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`.."'~' 7 (c? /-Z-e-'"K) 2 . 7 • • /1/7///-7 k' --) -.t_>s<--.„ 0 • • 4 • • . • 1 / / * t.• "•••• • • Wf • • = 1 17-11. - -;1 4 4 . ' --• _• • _ • triti4,ool4- „. . . , -• ‘,„. A ; . - ; , • , •, • 4 ! 44 ilk ~, " • I ) / 6 _ _...., PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SITTING OF JANUARY 24TH, 1848. Researches on Refractory Substances, and the Results furnished therefrom, for the use of. Mineralogy, Geology, and Metallurgy, as well as the Arts of Precision and Sciences of Observation. By M. Gaudin. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. JOSEPII MOORE, Chairman. George G. Babington, Esq. Rev. Richard Garvey, M.A. John 13Jackal% M.D. Joseph Henry Green. Esq. Sir Benj. C. Brodie, Bart., F.R.S. Oliver Ilargreave, Esq. Rev. Alfred B. Clough, M.A. Clement Rue, M.D. Samuel Cooper, Esq. Samna Merriman, M.D. Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. ' Andrew A. Mieville, Thomas Davies, Esq. John Rt. Mowbray, Esq. James Dunlap, M.D. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. In addition to Assurances on Healthy Lives, this Society oontinnes to grant Policies on tho Lives of Persons subject to gout, asthma rupture, and other diseases, on the payment of a Premium propor tioned to the increased risk. The plan of granting Assurances on Invalid Lives originated with this office in the beginning of 1124. Every description of Assurance may be effected with this Soelety, and Policies are grouted on the lives of persons in any station, and of every age. The Rates of rremium are Lower than at most other offices. BONUSES. The two first Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the premiums paid ; the third 281. per cent. Trig tbarth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent., and from the large amount of Profit reserved for (Attire appropriation and other Caused, the Bonuses hereafter are expected to exceed that amount. The Society's Income, which is steadily increasing, is now upwards of 116,0001. per Annum. Tables of Later (with the last Report), earl bo obtained of GEO. B. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, No. 99, Great Hassell-street, Bloomsbury, Loudon. :ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA. The INDIA. and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET ei.)XPINY, ineorporatet by Royal Charter, which limits the re aPonalbility of the shareholders to the aluouut fer which they Indlvl tilaally subscribe, and aithorisee the Company to establish eoiniva f oatious to and avid Rent the United Kingdom, the East Indies, lastralasta, and New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. f . Divided tats series •f shares of 20/. ea*. C•MMITT1111. Sir George Larpent, Hart., Chairman of the Lends' Committee of 1848 for RiLtension of Steam Navigatimt to Australia. 114 r Verner, Hon. Fruits Scott, M.P., Agent far New South Wales. 3 fit' Thomas L. Mitilhell, Surveyor-General of New South wawa, London. ' Aledy, ladle' Army J. Maclean Lee, Herb Thomas Browne, 1 %1, Captain Richard Lloyd, India* Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy Arokilsald Caninghante, Esq. Milbourne Marsh, M. Captain H. M. Denham, 1.R.5., K. Montgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Montetiere, Esq. O. H. Donaldua, tag. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S. Capt. E. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. CaptallFerl.Bast litta Maritime Richard Paterson, Hsq. lorries Robert Henley Payne, Esq, Captain O. T. loyal Navy John Wilson ?Mani, Han. B. S. Halswell, Seq., M.A., F.K.S. G. H. Skead, Esq., Muter, Royal Clipt. M. Hamilton, Royal Navy Navy Oteitaves lianallten, Bee. Colonel Terrors, F.R.S. James Hunter, Nu. William Gorden Thomsen, Req. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Waghera, F.R.A.6„ Royal Charles Joyce, Seq. Navy Frederick Lambe, Bsq. Melvil Wilsen, Esa. HAVLlllll—liewers. Carrie and Co., C.rnhill. Settcrwas—Seers. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square. India, Australia, China, and Ike adjaeent regions, contain a pepu latiea of more than half the number •1 the inhabitants of the globe, ead tuna wlbs every product which cos minister to the wants of ram. Te fairy oat arsefaally aid economically steam cerammtleation with those eountries in the *Meet of this Company, for whose epe- Pntiests *tare ill an ample and pro Stable field, especially as regards nananrons aid valuable itelenles in the Soathern Pacific, which have as lairensing intereonree with India as well as with England --ere the only portions of the British empire anconaeoted by steam Irrigate' with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland rout* has been exelaeively granted to this Cerapany. The route sanencetel by - the Lords of the Admiralty ter this Com ytt ..._C•Yletl. Singapore, aid Torres it raits, the advantages of a " , "." ylsoy, the thetreplitaa capital of the whole of the itispralastaa oeleales, would be brought to a certainty withia 64 or Ire of 12aduk (frequently is OS), and within le ss than 30 da y s , Sul stations are euveseent, excellent coal from the ThAl At Neweastle, Neer South Wales, sea be pat ea beard there at 71. b 7.. 84. per Ism. l'aePostmeni, with lkirms et application for shares, and further 21 11britestien may be had applisatiea at the offices of the Com- MAY, 'where a copy of the Royal Chirtur ef Incorporation may be ebtaiied. °Sees, 84,Graklll, Ludes. JOHN TA.1135, See. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, Use principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a - Halt Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-eid Tailor for the last 25 years, as also the fact that this popular gar s:ant is now went ny almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment en its quality and style unnecessary. In Loudon only of FOUGEItE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT -STREET, Itege'st-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS- ItURT, adjoining SO, Cheapside. ‘ ,-Agents.—Eirmingham : Hollingsworth, New - stree t—Liver p ool : '''actaggart, Bold-street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street Edin : Marshall and Aitken—Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; and principal tellers In all large towns. CA UT I 0 N.—MECIII'S MAGIC STROP. "The /teal Magic Strop," "The Double Magic Strop," "The Z,airle Strop," are all base imitations of MECIII'S MAGIC STROP. None are genuine without Mechi's name, which imitators dare not pat on the spurious strop ; yet, strange to say, many perfumers call- Ule themselves respectable, endeavour to palm this rubbish (they cost Qom 3d. to sd. each in Sheffield) on the public, as Mechi's genuine strop,t although they possess no sharpening properties whate v e r, but e very reverse. The well-known Magic taste is an invaluable haxillary to the Strop, and its renovating properties aro truly sato- Mechi's Raxers stand pre-eminent, as well as his Table Cutlery. SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty Years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article exts.st which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or Rey hair, whiskers, 'moustaches, Acc., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro d"" ti by one application a pleasing and perm anent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the ha ir 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. Price 3s. id., is., aid 10s per bottle, To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fleldgate street, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 6i, Cern kill ; Butler, 4, Cheapsids ; Trout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 160, Oxford- Street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bend street; Hooper, 43, king William-street, London-bridge; Finnigin, Xtilsem-street. Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of Ines Pert/mem and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask fbr " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Her Ilya. Observe, the Proprietor's address is en the wrapper. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New road, London.—INFLUENZA. " To Messrs. Morison. " Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you of the benefit which myself and family have received from your excellent Medicine—MOßlSON'S PILLS. We have all had the Influenza severely, and the Medicine lu brOaght us throagh without any other assistance, while many around us have died of the epidemic. I must in justice say that the VEGETABLE UNITRIISAL MEDICINE, is, without exception, the best Medicine ever offered to the world. This is my unprejudiced *pinion, after a trial of twelve years. This letter is at your service to publish in any way you please, for the benefit of others, and I beg to subscribe myself, Gentlemen, yours very faith f ully, " E. I. HARRIS. " Cottage, Corby, Northamptonshire, I)ee. 10, MT." ITANZAS for the SERPENTINE. Whoa Winter tomes chilling the air, And kis subjects are all is a skiver, What thousands are seen to prepare For a skate on the Serpentine river. Menthe Dress-mart of MOSES and SON, Is furnished with Coats for the skaters, Which garments at all tines have woo T. title of being "first-raters." When the river a twelvemonth ago Wu glaaod by the clerk of the weather, What a sight did the Serpentine show, Willa its thousands assembled together. The wrappers of MOSES were worn By the goats os the hard-freez:sg waters, While the fun were oksorved to adorn 'Vast numbers of England's fair daughters. Aid may we not view *era again? Toe, the river once more may be frozen ; Skates agate' may be called for, and then Will the Warehouse of MOSES' be chows. At °ace let the public prepare, For traly there is very good reason ; Haste to MOSES' fanned Warehouse, for there Is the citoleast ot drags fir the season. LIST OF PRICES. ILIADT MAIM. Beaver Tagßind • ....... •••••• • .. • • •• .. front .