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FRIDAY EVENIN'f" -• 4 7 DECEMBER 14 1849: N°.17,854.1 LONDON [PRICE he defence, Id scarcely eing in the , en cross° ich ho was COLDURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION, OTICE! Irol4. IX. of TRIERS' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, under NAPOLEON, CROWN COMMERCIAL INN, DNS, NORFOLK. . . LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 13. 'rLe Master of the Rolls heard causes to-day. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. THE DUKE OF Is Now Ready at all the Booksellers. C ANT R ACT for COPPER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, December 13, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral atlas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice that on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham with 350 TONS of ENGLISH TOUGH CAKE COPPER. 150 Tens to be delivered by the 31st January, and the remainder by the 28th February next. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, or any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly lothorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the loft-hand corner the words "Tender for Copper," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied 401 a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 5,0001. for the dna Performance of the Contract. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause CONSTABLE against BULL, the Creditors of JOHN CONSTABLE, late of No. 4 (now No. 17), Townsend-road, Ragent's-park, in the county of Ifiddlesex, gentleman, who died on the 17th day of August, 1847, are. by their Solicitors, forthwith to come in before JonN ELIJAII Burin, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery. lane, London, and prove their debts, or In default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. THOS. 31. VICKERY, 25, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Solicitor for the Plaintiff. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the Na tional Bask of Ireland have declared .a DIVIDEND on the paid-up vapital of the Company, after the rate of 3/. per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1849 ; and the Warrants for the payment of the sane will be ready for delivery on and after Thursday, the 10th day of January 1850, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, at the Company's Office, 13, Old Broad-street, London ; and at the branches of the So ciety In Dublin, Athlone, Athy, Ballina, Bailinasloe, Boyle, Carrick ma-cross, Carrick on-Suir, Cashel, Cast lerea, Charieville, Clonakilty , Clenmel, Cork, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Enn'scorthy, Fernley, Galway, Kanturk, Kells, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kilrus's, Limerick, ~Longford, Loughrea, Mallow, Midleton, Mitchelstown, Moats, Mcl- Nenagh, New Ross, Rathkeale, Roscommon, Rlscrea, Skib bereen, Tallow, Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, Waterford, Westport, Wexford, and Wicklow. And thrther notice is hereby given, that the Transfer-books el the Company will be Closed from Saturday, the 2?d instant, until itner _MO day fixed for the delivery of Dividend Warrants. By order of the Coart of Directors, N. S. KING, Becretaw. 13, Old Broad-street, London, Dec. 11, 1849. TI AMPTON COURT PALACE ROYAL KITCHEN GARDENS. lie. a GARDENS to be LET on LEASE for 23 years, front the -6th of January next, together with the Melon-ground, the Glass the Dwelling-houses (except the Head Gardener's House), Statf , s, and other buildings belonging thereto ; and also the Fruit Tr-ep, Pine. Plants, \tines, Shrubs, Stock, Crop, Utensils, &c. &c. Any persons desirous of obtainin; a Lease of the same, am to Nel,tl in Tenders in writing, under sealed covers, indorsed " Tenders for Hampton Court Kitchen Gardens," and addre.sed to the Com- Iniasioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., No. 2, Whitehall-place, on or before Tvelvo o'clock on FRIDAY, the 4th day of January next,' stating the amount of rent they are willing to pay for the same. The premises may be viewed by application to Mr. Turrell, the Dead Gardener, and the schedules may be inspected, and particulars of the terms and conditions may be obtained by apply ing et the bfli..e of Mr. Pennethorne, Architect to the said Commissioners, 7, Whitehall yard, London. STEREOLIT:: BLACK CLOTII. 13U'LL' AND WILSON, 52, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE, Tile public attention to their important improvements in the dye and finish of Black and other Clo hs. By their new process the black dye Is permanent, does not wear white at the seams, and resists all Stains of acids, Sce. The finish Is peculiarly soft and glossy, is im - Pervious to nil. or dust, and retains An uniform lustre in wear. For a description of the Stereolaie Cloth, see Journal •f Designs for De- Comber, 18;9. Just pub'ished, in Two Thousand Pages, royal Bvo., price 36e., the pos r OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1450. Principal Divisions of the work;—Official Direc tor3'; Strest Directory; Commercial Directory; Trades' Directory ; Low Directory ; Court Directory ; Parliamentary Direct , ry ; Postal D irectory ; City Directory ; Conveyance Directory; Banking Direc tory ; Assurance Directory ; —with a very great amount of general in formation. For Reviews of the work. which is now tire only Lon don Directory published, see Times, 234 ult. ; Chronicle, 224 ult. ; Joferald, 23d ult. ; Post, 21th ult ; Advertiser, 2 4 th ult. ; Daily Ne ws, lact utt: ; San, 224 ult. ; Globo, 23d ult. ; Dispatch, 24th ult. ; John "still, 24th tilt. ; B ritannia, tst inst. ; Spectator, 24th ult. ; Here -121,,,tVa Journal, 24th ult.; Mining Journal, 24th ult.; Atlas , 24 th 'IL; Era, 25th ult. ; Literary Gazette, Ist inst. ; Examiner, Ist inst. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court ; and all Booksellers. .TEIRROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Badness removed and prevented, by the use of GRIMST N E'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If You are hi want of that beautiful adornment of the human fi gure,; a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or `" any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an lie. bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential ?kit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her at?, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and re atrY, by whorls it is highly appreciated for Its manifold virtues, too _ uMnerous to be set I - 4*th in an advertisement, but maybe read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Pamphlet has the signature ot William Grimstone, Merchant, !t_erbary, Highgate, and he found at page 11, under the copy of bare. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th Of Augus pampt, 1846. Thispamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two postage stamps. The Aromatic Regenerator can bo forwarded through the post on receiving a post-office order for 45. 6d., 7s. id., er 125., which in eludes the postage with the case. The I Is. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published IX the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. - Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, yon will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause --the universal use of Grimstone's Eye snuff ! and because it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Catar rot, Nervous Headach, and Deaf- Imes, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 caged of cure being preyed by the in'ormers, still it was an act of oppression ; as in 1625 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by 'terries, Esq., to etr. William Grimstoue, bearing date Pith February, 1525. This was ?I‘ account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of Government it is obliged to b 3 stamped. GRIHSTONE'S MEDICATED EYB SNUFF, sold in canister', Meloted In a pamphlet of medical and ether testimonials, under the Government order, at Is. lid., 2e. 9d., and 4s. rid. each. The fainailets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., as. 6d., and .8. ad., i nc l u di ng postage, Sze. The following letter is ens out f the many thousand proofs. .. i tead the following Medical Testimony to the care of flue cases Gutta Serena, from G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism:— " Ssuthsca, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1845. 1 .,_ 11 ,Ma. GEITASTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you sen d the fol ir'no Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy o f yo ur Ye Snuff in cases of Gatta Serena. I have used it in five cases with ills Most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, yen may advertise this ! ! or Make what miss you please. The cures have wholly astonished and thousands of ethers.—Tam, Sir, Sac., G. IL BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." AX letters to Mr. William Grimstene, Herbary, Highgate, near -I,ondon, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his I r•faMed lIERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from t he author of the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, la4s." Sir,—l cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I Z l •ein your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitnte for • choice leaf, hitherto obtained by nie from a friend in Censtantl- 1 1 , 6 p1e• lam sure that lovers of mild. fragrant Tobacco would find )'ours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I ax your obedient servant, S I'UART FARQUHARSON', D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstone,Herbary, Highgate." This extensirely-famed Tobacco 13 sold by all chemi.ts and dreg - f l ns, and others, with W. Grimctone's signature attached, at 7)4 d., ' a . 