to hear of the chances which were multi plying for the reduction of the price of so indispensable an article. SWEEPING OF litlE STREETS. The inspectors reported to the Court that the con tractors had, in almost every instance, performed those duties well in the streets, courts, lanes, and alleys by superficial removal. One contractor, named Newman, was fined upon the complaint of an inha bitant that the dust on his premises was not removed, although notice had been given, and the Court re quested that all inhabitants who had cause of com plaint would take the trouble to make the representa tion, and correction should immediately follow. NUISANCES OF GAS REFUSE. One of the inspectors reported that the smell pro ceeding from the horrible gas refuse which issued from the gas manufactories into the sewers bad be come in some localities quite intolerable, especially of late, diffusing the most noxious exhalations. Mr. Havwoon (surveyor to the Commissioners) said there was a most filthy residuum of which the gas manufacturers were anxious to get rid. It was so frightfully strong that it invariably caused sick ness, and in some instances it caused death. The reeeeri why the nuisance was so dreadful at the pre sent time was, that it was considered prudent to flush off the residuum at times when heavy rains 'prevailed. The flushing took place once in three months. Mr. LAWRENCE said the Court had no -power to deal with such a horrible nuisance, as the manufac tory from which it proceeded was in Worship-street, out of the City. He had heard that the residuum had the power of turning the colour of silver into that of gold in the pockets of those who resided within its influence. To correct such an evil it would be necessary to apply to the new metropolitan board, for the flushing from the country fell down upon the City with all abominations. He moved that a deputation should wait upon the metropolitan board accordingly. Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion. He consi dered that the health of numbers was affected most seriously by flushing such horrible refuse down the sewers. Mr. STACY was convinced that the metropolitan board, of which Dr. Southwood Smith, who resided in Finsbury , was nit active member, would most attend to promptly any representation made by the City Commission. The deputation was then appointed. ALLEGED LIBEL UPON THE CITY SEWER AUTHO- RITIES. Mr. BLAKE begged to be allowed to call the atten tion of the Court to a paragraph which appeared in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, but first wished to he informed by the surveyor whether it was the fact that some of the City sewers were paved with granite Mr. Hair wools replied that he had never heard of anything of the kind. Ur. BLAKE said it had been stated in the journal alluded to, and Mr. Chambers vouched for the truth of the statemsnt, that the City sewers were paved with granite supplied by the chief promoter of the question, who traded in the article. A report of that description was calculated to excite against the City Sewer authorities a prejudice not easily removable, inasmuch as the ccntradiction might not meet with a hundredth part of the readers to whom the libel was known.—(Hear, hear.) There were, he regretted to sa y ; many members of the press who were influenced by the absurd and uncharitable prejudice that the best way of extolling the exertions and ability of one body was to depreciate the labours of another. He felt convinced that the Commissioners of the City Sewers possessed all the capabilities of serving their fellow-citizens . Mr. LAWRENCE said he believed the openings and the steps of some of the sewers were paved with granite, as being more durable than any other mate rial, and better adapted to the purpose. He gave the Messrs. Chambers credit for about as much knowledge of sewers as his horse possessed ; but the language of depreciation was, it would appear, the road to respect and admiration. The man who could not see a single b eau ty in a gallery of paintings was the person whose judgment was most likely to sway . the multitude, although the very individual most deserving of con tempt for his presumption and stupidity. The Messrs. Chambers congratulated the public upon the newly appointed board, who had done nothing but employ all the old surveyors, and flushed the sewers, a prac tice known and carried into effect before they were born. Mr. Lawrence then ridiculed the estimate formed of the r elative value of wheat and excrement' in the vocabula r y o f our modern p hil osop hi ca l bene factors of mankind, but expressed an opinion that the discussion upon those subjects would be attended with ultimate advantage to the public, however disagreeable it might be to be o bliged to be assailed with such enormous humbug as distinguished the doings of the present day. THE NUMBER OF P RIVATE DRAINS WITHIN THE CITY. Sewers Surveyor, re- Mr. HAYWOOD, the City ported to the Court as follows The total number of houses of every description within the city is about 16,000. 