£0 9 • Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely Tao Paella Coat •••••••'•'•"••• ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 8 • The Bulb:mar, *specially adapted for snowy and ... 1 II 0 wet wsather •••••••••• • • • • • • • • " .•• • • . OIS 0 The Premier •••••••"••• • • • • • • • • • • • .•• •• • 0 0 6 4 0 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every style • • .••• • • • Men's Do. Trousers, lined ••••••••• • • • ' • " • • . Doeskin ""••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 012 6 1 0 0 Dress C0at5.....• •••• •• " .• • • I 4 0 Frock do. ...... .... • • • • ....... ' • • Dimble-breasted Winter Teets.. ••••• • • • • . Roll collar .. ••. Boys' 111111811 X and Tnnis Suits.— •••••• • • • • • • ° 16 6 31/ADI Te stis.susi. Winter Coats, in wary style aid shape, hand somely trimmed ..... ... . ... ............frog 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs • 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper......... . Doeskin Trousers Best, or Drees.... Dress Coat . 1 12 3 .• Best quality made.. ••••• • • • • • 2,15 0 Frock do. Best quality made .. • • • • • • • • • • .. 2 3 Cashmere Vests • • o 6 •••• Satins, Plain or Fancy $ 12 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunis Suits 1 6 0 Great C0at........ A Snit of Clothes complete... ..... ............ 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Flys Minutes notice. O bserve.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to rsea klro, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the Mane) returned. X. MORES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, flatters, n e L' lte rs• FBrriers, Boot aid Sho em akers, and General Outfitters, for tfulee and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, sad 83, •4, 85, and 16 Aldgate, City, London. r,,,,t, "1 "." -- le. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the fic e ile against irapostors, but have learned that the untradesman h„ been of being connected with then, or it's the same concern, resorted to in 'nosy instances, and for obvious reasons. e y have Ile connexion with any other hone© in or out of London; And these who desire genuine and cheep clothing, Sco., should call at, sr seed to, Minories and Ald gate, City, London. Notice.—No business tra"° tod at this establishment front snit lot Pri d 4 F. tin sunset Saturday , when busln.as Is rescued till twelve *Week. THE CONCEALED CAUSE' THAT TREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS TII DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITS COLOURBD ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, is a Sealed Envelope, price Sis. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, With Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mantel and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigeetion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen !ST e Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. 11 ated nstr w ith Coloured E ngrav i ngs, exp l ana t or y o f the various Cases, &e. By C. J. LUCAS and Ce., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Nowmtui street, Oxford -street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. CONT ENTS Sr THR WORK, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate Cnclui,an c a of the Passions, i llustrated with Coloured Engravings. rap. g.—Banethl R esults of a Secret Tice on the Mind aid Body, nced Ia the production of Consumption, epilepsy; and diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indigos ,s " uon. stricture, Impotence, Sterilit on the luCleo of 3darried Life, and on and the nnhap y, pin with Observations ess caused ny Unfruitful nions. Chap. 3 . — Debility and Exhausti o n of the principal Vital F unctions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital aot, caused byt he practice ? I telf-indulgence. Chap. 4 .—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica ,,,J°,4c and treatment, Gieet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prostate. b.—Syphills, and its attendant maladies and treatment. C•isec, a nd concluding observations, Plates, /cc. Sold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-row ; Gord m 146, T,eadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford -street ; Sanger, 150, Oxtbrd ltreet • Mansell, 115, Fleet-street, London; Withal, 78, Higit-street, B irmingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 64, C'hurch- street, Liverpool ; Robinsn, 11, Greenslde•stret, ,dlitburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-sotroet, Dublin ; L ad c all isoo ktellers. Perseus desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to ap p l y to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 38. Gd., sr Postage Stamps. 4. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten II Two, and Ne ro Five till Eight i n th e even i ng, at t h e i r res i dence, No. 60, becwnian-street, Oxford -street, London, and country patients may s uccessinlly treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos -4 tie usual the of U. for Advice. N.i7,273.] LONDON, URS DAY DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jest published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2e. thi„ •r post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise ca 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 feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the Influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from :n.lis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs ; explaining their structures, uses, and Mnctions, and the variaus Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. frf SAMUEL LA'MYET, M.D., y, BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of Vse Iniversity of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of tke London Hospital Medical Sudety, &c. Marriage resmires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raisol, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disitp aointments. Excesses are always injurious; the chit, which when Used in moderation it fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on .he nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. MN work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of Emir relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attet.tion and study, for what subject can be of more - inmortattea - than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should he passe red. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive Indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering front theininvariable 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 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination. u ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, aid, above all, secret', inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse-sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteems and respect in Ins profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MEET has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the groat extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Pateniostel .row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stark, Tichbonie qreet, Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, trout the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter,, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his rani:lance. 9. Bositord4trest Yedfokl-seutire London. IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION. CLONMEL, MONDA/r. The Chief Justice sat this morning at ten o'clock. The Chief Baron was absent, owing to indispositior. MURDER OF A BAILIFF.—CAPITAL CONVICTION.— erence Corboy, a young man about twenty-five years of age, was indicted for having, on the 17th of October, 1846, at Gurtnafana, in this county, wilfully and feloniously murdered one Patrick Gleeson, by firing a loaded gun at him, and inflicting a mortal wound on the right side of his body, of which he languished and died on the 22d of the same month. Some of the counts in the indictment alleged that other parties committed the murder, and that the prisoner was present, aiding and abetting. Two members of the Society of Friends were em pannelled on the jury, having taken the usual affirma tion, instead of an oath. The prisoner's agent chal lenged twenty of the jurors called. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL shortly stated the case for the Crown. He said that the deceased was a man in very humble life, and was acting in the capacity of a bailiff or process• server, when he met with his death by the prisoner's hand, in the presence of a large number of persons. It would be proved that the deceased went to serve ejectments in the neigh bourhood of the murder, an was fired at by the prisoner, who shortly afterwards absconded from the country, and was arrested in \Vales, where he passed under the fictitious name of Patrick Ryan. Evidence would be given not only of the positive fact, but of the dying declaration of the deceased, and the state ment of the prisoner, who said, when arrested, to the constable who took him, " that it was all over with him—that a man who was borned to be hanged would never be drowned," alluding to a very rough and dangerous passage he had from Waterforel to \Vales. It appeared from the statement of the Attorney-General that the deceased had been in the habit of serving ejectments, &c., for land agents, and that he was employed in serving processes on the tenants on the lands of Gurtnafana, or in the neigh bourhood where he was killed. Some days before he was on the same lands, and received a beating, and the prisoner was heard to say that he would shoot whoever came again to serve law papers on the tenants. Evidence would be produced to show that the fatal shot was fired by the prisoner. Several witnesses were examined to establish the case as stated by the Attorney-General. Mr. RoLLesTorci then addressed the jury for the defence, and examined a witness to throw the suspi cion of the crime on a person named Murray. The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the jury, who retired, and in about two minutes found the prisoner Guilty. He was then removed. MURDER OP WILLIAM CRAWLEY. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—Jehn Playden was placed at the bar charged with the murder of William Crawley. When asked to plead the prisoner made no reply. The governor of the gaol said the prisoner had not spoken a word since he was fully committed, about three months ago. CHIEF Jusrice.—Explain to him the meaning of this; ask him to plead to the indictment. The governor then told the prisoner the nature of the proceeding, and asked him whether he was guilty or not guilty ; but still he made no=reply;•.llere was no one employed for him. • CHIEF JUSTICE---Mr. Attorney, what will yet do ? ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I have been speaking to the medical gentleman who attends the gaol. and he has told me that he believes all this to be feigned do the part of the prisoner. CHIEF JUSTICE—WeII, you know what the law enables you to do in such a case. ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Yes, my Lord, but as the doctor is of opinion that it would be better to allow some time to examine the matter more fully, I think it would be well to postpone the case till the assizes. The bill of indictment was then quashed. The pri soner, who is rather a well-looking young man, about twenty-six years of age, was then removed. It is said that when first conunitted to gaol he spoke, but he has not uttered a word since he was fully committed. RUMOUICED ASSASSIIIATION.—A good deal of anxiety was created here yesterday by a rumour that Mr. Croker, of Ballinagar, foreman of the late grand jury in Limerick, had been shot near his own residence. It was stated that a policeman had brought the intel ligence to this town, and a crowd of persons awaited the arrival of the mail car from Limerick, at half-past five o'clock yesterday evening, to ascertain whether there was any foundation for the report. But on the arrival of the car it was found to be utterly without foundation. Nothing had been heard about it in Limerick up to the departure of the mail. Later ac counts from Limerick show that the statement waa altogether false. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Fan. 2. STOCK EXCHANOLL-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 1 4 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 51. 6s. 3d. dis.-Ditto, 311. Shares, 5% die.-Glasgow, I'aisley, and Greenock, 1614 -Great North ern, Si. 133..91-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 1% dis. -Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. B. and B.), Fifths 1 ,4 p.- Ditto, 321. Shares, 4 dis.-Ditto, Fifths (West Rioting Union), 41s. 3d. dis.-London and North-Western, 149 - Ditto, New Quarters, 5% p.,-Ditto, Quarters, (A), 4% p. -Ditto, ditto (C), 4% p.-Manchoster, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Preference, % p.-Midland, 117-Ditto, halves, % dis.-North Staffordshire, 1 p.-North Union (A), 210- South-Eastern and Dover, 32-Ditto, No. 1, 34 dis.-Ditto, No. 2, 5 1 , 1 ' ) dis.-Ditto, No. 4, 1 1 4 dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 2% p.-Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase). p. -Ditto (Original N. and B. ), 32 1 / 4 c.-York and North Midland, Preference, 7% p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergatf, Notting ham, and Boston, 2% dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 3-16 c. dis.-B6lton, Blackburn, &c., Preferentials (B), par-Eastern Counties, 16-East Lanca shire, New Quarters, 34 dis.-Great Northern, 5 11-16 dis.- Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1 6 c. dis.-Laucashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 / 4 p.-Ditto, 32/. Shares, 4 3-16 dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 1 ,i dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 dis.-London and North- Western ( Manchester and Birmingham), 60 1 ,4 c.-Ditto, Quarters (C), 4 p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2 dis.--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 p.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 4% dis.-Midland, 401. Shares, 45 -North Staffordshire, 1 p. -North-Western, 4% c. dia.-Shrewsbury and Cheater, Preference ( guar. 6 per cent.), 3 1-16 c. p.-South-Eastern and Dever, 31 j g -Ditto, No. 4,1 9-16 c. dis. -York, Newcas tle, and Berwick, Preference, 24 p. LEEDS, FEB. I. STOCK EXCHANGE.-A pretty firm market to-day, and a fair amount of business has been done at the following prices :- Atnbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2 1 4 dis.- East Lancashire, New, 3% dis.-Great Northern, 5% dis. -Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 68. 3d. p.-Ditto ( W. 11. U.), 2% dis.-Leeds and Think, 14% dis.-Ditto, New, 13% dis.-Malton sad Driffield Janet., 44dis.-Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 395. dis.-North British, Thirds, 3s. 6d. p.- Ditto, Quarters, par-Ditto, Kxtension, 6d. dis.-North Staf fordshire, 16s. 3d. p.-Northern Counties Union, 31. 17s. dis.-North- Western, 4 5 4 dis.-Oxford, Worcester, and \Vol verhanipton, 14% dis.-South-Eastern and ll,,yer, No. 4, 295. dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 21. Bs. 93. p.-Ditto, Na. 2 (New Ilerwieks), 3% p. BIRMINGHAM, Fun. 2. STOCK FECHANOS.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, 16-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 435., 9d. dis.- North Staffordshire, 18s. 9d. p.-Shrewsbury and Birming ham ( A), 565. 3d. dis. ex int.-Ditto (B), 365. 3d. die. int. HULL, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE -Market firm, and little stock offering. North British, especially the minor sorts, are the great favourites. The sales are-Blackbura, Darwen, and Bolton. 9:Y 4 dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 4:% dis -North British, Quarters, ls. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), par. YOltli, FEB. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tba sales are-Great Northern, 5/. '2e.- Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 295. 63.-North Britian, Thirds, 435.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 131. Bs. 91-Ditto (G. N. E. Parch.), 10% EDINBURGH, FEB. 1. STocia ExcHANGE. - The sales are-Edinburgh and Northern, 171. 12s. 61-Ditto (Newport), Si. 155.-Great Northern, 5/.-North British, New Quarters I Is. 91-Ditto, Thirds, 435. 61 -Scottiah Centrals, 30/.-Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, 81. GLASGOW, FEB. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 36-Ditto, New, 145.-Clydesdale Junction, 59, 1 / 4 -Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 445.-Edinburgh and Glasgow (Stir. Mid. June., 3 per cent. guar.), 6 1 . 1 4-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 7 1 ,a-Giasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 40%-Ditto, Halves, 7 c.- Glasgow and Greenock, 17-Ditto, Halves, 8%-Ditto, Preference, 605.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 225. 6d.-Great Northern, 995.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), 1 le. Bd.-Scottish Central, 30-Scottish Grand Junction, Bs. 6d -York,.Neweastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 101/4. MERTING OF MR. ALISON'S CREDITORS.—On Mon• day a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Alexander• Alison, jun., ironmaster, one of the directors of the Ayrshire Iron Company, printer and publisher in Glasgow, and sole proprietor of the North British Mail newspaper, was held in the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. Mr. M'Cowan, accountant, the interim factor on the seques trated estate, read a report, from which it appeared that the bankrupt estimated his liabilities in the meantime at about 80,0001.. while his assets, exclusive of reversions expected to be recovered from the estate of Pitcon, &c., are about 12,0001. The amount of absolute loss is given at 55,0001. ; and amongst the items which make up this sum are 5,4001. lost upon pig iron ; 11,8001. bad debts ; 21,300/. upon newspaper and other publications; 10,4001. upon shares, &c., &c. According to the balance-sheet or Ist December, 1847, it appears that the bankrupt had drawn from the Blair Iron Company 35,300 L, and from the Ayrshire Iron Company 14,000/. Mr. M'Cowan was unanimously appointed trustee upon the estate, and instructed to take the necessary steps to secure the interest of the creditors as far as practicable.--Glasgow Herald. ......._.,_. A CONSOLATION.