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;; ~ 1 C°C . ER HOSPITAL, London and West 4 tihi ll s tn inpton.—Supported by Voluntary Contributionl. ink _ festive season, when the hearts of all who are in health it"no, and in the enjoyment of all the luxuries of life, are r e ;'!nY not be amiss to remit.d them that there are many of ww- creatures languishing, unheeded and neglected, in po , eik,',suffeman frame ring under the moable.s painful and destructive malady 11 er , e no human is li t h are few families who have not with grief witnessed the 41' e and sustained the loss of a dear relative or friend from that k i t 2 8 e, cancer —a disease for which the knowledge and science h ''ne have hitherto done so little. kit,'":_pital having been opened for the exclusive investigation of ; 1 '41 E4 4 % it is hoped, through the mercy of God, a means of treat ,llepj, be arrived at which will not only mitigate the sufferings k, s , 'Ms. but eventually lead to the cure of this great affliction. ki, ;rens received by the Chaplain, the Rev. Thomas Pear g e reford-square, Brompton ; the Treasurer, John Parkin tilt. 6 6, Lincoln ' s -inn-fields ; the Bankers, Messrs. Coutts ; and • 11110 n Establishment, Cannon-row, Westminster, by W. J. ,Secretary. B EAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY. 813 E OF PREFERENCE STOCK to complete the Line. 1' 41 ' 4 0 d by 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 103, and 14th and 15th Li Victoria, c. 75.) l eh ne, 72 miles in length, will join the Aberdeen Railway at and Proceeding northward through a rich, populous, and 7: 4 4 district, wilt accommodate the towns of Kintore, In ;:nntlY, Keith, and Elgin. ;‘ta i esent issue of stock consists of 30,005 preference shares of !ntltled to a minimum preferential dividend of 5 per cent. op oPlcatT ons for Shares may be made to the Secretary at Aberdeen , 1 411. °11 "Ing Stock and Sharebrokers : — Messrs. Carde n and —, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings ; J. C. Morice, 1, Warn t,,t, London; G. and T. Irvine, 2, India-buildings, Liverpool "gather of whom forms of application for shares, detailed pro \:44,Dittaps of the line may be obtained. t i 4 ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1. - ' , W , orking the Gold Mines on Burns' Creek, and the Quartz gb Mariposa, Calif un, , der , a Conveance in Fee-simple, of 1,000 acres, near : IL rornia. £ lO O 000 in 100,000 Shares of £1 each, to be paid up in full without further liability. the otte Cost Book system, requiring no deed of settlement. the directors nor any co-adventurers will have power to „ clbts to bind this Company in California, there being a law "t In that State. TRUSTEES. of Donegall, G.C.H. and P.C. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. k , b DIRECTORS. ! 14CART PRICE, Bart., M.P., Foxley-park, Herefordshire , _Stratton-street, Piccadilly, Chairman. 4 0 st Hon, the Marquis of Donegall, G.C.H. and P.C., Ormeau kqrsK,, Antrim, and 6, Portland-place. i ll 'un Villiers Shelley, Bart., Marestield-park, Sussex, and Albe krie-street. tit v - fluids S. Murphy, M.P., 3, Serjeant's-inn. -)3_wift. - .Eqq., M.P. (late Sheriff. of London), West Hill tthe, wandsworth. -- 1 11 Crawford, Esq., 8.A.L., Middle Temple, and Haverstock ,el„; f larnpstead. . 1 IV. Wood, Esq., Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire. BANKERS. j. Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, City. , 4 'essrs. Cocks, Biddalph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross. 44 WEus.—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Ex change-buildings. 41,1 G liftxmo ENGINEKR.—David T. Ansted, Esq., F.R.S. and P.O. 8., Professor of Geology, King's College. SECRETARY. —George Jackson, Esq. OFFICES.-3, Copthall-buildings, Bank. 4 ltions for shares may be made in the usual form to the at the Company's Offices, where full prospectuses may be `u, or through the brokers. 41114, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. '%„To the Directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company. - gernen,—l request you will allot me shares of one pound b„„each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any qber that may be to m I hereby agree to accept, 62 , required, to pay the allotted amounttheyeon, and subscribe the . `"t of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Date•• .. Name.. •• .... ~., ...... Address.. • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Reference.... • • .. • • • • • • E CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, dl tti t lNG, IMPORTING, and REFINING COMPANY. e Ro L y N al Charter the liability of each Shareholder will be limited. Capital, 500,0001., is Shares of 51. each. Deposit 11. per Share. he Allotment of a less number than 10 Shares will be made. ▪ heist of the Deposit Money aid signing the Preliminary Agreement, Scrip Receipts will be issued. DIRECIORS. ph rk, 11 Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., Park-lane, and Maresfield liasex—chairman. IV i r.eY Brown. Esq., M.P., Westminster, and Tewkesbury— NI - Chairman. gating, G. Alston, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square. l Esq., Piccadilly. and Putney Heath, Surrey. `ge De la Poerßeresford, Bart., Travellers' Club and Oriental mss e B righton. Chandler, Esq., Rotherhitho, Surrey, Shipowner. 1 44 pourable George Hamilton Chichester , Co nnau g ht-terrace, m i,ver View. ta 4 - maisile, Esq., City Saw Mills, Regent's Canal. q4 w ard Graham, Bart., Admiralty , and Eak , Cu m b erl a nd. SitiskerrY, Carlton Club, and Springfield. Pb srland, Esq., Croydon, Chairman of the North Devon Roll ' kid Dock Company. , t:igniso, Cour/arr.—Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart. '°llizzas—Messrs. John aid Alfred Blyth, Limebouse. 4,„ atZTALLTIRGIST AND ASSAYER—CharIes Watt, Esq. ) 3 "ltEas—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchln-lane. aeiK.Eas—aitessrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Mullins and Paddison. SECRETARY - George Byam, Esq. OFFICES— • 0. 6, Broad-street Buildings. 1)14' i arectors, with much confidence, submit to the Public this ti 1 1. 1 , 144 1g for Mining, Importing, Smelting, and Refining Gold, on tiNi::t Improved system. The contemplated operations of the (which. until the Charter is issued, will be conducted on k Nit:,i-book system) will be principally confined to the auriferous 1 14 of Australia, where, even the quantity now raised, by a very i qf t ? i recess, is of vast magnitude. Heat number of persona who are working in the diggings of '4ll'"'d, a huge majority are labourers, wto not being furnished ki4lt4ri 41Y Means for reducing the poorer ores, can avail auriferous deposits tk t l tte :n such a state of purity, and uncombined with other sub bass to render gold actually visible to the eye, and at once, December, marketable without scientific aid. The " Times" (of the h,• "eeember, 1852), under the article" Australian Gold Fields," ' ll ;te s; il laY here remark that the gold exported since October last, 1 4 01 8 , 1 , 11 55 a value of 2,863,4771., and all these accounts, we are mi nt the Melbourne Herald,' are rather under than overstated. I st Z .astounding results have been obtained by unskilled labourers, without either plan or concert." Opi r et ence,' says the Argus,' "has done little or nothing for us. th °Ceases in obtaining gold are of the rudest nature. The search 'N' lr „ileterised almost solely by what the sailors call ' sheer 1t,• 11 and stupidity.' " lit t ,,L'y' thousands of tons are actually thrown away because they / st l3 ,`' . o no immediate benefit to the digger, and yet by numerous IF.tte that very refuse often contains a larger proportion of gold, L Aill not in view, than bad been already extracted. Zkr, eh ore, in which the gold is visible, is certain to be a constant Lge Plunder ; but moderately rich, and even poor ore, in which i ‘t r " 4 Is nor visible, and which is net worth the while of any even to look over a second time, would give a very large pro n..