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CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. INVALID LIVES. In addition to the ordinary Assurance of Healthy Lives, this So ciety, early in the year 1824, originated the plan of granting Policies on the Lives of Persons more or less deviating from the standard of health. Having issued one-fourth of the whole number of Policies on Lives of that description, the Board have recently caused a careful investigation into this branch of the business to be made. The result of this investigation has proved highly satisfactory as to the past, aid encouraging for the future. The data derived from long experience in this class of cases, and exclusively available by this Society, en able the Directors to state with confidence their conviction that the system now adopted by them for Assuring Invalid Lives is as safe and beneficial as that upon which the scale for Healthy Lives is con structed. BONUSES. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold a ivantage : —Provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while living. The Assu*ed has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or f..• feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid. Division of Profits Annual. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. Increased facilities for travelling. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. • Age. 0 1 1) , Pre- taken addition Bonus in d uc ti on o f may bor " 4 , , c ; ill Perma- Sum the Annual Policy Bonus f nent Re- Assured '' e, mitun. out in to Sum 1 Cash. Annual row on cil .--- 1 --- s Assured., , Premium. Policy. X s. d.i £ a El. £ c d. £ s. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 I 543 17 9 £ ids. d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 494 8 10 1839 211 18 6 95 16 9 14 . 717 445 0 0 60 1000 1 74 3 4 I 1840 163 84751510 11 10 9 395 11 1 {lB4l 159 3 4 71 0 0 10 19 8 1346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 81 37 10 0 5 14 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the °dice, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for warded post free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOUSE, Actuary. NATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE lOCIETY, rOULTRY, MA NS NS URANCE ION- S FIOUgE, LONDON. Capital—Quarter of a Million. TRUSTEES. Orlando Crease, Esq. George Moore, Esq. Jansen Peek, Esq Peter Rolt, Esq. DIRECTORS. RAPID WADDINGTON, Esq., M.P., Chairman. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Charles James Jones, Esq. (William and Thomas Jones and Co.) William Lawson, Esq. (Traver, Lawson, and Trower.) John Mair, Esq. (John Mair, Son, and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. Hananiah Teape, Esq. (Wiggins, Teape, and Loder.) BANKERS—Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. SECRETARY—Jenkin Jones, F. 1.1. This Society is established for the general Insurance of Buildings, Furniture, Merchandize, Stock in Trade, and other descriptions of Personal Property, against loss or damage by Fire, and offers to the public the following advantages A subscribed capital, amounting to a quarter of a million ster ling, securing to the insured an ample fund for the payment of losses, and no responsibility of partnership. 2. Rates as low as is consistent with safety. 3. Each case submitted to this Office will be taken at a Premium, ac..,or.ling to its risk, without reference to tariffs which are binding on other societies. 4. Policies of seven years are allowed an abatement of one year's Premium and duty. 5. Policies for a shorter period than twelve months can be effected On more favourable terms to the insured than in any other office. 6. In , urances are granted for loss of rent during the period of re instatement of damage by fire ; and a reasonable allowance will be naade for the removal of goods in time of danger. 7. A.'_ claims, when admitted by this Society, are immediately dis- C!,fti,ed, without deduction or discount. S. Ail the permanent and solid advantages conferred by Companies Of a similar character are secured by this Society. JENKIN JONES, F.1.A., Secretary. L A \V LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY FLEET-STREET, LONDON. January 15, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that a General Meeting of the Proprietors of Use Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 2d day of February next, at half-past Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society np tothe 31st December last, and for General Purooses. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. Business will commence at Twelve o'clock precisely. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blackwall er intermediate Piers, Fore Cable.. ••• •• • 9d. Saloon • •.. Is. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 8, e% le, 9%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. Week Days, at 9%, 11, 12, 1%, 3,4, and 5. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 3%, and 5. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hear before each of these times. Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. Three Months BOAT TICKETB.—Twelve Months, 4s. onts, 21. 15s. ; , 1/. 15s. ;to be had ef the Collectors on h board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Illackwall. Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail way, at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for . Por terage at Fenchurch. s t ree t i s Id. for small parcels, and 20. for large pa rcels. November 7, 1848. r ■ntlE NEW PORTABLE A.LARUiVi, best Paris made, size of a small snuff-box, can be placed on the dressing -table, and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price, Three Guineas. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Goldsmiths, Watehmakersvlce., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London. JACK FROST'S LECTURE OR, A A. SKETCH FOR ME SKATERS. In Snowball-road, not far from Winter-square, Stanes Skater's Hall— a very fine affair. And here, for years, while many a form has shivered, Jack Frost his annual lecture has delivered. So being fond of skates, as well as rhymes (For poets condescend to skate at times), I Purposed that when Jack should lecture next, I'd go and listen how he used his text. The time arrived, and posters on the wall An nounced Jack Frost's address at Skaters' Hall. So in I went, with half-a•guinea ticket, A nd got a sitting, just in time to pick it. The Hall was shortly filled to suffocation, And every one appeared in expectation. t ut though we th us were j amme d , as i n a vice, Each auditor appeared as cold as ice. At length the learned lecturer arose, . . While greeting hundred s , s t am p e d w ith tingling toes ; 4,11 d wishing all to know what there I heard, I co pied down th e l ec t ure , wor d f or wor d. L'ad'es and Gentlemen," said Master Jack, " I Chiefl y dwelt on sk a t es a t we l vemon th ba c k ; ut now I really think I can't do less Than let you know my thoughts on SKATING DRESS. Dress is a most essential thing in skating, To say 'tis not, would be but useless prating. -lave and SON , w h o c h arge a mo d era t e pr i ce , - "eve most superior clothing for the ice. Clothing in which all skaters should equip, Who wish to thaw the evils of a dip. N o fear of water giving cold," said Jack, " With MOSES' Waterproofs upon your back. I 'm glad this amphitheatre discloses Such q u alities orskating•coats from MOSES. I see," said Mr. Frost from where he stood, You're like the Lord Mayor's Fool—you know what's good ; And none of you, I find, have been such flats, As not to purchase MOSES' SKATING HATS. Fitting, elastic, Y ee, Skating Hats—you'll understand the term, AreAdsil waterproof, and firm ; qualities on which I'm no w dilating, ng,.i. 2 4 tested in the sport such pursui, nose valued needfuls—MOSES' With YII SKATING BOOTS. oets like these, in every sense first-raters, ou Cannot ne_. fail in being splendal skaters ; tues, t he leather and the ma k e are su c h A 3 As any Gentleman would value much. -;:„(-) Penetr ating snow, no drenching damp .1-;en find a ccess to give ' the feet the cramp. -.l.ve al so thought o f many things worth stating, Conte so MOSES' HOSIERY FOR SKATING. ITOf course you know, that for a moderate price, M: 11 get those choice etceteras for the ice ; _ _°_,ES and SON supply the very best VI-Neckerchiefs and Gloves, and all the rest; .1.,,,0d, furthermore, I would assure you, Sirs, That MOSES' aell the choicest SKATING FURS. lo'nra:iliroer;„"isaid Jack, " that all the ladles present, Will patro lean% help looking rather pleasant, e Prete t Ban se that M art, whose Fur goods warm, With this tehfeair ones from each wintry storm." Amid the c he lecture r politely bowed, E. M OSES and peering of the assembled crowd. their low lists Emigrants to ' ON be g to call the attention of •,„. . sof outfits, commen (including every necessary) at .°5 , lower if reqnired. The list can be had en application' post rree or sent Xottee dre n's Dr —A New Department fer the sale et Parasols and Chll E. esses has been opened at 157, Mineries. e o „, n MOSEM and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting leZe• w a hich possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort 0 1 b t' B. U. and S. are convinced they will be much approved y the public, Shooting Coats, i n a variety of materials from Bs. 6d. to 21 s . The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, fr0m........., 17s. Od. to 325. LIST OF PRICES. REAY MAE. A.Otu..