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good sheep. old ewes 3d ; turn . 30s to 5014 30s to 335; 8s 3d to 856 d ; fowls, per Dd to 3e 6d ; 1 s. T four bushes 31b, and l6st rley, 16st 21b, 11b, 18st 21b, Inferior. £1 6 0 0 11 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 'ds 6d, 401 b per it Od to 00s Od ear,l6s to 195, I s 6cl to 12s tid visions—Beef, veal, ditto, 5d lb, Od to Cd; 10d to Is Od ; hares, each, Os rib, id to ad; 2'_',s; hens, pet 1; ducks, ditto, irkeys, each, 4s tation (present per dozen, Od Morse of 14ibs, d ; pork large, lbs, Os to W. st, 7d to 8d ; armeal, is 2d to 2d; barley ter, weighing to, 00s to 00s ; I- bushel, 201 )ats, 421 b per l boll, 16s Od ,s to 15s ; bran to 37s ; second Is 6d to Os Od ; 4d; first flour, credit. Pota to 7d; veal, 4d Is, each, 00d to each, 00d to 1, per lb, id t• ; four.pound per cwt, 9d ign grain have home growth week amount er brl ; barley, 5,081 brls at applies coming are well sur onsequenee to a small parcel l in our last, 'at also some rrel for Polish In the absence tad, quotations ue would pro ntinues scarce been done ill ist week. We its, holders of on lower WO barrel. Irish Prime foreign , good inquiry ascriptions are without much done in th e 6d to 61 53 t fid per ton' .stricted sale. ctra 145 Od; 1; thirds, 75 toe' to 6a 9d; w heat' to 127.6 d per ton. 45 to 375; averag e Straw—Faran,er l 75 Od to 00s uu; loaf 6d to 6r; butter, 8d t° tdred. Coals ; Best Nea l 005 per nw" gallon. Mea t ; veal 4d t O sausages 5d P er 2s 6d to 3/ 55par 4/ to 0/; French to 12s per stonsa gs 185 to 19s ; re 0/ Os to 12' irst quality, 1 ,2: ket Lis to '' to 2,d per o 12d ; Guano , Tar —Archange l On Saturday in farm, in the e occupation O f Ern was totalli, ity of thrashes ,auce rendered al of an engin e umber of riclig 1. Mr. Hewett , clearly the IC S )ove neighbour' 1E o'clock in th e ; to Mr. W. L k ' discovered 0 6 eats, which coo' sacks, 20 dit t o , also four t. There is icendiary. involving 1 ." 1, derable We% ing at Inho ord, in the oc, c , j , the farm bu tt with their OP ,: tents, two Is r b; h a colt, nu; wore tofelly dieinsured. Th e the act of s large i m port a t ; le Belgian 04, / be t country. b y rid, has broug, rrived front ltry, of varioiii T arrival of l v o f art, and one e supplies ft?o bits, with * l ' l 4 understand , them from 1 3 re F the week, t % 6 rchased, bi t t he ions parts 0. • es ay an ince t , , in the Loig e o h death of Sl r if f the melaneh t/ G ; on Mr. reli r j , ,he above pali o t , the h us bat? con d uc ting il e a of her eill ic ,,,cl case, which v 4,1 et. drainage, attention 04 th ffeter, but de o o , s ntal death" 1 4 fi ay's P ills ' cases of det op ng in the : jo g vsiness, swig°. el' d dig petite, ba „ of T of persons " s ot •edible and 11 : t o and had: fade s i j o .„ Brat doctors I. - t po ; will rester* Sold by 02; sent, 244, P" 3 of Mr. 0 0° 11-square, ibe Shire, MO. ?d, Kent, 0011 1 street, the I ' 4 Mr. Robeyoo y daughter ° les Belcher, joe fighter of 0 ° troud. to # ;h, HigbE 3 Esq., 04 0 Dr* er of the l at 11 11-11 v-road, ; be tbr Helen EL ° O il"' be Rev. -•q; a „ n d ge4 V . . e ct o ' !Beitutort, = ' rth, BirilliP6li4lll' „ th e ;ed 72, Sa ri oo , late el the lingtoe, rect°l. de re ' s t, Kirig s-e ' o f a rgaret , ' 46°11 4 , , )lin GorWn'S 141°. llpf t/ n the ce CONTRACT for BRITISH OAK TIMBER, THICKSTUFF, PLANK, and TREENAILS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Dec. 14, 1849. The Commissioners for er.ecuting the office of Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TUESDAY, the sth February next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying 16,500 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, but to be delivered in a rough or sided state, as the saki Commis sioners shall direct). 4,100 Loads of BRITISH OAK, TIIICKSTUFF, and PLANK, - and NOAH BRITISH OAK TREENAILS. To be delivered at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December, 1852, at prices including all carriage and other exPerßes. A Tender may be made for the whole Contract, or for the quanti ties required for any one or more of the yards, but not for less than the full quantities of Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails re %aired for any one yard. A Form of the Tender showing the distribution, sidings, and di %tensions of the Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails, and all other necessary particulars may be had on application to this Office, by letter or otberwise. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-haul corner the words " Tender for British Oak," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a Otter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound With the person tendering, in the sum of 16,0001. for the due perform- I ace of the whole Contract, or in a due proportion for a part only. CONTRACT for . COPPER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, December 13, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral f the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give Utica that on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her ➢fajesty's Dockyard at Chatham with 2.50 TONS of ENOLAII TOUGH CAKE COPPER. • 10 Tons to be delivered by the 21st January, and the remainder the 28th February next. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent ter him duly authorised In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Copper," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied FY a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 5,000/. for the due perfoimance of the Contract. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. December le, 1849. The Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice that a quantity of Old Harness, Wheels, Oak and Elm Plank, • Casks, Staves and Heads, Cases of Wood, Tanned Hides, Painted Co ' vers, Old Tin, Shot Bottoms, Tanned Hide and Leather Cuttings, Canvas Cuttings, Old Cartridge Paper, 7 Gallons of Copal and Oak Varnish, Artillery Clothing, Slab and Refuse Wood, &c., &c., will be udd by Auction, at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich, on THURSDAY, the 20th Decemb e r, 1849, a t El even o'clock in the Forenoon pre cisely. Slay be viewed from Ten to Four o'clock on the six days previous to the Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-Mall ; Tower of London ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. EAST INDIA DOUSE, DEC. 12, 1849. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice — Teat a Proprietor of East India Stock leas given notice, that at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company appointel to be held at their house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, he will submit the following motion, via. :— That copies of all correspondence relative to a Court-martial Acid on the sth September, 1844, on certain Sepoys of the 6th Madras Cavalry, be laid before this Court, and copies of all opinions given by law officers on the subject." That another Proprietor has given notice of his intention to sub /tit the following motions at the said Quarterly General Court Viz. 7 That this Court, deeply lamenting the prolonged exile of the Princes of Scindls, and the failure of those endeavours from time to t ime made for the termination of their unmerited sufferings, most A. e arnestly recommend to the Court of Directors that an opportunity be afforded such of them as survive to be h in their defence, be _tore some competent and impartial tribunal to be nominated by the G overnment of India, and if innocent, that they be reinstated in their private riqlits ; also that a like consideration, where the same may appear equitable, be extended to the heirs of such of the Ameers 48 have died in captivity." That the following papers be laid before the Court of Proprle tors " Copy of the treaty entered into by Captain Seaton, in behalf 18the Bombay Government, with the llydrabad State, in the year 08. "Copy of the instructions furnished the Envoy who was deputed "• HYdrabad to annul the above treaty. Copies of the returned letters to the late Nur Mahomed, Chief t u 'neer of Hydrabad, alluded to in the Governor-General's dispatch to e Secret Committee, under date 21st February, 1838. "Copies of other unpublished letters from Nur Mahomed. about th e lame time, explanatory of his unwillingness to accede to the Go- Ver nor-Generars proposals. ' 'Copy of the unpublished poriion of the Secretary to the Governor kn• ueral's letter to the Resident of Scindh, under date 6th September, 183 s. S tatement of the respective portions of territory which were gua. the t i Itdee by arcph seare lB39. treaties to theillydrabatl Aineers by the treaty 01 h M, at " List of the Ameers who have been consigned to exile, showing the stipends which they have from time to time rece:red." JAMES C. INIELVILL, Secretary. WINE and SPIRIT TRADE.—The Adver tisers are desirous of forming* an engagement wick a gentie ;ra of respectability, having a connexion either in the North or Itectlvol orth Midland Counties, to represent an old established Country Firm, Oestrous of extending its present business. To sive unnecessary trouble, no application need be made to this ad vertisement except from those who, by experience and connexion, are in ev ery respect qualified to fill such a situation, but to such a liberal salary will be given. Apply, Post-paid, and stating full particulars, to B. E., Post-office, Manchester. IN - ELL GWYNNE TAVEi►,N and CHOP HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelphl Theatre, and op. )(ode Adam-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices kid Banking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties from the country will find the Table d'Hote at rialf-past Five precisely' .Isb and Inost economical, comfort Able, and convenient in the metropolis. , Joints, 5.2 Hot Joints until Eight, and Sappers until One Luncheons. 8.7,c. Good Beds. S iserior Wines and Spirits. and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales. JOHN ARCHER and THO ILLS HOLT, Proprietors. N.E. An Entrance also from Maiden-lane. j ust pub'ished, in Two Thousand Pages, royal cwt., price 365., the POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY t for 1850. Principal Divisions of the work :—Ofticial Direc- Law ; Street Directory ; Commercial Directory ; Trades' Directory ; Directory ; Court Directory ; Parliamentary Directory ; Postal v i•-:'rectory ; City Directory ; Coneyance Directory; Banking Direc rY ; A ssu ranc e Directory ; —with a very great amount of general ° rotation. 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Nelth';f. - -It Is now thre ad a half years since I was screly afflicted ati heuinatic Gout, e the r s ffering from which induced me to try , levi, a Proposed remedies that extensive medical exoerience could of Without obtaining any sAisilictory relief from pain. During att , the paroxysms a friend advised ins to try BLAIR'S GOUT e 4le PILLS, observing that he had in some severe t, lit s , t aken them himself, and they proved very success.ul. I in -1 adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment VrbiTst g l ean to abate, aril a few boxes fe . stored me to health, since I have had no return of the courllaint. ka trust you willgive blicity to m case, that suffering humanity know how to obtain a remedy for y this distressing disease. " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, "MICHAEL ICASMYTII." e above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's *fir and Rheumatic Pills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted 1 444 Out, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in the and face, and all analogous complaints. h tn iZ t le n ver-f . ailing effects o . f BLAIR'S . GOUT and RHEUMATIC liee,n l curing every description si Gout and Rheumatism, have 41, 111 70 to theta a ce'ebiity unequalled by any medicine of past ate re laent times. They not only give relief in a few hours. but re art ~,,..4 . Perfect health fn an inconceivably short space of time. They Or f 2 speedy and certain in lumbago, sciatica, pains in the bead 81 1 , 1 7, and indeed in every rhetuniqic or gouty affection : in fact, 1 '44;14 been the rapidity, perfect ease. and complete safety of this liet, e ' t ' i ne, that it has astonished all who have taken it ; and there is ttittef4 a eitY, town, or village influe in thekingdom but contains man`kiy kki,, o evlderices ofits benign nce ki . 3' Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and , by his appoint -1E144'3' all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United , k TTI• Price 2s. 9d. per box. 'he i r ,,,, s ' O r BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe Dreg ante and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im tell,,r4 upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box oitbe ."4e THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. (l/e 141 .....ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engrevingt on Steel. 1-trYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVR E INCIPA.- km,. ... AND INIPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAO . _ _ or b.; Itton, e n larged to 196 pages. 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William Blackwood and Sons, Edkburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN blaCOlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 14. The following eases were taken to-day, after our report came away : (Before Mr. Justice TALTOURD.) In the case of Richard Cheetham, the jury, after being some hours in deliberation, returned into court with a verdict Of Manslaughter, and strongly recom mended the prisoner to mercy. Mary Ann Page, aged 27, was charged with the wilful murder of an illegitimate male child, at Man chester. Mr. Sowler and Mr. Milne prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Pollock. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the minor charge, acquitting herof the graver charge of murder. His LORDSHIP sentencel her to imprisonment, with hard labour, for two months. (Befop , Mr.Justi:e WictrrmAtc.) Francis Harrison, aged 25, and Joseph Harrison ' aged 18 (brothers), wer e i n di c t e d f or h av i ng kill e d and slain Michael Shorrock, at Over Darwen, on the 12th of November last. _ _ Mr. Spinks appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Blair for the prisoner. Verdict— Guilty ; but the jury recommended the prisoners to mercy. Sentence—Six months' imprisonm. nt each t 3 hard labour. It being now clear that Mr. Justice Tallow(' could finish the remaining cases in the course of Sa turday, without further assistance, Mr. Justice Wightman will not sit to-morrow. December 15. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD. At the sitting of the Court this morning, his Lord ship proceeded to pass sentence on Richard Cheetham who was last night convicted of manslaughter, with a strong recommendation to mercy. His LORDSHIP intimated that he was induced to pass a comparatively light sentence on the prisoner, by the recommendation with which the jury had ac companied their verdict,and the peculiar circumstances by which the case had been accompanied. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. James Lloyd, John Taylor, Wm. Roscoe, James -11 . Intyre William Walker, William Tether, and Thomas Seddon, were indicted for night poaching at Altcar, on the estates of the Earl of Sefton. _ .. The jury, after some deliberation, said they thought the prisoners were on the land with the intention of taking game, but they were not satisfied they w ere armed with offensive weapons. His LORDSHIP said that the latter ingredient was necessary to constitute the offence alleged, and the prisoners were Acquitted. This concluded the business of the assize. i !Bonus in e ; Perms- ,Sum the ;.4 Annual Policy l addition Bonus !milt Re- Assured Age. ~,, E Pre- taken, la ductian of may um. out bor- t• °uSred. mi in! Cash. Annual row on 'Assum Premium. Policy. — l--- X s. di £ s. d £ s. d.! £ s. d. 1837 , 276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2593 6 8 1838 1 251 18 10;115 14 8 18 12 8543 17 9 £ 1839 226 6 0102 15 1 16 2 9494 8 10 60 1000 X s.d. 1840 178 0 082 14 2 12 14 111445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 078 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 , 5 15 10 10 2 4 ' i346 2 3 1 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 0,247 4 8 YORK. Dec. 14. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL ) CHARGE OF MURDER. Benjamin Ileald, 24, was charged with the wilful murder of William Heald and Elizabeth Heald at Knottingley, on the 13th of July last. Mr. 131anshard and Mr. Boothby were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Overend defended the prisoner. The grand jury ignored the bill against the prisoner, who was now placed upon his trial on the coroner's inquisition. It appeared that the prisoner and his father, mother, and brother, and the two deceased, who were the children of the prisoner's brother, resided together at Knottingley, near Pontefract. Two or three months previous to the commission of the offence the prisoner met with an accident to his spine whilst he was at work, and the consequence was that he was prevented from following his daily occupation for several weeks. One of the results of the injury was that the pri soner's mind became much depressed; but he so far recovered as to be able to resume his work, and he got engaged upon a line of railway. At this employ ment he remained for some time, but the work being too hard for him the injury he had previously received to his spine was much increased, and he was again compelled to desist from work. His mind was more impaired than before ; he gave utterance to expres sions of fear of being thrown upon the parish, and evidently showed signs of insanity. On the 13th of July, whilst the father of the two deceased was absent the prisoner went with the children into a garden, situated at a short distance from the house. In a little time he returned to his mother,whom he had left in the house, and said that the children still remained in the garden. His mother said that he should have brought them into the house, and his reply was, " I have killed them both, as I thought it better to do so than let them pine to death." His mother was much agitated at what she heard, and exclaimed, " Oh ! Benjamin, you surely haven't," and the prisoner's answer was, " Yes, I have ; we are going to be sold up to-morrow, and that was the reason I killed them." There was an entire absence of motive for the act, as the prisoner had always shown the moat extreme kindness and affection for the two children. Mr. Wightman, the surgeon, who at tended the prisoner when he was confined owing to his spine being injured, gave instructions to the family to keep their eyes upon him, as he was not fit to be trusted, his mind being affected, and he might do himself an injury. The little boy and girl were found dead in the garden, their head s dreadfully beate n , death having been effected with a thick piece of wood. The prisoner's brother and mother spoke to his affection for the children previous to the injury he received, and deposed that he was apprehensive of coming to want, and was afraid of robbers entering the house by night. Mr. W. Anderson, surgeon to York Castle, was called, and deposed that he visited the prisoner about an hour after he entered the prison. He was then quite insane, and had been so ever since. At times he was most violent in his demeanour, requiring two or three persons to restrain him. In his opinion the mental affliction under which the prisoner was suff.r ing might have arisen from the injury to the spine producing inflammation of the brain. Prospe( r any of creed pi Muses, witk tables of rates, its branches in the country ost free. W. S. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up, observing that after the evidence of Mr. Anderson and the other tes timony in the case, there could be no doubt of the insanity of the prisoner, and that he was not therefore accountable for the act he had committed. It would, therefore, be the duty of the jury to return a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, and the Court would order the prisoner to be detained in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity ; and the prisoner was then re moved. During the trial he occasionally wept, and at other times he evinced an air of indifference, and stared va cantly around him. It appeared that previous to this malady the prisoner was a teacher in the Sabbath school, and bore an excellent character. John Cryer was indicted for having, at Gargrave, on the 19th of October last, feloniously cut and wounded yilliam 13eccroft, with intent to murder him. Mr. Otter conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Digby Seymour defended the prisoner. It appesred that the prosecutor, who is only 16 years of age, resides with his two sisters and two brothers at Gargrave, the prisoner living next door. about seven o'clock on the 19th of October, as the prosecutor and his sister were returning from work at the mill where they were employed, the prosecutor observed that his shoe was untied, and as he was stooping down to tie it, the prisoner, having an axe in his hand, rushed out of the house in a great fury and struck the prose cutor a violent blow on the side of the head with the edge of the axe. This rendered him insensible; and, on being sent home, a surgeon was sent for, who dressed the wound, which was of a serious and dan gerous character, having made a fissure in the skull. It wes endeavoured to be shown that constant quarrels had taken place between the two families. Mr. Digby Seymour addressed the jury for the defendant. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death recorded. (Before Mr. Justice WirztAmt; ) William Mellor, John Farrar, Walter Whiteley, Joseph Wood the elder, Joseph Wood the younger, and James Bailey, were indicted—the three first with having, on the 9th of January, at Huddersfield, stolen a truss, containing five pieces of woollen cloth, the property of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Campany. The two Woods and Bailey were charged with inciting the three first•named to commit the felony. Mr. Hale, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Pickering cm ducted the prosecution ; Mr. Hardy defended Joseph Wood the younger, Bailey, and Farrar; Mr. D. arsley defended Mellor and Whiteley; Joseph Wood the elder was undefended. It appeared that, on the 911 of January last, the firm of Longhead and Liddell sent a parcel to the Huddersfield station for Messrs. Anderaon and Thorburn, of Manchester, but that place it never reached. When the parcel arrived at the Huddersfield station Whiteley weighed it, and Mellor called it off to a clerk in the office. Mellor called it off by the right direction, but then thrust it aside, changed the di rection, and then called it over again to the direction of "James Bailey, llallifax ; to he left till called for." A man of the name of Yates, in the employ of the company, who came before the jury in the character of an accomplice, proved that after the truss Was called ever it was placed by Farrar on ti.e N°.17,856.] LONDON, MONDAY ir , G S N 7 DECEMBER 17, 1849. Halifax truck; that Wood, junior, came up, and Mellor mentioned to hi m th a t h e had sent the truss to James Bailey:; that afterwards word was sent to senior Wood to go and get the parcel, instead of James Bailey; that subsequently junior Wood gave him (Yates) 1/. for his share ; and that Farrar had told him that he also got 11. for his share. The truss did go to Halifax, and was there delivered to Wood senior, who represented his name to be Bailey, and that the truss had been sent to him by Mr. Hanson, of Huddersfield, upholsterer, the fact being that that gentleman had sent no parcel at all. The day on which senior Wood got the truss was the 11 th of January; and on the 12th the real James Bailey called at the Halifax station, and claimed the truss, saying it had come from Golcar, by Walker's cart, which was also untrue. I The case for the prosecution having been closed, His LORDSHIP intimated that he was of opinion there was no case against Whiteley, Wood, jun., Bailey, and Farrar ; there was not sufficient evidence corro boratory of the accomplice as against them. The Jury found Mellor and Wood, sen., Guilty, but recommended Mellor to mercy on account of his previous good character, and the belief that the accom plice had suggested to him the robbery. There were altogether eight or nine cases against ' the prisoners, all of the same character as the pre ceding, which ended in the conviction of William Mellor, Walter Whiteley, Joseph Wood, sen., and Joseph 'Wood, jun., who were severally sentenced to seven years' transportation, and James Bailey, who was sentenced to be imprisoned for 18 months. In sentencing them his Lordship remarked that when so large a part of the public were interested in railway companies, who had to trust so much to confidential servants, it was necessary, when frauds such as these were practised, that they should be severely dealt with. Dec. 15. (Before Mr. Justice Wir.r.raats.) Richard Cluderay was indicted for having, at Leedi, on the 15th September last, administered to Ruth Horafield, a child of the age of 10 months, two cocculus indicus berries, with intent to kill and mur der her. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy conducted the prosecu tion; Mr. Overend defended the prisoner. This indictment was framed under the 7th William IV., cap. 85, sec. 2, which enacts, that whosoever shall administer to or cause to be taken by any person any poison or other destructive thing, with intent to commit murder, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer death. It appeared from the evidence of a young woman named Mary Horsfield, that she resided with her father, who was a printer at Holbeck, near Leeds. The prisoner had courted her for some time, and the result of an illicit intercourse bad been the child to whom the prisoner was accused of administering poison. The child was ten months old in September last, and had been unwell from cholera in August. On the Bth of the following month of September, the prisoner came to the house of Mary Horsfield's father, where she resided with the child. The mother left the house for the purpose of going a few doors off after a bonnet, leaving the prisoner alone with the chili. When she returned, in about ten minutes, she found it unwell from vomiting, which, upon takiag it up, fell upon her dress, the baby's frock, and likewise upon a cloth with which she wiped its mouth. The next day the child had recovered ; but a few days afterwards (the 15th of September) the prisoner was again at the house, and the mother having occasion to go to her aunt's, a few doors off, left the prisoner alone with the infant again. When she returned, in about ten minutes, she found the in fant sick, and its mouth bloody, and takiag it up in her arms she slid. " Oh, my bairn," and then the nothing prisoner tosaid , it." And " What sh e i s replied, e m d t u I h a h v a e v . e ,, done The child then vomited, and what appeared to be a pill fell from its mouth, which afterwards turnedlout to be a cocculus indicus berry. She picked it up, when the prisoner tried to take it out of her hand, but she pre vented him, and said she would show it to Dr. Sco The prisoner left the house, and the next 'morning it was discovered that the child had evacuated another cocculus indicus berry. On cross-examination the witness stated that the prisoner had been kind and affectionate to the child. For the prosecution it was alleged that no one but the prisoner could have administered the berries; and for that purpose, Dr. Scott, a surgeon at Leeds, was called, who said that he bad attended the child, that he hail been shown the berries, which were a narcotic irritant poison, and that force must have been applied to make it swallow it. On cross-examination be stated that cocculus berries could be bought at any chemist's ; and that forcing the berry down would cause the sickness which the child had suffered. Mr. Price, surgeon, at Leeds, was then called, and said that he had been shown the berry which came from the child's mouth, and likewise the one which had been evacuated, and had found that they were cocculus indicus berries, which are an irritant