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n to-clay o bu ilt• rani- her dull were at e C. and A), :34,', Consul. ,2t /2 din. 2harters, Man rtt, &at ( (G. N. tacre► as ion (late ion tin ist Lan -6 di•. don and )..uarters, irdshire, ip, ti%A• were as London 'it afford • 4 d is. k i ; dis.— were as 15N— oa and MAIT. eems to anony ig COlll. Weals y Post, ;nom of aracter, r.li iders it critics ly of a or the wan, in present )r femi mindel aspects, iwedish tremely ches of are Be are; and once of arming can be " The gh cast, be deep undf." cattle, of the _nearly is year ary by it least bibition creased is wade western entire ly • ffected icoods f which section ans the oat the reasons pointed be the Gibbs, .s 1 day to been been .for oider nabled r; and ionable Satur 'o thew e them on the -0, the aw will cx- Tues.- Severs visited ,he he ly fine' athern !omiset emengi chair esforcl, it by and ill no- Df pro.. 12 saki, . T 13 40 er pre T Pth 4 bs vented y of Os • g o on Le bet nag - Y th e LurwA to Os Od; irst flour, . Pota veal, 4d 1,00 d tu God to b, Gd to ir•pound :wt, 9d; TS titfiLbfaLL, Livrainti 1446. liirrE CONIMIITEE for LE T riNG the CITY'S LARDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on NVEDNEDAT, the 12th day of December next, at One o'cli , ck precisely, to receive TEN for LETTING on LEASES, for twenty-ono years from Christmas 1849, a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-bur dings; Two Houses, Nos. 28 and 29, on the south side of Broad-street buildings ; and a House No. 37, en the south side of Upper TharneL- Stmet. Also, to receive TENDF.ES for LETTING on LEASES, 'or 18 Years (less three days), fr•lnt Christmas 1549, a House, No. 9, Ar tillery -place, on the west side of the City-road ; and a House, No. 9, on the north side of Chiswell-street, Finsbury. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender Obtained, at the Mee of Works, THOMAS AIUNDERS, Comptroller. l'i REAT EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY N. X OF ALL NITIONS, Inl. The FIRST LIST of the Names of Promoters and Subscribers is now being made up, to be reported forthwith to 11.R.H. Prince Al bert, President of the Society of Arts. Persons desirous that their 'lames should be registered In such List are requested to intimate the ." 410 immediately to the Chairmen of the Local Co mmittees, which Nave been formed in— Aberystwith Falmouth Northampton St. Austell Guildford Nott ngham Bath Gloucester Plymouth Bristol Hereford Penzance Bedmin Huddersfield Stamford Bradford Ilalif.x Stroud Bridgnorth Ipswich Swansea Belfast Kidderminster Staff rd Birmingham Limerick Shrewsbury Cork • London Stoke upon-Trent Coventry Launceston Stourbridge Cardiff • • Leicester T:uro Canterbury Leeds Walsall Dartmouth Liverpool Waterford - Derby Manchester 'Wexford Devonport Maidstone Worcester Dover Norwich Wolverhampton Dublin Newport Great Yarmouth • • Dudley Newzastle-upon- York. Exeter Tyne Qt to the Executive Committee, 1, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. DIGBY WYATT, Secretary G REAT EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that important Towns and Places which have not been visited by a Deputation from the Prince Al bert, President of the Society of Arts, will be visited in due course as Soon as suitable arrangements can be made. In the meantime, it is requested that the formation of any Local Committee in such plaees may be reported-forthwith to the Secretary of the Executive Com mit oe. DIGBY WYATT, Secretary. 1, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. T HE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Xmpewered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 William IT., cap. cal. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. ex. Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. Capital 200,0011. Shares ii. each, to be paid in full on allotment, thereby avoiding any calls, and unless the Compaay eomplete the Purchase of the property, the whole amount will be returned to the shareholders. • The responsibility limited to the amount •f the shares. The rental of the houses, Fac., on the Islington Market Estute. .noures interest on the subscribed capital, independent of the removal of Smithfield Market. TRUSTEEIL moo. Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.) , Lom bard-street. John Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace church-street. Win. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society), Strand. UkNKEIS —Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Gracechurch-street. SOLICITIMS —Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James- street, iledford-row. day for the Allotment of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until Which time applications will continue to be received at the 0111ce of Fie Company bythe Solicitor, Thomas Al!sop, Esq., Royal Exchaage buildings ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee. JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, a n Vic Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Twa o'clock, and ou the Eveaings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight. —An entirely Lew Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, ;Id as it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past .."ur, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. — The Vie w s of Isonte are shown daily, at Ono o'clock.— A Lecture on the Cultivation of the Voice and on the Art of Mnging, by G. Clifford, Esq., on Tues day, Thursday, and saturday, at a Quarter to Four, and on the al termee F.veniags, at Eight.—Lectures au Chemistry, by Mr. Ashky. -- Exhibition of the Oxy-ilydregen Microscope, Diver and Diving /sell &c., Admission. Is —Schools, Half-price. METROPOLITAN LANDLORDS' PRO TECTION OFFICE. 7, Nicholas-lane, City. y Establi s h e d to f urn i,i t l an dl o rds with infortnation respecting pro posed t enants and the i r references, an d to p t ,tect owners of House Propert . from tha constant frauds practised upon them by proposed ittlants, and to afford to them legal and other assistance In all cases of d tlictilty, at fixed charges. Prospectuses and further !illustration may be had et the Office, ?,,- by letter, addressed to the manager; or to the Solicitors, Messrs. uolden, 6, Gray's 11111111 sec, Gray's Inn. STEREOLAIC BLACK CLOTH. BULL AND WILSON, 51, ST. MARTIN'S-lAN E, Invite public attention to their important improvements in the dye and finish of Black and other• Cloths. By their new process the black ( 'Ye is permanent, does not wear white at the seams, and resists all stains of acid, &c. The finish Is pecultatly soft and glossy, is im pervious to rats or dust, and retains an uniform lustre in wear. For a description of the Stereolaic Clo h, see Journal of Designs for De cember, 18;9. NOTICE. —We, the undersigned, hereby give Notice to enr several Agents and the Trade, that Letters Patent have been granted for our invention in the application of the DOWN of the EIDER to purposes of WEARING APPAREL, and that after this date we s h al l ta k e suc h pr o ceedings as we may be advised, in order to restrain others from making, or causing to be made, any infringement upon oar said patent and invention. .(Signed) 11. J. and D. NICOLL, Dec. 1, 1849. REGENT-STREET and CORN-HILL. rrHE NOVELTY most recently introduced by 'r MESSRS. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S EIDER DQWN LETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of Eider Dowa to-the several purposes of wearim; apparel, but more particularly in the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Eiders are found iti greatest numbers in Iceland and the Fern Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantity Which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wiF serve in the formation of a Palettot, which, while it has most extra. ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the finest and thlekeit blanket, the great desidera•um for a winter garmerid befit: thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and retail vrarerooms ' 114, 116 , and 120, REGENT.STREET, and 22, CONNIIILL, Lon 'on. THE NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has all tits advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S r 4 inal Invention, the REGISTERED PALUTOT of LLAMA LOTH. The NICOLLTA.LETOTS are charge I On, Two, Three, laid Three-and a-half Guineas, according with the climate or pur pose for which they may be required, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STRUET ; also 22, CORNHILL f LehlY the Exchan.:e. THE SEAL FUR PALETOT The wetly nature of the material will necessarily comfit) 11,0 Use of this garment to a select few ; but he who can afford the ex pense will pronounce it to be the most gentlemanly, elegant , and u'ious artiAe of dress that can possibly be conceived. Mess rs . I t i !t COLL will, however, continue to supply she SEAL FUR t j E TOT a t it s presen t moderate prig—that is to say, so long as 0 demand does net interfere with the supply ; fbr it must be is in mind that the number of Seal Skins in the English market 4 very limited — at least such as are capable of a lapta t i oa to the ..went purpose, that of being formed into the graceful garment e4110 (1 NICOLL'S PALETOT. Registered 6 and 7 V ic. . cap, G. .