% ~1 1" 9 who judiciously purchase, and reduce it. This will be as k ender the immediate superintendence of, the officers of the Assayer 51 14,,, .. -- "aYer and Chemlst`of the Company, Mr. Charles Watt, has 1 4 0 D, „,""u for reducing the ore by which amalgamation is entirely „ 1 1,1;eded, the great expense of quicksilver being totally avoided, 'vel v et svery particle of gold or silver is extracted at a compara t44 small expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a patent for refining th,,,kid silver in the most expeditious and least expensive mode sll,,`Le , known. In confirmation of this statement the Directors received the following letter from Mr. Charles Watt : ~ Selwood Place, Brompton, Dec. 15, 1852. 7111,, inr,zsrear,—l have read the paragraph in your prospectus re- Nil tome and my patent, and I beg to assure you that I am fully I lk% r ed to carry out the announcement therein made.—l have the lit to be Gentleman, your obedient servant, " CHARLES WATT." ki • the Directors of the Chartered Australian I 1 t Importing, and Refining Company." gtkq'as been deemed expedient previously to the application for and th °lrl t royal charter for securing certain privileges, and for limit -111&,8 liability of each shareholder to arrange for the purchase of li t late in the country where it is proposed to commence opera • het ! , Accordingly, after a protracted negotiation, an agreement has pneluded for the purchase, in a well known auriferous district, ~de freehold Estate, situate in the County ot Argyle. On one 'he there is a long range of rocks, capped with Quartz, and in ""eY beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower levels, present '4,4l.l the features of an immense accumulation of gold. These levels are occasionally overflowed, and large alluvial ‘111 141 " 8 have been formed, where, in obedience to the gravity of the t e, % i t ' s % matters and the force of the impelling torrents, the precious ,ott i .; are deposited in the sand or mud. " Gold," says Mr. Stutch kti7,,, In his Report on the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of la4n'seuth Wales, "in small quantities has been found on the summits tstr r, lb"Deil thellanks id of the mountain ranges, but, with few exceptions, irs evence of abrasion, The largest produce in every instance Teen found in the lower levels." estate will be of the most essential service to the Company, as L i re n et only rich in itself, but alwaysn the vicinity of an immense quan ii or refuse gold ore. It has a plentiful supply of water, and / 4 , 4 the high main road to Bredalbitne and Goulburn. ]twill also ; Materially aid (by the means it will afford of subsistence to eok. s Of burthenthe transport of the concentrated ores to the sea Theof vendor, having the greatest confidence in the undertaking and ate the advantages to be derivedto the shareholders, has consented to whole of the purchase-money (which does not amount to oi l , at generally paid for grazing land in the agricultural districts l i n lekland) In shares of the Company. „gnion regard to the title of the Freeholders to this estate the follow- ~`, has been given e Governor of New South Wales having made a Grant of in the county of Argyle, in New South Wales (which appears 14 1 registered and enrolled), and which land has since been con igs to the gentlemen who have contracted to sell 2,000 acres, part ki7-or. to the Promoters of " The Chartered Australian Land, Importing, and R e fu t ing Company," we are of opinion that 15 - `w...._cient title is shown to the property so agreed to be sold, subject question as to the necessity of registration in the colony. 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It is, moreover , the best food for infants and invalids gene rally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch t and dinner, and restores the faculty of diges tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. A few out of 50,000 cures arehere given : Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Re valenta Arabica Food. and consider it due to yourselves and the pub lic to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,832.—" 'Fifty years indescribable agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Disc, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,418.—" Major W. Edie, H.M.S., 14, Buckingham street, Strand, London, cured of two years' liver complaint and inveterate diarrhoea, with total prostration of strength which had resisted the best treatment in India and at home." Cure No. 47,121. - " Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herta : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314.—" Miss Elizabeth Yeaman, Gate-acre, near Liverpool: a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of .nervous irritability." DE. WUNZER'S TESTIMONIAL. Bona, 19th Any, 1852. This light and pleasant Farina is one of the most; excellent, nourishing, and restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases, all kinds of medicines. It is particularly useful in confbaed habit of body, as also in diarrhoea, bowel complaints, affections of the kidneys and bladder, such as stone or gravel; inflammatory irritation and cramp of the urethra, cramp of the kidreys and bladder, strictures, and hemorrhoids. This really invaluable remedy is employed with the most satisfactory result, net only in bronchial and puim onary com plaints, where irritation end pain are to be removed, but also in pul monary and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts effectually the troublesome cough ; and I am enabled with perfect truth to ex press the conviction, that Da Barry's Revalenta Arabics. is adapted to the cure of incipient hectic complaints and consumption WgitzEit . Dr. RI. , Counsel of Medicine, and practical M.D. in Bonn. In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tionw-11b., 25. 9d.; 21b., 4s. Gd.; 51b., 11e.; 121 b., 225.; super refined, 51b., 225., 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 12 a rriag Ib. ce free on receipt of post-office order. —Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Ma lestY, Piccadilly; Hedges and Butler ; Dietrichsen and Hannay, 63, Oxford -street; Barclay ; Sanger ; Sutton ; Edwards ; ItumseY ; North and Co.; Crosse and Blackwell; also at 60, Gracechurch stmet ; 49, Bishopegate-street Within; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; at the Post-office, Camden-town; 24,) Motcomb-street; and may be ordered through all respectable /3"*Sellers, Grocers t 4.1 Chemists. _ - ~-.- .., -, --, - -,...,*•••- -•••••.,""--", -- ,ss i-- --Ans e -g_.__,l2 M - 7.. ." .7 -` "--, ----_, .". ---- ----.... ~ 7z ' - ....'"•' / I_ , , ~.c ...../ : / ".1' - , , „ ,- 7":2 . .. _, ' ''...-: e , , , , ~74 ' 4' .. , 74111 b.. • .- ,„,, ,14 .', SESSIONS COU , . . ~., , ..:-.4 t'e l -....k •• • 1A) '----:>, i•!P . ---- ~„, , ,I ' _ 1",, -,,- t, c o; , _ - , '\ ".,>.- -- -- -- , • ~,i . ~,....11,..;,,:,-,- 7 , ..„,--.----- A , • , ...,_ b ., g a •Tt ;,, , ~ , ... ~. • , . 1 ' '- 3 \.- ~---- ~ I 4 v ,- _.. e - - , ~. .‘ -4 n c 4 ' 40. 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EDGWORTH'S NOVELS and TALES. A New Edition, in 9 vols., leap. Bvo. 21.55. cloth lettered. This edition contains all that was contained in the last edition of 18 vols., and is embellished with engravings on steel, by Goodall, Eng:eheart, J. W. Cook, Rolls, and ether eminent Engravers, from Printings by Harvey. Also, separately, MORAL TALES, with three Engravings. Foolscap. ss. cloth lettered POPULAR TALES, with three Engravings. Foolscap. ss. cloth lettered. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; H. Washbourne ; H. G. Bohn; E. Hodgson ; Whittaker and Co.; H. Renshaw; J. Rain; Houlston and Stoneman ; R. Mackie ; Orr and Co. ; Smith, Elder, and Co. : Routledge and Co.; Tegg and Co.; Mts. Templeman; and G. and J. Robinson, Liverpool. THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE. At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the 1100 D MEMORIAL, held Dec. 2d, at the Whittington Club, it wai revived that the Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Miss ELIZA COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Dia. JOHN WATKINS, were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are received by Mr. Wiliam Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eli:a Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins, Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers are the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.C... ..... .:.',25 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, ...... 