4, Th e total number of drains connecting with public sewers up to November, 1841. , was 7,738." This will appear to leave 8,262 houses, or nearly every other house without drainage. Such, however, is not the case, for the following reasons ; ~ Although, generally, houses have a separate drainage, yet, in a great manycases, one drain is made to serve the purposes of two or three houses. In numerous instances, also, courts of six or eight houses collect their separate drains into one, which ultimately connects with the public sewer. In all such cases therefore, although but one drain is re corded in your books to enter the sewer, a larger proportion of houses are drained than the drain so recorded would indicate. A ga i n , nearly the whole of the property south of the Thames is believed to drain at once into the River. In this case, then, you have no record of the number of buildings drained. " Your officers not having the power to enter pre mises, the precise number of houses actually drained cannot be ascertained; but, from such information as you have, I think I am within the quantity when I W. SHAIDERS Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, .Nos. 231*, 304, 383, 429, 430, 433, 482, 4a6, 487, 489, 492, 495, 490, 508, 509, 510, 525, 533, 658. 727, 844, 1,040, 1,116*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAI R DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards •f twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, rod or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent .change ; and it can be incontestably proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Prioe 3s. 6d., Gs., and 105. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 6S, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsont-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-stroet, Birmingham ; and of most Perrurners and Medicine Vendors in town and country. id. Sent to any part of the kingdom b y receiving a remittance, post -pa Neese to ask for " Spenc er and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. DR. LKMERT TIII3 SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON sTELL. bo had in French or English, in a Sealed J us t published, and may Envelope, 2s. Od„ or post-free, !rem the Anther, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology et Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorderslife, of Yo hich uth and Ma turity, - usually acqui red a t an early period of w enervat the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations en the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence et tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inids cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and runctioss, aud the various Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. 117 SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD-STREET, EFDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the Vniversity of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage reqaires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may really the cause of mutual happinem. Could the veil, which corers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when a bused, the prolific so urce of mischief ,and of greater or less 'Wary to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on she nature and consennence of which this Treatise rofesses to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than soy 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 reladve conditions in health and disease. It deservedly req uires the closest a ttention and study, for what subject ea. be el more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfOrtunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whet while trona their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread ars so f re quently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeng for aseistance where al o n e it can he prooured. In acting thus ki , he orgets that accurate discrimination. R ascertaining the causes of ,lisease, sympathy wit h the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, u an isite legal d to the medical man who can sho w by 111 - , posse , sion of the req qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MER'r has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a tuarantee for his proPsslonal experienee,whiett has reference almost solely to the-treatment of these diseases. Published lay the Author, and may be had of Kent and Eichards, 52, Paternoster .row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-etreet: Starie, lc Leaden-hall-street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leaden - hall-street, London; or, free by post for forty-two starnte, mom .he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, diuty,from Ten till Two, and from nye till Eight at his rgaidame, 9, Bedford-Weet Bcdford-oeusre Loam. S BT, FEBRIJARY 17, 1848. assume 1,600 houses to be drained in the foregoing manner. The total number of houses, therefore, which may be stated as being drained is 9,762, leaving 6,238 undrained !