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car to 1y ; No. 26 , CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. in nd DTI, to el~+ end to 03 na to . lilt GREAT LEAGUE FUND £50,000. L t 11,4,e COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW S tl b C UE are making extensive arrangements for soliciting i,,_!e.riptions to the GREAT LEAGUE FUND from the int"anbiants of the Metropolis ; and, to prevent imposition, it is the e da d t ed to collect the Subscriptions ALL IN ONE DAY, ti n , e „„e of which will be announced hereafter. In the mean tan -uonations may be forwarded, addressed to George Wilson, C hairman of the Council, Manchester. 13y order of the Council, ~, • GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. ortthee Council will be glad to receive the names of such . frien . ds Oran c ause as may be disposed to co-operate in completing the tnents in th eir respective localities. "1ar...„.2c22.Te21, 17th November, 1842. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUI • ANCE SOCIETY, Felt GRANTING "` 4 IJRANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. DIRECTORS. J . p. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. o ih n_te c rr ts iffi o o n rt , hd M oFnir D iEth . s , ,,l F .E . s ß q. .. S. John Rawson, Esq. Est,, John Riddle Stodart, Es , Clement Tabor, Esq. urße Lungiey, Esq. Joseph Thompson, sq. P rof . AUDITORS. A ‘-4'sr Wh eatstone, F.R.S. I Professor Graves,A.M.F.R.S. e rtu A.Y—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S. PuysICIAN—J. Elliotton, M.D . _, F.R.S. oi, tet SURGEON—E. S. Symcs, Esq. I4 T " 8-- -Alessrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney. 7y z "NszEits—Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, Mills, and Co. . th e t e , '4ost rational motives to Life Assurance are found i n. PPovi t s ' an adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a see . ure , ift or g°n at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society v iotis ' succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre= PaYments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ER. —OLD SPREAD EAGLE HOTEL, 1( 11 A HANGING DITCH. • 17-e-- ENTRANCE FROM CANNON•STREET.) WESTALL respectfully informs the e ntered * tnter.,,,* COMMERCIAL 'PUBLIC that he has take n n . neon veNet't "Pon the above newly built, spacious, elegant, a Th , P ,alises, lately occupied by Mrs. Hoiden , formerly of " int e t tsu ed House Tavern, and trusts. from the liberal syst ,/,,,'U i '_to . sdh ere to in catering for .the taste and comfort of to receive a fair share of support. The Wines, 44 ( 1 trili a i n4 C , gars, have been selected with the greatest care, Ales, & _ l ' . 6 found of first-rate quality. London Porter, Burton Capital Stabling and Coach-house. 'l, eli t'S DRESSING CASE, the most port ttioic able ever invented, being only the size of a pocket tZlblllakz.orZahisllniinagg,ieonsetpeeapir of Mechi's ivory handle peculiar and Comb, badger hair Shaving :ii.i.,,,;l4'ssillateut castellated Tooth-brush,. and a neat useful ap di , price only 255. The same, with Hair-brush and t tt ,oell• 3 s. To Militar Men and as a steam-boat . ur In k g ( ' ° a l Panion this in vention , is an invaluable sequin immense v i a i tof other Dre.sing Cases, both for t rt li ic i e .% — to ' gen tle ni either in fancy woods or leather, at all -" ka s Utt eithe r the economical or the luxurious. An ex "'el' of Writing-desks, Writing-cases, Work-boxes, Papi er gatelle Table s • Razors, Strops, Table Cutlery ; superb Aii:4ache Articles' Sze. 4r'et° "Y , 4, Lea ' denhall• street, four doors from Cornhill. s I - i ~---- __. v P'lt S UPERSEDED, and those corrosive r suivian"tul injurious metals called Nickel and Germn in S a i t l e. _ ;iv A 6.1 by the introduction of a new and perfectly h 'IB NI ZATA PLATE C. WATSON (late ALDE_R ki,oswit:i.i7,:t:voeestraii4:l and 42,.BARBICAN, and No. 16, N0R 1.. - Rtti o4 i-"-.0 ATE, aided by a person of science in th e . ara. the has succeeded in bringing to public notice tshon.litiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the r a ic e li ss appearance —With its durability and liTvl a th,, tl ' i • i 4 ts perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does,t.. is e ntit,i, a P'oce2s, by which all that is nauseous in mixedme ls Li ilitexairacted---.. resist'ng. all acids, may be cleaned as Silver, -Ail tufaetured into every article for the Table and Side ? li s. d. kites_ s. d. I 1 9 , iler d ot arid Forks, I Sauce Ladles .... 15e sger ' t ' .................. 16 6 'Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6 Soit t , i do,, Per d0z..... 12 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6 i Wat50n............. 'l% . ciir tilleB. begs the Public will understand that . this metal , f- 'bid i L l rlY his own I that Silver is net more different from ; n i," ( ' ll ' a ' ‘ ,"" his ?netal ' i a s n fr ( om all others ; the Public will there ', v* e 40 difficulty in discovering the animus which . directs 14 4ri rtil ent attacks made against him, by a party who 114 da t l i iy Pro g . re eg from the unparalleled success which has marked th e 11444'8 9f ills New Plate since its introduction. C • !I 4'elt till Party, courts comparison, feeling confident Um . t the ,rltlWi!l establish its pre-eminence. V'-------12.___,LAItI3ICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE._ I , 1 1 , L VER TE A SERV I(3 E - S. t otIQ COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Combin e , ! i 'es - 'r 3 veti doors from Gracechurch-street, phmit!t_t_h_ IC6' t he following- SILVER TEA and COFFEE sEtt 111,! tea '. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing en shell fee t , l its,!'d coffee pot s with a flower ornament on the lids. The 1 11 1 :, P d i hl embossed with flowers and scrolls. ' '''aP, of either r i le new and elegant. 4r. r.itc E PATTEI i :N. I KING'S PATTERN. ttr C'tl g S N it ilver Tea-pot -.12 0' bitt4 Sugar Basin 616 1 )44 1 Milk Ewer. 410 Coffee-pot-1a 0 COnipi, 1 - . £ s. Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 Ditto Cream Ewer 5 Ditto Coffee-pot-15 0 let - 31 61 t l e I v t ,.. . e ...... , te ty of upwards £of fifty ' ' 111 ,,0 Show-rooms, L `""ts ' ,7"r recdisite ler the a sh t r ltis, - Prices, illustrated by sl 11'. :1(1 forwa..ded, postage f 4 rn (-I,`,X SAVORY, Ns. 4' cot c}, -street. ~AS•i•lgil-lOLD.S, INFLUENZA, HOARSENESS, t'N` 4 CO'L ---, "',AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. . o; t i e. v aluabj e -u ;,. S SENCE 01? LINSEED is an in- Fro t' ' . crotily Price ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. per vi rtu ,ti • i tn „.L. . iii, „ es In th e c„'reor.al Linseed has . ' ''' er Y of fh " re of Coughs and Colds 1 1 , 4 the f n , e Present Ch b was to the been proverbial for its "'en --r "' ef tea and. • emic comparatively limited. This 1,, ce con . , its benefit . 'al Essence, it merely used . h Rld y c _ talus all the medicinal properties of Linseed i a n n a ~',,',.})s ?q:',.!rated form, combined with other medicinealys for ugli k wh • c ing . the most certain and efficacious rem d 14chihlre !eh lias yet been discovered. °4 4 " Coughs, as recent ones in Adults, will be re- Y ti,„ by few doses of Sireco's Essence of Linseed ( frequently 4'rerii,,,,.`t); 01l standing Chronic Coughs may r rii,r,.4 :tile perse.esultimately\yhopreviousiy 4 3th " , but tiles. yield to its curative powers. . require pe h s suf li'ln3 fl`u ' hr,e received the utmost benefit, and ot er _ e liad not been able to lie -ediej,le'll Influenza have been speedily cured by this valuabl Sold by all respectable Medicine Vendors. Complete £4O 0 y Tea and Coffee Services may here may be selected every artik ideboard or plate-chest. Pam sketches of the various articles, free, to any part of the kingdorz. 7, Cornhili, London, seven doort 39 , , ----- -- t --.....,_ LI3EMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly .", „, aPposite the York Hotel) and _ 81( x Ti;',; KING WILLIAM -STREET, CITY. --' AND HEARING.-TESTIMON IALS. Stlte4lrhe Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly- inven ted it4 Pert e 4CLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extre mel y n tver y oeti vition--We give Ahem the decided preferencet dei n ,,, er kind of Lens -the clearness of the transp arency o the ~,,elerY object very distinct, and enables individuals view e ikrtiNis‘,Taintite particle with perfect accuracy. h 41, e i ;;4rl Pleasant by rt;rl3l.tst undell, Esq., -51• D" ii4. 1 .. , 5,t, and soften bright and brilliant liglits :- candle light, as they appear cooling l to eor s ,„ Q ,... r • 1, Great George-street, West if p` ":•:Signiond Esti MD, 24 Dover-street; %II; ji " 'revr, Es_ .(1 ' , Surgeon, F. R . S., Saville-row. Ant; ona'uwshotharn, Esq., M.D., broad-street-buildings. 