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The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Adm"ral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice that on Tuniner, the sth February next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Pawns as may be willing to -Contract for supplying 16 , 50 0 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, but to be delivered in a rough or sided state, a; the said Commis : genera shall direct). 4,1100 Loads of BRITISH OAK, THICKSTUFF, and PLINK, • • e and . 906 ,000 nnrrisii OAK TREENAILS. To be delivered 'at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December, 1852,' at prices including all carriage and other expenges. A Tender may, be made for the whole Contract. or for the quanti ties required for any one or more of the yards, but not for less than 'the full quantities of Timber, Thickstuff, Plaiik, and . Treenalls re- Tared for any one yard. A Form os, the Tender showing. the distrib;:tion,.sldines, an I di- Mensions of the Timber, .Thickstuff; Plank, and Treenail!, ant all 'other necessary particulars may be had on anllcation to this 0 nee, by letter or otherwise. • - No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the dty of treaty,nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or al ig 3nt fer -duty authorised in writing. _Ter3" Tender 'host be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralt y . „ . 11 a bear iu the left-han Icorner the words " 'lender for British Oak," and must also. be delivered at Somerset splace, ace an p ani el by a otter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound With the perscin tendering, in the sum of 18,000/. for the due perform . nee Of the whole Contract, or in a due proportion for a part only. 01:1• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 7 DECEMBER 17, 1849. N°.17,856.] LONDON, MONDAY E S N B. F• 3 40 to 43 3 45 48 ) 39 —4l 3 43 46 3 33 41 42 44 3 ss 40 5 42 45 42 45 ) 38 40 - 34 37 The Right Hon. Sir F. B3ring, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the First Secretary, Mr. Parker, M.P., left town on Friday fur Stratton park, where Rear Adthiral Dundas, C.B i MX., joined his colleagues on S sturdhy. They are understood to return to the Admiralty to day. SEARCH ro FRARKLIN.—We believe that it is now decided by the Government that the two Arctic ships. Enterprise and Investigator shall forthwith enter . a crew, and proceed at once to Behring's Straibi, to make further search for Sir John Franklin and his missing expedition. Captain Collinson, as we intimated a fortnight since, has commissioned the Enterprise, and the command of the Investigator, it is said, has been off,..red to Captain Al‘Murdoch. Both ships 'tilll commence to enter their respective coinple inents this week.—Harald. [PRICE 6D. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFMARS. Establishiql 1523. • Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. PUBLICATIONS. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 14. The following cases were taken to-day, after our report came away : (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) In the case of .Richard C'heetham, the jury, after being some hours in deliberation, returned into court with a vr rdict of Manslaughter, and strongly recom mended the prisoner to mercy. Mary Ann Page, age:i 27, was charged with the wilful murder of an illegitimate male child, at Man chester. Halifax truck ; that Wood, junior, came up, and, Mellor mentioned to him that he h a d sent the truss to James Bailey ; that afterwards word was sent to senior Wood to go and get the parcel, instead of James Bailey; that subsequently junkr Wood gave him (Yates) 1/. for his share ; and that Farrar had told him that he also got 11. for his share. The truss did go to Halifax, and was there delivered to IVood senior, who repre'ented his name to be Bailey, and that the truss ,had been sent to him by Mr. Hanson, of Huddersfield, upholsterer, the fact being that that gentleman had sent no parcel at all. The day on which senior Wood got the truss was the 11th of January ; and on the 12th the real James Bailey tilled at the Halifax station, and claimed the truss, saying it had come from Golcar, by Walker's cart, which was also untrue. The case for the prosecution having been closed, His LORDiIIIP intimated that he was of opinion there: was no case against Whiteley, IVood, jun., Bailey, and Farrar ; there was not sufficient evidence corro boratory of the accomplice as against them. The Jury found Mellor and Wood, sen., Guilty, but recommended Meltor to Laercy on account of his _previous good character, and the belief that the accom plice had suggested to him the robbery. There were altogether eight or nine cases against the prisoners, all of the same character as the pre ceding, which ended in the conviction of William Mellor, Walter Whiteley, Joseph IVood, sen., and Joseph Wood, jun., who were severally sentenced to seven years' transportation, and James Bailey, who was sentenced to be imprisoned for 18 months. In sentencing them his Lordship remarked that when so large a part of the public were interested in railway companies, who had to trust so much to confidential servants, it was necessary, when frauds such as these were practised, that they should -be severely dealt with. THE LATE GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL. NorrINGRAm, SUNDNY.—Yesterday the sentences upon privates Ball, Butterworth, and Knox, tried in this town by general courts-martial on the 6th, 7th, and §th of November last, were communicated from Sheffield to Nottingham, having' been officially announced to the prisoners in the former town on the previous day. The unsentenced prisoners were removed to Sheffield at the time the troops exchanged quarters, a few (lays ago. As is usual in such cases, the official minutes of each trial were read in the presence of the assembled troops; arid the judgments of the court., 'affirmed by the Commander in-Chief and approved by the Queen, were made kno wn t o a ll. E ich court c ons i s t e d of Colonel C. G. J. Arbuth not, C imman ler of the North Midland District (pre sident); Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. J. Yorke Scarlett, sth Dragoon Guards; Major Henry Renny, 81st Foot; Captain George Lloyd Rlbson, sth Dragoon Guards ; C a pt a i n J ames Cunningham, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Captain Sir George Curzon Bisshop, 12t.h Foot; Captain F. L. Dashwoo'l, Lancers; Captain William de Cardonnell Elmshaw, Ist Royal .Dragoons; Lieutenant George Campbell,' Ist Royal Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel John Pat- CRAM:SIAN—Right llon. Sir T. FRINKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Alfred Kingsford 11 , 1rber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Archibald Ilastie, Esq., M.P. Henry llzrnett, Es•i. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. I William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, El. PHYSICIAN —John Ayrton Paris, MD., F.R.S. : No. 27, Dwer-street. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. A SELECTION OF BOOKS FOR A New Edition, in royal Bvo., price 21s. TII E POEMS OF FELICIA. lIEMANS. Complete in roe volume; uniform with the works of Wordsworth, Southey, and Byron wi h Portaits engraved by Finden, from the Bust by Fletcher. Copies may be hitd, handsomely bound in morocco. " there is a volume in which high poetry and deep passion aro united with feminine delicacy and unsullied moral purity. A volume which a fitther may give to his daughter on her birth-day, or on some day of this gift-giving season, with a feeling not less confiding or holy than that with which he ;Ives his child her night and morning blessing and kiss. The name of Felicia Ilemans has become, and is doubtless destined to remain, one of the loved and cherished household-words in connexion with British poetical literature."— The Watchman. ) 30 - 32 ) 28_I ) 26 - 30 PreAhlent of the 1:oyal Colle'ge of Physic Lois SuaGEoN T llenjamin Travers, , F.Ii.S., No. 12, Itraton-street ACTUART—James Johii Downes, Esq., F.It.A:S The following are among the alvantagesoffed by this society : • ECONOMY comhlncd with Security: The RATES of Premium are lower than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are eivided every fifth year among the Assure 1, and a 'Menus Is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to'every Policy effected on the participating Scale, If a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. ThQ BONUSES declared at the three former divislons (arising from three-foarths only of-the profits), averaged 16, 31, and 36 per cent. respectively on the amount of Premiums paid. The BONUS declared in 1449 (arising from the whole of the pro fits), being the result of the operations of the Society during the last five 3 ears•npon the Mutual Principle, averaged 62% per cent. on the Premiums received. • Mr. Sowler and Mr. Milne prosecuted; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Pollock. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the minor charge, acquitting herof the graver charge of murder. Ilis Lounsnie sentence I hPr to imprisonment, with hard labour, for two months. (Before Mr. Justi :e WiGurstAx.) The Termagant, steam frigate, was brought into the- boin at Portsmouth, on Saturdsy, and will be t 'ken into dock when the Fire Queen comes out. to 101 8d to 2EI 8d to 9d 20 22 C O'N Tit CT• for C.OP.P E R. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, . Sorberset-placo, Deeember 13, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lor I High Admiral f the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice that on THIMIDAY, the 27th instant, at On o'clock, they WM be ready te treat with such persons as may be - willing to Con wed for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham with 3.50 TONS of ENGLISH TOUGH CAKE COPPER. 158 Tens to be delivered by the- 31st January, an 1 the remainder 0 7 the 28th February next. - d. Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the d ty of treaty, n er 11117 noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent ter him duly aathorised 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 Copper," ant must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied .P3' a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become Doend with the person tendering in the sum of 5 , 0001 . for the due 'Performance of the Contract. The Daring, 12 guns, was put out of dock at Chatham on Friday, after having received a repair, and the Chillers and Wrnderer, 15 guns each, were taken into dock the same tide for repair. The Rochester, naval lighter, arrived on Friday at Chat'urn, from Devonporr. The Duck, naval lighter, left Chatheut on Friday for Portsan.nth. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Argus steam .loop, built by Mr. Fincham, master shipwright of this dockyard, was launched yesterday from under the new slip, No. 4. Her dimensions are as follow: Second Edition of Professor AYTOUN'ii. LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS. Small Bvo., price Os., elegantly bound in gilt cloth. "Finer ballads than these, we are bold to say, are not to be found in the language."—The Ti•r:es. "A volatile of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet-note, now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dlrge.",— Quarterly Review. ~. ..... ..... Francis Harrison, aged '25, and Joseph Harrison, aged 18 (brothers), were indicted fur baring killed and slain Alichael Shorrock, at Over Darwen, on the 12th of November last. Qrs. - - 213 All Assurances effected during the year 1849, on, the equal rates of Premium, will be entitled to participate in the profits to be declared in 1854. _ . . In imperial 4to, half-bound morocco, price 21. 12s. 64., JOHNSTON'S PHYSICAL ATLAS OF NAI URAL PHENOMENA, Reduced from the Edition in Imperial Folio. This Edition contains twenty-nve Maps, including a Paheontological and Geological Map of the British Islands, with Descriptive Le.ter press, and a very Copious Index. Mr. Spinks appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Blair for the prisoner. Verdict—Guilty; but the jury-recommended the prisoners to mercy. Sentence—Six months' imprisonment each to hard labour. •• • ••• '....... The subjoined rabl resulting from low P among the Assured : le shows the ad►antages offered by this Societ►, 'remiums, and a division of the entire profits " Wl;at more attractive, more acceptable, or more beautiful Christmas present, than the Physical Atlas, whose interest shall not fade with the year, nay, nor with the age, which has produced this splendid contribution to science."