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' ii ' ' ' ' &4' -. - - '4.40> . 1 • --..- •„ 1 3..'-. Oh: Ar ' ....fa? —.21.;,,,,•, ' .4 ‘ ;1 4, O?:L4. ' ...:;t4- ' ) * --. / -- .. ,-- ;i --- ' ,. 4- -4 4--12121_=.4, -----4-Cl2----- ' ' - - • , , r.,,, . _,. t N. GUILDHALL, NoVEMBED. 33, 1849. AL E commurTEE for L ETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDII.U.I, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th 4 ay of I').eartiber next, at One o'clock precisely, to recotve TEND EnS for LETTING ou LEASES, for twenty-ono years from Christina's 18 49, a House, TWO Houses, No. 11, on the north side of P.road-itreet-bul'iliws ; Nos. 21 and 29, on the south side of Broad-:itr,ct building's ; and a House No. 37, 411 the south side of Upper Thamei. street. I s Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASES, (or 18 Years (loss thrzo days), from Christmas 1349, a llouFe, No. 9, Ar tillery -place, on the west side of the City-road ; anl 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 Office of Works, Gulldhall. THOMAS LAUNDERS, Comptroller. N vv. Eff gq.2 a ' , • DECEMBER 8 I 849 °l7 849.] LONDON SAT • , UR DA „‘ ' • 7 [PRICE SD. GREAT EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851. The FIRST LIST of the Na.ues of Promoters and Subscribers is s,__ ll°W being made up, to be reported forthwith to 11.R.11. Prince Al uert, President of the Society of arts. P.:rsons desirous that their na mes should be register e d in such List are requeste I to intimate the ~, n i , Immediately to the Chairmen of the Local Committees, which .ave been formed in— Aberystwith Falmouth St. Austell Guildford Bath Gloucester Bristol Hereford li adMin Huddersfield Bradford Halifax lEt ridgnorth Ipswich Belfast Kidderminster B irmingham Limerick Cork London Coventry Launceston ,_ Car difr Leicester winterbury Leeds D artmouth Liverpool Derby Blanchester bevonport Maidstone boyar Norwich Dublin Newport Dudley Newcastle-upon- Rxeter Tyne Cr to the Executive Committee, 1, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. DIGBY WYATT, Secretary ___ MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. HAWKINS called the bankrupt, from whose I 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 COMMISiIONER said the bankrupt had no righ', even if Mr. Lomax were imbecile, to elect himself trustee of his property. The bankrupt said he had been clerk to the ma /Imitates, and clerk of the peace for Hertfordshire, also ant to Lord Verulam, whose confidence he still mad. His large domestic expenses were owing ctoiiis 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. Gemara 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 Honlur's hands. He had known the bankrupt on circuit as a respectable sclicitor, and there was no other imputation against him. Mr. HAWKINS 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 him. mer occasion he had established the first charge, an 3 part of the evidence was entered into respecting the second, the facts of which have already been pub- lished in our columns. the box 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 morning. 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-crowns to pay for the carriage, and I gave the box to the footman, by uhom it was taken to the railway terminus. William Brian, tha footman, peoved that he paid at the station 3s. Gd. for the conveyance by rail of the box, which he recieved at the hands of the butler. lie did not notice the direction upon it; it was weighed at the station, and its weight was said to be 381hs. - 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. ANNUAL GENERAL .MEETING, NOVEMBER 29, 1849, COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Dec. 7. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) Several special jurors not answering to their names were fined 31 each. DAVIS V. LIASSALL AND TARRANT. At the Annual Gmeral Meeting of this Society, held on Thurs Jay, the 29th day of November, 1819, Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair, the accounts of the Society for the twelve months ending Nth September, 1849,, 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 : After some further proceedings, Mr. Lucas thought that as it would take some hours yet to complete the c.se, 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 reminded until Sa turday. North:y - 1111ton Not tugham Plymouth Penzatiec Stdmforti St nand Swansea St afT,r.l Shrewsbury Stoke -up:oil-Trent Stuurbridge The Directors, in submitting their report on the occasionor another annual meeting, have ple...sure in directing the attention of the share holders to the results or a very favourable year's business, during which there have been issued no ices than 473 policies, covering as slrances to the am , mit of 201,7121., and 3 ielding annual premiums amounting to 7,496/. • was in- Euglish 1 sweet, Looking at the very depressed condition of mercantile affairs during this period, a depression which has had the effect of diminishing the amount of business done by most ❑ssurance 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 increase, and there is every reason