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P . .... • ... 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, 8art.•.......... 5 0 0 James Harmer, E5q.,........ . 5 0 0 John Macgregor, Esq., M.P • .. 5 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. .... • ........... ...... .. 5 5 0 Mrs. Robert Elliot ... • • • 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., M.D . 5 0 0 George Peabody, E5q...................... ... 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, ...... 5 0 0 David. Salomons, Esq Messrs. Spalding and Hcdge........• .. •••• • • • • 5 5 0 Miss Eliza Cook • • ..... 5 0 0 Miss Cushman.... • 5 0 0 Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood" at the Whittington Club... ............., „ 8 8 0 Murdo Young, Esq., and family ...... ........ 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, „ „ 3 0 0 C. W. Dilke, Esq... 3 3 0 Charles Lushington, ...... 3 0 0 Elias Davis, Etq..• • „ 3 3 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ..... ..„ 2 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, N.P..• •.. 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., M. R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0 B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornw'.ll) •. • • 2 2 0 Douglas Jerrold, E5q...... T. K. Hervey, Esq. •••• • • • . „„ " 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office ..... ..: 2 2 r C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D.. •.. • • ... . ........ 2 2 0 C. W. Dilke, jun., Esq.. •• • • ..... ...... 2 2 0 Edward Moxon, Esq. .. James Coppock, Esq... .. Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... 2 0 0 Mrs. Theodore Mrrtin (Miss Helen Eruct) .... 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's.. 1 5 6 Nine half crowns from Manchester.... •. ..... 1 2 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle.. •. • 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.-- 1 1 0 The Right Hon. Lord Brougham •......... 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dadley Stuart, ILP. ~. 1 1 0 The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne .. •• • • ...... 1 0 0 Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Peet Laureate) •• .. 1 1 0 Lady Sandys.. • ••• • W. AL The ekeray, Esq Charles Swain, Esq, W. C. Macready, ...... ••.. • • 1 1 0 J. Westland Marston, Esq Mrs. S. C. Hall Albert Smith, Esq. ........ • • ... 1 1 0 Lady Morgan.... W. C. M. Kent. Esq. •.. Alfred Crowquill, Esq. ...• ........ William Jerdan, Esq.... • ... ..... Hepworth Dixon, Esq.• .... ••••• • • • • • 1 1 0 Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.. • • •• .. 1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., ALP.. .... • ••••.. • • 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., M.P 1 0 0 B: Oliveira, Esq., M.P.... • • •..... •• • • 1 1 0 W. J. Fox, Esq., Sir John Kerle Haberf eld, Knt.. Bristol ...• .. 1 1 0 Mrs Milner Gibson ....... • .•.. • • •• 1 0 0 Thomas Creswick, Esq. R.A.... ..... ...... •• .. 1 1 0 J. B. Buckstone, E5q.......... • ..... •• . 1 1 0 Mrs. Fitzwilliam ..... ...................... 1 1 0 Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning ................ 1 1 0 Horate Mayhew, E5q........................ 1 1 0 C. Cowden Clarke, Esq.•• . • ........... 1 0 0 Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford • •• • ....... . 1 1 0 Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. 1 1 0 Rev. J. C. Collins .. .. • 1 0 0 Eight half crowns from Preston ........ ...... 1 0 0 In pence from Bideford • • 0 18 8 In pence from Bristol.... Miss 0 10 6 W. C . Bennett. Esq E. L. Blanchard, Esq.... .• .. A few Poor Needlewomen.....• .............. 010 fi In other sums .......... SUBMARINE and EUROPEAN TELE GRAPH COMPANIES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that MESSAGES between LONDON and DOVER are forwarded, through the above Companies, item the offices, No. 30, Cornhill, London, and Clarence-place, Dover- Messages for the Continent are forwarded from the offices, No. 30, Cornidll, London. By order of the Board. G. L. PAR ROTT, Secretary. 30, Cornhill, Noy. 17, 1852. AL LE ROBIN, . 232, PICCADILLY. kJ The RE-OPENING ei this elegant Theatre is POSTPONED tili MONDAY, the 27th inst. First appearance (this season) of Millie. Prudence Bernard, assisted by P/olessor Lcux, his first ap pearance in London. Wonders In Clairvoyance, Mesmerism, &c.; also first appearance 'the Parisian Orpheonlsts (Lutec,e and Albion) 20 voices. _ . The entertainment will take place every evening, at 8 o'clock ; and every Wednesday and Saturday a Morning Performance at half past 2. For places apply at the Box-office of the Theatr• 3 from 11 till 4. 3I ETROPOLITAN LIFE 14,SSIIRANCE SOCIETY. -.- No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, shot tld appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, saperintendent. Princes-street, Bank, Dec. 8, 1852. CHRISTMAS. eIRAVESEND STAR PACKETS will Leave NJII the BRUNSWICK WHARF, Blackwell, on the arrival of the following Trains from the Feachnrch-street Terminus :—at 9%, 11, 2q; Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 8%, 1134, 13%. N.B.—A PACKET will Leave the TERRACE PIER on CHRISTMAS-EVE, at FIVE P.M. * Ai * No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, or Purdeet Piers. Star-office, Gravesend, December 21, 1852. 11ETE BERNESE ALPS, from the Faulhorn, A. including the entire grand chain of these stupendous Moun tains, and surrounding splendid scenery, is NOW OPEN, at BUR FORD'S PANORAMA, Leicester-square. The Views of the Battle of Waterloo, and of Nimroud, ancient Nineveh, are also now open. — Admission Is. each circle, or 2s. 6d. to the three circles. Open from 10 till dusk. CONTRA CTS FOR iLUM, COCOA, TEA, TOBACCO, AND SOAP. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset place, 20th December, iBn. lEEE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High A dmiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermen tioned articles, viz.:— The produce of Gallons. the British pos- 30,000 sessions in the RUM West Indies The produce of other British } 30,000 possessions Half of each to be deli vered in three weeks and the remainder in three weeks after wards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. COCOA TEA (Congon) • • ...• • • Tons. 100 Lbs. 50.000 Tons. TOBACCO (Virginia) •• • • 20 1 SOAP (Mottled) .... •• • • as J The Rum, Cocoa, Tea, and Tobacco, to be exempted from the Customs duties, and the Soap to be tendered for at a price exclusive of the Excise Drawback, which will be allowed to the Contractor. Tenders will not be received for a less quantity than 4,000 Gallons of Rum, 20 Tons of Cocoa, 10,0001bs of Tea, 5 Tens of Tobacco, and 10 Tons of Soap. Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and the average strength of each mark Ex to be stated—and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports— and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality mark or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the officers; and samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21b5), of the Tea (not less than llb from the Bonded Warehouse), of the Tobacco (not less than 11b), and of the Soap (not less than a bar), must be produced by the parties tendering, and separate tenders must be made for each description of Rum. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con tracts have been decided. The conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Office of Com mander Beals, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Bristol No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly author] s 2d in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum and Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter signed by Two responsible persons, and those for Tea, by orte responsible per son engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due perormance of the Contracts. T HE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, AND EAST INDIA LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established A.D. 1837, FOR GENERAL ASSURANCE ON LIVES. 