poison. He was of opinion that any quantity might be swal• lowed whole, as they would pass through without dissolving. It was a destructive thing for a child to take. Mr. OVEREND addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that upon the evidence of the mother of the child the prisoner had behaved kindly and affectionately towards it. He could not deny that the berries had been given to the child, but only for the purpose of playing with. His LORDSHIP commenced his summing up to the jury. OVEREND here suggested to his Lordship that the poison being so wrapped up or surrounded by a pod that it could not, according to the evidence of Mr. Price, the surgeon, be injurious, and not being injurious in its very condition, it could not be inju rious to the body of the child, such an administering would not satisfy the statute. Mr. HARDY said that it was a noxious thing which was administered, and that if it was so wrapped up that it would not be injurious, yet its being a noxious thing, if it were administered with intent to kill, was sufficient. ills LOlta3lllP regretted that the point of law had not been argued, as it was one for grave considera tion. By its not having been alluded to during the trial he had considered that the prisoner's counsel had not deemed it necessary to raise it. He would, how ever, take the opinion of the jury whether the sub stance was administered by the prisoner with intent to kill the child:; and if they should be of opinion that the prisoner did so, then he should direct them to re turn a verdict of guilty, and reserve the point for the consideration of the judges. The jury retired fur about twenty minutes, and re turned, bringing in a verdict of Guilty. Sentence deferred. ALDERMIEN AND COMMON COUNCILMBN.—In the new Act of Parliament for the government of the city of London, which will be enforced cn Friday next in the election of common councilmen, there is a provision in reference to the disqualification of aldermen and common councilmen. According to the 9th section of the Act (I(th and 13th Victoria, chap. 94 local) if any person holding the office of alderman or common coun cilman for the city of London shall declare himself, or shall he declared, bankrupt or insolvent, or shall apply to take the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors, or shall make any composition with his creditors, or shall altogether absent himself from his duty for more than six calendar months consecutively, unless prevent( d by illness or other reasonable cause, or shall be convicted of fraud or of any crime, then, and in every such case, such person shall thereupon immediately become disqua lified, and shall cease to hold the office of alderman or common councilman, as the case may be; and the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London shall thereupon forthwith adjudge the said office to be vacant; hut any person becoming disqualified and ceasing to bold such office by reason of having made any composition with his creditors shall, on payment of his debts in full, be capable (if otherwise qualified) of being re-elected to such office. All acts done before an alderman or common councilman shall be disqualified shall be as valid as if the party had not been di:AU:dined. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OF MA RINES.—On Thursday last, Charles Pyne, Second-Lieu tenant of the Royal Marines, stationed at Stonehouse, was brought before the magistrates at Storehouse, and committed for trial at the next assiz for the county of Devon, under the following circumstances. About two months since a child of fourteen years of age, named Ellen Barrett, the daughter of a poor woman residing in Devonport, was inviterl by a woman to come to the Marine Barracks On the following morning. The child follo.ved her directions, and, on arriving at the bar racks, she was met by the female, who Lock her to the room of the prisoner. Here the three had breakfast together ; and immediately afterwards prisoner locked the door, and criminally assaulted the girl. On the application of Mr. J. E. Elworthy, the solicitor f,r the prisoner, the magistrates agreed to accept bail for the appearance of the prisoner, himself in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. A DOG'S OBSEQUIES.—The York Bhireman says— "lt has come to our knowledge that nearly 50/. have been (xi:ended by a gentleman, formerly a Member of Parliament, in the funeral obsequies of his dog Pincher, which had been long ailing. The veterinary surgeon made a post-mortem examination; the nnderttiter made, not an elm coffin covered with ordinary black cloth, but with real velve, silver headed rails and handles, and a solid silver plate, on which was angraved, " Pincher, for nine )ears tho attached and faithful dog of W. 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As is usual in such cases, the official minutes of each trial were read in the presence of the assembled troops ; and the judgments of the courts, affirmed by the Commander-in-Chief And approved by the Queen, were made known to all. Each court consisted of Colonel C. G. J. Arbuth not, Commander of the North Midland District (pre sident); Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. J. Yorke Scarlett, sth Dragoon Guards; Major Henry Renny, 81st Foot; Captain George Lloyd Robson, sth Dragoon Guards; Captain James Cunningham, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Captain Sir George Curzon Bisshop, 12th Foot; Captain F. L. Dashwood, 16th Lancers; Captain William de Cardonnell Elmshaw, Ist Royal Dragoons ; Lieutenant George Campbell, Ist Royal Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel John Pat ten, 12th Foot; Captain Francis R. Forster, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Captain T. Peale, 16th Lancers ; Captain J. Arthur Gildea, 81st Foot; Capt. Thomas D. Perry, 81st Foot; Captain Herbert Morgan, Ist Royal Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. Michael M'Creagh, 4th Dragoon Guards; and Captain J. Francis Kempt, 12th Foot, Acting Deputy Judge-Advocate. The following is a brief summary of each case : No. 787, private Robert Knox, charged with having on the 14th of October lost, left the Nottingham bar racks, when confined thereto, and not returning until the 15th ; also as a second offence, with raising his hand, in which was a large stone, against Sergeant- Major Davis, and uttering in a menaeing manner, " Do, you b--," or words to that effect. The first charge was admitted. To prove the se cond, Sergeant-Major Davis depo:ed—l was sent in charge of a picket in search of men, of whom the prisoner was one. I went to the Gate public-house in Brewhouse-yard, and was endeavouring to secure two of the absentees, when the prisoner and another ran away. My party gave chase. On going close to them, private Knox turned round. He raised his hand, in which, to the best of my belief was a large stone, and exclaimed, "Do, you b--, or words to that effect, as if is defiance of my securing him. I knocked him down with my sword and broke it. I cut him across the head. The civilians after wards rescued the prisoner. Sergeant-Major Davis's evidence, in the first place, was objected to, because he had been disbelieved on his oath by a court-martial at Glasgow ; but this being overruled, witnesses were called, who swore that the sergeant- major's sword was broken during a row that previously occurred in the Gate public house, and that when he struck Knox it was with a short piece of the broken sword, the prisoner having his back towards the sergeant-major at the time, and not making use of any menace or expression of defiance whatever. The prisoner's age wes said to be 26 years, his service two years, and his character very good. Guilty of the first charge; Not Guilty of the second. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. No. 607, private William Butterworth, for breaking out of barracks at Nottingham, when confined thereto, on the 14th of October, and not returning until brought back by a picket on the 15th ; and, secondly, for insubordination in seizing and detaining Troop Sergeant-Major Davis in the Gate public-house whilst two prisoners escaped, saying meanwhile—" I will not hurt you, Sergeant-Major, but I will hold you," or words to that effect. The evidence for the prosecution and in favour of the prisoner was very lengthy. The prisoner's age was described as twenty-eight years; his length of service eight years, and his cha racter indifferent. Guilty of the first charge, and partially, guilty of the second. To be imprisoned and kept to hard la bour for twelve calendar months. No. ti.l9, private Edward Ball, charged, first, with breaking out of the barracks when confined thereto, at Nottingham, on the 14th of October; secondly, with escaping from a party by whom he had been captured the same night, and not returning until the 16th of the same month; thirdly, with using insub ordinate language to Sergeant-Major Davis, on the 14th, and saying, " You are no man, Sergeant- Major," or ‘4 ords to that effect. From the evidence it seemed that the prisoner was one of those who escaped from the Gate public-house at the time Sergeant-Major Davis was endeavouring to capture some of the absentees, on the evening they left the barracks. On leaving the public-house he went a circuit round Lenton, and was at Radford, in the vicinity of the barracks, when a second picket observed him and gave chase. He ran down Derby road, and entered Nottingham market-place, when Sergeant-Major Davis and his party met him. Both pickets pursued the prisoner up Park-street, when he took refuge in Mr. Shuttleworth's passage, which was very dark at the time. He was observed to enter by two policemen, who gave information to the pursuing pickets, the commanders of which ordered the police men to follow with their lights turned on. They then entered themselves, followed by their men, when the prisoner was observed lying on the ground at the top of the passage. Lieut e na n t Whitby ordered his party to handcuff him ; when the prisoner said, "I will go peaceably, but will die rather than be handcuffed. Sergeant-Major Davis cried to his party, " If he sties, cut him down 1" and suiting the action to the word, he cut the prisoner across the head with his word, and Corporal Sturgess at the same moment thrust the point of his sword into the prisoner's mouth. " Then it was," said the prisoner in his defence, " that I made use of some remark to the effect that they were not using me as a fellow soldier, or as a man." He was, however, secured, and given in charge to a small party, whose vigilance he eluded at the Park-corner, a dark place, and a second time escaped, not returning to barracks until two days afterwards. The prisoner's age is 27 years, length of service three years, character indifferent. Guilty of all the charges. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months. During the late unhappy troubles, a great propor tion of the men composing two troops of the 3d Dragoon Guards have been punished for insubordi nation and misconduct in one way or another; three have been tried by general courts-martial, thirteen by district courts, about thirty were disposed of sums. marily, being ordered various periods of heavy kit drill, &c., two were fined by the Nottingham magis trates, and one escaped. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, to whose illegal order for confinement of the troops to barracks the Duke of IVellington has attributed the wide spread spirit of insubordination which followed, is under peremptory orders, it is stated in the regiment, to dispose of Lis commission by the 10th of March next. All the offenders sentenced to imprisonment have been removed to the milicary gaol at Weedon. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Saturday a Commission of Lunacy was opened at the Green Man Tavern, BEthnal•green, before Mr. Winslow and a jury, to inquire into the state of mind of Miss Mary Anne Smith, at present an inmate of Mr. Warburton's establishment, " White house," Bethnal-green. Miss Smith, who is 71 years of age, and of lady-like appearance, was present at her own request throughout the inquiry, and conducted herself with great propriety, though she at times smiled ironically when her more peculiar delusions were referred to. She is sister to the late Robert Smith, the Whitesmith, of Great St. Andrew's • street, Seven Dials, who was said, at his death, to have been worth 400,0001. It appeared, from the evidence, that Miss Smith was entitled to property worth 11,000/., and since 1841 she exhibited increas ing symptoms of insanity. She was in the habit of bringing home old bones and grass to strew over her rooms, fancying that she could thus convert them into meadows. Sometimes she imagined that she was a queen, and demanded carriages and atten dants befitting royalty. She was fond of masque rading, sometimes in tawdry tinsel, and sometimes in the austere robes of a nun. She had no idea of the value of money, and squandered all she •mlil obtain in drink, toys, and often re mained sleeping in low places. She wished at one time to marry Prince Albert, and at another the Lord Chancellor, and frequently expressed a wish to give Lord Brougham a " basting." Ou hearing of the death of the Queen Dowager, she said she could have prolonged the royal lady's life to 100 years by virtue of spells; and she boasted that she was able to raise the dead. Another of her delusions was that she had been engaged as pieinire danseuse at the Opera. Dr. Southey deposed ti.at she was incapable of managing her affairs. Miss Smith was examined by th? Commis,ioner, and exhibited great shrewdness in h-1. tnswels She generally denied that she was subject to the delusior s e.ated by the witnesses. The COMMISSIONER asked her if s'.:e h, d ihe lower of raising. spirits, and she excited a laugh by reply ing—" No ; but I feel the necessity of haring the spirits sometimes 'lased." - 7 - The jury retired to consult, and finally returned a WTl'' , let, " That Miss Mary Ann Smith is now of sound mind, a n d h as b een so s i nce the 29th of May, -11454' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I The Right Hon. Sir F. Baring, Bart., the First I Lord of the Admiralty, and the First Secretary, Mr. Parker, M.P., left town on Friday for Stratton park, where Rear Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P., joined his colleagues on Saturday. They are understood to return to the Admiralty to day. SEARCH roc PRANZLIN.