to .believe, from the opinions ex pressed by the various agents and b; other parties, who aro in a condition to form a reasonable opinion, lhat in the year just corn, menced a still greater amount of business will be transacted by the Society titan 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 ociety. BOW-STREET. SPECIMEN OF A POST-OFFICE SAMIATAKIAN Truro Walsall Waterford Wexford Worcester Wolverhampton Great Yarmouth York. )rcoster e in the f fully decline. Irevious lower. e trade 'heat is Is, oats T. At ut sales planer. rogress was in hanged tpted if Mr. Loxs —What more do you know of this af fair? Witness—Only tht about half an hour ..fter 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 lone nothing by it." GREAT EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1351. % -Notice is hereby given, that important Town, and riff34B which r ) :Ye not been visited by a Deputation from i1 . R.11. the Pr;nce Al.rt, President.of the Society of Arts, will be visited in due course as ,1 1° °n as suitabl e arrangements can b e made. In the meant i me, i t i s requested that the formation of any Local Committee in such plats '" 4 3' be reported forthwith to the Secretary of the Executive Com- DIGBY WYATT, Secretary. I, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. Year. Number of New Po licies issued during each Year. •i Amounts Assured :hY the New Policies of each Year. Annual Premiums payable on the New • Policies of e ich Year. 1842 130 1843 i 208 1844 197 1845 258 1846 199 1847 3 3 1818 I 412 1849 475 £55,245 l 0 87,530 16 11 80,415 8 6 103,014 11 0 83,700 14 5 113,542 4 8 124,45 S 17 9 201,712 15 6 £1,882 13 7 4,592 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 ite 433; 32s per MARKET Total. 1 2192 £849,920 9 9 £33,253 7 11 T HE ISLINGTON CATTLE AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Envowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 William W., cap cxi. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vie., cap. cx. Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. C 4 Pital 200,0001. Shares 11. each, to be paid in full on allotment, thereby avoiding any calls, and unless the Compauy complete the Purchase of the property, the whole amount will be returned to the shareholders. The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares. 4-n e rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures intoreet ou the suoscnbed capital, independent of the removal of Sinithlield Market. TRUSTEES. Gee St aol • one, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street. T wells. Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace church -str ee t . i g n. Sh aw. Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural u (M eV), Strand. fa u t ,''t as —Messrs. Spooner, Attvrocxls, and Co., Gracechurch-street. .te/Tus-3lessrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James street, Bedford-row. day* N for the Allotment of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until the e rs i t hne aPplications will contine to beceived at the Offic of bythe Solicitor, Thomas Ailsoe received at the Office of b sl 'nPaay bythe Solicitor, Thomas Ailsop, Esq , Royal Exchange e - ig , ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee. JOIN T. TIDD, Secretary. Ta E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC on the Philosophy of Th e L , STITIITION, REGENT-STREET. en th e ,'.r!t of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, of Scientific Recreation, daily at . Two o'clock,. and he. Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight. —An entirely and Set Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, Fo g ,. " it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past i toin! and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten.—The View 3. of or 1.1 7. 1 . ‘ r r e_ .ehown daily, at Ono o'clock. —A Lecture on the Cultivation day . Th y ! , e and on tho Art of Singing, by G. CliflOrd, Esq., on Tues. tern" tlr4 da3', and Saturday, at a Quarter to k onr, and on the al t,,::,eteli Ins, at Eight.—Lectures en Chemistry, by Mr. Ashley. lei f ." 3 .tion ot the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope, Diver and Diving- Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. /~ ~-, METROPOLITAN LANDLORDS' PRO- Est TECTION OFFICE, 7, Nicholas-lane, City. I)4sed i nsned to furnish landlords with information respecting pro- Prop er rants and their references, and to pr ,, teet owners of House tri i‘nt.. 7 from the constant finals practised upon them by proposed Of d t a . nd to afford to them legal and other assistance in all cases Pr,,,,,4t.T. at fixed charges. or tases and further infor,ation may be had et the Office, (4014_ieller, addressed to the manager ; or to the Solicitors, Messrs. ray's Inn-place, Gray's Inn. STEREOLATC BLACK CLOTH. L L . 1 113 ,. AND WILSON, 52, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE, JUldie attention to their important improvements in the dye finish of Black and other Clo'hs. By their new process the black stab,: _P!retftnent, does not wear white at the seams, and res:sti . all k rvi ' o. ?T s acid!, &c. The finish is peculiarly - soft and glossy, is t!n a t!) ra'n or dust, and retains an uniform lustre in wear. lor ee,,,".Ptlon of the Stereolaic Clo , h, see Journal of Designs for De ' kr, 1819. N O TICE.