- es al nal and Winter Coats, in D the D all new styles .• from £0 9 6 0 ,4 leld and Codrington's, and every description f Over -coats, handsomely trimmed •• •• •• —— 'ne Premier....... .... D'o rsay ..:: ••• • • • • • • • • .• ....... ...... .... ... Shooting Coat; ..... • • • • • • • • •• •• • . • • • • • •.. .... :: :: ::. .. ditto . Autumn and Winte • r :• T . : Trousers .. • • .. • • • • • .• • • • • • . D oeskin A • trngsmerloaatand Winter VestS • • • :: :: :: : '• :: :: :: :: : •• •• : •• : R ys' Vassar and Tnn"ic S • u • i • ts • :: :: :: .... :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Antumn and Whiter 2 4AD1S I TO MEASURE. TMilled cloth Coat Coats , n all the newest style rem £1 6 0 'Dweed Trouser* ..•••••••"•• • • • • • . • • .. eed Wrapp er , ...: '••••• • • • • .. ...... ............ 0 9 6 New Patent Trou sers, in all th Doeskin Trousers... .... .. .. e• .a.p•p7o.•;e.d. styles„ .... 0 0 16 6 Beet, er Dress...: •••••••'"••• • • • • • • • •• • • . ..... 1 2 0 Best quality Dress Coats .. • • ...... .. :• .• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • .•• .. 1 6 0 1 12 0 Frock do. ............ ... :: •••• • • • • ........ ...• 2 15 0 1 15 0 Cassimere Ve5t........ ......- ••••••" •. • • • • • ... 3 3 0 Satin, Plain or Fancy ........:::: —•••••• •• ... .„ 0 8 6 sinotice. Hussar and Tunic Salts ...... • • .....: :: •••••• • • • • • • 0 12 0 Mourning to any extent at Five niin . u . t . e . .. • • • • '• 1 9 0 A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. li.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial at t e e i n:ti a On to their pro goamnnit And unique, eent Stock of juvenile attire. The desnros a r oad the 'workmanship and materials are such a to c cleraeCrobation, while at the same time the prices are unusuTylveleor: it t• MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, II tter, 4dTe•• 4ters• Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General O utlltte i r s f --- ",„! and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and ii• oi !g. and 86 _tailgate, City, London. earenrne•—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to men. es__ no—Any approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, th e ''Leeney returned, pobit4l`)L—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the lin e iiegainst i mpostors, but have learned that the untradesman bke bees 'lleed " being connected with them, or it's the same concern, I,4....resortedo in many instances, and for obvious reason& 41141 110 u wat) Centxion with any other house in or out of London; _ e desire genuine and chean clothing, &0,, should call at, °t . os se nd , _ to, . iKinortes and Aldgate, City, London. Illize .N 0 business transacted at this estabXshment from sun , ". 1 7 till sunset Saturday, when busbies is resumed till twelve 1 5 0 0 15 0 1 8 0 1 6 0 0 11 6 O 4 6 0 12 6 O 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 O 16 6 The Two First Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the Premiums paid. The Third, 281. per cent. The FOURTH Bonus, declared January, 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent. ; and from the large amount of Profit reserved for future appropriation, and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter are expected to exceed that amount. . The Balance Sheets of this Society (containing every item of Re ceipt and Expenditure) are at all times open far the inspection of any of the Assured. Tables of Rates and the last Report can be obtained of GEO. H. PINCKARD, Actuary, /to. 99, Groat-Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Or of any of the Society's Agents. ; 91 : ;IL7? ~ce,4 ' fift - r : 1 : 1 '1:1 1 ! : ' v x\ ll "Jet Vr* ix „ 4 7. ), • , a, 4 so. T,4 l'• „ \,,. z //2 [PRICE eSD. N0.17,572.] LONDON, FRIDAY v NING TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, held at the Banking-house of the Company, in Princes-street, Man sion House, on THURSDAY, January 18, 1849, AMBROSE MOORE, Esq., Chairman. WM. JAS. LANCASTER, Esq.. Deputy-Chairman. mace TORS. William James Lancaster, Esq. Sir John M"faggart, Bart., M.P. George Meek, Esq. William Metcalfe, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. John Timothy Oxley, Esq. George Scholefield, Esq. William Shadbolt, Esq. George Taylor, Esq. Win. Moan'', Esq. Sir Felix Booth, Bart. Sir George Carroll, Alderman. William Miller Christy, Esq. William Curling, Esq. George Ilolgate Foster, Esq. William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. Henry Grace, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. The MANAGER—George Pollard, Esq. SOLICITORS —Messrs Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morice, The following report was presented : The statement now submitted to the Shareho l ders of the business of the Bank during the half-year ending the 30th of December last, show , the net profit to be 24,7751. 2s. 10d. T: is amount added to the 15,490/. 3s. Bcl. left at the cred t of the profit and loss account of the preceding half-yiar, gives the sum of 40,265/. 6s. Gd. to be now disposed of. The Directors, therefore, have decided to declare the usual divi dend, after the rate of 61. per centum per annum, and also a bonus of 7s. per share, both free from Income-t ,x. These payments will leave a balance of 1,265/. Gs. Gd. to be carried to the credit of the guarantee fund, which, with the six mon' hs' interest added thereto, acco-ding to the provision of the Dee of Settlement, will amount to 128,765/. Os. Gd. The seats in the direction which become vacant on this occasion are those of Sr Felix Booth, Bart , William Miller Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., 34. P , Henry Grace, Esq., and Sir Richard Jenkins, G C B. ; and tkese gentlemen again offer them selves as andidates for reelection. The Dividend and Bonus will be payable on and after Friday, the 26th instant. The preceding rerort having been read to the meeting by. the Secretary, a dividend for the half-year, ending the 31st December last, after the rate of 67. per centum per annum, and a further divi sion of 7s. per share out of the net profit of the year ending as above, were declared by the Chairman. Resolved unanimously, " That the report now read be received, and that it be printed for the use of the Shareholders." The following Directors having re'ired by rotation, were unani mously re-elected, viz. : —Sir Felix Booth, Bart., William Miller Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., Henry Grace, Esq., and Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. Resolved unanimously, "That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman and Directors for their excellent management of the affairs of the Bank." Resolved unanimously, " That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be given also to Mr. Pol lard, the Manager, Rir the manner in which be promotes the interest of the Bank, and the attention he pays to the customers." (Signed) AAIBROSE MOORE, Chairman. (Extracted from the minutes.) (Signed) F. HEWETT, Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Parties desirous of As suring their Lives with the greatest security and at the least pos sible present outlay, and with the utmost future gain, or of profitably investing their savings, are advised, before they decide upon so impor tant a matter, in which their future comfort and the happiness of those near and dear to them are concerned, to consult THE REPORTER, AND ASSURANCE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES' CHRONICLE, Edited by JAMES IRVING SCOTT, Published Monthly, by W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, price 3d., by post 4d., which contains full and exclusive reports of the proceed ings, and detailed announcements of the plans of all the leading As surance Companies. Delivered in any part of London for 35., and posted to the country for 4s. a year, which may be remitted in post age stamps. Parties wishing to Assure are advised by private letter for a small fee. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. Pursuant to Act 6 and 7 Tic., cap. 65. Messrs. SWAIN and Co., 379, Oxford-street, in announcing the preparation of this garment, desire to have it known that it bears no of to the common produce vaunted as built of the Llama Wool, a material possessing a property by reason of which it can be woven into a cloth, and which is to every manufacturer of the em pire, or of Europe, a thing' unknown. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. George Davison, Sheffield; Mr. Robert Tinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight; Mr. Henry Hewitt, Manchester ; Mr. Maddox, Liverpool ; and Mr. John Whitty, 8, Col• lege-green, Dublin, sole agents for its sale in the above towns. I'YEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, lls. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders oulv. Sold wholesale only at Grirnstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 88, Conthill and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ;:for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver uses-office. CURE of 29 YEARS' ASTHMATIC COUGH b y D R. LOCOCK'S PUL MONIC WAFERS. " Middleton, near Manchester, July 28, 1848. " Sir,—l am now 44 years of age, and I have been afflicted with an asthmatic cough since I was a boy 15 years of age. During that time I have resorted to every means in my power to remove it, but in vain, until last Sunday, when I sent for a small box of Dr. Lo_ cock's Wafers. I have taken two boxes since, and from the effects they have had upon me, I feel no doubt of a speeiy recovery. " G. STRINGER." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFER', give instant relief, and a rapid cure of Asthma, Coughs, and all disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice ; they have a pleasant taste. Price Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d., and Ifs. per box..—Agents : Da Silva and Co. 1, Bride.lane, Fleet-street, Londo n . S o l d by all medicine vendors. Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, rrHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC- L TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of Instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent. By F. B. COURTENAY, " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by H. Banner°. 219, Regent.street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. Tic DOLonsITX CriIiAALC, JAMES' CELEBRATED ASTILIAN TINC TURE FOR TIIE TIC DOLOREUX, will prove an invaluable medicine to those suffering from this most excruciating and hitherto-considered incurable complaint. A know ledge of its surprising efficacy has induced the proprietors to bring it more extensively before the Public than has hitherto been done, and thus confer a blessing upon thousands now labouring under that distressing malady; the first application not only easing the patier.t of all pain, but effecting in almost every case, a lasting cure. As a remedy for Toothache, the proprietors can confidently recom mend it as one that cannot be surpassed. This medicine is also a certain specific for Spasms, however violent, especially in the stomach or bowels, and from its perfect freedom from anything of a deleterious character, may be administered under any circumstances with entire safety. Prepared by CARSON and Co., Liverpool, sole Proprietors, and sold wholesale, for them by Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Sutton, and Co., Butler and Harding, I. Sanger, Dietrichsen and Hannay, London; Southall Brothers, Birmingham; I. and R. Raimes and Co., Edinburgh; Bolton, Blanshard, and Co., York ; Clay and Har vey, and E. S. Rogers, Liverpool; and retail by the following Chemists :—Collins, 54, Piccadilly; Woolridge, Bath-place, New road; Fisher, Crawford•street ; Holmes, Spriug•street, Sussex gardens; Emery, Notting-hill; or any reßpectable Patent Medicine Vendor throughout the kingdom. INQUEST AT KENSINGTON. Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest, in the board room of the Kensington Workhouse,on the body of John Wilkins, one of the twenty-three boys belonging to that parish, removed from Mr. Drouet's establishment, and who was subsequently attacked with cholera, from the effects of which he died. After the evidence of the boy's mother respecting his death, the CORONER directed the daughter, nine years of age, to be brought into the inquest-room. She was brought in, in the arms of a nurse, wrapped in a blan ket. On examining the child, the Coroner said he had never before seen such a bad case of itch: it was really fright ful. Mr. Blackwell explained to the Coroner and jury. The girls had been removed from the Tooting establish ment ever since the 9th of November last, in conse quence of the complaints of some of them that Mr. Drouet's brother had acted improperly towards them. The girl was then removed from the room, and the Coroner repeated that she was a perfectly sickening sight. Fanny Bailey deposed that she was fourteen years of age, and, while in Mr. Drouet's establishment, was a helper in the ward in which the deceased boy was placed. She knew him, and used to see him frequently. There wore sixty-five boys generally in the ward. The Coroner—Did all the children dine together in the hall (the number was stated to be 1,372)? Witness—No, sir; about 700 dined in the hall, and the others in other parts of the premises: some in the wards. The Coroner—Did you ever complain of the food you had at Tooting? Witness —No, sir, I was always afraid to speak about Mr. Drouet, or of what we had to eat, for fear of punishment. The Coroner—Did you ever know of any of the children being punished for speaking of the food they had there? Witness—Some of the Chelsea girls were. Mr. Drouet blew them up. By the Coroner—When any of the Kensington guar dians came to see their children, they saw them in the parlour, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Drouet, the governess and schoolmaster, and nurses, and never alone. By a juror —Was only once present when the guardians saw them alone. The Coroner—Now, on your oath, had you ever, while at Tooting, enough to eat? Wit ness—Not when I bad my meals in the hall. Had enough when I was in the ward, as the nurse gave me more than the allowance. Thomas Mills, twelve years of age, was next exa mined. He could neither read nor write, and he did not know his catechism, and the Coroner would not there fore administer the oath to him. He stated that he had been occasionally to school; was employed with another boy to scour out two of the attics, which were sleeping rooms. Sometimes they were done every morning, but generally once a week. They were each paid twopence a week for doing so. There were 12 beds in one room, and 13 beds in the other, and in each bed three boys slept. Never while at Tooting had enough to eat; was always hungry after his meals. A great many boys had run away from Drouet's establishment. The Coroner—Tell us what you think made the children bad, and brought the cholera to Tooting. Witness—Want of enough " grub." There were no water-closets to go to at night at Tooting, but two tubs were placed in each bedroom, which the boys used. The CORONER here asked Mr. Guazzaroni (the medi cal officer of the workhouse) if he had ever visited the Tooting establishment and examined the quality of the food there ? Mr. Guazzaroni replied that he had, and that:he had found the quality of the food exceedingly bad. John Thomas, a boy, 14 years old, was then brought in, and it being found that h e h ad not been to. school, and could not tell an E from an A when it was shown him in the room, the Coroner would not swear him. He made the same statements as to the insufficiency of the food. Mr. Goodrich said the boy was a very intelligent boy before he went to Tooting, but now he appeared to have lost all his animation, and appeared nearly a fool. He had visited the establishment in June or July last with some of the guardians, when he saw reasons to complain of the overcrowding of the children in both the bedrooms schoolroom.iatnddtiffheerenttotha made He als i. also tasted George's!asttedthesoup, a n d f oun d Workhouse, there being no fibre of meat in it. He th erefore refused on leaving to writ e an ything in the b oo k , and on the way home he impr esse d on the guardian s the necessity for taking the children home, but the new workhouse not being ready, it could not be done. After some further evidence, The CORONER summed up, and the jury u re o t n urn f e e d ve a r verdict, " That th e d e ceased child had di ed from the 5 111: p r e t r a v l en e i ff n e g al ofan attack exhaustion ni a ligconsequent n holera." p The Foreman said that the jury unanimously con sidered that, in returning a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, they should only do ;right in coupling it with their opinion that the attack of cholera produced at Tooting proceeded from the insufficiency of food and warm clothing and the want of proper ventila tion in Mr. Drouet's establishment. INQUEST AT HACKNEY, Yesterday Mr. W. Baker resumed the inquest at the Old Mermaid, H ac k ne y, which was ad journed on Satur day last, touching the deaths of John Keen, Thomas Neenan, William Walton, and John B urke, pauper children of the parish of Islington, who were removed from Mr. Drouet's establishment at Tooting to a tem porary asylum at Hackney, where they died of cholera in a few days subsequent to their removal. Mr. W. Pearse deposed that he w as one of the sur geons to the Islington Union. He had been sent d own to Tooti ng t o exam i ne i n to the condition of the children of that parish, who had been placed under the care of Mr. Drouet. He found several of them suffering from cholera, and many had died of that disease at Tooting. His instructions were to remove all that were not affected, and he accordingly had fifty-four children taken away on the same day, all of whom he considered free from cholera. It was, however, a disease which mi g ht se t i n and not develope itself for days. The incubation might nut, and yet not ohow itself even for weeks by preßie- THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES. CORONER'S VERDICT AT ST. PANCRAS. Last evening Mr. Mills resumed and concluded at the Elephant and Castle, Camden -town, the adjourned in quest on Josiah Joseph Coster, aged five, a pauper child, who died in St. Pancras Workhouse of cholera, after his removal from Surrey-lodge, Tooting. Mr. M‘Gahey, clerk to the board of guardians, de posed that with the approbation of Mr. Hall, Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, and Mr. Tuffnell, Inspector of Poor Schools, the