* early Inspection and purchase would, tkerefore, be desirable. J., and D. NICOLL, 114 , 116 , and 120, REGENT-STREET, anlld 22 . CORNHILL, LONDON. CIIRISTMAS.—One of the new patented in's-en ) .t!ons called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWN PALETOT will d oubtless for:n a most acceptable gift at the,approaching season of f ,s t witY, when it is somewhat difficult to se.ect the beet token of .„2. e ,,nagilip or affection. The lightness and warmth of this g arment render it highly serviceable for eoverinz an evening costume . t tiout causing the least disarrangement ; aid front t he p eculiarit y Or the formation of the whole it precludes the necessity for any mea urolkent being taken, as merely semo slight des c r i p tion of height er ;rwappearance will +Once to enable the patentees t o su pp l y an EIDER O , PALETOT, at the cost of SIX GU INEAS, and which may f airly be described as one of the best preservatives of health ever yet unr oduced to the public. ll '. J., and D. 114, 116, and 1 20 , Regent - street , and 22, C ornhlll, London. THE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and 7 Viet., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114. 116, 120, REGENT 15TREET, and 22, CORN HILL. Many have assumed the usa of the word PALETOT , but Messrs. u. .ICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. The Wholesale and Counting House Departments fir the London Branches in the Shipping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE ALLEY, CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. A B 8 I A E. One - half the world are desolately single, and the ether 7Pposiag them married, questloaably contented. Indidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em ' tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un oonprosiag harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, Ind broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness Ind social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tenant. Honour and justicedensand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these sarmis.is concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MXMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively Mined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiadered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining t4OlOl . They are not intended certainly for mere idle cerlosity, tut far the closet perusal of those mere deeply intorasted, to whom I' l , O Y are offered as antagonistic to the crappies' trash put forth en .o 0 above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or t:2ether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other t_ 4lo p ublications claim your attention (same price Is. each , r ost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and ' , bald," and How to be Happy ." They are not merely rills:gets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but anday ef the author's life w h o owes his preient existence, health,osition to this ols 7_,T4les of the maxims he would inculcate — to do unto others as he wocil 'se done ants—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always f T i l i the 'sunny side of the way." The above works may b e had of er w 0 As Paternoster-rew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, ; Spokes, 5 Holborn •hill ;or direct (by post sr ether /4.0 frogs the anther (who may be conferred with personally, Rook Morn sell i ngs „Id eve "1 ) .10 Argyll - plans Regent-street; and all er • THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 16 Anatomical Coloured Engravings 01 Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY. AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. tier Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published. price 2 e- 6 d. , or by Peet, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, PriRE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the intraities and decay of the generative system, from on ce:live indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis- Peltdcations. Illustrated by 2 Coloured Engravings. By R. and F.... P ERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 11, Berners-street, ox re-street, London. Published by the Authors : roll by Strange, P atarnoator-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; halltarte -stsreet. 23 . Titchberne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 1 46 , Leaden - Palm I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive W ir w enl. and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. 2AIT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive ladul aed b Must ratteded and their lamentable e ff ects on the system, producing mental eaknose, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. y Three Ex planatory Engravings. P "2 1 -11. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either In th;_i'"nlexY or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for sir treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured lanifravino.: • LIV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease an dated. T his "uue a iby wh dger of important part of the the Work should no infection esc , ,e the Seder's notice. d u li t ," 2 T. is devoted t o th e cons ideration of friar's: ;Is, and its •ell. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and 1t what subject critically and philosophically inquired Into. rzit sJoisrnar. Batas or STaticust is exeusimly employed in treat bogt n ervous and sexu a l debility, impotence, acc., 11 s. and 335. per • . • The Concentrated Deters se nsence, an anti-syphilitic 1,,,,,. for purifying the blood 1- cant dfintection, so :ondary cymp _ e ... rr s ; eru n fns, and the abuse .f ^:cury, 119. and as. per bottle. Peertai'fYing _ APoeiflc 9d., 4s. 6d., and is. per box. a u r e 4, 00 31 for gonorrEtea, (.eet, stricture, and ch •o .lc iatlamma ,2 ,O . f the bladder. , unstitation fee, if by letter 11. A minute of the case is tequhld : age, habits, and pos tion in society. .•r a oketil. wit's advice, to be had at the Establis latent valy. by • Sh the %%IL, It saved. Messrs. Perry, Surged is, are In atter., y e „ : 4 7, 4 1 1 . 7 at 19, Itterners- street, Oxford-street, Lo felon, from Ele "" with tad tin to ii*, on Sunday' trom itiovou to Oto. • / „.. • 45.kt 1 4) ,, g - ,43 - - 1 / 4 • 'AI• ' . • 4 I I . -•"*„. r A i & , - • / / I I St , ' r I 4 4, 7 °l r -' 2, k 7 ; %`• " 7 : 1A?" ° ' " , Volt 4„ „ , o irA ° , • - L t-s 4, [PRICE SD. = ! or z - 40 Rgi s 7 DECEMBER 8 1849. N°.l7 849. j LONDON, SATURDAY k°ti Eta' , . MEDICAL, INVALID, anil GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 29, 1849. At the Annual General Meeting of this Socle•y, held on Thursday, the 29th day of November, 1849, Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair, the accounts of the Society for the twelve months ending 39th September, 1819, and the report of the Auditors thereon, having been read by the Actuary and duly received, the following report by the Directors was also read : _ The Directors, in submitting their report on the occasion of another annual meAlng, have pleasure In directing the attention of the share holders to the results of a very favourable year's business, during which there have boen issued no less than 475 policies, covering as surances to the amount of 201,7121., and yielding annual premiums amounting to 7,196/. Lout mg :it the very depressed condition of mercantile affairs during this period. a depression which has had the effect of diminishing the amuuot of business done by most assurance companies when com pared with that of the few preceding years, it is very satisfactory to find that the number of policies issued by this Society continues to lncrsase, and there is every reason to believe, from the opinions ex pressed by the various agents and b/ other parties, who are in a condition to form a reasonable opinion, ihat in the year just com menced a still greate - amount of business will be transacted by the Slciety than in the previous year. The following abstract shows the number and amount of policies Issued in each year, ending September 30, since the commencement of the oLiety. Year. Number of New Po-; licies issued during cacti Year. ! ,842 130 843 208 [844 197 [845 258 '846 )99 847 3 3 848 412 849 475 •' Amounts Assured by the New Policies of each Year. £55,245 1 0 87,830 16 11 80,415 8 6 103,014 11 0 83,700 14 5 113,542 4 8 124,458 17 9 201,712 15 6 Annual Premiums payable on the New Policies of each Year. £1,882 13 7 4,992 18 6 4,120 4 3 5,563 17 0 4,985 8 5 4,237 3 4 4 980 2 8 7,496 0 6 Mr. llawKiNs called the bankrupt, from whose 1 examination it appeared that he had been authorised to receive the tithes for Mr. Lomax, who had been imbecile since 1846. Different parties wrote to him subsequently, but he doubted their authority. The COMMIS+IONER said the bankrupt had no right, even if Mr. Lomax were imbecile, to elect himself trustee of his property. The bankrupt said he had been clerk to the ma gistrates, and clerk of the peace for Hertfordshire, also agent to Lord Verulam, whose confidence he still retained. His large domestic expenes were owing to his having had three families to maintain. He had been separated from his wife. His sons had been a great expense to him. One had been affected in his mind. Gemm and Co., the petitioning credi tors, sent down to St. Alban's, Mr. Reynolds, their confidential clerk, on the bank being stopped. There was no previous arrangement for his bankruptcy. Before that he had no idea of his insolvency, but ex pected to pay every farthing he was indebted. Mr. JAMES said he was willing to leave the case in his Honour's hands. He had known the bankrupt on circuit as a respectable solicitor, and there was no other imputation against him. Mr. IlAwKiNs submitted that the bankrupt had all along believed himself solvent; and that his resis tance of the claim of Mr. Marett was justifiable on the ground of his wishing to get time. None of the large creditors in his neighbourhood opposed His Ilosoua said the case was one of great impor tance to the bankrupt and the public, especially at a moment when trust-moneys had been made the subject of fraud. lie would give the case his seri ous consideration, and deliver his judgment on Mon day next. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONuLANcluz ) mer occasion he had established the first charge, and part of the evidence was entered into respecting the second, the facts of which have already been pub lished in our columns. After some further proceedings, Mr. Lucas thought that as it would take some hours yet to complete the else, perhaps it would be better to remand it until to-morrow (Saturday). Sir J. DUKE thought that the best plan, and accordingly the prisoner WAS remanded until Sa turday. the bax to the railway, as she was desirous of send. ing it to a married sister, and had had no opportunity of forwarding it before she came into her present situation. She wanted it sent that evening, but I told her that I could not send it until the next murrain... On Thursday the kitchen maid brought it down into my pantry, and I sewed the card of address on to the wrapper. The prisoner had given me two half-croivns to pay for the carriage, and I gave the box to the ',footman, by whom it was taken to the railway terminus. William Brian, the footman, proved that he paid at the station 3s. 61. for the conveyance by rail of the box, which he recieved at the hands of the butler. He did not notice the direction upon it; it was weighed at the station, and its weight was said to be 381bs. Mr. Lore—What more do you know of this af fair? Witness—Oaly that about half an hour after my return, and giving back the change, the prisoner wished to pay me for my trouble. I would not take anything; of her, and she remarked, " Very well ; you'll find that you shall 103 e nothing by it." The last and most important witness was Mary Anne Bridge, who sail—At 11 o'clock last night I searched the prisoner at the station-house, and found upon her a gold watch and some silver. I asked her what she was charged with, when she at first made me no answer, but presently said to me, " Are you a married woman ? I told her I was, and had a large family, when she said, " Then you can feel for me, and I'll tell you ; its all about a child." I asked her if it was a new-born baby, and she answered it was not, that it was two years old, and she had hung it, I asked her how she came to do such a thing as that, when she said she didn't know ; a woman who had it to nurse, and to whom she owed a good deal of money, brought it to her, and she was afraid of losing her place. She did it (alluding to the hanging) in a moment, no one else being present. She then packed up the child, and sent it into the country to her sister to get it buried, and she thought that she (the sister) had made all the noise about it. She further said she supposed she should be hung. The prisoner had no questions to put to either of the witnesses who had been examined. Sergeant Whitcher Paid he was not at present prepared with any more evidence. Mr. LONG, after cautioning the prisoner in the usual manner, asked her if she had anything to say in answer to so awful a charge? Prisoner (sobbing) —Nothing, sir. Can I have counsel ? Mr. LONG -It is my duty to remand you, and you will be brought up again next Saturday (to morrow) week. You can then have any professional assistance you may think fit. She was then removed from the bar by Mitchell, the gaoler, who was directed to see that she was closely watched prior to her being removed in the Government van. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Court was held at the Guildhall for the dispatch of public business; the Right lion. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read by Mr. Woodthorpe, the city and hospital docquets were sev(-rally sealed, and the list of applicants for the freedom of the city was read, and the parties admitted accordingly. Total. I 2192 £349,920 9 9 £38,253 7 II The past year has been the most remarkable hi the history of As surance Societies, on account of the prevalence of the grievous epi demic of cholera. The mortality of that disease having greatly ex ceeded iu intensity the mortality which attended its first appearance In this country in 1832, it could hardly be expected that Life Offices should escape Its influence ; and it is understood that most offices of any magnitude have- suffered more or less from the ravages of this disease. The Directors are therefore glad to be enabled to state that, not withstanding that the period embraced by this report includes the time of the greatest severity of the disease, still the losses from all causes. Including cholera, have been considerably less than those sus tained in the preceding year, and also less than during the year 1846. The Directors would call the special attention of the proprietors to the fact, that they have caused a second investigation to be made into the results of their experience of the mortality of healthy and diseased lives, as compared w ith the calculations on which the tables of the Society are founded, and that, after a minute and careful analysis, they find now, as they tound when a similar inquiry was made in the year 1845, that the results In both classes of lives approximate most closely to the nun - 11),r of deaths expected under the tables employed by the Society, whether for the assurance of lives affected by or threatened with different diseases. They are quite aware that an opinion is entertained by many per sons that the premiums charged by this Company on unsound lives are too high. But it should be recollected that at the thou this office was established for the avowed purpose of accepting all risks, setting its proper value upon each, the attempt was treated by many as impracticable. The office, however, is fast outliving that opi nion, and there are few offices which do not at present accept extra risks. The Directors feel that it is their duty to set forward this point most prominently for the pt'rpose of showing, so far as the test of eight years' business can prove the correctness of the tables which governed their dealings with uns,und lives, that the rates charged upon sash I.vss in no way exceed the actual risks upon those cases. This experience, as indicating the relation between the presumed and actual risks und , rtaken by the Society, is also of the more value from the important fact that, throughout the whole of the eight years, the mortality from diseased lives has never deviated very widely from the Society's tables, but has preserved a remarkable uniformity, and this feature in the mortality of disease was early pointed out in the preface of the Society's prospectus in evidence of the safety of this class of business when conducted properly, and with the helps afforded by the statistics of disease ; and the Directors are therefore strengthened in their original convictions as to the value of the data by which they are guided, and the danger which would be attendant upon adopting any lower rates to out bid other companies who may be ineifferent to the aids to be derived in assuring diseased lives Irom the same scientific sources and sta tistical data which have so long been felt necessary ill the best established and most successful offices for the assurance of ordinary- lives. Votes of thanks were given to the Directors and Auditors for their services during the past year, and also to the Chairman for having so ably presided at the meeting. Forms of proposal for effecting assurances, and every other Infor mation may be obtained on application to F. G. P.:NEISON, Actuary. 