1 lid., 28. 9ci., aid 4s. 6d. each, including the Cleverninent stamp A TATTLE on the CATTLE. Two gentlemen (myself and Mr. Dyall) Conversed together in familiar speech ; And now, for Moses' sake, I'll make a trial To tell, verbatim, what was said by each. a Sir (said my friend), do you intend to go To see this famous Smithfield Cattle Stow?" " Tes, Sir (said I, In my reply), If all be well, I'm eerta , n to be there, For I enjoy the sight at Pertman-square, Not only for the oxen, sheep, and pigs, On which Friend Punch delights to play his rigs, lint for the well-dressed gentlemen and ladies, Whose fashions are a proof what Moses' trade is." " Exactly so (said Dyali), I and you On such a subject have the self-same view. 1 never went, I do declare, To see the prizes at the square, Without admiring Moses' dresses there. I certainly confess (Said Mr. Dyall), That such superior dress Should cause us every one to make a trial." "Just so (said I), I acquiesce In all yon 'ay of Moses' dross. The Paletets (and you I see have one), Do credit to the Mart of M. and Son." LIST OF PRICER. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style ... •. . •• •• •• •• 4 , •••• •• •• •• •• XO 8 6 The littlwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Pal etot, ditto ••• • .. Chesterfield, ditto.. ••• • • • The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Ov..r Coat .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • .... " ! Shooting Coats ••••••••••••• • • • • • • ' • • '" " 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats .. •• • • 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 6 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Tests • • ••••••• • • • • • • 0 3 6 Black Silk Telvet Vests.. Dress Coats •••••• .. .. • • •• . • frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • •••• • . • • • • • .•• . . 0 19 0 Yonths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from ........ ...... 0 7 0 Hussar and Tunis Suits • • .... • • ..... •.. 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Tests • • .... •. • • 0 0 8 MADH TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined •••••••• • • • • • • " " • ..• •• •• 1 The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elagant style of Over Coat ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • ... 2 it The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout 10 oughont 0 ughont ••• • • • • • ••• • " Antnmn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin •• •• • ... "' . ••• • • • 0 10 6 Best Black Cashmere ditto .• ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 6 S Autumn and Winter Tests •••••••• . . • • • • • • 0 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto .••••• • • • • • •••• • • • 0 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditt• ••••• • .. • • • g. Dress C0at5........ • . from 325. to 215 . Frock ..............from 355. to 3 3 9 Hilmar and Tunic Suits.. n_uPertine .. ••• • • • .... .. Men's Shooting Coat• Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, took Large Stack of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Tniforras, Liveries, &a. Mourning to any extent st Five Minute.' notice. A Suit of Mourning oomplote for I/. 10s. ? dir e be st! awry book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with ftill Wismar Ptat tr freelf, Se-measurement to any part of , the kingdom. can be had on application, or for _ st vuee •ra. brth ..e Far Department is new replete with every novelty e season Obse • r y e — A-ny article purchased, either ready made, or made to If not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. Ih e 'l e fLOßßl3 and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers. Clothiers, Hatters, 1 55, l i ke'srriers, Boot and Shomakers, and General Outfitters. 154, and 157 Minories, and lit, 84, 85, and 86 Aligato, City, It i ß_';° ll , all communicating with each other, and forming one vast elishrnent• Oe.ot t „ kgk rut yn • — E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public Nash imposition; but having heard that the ttntradesman'ike • °°(l et being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," llltroy _resorted te in many instances, and fer obvious reasons, o r ou. '"T o o r states that they hare no connexion with any other house gate, be ef London , except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far- Mat t "„5 0 . 1 0 ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings Bradford, Yorkshire; at 0 ,. 4v " WhO require cheap and genuine clothing, PE., skeuld call the i rts,ah "'ilt_o the attnorie4 and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of Ta te r•stablishments, a; above. a—Pg.—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, Sitthrts ,r; AI.OII burl lees id resumed till o'slock. 1 upon the the most re unAble to proved. It spirits had y fuuud no on. There- Leen fully in the hill old deem fit itigation, it as the case , Barbican, with having ppeared for endant sold t spirits on ith French vere 50 per s below Lb• [r. Child at the Court, large num' that he bad y of 2001. iption were d in ♦arione he gross t• ETS. attendance • t, to a mode' week, and is paid for nevi and nom were almost Ist be quoted lly held for load over the id malt were re offered et . r in retail, *$ supply. The the prices of ness passing• is, oats, and ek. Wheat, ; Rape seed, description. ry moderate , re fully sup' uiry at full! ether article" ,11. —Th e than on 00 1. Quantity [III trite , ' last i part remain eet; 45 6d to —There were 'eh ‘‘eighid at I/ 66 Od, I at 1143. an d I Id 242E1 0, and 2 6 $ I thus:-1 1/ 2s 6d, 1.4' , DEC. 11.—" Tom Ss 6 1 .s i t ° ditto, 8 5 T.: ay, trora " -There wet ° id 6 of pot: iy. Outwes ' o 6d per bs% r bag clown' and Od Oki Od Od Od Third 223 o _4 —a oci --s Od • - od Od . lB3 198 0 0 , 19. 3 ° 19s r 170" 190 ° CI , LS f t l . 190 v" ..... 170 18s' u" ... . 190 al • '••• 285 DI 1 8 3 OJ 130 " A ISo 9 : 1 17s A A" 18s 170` 67 .... 19i !`' i.hdik 190 , i 9 l 163 u yr and ols 175 ' A Q 165 I' tricot, 145. KETS , was tolerubl i the erne!: lerable. _lu' Qtetiirterh as mike' dul l —ltirkenhe3" st L a ncsill arcashire s l3 „ dis. Lon de inters, % p..., id, 4% do._.. S ou th-EasterP L ffordshire, 4 3 E. Percha sl l' Ind Lireeric"' day were '' r. 4), 6 7- 16 ; I Leeds, 1 1', ledonian, 171 ; orth S caoor d 9. • s t ea dy, pric,tO l, position tn lo , o is known 1 4 : Os° companies, th trifling I°P day were 14--Aberdeen' 3 '4 Gla Ar ti 5/. Is. 6d.1 ewcastle, >heridiant hens, hot' ng the entl'" o f efficeo7 L. , ed persou b ° o 'Dudl6Y, with the e h , maim) , s 'ears ago O no table to os d of medielocei rectually c i ti r o now iselb j yi uggists, ap t wife of Phil :sq., of St° l le' x, the Doi 01 he wife of 03. n, Walter 0 , 'rah Grace trc Isamb i e ,r l l . , !ur, Viol' .01 a tion of CI *derlttlilf ACCI surviving '1" Y Cecilia L. e, Williams 11. ling ton, Mlts d-placet 54.4 1 lt el hi isluPw Among the interesting contents of this volume will be found : The Abdication of Ferdinand VII. and Charles IV. —The Spanish Insurrection and War against France—The Battle of Baylen—Ge neral Rising of the Portuguese and Landing of Sir Arthur Wellesley in the Peninsula —The Battles of Rolica and Vemeira --The Capitu lation of Cintra—Napole.c,t's Visit to La Vendee—lnterview between Napoleon and Alexander at Erfurt, and their Views for the Partici pation of the Turkish Empire—The Convention of Erfurth— Napoleon's Flans at Vittoria—Battle of Somo Sierra—Attack and Surrender of Madrid—Abolition of the Inquisition—Entry into Bar celona—Passage of the Guadarania—R,.treat of General Moore— Battle of Corunna—Death of Moore and Embarkation of the English—The memorable Siege and Surrender of Saragossa, &c. &c. 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ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE L.l ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act et 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 cent. (according to ago) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. !Perrna- Sum the Antnial Policy, Bonus in I vent addition ' Bonus 1 Re- Assured Age. ..., 2 Pre- taken' ._, suin In jduction of may bor ; ,L 3 ,1 'Mum. out in L' sured. Cash, 1 Annual , row on r., 'Premium.; Policy. 1 1 £ s. d.' £ s. dl £ a. d.I £ s. d. r 1837 1276 14 3 128 14 3 , 21 7 2593 6 8 £ I 183 s '251 18 10115 ll 8 18 128543 17 9 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 : 44 8 10 60 1000 X s.d.) 1640 1178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11!445 0 0 74 341 1841 174 0 0 78 3 41 12 3 0'393 11 1 1812 147 4 2 '5 15 10 10 2 046 2 3 1843 95 18 4 41 8 4 615 11 6296 13 4 L 1841 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 6 tuses, with tables of rates, &c., reap be kad at the office, its branches in the country ; or, en application. will be for oat free. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE comrANT. _LA I, Princes-street, rank, Linden. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Tict., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample ‘mbscribed capital, and tke large fund uccunaulated from the pre- miums en upwards of 9,000 policies. Half the amount only of tlio annual premium required during the first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PROPRIETARY BRANCH The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans sr debts. Ilalf-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACTS FROM TIIIS TABLES. Anneal Premiums required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole Term of Life. MiTITAL ♦SSURANCN BRANCH. Half Pre- I Whole Pre- Age. mium, first Talton. after ire years. five years. s. d. 20 1 Y 0 25 1 2 2 39 1 4 11 35 1 40 1 13 2 45 1 19 1 110 1 7 s 5 2 16 10 X s. d. 2 0 0 2 4 4 2 9 10 1 17 0 3 4 6 3 19 0 4 15 6 3 17 $ ntorairTAßT BRANCN, Age. Nal( Pre- } Whole Pre- Ealura, first , miura, after seten years. seyen years. s. d. s. d. 20 0 18 0 I IS 0 25 0 19 1 1 19 2 30 1 I 9 2 3 6 25 ; 1 411 2 9IS al I 1 9 I 218 4 45 1 14 10 i 9 8 50 2 2 4 4 3 0 S 5 2 12 9 5 PETER MORRISON, Aesident Director. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE 001(PANT. No. I, New Coventry-street, Leicester-sqUnre, T.ondon. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right lion. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Paston Bedingtlehl, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. _ Themas rlarneirell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Itegent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Mar hall, Esq„ 24, Carlton 'Villas, DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the Bast India Company, and of the Londos Joint Stock Bank. Rey. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, itlaida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Est., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maid a -hill. AcTuaar —William Henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY— iflm Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every lnformatiox promptly erwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. EA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established hp Act of Parliament, 21, COILNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,ooo/., in &hares of 20s. each, to be paid in full ea allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest of h per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to tke Directors at the °flees of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assuranc:s granted en the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms espeClally advantageous for Investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. AVIP S'S CANDLES, Cd. and sd. per lb.; if wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 7%d., 9d., and 9%c1. ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; Germsn wax, Is. 2d.; fine wax, Is. fid. ; transparent wax, Is. Bd. and is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can dles, is 81. and Is. 10(1. ; metallic, 7d. and Sd. ; mottltd soap Ns. end 60s, per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 445., and 563. ; Windsor goal, Is. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 91. ; rose, 2s, ; almond, ts. 6d.; sperm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 45, 6d. ; sealing wax, 41. 6d. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's •lano, opposite Westminster County Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-honse). FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY Las, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the 11l effects of the Fegs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from DiMculty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 159, Oxford-street ; Gifford and Co.. 104, and H. Burfleld, 150, Strand : Johnson, 65, Cornhill ; and all respectable Medicine Venders he Town and Country. Observe :—None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and Sons" are on the Stanep affixed to each Box. J. LANE begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public in general, that he has taken the above old-established and well-conducted Inn, and intends carry ing it on in a manlier he trusts will meet the approbation of these who may please to favoar him with their patronage. The House is pleasantly situated, and the premises, he flatters him self', are equal to any commercial house in the county. J. L. also begs to state, that for the accommodation of his patrons and'the public, he has started an OMNIBUS from kis House to the Railway Station, to meet every Train, so that persons wishing to meet the Train, by leaving their address at the Crown Inn, will be sure to be called for in due time, as the greatest punctuality in start ing will be attended to. N. B. Choice Old Wines, superior Fore'gn and British Spirits, real HavAnnah Cigars, Botticd P. rtcr, Scotch and other Ales, ( ider, &c., NI - ell-aired Beds, spacious Stabling, loose Boxes and lock-up Coach. houses. TELL GWYNNE TAVEII,N and CHOP HOUSE, Three Doors East of tke Adelphi Theatre, and op , posits Adam-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with the PaMio Offices and tanking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties f orn the coAntry will find the Table d'Hote at Half-past Five preciselyq the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metroixdls. Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Sappers until One o'clock. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines and Spirits. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales. JOHN ARCHER. and THO V.A.S HOLT, Proprietors. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden-lane. HYAM and COMPANY, L• of the PANTECHNETHECA, 36, OR ACECHURCII STREET, and 86, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON . , Merchant Tailors, Out-titters, and Manufacturers of Clothing for immediate wear, while grattfally acknowledging the distinguished patronage which for many years has been conferred upon their establishment in Grace church •street, would at the same time tender their brat thanks for the immense and unprecedented success consequent upon the open ing of their newly-erected and magnificent premises, situate No. 86, Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon. The proud position in which L lIYAM and COMPANT stand as the largest Tailors and Clothiers in the world, is a sufficient guaran free of their capabilities for offering_ extraordinary advantages in DRESS, and they venture to hope that their numerous friends wili find that each succeeding *mon will bring with it the most striking proofs that every exertion will be used still further to develop these advantages, and to produce an assortment of clothing of the highest and most perfect character. • The wh . ole of the Winter Stock being now on view, the favour of an early call will be duly appreciated, whilst the proprietors will spare no exertion or expense in producing for the inhabitants of London and its vicinities costumes unequalled in the fashionable world. Convinced both by numerous flattering testimonials and by yet more numerous and more tangible proofs of public approbatiox of the superiority of their business system, and of the important economical advantages, L. lIYAM and COMPANY respectfully submit to the inspectian of their patrons the following brief o :tuns of prices of winter clothing, ready made and made to measure : WINTER OVER COATS. VlAlbert Capes, Chesterfields. Paletets. Parisian Facks, Reeling, Jackets, Equestrian and Lounging Coats. Prices-10s. 6d., 18 3 , 6d., 17s. 6d., 225., 263., 345., 405., 465., 525., 635. DRESS AND SURTOUT COATS. . . L. lIYAM and COMPANY refer to these • garments with infinite pleasure, convinced that they will give decided satisfaction. Prices 18s. 61., 235., 285., 335., 285., 455., 505., 555, 625. WAISTCOATS of the most beautifulleattite and the 0101Ceit designs. Prices-3s. 3d., 4s. 6d., Gs. 6d., 9s. 64., 12s. 6d.; 6d.,. 18s. 6c1., 255. TROWSERS.—The most superb novelties In treble and double milled plain and figured Doeskins and Cassimeres, of English, scotch, and Foreign manufacture. Prices-Bs. 6d., 1 Is. 6d., 14s. 6d., 17s. 6d., 215., 23e., 265, JUVENILE CLOTHING. THE YOUTH'S department is replete with a most choice assort ment of Tunic Dresses, Spanish Dresses, Hussar, and Habit Suits, Priccs-12s. 6d., 18s. Ed., 23s , 265., 32a. LADIES' RIDING lIA.BITS Made with full tra'n, exquisitely trimmed, and cut with the most eonsummate taste. Prices-31., 31. 10s., 41., 41. 155., Cl. ss. PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL LIVERIES. In this important department the say'ng is truly wonderful. Pages and Postilions' Suit.. Pricea-265., 325., 385., 445., 80s. Footmen's Grooms', and Coachmen's Snits. Prices-355., 505., 655., 755. N.8.--Any garment purchased at these establishments, and not meeting with perfect approbation, will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Messrs. L. HAM and COMPANY, Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Manufacturers of Clothin,;, the Pantechnetheca, 86, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, London. Detailed and Descriptive Price Lists msy;be had on appucauen or will be forrfArded, posit-free, tO all Pull of the li.ingcl9l4, A U E. . One half the world are desolately single, and the other , epposistg them married, questiotterly contented. Diffidence, or a irnee of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ere •:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself ender the plea caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret on •eatpiosinz harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Phyrical Incapacity, tad broken kee.ith, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness tad eozi al content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set lament. Honour and justice demand tkat health should form as item n the censpect ; it alone dignifies the allience. Blighted hopes er seelect weand more sorely than poverty or :misfortune. Reader, If ..! - .OSB surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULVER WELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. 