—I have the honour to be, &c., " WILLIAM HAYWOOD, Surveyor." The Court then adjourned. INQUEST ON MRS. SHUTTLE- WORTH. Yesterday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., and a jury, assem bled at the Manchester Arms, Adam-street East, Manchester-square, for the purpose of further prose cuting an inquiry commenced on the 20th ult., as to the death of Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Rhodes, alias Shuttleworth, who died on the 6th ult., while an in mate of the York• house Lunatic Asylum, Battersea. The room in which the inquest was held was densely crowded long before the proceedings commenced. Among those present were the Rev. J. C. Rowlett, vicar of St. Peter's, Pimlico, one of the gentlemen who signed the order for deceased's confinement, Dr. Millingen and Mr. Parkin, joint proprietors of York House Asylum, and Dr. Quain, the medical gentle man appointed to make the post mortem examination. The Misses Rhodes, sisters of the deceased, and a Dr. Quail, were also present. One corner of the room was occupied by a knot of gentlemen, members of the Alleged Lunatics' Friends' Society. Sarah Young was the first witness called. She entered upon her duties as nurse at York House, on the 21st of December last. The deceased had a large place on her back from which the skin was just rubbed off. Dr. Millingen ordered the application of linseed meal poultices. Deceased continued to get worse, and in the course of a few days was compelled to keep her bed. The deceased's mind was all this time in a very bad state. She would frequently call out " Murder !" and "Fire !" Miss Sarah Rhodes said deceased was her sister. Witness saw her last alive at York-house, on the 9th of November. The deceased was a single woman, and her real name was Rhodes, but she had taken the name of Shuttleworth from a gentleman with whom she had lived for nine years, and who on his marriage settled an annuity of 300/. upon her. That gentle. man had been dead 28 years. Dr. Kay Shuttleworth was the trustee through whom the deceased's annuity was paid, and at her death the property on which it was charged fell to him. The deceased was placed in York -house Asylum without witness's knowledge, and she was not aware of the fact until some months afterwards, when she read in a newspaper the account of her sister having been brought up before the judge on a motion to obtain her release, taken out by Dr. Quail. On discovering the fact witness went to York-house and endeavoured to obtain an interview with her sister. Witness was, at first, refused ad mission, but ultimately obtained an order from the commissioners of lunacy and saw deceased. Witness had not seen her for two years and a half previously, and, finding her perfectly sane, as she considered, witness went before the commissioners and sought to obtain her release. Witness saw Dr. Turner, one of the commissioners, and Mr. Lutwidge, the secretary, both of whom told her that it was of no use making application to them, for they could do nothing in the matter. Mrs. Mary Anne Gosden, another sister of the de ceased, corroborated the last witness's testimony, and said she never considered her sister to have been insane. At this point of the proceedings the summoning officer who had been sent for Dr. Turner, returned with a note from him, describing that his state of health would not allow him to attend the inquiry that day as requested by the coroner. The Rev. J. Clarke Rowlett, vicar of St. Peter's, Pimlico, said he was called in to see deceased by a person describing himself as Dr. Quail, early in July, 11146. He found her in a miserable apartment on the second floor of the house, No. 10, Lower Eaton street. No other persons lived in the house. The deceased occupied one room, and Dr. Quail the other, on the second floor. There was scarcely any furniture in the room where deceased was, and she was lying on the bed, in a state mostrevolting to witness. Mr. Wil mot, a medical man, was with her at this time. Witness spoke to deceased, but she seemed quite incapable of carrying on a rational conversation. In answer to witness's inquiries the man Quail described himself as the resident medical attendant of deceased ; he said he had been originally engaged at a stipend of 3001. a year, but that the deceased was so well satis fied with his services that she had subsequently increased that sum to 5001. per annum ; that her present income, however, was only 1001. a year, and that not being enough for both of them was the oc casion of their having so few comforts about them. Witness asked him why he did not give up the charge of the deceased as he could obtain no money, but this he said he would not do. Witness conferred with Mr. Wilmot on the case, and ultimately took steps which led to the removal of the deceased to York house. Before she was sent there witness discovered that Dr. Kay Shuttleworth was in some way inter ested in the unfortunate woman, and on writing to him on the subject he replied that he could be no party to placing her in any asylum himself, but he hoped witness would be good enough to take any steps he might think most likely to conduce to the comfort of the deceased. The Rev. Gentleman here described the steps he had taken by request of Dr. Shuttleworth, in reference to the funeral of the un fortunate woman. Mr. Thomas Wilmot, surgeon, said he was called in to see deceased in July, 1846, by the man Quail. He found her lying in a wet bed in a most filthy state. Her left leg was very oedematous. The skin was broken in some places. Her face was pale, and her body emaciated. Her answers to questions pro posed by witness exhibited great imbecility, and feeling convinced that she was not properly attended to, witness felt bound to interfere, and on being ap plied to he signed a certificate, authorising her removal to York-house. CORONER.