25, Pall Mall. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, 31, COINIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,ooo/., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid la fell on allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest ofb per cent. is perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-wp capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the Offices of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on term. especially advantageous for iovestatent of capital. By order, ALM. COLLINGXIDGE, Managing Director. 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DAVIS V. HASSALL AND TARRANT. Hr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Brown were counsel for the plaintiff; and Air. Huenfrey and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendant. This was an action for false imprisonment, to which a justification was pleaded. The defendants were clothiers and slopsellers in Bedford-place, and the plaintiff had been in their employ as a commercial agent or travellor, at 355. a week travelling expenses, and one per cent. commission. On the 26th of January last the defendants caused the plaintiff to be apprehended on a charge of embezzlement. Tarrant and a policeman went to the plaintiff's house early in the morning, and took him into custody. The plain tiff when taken asked Tarrant vault it meant. Tar rant said he would have no conversation with the plaintiff, and he was taken to the police-station, which was two miles off. They walked to the station. The policeman as they were walking along told the plain tiffit was an unfortunate position for him to be placedin. The plaintiff said it was not, for he should be able to clear it all up. At the station Tarrant charged the plaintiff with having embezzled various sums of money belonging to him and his partner. The plaintiff was locked up at the station for three or four hours in the general cell. The policeman went with Tarrant to different places to get up the evidence. They returned between one and two o'clock, and Davis was then taken before the magistrate at the Thames Police court; he was remanded. Hassell was also at the police -court. Mr. Pelham attended as the attorney on the part of the prosecution. A few days after wards the plaintiff was brought from the House of Detention to which he had been committed, and again examined before the magistrates, when he was again committed to Newgate for trial. The plaintiff was afterwards tried at the Old Bailey. Several witnesses were examined for the prosecution, but the plaintiff was acquitted. When the policeman went to the plaintiff s house to apprehend him he was in plain clothes ; the plaintiff's wife said her husband was not at home, and had not been at home all night ; but the policeman went up stairs and found the plaintiff dress ing himself in his bed•rootn. A Mr. Wells, an attor ney, appeared for the plaintiff on the second exami nation before the magistrate, and advised the plaintiff not to say anything. Upon this intimation the plaintiff's friends, who were present, refused to become bail for him. Tye attorney's charges defending the plaintiff at the 011 Bailey were 11/ 6s. &I The prisoner said to the policeman when taking him to the station, "This is the very thing I want; I c^.n play with them now." For the defendants it was admitted that the I,ber'y of the subject should never be lightly dealt The plaintiff, although he was at first very attentive to business, afterwards became negligent and carele, , s, giving occasion for complaint, and on the 14th of January he was discharged; upon which he said, " Then I shall go home and make myself safe ;" and he then made out an account, making himself a debtor for different sums he had received, but had not handed over. This account the plaintiff produced when he was taken into custody. It was urged that the de fondants were fully justified in prosecuting the plain tiff, and would be entitled to their verdict. Witnesses were called, from whose testimony it ap• peered that on the 30th of December the plaintiff re ceived from a customer of the defendant's 141. 103. odd, and he had also received other sums. The plaintiff had pressed for a settlement of the account between himself and the defendants, but it was post poned. These sums did not appear in the books, but they were inserted in the account delivered by the plaintiff on his being taken into custody, and by that account the defendants were made debtors to the plaintiff in a sum of 151. There had not been a set tlement between the plaintiff and the defendants since the previous June. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the case to the jury. The jury retired, and at length returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damtige9, one farthing. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 7. WOOD V. HUTTON AND ANOTHER. (Continued from oar Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The CHIEF BARON, in the course of his summing up, said he entirely concurred with an observation which WA3 made by Sir Frederick Thesiger, that the verdict must be that of the jury, and not of the Judge. He had nothing to do with it either on cne side or the other, and he thanked God that this was so in such a case as the present. llis Lordship then went through the evidence in detail, and said if they were of opinion that Captain Newman was not of sound or disposable mind at the time of thp. settlement with the defendants on 30th of Jan., 1838, they would find a verdict for the plaintiff ; it; on the other hand, they thought he was perfectly sane and capable of understanding what he was about, their verdict woull be for the defendants. The jury interrupted his Lordship before ho had con cluded, to say, that they wished to give him as little trouble as possible, as they had already made up their ai ids as to what the verdict should be. The CHIEF BARON said, that being so, he would only make a few brief observations and then conclude. . The jury, immediately upon the conclusicn of the summing up, said they had found a verdict for tho de fendants. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROTD.) IN RE DRLAFIELD. Mr. LAWRBNCE applied to the Court under the fol lowing circumstances :—The bankrupt was the lessee of the Royal Italian Opera. A short time previous to his bankruptcy he had executed, in conjunction with Mr. Arthur Webster, a deed of assignment in favour of Mr. T. F. Beale, of certain property at Willow Bank-house, and arrears of subscriptions due to the lessee of the Opera. Messrs. Farebrother, as auc tioneers for Mr. Beale, had realised a sum of about 9,0001. by a sale of the property at Willow Bank house. The bankrupt's assignees had preferred a claim upon the amount, and proceedings had been instituted before the Vice-Chancellor upon the sub ject. The result was that, acting under the advice of counsel, the assignees were desirous of accepting a sum of 1,0001. in liquidation of any claim they might have upon the property rather than incur the heavy costs and uncertainty attendant upon a Chancery suit. The amount of arrears of Opera subscriptions was not more than 4001., and this was the property upon which the assignees considered they had the strongest claim. He applied to the court, under the 153.1 section of the new Act, to sanction this arrange ment by the assignees. His Honoust said, the 153 d section had reference only to the case of claims by assignees upon debtors belonging to the bankrupts' estate. He could not therefore make any order upon the subject. Under the authority, however, of the general powers with which he was invested, he felt justified in remarking that he thought the assignees would take the proper course to carry out the suggested arrangement. IN RE DRVIRL. Mr. DUNCAN applied to the Court in an insolvency case that took place in 1842. The insolvent had been an undergraduate of Cambridge University. lie had obtained his final order. Ilis relations had effected an arrangement with a portion of the creditors, and were desirous of paying 20s. in the pound upon the remain ing outstanding debts. He applied that in such case the insolvent's petition might be taken off the file of the court. Ilis lloNoult said, he could not permit the petition to be thus wholly removed. Mr. DUNCAN then applied that a dividend meeting be granted, and that the creditors should be required to come and prove as in bankruptcy. His HONOUR acceded to this application. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE T. S. STORY—TULE ST. ALRAN'S RANK. This was the certificate meeting. The bankrupt was described as a banker at St. Alban's. He had commenced business in 1804, in partnership with Mr. Cooper, who died in 1807; he afterwards joined Mr. Martineau ; that partnership was dissolved in 1829, and the affairs were thrown into Chancery. A compro mise was made, by which, the bankrupt alleged, he had incurred considerable loss. He had subse quently carried on business alone till the date of the fiat, December, 1848, when he owed to unsecured creditors 11,014/., to secured creditors 4,2831. A dividend of ss. in the pound has since been paid, and there will be a further dividend of a few shillings in the pound. The capital on the Ist January, 1840, was put down at 3,542/., the domestic and personal expenses at 19,1001, or at the rate of nearly 2,0001. a year. Mr. E. JAMES now opposed the certificate on behalf of Mr. Marett, who had proved for 1,5171. His op position was not vindictive, but was in Mr. Marett's character of executor to the Rev. C. Loma; whose rectorial tithes of 5001. per annum Mr. Story had received in his character of attorney for some years. The circumstances of the case, he (Mr. James) sub mitted, involved a breach of trust on the part of the bankrupt. Upon being sued for the amount in his hands, 1,5171., he had subjected Mr. Marett to the expense of 331. by raising groundless objections to the claim, and by putting in a false plea. It was ascer tained, by an inspection of the books, that the bank rupt had received 1051.75. Bd. subsequent to the death of the testator. BOW-STREE7. A SPECIMEN OF A POST OFFICE SABBITARIAN.— William Baugh, a letter•carrier in the Post-office, was brought up on suspicion of stealing a letter, con taining half-a-crown and four postage stamps. The prisoner, having been suspected of other rob beries, was under the observation of Peake, the constable attachel to the General Post-office, who, on going to his lodgings to investigate another matter, discovered the fragments of the letter in question scattered in a corner of the room. He col• lected and examined them, and found that the letter and enclosures had bedn sent by a lady at Chelsea to a friend in the country. The prisoner, who was known among his fellow servants as apparently a very religious man, Irving family prayers daily, was remanded for further proof of the non•delivery of the letter, upon which he will be committed for trial. Thoms Hickey was again examined, on suspicion of stabbing William M'Carthy, an Irish recruit, in June last. The particulars have appeared in our columns. The prisoner and deceased had a street quarrel and fight on the 6th of June last, during which the latter received a stab in his side, from the effect of which he died. The prisoner escaped detection by changing clothes with a man named Healy, who was given into custody at the time, but discharged. Constable 126 E now proved that the prisoner, on being lately apprehended upon the charge, admitted that hp inflicted the wound, expressed his deep con- cern at the death of M'Carthy, and his regret that he did not give himself up at the time. He was Temanded for still further examination. MARYLEBONE.• After the disposal, by Mr. Long, of many cases of trifling importance, Sarah Drae, a well-dressed woman, about forty years of age, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant \Vhitcher, of the Detective Police, 57 A, and Superintendent Kinder, on the charge of having murdered her child, Lewis Drake, aged two years. The prisoner was led into the dock by Mitchell, the gaoler. She walked with a tolerably firm step, but on taking her stand at the bar, it was quite evident that she felt most painfully the situation in which she was placed. The investigation, owing to the singular circumstances connected therewith, excited a vast de gree of interest, and the court was consequently much crowded. Thomas Kinder, on being sworn, said, I am super intendent of the Nottingham constabulary at East Retford. I have a constable stationed at a village near there, called North Leverton. On Saturday, the Ist of this month, he came to me, and, from in formation which I received from him, I, on the next Monday, went to his station. I there saw a box which had been opened, and it contained the dead body of a male child, apparently two years old. In the box was a frock, a straw hat, a pair of boots, a pair of socks, an apron, and other articles. The apron was marked " S. Drake." Mr. Loss—Do you know how the box was ' directed? Witness—" Mr. Theophilus Burton, North ' Leverton, Nottinghamshire, carriage paid, Nov. 29, 1849." Information of the affair was given to the coroner at Newark, and on the 21 instant an inquest was held on the boiy. He adjourned the inquiry until this day ; he directed me to make known the particulars to Mr. Hutton, our chief constable at Mansfield, which I did, and by his orders I came to London last Wednesday, when I gave information at Scotland-yard with regard to the supposition that the child had been murdered. I made inquiries, the result of which was, that there was every reason to imagine that the prisoner was the murderess, and accordingly last night I and Sergeant Whitcher went to 33, Upper Harley-street, the residence of F. Huth, Esq , in whose service the prisoner lives as housekeeper and cook. - Upon asking for her we were shown into a room, and she presently came to us. I asked her if her name was Sarah Drake, and she said " Yes," and I then questioned her as to whether she had not come from Nottinghamshire, when she replied that she had. I told her tilat I must apprehend her for having murdered her child, Lewis Drake, upon which she looked full at me, and said, " How do you know that ?" I remarked to her that a box had been sent down to North Leverton, having in it the dead body of a male child, and that an apron had been found in it marked " S. Drake." Mr. Lola —Did she make any observation upon your mentioning this to her? Witness—None, your Worship, but she sat down and began to cry. Sergeant \Vhitcher corroborated, in every important particular, the preceding evidence ; and he called as the next witness in the case, Mary Anne Wigat)ll, who said—l am kitchen-maid to Mr. Huth. The prisoner came to her situation last Monday week. Mr. Loxo—Now, be particular, and tell me all that you know of this matter. Witness—On the Wednesday after, a woman came to the house, bring ing with her a child, and asked to see the prisoner. I showed her into prisoner's own room, and the door was then shut. Mr. LONG—Did you hear any conversation that took place Letween them? Witness—l did not, sir. Mr. LONG—HOW long were they in the room together ? Witness— Only three or four minutes ; the woman then came into the kitchen with the child, and afterwards went into the pantry with it. Mr. Phillips (the clerk)—How long did she stay there ? Witness—About a quarter of an hour, and whe❑ she came back into the kitchen I showed her again into the housekeeper's (the prisoner's) room. Mr. LONG—Was the prisoner there then ? Wit ness—She was. Mr. LONG—When did you next see the woman who brought the child ? Witness—ln about half an hour afterwards I saw her go up the area steps. Mr. LONG—Had she any child with her then ? Witness—She had not. The prisoner ran up the steps after her, calling out " Mrs. Johnson," and the woman returned with her. Mr. Los° —At this time was the prisoner carrying or leading any child ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. LONG—Do you know who this Mrs. Johnson is ? Witness—l do not. Sergeant Whitcber—She lives at Shirley, near Croydon, and has had the child to nurse. Mr. LONG (to the witness Wigatll)—Did you have any further communication with the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, sir; at twelve o'clock in th• day I have spoken of she told me she was in a great deal of trouble, and that she had paid the woman who bad called upon her 101., and was responsible to her for more. Shortly after this she asked me if I had a small box, to which I replied that I had, and she said she would buy it of me, as the one she had of her own was not small enough for her use. She, however, did not have it of me, and said that Mrs. Johnson had put her out so much that she knew not what she was about. Mr. LONG—Did she say anything more to you? Witness—At twenty