—W e believe that it is now decided by the Government that the two Arctic ships Enterprise and Investigator shall forthwith enter a crew, and proceed at once to Behting's Straits, to make further search for Sir John Franklin and his missing expedition. Captain Collirson, as we intimated a fortnight since, has commissioned the Enterprise, and the command of the Investigator, it is said, has been offered to Captain M`MurtLeh. Both ships will commence to enter their respective comple ments this week.—llerald. The Termagant, steam•frigate, was brought into the basin at Portsmouth, on Saturday, and will be taken into dock when the Fire Queen comes out. The Daring, 12 guns, was put out of dock at Chatham on Friday, after having received a repair, and the Childers and IVen lerer, 15 guns each, were taken into dock the same tide for repair. The Rochester, naval lighter, arrived on Friday at Chatham, from Devonport. The Duck, naval lighter, left Chatham on Friday for Portsmouth. PORTSMOTJTII, SUNDAY. —The Argus steam sloop, built by Mr. Fincharn, master shipwright of this dockyard, was launched yesterday from under the new slip, No. 4. Her dimensions are as follow : Feet. Inches. ... 190 2i 158 2f ... 33 5i ... 33 li ••• 32 5{ ... 20 11 Burden in to ns ... Tons. ... ..• . 981 27-94 Ditto by the n ew a d mea surenaent . .... 1,028 Deduct for engine -room ... ... 453 Length between perpendiculars Length of keel for tonnage ... Breadth to outside of wale ... Breath for tonnage ... Breadth rnoulled Depth of hold Actual tonnage... ... ••• ... 575 The Hon. Lady Capel, wife of Admiral the lion. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, performed the principal part in the ceremony of launching by drinking " Success to the Argus, arid may she add another laurel to the British navy," in the usual manner, in the presence of a select assem blage of spectators, the state of the weather preventing the collection of a large party. Rear -Admiral Prescott was too much indisposed to attend, but, yea are happy to add, is progressing favourably towards convalescence. The vessel glided off the stocks very gracefully, and took to her future element with great éclat. She is to be fitted with engines of 300-horse power (paddle), by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich. The Fairy royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., embarked her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent at the Clarence yard yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, and conveyed her to Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Commander in-Chief received the illustrious Duchess, and the Victory fired the usual salute. All other ceremonies were dispensed with by her Royal Highness. Mr. H. Cradcck is appointed extra assistant mas ter shipwright in this dockyard, until a vacancy may occur, that officer having been informed by the Tonnage Committee that his services are no longer required. We are informed it is proposed to lengthen the after body of the Edinburgh, 72, at this port, similar to La Hogue, for a st , am guard ship. This " little job" will cost about 15,000/. IN PORT AND FITTING. In Harbour—Tbe Victory and Illustrious, flag ships; the Excellent, gunnery ship; the Blenheim, steam guard ship; the Contest, 12, fitting far sea ; the Rolla apprentices' brig lying up for the winter ; the Fairy, Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts, the Flamer packet, and the Echo tug. In Dock—The Britannia 120, the Dauntless 24, the Fantorne 12, Lily 12, the Fox 42, the Devasta tion and Penelope steam-vessels—all refitting. In the Basin--The Princess Charlotte 104, tl.a Actaeon 26, and the Sprightly and Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin—The Ajax 60, the Birken head troop steamer, the Sidon 20, the Victoria and Albert, the Urgent, the Pike, Asp, and Blazer. Building—The Royal Frederick, 120, Prince of Wales, 120, Princess Royal, 92; the Argus and Furious steam sloops. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Her Mejesty's steam fri gate Stromboli, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, went into Barnpool yesterday, to refit. She is to have a new sat of forerigging. The Archer steam-vessel, on arrival from Woolwich, is to be commissioned. The Glentanner emigrant.ship, belonging to Messrs. Hyde, Hodge, and Co., which came in here on the 10th inst. at six P.M., was towed into dock on the 11tb, at nine A.M., when all the emigrants were disembarked and conveyed in a steamer to the depot. The ship's repairs were executed during the night of the 11th, and at three A.M. on the morning of the 12th she was und( eked. By noon the emigrants were re-embarked, and at three r.iu. on the same day, through the active agency of Messrs. Lusconibe, Driscoll, and Co., she was outside the breakwater, proceeding to her destination. The reason for such extraordinary dispatch is that she conveys very im portant advices to the Cape of Good Hope. The barque I icha . d Thornton, Captain Thomas Maxwell, arrived here yesterday ; left Batavia August 1, and St. Helena October 1. No men-of war at St. Helena, but in passing Ascension, on the 6th, ob served at anchor there a double banked frigate, ap.. parently an 80. gun ship. The Richard Thornton has a full cargo of sugars and spices, two cassowaries in good condition for the Zoological .gardens, and several choice fruit-trees from Java, some nutmeg-trees, and a ramoutan. WOOLWICH, DEC. 15.—Captain Richard Collin son, C.B. (1842), to command the Enterprise, fitting at Woolwich, to proceed to the Sandwich Islands round Cape Horn, and ultimately to Behring's Straiti, if requisite, in search of Captain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships. Lieutenants—George A. Phayre (1843) and John J. Barnard (1847) to the Enterprise. Surgeon—Robert Anderson (1846) to the Enter pr:se. Assistant Surgeons—W. T. Wilson (1846) to tie Contest, at Portsmouth, and Edward Adams (1847) to the Enterprise. Clerk in Charge—Edward Whitehead (1846) to the Enterprise. Second Master—Francis Skead (1846), to the En. terprise. Captain CoHinson, C. 8., who hoisted his rendant on the Enterprise at Woolwich to-day, was Lieutenant of the Wellesley, in the operations against Canton, and attached to the surve . ) ing department at the cap ture cf that city in 1841. The gallant officer com manded the Bentinck at the taking of Amoy and Chinghae in the same year, and the Plover at the capture of the Woosung and Shanghae, and in the operations in the Yang -tae-Kiang in 1842. Lieutenant John J. Barnard, Su 'geon Robert An derson, and Assistant Surgeon Edward Adams served in the Investigator, commanded by Captain B rd, in the recent expedition in search of Captain Sir Jehn Franklin's party. Clerk-in-charge Edward White head served in the Enterprise, under Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, in the same searchir g expedition 16.