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~TB. Id at about le the eon et weather, y, the qua s, and sold 3 and peas your of the It QUARTER. 00s to 00J 27s to 9.8 s 003 to 00s 00s to 00s 00s to 00s 00s to 00s c 8. 2d. 3d. 7d. 6d. Id. Od. ales: —A r lid but for ) compara e had more i-to mouth I the trade, s apparont eat for this ble to noto amples, but ices. Very 1 quantity it grinding xeeedingly ) not alter cakes are rapeseed, Bones are B. 6 I. 25 - 2 8 .. 24 - 26 it. 43 - 45 37 -. 4t 1. 36 - 35 .. 35 - 31 Per ton• ill 71 28 6j 61 5 51 0 , Got to ,3 0 ' ;d to 00s. C i d 00 5 ..20s 2-4 s 61 to 91 1t Od to 5)0.4 15 " ; extra 1445; rds, 7s to VI s 9d; vibes 7s 6d per ton 365; average w—Farmers I to 00s 04 . 6d to 60; ter, 8d to • Coals-- - 3est Neath per cwt. Lon. Meat 'eal 4d to ages 5d per to 3/ 5s per 0/; French a per stone. I to 19s ; red to 12' per luality, 186; [4s to 186; 21el per lb• ; Guano— . -Archangel ETS tolerably the amount able. Tie 17/. Shares , Its, Some(' rather dull cashire and .to, prefer - Ditto, Nov and Swill" and Dever South y were as lon, 17 do. , 1 ) . --* ,onclon Nei' .ence, tinues Midlan d nsighboUr market. y were ag North 1. 6s. 11 found" ie site 0 1 ; old Fl ee era tyl 9l l mini del ) as gi vi° iust ag ree o bo be ld ' [n coo Ay, wiler e intere s t ;his 4re' )g in coin .otn s o veoaha 6 3rved to are gor - t °C o the l in v fb ying ous "O lt° 6 1' .re the ' sualarm' „A pis v'm Bui/eL.o„.‘r• Fred erici‘ f the Ile l ' i he wife (4 , Je‘ bli : sq. , ' ca n, E 3 brOttler'so; age d I Cl ' O ll, )111' TllO. Eliza P i . 6 o t r il , mori, ititcbfor a, D lO4 14°1 1 11 „ el° °ll4 t.., lO'' i t ® 'f LEASEHOLD RENTS AND PREMISES IN THE CITY OF LONDON. TO be SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the 111011 COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of RID;;- NAT v. GRAY, with the approbation of RICIIMID Team KlN paiteimr, E.sq., one of the Masters of the sa id Court, by Mr. MOORE, the person appointed by the Master for that purpose, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane, in the city of London, on TIIIIRSDAY, the 20th day of December instant, at Twelve o'clock, in Three Lets, Certain RENTS, one of 201. and the other of 31. 16s, per annum, Issuing out of LEASEHOLD PREMISES, numbered respectively 2 6 and 27, in Hosier-lane, West Smithfield, in the city of London ; and also THREE LEASEHOLD MESSUAGES, numbered e -31Sectively 25, 29, and 30, in Hosier-lane, aforesaid. The Premises may be viewed with permission of the tenants, and particulars had (gratis), at the Master's Office, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr. Henry Walker, solicitor, Southampton -street, Bloomsbury-square ; of Messrs. Fry and Lox -le.Y, 80, Cheapside, London; of Mr. Moore, auctioneer, Assembly- Mile End-road; and at the place of sale. POUR EVENING SALES of CHOICE ANCIEN 1' and MODERN ENGLISH and FOREIGN ENGRAVINGS, commencing THIS EVENING. Sig OU r IMATE and B ARRETT will SELL by L 7 AUCTION, at their Rooms, 22. F:cet•street, THIS EVENING, and Three Following Evenings, at Six, The Second Portion of the extensive and valuable STOCK of Ancient and Modern ENGRAVINGS of an eminent Print -selling and Publishing firm (relinquishing the keeping a stock of miscella neous engravings, with a view of paying mere attention to their own Publications) ; comprising choice proofs and picked impressions of the Most celebrated productions of distinguished English and ftreign artists ; a great assortment of Studios by Fairiand, Ferogio, Julien, Victor Adam, &c. ; coloured sporting prints and coaching scenes, ! l erap-sheets, coloured and varnished; fsucy subjects and fema heads, albums and books of prints, &c. Catalogues will be forwarded to parties favouring S. and B. with their address. 'fESSRS, WILLIAM TEGG and CO. having - . REMOVED to more commodious and extensive Premises, 14 , 0 . 85 . Queen-street (seven doors from C bea p side), respectfully in vite Paren s, Guardians, Conductors of Schools , &c. , and Y oun g persons themselves, to an Itiipection of their large and varied Stock of Juvenile Books, for which this House has been long celebrated, as well as of their Standard and useful Publications. A Catalogue forwarded free to all parts of the kingdom, on receipt or a letter addressed to Messrs. William Tegg and Co., Eli, Queen- Street, Cheapside. MR. FARQUHARSON SMITH begs to in form the Public that the Lard Chief Baron NICHOLSON and the JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY will appear THIS and every Attar° EVENING, at the Royal Italian Opera Hotel (late Garrick'S head), Bow-street.: . . . . The Court sits at Nine o'clock precisely. ' A new and excellent Case To-night, showing how a Farmer from Essex. and his Quaker Friend were decoyed in, and served out. Immediately after the Case, Mr. Farquhars n Smith's grand Vocal Entertainment (unmatched in the History of Harmony), admission lee.—Herr MERMAN, the renowned German Basso, every evening. METROPOLITAN LANDLORDS' PRO TECTION OFFICE, 7, Nieholas-lase, City. Established te furnish landlords with information respecting pro- Posed tenants and their ref,renceq, and to protect owners of House Property from the constant frauds practised upon them by proposed te nants, and to afford to them legal and other assistance in all cases Of d faculty, at flied charges. Prospectuses and further information may be had at the Office, or .by letter, addressed to the manager ; or te the Solicitors, Messrs. Golden, , Gray's Inn•place, Gray's Inn. STEREOLAIC BLACK CLOTH'. u L AND WILSON, 52, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE, lu ne Public, attention to their important improvements in the dye fish of Black and other Clothe. By their new process the black J. 16 permanent, does not wear white at the seams, and resists al l 'Labs of acids, &e. The finish Is peculiarly soft and glossy, is im -14. ;liens to rain or duet, and retains an uniform lustre in wear. For 7±umeriptien of the Stereolaic Cloth, see Jeursal of Designs for De ,T4laber, 1849. Vil" A UTT PERCHA.-PUBLIC HEALTH. The Gutta Percha Company hays the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of Testimonials frona the following medical gentlemen, s 'n "'mg that the use of their Patent Gutta Percha Soles will have an PP•rtant influence in promoting health, by preserving the feet dry wet weather, and warm in cold weather, viz. :—Dr. Gordon (Phy sician to his late Majesty), Dr. Cumming, &c., London.—W. B. trePatli, Esq., Bristol.—Dr. Bitching, Enfleld.—Dr. Laycock, W. Hush - and, Eaq., E. Allen, Esq., and G. Brunton, Esq., of York.— . . 19 . Bennett; Esq.,'Derby.—Dr. Murray, Dr. Horner, and Dr. Ayre , ur Ifull.—L : Orwin, Esq., Worcester.—Alfred Higginson, Esq., Sor ra to th e Liverpool Dispensary.—J. Hepworth, N:sq., Croft's Batik, Ma nchester.—J. G. M. Williams, Esq., Whitstable.—Also from Sir John Ross, R.N., &c. i.,,Copies of these testimonials may be had on applicati.m, by letter , to 'Re ComptlfirS Works, IS, Wharf-road, City-road, London; or of any of their dealers in town or country. POTICE.—We, the undersigned, hereby give itoi Notice to our several Agent; and the Trade, that L etters b er , t have teen granted for our invention in the applleation of the ~ Nof the EIDER to purposes of WEARING APPAREL , and 4 11. at after this date we shall take such proceedings as we may be d ;kW In order to restrain others from making, or causing to be 4 " , any infringement upon our said patent and invention. (Signed) H. J. and D. NICOLL, T),, e• 1, 1349. ° REGENT-STRRET and CORNIIILL. rirRE NOVELTY most recently introduced by MESSRS. NICOLL Is called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWN I'A.LETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of Eider Down to the several purposes of wearing apparel, but more particularly In the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and Utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Xiders are found In greatest numbers in Iceland 'and the Fern Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be Proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantit3 Which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, will serve In the formation of a Paletit, which, while it has most extra ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the finest and thickest blanket, the great desideratum for a winter garment being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and retail warcrooms, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORIMILL, London. THE NICOLL i s th e di s ti ngu ishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation: It has all the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the REGISTERED PALIITOT of LL AMA CLOTH. The NICOLLTALETOTS are charge .