minutes to three she came down and told me that ;he had packed up her box ; that it contained things that were of no use to her, but they would do for her sister. Mr. LONG—Did she tell you where her sister lived ? Witness—She did not, sir. Mr. LONG —Did you see the box ? Witness — Yes;' in about three-quarters of an hour after the conversation I have alluded to I saw it in her bed room, in which I also sleep. It was covered with a coarse wrapper, which was sewed up. Mr. LONG—Was it, in your opinion, large enough to hold a child two years of age ? Witness— Certainly. It remained in the room all night, and the next morning. At the prisoner's request I carried it down stairs ; it was as much as I could lift. Mr. LONG—Was there any direction upon it ? Witness—None. Mr. LONG—What did you do with it ? Witness —I took it into the butler's pantry at the desire of the prisoner. She said that if I took it to Mr. Glasse (the butler) he would send it for me to the Euston square station. She did not wish the other servants to know anything about it, as they might imagine she was sending something away which was not her own. Mr. LONG—Did you deliver the box to the butler? Witness—l put it on the carpet in his room, and told him I had brought it from the house keeper. Mr. LONG—Did you see it again? Witness—l did, sir, in the course of an hour and a half. It was not then directed. On the Thursday prisoner gave me two letters to post, one of them was addressed to Mrs. Johnson, and the other to Mrs. Burton, North Leverton, Nottinghamshire (the envelope only of one of them was produced, the letters had, it was stated, keen destroyed). George Glasse—l am butler in the family. The prisoner clime to us with a most excellent character from Lady Anne Gore Langton. On Wednesday morning week the prisoner asked me to write a direc tion for her to put upon a box, and she dictated to me the address. She asked me how I could get IN RE REUBEN MICHAEL. The bankrupt, of Bury-street, Shoreditch, came up to pass his last examination. Mr. Lawrance supported ; Mr. Bagley opposed on behalf of Mr. Abrahams, and Mr. Sturgeon on behalf of Mr. Joseph. It appeared that the fiat was obtained on the bank rupt's own petition ; that he had traded as a pur chaser of pawn-tickets ; that his wife had 8001. a year in her own right ; that he has been twice before insolvent; and that he has been in the habit of re siding at Boulogne. He admitted that he played for small sums at cards, but denied that he ever won or lost as much as 401. or 4001. at one sitting, either in Leicester-square or at Boulogne. He had on one oc casion won as much as 51., but his risks were gene rally to the extent of no more than half. a-crown at a rubber of whist. His debts now exceed 6031 ; there were no assets. /His wife was entitled to property under the will of her father. It was here ascertained that a copy of the will had not been filed, and an adjournment was asked for on that ground. His HONOUR said he should certainly order an ad j )urnment. The object of the bankrupt seemed to be to visit Boulogne, and to come to this court to get whitewashed. He should order an adjournment for the production of the will. There were other grounds why he should not pass the examination. The bank rupt appeared to have entered upon a course of reckless trading, feeling that he had his wife's income to fall back upon. Examination adjourned accordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SEN VENCES. The following is a correct list o f the s e nt ences , &c., passed during the last sitting of th is Court:— DEATH RECORDED.—CharIes Corby, TRANSPORTATION.—Toventy Years —Wm. Rolls. Ten Years—George Davis, Thomas Chislett, Marga ret Mitchell , Thomas Allen, Wm. Long, George Joven, John Sleigh, Charles Sleigh, Thomas Haycock, Henry King, John Cummings, Henry Donovan, Henry Morgan, Ellen Lane, James May, Richard Ire._ Seven 'ears—George Brown, Margaret Sullivan, Jonathan Pvinting. Wm. White alias Sullivan, James Spooner, Charles Kent, John Harris, George Wood cock, Thomas Condon, Edward Fletcher, Mary Ann Hughes, E. Homan Richard Fidle r , G eorge Edik er , Joseph Hadley Redid' (and previously one month's im prisonment), Chas. Langhne, John Smith alias Ambrose Nicholson, John Gaily, Edward Joseph Scarut, Evans Sutton, Martin Connor. IMPhISONMENT.-TWO Years—Michael Whall. Eighteen Months—David Lee, George Gilpin, Win. Blackmore, John Green, Merritty, Charlotte Leighton, Charles Leighton. Twelve Months—Henry Herbert, John James, Wil liam Moore Eclipse Reddell, William Lewis, James Bowrick, Mary M'Donald, Jacob Vanderberg, Charles Boardman, John Webster, Jacob Hess, George Chalk, Mary Daly, George Emmett, alias Scotland, Joseph Dennis William Ryan, Robert Murless, William Bentley, James Gardener, Eliza Howard Billington, Juhn Jack son, William Richardson, Thomas Hill, Susan Peake, Juhn Hardy, Sarah Stanton, James Chapman, Jane Marshall, Frederick Turton, William Giggs, Robert Bowman. Niue Months—John Wade, Richard Turner, Thomas Webb, Charles Edwards, Jesse Pickett, Alexander Bailey, James Welch, John Hill, James Mopp, James Williams, William Clear, Mary Ann Thomas, Elwin Osborne, John Andrews, Edward Lewis, Thomas Sand well, William Stokes, William Grey, John Brown, Thomas Jones, John Williams. Eight Months—Thomas Rhodes, George Keller. Six Months—George Boutelan Walker, Robert Lam- bert, Henry James, George Watts, John William Foster, El . sn Watson, Ann Smith, William Knight, Thomas Paterson, Henry Carter, Lucy Wyatt, Sarah Harrington, Ellen Littlejohns, Win. Hill, Daniel Daley, Diana king, Peter Joseph Dolly, Sarah Solomons, Joseph Smith, Ann Kingman. John Bailey, Win. Hib bard, James Wilson, Joseph Osmotherly, George Day, James Deck, Edward Cox. Four Months—Hymn Marks, James Woods, Adam Sampson, Thomas Hearn, Thomas Pope, Joseph Ather ton Pack, John Mahony, Thomas Watkins, John Pud diford, William Gibson, Sarah Ann Miller, Win. Jack son, Henry Rogers, Maria Cronin. Three Months—Henry Snell, Benjamin Masters, Catherine Donoghue, William Bishop, John Connell, Thomas Burges', John Parrott, Henry Champ, John Hogan, Walter Rogers, Patiick Kelly, Timothy Kelly. Two Months—James Stirland, Charles Davis, Wm. Dennis, Martin Kelly, Alexander Wilson. One Month and Under—Frederick Pepper, Thomas Wigan, Joseph Irons, George Hedges, John Harris, George Brown, Cornelius Shaw, Mary Ann Laws, Geo. Bishop. ACVITTALS.—Francis Williams, Thomas Macdonald, Mary Fox, 'William Wheeler, Hannah Sheerer, George William Bonney, Thomas Phillips. John Hooper, Chas. James Smith, Daniel Bryant, Men Hurley, Daniel Dale, Juhn Foley, Ann Arnold, Mary Ann Dodd, Mary Masters, John Mickle, John Wooden, George Jenkins, Ann Clarke, Caroline Clarke, Elizabeth Broughton, William Bailie, George Battley, Frances Thompson, Robert Lloyd Evans, Margaret Thomson, Susannah Johnson, William Walters, Mary Ann Jackson, William Payne, Robert Finch nipple. Frederick Gazeley. BILLS NOT FOUND.— Henry Pickering, Thomas Simp kins, Henry James Williams, JUDGMENT I'►ESPlTED.—Benjamin Hopkins Bond, Tomas Carson, Thef,dore Wick. REMANDED UNTIL NEXT SESSION.—Thomas Brandon, Hugh Swan, Sginuel Elphiek, Thos. Bernard Macarthy, Jas. Grady, George Grant, Henry Bathurst Monkhouso. ACQUITTED ON TUE GROUND OF INSANTIY.—JOh❑ Francis. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. George Alexander Collie, Bermondsey-square, was again brought up, charged with stealing 48 shares in the Friesland Gas-light Company, and also various sums of money, the property of Mr. George Ogle, Great Winchester street, solicitor. Sir J. DUKE, on taking his seat on the bench, and the prisoner being placed .at the bar, said that from what had taken place during the previous examina tions, it appeared to be a very gross case. Mr. Ogle said that it certainly was a very bad one, and attended with serious loss to him under peculiar circumstances. He much doubted whether a jury, if Sir James Duke sent the case for trial, would find the prisoner guilty, the great difficulty being to get at the shares. He was told that 28 of them had been destroyed, but then he only had the prisoner's word for that. Ile, therefore, did not intend to produce further evidence. Sir J. DUKE observed that some shares had been recovered. Hedington, the officer, said he had five shares, which he received from one of the witnesses who gave evidence the previous day. Mr. Ogle said that he could not stand on those five shares, as they were returned, but the principal charge was relative to the ten shares. He therefore did not wish to prosecute further, as the prisoner had ren dered every assistance to recover the property, which was but a small part. He would therefore leave the case in the Alderman's hands. Sir JAMES DUKE ordered the case to stand over until