guardians of St. Pancras farmed out the pauper children to Mr. Drouet at 4s. 6d. a head per week. They bad previously satisfied themselves that the place was fully suited to the children. Every month a committee visited and reported upon the condition of the children. These reports were satisfactory until August, when, in consequence of a report of a boy who died, having been ill-treated there, Messrs. Robinson and Johnson, two medical officer; were deputed to make a personal inspection of the boys. They did so, and found that several had wasted limbs, large abdomens, and suffered from debility, the results of bad or insuf ficient diet. 58 were so affected. It was also their opinion that the master was rather severe. The guar dians communicated that to Mr. Drouet, who promised that these things should not again occur, and that it would not be his fault if the boys did not in future look plump. Mr. Pitt, actuary to the guardians, estimated, from the workhouse dietary, that the net cost of each child would be 3s. 7d., and therefore he fixed on 4s. 6d. as a fair sum for Mr. Drouet. Upwards of thirty ap prentices from Mr. Drouet's passed through his hands. They all proved strong, athletic lads, fit for sea, to which they were sent. The CORONER-It was singular that he found the bodies of the children quite emaciated, although their faces appeared plump. Mr. Pitt—Mr. Drouet gave notice of the outbreak of the cholera instantly, when the guardians removed the children without delay. John Woodhouse, aged 14, one of the boys from Toot ing, examined—He went with deceased and other boys to Tooting, where deceased and several others caught the itch. The nurse gave them and other boys who had sores on them some medicine, without their seeing the doctor. They had not enough to eat. The master would knock down and beat the boys across the back with a stick until welds and sores were formed. Beat a boy and pulled the ears of others, because they com plained of insufficient food. Some boys ran away, and when brought back had their heads shaved, as a punish ment. If he were sent back he should like to get more food. Ile preferred the workhouse, because he got more food there. Some of the boys ate the potato-peel ings out of the pig-tub. Mr. Drouet was opposed to the boys being beaten. Margaret Yarrow, aged 13, also from Mr. Dronet's, said that they had not sufficient food or clothing. The bed-clothes were also insufficient. The mixed flour and arrow -root which they got for breakfast they could not use, so they only had dry bread for breakfast. They were allowed neither towels nor soap, and had to wipe their hands and faces on their pinafores. She much preferred the workhouse, for in it they had plenty to eat. James Alford and another child corroborated the above ; and with the other two witnesses said th a t when ever the committee from the workhouse interrogated them, almost all the children replied they had not enough to eat. Mr. Bird, the medical officer appointed over the child ren in the workhouse, repeated his history of the pro gress of the cholera, which has been already published. Verdict: —" We find that Josiah Joseph Coster died from virulent cholera, a disease occurring to him at a time when he was suffering from the effects of insuffi cientvaetrdsiSurrey r diet, aeny e defective Tn w oo a of r t i m tnhg t e h ;i r o a f nr cedlgotrtheb the jury n jt g hu , ra a yt n d tand i e m d d p ti u or r e e cot a oe i ri r sr , of the poor of St. Pancras did not bind Mr. Drouet, the proprietor of Surrey Hall, to fulfil his duty to such a large number of children as they had confided to his care, under a written and more definite contract than appears to be executed by them. At the same time the jury most emphatically condemn the practice of farming pauper children in the house of strangers, because the system engendered by it affords to unprincipled persons disastrous opportunities of defrauding the poor children of their proper food and clothing, in a manner that does not seem to become publicly apparent, nor to produce such adequate effects on the minds of the guardians, as to lead them to the correction of the evils which inflict the most direful effects on the helpless population of such an establishment." TO THE LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the " Times" news_ taper on Aug. 7, 1346. Reader, remember, this letter was put Int the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. . _ " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this epper tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the fierbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair Is much stronger and more luxuriant than lever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to_ the virtues of Mr. G.'s itegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an 11 s. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex oerience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume iti far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, lierough," In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or taming grey, afe w drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, mace it strong, axd prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this deliglitfal product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the crown of tho heal; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most caws relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on ehildren's heads in a fow appplications. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF - PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilit7 and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting frona Indis cretion. With Forty colonred Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and flinctions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, B EDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in hew many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less Wary to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of which thi s T reatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity o than any other to which it is subject. f misery to the huma n f rame, This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, amid of their relative conditions in health and disease. It fleservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject con be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the futile.; of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequeuce , , unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shams and the dread so frequently, but erroneously eutertainod that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking ior assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise tile intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. sogul4ranely ttoeethfeorhs L A'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas titY, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a treatmentprofes s o i f on th a e l s e e xpz s le as n e c s e . , which has reference almost Published, p ateoste bY the Author, and may b e h a d of Kent and Richards, r - row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne sr L t ead eet e , nh Ef ai rn tYlln. E_l r t Vtet ; Mansell, 115, Fleet- street . ; Gordon, 146, from 'he Az Z o .. London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, who m consulted on these div.orders personally or by letter, cl a n residence.37...._3:lfrona Teatill Two, and from Five tin Eight, at his Bed ford-oquare, London. ANWE L L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, Principal—Rev. EMERTON, D.D. Twelve Years Curate of Harwell. 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F4MIGRANTS to CALIFORNIA s h ou ld rea d "CALIFORNIA, its Situation and Resources, with Practical hints to intending Emigrants," published this day, price Is., by Messrs. Letts, Son, and Steer, Royal Exchange. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A certain remedy for disorders of the pulmonary organs—in difficulty of breathing—in redundency of phlegm—in incipient con sumption (of which cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in winter cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. I y 2 d., and tins, 2s, 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL. Copy of a Letter from Colonel rlawker, the well-known Author on " Guns and Shooting." "Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Hants., October 21, 1846. " Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been pre scribed for me, and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your lozenges, which I find are the only ones that re lieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. " I am, Sir, your humble servant, " P. HAWKER. To ➢ir. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard." DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or Celebrated Em brocation, has long been known throughout the West of Eng land as the most efficacious remedy for rheumatism, lumbago, pains in the limbs and numbness, sciatic and paralytic affections, faee-ach. sprains and bruises, burns and scalds, spasms and cramp, stiffness of the joints or neck, frozen limbs, chilblains before they are broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dangerous disorder the quinsey or sore throat, in which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. 