% One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half Guineas, according with the climate or pur pose for which they may be required, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STRAET ; also 22, CORNIIILL facing the Exclaanae. THE SEAL FUR PALETOT The eostly nature of the material will necessarily confin. the use of this garment to a select few ; but he who can afford the ex pense will pronounce it to be the most gentlemanly, elegant, and NICOLE article of dress that can passibly be conceived. Messrs. ....1 41 COLL will, however, continue to supply the SEAL FUR f, A LETOT at its present moderate price—that is to say, so long as Pe demand does net interfere with the supply ; for it must be borne in mind that the number of Seal Skins in tee English market 16 very limited—at least such as are capable of alaptation to the Present purpose, that of being formed into the graceful garment Ca lled NICOLL'S PALETOT. Registered 6 and 7 Vic. , cap , 61. .6 early inspection and purchase would, tnercfore, be desirable. J., and D. }MOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 82, CORITHILL, LONDON. CHRISTMAS. —One of the new patented inven tions called NICOLL'S EIDER DONV>7 PALETOT will do ubtless form a most acceptable gift at the app roachin g season of f estivity, when it is somewhat difficult to select the beat toke n of friendship or affection. The lightness and warmth of this garment ' 7ll l render it highly serviceable for covering an evening costume Without causing the least disarrangement ; aid from the peculiarity ,° f the formation of the whole it precludes the necessity for any mea 4relhent being taken, aa merely some slight description of height er a ppearance will &flee to enable the patentees to supply an EIDER D~E PALETOT, at the cost of SIX GUINEAS, and which may Y be described as one of the best preservatives of health ever yet Mtrodueed to the public. colrln. aLnodndo. D. n liicoll, 114, 116, and 126, Regent - street, and 22, b., :HE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and "„,_II 7 Viet,, cap. 65) WAREROOMS , 114, 116, 120, REGENT- P.ET, and 22, CO ItN HILL. x r 4 ,anY have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. .k-iOT.T, are the sole Patentees of the design and material. The. Wholesale and Counting House Dep - trtments for the London isranelles in the Shipping', and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE LLEY, CORNIIILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. A . TATTLE on the CATTLE. Two gentlemen (myself and Mr. Dyall) Conversed together hi familiar speech And now, for Moses' sake, I'll make a trial To tell, verbatim, what was said by each. " Sir (said my friend), do you intend to go To sea this famous Smithfield Cattle Stow?" " Yes, Sir (said I, In my reply), If all be well, I'm certa'n to be there, For I enjoy the sight at Portman-square, Not only for the oxen, sheep, and pigs, On which Friend Punch delights to play his rigs, But for the well-dressed gentlemen and ladle - , Whose fashions are a proof what Moses' trade is." " Exactly so (said Dye"), I and you On such a subject have the self-same view. 1 never went, I do declare, To see the prizes at the square, Without admiring Moses' dresses there. I certainly confess (Said Mr. Dyall), That such superior dress Should cause us every one to make a trial." " Just se (said I), I acquiesce In all you say of Moses' dress. The Paletots (and you I see have ens), Do credit to the Mart of M. and Son." • LIST or PRICES. READY MAYA. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style . The Bitlwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 0 The Paletot, ditto .• .• .. Chesterfield, ditto... ••• • • 1 • 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat .. ••• • • ••• • • Shooting Coats • Lounging or Morning Coats .. ••• • • ....... 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests .• ••• • • ........ 0 2 Black Silk Velvet Ve5t5......... Dress Coats • Frock Ditto •••••• • • • • ••• • • ••• • • • . 8 19 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from nussar and Tunic Snits •••.• • • • • 0 14 6 toys' Autumn and Winter Vests ..... 0 0 8 MAWS TO ITEASUIRE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats • . from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Over Coat ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout ••• • • • • • •• • 210 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Best Black Cassimere ditto ... ••••••• • • • • • • 1 6 Autumn and Winter Tests ..... ••• .. 0 8 6 rest Black Cloth ditto .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 12 Black Silk Velvet ditto ........... ...... • 18 6 i• Dress Coats.. Fr4ck ••.• • • • • from 355. to 3 3 6 ilassar and Tunic Suits • • ..... " . • • ....from 1 5 0 1 15 0 I kten's Shooting Coat .. Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 20/. Naval and Military Iniferuss, Liveries, &c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning eomplete for 11. 108. dlr ha book, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with 11111 w ( !ctions far Self-measurement, can be had on application, or for lutled. post free, to any part of the kingdom. 4r hod sea - -ee—The Fur Department is new replete with every novelty son. - -e — kny article purchased, either ready made, or made to if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. 11 14 . MOCIES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Furriers, Boo t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. 154, L 55. ' ,S G, and 157 Misories , and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aligate, City, ~ ..1 011; all eeMmunicating with each other, and forming one vast Catiti on. —E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public ral s 4 " t Imposition; but having heard that the antradesmanlike has - v. -ftl et being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," ,7 11 resorted to in many instances, and far obvious reasons, 1 4 7 veg to state that they have no connexion with any other house „.. r out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far ,72,„?, Sheffield ; and. 19, Thornton ' s-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; at t_these who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call v.:Z*ond to the Minories and Aldgato, City, London ; or either of `,l,_slraneh Establishments, as above. . t. /LEG 31eitiea,—This Establishment is clo,ted from sunset Fri lay, h ' 54 411 §glyillYr 11:1114 Iflitiztem rostand_ tw e lve Velee%. ‘ll / `• , / RICE OD. N° 17 852.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY • , " _ . 7 DECEMBER 12 1849. !"1' TMPROVED DWELLINGS for the POOR At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks giving is appointed, it cannot be out or Wace to bring before the minds of the Christian public some of the efforts which have been made, and are still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer classes of society. The SOCIETY . for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION of the LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more than four years past with these objects : It has built a range of Dwelling for the Industrious Classes, on sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's Inn-lane. lime twenty-three families and thirty single women are accommodated. It has repaired and r.ndered tit for healthy occupation four houses in King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 103 working men are accommodated. It has built, in Gaorge-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House for working men, where 114 persons of this class find a comfortable habitation. It has repaired and fitted op, at Ne. 7tl, Hatton-garden, a house for the accommodation of fifty eight females of the working-classes. It is new building. in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a: range of dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 43 such families will ;Ind good and healthy habitations. At Tunbridge Wells it is aiding to raise a series of coliages for agricultural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single men are already completed and occupied. Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdom ; who apply for its aid i❑ the building or improvement of cottages, or the setting-oat of cottage allotments. In these various works it has expended, and is expending, more than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ; towards which the Committee now solicits the contributions of the benevolent. The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house now erecting in Streatham-street : SUBSCRIPTIONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert - - - Her Majesty the Queen Dowager - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester - The Right Hon. Earl Spencer - - Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - - - The Right Hon. Lord Feversham - S. M. Pet°, Esq., M.P. - - Rev. E. Holland - His Grace the Duke of Bedford - Miss Portal - - Messrs. Barciay and Co Kosmos - - - - £3OO 0 0 - 150 0 • - 100 0 • - 50 0 0 - 100 0 0 2(1 donation 110 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 . 100 0 0 - - - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 £5,663 3 6 Abel Smith, Esq. - - Lord Willoughby do Eresby A Friend, by L. Sullivan, Esq Total, to Jan. 1, 1349 - - Donations since received : W. S., a Tribute for thsThanksgiving Day -.£lo 0 Mrs. Blair Mrs. Lambert Elait The Rev. Dr. Merton A Friend R. B. Cooke, Esq. Major Crull , shank A., per Nisbet Y. T. C. Saver, Esq. A. Palmer, Esq. A. H. Bradshaw, Esq. R. C. Kidd, Esq. W. S. An:ell, Esq. The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0 1. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - - - -10 0 Rev. J. Ware Mrs. Charles Pym Geo. Pearce, Esq. J. Sperling, ; Esq. R. H. V. Walpole, Esq. R. A. Ilornby, Esq. Viscount Brackley. H. B. Hicktnani.Esq. • Miss A. M. Cotton Marquis of Blandford ' Rev. Dr. Pacey J.O. Harris, Esq. H. Unwell. Esq. Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 5 0 John Hardy, Esq. Mr. Hargraves WE. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0 Lieut.-Colonel Seymour Mrs. Unbent Major Little 1 0 M. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter in the " Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank offering of herself and fatally from the late Epidemic Lady Murray W. Jennings, Esq. R. Wilkinson, Esq. J. Beaufort, Esq. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone - - - 10 0 Miss Ware Edward Strachey, Esq. Mrs. Dumaresque Thomas L. Ward T. H. Bastard, E .q. 5 0 E. Gardner, Esq. T. Twilling, jun., Esq. T. 11. Parker, Esq. C. V. Mrs. Bird J. J. Smith, Esq. W. Peony, Esq. - - - . - - b 0 W. Sparkes, Esq. Christianus B. Smith, Esq. G. Harding, Esq. - - - - - - 3 0 J. C. Hall, Esq. E. E. Bastard, Esq. Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0 W. P. Angell, Esq. Mr. 7. Schaal Miss Catherine Stuart E. W. M. L. Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birehin-lane ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Strahan, Pal', and Co., Temple-bar; and by llatchards, Piccadilly; Seeleys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street; and Nisbet, Berners street ; or by the Secretary, at the Orilee, 21, Exeter Hall. Tq ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while' lying. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enableil the Directors at the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1545, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from, 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Forma- Sum the Annual Policy Bonus in vent Be- Assured ((go. 5 51 Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor- . mina. out In to gum Cask. Annual row en Assured. Premium. Policy. - - X s. LI sd.Xs.d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 1839 226 6 102 15 1 16 2 9 (94 10 .£ s.d. 0 GO 100 G 74 3 4 1810 178 0 082 14 21214 11 (45 0 0 1841 174 0 0( 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 1 63 15 10 10 2 4 146 2 3 1843 93 18 41 44 8 4 615 11 1 9 6 13 4 1844 62 8 27 13 4 4 4 0 147 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to By the operation of the earns principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta ;eons than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a Small saving can secure through this Society. Annuity ‹.d s. d 20 47 16 C 30 26 15 V I 40 13 19 Cash. 1 Policy. E s. d s. d. 4 2 94 : 1 0 1 0 0 , 1 2 16 1 0 0 0 0 ,115 6 0j136 6 0 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annuity.£lo 10 0 ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 of 0, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of t Payable I Payable be one a. t- ally. sum. E I. tl. 20 010 11 30 019 6 40 1 17 3 Payable for Die- Iparity. s. d. l l s. d. 10 0 10' 0 0 0 16 7 1 7 3 11 27 3 11,19 4 10 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity upon every 100/. deposited : Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age GO, £9 I Is. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c.. may be had at the Office, or any of its Branches In the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLUOUSE, Actuary. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 31, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. John Campbell Renton, Esq., Af .P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard 3lalins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. J.hn Hamilton, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan. Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. John Dangerfield, Esq. C. 0. Parnell, Esq. BONUS ADDITIONS. The improvements introduced int* the practice of Life Assurance by this Comp iny, which remove all doubt and uncertainty as to the effect and validity of Life Policies, leaving secured an amount of public sup port almost uapafalleled in the history of Lifo Assurance, a right to participate in the surplus profits has become as important benefit. To entitle a party to participate in the Bonus Applicable to the present year, it is necessary that his Policy be, completed before the Ist ofJanuary next. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manner. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. THUSTSE.I. The Right Rey. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35. Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, No r f o lk. Sir Henry Poston Bedingfleid, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Rarnewell, Esq., 15, Terk-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 0, Pulteney-street, Bath.. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hlll. DIRECTORS. Tho /tight Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesei—Chairman. Hiichael Forristall, 13,. West-square, Soathwark—Deputf Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hou. the east India Company, and of the Londov, Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Malda-hill. Henry Clark DupPa, Esq., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill. lartuar —William Henry Archer, Esq. SECRSTARY — WiIIiam Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms if Proposal, and every information promptly erwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street , Leicester-square, London. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, , 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital ] 00,000/., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid is fhli el allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. la perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the Offices of tho Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Asserane,a masted °lithe most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially admitageeus for investment cf capital. By order, ALM. COLLINGII42GE, Mturtging Diroctor. CROWN COMMERCIAL INN, DISS, NORFOLK. J. LANE begs most respe,qfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public in general, that he has taken the ab.iye old-established and well-conducted Inn, and intends carry ing it on in a manner he trusts will meet the approbation of those who may please to favtrar him with their patronage. The House is pleasantly situated, and the premises, he flatters Wal ser, are equal to any commercial house in the county. J. 