1, 1 111, Y ~._," b ite, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parhament-street. . ' 4 (l • -"F`r,Esq. Surgeon,29, Newington-place, hi_criti, Leighton Es- M • D. 7 Upper Gower-street. t W: 4s. Griftths and D cl u . s ' ican Su ' r , eoni 3, Leadenhall- street. . Kennington ' t h • bat' .c,'9., Sur,eon lslew' orth g . ' 4:1", 11, 1 3% -"(1., Su6rgeon, 33, New Broad-street. 's .411 a; Esq., M.D., Exeter. rli. Or Gordon, Esq., M.D. tietiwrie, Esq., M.D Bennett-street, Bath. lle ti , Y, Esq., 111. D., Blandford. W 1 3 , awrne, Es NI D T nby b e n arr , e s", Egs .4 qS"u A ir i gii:ocu e lst ' l,South Audley-streut• wilpoillito, Esq:, ill) •BriAtt Cheltenham.! C, s; ,"9ninson t , i'llat Conolly, Esq.,.Al.D.', .4,ll,,,,AsA\ll‘ri,iautits, 1,,F.5i5q.,1.1,,1r.1.2. Walli;gford. Cheltenham. „ I n l tt ri rn g m it e o r n smith. J V ir Aths ti '' %' 'l. u. t:.,..kenderick,l.E' squ.,rgSeu°rngeon, Ch s ; i s quare. ki.,itigtoPttourn, Esq. 11 . e,:i Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. _ .en. Manchester-street, blanches 514. 0 • t Surg e " , 29, Harleyford-place, K %IN ''kll • nt- street. W A „‘ l ell: s „: El, Surgeon 50, Paz liame Grosvenor ' Brook-street, . tre . 9.• . tirgeon, 15, Lower I.,') "'+E t i- er ' l- rf.''' , Surgeon, 26 Berkeley-square. A, 1 411 ' 1 1, E s E. B,"kletriorel' Surgeon, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury. J. _o9art, E s N., Surgeon 3. .. 2 Denmark-hill. , 1 4. \l' alk e , , burgeon, A Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. t Alw Ilharet, l'irge°"' 2-, 4 6 , l). vies-street, Berkeley-square . , dolden-square. ittara ivason:4lF., Surgeon, t he ‘i Pla etag the-s a tl., , Sui•geon, Testimonials before the , state that their IN ‘ :, esi rs. - 01.ro tio ‘ e list . of Nuneaton, a. War wieksle p . ublic, and Aurists, 'teby *hi 41111, OP ZA Wtii/cLA,anVs and Aurists, tate that their ° PER * tati th ousand tnf I'IVE VOICE CONDIT benefited, s not ,a OUsand s of Deaf Persons have been gr , c h at ,n y fixed into he _La.vi.rger than a seve n - shillino-piece, and NN L ' UPPCOM fort kbiev.4oity of the ear is soft and e ' asy, and not mon its place; lit i fs r perceptible than havin g a - 'piece of wool in l . s hearu wltt.,_lise the faintest vrbi i, - - public assembly 1 thstio-t, si cr at a t he ... nets. Atheir Ma- Itsti i ,„ se itnportant new inventions are patronize r by ..,„,.. a;; Ma the. King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal n!g g i . !les s tb`,. ejrineesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene_ 1,11 a nd Rosa, her Cr Princess Esterhzy, the Princesses Graces the A t ee the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and heir bilk rebbishop of Canterbury, -the late Duke of Norfolk, the , e s of „ sevo . and Marlborough, kord H ill I, nshire, Argyle, Manches t er, Ctlaierv) e. S'e. 0 eon- I4 etio s , r 016 Messrs. Solornons state that they have , n t: n ~ and th Itnli person s of the same name in Ireland and Sco la t _d e Nuj o at t heY do not employ any Travellers or Agents i . t h e_ 1,1„, h e artiele are only to be liad *•.ri London, at their E, , 14telillents,:39 Albemarle -street Piccadilly, apposite the Yor k 5r,(174 King William -street, Bank. Iv ItA-MPTON'S PILL OF HEAL liii Price ls. 1 1 :,d. per box torrecat excellent family PILL is a / Sledicine of long tried eflicacy ,l f e o u r I NK In g 411 Disorderi of the Stomach and Vowels, the cc f ) . l A ni , ,e. tit,_ s s of w hich are COstivenes_ ,s Flatulency, Spasms' lA)"°Biz lu4ltili,B Dit Headache (lidd" Sense of Fullness after Meal s , Bowels Indi,,„ e r the Eyes,l) rewsi e e s s a s' , and Pains In the Stomach and th-.!pon, rducin g a Torpid State of the Liver, and r a consequent fr __!t7 of t h e owels, causing a disorganization of e Y r b e a little perse -5„:1_11e., will, in this most excellent preparation, y will convince th,i'Z.7, De effectually removed Two or three doses its ninicted of its salutary effects . . The stomach will speedily will P, Pid r i Nth it heal th y action et the liver, bowels, and kidneys ndjaun. dic ed Y a take '. place and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, Ito w a ill be the qui ck 4niratice, _strength, activity, and Teneweeb e ' h di a rections accom. Paili,„, each taking this Medicine, according tot . ridulgence at table, thq ~Ze, 1 3 . 0 x ; and 'taken after too free an e i t of repose n f'crsor is & E r :T.67 the system to its natural .ee sta y_e b tto Headache, Giddl. l o ' ',,,' . D browsiness, aniii S!ilA!"{„,1-:%wit(i'eaEssrsu , arising from too great 4 DRe " r f o ll _ l ood to the Heli, t, :ho i u i ld never be without them, m _%s . _ ____ I oft '_!,9riptoins will be entirely carried off by their lin cd re lLe v ir g ati „ Gm. r,. MALLS , these Pills are most truly excellen t with the _ruction the distressing Headache so very prevale ntA ec.ions iiiZempepression of :Spirits, Dullness of Sight, tr t P lth and tivei,il,P..imples, and Sallowness of th e Skin, and give a c he a Y tio,, aZDr_Zaahie cpx easy Aperient, they unite the recommends n o rft .rnilst operatnwith the most successful effect, and r e quire 14,,-I.4,rint ,of (het or confinement during their use; and I h Ne,i;,.-; ?_k-OPLE they will be found to b comfortable e the most so c c r iii, hltherto prepared. 9d. I , y t i ,,,„ y T. ]'rout 2'29, Strand, London, Price Is. 114 d. and 2s. the A - - i ar.d by the venders of Medicine., generally throughout 'Sdo - i, i 'k lc, TFR kI‘IPI ON'S PI LL of HEALTH, and observe the 4rne " 1 - ' 229 Strand London," oilthe no t .- ' Agit seas of .. I hom AD WOW. , I illrilent StalnPs ‘C. • 4 . " r• V ("If .„; r 'Zt . 41INIIIL A _ 4 , • • 1/„. i•;/ , w - 4 - Alar - e Al t if A- 4 e r5. ," . ; O Ni \ e ll i e • 'l / 4 1 D7ii j ' ll . 1 01 54 1 40 1 Z y s"w - 'll, LOND ON, MONDAY - , , 09_ t -q 4 41 2 S - NOV EMBER 2,1, 1842. No. 15,675. PRICE 5(1. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS,. M6r n i ng ,t Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a, TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The DAILY PUBLIC LECTURES delivered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers. are varied and extended to all the most. recent DISCOVERIES in ART and SCIENCE, and aro familiarly illustrated by "means of the best MODELS, APPARATUS. and DIA GRAMS, including the COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MA CHINE. Dr. Lardner's Working and Sectional MODELS of the STEAM-EN GINE, &c. &c. The subject of the Daily Lectures (for each week) is suspended in the Hall, and the hours at which they are delivered are Twelve, Two, and Three o'clock in the Day, and at Eight o'clock in the Evenings. On Saturday. at Two o'clock, the Lecture will be on the STRUCTURE and FUNGI lONS of the EYE, by Dr. Ra leigh Baxter. The extensive Exhibition is open Mornings and Evenings, except Saturday Evenings.—Admission, Is. Schools, half-price. ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. ILA The Postmaster-General having countermanded the in structions for conveying the Night-mail from London to Brighton by a Train at 8 30 P.M., the said Train will be DIS CONTINUED on and after the Ist of DECEMBER, and the previous Train arrangements will be RESUMED, by running the Three o'Clock DoWn-Train Daily from London, and the last Up-Train from Brighton at Six, P.M., instead of Half. past Six. By Order, C. R. MACKENZIE, Sec. 10, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Nov. 19, 1842. LIAINT PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. CONTRACTS.—The DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said Parish will meet at ST. PANCRAS WORK HOUSE, on TUESDAY, the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, to receive TENDERS, and to contract .with slam, Person or Persons for the supply of 100 IRON BEDSTEADS, 400 YARDS of CANVAS, 100 PAIRS of BLANKETS, 100 BED RUGS, and TWO TONS of FLOCK, for the use of the Poor of the said Parish. Particulars maybe obtained at the said Workhouse. Tendera, sealed and endorsed (" Tender for ") to be sent in not later than the above hour ; and parties tendering, or some per sons in their behalf, must be in attendance at the same meeting. By Order of the Directors, JOHN M'GAHEY, Clerk. 1, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, Nov. 19,1842. ROBIN HOOD HOTEL AND COMMERCIAL INN, CASTLEGATE, YORK . JHOLIDAY, in retiring from the above busi • nes3, on account of other engagements, embraces this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging to his Commercial, Professional, and other Friends, the obligation he feels for the kind and very liberal patronage and support with which they have honoured him during his occupancy of the Robin Hood-- a patronage which has placed that house, as a Commercial and Assize Hotel, amongst the first in the city. J. H. has great pleasure in recommending as his successor Mr. DANIEL ADDISON ; and can confidently assure his Friends and the Public that nothing will be wanting on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Addison to merit a continuance of their favours. DANIEL ADDISON respectfully acquaints the Friends and Supporters of Mr. Holi day. and the Public generally, that he has entered the above Hotel, where, by unremitting attention to the comfort and wishes of his guests, moderate charges, and the very best of providings, he hopes to prove himself worthy of a continuance of that patronage and encouragement which havebeen so liberally estowed upon his predecessor. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hamphire Y'elegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—The 2amarang, 26, was commissioned this morning, at this port, by Captain Belcher, to complete the survey of the Chinese seas. She is to have her full complement. The Firebrand steamer, recently launched at this yard, is ordered to proceed to Woolwich, in charge of Mr. Aylen, master of the Victory, to take on board her engines, previous to being commissioned at this port for foreign service. We regret to state that Captain Wm. Tucker, R.N. late of her Majesty's ship Iris, is numbered among those passengers drowned by the shipwreck of the. Reliance. Capt. Tucker leaves an orphan family of seven daughters. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlON.—Lieutenant—Fred. Cannon (1832) of the Camperdown, to the rank of Commander. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain —Edward Belcher, to the Samarang. Lieutenant Henry Wall, to the Resistance; Thomas J. Smyth, to the Madagascar. Surgeon—Charles M'Arthur, M.D., to the Victory, vice Armstrong, period of service expired. Purser—Mr. Dyer, acting, to the Champion, vice Mason, deceased. Assistant Surgeon—R. Bernard, to the Megara. Second Master—T. C. Pullen, to the Megrra. Master's Assistants—Mr. Ivemey, of the Diligence, to be Second. Master of the Quail ; H. A. Smith, to the Frolic; N. J. Loane, to the St. Vincent. Mate—W. J. Pollard, to the Megrera. Midshipman—R. 11. Mends, to the Excellent. Clerk -in-Charge—E. S. F. Cheesman, to the Megwra. Clerks—Z. Slaney, to the Winchester ; A. T. M. Roberts, to the Frolic ; J. E. Price, to the Howe. Volunteers, Ist Class--11. P. Mihnan, to the Monarch; M. Breen, to the Scout. First Engineers—R. Jago, to the Victory, for service in the Dasher ; John Boswell, to the Wildfire, vice Jago. - (From the Devonport Independent.) ARRIVAL OF THE WILBERFORCE.—Her Majesty's steamer Wilberforce, Lieutenant. W. H. Webb, com manding, arrived here on Thursday, from the Coast of Africa, having on board the remainder of the sur vivors of the ill-fated Niger expedition. She arrived at Fernando Po on the 30th of July, bringing with her the people from the Model Farm. The fate of the superintendent of the farm • has not been ascer tained, but it is presumed he has been murdered 17 the natives. The Wilberforce sailed for Prince s Island with invalids, and again sailed from thence for Fernando Po on the 18th September ; was off Cape Coast three days, and Sierra Leone eight days, and finally sailed for England on the 15th ult. She brings intelligence of a dreadful hurricane off Ma deira, by which six vessels have been totally wrecked, and the majority of their crews lost. The island itself had been nearly inundated A both from the sea, and floods from the mountains. n immense destruc tion of life and property has occurred, in fact, so violent was the hurricane, that the majority of the in habitants have lost their all. The names of the vessels lost are, the English brig, Dart, of London, Wave, of Guernsey, Romulus, of Greenock, an American brig, name unknown, a Spanish vessel, and a Sardinian schooner, which sank at her anchors. The Wilber force has also brought home some of the survivors of the wrecked crews. She spoke the Petrel, packet, off Teneriffe, and Thames, West Indiaman, off Modena. She experienced fair weather on her homeward pas sage—Wind S.W. The other officers on board are the surgeon, Mr. Sterling, and Second Master, Mr. Sturgess. Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, Capt. G. F. Rich (acting), will be paid off on Monday next. Her Majesty's ship Royal Adelaide, 104, having been new coppered, was taken out of dock last even ing (Friday). Her Majesty's ship Superb, 84, was towed to her moorings on Wednesday, by the Confiance. Ships in Harbour—Caledonia, 120, Capt. A. Milne ; San Josef, 110, Capt. F. W. Burgoyne ; Calcutta, 84, Capt. George F. Rich (acting) ; Wilberforce, iron steamer, Lieut. IV. Webb; Spiteful and Confiance steamers. In the Sound—None. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., will hoist his flag on the 25th instant, on board her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, as Commander-in-Chief of this port, for the ensuing three years ; Capt. R. Freeman Row ley, will be Captain of the ship, Com. Walter Toby, Commander, and 'Richard Haig, Esq., Secretary. THE TEMPLE Cnuucit—This elegant building was re-opened yesterday for divine service. - The church was much crowded with members of the legal profession. The benchers, barristers, and students each occupied their respective stalls and seats. The following Learned Judges occupied stalls on the south, or Inner Temple side :—Lord Abinger, Baron Gurney, Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Wightman ; and amongst the Benchers present were—The Hon. Stuart Wortley, Sir Ge or g e Rose, Sir Frederick Pol lock, Sir W. Follett, Messrs. W. Binge, J. E. Dowdeswell (treasurer), Horace Twiss, F. Thesiger, R. Preston, G. Spence, J. Wyatt, T. J. Platt, New man Rogers, Chilton, Hallam, Whateley, and Baines. On the north, o r Middle Temple, wer e Mr. Justice Coltman, Sir John Dodson (treasurer), and others. The sermon was preached by the Master, the Rev. C. Benson, who selected his text from the thanksgiv ing psalm of David, at the restoration of the art of the covenant, recorded in l Chron., c. 16, v. 29, and also in the 106th Psalm—" Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his na me : b r i ng an offering and come be fore him : worship before him in the beauty of holiness." Mr. JOHN CURTIS', F.L.S.—We have to state,_ with greatpeel her gratification,Majesty that, g at granted e d instanceapen pension Sir n o f R Robert a-year to this eminent na t ura li s t, whose " British Entomology," the lab our o f near l y 20 years, so justly entitles him to the Royal favour.—Literary Gazette. So numerous are the men-of-war seamen now un employed, that the crew of the Frolic was complete in a few days. Hundreds of fine, able-bodied seamen, will be entirely lost to the service, unless a sea-going ship is soon commissioned to receive thern.—Hainp shire .bulependept. PRUSSIAN STATES GENERAL. BERLIN, Nov. 9.—The debates on the 28th and 29th continued to turn on the question of the railroad scheme, which a great majority continue to favour, though all parties look with dread and aversion to the possibility of a re-augmentation of the Salt-tax. The Minister of. Finance, however, contended for the necessity of reserving to the Government the power of having recourse to the only practicable means by which, in case of a deficit, the national finances could be maintained in their present satisfactory condition. He would consent, nevertheless, to submit the two fol lowing questions to the decision of the Assembly :- 1. Is the Assembly of opinion that the realisation of a comprehensive system of railroads, by State assist ance, is to the interest of the country, even if that realisation is impracticable without a reservation of a possible, though highly improbable, re-augmentation of taxes, not to exceed the reduction of 2,000,000 dollars, intended to come into force on the Ist of January next? 2. Shall his Majesty be entreated, in order not to weaken the effect of the reduction of taxes, to desist from such a reservation, inasmuch as the Assembly is ready to give a confident assurance that even without such a reservation, the country will always be ready cheerfully to contribute, not only such supplies as are indispensable, but likewise whatever may be required for the promotion , of important national interests ? Several members urged an unqualified assent to both questions, and in support of this view again went over the arguments already adduced in favour of rail roads. They argued, at the same time, that the ne cessity of having recourse to a re-augmentation of the Salt -tax, could only be looked on, in the present flourishing state of our finances, as a very remote pos sibility; and, should the necessity arise, other means might easily be devised, not only for making up the deficit, but also for realising other undertakings called for by the interests of the State, including the entire abolition of what would still remain of the Salt-tax. It was urged, in opposition to the previous remarks of the Minister, that the competency of the present Assembly to entertain the questions submitted to its consideration was very questionable. The reduction of the tax, it was argued, ought to be looked upon in the light of an accomplished fact, and the re-aug mentation of the tax could, in that case, be deemed as nothing else than the imposition of a new tax, a mea sure which came only within the attributes of the Pro vincial States. To this the Presiding Minister replied, that the As sembly was not called on at present to vote either a new tax or to re-impose an old one. No one ques tioned the principle that the Provincial States must be consulted before any new tax was imposed on the country. The King had certainly announced his in tention to effect a reduction of taxes, from the Ist of January next, but the King had not abandoned his right to decide on the details of that reduction, and was desirous of reserving the power of having re course to a re-augmentation, if circumstances should arise to make it necessary. Some further discussion followed, in the course of which several Memoers declared that they should give an affirmative vote to the former of the two questions, merely because they were apprehensive that the sys tem of railroads would not otherwise be realized. The Assembly then came to a vote on the two questions, when there appeared— IN ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION, Ayes. Noes. The province of Prussia It Brandenburg 5 11 Pomerania ll ..... 