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Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : seld by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titelaborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAkT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. Pl= Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its hides. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tax Cosines, BALM OF SYaXACUM is exclusively employed in treat fag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 1/ s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry'.: Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is, per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. Is. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven ti l Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. IT A R R I A G E. 1..V.A. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em 4itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un compresing hurry • but the truth lies deepe r . Ph ys i cal incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound snore sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little '.IEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining .kern. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom ttay are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other idle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What t o E a t , Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Ham." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob 4ervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as ho would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always an the " sunny side of the way. The above works may be bad of 3berwood, '23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalhe, I4Y, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise)morn n f g r s o m a n t d h e s v a c u mm. t h sirs w ), 10 h , o A m rg a y y n. b p o i a c e ? conf erred n t w .. s i t r t h e e t p ; e rs, s a n a a 1 y all ookeellers. COTTON FROM PORT NATAL.—On Monday last, at the annual meeting of the Manchester Commercial Association, two samples of cotton were exhibited, which had been grown at Port Natal, by Mr. Sydney Peel, the brother-in-law of Mr. John Peel, one of the di rectors of the association, on land belonging Ito the lat ter, who holds a very large quantity of land in the co lony. One of the samples is of the indigenous cotton of the country ; it is of a yellow colour, almost amounting to "nankeen," which could, however, be taken out by bleaching. The staple is fair, but not very strong ; it would be worth about 41d. per lb. The other sample is grown from Sea Island seed ; the colour is good, and the staple long and silky ; it is worth 6d. per lb. Both samples are hand picked. The capabilities of Port Natal for the growth of cotton and other agricultural produce, without the expenditure of a heavy amount of capital and labour, may be judged from the fact that Mr. Peel had several hundred acres (we believe we might say thousands) of virgin land, through which the plough could be run without removing a stump ; and the whole is but thinly wooded.--Manchester Guardian. S r - 7 JANUARY 19, 1849. Mr. Lovett deposed that he was assistant-surveyor to the Board of Health, and had by the orders of the board surveyed the ditches in the vicinity of the house chosen at Hackney for the children removed from Tooting. He found ditches filled with stagnant water, and which in summer might, if disturbed, throw out most offensive effluvia. He, however, found no disagreeable effluvia on his last examination; but some time _ago, when survey ing the same place, he had experienced a very offensive effluvium indeed. Mr. Pearse said that the house was only taken for a short time to meet the emergency, and in his opinion it was the most healthy that could have been adopted under the circumstances, as all the children were getting on well. The CORONER said he should adjourn the farther investigation'to Tuesday next, in order that Mr. Older shaw, of Islington, and other persons might be present, whose absence on so important an inquiry, he said, sur prised him very much.—Adjourned accordingly. -- EXCISE COURT.—THURSDAY. (Before H. DAVIS, Esq., A. M ONTGOMERY , E sq., and C. PRESSLY, Esq.) INFORMATION AGAINST THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, BURLING TON GARDENS.—THE QUEEN V. RING. This was an information against Mrs. Jane King, the proprietress of a private hotel, known as the " Queen's Hotel," Cork-street, Burlington. gardens, for retailing spirituous liquours without a licence, with intent to de fraud her Majesty, and to the injury of the revenue. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. Baker, an officer of excise, stated that on the 6th of November last he went to the house of the defendant, situated in Cork street, in the parish of St. James, West minster, accompanied by Mr. Brown, another officer. The house is a private hotel. Upon entering the house they were shown into the colfee-room. They rang the bell, and ordered of the waiter two bottoms of brandy. In a few moments the liquor was brought, upon which witness handed the waiter a sovereign in payment of the same. He received lOs. in change, making the charge 2s. per glass, and immediately afterwards they left the house. On the 24th of November again went to the house, accompanied, as before, with Mr. Brown, and were supplied, in the first instance, with sherry and water, and afterwards with brandy and water, but on this occasion were charged only ls. per glass for the liquor. Other quantities of liquor were subsequently obtained at similar prices. Mr. Brown corroborated this evidence, and added that the liquor was served without hesitation. On serving it no remark was made as to the defendant having no license. The defendant said that if it was sold on the first oc casion she told the waiter to tell the gentlemen, on their second visit, that she would send out for the liquor, and could not charge for it, as she had no license. She wished to call her waiter to speak to the fact of her sending this message. The waiter, John Peachy, was then put in the box, and he said the message he received from his mistress was, that she could not charge for the brandy but for the wine. He did not deliver this message, because he had no suspicion of the gentlemen. The defendant said this was the first and only in stance that brandy had been sold, except to gentlemen lodging in the house, who required a little with soda water. Mr. HART Davis—Do you suppose you have more right to sell without license than any other persons? You allow that you sell this brandy in your house, and from information received it appears to have long been the practice, and this has been found to act most injuri ously to the licensed victuallers of the neighbourhood. You appear to be guilty of a violation of that protection which should be given to the fair trader, besides defraud ing the revenue. The defendant said she did not know of any fraud on the revenue, for she took out ether licenses, and paid very heavy rates. Mr. HART Davis—The case is this. The officer re ceived information that you were in the habit of violating the law. He goes to your house, he makes two detec tions, you send a sham message—for as only sham it can be regarded—and even this he did not give unless the parties were suspected. The COURT said they should give judgment for the full penalty of 501, and if the defendant was authorised to take out a license she might then petition for miti gation. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG FERALES.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the friends and subscribers to the above institution was held at the Asylum at Tottenham —Mr. Astbury in the chair. The report stated, that during the past year 25 houses of an improper description had been wholly closed, in addition to 221, by the society's agency, in London during the last 12 years. Several young females had also been rescued from the hands of noted procurers and pro curesses. One case the society had recently prosecuted, after many months of laborious assiduity and much ex pense, and succeeded in a conviction against G. Joseph Murray, who was the keeper of not less than 50 im proper houses in London. These houses were from high localities (one being is Curzon -street, May-fair), and descending in the scale of respectability to streets in Bishopsgate, Holborn, Strand, Southwark, &c. These houses Murray let out at 11. per day, leaving them to derive their emolument from all receipts above that sum. The society selected three of the most noto rious houses, and, at the last Middlesex Sessions, Murray was sentenced on one indictment to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc tion, and pay a fine of 1002 to the Queen; on the se cond a further term of three months' imprisonment and a fine of 501.; and on the third, to enter into his recogni zance of 100/. and two sureties of 40/. to come up for judgment when called for if the house in Curzon -street was not closed. Since that period the society has pre ferred another indictment against him for keeping a house in the City; so that the whole nuisance, by which Murray has amassed a large fortune, will ultimately be put down. Prosecutions against other individuals are also pending. During the past year there have been re ceived into the asylum 88 females, the eldest not exceed ing fifteen years, of whom 12 were restored to their friends, 9 sent to service, and 1 dismissed for bad con duct, leaving 66 on the foundation; making a total of 425 who have been received. Many peculiar and inte resting cases of applications are daily refused admission, in consequence of the present low state of the funds. [ ADV ERTISEMENT.3—Diseases of the Chest, Recent Colds, Old Coughs, and Asthma p ermanently Cured by Holloway's Pills.