Monday, and intimated that he would not trouble Mr. Ogle to come again. The prisoner was then removed to the Compter. Mr. Edward Nairne, late of 3, \Varnford-court, stock-broker, was again brought up before Sir Jame; Duke, charged with not surrendering to be examined as a bankrupt in the Court of Bankruptcy, at the time notified in the London Gazette. Mr. Lucas appeared on behalf of the creditors, and Mr. Humphries, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. Lucas said that he had to establish two charges, one being that of not surrendering to the fiat, and the other of embezzling three Exchequer-bills, which were entrusted to him for safe custody. On the for- DEATH OF THE QUERN DOWAGER. Before any public business was brought on, the Court proCeeded, in accordance with a notice on the supplemental summons paper, to " express its sense on the melancholy event of the demise of her Majesty the Queen Dowager." Mr. J. Woon (Chairman of the Corn, Coal, and Finance Committee) said that he was quite sure that the Court would be unanimous in the expression of its deep feeling of regret at the loss to the nation of the illustrious lady whose demise they all would most sincerely deplore. That lady had endeared herself to the nation at large; and even at the time when, as the wife of our late beloved Sovereign 'William the Fourth, she had no idea of becoming the Queen Consort of these realms, her munificence and constant good feeling was abundantly manifested, so that it was the fact, that whether they looked upon her as a private lady or the Queen Consort, not a single act did she perform which would not live in the bosom of every true Englishman. In moving upon that occaiion, he (Mr. Wood) felt that he was simply doing his duty to the Court, as also to his own feelings. He had prepared a resolution which he thought it was their duty to adopt under the peculiar circumstances, which, by the permission of his Lordship the Lord Mayor, he would read to the Court. What steps might be taken in order to express the feeling of the corporation of the city of London in the case, of course, he should not presume to say, but this he believed, that any proposition officially made for the purpose of giving expression to the public sympathy on account of the demise of the excellent and exalted lady who had so recently departed this life would be most readily coin cided with by all classes residing in the city of Lon don, as well as by the public at large. He would beg leave to move, therefore, that it be referred to a com mittee to take such steps in the matter as might be deemed desirable to carry out the object. , Mr. Wm observed that it was witk no small ' degree of satisfaction that he rose upon that occasion to second the motion proposed by the chairmaa of the corn, coal, and finance committee. In giving utter ance to the feeling of deep respect he wus sure they all felt towards the memory of the late Queen Dowager, he did not deem it to be necessary for him to say much in addition to that which had fallen from the mover of the motion. He hoped, for he thought it was the public wish, that some opportunity would be given so that the citizens of London might show how they revered the memory of that illustrious lady, who, ever since she first landed upon these shores had given proof of her love for the institutions and the people of this country. Ever since that period the Queen Dowager had lived in the hearts of the people ; by her purity of conduct the Court had been purified ; and her example had furni,hed a pattern to the Court which still had its influence, and which would still continue to contribute to the promotion of kindliness of feeling, and the elevation of the highest personages in the land. The RECORDER then put the motion, which was unanimously carried. The Court then proceeded to consider a communi cation from the home office on the subject of the City markets, which was ordered to be referred to the markets improvement committee. On the motion of Mr. Alderman SALAMONS, a committee was appointed to consider the propriety of erecting baths and washhouses, and the Court adjourned. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION of SEWERS A court of the Commissioners was held yesterday, at the Court-house, Greek street, Soho. The hour appointed for opening the court was twelve o'clock, but it was half-past twelve when the court-room was opened to the public. Lord EBRINGTON then said that the Legislature had thought proper, for the protection of the rate payers, that there could be no court for the trans action of business unless six, that is, half the number of the Commissioners were present. There not being now present that required number, there was no court. But he might say, for the information of some persons who had give n notice of appeals against the rates, that their appeals could not be heard in consequence of their notices not having been served within fourteen days after the rate was made, of which due notice had been given, according to the statute, by the Com missioners. After some conversation, the secretary was re quested to read a letter from Mr. Watts, a builder, in Farm-street-mews, Grosvenor-square, relating to a claim which he preferred against the Commission, for the cost of a sewer constructed by him in those me ws. Lord EURINGTON observed that the case had been disposed of by the late Commission, and the present Commissioners had no power to deal with it. But if they had the power to extend any indulgence to the applicant, it was impossible that they should allow any person applying to that court, to suppose that ha could obtain any advantage by improper and inde corous conduct. A court was subsequently formed by the attend ance of an additional member, when there were pre sent Lord Ebrington, Mr. Hawes, Sir Henry de la Beche, Mr. Hardwick, Captains Dawson and Vetch, with three of the representatives of the city of London at this court, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Taylor, and another gentleman. Mr. Haywood, surveyor to the City Commission, was also in attendance. The business of the day, which was altogether of a routine character, was then disposed of, and the court adjourned. EXETER HALL—Handers Messiah , was repeated last night, executed by the same solo vocalists as those who were engaged upon the former occasion. The " Dead March" in Saul, finely and impressively rendered by the orchestra, preceded the oratorio, in respectful tribute to the memory of the Quell Dowager. The platform eas hung with black, and the singers wore attired in deep mourning—a characteristic also of the greater part of the audience. The oratorio was delivered with transcendent excellence, and the funereal associa tions with which it was associated added to the gran deur aid sublimity of its effect. The attendance of visitors was sufficiently large to fill the entire hall. SUN ------ / 641 7i ' YiANAL T t ELL/61E14CM, TH 7 ,erilocs will LA gratifii.d tu hear t1iat111 , 4P.W444, Admiral (..1,, 4f Portamuutis Dockfar - .4 vas much better yesterday, and it is hoped on be convalescent. %: I - 'he report of the committee of inquiry into the ` Aig - 1 alle ations of the midshipman's mess on board the Eurydice, 26, at Portsmouth, against the First nant of that ship, has not yet been officially made he Admiralty. Captai Horatio Austen, C. 8., superindEnt of steam vessels afloat, relieves Commodore Eden as superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, on Monday next, for six weeks, the Gallant Commodore proceed ing cn leave of absence. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Thomas Higgins to be in command o No. 1 Battery, coastguard station (Folkstone); vice Robert Hopkins, removed. Robert Hussey Mow bray, to be in command of No. 62 Tower, coast guard station ; vice Job Bennet Clarke, removed. Surgeon—Charles W. White (1841) to the Phae ton, 50, fitting at Sheerness. Assistant Surgeons—William J. Gruggens (1841 ) and Dr. Henry Arnot, to the Phaeton. POI3.DMOUTII, DEC. 6 —The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, will be paid off on the 13 h inst. Captain George ,Elliot, of the Phaeton, was here yesterday, and went on board his former ship (the Eurydice), when nearly all the crew volunteered to enter for his new ship, the Phaeton. Mr. Lockart F. Stephens, Second Master of the Asia, 84, flag-ship in the Pacific, passed h:s eximir a tion for Master on the 24th of September. The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spncer, hauled out of the basin into the harbour to day. She is manned, and will take the next mail to the Coast of Africa. IN PORT AND FITTING. In the Harbour—The Victory and Illustrious flag ships ; the Excellent gunnery-ship ; the Blenheim steam guard chip ; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rol!a apprentices' brig, laying up for tin winter; the Fairy, the Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet, from Holyhead, and the Echo tug. In Duck—The Brita❑nia, 120 ; the Dauntless, 24 ; the Fantome, 16 ; the Lily, 16 ; the Fox, 42 ; the Devastatioa, and the Birkenhead steam-frigates. In the Basin—The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actteon, 26 ; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam vessels. In the Steam basin—The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victcr;a and Albert royal yacht ; the Urgent, the Pike, the Asp, and the Blezer. Building—The Royal Frederick, 120; the Prince of WaleF, 120 ; the Princess Royal, 90 ; the Argus and the Furious steam-sloops. PEMBROKE, DEC. s.