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EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of G RIMS TONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human figure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an lie. bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential spirit, drawn fr.:m aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whorls it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but maybe read in:his pamphlet, in which the bottles are ooclosed. Back pamphlet has the signature of William Orlmstene, 3lershant, llerbary, Iligheate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1446. This pamphlet is forwarded through the pest, en receiving two post age stamps. The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the pest on receiving a post-office order for 4s. Gd., er I:s., which in cludes the postage with the case. The lls. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many Nii tues, as thousands can prove, are published is the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you aro 40 years of age, you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in year walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand' for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell youths cause —the universal use of Grimstone's Eye snuff I and because it cured Ophthahnia,Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous lleadach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was au act of oppression ; as in 1325 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Berries, Fsq., to Mr. William Grimstone, bearing date lttk February, 1525. This was on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of Government it is obliged to be stamped. GItEMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold hi canisters, underl rG ni m, lo ep g r e ini d ime i t n e.n. a ti p; a 2 t p el li ri l . e ae t ta o c f ts i . l . led l i t e d a; ru a 2 mi : d il o ,9 t t( l th ia l r pa t on e sa s t t: 4l ii s. l . ol i i d a .. l , s se , :.eoha. . the The ana is. Id., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out Of the many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five Mall of Gutta Serena, from G. 11. Boatel], Professor of Galvanism:— " S.sutbsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1148. " Ma. W. aItiZSTONE.—Sir — I must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in cases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! ! or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c., G. 11. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." 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Matthews, Mr. Craddock, Mr. Jesson, Mr. Lucy, the Mayor of Birmingham, Ike. Upwards of 1,000 persons visited the Bazaar during the day; and to this number may be added an attendanca equally large, which will, no doubt, visit the exhibition during the evening. This, considering the exclusive charge, is considerably beyond the anticipations of the managers. If the succeeding days—Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday—are equally succogsful, the Birming ham and Midland Counties exhibition may be deemed completely and permanently est ablUed, and there is now every reason to . augur that such a consummation will be achieved. ASSIZE IN IVORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Der. 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Justice WIGJITM.&N.) Jo/in Barnsley was indicted for . , having, at Man. cheEter, on the 14th of October last, feloniotnly cut and wounded Jana Barnsley, his wife, with intent to kill end murder her. Mr. Monk prosecuted ; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been out of work for some time, was addicted to drinking, and that he was intoxicated about tea time on the day in question. Entertaining a jealousy with regard to the unfortunate woman (his wife), he accused her of in fidelity, and said to her, "No woman can love two men at once," and immediately after he had spoken he got up and stabbed his wife in the neck with a table knife. They then grappled, and both fell down the stairs, in doing which the woman was stabbed three times in the neck. She cried out, " Don't murder me for the sake of my child," and then the prisoner was heard to say, " I have now finished the job." The woman was taken to the Manchester In firmary, when it was found the prisoner had stabb,cl her twice on the left side of the neck, once on the right side, and once under the chin ; a severe cut also was found upon the right thumb. The table knife with which the wounds were inflicted was found in the prisoner's room covered with blood, and on its being shown to the prisoner at the station-house, he said, " That's the thing with which I did the job." The prisoner, in defence, said that he had been drinking at Bolton, and that at the time he committed the act he was so intoxicated he was not aware what he was doing. His LORDSHIP summed up, and left it to the jury to say with what intent the prisener stabbed his wife. The jury returned a verdict of cutling and wound ing, with intent to murder. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, alluded to the fatal effects of intoxication, which had nearly caused the prisoner to murder her whom it was his duty to protect, and ordered sentence of death to be recorded, intimating that that sentence would be commuted into transportation for life. John Nelson was charged with' being at large in the city of Manchester without lawful excuse, before the expiration of the term for which he was trans ported. Mr. Monk conducted the - prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence of several officers of the detective police in Manchester, that the prisoner, under the name of John Clough, was tried and convicted at the Borough Court of Manchester in 1847 of a burglary committed in the house of a haberdasher named Thomas Keats, for which he was sentenced by the Court to be transported for ten years; in pursuance of which sentence he was sent as a convict to Gibraltar, from which place he escaped in the February of the present year, and having been advertised in the Hue and Cry, the Man • chester police were on the look out, and succeeded in capturing him in October last. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he had been transported under the name of James Crabtree, and having been sent to Gibraltar, he was set at large by the authorities at that place. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence —fourteen years' transportation. NISI PItIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TAL?OURD.) William Smith was charged with having at Liver pool, on the 13th of November, forged an order for the delivery of goods. Mr. Simon prosecuted; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared that William Howson, who is a hosier and hardware dealer in Paradise-street, Liverpool, received the following note on the afternoon of Tues day, the 13th of November:— Halewood, Nov. 12, 1849, " Robert Neilson, Esq., desires me to order from you as under—Mr. Neilson having been informed your goods were of first quality :—Two pair Seotch Singlets ; two ditto drawers, woollen ;. three pair lambswool hose. If these ore good, you may expect Mr. Neilson% orders. I beg to ay your orders for coals would be esteemed a favour. "I am, sir, year obedient servant, " E. F. WILSON. " To Mr. How3on, Para iise-stroot. " P.S.—You will please send them, with bill enclosed, under cover to Mr. M'Geo, flour dealer, corner of Alice street, Paddington-edge-hill, before six this evening (Tuesday). Payment will be made in the course of a day or two." The prosecutor, not thinking that all was right, saw Mr. Neilson, and finding that be had not or dered the goods, nor authorised any person to do so for him, a parcel was made up, and directed to M'Gee's, and an officer was placed to watch in a concealed part of the shop. Shortly after the pri soner called, and asked if there was a parcel for him ; to which Mrs. M'Gee replied that there was a parcel for Mr. Robert Neilson, and then the prisoner said, " That's me." Mrs. M'Gee then delivered the parcel to him, which he carried off, but was imme diately pursued, and brought back by the officer who was in hiding. His LORDS HIP summed up. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—twelve months' im prisonment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 11. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAM!, Assistant-Judge.) The Court sat specially to take the following case:— THE TRUSTEES OF EXETER HALL, STRAND, V. THE POOR- RATE OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE• FIELDS. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Pashley and Mr. Huddlestone for the respondents. After rather more than an hour had been occupied by the counsel in a discussion as to which side had the right to begin, Mr. BODKIN proceeded to state the ease for the ap pellants to the Court. After briefly alluding to the contest that had taken place as to the right to begin, he stated that the present was an appeal under the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 9G, sec. 6, against the present assessment of Exeter Hall to the poor. rate of the parish in which it was situate, the trustees of that establishment appearing as appellants. For some considerable time the sum at which it was so assessed was 1,0001, the fair rateable value of the property, but the parish officers raised the assessment and fixed it at 1,5001.; and though the trustees were satisfied that such an assessment as that was one much beyond the rateable value, they preferred to abide by it, rather than become involved in any contest with the paro chial authorities. But in the present year the parish officers had thought proper to raise the assessment from 1,5001. to 2,5001., which the trustees felt them selves bound to protest against, and accordingly they appealed against such increase to the special sessions, by which the proceedings of the parish officers were confirmed, and consequently the trustees were com pelled to come to this court to obtain that which they could not obtain in the court below, a just and fair rating of their property—not that he in any way impugned the judgment and the discretion that court had exercised in this matter. Now he should pro duce to this court, to enable it to come to a right conclusion as to what the rateable value of Exeter Hall was, the accounts of the receipts and expendi ture, which he apprehended would speak for them selves. Exeter Hall had originated in the public spirit of some individuals, who were sensible of the necessity that existed for Some establishment to be devoted to the purposes of meetings of a charitable, benevolent, or scientific character; and in these and other respects the edifice in question had provided the public with an accommodation they did not be. fore possess. By the deed of incorporation the pro prietors were bound to confine the building to " re ligious, charitable, and scientific purposes ;" but it had been urged that the steps that had been made in the place to advance the science of music was a devi ation from the principles upon which it was origi nated ; hut he could not see any reasonable basis upon which such an assertion could be founded. Lat terly the accommodation the building afforded had been extended; it had occasionally been let to musical associations and for musical entertainments, and con sequently the revenue had been increased ; but he apprehended that because at any particular period there had been an increase of revenue arising from fluctuating causes, such as a passing excitement in the publio mind, when the accommodation the place afforded was in full demand, the parish officers could not come in and assess the establishment upon the amount of revenue that was derived at such par ticular period. That was a fictitious value—a real rental could not be calculated therefrom. But the course he proposed to take was this—to take the average rental for the last three years, make the necessary deductions, and then give the net rental as the rateable value. The receipts for the three years ending in April last gave an averag • of 3,3821. for each year ; but such were the variations to which this return was liable that, in a former year, there had been an entire loss of some 900/. or 1,0001. It depended upon the public taste, and upon the competition that was rising up. All upon which the revenue depended was uncer tainty ; and therefore it was better that an average income should be taken rather than the income at one particular period. The question was what rent would a tenant pay for it, and he would show precisely how much a tenant would give for it in the s.haps of rent. 2111. must be deducted from the average he had given, in respect of property let to other parties, but assessed to the trustees, and that would leave 3,171/. as re venue. The estimated expenditure, including salaries, wages, rates and taxi s, &c., was 1,0711., which sum deducted from the revenue left 2,1441. After de ducting interest upon the capital expended in furni ture and fittings, ten per cent. upon that capital for deprecia:ion, and allowing 5001. a year for tenant's prJfits, there was left a gross rental of 1,1941. From that they deducted, as they were entitled to do, a sum sufficient to keep the place in such repair as to command that amount of rent, and after these de ductions there was a net rental of 9641., at which sum the trustees contended they ought to ba raid. The Learned Gentleman entered into these details very minutely. Mr. Graubv, the clerk of Exeter Hall, was then examined. He proved that up to this year the assessment had been 1,500/., and that the average income for three years ending April, 1849, was 3,382/. In 1842 the revenue was 3,284/.; in 1843, 4 241/ ; in 1844, 3,0161.; in 1845, 2 908/. ; in 1846, 2,598/. ; in 1847, 3,01811. ; in 1848, 2,947/. ; and to April, 1849, 4,181/. The witness was cross examined at FORM length by Mr. PASDLEY as to the arrangement of the establish ment and its capabilities, the terms upon which it was let, &c., but the details were not interesting. A long discussion then took place in reference to the items that had been placed before the Court, in the course of which Mr. Pashley contended that the appellants were not entitled to deduct from the revenue interest upon the capital invested in fittings, and that the rental must not be calculated upon the revenue of preceding years, but upon the income of the current year. Ultimately, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS said be thought justice would be done to all parties by the rate being fixed at 2,0001., and ordered it to be reduced to that sum. During the investigation Mr. Sergeant ADAMS inquired whether the directors had an absolute con trol over the building, and the deed of incorpora tion was handed to him. Having perused it, he said it appeared to him that the directors were bound to confine Exeter Hall to " religious, charitable, and scientific" purposes. It was competent, therefore, for the teaching the science of music to be carried on there, but he was inclined to think that it was not competent for them to give public concerts. M. Jullien and other musical celebrites were in attendance upon subpcena, but they were not exa mined. The court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HOUSE. The unexpected appearance of Joseph Ady yester day to answer another complaint made by the Poet• office authorities, brought together a great number of people in the justice-room. A - Ir. Peacock attended for the Post-office. Ady was summoned under one of the Post•ofiice Acts, for having neglected to pay the sum of 11/. 