1 ~ Silesia . 9 If Posen ... ll •• • • 1 ~ Saxony ,1 Westphalia, 6 .... 6 The Rhine Total. IN A.NSWER TO TILE SECOND OUESTION, Ayes. Noes. The province of Prussia V/ Brandenburg... 7 5 ~, Pomerania l2 ~ Silesia 8 ',I ' Posen 8 . .... 4 1 , Saxony fl Westphalia..... 11 1 , 1 The Rhine ..... 13 Total . Those divisions were then considered to have brought the discussion on the railroad question to a close. A motion made by a Member present to thank the Presiding Minister for the judicious and efficient manner in which he bad conducted the discussion, was unanimously agreed to. In their sittin(of the 31st, the Committees of States were occupied with a discussion on the present state of the.law regarding the regulation of private rivers. The object of the Government is to modify the law, so as to enable large districts to avail them selves of the means of irrigating or draining their lands. The Prussian States Gazette publishes the following Cabinet order, addressed by the King of Prussia to the Presidents of the provinces : " I have frequently pointed out the necessity of put • ting a check upon the tendency of the ill-disposed portion of the press to mislead public opinion by the propagation of false news, or in distorting facts, and for this purpose compelling every journal guilty of such conduct to place truth in opposition to falsehood, by inserting a rectification in their columns. It is not sufficient to leave to a journal animated by a bet ter spirit the charge of paralysing the influEnce of the criminal attempts of another journal to deceive or corrupt the public mind. It is necessary that the poison should be neutralised precisely where it is ad ministered; the most effectual means of destroying the tendency of journals to falsehood being to compel them to publish the judgment which condemns them. I have learned that this means, which is alike legiti mate and necessary, has been scarcely if at all prac tised. If the existing laws do not suffice to compel the journals to insert the rectifications which are offi cially sent to them by the authorities, I expect that my Minister of State will propose to me the necessary measures to remedy the defect. If, however, the ex isting laws be sufficient, I require that they may, in the interest of truth and justice, be rigorously en forced. This is a subject which I recommend alike to my Ministers and to the Presidents of the pro vinces, who have to receive instructions on the sub ject from my Ministers. The more lam desirous of not throwing obstacles in the way of the honest, frank, and dignified expression of opinion, and of opening as wide a field as possible to public discus sion, the greater must be my severity towards those who resort to the use of falsehood in order that they may not, by their licentiousness, deprive freedom of opinion of its most happy fruits." MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BANK, 76, WELBECK-STREET. Established July 5, 1830. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED PERIODS, DURING THE EIGHT YEARS. Sums invested with Open Deposit National Debt Accounts. Commissioners. On Nov. 20, 1835 £6,492 £95,090 1836 8,328 126,209 1837 9,947 155,910 1838 ... 11,278 190,334 1839........ 11,935 223,353 1640 ..... 12,680 253,167 1841........ 13,004 266,407 1842 13,349 285,382 J. FINNEY, Actuary. Last week an inquest was held at the Leeds Court house, before John Blackburn, Esq., Coroner, to in quire into the circumstances connected with the death of W. Connell, a stone mason, of. Oulton, 26 years of age, who, when in the act of stealing hens on the night of the 23d ult., was shot at by Mr. Thomas Farrar, farmer, of the same place, and died in conse quence of the injury thus received, at the Leeds infir mary. The Jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter" against Thomas Farrar, who was forth with placed in custody until an application can he made to the Judges for bail.—Leeds Mercury. FEARFUL TIMES.—Last week a worthy old woman, of good external deportment, who has long fought with the weary cares and toils of this mortal pilgrim age, was laid upon her bed. She had, however, been long troubled with a great predilection for strong waters, and many plans and schemes did she try to obtain a small drop of these comforts, but the best laid plans " gala aft ajee: As a last and desperate resource, she sent her wee lassie to the public-house with her Bible, and sundry explanations. The lassie came back as she went. " Hech, sirs," exclaimed the worthy old woman, " it's fearfu' times, when they will neither tak' my word, nor the word o' God, for twa gills o' whisky." --Glasgow Chrbnitle. Died at Richbell-place, Lamb's Conduit-street, on the 18th inst., William Fenning, father of Eliza Pen ning, whose execution excited such deep interest throughout the country. He had served 20 years in the army, and at the time of his death was 88 years of age. THE SCOTCH REFORMERS OF 1793-4. FINAL DECISION OF THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY TO ERECT THE MONUMENTAL COLUMN IN THE REGENT- CIRCUS. ,i On Saturday the Marylebone Vestry were occupied several hours discussing the propriety of confirming or non-confirming the minute passed on the preceding Saturday, granting a site for the erection of a monu mental column to the memory of the Scotch Re formers of 1793-4, Muir and others, on the north side of the Regent-circus, Oxford -street. Mr. Lowe having been called to the Chair, • Mr. Gomm moved for the non-confirmation of the minute. He cared not for, the abuse Which had been heaped upon 'him during the debate on the previous week, by gentlemen who were the supporters of this monumental affair. The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) had laboured to show that these men—Muir and others—were of precisely the same opinions as Fox, Sheridan, and Lord Grey, but he had failed to prove his position. Would he venture to stand up in his place in that Vestry, and assert that Lord Grey, Fox, and Sheridan, were the advocates of Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments ? tie called upon the Board to pause before they did an act which was illegal, inasmuch - as they were not a political, but merely a parochial body.—(Cries of " Oh, oh. ) If they would not hear his (Mr. Gomm's) warning, lie called upon the Vestry to listen to the warning voice of the leading journal of Europe.—(Loud laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. Gomm here proceeded to read the following extract from the leading article of the Times of Thursday : " We will venture to say that no functionaries in England ever before contemplated so insolent a breach of trust as this—to give away land belonging to the public, a portion of the great es t thoroughfare in the British metropolis, of which they are trustees only for the purpose of superintendence and repair —to give this away to Mr. Joseph Hume and others, as a site for a monument to certain convicted and transported felons, whose crime constitute their only title to distinction ! At the public expense, the Marylebone Vestry proposes to glorify the principle of anarchy and confusion, revolu tion, and bloodshed, and conspiracy, for the subversion of the laws, by a laudatory memorial in the Regent circus. —(Cries of ' False, false !" Hear, hear,' and ' Order !') The honours of Nelson, and 'Wellington, and Canning, are to be shared by Palmer and Muir. We may presently expect to hear of the St. Prancras Vestry blocking up the approach to the London and Birmingham Railway, with a colossal statue of Tom Paine, or of the Whitechapel Vestry sticking the image of John Thorogood, in congenial brass, im mediately above the altar of their parish church. We have lately spoken freely of what we conceive to be the abuses of the Court of Chancery ; but