-2 This fine medicine is now universally acknowledged to be the most certain remedy for asth matic complaints, obstinate coughs, recent colds, or any affections of the chest. Patients suffering from either of these afflictions should have immediate recourse to Hol loway's Pills, a few doses of which will give relief, and permanently effect a cure. They are equally efficacious for that insidious disease the influenza, the cure of which is greatly assisted if a little of Holloway's celebrated Ointment be well rubbed into the throat and chest every night and morning. Sold by all Druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE RAILWAY ROIMERIES.—Letters have been recently received from Maynard and from Garratt, at Bermuda (who with others, were convicted in 1845-6 of robberies on railways, whereby an end was put to an extensive system of plunder of railways and passengers, and much property restored) in which several disclosures as to the mode of operation and the parties implicated are made, and others are promised ; and it is stated that the right parties are not yet taken ; that Williams and Dalton are out there. Maynard is at present school master on board the hulk. Three of the six who were convicted of those nefarious practices were noblemen's valets, and not " practised London thieves;" and they have intimated that railway servants were "more deeply implicated than themselves." The late Post-office rob bery is tho most serious that has ever happened on rail ways; the other extraordinary ones were, the Great Western cash box, in 1844, and again in 1847, of above 2,0001. each time; the plunder by the Maynard, Garratt, and Farr gangs in 1845 and 1846 (which were broken up after exertions and proceedings of no ordinary cha racter, in which Mr. Nash was so successful, at a great expense in money and labour, which have not yet been recompensed) ; then the bankers' box of gold in 1847; Mr. Vaughan Prance't box of valuables, worth 2,0001. On the North-Western line Mr. Hartley's box of pro perty, worth 40,000/., w hi ch was restore d for ds a ` co t ns o z . deration"—as a l so M r. J ones ' s b ox o f dee rough inquiry int o th e secur ity afforded to PA h ‘ passengers and property on ra il ways i s e xpedient, and will be made. —Railway R ecor d. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.— A meeting ofthe vestry of St. P ancra s was held on Wednesday af t ernoon, at the new ves t r y-rooms, Camden - town , to consider the gaol for Middlesex, as sug gested by the county proposed erection of a new magistrates. A memorial to th e magistrates, strongly y deprec,ting the proposed erecti on , on account of the enormous increase it would cause in the county rates, at a time when the inhabitants w ere ill able to bear the present burdens, n . as moved, and unani mously agreed to. nitory symptoms. The four children into whose deaths they were now inquiring, were of the number removed on his first visit to Tooting. They were takL on the night of their arrival at Hackney, and after suffering under cholera from ten to thirty hours, expired more from debility than the cholera, which disease had been subdued by the treatment he had adopted. The other fifty children were now doing well, being all free from that disease, though suffering under other slight diseases. One of the jury —What is your opinion with regard to the origin of cholera at Mr. Drouet's? Witness had no hesitation in saying that it was caused by the crowded state of the establishment, the want of proper ventila tion, the innutritiousness of the diet given to the in mates, together with exposure to cold. Mr. Grainger read a portion of the report, which he had given in evidence before Mr. Wakley, and which has already appeared in this paper. Mr. Grainger said that he now verified'that report with one exception, viz., that point wherein he stated that Mr. Hall, the assis tant poor-law commissioner, had given a written order limiting the number of children to be received at Mr. Drouet's establishment. It appeared that Mr. Hall had, on the last day of Mr. Wakley's inquest, corrected that portion of the report, by stating that the order was verbal, and more in the light of a suggestion than an order, and was, therefore, not considered binding by Mr. Drouet. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN.—The directors have made a call of 51. per share on the Grand Junction 401. shares. Mr. M'Connell, the company's superintendent, has constructed what he calls a deflectometer, its object being to test the deflection of the rails under the various weights of engines, the better to determine on the struc tural strength of permanent way. SOUTH EASTERN.—The trains now run right into the harbour terminus at Folkestone, to the steamboat sta tion, thus materially accelerating the continental transit. A great swing-bridge has been thrown across the quay constructed for this purpose. The company are about to enlarge their station accommodation in this quarter, with the view of making Folkestone their great water terminus. The line between Drogheda and Castleblaney is to be opened in a month, and the result of it will be that the Dublin mails will be accelerated an hour and a half. SOUTH DEVON.-Traffic for the week ending January 12, 1849 : -Passengers, parcels, &c., 7,320, amount 1,5321. 14s. 2d. ; Great Western Railway, 5711. 2s. 9d. ; South Devon Railway, 967/. I Is. 5d.; Goods, 1471. 155.4 d. Total, South Devon, 1,1151. 6s. 9d. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.-Traffie for the week ended Jan. 14, 1849:-Passengers, Ist class, 1361. 7 s . 10d. ; 2d class, 278/. Is. 7d ; 3d class, 831. Gs. sd. =-- 4971. 15s. 10d. ; parcels, horses, &c., 39/. 9s. Id. ; mer chandise, minerals, and live stock, 7201. 15s. 9d. ; total, 1,2581. Os. Bd. ; Corresponding week last year :-Pas sengers, parcels, &c., 267/. Bs. 6d. ; merchandise and live stock, 308/. 6s. 9d. 575/. 15s. 3d. Increase, 682/. ss. sd. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. - The following is a return of the receipts on the Paris and Rouen Railway, for the week ending the 13th of January, 1849 :- Passengers, 48,713 f. ; luggage, parcels, &c., 2,343 f. goods, 68,359 f. 60c. ; carriages and horses, 798 f. 65c.; miscellaneous, 4,207 f. 50c. Total for the week, 119,872 f. 10c. DIEPPE RAILWAY.--The following is a return of the receipts on the Dieppe Railway for the week ending the 13th of January, 1849 :—Passengers, 2,708 f. 20c.; lug gage, parcels, &c., 43f. 75c.; goods, 4,336 f. 40c.; car riages and horses, Br. 40c.; cattle, 2,697 f. 10c. Total for the week, 7,713 f. 10e. ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY.—The following is a return of the receipts on the Rouen and Havre Railway, for the week ending the 13th of January, 1849 : Passengers, 17,7361. 10c. ; luggage, parcels, &c., 7521. 10c. ; goods, 27,511 f. 25c.; carriages and horses, 52f. 75c.; miscellaneous, 2,255 f. 55c. Total for the week, 48,3071. 75c. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, JAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues both firm and active. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2% dis.— Bristol and Exeter (Old), 28 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, % p.—York, Newcastle and Berwick, 28 1 %. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is firm and good to-day, and prices are a point higher. The sales are—East Lancashire, Quarters, s—Great Northern, 9/. 168. 3d. dis.— Ditto (B Shares), 2 dis. —Great Western, 17/. Shares, 1 1 ,1 dis. Kendal and Windermere, 101. Preference, 1 % p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 1 , ifths, 3 dis.— Ditto, 10/. Preference, 1% p. ex int.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre No. 1), Half Sh ares (A, N o. 4), 5 p.—London and North-Western, 1304—Ditto, New Quarters, 3/. 18s. 9d.— Ditto, Quarters (C), 3 1 / 4 p.—Ditto (Leeds and Dewsbury), 421 / 2 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Pre ference, 11 1 / 2 —Ditto, 20/. Shares, 10 dis.—Midland Stock, New Halves, 5/. 16s. 3d.—North Staffordshire, 2 dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 8 per cent. guaran teed for ten years, 9 18—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 7/. 13s. 9d. ex int.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, .No. 1), c. p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), %p. MANCHESTER, JAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are.. North Staffordshire, 2 dis. —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4 1 ,4 dis.— Leeds, Fifths, 3% dis.--Ditto, ' Preference, 1% p.—Great Northern, 9% dis.—South-Easter n and Dover, No. 4, 7 11-16 Clitheroe, No. 1, 6—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 57 1 4—West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 3 p.—Ditto (A and B), 3 is p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham, N —North Union, 146%-- Eastern Counties, Preference, 1 1 ,G p.