63. due to her Majesty for the duty of postage, and to show cause why a warrant of distress should not be granted for the recovery of that sum, pursuant to the directions of the statute. Before the defendant appeared he sent the follow ing extraordinary document to the Lord Mayor : " Anne denim° et undecimo, Victoria) Regime, cap. 71, intituled • An Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and Demands within the City of London, 2d July, 1847,' page 447, section 24:—And be it en acted, that nothing in the Act contained shall be con strued to alter or affect the Court of Hustings, in the city of Ile_ndon, or the Court of Our Lady the Queen, holden before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London or to take away, lessen, or diminish the powers and jurisdiction of the slid courts, or either of them, i. e., the two courts. My Lord Ktyor, this Act, intituled for the more easy reco very of smlll debts, tke., supersedes yours, liz , the Lord Mayor sitting in the Poultry, and not at Guild hall, therefore I protest against your summons " Respectfully, " JOSEPH ADY." Upon appearing to answer the complaint the de 'endant read and handed in a paper, of which the fol lowing are the contents : " I request and demand that my protest be entered on the jourt als of the court. " My Lord Mayor, prior to pleading to the charge made against me, I beg your Lordship's sanction to an adjournment of the case to a future day, for the follow ing reasons:— " At a late hour on Friday night, indeed after I had rosit.,-.1 to rose, your _Lordship's summons was left at my residence. This summons calls me to answer nearly 1,400 distinct charges. and I an invited to inspect the whole of those letters, four hours only being allowed me. " On applying to Mr. Peacock for an adjournment, ho refused me, offering, however, to extend the time to be allowed for inspection four hours only. When I re ceived this concession two hours of the time had passed away, leaving me but six hours to accomplish an impos sibility, as your Lordship will readily perceive when you consider that it would give me leas than a quarter of a minute to inspect each letter. "I um anxious, my Lord, to have full opportunity to carefully and more leisurely inspect those letters, as I am advised that I may have good ground of defence against this claim, or, at least, a considerable portion of it. Upon this ground I trust your Lordship will grant an exten sion of time, a?, upon such investigation, I shall deter mine whether or not to call in professional aid. " What forgery is easier done than for that wretch accursed of Moses, ex •magistrate of Greenwich, who was detec;ed in concocting false evidence, and bribing false witness to support 500 of them.—(Laughter.) " What is easier than to print a few thousand imi- tations of my circular intended for owners of unclaimed dividends, printed in 1848 in the Bank, and direct each to dead men who cannot receive them—(Laughter)--and then, of course, have them returned to the Post•ofice, for the purpose of putting me to expense." The LORD MAYOR said he had no alternative but .o proceed with the case, and that it was well known the - defendant had been treated upon all occasions by the Post-office authorities with the utmost indulgence. Mr. Peacock then stated the case, as it was after wards supported in evidence, and said that the de fendant had resorted to the stratagem of making hundreds of the letters he had posted appear as if they had beau stamped, and that the stamps had been re moved from them. Mr. William Scrivener, clerk in the Dead Letter office of the Post-office, said—l produce 1,356 letters, which have been returned to the Dead Letter office, on account of the officers not being able to deliver them to the persons addressed. I have examined the letters. They purport to come from Mr. Joseph Ady, and the charge for the postage is 111. 6s. W. Morgan, assistant to the letter receiver in Fen - church street, said, Mr. Ady is in the habit of posting letters at our receiving house. On the 16th of October 700 letters were posted by Mr. Ady. They were unpaid, end most of them bore marks as though they had previously been stamped, and the stamps had been taken off. They were mostly ad dreseed to farmers in the country. Ady—Pray who posted those letters ? Witness— ou did. you brought them in a bag with you. Ady—Oh I very well !—(Laughter.) Witness—l examined them immediately. Ady—Can you swear that there were no stamps on thain ? Witness—l can swear that if there had been stamps on them the stamps were off when I re ceived them. My then desired to be allowed to examine the letters, and upon looking at one of them asked whether the witness could say that it had had no hump upon it ? The witness—That was one of the 700 you brought in the bag. You brought them to me inside, and gave them into my hands. Henry Daniels, letter-carrier to the General Post office, said—l tendered these letters to the defendant, and demanded 11/. 6s. postage on 1,356 letters. I saw the defendant himself, and the answer he gave me was that there was no money. Ady—My Lord Mayor, you surely cannot say that was a refusal to pay ?--(A laugh.) The LOUD MAYOR—You are summoned for having neglected to pay, and the fact of your not paying is what the law considers neglecting or refusing to pay. _ _ _ Ady—No man can swear that I refused to pay. There was no refusal, and I protest against any con viction. The LORD MAYOR—Have you anything more to say, defendant, than what your paper contained ? Aday—No, I don't know that I have; but that I shall appeal I do know. Th Lose Maros—The evidence has satisfiel me that you owe for the postage of 1,356 letters ; and yc.o must pay 11/. ss. and costs, amounting to 35., forth with. There is no appeal. Ady—Oh yes, there is. The LORD MAYOR—Under what clause ? Ady— Well, then, you will allow me to protest ? The LORD MAYOR—Certainly ; you may protest if you please. I have no objection at all to that; but you must pay the money nevertheless.—(Laughter.) Ady then requested to be allowed a month, but hi Lordship said the distress warrant should be forthwith issued ; and it was to be hoped the defendant would take means of avoiding so disagreeable an alternative. The postage and costs were paid before the pro ceedings torminated. The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would oblige him by acknowledging that l.e had received the second half of the 51. note, with ":x. C.'s" compli ments, for the poor box. LAMBETH. Yesterday James Sin , :ittZr and John Anderson, who had barn remanded on two previous occasions an a charge of being concerned in several daringliigh way robberies and using the most murderous violence to wards their victims, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott. A third person, who gave the name of Daniel Fitzgerald, was also placed at the bar as an accomplice. Sergeant Hardwick, 7 D, who apprehended the prisoners, stated that there were in attendance two officers belonging to the Millbank Penitentiary, who would prove that the prisoner who gave the name of Anderson, but whose real name was Ferguson, had been convicted and sentenced to transportation, and had been sent from Millbank on board the Warrior convict ship, lying off Woolwich. S ome years ago he (Sergeant Hardwick) apprehended the prisoner Fitzgerald on a charge of felony, and he was then con victed and sentenced to seven years' transportation. On apprehending him on the present charge, and on their way to the station-house, Fitzgerald told him that the prisoner Anderson had been a fellow- convict with him on board the Warrior, and that his real name was Ferguson. lie (Hardwick) was not yet able to prove the fact ; but he should be able to show that Sinclair was also a returned transport, and that he had made his escape from one of her Majesty's dockyards. Thomas Barry, the deputy-landlord of a common lodging-house, No. 16, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, who had been examined on a previous day, was again called, and repeated that the prisoners Sinclair and Anderson came to lodge at his house about the middle of the last month, when Sinclair described himself as a pensioner, and said he had ls. 11d, a day pension. On the morning of the 20th of that month both the prisoners were without money, and borrowed a six pence from him, saying that they were going to Green wich to receive some cash. On the same night, be tween the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, they returned, in company with the prisoner Fitzgerald, and at that time they were much intoxicated, but their companion seemed sober. Sinclair pulled from his pocket and placed in his (witness's) hands the sum of 11. 