—Afriend of ours, who is afflicted with temporary deafness, consoles himself by the belief that nothing iv going on worth hearing. TENDERS FOR 1.0,1 NS THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mortgage, Ia sums of 1,0001. and upwards, at i per cent. interost, payable kalf-yearly, aid for periods not exceed ing seven years. By order, London Terminus, Jan. 31, 1848. T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary. COMIC TALES AND SKETCHES. By the Author of " Our Street," " Vanity Fair," &c., &c. In 2 Tots. foolscap Svio., cloth, price 10s. Gd., • CONIC TALES and SKETCHES, Edited and Illustrated by Mr. M. A. TITMAIISII, Author of " Our Street," " Vanity Fair," &c. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane. 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 articie in a state of perfect purity, free from grit, and con densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness. 29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square. THE REST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to 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 is bottles at is. 11.0., or 2s. 9d. each, by ♦. Willotn 4 hby and Co., late B. G. Wincing, Gl, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me dicine Vonders. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, aid d• sot be persuaded to purchase a■ Imitation. RAISING WATER, discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without either frietlea or faltering, therefore eau never be surpassed ; souse queetly this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servatims ofllfe aid property either at Sea► er oh Laid. AT numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac knowledge tie glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suiliee " Captala Greig, from Clashes to tendon, states that the reintali Purap being fitted is the Caroline, its great pewor was the means et saving the skip aid 220 souls ea hoard, two seine iu the bottom being partly left wilhant *Ching." " Tie Argis brig, from Cadiz, spring a leak when three days sat at sea, and soon after her eomasion pump cheakel and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain ramp, wtiish for ninothea days and eighteen nights was in ac tion withent a minute's respite, when all arrived safely is Lando., with a thank God far eke Fountain Pump." ON LAX) the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a are brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak ef a Are. " Re are delighted with the invention—it is a groat boon to se eiety."—lditors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Yorwieh front destruetion, fir est of eighteen different properties on are in and near the city, they saved eleven tiolely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Norton's dyery, and it,oool. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mastard, starch, and lour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's greoery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein frost exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. •, North ITalskam.—lt this ire tic Portable Engine was of great service, ant by having ono of them ready, there is no doubt bit half the property low destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Ckre ■iele, Aigiet 22, 18411. At a Norwich fire June t, 1847, the two Portable Engines wore the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will de the work, which proved true. The four large engines proseht proved useless. Portable Anginas speedily prove steam-boilers to a doses &trite spheres. Now the fact is this, all former Force Pimps, Lift-force Pimps, lift Pumps, imdChali Pimps arc bad machines: they rub, grub, and serape the water upwards by friotion. which wastes two-fifths of the pow - aced, and progressively Salter by leakage, which Drs. 'Young aid llutten, with many other essitient experimenters. lamented thus : —The quantity ii water actually raised by any machine seldom exceo:s half the power scmmed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engimeera in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects it I,ydraidie machines, nevertheless, at last the ♦ictory is won, and was for ever ; for frietion and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can 'fustian heavy rapid pump trials for 46 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fria till Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lei. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Feint tain Pomp 6,006 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary iterative advantage is gained ever perpetual and uni ♦ersal ignorance, clearly preying that Knowledge is Power. John Ciento* !Wiens, laq., in his popular work, No. 1,116, did well in placing liosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a void deal of Folly. Beeause Mr. Hallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and. Mr. liwbask, Ameriea, an ignorant pump bookmaker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-feeled John Bull and Paddy to No. 1,183, and in No. 496, Boek-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdeur, Hay, Farkington, with many other discerning meu, after witnesming the perfect cleat and the beautiful siraplieity of the reling principle, gave the inveatien the following true and sustain able chiaraeter:—The Fountain Pump is the most Important improve molt in the art of ralsing water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advaaceneent in the "useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fonntain ?umps are successfully carried out fir private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, tor mau, horse, and steals power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 160 barrels of water per 1i its, and rendering every fair trial at oesapetitioa ridionleas, whilst their durability is gairaateeil at less emit than sevasien pumps. W. CIiA.LDIM. Fexrtai■ Pump Works, Itervrith, NO!. a, 1847. Ste Ileekalifs's Mai/wino, \es. 231*, 364, 323, 4211, 459, 433, 482, 456, 427, 489, 191, 494, 496, bin, 599, 111. •K, 533, 632., 727, 814, 1,141, I,lll*, 1,183. Neu. illustrated are narked A It It A 1 M One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Difrtdence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ens hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an comprosiuc 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 he the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice detaand that health should terra au item in the compact ; tt alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little NILIWIRS ' Ou Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. Back (by post, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively -dined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered Dy niivinterpretatlon of their supposed contents, from obtaining there. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, hut tor 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 stuqualirtod authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " Flow to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hoar, but the study of the author's rtfe, who owes his prevent existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as ho would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "strung side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street ; Mann, 39, Cornh111; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, nornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIYE. INCA.I A CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged I. 19G pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 35. 6d. in postage stamps, FRE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on _j_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex ceasive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use et mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lendoe. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row : Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titekhorne ,treet, Haymarket ; and Gorden, 146, Leadenhall-street. Pater 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 ledul genie, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PACT 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infeetfen, either in the primary or secondary form, and centalis explicit directions tar their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase of mercury, are also clearly pointed eat. This section is illastrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system. PART Y. Is devoted to the consideration et marriage, aid its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, aid the whole subject critically aid philosophically inquired into. TnECOLDIAL BALM Or SYIIACUM is exclusively employed In treat ing su vette and sexual debility, impotence, Ice., 11 s .and 335. per Lnt! , Tics Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic rerealy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. l'erry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 4s. 61., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhcea, gleet, strictures, and chronic lull anima hen of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the (imager of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, It. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, If. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Bet ners-street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight : on Sundays rom ieieven to One. S AT FEBRUARY 3 1848 s it was remarkable that in both cases either the parties had partaken of no meal before death, or that by vomiting they had rid themselves of the contents, as both stomachs were empty at the time they reached his (I)r. Letheby's) hands. At this stage of the proceedings, The CORONER inquired of the jury whether they were desirous of going on with the case farther at that time ? The Foreman said he thought it was desirable to hear the whole of the witnesses with reference to the will which it was said had been recently made in favour of the nurse. The CORONIR—Then it will be better for us now to adjourn, to allow time to summon the witnesses. All parties having concurred, The CORONER dec►ded that the case should be ad journed until Friday next. INQUEST ON MRS. SHUTTLE- WORTH. Yesterday forenoon, at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment from the 2 oth ult., a jury of thein habitants of Marvlebone, who were on that day em pannelled before - Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., the Coroner for West Middlesex, to investigate the death of a lady, late an inmate of York House Lunatic Asy lum, Battersea, and who is described as Mrs. Martha Rhodes, alias Shuttleworth, re-assembled at the Manchester Arms, Baker-street, Portman-square, further to pursue their inquiry. Miss Rhodes, sister of deceased, on being called, expressed her anxiety that the inquiry should be made. She said deceased died on the 6th of January, and the first information she received of it was on the 1 1 th, after the removal of the body. She last aw deceased on the 10th of November at the asylum, but was so treated, that believing she was not to be permitted to see her sister, she applied to the Metropolitan Lunatic Commis sioners for an order, but was refused. She re ceived information of her sister's death from Mr. Newland, solicitor, and that her body was at Mr. Storking's, undertaker, Pimlico. On the sth of January she received a letter from the solicitor, re questing her to call upon him on important business, but conceiving it to refer to the appointment of a trustee to her sister's property, to which she had re fused her assent, she did not attend to it. On going to the undertaker's he told her he had orders from the Rev. M. Rowlett, who signed an order for her sisters' confinement, and from Mr. Parkin, one of the asylum doctors, not to deliver up the body, but to bury it, and allow her to attend the funeral. She ap plied to the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, and that gentleman ordered the body to be delivered up to her, and it was brought to her house in Adam-street East on Friday evening, the 14th of January. After hearing this statement, the jury determined to go on with the investigation, and Mr. Findley, having been chosen foreman, the jury were sworn, and viewed the body, at the appearance of which they expressed themselves much shocked. The CORONER remarked that the sores on the body were very bad, and the mortification extensive, but in Some cases it could not be prevent-d. The question was, whether the deceased had been properly treated, and proper means resorted to, to prevent the extensive injury which appeared. He considered that they had better now adjourn, in order that the body might be exanained by a gentleman whom he would appoint, well acquainted with hospital practice. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned till yes terday, when the jury re assembling, Mr. llutchings, the Coroner's clerk, said he was instructed by Mr. Wakley to express his great regret that serious and sudden illness prevented the possi bility of his attendance that morning to proceed with the inquiry lie begged to assure the jury that he hail just left Mr. Wakley so ill in bed, from the effects of an ulcerated throat, that he was unable to speak ; and as Mr. Mills, the Deputy Coroner, had gone to hold some inquest out of town, it was necessary again to adjourn the proceedings. The inquiry was then further adjourned. [P R ICE iD. EAST INDIA HOUSE. THE LATE RAJA OF SATTARA. (Continued from our afternoon Edition of Yesterday.) Mr. LEWIS seconded the motion in the absence of Mr. Sullivan, who was prevented from attending the Court by severe indisposition. The Honourable Pro prietor, after a few preliminary observations, repeated many of the remarks already made during the dis cussion of this case. He then read sonic extracts from the recently published letter of Major Carpenter, and he concluded by expressing a hope that the directors would no longer hesitate to repair the wrong which they had done to the Raja. Mr. SA.TAGH said a few words in favour of the re solution. Mr. WEEDING opposed the resolution, and in doing so he replied to many of the observations made by Mr. Ilume. He denied that any witness had ad mitted that any o f th e d ocumen ts exhibited against the Raja were forgeries, or that any important docu ments had been withheld. He defended the Govern ment of Bombay from the charges that had been brought against it, expressed h i s conv i ct i on o f th e guilt of the ex-Raja, d eprecated any f urt h er discus sion with reference to hi s case, an d i n support o f hi s opinion read some long extracts from a letter written by Lord Auckland. He hoped the resolution would be met by a motion of adjournment of the Court. Mr THOMPSON would demonstrate that the state ments of the last speaker as to Colonel Ovans was incorrect. He would show that there was not one iota of truth in the statement of the honesty of the course pursued by Colonel Ovans. Why did Colonel Ovans keep back most of the evidence relative to the charges against the ex-Raja ? The Hon. Proprietor then repeated the charges he had before made against Colonel Ovans, and openly charged the Colonel with intercepting and keeping back statements and evidence that would have proved the innocence of the deceased Raja. He (Mr. Thompson) claimed for the issue of the deceased Raja the restoration of every title and of every rupee that had been plundered from their progenitor. - ltr. PRINCEPS (after a few remarks from Mr. Fielder) rose with reluctance. In the early treaty before September 1807, there was no mention made of keeping up the independence of the Raja. After the rupture of 1817, Mr. Elphinstone submitted to Lord Hastings that these points were argued—the taking of the whole of Sattara into the hands of the Government, or the restoration of the independence of the Raja and his family. After consideration, Sir Lionel Smith was ordered to reduce Sattara, which he did. There was no use in further inquiry. The late Raja's brother sat on the throne of Sattara as an independent prince. Colonel SYLES said the political rights of the late Raja had died with him. His knowledge of the laws of the Hindoos made him acquainted with this fact. The late Raja had not requested his locale to be changed. The CHAIRMAN would not reply to the terms used by the Member for the Tower Hamlets. He would support the decision of the majority of the Court of Proprietors, as that decision had been confirmed by Parliament and the Board of Control. The Chairman moved that the Court do now adjourn. Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON (the Deputy Chair man) seconded the motion. Mr. Hustle, in reply, appealed to the Court of Pro prietors, as the responsible governors of India, to vote for the re-opening of the inquiry. In the case of the Raja of Nagpore, the Government of India and the Court of Directors had reversed, after five deci sions against the Raja, the case set up. Why, there fore, should not the same course be followed now ? Those who supported the case of the ex-Raja of Sattara were prepared to prove that the deposition was illegal and unjust. The Hon. Proprietor at con siderable length addressed the Court. The Court then divided on the question of ad journment, when there appeared—for it, 63 ; against it, 26. The CHAIRMAN declared that the motion for ad journment was carried; and on the question the Court was declared adjourned. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. COMMITMENT OF THE PRISONERS. Yesterday, at the Lambeth Police-court, William Jones, an engine•driver, and Lewis Fleming, a fire man, in the service of the South-Western Railway Company, who have been in custody since the kith of the last month on a charge of having caused the death of David Markland, were placed in the dock before Mr. Elliott for final examination. Mr. Dalrymple, one of the solicitors, and several of the officers connected with the company, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Wolff appeared on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. Dalrymple remarked that the prisoners had biwn remanded on a former day for the purpose of producing Fortescue, one of the guards of the goods' train on the night of the accident. By the certifi cate he (Mr. Dalrymple) then produced, it would be seen that Fortescue was not as yet in a fit state to attend. Mr. John Veret Gooch was then sworn, and stated that he was superintendent of the locomotive depart ment of the London and South-Western Railway. He knew Purbright embankment, in the parish of Woking, and had visited the spot since the accident occurred, for the purpose of making:bhimself ac quainted with the details of the gradien there. He knew the canal wall at the end of Frirnley cutting there. The accident happened at the 25th mile post, and the distance frcuu there to the canal wall was as near three miles and a quarter as possible. On getting out of Frimley cutting the country was an open one, and there was an uninterrupted view from there to where the accident happened. The gradi ents between these two points are slightly varying from lin 285 up to lin 848. This is a