—Have you ever been asked to sign a certificate as to the state of mind of Dr. Quail ? The witness, who at first declined to answer the question, on being pressed by Mr. WALLET, admitted that he had. CORONER. —By whom? Witness—By the Com missioners of Lunacy. CORONER.—Did you sign a certificate as to his state of mind ? Witness—No• Miss Rhodes—For a very good reason; because he had not got 1001. a year.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wilmot here described the steps he had taken by direction of the Commissioners of Lunacy to re move the deceased to York-house. His endeavours to effect her removal were thwarted for some time by Dr. Quail, but possession of deceased's person was at length obtained, just as she was on the point of em barking for the continent with that individual. The witness added, that he had acted throughout the affair from motives of humanity alone. Mr. Perceval here rose, and begged he might be allowed to say, in justice to Dr Quail, against whom very painful allusions had been made, that evidence of his kind treatment of the deceased would be forth coming if the inquiry were adjourned. 'l'he CORONER again said that, in a case of this kind:, affecting so seriously the liberty of the subject, and disclosing such an extraordinary state of things as regarded the law of lunacy, it was highly neces sary that every circumstance opened during the in vestigation should be properly cleared up, and that no person whose name had been in any way impli cated ought to be prevented from bringing forward witreesses in his defence. Dr. Turner -would pro babl y not be able to attend for a few - days, and they efore they had, perhap s, better adjourn for a week. The jury having consulted together, the inquiry was adjourned for a week. Aii the particulars connected with the pugilistic content between Lane and Walker will !appear in Bell's Life in London of Saturday and Sunday. Price of Bell's - _Life sixpence. Bell's Life is regularly published in tic So for all the Saturday afternoon railways. The avers ge sale of Bell's Life is twenty-seven thou CHI sand. REN. SUICIDE OF THE AIOTHER OF SEVEN LD —On Tuesday an inquest was held b y Mr. G. J. Mills, the deputy•coroner, at the Elephant and Castle, King's road, Camden-town, on the body of El eanor Dove, aged 44, the , :particulars Of whose death havo befe sppeared. The hitsband of the deceased is a p l a sterers riesiding at 35, Cambridge-street, Agar-town, and all the witnesses coneui red in representing him as a most sober, indus trious,. and well-conducted man. For some months past, howcv er ,he had been unable to obtain employment, and his wi to and family of seven children had consequently been r educed to extreme distress. The deceased had ap plied f:o St. Pancras workhouse, and obtained some bread as relief, but was told not to come again unless she se , it her husband. Mr. Pitt, the agent of the Board of GI/ cardians of St. Pancras, explained that in the statem,ent made that deceased was to send her husband, there war, no intention whatever to stop relief, which would Imre been given had a second application been made. The coroner's jury deeply commiserated the con dition of the unfortunate father, and his distressed and bereavei,t family, and ultimately returned a verdict— " That ti he deceased drowned herself in an unsound state of mind, " PANE ,s AND PENALTIES.—Captain Pechell says that he has tried in vain to get from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer what his notion of a window was. What the Ch ancellor refuses, we will give. The following is our de Rnition of a window according to Act of Parlia ment ; —Anything, however small, w hich keeps out the light, and lets in the tax.—Punch. [PRIC.E SD. MORE POISONING BY ARSENIC. ANGLESEY, FEB 14.—For the last few days a most painful degree of alarm has been evinced in this neigh bourhood by the startling fact of no fewer than seven persons having been poisoned with arsenic. The facts connected with the alarming occurrence, as detailed be fore the coroner's jury, are of the following character. — It would appear that a respectable married woman of the name of Jones, living at Tycotch, in the parish of Llangristiolus, invited several of her relatives to tea, comprising her son and two daughters, two step-daugh ters, and a Mrs. Jones, residing sear Aberffraw. With the meal they partook, more or less, of some light cakes. But a short time elapsed ere they were seised with symptoms generally produced by arsenic. For some time, however, they were unconscious of what they had really taken, and their symptoms becoming somewhat more alarming, Mr. Lloyd, a medical man in the vicinity, was sent for. It then transpired that some arsenic,which was kept in a closet, for the purpose of destroying rats, might have been mistaken for carbonic of soda, and mired in the light cakes, the deceased generally using carbonate of soda in making them up. So fatal a mistake was found to have happened, and the usual means were resorted to in order to counteract the deadly effects of the poison. All suffered severely. Mrs. Jones, the landlady of the house, died on the following day, and the state of her relative, Mrs. Jones, of Aberffraw, was so alarming, as to leave little hopes