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every profes sion and statio in life, and for every part of the world, with the ex ception of then Western Coast of Africa within the Tropics. The Rates of Premiums are constructed upon sound principles with reference to every colony , and , by payment of a moderate addition to the Home Premium, in case of increase of risk, persons assured in this office may change from one climate to another without forfeiting their policies. Four-fifths of the Profits are divided amongst the Assured. Table I. exhibits the necessary Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. on a Single Life : Annual Prem. Annual Prem. Per For Seven Age. One Year. Y e a r s. for the whole of for the whole of lifewithoutProf. with Profits. £s. d. Xs. cl. £s. d. £B. d. 15 014 9 016 6 19 10 115 2 20 017 7 0 1 9 7 113 11 119 5 25 11 1 1 3 0 118 7 24 2 39 14 4 1 6 7 23 11 2 9 35 18 2 110 6 210 6 2 If. 6 40 112 0 1 14 2 18 3 34 5 2 45 115 9 20 5 39 3 315 7 50 24 6 2 10 4 43 3 49 9 55 215 1 3 3 4 50 0 57 6 60 311 0 45 11 65 6 612 6 JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT BRETTELL, secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9. Cuensmi— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. A table of increasing rates of premium, especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts. Half-credit rates whereby half the premium only is payable during the first seven years. Sum Assured payable at sixty, or at death if occuring pre- viously. Orphans Endowment Branch affording the means of having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com mence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a son shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age. BRITANNIA. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits. Policy holders participate in profits after five or seven animal payments, according to the table selecteel. Premiums calculated for every three months difference of age. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable ; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits.. At the Annual General Meeting on the ' : 7th April last, a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current y ear's premium on all pm tici p ating policies. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitt ed in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. ' (PROPRIETARY.) 4 MUTUAL.) Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation credit Hates of in Profits, after Seven Yearly Premium. P aymentsl ---.-- 1 Half Whole Half Quar • 4 premium premium Age. Annual Yearly terly t,, First for Re-' premium Pre- Pre -4 Seven mainder mium. mium. Years. of Life. - --- - I -- --I £ s. d. £ a. d. Years. tionths £ I. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. 30 1 19i 2 3 6 30 0 27 3 1 420 12 3 40 1 9 22 18 4 . 3 27 6 1 440 12 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 8 6 2710 1 460 12 5 GO 368 6 13 4 9 2 82 1 4 8, 012 6 E. R. FOS''.CER, Resident Director, ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, riIIitISTMAS.—At the Social Reunion s of this NI. 1 festive season the Fair and Youth fal are more than usually desirohs of shining in PERSONAL ATTRACTION under the gaze of many friends, and the following innivi lied articles for the Toilet are necessarily called into incre ased re q uisition, namely : ROWLANDS ' MACASSAR OIL, •( for creating and sustaining a lusaulant head of hair ; ROWLANDS ' ICAL'IrDOR, for rendering the skin soft, fair , and blooming; ROWLANDS ' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, for imparting a pearl-like whitenea sto the Teeth; and ROWLANDS ' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an o ssential accompaniment to places of public amusement and crowded. assemblies. The patronage of Royalty throughout ILarope. and the high appre ciation by Ralik and Fashion,with the w ell-known infallible efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity It u paralleled, and render them a peculiarly ELEGANT AND SEASONA E ILE PRESENT. Beware of Spurious Imitations.—The only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, U atton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. Passau., .. Pernambuco (8razi15).......... Bishop's uc,klwld (New Zoland) BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, HannHos-place, New•ro.ad, London. FOREIGN GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE S ALE OF MORISON'S PILLS, :Miret, and the Vegetable Universal Medicine. Amsterdam ••••• • • • • . Mr. Jacob Meihuizen. Ba l t i m ore (U.S.) J. e C s. Charles s French and S o O l n e Barbadoes ..... •• . J. lif:ontetiore and Co. Barcelona (Spain) .. Cu yam. Basle (Switzerland) . ....... Mr. Roderick Scholl). Brody (Germany) .. ••••• • • • • • N. K :,ornfeld, Esq. Buffalo (U.S.) ................Mr. Czeicke. Cadiz • • Mr. J. Bensusan. Calcutta .... ••• • • • .......... T. G ardner, Esq. Cape Breton ..... ••• • • ........ Lieu t. J. WKlnnon. Carthagena .... ••• • • Rafe vel Cauto, Muralla del Mar. Constantinople ........... ..... Mr. A. Stampa. Copenhagen .. • . Mr. (3. S. Holm and Mr. Michael se.T. Cracow ...... ••• • • Mr. I fuldner• Curagos (W. 1.) .... • • • • •• Messrs. Senior. Douglas (Isle of Man) .• • • • • Mr. Johnson. Elsinore .. • • • • • • • • • • Mr. -0. S. Steenburg. Frankfort George Town City (Demerara) .• Mr. Jolm Gibraltar.... Guernsey .......• • • .......... Mr. James Cochrane. Halifax (U.S.) ................ Memrs. A. and W. Mackinlay. Hamburg ........ ............ Me.so Krauskopf and Co. Kempton (Bavaria) .. Kingston (Jamaica) ............ Miss Kington. Melbourne (Port Phi1ip)........ Mr. A. Chariwood. Madras . .••. . • • • • R. . Pereira, Esq. Madrid Mestsrs. Saavedra and Co. Matanzas (Cuba) . ..... ........ Dr... Ambrosio C. Santo, Calle de] idedio, No. 13. Mexico .... • • Montreal.. ........... ..... Mr. R. Trudean. New York (U. S.) . . • • . • • Odessa (Russia) ... Win.. Wagner. Paris ...• •••• • • • . .•• . . ........................M. 33, Rue Louis-le grzind. Carl Herman. A. S. Corbett, Esq. Mr. Antonio Andrews. Mr.. R. Parris. £382 4 8 Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times and other papers. Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. PATRON-H R. H. PRINCE ALBEIT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXIIIBITION..—An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Born, Stevens, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, Daily at a Quarter-past Four, and every Evening, except Saturday, at Half-post Nine. LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the endless AMUSEMENTS ofC ITEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr. Rae 1, 11 , -; on the PHI LOSOPHY of SCIENTIFIC RECREATION ; by Ur. Crispe, on BALLOONING and the PROSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PAR &CHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRA .IS. &c. DISSOLVING TIEWA, including Day an 4 Night Vies T 3 of 17AL111ER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half-price. WS. WOODIY'S SOIREES • COMIQUES, or CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOK. CROWDED HOUSES AND TRIUMPHANT Succus I EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, at the THEATRE ROYAL, ADELAIDE-STREET WEST, STRAND. Being an entirely NOTE 1 and Original Vocal and Visual Instructo, Gro tesquo, Comico, Pictorio, Musico, Eceentrisaimo, Characteristics, Lecturio, IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS. PART FIRST COMPRISES A Vocal Illustration, " ie&lnnings."—Full-length Portrait, Martha Mivine.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Half-length Portrait, Major Bluster.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metsopolls.' Full-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.—Half-length Poi trait Mr. Sampson Rusty.—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstyle (with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Full-length Por trait, Ben Binnacle —Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (trom Manchester.) PART SECOND. Full-length Portrait, Sandie M`WhiitieT—Full-length Portrait, A Well-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Ful!-length 'Portrait. A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan Melodies."—Full - length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Full-length Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapsus Linger.