—The Aga memnon, 80-gun frigate, (r -dered to be built at this dockyard, to be fitted with a screw-propeller, is to hare her frame put up by contract, and the sum of 2,0001. is agreed on for the frame-work, which is to be finished by the 31st of March next. The repairs required for the bottom of the slip are nearly completed. The Desperate steam-sloop is to be taken to the East India Dock to morrow to have her engines put in by Maudslay, Son, and Field. The Advice steam-vessel brought up fifty non commissioned officers and privates of the pensioners' corps from Tilbury Fort, and they embarked at the Royal Arsenal on board the Eliza hired convict ship, to serve as a convict guard, and they will ultimately become settlers in Australia. Sixteen convicts were taken from the warrior convict ship on Thursday morning, when they came up to go on shore to work, and immediately went on board the Eliza. The vessel dropped down to Gravesend the same evening, and remains there until she is better ventilated than at present. Six shipwrights have been at work all day to day (Sunday) in Woolwich Dockyard, and will proceed on board the Eliza to-morrow at Gravesend, to have her finished and ready to sail on Tuesday. SMUGGLING.—Tier Majesty's revenue cutter Vigi lant, Captain Richard Gowlland, captured, on Friday night last, in Sea Reach in the Thames, a spritsail barge, about sixty tons burden, having on board a crew of five persor.r, and a contraband cargo, consisting of 2SO hales of tot acco, about 501 b. each, concealed under straw stacked on her deck. The barge was proceeding up tl river in the usual manner as a coaster with straw for the London market; and had the smugglers bee-. Env ce3stul in escaping the protective force, between six an i seven tons of tobacco would have been run, 61 t e Exchequer thereby lost the amount of duty. We el ye this to be the largest seizure of tobacco that has bean made in the Thames for the past thirty years. THE RECENT LOTS OF THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFEBOAT.--The sufferers by this lamentable affair have left seventeen wives, and among them forty-six children. It was the first accident that ever occurre i at that Fort by any of the life boats since they were first invented hi 1791. The one that met with the accident bed been toted Nr Dix yQuo,..Sundoicini Huai, / 7 T-- \' -.'--- _ --- ' iagcs offered by this Society, ivision of the entire profits Eo =lc • - :5 1 g O ul ?3 ) m: Cr E. ,c., may ke kad at the office, or, en application. will be for. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. THE NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE and FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETIES, POULTIt Y, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. Under the same official management, but with separate capital and liabilities. LtROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman (Life Office.) *tJA)JES PEEK, Esq., Chairman (Fire Office.) tEdward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Ward, and Oldfleld.) tGeorge Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. *Charles James Jones, Esq. (William and Thomas Jones and Co.) *tWilliam Lawson, Esq. (Trowel', Lawson, and Trower.) *John Mair, Esq. (John Mair, Son, and Co.) f George Moore, - Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore.) fWillia , ll Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) ”Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. Peter Rolt, Esq. (BrockePtank and Rolt.) *llananiah Teape, Esq. (Wiggins, Teape, aid Loder.) The names marked t are Directors of the Life, and those marked * arc Directors of the Fire Office. BONUS.—At the last division of profits assurers in this office were benefited to the extent of a reduction of 40 per cent, on their life premiums, which, if investe 1 in new assurances, would obtain for every 1,0001. assured at the original age an additional policy for 4001. CLAIMS.—Every claim upon this office has been promptly paid without dispute. PREMIUMS.—The rates of premium have been computed by the first mathematicians of the day, and tested by the Actuary, and wil be found as low as is compatible with safety to the assured. JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary. N.B. 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Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINQUIDGE, Managing Director. THE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM, A JOKE FOR THE JUVENILES. Not many days back, Mr. Archibald Spoon Received a long note fro n Isis little son John. This letter was penned in a singular style, And doubtless will cause my youns , readers - to smile. The epistle runs thus : " Dear Papa and Mamma, I'm happy to hear yeu're so well as you are; The thoughts of returning (though strange it may seem(, Have caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream. Methought Pother night that you gave a fine party, And hailed my return in a manner most hearty. 'lhe party invited censisted of many ; Tom, harry, and A lick, and Percival Penny ; And William, and Thomas, and Philip, and Frank, And Master Mat Middleton, all on the prank ; And Michael, and Montague, Charley, and Fred, And Alfred the small, with the curls on his head ; And Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie, And Master George Gordon, remarkably dressy; And Walter, and Willoughby, Titus, and Tim, And Samson and Simon, in very good trim ; And Julius, Anthony, Robert, and Wat, And many more names which I fear I've forgot. And methought in my singular dream there were none But what were decked out by E. Muses and Son. Such elegant tunics, such stylish hussars, We looked like the galaxy studded with stars. And methought we shouted with glorious noise, E. Moses and Son are the men for the boys. No doubt after this Messrs. Moses will don Tour very affectionate Son, JOHNNY SPONN." GIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. 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Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined ........ .............. 1 8 0 The Paletot, handsomely an d warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Over Coat .. • ................. ...... ...• 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout ••• • • • •• ••• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin... Best Black Casslnsere ditto .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 6 • Autumn and Winter Tests •• • • •••• • • • • e s 6 Best Black Cloth ditto ...• •••••••• • • • • • • • • • 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto .. ••••• • .. • • ..... • •18 6 „ Dress Coats. ....... from 325. to 2li • „ Fr0ck...............fr0m 3ss. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic from 1 6 • Stmeran• • ••••• • • • • 1 15 0 Men's Shooting Coat .................... 0 13 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great 'variety, from .................... ........ICs. to, S 0 0 A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. 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