—We, the undersigned, hereby give p ater. Notice to our several Agents and the Trade, .that Letters 110,, I Lhave peen granted for our inventtoa in the applt cation of the that the EIDER to purposes of WEARING APPAREL, and 44 .! after this date we shall take such proceedings as we in.ty he fade, , in order to restrain others trots making, or causing to be any infringement upon our said patent and invention. (Signed) H. J. and I). NICOLL, tee. 1, 1849. ItEGENT-STREET and COMNIIII.L. P PHE NOVELTY m os t recently i ntro d uce d b y 1 .4., MESSRS'. NICOLL Is called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWN 4'LtTOT, such novelty consisting fn th e a d ap t a ti on o f Eider Do ra 11 le several purposes of wearing apparel, more particularly in o - . formationf NICOLE PALETOT theprimenal elegance and ititlt of which is, however, faithfully preserved. ,:ildrs are fomid In greatest numbers in Iceland and the Fern Dr,pfll a, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be chicagainst the most severe cold, and even th e sma ll quan tit y 1 terve can be compressed and concealed between the . two hands, wit Ordlttßthe formation of a Paletot, which, while it has most extra. } lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines , it blanket, the great desidera unt for a winter garment u a accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. retk i ' le Inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and 1 14, 7areroOnns, 16 , and 120, REGENT.STREET, and 22, COaNIIILL, Lon 'on. ti•X NICOLL is the distinguishing name given 4 tile r n, ,t° rannent secured by Royal Letters PatT•it , front oridi;Tinitation. It has all the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S invention, the REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA Th and T he NICOLL:TALI:D.)I . s are charge! One, Tw fo'ifeq e- and a-half Guineas, accordi n g w ith the climate or Three, pos e put ' - 114 , "filch they may be required, 14 c1n.`. 6 and 120 ItEGENT-STRRET ; also 22, CORNIIILL th 1 11. ,,„E SEAL FUR PALETOT scatty nature of the material will necessarily confini , 1111 8 ga.rment to a select few ; but he who can afford tht , 41 1.1 1 .1'" will pronounce it to be the most gentlemanly, elegant, and •aleo °4s ant •le f dress hat can possibly be conceived. Messrs. L t. o . however, continue to supply the SEAL FUR b t its present moderate —tat is to say, so long as L e ttie i n 'qp!d does net interfere wait the supply for It must be mind that the number of Seal Skins In the English market 11 , 4. Y ham—, least such as are capable of alaptation to the idca qurPose, that of being formed into the graceful garment ,COLL'S PALETJT. Registered 6 and 7 Vic.. cap, 65. In Vectlon and purchase woul tkereore be desrable. -41 2'2 e, n4 D. -NICOLL, 114, 116, an d, d 120, f RZGENT- i STREET, LONDON. C.) " I STMAS.—One of the new patented inven -00,, on , t 40n.,, t . called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWg PALETOT will f r t l t ivity arm a most acceptable gift at the approaching' season ; N(lsh; ^ nen It is somsWhat dificult to se:ea the at token of N O or affection The lightness and warmth of b his th garment Vtileet, i t highly . serviceable for covering an evening costume 8 , t ile r 0 , 443 1ng the least disarrangement ; aid from the peculiarity -Naetlini,,4!.iell taken, whole it precludes the necessity for any mea liNtarieuctoft as 'merely some slight description of heli;lit . er e Wi ll vuMee to enable.thzi patentees to supply an EIDER i tt l 414E.T0T, at the cost sof SIX GUINEAS, _and which et may tod tiee, , ,cribed as one of the bast preservatives of health ever y k. u, the cn Public. 1) . Nicoll 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, and 22, „p7v:ICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, ,r, REGENT -22, CRN . ( 4: 1 1 a ' and • assumed lu l us. us. of the word PA LETOT, but Messrs. ,the wiare „, t he sole 'Patentees of the design and material. 4: 4l leh e .,:Qiale and Counting Ilotie Departments ter the London , , Ltr - ,„ln the Sh•pping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE and 120, REGENT-STREET. ft A E. I,.zoq u ,urla hall the world are desolately single, end the ether C a e,„ , tt nna married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a of the rid 5t determine ' the former, and miscalculated hopes aitu tio atter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea iC n k:Dro shi a and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un a; la ,_rTY • but the truth lies deeper. rhysical incapacity, 6_ 4-4 se!hi--..•ealth, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness hl - 7,411. - y-Pntent. The dowry should not be the 6nly marriageiteset „,_`•lo„43neur sindjustice demand that health should form au m et — i ;:fiact; it alone dignifies the alliance. 