—Dublin Mail. " A series of maps distiaguishod first by great clearness, and next by great beauty of execution. . . . . . . The tee, 12th Foot; Captain Francis R. Forster, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Captain T. Pattie, 16'h Laticers ; Captain J. Arthur Gildea, 81st Foot; Capt. Thomas D. Perry, 81st Foot ; Captain Herbert Morgan, Ist Royal Dragoon Guards; Lieut. Michael M'Creagh, 4th Dragoon Guards; and Captain J. Francis Kempt, 12th Foot, Acting Deputy Judge-Advocate. The following is a brief summary of each case : No. 787, private Robert Knox, charged with having on the 14'h of October lost, left the Nottingham bar racks, when confined thereto, and not returning until the 15th; also as a second offence, with raising his hand, in which was a large stone, against Sergeant- Major Davis, and uttering i n a menac i ng manner, "Do, you 1;---," or words to that effect. The first charge was admitted. To prove the se cond, Sergeant-Major Davis deposed—l was sent in charge of a picket in search of men, of whom the prisoner was one. I went to the Gate public-house in Brewhouse-yard, and was endeavouring to secure two of the absentees, when the prisoner and another ran away. My party gave chase. On going close to them, private Knox turned round. He raised his hand, in which, to the best of my belief was a large stone, and exclaimed, "Do, you b---, or words to that effect, as if in defiance of my securing him. I knocked him down with my sword and broke it. I cut him across the head. The civilians after wards rescued the prisoner. Sergeant-Major Davis's evidence, in the first place, was objected to, because he had been disbelieved on his oath by a court-martial at Glasgow ; but this being overruled, witnesses were called, who swore that the sergeant- major's sword was broken during a row that previously occurred in the Gate public house, and that when he struck Knox it was with a short piece of the broken sword, the prisoner having his back towards the sergeant-major at the time, and not making use of any menace or expression of defiance whatever. Length between perpendiculars Length of keel for tonnage ... Bread,h to outside of wale Breath for tonnage ... Breath moulded ... Depth of hold ... Feet. Inches. ... 190 2f ... 158 24- ... 33 5f 33 ... .32 Si ... 20 11 Tona. Burden in tons 981 27-94 Ditto by the new admeasurement ... 1,028 Deduct for engine -room ... 453 'OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. December le, 1849. . The Principal ()dicers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice that a quantitrof Old Harness, Wheels, Oak and Elm Plank, Casks, Staves and HeAds, Cases of Wood, Tanned Hides, Painted Co -vers, Old Tin, Shot Bottoms, Tanned Hide and Leather Cuttings, Varnish, Cuttings, Old Cartridge Paper, 7 Gallons of Copal and Oak Carnish, Artillery Clothing, Slab and Refuse Wood, &c., &c., will 1)0 said by Auction, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THURSDAY, the 20th December, 1849, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon pre cis rly. May be viewed from Ten to Four o'clock oa the six days previous to the Fide. Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-Mall ; Tower Of London; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. ~. '4 P Itl° . - i,,4 V 2 . 2 f ....og,'-S;= n .! 4ii Age ii : - 9' . 5..22,.. : 7 . „ - E , „,,,,,.,, 0 CO 00 0 ~,,,, at 5 . '6' '4 F t '.F. 9. ;1 , ., 1, tf 3 " .. i '4 °. ;'' . 6 •:-.:: -Z1 g ';'.N e'r g 7.: Eatry :.•'x g ri a . ..., 3 .. 1-1-; g g :6' g.. w c)gc7i4 cm 4 :4 4 44 . -- ti i = I,, W AT3 S. 71 ' ' 3 . ; •-••-- ',I ) • . i 7t" ,5 1 x. c d. £ £ £ £ £ 20 2 1! 10 1260 260 108 12 1330 SO 26 13 3 1205 205 110 12 1327 40 31 19 6 1140 140 118 11 1269 50 45 6 0 1 30 30 129 . 10 1169 It being now clear that Mr. Justice Talfourd could finish the remaining cases in the course of Sa turday, without further assi3tance, Mr. Justice Wightman will not sit to-morrow. letterpr.s - s which accompanies them should not pass without praise. —Spectator. IV. In royal post Bvo, price 215., elegantly bound in cloth, NOW AND THEN. S.‘MCIEL WARREN, ESQ. December 15. • (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.: At the sitting of the Court this morning, his Lord ship proceeded to pass sentence on Richard Cheetham who was last night convicted of manslaughter, with a strong recommendation to mercy. His LORDSHIP intimated that he was induced to pass a comparatively light sentence on the prisoner, by the recommendation with which the jury had ac companied their verdict,and the peculiar circumstances by which the case had been accompanied. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. A New Edition, being the third, with the Author's last corrections; and a Preface. " . . . . A vindication, in beautiful prose, of the ways of God to man.' A grander moral is not to be found than that which dwells upon the reader's mind when the book Is closed—conveyed, too, as it is, in language As masculine and eloquent as any the English tongue can furnish."--Times. Prospectuses and full particulars may ba obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. Dec. 15. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Richard Cluderay was indicted for having, at Leeds, ; on the 15th September last, administered to Ruth liorsfield, a child of the age of 10 months, two cocculus indicus berries, with intent to kill and mur der her. • EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 12, 1849. fi r tiE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST ' INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice — That a Proprietor of East India Stock kas given notice, that at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company appointed to be "eid at their house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th Instant, he will submit the following motion, TiZ " That copies of all cot - respondence relative to a Court-martial held on the Ath September , 1844, on certain Sepoys 9f the 6 th Madras 1 - avalry, be laid before this Court, and copied of all opinions given by law officers on the subject." That another Proprietor kas given notice of his intention to sub- Alit the following motions at the said Quarterly General Court kTATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per ceat. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. In foolscap Bvo.. price POLLOCK'S COURSE crF TIME. A Poem, 1.1 Ten Books.: A New Edition, being the Nineteenth ; with Portrait of the Au'hor. William Blackwood and 5.01)3, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. James Lloyd, John Taylor, Wm. Roscoe, James ,11' Intyre William Walker, William Tether, and Thomas Seddon, were indicted for night poaching at Altcar, on the estates of the Earl of Sefton. The jury, after some deliberation, said they thought the prisoners were on the land with the intention of taking game, but they were not satisfied they were armed with offensive weapons. His LORDSHIP said that the latter ingredient was necessary to constitute the offence alleged, and the prisoners were Acquitted. This concluded the business of the assize. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy conducted the prosecu tion ; Mr. Overend defended the prisoner. This indictment was framed under the 7th William IV., cap. 85, sec. 2, which enacts, that whosoever shall administer to or cause to be taken by any person any poison or other destructive thing, with intent to commit murder, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer death. It appeared from the evidence of a young woman named Mary Horafield, that she resided with her father, who was a printer at Holbeck, near Leeds. The prisoner had courted her for some time, and the result of an illicit intercourse bad been the child to whom the prisoner was accused of administering poison. The child was ten months old in September last, and had been unwell from cholera in August. On the Bth of the following month of September, the prisoner came to the house of Mary Horsfield's father, where she resided with the child. The mother left the , house for the purpose of going a few doors off after a bonnet, leaving the prisoner alone with the child. When she returned, in about ten minutes, she found it unwell from vomiting, which, upon taking it up, fell upon her dress, the baby's frock, and likewise upon a cloth with which she wiped its mouth. The next day the child had recovered ; but a few days afterwards (the 15th of September) the prisoner was again at the house, and the mother having occasion to go to her aunt's, a few doors off, left the prisoner alone with the infant again. When she returned, in about ten minutes, she found the in fant sick, and its mouth bloody, and taking it up in her arms she slid, "Oh, my bairn," ani thezi the prisoner said, " What is the matter ? I have done nothing to it." And she replied, "You have." The child then vomited, and what appeared to be a pill fell from its mouth, which afterwards turnediout to be a cocculus indicus berry. She picked it up, when the p r e r a i s t o e n d e r h i t m r d a a t d o s t a a i k d e s i e o uof her w t oai d show hand, it t h o u s D t r he p . Scott.re- The prisoner left the house, and the next morning it was discovered that the child had evacuated another cocculus indicus berry. On cross-examination the witness stated that the prisoner had been kind and affectionate to the child. For the prosecution it was alleged that no one but the prisoner could have administered the berries; and for that purpose, Dr. Scott, a surgeon at Leeds, was called, who said that he had attended the child, that he had been hown'the berries, which were a narco is irritant poison, and that- foree-must-have-bc.ca applied. to make it swallow it. BOOKS PUBLISIIED BY IVILLIAM BLAdKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. 3 vols. post Bvo., price 31s. 6d., SIR E. B. LITTON'S CAXTON'S. A Family ricture. The Host brilliant and the most beautiful of all the effusions of Sir Bulwer Lytton's pen of faseiastion."7-Sun. That this Court, deeply lamenting the prolonged exile of the f.litices of Scindh, and the failure of those endeavours tom time to • "nR) made for the termination of their unmerited sufferings, most _earnestly recommend to the Court of Directors that an opportunity te afforded such of them as survive to be heard in their defence. be nrt Some competent and impartial tribunal to be nominated by the Z o vernment of India, and if innocent, that they be reinstated in th eir Private rights ; also that a like consideration, where the same may aPpear equitable, be extended to the heirs of such of the Ameers as have died in captivity." That the following papers be laid before the Court of Proprie tor. "Copy of the treaty entered into by Captain Seaton, in 'behalf Of the Bombay Government, with the Ilydrabad State, in the year 408. Perms- Sum the .1 m i Annual Policy, Bonus in addition Bonus nent Re-, Assured Age. z E Pre- take* l to Sum in ductien of may bor -55; mium. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on - .6 Premium. Policy. -- - , ; X cd.X s.d £ s. d. £ a. d. I 1837 ,276 14 3 1 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 ..£ 1839 226 6 0 1 102 15 1 16 2 9 494 8 10 GO 1000 ..£ s. d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11;445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 .5 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 l 1841 62 6 S 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 4 6 I Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the once, r any of its branches In the country; or, on application. will be for- The Seventh Edition, ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, In 20 vols. crown Bvo., with aCopious Index, price 61., neatly bound in cloth. "The classification (of this edition), the arrangement of the chapters, the foot-notes, and the marginal references, are singular for their compac' mess ; and this supervision has even extended to the enumeration of the authorities quoted in the narrative. . . . 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One of the results of the injury was that the pri soner's mind became much depressed; but he so far recovered as to be able to resume his work, and he got engaged upon a line of railway. At this employ ment he remained for some time, but the work being too hard for him the injury he had previously received to his spine was much increased, and he was again compelled to desist from work. His mind was more impaired than before ; he gave utterance to expres sions of fear of being thrown upon the parish, and evidently showed signs of insanity. On the 13th of July, whilst the father of the two deceased was absent the prisoner went with the children into a garden, situated at a short distance from the house. In a little time he returned to his tnother,whom he had Idft in the house, and raid that the children still remained in the garden. 