of her surviving. On one of the stepdaughters partially recovering, she recollected seeing the deceased on the day the cakes were made, take a white powder from the cupboard, called carbonate of soda, as she understood, The de ceased it seemed was in the habit of doing so, and the circumstance was thought but little of A labourer of the name of William Morris spoke to having purchased a pennyworth of arsenic to kill rats, and giving it to the deceased, who placed it somewhere in the parlour. He could not say that the word " poison" was written on the wrapper. This person was in the habit of having his meals in the house, and he accounted for being absent at the meal in question, en the ground that he was employed in a neighbouring quarry until five o'clock, the party having had tea at four. The druggist, Mr. Parry, who sold the man Morris the poison, stated that when he delivered it to him he cau tioned him about the use of it ; but on being pressed by the Coroner as to whether he had written " poison" out side the wrapper, he confessed that he could not recol lect. He only served the poison because Morris said he required it to kill rats, and that he had known him for some time previously. Medical testimony showed that quite sufficient arsenic was discovered to cause death. Portions of the light cakes were subjected to a careful analysis, and the pre sence of a similar poison was detected. The jury returned as their verdict " That the deceased died by accidental poisoning." COUNT MORTIER. THE PLEA OF INSANITY. We mentioned, about a month ago, that the physi cians charged to examine Count Mortier had reported that, considering the state of his mind, he ought not to be removed froni the ntazson de sante in which he had been confined. On Saturday the physicians presented a second report, in which they state, first, that Count Mortier is affected with partial mental alienation ; second, that this alienation consists in believing himself the object of implaca ble hatred ; third, that this idea leads him to adopt determinations of vengeance and fatal resolutions ; and, fourth, that Count Mortier must be considered as a dangerous lunatic, The re port enters at some length into a disquisition on the Count's mental malady. It is stated, for example, that his mental affliction does not prevent him from understanding, and even discussing with great art, the questions which concern him ; the disease is of a pecu liar nature, influencing what are called the sentiments, and in consequence perverting the judgment, causing false ideas to be conceived, and conducting to desperate resolutions. Thus the Count imagines that lie is the object of violent hatred, and that it is desired to make him appear mad in order that his shin, as he says, may be taken from him. He complains of wanting everything, food and even air, whilst the fact is that he is supplied with all that he can re quire. lie, however, rejects much of what is offered to him, and will not indicate other objects which he would prefer. "Ah I" he cries, "if I were one day to write my memoirs, and tell my sufferings, the tor tures of Sylvio Pellico would be nothing compared to what I suffer here I" He says that the Govern ment fears that he will divulge " state secrets," and therefore wants to cause him to be considered mad; that he has recognised an emissary of M. Guizot among the physicians who had visited him ; that M. Guizot has adopted the resolution of making him pass for mad without examining him ; that the Chancellor is influenced by hatred towards him ; that in the scene of the Hotel Chatham the Prefect of Police had pushed him for ward, and now felt that he had gone too far to retreat. The physicians set forth in their report that the accusations against the Chancellor and the Prefect of Police are the result of a sort of mirage, and effect of the mental alienation of the Count. In entering into explanations respecting his wife, he contradicts himself by admitting that circum stances, which he formerly described as positive, are uncertain. He persists in declaring that the letter to his wife threatening to kill his children and himself was only written to cause her to come to the hotel. He pretends that his wife flagrantly contradicts herself when she says he was desirous of killing those nearest him, and then himself. " I could not do both," he cries, " and therefore my wife contradicts herself. Let her choose to which statement she will adhere." IVhen told that there is really no contradiction, he becomes more positive that there is. The report concluies by stating that Count Mortier is verbose and prolix in his explanations. He often, it says, scratches his head violently, and then regards his finger nails with great attention. His glance is de scribed to be terrible, and, to use the word of the Ihysicians, sinistre.