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Near Aldgate's tall church, Father Winter replied, Is a Mart which was never surpassed ; And there you may purchase of Moses and Son Warns clothes that will wear to the last. You are cold, Father Winter, the young man cried, And the gardens no longer look gay; Now tell me what Overcoats Moses have got— Are they tit for your season, I pray? These coats, in their style, Father Winter replied, Arc indeed of a very rare cast ; An t in cloth and in make you will find them tke best, Igo wonder they're selling so fast. You aro cold, Father Winter, the young man - cried, My wife was complaining to-day ; And she asked me , o buy her a Cape and a Muff; Of whom shall I buy them, I pray ? Of Moses and Son, Father Winter replied, The tradesmen whom all sh•uld engage; Whose good and cheap Furs, like the Coats, will protect, When the turbulent elements rage. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. 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Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined .• •• •• • • The l'aletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Over Coat ••••••••••••• • •• • • • • •• •• •• • • 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout ••• • •• •• •• • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin • . Best Black Cassimcre ditto .• ••••••• • • • • • '• 1 6 Autumn and Winter Vests .• •• . ..... •••• .• 0 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto .................... • 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto ........... ...... 0 18 6 „ Dress Coats.-- .• •• • • •from 325. to 215 0 „ Frock ....... . Hussar and Tunic 5uit5............ ..frona 1 5 0 Superfine ............ .. .•• 1 15 0 dien's 61100114 Coat Hr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Brown were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hutnfrey 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 traveller, 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 what 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 forhim 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 mon e y 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-room. A Mr. Wells, an atter ney, appeared for the plaintiff on the second exami natian before the magistrate, and advised the plaintiff not to say anything. Upon this intimation the plaintiff's friends, who were present, refused to become hail for him. Tie attorney's charges defending the plaintiff at the Old Bailey were 11/ Gs. 81. The prisoner said to the policeman when taking him to the station, "This is the very thing I want; I can play with them now." For the defendants it was admitted that the liberty of the subject should never be lightly dealt with. The plaintiff, although he was at first very attentive to business, afterwards became negligent and careless, giving occasion for complaint, and on the 14th of January he was discharged ; up on w hi c h h e sa id , " 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 caned, from whose testimony it ap• peered that on the 30:11 of December the plaintiff re ceived from a customer of the defendant's 14/. los. 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 hooks, 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 ,fernent between the plaintiff and the defendants since he previous June. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the case to the jury. The jury retired, and at length returned a verdict for the plaintiff-I)smage9, one farthing. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 7. WOOD V. HUTTON AND ANOTHER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) '['he CHIEF BARON, in the course of his summing up, said he entirely concurred with an observation which was 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 aide or the other, and he thanked God that this was so in such a case as the present. His 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 nt the time of the settlement with the defendants on 30th of Jan., 1833, they would find a verdict for the plaintiff; if, on the other hand, they thought he was perfectly sane and capable of understanding what he was about, their verdict would be for the defendants. The jury interrupted his Lordship before he had con cluded, to say, that they wished to g:ve him as little trouble as possible, as they had already made up their tr i 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 tke conclusion of the summing up, said they had found a verdict for the de fendants. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLRoYD.) IN RH DELAFIELD. Mr. LAWILENCE 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 400/, and this was the property upon which the assignees considered they had the strongest claim. He applied to the court, under the 1531 section of the new Act, to sanction this arrange ment by the assignees. Ilis lloNonit 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. ley 23s Butter ending average to 395; ie. 3 : ) -40 s ; to 265; 215 to 9s, - neW ; barley, rinding 19s, old to 364, ;s; malt 63 per Is to 00s to-day, the de [earance )ut they jigs was s. Beef 51 ( 1 to at, 3s 6d ns 2d LO broueit )re than average ght for st week. down-- forward , up, and entity of k. Price 3 unsold. od 6ci 4d od _ o supplY than last xcellent. op price ;J; mid e ore than e sheep. to rates. it, 5d to ; foreign Id; oats, s 6d. ra 14s 6d; s t 6s to Ss Id; wheat )d per toe. s; average —Farmers ) 00s 04 to bi d; 5d - to Goals- - It Neatb per cwt. L. Meat 1 4d t° 9a 5d per 31 be Pe r , French er tOll O . 