—Vocal Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of London." With several Pictorial Illustrations, furnished by " The Sketch book." - - In the course of the Evening Mr. C. ConiAt will perform a variety of grand Piano Solos, Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 25.; Dress Stalls, as.; Private Boxes. One Guinea. O about th C , RISM weather, since enAo one can irli alter ° It i l t iVo ; ultseisTleosus°rtpooleßiocmyNptolajY H m in ake the best use of the means of enjoyment within o ur reach. The DRESS prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SO N is the mo st suitable for Chris tmas p arties or Christmas journies; it consists of the splendid and elegant, or the warm and the waterproof, in clothing for every person. The JUVENILE CLOTHING prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON is Cut on principles of art, only known and prac tised at their Establishment. A Suit of this ATTIRE will enable Youths to enjoy Christmas in true style. The Hosiery Branch of E. MOSES aad SON'S is highly available for the season; every choice article in Gloves, Ties, Handkerchiefs, and articles celebrated for neatness, taste, and beauty. The HAT and CAP section at E. MOSES and SON'S furnishes great additions to the means of enjoyment, beiag replete with the most stylish and elegant mannfac'ure ever witnes se d. The BOOT and Slims department exhibits a stock of fancy and substantial goods for Ladles or Gentlemen, In each kind the articles are adopted to the season. Christmas is to purehtse the best articles, in the moTshtefaswhalymt enjoy fashionable styles, and the most accomplished workmanship, at be, done at E. MOSES and SON'S. You might pay elsewhere. This may establish ments will be closed at half-past four o'cloeit N.B.—EMIGRANTS purchasing their OUTFITS MOSES . E. 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QURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of the Royal College of England, twenty-eight years in London practice, will remove any case of a Trivate nature before charge be made for medicine to those attending. In cases arising from debility. nervousness, scrofula, pains ill the back, lumbago, affections of the kidneys, infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re quiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly states that no case within reach of human aid shall leave him un cured. Ladies and Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en closing a fee o 10s, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal consultation from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Yost orde:s pay able at Charing•cross post-office, to HENRY HAMILTON, 3, King William-street, West Strand, London. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE. ELSECAR, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon one of the.most fearful explosions from fire-damp that has ever occurred in this part of the country took place at Elsecar, near Barnsley, in one of the coal mines be longing to the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. Elsecar and its neighbourhood is a rich and fertile coal mining district, and from it are forwarded daily thousands of tons of coal for the metropolitan market. :The village itself is situated about two miles from the Wv,th station, and about six miles from Barnsley, on the South York shire Railway, and is almost wholly inhabited by col liers employed by the noble earl. A single branch line of rails, about two miles in extent, communicates from the pits to the South Yorkshire trunk line. The place where the awful and fatal calamity occurred is called the " Elsecar Low Pit." It was in fine working condition, and was considered the best in his lordship's possession. The men had been working as usual up to the time of the explosion. Shortly after dinner they w ere alarmed by a sudden and dreadful explosion, resembling a terrific clap of thunder, rand they were memeatarily en tombed beneath a heavy mass of coals. The sound was so loud as to be heard for miles distant, and it caused the greatest consternation and amazement in the whole village, the deafening sound carrying; with it its own awful forebodings, as the greater part of the inha bitants soon formed a ready conjecture of what had taken plane • ' c o n sequently, crowds of people rushed to the spot, and found their predictions were too painfully realised. The pit is 157 yards deep. There were 142 men working in it at the time of the accident. It appears that at twelve o'clock, the colliers, as was their usual custom, partook of dinner in the pit, but one of them, before doing so, brought a corve of coals from what is called a broad Pgate (a long subterranean passage), with the intention of placing it at the bottom of the pit prior to, others being drawn up by the banksmen. In the pit there are what are called broad-gate doors that commu nicate from one passage to another, and keep the current of pure air in one continual course throughout the pit. The door was left open during the dinner hour, which destroyed the current of pure air, and allowed the hydro gen gas to accumulate. The door was not perceived open until the men were 'returning from their dinners, when one of them, knowing that it was wrong for the doors to be open, shut it, which forced the pure air along the passage, in which the foul air had been accumulating, into the south level of the pit. The ventitation was thereby restored, and the foul air, which had been accu mulating beyond that point, was driven forward into the banks on the north side of the broad-gate, where ten men were at work getting coal. There ought to have been no explosion, as each miner had a safety-lamy. It appears, however, that, for the purpose of having a better light, one or more of them had divested his lamp of the gauze covering which is the protector against the flame. The consequence was an immediate explosion. On search being made, six of the men were found at the places where they worked, but quite dead. The pit is divided into what may be termed two compartments—the South and north level ; and although the explosion took place in the former, none of the men who were working in the latter were at all injured ; but it must be remem that they are at a distance of 300 yards apart. The pit has always been considered remarkable for the excel lence of the plans for its ventilation ; for if the north level had not been perfectly ventilated, the destruc tion of the lives of the men that were in that part of it must have been inevitable. Only a few hours before the accident occurred, some of the men were complaining that the current of pure air was so strong that they could not work in the pit without their upper clothes on. The explosion blew out the stoppings and forced a quantity of materials to the top of the pit, which for a time assumed a luried blaze. Theldamage done to the works is very considerable, but if has not yet been ascertained to what amount. The engine fan which assists the circulation of pure air was broken, and it was considered necessary to pump a great quantity of water down the shaft to drive the foul air out of the pit. Every assistance was rendered to extricate the poor sufferers, and messages were immediately dispatched for the fol lowing surgeons :—Mr. Stones, sen. ; Mr. S tones, j un., Wentworth ; Messrs. Abbott, Adamson, and Booth, Hoyland. Telegraphic dispatches were also sent to Lord Fitzwilliam, who was in London ; and to Mr. Brian, the engineer; All the men have been extricated ; none are missing. The following is a list of persons killed : Jonathan Walker, 47, widovver ; left a family of seven young children ; had worked at the pits from a youth. Thomas Hirst, 42, wife and four children. William Dickinson, 43, wife and four children. George Mallinder, wife and two children. john Mallinder, 17 years. Henry Addy, 17 ; parents work at the pits. ;Benjamin Fletcher, 2S, wife and two children. Joseph Stenton, 30, wife and three children. Joseph Jowitt, 14. LIST OF WOUNDED. The following persons are more or less seriously in jured :—John Rigby, 20, Isaac Waller, George Lindley, James Moultain, John Bullison, John Guest, Thomas Hutchinson, R. Mares. Several of the injured are not expected to recover, but the majority are considered out of danger. Nearly the whole of the wounded resided, as did also the killed, in the surrounding villages of Elsecar, Hemingfield, and Jump, and they were carefully conveyed in carts to their respective homes, on being drawn up from the mine. A judicial inquiry on the bodies of the deceased is expected to be opened to-day (Friday), before Thomas Badger, Esq., coroner. HOW TO EAT GRAPES.