'eels (by pest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively 'efteed, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining :I'M. They aro net intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, tet fill' the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whose they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrieet trash put forth en the above enblects, by unqualified authors, which alone er ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other /ale publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, oy font la. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Xvoid," and " Hew to be Happy." They are not merely ps upSets, bat eqnal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's 'ife why owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob sere-secs of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto ethers as ha eressi ho done mite—to live after natare's laws—and to keep always en the "sunny side of the way." The above works asay be had of Sherwood, 23, Peter:tester-row ; Carvetto, 141, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ; or direct (by post er ether vebe) item the nether (who may be conferred with personally, mornings eel eveninca). ;10. Argyll-piers Regent-street; And all Rookeelle•Es THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravirge on Steel. IN PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. stew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by oest,lirect from the Establishmeit, 33. 6d. in postage stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex assive indulgence, infecti,, and the inordinate nee of mercury, v"ith remarks ea Marriage, m and the means of obviating certain dis- R4lincations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Sly R. and PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ;3rd-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sang er, 1611, Oxford-street ; Marie, 53, 'ritchberne-street. Haymarket ; aid Gordon, 146, Leadan ;.all-etreet. rata I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive ,ngan s, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PtxT IL treats of the consequences resulting from excersiveindul ,ence, and their lamentable effects ex the system, producing mental 'lnd bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. 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Perrv's Purifying Specific 2e. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. par box, a certain remedy for gonerrLata, sleet, stricture, and chronic (enamors ion of the bladder. ...amortisation fee if by letter, IL A minute detail of the case is faqui , ed. : age, habits, and position is society. .0 rackets, wl 4 l advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by rhinh the fee,il,, to saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten mine ' , air. at 19, Mr:erg-street, Oxford-street, London, from Els von till T we% stn„ Ir'vs to rich!. rt, grindar, treat, Slaven to 0..1 OYSTERS. —The real Burnham Native Oysters six year; old, four hours from the beds, are packed fresher and travel better than any Oysters from Lou 'on. To be had only of JOHN SWEETING, Fish and Oyster Merchant, 159, Cheapside, in Barrels 65., Bs. 64., 10s. 6d. ; in Bags, for Clubs, ke., 123. Gd. Superior o;ster Rooms, Steed's Baldock Ale, Reid's Stout. Depot for Patent Knife Cleaners, Wenham-'ake Ice, &c. R. FARQUHARSON SMITH begs to in- LVAL form the Public that the Lord Chief Baroa NICHOLSON and the JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY will appear THIS and every fatnrc LTENING, at the Royal Italian Opera Hotel (late Garrick's 'lead), Bow-street. The Court site at Nine o'clock precisely. A new and excellent Om To-night, showing how a Farmer from Essex and his Qlaker Friend were decoyed in, and served ont. 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Half-price THE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or pr stration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness. pains in the chest, Esc., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, re lieve lancour and depression of spirits ; while to those of full habit and free livers, who arc continually suffering from drowsiness, heavi ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. This medicinco has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society; and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author : " To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. lleavitrec, Exeter, April 24, 1244. " Stn,—l feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsoli cited testimony to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill of Health,' which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior ge neral medicine. The widow of an oftl,:er, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, hss used them--very rarely having re course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think lb it, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi cines before the public of equal value as a ' friend in need ;' certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasion, to give them my individual recommendation; and am, sir, '• Your obedient servant, .. * i , fo,, Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 114 d. and 2s. 9‘l. per box. Also by the renders of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRANIPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Go rernment Sitamp_ UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. This very interesting event, appointed for to-mor row, creates very considerable excitement in the sporting circles, and is looked forward to with more than usual anxiety. The Cambridge gentlemen ar rived at Putney on Monday, and immediately took a turn over the course selected for the great trial of skill and stamina, which they repeated on the two following days, on the latter of which they rowed the distance against a crew of eight picked watermen, and defeated them by three lengths. Their exertions were watched by many friends and eager observers, and their style and pace were the theme of general admiration. Spculators were upon the qui vice, but loth to do any thing until the work of the rival crew had been scanned. The Oxford gentlemen put in an appearance at Putney on Wednesday night and yesterday. Both crews were afloat, the Cantabs, however, only taking a turn to Chiswick Eyot. The rowing of the Oxonians, although evidently differing in style from that of their opponents, was also pronounced by good judges to be extremely fine, and so evenly do the rival crews appear ta be matched, that the cognosenti, with the best desire to make investments, are at a loss to know which to choose, and the betting may be considered, with very few exceptions, strictly even. The following is a list of the crews : OXrORD. CANBRIDGIL 1. Messrs. J. J. Hornby, Braztnose. 2. Houghton, Brasenose. 3. Woodhouse, Exeter. 4. J. W. Chitty, Bsliol. 5. J. Arthur, Exeter. 6. Steward, Oriel. 7. Sykes, Worcester. Rich, Christchurch—stroke. Cotton, ditto—stoerer. 1. Messrs. A. T. Baldrey, lst Trinity. 2. H. P. Welles, 3d Trin. 3. A. R. de Routzen, ditto. 4. C. J. Hei den, ditto. 5. W. L. Bagshawe, ditto. 6. H. J. Miller, ditto. 7. T. W. Richards, lit Trin. J. C. Wray, 2d Trin.— stroke. C. G. J. Booth, Ist Trin.— steerer. They are all extremely fine fellows, and average a trifle more than University crews ordinarily, being at the rate of 11st. 51b. per man, exclusive of the steerers, and there being scarcely 11b. difference be tween the two crews, with the exception of those who are to handle the yoke-lines, but in that respect the Oxford steerer is considerably lighter than the other. Both crews have the appearance of being in admirable condition, and although neither party hold the pre tensions of the other cheaply, both appear most confi dent of success; and, from what has been seen of them, there is every reasonable prospect of a struggle of the most gallant description. The distance to be contested is from Putney-bridge to Barker's Rails, Mortlake, and the time named for the start is 1141f past two o'clock in the afternoon ; and for the infor mation of some of our readers, it may be as well to state that the Cambridge oars blades are light blue— those of their opponents dark blue. Citizen L has been chartered by the Messrs. Searle, and the Childe Harold by R. Coombes, the champion of the Thames, with other boats, W accompany the race. CAMBRIDGE. This cafe had been the subject of reference to the Master. The bill was originally filed by the plaintiff to obtain an account of certain property, money, and valuables, which it alleged had come into the posses sion of the Duke of Cambridge, as one of his guar dians, appointed at the time of Duke of Bruns wick's expulsion from his dominions; when a settlement of his affairs