19s; re d 0 001 Poi lity, lad; t o 186; per lb. Guano Lrehangel :TS. er to-dal at of bu' nly van' .1%. .day, $ 13(1 vas done• ra, 5 per Fifths, 6 4 itto, NeW yes, 20/1 C.), 22 4 Pe r 1, Congo'e stle, and 50. 4 dies 4% dis. were a j o hire an u idon an d I3;lveor QuArterS L-Eastern were . 0 1 hire, ‘i WolVer' were at North k (No" were as marnockr ;__Ditto► 7s. 6d.- 0 i Britisb , ,k, Nevi" Iferencey, ived 10 ion o: clef sever° "ountri ivids! • Ltes,l% .een °f* Hobart Velcb, (:f olloweY ' ° Diemen fader the A sc h a rgeo niserab l Y with the Mimi he ,toplelelf healthy, e o g n f I a ausao 1i 0, the Ref. ies, tLe 1 Hey"' f 1310111' wife of •d tbi lli [alder' E 94•, 0 wler, °( berwellt ad Js9 ` 9 * s si— son of INth do• 115 saw ° The past year hes been the most remarkable In the history of As. stir:trice Societies, on account of the prevalence of the grievous epi. demiC of cholera. The mortality of that disease haviafgreatly ex, ceeded in intensity the mortality which attended its flrst appearance in this country in 1532, it could hardly be expected that Life Offices _ _ should escape its influence ; and it is understood that most offices of any matmitude have suffered more or less from the ravages of this disease. The Directors are therelbre 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 184 G. 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 with the calculations on which the tables of the Society are founded, and that, after a minute and careful analysis, they tied new, as they found when a similar inquiry was made in the year 1845, that the results in both classes of lives approximate most closely to the lumber 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 eons that the pr‘ mining charged by this Company on unsound lives are too high. But it should be recollected that at the time 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 porpose of showing, so far as the test of eight years' business can prove the correctness of the tables which governed their dealings with unsound lives, that the rates charged upon such lives in no way exceed the actual risks upon thoe 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 from the same scientific sources and sta- tistical data which have so long been felt necessary in the best established and most successfsl 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 meetii:g. 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. (.., I EA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, 31, COItNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,ooo/., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in full on allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest ofs per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up 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 terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. Ity order, AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. NOTICE. MITHFIELD Chili' PRIZE CATTLE ►/ SHOW and EXHIBITION of SEEDS, ROOTS, IMPLE MENTS, &c., 1849, commences on TUESDAY, instead of WEDNESDAY, and closes on FRIDAY Evening, instead of SATURDAY M heretofore, 11th, Nth, 13th, and 14th December. Bazaar, King-street, Port man-square. IN RE BEVIRL. Mr. DUNCAN applied to the Court in an insolvency case that took place in 1842. The insolvent had been am undergraduate of Cambridge University. He had obtained his final order. his relations had effected an arrangement with a portion of the creditors, and were desirous of paying 203. 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. His lloarouß 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 Hosoug acceded to this application. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULTIURN.) IN RE T. S. STORY—TUB ST. ALBAN'S BA/CC. 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, 1843, when he owed to unsecured creditors 11,0141,, 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 3,5421., 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 i n M r . M are t t ' s character of executor to the Rev. C. Lomax, 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, 1,517/., 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. His HONOUR 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. He would give the case his seri ous consideration, and deliver his judgment on Mon day next. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE ) IN RE REUBEN MICIIABL. 