really, when indecencies like these are attempted, we have reason to be thankful that there exists such o.jurisdiction. The loyal inhabitants of Marylebone ought to know that it is open to any of them to apply to that Court for an injunction against the proposed erection in Regent circus, or any similar nuisance, and that such an in junction would be speedily and certainly obtained at a very moderate expense. If no such application is made, it will become the duty of the Attorney-Gene ral, or of the Board of Woods and Forests, to inter fere; and we trust that Government will look well to the causes which have inspired these sedition-mongers with the idea that they had the power to put this public affront upon the laws of their country. He (Mr. Gomm) knew that many gentlemen present had striking reasons for not liking Chancery, and he called upon them to take warning lest the Attorney- General, in this matter, did not lead them into it. The non-confirmation having been seconded, Mr. HomE, M.P., said, that from a report he saw in the Observer of Sunday last, he found that in the course of the observations of -Mr. Gomm, that gentle manl!l Jacobins a m eo o l i ) i i t n in s ie a n n t d wa n s e p % T o o l p u o t s i c e d ni t s o ts,'t e an d other epith e t s had applied t o th ese u nfortunate men to whom e rected, the ter ms pleased to a h l a t , o l g r e e t f l e le r r re i d na t p o p t l i i i c e ab T le i . mes l , n N s \ u , hpipochrthoef was pleased terms he term the leading journal of Europe. S o w lie (Mr ' Hume) need not att em pt t o impress upon the Vestry how utterly unworthy of credit such a source was. The whole doct r ine set up by M r . Gomm, and that• portion of the press which oppo se d thi s measure , was a tissue of falsehoods from b eg i nn i ng t o end.—(Cries of " Hear.") It was utterly f a l se t h at the parish or Vestry of Marylebone we re a b out to d o an y such thing as erect this monument themselves, or to grant a por tion of land which did not belong' to them for such a purpose. They were merely as k e d to ass i g n a certain spot for the erection of this monument, without any expense to the parish whatever.—(Dear.) In every in stance through life he (Mr. II.) h a d f oun d that a lack of argument brought a lot o f a b use, an d it was that which had induced the attack upon hi mse lf and the Vestry in the Times and oth er j ourna l s --(Cries of ~ Hear, hear.") He did n o t bl ame the Ti me s for the position it had taken, but, in justice, he thought that Mr. Gomm ought also to have quo t e d t h e leading ar ticles of the Chronicle upon th e su bj ect , which were much more constitutional, and a comp l e t e antidote to that of the former journal.—(Cheers.) H e hoped, however, the Vestry were not t o b e swa yed from their duty as Reformers by this or that man , or by the attacks of any portion of the public press. — (Hear.) A gross error had been fallen into in sup posing that the Vestry of that great parish was not a political body. It was not the fact. The whole of the administration of the parish of Marylebone was as much political as the State and Ad m inistration of that Vestry was that those who wer e returned to it were so returned as the advocates of f u ll and efficient reform.—(Hear, and cheers.) L e t them refer the country.—(Hear, hear.) The wh o l e character of back to the years 1831 and 1832. It was the struggle for, and the attainment of,reform in the Ves try of that parish, that was mainly instrumental in bringing about the Reform Bill, notwithstanding the damnifying slanders put forth against them by the press of that day. - The present constitution of the parish was founded upon politics. They were associ ated to conduct its affairs upon the principle of re forming was politi ca l , an d mus t be abuse, and therefore every act of the Vestry and remedying every political.—(Hear.) With this fact before them, were the Vestry acting out of the strict line of duty in deing honour to the men who wore the pioneers of that reform under which they, as a h „, ••"it-q, sat, acted, and ?—(No, no.) Their crime had been would not, upon holding similar opinions with Lord those of Mr. Pitt voted Grey, that merelya t F t o h x a , t day l y ieridan, and. even himself, but two or three pars before their persecu wthoue desiitself with t t f i m o e n r . record what these men really were. With regard to tro H ub e le expense being incurred by the V • estry, that assertion History had placed on this topic, fur was equally untrue. The money was i n his (Mr. Hume's) hands, to defray the entire cost of the co lumn.—(Hear, hear.) These two Points being an • swered, they came to the question of the Vestry to grant the contemplated site for the erection. If they had not the power by law, there was"an end of Power of the buildings the matter. He (Mr. Hume) would contend that the Vestry had h p a a d ris t h h ._ e p ( o H w e e a r r t , o h e ea re r, ct ornament a l and No.) The autho rity Mr. Gomm had cited to the contrary was not motion, and worth notice.—(Hear, hear.) He had that day seen L tiptihoraeitdtheis; tmhaontu ft m N e v n n t ul as d, a in be a a f e t o e n r o a f g t e h s, ose remiaiinon a. the architect, who declared that he could that they once Principles with honoured, and erect a gra nite column which would be an ornament to the parish. Very end of to hoped as si n t e h e e r eR Vestry ef or would mers7 th ey v confirmthe c,nula he able to point Gentle man na he e l n d t s t im o i te la l r l t n h p e in r i e n c t r is ea to nts t w h h e o se pa i s ll s e e l d i b i y t offered no argu become a lasting sting to them to the time. —sat(Loud .) cheers, amidst which the Mr. Kum. (a barrister) would defy M -- -r• Hume, or any other member of the Vestry, to point hi s any single clause of the local Acts of parliament, under which , it was constituted, to give it a ns should political tendency. The Hon. Gentlemen had ment whatever to show that such wa s Vestry. If case.— (Hear, hear.) It was proposed that the be laid on that table for the choice of the that was done, the Vestry would identify i the whole affair, and would become responsible and amenable for all the acts of the Committee. Mr. POTTER said it was through the political move mnents of parochial bodies that the principles libe rality had advanced during the last ten Years of Har, hear)—while the strongest bar to improve /Twi s t • shape was the old select system prior to that ' in every period ill power. If that Vestry were about to erect a monument to William Pitt or Lord Castlereagh, the Times call them worthy representatives, and excellent' a ndNVolli in telligent telligent men ; but because they were ab out to honour men of far more intrinsic value, they were designated by the very worst epithets that could be found in the English vocabulary.—(Hear, hear.) The fear of the Attorney-General had been held before their eyes 1 All he (Mr. Potter) could say was, that h e was Pre- . pared to take his share of the responsibility in the ,erection of this tribute to men who deserved equally of their country with Russell, Hampden, or Sidney, . and who were as honest and sincere as any other men in power at the present day. Mr. ANDERSON said if he believed these men bore the slightest comparison to the Hampdens, - Russells, and Sidneys alluded to, he would support the motion. But, believing the contrary, he could not give his vote for conferring on them such an honour.—(Cheers.) Mr. Gomm, throughout his reply, was assailed with hisses. Hc said Pitt and Castlereagh :haa been re ferred to. It could not be said they were transported felons.—(Confusion.) Mr. HARBUTT—No ; but they ought to have been. Mr. Gomm concluded by again calling on the Ves try not to commit themselves by doing the illegal act proposed, and declared he was determined to do his duty, be the result what it might.—(oh, and laughter.) The question was now put, and the non••confirma tion declared to be negatived. A division was de manded, when there appeared— For the confirmation For non-confirmation ' 8 Majority, finally determining to place the column in the Regent-circus 33 The Vestry then separated. ALDERMAN THOMAS WOOD AND THE TALAURE MINE. On Saturday the Committee of Aldermen whom Alderman Thomas Wood requested to investigate the charges brought against him by certain parties, as sembled at the Guildhall. There were thirteen Aldermen present, and Alder man Brown, the senior Alderman present, was, upon the motion of Sir Peter Laurie, seconded by Alder man Farebrother, unanimously appointed to the Chair. Some desultory conversation took place upon the forms by which the Committee were to be regulated. Alderman BROWN said it struck him that the most advisable course that could be adopted was, that Alderman Thomas Wood should lay down a statement in writing detailing the various charges referred to in his request for investigation by his brother Aldermen, particularizing any which might have been brought into a Court of Law or Equity, and the consequence. The Committee were, it was to be perfectly understood, as had been intimated on a former occasion, not bringing any charges themselves, and would, he was convinced, act with the utmost impartiality in a case of so serious a nature to one of their own body. He had come to the Committee with the hope that Alderman Thomas Wood would show that there was no foundation for the charge to which allusion had been made ; but he considered it to be absolutely necessary that the Committee should have a distinct statement in writing.