and income was agreed to by the reigning duke and the plaintiff's guardians. It had been found necessary by the plaintiff to file a supplemental bill in the cause, to which the defen dant had put in answers, and these were met by the plaintiff by 13 exceptions for insufficiency, and on various other grounds; There had been a refer ence to the Master on the subject, and he had allowed the first, seventh, ninth, and eleventh exceptions, and overruled all the rest. The plaintiff took exceptions to that decision, and admitting that the third and tenth had been properly overruled sought the interference of the Master of the Rolls to,sustain the other excep tions taken. Mr. Roundell Palmer and Mr. Cole were heard for the Duke of Brunswick; Mr. Turner and Mr. Elms ley for the Duke of Cambridge. Lord LANGDALE pronounced his judgment in favour of the Duke of Brunswick upon two of the exceptions —namely, the eleventh and twelfth, and against him upon the remaining. COURT OE BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ifo',warn.) IN LB 11. PATERSON. The bankrupt, a livery-stable keeper of the Hippo drome, Notting-hill, applied fur his certificate. His debts are about 1,4641 ; secured ditto, 12461. ; assets —book debts,_soo/., of which )00f. has been realised. Messrs. Pain and llatherley, of Gresham-street, were solicitors to the fist ; and Mr. Lawrence sup ported the bankrupt. Mr. PAIN stated that Messrs. Tattersall, who were liability creditors to the extent of 1,0001, had honourably withdrawn their claims, and that there was no opposition to the bankrupt's certificate. He raised the point as to whether or not the expenses deposited by the bankrupt in respect to the certificate meeting, amounting to 21. 19s. 101, should be paid out of the estate, where there were assets, or by himself. His HoNoun held that such expenses should be paid out of the estate where there were assets. The certificate in this case must be granted as of the third class. Mr. Pain, a few days since, made a similar appli cation as to the costs of the certificate meeting, upon b-half of the assignees of a bankrupt named Lew i s, and with the same result. He drew the attention of the Learned Commissioner to the words of the 198th section of the new Act, " that the Court should appoint such certificate meeting., INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. Commission:r Law.) A LONG IMPRISONMENT —IN RE IdAJOR RICHARD II TOLSON. In this case an application was made to set aside a portion of the half-pay, of 7s. a day, of Major Tolson, who, it appeared, had been in prison for debt 17 years, and was still incarcerated. Mr. STURGEON, who appeared for the major, op posed the application, and mentioned that a schedule would be filed. Mr. Coax', for the creditor who had obtained the vesting order, was willing that the application should stand over, en the understanding that the major would file a schedule. His HoNoun said, he had no doubt the present was one of those unhappy cases in which, alter a long imprisonment, the party was at length compelled to come to the court. He regretted that the major had not applied 17 years ago. The matter stood over on the ground mentioned. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pnimars.) IN RE JOACHIM HAYWARD STOCQUELER. This insolvent, an author, applied to be discbaged, to which no opposition was offered. The insolvent, in reply to the Court, said that he had assigned the copyright of a work he hxd written to Mr. Flight, who had become guarantee for a portion of the expenses of its production. He valued this copyright at 7501. 2,000 copies having been printed, which were sold at half a guinea each, would produce, after deducting 25 per cent. for the publisher's profit, about the sum stated-7501. hlr. Flight's claim upon the copyright was to the extent of 2251., the cost of printing, for which he hal become responsible, and also 1381. upon a debt due to himself. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. COURT OF INLAND RE VENUE, Dec, 13. (Before HART DAVIS, Esq., Chairman, C. J. Hun- RIBS, Esq, &lid CHARLES PRESSLEY, Esq.) ILLICIT DISTILLATION-FURTHER CONVICTIONS IN HEAVY PENALTIES-THE QUERN V. PITCHFORD. William Pitchford, of 76, Compton-street, Clerken well, manufacturing chemist, was charged on an in formation, containing a great number of counts, with having in his possession and with removing and depositing spirits with intent to defraud her Majesty of the legal duty thereon. The court, ai on the previous day, was crowded to excess by parties interested in the proceedings. The Court, after a short deliberation, gave judg ment against the defendant in the penalty of 1,000/. THE QUEEN V. LOANE. John Loane, of No. 87, Royal Mint-street, chemist and druggist, was charged with receiving into his stock, and vending illicit►y manufactured spirits. The Court, after a short deliberation, gave judg ment in the penalty of 7001. with the condemnation of the seizure. THE QUEEN V COCKING. Thomas Coeking,of No. IP, Great Portland-street, chemist and druggist, was charged with a similar offence, of having in his possession and with vending spirits of an illicit manufacture. The defendant declined putting any questions to the witnesses, and said he knew nothing about the sale. The Court said they should give judgment gene. rally for the full penalty of 3001., and if the defend ant thought fit they would leave the case open for a mitigation of the penalty, by a memorial presented to the board. THE QUEEN V. WRIGHT. Benjamin Robert Wright, of Nos. 27 and 28, Castle-street, Oxford street, oil and colourman, was charged on a similar information. The Court convicted him in the penalty of 1001. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Patrich Joseph Catkin was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the Ist of August last, wilfully mur dered Catherine Calkin. Mr. James was counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Joseph Pollock was assigned, by the Learned Judge, as counsel on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. JAMES, in opening the case to the jury, said that the crime they had to inquire into was committed under the must heartrending circumstances; but he would in the outset state that the main question would ultimately turn upon the point as to whether the prisoner was sane or not when the deed was done, and that if they should think he was insane at the time he would be entitled to his acquittal. The prisoner at the time was in extremely poor circumstances, but a respectable man, a schoolmaster by profes- sion. On the Ist of August he was living with his wife and three children, in - a small court in Liverpool. The elder child, James, was eight years old ; the second, Sarah, aboat seven ; and the younger, Catherine, eleven months. When the cholera was ravaging the town of Liverpool in the fall of the year, the prisoner lost by it two whom he dearly loved. On the Ist of August his daughter Sarah on the 2d, his best friend, his wife, died; their death caused him the deepest affliction, and he said he was tired of his life, and could not survive the loss of his wife if he could that of his child. He was receiving parish relief and in great distress, the poor neigh bours doing what they could to comfort him. A neigh- bour, Mrs. Kane, remained with him.in the house after his wife's death, from which time he refused all food. On the day of the murder she left the house about ten o'clock, placing his youngest child in his arms, the wife and eldest girl being laid out on the bed. Mrs. Kane returned about three o'clock, and not being able to get in at the door she got in at the window, and then the melancholy spectacle presented itself—the poor man stretched out on the bed with his throat eut, one arm being round his dead wife's neck, and the other on her breast. The boy and baby were lying at the foot of the bed quite dead, their throats being cutfrom ear to ear. A surge on who was passing was called in by Mrs. Kane, and the police shortly followed. The prisoner was then taken to the hospital, and, from his manner and conversation, the jury would have to decide whether the prisoner was sane or not. The unfortunate prisoner, who is a most respectable looking man, was overwhelmed with grief, and cried bitterly during the speech of the Learned Counsel, and indeed throughout the trial. The first witness called was — Jane Kane, a widow, who said, I know the pri goner. Ile had three rooms in a house near mine, where he resided with his wife and three children ; James, aged nine ; Sarah, aged seven years ; and Catherine, about eleven months old. Sarah died on the Ist of August of cholera, and the prisoner's wife the next day. They were in great poverty, but always kept it to themselves. The prisoner was a very kind husband and father, and adored his children, and would submit to f!ny hardship rather thm leave them. After they died he was in despair. IVhen his daughter was dead, he took her on his knee and said, "Is she dead ?" I said " Compose -ourself, it is the will of God." After his wife died he was still more melancholy. I was with him from Wednesday until Friday, during which period the prisoner never slept at all. I left on Friday at ten o'clock, giving him the baby in his arms—the boy James was in the house. I laid the wife out, and he put the dead daughter by her side. I returned about two o'clock, but being unable to get in at the door, I got in at the window, and found the prisoner lying on the bed with his arm round his wife's neck, and his hand on her breast. Much blood was on the corpse and bed. James and Catherine were lying dead at the foot of the bed. I got Dr. Gilmour to come in, as ho was passing, and he sent for the police. A razor was lying on the hearthstone. Cross-examined—Ht kept talking to his dead wife, and said to the child, " You are too faithful to survive your mother." - John Gilmour, surgeon—l was called into the pri soner's house by last witness, and found the prisoner on the bed with his throat cut, the wife and eldest danghter dead, and the two other children on the bed, their throats cut from ear to ear, which caused their deaths. I saw a razor covered with blood. John Cannon, a police-officer—l removed the priso ner to the hospital. When there he said, " For God's sake take me to my poor wife and children." Several other witnesses were then called, some of whom deposed to conversation and expression% of the prisoner after the death of his wife, and in the hos pital, all tending to show that he had been deranged in his mind. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. J. Por.Locx declined, after the evidence of insanity, to address the jury for the prisoner. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that the present was a most lamentable case, sufficient to deeply wound the feelings of all who heard it ; but the jury had to determine upon the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, without suffering feeling to enter into their minds. The question was, whether at the time the fatal act was committed the prisoner was in such a state of mind that he could distinguish the right from the wrong, and could appreciate the consequences of his act. The jury had heard the melancholy statements of the witnesses, and he would not harass the feelings of the jury by repeating them. The jury, in a short time, returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity. John Lee was indicted for having, on the 7th of September, wilfully murdered Thomas Richardson. Mr. Monk and Mr. Sowler prosecuted ; Mr. Jo seph Pollock defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner keeps a blacksmith's shop at Chorlton upon-Medlock, near Manchester, and that the deceased had worked for Lim. On the day in question, between three and four o'clock, the deceased had gone into the smithy several times, asserting that the prisoner owed him some wages. On each of the occasions of his so doing the prisoner put him out by the shoulder, and on the last occasion that he did so the deceased struck the prisoner a slight blow, at the time the prisoner was heating in the furnace two long iron rods of about half an inch in diameter. He immediately seized one with each hand, and rushing towards the deceased, thrust at him with them, the result of which was that one rod went through one thigh, and the other rod through the other, completely piercing them through, both rods being red hot. The deceased cried out, " Oh, my God, he has killed me," and immediately fell down, and died in about an hour afterwards. The prisoner put the irons again into the fire as if to go on with his work, but shortly after went to fetch a doctor, and on his way met a policeman, to whom he said, " I have stabbed the man." Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said that the jury could only convict him of man sisttghter. The two men had been ¶uarelling, and in the heat of the moment, being provoked by the deceased, he had made use of the irons which were close at hand. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that it was not very slight provocation that would justify a man in using weapons such as red hot irons ; if they thought the prisoner really intended to murder the deceased, or to do him some grievous bodily harm, they must find him guilty of murder, but if they thought that he seized the rods in a moment of passion, and simply intended to drive the deceased out of the smithy, and only to burn him slightly, they would convict him of manslaughter. After a short consultation, the jury returned a ver dict of Manslaughter. His LORDSHIP, in sentencing the prisoner, said that he had never in the course of his experience mgt with a more cruel case, and sentenced him to trans portation for life. (Before Mr• John Hunt was indicted for having, at Eccles, on the 19th of July, 1647, stolen a gelding, the property of John Chadwick and others. Mr. Cross prosecuted ; Mr. Monk defended the prisoner. The prisoner was not apprehended until the Ist of October last, when a policeman hearing a returned convict threaten the prisoner with the charge if he did not pay 10s., he took him into custody. Mr. MONK addressed the jury for the prisoner, arguing upon the danger of trusting to personal identity. His tonustur summed up, stating that their ver dict depended upon the reliance they could place on the evidence as to the prisoner's identity after a lapse of two years. Verdict—Not Guilty. York, Dec. 12. Mr. Justice Cress well and Mr. Justice Williams arrived here last night and opened the commission for the winter gaol delivery. Their Lordships this morning attended Divine service at the Minster, and proceeded at twelve o'clock to the Castle to try the prisoners. There were no less than 112 prisoners named in the calendar, 7of whom are charged with murder, 12 with rape, 13 with burglary, 3 with manslaughter, 2 with attempting to poison, 2 with attempting to murder, 17 with stealing from the person, 14 with robbery 9 with cutting and wounding, 3 with stab bing, 4 with arson, and the residue with offences of a less heinous character. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat in the Crown Court and charged the grand jury. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) John Murphy, a hawker, 22, was charged with feloniously assaulting Henry Horner, and stealing a silver watch from his person, on the Mt of August last, near Thrisk, in the North Riding. Mr. prosecuted, Price and Mr. Overend defended. ___. The evidence showed that the prosecutor's watch was found in the prisoner's possession, and that the prisoner then made a statement that he had bargained a quantity of waistcoat pieces for it ; and that the prosecutor, having repented of his bargain, wanted his watch back, and had charged him with felony in order to get his watch, and had hid the waistcoats in a field. The fields were searched, but nothing of the kind was found. The COUNSEL for the defence said he was in tructed that the prisoner's statement was true ; bnd was proceeding to comment upon it as a fact, when The Learned JUDGE said that this ceurse had long been settled to be irregular, and that he had no right, as a barrister, to state his instructions as facts. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentenced to be imprisoned for six calendar months with hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice WlLLrems ) A charge of manslaughter in a fight and several cases of robbery were tried before his Lordship in the course of the day, but were devoid of any interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two young men, named Madd©x and Burns, connected with the steam-boat called the Pink, which plies between the City and Hungerford-bridge, were summoned before the Lord Mayor for having cruelly treated a dog. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Thomas, the secretary to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. G. Seott, of Conduit-street, Band• street, stated that on Wednesday wed( he went on board the Pink, at London-bridge, for the return passage, and he saw a dog which had evidently been left behind by somebody who had got out. One of the crew threw a bucket of water upon the dog and knocked it down. It then ran along the deck and took refuge in the fore-cabin into which the defendants followed it, one of them carrying a mop and the other a scrub bing-brush. After chasing the poor animal about the cabin, one of the defendants called out to kill the dog, and both of them struck it violently and knocked it sprawling. Witness said they were dis graceful vagabonds for so cruelly abusing the dog, bat they merely asked him what right he had to inter fere, and, determined to allow that he had that right, he applied at the Mansion-house, and was directed to the society, the secretary of which at once undertook to have an inquiry instituted. He found a difficulty in obtaining the names, the captain of the steamer having refused to give them, although he acknowledged that he knew all the circumstances. The secretary to the steam boat, however, at once supplied them, The LORD MAron—Ycu might have given them at once into custody for cruelty to a policeman. There was no occasion for waiting for their names. The witness said he had no doubt it would be beneficial to the cause of hurnazity that such a fact should be known, as the difficulty he alluded to no doubt operated in preventing many a prosecution. The evidence of Mr. Scott, in its essential points, was confimed by that of Mr. Ralph, who obsearved the brutal manner in which the poor dog had been treated, and said the dog, upon being put ashore,' was unable to waik, but dragged its legs along and howled most piteously. Three or four persons, who belonged in some way or other to the Steam Company, said, for the deflnce, that the young nvn were exceedingly quiet characters, and that they had used