fair gra dient, and is not greater near to where the accident happened. He made an experiment last night with a goods' train, consisting of twenty-five waggons ordinarily laden, and corresponding with the one that caused the accident, and starting at the same time of day from Southampton. Before meeting the train he placed a man at the 25th mile post, and desired him to walk 600 yards i:owards Frimley cutting, and at the en i of that distance to stand with a green light, and also to place on the line a deto nating signal ; and, further, to remain there after the train passed, and until Mr. Gooch came to him. Witness then proceeded to I''arnbo•:ough, where he met the goods' train, and taking charge of the engine proceeded towards town at the rate of about twenty one miles an hour, which was a mile an hour over the average speed of goods' trains. He told the fire man to stand ready with leis break to apply it when he desired him. On coming up to the man with the green light, he heard the detonating signal go off, and he instantly reversed the engines without shut ting off the steam, when the whole force of the steam was against the progress of the engine. He also at the same moment sounded the whistle, and both the guards, who were not aware of his object, put on the breaks. When the train came to a stand-still he got down and measured the distance to where the man with the green lamp stood, and found it to be 258 yards from the engine. These 258 yards were within the 600 yards from where the accident occurred. The en gine he drove was the Buffalo, one exactly similar in power and construction to the one the prisoners had charge of on the night of the accident. There were two road box-breaks to the trains with which he tried the experiments, but there was only one road box and one break to the train in charge of the pri soners. A road box-break is a great assistance in stopping a train, but the tender-break is the most effectual, and the latter is in charge of the fireman. Engine-drivers calculated principally upon being able to stop the train by the tender-break. On the night the accident happened there were six carriages more than on the train with which he made the experiment on the night before. Ile (Mr. Gooch) thought the night before was very favourable for stopping a train, for it was a very dry night, and the rails were parti cularly dry ; but still he thought that if he had had the additional carriages added to the train, he could have stopped in from seventy to one hundred yards further on. Had the night been unfavourable, the rails Het or greasy, the additional six carriages, and only one road-box and break besides that in the tender, he was decidedly of opinion that he could have stopped the train within the six hundred yards, that being the distance prescribed by the rules. It was the duty of the engineer and firemen to look out for lights, or any other signals of danger, and if the pri soners had been doing so on the night in question he (witness) had no doubt they might have stopped the train and prevented the accident. Witness, on the night before, saw the green light at a distance of two miles, though it was but a hand lamp, and not so large by a great deal as those danger lights placed at the end of the train. The light was the same size as that carried by Brownsmith on the night of the accident. Mr. Gooch begged to say that he had always con sidered the prisoners to be very steady, careful, and sober men, and was much surprised upon hearing that the accident occurred with them. John Smally, a guard in the company's employ, was examined at considerable length. He was a guard of a luggage train that started from South ampton three hours after that on which the prisoners were employed. He described the night as rather foggy, and said the train received a danger signal from the down mail train, and stopped about three quarters of a mile out of the cutting. They went on at a slow pace for about three-quarters of a mile more, when they saw five red ligits in advance, and also a fog signal. The lights were then on the side and tail of the train, as well as two head lamps, and these they saw die tinctly for a considerable distance ahead, and he made an observation at the time that two of them were the side lamps of the passenger train. The train which he (witness) was on was two miles from where the accident happened when he saw the danger signals. In reply to the Magistrate—This engine only ap plied the breaks and did not reverse the engine, and the train was stopped in about half a mile. Mr. Wolff submitted that there was nothing in the charge to justify the further detention of the prisoner Fleming, nor would any jury be found to find J ones guilty of any offence on the depositions just read. Mr. Elliott, however, committed both the prisoners to take their trial at the next Kingston Assizes on a charge of manslaughter, hi causing the death of David Markland, an engineer in the company's em ployment, on the night of Friday, the 14th of last month. The court was much crowded during the investi gation, which occupied a considerable time, and had not concluded till a late hour. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. --- Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Baker, coroner for the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, held an adjourned inquest at the Queen Catherine, Brook • street, Ratcliff, touching the death of Andrew and Anna Witham, the latter havin g died on the 24th inst., and the former a few hours afterwards. In consequence of the peculiarity of the circum stance, that only a short time had elapsed between the death of both parties, and a will being found of recent date, the greatest excitement preva il e d i n th e neighbourhood. It being understood that a considerable amount of property was left by the deceased, a legal adviser ap peared for each party in the case, Mr. Fearnley for the representatives of the deceased, and Mr. Donne for the nurse, there being some dispute as to the will alleged to have been made by the deceased Andrew Witham. Mr. Andrew Buchanan, surgeon, having deposed to knowing both parties, and visiting them occa sionally in his professional capacity, and also to his having made a post mortal& examination of the bodies, stated that, in doing so, he found upon neither of them any marks of violence. He removed the stomachs, and forwarded them to Dr. Letheby, at the London Hospital, in accordance with the instructions of the coroner. Henry Letheby, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital, stated that on Saturday last he received from Dr. Buchanan a sealed paper parcel, containing two human stomachs, with thei▪ r contents, which Dr. Buchanan requested him to analyse. Accordingly, on Monday last, he did so. In the case of that of the female he found the stomach very much di sease d. It was affected with cancer, which occupied the whole of the upper part of it. It was hard, and inflamed all over. It contained about half an ounce of thick brownish green matter, mix• ed with some vegetable extract. This smelt strongly . of the , odour which particularly emanates from mice. This odour was distinctly recognised by other gentlemen who are con stantly conversant with such smells. The odour especially ieminde3 them of that of heml oc k. U pon being tested with chloride of iron, and with nitric 1 acid, they obtained a greenish black precipitate with the former, and a deep red colou} with the latter, both of which results were indicati ve of the presence of vegetable matter. He could not affirm positively that the deceased died under th e i n fl uence of poison ; but ho entertained strong suspicions of the existence of hemlock, or some preparation of that kind, in the stomach, when it was sent to him for analysation. With reference to the deceased Andrew Witham, the general appearances were the same, and NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POILTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAT.—The Firefly steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commanding T. C. Ponsonby, did not sail last night, as expected. She went out of the harbour and anchored at Spithead after sunset, sailing at seven this morning. The mails were put on board her in the harbour yesterday by M. Vandenbergh, the Netherlands Tice-Consul. The crew were paid two months wages in advance, and sufficient care not having been taken to guard against the admission of spirits, such a quantity of an infamous deleterious compound under that name obtained entrance, that the crew were in a state of complete disorganization, and eight were obliged to be removed to the flag-ship quite intoxicated. An attempt was also made to punish the fellows who were the cause, by introducing liquor, of the disturbance, but it failed, from want of evidence. Such liquor as was found on searching the ship was started overboard. The Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. leppel, sailed at seven last evening for the East Indies. The Kite steam. vessel, Mr. Balliston, acting master commanding, was removed also from the basin this morning, and will sail to-morrow for Bermuda. She is trying her compasses today. The Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., was ordered to be docked to-day; but the only dock available for that purpose being the ene in which the Undine now is, and that vessel not being ready to come out, even temporarily, at present, it was thought best to get the Powerful's masts in to-day, and sock her if possible to-morrow. Her fore and