—(Hear, hear.) Since the Court had granted the Committee of Inquiry he had thought much upon thesubject. The importance of the situation in which he had been just placed added to the serious nature of the duty he had to per form. The present would, he thought, be more of a preliminary meeting for the future proceedings than anything else. They would proceed gradually and temperately, and nothing would be said of the past. Alderman T. Wood had referred to certain charges which had been made against him ; but upon'the jour nals of the Court there was no record of the kind to be found, except what was comprehended in the subject now before the Committee. The Alderman had called for a Committee of the Court. Alderman T. WOOD denied that he had called for a Committee. He left it to the Court to decide upon their own plan of inquiry. Alderman BROWN said the Court had, upon being called upon, granted the request, and the Committee had a right to call upon Alderman T. Wood to repre sent what the charges were to which their attention was to be called. He (Alderman Brown) had sketched a resolution which, h a d h e not been in the Chair, he would have submitted to the Committee. Perhaps some other member would propose it. It was as follows :—" That Mr. Alderman T. Wood be requested to furnish the Town Clerk, on or before the 31st day of December, 1842, with a statement in writing, for the purpose of the same being laid before this Committee, detailing the several charges referred to in his request for investigation, made to the Court of Aldermen on the 3d inst., distinguishing in such statement which, if any, of such charges bath or h ave been brought under the consideration of any of her Majesty's Courts of Law or Equity, and the mode (whether by motion or otherwise) of bringing the same before, and the result of the investigation thereof by, any such Court."—(Hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said he highly approved of the resolution, and felt much pleasure in second* it. Alderman WILSON stated that he attended the Com mittee Greatly against his own wishes, and not a little to his Inconvenience, having made his arrangements for taking his family to the country. Saturday was definitively fixed, but his brethren would not allow him to go. He was told the honour of the Court de manded his attendance, that his own personal honour required it, and that it was due to Alderman Thomas Wood that he should not absent himself on such an occasion. He replied that he was neither prosecutor nor accuser. ' lie had stated on Midsummer.day that certain charges had been made against a member of the Court, who had moved for a Committee of in quiry, which was refused. He could then have at tended the Committee. He stated from whence the charges came, and they might have been in quired into without delay, and their truth or falsehood ascertained. He WAS anxious to abstain from allusion to the past, but as he had taken a prominent part, and might say . with Alderman T. Wood, that his charac ter had been traduced for so doing, he could not come to a vote upon the matter without alluding to the observations made by Alderman T. Wood upon his conduct, in addressing the Livery on Michaelmas day. The present was the first opportunity he had of replying to these observations. Alderman COPELAND rose to order. He hoped Al derman Wilson would adhere to the suggestion of the Chairman. Alderman Woad had moved for the Com mittee, and it was but fair to hear what were his wishes. He (Alderman Copeland) had determined not to attend the Committee or take any part in the r proceedings, but, like Alderman Wilson, he had been told that his presence was indispensable. He came to know what the charges were which Alderman Wood wished to have investigated. Alderman WiLsoN said he would, if it were the wish of the Committee, abstain from any remark upon the past ; but, if it were intended by the resolution that the Court should confine itself strictly to what Alderman T. Wood might desire with regard to the Talacre Iron Company—if they were merely to read the affidavits and decide upon them, without taking the opportunity of inquiring further and examining witnesses—he for one would be no party to the in quiry, but would withdraw from the Committee. He understood Alderman T. Wood to have asked for the Committee in consequence of certain charges brought against him, that he might have an opportunity of clearing himself. If he were sincere in his statement, the inquiry would not avail him unless it were carried out to the fullest extent. - Alderman T. WOOD said he wished for the most rigid inquiry, but he could not see why he should be calledcharges which h e came t o an swer. upon He answered, by affidavits, certain ha t d o specify aready statements made to his prejudice • and he had docu mentary matter which wen t t o sho w that there was no foundation for any of the accusations brought against him. Alderman FAREBROTHER said he had received a printed book, containing charges of a very grave na ture against Alderman T. Wood. lie did not know from whom it had been sent to him, but it had the names of those who made the charges, and who could be made responsible. It might be necessary to bring forward testimony in support of the documentary matter. A MEMBER having observed that a barrister had put N into his hands an accusation ag ainst Alderman T. ood, Alderman BROWN deprecated the accumulation of idle tales ; nothing should be entertained but what came regularly before the Committee. Alderman T. Woo» declared that he bad a docu ment in his possession which completely contradicted the statement alluded to. After some further observations from several of the ' Aldermen, who strongly supported the principle of the most strict inquiry, and from Alderman T. Wood, who said that he was at all times ready to prove that his conduct was blameless, the motion read by the Chairman was agreed to unanimously;and it was de termined that the Town Clerk should summon the members four days after Alderman Thomas Wood shall have sent in his written statement of the charges against him, and his answers. The Committee then broke up. A few days since the wife of a poor man, named Biddle, occupying lodgings at No. 66, Ess ex - s t ree t, Ho x ton Old Town, was s afel y delivered of three fine children—a girl and two boys. Both mother and children are going on exceedingly we ll. The father is in his .50th year, and the mother in her 30th. WHOLESALE INFANTICIDE. The inquiry into this extraordinary case terminated on Thursday. The adjourned inquest having been held at Ruardean on Wednesday, before Mr. John Cooke, the Coroner of the district, several Magis trates and other gentlemen of the county attended the proceedings, and the room in which the inquest was held was densely crowded. Several additional witnesses were examined, who gave similar testimony to that which has been already published, and the only difficulty experienced was the connecting the man Thomas Yapp with a knowledge of the crinie, it being a rule of law that in no case can the confession of a criminal be made available against an accomplire, un less corroborated by other evidence. This, however, has been supplied by the evidence of a man of the name of *Watkins, which shows Yapp, in addition to the circumstances of his having cohabited with the female prisoner during the last ten or twelve years, during which period the murders have been commit ted, and the finding the bodies of five out of the six infants buried under the kitchen floor, the spot where the female prisoner says she buried them with Yapp's assistance, to have had a knowledge of the si tuation of the female prisoner at the time she gave birth to her ;last child. Watkins states that about last Christmas, he being acquainted with Yapp, was in the neighbourhood of Ruardean, and having met Yapp, was invited by him to stay and sleep that night at the house occupied by him and the female prisoner ; he accepted the invitation, and slept in the same bed with Yapp in one room while the prisoner Frances Ben nett slept in a bed in the adjoining room ; that at about 12 o'clock at night, and from that time until between two and three in the morning, he .heard a suppressed moaning as of a person in great pain in ' the room where the female prisoner was sleeping ; that the noise kept him awake till between two and three o'clock in the morning, after which lie dropped ' off to sleep, and did not wake again until about five o'clock, when the male prisoner, Thomas Yapp, got up and went down stairs to get a light, where he ap peared to be searching for matches, but said he could not find any. Yapp then returned up stairs, and went into Frances Bennett'a room, but how long he re mained there witness could not tell, as he again fell asleep and heard no more. Witness never thought anything more of the circumstance, but happening to be in the neighbourhood on Saturday last, he saw the female prisoner, Frances Bennett, who, in conversa tion, asked him if he remembered sleeping there last Christmas ? He replied that he did, upon which she added, " I deceived you nicely that night, for that was the very time when my last child was born." This closed the inquiry, and the Coroner having summed up the evidence in a most luminous manner, The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against both the prisoners, who were fully committed for trial at the next assizes. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING.—The prisoner Mortlock was brought before the Magistrates, who assembled at the Town Gaol to-day, between twelve and one o'clock, and the following are the leading particulars of the examination of the prisoner. The Magistrates present were the Mayor, G. Fisher, E. Foster, and J. Skrine, Esqs., and Captain Drake. The prisoner refused professional assistance, as he intended to make no defence. Mr. Twiss appeared to support the information, which having been read, The Rev. E. Mortlock was sworn, and gave the following evidence :—ls a fellow of Christ College in this University, and was in his rooms with Mr. Mit chell, of the Eagle, the previous evening. Knows the prisoner. He was disturbed about a quarter past eight, by the door of his rooms being burst open and the fastenings [produced] broken off. The prisoner then entered the room, witness sitting with his back to the door when he entered.—(The prisoner was here asked whether he wished the witnesses to withdraw, except the one under examination? He replied, "No," and the examination proceeded.) Witness arose and faced the prisoner, who immediately presented a pistol and drew the trigger. From the noise, witness fan cied it had gone off, but was mistaken, as the cap only had exploded. Mr. Mitchell then rose from his chair, and witness's nephew then drew a dagger from its sheath, and raised it as if to strike if molested, and witness thinks he used a threat to use it if he was in terfered with. Witness took up a chair that stood near, with a high close back, so as to shield his person in the event of another discharge. At this moment Mr. Mitchell left the room, and the prisoner approached, and witness, dropping the chair, was collared by him ; he at the same time used some strong language, charging him with robbing the prisoner of his pro perty. Witness replied in a mild and collected tone, to the effect, " you are mistaken, John, I have no property of your's, I cannot have." Some further words took place on both sides ; on his part with ex citement and violence, and on that of witness with composure. It was followed by the prisoner asking, " What is to prevent my shooting you dead this mo ment ?" Witness replied, "It would do you more harm than it would me." His arm was all this while ' raised, and the pistol pointed. The dagger was after wards found on the floor. Witness still endeavoured to dissuade him from violence, being all this time held by the collar, with a pistol pointed at his body. Pri soner then asked if witness would swear or pledge himself not to prosecute or injure him. Witness re plied, " I never have injured you, John; I have no wish to do so now." lie repeated, in an imperious tone, the demand that he would not prosecute him by law. Witness again replied, " I will not injure you, and have never done so." Mr. Cartmell then entered the room, and the prisoner again repeated his inquiry, whether witness would engage not to prosecute him by law. Witness did not reply, and prisoner lowered the pistol rapidly so (on a level with the abdomen). Prisoner--NO, it was not so. Witness continued—He then immediately fired before he could repeat his previous answer. Witness felt that he was wounded, but could not tell whether seriously or not, and prisoner releasing him, imme e diately ft Cartmell, fellower hvtheoiquittedhaving ght,ieioaactd do or nho deti Co llege, room, eoeg ifaew , which t: ia une andpnd presence stood ot etcs went eiun pre fd i i open,ns ibe d t into yar n. 1 s it t do h a rfi : . Fe o dr f i. i k M rt ex aminedi i sno . Thompson, s th li e ght s . urg l e 'h o e n. bal vv l vii•tansefssotintdhebny wseintntesisiisonsetrhve,agrnt,ouwnhd: m aft ig er ht ta s k e i e n t g he off ba h: cwlhotihches hbeefhoraendreedtiritongAtior.beFd,ishanerd, l e v n h te o r m ed a , r f k o e r d M an r. d Stoohakw charge eMorf. it.o arTtmheella,btrhaasturteheoya the skin is about the size of a shilling. Witness heard the garden bell ring, which gave him a notion that the prisoner was making his escape from the ib been eii fr omadte. window. The second pistol was cocked when he first raised it. The deposition of Mr. Mortlock was read over at the conclusion of his evidence, and the prisoner having been asked whether he wished toyut any ques tions to the Rev. Gentleman, replied " I es. He men tions he has no property of mine, but as the executor Mr. Mortlock replied yes • but the Magistrates de cided that the questions had ' nothing to do with the o b f au m k y m f a a n th y er y , e l ar a s s ? k n him, was he not a partner in the offence. Prisoner—ls the witness aware, and can he swear that he ever dissolved partnership ? Mr. Mortlock could not answer that. Prisoner—And what is the consequence ? Why, that you and your brother are, as lam informed, liable to a criminal indictment at the Old Bailey. Mr. Mortlock—lt had better be brought. Prisoner (warmly)—l appeal to the Magistrates on their consciences whether they do not know that my father was partner in that bank, and of the truth of the circumstances I am stating. The Magistrates had nothing to do with that, it was out of their province. The next witness, the Rev. J. Cartmell, who ran to the Rev. Mr. Mortlock's assistance, was examined, and he deposed to seeing a dagger on the floor when the door was burst in, after the escape of the prisoner. Mr. Mitchell, the landlord of the Eagle, deposed to appeared,o n ° had fa ther addi tion, that the prisoner had, after his arrival from Lon don,what has been already stated. It been for two nights at his hotel, and had been tol by witness he must look for lodgings, as h e could not accommodate him any longer. By the prisoner—Did Mr. E. Mortlock advise you to turn me out ?—You told me that you had been to London to see the Lord Chancellor, in order to insti tute open viChancellorss e d i s b u y it t t o iv o recover law yertsh Secretary;e t property aiilal dt tthheat executors e u t 0 1. s w his executors ; and also showed me a letter fro m h to an indictment for perjury and fraud men rests on fra u d. Prisoner—All t. my ill blood to these this fact. A good deal of further irrelevant conversation ensued. George Harvey, who keeps the 'sluice-house at Baitsbite, in the parish of Milton, saw the p r isoner between nine and ten o'clock th e same night, within 100 yards of the slui ce , on the hauling way, abortin miles from Cambrid ge. Witness watched M, and with a man named N ea l pursued him over t h e dite as soon as he cleared which, he turned and fired, first at Neal, and then at witness, who is wounded slightly just above the left hip, the ball being stopped ny a thick velveteen waistcoat. They succeeded 3n secur i lg him. Thomas Neal, a publican at Baitsbite, gave evidence in corroboration of Harvey's, and added that when the Prisoner fired at him he felt a pressure on his brace buckle, but received no injury. Thomas Nicholls, the porter of Christ's College, gave evidence as to the' escape of the prisoner fnm the College. a height of 15 or 20 feet. The prisoner then indulged in a great many accu sations against his uncles, whom he stated had reduced him and his brothers and sisters to destitution, and that committing the offence was the only thing that would save him from immediate starvation, inasmuch as he would be committed to prison. This having been put on paper by the clerk to the Magistrates, was signed by the prisoner. The Mayor then said, " John Frederick Mortloek, you stand committed to take your trial at the next tent Assizes for felony." DUELLING. (From a New York Paper.) Midshipman Culp, an interesting young man, and promising officer, in the Texan Navy, was shot in duel at New Orleans, a few days since. His death, and the circumstances attending it, seem to have pro duced a great sensation in that city. The following paper was found upon his person after the duel had taken place: THOUGHTS BEFORE FIGHTING A D UEL.