12s. 100., and the other prisoner also gave him 16s. The other prisoner spoke to Fitzgerald in a free and friendly way, said he was a good fellow, and hoped they had satisfied him, and if not they should do so the next morning. John Wilson, a lodger in the last witness's house, repeated his statement that Sinclair had told him that he had been transported, but he did not say for what or when. The same prisoner had also asked him if he thought he could dispose of a watch at one of the lodging-houses at the outskirts of the town. Both Sinclair and Anderson always lived very well and seemed to have plenty of money, though they never did any work. John Evans, a cabinetmaker, also lodging at the same house, said that on one occasion, when in con versation with the prisoner Sinclair, that person admitted that he was a native of Gloucester, and that his name was Robinson. On another occasion, when the landlord, Barry, was giving a distressed lodger an order for employment at the Mendicity Society, the prisoner said he should knock down the first man or woman he met in the street, rather than work for a shilling a day. The conversation was subsequently directed to the landlord of the house, and upon its being said that he was in the habit of going weekly to take away the rents collected from lodging houses in Whitechapel, Union. court, Holborn, and Short's gardens, Drury-lane, Sinclair asked where he lived, and said he would be worth meeting on his way home. Lockyer, the gaoler to the police station, said on that morning, on locking up the prisoner Fitzgerald in a cell by himself, he was leaving the place when he heard the prisoner exclaim, " Hallo, Jem ! You are all right," The prisoner Sinclair, from another cell, replied, "Oh ! yes, I was nailed three weeks ago in Marrowbone- lane upon three front propping' (meeting persons and striking and robbing them) csses. Fitzgerald said, " Oh, yes, I saw it in the papers." Sinclair continued and said, " Yes, but I smashed them all. You must say that you were with us on the night in quests n, and that we had a drop of beer together, and that will save you." The prisoners were all remanded. I. BENEFITS Secured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 2/. 12s. • . . i . -, • .. - . --S ••• (- - • . , i ._. . N.' vt i ; ... ____, , N,,(,4 db . : -•';'''' 7 ':.7.•-: . ~. 4 , 5„ • 1., . 'N , .. ' ';itt.' 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" -----Lsl, ------: 0, - ...-:::.•-.: THE SEWAGE QUESTION. SUPJECIS THAT MAY BE woßTny OF ATTEN TION IN CONSIDERING PLANS OR SYSTEMS FOR THE GENERAL SEWERAGE OF THE ME TROPOLIS. The oldy objects of the Commission are— First—To rid the metropolis of the noxious sewer age matter, and of the drainage watei-s, efficiently as regards health and convenience. Secondly—To effect this object with the least pos sible delay. The Commissioners consequently have nothing to do with the application of the matter to manure, except so far as it may be combined with saving of expense to them in carrying out their pri mary object. Thus they have no right to enter into any proceed ings for its application for manure that is to increase, the aggregate amount of their outlay in the smallest degree. The general benefit to the country may be of hundreds of thousands of pounds, or a million an nually ; but if the cost to the metropolitan ratepayers is only of a few hundreds of pounds to gain that ad vantage, the Commissioners would not be justified in incurring it. Such an extraneous object must in that case be taken up by others, to whom, no doubt, it would be the duty of the Commissioners to give every facility. But if it can be clearly proved that the extra cost of a system for its collection and distribution as manure, with equal advantage to health and conveni ence, would be remunerative, or even unattended with loss, it would be decidedly the duty of the Commis sion to adopt that course, as uniting a great national advantage with their more peculiar charge. Such a proceeding could, however, only be justified on clear undisputed proof, founded on experience, and not on speculative calculations. It will probably be admitted by every one that an efficient system of sewerage is only to be obtained by an abundant flushing of water, from the very houses and first receptacles down to the final outlet and dis position of the products, and that this is incompatible with any system of nail-pits. This condition would at once put an end to many of the projects for the conversion of the matter into manure, viz , those which have for their basis the procuring of it in a more substantial form ; and leaves to be dealt with only those in which it is calculated upon being obtained where collected in that diluted state. The quantity of water for this purpose will be very large, and it becomes a question of importance how it is to be provided. There is no self-supplying stream from a more elevated level available ; it must, therefore, be raised mechanically, and from some ample source. The Thames is at hand for the purpose in never failing quantity, standing higher, and consequently requiring a less lift, than any other source that could be resorted to, and of a quality good enough for this particular object. The mechanical means of raising it will be economized by adapting the heights of the receptacles for it to the levels, which will be just sufficient service, of the elevations of different varying districts. With regard to the manner of getting rid of the sewerage and drainage of the metropolis, the most simple and cheapest in first effect would undoubtedly be to pour it at once into the Thames. That river forms the most central, the lowest, and readiest outlet. By such a proceeding districts might be taken up and dealt with independently of one an other, and probably a great mass of the existing sewers will be turned to account, and the system combining sewerage and surface drainage might be rapidly devised and carried into execution. But two great objections are made to this system:— First, the pollution of the Thames. Secondly, the loss of the manure. With regard to the pollution of the river, it may be a question how far the objection, although very generally entertained, is sufficiently sound to justify an absolute prohibition at any cost, and whether the very dilluted state to which it is contemplated to reduce the sewerage, combined nith the best princi• pies of construction and material for the outlets, and considering how the current from the sewers will be diffused among so large a mass of water as composes the Thames at London, would not be a complete remedy for the sanitary evil effects and sensible nuisance (which may probably be classed together) now complained of. As to the water in the river being rendered unfit for drinking or cooking purposes, I submit the ob jection to be of little consideration. ,The inhabitants ought to be provided for thoEe purposes with better water from other sources than coull be obtained from the impurity of the Thames even were all the town sewenige removed from it. The manure question is of far greater importance and of more difficult solution. If it can be worked out to the advantage of apply. ing ill the sewerage matter to manure, it at once gets rid of any discussion as to polluting the river; it will however, require an entirely new and probably coin- Lined general system—one that is full of difficulties will scarcely obtain any aid from all that at present exists, and will call for an enormously increased outlay on its first coact • nd sub3,qaent maintenmee These difficulties however, are not to- - event the most earnest consideration being g:vi2ri to i n obj?ct of such general benefit to the country ; but they are sufficient to show the necessity for great caution and for thorough conviction of proceeding aright where any degree of miscalculation or want offoresight, so likely to arise among the enthusiastic in pursuing the attain inent of a great public advantage, woa!d necessarily lead to the most serious evil. Among the difficulties attending the manure ques tion, there are some that are peculiar to London, and that will tend to show its application to be far less favourable there than in any other locality : First, the great amount of stable dung and other surface manure available to the immediate neighbour hood, so that for four or five; miles around London, comprehending the City, itself a very extensive area, the sewerage matter would be comparatively of small value, and would require a conveyance or removal to considerable distances. Secondly, amitht such a dense population the perfection with which all the arrangements for the collection, preparation (if any), and removal of the matter must be carried out. Thirdly, the increased expense of attaining that perfection, as well as of every part of the establi,sh merits that must necessarily be situilted oven in London or in its immediate niAghbourhood. Nor can London in its site be Said to posses., a► y advantage for its collection of the sewerage. It is Ibr the most part low and flat, without falls or soils favourable to the construction of channels and receptacles, and necessarily requiring the matter to be raised by mechanical means to render