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GINTLEMEN, -- THE Election for the City of London being fixed for TO-MORROW (Friday), at Twelve o'clock precisely, I earnestly solicit the honour of your presence and support at the time Of nomination, although the friendly assurances that have reached me from all quarters leave no doubt of my election ; yet I must en treat my friends not to be absent or relax in their exertions until they are crowned with success. With my grateful acknowledgments for the kind feeling so gene rally Manifested in my favour, I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful, htutible servant, JAMES DUKE. N°.17,733.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SUN, JULY 26, 1849. [PRICE SD. Mauston House, Julf26, 1849. " Sir,—l am exceedingly GYbri o e u d th t , 27th you July, 1829. of your valuable remark s respecting g projectte f a v o o f u a r breakwater for Portland R oa d s, and shall feel much pleasure in presenting them to the Royal Yacht Club, by whom lam sure they will be highly a pp roved. In my opinion, which is founded upon a familiar knowledge of the locality, such an undertaking is urgently demanded for the protection and advancement of the naval and mercantile interests of this country; and if the import ance of the situation and all its superior advantages were properly understood and appreciated, I am persuaded it would be prosecuted without the slightest delay. In the mean time every wellwisher to this national wo, k must feel obliged to you for your praiseworthy and persever ing endeavours to impress a due consideration of its utility and importance upon the public mind, and I sin cJrely hope that before long it will be commenced. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " W. L. G. Tflomes. " To Mr. Harvey, postmaster, Weymouth." In addition to the above observations, and in confirma tion of their value and correctness, we shall now submit the sentiments of the late Sir John Sinclair, who, it is well known, was the first to bring over to this country the plan of the cones at Cherbourg, and to rouse the attention of the British Government to that important undertaking. Sir John declares that "he has no doubt either of the policy or the practicability of executing the Portland Breakwater," and remarks that, " perhaps the future safety of the country may depend upon its erection." EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jour 25, 1849. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company Will be held at their House, in Leadenhall•street, en WEDNESDAY, the 26th September next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. T HE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 William IV., cap, mi. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. cx. Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. Capital 200,0001. Shares 11. each, to be paid in full on allotment, nANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LIN COLNSHIRE RAILWAY. OPENING of the LINE to LINCOLN, GAINSBOI!.OUGII, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 24. defendant's own service in 1842, previous to the seduc tion, so as to get a verdict on the second plea. The case was resumed at nine o'clocic on Wednesday morning, when, the defendant's evidence being com pleted, and the counsel for the plaintiff having replied, his Lordship summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 1001. BREAKWATER FOR PORTLAND MARKET RASE N, HULL, GREAT GRIMSBY, &c. The public are respectfully informed that the portion of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Line between Sheffield and Gains borough will be OPENED for passenger and merehandise traffic on the 17th instant, thus forming a direct communication between the south-eastern and north-western parts of England, as well as between the ports of Liverpool, Hull, and Great Grimsby. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WiusTmArr and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MA.RRIAGE.--DIIRLAND V. BRIGGS. This was an action for breach Of promise of marriage. The defendant denied the promise and the breach. Mr. Watson, QC., and Mr. Hugh Hill, were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Wallis for the defendant. Mr. WATSON, in opening the case, said that the plain tiff was a young lady of great beauty and accomplish ments, aged 23, the daughter of an attorney at South Cave, near Doncaster. The defendant was an officer in the Ist Dragoon Guards, and is 26 years of age, equal in station. An attachment had been formed, upon which followed an engagement, for breach of which the pre sent action was brought—not from sordid motives, but to stop the whisperings which had gone abroad. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS here said that he had given more than ordinary attention to the case, and he was of opinion that no good man could withhold from the plain tiff his sympathy and admiration. The correspondence did infinite credit to her head and heart. No human being could esteem and honour more than the defend. ant did her accomplishments and attractions; but there was a destiny in marriage, and the defendant having felt that he could not promote her happiness as a hus band, in the manner she deserved, he could not fulfil his promise, but he hoped that time would heal the wound he had occasioned. Mr. WATSON said, that deeply as the plaintiff was wounded, she had no vindictive feeling, possessed no sor did motives, and as the question of damages was left en• tirely is his hands, he at once acceded to the Learned Sergeant's proposal, and the jury would therefore find for the plaintiff damages 881. Verdict accordingly. thereby avoiding any calls The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares. The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures interest on the subscribed capital. TRUSTEES. NINTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, For the year ending 30th June, 1849. At an ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders, held at the Banking-house, Lothbury, on Tuesday, July 24, 1849 — DIRECTORS. JOHN TAYLOR, Esq., Chairman. THOMAS BARNEWALL. Esq., Deputy Chairman. Mies Dickson Archibald, Esq. Jonathan Hopkinso n . Es q . William Beresford, Esq , M.P. Edward Oxenfo rd, Es q . Willi am Sprott Boyd, Esq. John Savage, Esq. John . , Alfred Chowne, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. William Cooper, Esq. J o seph Underwood, Esq. J ames Alex. Douglass, Esq. Richard Walker, Esq., M.P. • Charles Hill, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. MANAGER—Mr. Alfred R. Cutbill. 60 1.thrroas —Messrs. Amory, Nelson, Travers, and Wynn ; and Messrs. Norris and Sons. The Manager read the advertisement calling the Meeting, and af . terwards the following Report from the Directors : REPORT. The Directors have again mach satisfaction in meeting the Pro prietors, and in presenting to them their Ninth Annual Statement of • the affairs of the Bank. It will be seen by the annexed balance-sheet, that after writing off t he had and doubtful debts, and paying the charges and current ex penses of the past year, the net profits amount to 12,0771. 16s. Id. • Out of these Fronts a dividend at the rate of 61. per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 31st of December, 1818, has been already raid ; and the Directors have now to declare a dividend for the half . Year ending the 30th of June, 1849, at the same rate, and, as hi therto, free from income-tax. After paying this dividend, and deducting the rebate of interest Upon current bills, there will remain a balance of 2,5961. 17s. Id. to be added to the Reserve Fund, increasing that fund to 20,014/.190. 9d. ' In compliance with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, the following Directors, viz., William Beresford, Esq., M.P.,John Alfred Chowne, Esq., John Savage, Esq., Joseph Thompson, Esq., retire from office, but being eligible, offer themselves as candidates for re. election. Previous. to the opening speech of the plaintiff's coun sel an offer was made in court, at the suggestion of the Judge, to refer the case to arbitration; but it was un dertood by the public that the defendant declined to do so. However, when Mr. Collier remarked that the pro posal to refer had been declined, Mr. Greenwood said it had been accepted. The plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Willes ford, was sworn, and stated he had repeatedly offered to refer the matter to any clergyman or gentleman of the county, but the defendant had sometimes accepted, some times refused, but the arrangement had always gone off. Geo. Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street. John Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Fpooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace- church-street Wm. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society), Strand. TIMES of ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE at the FOLLOWING PLACES until FURTIIER NOTICE, viz. : COMMITTEE. *William Shaw, Esq., Chairman. W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Bedforshire. R. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk *S. Grantham, Esq., Stoneham, Lewes *Wm. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead *Hy. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square E. Lewis, Esq., liertingfordhury-park, Herts W. Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire G. Parsons, sq., South Petherton, Somerset *J. G. Phipps, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park *G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon 0. Wallis, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire *A. B. Wall, Esq., Bayswater J. Williams, Esq., Buckland, Farringdon, Berks W. Wingate, Esq., Hareby,Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire With power to add to their number. * Members of the acting committee. Mon - as—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Gracechurch-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James- OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) CHARGE OF CHILD-MURDER. Mary Ann Ferneyhough was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child on the 12th April last, at Rugeley, in this county. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. M'Mahon appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Carring ton for the defence. street, Bedford-row. CONSULTING ENGINEER—R. B. Grantham, Esq., C.E. SECRETARY—John T. Tidd, Esq. The Select Committee of the House of Commons having, after a lengthened inquiry, and the examination of a great number of wit nesses, reported to the House— • " That the continuance of a market for the sale of live stock in Smithfield is proved by experience to be attended with serious incon venience and objections, and that it ought to be removed. " That it is the opinion of the Committee that, in accordance with the tenor of the evidence, only one great metropolitan cattle market can exist." _ . It seems, then, undoubted that a structure of this kind would rank among the first maritime stations in the world, be not unworthy the renown of Old England. and render Weymouth more gloriously inviting for the renewed presence of the royal line. LAY" zief the Lest COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON. BALANCE-SHEET, June 30, 1849. Capital subscribed • • • • • • £641,400 Capital paid up .. „ „g 128,280 O 0 Guarantee Fund, invested in Three per Cent. Reduced Stock . • . 17,418 2 8 Balances due to the Customers of the Bank .. 541,804 3 5 Balance carried down, after deducting bad and doubt,. ful debts, and paying all charges and current ex ' penSes 12,077 16 1 £699,580 2 2 Cash in hand, Government Securities, Bills Dis counted, ..£614,580 2 2 Value of Banking Premises, Fittings, and Furnlture 4,000 0 0 £699,580 2 2 Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending 31st December, 1848, already paid £3,818 8 0 Do. at do., for the half-year ending 30th June, 1849 3,848 8 0 Rebate of Interest on Current Bills • • • • • • 1,784 3 0 Balance carried to the Guarantee Fund, making that Fund 20,0141. • 19s. 9d. 2,596 17 1 £12,077 16 1 Balance brought down.. - £12,077 16 1 The report and balance-sheet having been read, It was resolved unanimously,—That the report and balance sheet just read be approved, printed, and circulated, amongst the Proprietors. The Chairman, Thomas Barnewall, Esq., on the part of the Di rectors, declared a dividend at the rate of 6. per cent. per annam, free of income tax, payable on and after the Ist of August next. Resolved unanimously,—That the following Directors, viz., William Beresford, Esq., M.P., John Alfred Chowne , E s q ., J o h n Savage, Esq., Joseph Thompson, Esq., who.go out of office in pur suance of the Deed of Settlement, be re-elected Directors of this Company. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the shareholders be presented to*the Chairman, Thomas Barnewall, Esq., and the other Directors, for the great care and ability with which they have con ducted the affairs of this Bank. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the shareholders be also presented to Mr. A. R. Cutbill for his efficient services as Manager. (Signed) TIIOMAS BARIsTEWALL, Chairman, COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON. The Directors hereby give notice, that a DIVIDE ND on the paid-up capital of this Company, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum free from income-tax, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1849, will be PAYABLE at the banking-house, in Lothbury, on and after the lilt of August next. July 24,1849. By order of the Board, A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. NELL G WYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, St r and, for Luncheons, Dinners, a nd Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam -street. ~_.3 r egsrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their Tends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room, .7, ll ich has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. psitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the Most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and j :., , °l nts, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One Ci otti Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. ROSE and CROWN INN, SUDBURY. JOHN HANSELL, having just taken and entered upon the above old-established and highly respectable Inn, respectfully and most earnestly solicits the support and recommendation of his brother travellers, and assures them that their convenience and comfort in every department will ever be his most anxious study. Good Stabling, first-rate loose Boxes, Post Horses, Flys, Gigs, &c., always ready. A Bus to the Station to meet every Train. Sudbury, July, 1849. —_____ LAN MORTGAGE LOANS. C A-BIIIRE and YORKS HIRE RAILWAY COM PANY, Ti le Director s o f this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS or LOANS on Mortgage, for periods of Titre?, Five, or Seven years, for which interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum Rill he allowed, payable half-yearly. Furt her particulars may b e k n o w n on application to Mr. S. W. Balteel, Finance Department. Company's Offices, Hunt's Bank, Man chester. By order, J. S. HERON, Secretary. ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. Notice LAST WEEK. is hereby given, that the EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY will finally CLOSE on SATURDAY next, the 25th in stant, at Seven o'clock precisely. Admission tfrom Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec. E xhibitors are requested to sen d for their Works on WEDNESDAY, the lit, or THURSDAY, the 2d of August. iro THE L ADIE S. The powerful influence of the sun on the skin at this period of the year calls for increased attention in preserving its delicacy and beauty. The most pleasing and effectual specific for this desirable object is R OWL A N D S' IC A L Y D O R R 0 deservedly established in Royal and Public favegr and estima!tion. Its application neutralizes the effects of atmosphere, and inducts that kealthy action of the microscopic vessels of the skin, by which its delicacy and beauty are so essentially promoted. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, and Discolorations fly before the application of the KALYDOR, and give place to a healthy smoothness and transpa rency of complexion. Ladies travelling or taking out-door exercise will ' flnd it to diffuse a grateful and refreshing feeling. In cases of Sunburn, or Stin?,*s of Insects, its virtues have long been acknow ledged. Price 4s. cd. and Ss 6d. per Bottle. ROWLANDS MACASSAR OIL, A delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation ; and as an invi gorator and beautifier beyond all precedent. Price 3s. 6d.-7s. — Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21 s. per Bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, A WRITE POWDER, composed of the rarest and most fragrant ~l ()t ies. It bestows on the teeth Tearldike Whiteness, frees them the Breath Tartar, and imparts to the Gums a healthy firmness, and to Breath a delightful fragrance, _ Price 24. 9d, per box. ew. BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS to"e only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLADS' ding that of the Article on the 'Wrapper or Label. Sold by at 20, Batton-Garden, London, and by Chemists and Per ere, 0, Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravligs on Steel. ' a IIIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA- Ve CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. b' - W lildition enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 25. 6d., or rost, direct from the Establishment, Is. 6d. in postage stamps, pi IRE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive 1 A With - •nuolgence infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, ilt it rem ark , L,P„ on Merriage, and the means of obviating certain dis paea,,",,,nns• Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and fe r A AA. and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox 21;street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, RtA,4aternostar-row • Ilannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; h a — strut- ' street, aymarket ; and Gordoi, 146, Leaden °l__PaansTal. tre a t s of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive , 1 , lad is illustrat e d by Six Coloured Engravings. gene ' r 11. tr eats of th e co nsequences resulting fYom excessive isdnl end e , and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental IllusitrlY weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. ate(' b Y Three ' Explanatory Engravings. thet'Arr 111. tr eats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in thei rear ? or secondary f orm , an d can t a t as exp li c it di rec tions for .. t reatment. Thi s sect i on is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured . ngritvia gs. 1,7 4 . a1 , IV. contain s a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease Mate % Strn ple applicatien by which the danger of infection is ob .eau _eer' . T his important ' part of the Work should not escape the • s notice. ii , i P ti ka , :r Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its the w h al eshe causes of unproductive union are also considered, and subject critically and philosophically inquired into. t___A nELoanua. BALM OF S•raiscuss is exclusively employed in trea - Tedeyr:ofourspanuidfyse:ugal debility, Impotence, &c, 1 .,,,.'' , . The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphiliti c li 1. and 335. p er the blood in cases of infection, secondary SYnIP- Ves, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, l is. and 338. per bottle. s,A it Y 4 ' ' P unifying Specific Pills, 'ls. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Its. per box, a i remedy for gonorrhoea, elect, stricture, and chronic inflamma ttoliof the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, IL A minute eaten of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by Which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten tk ven nqPtill dail at 19, Berner, - street, Oxford- s t ree t, L on d on , f rom El c Tw y o, and Wive to 'Klett : 0,3 Rand:Lys from Eleven to One InOne AhaAu-----"--------"------theitvvorbl allre desola i A G E. tel sin, and the supposizig them married, nestionwy conte y nted. gle ee Difdden, other or a sense of ri g ht determine 1 bitter the latte r . The So m a h e former, and miscalculated hopes em of caution and worldly prigee°,ll,° may harrY ; but the truth 11 shield himself under the plea and the indissoluble, regret un and broken health, are the great hiensdaeeper. eomprosing Physical Incapacity, and social content. The dowry should ranee' t h be the only marriage set t° domestic happiness tlement. Honour and justicedersand thanaltou ealeeth shouldform au item In the compact; It alone dignifies the ort l 3 un lititted ß h ead op e es r, o i l; neglect wwind more sorely than poverty or an nthi these surmises concern you, procure Dr. cur . , --' VntItWELL'S little 111 :2.101ES " On Single and Married Life, " e ach (by post, in stamps, Is. ext. each). Let n e i i n rn 2 v°l'" is. , nor ; .., tginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles b i taining by mieinterpretation of their supposed contents, prom o hheder°d Vsein, They are not intended certainly for mere idle exile° fsr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom t leY are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on Vie above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or t Ht t le ether, are a disgrace to the age. F urt h ermore, two other Publications claim your attention (same price ls. cad, tr, rust Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and A void." and " How to be Nappy." They are not mer e l y t a TM'elets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the life er tpLemoral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's LerNeh3 owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob- L y'a i uca of the maxim, he would inculcate—to do unto others as he sg;'. ^ 2',. `:e done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always , 11.1 e ' sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of a9!erw??4,,_„.23, P aterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, "cut i NaLs pri aa) ° ,_ on, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether ' vat the anther (who may be conferred with personally, TM:Tai nt ~„,„ Beek - iiri ere 7s-M4B), 10, Argyll-plaes Regent-street; and $ll And the Islington Market having already the sanction of an Act of Parliament, conferring the privilege of holding the market, taking tolls, slaughtering, &c., and is possessed if all the require ments suggested by the Committee, • especially its locality (being wiihiq three hundred and eighty yards of the Junction Ra w l/ay, connecting all ethers'l•: , •-ttur "napes of disembarkation for en, Irish, and foreign cattle; &c.—tike Acting Committee, in perfect re liance on the soundness of their views, and encouraged by the un equivocal support of the press, and the decision of the Select Corn. mittee of the House of Commons, confidently submit their plans to the public. By the Islington Market Act— It is enacted that it shall be lawful for John Perkins, his heirs and assigns, or the owner or owners fir the time being of the piece of ground, to open, establish, and hold a market, to be called the Islington Cattle Market, &c. ; it is further enacted that it shall be lawthl for any person, duly authorised by the owners for the time being, to kill, slaughter, singe, scald, melt, or dress any beasts, &e., or any fat, lard, tallow, hides, horns, or other articles or things whatsoever, within the buildings on or belonging to the said market. " And that the said market ihall be for ever deemed and taken to be a public market." The Islington Market Estate consists of the Market House, six public houses, thirty-six dwelling-houses, with all the substantial buildings in the market, &c., spacious lairs enclosing fifteen acres (Smithfield Market does not contain six acres), pens, stalls, stables, offices, banking-houses, tanks for water, which is laid to each lair, &c., erected by the late Mr. Perkins, on twenty-two acres of free hold land, besides several acres of long leasehold (in all nearly thirty acres). Thus it will he seen that the shareholders will immediately possess a valuable property, as a safe investment for their capital, with other prospective advantages. The market is in complete order, and already more than a thou sand head of cattle are sent weekly for the advantage of the superior lairage, water; &c. The estimates, which have been carefully prepared, show that there must be a large profit to the shareholders, without in any way trench in: on the rights of the public. The cattle market at Liverpool, which was formerly in the centre of the town, has been removed to the suburbs, and the 251. shares pay a dividend of 21. 18s. per share per annnm, exclusive of the abattoirs, which are now paying in ad dition twenty per cent. to the shareholders. In accordance with the powers of their Act of Parliament, the com pany intend to construct, with all the recent scientific improvements spacious slaughtering establishments and a carcase market; for the latter a site is appropriated containing a frontage of two thousand feet, immediately adjoining the market. Extensive cooling stores will be erected for keeping the butcher's surplus stock (ander his own control) at all seasons at a uniform temperature. To GRAZIERS ansi OWNER 4 of cattle sending stock for sale to the metropolis, the Islington Market cannot but be preferred to the ancient site of Smithfield, where insufficient space and consequent cruelty to the animals deteriorate their value and entail a positive and considerable loss, which the greatest care has proved unavailing to arrest. _ . ..... . To ntrraints and SALESMEN the improvement by the change of site will be obvious ; to the former the contiguity of the carcase market will offer advantages superior to those they have hitherto possessed, and the system of abattoirs needs only to be understood to be appreciated ; and to the latter the spacious standing room for the animals will enable them to give the fullest satisfaction to their employers. To the Public generally, as consumers of animal food, the legisla tive decision must be considered a boon, tending to a decided sani tary improvement. Cattle goaded, bruised, excited into fever, de prived of water and fodder, cannot be in that healthy condition previous to being killed that they should be. At the Islington Market, with all its varied accommodations and improvements, the cruelty which has been so loudly denounced, with the consequent depreciation of the animal for food, will not take place. To the Shareholder this Company offers an investment totally free from risk, with a uniform and undeviating source of dividend, such as few undertakings have ever been able to command ; whilst the smal amount of the shares, wholly paid up, will enable persons in every grade of society to participate in the advantages. Applications for Prospectuses and Shares may be made to the Soli citors of the Company ; to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Com pany, Wellington-street North, Strand ; and at the Market-house, Islington. Prospectuses may also be had of Thomas Allsop, Esq., Royal Exchange-buildings. ♦PPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Acting Committee of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me .• shares in the above Company; and I hereby agree to take the same or any less number that may be apportioned to me, and to execute the deed of settlement. Dated this • ... day of ...... • . . • • . 184 Name at full length ..... •••••• • • • • • • • Profession or business (if any) .. Place of residence ............ • • • • .• • • • • IPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, Ecc., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change. While other dyes destroy the hair by their pernicious properties, this liquid promotes its growth, nourishing the roots to the latest Period of life. Persons who have been deceived by preparations which have a horrible stench (dangerous to the head), troublesome in their application, and unsatisfactory in their colour, will find Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye a distinct article, agreeable in every respect, and that " none but itself can be its parallel." Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. ... . _ _ To be had of Spencer and Co., 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 180, Oxford street; Barclay, Farrineden-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, K;n, William-street, London Ilridge ; llannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Finr 'gin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham ; Robert., 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post paid. nease to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe—Spencer's and Co.'s address is on the wrapper. A WORD to the WORL D. Enormous Globe, on which I dwell, And some few others, too, I've lately thought 'twould be as well To say A word to you. The reason for my doing thus, I'll candidly confess; I have a something to discuss Concerning M. and S. Moses and Son, I often say, A world-wide fame have got; Now tell me in a ready way, Whether they have or not ? And tell me also, I insist, Thou venerable ball, Where Moses' equals may exist, If they exist at all? I need not wait for your reply, I know what it would be— " The name of ➢loses, ranked so high, Is spread o'er land and sea. " No equals to these men I know, No flag is so unfurled ; I speak the truth in saying so, As sure as I'm a world. " Since first mankind adopted dress, Tkere never was attire To equal that of M. and S., For whom you touch the lyre. " Well may their dress be famed afar, And not a nose be curled, At articles which really are The choicest in the world." LIST OF PRICES. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. from X 0 $ 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion or •• • • • ...... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed .. • Do. do. lined with silk .. • ..... •• • • I 8 0 De. do. superior quality .... •••• • • I IS 0 Jean and Holland Blouses •••••••••• •• • • .. • • 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria do. ......... ....... 0 4 0 Tweed d 0... ...... ....... ......... 0 4 6 Dress Coat .... • • •••• .. • • 0 17 0 Frock Coat • • ............. ...... . 1 0 0 Spring and Summer Trousers .. • • • • ...... 0 4 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0... .... • • • • ........ 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety • • 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin 'Vests • • • • ...... 0 4 6 Black de., superior quality .. • • • • ......... 0 9 6 White Marcella Vests • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 4 6 Men's Black C'oth Vests .. • • .. • • • 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Summer Vests • • • • ........ 0 0 10 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits • • • • • • • • .... • . 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats In great variety • • .. • 0 4 0 MADE TO MEASURE. Pal etots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear . Do. very elegantly trimmed 1 8 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk .... .......... 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat...• ...................... 1 12 0 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. • • .• ............ 1 15 0 a 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. • 0 16 6 Black Cloth Vests • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 0 8 • • • • • • • • 0 13 6 Splendid Satin Test .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 14 6 Hussar and Tunic salts Superfine do. .. • • • • ....... ...... • 1 1 5 0 Men's White Marcella Vests • • • • • • • • - •• • • • • • 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6 to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great from 0 16 8 to 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. The new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with hill directions for Self-measurement, can be had en application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Shawl and Parasol Department are new replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, floaters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minoriea and 83, 44, 85, and 86 Aligate, City. London ; all communicating with each other, and forming oue vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against Imposition ; but having heard that the imtradesmait - like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and fer obvious reasons, they beg to state tkat they have no connexion with any other holm) in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far !et!), Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; hose who require cheap and genuine clothing, ko., at or soul t o 13 the Miaories and Aldgate, City, London ; or e ither of the rill2Ch Elitalgiehinellti, 10040. e t i onld call :74:74 p: l,t- Jt.o4gmnx , l owe • r ' m oF4 -. gc,' 0 !42 "H xs:!z t! 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TR IISTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard malins, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William A dams, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. John Atkins, Esq, James Fuller Madox, Esq. Jahn Dangerfleld, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. Charles 0. Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. George Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. I Samuel Field, Esq. "William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and CO. MANAGER. Alexander 'Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES arc INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, e n ß i , i t t o h rin cl s au of se th o o f A th ct e , ir fr D o e m ed dis of : whatever.; p ai n e ti Constitution, rig Companyapol whichenpnog upon sparidulyprohibited, i g b r i r o t e: g i d n i ' s d t b e w y r e n r a l The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be p sid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the c a o e d n u i c e t n i o c of from the t h a e s s u ol r n e i d in , allow e the p d ol i t o o y a n u e ns , t t h o form As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. r r their eeps S u Arei m t slTda sr°d. O arcage,En withoutlthe ho eri assured daletpat tih p hh z . a flldn b eceg l e tla thEt either, wa S it h rat ,tie gecprhuasaernunvt until ilev e e rahclilas ethemselvesnrtberebbs3lteibenefited aflor ject e ocec n i attainingdounvrtbe. 3edrretain ing fromain / assuranceL; effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in o ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtai outstanding sT ho ,There is Admission debts. noe x o t r ra En c t h ra a n rg c e e f r o e r e residence q required r y e o d n , d nor 3s is degrees a n y charge a the rg e equator. made for the Polley beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. ri l_ l flE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. Of all the productions to which the title of PALETOT or LIGHT OVERCOAT is applied, the trade and public have acknow ledged that none can compare for elegance of style, excellence of make, or lightness of material with the REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT, by Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford street. Cloth•faced, 2/. 2s. ; Silk, extra. By the sane accomplished artistes, the SYRIAN LOUNGING JACKET, price 303., celebratga from its neglige character as the masterpiece of its genre. TROOPS FROM VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—On Tues day evening the following detachments arrived at the invalid depO', Fort Pitt, Chatham, as invalids for me dical inspection, viz., ono corporal and 13 privates, with three women and 13 children, 96th Regiment, and 12 privates of the 99th, under command of Lieutenant Charles Blamire, 99th, with surgeon John Moody, R N., who was in medical charge. The above troops came by the ship Waverley, and had landed the same day at Gray...nd. The ship sailed from Launceston, Va❑ Diemen's Land, on the 2tith of March last, whet► after six days' sailing the ship encountered one of the most severe gales ever remembered, lasting for about seven weeks. The ship's bulwarks were carried away, and the cook's galley, with copper, &c., was washed from its place by the violence of the sea breaking over her. During the perilous situation of the ship the troops were battened below for nearly six weeks. On the 6tb of May they rounded Cape Horn. The vessel being heavily laden with corn and wool, and being in imminent danger, 380 odd bags of wheat were thrown overboard in order to lighten her; when off Newfoundland the wind became a little abated. The troops speak of the gale as most awful; they state that at times the sea was some feet deep on deck, and they expected nothing else but the ship must have gone down. Serjeant Joseph Daniel, 96th, came home with the above for the purpose of joining the depot at Chatham. QUICK PROMOTION. — Captain Dashwood, of the 16th Lancers, had just attained his troop, after a total service in the army of three years and three months! There are comets in heavy and light cavalry of older service, who have not yet emerged from their first corn. mission.—Limerick Chronicle. THE PALLIS COURT AND THE NOO PELISSE.— " Sir,—The 'Torney Ginral stix for compiusayshun for the loryers of the Pallis Court, whose prophets is to be necked on the ed by a noo lor. Well and good, and wy not? But. Sir, i wish to ask—if the loryers are to be compinsayted—wy wasn't i? But you shall ear. Afore the noo Pelisse came in, i made my livin out of the pocket-ankerches and sich like of my fellar•subjicks. With the noo Pelisse, it isn't to be done at no price. Wear i primed a dozen fogies, i now don't take 2. And all amuse of a noo for that made the noo Pelisse. i wish to know if i havn't a claim to compiusayshun the same as the fokes of the Pallis Court; and am yours, broken harted JEA.MsS TWITCHER "—Punch. - AMERICAN liors.—A vessel arrived from Boston, United States, has brought ten bales of bops, as a por tion of her cargo, the produce of the States. Some im portations of hops have before taken place from the United States of America, but they are of uncommon occurrence, and this arrival is of some interest at the present season. COLONEL WALDO SIDTDORP.