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 Got. or 4001. at one sitting, either in Leicester-square or at Boulogne. Ile had on one oc casion won as much as 51., but his risks were gene rally to the extent of no snore than half a-cro.vn 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 journment. The object of the bankrupt seemed to be to visit Boulogne, and to come to this court to get whitewashed. Ile should order an adjournment for the produclion of th e w ill. There were oth er groun d s why he should not pass the examination. Tu e bank rupt appeared to have entered upon a course o f reckless trading, feeling that he had his wife's in come to fall back upon. Examination adjourned accordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SEN 1 ENCES. The following is a --- Ciorrectiist o f the se n t ences, &c., passed during th e l as t s i tt i ng o f this Court:— DEATH RECORDED.—CharIes Corby, TRA.NSPORTATION.—Twenty Years—Wm. Rolls. Ten Years—George Davis, Thomas Chislett, Marga ret Mitchell, Thomas Allen, Wm. Long, George Joven, John Sleigh, Charl es Sl e i g h, Thomas Haycock, Henry King, John Cummings, Henry Donovan, Henry Morgan, Ellen Lane, James May, Richard Ive. Seven Years—George Brown, Margaret Sullivan, Jonathan Pointing, Wm. White alias Sullivan, James Sp ,over, Charles Kent, John Harris, George Wood c .ek, Thomas Condon, Edward Fletcher, Mary Ann Hughes, E. Homan, Richard Fidler, George Ediker, Joseph Hadley Redden (and previously one month's im prisonment), Chas. Langhue, John Smith alias Ambrose Nicholson, John Gally, Edward Joseph Scarut, Evans Sutton, Martin Connor. IMPRISONMENT.—Two Years—Michael Whall. Eighteen Months—David Lee, George Gilpin, Wm. Blackmore, John Green, Merritty, Charlotte Leighton, Charles Leighton. Twelve Months—Henry Herbert, John James, Wil liam Moore Eclipse Reddell, William Leivis„.4ainea Bowrick, Mary ArDonald, Jacob Vunderberg, Charles Boardman, John Webster, Jacob Hess, George Chalk, James Gardener, Eliza Howard Billi ng t on , John Mry Go Dennis a William Ryan, Emmett, Ro Robert a tlf ur l l ia es s s, S lVi t l l li a a n, Joseph,mdßentley Jack son, William Richardson, Thomas Hill, Susan Peake, John Hardy, Sarah Stanton, James Chapman, Jane Marshall, Frederick Turton, William Giggs, Robert Bowman. Nine Months—John Wade, Richard Turner, Thomas Webb, Charles Edwards, Jena Pickett, Alexander Bailey, James Welch, John Hill, James Mopp, James Williams, William Clear, Mary Ann Thomas, Edwin 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, Elips Watson, Ann Smith, William Knight, Thomas Paterson, Henry Carter, Lucy Wyatt, Sarah Harrington, Ellen Littlejohns ' Wm. Hill, Daniel Daley, Diana King, Peter Joseph Dolly, Sarah Solomons, Joseph Smith, Ann Kingman. John Bailey, Wm. Hib bard, James Wilson, Joseph Osmotherly, George Day, James D.ek, Edward Cox. Four Months—Hyam 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, Wm. Jack son, Henry B.)gers, Maria Cronin. Three Months—Henry Snell, Benjamin Masters, Catherine Donoghue, William Bishop, John Connell, Thomas Barges.; John Parrott, H enr y Ch am p, J o h n Hogan, Walt e r Rogers, Patrick 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. ACQUITTALS.—Francia Williams, Thomas Macdonald, Mary Fox, William Wheeler, Hannah Sheerer, George William Bunney, Thomas Phillips, John llooper, Chas. James Smith, Daniel Bryant, Elen Hurley, Daniel Dale, John 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 GczAey. BILLS NOT FOUND.—llenry Pickering, Thomas Simp kins, Henry James Williams. JUDGMENT RESPlTED.—Benjamin Hopkins Bond, Thomas Carson, Theodore Wick. REMANDED UNTIL NEXT SESSION. .Thomas Brandon, Hugh Swan, Samuel Elphick, Thos. Bernard Macartby, Jas. Grady, George Grant, Henry Bathurst Monkhouse. ACQUITTED ON THE GROUND OP INSANITY. John 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. lie 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. He, therefore, did not intend to produce further evidence. Sir J. DUKE observed that some shares had been recovered. Hedington, the offica, 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 DUKH 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 Marne, late of 3, Warnford-court, stock-broker, was again brought up before Sir James 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 priso ner . Mr. Lucas said th a t h e lad to establish two charges, one baing that of not surrendering to the fiat, and the other of embezzlinc , three Exchequer-bills, which were entrusted to him for safe custody. On the for- 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 po,tage stamps. The prisoner, having been suspected of other rob beries' was under the observation o f P e ak" the constable attached to the Gener a l 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 been sent by a lady at Chelsea to a friend in the country. t The prisoner, who was known among his fellow servants as apparently a very religious man, having family prayers daily, was remanded for further proof of the non-delivery of the letter, upon which he will be committed for trial. Themes Hickey was again examined, on sucpigion of stabbing William MiCarthy, an Irizh 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 he 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 remanded for still further examination. MARYLEBONE. After the disposal, by Mr. Long, of msnyeases o .rifling importance, Sarah Drake, a will-dressed woman, about forty years of age, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Whitcher, of the Detective Police, 27 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 cro wiled. 