—This thy at 12 noon Col. Love, C.D., commanding the troops in the South Wales district, accompanied by Captain Mann, Bri gade• Major, inspected the garrison at this place, con sisting of detachments of the Royal Artillery, 14th Regiment, and Royal Marines, after which he went through the barrack-rooms and saw the men at their meals. After visiting the orderly room the gallant Colonel partook of a drjeuner with the officers of the garrison. Captain Sir 'homes holey, Bart., R.N., superintendent of the dock-yard, was also a guest at the entertainment. Colonel Love expressed himself highly pleased with the effective state of the garrison, and the cleanliness of the barracks. Colonel Lore also minutely inspected the regimental magazine, and examined the state of the ammunition, and also the hospital. The gallant Major and Brigade-Major are at pre sent on a visit to the Earl of Cawdor, at Stackpool court. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—On Tuesday, the 4th inst., on receipt of the melancholy intelligence of the death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the flag of Port- Admiral Sir W. Hall Gage was shifted from the Impregnable, 104, to the Nautilus tender, 6, and the royal standard was hoisted half-mast high on board the Impregnable, and on board all ships in commis sion in the port. Similar manifestations were exhi bited at Mount Wise, the Dockyard, Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth Citadel, and other Go vernment departments, at Plymouth and Devonport Town-halls, and at several private establishments, and many of the shops in the three towns have been par tially closed. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Flamer, from Quern town, arrived yesterday, and sailed again for Wool wich to be paid off. Her Majesty's frigate Constance, 50, Captain G. W. C. Courtenay, is to be unmasted to-morrow, aed paid off on,,Saturday. Considerable restriction has been put on the liberty of the officers and crew of this ship since her arrival. Three seamen have been sent for a month to Exeter Gaol, for going ashore withotit leave ; the cost of their maintenance while confined will be deducted from their sea wages. The Devon lighter arrived yesterday, with stores from Pembroke. The Avon steam-vessel is ordered to have her de fects made good. The Arethusa, 50 gun frigate, built at Pembroke, is to be brought forward for commission. TIIE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE DOCKYARD. Much surprise is expressed at the long, deferred appearance of a successor to Admiral-Superintend ent Sir John Louis. Rumour several weeks since, upon very legitimate foundation, fixed on Captain the Right Honourable Lord John Hay, at present one of the Lords of the Admiralty, as the officer ap pointed to fulfil the duties of the important post. Se niority difficulties of no common occurrence appear to have intervened to prevent the completion of that ap pointment, and rumour now confers the honour on Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, late Captain (additional) of the flag-ship Victory at Portsmouth. By this arrangement the seniority iifficulty will be overcome. In the absence from Plymouth of the Port- Admiral, who has occasionally to visit Falmouth, Pembroke, &c., the naval command devolves on the officer superintending the dockyard, who would then as Vice-Port-Admiral have the control over the Royal Willien Victualling-yard and the Royal Naval Hos pital, both at present in charge of Captain John Toup Nicolas, KIL Should Captain Lord John Hay be appointed to the dockyard, he would thus at times become acting superior officer to Captain Nicolas, although the latter has the seniority. The appoint ment of Sir John Sinclair is, however, free from this objection, as the date of his seniority is June 6,1814, and that of Captain Nicolas June 26, 1815. Captain Hay's commission is dated December 7, 1818. CHATIIAM, Dec. 7. The Iris, 2ti guns, which was paid off into ordinary at this port on the sth of August, 1847, then commanded by Captain G. R. Mundy, was removed from her moorings on the 3d instant, and she is now taken into the dock recently vacated by the Tiger steam ship. The Iris is to undergo a thorough repair for the purpose of service at sea. The Chatham yacht and the Duck naval lighter were both taken into dock on the 6th instant, and having undergone examination, and their copper bot toms cleaned, were b)th taken out again this day. The Tiger steam-ship, of 10 guns, recently built at this yard, and which was put out of dock on 110 Ist instant, was this morning towed away by the Adder steam-vessel to the East India,Docks, Black wall, to have her engines put on board by Messrs. Seaward and Co. Ths royal standard is hoisted half-mast high at the flag staff at the Queen's-stairs ; also on board the Poictiers, 74, and all the ships in ordinary have their colours hoisted half-mast high, on account of the death of the Queen Dowager ; the Name mark of respect is also shown at the Ordnance, and also at the military forts surrounding the garrison. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, rORTUGAL-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN-FlELD3.—YOStilfdgy evening a ILO, lug was held in the board room of this institution n Portugal-street. It appeared that the c mmittee were making every effort to liquidate the liabilities incurred by the ready admission given to all cholera and diarrhea patik-nts during the recent visitation. The applicants having been admitted at all hours, without any form of introduction, the numbers who sought admission rens dered the necessary additions, both to the nurses and medical officers for daily and nightly attendance, causing an excess of expenditure over income of nearly 600/., up to the close of the Michaelmas quarter. In addition to the receipt of three-fourths of a collection at Linooln'd Inn Chapel, on Thanksgiving-day, the hospital has received 401. from the Master and Benchers of the Temple, as well as 50/. from W. Egerton, Esq., and liberal donation from the pupils of the Camberwell Collegiate School, in connexion with King's College; the latter being towards the fund . for enlarging the present hospital. Some rout i ne bus iness having trails pired the meeting separated. THE RECENT LOSE OF THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFE. DOLT.---The sufferers by this lament a bl e a ff a i r h ave l e ft seve nteen wives, and, among them, forty-six children. The exact number who perished is twenty, the whole of them well-known Tyne pilots. It was the first accident that ever occurred at that port by any of the life•boata, since they wore first invented in 1791. The one that met with the accident had been tested for six years. The inquest on the body of one of the crew, Lsuncelot Burn, found on the Herd Sands, was held on Thursday, by Mr. Faval, the coroner. The principal witness examined was John Millburn, one of the superintendents of the life-boat. He had gone out with her, aid managed to save himself by clinging to the bottom of the boat. The calamity he attributed to a sea catching the bow of the life-boil and pitching it over. They had got alongside of the stranded vessel, the Betsey, and were directing the ship's crew to jump into her, at the moment she was caught. It was capable of holding forty persons. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. A subscription has been opened on behalf of the anion's nate families. Ti l E LETTER-BOXES.---AS the management of the Post-offi:e is at present an engrossing topic, allow me to point out that most of the openings of the letter-boxes of the district offices in London are so small, that they will not conveniently take in a newspaper, and I have fre quently observed them sticking in the mouths of the letter-boxes, so that they could be easily extracted. This aboald be remedied.—Correspondent of the Builder. ...... ___-- gate- of B. :hlrfr IQ•► Of , the S. S• Rea' Ilion" our• mete yood, rArdr mine Of s ier,