—Can any one sit down and cooly, and calmly think on death, with out a thrill vibrating every nerve ? To think that only a few, very few moments may elapse before his immortal soul will be winging its flight to worlds un known, and knows not whether it will take its place amidst a bright throng of angels, or drag its weary way to the dark and fiery abyss prepared for such as I! My God.! Such thoughts are enough to rack the soul and make the stoutest nerves small? To bring the haughty and proud to their knees and in humble penitence and supplication ask forgiveness of the God who made them! lam mo rally and religiously opposed to duelling ! It does not prove that one is a gentleman or a brave man, neither does it give satisfaction of an insult; for to t ceive an insult and a ball also, is very poor satisfaction to a man of feeling and of honour. Almost any man can raise physical courage enough to fight a duel, but few, alas ! too few, are possessed of moral cou rage sufficient to stein the tide of public scorn, and walk erect through the myriads of hisses spit out by those who are too low in the scale of virtue and morality to respect it in any shape. I trust, and pray, that the public will not condemn the course that I have pursued. There are situations, times, and oc casions, when men must act with boldness and firm ness to command respect from those with whom they are thrown. Into such a one lam thrown, and I sin cerely trust that God will forgive me for the course that I have pursued. FIELDING R. CULP. WORKING of the NEW POOLLAW. We lately had occasion to comment upon the, cruel severity with which the " amended" laws for the relief of the poor visited a three weeks' bandying to and fro, from pillar to post, and post to pillar, upon two poor little children, who were acknowledged by all parties, the so-called relieving-officers included, to be starving the while, and that innocently (which kit is a concession not often made by these worthies), with cold and hunger. The particulars have now been furnished to us of a somewhat similar case which has just occurred in Yorkshire. The simple facts of the case were these :—On Friday, the 21st of October last, the wife of John Hill, a woolcomber, resident at Harden, within . the limits of the Keighley Union, but belonging . to . the township of Wilsden within the Bradford Union, was confined of her third child. For the whole fortnight previous to this the man had earned, from whatever cause (whether, as it was alleged, from any fault of his own or not, makes no difference in the question of the destitution and consequent claim to relief of his wife and child), only 4s. 6d. in the whole. He consequently, and one should think with very good reason, applied for assistance on behalf of his wife on the day after her confinement to a Mr. Mackley, of Wilsden, who appears to be 'a guardian of the Bradford Union, and to be in the habit of acting occasionally as relieving-officer on the behalf of that body. This person having proof, a s he tells us, that Hill himself was " too idle to work," and was "a regular nuisance to the parish officers," for that reason refused to commiserate the truly pitiable wants, not of the husband, but of the wife and newly-born child, and for the same very singular reason proceeded further to refer Hill to the Assistant-Overseer, saying that he did not know where the relieving-officer resided. It must be added, that this Mr. Mackley admitted that, if it had been a fit case, he would, and he was empowered so to do, have relieved on behalf of the Bradford Union. He conceived, therefore, that that union was liable, if it were a fit case. ether it was fit or not our readers must, of course, decide. The over seer, however, referred Hill to the relieving-officer of Wilsden, which latter functionary referred him on to the Keighley Board, because, as he said, the . Bradford Board would not indemnify him (the officer) if he relieved ; and the Keighlev Board then referred the man hack to the Bradford 'Board ; and the Bradford Board, in the person of Mr. Mackley aforesaid, said that "it would be no use applying to them." By this time the poor man had travelled nearly thirty miles, and without effect! The condition of his wife, in the meanwhile, is thus described by our informant :—" The evidence proves that the mother of the child was found sitting in a damp house, with out fire or food, on the day week after the child was born ; and that the witness, Ann Smith, the wife of a poor woolcomber, and the mother of five children, gave her her afternoon meal, and went without food herself .from nine o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock. in the following morning." Hill then applied to Mr. Ferrand, M.P., "on the day his wife was found by Ann Smith, ' apparently dying," and from him obtained food and assistance, and also directions how to arrive of the hitherto impenetrable Board of the Bradford Guardians. On Monday, October 31, only ten days after his wife's confi nemen t, an d t h days after she had been rescued from starvation by the Christian charity of one almost as poor as herself, the, poor man succeeded in reaching Mr. Ellis, the relieving-officer, who was the p ar t y regularly bound, if any person was, to relieve the miseries of his wife and child, enfeebled and almost dying from the pri vations which they had suffer e d. Thi s man, in the words of our informant, " though he resided not: more than a mile and a half from the place, refused either to visitthe man's abode, or to relieve him ; and ordered him about his business." At the next meet ing of the Bradford Board of Guardians these facts were proved against this Mr. Ellis, who, however, re fused to attend or meet the charge ; and at the fol lowing meeting Mr. Mackley appeared and justified his share in the transaction, on the ground, noticed by us already, that Hill was an idle fellow, and did not earn as much as he might. In the meantime, the child died. A Coroner's inquest is to be held upon the body, and we will not anticipate its verdict ; yet we cannot but feel that it is no fault of the adminis trators of the Poor-law that the woman dig not die also. These are the facts of the case; wad they speak for themselves. We proceed to elucidate their application to the principles of the New Poor-law. The openly avowed principle of that law is, to compel the poor to support themselves, by making that maintenance which in some few certain cases, as it is allot red, cannot be refused, as pitiful, as rarely bestowed, and as uncomfortable to the recipient as possible. This rule is uniform ; and the weak, the sick, and the aged, suffer for the benefit of the idle and the strong —suffer, in order that these last may be driven t a maintain themselves. This is the maked principle of the law : it now appears that not only is the treatment of the individual himself who is to be thus driven to work to be used thus instrumentally, but the suffer ings, literally the dying sufferings, of his wife an d children, of those who are utterly innocent of his idleness and profligacy (even supposing such idleness . and profligacy to exist)--these are to be added as a makeweight, and these guiltless ones are to be. re fused the very necessaries of a bare and miserable ex istence, in order that the husband may be gnarled into supporting hims e lf an d them ! Sch is the law of the Bradford Union. Again, the effects of the centralization system, of the union of parishes, are here also very tolerably well illustrated. In the late dispute between the West London Union and the overseers of St. Mar garet's, the journies from overseer to relieving-officer, and from relieving -officer to overseer, were not so very long ; the parishes were contiguous. In the Bradford case, and the same thing would happen in many instances in the country, the poor man who was litigated travelled no less than thirty miles before the point was cleared up. A dispute between ttwo unions may be a matter of perfect indifference to the respective officers ; but to the poor man whose family are starving it is, as experience proves, no light matter. Surely. it is but a mockery of that \ true almsgiving, which is ready, of itself, even to seek out objects for its charity; it is but a mockery of that State provision for the poor which a Christian com munity should, one would think, bring home to every poor man's door ; it is but a mockery of. mercy-4 mockery of public: beneficence, to remove the source of charity to a distance —away from the home, away If rom the s3mp?thies of the recipient, and to bring him ten, or twenty, or even thirty miles, before you dole out to him Ins niggardly pittance, or condescend*. in the plentitude .of your kindness, to tell him that Iyou dispute his claim.--Times. Dispatches from the Governor of the West India Colonies were received on Fiaturday, at tho' and. office.