no more violence than was actually necessary to eject the animal, which was every moment endangering its own life by getting amongst the machinery. They also stated that the dog, upon being pursued into the cabin, bit one of the defendants in the boot. The LORD MAYOR said there was no doubt what ever as to the correctness of the charge, and fined the defendants each in the penalty of 10s. and costs. Ills Lordship hoped it would not be forgotten, that it was in the power of any person who saw crthilty inflicted upon an animal to give the assailant immediately into the custody of a policeman. Mr. Thomas requested that the moiety of the penalty to which the society would be entitled might be deposited . in the poor-box, according to the estab lished usage with respect to all penalties inflicted under similar circumstances WO RSIIIP- STI? E E T. _ _ Mr. James Eliot, solicitor and vestry-clerk of St. Jude's, Whitechspel, was brought up from the House of Detention; to which he had been remanded, in de fault of sureties, on the preceding day, upon the charge of using language of a violent and threatening ten dency towards Mr. Alfred Bowers, a surgeon, in the Curtain road, Shoreditch, who had furnished one of the medical certificates, upon which the defendant had been detained as an alleged lunatic in the Whitechapel Union workhouse. The complainant, upon being sworn, said on the evening of Mon - lay last, whilst seated in my drawing room, I heard a ring at my surgery bell, and proceeded to the door, on opening which I observed the defendant and a young man to whom I was a stranger; the former of whom said that he had called for a Bible which he had previously lent to me. I invited him to enter, which he did, and I went to an upper room to procure the Bible, with which I returned and placed it upon the table. The defendant then raised it and ex claimed in an excited threatening, " This book once knocked down a policeman, and if you don't mind what you're about, it shall knock you down also." The de fendant, with increased vehemence, after wards added "I curse you and may all the curses in the Bible rest upon your head. I shall include you in the action I am about to commence (alluding to the action he had threatened to bring against the parish authorities), and I will sew you up." After repeating the same language several times he at length left the house, and I saw no more of him till about twelve o'clock on the following night, when my night-bell was viol e ntly rung, and at the same time I heard the sound of a violin playing at my door, accompanied by a voice, which I then recognised as the defendant's, singing a psalm or hymn. After a short interval the ringing at the bell was violently renewed, and on going to the door I saw a man playing on the violin by the side of the defendant, who was standing in the front of the door-way singing at the height of his voice. The defendant had a paper in his hand, which he kept flaunting before me, and, continuing his singing, at length flung the paper into the passage, and, shaking his fist in my face, swore at and cursed me as he had done on the former occasion, exclaiming, " I'll make you smart for it; look out for squalls," and then abruptly quitted the house, leaving the paper I now produce. The witness handed in the paper he referred to, which purported to be a summons to give evidence issued fcom this court, and drew the magistrate's particular attention to one portion of it, which he stated that he knew to be in the defendant's handwriting. The defendant denied that he had done so, and begged to explain in reference to his allusion to knocking the constable down with the Bible, that although he certainly adverted b that circumstance during his interview with Mr. Bowers he had no intention whatever to resort to violence, and should be able to produce evidence that he had never uttered the threats the complainant had so positively imputed to hint. James Warren, en Trish journeyman tailor, was next examined, who stated that he accompanied the defendant to the house on the occasion referred to, and that although the latter certainly called the com plainant a blackguard for traducing his character, he heard none of the threats deposed to by that gentle man, ai:d did not observe anything in the defendant's conduct to induce a reasonable apprehension that he intended him any personal injury. Mr. ARNOLD .aid that the matter resolved itself into a mere question as to the credibility of the two witnesses, and as the complainant so positively de posed to the utterance of the threats on the part of the defendant, whose witness merely went so far as to deny having heard them, he considered that the charge had been fully established, and he should therefore require the defendant to put in sub3tantial bail, himself in 50/. and two sureties in 301. each, to be of peaceable behaviour for the next three months. Requisite sureties were entered into, and he was thereupon liberated. THAMES. James Hughes, described as a cooper, aged 48, and Daniel Budd, 39, who both refused to give their ad dresses, were brought up in custody of Police sergeant Kelly, No. 2 H, on a charge of stealing five sovereigns, the moneys of Mr. James Mettam, the landlord of the China Ship public-house, in Little Hermitage•strcet, IVapping, and also with burgla riously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Woolf Harris, clothier and outfitter, in Upper E Ist Smithfield, and stealing therefrom twelve sove reigns and other property to the amount of 501. and upwards. It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoners hid recently paid several visits to the China Ship, and generally remained in the club-room on the first floor, which is level with the bed-room, from which place Mr. Mettam had more than once missed sove reigns and other property, but the prisoners, who had the appearance of tradesmen or shopkeepers, were never suspected until Wednesday afternoon, when they again visited the club-room with another man. They ordered refreshment, and for some time afterwards one or other of them was continually running down stairs to the bar, to have their glasses of spirits and water replenished, and on being asked why they d:d not ring the bell, made an excuse they did not like to give the landlady or her servants the trouble of running up and down stairs, and they also said they did not hear the bell ring. The female servant having occasion to go up-stairs to change her dress, heard the bed-rcora door opener', and saw Hug Les close to the club-room uoor, with a glass in his hand, looking towards the bed-room. He immediately ad vanced towards her, and said, " Go and fill that glass ,in." She ran down stairs, to her mistress and communicated what she had seen and heard to Mrs. Mettam, who, on ascending the stairs, met Hughes The bed-room door was open, and Budd was leavir g it. There was another man in the bedroom. She immediately raised an alarm, and called out '° Thieves, thieves." The prisoners rushed down stairs, and endeavoured to pass by her. Mrs. Mettam boldly seized Budd, and forced him back. Her son and pot man almost immediately came to her assistance, and they were soon joined by the landlord. In the con fusion one of the robbers made his escape ; and Budd, after a desperate struggle, got away from Mrs. Met tam, rushed up-stairs, and jumped out of the window into the street. He was again seized by Mr. Pannell, a master butcher, and secured. Hughes made a violent resistance, and was eventually overpowered by Mr. Mettam and his son. While Budd was struggling, he threw at his feet a large bunch of skeleton keys, of the best description, capable of opening locks of any description. Two picklock keys, a wax-candle, and some lucifiers, were found in the club-rooom. Mr. Mettam examined his bed-room, and discovered that a desk had been forced open and five sovereigns abstracted. No money was found on either of the prisoners, and it is supposed that their confederate took the gold away with him. When the prisoners were brought to the station house Sergeant Kelly said that Budd was fixed this time, on which the prisoner said, " Yes, I know I am. It may be your turn one of these days; we are none of us in fallible—don't laugh at me." Sergeant Kelly pro ceeded to the China Ship with the bunch of skeleton keys, and was enabled to open the bed room door with one of them with the greatest ease. He also opsned the door of dr. II irri3's shop with another. Mr. Elias llarris, st n of Woolf Harris shut up his shop on Friday evening lest, at the commencement of the Jewish Sabbath, and, upon returning an hour THE MYSTERIOUS AND MELAN CEIOLY DEATH OF MR. LOUIS SHADWELL. Yesterday Mr. W. C ar t er , th e coroner f or E ast Surrey, ornpannelled a highly respectable jury at the Red Lion Tavern, Hammersmith-bridge-road, Barnes, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Louis Henry Shadwell, aged 3§, a barrister, and second son of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice Chancellor of England. The jury, having been sworn, procceeded to the Vice-Chancellor's residence, Barn-elms Park, to view the body, which lay in the library. The face of the deceased was much bruised, particularly the nose, and water-insects had commenced eating away the lower portion of the face. There was cotriderable abrasion of ,the skin on the knees, as also the hands. The jury having returned, the following evidence was called : Mr. Alfred Hudson Shadwell, solicitor, residing at Barn-elms, deposed that the deceased was his brother, and a barrister-at-law by profession. He would have been 39 in May next. Police constable _Line, 282 V, deposed, that on Tuesday morning he went, accompanied by Boyce, a gardener in the service of Sir Lancelot Shadwell, along the towing path, to search a'ditch which skirts Barn-elms Park, for the body of Louis !.