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Quetelet is an able reasoner, and chooses his illustrations very happily, so as to render an apparently abstruse subject of easy comprehension. The study of causes is shown in natural pheno mena, such as the lowering of plants ; and the probabilities of life, in the domestic superstition of thirteen to dinner.' "—lllus trated London News. London. Charles and Edwin Layton, lin, Fleet-street, A K 2S 1 A E. m One halt the world are desolately single, and the ether sepposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or sense et right determine the former, and raisealcelated hopes ern .ittor the latter. The solitary One may shield. himself ander the plea af caution aid worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un mmerosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the groat hindrances to domeetic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set :lenient. 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Furthermore, two other lttle publications claim year attention (same price Is. each, V' lost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and ovoid," and " How to be Happy;' They are not merely arup tlets, but a library volume, nor ar e th e y th e pmer o e phemer egad lsctbin quantitylin: sof the hour, but the study of the author's !ifs who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob serv.sacs of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he wortht he done unto—to live alter natire's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny aide of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-rew ; Carvalho ' 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ;or direct (by post or ether wits)) from the tanner (who may bo conferred with' personall,y, mornings and evenings). ;14. Argyll-blue Reffent4streets: and at, Bookseller e DETENTION OF MAIL CONTRACT PACKETS ABROAD.—In consequence of the numerous detention, of the mail contract packets abroad, the Lords of the Admiralty have just hotted instructions to the naval officers having charge of her Majesty's mails on board such packets, that they are on no account to suffer the packets to be detained in future beyond the time stipu lated in the contracts, without a written order from the Commander-in•Chiet or senior officer of a navel station, the governor of a colony or dependency, or a represen tative of her Majesty. A verbal order to detain a mail contract packet from an of the above authorities must not in future be attended to. _ -- - A LONDO'N MERCLIAICT.—We slept at Soverein's Inn. Seeing a small shop over the way, I went into it, and found it kept by a late London merchant. " I was not always in this way," ho - said: " I frequented the Stock Exchange for twenty-five years, and drank my bottle of wino every day alter dinner." I thought if he had omitted the latter "custom of an afternoon." he might not now be in the pine-woods of Lake Erie.—Sir J. Alexander's "Acadie." two children. Mr. Wightman, the surgeon, who at tended the prisoner when he was confined owing to his spine being injured, gave instructions to the family to keep their eye 4 upon him, as he was not fit to be trusted, his mind being affected, and he might do himself an injury. The little boy and girl were found dead in the garden, their heads dreadfully beaten, death having been effected with a thick piece of wood. The prisoner's brother and mother spoke to his affection for the children previous to the injury he received, and deposed that he was apprehensive of coming to want, and was afraid of robbers entering the house by night. Mr. W. Anderson, surgeon to York Castle, was called, and deposed that he visited the prisoner about an hour after he entered the prison. He was then quite insane, and had been so ever since. At times he was most violent in his demeanour, requiring two or three persons to restrain him. In his ►pinion the mental affliction under which the prisoner was suffer ing might have arisen from the injury to the spine producing inflammation of the brain. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up, observing that after the evidence of Mr. Anderson and the other tes timony in the case, there could be no doubt of the insanity of the prisoner, and that he was not therefore accountable for the act he had committed. It would, therefore, be the duty of the jury to return a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, and the Court would order the prisoner to be detained in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity; and the prisoner was then re moved. During the trial he occasionally wept, and at other times he evinced an air of indifference, and stared va cantly around him. It appeared that previous to this malady the prisoner was a teacher in the Sabbath school, and bore an excellent character. John Cryer was indicted for having, at Gargrave, on the 19th of October last, feloniously cut and wounded William Beecroft, with intent to murder him. Mr. Otter conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Dighy Seymour defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is only 16 years of age, resides with his two sisters and t wo brothers at argrave, the prisoner living next door. About seven o'clock on the 19th of October, as the prosecutor and his sister were returning from work at the mill where they were employed, the prosecutor observed that his shoe was untied, and as he was stooping down to tie it, the prisoner, having an axe in his hand, rushed out of the house in a great fury and struck the prose cutor a violent blow on the side of the head with the edge of the axe. This rendered him insensible; and, on being sent home, a surgeon was sent for, who dressed the wound, which was of a serious and dan gerous character, having made a fissure in the skull. It was endeavoured to be shown that constant quarrels had taken place between the two families. Mr. Digby Seymour addressed the jury for the defendant. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death recorded. (Before Mr. Justice WILLTAMS.) William Mellor, John Farrar, Walter Whiteley, Joseph Wood the elder, Joseph Wood the younger, and James Bailey, were indicted—the three first with having, on the 9th of January, at Huddersfield, stolen a truss, con'aining five pieces of woollen cloth, the property of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Campany. The two Woods and Bailey were charged with inciting the three first-named to commit the felony. Mr. Hale, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Pickering con. ducted the prosecution; Mr. Hardy defended Joseph Wood the younger, Bailey, and Farrar ; Mr. Dearsley defended Mellor and Whiteley ; Joseph Wood the elder was undefended. It appeared that, on the 9th of January last, the firm of Longhead and Liddell sent a parcel to the Huddersfield station for Messrs. Anderson and Thorburn, of Manchester, but that place it never reached. When the parcel arrived at the Huddersfield station Whiteley weighed it. and Mellor called it off to a clerk in the office. Mellor called it off by the right direction, but then thrust it aside, changed the di rection, and then called it over again to the direction of "James Bailey, Hallifax ; to be le ft till called for." A man of the name of Yates, in the employ of the company, who came before 11 - 1) jury in the character of an accomplice, proved that after the truss was called over it was placed by Farrar on the Mr. OVEREND addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that upon the evidence of the mother of the child the prisoner had behaved kindly and affectionately towards it. He could not deny that the berries had been given to the child, but only for the purpose of playing with. His LORDSHIP commenced his summing up to the jury. OYEUBND here suggested to his Lordship that the poison being so wrapped up or surrounded by a pod that it could not, according to the evidence of Mr. Price, the surgeon, be injurious, and not being injurious in its very condition, it could not be inju rious to the body of the child, such an administering would not satisfy the statute. Mr. Mawr said that it was a noxious thing which was administered, and that if it was so wrapped up that it would not be injurious, yet its being a noxious thing, if it were administered with intent to kill, was sufficient. His Lonmuir regretted that the point of law had not been argued, as it was one for grave considera tion. By its not having been alluded to during the trial he had considered that the prisoner's counsel had not deemed it necessary to raise it. He would, how ever, take the opinion of the jury whether the sub stance was administered by the prisoner with intent to kill the child; and if they should be of opinion that the prisoner did so, then he should direct them to re turn a verdict of guilty, and reserve the point for the consideration of the judges. The jury retired for about twenty minutes, and re turned, bringing in a verdict of Guilty. Sentence deferred. ALDERMHN AND COMMON COUNCILMEN.—In the new Act of Parliament for the government of the city of London, which will be enforced on Friday next in the election of common councilmen, there is a provision in reference to the disqualification of aldermen and common councilmen. According to the 9th section of the Act (12th and 13th Victoria, chap. 94 local) if any person holding the office of alderman or common coun cilman for the city ef London shall declare himself, or shall be declared, bankrupt or insolvent, or shall apply to take the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors, or shall make any composition with his creditors, or shall altogether absent himself from his duty for more than six calendar months consecutively, unless prevented by illness or other reasonable cause; or shall be convicted of fraud or of any crime, then, and in every such case, such person shall thereupon immediately become disqua lified, and shall cease to hold the office of, alderman or common councilman, as the case may be; and the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London shall thereupon forthwith adjudge the said office to be vacant; but any person becoming disqualified and ceasing to hold such office by 'reason of having made any composition with his creditors shall, on payment of his debts in full, bo capable (if otherwise qualified) of being re-elected to such office. All acts done before an alderman or common councilman shall be disqualified shall be as valid as if the party bad not been disqualified. SERIOUS CHARGE AOAINST AN OFFICER 01' MA RINES.—On Thursday last, Charles Pyne, Second-Lieu tenant of the Royal Marines, stationed at Stonehouse, was brought before the magistrates at Stonehouse, and committed for trial at the next assize fur the county of Devon, under the following circumstances. About twig months since a child of fourteen years of age, named Ellen Barrett, the daughter of a poor woman residing in Devonport, was invited by a woman to come to the Marine Barracks on the following morning. The child fullo.ved her directions, and, on arriving at the bar. racks, she was met by the female, who took her to the room of the prisoner. Mr() the three had breakfast together ; and immediately afterwards prisoner locked the door, and criminally assaulted the girl. On the application of Mr. J. E. Elworthy, the solicitor fir the prisoner, the magistrates agreed to accept bail for the appearance of the prisoner, himself in 2004 and two sureties in 1001. A Doc's OBSEQUIES.—The Yorkshireman says— "lt has come to our knowledge that nearly 501. have been expended by a gentleman, formerly a Member of Parliament, in the funeral obsequies of his dog Pincher, which had been long ailing. The veterinary surgeon made a post•mortem examination; the undertaker made, not an elm coffin covered with ordinary black cloth, but with real velvet, silver•headed nails and handles, and a solid silver plate, on which was engraved, " Pincher, for nine years the attaohed and faithful dog of W. G., Esq., obiit 10th of October, 1849!" No. 849, private Edward Ball, charged, first, with breaking out of the barracks when confined thereto, at Nottingham, on the 14 - h of October; secondly, with escaping from a party by whom he had been captured the same night., and not returning until the 16th of the same month; thirdly, with using insub ordinate language to Sergeant•Mej ir Davis, on the 14th, and saying, " You are no man, Sergeant Major," or words to that effect. From the evidence it sierned that the prisoner wa one of (hose who esciped from the Gate