main masts will be got in to-day, and the mizen- mast and bowsprit to-morrow, after which she will be taken into the basin, and if the Undine can be got out she will be docked. The Aid lighter sailed with stores for Plymouth this morning. The Rochester lighter sailed to-day with stores for Sheerness and Chatham. The Sealark, 10, Commander W. B. ➢onypenny, arrived this afternoon from Chatham. The Britannia, 120, which was brought down some days since to be rigged in a great hurry by the dock yard hands, but which was never proceeded with further than the first afternoon's work, was taken out of the basin back to her moorings this morning. The Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby, C. 8., will be the next line-of-battle ship withdrawn from the Tagus. She will be paid off at this port. Mr. Frederick Cleeve, clerk, R.N. (1840), is ap pointed secretary to Rear-Admiral Mackay, at Cove. Wind—westerly, light airs, weather berutifully clear, fine, and warm. PROMOTIONS. Messrs. H. T. Ellis and G H. Forster, second masters, to the rank of masters. APPOINTIIBNTS. To the Blenheim—W. R. Smith, lieutemmt. To the Devastation—George Clarke, assistant surgeon, confirmed. To the Enterprise—Stephen Court, se cond master. To the Medea—William Crawford, assistant surgeon, confirmed. To the Powerful — Henry Caldwell, commander, and F. 11. Shortt, lieu tenant. To the Prince Regent—T. L. Uacleod, midshipman. To the Ringdove—John E. Uamilton, assistant surgeon, confirmed. To the San Josef — Robert Irvine, acting assistant surgeon. To the Star—Evan Evans, surgeon, and James Grant, naval cadet. To the Trafalgar—G. W. Anderson, clerk. To the Victory—John Murphy, acting assistant sur geon. To the Wellesley—Eugene F. U. S. de Rutzen and R. J. Stotherd, naval cadets. DEATH OF SIR. JOHN MACLEAN, K.C.B.—This gallant officer, by whose death the colonelcy of the 27th Foot, which he held since Nor. 2, 1842, becomes vacant, died on Monday. lie commenced his military career in 1794, as ensign in the Ist Regiment of Royal Scots, and was appointed lieutenant in the 100th, ufterwards the 91d, with which he served at Gibraltar as t Corsica. He was with his regiment as a captain fur ome year during the rebellion in Ireland. In 1799 he amonapanied his regiment to Holland, and was present at five actions; in that of Oct. 2, near Alkmar, he was severely wounded in two places. He was appointed on the Quarter -mas ter's staff in March, 1801. and was prom it at all the actions in Egypt during the campaign of that year. Next year he served in Malta, and, in 180,4, obtained . a majority in the 27th Regiment, the colontAcy of wh ich he held until his death. He subsequently, after holding some staff appointments, took the commas id in Ireland as lieutenant-colonel, and embarked wit h it for the Peninsu!a. He was present at the setians of Busaco, Rediuha, Olizenca (whore he was severitly wounded), at Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees. ant I Pampeluna, where he was wounded when covering the retreat of the 4th division from Ronoesvalles, and also hal his horse wounded. Ho was present at the battles cif the Nivelle, Bayonne, Orthes, and Toulouse, where tie was for the fifth time wounded severely. The date o f: his last com mission, that of Lieutenant Gener al, was Junte 28, 1833. CONTRARY WINDS.--The boy—or professor, as he calls himself, who blows the organ at St., Stephen's Church, Walbrook, has announced li•a intention of dis continuing that healthy weekly exercise, maim his salary is regularly paid. To use the professor's own emphatic words, he says, " he's blowed if he blows any longer for nuflin at all." There is a complete panic fn the loft in con-equence. The organ has been sottoded by the v?stry, who have been endeavouring to play' upon it for their own purposes; but it is evident it will, •not be a tool, much less au instrument, in their hands. It remains passive under every blow, and will certainly go altoge ther, if there is no one qualified to stop it. l The bellows luckily are quiet.—Punch. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHADIrTON, WEDICBSDAY EVENING.—The Avon steam-ship, Captain Norton, arrived this evening, at five o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual fortnightly mails. She was nut due at the Post-office until the 7th, and has consequently made a most extraordinary passage. She brings advices to the following dates :—Jamaica, 7th January ; Demerara, sth ; Trinidad, 7th ; Barbadoes, 9th ; Grenada, Bth ; St Thomas, 14th The Avon brings on freight 268,278 dollars, 1,017 oz. gold dust, and 150/. in British coin, 4 serons of indigo, and a general cargo. The Avon brings the melancholy tidings of the almost total destruction of the town of Chagres by fire, on the night of the Bth December, including, among the few other buildings of any note, the (so-called) " custom-house," which at the time most unfortu nately contained an entire cargo of merchandise just landed from the schooner Desengano, valued at 60,000 dollars, and which it is reported lad been purchased on credit, by two Spanish gentlemen, from merchants in this city. It is with extreme regret that we announce the death of Major-General Lambert, commander of her Majesty's forces in the island of Jamaica. The Avon has about fifty passengers. STATIONS o HER MAJESTY'S SHIM—At Jamaica, the Imaum ; Alarm and Viper were at Port-au- Prince ; the Vixen was at St. Juan de Nicaragua ; the Electra had sailed for Vera Crus ; the Persian on her way to England ; the Vindictive at Trini dad ; the Grampus and Juno on the West Coast of Mexico. STATIONS OP THE COMPANY'S STRAY SHIPS.—The Conway, at Bermuda; Thames, in the Gulf of Mexico; Eagle, at St. Thomas's; Clyde, in the Spa nish Main; Medway, en route for Jamaica; Tay, at St. Thomas's. GENERAL SIR C. NAPIER. The following address has been presented to Sir C. Napier by the English at Nice, on his arrival therm from India : " Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier,—On the part of our fellow. countrymen at Nice we most hear tily welcome your arrival amongst us, and we beg to express our very high and grateful sense of your long, arduous, and brilliant services, especially in the two glorious victories of Meanee and Hyderabad. Long may you live, Sir Charles, to enjoy your hard won h onours; and long may your country rejoice in the health and happiness of one who has served her so well, and whose name (in Lord Hardinge's appro priate language) has been so " gloriously pre-emi nent." To which Sir Charles replied— " Gentlemen,—lt is difficult to express my strong feelings of gratitude at the fla tterin g reception given to me 011 my arrival from India. To be thus received by such a number of my countrymen, holding various political opinions, and of various professions, would produce in me an unbecoming vanity, were I not conscious of having no claim to your praise, except as the representative of those brave troops who won the victories which you have been pleased to mention so honourably. I have probably bid those excellent sol diers an eternal adieu; but, far as I may be removed from them, I shall always acknowledge that to their bravery I owe everything, including the marked honour which I have this day received from you, and for which, Gentlemen, allow me again to return my sincere thanks." A ball was also given to Sir Charles, at which about 230 persons were present. A balance of 365 f. remaining over and above the expenses incurred was presented by the , committee to a charitable institution called "La Societe de St. Vincent de Paule," which donation has been acknowledged in the following note : " La Societe de St. Vincent de Paul*, par l'organ de son president, a l'honneur de reconnoitre la recep tion du comite Anglais charge de feter l'arrivee Nice du Lieutenant-Gtmeral Sir Charles Napier, de la somme de 365 f. que le comite a bien voulu lui faire remettre. La Societe de St. Vincent de Paule eprouve une sincere sati s f ac ti on d e vo i r une charite chretienne et ecl , airee ass oc i er l es pauvres aux justes sympathies qu existent , parmi lea sujets de la Grande Bretagne residents a Nice, et la presence du noble chef qui a porte avec gloire le drapeau Anglais dans des regions eloign4s, et dont le nom est disormais celebre. " Les membres de la Societe de St. Vincent de Paule, sujets d'un Roi ancien allif de la Grande Bre tagne, unissent a leurs remerciments au comite leurs sentiments de respect et de haute consideration envers l'illustre general. (signed) "C. DE MAISTRE, Le President. " Nice, Jan. 9." TIIE LATE MURDER AT DIIICPRY.—AERTON , WIEDMESDAT.—The magistrates this day resumed tleir ingtirf into the murder of the late Mr. Walsingham Hazel!, of Dundry. The nephews, Benjamin Haaell and James Hazell, were again present in custody, an d were defended by Mr. King. No evidence of importance was called. The examination was proceeding when the post left. LONCIEVITY.