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 m), 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. LONG—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 2d instant an inquest was held on the body. 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 that 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. LONG —Did she make any observation upon your mentioning this to her ? Witness—None, your Worship, but she sat down and began to cry. Sergeant Whitcher corroborated, in every important particular, the preceding evidence ; and he called as the next witness in the case, Mary Anne Wignsll, who said—l am kitchen-maid to Mr. Huth. The prisoner came to her situation last Monday week. Mr. LONG—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 isetweea 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 when 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. LONG —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 Whitcher—She lives at Shirley, near Croydon, and has had the child to nurse. Mr. LONG (to the witness Wigzell)—Did you have any further communication with the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, sir; at twelve o'clock in the 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 she 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 d:d not wish the other servants to know anything about it, as they might imagine she wes 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 3 ou 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, been destroyed). George Glasse—l am butler in the family. The prisoner came 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 The last and most important witness was Mary Anne Bridge, who said—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, " Tim 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 ans veered 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 said 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 he 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 Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having bean read by Mr. Woodthorpe, the city and hospital docquets were severilly sealed, and the list of applicants for the freedom of the city was read, and the parties admitted accordingly. DEATH OF IDE QUEEN 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 or the demise of her Majesty the Queen Dowager." Mr. J. WooD (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 occasion, he (Mr. Wood) felt that he was simply doing his duty to the Cuurt, as also to his own feelings. Ile 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. Itih-st 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. WIRE observed that it was with no small degree of satisfaction that he rose upon that occasion to second the motion proposed by the chairman 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 fur 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 furnished 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 appointei 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 given 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 mews. Lord EaRINGTON 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 he 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 Ebrirgton, Mr. llawes, 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 characte r, was then disposed of, and the court adjourned. EXETER HA LL —Handers Messiah was repeated last night, exec uted by the same solo vocalists as those who were tug, ,ged upon the former occasion. The " Dead March" in Saul, finely and impressively rendered by the orches za, preceded the oratorio, in respectful tribute to the memory of the Queen Dowager. The platform was hung with black, and the singers were attired in deep mourning—a characteristic also of the greater part of the audience. The oratorio was delivered with tr anscendant excellence, and the funereal associa tions w ill which it was associated added to the gran deur 2 tad sublimity of its effect. The attendance of visitors was sufficiently large to fill the entire hall. AVAL ~ervice will Admiral Prescott, was much better yt. soon be convalescent. • -4, c , The report of the committee of inquiry into the allegations of the midshipman's mess on board the Eurydice, 26, at Portsmouth, against the First Lieutenant of that ship, has not yet been officially made to the Admiralty. Captain Horatio Austen, C.B , superindent of steam vessels afloat, relieves Commodore Eden as: superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, on Monday. next, for six weeks, the Gallant Commodore proceed ing on leave of absence. .APPOINTMENT S . Lieutenant Thomas Higgins to be in command o No. 1 Battery, coastguard station (Folkstone) • vice Robert Hopkins, removed. Robert Hussy Mow bray, to be in command of No. 62 Tower, coast guard station ; vice Job Rennet Clarke, removed. Surgeon—Charles W. White (1841) to the Phae ton, 50, fitting at Sheerness. Assistant Surgeons-111111am J. Gruggens (1841 ) and Dr. Henry Arnot, to the Phaeton. POIITIZOUT/1, DEC. 6.