-badwell, whom he understood to be missing. They had proceeded :about half a mile towards Hammersmith bridge, and were standing on the Cotton bank, opposite the Crab Tree, when Boyce called his atten• tion to some 'dark object in the ditch, and he wont down the bank and distinctly saw the body of a man, lying face downwards; the back of the head was about an inch above water, but the other portion of the body was immersed. He knew the body to be that of Mr. Louie Shadwell, and with the assistance of the gardener, got it out of the ditch. The heed was hare, as also the feet, and he did not see any het or shoes. On searching deceased, witness found 4s. Id., a door key, end a gold signet ring on the third fieger of his left hand, and a pair of wet socks, the feet of which were covered with gravel or sand. These were in his right-hand coat pocket. 13oth the knees of the trowsers were very much torn, and there were scratches on the knees. The clothing had not been otherwise disordered. The water in the ditch was not more than two feet in depth. There were no appear ances on the bank at that spot as if the deceased had slid or rolled down, and there was no indication of violence having taken place. Witness's opinion was that deceased had walked into the ditch, unknowingly, and fell in attempting to get out. His hands were clenched, and full of black mud, and he was partly on his knees. George Boyce, the gardener spoken of by last witness, was next examined. He said, that on ascer taining that Mr. Louis Shadwell was missing, he pro ceeded to drag the ditch from the fishing-bridge to the lodge, and afterwards as far up as the high bridge. He also dragged the lock, but did not discover the object of his search. The witness then corroborated the facts deposed to by last witness, and gave it as his opinion that the deceased had first got out of the river and then tumbled into the ditch, where he was suffocated. Had known deceased nearly 12 years, and believed him to be of sound mind. He believed that Mr. Shadwell had in the first instance missed the road, tumbled into the dock, and as a means of extri cating himself, swam out into the river (it being then about high tide), and was carried by the tide up the river to where he landed. George Pearson, butler to Sir Lancelot Shadwell, deposed it was the custom of deceased to come from town on Saturday evening and remain till Monday. Ile slept at the lodge, but took his meals with the family. Ile generally resided in chambers. On last Sunday evening deceased dined with Sir Lancelot and the family, and he appeared in his usual health. Wit ness last saw Mr. Shadwell alive at half•past nine o'clock that evening, when he came down stairs from the drawing room. Went to the cellar and had one glass of port, which was his usual custom before leaving, and then left for the lodge; the distance he had to go was 880 yards. Witness saw Mr. Shad well out at the stableyard-gate, and at that time it was very dark and foggy. He did not hear of him again until nine o'clock the next morning, when Mrs. Samuel, the woman at the lodge, asked him if he had seen Mr. Louis, as his door was locked, and she believed he had not been in his room all night. Witness procured a ladder, looked through the window, awl saw that he was not in his apartment, nor bad he been to bed. His hat and gloves were in the room, and his watch in the table-drawer. De ceased, when at the mansion, usually wore a cap. This witness was of a similar opinion as the last, as to the cause and manner of the death. William Mason, a labourer, living near the Crab Tree at Hammersmith, proved that on Sunday night, at about a quarter to eleven o'clock, he heard cries from the other side of the river, and a person repeating " Oh, Lord! Oh, God !" many times, and groaning. The party also said, " George, George !--a light !" It was a weak voice, and witness thought it a female. By the advice of Mr.l3ullin, the landlord of the Crab Tree, they went to Hammersmith-bridge and got a boat and a lantern ; but by the time they had reached the spot where the cries proceeded from, more than half-an-hour had elapsed. They searched the towing- , path and bank, and on the latter discovered the im print of naked feet from a distance of twenty or thirty yards and back. These marks were seventy or eighty yards from where the body was found. Tile Height,rewas no sign of any recent violence. Tt ey ca ll ed aloud, but got no answer. The tide was nearly at its but not over the towing-path. IV. Morris, a labourer, produced the decettsed's cap, which had been found near the Putney steam boat pier on Monday afternoon, as also one of his shoes, which he had picked up off the College of Civil En gineers. After some further evidence, The CORONER addressed the jury, and after enume ' rating the facts, remarked upon the mystery that shrouded the case. The singular fact of the deceased's socks being in his pocket, his cap and one shoe betn g found in the river, clearly proved he had been there, but how he came on to the footpath, and then into the ditch, could only be surmised. The hypothesis trust be that he lost his life by. mischance. Mr. Bullip, the landlord of the Crab Tree, here observed that he heard some one cry distinctly " Help, help," and " George, George," and a paddling in the water. Had he had a host, he was convinced he could have saved the party. Mr. Alfred Shadwell said he could not conceive that his brother was the victim of violence, as no money had been taken from him; and he believed, with the rest of the family, that the melancholy event was purely accidental. The jury were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Louis Shadwell was accidentally drowned or suffo. cated, and returned a verdict accordingly. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—About three o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last the neighbour. hood of the Moss, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, Was the scene of unusual excitement in consequence of an explosion which took place in a pit there, the property of and worked by the Brymbo Colliery Company. In this pit about forty men were at work at the time of the explosion, and, as may well be imagined, the utmost consternation prevailed when the fact became known. From inquiry made on the spot, it appears that some of the men whilst digging cut through into the level of some old workings tilled with foul air, which rushed like afl :ad into the pit where the men were at work, and then by some means ignited. Three of the colliers im mcdiately made their way to the bottom of the shaft, and signalled to the engineman to wind them up, which, in the fright he did, after some delay. By this time the blaze was ascending the mouth of the pit, and whilst being drawn up she poor fellows' clothes caught fire, and they were dreadfully burnt—two of them receiving such serious iejeti:s that they have both since died, and the other man now lies in so precarious a state that he is not expected to recover. The other men in the pit, with great presence of mind crept through an aperture into an adjoining pit, which most providentially was the means of saving their lives. A long time elapsed before their safety was ascertained, and in the interval hundreds of people were congregated round the pit, many of the persons present being relatives or friends of the collier', and whose cries and shrieks during the awful suspense were of the most heartrending description, and testified the agony of their feelings. The fire blazed for two days to the height of about ten feet above the mouth of she colliery, and roared like a blast furnace. Water bas been let into the pit, and the mouth has been stopped up, but up to this time (Wednesday) the fire continues to burn with great fury, although it is expected the means adopted will eventually extinguish it. THE OUTWARD-BOUND OVERLAND INDIA MAIL; —We learn from our Malta correspondent that the Overland India mail, dispatched from London on the 24th of November, had not re.,ched Malta up to ten see. on the 4th of December; in consequence of which it vtai feared that some accident had happened to the machinery of her Alejeste's steamer Medusa, conveying the same to that island from AI irseilles, though even in that case, with the s'roug north-west winds which had prevailed for many days, the vessel might have m.de her passage nearly as quickly under canvas. The Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship India, whi c h reached Malta on the evening (seven o'clock) of the 30th of November, left fur Alexandria at nine P.M. on the 33 of December, with the Southampton mail of the 20th of November, after a detention (by the senior naval fficer lied post-office agent) of twelve hours beyond the time specified in her contract. Her Royal Highness the Princess Merienne of Holland, formerly the wife of LIS Roe al Highness Prince Albert of Prussia, with a suite of ton persons, to ok . passaLe to Alexandria in the Indus, en route to Pales tm . ~_ 7ospec ❑p of (led p