-Our readers will, we are sure, deeply regret to hear that the upright and honest Colonel Sibthorp is seriously indisposed. For some time he has been unable to attend the House, and he is now confined to his bed. On Saturday he was considered to be rather better, but fears are entertained for his ogrety.—Boaton and Linclon "erald. ban" ow lace. the licht hick erlY con ,o at nrs. t tha t tha .11 33 y Or 110 ' , ~ .....4 wife "e of --- r , cf 112, r °I WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, July 24. Before Mr. justice .777.1.1.1Am5.). _ William F ord, the captain - of a merchant vessel, was found guilty of the death of one of his seamen from ill treatment, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. NISI PRlUS.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, and a Jury of the city of Exeter.) BROOKS V. ROOKS-SEDUCTION. _ This case, which was commenced at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, occupied the court till half an hour after midnight, when the defendant's case was not con cluded, and was resumed next morning. It was an action for seduction, the plaintiff being a poor widow, the mother of three daughters, living in Bear-street, Exeter; and the defendant, the Rev. Charles Rooks (" Dr. Rooks" by virtue of a German University di ploma), a clergyman of the Established Church, holding the living of Nymet Rowland, Devon, but for some years past residing in Hill's-court, Exeter. The defendant pleaded, firstly, that he was not guilty of the seduction; secondly, that the woman seduced, the plaintiff's daugh ter, was not "in the service" of plaintiff ; and thirdly, that the claim for compensation was barred by the Statute of Limitations. Mr. Collier and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for plain tiff ; Mr. Greenwood, counsel for defendant. The defendant was present during the trial. Divesting the case of the strong and indignant language used by the plaintiff's counsel, the facts stated by the witnesses, who were chiefly the three daughters of plaintiff and the medical gentleman, were as follows: —Several years ago (whether in September, 1841, or 1842, was a disputed point) the plaintiff's second daughter, Mary Maria Brooks, being then 24 years of age,. was in the domestic service of Mr. Rooks. During six weeks or two months that she was there he some times kissed her, while he was under the influence of liquor. In November she went home to nurse her mother and elder sister, who were both ill. During that winter defendant used to come to see her mother, bring ing brandy and medicines, and also administering spiri tual counsels; he brought her religious tracts and books, and prepared her for receiving the sacrament, which he wished to administer to her. He then engaged Mary Maria Brooks to make shirts and to mark pocket hand kerchiefs for him, bringing the calico and cambric him self. He insisted on her bringing the shirts to his house singly, as they were finished ; and be also re quested her to come to his house and make patterns for sofa cushions, which she did. On one occasion, in the beginning of January, 1843 (as she stated), she brought home some pocket handkerchiefs. At his desire she went up stairs into his bedroom to put them into the drawer. His female servant was out at that time. As soon as she had got in the bedroom he locked the door, threw her on the bed, and the intimacy was effected. Both before and after that defendant frequently urged her to come back to his service; and in the early part of March, her mother and sister being better, she went back. She then felt sickness and headache, and told defendant she was afraid of being in the family way. He said "he would give her some pills." She asked what they wore made of, and he said Never mind, they'll do you ao harm, if they do you no good." She took the pills, and a fortnight afterwards a miscarriage happened. At a subsequent time she became pregnant again, and he gave her pills, and she miscarried again. He desired her to tell her mother she was in the family way, but not to tell of the pills. She told her elder sister, Eliza, in Novem ber, 1843. According to the statement of Eliza Brooks, on this occasion, defendant met her at the parlour door, and wished to shake hands with her, but she refused, saying " No, sir, look at my sister's condition. You have deceived my mother. You said we should never regret her coming to live with you." He said he was " very sorry, but that they must make the best of a bad matter. All I want (added he) is your confi dence." The eldest sister said, " Remember, sir, you are a clergyman." The defendant shook and trembled very much, and crying, with his face between his hands, replied, " I know I am. Hush! hush !" He asked the sister to come and take wine, but she would not. He then gave her 30s. to get necessaries for her sister's con finement. On the Bth of February, 1844, Mary Maria was confined. At two o'clock in the morning defendant came to the plaintiff's house, and entreated her to come and see her daughter. She did go, and defendant was there all night, attending to the fire and nursing the child. He also fetched Mr. Land, the surgeon, and paid him. The child died in three days, and defendant went with plaintiff to order the coffin, which he paid for, and superintended the funeral. All this was proved by the sisters, and by old Mary Shepherd, the monthly nurse, who said defendant warned her " to be sure not to tell anybody, particularly Mr. Latimer, be cause he was no friend to parsons." [Mr. Latimer is editor of the Western Times, and the old nurse had been employed in his family.] Mary Brooks was seriously ill from coming down stairs too soon after her confinement, and the surgeon recommended her sister to call in Dr. Shapter. At this defendant was alarmed, and, weeping and trembling, he went down on his knees to the sister, entreating her, " For God's sake, Eliza, don't have Shapter, or else the Bishop will know all, and I shall lose my gown." He frequently told the mother and Eliza that if " they would not expose him he would provide for Mary for life; that he had liked her from the first moment he saw her, and if his wife died he would marry her." [Defendant has been separated from his own wife for some years.] He told Mary Brooks the same; and, according to her state ment, gave her a written promise to provide for her. She locked up this document in her work-box in a drawer in her bed room, and kept the bed-room door always locked. The paper was safe for years, but lately, in 1847, she missed it, and she then discovered that Mr. Rooks had another key to the bed-room door. She charged him with taking the paper away, but he denied it—he did not (she said) ever deny having given her the written promise. She stated that for a year or two previous to her leaving defendant's house another woman (who was named) used to come there at night to see him, and that since that his manner was more distant towards herself; she thought defendant ought to confine himself to her. A t the limn of her confinement, in the early part of 1844, her youngest sister Anne, who was then about nineteen years old, was allowed to go and live in the house as Mr. Rooks' ser vant, to answer the door. She lived there two years. Mary Brooks herself used to dine with the defendant, and sat in the parlour. He taught her to write. He used to read prayers with her, and sometimes she read. Whenever Mr. Rooks had to assist in performing any marriage service he and she used to read over the service together beforehand. After her confinement she was churched in the parlour by the defendant himself. She lived in the house of defendant till November, 1848. [The action was commenced 12th December.] She had been ill ever since, and was now ill. The defendant had, she said, given her pills and mixtures on several occa sions, and in consequence she had four miscarriages within one year. - - These wero the statements of tho plaintiff's wit nesses. Little effort was made in cross-examination to break down their general credit ; but Mary Brooks was subjected to a strict inquiry by Mr. Greenwood as to whether she had not " made a mistake " about the year of her entering the defendant's service. lie showed her several little red memorandum books of household affairs purporting to record payments of wages to h erse lf an d her fellow-servants, and asked if they were not attested by her signature. She denied the handwriting, as far as concerned the dates in 1842 ; but there was much confusion in this evidence, and her sister Eliza thought two of the signatures, in March and May, 1842, were in Mary's handwriting. A man named Charles Southard, formerly servant to defendant, stated Mary Brooks was there in 1842, an 1 that the signatures were hers ; but ho had only seen her write three times. Mary Hanger, who had been in the service previous to Mary Brooks, and came away ill of the smallpox, when the plaintiff, the mother, attended her, also stated it was in the winter of 1841 she was ill, fr om w hi c h it would follow that in the spring of 1842 Mary Brooks came into defendant's permanent service. On this point the counsel for the defence relied. lie stigmatized the action as entirely one got up by the attorney for the sake of the costs; he indignantly inveighed against the conduct of the plaintiff in permitting her daughter to live so many years in impure concubinage, and in allowing another, a younger daughter, to go and live within reach of the seducer's embraces; he declared that a mother who could so act was unworthy of any compensation; and he protested against the delay of several years in bringing this action. The counsel for the defendant mainly relied, however, on his a rgument, that the woman was in —. on the morning of Friday, the 13th of April, a bun dle containing the body of a newly-born female child was found in a mill-stream below the mill-wheel at Rugeley, so placed, that when the mill would be set to work, the water would carry it down to where the stream was arched over, and so passed under the entire town, so that in all probability the body would never be disco vered. On examining the body the head was found to be wrapped in a brown holland apron, secured round the neck with two strings. The next day a napkin was found in the stream with the prisoner's name on it. She was found on examination to have been recently delivered of a child. The strings found on the neck of the child were identified as having been torn off her dress, and a great mass of proof was adduced which left no doubt that she was the mother. Tho only question was, whe ther she had murdered it. Of that the only evidence was. that she had concealed her pregnancy and the birth, and made no preparations for it, and that there were on the neck of the child two livid marks under the places where the knots were tied. A medical gentleman, the only one who had examined the body, swore posi tively that in his opinion these marks were caused by strangulation; but the case ended in a verdict of Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of concealing the birth, for which she was sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment, with hard labour. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, July 24. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Thomas Doxey, 25, a mild and slender man, was charged with the murder of his father on the 30th of last December. Mr. Wilmoie and Mr. Dennison prosecuted; Mr. 11. Adams defended. The deceased, Job Doxey, lived with his wife and family, of whom the prisoner was one, at Glossop, in this county. He was an old Waterloo-man, a pensioner; they were in humble circumstances, but industrious. On the morning of the 31st of December, which happened to be on Sunday, the body of the deceased was found under one of the dry arches of a small bridge called the Victoria-bridge, at the end of the town of Glossop. His skull was fractured, but it was thought to have been the result of accident, and the coroner's jury so found. On Good Friday, however, a man of the name of Clough, a shoemaker, made the following statement;—" He had been to a public-house on the night in question, and was coming over the Victoria-bridge about eleven at night, when he saw old Doxey coming along. He was shortly after met by his so❑ and a man whom Clough thought was a person of the name of Rawson, whom he had seen before. The prisoner he had known for three years. Saw the prisoner catch hold of his father, call him an old rogue, and say he would strike him, which he did, suddenly. He (the prisoner) knocked him down, hit him over the head, and the other man kicked him. Thomas Doxey said, " Let us finish the old ," and kicked him twice over the breast. Witness called out " What are you going to do with the old man?" One of the men said, "If you do not go away we will serve you the same." Clough then stated his wife caught hold of him and persuaded him to go away , but as he was going he turned sharp round, and saw the two men lifting the old man up to the top of the battlement of the bridge, and shortly after he heard something fall; that though he went to a public-house with his wife again that night, ho did not mention what had occurred, being under fear; that a few weeks afterwards he met the prisoner and began to address him, saying " Aye, Tom," upon which the prisoner immediately said. " If thou mentions what happened on the bridge, thou shalt be no more, thy life's in danger;" that he did not mention it until the evening of Good Friday. The man's wife corroborated him so far, that she was on the bridge with him on the night in question, and heard what sho was pleased to call a scrimmage; a shut . - fling of feet, and heard something fall ; that being fright ened she persuaded her husband to go away. The defence was the improbability of the story; the fact of there being ro cause of quarrel, and none sug gested between the prisoner and deceased; and an alibi which, though not clearly made out, threw such an air of doubt about the transaction, as to lead to the Acquittal of the prisoner. _ _ The Commissions for the county and borough of Lei cester were opened in the course of the day by Mr. Baron Parke. There are but three causes; a heavy will, in which Sir F. Thesiger was retained special, having gone off since the arrival of that learned gentle man in the town. There are 16 prisoners; 2 being for arson, 3 for horse stealing, 1 for burglary, 1 concealing birth, 1 rape. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the share holders was held at the Banking-house, Lothbury, Thos. Barnewall, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, before the business of the day was proceeded with, adverted, in eloquent and feeling terms, to the loss sustained by the bank in the death of the late chairman, John Taylor, Esq., recently deceased. The SECRETARY then read the ninth annual state ment of the affairs of the Bank, in which the directors state that after writing off the bad and doubtful debts, and paying the charges and current expenses of the past year, the net profits amount to 12,0771. 16s. Id. Out of these profits a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the halt-year ending December 31, 1848, has been already paid; and a dividend for the half year ending June 30, 1849, at the same rate, and, as hi therto, free from income-tax, becomes payable on the Ist August. After paying this dividend and deducting the rebate of interest upon current bills, there will remain a balance of 2,596/. 17s. Id. to. be added to the reserve fund, increasing that fund to 20,0141. 19s. 9d. From the balance-sheet it appeared that the balance carried down after deducting bad and doubtful debts, and pay ing all charges and current expenses, amounts to 12,077/. 15s. Id., which is disposed of in the following manner, viz:— Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending 31st of December, 1848, already paid *3,848 8 0 Ditto, at ditto, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1849 Rebate of interest on current bills Balance carried to the Guarantee Fund making that fund 20,0141. 19s. 9d. 412,077 16 1 Mr. ➢TARRIOTT moved that the report be approved and printed, and circulated among the shareholders, and on their behalf warmly thanked the directors for the zeal and efficiency which they manifested in the management of the affairs of the bank during a period of great coin wercial depression and difficulty. Mr. lIUNTEA seconded thn motion, and congratulated the proprietors on the steady advance which the es tablishment had made under the auspices of their present able board of management. The report was then adopted. Wm. Beresford, Esq., M.P., John A. Chowne, Esq., John Savage, Esq., and Joseph Thompson, Esq., the four directors who retired from office according to rotation, were unanimously re-elected. The Chairman declared a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, payable on the Ist of August. _ _ _ Votes of thanks were then given to the Secretary and to the board of direCtors, and the meeting terminated. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The completion of the twenty-second year of the existence of this valuable society was celebrated yesterday evening by an anniver sary dinner at the London Tavern. In consequence of increasing applications, the number of pensioners has been raised during the past year from 50, the number originally contemplated, to 55. An increase of 28/. has been this year divided among the pensioners, and, to carry out more fully the objects of the society, it is in tended that the pensions shall be still further augmented, which will add nearly another 100/. a year to the ex penses of the society. Last evening the chair was taken by J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., who was supported by Messrs. R. Taylor, Luke James Hansard, J. Hodge, J. Causton, L. Thompson, and other gentlemen. After the usual loyal tonsts had been drunk, the chairman proposed, " The Printers' Pension Society," and in doing so, paid a deserved tribute of praise to a society which lends support to the declining years of a class of men who are the immediate agents in the diffusion of know ledge and civilization, and who, by the rules of the so ciety, are encouraged in a spirit of self-reliance and in dependence, as no one is eligible for a printer's pension who has not been a subscriber to the society for a period of seven years. Tho healths of the chairman, Mr. R. Taylor. the treasurer of the society, and the committee, were also drunk. The subscriptions received in the course of the evening amounted to 140/. 48., including a donation of 10L from Mr. L. J. Hansard. The musical wh a rr o a n g w e a m s e a n s t s s i s w t e e d r e un d er hy jli e t s h a e r s. direction Robinson, o of Mr. Fenton,Rans fo a r h d d , Long h u rs t. Bathe and B h Tahedinner c was. We regretse rvedinto say excellent that styl eby Messrs. the chairman became so seriously indisposed in the oourst of the evening that he was obliged to retire at an early hour. ROADS. (TRox A CORRESPONDENT.) This project originated, as it is generally known, by the late Mr. John flarvey, engineer, of Weymouth, since whose death, it has been advocated by his son, post master of the same place, with a zeal and ability, that entitle him to the highest respect and commendation. The utility of such an undertaking, arising from a consi deration of the importance of its situation, the facility of its access and egress at all times and seasons, the ex cellence and security of its anchorage, its vast extent, and capability of affording every accommodation, and of supplying the demands of all classes of shipping, render it one of the most desirable and valuable objects that has been offered to public attention for many years. The estimated expense of its erection can never be regarded as an obstacle to its adoption with a humane, liberal, and patriotic nation—a nation distinguished above all the other nations of the globe by the unlimited circulation of its commerce, and its proud pre-eminence over the sea. It cannot, however, be too strongly impressed upon the mind, that "in the piping times of peace"—in the hour of danger and distress—in a war with ambitious invaders, or of the elements themselves —o ur gallant and enter prizing navies may always here alike secure a place of rendezvous, of defence, and safety— " Portusve propugnacula bello Tuta."