—Galignani. SCOTCH STUDENTS' AFFRAY IN EDINBURGH. - Oil Saturday the following students were placed at the bar of the Edinburgh police court, charged with riot: 11. Anderson, J. Jackson alias Goodsir. J. Balfour, R. Tully, H. S. Edwards, W. Richards, C. Rutherford, F. W. Clark, J. Sloan, J. Cathcart, J. C. Drayton, and J. C. Bon. The prisoners pleaded guilty to the minor charge of being present in the crowd concerned in a breach of the peace, but not guilty to the charge of as sault. Mr. Moxey, the interim superintendent of police, as procurator fiscal in this court, said, under all the cir cumstances, he felt justified in accepting the,plea of breach of the peace. Bailie Tullis said they had made some atonement for their offence by pleading guilty. They might be assured that the magistrates had no interest in bringing a number of gentlemen before that court, but the peace and welfare of the city and university. He then sentenced each to find security in 201. to keep the peace for 12 months from this date, or to be imprisoned 10 days. Upon leaving the court to find the required security the students were received with a loud cheer by their compatriots, which they returned. During the forenoon a large body of students, to the number of 200 and upwards, armed with formidable looking staves, formed into a procession of three men (or boys) deep, and marched through the principal streets of the city, followed by an i r re g ular army of urchins, apparently escaped from the ragged schools, who now and again set up a cheer or a laugh as the serious or ludicrous nature of the braggadocis display struck them. A good many idlers were gathered in front of the college, for no other apparent object than to gaze upon a knot of students who had taken up their station there: but no collision took place, and the affair may be said to be happily over. FATAL EFFECT OF CHLOROFORM.— On Tuesday forenoon, a melancholy and fatal occurrence happened to Arthur Walker, a young man, an apprentice to Messrs. Souter and Shepherd, druggists, Broad street, in conse quence of the incautious use of chloroform. It appears, that for some considerable tune past, he had been in the practice of inhaling this vapour to enjoy the pleasurable i sensa tions which it s known to excite; and on Tuesday, when weighing an ounce of chloroform to order, he ap plied his pocket-handkerchief to his mouth, and soon after appeared to be rather excited. There was only a lad in the warehouse at the time, but having observed Walker in a similar state before, and also that ho had got violent when any attempt was made to take the phial from him, he did not disturb him, and felt pleased when he laid his head down on his arms on the counter. In this state he was found by the other clerk, who had been out for some time, and whe being also afraid to waken him up, called his father; but no sooner did his father raise the lad's head, then ho fell back apparently in a lifeless s t ate. Dr. Jamieson and Dr. Nicol, with other medical gentlemen, were sent for; when artificial respiration, venesection, and other means were employed, but life was extinct. This melancholy and distressing accident will surely act as a warning to parties not to use chloroform without the advice and under the eye of a physician, or other ex perienced party. It should also act as a caution to . ehe mists not to dispose of this article to any parties without a written order under the hand of a person of . kn?wn skill and experience. At the p ost mortern examination, we understand that the lungs and brain were found f much loaded with darkened blood, which had the odour o chloroform. There was also, it is but proper to state, such disease about the heart and lungs as rendered the individual an unfavoura ble sub j ect for t he e mp h l?y h me a n l ! of such agents as ether or chlorofo r ; d w mu ic st, no th oug h insufficient to have cause death,an doubt, have expedited that melancholy result.— Aberdeen Herald. Mr. Henry Ellis, formerly Ambassador to Persia, and Mr. Pakenham , who negotiated the Oregon treaty, are about . to be created Knights Commander of the Bath. This rank of the order has bee hitherto con fined to the a rmy an d navy, but we understand twenty five Civil Knights-Commander are to be mado very shortly. IVHITTINGTAN CLUB.—TfiiRD SOIREE. On Tuesday we spent a pleasant and intelligent .1." ieniug with our young friends of the above club, at : a te ateir third soiree, in the elegant and spacious hallitd.thetr; at' new premises, formerly the Crown and Anchor Tien, for which they only pay 6001. of rent. Their presi lent, Douglas Jerrold, Esq., ably filled_the chair and was surrounded by many of the more distinguished and ec ta rh l u e ai n rki t es e h d aKiink na i,g e E m hst be 4. r Esq. s; and patrons. Among others M. Milnee, Esq., M.P. ; Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Bowring, ; George Thompson, Esq., M.P. ; ; Co ß o o p b e e r r , t Es O ci. w ; en, and Esq. several ; G eg ladies e and gentlemen whose names we did not learn. Al though the sale of tickets was restricted to members and their friends, the hall was crowded. At bait 000 were present—a large portion of whom were of the gentler sex, whose beaming eyes and intelligent faces testified how much they appreciated institutions of this nature. The extensive suite of rooms were thrown open at seven, and exhibited a well-arranged and liberal display of viands of various kinds. Mr. Jerrold congratulated the club, with characteristic wit, that they wets not now lodgers, but leaseholders. They had been driven out of their former premises by the irresistible dictum of that unreasonable agent fire, for which the now histori cal cooking apparatus of that place had, no doubt, its own reasons. He introduced Mr. Charles