—Sheffield, No. 2, 12% —East Lancashire, N ew 4 5 / 4 dis.—Ditto, Q uarters, SA. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are the day's quota tions:—Birmingham, Wslyerhampton, and Stour Valley, 10 1 ,4—North Staffordshire, 58s. 91 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5 L,1 dis. ex int.—Ditto (13), 3!. Bs. 9d. dis, ex int.—Ditto, Preference, 1 p.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis. ex int.—South Staffordshire, 3% dis. YORK, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows :—Eastern Union, Class B (late I. and B.), 8% —Great Northern, 9 ex int.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, 20%—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 20%—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 814. GLASGOIY, - .Y. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre. ference, 81. Bs.—Edinburgh and Northern, 11A —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,5/. Gs.—llitto, No. 2, 51. Bs. —Great Northern, 81. 195.—Scottish Central, 26 MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A meeting of the justices of the county of Middlesex cook place yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. The chairman, Henry Pownall, Esq., presided. 'The usual preliminary matters having been disposed of, Mr. BENJAMIN HALL moved that a county rate of one halfpenny in the pound, be made for the ensuing quarter. This rate was estimated to realise the sum of 16,1541. 17s. The report of the Visiting Justices of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Coldbath-fields Prison, and of the Westminster House of Correction were received and adopted. The report of the House of Detention expressed the conviction of the , justices that the separate system, with reference to untried and remanded prisoners, was the best to which that class of prisoners could be subjected. THE COUNTY RATE.—At the last quarter sessions a committee was appointed to consider what means were requisite in order to procure for the justices the power of revising the estimated rental of any parish in the county, and a report from that committee was now laid before the Court. It will be remembered that the whole of the county rental was some time ago raised, and the assessment upon certain places was increased, upon others it was decreased; but, in some instances, it was satisfactorily shown to the magistrates that the rental had been over-estimated. They had not, however, any power to alter the assessment upon any individual parish with out undertaking the trouble and expense of a revision of the whole county rental, and to devise means to ob viate this difficulty this committee was appointed. The report was elaborately drawn up by Mr. Freshfield, the chairman, and stated that there was no remedy in the present state of the law but an entire re -assessment. After some discussion it was resolved that a copy of the report should be sent to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the hope that some legislative enactment might take place for the remedying of the evil complained of; and that the report be also referred back to the committee for the purpose of adopting what measures they might deem necessary to carry into effect the recommendations contained in the report. THE PROPOSED NEW HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Sir P. LAURIE requested that certain memorials which had been sent in to the Court from various parishes and districts in the county, protesting against the erection of the proposed new House of Correction, might be read. Mr. MAUDE, the deputy clerk of the peace, proceeded to read the memorials. They were from the following places :—The Strand Union, Poplar Union, St. Andrew Holborn, St. George the Martyr, the Liberty of Saffron hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents, St. James, Westmin ster, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Marylebone Vestry, St. Pancras, Paddington, Brentford, and Hackney. Capt. CARPENTER observed that these memorials were couched in language the moat respectful, and it was in his opinion the duty of the Court to pay the greatest pos sible deference and respect to the feelings expressed by so large a portion of th• ratepayers. lie therefore moved that the memorials be printed in exienso, and cir culated among the magistrates. Mr. ARMSTRONG seconded the motion with very great pleasure, for, if the memorials were printed and circulated the sentiments of the ratepayers would have on opportunity to be more fairly weighed and considered than they would if merely read in Court. When the monstrous presentment of the House of Correction as a nuisance was first submitted to the Court. he protested against it, and hoped that the rate payers would speak out. They had spoken out— (Hear)—and in a way to which this Court was not used, and he hoped that the presentation of those memorials that day would lead to memorials from parishes and rate payers being treated with more respect in future than being " ordered to lie on the table," as they had been ge nerally hitherto.-- (Hear.) Several magistrates disapproved of the proposition for the printing of the memorials; but ultimately the motion was carried by a great majority. Some routine business was then transacted, and the Court adjourned till the next session. FIRST L OR D howe , .0: that tlith eAcDiamieffacAaLtuorsTel.earn Numberless rumours were afloat during the pending negotiations be tween Lord John Russell and other members of the Go vernment, as to the cause of the delay in the appoint ment of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Some said that Lord John was coquetting with Sir James Gra ham; some that he was determined to have hi L m o s r ed p into i t 14, 0 again; and others whispered all sorts of thoirnpgos,strpeoansoint: I able and unreasonable, as best suited their fancies. W e I understand, Officthat the the appointment lay in Sir F. T. Baring regard for his and that he arose from his determination not to accept were compelled to support the income-tax. would forego the happy y ther than lye sabcerliifiecvee e i f he this to be the truth, and feel ha is C on Thece concerned, an open ' Right Hon. Gentleman had so hi g h a character for consistency, sweets of patronage and offi ce t p a r r i n a c s ip s l i e r F fo r r a t n h c e i T. N pleasureE P RESEN T Of seeing this weelca°Le. question is to be, we hear, as Guardian. had theTO .T —ENINT LIND.—We have beautiful — l one, --H a m pshire a m which the Lord Bishop intends bible, Lind. It is a Swedish for presentation to Jenny quarto, magnificently ound i see on the n purple morocco, having tooled. The edges covers, and being beautifully skill. The binder .sare gilt and burnished with great hear that some spec] Mr. Coote, of Hay-hill. We also work of those for wh im om ens h o e f Norwich manufacture, the expresses so mach sympathy and whose cause she comes t *ill% Lind.—Norfolk will be presented to THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR 1840.—1 t is under stood that these estimates, already in course of prepa ration for Parliament, will be on a considerably reduced scale, so as to save a million on that branch of the pub lic expenditure, as compared with the last year. We regret to notice in our obituary of this day the death of the Dowager Mrs. Howard, of Corby Castle. The lamented event took place at her house in Lower Brook-street, on the evening of Tuesday last, the 16th instant. Catherine Mary Howard, the kind and chari table lady lately deceased, was the second daughter of the late Sir Richard Neave, Bart., of Dagnam Park, Essex, widow of Henry Howard, &q., of Corby Castle, and mother t o t h e H on. Mrs. P. Stourton„ the La Petre, P. H. H owar d , Esq., M.P. for Carlisle, and H. F dy . Howard, Esq., Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Berlin. The loss of Mrs. Howard will be deeply felt, not only by a wide circle of friends and relatives, but by those who were termed the especial favourites of our • Saviour—the poor and unfriended. 1 SOUTII AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY.—Yes terdsy, a numerous and influential meeting of proprietors of this company, convened by circular, was held at No. 2, Jeff r y- square, St. Mary-axe, for the purpose of as certaining their opinion as to the expediency of seeking a junction with a kindred establishment, possessing great capital, now in full operation in various parts of the colony. The chair was taken by Robert Oakes, Esq. A statement, addressed to the shareholders by Mr. Ed mund Chalmer and the Rev. Thomas Timpson, and the reply of the directors, were read. The former gentle man urged that the proposed amalgamation, on the terms offered, would be highly advantageous to both eempanies, and more especially so to the South Austra• lian Bank. The expenses of its London branch would be saved by placing the management under one board of di rocturs.The directors, in their reply, denied that such would be the result, and submitted to the proprietors the inexpe diency of countenancing attempts• which would prove fruitless; the Court having taken legal opinion, and as certained that nothing short of an Act of Parliament could legalise the proposed amalgamation. Mr. Angst: denied the impracticability of the amalgamation, and stated his belief that the acceptance of the offer would be the immediate means of restoring the shares to their original value, and eventually securing a handsome divi dend to the proprietors. In anticipation of the union, the shares had risen from 13/. and 14/, to 191. and 20/. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Shaw (of Halifax), Mr. Howett Watson, Mr. Mellon (of Wake field), Mr. Brewster, Mr. Cealmer, the Rev. Mr. Timp son, the Rev. Mr. Lawrie, and others, and resolutions in accordance with Mr. Angas's views were unanimously adopted. A requisition, calling upon the directors to convene a general court of proprietors, on an early day, to take the proposal into consideration, was signed by every gentleman present. The proceedings, which lasted nearly three hours, terminated in a vote of thanks to the chairman. CHINESE PRODUCE.—The importations from China I are now of a much more varied character than they for merly were; and such articles, of comparatively novel importation, appear to increase to a considerable and important extent. The ship Diana, just arrived from the British port of Hong Kong, has brought, in addition to about 10,000 packages of tea, 44 boxes, two cases, and 70 other packages of china ware, 11 boxes of lacquered ware, 108 cases of confectionary, 24 cases of preserves, 20 bundles of matting, and a variety of other articles, all of Chinese produce. SPRING CIRCUITS, 1849 . —Western : Lord Den man and Mr. Justice Williams. Midland: Lord Chief Justice Wilde and Mr. Justice Mettle. Norfolk: the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Rolfe. Home: Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Wightman. Northern: Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Ox ford: Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Baron Platt. Welsh: Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice E e- Martha MONKS OF LA TRAPPE.—The steamerkso_f the Washington landed here yesterday order of La Trappe, direct from France. The y 3 7 0 1:I n e; days from, arrived in New Orleans after a voyage of on d ly lmm Havre on the ship Brunswick, re shipped on the Martha Washington f d of Bardstown, ' hbourhoo men of superior proceed from here to the neighbourhood and Kentucky. edi a t e They proceed locating am where they possess 1,400 aCas ,e o s f g a r t ou ti n la d t. point. There design permanently in their habits and - very Indus minds. They are strict with are six priests among them, Of llentucky. them a large quantity of trious. They bringt evidently intim . v f a rie t :o N f ....... f T suits, he flowers, gar .ssc.—tri ac , everything non s den seeds, trees, utensils, and an in the wilds f - - necessary t° "—Louis establish a "e( . Ll e o o n.Y l9. vile o C s o D u o r i cer, LIFE Assoct half-yearly AAssurance of Lives l court of the London Life Association for the was held on at offices in King William -street. The Air. Charles Franks. The audit including a balance of 22,345/ „ chair was taken by ors report showed, that the half-year d; eneing the 3 13s. Bd., the receipts for Ist December last had amounted to 264,379/ 3s. ld. On the other aid© the account, it appeared tha • t in the same period 38,9991. had been paid in di' h sc arge of claims on policies, 9,5651. 19s. sd. had been invested. in the purchase of policies, 70,541/. 14s. advanced on mortgage, in addition to 14,4451. upon policies of the association, whilst the re maining items of salaries, pensions, purchase of stock, income-tax, Sse., left a balance in favour of the association upon the half-year's transactions of 22,8671.45. 6d. The income arising from the funded property and other assets of the association on the 31st December last was stated to be 95,767/. 19s. from annual dividends and in terest on mortgages, and 203,519/. 9,4. 3d. from 4,730 existing policies; total, 299,287/. Bs. 3d. The accounts having been unanimously passed, the proceedings ter minated. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per milli', which, at the English !hint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.40; and the exc h ange at Par i s on London at short being 25.37. it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 103-d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101 . ; and the short being 13 10 exchange at Ham burgh on London at . L it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in H am _ burgh than in London. CHAPS.—" A young lady" writes to know how she is to avoid chapped hands during the cold weather. We hardly know. If she attracts the chaps by her syes. she must expect some difficulty in getting t hem orw handy, ~, NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Medical Officers —])e Inspector lar. William Rae (1840), o f Melville Hospital, Chatham, has been promoted to the ran k of inspector of hospitals, and ap pointed to the Royal Naval llospital, Stonehouse, vice 1)r. Armstrong, placed on half -pay. Dr. Rae was the senior deputy inspector. De p ut y H l o n s s p p i e t c a t l o , r st D on n eh O o l us ive e r , Evans (1840), of the Royal Naval next in seniority to Dr. Rae, has been appointed to Woolwich Marine Infirmary. Deputy Inspector' James Drummond (1847), of the Woolwich Infirmary, has been appointed to Melville Hospital, vice Rae. Midshipmen—Herbert Montagu, to th e E xcellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth; H. H. N. Jones, to the Superb, 80, at Portsmouth; William Vicary, to the Sharpshooter, screw gun-vessel, Portsmouth; J. Lligman, to the Centaur, steam-frigate, fitting at Portsmouth for the coast of Africa; George A. Douglas, to the South ampton, 50, nag -ship, at the Cape; E. Bedwell and R. S. Bateman, to the Apollo troop-ship, fitting at Devon port; R. Anderson, to the Raleigh, 50, flag-ship, at Monte Video. Naval Cadets —F. E. Holmes, to the Impregnable, flag - ship, at Devo n p ort ;F. M. Dayrell, to the Rileigh. Gunners—William Parker, acting, to the Exeelleag Henry Pemind, acting, to the Asia. SOMERSET H OUSE.—SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. Mr. Thomas Waterman, second draughtsman to the Sur veyor of the Navy, has been promoted to the office of first draughtsman, vice Wilson, deceased. DOCKYARD. —Mr. J. Owen (one of the members of the late School of Naval Architecture), who has for some years held an appointment as inspectors of metals, is henceforth to be borne on the dockyard establishment at Woolwich, and is to have an offic e at Somerset House. Mr. Taplin, who for many years has held the office of engineer and mechanist at Portsmouth Dockyard, has been appointed at Woolwich. Mr. Miller, who has been for some years superin tendent of engineers at Devonport Dockyard, we have already stated, has been appointed assistant to the chief engineer at Portsmouth. Mr. Lambert, a very experienced engineer, and super intendent for many years of the marine engine business of Messrs. Maudalay and Field, has entered her Ma jesty's service, and has been appointed second assistant to the chief engineer at Portsmouth. TESTING OF ANCHORS.—We were correct respecting the arrangement for testing unserviceable anchors, though those at the respective dockyards' are not to be sent to Portsmouth for that purpose. They are now to be tested where they are, whereby the expense of trails- portation will be saved. Tre Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, is progressing at Portsmouth in her fittings. Her new lower rigging is over the masts' heads, and pulled down, and her topmasts are fidded. The Malabar, coal depot, is now completely fitted at Portsmouth, and, with her engine, tram-roads, compart ments, &c., has cost a vast deal of money —much more, we think, than a good wharf would have cost. She wilt come out of the basin on the 22d, and will, we under stand, be moored as a coal depot in the harbour; her coal buckets and all her apparatus for delivering coals to steamers will be worked by her steam-engine. The Rapid, 8, Commander Dixon, is nearly dismantled at Portsmouth. She got off her tops yesterday, and will pay off on Saturday. On Wednesday one of the seamen of the Driver steam-sloop had a very narrow escape of his life; a party from the Driver were assisting the crew of the Rapid to unrig her, when one of the men fell from the fore-cross-trees; he was mush bruised and shaken by the fall, but fortunately no bones were broken. STEAM RESERVE AT DEVONPORT.—The Virago steam-sloop, in charge of Mr. Wellington, master of the Wellington, and party of seamen-riggers, arrived at De vonport, from Sheerness, on Tuesday evening. The steamers mentioned yesterday as ordered from Ports mouth, will arrive at Devonport next week. Messrs. Allen, of the Fire Queen; Baltiston, of the Myrtle; and Read, of the Portsmouth yacht, are expected to com mand them on the passage round, under convoy of the Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson. The Centaur steam-frigate, Captain B uc kl e , i s near ly rigged, at Portsmouth. Her topsail-yards are across. The utmost dispatch is used to bring her forward, so as to be ready for sea on the Ist proximo. The Sharpshooter, 8, screw gun-vessel, Lieut.-Com mander Bailey, is fitting for foreign service, at Ports mouth. It is said she will take dispatches direct to the Mediterranean, for Admiral Sir William Parker. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY, FIVE P.M.—No arrivals. Wind, a moderate breeze from S.W., with cloudy weather. l ~N P.. t.