—The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, will he 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 his ex-unka tion for Master on the 24th of September. The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, 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 PONT AND PITTING. In the Harbour —The Victory and Illustrious flag ships ; the Excellent gunnery-ship ; the Blenheim steam-guard ship ; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy, the Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet, from Holyhead, and the Echo tug. In Dock—The Britannia, 120 ; the Dauntless, 24 ; the Fantome, 16 ; the Lily, 16 ; the Fox, 42 ; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam-frigates. In the Basin—The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actiron, 26 ; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam vessels. In the Steam basin—The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent, the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building—The Royal Frederick, 120; the Prince of Wales, 120 ; the Princess Boyal, 90 ; the Argus and the Furious steam-sloops. PBUDROKS, DEc. s.—This day at 12 noon Col. Love, C. 8., 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 dejeuner with the officers of the garrison. Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, 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 Love 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. PLYM')UTII, 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 front 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 Citsdel, 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 clo'sed. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Flamer, from Queens town, arrived yesterday, and sailed again for Wool wich to be paid off. 'Her Majesty's frigate Constance, 50, Captain G. W. C. Citturtenay, is to be unmasted to-morrow, aid 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 without 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. THE SUPERINTENDENC E OF TUE DOCKYAED. Much surprise is expressed at the long. deferred appearance of a successor to Admiral-Superiutend ent Sir John Louis. Rumour several weeks since upon ve r y l eg i t i mate foundation, fixed o n Captain the Right Hono ura bl e L ord John Haw, 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 difficulty 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 Willian Victualling-yard and the Royal Naval Hos pital, both at present in charge of Captain John Toup Nicolas, KH. 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. CHATHAM, DEC. 7. The Iris, 26 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 Gth instant, and having undergone examination, and their copper bat. toms cleaned, were bath 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 the 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. The 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 ordi nar y h ave their colours hoisted half-mast high, on account of the death of the Queen Dowager ; the ulna mark of respect is also shown at the Ordnance, and also at the military forts surrounding the garrison. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, rORTIXILL-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN - FlELDS.—Yestorday evening a mating was held in the board room of this institution n Portugal-street. It appeared that the committee were making every effort to liquidate the liabilities incurred by the ready admission given to all cholera and diarrhea patients during the recent visitation. The applicaats having been admitted at all hours, without any form of introduction, the numbers who sought admission ren dered the necessary additions, both to the nurses and medical officers for daily and nightly attendance, cau iug an excess of expenditure over income of nearly 6001., up to the close of the Michaelmas quarter. In addition to the receipt of three-fourths of a collection at Lino iln's 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 a liberal donation from the papils of the Camberwell Collegiate School, in connexion with King's College; the latter being towards the fund for enlarging the present hospital. Some routine business having trans pired the meeting separated. THE RECENT Loss or THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFE BOIT .—The sufferers by this lamentable affair have left seventeen 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-boats, since they were 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, Launcelot Burn, found on the Herd Sands, was held on Thursday, by Mr. Pavel, the coroner. The principal witness examined was John Millburn, one of the superintendents of the life-boat. Ile had gone out with her, and 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-boat 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 per s o n s. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. A subscription has been opened on behalf of the unfortu• nate families. Tan LETTER.BOXES.—As the management of the Pest-office 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 is the mouths of the let:et-boxes, so that they could be easily extracted. Thip should be remedied.—Correspondeut 01 the 13.4ificr.