public-house at the'tinie Sergeant- Major Davis was endeavouring to capture some of the absentees, on the evening they left the barra.4iii. On leaving the public house te went a circuit round Linton, and was at ltsdtord, in the vicinity of the barracks, when a second picket observed him and gave chive. He ran down Derby road, and entered Nottingham market place, when Sergeant-Major Davis and his party met him. Both pickets pursued the prisoner up Park-street, when he took refuge in Mr. Shuttle worth's passage, which was very dark at the time. tie was observed to enter by two policemen, who gave information to the pursuing pickets, the commanders of which ordered the police men to follow with their lights turned on. They then entered themselves, followed by their men, when the prisoner was observed lying on the ground at the top of the passage. Lieutenant Whitby ordered his party to handcuff him ; when the prisoner said, "I will go peaceably, but will die rather than be handcuffed." Sergeant-Major Davis cried to his party, "If he stirs, cut him down !" and suiting the action to the word, he cut the prisoner across the head with his word, and Corporal Sturgess at the same moment thrust the point of his sword into the prisoner's mouth. " Then it was," said the prisoner in his defence, " that I made use of some remark to the effect that they were not using me as a fellow soldier, or as a man." lie was,- however, secured, and given in charge to a small party, whose vigilance he eluded at the Park-coruer, a dark place, and a second time escaped, not returning to barracks until two days afterwards. The prisoner's age is 27 years, length of service hree years, character indifferent. Guilty of all the charges. To be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for 12 calendar months. During the late unhappy troubles, a great propor tion of the men composing two troops of the 3d Dragoon Guards have been punished for insubordi nation and misconduct in one way or another; three have been tried by general courts-martial, thirteen by district courts, about thirty were disposed of sum marily, being ordered various periods of heavy kit drill, &c., two were fined by the Nottingham magis trate, and one escaped. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, to whose illegal order for confinement of the troops to barracks the Duke of Wellington has attributed the wide spread spirit of insubordination which followed, is under peremptory orders, it is stated in the regiment, to dispose of his commission by the 10th of March next. All the offenders sentenced to imprisonment have been removed to the military gaol at Weedon. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Saturday a Commission of Lunacy was opened at the Green Man Tavern, Bethnal-green, before Mr. Winslow and a jury, to inquire into the state of mind of Miss Mary Anne Smith, at present an inmate of Mr. Warburton's establishment, " White house," Bethnal-green. Miss Smith, who is 72 years of age, and of lady-like appearance, was present at her own request throughout the inquiry, and conducted herself with great propriety, though she at times smiled ironically when her more peculiar delusions were referred to. She is sister to the late Robert Smith, the Whitesmith, of Great St. Andrew's street, Seven Dials, who was said, at his death, to have been worth 400,0001. It appeared, from the evidence, that Miss Smith was entitled to property worth 11,0001., and since 1841 she exhibited increas ing symptoms of insanity. bhe was in the habit of bringing home old bones and grass to strew over her rooms, fancying that she could thus convert them into meadows. Sometimes she imagined that she was a queen, and demanded carriages and atten dants befitting royalty. She was fond of masque rading, sometimes in tawdry tinsel, and sometimes in the austere rubes of a nun. he. had no idea of the value of money, and squal,dered all she o ?al obtain in drink, toys, &c., and often re mained sleeping in low places. She wished at one time to marry Prince Albert, and at Brother the Lord Chancellor, and frequently expressed a wish to give Lord Brougham a " basting." On hearing of the death of the Queen Dowa g er, she said she could have prolonged the royal lady's life to 100 years by virtue of spells; and she boasted that she was able to raise the dead. Another of her delusions was that she had been engaged as premiere daaseuse at the Opera. Dr. Southey depos'd that she WRB incapable of managing her affairs. Miss Smith was examined by the Comnis , ioner, and exhibited great shrewdnes in her answers She generally denied that she was subject to the delusions stated by the witnesses. The COAIMISSIONEIL asked her if she had the power of raising spirits, and she excited a laugh by reply ing—" No ; but I feel the necessity of having the spirits sometimes aised." I . Actual tonnage.... 575 I - The Hon. Lady Cape!, wife of Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., Commanderein Chief, performed the principal part in the ceremony of launching by drinking " Success to the Argus, and may she add another laurel to the British navy," in the usual manner, in the presence of a select assem blage_ of spectators, the state of the weather preventing the collection of a large party. Rear- Admiral Prescott was too much indisposed to attend, but, we are happy to add, is progressing favourably towards convalescence. The vessel glided off the stocks very gracefully, and took to her future element With great éclat. She is to be fitted with engines of 300 horse power (paddle), by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich. The Fairy royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzciarence, G.C.H., embarked her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at the Clarence yard yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, and conveyed her to Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The . Commander in-Chief received the illustrious Duchess, and the Victory fired the usual salute. All other ceremonies were dispensed with by her Royal Highness. Mr. H. Cradcck is appointed extra assistant mas ter shipwright in this dockyard, until a vacancy may occur, that officer having been informed by the Tonnage Committee that his services are no longer required. We are informed it is proposed to lengthen the after body of the Edinburgh, 