Knight, who made some practical remarks on the necessity of central combination and co-operation to secure success in such institutions, and referred for proof to those in the north of England. Mr. Lushington, in a neat speech, con gratulated the meeting, and his countrymen, that that hall, the arena of many a noisy political strife, was now consecrated to the more sacred purpose of harmony and intellectual enjoyment. Mr. Thompson apologised for having appeared in his working clothes. He and others owed what success they had to a similar institution—that of Aldersgate. Mr. T. concluded some judicious remarks on . the capability of the human &eta. ties to progress to an illimitable degree, and illustrated the influence of knowledge by an anecdote of the dandy in Holborn, who, when all attempts to induce the mastiff to release the old lady's poodle from his unrelenting jaws, coolly administered a pinch of snuff, and as the animal sneezed and dropped his prey, sagely remarked to the mob that " knowledge is power." Mr. Geese Cruikahank, in a short speech more remarkable for a blunt, honest, well-meaning zeal for the good of youth, than for oratorical eloquence, reviewed shortly the " authentic " and " poetical " history of Whittington'. They could not all be Lord Mayors; but this pretty story offered good lessons of industry, perseverance, and courage. Mr. Monckton Milnes conceived that their success was mainly attributable to the broad and liberal basis on which their club was constituted. It was nei ther religiously nor politically sectarian. Want of this principle had been the death of others. Another chief cause of success was the admission of the fairer and more influential portion of creation to membership. He recoll,cted a " ladies' club," twenty or thirty years ago, in Albemarle-street. Each lady could bring a gen tleman to dinner. One day a lady member was prevented from attending. Her intended gallant, however, went alone, when, to his consternation, he found his own wife in the party. The, scandal incident to this accident wait too much for the club. It died in three weeks. Dr. flowring - concluded this part of the proceedings by some reminiscences of his Oriental travels. The amusements of the evening were agreeably di versified by the vocal talents of Misses Dolby and Sa billa Novelle, and Mr. Alfred Novelle. Miss Novelle has a soft, silvery, soprano voice, which blended charm ingly with the more powerful and thrilling notes of Miss Dolby in Spontini's duet, "Di conforti." Miss Dolby sung delightfully that beautiful canzonet by Morri, " 0, tell me, pretty river," and when rapturously encored, gave with great spirit a Scotch song, half hunting half Jacobite in its character. Mr. Carte per formed a solo on Bohm's silver flute, and the risible faculties of all were well exercised by the comic genius of John Parry, in his ludicrous account of the marine excursion of the too daring " King Canute," and his comical account of the good King Alfred and the old woman's burnt cakes. About half-past ten significant indications of preparation for the dance began to ap pear. Harp, fiddle, and flute were speedily released from their cases and green great coats, and the hall was soon cleared for the agreeable relaxation, which was kept up till a late hour. Mr. Yapp, the secretary, deserves much credit for his arrangements. It might be advisable, however, to have an earlier hour to commence, and to keep that hour. But the early-closing movement, we fear, has not yet been so successful as to render these improvements practicable. —From a Correspondent. ARMY ESTIMATES for 1848-49. The estimates of the effective and non-effective army services from April 1, 1848, to March 31, 1849, N , ere issued yesterday from the office of the Parliamentary printer. The gross total amount to be provided by the House of Commons for the effective" service for the ensuing financial year is estimated at 4,201,1761., and the amount for the " non-effective" service at 2,117,5081., making together a grand total amount of 6,318,6861., exhibiting an increase, as compared with the charge for the year 1847-48, of 43,6121. Of the amount required for the " effective" service, the sum of 3,836,8801. will be appropriated to the land forces throughout the world, 168,2371., to the staff officers, 96,5911. to public depart ments, 19,1611. to the Royal Military Asylum and Hibernian School, and 80,3081. to the volunteer corps. The effective force of the regular army—as it is to be organized for the ensuing year—may thus be analyzed, via., 6,700 horses (exclusive of 3,506 for the East Indies, the expense of which is defrayed by the Company), 4,862 officers, 8,308 non-commissioned officers, trum peters, and drummers, and 100,677 rank and file, making a grand total (all ranks) of 118,847 men. Of the 2,117,508/. required for the non-effective service the sum of 15,507/. will be appropriated to rewards for military service; 76,000/. to the army pay of general officers; 57,0001. to the full pay of retired officers; 406,0001, to half pay and military allowances ; 47,3861. to foreign half-pay ; 129,5311. to widows' pensions ; 98,0001. to compassionate allowances, bounty warrants, and pen sions for wounds; 26,7741. to the in-pensioners of the Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals; 1,223,8101. to out pensions; and 37,500/. to superannuation allowances. The sum of 80,308/. required for the charge of the volun teer corps is thus subdivided:—vis. 4,8181. for the pay a nd forage allowance for 28 adjutants, via., 1 at 105., 24 at Bs., and 3 at se. ed. per diem each; 13/. 