—The Baroness de Geisen has just died at Luxembourg, aged 107, or, according to some ac counts, 111 years. She possessed her intellectual facul ties to the last, and four years ago visited a German watering-place. Madame de Cambfort has also just died at Ilusseren (Haut-Rhin), aged 103. Having had entrusted to my care, on different occasions, very powerful blow. pipes, I have submitted to the judgment of the Academy the results which I have obtained by their means, but until the present time I ha ve not discussed the uses which might be made of the application of these results. " In 1836 I endeavoured to form rubies of all sizes ; my process consisted in submitting to the flame of the oxy-hydrogen blow-pipe ammoniacal alum, to which had been added a few traces of chromate of potash. I obtained by this means melted globules, composed of alumina and oxide of chrome, having all the characters of oriental rubies. I constructed my erucible with calcined lamp-black, ren dered compact by pressure; my blow-pipe formed a flame which reached from the top to the bottom, in such a way as to heat the gases before they passed out ; in one word, the con struction and dimensions of the blow-pipe were such as to give it the fullest possible amount of power. This blow-pipe, which had cost 1001., weighed almost four pounds and a half. The principal body of the ap paratus was composed of two concentric cylinders, with a common foundation weighing 22 pounds. The exterior cylinder was 21 inches in diameter, and 2f inches in height. The other common foundation was formed by a disc screwed to the inner side of the large cylinder. This disc was pierced with three holes, one in the centre, and the other two corresponding to each other at the an nular space comprised between the two cylinders. At each of these orifices was adapted a tube of 51 inches in length, drilled into a bar of platinum. These tubes were fitted with such great precision that the apparatus, though of the length of 7i inches, was per fectly connected without a particle of solder; lastly, three platinum tubes, soldered with gold, completed the blow-pipe, and served to suspend it by means of iron-wire. The lower front was pierced with from fifty to sixty holes, as large as the point of a pin, for each gis ; and th ese h o l es were pierced obliquely in the same direction, to impress on the flame a move ment tending entirely to displace the matter in fusion. I worked this apparatus only a few times ; the gaso meters were not large enough, as they contained only about five hundred quarts of gas. Nor could I pro cure ivory black sufficiently pure or compact. By the action of the fire the crucible split, and the rubies falling among the broken pieces defied the flame to touch them ; this is the reason why I made at one operation five or six rubies the size of a grain of corn, I I against one only as large as a pea. In a word, with this apparatus well served, we ought to produce rubies as large as small nuts. When the blow-pipe was in full activity, its body was heated to a bright red; and whilst the rubies were moving to and fro against the dazzling sides of the crucible, so intense was the heat radiated, that the frame of the blue spectacles I wore during the operation, burnt the skin of my face. With a blow-pipe of much less power I had previously obtained a limpid globule as large as a pea, by operating in potash alum without any addition, but this globule once cold, crystallizes, possessing all the characters of alumina, hardness, brilliancy, &c. Mr. Dufrenoy even recog nised the sixtuple change of corundum. I consider, therefore, that I have a right to claim the priority of the production of crystallized precious stones, and of the process of mixing these bodies in the state of salts, whence arises a separation by heat of the volatile matters, and the obtaining the residue in the state of an intimate admixture. On the 19th of June, 1837, I presented to the Academy a note on this process, accompanied with specimens,— some crystallized, the others cut with a diamond in all their facets. The opinion of the lapidary, the re markable analysis of M. Malagute, and especially the report of MM. Brequene and Berthier, pronounced that these rubies possessed all the properties of the natural precious stones, except their limpidity ; and it is precisely this determined crystallization of alumina, which is the great obstacle in preventing the mani teitation of this precious property. During the ex periments of the commission at the School of Mines, M. Regnault placed a small piece of quartz in our crucible of lamp-black ; we melted it, and I remarked at the time that it was viscous, whilst alumina, on the contrary, is always very fluid or crystalline ; and I then formed the project to draw out the rock crystal, and after several attempts I succeeded in spinning the rock crystal as readily as a thread of glass. I re marked, also, that it was very volatile—a fact which Cordier has found of _importance in his geological investigations. 11 44. " In the memoir which I presented to the Academy in 1841, I described the phenomena of the tempering of the rock crystal, the threading of silex, beryl, garnet, &c. To this present memoir, I subjoin rods of rock crystal and free-stone ; six lenses of melted rock crystal, of from 60 to 200 diameters, and also rubies, made by means of my small ether blow-pipe. With one of these rubies M. Gindrax has formed a pivot-hole for a chronometer, and he declares that it appeared under the diamond as if it were an ordinary ruby. In conclusion, I am happy to announce that it appears to me very practicable to melt rock crystal on a large scale, for optical purposes, as well as rubies, in crucibles of lime, covered with carbon, of which I have already described the fabrication, by two differ ent processes for the melting of platinum and its alloys." ALARMING FIRE. This morning, about a quarter past twelve o'clock, the immediate neighbourhood of Holland-street, Blackfriars, was thrown into a state of considerable excitement by the sadden issue of dense masses of smoke from the several windows and roof of the ex tensive premises known as the Falcon Glass-works, the property of Apsley Pellet, Esq., situate in the before-mentioned thoroughfare. An instant cry of fire was raised and messengers were dispatched in various directions for the engines. In an almost incredibly brief space of time the Brigade engine, from Southwark •bridge-road, arrived, followed by the West of England and others from Farringdon street and Araterloo-road. The firemen then found that the flames were furiously raging, apparently in what is termed the cutting shop, immediately over the steam-engine house. The hose of the engines were quickly drawn out, and everything was in readiness for work, but, unfortunately, not a drop of water was flowing from the fire mains in the district. To obtain a sufficient supply the engines were taken down one of the wharfs, and set to work from the river Thames. This, of neces sity, took up considerable time, and the flames mean while continued to travel, so much so, that the imm e nse pile of buildings appeared doomed to destruction. The moment, however, the engines could be charged. with water, they were set to work, and a powerful stream was scattered into that portion of the premises where the flames appeared to be raging, but without producing . any impression upon them. The firemen eventually cut a number of holes in the upper window shutters, and by inserting the hose-pipes through the apertures, they were enabled to reach the fire, but it was not entirely extinguished at two o'clock this morning, although all danger of any farther exten sion was at an end. The origin of the fire, or the extent of the damage, c anno t b e ascerta i ne d . Th e mischief; however, from the outside of the premises, appears to have be en con fi ne d to th a t p or ti on o f the building In which it began. VACANCY IN THE REPRESEN TATION OF THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The following letter announcing the intention of the Right Lion. F. Shaw to vacate his seat for the Dublin University, has been forwarded by the Right lion. Bart. to his supporters at the last election : " himmage House, Rathfarnham. 27th January, 1848. "My dear Sir—l feel that I ought not longer to delay the announcement of my intention to retire from the representation of the University of Dublin. " I was prevented by ill health from attending the early part of the present session; and I am advised that I could not, without serious risk, now, or within any reasonable time, again undertake the laborious duties which I have endeavoured to fulfil for the last eighteen years. " During that period, I have not been a day ab sent from the House of Commons while it was sitting —except for the purpose of attend ing my Court at Dublin. " I entered Parliament unfettered by any pledge-- I uniformly declared that I must consider the claims. of my judicial office paramount to all other ; but I stated my determination to devote the remainder of my time to the Parliamentary interests of my consti tuents. I believe that I have acted in the full spirit of that determination —less could not satisfy na y own sense of duty in any times—above all in these, when the concerns of the Church, the University, and the gentry of Ireland so peculiarly demand the unremit ting and vigorous exertions of their representatives. " I shall therefore, upon the re-assembling of Par liament, take the proper measures for vacating my seat. " Pray accept this further acknowledgment of your kind support at the last election ; and believe me to be, my dear Sir, your obliged and faithful servant, " FREDERICK SHAW." —Dublin Evening Mail. WHITE WOODCOCK.—On Friday last Mr. Morgau Davies, of Cwm Ivor, shot a very beautiful Scoloprix Rusticola Alba—it was about the sizes of the comm , fa woodcock, and the feathers were perfectly whlte:widt the exception of a brown rim round the base of the bi/.1. The day previous a party of gentlem,n had fired in effectually mere than a dozen shot at this rare axis, but fortune tyserved him for the unerring tube of Mr. Davisl —Cambrian. '~ t i I " ty