72, at this port, similar to La Hogue, for a steam guard ship. This " little job" will cost about 15,000/. IN POET AND PITTING. In Harbour—The 'Victory and Illustrious, flag ships; the Excellent, gunnery ship; the Blenheim, steam guard ship; the Contest, 12, fitting for sea ; the Rolla apprentices' brig lying up for the winter; the Fairy, Elfin. and Portsmouth yachts, the Flamer packet, and the Echo tug. In Dock—The Britannia 120, the Daantless 24, the Fantome 12, Lily 12, the Fox 42, the Devasta tion and Penelope steam vessels—all refitting In the Basin—The Princess Charlotte 104, the Actaeon 26, and the Sprightly and Bee steam vessels. In the Steam Basin—The Ajax 60, the Birken head troop steamer, the Sidon 20, the Victoria and Albert, the Urgent, the Pike, Asp, and Blazer. Building—Tile Royal Frederick, 120, Prince of %Vales, 120, Princess Royal, 92; the Argus and Furious steam sloops. PLYmouTtr, DEC. 14 —Her M.jesty's steam fri gate Stromboli, Commander Lord A. W. .13eauclerk, went into Blrtipool yesterday, to relit. She is to have a new set of forerigging. The Archer steam-vessel, on arrival from Woolwich, .s to be commissioned. The G , entanner emigrant-ship, be!onging to lessrs H) d-., Hodge, arid C )., which came in here .1n the 10th inst. at six r M. , Via.; towed into dock on the 110., at nine A.m., when all th e em i gran t s were iiisemkirk e d and conveyed in a steamer to the depot. The ship's repairs were t xcente:l during the night of the 11th, and at three A M. on the morning of the 12 It .he was und eied. By noon the emigrants were re embarked, und at three rre on the same day, through the active agency of Metars. Lu.combe, Driscoll, and Co., she w4s outside the brebknater, proceeding to her destination. The reason for such extraordinary dispatch is that she conveys very im portant advices to the Cape of Good Hope. The ba-que Lida •cl Thornton, Captain Thomas Maxwell, arrived here yesterday ; left Batavia August 1, and St. Helene, October 1. No men-of war at St. Helena, but in passing Ascension, on the 6th, ob served at anchor there a double banked frigate, ap parently an 80• gun ship. The Richard Thornton has a full cargo of sugars and spices, two cassowaries in good condition for the Zoological -gardens, and several choice fruit-trees from Java, some nutmeg-trees, and a ramoutan. WOOLWICH, DEC. 15.—Captain Richard Collin son, C.B. (1842), to command the Enterprise, fitting at IVoolaich, to proceed to the Sandwich Islands ruund Cape Horn, and ultimately to Behring'a Straits, if requisite, in search of Captain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships. Lieutenants—George A. Phayre (1843) and John J. Barnard (1847) to the Enterprise. Surgeon—Robert Anderson (1846) to the Enter pese. Assistant Surgeons—W. T. Wilson (1846) to de Contest, at Portsmouth, and Edward Adams (1847) to the Enterprise. Clerk in Charge—Edward Whitehead (1846) to the Enterprise. Second Master—Francis Skead (1846), to the En-. terprise. Captain Collinson, C. 8., who hoisted his I (indent on the Enterprise at Woolwich toelay, was Lieutenant of the Wellesley, in the operations against Canton, and attached to the surveying department at the cap ture of that city in 1841. The gathnt officer com manded the Bentinck at the taking of Amoy and Chinghae in the same year, and the Plover at the capture of the Woosung and Shanghae, and in the operations in the Yai g-tae-lcang in 1842 . Lieutenant John J. Barnard, Su-goon Robert An derson, and Assistant Surgeon .c.dward Adams served in the Investigator, commanded by Captain B rd, in the recent expedition in search of Captain Sir J..hn Franklin's party. Clerk-in-charge Edward White.. head served in the Enterprise, under utiptain Sir James Clarke Rosa, in the same searching expedition 16.—The Agamemnon, 80-gun frigate, try dered to be built at this dockyard, to be fitted with a screw-propeller, is to have her frame put up by contract, and the sum of 2,0001. is agreed on for the frame-work, which is to be finished by the 31st of March next. The repairs required for the bottom of the slip are nearly completed. The Desperate steam-sloop is to be taken to the East India Dock to morrow to have her engines put in by Maudslay; Son, and Field. The Advice steam-vessel brought- up fifty non commissioned officers and privates of the pensioners' corps from Tilbury Fort, and they embarked at the Royal Arsenal on board the Eliza hired convict ship, to serve as a convict guard, and they will ultimately become settlers in Australia. Sixteen convicts were taken from the warrior convict ship on Thursday morning, when they came up to go on shore to work, and immediately went on board the Eliza. The vessel dropped down to Gravesend the same evening, and remains there until she is better ventilated than at present. Six shipwrights have been at work all day to day (Sunday) in Woolwich Dockyard, and will proceed on board the Eliza to-morrow at Gravesend, to have her finished and ready to sail on Tuesday. SISIUGGLING.--iLtr Alajes•y's revenue cutter Vigi lant, Captain &chard G captured, op( Friday night lust, in Sea ltlach in the Thames, a spritsail barge, ,bout sixty tons burden, havieg on board a crew of live persors, aid t< c. n raband cargo,.consisting of 280 bales of tobfc 10, about 501 b. each, cone( sled under straw don her cock. The barge was proceeding up ths river in the usual wanner as a coaster with str,,bv for the London market; and had the smugglers beee sue ces ain escaping the proa ctive force, between tix an s-van tons of tobacco would have been run, an t • Exchequer thereby lost th- amount of duty. W. •1 ye this to be the largest seizure of tobacco that ha i•t' ,u the . 1 homes for the past thirty years. THE RECENT Lois OF THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFE BOAT —The !.ufferrts by this lamentable affair have left se , entt en wives, foe: au.ong them krty-six chil ten. It wi.s tf“ - fir i accident that ever occurre at that ; .r , rt y .ik, hlats since they were tir.t. invent • in 1791. The one that met a ith the accident bad been to6ted for six years.—Sunderland Herald. Vols. I. and II:, enCheonialnin , ,i;ixty large Illustrations on steel by Lo Ketta and others, and Vignette Engravings on wood by Bran ston, with Eescriptive Letterpress. Prhe in medium 4ts., bound in cloth, 21. each. 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