10s. for the clothing of 9 sergeant-majors, at 30s. each per annum; and 39,800/. for the contingent and clothing al lowacce of 13,600 men, at 31. each per annum, making a total for ordinary pay and clothing allowance of 44,6311. to which the sum of 35,677/. is added as the probabli expense of the corps when assembled for exercise or for permanent duty, or when employed in aid of the civil power, and expense of inspecting field officers for 1848-49; also allowances to'clerks of lieutenancy, under tee provisions of the Yeomanry Act, founded upon the actual expenditure of 1847. The increase of the regular military force this year, as compared with last, amounts to 5,449 men, and the extra expense to 43,6121. It should be understood by our uninitiated readers, that the votes of men and money for the regular army and the royal navy are annually taken in what is called " a Committee of Supply," whereas any organization of a national militia force will have to be provided for by a speeial Act of Parliament. The old Militia Act of the reign of George 111. is still nominally in force, but hail hitherto alway s been suspended from year to year by an annual Act of Parliament. ACCIDENTS ON TIIE NORTH-WESTREN RAILWAY. —Yesterday two accidents, both of which, though not attended with any fatal consequences, were of a very serious nature, and caused the greatest alarm to the passengers, occurred on this line. The first happened to the train which loft London at six A.M. from Euston square, which travelled with the usual speed until it ar rived at Hampton (between Rugby and Birmingham), when some passengers discovered that one of the car riages was on fire. An alarm was instant]) raised, but before the train could be stopped, the fire had got a firm bold of the carriage, which was completely filled with s moke. Upon the train being brought to a stand, it was found that owing to tho axle-boxes not having been pro perly examined and greased, the friction from the eN heels had caused the fire. Water from a pond was quickly procured, and the fire extinguished, without doing much damage. The second accident occurred to the express train from Manchester, which left that town at five o'clock P.X., when, upon arriving near Rugby, atter leaving the Trent Valley line, a singular jumping motion was felt by the engineer ; he immediately stop ped the engine, and, upon examining the train, it was found that a carriage had got off the line, much to the terror of the passengers, who had been thrown from one side of the carriage to the other with great velocity. 1 The carriage being nearly the middle of the train, the only reason which can be assigned for the accident is, that the coupling iron had not been properly secured. The carriage was found to be so much injured that it was necessary to take it from the train, which afterwards proceeded on its journey to London. THE TITHE REDEMPTION TRUST. —Yesterday a meeting of the members of this society was held at their office, in Abingdon-street, Westminster. Lord Jo Manners presided. There were also present Lord Grosvenor, M.P., the Rev. 1)r. Spranger, , the R. - Robert Messrs. J. T. Russell, Swan, Denne, Mallet, t k y e" Th r e . G. H. Drew, and other supporters of th;? tre el l e ro . apect us secretary stated that ho had sent copies ' York. and to all to the Archbishops of Canterbury theHe hadtlish received i vmost communicationso f whom onc fromu s r . D r concurred d a gt i or n es t g h t i e vn i eu n i r u v b ep i rtwhos the persons, i a w te il r b e ng for a fair conside leiiethr7sn'thesrheeldoafswlahr impwreorper c rliasttiosni.nceSethveeralasl new wniseuebtisengri,bielrnsdhmadanbyeeanppaidiedat tnosthheaidr been made for advice how to act where there we ibiol r gß e g c o h ul a ita n t e th e o s ef h© bad rec H e e iv t e h d ei f i o r r ea c su ggestionsobject e g e e t t t t i h n e g y d arr a y tithes restored. A discussion then ensued, in which Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord ohn Manners the Rev , Mr. Mallet, Mr. Dingwell, and J he Rev a . Mr r . Scott took parts; after which a committee was appointed, and the meeting adjourned till a future day. -,.. Guildhall was in some danger of being destroyed by fire on Sunday morning, from the close proximity of other buildings. About! one o'clock in the morning Wood, one of the patrols, was crossing over the roof of Guildhall, when he found a fire had broken out in the upper floor at Messrs. Gregory and Cubitt's, straw `bonnet manufacturers, No. 15, Aldermanbary. The back of these premises are within two feet of one portion of Guildhall. Through the early discovery of the fire the mischief was confined to the upper part of the house, but the damage from fire and water amounts to nearly 2,0001. COLLISION OF THE TYNE.—A verdict of " Man.. slaughter" has been returned by the coroner's jury against the captain and crew of the Alice steam-tug, of North Shields, for having run down a boat containing seven men, and occasioning the death of four. A . - 7 4,4