it available for manure. Although most towns in this and other countries are more favourably circumstanced, I am not aware of any one that can present us with a specimen of sewerage that affords all the desired advantages and great profits that we are told are so easy of attainme n t. It is true there are many th a t well exhibit the ob jects partially obtained—that is, perhaps, on one side, and for particular portions and descriptions of land ; but in such cases that it is not generally applied where there is an example and fruitful benefit shows that it is not universally applicable. Even in cases where an entire town may be found to afford an example, it should have been followed by every other of the same country where that success must be well known. Or should even all this be found, still the analogy must be made good between the circumstances of those places and London. It would appear, however, rather that a great ex periment is to be made of London, which, on account of the magnitude of the operation, is most unfavourable to the attempt. The Commissioners are, consequently, placed in a very difficult and delicate position, and if the practi cability of the profitable application of the sewerage product to manure is ultimately decided to be estab lished so as to be a sine full non and a leading feature in the system, I apprehend that it will be a work of much time and difficulty before the precise manner of carrying it out can be settled. While the most urgent demands are made upon the Commissioners to accelerate, or rather not to pro tract delay in proceedings for an efficient sewerage of the city, the operation is thoroughly embarrassed by this manure consideration, one almost entirely of speCulation, for expeiience affords very little guide towards forming a judicious project for so enormous an undertaking. The great desideratum for a plan for adoption would, in my opinion, be one, the primary object in which would be to carry off the whole matter to some available outlet in the cheapest efficient way, but in such manner as would afford facilities for intercepting and applying it as manure as a distinct measure. Then . should there be a failure, it would only attach to that particular measure, and not affect the entire operation. Assuming that the Commissioners come to the con clusion that as a fixed principle all the sewerage matter is to be carried awey by abundant flows of water, it may not be difficult to fix on the degree of dilution to which it is to be reduced—that is, so as to settle upon a minimum inclination that shall be allowed for its current, either generally or according to the classes of the several channels from the details of house drainage to the final discharging tunnels. This will bring one very important element to bear upon the plans of the sewerage, and facilitate their construction ; as would also, in a degree, fixing on dimensions for the several pipes and channels, accord ing to classes of the duty they v;i11 have to perform. I apprehend that the plan very generally proposed for carrying off the sewerage by one general line of tunnel (or one on each side of die river), placed longi tudinally through the town, into which all the lateral sewers are to discharge their contents, is erroneous in principle : 1. Because it must be throughout of a depth suffi cient to afford a fail from the lowest part of the city, which would very much increase the expense and difficulty of construction and removal of the matter. 2. It must necessarily be of great length—that is, of several miles ; and, to carry the prescribed fall, it will require a depth, to which it must be carried, that would be most embarrassing, and the construc tion of which would be enormously expensive, while at the same time very great mechanical power will be required in constant and endless operation to raise the sewage matter, which, in a liquid state, will be immense in quantity. 3. It is rendering the whole city liable to the con tingencies of a single channel. No modification of this system by multiplying these longitudinal tunnels that are to run through the town, can remove the ob jections which would seem to be sufficient to con demn the principle, unless they are so subdivided in lengths as to partake of the character of a district ar rangement, which would appear to be the better cow se—me by which each district would only be attendEd with those difficulties absolutely belonging to it, and not carry the greatest of them through the whole system. Systems for ventilation of sewers, which have been great sajects of diseusEion and difficulty, will be much simplified, if the necessity for them at all be not entirely removed in many districts, by establish ing a free vent to the open air, towards which the uninterrupted stream shall flow. Nov. 9. J. F. BURGOYNE. THE APPROACHING. HIGH TIDES AND INUNDATIONS, 1849. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE MORNING HERALD. Eir,—About the 29th or 30th of the present month, between the hours of two or three in the morning, a very high tide will take place, which will affect all the tidal ports of the United Kingdom, about the hours of high water at the different places ; but if continued rain should accompany the event, a tem porary inundation of the lower parts may be expected. However, not wishing to create any unnecessary alarm among the multitude, but only to put those on their guard to whom public interests, shipping, &c., are entrusted, by calling their attention to the effects of the probable extraordinary high tide, I venture to paint out the contemporaneous circumstances calcu lated to produce and increase the magnitude of the great tidal wave, which, although periodic, is yet of very rare occurrence. On the 29th of December, 1849, the earth is at its least distance from the sun (hence a superior solar tidal wave) ; at the same time the moon, being at its full, is also at its least distance from the earth, and, by a remarkable coincidence, also at its greatest northern declination; hence the combined tidal in fluence, the destructiveness of which may be dimi nished by proper precautions. Nearly the whole of the northern hemisphere will be subject to the full force of its influence, and wherever opportunities of observation exist, we may expect to hear of high tides from all parts of the world; thus, Canton, Bombay, Aden, the West Indies, &c., will feel its effects. In a local point of view, it will be very great .on the banks of the Thames, if also united to the effects of continued rains, winds, &c., which may be ex expected, having had a hot and a comparatively dry period for many months, and thus, by the law of compensation, make up the average quantity pf rain. From its sanitary influence on a great scale we may regard it as a real good, which may, perhaps, wash away many a plague-spot. Thus no ultiniate benefit would result from any expensive attempt to avert an extraordinary overflow, as the banks of the Thames cannot be altered from their natural level so as to meet these temporary emergencies. Should a hard frost set in about the 29th it will check the overflow; however, the probable height of the tide at London-bridge will be thirty feet. It will be remarked that the tides during the day will be less, but at night much greater. I am, Sir, yours obliged, ARTHUR GEARING, 'feacher, of Mathematics. 2, Ranelagh-t•treet, Leamington. DEATH IN 'I MI COUNTING SOUS T.-At a large silk merchant's establishment, at the west-end of - London, three stout healthy young countr)reen, who had come into the house one after the other to, act as cashier, had died. The counting-house was a close room, without a window, and in which, consequently, gas was always burning. We were engaged about ' the house profes sionally when the last mtn died, and were repotted to "do some little thing" towards ventilating the room. The step we took was to place all round the walls, im. mediately under the ceiling, a 3-inch pipe of perforated zinc (a pipe full of innumerable small holes), both ends of which were connected in mle corner with a tube.that came down the angle, and was taken under the floor into a flue. An amazing improvement in the atmosphere of the room wrs effected, and its rafter-occupants re mained perfectly healthy, albeit it ever will be a melan choly den for a man who loves sutlight, to spend the days of his youth in.—Builder.