—Few people know how to eat grapes. Some swallow Pepi n lled, and skin ; others swallow only the pulp, rejg both seeds and skin. In conversing with Dr. Underhill on this subject, he advised to observe the following rules :—When in health swallow only the pulp ; when the bowels are costive, and you wish to relax them, swallow the seeds with the pulp, ejecting the skins ; when you wish to check a too relaxed state of the bowels, swallow the pulp with the skins, ejecting the seeds. Thus may the grape be used as a medicine, while at the same time it serves as a relaxity unsurpassed by any other cultivated fruit. An adult may eat from three to four pounds per day with benefit. It is well to take them with or im mediately after your regular meals. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS FOR THE CURE OF WOUNDS IN THE LEG.—Ex tract of a letter from Mrs. Simpson, of Bramley, near Leeds, dated October 16, 1852.—" To Professor Hobo wa,y,—Sir,—l was afflicted for 18 months with a very bad leg, in which there were three deep wounds. I tried all kinds of remedies, and was under the care of differ ent surgeons here, and at Leeds, but derived no benefit from their treatment. I was at last advised to resort to your ointment and pills, and I am happy to say, that by the use of these valuable medicines, my leg is completely cured and as sound as ever it was."—Sold ,by all drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. APPOINTMENTS. Captain John Shepherd (1840) to the Victory, at Portsmouth, as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. This officer might be sought for in vain in the Admiralty official list, as there is only one officer of his rank figuring under the date of 26th October, 1860. This is another instance of the careless manner with which the official list is compiled under the immediate patronage of the Admiralty. Captain Shepherd's last employment was in command of her Majesty's ship In constant, on the South American station, and on the paying off of which so many painful occurrences were alluded to in the House of Commons. Morning Herald. Commander Henry Trollope to Rattlesnake, store ship, fitting at Sheerness. . Lieutenants—C. J. Rowley to Portland ; Thomas Andrews to Dido ; E. N. Underwood to Magicienne ; David Spain to Basilisk ; Robert Gibson to Barracouta. Paymaster—John Brickwood to Imperieuse. Mates—Arthur Wing to Barracouta ; John L. Perry to Imperieuse. Clerks—Henry J. Nettleton, to Rhadamanthus ; C. Ni Motherwell, to Horatio ; Gabriel J. Kenyon, to Im perieuse ; Robert Bone, to Imperieuse ; Henry G. Bar low, to Odin ; Henry Pengelley, to Valorous. Midshipmen—Hon. C. A. Talbot, to Imperieuse ; F. P. Staples, to Imperieuse. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23. As anticipated yesterday, the remains of the late Com mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, were moved from the dockyard at 5.30 a.m., and 17 minute-guns were fired. London, 92, Captain Mundy, came into harbour this day, at 11, and is now alongside the jetty. She will be taken into dock to have her bottom cleaned. We can not help noticing the masterly manner in which she was handled. The Echo, steam-tug, was sent to Spithead, to tow her into harbour. There being, however, a stiff breeze from E.S.E., she preferred her canvas, and after a few tacks weathered the Spit Buoy, and came into harbour in fine style. Encounter, 14, screw-corvette, Captain O'Callaghan, came to Spithead from Cowes-roads, at two p.m. this day. Dwina, Russian corvette, left Spithead this morning, at ten, and in passing the Prussian corvette Mercuri, at the Motherbank, exchanged complimentary salutes. Fairy, royal yacht tender, was placed on the gridiron this morning, to have the screw propeller unshipped. The Simoom, 18, Captain Kingcome, has gone into the steam basin to-day to land the machinery for the Duke of Wellington, 131; and the Medea, 6, Commander J. C. Bailey, was taken out. The Fire Queen steam-yacht, Mr. Paul, Master Cora ma,nding, went to Sconce-point this morning, carrying Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, and Captain Hen derson, C. 8., of the Blenheim, to inspect that new battery. SHEERNESS, DEC. 22, The Cyclops, 5, paddle-wheel steam-frigate of 320- horse power, in command of Lieutenant John Seccombe pro tern., arrived here and came into harbour at 3.30 p.m. this day from Portsmouth. She has brought round to this port the Marine Artillery, for service on board the steam-frigate Amphion, and the steam-sloop Barra couta ; also, 30 warrant officers for service here and at Chatham, and the seamen lent from the Waterloo, Mo narch, and Boscawen, with the seamen riggers lent from this yard. She is moored to her old moorings on the west shore. The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, 'of 300-horse poWer, has this day been commissioned here by the Master, Mr. W. J. B. Hilliard. The commissions for the folowing officers appointed to her have arrived, some of which have already been taken up :—Captain— Charles G. E. Patey, taken up ; First Lieutenant—G. B. W. Nicholas ; Second Lieutenant—James C. Camp bell ; Master W. J. B. Hilliard, taken up ; Paymaster —C. S. Giles ; Clerk—Mr. E. Edmeads, taken up. The Marines for service on board this ship arrived here this afternoon from the Chatham division, by the steam-ten der Adder, Second Master Mr. James Watt. The Am phion will—including marines, officers, and seamen— have a crew of 300. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 300- horse power, has this day been commissioned by the Master, Mr. S. W. Freeman. The commissions have arrived for the following officers, viz.; Commander G. Parker; Lieutenant Thomas H. Collingwood ; Mr. S. W. Freeman (taken up) ; Paymaster, Mr. Frederick C. Du sautoy ; Clerk, Mr. C. M. Balfour. The marines for duty in this ship arrived here by the steam-tender Adder, Mr. James Watt, from Chatham, at 3 p.m. this day, and immediately proceeded on board. The Barracouta is to have in complement, including officers, seamen, marine artillery, and marines, 160 men and officers. The-Adder, steam-tender, Second Master .Tarnes Watt, arrived here at 3 p.m. this day, froin Chatham, with marines for the Amphion and Barracouta. The Ordnance hoy Ebenezer, Montagu, Master, arriveil here this day, from Woolwich, with gun carriages and Ordnance stores for the Agamemnon, 91 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. A very interesting experiment, to explain the working of Captain Alexander Milne's night semaphore signals, took place here to-day, under the superintendence of First Lieutenant Thomas R. Christopher, of her Ma jesty's ship Waterloo, in command of Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford. The signalmen belonging to the Waterloo were present, and the mode of working was simply and efficiently explained by a Mr. Gossage, the inventor of an improved portable engine pump, ship's fire-engine, and watering-engine. By this semaphore a complete code of night signals can be made to equal the complete day code by flags. The semaphore is in three parts, having three lanterns capable of showing lights of various colours ; each part of the main staff, which is of metal, and connected by a bayonet-joint, can be as quickly unconnected as a soldier would unfix his bayonet from his musket. The entire apparatus is fixed in a box six feet in length, and of about 15 inches square, By an Admiralty order six shipwright apprentices are to be entered in this yard, and six boys are to be sent here, by Admiralty order, for the purpose of being ex amined by the professional officer, the master shipwright, Mr. Samuel Read, as to their qualifications in arithmetic. A number of the working shipwrights belonging to this yard have, it is reported, petitioned the Admiralty for the old privilege to be continued to them—that is, that such of their boys who are capable of passing their ex amination should have the preference over other boys. The result of such petitions is not at present known. Scipp of the petitions point out to their lordships that it frequently occurs that an old, experienced shipwright of good character gets his own son entered, and he is then placed under his father to be instructed in his trade, and under such circumstances the father has a very powerful stimulant to do his utmost in making the apprentice an efficient mechanic, where no such stimulant would exist were a strange boy put under his charge to the exclusion of his own son, on whom he has bestowed as liberal an education as his limited wages would permit, in order to qualify him to pass his examination when a vacancy for apprentices occurs. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ON THE EREWASH VALLEY LINE —Two accidents occurred on this line near the Kirkby Crossing on Monday last, one of which, it is feared will terminate fatally. The first occurred to a coal train which left Mansfield at 6 a.m. It appears that the gate keeper at Kirkby overslept himself, and the gates re in4ined closed when the mineral train came up. The driver observed the gates, but the incline there being very great, it was impossible to stop the train, which smashed through the gates with tremendous violence, briaking them to pieces, but fortunately doing no fur ther damage. The other accident occurred about an hour afterwards, near the same place. The passenger train from Mansfield was passing Kirkby, when it is supposed, although no one witnessed the accident, that a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Hodgkinson, farmer, of K kby, was knocked down. The poor fellow, who, it is hought, was crossing the line, was found soon after w ds, his body being frightfully mutilated. Th e man, w o 1 is deaf, it is imagined, could not hear the train ad vacing. But faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MAIDENHEAD AND WYCOMBE LlrE.—Yesterday, as a man named Edwards was pur suing his work as a carter on the line of railway now in lif course of construction from M a id en h ea d t o Wy co mbe, ie suddenly fell with great violence from the embank -31.6nt to the bottom of a deep cutting, and was taken biome in a state which left no hopes of his recovery. Edwards had quarrelled and fought with a companion named Curry, on the previous day, and it is supposed that dizziness in the head, arising from the injuries he received in the pugilistic encounter, caused him to fall him) the cutting, and thus meet with a premature death. ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND CHs TER RAIL WAY.—On Wednesday the afternoon train, leaving Shrewsbury at 3.20 for Chester, ran into a train of coal a i rme trucks, that were coming out o f the Mineral B anch of the Shrewsbury and Chest er Railwa y , at the eatsheaf Junction, near Wrexham. Fortunately, the engine-driver saw the danger, and, by shutting off the steam, and applying the break, the force of the col lision was much broken, none of the passengers were at all injured, and only the passenger engine-driver very slightly bruised. THE THUNDER STORM.—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— During the thunder storm which visited this neighbour hood on Thursday night, an accident of a very alarming but transitory character occurred to Mr. Glass, the well known landlord and auctioneer of the Lamb Inn, War minster. He was returning with a horse and gig from Devizes market, and had nearly reached the turnpike gate between Bratten and Westbury, when both he a n d the animal were struck by the electric fluid. For seve ral moments he was utterly stupified by the shock, and, to use his own language, he felt, on recovering conscious. ness, as though he had been ~" almost sm o th ere d i n a c loud of sulphurous vapour. The horse a l so was stunned, and it was several minutes beforeit sufficiently recovered to be in a fit state to proceed upon its journey. Mr. Glass still com plains of a stiffn ess an d num b ness o f the joints, which he attributes to the s h oc k h e experi enced ; and it is a fact, which demonstrates the provi dential character of his escape from instant death, that tile same current of electric fluid set fi r e to a wheat iirw, as detailed in our Westbury news.— Wilts County Mir-or. ~-~' RT, DUBLIN. THE QUEEN V. THE ANGLO CELT NEWSPAPER. This case (which arose out of the unfortunate occur. rences that took place at the late election for the county of Clare, when several persons were killed by the sol diers of the 31st Regiment) having been specially fixed for hearing, the court was crowded at an early hour. The Lord Chief Justice took his seat on the bench at half-past 10 o'clock. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Messrs. Martley, Q.C., Hayes, Q.C., Thomas Graydon, and W. D. Ferguson, appeared as counsel for the Crown. Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., Mr. M‘Donagh, Q.C., Mr. O'Hagan, Q.C., and Mr. Dowse attended on the part of Mr. Zachariah Wallace, the proprietor of the Anglo Celt. When Mr. Swan, a juror, was about to be sworn. Mr. Fitzgibbon asked him if he had expressed any apinion on the case ? The Solicitor-General objected to the question. The Chief Justice said that perhaps he would save some trouble by mentioning that he was disposed to enter a remanet in this case, for the reason he would state. The facts were these—the libel was sent to him to read, but the pleas were not, and, having called for them when he came down to chambers, he found that the pleas of justification involved the question of the guilt or innocence of the soldiers of the 31st Regiment ; and, if such were the case, he would not go on with the trial, lest it might prejudice these parties on their trial. The Attorney-General stated that the pleas in ques tion were withdrawn. Mr. Fitzgibbon said, that although some of the pleas were withdrawn, still he could not conduct the case without going into the question of the guilt or inno cence of the soldiers. He would be obliged to do so, The Attorney-General contended that the Court should proceed with the case, observing that he, as the chief law officer of the Crown, was prepared to ,ake all the responsibility of the step on himself. ' The Chief Justice then directed the jury to be sworn. The jury having been accordingly sworn, Mr. W. D. Ferguson opened the pleadings ; and The Attorney-General proceeded to state the case. The defendant, he said, was charged with libel, with attempting to interfere with the impartial investigation of an important case, and with calumniating military gentlemen of the most spotless eharacter. The Crown charged him 'with having, with falsehood and calumny, libelled one of the most distinguished regiments in the service ; and the circumstances under which it occurred were these :—A most important inquest was going on in the county of Clare, to inquire into an unfdr tunate occurrence that took place at the last Clare election, and the libel for the publication of which the Crown was then proceeding against Mr. Wallace - . was, that, pending that inquest, and before the evidence for the soldiers was gone into, this gentleman published selected passages of the evidence against them, charged a portion of the regiment with the crime of deliberate murder, and falsely alleged that they had been deprived of their colours for bad conduct. This was, in fact, the substance of the charge, and the justification which he (the Attorney-General) considered aggravated the charge, was, that the soldiers, who were only engaged in the discharge of a public duty, and were obliged to fire in self defence, were guilty of the crime he imputed to them. An attempt was made to prevent him (the Attor ney-General) ' discharging his duty, but he was not to be impeded in the faithful discharge of any public duty im posed on him, and while he filled any public post he would act on the same principle. The learned gentle man then proceeded to state the facts of the unfortunate transactions that occurred at Six-mile-bridge, which the public are so familiar with, from the proceedings that took place at the inquest, and also from the motion in the Court of Queen's Bench to quash the inquisition, and then went on to refer to the libel complained of. He said that, the soldiers of the 31st having been charged with the murder of several persons who were killed, while the inquest was pending the defendant, upon an ex parte and garbled publication of evidence, and before the officers of the regiment were examined, alleged that the crime of murder was complete, and that not only were those men guilty of assassination, but the entire regiment was a body of cowards, who were deprived of their colours for bad conduct and cowardice. A great number of witnesses were examined for the prosecution, the Crown closing by putting in evidence an attested copy of the coroner's inquisition ; after which the Court adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning, when the case for the defence will be opened. The nature of the evidence given yesterday was in substance a mere repetition of the facts connected with the occurrences at Six-mile-bridge, which are already so familiar to the public. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY OF 7001.—CAPTURE OF ONE OF THE BURGLARS AND NEARLY 2001. IN LEEDS.—Be tween two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning week, five men, with shirts over their clothes, broke into the dwelling-house of Mr. George Stephenson, farmer, near Ponteland, a village about seven miles north-west from Newcastle, on the road to Scotland, by Otterburn. Mr. Stephenson is an elderly man, unmarried, and the only persons residing with him were his housekeeper and an other female servant, who slept together. The men having made their way to the bedroom of Mr. Stephen. son, demanded his keys, and threatened him with violence if he should make any resistance. Two of the men then proceeded to ransack ':the house, while the other three kept the inmates from making any alarm. In a chest of drawers the robbers found between 6001. and 7001., consisting of Newcastle Branch Bank of England, one Scotch, and other notes, about 40 sovereigns, and three old guineas, with which they decamped, together with a silver watch and single-barrelled gun. Mr. Stephenson fol lowed the men after they had left the house, but soon lost sight of them on the road leading towards New castle. About seven o'clock on Friday evening last, Sub-Inspector Senior, of the Leeds police, received information that a man, evidently a stranger to Leeds, was at the Lamb Inn, Timblebridge, and was employing persons to obtain change for 51. Bank of England notes, of which he had about 40 in his possession, together with a brace of loaded pistols and a dagger. Senior called to his aid policemen Hales and Buckle, and pro ceeded to the Lamb Inn, where they found the man indicated in an upstairs room, with a number of soldiers. Senior's entrance attracted the notice of the4nan, and he at once thrust his hands into his pocket. Guessing his intentions, the officers rushed upon him, and a despe rate struggle ensued, the man being in the end secured. He gave his name John Gray, and is a middle-aged, powerful man, dressed like an operative or better sert of agricultural labourer. He was searched, and in his pockets were found a pair of pistols, heavily loaded with powder and shot, and capped. In another pocket was found a dagger and stiletto. Having been disarmed a quan tity of gold was taken from him, and the landlady handed to the officers 33 5/. notes, which Gray had placed in her care. These notes were almost exclusively Bank of England, Newcastle branch, but one was a Scotch note. Gray was taken to the police-office, and brought before the sitting magistrates on Saturday, where he was defended by Mr. Ferns, who stated that the prison er's explanation was, that he had received the notes as a legacy from a brother in America, and was going to Australia, for which purpose he had provided the pis tols. The prisoner who was proved to have obtained change for three Si. notes, by sending out fir trifling ar ticles, was remanded till Monday. On that day an officer from Newcastle attended, and desired to take the prisoner to that town, but as he could not speak to the identity of the notes lost by Mr. Stephenson, and those found on the prisoner, the request was refused, and the prisoner again remanded. On Tuesday, Mr. Stephen son and another Newcastle officer arrived in Leeds, and though Mr. Stephenson could not identify the prisoner, yet he gave such evidence with regard to the notes that the prisoner was given up, and conveyed to Newcastle the same night. Mr. Stephenson, who had offered a re ward of 50/. for the apprehension of the burglars, stated that one of his servants would be able to swear to the prisoner as one of the burglars. THE EARTHQUAKE AT MANILLA.—We have been fa voured, says the Cork Constitution, with the following particulars respecting the earthquake at Manilla. The letter from Manilla is dated Oct. Bth and 12th :—On the 16th of last month a most fearful earthquake was experi enced here. The first and most severe shock was felt about half-past six in the evening. I was in company with two young Spanish ladies. We were sitting in the front of the window looking into the bay, and everything was very pleasant and happy, when I was suddenly startled by seeing the two young ladies spring up, ex claiming " Trunblon, 'frunblon," and immediately rush ing to the door. At the moment I did not feel the vibra. tion, but in a second or two everything began to shake to such an' extent as almost prevented us from standing. I hurried them quickly into the street, where they immediately fell on their knees, p ray . ing and crying piteously. It was a moment of severe could trial ; the earth was all rolling under us, and hear the houses creaking all around. The shock continued for about three minutes, but during that time all the horrors of uncertainty presented themselv es f rom the fact that we did not know where to flee for safety. may open house may tumble and crush us ; the earth • open and close upon us ; such was , I believe, th e gener a L feeling. From the first shock till about eleven o'clock at night, we had a repetition of shocks more or less strong than the first ; and I am fully persuaded that had a second occurred equal in strength, the half of Manilla would have been in ruins. The roofs of the two princi pal churches fell in with a fearful crash, carrying with them the walls and several houses near. As yet we have heard of only four or five lives being lost. In my opinion the cause of the earthquake was the fact of the volcano of Taal being closed for the last hundr ed years ; but since the earthquake we were all again startled by a loud report, like that of artillery, but which proved 'to be the opening of the crater of that mountain, which has since been in active operation, and I have hope that we will not have a revival of the earth quakes, and that I may never again experience such dreadful feelings. At one place. about 20 miles from Manila, the earth opened several hundred feet in length, and about 18 inches wide, a nd threw up a considerabl quantity of fine black sand , such as had never before been seen in the neighbourhood, which covered the ground to a great extent. What the nature of the sand is, I can not yet say, not having seen any, but I shall endeavour to send you some of it. Vessels coming to Manilla ex perienced the shock at sea, as if they had struck on a coral reef. A brig of ours let go her anchor in dee p water, and lost it, imagining she was on a reef. The shocks felt at sea were from 80 to 100 miles from Ma nilla, but not more than 10 or 15 from the main of Lu zonia. On the 12th of October (this morning) we had another sharp shock at about half-past five o'clock. I wa s awakened by my bedstead violently shaking under me, and quickly dressed, and got out of the house. It lasted but a few minutes. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The gross receipts at the last of this, the greatest of our provincial music meetings, have just been declared to be 11,925/. Bs. 9d. ; the expenses were 7,220/. 165.; leaving a balance of 4,704/. 12s. 9d. to be handed over to the charitable institutions, on behalf of which the festival was instituted. ~/7~-~ 873 78 4 -- 663 1 9 11 0t 1 111 . 30s$ i• 16 s eOO, 0 1 1 16 lo 2 0 t ii nt v c i b 1 ..,~i.w« 'z 4