—vine. Crowned, therefore, with such num erous , unparalleled, and incomparable advantages, in peace, in war, in stress of weather, what a great accommodation is afforded. In addition, however, to the able and judicious remarks of Mr. John Harvey, embodied in a small pamphlet, and illustrated with three engravings, the subject of the Portl an d B reakwater has been fully in vestigated in Nos. 355, 382, 412, 555 and 563 of ,the Mechanics' Magazine, in Lewis's splen did " Topographical Dictionary of England," and by many other portions of the press. From these no tices, it is satisfactorily proved, that the subject has ob tained extensive notoriety and popularity, and that its advantages and importance are properly appreciated by the maritime and commercial interests of the kingdom. Indeed every day's experience confirms the favourable impression so generally entertained in relation to this project, and furnishes most powerful arguments for the necessity of its adoption. In one word, can it be sup posed, that a place, where, in bad weather 50 sail upon an average per week, and where, during a winter's tem pestuous gales, 100 sail at one period, and upwards of 3,000 altogether, have found a secure asylum, will ever fail to attract the attention, and occupy the consideration of the British nation, to a cultivation of all the benefits, of which its situation and capabilities will admit. Whilst life and property are valued and respected, the break water for Portland Roads will doubtless never cease to appeal in the most affecting and imperative terms to our humanity, pride, and ambition, as an enlightened, great and glorious people. Having been lately travelling in the West of England, I accidentally became detained here by circum stances of a private nature, and -was thus afforded an opportunity of acquiring some local information relative to the projected breakwater in Portland Roads, which I think of too interesting a nature to withhold from the public; and as you have alluded to the subject in some former numbers of your valuable and highly esteemed journal, I consider it, with your permission, the most proper medium for giving it publicity. I found that among persons interested—especially such as are in any way concerned with shipping—the subject of a breakwater for Portland Roads continues a favourite subject of conversation, and still more, of serious reflection. There have been few winters more lamentably distinguished than that of Nov., 183364, for the sacrifice of life and property by shipwreck; yet it is a remarkable fact that not a single accident has occurred within a considerable distance of this roadstead. During the whole of the late tempestuous weather Portland Roads presented an incessantly varying scene of bustle and activity; but though the craft driven in here for shelter by the southern and westerly gales were con stantly changing, they seldom averaged less in number than an hundred sail. Among the detenus there were some Americans, whose commanders came occasionally on shore and were loud in the expression of their admi ration of the roomy protection afforded to shipping in Portland Roads. I may particularly mention Captains Davis and Libbits, who observed that although they had made several voyages to this country, they had not had a previous opportunity of witnessing the commodiousness and security of this roadstead, having been not only ig norant of its peculiar locality, but actually given to un derstand that, so far from its affording protection, it was exceedingly dangerous of approach, and offered equally bad anchorage! If, then, its present natural advantages aro so palpable as to call forth such admiration from strangers — and these strangers persons fully com p e t ent to judge t of its capabilities—how would it be raised in estimation and utility by the addition of the contem plated breakwater? The number of vessels which took refuge here during the late tempestuous weather was up wards of 1,000, and ful 2,000 more entered the bay, to avoid the flood tide. There was no other haven in the channel where they could have come to an anchor; and but for this convenient roadstead there is every probabi lity that many hundreds of lives and many thousand pounds' worth of property would have been added to the heavy losses of the winter of Nov., 1833-4. To the original projector, the late Mr. Harvey. and his son, Mr. John Harvey, too much praise cannot be awarded tor the zeal and perseverance with which they have never ceased to press it on the public attention. We have been favoured with the copy of a letter ad dressed to the late Sir Herbert Tajlor in reference to the above project, which, with the answer, we have the pleasure to communicate to our readers. Considering the consequences attached to any proceeding of this kind, we cannot but hail with confidence and anticipation the flattering reception which the subject received in so high and influential a department of e the Administration. Having so lately and so repeatedly expressed our senti ments upon the innumerable advantages to be derived from this undertaking, we are sure that we cannot do better on the present occasion than introduce to imme• diate notice the above-mentioned correspondence. (op.) "To Lieutenant-G enera l C Sir y Herbert Taylor, &c., Windsor. " Weymouth, 22d August, 1831. " Sir,—As eminent public men are at once the surest and most proper means of introducing any object of general interest to notice, I hope I do not presume too much in requesting the favour of your acceptance of the the accompanying Remarks on the subject of a Break water for Portland Roads.' I am assured your well known liberality will excuse this liberty; the import ance of the subject speaks for itself, and will be a suffi cient introduction, and, however it may be regretted that it has not fallen into abler hands for illustration, 1 feel a conscious pride in adding that it could not hare fallen into more zealous. " I have the honour to be with the greatest respect, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, " JOIIN HARVEY." " To Mr. John Harvey, Weymouth. " Windsor Castle, Aug. 26, 1831. "Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d inst., and its enclosures, with many thanks for the communication. I have had the honour to submit them to the King, who was pleased to order me to refer them to the Navy Board. " I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your most obedient servant, "11. TAYLO?t.": The great benefits which the naval and mercantile in terests will derive from such an undertaking are obvious, and a work of such magnitude and such public utility, cannot be too often brought into discussion, for, by so doing, its merits are more apparent. No local society could commence, with the chance of success, so Hercu lean a labour, whereas, as a national undertaking, it must succeed. There are numerous springs of excellent water conti guous to the proposed breakwater, sufficient for the use of the whole British navy if required. The Channel off Portland, on the English side, and off Cherbourg, on that of the French, is the main passage for all vessels coming to England eastward, and going from it west ward; it has been ascertained that during fine and clear weather a vessel mid-channel can command a sight of Cape la Hogue, Alderney, Portland, and the Isle of Wight. A relation of the different shipwrecks that have occurred in the neighbourhood of Portland is deemed needless, the public) not being ignorant of them. The prevention of such lamentable occurrences must surely supply additional excitement to our exertions in order to accomplish the great national work proposed. It is a material fact that Admiral Christian's fleet would, in all probability, not have persevered to reach Torbay had the breakwater been then reared, so that Portland Roads might have been considered a safe refuge on the occasion. A few of the transports succeeded in clearing Portland bill from the west-bay, and took shelter in Portland Roads on the same unfortunate night. (1,500 perished on that occasion.) Nature seems to have placed this island, or more properly peninsula, in a peculiar position for the use of man when exposed to storms. The intended railroad, now under survey, between Weymouth and Dorchester, in connexion with general subject of railways in this country, will an object of vast importance, as is boars on t h es ub become ject of the breakwater. The harbour of Weymoutco could also be extended into the sea to a n y dep th required, the protection that would be a ffo t rd a ed r , e b e y u • r t r h e e nc l e 'o o r f tla t o h i e l breakwater, which wou ld preven di sas trous effects of the storm of November, 1824. Situated as Weymouth is in a direct line with Bri s t o l, what an efficient i auxiliary may it not be made, now that the breakwater is commenced, for the transport of mer chandise and Portland stone from so central a depot of the British Channel, and in the direct line of thorough fare to and from Guernsey and 'Jersey, as well as the south of France. It is bruited far and wide throug h " the ti g ht li tt l e island," and meets with universal approbation. A con trary result, indeed, co u ld not well e expected f rom a nation whose com merce and freedomb depend so much upon her uncontrollable sovereignty by sea; and we sin cerely hope that all who are concerned in the affair s o f the great de e p, an d l ove and honour " the land they live in, will concur in promoting it. At a time of general tranquillity and prosperity it more properly becomes a wise and gallant people to make provision against the contingencies of war, as well as to establish a surer and .ING THE FIRST STONE OF PORTLAND BREAKWATER BY PRINCE ALBERT. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived in the Fairy yacht at a few mi nutes before nine o'clock, this morning, on his way to Portland, near Weymouth, where he had engaged to lay the foundation -stone of the breakwater about to be con structed there. His Royal Highness, who was attended by Colonels Phipp s an d S eymour, landed immediately on his arrival, and at once entered: the state railway carriage; and after a few minutes spent in conversation with Mr. Mills, Mr. Stovin, and other gentlemen con nected with the London and South Western Railway, started for Dorchester. The train, which was a special one, was one hour and a half in performing the journey. His Royal Highness was received at Weymouth with every demonstration of attachment and respect, and with expressions of sincere gratefulness for his kind condescension in complying with the solicitations of the civic authorities to give eclat to the commencement of the Portland Breakwater, by personally identifying himself with that great national work. Attended by the Gallant Naval Commander in-chief at Portsmouth, Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel. and other officers, the mayor and corpora tion, the staff of engineers, the clergy of the neighbour hood, &c., the Prince went through the interesting cere mony in a most business-like manner, the conclusion of which was marked by salutes from the Ons of the Royal Marine Artillery, and the enthusiastic cheering of the crews of the men-of-war, and the many thousands of spectators. Subsequently his Royal Highness received the congratulations of the authorities, to which he re plied in appropriate terms ; and after partaking of some refreshments, returned by land to Southampton at 6.30 o'clock, when the train proceeded at once to the docks, where his Royal Highness alighted, and having em barked in the Fairy, steamed at once for Osborne. The Victoria and Albert yacht was at Portland, in readiness to convey his Royal Highness across the Channel to Osborne, but the weather proving boisterous, the Prince preferred returning by the special train by way of Southampton. In addition to the royal yacht, the following of her Majesty's vessels were present at Portland on the occa sion:—the Fire Queen, steam-tender, with the flag of Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K.C.B. ; the Sphynx, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hewlett; the Stromboli, 6, stQam- sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, and the two exercising brigs for the naval apprentices; Nautilus, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Dolling, from Devonport; the Rolla, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Fen wick, from Portsmouth. CO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and younger branches of the Royal Fa. mi!y walked this morning early in Osborne Park. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert left Osborne, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Seymour, at half-past seven, and proceeded in the Fairy yacht to Southampton, en route to Portland, %here his Royal flightless lays the first stone of the proposed breakwater. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday.. Lord and Lady Bloomfield left Osborne this day on their return to Lond:)n. Yesterday was the birth-day of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. The auspicious event was celebrated at Kew, where a select party of the nobility paid their respects to her Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left town on Tuesday for her residence in Richmond Park. Air. Parker, M.P., Mr. Chapman (Deputy Chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway), Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Stevenson (Directors of the Com pany), had an interview with the Commissioners of lt,ilways yesterday, at their Office in the Board of Trade. Mr. R. Terry, Judge of the Supreme Court of New . South Waifs, had an interview with Earl Grey yester day. Mr. B. Colin had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday, at the Colonial -office. The Commissioners of Inquiry into the use of iron in railway structures had a mt cling yesterday, Lord Wrot tesley in the chair, at the Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Maitland (agent for the owners of the Ilalbeath and Townhill Railway), Sir Charles Adam (a party), and Mr. Jopp (Engineer), had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of Rail ways. A second deputation were also present at the in terview with the Commissioners, consisting of Mr. Webster, Mr. S. Macdoual, Mr. R. S. Clyd, and Mr. Bouch, Consulting Engineer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New South Wales, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Gibraltar. The ➢larquis of Lansdowne left town on Tuesday for Wilton louse. THE NEWSVENDERS' FETE. The annual dinner given to persons employed in the newspaper trade was celebrated yesterday, at the Ilighbury Tavern, Isling ton. Shortly after two o'clock the " boys," amounting to nearly 300 in number, did ample justice to a substan tial repast. The remainder of the day was spent by them in playing at various healthful games suited to their age. Shortly after seven o'clock, the " boys that were," amounting to nearly 400 adult persons employed in the newspaper trade, sat down to dinner under the presidency of Mr. Spilling. An instrumental band was in attendance on both occasions, and played a number of popular pieces. The usual lo) al toasts were received with enthusiasm, as were also those that appertained to the occasion, including " The Founders of the Feast," " Success to the News Trade," " The Stewards of the Day," " The Chairman," B,:c. A ball in the large room concluded the festivities of the day. The whole passed off with iclut, considering the unpropitious state of th• weather, which in some degree prevented the guests reaping the full enjoyment derivable from spending a summer evening in the pleasant grounds attached to the Highbury Tavern. 11EFIESENTATION OF READING.—R EADING , WED.. NESDAY EVENING.—A requi s iti on to Mr. Charles Rus sell, Chairman of the Great Western Railway, and one of the late Members for this borough, to come forward as a candidate on the Conservative interest for the va cant seat here caused by the elevation of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd to the judicial bench, has being lying for sig nature to-day, and has already received a large number of signatures. A handbill has also been circulated an ' flouncing that a gentleman of known integrity, talent, and sound principles, and every way worthy of the support of the Liberal electors, will present himself It the in r their suffrages forthwith; and a public meeting of h constituency favourable to the return of a n depedent the fo expected and Liberal candidate is intended to breanheledno d ay s n Friday. We We may add that the Liberals have been on the qui vine consequen t on promo tion of the Learned Sergeant, and although the names y is of several parties have been mentioned tto the present aske] time t o comean nounced himself. forward, no candidate has up stated that Mr. A. Morrison, park, near allingf this ord,sonof Mr. Jam es whoirr was Morrison, town, is likely to offer hims elf as a candidate on the Libe ral interest. ouno s f u ß cc a e s s i s id fu o l n a .p t The appointment of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd to the va cant Judgeship has nowhere been hailed with greater satisfaction than by his native townsmen and consti tuents. ---- THE FIRE IN KING EDWARD-BTREET, CITY.— Yesterday an inquiry took place hefore Air. Payne, at the Ball and Mouth, opposite the Post-office, into the cause of a fire which took place on Sunday molten early, at the Red Lion, King Edward street, Little Britain. It was clearly proved the tire was accidental. Mr. Tabernacle, the landl or d, bi tter l y complained of re ports prejudici a l to his character which had been spread about the neighbourhood by a policeman, whom ho had refused to serve in church hours on one Sunday morn ing. It hail been stated confidently that he had set the house on fire, when the fact was at the time it occ urred the he hims e lf was a t G ravesen d, an d everyone i n h o use in question was in bed. The j u ry that the fire was accidental, and that they returned sa a saw nothing in the evidence to cast the slightest , GBAbf , JULY 23. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-13!EMI to day that a f a t a l o n n g d h o a n ul and North-Western imputation o n Mr. Tabernacle. The facts were much There was a rumour in Birm line, near accident ha d Coventry, occurred on the .L on thi ! l : 3 /nOrning train cam e i n contact exaggerated. The d , ~ by pa6swhichcn g e r vt w v a ; a e d s e i t i a g i h n y d injured, but Denonweiethrlyanfiennhgoinuer.le One or f ltiwneo,